Name one thing you bought that you appreciated more than DU

[EFerrari]

I just tried. And couldn't think of a single thing.

Not anchovies. Not the New Yorker subscription. Not the upgraded DirecTV account. I could post about something I like/love/need about DU once an hour and probably just go on for days.

Stumped.

[RandomKoolzip]

1. Porn.

[EFerrari]

3. Porn? Really?!

lmao.

I hope that makes the Admins happy. :)

[Protagoras]

64. Only if he shares with them :D

I, otoh, bought some goat cheese. I know...sounds odd, but I really like goat cheese. And I figure that when I'm raising goats in Europe as an xpat someday I'll look back and remember both my original love of DU and Goat Cheese fondly.

[EFerrari]

85. Is that legal?

Goat cheese?

Anything with "goat" in it sounds like something the fundies will be rounding up.

Go, GOATS!

[Jackpine Radical]

106. Protect your goats. Don't let them loose at night, especially the females

if you live in a Fundie neighborhood. Not unless you want a lot of little fauns running around.

[Protagoras]

113. Think France will be safe for them?

?

[Jackpine Radical]

119. I dunno...

There's a lotta fauns in the artwork. Must mean something.

[EFerrari]

123. I wonder if fauns are nicer than people.

And then, there's the whole wardrobe problem. :)

[Jackpine Radical]

129. I imagine they ARE nicer.

For one thing, very few of them have sexual hangups, and for another, almost none of them belong to fundamentalist churches, if only because the other parishioners inexplicably tend to discriminate against them because of the horns and hooves.

[NewJeffCT]

7. lap dances?

Seriously... several years back, I was really stressed out & going through a divorce (the first person in my family to get one) and getting a few lap dances really helped at the time.

[EFerrari]

9. This is just 'way too much information

:)

[cestpaspossible]

131. hey - you asked

[RandomKoolzip]

10. Too much intimacy.

[wakeme2008]

2. Well there is this Blue Dress thing

:hide:

[Fovea]

4. my bicycle.

And my camera.

But that's about it.

[EFerrari]

5. Okay, my cello. But my cello doesn't p!ss me off or make me

laugh like DU does.

Cello, meet the competition. :party:

[SmokingJacket]

127. Plus... DU is cheaper than a cello. nt

[BamaGirl]

6. My books

At current count, about 1800 of them. I love this place, but if it came down to one or the other, sorry but du would have to go lol. ;)

[EFerrari]

8. DU doesn't need shelves :)

I used to buy king sized water bed frames to make book shelves. :hi:

[BamaGirl]

23. Hmm now that's a thought lol ;)

I used to buy king sized water bed frames to make book shelves

We are developing a serious shelf issue, as in lack of lol. What did you do? Stand them on end and add shelves on the inside?

[EFerrari]

27. Yep. And used major league bolts.

Then, I went into the paring down stage.

I know where my Shakespeare and my Norton are at all times.

Mom should have let me do the whole pacifier thing. Only a book collector will probably get this.

:rofl:

[Turn CO Blue]

111. I get it. I have so many books, and my son inherited the gene

too, but at least he's been out of the house for two years, so he can find his own shelving solutions.

[Historic NY]

118. I've got a couple of thousand books up on the walls at home...

that was a good idea. My idea of paring is to lose the magazines I had in plastic storage binders. It now gives me more room. Of course most of my stuff is history related. I have about another 1500 books at my work office in storage. Those a part of my reference lenders for reseachers (movie/film) & writers.

[EFerrari]

120. Most of my stuff is poetry and literary history. I have terrible

moments of needing to quote something and not being able to lay hands on the text -- we live in a San Francisco closet and I've pared 'way back.

Something overloaded my memory just before my oral exam. Before then, I could rattle stuff off with impunity. Ah, youth.

[Jawja]

11. TIVO

Can't live without it.

:hi:

[Renew Deal]

121. Tivo and DU are way up there for me.

[countryjake]

12. I'm saving up to fix a broken root canal, but going to mail my DU check!

This site is like a pain-killer for me (can't afford those either) especially during all those sleepless nights when I'm scared my teeth are gonna kill me!

Activism, anger, venting, speaking your mind, and finding common ground with others in the same boat is better than any opiate!

On my way to the post office with literally a swelled-up head, right now! Proud to be able to put in my two-cent's worth!

[EFerrari]

14. I know exactly what you mean. No health insurance here

for the last decade.

But I still get to read DU. :thumbsup:

[comsymp]

13. My dog

She's about equally as temperamental as the discussion here but DU doesn't cuddle up with me and lick my face...

(and no, she doesn't object to being called a thing... as long as it's prefaced by "Miss")

[EFerrari]

16. Okay, that might be the topper.

I sent my partner on a roadtrip and my seven cats and one good dog are all LOOKING AT ME AS IF I've done something nefarious with him.

Help! I just can't take the pressure!

[comsymp]

22. I'm thinking that a couple cans of tuna might be in order

/not above bribery

[EFerrari]

24. Those really really BIG BROWN EYES!

I'm just the beard. :nopity:

[annabanana]

36. you want us to lick your face?

eeuuww

[comsymp]

53. If you find the thought distasteful, I assume you don't

spend much time in the Lounge~ :evilgrin:

But there are alternatives... like waking me from a sound sleep at 3AM by barking at absolutely nothing... or terrorizing my other dog and cats...

[BlueJazz]

15. Suzie Jones....who works the corner of 6th and Main.

[EFerrari]

17. We'll just have to trust you on this one

unless you can produce evidence.

:hippie:

[merh]

18. Are we talking legal substances?

:shrug:

Oh, but that was years ago, during the days of my misspent yuth (and thank god, the statutes of limitations have long since run.) :crazy:

You are right, I have been pondering this subject and I can't think of what I have purchased that has brought me such pleasure and that has presented such a challenge.

I have met some incredible folks here, I have learned more than I ever thought I could know and I continue to learn every single day.

I have been frustrated and elated, satisfied and filled with laughter, saddened and encouraged, and that is just from one thread.

:freak: Nope, can't think of a thing that has brought me such pleasure and such great company (at least for such an extended period of time ;-) .) :hi:

[EFerrari]

19. Legal substances? Why start now?

:eyes:

[Last Lemming]

20. MY DU MUG!!!!

and t-shirt

[EFerrari]

21. Oh, come on :)

You can't possibly like a mug and a T more than the real thing :)

Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby.

[uppityperson]

25. My divorce

[chalky]

72. LOL!

Can't argue with that one.

:rofl:

[Cleita]

26. My computer that allows me to access DU.

Really, when my old computer self-destructed, I had to get a new one and a guy who knew how to get information off the hard disk of my old one and put it on the new one, it was a week before I got it back. Talk about withdrawal.

[EFerrari]

28. Hiya, Cleita

I've never talked to you, but I always read your posts. :hi:

[Cleita]

37. Well thank you.

Hiya back,

:hi:

[Lady Effingbroke]

102. I am in 100% agreement, Cleita.

I am so grateful that I have a computer and can access DU - I have learned so much here!

[Just Me]

29. Honestly,...

,...DU is priceless!!!

So are its participants!!! :grouphug:

[EFerrari]

30. Hey, Just Me. Let's keep this kicked and let the Admins

relax a little this week.

:grouphug:

[Just Me]

42. Whew,...

,...yeah,...they are priceless, too!!! I don't know how they do it *LOL*.

I salute them and the mods!! :patriot:

[EFerrari]

50. Exactly. I sure couldn't have that kind of patience.

Kick for DU Admins and Mods.

:kick:

[EFerrari]

31. I'm going to kick this at least until The Magistrate tells me

I have to do time in the stocks. :scared:

[knitter4democracy]

32. Yarn.

Sorry, but I'm obsessed!

[EFerrari]

35. Yarn?! What a great response!

My maternal parent taught me how to crochet when I was 3. Knitting, not so good. Looks like it was chewed by dogs.

Yarn. Thank you! :)

[knitter4democracy]

41. I'm always ready to talk about yarn. ;)

Knitting's more my thing, as my crochet just doesn't look right. I'm supposed to be getting some help on that from my best friend one of these days.

[EFerrari]

48. Someone should throw us in a paper bag and shake.

I knit a beautiful thing for my youngest. And he was born 'way too big for the damn thing.

Not very good with two hands, I guess. :freak:

/typin not included

[knitter4democracy]

58. Nah, babies and kids are the hardest to knit for.

Try making something just for you next time. ;)

Hey, have you ever checked out Knitty.com? They have gorgeous free patterns and a great message board. We don't discuss anything political but those of us who've been there awhile know who's who. Check it out.

Oh, and I highly recommend CrazyAuntPurl.com--it's the funniest knitting blog out there, I think.

[EFerrari]

68. For some reason, don't ask me why, I can crochet ANYTHING

but my knitting looks like a train wreck. Like wild dogs mangled it. LOL!

But I will check out the links. Nothing without hope :)

[knitter4democracy]

109. Have you seen all the latest cool crochet stuff?

There are some gorgeous patterns out in crochet now. My personal fave is the jacket that Oat Couture has in both knitting and crochet. The crochet version is much better looking.

Oh, um, I should probably admit that I'm opening up a shop this fall. That's how I know this stuff. :blush: I am sooooo obsessed--I'd get therapy, but it would take up yarn money. ;)

[EFerrari]

122. Yarn money, another keeper!

:)

I never could afford to buy patterns so I'd just use pictures and try to figure it out on my own. Best success was a group of nativity figures that I did on the train to and from work when my boys were little. It was a kid-proof creche! And it was fun trying to improvise the animals. I figured out the shapes and stuffed them with the same color. Take that, Women's Day! I must have saved all of $25 that we didn't have

:)

[knitter4democracy]

126. My stepmom made one of those.

She sewed hers, but I loved it as a kid. It was my job every year to set it up, and it was one of my favorite parts of Christmas. I would rearrange it every day.

If you can crochet stuff like that, you can do anything!!!

[annabanana]

33. not much, and that's a fact....

This place is an oasis of sanity in an insane world.

[EFerrari]

40. So true. I only watch tv news for material for our comedy writing

any more. And am really grateful for the LBN posters.

Thank you, LBN posters!

[KamaAina]

34. Bush**

oh, wait, I'm not a member of the Saudi royal family! What was I thinking? :spank:

[im10ashus]

38. I would have to say my laptop computer.

Without it, I wouldn't have the access to DU. The only other thing I can think of that's so important to me, although I didn't have to "buy" it, is my NY Public Library Card. It's priceless.

[nolabels]

39. They SOLD "DU"?

This can't be, what was the bid :scared:

P.S about them canines licking in you face, this could be trouble for me. Our one dog named Hershey had a litter of 10 pups about five weeks ago. The funny thing is about them pups, they all try to lick you in face for free. :shrug:

[EFerrari]

44. Omigod, TEN? Yikes! n/t

[XemaSab]

43. My optics

Swarovski binoculars and a Leica scope.

Hey, I'm just being honest.... DU is the weak opiate that allows me to get through the week so I can go birding on the weekends.

[EFerrari]

46. Thank you for sharing.

This morning, the mother of all crows walked down my street. He was just magnificent. Loud, too. :)

[XemaSab]

84. Mommy crows are girls, not boys

Really big mommy crows are sometimes ravens.

Did it go "caw! caw!" or did it sound like a demon from the underworld? (If it said "Nevermore!" then it was for sure a raven.)

San Francisco's a birdy city.

:-)

[EFerrari]

86. It was SO BIG! And probably was a mommy, she was foraging

and swear to god, I'm gonna snap her picture. Strutting right out there on the street. Beautiful. :)

[XemaSab]

91. Upload the picture when you get it!

I love corvids (crows, ravens, and jays).

This morning I was laying in bed and in the eaves of the house, right out the window about 5 feet above my head, there were two stellar's jays making funny noises. I really don't know what they were doing, if it was a mom and kid or if they were making baby stallar's jays or what. Always something different.

[EFerrari]

94. Will do! She's definitely Queen of the block here.

And never at a loss for small talk :)

[GardeningGal]

107. I have a picture of a great blue heron

standing on the roof of my house, scoping out the Koi in the pond. It's actually a silhouette of the heron because it was getting close to dusk. They are magnificent looking birds, but would prefer it to not stalk my koi!

[neuvocat]

45. My car.

[EFerrari]

47. Is that a recent purchase?

We actually sold our car recently. Every now and then, there's cab fare but mostly we're saving over $1500 a month.

[neuvocat]

101. Um...I paid it off last October actually.

I would consider that somewhat recent.

[fooj]

49. A new home at the beach...

Sorry DU----I'm a sand and sea kind of gal! It's absolutely gorgeous here today! "Left Coast" liberal, that's me!

:woohoo:

[EFerrari]

52. And for that, we get 10 kicks

FOOJ! Good going! :)

[merh]

57. Braggart!

:*

But, I guess I better be nice, seeing as you extend invites to people that are nice and funny and stuff like that. :7

[EFerrari]

66. PPPPPPPPSSSSSSSssssstttttt: It's Friday!

Let'er rip :eyes:

[merh]

67. What are you Psychic?

LOL :rofl:


Edited because I have trouble with spelling because I just do!
@*#&#*%&$(*

:hi:

[EFerrari]

69. No, but I can hum a few bars.

:rofl:

[merh]

74. Oops, corrected that typo!

:hi:

[EFerrari]

75. Thank Skinner. I'm doomed to losing a Scrabble game

every weekend because Doug can spell and I couldn't spell to save my life.

Thank you, Skinner.

:rofl:

[merh]

77. Thanks Skinner.

Thanks Elad
Thanks EarlG
Thanks Mods, each and everyone of you!

:hi:

:hug: :loveya: :hug:

[LSK]

51. my thinkpad laptop and wireless

So I can enjoy DU wherever. :)

[EFerrari]

54. Kudos. Can I get a nomination here?

:hi:

[understandinglife]

60. Just did

:hi:

[EFerrari]

65. The way you do the things you do

:hi:

[Swamp Rat]

55. A used drum from Brasil

I need it to earn money playing on the street, plus it gives me and others immense joy... agora posso tocar forró! Oba! :woohoo:

[EFerrari]

56. Perfecto.

Donde esta mi carton de leche? :)

[Swamp Rat]

70. Aquí

Otra vez para tí, mi gran amiga de DU! :hug:

[EFerrari]

71. Ni se como darle gracias,

Y, gracias a DU, tuve este placer. :)

[merh]

81. Swamp Rat

So if a Coastian ventures to the Crescent City for a visit and some laughs, will they find you in the French Quarter?

:hi:

[Swamp Rat]

88. Yes

Especially during Mardi Gras. If you come for next year's Carnival, let me know in advance, in a PM, so that I can direct you to the best fun spots, away from the bulk of the drunk, idiotic redneck tourists. ;)

[merh]

90. Great, thanks.

I haven't been there in quite awhile, but I am due the adventure. :freak:

Some day soon, I hope. :bounce:

And don't laugh about drunken tourist, hell, I was biten by a NOPD horse one night in the quarter when I was there for the Jazz Fest. x( (Mispent yuth)

I was just petting the horse and he bit me and the damned cop wanted to arrest me. :eyes: Didn't realize how bad it was due to the quantity of alcohol I had consumed, then I looked down and my shirt had blood on it, I looked at my arm and there was this big nasty bit and bruise.

Try to find peroxide in the Quarter, that's a true experience. :silly:

[Swamp Rat]

103. Ow! Sorry that happened!

Well, those poor horses go through HELL during Mardi Gras, so I understand it's reaction... not that YOU deserved it at all... Peroxide/band-aids can be found at the A&P on Royal St.

Btw, the "show your tits," and "Girls Gone Wild" crap has NOTHING to do with our local culture and Mardi Gras. That was brought to us by out-of-state smut peddlers and the sexually deprived. x(

[merh]

104. Good to know about the A&P on Royal.

The local culture is what I love the most about the city. I love to walk the city, all along the river, to the flea market, to the square. I get a kick out of folks that have to eat at the Hard Rock, I mean, its okay, but I like the local flavor and the NO eateries, not the chain stuff.

I will be sure to PM you before I head that way so that you can give me some tips! Thanks so much. :toast:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

59. Well, there was this nice lady that relieved me of my virginity.

Bless her patient soul for being so willing to share her knowledge with a young guy far from home.

[EFerrari]

62. Are you trying to get us shut down, Tierra?

Andale, let's kick it for these really patient guys who put up with us.

:)

[lala_rawraw]

61. My family, my health, my work, my friends...and DU:)

[EFerrari]

63. Okay, okay, so I'm SORRY already.

You rock, lala. :yourock:

[Lilith Velkor]

79. My porn, my guns, my dope, my rentboys...and DU ;)

[EFerrari]

83. You know who may be reading this.

And with the porn again.

lol

[Lilith Velkor]

93. Who, Voldemort?

Fuck him. Fuck the Vice President (and Prez Draco Malfoy too) right in the ear!

[EFerrari]

99. As long as I don't have to do it personally

sounds good to me. :)

[lala_rawraw]

138. Porn Porn Porn

PORN:D

[EFerrari]

73. You guys got this on the greatest page!

I'm not gonna be smarmy. But you're the best.

:loveya:

[EFerrari]

76. Kick it for Skinner and EarlG and Elad

:kick:

[merh]

78. Talk about timing!

Check my reply to yours and the time of this one and that one! :freak:


Great minds or what! :crazy:

[EFerrari]

80. I don't think I know how to do that.

I skated through trig and never got to calculus.

Where is Truths when we really need him?

[merh]

82. He is still studying the numbers.

He will never give up, never I tell you.

:patriot:

[EFerrari]

87. I miss fly. If she were here, she'd be singing something like

"Love is a Many Splendored Thing".

(I don't miss the running order, but I miss fly. :eyes:)

[merh]

92. ((fingers in ears))

Where is the diva! I miss her too!

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

95. I don't think she can resist this for very long.

Let's devil her. :)

[merh]

96. Devil her?

dahh, :shrug: - new saying for me!

:think:

[EFerrari]

97. It's from John Wayne.

I just know it is.

Okay, hafta go earn my bread.

Thank you, DU!

[EFerrari]

89. You gotta smile so bright.

You rock, DU!

[Catchawave]

98. My new laptop !

Now I can appreciate DU even MORE :)

[EFerrari]

100. Congrats! I love mine, too.

It actually asks me what I want. That never happens. :)

[EFerrari]

105. My Blue Heaven

:kick: for this week and getting what DU needs.
:kick:

[Runcible Spoon]

108. my horse, plane ticket to Guatemala...

snorkeling equipment on the Bay Islands...I WILL say that DU has certainly given me MORE enjoyable time than anything else, but the level of enjoyment is of a lesser magnitude than those other things...

[goodboy]

110. product from my independant, self-employed street pharmaceutical

representative

:smoke:

I donated to DU also.

[Moosepoop]

112. My family

But even they get "thrown over" for DU quite a bit lately. B-)

[William Bloode]

114. Boy thats easy!

Diamond Horticulture light would be one, Super Silver Haze would make two.

[Tux]

115. One thing?

For me, it'd be the all in one volume of Lord of the Rings I got after selling off crap I no longer needed.

[merh]

116. Hello, is anyone home?

Don't you guys like DU?

Tell me, tell me, tell me true?

Do all my little DUer's have fun at play?

[Burma Jones]

117. My Education

THAT was pretty necessary to appreciate DU.

[mogster]

124. My 'puters

But even they bring the DU to my screen :shrug: :)

[In_The_Wind]

125. not more than ~ but just as much

potted plants ~ after all is said and done ~ it is Spring!

O8)

[liberalnurse]

128. I love HBO's Carnivale' .......

I have several memorabilia items...the Season One DVD and taped all of Season Two. I joined a chat group to Save Carnivale'.

[cestpaspossible]

130. My dog.

no offense, DU....

[EFerrari]

132. I don't know if dogs can count: they're people!

:)

[cestpaspossible]

133. Yet, I bought her

Ca y est c'est fait
J'ai des amis

Ca y est c'est fait
J'ai un vrai copain
Il s'appelle Tobby, c'est mon ami et c'est un chien
Pour lui aussi j'ai mis le prix
Cinq mille plus les vaccins
Il n'en a pas conscience et c'est pour ça qu'j'l'aime bien
Bien qu'ce soit pas une science il est très doué pour les calins
Et quand on y pense, c'est une valeur du genre humain
Etre aimé, pour autre chose que des billets
Il m'a fallu un chien pour comprendre que ça existait

Ca y est c'est fait
J'ai des amis
J'ai fait des frais
Oui oui pour les avoir
Mieux vaut tard que jamais
J'y ai mis le prix
J'ai des amis
Tryo

[applegrove]

134. Family, friends, then all the communities I belong too. In whatever

little way I connect. Babies too. Then pets.

[proud2BlibKansan]

135. Satellite radio

so I can listen to AAR.

[Stinky The Clown]

136. That's REAL easy - the wedding ring my wife wears

And her acceptance of me as her husband.

[Piperay]

137. My computer

if I didn't have it I wouldn't know about DU. ;-)

[Maddy McCall]

139. My weather radio.