Here we go again--gpt4 is a cheater..............

[2cute]

The numbering of the Offspring has provided an advantage at work (bearing in mind the only places I ever lose my phone are: in my car, at home, once on the top of my car but not very functional after I found it in the gutter, and in the creek (only twice, both times rescuing other peoples dogs from it), because we leave our phones in the office and workmates will advise me if one of my children has called, then based on the number Offspring and my knowledge of where they might be at that time, I can fairly reliably know if I need to call them back/check my messages, and the urgency of that. The Offspring are now 19, 21, 24, and 25...but still contact me for their personal details (what's my tax file number, medicare, unique student identifier, etc, etc...) , we are all weirdly incompetently competent!

As for the pollen!! We have an ad running at the moment where a young lady departs her partner, and seems to be crying, another lady sympathises, saying there are "plenty more fish in the sea". The young lady explains that her partner has gone to purchase anti-histamines....

Wattle is our national floral emblem, in Spring the surrounding trees are vibrant yellow, as is the windscreen on Offspring 2's (Sweetpea's) car. Our national floral emblem...makes me tear up everytime, but not because of patriotism. My students think that I'm allergic to "Bush Kinder" (because of the sneezing) and that it makes me cry...I long for Summer, when the 40 degrees C (104F) scorches the histamines in the pollen to ineffectiveness, and only the incessant sound of the cicadas rubbing their legs together interrupts my sleep. My part time job when I was in secondary school was at a florist..that made me cry too.

So you'd be a prime target for an identity thief as you can't remember these personal details & if they pretend to be anyone of your offspring, you'll gladly hand it over and not realizing you've just gave away your identity. If these thieves weren't successful, we wouldn't know anything about it, would we.

Ahh, I too cry and sneeze, except for me its from the trees, grass and dust. So by 3 months in (doesn't matter the temperature), the trees have bloomed & now its the grass. Dust effects me year around. If its really humid in the winter, the dust really effects me then too. Unfortunately I'm never free from it.

Thanks for letting me know. I like first hand experience.

[2cute]

I don't have a smartphone. I have a flip phone. I've had it since 2003 and in the last few months I've finally learned how to send a text on it. But I still don't know how to send digits, so if someone says "this is a survey -- how do you feel about frammistans? Enter a number from 1 to 10", all I can text back is "Five". They want a digit. I can't do that. Give me another 18 years and maybe I'll have figured that out. I don't break phones, and I've never dropped mine. I do have to admit that I rarely use it, though.

As far as allergies are concerned, I have an observation and it's not good. I have determined that the longer you live, the more things you become allergic to and the more things you can't eat/drink/wear/smell/breathe/apply to your skin. My wife, for example, has reached her maximum lifetime allowance of shrimp. She once loved them, but now they make her deathly ill. I have become sensitive to modified food starch, but only SOME kinds. Sunny D has the wrong kind in it. So does Miracle Whip. Used to love Miracle Whip in potato salad. I have passed my lifetime allowance. She can't wear eyeliner, not that she ever liked it, but now it's out of the question. This might sound flippant, but I'm being really serious: you will become either allergic to, or sensitive to, things you really love and use a lot. Your body doesn't become "used to" them. It tires of them and rejects them. Your body determines what "a lot" means. Sometimes, it's "once".

If you find yourself becoming ill and don't know why, the first thing you ought to consider is food allergies. If you've never had one before, perhaps you have one now. They do appear suddenly and without warning. It's almost never "food poisoning". It's almost always something you ate, and it never bothered you before but it's sure bothering you now. The best way to determine the cause is with an elimination diet. Look it up on line.

If I can spare any of you the pain, embarrassment, and angst caused by food allergies, I will feel happy. I had several for more than ten years until they were tracked down.

I absolutely agree w/you. I used to LOVE turkey. I ate it all the time. Now I'm allergic to all poultry. I used to LOVE French Vanilla ice cream. Now I'm allergic to vanilla and eggs (unless they're baked into something). Course now I've been allergic to something my entire life. I did take allergy shots for 2 years and that's the ONLY TIME I wasn't allergic to anything. As soon as I stopped, yep, became allergic to new things again. That's right, the older you get, the more allergic you become. Absolutely.

I know the elimination diet is VERY DIFFICULT for lots of people. So how I learned was trial and error. First you need to keep track of everything you eat all the time (keep a journal). When you have a bad reaction, make a note of it. After many bad reactions, you'll find a pattern when you go back to your food journal. True this way you're more sick, yet then you won't have to starve yourself or deprive yourself either. Once you determine the item that may be making you sick. Just avoid it & see if you feel better. Then the trick is, you'll have to try to consume it again (not w/anything else you're not sure about), if you become ill, yep that's the one.


And, I too don't own a smart phone. On purpose. I don't like the way they spy on me. I did try it for a little while and wow, talk about expensive. I currently pay about $40 a month for my current phone. When I tried the smart phone $400 a month. Wow! Really? No. no. no. I don't need to carry around the internet with me everywhere and pay others to spy on me. I'll pass.

[Chop Chop]

That's unfortunate about the garlic. Makes me feel old explaining to youngsters about pagers and flip phones lol. I remember we used pager code to communicate in high school.

[floppers]

Yes, Chop Chop! G'day (which I never say, but my Dad does). The rock that I referred to earlier is Uluru, therefore if North is up, I live below it.

bwt, I'm sadly familiar with your "maximum allowance" theory...I have recently passed my maximum allowance of garlic...it used to just give me nightmares, but now I am anaphylactic to itIt was a gradual creep, of increasing symptoms, which I didn't recognise until I had to pull over and stay on the side of the road for over an hour before I could drive again, was sick to the stomach, had my first migraine in 20 years, for the next 24 hours. Confirmed this with a visit to the GP, and a referral to an allergy specialist...so, good advice to all, and the earlier you have them recognised the less you have to suffer.

Also, I had to dig through an old chest, to show the Offspring what a flip phone is...they were amazed that anyone could make a phone last that long!! Offspring 3 and 4, are jealous, because it's soooo retro, and retro is cool.

[Chop Chop]

I looked into the "chop chop" illegal tobacco. Looks like this is lingo in Australia so shout out to my Australian word Brothers and Sisters!!!!

[bwt1213]

Oh, and because every time I am due for an upgrade, one of the Offspring breaks their own phones so I give the upgrade to them, the thieves have more self respect than to steal mine....it won't even upgrade to the latest IOS

I don't have a smartphone. I have a flip phone. I've had it since 2003 and in the last few months I've finally learned how to send a text on it. But I still don't know how to send digits, so if someone says "this is a survey -- how do you feel about frammistans? Enter a number from 1 to 10", all I can text back is "Five". They want a digit. I can't do that. Give me another 18 years and maybe I'll have figured that out. I don't break phones, and I've never dropped mine. I do have to admit that I rarely use it, though.

As far as allergies are concerned, I have an observation and it's not good. I have determined that the longer you live, the more things you become allergic to and the more things you can't eat/drink/wear/smell/breathe/apply to your skin. My wife, for example, has reached her maximum lifetime allowance of shrimp. She once loved them, but now they make her deathly ill. I have become sensitive to modified food starch, but only SOME kinds. Sunny D has the wrong kind in it. So does Miracle Whip. Used to love Miracle Whip in potato salad. I have passed my lifetime allowance. She can't wear eyeliner, not that she ever liked it, but now it's out of the question. This might sound flippant, but I'm being really serious: you will become either allergic to, or sensitive to, things you really love and use a lot. Your body doesn't become "used to" them. It tires of them and rejects them. Your body determines what "a lot" means. Sometimes, it's "once".

If you find yourself becoming ill and don't know why, the first thing you ought to consider is food allergies. If you've never had one before, perhaps you have one now. They do appear suddenly and without warning. It's almost never "food poisoning". It's almost always something you ate, and it never bothered you before but it's sure bothering you now. The best way to determine the cause is with an elimination diet. Look it up on line.

If I can spare any of you the pain, embarrassment, and angst caused by food allergies, I will feel happy. I had several for more than ten years until they were tracked down.

[floppers]

Oh, and because every time I am due for an upgrade, one of the Offspring breaks their own phones so I give the upgrade to them, the thieves have more self respect than to steal mine....it won't even upgrade to the latest IOS

[floppers]

The numbering of the Offspring has provided an advantage at work (bearing in mind the only places I ever lose my phone are: in my car, at home, once on the top of my car but not very functional after I found it in the gutter, and in the creek (only twice, both times rescuing other peoples dogs from it), because we leave our phones in the office and workmates will advise me if one of my children has called, then based on the number Offspring and my knowledge of where they might be at that time, I can fairly reliably know if I need to call them back/check my messages, and the urgency of that. The Offspring are now 19, 21, 24, and 25...but still contact me for their personal details (what's my tax file number, medicare, unique student identifier, etc, etc...) , we are all weirdly incompetently competent!

As for the pollen!! We have an ad running at the moment where a young lady departs her partner, and seems to be crying, another lady sympathises, saying there are "plenty more fish in the sea". The young lady explains that her partner has gone to purchase anti-histamines....

Wattle is our national floral emblem, in Spring the surrounding trees are vibrant yellow, as is the windscreen on Offspring 2's (Sweetpea's) car. Our national floral emblem...makes me tear up everytime, but not because of patriotism. My students think that I'm allergic to "Bush Kinder" (because of the sneezing) and that it makes me cry...I long for Summer, when the 40 degrees C (104F) scorches the histamines in the pollen to ineffectiveness, and only the incessant sound of the cicadas rubbing their legs together interrupts my sleep. My part time job when I was in secondary school was at a florist..that made me cry too.

[2cute]

Why, thank you, sir (lalatan),.

Letters (kjlsdfjklsdf) admin bans 'em all, given time (and I kind of get that, because it's tomorrow where I am). If you look at the world where North is up, I suppose I live BELOW a rock (it's huge), but other than that, I live in a world filled with hope (that people might think a bit more before they cheat, and worse stuff), commas, and brackets (sometimes even parenthesis).

BWT, Touche! BWT (with waaaay more eloquence, and qualifications, (but waaay fewer commas and brackets), was on the same page as me. I'm just hoping that the cheaters will think about what they are doing, and STOP doing it. I'd like the world to be kinder, and am trying to lead by example (I'm even considering storing my Offsprings telephone numbers by their names (or as least nicknames), rather than having them listed as Offspring 1, 2, 3,and 4. When said Offspring don't do the right thing, I have to leave a note on my fridge that says, "maintain the rage", otherwise I forget to be cross with them (then I can't remember what I'm supposed to be cross about...sigh).

Chop Chop, congratulations! Are you here too? Here Chop Chop is illegal tobacco...

I'm with Turbo2...thanks Admin, for sorting this...again!

Anyways, it's 7.27am, Friday 10th September, it's going to be a lovely Spring day....flops, out....Peace Out...xxx

(just noticed...I have a thing for periods/full stops/dots (pauses for suspense (for everyone to work out what I'm typing about))...go play!

I know this is a bit off topic, though since we're discussing cheaters, this may be relevant. In your phone, don't list these people as your children. Just put their names. If someone STEALS YOUR PHONE they may text them as if they are you asking for personal info & since you won't realize it & think its one of your children, you may comply. Whereas if you just put their names the THIEF has no idea how or if they are related to you & won't know who to contact to do that. Same with if you have a husband, mother etc ... only use their names or if you must, for organizing purposes, create some kind of lettering system that someone else wouldn't understand.

Just curious, is the pollen in Australia just as bad as in North America? Meaning are there lots of sinus sufferers @ this time of the year (late winter early spring)? I know in Melbourne in January its very HOT HOT HOT & humid and many tennis players barely can endure the heat, so I would guess my answer is yes, but thought I'd ask you since you live there.

Yes, let's ignore those loser cheaters as it seems they are trolls just trying to ruin our good time.

[Chop Chop]

Illegal tobacco? I don't get it......i am fast at boggle but pretty slow in many other areas lol. Ohh are you saying that where u live "chop chop" is a nickname for illegal tobacco? Haha that's funny and should be added to the list of words for the game lol. And when I say lol, I am literally laughing out loud. Well I have made a fool of myself for the day. Peace out my word brothers and sisters!

[floppers]

Why, thank you, sir (lalatan),.

Letters (kjlsdfjklsdf) admin bans 'em all, given time (and I kind of get that, because it's tomorrow where I am). If you look at the world where North is up, I suppose I live BELOW a rock (it's huge), but other than that, I live in a world filled with hope (that people might think a bit more before they cheat, and worse stuff), commas, and brackets (sometimes even parenthesis).

BWT, Touche! BWT (with waaaay more eloquence, and qualifications, (but waaay fewer commas and brackets), was on the same page as me. I'm just hoping that the cheaters will think about what they are doing, and STOP doing it. I'd like the world to be kinder, and am trying to lead by example (I'm even considering storing my Offsprings telephone numbers by their names (or as least nicknames), rather than having them listed as Offspring 1, 2, 3,and 4. When said Offspring don't do the right thing, I have to leave a note on my fridge that says, "maintain the rage", otherwise I forget to be cross with them (then I can't remember what I'm supposed to be cross about...sigh).

Chop Chop, congratulations! Are you here too? Here Chop Chop is illegal tobacco...

I'm with Turbo2...thanks Admin, for sorting this...again!

Anyways, it's 7.27am, Friday 10th September, it's going to be a lovely Spring day....flops, out....Peace Out...xxx

(just noticed...I have a thing for periods/full stops/dots (pauses for suspense (for everyone to work out what I'm typing about))...go play!

[lalatan]

Nah we both lol'ed.

Also flops, the person in position #1 on the September leader boards is clearly a cheater, why has an admin not banned them

True, which is why I added "and denigrated your opinion." I gave her post a quick read, posted a reply and then left the website for the day. I didn't understand by "letters" she meant your garbled username. I assumed she didn't like the mocking attitude of your words about her ("LOL what rock are you living under?") I know I certainly didn't.

[Turbo2]

Thanks to the administrator for setting things straight! The September 4x4 leader boards are all legit now that asdf and bottymcbot are gone.

[Chop Chop]

who is flops? I hope you are not referring to me.....I have never nor will I ever cheat. This game is sacred to me

[Chop Chop]

Yeah I noticed I'm in the #1 spot, the 1st and 2nd players earlier this month must of been cheating. How lame is that. Like what is the point?