Sinner's Alley Happy Hour (Part 1)

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<p>My people my people,</p>

<p>That is why I love this crowd do much, just when you thought it was safe to. come out....</p>

<p>m&sdad and slugg just reaffirms my faith that they both worked for ACME in a past life, giving suggestions to old wiley and laughing their heads off as he blows himself up (he never did catch that roadrunner did he?).</p>

<p>B,</p>

<p>so sorry about D and ex. Slugg- good job with the doggie. Give her a hug from us. we'll let her come down to SA, belt out one good torch song and then kick her out (we can't have her find out what *really * goes on down her now can we?). Hey, it's his loss. Tell her to treat it just like missing the bus or train on the NYC mass transit system, there is always another one coming and the next one is probably going to be better for you.</p>

<p>SB & ALU, big huggs to both of you. Thanks for sharing your stories. Sometimes when we hear about so many kids on CC who do everything short of walking on water (not to mention those that make the water that they walk on), we lose sight of the fact that they are just kids, who are for the first time truly venturing out on their own. Yes, they will have some oops moments, most important the lessons learned are much more valuable. Alu in light of the events that happened this week you could have talked to D until you were blue in the face. D had her 'adventure", and found out something more important, even when she a hiccup in the road, she was still able to come to you, and with out constantly saying I told you so, you had enough foresight to be grateful that she was ok, and showed her that you love her any way. </p>

<p>SB, I think that what your D did was an awfully mature thing on her part. She knows her schedule, what she can effective do and not do. She realized that she could not give the class her best work and dropped it. Others would have felt the need to live of the the big "S" they plastered on their chests and hit the wall hard. I know that this renews your confidence in her that she will be just fine at college.</p>

<p>m&s,</p>

<p>I think that you need to call jmmom, becasue after she offered to put a pox on cami's mailbox, who knows what she has got up her sleeves for FA offices.</p>

<p>On a lighter note...</p>

<p>Alu,</p>

<p>I read D your post about the Chanel glasses. </p>

<p>* I really wanted some Chanel sunglasses so I bought them. Felt like I had gone to the dark side. But so be it. *</p>

<p>She says that you are a woman after her own heart, you are probably sisters under the skin (or at least she is your long lost poor east coast D) and you would totally understand why she is tossing her hard earned $$ at a new pair for the summer.</p>

<p>So while the 2 of you are getting your cute on, together can sing from the song, Oh, I think they like me (the things you hear on that kid's ipod)</p>

<p>we're young, yeah we're fly
and we're gonna stay flashy until the day that we die
Oh, I think they like me, oh, I think they like me</p>

<p>So when you use those sunglasses as a head band this summer, smile and think about my d who is doing the exact same thing.</p>

<p>barkeep, another round</p>

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<p>
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...tied to the bed, with my head immobilized, forced to stare at the mail slot, then unable to reach it when the yearned for letters do arrive. --m&sdad

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Plan B: Marmot army gnaws through duct-tape and twisty-ties to free m&sdad.</p>

<p>Plan C: Trained marmots open letters, read them, and spell out the news with their little marmot bodies.</p>

<p>Plan D: Marmots find a paper clip; give it to m&sdad who uses it to saw through rope and free himself!</p>

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<p>Marmot body morse code...</p>

<p>Duct/Duck Tape...</p>

<p>Paper clips...</p>

<p>Holy MacGyver epsiode, Batman!</p>

<p>"He'll use that paper clip to short-circuit a nuclear missle..."</p>

<p>Or as Aunt Pattie from the Simpsons said: "Oooh, that Richard Dean Anderson will be in my dreams tonight."</p>

<p><a href="http://www.rdanderson.com/macgyver/images/mac2.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.rdanderson.com/macgyver/images/mac2.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I also plan to incorporate this into my escape plan...</p>

<p><a href="http://www.yikers.com/video_a_real_rube_goldberg_machine.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.yikers.com/video_a_real_rube_goldberg_machine.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Courtesy of Jim and Tim, The Duck brand, duct tape guys (and for your viewing pleasure this morning courtesy of Sluggmoi), the many names for duct tape: </p>

<p>Duct Tape = "The Ultimate Power Tool" :)</p>

<p>Gaff Tape (also Gaffer’s Tape): This special grade of duct tape (often colored black) was developed by the entertainment industry to hold lighting equipment and cables in place. It has a dull finish so that it won’t reflect lights.</p>

<p>Rock and Roll Tape: Underappreciated rock and roll roadies keep the music industry alive thanks to their love of the America’s favorite adhesive.</p>

<p>100 MPH Tape: A name recognizable, no doubt, to U.S. Army Veterans.</p>

<p>200 MPH TAPE: Pit crews across the nation’s auto-racing circuit know that duct tape holds even when you’re going over 200 M.P.H.</p>

<p>1,000 M.P.H. tape: The U.S. Navy uses duct tape to repair radomes. A Radome is the dome that fits over a radar antenna. On an airplane, that's usually the nose cone. It has to be transparent to the radar waves. (Any repairs must be radar-transparent, too on fighter aircraft.) Since the planes fly so darn fast, they call it “thousand mile an hour” tape.</p>

<p>Missile Tape: The Aerospace industry, according to a Martin Marietta worker, used a green duct tape that they secured and routed wiring and cables on test missiles.</p>

<p>1,000 Mile tape: Norman Vaughn, arctic explorer for whom Antarctica’s Mount Vaughn was named, puts it on his dog sled runners to prevent ice build-up and says it lasts 1,000 miles. Good ol' Norman.</p>

<p>Canoeists’ Companion: Very few canoeists would be caught without a roll of duct tape. Why? Hit a rock, rip open the hull, you’re done canoeing unless you have duct tape along!</p>

<p>Wisconsin Pewter on a Roll: Any Packer fan will tell you what’s really keeping that cheese on their heads!</p>

<p>**Minnesota Chrome<a href="or,%20insert%20your%20own%20rust-inducing%20state%20here">/b</a>: In the land of lakes, snow, road salt, and rusty cars, they use duct tape a lot more often than they visit the auto body shop.</p>

<p>Hikers’ Helper: Along with a good sleeping bag, a Swiss Army knife, and dry matches, duct tape makes sure outdoors enthusiasts are prepared for anything.</p>

<p>Jesus Tape: In Finland and Sweden, they refer to duct tape as “Jesus Tape.” They also refer to it as Gaffer's tape, or "roudarin teippi" in Finnish. Yes, but WHY do they call it Jesus Tape? </p>

<p>Plastic Surgeon on Roll: Pulls skin tight, lifts and separates!</p>

<p>First Aid Kit on a Roll: A great emergency substitute for splints, bandages, tourniquets, sutures, etc.</p>

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<p>Plan E: Trained marmots appear on Today show to such fanfare they receive contract with 20th Century Fox for animated series based on their act, and fund D's entire education.</p>

<p>sybbie, thanks for the hugg :) </p>

<p>Yes, I was proud of D, because it was the right thing to do-- cut loose the class that was really slipping away. She wound up with a 3.0 in the other classes. I am pretty sure she's on track now, with all A's and B's so far in the work she has been graded on. </p>

<p>Her M.O. in HS would have been to soldier on and not address the severity of the problem early enough; here she took action, even going in of her own accord to see the freshman dean, coming up with a study schedule, tutor, etc.</p>

<p>Also forgot to mention above that besides the social life heating up she started school with 6x/week practices for her sport and lots of travel for away matches. Just one more distraction...</p>

<p>I will be more relaxed when the 2nd semester grades are IN. ;)</p>

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<p>Plan F. </p>

<p>Trained marmots, having finished their labors for m&sdad, go and follow my D around to remind her when enough is enough. Then they head off to SBmom's D to bring her nuts and fruits and fresh spring water when she is tired from studying.</p>

<p>Anyone else need some marmots?</p>

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<p>Yeah, marmot dental surgeon for son!</p>

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<p>Then they can come graze my lawn -- they're vegetarians, right?</p>

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<p>Hmm. Maybe they can also get me and Sybbie's D some new Chanel sunglasses:)? The marmot dark side....</p>

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<p>Wanted: Homework marmots; marmots who clean gutters. FREE marmot condos available next door in Evilneighbor's lawn. ;)</p>

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<p>From <a href="http://www.marmotburrow.ucla.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.marmotburrow.ucla.edu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>"Yellow-bellied marmots are pests at some parts of Yosemite National Park. At the Mineral King area of Sequoia National Park in California, park at your own risk for the marmots have taken a liking to brake lines and radiator hoses!"</p>

<p>I see new uses for marmots involving evil neighbors and ex-boyfriends/girlfriends...</p>

<p>Slugster, you can even drive out and round a few up. A San Fran marmot drive! Everybody saddle up! :)</p>

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<p>Slugg,
I have a theory about why they call it Jesus tape. It's likely to be based on a paraphrase of the bumper sticker/billboard slogan, "It doesn't matter what the question is, Jesus is the answer." </p>

<p>So...."It doesn't matter what the problem is, duct tape is the solution!" </p>

<p>My theory reminds me of a contribution Doddsdaughter made to this thread long, long ago....</p>

<p>Duct tape is like The Force. It has a dark side, a light side, and it holds the universe together. </p>

<p>Hmm....theological question for the day: If Jesus is the answer to all questions, and Duct Tape holds the universe together, and Eric Clapton is god, does that make them the Holy Trinity?????</p>

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<p>Duct tape works good on sending boxes to college, duct tape works better than scotch but scotch can be more potent, and duct tape is splendid during hurricanes when you have to duck for cover.</p>

<p>3 cheers for the silver stuff.....it stands alone.</p>

<p>(this has been a long.....day)</p>

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<p>The hands-on science kids mantra: "It ain't broke, it just lacks duct tape."<br>
And this fits right in: <a href="http://www.80stees.com/products/MacGyver-t-shirt.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.80stees.com/products/MacGyver-t-shirt.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>In one day last fall the duct tape that's always in my car fixed a soccer shoe whose sole fell off during a game, affixed a radio antenna back on the vehicle of another soccer player, and gave new life to a lawn chair.</p>

<p>This is going to be a long day.</p>

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<p>Over30,</p>

<p>Like the shirt!</p>

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<p>D was accepted into Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts.</p>

<p>Package waiting on the table for my daughter to come home, but it does say "offical FAT letter" on the outside. Now it only has merit dollars on the inside...</p>

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<p>m&sdad, BRAVO!!! Mazel Tov!!</p>

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<p>Without opening the envelope I can read that she won the Andrew Carnegie Scholarship, good for half tuition for four years!</p>

<p>Next rounds on me, plus appetizers!</p>

<p>Still waiting on Cooper Union admissions and MICA and SAIC merit results.</p>

<p>Woot! Woot!</p>

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<p>The marmots worked!!!!</p>

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<p>m&sdad....
Oh Happy DAY! Oh Happy DAY! Oh Happy DAY!!</p>

<p>jmmom slides Fresh Guacamole with just-picked cilantro up onto the bar....</p>

<p>Margaritas all around. I'm celebrating for m&sdad.</p>