If you liked school, you'll love work!

[alice]

Good news Alice, and good to see you back.

Thank you Gob
You always make me feel welcome, no matter how long I've been 'away'!!
I know I'm an infrequent visitor nowadays, but this place isn't forgotten.
Sometimes if I haven't been here for a while I feel that I missed heaps - this is sort of like a little club and there is lots of little mini-interactioning going on, and when I've only got very limited time to look in it can sometimes feel like that person at the party who knows a lot of people by name but doesn't really know them much more than that, and doesn't want to barge in on conversations that are already in progress. Not that anyone treats you in any unfriendly way, but you just feel that you're on the peripheral. That wasn't meant in any way as an insult, but as an explanation for why, if I can't visit much, I tend to lurk more than post sometimes when I do drop in. (I found that at EP's site as well - but much, much more therethan here. They were/are a lovely bunch of people but very closely involved and nowadays they'd all be friends outside of the forum - so to just visit there every now and then I ended up feeling like a stranger looking in on a closed, private club. I ended up 'lurking' less and less and then of course it's a catch 22 because the less you even lurk, the more you feel out of the loop - so as a result I actually stopped really visiting there ages ago. Here doesn't feel quite as 'private' and 'closed' and I feel more comfortable dropping in out of the blue, making a random comment and disappearing again; but obviously if I keep doing that then over time I will feel more like a 'visitor' than 'one of the family', if that makes sense. But I'm trying to continue to show my presence here a little bit whenever I can, so I don't lose the commection here altogether. I hope that all made sense!!)

to you all!!!!!

[Reality Bytes]

I quite like the fact you can dip in and out and not feel the obligation to post which is kinda what I do - although its catch 22 as if we all did that then no one would be posting lol

I finished work on the 20th and don't start again until the 7th - mother-in-law and her dog arrive later today and are staying with us until the 27th, Xeno daughter-in-law, my grandson-to-be and their dog arrive on the 26th. Today had been planned with military precision which all went titsup last night when one of my teeth snapped in half without warning so this morning was spent at the emergency dentist all sorted temporarily now so Christmas can resume.

[Lord Jim]

Oh man...

An emergency trip to the dentist right before Christmas...

That sucks mightily...(at least it didn't happen in the middle of Christmas dinner... )

Alice:

Your presence is most valued here, and even though you don't post that often, you make a very positive impact.

As proof of this, I offer the votes you received in The Plan B Person Of The Year balloting, (One of which came from me, and Sue tried to vote for you three times...just like a Democrat to try and stuff the ballot box... )

Here's what Sue said in that thread; I think her characterization puts it well:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10450&p=132375&hilit=alice#p132375

[Jarlaxle]

Of the things on your list, I find replacing the ceiling fan the less painful.

My dining room is open to the peak...it's almost 20' up. It's not the job, it's the altitude!

Floor sanding won't take long...the undercoating (also repairing some small rust spots & fixing a broken cab mount) I'm not doing myself. (I drop off my Dak at the shop Thursday.)

[oldr_n_wsr]

Don't fall.