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The Association of American Railroads reported that for the week ended Oct. 31, U.S. railroads originated 275,439 carloads, down 13.7% from the same week in 2008 and down 18.2% from 2007. (In order to offer a complete picture of the progress in traffic, AAR is now reporting 2009 weekly rail traffic with year-over-year comparisons for both 2008 and 2007.)
U.S. intermodal traffic totaled 203,860 trailers and containers in the latest week, down 11.1% from a year ago and 15.5% from 2007.
While 15 of the 19 carload freight commodity groups were down from last year, there were increases in grain mill products (9.9%), chemicals (3.6%), waste and scrap metal (0.7 %), and nonmetallic minerals (0.3%).
Total volume on U.S. railroads for the week ending Oct. 31 was estimated at 31 billion ton-miles, down 12.7% compared with the same week last year and 13.2% from 2007.
Canadian railroads reported 71,023 carloads for the week, down 8.7 % from last year, and 42,869 intermodal units, down 12.2%. Mexican railroads reported originated volume of 12,952 cars, down 17.2% from 2008, and 7,087 trailers or containers, down 0.5 %.
Combined North American rail volume for the first 43 weeks of 2009 on 13 reporting U.S., Canadian, and Mexican railroads totaled 14,633,769 carloads, down 18.3% from last year, and 10,168,924 trailers and containers, down 16.2%.
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Stephen Speagle, BLET vice president assigned to work with BNSF, said, "The agreement is not all we wanted, no agreement ever is, but in this time of economic troubles and hardship, it is an honor for me and for the four BLET general chairmen to be able to present" the proposal.
Tuesday's announcement by Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., presaging the former's full acquisition of the latter, drew widespread general media attention to the U.S. freight railroad sector as few stories have in recent times. Analyst comments were also in abundance. Both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal covered the story with front-page headlines. A sampling of the reporting and/or commentary follows.
"Buffet Bets Big on the Future of Railroads. America's best-known investor, Warren E. Buffett, is making his biggest bet yet on the nation's economic future by buying, of all things, a railroad."
--The New York Times
"While this action has been widely viewed as a massive vote of confidence from one of the most respected investors of our time, we do not believe it will spark any further transactions in the rail space. More important, however, is the fact that we believe this could signal a more positive position for the rail industry in regards to pending legislation from capital hill. Indeed, we do not believe such an astute investor as Warren Buffett would have made his largest acquisition to date if he thought overreaching regulation was around the proverbial corner. . . . Berkshire Hathaway's acquisition of BNSF brought to light the positive long-term prospects of the rail industry, while Union Pacific's new agreement with Pacer and Norfolk Southern's intermodal agreement with JB Hunt helped alleviate some of the concern about pricing pressures."
--Dahlman Rose & Co. Director-Equity Research and Railway Age Contributing Editor Jason H. Seidl
"Christmas may have come early for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. shareholders, but the company's board came up short in extracting maximum value."
--National Post
"Warren Buffett is finally taking his own advice. The billionaire wrote an op-ed piece for The New York Times in October 2008, urging readers to buy U.S. stocks. Oddly enough, though, Buffett continued to play it safe with the cash held by his own company."
--Financial Post
"Is Warren Buffett's $26 billion purchase of Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad a bet on a 19th-century industry or the 21st-century economy? Neither, it seems—it's the perfect hedge."
"Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s $44 billion deal to buy Burlingon Northern Santa Fe Corp. is basically a huge bet on coal, a fuel that powers Warren Buffett's power plants at his MidAmerican Energy utility and plays a major role in the railroad business."
"[A] $100 price implies mid- to long-term operating profit growth of about 11.4% annually ... the market was pricing for roughly 8% EBIT growth. However, we do not believe that 3-5 year profit growth of 11% is unreasonable. ... This kind of profit growth potential (vs. what is reflectedin the stocks) is one of the reasons we have been bullish on the railroads."
--Credit Suisse
"Seems to me that the bet that properly priced carbon will boost railroad freight doesn't work so well when what the railroad happens to be carrying is a whole lot of coal. Maybe Buffett just likes playing with trains?"
--Andrew Leonard, Salon
"Isn't it ironic that Buffett's deal is sparking a lot of discussion about how railroads are an eco-friendly industry when much of Burlington Northern [Santa Fe's] revenue comes from hauling coal? (The fossil fuel accounted for almost half the tonnage that the railroad hauled in the first nine months of the 2009). It is possible that carbon pricing would hurt not only truckers, but Buffett's coal hauling railroad, too."
--WSJ Deal Journal (blog)
"Montana political and agricultural leaders hope Berkshire Hathaway's planned purchase of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad will lead to lower shipping costs in Montana, but they doubt much will change. Gov. Brian Schweitzer, a farmer and rancher, said Tuesday he had spoken to both Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, and Matthew Rose, BNSF's chairman, president and CEO. 'I said to both of them that I look forward to working with both in the future to improve service and shipping costs for our farmers, our miners, and our merchants,' Schweitzer said. U.S. Sens. Jon Tester and Max Baucus said they also are concerned about shipping rates for Montana farmers and other businesses."
--Associated Press
Railway Age Managing Editor Douglas John Bowen was asked Tuesday by National Public Radio whether Berkshire Hathaway's purchase of BNSF was "a big bet; hasn't the recession hurt shipping?" Replied Bowen, 'If you believe the future of American freight transportation extends beyond overreliance on rubber-tired vehicles, rail is the way to go; Mr. Buffett seems to believe that's the case."
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J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement with Norfolk Southern Corp. to develop a new intermodal transportation contract to provide both parties a platform to accelerate the conversion of traditional truck traffic to cost-effective, environmentally friendly intermodal transportation with service that is competitive with truckload moves.
"This multi-year agreement," said the trucking giant, "will further establish the parties as the leading providers oftranscontinental and local intermodal service in the eastern half of the United States."
"Given the enormous confidence we have in the Norfolk Southern's ability to provide the best intermodal service in the Eastern half of the U.S. and the obvious commitment NSC has made by the significant investments in their corridor development, we are delighted to have the opportunity to elevate our joint services into the future," said Kirk Thompson, CEOof JBHT. "This new agreement will provide unparalleled intermodal service and value for U.S. shippers. The conversion of highway freight to the more efficient, cost-effective, safer and more environmentally friendly services that we jointly provide, will not only benefit shippers and the general public, but JBHT and NSC shareholders alike."
"Our new services with J.B. Hunt will provide shared incentives to grow volume and revenues by converting substantial volumes of freight from highway to rail," said Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman. "We look forward to working with the J.B. Hunt team to offer new, high-speed, reliable, premium services to domestic intermodal customers over ourentire network, including our new Crescent Corridor route, from New England, northern New Jersey and Pennsylvania south to Memphis and New Orleans. This strengthened relationship between NSC and JBHT will offer significant benefits to shippers, communities, states, and the country by reducing highway congestion, fuel consumption, and emissions."
Returning to familiar territory, Thomas Prendergast has been named the new president of MTA New York City Transit, MTA Chairman Jay Walder announced Thursday. Prendergast will start Dec. 1, succeeding Howard Roberts, who announced his resignation Wednesday.
Prendergast previously served as president of MTA Long Island Rail Road, and also was senior vice president of subways for NYC Transit. He arrives back in the New York metropolitan area after serving as CEO of TransLink, the expanding transit system serving metropolitan Vancouver, British Columbia.
--> Returning to familiar territory, Thomas Prendergast has been named the new president of MTA New York City Transit, MTA Chairman Jay Walder announced Thursday. Prendergast will start Dec. 1, ...Virginia Railway Express officials have denied Amtrak's challenge to a plan to have an international company operate the commuter rail service's trains. Amtrak is contesting VRE's plan to award a five-year, $85 million contract to Keolis Rail Services America to operate VRE trains, succeeding Amtrak, which held the operations contract for 17 years. Keolis would assume operations next July.
Amtrak says some "improper scoring" may have occurred when VRE reviewed the four applications for the operation and maintenance contract that the regional rail agency put out to bid in May. VRE Chief Executive Dale Zehner reviewed the procurement process and found Amtrak's challenge to have no merit, VRE spokesman Mark Roeber said.
Amtrak also failed to challenge the Oct. 16 decision within the 10 days allotted in VRE's request for bids, according to a letter Zehner sent to Amtrak on Nov. 2.
In a letter to commission members and other Virginia officials, the Federal Railroad Administration's chief counsel said that, although the agency has no opinion on the suitability of Keolis, it is concerned about maintaining safety .It said the company selected for the contract must be able to communicate not only with Amtrak, which dispatches trains in and out of Amtrak's Union Stationin Washington, D.C., but also with Norfolk Southern and CSX, landlords of the rail lines used by VRE.
Amtrak also has filed a Freedom of Information Act request last month asking VRE to turn over copies of Keolis's proposal and evaluators' notes and score sheets. Zehner said in his letter that the request would be met once the two commissions vote on the contract.
The Rail Group of The Andersons Inc. had an operating loss of $1.1 million in the third quarter of 2008, down sharply from the $5.2 million it earned in the third quarter of 208.
In an earnings statement Thursday, the company said, "The group continues to be impacted by the double-digit declines in rail traffic." It added, "Gross profit from the leasing business was significantly less due mainly to lower utilization rates and the corresponding increase in storage expense from idle assets. The group now has approximately 24,000 cars and locomotives. The average utilization rate in the quarter was 74.4% in comparison to 93.3% for the same period last year."
The Andersons reported a corporate profit of $1.3 million in the third quarter on revenue of $601 million. Its best performer was the Grain & Ethanol Group, with operating income of $8.9 million, compared to year-earlier results of $9.4 million. Losses were reported by the Plant Nutrient Group and the Turf & Specialty Group.
American Railcar Industries, Inc. reported Thursday that it shipped approximately 610 railcars in the third quarter of 2009, compared to 3,120 in the third quarter of 2008, resulting in EBITDA of $9.1 million and net earnings of $1.1 million.
"As the weak economy is driving low demand for railcars, we shipped 71% fewer railcars in the third quarter of 2009 as compared to the same quarter of 2008," said James Cowan, president and CEO of ARI. "The weak railcar market has and will continue to require us to evaluate our production levels at all manufacturing locations and we plan to continue to adjust our workforce and production levels as needed. In addition, we have reduced overhead costs at all manufacturing locations as a result of reduced spending. Our railcar services segment continues to experience strong results with revenues increasing 32% in the third quarter of 2009 compared to the same quarter of 2008. Our balance sheet continues to be strong with $287.1 million in cash and $50.1 million in short-term investments."
For the three months ended Sept. 30, 2009, revenue was $78.1 million and net earnings were $1.1 million or $0.05 per share. This compared with revenue of $217.2 million and net earnings of $7.4 millionor $0.35 per share.
For the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2009, revenue was $345.0 million and net earnings were $5.0 million or $0.23 per share. For the corresponding period up last year, revenue was $605.8 million and net earnings were $23.8 million or $1.12 per share.
Cubic Transportation Systems has won a contract valued at nearly $20 million to deliver new smart card-capable fare gates and ticket vending machines in nine San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI) subway stations in San Francisco. MUNI is partially funding the project with federal stimulus money. The new fare collection equipment is to be fully operational by the spring of 2011.
The company said it will install the equipment and software necessary to fully integrate the MUNI stations into the regional TransLink smart card network managed by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). TransLink allows riders to use one convenient card to travel on MUNI and other public transportation systems in the Bay Area. Cubic also manages the TransLink system for MTC.
Cubic installed MUNI's existing bus fare collectionequipment 18 years ago.
L.B. Foster Co. of Pittsburgh has joined Covington, Ky.-based Lally Pipe & Tube and industry veteran Jim Legg to form LB Pipe & Coupling Products, LLC, to manufacture couplings and accessories for the waterwell, oil country tubular goods (OCTG) and American Petroleum Institute (API) markets.
LB Pipe & Coupling Products will occupy a manufacturing facility currently under construction in Magnolia, Tex.
"L.B. Foster is pleased to team with Lally in building this exciting joint venture. This will be the beginning of developing new opportunities in the future," said L.B. Foster Vice President Tubular Products Merry Brumbaugh.
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Traditional point 'n click that smacks of the Monkey Island series
Point, click, and hope it clicks
We like the guys, but the game just isn't as good as the show
While everybody was kung-fu fighting, we were hurling lightning
Sony's other duo reaches for the skies
Jak's back for the third and final time. Edge finds out if it has anything new to offer
Apparently smoking is cool again?
Talk, smoke, talk, smoke, solve crime. It's like being in Vegas with Aunt Marge
Can this game teach everyone guitar?
Preserve for the musically gifted?
A blockbuster Bond outing with all the fun – and all the faults
The most ambitious Bond yet feels the sting of the PSM2 review laser
The incarnation of a great game or stuck in the body of a mediocre shooter?
Bloodless and awkward, but at least it brings the stupid
Defeat the giant squid! Destroy the oil refinery!
Watch your fun collapse into a pile on the floor in this botched board game recreation
Tokyo-to. Just how you remembered it
Rare Roots
So ... when you align the jewels, they explode? How does that make sense?
Just as addictive when you have to pay for it
You load 16 tons and what do you get?
Classic platforming meets modern stunt racing
A brilliant lesson in sequel-making
A perfect example of why commercials shouldn't be video games
Shiny real-time strategy for the Guns & Ammo crowd
A long time coming and worth the wait
A quest well worth embarking upon
Wait ... ostriches can fly?
Will it make you hide behind the sofa?
PC Gamer hops in for a ride and finds that THQ's racer is not quite ripe...
Feel the real need for speed in this killer souped-up sequel
Like Enter the Matrix, except five years late and none the better for it
The lion speeds tonight
Because training your adult brain isn't enough anymore
Telltale spared... some expenses
Grappling hooks, guns, parachutes and political righteousness - now mix and make your own fun
Rico and his grappling hook ignore physics and wreck every inch of paradise
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If Asia is to achieve the vision of becoming the world's economic driver, it will need to provide high-quality higher education for a sufficient number of secondary school graduates, especially in the fields of science and technology. More importantly, its universities at all levels will need to graduate creative thinkers who can respond to changes in global circumstances.
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However, there is a need for fresh strategies for productive research partnerships, particularly to help second- and third-tier higher education institutions (HEIs) forge partnerships and attract funding for research that will benefit their local communities. Partnerships between HEIs across borders can provide opportunities for opening access to higher education programs applicable to the wider subregional and regional labor markets in Asia.
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I love the ample pizzas...they're good and plenty. You get a whole lot of bang for your buck. No atmosphere and maybe a bit tired, but you're there for great pizza and not the ambiance!
You can buy it by the slice, which I think is relatively unusual around here. Nice dough that is hand tossed, not too thick, not too thin, good topping selection, great to take home and eat in front of the TV.
If you don't know the difference stop reading. YES they cook on stone. YES it makes a huge difference. YES it takes longer and YES it is worth the wait. It is my NEW favorite.
Fantastic lunch specials, (TWO slices and a drink?! SCORE!!) and it's nice that I can purchase a couple of slices instead of an entire pizza for lunch. Super fresh ingredients, fantastic Mozzarella, and a great pizza sauce base that makes their NY, hand tossed pizzas my very favorite in all of St. Louis county. Plus, the service is brilliants, and... More
This hole-in-the-wall joint has been around for years. I discovered it many years back because of my endless search for a pizza without provel. Well, these guys know good tomatoes and good mozzerella, the later being Grande, a Wisconsin award winner! I've never asked but I'll bet 'dollars to donuts' that their sausage is from the Hill, a knockout. Carry... More
If you are not a fan of st. Louis style pizza, this is great pizza. Good value too. One of the best pizza places in west county
Being a girl who loves St. Louis style pizza, I must admit, I do enjoy a slice of New York style every now and then and this is always my top pick. The crust is delicious and I love their BBQ chicken pizza. Sign up for their email club and you can get some great coupons.
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This is my version of kimono dress. As you can see in fourth picture it's basically made of 2 flat pieces of fabric, back and front, and the skirt length is adjustable at waist belt, just like kimono. Originally I came up with this idea when I was designing the dress for my friend who lives far from me and I had problem how to fit the dress to her size.
For the design of neckline I used a pattern No.10 from this Japanese book.
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Oh wow, another gorgeous print-I love kimono sleeves-they're very elegant yet casual at the same time.
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This is so cute and clever! Love how simple it is but it is such a fab dress – that print is fantastic and I love the black contrast with it. Lovely job Darl! x
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Beautiful fabric made into a very lovely dress that looks great in both styles.
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26 Apr 2009 | #1 |
W7 Home Basic / Home Premium Should have Email Client
Hi all
In Offices etc it's not a problem as these places usually have an email server (probably something like Microsoft Exchange) and an email client such as Outlook. So removing an email client from the more "Officy" versions of W7 like Professional and Ultimate makes 100% sense. I do think they should have left an email client back in with W7 for the "HOME" versions as these installations won't normally have the full office suite in them (containing OUTLOOK) and I know a lot of people HATE webmail type solutions - although obviously better than nothing. Some people might have some problems with getting their VISTA Internet mail stuff into an appropriate W7 email client as well. Maybe this is all a part of Microsofts idea into getting more and more users to use Microsoft Live (and eventially "The Cloud"). I like pretty well everything I've seen in W7 so far -- including the yet to be included "XP compatability feature" -- much much better than the stupid "downgrade solution" but I still think the lack of a built in email client - especially for home users is a bit of a mistake. I actually quite liked Outlook express from XP -- simple, easy to manage multiple accounts etc. Most webmail based services are an abomination -- slowish, hardish to manage attachments, difficult to track sent mail and loaded with tons of ads. Just my views but of course YMMV. Cheers jimbo |
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26 Apr 2009 | #2 |
Hi Jimbo,
Don't blame Microsoft for this blame the governments who tell them you can't use the virtual monopoly that you've worked for years to build up, to provide the user with added extras to the OS they need The whole thing with the Windows Live suite of programs is Microsoft's attempt to avoid the regulators. It also means that you can now remove IE8 and WMC12 et al, if you so wish. Hopefully when Windows 7 is released, the bureaucrats will still be too busy doling out money to the banks to bother Microsoft to much. |
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26 Apr 2009 | #3 |
The only "internet software" the OS need is the web browser. The more MS include in Windows, the more they may have trial by third party editor for "abuse of dominant position".. and the more Gouvernement may survey MS (look at what the EU done with WMP & cie)
Email client is not hard to find and install if you need one. |
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26 Apr 2009 | #4 |
Where would MS be today if, when it was just a spark in Gates' eye, IBM were a monopoly that used its position to destroy competition? |
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26 Apr 2009 | #5 |
If the stuff IS better than the competition then let them fight it out. I know the best doesn't always win in the end (Betamax vs VHS is the classic example) but we certainly shouldn't get too many people involved on inhibiting business especially at the present time.
You might not like TESCO (UK's nr 1 supermarket by far) but would the majority of people seriously want to shut it down. ( I know some do however -- TESCO has being trying to shut this site down for ages -- same Kangaroo courts that had a go against "The Bay will probably succeed here as well Tescopoly - Local campaigns against supermarkets. ) Whatever you might think of MS as a large monopoly it was THIS company which basically bought computing to the masses. Whilst at the time IBM had a far superior OS (OS/2 it was called or OS/2 Warp or something similar) it was almost IMPOSSIBLE for a home user to get hold of it as IBM was only interested in CORPORATES. Mr Gates showed there was a HUGE market for the home user and small companies. Pity the 2 companies never worked out their differences - because Windows was designed as a single user OS to start with whilst OS/2 was a proper multi-tasking multi user system. A lot of the security and performance issues could have been solved right at the start. It wasn't until Windows NT (dreadful by the way -- we used to call it Windows NEANDERTHAL or Windows NO THANKS) that windows was even considered as a Server system. Still thats for the history books. I still feel that an EMAIL client should have been included -- OK as a selectable option why not. The problem with some 3rd party apps - especially for serious users is that will these companies still be around and available to support the product in a few years. We can individually without too much hassle change an email client but imagine a network of several 000's of PC's with literally zillions of emails being sent and received per day. The system has to be ROBUST and SECURE. Microsoft whether we like it or not IS able to do this. I'm not sure about a small start up company -- 95% fail. Cheers jimbo |
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26 Apr 2009 | #7 |
Competition you allready have. Users will ahve to make a choice on which email client they'll use. Not integrate mail client in Seven is really better for competition and to improve MS email client and other. Quote:
The problem with some 3rd party apps - especially for serious users is that will these companies still be around and available to support the product in a few years
Look at the past: Outlook Express (included in XP) was totally out to date against lot of third party. Live Mail is really better since it's not on the system but as a stand alone client. OE was not supported by MS fao a long time ago! Now they put email client in the "live" software it will be more supported. Ms and thrid party are now on the same line: the users have to choose te best for what they need. |
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26 Apr 2009 | #8 |
You are partially right about the MS/IBM split over operating systems; however, it was MS that caused the problems -- not IBM (I was there and in the middle of it all).
I fully appreciate all the things MS has done for the computing public; however, I have also seen the results of MS's extremely predatory marketing practices. There have been many an inferior product purchased by MS, reclothed in MS gloss, and then "incorporated" into either the OS or the office applications and strong-armed to the hardware manufacturers in order to undercut superior competition. Look what happened to Lotus 1-2-3, Quattro Pro and Word Perfect. To be fair, MS really should be two separate companies: one producing an operating system & necessary adjuncts and the other producing applications. If MS is going to supply applications pre-installed with its OS, then it should also be forced to pre-install its two strongest competitors in each application category -- the old IBM anti-trust solution. "Here are three recommendations listed in random order. The choice is yours." |
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26 Apr 2009 | #9 |
Hi there
IBM wasn't purer than the white driven snow either -- I remember back in old MVS/370 mainframe days there were some pretty sharp practices going on between IBM and a firm called AMDAHL who were developing cheaper Mainframe's to "Big Blue" which could run the IBM OS . Remember also when the BIOS was built into the "IBM PC" when it first came out. IBM thought by "Copyrighting the BIOS" it would stop anybody else from making not only a "competitive OS" but also even trying to stop possible competitors from making any (much cheaper) hardware. Where were the Courts in those days. ? However IBM definitely got the worst of all this stuff in the long run compounded hugely by buying up LOTUS as anybody who'se EVER had to use that absolutely HORRENDOUS Lotus notes rubbish (especially for email) will surely testify. Microsoft Office remains the most populat BY FAR commercial office suite. Whilst Word Perfect was OKish -- and maybe preferable to some people to WORD , you can't really say LOTUS 1-2-3 was better than EXCEL. The original DOS based 1-2-3 was FANTASTIC for the time - but things move on and now look there's OPEN OFFICE which does a lot of MS OFFICE stuff for FREE. So even a big corporation has limited options for killing development although some people back in the USA might feel that General Motors stopped any progress on developing Electric Cars around 1930 -- and now look at the state they are in. Competition will always win in the end no matter what restrictions are put on it. Cheers jimbo |
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Well that's the oversimplification of the day. Perhaps that's what you believe from your perspective, but there are two sides to every story.
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Pakistan was invaded on September 6, 1965. Why it was invaded? Because an Ahmadi General was on the point of locking several Indian army divisions in Jammu and Kashmir.
It was an amazing military feat. All these military operations were taking place in the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the "war" was only limited to the disputed territory.
Major General Akhtar Hussain Malik made a brilliant strike across Chamb-Jaurian sector. He out- manoeuvred the Indians. He captured Akhnoor and was approaching Tawai river. The enemy was dislodged and Indians were planning further withdrawal for they could not withstand the onslaught of General Akhtar Hussain Malik.
It was reported that the Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahdur Shastri directed Indian Air Force to get Gen Akhtar Hussain Mailk at any cost. He was making daring use of Helicopter directing his force.
Even an inveterate enemy of Ahmadis – Shorish Kashmiri paid a tribute in an urdu couplet,
"The Land of Delhi is calling, Oh friends, Extend a helping hand to Akhtar Malik, oh friends."
Had Gen Akhtar Hussain Malik captured Jammu, The Kashmir Problem was automatically solved. The Indians would never been able to sustain their troops in landlocked Kashmir. And they would have to leave Kashmir.
Field Marshal Ayub, who was the President of Pakistan at that time, knew what this victory would mean: It would catapult Gen Akhtar Hussain Malik in public eye.
He wanted one of his cronies to take credit of this vital victory. He asked Gen Musa, the then Commander in Chief of Pakistan Army to take Gen Yahya by helicopter to Chamb-Jurian sector and ask Gen Akhtar Hussain Malik to hand over the command of the Operations.
Gen Malik: "Why changing horses in midstream"?
These are the orders of the boss. Gen Akhtar Hussain Malik handed over the command in utter disgust.
Gen Sarfraz Khan who commanded Lahore sector in 1965 in an article in Daily Jang Lahore September 6, 1984 said about this military victory snatched out of the hands of Gen Malik.
With what brilliant planning and bravery, Gen Akhtar Malik attacked Chamb, it can only be called a great victory. He was in position to capture Jurian as the enemy had been dislodged and they were to withdraw as further Pakistani advance was anticipated.
But it was not allowed to happen, a plan was already made to make Gen Yahya take credit of this victory.
The Indian Commander in Chef, General Chaudri, who was watching with dismay the crumbling defences of the Indian army in Chamb -Juraian sector, jumped upon the opportunity and launched an attack on Lahore.
The whole game was over. Pakistan was now involved in its own battle of life and death.
Here came the another hero of Pakistan army General Abdul Ali Malik.
Indian Commander in Chief Gen Chaudri made a bet with foreign Journalists and invited them to have cocktails with him in Lahore Gymkhana on September 8, made another brilliant move, he attacked Sialkot with hundreds of tanks.
India's plan was to make a direct thrust towards Wazirabad to capture commonly known GT Road and divide West Pakistan into two.
GOC Sialkot lost his nerves and ordered withdrawal to Sambrial. However, he had an Ahmadi Brigadier, Gen Abdul Ali. He told the GOC he would meet enemy right here at Chawinda and would not yield an inch of Pakistan soil. This Ahmadi had faith in Allah and the courage of his soldiers.
It was the most crucial battle of the whole war, where Indian tanks battled with Pakistan tanks. Gen Abdul Ali gave no quarter to the enemy, the tenacity and the bravery and superior skill in deployment of his tanks triumphed. Indian tanks fell back.
According to some reports, two thousands tanks on either side took part in it.
Battle of Chawinda is considered as the greatest tank battle after the battle of El Alameen fought by Field Marshal Montgomery with Field Marshal Rommel (the top German General).
This battle captured such a wide attention in Pakistan that Majlis Ulema Islam in book "Maa'rika Haq-o-ba'til" (the Battle of truth and falsehood), it carried an urdu couplet:
When Abdul Ali was commanding the Ghazis, it appeared as if Abdul Ali was raging like a storm.
This is how two Ahmadi brothers – General Akhtar Hussain Malik and Gen Abdul Ali gave their best to the defence of Pakistan.
There are others, like Brigadier Iftikhar Janjua who distinguished in Rann of Katch, and Gen Iftikhar Janjua who distinguished in the Battle of Hilli in East Pakistan and scores of others Ahmadi Colonels and majors.
This bravery and selfless desire to defend the motherland was not confined to Army alone.
In a book, Air battle of Pakistan commissioned by then Air Marshal Nur Khan, there are references to Ahmadi Pilots. According to Air commodore (later Air Marshal) Abdur Rahim a dangerous Air mission was planned and volunteers were asked and it was clear that it is possible none of the pilots would be able to come back, among dozens of officers only five pilots volunteered and all of them were Ahmadis and all of them returned safely after the mission was accomplished.
This may sound astounding but events indicate that in every operation whether planning or combat in which there was a semblance of success, there was or were Ahmadis involved. Ahmadis performed their duties in a manner which make them feel humble and grateful to Allah for having afforded them this opportunity to serve Islam and Pakistan.
This women is not at all an Astrologist, she has been talking just like a politician on talk shows. She is another fake baba. Do not believe a word she is says and do not spend your hard earned money on this fake nut. India Pakistan is the most fertile land for Thugs; it is centuries old profession and still working well and will keep working well unless the people are educated. These Thugs just keep changing their faces with the time. God bless Pakistan.
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میری ان تمام افراد سےگزارش ہے جو اس صفحہ پراپنی راے کااظہار کرتے ہیں.
براےکرم ، پروگرام پر اپنے خیالات قلمبند کریں ، اپنی پارٹی بازی کےلئے اپنےاپنےبلاگ یا اپنی ویب کااستمال کریں.
آپ نےتو ہر میدان کو جنگ کامیدان بنارکھا ہے.
آپکابےحد شکریہ
Jaagooooooooooooo Pakisttttan !
Qoom ke Khzanay ki Ameen ???? = Hakomat
Qoom ke Khzanay ki Chookidaar ??? = Opposition
[ Hakomat + Opposition ( PPP, MQM, ANP, PML'Q + PML'N, JUI mula diesal group ) ] = DAAKO, CHOOR
DAAKO + CHOOR = ( khzana ) -0.00000000
Ab nahi tu kab ???? Ham nahi tu KON ????
InshaAllah we'll change Pakistan with "IMRAN KHAN" .
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Here I am getting married and all these little kids are running around all over the place. How the hell did this happen to me? I guess that might be important so I think I will tell you about it.
I am not really a bad person, I just got caught up in things and well, things just happened. That is like saying "It was a mistake" after you are caught fucking someone's wife for ten years. Putting a period in the wrong place in your check book is a mistake, fucking someone is never a mistake, unless you thought that pussy belonged to someone else. It is just plain wrong when you know it belongs to someone else. It belonged to someone else, and I just took it.
My name is Franklin Wallis, not very memorable is it? It is just a name, not very important. I have never been important, and not all that bright either. I went to college, got a degree in something, not really sure what. Had a good time and partied. I had to work some so I got a job cleaning tables in a restaurant. The money sucked. I was in my last two years of college, looking at spending my next ten years paying off "student loans" so I could go to an overpriced college and get ignored by professors who made a hell of a lot of money to do a bad job, which is why I needed the student loans to begin with.
I'm one of the invisible of the world. Five foot nine, one eighty, short brown hair, looking far too young for my age, and with brown eyes. Yes, that is me, invisible. I liked to run and I did that a lot, but I liked to drink and whore too. Guys if you think laying out a hundred on a date and getting some pussy, maybe, is not buying a whore, you are fucking nuts.
But I needed some money for party time so I worked. I was low man on the totem poll and I did all the shit work. Someone would blow chunks, I had to get out there and clean it up. If they pissed on the wall instead of the urinal, I had to clean it up. If they said fucked it and dumped a bloody fucking Kotex on the floor, you guessed it, I had to clean it up.
We had a group of people who would come in at least weekly and sit in the back and discuss what big shots they are. Everyone had to kiss their ass and tell them what big shots they were. How big a shot are you if you need the guy who picks up bloody Kotex to tell you how great you are?
But there is an advantage to being invisible, no one see's you. I heard people talk about affairs, and being lesbian or being gay, or who was having what gang bang where, and what slut wife was going to take on all comers. But the things I really paid attention to was the part about who was selling what and when. That was the interesting part.
Remember when I said I am not all that bright, well I'm not an idiot either. If you knew what happened today and you could go back in time to yesterday and buy or sell based on that information, you would be rich. Well that is what I could do. I could listen to things that had already happened and take advantage of them, not by going back in time, but by going ahead in time.
Big shots that need to impress the guy with the mop never can keep their mouths shut about how much money they made and how much they are going to make. It was the "going to make" that I paid attention too. They talked about stocks and deals. At first I did not pay attention and once in a while I would see that it actually happened; then I really started paying attention. After a week I was tuned in. Who the hell were these guys? They were clerks, the people that put the paperwork together for the people who were the brains; and they talked about what they were doing.
I opened a day trader account with twenty five hundred dollars, the last of my student loan money. Why the fuck not, I was in for more than one hundred grand anyway.
The first trade was modest, because I did not want to spend it all, yea right! I put it on the nose of the stock that had already been sold that day and no one would know until tomorrow. There is some rule about notice and 5% or some shit, but you have a few days to deal with it and a few dollars would not be seen by anyone, it was just playing the spread. Two days later I had ten thousand dollars. I took half and banked it and played with the other half.
Another deal went down, and I was in again. Five thousand in and twenty five thousand back. I checked, I was not an insider so no insider trading violations. Nothing against the law from using what is said in public. Within weeks I was making fifty thousand dollar buys and selling at four to five that much. I even did some futures buying, and sold short. When you knew what was going to happen with one stock you could figure out who was going to move in the same industry. Sometimes it was just some company that made bonding of some sort that would keep two parts together, and when those parts were the subject of a deal, well you knew that buying the patent for the glue was big time. By the end of the month I was making a million dollars a month by buying and selling things that had already been bought and sold.
I would run out of the restaurant when they left at noon, hit the local internet café, buy or sell based on what they said, and be back before my own lunch was over. Yes my grades did suffer, who the fuck cares. A "BA" with a D+ average is still a fucking "BA."
I kept the job and kept listening. This went on for over almost two years and then the bottom fell out. No the market did not crash, it was one of those alphabet government agencies; you all know about them, the FBI! I was arrested, but they could not get me on tax evasion, I paid all the taxes. I refused to talk to them, so they could not get me on lying to a government agent during a criminal investigation like they did Martha Stewart even though she was not guilty of insider trading. I had talked to a lawyer and he told me to limit what I said to "I hereby assert my rights under the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the United States Constitution." That was all I ever said. I was threatened, I was told if I had nothing to hide I would talk to them, I was told if I was not involved I would take a lie detector test. I told them there was no such thing as a lie detector and then stated my mantra, over and over. They held me for a week. Found out I worked cleaning up bloody Kotex, had been there before the mouthy employees came there talking about what should have been confidential, and was still there cleaning up chunks after they quit coming in. I was told that the FBI was going to pay attention to me, and they knew it was just a matter of time before they caught me doing it again. They never identified what "it" was, so I left the FBI headquarters only to find that I had been fired. My internet trading account was no more, but I still had the money from my last trade. I paid the taxes on it and moved it into "Credit Lyonnais" where I had an account with a zero balance. Still they were happy to get a million dollars. The rest of the money, it disappeared into the vast unknown of foreign banking. It was all legal, but I did not want people to know where I had money and how much.
I decided that at the ripe old age of twenty three I was now retired and I went off to see the world. I know how much and where the money was and I could live like a king for the rest of my life, just on the interest. I quit "investing" I'm no sucker. I usually went to poor countries and stayed a few years, where my money would really last. I came home regularly to see family but never did talk about what I did and how I got my money. They were all pissed about the FBI interviewing them and the neighbors every few years. Soon they just told me that the tax audits were not worth having me as a son, or a brother, friend, fill in the blank, and I quit talking to them and quit coming home.
So now I decide to spend a year or two in the Philippines. I had been moving around for more than seven years and at thirty thought it would be a nice place to visit. I had homes in Italy, where I am a citizen under their dual citizenship laws and of France for the same reason, so I carry three passports, legally. The homes were not large or spectacular, just three bedrooms and in nice locations. I rented them out and in the end they cost me nothing to keep.
So now I am in the Philippines and I rent a small place near the beach near a village with a road and electricity. It came with help, and she would take care of everything from washing my clothes to cooking meals, to keeping the house clean. I could drive an hour or two and be in a larger city that had everything, like whores. Let me tell you I like Filipina women. Damn they are just hot as far as I am concerned. Ok, so are black women and white women, and well women. But a Filipina woman, she is just a damn fine woman, inside and out.
So I get to my new home and there is this Filipina beauty, twenty six years old, five foot, ninety seven pounds, straight black hair and brown as a berry. She is the live in maid. I was in lust and I think she knew it because she stayed as far away from me as possible after I first looked at her. But she did her job, the house was clean and I made her unpack my clothes and put them away. When she was doing that I was looking at that hot ass on her every time she bent over. When she would ask me where something should be put I always said the bottom drawer. It was a shame we ran out of bottom drawers. She was not dressed sexy, it was standard clothes, sort of a wrap around thing that kept her formless, but not when she bent over. She served a good meal too.
That evening she wanted to go into her room but I told her to stay. I asked if she was married, she wore a wedding ring. She said she was married and her husband's mother owned my home that I was staying in; she was a very rich lady. He was not around but did not say where he was or when he would come back. I asked and she would not answer, or was it did not answer. I did not care one way or another as she had disobeyed me.
I pulled her over my knee and began to spank her. She cried and begged me not to do that and to let her go. I spanked her even harder for trying to get away and not answering me. She wore a long skirt and I pulled it up with my free hand and spanked her small little ass. It was so beautiful, small and round and now red that went well with the brown. I tore her panties off and spanked her again. She begged me to stop and I did, spreading her legs and cupping her sex, which was to my delight, wet.
I swatted her again and then cupped her pussy. She begged me to stop and I swatted her and cupped her, letting a finger sit between the folds of her engorged lips. She begged me to stop, she had only been with one man, her husband, he would be back for her and she had to stay pure for him. I spanked her again and then cupped her pussy, squeezing it and letting a finger slide into her tight little hole.
"Choose, this" and I struck, "or this" and I cupped her pussy and slid my finger into her wet lips.
"None, none" she said.
I spanked her again, "'None' is not a choice," I said hitting her again and then cupping her I let my middle finger glide into her pussy.
I went to spank her ass again and she begged me not to hit her. "Then you choose this" and I cupped and squeezed her pussy.
"Yes, that, I choose that" she cried.
I moved my hand away and told her to show me. She was crying when she took my hand and put it on her pussy and moved my middle finger so it moved into her hole.
Her ass was red and when I rolled her over onto her back she cried in pain. I lifted her up and sat her down over my cock as I was sitting in a chair. With legs on either side I made her hold my cock up as I lowered her onto it, between her engorged lips and into her pussy. It was the tightest pussy I had ever been in. It was burning hot, and dripping so much it ran down my cock. I let her get used to it and gave her more and more. She was very tight and I was in lust and I took her. It was the first time I ever took a woman, just took her. Punished her and made her mine.
I came fast, but I was still hard, it was that exciting. I picked her up still impaled on my cock and took her into the bedroom and put her in the bed on her hands and knees. I tore her dress off and as she cried I pushed my cock back into its proper place in her life, between her legs. I moved slowly this time and she begged me to stop. I knew why and I did not intend to stop. I slow fucked her until her body betrayed her and she had an orgasm, then another and another. She passed out while still crying.
Her body was glorious. It was so soft and smooth; she had small wonderful breasts that fit her body size, with fat puffy nipples. This was no all over tan, it was her color. She had fine pussy hair, that was not too long and it was sparse. It felt like fine angora. I was going to enjoy fucking this other man's wife.
That night I woke again and took her. She cried and cried but she had two or three orgasms as I fed her my cock. She refused to kiss me so I raised my hand and told her to choose, her mouth found mine but with a passion no one could force. She would not suck my cock, even though I tried to get her too. She ended up with cock drool on her lips and face but she would not open her mouth. I could have forced that but sticking my cock inside of a tooth filled mouth when it was not wanted there, well that gave me pause. I continued to fuck her that night and made her pretend she wanted it even as she cried.
In the morning she was gone. I looked and found her in the kitchen. She was cooking something, I hoped it was breakfast. I was hungry and was just about to try my hand at suicide by self cooking in silence when I found her there.
There was nothing more to be said. She was broken. I should have been feeling bad but I didn't. I wanted her again, more than I ever wanted anyone at any time in my life. She walked into the bedroom and took off her clothes and set them on the chair and got on her hands and knees on the bed. She looked back at me with pleading eyes; I swatted her ass as hard as I could, punishment and a reward all in one. It was punishment for leaving my bed without my permission, and a reward for cooking. Then I took an already swollen and hard cock and put it back into her. First slow, then hard, then slow, then a swat on her ass, not hard, just hard enough, then fucked her, then loved her, I waited until I heard her wail, moan, shake, then it was rubbing all over the front of her body, playing with those nipples, rubbing the outside of her pussy, gently gripping her nub of a clit and then letting it go. I felt her go over the edge and start cuming, and I continued to move slowly back and forth through her tight pussy. Then she was going berserk and I had to join. I fucked her hard, harder than I had ever fucked anyone before. She looked over her shoulder still shuddering, again the pleading eyes, and I exploded into her and she finally lost all of her strength and passed out with my cock still shooting ropes of cum into her. It was the best fuck of my life.
She was mumbling something and I went into the bathroom and got a washcloth and seeing a little blood, cleaned up her pussy. Then I put some ointment on her very red ass, put a cold wet washcloth over it and pulled her over to me as I got back onto the bed. Now she was there with her head on my chest and her arm over me and I was holding her in my arms. I fell asleep again.
I awoke and she was gone again. Damn! I got up and went into the kitchen, and she was, cooking. She had an apron on and nothing else. "You like me this way, why dress, you will just take it off" she said with a small hint of a smile barely visible as she looked down to speak. I immediately got hard, I was still naked.
She turned down the burner again, and shaking her head back and forth but still smiling, walked over to the couch and taking off her apron, bent over it and spread her legs. I walked over, and getting down kissed her ass, her very red ass. She looked back and took a sharp breath. I kissed it again. There were questions in her eyes but her mouth was open with desire. I spread her legs some more and bent down to smell her. She smelled of sex, I could still see my cum dripping from her hole and her fine hairs were matted with us, our combined juices. I licked her pussy with long slow strokes, from her clit to her butt and back. She was moaning and looking back. I stopped licking her and she gave a sigh of disappointment. Still looking back she saw me bend at the knees and line my cock with her love canal. I pushed in slowly and tenderly this time. I had hurt her last time, she bled, and I wanted her but not just to hurt her. This time it was slow and loving. She began to move back into me. I bent over to kiss her. At first she hesitated but then moved into my kiss. She had never tasted cum or herself, I could tell. Soon she was licking my lips. I gave her a few little orgasms but I was still hard. I stopped and pointed to the cooking.
She picked up her apron and went back to work, surprised and with questions on her face. I went into the bathroom and drew a cool bath. It was a large tub. I went to her, and she looked again with an inquiry as part of her expression. I led her into the bathroom and we got into the bath together. She relaxed into the soothing waters and I just looked at her, facing her. I bent over and kissed her again and she responded by kissing me back, putting her arms around me and kissing me back.
I ran my hands over her body, but did not touch her butt or her pussy. I played with her small breasts, I kissed, sucked and licked them, and I felt her body respond. Then she moved. She pushed me back, moved over my body all the while I was still sucking her brown breasts. She sat on my cock and let it open her up and sink into her. She caressed the back of my head, pulling me into her breasts, she moaned little sounds into my mouth as we kissed, and she slid her body back and forth over mine as she was impaled on me. She did this herself, I did not force her. This time we came together, gently, with our lips nibbling and at the others and our tongues playing hide and seek.
We stayed in the cool waters, until we were like prunes and I helped her out. She was full of me; it made me smile and her too. Then she let out a little squeak and ran out. I followed and she went to the large pot and stirred it with a "whew" sound.
"You will need to eat, you must stay strong" and then she blushed at what she had said. We ate in silence; no that is wrong. We ate without sound, but we spoke volumes. When we were done the dished went into the sink and I helped her wash them. I could not tear myself away from her. As I stood there looking at her I got excited again. I started to get heavy and she saw me expand. She ran her hand over my cock. "I'm a little sore" she said quietly.
I wanted her again, and I wanted her badly, but I wanted her to want me as badly as I wanted her. But she had asked, no not asked, she would have taken me into her again, willingly, but she made a statement of fact. My choice was her desire. I chose her comfort; there would be time for us to be together.
The rest of the day we went out and she showed me the town. She told me that she needed to go to the woman's center because she did not want to get pregnant. She said she would get condoms, I told her not to bother I would not use them. She said she could get pregnant and I told her wrong "tense." Not "could" but "would" get pregnant. She shuttered at that, she was standing there and had an orgasm as I said it. She went into the center and came out later and she was very red. She said that she did not know that the female doctor would want to look at her, "down there." I knew what the doctor found, a well fucked pussy, still swollen and probably wet with my cum. The word would get out soon enough. The American had taken her.


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These are really good paired with potato salad! You can also add onions or green peppers if you'd like. Submitted by ICEDRAGONEZZ Carbs: 2.5g | Fat: 4.5g | Fiber: 0g | Protein: 24g | Calories: 162.5
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Just curious. How many of you will be spending Mother's Day with your stepkids?
SS16 will be spending Mother's Day with us, as he has for the last 9 years. BM doesn't seem to have any interest in it at all, and doesn't seem perturbed to not celebrate that day with her son. But, then again, she's never really embraced the whole "Mom" thing. Likes to pretend she's his big sister or favourite aunt. |
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- Posted by MrsProffit25 (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 11 at 9:03
Hey , Just enjoy it!! I usually get atleast 1/2 the day with my SD... not this year - and im upset... But then again Im not her mom.. I did get the Mothers Day picture she made in school... She showed it to her mom!!! But brought it home for me!!! Amazingly it is starting to seem like SD is realising who "takes care" of her... I love her so much :) But this year it will be just mommy dh and my 2 babies and thats "ok" |
This year SS will be at BM's, because it is her weekend anyway, and because BM made a huge deal out of "having him" on Mother's Day. This is fine with us - in my opinion BM completely misses the point. She will get to "have" SS on Mother's Day. I have already gotten, just this past week: one Mother's Day card, made in school, where SS told me he loves me "SO much!", several bouquets of wildflowers, one compliment on how pretty I looked in my new spring skirt, a couple of times where SS was practicing his best manners; namely, when I'd get up or come back to the dinner table SS would rise and stand until I was seated (!), many, many hugs, and one explanatory sentence from SS. The last was in regard to "Take Your Father To School Day" where the kids are supposed to take a father, uncle, grandfather or male role model to spend the day at school. I made an off-hand comment about why was there no "Take Your SM to School Day", and SS asked why there would be such a thing. I laughed and said because I help with homework, I make sure he's up, dressed and fed, that book reports are done, I listen to all the stories about teachers, friends, schoolwork, etc. and I thought it would be interesting to see how a "regular" school day went. SS looked at me like I was a bit dim-witted and said "But Mom - that's why you would just go on 'Take Your Mom to School Day', because that's what Moms do." (There actually is not a "Take Your Mom To School Day", which was what I'd been talking about - but I really appreciated the sentiment!) I don't know if I mentioned that in the mediation BM was adamant about getting to have Mother's Day - but equally adamant about DH not getting Father's Day if it fell on "her" weekend, which it does this year. DH agreed in a heartbeat; he wanted to get it completed that day because BM had already agreed to give up joint legal custody (DH now has sole legal). Honestly, who is more concerned about spiting their ex on Father's Day than in legal custody of their child?! |
- Posted by silversword (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 11 at 10:40
SD will be with BM, so it will just be DD and I. We have a traditional personal event we do together every year. This year we're inviting a family member who has always been like a mother to me. I'm looking forward to it. :) |
normally, BM will get the earlier part of the day and I get the afternoon. (In the past there have been times that we offered longer and she really didnt want it). However, this year she made plans to go to a local park for the weekend and not come back until sunday evening. So, unfortunately the only kids I will get are the tired dirty kids getting ready for school on Monday. I am a little bummed and perturbed... A little more consideration would have been nice especially in our situation... but I choose to let the little battles go. I am more concerned about getting her to cooperate with us in getting the boys to do any of their school work when they are with her instead of just letting them say "oh I dont have any work to do" and then her telling us "I just dont think they would lie to me" when we tell her they lied and did have homework, projects tests etc that needed to be taken care of. |
I know you probably weren't asking me buy I wanna answer. This weekend is actually BD's weekend with DD but by default mother's day is mom's weekend father's day weekend is dad's weekend in our CO. So... Dd will be with me BUT the awesome myfam that I am I offered BD Saturday... And if that was a no, I offered next weekend since he will miss a weekend -- no response. Oh well. I also had DD make a special Mother's Day 'gift' for SM... She took it with her today for her weekday overnight visit. I hope SM appreciates it. I'm sure she will but I'm hoping this will show them that I am being a good person... And putting aside MY feelings to include SM in The celebration of MOM's. Doubt it will happen but dd sure was excited. Happy Mother's Day to my friends -BM's/SM's/G-Ma's... Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend no matter where you are. |
Oh and do you know the best part of helping dd make SM a Mother's Day gift? When I told her that the package was in her backpack and not to forget it when she gets home today, she turned around and hugged me and said 'thanks mom you're the best mom ever'. So it was worth it. |
- Posted by parent_of_one (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 11 at 15:33
DD and SDs are all adults and live far away. Until this year younger SD was always with us for Mothers Day half a day and then went to moms for half a day, she does nto stay at mom overnight. She always brought me nice flowers for Mothers day, I think it is sweet of her and I have met her she was almost adult. But this year all kids live too far to visit that often. :( But we are going to my mothers for Mothers day. :) |
- Posted by lovehadley (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 11 at 17:18
SS will be with his mom this weekend; she gets Mother's Day weekend per the parenting plan, as DH gets Father's Day weekend. Regardless of whose weekend it's *supposed* to be. This weekend is technically our regular weekend, but BM will have him. Since she also had him last weekend, we will then have him for two weekends in a row to make up. That's how their plan is written. |
- Posted by silversword (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 11 at 17:43
Jeez Love, that sounds complicated! I'm so glad Ex and I are flexible about those things. If it works easily for her to be with him on F-day or me on M-day, that's how it goes. If not.... oh well. |
- Posted by parent_of_one (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 11 at 21:56
'thanks mom you're the best mom ever'. :) this is so sweet myfampg, my DD says that too, she also adds silly jokes like "thank you mommy for not being crazy like so and so's mother" LOL happy mother's day! |
Thanks, myfampg! A happy Mother's Day to all from me as well. |
- Posted by imamommy (email@example.com) on Fri, May 6, 11 at 9:45
SD12 is going to her mom's for the weekend but yesterday, gave me a dozen roses & a very nice card. DIL has not arranged a visit with DGS2 for this weekend yet & it's already Friday, so I don't know if she plans to see him. |
- Posted by parent_of_one (My Page) on Fri, May 6, 11 at 16:02
that's nice of your SD to get you flowers! and so typical of your DIl...Sad...Happy mothers/grandmothers day! |
- Posted by lovehadley (My Page) on Fri, May 6, 11 at 17:25
"Jeez Love, that sounds complicated!" It IS....BUT I much prefer that for our situation. Since I'm the one taking care of SS so much when he is with us, I like to know my own schedule. KWIM? But I agree, in "normal" situations, flexibility is good. And DH/BM are flex if they need to be....but I think we've all found it's better for EVERYONE, esp. SS, if the schedule is adhered to as much as possible. It's predictable. Plan-able. :) |
- Posted by parent_of_one (My Page) on Fri, May 6, 11 at 18:02
I agree love, when kids are spending equal/or at least lots of time with both parents it is the best for everyone including the kid to plan ahead of time and have a schedule. It would be too stressful to play by ear and not know what is going on and not being able to plan, kids need routine and adults need to be able to plan their events. I think your situation is normal (minus crazy BM's antics). |
"Honestly, who is more concerned about spiting their ex on Father's Day than in legal custody of their child?!" - Guess you know the answer to *that* question... Don't imagine we'll be seeing my SKids since they're adults and BioMom isn't quite. I expect instead that I'll be cooking for 30-ish (they never RSVP) for Hubby's Mom and sisters and their kids. |
- Posted by silversword (My Page) on Fri, May 6, 11 at 22:13
LH: Totally understandable. I'd want to be able to plan too. :) Sweeby... that would make me crazy, but I hear your kitchen is gorgeous and you're a fantastic cook! |
- Posted by momof3_stepof1 (My Page) on Sat, May 7, 11 at 12:30
my ss will be spending the day with me. Kind of, I have to work all day but he's with us this weekend. His bm wanted him but he didn't want to miss baseball so he told her he wanted to stay home. She let him. I'm going to post about her rant yesterday in another thread but at the end of that text fight she told my husband to tell me Happy Mother's Day. I think it was sarcastic. |
Happy Mother's Day, ladies. Today we do get the GS. Ex DIL always lets DS have him this weekend. She's very considerate of my mother (who she considers her GMa)and especially this year with my mom just having cancer surgery. Tomorrow is GS's birthday too so we are doing a picnic at my mother's to celebrate both events. GS's SM has to work until 3pm but she will be joining in when she gets off. SS and SGS will be coming in a few weeks when school gets out and SS picks SGS up for the summer. They'll spend the evening and overnight here before they head for SS's home. The one child/adult child I won't get to see today/soon is my DD and her son. I've obviously pi$$ed off her husband again (who knows why nor cares)and I'm being 'punished'. Oh well. At least SIL's mother and grandma get to spend the day with this GS and I'm sure these ladies will enjoy having GS and DD. |
- Posted by parent_of_one (My Page) on Sun, May 8, 11 at 9:45
sounds like you have great day ahead of you, justmetoo...enjoy your time with your large family :) happy mothers day! I had something nice happened to me yesterday, younger SD who actually is arriving this week later to stay with us, sent me a small gift for Mother's Day. Even though she does something for me every year I cry every time it happens. And one thing is to buy something when i am right there and the other actually go to a post office and make an effort...I certainly am not her mother and never pretend to be, but she still does these things and I get sentimental every time. It made me think of being "real"...I think this is very real...:) I don't get to see DD as well justmetoo, not until August, she lives away too far to make frequent visits. :( |
- Posted by elizabethg216 (My Page) on Tue, May 10, 11 at 13:19
I'm envious of you all. My three SD's 29, 21 and 20 never said a word to me and two of them live with us. |
- Posted by parent_of_one (My Page) on Tue, May 10, 11 at 17:06
that's awful, elizabeth!!!! why is that??? what's their reasoning? |
- Posted by parent_of_one (My Page) on Tue, May 10, 11 at 17:12
Elizabeth, I posted on other thread: maybe you should start a new thread about your situation, people with similar experiences might have good advice. Sorry for your situation |
- Posted by wonderinginchicago (My Page) on Wed, May 11, 11 at 1:08
Count your blessings and enjoy your day. Spoil yourself. This is not a reflection on you, it is a reflection on them. I have three biological children (ages 24, 23, and 17) and two stepchildren (ages 18 and 13). Only one lives with us and he worked (he asked me first). From the other four, I didn't get any cards, phone calls, texts, e-mails wishing me a happy mothers day and haven't since 2002 or longer. I had a great time with my husband at my 'mom prom' anyway! |
- Posted by ashley1979 (My Page) on Wed, May 11, 11 at 10:28
This was actually the first mothers day I didn't get a text or get told happy mothers day from SD. I'm not upset, really, just disappointed. But it kinda makes sense. Ever since we got back from our visit in March, DH hasn't been able to talk to her. The only calls he's gotten from her are butt-calls. So if she isn't talking to him, I can't really expect her to talk to me. Plus, since her mom has been divorced, SD basically has to entertain her (as witnessed when we visited in March). |
- Posted by parent_of_one (My Page) on Wed, May 11, 11 at 17:07
Gee, ashley, it is getting crazier, so now SD entertains her BM? |
- Posted by ashley1979 (My Page) on Wed, May 11, 11 at 17:56
Oh yeah! They're best buds!!!! They do everything toghether. I'm actually really worried because I think BM is trying to be too much of a friend to SD. BM got all peeved because we walked SD to her car after BM disappeared. Actually peeled out in the parking lot. |
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