To don't list - Page 3

lindyhop · 06-13-2006, 08:21 PM

Getting a new watch battery has been at the top of my list forever. I should probably take it off since I don't like to wear a watch and I've done without one for so long. But it's a Mickey Mouse watch so I hate to give up on it.

As for the rest of my list...I don't want to think about it.

Moonliner · 06-14-2006, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I've actually been knocking quite a few things off my to do list, but a few items remain:

Fix the latch on the Kitchen Cabinet
Clean the garage out
Schedule surgery
Scan the rest of my slides

One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?

Did you guess which thing was not like the others?
Did you guess which thing just doesn't belong?
If you guessed this one is not like the others,
Then you're absolutely...right!

Care to elaborate on the one that's not like the others?

€uroMeinke · 06-14-2006, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

Care to elaborate on the one that's not like the others?

I have a hernia, that eventually I'll have to take care of - probably better sooner than later, but first there some blood work and tests to get out of the way. Getting old sucks.

Scrooge McSam · 06-14-2006, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Getting old sucks.

You said a mouthful there, partner.

lindyhop · 06-14-2006, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Getting old sucks.

Yes.

But the alternative is worse.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-13-2006, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

1) I love that my cell phone replaced my wristwatch ages ago. No more never getting around to replacing the batteries and the bands.

That's what I've been doing in the intervening months...and I hate it. I'm a pretty obsessive time-checker and pulling my phone out of my pocket all day gets tiresome.

3) Get 2nd half of Paris trip and Coachella photos online.

lizziebith · 06-13-2006, 10:42 PM

I have about 40 legal-page long "to-do" lists...I've been saving them forever. It's fun to look back at the early stuff that got accidentally done or dropped off due to some cosmic expiration date. My current lists all look like fires that need putting out. It's 10:40 and I just sent an emergency fax to Ireland...that should give you some clue. But I wouldn't want it any other way...I'm the kid who wrote 12-page term papers (complete with fake "rough drafts") at 5 am the day they were due in HS... I LIVE for ze pressure. Oh. yah.

Oh, and watches? Disposable things. Wear until battery dies. Keep (maybe because it's a Yoda watch) or toss. Replace. Repeat.

Keeps that kinda stuff offa lists. Makes room for Storage Unit issues! LOL...

Prudence · 06-13-2006, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by lizziebith

I'm the kid who wrote 12-page term papers (complete with fake "rough drafts") at 5 am the day they were due in HS.

It wasn't just me?! I edit as I write, and none of my classes were worth really editing for, so I had to fake the drafts. Did you ever have to fake the "pre-writing"? I do NOT think in cloud maps!

Alex · 06-13-2006, 11:25 PM

For me, watches are the only form of jewelry I wear. If it was simply a matter of practicality I would have long ago switched to a digital monstrosity rather than the sleek simple things I prefer. For me the ideal watch is thin, has two simple hands and absolutely nothing else on its face. No second hand, no date, no numbers to help you read the time. Just two hands flowing in eternal circles. I'm an obsessive time checker as well, but knowing the time to within a couple minutes is good enough for me. Watches are for the pretty, and they have just enough practical value for me to accept them anyway.

I've actually been pretty good about getting to my to-do stuff the last few weeks. But after a few months of ignoring it it was pretty long. I do need to buy curtains for the living room. And I should get around to hanging the art that has been sitting on the floor in the bedroom since we moved in a 15 months ago.

Alex · 06-13-2006, 11:28 PM

I just turned in the final drafts and essentially told them to go screw themselves (though more politely) on the make-work pre-writing stuff. Still managed to get through high school (I also never turned in more than a half-dozen homework assignments in four years and rarely read books before writing papers about them; parents, don't let me near your kids with advice on how to get through school).

06-13-2006, 08:21 PM	#1
lindyhop Swing Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 997	Getting a new watch battery has been at the top of my list forever. I should probably take it off since I don't like to wear a watch and I've done without one for so long. But it's a Mickey Mouse watch so I hate to give up on it. As for the rest of my list...I don't want to think about it.
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06-13-2006, 10:42 PM	#7
lizziebith Wishing these titles could be longe Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pearblossom CA Posts: 984	I have about 40 legal-page long "to-do" lists...I've been saving them forever. It's fun to look back at the early stuff that got accidentally done or dropped off due to some cosmic expiration date. My current lists all look like fires that need putting out. It's 10:40 and I just sent an emergency fax to Ireland...that should give you some clue. But I wouldn't want it any other way...I'm the kid who wrote 12-page term papers (complete with fake "rough drafts") at 5 am the day they were due in HS... I LIVE for ze pressure. Oh. yah. Oh, and watches? Disposable things. Wear until battery dies. Keep (maybe because it's a Yoda watch) or toss. Replace. Repeat. Keeps that kinda stuff offa lists. Makes room for Storage Unit issues! LOL... __________________ $ DO \|\| !$ DO ; TRY TRY: COMMAND NOT FOUND
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06-13-2006, 11:25 PM	#9
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	For me, watches are the only form of jewelry I wear. If it was simply a matter of practicality I would have long ago switched to a digital monstrosity rather than the sleek simple things I prefer. For me the ideal watch is thin, has two simple hands and absolutely nothing else on its face. No second hand, no date, no numbers to help you read the time. Just two hands flowing in eternal circles. I'm an obsessive time checker as well, but knowing the time to within a couple minutes is good enough for me. Watches are for the pretty, and they have just enough practical value for me to accept them anyway. I've actually been pretty good about getting to my to-do stuff the last few weeks. But after a few months of ignoring it it was pretty long. I do need to buy curtains for the living room. And I should get around to hanging the art that has been sitting on the floor in the bedroom since we moved in a 15 months ago.
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06-13-2006, 11:28 PM	#10
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I just turned in the final drafts and essentially told them to go screw themselves (though more politely) on the make-work pre-writing stuff. Still managed to get through high school (I also never turned in more than a half-dozen homework assignments in four years and rarely read books before writing papers about them; parents, don't let me near your kids with advice on how to get through school).
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