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Pserendipity Daniels
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12-15-2008 16:06
Mmmm.... that, and fish and chips, and Guinness were the 3 best food items in Ireland. Pep (Black *and* white sausage on top of the usual bacon, fried bread, eggs . . . ) PS We'll say nothing of the omission of a drop of the native hard stuff - you probably forgot you drank it! _____________________
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Oryx Tempel
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12-15-2008 16:09
That swearing is me - yeah sorry about that. I am outspoken and if I wasnt in my real career I wouldnt have a job prolly. So it comes over here. Sorry if I hurt feelings. I am really very blunt and didnt mean a "personal" offense. I use f**k every few words. I gotta go out. So best of luck to the poster. But please please please in all seriousness dont condemn women who simply cant see a baby as a means to become more woman. It just gets me all SCRINCHY when I hear that a person must express more maternal feelings even in a virtual world. But Oryx - I dont even have a pet. I travel too much for one. Apologies. I honestly should just stay away from forums. Its just NOT my scene and I just seem to get Frizzled. Jig, I don't have kids. Never will. I'm a woman. I understand what you're saying about a baby as a means... but honestly, Jig, we ARE in the 21st century here. Probably 99% of the women in this forum have the right to vote, earn a living at a decent job, divorce their husbands, etc. Many of us have lived in places or times where that wasn't always acceptable, or even possible. Reproductive freedom, at least in the Western world, means that any woman, anywhere, can basically choose when to procreate. WE GET THIS. We don't need someone "scrinching" for us when we DO choose to procreate. _____________________
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Avawyn Muircastle
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12-15-2008 16:11
/me makes a note to send an email to the Greek Government warning them that they have a copyright fight with Californian cheese makers on their hands. Pep (Is that Mexican Roquefort perhaps?) No. And Roquefort, we use as salad dressing. lol |
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Pserendipity Daniels
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12-15-2008 16:14
No. And Roquefort, we use as salad dressing. lol Pep (We prefer chefs to make our food over actors, but then, we don't elect them as politicians either) _____________________
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Oryx Tempel
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12-15-2008 16:15
Sacrilege! Did you not partake of a full Ulster Fry? Pep (Black *and* white sausage on top of the usual bacon, fried bread, eggs . . . ) PS We'll say nothing of the omission of a drop of the native hard stuff - you probably forgot you drank it! Yes the breakfasts were good, but not as good as chips and gravy. And how did I forget the Jameson's??? Ahhh, it was a wonderful year.  _____________________
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sable Valentine
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12-15-2008 16:15
fries are good with vinegar or lemon juice also. HUH???? _____________________
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Pserendipity Daniels
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12-15-2008 16:17
HUH???? Pep (mayonnaise dip if you are Belgian) _____________________
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Avawyn Muircastle
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12-15-2008 16:17
From a bottle with Paul Newman's face on it, I presume . . . Pep (We prefer chefs to make our food over actors, but then, we don't elect them as politicians either) THIS IS THE POST OF YEAR! LMAO! Not too thrilled with the Terminator either. But, btw, we have real home made food in California. I asked about gravy in can for stupid french fries because that's a lot of work to put a house wife thru. Any of you men make the gravy? |
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Pserendipity Daniels
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12-15-2008 16:18
Yes the breakfasts were good, but not as good as chips and gravy. And how did I forget the Jameson's??? Ahhh, it was a wonderful year. Pep (A stag weekend) _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
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12-15-2008 16:19
A year? I only lasted a weekend. Pep (A stag weekend) Were you deported, too? |
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Pserendipity Daniels
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12-15-2008 16:19
THIS IS THE POST OF YEAR! LMAO! Not too thrilled with the Terminator either. But, btw, we have real home made food in California. I asked about gravy in can for stupid french fries because that's a lot of work to put a house wife thru. Any of you men make the gravy? Pep (My wife doesn't make proper gravy. Too thin. The gravy that is, not my wife.) _____________________
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Pserendipity Daniels
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12-15-2008 16:20
Were you deported, too? Pep (Were you, then? My wife *was* deported from Saudi Arabia!)) _____________________
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Oryx Tempel
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12-15-2008 16:20
Were you deported, too? Shhh! Jeez Brenda. This is a whole new batch of people. No need to dig up the sordid past.  _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
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12-15-2008 16:22
Shhh! Jeez Brenda. This is a whole new batch of people. No need to dig up the sordid past. No it's not. They're just the old people's alts........ |
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Pserendipity Daniels
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12-15-2008 16:23
They only deport people that might embarrass the native population by drinking more than them . . .
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Avawyn Muircastle
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12-15-2008 16:26
Salt and vinegar for my taste. Pep (mayonnaise dip if you are Belgian) Just salt for me. I hate that vinegar stuff with fish and chips. icky! And btw, there isn't a big business for English food restaurants in Los Angeles and I haven't heard of people flocking to English restaurants to dine out. It's mostly Italian, Mexican (since we border Mexico, we get authentic, not gringo stuff), Chinese, Thai, Indian, or just a great seafood or steak restaurant. No English restaurant menus on my frigde? Weird, huh? |
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Pserendipity Daniels
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12-15-2008 16:31
Just salt for me. I hate that vinegar stuff with fish and chips. icky! And btw, there isn't a big business for English food restaurants in Los Angeles and I haven't heard of people flocking to English restaurants to dine out. It's mostly Italian, Mexican (since we border Mexico, we get authentic, not gringo stuff), Chinese, Thai, Indian, or just a great seafood or steak restaurant. No English restaurant menus on my frigde? Weird, huh? Pep (I am not English by the way) _____________________
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Sredni Eel
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12-15-2008 16:42
You just might find a weird one. =^-^= I want to adopt you, Immy, but only if you're completely evil. I don't want any of that half-assed evil out of you, young lady. _____________________
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Avawyn Muircastle
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12-15-2008 16:42
Back on topic. Having a SL child is not like having a real child. If you have a real child you are a parent 24/7. Not so on SL.
However, it's still a commitment to take on a foster child on SL and a person being a child may not have had a happy childhood or may even never have had one parent, let alone two. I'd say, it's not for me because I don't know what kind of emotional baggage is attached to the rl person nor would I believe I could fix it or even should try. Sometimes things do more damage than good. What's going to happen when you say "goodbye" for instance because rl is calling and needing you? |
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Imnotgoing Sideways
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12-15-2008 17:14
I want to adopt you, Immy, but only if you're completely evil. I don't want any of that half-assed evil out of you, young lady. Immy ( Marianne and just about anyone else who saw me over the weekend know exactly what I'm referring to. (^_^)y ) _____________________
Somewhere in this world; there is someone having some good clean fun doing the one thing you hate the most. (^_^)y
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Kokoro Fasching
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12-15-2008 18:14
Ketchup on mac and cheese is like heaven.. almost as good as dark chocolate in the irish oatmeal!
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Gabriele Graves
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12-15-2008 18:23
You just might find a weird one. =^-^=  Mommy!, Let me in and Feed me!, I am cold out here! |
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Jig Chippewa
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12-15-2008 18:42
Back on topic. Having a SL child is not like having a real child. If you have a real child you are a parent 24/7. Not so on SL. However, it's still a commitment to take on a foster child on SL and a person being a child may not have had a happy childhood or may even never have had one parent, let alone two. I'd say, it's not for me because I don't know what kind of emotional baggage is attached to the rl person nor would I believe I could fix it or even should try. Sometimes things do more damage than good. What's going to happen when you say "goodbye" for instance because rl is calling and needing you? Me again. Pep's in his jammies snoring away (dreaming of me, no doubt) so I can rest assured he wont stretch his brain to try and be coy with me. He's so cute when he gets snotty. I suggest we all recognize that these adoptees are NOT real kids. Therefore we really cant take the role-play that seriously regardless of their past lives. In fact we may be treading on dangerous ground if they do need counselling and being "adopted." Its a "cri de coeur" I'm sure. I think Avawyn (cant get my lips round the name and that is a first for me) may have a point. This type of thing can do much more damage than we realize. I have a question about kids in sl - are they mainly all adopted or are there islands of these people liek there are theme sims for other people? I really know very little about the child avats in sl. _____________________
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Gabriele Graves
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12-15-2008 18:48
Me again. Pep's in his jammies snoring away (dreaming of me, no doubt) so I can rest assured he wont stretch his brain to try and be coy with me. He's so cute when he gets snotty. I suggest we all recognize that these adoptees are NOT real kids. Therefore we really cant take the role-play that seriously regardless of their past lives. In fact we may be treading on dangerous ground if they do need counselling and being "adopted." Its a "cri de coeur" I'm sure. I think Avawyn (cant get my lips round the name and that is a first for me) may have a point. This type of thing can do much more damage than we realize. I have a question about kids in sl - are they mainly all adopted or are there islands of these people liek there are theme sims for other people? I really know very little about the child avats in sl. |
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Toy LaFollette
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12-15-2008 18:51
Me again. Pep's in his jammies snoring away (dreaming of me, no doubt) so I can rest assured he wont stretch his brain to try and be coy with me. He's so cute when he gets snotty. I suggest we all recognize that these adoptees are NOT real kids. Therefore we really cant take the role-play that seriously regardless of their past lives. In fact we may be treading on dangerous ground if they do need counselling and being "adopted." Its a "cri de coeur" I'm sure. I think Avawyn (cant get my lips round the name and that is a first for me) may have a point. This type of thing can do much more damage than we realize. I have a question about kids in sl - are they mainly all adopted or are there islands of these people liek there are theme sims for other people? I really know very little about the child avats in sl. type adoption under search> places I do recommend anyone giving adoption advice in SL knows at least the minimum about it _____________________
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