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Subject: Before I die, I wish.... From: GUEST,melancholy Date: 11 Mar 01 - 12:58 PM to wake up to someone who wants to make love. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: SINSULL Date: 11 Mar 01 - 01:21 PM To travel in space just once. To see the earth from a thousand miles above. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: wdyat12 Date: 11 Mar 01 - 01:24 PM Dear Melancholy, First you have to say "good night" to someone in your arms. Don't settle for just anyone. There should be definite mutual feelings between the both of you for a meaningful encounter, but if that's not what you are looking for I guess anyone will do. Get out and meet some new people or be good to the one you are with. NO BITCHIN' Good Luck! wdyat12 |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: catspaw49 Date: 11 Mar 01 - 01:31 PM Would it be too much to outlive Methuselah? That'd be my wish...........Anybody seen the Good Fairy? Maybe a Genie? Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: gnu Date: 11 Mar 01 - 01:39 PM Methuselah's dead, so I guess your time is limited, like tha rest of us, Spaw. gnu |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: SINSULL Date: 11 Mar 01 - 01:41 PM I've seen good fairies, Spaw. The never wear wings or carry magic wands. Just do some good deed and move on. You've seen them too. Hell you've been them. Genies are another matter - they do good things but always have a hidden agenda. Best to avoid them. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: guest(intruder-inactive) Date: 11 Mar 01 - 01:44 PM living forever is no trick some will, some won't if you're one of the ones who will, don't expect to do it in one big stretch is all. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: Allan C. Date: 11 Mar 01 - 01:51 PM ...to see myself as others see me (thanks Robbie). ..."to read 'Life on the Mississippi' again for the first time." (I don't know who first said this, but I agree about that and "Huckleberry Finn". ...to love someone who truly loves me. ...to travel and to meet 'Catters all over the world. ...to feel that where I am is home. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: Midchuck Date: 11 Mar 01 - 01:53 PM 1) (same as Sinsull, above) 2) to be able to play the guitar decently. Peter. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: CarolC Date: 11 Mar 01 - 01:57 PM *Sigh* 'nuff said... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: wdyat12 Date: 11 Mar 01 - 01:59 PM I would like to be able to cook dinner again without burning it and still be enjoying Mudat at the same time. wdyat12 |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: gnu Date: 11 Mar 01 - 02:03 PM Aw, CarolC, this is like a wake before death, it provokes an inventory of and a celebration of, not only of what we've done, but also of things still to come. This thread is part of the journey, the flight... lift off. Come on, tell us, what ? gnu |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: Peg Date: 11 Mar 01 - 02:05 PM give what I can, get what I deserve, fall in love at least once or twice more, sing sing sing! oh and travel a lot. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: katlaughing Date: 11 Mar 01 - 02:08 PM to love and be loved more...to know my grandsons will grow up safe and happy and that my children remain so. Just listening to Phil Ochs singing his song When I Am Gone...talking about all of the things he won't be able to do/know when he's gone, so he guesses "I'll have to do it while I'm here."
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: CarolC Date: 11 Mar 01 - 02:14 PM Wow, gnu, that's an interesting post. So many things, really. Starting with getting my beautiful Italian accordion back from the shop. Did I ever tell you how incredibly beautiful and sweet that accordion sounds? And it's smooth... like butter and velvet. Practically all you have to do is sit behind it and whisper "I love you" to it, over and over, and it just about plays itself. Then there are some other things... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: gnu Date: 11 Mar 01 - 02:27 PM CarolC....don't stop...pleeeeeease ahemgnu |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: Justa Picker Date: 11 Mar 01 - 02:27 PM - to know the truth about Roswell - to know who really did shoot JFK - to see a complete cure for all cancers by just swallowing one pill daily for two weeks, with no side effects - to see and hear the laughter of my unborn grandchildren - to see weapons of mass destruction and nuclear power rendered inoperable, and for superconducting technology to replace nuclear power - to view earth from space in person - to eat an entire large party tray of Red Lobster shrimp in one sitting with no intestinal repercussions - to officially change my name on all my personal identification to Justa Picker, and for my official likeness to be a 1938 D-28 - to be the best fingerpicker and flat picker that no one has ever heard of - to attend a Mudcat gathering and get hit on by every woman there |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: gnu Date: 11 Mar 01 - 02:34 PM JP.... your post seems to kinda sum it all up. Reminds me of what George Carlin said on his "Toledo Window Box" album... "Please lord, I just wanna be a cool guy." Amen. Of course, gettin hit on by a whole slew o Mudcattettes would, more or less, preclude the other requests in order of importance. gnu |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: wdyat12 Date: 11 Mar 01 - 02:46 PM JP, That sounds like a modest request. You just might get your wish and then what? All of humankinds struggles would be over. Ever see that StarTrek episode of the Utopia? wdyat12 |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: SINSULL Date: 11 Mar 01 - 02:56 PM Just once, I would love to have someone look at me and think about me exactly the way my cats do. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: katlaughing Date: 11 Mar 01 - 02:58 PM Ah, that's right, Sins, we do always have our cats, don't we! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: CarolC Date: 11 Mar 01 - 03:01 PM ...and shall I tell you slowly, gnu? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: gnu Date: 11 Mar 01 - 03:08 PM Sins....I have sometimes wondered about what mine might say if they could talk. Is this why you would like to have someone look at you "exactly the way your cats do" ? So they could actually tell you what your cats are thinking about you ? My bet is that it would be only nice things. May as well be...it's your choice at the moment. reflectivegnu |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: Amos Date: 11 Mar 01 - 03:17 PM Spaw: You may be longer in the current groove of this whacky record than you think. See the link in the recent "Long Future" thread. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: Little Neophyte Date: 11 Mar 01 - 03:23 PM To play my banjo at Carnegie Hall. Hang out for one week on Bora Bora Island with a loving friend who makes me laugh. Climb Mount Everest. Oh, and one more.....get those 4 agreements down pat from the book 'The Four Agreements' by Don Miguel Ruiz. 1) To become impeccable with my word. 2) That I finally stop taking things personally. 3) That I finally stop making assumptions. 4) To know that I did my best. Little Neo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: gnu Date: 11 Mar 01 - 03:28 PM CarolC.... or may I call you Carol ? I had a little Honer that I used to finger when I was a boy but I lost the urge when I grew up and left home. It wasn't til years later when I got my first Hran that I learned why a slow beat was the most difficult and the most rewarding. Alas, it has been years since I have laid my fingers on a squeezebox and I really don't know if I can make one sing in that sweet melody anymore. However, I have given myself completely to the Hran and I am not remorseful in any way. Indeed, tis through the Hran that I have developed my ability to extend my rythmic thoughts to the supple fingers which pluck music from the skin I brush so gently and, yet, with command.... Yeah, so what were you going to say ? distractedgnu |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: Rick Fielding Date: 11 Mar 01 - 03:34 PM To just once, phone Catspaw, and have him (or anyone else) answer the phone. To take Duckboots to some of those magnificent places I visited in the past, like Paris, madrid, Amsterdam, New Orleans, London, and so many more. I often went with partners, but no one I really loved. To have the kind of spiritual moment (that I'm afraid I don't believe in) where I can say "thanks and sorry for being so much trouble", to my late Mother and Father. Also to show them that I turned out fine. Rick |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: CarolC Date: 11 Mar 01 - 04:06 PM You're good, gnu. Are you, by any chance, Canadian or English? What's a Hran? Carol |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: Max Date: 11 Mar 01 - 04:06 PM I'd like the world to see magic. Something, anything. Jesus making a comeback, aliens, time machine, free energy... Just anything that would change everything. We're getting to cozy here in reality. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: flattop Date: 11 Mar 01 - 04:12 PM Isn't mudcat magic? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: GUEST,Leila Date: 11 Mar 01 - 04:12 PM To be able to honestly say that I have LIVED. Lived well and true, honest in my convictions, pure in my intentions. Most importantly to have been happy more than sad, and to have brought and experienced joy to and with those around me. Humbly (is that a word?) -Leila |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: Amergin Date: 11 Mar 01 - 04:12 PM So, sins, you would just like to have some one look at you and ask, "Are you going to feed me yet?" or at least that's how my cats look at me....so do my dogs.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: SINSULL Date: 11 Mar 01 - 04:13 PM gnu - I have a cat who adores me. His shows of affection (Homey humps) actually caused unsurmountable problems in my last attempt at a serious relationship. How can I take seriously a man who is jealous of a neutered cat???? after all, Homey was willing to share. Little Neo - Everest? Maybe by helicopter, OK? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: Morticia Date: 11 Mar 01 - 04:23 PM Well, I know this might seem a bit trivial to some but right now,I just wish my cat would come home.We went away a week ago and a friend took care of my cats, came home this morning and no sign of one of them but a lot of blood on his sleepy quilt.Friend hasn't seen him all week and he's not in any of his usual haunts.I hope Bast is looking out for my little fella but I have a bad feeling. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: gnu Date: 11 Mar 01 - 04:24 PM Rick Fielding.... they know, whether you believe it or not. That happened a long time ago, I am sure. Carol.... I assume I can call you Carol ? I AM Canadian, but not like on the recent insipid beer commercials on TV for "Canadian" beer. Are you a Canuck, who can sense that "Je ne c'est quoi ?", or was it just the spelling of HM english in my posts ? Hran...good god woman ! ( I am assuming you are of the opposite ) the frame drum ! the heartbeat of Keltic music ! the butt of all music jokes ! even the butt of drummer music jokes ! THE BODHRAN. If you don't post back, I will understand. anxiousgnu |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: SINSULL Date: 11 Mar 01 - 04:29 PM That was insurmountable... Morty - that doesn't sound good. Let us know what happens. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: Hawker Date: 11 Mar 01 - 04:37 PM I knew where I was going next! I think I know but I would love to be sure! also to know that I did my best!,br.Lucy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: gnu Date: 11 Mar 01 - 04:41 PM Morticia...I know the feeling. Keep the faith. Let us know. Sins...you can't. Even cat "haters", and there are lots of them, ignorant as they may be ( my own brother is one ), have to have some common sense and that guy sounds like he had less than Homey. I have heard - only ever had female cats - that you can curb a tom's PUBLIC display of "affections" by use of a pillow or towel or bathmat placed in a private place for his "use". As far as how to train him to "affectionate" that particular item, I have no idea. Well....no, I have no idea. gnu
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: CarolC Date: 11 Mar 01 - 04:49 PM Morticia, I'm sorry to hear about your cat. I hope he's ok.
It's the elegant and subtle sense of irony, gnu. I'm a U.S. American, but I think I inherited the sense of humour from my grandfather who was from Saint John, New Brunswick.
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: Greyeyes Date: 11 Mar 01 - 05:04 PM My particular wish involves a long story to explain it. When I first moved to Plymouth 2 1/2 years ago I had to leave behind, with my parents, my beloved labrador, Millie. After I had been in Plymouth for a few days I phoned home to touch base & asked my Mum how my dog was. She said "your dog is sitting by the front door at 5.30 every evening with her head cocked to one side, waiting for you to come home." I nearly jumped straight in my car and drove home. Going to bed that night and going to work the next day was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. So my wish is that one day, before I die, I can live in circumstances that allow me to have a dog. It won't be soon, and it won't be Millie, who is now 11, but one day.... Incidentally after a few weeks she forgot all about me, but she still goes gratifyingly beserk when I go home, making pathetic wimpering noises when she sees me, which are quite out of character.
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: gnu Date: 11 Mar 01 - 05:06 PM Saint John is an hour from me and, as is their motto, they are the most Irish city in NA. Re your sense of humour, perhaps you have inherited some of that Irish sense of laugh or perish. Anyway, I viewed one of the pictures of your accordion and it's lovely, to say the least. Thanks...made my day. Makes me want to beat my drum...the Hran !!!!.. chieftans on the deck, tape deck that is.... one, two, three... gnu
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: gnu Date: 11 Mar 01 - 05:10 PM That last post from me was to answer Carol. Apologies, but she had me flustered with her slooooow talk and all. gnu |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: CarolC Date: 11 Mar 01 - 05:13 PM Ahhh... gnu. That's the Hohner. You should see my Crucianelli. That's the one that's in the shop. The Hohner sounds like parade music, but the Crucianelli... that one sounds, as my friend Skipjack K8 would say, like "jigigig". |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: bill\sables Date: 11 Mar 01 - 05:26 PM I have decided that when I am 95 years old I want to break a mirror to get another 7 years I won't mind by then if it is bad luck Bill |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: gnu Date: 11 Mar 01 - 05:32 PM Carol...Skipjack K8 ? A hint ? Since I am new to Mudcat, I don't know all of the scoop on who's who or who's whose. In any case, I had fun funning. I would continue, but I wouldn't like to see a gnu get throttled by a skipjack. It just wouldn't be fair. After all, a gnu is just a dumb animal, whilst a skipjack version K8 is obviously superior. I'll just have to wait for that "love at first sight"....and hope I see her first so I have the element. jigigig ? huh ? respectfullygnu |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: Bill D Date: 11 Mar 01 - 05:36 PM before I die?,,,hmmmm... to LIVE in my house instead of restacking and sorting my house! Now that's not so impossible huh? Boy, the stuff you acquire when you aren't looking... and other little things like world peace and a clean environment and vegatables that taste good... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: Matt_R Date: 11 Mar 01 - 05:36 PM THAT THE PHILLIES WOULD WIN THE WORLD SERIES!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: CarolC Date: 11 Mar 01 - 05:54 PM That's ok, gnu. You're fun to play with. Skipjack is a Mudcatter who lives in England, is a fine accordionist, and who has given me cyber-accordion lessons. He hasn't been around for a while, so you're not likely to see him unless you check out his pictures in the resources pages. I didn't realise you were trolling for chicks. Good luck with your quest. Carol |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: Spud Murphy Date: 11 Mar 01 - 06:14 PM I would like to see my three adoptive grandkids(9,10 & 11) in Colorado Springs and my three natural born great-grandkids(4, 3 & 1) in Larnaca, Cyprus, none of which I have ever seen yet. Would somebody send me a ticket, please? Spud |
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Subject: RE: BS: Before I die, I wish.... From: Spud Murphy Date: 11 Mar 01 - 06:20 PM I would like to see my three adoptive grandkids(9,10 & 11) in Colorado Springs and my three natural born great-grandkids(4, 3 & 1) in Larnaca, Cyprus, none of which I have ever seen yet. Would somebody send me a ticket, please? Spud |