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Post by Jaguar on Apr 24, 2014 16:15:28 GMT -5
Well yeah they are no good when he gives them to his cat to play with.
Virgil doesn't have a cat. He only thinks he does. In reality, it's little snow leopard that meows.
Nancy it's not just one snow leopard, Virgil's got a whole slew of snow leopards.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Apr 24, 2014 18:50:15 GMT -5
Virgil it's shit not shirt, did you forget where your glasses are again ?
You do know that Virgil only reads in 01010101010 don't you
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Apr 24, 2014 20:27:10 GMT -5
I just realized my mistake. I misread the thread title. My response should have been this: Swamp, why not consider this a positive thing? It's a mild inconvenience at worst, and many airlines actually encourage passengers to lose it all before a long flight. It saves on fuel and lowers carbon emissions. And it also means shorter lineups at the on-board restrooms. Wash your hands thoroughly before eating anything.
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Post by Jaguar on Apr 24, 2014 20:30:19 GMT -5
No Virgil fess up hon, you were playing with your snow leopards. GOTCHA
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Post by Value Buy on Apr 25, 2014 0:41:00 GMT -5
I just realized my mistake. I misread the thread title. My response should have been this: Swamp, why not consider this a positive thing? It's a mild inconvenience at worst, and many airlines actually encourage passengers to lose it all before a long flight. It saves on fuel and lowers carbon emissions. And it also means shorter lineups at the on-board restrooms. Wash your hands thoroughly before eating anything. LOL, Is Swamp a squatter or a sitter? I forget.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Apr 25, 2014 1:22:14 GMT -5
Originally I thought she'd lost her luggage, but how can somebody be "about to" lose their luggage? Then I thought a bit more literally and it made sense. A bit odd to blog about it, but if you're stuck in an airport for hours on end, what else are you going to blog about? 7:30 PM: About to eat my airport burrito. 7:35 PM: Still eating my airport burrito. 7:40 PM: Finishing my airport burrito. 8:00 PM: Not feeling so great. 8:10 PM: About to lose my shit. 8:40 PM: Lost my shit. Feel ten pounds lighter. 8:45 PM: About to eat my second burrito. ...
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Post by NoNamePerson on Apr 25, 2014 7:24:08 GMT -5
I just realized my mistake. I misread the thread title. My response should have been this: Swamp, why not consider this a positive thing? It's a mild inconvenience at worst, and many airlines actually encourage passengers to lose it all before a long flight. It saves on fuel and lowers carbon emissions. And it also means shorter lineups at the on-board restrooms. Wash your hands thoroughly before eating anything. LOL, Is Swamp a squatter or a sitter? I forget.
Now off to find the sitter or squatter thread - THANKS
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2014 7:27:16 GMT -5
Originally I thought she'd lost her luggage, but how can somebody be "about to" lose their luggage? Then I thought a bit more literally and it made sense. A bit odd to blog about it, but if you're stuck in an airport for hours on end, what else are you going to blog about? 7:30 PM: About to eat my airport burrito. 7:35 PM: Still eating my airport burrito. 7:40 PM: Finishing my airport burrito. 8:00 PM: Not feeling so great. 8:10 PM: About to lose my shit. 8:40 PM: Lost my shit. Feel ten pounds lighter. 8:45 PM: About to eat my second burrito. ... Best diet evah!
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on Apr 25, 2014 20:16:49 GMT -5
While I get that there are a LOT of forces at work behind the logistics of moving an airplane; it seems like REALLY dirty pool to keep a plane on the tarmac for an extended period of time. And in our post-9/11 world where certain locations demand you are seated until airborne, that can present some serious problems.
I've heard legends of them having food and stuff transported to the people on the plane after sitting for too long. Of course there are also whispers of passengers who nearly led revolts! I can imagine that sitting for 3 extra hours for a 40 minute flight would angry up the blood.
Some airports are definitely prone to serious delays. DFW, O'Hare... still not fun when it happens.
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Post by tloonya on Apr 26, 2014 9:11:11 GMT -5
I lost my shirt in an airport a few years ago. It got caught in one of those luggage carousels and torn clean off. By the time I got it out, it was in tatters. Best of luck in getting yours back. I know how it feels. If you don't have your luggage with you, perhaps somebody who does might consider giving/selling you a shirt? Just a thought. I am sure it is done purposely...to amuze...
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Post by tloonya on Apr 26, 2014 9:13:05 GMT -5
LOL, Is Swamp a squatter or a sitter? I forget.
Now off to find the sitter or squatter thread - THANKS And what is also important if she is folder or scrambler...or scruncher, you remember that one right?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2014 11:18:56 GMT -5
Like you guys, we've had too many friends with really bad experiences with airlines. Which is why DH & I drive everywhere we can. I would rather spend a week in a car, than stuck in an airplane, or stranded at an airport, with no end in sight. My brother once told my parents that DH and I shouldn't be driving every Christmas from the Midwest to Myrtle Beach. The great irony: we were flying to his son's wedding on USAirways, a friggin' nonstop, last month. (If you remember the long discussion about my plans to wear a navy-blue pinstriped suit to a black-tie optional wedding, it was this one.)
It was a 10:35 AM departure. No, make that noon. No, make that 1 PM. Having already missed a chance to see my parents (in their early 80s) late last year at another family wedding because USAirways eventually cancelled their nonstop, I knew the drill. I called after the 3rd delay and told them that the late arrival interfered with our plans 9not quite true- the wedding was the next day) and give us our money back and we'd go home. And we did. The flight eventually took off at 4 PM but we would have arrived exhausted and missed seeing any family till the next day. It was rare opportunity to decide we weren't going to sit helplessly and wait to find out hat happened and to get our money back. Usually you're stuck someplace far from home and/or you HAVE to get where you're going and can do nothing.
It's abominable that the airlines pay no penalties in this country for getting you to your destination 8 hours late. In Europe they'd have to pay a penalty to the passengers.
In December we're going to Myrtle Beach again. In a car. Unfortunately we have 2 weddings next year which are likely to require flying. I used to love flying. Now it's something you endure to get where you're going.
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Post by tloonya on Apr 26, 2014 11:30:41 GMT -5
I just realized my mistake. I misread the thread title. My response should have been this: Swamp, why not consider this a positive thing? It's a mild inconvenience at worst, and many airlines actually encourage passengers to lose it all before a long flight. It saves on fuel and lowers carbon emissions. And it also means shorter lineups at the on-board restrooms. Wash your hands thoroughly before eating anything. They do not encourage to lose it, they encourage to leave it in places designated for deposits of this sorts...am I right?
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Post by Spellbound454 on Apr 26, 2014 11:54:04 GMT -5
Well birds lose it as they are flying.......it makes them fly higher. Ignore natural aerodynamics at your peril
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Apr 27, 2014 1:57:32 GMT -5
Brainteaser of the Day - Swampy Thread Edition
Driven to insanity by an unusually long wait at an airport, Swamp has misspelled the title of her most recent thread. Given the following clues, can you deduce what she's about to lose?
1. Swamp is about to lose her seafaring vessel.
2. Swamp is about to lose her narrow aperture.
3. Swamp is about to lose her ammunition for a double-barreled gun.
4. Swamp is about to lose her makeshift stabbing weapon.
5. Swamp is about to lose her saliva.
6. Swamp is about to lose her interval of work.
7. Swamp is about to lose her front lower leg.
8. Swamp is about to lose her short theatrical performance.
9. Swamp is about to lose her loud vocal cry.
10. Swamp is about to lose her voucher of a small debt.
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Post by chiver78 on Apr 27, 2014 17:32:03 GMT -5
Brainteaser of the Day - Swampy Thread EditionDriven to insanity by an unusually long wait at an airport, Swamp has misspelled the title of her most recent thread. Given the following clues, can you deduce what she's about to lose? 1. Swamp is about to lose her seafaring vessel. 2. Swamp is about to lose her narrow aperture. 3. Swamp is about to lose her ammunition for a double-barreled gun. 4. Swamp is about to lose her makeshift stabbing weapon. 5. Swamp is about to lose her saliva. 6. Swamp is about to lose her interval of work. 7. Swamp is about to lose her front lower leg. 8. Swamp is about to lose her short theatrical performance. 9. Swamp is about to lose her loud vocal cry. 10. Swamp is about to lose her voucher of a small debt. 1. ship 2. 3. shot 4. shiv 5. spit 6. shift 7. shin 8. 9. 10. sorry, I got nothing for the shit I left blank.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Apr 27, 2014 17:36:30 GMT -5
9. Shrill ?
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Post by Jaguar on Apr 27, 2014 17:40:05 GMT -5
2. Shape ? 8. Show ? 10. Shit ?
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Post by NastyWoman on Apr 27, 2014 18:15:13 GMT -5
8. Skitt 10. Chit
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Apr 27, 2014 18:23:29 GMT -5
chiver78 got 1,3,4,5,6,7. NastyWoman got 8 (although it's spelled "skit") and 10. That leaves 2 and 9.
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Post by NastyWoman on Apr 27, 2014 18:47:15 GMT -5
9. Shriek?
2. slit? This fits in with the other answer but an aperture is round so it doesn't quite work
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Apr 27, 2014 20:25:35 GMT -5
It doesn't rhyme with the others, but isn't the narrow aperture on a camera the "f stop" or something like that?
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Apr 28, 2014 6:29:26 GMT -5
"Slit" is right for 2, NastyWoman. "Aperture" simply means an opening, from Latin apertura, meaning "an opening". There's no requirement that it be round. And a hint for 9: leave the consonants unchanged, and modify the vowel sound.
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Post by Malarky on Apr 28, 2014 6:34:18 GMT -5
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Apr 28, 2014 7:41:27 GMT -5
Malarky gets #9. Hence: 1. Swamp is about to lose her ship. (chiver) 2. Swamp is about to lose her slit. (joss) 3. Swamp is about to lose her shot. (chiver) 4. Swamp is about to lose her shiv. (chiver) 5. Swamp is about to lose her spit. (chiver) 6. Swamp is about to lose her shift. (chiver) 7. Swamp is about to lose her shin. (chiver) 8. Swamp is about to lose her skit. (joss) 9. Swamp is about to lose her shout. (Malarky) 10. Swamp is about to lose her chit. (joss) A gold star for each of you.
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Post by tloonya on Apr 28, 2014 11:31:17 GMT -5
It doesn't seem like swamp came back from her journey yet (still looking for lost shit?)... Is this possible?
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Post by swamp on Apr 28, 2014 13:49:27 GMT -5
It doesn't seem like swamp came back from her journey yet (still looking for lost shit?)... Is this possible? I'm here. Unfortunately,. my job is not letting me play much. It's real estate and stupid drunk people seasons.
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Post by tloonya on Apr 28, 2014 13:58:17 GMT -5
It doesn't seem like swamp came back from her journey yet (still looking for lost shit?)... Is this possible? I'm here. Unfortunately,. my job is not letting me play much. It's real estate and stupid drunk people seasons. I am glad. And are you totally shitless? That was fun thread while it lasted...when are you going somewhere next?
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