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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 1:45 pm
I do not have an air purifier anymore. I do have a humidifier that has vaporizer on it. Do you think that would help inside my house with the smokey air? My little one has a terrible nose bleed from this smoke. And Rissa, when did your hubby become a fashionista? Who told him that? I've never heard of that and I've been to umpteen thousand weddings!
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 2:44 pm
LOL Escapee. That's what I said to him too. I avoid weddings whenever possible and have to admit to counting ceiling tiles to get through the ones I can't get out of but I don't remember no patterns or all patterns or any such thing. He says no-one told him this (and not this particular Bride and Groom Kitt) but he is just SURE that it's always been the rule. LOLOL Buying a dress is my worst type of nightmare so it's not like I would follow such a silly directive anyway but I was just curious if I had managed almost half a century while violating some social faux-pa. LOL
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 4:27 pm
Rissa, never heard of that one.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 4:58 pm
wow, I've never heard of that one either.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 5:38 pm
you are just not supposed to outshine the bride.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 5:42 pm
Here is what I have heard all my life...As a woman guest at a wedding, you're not supposed to wear all white, all black, or outshine the bride. That's all I ever heard.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 7:16 pm
(or fart in church)
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 7:21 pm
Naja, yes that's the full version of what I have heard too
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 8:15 pm
I knew you knew already, Pamy I really don't mean to go all Martha Stewart on you all, but for the woman like me that enjoys going out in a little black dress, there are ways around it for a wedding. A little teal scarf or belt, or go wild with crazy colored shoes. As long as you aren't 100% dressed in black. 100% black is funeral wear, or says you are against the wedding union.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 8:17 pm
Thanks Kitt. I will check out PBS. Babyruth, there are a bazillion spanish courses online. I'm not sure how to tell which ones are any good. As for weddings, never heard the no flowery dresses thing either. But I'm pretty much a fashion disaster.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 10:01 pm
Question: Has anyone else noticed an increase in shooting stars of late? In the last six months or so, every time I get in the hot tub, I see three to eight shooting stars. I have never seen them like this in twenty years of living here, except when there has been a shooting star event. I dunno...I just find it strangely interesting and wonder if anyone else has noticed this.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 10:46 pm
you're not seeing shooting stars. you're seeing satellites circling the world.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 10:50 pm
Are you saying that satellites streak across the sky, fade out and such?? Wow. Must be an awful lot of them up there, huh?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 2:42 am
Beek, there may have been a recent meteor shower and also that fireball people saw all over Calif.. (not me) http://unitedstatesufo.blogspot.com/2008/06/fremont-california-fireballmeteor.html
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 5:11 am
Thanks all for the wedding dress confirmation. I wouldn't wear a solid colour to any party-like situation... too worried about getting a stain (being a clutz and all). I figure they are just lucky I am putting a dress on at all, I would much prefer a pretty top with a pair of capris but being a massive Italian affair... that would REALLY stand out like a sore thumb. LOL When we lived on the acreage we used to throw sleeping bags on the field and watch the Leonids, FREAKIN' AMAZIN'!!! Literally thousands of meteors in a few hours. Really miss the amount of sky action now that we are back in an urban area.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 8:49 am
beekind... didn't ya see Wall-E??? and yes what Sea said is true, and also the satellites.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 9:17 am
LOL...no, didn't see Wall-E. Thanks for the info, guys. I just can't get over how many there have been in recent months. I always think I'm seeing things and then I'll see a bunch more. Boy, it's some kind of busy up there, isn't it?
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Taysmomcj
Member
03-24-2008
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 3:32 pm
I have a question about prepaid cell phones. My husband is thinking of getting one for when he is at work. He works with a higher functioning mentally disabled individual, so he is on the go alot. fishing, the mall, etc. And he wants to have something in case of emergency, and we don't want to pay $50 or more per month on a phone that may not even be used once a week. My question is do we have to purchase "service time" as well as "air time"? How do these phones really work?
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 3:39 pm
Taysmomcj, my niece has one of those and she does not pay a service fee other than what is hidden in the prepaid minutes fee. She did have to buy her own phone.
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Taysmomcj
Member
03-24-2008
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 3:41 pm
Thanks, it just kind of sounds too good to be true.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 3:53 pm
We have Virgin Mobile phones. With those you don't have a contract however you have to "top up" a certain amount (mine's $15) at a minimum of once a certain period (mine's 90 days) whether you have or have not used all the money in your previous top up. You can buy top up cards at just about anywhere or top up at their website. Your phone is topped up with however much is on the card, and then every minute you spend on a call the balance goes down by 25c (at least it's 25c on my plan). You top up again either when your balance goes to zero or it's been the set period since your last top up. So, say you really only use your phone for emergencies, and fortunately you never have any, then after a year you'd have a balance of $60 which you can never get back, and can't use for top ups, however you can still use in calls. You can also get really basic Virgin phones for just $15. We give them our credit card number and if you do that they top up our phone with $15 automatically every 90 days. That's only $5 per month and we know we always have the phone for emergencies. Just checked their website and they might have changed their plans so that the minutes expire after 30 days unless you top up. Or their "20c per minute basic plan" might be like mine... hard to tell, hopefully if you explore the link below they will clarify. http://www.virginmobileusa.com/rates/minute.do
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 3:55 pm
By the way, if you do choose Virgin, check the coverage in your area, it's not always good off the beaten path.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 4:01 pm
Here's a better link to the plan I'm on. It's the really basic one so it's not advertised on the link I gave above. Try this one: http://web.virginmobileusa.com/help/plans/20-10/how-it-works
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Stray_cat
Member
06-21-2006
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 4:35 pm
I have a Fido pay as you go and the cards for it are $10 for 30 days and 30 cents per minute and same as what Kitt mentioned... if you top off your phone at the expiry date it adds to the previous balance. My mom just bought a Virgin Mobile (I think under $50 at Walmart) and buys the pay as you go $15 cards - same as Kitt mentioned. If I were to buy again I'd go with Virgin just because of the ease of access to their web site (checking balance, expiry date) and from what I read it looks like you can switch from pay as you go to monthly plans quite easily.. i.e. if you need to use the phone more for a couple of months. If I do that with Fido I'd be charged to go back and forth within the plans.
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Taysmomcj
Member
03-24-2008
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 4:41 pm
Thanks guys. I checked the coverage area for Virgin here in Erie, PA, and it's not as good as one of the other types. I think I will check around a bit more before we decide. Tracfone seems to be the one to go with out here.
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