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sorry- no store – was just trying to see what you had in mind so i would give suggestions-will you have time to shop? – so now that everyone knows you want to buy – let’s hear more suggestions – i don’t see loehmann’s, marshall’s, daffy’s, fox’s,

on the list – they might be good.

You need to be a little more specific about what you want, as the range of possiblities is very very high – you can get a reasonable gown at a gmach for low fee (25-100), you can rent (250-500), you can shop (100-5000) (will you have time) Do you want stunning high quality or just very pretty – do you like any certain fabric type color or not fussy-easy to fit or always need tailoring – these will help you to decide where to go. Let us know so we can try to help you. Usually best thing to hook up with one of the local gown shoppers and see what they are doing and if that works they can look for you.

Almost everybody in Williamsburg became more chassidish – There are barely any ‘real oberlenders’ left- all their kids wear shtreimel.

just trying to put this back in the top links

agentemes thank you for posting the spreadsheet – it’s great –

Mods – if not too much trouble, maybe this link could be kept in the top five –

Tizku L’mitzvos everybody and may we hear besuros tovos!

i am taking 2nd round 51 and 61-74

how did you find out that they sent it?

Man in the Kitchen-i stopped using flanken and use oil, garlic, hot sauce, a little ketchup and honey, instead…. tastes yum, and the boys keep wondering if this is the cholent of the year winner….

give her some slack – she doesn’t mean horrible as in tragic, she means it was horrible as in two unpleasant incidents. When somebody says ugh that coffee was awful, it ruined my day – it is just a manner of speaking. Sorry about your dress and your ankle, i hope they clean and heal well.

i don’t have nikud but in windows 7 word 2010 most of the fonts work fine – are you having problem in word or just in nikud?

Unfortunately, because we live in challenging times, everybody is trying to make the most money they can. Everybody here has a point, i think the tzedaka’s claim that they were ‘small businesses’ might not pass tough muster, i think their heavy come on advertising saying,”this is an opportunity to support a tzedaka at no cost to you was deceptive”, it was at a cost,it was money the consumer could have spent on themselves,so it was just like they would take 25$ out of their pockets. On the other hand, the tzedakas were trying their best to maximize a program, and they spent effort, creativity, publicity, etc, to try to fundraise in a way that is painless to the public, which, considering their challenges in fundraising is certainly commendable. May Hashem help everybody have all they need b’ravchus and may we not sit in judgment on anybody else.

gaw- so just a cute aside – my friend was driving south on rt 9, and a yeshiva guy swerved straight into her from the side st – so she was telling him that he almost killed her and that at her levaya they would have said that everybody would say we have to be tznius, and nobody would have said that you drove like a maniac…..

Sorry if this seems narrow minded–it is not tznius to discuss this issue on a public forum-do you want someone to clarify exactly which movement of which part of the body causes whatever….be honest – tznius is a way of life-it should be a primary concern in everything we do, and too bad if it’s not as much fun to touch your toes in a model’s coat than to zumba in a fitted lycra leotard-fun with a lack of tznius leads to activities and a mindset that are not fitting for a bas yisroel.

Please call a reputable rav with this type of a shayla – you don’t have to identify yourself and you will get a real psak – this is totally the wrong place for a psak din. If you don’t know who to call, i can ask the mods to give you some numbers.

WIY – That is a beautiful post – thank you- May all our tefillos and kabbalos bring Moshiach b’Korov

i will say 1-10 (inclusive) b’zchus these cholim b’soch shear cholei yisrol

R or T

rockymountains – that sounds great! thank you

I am appalled that someone would call a noted speaker a name and put them down publicly-it’s beyond comprehension – you could politely disagree-I could say strong things about it but i will refrain, Rebbetzin Schwartz speaks on many subjects, people love listening to her on Chazak, and on cd’s-She is R’ Heineman’s daughter, quite brilliant, very down to earth, inspiring in a very pleasant way. I would be surprised if she spoke without checking things out to make sure that they are ‘oisgehalten’.

ayc-i am so so sorry for your loss-only Hashem can comfort you because only he understands the relationship you had, your sensitivities, your heart, and may He comfort you b’soch shaar availay zion v’yerushalayim. Although the pain will lessen in its intensity, the terrible loss will be there for a long time. This doesn’t have to disable or freeze you- you will be strong, you will continue, the dear niftar would not want you to change the way you always lived in any way, if she had one more thing she could say, she would beg you to live, to use each day, each moment, to the fullest. May you only know true simcha from now on.

R

I believe the banks are extremely cooperative in better financing now since market values and rates are lower. If you call your bank and say that you are having a hard time making your payments, they may be surprisingly cooperative in a refinance offer. There are also several programs available for homeowners having difficulties in paying mortgage – just call your bank and say that you are struggling to make payments due to difficult economic times.

sterling, silver, starling, atingle, interval(s), retain, general(s), gelatin, salver, relating, salient, valet, versatile, veritas?, vestal, releasing,severing, reversing, revering, reverting, veteran(S), aglisten, slantier, slaving

looking up the opposite of begrudge, envious – there was no word found

aries-i really agree with your Rebbetzin-there is nothing more damaging than the written word if used by the wrong people in the wrong circumstances

observanteen – you are an amazing person, i see you constantly growing from your comments in the CR and really want to pat you on the back – it is not easy to move forward, and it sounds like you are doing a great job. Stay cool – this situation is part of your past- move on.