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« on: January 25, 2010, 03:19:46 PM »
How many people out there have nothing to say? How many just want to say hello and check on friends? How many do not want to strain their brains with heavy topics? Yeah, me too.
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« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2010, 03:20:39 PM »
Me too. Glad I am not the only one.
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« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2010, 05:14:24 PM »
If I keep my brain active I don't think about my health, I forget I've got continuing tinnitus, itch and headaches go away.

Damn! I've remembered I've got tinnitus.  >:(
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« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2010, 05:39:07 PM »

Yep, my brain is beyond burdened so I am glad to just say hi!  :waving;
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« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2010, 07:51:12 PM »
 :clap;
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« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2010, 09:53:39 PM »
Yeah, the last year I have been that way. Not into the heavy topics, get bored fast if I have to read a lot to get to the next entry.
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« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2010, 10:16:05 PM »
My hands are over my ears--------just too many words --------they make my head hurt.    Simple thoughts for me.
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« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2010, 11:10:22 AM »
Haha you all make me smile  8)
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« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2010, 12:44:18 PM »
Ummm. . . I'm one of those people who can start up a conversation standing in line at the grocery store.  Apparently, it's genetic.  None of the women in my family have ever NOT had something to say. . . .
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« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2010, 12:45:32 PM »
I was trying not to say something (just as a bit or practice Bill) but I am like Jbeany - but Bill knows that and loves me anyway...
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« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2010, 12:53:17 PM »
Bill, I really have nothing to say (that anyone wants to hear anyway) but I sure do like to talk.
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« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2010, 12:55:47 PM »
Quote from: dwcrawford on January 26, 2010, 12:53:17 PM
Bill, I really have nothing to say (that anyone wants to hear anyway) but I sure do like to talk.

Oh - that's what I meant to say!!!
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Changed to CAPD in April 2008.  Now on PD with a cycler.  Working very part time - teaching music.  Love it.  Husband is Paul (we're both 46), daughter Molly is 13.
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« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2010, 12:59:35 PM »
I can say nothing about many things and also can say much about nothing...however my all time favorite nothings to say (and to hear) are the sweet nothings. 
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« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2010, 01:39:12 PM »
"The sweetest things I've ever heard are ringing in my ear.
The kindest sounds I've ever known are waiting to be said"
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« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2010, 05:09:42 PM »
I find it really hard not to say anything!!  I can have a nice conversation with someone I don't know in the checkout line as well!! I used to be really shy but have changed since I've gotten older. Maybe I'm making up for lost time!! LOL
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« Reply #15 on: January 27, 2010, 08:47:39 AM »
Quote from: dwcrawford on January 26, 2010, 01:39:12 PM
"The sweetest things I've ever heard are ringing in my ear.
The kindest sounds I've ever known are waiting to be said"

what a pretty saying......I get tired of talking a bunch, my Mom is bedridden and can't talk very well anymore- so I spend 3-4 hours a day talking constantly, she likes to listen. But I dont mind, I love her! When I get home- silence is lovely.
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« Reply #16 on: January 27, 2010, 12:15:38 PM »
Quote from: dwcrawford on January 26, 2010, 01:39:12 PM
"The sweetest things I've ever heard are ringing in my ear.
The kindest sounds I've ever known are waiting to be said"

I like this, also.    My ears get tired of words.  Sometimes it seems like endless babble swirling around me.  Silence is golden.   And I hate talking on the phone. Small talk wears me out.    See, I do have things to say, just don't always want to say them or hear what others say!
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« Reply #17 on: January 27, 2010, 02:39:28 PM »
Me too Paris, hate talking on the phone, hate it, hate it, hate it.
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« Reply #18 on: January 27, 2010, 02:52:35 PM »
It's from a musical called "No Strings"   pretty old
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« Reply #19 on: January 28, 2010, 11:56:02 AM »

I really do like this thread.  So easy.  Just wondering if anyone else ever had a friend (not a spouse or a lover) that you could go spend and entire with, and next day when people ask 1. What did you do?  2. Where did you go?  What did you talk about? And would you ever do that again, the answers would be !. I don’t remember 2. I’m not sure, 3. Nothing much, 4.  Love to.

Just wondering is everyone has  a friend (not a spouse or a lover) that you can sit with and not feel pressure to come up with conversation?

How about a friend you can be with and start laughting  (without saying a word) and know precisely what the other sees funny?
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« Reply #20 on: January 28, 2010, 01:03:00 PM »
Quote from: dwcrawford on January 28, 2010, 11:56:02 AM

I really do like this thread.  So easy.  Just wondering if anyone else ever had a friend (not a spouse or a lover) that you could go spend and entire with, and next day when people ask 1. What did you do?  2. Where did you go?  What did you talk about? And would you ever do that again, the answers would be !. I don’t remember 2. I’m not sure, 3. Nothing much, 4.  Love to.

Just wondering is everyone has  a friend (not a spouse or a lover) that you can sit with and not feel pressure to come up with conversation?

How about a friend you can be with and start laughting  (without saying a word) and know precisely what the other sees funny?


Yup, I've got those kind of friends.  Got a sister that fits in those categories, too.  My sister and the 3 friends I have like that are the ones who dropped everything and raced to the transplant hospital to be with me.
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« Reply #21 on: January 28, 2010, 03:06:07 PM »
I said too much today.   Do we have a smilie with tape over the mouth?    Not talking seems to fit me better than talking. 
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« Reply #22 on: January 28, 2010, 05:00:38 PM »
I have a couple of friends I can do that with.
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« Reply #23 on: January 28, 2010, 06:04:08 PM »
 :bandance;
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« Reply #24 on: January 28, 2010, 08:50:42 PM »
  Well    Iam not saying nothing...... so there  :yahoo;
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