Kind of quiet

[lurkings]

So quiet today! I hope everyone is having a great day!

[woodtick]

It has been sorta quiet around here but I haven't been around long enough to know if it is the norm or not. Maybe it's just because of the holiday season and everybody is busy.
I'm starting to wonder if I'm posting too much, I see my name everywhere on this forum.

Verry kind of you to wish us all a great day.

Thanks
Wood

[lurkings]

~Woodtick,
You are probable right! This time of year is busy for everyone. No, I don't think you are posting too much! I think that a lot of myself when I start new threads... So I think it is possible a common thought amoungst people... Some just care more than others!! Have a good one!

[Cecilia]

Maybe people think they have to have a problem to post? Dont forget Woodtick we dont have spouses or kids at home. A lot of these people are trying to hold everything together while holding down a full time job and making a Merry Christmas for everybody else.

What we need an off topic forum for us chatty ones. No problem stuff just conversation. Welcome to the CODIE CAFE. LOL.

Im retired and I have no social life (thanks to Elvis). So I have more time. Im taking a break from a rehab project right now. I break for email. Stop for a chat and go back to work.

[Justme57]

Good morning all!
For me, it is mostly the time difference , but it means that I can have my morning coffee, and read what you lot have been up to lol!

An exellent start to my day

Girl talk, and dont quit , are kind of just chat threads , with some help/advice thrown in ! LOL

Nice to meet you all

HUGX from downunder
lee

[woodtick]

Lurk,
Thanks. I was starting to get paranoid! I'm glad I'm not the only one who has felt that way. Have a good one too!

Cecilia,
I find a lot of free time even though I've been doing a side job for the last two weeks. No kids and no spouses definately has a lot to do with it. I don't have tv either, I just rent movies occasionally. Just me and my dog. It's really quiet at my house since my wife left.

I'm going back to school next semester with a full load, so after the holidays I won't have as much time for posting unfortunately.

btw, I told my dad about you today. He corroborated your story about how bad guys used to be back then. He laughed his guilty laugh when I told him he was revealed online as a hanger-upper on bad tech support people.LOL.

I hope people don't think they need to have a problem to start a thread. I've just been starting them when I feel like talking about something.

Justme, I started my day today on the forum too. Yup, sippin coffee and checking out what's going on is a great way to start the day. I think about the things I've read during my day.

chow,
Wood

[Cecilia]

Hey Justme57

Are ya up yet????

Im up early, 8:45 am. The carpet cleaners are coming today. WOO HOO. WE dont get much company around here since Elvis went to jail. The Rottenweiler child will be beside herself. LOL.




Lurkings

I sometimes feel Im "over my quota" too.

Just because youre not falling apart at the moment doesnt mean you dont need to talk. In fact talking may be what keeps you from falling.

If you feel uncomfortable about posting so much you can email me or PM me. Im sure some of the others wouldnt mind either.





Woodtick

Was your Dad one of the ones that called me Honey? LOL.

I wish I had some of your hyperactivity. Im just recently getting some of my energy back. For a long time all Ive wanted to do was sleep.

No Tv? They dont have tv there? You poor thing. LOL. Elvis would have had a break down if he couldnt watch football. Luckily I was able to send him a small tv so he can watch his beloved football even in the Pokey.

[Justme57]

Good morning all,
yep here I am with my coffee! it is 6 am here , and I am working an evening shift today !

I dont know how I survived without these boards lol Day 52 for me today Yaaaaay !
HUGX
lee

[woodtick]

Cecillia,
Nah, my dad was respectfull to the girls in the office. He was friends with a lot of them. In fact, when he had his heart surgery, one of the women donated blood for it. Once in a while when he would be in Minneapolis he would stop in their office to say hi and buy them lunch. I don't know of very many guys that would take the time to do that. He gave me some words of wisdom about the office girls once, he said don't tick any of them off and be really, really good the talented ones. He understood how important they were and appreciated them. When I say he was a hanger-upper I meant that he kept calling in and hanging up until he got someone he liked. LOL!

My hyperactivity/drive is starting to take a dive lately. I've been working 11 to 13 hour days for the past few days and starting to get a bit worn out. I'm helping my father-in-law with a carpentry job that has to be finished for Christmas. The problem is that the homeowner keeps adding more and more work. My father-in-law is starting to get a little irritated about it. I've got a lot of things I want to finish before school starts and this job is starting to cut into my alloted time for them also. Oh well, it is nice to have money in the bank again though. I also think I've got a touch of that flu that is going around the country. I guess you could say I'm getting that Chinese disease: Dragginass!! LOL!

I cancelled my satellite service back in October and I don't miss it. It's nice to have mindless entertainment to vege out on but I'm learning how much of a bad habit and unproductive it can be. I'd rather do things like read or post on this board. It's a lot healthier for me.

Talk to you later,

Wood

[Cecilia]

I was just teasin ya. LOL. When I was in Tech Support I was the trainer for the newbies. Some of those guys couldnt be trained with a whip and a chair. So I understood if the field techs hung up and called me on my second line. When your Dad talks about the girls in the office did he mean clerks or did you guys have all women field assistance. Most of our outside stuff here was all men.

Im afraid Im one of those people that keeps adding stuff. But I have an excuse. My house was built in 1860 and you dont know what you got till you get in there. But Im fair about it. I always pay by the hour for any extras I come up with. My favorite worker moved to Indiana. Damn. And I just got him trained not to roll his eyes when I came up with some off the wall thing. LOL.

I need my dish. The dog and the snitty kitties and I are here by ourselves and its our only intertainment. The only time someone comes here is if I pay them,like the carpet cleaners. Thanks to Elvis were kinda persona non grata. All I have is my Mom and his family has turned into shits. LOL.

[woodtick]

From how my dad described it, most of the field assistance was composed of women. Have you ever seen that sign that says "Do you want to talk to the man in charge or the woman who knows what's going on?" LOL

Wow, 1860. It must be a nightmare working on it, the construction techniques and materials were verry different back then. I could see how things need to be dealt with as a project progresses. It can be like opening up a can of worms when you start working on things. The beauty of it is that a lot of those older homes were built with beautifull architecture and fine craftsmanship.

This job we're working on is all hourly thank God. This guy has no excuse though, he just keeps thinking of new things he wants done. I guess I don't blame him, it's his house and he just wants to be happy. Actually it has mostly been the Mrs. that has been the one with all the new ideas lately. I just want to get it done and get the hell out of there before either one of them thinks of anything else! LOL It's Sunday today, and I'm going to my father's shop to sandblast and paint a set of handrails for this fella. That's how bad I want to get it done!

Does your mother live in your vacinity? Close enough to visit? It sounds like you're kinda isolated since "Elvis has left the building." LOL! I hope you have someone to visit with during the holidays.

Wood

[Cecilia]

Have patience with the homeowner. The reason he keeps changing his mind is cause unlike us, he cant "see it" till he sees it. I need to "see" stuff too but Im good at pretend. At least youre getting paid by the hour. Just pretend like its a new job each time. LOL.

I do have some place to go for the holidays but truthfully Id just as soon stay home by myself with the dog. I have to go to the Outlaws Christmas eve. And to Moms on Christmas day. Moms in town. Shes 74 so I see her a LOT. Store, doctor visits, yard work etc.

I dont like being around the Outlaws anymore. I never know when theyre going to turn on me. Maybe it will be fine tho. I think Im more centered now. In the past I kept trying to figure out why for 32 years I was the bees knees and now theyre treating me this way. I dont know if this will make sense but Ive let them go. If theyre nice Ill be nice. But Im not walking on eggs anymore. So if you hear a boom thatll be me. LOL.

And Mom is a professional pessimist. Ill get to hear for the 634th time how her brother broke her favorite toy when they were kids. LOL. It gets on your nerves but after awhile you have to laugh.

Im trying real hard to choose to be in a good mood. But sometimes other people just wear off on me. If I get snippy around the holidays just ignore me. LOL. Elvis is getting REALLY whiney too.

Also theres another lawsuit phase comming up. I just know they schedule these things on the holidays or on the anniversary on purpose. I got a little wound up at the beginning of the week. Someone stole some of my cast iron yard urns and stuff. I thought OH SH*T here we go again dead cats on the front steps and nasty phone calls. But I over reacted. It was just plain old ordinary thievery. LOL.

[Juls]

Cecilia,

Do you and Woodtick know each other from somewhere? LOL Who's Elvis, or have I missed something here.

I'm glad you mentioned about chatting even when there's no problem going on. I like that too. I don't like the only things I ever talk about to be my problems. Life is about alot more than that thank goodness.

I will be driving to Vegas to spend New Years with my "In-Laws," LOL. I know what you mean about the thing that has been talked about for the umpteenth time. My FIL has his favorite repeat topics. It used to get on my nerves, but since that doesn't accomplish anything, and I'm a, how do you call it, "stuck listener?" There's some other term, anyway, I can't get away, LOL.

Sorry to hear about your stuff getting stole. We had someone break into one of cars last weekend and steal the stereo.

I hope you enjoy your holidays, or at least find some fun and legal mischief to get into.

Juls

[Cecilia]

Juls

Sorry. Of course you dont know what the hell Im talkin about. I forget that a lot of people dont go back and forth between the forums. I already posted all my sad crap over on the Alanon forum. Its all so familiar to me and to everyone around here/my home that I forget that there are actually some people who dont know about the accident. WE are infamous around here. LOL.

Elvis is my Huz's alias. Elvis has left the building. Hes in the pokey for a loooong time for killing several people and severely injuring several more people. This was his first and only DUI. We're down to the last of the lawsuits. It got a little intense around here for a while afterwards.

Your FIL sounds like fun. I dont mind listening to people repeat their stories about their child hood or even their war stories. Thats our job. Someday youll be old and youll want someone to listen to you. LOL. Why dont you buy him a tape recoder and have him record his stories. You could have the grandkids interview him. That'll keep them both busy. LOL. You know he wont always be here. And youll be sad youdidnt pay attention. Wouldnt it be neat to have a tape of your great great Aunt Edna talking about the depression etc. I did that with Elvis's Gram and her sisters. They loved it.

My Mother has NO happy stories. She remembers EVERY slight. Do you remember when you were six and your brother brother broke a lamp and you got punished cause he said you did it. WELL she does. LOL.

Its a good thing I have a sense of humour. I probably should warn you guys. I have way too much humour for my own good.

Woodtick and I exactly dont know each other but we have alot in common. I stuck my snoot in on one of his posts. WE thought we were twins but thats not possible since I graduated the year before he was born. LOL. We're both INFP's, our spouses are not under roof, we have no kids, we both worked for the telecommuncations industry in related departments. AAAAAND we were both born on DEc 31st. Is that wierd or what?

[woodtick]

Cecillia,
I'm glad to hear you have someplace to go for the holidays. I'm sorry to hear your outlaws (good one) are so fickle. That would be very stressfull. It was always my understanding that when you marry someone you become part of the family. I don't understand the benefit of treating family members poorly. Unhealthy behavior if you ask me. My wife's folks have been good to me. I guess I'm blessed or something. Even though my wife and I are getting divorced, her family hasen't changed their attitudes toward me a bit. In fact I slep at her parent's house last night. "Can't we all just get along?"

I'm so glad I quit drinking. I would not want to be in Elvis's shoes. I had a DUI about five years ago, I didn't cause any trouble luckily. It cost me a lot of money though but it's all done with now thank God. I drove so drunk so many times, in retrospect, I can't believe I only got caught once. I have literally passed out at the wheel twice.

I would imagine you and Elvis are being financially devistated by the whole event. I know all about attorney's fees. I saw an attorney a while back about filing our divorce for us and she wanted $2000 to file an uncontested divorce with no kids, no pensions and pre-divided personal property. All the attorney had to do is file papers for the divorce and our real estate. How hard can that be? We passed on the attorney and found a paralegal service online for $240. It should be against the law to charge that much money.

Keep your head up and try to have a positive attitude about things. If you get down, just come talk to us on the board, we"ll cheer you up!


Wood

[Cecilia]

Woodtick

You dont understand. I DONT WANT TO GO. AAAAARGH!!!! I want to stay home with the dog who worships me and the snitty kitties who can be bribed to worship me for several cans of tuna. LOL.

Im glad you have Inlaws instead of Outlaws. I used to have inlaws but after the accident they morphed into Outlaws. In the past I assumed a lot of Elvis's responsibilities like present buying and taking care of elderly relatives with alzheimers, yada yada.

They acted like they thought I was the bees knees so I assumed that they would be there for me. I didnt ask them to take me to raise. I absolutely HATE to ask for help. Its one of my many faults that Im workin on. All I ever wanted from them was some support. What I got was a nasty attitude. Youd think if anything they would be nicer to me NOW.

Youre right about the attorneys. Weasels in suits. LOL. We're down to the last lawsuit but its a biggie. One of the many reasons I havent divorced Elvis yet. If I do they get access to all my stuff.

This wasnt the first time he drove drunk. Just the first time he got caught. Im glad you stopped when you did. Drinking and driving is like playing Russian Roulette. Everybodys number comes up sooner or later. It just takes longer for some people. You were lucky.

I should warn you guys. December is not a good month for me. I still get depressed sometimes but lately Ive been getting pissed off. Im just sick and tired of people messing with me. So watch out. A depressed angry person with a sense of humour can be very dangerous. LOL.

[woodtick]

Cecillia,

Sorry I didn't reply sooner other posts were poping up in my email box and I've been a bit confused. I read your reply the other day but was on my way out the door to work and didn't have time to reply.

Are you telling me that you could be held financially responsible for what Elvis did? Somehow that doesn't sound fair to me. Sure the victims family's deserve compensation but not from you.

I'm so sorry you have to go to the outlaws. That sucks. Maybe you could view it as a noble effort on your part to keep the peace. It's only one night, it'll be over before you know it. You'll make it.

What breed of dogs do you have? I have a three year old female lab named Sheeba, Sheeba-deeba, Sheeba-deeba-doo, Sheeba-beepoo, Beepoo, Beepers or Thebba. She got Thebba from the little children- cute! She respons to all.

Brent

[Cecilia]

Woodtick

The financial stuff gets complicated. Ive posted this as a heads up before. But everybody married to an A needs to know this. This is per the weasels in suits, aka attorneys.

All assets are community property no matter whose name its in as far as divorce goes. If you personally get sued they can only get whats in your name. So married people should split their assets equally into both names. That way they only get half. And if youre married to an Alkie put ALL the assets in your name. LOL. Cause its only a matter of time.

An exception is if you let a known menace drive your car. Then you can be sued if they hurt or kill someone cause you knew they were a danger and you knowingly let them drive. Elvis was NOT driving my car thankfully.

I got drug into this because the house is in both our names. Theres still a possbility they could come after his half which could force me to sell. Theres also some discussion about the household stuff cause we have antiques. The divorce thing comes into play cause the attorneys said hes entitled to half my stuff so they would try to claim his half even if he didnt.

See all the fun you missed when you quit drinking. LOL.

Oh and theres plenty of compensation. Between our umbrella policy and all the insurance money were talkin 30 mil to be split amongst them. I could write a book. but not today. LOL.

Cecilia and Chloe Sue Rottenweiler