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Tonya
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Username: Tonya
Post Number: 3620
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 02:53 pm: | 
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It’s not Thanksgiving, I know, but I just got back from purchasing a tube of toothpaste which came with a free toothbrush, and out of the blue I started thinking about how lucky we are to have simple things like toothpaste/brushes. Yeah it‘s silly. But imagine what folks had to do before these items, and luxury items and other necessities like toilet paper, were invented..yikes! That’s what motivated me to come up with this short list of little things I am grateful for:
Toothbrushes & toothpaste
Toilet paper
Hot sauce (I’m one of those people that put hot sauce on everything, lol)
Microwavable Food/Take Out
Sax Fifth Avenue/Lord & Taylor (when I can spare)
Sweaty men playing basketball
And, last but not least: LIFE (which is technically not a little thing but it’s something that I (and we) often take for granted)
What are you grateful for? |
Lola_ogunnaike
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Username: Lola_ogunnaike
Post Number: 11
Registered: 10-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 02:58 pm: |
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Great coffee
The love of my husband
The ability to buy things that I don't actually need
Unlimited availability of water and food
My vagina. |
Abm
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Abm
Post Number: 6937
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 03:19 pm: |
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My daughters' smiles
Oatmeal
Comic books
Undo/Redo functions
Condoms
TiVo
Google
Dictionary/Thesaurus
AALBC
My wife's [none of your business] |
Lola_ogunnaike
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Username: Lola_ogunnaike
Post Number: 13
Registered: 10-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 03:20 pm: |
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Curious Abm, why are you so keen on condoms? |
Abm
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Abm
Post Number: 6939
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 03:29 pm: |
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Because they protected me from unwanted STD's and babies before I married. |
Lola_ogunnaike
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Username: Lola_ogunnaike
Post Number: 14
Registered: 10-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 03:41 pm: |
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I see. I thought you were trying to protect yourself from your wife. Also, I figure all STDs are unwanted.
You wrote:
"to protect myself from unwanted STD's" |
Abm
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Abm
Post Number: 6942
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 03:47 pm: |
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Lola,
Okay. I guess "unwanted" was intented more to modify "babies" than to modify "STD's".
Although, if you consider the rates of HIV infections that were cited in the another post, you might get the impression that SOME of us Black foks "want" to get burnt.
Hahahaha!!! |
Abm
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Username: Abm
Post Number: 6943
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 03:50 pm: |
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Lola,
I would ask you what you especially like about your vagina. But my wife (and your husband) might get me. |
Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 1465
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 05:06 pm: |
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Nice lists, everybody. Funny. Va-jay-jays and condoms aside, I concur with many of your items. I would add bodies, including minds, that function (relatively) within normal ranges. The older I get the less I take my simple functioning for granted. I used to be sooooo embarassed when my grandmother would go on and on about "regularity," for example. But regular is good. LOL.
So I add health, mental accuity, memories, and access to health care. Plus the ability to take more things in stride and confidence in one's skin that comes with age--and that research is increasingly indicating helps with longevity. |
Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 1466
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 05:07 pm: |
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PS: Nice thread, Tonya. Thanks! |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 2332
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 05:30 pm: |
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I am grateful for
Soap (Thank you Jesus)
Indoor plumbing (going outside is such a drag)
Kotex (what would we ever do without those???)
Deo, Lotions, Potions and Perfumes (Thank you Jesus)
Packaged butchered meat (Thank God I don't have to hunt it down and kill it myself, cuz I'm squeamish. Plus I'm afraid the animals might bite.)
Grocery stores (What a convenience I don't have to grow my vegetables and make all that stuff my own self - churning butter is a major hassle)
Cars (I hate walking)
All the other stuff that everyone else is thankful for.
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Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 6098
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 06:42 pm: |
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I'm grateful for:
The children who have become my friends
The grandchildren who have become my teachers
The great-grandbabies who have become my joy
My precious memories
My good health and longevity
My mental faculties and my sense of humor.
My computer
My cable TV
The long-overdue solitude which allows me to meditate and contemplate the mysteries of life. |
Renata
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Username: Renata
Post Number: 1613
Registered: 08-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 10:59 pm: |
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My son and Georgia Winters. We're still not wearing coats here....of course it could change at anytime. Maybe it will be cold next weekend. |
Renata
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Username: Renata
Post Number: 1614
Registered: 08-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 11:06 pm: |
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Tonya, your mention of Lord & Taylor reminds me of an old roommate who had a closet FULL of $500 PLUS purses (one Louis Vuitton she owned cost $1000). Girl couldn't be DRAGGED out of there on sale days.....
and was often low on rent money and had to pay late or ask her parents to pay. That girl was hilarious. I hope she's OK where ever she is....or that her parents still have money to bail her out.
As her brother told us "She's got a $700 purse with 19 cents in it." |
Tonya
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Username: Tonya
Post Number: 3621
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 08:57 am: |
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LOLOLOLOL!!!
Reneta:
"...and was often low on rent money and had to pay late or ask her parents to pay. That girl was hilarious."
THAT IS ME, ALLLL-THE-WAAAAY!!!
I will fucking starve for a Louis Vuitton shopping spree!!
And, since I'm "the baby" of a very large family, when it comes to food and/or rent money (shyyyyuttt), I ain’t too proud to beg...lol…
...not from them OR some unsuspecting brutha! LOL |
Tonya
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Username: Tonya
Post Number: 3622
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 09:14 am: |
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"She's got a $700 purse with 19 cents in it."
LMAO!!!!
ME, ALLLL-THE-WAAAAY!!!
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Brownbeauty123
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Username: Brownbeauty123
Post Number: 1313
Registered: 03-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 09:29 am: |
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Stretch denim jeans (for my big round a$$)
Contacts (I hate wearing glasses)
Ipod
Cable television
Internet
Cell phone
Burger King
Coney Island
Treadmill
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Moonsigns
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Username: Moonsigns
Post Number: 1596
Registered: 07-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 12:05 pm: |
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Health and health of my children/family
Ability to walk, talk, hear and see
Means to buy high-quality food
Clean water
Hot showers
Soap
Washing machine
Disposable diapers
Electricity
My husband's intellect, motivation, and body
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Moonsigns
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Username: Moonsigns
Post Number: 1597
Registered: 07-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 12:07 pm: |
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Oh, and Godiva and Lindt milk chocolate |
Lola_ogunnaike
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Username: Lola_ogunnaike
Post Number: 20
Registered: 10-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 02:04 pm: |
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Brownbeauty, if you own a treadmill, I am surprised you have such a big ass |
Renata
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Username: Renata
Post Number: 1618
Registered: 08-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 02:56 pm: |
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Tonya, I guess it must be a "baby" thing. This girl was her mother's only daughter, the youngest, and her father's only child. |
Troy
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Username: Troy
Post Number: 473
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 12:19 am: |
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Thank you for making me laugh. I was just backing up portions of the web site and decided see what y'all were doing while I was ina holding pattern -- thanks.
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Urban_scribe
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Username: Urban_scribe
Post Number: 196
Registered: 05-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 06:56 am: |
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Moonsigns, I feel you on the Godiva and Lindt chocolates.
I'm also grateful for my hair dresser. He is an openly gay (flamboyant) and hilarious Dominican and CAN'T NOBODY hook up my doo quite like him. I've been going to him for the past three years and I always tell him that if I ever get rich, I'm gonna hire him to be my PERSONAL hairdresser. |
Moonsigns
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Username: Moonsigns
Post Number: 1609
Registered: 07-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 08:10 am: |
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Urban_scribe:
"I'm also grateful for my hair dresser. He is an openly gay (flamboyant) and hilarious Dominican and CAN'T NOBODY hook up my doo quite like him."
Moonsigns:
Dominicans can do hair!!!!!!!!!! They do the best roller sets and use incredible products! Where I live, there are a lot of Dominican hair salons and they're so inexpensive! And, they can get us in and out of the salon in no time!
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Brownbeauty123
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Username: Brownbeauty123
Post Number: 1316
Registered: 03-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 09:46 am: |
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"Brownbeauty, if you own a treadmill, I am surprised you have such a big ass"
Genetics |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 2349
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 12:04 pm: |
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My favorite chocolate candy is Toblerone. Have y'all ever tried it? It's wonderful.
And BrownBooty - Less BK and more treadmill please.
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Moonsigns
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Username: Moonsigns
Post Number: 1611
Registered: 07-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 12:13 pm: |
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Mzuri,
Toblerone are good too! |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 2367
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 09:08 am: |
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Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 6132
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 02:35 pm: |
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An e-mailer scolds me because the things on my list were "big" things to be grateful for, not little ones, and also wonders why nobody included a vibrator on this request for little pleasures to be grateful for. LMAO. |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 2375
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 03:12 pm: |
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Because the vibrator is a BIG thing and so are the orgasms that it causes. So if you're still using that little teenee weenee one from 1962, it's time for an upgrade. Because size matters |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 6134
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 04:33 pm: |
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Does it matter what color they are?????? heh-heh. |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 2383
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 04:35 pm: |
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No. But I prefer the Black ones |
Jackie
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Username: Jackie
Post Number: 281
Registered: 04-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 05:09 pm: |
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How about those purple meaty ones(vibrators) Mzuri ??
"Little thangs" I'm grateful for:
my parakeets
camera
digital voice recorder
ipod
laptop
label maker
lipstick holders
those little mini bottles of wine ( I can conceal those in my backpack or purse)
short hair
stationery
little rubber things that go on the back of earrings
paper clips
Flash drives( especially 1GB) |
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