Male and Female Imponderables- Water Cooler Chat

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UPDATED: Wednesday, January 7, 2026 16:52
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*waves to everyone*

I had a whole post that got eaten in the posting, so...

Mangolo: Immersion? Cool. Are there any videos that I can watch/see? As for the "active volcano" comment - I hope your wife realizes that the whole island is technically an "active volcano" *giggle*.

Odds! Same old, same old. In fact, I feel like we've done a re-wind and I'm back to the begining of the school year. More stuff, and the learning curve shot even straighter...

NVG: *hugs* Give BabyVi and PsychoBilly (how are they by the way?) an extra hug for me please.

Tristan: I've been single longer than you, and you're gonna give up? Oh well, I've pretty much figured that there'll be a blizzard in Waikiki the day after I have a serious relationship again. (I'm sure that hell freezing will happen sooner.)

AbandonedCosair: Welcome to this corner of the 'verse.

The illness/injury question: When I get sick, I want a bit of papmering (well, I'd like someone else to run to the store and buy the cough drops, syrup, etc. instead of dragging my let-me-crawl-in-bed-and-collapse carcass around the store). Injury? I've been known to keep going (twising your ankle in the middle of the gorramn road will encourage you to keep moving too) -- usually after pausing to let the pain end.

Ah...I'm going to go before I depress myself more. See you all later.

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Well, I've got a sickness/injury and near death story rolled into one. Last year during fall finals, I got food poisoning. So before I knew I had it, I woke up in the night and felt horrible. So I wander down the hall to the men's bathroom and make my way into a stall, thinking I'll throw up. Well for some reason, super-weakness set in and I just fell...but here's where the almost death comes in. I fell and nailed the edge of the toilet tank with my head, my elbow on the bowl, and then bounced backwards into the cinder block wall, hitting my head again. Basically, I fought the toilet and the toilet won. I eventually got better, but narrowly escaped the food poisoning and severe head trauma...of course I don't think there's any brain damage, but if there was, would I really know?



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Hi, Traveler, it's always fun to read your posts. I wish a quiet sleep for you tonight. Hopefully your clock will stay silent until it's time to get up at an appropriate time.

Waves to Neko. It's great to see more of your lately.

JPStargazer, I was very sympathetic reading your story. I've had food poisoning, too. And then you conveyed the events of the assault by the toilet.

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JPStargazer
I fought the toilet and the toilet won.

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I couldn't stop laughing. It's always a shame when we lose a fight with an inanimate object.




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h'mmm, think the closest i've ever come was when i was little, ran all the way up a hill full tilt, not realising until about 6 inches from the edge that it ended in a 100ft cliff. well, and all the other stupid things i did when i was little xD

Gods are great. But the heart is greater, for it is from the heart they come, and to the heart they shall return.

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Originally posted by traveler:
Hell's Kitten. You speak better Wisconsinese than I do. And I have lived in Mawaukee for 40 years.

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Family's based in Wisconsin, more'n half in the rural areas, the rest in the cities. Grew up in Muh-waukee. Maybe my 22 years there plus da fam'ly history trumps your 40? Or maybe you're just more civilized. *shrug* *giggle*

(Are you familiar with the word / phrase "ain'a?" *snikker* Wisconsinese for "don't you think?" or "I say, old chap, wouldn't you agree?" or "isn't that so?" - derived from the "ain't it?" slang.)

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Originally posted by VerseExplorer:
Hi, HK. Don't kick the Jeep too hard. We don't want you to break any toes.

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Ah. Thanks for the concern. But you haven't seen my boots. No worries about me breaking anything other'n the Jeep. But its paneling is surprisingly dent-resistant.

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Originally posted by Tristan:
I have given up trying to find a love-interest around here...I have zero opportunity to meet anyone, actually. That does not leave out my qing ren, though...even if she is halfway around the world!
I have gotten to the point where it just does not seem like it's worth the effort; I am happy alone right now. Well, not completely alone...I have y'all!

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I am in a very similar situation here in WR. There is one guy from the restaurant job that I consider a friend, and a dozen or so others who are work acquaintences, though I am sure I could call on them if need be (well, some of them, and depending on the time of day). You guys are the people that I interact with the most (withoug being paid for it), and I am ok with that right now. The blessing of the internet is that I have been able to meet such shiny people and make new friends, and it's curse puts you all over the rest of the world.

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Originally posted by msg:
HUGS Mircea and I hope you feel better. Try filling an athletic sock with uncooked rice and tie the top. Then microwave for 4 minutes. Makes a terrific heating pad and it lasts a long time:)

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I am a big fan of this method, as it is cheap, and an added benefit is that I use jasmine rice, so it smells really nice too. :)

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Originally posted by mal4prez:
I'm not good at water cooler talk. Doesn't that require detailed knowledge of the latest episode of Friends?

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Eh, I hope not. I'm not good at this "water cooler talk," either. It conjures images of work, and I avoid people at work at all costs.

*struggles with not avoiding the imponderables due to the

work-related connotation* *struggle, struggle*

Bah. I am brooding because of work, which leaves me with nothing to say, so I'ma go hide in a corner and sulk. Maybe cry. We'll see.

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*seeks out HK, lifting her up in a bigassjimibearhuggle for her struggles to separate us Imponderables from the work connotation, and also for her shared liking of anti-socialness at work*

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Originally posted by Hell's Kitten:
it's onnaconna* dangers.

* 'onnaconna' = Wisconsinese for 'on account of'

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Originally posted by traveler:
EDIT: Hell's Kitten. You speak better Wisconsinese than I do. And I have lived in Mawaukee for 40 years.

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Originally posted by Hell's Kitten:

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Originally posted by traveler:
Hell's Kitten. You speak better Wisconsinese than I do. And I have lived in Mawaukee for 40 years.

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Family's based in Wisconsin, more'n half in the rural areas, the rest in the cities. Grew up in Muh-waukee. Maybe my 22 years there plus da fam'ly history trumps your 40? Or maybe you're just more civilized. *shrug* *giggle*

(Are you familiar with the word / phrase "ain'a?" *snikker* Wisconsinese for "don't you think?" or "I say, old chap, wouldn't you agree?" or "isn't that so?" - derived from the "ain't it?" slang

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I am going to be in Wisconsin in a week, am I going to need a translator for any of this 'wisconsinese' ???

Yikes @ all the different stories of losing fights with beds, toilets, and 100 ft cliffs. Glad that you all survived the ordeals. My brother one time was defeated by a swinging shower door, it let his foot right through the glass as he attempted to climb it.

Neko - *bigassjimipouncetacklebearhuggle*

Same as with yesterday, I have training from 0800 - 1400 today, so I will catch up with y'all either after lunch or in the last half hour of work. I hope you guys have shiny days. :)

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