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03-17-2012, 07:15 AM
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The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator
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Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium)
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Yikes, that's some concussion! Poor kid, I hope she'll be better and remembering all her math and months soon.
 But shouldn't the school have checked for fractures from the start? I once (accidentally! honest!) gave my sister a concussion when we were playing. She had headaches and minor concentration problems for months but no memory loss, she remembered very well why she was angry at me for at the time! The diet sounds difficult, I know some larger supermarkets often have an aisle specialised diet foods like salt-free. But two weeks is indeed long and once you start to take notice, salt is indeed just in everything. Any results of the thyroids test yet? As for the city, we'll try official procedures first. Contacting the media probably isn't going to do us that much good. For one, the public opinion lately has been slanted against people who hold up public projects if the projects mean loss of property or benefits for them. "Progress shouldn't be halted by malcontents" seems the prevailing mood. And in this case, nobody really loses out but us. The neighbourhood in question is a bit run down, so probably most people will support the project. The city has the right to seize buildings for projects of public interest, but luckily there are protest and complaint procedures. I just wish people would stop demanding things for us for a while and pretending we should be happy they take it off our hands. 
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03-18-2012, 09:54 PM
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Faithful Gardener
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: I walk here and there, they say...
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*sigh* Dog puke = gross.
I'm starting a new job tomorrow, but I'm pretty nervous. Does it always feel like you're selling your soul when you start a new full-time job not knowing about anything like schedules, or expectations or anything?
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03-20-2012, 03:25 PM
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Elf Lady
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Yes. You'll still feel like that 1 month in, but you'll be starting to get used to it at that point.
 Good luck with the new job!
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03-20-2012, 04:38 PM
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She's continuing to get better, and she has this week off (and rest and quiet is what helps concussions) so I'm feeling better about it now. I think there will be things that are just lost, but now she's able to re-learn things. Good luck with the new job, Midge!!!
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun!  Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?*"How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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03-21-2012, 12:29 AM
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Faithful Gardener
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Whew. Thanks for the good luck wishes. I hope it gets better. I'm all haggard and tired.
I'm glad your daughter is getting better, Rian! I once had a thrown baseball loosen a couple of my teeth, but it had a glove between it and my face. 
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In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more! |
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03-28-2012, 08:14 AM
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Elf Lady
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale
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I am not happy: I got billed for sewerage taxes on an address I've only lived it for 1 month of the entire billing period. Furthermore, the owner of the house said he would take care of it. Obviously he hasn't. So now I have to fix things again.
Of course I have no minutes left in my phone contract, so I can't ring them till the 6th of next month. *sigh*
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03-31-2012, 09:16 PM
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Feb 2003
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Here's a warning/wake-up on Facebook privacy- check the app "Girls Around Me'
"This creepy app isn't just stalking women without their knowledge..." http://www.cultofmac.com/157641/this...ebook-privacy/ and more.... http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...il-fool-1.html
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04-01-2012, 05:36 PM
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Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands)
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Makes me even more glad that I don't have a Facebook profile.
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04-01-2012, 07:55 PM
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
Join Date: Sep 2002
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No kidding!!
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?*"How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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04-02-2012, 02:25 PM
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Elf Lady
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http://www.cultofmac.com/158170/stop...cebook-how-to/
How to secure your FB and foursquare app. (In response to GM)
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Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply.
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04-03-2012, 06:15 AM
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The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator
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Yikes. *joins the glad-to-not-be-on-facebook-team*
Technology and social media is all very nice, but the moment it starts to broadcast things you're not even aware you were broadcasting, it goes straight past awkward and into the creepy-zone.
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04-03-2012, 09:46 AM
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Cardboard Harp of Gondor 
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Now-a-days using Facebook is more like walking out of the house without realizing you forgot to put on pants...
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04-03-2012, 12:12 PM
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Elf Lady
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Just secure it all tightly and it'll be fine.
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04-03-2012, 02:01 PM
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The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator
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It's not just facebook either. I've heard more than one warning concerning apps on smartphones because how some of the terms of use are written, you can end up granting the app and their maker quite a bit of access to your data and device without realising.
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04-03-2012, 04:31 PM
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Elf Lady
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True. Also, some apps tend to ask for more access than they need. If they need more than the most basic access, I don't install them. Hence, I have almost no games on my mobile, no 'useful' locating devices, search engines, Angry Birds or whatever.
Wordfeud, which is a hype here in Dutchland, also needs too much access if you ask me.
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04-03-2012, 05:05 PM
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
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I've heard that smartphone cameras encode the gps location on the pictures, so if you post a pic of yourself and say it's "at home" on Facebook, people can locate your home!
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?*"How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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04-03-2012, 06:31 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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Maybe... but people can also locate your home from looking up your name in the phone book, and if they can access your Facebook photos in order to find the GPS coordinates then they already know your name and can find you by more conventional means.
I feel that the only way to avoid a certain amount of unintended personal information leaks to the world at large is to be a hermit. I'm not really anymore exposed to strangers on Facebook than I am serving customers at work - and at least online I'm not required to stay sweet, and smiling, and totally their friendly neighborhood cashier regardless of how creepy, irritating, or rude the other party is being! (Seriously. I need out of retail. )
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04-10-2012, 12:23 PM
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04-11-2012, 12:03 AM
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Feb 2003
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Reminds me of my youth, when I was sharing a house with some people and was woken one morning by somebody slamming a car door over and over. Irritated, I stumbled down the stairs to find one of my roommates (who, yes, worked in retail) repeatedly trying to slam her hand in her car door.
She'd used up every other excuse for calling in absent, but couldn't get the nerve up and kept pulling her hand out at the last moment. Being a first aid attendant at the time, I dug out my trusty kit and wrapped up her hand well enough that she could use it as an excuse
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04-11-2012, 10:55 AM
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
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One of the things that I've always taught my kids is to be kind to people who are "serving" them (restaurant, store, etc.) - I've been there, and it really takes SO little on the part of a customer to make a server feel better. I tell them to see if you can make the person smile, and you usually can. It's amazing how much power we have for good, often at so little cost.
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?*"How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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