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Introductions and Welcomes
Wait, I think I get it... never mind. (Too many Absolut Boston and Diet Cokes!)
We warned you beware of the inmates,matey
Yar... I just be a bit... slow on the uptake. Savvy? ;o)
No ,Carol better known as kitty to some........
Just another day in the life of a feLION. he is a cute little critter .
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Friendly, yet not necessarily sane.... yay! I've finally found somewhere I fit in! [deranged cackle:] Hahahahahahah! Hahahahahah! Hahahah - uh, sorry. What were we talking about again?
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Since Palin had foreign policy experience with Russia.
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Gabi wrote: "Whose money was being spent just then, Anna?"Think optimistically, Gabi. Who earned it? yay Carol.
Don't you all know by now? Money grows on trees and vanishes into a black hole, and nary between the two shall it pause.
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The entire health care issue is such a tangled web that runs much deeper than the government wants anyone else to know. Obama's health care issue is only going to add to it. I'd be all for it if he'd take that money and untangle the mess we already have.
I'm with Anna. The whole health care issue in America is in desperate need of reform -- that's REFORM, not "let's start something completely new that's astronomically expensive when we're already basically owned by China." Why not start with tort reform? Or try to fix medicare and welfare? I know some folks who are making too much money to qualify for medicare (or is it medicaid? I always get the two confused) but can't afford private HMOs. And also, I have government-run health insurance through the military and it sucks. You never see a doctor -- and if you do, it's never the same one twice -- and that's assuming you're able to get an appointment this century anyway. You have to basically plan to be at the clinic all day because of the wait. Seriously, last time I went I waited an hour to be seen, had a ten minute appointment (which I was basically rushed through) and then waited another two hours just to get one Rx filled. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful to have insurance at all, and the price is right... but you get what you pay for. I'm all for health care reform, I just don't know if "Obamacare" is the way to go. Oh, and if their plan is so great, why was it written into the bill that the President, Congress, and their families are all exempt from it? thought I was in "Intro's and Welcomes" :-)
So did I. Hi My name is Carol, better known as Kitty to some. Hello Ms. Apple.
Hi Carol, may I call you Kitty? :-)
Most call me Windfall :-)
Sure why not Windfall.I joined last July, I think you joined after me.
Yep, round Oct/Nov, good to meet ya Kitty. :-)
Hello Windfall - Greetings, greetings. Health care is a sore issue for most of us here. There's so many fine programs but it's all such a mess. Last thing we need is another one.
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All hail the kitchen sink! (Oh. And my name is NE.)
Hello all, my name is Mirko, I'm a thirty-something German and currently reading loads of stuff in English in order to improve my language skills. Next to literature, I love photography and learning foreign languages. Happy to chat with you!Cheers
Hi Mirko, I am Carol(kitty) from the US western coast. As far as wondering into strange lands this is Alice's land. Have fun ,and good to see you here. By the way ,thanks to NE and Debbie for all your hard work. You guys keep the ball rolling. We take the ball and throw it every where. We appreciate you, muchly, mostly and everly.
Thanks ladies, so I'm of to that good, bad, ugly page if I can find it
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Hey :) I'm Sigrid from Norway, and I'm the kind of girl who comments on peoples grammar mistakes and I find it really interesting to figure out where a word comes from or something like that :)
I hate reading badly written books, but well written books: I can't get enough of them :D
I also love word games
you guys think I've come to the right place?
Sounds like you hit the nail dead center. Welcome to the crook and nook, grab a book and sit a spell.
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haha, thanks! ^^ I live very close to Oslo.
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I don't know anyone by that name... :P
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Welcome Sigrid! I'm also a newbie, and I can tell you you'll feel at home quickly, here.
Hey :) WIth so many welcomes, I think you're right ^^
I joined after reading about 2 threads because I was giggling so much. I need to laugh more.
Anyway. I am a proofreader for a free paper, I read advertisements and find lots of language funnies that I hope I can share here. I'm interested in language and grammar and keeping it alive and healthy, but in a not-so-serious kind of way =)
Anyway. I am a proofreader for a free paper, I read advertisements and find lots of language funnies that I hope I can share here. I'm interested in language and grammar and keeping it alive and healthy, but in a not-so-serious kind of way =)
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Hi Snowproxy, Welcome to the forum and thank you for joining.
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I am indeed a Red Sox fan in VA... I grew up in Boston (well, just outside). Only reason I live here is cuz that's where Uncle Sam decided to send us. I can honestly say I've never watched a Nationals game... I didn't even know they were a professional team until last year! We are planning on taking our son to a Norfolk Tides game in May when they're playing the Pawtucket Red Sox -- it's about as close to Fenway as I'm gonna get anytime soon. *sniff* And the Redskins? Puh-leeeze!