Just to be clear -- it's not the number of kids that freak me out about the Duggars
What freaks me out is looking at the ages of the kids and then calculating that she's been pregnant almost continuously for 17 years.
I can't even fathom that.
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Steph L. - Aug 03, 2007 1:18:57 pm PDT #9945 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Laura - Aug 03, 2007 1:22:57 pm PDT #9946 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
omnis, I haven't had any spike in spam. Same number of drug and mortgage offers. Maybe there is a change in the filter setup.
On the poll thing, what can I say, we like the talking, polling, voting thing. If you are feeling brave read the last billion posts in lightbulbs and beauracrazy. (still think we should have named it don't worry nobody can spell it)
Laura - Aug 03, 2007 1:24:55 pm PDT #9947 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
What freaks me out is looking at the ages of the kids and then calculating that she's been pregnant almost continuously for 17 years.
Really. Between 2 pregnancies and nursing for a few years I was sleep deprived for about 5 years and nearly lost my mind. 17 years of sleep dep, yikes.
beth b - Aug 03, 2007 1:37:42 pm PDT #9948 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
It is the contrast that makes it hard to swallow. I grew up in house with all girl children. So it never occurred to me that a girl wouldn't learn about mowing the lawn, or a boy wouldn't learn to cook. Or that there were any limits on what I could do
DCJensen - Aug 03, 2007 1:55:13 pm PDT #9949 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
I grew up in a house of mostly boys, and I learned the same things.
Mom and dad wanted all of us to have a basic skill set for life, no matter what we did.
§ ita § - Aug 03, 2007 2:19:29 pm PDT #9950 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have a spike in stupid spam, and it's breaking my Bayesian filter--I haven't had this many false positives since I installed the damned thing.
Most of the spam (that it's not catching) is very obvious to the human eye: invest smart-166837278 or account-4545540494, and no text in the body, just a PDF-extension attachment.
Laga - Aug 03, 2007 2:27:14 pm PDT #9951 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Omnis: right now they are talking about the wording of the poll. Once the wording is settled on then the polling of the actual poll will be announced.
askye - Aug 03, 2007 2:35:59 pm PDT #9952 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Yes, right now it's a chance for everyone to look over the poll and make sure that the wording is clear or offer suggestions.
So if you read it and want to add something please do!
omnis_audis - Aug 03, 2007 2:40:57 pm PDT #9953 of 10001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
re: poll. thats what I thought. I just wanted to make sure. Gots to vote! Me'z a good city-zen!
As for the SPAM, I've been getting a ton of "you received a greeting card from ___" where the blank changes from: neighbor, friend, roommate, worshiper, etc etc. Like 40-50 a DAY.
Laura - Aug 03, 2007 2:45:16 pm PDT #9954 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I've had a handful of the greeting card and invest variety, but nothing crazy. Must be getting caught somewhere. I haven't had so many of the random text variety either. Those are kinda fun.