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I broke my keyboard tray off when I was startled and jumped. Terrible startle reflex. NM

Posted By: deb on 2007-08-25
In Reply to: Mu hubby and children think it is hysterical when they do it to me - trose

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i'd have decked her. Reflex action. (nm)
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Or fruit tray and dip.
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Chips and dip, relish tray,
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Or even a cheese and cracker tray.
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set out a premade veggie tray with dip, can buy
in almost any grocery store already made up. Want something fancy, take it out of the plastic container and put it on your own tray. This should satisfy most everyone. Most all kids will even eat carrot sticks.
I think that was a terrible terrible thing, but
this is quite different. That was an adult who deliberately wanted to hurt this child, not to the point of death I would hope, but did take pleasure in knowing this would hurt a young teen. I personally feel there should definitely be some severe consequences for that. Just like if this were my child that made the reference to a teacher like this, I would defintely punish him.
Terrible terrible loss
I'm in shock. What a horrible loss for all of us. He was the voice of reason and spoke it like it was. My heart goes out to his family and friends. You can hear how everyone on the news is in shock. The news will never be the same without him.
P.S. - Overnight we jumped to 3.70.
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Diabetes is what jumped to my mind as well - sm
I would definitely get a checkup and make sure it is not a symptom of something.
They jumped ahead 5 years! Not sure why!
The only thing I can think of is that they wanted to find a way to keep Orson on there without him somehow getting out of doing the jail time for running over Mike. Also could have been a way for Nicolette Sheridan (can't seem to think of her show name right now) to come back so quickly with a brand new husband.

In those 5 years, Mike and Susan got into a car wreck in which a mother and child were killed. Susan (or both of them) had a really hard time dealing with the fact that the mother and child were killed, and it ended up causing too much of a rift between them so they divorced. We just found out that that Nicolette Sheridan's (is her character's name Phoebe?) husband was the husband/father of the mother and child killed in that car wreck, and he blames Mike for it and is seeking revenge. He's trying to become good friends with him, and we don't really know what he has planned for him.

While Orson was away in prison, Danielle came back and took the baby away from Bree because she had married and now wanted to raise him. Bree had such a hard time dealing with losing the baby and Orson being in prison that she started drinking again. During that time, Kathryn was a big support to Bree, and they became very close friends and business partners in a catering business.

Kathryn and Mike have just started dating, which isn't settling too well with Susan because deep down she still loves him very much even though she has a new boyfriend.

Carlos lost his sight from his injuries in the hurricane that killed the Mayor, Gabby's husband. Gabby and Carlos got remarried and had 2 children. Carlos just got his site back.

Tom and Lanette have been running their pizza business and raising their children. Their oldest son, one of the twins, was having an affair with his friend's mother, who was married to an abusive man. Lanette and Tom found out, and Lanette tried to force them to stop the affair. Well, the married woman told the boy that she was pregnant. Lanette was confronting the woman, and the woman's husband overheard them talking about her being pregnant. The husband beat the woman, and Lanette went back in to help her. Then the boy confronted the husband at the husband's bar and threatened to kill him in front of everyone.

In the meanwhile, Dave, Phoebe's husband, set the club on fire to cover up that he murdered his psychiatrist because he was going to tell Mike who Dave really was. Dave has framed it on Tom and Lanette's son, so they are dealing with trying to prove that he didn't do it.

Lanette paid the woman off and made her leave town. Turned out that she wasn't even pregnant after all and was scamming the boy to try and get out of her marriage (I guess).

That's the basics. Not sure if you even wanted all that information. I sound pathetic knowing all these details I'm sure, but what can I say - I'm hooked and don't miss a week.
My cat Molly jumped out a second story window
My cat Molly jumped out a second story window to get a bird once. She landed on her feet with the bird.
I literally jumped up and cheered when Uno won! Ah-rooo!!! nm
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e.r. jumped the shark a long time ago.
I was a HUGE fan for years and years. My eyebrows went up when Romano was killed by the helicopter. I thought they went into the deep water at that point. But about 3 years ago I was sure that they had jumped the shark, and I stopped watching. I watched a few of the last episodes on hulu.com last week and decided to watch the finale last night, but it was a snooze to me. It's a shame when good shows stay on the air too long.
WOOHOO! We've jumped into FIRST PLACE! Yeah! Thank you ALL so much sm
from the bottom of my heart for voting and passing it on!!!!!

Continue to vote daily, though, as we still have a few more weeks.......

THANKS AGAIN!
keyboard
Has anyone tried the split keyboard?  If so, are they easy to get use to?  My favorite one is my Microsoft, with the built in arm rest, but they do not make them anymore and my backspace is broke!!!
keyboard dyslexia?
This is driving me insane!! For the past month or so, I've been having a horrible time with transposing my letters when I type them out so many of my words are jumbled. It's kind of annoying!! I go through this from time to time and then suddenly, I'm back to typing normal. Does this ever happen to you?
should also add I use an ergo keyboard (nm)
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First of all, get a black keyboard. (sm)
But I have alcohol wipes I use about once a week over the keyboard. It helps a lot. Or even HandiWipes help. But to get down in the valleys I do resort to a Q-Tip and alcohol on occasion.
I have an HP keyboard that I've had since
October of 2007.  Not a single key is even slightly worn (and yes I do use it daily).  Are you buying the white/ecru keyboards?  Mine's black and I think the black ones keep the letters on longer. 
Keyboard question
I had to buy a new Microsoft keyboard today because I dumped a whole cup of tea on mine.  I use a Microsoft Ergonomic 4000.  I always wear the letters off the keys. Does anybody have any tricks to keep this from happening?  They wear off within a couple of weeks, drives me nuts.
Keyboard cover?
Does anybody use a cover on their keyboard (while working).  I dumped tea all over mine the other day, and had to buy a new one.  I always wear the letters off the keys within weeks, and thought maybe a cover would help.  TIA
I loooove my split keyboard!!!!!!
okay it is official.  I looooooooooove my split keyboard!!!!!! Now that I am used to the difference it is so much easier to type and it doesn't hurt my wrists! I just wanted to exclaim to the world that I totally love my keyboard!!! (i know i'm a dork)
samantha. mouse or keyboard?
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wireless mouse and keyboard sm

Does anyone have any problems with theirs?  When we press on an icon or something in the browser it seems to take a long time.   I find the computer freezes up at time.  I told my husband maybe is is the wireless equipment.  He tells me know.  I only have had it since Xmas.   


 


TIA


Your keyboard sounds like mine.
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on your keyboard, make sure SCROLL LOCK

When I broke my toe
it was because I kicked a door jam. There was much screaming involved. I couldn't put on a shoe. I couldn't lift my toes or put weight on the toes.

It sort of sounds like you may have broken a blood vessel, but I wonder why? I'd see the doctor about it.
Medical transcriptionist melts keyboard with fingertips

Ryan sez, "We have a medical Transcriptionist on staff who has been using the same keyboard for the last 8.5 years. My co-worker replaced it yesterday, and when he first showed it to me I thought someone had taken a blowtorch to it! The most frequently used keys have been completely worn through, exposing the mechanism beneath. Zoom in and check out the indentation on the Backspace key! The keyboard still works fine, so there's something to be said for durability. BTW, it's a NMB Technologies model RT2358TW."



Some people are hard on keyboards -- I tend the blow the contacts on the left side of the board really fast, knocking out the Ctrl, Alt and left side of the spacebar. Charlie Stross's keyboards lose their lettering in mere months, and my pal Seth Schoen types like a machinegun, but I've never noticed any particular wear on his keyboards.


why is the space bar on the keyboard so long as opposed to other keys? nm
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When my arms no longer reached the keyboard, I was suspicious.
I then lapsed into a coma and didn't wake up until there was a strange person with spiked orange hair in my kitchen, demanding the keys to my car. It was either a burglar or my child - I don't know. They've never come back with the car, but that's not proof of anything so I haven't filed a police report yet.
When my husband broke his toe sm
His was red and swollen and black and blue across the top. His was due to trauma, but you could have a stress fracture. It would be a very good idea to have it x-rayed, just to be on the safe side.
I heard that they already broke up! nm
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My sister broke hers
when she was little when we were all in a car accident. It took a couple of hours before she started complaining about her arm feeling heavy. Mom was going to the ER to get her ankle x-rayed, which turned out not to be broken, and took my sister along for an x-ray just in case. Yup, it was broken. So yours could be too. All they will probably do is put you in a sling.
It broke up both our marriages.

Our two kids, their two kids, parents, other family.  She lives in Texas now, on her third or fourth marriage.  My ex never did remarry (he is also bi - as I said in another post today).  Her ex is on his 3rd marriage. 


Thanks for your kind thoughts.  But as for me, I met a wonderful man whom I have been married to for 9 tremendous years and am very happy now.  It just was such a betrayal that it still bothers me from time to time. 


Oh, and no, she never did say she was sorry. It's like I never really knew who she was...


Re-gifting keeps me from going broke

I would throw away any food that I had reservations about, but I look at it as a challenge sometimes to find those horrible gifts a good home :)


To me there really isn't anything else for one to do but thank them for the gift then do with it what you will. 


Look at it this way - if it makes you happy making a friend/relative happy by giving them the gift, then it has given you something.to be thankful for, albeit in a roundabout way.


Poll: How broke are you?

Last payday, I would have needed $200 to pay all my bills and then be broke.  Payday is three days away.  Here's my tally:  Cash on hand:  48 cents.  Checking:   $3.58.  Savings:  4 cents.  Woohoo.  Hatin' it. 


Sure am glad this forced me to stop the cigarettes -- 18 days smoke free now.


 



Just a thought--if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Why would anyone want to have a part of their body removed just on a CHANCE they may someday get some disease. This is just beyond my comprehension. That's like saying, well, I may as well kill myself now 'cause I'm gonna die some day anyway. ???
Love my Microsoft 4000 keyboard, but do not drip even 2 drops of water in it - nm
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Miss Lily broke my toe.

So my lovely dog Miss Lily, who can't be more than 6 inches from me at all times, stepped on the back of my pajamas when we were walking down the stairs and I fell down a few of them.  I broke my toe, just a hairline fracture, and it HURTS!  That'll teach me to wear pajamas that are remotely baggy lol.


*This concludes my pity party*


The straw that broke my back was
when my 90-year-old father was killed in an accident. I was only relative left, no siblings, no other living kids - well my son said I had got it ALL, thinking he should have more than the $60,000.00 my father had given him and his children for their school/college. How greedy can a person be? I should have had EVERYTHING but not the case. When my grandparents died, I think I got some dishes, maybe and oh, yeh and a watch from my grandmother. Rememberence type things which I am thankful for. My DIL's family just took completely over. I have a great life, though and I figure things will be like they are supposed to be. No sweat off my brow.
Like you, I have fibro and broke out with shingles for the first
time this past month. OMG, could not tell which was the worse. Do you use anything like fish oil or glucosamine? My hubby gave me the fish oil and it helped me a lot with the stiffness in the joints. My fibro started in my late 50s.
I broke down and got a pair of dedicated....

single-vision computer glasses.  HUGE difference.  They definitely aren't pretty because I wanted to keep the cost as low as I could, but my headaches are all but gone now thanks to them. 


My other pair of glasses are bifocals, which I can use for work in a pinch like if I lost my computer glasses, but what happens is I wind up tilting my head too much to use the teeny bifocal part to see the monitor, which in turn causes headaches from muscle strain.


To save a TON off glasses, take your prescription and get them at a wholesale place like Sam's Club.


Good luck! 


That is cold. My furnace is broke...sm
Getting it repaired tomorrow. YAY! Freezing sucks! It has been in the 30s at night here in South MS and that is too cold for no heat. I do have the little electric space heaters though so that helps. Heat tomorrow finally!
i read that the mob broke the doors down
if they got it on camera, i think whoever knocked this person down should be held accountable.
Not broke here but in years past
could probably not really rub 2 nickels together. I am sorry so many others have lost their jobs, etc. I have been able to, so far, keep my job and my hubby has a union job and he is still there although at his job they have laid off some. I have money saved so if his job had been threatened, feel like have enough to get us through several months or even years if need be but I would hate to come to that. I have not changed any spending habits, in fact need to rein in my overspending. I heard cigarettes were extremely expensive now- a carton for over $50.00?
Not completely broke, but close
We live paycheck to paycheck for the most part. My paycuts really did our savings in. The bills are still all the same things and they get paid.

Hope for savings in the future is not too great. We rent and probably won't be able to buy a house till the kids are all off at college. Same for the cars. They are old and they run. I am grateful for that, as I have no car payments and they are too old for full coverage insurance.

We support 5 people on about $2500 a month for 8 months out of the year and about $3000 for the other months.
Cleaning lady broke something again!

This time it's really not replaceable. It was a tiny glass vase of tuilps that my MIL brought back from Italy. Each tulip was separate and just adorable.


I MIGHT be able to find something like it online, but I haven't looked yet. She/they have broken stuff before and while the stuff as been important to me it was not expensive.


I had this, and a few other things in my bedroom entertainment cabinet - to PROTECT it from HER. Today she decides to clean in there.


I think this is it. She cleans well and is affordable, but at this rate everything important to me will be broken in a couple of years.


I almost went blind from it as I broke out on half of my face and they
were invading my cornea but never penetrated through. I had them actually while on the delivery table with my son!! It was frightening to say the least, I looked like a monster for about 1 week, started healing after week 2 and then had terrible pain weeks 2 and 3. I was popping 800 Motrin without even looking at the clock, the only time in my life I was a pill popper!! Anyhow still can't tweeze my eyebrow on that area without strange neuralgia, when I get tired or stressed I feel the tingling, feels like my eyelid is drooping but no residual effects other than that. If it ever happens again (this was 16 years ago so knock on wood) I will just go somewhere with a bottle and drink myself to sleep for 3 weeks.
tried duct tape, no go, broke immediately, thanks though, NM
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I finally broke down and bought a box of cards

Sunday night.  I haven't gotten them addressed yet, but I'm hoping to this week.  We always did the same thing -- different colored inks, holiday stamps, etc.  I just don't feel like putting the time into it this year.  One year, I even bought cards from a scrapbook party to make my own.  They went over really well.  My grandma, 80 years old, told me not to send her a card because of the price of stamps.  I'm planning to hand-deliver hers on Christmas day as well as others that I will be seeing or live close enough to to deliver personally.


I only have a few out-of-towners that I need to mail to and I'm hoping to get those done by Friday. 


Why not try addressing 2 or 3 per evening?  Get DH to help.  I always feel guilty when I receive cards and don't mail them. 


i broke a mercury thermometer - what a pain i
it broke on the counter right next to the fridge, so some little balls of mercury went down the crack between the fridge and counter.