pmelcher
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posted on September 19, 2003 08:02:33 PM new
Yep, run to the 'puter, boot it up, stop by the powder room, back to the 'puter till spouse makes my coffee. Then turn on TV in office (now that he is up), and get to work or check here. I used to leave the computer on 24/7 but the lights go out here now and then and it messes with it's little brain!
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ahc3
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posted on September 19, 2003 09:38:10 PM new
That has been my routine for the past 10 years, ever since I got my own computer that was hooked up to the internet. Computer first, everything else later
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rarriffle
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posted on September 20, 2003 03:26:27 AM new
if hubby and i go on a trip, the motel/hotel has to have available internet access computers or we move on the next one....hubby just shakes his head!
I have had motel managers allow me to use their office computer after I told them why I couldn't stay there.
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chathamsue
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posted on September 20, 2003 04:38:40 AM new
Mic-
Chatham! It's on the 'elbow'.
Sue
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stopwhining
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posted on September 20, 2003 06:43:17 AM new
get this-if i dont get emails which said you just received instant payment,i just turn around and go right back to bed!!
-sig file -------The thrill is gone!!
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classicrock000
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posted on September 20, 2003 07:07:44 AM new
since I've retired a month ago-the first thing I do is head for the computer-however my wife has caught on to this.The "#*!@" leaves her "to do" list right over my computer screen...dont EVER marry a school teacher-they know every trick in the book 
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GoldMagnet
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posted on September 20, 2003 07:23:28 AM new
 I'm guilty also poeple we are in trouble we need to get a life. fight the habit.
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tradersjones
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posted on September 20, 2003 09:03:05 AM new
Micmic66, "still jonesing out to know about my auctions"
....jonesing out...?????
That's a new one on me! lol
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ewora
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posted on September 20, 2003 10:35:10 AM new
First thing every day. Sometimes I will get up about 5am to check for emails. The east coast is up 4 hours before I am so I want to answer any morning emails they may have sent. Then I go back to bed. Up again at 9am and straight back to the computer.
When we are on the road we have our handy laptop. My cable internet account has a free 800 number dial up account included with it. Every night when we check into the hotel we plug the computer in before we do anything else.
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micmic66
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posted on September 20, 2003 10:51:16 AM new
tradersjones
That saying goes way back to my younger days, mid 80's. We used it constantly.. "I'm Jonesing for a smoke"
"I'm Jonesing out dude" "I'm Jonesing for some weed"
LOL!!
You never heard that huh? I still use it on ocassion. Try it out sometimes, it fits well when needed!
[ edited by micmic66 on Sep 20, 2003 10:52 AM ]
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fenix03
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posted on September 20, 2003 11:12:12 AM new
MicMIc - I remember that term well from that same time period. Maybe it was a regional thing? I was in the midwest at the time - how about you?
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Men Are Like Grapes. If You Stomp on Them and Keep Them in the Dark Long Enough, They Might Turn Into Something That You Would Take to Dinner
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micmic66
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posted on September 20, 2003 11:23:32 AM new
fenix03
Ny State!
Funny stuff, I thaught it was regional as well....Now I am Jonesing to know...
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fenix03
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posted on September 20, 2003 11:57:57 AM new
Since it came from the drug culture - originally it was people "jonesing for a fix" - and then spread to everyday speak... maybe it just more of a clue to our youth 
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Men Are Like Grapes. If You Stomp on Them and Keep Them in the Dark Long Enough, They Might Turn Into Something That You Would Take to Dinner
[ edited by fenix03 on Sep 20, 2003 12:01 PM ]
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micmic66
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posted on September 20, 2003 01:35:06 PM new
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jonesing
JONESING - See Above Link
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sanmar
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posted on September 20, 2003 01:55:00 PM new
When you grt to my age (75), you head for the bathroom!! Then I put on the coffee & Nick & I go for our morning walk (Nick is my 10 yr. old Keeshond)Then after coffe & an English muffin, I have all day to play on the "puter.
[ edited by sanmar on Sep 20, 2003 01:55 PM ]
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toolhound
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posted on September 20, 2003 05:41:35 PM new
I get up and head straight for the computer check my auctions then get a Mountain Dew then check emails. My computer has been on for 3 years. My first 2 computers I turned off and on and each lasted a little over a year. This one has been on for 3 years so far.
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tradersjones
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posted on September 21, 2003 08:55:24 AM new
From the urban dictionary site:
jonesing
"JONE-sing"
to have a strong need, desire, or craving for something.
see also: jones
Sheeeit beeeitch after smokin' dat weed I'm jonesing for some grub!
and all this time, I thought I knew everything...sheesh. I've lived in the great states of Oregon and Washington since the early 70's, and never heard this saying once. Guess I've been living under a rock? I love it!
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micmic66
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posted on September 21, 2003 09:44:40 AM new
LOL!!
tradersjones, thats to funny! It was a normal and common phrase in our vocabulary here in NY State for years. Must be you guys never "ran out" of anything out there!
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capolady
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posted on September 21, 2003 08:00:28 PM new
Coffee first!!! Coffee perks-fall over dogs on the way to home office-check ebay then vendio-fall over dogs on way back to kitchen for coffee-get LARGE mug of coffee-give dogs their treats (their stomachs think their throats have been cut)-back to comp with caffeine and nicotine (the breakfast of champions) until Husband goes to work. Then I can get down to my ebay and work from home job. Husband is gone for the day-dogs are snoring - Is this a great country or what??!!!
Staying out of a mental institution is a testament to my greatness!!!!
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jwpc
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posted on September 23, 2003 10:46:50 PM new
Since all my husband and I do is on line sales - I get up, get coffee, and sit down at the computer - we probably spend 15+ hours a day on line a day......and have since 1996.....we love it........
We do eBay, have 4 web sites, and I also use a niche auction site.
It is a good life to us.........
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AintRichYet
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posted on September 24, 2003 01:04:16 AM new
Mmmmmmm ... coffee ....
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toasted36
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posted on September 24, 2003 03:55:49 AM new
Mmmmmm.....coffee lol AintRichYet is Jonesing for Coffee ! We say that in South Carolina too !! Uhhhh 6:55 no I didn't come straight to te computer lololololol ....well ok ya caught me
[ edited by toasted36 on Sep 24, 2003 03:58 AM ]
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AintRichYet
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posted on September 24, 2003 04:38:16 AM new
... i'm on my 3rd pot now. LOL
[ edited by AintRichYet on Sep 24, 2003 04:56 AM ]
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