You sure you want to know? Well, okay!
Then I proceed to talk about how lousy things are, etc. This always brings on a smile from the recipient (not!).
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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Then I proceed to talk about how lousy things are, etc. This always brings on a smile from the recipient (not!).
I had the same problem. That's why my bandmates always wore helmets with faceguards.
A friend of mine says in reply to "How are you?":
"Warm and vertical"!
"Warm and vertical"!
"Have a good one" someone said. I replied "Thanks , I do. I need a bigger one."
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Trust Sea Hag is consulted on this one.
I always answer: ‘Its another good day to be alive!’ 
last time I had a pair.
Alaskaleftybass said...
“last time I had a pair”!!!!!
(Sorry, man...the 7th grader in me just bubbled up toward the surface....
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"Livin the dream"
"Sittin up takin nourishment"
"If I was any better I'd be twins"
" I think I'm gonna live another day"
Its all corny but I like em!
"Sittin up takin nourishment"
"If I was any better I'd be twins"
" I think I'm gonna live another day"
Its all corny but I like em!
Where am I and who put the carpet on the wall???Alaskaleftybass said...
“last time I had a pair”!!!!!
(Sorry, man...the 7th grader in me just bubbled up toward the surface....
For "how are you?", my favorite is "strange", but I'll use "another day in paradise" or "I feel more like I do now than I did before"(crickets and 
). If I get "how ya doin'?", "without".
). If I get "how ya doin'?", "without".
Three cashiers, mid to late 20’s, in a grocery tonight were combining efforts to figure out the twelve times table. Apparently 4x12=56 according to two of the three. One had 10x12 correct. This wasn’t a put on, they were seriously trying to figure it out.
Sigh.
Sigh.
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has some of the Fischer-Price vibe to it.
I understand there is a minimum IQ required to perform some tasks. Yet always a good idea to see who's assigning those tasks and for what reason (and on whose authority). Or who may wish to purposefully under-educate, and for what reasons. "Follow the money," Deep Throat said.
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Kids today would probably want to use a digital abacus app. I wonder if they would have any hope of learning how to use it. It’s a lot easier just to ask Siri or Alexa what four times twelve is.
A real abacus would be way too dangerous for a child under 30 years old. A rail could break, then they would choke down the beads.
A real abacus would be way too dangerous for a child under 30 years old. A rail could break, then they would choke down the beads.
We happen to have two antique abacuses (abaci?) in our living room. Since I am over 30 I will dismiss your concern.
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There are abacus apps, and I know this because I just looked 
And I don't personally count arithmetic among my skill sets. Perplexed my physics teacher to see my ability to construct a perfect proof and arrive at the wrong answer every time. They sent me to the English department.
And I don't personally count arithmetic among my skill sets. Perplexed my physics teacher to see my ability to construct a perfect proof and arrive at the wrong answer every time. They sent me to the English department.
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