# Oh, My Freaking God! (Looong!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 13, 2003, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128 "2003-07-13T07:55:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 83
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1641 "2003-09-15T18:55:33Z")
Hi… Feeling mostly better… stuck in post nasal drip land complete with random coughing fits 🙂 Where’s my puppy picture? _sniff_ ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1642 "2003-09-15T19:01:05Z")
Hi… Feeling mostly better… stuck in post nasal drip land complete with random coughing fits 🙂 Where’s my puppy picture? _sniff_ ---
**Author:** ![mipiace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@mipiace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mipiace)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1643 "2003-09-15T19:20:47Z")
I didn’t get one either! ---
**Author:** ![Psalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Psalex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psalex)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1644 "2003-09-15T19:55:38Z")
Incoming!!! ---
**Author:** ![mipiace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@mipiace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mipiace)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1645 "2003-09-15T21:04:36Z")
I got it! Thanks…pretty dog…pretty lady too. ---
**Author:** ![Psalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Psalex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psalex)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1646 "2003-09-15T21:09:57Z")
Thank you! Gryphon is home now-uncomfortable and a little ticked off at me, but still a well-mannered young man. He got lots of attention at the vet and scored me the phone number of a fellow pilot- He is a Very Good Boy. (of course I will not use the phone number- I wrinkled it up when I saw Pilot’s dog- a tiny Bichon Frise with painted toenails. Can’t tell me there isn’t a Mrs. Pilot with a dog like that…) ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1647 "2003-09-15T21:38:25Z")
Painted tonails? I don’t paint my own nails most of the time never mind the dog’s!!! Very nice pooch. Someone seems far happier posing with the doggie than the guy! I wonder if it is the hair? Or the company? Oh and not to get off topic 😉 But… where the $$##@@ is Dave? ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1648 "2003-09-15T23:43:11Z")
Great minds think alike, I guess. LOL! Never mind… > [@](#): > > _Quote from Jaade_ > ~gasps~ Dismiss the 80’s?!? How can you dismiss the 80’s and sing I’m Turning Japanese in two back to back posts? ROFL!!! Alright, there are a FEW songs I like from the eighties, but not many. _Turning Japenese_ has a whole different meaning tho, from what I hear. 😉 I just can’t stand that whole drum machine boom chi boom-boom chi boom chi boom-boom chi crap… And I know what you mean about change. I hate when everything is all up in the air, changing. I’m very set in my ways, probably too much. But sometimes you can’t avoid it. You need to be strong and do what’s best for you! Whether you decide to split or not. I guess that sounds like pretty selfish advice, but who else is going to look out for you if you don’t? (Besides EVERYONE in this thread…) {{{{{{Jaade}}}}} **Psalex** , I forgot about your talking about Johnny Cash. I’m really sorry for you. He WAS the coolest! When I was young my dad had a ton of great old country albums. Johnny, Merle Haggard, Waylon, Hank Sr., old Glen Campbell, Don Williams, others, REAL country! I haven’t liked Country music since about _Rhinestone Cowboy_ and then all that pseudo-Country from the '80’s. But that old stuff, especially Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard just melt me. _Folsom Prison Blues_ was the first song I ever taught myself on the guitar, and I felt SSOOOO cool that I could play it and “sing” at the same time! I always loved _Jackson_ too. I was very sad when June died earlier this year. It’s sad and kind of sweet that they died so close to each other. Now they’re reunited. 🙂 I flew a plane once. When I was 5, a friend of my Dad had a small Cessna. He took Dad and me up once. He let me take the wheel for about 30 seconds or so. Really. He let go, and I was flying it! He even let me make a little turn. WAY cool when you’re five! ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1649 "2003-09-15T23:45:28Z")
Sorry! {{{{{{ **Jaade** }}}}}} ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1650 "2003-09-15T23:57:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Ink \* > **Rocky You don’t get nearly so banged up when you do the rock climbing outside of the mountain. Well, maybe. Just sayin’** But on the outside I can see the bottom of the canyon with the edge I’m standing 8" from! 😃 Seriously though, I’d love to get into climbing outside and inside. It’s just that there are so many undiscovered dark passages _inside_ the mountain. I love the mystery of the unknown. It’s just so different being hundreds of feet below the ground, seeing all the cool formations, and admiring the power of the forces that cut these holes and canyons. Simply amazing. Here’s a link to a previous tour of the cave I went to. This is not my group, and none of these folks were with us this time, but the photos are pretty cool, and the trip narrative and report are spot on. [http://www.stonewallcavers.org/gallery.htm](http://www.stonewallcavers.org/gallery.htm) ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1651 "2003-09-16T00:03:33Z")
**mipiace** , check your email. I have pondered. And I have written. Probably written something quite ponderous. 😃 Didn’t want to hijack **D’Bear** ’s thread any worse than I already have. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1652 "2003-09-16T00:06:55Z")
Wow, those are some fascinating pictures, **Rocky**. Especially that one with the single curvy line of stala\_\_ites hanging from the ceiling. (WAY) BTW… is a peritrochoid the 2-d “rounded triangle” or the 3-d rounded triangle cylinder? Just wondering… ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1653 "2003-09-16T00:42:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by if6was9 \* > \*\*Sorry! {{{{{{ **Jaade** }}}}}} \*\* Two hugs? What did I do to get so lucky? ~winks~ > [@](#): > > ROFL!!! Alright, there are a FEW songs I like from the eighties, but not many. Turning Japenese has a whole different meaning tho, from what I hear. I just can’t stand that whole drum machine boom chi boom-boom chi boom chi boom-boom chi crap… I guess I am such a fan of 80’s music because I was a child of the eighties. Almost every 80’s song I hear has a great memory attached to it. > [@](#): > > And I know what you mean about change. I hate when everything is all up in the air, changing. I’m very set in my ways, probably too much. But sometimes you can’t avoid it. You need to be strong and do what’s best for you! Whether you decide to split or not. I guess that sounds like pretty selfish advice, but who else is going to look out for you if you don’t? (Besides EVERYONE in this thread…) {{{{{{Jaade}}}}} Aww, you guys are so sweet, every one of you. We so need to have an OMFG club get together. I appreciate what you are saying, it’s not selfish, people have to look after themselves and I’ve been looking after people since I was a rather young girl. It really is time for me to focus on myself for a while. And you are completely right, I’ve been busy looking out for all of the people I feel responsible for, and haven’t been good to myself at all. > [@](#): > > **Psalex** > > Metaphor for telling you the obvious: if you leave him, we will love and support you. If you change your mind and decide to try again, we will still love and support you. No one will hold you to your plan to leave- (no one will cut off your shirt tail and declare you solo until you are certain you are ready to fly alone) Thanks doll! ~grins~ I think I have declared it for myself though, even though I’m still here now, it’s because of circumstance, and not because I’m unsure of my decision…scared and nervous yes…unsure…no. ~J ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1654 "2003-09-16T01:12:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mipiace \* > \*\*Opinions from the men of this thread… > > He says: > > He really needs the companionship and emotion and intimacy that he has with me but when he has it it starts to scare him and he feels claustrophobic and he starts to fuck it up. Wel I have certainly seen that many times before. But when he doesn’t have it he misses it. I told him it was up to him to figure out which was the stronger need for him. > Basically my approach through this whole things has been to put the ball back into his court no matter what he does. I offer him the choice but I haven’t forced his hand at all. I’ve seen women do that to him in the past and he basically runs. Instead I kind of leave it open but not so open he can have his cake and eat it too. He doesn’t quite know what to think about that. > > So thoughts men? \*\* **mipiace** , sorry I forgot about this. I wanted to comment at lunch time, but the boss was gonna be back soon and all… And you should take ALL romantic advice from me with a grain of salt… 😉 It sounds to me like Studmuffin is afraid to really commit fully to you, for fear that some available (and temporary) sweet thing might come along. It does sound like he really likes you and comes back because of that fondness, but also because of the comfort you offer to him. Almost, but not quite, a motherly, safe, always there, kind of thing. (I hope this makes sense and you know what I mean.) I think your stand-offish, let him decide attitude is exactly the right tack! He needs to decide if he is done sowing his wild oats or ready to really settle down. Trying to box him in is probably just going to make him rebel. I really hope this works out in your favor, one way or another! (And sorry if this is too direct or pessimistic… I’m nothing if not brutally honest.) ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1655 "2003-09-16T01:20:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jaade \* > \*\*…and not because I’m unsure of my decision…scared and nervous yes…unsure…no. > > ~J \*\* As much as I hate change and all… There IS a certain exhilaration and titillation to that, huh?! In small doses, the unknown is quite thrilling! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1656 "2003-09-16T01:30:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by if6was9 \* > \*\*As much as I hate change and all… There IS a certain exhilaration and titillation to that, huh?! In small doses, the unknown is quite thrilling! 🙂 \*\* Yeah, I have to admit there is, in some ways…~L~ There’s that new door thing, new opportunities, and the chance to be independent and stand on my own two feet… ~J ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1657 "2003-09-16T01:35:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by if6was9 \* > \*\*(WAY) BTW… is a peritrochoid the 2-d “rounded triangle” or the 3-d rounded triangle cylinder? Just wondering… \*\* A peritrochoid is the double-lobe shape that the “rounded triangle” orbits within. Actually, you’ll see it referred to as an epitrochoid often, but peritrochoid is more correct. This site does a **much** better job of explaining the geometry than I can. [http://www.nellump.net/peri/whatIs.html](http://www.nellump.net/peri/whatIs.html) ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1658 "2003-09-16T01:44:48Z")
Oh, ok, it’s the double lobe… And I thought it was all the hot women in this thread who had the “double lobes!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1659 "2003-09-16T01:45:44Z")
Okay, we all agree **Davebear** has abandoned us (for perfectly acceptable reasons, mind you ;)), but has anyone seen … the **Wyatt**?!?! 😕 ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128/1660 "2003-09-16T01:48:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by if6was9 \* > \*\*And I thought it was all the hot women in this thread who had the “double lobes!” 😃 \*\* HEH! **Outstanding**!! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128.md?page=82) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-freaking-god-looong/188128.md?page=84)