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Posted by SewVeryCreative on November 29, 2007, 8:15 pm
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> No, I figured I just wasn't sufficiently clear. I am 69 years old, can
> drive competitively though I rarely do, not having a red light and siren
> anymore, and do like the current music scene. Doesn't hurt to have one
> kid who is a punk rocker, playing in several bands. Not that I like his
> brand of punk which I believe is called "thrash" - but there's lots of
> really good stuff out there. I don't quilt because it's too finicky for
> me - I think of meself as a "big picture" person. ;-) But I do wear
> Birks and have a couple of shawls that I wear, especially at night on
> the ole computer. One I made when learning to use my knitting machine,
> one a friend made for me. I don't wear it, but I've also got one that's
> 40 years old that will go through a wedding ring - beautiful thing it
> is. I want a paisley, and if one ever crosses my path.....
> There's little left in the world to shock me, I'm afraid. Disgust, yes.
> Turn me off, yes. Make me angry even, if there's an unwilling
> participant or abuser of authority. If I live long enough, I think I'll
> become an assassin. Who would suspect an 90-year-old woman?
*pauses and rubs eyes*
*re-reads post*
*reads it again*
DAMN, you are frickin' COOL!!!
You ever want an accomplice, you see me. I'll SO be there. If I see yet
another news bit about some poor child who had the horrible misfortune of
being born into a family of vicious abusers, I will SNAP. Someone needs to
take those a**holes out NOW.
I'll bring the woodchipper and chainsaw!! Or we can just do it a la Dexter
(one of my favorite shows - isn't that awful?! LOL!) and dump the bodies
overboard in hefty bags. I'd say we could start our new career with our new
resident bozo, but I ain't touchin' him - not even with the thickest rubber
gloves.
*puts nice stereotypical quilter/mother of two mask back on!!*
Hugs!!
Connie :)
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> --
> Joanne
> stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
> http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by Pogonip on November 29, 2007, 10:11 pm
SewVeryCreative wrote:
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> I'll bring the woodchipper and chainsaw!! Or we can just do it a la Dexter
> (one of my favorite shows - isn't that awful?! LOL!) and dump the bodies
> overboard in hefty bags. I'd say we could start our new career with our new
> resident bozo, but I ain't touchin' him - not even with the thickest rubber
> gloves.
>
> *puts nice stereotypical quilter/mother of two mask back on!!*
Can't quite get into Dexter - on Showtime, anyway. I haven't read the
books.....yet. I was thinking more along the lines of Miss Melville --
the books by Evelyn E. Smith.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by Juno on November 29, 2007, 8:17 pm
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> No, I figured I just wasn't sufficiently clear. I am 69 years old, can
> drive competitively though I rarely do, not having a red light and siren
> anymore, and do like the current music scene. Doesn't hurt to have one
> kid who is a punk rocker, playing in several bands. Not that I like his
> brand of punk which I believe is called "thrash" - but there's lots of
> really good stuff out there. I don't quilt because it's too finicky for
> me - I think of meself as a "big picture" person. ;-) But I do wear
> Birks and have a couple of shawls that I wear, especially at night on
> the ole computer. One I made when learning to use my knitting machine,
> one a friend made for me. I don't wear it, but I've also got one that's
> 40 years old that will go through a wedding ring - beautiful thing it
> is. I want a paisley, and if one ever crosses my path.....
>
> There's little left in the world to shock me, I'm afraid. Disgust, yes.
> Turn me off, yes. Make me angry even, if there's an unwilling
> participant or abuser of authority. If I live long enough, I think I'll
> become an assassin. Who would suspect an 90-year-old woman?
The thing that many *younger people* don't realize is that us little old
ladies sewing our quilts are the ones changed the world for them. We are
the original, hippies, rockers, bra burners, anti war, folk singing,
Woodstock people. As you said there's little out there that shocks us
anymore. There's plenty that just plain annoys the hell out of me, makes
me angry and I frequently would just like to pull someone's britches
down and give them a good old smack on the nether region, but that's
about it.
J
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Posted by Pogonip on November 29, 2007, 10:07 pm
Juno wrote:
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> The thing that many *younger people* don't realize is that us little old
> ladies sewing our quilts are the ones changed the world for them. We are
> the original, hippies, rockers, bra burners, anti war, folk singing,
> Woodstock people. As you said there's little out there that shocks us
> anymore. There's plenty that just plain annoys the hell out of me, makes
> me angry and I frequently would just like to pull someone's britches
> down and give them a good old smack on the nether region, but that's
> about it.
> J
We did do that, didn't we? Seventeen Magazine was telling us that we
needed to meet Mr. Right and do the June Cleaver thing. Ha! What a
crock that was. But the youngsters had best be sure to exercise those
rights we fought to get, or they'll be taken away again.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by Juno on November 30, 2007, 8:38 am
Pogonip wrote:
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> We did do that, didn't we? Seventeen Magazine was telling us that we
> needed to meet Mr. Right and do the June Cleaver thing. Ha! What a
> crock that was. But the youngsters had best be sure to exercise those
> rights we fought to get, or they'll be taken away again.
You've got that right. Far to many want to sit on their butts and
complain and not bother to protect the rights they have. Too many want
to believe that it's my gov, right or wrong so I have to go along . Too
many want someone to *protect* them and tell them what to do. Too many
have be come so afraid of what's out there that they believe everything
they are told by the gov. I better stop now before I get really
political.
J
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> drive competitively though I rarely do, not having a red light and siren
> anymore, and do like the current music scene. Doesn't hurt to have one
> kid who is a punk rocker, playing in several bands. Not that I like his
> brand of punk which I believe is called "thrash" - but there's lots of
> really good stuff out there. I don't quilt because it's too finicky for
> me - I think of meself as a "big picture" person. ;-) But I do wear
> Birks and have a couple of shawls that I wear, especially at night on
> the ole computer. One I made when learning to use my knitting machine,
> one a friend made for me. I don't wear it, but I've also got one that's
> 40 years old that will go through a wedding ring - beautiful thing it
> is. I want a paisley, and if one ever crosses my path.....
> There's little left in the world to shock me, I'm afraid. Disgust, yes.
> Turn me off, yes. Make me angry even, if there's an unwilling
> participant or abuser of authority. If I live long enough, I think I'll
> become an assassin. Who would suspect an 90-year-old woman?