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Shattered by bells* [message #50699]

Wed, 11 July 2012 21:20

b_twin_1
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Bells. And more bells. And maybe an Olympic Torch.

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Re: Shattered by bells* [message #50700 is a reply to message #50699 ]

Wed, 11 July 2012 21:25

b_twin_1
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Eeeep! Call changes on 12! Niiiiiiice. Smile

So far only 10 for me.

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Thu, 12 July 2012 01:05

Diane in MN
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But there were exactly twelve of us which, in the first place, means that I wasn’t being a pathetic wannabe by showing up

Believe me, I have been in charge of events at which I'd have pathetically fawned over any wannabe who even showed up, let alone who could contribute. The more the better, I say.

I had to go to the yarn store today, too. Whimper. ::buries head in arms and slides under desk::

_{"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich}

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Re: Shattered by bells* [message #50702 is a reply to message #50701 ]

Thu, 12 July 2012 01:09

equus_peduus
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Location: France

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Quote:

I had to go to the yarn store today, too. Whimper.

I had to go to the yarn store yesterday. I didn't buy any yarn (though was mightily tempted) - but did sign up for a Cat Bordhi class in a couple weeks. And then I went and spent some time in a lace museum/store (and really, they have all kinds of stuff for all kinds of needlework - knitting included - not just lace).

(Yes, I'm in CA at the moment... going to a conference in a couple weeks, then back to France. I miss my kitties. And the boyfriend.)

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Re: Shattered by bells* [message #50703 is a reply to message #50699 ]

Thu, 12 July 2012 09:51

Mockorange
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But the amount of tax money our precious government has shovelled into this tumefied spectacle makes me sadder.

Hee! I see you have gone native in this fair kingdom of ours. Agree with you about being thoroughly demoralised about the Olympics however. I was quite pleased (since I don't live in London) when I first heard we'd got the games. But all the administrative shambles, security theatre, strong-arming of Olympic-themed trademarks (which other people have been using for decades) by corporate sponsors, celebrity torch-hogging (at the expense of ordinary people - some of whom had been promised a turn with the torch and were then turfed off so some irrelevant 'celeb' could carry it instead), and the waste of money have totally soured me on the whole deal. I am clinging onto a tiny shred of hope that once the sports actually start it might get interesting again, but for now I am sick to the back teeth with it all.

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Re: Shattered by bells* [message #50757 is a reply to message #50703 ]

Sun, 15 July 2012 20:25

CathyR
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Mockorange wrote on Thu, 12 July 2012 14:51

Hee! I see you have gone native in this fair kingdom of ours. Agree with you about being thoroughly demoralised about the Olympics however. I was quite pleased (since I don't live in London) when I first heard we'd got the games. But all the administrative shambles, security theatre, strong-arming of Olympic-themed trademarks (which other people have been using for decades) by corporate sponsors, celebrity torch-hogging (at the expense of ordinary people - some of whom had been promised a turn with the torch and were then turfed off so some irrelevant 'celeb' could carry it instead), and the waste of money have totally soured me on the whole deal. I am clinging onto a tiny shred of hope that once the sports actually start it might get interesting again, but for now I am sick to the back teeth with it all.

Couldn't agree more.

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.

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