Maine's Own Off-Topic Thread! (elementary school, spider, elementary)

[genmomto5]

OMG Did you get the shakes?

[mollysmiles]

I wondered where you were MW!! welcome back!!

Bewitched, yes! Dancing and singing and KAF we don't care if you can carry a tune or not, I can't most of the time

El, I think you need a "time away" trip....if the house doesn't sell by June you should treat yourself and fly up here Seriously!

Star, that apron is beautiful--a true treasure!! I have one that the kids made me with their sitter when they were 2 and 3--the now 17 and 16 year old--it means the world to me

and CG--too funny!! lol....amazing how "inspiring" this forum can be!!

[Elcarim]

I'm game! Is someone going to pick me up from the airport and store me in a closet for a few days around the time of the YaYa gathering in Eastport? I do fit in a much smaller space now than I used to!

[Elcarim]

Good to see you back, MW. I thought you were awfully quiet!

[Maine Writer]

Originally Posted by genmomto5

OMG Did you get the shakes?

A little! It's worse than losing the net though. The snow/ice that took out the cable knocked out satellite tv. We have NOOOOO channels. The shakes are what happens when Steve calls Dish Network and is told "January 18." Shakes, cold sweats, huge eyes. Being the good wife that I am I told him I'd find someone to fix it sooner. He settled down. I called around yesterday and the earliest I could find was January 16.

"I'm sorry but you don't understand. If my husband has to go without television until January 16th he's going to have to be medicated." The very nice lady called me this afternoon. Someone will be here tomorrow afternoon. Phew. T has midterms next week. She's a freshman so this is the first time she's had to do this. She's a little tense! If I had to live with a tense teenager and a television deprived husband I would need to be medicated.

[Bewitched]

OK, I just have to share this...

A friend from down under sent this to me, and ...well, it speaks for itself.


A family was on holiday in
Australia for a couple of weeks, and the husband, wife and their 15 year old
son decided to go scuba diving. The husband is in the navy and has had
some scuba experience, so they pack up, charter a boat, and go. His son wanted a picture of his mum and dad
in the water with all their gear so he got the under-water camera ready to go, and into the water they went.
They chose a spot only about 20 feet deep, that had great light exposure from the sun through the water. The dad and mum pose, and the dad notices that the son looked
like he was panicking as he took the picture, so he gave the "OK" hand sign to let his son know everything was fine.

The son took the picture and swam to
the surface and back to the boat as quick as he could so the mum and dad
followed to see if he was OK. When they got back to him he was
scrambling onto the boat and absolutely panicking. When the parents
asked why he said "there was a HUGE shark behind you" and the dad thought he
was joking. The skipper of the boat said the little mate was telling the truth, but the parents assumed he was just trying to add to the boy's excitement. The son was insistent, so as soon as they got back to the hotel they
loaded the picture onto the laptop and this is what they saw.

[mollysmiles]

Originally Posted by Elcarim

I'm game! Is someone going to pick me up from the airport and store me in a closet for a few days around the time of the YaYa gathering in Eastport? I do fit in a much smaller space now than I used to!

well....YES!!

oh, not a closet though you goof!!

[Elcarim]

Ok, I think my heart just skipped about 3 beats, and my lifelong desire for scuba driving just flew right out the window!!!

[mollysmiles]

that pic is very freaky.....gives me the shivers.....

[Bewitched]

Originally Posted by Elcarim

Ok, I think my heart just skipped about 3 beats, and my lifelong desire for scuba driving just flew right out the window!!!

My biggest (and least rational, I know...) fear on this big earth is sharks.
I about wet myself...LOL