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• AshleyT121 member

  

  November 2014

  I bought a pair of boots last night and hate them this morning. Nothing like wasting money right before Christmas.

  

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• SnShne322 member

  

  November 2014

  AshleyT121 said:

  I bought a pair of boots last night and hate them this morning. Nothing like wasting money right before Christmas.

  You can't return them?
  

  

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• CeeCeeSugaPie member

  

  November 2014

  I caught up with a friend that I was stationed with in Okinawa the other day on LinkedIn and have been taking a trip down memory lane since. I realized that had I stayed in the Marine Corps, I would be retiring in 3 years, at 38 years old.
  

   

  
  

  

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• SnShne322 member

  

  November 2014

  CeeCeeSugaPie said:

  I caught up with a friend that I was stationed with in Okinawa the other day on LinkedIn and have been taking a trip down memory lane since. I realized that had I stayed in the Marine Corps, I would be retiring in 3 years, at 38 years old.
  

  When were you in Okinawa? I know it's a small chance, but I had a friend who was there around 2001.
  

  

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• dmlk413 member

  

  November 2014

  I stayed up late finishing The Raven Boys the other night.  I really should have listened to you guys sooner on this one.  It was so good.

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• AshleyT121 member

  

  November 2014

  SnShne322 said:

  AshleyT121 said:

  I bought a pair of boots last night and hate them this morning. Nothing like wasting money right before Christmas.

  You can't return them?
  

  I'm going to try, but I treated them last night so I'm not sure if they'll take them back.

  

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• sassypants527 member

  

  November 2014

  This is now on my TBR list: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/12/grimm-brothers-fairytales-horror-new-translation?CMP=share_btn_fb

  
  

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• booknerd226 member

  

  November 2014

  All week long I look forward to my days off so that I can clean and get stuff done around the house. I even make a to-do list. But then the actual days get here and I get incredibly lazy and just want to read and procrastinate on the cleaning. I don't know who I'm trying to kid all week.

  
  

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• CeeCeeSugaPie member

  

  November 2014

  SnShne322 said:

  CeeCeeSugaPie said:

  I caught up with a friend that I was stationed with in Okinawa the other day on LinkedIn and have been taking a trip down memory lane since. I realized that had I stayed in the Marine Corps, I would be retiring in 3 years, at 38 years old.
  

  When were you in Okinawa? I know it's a small chance, but I had a friend who was there around 2001.
  

  98-99. I was at Quantico in 2001. It doesn't hurt to ask. The Marine Corps is definitely a small world.
  

   

  
  

  

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• UFCasey member

  

  November 2014

  I've been slowly going through the Outlander series, for like the past three years, currently on A Breath of Snow and Ashes. I love the books, but there is something so overwhelming about being on Chapter 15 of a book and the library pop-up stat showing I am only 10% done with the book. And yet I read all of The Wheel of Time books, with no qualms about their length. Maybe the difference of physical book vs ebook is my problem when it comes to lengthy books - no pop up showing me I have a lot more to go, and the sense of satisfaction of being able to visually see in thickness the number of pages I have already read.

   
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• Menrandes member

  

  November 2014

  My husband is going to Puerto Rico in the middle of December.  I'm kind of bummed about it.
  

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  “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
  "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to."
  "I don't much care where –"
  "Then it doesn't matter which way you go.”
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• sfgiantsjo member

  

  November 2014

  I cannot WAIT to go home tonight. I am trying a new recipe, and I am dying to sit and read while it cooks. It's finally not a million degrees here. It's still not cold (66 degrees), but I am going to pretend it is, dammit!

  
  

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• Read2Me member

  

  November 2014

  CeeCeeSugaPie said:

  SnShne322 said:

  CeeCeeSugaPie said:

  I caught up with a friend that I was stationed with in Okinawa the other day on LinkedIn and have been taking a trip down memory lane since. I realized that had I stayed in the Marine Corps, I would be retiring in 3 years, at 38 years old.
  

  When were you in Okinawa? I know it's a small chance, but I had a friend who was there around 2001.
  

  98-99. I was at Quantico in 2001. It doesn't hurt to ask. The Marine Corps is definitely a small world.
  

  I just listened to an audiobook where the narrator pronounced Quantico, Quan-TEE-co- it drove me absolutely crazy.  That's incorrect, isn't it?  Or have I been pronouncing it wrong?

  
  
  

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• 84Lauren member

  

  November 2014

  sfgiantsjo said:

  I cannot WAIT to go home tonight. I am trying a new recipe, and I am dying to sit and read while it cooks. It's finally not a million degrees here. It's still not cold (66 degrees), but I am going to pretend it is, dammit!

  WTF, that's sweater and boots weather here! ::brrr::
  

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• CeeCeeSugaPie member

  

  November 2014

  Read2Me said:

  CeeCeeSugaPie said:

  SnShne322 said:

  CeeCeeSugaPie said:

  I caught up with a friend that I was stationed with in Okinawa the other day on LinkedIn and have been taking a trip down memory lane since. I realized that had I stayed in the Marine Corps, I would be retiring in 3 years, at 38 years old.
  

  When were you in Okinawa? I know it's a small chance, but I had a friend who was there around 2001.
  

  98-99. I was at Quantico in 2001. It doesn't hurt to ask. The Marine Corps is definitely a small world.
  

  I just listened to an audiobook where the narrator pronounced Quantico, Quan-TEE-co- it drove me absolutely crazy.  That's incorrect, isn't it?  Or have I been pronouncing it wrong?

  No, you're right. It is pronounced kwon-ti-koh. That would have driven me nuts as well. There is a town here in Delaware called Lewes, pronounced like Lewis, and all of the tourons and transplants pronounce it like Lou's. Drives me crazy.
  

   

  
  

  

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• SnShne322 member

  

  November 2014

  Oh gosh, I can't count how many town names are mispronounced here.  To be fair, we're probably doing it wrong, but we're the locals.  Worcester is the best one, I think.
  

  

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• Hoycie member

  

  November 2014

  84Lauren said:

  sfgiantsjo said:

  I cannot WAIT to go home tonight. I am trying a new recipe, and I am dying to sit and read while it cooks. It's finally not a million degrees here. It's still not cold (66 degrees), but I am going to pretend it is, dammit!

  WTF, that's sweater and boots weather here! ::brrr::
  

  People in Miami bring out the leather jackets and Uggs in 70 degree weather.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
  

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• booneybear member

  

  November 2014

  Hoycie said:

  84Lauren said:

  sfgiantsjo said:

  I cannot WAIT to go home tonight. I am trying a new recipe, and I am dying to sit and read while it cooks. It's finally not a million degrees here. It's still not cold (66 degrees), but I am going to pretend it is, dammit!

  WTF, that's sweater and boots weather here! ::brrr::
  

  People in Miami bring out the leather jackets and Uggs in 70 degree weather.

  People in NH are still in shorts and flip flops in the 30's.  

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• sfgiantsjo member

  

  November 2014

  booneybear said:

  Hoycie said:

  84Lauren said:

  sfgiantsjo said:

  I cannot WAIT to go home tonight. I am trying a new recipe, and I am dying to sit and read while it cooks. It's finally not a million degrees here. It's still not cold (66 degrees), but I am going to pretend it is, dammit!

  WTF, that's sweater and boots weather here! ::brrr::
  

  People in Miami bring out the leather jackets and Uggs in 70 degree weather.

  People in NH are still in shorts and flip flops in the 30's.  

  TBH, 66 is  considered pretty cold here, too. I feel silly saying that, but our weather ranges from about 85-60 year round. I don't think I could function in anything below 50 degrees. 

  
  

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• RhymeReason member

  

  November 2014

  SnShne322 said:

  Oh gosh, I can't count how many town names are mispronounced here.  To be fair, we're probably doing it wrong, but we're the locals.  Worcester is the best one, I think.
  

  So is Haverhill

  Whether or not you find your own way, you're bound to find some way. If you happen to find my way, please return it, as it was lost years ago. I imagine by now it's quite rusty.”
  

  
  

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  November 2014 edited November 2014

  NorthernLghts said:

  SnShne322 said:

  Oh gosh, I can't count how many town names are mispronounced here.  To be fair, we're probably doing it wrong, but we're the locals.  Worcester is the best one, I think.
  

  So is Haverhill

  The main street in my home town is El Dorado -- pronounced as one word, EL-door-A-doh -- and drives my H insane.  The town skimped on the street signs for Martin Luther King, Jr. Street and put MLKing, so now everyone calls it Milking Street.  There's also a near-ish town called Haiti and we pronounce it Hay-tie.  Gotta love it.

  

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