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Goq– Amen, & Klal Yisroel!
OY! I guess ‘on paper’ I sound pretty pathetic. if you were to meet me in person you’d never know that’s the life I live. I’m upbeat, cheery, funny, peppy, & my physical issues are not apparent. as I previously mentioned in another thread or 2, I’m really into rock ‘n roll, especially classic rock. (& still dance.)
right now, I’m havin’ fun playing with my 3 y.o. granddaughter! 🙂
B’H
ummm… hmmm.. do I? I take it that those are initials. female?
sorry to say but IMO, I veryy highly doubt that people would be dan lekaf zechus
Bowwow~ that was REALLY funny! ($3K Georgie sheitel) 😀 rotf
I’m Tameed Po … lol, not! :=P
I don’t think anyone would know me here, but it seems that manyyy people know my husband.. not that they’d necessarily know that I’m his wife.
which reminds me: the other day we received a thank-you note from a chasana that was addressed & personally written to just my husband. I was veryy insulted! & said to my husband: “what do they think?! that you’re single or a widower, cv’s?!”
please, what does ‘kefirah’ mean?
I’m a looong time BT & my husband is a looong time CT.
I was in the core start-up group of M.A.S.K. & the one thing that troubled me the most in parents’ discussions was how many supported the ‘tough love’ approach. throwing the child out of the house?!
keeping up communication*,and giving un-conditional love & support … B’H, it worked for us! (*heavy-handed, repetitive, guilt-inducing, mussar-giving by one of us didn’t work, & still doesn’t). respect is also key.
Chasdei Hashem, the children (all FFBs) ‘cleaned up their acts’ & have gone on to Torahdik marriages.
my older daughter, whom I respectfully & affectionally call ‘the Rebbitzen’, was never affected in the least– insofar as her beliefs. of course, she was veryy concerned for her siblings, but implimented love & communication & respect as well. she is a role model to all of us.
as the Mom of 2 married daughters,(29 & 21), I wanted a boy with good midos who would take care of my daughter, & care about her & her needs more than anything else (obviously not speaking about Hashem et al.)
before I get trounced on.. I’m not necessarily speaking about financially… one of my sons-in-law has been in Kollel 7 1/2 yrs now, & the other is an enterprising ‘blue-collar’ worker of sorts.
I just tried to check this out but was only able to see her exit interview in ‘winners circle’. any link available so that I can watch more of her? possibly the game she was in? thanks.
sad to say, I don’t socialize anymore basically at all.
it started with some physical problems that kept me more homebound (I had double knee replacements 6 1/2 yrs ago, & have some back problems), but now it’s become more of a lazy mindset. possibly, a little depression?
I don’t like to talk on the phone, either. nor correspond by e-mail.
my husband tries to get me to attend simchas (weddings/bar mitzvahs/brissim) of people who he knows (from shul, distant Chassidishe cousins) but I don’t attend; I will attend affairs of people who I care about.
a friend will call & invite me, last minute, to meet her on the Avenue for pizza or lunch, & I’ll decline; an old friend from the past will want to meet up & that I will do.
I do attend all immediate family get togethers, & my children, & grandchildren come over to my house veryy often.
I babysat my grandchildren for the last 6 yrs. daily, Mon.-Thurs. plus if necessary (for as long as 12 hrs, no less than 6 hrs a day); now that the youngest, 3 yrs. old ka’h, is in school, I’m ‘retired’, but almost never say ‘no’ when needed.
seems like the only places I go nowadays is to physical therapy twice a wk, & to doctors’ app’ts.
I’m not elderly by any means.. I’m only 59.
I ‘socialize’ on Facebook & now here in the CR, for more hours than I care to disclose @ this time. … hence, my screen name.
tha-tha-tha-that’s all, folks! 🙂
36 years ago I started becoming a BT in San Francisco. at the time I worked for a company that required working on occasional Saturdays. at first, I was able to get a non-Jewish friend to take my Saturdays for me, but then she turned on me– saying it was unfair- & subsequently, I lost my job because I wouldn’t work on Saturdays. somewhere in my oh-too-much-stuff basement, I remember having paperwork discussing the whole situation, but, bottom line: I DID get un-employment benefits.
iyhbyu– just curious cuz I can’t find the thread that ‘watermelon’ had started about ‘where are you from?’… did you answer ‘out-of-town’? btw– an answer that frustrated me to no end, cuz it is soo not an answer! it then assumes (presumes?) outside of NYC, & doesn’t give identity/credit to other places that, indeed, stand on their own– i.e. Seattle, Phoenix, Chicago, anywhere!!
interrupting is not a joke, a veryy bad habit & extremely rude!! every one of the 6 members of my immediate family (myself included, not so much my daughter ‘the Rebbitzen’)does it.
it can become somewhat of a ‘shouting’ match, with each person trying to speak louder than the other, or repeating what they’re saying until they dominate, to get their point across. obviously, each person thinks what they’re saying is more important.
when it comes to a family conversation with one of my children, I believe that I should ‘dominate’ because I’m the Mom (‘the Queen’).
but when I’m the bystander in the conversation & hear one of my immediate family members interrupting, I see how reallyy rude it is! and, of course, I see it in myself, too!… of which, I’m not proud.
it’s a very rude, thoughtless, bad habit… something that we need to work on: being (more) considerate of others!
Sean ben Noach– I have a feeling that the big raffle wasn’t drawn yet, cuz just today they posted the winner of the $2,500 worth of baby furniture on the website.
gluck! 🙂
Goq– AMEN! thank you
Health– I thought you’re a woman!!!!!!!!!!!! oh!
hello99– The Kedai Raffle benefits Kollel Atzei Chaim in Bnei Brak, Mifalei HaChesed (Shabbos & Yom Tov food pkgs), & financial help during the year for large households of Bnei Torah.
I got an e-mail yesterday with a live feed for the Simcha raffle drawing($72K & $36K), but haven’t seen any winners listed for the kedai raffle. yet.
my youngest daughter & son-in-law didn’t speak, text, or even look at each other’s facebook pages the week before the wedding. we thought it was perhaps a Lubavitcher thing, as I don’t remember such stringencies with my other children, who if I remember correctly just didn’t see each other for the entire week before (same as my husband & me).
my daughter brought home a carnvial goldfish. I kept it nicely in a large bowl. as I said previously, it lasted 17 months. I was saddened when it died.
yes, I’m surprised that the child would really notice what utensil his parent is using, but tefillin should not be an issue. the only time I’m still in doubt is when it comes to luluv holding.
Goq– it’s competition. there are two main times when a bunch of tzedukahs make auctions @ the same time: Oct./Nov. & Jan/Feb., and are vying for your contributions. right now I have 5 booklets next to me & about 2 that I know of online. all that I’ve given to in the past, but now I have limited ma’aser & tzedukah :((
I understand the OP’s point.. I’m doing more ‘socializing’- interacting with people- here than on Facebook, or in the country w/ the opposite gender (even tho’ I’m not always sure or correct on a poster’s gender). I’m just sayin’
I’m a lefty & 3 of my 4 children are lefties, including 2 sons. for my older son,when he was younger, my husband used to blame me saying I handed him things dafka to his left hand. obviously nonsense, but he was worried about tefillin.
since it’s been a long time & I’ve forgotten, I just asked my husband what we did for them to learn how to put on tefillin. my husband said that the Skulener Rebba, shlita, taught my older son; my younger son’s rebbe in yeshiva taught him.
there were no problems, B’H .. don’t worry.
The Goq– ALL the Chinese Auctions have come out with bigger, fancier booklets. I’m just sayin’
no.
I prefer ‘eclipse’… not that you probably care, lol 🙂
gavra_at_work– B’H, they’re both working @ good hospitals, Manhattan & Long Island.
my nephew, The Doctor,(graduated last May), got married 2 yrs ago to a wonderful girl who’s now a registered nurse.
machataynesta is the mother of son/dghtr-in-law
I have a more than 1 yr old male betta (Siamese fighting fish); it lives in a fishbowl.
I had a 17 month old goldfish who died recently.
here @ Bobbe’s house: crayons, markers, stickers; books; large legos; stuffed animals, dolls; Connect Four <sometimes just for making designs>; lately– UNO.
(boy & girl 6 yr olds, 5 y.o. boy, 3 y.o. girl, ka’h)
alot of non-answers, imho
lol, many … 60’s, 70’s… classic R ‘n R
not ashamed to admit it, but I knew I shudda held my tongue ;-P
let’s just go back to the OP.. I like the concept of the question.
I’m not ashamed to admit: I can probably name that tune in 2 notes! 😉
<Joe Shmo’s OP confused me: “Did anyone here ever hear of flanken kugel? I believe others call it an overnight potato kugel?”>
first time I’ve ever heard of ‘flanken kugel’, altho’ I use flanken meat alot 🙂
aren’t ‘overnite kugel’ & ‘flanken kugel’ two different things? I thought the ‘overnite kugel’ is basically finely-grated (smooth)potato kugel cooked for many hours, & can even be parve…
my husband buys it occasionally.
‘Inyan’, ‘Binyan’, ‘Kinyan’ .. “the Enchanced Hamodia”
‘Patience’.. Rabbi Zelig Pliskin
“Kosher for the Clueless but Curious” ?? …Shimon Apisdorf
I used to write poetry.
I used to embroider – yarmulkes, matzo & challah covers, Pesach pillowcases, shirts, jackets.
nowadays– my ‘talent’ is still being able to dance to rock ‘n roll music even with my double knee replacements.
and– marathon cooking erev Yom Tov, so I don’t havta cook on Yontif.
also: I will always protect my children.. even tho’ they’re all married.. against anyone!!
2) Mordechai Schmutter .. 4) Yehudis Samet
it used to be my father, a’h (my mother was niftar when I was a teen).
nowadays, it’s been my 29 yr old married daughter… I’ve always called her ‘my Rebbitzen’.
I had an endoscopy & a colonoscopy done @ the same time.
when I orignally tried to post it, the Mods deleted it… maybe they thought I was kidding, but I wasn’t.
yes, I must admit some threads are suspect: do people want answers, or are they trying to illicit controversy & putdowns of certain groups? :/
I want to apologize to any telemarketers who read this thread. I know it’s a living for some people (my own sons did it for awhile). But you have to understand that when I can, I’ll give… and when I can’t, please accept that response without further pressuring conversation.
When I used to answer our phone calls, I’d end the conversation by saying: “I hope you’re matzliach with your next call.”
wow, sweetie! someone has alot of time on her hands 😉 .. altho’ #11’s funny
btw- I’m never rude, but how many times can I say “I haven’t worked since 2001, & my husband hasn’t worked in 3 yrs”?! believe me– it doesn’t make me feel very good having to say that over & over.
sorry, but everything goes to voicemail these days. :/
unfortunately, it’s rarely just giving a simple ‘no’ & that’s the end of the call. it’s ‘can you give $36?’ ‘no?, then can I write you down for chai? ‘no?, then $10?’ ‘okay, we’ll send you an envelope for when you can send something’. .. or worse– when the calls start: ‘we see you made a pledge for $___ last year, or ’09, or ’08…’: rarely do I even remember giving all these organizations a donation… I’m sorry to say that half the time I don’t believe them. also– when my husband tries to call back the numbers of calls we didn’t pick up, the numbers aren’t even viable!