Good Wednesday Morning, Everybody!

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Welcome to the second and final super early edition of the Captain Clintmax show! :bounce: Today is the last day I have to be at the store extra early before Christmas, so beginning tomorrow, it is back to my regularly scheduled time!

I hope all you Nighthawks have had a GREAT night! I slept well and feel good this morning, especially since Greekspeak is going to be here with me tomorrow. My whole attitude about this holiday has changed now since I don't have to be alone.

I was watching CNN & MSNBC yesterday when I got home (instead of cleaning this apartment like I should have been) and was glad to see how up in arms everyone is over this wiretapping mess Chimpyboy has gotten himself into! Both Dems and Repugs are calling for investigations into whether he broke the law. As we know, he did, and hopefully something MAJOR will come out of this and the idiot boy will be made to go away. I don't have much confidence in that...but we'll see.

Lovely to see you!! :loveya:

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It's good to see you too, my dear!

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I wrote emails to both my senators and my representative about the wiretapping thing. I have hopes that the sole democrat amongst them will actually do something about it.

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I hope so too. I don't know if it will...he seems to get away with just about everything.

The only comfort I have is that I believe in Karma.

that the fucker gets impeached or something. The difference between this and getting a blowjob is SO far it's stupid. I hope they can see that in Washington!

as you I didn't do anything in my apt. I still have tonight and tomorrow night and Friday morning before I leave to get the place in order. I decided to take my dirty clothes with me and wash them at my grandma's place. Why do I have a car all for myself? Enough room to stuff it with things :)

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Since I've procrastinated up until now...I'm going to have to do it all when I get home from work this afternoon. x( You know the feeling.

and I bet your apt is a lot bigger than mine.

But it's still little. We really need more room.

:)

One bedroom, a livingroom, a kitchen and a bath. And that on 50 sqm. My "castle". At the moment literally because of all the junk laying around. Could be dangerous to walk around at night .... you could trip .... :rofl:

:rofl: We're a pair you and I, you know it?!

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and I love it

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When I get home from work today (at 4pm) I'm going to have to get right in and get this place taken care of or Greekspeak is going to come back to a disaster area. :rofl:

or the puppy pee on your clothes laying around :rofl:

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Let's not have that! Ewww! I just want Greekspeak to come home to a clean house. Who wants to come home from a long trip and clean house?

that is why I want it to get clean BEFORE I leave. Let's see if I get it done. It is actually only cleaning the pots. Everything else I can scoop up and throw on another spot :rofl:

Sweeping the dirt under the proverbial rug, huh?:rofl: I can honestly say I've never done THAT, but I sure have thought about it. No, I'm going to do it right this time. :rofl:

more the papers that still need to get sorted in. I "collect" them at different places. When cleaning up I put them in a certain basket and there they slumber till the basket is full and I take my time and sort them in.

I just recently filed mine away so I have a nearly empty basket right now...it won't stay that way for long though. Just one more thing we have in common! :bounce:

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Nobody can have this much in common and NOT be kindred.

then definitely in the soul

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Kindred souls it HAS to be! :hug:

:hi: glad to hear that your holidays will be nice...

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Thank you! Me too...because who wants to be alone for Christmas and New Year's?

it oughta be a law....or a crime ....or A .....SHEEESSSSHHH....now I am confused :silly:

But, I WILL be here on DU Christmas Morning...so if you're going to be around in the early AM...stop by and say hello. :hug:

because I have to work....Boo :hug: it will be okay with you around though

I'll be here, that's for sure. You have to work on christmas day? x( That's no fun!

hopefully everyone has a nice and quiet Christmas...and I mean that in the most sincerest way possible

I hope you have a nice quiet night with no trauma's at all! Thank you for being there for those who are hurt and need help! You're a hero in my eyes now, Miss WildH! :hug::hug::hug:

:blush::blush::blush: :hug::hug::hug:

You folks in the ER and Police Officers and Firemen are the heros of this country in my book! I love you for it!

and I love you for being you and helping me with my photobucket!

But that was such a little thing...don't think another thing about it. I was glad to help. :hug:

I'm glad to clear up that confusion then. We don't need that kind of confusion in our lives, my dear. Things are complicated enough without stuff like that.

DAMNED COMPUTER!

Wow, do people really shop this early for furniture? :shrug:

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Not so much furniture but the accessories and gifts we also have. We open at 8. The sad thing is...our first customer doesn't usually show up until 9:30 or so.

When I worked in the mall and in the book department at Kmart people were beating down the doors to get in no matter how early we opened. It's sad really--peoples lives are so replete that they need to shop almost around the clock.

So I know what it's like. I agree with you, Miss Buffy. Around the clock is right! I've always thought it was silly to open early at my store. No one ever comes in that early and I can just see payroll fairly flying out the door. x(

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But, they're in charge so we just have to deal with it.

I still have the same problem in both my jobs here--upper management making decisions based on little or faulty knowledge of the situations at hand. What are you going to do though? :shrug:

I think our District Manager is going to make a "suprise" visit today too. As if we don't have enough going on, you know it?

I hate when they do that crap. Then you have to be on your best behavior, sucking up to all of the customers and blah blah blah. :eyes: :puke: I feel for you.

because all her stores are struggling to meet sales goals, so she's been a real b-word with everyone. I'm looking forward to it let me tell ya. x(:puke:

I don't know about the average person, but furniture has never been a hot thing on my Christmas list. I can understand why sales might not be so hot this time of year.

but that's the big ticket items that would make our sales go. It's going to be interesting today, that's for sure.

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All is explained. ;)

...you are up bright and early!

Too damned early if you ask me! I like to get up at 5 usually. Not this 3:30 business! How are you today?

...a cat-nap?

Have to have some breakfast, get ready for work and leave at 6:30. no cat-naps for me!

I was just going back to bed!

Hey that is great news about Greekspeak! So -you'll have company for both holidays?

Ya know - our mothers warned us about eavesdropping. Chimpyboy should have known better!

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It's good to see you this very early morning! Yes, he will be here with me from now on. His dad is doing so well that he doesn't need to stay any longer. So I won't be alone after all! But, I'll still be here on DU on Christmas Day.

It's nice to see you here everyday. I don't remember what DU was like last Christmas but I know I'll enjoy it more this year!

I'm sure it will be better this year too. I'll be here with you, my dear! This is my "other" home now.

My house mate said earlier this evening "It's nice to see you. How long before you leave next time and will you be taking the parrot again?"

That's not nice. Maybe you should reconsider your living arrangements if he/she is going to be THAT way. :grr:

She meant that in the very nicest of ways. It does seem like I just come home to do my laundry. I'm going to NC to visit with Sugar Smack next month. So she wasn't pushing me out the door, it's better than watching me mope around the house all winter like I have for the past few years.

I'm glad it wasn't a "pushing you out of the house" thing. I've moped around the house during the holidays for the past few also, so I know how you feel.

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Just starting on breakfast and coffee here, as well as pretending to work (obviously).

Mini :party: here as it's my name-day today. :bounce: :toast:

Hope that you're doing well - and I'm sure that you'll be delighted to have Greekspeak back in your arms and bed soon. :hug: :pals:

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I sure will! I don't sleep well when he's not here. It's your name-day, huh? Wow!

It always used to be today, but because of it's proximity to Christmas and the fact that it's during Advent, St. Thomas's day was moved to July - but I'm grumpy and old-fashioned. So I get to have some fun today. :D

I hope it's a great day for you, TJ! What do you usually do for fun on this day? I'm all curious.

I brought some chocolates into the office and will have a drink (or few) this evening.

Any excuse for drinking roughly speaking. :toast:

I don't drink, so coffee or soda have to do it for me. Have fun, Man!

Since I was about 15 I'd guess (there's a much more relaxed attitude to it over here), this means 2 things - first I know my limits, and secondly it's never been a big thing to go and get drunk (which is actually a very boring thing i.m.o.).

It happened to me once, and ONLY once. I woke up on the bathroom floor, naked and sick sick sick. I spent 3 hours after I woke up vomiting and then dry heaving. It was miserable. I haven't touched a drop of liquor since then. "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." as the saying goes.

Odd though it may sound.

I'm convinced (and experience of southern European attitudes vs. British and American seems to bare this out) that if children start to get introduced to alcohol in small amounts at a fairly young age, then they'll grow up used to it and will be far less to go out and binge getting drunk. The idea that folk can't drink legally until 21 is (to my mind) just asking for trouble with youthful drunks.

:donut: :hi: :hug: I seem to be missing you lately ... ya have to get up pretty early in the morning to catch the Captain Clintmax show!

I'm glad Greekspeak is coming home. Yay! :bounce: Spending holidays alone can be a drag.

Think positive. Let's hope the idiot and his whole entourage go away.

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GODS, I have missed you! I'm glad to see you today! Yes, the recent past has been extra early only because I have to be to work so damned early. Back to regular schedule starting tomorrow thank all the gods! I hope the whole freakin' crew goes away, but I'm not holding my breath.

:hug: Every morning, I get up and check your thread ... and you're gone. :cry: But I'm having a sleepless morning today and here you are! :bounce:

I'm glad your schedule will be back to normal tomorrow!

We're still sorting through stuff and getting the house ready. Of course, the hurricane damage is STILL there. We took all the trains down and patched up the walls. My husband had put tracks all around one of the rooms. It was pretty cool. Next house, they're going in the basement, though.

I LOVE those! I always had one when I was kid...but haven't had the room for one, but I surely would love to!

And we're not talking ordinary model trains. He collects scale models of the real thing. His favorite is Big Boy. There was one in Scranton, PA (probably is still there) that we visited. It's HUGE!

We didn't exactly have room for it, which is why it was mounted on the wall. And it was high, above everything, so that the doors could still open and we didn't lose any floor space. It was a very cool set-up, but hard to work on. It's sort of sad having it down.

I'd LOVE to see them! That's right up my alley, Miss Airmens! I have new respect for Mr. Airmens now! :rofl:

:) Mr. Airmens is harleydad (likes motorcycles, too). He doesn't post yet, but I'm working on him.

We can talk about model trains! :rofl: It would be good to meet him too!

He does EVERYTHING I tell him to do. :rofl:

Here are some pics ... not the best, I know. We took them before the hurricane, in case we lost anything.

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Those look SO great! I'm all jealous over here! :rofl: I'm sure now that it IS sad having it down. Thank you for showing them to me! :hug:

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But don't be jealous anymore ... they're down and packed away. The walls are fixed and you'd never know there were trains up there. I'll send you a new pic in about a year or so when they're back up in the new house.

So what's up with this early morning working stuff? Extended hours?

Extended hours, don'tcha know. I have to leave the house in about 30 minutes to go get the store ready to open. I'm expecting our district manager today also for a "surprise" visit, so that'll just make the day even more exciting. :puke:

I'm surprised you keep such a good attitude during the holidays! At least you know you're getting the "surprise" visit. :rofl:

I have to get dressed and climb on that treadmill. Thank you for sharing your morning with me. I'm SO glad I was awake this morning! :loveya: :hug: :hi:

Thank you for sharing YOURS with me! I'm off to go get ready for work now too!

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I saw that you mentioned me in your "Milestones" thread. Thank you SO much! I had no idea I was surpassing 5000 posts! I don't know what I'd do without you! :hug::pals:

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Thank you for sharing your mornings with me also! It's always a pleasure. :hug:

fingers crossed that the outrage de jour will stick.
that would make one fabulous xmas gift, eh?

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Yes, it surely would! But I tell ya, I'm not holding my breath.

But when it hits the fan, and karma says it must, there will be SO MUCH.

And then hopefully the bad Republicans will slink back to their dark places and not be heard of again.

I'd send them ALL to the seventh hell if I had MY way.

Nice to see you today! Back to regular hours for me tomorrow! :bounce: Have a great day!

and a happy winter solstice to you! :hug: I am so happy about your news that Greekspeak is coming home and will be with you for the holidays :bounce: That is freakin' wonderful.

I am also amazed at the latest from the "leader" of the "free" world. I am astounded by his statements and those of his defenders. Well, it's a little early for me to put on my GD hat.

Congratulations on your news and your last super-early work day! :loveya:

Even though you seem to be ignoring me :cry: :P

:party: I hope you had a jolly breakfast and your day is getting on well.

No, I am NOT ignoring you. That is not going to happen :loveya:! I'm sorry you were all :cry: about it. It's your Name Day and I hope I can bring you a smile before too long. :hug:

The :cry: was only a joke - I didn't really think that you were ignoring me.

Just seeing your message here has brought a big smile to me face :D :loveya:

alone over the holiday.

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I can certainly hear the cheer in your voice - life is good all around. Glad to hear your long hours at the store are drawing to an end.
Wishing all a great Wednesday!

:loveya: :hug: :pals:

Hope that all's well and wonderful for you.

Good to see you this morning. :hi: I have gotten really adept at missing Clint in the morning, sometimes by a whisker. Have a great day--I need to go assure TJ that I am NOT ignoring him.