What I said about sizes was true but I certainly didn't mean to take
anything away from your accomplishment of shrinking down a size or two. I'm
sure you worked hard (or sweated hard) for it. LOL. I just want the rest of
us to feel good too. LOL.
Christine
At 01:25 PM 08/01/99 +0000, you wrote:
>
>Hi, Christine, this maybe it. I normally do not pay over $300 for a jacket
>unless it's a Gortex which is qualifies as survival gear around here!
>Usually my woolies are a size bigger anyway for layering. I just wanted to
>brag. It did feel good! I am a size 12. I think the regular rowing and
>walking just shrunk me in the last year. Maybe the saunas helped! Jeanne
>
>1:59 PM 1/7/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>I'll tell you a secret I have discovered over the years. If you buy
>>expensive clothes, you can take a smaller size. I'm serious. When I was
>>working, I bought a few really expensive outfits and they were a size or
>>two smaller than I normally take. I guess they figure if you are paying an
>>outrageous price for something, they may as well give you something to feel
>>good about as a bonus. LOL.
>>Christine
>>
>>
>>At 02:03 PM 07/01/99 -0800, you wrote:
>>>How did you manage to go from a 16 to a 10. In recent years all my
>>>size changes have gone the other way.
>>>Liz
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>---james kissinger <jkissing@uvic.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Ah, others who hate the mall experience! We hit the malls for about
>>>4 hours
>>>> before Christmas. Then I have been shopping for us for the January
>>>sales. I
>>>> got a new duffle and dress boots at 70% off! My old coat was size 16
>>>and
>>>> the new size 10. Picked up new shoes and shirts for James. He
>>>doesn't just
>>>> hate to shop, he doesn't. So I am happy as a bug! Hehhehheh, Jeanne
>>>>
>>>> >Hi, Liz: I hate to shop, too. That's why I do it so seldom. I wait
>>>> until after Christmas, and then I hit the store and buy everything
>>>on sale
>>>> in about an hour. I did that tonight. I didn't try anything on and
>>>I hope
>>>> it fits. I really didn't particularly want anything, but I did need
>>>a few
>>>> new clothes -- people at work are beginning to feel sorry for me, I'm
>>>> afraid. Guess what? I'm back to my normal weight judging from the
>>>way
>>>> things fit when I got home. It's time to put on the brakes now. It
>>>was
>>>> fun while it lasted though -- a six month pig out! LOL I did get a
>>>really
>>>> nice chenille top, though. It's a lovely shade of blue and comes
>>>almost to
>>>> my knees. I'm quite short and stubby. I like it, though. Feel great
>>>> tonight. I'm going to go watch TV pretty soon now with my children --
>>>> Norman, Guido, and Button. Love, Kathy
>>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>>> > From: Elizabeth Patterson <eapat@ewa.net>
>>>> > To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com <mol-cancer@lists.meds.com>
>>>> > Date: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 4:03 PM
>>>> > Subject: [MOL] Kathy
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Well, I hope you found some good stuff on sale. I hate to shop
>>>so bad
>>>> I really don't go very often.
>>>> > Liz
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Liz: Then you are surrounded!! LOL Your Harvard brother is
>>>> probably a lot like Steve, whom I happen to adore, in spite of his
>>>> stuffiness. I worked at a law firm in Lake Oswego for many years
>>>with three
>>>> young attorneys just out of the DA's office in Clackamas County.
>>>They were
>>>> all graduates of the University of Oregon. They spoiled me. I had
>>>begun to
>>>> think that all attorneys were as down to earth and unaffected as
>>>they were.
>>>> They were my best friends. Then I came back to Idaho and was in for a
>>>> shock. Enter Steve Thomas, fresh from Manhattan, the little brat! In
>>>his
>>>> defense, though, he is brilliant and if you care to take the time,
>>>there is
>>>> a personality and a sense of humor hidden beneath all the forced
>>>dignity.
>>>> He's approaching 45 now (I can't believe it), and his hair is snow
>>>white.
>>>> Makes me kind of sad.
>>>> >
>>>> > Well, I have a little extra money -- not much, but some --
>>>and I'm
>>>> going to hike down to a sale during my lunch hour. I don't even know
>>>where
>>>> to start, I need so many things. Self-control is needed here. Love,
>>>Kathy
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>>> > From: Elizabeth Patterson [SMTP:eapat@ewa.net]
>>>> > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 11:01 AM
>>>> > To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
>>>> > Subject: RE: [MOL] Liz
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>><fontfamily><param>Arial</param><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param><smal
ler
>>>> >Kathy,
>>>> >
>>>> > Not at all. One of my best friends is a legal assistant. You
>>>> remind me
>>>> > of her. I also have two brothers who are attorneys. One of
>>>them,
>>>> > particularly, takes himself pretty seriously and choses the
>>>more
>>>> > obscure language when a choice is available. I might add,
>>>he is
>>>> the one
>>>> > who attended Harvard. My other attorney brother attended the
>>>> University
>>>> > of Oregon. He works in negotiations and he is lots more
>>>down to
>>>> earth.
>>>> >
>>>> > Liz
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > <excerpt>P.S. I hope I didn't come across as a know-it-all. I
>>>> > certainly don't!! It's just the weird world I work in. It
>>>does things
>>>> > to people! LOL Kathy
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>></excerpt></smaller></color><smaller><excerpt><paraindent><param>left</pa
ram
>>>> ><smaller>-----Original
>>>> > Message-----
>>>> >
>>>> > <bold>From: </bold>Elizabeth Patterson [SMTP:eapat@ewa.net]
>>>> >
>>>> > <bold>Sent: </bold>Wednesday, December 30, 1998 9:46 AM
>>>> >
>>>> > <bold>To: </bold>mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
>>>> >
>>>> > <bold>Subject: </bold>RE: [MOL] Liz
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>></smaller><<fontfamily><<param>Arial<</param><<color><<param>0000,0000,FF
FF<
>>>> </param><<smaller>HI
>>>> >
>>>> > Kathy,
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Although I feel correct punctuation is important because it
>>>can make
>>>> >
>>>> > written language clear, if I had to chose between a doctor
>>>who really
>>>> >
>>>> > understood the medical aspect clearly and one who could
>>>punctuate his
>>>> >
>>>> > report of it clearly, I would chose the doctor who really
>>>understood
>>>> >
>>>> > his field. As for attornys, even with correct punctuation,
>>>much of
>>>> > what
>>>> >
>>>> > they write is incomprehensible (legalese). On the other
>>>hand, I have
>>>> >
>>>> > had many students with beautiful penmanship who wrote well
>>>> punctuated,
>>>> >
>>>> > grammatically correct papers which said nothing of
>>>consequence, were
>>>> >
>>>> > illogically organized and were full of fallacies. Good
>>>writing
>>>> > involves
>>>> >
>>>> > writing something worth being said.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Liz
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Sorry, I am on my soapbox.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > <<excerpt>Liz: Good for you. Content really is the most
>>>important
>>>> >
>>>> > thing, isn't it? However, I have been unfortunate enough in
>>>my career
>>>> >
>>>> > to have worked for no less than four Harvard graduates
>>>(English
>>>> >
>>>> > majors), and one Rhodes Scholar. These attorneys were
>>>sticklers on
>>>> >
>>>> > punctuation! They taught me well, even though I was
>>>contemplating
>>>> >
>>>> > homicide a good deal of the time. As I understand it,
>>>Lillian, the
>>>> >
>>>> > punctuation goes outside the parentheses, just as the
>>>punctuation
>>>> goes
>>>> >
>>>> > inside quotes, i.e., "He is a jerk," or "I've attached his
>>>mustache
>>>> >
>>>> > hereto as Exhibit 'A'." Does this add to your confusion? It
>>>does to
>>>> >
>>>> > mine; in fact, I don't even want to THINK about it!! LOL
>>>Love, Kathy
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>><</excerpt><</smaller><</color><<smaller><<excerpt><<paraindent><<param>l
eft
>>>> <</param><<smaller>-----Original
>>>> >
>>>> > Message-----
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > <<bold>From: <</bold>Elizabeth Patterson [SMTP:eapat@ewa.net]
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > <<bold>Sent: <</bold>Tuesday, December 29, 1998 11:25 PM
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > <<bold>To: <</bold>mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > <<bold>Subject: <</bold>Re: [MOL] Liz
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > <</smaller>I guess I am one of those teachers who is more
>>>concerned
>>>> > with
>>>> >
>>>> > content than
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > with punctuation. And I alway critized those folks. There
>>>are some
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > punctuation areas that are really hard to figure.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Liz
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > >I would want to do it that way as well. That is where my
>>>dilemma
>>>> > lies.
>>>> >
>>>> > Can
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > >you put a double period?
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > >I just read Liz's other post. Even if the sentence in
>>>parentheses
>>>> was
>>>>
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