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[RICHARD]

It's the "answer to the life/universe" week!!

My attempt at a free-form Thursday....

NO DOTD this week.....


Everyone is on their own.....Except Mario....
That kid gets into more trouble....

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Are you abandoning ship this week?
Do you REALLY want to leave us on our own?
Just because Mark Martin didn't win the Daytona 500, is no reason to pout! There's a whole season for him to win!

It's 61 here. I'm having a cherry limeade to celebrate! YIPEEEE!!!
I brought my own since Mario ate all the cherries last time. While I don't mind sharing, I'd rather not have a monkey paw finshing around in my soda trying to grab the cherry out, so I put a lid on it!

[PJ's Mom]

I'm so confused.

Ok, so that's nothing new for me...

[slick]

Mario, I'm afraid, is still recovering from the weekend trip; he went a little "ape" in Seattle.

Well, since it's a free form bar this week, I think I'll just slip behind the bar and whip up a batch Margaritas. I'm feeling like a trip to Margaritaville. Anyone want to join me???

Laurie.....check in please.

Gini......where are you????

[Miss Meow]

I don't know what I'll have to drink yet, but I'll propose a toast to Jo and Amy, in memory of Binx and Smokey

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by PJ's Mom
I'm so confused.

Ok, so that's nothing new for me...

42

42 is the number from Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy from which all meaning ("the meaning of life, the universe, and everything") could be derived.
A BBC radio script based on Adams' book contains the following lines:


("Cave man" lays out following sentence in Scrabble stones: "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?")
Arthur: Six by nine? Forty-two? You know, I've always felt that there was something fundamentally wrong with the Universe.
(Faint and distant voice Base thirteen!
For the literal-minded and those unfamiliar with terms like "base thirteen," this is a number system in which the number 10 is equivalent to our more familiar decimal 13. A base-13 number 42, therefore, is the same as four 13s plus 2, or decimal 54. So "six by nine" (six times nine) or decimal 54 is, in base 13, 42. For the mystically inclined, 42 in base 13 is the same as 110110 in binary (base 2). This could mean almost anything, and many Adams fans have spent untold hours discovering all of the places where the number "42" pops up. For example, there are many mentions of the number in the Book of Revelation. Others have made a game of finding 42s, such as these:

The angle at which light reflects off of water to create a rainbow is 42 degrees.
Two physical constants in the universe are the speed of light and thediameter of a proton. It takes light 10 to the minus 42nd power seconds to cross the diameter of a proton.
The sum of the ordinal alphabetic positions of the initials (SPG) for Stan (P.) Gibilisco, an oft-published science and technology writer, is equal to 42 (S=19, P=16, G=7).
A barrel holds 42 gallons.
(It should be noted that all of these 42's are base 10, not base 13.)


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I am not abandoning thursday's, I just thought that we needed a break from the 'structured'
formats we always do.....Order anything you like!!


MOFF,

Cherry limeade....I did buy Cherry Kool aid this morning...
lol, Mark didn't lose the race, He never got started!!!


MM,

I know-and poor Rough neck.......That story didn't help any...


Slick,

Just don't call me parrothead....

[catland]

To Smokey and Binx - you will be missed.

I need a double Margaritaville right about now - Slick - ever have Margarita's with a swirl of Sangria? Very good - I had that when I was in Texas last September.

Work kind of sucks here today - the "reorganization" continues and I learned yesterday that a long time employee is being laid off on Friday. She doesn't even know yet and I have to stay quiet. (I know this because I'll be doing some of the work that she currently does).

[slick]

Originally posted by RICHARD
Slick,

Just don't call me parrothead....

OK, if you don't call me birdbrain

I toast in memory of dear Binx and Smokey. May they RIP.

Catland: we had that about 8 years ago. Restructuring??? I call it massive firing. The famous last words around here was "We just don't see a future for you here." Hope she has another source of income. Help yourself to the pitcher on the bar.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Can't stick around long because the boss is here, so I'll just quick sneak in, grab one of those margaritas and see you all later!

To Binkx and Smokey!

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by slick
Restructuring??? I call it massive firing. The famous last words around here was "We just don't see a future for you here." Hope she has another source of income. Help yourself to the pitcher on the bar.

I found out about being "RIF'ed" (reduction in force) when the big boss and my boss came to my office, the Big boss asked me what my job description was.....I told her "Data Clerk"-
My boss said, "You mean 'Dead End' clerk..."


I got my revenge tho....I wrote a letter and a week later she was shown the door.....


I'm having a double shot of Jack........

Toast-

To all our dear friends that are frolicking amongst the clouds and the rainbows.

[lbaker]

I'm here. Worn out from the show but here anyway (don't want to lose all that overtime I made working the weekend and Monday holiday time ). Had to stick a sock in Mario at the airport. Slick, what if he had "gone off" there , can you just see me explaning Mario to the security guards!! OK everyone, Slick gave me a Mario clone as a present and of course I had to name him Mario. His arms & legs go all screwy and he makes this great, loud noise. Sometimes he does it when he's just sitting there I found out, you don't need to excite or tickle him or anything. We laughed so hard (at so many things) I'm sure people thought we were wack-o. Lots of stories to tell but I'm dry, let me get a few drinks first Gini, is your computer still broken? I'll call you tonight (if Slick doesn't get me all tipsy).

[Corinna]

Usual format? We have a format? I need something to day the boy got his new truck and he played chuffer to me . I need nerve meds. New drivers!!!!!!!
It's been a week so far( is it the weather)
sounds like every one is having it too. I won't go in to it all but just let me get a vodka and diet coke.

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by lbaker
Sometimes he does it when he's just sitting there I found out, you don't need to excite or tickle him or anything.

Sounds like a teenager.....

Corrina,

Prayers for you...Vodka and DC!!

DONE!

Once the custom accessories start to go on then you can really worry.

[Corinna]

They already have! Thats ok he works hard for his money and he pays for his own stuff. Its a nice 1987 dodge dakota.
At least he can now drive himself to work and places. It was weird having him drive me to job interveiws instead of the other way around.

[G.P.girl]

I have pound cake.