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You're lucky he thought to do this, and smart to have called him in the first place. This article has some good tips on caring for a ruptured eardrum, along with a theory that it can be caused by a strong sucking kiss, which I'm sure you would have told us about if it were the case. Do take good care until you're healed. Maybe the extra time in Fortaleza was meant to be. If I ever write a novel, I would like your permission to use these as the opening lines.

It's intermittent. Sometimes ya see 'em and sometimes ya don't, thank Heaven for small favors.

Perhaps the same courtesy could be extended to this thread.

In preliminary negotiations we are.

I believe it's called trickle-down economics.

I heard Jenna Wade Marchetta Krebbs (Priscilla Presley) will be there. Isn't she one of the few characters that JR didn't piss off? Maybe he finally got around to it and she did him in.

Unlike your own good self, I'll wager.

Well, I'm going to be there front row, center, with a big bowl of buttered popcorn. I've always had the hots for Matt Damon and look forward to seeing him lounging around the pool. I'm also looking forward to learning more about Liberace, and hope there's some good scholarship in amongst the glitz and glamor. For example, did he sleep with his rings on and did he wear boxers or briefs or, I should be so lucky, a thong? The snag is I cancelled HBO in a fit of pique and austerity last year, and hate crawling back to my cable company hat in hand. Does anyone know if there's any other way to watch it?

Yes, it's a very nice finger! Mind my asking if it's 'before' or 'after'? It looks like there's a bunch of lube under the nail, but it's out of focus and hard to tell. If you're looking for a new camera, I got a pretty nice Canon for a couple hundred bucks before my last trip, but I'm not sure what the prices are in Brazil. You take really good pictures, and it would be a shame to have to leave to our imaginations what it is you're getting into.

I had a Yellow Lab like that once but, unlike Tomcal, she wasn't averse to letting a few dogs get into the rotation. Nor did they ever take her home to meet the family.

Please don't let that stand in your way. It hasn't stopped any of the rest of us from posting on a wide variety of topics, either standing up or sitting down.

She's a really good actress. When I saw her do an interview during the Mary Tyler Moore years, I couldn't believe she really didn't have a New York accent. She nailed that character. The transition to her own show was deftly done too. I understand that a spin-off character who can be crazy in a supporting role has to become much more centered in a starring role, so that the other characters can bounce off her. I thought she handled that transition very well. Hell, her spinoff show lasted five seasons. Cloris Leachman's lasted only two. She has a lot to be proud of. Sorry I never got to see her do Tallu.

As Sir Henry memorably said: If I had all the money I've spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink. ( and props to AdamSmith for directing me to Rawlinson End )

In looking back over his past, He admits his libido was fast. Now, enveloped by ennui, Once these last few are gone, he Is certain that they'll be his last.

Here at 24, with little brother Zac, 22.

Actually, I like Ikea's cafeteria. I don't get there much, but the meatballs taste pretty good to me, horse meat or no. And, as ihpguy says, their chocolate bars are quite good and only 99¢ the last time I was there. Better and cheaper than Hershey's, that's for sure.

As soon as I read this I went out and got a bunch of wine. I'm planning to get the rest of the stuff the very next chance I get.

Although I didn't vote either way, I'm not terribly offended by being referred to as a fag. Although I can't actually say it shows a huge amount of class either. I can understand NCBored's view that it wasn't Lucky's reaction that was being voted on but, rather, other folks' feeling about the word. In fairness, though, the poll did come close on the heels of Lucky's statement, so it wouldn't be too hard to comingle one with the other, you should pardon the expression. However, I also think I see Lucky's point. Sometimes, when you're part of a close-knit community, if even one member is seriously offended by something, the other members of the community voluntarily refrain from doing it. Assuming, that is, that it's not too onerous to refrain from doing it. It's just a way to show respect for the feelings of all members of the group. I think this group is kind of like that, so it wouldn't kill me not to call Lucky a fag if I know it bothers him. The exception to that would be if it was hugely important to me that I refer to Lucky as a fag, say if somebody was offering me a hundred bucks to do it. Most likely, I'd apologize in advance, and then pass him a twenty when I was all done. If it's important to OZ's business model to call us all fags, then I guess we'll all just have to hunker down and take it like men ladies. If, however, it's not critical to the survival of the site, then maybe it could just be saved for those special occasions when absolutely nothing else will do.

A catamite poofter named Jay Thought that nancy boy sounded too gay. 'To be labelled a fag Is a bit of a drag, But I'll answer to queer any day.'

In case anyone's feeling peckish, below is a horse meat burger recipe from a Montreal grocery chain's website. They recommend serving it on kaiser rolls, though why they don't use sea biscuits is beyond me. There's another horse meat burger recipe, and several mane course recipes as well. Can a Ralph Woods Burger be far behind? Recipe ingredients 1 lb. (500 g) ground horse meat 3 ounces (100 g) Presqu’île cheese 1 carton Quebec mushrooms (in season) 1 carton Onion sprouts (sold with the alfafa sprouts) 1 shallot Sufficient quantity, kaiser rolls 3 Tbsp. (45 mL) Irresistibles mayonnaise 5 mL (1 tsp.) smoked paprika Sufficient quantity, butter Sufficient quantity, salt and pepper. Preparation Very finely chop the shallot. Combine the horse meat and the shallot, season with salt and pepper. Make small patties (slightly larger than the buns) and set aside in the refrigerator. Slice the mushrooms. Melt 1 Tbsp. butter in a pan. When it foams, add the mushrooms. Do not move the mushrooms around too much in the pan to allow them to caramelize. Season only when they are cooked. Cook the mini patties on the barbecue or in the oven. When you flip the patties, place a slice of cheese on top and let it melt. Meanwhile, combine the mayonnaise and the smoked paprika. Spread the mayo on the buns, place the patties and cheese and garnish with the mushrooms and onion sprouts.

Yes, and the lingonberry sauce covers up a multitude of sins. Or were those dingleberries?

Can't find the link to the interview with the maritime attorney, but he was based in Miami and made his living suing cruise lines, Carnival, I expect, among them. He sounded like he knew what he was talking about. At the time, a couple of weeks ago, all the chatter was about suing for trouble and aggravation along with fear of harm. Nothing about actual harm and certainly nothing about fatalities, which I'm sure would trump any conditions printed on the ticket, as you say. This lawyer said that none of these 'time and trouble' lawsuits would stand a chance in court. The cruise lines have been down this road before and have stacked the deck in their favor, so to speak. Not to say there aren't lawyers out there who would take a nuisance case but my guess is, if they knew what they were doing, they wouldn't take it on contingency and would want their fees, win or lose. There may also be some lawyers who figure Carnival is publicity-shy on this one and would pay them to go away. But, according to the lawyer who was interviewed, they would not win a case on its merits. But what do I know?

I heard a radio interview a couple weeks ago with a maritime lawyer who specializes in suing cruise lines. He said that passengers sign away all kinds of rights when they purchase their tickets, including the rights to sue for inconvenience, emotional distress, and fear of harm. They actually have to be harmed in order to collect anything. Now, if someone can actually prove illness from the alleged unsanitary conditions, they have a case. However, he said they will have to file their lawsuits in Federal court in Miami where Carnival is headquartered. The cruise lines are not without their own legal chops.

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