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[kicks]

I don't know, Em. When I was younger, I loved getting formal, but not anymore. What's the use? I think it' for the young. All the fru-fru and joy of being beautiful--feeling beautiful.

I am sure you would look lovely at any age CK.

As for dressing up I agree with EM. It shows an utter lack of taste and respect to leave your hat on while dining (especially in fancy restaurants). I overheard a trucker at a roadstop cafe once make a comment after he removed his hat that his momma raised him to remove it no matter where he ate.

I put on my suit pants with dress shirt and tie every day for work. Do I have to? No.

[kicks]

I always feel that I should dress formally to come over to your place, kicksy.

With that said, you don't need to dress formal unless its a special event at the korner. Concerts perhaps.

[Emeritus]

LOL, I had the same sort of mother as the trucker and a father who was a stickler for manners. It was all reinforced when I went - however reluctantly - into the army. You had to wear a hat outdoors and remove it as you crossed the threshold. If you didn't, a NCO would knock it off, by slapping you up side the head. It was a very effective method of instruction.

[cklaurence]

I don't know, Em. When I was younger, I loved getting formal, but not anymore. What's the use? I think it' for the young. All the fru-fru and joy of being beautiful--feeling beautiful.

I am sure you would look lovely at any age CK.

As for dressing up I agree with EM. It shows an utter lack of taste and respect to leave your hat on while dining (especially in fancy restaurants). I overheard a trucker at a roadstop cafe once make a comment after he removed his hat that his momma raised him to remove it no matter where he ate.

I put on my suit pants with dress shirt and tie every day for work. Do I have to? No.

Are you still giving shots in hineys, kicks? I used to get such a giggle when you excused yourself from here to give the shots...

I think it is so much better when a professional wears suit pants and tie, and women dress in an outfit that covers their boobs, bellybuttons and butts.I don't even like it when dentists/doctors/personnel wear scrubs.

[Emeritus]

My work uniform was always a suit. When it was hot summertime I would always ask the coeds' permission before removing my coat. I was raised old school. My parents were WASP caricatures. Hell, they were Victorians.

[kicks]

I don't know, Em. When I was younger, I loved getting formal, but not anymore. What's the use? I think it' for the young. All the fru-fru and joy of being beautiful--feeling beautiful.

I am sure you would look lovely at any age CK.

As for dressing up I agree with EM. It shows an utter lack of taste and respect to leave your hat on while dining (especially in fancy restaurants). I overheard a trucker at a roadstop cafe once make a comment after he removed his hat that his momma raised him to remove it no matter where he ate.

I put on my suit pants with dress shirt and tie every day for work. Do I have to? No.

Are you still giving shots in hineys, kicks? I used to get such a giggle when you excused yourself from here to give the shots...

I think it is so much better when a professional wears suit pants and tie, and women dress in an outfit that covers their boobs, bellybuttons and butts.I don't even like it when dentists/doctors/personnel wear scrubs.

No more shots in the hiney's. Those days are long past. Thank God too because some of those really large butts were kind of scary. It was like looking directly at the Sun. Permanent damage to the retinas. Nope I don't have much to do with patient care any more. I am tucked away in a nice sized office managing the place. I will admit that I do miss chating with some of the patients but I am strictly administrative now. I am managing one clinic in Scottsdale and the doc wants to open up a clinic in Bermuda so I suppose that will be a very long commute but will certainly have some perks.

[kicks]

LOL, I had the same sort of mother as the trucker and a father who was a stickler for manners. It was all reinforced when I went - however reluctantly - into the army. You had to wear a hat outdoors and remove it as you crossed the threshold. If you didn't, a NCO would knock it off, by slapping you up side the head. It was a very effective method of instruction.

I can imagine. Must be where that saying "Do I have to slap some sense into you" comes from.

[Emeritus]

LOL, the beauty of it was that it was instructive not only to the person who had their hat knocked off, but to everybody who saw it. Of course, they were experts.

[kicks]

Nicest Canadian couple in world dole out lottery winnings
By Liz Goodwin Thu Nov 4, 1:27 pm ET


A retired Canadian couple who won $11.3 million in the lottery in July have already given it (almost) all away.

"What you've never had, you never miss," 78-year-old Violet Large explained to a local reporter.

She was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer when the couple realized they'd won the jackpot in July.

"That money that we won was nothing," her tearful husband, Allen, told Patricia Brooks Arenburg of the Nova Scotia Chronicle Herald. "We have each other."

The money was a "headache," they told the paper--mainly, it brought anxiety over the prospect that "crooked people" might take advantage of them. Several people called them out of the blue to ask for money when the news first broke that they'd won the jackpot. So they began an $11 million donation spree to get rid of it and help others, the Chronicle Herald reports:

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This was from an article today. Is it just me or does Violet look more like a Vince?

[Emeritus]

Just looks really old to me. She does look better than the managing partner of the Raiders, though.

[kicks]

Just looks really old to me. She does look better than the managing partner of the Raiders, though.

Lol. Gotta love Al, huh?

[dredwak]

This was from an article today. Is it just me or does Violet look more like a Vince?

she could be sporting 44's behind that big ol check...(i will not say anything about the dateline...i will not say anything about the dateline...i will not say anything about the dateline...)


nice folks...

[Emeritus]

Hell, at their age what else could they do with the money? If they had thrown a party to celebrate winning, I doubt that either one of them would have survived. I wish that I had had money when I was young.

[cklaurence]

WOW kicks! A clinic in Bermuda--you've come a long way from the prison system. I give that a big WOOO HOOOO!!!

[Emeritus]

I always fantasized teaching at the Sorbonne, but there was never a way that both of us could swing it at the same time. I probably would have missed football anyway.

[Emeritus]

We could put the Sorbonne building itself in one room of Kicks Korner, but the University of Paris is actually scattered all over the city.

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[Emeritus]

Kicks, I appreciate your putting me up for the night, but my tastes are a little simpler than this.

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[tenn10]

I hope kicks don't mind that I took the liberty of installing a tire swing out back.....you know....for the lil ones

[Emeritus]

Cool! Let's see if we can find a limb that sticks out over the water that we can tie a rope to.

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[dredwak]

gotcha...

[Emeritus]

Gosh, that reminds me how long that it has been since I've seen some of them.

[dredwak]

those are just the folks with avatars...

[Emeritus]

Of course if you prefer to do your swimming in the ocean, Kicks Korner can accommodate you.

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[Emeritus]

You're right dred. The members list says that there are 61 users, but that includes people who have posted only once, if I understand it correctly.

[dredwak]

You're right dred.

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[Emeritus]

Hey, I've got to get out of here and find dinner. It was nice talking with you dred.

[dredwak]

see ya em...

[cklaurence]

gotcha...

dred: At the Olde Swiss, we had close to 400 registered. There were several who registered twice or under a couple of names, but there is no doubt we had a much larger base back in the day. I am surprised that we haven't even broken 100 here, but the important thing to me is the quality of the family here. It may be small, but it's the best!

[Emeritus]

It sort of like a church, ck. There may be a lot of people on the church rolls, but if nobody shows up it means nothing. I think that a lot of people registered at the Old Switzerland appeared once or twice out of curiosity and then were gone. They know - or think that they know - what New Switzerland is, so they don't come around. It's just my opinion, but what counts for me is how many people post regularly. I make a lot of posts because I don't want people to come here and feel like they are talking to air. It's always nice to get a response to a post.

[Emeritus]

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