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epeefencer74 · 10-03-2002, 02:50 AM

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Originally posted by Fencing Angel
heh heh.. well that'll never fly. just like the whole, "no prayer in schools."

Well someone once told me, "as long as there are tests, there will be prayer in shcools."

Ain't that the truth! And as long as there are fencing finals there will be prayers in competition.

Moonitic · 10-03-2002, 09:38 AM

hee hee hee...amen!

Hey, if people don't like the reference to God, they can pass their money to ME! After all, "In God We Trust" is on our currency. I'll happily accept it.

It's wrong (according to some) to mention God, but isn't it wrong to STOP people from mentioning God? Hmm..."Believe whatever you want, just don't mention it." Why? Are people THREATENED by it?

Oops...another rant! Sorry. Wrong place.

Here's a funny rant, though: As most of you know by now, my real name is Mary Gibbs. I keep getting emails (this last time from my private address, not my business address) saying, "I loved you in Monsters, Inc. You did such a cute voice for Boo." It's wild. There have been at least three of these "fan mails" in recent months!

For further reference: I'm NOT that Mary Gibbs! She's not even 5 years old. I'm waaaay over that!

Purple Fencer · 10-03-2002, 02:39 PM

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Originally posted by Moonitic

Here's a funny rant, though: As most of you know by now, my real name is Mary Gibbs. I keep getting emails (this last time from my private address, not my business address) saying, "I loved you in Monsters, Inc. You did such a cute voice for Boo." It's wild. There have been at least three of these "fan mails" in recent months!

For further reference: I'm NOT that Mary Gibbs! She's not even 5 years old. I'm waaaay over that! [/b]

Well....that's certainly better that me getting a call at work from some lady wanting to buy a load of chain link fence, and who refused to believe me when I tried to tell her (several times) that my fencing buisness was NOT the kind she was looking for.

Seems the phone book people put my listing in the fence materials section instead of sporting goods like I'd specified.

*sigh*

Moonitic · 10-03-2002, 07:07 PM

Oh dear...it's a VERY good thing I wasn't eating when I read that!

Haze · 10-05-2002, 08:11 AM

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Originally posted by Moonitic
Hey, if people don't like the reference to God, they can pass their money to ME! After all, "In God We Trust" is on our currency. I'll happily accept it.

It's wrong (according to some) to mention God, but isn't it wrong to STOP people from mentioning God? Hmm..."Believe whatever you want, just don't mention it." Why? Are people THREATENED by it?

I live in a very multicultural city, but all my cub scouts still promise to do their duty to God - after all it doesn't say which god.

We have a prayer at the end of most meetings as well - the prayers are just chosen so that they don't mention anything specific to a particular faith.

Seems to work ok - no one has complained so far.

135711 · 10-05-2002, 07:28 PM

here's something that makes me see red, j
my rants are just as good as your rants, in fact my rants could be better in some cases.....i also get e-mails that i don't want, i just delete them, there's little we can do about them.

counter riposte · 10-07-2002, 05:15 PM

Here's something that I want to rant about

Junk E-mail!

Everytime I logon, I have tons of junk e-mail to contend with. Everything from Business Opportunities to Viagra seemingly appears in my junk folder. And... if you reply to these people telling them you want them to stop... They SEND EVEN MORE! I hate it! Can't block them because the e-mail addresses keep changing, and now I feel that there should be some federal laws against a spam originator. Stop spamming me! I don't like rediculous e-mails! If I had to believe my junk mail, I would be broke, in debt, a pervert interested in 18 year old girls, and can't get it up! Stop the spam!

HilandDoug · 10-07-2002, 06:32 PM

Moonitic wrote, "In a good marriage, you ARE free."

In any GOOD relationship, you are free. Check 1st Corinthians, I think chapter 13, about, "What is Love?" This is why I ended my 4+ year relationship with Susan. Susan only got a 60% on the 1st Corinthians test, and I would think if you love someone, you should score 100%. Granted, I was free to do what I wanted, but not without repercussions. And THAT is MY rant. I became involved with a great production at the Michigan Renaissance Festival, and Susan was afraid our relationship would not be able to "survive" my performing Saturday and Sunday for 7 weekends in a row. After all, wasn't I using HER time on these weekends? (Her time? She means MY time that I spend with her, if I'm not in the show.) To top it off, she could not refrain from bad-mouthing everyone I was working with whenever her and I got together. She would ask how rehearsal or a performance day went, then when I would begin to give my answer, I would be interrupted so she could give her "opionion" on why something happened the way it did (which became annoying, since she didn't know the people involved and wasn't there, so why did she think she could give a valid opinion?), or she'd give her opinion on why a 19 year old female who requests a ride to rehearsal, since she lives 2 miles from me and we both had to drive the 55 miles to rehearsal, constituted her being classified by Susan as a "stalker" who was "stalking" me. She kept telling me that I was free to do what I wanted, and wasn't I lucky to have a girlfriend that didn't dictate what she wanted me to do and not do, yet when I was with her, she would constantly question my motives for being involved with the show, accuse me of chasing and lusting after teenagers, and encouraging young women to stalk me. It got to the point where I was afraid to mention anything that happened ANYWHERE in my life, becasue if it was bad, she would insist that I must have had it coming due to my behavior (what behavior?), and if it were good, it was because I was lying about it and it must have been bad. I sent her flowers, and her response was, "Oh my God! What have you done that you've lied to me about, that you are trying to cover up by sending me flowers?" When we were intimate and I'd say "I love you!" she would say, "Oh my God! Who are you fantasizing about when you are with me that you need to say that to me to cover it up?" Needless to say, putting up with this behavior for the last 10 months, it got REALLY OLD REALLY FAST. And to this day, she thinks I broke up with her becasue there's another woman in my life! She can't come to the realization that I could not tolerate her behavior, since she sees nothing wrong with it!

Grrrrrrr.......thanks for letting me rant. I haven't been able to get this off my chest, and it feels good to let it out......

So Mary, who's this friend you've been writing about? JUST KIDDING!!!!!!!

Moonitic · 10-07-2002, 11:20 PM

Oh my gosh! Wow, Doug...what a way to find out the juicy details!

By the way, you know this "friend"...it's Stacey. And no, I will NOT let you get near her. I like you too much. You're honest. She's not. You're mature (when you want to be). She's not. And you're not my worst enemy, so there! Think of it this way: She's my age & she's already had two divorces!

I won't even tell you guys what I'd like to do to her right now. She's absolutely killed any trust I have in her. She threw me to the sharks & stole the boat for herself. Thankfully, I've been swimming very well. The girls look 100% better. In fact, today was Band Festival (competition). They looked gorgeous out there with their new uniforms & (for the most part) on time!

Okay...the mere THOUGHT of her makes me angry...must go to my happy place again...

Haze · 10-08-2002, 08:59 AM

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Originally posted by counter riposte
Here's something that I want to rant about

Junk E-mail!

Everytime I logon, I have tons of junk e-mail to contend with. Everything from Business Opportunities to Viagra seemingly appears in my junk folder. And... if you reply to these people telling them you want them to stop... They SEND EVEN MORE! I hate it! Can't block them because the e-mail addresses keep changing, and now I feel that there should be some federal laws against a spam originator. Stop spamming me! I don't like rediculous e-mails! If I had to believe my junk mail, I would be broke, in debt, a pervert interested in 18 year old girls, and can't get it up! Stop the spam!

S'ok, I can't even understand my junkmail - most of it is in korean. Where they got my email addy from I dont know

Oh and occasionally I get ones offering me a loan, or a holiday or hair restorer or a masters from an "unaccredited academic institution" or something. I have never yet recieved any junk mail that is even applicable to uk residents.

Willow · 10-08-2002, 10:55 AM

Wow, Doug, what an experience you had! Sort of reminds me of when I was 16 and dating this 18 year old. Three weeks after we started dating, he proposed to me. That was sign number one that something wasn't right. Sign number two was his being angry at me for going to meetings set up by recruiting colleges...colleges that were FAR from home. He did NOT want me to attend college anywhere that was far from him. After we broke up over all this stuff, he did make hang up phone calls and follow me around town (this REALLY scared me, because he lived about 20 minutes or so away from me, and had nothing to do in my town, per se) for about a year or so, until he finally admitted to himself that it was over between us. It really affected my dating life, in that it made it a bit harder for me to get back in the dating scene. Thankfully, the next guy I dated was a dream. He respected me and never tried to force me into anything. We dated for about 6 months and broke up simply because we realized that for us, friendship was more important. I hope he's doing well, wherever he is, because he really was a sweetheart. Thank God I met my husband and married him. If we didn't have love and trust in our relationship, our marriage couldn't survive him being in the military. I have to trust that he is honoring me when he's away from home, and he has to trust that I am honoring him and taking care of the kids and home when he's gone. We've been married almost 12 years, now, and not once have the two of us had anything to worry about in our love and trust for the other.

counter riposte · 10-08-2002, 06:57 PM

Highland Doug,
Sorry to hear about that gorgeous girl leaving you. I know I am in for some serious feminist bashing, but I actually had the same problem... I dated a girl that had posed for the Miss Hawaiian Tropic ads, and found her to be quite, how shall I say... empty. Physically, she is all that, and a bag of chips. Mentally, chimps have higher IQ's. But that's what I get for dating looks and not content. Darn. Overall, she didn't trust me, and the more I talked with her, the less attractive she was. Eventually, I left. Forget everything else, if she doesn't have a brain, or can't trust you further than she can throw you.

I want someone I can ACTUALLY talk to! Someone smart, intelligent, nice, beautiful, whom is over the age of 18 and fences!!! Why can't I get that????? Why!!!!!

epeefencer74 · 10-08-2002, 09:59 PM

Ok my rant is embryonic stem cell research. I know someone is going to blast me for this but I don't care, need to get off chest b/4 I start stalking the research labs here. I don't know how many of you are aware, but Singapore is going ahead with embryonic stem cell research. I don't understand how someone could do this. Does the benefit derived from this source of stem cells outweigh the value of human life? No I totally disagree with this. I have always believed that human life begins at conception. I believe that the moment the egg becomes a cell it is human. Why, cos we were ALL that one cell thing b/4 we became who we are now. The argument that the single cell cannot be considered human life holds no water with me. When would you then consider human life to begin? Were anyone of us born without having passed through this stage? I think not. Note however that I am not against stem cell research per se, but I am against using embryos for stem cells. There are other sources.

What riles me even more is that our Archbishop hasn't so much as peeped an opinion publicly about this matter. In fact the opposition had to come from the guild of catholic doctors. I applaud their moral fortitude and resolve. Shouldn't the leader of the Catholic church here in Singapore say something? He is of no small political influence. Sure the government has said that they will monitor and regulate to make sure no funny stuff happens, but I say funny stuff is happening already the moment you destroy human life to further your own cause

. It is homocide for the potential of economic gain that I don't think will materialize any time soon or even materialize at all. *Heavy Sigh*. That is my main peeve at the moment. There will be more to come when I get the guts to post it.

Moonitic · 10-08-2002, 10:06 PM

Epeefencer, I'm with ya.

Counter riposte, as a womanist (totally different from a feminist, mind you), I totally get what you're saying. In the grand scheme of things, it's the intelligence that matters. Not the breast size, not the beauty. Sorry, I'm everything you want...but I'm taken! LOL

Some people can be so shallow...& so empty (not that Susan is, mind you...I'm keeping to myself about that whole ordeal...I love both Doug & Susan). Puddle people are downright boring!

And no, Willow, I don't mean Puddle Pirates.

Willow · 10-08-2002, 10:46 PM

LOL, it never entered my mind (what little there is left of it after today) that you were meaning that......

Zelda · 10-09-2002, 09:16 AM

WOO Doug I dont read the board for a few days and a bombshell drops.
My rant? Simple, the fact that I am 24, vaugely pretty, smart (I'm about to enrol in a PhD),clean living etc etc, but am still horribly single. It does not bother me per se except that if all goes to plan about 6 of my friends are getting married next year, which puts a little bit of a dampener on the girls nights out. The fact that one of my favourite males tells me the other day he should have asked me out ages ago, but he now has a girlfriend so wont and that the guy I would dearly love to be straight is gay.
Right feel better now.....
What did I miss while I was at Nats?

HilandDoug · 10-09-2002, 11:36 AM

Well, Zelda, a bunch of us gents here still think you're a hottie! Right, Latenight? It's a good thing there's a big ocean seperating us, or me and Latenight would be fighting over you.

Counter, I left HER. She's still devistated about the whole thing, because it happened so suddenly for her, but I felt I had to do what was right for me. Susan is very intelligent and funny, and we got along on many levels. I was always proud to walk into a room with her. However, her lack of trust hurt quite a bit. And there comes a time when even Homer Simpson realizes that if doing something repeatedly makes you say "ouch," that maybe you ought not to do that any more.

latenight · 10-09-2002, 11:41 AM

Lady Z got it all!

counter riposte · 10-09-2002, 06:30 PM

Zelda,

I think Highland Doug, Latenight and I will all agree. The word vaugely pretty does not apply to you. The word gorgeous applys. Too bad none of us live near Aussie Land, otherwise the three of us would be dueling for your hand.

Highland Doug,

Sorry about that mistake. Confusing direction on a breakup can be more serious than deciding ROW.

But on with the ranting.... I hate decisions... I have to decide between California and New Jersey today, cause I have to give my boss two weeks before moving on to Cold and freezing Jersey with a better position, or staying in this position in Sunny, Beautiful, warm, California. Aaaarrrgghghh. Normally, this would not be a contest. Money decides all. But in this case I'm thinking of making an exception.

(I am leaning to Jersey, by the way)

And hopefully, I will find the fencer for me... Or so I hope. Maybe I should switch to Epee, more females there. *deep sigh*

Moonitic · 10-09-2002, 10:11 PM

Okay, here's my latest rant. This has me just SEETHING!

Never mind my so called "friend" who got me into this. If I ever see her again...well...she'll wish she hadn't.

Okay, there's a girl on the color guard that we'll call Hoochie, 'cause that's what she is! She's been in the mental hospital (everyone has problems...not TOO big a deal), she's been in jail, she doesn't show up for practice, sneaks off to smoke during practice & a host of other fun things. The school refuses to kick her off. There's not much the band director can do at this point. She's tried. I can't do anything until Monday, when I officially become coach. Even then, I don't know what I'll be able to do, other than make her life miserable so that she'll quit on her own. Why don't they do anything? "She's a senior & captain. She also has personal issues that we can't get into." Yeah, well...she also has had poor grades & shouldn't even be able to perform until NEXT week, at the end of the card marking.

Excuuuuuse the hell out of me? What does being a senior & the captain have to do with disobeying school rules? What kind of message does this send to the rest of the students? Basically, they're saying, "As long as you're a senior, you can do anything you want." BULL! It doesn't matter if you're a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior. If you screw up continuously, you need to be OUT. The least they could do is demote her (I tried that before being hired, & suffered the wrath of the ***** mother from HELL). Being a captain is EARNED, not GIVEN, at least in my book. Heck, I even had to be voted in when I was president of the fencing club! It also teaches all the kids involved poor leadership skills.

The latest problem occurred yesterday. I wasn't able to be there. Hoochie (as I call her) yelled at one girl who used her flag while she was gone. Later, she started to do a strip tease right in front of the school during practice! Then, she made sexually suggestive moves toward the same girl that she yelled at. Oh my gosh! The principal didn't take it seriously. I really think they're snowed by her. She acts like SUCH an angel when adults are around, then shows her true colors when the adults look the other way. This is just sick. The squad shouldn't be made to suffer just because of ONE person! We need mentally healthy, devoted members!

AAAGGGGHHHH I think I'm going insane! I won't make it till Monday!