Let Them Have Their Fire Hydrant

by thunderbird

Posted: 11 years ago 20 replies

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It is probably wisest not to openly disagree with a friend over topics which are neither here nor there in my daily life. At such a point, ego and maybe primitive fight modes kick in (even if only in a verbal manner). People, like dogs peeing on fire hydrants, sometimes stake their territory for the sake of staking their territory. It is something that I occasionally have to remind myself of. Let them have the fire hydrant. It is best to choose our battles carefully.

Alexa Smith Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

Disclaimer: I don't know what I'm talking about.

I suspect that you nearly always do, actually, and that the posts are therefore more reliable than the signature. "Just saying".

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Alast

11 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

I don't agree with this.

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bizgrower 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Alast

I don't agree with this.

OK. You can have that fire hydrant.
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- Alast 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by bizgrower
  
  OK. You can have that fire hydrant.
  
  I want you to have it.
  
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  Richard Van 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Alast
  
  I want you to have it.
  
  I don't agree with him having it.
  
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  Alast 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Richard Van
  
  I don't agree with him having it.
  
  OK. You can have that fire hydrant.
  
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  Richard Van 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Alast
  
  OK. You can have that fire hydrant.
  
  I want Thunderbirds son, aged 4, to have it.
  
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  Alast 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Richard Van
  
  I want Thunderbirds son, aged 4, to have it.
  
  I agree with him having it.
  
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  bizgrower 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Alast
  
  I agree with him having it.
  
  I agree, too.
  
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  Richard Van 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by bizgrower
  
  I agree, too.
  
  I also strongly agree.
  
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positivenegative

11 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

If you bequeath your brain to science I've a horrible feeling the gesture will be refused. Just saying

PS . . . I'll have the fire hydrant if you don't want it. Have you seen the price of scrap metal these days?

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Alast

11 years ago

Originally Posted by positivenegative

PS . . . I'll have the fire hydrant if you don't want it. Have you seen the price of scrap metal these days?

Sorry, but you want it for all the wrong reasons.

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Alexa Smith

Banned 11 years ago

By the time you guys have negotiated possession of the fire hydrant, T-bird's son will be aged 5, anyway ...

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bizgrower

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

By the time you guys have negotiated possession of the fire hydrant, T-bird's son will be aged 5, anyway ...

And you will have how many new pairs of these?:

Christian Louboutin - Women's Designer Shoes - Manolo Blahnik, Christian Louboutin, Lanvin & Isabel Marant Shoes | Barneys New York

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Alast

11 years ago

Originally Posted by bizgrower

And you will have how many new pairs of these?:

Christian Louboutin - Women's Designer Shoes - Manolo Blahnik, Christian Louboutin, Lanvin & Isabel Marant Shoes | Barneys New York

Shoes can cost over $1000??????!?!?! I know my next niche!

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Alexa Smith

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by bizgrower

And you will have how many new pairs of these?

My mother will actually bring me a pair next week (but actually from Italy, not America) for Christmas.

Originally Posted by Alast

Shoes can cost over $1000??????!?!?!

They can cost over $2,000 (but those are few and far-between, and not for me, anyway). There are plenty of Louboutins around $1,300-$1,500 but there are also some sources of discounts of up to 50%, and on real ones, not cheap fakes that you can wear only once before the heels break.

(I don't necessarily mean "you" personally, though they do actually make some men's shoes, too.)

Originally Posted by Alast

I know my next niche!

People buy only cheap shoes online, generally, not expensive ones. "Just saying".

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bizgrower 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

My mother will actually bring me a pair next week (but actually from Italy, not America) for Christmas.

Well, Merry Christmas!!!
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HeySal

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

My mother will actually bring me a pair next week (but actually from Italy, not America) for Christmas.

(I don't necessarily mean "you" personally, though they do actually make some men's shoes, too.)

People buy only cheap shoes online, generally, not expensive ones. "Just saying".

Well, Alexa - if you've been good (which I'm having a slight problem with being too quick to see having happened) - you might get a matching $1,500 Prada bag. I shall be completely humbled and lessened by knowing the most status-quo friendly accessory in my closet is a Dooney and Bourke.

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thunderbird

11 years ago

Originally Posted by positivenegative

If you bequeath your brain to science I've a horrible feeling the gesture will be refused. Just saying

PS . . . I'll have the fire hydrant if you don't want it. Have you seen the price of scrap metal these days?

I wasn't planning to bequeath my brain to science

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Scrap metal fetches a fine price but the profit would be offset by fines and prison time for vandalizing and stealing city property.

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Alexa Smith Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

I wasn't planning to bequeath my brain to science
Scrap metal fetches a fine price

Ooh, you're going to leave it to be auctioned off to add the residual value of your estate, for your beneficiaries???

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