Reading, seeing and hearing Part 3

[FSUMARCHIEF]

Hello - my name is Mark. I have also been known to answer to the name of MarkyMark. I really enjoy reading all the pages on the reading seeing hearing is a fastpass thread. I have actually posted before. But it has been so long that I figured most would have forgotten me.

Suprisingly enough, I've actually been around since the beginning. I remember the stories of Mel's first TR that started the whole thing. I remember the crackhead story that first got posted on the community board. I remember how a whole bunch of people started posting and all of a sudden friendships started being made.

What's really weird about it is that a bunch of people have made the effort to meet each other. Though I've been gone soooo long, I have actually met Amy, and YAK, and NicoleMarie. I've talked on the phone to Horsey, Sheridac, Frick, Jamal, Pongo, Tink, and PMM.

But since I have been gone so long I thought I might re-introduce myself. I hope you are all having super duper days. Maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to be around a little more.

But you just never know.

You may now go back to your regularly scheduled madness and mayhem.

Blessings!
MarkyMark

 

[AshClan]

Thank you for visiting us here on what is affectionately referred to as "M2". We hope you enjoy reacquainting yourself with all of the wonderful people here, and also hope that you are the first of many missing or semi-missing M2-ers that seem to have disappeared a bit over the summer to return "home". (How's THAT for a run-on sentence!!)

BTW, your wife and son are very cute

 

[Backstage_Gal]

MarkyMark???

Hmmm, that name sounds vaguely familiar. I think I may have read some posts in the past, but I'm not sure. Are you the one married to lovely Rhonda?

 

[Yzma and Kronk]

Mark, so did the hellicopter find you???
I sent it out today after Chap....something - I can't remember
and it must have gone south.

We'd never forget you Mark because:

Unforgettable, that's what you are.
Unforgettable, though near or far.
Like a song of Maelstrom that clings to us,
How the thought of Vikings does things to us,
Never before has someone been more.

Unforgettable, in every way.
And forever more (and forever more)
That's how you'll stay (that's how you'll stay)
Because, you Mark.......are a fastpass?

(and Rhonda too, and she does post often!)

Now git back at it and git 'r done!

 

[sheridac]

YAK, Ash and Shell-bee!!

Mama does love her shoes, gotta say!!!!

Ash and Kimmie!!!!!! LOVE, Love, love the pic!!!! You two are beee-uuuu-teee-ful!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But.

KIMMIE!!!!!

FLAGGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jamal]

OK, now that I have a broken camera ... (NOT btw because of me or my subjects, but because dh DROPPED it ...)

I was able to extract from said broken camera the pho-toes from Friday.

Kimmie and Ash on a park bench. Lots of wind, so neveryoumind the mussed up tresses. And please also to disregard the "sunglasses on head" (kpk) and "sunglasses in neckline" (Ash). We forgot.

Also if it looks as though we're looking UP, it's because we were. Jay took the picture, and he's about 6', 9 3/4" tall. I think.

Drive by post to say this made my day!! I love it, my friends. You look like my kind of Mamas.

Covered up here... more later.

xoxo,
Jamal

 

[Shelby5514]

Why men are just happier than women




Men Are Just Happier People-- What do you expect from such simple creatures?
Your last name stays put. The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Chocolate is just another snack. You can be President. You can never be pregnant. You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park. You can wear NO shirt to a water park. Car mechanics tell you the truth.
The world is your urinal. You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky. You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt. Same work, more pay. Wrinkles add character.
Wedding dress $5000. Tux rental-$100. People never stare at your chest when you're talking! to them. The occasional well-rendered belch is practically expected. New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet. One mood all the time.





Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. You know stuff about tanks.
A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase. You can open all your own jars. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend.





Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack. Three pairs of shoes are more than enough. You almost never have strap problems in public. You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes. Everything on your face stays its original color. The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades. You only have to shave your face and neck.
You can play with toys all your life. Your belly usually hides your big hips. One wallet and one pair of shoes -- one color for all seasons. You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look. You can "do" your nails with a pocket knife. You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache..


You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes.





No wonder men are happier.

 

[kpk89]

Grammy! Check your email.

Ash! I can't believe you talked to Horsey. Finally. Did she say if she got my messages? Glad to know she'll still be at the meet. And yes, my camera really broke! (Not till Saturday, when Doug DROPPED it. Hmph)

Sher! Flag??!? Took you long enough. Love the shoes.

MarkyMark -- Nice to meet you.

Jami and Marita .... awww, thanks!

 

[sheridac]

Sher! Flag??!? Took you long enough. Love the shoes.

Kimmie~ you are soooo lucky, I was out. With someone. At the mall. Shopping. Cosmetics, bags and some shoes.

That's why. It took me that long. To flag you.

But, you have a reprieve. 'Cause you love mama's shoes!!!

 

[Shelby5514]

Kimmie~ We bought the Canon S2 IS before Christmas. It takes regular AA batteries, (got a ton of rechargables for it) and uses an SD card which we already had several of. We LOVE it, althought I STILL don't know how to use all the features. Here's a link that will tell you more. When we bought it it was just under $400 but the price has dropped on it since then. I think Sher has the same camera...and if Sher has it you know 1. It has to be good. 2. It must LOOK good.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0504/05042201canons2is.asp

 

[AshClan]

[Ash! I can't believe you talked to Horsey. Finally. Did she say if she got my messages? Glad to know she'll still be at the meet.

I KNOW! I was very happy to hear her little voice and to know that she's okay. She had a lot of messages (of course!!!), and had plans to return some more phone calls over the next couple of days, I believe. (Grammy, she told me she had spoken to you, too!!) I did tell her about the meet chat scheduled, and she said she will try to make it.

Thanks Marita and Jami. Sorry we broke your computer, Grammy!

I am going to bed. Have to save my energy for later in the week!!

G'night everyone!!!

 

[kpk89]

Kimmie~ you are soooo lucky, I was out. With someone. At the mall. Shopping. Cosmetics, bags and some shoes.

Can you please be my personal shopper? I hate shopping, but love HAVING shopgoods. You have good taste. Help me out.

Re: the Canon. Which one? the Rebel? I am going for a camera that's less "little" and more "hefty." KWIM?

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

,shelby girl, you just made me stop feeling sorry for myself..


oh, by the waY, i have nuthin against women not wearing tops
at the pool..as long as they're not my wife..

nooo, iam no mcp..just a traditionalist.. ,
well maybe in sheep clothing..

p.s..you got anymore?

 

[spectrum-turbo]

Kimmie~ We bought the Canon S2 IS before Christmas. It takes regular AA batteries, (got a ton of rechargables for it) and uses an SD card which we already had several of. We LOVE it, althought I STILL don't know how to use all the features. Here's a link that will tell you more. When we bought it it was just under $400 but the price has dropped on it since then. I think Sher has the same camera...and if Sher has it you know 1. It has to be good. 2. It must LOOK good.

My birthday twin,we have something else in common: I too own the ever popular Canon S2 IS. Got it for my birthday after I cleverly left the old one on the top of the car at a rest stop in Arkansas.

 

[sheridac]

Can you please be my personal shopper? I hate shopping, but love HAVING shopgoods. You have good taste. Help me out.

Re: the Canon. Which one? the Rebel? I am going for a camera that's less "little" and more "hefty." KWIM?

Kimmie~

Sheel-bee is correct. I do have the Canon S2 IS. Can't say ENOUGH good things about it. Really, really.

And.

I will help you shop. ANYTIME!!!!!

 

[kpk89]

Shoes! Size 7.5 W, must be comfy AND cute. Good luck with that.
Oh, and a camera. And a bathing suit to emphasize the good stuff and invisibilize the not-so-flauntastic.

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Where in the world are the POOPs?

 

[Shelby5514]

Just for you Lil' G....

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men vs. Women ​

Some subtle (and some not so subtle) differences [/font][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Handwriting: [/font][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: To their credit, men do not decorate their penmanship. They just chicken-scratch.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: Women use scented, colored stationery and they dot the "i" with circles or hearts. Women use ridiculously large loops in the "p" and "g". It is a pain to read a note from a woman. Even when she's dumping you, she will put a smiley face at the end of the note.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Groceries:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: A woman makes a list of things she needs, then goes out to the store and buys those things.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: A man waits till the only items left in his fridge are half a lime and a beer. Then he goes grocery shopping. He buys everything that looks good. By the time a man reaches the checkout counter, his cart is packed tighter than the Clampett's car on Beverly Hillbillies. Of course, this will not stop him from going to the express lane.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Relationships:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: When a relationship ends, a woman will cry and pour her heart out to her girlfriends, and she will write a poem titled "All Men Are Idiots". Then she will get on with her life.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: A man has a little more trouble letting go. Six months after the break-up, at 3:00 a.m. on a Saturday night, he will call and say, "I just wanted to let you know you ruined my life, and I'll never forgive you, and I hate you, and you're a total floozy. But I want you to know that there's always a chance for us." This is known as the "I Hate You / I Love You" drunken phone call, that 99% of all men have made at least once. There are community colleges that offer courses to help men get over this need.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Maturity:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: They mature much faster than men. Most 17-year old females can function as adults.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: Most 17-year old males are still trading baseball cards and giving each other wedgies after gym class. This is why high school romances rarely work out.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Magazines:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked women. Men are turned on at the sight of a naked woman's body. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: Women's magazines also feature pictures of naked women. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is lumpy and hairy and should not be seen by the light of day. Most naked men elicit laughter from women.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Bathrooms:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: A man has six items in his bathroom -- a toothbrush, shaving cream, razor, a bar of Dial soap, and a towel from the Holiday Inn.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 437. A man cannot identify most of these items.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Shoes:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: When preparing for work, a woman will put on a wool suit, then slip on Reebok sneakers. She will carry her dress shoes in a plastic bag from Saks. When a woman gets to work, she will put on her dress shoes. Five minutes later, she will kick them off because her feet are under the desk.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: A man will wear the same pair of shoes all day. Let's not talk about how many days he'll wear the same socks.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Children: [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and soccer games and romances and best friends and favorite foods and secret fears and hopes and dreams.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Dressing Up:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: A woman will dress up to: go shopping, water the plants, empty the garbage, answer the phone, read a book, get the mail.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: A man will dress up for: weddings, funerals.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Laundry:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: Women do laundry every couple of days.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: A man will wear every article of clothing he owns, including his surgical pants (the ones that were hip about eight years ago) before he will do his laundry. When he is finally out of clothes, he will wear a dirty sweatshirt inside out, rent a U-Haul and take his mountain of clothes to the Laundromat. Men always expect to meet beautiful women at the Laundromat. This is a myth perpetuated by reruns of old episodes of "Love American Style."[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Eating Out:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: When the check comes, each man will each throw in $20 bills, even though it's only for $22.50. None of them will have anything smaller, and none will actually admit they want change back.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: When the girls get their check, out come the pocket calculators.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mirrors:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: Men are vain and will check themselves out in a mirror.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: They are ridiculous; they will check out their reflections in any shiny surface: mirrors, spoons, store windows, bald guys' heads.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Menopause:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: When a woman reaches menopause, she goes through a variety of complicated emotional, psychological, and biological changes. The nature and degree of these changes varies with the individual.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: Menopause in a man provokes a uniform reaction - he buys aviator glasses, a snazzy French cap and leather driving gloves, and goes shopping for a Porsche.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Phone:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: Men see the telephone as a communication tool. They use the telephone to send short messages to other people.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: A woman can visit her girlfriend for two weeks, and upon returning home, she will call the same friend and they will talk for three hours.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Richard Gere:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: Women like Richard Gere because he is sexy in a dangerous way.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: Men hate Richard Gere because he reminds them of that slick guy who works at the health club and dates only married women.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Madonna:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Same as above, but reversed. Same reason.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Toys:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: Little girls love to play with toys. Then when they reach the age of 11 or 12, they lose interest.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: Men never grow out of their toy obsession. As they get older, their toys simply become more expensive, silly and impractical. Examples of men's toys: little miniature TVs. Car phones. Complicated juicers and blenders. Graphic equalizers. Small robots that serve cocktails on command. Video games. Anything that blinks, beeps, and requires at least 6 "D" batteries to operate.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Movies:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: Every actress in the history of movies has had to do a nude scene. This is because every movie in the history of movies has been produced by a man. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: The only actor who has ever appeared nude in the movies is Richard Gere. This is another reason why men hate him.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Jewelry:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: Women look nice when they wear jewelry.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: A man can get away with wearing one ring and that's it. Any more than that and he will look like a lounge singer named Vic.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Conversation:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: Men need a good disagreement to get talking. For instance, "Wow, great movie." or "What are you, nuts? No REAL cop would have an Uzi that size."[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: Women, not having this problem, try to initiate conversations with men by saying something agreeable: "That garden by the roadside looks lovely." "Mm hmm." Pause. "That was a good restaurant last night, wasn't it?" "Yeah." Pause. And so on.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Friends:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: Women on a girls' night out talk the whole time.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: Men on a boy's night out say about twenty words all night, most of which are "Pass the Doritos" or "got any more beer?"[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Restrooms:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Women: Women use restrooms as social lounges. Women who've never met will leave a restroom giggling together like old friends. Women also go to the restroom in packs, at least two women at a time excuse themselves to use the restroom.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Men: Men use restrooms for purely biological reasons. Men in a restrooms will never speak a word to each other. And never in the history of the world has a man excused himself from a restaurant table by saying, "Hey, Tom, I was just about to take a leak. Do you want to join me?"[/font]

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[jamal]

Kimmie~

Sheel-bee is correct. I do have the Canon S2 IS. Can't say ENOUGH good things about it. Really, really.

And.

I will help you shop. ANYTIME!!!!!

I have, and LOVE, the same S2 IS...LoVE it!!!

 

[kpk89]

Jami! You are the 4th vote for that same camera. It is beginning to feel like I shouldn't even shop. I should just GET the same Canon S2 IS, because to NOT get it would be like......

I don't know ....

Like hearing someone yell "Maelstrom!" and answering "Gesundheit!"

Just wrong.