Itsmeitsmeitsree!

Just to go off on a completely different tangent, is there someone in your family or community whom your young'un would consider a great leader? someone whom she would look up too for their leadership abilities?

I think a more personal bent to this question might get some brownie points.

on saying this, when I was in school one of our questions was "who do you consider an influential New Zealander and why do you consider them so?" I answered my uncle, granted he is considered a living treasure for his knowledge of maori heritage and culture but I think it was the personal aspect of someone actually having a profound influence on my beliefs rather than just the standard quoting that this politician was great because.....

My thoughts exactly as I read through all the political replies. I thought to myself that the greatest leader I ever knew was my paternal grandfather. He raised himself beginning at the age of 14. He led people by example, not by harsh words or brute force. He was a kind and gentle man who barely ever raised his voice, and never raised his fist. He was admired and respected by many. His funeral, though a desperately sad occasion, was also a celebration of his life...attended by nearly 1,000 people. He's been gone nearly 26 years, but his leadership is still with his friends and family even today.

I think it's possible that she didn't know because of the things mentioned before, irregular periods, etc. She may not have been able to produce milk, a condition not exclusive to obese women. As for how she didn't feel it moving, the baby not have moved much. And morbidly obese women often have other medical (DUH) conditions which may led her to believe that she couldn't possibly be feeling a baby move. Maybe she thought it was gas, or or any of many other gastric troubles. And I've also heard of thinner women who were in deep, deep, denial about their pregnancies and were surprised to find themselves in the delivery room. (good friend is a NICU nurse) And lastly, she doesn't look like the sharpest knife in the drawer, which is my real guess as to how she didn't know.

Billy Ray Cyrus was my neighbor when I was a kid. (mid 70's)

I saw Geena Davis once when I was in Beverly Hills. (1999)

Saw Annie Lennox in London in 2004.

A few others, but that's all I can think of right now.

Congratulations, this is great news! You both deserve much happiness.

Mine was $74 plus $15 shipping. Everyone said that it looked like it was made for me!

An oldie, but a goodie!

Sharon's room reminds me of that first "visit" of my then boyfriends. During the two weeks he was here, we went south to the Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge area of Tennessee in the Smokies. I had rented a cabin online called "Becky's Dream"...great because that's my first name...and some dreams were realized there! It had a heart shaped jacuzzi tub as well.

We had emailed and talked on the phone for a few months before he came here to visit.

The date was August 2, 2003, a Saturday. I hadn't slept in a few days and was a total wreck before I had to drive up to Cincinnati airport to pick him up. His flight was supposed to land at just after 6pm, and I got there at about 5:30. We had agreed to meet by the baggage carousel, but when I got there it was DESERTED! So I checked to make sure I was in the correct place, and I was. There was a tv on the wall with CNN on it, so I watched...but I couldn't tell you what in the world they were talking about. I would look up there, then look back at the escalator, the go to the restroom to check hair/makeup, then repeat the ritual. About 6:15, I was watching CNN, then heard some people behind me. I looked back behind me, and he wasn't there. Looked up at CNN for a few minutes and was about to begin the ritual again, LOL, but when I turned around, the people had parted...and at the end, there was a good looking guy in a beige linen suit. (THis is what he told me he would be wearing...we hadn't even seen photos of each other yet!!) He said my name, and for a second I looked behind me, because a guy THIS GOOD LOOKING couldn't possibly be what I'd waited on....but it was. Walking between the parted people was like a scene out of a movie...

Back to Lexington just after 8. By 9pm....

First "official" date was outside of a gas station at midnight that same night. He was hungry and wanted hot dogs. But before that, he had wanted to iron his trousers for church the next day. He asked where the ironing board was...I said, "Uh, what ironing board??" So we went to Walmart to buy an iron, and then ate hotdogs outside a Thornton's gas station.

We had an ice storm in 2003, and I didn't have any electricity for 7 days.

Gum smacking!! (My mother thinks people should just never chew gum in public!!) But my biggest pet peeve is -

When people confuse 'your' and 'you're'!!

Your: of or relating to you or yourself. Ex: your hair, your pet peeve

You're: the conjuction for 'you are'. Ex: you're so funny, you're the love my life

I know it's not that big of a deal but it really makes my blood boil (Guess that's what makes it a pet peeve!!)

AMEN!

I'm with you on that one, Charles. Nothing worse than a woman with short hair. Well, no - a man in womens clothing is worse. LOL.

Long hair for women!!

Why would a woman want really short hair anyway, too lazy to style it? Or as suggested above?

Nothing worse than a man with NO hair. Too lazy to wash it?

<br />I would love to know which VJ regular this alternate identity is.<br /><br />Most speculate this to be true, yet this puzzle has not yet been solved. <br /><br />

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Matako had some pictures taken at his New Years party. Here is one of them.

Such a slimy insult to the decent young man in the photo!!

Punctuality - I try to be on time to everything, and when someone is late, it tells me that they think that their time is more important than mine.

Sounds - The gum thing mentioned earlier, clacky shoes on tile, tapping a pencil, silverware on glass/ceramic plate, etc...oh, so much more.

People who think rules do not apply to them...turn signals, speed limits, quiet in the movie theater, and so on and so on.

Women who think they are SOOO fat when they only have 5lbs to lose...puhleez, give me a break.

Kids in the mall walking 5 abreast at the pace of a dead slug.

ANYONE talking on the phone while driving.

Steve started it, I don't remember what year. I think he was either finished or nearly finished with his Visa Journey when I came aboard.

I'm pretty sure you're right!

VJ has lots of new members now, most of the people I knew when I was a noob are gone.

Congratulations from one (much older) all-state trombonist to the Mom of a current trombonist!!! You have a right to be so proud!!! Yay for you all!!!

you know who I miss quite a bit? Jaffacake and Unca Rasuts.

Has anyone heard from either one of them since?

Miss them as well...too, too funny.

Miss Bopeep&g too.

sorry, i know we all have mistakes, but effected is my pet peeve.. and other words people use e instead of a

Lose and loose. Arrrrgghhh!

Your, you're....egads!

Marriage was always about business - consolidating wealth and power, merging resources

and forging political alliances. Only in the 19th century did "love" enter the equation.

Ummm...this is the 21st century...and love does enter the equation.

Not always. Many marriages are entered into hoping love will come later. (i seriously doubt these marriages are one of those!)

My point was that it was said that love didn't enter the marriage equation until the 19th century, and I just wanted to say that (in my opinion) in most areas things have progressed a tad since then. So let me say that love SHOULD enter the marriage equation, and the way things were more than 200 years ago aren't necessarily best for today.

Marriage was always about business - consolidating wealth and power, merging resources

and forging political alliances. Only in the 19th century did "love" enter the equation.

Ummm...this is the 21st century...and love does enter the equation.

Michelle, Mrs. Bruce, and the rest...you are surely not alone. The guilt is sometimes more than I can bear. I am so humbled by what he did for me, for us, and try to treat him with the dignity and respect that his sacrifice deserves. But it's such a heavy weight to carry, this knowing that you are the reason that the person you love has such a burden. What do you do with that???

How about remembering where you were when you found out that Elvis had died? My sister's birthday was the day before, and she had gotten a new bicycle. Being the dutiful older sister, I took it upon myself to try it out for her, LOL. She came flying out the front door, and ran screaming across the yard, "Elvis is dead, Elvis is dead, Elvis is dead." I went in to find my mother (huge Elvis fan) folding laundry. She was ghostly white and saying, "It's just not true. He can't be dead. I have tickets next month!"

I am old as well...but I think you might be correct about the glove thing.

Who remembers watching MTV when the rocket would take off at the top of the hour? (you know, when they still played music videos) Or Michael Jackson doing the moonwalk for the first time on the American Music Awards? Or getting the chit scared out of them watching the miniseries The Day After? (And reading in the paper what you should do in the event of nuclear holocaust?)

I might be mistaken, but I think the first time Michael Jackson did the moonwalk on tv was on "Motown 25" in the spring of 1982. I think. Maybe. Actually, I'm ALLLMOST sure.

What a dummy I am...that was 1983, and I think it was Billie Jean he was dancing to.