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I didn't want to start a thread about this, because I normally don't like discussing my personal life, but my wife is undergoing gastric bypass surgery on Wednesday morning. She'll be in the hospital for 2 days. My wife needs to lose about 150 pounds, so we're hoping for the best.

 
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timschochet said:
I didn't want to start a thread about this, because I normally don't like discussing my personal life, but my wife is undergoing gastric bypass surgery on Wednesday morning. She'll be in the hospital for 2 days. My wife needs to lose about 150 pounds, so we're hoping for the best.
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Best of luck to her...unless she's Jewish.

 
Officer Pete Malloy said:
timschochet said:
I didn't want to start a thread about this, because I normally don't like discussing my personal life, but my wife is undergoing gastric bypass surgery on Wednesday morning. She'll be in the hospital for 2 days. My wife needs to lose about 150 pounds, so we're hoping for the best.
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Best of luck to her...unless she's Jewish.
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I think Brown is trying to ban Jews from getting any elective surgery within the state of CA. Actually true.

 
Officer Pete Malloy said:
BigJohn said:
Don't want to fight GM for 'LOOK AT MY KID' attention, but we had a pretty good one Thursday night, too.

My 7 yo daughter, Hannah is a very special soul. She is our oldest, of 3, and we have always noticed that she is much more emotionally mature than other kids her age. Very motherly to her siblings. I have always tried to encourage her outward attitude and I finally saw it pay off in a big way.

We go to her school for her 2nd grade P/T conference. Now, she had great conferences and report cards in pre K, kindergarten and 1st grade, so we honestly went in, expecting the same. We walk in, and sit down with her teacher. She starts to talk, but almost immediately stops and catches herself getting a little emotional. She says, 'Sorry, I was trying to put this off until the end of the meeting, but I can't do it. I just want to tell you how special your daughter is. I've been teaching for 26 years, and I've never seen what I have seen so far this year, in Hannah. Hannah sits next to Mikey in class. Mikey is autistic. He functions very normally, most of the time, but is prone to panic attacks. He usually has 1 or 2 attacks a week. What is amazing is, as soon as Mikey starts to show signs that he is going into a fit, Hannah stops whatever she is doing and will simply reach over and touch Mikey on the shoulder, and she will say, 'It's ok. I'm here.' And Mikey stops almost immediately. Hannah then, simply, will return to her work, as if nothing had happened. It's amazing.' Of course, both my wife and I are wiping tears away through the whole conversation. She goes on to tell us that both her and the school psychologist have had a difficult time deciding where to place Mikey. She says Hannah is his angel. Finishes the rest of the conference as we expected. Great kid.

Never been more proud in my short fatherhood career.
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That's really gay.
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You're such a ####. I love you.

 
Congrats to people with cool kids. Great stories.

GL timwife.

We moved into our new place today to find the internet not working and no one to fix it until Thursday. Awesome.

The new TVs are working, but I'm not sure I really needed to see Joe Mantegna in 60" LED.

 
Anyone here familiar with Enneagrams? Kind of like a Meyer Briggs personality categorizing thing.

Very interesting.

190 questions, takes maybe 15 min.

My Link

I'm a Challenger

 
timschochet said:
I didn't want to start a thread about this, because I normally don't like discussing my personal life, but my wife is undergoing gastric bypass surgery on Wednesday morning. She'll be in the hospital for 2 days. My wife needs to lose about 150 pounds, so we're hoping for the best.
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Good luck Tim

 
So I changed Internet service from Clear (awful) to at and t. The modem works fine, but the netgear wireless hub I've been using for years won't connect no matter what. I've reset it and everything and nada.

 
cosjobs said:
Anyone here familiar with Enneagrams? Kind of like a Meyer Briggs personality categorizing thing.

Very interesting.

190 questions, takes maybe 15 min.

My Link

I'm a Challenger
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I'm Type 8 - The Bosses

Eight's need to be powerful to make their own way in life. They are motivated to maintain territorial control over anything that can influence their lives and by the desire to stay on top in any power struggle Of all the Enneagram types, they are the most openly aggressive. They are dominant figures both at work and at home.

They enjoy being strong and judge others according to whether those others are strong or weak. They also enjoy confronting others, and are even willing to take on the whole power structure if they feel a need for radical change. Eight's are courageous and will crusade for what they believe in. They bring abundant energy to meeting challenges at work or elsewhere.

They are "natural leaders." Their overwhelming self-confidence is contagious and can generate in others the energy that is necessary to accomplish monumental tasks.

Possible Origins. Eight's survived their childhood by taking a tough personal stand. Their world felt dominated by bigger, stronger people who wanted to control their lives. The child struggled against a sense of unfair odds and survived by any form of confrontation that would make enemies back down. They gained respect from peers for not crying, for not showing weakness, and for winning fights. They quickly found that it was more fun to break the rules than it was to try to keep them.

Flawed Eight's. Although they often become leaders, the preoccupation with power and control tarnishes their leadership qualities. They are better as entrepreneurs and as such are plentiful in the business world. They are interested in making the money that allows them to control their own fates. And they like the business arena which offers them the opportunity to exercise power. They often alienate potential sources of help, pressing other people's sore spots without recognizing the damage, or feeling the need to say the worst to someone for his or her own good --INTUITIVE TACTLESSNESS.

Well-Adapted Eight's are able to get beyond control and to place their considerable powers in the service of a goal or goals outside themselves. They retain their characteristic confidence, but have learned the virtue of restraint in exercising power. They are seen as deserving of the loyalty they inspire and, in this mode, they can excel at making a beneficial difference for large numbers of people. They have immense capacity for continuous pressure and follow-through on a project.

Occupations. Eight's are attracted to the world of business, to high finance, and to the political arena, often achieving quite high status. They also make good entrepreneurs and "transformational leaders."

Finding Oneself:Eight's probably will agree with most of the following statements:
  1. I am very good at standing up and fighting for what I want.
  2. I have difficulty with compromise.
  3. I am not afraid to confront other people and I do confront them.
  4. I enjoy the exercise of power.
  5. I am an aggressive, self-assertive person.
  6. l know how to get things done.
  7. I get bored easily and like to keep moving.
  8. Justice and injustice are key issues for me.
  9. Generally, I don't care much for introspection or too much self-analysis.
  10. I think of myself as a non-conformist.
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:mellow:

 
These personality type tests are very variable and you should take multiple different ones and read up multiple descriptions from different sources before you make a firm conclusion as to one result, that is unless you take one of the formal, clinical ones in clinical conditions. I was hugely into them a few years ago. They're interesting and can be insightful, but don't take any one test or source as gospel. The same person can test differently even a week later based upon mood, attitude, etc.

 
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