This Is The Thread Where We Have An Announcement To Make...

[Stephi_B]

^^^^ Oi :( :( :(

Good recovery + good vibes from me too!!

[auntie aubrey]

thanks for the suggestions but i can't go homeopathic and risk the babies. chamomile, for example, is very bad during pregnancy.

this post brought to you in part by my left pinkie.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

And how are you feeling today? Are all those well-wishings from us working?

[Hyakujo's Fox]

see this is why you should stay at home and put your feet up for the duration :)

[Frieda]

^^^ camomile not safe? that's new to me, it's not in any of my books-- why is it bad for use during pregnancy?

[Brynn]

Be careful with that stuff! You don't want to blow anything up!:eek:









Right now I'm wearing my black honorificabilitudinitatibus baseball cap and it's making me a better person.

[Marcus Bales]

I haven't stuck any digits into a blender.

[auntie aubrey]

I haven't stuck any digits into a blender.

WELL BRAG ABOUT IT, WHY DONCHA (http://bulletin.zefrank.com/showthread.php?t=4369&highlight=brag) :mad:

[brightpearl]

I am seriously considering a nap.

[lukkucairi]

I've just had one of the toughest 2-hour meetings of my entire life so far.

Is it OK if I go to sleep now?

[auntie aubrey]

i had my wound redressed today and the doctor said it looked healthy and admired the ER doctor's stitch job. it looks horrifying, though. it's a wound only a doctor could love. it is seriously gruesome.

i did take a picture though, just to record history. i won't share though, it would scare baby jesus.

[lukkucairi]

am I sick to want to see pictures of this legendary wound?

I'll trade you for a pic of the stitches through my fingernail from last year :)

[Jack Flanders]

I'll see you and offer a pic of my dislocated knee!

[Frieda]

me too, in exchange for images of gruesome swollen mosquito bites

[Odbe]

Um... I have a picture of a pickle, will that do? :eek:

[auntie aubrey]

WE'RE NOT PLAYING GROSS-OUT POKER!!!!! :mad:

[trisherina]

When the twins are a little bigger, tell them that you got the scar trying to conceive them. Then look significantly at your husband. Refuse to give a different version of the story until they are sufficiently old and industrious enough to read message boards.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

WE'RE NOT PLAYING GROSS-OUT POKER!!!!! :mad:

http://www.nordinho.net/vbull/images/smilies/cry3.gif Why? I've just mustered up some courage to post my photos... http://www.nordinho.net/vbull/images/smilies/cry3.gif

[brightpearl]

When the twins are a little bigger, tell them that you got the scar trying to conceive them. Then look significantly at your husband. Refuse to give a different version of the story until they are sufficiently old and industrious enough to read message boards.

That is effing brilliant.
Kids these days don't have enough of such shenanigans in their lives and that's what's wrong with America.

[topcat]

When the twins are a little bigger, tell them that you got the scar trying to conceive them. Then look significantly at your husband. Refuse to give a different version of the story until they are sufficiently old and industrious enough to read message boards.

thats funny

[auntie aubrey]

if they're girls i'll tell them it's a horrible side effect of pregnancy and hopefully that'll keep them from playing with boys until they're in their late 30s.

[topcat]

auntie you are having a boy and a girl

[auntie aubrey]

^ there are a number of people in my life who are convinced we'll have a mixed pair. and although that would be awesome, i'm kind of hoping in a very small way that they're the same gender. why? because apparently girls fall into a regular sleeping schedule faster than boys, and if they're sharing a crib then the boy's irregularities can disturb the girl. it's a small thing but when you start thinking of the logistics of feeding and changing and sleeping and feeding and changing and sleeping, i can see how that would make a difference.

it would be weird if it worked out to be a boy and a girl, though. because the house we're closing on this week was home to twins, a boy and a girl. the parallels would be spooky.

[brightpearl]

^Aw, you just never know what they're going to be like. My son slept like a rock from the day he was born. Before, even. Once I got to see him, I could recognize movements and habits that I'd been aware of as he was growing, but couldn't visualize without any frame of reference. That'll be interesting for you, actually...when the babies are bigger, you'll probably notice a difference between them if you can keep track of who's where. One may be more active, or stronger, or more wakeful, than the other, or one might move his or her hands a certain way. And then once they're born, you'll recognize which was which in retrospect. :D

You should also get the hub to start talking to your belly around month 7. They'll recognize his voice at birth, and that's one of the things that's most rewarding for dads since they don't get to feel them moving as much.

[lukkucairi]

You should also get the hub to start talking to your belly around month 7.

I would like to announce that I'm such a nerd I initially thought you were talking about an ethernet hub of some kind.

you know, plug your unborn child into teh interwebs.

it's the wave of the future, I swear...

[Frieda]

sure auntie, just stick the network cable into your belly button and off you go! :D

[auntie aubrey]

i immediately thought of a router, too. i thought, "there aren't THAT MANY in there, i don't need a network!"

also, the spouse has been talking to them all along. mostly he sits down next to me, puts his mouth up against my belly and goes, "YOU TWO ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE PSYCHIC POWERS."

[brightpearl]

^hahaha...well, that's probably the first of many things they won't listen to him about.

[T.I.P.]

met someone yesterday who was convinced, as a child, that girls peed out of their bellybuttons

this information has very little relevance to the current topic of discussion but I just thought I'd throw it out there

[Peregrine]

The mind boggles. :eek:

[trisherina]

Reminds me of an old emergency room story where a married pair both with trisomy 21 abnormalities came in with the wife complaining of severe abdominal discomfort. Significant excoriation around the umbilicus and suffice it to say some kind soul finally explained about coitus and the vagina and all was well.

[Peregrine]

I'd have to put that one squarely in the Urban Legends category, as I remember hearing a blond joke with the same backstory. Also, the joke about the fundamentalist Christian couple who went to their fertility specialist not realizing that they actually had to have sex in order to conceive.

[Frieda]

met someone yesterday who was convinced, as a child, that girls peed out of their bellybuttons

this information has very little relevance to the current topic of discussion but I just thought I'd throw it out there

is this a man or a woman?? :eek:

[Marcus Bales]

I'd have to put that one squarely in the Urban Legends category, as I remember hearing a blond joke with the same backstory. Also, the joke about the fundamentalist Christian couple who went to their fertility specialist not realizing that they actually had to have sex in order to conceive.

Ah, but the best one is this:

A young and unsophisticated American girl is swept off her feet by an older (but not too much older) French sophisticate. Her family disapproves, and the mother warns her in the bourgeois way in vague euphemisms about the corrupting influence of the French and their perverted sexual ways. When she worries to her French lover, he laughs, and says there are no perversions in sex, that whatever feels good is right, and, heedless of her mother's advice, off she goes to Paris, where the couple lives together in happy sexual congress for many months, and then, at length, they marry.

During the honeymoon, the Frenchman suggests a way to have sex that they have never done before. Horrified, the young woman weeps "Oh, why didn't I listen to my mother!?"

Perplexed, the Frenchman says, "But darling, don't you want to have children?"

[trisherina]

I'd have to put that one squarely in the Urban Legends category, as I remember hearing a blond joke with the same backstory. Also, the joke about the fundamentalist Christian couple who went to their fertility specialist not realizing that they actually had to have sex in order to conceive.

I've always thought so too, simply because of the number of people who've sworn to me that "it happened to my friend."

[T.I.P.]

My objective for tomorrow is to use the expression "and bob's your uncle" at least 3 times in conversations with people at work. It seems like an arduous task, but I'm sure it can be done.

[brightpearl]

^Oh, god, I can hardly wait to hear how this turns out.
Extra points if one instance occurs within 3 feet of a urinal.

[craig johnston]

i'm audi ghia

thanks to all my mates, it's been a laugh

;)

[Frieda]

now mister you just wait 5 more minutes because the freeds is fashionably late and considering the proper words for this occasion

[Frieda]

oh fwk it :mad:

[brightpearl]

7lbs 14 oz
10:00 pm on the dot
They'll call him Tommy after her mother Tomasina, lost in January
He's gorgeous and calm, beautiful frog belly like his older brother.

I held her up when she was pushing until my arms shook
I am already sore, but I could tell what she was doing through my arm at her back and was able to guide her.

It was like magic to watch her.

She keeps thanking me for coming, but I'm the one who got the gift.

[Frieda]

^ congrats :):)

[Coffee]

GRATZ!!!

[brightpearl]

He's even more perfect looking today than yesterday. :D

I swear his belly looks just like this.
Only pinker and less poisonous.
http://zims.isis.org/aark/YOTF%20Campaign%20Pack%20images/Dendrobates%20azureus,%20Dyeing%20Poison%20Arrow%2 0Frog%2010,%20Richard%20Gibson.jpg

[Stephi_B]

^&^^^^

Congrats to mother, child, the pearliest of all godmothers(?) / birth-assistents / mother&baby's friends, and everyone else in the frog belly family (;))!!!!

:) :) :)

[lukkucairi]

Albert Hofman died today (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1912485/Albert-Hofmann,-LSD-inventor,-dies.html)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00666/albert-hofmann-404_666429c.jpg

[Peregrine]

Just goes to show; drugs kill!!!!

[lukkucairi]

eventually ;)

[Frieda]

yeah-- at age 102! :D

reminds me-- this month the NL government banned magic mushrooms because some french tourist jumped out of a window last year. 1 dead in 10 years. a fwking tourist. tourists always jump out of the windows, even when they just drink beer. which sucks, and all that, someone dying, but it's a bit overkill to ban all mushrooms.

[brightpearl]

Oh lord the cat's just horked something up behind the couch.

*sigh*

eta:
awww, man.
it's got feathers in it.
ick.

[Veruki]

I bought suspenders, and now I'm obsessed.

[Jaime]

I am now almost certain I am getting a new computer in the next couple of months. It takes me forever to make a big decision like this, but now that Flash seems to have shunned Windows 98, along with most things, plus other problems, has pushed me to consider a new one sooner. Bah.

[auntie aubrey]

I bought suspenders, and now I'm obsessed.

be forewarned, that casual lift-them-with-your-thumbs-and-snap-them-confidently thing is more painful than it looks. practice safe suspension.

[lukkucairi]

23 years ago I lived in the Isle of Man, and took the bus to school.

Today I live in Salt Lake City, Utah. Spouse and I went to a party thrown by one of the spouse's coworkers. She has a friend who married a Manx man. Turns out he's my former bus driver.

Small world, eh?

[Marcus Bales]

I have to pee.

[auntie aubrey]

ATTENTION: I HAVE A COLD AND MY HEAD IS FULL OF SNOTS. PLEASE TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

^Call the snot collector!! He might even give you good money if your snot is of a rare colour. ;)

[auntie aubrey]

sound the alarm!

http://www.thegreenguide.com/images/issues/112/paper/tissuewide.jpg

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Here comes another three-workday week! I'm going to wash my hair.

[Veruki]

I slept poorly yesterday, so I am extremely tired and in no mood to work.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Yesterday they made us work as if it was Twodays, not Tuesday. :mad:

[Marcus Bales]

Today I must face The Storage Unit, and all that that implies.

[Stephi_B]

I've figured out what tattoo I'll let myself make after the defense:

http://www.lib.umich.edu/tcp/docs/pix/italic/i0751.gifhttp://zoonek.free.fr/LaTeX/Fontes/Images/caracteres_ams/hbar.gif

... and the whole in more a calligraphic & ligated way - then it looks like some mystical Eastern symbol ;)

Most likely place for it: right shoulderblade.

:)

[Frieda]

announcement: WHOOAAAAAAAAAGH MY JAW HURTS LIKE ASS :eek: :eek: :(

[Frieda]

i'd like to announce that i went to the weekend dentist and for only EUR19,10 he rinsed my jaw and after all the tagliatelle & salmon had disappeared from the wound, i'm now almost pain free.

isn't that wonderful? i just wanted to announce that. share the joy and stuff.

[lukkucairi]

^^joy! :)

I would like to announce that I hiked 5 miles in the badlands of wyoming this morning, and now my legs feel like reconstituted elastic bands!

[trisherina]

I would like to announce that my shade garden is in. :)

[Jack Flanders]

:)

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I would like to announce that somebody sitting up somewhere high decided that they could unblock my internet access at work. It took them only 24 days, not 30, as I'd thought. http://www.nordinho.net/vbull/images/smilies/whistling.gif

[T.I.P.]

I just satisfied a passing cheese craving with a piece of Ewe's blue cheese on some fresh baked Rosemary & raisin bread from the french-style bakery down the street...

not half bad !! :) :)

[Hyakujo's Fox]

i'm audi ghia

thanks to all my mates, it's been a laugh

;)

Hey, I just worked this out. :mad:/:(

[Hyakujo's Fox]

Now I wish I'd made fun of him more often.

[brightpearl]

I know, right?

Limey bastard.
:(

[lukkucairi]

I know, right?

Limey bastard.
:(

I noticed a while ago...where'd he go, and why?

:(

[brightpearl]

Dunno, really...he said something about needing to make an appointment to get a Brazilian and traipsed off.

I thought about asking about the pasties and the rhinestone camel saddle, but I didn't want to pry.

[lukkucairi]

hrmph.

I'm underslept. I hate being tired and not able to sleep :mad:

plus I have to be nice to people today, and I don't feel nice!

on the recommendation of my ex, I am going off to meditate.

:p

[brightpearl]

I'd like to announce that I have sympathy for lukku and wish her good sleep and dreams of cookies this evening.

[Jaime]

I did this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Neg81mitg

[Marcus Bales]

I miss Craig Johnstone.

[auntie aubrey]

where'd he go, anyway?

[lukkucairi]

I would like to announce that the meditation helped, and that I've been able to be nice to people today.

I would also like to announce that I left a very difficult voice mail message just now and I feel like I want to go lie down.

[T.I.P.]

my body would like to announce that it is thrilled to be staying at home tonight with nothing to do but eat soup

Now I wish I'd made fun of him more often.

me too

wtf does "i'm audi ghia" mean anyways ? :confused:

[lukkucairi]

\

wtf does "i'm audi ghia" mean anyways ? :confused:

apart from two germanic cars?

say it quickly and slur it together...

oudə (g)hea
i.e. outta here

has to be the most subtle purposeful announcement of departure I've ever seen

[T.I.P.]

oh ok I was pronouncing it "jeeah" and it wasn't making any sense at all

[Marcus Bales]

He could have said "Abyssinia"

[brightpearl]

I'm going to a play tonight.

[brightpearl]

http://www.celebrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/wolverine1.jpg

I wonder if Wolverine would like to go with me.

I fancy his belt buckle.

[Odbe]

Why isn't this already the standard!? :mad:
Don't waste valuable book space. (http://www.likecool.com/Flexform_Oltre--Seating--Home.html)

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Why isn't this already the standard!? :mad:
Don't waste valuable book space. (http://www.likecool.com/Flexform_Oltre--Seating--Home.html)

Looks nice, except this one little detail: all books seem to be the same copy. (Two of them are even open, maybe someone's playing 'spot the difference'.)

[Odbe]

^Maybe all the books have the same cover.

[brightpearl]

The play was fantastic.

Wolverine would have loved it.

[T.I.P.]

what'd you see ?

[brightpearl]

It was a piece by a local playwright, set in a surreal purgatory. Reminded me of a modern-day The Master and Margarita. It's in a tiny theater, so the action is all around, and I got seated on the stage (:eek:), so I was right next to a pole dancer almost the whole time, hahahaha.

[auntie aubrey]

the quickening!

[trisherina]

I always liked that term, too. :)

[brightpearl]

^^That's wonderful, auntie! My son felt like a teeny frog to me...what do you feel, a spider?!? :D

[auntie aubrey]

^ ew, no. it's like butterflies and bubbles.

it weirded me out at first because up until now it's been a fairly conceptual thing. now all of a sudden there's something wiggling around down there and it's not me. there are people in there!

[brightpearl]

I'd like to announce that I've re-realized it could be worse.
http://www.collider.com/uploads/imageGallery/Crazy_Love/linda_riss_in_crazy_love.jpg

[Brynn]

I'd like to announce that cayenne pepper in my tea definitely soothes my raging sore throat just like you said it would. Just one more example of how this conversation has enriched my life in so many tangible and intangible ways...

[brightpearl]

Toldja.
:D
Cayenne tea and gargling with salt water sometimes help when nothing else does. Tea with a TON of honey, the juice of a whole lemon, and an inch's worth of sliced ginger is also good.

In other happy cold remedy news, hard candy and dark chocolate have been shown to be as effective as cough medicine in clinical trials.

[lukkucairi]

I'd like to announce that I've been in the Isle of Man for 36 hours now

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Isle_of_man_satellite_image.JPG/800px-Isle_of_man_satellite_image.JPG

I'm presently about 2/3 of the way down, on the north end of the big bay on the right hand side of the image.

[Stephi_B]

It's ready, the first FULL version! Really with everything, even the "And I wanna especially thank..." part. :D
198 pages after re-formating, yep and ca. 2/3 of that happened during the last 6 weeks or so (:o, procrastinitis)

Till boss is through with that thing I won't come to the wilderness (except there is a habilitation-celebration BBQ like next Mo :)), no I'll sit on me balcony and read scripts, books and stuff to pimp my knownledge. Really! No, I won't sit there, drinking a beer, getting a tan, reading a novel or magazine, I'll really learn. Really! (:D)

[brightpearl]

^That's great, Stephi, congrats!

I took my son to see Indiana Jones last night, and I'd like to announce that I was horrified to hear Indy say "nucular." After a few moments of shock, I decided to believe that it was subtle political commentary, and I was able to enjoy the rest of the movie.

Sort of.

[lukkucairi]

happy happies, Steph!

I would like to announce that they keep announcing that my flight will be delayed one more half hour past the time they last announced it was delayed until.

:mad:

http://picnic.ciao.com/uk/78964.jpg??

...more like "maybe"

[auntie aubrey]

i have officially purchased my first maternity clothes. i had been rejecting them because i kept telling myself, "i'm not that far along yet."

but today, in the dressing room, i finally stopped and really looked in the mirror and realized that actually i am. as if the aches and pains of stretching weren't enough of a confirmation.

[brightpearl]

Yes, eventually the rubber band through the buttonhole of your husband's jeans just doesn't cut it anymore. :D

I remember being 6 months pregnant and thinking I couldn't possibly get any bigger...hahahahaha. So here's a photo I found of a woman carrying twins, at 37 weeks.
http://www.freewebs.com/tlpowers/DSC00039-medium.jpg

You can't imagine it now, but that's where I want you to be, with big ol' babies at as near full term as you can get!!

[auntie aubrey]

oh god, not that big. everything i've read says it's not necessarily healthier for them to be ginormous at term.

i'm doing a lot of visualization. i read a study that was saying that they don't think it's necessarily any more beneficial for twins to go to 40 weeks than 38 because those last two weeks may actually be more stressful for the babies as they get soooooo crowded. so i'm visualizing that they will stay put until 38, and then after that it's fair game.

http://www.bagofnothing.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/pregnant080607_468x551.jpeg

*weeps*

summer in georgia, pregnant with twins. oh god what have i done?

[brightpearl]

Oh, very few people would go to 40 weeks with twins, and so many go way early. And true that ginormous is not necessarily good.

But btw the baby girls in that big belly up there were reportedly 5-14 and 5-5 lbs. when born at 38 weeks, so your belly is going to be somewhere around that size, believe it or not. :D I'm so jealous!! It's terribly uncomfortable and all, but it's an irreplacable experience.

By "big ol'" I just meant over 4 or 5 pounds, big for twins. ;) And at least at least at least 36 weeks would make me happy.

[auntie aubrey]

and so many go way early

we don't talk about that. my doctors have been emphatic about their last several twins-bearing patients who all went 38-40 weeks. so thus, visualization of 38 weeks.

also, one of my mom's cousins had twins back in 1976 and only found out she was having two a month before she delivered. they actually gave her an x-ray, can you imagine? times change. she ended up going all 40 weeks and each baby was something like 8lbs. i have no idea how she did it.

8lbs is what i mean by ginormous.

[Brynn]

Max Headroom :)

[brightpearl]

Manx Bedroom
http://tigergrowl.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/manxcatl.jpg

(Glad to hear your docs are supportive auntie!! :) That's a great track record for them.)

[Marcus Bales]

http://www.behindthename.com/twins.php

[auntie aubrey]

The following is a list of names that would be linguistically logical for twins.

FRAAAAAAAAAAAAACK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU, WEBPAGE.

do singletons have "linguistically logical" names? NO. they just have names.

twins are individual human beings, two unique human beings. they have enough reason to be close and share their lives without being forced into some ridiculously contrived naming scheme.

some of my closest friends since i was 5 are twins and the one question that they absolutely hate is when people say, "which one are you?" always treating them as a set has made them sensitive, and i don't blame them one bit.

[lukkucairi]

I would like to announce that the dictionary game will be judged between 07:30 and 10:30 GMT tomorrow :)

I will be waiting for my flight at Manchester airport :p

[lukkucairi]

^^ later today

now I'm going to sleep

*zzzz

[lukkucairi]

^^ the beast is slain!

go forth and receive your prizes, all ye who entered the dread domain of the dictionary game

[auntie aubrey]

most definitely boys.

http://www.gofalldown.com/cacophony/myimages/BabyA18wks.jpg

http://www.gofalldown.com/cacophony/myimages/BabyB18wks.jpg

and we got confirmation that they're identical.

[lukkucairi]

^ holy moly congrats! :D

you'll have your work cut out for you ;)

[brightpearl]

^^I have an image just like that, only multiplied by 0.5.

Those radiologists think they're soooooo funny. :D
Boys are wonderful, though, and big congrats.

I hope you enjoy Captain Underpants...

[Frieda]

wooo hooo auntie! :D so awesome, those images :)

[auntie aubrey]

I hope you enjoy Captain Underpants...

fortunately i've been a fan since 1998. somewhere around here i still have a 10 year old sheet of captain underpants stickers. only one was used, adhered to a framed photo of ed mcmahon i hung on the wall to bewilder visitors.

[brightpearl]

^omg you are my favorite person right now
hhahahahahaha

[trisherina]

I'd like to announce that I am going out to play tennis in the height of midday with a mild to moderate hangover and concomitant dehydration and it is my injection day and let us not forget that I am Sofa King old. If I fail to return, the lovely razomrix will judge the Dictionary Game. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[auntie aubrey]

^ billy, don't be a hero.

[trisherina]

Dammit! Survived with only minor sunstroke. :mad:

[Peregrine]

Um. Better luck next time?

[brightpearl]

Dammit! Survived with only minor sunstroke. :mad:

Well, I hope it was fun getting it anyway..?
Have some ginger limeade; it hits the spot.
http://www.keysconch.com/files/limeade_4.jpg

[Frieda]

i'd like to announce that i am taking over the world-- i'm starting tomorrow with my apartment building and the one across the street.

[12"razormix]

http://www.ste.ag/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/pinkiandbrain.jpg
let me know if you want a hand with that, boss!

[Frieda]

well-- if you're really pondering what i'm pondering-- i'll contact you as soon as i'm working my way through europe.

[michaelG]

Achtung!!!:

the price of fuel has reached the tipping point. Parents protect your suburbanite children from the urbanite criminals certain to lash out against the subsequent rise in chicken wing prices.

Stop the Madness.

[Frieda]

the price of fuel has dropped with 0,002 cents actually

it is now EUR1,658 per liter

diesel is also down, only EUR1,426 per liter (-0,021)

[Marcus Bales]

down $.10/gal here from $3.93 to $3.83

[Stephi_B]

i'd like to announce that i am taking over the world-- i'm starting tomorrow with my apartment building and the one across the street.

Cool :D

I'd like to announce in the name of my block: we surrender! ;):)
The block further down where my friend lives has already surrendered methinks cos they have a pirate flag flying there on the colourful house.

[Frieda]

i'd like to announce that i am now in possession of all the financial reports as well as the bank account stuff (including transfer codes and mandate) of the owners association of my apartment building and the one across the street.

[lukkucairi]

I would like to announce that Yellow makes me Happy

:)

^ see?

[Brynn]

I would like to announce that the zefrank message forum actually loaded for me today long enough to let me open this window and leave a post. Beware - I am no longer banned from here :eek:. If it lasts, then to celebrate, I'm going to start a fire over in the pyromaniac's thread. If it doesn't start burning, then suspect foul play.

[Coffee]

I'd like to announce that I am volunteering to be Frieda's navy, so let me know when you are ready to take over the British Virgin Islands, Tahiti, or Fiji.

*gets slingshot and pellet rifle ready in the hope that this will be a relatively non-violent take over*

[michaelG]

in celebration of Obamania there will be a national chicken wing feast in a local town near you sometime between now and next Xmas. Stay tuned.

[TinaBina]

I would like to announce that I am about to have another baby. And he could be as big as his sister was at birth -- 11 pounds. We'll see.

[Frieda]

^ wooo owoooowowowowwooooooo tinabina! :D yay!

need us to pick another name?? :D

[Jack Flanders]

congrats!!

[Marcus Bales]

Just watch out for those firemen with their big pumps.

[lukkucairi]

I'm renting warehouse space! The $hrine is finally moving out of our house and into a proper workspace! I am very happy :D

[Brynn]

hey, good for you! Now you also have a great place to throw dance parties.

[lukkucairi]

^ oh yes, and we know how to throw dance parties :cool:

plus, I'll be moving in next to this thing, and it's got an amazing sound system :)

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lukkucairi/2551914199/" title="DSCN0844 by lukku cairi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3082/2551914199_b150d9a014.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSCN0844" /></a>

[Brynn]

i think a specific plan is forming - a warehouse warming, perhaps?

[lukkucairi]

yes, most definitely!

you're invited, if you bring yourself out to SLC :)

that goes for the rest of you as well :D

[Jack Flanders]

Just watch out for those firemen with their big pumps.

No, I'll let you do that. I've got better things to do.

[Marcus Bales]

No, I'll let you do that. I've got better things to do.

You're missing out! ...

[Stephi_B]

I'll support Portugal and Russia in the European Football Championship. Aye! :)
(thing is starting this evening, I should really get into gear to get my household scores done!! And organise maybe some http://www.eviavilla.co.uk/evia-graphics/flags/portugal-flag.gif http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/language_centre/media/russia-flag.gif deco for the balcony)

Yes, OK, the German team will get some wee support too,
(where's my wee flag from the World Cup??) BUT only if they don't stand in the way of my Russian and Portuguese babes! ;)

[Frieda]

* cough *

:mad:

[Stephi_B]

Wait, wait, I'm a flag legasthenic, the colours were OK, but in the wrong order....

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/large_flag_of_netherlands.gif

Anyways I missed all games till now, on Sa there was this cool reggae/ska band playing live just two blocks from me and there were two Brazilian chicas making such excellent caipis and all the punks were dancing and their dogs too :) or at least wagging their tails with the rhythm (really! dogs like reggae mefigures), so I missed the Portugal vs Turkey game, but I heard Portugal won cos from somewhere down the road there came two cheers and sth like "Yay! Portugal!".
On Sun I had an evil pollen allergy attack (actually it felt like migraine meets flu) all day long, I felt so bad it interested me a flying sh!t who plays or wins. Today I learned this is due to Ambrosia such a plant that (normally not growing in Germany) spread north and is so aggressive that in my quarter (I just read that in the news) they will set in a special squads kinda to pick them beasts and deposit them in special garbage bins for Ambrosia only.
Yes and then I wasn't buying flags yet, first I couldn't get my ass out of the internet cafe, then my friend called me to meet. But the neighbour above me has a HUGE black-red-gold one, so I'll organise those of Portugal, Russia AND the NETHERLANDS :) (as a descendent of Flamic beaver hunters I have to ;)). My balcony will look like the UN building :D

[lukkucairi]

OK, I'm now the parent of two almost-fledged pigeon squabs :o

The realtor was adamant that the roof of our house in Hyrum couldn't be fixed to sell until the family of four pigeons who'd moved in had been evicted, and she couldn't find anyone in the entire valley who was willing to go climb around on our steep front gable to do it. So last Sunday we drove up with bird netting and bird spikes and assorted implements of destruction to go do the dirty deed.

It turned out that the squabs were almost-but-not-quite fledged. I didn't feel like leaving them there in a tree to freak out, fly to the ground, and be eaten by the next-door-neighbor's cats, so I put them in a box and brought them back to Salt Lake with us. Now they're living in a cage in the spare bathroom, and I'm tube feeding them 3x a day with Kay-Tee Exact baby bird formula. We blocked off the access to the niche where their parents were nesting, so hopefully our roof-related pigeon problems won't recur.

But now I have pigeons. They're beginning to hand-tame. I'm a bit bemused by the whole thing. I feel a bit like Bert from Sesame Street.

[Marcus Bales]

It's not really my announcement, but my brother sent me this article and video from WIRED that announces the new Moog Guitar. It's amazing.

http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/06/moog-unveils-ba.html

[skip intro]

Flamic beaver hunters

I don't know what 'Flamic' is, but the rest I can relate to.

[Stephi_B]

^Oops, 'Flemish' is the right word, methinks.

You wanna be adopted? ;) :D
('d have to ask my male relatives, but I don't think the name makes the task easier...)

[skip intro]

I don't want to be adopted, but I'm beaver hunting 24/7.

[auntie aubrey]

baby A is 10 ounces
baby B is 12 ounces

i'm at 19 weeks and 5 days but because there are two my belly measures at 24 weeks.

B is kicking just below my ribs and it's getting stronger, and thus less comfortable. A is finally kicking hard enough to be felt even from his nestled down position near my back.

i'm hungry.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

^ and happy.

[Frieda]

i'd like to announce that hay fever season has started

these sneeze attacks come and take me by surprise-- forgive me for blowing all the paperwork off your desk


stand clear, everyone.....

:eek:

[Odbe]

I'd like to announce that I survived Friday the 13th, minus one functioning leg.

In a fit of youthful bravado I decided that there would be no better way of getting around my back fence than vaulting over the top, which worked well until I tried to get back the same way and twisted my leg in an unusual manner which it did not approve of and consequently stopped allowing me to walk on it. At this time I was of course over the back fence where no one could hear me yelling (which I did not hesitate to do), so after hoplimping around the perimeter of the house I was rescued by an angel who also happens to be a nurse and my neighbour. :o
I am now tucked up in bed with my laptop and a pair of borrowed crutches for potty trips and I'm told that the leg needs some time out to rest and sulk and then hopefully it will start doing its job again.
Darn, my body's not indestructible any more :rolleyes:

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

^ :eek:

[lukkucairi]

my pigeons are fully weaned now

:p

[Coffee]

^^^ Pigeon posts would be nicer with piccys :)

How long till they fledge/fly?

[lukkucairi]

^piccies coming soon! I've been run off my legs this week - discovery channel shoot for the jellyfish 12000 is tomorrow at noon :p

the pigeons now look just like pigeons - all their feathers are in, and unfortunately I didn't get any pics when they were still a little scruffy. I made a coop for them yesterday and they're living down at the warehouse with the jellyfish. might get on TV yet!

I will bring them back tomorrow and find a place to mount the coop on the back porch - then just gradually get them used to being outside, then one day leave the door open and see what they do. hopefully fly away and go be happy independent pigeons somewhere.

I've been having fun hand-feeding them but I hope this won't make them easy prey :o

[T.I.P.]

The ceiling in my apartment is leaking.

i came home last night around 5AM and found my computer and a couple of hard drives covered in water, as well as all the papers and contents of my shelves.

Apparently they are renovating the apartment above me and a pipe must have burst. I now have bowls collecting the water and it is making a nice drippy sound, though it will probably annoy me tonight. Our landlord has not been answering the phone at all. Luckily my computer has dried and it seems to work, but I must say that all of this is making me slightly annoyed.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Slightly?! You must be a very happy person then. Once when I was watering the plants I managed to give a dose to my PC as well. I was angry with myself, with the plants and the PC and anxious to turn it on in case it exploded or something horrible happened...

[lukkucairi]

announcement:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lukkucairi/2583546735/" title="DSCN0906 by lukku cairi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3172/2583546735_4f2eb82fe5.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="DSCN0906" /></a>

these are the pigeons, now their feathers are all in.

[lukkucairi]

announcement:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lukkucairi/2583538303/" title="DSCN0893 by lukku cairi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/2583538303_b88c6c2eb6.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSCN0893" /></a>

this is Alma on the jellyfish - we had the discovery channel shoot yesterday. it was fun :D

[Stephi_B]

neat & congrats!

:)

[Brynn]

Yes! Nice work, lukku!
I'm amazed at that moog guitar - music is about to take a sharp turn.

[brightpearl]

Don't forget to announce when the show will be on....!!!
That's a great shot, btw.

[Frieda]

i'd like to announce that my medication makes me more efficient-- i just found myself very efficiently doing useless things.

and now i'm almost late for football! :eek: :eek:

[brightpearl]

It's been a long day, but the formal thingie I had to sort of manage is over now, and it went well.

Earlier in the week, I had 4 rsvps, and we were having bread and water, and I was flipping out because there was going to be press there at the lamest thing ever. But by yesterday it was evident lots of folks were showing, and they were bringing cookies.

It was beautiful and went so well, and it didn't even bother me too much to sing in a room full of people.

And now I am sooooooooooo tired, and I forgot to stop and get a beer on the way home, but not even that can spoil the mood.

[Frieda]

i'd like to announce that my dryer is unable to deliver water in it's water reservoir and therefore i am now stuck with 4kg of wet bedsheets and no place to hang it all to dry.

[lukkucairi]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lukkucairi/2603783180/" title="DSCN0922 by lukku cairi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3170/2603783180_49d1ccfc49.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSCN0922" /></a>

it's coming along...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lukkucairi/2602954035/" title="DSCN0934 by lukku cairi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2070/2602954035_d356ccbd2c.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="DSCN0934" /></a>

...and having the warehouse space makes me happy :)...

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...and I think this may be my most favorite picture ever of Anthony :D

[Frieda]

oh lukku, that looks awesome, wowwowow!

[Stephi_B]

^^ class!! :) :) :)

[brightpearl]

Wow, it would make me happy to be in there, too!!

[lukkucairi]

^ I wish you guys could come visit!

In fact, you've got a standing invite, all of y'all - any time :)

and Frieds, next time I'm over the other side of the Atlantic I'll build in an extra day for Amsterdamage :D

[Frieda]

^yes yes YES! :D :):)

[lukkucairi]

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^ the DCC shoot day, featuring a cameo by the pigeons :)

*note the hungry dog completely obsessed by them - she sat in front of the cage all day licking her chops while the pigeons lounged around and ignored her

[auntie aubrey]

2lbs 3oz. that's just over 990 grams for the metric folks. that's how much baby i'm hauling around in this thing that is now more transport vehicle than abdomen.

no good pictures though, because they're getting big and they move around a lot. still, i was able to see enough to determine that, yes, baby B likes to rabbit-kick me in the ribs. and, yes, baby A seems to think my bladder is a pillow.

so the good news is, they're growing nicely. the bad news is, i'm getting beat up from the inside and i always have to pee.

[Frieda]

^cool! picked out the names from the fiction project thread yet?

[Stephi_B]

^^ :):)

So it looks as if baby B is the wild thing and baby A the bon vivant (searching a comfy place to lounge, finding your bladder)

& what Frieda asked ;)

[auntie aubrey]

^cool! picked out the names from the fiction project thread yet?

i'm thinking about just calling them Aye and Bee. i mean, it would just be eaiser that way.

[lukkucairi]

i'm thinking about just calling them Aye and Bee. i mean, it would just be eaiser that way.

too bad they aren't girls- you could call them AYEsha and BEEatrice

[auntie aubrey]

too bad they aren't girls- you could call them AYEsha and BEEatrice

i could name them AYEden and BEEuford.

[Marcus Bales]

Walloon and Flanders

[auntie aubrey]

but the real answer to frieda's question is that i have run a few of the name suggestions from that thread by the ol' spouse.

oddly enough he doesn't approve of any of them. :confused:

[lukkucairi]

i could name them AYEden and BEEuford.

I like those much better :D

[madasacutsnake]

I talked my way into an IT job. I have my (IT specialist) cousin on speed-dial and absolutely no other qualifications.

[Marcus Bales]

Congratulations! Just like 2 out of 3 other IT persons.

[lukkucairi]

^:D indeed :D

[trisherina]

It's a change management job. Snake is good with change. She will force it down your neck most charmingly.

[Stephi_B]

Congrats Snake :) :) :)

& you'll do that alright!! Most of these abbreviations are used to make a thing sound bigger ;)

[Frieda]

woo! welcome to the club, mad!

[Frieda]

but the real answer to frieda's question is that i have run a few of the name suggestions from that thread by the ol' spouse.

oddly enough he doesn't approve of any of them. :confused:


(L)Arry & Balki

[Frieda]

i'd like to announce that i am going to try and make the prefab curtains i got at ikea shorter with iron-on seam stuff. i have never done this before. actually, i haven't ironed anything in about 7 years. also, i am completely clueless about fabrics and seams and stitching.

if i don't report in around 23:00h CET, please call the emergency services. i may have ironed the stuff to my face and stitched the rest to my ass.

thank you for your kind assistance in this matter.

[auntie aubrey]

^ i'm hopeless with fabrics and i've done two sets of ikea drapes this way. it's easier than you think. just be careful, hang them first, mark the length you're looking for, pin, and only then cut and iron.

[Frieda]

^thanks, i made it! :) woo hoo!

well, with a little help from my mother. these curtains are enormous and i wasn't able to handle them on my own, i don't have a table or an ironing board that big.. so i went to her place.. it is quite easy indeed! measure, hold the fabric in place, pin, iron seam, iron with seam strip and cut off the rest! no fancy stitching stuff. and they look good too!

cool. 4 more to go... some other time ;)

[LadyCrow]

I got my third tattoo a week ago. It's based on the Sweeney Todd movie, & I think it came out pretty sweet. No, I don't have a pic readily available; it's on my cell phone, & I have no idea how to transfer it over to the web. But it's almost exactly like this (minus the red "velvet" bag):

http://images.entertainmentearth.com/%5CAUTOIMAGES%5CNC55019lg.jpg

http://bulletin.zefrank.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

[trisherina]

Gah, gah, gah. Another memorial service. :(

[Odbe]

^^I have a friend who is a rabid Sweeney Todd fan, I'd love to see your tattoo when you've got a picture so I can rave about it to my friend :)

Announcing:
I won't be around so much the next couple of weeks as I'll be hectic busy. I've got a week off and I'm trying to cram as much in as possible which is challenging but fun :) Then I'll be off to capital cities to be even busier and maybe funner.

[brightpearl]

^Ooohh, what're you doing? Not looking for arsinotherium toes if you're big city bound...

Come to Texas!
It's not all bad!!

[Brynn]

My mother may be moving to Salina.

[Odbe]

^Ooohh, what're you doing? Not looking for arsinotherium toes if you're big city bound...

Come to Texas!
It's not all bad!!


Capital cities of the states of Australia, I meant, not capitals of the world :cool: If only...

I will be keeping a sharp eye out for all sorts of toe-knucklebones, you never know where continental drift may have taken them. I'll be in Canberra and Sydney.
I love going to cities and scavenging for bits and pieces of art and craft things, like wire and shiny stones. It got to the point where a city friend of mine started saying 'No diving!' every time we walked past a dumpster ;)

That's going to be part of the trip, catching up with friends and other people's rubbish, then the last four days of it will be an art school workshop sort of thing which I am very excited about getting into :D It's specifically 'drawing' (as opposed to painting or photography) to improve technical skills and I'm told it's very full on and there will be lots of important artists and art teachers.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

the last four days of it will be an art school workshop sort of thing which I am very excited about getting into :D It's specifically 'drawing' (as opposed to painting or photography) to improve technical skills and I'm told it's very full on and there will be lots of important artists and art teachers.

:) That's really great! I hope you'll enjoy the course to the fullest. I liked your okapi book cover very much. :)

[Odbe]

Thankyou :) I rather think it's my best okapi, albeit my first.

[T.I.P.]

That's going to be part of the trip, catching up with friends and other people's rubbish, then the last four days of it will be an art school workshop sort of thing which I am very excited about getting into :D It's specifically 'drawing' (as opposed to painting or photography) to improve technical skills and I'm told it's very full on and there will be lots of important artists and art teachers.

One day when you are a star in the art world you will think fondly of those dumpster dives.

Perhaps you will also think fondly of your finest paintings hotlinked in the museum of the image association thread, unto eternity.

[Klynne]

Hi ,

I am going to be an aunt again!

[lukkucairi]

^ congratulations!

:D

[Jaime]

I have not been around because I'd been in clown school.

Think Laurel and Hardy, not Bozo.

Please.

[Frieda]

^ pics! PICS!

[Frieda]

i'd like to announce my insanity-- it was creeping up on me

and still caught me by surprise
my own face was the disguise

mentally deranged

[brightpearl]

I am in the weirdest mood today.

[Brynn]

I'm turning off the phones here at the coporate reception desk that I've been temping at all week, and I'm leaving early. I am not going to miss that earlier bus today.

Damn. The phone just rang.
Good news. It was my husband. He will be picking me up and I won't be taking the bus. Maybe we'll go someplace fun.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as I put the board on hold. Please listen to some lovely musak from the seventies.
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[YsaPur EsChomuw]

My holidays have started today at 13.15
I feel nothing.
There's something wrong with my brain, probably.

[michaelG]

The conditions in America will continue to decline until Whitey Corporate America is brought to its knees.

BOYCOTT GASOLINE and Groceries NOW !!!!!!

[Brynn]

^^
Everyone knows you have to stay in the decompression chamber for hours and hours before you can resurface, Purr...be very careful! :eek:

[lukkucairi]

I got four hours' sleep last night.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

^^That must be it, thanks. I was getting panicky... I'll just spend a few days breathing in and breathing out, I guess. :)

^
I set a piece-of-paper-and-a-pencil-trap for dreams last night, but none got trapped. Yet.

[Brynn]

did you bait it? You've got to bait it. Didn't your mother tell you any of this?


Announcement:
I just passed my four thousandth post. I've been waiting all my life for this moment. Where's my absinthe loolypop? :mad:

[T.I.P.]

i went on a "date" tonight
we had "dinner"
and then went for "drinks"
and then we "made out"

and then i went home. It was like the most soul crushingly formal thing i've ever done :confused: :(

i think the fact that i mentioned how weird the whole concept of "dating" was to me is not going to play in my favor. Time will tell.

[zero]

next time perhaps you should consider giving yours hair a bit of a brush

[zero]

or offer to brush theirs - like the pervy heavy-breather did to brynn & beryl in their qotd stories

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

did you bait it? You've got to bait it. Didn't your mother tell you any of this?

No, she wasn't very communicative while she was alive and things didn't improve when she passed away.

[Marcus Bales]

Well, if you hadn't killed her with your pencil like they taught you in the CIA she'd still be around, now, wouldn't she?

[Brynn]

Over the years, I've found surrogates. They work pretty well - almost better.

I'll tell you one thing that's true. I've just about had it with noncommunicative moms. And I mean that as affectionately as possible.
Mine played solitaire endlessly for hours:

"Mom, we just found a nest of live baby coral snakes out in the gutter!"
"Mmm-hmmm."
"Do you think they're poisonous?"
"Mmmm. Just a minute."
"Denise got bit by one and her toe is swelling up."
(pause as she lays out more cards)
"Okay."
"Mom?"
"Hmmm?"
"Did you hear what I said?"
"Uh-huh."

Nowadays, I can say something like
"Mom, all the honeybees are disappearing."
"Huh. Oh well. That's too bad."
"Do you know what happens if all the bees disappear?"
"I'd like to know why my good paint brush has disappeared..."

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[YsaPur EsChomuw]

:o Ach, you see, with me and my Mum, fault was on both sides. Now, it's only on one: mine.

The bees are disappearing in Europe, too. They have some parasite that makes them weak, then kills them. There're some experiments to pollinate flowers with bumblebees, even butterflies! It's ridiculous. Some people believe they can fly to the Mars and live there, when in reality, they cannot achieve the smallest important thing. :(

[lukkucairi]

I am very, very tired!

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I'm drinking tea made of nettles.
It tastes and smells like stale urine gone bad approximately three weeks ago. It has a darkish green colour.
It's supposed to supply my body with iron. So far, it only makes me want to go puke.

[brightpearl]

^Can you have a little wine? Soak the nettle tops in a bottle of good red wine, maybe along with some stone fruit like peaches or orange peel, for a couple of weeks, strain, and just have a few sips per day.

If you eat meat, beef and oysters are good sources, but so are beans/peas and dried fruits like plums and apricots.

eta...you are female, right? Too much iron can be dangerous for men...

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I tried drinking a glass of red wine every day for about 4 months, but it didn't help. Plus, I stopped enjoying wine. :(

But it sounds so witchy, I'm going to soak some nettle leaves right now. That is, if I can find any red wine at home.

:)

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Yes, I'm female. :o

[brightpearl]

The acid in the wine helps with iron absorption. Calcium inhibits it, so if you take it with a meal with lots of cheese or canned salmon or whatever, it won't help as much.

A glass of nettles and wine is probably too much unless you're severly iron deficient. Just 2 or 3 tablespoons...

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I've been taking iron tablets for about 9 months. After the first three months the results were worse then before medication. I stopped drinking black tea and switched to another brand of meds. Last month a kind pharmacist told me I shouldn't take it after meals, because the absorption of iron is worse then.

Of course, for 8 months I took a tablet after each lunch. (Because I never forget lunch, but I might forget taking my meds.)

Tomorrow I'm buying a bottle of red!

[brightpearl]

^Hrm. Been evaluated for other kinds of anemia other than iron deficiency, or for some kind of hidden blood loss? Very important...

Yes, taking just the iron supplement on an empty stomach with orange juice is best -- don't take with other multivitamins as the calcium with interfere, and wait a couple of hours to drink coffee, tea, or milk. Get enough vitamin C? Also, vitamin A deficiency can contribute to anemia, so be sure to get those yellow and orange fruits and veggies -- it's the inside color that indicates beta carotene, the precursor to vit A. Not so hot on Vit A supplements as you can overdose on those, but not the precursor carotenes.

Whole grains can help, but sometimes going gluten-free is necessary, with even slight gluten intolerance.

And you might just be one of those people who needs to eat beef, though it's always good to try to stick to the healthier cuts like brisket. The kind of iron in meat (heme iron) is much, much more easily absorbed than the vegetable source kind.

Sorry for the nutrition lecture. :o

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

You're very kind, thank you :) :) :)

I'm going to get some sleep now, it's midnight over here.

[Frieda]

i'll be out on a training course for a couple of days, no internuts so good luck with all the spam! :)

[topcat]

zen will take care of the spam.

[lukkucairi]

* (http://bulletin.zefrank.com/showpost.php?p=392926&postcount=205)the spouse is OK but has had trouble with heart irregularities. they're testing him for apnea.

[lukkucairi]

after a herculean 14 hour all-night stint at the warehouse, a case of PBR, and four ounces of jagermeister, the $hrine is in a state of near-doneness :)

took piccies and film at 6am today- uploads soon :D

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[Brynn]

excellent :D

[Stephi_B]

Yesterday I printed out the really and definitely and absolutely final version of my thesis and gave it to boss, who'll give it casual glances for like two days and THEN: I'll hand it in (OK, that means at least 3 days fight with the bloody bureaucracy, but wtf :D)

:)

[zero]

well done stephi, you must be relieved to have it finished

so now it's in the lap of the gods and we all wish you the very best of luck as things progress

[trisherina]

:) Aww. Well done!

[Stephi_B]

^&^^

Yes, am SOOOO relieved (and defense is FAAAAR away :D)
& muchas, muchas gracias! :) :) :) :)

(persistence pays in the end.... at least with such thingies ;))