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lightningandsnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 06:21 PM
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Name one life lesson you learned today
Mine: social paranoia gets you nowhere.

Case in point, I just got a facebook account. I added someone as a friend, and she "facebook rejected" me... I spent almost an entire day freaking out about it, thinking "What did I do?" "Does she hate me?"

Turns out, because I didn't have my last name listed, and I had an old-ish picture posted, she didn't know who I was at first.

Yeah... my bad.
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 06:26 PM
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1. you spent almost an entire day freaking out about...facebook?
i'm confused.
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lightningandsnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 06:30 PM
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2. I thought she was pissed at me
and I had no idea what I did! So it wasn't so much about facebook, as it was about..."What did I do?"
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 06:37 PM
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3. I found out that posts about bodily functions aren't allowed on DU.
And what a valuable lesson in life to learn! Frankly I wonder how I got to 44 and didn't know that.
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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 06:39 PM
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4. That some people spend their lives going over your posts
and use those to argue with you because they got nothing else.

Pretty Lame IMHO - but hey, whatever gets them by....
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 06:44 PM
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5. if you are nice to baby goats they think you are their mother
-if you hike all over the place looking for an escapee dog, with binoculars and calling it's name every 5 seconds, it will completely ignore you but return home minutes after you get back in the same exact direction you just came from...which leads to the next one,

-if you pick up a stray dog and get righteously indignant about the people who 'dumped' it, sometimes you end up wondering if it might just be responsible for it's own strayness, due to its now evident houdini-esque tendencies.
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 06:44 PM
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6. I didn't learn anything but I did verify the fact that I still haven't a clue
Edited on Tue Nov-27-07 06:44 PM by GoPsUx
about much of anything.
Or as they say..All I know is that I don't know.
:shrug:
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 06:44 PM
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7. I just said this to a parishioner...
Between the Wal-Mart marketing person in my office, a conversation I overheard at lunch praising the most hateful RW pastor in town, and learning that a hotel in town won't put our info in their church directory for guests because we're "not Christian", I learned today that the road to justice and peace is a long, hard, and lonely one. But one we need to walk nonetheless.
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lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 06:52 PM
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8. I learned
doing the right things...
gets you f'ing nowhere

lost
time to have fun
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Frosty1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 06:54 PM
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9. I learned to not smoke over in GD
:smoke:
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:03 PM
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10. Today I learned that the nice man around the corner with the native plants and the solar panels
is a game warden. :scared:
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Coyote_Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:13 PM
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11. Today I learned that soldered fingers
do eventaully heal. Took nearly five and a half weeks with no complications. Blisters peeled off today and are gone - but the fingers still remain tender. I have become mildly paranoid around hot things. I do not intend to ever repeat this experience.....
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:15 PM
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12. I'm not as funny and witty as I thought.
At least not here.
Threads = Anchor City.
Straight to the bottom.
bastids
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 08:00 PM
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19. You've been loungebook rejected.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-28-07 10:23 AM
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28. Completely.
I need a new publisher.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:40 PM
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13. That trying to replace everything in a lost wallet is a pain in the ass.
x(
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:46 PM
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15. Ah dude..that sux!!
I hope it shows up.
It looks like this right.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:55 PM
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17. On the bright side, I'm always so broke is was empty of money.
And I only WISH it looked like that one. :D
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:43 PM
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14. I'd rather have a good friend any day
than a crush that is certain to break my heart.

:)
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cleveramerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:48 PM
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16. The only thing you control in every situation.....
is your reaction.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:58 PM
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18. My job SUCKS!
Supposed to leave at 6:30pm, 8:00pm right now. :grr:
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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 08:03 PM
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20. Think long and hard before you choose someone to marry
Observed my colleague's habeas hearing today - her client had made just AWFUL choices and married two horrible men who used her badly and practically ruined her life. It was a very emotional morning.
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intheflow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 08:07 PM
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21. I learned that almost everyone I know thinks they understand my life better than I do.
*big sigh*
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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 08:11 PM
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22. "Always, no wait, never, no, always carry a litter bag in your car.
... and you can always toss it out your window if it gets full."

:hi:
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 08:57 PM
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23. When your favorite running shoes go on sale
buy a lifetime supply.
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otherlander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 09:03 PM
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24. No matter what you say
the people on television can convince most people that you're just being silly. Even if you're talking about something like war or kidnapping. So there's no real point in saying anything serious. It can be turned into a joke easilly enough.
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LisaM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 09:07 PM
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25. I didn't, but my hairdresser did.
She was freaking out about lead paint in toys (she has a toddler) and I told her you could get lead-testing kits, which she didn't know! So now she is happy.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 10:21 PM
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26. That continuous positive action, even continuous positive thought, bears positive results.
I have to work at it, and am happy to learn that when you aren't able to do positive action, positive thought is just as useful, and an action in itself.
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From The Ashes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 10:25 PM
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27. That I suck at living alone...
...but I'm not ready for the complications of living with someone else.
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The2ndWheel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-28-07 10:37 AM
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29. That two foxes can come out of nowhere to make it a pretty good day
I mean the actual foxes. Puffy tails, pointy ears, fur, 4 legs. Two ran by near me this morning while walking to work. I had never seen an actual fox out in the open like that, so that was pretty cool.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-28-07 10:52 AM
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30. Roofers are crazy.
Anyone who spends all day lugging heavy stuff on sloped surfaces and act as if it's just a walk in the park must be crazy. :crazy:


Seriously, I'm in awe of how they can walk around on the thin framing under the decking without ever looking down. The tear off guys spent all day ripping up heavy cement-based shingles one by one and carting stacks of them across the remaining uneven, slippery roof to the dumpster. They earn every dollar they're paid.
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-28-07 10:58 AM
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31. Alarm clocks are assholes; specifically when they decide not to go off.
:banghead:
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-28-07 10:59 AM
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32. Here's one I seem to have to re-learn often... learned it again yesterday.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
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