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Uncle_ricky
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07-02-2007

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 5:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Uncle_ricky a private message Print Post    
My DP and I both gasped when Ramsey told her to join the blue team. We were THISCLOSE to getting rid of that grating voice of hers! Nothing on HK makes us cringe more than that hyper-nasally Melissa whine. Hideous.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 8:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Dumb quesion I am sure but what is a DP?

Uncle_ricky
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07-02-2007

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 8:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Uncle_ricky a private message Print Post    
DP = Domestic Partner

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 2:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Hey, Uncle_ricky, good to see you back, even with a new name :-)

I gasped along with you.. I so wanted to see him hook that jacket and send her packing, not foist her on the men's team. They do deserve her just for their men only attitude. Of course I think Rock just wants to get rid of the women because he thinks he can beat the other men

Grooch
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06-16-2006

Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 4:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grooch a private message Print Post    
Around here, at TVCH, I was reading it as Darling Partner. I like that better. :-)

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 8:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Thanks, and that does sound even better, Grooch!

Uncle_ricky
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07-02-2007

Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 9:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Uncle_ricky a private message Print Post    
Thank you Seamonkey -- very sweet of you to extend the greeting. I'm touched that you remembered an old curmudgeon like me. (I couldn't remember my old password, so I started over and gave myself a goofball name like Uncle Ricky -- I have no nieces or nephews, of course.) I totally agree with your impressions, too, about Rock and what he assumes will materialize.

Apologies to Titan Fan and Grooch for the clinical use of the term. I work in HR and we use the term every day. I'll try to suggest the Darling Partner alternative the next time we have to update our employee handbook!

Hotfudge
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07-03-2005

Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 9:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hotfudge a private message Print Post    
Melissa has de-evolved into a cavewoman! She looked plain scary at the end of the last ep.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 10:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Leave it to an HR department to come up with Domestic Partner. As opposed to Business Partner? Wild Partner? LOL

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Er, Domestic Partner has been the accepted usage for years now. It's not just HR, it's also a legal term to denote a partnership without marriage (and in some areas, denotes the same benefits to domestic partnerships as to married couples).

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
Josh sure seems to have a lot of venom toward women. I can't wait for him to be gone.

Uncle_ricky
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07-02-2007

Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 12:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Uncle_ricky a private message Print Post    
Well stated, Costacat.

California is fortunately very good about how it recognizes domestic partnerships. More and more employers have (voluntarily) extended benefits to DPs. I'm especially lucky to have the benefits that I do. At my company, for example, when I retire I'll not only have retiree medical insurance, but it'll also extend to my DP (who, by the way, is self-employed) and if I pre-decease him, the coverage will remain in place for him until it's his turn to kick the bucket!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 7:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Uncle Ricky, what was your old TVCH name? I want to know if I know ya :-)

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 7:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
ot...another good thing about DP and CA...we passed a law a few years ago that registered DP can pass title to property to a surviving DP without being reassessed. I thought that was a great stride forward.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 7:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
I was wondering the same thing Pamy....another one here who wants to know if I remember ya Uncle Ricky!!

Uncle_ricky
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07-02-2007

Friday, July 06, 2007 - 2:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Uncle_ricky a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Pamy, for the info about the title passing option -- that IS a great stride for those who take the (very simple) step of registering their partnership.

As for my old TVCH name (thanks, too, Whoami, for asking), it was simply my given name, Ric Munoz. I wanted to use something different when I asked for a new username the other day. I recently read a bio about Paul Lynde (who was so beloved as Uncle Arthur on 'Bewitched') and I ended up 'borrowing' the Uncle tag and adding the diminutive to complete the moniker.

Some of you might remember the Morpho-Matic Competition that was introduced during Season 5 of BB (when Drew was the winner and Cowboy what's-his-name, the runnerup) -- the one where they had to guess the houseguest from the mixed up photos of their heads, noses and mouths. My DP (Seth) and one of his graphic designer colleagues were the ones to did all the graphics for the competition -- it took them DOZENS of hours to put it all together. The producer who gave Seth the assignment invited us to the wrap party that year and I posted a few photos of us with Diane, Karen, Will and Nakomis at the party.

My job keeps me super busy so I usually emerge from hiberation right around the time a new season of BB rolls around! Thanks again for asking!

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Friday, July 06, 2007 - 4:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Welcome back Uncle Ricky!!!



Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Friday, July 06, 2007 - 4:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
I must be living under a rock because I never heard of DP before. Just significant other and common law spouse. Learn something new all the time!

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Friday, July 06, 2007 - 8:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
Twinkie it might be an American thing. I work in insurance, specifically group insurance and we still use the term common law regardless of sex and spouse regardless of sex if the couple is married.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, July 06, 2007 - 10:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Uncle Ricky....yes! I remember that! Welcome Back!

Uncle_ricky
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07-02-2007

Friday, July 06, 2007 - 11:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Uncle_ricky a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Pamy, and thanks Lexie!

Zgoodgirl
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08-22-2003

Friday, July 06, 2007 - 2:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zgoodgirl a private message Print Post    
Maybe this is a little late to be asking, but around the first episode, they were showing clips of various things that would happen during the season.

One of the clips was Ramsey saying 'Don't die on me', though it didn't show the actual clip, just his voice. It was linked with Aaron fainting along with an ambulance.

If I am correct, Ramsey was with the girls on a reward trip during the time Aaron fainted while peeling potatoes and onions for the Army. During that whole episode, not once was that comment used.

Does this mean something else is going to happen, where Ramsey is yelling over someone saying 'Don't die on me?'

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Friday, July 06, 2007 - 2:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Um, if you mean DP is an American term, I'm American and nope, never heard of it.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Friday, July 06, 2007 - 2:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Don't die on me can also mean lagging behind or stopping on a task. It is not necessarily health related - You know how they like to trick us!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, July 06, 2007 - 5:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Twinkie, I am surprised because the term Domestic Partner has been around for awhile. Maybe I am just more aware of it because I wk for Assessor and we had a class on how to transfer title for Dps

Also you dont have to be same sex to be a DP, I think if you are over a certain age and live together and register you qualify...but not positive.