trinacriabob

On a happier note from ocn's inquiry, last night I turned in my last final. I just finished an evening MBA with an emphasis in accounting(taxation). I slept at least 10 hours upon coming home. What a relief. No, I am NOT a professional student. I hate that. A professional student lingers in college, changes their major, has grades are like a yo-yo, and studies less than marketable subjects to prolong the experience. So, here's the list...to come full circle: BS in Business - day program, earned on time, with honors, went to work in field in 3 weeks Grad degree in Architecture - day program, earned ahead of time (3 years instead of 3.5), with high honors, went to work in 4 months since I went to a community college to learn AutoCAD when I finished A "short" grad degree from the department of architecture/construction management - night program, classes completed on time but thesis (worthless requirement) dragged on, 3.77, kept working in architecture during the program, earned for "union card" purposes to facilitate living in the Seattle area...kind of bitter that one would have to do that... MBA - Tax - good-bye to architecture and construction! - night program, earned on time (4 semesters at night), 3.9-depending on finals results, worked at my day job until after Spring Break, will go to Europe to chill and look for a job when I get back. To anyone else wrestling with school, grad school or your grades, hang in there! In the end, I suppose its worth it...

Fluorine

Oh, boy, I knew it would come to this since ocnblu always looks for "clues" in people to increase his numbers. So, I will post my "list" again: - single (or divorced or widowed) with NO kids - the kids are the ultimate dealbreaker - degreed and has a job - facially attractive, caucasian and feminine (Jamie Lee Curtis, for example, looks too butch) - no weight problem - wasn't sexually abused, so she has a healthy attitude toward sex - (not necessary) bonus points: speaks another language besides English Yep, if any of the first 5 are missing, then I consider it something "wrong" because, in the end, I wouldn't be happy. I would rather be alone than compromise. Most available women that are "looking" are missing at least 2 of those criteria and they complain "there are no good men around." Yeah, they just don't want YOU. The "sexually abused" category generally isn't looking...they're licking their wounds. So, good luck finding it. PB, sometimes you can be a jerk, as you've gone down this road with me before and, as a professional, I can afford to be a little more discrimating than you would be. But thanks for asking.

What powerplant is that shown in the picture?

kinky

Cool! It's a nice looking little car -- the front 3/4 view and rear 3/4 view are particularly nice. I hope it serves them well. That's my favorite color for the car, though I would have opted for a lighter color on the inside. And my hat's off to your father for continuing to do professional level work while dealing with a tough illness. Most would have said "nah, forget it." But, he must be tough to keep working.

So many good places to eat in Calgary....mmm....mmm....lunch buffet at Mykonos Greek Restaurant on Centre Street....mmm....mmm....and some Italian restaurants up in Bridgeland....

noncommittal

Do they have internet in Cuba? What's the Cuba suffix at the end -- you know, it for Italy, pt for Portugal, es for Spain, etc?

so I take it he's decent looking...then, if he's had access to P of the recreational variety and he turned it down, something may be wrong. If he's had access to P of the entanglement variety, can you blame him?

whoa...whoa...if he, or anyone else, can objectively afford to be picky, then I would have an issue if they weren't somewhat picky. I've never set across the table from a single mom and picked up the tab...that's one of my big "issues" in life...to me single means "childless"... what is an MS pic?

She might "CAVE IN."

dumb blonde (it's that commercial with those teen-age chicks driving down some freeway in Cali and Joey is in the back making sure his leg rubs up on one of theirs and they shriek...so, dumb blonde)

I want to leev een America... actually, it's not that funny, many lives have been lost crossing those 90 miles to the Keys...

rice

Yo P-C-S, you're a two passport kind of guy. I was wondering if, given the fact that my father never naturalized in the US and remained a European national, I could get an Italian passport. That would now give me access to all of the EU. And, with one of those, I could go to Cuba... ...pero no quiero nadar en el Caribe porque tengo miedo de los tiburones....

I would love to go to Cuba. I'm wondering when we will finally see a Miami-Havana flight. A lot of my friends growing up were Cuban...they were a riot...their parents even more so.

Damn, looks a lot like the Seattle area...no wonder all those Nordic types made a beeline for western Washington state where most of the natives look like their parents married their first cousins.

I found it to be depressing despite being a well-crafted film...not a SINGLE character in it was minimally upbeat....all of the settings accentuated the bleakness, especially deserted streets with the wind howling and tumbleweeds moving across them.I think it was highly imprudent for a teacher to show a film carrying the R label (minimum age of 17) to 12 year olds. I think that the amount of the suit is ridiculous, as they all are. We live in such an 'effed up society where there is so much leniency in criminal matters and so much harshness in civil litigation. It's just plain 'effin wrong. (To think that the CFO from Enron is doing less than 10 years time for orchestrating the corporate crime of the century). Maybe she developed a crush on one of the two characters and felt "betrayed," as did their wives -- hence her trauma.

Well, is he both a geek and an architect, reg, that could explain a thing or two about his marital status?

P-C-S, you wear your hairiness like a "badge of honor" :AH-HA_wink: Seriously, I can laugh at the acne era because I wound up with a really clean complexion since my mid-20s...so it's cool.

Golden Gate Bridge Joseph Strauss, vous le connais, n'est-ce pas?

You mean you had a clear complexion at 17 !?

Wow, great thread idea. Most are fairly unpretentious. Kucinich: yep, I could see that Hunter: hate the car (gas guzzler), love the "getting his money's worth" part

When I lived in OR-WA, I went to Calgary and Banff. Beautiful city and beautiful resort. A lot of nice people, too, up in Alberta. What's that slice of freeway that runs from near Univ. of Calgary to just SW of downtown? Is that it? If so, I've been on it. Yeah, it was some narrow road...but it was in August, so I'm sure it would be bad when the weather is iffy.