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Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 12:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Well Newman, like Seamonkey said, you could take your greyhound on a run. I am alone and I admit it would be fun to have been invited to a picnic but I haven't been. I will go to the local parade tomorrow and do some shopping in the afternoon. Oh yes, and sombody at work lent me their kid's Winn-Dixie DVD so am going to enjoy myself. I hope you find something to do too.

Newman
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09-25-2004

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 12:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Newman a private message Print Post    
Newman isn't looking for advice anymore. Newman doesn't want to trade places with Baby. Newman just doesn't feel much like writing, or being vulnerable, or sharing feelings, or starting topics.

A friend told me when he gets depressed he goes shopping. Went to the garden store. Thought I'd add to the color of the garden. Couldn't get into it. Was gonna buy some new shoes, but, hey, it's sandal season out here in Colorado, and I have 4 different types of sandals.

Going for a walk. Alone. Not looking for sympathy.

Every holiday is a couples day or family day.

I was going to go to my usual holiday haunt, a couple, longtime friends in Lakewood, but they blew me off, saying one of them was "not feeling well." End of a tradition?? That's what's got me down, plus it has been excruciatingly slow meeting new people at my new church. It probably won't work.


Penguingirl
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01-26-2006

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 1:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Penguingirl a private message Print Post    
Way to stand up for yourself Newman! We all have down cycles in life...hang in there...<oops, bit of advice tucked in there, sorry, just an expression. Later big guy.

And can someone clear this up for me, plz? Does Newman want a greyhound, has talked about getting a greyhound, is getting teased about getting a greyhound? What's the deal?

Chewpito
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01-04-2004

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 1:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
aaahhhh crap, I was depressed cause Newman wasnt around and I thought it was the end of a thread..was so happy to see blue!.. Im dog sitting an adorable dalmation this weekend, and talk about depressed...He wont eat any thing for 3 days...he misses his master...I took my dogs over there though and they played and chased...but he still wont eat...

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 1:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
dh & i just got back from watching X-Men 3 and there were several folks that came in and sat by themselves. heck, when i was single i often went to the movies and out to eat by myself. but, i am very comfortable with who i am and don't let stuff like that or society rule how i think about myself. i do understand not everyone feels the same way though.

Jimmer
Moderator

08-30-2000

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 1:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
My wife was having dinner with friends, so I went out to a fancy restaurant after work and had dinner by myself. I found it pretty entertaining. The waiting staff treated me like a king and the waitresses all spent a considerable amount of time visiting with me and chatting. It was fun!!!

LOL – Ever get the feeling that you are marching to your own tune? I went to a movie after that. It was a large theatre and I was the only person in the entire theatre. Me and the guy running the projector. Another guy came in and faithfully did his job by pushing a popcorn concession cart up and down the aisle. Finally about a minute before the movie started about a dozen more people came in. It was an interesting and funny experience.

It gets worse. The following weekend I was talking to my wife and mentioned: "I can't remember what we did last Friday but I know it was great!" She replied, "I don't know what you did. I wasn't with you!". Fortunately, she has a good sense of humor.

Baby
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01-08-2006

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 1:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Baby a private message Print Post    
You funny man, Jimmer! You make me SMILE!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 2:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Newman, I can certainly understand how you felt when your traditional place to go for this holiday was not available. Hopefully they were not blowing you off and will be happy to see you for another holiday or next year.

And I can say I missed you posting, but don't think you need to be chided for telling us how you feel, after being urged to post.

Dogdoc, I haven't seen or read Winn-Dixie, but I have two friends who read to children at the library and they LOVE that book!!

I'm ignoring the holiday, except that I did buy a poppy from the American Legion (actually a member in my knitting class) and stuck it on my purse.

For me it means French Open tennis starting at Roland Garros!

RMAO, Jimmer!

I once sat through an entire movie as the only one in the theatre. It was one of a bunch in a multiplex, but it was strange, at first! We don't get popcorn carts here; that sounds nice!

The only problem I have going to a movie alone is if it is a crowded sitting so I don't want to give up my seat, but I want to run out to the restroom.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 2:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I think we tease Newman about getting a greyhound because he has considered it for the future and it would be a very lucky greyhound, to live with Newman and go running with him.

Dogdoc
Member

09-29-2001

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 3:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
No, Newman doesn't want a greyhound. It is all my fault. I suggested he get one because I really thought it was a good idea. I guess it wasn't. I just hate to see young dogs being put to sleep because they can no longer race instead of going to good homes. I aplolgize Newman.

Baby
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01-08-2006

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 3:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Baby a private message Print Post    
Dogdoc,

Your suggestions for me were great though. Perfect advice! Just so you know!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 3:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
OH, well.. Sorry, Newman. I also apologize. Meant well. And of course I realize in the end getting a pet is something to be well thought out and wanted and I'd never really push anyone into it. I did think you were interested back there in the past.

I do miss having dogs but for my current situation, cats are more appropriate.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 4:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
Here is the upside of being a female baby boomer. I go to the gym regularly and I have a personal trainer (although to look at me you would never guess it), anyway We have been working out with weights as well as other problem areas. Yesterday, I went into the weight room, dripping in sweat from my treadmill and other exercises and I was the only woman in the room. It was full of twenty and thirty something men. As I was there pulling my weights it occurred to me that twenty years five years ago I would have felt intimidated, worried about how I looked in my exercise clothes and never stayed in the room.

I just laughed at myself. It was a great feeling. That is the plus side of being 50. Who cares what people think.

Baby
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01-08-2006

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 4:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Baby a private message Print Post    
Right on, Maris! You go, girl!! You do whatever you dang well please!!!

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 4:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Gee Maris, I like those odds.

Penguingirl
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01-26-2006

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 5:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Penguingirl a private message Print Post    
So true Maris. I do know some boomer women who are very concerned about approval. When I hear their comments, I find myself tilting my head, with an inquisitive look...sort of like what a greyhound might do!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 5:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Maris, I bet those men were thinking 'wow! what a hot chick!'

Chewpito
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01-04-2004

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 5:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
At the gym I go to most of the guys are so into their own work out, they seldom look up...but in my swim class im 50..but thats young / most of my water arobic class mates are 15yrs or more then me...they are so much fun and the storys they tell...priceless.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 7:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Very sweet, Pamy, but I know if it was me, those guys would be saying, "Gosh, I wish I could get MY mom to go to the gym." LOL.

Zachsmom
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07-13-2000

Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 10:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zachsmom a private message Print Post    
I want to go to the Gym with Maris. Sounds like my kind of gym. The way I have been sweating lately, I wouldn't even have to work out and no one would be the wiser. I could sit there and admire the scenery.

Newman
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09-25-2004

Monday, May 29, 2006 - 10:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Newman a private message Print Post    
Dogdoc, I appreciated your mention of the Greyhound back then. It's still on the back burner. I'm just not ready for it. Like Seamonkey, I love dogs, but not just now.

I did see a man walking a Greyhound around my park yesterday. I was too shy to walk up to him and chat. If it was a good looking woman (but not too beautiful, because those creatures are so intimidating), maybe I would have. Probably not, because I'm in a mood...

Men have those same concerns, about being in a gym, and being looked at. My buddy who blew me off at Memorial Day has expressed that to me. People don't like to be judged poorly. He's somewhat pudgy and used to be fat. I think that's universally true - aversion to negative judging by others.

I know myself I do a lot of judging when I go to the health club. Is that a bad thing? What else is there to do but look at people? Or the tv sets or the magazine.

I'm probably too intense. My breakfast buddy confirmed that suspicion. Some people can go to the club and just look. I'm the judge. Probably my worst flaw???

I tend to put people into different categories and rate them. "She is in the top ten of my 20 something grouping." Stuff like that. Harmless I think. I'm not exactly "Charles Atlas" myself and I'm well aware of that.

Now I seem to have the gout in one toe. Red and inflamed from walking around Cherry Creek Reservoir for hours yesterday, listening to Barry Bonds hit his historic and tainted #715 home run against my Rockies. I may do a long bike ride today, to do something physical, and not stress out my toe as much. I don't like bike riding as much though. It's harder to take notes (book on tape) or change radio channels (avoid commercials) while riding...


Newman
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09-25-2004

Monday, May 29, 2006 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Newman a private message Print Post    
I want to tell Brenda something. Something she said is clanking around in my head and I have no answer for it.

She said I want everyone to think like I do.

Simple. And true. Why would I want that? I guess I can't understand why all people don't think like I do. I gather information. Process it. Doesn't everybody do the same? Obviously not. And even if they do, they come up with different conclusions!

That bothers me, for some reason.

I guess when close friends don't think like I do, then I start wondering why they are close at all. Hmmmm....


Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Monday, May 29, 2006 - 11:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
newman, i totally get that you don't understand folks that think different than you. and, i totally understand that it bothers you. is there some way that you might be able to come to accept that things are just that way and move on? i know that is what i have to do and i know it isn't easy. but, it brings me peace.

as far as being close to someone that is different, i find that interesting and challenging. the intellectual discussions that come from it are very stimulating to me.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Monday, May 29, 2006 - 12:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Newman, don't you honestly think life would be so terribly boring for you if everyone thought like you did? Where would the challenge be? What in the world would you have to talk about??
The Rockies have gone to hell.
Yes they have.
Talk radio is getting out of control.
Yes, it is.

Jimmer
Moderator

08-30-2000

Monday, May 29, 2006 - 12:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
LOL Newman!!! I suspect that many people subconsciously or consciously want other people to think the way they do and can't understand why they don't. It's just they usually aren't candid enough to say it.

Speaking for myself, while it does make me feel good to hear others who have opinions that are in tune with mine, I also enjoy hearing other viewpoints. I guess it's because I just love to discuss things!