<p>What’s a loose slot?</p>
<p>I have been to a casino only once, when my dd who was 6 went to (what we thought was) a laundromat in South Dakota. It was actually a laundomat/casino. Nice pairing. Like: Lipstick and peanut butter or something.</p>
<p>Loose slots means money comes OUT of them easily. Supposedly.</p>
<p>Mommusic is right! As a native Nevadite, I grew up with “loose slots,” and it means that the super-secret controlly-things on the inside are loose so the coins just fall out into your ashtry. :D</p>
<p>dredging up from page 2…just finishing up all the procrastinating I can…H and I have an exciting “date” tonight—we are going to Lowe’s for materials for the house we are rehabbing…we have a 10% off coupon (good up to purchase of $5,000), and are stocking up. I have detailed spreadsheets with all the measurements, etc… buying everything from doors to 31 kitchen cabinet knobs, and 45 electrical switch plate covers. Please send out a search party if I don’t return…I can’t believe I’m doing this. Shoot me now.</p>
<p>Sounds like fun! Really! </p>
<p>Think of it as fulfilling your nesting instinct…decorating the cave for winter… :D</p>
<p>astrophysicsmom, your reno will be great when it’s all over! In the meantime, you’ll learn to love things you never knew could happen, such as doing dishes in the bathtub and using your bed for the dry-rack…</p>
<p>fortunately, our “real” house is down the street. This is a fixer-upper in the neighborhood that we saved from developers who are taking away our feel-like-we’re-out-in-the-country neighborhood. All the neighbors have been giving us a big thumbs up…replacement windows went in this week—what a difference. Wow–if we leave now, I think we <em>only</em> have 3 hours before Lowe’s closes…if I can draw this out just a tad bit more. My husband has one speed when it comes to shopping at Lowe’s or Home Depot…excruciatingly SLOW.</p>
<p>Bump.</p>
<p>For no other reason than personal comfort:).</p>
<p>I’ll see your bump and buy you a drink too. :)</p>
<p>I am sick, though, so don’t sip out of my glass.</p>
<p>I’m sick too. Stayed home from work. Let’s all share germs. Or not:).</p>
<p>Okay so we obviously need something really antiseptic like tequila or maybe Aquavit. With an Emergen-C chaser.</p>
<p>Running out of battery 
Nighty night.</p>
<p>page 2 rescue…good morning, y’all.</p>
<p>s’afternoon here now. put daughter on plane this morning … Praise be to God! a month was WAY too long a visit for us. she had great plans when she arrived back in mid-December… all this talk about reading for pleasure and purging her room of 18 years worth of crap. Near as I could tell, she did nothing but eat out with HS friends and go shopping. I’m ready for the adult she will become.</p>
<p>so vodka straight up. On no – wait – I think that’s what got her in trouble New Year’s eve. just make it whatever’s on tap.</p>
<p>ivoryk - in the Alley we have vodka on tap. For just such an occasion as the sigh of relief as our beloved children leave us and go back to school…</p>
<p>LOL.</p>
<p>Aren’t they funny? I have one who really did work on projects (on the computer, so it looked for all the world like fooling around, IM-ing, etc.)…and another one who should have been doing his resume (for summer jobs/internships) but didn’t. Now that he is back at school I am going to start emailing him daily, “Want fries with that?” When does that planning ahead thing kick in with boys? :D</p>
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<p>a coworker of mine swears that 27 is the age that boys get it if they haven’t already.</p>
<p>Now we all know some are good to go right from the start, but for the ones that aren’t (including mine), that’s what I’ve been told is the age.</p>
<p>Now I’m sure my son is getting better now that he is away at school. No pestering parent and having real things to do and places to be must be having an effect on him. </p>
<p>or maybe it’s my repetitious saying “failing to plan is planning to fail” finally sinking in…</p>
<p>I think it’s at age 40 that they start to plan. They look up from the kitchen table and say, “Wait, we have to retire? You better go back to work…”</p>
<p>well it’s amazing… one phone call telling me she got there safely and already I like her more. she sounds like the kid I once knew. Maybe we’re just not supposed to live together after a certain age.</p>
<p>ivoryk is this your first XMas visit? (If so, they get better…)</p>