Lady_Rin

Together we. Tonight that means we are both here since there's nothing on TV and dinners still baking. [Quote="Ranger"] I am a professional warrior. I served in the US Air force as a crewdog flying various aircraft for 15 years. I am an American airman; I rule the skies. Peace is my profession, war is my hobby. LOL [size=1]old saying from the cold war[/size] Today I make war against those who would destroy the environment and the delicate desert ecology. Instead of guns I use tours and education as my weapon. I am also a pacifist by choice, I do not believe in war unless it's justified. I do not support the current war tho' I do support our troops. There is no problem in using deadly force to protect Milady or myself either.[/quote] I am a pacifist by nature. I abhor war and violence. Don't ask me why I married a warrior, I didn't. I married Desert Ranger. I can't defend myself and don't want to cause harm to anyone. I also, despite being married to Ranger don't understand war and like Ranger I too support our troops, especially since we live near major marine and air force bases.

That depends. I act my age when I have to, like at work. I don't act my age when I don't have to. That's too confusing. If I use my husband as an example; most of the time he does not act his age wherever he is; if you put him in his work uniform he acts responsibily yet still nowhere near his age. It is not a display of immatruity but a feeling for life. The same for myself. I think that is the reason I have problems with my peers as I would rather be a girl while most of them would rather be women. So I dress like a girl, pretty clothes, minimal makeup and I try to always be positive. The both of us always try to find something in life each day to stay that way. Phsychologists call it the inner child. Except we let them out to play. Edited after reading a post from Panda: Don't ever bury your inner child for that is the freedom that everyone craves. *sticks toungue out* *skips off*

[b]Lone toddler crying in a shopping mall.[/b] Or any other child

[quote name='"Legacy"']I aspire to be the best daddy I can be. I want my children to be happy, to be loved, and above all, to know how to love. After all, kids are our future, why not take care of it? - J. Schock. I live by my own quote. I am the only guy I know who actually intends to be a good daddy. Yes, daddy. A father and a daddy are seperate in my mind: a father is merely a man who impregnated a woman and does the minimum effort necessary to keep the kids alive. A daddy, however, places his children before himself, gives of himself to make his children happy. A daddy is a man whose worst day is turned to the best day when his child whispers "I love you" to him. THAT is what I want to be, and I believe all men should aspire to it.[/quote] You should meet Ranger he feels the same way. [b]Where did I fail?[/b] Every parents lament when one child seems to have gone wrong somewhere despite everything you have done. In my home it's Mu the youngest of two girls. Not one of my favorites but certainly applicable. [B] When you are walking about in the desert make sure you watch where you put your hands, fingers, feet and toes since everything in the desert sticks stinks bites or stings.[/b] Said to every tourist group for the last 10 years. This quote from Ranger is so popular he had to copyright it. It is a true statement and is meant to warn tourists to keep their hands in their pockets and don't touch anything. Another of Rangers favorites is what he considers the secret to gun control, [b]The fall of the hammer should come as a complete surprise.[/b] Ranger mandates firearms training for everyone starting at age ten. His logic is that if you know about firearms you won't get hurt. There hasn't been a shooting accident here in years. Most kids here learn gun safety in the scouts, 4H or at summer camp starting around age 10. The newer city-zen children are afraid of guns... and knives.

There is a quote, "Publish or perish". At least you won't perish now. I am not a writer but Ranger is. He has written two books published locally and a series of phamplets that go with his trail safety and survival courses. He also sells them to the tourists as souvineers.

I'm not sure about posting this. I met Ranger almost 22 years ago at a party I didn't want to go to. We actually fell in love that night. We were married at Disneyworld 3 months later. The ceremony was attended by members of his squadron in the Air force Cinderella, Snow White, and Mickey and Minnie Mouse. He was and is my first and only and has been for a very long time. There have been hard times and good time and we are very happy together living a life and lifestyle we created for ourselves and our children. I love him very much.

I understand now. Forced extra curricular study and you have to pay for it on top of an already full day. Disgusting practice. Governents in an effort to mean well often pass laws that don't work or make any sense. This is one of them. Students these days in many countries are driven to succeed. Look at Japan were there is a high suicide rate among high school and college students. Other countries like America have let education languish. What I see on the forums proves it. An inability to spell or use proper grammar is the most noticeable. I quite often find that people in other countries often write better than their American counter parts. 100 years ago in America there was almost no illiteracy; today they rank near the bottom in the entire world. California where I live is at the bottom of that pile as well. Here no one cares about education . Where you are they may care so much they try to force it down your throat until you can't eat anymore. Education needs to be balanced, liberal arts, fine arts, sciences and physical education in an 8 hour day with minor homework not volumes of writings and scribblings. It is a shame that one of the best english speaking writers I know,a university student in Turkey, is being accused of having his English being too good. What do you expect of an engineer and pilot. English is their second language. It would be interesting to find out how your school district does in your education; your parents as well. The Core classes, the 3Rs, reading writing and arithmatic (math), science and fine art. Do you play an instrument (not guitar or drums) or the last time you went to a museum, art gallery, concert, play or ballet. A county, renaissance or other period faeres and fetes. Maybe fouinders day where you are. etc. I don't think rock concerts, sporting events and such should be included however. While the school district didn't see to this type of education for our children, we did. We took our children to see everything from museums, zoos and gardens to the Nutcracker Suite and even a Pink Floyd concert. I think that was in 1991 or '92. The arts are as important top you being an well rounded individual as anything else is.

I would have to say family with two caveats. 1) I'm not a teen. 2) My parents and siblings are not included.

I,m confused I think he/she may mean being tutored. The context of her English says that. [quote="Eternal Snow"]...some parents "force" them to [b]have tuition[/b] every day (don't laugh, my friends have this almost everyday [b]for about 2-3 hours[/b] on different subjects) just because they want their child to get to University, and get a good paying job. So I shall ask; Eternal Snow, when you say tuition do you mean to pay for materials and classes or additional study with someone to help you privately.

There's a stomach virus going around here. Ya, Mu and I all had it. horrible, very nasty. It lasts about 3 days and I had it from last Mon. to Weds.

I collect dolls and things faerie and fae. Ranger always tries to find something unique and this year he found an exquisite doll. Unfortunately it didn't arrive in time for the holidays and it's still hasn't arrived yet but I do have a catalogue photo. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/desertranger/Photos/Strawberry4a.jpg[/IMG]

I went to Georgia once. Beauitiful, however it's was to wet and too green. I live on the line between the Mojave and Sonora deserts in So. Calif. While Panda lives in the Great Basin desert, technically a cold desert (what do you expect where the temps only go to 108) it is a lovely place to vacation, especiially along the Columbia River or further east on the Snake river. The Mojave andSsonora are hot deserts. The summer temps here go over 120 with evening temps in the 90s. The winter temps go below freezing and for the first time since we move into this house we had 2.5 ft of snow in November. Something I've never seen here. To date we have had almost three inches of rainfall (includes the snow) this year. The weatherman says this is the worst winter since 1889.

People who pass me going down the mountain. The mountain road is narrow and only two lanes wide and very twisty. For some reason people will pass me crossing over the double yellow line. I'm not suprised at the amount of traffic fatalities on the mountain road.

How about being backed into and the person who hit you makes it sound as if it's you fault?

I love hot chocolate. Try this. Make up just enogh coco and hopt water to make it mix together. Then use whipping, heavy or double cream to fill u[p thje cu[ then heat it in the microwave. Nice and thick and creamy

Our community finally got caught up in the Catholic sex scandal when a local priest was finally arrested and charged with the of assault and rape over several years of a number of 11-13{?} year old boys in Boston and then sent here after he was discovered where he continued his predation. According to local paper this has been going on for years. [quote="The Desert Sun"] (Paul) Shanley was known in the 1960s and ’70s as a "street priest" who tended to troubled youth. Internal church records showed officials were aware of sexual abuse complaints against Shanley as early as 1967 but continued to transfer him from parish to parish. ... served in the Diocese of San Bernardino, which includes the Coachella Valley, from 1990 to 1993. In addition to working as a priest, he co-owned a gay-themed hotel... Unbeknownst to the church at the time, Shanley was receiving his support and medical checks from (name deleted) a gay men’s resort... Shanley became an owner of the hotel, along with the [b]Rev. John J. White[/b], another[b] Boston[/b] priest who also was on sick leave and receiving money from the Boston Archdiocese.[/quote] It would seem that the Catholics still don't care; that even after scandal it is still widely prevalent. The church, by their action or inaction, seems to approve or at least condone this as the guilty priests are not rooted out and punished but are transfered to another diocese for protection and turned loose on unspecting children again. The Pope and his staff seemingly ignore this since public statements and punishment by the church of the offenders is rare if it happens at all. At the very least they are trying to cover it up. This from those who are trusted with the[i] faith[/i] of their charges. The celibacy has gone to there heads, sorry, lower down; the availability of innocent children who would never refuse a priest, especially one they call Father, makes it easy for them fulfill their sexual fantasies with impressionable pre-teen boys. Interestingly enough we haven't heard of girls being sexually assaulted and that makes me wonder about these priests and their prediliction for young boys. Another question is; how young are these boys? We hear of the 12 year olds but what about those much younger than 12. Which also makes me curious about the people closely associated with the local churches, the deacons. What role do they have in this if any? How do the priests obtain these victims? According to the paper this priest told a congreation member (deacon?) to take the boy to the basement where he assaulted him. Why did he cooperate, devoutness? How can this happen under the noses of a relatively small congreation where nobody sees or says a thing. It is disgusting and abhorrent that these men, these pious men of G-d, priests of the Catholic church who have been given the implicent trust of the community without question can get away with assault and rape. Even more so since the victims are boys rather than girls. Question: Why boys? An article I read on the sexual assault of these boys said the the assault and rape of a 12 year old boy has a far more reaching effect than it has on a girl of the same age. I wonder if statisically if any of them turn into sexual predators? That brings another question. If the priests are getting their jollies; what about the nuns? Children at Catholic schools, run by the nuns, are perfect victims for these women who call themselves sister. I have read of many instances of the fatherhood [SIZE=1]the priests[/SIZE] being invloved with their sisters(?) [SIZE=1]the nuns [/SIZE]. Incest? With the availability of 12-14 year olds it also makes me wanting to know how many boys have lost their virginity to their "sisters". I'm thinking it would be far easier for the sisterhood to get away with child rape than the priesthood. Afterall, a boys first sexual encounter with a woman, even if she is his "sister" is something he won't run away from? Which we have seen highly publicised. I believe there is far more sex in the Catholic church than you might think. In a closed non-secular and "celibate" world I would expect to find more than fair perentage of gay men and women. I would also expect to find an even larger number of men and women heading for the barn, as it were. On the other hand I would not expect to find the sexual predation of children in a community to whom these so called pious people have been given implicit trust and [i]faith[/i] by their charges.

Unfortunately I haven't been here to catch up on this thread and this is really the first time I've had in awhile. I didn't think my question would bring out how cruel people can be but Chaos seems to be a lot like my father torturing animals that way. I found that horiffic(sp) and did not finish reading it. Strangely I had more empathy for the cat that I did for the people inolved in fighting as said in other posts. Rangers thought, and I do not agree with this in any respect, is anyone torturing an defensless animal should suffer the same fate. He also has the same thought about anyone who drives drunk and kills someone. My thought is that Chaos's karma will catch up with him one day; it always does; It would have been better to kill the cat and leave it at his entry rather than being torturous(sp). I would like to ask Chaos: What about today, have you changed? Are you a darker or lighter person as a result and did you ever have any remorse about torturing a defensless animal? Not the revenge but the animal itself.

On the Stanford-Binet scale I measrre 144 and Ranger is 140. We both belong to Mensa. Neither one of us accepts the scoring of any IQ test as there is no real standard. The Stanford-Binet test which is the most commonly used is really meant for children. Also note that IQ changes with age and education and really should be a measure of learning ability.

We have talked about religion, war, Isreal and Palestine, dreams, death, clothes pain, strict parents and... Oh yes, relationships. We have not talked about fantasy or reality. Nor have we talked about the worst most horiffic thing that has ever happened to you. What caused it and how did it affect your life. I thought about this one pretty hard in lieu of the posts over the last few days so I'll go first. [quote="Sir W. H. P. Royal Navy -1841" my great-great-grandfather] "Hate is the most powerful emotion and feeling there is. You cannot hate the sea when it founders your ship. To hate an animal or thing also has no meaning in our realm. Hate is reserved for people, for nations and for a nations enemies. It is that hate that drives the English seaman in their domination of the sea". [/quote] I had to learn that one very well when I was 12 years old. I have never forgotten nor the punishment that went with it. I was home for summer vacation and I had asked my mother a question about love and hate and which was stronger. My father overheard and said that hate was stronger. As an example he had me write the above paragraph 100 times. He said it would teach me about hate. When I was finished he took me to my room and destroyed all of my pretty and beautiful things, the dollhouse my grandmother had just given me, my dolls some of them very old, clothes, books, furniture even my bed. everything, all of it. He took me downstairs into the garden and made me watch as he killed my puppies in the most horrible and brutal manner. Looking at me with a blank staring face and said "Hate's stronger" and just walked away leaving me there. That hapened on my 12th birthday, a day that Americans celebrate. The morning of July 4. 1975. The next day I was sent back to school. Siren said I should wake up to reality. That was reality and as a result I decided that I would never allow hate to take over me. I retreated into a world of fantasy and faerie tales and lived that way until I met Ranger in 1982. I found love and genrousity and decided that was what I wanted to do. Ironically it was my father who made it possible for me to meet Ranger by ordering me to attend a catillion I didn't want to go to. My home reflects my love of fantasy, faeries and now anime. I don't have to live in a dark world and I don't have to make believe that I found a prince; I did. I mourn the loss of butterfiles. Revel over snow in my front yard and the simple beauty of a desert sunset. So wake up world, Lady Rin is here spreading happiness and love even though she may not feel that way sometimes. I'm not perfect. I try, I do my best and no one can ask for more than that. That was difficult to write, I haven't thought about that in a long time. Siren, I could give you a very graphic description if you wish. Is that reality you want me to wake up to? No thank you. Who's next?

All of this is over the amendment(sp) on the separation of church and state. Can anyone tell me what the intent is of that amendment? Since it says "In god we trust" on the money should't we remove it. What about the all seeing eye in the great seal? For some reaspon in the past few years Americans have become obsessed with the separation of church and state. Mostly from the fundamentalists or atheists. Why? Does it serve any useful purpose? Is someone going to misunderstand my post? :} LOL > Did you also know these books have been banned in some states for references to god or it doesn't suit the school board. Tom Sawyer and Huckelberry Finn from Mark Twain Anne of Green Gables this is one of the sweetest girls ever. She out pollyannas Pollyanna. The Illiad and the Odyssey by Homer. Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman's famous collection of poetry Anna Sewell's Black Beauty, a story about a horse. Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe Silas Marner The works of Poe, Shakespeare, shelley, Thoerau and more. Why?

First my apology’s for not answering sooner. It rained Sunday and as always the phones stopped working, this time during my post. I kept the page open to finish my response. The world seems perverse today, as I can’t get to work either. I am always willing to stand and apologize. Please accept it. I am not offended at all. Neither should you be. This started as do many things with two comments based on the original question. Dumb things heard/said about relationships. The first was Baron (hi there Baron, how are you?) asking my age or the difference. [quote name='"Ranger responded with"'] The dumbest thing? Baron Samedi asking Rins age.[/quote] Ranger’s comment and opinion, not mine. I did not bring up my age and readily stated that and the difference between us. I do not subscribe to the dogma that you think I do. I am also at peace with myself for the most part and that has a lot to do with my reaction to that question. However I know lots of women who do subscribe to that dogma and who do react unfavorably when asked. It is extremely prevalent far more than you think despite women’s equality etc.. The Baron asked "Why?" So I answered as impartially as I could along with the question on why grown men shouldn’t be taking little girls to bed. I referred to a book. I did not state my opinion; I answered a question from a book of etiquette, which I use for more than what we are talking about. After all everyone should say please and thank you. Will you please start living in reality? (I shall do reality on another thread, OK?) Why? I do what works for me, my family and our community. For the most part it works. It's not 100% but it is certainly in the upper 80s. As a parent certainly I like polite children with clean rooms. I really don't like hearing a string of expletives as can be heard on the CDs many teens listen to today. The reality is I can and do keep it out of my home along with excessively violent video games, controlled access to TV and a lot more. My children respect that. I don't hear the language from what they listen to at home as much as I hear it in public. That doesn't meant they don't listen, they do. They also play the games and watch the TV I disapprove of, I know this, Mom’s aren’t stupid. They do it where I can’t hear or see it. I also don't say they can't listen to it. I guess my reward is they don’t do drugs and they haven’t pierced their bodies. They also do their chores without being asked. *patiently* The discussion then turned to social relationships based on the original question as to how someone else might react. Again I gave examples of what I see or read. My personal opinion is; if you want is deny your age, stuff your face with botulism and do whatever other body restructuring you want to, go ahead your only kidding yourself about your age and that's going to make your getting older harder when you really start to loose your innocent blush and doctors and toxins don't help anymore. Most women I know fight tooth and nail to stay young, hide their age and don't ever make a reference to it, these are professional women most of them in their 30s. I feel I still have my innocent blush and my health probably due to my accepting myself and not dosing myself with toxins. That too is reality. Now bear in mind our own generation gap here (another thread?). I grew up in a time and place that formally taught etiquette and manners, as did Ranger. He still calls some people sir or mamm, he doesn’t have to. Opens the car door, holds a chair for me. Walks on the outside when we are walking down the street. Do you know why that is? He does a lot more as well. Again, he doesn’t have to; he just does it without thinking. It’s automatic. That means he will never let an expletive slip from his mouth in front of a client even if he’s angry and does have a very colourful vocabulary he can use. Unfortunately a few guides in the past have done just that, get angry and swear in front of a guest. That means immediate dismissal, no second chance. It’s bad for business to use foul language, even “damn” or lose your temper in front of our guests. That problem BTW is mostly among the younger guides, those

[COLOR=DeepSkyBlue]Baron shall be this colour today.[/COLOR] [COLOR=DeepSkyBlue] I think Ranger should be put in 'time-out' to take a look at his suitability in his choice of replies. [/COLOR] And that makes you think he doesn't. Not only that he does it for real. I have shoved him onto the same corner used for the children for ill-mannered behavior at the Alamo, a place not known for its manners. The purpose behind timeout can be found in Zen which I have taught the children. [COLOR=DeepSkyBlue] ...why asking about your age difference was fair game. [/COLOR] There actually is a reason. Most women don't want to be reminded of their age. Especially after their 29th birthday. Mrs H my supervisor is that way, she's 36 and goes overboard on how her body looks. Another example is Lilah, an aquaintance, she's my age. She does botox, had a tummy tuck, enhanced her boobs *giggles* She does everything she can to look younger than she really is . She doesn't like birthday parties and doesn't want any gifts that day since it does remind her of her age. That's why you don't ask. I don't mind. I am comfortable with myself and apperance. [COLOR=DeepSkyBlue] Now, we want to know why Laura was shocked, don't we? [/COLOR] I'm sorry, I didn't realize you might not know. I think you know about the age of consent. In most western countries it is 16-18. Leagally below the age of consent it is statutory rape even if the girl consents, it could also be considered pedophilia especially if the girl is

Most of the time Ranger wears a guides uniform on duty . A very nice tan safari shirt I bought from Cabellas.com. The have everything an outdoorsman needs. Off duty cargo shorts or levis, lots of tinkerbell t-shirts. I buy them so he wears them. OUtside boots, inside houise socks. Boots and outdoor clothes atre not allowed in the house so everyone changes on the back porch. I normally wear a skirt and blouse, dresses in my own style. In school I was taught that trousers are for your husband or the garden. [size=1]metaphorical referencee[/size] and I rarely wear them in public. I actually don't feel comfortable wearing them in public. I do have skirts that are suitable for field work when I go out and I also have a Ou.t Adv. uniform which is a safari skirt to go with the shirts we have for when I work with the guides. I do have school uniforms I wear to work and I shal post catalog pictures of them in the art studio forum. How I dress depends on how I want to feel. Interesting question: Does what you wear affect how you feel and act?

[QUOTE="Baron Samed"]The dumbest thing? Baron Samedi asking Rins age. I'm surprised she didn't put you into time out. [/QUOTE] Ranger is not always the most tactful person. The fact that he has any manners at all is the product of his rigorous training on my part. Ranger was actually correct. It alright for a lady to make reference to her age but not for a man to ask about it even after she has made reference to it. So I shall ask what is your age since you know mine? Are you male or female, it's hard to tell online. [QUOTE="Baron Samedi"] Oh, and to add something more to my first paragraph, I'm sooo scared of 'time-out',[/QUOTE] [quote name='"Narrator"'] Lady Rin is now pontificating.[/quote] I think you miss the point of this. It works elsewhere and on several forums not just limited to anime, ask Lunai. People now try to avoid timeout. The incidence of coarse language has dropped off making it more suitable for children and for some reason I have seen spelling and grammar have improved. Timeout is an expression of disapproval, lack of manners, coarse language and mistakes from minor to serous. There have been two times when I virtually washed someones mouth out with soap for filthy language. While some people didn't like it and tried to defend the use of such language it dropped off almost immediatley. It worked! There is nothing wrong with etiquette, manners and just generally being a nice person. The goal here is to make you think where did I make a mistake or what did I do wrong, am I offending people? I thinks that's fair. After all what you do here directly reflects on what you do out there even though we live here in a virtual world as well as the real one. Back to the topic as this is a perfect example of things said about relationships Addressed to all of you, Don't you think you should treat this virtual world as a real one? I do, you are as real as my neightbors even if you only are a data stream. We interact with each other (a relationship) and get flustered and angry (e.g.Barons reply), mis-understand what other people are trying to say, even more so than out here and attempt to create a nice neighborhood where we don't have to worry about the bikers [size=1]metaphorical reference[/size]. In that case I would think that the commonly accepted rules of behaivor would be the same here. Or is behavior in here different from behavior out there. Is the virtual world allowed to have a different set of rules about how we conduct ourselves than the real one. We have been talking about personal relationships in this thread and not paying attention to social relationships and the gaffs there. Those relationships are as important, possibly more, as one of love is for your significant other. eg: Barons question to me [size=1]don't get your panties in bunch, this is just an example since it's here, it's not about you.[/size] You boss is a female and you ask her that or some other dumb personal question the way the Baron did. What is her reaction going to be? What do you think will happen to that relationship? The relationship between my dept head and I is a strained one. She has written me up twice this year. She would like to terminate me but she can't, she as much as said so. Why? She's seven years younger than I, tall, good looking, big boobs and dresses well like a professional business woman even though she is a geologist. She has nothing to be afraid from me and I don't want her job. I'm not a physical threat, I'm small with tiny boobs, happy in my position, except for her, and I get raises every year even though my reviews are poorly coloured by her. She's jealous and I know why, everybody here has told me. She doesn't like my carefree atitude (says I should grow up), I dress like a schoolgirl sometimes (not midi blouse uniforms) or wear a pretty dress, sending people on my team into timeout for disipline instead of writing them up, that I have more respect than she and that I dress and act like a lady ALWAYS, she swears here. This prevents me from getting promotions and creates a lot of friction in the workplace. This has been going on ever since she came here five years ago; I've been here eight and I have seniority and tenure, yet I have to listen to this single bimbo who is always trying to destroy the relationship between my staff and myself. Dumb things said about relationships? You should hear her. I would never say the things she says or jump on any staffer in public the way she does much less her language. Now for the kicker. Every year after several drinks at the dept. Christmas party she makes passes at Ranger, girls in the office say she talks about him and wants him and that makes me more than a little angry. Can I show that anger? No it would erode and already fragile relationship. I have to have manners and show etiquette. [b] Manners dictate[/b] that I be polite and not create a scene, especially in public, although I would like to rip out her hair and call her several expletives that I never say. She once said to me that Ranger had a great bottom (she put it differently). If I react and overstep my bounds I could lose my job, tenure or not. [b]Etiquette dictates[/b] to be careful what you say and how you say it. These days it's called PC. [b]So what can I do?[/b] I walk over and stand by Ranger and taking is arm. Maybe kiss him on the cheek, smile and and say politely "Would you excuse us please? There is someone I would like Ranger to meet" then just walk away pulling Ranger with me. I could also walk up to Ranger take his arm, listern for a moment, then give him a sweet lovers kiss. Say what I have to and leave. This reminds her; he's mine and I haven't broken any rules of etiquette depending on how I kiss him. I think a french kiss would be considered a major breach of etiquette. Relationships are important everywhere, at home, work, play. With your boy/girlfriend, spouse, children, friends, neighbors, co-workers. Oh yes, and here in our virtual world. Manners and etiquette make relationships easier. BTW: At the Alamo I can just walk up to any bimbo hitting on Ranger and say "Hands off he's mine" and I can glare at her. Slapping her is also acceptable if the situation warrants it. Now I have a few questions. What would you do in a similar situation. Some bimbo or bimbette is making passes at your man or vice-versa Baron, are you in a relationship? Tell us about it if you would please. Also what dumb things have you said to her/him. Maybe your last major public gaff. Rangers last major breach of both was at the mayors Halloween party when a politician known for his wandering hands decided to wander on me. He cornered him together with his wife and told his wife to keep him under control then told him if he didn't keep his wandering hands to himself he would break his fingers. Unfortunately it was heard by a lot of the wrong people. Fortunately his reputation sort of protects him. After all he is one of the good guys. I think I'm finished now, *takes a deep breath* that was a lot of work. Thank you very much for your patience and attendance. Class dismissed go now outside and play it's a beautiful day today and we're off to the Tamale Festival. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/desertranger/lol.gif[/IMG] P.S. It shall be interesting to see the response to this. Toodles. *she gaily leaves LOL*

[quote name='Dagger'] We just didn't keep soda or chips or sugary cereal or Hostess cakes around the house, so I wasn't given the chance to develop a taste for real junk food (when I want to pig out, I gorge myself on Cheerios or sticky rice). Until high school, I had never tasted a Pop Tart or Twinkie, and ate McDonald's perhaps two or three times a year. One's diet has everything to do with one's environment. I'm just really lucky that living with my family permanently ingrained in me a lot of healthy eating preferences and habits.[/quote] You could be one of my children. Fast food is only one place for us, In n' Out Burger since every thing there is fresh made with real meat and poatos instead of the chopped mush you find elsewhere. All of my children know how to cook, Ky isthe best. If you can't cook maybe we should start a recipe thread, it really isn't hard, much healthier for you, cheaper than eating out and you can cook, eat and cleanup in less than an hour. If it took more than that I would eat out more often.