Offer me suggestions for time-killing.

[fudge stripe cookays]

I REALLY REALLY REALLY miss reprehensor.

It's been a little over a week since he left me up here all alone. I got the dog, I got the cat, and I've got a great new job, but I miss mah hunny. What should I do to keep myself busy while I wait for him to sell the house and get his butt up here?

:dilemma:

[lost-in-nj]

1. Knit????

No really....
Maybe you should start looking into clubs or groups
you two can join. So you get to know the people and your new town.
That way when he finally comes "home" you can show him around!!!!

Learn where the stores are and the shortcuts.... things like that

I love new adventures!!!

Good luck and have fun

lost

[fudge stripe cookays]

3. I'm doing some looking around.

Get this: I don't have the patience for sewing or knitting, but I can plant myself in front of a microfilm reader for an entire day and be happy as a clam.

I'm working on my book and all, but I knew DUers would come up with some interesting answers. Some which will probably be deleted! :evilgrin:

[lost-in-nj]

21. Whats your book about??

We have alot of writers here on DU....


lost

[fudge stripe cookays]

25. It's a genealogy of my Smith family...

all the information I have found about all the members from about 1783 forward.

Sort of little mini bios of each person, taken from census records, birth, death and marriage records, homestead paperwork, military records, social histories of the areas where they lived, family remembrances and letters that still exist, lots and lots of photographs, and obituaries.

I have about 750 pages so far. It's my life's work, but I've only been at it for two years, so I plan on living an EXTRA long time!

[Parche]

2. A Time Gun

:shrug: :shrug: :hi:

[fudge stripe cookays]

4. I am unfamiliar with this concept.

Enlightenment?

[sundog]

5. drink

[fudge stripe cookays]

7. I'm enjoying...

a Maker's Mark and Coke even as we speak! I got that part sussed.

Where the hell have you been, sundoggie? Been missing you, man.

[Sugar Smack]

6. Kitty tummy rubbing!!!!

It's so good to see you again, my friend. How the hell are ya? :pals: :yourock: :loveya:

[fudge stripe cookays]

8. Got it!

The best part is...she's actually letting me do it, since she doesn't have anyone else to suck up to right now. She's even sleeping with me, which is unheard of.

How are ya darlin? I'm in Cheesecurdistan and lovin it! Cept for that whole horny thing.

[Sugar Smack]

9. I'm alright. I got a job in a dress shop, and

I'm hearing the word "cute" 800 times a day, and my feet are killing me, but I have my little Sophie to come home to! My cat actually likes tummy rubs!


"Cheesecurdistan":rofl:

[fudge stripe cookays]

13. Can't take credit.

DU's own "Todd in Cheesecurdistan" made it up, and it was so hilarious, I HAD to start using it!

Aaaahhhhh retail. It has its charms and its hellish qualities, but there is nothing like that first day back on your feet all day to make you hate all mankind. I did it for many years in my record store days.

Unfortunately, I'll never be able to work retail again for extra cash as the MS would make it impossible. Enjoy it while you're able!

[Sugar Smack]

18. .

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[Breeze54]

10. My two oldest are stuck in a hotel about 3 hrs from their homes for their jobs and

they have four weeks to go and they asked me the same thing the other day!

"We're in the boonies and we're bored and there's nothing to do here."

Here were my suggestions...

snip-->

Hi Son!

Thanks for replying so soon!

Sorry to hear you're bored but at least you're being paid well, meals included!
Can't beat that! Get some board games and some books! Build a model ship or airplane
or house! Write and Play music! Do you have an internet connection? Surf the net!
Read some free online books. Buy a camera and take some pictures...get creative!
Paint a picture! Write a book about your experiences in Iraq. Play online chess.
Make a video!

[Mike03]

11. String Theory

Don't ask me why, but I've found studying the math of theoretical physics in general, and string/M theory in particular, to be a fantastic distraction at this time of my life, when there are some very painful things going on around me.

Even if I don't understand the math entirely, I absorb enough to get the gist, and it's very satisfying.

Maybe exploration of any difficult science that interests you would be both a great diversion and personally satisfying.

Mike

[fudge stripe cookays]

15. Genealogy.

It's a science, right?

It's actually the reason I moved up here (in addition to voting for Feingold and not having to deal with 100 degree weather for 3 months straight).

I'm working on a book, I just don't want to do it 24 hours straight. :D

[Mike03]

17. Congratulations

for working on a book. That is no small feat. I wish I were still inspired enough to write--it has been a couple of years since I've written professionally. But I am starting to miss it.

Keep up the good work.

[fudge stripe cookays]

19. Thanks!

I'm hoping I can get to Madison for some research this weekend. It's been hard getting back into the swing of things after such a dramatic life change, but I'm adapting at last.

[Lautremont]

12. Time is not to be killed, son, it's to be cherished.

Sorry for calling you son, but I was quoting the old stewbum played by Kirk Douglas in an old Simpsons episode.

[fudge stripe cookays]

14. He he.

Oh, believe me, with a chronic illness, you pretty much value whatever you get.

I'm bonding with my dog (and the cat, but less so), and I've already lost 8 pounds in 2 weeks from all the dog walking and the lack of junk food! :D

[Left Is Write]

16. DU. Scrapbook work. Library books. Lying around. Catching up on movies he doesn't like.

DU. DU. DU.

[fudge stripe cookays]

20. I like the way you think!

The last part about the movies is good. I just got a membership at the local viddy store. Time to rent that movie about Edith Piaf!

I was in an Archivers in Co Springs the other day and thought of you. :D

[tigereye]

33. make sure you have some kleenex for the Piaf

well, you knew that already, didn't you? Or are there any films by the Best In Show crew that you haven't seen?

:hi: Hope the new digs are cool!

one answer: Proust!


I've been on a Jane Austin kick, myself.

[yellowdogintexas]

56. play World of Warcraft, girlfriend it's addicting.

read...you may never have this much time to read again.

How's the job/ what are you doing?

[PeaceNikki]

22. I am hopelessly addicted to online scrabble now.

www.scrabulous.com

:hi:

Any showings on the house?

[fudge stripe cookays]

26. I'll have to check that one out!

We haven't listed the house quite yet. reprehensor is still working through his endless list of honey-do chores that I left him before we're ready.

He's also buying us a St. Joseph statue this week to help the cause along. We're both ex Catholics, so it seemed like the thing to do.

www.stjosephstatue.com (for anyone else attempting to sell right now. It's magic!)

[QueenOfCalifornia]

23. Eat, drink and come on over

and help me clean my kitchen.

[fudge stripe cookays]

27. Gah.

Not likely, pal! I just finished up a month of the most hardcore home-fixing upping ever.

I'll take a raincheck. Not.

[WinkyDink]

24. You're lookin' at it!

[mitchum]

28. Narcotics

[fudge stripe cookays]

31. Now THERE'S a...

worthwhile hobby! :D

[RushIsRot]

29. As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. H.D.Thoreau

[fudge stripe cookays]

30. But I'm trying to preserve history for eternity!

See genealogy posts above. :D

[RushIsRot]

32. Then it's good that you chose a name with such limited distribution.

I myself have two Joe Smiths as members of my family. How many in yours? :-)

[fudge stripe cookays]

38. No Joes, believe it or not.

However, my dad was a John. :D

And I am often asked while researching if I am related to the The Prophet. Fortunately, many of the Smiths were only the first generation, and married more unusual names. But the trick is finding the married name!

[RushIsRot]

43. Well, the religion founded by the Prophet at least has a great

collection of data for you to search. I grew up in that faith, but drifted away as I grew older. It turned out that I did not possess the gene that made spirituality the least bit important to me.

Are ALL Smiths related?

Good luck with your quest.

[fudge stripe cookays]

44. Not mine!

My Smiths were orignally Schmidts, and were Pennsylvania Dutch. But it will take a lot more detective work to figure out "Ancestor Zero" in Pennsylvania and take it back over to Germany.

It may never happen. I had clues to work from for the other generations I found, but before 1783, I'm flying blind!

Thanks for the luck-- I'll need it!
fsc :hi:

[gmoney]

34. Come clean my house?

Or my garage... pleeze?

[susanna]

35. Sudoku.

If you're logically minded, that game can waste you for at least a half of a year, especially if you get into the Samurai variety (not admitting anything, but...)

[JTG of the PRB]

36. A healthy dose of anti-time.

It worked in the series finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation. :shrug:

[Jamastiene]

37. Play Runescape.

That has killed a great deal of my time. It's at
http://www.runescape.com

There is a free version that killed a bunch of time for me for about a year. The members version has better clothes though. It's a pretty fun game.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

39. wanna do my stats reading for me?

[fudge stripe cookays]

45. Ermm...

That'd be a big no, dear. Figures make my head hurt.

Unless they look like Johnny Depp, that is.

I like the comedian who said,"At first, I didn't even know statistics was math. I thought statistics was stuff like, 'Did you know that no two snowflakes are alike?'"

:D

[La Lioness Priyanka]

46. mmmm jonny depp is such a pretty boy

[Scout]

40. read this thread and laugh!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=6963664&mesg_id=6963664

[EstimatedProphet]

41. Teach yourself Sanskrit

[Bunny]

42. Try the cheese. Drink some beer. Eat some brats.

Develop an insane love for the Packers. This here's Brett Favre. Apparently he's the quarterback or something:



That's it, I'm tapped out. Good luck!

[fudge stripe cookays]

54. Yes apparently.

I will buy a plastic cheese so I can learn to wear it flatteringly.

Oh, and....check this out!

"Go Broors!"

:D

[Bennyboy]

47. Learn to juggle!

best time killer, stress releiver I have ever found. AMAZE yer Hunny and your friends alike!

[fudge stripe cookays]

48. But I'm a klutz!

I'll end up kicking balls across the room, cracking the TV screen, hitting the dog on the head, and possible breaking a window.

Probably not recommended.

[Bennyboy]

49. I can teach someone in f30 minutes...... ANYONE!

Something I do for the world. It is easy. Go here and check it out. http://www.thejimshow.com/juggle/ If you can toss one ball from one had to the other, you can juggle.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

50. vote for lisa

will take up some time

[libodem]

51. Boom-shine

kills time

[yewberry]

52. I think it eats time.

I can't even look at that without finding that an hour has gone by.

Hypnotic.

[Critters2]

53. You mean, besides DU? nt

[Javaman]

55. shoot the clock. nt