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<title>[Chat] Strange happenings</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The temperature here in New Jersey is about 60 and while not overly unusual, it ain't typical.

Early this morning I noticed that pairs of sparrows were in the process of moving into the two bird houses in my yard. This also is not unusual as birds normally move back in during late November. The strange part is that I later observed them on top of the houses engaged in an act that is normally reserved for the Spring and early Summer.

Now I just saw two robins in the yard pulling worms out of the ground. I can't ever remember seeing robins in New Jersey during the month of November.
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<pubDate>2009-11-26 14:13:49</pubDate>
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<title>[B-Day] Happy Birthday hobgoblin - 11/26</title>
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<pubDate>2009-11-26 07:22:42</pubDate>
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<title>[Congrats] TH F@H Milestones Thanksgiving Edition, 2009</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23400358</link>
<description><![CDATA[FOLDING MILESTONES
Per http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=4 
as of 11/26/2009 06:04:37 PM

parkut........................................45,760,000
TH Foldinator.................................13,335,000
fcapes........................................10,745,000
stv911........................................8,880,000
sortofageek...................................7,410,000
SCKL..........................................5,155,000
coolspot......................................3,900,000
juicelee......................................3,555,000
howieh .......................................3,390,000
Schmackdown...................................3,285,000
santyclaws....................................2,540,000
xrobertcmx....................................1,900,000
vtblues.......................................1,700,000
24Texas.......................................1,565,000
DBMAVEN.......................................1,395,000
Annmarie......................................1,035,000
Anjorni.......................................1,005,000
Bugzilla'57...................................820,000
AsyncTea......................................780,000
leibold.......................................740,000
gaviper.......................................705,000
Rxdoxx........................................675,000
dbwilson......................................560,000
PTS Tech......................................455,000
nekoseven.....................................375,000
Bandycats.....................................270,000
woogiewoogie..................................225,000
GlennH........................................130,000
Zach..........................................95,000
onDvine.......................................27,500
ten base t....................................23,000
Tony..........................................15,000
barmaticus....................................3,500



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<pubDate>2009-11-26 19:06:33</pubDate>
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<title>[B-Day] Happy Birthday Maccawolf - 11/26</title>
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<pubDate>2009-11-26 07:22:12</pubDate>
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<title>[Help] A dear friend needs prayers and mojo</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I just found out a dear friend has breast cancer. Her insurance company canceled her policy at the end of Sept. Her doctor informed her of her cancer on Oct 2. Anyway, prayers and good ol' Team Helix mojo would be most welcome. Her name is Kathy and she could also use any info on getting some sort of coverage, so any info about that would be appreciated too. Just knowing people care and want to help will give her hope. Hope helps a lot. Thanks Teammates! I know we can count on you folks. I'll keep y'all posted on her condition. :)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-10-15 01:56:51</pubDate>
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<title>[Joke] Politically Correct Holidays...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Company Memo
FROM:    Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director 
TO:         All Employees 
DATE:    November 1, 2009
RE:       Gala Christmas Party 

I'm happy to inform you that the company Christmas Party will take place on December 23rd, starting at noon in the private function room at the Grill House. There will be a cash bar and plenty of drinks! We'll have a small band playing traditional carols... feel free to sing along. And don't be surprised if our CEO shows up dressed as Santa Claus! A Christmas tree will be lit at 1:00 PM. Exchanges of gifts among employees can be done at that time; however, no gift should be over $10.00 to make the giving of gifts easy for everyone's pockets. This gathering is only for employees! 
Our CEO will make a special announcement at that time! 
Merry Christmas to you and your family, 
Patty

Company Memo
FROM:    Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director 
TO:         All Employees 
DATE:    November 2, 2009
RE:       Gala Holiday Party 

In no way was yesterday's memo intended to exclude our Jewish employees. We recognize that Hanukkah is an important holiday, which often coincides with Christmas, though unfortunately not this year. However, from now on, we're calling it our "Holiday Party." The same policy applies to any other employees who are not Christians and to those still celebrating Reconciliation Day. There will be no Christmas tree, and no Christmas carols will be sung. We will have other types of music for your enjoyment. 
Happy now? 
Happy Holidays to you and your family, 
Patty

Company Memo
FROM:   Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director 
TO:        All Employees 
DATE:   November 3, 2009
RE:        Holiday Party 

Regarding the note I received from a member of Alcoholics Anonymous requesting a non-drinking table, you didn't sign your name. I'm happy to accommodate this request, but if I put a sign on a table that  reads, "AA Only," you wouldn't be anonymous anymore. How am I supposed to handle this? 
Somebody? 
And sorry, but forget about the gift exchange, no gifts are allowed since the union members feel that $10.00 is too much money and the executives believe $10.00 is a little chintzy. 
REMEMBER: NO GIFTS EXCHANGE WILL BE ALLOWED.

Company Memo
FROM:  Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director 
To:        All Employees 
DATE:   November 4, 2009
RE:        Generic Holiday Party

What a diverse group we are! I had no idea that December 20th begins the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which forbids eating and drinking during daylight hours. There goes the party! Seriously, we can appreciate how a luncheon at this time of year does not accommodate our Muslim employees' beliefs. Perhaps the Grill House can hold off on serving your meal until the end of the party or else package everything for you to take it home in little foil doggy baggy. Will that work? 

Meanwhile, I've arranged for members of Weight Watchers to sit farthest from the dessert buffet, and pregnant women will get the table closest to the restrooms.  Gays are allowed to sit with each other. Lesbians do not have to sit with Gay men, each group will have their own table. 
Yes, there will be flower arrangement for the Gay men's table. 
To the person asking permission to cross dress, the Grill House asks that no cross-dressing be allowed, apparently because of concerns about confusion in the restrooms. Sorry. 
We will have booster seats for short people. 
Low-fat food will be available for those on a diet. 
I am sorry to report that we cannot control the amount of salt used in the food. The Grill House suggests that people with high blood pressure taste a bite first. 
There will be fresh "low sugar" fruits as dessert for diabetics, but the restaurant cannot supply "no sugar" desserts. Sorry! 

Did I miss anything?!?!? 
Patty

Company Memo
FROM:   Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director 
TO:         All F*%^ing Employees 
DATE:    November 5, 2009
RE:         The F*%^ing Holiday Party

I've had it with you vegetarian jerks!!! We're going to keep this party at the Grill House whether you like it or not, so you can sit quietly at the table furthest from the "grill of death," as you so quaintly put it, and you'll get your f*%^ing salad bar, including organic tomatoes. But you know, tomatoes have feelings, too. They scream when you slice them. I've heard them scream. I'm hearing them scream right NOW! 
The rest of you f*%^ing weirdos can kiss my *ss. I hope you all have a rotten holiday! 
Drive drunk and die, 
The B*tch from H*ll!!! 

Company Memo
FROM:  Joan Bishop, Acting Human Resources Director 
DATE:   November 6, 2009
RE:        Patty Lewis and Holiday Party

I'm sure I speak for all of us in wishing Patty Lewis a speedy recovery and I'll continue to forward your cards to her. 
In the meantime, management has decided to cancel our Holiday Party and give everyone the afternoon of the 23rd off with full pay. 

Happy Holidays! 
Joan

:o :o ;) :D :D :D
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"I can't save them all, but I sure as hell CAN help move them to safety."  - Jo

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<pubDate>2009-11-25 07:16:28</pubDate>
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<title> While we were all too busy to notice</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I just received this from a friend and thought I'd share..

November 20, 2009

Army News Service 

Retired Col. Lewis L. Millett, who received the Medal of Honor during the Korean War for leading what was reportedly the last major American bayonet charge, died Nov 14.

Millett, 88, died in Loma Linda, Calif., last weekend after serving for more than 15 years as the honorary colonel of the 27th Infantry Regiment Association.

Millet received the Medal of Honor for his actions Feb. 7, 1951. He led Company E, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division in a bayonet charge up Hill 180 near Soam-Ni, Korea.

A captain at the time, Millet was leading his company in an attack against a strongly held position when he noticed that a platoon was pinned down by small-arms, automatic, and antitank fire.

Millett placed himself at the head of two other platoons, ordered fixed bayonets, and led an assault up the fire-swept hill. In the fierce charge, Millett bayoneted two enemy soldiers and continued on, throwing grenades, clubbing and bayoneting the enemy, while urging his men forward by shouting encouragement, according to his Medal of Honor citation.

"Despite vicious opposing fire, the whirlwind hand-to-hand assault carried to the crest of the hill," the citation states. "His dauntless leadership and personal courage so inspired his men that they stormed into the hostile position and used their bayonets with such lethal effect that the enemy fled in wild disorder."

During the attack, Millett was wounded by grenade fragments but refused evacuation until the objective was firmly secured. He recovered, and after the war went to attend Ranger School.

In the 1960s he ran the 101st Airborne Division Recondo School, for reconnaissance-commando training, at Fort Campbell, Ky. Then he served in a number of special operations advisory assignments in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. He founded the Royal Thai Army Ranger School with help of the 46th Special Forces Company. This unit is reportedly the only one in the U.S.Army to ever simultaneously be designated as both Ranger and Special Forces.

Millet retired from the Army in 1973.

"I was very saddened to hear Col. Millett passed away," said Maj. Gen. Robert L. Caslen Jr., the current commanding general of the 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. "He was a rare breed, a true patriot who never stopped serving his country. He was a role model for thousands of Soldiers and he will be missed."

Millet was born in Maine and first enlisted in 1940 in the Army Air Corps and served as a gunner. Soon after, when it appeared that the U.S. would not enter World War II, he left and joined the Canadian Army.

In 1942, while Millet was serving in London, the United States entered the war. Millet turned himself into the U.S. Embassy there. He was eventually assigned to the 1st Armored Division. As an antitank gunner in Tunisia, Millet earned the Silver Star after he jumped into a burning halftrack filled with ammunition, drove it away from allied soldiers and jumped to safety just before the vehicle exploded. He later shot down a German fighter plane with a vehicle-mounted machine gun.

As a sergeant serving in Italy during the war, his desertion to join the Canadian forces caught up to him. He was court-martialed, fined $52 and denied leave. A few weeks later he was awarded a battlefield commission. After the war, he joined the 103rd Infantry of the Maine National Guard, and attended college, until he was called back to active duty in 1949.

In addition to the Medal of Honor, Millett earned the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Legions of Merit and four Purple Hearts during his 35-year military career. After his retirement, he remained active in both national and local veterans groups from his Idyllwild, Calif., home.

His son, Staff Sgt John Morton Millett, was a member of the 101st Airborne Division returning from duty in the Sinaii Dec. 12, 1985, when a charter plane crashed upon takeoff after stopping at Gander, Newfoundland. He was one of 256 Soldiers killed in the crash.

On Feb. 7, 1994, retired Col. Millet was honored with a ceremony on Hill 180, now located on Osan Air Base, South Korea. The ceremony became an annual one and the road running up the hill was named "Millet Road."

In June 2000, Millet returned to Seoul, South Korea, and served as keynote speaker at the Army's 225th Birthday Ball at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. All eight of the then-living Korean War Medal of Honor recipients attended the event.
This year, Millet served as the grand marshal of a Salute to Veterans parade, April 21 in Riverside, Calif. He died Nov. 14 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Loma Linda, Calif., of congestive heart failure.

A memorial service for Millet is scheduled for Dec. 5 at the National Medal of Honor Memorial, Riverside National Cemetery in California.

 
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<pubDate>2009-11-26 17:16:30</pubDate>
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<title>Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!</title>
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Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday.

-Matt]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-26 11:51:07</pubDate>
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<title>[Congrats] TH F@H Milestones for Nov 25, 2009</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23396288</link>
<description><![CDATA[FOLDING MILESTONES
Per http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=4 
as of 11/25/2009 05:53:31 PM

parkut........................................45,570,000
TH Foldinator.................................13,315,000
fcapes........................................10,740,000
stv911........................................8,850,000
sortofageek...................................7,400,000
SCKL..........................................5,145,000
juicelee......................................3,550,000
howieh .......................................3,385,000
GlennAxl......................................2,910,000
dogtired12782.................................2,355,000
opus74........................................2,215,000
EHansman......................................2,130,000
xrobertcmx....................................1,890,000
NonCompassMantis..............................1,845,000
vtblues.......................................1,695,000
Howard7.......................................1,340,000
Lonnyb........................................1,260,000
www.hitchcockbros.com.........................1,250,000
gninke........................................1,050,000
Annmarie......................................1,030,000
iog...........................................945,000
PsiReaper.....................................745,000
edhalen.......................................580,000
murky.........................................545,000
Santa Fe......................................545,000
signmeuptoo...................................490,000
Doug..........................................465,000
rwetter.......................................250,000
Cajun Man.....................................120,000
munky99999....................................45,500
monsteve......................................36,500
Tetris........................................18,500
Tony..........................................14,500
gdc123........................................10,000
PS3-hope......................................1,250
bata..........................................500



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<pubDate>2009-11-25 18:55:35</pubDate>
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<title>[Chat] Just when you hit bottom....</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I've busted my butt all summer and made good money. Unfortunately, I didn't save any instead I spent allot on my house with new water heaters, stoves, an LP gas tank (that needed to be plumbed in), some minor carpentry, and plumbing and new plants. 

When work ended, I had NOTHING saved! And of course, am having a hard time with the unemployment office which has since been solved but for over a month I've had no income at all.

During the last 24 hours, I've been solicited to work at another local restaurant next year. They open March, close after Christmas. Much better then my now May to October!

And, also I have been asked to meet with someone about helping her open and run one, maybe two new restaurants!

Both of these tow possibilities I am familiar with who runs them. ANd I am very excited about the prospects they give me.

I have set up meetings with both, and am confident something will come out of them. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-16 19:04:52</pubDate>
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