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HollyGolightly

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Yeah !! (What Holly said) I will ride on your coat tails tonight Renee! (Hope I spelled that right).

Good wishes all around to all the Tet-Mates

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New jobs - exciting yet kinda makes one nervous at first - you will both do great

Love and green lights this weekend - even if you are just on your way to shopping!

Hi HollyGolightly

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Hi precious!! Anything new with you? I'm hanging there. Can you believe Lent is over and here I sit eating Eggplant Parm? I could have had a steak. Except I don't cook on Friday, and I was too lazy to go get a cheese ball. It's supposed to rain and storm here all weekend and I sure hope it does. Otherwise the Ogre will insist that I help him tend to the yard work. I hate yard work.
 

blunthead

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Wow! From politics, to music, to the Moon – you have completely mastered the 60s! It takes a real 60s lover, or historian, to be crowned a true 60s Guru, and you did it! Congratulations! Most people remember the Beatles, Woodstock, or JFK, but not all of the above. Maybe you’re still bumpin’ Jimi Hendrix, or maybe you’re still watching Gilligan’s Island to reminisce after work - who knows? But whatever you’re doing, you’ve kept the 60s close to heart. Think your friends are up to the test? Share this quiz with your friends, family, and fellow 60s lovers and let’s see how well they do!
 

blunthead

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Quizfreak - Can You Answer These 14 1960’s Trivia Questions?

Road Sign Rockstar!

Well done! Glad to know we have some trusty drivers on the road that know their road signs as well as you do! We don’t have to worry about you if we are merging, yielding, or walking by a school – that’s for sure! Though most people see these road signs relatively regularly, sometimes we don’t know exactly what they mean – but you did! Great job. How do you think your friends and fellow drivers will do? Share this quiz and let’s test their roadworthiness!
 

Lepplady

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Quizfreak - Can You Answer These 14 1960’s Trivia Questions?

60s Trivia Guru

Wow! From politics, to music, to the Moon – you have completely mastered the 60s! It takes a real 60s lover, or historian, to be crowned a true 60s Guru, and you did it! Congratulations! Most people remember the Beatles, Woodstock, or JFK, but not all of the above. Maybe you’re still bumpin’ Jimi Hendrix, or maybe you’re still watching Gilligan’s Island to reminisce after work - who knows? But whatever you’re doing, you’ve kept the 60s close to heart. Think your friends are up to the test? Share this quiz with your friends, family, and fellow 60s lovers and let’s see how well they do!
I didn't do very well..
 

do1you9love?

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Hi all! I made it back from my trip and finally getting caught up on posts (sort of)!

Good luck NN! So excited that things are coming together for you!

((ghost19)) - Best of luck to you! The ironic thing is, during part of our LONG drive to Florida, my hubby and I were talking about all manner of stuff and got on the subject of how hard it must be to work in LE and have to deal with all that entails. I mentioned an SKMB'er (you) were interested in a career change, I remembered from some thread or other you saying that. Any ways, glad this opportunity opened for you!:okay:
 

ghost19

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Hi all! I made it back from my trip and finally getting caught up on posts (sort of)!

Good luck NN! So excited that things are coming together for you!

((ghost19)) - Best of luck to you! The ironic thing is, during part of our LONG drive to Florida, my hubby and I were talking about all manner of stuff and got on the subject of how hard it must be to work in LE and have to deal with all that entails. I mentioned an SKMB'er (you) were interested in a career change, I remembered from some thread or other you saying that. Any ways, glad this opportunity opened for you!:okay:
Thank you ma'am. I'm a bit worried about being the new person and being out of my element, but I'm looking forward to a much more stable schedule and some paid holidays off.:)
 

kingricefan

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Jul 11, 2006
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Thank you ma'am. I'm a bit worried about being the new person and being out of my element, but I'm looking forward to a much more stable schedule and some paid holidays off.:)
Hi, ghost! So, in LE do things get crazy around holidays i.e. more fighting, etc.? Always wondered about that....
 

ghost19

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Hi, ghost! So, in LE do things get crazy around holidays i.e. more fighting, etc.? Always wondered about that....
Yes they do, but the only noticeable spikes are around Thanksgiving and Christmas. We usually go from one domestic disturbance to another the week of Thanksgiving. On the actual day of Thanksgiving, it usually calms down somewhat, but the day after Thanksgiving? We call it "Black Friday Rumble". There is an inordinate amount of domestic calls on that day pretty much from the stroke of midnight and continuing thru the weekend. Christmas is a very busy time also. Unfortunately, in addition to working lot of domestic calls around Christmas, the number of suicides goes up sharply. From just after Thanksgiving until around New Year, we work almost as many suicides as we work in any other three month quarter throughout the year. What I mean by that is, say we work 25 suicide cases in the month of October, 5 of them successful and 20 unsuccessful attempts (Overdoses, cut wrists, etc.), between Thanksgiving and Christmas we usually work around 75-100 suicides. A lot of them are attempts, cries for help, whatever you want to call it, but the number of successful suicides goes up sharply which is unfortunate.

What is even stranger and half the board won't believe me on this one, but I work in the division that runs stats for the whole department, so I can say this is true because statistics don't lie if you run the same query the same way every time. The full moon 100% absolutely brings out the worst in people. We've got several statistics databases we run queries from on all major crimes: Rape, robbery, arson, homicide, burglary, B&E, a few others. If you graph these out around the full moon every month, you can see a spike around every full moon every month and it goes back ten years, at least until 1998 when is when we went to the record management system we currently use. During the full moon, arguments turn into fist fights, fist fights turn into knife fights, knife fights turn into gun fights. People who usually just argue with other people when they're drinking will end up beating the hell out of one another during the full moon. I'm not stating absolute causation here but I'm saying there is a correlation between rising crime and the full moon. I'll set my watch and warrant by it.
 

FlakeNoir

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Yes they do, but the only noticeable spikes are around Thanksgiving and Christmas. We usually go from one domestic disturbance to another the week of Thanksgiving. On the actual day of Thanksgiving, it usually calms down somewhat, but the day after Thanksgiving? We call it "Black Friday Rumble". There is an inordinate amount of domestic calls on that day pretty much from the stroke of midnight and continuing thru the weekend. Christmas is a very busy time also. Unfortunately, in addition to working lot of domestic calls around Christmas, the number of suicides goes up sharply. From just after Thanksgiving until around New Year, we work almost as many suicides as we work in any other three month quarter throughout the year. What I mean by that is, say we work 25 suicide cases in the month of October, 5 of them successful and 20 unsuccessful attempts (Overdoses, cut wrists, etc.), between Thanksgiving and Christmas we usually work around 75-100 suicides. A lot of them are attempts, cries for help, whatever you want to call it, but the number of successful suicides goes up sharply which is unfortunate.

What is even stranger and half the board won't believe me on this one, but I work in the division that runs stats for the whole department, so I can say this is true because statistics don't lie if you run the same query the same way every time. The full moon 100% absolutely brings out the worst in people. We've got several statistics databases we run queries from on all major crimes: Rape, robbery, arson, homicide, burglary, B&E, a few others. If you graph these out around the full moon every month, you can see a spike around every full moon every month and it goes back ten years, at least until 1998 when is when we went to the record management system we currently use. During the full moon, arguments turn into fist fights, fist fights turn into knife fights, knife fights turn into gun fights. People who usually just argue with other people when they're drinking will end up beating the hell out of one another during the full moon. I'm not stating absolute causation here but I'm saying there is a correlation between rising crime and the full moon. I'll set my watch and warrant by it.
I am not at all surprised by what the statistics are finding Ghost, I've noticed changes on the MB around full moon time for years.
 

Neesy

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May 24, 2012
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Hi precious!! Anything new with you? I'm hanging there. Can you believe Lent is over and here I sit eating Eggplant Parm? I could have had a steak. Except I don't cook on Friday, and I was too lazy to go get a cheese ball. It's supposed to rain and storm here all weekend and I sure hope it does. Otherwise the Ogre will insist that I help him tend to the yard work. I hate yard work.
Nothing really new - killer headache today which seems to be resistant to medication at the moment.
 

Neesy

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May 24, 2012
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Yes they do, but the only noticeable spikes are around Thanksgiving and Christmas. We usually go from one domestic disturbance to another the week of Thanksgiving. On the actual day of Thanksgiving, it usually calms down somewhat, but the day after Thanksgiving? We call it "Black Friday Rumble". There is an inordinate amount of domestic calls on that day pretty much from the stroke of midnight and continuing thru the weekend. Christmas is a very busy time also. Unfortunately, in addition to working lot of domestic calls around Christmas, the number of suicides goes up sharply. From just after Thanksgiving until around New Year, we work almost as many suicides as we work in any other three month quarter throughout the year. What I mean by that is, say we work 25 suicide cases in the month of October, 5 of them successful and 20 unsuccessful attempts (Overdoses, cut wrists, etc.), between Thanksgiving and Christmas we usually work around 75-100 suicides. A lot of them are attempts, cries for help, whatever you want to call it, but the number of successful suicides goes up sharply which is unfortunate.

What is even stranger and half the board won't believe me on this one, but I work in the division that runs stats for the whole department, so I can say this is true because statistics don't lie if you run the same query the same way every time. The full moon 100% absolutely brings out the worst in people. We've got several statistics databases we run queries from on all major crimes: Rape, robbery, arson, homicide, burglary, B&E, a few others. If you graph these out around the full moon every month, you can see a spike around every full moon every month and it goes back ten years, at least until 1998 when is when we went to the record management system we currently use. During the full moon, arguments turn into fist fights, fist fights turn into knife fights, knife fights turn into gun fights. People who usually just argue with other people when they're drinking will end up beating the hell out of one another during the full moon. I'm not stating absolute causation here but I'm saying there is a correlation between rising crime and the full moon. I'll set my watch and warrant by it.
Oh oh - next full moon - May the 3rd
 

kingricefan

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Yes they do, but the only noticeable spikes are around Thanksgiving and Christmas. We usually go from one domestic disturbance to another the week of Thanksgiving. On the actual day of Thanksgiving, it usually calms down somewhat, but the day after Thanksgiving? We call it "Black Friday Rumble". There is an inordinate amount of domestic calls on that day pretty much from the stroke of midnight and continuing thru the weekend. Christmas is a very busy time also. Unfortunately, in addition to working lot of domestic calls around Christmas, the number of suicides goes up sharply. From just after Thanksgiving until around New Year, we work almost as many suicides as we work in any other three month quarter throughout the year. What I mean by that is, say we work 25 suicide cases in the month of October, 5 of them successful and 20 unsuccessful attempts (Overdoses, cut wrists, etc.), between Thanksgiving and Christmas we usually work around 75-100 suicides. A lot of them are attempts, cries for help, whatever you want to call it, but the number of successful suicides goes up sharply which is unfortunate.

What is even stranger and half the board won't believe me on this one, but I work in the division that runs stats for the whole department, so I can say this is true because statistics don't lie if you run the same query the same way every time. The full moon 100% absolutely brings out the worst in people. We've got several statistics databases we run queries from on all major crimes: Rape, robbery, arson, homicide, burglary, B&E, a few others. If you graph these out around the full moon every month, you can see a spike around every full moon every month and it goes back ten years, at least until 1998 when is when we went to the record management system we currently use. During the full moon, arguments turn into fist fights, fist fights turn into knife fights, knife fights turn into gun fights. People who usually just argue with other people when they're drinking will end up beating the hell out of one another during the full moon. I'm not stating absolute causation here but I'm saying there is a correlation between rising crime and the full moon. I'll set my watch and warrant by it.
I work retail so I can tell you that a full moon does indeed make people crazy! :nope:
 

blunthead

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Hi all! I made it back from my trip and finally getting caught up on posts (sort of)!

Good luck NN! So excited that things are coming together for you!

((ghost19)) - Best of luck to you! The ironic thing is, during part of our LONG drive to Florida, my hubby and I were talking about all manner of stuff and got on the subject of how hard it must be to work in LE and have to deal with all that entails. I mentioned an SKMB'er (you) were interested in a career change, I remembered from some thread or other you saying that. Any ways, glad this opportunity opened for you!:okay:
Welcome home!
 
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