Confused Old Lady - 50 Yrs Marlboro Reds - Grateful for Any Help, Advice, Recommendations

[ShannonA]

Are we going to throw it, or eat it?

An apricot pony pillow just for me? I can't wait to cuddle up with it tonight in my warm, cozy bunk bed. Hey guys, can I have the top bunk?

Lolady, do you have magic crayons that automatically stray outside the lines and make wonderful use of all that empty space in the coloring books all by themselves? Those were my favorite kind when I was kid!

I'm going to draw a fabulous mystical world where it's actually sunny and warm and the flowers are in full bloom, even at the end of June in Maine! And trust me, for those of you not living in Maine, that is indeed truly magical and mystical.

Sall I think your bunk is over top of mine... I say we eat half and throw the other half...

Miss lol no need to apologize we are privledged just to read your poetic prose no matter who its addressed to.

 

[LibertariaNate]

Wait... What is lolady apologizing for? Her sheer awesomeness??? Alright then... Apology accepted! I'd say, "Don't let it happen again," but we all know that just isn't possible.

 

[BB3]

That's exactly how it works!

Shannon, you, BB3, and MustangSallie were all adopted dozens of pages ago. Shannon has the lovely ashes of roses giraffe pillow and the apricot pony pillow insisted upon MustangSallie because it claims Mustang heritage on the side of its second cousin thrice removed back in sunny Brazil, home of fine sneeze-free latex.

BB3, I wondered why the lilac ladybug pillow kept bouncing on your bunk bed, exclaiming "I'm Poddled! I'm Poddled!" Thanks for clearing that up. I was so convinced it was trying to tell us it wasn't sure if it was feeling puzzled or befuddled, that I wondered if I'd accidentally dropped pills on its head.

Suddenly I'm overwhelmed with the warm fuzzies. And the WGK will be thrilled too.
She'll be writing stories about the Adventures of Poddled and Oddled. Who knew ladybugs were so much fun.

I just can't seem to stop smiling...

 

[Wolfstar]

Oh bother, late again for the party!! And I so dearly love an impromptu party with friends and family. Lodady, you've never said if I have a special pillow yet, or what it might be. I have been bringing my own old standby, nothing special just had it forever pillow. If I'm to have a most wonderfully comfy bunk (which you all know they are just heavenly!) I wonder if I might also have a special friend pillow there too?

You, of all people, never need apologize to us for anything. While I love when you do those reply to everyone in one ginormous post thingies, it tires you out too much, and I would much prefer to have you rest and enjoy what we enjoy with you. Just hanging out, and showing off for you.

 

[hobotivo]

Does anybody else find themselves proofreading their posts in this thread before hitting the "submit" button, like a schoolboy polishing an apple for the teacher?

I know I do... would a comma added here improve the readability? Would a pun on "cleave" having two opposite meanings be appropriate? Is it three dots or four for an ellipsis? That kind of thing...

Thanks lolady, for reminding us of the majesty of the language of Shakespeare. (Or Shakespere, or Shakesper, etc. )

Cheers

 

[Nina4440]

"It doesn't smell like icing or cake made with rosewater, or rose syrup, it smells, well, like that clerk said, "old standards" is as good a way to put it as any.

The kind of icing put on cakes long, long ago, when people made them out of butter and sugar and eggs and things, no mixes or margarines. Maybe there is some vanilla? "

Lolady, maybe you are thinking of 7 minute frosting that has to be made in a double boiler and stirred for the whole seven minutes. Hard making it but oh soooo good. Or maybe you are thinking of butter cream frosting. Those are both very old. I remember my Mother and Grandmother making both when I was a child about a hundred years ago or so.

 

[JenVose]

Loved your post! I'm new to vaping myself, so I don't know how valuable my advice will really be, but I thought I'd add a few thoughts here.

Not to pry, but just to address an issue that you mentioned, I noticed that you said you are not currently paying for your cigs. To which, I'll just say, that overall, vaping is MUCH less expensive than smoking in the long-run, and depending on how complex a system you want to get started with, savings may be realized right away.

I began my vaping with the intention of using it as a smoking cessation devise (and I already have almost no desire to smoke), but I'm really enjoying vaping and after my reasons for stopping smoking are realized (trying to have a baby), I may actually come back to vaping at least occassionally. I really love that it leaves no lingering smells/chemicals around. Because I was using it as a method to "quit," I purchased the most economical unit that I could easily find in the store. Around $20 for a Cig2O and two cartomizers.

With a little research, you can definitely get the most even out of the more economical units such as these. I'm already learning how to identify other cartomizers that fit so that I can get even more savings. Because I'm wanting to go ahead and kick the habit, right now, I'm not going to get into re-filling and the things that could save me even more money, but I'm finding that I can get pricing that's pretty equivalent to about $2 for about a "pack" worth.

And if you're not getting into mixing fluids and just using the knowledge of what type you have and how to refill it, it can be as simple as just screwing off the old "tip" and screwing on a new one when you're out. A manual PV may be better quality, but with the auto PVs, you're ready to just puff and go.

It's not the same as smoking, that's for certain, but it can be even more enjoyable.

 

[phonedude]

phonedude, I love your signature.

Thanks. It says it all for me. And hopefully helps inspire and encourage.

Are we going to throw it, or eat it?

Both.

"It doesn't smell like icing or cake made with rosewater, or rose syrup, it smells, well, like that clerk said, "old standards" is as good a way to put it as any.

The kind of icing put on cakes long, long ago, when people made them out of butter and sugar and eggs and things, no mixes or margarines. Maybe there is some vanilla? "

Lolady, maybe you are thinking of 7 minute frosting that has to be made in a double boiler and stirred for the whole seven minutes. Hard making it but oh soooo good. Or maybe you are thinking of butter cream frosting. Those are both very old. I remember my Mother and Grandmother making both when I was a child about a hundred years ago or so.

My Mom has my Great Grandma's cookbook. I hope to inherit it. I know those recipes are in there. Cooking used to be such an art.

 

[Del Boy]

Do you hear that lolady ??? Everyone else is saying they don't mind you not posting all the time.

Soooooooooooooooo......as i'm the only one that does mind all you have to worry about is posting to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Hey Sall - you were adopted a long time ago. Heres a hint......somewhere in this thread.....lol

Lolady - You must post/blog whenever you want to. Not just cos i keep all on at you. I felt a bit bad today. I kept thinking of how i moan like a little kid or something. I think you highlight some kind of arrested developement in me. I feel like when i was a kid and i would keep all on at my Dad "Can we go to the fair ? Please please please pleeeeaaasssee". And then when he eventually caved in and took us i can remember crying all the way home. "All i wanted was one more go on the bumper cars" in the most desperately tragic voice a 6 year-old could possibly conjure up. So if you're still reading this i'm trying to say that if you posted 8 times a day i would feel cheated that you hadn't posted 9 times. It's just me. And i try hard not to be like that too...lol

I am so thrilled for the new adoptees. They will be buzzing inside.

 

[MustangSallie]

Hey Sall - you were adopted a long time ago. Heres a hint......somewhere in this thread.....lol

I feel like I can do that now that we're siblings in the Lolady family compound.

 

[Del Boy]

Ha haaaaaaaaa.

I remember you being adopted a long way back. All this time you thought you were on the outside looking in ?

Poor Sall. Poke your tongue out at me again and your pony pillow gets it...mwah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

 

[MustangSallie]

Ha haaaaaaaaa.

I remember you being adopted a long way back. All this time you thought you were on the outside looking in ?

Poor Sall. Poke your tongue out at me again and your pony pillow gets it...mwah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

To paraphrase the words of a friend:

Well that's....that's....well that's just mean.

 

[Del Boy]

ooooooo you little plageurist.

 

[MustangSallie]

Keep it up Gel Toy, and see if I ever share my apricot pony pillow with you!

 

[Del Boy]

i'll nick it off ya. And put it in Jtjpc's bunk.....lol

 

[jtpjc]

Oh no you won't.

 

[JC Okie]

Now, now.....if you can't play nice you're going to get a time out. Go sit on your bunks and think about it.....



(Been a mother toooooo long.......)

 

[jtpjc]

Oh no I won't.

 

[JC Okie]

Wouldn't you hate to be grounded and miss the party??? You think about that! (LOL! My kids are grown. It's really scary how inate these words are and how easily they flow off my fingers..... Ha.) Been YEARS since I've said something like that! Ha. Makes me homesick for my old life with LITTLE KIDS.

 

[Del Boy]

He's bad boy sometimes. I owe jc okie one (wink) so i'm being good