karenmeal
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Yesterday was 6 years since we lost Josh. Your picture is hanging in our house and I'm still jumping your rig (which remains your rig, not my rig). Just last week, I shared the story of the giant pumpkin you bought that ended up rotting in my house while we tried to figure out what to do with it! We still miss you! "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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Sticking my tongue in a blender while it's running is a thought that floats through my head every now and then. I don't know why. Probably something is really wrong with me.. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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The one that I'm the most sensitive about is that I have bunions. Sounds like some kind of old lady disease to me. I loathe shoe shopping and will probably never get a pedicure. The surgery to repair it involves breaking both of my feet and is apparently only marginally successful. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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Have you ever met someone who has a third nipple?
karenmeal replied to The_Don's topic in The Bonfire
Yes. He jumps at Elsinore now. Maybe next time you're down there I can help arrange a third nipple scavenger hunt of sorts. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham -
Oh for fucks sake! Really? That's where you went with the crack whore? My intention was to post something stupid and ridiculous because this is a ridiculous and sexist thread that doesn't really merit much thoughtful consideration. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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I'm not any kind of math expert, but here is some figuring that I did. Considering your equation of: Beautiful = Messed up then Crack whores = messed up But seriously? Crack whores = beautiful This math just does not work out. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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I thought the same thing too! I clicked on this thread because I was confused about why Shah would be posting about food. Hey Shah - you would like flying Virgin Airlines in Australia. Working as a stewardess for that airline is the equivalent of being a waitress in LA. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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I really doubt that you do... again, most people truly can't assess specific speech sounds within their own conversational speech. The observation of a specific aspect of speech would likely end up modifying your behavior. I tried to argue these sorts of points early in my studies of speech science. Fast forward 7 years (after experience teaching classes on Standard American English/Accent reduction, research experience transcribing normal and disordered speech and a couple years working as a speech-language pathologist) and now I'm on the other side of that argument. I know it is silly to try and debate this stuff over the internet when people might be going from this thread to the one with pictures of boobies, but I really enjoy speech science and am quite particular about discussing it accurately. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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I still doubt that rule from googling is correct. Most people cannot accurately assess their own conversational speech because doing so changes the way that they would produce certain sounds. For example, what consonant sound goes in the middle of the word "button"? Standard American English speakers use a glottal stop instead of a "t". A glottal stop is produced by momentarily bringing your vocal cords together and stopping airflow. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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Hmmm... funny statement out of context. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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Don't worry. Since you don't have anyone to impress there are some decent low-tech options for you. http://www.paragear.com/templates/parachutes.asp?group=22&level=2&parent=6 "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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Can I interest you in a balloon? "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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I think the Uranus 2 might.. It could be time for me to upgrade. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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ProsexTracks don't have all of the features I need. My Uranus doesn't just log number of partners, it also records and graphs positions used, time spent in the act, different holes engaged in the process, thrusts per minute and penis length. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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No it's not an MBA. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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I'm just about positive that within the context of conversational speech, when you're speaking naturally and not focused on the word "the", that you would neutralize that vowel. In this case, neutralization of the vowel means that theee becomes th-uh. It would be rare for a speaker of Standard American English to stress a non-content word unless stressing that word added meaning to the sentence, such as in my example above. Now if you're reading Dr. Seuss or teaching a beginner reader, every word might be stressed in a sentence and "the" would be pronounced "theee". I have a MA in this stuff. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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I think it is likely dialectal at times, based on stress patterns within sentences and also influenced by the tongue position of surrounding vowels and consonants. I doubt that the strict consonant/vowel rule holds true. For example, I do not think you would say "Did you see theee eagle". That puts two high front vowels in a row and would require the speaker to add a break in between the words. If you say: "th-uh eagle" you would not need the break between words. Unless perhaps someone replied, "yeah, so what?" and didn't notice that you were talking about the giant eagle that was destroying a nearby building. In that case you would change the stress pattern of your sentence and reply, "Listen up - did you see THEEE eagle?" "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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This poll makes me feel like a nun! Options should have been: 0 1 2-5 5-10 10-25 25-50 50-100 100+ "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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Are you a risk taker? Do you need clinical STD services? LOL
karenmeal replied to dannytheblannk's topic in The Bonfire
Then you might want to get tested... I did not mean that I knew him in the biblical sense... "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham -
Are you a risk taker? Do you need clinical STD services? LOL
karenmeal replied to dannytheblannk's topic in The Bonfire
I'm pretty sure that I know the guy on the right in that picture... "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham -
Noah believes that his left leg and tail do not belong to him and/or are possessed. He frequently attacks them and growls at them. He also thinks he is a cat and sleeps on the back of the couch. Zoe believes that the red laser light that we get her to chase lives in the closet. She was guarding the closet in this picture but that apparently that required too much effort. Any time we ask her, "Where's the red light?" she perks up and searches the house. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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2 layers of poly-pro top and bottoms, 1 fleece bottom, goretex pants and jacket, 1 very thick wool sweater, wool socks, wool hat, fleece neck warmer, suspenders and boots. I wouldn't want it any other way!!
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My husband and I were playing around on that for a while! We were the ones with the red walls, murals and instruments. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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We'll be sleeping in between 2 days of snowboarding. Lots of fun right? My husband and I were invited to a religious New Years Eve party (WTF?) but respectfully declined. I don't think my co-workers have figured out that we're atheists yet... "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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It was less than 2 weeks or so before I felt like that with my now husband. We were starting to spend more time together as friends and I was giving the idea of dating him a chance. Then we went on a BASE jump together (our official first date) and I almost got badly hurt. His reaction and concern for me made me swoon and kick-started our relationship.