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Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Friday, January 25, 2008 - 8:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
Prisoner I'm sorry about the birthday stuff. I really hate when people change plans suddenly--I sort of have issues about it and have even ended friendships over such things. I'm sort of going thru a period where I would just rather stay home and play on the 'puter than go thru endless phone calls and arrangements for a lousy 2-3 hour block of time.

Anyway happy birthday!!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, January 25, 2008 - 8:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
YAH for sticking it to the slackers!! LOL

boo for jury duty

Sportsfan
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09-03-2007

Friday, January 25, 2008 - 9:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sportsfan a private message Print Post    
Prisonerof6

Happy bday

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 4:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Nyheat, that's exactly it. It's my birthday! Why does it need to be celebrated not only at their convenience, but with all their last minute drama? The one day out of the year when I'd like my "friends" to put me first instead of themselves.

Well, the good news is when I got home, my W-2 form was waiting for me, so I was able to do a rough figure of my taxes. I was worried I'd have to pay a bit this year, because of some consulting work, but I'm still getting enough back to pay for a knitting retreat next month *and* a deposit on a condo to spend my birthday in Key West next year!

Thanks everyone!

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 6:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
They have knitting retreats??

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 12:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    

Happy B'day Prisonerno6! :-)

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 8:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
any of you ever do any store financing that uses citifinancial as their provider? I purchased a great new leather LR set the wk after xmas & was told the finance co was citifinancial & they would be sending me pmt info. I also told the furn. store (Haverty's) that I intended to pay on line & they said that would be no prob. Well, I get my 1st stmt today, $$ is in the bank ready to transfer. I go on line to try to set up & after hunting all over their web & calling their 800# I finally go into "freq. asked questions" & find out that paying on line is currently not an option. Now I've had to put "ticklers" in my planner to remind me to write/mail a ck each month.

I got a good deal - financed $4425 with no interest for 3 yrs so I'm not complaining about the plan.

You would think that a co. this lg would be technichally set up for customers to pay on line.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 9:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I'm feeling the financial institution non love Deb.

Somehow our online banking got jacked up. Put in user name and password, it tells me my online banking has been locked so reset the profile. I put in all my info, it tells me it doesn't match their records. Ok, Darren set it up, he probably used his info, so I put his in and it still tells me it doesn't match.

Call them up, go through all the personal info and verifying stuff and she tells me oh so sorry, my info doesn't match the online stuff. I said ah, it's my hubby's info, she says, OOPS...can't talk to you then, have to talk to him. Of course he's in bed so I can't do anything at all on wamu. I'd understand if the account was just in his name, but it's not, its in both our names. Only reason it's his account info (name, debit card number, and soc. sec. number) for our online stuff is cuz they don't give you the option to have both on there!

This is a real pita right about now because I'm the one who balances the checkbook and keeps tabs on our bank account, pay bills, transfer funds to savings, order checks etc and I can't do any of this right now!

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 10:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
screwed up stuff! So sorry you're having those probs., Wargod.

All of my on line financial stuff is just in my name except for the shared checking acct. w/Frank. Frank had the acct. when we got together back in 3/95 & at that time we just added me to it - my name prints on cks, & everything else right below his. Haven't had any problems in the nearly 13 yrs doing things this way.

never heard of "wamu" - what's that?

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 10:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Washington Mutual. The checking account is in both our names, the savings account somehow ended up with my name and both kids, lol! We were in depositing a check today and I said we should go change the savings account back to his and my name instead of the kids and then we looked at the line and decided it's been this way so long it could wait a while longer, lol.

The whole thing is probably my fault to begin with, I changed the password awhile back and I'm not sure if I told him that or not. If he tried to log on and used the wrong password that could have reset the whole damn thing. And even worse, it's been like this for awhile (I keep going to the bank when I need to check the balance and see if checks have cleared or transfer money over to savings) cuz I keep forgetting to mention it to Darren. Only reason I thought about it today was that I really need to transfer money but more important I only have a couple checks left and need to order new ones.

Max
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08-12-2000

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 12:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Happy belated b-day, Mameblanche!

Yes, Juju, they have knitting retreats -- and cruises and tours and yarn shop hops and. . .

We knitters like to run in flocks whenever possible. Go figure!

In May, I'm going on a knitting cruise called Sea Socks. There will be classes and goody bags and invasions of yarn shops in each port. Great fun!

There are lots of travel resources for folks who share interests. Here's one that lists cruises for folks with crafty cravings: Craft Cruises. :-)

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 3:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Thx Max BUT I just left the giffie for Prisoner's Bday... Mine's not til April. Course if that was for this past April, then thanks!

Max
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08-12-2000

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 3:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
LOL. That's what I get for skimming!

Happy early b-day then and happy belated to Prisoner! :-)

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 3:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
(((max))) FYI - yer a sweetie!

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 5:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Thanks everyone!

Beckie03
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07-05-2007

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 3:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckie03 a private message Print Post    
show offs

I can't stand show offs...seriously...I hate show offs

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 11:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
I got out of jury duty -- and I didn't even need to ask! Someone here asked what happens if the trial last more than the week, so I called the courthouse to find out. Turns out, selection for that day is for the whole month, not the week, so I might have been picked for a trial that started in mid-March. That just wasn't going to work, so I asked if I could postpone to the summer, when I don't teach any classroom courses (just online). No jury trials in the summer. The woman said, "I'm going to excuse you."

My response, "Oh, well, if you think that's best..."

Whoo-hoo! I'm all for doing your civic duty, just not on spring break!

Beckie03
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07-05-2007

Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 3:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckie03 a private message Print Post    
Good job, prisoner!! I came close to have to do jury once...but they just said to keep calling in and finally I was just looked over. I think it's my age

So, yeah good job!!

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 5:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
my gripe is that I'm into this full blown cold/flu thing I've had since Monday eve & it's just not getting much better. I can usually shake viruses with over the counter meds in a couple of days. I've been taking vicks day & night gel caps since the onset - stayed home from the office Tues. & took the night time stuff all day. Also, I drank about a gal. of OJ that day. The last two days at the office I've felt like total crap. The daytime, orange gel caps just don't seem to be working. I left the office about an hr early because I was sick & sick of everyone telling me to go home. I stopped at the drug store & got some alka seltzer severe cold & flu - I took the 1st dose about 1/2 ago & so far I feel no dif. I'm going to take my "old" green night gel caps tonight because they work & take that new alka seltzer stuff to the office tomorrow & thank the good gosh that it's Friday.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 6:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
it's going around here big time! one of the high schools had 100 kids go home in one day!
try some mucinex

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 6:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Nyquil gel tablets -- they kick butt! (and I only use 1/2 a dose: 1 of 2 tablets).

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 9:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
Teach - Nyquil & Dayquil are what I've been taking the whole time. I agree - the Nyquil part really kicks but, I can't go to work & be all I need on them. I do take the 2 tab dosage & I repeat it in the middle of the night. The dayquil just doesn't do anything for me. Hopefully I can just get through tomorrow & go back on the nyquil full force over the wk-end.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 9:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Ack Annie, I've been trying to figure out what to give Kota and forgot I had some Mucinex, lol.

She's been sick the better part of two weeks. Last week she was fighting a sinus infection and missed 3 and a half days of school. She barely started to feel better and then got home from school Monday complaining about her head hurting, then throat, and then the cough started. She's missed two days of school this week. She went yesterday (missed Tue and today) and her teacher had to send her to the office twice for her inhaler (they are very aware she's really been sick.)

It's totally frustrating though. She was taking antibiotics last week, along with the mucinex, motrin, and nasal spray and this week she's doing the nasal spray and her inhaler or neb. None of it is stopping the nasty crap altogether but it is stopping some of the symptoms at least.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 9:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
One of our teachers swears by mucinex. I've not tried it, but she says it's the only thing that clears her up and knocks her out -- not a good solution for the day, I'm afraid.

I remember when I was pregnant, I had the worst cold. Doc said I could only take sudafed -- and I might as well have been eating m&ms! After three weeks of misery they finally told me to take robitussun so I could at least sleep. Don't miss that at all!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 9:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
OMG, Texasdeb, I feel the same way. I am really annoyed with the drug companies right now. Every single thing I have tried, I have just felt worse. I am on musinex now, and it is only a little bit better. I have to work, really are in really bad crunch right now, so I keep going in. The most maddening thing is all the "bigwigs" went to a meeting last week, where people were sick and came back on Friday and infected us all!! I had been fine, fighting the good fight, and woke up Sunday with a sour throat, it has been downhill since.

I have tried nyquil, dayquill, suadfed, excedrin pm, robitussen, lounges, advill, asprin - all with virturally no effect. I think the biggest issue is that I am not getting a lot of rest, I keep waking up every two-three hours, no matter what I take!

Wargod, I hope your dakota feels better, I wouldn't wish this crap on my worst enemy.