hi karen. i think that there is a history to furniture stores on shelburne road who are aggressive and unscrupulous. the lash family set the standard there over many, many decades. they have owned many of the furniture companies there. i don't know who owns this one, but to compete with wolves you gotta be one. i think that furniture stores around here really suck and it may just be part of that business. sorry i couldn't help more.

by the way, the naked truth for me is that i am a big fan of humans for exactly the way they are- all 6 billion different ways. to find one look as a definition of babiliciousness is boring and stupid and definitely not babilicious. i hate tv for its stereotypes. i really like cynical girls, which leads me to my point- which is that i think that the brain is the most important and largest of the "turn-on" body parts. how a person acts is more titilating than . . . well, you know.

If it was NAKED truth then there would be no underwires, just aged mammaries (not memories) that may not trigger much of anything but lack of appetite. In your field I am sure the underwires are much more effective.

Glad to read that you and Lori enjoyed lunch and catching up. Maybe you can help me Richard, my sister purchased some mattresses from a place called Burlington Bedrooms, the mattress outlet but is having some problems with them (kind of a bait and switch). I was wondering if you knew anything about their reputation? Are they sleezy? She was going to make sure they didn't run her card number until she gets satisfaction. I checked Better Business Bureau and they are not registered. Just thought you might have heard of the place ... think its on Shelburne Rd.

by the way, i am from a world where i have used wires that are too small and they have under triggered sensors and i have positioned sensor triggers that are wired under other mechanical devices. however, i am not quite sure i understand this one. i may need some hand holding and guidance to fully grasp the naked truth of what this underwire triggering is all about.

Yes, I'm glad we got to meet. I'm having fun with all my Springfield friends. You guys are special!

top ten list of who i most like to have lunch with. yup, i was with one of 'em for some delicious thai food today. her smile goes through me. you're all on that list, just didn't happen today unless your name is lori. sweet kid. honest, too. laughed and cried. forgot about time.

Karen, talking about losing knives at Security, my son had a TINY (less than an inch) knife on a chain around his neck and got stopped at security at Burlington airport. They sent him back to the check-in counter and made him put it in his backpack and check the backpack in instead of taking it as hand luggage on the plane. No other airport gave him problems about that. They're pretty strict in Burlington. Once they took away all our batteries.

I'll be looking at schools but most of the positions I've seen have been working with behaviorally disturbed students and i don't feel up to that challenge right now. I'd like to sub for a while and see what building is the fun one! Believe not all school staff are there having a good time. Right Kathi? We have a good time together at my building and I'd like to find a similar climate.

So Richard I'm thinking about a the American Knife and wondering if a quart bottle of Schlitz might not be easier to pack?

by the way, i am an idea hampster and i have many more thoughts on swiss army knives for the global economy. obviously, the original has 22 tools that a practical swiss person uses daily. a french army knife would be the same for the practical french person and it needs to have 22 corkscrews (only). a japanese army knife should include 17 remote controls and the american version would probably just have a hand gun and a six pack of budweiser. just a thought.

hi pat. i hope transitioning goes well. i am concerned that my purchasing habits will be exposed if you work at the ll bean call center. does everyone need to know that i buy down-filled bikini bottoms (no tops) for that special someone? pretty sexy- am i right? also, if you ever have the chance, could you ask them to offer a swiss army house? forget about the knife with the corkscrew and toothpick. i need something to take on the road that folds out into a rock star's crib with a decent wine cellar and a refrigerator full of snacks. don't worry. i will figure out how to open the wine bottles and retrieve crumbs from my teeth without the current models they offer.

today was our staff in service day and tomorrow is the first student day. so we're off again. I have 23 days of school before I am officially retired. On Wednesday after school I have an inspector and an appraiser coming at 3:30. We had a 3 hour inspection of the house in Hermon, this guy up here say it'll probably be about 30 minutes. Isn't that odd? I'm glad I'm not a prospective buyer counting on information on this house in P.I. to help with my decision.

I think I'm going to work at the LL Bean all center for the holiday season. that is if they're still hiring when I get down that way.

I think I'm June actually, A time of year when roses would be in bloom. The calendar will be an 18 month-er because that's how many of us are in the group. The are fewer active members but when we decided to do the calendar it was surprising how many of us were involved. One of the members is doing all the photo shoots. I think we planned to have them available by Nov. It's really just something for a kick!

thanks for the nice comments you guys..........

You look really good with the roses, Patti!