From: LIANA Area: Mundane To: ARAIGUMA 18 Jul 94 23:43:00 Subject: BUMPTY BUMP UpdReq ... An owl hooted in my ear of words by Araiguma to Liana ... Li> I was awake on the 'pooter, actually. I thought an M-80 went off.. Li> then for the other one I felt the building lift and land.. was *very* Li> strange. The broom fell of the wall and the cat panicked, but other Li> than that, just spiffy. Ar> Yup. Just loud. Li> Quite! Poor Pashta didn't like it *at* *all.* Barney, on the other Li> hand, barely cracked an eyelid. Ar> Ours didn't seem too fazed by it...but then, they survived two years Ar> in Manhattan, too. The A-Train? Ar> Sounds like a job for earthquake putty or some such. Ar> (I think of my poor mother-in-law, in seismically active Seattle, with Ar> all that antique Wedgwood...at least most of my breakable stuff is Ar> Target Special, or gas station premiums or something.) La Target and I get along just fab, thanks. Roomie has the eye for Li> catching sales in the Sunday paper inserts, then going in for a price Li> adjustment... thing is, she always comes back with more! Gee... I Li> wonder why... Ar> They set it up that way. Seriously. A lot of thought, effort, and Ar> money goes into how to position things in discount stores so customers Ar> have to go past lots of grabbable stuff. And all but the most Ar> ruthlessly disciplined do wind up with more than they planned to get. Yep. And she's an ex-retail manager (clothing, no less) as well, but it doesn't stop her from succumbing to the shopping bug! Scary when we take trips together... we have to lock up the ATM cards. Ar> And some of us are pushovers... That's me. 'specially in book and thrift stores. Blessed Be. -l ... Describing magic with words is like cutting beef with a screwdriver... ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.11 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Urhla Area: Mundane To: Liana 21 Jul 94 16:41:30 Subject: LIFE UpdReq I hope things went well at your dinner. Your apple bread was sure to win them. Im now reading a Marion Zimmer Bradley book. The Mists of Avalon. What a tome! I cant put it down! Ill look for the other one. I hope that you do get accepted into a coven. They can really focus and I need focusing Much of all Urhla 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Nathan Peterson Area: Mundane To: All 21 Jul 94 13:34:00 Subject: warts Pvt UpdReq hello all, anyone have a fast cure for warts? thanks... 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: ARAIGUMA Area: Mundane To: LIANA 20 Jul 94 00:41:00 Subject: BUMPTY BUMP UpdReq -=> Quoting Liana to Araiguma <=- Ar> Ours didn't seem too fazed by it...but then, they survived two years Ar> in Manhattan, too. Li> The A-Train? The 1/9 and or 2/3, actually. La Target and I get along just fab, thanks. Roomie has the eye for Li> catching sales in the Sunday paper inserts, then going in for a price Li> adjustment... thing is, she always comes back with more! Gee... I Li> wonder why... Ar> They set it up that way. Seriously. A lot of thought, effort, and Ar> money goes into how to position things in discount stores so customers Ar> have to go past lots of grabbable stuff. And all but the most Ar> ruthlessly disciplined do wind up with more than they planned to get. Li> Yep. And she's an ex-retail manager (clothing, no less) as well, but Li> it doesn't stop her from succumbing to the shopping bug! Scary Li> when we take trips together... we have to lock up the ATM cards. Sounds like me and the spoose in Comic Relief... Ar> And some of us are pushovers... Li> That's me. 'specially in book and thrift stores. Oh yes! The therapist I went to in NYC was in a dangerous neighborhood... Salvation Army, Goodwill, and Hadassah thrift shop all within two blocks... and there was also the Garment District about ten blocks away, and the flea market in the neighborhood on weekends... B*B Araiguma ... I'm not born again -- my Goddess got it right the 1st time. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718