Right now, I think you're considered "marginal," but if we're bored tomorrow, that may be It For You.
Posted on 05/26/2005 4:23:07 PM PDT by stormyseas
Right now, I think you're considered "marginal," but if we're bored tomorrow, that may be It For You.
thank you for the welcome....guess I dont need to know a thing...:( until im not a zot anymore...:)
You don't want to be one.
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Who says? I, the Okie accounting deranged with babies is. You, whazzup?
hey there...
sorry about that. I have yet to see any trolls today and I jumped the gun too quickly here.
Mods, can you pull posts 5 and 6 please? I was in error....
Define "Again".
Only those who have faithfully contributed to 401k accounts and not relied on Social Security shall be saved.
Saved from fiscal poverty in old age, maybe....Don't think St. Peter actually had that in mind....
sometimes to learn we must be taught, thank you, very much, also it is she....:)
am I posting in the wrong area....:() oh my!!! smiles and ty!
Welcome to FR hope you get settled in and find your way around.
Try posting comments instead of personal essays.
She it is...welcome...
Question for you, stormy. Which denomination are you?
I posted earlier here. I said, "Could this be the Rome we have been waiting for?" ...it is a few lower....smiles...
You posted in the right area.
One thing you might want to do is read stuff and comment for awhile, like Tax-chick suggests, until you get the hang of it all...We call personal essays "Vanities" and while they have their place, writing too many of them at a time is frowned on...
Free Republic is a nice place we just have alot of unwritten rules. It gets much easier as you go.
Re: #26
Forget it. We've got the Constipated Mod tonight.
Also, don't worry about the whole "jumping the gun" thing. Our new FReeper here seems to have thick skin.
thank you and God bless....:)
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