Gracey

WTH!?! FedEx has proof that you didn't sign for the package until 7/11. One would THINK that Countrywide would want someone to continue to pay on their mortgage instead of defaulting b/c you know if they have to sell your house, they might have to sell at a loss. My former mortgage (during the good real estate times) was with them but thank God I don't have a mtg with them now. Stupidity drives me crazy. After I bought my current house, i got all kind of "come back" emails and letters from them. Little did I know.... I was having trouble sleeping Thurs night and saw Treasury Secy Paulson and Fed Chairman Bernanke testifying about the Bear Sterns situation to the House Financial (or was it Financial Services?) Committee. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about the intricacies of real estate to completely understand what was being said. It was interesting timing to see that Friday, the announcement was made that the FDIC had taken over conservatorship of IndyMac Bank in California. WTF is going onnnnnnnn? This also doesn't taken into account about the Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae situation. I agree with the earlier poster that Americans definitely have the entitlement mindset and spend way too much and save too little. However, there were scrupulous and fraudulent lenders that got many into this horrible, horrible situation. I personally believe anyone and everyone associated with fraudulent mortgages should GO TO JAIL. That, of course, would be nearly impossible to pull off. Enough of my rambling. Susan, I will be thinking about you and praying that you get the crap with Countrywide figured out. GIVE 'EM HELL. PS - And don't even get me started about the healthcare industry in this country.

I forgot to tell y'all that I saw an advertisement in the Skymall magazine on my flight for some liquid that covered up smells! Naturally, I thought of LBT and this thread!!! Considering I was stuck on the plane for 6 hours, I needed a good laugh!

Yanno, as we say in the south, that's her "row to hoe." If one wants to go through having surgery and then dingbat it afterwards...<shrug> Also, what's happened that we have become *so* damned touchy and PC? Don't we have the right to express our views in America still? Sheesh

Gloucester - I'm always here to help you out. The correct way would be, "Would you PLEASE not be an f'n idiot?" I swear, people these days have just forgotten the the common courtesies.

Two things: 1. can someone please PM me the link to said thread, pls? 2. i checked off another "to do" item toward my goal of surgery today. wahoo! TGIF!

Oh shit! I'm beyond tired and just loved this! Thank you, Gloucester, I really needed that laugh!

SHUT THE F UP!!! I woulda been very catty and said in my smart ass best, "Thank you SO much" and then woulda rolled my eyes. I had on a sweater set today and had 2 stewardesses ask me if I was buckled (even while faking being asleep). The shit was not buckled but I faked it. By the time I got in tonight, it had taken 6ish hours to get from Chicago to Atlanta when that crap shoulda taken 1.5! Aieee - SickNTired is just Tired now! :wink2: Denise - Chicago really was great. We got in/out before the heat wave came; it was only around 83 as the high. As many times as I've visited Chicago, I always forget just how awesome their architecture is. I love it! (Keep in mind I'm pre-banded....we ate at Giordano's; it was killer!) I'm not even gone 2 days and y'all have 4 new pages on this thread! I'm so solly. OTC sleeping pills and/or Ambien don't even work?

I shoot 'em!!! Fine, maybe not.....sigh, I'm a liberal too. Y'all don't never let me have no NRA fun. (I'm just kidding around folks; don't jump me, conserative types!) I'm very facially expressive so I either look at them like they are COMPLETELY insane or put up on finger like "hang on" and make my "that's not right, doggy" sound. But I'm the bitch that just hams it up and laughs all the time so I can the smartest ass comments and people think I'm kidding; it rocks! So I might also say, "Wow, and they say racism is dead" or "where's the white robe, bubba"? :-D Alas, my few racist (distant) relatives - I just ignore. I don't bother with trying to fix them b/c I know I'm just banging my head against a brick wall and I don't see them enough to get in a fight about it. Funny er ironic thing is that they all either presently have or have had black friends in the past. Makes absolutely NO sense. <shrugs> OH OH - what you could do is steer the non-white patrons to salesmen/women that aren't racist!!! Kill the racist's pocketbook. <insert evil laugh>

Do you ever take a bath before going to bed to try to relax? Also, what about lavendar? That's all the suggestions I have (besides OTC pills!). :-/ My pre-banded ass hates airplane seats. I'm going to Chicago on an EARLY f'n flight and dread it. Call me "bitter, party of one" Hope it gets better BBK...I feel for ya.

I concur and said so in a pm earlier. (And if Banster were a surgeon, wouldn't she know the stats?!?)

I'd bet a $10 bill that if you said, "Guess what I read online today...that if a man eats celery, etc." and then wink a couple times, he'd RUN for the grocery store!!!

Ha, kathy!! He's learned that his new fav food is celery!

Is a sleeve as common as GB or LB?

Mommmmm - Plain's trying to catch us in our undies! :biggrin:

Whale blubber strips - gross!!!!!

Wow; thanks for all of the great information! :biggrin: Is there any way that the "girlie garment" is something made by Spanx? Just a thought.

Ranger & Denise- I'm pre-banded. My doctor has begun putting in Realize bands and I know nothing about pros and cons of either. Ranger-have you found any information? When I search on "realize" on here, I get a lot of posts where folks have used the word and are not talking about the brand! I too am very thankful for this informational website. I've become rather addicted to it!

Plain - what are you doing in the powder room!?!

I agree with the addiction transference theory(ies). A friend of mine that had bypass transferred to shopping. However, I don't think it's only bypass-related. I'm sure that's why we also go through the psych eval - to make sure that we don't have a past with drug or alcohol abuse so we don't transfer to former bad addictions!

I'm posting to say this post amused me but I'm not sure why! :biggrin: Oh and CONGRATS, Losin!!!!! Very exciting news!

Ha! It's a faboo co-winky dink! We can disagree about football (I presume) but can come together for our country!!!

ROFL! Whew, I'm glad I'm humorous then! As far as living in Georgia goes, the second largest population of Vol fans are in Atlanta (and um, ya gotta go where the job is!!!). PS - and all this time, I thought only WASa got my humor!!!

I can if I want!! Actually I have a lot of respect for Peyton both professionally and with his *improved* speech. He and I were at (the real, hee) UT at the same time, tyvm! GO VOLS!

128 lbs, Juli - that is amazing!!! ^5