With a few exceptions, I had trouble socializing and making friends of any depth until my sophomore year in HS, at which point my peers aged into the lower range of folks I could tolerate interacting with. Not being fond of kids is somewhat isolating as an adult, but it makes for an Emily Dickensian childhood. I'm pretty sure that if my natural inclination hadn't been to be content with quiet solitude, I would have been an insufferable teacher's pet instead of merely an annoying one.
It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
Natter 33 1/3
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 20, 2005 9:32:34 pm PST #8977 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Nilly - Mar 20, 2005 10:37:05 pm PST #8978 of 10002
Swouncing
Skipping to congratulate Raquel and her DH, and to welcome Mallory James into the world!
billytea - Mar 20, 2005 11:39:35 pm PST #8979 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Has this always been happening, or is tearing folk in half a trendy new thing for Aussie sharks?
It happens. Most attacks are more tentative, but I think we average about one fatality a year.
Gus - Mar 21, 2005 12:05:49 am PST #8980 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
erikaj: I understood your post. I worry about me.
Tearing people in half in the land down under... Do we need sharks for that?
Gus - Mar 21, 2005 12:13:39 am PST #8981 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
The message center link has gone away. My world is askew.
billytea - Mar 21, 2005 2:08:48 am PST #8982 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Tearing people in half in the land down under... Do we need sharks for that?
Actually, yes. Croc teeth aren't designed for tearing.
Nilly - Mar 21, 2005 2:12:50 am PST #8983 of 10002
Swouncing
t Waving at billytea
How are you doing? It's been forever since I posted with you (though I have been wondering how you're doing, from time to time).
Laura - Mar 21, 2005 2:15:35 am PST #8984 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
Welcome Mallory James!
Hey ThreadKiller. LeePerkins had some issues with her subscribed threads after she changed her name.
DXMachina - Mar 21, 2005 2:45:53 am PST #8985 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Welcome Mallory James, and congrats to Raquel and DH.
Sue - Mar 21, 2005 3:20:53 am PST #8986 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Not being fond of kids is somewhat isolating as an adult, but it makes for an Emily Dickensian childhood.
One of my friends told me a story about her eight year old calling from camp one day with the horrifying realization that she had been stuck in a canoe with children.
Welcome Mallory James.