Mundane Thoughts or Comments

[fronobulax]

Inquiring minds want to know!

At the risk of going where we probably should not, when I was thinking of words similar to "conversation" that might be corrected to conversation, but the original involved money, I wondered it the original had been "conversion"? I can postulate several scenarios where "saving up for a conversion" makes sense, although in some scenarios $300 is a mere drop in the bucket.

 

[Nuuska]

These are modern times - he/she/it/wtf needs the dough for sumpting that's none of our business

 

[Guildedagain]

Maybe it's a conversion?

 

[geoguy]

Maybe he has to pay for conversations . . . how sad.

 

[Midnight Toker]

To me the best part was... only played once while I was learning, then has collected dust ever since.

While I was learning. Good luck w/ that!

 

[Nuuska]

Learning WHAT ? ? ? - most likely not guitar playing . . .

 

[adorshki]

Things I don't understand.

Is he saving up for remedial grammar, or is this presaging the future of electronic communications?

Apparently it's free? Although that's still too much. I'd wind up spending money to dispose of the stuff properly. But I'll talk to 'im for free.

 

[Teleguy61]

Man, we are in deep waters over this one!

 

[Guildedagain]

The past is the future.

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[Canard]

Out for my morning walk today, I encountered a group of three pretty teenage schoolgirls. They were across the intersection from me, and as the walk signal lit up for me, they turned left down the street I was walking along. Walking behind them, I could not help but notice a sudden change in their gaits and in the cohesion of the group. They became looser and their hips swung more freely. A teenage boy on a bicycle was coming up the sidewalk towards them. As he approached, they stepped to the side to let him pass slowly, and almost in unison, they said, “Hi,” in low pitched husky/silky voices. They immediately continued on their way with hips swinging even more freely. The boy was slightly flustered, and as his head swivelled round to watch them walk away, he lost control of his bicycle and fell into a wet, dirty snow bank at the edge of the sidewalk. I suddenly felt very cheerful. I may be old. The world may be in chaos. But life goes on.

 

[GGJaguar]

I put Red Bull in my coffee this morning and now I can see noises.

 

[fronobulax]

I put Red Bull in my coffee this morning and now I can see noises.

Synesthesia

 

[Canard]

Synesthesia

Gesundheit!

 

[jp]

Out for my morning walk today, I encountered a group of three pretty teenage schoolgirls. They were across the intersection from me, and as the walk signal lit up for me, they turned left down the street I was walking along. Walking behind them, I could not help but notice a sudden change in their gaits and in the cohesion of the group. They became looser and their hips swung more freely. A teenage boy on a bicycle was coming up the sidewalk towards them. As he approached, they stepped to the side to let him pass slowly, and almost in unison, they said, “Hi,” in low pitched husky/silky voices. They immediately continued on their way with hips swinging even more freely. The boy was slightly flustered, and as his head swivelled round to watch them walk away, he lost control of his bicycle and fell into a wet, dirty snow bank at the edge of the sidewalk. I suddenly felt very cheerful. I may be old. The world may be in chaos. But life goes on.

My wife and I once took our boys to a local buffet they'd wanted to go to. At the time, both were in high school. Of course, as their parents, we think they're quite handsome as most parents feel of their kiddums. As we were eating, I noticed two high school teenage girls kept walking back and forth past our table to go to the desserts. Our boys were seated on the outside of our booth so they could make multiple return trips quickly, as teenage boys tend to do at a buffet. The girls kept walking by, sometimes more slowly with slight pauses, each time they with slight adjustments to their scarves and sweaters in different configurations. And always giggling. My wife and I noticed this and looked at each other with amusement. My boys, however, were lost in complete chow down bliss mode and noticed absolutely nothing.
Lol! Ahhh--adolescence!

 

[Canard]

Lol! Ahhh--adolescence

Yeah! Been there, done that, and bought the T-shirt myself.

Much later in life I have encountered female ex-classmates from Jr. and Sr. high school who confessed their teenage frustration at my oblivious ignorance of their most definite interest in me.

I also had a female colleague once who had a fashion-model-good-looking teenage son, who was a highly skilled athlete and academic whizz. Being highly photogenic, he was often interviewed when there was TV coverage of sporting events he participated in. He was also a good interview subject, affable, intelligent, and articulate. The interviewers loved him. After these interviews started, he had more than one Hollywood talent scout approach him at sporting events and ask him to fly to LA for auditions, something he had no interest in at all. His mom, my colleague, would laugh about the endless parade of teenage girls up and down the street in front of the house; her son never twigged to why they were there.

 

[Guildedagain]

^It must be spring, judging by higher than normal hormonally driven content.^

If you'd like to cash in on lovebirds pairing up, it rains diamonds on Neptune. Let's get some. Who's in?

 

[gjmalcyon]

^It must be spring, judging by higher than normal hormonally driven content.^

If you'd like to cash in on lovebirds pairing up, it rains diamonds on Neptune. Let's get some. Who's in?

What time are you picking me up?

 

[GGJaguar]

The green grass on the other side of the fence may just be a septic tank issue.

 

[adorshki]

The green grass on the other side of the fence may just be a septic tank issue.

"It's good to smell the green green grass of home."

 

[zulu]

The one childhood game I still play every day is 'Red Light Green Light'