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posted February 15, 2010 10:55 AM            

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K, this is irritating me, cuz, I am looking at the signsalign right now, and it says 45 percent with you. Why does ours say something different? That makes me have less faith in the program.

I do have 81 percent with PA, though. I wonder if she would consider leaving her husband.....hmmmm.

Glad you reconsidered the wedding. I really want to wear that dress, Eskimono!!!
I've even got the shoes planned out.
OK, to skipping Thailand, as long as there is a party, I'm happy.

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posted February 15, 2010 12:03 PM            

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A party and I wasn't invited....bummer.
Hey, can if I can't be the bride, can I at least be a bridesmaid?

And I'm kinda interested in this astro thing on FB too...can someone invite me? I'm SO feeling left out! :-P

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posted February 15, 2010 12:07 PM            

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I will invite you right now while I've still got that window open, I think AG is probably working, or possibly plotting murder against his singing co-worker.

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posted February 15, 2010 12:28 PM            

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hhmm... Gypsee and PA? Well never woulda thunk it LOL.

Thanks for the invite Gypsee!

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posted February 15, 2010 02:18 PM            

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I would have thought I'd have invited you already WinkA. It does only allow you to invite 8 a day, and I forgot who I invited so I was waiting to see who showed up.

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Now, AG, what track shall we have for the first dance?

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I'm sure I wouldn't get to pick that, being the man and all. My first thought would be Everthere by Elbow. It would be the most sober, tearful first dance ever...which is why I'm sure I'd get veto'ed. My second pick, also from Elbow, would likely get a much better reception: One Day Like This. At some point in the reception I'd probably do some comedic production of Wham!s I'm Your Man.

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posted February 15, 2010 02:29 PM            

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Oh, and no work today. Bank holiday.

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posted February 15, 2010 03:06 PM            

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Wink, did I know you had a 29th degree Sun? That makes it right on top of my Moon. Your Moon is almost exactly opposite my Sun. Your Ascendant almost exactly on my chart ruler Mercury. Of course your Mercury and Mars square my Venus, Mercury, and Saturn. Your Neptune is almost exactly on my Mars.

Your placements almost look excellent for me synastry-wise (because they're so precisely aligned), and yet for all those close contacts your Mars/Mercury create a t-square with my chart's primary opposition, and my Moon/Pluto create a t-square with the opposition of your Moon to my Sun. It's kind of fascinating astrologically.

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posted February 15, 2010 03:07 PM            

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EDIT: Ahhh see AG? Romeo Romeo, where for art thou Romeo? LOL

Okay..
On that SignsAlign thing I have 80 with AG and sadly only 47 with Gypsee and Moonie :-(

I hate to admit that there are a couple other people from here on my FB who I have no clue who they are lol. One of whom I have 92 with...

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posted February 15, 2010 03:13 PM            

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Interesting. My SignsAlign says we have 82.

I just looked at our composite. It's an absolute disaster. Sun square Moon. T-square with Saturn opposite Neptune (the chart ruler) squared by the Ascendant. I don't think you can technically use the Ascendant as a planet in a t-square, but as the Ascendant is such a critical point I'm sure the effect is the same.

I can probably tell you who the LL people are if you want to message me with names.

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posted February 15, 2010 03:36 PM            

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ahhh so no wedding bells for us AG? LOL.

I am on my work puter right now and it won't let me get on FB but I'll send you an email when I get home. I'm curious but feel like a bit of an ass for not knowing lol.

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posted February 15, 2010 03:39 PM            

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Oh

My

Goodness

First choice - yep, a bit too maudlin

Second choice - let me tell you a little story.......

About 5 years ago Snow Patrol (I LOVE Snow Patrol) came to do a gig on the little island where I live. It was unheard of back then for a big well-known band to visit - but they liked the acoustics in small venues.

They brought Elbow along to support - nobody had heard of them then.

I am not one for regrets, but I was really sad to miss that concert, and have been ever since.

So, I joined the fan club so that if they ever came back to my wee isle I could get pre-sale tickets. I had just incorporated a property holding company (sounds way more fancy than it is, it's to do with Offshore tax) called Igloo, so when the site asked for a username I chose Eskimo. But I didn't know that the people who ran the club called themselves Eskimo's (go figure?), so had to choose another name. I chose Eskimono cos I like the visual of an eskimo in a kimono.

Last year Snow Patrol announced a 'celebration' tour, not to my island but at least in small venues. I managed to get pre-sale tickets for Manchester.

In the end I couldn't go (long story, don't take me there) and sold the tickets an hour before the show to my sister-in-law's friend.

She said the show was amazing and that they did a cover of an Elbow song in tribute to Elbow who were in the front-row. The cover was this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKd0vNySl5Q

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posted February 15, 2010 03:45 PM            

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and now you've just reminded me that I was intending to marry Gary Lightbody!

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posted February 15, 2010 03:45 PM            

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posted February 15, 2010 04:23 PM            

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Don't make me falter through my own One Day Like This cover, because if my voice can handle it I've got a great vocal part to throw in at the end.

Final Straw was probably my favorite album of the year it came out. You do have amazing taste, my dear. That album was kind of special to me, because it was one of those rare albums where I could listen to every song without having to skip over some.

It is kind of a travesty that Elbow had to be their supporting band, though. Elbow's been around longer, and they're more interesting musically.

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posted February 15, 2010 04:31 PM            

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I've been jamming through that song since you posted it. It would be quite easy to cover. I wish full blown recording was an easier proposition. In a studio with the right people I could knock that out in half a day.

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posted February 15, 2010 04:55 PM            

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This is gonna be some party - how long will your set last? It's just, y'know, it will be our wedding day n'all.

This is my absolute favourite......... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ye8GLPUVsM

You've got me YouTube surfing now!

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posted February 15, 2010 08:16 PM            

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Just finished doing my taxes. There may be an issue with my filing, though, as I couldn't get my last year's pin...even off the IRS's website.

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posted February 16, 2010 12:47 PM            

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You know how people pass a card around the office when someone's celebrating a birthday? Today a card was passed around because a co-worker's brother had died. Am I crazy in thinking that's inappropriate? Death seems like such an intimate affair to me. I'm not sure I'd want everyone in the office to present me with a card if my brother died. Seems like an intrusion.

Your thoughts?

(By the way, I didn't sign it. I don't know the woman it's for to any great extent, so it would seem presumptuous to me.)

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posted February 16, 2010 12:54 PM            

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That does seem a but much.
I think it's nice to show sympathy but a more appropriate way would be maybe a flower arrangement for the funeral or a plant...something like that.

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posted February 16, 2010 02:03 PM            

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WEIRD! Nobody has ever asked me to sign a joint condolence card!! Did it come with black baloons?? Gosh, that is just....creepy! Maybe I AM old, but that just, it's,...ug, poor taste, IMHO.

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posted February 16, 2010 02:07 PM            

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That's weird... I would not have signed it either. Kinda lacks taste... A girl in my office lost her aunt last week and I said "sorry for your loss" but what else do you do? I think you let people come to you when it comes to a death in the family.

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posted February 16, 2010 02:10 PM            

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Hey honey - I'm home!

Know where you are coming from with that one, but guess it's horses for courses. I had a disagreement with a friend over something similar - I find it odd and a bit intrusive the way people seem to feed off things like that, she thought it important to know that people are thinking of you at such a difficult time.

Same as you I didn't sign the card as I barely knew the person grieving and had never even met the person that had died. I thought it inappropriate, but I wonder what the recipient thought - probably that I was a thoughtless ***** ?

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posted February 16, 2010 02:15 PM            

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ooh - how clever - it put those stars in for me!

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posted February 16, 2010 02:46 PM            

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Good to know I'm not crazy.

How are you people today? I'm back at work.

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posted February 16, 2010 03:24 PM            

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It's mid-term school break, so I've taken a couple of days off work - yippppeeee.

It's 'pancake day' here - do you have that in the States? Made a pancake lunch, then went swimming and nearly sunk!

Freezing cold - been snowing up on the mountain (it's like a big hill really).

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