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[Michele]

"..It starts when we say no and mean it"

[Michele]

"..and now for something completely different..."

[Brittomart]

Goodreads really need to implement a search function on these discussion boards 'cause I really want to make a thread about cereal, but I'm sure one has been made already...

[Kevin]

hey perk! i figured out how you knew i liked skor bars

[Sally, la reina]

But the stupid search function never ever works for me. I just ask HEIDERSON to do it for me.

[Jammies]

http://www.goodreads.com/group/commen...

[Brittomart]

okay, I feel dumb now

[Kevin]

right perk?

[Michele]

do you perc your coffee or drip it or maybe you are a French Press kind of person

[Brittomart]

This is an active TC Sunday.

[Félix]

What huh?

[[deleted user]]

Lurking.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Barb wrote: "Does anyone else's stack keep overflowing at line 13725???? Crikey, it's annoying."

Not to me, but there's a thread about it here.

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...

[Félix]

Gail "cyborg" wrote: "Lurking."

Stop! I mean don't lurk! I mean ... oh you know what I mean.

[Jammies]

Barb, it's happening to me too, so you're definitely suffering in company!

[Phil]

It was happening to me on my PC running IE, but not on my Mac running Firefox. It went away when I closed my browser and restarted it (the method that fixes most errors with Microsoft products).

[Félix]

No problem using Apple Safari on my XP PC.

[Jammies]

Barb wrote: "Jammies wrote: "Barb, it's happening to me too, so you're definitely suffering in company!"

in good company :)"

Awwww, shucks. *blush*

[Brittomart]

Let's go out to the laaakkkkeeeee, Earrrrrrrrrllll

[Félix]

Those black-eyed peas taste alright to me, Earl.

[Michele]

Britt, what is your favorite lake?

[Brittomart]

I've never been to the lake, Michele.

[Michele]

Britt-Britt wrote: "I've never been to the lake, Michele."

well, if you are ever in NH in the summertime, I recommend Newfound Lake near Bristol,NH. it's really gorgeous.

[Félix]

Earl, Michele, Earl.

[Michele]

I just want to thank all the people at goodreads who helped me figure out how to post an icon. I am in my blue period right now.

[Félix]

Let's go out to the lake, Earl.

[Brittomart]

I kinda want my dad to hear that song 'cause his name is Earl and he doesn't understand black comedy at all.

[Michele]

"Duke of Earl"?

[Brittomart]

Hey, apple, taking $41 dollars off of the $500 iPad doesn't constitute as a "sale"

[Michele]

Britt-Britt wrote: "Hey, apple, taking $41 dollars off of the $500 iPad doesn't constitute as a "sale""

I agree, that's not even 10% off! It costs that much for an Ipad? Color me surprised. Glad I am not a materialistic idiot. Do you know how many books I can buy with $500?

[Brittomart]

I am venturing out to Wal-Mart for reasons unrelated to black friday sales. I hope everyone has shopped, dropped, and gone home.

[Kevin]

so michele, people who buy an ipad are materialist idiots?

[[deleted user]]

I know one person who owns an ipad who isn't but the rest -- materialistic idiots sums them up quite nicely.

[Kevin]

wow.

[[deleted user]]

Why wow? Did people need ipads six months ago?

[Michele]

Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "so michele, people who buy an ipad are materialist idiots?"

Most of the people I know could not afford $500 for a "toy". My cousin has an Ipad,Iphone etc.etc. but she is in the top 5% income bracket. everybody I know is in the lower middle class where just owning a used laptop is a windfall. And, I am sure you can find some device without the apple logo that will do pretty much the same thing an Ipad does and it will cost significantly less. Maybe they could donate the difference to the local soup kitchen, women's shelter, abused childrens home....I suppose those with sufficient disposable income can spend it as they wish...If Ipads are manufactured here at least they are supporting the economy. But paying more money because it has an apple on it....?

[Phil]

Oh cool! It's "tell other people how to spend their money" day. Somehow I missed the announcement.

[Kevin]

right phil. give me a break michele. a toy? do you even know what one is? as for doing the same thing for cheaper, do a little homework and then get back to me. why do you have a computer? seems like a frivolous expenditure. do you have a tv? you could have used that money to give to the blind school. plus your internet connection costs are an unneeded, self indulgent waste. i use apple not because they have an apple logo on it, but instead because i think they are the best at what they do. as for being manufactured here, check around your house. is everything made in the USA? didn't think so. wish it were and wish i could buy everything made here to support our countries economy but not feasible at this time.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/nyr...

^^^ oh, and read this story about this materialistic idiot

[Brittomart]

Stop waving the "I'm not a vir---"

*reads the last three posts, quietly steps out of the thread*

[[deleted user]]

Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "right phil. give me a break michele. a toy? do you even know what one is? as for doing the same thing for cheaper, do a little homework and then get back to me. why do you have a computer? seems li..."

Kevin I did say I knew one person who had one for non-materialistic reasons. I am not bagging the product or saying that it is a bad thing. The problem is that I see a lot of people giving them to their kids as if they were a toy. It has become the latest and greatest must have possession. It's the speed of redundancy of this sort of product that worries me. It feels like as soon as you buy them the next must have product comes along. It is a never ending cycle I find it depressing.

[Kevin]

yeah, i sorta went off there. sorry gail and michele. the materialistic idiot thing worked me up. and i don't even have an ipad. i still stand by my thoughts on this but prob said them wrong

[Michele]

For me,sometimes I think we are flashing back to the days of keeping up with the jones's:everybody so focused on owning bigger and better that the things begin to own them instead of the other way around. Actually, my sister in law and I "share" the one computer...and the internet cost as well. I just seem to see a lot of greed and envy around and it bothers me a lot. Whenever I buy myself something I do not consider a necessity, I try to donate at least 10% of the cost to a favorite charity. I feel less guilty for indulging in a non-necessity that way. Comes from my upbringing I guess. The nuns were not impressed with the materialistic world and considered conspicuous consumption despicable...On occassion, I can be just as greedy as the next person. I just don't have the money to indulge myself very often. And frequently feel guilty when I do. Catholic guilt, the gift that keeps on giving.

[Kevin]

well, i suppose that since you don't know what anyone else does for charity or other people you shouldn't judge when they spend money on things that you consider frivolous

[Félix]

^^ that ^^

[Jonathan]

ibid.

[ms.petra]

me four!

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I like lots of pepper in my clam chowder.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I LOVE CLAM CHOWDER. As long as it's good. I don't like bad clam chowder. You know what's hard to find, is really good chili. Seems like I'm always going in restaurants that boast "Our chili won the 2005 Chili Contest!" and it tastes like beans, ketchup and hot sauce.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I've had some bad clam chowder, sure, but if you put plenty of pepper in Progresso chowder, which I buy eight cans at a time at Costco, it's pretty good.

I put a little milk in it, I don't like it as thick as it comes out of the can, and I like marjoram in it, too, but I'm pretty sure that's just me who does that.

[Sally, la reina]

Taco Sunday is the best day of all.