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Any advice would be greatly appreciated and devoured. TIA!
Old people of Datalounge, what advice do you have for us young guy's?
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Balance your personal life (friends, family, downtime, etc) with your personal life. No one ever looks back and says "Gee, I wish I had worked harder/spent more time working" ....
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R2 is so wrong. I know many senior gays, some near poverty who WISH they had worked more, saved more and had the ability to enjoy their golden years in comfort.
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DOY ... with your PROFESSIONAL life .... I really am an eldergay. Sheesh.
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Avoid the trends of your peers -- like barebacking is no big deal (and [italic]so[/italic] much more fun.)
And if you are going to get tattoos try to at least make them interesting or artful. Put some thought into it. There is not now, nor will there ever be, a person with a neck tattoo that doesn't look like a complete moron.
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always wear condoms
when you see crazy coming at you CROSS THE STREET
R3 has a point; it's important to spend time with family and friends, but you have to take care of yourself.
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Don't mature into the kind of asshole who would delight in telling you that your wrongly put an apostrophe in the phrase "for us young guy's".
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R4 .... I'm not wrong. I said 'balance' both .... doesn't mean don't be sure you haven't 'saved for a rainy day' or that you should 'blow it as you go'.
I think it's sound advice.
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Don't start believing what the religious right says. Live your life on your own terms and in your own way. Don't let others' morality define you.
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Don't burn your bridges. Leave your partners/friends if you must, but leave them their dignity. Save for your retirement.
Never trust a fart.
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Don't collect, don't accumulate. All those possessions you crave now will become a burden down the road.
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Don't get tattoos, they are never interesting or artful.
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Stay of my lawn.
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Don't expect anyone to give you a Christmas present if you've told them you don't want a gift.
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Moisturize, especially your arms and legs. Your skin will become crepey if you don't.
If you start going gray, don't dye it. That will make you look 20 years older.
Get a pedicure at least once a month.
Stock up on Alka Seltzer.
Take care of your teeth.
Work out as much as you want, but not so much that you end up all veiny like Tom Bianchi.
Sweat the small stuff now, because eventually you won't give a shit.
Stay current with world affairs and pop culture. No one will want to hear how much you love/hate Madonna in the nursing home.
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You don't want to look back on a life full of missed opportunities.
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Accept the fact that you are gay. Don't ever be ashamed of who you are. Being gay gives you the incredible gift of empathy with/for others who cover the spectrum of the marginalized in society. Embrace it. If you are under 18 and you live in a homophobic household, get out as soon as you are of age.
Keep the friends who love you for who you are, and don't lose contact with them. Don't make fun of people.
Work hard to fulfill your dream. Don't worry about chasing bullshit like fame or fortune.
Always use a condom.
Treat everyone as you would want to be treated. Always go into a place as if you owned it, but don't act as if you did.
Enjoy life!
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Read. Become aware of the world, politics and issues of the day beyond your own gay neighborhood.
Go to school. Get a degree in something that interests you but also something that will help benefit you and allow you to live a decent, comfortable life.
Don't ever say, "I don't watch the news." Boring people with very little substance say things like that.
Learn the art of conversation. Don't just spend your life texting without ever truly having a conversation with a variety of people.
Don't think with your dick. Well, once in a while it's okay, but don't make it a habit.
Save your money to buy your onw place be it a small condo or big house. Don't leave yourself vulnerable to landlords your whole life.
Save your money for layoffs of which there may be several in your working life.
Save your money for retirement. It will be here before you know it.
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Don't ask for advice on Datalounge.
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And one more...
Travel. The world is a big, fascinating and interesting place. Make sure you see a good deal of it.
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Kill everyone now! Condone first degree murder! Advocate cannibalism! Eat shit!
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Dress your children in Denim and Corduroy
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If you can, try to live below your means - you don't really need all the extra shit.
Don't get caught up with labels or makes of cars - no one really gives a shit at the end of the day and it doesn't make you special.
Save your money.
Put in a little extra effort than everyone else at work - it's almost always noticed and will get you far.
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OP, one way to get ahead in life is to write using proper grammar. Bad language usage is a serious hindrance in getting ahead, even though the young think that spell check and grammar check are the answer. For example, your use of the possessive (guy's), when you wanted to use the plural (guys), indicates that you have a long way to go. Good luck.
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Beware of The Twink.
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If you're going to be a filmmaker, buy a fucking tripod. And use it.
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No matter how flawless your skin is now, after 40 growths will begin to sprout...you'll look like you're cultivating potatoes on your face.
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Be open to love! Love!
Love with men of all ages!
Travel to Palm Springs!
If an older gentleman tells you you have a career in modeling, believe him!
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Develop some level of expertise in a leisure activity that you can play your whole life: tennis, golf, bridge, whatever.
Find a companion before you're 40.
Learn some skill: playing the piano, carpentry, speaking French, whatever.
Don't worry obsessively about what might go wrong: most of the things you worry about will never happen, and the really bad things (e.g., illness) will come out of the blue.
Save money! (I can't get convince a lot of the young people at my job to take advantage of our voluntary 401(K)! It baffles me.)
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Get off of the God Damned internet and go live a real life while you're young. Travel, sure, but take a walk, go sit in a bar or cafe, meet people, see things, do things, experience life in 3-D, not through a computer screen.
Plenty of time for sitting on DataLounge when you're old.
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[R7] I agree with this post. That asshole will be along to accuse you of being ignorant and uneducated. Pity him because he has no other contribution and is a miserable person
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If you have the means, adopt an older dog. It does wonders for you and your environment.
Empathize with people and their problems without offering solutions. You're not allowed to fix everything.
Enjoy new tech platforms, but remember that you don't have to be on top of each iteration. I missed out on Blackberry, Friendster, and Myspace - no loss.
Greed costs money. Whenever you can make an unreasonable profit on your investment, there's a con game being played. Make sure you're not the mark.
Date a stranger; jerk off with your other hand every once in a while. A habitual death grip messes up your ability to get off through contact with another guy.
Eat a salad each day. You're ass will thank you.
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Live below your means. Having a little cushion in the bank does feel nice, but more important - materialism isn't much fun. If you think your possessions will impress people, think again. There's always someone else with cooler stuff, and investing your ego in your things will leave you constantly feeling second best.
Don't smoke or do drugs.
Do exercise.
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Advice for the young: Save your money.
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A man who wants to support you will expect you to put up with mistreatment in return. Always be reponsible for your own finances.
Enjoy your youthful good looks while you can, but don't live off your looks. See above.
If you're a man, don't pluck your eyebrows.
Use condoms until you've settled down with someone.
Don't be afraid. Seriously, don't live in fear of what people will think! Do what you have to do to get over fear and self-consciousness. Physical challenges aren't important in themselves, but they can be useful in teaching yourself to be brave.
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One of these days you are going to wake up and realize that you are old and you will have no fucking idea how the time passed by so quickly.
Parents will be dead and maybe some siblings will be dead too. Aunts and Uncles and those cousins who are your age....all gone.
Little aches and pains will become huge aches and pains. All of a sudden it seems that you either can't pee at all or pee every fucking 20 minutes. Cataracts.
Doctors and specialists will probe and exam every inch of your old body and have you buy very expensive medications. You better have good health insurance to go along with Medicare or have Romney money.
You will not win the lottery and wipe away all worries for the rest of your life.
It isn't pretty.
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Don't be a bitter old queen. If someone has a different belief than you, don't automatically shut tem down. Don't be guilty of a double standard claiming empathy for others but ONLY if they agree with you.
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R32 is completely out of touch with reality.
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Ditto living below your means. Never put more on your credit card than you can pay off at the end of the month. Don't waste your money on all the newest gadgets.
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If you are a man pluck out the center if you have a unibrow.
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R11 R16 Seconded.
My main advice: save your money and plan for your retirement, but don't overdo it. I was able to retire at 58 and am financially secure, but I don't feel like doing a lot of the things I'd planned on doing after I retired (i.e., that I put off doing when I was younger and poorer.) Make time to do the things you enjoy, like traveling, etc. while you're young enough to enjoy them.
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Learn correct English usage especially when writing. "Guy's" is way wrong; you meant "guys". The plural of guy. "Guy's" would mean possessive of one guy.
Don't think that statements like the above are bitchy; they're meant to be helpful.
Have as many hag friends as possible.
Have a couple of straight male friends.
Never become estranged from your parents or siblings no matter how obnoxious they may be. UNLESS they refuse to recognize your life partner or even boyfriend.
Be philanthropic as much as you can; to give IS better than to receive.
Don't stay at one job forever unless it is a field you truly love.
Don't adopt or have with a surrogate, kids. That's for breeders. Gays can have more productive, and equally meaningful, lives.
Stay HIV-negative if possible; if not, don't beat yourself up; you didn't START the disease.
Keep posting on DL!
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STAY younger.
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Get all you can while you can
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Start putting whatever you can into a Roth IRA.
Buy property if you can, for yourself and for investment.
Figure out what makes you really happy. Art, theater, literature, nature, movies, whatever. Immerse yourself in your interests, expand your knowledge.
Make lots of friends, keep the ones who enrich your life, drop the ones who don't appreciate you for who you are or who suck out your energy and deplete you.
Laugh deeply and often.
Love yourself, forgive yourself, improve yourself. Let go of grudges, love others.
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Never turn down an opportunity to have sex or appear on TV.
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A lot is said here about saving money. I'd like to go a step further: Learn how to invest your money wisely.
Teach yourself about stocks, bonds, the market by simply reading the Wall Street Journal (the paper or online). Understand how stocks, deferred taxable income, 401k plans, Roth and tradional IRA plans work AND MAXIMIZE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER LAW INTO EACH OF THESE GOVERNMENT PROVIDED INVESTMENT PLANS. You will find your money grows exponentially quickly.
And yes, get a good moisturizer.
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[quote]Never turn down an opportunity to have sex or appear on TV.
These days, we should modify that to "Never turn down an opportunity to have sex ON TV."
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Surprisingly, sex doesn't stop at 55.
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Use a good Meroyxl based sunscreen.
I'm 46 and can pass for twenty something in the right light. At least that's what some people tell me.
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Retirement investment advise can't be specific for people under 30 -- if the kids have jobs at all. When I was young, it was all about T-bills, then municipal bonds. Mutual funds seemed like the way to go until many realized their fund managers were merrily skimming from the top.
How about pensions? We were always happy to hear we would have pensions until we learned we wouldn't.
The trick is, put something aside. Some people have ended up living off their savings and that has put them back to ground zero, but at least they had some time...
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R52, go to Morningstar.com and use their investment devices for free, untainted information about mutual funds, stocks, bond funds, etc.
Yes, there are some mutual funds out there that charge an entry fee (load) to get in on the fund, but there are also hundreds of 5 star no-load funds. And the fees you mention? Yes, some charge as high as 4-5% for the unwary and that is absurd.
Use the tools provided to look for 5 star no-load funds with annual fees below 1.1%. Many fund families fall into this category, but for no-load, low-fee 4 and 5 star mutual funds, Vanguard Family of funds comes to mind first, followed by Fidelity family of funds. Check it out. I'm here to answer questions if someone has questions.
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[quote]One of these days you are going to wake up and realize that you are old and you will have no fucking idea how the time passed by so quickly.
Damn, it goes so quick. You're old all of sudden and you'll wonder when/how it happened.
Be sensible, find a good profession, save money, but also make sure you jam as much experience and fun as possible into your youth.
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Everything in moderation. Don't drink too much, eat too much, do too many drugs, or go too many days without a good night's rest.
Read. Read. Read. If reading is not a habit, make it one. There is a whole world of knowledge in books that will never be available in sufficient depth and breadth on the internet and in order to survive well, you need to be educated, whether you are an autodidact or someone with many degrees. Never stop learning. Be fascinated with your world, how it works, who runs it and what their jobs are. Every good CEO needs to know how every job in their company works, from top to bottom, and you are the CEO of your life. Be a sponge that never stops soaking in information and knowledge. You should always have at least one work of fiction and several works of non-fiction going at once and read at least a poem a day.
Listen to music daily and learn at least one instrument.
Do most tasks of running your daily life yourself. The more you outsource, the less control you have. Cleaning is good exercise. Lawn work is good exercise. If you are living your life actively and walking everywhere and taking the stairs as much as possible, parking your car as far away from the store as possible, you shouldn't need a gym membership. Live someplace where you can enjoy the outdoors as much as possible and get as much fresh air and sunlight as you can everyday regardless of the weather. Dress accordingly and you can be out everyday even if it is below zero.
Travel as much as you can. Buy local art and decorate your home with things you bring back from your trips. Invest in folk art, art need not be expensive to be valuable. Many of the world's hidden gems can be had for a song. Learn as many foreign languages as you can and talk to as many people from as many different countries as you can. If you can't travel, at least you can learn about the world through people.
When you don't know what to say in a conversation, ask people about themselves. Everyone likes to talk about themselves.
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There is a shit load of seriosly good advice here, and this is surprising since this site is shit-loaded to the gills with prisspots spouting hatred and pseudo-intellectualism.
Most of these men, elder gay men, seemed to have taken their time out to think through good answers for you. I cannot dispute any of their wisdom. And invest for a rainy day, invest wisely. Don't be afraid of love and committment.
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Don't get the AIDS.
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Thank you. Seriously, thanks to everyone who has and who will contribute to this thread. I have a pdf of it saved to my computer and plan to reference it periodically.
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Go get the paddle, you're gettin' a spankin'.
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Young guy's what? Here's a piece of advice, learn the difference between guys and guy's--an apostrophe isn't some sort of word decoration to be used when you feel like it. Also, don't uptalk and by that ? I mean don't ? make every sentence ? sound like a question ? is timidly ? being asked?
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Trust in oneself; trust that natural law supercedes the will and tenacity of narcissistic forces; trusting that narcissistic forces at their core do not come from strength, but from desperation; trust in one's skills to empower others by helping them to break down fears into manageable segments
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"Human beings can be summed up like this. Their perverse and destructive quest for absolute power, shiny objects and colored paper is rivaled only by their all-consuming desire to rub fleshy bits of themselves together. They pour each other's blood into the streets due to this man's opinion or that woman's betrayal, all responding to the siren-song of man made deities who don't even come close to representing who and what is really running the show. Yet, the way they waste their lives is tragically admirable to me because they all truly believe they are justified in what they do since they don't know any better and are too frightened to learn any other way. Once the circle is momentarily broken and they are assigned to me, they look back and realize it all could have been so much easier. Suddenly, they give me that pleading stare, as if I would let them go back, even if I could." – Death
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Fourscore ? and seven years ago ? our forefathers ? brought forth ? on this continent ? ........
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Love as much as you can. If it's one person or many, it doesn't matter. Just keep firing. They want you to keep buying stuff. You don't need most of it. Be grateful. If you can't feel it about your work, or your loved ones, or your face, focus on the things you can feel grateful about. List them, then grow the list a little each day. Don't be a know it all - then you won't learn anything. True listening is an act of intimacy. Do your kegels.
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[quote]Old people of Datalounge, what advice do you have for us young guy's?
Learn some basic spelling.
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[R59] [R60] spankin' gettin' from the same dizzy cunt that wants to tell you how not to decorate your words. Oh dear and go figure. Whaaaaaaaaaaaz?
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Don't put your face and your dick in the same picture.
Live below your means, but don't get so focused on retirement that you forget to live.
When you smell crazy on people trust your instincts.
Try and find work you love.
If you are kind and curious you are likely to have a happy life.
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The Hershey Highway is the road to a lifetime of misery unless you:
1) Are under 30 and drop-dead-gorgeous 2) Have 10 inches or more 3) Have $10 million or more 4) Are on drugs
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When I was young the elder gays
Told me to put some more oil on the burner
They told me to put some more oil on the burner
They told me to put some more oil on the burner
But that didn't do no good.
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I have to agree with the pro-moisturizer posts. I'm another 46 year old who looks 30-ish because of it. (Even with the thinning hair!) Since my early 20's, I've applied moisturizer to my face and neck right after shaving. It takes a few seconds of your time, and years later you'll be glad you did. And drink lots of water, even when you're not thirsty.
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Wise words, Mr Death at R62. I'd appreciate knowing the source of your quotation.
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Guys what does it mean 'the police was way over budget again'?
Don't be humorous please, i need a translation.
Thanks...don't get nasty.
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Good advice in song!
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Ignore the girlyfags. If you're a man, NEVER moisturise. And never ever exfoliate either. You want to ensure your skin is as thick as possible as you age. A thin soft skin on older men just looks fem. Rough tough masculine faces look sexy. Esp after 30. Do you want a thin moisturised shiny face at 50. Fuck no! So leave it alone. Just wash it in water.
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Learn how to spell.
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The moisture queens don't look 30 they look shiny and damp.
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Don't put apostrophes where they don't belong.
Get as much sex as you can while you're young and pretty. Safely, of course.
Disregard that advice if you're lucky enough to find someone you think you could happily spend a lifetime with. Then, concentrate on making your lives together wonderful.
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Guys, gays don't like touchy-feely men?
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The sun will set without your help.
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R80, no more sarcasm please.
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No more sarcasm!
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[quote]young guy's
Learn the proper use of the apostrophe.
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I'm disenchanted by some of your stilted advices guys.
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Guys you love my puppy face?
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Never Complain. Never explain.
--Henry Ford II
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Don't get old!!
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Young people right now are constantly hearing that there's no future for them, that education is a waste of time, that they'll never have what their parents had, and that's BULLSHIT. We were told the exact same things when we were coming up. You can and will find a place for yourself in this world, a number of places actually. Just be aware of what you like to do and what you're good at and interested in doing, and be on the lookout for opportunities to do these things in the real world.
It's fashionable right now to treat college as a very expensive job training program, but that's not really what it's for. What a good higher education really does is to train your mind in a way that teaches you how to teach yourself. Going to college in your late teens and early twenties, because at that time in your life you have just the right balance between newfound maturity and the childlike ability to absorb huge amounts of information really fast. Avoid running up outrageous debt if you can possibly avoid it by getting scholarships and grants and work studies and so on. Don't be afraid to transfer to another school or drop out for a while if the program you're in doesn't seem to be a good fit. Very few people know exactly what they want to do (and should be doing) for the rest of their lives when they're eighteen!
This one I got from my man John Waters: the less you ask your parents for money, the more accepting they'll be of your life choices.
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Get an education. Someone once said theres's nothing so tragic as an uneducated homosexual.
Move to a big city by the time you're 30, where you can have a decent life even if you're on your own and not be at the mercy of the straighties.
Take care of yourself. Avoid the pitfall of substance abuse.
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You old guys who you act as if you know it all. What is a bail bond? How do you get it? You go to an office and you ask for a bail bond without paying anything?
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Pay in cash. Don't accrue unnecessary debt. Don't assume a lifestyle that you can't afford.
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Don't tan - real or fake. The sun will age you prematurely and the fake stuff just makes you look orange.
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Don't listen to the assholes who say Baby Boomers are selfish. We worked our asses off and watched our pensions get stolen and now hear the GOP sniping that we dont deserve social security.
We paid.
If you let the GOP do this to us, they'll do 10x worse to you.
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Limit your financial relationships. Save, invest, whatever, but keep it simple. Home ownership requires a mortgage -- it will be very hard, but try to keep that simple as well.
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Some great advice has been given.
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R94 when you are saying 'you worked your ass off' i suppose you mean you get fucked a lot.
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*got fucked
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Try not to take too many hot dicks from fine men up your ass. Especially those juicy large ones.
Don't let your butthole become a cum dump.
Avoid the 2 dicks in (your) one hole scenario- its a real permanent ass stretcher. Likewise no fisting.
Sperm facials can add years to your life or remove them. Its all in the application of the cream and how often.
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When you're dead, nobody will remember you for your maple cabinets and granite countertops. Or your marble bathrooms with Jack and Jill sinks and vintage plumbing accessories.
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I need more tenderness from men.
Thank you guys. be more tender with your advices.
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Dont knit, watch tv, read a magazine, doze off or even yawn whilst your long time partner is banging your ass. It will eventually not work out. Trust me.
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Listen. Read. Do well in school. Travel. Try and help others when you can. Listen.
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Home ownership does not 'require' a mortgage. If you buy a home for 100,000 you will pay the bank 300,000 for that home before all is said and done.
Live frugally and save for a starter home.
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Don't ever, ever ask "is it in yet?"
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Advice for young guys?
Quit calling us "old people" you little son of a bitch!
You should have your goddamn unwrinkled face bitch slapped and your ass drop kicked over cars in the Wal-Mart parking lot for your rude behavior toward us "elder gays"!
Get down on your knees you young mother-fucking twit and prepare yourself to learn your destiny in life!
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Quit calling us old guys..you're all going to be there one day so respect us.
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Yes, if they are lucky they will get old.
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Now that I am "old" in your young minds, let me say that after navigating a landmine field of dicks over several decades with my ass and mouth and never getting one disease but finding love quite frequently....."follow that bitches!"
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Choose quality over quantity.
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You've arrived at a time when gay rights are the law of the land, or about to be. It is a most auspicious time to be gay in the world, excepting certain areas, and you can expect to proceed through life unfettered by the aspects of your sexuality that used to freak people out. Me? I never felt "fettered" by anyone or anything, and have always lived as I am. I think the legitimacy of gay marriage, with all the rights (and disasters) marriage entails, has set us on a course where true equality is finally upon us.
Another thing, don't sleep with (all) your friends. You'll find you'll have more of them when you get older.
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Get the fuck off this site before you are contaminated beyond the ability to heal.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
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As others have said, don't fall into debt as it will really limit your choices later if you decide on a career change, suffer a layoff, etc.
Establish a budget and only have a budgeted amount of cash in your wallet when you leave the house and be conscious about how much remains in your wallet after making a purchase.
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Stay away from fluoroquinolone antibiotics unless you're willing to accept the very real possibility of spending the rest of your life in a wheelchair.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
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Don't be silly, don't follow trends, develop marketable skills and fulfill your obligations to others, employers, friends, family (if not abusive). In other words, the same advice I would give anyone else.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 116
Don't turn into r106.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
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Use condoms, practice safe sex.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
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[quote]Use condoms until you've settled down with someone.
Then, at least you'll know who gave you AIDS!
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 119
Never be intentionally hurtful to anyone.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 120
Young man learn how to spell. It's not guy's it's: guys. Start using spell check when you post OR just learn how to spell,princess.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 121
So gay men can be repulsive. Whoa...
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 122
Kill yourself NOW.
'Cause you'll never be able to measure up to us.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 123
[quote]Old people of Datalounge, what advice do you have for us young guy's?
Try to view people as people--judge them by the content of their character--and don't categorize them so quickly based on external things like age, race, gender, sexual orientation, status, class, etc.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 124
[quote]Quit calling us old guys..you're all going to be there one day so respect us.
I love how eldergays around here think they can just demand respect because they are older than dirt.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
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That's right r66 (almost seems like Route 66, remember that one?) and here's some more: learn the difference between to, too and two; your and you're, there and their, hear and here. Way back in the day when I was in school most of us learned this by the 4th grade, so, just like the TV show, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? And in the words of Erma Bombeck, learn the difference between fame and success, fame is Madonna, success is Mother Theresa. Also, don't show up pregnant to any of your class reunions or they will think that is all you've been doing since you graduated (and dare I say in some cases even before?). Yes, I know it's a gay site!!
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
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A lot of you speak as you never had fallen really in love. Such sarcasm...
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
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Most old people can't separate their personal experience from what would work now, so take what they say with a grain of salt. Conditions you face are something none of them ever faced.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 128
That youth is generally wasted on the young.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
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Please stop wearing those dumb-looking fedoras and filthy stocking caps - especially in the summer.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 130
When you get into a new relationship, be careful that you don't get too involved in the happy clouds or paranoid clouds in your head.
Be IN the relationship that you are in, not the one in your head.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 131
Oh poor Lucifer.
You feel trapped?
I give you a hug and i pinch your cheeks poor sugar fiend.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 132
conquer resume-building skills;
wear condoms;
stay thin;
invest 15% of your salary;
buy a home as fast as you can;
never buy a new car;
be nice to your boyfriend
conquer the skill of asking for raises
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 133
'Touch of Evil' is one of my favourite movies.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
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Most of these replies are superficiIal bullshit. i thought the OP was looking for real advice. Then I realized: most American gays live two-dimensional paper-thin lives, driven by prepubescent mentalities. . .. Sorry, OP. I can't help you. No one here can. .. good luck! Take life as it comes at you.
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Never have sex in the dark with someone you don't trust 100%.
Do what you enjoy, not what other people think you should enjoy. If you don't feel like reading the news, don't.
There is nothing worse than someone who thinks their tastes in art are superior to someone else's tastes. Being a fan of Barbra Streisand or opera doesn't make one superior to someone who enjoys Gaga or Britney.
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|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 138
hey OP -
there is some great advice here - a lot of it solid commonsense!
as for me - as i sit here at age fifty (how the fuck did that happen?) the one bit of wisdom i think worth passing on is this:
there's no point trying to have a rational argument with someone who is inherently irrational.
ther's no use in trying - and the minute you engage - you've lost.
seriously, if i'd known this when i was young it would have saved me a lot of time, energy - and heartache...
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 139
R139, did you send that response via telegraph?
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
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[quote]buy a home as fast as you can
Either you're a realtor, or you've forgotten what the past decade has been like for the housing market.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 141
Surprising how little of these posts has to do with love or relationships. My advice:
Find someone you love and stick with them. If you really care for the person, don't let selfish, stupid things break you up. Having someone love you unconditionally is one of the best things in life. For some reason, it's a lot easier to find that when you're young. If you have it, hold onto it.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 142
Find love before you're 30. After that, all that's available are the leftovers. They're mostly gross and have social deficits or they're obese or some other awful thing that caused them to reach 30+ alone.
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Hear! Hear! R[142]
As usual the majority of respondents carry on about money. Of course one needs to survive but living like a miser does not bring happiness unless that is all you aspire to. Shrouds don't have pockets.
Love is priceless and attaining that will carry one through life.
My additional advice is that life is not on a timetable and to dream big.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
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[R144] meaning [R142]
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 145
Re: Home ownership --
It's a personal choice. I worked with a guy who so loved owning his own house that he nearly came when he proclaimed that he'd be installing new rain gutters the following weekend.
I suspected he always did come whenever he announced he spent his Sunday morning mowing his grass.
Other people hate that shit. if you are one of those, be ready to hire others to do it (and complicate your life by increasing financial relationships) or owe up to it and live happily ever after in an apartment.
Maybe a condo or town house, but only if you are an enemy of mine.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
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Don't take advice from bitter old homos.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 147
Lern how two spel7.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 148
You OWN your home only if there are no encumberances (mortgages/liens) against it.
Otherwise you do NOT own the home - the bank owns it.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
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R143 you are repulsive. I wish people like you could zip their silly mouth
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
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Bullshit, R143. It is true that a lot of the good ones get scooped up early. But we all know that many (most??) long term relationships don't last forever, so the "good ones" come back on the market too. It's not just the rejects. Usually at around age 40, things open up again and people who were in LTR's are out shopping again for bf #2.
I do agree that there is a decade or so in the late 20's into your 30's when it feels like everyone else is coupled.
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Guys i don't like to see the word 'rejects' in this thread. You must be more sensitive when you use your mouth or your writing skills...
I want you to make people who read this thread comfortable and cozy. You are wicked when you speak like that. No reason for that emotional ugliness.
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Remember that other people do not exist just to make you feel better.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
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R153 and you must remember that other people do not exist just to make you feel bad.
The coin has too sides, you choose to see the cruel one, the sarcastic one. Sad.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
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If you take everything personally, you won't be able to handle a true crisis effectively.
If you live your life assuming that it's never personal, you will only be wrong once in a blue room.
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lol...I mean once in a blue moon.
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It's not about you. It never is. You are not the smartest, most important or interesting person in the room if you think and act like you are. Shut up, watch the room, and be charming when someone talks to you. Humility is the most powerful virtue.
Be grateful you're alive after the cocktail. Living through AIDS really sucked.
Take your time with love. It always seems like the next one is "the one", but if you push too hard too fast, you'll scare the shit out of him. And be gracious when you say no or break up. That karma is really strong.
It's true that you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Leave NYC a while before you get too cunty. You can always go back. Don't assume all middle Americans or Southerners are rubes and bigots - many are smart and charming. In fact, keep an open mind about everyone until proven otherwise. It keeps you looking happier.
Travel. It broadens the mind. But have a place you will always call home, especially if the family home you came from isn't so good or reliable.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 157
Remember to be worth more alive than dead.
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 158
Don't get old!
|by #FutureIsOurOyster
|reply 159
'If you live your life assuming that it's never personal, you will only be wrong once in a blue moon.'
Mostly agree. But, it's fine to be wary on occasion. After all, you have more experence at age 50 than age 20.
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SmackEdit - relive the fun of mechanical typewriters using the sudden motion sensor in modern Macs.
SmackEdit is a simple text editor that sounds like a typewriter while typing and when a sudden motion is detected it will insert a return complete with old-fashioned 'ding' and carriage return. Yes, it's silly.
Distributed under the GPL as most of the heavy lifting is done by the Unimotion library. Be nice and let me know if you like it.
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Wicked Words: Religious Right Leaders Blame Newtown Shooting On Church-State Separation
What sort of person would use a tragedy like the massacre in Newtown, Conn., as an excuse to advance an extreme, theocratic agenda?
If you guessed William J. Murray, you're correct.
Murray, who heads the Religious Freedom Coalition in Washington, D.C., doesn't blame Adam Lanza for taking the lives of his own mother and 26 others, including 20 children. Instead, the Religious Right activist said it's lack of school-sponsored prayer that led to the tragedy.


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You're with somebody and you know it's going full monty... what's your habit? Do you undress each other or just get naked and go to it? Do you shower first or not? Do you rinse a little? (I used to be with a guy who was relentless about showering before sex... alone... and the quality of the experience reflected it. Didn't last long. Wouldn't have been surprised to finding him praying with Anglican prayer beads after I finished my ablutions.)
Yeah I know it's nosy but I'm just curious... people are interesting about sex. I know a straight girl, for example, who stunned me when she said she had no problem with intercourse the first time but that she never gave head the first time... I know a gay guy who never fucks the first time... just feels it's too intimate to do with just anybody.
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How the diversity of saintly lives reveals multiple paths toward God.
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Low body temperature in 10-year-old girl
My daughter was complaining of some vague body aches this morning before school, so I took her temperature (orally with a digital thermometer) and it read 95.6! Took it again and got the same reading. I thought the thermometer might be broken! We had a long day Sunday and she had a hard time getting to sleep last night (Monday), so I put the aches down to fatigue and sent her to school. She has also had some tenderness around the nipples for a few weeks, and at 10-1/2, I am wondering if this could be hormonal, or if it is something to worry about. Please let me know!
It sounds as if your daughter may be starting puberty given her tenderness complaints. The body temperature issue is more difficult to address, it could be the thermometer but it is impossible for me to know without examining your daughter and checking the thermometer against a hospital one. If you are concerned, please have her see her primary care provider.
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Clayton, N.C. — Police were seeking the public's help Tuesday to identify an armed robbery suspect who entered the Howard's Mini Mart on Barber Mill Road in Clayton.
According to employees, a man wearing a mask and armed with a rifle entered the store at about 9 p.m. on Nov. 12., demanded cash, took money and then ran out. No one was injured.
Authorities and a K9 unit responded to the scene but were not able to locate the suspect.
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Monday, November 2, 2015
Candy Stripe Vintage Jello Mold Wreath
51 comments:
Cathy!! OMG!! I love this!! I will now be on the look out for these!!ReplyDelete
Thank you Debbie, I can't believe I was lucky enough to find a bag of 12 for $1. Good luck on your hunt. CathyDelete
Cathy! This is AMAZING!!!!!! The glitter is the cherry on top! What a clever idea!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much Sara - I love the glitter part too. CathyDelete
You are so creative...I just love this...so cute!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Tammy and thank you for your sweet comment. CathyDelete
CUTE! Bring on all things Christmas!ReplyDelete
Cathy I absolutely love this! I've seen them before, only not painted! You're quite talented! It's been Pinned! xoKathleenReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much Kathleen and thank you for pinning it. CathyDelete
This is really pretty!ReplyDelete
Cathy this wreath you made is so creative and pretty!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing this with us at Cooking and Crafting with J & J.
CUTE! and I love that you can get glitter to stick with hairspray - we always have hairspray with 4 females in this house :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh Cathy you outdid yourself this time! Your project is so creative and I love the vintage feel that it has. And we used the same bird pick from the dollar store for our projects! ;o)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much Lucy - I had fun with this one. Gotta love that dollar store!Delete
How cute is this? Completely brilliant. I love the chunkier glitter too...just like sugar. I want to copy this so I will be all eagle eye for a great score like you got!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much - the glitter was actually an after thought but I do love it also. Good luck on your hunt. CathyDelete
This is adorable!ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
This is so sweet! I love the touch of sparkle.ReplyDelete
I have painted many of these molds and have a christmas tree full of them all different. This idea that you came up with is perfect for my left-over molds and I just love your wreath. Great idea, great execution.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much Terry - I never thought to paint them for Christmas ornaments but I bet they are wonderful. CathyDelete
Cathy, This is such a great idea and it turned out so cute too! Thank you for sharing with us at the Brag About It link party!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much.Delete
Hi Cathy, I did one similar to this one. Instead of hot glue, I used my Cropodile and punched holes in the tin then wired them together. I punched two holes on each side of them. It's very sturdy.ReplyDeleteReplies
I thought about using mine but didn't try because I thought it would be too tough for it to go through. I will have to try that should I have problems with the glue. Thanks for the tip.Delete
OMG, I love this wreath. I have a stash of these and now you have given me a great idea for them.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing at Wake Up Wednesday,
Thank you so much. So happy you have found a use for yours now - have fun and enjoy it.Delete
I love, love, love this wreath! I'm going to check my stash and see if I have enough Jello molds to make one for myself. Pinning.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much - I was so lucky to find as many as I did in one place. Have fun making it and hope you enjoy it as we do ours. Thanks for pinnng.Delete
That is gorgeous - Thanks for linking up to Pin Worthy Wednesday, I have pinned your post to the Pin Worthy Wednesday Pinterest Board.ReplyDelete
This is a genius idea! Pinned on METAL MOLDS board. thanksReplyDelete
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That is absolutely beautiful and something I would never have thought of. I have some molds around here that I will have to hunt up. Thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
So darn cute Cathy! I always pick up jello molds at thrift shops. Never have gotten that fabulous of a deal though. The candy wreath is so creative! Thanks for sharing with SYC.ReplyDelete
Oh my, you've outdone yourself, Cathy! It's fun; it's original; and it's delightful. Great job :) Thanks for bringing it to Vintage Charm.ReplyDelete
That is adorable!! I always find those at yard sales and figured I didn't need anymore for baking. Now I can make them into something else! Thanks for sharing with us at the #HomeMattersPartyReplyDelete
I love it! It does look just like those mints. What a great find and what a very creative use of them. Pinned and Tweeted. Thanks so much for sharing at Snickerdoodle.ReplyDelete
Oh Cathy this upcycle is just adorbs! Definately pinning to my Christmas Junk Board for sure, love it!ReplyDelete
Wow - this has got to be the best use of jello molds I've ever seen! Thank you so much for linking it up with us at the Thank Goodness It's Thursday party. Seriously - this is brilliant!ReplyDelete
Such a great idea for the holidays. I'd love to find some of those molds. Thanks for sharing at the party. Hope to see you again soon.ReplyDelete
Cathy, Congratulations your adorable wreath is being featured @Vintage Charm today! Thanks for sharing it with us! Blessings, CeciliaReplyDelete
So clever and CUTE!! And then you hung it on your front door, and it became beautiful. Thanks for sharing! CynthiaReplyDelete
I tried using hot glue with metal before but the cold weather made it fall apart. Ended up having to use wire.ReplyDelete
Cathy ... turned out really special. Looks so real. Congratulations on being featured @Vintage Charm.ReplyDelete
Audrey Z. @ Timeless Treasures
How clever! I love the retro look. Definitely pinning :)ReplyDelete
What a fabulous thrift store find! All of those jello molds for $1 ~ wow! I love how creative your were. Your candy wreath looks awesome!ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh, this is FANTASTIC. Truly the perfect use for those Jello molds. WELL DONE!! Thank you so, so much for partying with us at Snickerdoodle Sunday- can't wait to see what you've got next this weekend!ReplyDelete
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Floridians pushing Trump to run in 2012
William J. Diamond, who served in the administrations of Ronald Reagan and Rudy Giuliani, and currently serves as a City of Palm Beach Council Member, is the new co-chair of the Draft Trump 2012 initiative in Florida. Miami-based consultant Roger Stone has been working on the effort too.
"I am excited to join the premier movement encouraging Donald Trump to run for President. We need a strong leader with the experience and determination to lower the price of gas, boost our economy and create jobs. Our nation needs Donald Trump!" Diamond said in a statement.
Diamond has been a Palm Beach council member since 2009. Diamond was appointed by Mayor Rudy Giuliani to the post of Commissioner for the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services in 1994 and served until 2001 at the con. Prior to working for Giuliani, Diamond was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to be the Regional Administrator for the United States General Services Administration from 1982-1993.


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October 22, 2008
On the Beat
The Final Round
ST. PETERSBURG-One of the more interesting questions going into the beginning of the World Series tonight is how much of a factor David Price might play for the Rays. The rookie left-hander recorded the final four outs, including a bases-loaded strikeout of J.D. Drew to end the eighth inning, to get credit for the save in the 3-1 win over the Red Sox in Game Seven of the American League Championship Series on Sunday night. It was the first save of Price's major league career, which had consisted of one post-season inning and 14 regular-season innings to that point. The Rays are without closer Troy Percival, who has missed the postseason with back tightness after recording 28 saves in the regular season, so it would seem logical for Price to step into that role.
Rays manager Joe Maddon isn't ready to commit to that however, and will continue to let the situation dictate who will get the last out, just as he has done throughout the postseason after doing likewise in the regular season once Percival had to head to the disabled list with hamstring and knee injuries. Price, with his 97 mph fastball and wipeout slider, still figures to be a factor at some point, as the Phillies boast such dangerous left-handed hitters as first baseman Ryan Howard and second baseman Chase Utley in the middle of their lineup. Furthermore, the Phillies' two best hitters on the bench, infielder Greg Dobbs and outfielder Matt Stairs, also hit from the left side. "We'll use whoever is available and we feel is the best guy to get that last out," Maddon said. "The great thing about our bullpen is that as great as 'Percy' was for us all year, we've had a lot of guys get the last out. There are a bunch of guys who have experienced that and have the talent to finish off a game. It could be David if it's the right move to make, but it could be any number of guys and that's a great luxury to have."
The Rays had five other pitchers beside Percival record saves during the regular season: Dan Wheeler had 13, Grant Balfour had four, left-hander J.P. Howell had three, and Jason Hammel and lefty Trever Miller had two each. The Rays' two post-season saves have been picked up by Wheeler and rookie Price, the first overall pick in the 2007 first-year player draft from Vanderbilt. The way Maddon has handled his bullpen in the postseason recalls Bill James' long-standing assertion that managers should use their best relievers in the highest-leverage situations regardless of the inning, instead of having a designated closer always pitching the ninth. In an era when relief strategy is dictated almost entirely by the save rule, the only team in recent memory to try James' approach was the 2003 Red Sox, and it was quickly abandoned after some difficult late-inning losses early in the year.
As a result, there's irony in the Rays' beating the Red Sox, in part because of the unconventional way in which Maddon deployed his relievers. That's before adding in that James works for Boston as a special advisor. Maddon believes that James' theory could work over a full season in the right circumstances. "There are certain relievers who I call 'ahead' or 'tied guys,' pitchers you feel comfortable in using in the late innings when you're ahead or tied," Maddon said. "I believe you need to have at least four of those relievers to make the committee thing work, because you need flexibility and depth knowing that all four are not always going to be available on a given day. We're able to do that with our club because we have a lot of good relievers, as the numbers indicate."
The Rays led the major leagues with 15.23 WXRL in the regular season after having the league's worst mark last year at -1.76. Six Rays finished among the top 34 in the AL in WXRL this season: Howell (4.64, fifth), Balfour (3.43, 10th), Wheeler (2.09, 23rd), Percival (1.67, 29th), and Trever Miller and Chad Bradford (1.52, tied for 33rd). And then there is Price, whose performance in Game Seven of the ALCS was reminiscent of what rookie right-hander Francisco Rodriguez did for the 2002 Angels as they won their lone World Series title. Maddon was the bench coach for manager Mike Scioscia on that team, and he watched Rodriguez go 5-1 with a 1.93 ERA in 11 post-season relief appearances after having only 5
Price says that he has made the adjustment to the bullpen and feels he provides added value because he is a starter by trade. "I can come in for someone in the fourth inning if needed and go long, or I can come in as a lefty specialist and get one batter, or basically do whatever Joe needs," Price said. "It's been fun. I really haven't found it that difficult. It's still pitching. You still have to get people out." To this point, the toughest part of pitching out of the bullpen for Price was finding himself at the bottom of the dog pile at the end of Game Seven in the ALCS after getting pinch-hitter Jed Lowrie to ground into a series-ending force play. "It was Navi [catcher Dioner Navarro] and I at the bottom of the pile, and it was a little scary, a little hard to breath, and I kind of felt like I was suffocating," Price said. "You know what, though? I wouldn't trade that experience for the world. In fact, I'd love to experience it one more time this year."
The Rays led the major leagues in stolen bases during the regular season with 142, but no team was more efficient in the running game than the Phillies, who were 136 out of 161 on stolen-base attempts for an outstanding 84.5 percent success rate, a year after going 138-for-157 for 87.9 percent, the best clip for steals in major league history. Much credit goes to Phillies first-base coach Davey Lopes, who was a prolific basestealer throughout his 16-year playing career from 1972-87, as he totaled 557 swipes, 25th on the all-time list.
"The biggest key to having a team that can successfully run the bases is to have the athletes," Lopes said "We have some very athletic players who, in addition to possessing good speed, are intelligent and really understand when they can and can't run. You also have to have an organization committed to be willing to run, because a lot of teams had gotten away from stealing bases, but [manager] Charlie Manuel is willing to take some risks."
Statistical analysis shows that teams need to be successful approximately 75 percent of the time for the stolen base to have a positive effect on the offense. Even with that high standard to make the tactic useful, Lopes believes the steal is coming back into vogue. "The game is changing," Lopes said. "We went through a period where teams just wanted to try to win ballgames by hitting the ball out of the park. Well, that era is over. Those days of guys hitting, 50, 60, 70 home runs is gone. You're not going to be successful by just sitting back and waiting for the long ball. We're getting back to the point where you need to string together three and four hits in an inning and try to maximize your scoring chances by taking the extra base if it's there, or stealing a base if the opportunity presents itself. It's an exciting brand of baseball. I love baseball, but watching guys swing for the fences all day long gets boring after awhile. I think fans enjoy seeing guys show off their skills by making things happen on the bases. It makes the game interesting and more fun."
Under normal circumstances, Cubs general manger Jim Hendry would not have had to flirt with another club in order to get a contract extension after putting together a team that won two straight division titles. The Cubs are not in a normal situation however, as Sam Zell has had the club up for sale ever since acquiring it when he bought the Tribune Company last season. Hendry did not receive an extension until the Mariners asked the Cubs for permission to interview him for their GM vacancy last week and were denied. The sale process is going slowly because the downturn in the nation's economy has caused bidders to proceed with caution, but Zell did give Cubs chairman Crane Kenney permission to sign Hendry to a four-year extension that keeps him under contract through 2013. "From the day I arrived here and was fortunate to be given the job of general manager six years ago, I had no desire go elsewhere," Hendry said.
The Cubs did not want Hendry to leave, but the sale process has complicated things; it now ties the next owner to the GM for five seasons. "From Sam's perspective, this was an easy one to make," Kenney said. While the Cubs have won the NL Central the last two seasons, they have also been swept in the NLDS both years, by the Diamondbacks in 2007 and the Dodgers in 2008. Hendry admits that there is no magic formula for building a team to succeed in the postseason. "We're all going to put our heads together to see if there are other ways we can improve the club," Hendry said. "All you can do is try to get in [the postseason] every year and keep working on trying to get better once you get in there. There's a whole history in professional sports of clubs that kept getting close, kept getting close, and finally they knocked that door in. That's we're going to try to do."
GMs have privately voiced concerns recently that the demands of the job have become so great that there is no down time at any point in the year. Those concerns are likely to grow after Nationals GM Jim Bowden revealed to the Washington Post this week that he put off having surgery for skin cancer throughout the second half of the season. Bowden was found to have squamous cell carcinoma on his forehead, a type of skin cancer that usually requires surgery within a month. Bowden felt that he could not afford to take time off during the season, however, and he didn't have the surgery until earlier this month. The seemingly routine matter turned into a five-hour procedure as the cancer had spread to a second area on his forehead because he'd delayed treatment. Fortunately, doctors were able to remove it all.
Bowden will require checkups every six months to make sure that the cancer does not return, and he admitted he made a mistake by waiting to have the surgery. "It's just with baseball, there's not a lot of time when you have the draft, then the trade deadline," Bowden said. "Just a lot of things have to happen. I got different opinions. Some said it was OK to wait, others said you shouldn't wait. In retrospect, I would advise anyone to get it done as soon as possible because that type of cancer can grow extremely fast."
Major League Rumors and Rumblings: The Brewers will try to re-sign left-hander CC Sabathia, but theirs is a long-shot bid, and their back-up plan is to attempt to trade for Padres right-hander Jake Peavy, who wants to stay in the NL and wants a full no-trade clause added to his contract if dealt. ... The Brewers have interviewed former Athletics manager Ken Macha for their managerial vacancy, and former Mets manager Willie Randolph is also expected to get strong consideration. ... Dodgers right-hander Derek Lowe is eligible for free agency, and his first choice is to return to the Red Sox, though the Yankees, Mets, Tigers, Indians, Cardinals, Cubs, Angels, Braves, Phillies, Rangers, Astros, and Blue Jays are also expected to make bids. ... The Phillies could be the landing spot for Dodgers free-agent left fielder Manny Ramirez, as he is very close to manager Charlie Manuel, who was his hitting coach with the Indians when he broke into the major leagues. ... The Royals will look to trade outfielder Jose Guillen this upcoming offseason, and the Mets have interest. ... Red Sox reliever Mike Timlin is expected to retire.
John Perrotto is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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I don't mean to be snarky, but delaying surgery for skin cancer makes me question Bowden's wisdom even more than I did before. I had skin cancer on my arm and it was painful and inconvenient, but essentially didn't impair my ability to function normally. Aside from looking like a relative of the Elephant Man, and perhaps being on painkillers, would the surgery have impaired him greatly? Does anybody know? Are you out there, Rany? Seems like a pretty boneheaeded (no pun intended) decision to me.
Oct 22, 2008 13:38 PM
Anyone who felt they could not take time off from their job to have required surgery to alleviate a life-threatening condition needs to have their head examined (pun intended). Of course, it also sounds like he heard what he wanted to hear. God bless his family for putting up with that baloney.
Oct 23, 2008 09:51 AM
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THE MATTHEW SHEPARD ACT OF 2007 -- (Senate - September 30, 2008)
Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I rise today to speak about the need for hate crimes legislation. Each Congress, Senator Kennedy and I introduce hate crimes legislation that would add new categories to current hate crimes law, sending a signal that violence of any kind is unacceptable in our society. Likewise, each Congress I have come to the floor on many occasions to highlight a separate violent, hate-motivated crime that has occurred in our country.
On Saturday, September 6, 2008, in Portland, ME, a 31-year-old resident was walking home at 12:30 a.m. when he was stopped by two men and assaulted. According to the police statement, one of the assailants used homophobic slurs toward the victim, questioning his sexual orientation before attacking him. The police are searching for two suspects in connection with the weekend assault that they have classified as a hate crime. The victim was hit once in the head and recalls little else, the police said. A passerby reportedly found the victim unconscious on the sidewalk and called police. The victim was taken by ambulance to Maine Medical Center where he was admitted for treatment of a head injury.
I believe that the Government's first duty is to defend its citizens, to defend them against the harms that come out of hate. The Matthew Shepard Act is a symbol that can become substance. I believe that by passing this legislation and changing current law, we can change hearts and minds as well.
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