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   margueritem said, 2 months ago

   Not too effective, I wouldn’t think.
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   briatollah said, 2 months ago

   I used to hate standing in the corner for punishment worse than a spanking.
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   beviek said, 2 months ago

   @briatollah

   I don’t recall having to stand in a corner. But I think I might have preferred it to a spanking. I got grounded plenty.

   
   

   Enjoy the Opera!!
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   briatollah said, 2 months ago

   @beviek

   A spanking, while painful was over with a lot quicker. I’d cry, dry up and go back to playing.
   Standing in the corner was a humiliating eternity.
   They call it a “time out” nowadays.
   In May they’re doing The Barber of Seville.
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   SusanSunshine said, 2 months ago

   The only punishment my father knew was hitting, usually instantly, and in a rage,
   and the only punishment my mother knew was telling my father what we did.

   
   I always wondered what it would be like to live in a family where you got grounded or made to stand in a corner…
   lost TV privileges or had to do dishes for a week..

   
   you know, the sort of punishments someone thought about and decided upon.
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   SusanSunshine said, 2 months ago

   Brian….
   It took me a second to get that your last line had nothing to do with the ones before.

   
   i.e.
   “They call it a “time out” nowadays.
   In May they’re doing The Barber of Seville.”

   
   LOL!
   A time-out with entertainment.
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   Dogsniff said, 2 months ago

   I spent so much time in the corner, that when I come to an intersection, I don’t know which way to turn.
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   SusanSunshine said, 2 months ago

   Hey Dog!
   You made it!

   
   Green beer?
   Or something that actually tastes good?
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   SusanSunshine said, 2 months ago

   Bev, from yesterday….
   yes, I read cereal boxes….
   soup labels, all the instructions that come with things….
   ancient magazines at the doctor’s office…
   sheets of newspaper that were wrapped around dishes packed in a box…
   somebody else’s grocery list left in the shopping cart I’m using…
   illiterate notes lying on the sidewalk…

   
   I read everything that crosses my path….
   except books.
   Go figure.
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    Dogsniff said, 2 months ago

    Hi Susan, you still there?
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    SusanSunshine said, 2 months ago

    Actually…. good timing.
    I just checked back!
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    SusanSunshine said, 2 months ago

    That is, if you haven’t left again! LOL
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    SusanSunshine said, 2 months ago

    It’s getting late…. maybe nobody else is coming in tonight….
    and it’s Friday!

    
    We even started the green beer early!
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    SusanSunshine said, 2 months ago

    Fenton, I think I’m calling it a night….
    
    Gonna be a long weekend, and I’ll have to travel back and forth to Ballard Street every night from farther away than usual…
    the place where I never know whether I’ll have computer access.

    
    I’ll try not to be late…. cos Sid is working his other job….

    
    He did say he’d come here after that shift, if you need him….cos if I have no internet I can’t get to the Tiki.

    
    Maybe the Monkey’ll be hanging around, dying bananas green or something…..

    See you all later!
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    magicwalnut said, 2 months ago

    OO! I’m gonna try that!
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