Ohhh, I understand that part. But since I find myself saying it to kids, I think I've erased that issue.

I still smart from the day the little kid in McDonald's couldn't get the plastic off his toy while his adult paid for the and chatted. He ran around and finally I ended up taking it off. Then the little devil ran to the adult and said loudly, "The old lady took the plastic off." You know if it had been my kid I woulda given him alternative words to use but she didn't. Inbreds.

I go to the more expensive grocery store in town because the checker calls me "Miss" there. It's worth the extra $$$'s. :D Also there's an adorable gay guy who, when I say thank-you, always says "It was my pleasure" in such a cute way that it's worth the extra money. Although I definitely appreciate a "ma'am" once in awhile more than a checker who calls me "hon".

Bagzie, can you borrow a live trap from the humane society? I know some ppl use them for catching feral cats here.

It's DS's birthday today -- 23 yrs. old. We bought him a gas tank for his '49 Ford that he's building. Exciting, no?

Our store is the expensive store. There's the new woman who has worked as a cashier a coupla weeks longer than me. She's probably in her 70s, has thin grey hair that she slicks back and she's from NEW JERSEY. So .. natch ... she seems to find the customers a bit of an annoyance. She slings stuff around, grows at them, looks up stuff on her personal notes instead of the handy-dandy book we have at every register. None of the baggers want to bag for her and it's easy to see why.

So .. another cashier said she had a hand in training her and they both smoke so they went outside together to do that. The trainer told her they have to go to the back of the parking lot, away from the store but Jersey said, "I'm not going way back there just to have a cigarette."

Trainer said, "I'm sorry but you have to. I don't make the rules."

Jersey said, "Let's stop here. This is my car."

So Jersey's leaning o the car the Trainer is standing by the car and they're smoking away, dropping ashes, looking criminal when this man comes out, gets in the car and drives away!! LOL. I think that's so much better than most sitcoms.

I love Jersey lady!!!!! What a hoot!!!!

:lol: I'll bet they're still talking about you. :D You can always look at it this way: what they learned from all that was worth much more than a quarter...:lol3: What a riot your life is, Bagz! Amusing for us anyway.
Look! Some chimneys have a smoke ledge! Just right for escaping kitties. Good grief, I can't imagine how to get the little cuss out of there. Giant vacuum? Nice big fire? Just kidding, I would never. Oh, I know who'd know how to get her out of there: :clause:Have not seen movie. But at this age she is definitely the sort of dog where you Must Like Dogs... I totally agree that it's polite and would be great for people to use in a formal situation or for kids to speak to adults BUT Yankees do not think it's slang! They are just entirely unused to it and find it awkward. You know how in some doctor's offices they call you in by your first name? That makes me uncomfortable. It's the exact same kind of uncomfortable as hearing a kid use Sir and Ma'am to their parents or other familiar adults. I guess most northerners consider it very formal. When we moved to NC when I was 10, we had some friends whose kids said Sir and Ma'am to their parents and I was shocked and puzzled. It felt like I'd walked into Stepford. I got used to it as I lived there longer, but I never said it myself, I was just never taught to.Sheesh, yes. Like maybe "the nice lady", "the checkout lady", or as my DD used to say "Hey, Lady!" Ahem. Personally I don't mind what people call me, I don't even mind "hon"; we get a lot of that around here. And if someone calls me an old lady, they will have to endure my explosive guffaw.

Dang, I have to go make soup. Ta, old ladies.

Kiwi

Heehee I love Jersey lady too. What a great stereotype!!

some yankee parents have actually complained to the schools/school boards that their precious little Courtney/Jason is being forced to say Ma'am and Sir and they don't like it as it's colloquial. When I was in first grade in Germany we were taught that some of us say THEE and some of us say THUH and we're both right .. as in the The Tree is Sure Enough Big.

I need a clean house. How do I get one?

Now I need to WHAT'S a CHIMNEY BALLOON? Kiwi just can't leave my ignorance alone.

YAY fer JOISY BROADS!!!!! I like her already Peachers...

The folks down here teach the younguns to call their adult friends Miss (insert first name) just seems very Gone With The Windesh..


YEA, Smartie Kiwi, what the heck is a Chimney balloon!!!

I'm not adjusted to that either. Miss Peaches. I guess that since everybody in Dogpatch has the same last name, they had to go to that.

How intolerant. Typical of many people who move to another place because they like it for some reason and then insist it change. Anyway it makes absolutely no sense for them to call it colloquial, which means used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation; also : unacceptably informal. Ma'am and Sir are obviously more formal than Hey, you! Although a colloquialism can mean a local or regional dialect expression. What they really mean is that it's provincial. I dare say it wouldn't hurt their kids to learn some gracious expressions of respect.

Hmm Chimney Balloon. Well, apparently it is supposed to prevent drafts or something, but I think these uses are more interesting.
Woohoo, go Peaches! :lol:

Kiwi

OK. this post is extremely weight loss related. I went w/ DD yesterday to a seminar put on by the a Dr. who does bariatric surgery. He explained the different procedures available and the risks and benefits associated w/ each. DD wants to have the Lap Band procedure done. This is why - low risk, no actual rerouting of innards. Totally reversible. No problems w/ nutritional deficiencies afterward. Able to eat regular food (after 4 week recovery period). Surgery time is only about 1 hour, return to work in 1 to 2 weeks. It's all done laparoscopically so only 3 tiny incisions. Cons - slower weight loss, which may be a good thing because one of the side effects of gastric bypass is hair loss due to rapid weight loss. Requires more follow up visits w/ Dr., which is no problem, since she lives close to Dr.'s office. After leaving the seminar, I asked DD if she was sure she wanted to do this - she is sure. She is only 26 and she has such problems w/ her back some days she can't function. Weight loss wouldn't guarantee she would be pain free, but it would help, and at this point she doesn't know what else she can do to help herself. It breaks my heart to see her hurting and the emotional toll it's taking on her is unbearable. She frets about what she's going to be like in 10 years, if she's even going to be mobile. So - it looks like she will probably go for it in about 6 months. After I get over the worrying part, I'm going to be excited for her.

Kudos to her -- it must be so hard to make a decision like that. I hope it's the thing she needs to get feeling better. Would she like a whole passel of online cheerleaders? :cheer:

And to go back to our regular topics, like what not to do on a diet....DH ate an entire Tony's pizza for lunch. I mean, he didn't even save me any. I don't know which I'm more incensed about.... He also brought home 1/2 a dozen gigantic doughnuts the other day.

I think maybe I'll make pasta this afternoon; I've been putting it off for a looong time. I got a pasta roller machine last year and haven't even tried it.

All I talk about is food and my kid. God I'm boring. Someone tell stories about vile customers or stuck kitties.

How's that little adorable grandbaby?

Kiwi

we like you talking about food and your kid!!! don't stop!!!--as i read through the posts i am contantly amused by this and that but when i go to write my mind draws a blank!!!---i do remember liking the cute Jersey Girl smokin on someone's car---hi larry ***!!! that reminds me of one of my favourite BRUCE songs------jersey girl------------also,thank you for the CHIMNEY INFOMATION BUT THANKFULLY MABEL MADE IT BACK DOWN JUST COVERED IN SOOT!!!---I finally managed to corral her into my workroom as she attempted to get back to the now covered up hole----she freaked out but i shut her in there with a litter box until this morning---THEN i called a groomer cause there was no way i was dropping her off at dd's full of black soot----it took two shampooings and about 20 minutes to get her clean---she got some mats cut off and i took her over to dd's PRAISE THE LORD ,THE CAT IS GONE!!!!!! THIS HAS ALL TAKEN THREE WEEKS IN TOTAL----I AM EXHAUSTED!!!!!!!!!!! AND THE LITTLE TWERP COST ME OVER A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR NEEDLES AND THE GROOMING-----------------AND THE IRRITATION WAS PRICELESS!!!!NOW MAYBE I CAN GET BACK TO SOME NORMALCY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND BY THE WAY WABBY----THAT is wonderful what your daughter is doing---i know how you feel cause i worried about anesthesia for the wisdom teeth,but like you said---if it's what she wants and it will especially help with her backpain---go for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xoxoxox

I'll let you know tomorrow - DS, DDIL, DGD are coming over for Birthday celebration dinner tonight. Also Gpa Jim and my sis.... and I haven't had time to go grocery shopping yet!!!

Bagzie, you should enter the Mastercard contest---- you write your own Mastercard commercial. If they pick your's, you win big $$$$$'s. Go here----

http://www.priceless.com/promo/e1.html

I think I've told you how my next door neighbor works w/ special needs foster kids. Some of these kids have been severely abused, resulting in brain damage. Some of them require feeding tubes, most will never recover. She does relief duty for the foster mom. anyway.... (this post isn't all bad) the foster mom won a cruise a year for life for 2 from Carnival cruiseline and the Today show. Isn't that so cool? This lady really deserves it and my next door neighbor is her best friend, so she will get to accompany her when the foster mom's husband can't go (I guess he's not much into cruises). .... and that's the happy ending to a sad story.Here's a link ---

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/orego...400.xml&coll=7

never mind on the mastercard commercial--- I guess you have to write the dialogue to their film. A Roseanne Rosannadanna moment.