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You're from the Ukraine, Troosha?
Not sure how I could have missed that before.
Small world.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 16, 2007 at 8:09 AM
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Mademoiselle
Growing up with a Ukrainian background, I, too, had some “family secrets” I tried to keep a secret. My friends would come over and wonder why my house always smelled – aromas of boiled cabbage or garlic sausage. For some stupid reason I used to envy my white-anglo friends but now I’m proud of my olive skin and my hankering for boiled carbs. And "cheap" was simply a way of life....
posted by
Troosha
on May 16, 2007 at 7:15 AM
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It sure was, Scriber.
In fact, I can still feel its searing sting.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 16, 2007 at 5:28 AM
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That cupon clipper taunt was too cruel...
posted by
scriber
on May 16, 2007 at 5:26 AM
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People don't have air conditioning in the UK, Ichii?!!
Man, I thought you guys were a civilized nation?
Or, uh, group of nations or whatever.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 16, 2007 at 5:10 AM
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Hmm
Very soon the UK will be joining the world of air conditioning, I think. But our weather's been so crazy lately, it goes from a few days of sweltering heat to a week of torrential rain and freezing cold nights. Bizarre.
http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Comments.aspx/462910#c2011586 <-- my reply to your comment
posted by
Ichi
on May 16, 2007 at 5:00 AM
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Sadly, Maerchenzaehler, it wasn't even all that long ago, actually.
In fact, I can still almost taste the bitterness which once welled up inside me, as I doodled drawings of deadly revenge in my fluffy pink notebook.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 16, 2007 at 4:41 AM
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Out of the mouths of Children
You're right, children aren't very creative when they are taunting others. It's nice to know European children have this problem too. Sorry it happened to you all those years ago.
posted by
Maerchenzaehler
on May 16, 2007 at 4:26 AM
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Thank you very much, Kabu.
And yes, kids can be quite beastly.
Of course, then again, so can adults.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2007 at 10:48 PM
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Yeah, the humidity is what really causes most of the discomfort, Masky.
That's why you so rarely hear anyone in the Sahara complaining.
Well, it's one of the reasons, anyway.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2007 at 10:45 PM
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Thanks for stopping by, riri.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2007 at 10:42 PM
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Man, you sure do like that hummingbird, YPunday.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2007 at 10:41 PM
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Mademoiselle it's tough to be bullied at school Kids are cruel so
happy airconditioner day
posted by
Kabu
on May 15, 2007 at 7:09 PM
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Madem...
The summers here are VERY humid. If we had just hot, dry heat I'm sure I could go longer before I turn the A/C on. I hold out as long as I can...then the kids start complaining and on it goes!
posted by
---Masky---
on May 15, 2007 at 5:55 PM
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posted by
riri0322
on May 15, 2007 at 2:58 PM
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I take all my used air conditioners to the forest. When I have 99999, I will turn them on and cool the equator. Then I will not buy any Hair-Conditioners
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posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on May 15, 2007 at 1:30 PM
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Only because most people know not to eat the fish sticks, bandana ... I should have, too.
It was a freshman-type mistake.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2007 at 12:45 PM
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You have delicate health in general... and "cheek bones", too.. I suppose..
Anyways, I bet no one else (who also ate at the cafeteria) threw up besides you.
posted by
bandanafish
on May 15, 2007 at 12:42 PM
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No. Not really.
How does vomiting make me "delicate"?
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2007 at 12:35 PM
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damn. Really "should" skip school.
p.s. are you okay, though? Feeling better after throwing up? I hope so.
posted by
bandanafish
on May 15, 2007 at 12:31 PM
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You threw up? That's terrible, now you REALLY to skip school
tomorrow, because you are so delicate (like a
queen.)
posted by
bandanafish
on May 15, 2007 at 12:30 PM
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My cat is the same way, bandana ...
except for the part about being a dog.
P.S. I just threw up. I knew I never should have eaten those fish sticks in the school cafeteria.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2007 at 12:24 PM
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My dog (now sleeping next to my feet) is so spoiled.
He can't stand hot weather. When I tried to play with him earlier today, he ran back in the house (refusing to play). He can't survive without AC.
p.s. not that you remind me of my dog... of course.
posted by
bandanafish
on May 15, 2007 at 12:18 PM
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I meant in terms of someone else trying to kill him, strat.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2007 at 12:11 PM
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Actually, he had that covered, too, Mademoiselle --
he was in medical school at the time, the cheap son of a bachelor. He's now one of those guys that chases freaky diseases all over the world with the CDC. Cool job, but kinda scary.
posted by
strat
on May 15, 2007 at 11:55 AM
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Well, only because it would have been a really major job to remove it, strat.
P.S. Of course, your cousin failed to take into account the potential medical bills.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2007 at 11:12 AM
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It's all right, Mademoiselle. At least your dad didn't disconnect it.
He just made it a capital crime to use it.
My cousin, afraid we would run up long distance bills and electricity, had his air conditioning and phone disconnected for a weekend in the middle of July in Charleston.
Looking back on it, he was probably right.
posted by
strat
on May 15, 2007 at 11:06 AM
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Well, we had it, Foliage, but couldn't use it.
He only died 3 years ago, so we were all mid-to-late teens by then.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2007 at 10:49 AM
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Mademoiselle
Oh dear! Well, at least you had air conditioning while growing up. We didn't, but we almost got to spend a summer in Siberia.
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 15, 2007 at 10:38 AM
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As opposed to the St. Petersburg in Wisconsin, Rcky?
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2007 at 10:19 AM
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Ah Madame, that was my next guess. Well shoot, that's quite a trip!
posted by
RckyMtnActivist
on May 15, 2007 at 10:15 AM
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Um, St. Petersburg in Russia, Rcky.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2007 at 10:13 AM
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Hahaha to Hazel's comment and Madame...you need to get out more!
Oh, St. Petersburg...Fla? That's STILL the East Coast! LOL
posted by
RckyMtnActivist
on May 15, 2007 at 10:10 AM
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clarification:
The ability to get away with being cruel, I mean.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2007 at 10:07 AM
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Kids can be so cruel, Hazel.
Of course, then again, that's one of the only good things about being a kid, actually.
P.S. It's 75 here right now, but expected to go up to 80.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2007 at 10:06 AM
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I don't think so, Rcky.
To my knowledge, I've only left the east coast twice in my entire life (and both times, involuntarily, to St. Petersburg).
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2007 at 10:03 AM
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88 degrees, in Upper Sandusky, Ohio today...............
My dad bought me a bike at a neighbors garage sale when I was in 6th grade...........I loved it....until the neighborhood kids yelled ," garage sale bike....garage sale bike" at me whenever they saw me riding it..........bastards
posted by
hazel_st_cricket
on May 15, 2007 at 10:00 AM
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Hahaha, I know you wanted it Madame! Now just file it away as useless
information, unless of course you move out West in the Summer! LOL
posted by
RckyMtnActivist
on May 15, 2007 at 9:57 AM
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Oh, okay then, Rcky.
Thanks for the info, anyway.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2007 at 9:53 AM
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Madame, it's a huge box that sits on top of your roof and works
just like AC that comes in through the vents. It uses water for cooling. They cannot be used in humid areas, that's why you never heard of them. I lived in NY and know how humid it is there.
posted by
RckyMtnActivist
on May 15, 2007 at 9:45 AM
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What's a "swamp cooler", Rcky?
Like a giant fan?
P.S. I guess maybe my father was right, then. However, there's no turning back now.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2007 at 9:41 AM
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What a funny story Madame (Minus your dad's death). I HATE
air conditioning, it always made me sick. However, out West where it is dry most everyone uses swamp coolers instead. It is cheaper than AC, better for the environment and better for you health, skin and hair. 
posted by
RckyMtnActivist
on May 15, 2007 at 9:31 AM
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Oh, it's okay, Offy.
I totally understood what you meant.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2007 at 9:24 AM
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Let me
Clarify...I am sorry about your Dad so I am not laughin at that...It's you!!! Happy Air Conditioners Day!!! hahahahahahaha
posted by
Offy
on May 15, 2007 at 9:21 AM
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OMGawd
Too funny...Did you really think that at his funeral? hahahahaha...my stomach hurts from laughin!!!
posted by
Offy
on May 15, 2007 at 9:17 AM
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