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According to Wikpedia, Emanuel belongs to a MO congregation in Chicago
Don’t believe everything you read
I am making a public macho’o – this thread title is very misleading!!!!! Many of us here are strongly lobbying for Chick-fil-A to open their glatt kosher branch right in our backyard!!!!!
Syag Lchochma, cuz all my words are like a fence surrounding wisdom, but never quite getting there.
Really it was to remind myself everytime I signed in that not everything I want to say needs to be said.
NOMTW – Here’s some unsolicited info regarding a geriatric placement (I did one too with the same initial thoughts). (Adapted from Dr. Twerski, again) I don’t know if you do this but do you know how some people will get grumpy and distant before camp ends, or before leaving a situation in order to make the separation easier for themselves? Some older people do that too. They know they are leaving this world sooner than later, and they feel that leaving an unpleasant world will be easier than leaving a pleasant one so this is a defense mechanism they have in place.
It helped me thru some tough clients, hope it helps.
I did that way back and changed my nickname to “Hey, it works” (not intentionally, just cuz I was sure it wouldn’t). That is now how I show up on the news page if I comment but it never effected (sp?) my sign-in here.
for some reason it says “Joseph”
Now I think you are even MORE awesome than I thought you were before!!!
mommamia – At least you got unsatisfactory responses. I don’t think I have ever received a response at all.
I do remember some time back that someone asked the mods to comment on their deletions and one responded that it would not be physically possible. I do get that.
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I tried to change my login but it won’t let me. I am not one of the chosen people.
There is actually a rule here not to impersonate a moderator. However,
exactly the point. Either enforce the rules or delete them. Whether or not you think something is funny should not be criteria for enforcing rules.
I was talking to 20
NOMTW – Some people have an aversion to getting therapy, and some people seem to think that because it is such a stigma where they live, it must be one in all the Jewish communities. Not everyone has objections to getting help or getting help for their kids. I know many (more than 4) therapists who are booked solid with frum people. But I am also in the healthcare field and I am very leery of recommending psychological help or even MSW’s unless I REALLY know them and many of their clients.
The reason for this is because there are many who are not effective but will not admit they are going nowhere. This can be damaging to an already stressed relationship. There are also those who have very specific outlooks and treat through that lens. I work with troubled kids and see lots of parenting I disapprove of, but it is out of my hands to change it. If a therapist believes your path is unhealthy, he will push you toward his view of health. This can be a big problem when stringent lifestyles are brought before him. I do know therapists who encouraged some clients to “be true to themselves” even though it involved pursuing lifestyles that were not Torahdik.
I am NOT discouraging therapy by any means. I push for professional help when needed. I do know many people, however, who see therapists and DO NOT KNOW that they have the right to change therapists if they feel they are getting nowhere (legitimately). I am just trying to explain MY experiences with why many are leery, cautious or distrustful. This is meant as a GENERAL overview from my vantage point only. (But I hope it helps)
He was talking to me, but I think it was a bit out of context. I liked it though.
NOMTW – Gee, thanks, it’s nice to be noticed.
Kozov – I agree 101%
My brother just told me he is wearing a bright orange hat and denim shorts so he’ll be able to find himself in the pictures. He wants to know if everyone is gonna be wearing their hats cuz then he won’t be able to see anything.
Just do it from under the dais.
Did anyone find an extra two black shabbos socks, a grey one and a sweat sock? They seem to have gone AWOL from my dryer.
Curiosity – Just from having experienced shiva and shloshim too many times I am thinking that the difference between laundry and the phone, for example, is more a gashmius vs. human issue. Laundry is purely gashmius, having the clothing you want to wear and having them clean and available. Answering the phone is about speaking to someone who is trying to contact you. I know that I don’t answer every call that comes in just because the phone rings and less personal calls were definitely left for the answering machine.
If you’re trying to get there to see the olympics you are a wee bit late.
Thank you, that was very kind.
Speak up Goq! Or say it again in my good ear, would ya?
Oh My Gosh! Of course! Talk-up was a favorite
what a coincidence
If you prefer you can just submit your resume 🙂
Thanks. I think we should have a button to change the background color of posts that are side conversations. Then people can just skip over them, or eavesdrop, if you will.
And btw, I wrote back.
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Thanks SiDi™, I actually bought one of those for my son in yeshiva ‘cuz it was the only thing out there that does not list video capability on the box. The oddest thing happened to me though, befitting for Tisha B’av actually. Tisha B’av was my brothers last kadish for my sister as it is 11 months now since she died. Thinking of that, I was looking through some of her stuff since I was sad anyway, and found a walkman in the pocket of her backpack. I emptied it today so I could fill it with shiurim. It was a horribly painful process but I did it.
Regarding Double Gulps – How did you know????? My kids are slurpee-holics but I have always had a serious Double Gulp addiction. Ever since the 64 oz days. When I was sitting shiva for my other sister I had just gotten back from seminary two days before and someone brought a double gulp to the shiva house knowing how much I missed them.
” . . .being harassed by . . .” Life was good back then, huh? I was just talking about the old arie crown yesterday, and its collection of assistant principals, lol.
I was just gonna say that
Dash – I got all those tchachkes to post! I thought it was such an accomplishment and now you burst my bubble <insert sad face icon here>.
I’m assuming it won’t work on my sign in name though.
By the old arie crown or telz? We do the touhy one where they only use the kosher flavors. My kids have VIP status there.
They make up errands to run for me. And they always come back holding slurpees.
IT WORKED!!☺ ✎ ©
SiDi – It won’t help, I sat and watched my son do it and I didn’t chap. But he did bookmark the pages so I’m gonna practice.
mildly hopeful?
Some people use the same SN at other sites. Either way, it’s still creepy.
OOM – and since I’m the mom I only get it when the kids aren’t using it.
OK, I confess. Really my husband did the laundry while I sat at the table and talked about how much work I had to do. But I did turn on the dryer this morning.
still clueless
And Im still clueless
In my anxiety over the workload I decided to eat in the laundry room to get a quick start. Which was fine til I poured my oj into the wash and drank the fabric softener.
Dear Mod with a sense of humor,
ROTFL
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I stopped leaving messages because people would call back and say they saw me on the caller ID but called back instead of bothering to check their voice mail. On the other hand, my brother told me he has a policy that caller ID is not a message, if I don’t leave a message he won’t call back. I didn’t wait til I hung up to tell him he’s a moron.
curiosity – just forward your resume this way, lots of us a partial to OOTers
Does anyone know what happened to the siyum hashas shadchan thread? It was gone when I woke up this morning. Threads aren’t usually closed for stupidity or valueless content and even nastiness rarely earns a complete deletion. I am partly just curious what could have happened to be so bothersome to someone, and I am also hoping I wasn’t responsible. (I know Getzel was annoyed but I still haven’t figured out what about)
We had EDITED and that was like a million back then.
I thought he was speaking to 147 . . .
getzel – I think you forgot a vuv 🙂
Too much unfiltered surfing dulls the brain.
If all the girls you are looking for are looking for something else, change some of the search criteria. I am not meaning change your priorities etc, I mean you must be looking in the wrong box. No doubt there is another one with girls that would interest you who are looking for someone like you. For instance, pick a different shadchan, or a different seminary, or a different neighborhood. As NOMTW pointed out, what you are asking for sounds great, you just haven’t spoken in the right ears yet.
Hatzlacha!
I was actually wondering who would be the first to say that.
‘trophy wives being handed out, like Candy’ (the one I promised you couldn’t have). So sorry, I really thought you did it on purpose . . .it would’ve been so brilliant.