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  • Eureka
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    "Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic." — Bull Durham

    abra
    July 27, 2018, 1:34 pm
    One of my son's favorite movies. He rarely posts on FB and yet when he does, it seems like he can find a Bull Durham quote for any occasion.​

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  • Synonymous
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    kb83 Nice. Congratulations. I think LLapp said it best.

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  • kb83
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    Thanks, Llapp, I guess I was thinking of this abra forum thread as a safe space to disclose, based on her reflected kindness and humanity. Of course, the anonymity is nice too!

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  • LLapp
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    Kb83, I think if abra were still at her computer, she would be the first to say: Congratulations on being 6+ years sober. That is a wonderful accomplishment.

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  • kb83
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    A martini is a very elegant drink, (as fondue is to food), and was my drink of choice when I was abusing alcohol. (I'm now more than 6 years sober.) It is also a very deceptive drink because vodka is such an innocent looking form of alcohol, and because the martini glass outlines a geometric solid known as a cone, which means that the volume of alcohol goes up as the cube (3rd power!) of the height of the liquid in the glass. This means that if you increase the height by a mere 15%, you increase the volume by a factor of 1.15**3 = 1.52, i.e. 52% more! In my drinking days, some bartenders would fill up the martini glass for me, and this may have been about double a normal sized drink. Of course, since I am an alcoholic, I never complained.

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  • Eureka
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    "Fondue sets, martini shakers and juicing machines: three things the world could live completely without." — Douglas Coupland

    abra
    August 24, 2018, 6:31 pm
    We were invited to a fondue party on a long ago New Year's Eve. It was very enjoyable. I bought a fondue pot that sat unused for 30 years until I gave it to my kids, who may or may not have ever used it. We have a really pretty martini set that was a wedding present. We've never used it. This is my second martini quote in two days.

    abra
    February 18, 2020, 8:10 pm
    This the second time today I've had a martini quote.

    rasbury
    June 22, 2022, 12:28 pm
    I think we need to do an intervention with abra. She seems to repeatedly overdo it with the martinis.

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  • LLapp
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    Another bit of biography...

    "Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them." — Anne Sophie Swetchine​

    LLapp
    July 11, 2017, 3:28 pm
    The quote that launched a thousand Cracker Jack Boxes.

    abra
    June 29, 2022, 12:27 am
    I can't remember which Cracker Jack prizes I liked. Once in Girl Scouts we went through an M&M Mars/ Cracker Jack/ Campfire Marshmallow factory, and they gave us goodies from all three, Including a bag of Cracker Jack prizes.​

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  • LLapp
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    Vintage abra...


    "We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology." — Carl Sagan​

    JohnnyFive
    March 5, 2020, 10:43 am
    Miss you, Carl. Nobody, before or since, has brought science to the masses like you did. I tip my hat to you sir.

    abra
    January 27, 2021, 2:50 am
    That smile, and that ability to impart knowledge to even the dummies will long be missed.

    hrossa
    February 8, 2021, 12:36 am
    The dummies? And who are those?

    abra
    April 17, 2022, 7:53 pm
    I was speaking for myself, hrossa.​

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  • LLapp
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    A snippet of biography for abra's family....

    "Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime. And, departing, leave behind us footprints on the sands of time." — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow​

    abra
    July 22, 2018, 6:00 pm
    My third grade teacher wrote a book named Footprints on the Sand. She also wrote A Song For Julie, and others. Ella Williams Porter.​

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  • Synonymous
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    Rememberinb abra's good sense of humor:


    "Art may make a suit of clothes but nature must produce a man."
    — David Hume


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    chopstix
    February 7, 2014, 1:51 pm

    Art who?
    abra
    May 3, 2016, 7:00 pm

    Linkletter.

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  • Eureka
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    Bless you, abra.

    "A food is not necessarily essential just because your child hates it." — Katharine Whitehorn

    abra
    February 25, 2019, 1:59 am
    I always picked out peaches and apricots for my son, and I learned they were his least favorite fruits. The kid loved broccoli, brussel sprouts and carrots. To this day he doesn't eat tomatoes. I never forced him to eat anything.​

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  • LLapp
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    "Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun." — Frederick Buechner

    haverwench
    May 23, 2010, 11:54 pm
    Dude, if you think that's more fun than lechery, you've got serious issues.

    bansaisequoia
    September 15, 2010, 5:12 pm
    At least he said "possibly."

    opallady
    February 8, 2011, 2:37 pm
    I would have guessed "Lust."

    universalmom
    April 7, 2012, 11:33 pm
    Maybe it's a Presbyterian minister thing.

    bazinga
    February 21, 2014, 12:01 am
    lust has to be more fun than rage

    marnita
    November 2, 2014, 6:23 am
    I'm sticking with sloth and gluttony.

    Lurker
    March 20, 2015, 11:29 am
    And what I got from this quote is that "deadly" has the same pattern as "always".

    LLapp
    June 25, 2015, 7:04 pm
    Having been raised in a non-Christian culture I have never had to memorize sins, but I'm guessing that "Cryptograms" is not on this Deadly Sin list?

    NotTooOld
    March 14, 2018, 10:50 pm
    I too never knew what the seven deadly sins were So I just looked them up. This is the list I found - pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. Is this a Catholic thing? - the list I mean, not the sins.

    maradnu
    September 27, 2018, 2:16 pm
    I think lust is the most fun, but sloth and gluttony are easier to come by.

    puffybob
    December 31, 2019, 1:48 am
    Wrath seems like the least fun, actually

    Altoid701
    May 8, 2020, 3:20 pm
    Gluttony seems pretty fun to me.

    Elephino
    February 7, 2021, 1:06 pm
    could make an interesting parlor game

    abra
    October 9, 2021, 9:55 pm
    LLapp, I'm a Christian but I never learned the seven deadly sins in Church or Sunday School. They aren't Biblical. That's just speaking for myself. Others might have been taught them in a Church setting. I do know them though and I'm quite happy that cryptograms are not amongst them. I don't think any of them sound fun, but I do think it might be fun to throw dishes at a wall sometimes.

    hrossa
    October 14, 2021, 9:56 am
    I'm a Christian now, but I was raised by an agnostic and an atheist. Even so, I'm pretty sure a lot of us are gluttons for cryptograms

    Wordigo
    July 3, 2022, 4:26 pm
    You guys make the seven deadly sins sound so much fun, there should be a monopoly game featuring these sins as goals or achievements.

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  • Eureka
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    "Always kiss your children goodnight - even if they're already asleep." — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

    abra
    September 17, 2016, 6:59 pm
    And when they've left the nest you keep them in your prayers, and if you don't pray, you keep them in your thoughts. They're your children.​

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  • Eureka
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    "Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought." — Sir Arthur Helps

    LLapp
    January 4, 2015, 8:16 pm
    Another person whose name is a complete sentence! I wonder what his middle name was . . .

    abra
    March 17, 2016, 12:58 pm
    Aww, LLapp, I was coming here to mention that his name is a complete sentence. I do like that in a name.

    abra
    April 26, 2016, 9:55 am
    I was going to say, that his name is a complete sentence, but I guess we've been there and done that.

    abra
    May 14, 2016, 6:47 pm
    Sir Arthur CERTAINLY helps, or maybe Sir Arthur USUALLY Helps.

    badbob
    March 9, 2020, 4:36 am
    his middle name was NEVER

    Fudi
    August 23, 2021, 1:04 pm
    Well, his middle name is *Arthur*. It says so right there! (He and I are close, though, and I always call him "Sir".)

    rasbury
    February 12, 2024, 3:55 pm
    On his gravestone it says "Sir Arthur Helped."

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  • Synonymous
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    A rare occassion both Pootie and Abra in the same comment section. Both are missed. AND, of course, Bansai is in the top 20. May they all Rest in Peace.

    "If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile."
    — Lynda Barry


    greenacres
    March 22, 2011, 11:37 am

    Interesting analogy.
    pootie49
    June 2, 2011, 2:42 pm

    Wow, talk about applying new technology to an old concept.
    Aikon
    November 13, 2011, 2:52 pm

    What an awesome quote after what happened to me today.... wow, yep, if it's your time....
    puzzleme
    May 20, 2013, 5:32 am

    No more little heart-shaped arrows.
    abra
    July 31, 2013, 1:11 am

    Nice thought.
    LLapp
    July 5, 2015, 5:22 pm

    I wonder how Aikon is doing.
    wvwoman
    July 17, 2016, 10:25 pm

    just what i was wondering, llapp!
    kb83
    February 15, 2017, 3:46 am

    heat-seeking?
    MissKitty
    February 28, 2018, 11:42 am

    When I say I love you, you say you better.......You better bet your life. Kilroy 64
    Eureka
    November 26, 2018, 4:14 pm

    Tell us how it worked out, Aikon!
    abra
    August 22, 2020, 8:46 pm

    I am hoping that Aikon's comment meant that they'd just been mowed down by love. I hope so.


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