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August 30, 2006 by Sally jacobs
I don't really believe in love at first sight. I think there is much more to love than your eyes meeting across a crowded room, and the crowds suddenly parting in front of you, and forming a path to the love of your life. I don't buy it, sorry. I think that you can be instantly attracted to someone and you can get that feeling of lust, a feeling many people seem to confuse with actually loving someone. I believe that love is something that you build on, over time, and eventually love someone. Y...
August 30, 2006 by Sally jacobs
My mind can sometimes be a scary place to be. I sometimes shock myself with the mad things I come up with and then I usually share them with the lucky folks of JU! AOL Released the search histories of over 650,000 users. It made me think just what would people find if they looked through my search history. Here is just a few examples of what they found.... AOL user 311045 apparently owns a Scion XB automobile in need of new brake pads that is in the process of being upgraded with performan...
August 28, 2006 by Sally jacobs
Only 1 letter is delivered a day. Mr. Monday receives a letter from Mr. Tuesday on a Wednesday. Mr. Sunday gets a letter from Mr. Thursday on a Friday. Mr. Thursday gets a letter from Mr. Monday on a Monday. Mr. Saturday gets a letter from Mr. Wednesday on a Tuesday. Mr. Wednesday gets a letter from Mr. Friday on a Saturday. Mr Tuesday gets a letter from Mr. Sunday on a Thursday. When does Mr. Friday get a letter from Mr. Saturday? I found this online....and I have to say I love these kind ...
August 28, 2006 by Sally jacobs
Only 1 letter is delivered a day. Mr. Monday receives a letter from Mr. Tuesday on a Wednesday. Mr. Sunday gets a letter from Mr. Thursday on a Friday. Mr. Thursday gets a letter from Mr. Monday on a Monday. Mr. Saturday gets a letter from Mr. Wednesday on a Tuesday. Mr. Wednesday gets a letter from Mr. Friday on a Saturday. Mr Tuesday gets a letter from Mr. Sunday on a Thursday. When does Mr. Friday get a letter from Mr. Saturday? I found this online....and I have to say I love these kind ...
August 28, 2006 by Sally jacobs
My sisters fella recently got himself online. It is a relatively new concept to him, as he is somewhat of a techno-phob, so it is quite a long process trying to get him to do things, and get into it. Slowly but surely he has found his feet on it, and he especially likes playing online games, and chatting to people, and basically just killing time. Nothing wrong with that, right? My sister has a slight problem with him talking to people online, and to be honest I don't really understand it. She ...
August 28, 2006 by Sally jacobs
There are currently new laws trying to come in place here that would see shoplifters only having to do community service if they actually got caught. This is because so many come out of prison and offend again, and the folks here are actually more interested in why they are doing it in the first place. The majority of people do it because they have a drug habit to feed, and by shoplifiting they get to pay for that habit. Many shop owners here are disgusted at the lack of prison sentence that c...
August 25, 2006 by Sally jacobs
I was late for work today. I was sat on the bus, cursing the bus driver, traffic, early mornings, and the fat guy who was pratically sat on my knee. Life just wasn't all that sweet at 8am this morning. There was police about the place, and a section of a bridge was sectioned off. I didn't really pay much attention, as I was to busy directing my anger at the rest of the world. It was only later that I learnt that the police were there because a woman was threatening to jump of that bridge, and t...
August 25, 2006 by Sally jacobs
Right clever folks of JU, I need a little help and advice.  I have written about this topic before, but I just never got that far with it.  I want to do a podcast.  My very own podcast, but that's about as far as I have got with it, and I really don't know what else to do about it.  I know I will need some kind of recording equipment?  I have heard audacity is good voice recording equpiment?  Though I would really like to find some software that records skype conver...
August 25, 2006 by Sally jacobs
Why do you hate me? These are the words that I were faced with from my eldest sister, after a rather traumatic few days where I just ended up losing my temper with her, and unfortunately I just let rip. Since I was 16 we haven't had a good relationship, over the years we have just distanced ourselves from each other. Well I have distanced myself from her. I never thought that she really noticed. We see each other about once a week when she is visiting my folks, and I kind of just put up with...
August 25, 2006 by Sally jacobs
I could not get through life without laughing and joking.  I have noticed that recently there have been quite a few comedians here who have really had me laughing.  Many of them are quite on the edge of political correctness, and that just seems to amuse me even more.  You can usually find this kind of humour on the alternative cable channels, where they are hidden away.  The BBC has some hilarious comedy shows such as Little britain, and Three non-blondes, who are just ...
August 25, 2006 by Sally jacobs
I could not get through life without laughing and joking.  I have noticed that recently there have been quite a few comedians here who have really had me laughing.  Many of them are quite on the edge of political correctness, and that just seems to amuse me even more.  You can usually find this kind of humour on the alternative cable channels, where they are hidden away.  The BBC has some hilarious comedy shows such as Little britain, and Three non-blondes, who are just ...
August 23, 2006 by Sally jacobs
I remember when the London Bombings happened, a friend of mine got on a bus a few days later. Looking at her you would presume she is Muslim, even though in fact she is mixed race. She had just finished work and was on her way to the gym. She had her gym bag with her. Not a suspect looking bag or anything. She said she got so many odd looks off people, and she had no idea why. People were looking at her suspiciously, and watching her every move. She really didn't have a clue why. It was only af...
August 23, 2006 by Sally jacobs
My Mum is 50(ish) and the thought of her dancing around in a leotard and dancing provocatively with men half her age just makes my skin crawl, and makes me want to crawl and hide under the nearest rock I can find. Of course my Mum isn't a world wide superstar who has had a career that spans decades, and has the ability to change with the times like no one else. Madonna has though. I don't think there is anyone in the world who doesn't know who Madonna is. Who couldn't name you at least one of h...
August 21, 2006 by Sally jacobs
I have never had a one night stand. I've had the opportunity to do it. Many times, and I have never wished to engage in such activities. Especially when I was going through college and you was out every weekend, and it was in your face all the time. The meat market feel of a night club. Like everyone was just eyeing up their next conquest, and didn't really have much else in mind. I always went out to have a good time. To get my ass on the dance floor, and shake it, and forget all the stress of...
August 20, 2006 by Sally jacobs
I've met some new people this week. As many of you know I am not really a social butterfly. I am more like a social slug. This isn't really down to an inability to get along with people, it is more down to the fact that I don't want too. I know that sounds awful, but I'm really not a people person. I like to have a close circle of friends, and people I trust, and I'm not really bothered about anyone else. I hate people phoning me all the time, people asking me to go out places all the time, and...