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  • LLapp
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    August 14: Abra's Backspace Re-Comment Day

    "A holiday is when you celebrate something that's all finished up, that happened a long time ago and now there's nothing left to celebrate but the dead." — Abraham Polonsky

    abra
    August 14, 2019, 1:54 am
    Oh, I think a holiday is much nicer than that.

    abra
    August 14, 2019, 1:55 am
    I think I've discovered something new and fun. I hope I'll get back to this quote again sometime soon.

    LLapp
    December 4, 2019, 2:51 am
    Abra, what happened?

    mistyswiss
    August 18, 2020, 6:02 pm
    Will you tell us in the twilight zone?

    writeon
    September 5, 2020, 8:24 am
    For me, just solving a cryptogram is cause for celebration. It's like a holiday when I get above average!

    writeon
    September 6, 2020, 1:22 pm
    For me, just solving a cryptogram is cause for a holiday celebration when I get above an average score.

    abra
    October 11, 2021, 3:06 am
    Wow, the cat has been let out of the bag now. I'm just really surprised to look back now and see this was on my birthday.

    LLapp
    August 22, 2022, 1:13 am
    Abra, this thread is historic! This is where you discovered how to time-travel back to the same thread and leave a second comment. I say we make August 14th a holiday.

    abra
    September 21, 2022, 2:43 am
    LOL. Oh you're a holiday, such a holiday --Barry Gibb and Robin Hugh Gibb.



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  • Eureka
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    (No wonder abra didn't like creepy crawlies.)

    "That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees. " — Marcus Aurelius


    montyb
    March 13, 2020, 8:37 am
    Last summer while mowing the lawn I literally walked into the midst of a swarm of migrating bees that wasn’t there five minutes before. It decided that our sweet gum tree would be a nice place to rest. The bee keeper who collected them estimated the swarm to be around 10,000. It’s a good thing that the bees were so engorged with honey that they couldn’t bend their abdomens enough to sting.


    abra
    October 3, 2020, 1:10 am
    Monty that would have been terrifying to me. when I was a preschooler I walked into a bumble bee nest. I've been terrified of bees, and all stinging insects since then. I'm glad your bees were very full.

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  • Eureka
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    (The comments abra left about WRQ9 always made me smile.)

    "Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being. " — Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

    WRQ9
    June 9, 2013, 5:21 pm
    This is the sort of necessary ambiguity that returns the appearance of reason to the arsenal of abject cruelty.

    abra
    June 15, 2020, 10:58 pm
    I do miss WRQ9. That was one of his most splendid examples. He gave that jar of words a really good shake. I really do miss him though. He was never snarky or mean.

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  • Synonymous
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    "True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility."
    — Bryant H. McGill


    Comments on this Puzzle:
    abra
    September 5, 2018, 2:19 pm

    Born with a silver Thesaurus in his mouth.
    jimbo42
    November 1, 2018, 10:15 am

    this quote should end up solved in very few seconds by a well known solver
    CryptoB
    February 1, 2019, 11:18 am

    Love it, abra
    LLapp
    March 25, 2019, 12:08 am

    Silver Thesaurus - hahaha, I want one!
    skeeter
    March 30, 2019, 8:29 pm

    One of your best, abra.
    puffybob
    December 18, 2019, 4:39 am

    I think McGill stole this from WRQ9
    rasbury
    July 15, 2020, 11:42 pm

    I wonder if that works for him as a pick-up line.
    kb83
    February 4, 2021, 10:36 am

    this quote makes me reminiscent about my luminescent and fluorescent years as an adolescent,
    skeeter
    April 28, 2022, 3:11 am

    And still funny, abra.
    hrossa
    January 14, 2023, 11:59 am

    Still funny, and she is sorely missed.

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  • LLapp
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    "If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part." — Richard Feynman

    LLapp
    October 6, 2018, 9:16 pm
    Science is a never-ending question. The mindset that believes uncertainty is proof of weakness completely misses the value and the role of science.

    pickleball
    May 11, 2019, 3:24 pm
    who amongst us had to cut up a frog in science

    Eureka
    July 18, 2019, 8:26 pm
    I did, pickleball. I still remember the smell of the formaldehyde.

    abra
    September 15, 2019, 2:37 am
    I did. I also had the really good looking, Harvard grad teacher, grab my hand and Make me touch the worm. I took Natural Science and Biology one. I will never have a speck of the love for science so many of you have. If I had gone on I probably would have blown up the Chemistry Lab.

    LLapp
    February 3, 2020, 4:43 am
    Abra, that was great.

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  • hrossa
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    "Cheerfulness, sir, is the principal ingredient in the composition of health." — Arthur Murphy

    abra
    July 16, 2018, 12:25 pm
    Brand new puzzle. My 25 seconds beats a 150 second guest record. Thanks for adding new quotes, Stephen.

    Fudi
    August 5, 2018, 2:50 pm
    Abra - you've still got this one at 25 seconds. I'm 10 seconds behind you at 35.

    nanrich
    August 7, 2018, 6:32 am
    Sorry Abra. But you can get it back.

    abra
    September 7, 2018, 6:48 pm
    nanrich, if you have been here, I absolutely can not get it back. I bow to your greatness. And I am humbled that you spoke to me. o)

    Eureka
    August 8, 2019, 1:44 pm
    Getting a comment from nanrich is quite an accomplishment, abra! I'd say it ranks right up there with seeing the Baron!

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  • Eureka
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    "Men are irrelevant. Women are happy or unhappy, fulfilled or unfulfilled, and it has nothing to do with men." — Fay Weldon

    abra
    January 22, 2018, 3:35 pm
    I disagree with the quote. It may be true for some women but not all. I can't imagine that I would be very happy without someone to share my life with. In my case that would be a man. My husband and son and his family are relevant to my happiness.​

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  • Eureka
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    "You will find that if you really try to be a father, your child will meet you halfway." — Robert Brault

    iltquilt
    September 14, 2012, 12:21 am
    I never had to "try" to be a mother; do men truly have to "try" to be fathers? Come on. This guy is so corny.

    jnoodles
    May 23, 2013, 10:16 am
    Yes. Clearly they absolutely do. Quite apqrt from this man's alleged corniness. Fathers live with the sure knowledge that their children may become the stepchildren of another man any day and do not have the sort of bioslogic bond that women do. Conscious effort is required. My Dad didn't do it. Many don't. It is a simple truth. There are women out there like this as well. Just fewer.

    abra
    September 11, 2017, 2:42 pm
    My husband is an excellent father now, and when our son was growing up. I'm sure the specter of a step-father never crossed his mind, nor did he have any doubt about paternity. I really hope that he is in the majority. It's so sad otherwise.

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  • LLapp
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    "Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." — Marcel Proust​

    silveryaspen
    June 30, 2009, 2:29 pm
    lovely thought .... and such people are lovely to be around

    montyb
    September 17, 2013, 11:47 am
    How fortunate to be married to one such person.

    wvwoman
    March 29, 2014, 8:58 pm
    oh, monty, that's so sweet!

    Quizzical
    June 9, 2014, 1:36 pm
    Happy for you, Monty. I am too.

    abra
    May 12, 2015, 9:56 am
    Lovely quote.

    abra
    March 22, 2016, 7:38 am
    We just had our St. Patrick's Day corned beef dinner, with our son's family. I truly am grateful to them for making me happy. My grandsons are wonderful kids.

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  • Eureka
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    "A woman asks little of love: only that she be able to feel like a heroine." — Mignon McLaughlin

    BrainCellKeeper
    January 17, 2015, 3:34 pm
    I don't need to feel like a heroine; this is a load of bull.

    abra
    May 21, 2015, 2:11 pm
    Okay, we'll start a list. All women who don't need to feel like a heroine, feel free to sign :0) I've never given it any thought, but I don't mind it.

    LLapp
    January 4, 2018, 3:12 pm
    I like feeling like a heroine, like I made all the difference for him -- and the truth is he and I both know I did. And he likes quietly feeling like a hero, like he changed my life forever for the good -- and the truth is he and I both know he did. And then we lived happily ever after, and the night and the morning were the next day, when came the coffee brewing and we began again.

    montyb
    January 10, 2020, 9:51 am
    I tried to make my wife feel like a heroine, but she refused to wear the Wonder Woman costume.

    abra
    April 29, 2020, 1:59 am
    I know that I'm my husband's hero. Because he's told me so many times. So BrainCellKeeper, do you want to reconsider. Being a heroine is fun, but there's no right answer.

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  • Eureka
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    "More than Santa Claus, your sister knows when you've been bad and good." — Linda Sunshine

    abra
    July 18, 2018, 6:42 pm
    I guess I used to rat out my sisters to my mom, but I would never have ratted them out to Santa.

    contessawin22
    February 9, 2021, 7:06 am
    Well, abra, you had your priorities right!!!

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  • Eureka
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    "On the one hand, we'll never experience childbirth. On the other hand, we can open all our own jars." — Bruce Willis


    abra
    February 2, 2018, 6:16 pm
    Looks like its a win-win for the guys team.​

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  • LLapp
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    "If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery from others would not harm us." — Proverb

    marnita
    July 1, 2017, 2:02 pm
    If I did not flatter myself, no one would.

    abra
    December 8, 2018, 5:55 pm
    Do you know, even though we disagree about so much, and my commas make you shiver, I think flattering things about you all the time?

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  • LLapp
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    "To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach." — Demosthenes

    Eureka
    December 17, 2020, 7:27 pm
    Remember that time I drove you to the airport, Demosthenes, during rush hour In a blizzard?

    Fudi
    October 24, 2021, 12:13 pm
    Demosthenes: I do, Eureka. There was that one hairpin turn that you took kind of fast. That was a good turn. Exciting. Made me feel alive. Thanks!

    abra
    November 18, 2021, 2:09 am
    Oh, sure, Demo, you remember Eureka driving you to the airport, but who was it who loaded up the truck and helped you to move across Athens? You didn't even spring for McGyros.

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  • LLapp
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    "All love is probationary, a fact which frightens women and exhilarates men." — Mignon McLaughlin

    maradnu
    December 23, 2016, 3:09 pm
    Probationary would be conditional upon good behavior, and subject to withdrawal upon bad behavior.​

    abra
    April 24, 2021, 10:58 pm
    I never loved my husband probationally and I never felt like I was on probation. I guess after all these years we're both slightly exhilarated.

    Eureka
    March 4, 2022, 2:14 am
    Your comments about your marriage always delight me, abra.

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