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Sociology > Depression |
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"Itchy Britches" |
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06 Jan 2007 05:54:35 PM |
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new to group |
Hey, I have refrained from making real friends locally for several
years. But I know I need someone other than immediate family and my
cats to talk to.
I am an older heavyset woman in fair health. Just started another diet
today! I have lots to lose.
I have taken anti-depressents for a long time, I recently canned them
as I don't think they are doing any good. Doctor didn't argue with me
but did not offer an alternative.
I did have a good day on my birthday Jan 4th. Got out of the house 3
times.
I don't know how to do this group thing, please let me know. Catch ya
later.
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| User: "jerry" |
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| Title: Re: new to group |
07 Jan 2007 11:55:01 AM |
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"Itchy Britches" <kittycatclock@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:1168127675.785396.78320@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Hey, I have refrained from making real friends locally for several
years. But I know I need someone other than immediate family and my
cats to talk to.
I am an older heavyset woman in fair health. Just started another diet
today! I have lots to lose.
I have taken anti-depressents for a long time, I recently canned them
as I don't think they are doing any good. Doctor didn't argue with me
but did not offer an alternative.
I did have a good day on my birthday Jan 4th. Got out of the house 3
times.
I don't know how to do this group thing, please let me know. Catch ya
later.
walking every day at least 20 minutes with my complete focus on my feet
and legs helps immensely with my depression. this continuous activity also
helps with weight loss and other health issues.
jerry
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| User: "Bruce." |
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06 Jan 2007 07:18:18 PM |
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"Itchy Britches" <kittycatclock@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:1168127675.785396.78320@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Hey, I have refrained from making real friends locally for several
years. But I know I need someone other than immediate family and my
cats to talk to.
I am an older heavyset woman in fair health. Just started another diet
today! I have lots to lose.
I have taken anti-depressents for a long time, I recently canned them
as I don't think they are doing any good. Doctor didn't argue with me
but did not offer an alternative.
I did have a good day on my birthday Jan 4th. Got out of the house 3
times.
I don't know how to do this group thing, please let me know. Catch ya
later.
Hi Itchy. Welcome to the group. Here in asd feel free to post whatever you
feel like saying at the time. People come here for support which can be
anything from drug advice to idle conversation.
The drug issue is an individual one. Since you've both taken and not taken
the AD (antidepressive) drugs, you can best judge how you do and feel both
on and off them.
For those that need AD drugs, there isn't much of an alternative. There are
coping techniques and compensations that can help, a physiatrist can best
help there, but for me the AD drugs work best.
Again, welcome.
Bruce.
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| User: "David" |
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| Title: Re: new to group |
06 Jan 2007 06:29:36 PM |
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It might be that you would need a reevaluation with a psychiatrist, with
perhaps more explanation. It's possible that you might need other
medications to help balance things more evenly. Sometimes it takes a long
time to get things exactly right.
Sorry to hear about your depression, each of us who have experiences to
share know what its about.
"Itchy Britches" <kittycatclock@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:1168127675.785396.78320@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Hey, I have refrained from making real friends locally for several
years. But I know I need someone other than immediate family and my
cats to talk to.
I am an older heavyset woman in fair health. Just started another diet
today! I have lots to lose.
I have taken anti-depressents for a long time, I recently canned them
as I don't think they are doing any good. Doctor didn't argue with me
but did not offer an alternative.
I did have a good day on my birthday Jan 4th. Got out of the house 3
times.
I don't know how to do this group thing, please let me know. Catch ya
later.
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| User: "slunky" |
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| Title: Re: new to group |
06 Jan 2007 06:32:02 PM |
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_/ David wrote \_
It might be that you would need a reevaluation with a psychiatrist, with
perhaps more explanation. It's possible that you might need other
medications to help balance things more evenly. Sometimes it takes a long
time to get things exactly right.
Or not. Drugs aren't always the answer.
ps. Hi Itchy.
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-slunky
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| User: "GlennT" |
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06 Jan 2007 06:37:28 PM |
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slunky wrote:
_/ David wrote \_
It might be that you would need a reevaluation with a psychiatrist, with
perhaps more explanation. It's possible that you might need other
medications to help balance things more evenly. Sometimes it takes a long
time to get things exactly right.
Or not. Drugs aren't always the answer.
and sometimes they are a big part of the problem. Most of my successes
have come from changes I have made to my life and finding a very good
psychologist who I trusted. I do take mild medication but it is by no
means the core of my treatment.
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| User: "%" |
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06 Jan 2007 06:44:21 PM |
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"GlennT" <trucage@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:1168130248.483212.184710@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
slunky wrote:
_/ David wrote \_
It might be that you would need a reevaluation with a psychiatrist,
with
perhaps more explanation. It's possible that you might need other
medications to help balance things more evenly. Sometimes it takes a
long
time to get things exactly right.
Or not. Drugs aren't always the answer.
and sometimes they are a big part of the problem. Most of my successes
have come from changes I have made to my life and finding a very good
psychologist who I trusted. I do take mild medication but it is by no
means the core of my treatment.
all medications for depression make me feel worse if i take them ,
so in my case all of Davids advice is always useless
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| User: "GlennT" |
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06 Jan 2007 06:52:26 PM |
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% wrote:
"GlennT" <trucage@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:1168130248.483212.184710@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
slunky wrote:
_/ David wrote \_
It might be that you would need a reevaluation with a psychiatrist,
with
perhaps more explanation. It's possible that you might need other
medications to help balance things more evenly. Sometimes it takes a
long
time to get things exactly right.
Or not. Drugs aren't always the answer.
and sometimes they are a big part of the problem. Most of my successes
have come from changes I have made to my life and finding a very good
psychologist who I trusted. I do take mild medication but it is by no
means the core of my treatment.
all medications for depression make me feel worse if i take them ,
so in my case all of Davids advice is always useless
Alcohol is supposed to be bad for depression but I don't have that at
all. If I am low and I sink a few whiskeys it usually makes me feel
better. After that I usually sleep well and wake up feeling okay. I can
never get drunk though... or not very drunk anyway. I will throw up
before that happens due to my dicky tummy.
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| User: "%" |
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06 Jan 2007 07:19:43 PM |
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"GlennT" <trucage@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:1168131146.111458.227140@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
% wrote:
"GlennT" <trucage@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:1168130248.483212.184710@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
slunky wrote:
_/ David wrote \_
It might be that you would need a reevaluation with a
psychiatrist,
with
perhaps more explanation. It's possible that you might need other
medications to help balance things more evenly. Sometimes it takes
a
long
time to get things exactly right.
Or not. Drugs aren't always the answer.
and sometimes they are a big part of the problem. Most of my successes
have come from changes I have made to my life and finding a very good
psychologist who I trusted. I do take mild medication but it is by no
means the core of my treatment.
all medications for depression make me feel worse if i take them ,
so in my case all of Davids advice is always useless
Alcohol is supposed to be bad for depression but I don't have that at
all. If I am low and I sink a few whiskeys it usually makes me feel
better. After that I usually sleep well and wake up feeling okay. I can
never get drunk though... or not very drunk anyway. I will throw up
before that happens due to my dicky tummy.
i find drinking tends to just multiply the mood i was in before i drank
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| User: "GlennT" |
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06 Jan 2007 07:55:13 PM |
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% wrote:
"GlennT" <trucage@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:1168131146.111458.227140@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
% wrote:
"GlennT" <trucage@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:1168130248.483212.184710@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
slunky wrote:
_/ David wrote \_
It might be that you would need a reevaluation with a
psychiatrist,
with
perhaps more explanation. It's possible that you might need other
medications to help balance things more evenly. Sometimes it takes
a
long
time to get things exactly right.
Or not. Drugs aren't always the answer.
and sometimes they are a big part of the problem. Most of my successes
have come from changes I have made to my life and finding a very good
psychologist who I trusted. I do take mild medication but it is by no
means the core of my treatment.
all medications for depression make me feel worse if i take them ,
so in my case all of Davids advice is always useless
Alcohol is supposed to be bad for depression but I don't have that at
all. If I am low and I sink a few whiskeys it usually makes me feel
better. After that I usually sleep well and wake up feeling okay. I can
never get drunk though... or not very drunk anyway. I will throw up
before that happens due to my dicky tummy.
i find drinking tends to just multiply the mood i was in before i drank
Weed did that for me which is why I quit it. Alcohol starts my mind
jumping onto other things. It disrupts the path I am on. Having said
that... when I am feeling really jolly and I drink it can bring me down
a bit too. I can get morose or inward looking. So, for me, alcohol is
very much a mood changer.
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| User: "Bruce." |
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06 Jan 2007 08:21:34 PM |
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"GlennT" <trucage@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
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Weed did that for me which is why I quit it. Alcohol starts my mind
jumping onto other things. It disrupts the path I am on. Having said
that... when I am feeling really jolly and I drink it can bring me down
a bit too. I can get morose or inward looking. So, for me, alcohol is
very much a mood changer.
I find it to be very unpredictable anymore. I never know whether it's going
to mellow me out, or turn me manic and climbing the walls. Sometimes it'll
help me get to sleep but too often it buzzes me like a dozen cups of coffee.
I've never been able to find a pattern as to how I'll react.
Bruce.
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| User: "GlennT" |
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06 Jan 2007 08:46:40 PM |
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Bruce. wrote:
"GlennT" <trucage@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:1168134913.108204.306980@s80g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Weed did that for me which is why I quit it. Alcohol starts my mind
jumping onto other things. It disrupts the path I am on. Having said
that... when I am feeling really jolly and I drink it can bring me down
a bit too. I can get morose or inward looking. So, for me, alcohol is
very much a mood changer.
I find it to be very unpredictable anymore. I never know whether it's going
to mellow me out, or turn me manic and climbing the walls. Sometimes it'll
help me get to sleep but too often it buzzes me like a dozen cups of coffee.
I've never been able to find a pattern as to how I'll react.
Bruce.
Age and a consistent lifestyle make reactions easier to read. You
probably do have a pattern but it hasn't revealed itself to you yet.
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| User: "Bruce." |
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06 Jan 2007 10:22:49 PM |
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"GlennT" <trucage@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
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Age and a consistent lifestyle make reactions easier to read. You
probably do have a pattern but it hasn't revealed itself to you yet.
I sure hope you're right and it reveals itself someday. I like the mellow
but I can't stand the manic reaction.
Bruce.
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| User: "Bruce." |
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06 Jan 2007 07:29:56 PM |
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"%" <persent@gmail.com> wrote in message
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i find drinking tends to just multiply the mood i was in before i drank
For me it varies depending on how much I drink. If I drink enough to get
drunk, that's usually enough to trigger a multiday depressive crash. That
really takes the fun out of drinking.
Bruce.
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| User: "%" |
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06 Jan 2007 06:36:39 PM |
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maybe she needs meds
"David" <davidd2394@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1168129877_9691@sp6iad.superfeed.net...
It might be that you would need a reevaluation with a psychiatrist, with
perhaps more explanation. It's possible that you might need other
medications to help balance things more evenly. Sometimes it takes a long
time to get things exactly right.
Sorry to hear about your depression, each of us who have experiences to
share know what its about.
"Itchy Britches" <kittycatclock@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:1168127675.785396.78320@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Hey, I have refrained from making real friends locally for several
years. But I know I need someone other than immediate family and my
cats to talk to.
I am an older heavyset woman in fair health. Just started another diet
today! I have lots to lose.
I have taken anti-depressents for a long time, I recently canned them
as I don't think they are doing any good. Doctor didn't argue with me
but did not offer an alternative.
I did have a good day on my birthday Jan 4th. Got out of the house 3
times.
I don't know how to do this group thing, please let me know. Catch ya
later.
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| User: "GlennT" |
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06 Jan 2007 06:12:24 PM |
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Itchy Britches wrote:
Hey, I have refrained from making real friends locally for several
years. But I know I need someone other than immediate family and my
cats to talk to.
I am an older heavyset woman in fair health. Just started another diet
today! I have lots to lose.
I have taken anti-depressents for a long time, I recently canned them
as I don't think they are doing any good. Doctor didn't argue with me
but did not offer an alternative.
I did have a good day on my birthday Jan 4th. Got out of the house 3
times.
I don't know how to do this group thing, please let me know. Catch ya
later.
Hi Itchy,
I don't have real friends except the ones I talk to here. Staying
isolated is a common theme among depressives. Yet the need for contact
remains. ASD is a good mid-ground for that.
Doctors don't really know what to do with depression unless you find
one who is very savvy and people sensitive. They tend to just go along
with what their patients tell them. "Depressive health thyself" sort of
thing.
Hope you find some contact here. This place can get a bit rowdy
sometimes because most of the people here have issues of one type or
another. But over the years I have found great comfort here when I've
needed it.
Good luck.
GlennT
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| User: "Itchy Britches" |
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06 Jan 2007 07:46:18 PM |
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GlennT wrote:
Good luck.
Thanks Glenn and others who have already replied. It even felt good to
get a reply.
Ha!!
One thing I have done that does not help me getting over depression is
moving my elderMom into the house to live. But I just couldn't see her
being in a Nursing Home in the hands of others. Seeing her in pain
everyday, well, it's hard.
I recently bleached my hair blonde and updated my look a bit to feel
better. It helps a little. But I sometimes I wish I could be a hermit
out in the beautiful backwoods (with a cabin full of necessities, of
course) Just me and my cats. And my husband dropping by once in a
while.........LOL........ I'm rambling. thanks
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| User: "Bruce." |
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06 Jan 2007 08:11:35 PM |
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"Itchy Britches" <kittycatclock@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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But I sometimes I wish I could be a hermit
out in the beautiful backwoods (with a cabin full of necessities, of
course) Just me and my cats. And my husband dropping by once in a
while.........LOL........ I'm rambling. thanks
Part of me wants to withdraw in to the middle of the woods and become a
hermit too. But I would miss my cable, DSL, TIVO, internet, friends,
family, walmart, etc., etc., etc. So here I am, still in the middle of
civilization, next to a mall.
Bruce.
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| User: "GlennT" |
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06 Jan 2007 08:02:23 PM |
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Itchy Britches wrote:
GlennT wrote:
Good luck.
Thanks Glenn and others who have already replied. It even felt good to
get a reply.
Ha!!
One thing I have done that does not help me getting over depression is
moving my elderMom into the house to live. But I just couldn't see her
being in a Nursing Home in the hands of others. Seeing her in pain
everyday, well, it's hard.
I recently bleached my hair blonde and updated my look a bit to feel
better. It helps a little. But I sometimes I wish I could be a hermit
out in the beautiful backwoods (with a cabin full of necessities, of
course) Just me and my cats. And my husband dropping by once in a
while.........LOL........ I'm rambling. thanks
You're very welcome. Rambling is my speciality! It is good to get a
reply. It is that need for contact I was talking about. Conversely not
getting a reply can be a bummer sometimes and that happens too.
Sometimes the changes we need to make are minor, sometimes major.
Movement of some sort or another has always been something I do. I'm
just not one to sit down and wallow. Its not that it always works in
fact mostly it doesn't yet at least I feel I am doing something.
I love cats as well. There are a lot of cat people on this group and
quite a few dog lovers as well. I have three cats. One is just a kitten
and he has been great fun.
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| User: "BoredToTears" |
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06 Jan 2007 08:44:21 PM |
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Itchy Britches wrote:
Hey, I have refrained from making real friends locally for several
years. But I know I need someone other than immediate family and my
cats to talk to.
I am an older heavyset woman in fair health. Just started another diet
today! I have lots to lose.
I have taken anti-depressents for a long time, I recently canned them
as I don't think they are doing any good. Doctor didn't argue with me
but did not offer an alternative.
I did have a good day on my birthday Jan 4th. Got out of the house 3
times.
I don't know how to do this group thing, please let me know. Catch ya
later.
Hi Itchy, welcome to ASD. As far as the group thing goes, you post,
someone replies then someone else replies to that reply with a reply
that has nothing to do with the first reply and only a passing
reference to the reply they're replying to. After that it gets kinda
confusing...;o)
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| User: "Gayle" |
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06 Jan 2007 09:06:23 PM |
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BoredToTears wrote:
Itchy Britches wrote:
I don't know how to do this group thing, please let me know. Catch ya
later.
Hi Itchy, welcome to ASD. As far as the group thing goes, you post,
someone replies then someone else replies to that reply with a reply
that has nothing to do with the first reply and only a passing
reference to the reply they're replying to. After that it gets kinda
confusing...;o)
And then maybe an even more confusing
argument might start. Sometimes. Or it
could go all historical or musical or
something.
And that's how this group does the group
thing. Occasionally. The rest of the
time it's something else
Gayle
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| User: "%" |
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06 Jan 2007 09:13:12 PM |
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"Gayle" <gayleco@rcn.com> wrote in message
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BoredToTears wrote:
Itchy Britches wrote:
I don't know how to do this group thing, please let me know. Catch ya
later.
Hi Itchy, welcome to ASD. As far as the group thing goes, you post,
someone replies then someone else replies to that reply with a reply
that has nothing to do with the first reply and only a passing
reference to the reply they're replying to. After that it gets kinda
confusing...;o)
And then maybe an even more confusing
argument might start. Sometimes. Or it
could go all historical or musical or
something.
And that's how this group does the group
thing. Occasionally. The rest of the
time it's something else
Gayle
is this about Malcolm
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| User: "Gayle" |
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06 Jan 2007 09:31:09 PM |
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% wrote:
And that's how this group does the group
thing. Occasionally. The rest of the
time it's something else
is this about Malcolm
I doubt it. And, whatever ya do, don't
tune in to the Dallas-Seattle game.
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| User: "%" |
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06 Jan 2007 10:01:50 PM |
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"Gayle" <gayleco@rcn.com> wrote in message
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% wrote:
And that's how this group does the group
thing. Occasionally. The rest of the
time it's something else
is this about Malcolm
I doubt it. And, whatever ya do, don't
tune in to the Dallas-Seattle game.
i picked Dallas , i think
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| User: "Gayle" |
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06 Jan 2007 10:24:57 PM |
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% wrote:
i picked Dallas , i think
Yeah. Seattle just won by one and what a
crazy, crazy game.
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| User: "%" |
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06 Jan 2007 10:38:02 PM |
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"Gayle" <gayleco@rcn.com> wrote in message
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% wrote:
i picked Dallas , i think
Yeah. Seattle just won by one and what a
crazy, crazy game.
oh well i'm one and one
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| User: "BoredToTears" |
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06 Jan 2007 09:16:06 PM |
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Gayle wrote:
BoredToTears wrote:
Itchy Britches wrote:
I don't know how to do this group thing, please let me know. Catch ya
later.
Hi Itchy, welcome to ASD. As far as the group thing goes, you post,
someone replies then someone else replies to that reply with a reply
that has nothing to do with the first reply and only a passing
reference to the reply they're replying to. After that it gets kinda
confusing...;o)
And then maybe an even more confusing
argument might start. Sometimes. Or it
could go all historical or musical or
something.
And that's how this group does the group
thing. Occasionally. The rest of the
time it's something else
Gayle
And working out what the "something else" is, that's the hard bit.
That'll get you a gold star.
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| User: "Gayle" |
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06 Jan 2007 09:34:35 PM |
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BoredToTears wrote:
And working out what the "something else" is, that's the hard bit.
That'll get you a gold star.
I'm reading a book by a Scotsman. About
his walk across Afghanistan in 2002. Now
that's somethin' else.
Gayle
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| User: "BoredToTears" |
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06 Jan 2007 10:22:20 PM |
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Gayle wrote:
BoredToTears wrote:
And working out what the "something else" is, that's the hard bit.
That'll get you a gold star.
I'm reading a book by a Scotsman. About
his walk across Afghanistan in 2002. Now
that's somethin' else.
Gayle
Rory Stewart? I haven't read his book (I'm finding it harder and harder
to read more than one book a year. I'm still only halfway through
"Thud" by Terry Pratchett. I got that for Xmas 2005). I don't have the
Rory Stewart book but the things I've read in newspapers and seen on
the tv are impressive. And surprising.
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| User: "Gayle" |
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06 Jan 2007 10:26:40 PM |
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BoredToTears wrote:
Rory Stewart? I haven't read his book (I'm finding it harder and harder
to read more than one book a year. I'm still only halfway through
"Thud" by Terry Pratchett. I got that for Xmas 2005). I don't have the
Rory Stewart book but the things I've read in newspapers and seen on
the tv are impressive. And surprising.
That's the one. I'm just a bit into it,
but it's gonna be a wonderful romp, I
can tell.
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| User: "GlennT" |
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| Title: Re: new to group |
06 Jan 2007 09:14:21 PM |
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Gayle wrote:
BoredToTears wrote:
Itchy Britches wrote:
I don't know how to do this group thing, please let me know. Catch ya
later.
Hi Itchy, welcome to ASD. As far as the group thing goes, you post,
someone replies then someone else replies to that reply with a reply
that has nothing to do with the first reply and only a passing
reference to the reply they're replying to. After that it gets kinda
confusing...;o)
And then maybe an even more confusing
argument might start. Sometimes. Or it
could go all historical or musical or
something.
And that's how this group does the group
thing. Occasionally. The rest of the
time it's something else
Gayle
Hehe! Yeah, its called Thread Theory, the alternate String Theory.
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