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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 12:11 am
Now Sugar, you told Beckie - Beckie03 if you wait another couple days the porcupine stubbies go away and the hair gets softer so that is no excuse! LOL I just wear capris, you know down over the knee. No one wants to see my thighs with or without hair.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 12:26 am
I used to be quite the capri fan. Then Stacy & Clinton of What Not To Wear made some comment about looking like a poorly potted plant in capris and to be honest, in my case they had a point. Perhaps I need to look for better capris?
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 12:33 am
Stacy and Clinton are cute and sometimes cruel! Perhaps?
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 12:50 am
Sugar, you prove my point. The right bra will not feel good when you first try it. It will be too tight. You will think you cant breathe LOL They stretch, just like shoes. You break them in. When you have the right bra, you walk away proud about how you look.
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Cheri4angels
Member
11-15-2006
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 5:00 am
Sugar, back to toilet cleaning and cleaning in general... I have bad knees too, kneeling to clean anything or rummage for anything causes enough pain to have me swearing a blue streak. I found a solution though. I bought one of those foam gardening kneeling pads from the dollar store. Works beautifully. It's also great to put in the tub and stand on while I scrub the walls or sides of the tub, no slippy slide action at all. As for hairy legs, it can be downright scary how long them suckers can get. I shave more often in the summer but winter? I guess I'm lazy. I'm 49 now. Anyone else my age finding that their pit hair is disappearing?
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Jeep
Member
10-17-2001
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 6:27 am
This thread is so funny!! For Halloween last year, I sent one of my girl friends a Maxine card that said I was going to dress up as a warewolf.......it's either that or shave my legs! Gosh, I hate doing that. Sugar, if you have a shower in your tub (not just a shower stall) you can sit on the edge of the tub and shave the legs. That's what I do and then just stand up, pull the curtain and shower. Really saves the hips and ankles for me. With no special man in my life at this time, I really don't have to worry about what anyone thinks of the legs anymore. And with all these beautiful pantsuits (Hillary probably doesn't shave her lege either) it's rare that I have to wear a dress with pantyhose. They look awful with hairy legs, huh? Pantyhose must be a torture device invented by a man. Hate them. However, I always shave the pits, though. Can't stand hairy ones. Cheri, I use one of those knee pads, too. They are a life saver.
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Jeep
Member
10-17-2001
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 6:30 am
Oh yes, and about the toilet cleaning.....I don't know if there is any special dust that's attracted to porcelin, but I do know that every cat hair in my house gravitates to it. Then when I sit down, they're all over my pants or legs. I have to clean it all the time. But I love my kitties anyway!
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Cheri4angels
Member
11-15-2006
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 7:40 am
I have one cat and one Cocker Spaniel. Lady's (the Cocker) hair is pretty long on the bottom half of her body. Now you'd think it was her hair that whirled and swirled when I sweep. Nope, it's Kitty's that does that, and clings to the toilet. Maybe if she'd keep her head out of the bowl it would help. Also, my DIL swears she saw Kitty pee in the toilet one day. Wouldn't surprise me, she IS housebroken. She's an outside cat I insisted we bring inside when it got cold. We never bought a litter box though, she learned to go to the door to go out and even knocks when she wants back in. Jeep, great minds, lol.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 9:10 am
Fredricks has the best bras and they do great fittings. They carry many bigger sizes 42 DD and up. Christy is right, when I first put a new one on I feel like I cant breathe, in a couple hrs it feels better, by end of day I forget its on. Everytime I get a new bra, ppl say I lost weight LOL its just cuz girls are up higher giving an illusion of smaller waist
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 9:44 am
Well, I usually shave my legs before I get a pedicure or go to the gyno.
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Msbullwnkl
Member
08-16-2005
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 10:41 am
I can't stand prickly legs, so I shave every time I shower. Luckily I have blonde leg hair, so I don't need to shave my entire thigh, just the tops. I now have to shave the top of my big toes every couple of weeks, when did I start growing hair there? Don't even get me started on the bikini area... As for bras, can someone make a comfortable underwire bra? I simply can't wear them. I have three from one on one fittings at Lane Bryant and a specialty store that I absolutely cannot stand. I spend more time fidgeting in the bra, and it rubs my arms raw! Forget it, my husband likes my droppy boobs (or he knows better than to complain!)
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 11:00 am
My hubby seems ok with the droop as well. Although one night I did put on a nightie that had quite the "push up" effect that he seemed exceptionally fond of...Now where did I put that nightie? I used to wear underwire bras all the time. Had some good and certainly had some bad ones. Can't wear them anymore. Tried another one last summer and just can't get a good fit. Sooner or later boobs fall out the bottom so I end up having bra around neck and boobs around waist!
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 9:03 pm
Sugar, your bras are too big. The right size bra supports you with the band. Your bra should stay up and support you with the straps down. They will feel too tight at first. you will think that no way can you last even one hour. Then you will forget about it, and be happy cuz it fits.
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Kc103
Member
07-13-2004
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 9:21 pm
What makes people dump there garage by other people's houses? While I was at work, my mother (who lives next door to me) heard a lot of noise coming from the alley behind my garage. She looked out to see two men trying to bust up a sofa. She didn't know what was going on, so she called the police. Of course by the time they got there the men were gone. So now I have a huge busted up sofa leaning against my garbage cans and back gate. There's also a mattress leaning against my garage door. I don't know if it was a sofa bed or what. The large cushions are laying across the alley. The policeman told her that they will take it away with the next garbage pick-up, which is on Monday. Meanwhile, it has poured buckets of rain here today, so I'm sure everything is thoroughly soaked out there. I am afraid that the city is going to tag it and try to charge a removal fine. All I know is that they better take it because I'm not paying a cent for its removal. The thing that really bugs me is that the sofa almost looked new. How many people in these economic times probably could have been grateful to have that sofa or mattress?? What a waste!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 10:04 pm
Ack Kc, that sucks. Hate to say it, but here the city will send us a nasty letter if we didn't clean it up. My aunt has a dumster and if we don't lock it or pull it up into the yard, everyone in the neighborhood will use it. We've had plenty of times of having to go out to the alley to pick crap up that people threw out there (we didn't once and got the nasty letter.) One of the funniest things I saw, was when someone came and threw a bunch of stuff in/on/near the dumpster. Bil was really really tired of it, so he threw on work clothes and some gloves, climbed in the dumpster, and went through everything in there. He finally found some mail with an address on it, so he took all the trash that wasn't theres, threw it in the back of his work truck and next morning he dumped it back in their front yard with the mail and a letter pinned to one of the bags, lol. Can't repeat what he wrote in the letter. Wish I could say it stopped the problem, all it did was stop those people from doing it again.
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Jkm
Member
07-10-2002
| Friday, February 27, 2009 - 5:59 am
Ok - need to vent - Thankful to still have a job so far when many do not, mine will go away eventually as well ( we make parts for the automotive and heavy vehicle industry)... Could and probably will be much worse... But... sucks..in the last 14 days - told effective March 1st go from biweekly pay to monthly (pd 28th each month only) - raised our insurance, doubled the insurance deductible, said our spouse cannot be on our policy if their work offers insurance (so family deductible is in the crapper) - said if you have a student 19 and over will have an additional insurance premium surcharge of $180 a month (in addition the family rate) - then came back yesterday and said we get paycuts effective March 1 - some 15%, some 10% and rest 5% - permenately... So today I get my last biweekly check - no pay for another month and then - have no idea how much it will be for.....
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Friday, February 27, 2009 - 2:18 pm
Yes indeed that does suck, sorry that you are in such a situation. A lot of unpleasant things happening in a short period of time is overwhelming. I sincerly hope things get brighter for you soon. I haven't been able to find a job for over a year, fortunately my husband has a good job and salary. I wish he didn't have all the financial burden, but we are far luckier than many.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, February 27, 2009 - 2:34 pm
Jkm, that is so horrible. It just doesnt seem fair that they can lower salary you are already earning, I know it's legal but it just isnt fair. There are Depts at my work that are having to take 4 days off with no pay and they have a union so called protecting them/us.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 9:31 am
So far at my office all they've done is freeze our anual wage increases. They initally cut 50 jobs from the region but we basically didn't replace a couple of openings & these positions didn't directly effect me. My asst. quit on 1/26 & I was so worried that they would tell me I couldn't replace her. My boss said there was no way he would do that to me & we got my new asst. 2 wks ago. She announces yest. that she is pregnant! She says she plans to work right up to giving birth & come back asap after. She has another child that just turned 1. I'm afraid that she's going to change her mind & I'm going to be in a real pickle come next fall.
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Jkm
Member
07-10-2002
| Monday, March 02, 2009 - 7:52 am
As with a lot of companies, dropped 401k match last year, dropped wellness programs, dropped attendance bonuses for the hrly, dropped profit sharing (if there were profits ha-ha), dropped college reimbursment, anything that could be considered an extra is now gone or on hold.. etc, etc It's kind of back to basics - before we were all "spoiled" with all the benefits added over the years to make you want to work for this company instead of for that company -- no longer an employee's market - power has shifted back to business. And they are all in survival mode.. All of this is to try and save the company at this point... we've had many, many cost cutting measures, have to do something to reduce our cash out flow as much as possible.... just the economy and times pretty much stink... I don't think we've seen the worst yet -- I think we'll be in full depression mode by summer. Wonder how many years it will last.... I should have kept my old minivan -my car will be too small to live in eventually.. ha-ha
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Wednesday, March 04, 2009 - 5:54 pm
I have a gripe. I finally got a big pat on the back at work. Our big bosses asked the art dept. to do a package design for a retail product, not something we normally do. I drew on some of my graphic design training and some references and came up with a decent design, and didn't think anything of it. The other girls came up with some great stuff, and let's face it, I'm usually treated like the red-headed stepchild around there. The big bosses liked my design and came to tell me personally, which never happens. I smiled and was grateful. All of this is well and good, right? Until the end of the day, that is. My immediate boss asked us to shrink the designs to fit onto one transparency page so that the bosses can see a mini version of the design in 3D. Right away I bristled at this idea (the shrinking part, not the 3D part.) One design of mine in particular needs to be full size because the detail will be obscured. These are products to be sold in a dept. store. I think they should be presented to scale so as to put yourself in the position of the consumer and see if it catches the eye. So anyway, I did what I was told, and still "didn't do it right," according to my boss. Sha hated the way I printed out the designs on the transparency paper. I'm sorry, she doesn't know shit about it. Granted I don't know much about packaging design either, but she can truly bite me. She just had to find a way to put her stink on my idea and make me feel like crap for no reason. I do not think the designs should be minaturized, but if I get into a pissing contest over it I will be "disobeying" her. We already went round and round about creative control a few months ago and I almost lost my job over it. Anyway, working my ass off in NYC, and I hope it gets me somewhere, because I deserve a break and some success. 
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, March 05, 2009 - 8:09 am
NYheat, you absolutely deserve to shine! Keep up the good work!
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, March 05, 2009 - 5:42 pm
Awwww NYHeat, so sorry that she tried to steal your joy. There are always people around like that and you do just have to hang in there. Don't spend much time worrying about her. Talent and hard work will get you far...it just sometimes requires you get through the obstacle course the joy stealers want to force you through. You have the skills and you are up for the challenge!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, March 06, 2009 - 12:54 am
I have a gripe, I'm really irritated, yet I know there is probably some type of rational explanation for it. We chose our pharmacy (CVS now, was, uh...Sav-on? before) for a couple reasons. It's right down the street from our house, they're in the same parking lot as the grocery store so I could combine errands, and most importantly they're open 24 hours a day, a big deal for us with Kota and her asthma and having plenty of times we needed to go to the pharmacy in the middle of the night. All four of us use the same pharmacy and don't go anywhere else. At one time, Kota had five different prescriptions on a long term basis, Darren had several, I had one, etc and it's nice knowing if there's some problem with different meds mixing and our drs don't catch it, the pharmacy will. So, my gripe. Caleb has been prescribed accutane for his acne. He has to enroll in a program to take it, we had to sign a bunch of paper work, he has to have not only the prescription but a program card and his SSN to get the prescription filled. I went to the pharmacy this afternoon and when I got up to the window handed the lady the prescription and the program card. She never even looked at the prescription, saw the card though and told me they don't fill accutane at their store. Huh? She said again they don't fill it there and then hollared over to the other guy and asked him where I could get it. He said only CVS to have it is the one across town. Argh. I was too irritated to even ask why they don't carry it there. Like I said, I'm sure there is probably some logical reason for it, but it's really irritating that I'm gonna have to find somewhere else other than my regular pharmacy to get it. I'm also a bit peeved that now we'll have prescriptions at two different pharmacies, especially with the accutane since the doctor and nurse emphasized several times that we have to be careful about what other meds Caleb might take while on the accutane. We are supposed to inform any dr who prescribes something to him that he's taking accutane and to call the dermatologist to let them know as well in case theres any reason not to mix the meds so chances of that happening aren't real likely, but I've always liked knowing with all our prescriptions in one place the pharmacy is a back up to the drs not mixing stuff that shouldn't be mixed. It's not enough to make me switch pharmacies altogether. This is the only CVS close to our house that is open 24 hours a day, not to mention that at the moment we have six prescriptions there between the four of us and I don't want to deal with the hassle of changing. I'm just really frustrated that I can't get this one prescription there, ok and now wondering why not!
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Friday, March 06, 2009 - 5:39 am
See if there is a mail order option with your insurance, Wargod (or possibly even with CVS.) That will save you a trip....and possibly even save you money.
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