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Laura Spira's craving for love
I suppose we all want attention; all of us want to be loved. Laura's obsession for wanting to be liked by all is a bit hard to fathom though. She's petite and pretty, she can be pleasant if one doesn't read between the lines, and she's already one of the most popular AUEers. She wants more, it seems; she tries harder than is necessary. Her have-sympathy-for-me-because-I'm-an-oppressed-Jew attitude doesn't come across at first glance, but since I know her well and because we were, at one time, good friends, until I pointed out to her I recognized her ploy, I easily see it. Again and again.
Charles Riggs
Charles Riggs
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[/nq] But this isn't the way to go about it, Charles. I am careful and logical and I look things up I don't understand! When I hear people use the wrong words I get edgy!
- [/nq] But this isn't the way to go about it, Charles.
- I am careful and logical and I look things up I don't understand!
- When I hear people use the wrong words I get edgy!
- I am good with cheese.
- I read books fast.
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[nq:1]I suppose we all want attention; all of us want to be loved.[/nq]
But this isn't the way to go about it, Charles.
I am careful and logical and I look things up I don't understand! When I hear people use the wrong words I get edgy! I am good with cheese. I read books fast. I /think/! And I always have a piece of string. That's the kind of person I am! (Pratchett, Wee Free Men)
But this isn't the way to go about it, Charles.
I am careful and logical and I look things up I don't understand! When I hear people use the wrong words I get edgy! I am good with cheese. I read books fast. I /think/! And I always have a piece of string. That's the kind of person I am! (Pratchett, Wee Free Men)
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[nq:2]I suppose we all want attention; all of us want to be loved.[/nq]
[nq:1]But this isn't the way to go about it, Charles.[/nq]
I was pointing out some of the reasons for her ingratiating behaviour, trying to make some sense out of them, not demonstrate how to win friends and make enemies; social animals know how to do that quite well already.
If that message didn't come across, I d
[nq:1]But this isn't the way to go about it, Charles.[/nq]
I was pointing out some of the reasons for her ingratiating behaviour, trying to make some sense out of them, not demonstrate how to win friends and make enemies; social animals know how to do that quite well already.
If that message didn't come across, I d
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[nq:1]Her have-sympathy-for-me-because-I'm-an-oppressed-Jew attitude doesn't come across at first glance, but since I know her well and because we were, at one time, good friends, until I pointed out to her I recognized her ploy, I easily see it. Again and again.[/nq]
Hello to you Mr Ruff & Tuff!
I don't see a full moon out tonight, are you in one of your bipolar extremities?
It turns
Hello to you Mr Ruff & Tuff!
I don't see a full moon out tonight, are you in one of your bipolar extremities?
It turns
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Vass:
[nq:1]It turns out that I'm a Jew too, in fact we all are when confronted with the flatulence you have ... post is flat bang out of line. Proud to be Jew! Do you have a problem with that Big Boy??[/nq]
No, he doesn't! He has a very valid point about how minorities think everyone should feel sorry for them because of their minority status. Spira, as I recall, once told someone off bec
[nq:1]It turns out that I'm a Jew too, in fact we all are when confronted with the flatulence you have ... post is flat bang out of line. Proud to be Jew! Do you have a problem with that Big Boy??[/nq]
No, he doesn't! He has a very valid point about how minorities think everyone should feel sorry for them because of their minority status. Spira, as I recall, once told someone off bec
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[nq:2]Her have-sympathy-for-me-because-I'm-an-oppressed-Jew attitude doesn't come across at first glance, but ... recognized her ploy, I easily see it. Again and again.[/nq]
[nq:1]Hello to you Mr Ruff & Tuff![/nq]
Hiya, Gary.
[nq:1]I don't see a full moon out tonight, are you in one of your bipolar extremities?[/nq]
Was. I'm coming out of it. They're unrelated to full moons, thank
[nq:1]Hello to you Mr Ruff & Tuff![/nq]
Hiya, Gary.
[nq:1]I don't see a full moon out tonight, are you in one of your bipolar extremities?[/nq]
Was. I'm coming out of it. They're unrelated to full moons, thank
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[nq:1]time and book space could be allotted to what the Eastern European and the Russians have had to put up with, the Muslims, the early Christians, the poor, the diseased, the imprisoned, and dozens of[/nq]
Well put! In 1943, my great-grandparents-in-law were reduced to eating paper and cardboard to survive because there was no food, and it means absolutely no food. And despite that,
Well put! In 1943, my great-grandparents-in-law were reduced to eating paper and cardboard to survive because there was no food, and it means absolutely no food. And despite that,
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Vass:
[nq:1]Well put! In 1943, my great-grandparents-in-law were reduced to eating paper and cardboard to survive[/nq]
Your great-grandparents were alive in '43? HOW YOUNG are you, Vass? You definitely keep saying things that suggest that you are around my age. Two or three of MY great-grandparents were dead by '43, and the rest were dead by the 60's or 70's.
[nq:1]And despite that, my
[nq:1]Well put! In 1943, my great-grandparents-in-law were reduced to eating paper and cardboard to survive[/nq]
Your great-grandparents were alive in '43? HOW YOUNG are you, Vass? You definitely keep saying things that suggest that you are around my age. Two or three of MY great-grandparents were dead by '43, and the rest were dead by the 60's or 70's.
[nq:1]And despite that, my
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[nq:1]So? Tough luck? We won the war. I don't see the Germans and Italians and Japanese doing so horribly since losing. I don't get why you're implying that Jews WEREN'T on the winning side of WW2...[/nq]
That's an interesting concept to think about: were the Jews on any side in WW2? Was a German Jew on the German "side" even though he opposed the German government-in-place and was not
That's an interesting concept to think about: were the Jews on any side in WW2? Was a German Jew on the German "side" even though he opposed the German government-in-place and was not
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[nq:1]They're unrelated to full moons, thank goodness: twelve a year would be a bit much.[/nq]
Last night was the second full moon in July. According to some, that made it a "blue moon". The relationship of the color blue to two full moons in a calendar month escapes me.
John Varela
(Trade "OLD" lamps for "NEW" for email.)
I apologize for munging the address but the spam was t
Last night was the second full moon in July. According to some, that made it a "blue moon". The relationship of the color blue to two full moons in a calendar month escapes me.
John Varela
(Trade "OLD" lamps for "NEW" for email.)
I apologize for munging the address but the spam was t
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