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My cash reserves just increased by DKK50,000 (approx. $10,000). My mom called up and told me she put the money in a new bank account, and if I showed up at my bank and signed my name on a dotted line, it was mine.
I said "thank you" and "is there something you want to tell me?"
She's just fine; apparently she thought it was time for an advance on my inheritance. Who am I to argue?
That's nice [:)]ORIGINAL: Terminus
My cash reserves just increased by DKK50,000 (approx. $10,000). My mom called up and told me she put the money in a new bank account, and if I showed up at my bank and signed my name on a dotted line, it was mine.
I said "thank you" and "is there something you want to tell me?"
She's just fine; apparently she thought it was time for an advance on my inheritance. Who am I to argue?
ORIGINAL: Terminus
My cash reserves just increased by DKK50,000 (approx. $10,000). My mom called up and told me she put the money in a new bank account, and if I showed up at my bank and signed my name on a dotted line, it was mine.
I said "thank you" and "is there something you want to tell me?"
She's just fine; apparently she thought it was time for an advance on my inheritance. Who am I to argue?
ORIGINAL: Terminus
My cash reserves just increased by DKK50,000 (approx. $10,000). My mom called up and told me she put the money in a new bank account, and if I showed up at my bank and signed my name on a dotted line, it was mine.
I said "thank you" and "is there something you want to tell me?"
She's just fine; apparently she thought it was time for an advance on my inheritance. Who am I to argue?
ORIGINAL: Grollub
That's nice [:)]ORIGINAL: Terminus
My cash reserves just increased by DKK50,000 (approx. $10,000). My mom called up and told me she put the money in a new bank account, and if I showed up at my bank and signed my name on a dotted line, it was mine.
I said "thank you" and "is there something you want to tell me?"
She's just fine; apparently she thought it was time for an advance on my inheritance. Who am I to argue?
Me and my sister took a little different approach. A couple of years ago when our parents retired, we told them that 1/ we both are doing quite well and 2/ we owe them so much that we can never fully repay. With that in mind, we told them that we do not expect any inheritance and that they should instead do all that traveling that they never had time to do when we were kids. I have now lost count on how many trips they have done all over the world [:)]
Sound exactly like my parents [:)][8D]. It was a good thing when my sister produced some grandkids so they got a new outlet for their generosity. [:)]ORIGINAL: Terminus
ORIGINAL: Grollub
That's nice [:)]ORIGINAL: Terminus
My cash reserves just increased by DKK50,000 (approx. $10,000). My mom called up and told me she put the money in a new bank account, and if I showed up at my bank and signed my name on a dotted line, it was mine.
I said "thank you" and "is there something you want to tell me?"
She's just fine; apparently she thought it was time for an advance on my inheritance. Who am I to argue?
Me and my sister took a little different approach. A couple of years ago when our parents retired, we told them that 1/ we both are doing quite well and 2/ we owe them so much that we can never fully repay. With that in mind, we told them that we do not expect any inheritance and that they should instead do all that traveling that they never had time to do when we were kids. I have now lost count on how many trips they have done all over the world [:)]
I've said precisely the same thing to my mother many times over the years, including on the phone today. Her standard answer continues to be "I have more money than I can spend in my lifetime". She's taken a lot of vacations too.
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I wondered where all the pudding has been coming from lately. [:D]
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Hi all,
Oh my...
US$3.3bn for this?!?!?! [X(]
USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000)
Leo "Apollo11"
Philistine. Every Trekkie knows she was built (the D model) at Utopia Planitia shipyards, not on Earth.ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
ORIGINAL: pasternakski
They know that, with the impending death of the U.S. space program, they're going to get their pink slips any day now. This enterprising gent appears to have a plan. "Now, if I can convince 'em that we gotta develop rockets to nudge this sucker back into its proper wobble, maybe I can protect my phony-baloney make-work job for a couple more years."ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
Is this for real? I notice that guys at JPL usually know that theyre talking about. [X(]
But, seriously, folks. The length of a terrestrial day is determined by the rotational speed of the earth's aggregate mass. Any fluctuation in the time taken for a given point on the surface to return to its previous point of reference for "day length calculation" purposes would, ipso facto, be identical to that for any other point. The only way to make an earth day shorter is to speed up the earth's rotation. This hockey puck doesn't say anything that makes sense.
And the only way to make an earth day longer is to go out, get hammered, pick up an embarrassingly stupid, ugly woman and marry her. Yer days will get REALLY long then.
Which raises the musical question, "What a difference a day makes. Twenty-four little hours."
But if they kill the space program, how are we going to build the U.S.S. Enterprise? [X(][&:]
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
Philistine. Every Trekkie knows she was built (the D model) at Utopia Planitia shipyards, not on Earth.ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
ORIGINAL: pasternakski
They know that, with the impending death of the U.S. space program, they're going to get their pink slips any day now. This enterprising gent appears to have a plan. "Now, if I can convince 'em that we gotta develop rockets to nudge this sucker back into its proper wobble, maybe I can protect my phony-baloney make-work job for a couple more years."
But, seriously, folks. The length of a terrestrial day is determined by the rotational speed of the earth's aggregate mass. Any fluctuation in the time taken for a given point on the surface to return to its previous point of reference for "day length calculation" purposes would, ipso facto, be identical to that for any other point. The only way to make an earth day shorter is to speed up the earth's rotation. This hockey puck doesn't say anything that makes sense.
And the only way to make an earth day longer is to go out, get hammered, pick up an embarrassingly stupid, ugly woman and marry her. Yer days will get REALLY long then.
Which raises the musical question, "What a difference a day makes. Twenty-four little hours."
But if they kill the space program, how are we going to build the U.S.S. Enterprise? [X(][&:]
Safe travels, Steve. Is this good news for you and your family?ORIGINAL: AW1Steve
Well, I just received the 'official" phone call. I will be in Omaha Nebraska on 1 May , 2010. [X(]
Flashes of Keanu Reeves' contributions to modern cinematography...ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
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Sounds as though you experinced a close encounter of the wierd kind...and nuns are scary.
yes......and all i did was fix her laptop.
WHOA......I just had the strangest feeling
Interesting personal provenance, Steve. I too descend from Quebecois bloodlines (50%) on my mother's side. Technically, I'm the product of a first generation immigrant mother. Before that, GGGPs emigrated from Sweden (GGM), Germany (GGF) and France (GGGPs mom's side). There's some rogue Irish blood in there somewhere too (isn't there always?).ORIGINAL: AW1Steve
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
Oh, I see. Daddy was a redcoat then, eh? Is that any better? [:'(]ORIGINAL: AW1Steve
My arse? Dude , my ancestors were Canadians on his side by that time! [:D]
Nope. Daddy was USAF (almost as bad). But the ancestor you speak of, call him grandad to the 9th power, lost his country. Then had a whole bunch of his relatives and friends hung for treason. That's what the new owners called it when some of the tennants objected to the real estate transaction. [:D] You basically had two choices , join the British forces.or hide in the woods. My ancestors , who had been mostly French soldiers , took up a new career path, that is "hiding in the woods". So for many generation my ancestors practiced this craft, knowing that to come out would mean that the British landlords would greet them give them a shilling and a new suit of red clothing , then ship them off somewhere where they would never be seen again.
One of my ancestors in the mid 1860's decided to beat this game. He would go south , and become an American. As he crossed the border , the officials were delighted to see him! They gave him a warm welcome, some money and a new suit of Blue clothing. When He asked if they were sending him oversea's to fight a nasty war, they said, "oh no, you'll stay right in the USA!" He said that doesn't sound too bad. "But your sending me to fight a nasty war?". "Oh no, we wouldn't do that to you! No we are sending you to fight a very pleasant war. It's even called a civil war. Very polite you see". My ancestor thought , if it's civil , that means polite in English , so how bad can it be? And they even said he could go somewhere warm for the winter. Some place warm called "Virginia". Maybe even "Georgia". Well , if they are named after girls , they must be nice places, right? [:D]
So that's how my ancestors came to the USA. FEDERAL express![:D]
Are there any posthumous arrangements for Reagan to fire him?ORIGINAL: AW1Steve
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ORIGINAL: Apollo11
Hi all,
Oh my...
Leo "Apolo11"
Why? How do you guys train the next generation of controllers? [:)]
That young man is in serious trouble. He dosen't have a PATCO union card![:D]
Wow, what a wonderfully kind gesture. Of course, DKK50,000 buys a LOT of pudding!ORIGINAL: Terminus
My cash reserves just increased by DKK50,000 (approx. $10,000). My mom called up and told me she put the money in a new bank account, and if I showed up at my bank and signed my name on a dotted line, it was mine.
I said "thank you" and "is there something you want to tell me?"
She's just fine; apparently she thought it was time for an advance on my inheritance. Who am I to argue?
That's very kind of you and your sister to tell them that. Sounds like they're enjoying themselves.ORIGINAL: Grollub
That's nice [:)]ORIGINAL: Terminus
My cash reserves just increased by DKK50,000 (approx. $10,000). My mom called up and told me she put the money in a new bank account, and if I showed up at my bank and signed my name on a dotted line, it was mine.
I said "thank you" and "is there something you want to tell me?"
She's just fine; apparently she thought it was time for an advance on my inheritance. Who am I to argue?
Me and my sister took a little different approach. A couple of years ago when our parents retired, we told them that 1/ we both are doing quite well and 2/ we owe them so much that we can never fully repay. With that in mind, we told them that we do not expect any inheritance and that they should instead do all that traveling that they never had time to do when we were kids. I have now lost count on how many trips they have done all over the world [:)]
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
That's very kind of you and your sister to tell them that. Sounds like they're enjoying themselves.ORIGINAL: Grollub
That's nice [:)]ORIGINAL: Terminus
My cash reserves just increased by DKK50,000 (approx. $10,000). My mom called up and told me she put the money in a new bank account, and if I showed up at my bank and signed my name on a dotted line, it was mine.
I said "thank you" and "is there something you want to tell me?"
She's just fine; apparently she thought it was time for an advance on my inheritance. Who am I to argue?
Me and my sister took a little different approach. A couple of years ago when our parents retired, we told them that 1/ we both are doing quite well and 2/ we owe them so much that we can never fully repay. With that in mind, we told them that we do not expect any inheritance and that they should instead do all that traveling that they never had time to do when we were kids. I have now lost count on how many trips they have done all over the world [:)]
My family took yet a different tack: My mother and father have been crystal clear for the last 20 years that they were not looking to save cent number one for handing it down to my sister and myself. I guess they wanted to nip any suspense in the bud early and often. It's their money, always has been and always will be.
I've lost track of how many trips they've made in the last few years too-they're enjoying themselves in France for 6 weeks beginning in April. As the American automobile bumper sticker says, "We're spending our children's inheritance". [:D]
ORIGINAL: Terminus
ORIGINAL: Grollub
That's nice [:)]ORIGINAL: Terminus
My cash reserves just increased by DKK50,000 (approx. $10,000). My mom called up and told me she put the money in a new bank account, and if I showed up at my bank and signed my name on a dotted line, it was mine.
I said "thank you" and "is there something you want to tell me?"
She's just fine; apparently she thought it was time for an advance on my inheritance. Who am I to argue?
Me and my sister took a little different approach. A couple of years ago when our parents retired, we told them that 1/ we both are doing quite well and 2/ we owe them so much that we can never fully repay. With that in mind, we told them that we do not expect any inheritance and that they should instead do all that traveling that they never had time to do when we were kids. I have now lost count on how many trips they have done all over the world [:)]
I've said precisely the same thing to my mother many times over the years, including on the phone today. Her standard answer continues to be "I have more money than I can spend in my lifetime". She's taken a lot of vacations too.
