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packman

(16,296 posts) Mon Nov 17, 2014, 10:08 AM Nov 2014

Depressing Monday morning news

Eboli, Repukes winning elections, Russian invasions, cats throwing up --- and now this. World why are you treating us like this?

http://gawker.com/this-is-not-a-drill-industry-says-the-world-is-running-1659353031

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Depressing Monday morning news (Original Post) packman Nov 2014 OP

"Sorrow endureth at night, but joy cometh in the morning." Aristus Nov 2014 #1

*SOB* irisblue Nov 2014 #2

My Monday news IBEWVET Nov 2014 #3

That's great news! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2014 #4

Congrats! irisblue Nov 2014 #5

Wow - can you stand the anticipation? rurallib Nov 2014 #7

Awesome! bigwillq Nov 2014 #9

Congratulations! pinboy3niner Nov 2014 #11

Congratulations! femmocrat Nov 2014 #12

There is this device called the volcano IBEWVET Nov 2014 #13

Thanks IBEWVET Nov 2014 #6

I'll be bringing home a few carts of "Supplies" tomorrow BlueJazz Nov 2014 #8

17 more years 'til I retire...please chocolate hold out! mackerel Nov 2014 #10

The way I see it, Jamaal510 Nov 2014 #14

oh, don't worry. orleans Nov 2014 #15

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Odin2005 Nov 2014 #16

I wonder how much the increased popularity of DARK chocolate has played into this. GreatGazoo Nov 2014 #17

Aristus

(66,462 posts)

1. "Sorrow endureth at night, but joy cometh in the morning."

Reply to packman (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2014, 12:14 PM

Nov 2014

You can say what you want about Scripture, but that one keeps me from slashing my wrists...

irisblue

(33,023 posts)

2. *SOB*

Reply to packman (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2014, 12:41 PM

Nov 2014

IBEWVET

(217 posts)

3. My Monday news

Reply to packman (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2014, 03:02 PM

Nov 2014

Six more Mondays and I am retired!!!!!!!!!!

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,699 posts)

4. That's great news!

Reply to IBEWVET (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 17, 2014, 03:22 PM

Nov 2014

Congrats!

irisblue

(33,023 posts)

5. Congrats!

Reply to IBEWVET (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 17, 2014, 03:24 PM

Nov 2014

rurallib

(62,448 posts)

7. Wow - can you stand the anticipation?

Reply to IBEWVET (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 17, 2014, 10:23 PM

Nov 2014

by my calculation, that makes one hell of a christmas present.

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

9. Awesome!

Reply to IBEWVET (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 17, 2014, 11:29 PM

Nov 2014

Congrats!

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

11. Congratulations!

Reply to IBEWVET (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 17, 2014, 11:38 PM

Nov 2014

Freedom bird!

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

12. Congratulations!

Reply to IBEWVET (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 18, 2014, 11:14 AM

Nov 2014

Let us know how you celebrated!

IBEWVET

(217 posts)

13. There is this device called the volcano

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #12)

Tue Nov 18, 2014, 11:22 PM

Nov 2014

and since I won't be subject to testing anymore

IBEWVET

(217 posts)

6. Thanks

Reply to packman (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2014, 03:29 PM

Nov 2014

Its been a long time coming.

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

8. I'll be bringing home a few carts of "Supplies" tomorrow

Reply to packman (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2014, 10:42 PM

Nov 2014

mackerel

(4,412 posts)

10. 17 more years 'til I retire...please chocolate hold out!

Reply to packman (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2014, 11:36 PM

Nov 2014

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)

14. The way I see it,

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 01:07 AM

Nov 2014

there's depressing news every day; it's just different stuff.

orleans

(34,073 posts)

15. oh, don't worry.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 01:30 AM

Nov 2014

i'm sure big pharma will make a damn pill that tastes like chocolate and manages to alter your brain chemicals in that happy/chocolatey way

can you imagine how much money they'd make on that? viagra is nothing in comparison

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)

16. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 02:12 AM

Nov 2014

GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)

17. I wonder how much the increased popularity of DARK chocolate has played into this.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 05:54 AM

Nov 2014

At one end of the scale is Hershey, who's product contains so little real chocolate that it is not legal to sell it as chocolate in the UK. On the other end Lindt 90% dark. When the health benefits of chocolate were publicized, there was a shift toward the darker stuff.

http://consumerist.com/2008/08/08/hersheys-kissables-no-longer-legally-considered-milk-chocolate/

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