Nighthawks 49 (dial-up warning)

[Heidi]

Hello, dah-link Nighthawks! I have finished my professional work for the year ( :bounce: ) and my Christmas shopping is done! :thumbsup: Now, I can plaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! :hug: :grouphug:



Continued from: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4398166:

[southlandshari]

1. Hey, darlin'!

:hi:

How goes it tonight?

:hug:

[Heidi]

4. There's my spank-o-licious gf!

Hiya, shari! Beautiful morning here. Think I ought to do something productive? (Nah, me neither. :rofl: )

[SeattleGirl]

18. Hey shari!

How's another of my favorite Naughty Girls?? :loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[southlandshari]

47. Hi SeattleGirl and Heidi!

Stil struggling with this computer (but have only myself to blame, because my efforts to fix the problem have been mediocre at best!).

:grouphug:

[Suich]

2. I always said I'd jump in when there were less than 50 responses!

Hi there! :hi:

[Heidi]

6. Hiya, Suich!

Glad you're here! How's Seattle tonight? :hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

3. Wooo!

Nice to have the Nighthawks thread back...

So how is everyone tonight? Myself, I'm taking a break from studying for a few minutes. Exam tomorrow at noon. Fun. Two left after that, both on Thursday.

[Heidi]

7. Good vibes for your exams this week!

Do you feel pretty confident and prepared? :hug:

[ghostsofgiants]

68. I do indeed feel confident and prepared...

Oddly enough, recent discussion on DU (death penalty stuff) has helped me prepare for my anthropology final, which is on Thursday night. And my other two are two different political science courses, so DU kinda helps there sometimes as well.

:hug: :)

[SeattleGirl]

19. Hey primate1

Good luck on your exam! Bet you're looking forward to your break! :hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

66. Like you wouldn't believe, haha...

Luckily the exams I have left I seem to be well prepard for, so I'm not stressed or anything.

[SeattleGirl]

70. Good!

Well I'll send good thoughts your way!

[ghostsofgiants]

72. Merci

:)

[SeattleGirl]

5. Heidi love!!!! And Nighthawks!!!!

God, I'm so glad to see the Nighthawks thread again!

I've missed ya and all the Nighthawks. :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[Heidi]

9. Thank you, my sweet!

I'm glad to be back, too. I think I'm becoming middle aged; I just can't multi-task with the same enthusiasm I once did. :rofl:

How are you, Mistress SeattleGirl? I've missed ya, gf. :hug: :*SMOOCH:* :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

11. I'm grand!

So glad to have one of my favorite Naughty Girls in the house! :loveya: :hug: :evilgrin:

[Heidi]

25. Please send good vibes

for the expedient delivery of my future boots, SeattleGirl. They're not here yet. :cry:

[SeattleGirl]

32. I sure will!

for you and shari both!!!! :evilgrin:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Oh Heidi!

How badly we have missed you!

I honestly thought you'd tired of this thread, my dear gf.....

I am so happy that you're back, sweetheart.....

Love you bunches!

Let the good times roll!


:toast:

[Heidi]

12. Oh, Peggy . . .

I've never tired of the thread; I just got flatout _tired_, but I'm feeling much more bouncey now that the Christmas stuff is behind me! :thumbsup:

Thank you, my friend. I've missed ya'll, too. :hug: :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

15. Hello, Darlin' Miss Peggy!

Isn't it wonderful to have a Nighthawks thread again!!!! And so good to find you here! :loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. Ah, my dear SeattleGirl!

I am THRILLED to have the Nighthawk thread back! And it is wonderful to see you here in it, too, my dear gf!

Look for something nice in your mailbox in a few days.......

:loveya: :hug: :pals:

[SeattleGirl]

36. Aw, Miss Peggy!

You're so sweet! :loveya:

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. 'lo

:hi:

I'm a mite tuckered. Flirtapalooza started early tonight. :evilgrin:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Poor baby........

All that flirting really takes it out of you, doesn't it? :evilgrin:

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. It does rather tax my mental capacity, yes

But I'm reinvigorating with a chicken sammich, tater skins and sweet tea. :bounce:

[Heidi]

14. Stud-muffin!

I think my funky time zone causes me to miss all the flirtatious fun. :(

How ya doin', my Oeditorial friend? :hug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. LOL!

"Oeditorial." Love it. :loveya:

[Heidi]

30. Well, ya _did_ throw me a bone

by having such a clever username. :thumbsup:

[Oeditpus Rex]

34. Well, maybe...

But it's funny, y'know? Almost nobody picks up on that. Or at least they don't say anything if they do. So, as we say in the newsroom, good catch. :thumbsup:

[Heidi]

38. Did I ever tell you my favorite newsroom story _evah_ ?

It's the one me asking a reporter how to spell "accordianist." :blush:

[Oeditpus Rex]

50. LOL! No...

You managed to omit that little gem... :rofl:

[Heidi]

Okay, here's the story . . .

I used to be managing editor at a daily business journal, and I had an absolutely wonderful staff of young, smartass reporters. :eyes:

One afternoon, just before deadline, I was editing wire copy, and up popped a story about an accordianist, but the spelling of "accordianist" looked "odd" to me. So I yell across the newsroom to the only reporter in close proximity, "Hey, Alexi, how do you spell "accordianist?"

Without missing a beat, Alexi, spells out, "L-O-O-Z-A-H."

:rofl: :spray:

[Oeditpus Rex]

58. Oh, that's classic!

One thing I love about newsrooms: lotta quick minds in 'em.



But I'm dismayed that you'd think a wire service could ever make a mistake.

:silly:

[Heidi]

60. AP =

all errors, all the time. :rofl:

Oh, that's not a very nice thing to say. I made a good living as a stringer for the wire services for a couple of years in my career. :blush:

[Oeditpus Rex]

67. There's a repeating thread at Testy Copy Editors

"Hundreds of papers use AP unedited," followed by a goof or just something stupid or poorly written in a story that made it to print... or to a web site, actually.

But considering how many words they move, it's a wonder they don't make a lot more errors than they do.

[Heidi]

71. For the prices they charge newspapers to use their copy,

there should be _zero_ errors. Just my opinion. Yes, I'm a testy former editor. I had a sign on my desk that said, "If in doubt, leave it out." :shrug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

73. I never knew what they charge

I know they have quite a few different packages depending on need and budget, but I was never privvy to such details as cost. After all, I was only the city editor. :eyes:

[SeattleGirl]

22. Hey OR!!!

A mite tuckered, huh? Well, I'm glad that I am a woman of refinement, and class, who would never get involved in this Flirtapalooza!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

28. 'lo, SG

Indeed, I would've been shocked — nay, appalled — if your fine, sophisticated self had indulged in such debauch, ruffian behaviour.

[SeattleGirl]

39. Thank you for recognizing me as a woman of class and refinement

:spank: :spank: :spank: :evilgrin:

[Oeditpus Rex]

48. I always have

Just... with "accouterments." :evilgrin:

[SeattleGirl]

51. Oh yeah, the "bonus" package!

:evilgrin:

[Oeditpus Rex]

54. Wait... I thought *I* had the Bonus Package

And you had the Atone-For-Your-Sins Special Boxed Set.

[SeattleGirl]

59. That, OR, is my bonus package!!!

:rofl:

[madrchsod]

17. hi ladies and gents...

dam, i haven`t checked in a while..still off work till jan -then back to work- then off again! i`ve racked up almost 700 posts or more since i`ve been off! crazy thing is we have a little more money than if i were working and we`ve actually got some christmas presents bought..

[Heidi]

23. Stay and spend some time with us madrchsod!

When you were working, you were always "in and out" of the Nighthawks thread, so stay now and make the most of your "down time." Help me hit 10,000 posts, why dontcha? :pals:

:hi:

[jobycom]

20. Ah, I was hoping Minnie would be there! nt.

[Heidi]

24. I've asked, and asked and asked, jobycom.

But Call Me Wesley, the perveter of that beautiful painting, is too busy playing with hs Christmas gift from Ginger and me to pay any attention to our requests. :cry:

How's Minnie? Is she eating normally again? :hug:

[jobycom]

31. Still not eating

She's throwing up less, though she's had a bad day. Right now she is at my feet, purring loudly, debating whether to jump into my lap. She still lacks the strength, which is bad, but she now has the inclination, which is an improvement. I think she'll make it, at least as much as you'd expect a 10 year old cat to make it. Fewer bad days, and more signs of improvement, overall. Still not gaining weight, though.

She put a wicked bite on me yesterday, as she tried to force the syringe out of her mouth. She bit my shoulder, and left a horrendous bruise. The neighbors probably heard my howl.

[Heidi]

37. Sounds like Minnie's quality of life

is improving, Joby. I'm happy for her, and for you, too. Maybe when she feels better, she'll abuse you less. :hug:

[jobycom]

43. Have you seen my new kitty, Amber? Introducing...

AMBER!!!!

[Heidi]

45. What a BEAUTY!

And your girls are even more beautiful! :thumbsup:

How old is Amber? I love how cats can spread their hands out so wide when they're playing and/or cleaning. :rofl:

[jobycom]

55. Six or seven months

And my kids are more than beautiful. They are life itself!

[Heidi]

57. .

I think a lot of fathers feel that way about their kids, but it's a rare one who _says_ it. Right on, Joby. :hug:

[jobycom]

63. I'm

a rare person in many ways... Some of them good, even. :-)

Besides, I was the stay-at-home parent for the first few years of the older one, and I'm still the one who picks them up from school and spends the afternoons with them, so I think I'm a pretty good parent, irregardless of gender-based titles. Not good enough, mind you. But good.

[Heidi]

65. One of my best friends

is a stay-at-home parent to a six-year-old daughter. He's made a lot of career sacrifices because of that commitment, but his daughter is kind, fun and bright, and speaks four languages fluently, in large part (I believe) due to her father's influence in her life.

Does any really good parent ever think he/she is "good enough"? :shrug:

[jobycom]

74. My oldest daughter

almost speaks English semi-fluently. Her grades show this. :( On the other hand, she is also kind, LIBERAL, and one of the most perceptive humans I've ever met when it comes to understanding the intentions of others. I've given her warnings about friends of hers only to have her tell me she already understands that. Her teachers were always impressed by that. She literally had her first through fourth grade teachers give her awards at the end of each year, and before the whole school claim she was the sweetest child they had ever taught. Four times.

She can't pass math to save her life, though. Well, she could. She won't try.

The other kid is not so kind, but shows brilliance beyond her age.

Alright, enough bragging. They are probably so wonderful in spite of me, rather than because of me. :-) And if you ever want me to shut up, don't get me talking about my kids!

[Heidi]

80. At the risk of sounding like a math idiot

(which I once was), I have to ask, how do you know your daughter isn't trying? My dad, who taught advanced math when I was in school, thought I wasn't trying, too. But the truth was, I just didn't "get it," and no amount of tutoring helped me. When I was in my late 20s, a light went on in my head and suddenly I was able to think in those abstract ways so essential to success in higher math. :shrug:

I truly believe that if math is taught in the right way, kids can get it.

I'll never ask you to shut up about your kids or anything else. :pals:

[jobycom]

122. Well,

She's also failing Language Arts (used to be called English), science, and world geography, but I didn't want to get into specifics. She's passing choir and PE and study skills. So she can pass a course on how to study, but she can't study to pass other courses!

On math, I've worked with her. I've watched her take forty minutes on one problem. Once, we were trying to go somewhere she wanted, and she stalled around forever on the work. Finally, with about ten minutes to go, I told her we weren't going if she didn't finish her homework in time. She flew through a whole page of problems, getting every one of them right in ten minutes. The few times I can force her to work on them, she gets it. Same in every course.

[southlandshari]

101. Nice to see you here tonight, darlin'....

Though I admit, after reading this thread, my trepidation about Minnie has now evolved into abject terror of her.

:scared:


But for you....

:loveya:

[jobycom]

123. LOL! Late!

You post after I go to bed... Sigh.

You just have to know how to handle Minnie. She's a pussycat once you get to know her.

[Wapsie B]

27. Hello Heidi!

:hi: :hug:

[Heidi]

29. Mistah Iowa!

:hug: :loveya:

[Wapsie B]

33. Back atcha Heidi!

:hug: :loveya:

[Heidi]

35. Thank you, my friend!

Between the hugs and the fact that my Christmas shopping is donedonedone, I feel like a new woman! :bounce:

How're you doin'? :hug:

[Wapsie B]

41. You're most welcome my friend.

Glad to hear you're feeling great! I'm doing ok, fighting off a cold, but other than that I can't complain. :hug:

[Heidi]

42. I will send you healing, anti-bacterial vibes!

:thumbsup: :hug:

[Wapsie B]

49. Thank you Heidi!

:)

What I'd really like is to be out of the snow belt right now. lol
Got another snowstorm tonight. sigh

:hug:

[Heidi]

56. I'm with ya on that.

I enjoy winter weather on occasion, but overall, I'm a warm climate person. :thumbsup:

[Wapsie B]

61. I've experienced enough cold snowy winters.

I'd like to be somewhere where it's a lot warmer, even if it means worrying about hurricanes once in awhile. :) It's time to move on in a lot of ways. :thumbsup:

[Heidi]

62. Do ya hate Florida?

If I could live anyplace in the world besides here, I'd choose Key West. I lovelovelove the culture of the Keys. :thumbsup:

[Wapsie B]

76. I love Florida.

It wouldn't even have to be the Keys. I fell in love with SW Florida when I was there. :thumbsup:

[SeattleGirl]

40. Hey bwa!!

Nice to see you!!! :loveya:

[Wapsie B]

44. SeattleGirl!!!!!!

It's nice to see you!!!


:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:
:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:
:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:
:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:
:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

46. Ah shucks, there you go again!

:blush: :blush: :blush: :blush: :blush: :blush:
:blush: :blush: :blush: :blush: :blush: :blush:

[Wapsie B]

52. Somehow I knew I'd be able to

get you to blush. ;-)

[SeattleGirl]

53. I'll bet you did!

:loveya:

[Wapsie B]

64. sigh

:loveya:

[enigmatic]

69. Hey Heidi!

:hug:

I'm still doing ours, and I'm behind; ugh...

[SeattleGirl]

75. Hey Mr. e!!!

Nice to see you! :loveya: Isn't it nice to have the Nighthawks thread back?

[enigmatic]

77. Hey SG!

:hug:

It is, even if I've been too busy to read DU lately. Heidi is the soul of the Nighthawks:)

[SeattleGirl]

81. She sure is!

A toast to Heidi! :toast:

[Heidi]

78. My dah-link enigmatic!

You'll get caught up. Last week, I was so far behind that I thought I'd never see light at the bottom of the pre-Christmas abyss. But I just put everything else aside (including the Nighthawks threads, sadly) and did the Christmas shopping. :thumbsup:

[MrScorpio]

79. My peeps!

Show me some love

[Heidi]

83. Our love for you

will arrive in your mailbox within the next week or so. :hug:

[MrScorpio]

85. YAY!!!!!

Oh God, thanks!

Tell me what you want

[Ptah]

82. It's PtahMas Eve!

The dancers are here:





55 and still alive!

[Heidi]

84. Happy birthday, Ptah!

Do something nice for yourself today, and have a hug: :hug: :loveya:

[Ptah]

87. A couple of weeks ago I said to my daughter:

"I have scheduled my birthday off, let's do something
with graymay."

So, tomorrow, I will go, with my mother and my daughter to
see 'Good Night, and Good Luck'.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

86. My dear Ptah.....

Did you read my PM to you? It's a must.......

[Ptah]

88. You are so good to me, Peggy.

Here's a sunset for you.


And some homemade sustenance for you because I saw a picture
of you wearing a Red Cross shirt.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

94. My dear Ptah.....

I am no better to you than you deserve, my dear!

My Red Cross shirt results in my being a blood donor......

I thank you for all these wonderful pictures! You are a remarkable photographer.....

Have a great birthday!

I'm looking forward to hearing how you like what I've sent you.......

[billyskank]

89. Morning

:hi:

[Heidi]

90. Mornin', sunshine!

:hug: :loveya:

Here, have a photo of an abused kitty!

[billyskank]

91. That photo makes me want to yawn

:hug:

[Heidi]

93. That cat is bored to death

with the conventional concept of patriotism. Cats are geniuses. :thumbsup:

:hug: :loveya:

[billyskank]

96. Cats don't get patriotism

Cats aren't loyal to anybody or anything. :loveya:

[Heidi]

102. Untrue.

Cats often are loyal to their chosen humans; and though I have only anecdotal evidence of this, I believe they can be loyal to one another, despite their lack of "pack" mentality. I very much love the independent spirit of cats. :thumbsup:

I'm so glad you're back, my friend. :hug: :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

92. Morning darlin' billy!!

I got to say good night to you earlier, and good morning to you now! Cool! And, I am so glad to see you back here!! :loveya:

[billyskank]

97. Hi SG

:loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

98. My dear billyskank!

I'm just about to toddle off to bed, but I am so happy that I stayed up long enough to say good morning to you!

I'm just so happy that you have returned to the arms of the Lounge!

Have a great day.....My Monday will be busy, and I may not get a chance to say hello later on......

[billyskank]

99. Is it Monday in California?

The time distance is greater than I thought. :o






:loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

100. NO, darling, it is now Wednesday!

We are about 8 hours different from you there in England....Right now it's 12:25AM.....and I think it's about 9:25AM where you are....

Am I right?

[billyskank]

104. Right

9:35 now, and I'm late for work. :)

[billyskank]

95. Heidi, you remember the fun you had with your phone company?

I think my garage is making a bid for the most useless customer service trophy. I brought my car in with a problem four weeks ago yesterday, they diagnosed it and booked it in to be fixed two weeks later. Quite a long wait, but I guess they were busy maybe. Anyway, when the date came they called up to say they had to postpone; one of the engineers was away so they were backed up. Fair enough, these things happen, so they rearranged for it to be done last friday. When last thursday came around they called to say they needed to postpone again, because they hadn't got the necessary part. Now I am waiting for them to call back to tell me when I can bring it in, and I am still driving a broken car more than four weeks since I originally brought it in.

Do they get the award?

[Heidi]

103. Ack!

Yes, I think four weeks of incompetence and lack of attention to a customer earns your garage the award. :grr:

[billyskank]

105. It gets better

I called them up and it was clear they'd forgotten about me. They are now looking to get it fixed in the first week of January.

:wtf:

[Heidi]

106. Ooooooooooo, boy.

I'd find another garage if I were you. You've given that place enough chances, billy. :hug:

[billyskank]

110. I looked at that

Skoda garages are quite few and far between. There is one in Milton Keynes, which is just about an acceptable distance to go, so I rang them up. They were prepared to do the work, but they were going to charge me 15 pounds a day for the loan car. I told them no thanks.

Hmm, loan car? That sounds like a hire car to me!

I managed to beat my local garage down to the 28th December. :)

[Omphaloskepsis]

107. School is done, shopping is done..

I have tons of work over the next few days. But, I'm drinking beer and listening to music right now. Real life can wait..

[Heidi]

108. Right on!

Sometimes, real life _is_ about relaxing and doing something nice for yourself. :pals:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

109. Hey Heidi.

[Heidi]

111. Hey, Crazy.

Plenty of popcorn poppin' at DU tonight. I saw that a certain member post in GD that she'd rather get shot in the head than have a post moved to the Lounge. :eyes:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

112. Well. To challenge someone to a duel in The Lounge would be better!

[Heidi]

113. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

A spanking duel might be interesting, though.

Sweet dreams, Crazy. :popcorn:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

114. Prrrrrrr. Prrrrr. Prrrrrr.

[billyskank]

116. Awwwwww

Is there a smiley for melting into a sloppy puddle?

[Oeditpus Rex]

115. A duel?

Thrust!
Parry!
Touché!

[billyskank]

117. Hey!

Watch where you're pointing that thing. You could have somebody's eye out with that!

[Oeditpus Rex]

118. Eye, hell

I'm goin' for the full Monty.

[billyskank]

119. I've had worse

[Oeditpus Rex]

120. I'd say something like

"Look, you stupid bastard, you've got no arms left!"

...but I gotta go to bed. :hi:

[billyskank]

121. Good night

:hi:

[billyskank]

124. Where is Heidi??

:cry:

[Heidi]

125. Mornin', sunshine!

I've been busy thanking all of the nice folks, re: 10,000 posts. Enough already! :blush:

How's your week been, billy? :hug:

[billyskank]

126. My week has been like this

Oh, and I wanted to say to you:

"All good people have a sense of themselves
They do not worry, they know what tomorrow's bringing
All good people know the world is okay
Why should we worry, when we can do anything
Doo doo doo dooo doo doo doo doo dooo doo doo
Doo doo doo dooo doo doo doo doo dooo doo doo
Doo doo doo dooo doo doo doo doo dooo doo doo doo
Dooo doo doo doo doo doo doo doooo"

[Heidi]

127. That's a very nice and hopeful sentiment, billy.

Is your little smilie yawning or singing? :rofl:

[billyskank]

128. ...

:P



























:hug:

[Wapsie B]

129. Hello Heidi!

and since it's so late I'll have to say bye Heidi in the same post. :)


:hi: :hug:

goodnight my friend.

[billyskank]

130. Okay, see you later

I have to take my car to the garage from hell for its Ministry of Transport inspection. :)

[billyskank]

131. Hello

:hi:

[billyskank]

132. Hey this sucks

Nobody posted in here since I last did. :(

[Wapsie B]

133. Hello Heidi!

:hug: :hi:

[billyskank]

134. If you see her, please pass on my greetings

:( I gotta go to work.

[Wapsie B]

135. I will sure do that billyskank.

Have a good night at work.

[bridgit]

136. wee goody PLAY!

:bounce: :toast: :party: O8) we have one more gift to buy, hubby is a cancer/leo so he does this "i have to move amongst my people" thing so he's saving that for x-mas eve :eyes: we got Betsy mittens and a scarf, but we're getting him a watch...he loves watches B-)