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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, March 15, 2019 - 10:29 pm 
Our Great Aunt Ethel would grab us in hugs that went on forever.
We were not a huggy family and only saw her once a year when We just felt trapped.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, March 16, 2019 - 8:49 pm
I read a weird factoid or fake factoid the other day that hugs must last at least x seconds to provide therapeutic physical reaction. It seemed like a long time, like maybe 12 seconds. Great Aunt Ethel probably made you all better people.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, March 17, 2019 - 6:49 pm
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Chewpito
Member
01-03-2004
| Sunday, March 17, 2019 - 8:45 pm
I am a huger', but I do 'ask' before. I am out and about often, in random places' visiting many parks to walk my pups..
People recognize me'... I have lived in my town for over 45 yrs.
I will say' that one of the most remembered hugs' was on April 17' a few years back. I had walked past this woman for over a decade' with pleasant hello's as we past each other in our most beautiful park....'walking our dogs'...She just looked 'Wrong', so I stopped and ask, 'Are you ok',....she looked at me and said No.
I asked 'may I give you a hug'...and she said Yes...It was a long and loving hug, it felt received,
After, I asked, May I ask you why she was so sad and she told me it was the anniversary of her Daughters Suicide..
Oh my goodness, How do you process that. Honestly, I just looked in her eyes and asked nothing. I just told her that 'she would be in my thoughts' and she is.
Every April 17...
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, March 18, 2019 - 5:30 pm
Good job Chewy!
Wanted hugs are excellent and needed wanted hugs are so healing.
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Jmm
Moderator
08-15-2002
| Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 5:37 pm
I'm not saying I grew up in a hillbilly area but I nearly fell out of my chair laughing when I saw this on Facebook today and no it is not Photoshopped nor is it a joke.
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 6:32 pm
sounds yummy to me!
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Jmm
Moderator
08-15-2002
| Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 6:40 pm
Yeah Pamy, but a "grilled bologna" fundraiser. LOL
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 7:01 pm
I did get a chuckle out of the grilled bologna, hahahahaha. I have some friends who would love to go, but grilled bologna has never appealed to me.
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 7:18 pm
I guess my mom's Missouri blood is in me and I didnt see anything wrong with that LOL
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Chewpito
Member
01-03-2004
| Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 7:44 pm
that is funny Pamy, as a child I do remember my Mom frying bologna in a fry pan, she would cut it in 4 places around it, and it would curl up. I loved it....
Going on 63' and I have never had it since. But, I do remember' at the time..it was tasty...ha ha
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Jmm
Moderator
08-15-2002
| Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 7:53 pm
Oh don't get me wrong, I had a fried bologna and cheese sandwich a couple of nights ago. It just seemed odd for a fund raiser. LOL
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Chewpito
Member
01-03-2004
| Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 8:01 pm
Yes Jmm, it is kind of different...
But it does bring back memories...
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 11:31 pm
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Friday, March 22, 2019 - 12:36 pm
New burger joint in the neighborhood -- 15 miles. They live in these west 'burbs.
Link
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Friday, March 22, 2019 - 12:46 pm
Cool! You have to go there and come back and give us a review.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Friday, March 29, 2019 - 10:14 am
I really don't know where to put this.
I have a Facebook friend with a little 5 year old girl in dance.
She posts lots of pictures.
The girl has a lot of make up on and wears two piece outfits.
The dance movements look almost sensual.
Is this good to put out on the internet with all the pedophiles watching?
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Friday, March 29, 2019 - 11:27 am
no but most of the little dance troops are like that now 
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Friday, March 29, 2019 - 11:29 am
I agree, it's not a good idea. But it's very common.
Check to be sure that her settings are private, that is only her FRIENDS can see it (like you).
That makes a big difference.
If has a little globe symbol under the name of your friend (in that post), it's public. Encourage her to change it.
If it has 2 little people, that means only her friends can see it, and it's probably ok as long as she is conscientious about who her friends are.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Friday, March 29, 2019 - 12:32 pm
Thank you Pamy and Karuna. I will check to see if it is private.
I just can't see little kids doing the dances they do.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Friday, March 29, 2019 - 4:51 pm
great advice.
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Friday, March 29, 2019 - 6:57 pm
Very good advice.
Huanzi has been in dance since she was 7. I know the first few times I saw her before a recital/show I was shocked at the make-up being so thick and the outfits were so small. Mom actually sewed some of the costumes for some of the gals in Huanzi's group. I think the excessive make-up is for 'stage-presence' so the audience can see their faces. The dances can be very age inappropriate and shocking, but it's what it takes to be a winning team, sadly.
Never heard about pics being on line. That would bother me also. Creepy in this day and age. But I can imagine group photos of competitive dance groups might be used in promotional pages. Other than that, I would worry.
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Sunnyday
Member
08-07-2014
| Friday, March 29, 2019 - 6:58 pm
Dogdoc have you ever watched Dance Moms?
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Saturday, March 30, 2019 - 5:18 am
Thank you Kearie.
Thank you Sadiesmom and Sunnyday.
Yes, I have seen Dance Moms, Sunnyday, it was filmed here in Pittsburgh. I never liked the show.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Saturday, March 30, 2019 - 2:51 pm
Karuuna, I checked, and her post is for friends only.
Thank you.
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