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Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:36 pm

Nomad;958511 wrote: Im required to get tasered and maced. Id like to be able to stand there with a smile on my face until the effects wear off as a kind of "who do you think your messing with here"? gesture.

Any advice ?

If not, any suggestions as to how I can prevent myself from crying and screaming out MOMMY !!!
For the taser: Chain mail. If you don't have that, then wrap your body in aluminum foil. It will spread and dilute the charge evenly over your entire body. It'll feel like a nice massage.

Condition yourself for the mace by wiping liberal amounts of wasabi inside your nostrils two to three times daily. A little dab in the eyes as well, if you're really concerned.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:43 pm

What am I thinking right now ?

Ok how about now ?

Now ?

What about now ?

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:47 pm

Nomad;958521 wrote: What am I thinking right now ?

Ok how about now ?

Now ?

What about now ?
He'll never get this.

No, wait. He might guess

I'll ask one more.

That ought to do it. hehehehe :sneaky:

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:15 pm

I cried last night...well more of a sputtering choking snorting thing, when whats her face USA won her gold medal on the balance beam.

What makes you cry and why am I even asking you this ?

I mean really...whats the matter with me, guys dont ask guys what makes then cry.

Am I gay or something ?

Jesus !

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:32 pm

Nomad;958533 wrote: I cried last night...well more of a sputtering choking snorting thing, when whats her face USA won her gold medal on the balance beam.

What makes you cry and why am I even asking you this ?

I mean really...whats the matter with me, guys dont ask guys what makes then cry.

Am I gay or something ?

Jesus !
1999. It was to be the first time in 25 years that all five of us siblings were in the same room at the same time. We were meeting in Louisiana, coming from as near as North Carolina and as far as Italy, and we were in Okinawa Japan. Our military flight was delayed for repairs, first a few hours, then a day, then three. We scrambled to find a civilian flight, but they were all booked. We got on every waiting list, but it was no good. We didn't make it.

My sister sent me the video of the rest of the family sitting in the church basement meeting ancient relatives (who were somehow still alive) and looking painfully bored. I cried like a baby.

Last Spring I was drowning in the responsibilities of my new job. Meetings, lesson plans, parents, principals, training sessions. I was teaching 6 high school subjects each day while other teachers taught one 6 times. One Saturday at about 1pm I suddenly remembered that I was supposed to have taken the final test for my teacher's certification at 8am that morning. I cried as my world crashed around me.

But you might be gay.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:43 am

Maybe but I refuse to have sex with men.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:36 am

Why do coffee maker maufacturers strongly recommend their product will work better by filling the reservoir with cold water as opposed to hot water ?

Also why dont they just tell you in the manual so I dont have to come here and ask you stupid questions ?

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:32 am

Nomad;962008 wrote: Why do coffee maker maufacturers strongly their product will work better by filling the reservoir with cold water as opposed to hot water ?

Also why dont they just tell you in the manual so I dont have to come here and ask you stupid questions ?
:yh_glasse I think that's worthy of an experiment. Fill your coffee maker's reservoir with steaming hot water (not boiling because it's unsafe) and let me know how the coffee tastes. It may not be as stupid a question as you think.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:14 am

Whats the proper response when someone says "get the **** off of my property or Ill kick your head in" ?

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:41 am

Nomad;962124 wrote: Whats the proper response when someone says "get the **** off of my property or Ill kick your head in" ?

You and whose army?

Okay, I'll go. But I could have saved you hundreds of dollars on car insurance.

Yeh, she said you called her that.

HA! I'll bet this isn't even your house. Let's see the deed.

*dropping to your knees* My contact! Don't move! You might step on it. Go get me some help! I told you to watch where you're going! Are you going to help me or just stand there all day?!??

This isn't my office. :-2

I'm from Publisher's Clearinghouse. You didn't win the 10 million, but you did get a free home inspection as a consolation prize.

Shut up, kid. Where's your mother?

Property! That's all you righ-wing wackos care about is yourself! What about the poor?? What about the homeless?? I'll bet you don't even give to charity do you? Can you let me see your phone and financial records to verify that?

Do you kiss your wife with that mouth? Now I'll have to wash mine.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:58 pm

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:05 pm

Nomad;962536 wrote: 10.0Thanks! :yh_bigsmi

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:24 pm

Do you hate it as much as I do when you blurt something out that youre excited about like I dont know, a house on the lake we could afford and then your wife starts blurbing reasons why you cant ?

Even if it it makes sense ?

I hate it when she throws logic all around ! :-5

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:48 pm

Oh yeah! Like those "wouldn't it be cool if we ..." kind of statements. Can't a man have his dreams?

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:09 pm

I thought I was the only one.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:31 am

Clint;962635 wrote: I thought I was the only one.

It's like a guy can't even look at a flat screen TV anymore, or admire a really well-designed remote.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:51 am

jimbo;962747 wrote: can you please tell nomad ,that standing outside a vets with a big empty cardboard box ,then as pretty young woman comes along ,pretending to cry saying he was a good faithfull friend for fifteen years and getting feel sorry for you you poor poor sad heartbroken man type of hugs is just wrong

OOoookay. :-3

Yo, Nomad. Standing outside a vets with a big empty cardboard box ,then as pretty young woman comes along ,pretending to cry saying you were a good faithfull friend for fifteen years and getting feel sorry for you you poor poor sad heartbroken man type of hugs is just wrong. But does it work?

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:10 pm

Hannah Montana

Yea or Nay ?

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:25 pm

How's school going Accountable...hope well:-6

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:39 pm

Nomad;966227 wrote: Hannah Montana

Yea or Nay ?
It's sad when a child outshines her semi-celebrity dad before puberty.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:50 pm

Can you send me some of your sunshine ACC? :-6

It's 11.25 pm here and I've put my furry boots on cos I'm chilly!

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:40 pm

Kathy Ellen;966369 wrote: How's school going Accountable...hope well:-6School's great, thanks. All the weird confusion and unique circumstances that is special education are starting to smooth out. They told me today that instead of teaching algebra in the first period it would be 9th and 10th grade English. It's kind of hard to take things too seriously when you get hits with things like that, so you just shrug and go sign for the new set of books.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:41 pm

abbey;966375 wrote: Can you send me some of your sunshine ACC? :-6

It's 11.25 pm here and I've put my furry boots on cos I'm chilly!
You look positively blue!

I'll pack some up for you and post it over. :-6:-6

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:51 pm

Accountable;966399 wrote: You look positively blue!

I'll pack some up for you and post it over. :-6:-6Thankyou hon, I knew having lived over here you'd understand.:-4

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:24 pm

Accountable;966396 wrote: School's great, thanks. All the weird confusion and unique circumstances that is special education are starting to smooth out. They told me today that instead of teaching algebra in the first period it would be 9th and 10th grade English. It's kind of hard to take things too seriously when you get hits with things like that, so you just shrug and go sign for the new set of books.

That's awful Accountable

I teach regular ed , but we have inclusion and resource room. You never know from one minute to the next what changes our CST team will make at the last minute or during the year:-5 Geeze, how do you have the mindset to go from Algebra to English??

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:32 pm

Kathy Ellen;966469 wrote: That's awful Accountable

I teach regular ed , but we have inclusion and resource room. You never know from one minute to the next what changes our CST team will make at the last minute or during the year:-5 Geeze, how do you have the mindset to go from Algebra to English??
:wah: I teach all high school core subjects and two electives. My mind is mush. Mush is very pliable.

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:57 pm

Did you watch Obama's acceptance speech?

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:14 pm

love those texas accents!

:yh_bigsmi

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:04 am

Clint;966544 wrote: Did you watch Obama's acceptance speach?
Outstanding speech! Big props to the next Great Communicator. Too bad he's not running for governor, since most of the changes he wants to make are supposed to be the states' jurisdiction.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:06 am

Odie;966557 wrote: love those texas accents!

:yh_bigsmi
Thanks! I'm a transplant from Louisiana, but back home we all talk like we's from West Texas anyway.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:21 am

what do you have for breakfast on a school day?

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:10 pm

Why did you join the service ?

Would you do it again ?

Was it beneficial ?

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:24 pm

sunny104;966767 wrote: what do you have for breakfast on a school day?

Hot oatmeal, 6 cups of cofee, multivitamin & an extra vitamin C. :yh_hypno

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:28 pm

[quote=Nomad;967333]Why did you join the service ? - A guy I respected recommended it. I didn't have other plans at the time.

Would you do it again ? Absolutely, and for the right reasons this time.

Was it beneficial ? It made me a man. I really was a slug without direction before the Air Force.

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:17 pm

Do you think Palin will help return power to the States?

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:59 pm

Accountable;966689 wrote: Thanks! I'm a transplant from Louisiana, but back home we all talk like we's from West Texas anyway.

whenever I used to talk at work to folks down in Texas, I would keep them on the phone, the accent is just like you can`t get enough of it!

Us folk here don`t have any accent is your a real Canadian, we just have our own slang language eh!

beer me eh!

you hoser eh!..................that is a friend.

gotta love Doug and Bob McKenzie!

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:21 am

Clint;967435 wrote: Do you think Palin will help return power to the States?
Dunno. That'd mean undoing all the damage McCain or Obama does first.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:46 am

Accountable;967607 wrote: Dunno. That'd mean undoing all the damage McCain or Obama does first.

which one looks like a good president?

haven't been following much.

I still like Bush!

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:26 am

Odie;967727 wrote: which one looks like a good president?

haven't been following much.

I still like Bush!
I think the constitution will be completely ignored and abused for at least the next four years regardless.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:45 am

How was the first week of school?

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:21 am

Have you always been a Libertarian?

What attracted you to the party?

Do you enjoy poetry?

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:27 am

chonsigirl;967775 wrote: How was the first week of school?

Much smoother than expected. I have a very angry young man who was clearly led to believe that he would be out of the behavior unit this year. I think his teachers told him what he wanted to hear just to have a little peace. Now I'm cleaning up the mess. BUT, standard active listening and empathy has him focused on a 6-week plan that puts full responsibility in his hands. Working with him earned respect for me from the other students as well.

That, combined with a smaller class than I expected leaves me enough energy to take on the rest of the chaos that the first of the year brings. I'm a happy man! :-6

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:31 am

RedGlitter;967803 wrote: Have you always been a Libertarian?

What attracted you to the party?

Do you enjoy poetry?
I'm more a libertarian, little L, I think. Have I always been one? No. I was an apathetic slug until I was near 30.

The more I studied and listened, the more I realize how far from our foundation the Constitution provides we have strayed and continue to stray. Just once I want to hear someone ask a politician 'what will you do for me?' receive the answer "I'll get out of your way."

Poetry rarely moves me, but music can make me cry.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:34 am

Let us know in 6 weeks how he does! Good for you, AC.

I got the girl who had 4 teachers sent away for awhile last year. She has a personal assistant this year. *yikes, I have her twice too* But she has done her work all week long in my classes, so I am hoping she has matured over the summer. It was a good week for me too.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:02 am

chonsigirl;967812 wrote: Let us know in 6 weeks how he does! Good for you, AC.

I got the girl who had 4 teachers sent away for awhile last year. She has a personal assistant this year. *yikes, I have her twice too* But she has done her work all week long in my classes, so I am hoping she has matured over the summer. It was a good week for me too.
:yh_party Good for you! Good for her!

I'm convinced it's style and approach as much as anything.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:04 pm

Here is a caricature of how I see my friend, Accountable.

Waddya think??

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