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sweetharleygirl wrote:Today I learned that if the hospital had done tests a month and a half ago my friend might still be alive, but since he didn't have insurance the hospital refused to do the tests, when he finally did get them done and found out he had lung cancer he was dead 4 days later after his first chemo treatment, aint life a bitch.
This is really terrible, SHG, but if this could be a consolation, if your friend died 4 days after his first chemo, chances are that tests just a month and a half ago would not have changed much to his life expectancy. Two years ago, even last year, maybe, but one month and a half? He was certainly already beyond any hope of a cure, even a respite of more than just a few more weeks, at most.
You're probably right voralfred, it's just the fact that he was refused tests because of no insurance is what really p***ed me off. It's still hard to beleve he's gone.

Today I learned my daughter needs money, by friday no less, for volleyball t-shirt and polka-dot socks, do they really need polka-dot socks for cryin out loud?! LOL
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Today I learned you need polka-dot socks to dance the polka...

or do you? ;)
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sweetharleygirl wrote:Today I learned my daughter needs money, by friday no less, for volleyball t-shirt and polka-dot socks, do they really need polka-dot socks for cryin out loud?! LOL
Old pair of socks + Sharpie = polka-dot socks

(and a daughter who probably thinks it's not very funny)
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CodeBlower wrote:
sweetharleygirl wrote:Today I learned my daughter needs money, by friday no less, for volleyball t-shirt and polka-dot socks, do they really need polka-dot socks for cryin out loud?! LOL
Old pair of socks + Sharpie = polka-dot socks

(and a daughter who probably thinks it's not very funny)
Um...yeah...she probably wouldn't find the humor in that, I think it's funny though! (and cheap!!!) :lol:

Today I learned that there's a lot of planning to a 100th year celebration!!!
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sweetharleygirl wrote:Today I learned that there's a lot of planning to a 100th year celebration!!!
You don't look a day over 90.

:twisted:

(and I figured so on the socks -- my kids wouldn't appreciate it either -- but, then, I'd probably ruin the socks and do it -- just to see their faces)
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Today I learned that three strikes in a row in bowling is called a Turkey.
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Someone has been playing Wii bowling. :)
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If she's not on the Wii, then that means she can kick our butts .. I haven't had two strikes in a row in I don't know how long ..
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I should go along with it and say yes I did do that in real life but no, I have a bowling game on my phone. I wish I could do that in real life.
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Today I survived my first day of senior year aka my LAST first day of required public education, however, I did not learn a single thing. :wink:


Oh, but this weekend I did learn that having an extreme case of the stomach flu sucks and is really inconvenient to have the last weekend of summer.
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If its any consolation, I had perfect attendance all though high school, and then missed my own graduation due to chicken pox.

So what did I do while I was quarantined ? I went sailing. Salt water atop chicken pox ... duh ... the itching went from merely annoying to #@$%.

It took an iron will, but I somehow managed to escape with only 1 permanent pox scar, even though I capsized several times and got a mild sunburn. :P
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That is horrible and extremely amusing at the same time. That sucks that you had to miss your graduation though. I'm far from perfect attendance. lol.
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A good quote ... life in general is "both horrible, and extremely amusing, at the same time". That is, in essence, the zen sentiment of the ubiquitous laughing buddha statues that grace many homes throughout the far east. ;)
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Today I learned that rejecting someone makes me feel like the absolute worst person in the world.
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Today I learned moonwolf is a very responsible girl.. but don't feel bad for what you did. You did right. Sentiments cannot be forced. Better tell him now, early, than let it linger, allow him to imagine things and break his heart much worse later. You're a good kid.
And you indeed share your first name with my daughter, so you cannot be that bad ;)
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I agree whole-heartedly with voralfred .. you're more kind to get it over quickly.
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Me too, agree I mean, letting it linger up in the air would be the worse thing you could do. Just like a band-aid, do it quickly and it hurts much less. You show very good judgement, better than I did at your age!
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They said just what I would say!
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I learned that when the IT guys stress to back up your data and all your files you should listen to them. My hard drive on my laptop failed last week. Today I got my laptop back with the new hard drive, however they were not able to recover all of my data and files that I really need. I screwed myself big time. I should have taken the external drive out of its box and used it.
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"He's got a magnet! Everybody backup!"

Even IT guys forget how valuable a second copy of everything is. Most of us just aren't anal enough to backup consistently -- and we pay for it in the end.

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Today I learned it takes a whole hour for 3 kids to be seen in the dentists office, and that when faced with being late to open the library I can shower and get ready in less than 20 min. I'm extreamly proud of myself!!!! :lol:
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An hour for three kids? .. I've learned my dentist is either *really* slow .. or sweetharleygirl's is a speed-demon.
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Today I learned how to access 19th century vital records (birth, marriage, death) from the Netherlands. This is thanks to a correspondant on the talk board run by my software company. My search turned up my great grandmother and two of her sisters — and the excellent thing is I didn't need to know Dutch to find them. The search engine was in English, and the names and dates were clear enough to identify the records (on the tentative basis that genealogical searcher need to keep in mind).

This also makes my day happy — but I won't post it twice.

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mccormack44 wrote:Today I learned how to access 19th century vital records (birth, marriage, death) from the Netherlands. This is thanks to a correspondant on the talk board run by my software company. My search turned up my great grandmother and two of her sisters — and the excellent thing is I didn't need to know Dutch to find them. The search engine was in English, and the names and dates were clear enough to identify the records (on the tentative basis that genealogical searcher need to keep in mind).

This also makes my day happy — but I won't post it twice.

Sue
What search engine was this? Is it only for Dutch records?
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Today I learned that JH basketball sign ups are in a week, I wish they would have a bigger break than that between volleyball and basketball, I'm tired!
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