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I think I broke the site...better edit!

by Sassafras on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 09:29:11 AM EST
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That's better ;)

by Sassafras on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 09:31:02 AM EST
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Did you edit it too! Well it looks good now - why not add the nice picture again?

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 09:32:07 AM EST
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Sticky mouse/sluggish connection. I managed to drag some of the picture centring html out of place, I think.

My disasters aside, how are you? :)

by Sassafras on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 09:42:21 AM EST
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Good, enjoying the sunshine and getting a few things done, unexpectetly as I had other plans for this weekend.

How are things with you?

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 09:51:21 AM EST
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Catching up on the housework...haven't got as far as windows yet.

by Sassafras on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 10:27:47 AM EST
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Ha, don't remind me, I have a few windows to clean too. But I guess the have to wait, it looks like a thunderstorm is brewing! :-) I love thunderstorms!

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 10:38:37 AM EST
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especially when they give you an excuse not to do the windows?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 10:47:51 AM EST
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LOL, am I so transparent? :-D

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 10:50:17 AM EST
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not till the windows have been done, no ;)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 10:55:32 AM EST
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Well, in this case I am never EVER going to clean them again. :-)

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 11:12:17 AM EST
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Re: Saturday open thread (4.00 / 3)

Just imagine of the windows were actually the roof over your head!

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 01:27:20 PM EST
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Oh, and I am using the time for experiments. Giving a try to make Essene bread from sprouted grains and now drying in the sun. :-)

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 09:53:52 AM EST
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Washing windows here..not so much fun...but AHHH the clarity....

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia

by whataboutbob on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 10:13:53 AM EST
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Re: Saturday open thread (4.00 / 3)

Quite interesting to note that US unemployment DROPPED in 21 states in April. Further 11 states had NO RISE in unemployment. Do we have a peak forming?

by gne1963 on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 02:42:16 PM EST
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Hey! (4.00 / 2)

Welcome to (posting at) ET gne!!

by Nomad on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 04:24:19 PM EST
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Re: Saturday open thread (4.00 / 5)

Just finished packing the support car and trailer for one of my fathers two annual walks. this one from here to Walsingham. (The other in September being the 200 miles that he has yet to do on the pilgrimage route to Santiago.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 10:55:00 AM EST

That sounds like hard work for him. How long will his walk take?

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 11:04:47 AM EST
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Re: Saturday open thread (4.00 / 5)

a week for this one, about ten days for the spanish one later in the year.

not bad for someone who'll be 73 by the time of the second walk.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 11:08:12 AM EST
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That's great, so he will be doing about 20 miles per day. That's somewhat more than 30 km per day - thats really great.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 11:14:39 AM EST
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this year is the flat bit in the middle, the lat two years have been the 200 miles that go through the mountains, so its been 20 miles a day, plus a couple of thousand metres vertical.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 11:17:31 AM EST
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I was at a conference all week in North Wales, back home for thursday night and now down in London until Monday. Busy!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 11:05:33 AM EST

Hope London is for fun?!

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 11:15:19 AM EST
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Visiting family.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 11:32:03 AM EST
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Sam Maloof dies at 93; designer and builder of simple, beautiful furniture

I presented at a conference in Den Hague this week - so brought Lil along, checked out the MC Escher Museum there (very cool!) and then spent 2 days in Amsterdam wandering around. And we had beautiful weather..plus thursday was a national holiday, so we saw A'dam in its leisure - very fun!!

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia

by whataboutbob on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 03:01:08 PM EST
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anyone seen this? (4.00 / 3)

(advert includes money rudeness).

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 11:11:09 AM EST

Re: anyone seen this? (none / 0)

Lol, and tz, tz, tz!

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 11:17:17 AM EST
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Kitteh seeks ATinNM (4.00 / 2)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 12:29:26 PM EST

this isn't meant to be funny, i know (none / 1)

but it looks, um, a bit odd, doesn't it?

onion-y even!

i wonder what first-time visitors think?

hehe

It's a fine line between homage, parody, and consumer opportunism. Jess Walter

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 09:26:04 PM EST
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A good man, it seems (4.00 / 4)

Maloof, whose career began six decades ago just as the American modernism movement was becoming popular, put usefulness before artistry and turned down multimillion-dollar offers to mass-produce his original designs. He worked out of his home workshop, shaping hardwood, one part at a time, into rocking chairs, cradles and hutches that were shorn of unnecessary adornments.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 12:49:26 PM EST

Re: A good man, it seems (none / 1)

Suitable, I thought, for the carving theme in the header.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 12:50:25 PM EST
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Re: Saturday open thread (4.00 / 3)

Geithner, TARP Can't Help States | Bloomberg | 21 May 2009

"Mebe Geithner's gonna pull some super-special PPIP for muni investors out of his back pocket in "a few weeks."

Obama, Grab Bag of Prisoner's Dilemmas | Bloomberg | 23 May 2009

When it comes to struggling states, Obama said a federal bailout of California and others won't be necessary. The administration is in talks with state treasurers nationwide to find "creative" ways they can deal with frozen credit markets. Many states will end up having to make some "very difficult choices" as demands on services rise while tax revenue falls, Obama said.
The biggest area in which states need help probably is in rolling over debt, according to the president. Obama said he's trying to find "creative ways that we can help them get through these difficult times."
"They are still being affected by some of the freezing in the credit markets," Obama said in the interview, according to a transcript released by the C-SPAN.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 12:53:55 PM EST

California is in deep shit...and if it stood alone, California would be something like the 6th or 7th largest economy in the world (or used to be anyway), so this is a big problem!!

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia

by whataboutbob on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 03:03:28 PM EST
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Why should the Obama government bail out the Republican states?

They will simply start taking over state responsibilities.

by rootless2 on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 06:06:34 PM EST
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