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Dan, The main logistical problem with your suggestion (aside from its obvious gender bias), is that all sane male hatrackers would pick Ralphie. But since Ralphie is a JW, I assume she does not celbrate any holiday during this season and therefore would be unlikely to cooperate.
(Can you confirm or deny this Ralphie?)
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See what I miss without the internet at home. *sniff*
This is a great idea, Rabbit. Thank you for organizing it. It is particularly apropos for a book forum. Posts: 26077 | Registered: Mar 2000
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There's also the minor consideration that Ralphie might not be interested in prostituting herself that way. <laughs> Her minionship may not be purchasable.
And if we did that, what would motivate the girls?
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While Ralphie's minonship might not be negotiable, Ralphie does have minions of her own. She can just assign a few of them to the project and it is all taken care of!
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Hi, I just found out that when you make an online donation in honor of "Hatrack River", it doesn't automatically report with the e-card how much you donated. If you would like your donation to add to our tally, please put the amount in the note you send.
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Ralphie, Does it help at all that we changed this from "Christmas Gift" to "Holiday gift" or do the roots of the word "Holiday" make that problematic as well. What if we called it an end of year gift -- or is that just disembling?
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Maybe we could offer a door prize to the person who brings us over the $600 mark (or am I thinking too small -- the $1000 mark).
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Oh no!! My phone isn't actually in my purse - which begs the question of where it is, and I couldn't quite say. I do lose it often, but I always find it again.
I'll call you when I find it. Posts: 26077 | Registered: Mar 2000
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I think the handy dandy gadget that will solve all your problems is this!
It has literally cut at least 10 minutes off of my morning routine. I have one on my purse, one on my keys and one one my cell phone. The pager base sticks to your refrigerator, making it more difficult to lose as well.
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well, im at work right now, so you wouldnt be able to get me. but, post when you find it and ill call you. Posts: 2532 | Registered: Jul 2001
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AJ: My all-time favorite piece of furniture is my cherry-wood and marble stand by the door. I have a little ceramic bowl I got from the ceramics club, and it's just big enough to place the bowl (for my keys) and my purse on top. I attached a couple hooks on the wall above it for my coat, and I absolutely love it. This is the best investment I've made. I never lose my keys anymore, and everything on the wall instead of the couch and floor...
But my phone is another story. I haven't had it long enough to work all the kinks out yet. It will find a place soon, I suspect. As soon as I get tired of losing it constantly.
Hobbes: I've thought about a 10,000. I haven't done a landmark post yet - not a proper one. On the other hand, I talk about myself all the time, so I'm not really sure if there's much left to tell.
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Phones would be easier if you didn't have to put them somewhere else from where they usually stay to recharge them all the time. I'm always forgetting mine on the charger, or else forgetting to PUT it on the charger and letting it run down. It may take a while for me to get the bugs out of that little subroutine in my brain. It's enough of an inconvenience if I ever forget it, though, that I'm definitely hard coding it into place, over and over.
In the "what were once luxuries are now necessities" category, the cell phone made the jump on about day 2 that I had it. How did we live without them? I use mine a dozen times a day, at least.
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I tried that stand by the door technique. It doesn't work for me, I'm too scatterbrained and not consistent enough when I barge in the door when I arrive home, stuff just ends up flying everywhere!
And even if I try to get in a consistent habit, there will be the one day tha tI need something that I managed to put it somewhere else, normally at the worst time!
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Kate: I saw on my caller ID that you tried to call me last night. The first time since my 17th birthday that I go to bed before midnight, and thats the night that you call. ::curses forces of fate::
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It turns out I'd left my phone on the charger, so I called when I got home. I'll try Take Two tonight. Posts: 26077 | Registered: Mar 2000
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I hung up when I realized it was past midnight there and it had rung four times. There was the Great Debate of whether or not to be rude and call late when I found my phone, or to be disingenous and call the next day at a reasonable and not mention finding the phone. Hanging up after four rings seemed a reasonable compromise. Posts: 26077 | Registered: Mar 2000
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haha, indeed. wouldnt have been an issue any other day of the year. i wouldve been awake and picked up the phone. unless i was out barhopping.
of course our outgoing message often makes people reluctant to leave messages. Its my voice when i was like 17, grumpily asserting "you reached us. leave a message."
unfortunately, the only people that still leave messages are bill collectors. Maybe i should changed the message. "Youve reached me. I still have no money. Piss off. Leave a message"
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA dont know if i could do the 17 year old voice. but i can do the gruff voice still. i think. its been a while. im even polite when im bouncing these days.
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You know it looks like our dollar count has stopped rising for the charity. Do you think we need to pull out Mack's thumping stick, or if we've just maxed out Hatrack generosity for this season?
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alrite, time for the hatrack bachelor auction to raise funds for the charity. ive got my fuzzy gstring ready to dance. Posts: 2532 | Registered: Jul 2001
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1) If you didn't get my total Rabbit, on the card, it was a wopping $10.
2) The gender bias in my humorous motivational post was deliberate. Men are more likely to be interested in obtaining minions by $, while most of the females here, do not need such lowly ploys to aquire their minions.
If you women need motivation to donate, figure it out yourself. (I suggest the most donated is elected Queen Wench of the Day)
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I just heard an NPR report on a UNICEF study about literacy. They said that the best way to improve the economy of struggling nations was to educate girls. It had some strange data in there that I can't recall, but it was basically that for every girl you educate, the overall health of the people of that country improves by a measurable amount. The infant death rate drops measurably as well.
In other words, by our donations we are not only helping to educate other people, but we are making it possible for them to become parents of healthy babies.
Who, I assume, will also become educated, having more healthy babies...
quote:They said that the best way to improve the economy of struggling nations was to educate girls.
That's fascinating. Brigham Young said if he had to choose between educating a daughter and educating a son, he'd educate the daughter.
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quote:They said that the best way to improve the economy of struggling nations was to educate girls.
That makes perfect sense to me, since, in most of the world, it is the women who are responsible for the raising/educating children. If a mother is educated, it is more likely that her children will be educated.
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