111 posts to 40,000--- ask me anything

[NMDemDist2]

I've missed all my big milestones since 1000

don't let me miss this one!!

:hide:

:rofl:

[MrScorpio]

1. Do you call the wind "Maria"?

Or do you refer to it by an alternate sobriquet?

[NMDemDist2]

2. I happen to live in a very windy area

last night in fact it was blowing a steady 25-30 with gusts to 50mph

I usually say "Holy Chit! listen to that!" however, I never remember calling the wind Maria, or Mariah either for that matter.

I usually use a word beginning with 'F' and ending in 'king'

:evilgrin:

[Guava Jelly]

3. holy shit!!

Do you sleep? :D

[NMDemDist2]

5. yeah, lots actually but....

I have my laptop on an airdesk right next to my easy chair

It's easy to pop on DU through out the day, put in my $0.02 and then jump up and continue my day

but I'm an DU addict for sure........

[fizzgig]

4. how's the interior decorating going?

[NMDemDist2]

6. the guest bath is prepped and the paint is bought

I need to go get some wall mud to try a technique I saw on HGTV where you mix the wall mud right into the paint and put it on with a really nappy roller then 'knock it down' if needed for texture.

the thought of stripping 1300sf+ of wallpaper that is attached to the wallboard at the factory kept me paralyzed for a year LOL.

so I have a really good primer and i'm gonna try that cheat in the smallest room in the house, if it works I'm home free :bounce:

it takes a lot of prep though, pulling off the 'expansion' joints and filling those and getting em smooth. but I'll testing the theory this week (finally)

I do have the garden tilled and ready though :hi:

thanks for asking hehehe.......

[fizzgig]

8. sounds like you're moving right along

when can i come visit? :D

[NMDemDist2]

11. anytime, the guest room has gotten quite a bit of use in the last 18 months

it's comfy and private but you'll need to give me at least a couple weeks to get the guest bath back together.

I'm using a blue/gray on the walls and a darker shade of the same paint on the cabinets with brushed nickel fixtures/lamps and white counters and ceiling.

once I get that up I may do the other three walls in the guest room with the same blue/gray or even the same paint but REALLY light tint to balance out the sage wall in the guest room

I have a really nice set of french blue/yellow drapes with plenty of extra panels to make pillows etc

but I doubt it'll get that much of a make over until the paint is done all through the house.

the good news is hubby's new job gives him a week off a month, so once we're to the great room, he can help me knock it out fast later this summer

here's the guest room as of last summer, the couch has a trundle that pulls out and is quite comfy

[Haole Girl]

7. What is the longest break you ever took from DU?

Just wondering, with 40k posts, if you took any long breaks.

[NMDemDist2]

9. we visited Shreveport a couple Christmases ago and I only logged on

for a few minutes a couple times that week and when we moved to this house I was internetless for about 10 days.

that was about it for breaks......

[Haole Girl]

10. 10 days is a good break.

I think I've only lasted a week... around Christmas this year... if that! :hi:

[NMDemDist2]

12. I've been here a couple more years than you though

and it was making me crzy to take 10 days off :rofl:

[Haole Girl]

13. I keep thinking, one of these days, I'll kick this habit.

One can hope, right? ;-)

[NMDemDist2]

14. well, when you figure out how to do it, let me know eh?

:rofl:

[Haole Girl]

15. Sure....but, then again, if I told you...

then I'd have to post, and then my habit wouldn't be broken!
:crazy:

[NMDemDist2]

16. 39,991

well, there is that........

[Haole Girl]

17. I'm sorry

I didn't mean to kill your thread!

:hide:

[NMDemDist2]

18. ROFL

I'm not one of the *kool kids* but I imagine some of my buds will be along soon to help me out

:yourock:

:pals:

[Haole Girl]

19. I think you *are* one of the cool kids!

Thanks, btw. :pals:

And,
:yourock:

[NMDemDist2]

31. .....

:blush:

(39,912)

[SalmonChantedEvening]

20. :)

[NMDemDist2]

21. who you calling mutha???

:rofl:

(39,904)

[SalmonChantedEvening]

22. Knot Eye.

:hug:

:keek more:

[NMDemDist2]

23. .....

:spank:


:rofl:



and BTW.... :loveya:

(39907)

[SalmonChantedEvening]

26. Oh so backatcha AZ hun

:loveya:

Frenchtoast in fridge.. raid with me? :D

[NMDemDist2]

27. if there's whipped cream and powdered sugar included

you're ON!!

or was I supposed to bring that?? :hide:


:rofl:

(39,909)

[SalmonChantedEvening]

33. There is!

And whatever you want on the french toast as well :evilgrin:

[NMDemDist2]

36. OMG!!!

do you realize you are the only DUer who flirts with me?? :loveya:

:blush:

(39,915)

[SalmonChantedEvening]

43. What bees these mortals fool...

:hug: Yer too much fun not to :)

An AWW for ya :D

[NMDemDist2]

44. oooooooo

:o


:melt:

:thud:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

47. :sponge:

:catch: :D

I head off to sleep to keep the evil 5 AM alarm from being too painful

40K. Excellent :loveya:

Peace!

[sakabatou]

24. I got 1,438 posts till 15k

[NMDemDist2]

29. almost 90% there then

:bounce:

(39910)

[hippywife]

25. You got another heart!

Coz you are so sweet! :hug:

[NMDemDist2]

32. takes one to know one babeeee!

:loveya:

(39913)

[hippywife]

35. Wish I could hang around

and help you get to 40K but I'm fading fast and need to get horizontal! Have fun on the journey!

[NMDemDist2]

38. sounds like you deserve to be

sleep tight!

:hi:

[Xipe Totec]

28. Where is Arizona District 6?

[NMDemDist2]

30. read the sigline, I moved

:hi:

(39911)

[Xipe Totec]

34. So, where is New Mexico District 2

and I'm still curious about AZ D6. :hi:

[NMDemDist2]

37. well, it's kinda a long story

AZDist 6 is the State rep dist, not a federal congressional dist.

NMDist2 is pretty much the whole south half of the state and *is* the congressional dist.

edit to add 39,916

[Xipe Totec]

39. I'm curious because my dad was from Jerome AZ.

Never been down there, but have always wanted to.

[NMDemDist2]

40. he was from Jerome???? wow

it's a real tourist trap now just south of Sedona which is only about 90 minutes north of Phoenix

I visited it many times

it's worth a trip, beautiful area!

(39,920--- 80 to go)

[Xipe Totec]

55. Just for you,

I'm now listening to the Grand Canyon Suite, in the Album "Tone Poems of the American West"

[NMDemDist2]

56. one of the few classical pieces I really enjoy!

well, that's not quite true, probably more "one of the few classical pieces I know the name of"

:rofl:

(39,929)

[NC_Nurse]

41. Oh, man I love Jerome! What a beautiful place!

It's great! My husband and I went there and these people we met at one of the taverns invited us for Thanksgiving dinner.
They were so great! I've always wanted to go back. The view is gorgeous and it's got such interesting history!

[Xipe Totec]

46. Here's what the place looked like then

These are my grandparents in Jerome, the year before my dad was born.

[NC_Nurse]

48. Did your grandfather work at the mine?

[Xipe Totec]

49. He was a barber

When the mines closed, he moved back to El Paso, Tx.

Though, strangely enough, the seven generations before him were miners, moving up from the Sierra Madre in Mexico to the Rockies, starting before the 1700's as far as I can tell.

Miners have to follow the lodes.

[NMDemDist2]

53. you GOTTA go, it's an amazing place!

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[NC_Nurse]

57. You should definitely go.

It's really cool. :-)

[leeroysphitz]

42. Wow. Thats almost 30 posts a day every day for nearly four years.

You should get some sort of achievement certificate or something. :)

[NMDemDist2]

45. you want to know the amazing part

I've been in less than 10 flamewars in all that time too

:wow:

(39,922)

[SPKrazy]

50. lightweight poster

:P

:rofl:

[NMDemDist2]

51. pffft!

you're just jealous, admit it!!

(39,927)

[NMDemDist2]

61. dang!!

ok, you win

:yoiks:

[fortyfeetunder]

52. What will your 39,999th post be?

One more to ....

[NMDemDist2]

54. probably, I really have missed all my other big milestones

I'm being a little bit obsessive about this one...


which means I'll probably miss it again :cry:

(39,928)

[NC_Nurse]

58. I passed 6000 recently, had no idea...

But 40,000 is a boatload! You should write an epic poem or something. :o

[NMDemDist2]

59. i started this thread as a joke, but now I'm starting to think about it

I'll probably write something on what DU has meant to me over these last 4 years, the first few years of the * administration were so horrible, then when Kerry lost in '04 I was so depressed I couldn't even look at politics for a few weeks (months?) but I still was on DU, just in the Cooking and Baking group, the Home Improvement group, the Astrology group, the pet group.

those people saved my sanity, taught me to make bread from scratch and helped me totally remodel my kitchen for less than $1000

I have friends here, and it's such a big part of my life now that I don't work and live way out in the country, it's my life line, my news source, my solace and my motivator.

I'll post a link in the Lounge, but the 40K will hopefully be General Discussion material

oops edit to add 39,930 and counting

[NC_Nurse]

60. That's great, I'll be looking for it.

:hug:

[hippywife]

62. Kick!

Only 24 more to go, folks. Help the lady out and get to chattin'! ;)

[NMDemDist2]

63. 20 to go

oooo :wow:

I'm such a chatter box :rofl:

[hippywife]

77. So...

what did you have for dinner, then?

[NMDemDist2]

78. southern fried Catfish and hush puppies

peas and I made blonde brownies for desert

(39989)

[hippywife]

80. I love a good hush puppy!

Never tried to make them myself, that I can recall. I might have to do that soon.

[NMDemDist2]

81. I got the texture right, but it needed more spice and a touch of sugar

my wok worked great as a deep fryer

(39993)

[hippywife]

82. I figure I could probably do it

in my stainless sauce pot, no? I like 'em a little sweet with a good amount of finely diced onion in them. Haven't quite warmed up to the jalapenos in them tho.

[NMDemDist2]

83. sure, just something you can put a couple inches of oil in

I really need to get a high temp thermometer though...

(39997 two more :woohoo: )

[hippywife]

84. I think I need to get a new thermometer.

The one I bought is glass. I wanted to use it for my yogurt but the colored fluid inside (not sure what it is!) is separated in a few places and won't come back together so it's totally unreliable.

[NMDemDist2]

86. i have several but none that go above 300 degrees

and thanks again for your help to 40K

that was fun LOL

[SPKrazy]

64. Gawd, can't you post any faster than that?

:eyes:

get 'er done!

:rofl:

[NMDemDist2]

70. I'm working on it, I'm working on it

don't taze me bro!

(39,981)

[Redstone]

65. Forty effing THOUSAND? How sore are your fingers?

Redstone

[NMDemDist2]

71. I didn't do in TODAY for Dog's sake!

:silly:

(39982)

[Redstone]

87. Yeah, but still...what I mean to say is,

despite any arguments we may have had, that many posts says that you've put a lot of yourself into DU.

And I'm sure that I'm not the only one who feels that the place has benefited from your participation.

Redstone

[Sweet Freedom]

66. What did you have for lunch today? /nt

[NMDemDist2]

72. didn't eat Lunch

but cooked Catfish and Hush Puppies for dinner

:hi:

(39983)

[Sweet Freedom]

67. What's your favorite color? /nt

[NMDemDist2]

73. hmmmm

that's actually a tough one

blue?

no, purple

no wait!! Red!!

:think:

(39984)

[Sweet Freedom]

68. Favorite song? /nt

[NMDemDist2]

74. chit, another tough one

mmmmm

something by Bonnie Raitt?

yeah, anything by Bonnie Raitt!

(39985)

[Sweet Freedom]

69. How's the weather? /nt

[NMDemDist2]

75. it was beautiful today

mid 70's and sunny

(39986)

[Mike03]

76. Wow, that is a hell of a lot of posts.

As a fellow Arizonan, I just want to give you a humble "thank you" and "congratulations." No questions, just admiration.

Take care!

[NMDemDist2]

79. 39,990!!!! only 9 more to go :woohoo: n/t

[NMDemDist2]

85. 40,000

I posted it in GD and now I get to watch it drop like a rock

:rofl:

thanks everybody, that was fun!!

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