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20 Rules of Halloween
1. When it appears that you have killed the monster, NEVER check to see if it's really dead.
2. Never read a book of Demon Summoning aloud, even as a joke.
3. Do not search the basement, especially if the power has gone out.
4. If children speak to you in Latin or any other language, which they should not know, shoot them immediately. It will save you a lot of grief in the long run. However, it will probably take several rounds to kill them, so be prepared. This also applies to kids whose eyes glow and speak with somebody else's voice.
5. When you have the benefit of numbers, NEVER pair off and go alone.
6. As a general rule, don't solve puzzles that open portals to Hell.
7. Never stand in, on, or above a grave, tomb, or crypt. This would apply to any other house of the dead as well.
8. If you're searching for something that caused a loud noise and find out that it's just the cat, GET THE HELL OUT!
9. If appliances start operating by themselves, do not check for short circuits; just get out!
10. Do not take ANYTHING from the dead.
11. If you find a town which looks deserted, there's probably a good reason for it. Don't stop and look around.
12. Don't fool with recombinant DNA technology unless you're sure you know what you're doing.
13. If you're running from the monster, expect to trip or fall down at least twice, more if you are of the female persuasion. Also note that, despite the fact that you are running and the monster is merely shambling along, it's still moving fast enough to catch up with you.
14. If your companions suddenly begin to exhibit uncharacteristic behavior such as hissing, fascination for blood, glowing eyes, increasing hairiness, and so on, kill them immediately.
15. Stay away from certain geographical locations, some of which are listed here: Amityville, Elm Street, Transylvania, the Bermuda Triangle, or any small town in Maine.
16. If your car runs out of gas at night on a lonely road, do not go to the nearby deserted-looking house to phone for help. If you think that it is strange you ran out of gas because you thought you had most of a tank, shoot yourself instead. You are going to die anyway, and most likely be eaten.
17. Beware of strangers bearing strange tools. For example: chainsaws, staple guns, hedge trimmers, electric carving knives, combines, lawnmowers, butane torches, soldering irons, band saws, or any devices made from deceased companions. (or chipper/shredders, remember Fargo).
18. If you find that your house is built upon a cemetery, now is the time to move in with the in-laws. This also applies to houses that had previous inhabitants who went mad or committed suicide or died in some horrible fashion, or had inhabitants who performed satanic practices in your house.
19. If your parents move you to a town where you find out the high school gym burnt down during Prom night, or hear that a maniac gets loose from a sanitarium every Halloween,then it's time to run away!
20. When trick-or-treating and you come to a house made of gingerbread and gum drops...RUN!! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!
Happy Halloween!
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TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE
1930's 40's, 50's, and 60's!!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because...... WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned
HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT ALL!
And YOU are one of them!
CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good.
And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!
PS -The big type is because your eyes are shot at your age.
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When in need of an attitude adjustment, what can be better than water, dolphins and beautiful sunsets? Hubby and I decided we needed to get away for a few days. And by my last entry I think you would agree. It just seemed to be perfect timing so at the last minute we decided to go to South Padre, TX. You know, the place where all the college kids go for spring break. I think the hubby was hoping to see some thong bikinis but he's not admitting it. LOL! Anyway, we spent a few days there to just get away and relax. We saw beautiful sunsets, went dolphin hunting [watching is what they called it, but we actually had to hunt for them] and then just tried all the different seafood cuisines available, don't you know. We both wanted to stay there longer but we had a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert to go to and had to get home in time for that. So now I need a vacation from the vaction. I always wondered why my dad said that when I was growing up. Believe me....now I KNOW! Man am I exhausted. Anyway here are a few pics I took. Maybe you will enjoy them. The first one is from the Dolphin watch cruise we took. I never really thought about how hard it is to catch moving objects with a digital camera. Good thing I took a disposable camera. Problem is I haven't gotten it developed yet. Every time I tried to get a picture of these dolphins when they came up they would be back under before the camera ever clicked. Go figure. However, I did manage to get one with a few dolphins swimming in the wake of a shrimp boat. Seems they like to do that because it conserves their energy. This one was a ham and decided to act up for us. Believe it or not there are actually 5 dolphins in that wake.  This was just too cute for me to pass up. While we were looking for the dolphins a smaller boat showed up with two small size dogs. This woman had taken her dogs out and it appears that she is teaching them to hunt for the dolphins. They would spot a dolphin or a few of them and just bark their heads off until she turned the boat in the right direction. We kept waiting for one of them to jump in after them, but I guess they knew better. They are little hard to see but both of them are on the bow of the boat just poised exactly right. If you download the picture you can see them better.  But here is what it was all about. I took several sunset pics but these are my favorite. Who can't relax, sitting on a white beach with crystal clear water, or a balcony patio and watch the colors that the sun casts across the sky when it's going down?    I have more but these are my favorites so far.
But what is a cruise or a trip without making new friends. Meet Amy and Gary from Pittsburg Pennsylvania. We met on a trip to Mexico and we hit it off at the beginning and finished out our whole trip doing things together. We even talked about meeting up in South Padre again the same time next year.  Well, I was relaxed while I was there. Now I'm just exhausted. LOL! But until next year, maybe our new friends and us will meet again!
Ah heck, I can't leave without posting a pic of hubby. Usually he shy's away from cameras but he kept letting Amy take pics so I snuck a few of my own. He will kill me, but hey it's worth it. [I think!]   Thanks darling, for a beutiful trip! Oh, and let's not forget what I promised to buy him for his next birthday for enduring my touristing mode.  Think I can raise the money in a year??? I wish!  Hi Everyone!!!! Well, I'm gonna try to be back. But like my tag line says, I'm back with a vengenace! I recently had an adventure that I would like your take on. Let's see if I am so totally abnormal that I should hide or maybe just repent. I have a coworker that just really out does herself to spite me every chance she gets. Without going into great detail, let me just give you a quick setup. She works the shift before me. What she does or doesn't do greatly effects what I have to do in order to handle my responsibilities on my shift. For the last few months this woman [ I refrain from calling her a lady because she isn't] has deliberately done things to make my job as hard as she can. I had kept my mouth shut about it for a long time, but finally decided that she had enough fun and that I was going to push her buttons as much as she does mine. A couple of days ago, I had a situation with her that I just couldn't let pass without comment. She had seemed to really have outdone herself. So before she walked out the door I decided to thank her. My exact words were, "I would personally like to thank you for being a bitch today." Naturally she replied, "You're one every day." I said, "Thanks! It's nice to know that I can still keep up with the Jones'." The next day I had a voice mail for me to come to work 30 minutes early. I was waiting for this. You see, my work area has about 40 cameras and 3 microphones. I know this. And because of this I planned carefully what I said, in the hopes that someone would request to view the tapes and see exactly what happened and why. My boss seems to think this other woman can do no wrong if you know what I mean. I expected this woman to cause some stink about what I said. I have tried to discuss my interactions with this woman to my boss, whom doesn't want to deal with it. But now since someone goes and tattle tails, she has too deal with it. Anyway, I get to work and find that I got wrote up for calling this woman a profane name. We argued about it for about 5 minutes. I said I didn't call her a bitch and she said that I did. I quoted what I said verbatim and my boss says it's the same thing. Now it's your turn to decide. Did I call her a bitch? I don't think so. I didn't say, "So and so, you're a bitch!" I was referring to her behavior not her character even though most days they are one and the same. So tell me, do I repent? I think not!! 
Once there was a nation, proud and unified
It's heart and spirit real, built with values more than steel
But slowly spoiled with riches, and caring less in time
The simple ways and strong beliefs were often cast aside
For many years, this mighty nation did just as it pleased
And then one day, "9-11", knocked it to it's knees
We need to be the RE-United States
The home and precious land that heroes still defend
Here are the choices, build it back, or let it fall
It's time to answer Freedom's wake-up call
So tell me what's the problem to say a prayer in schools?
No matter what the faith, a silent moment we should take
There are many who would disagree, but doesn't it seem odd
Our problems seemed to start Without "One Nation Under God"
Must there be a tragedy for flags to fly again?
Our Forces serve us everyday, even when the conflicts end.
We need to be the RE-United States
The home and precious land that heroes still defend
Here are the choices, build it back, or let it fall
It's time we answered Freedom's wake-up call. © 2001, Maria Rose/Mada Publishing |
He was getting old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast,
And he sat around the Legion, telling stories of the past
Of a war that he had fought in and the deeds that he had done,
In his exploits with his buddies; they were heroes, every one
And tho' sometimes, to his neighbors, his tales became a joke,
All his Legion buddies listened, for they knew whereof he spoke
But we'll hear his tales no longer for old Bill has passed away,
And the world's a little poorer, for a soldier died today
He will not be mourned by many, just his children and his wife,
For he lived an ordinary and quite uneventful life
Held a job and raised a family, quietly going his own way,
And the world won't note his passing, though a soldier died today
When politicians leave this earth, their bodies lie in state,
While thousands note their passing and proclaim that they were great.
Papers tell their whole life stories, from the time that they were young,
But the passing of a soldier goes unnoticed and unsung
Is the greatest contribution to the welfare of our land
A guy who breaks his promises and cons his fellow man?
Or the ordinary fellow who, in times of war and strife,
Goes off to serve his Country and offers up his life?
A politician's stipend and the style in which he lives
Are sometimes disproportionate to the service that he gives.
While the ordinary soldier, who offered up his all,
Is paid off with a medal and perhaps, a pension small
It's so easy to forget them for it was so long ago
That the old Bills of our Country went to battle, but we know
It was not the politicians, with their compromise and ploys,
Who won for us the freedom that our Country now enjoys
Should you find yourself in danger, with your enemies at hand,
Would you want a politician with his ever-shifting stand?
Or would you prefer a soldier, who has sworn to defend
His home, his kin and Country and would fight until the end?
He was just a common soldier and his ranks are growing thin,
But his presence should remind us we may need his like again.
For when countries are in conflict, then we find the soldier's part
Is to clean up all the troubles that the politicians start
If we cannot do him honor while he's here to hear the praise,
Then at least let's give him homage at the ending of his days
Perhaps just a simple headline in a paper that would say,
Our Country is in mourning, for a soldier died today.
by A. Lawrence Vaincourt
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We
all get heavier as we get older because there's a lot more information
in our heads. So I'm not fat, I'm just really intelligent and my head
couldn't hold any more so it started filling up the rest of me!
That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
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Don't run any faster than your guardian angel can fly.
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I got a chocolate rabbit
For an Easter treat,
A great big chocolate rabbit,
Good enough to eat.
 So I ate his ears on Sunday,
his nose I finished Monday,
Tuesday I nibbled on his feet.
I ate his tail on Wednesday,
Thursday I kept on,
By Friday he was going,
Saturday he was gone. Oh, I loved that chocolate rabbit,
From the moment that he came,
And if I get another one,
I'll love him just the same. Happy
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From Iris.....
Thanks Bunches Iris!!! Just love that Easter dog....but the cat is precious too!!!
From Geri.....
I so love kisses from my furry friends. You and Iris sure know my weakness. LOL! Thanks Geri!!
From Johnny.....
 No one can make words dance like you can. I wish I had your talents. Happy Easter my friend!!!
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 Thanks Bunches Carol!
Hope you and yours have a wonderful Easter as well.
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I
wanted to take a few minutes to tell you all how touched I am for the
Birthday wishes and Anniversary congrats I received. They mean a lot to
me, probably more than I can express.
When I was
younger, much I might add, my generation didn't trust anyone over 30.
Do some of you rememerber that? I know some of you are my age but a lot
of you are younger so maybe you can't understand. But I had decided
years ago, in my childish little brain, that I wouldn't live to be 30.
When
I was 27 I almost made that happen. For years after that I didn't care.
If you saw my entry "In Loving Memory" you may can patially understand.
So for years I really just didn't care anymore. April 12th was just
another day that I had to get through.
Then things in my
life changed for the better, or at least I think so. I found someone
that loved me because I was "just" me and has stood beside me for 20
years. He never condemned, never judged, and never concerned himself
with the past, just the present and the future. He knew he couldn't
change things that had happened but he tried to make the future a
happier time for me.
Since then, I have cherished every
year until this one. For some stupid reason I can't explain or
comprehend I have dreaded this birthday probably more than any in the
past but I finally realized today there was no point in it. There was
nothing to fear and nothing to dread. I didn't and still don't feel any
older one way or another and all I was doing was wasting energy that
could have been channeled in other directions for the better.
So I just kicked back and enjoyed the day with my husband. We had a
fabulous dinner out with my two most favorite foods and just enjoyed
each others company. There were a lot of times that we didn't speak but
we both knew that we loved each other and that we would always be there
for the other one though thick and thin. We have been together for 20
years after all. It we don't know each other by now, we probably never
will. They all haven't been easy, but then they never are in marriages
or any relationships are they? In fact that can be said about life in
general. Marriage, like life, has to be worked at everyday. I am so
lucky to have someone that cared enough to see past my rough exterior
and love me anyway. And to be willing to just stand in the wings
waiting until I realized I was worth something to someone else that
cared deeply, even though he won't admit it openly. My early life
hasn't been easy, but I love where I am in my life at this moment and
wouldn't change thing from 1986 until now.
So please
accept my heartfelt thanks to all of you that wished me well. Without
those wishes, today could have been a disaster. Instead it was one of
the greatest I can remember in a long, long time. I had the chance to
reflect on where I was then and where I am now and everything that has
happened in between. And most of all to be thankful that it wasn't in
me to give up entirely.
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April
12th is a double special day for me and some of you have already
figured out one of the reasons. However, the reason it is really,
really special is in the entry below. Since you are here, please read
the most special entry I've done.
Thanks for the wishes Giselle! Since I just turned 50, I can really relate to the Hippy era....
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One I Love You Mean So Much To Me
 I wish I could tell you what it means to have your love, what it means to know you're always there and that you'll always care... For you are the best part of all that's near and dear to me, and I love you with all my heart... more each day, more each year.
 Happy Anniversary
I Love You.......
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Easter
was fast approaching. The Easter Bunny was down in his den. He was
preparing all the chocolates and candies that he would be handing out
to all the boys and girls that had been good.
Deep down in another den on the other side of the forest, was another
bunny. This bunny was the Easter Bunny's twin brother. His name was
Freddy.
Freddy was jealous of his twin brother because of all the publicity and
fame that he had been receiving. The Easter Bunny had always been a
good little bunny. He had never caused any trouble. However, Freddy was
another story. He had been nothing but trouble from the day he was
born. In fact, he had caused so much trouble that his parents had
abandoned him. The Easter Bunny never knew that he had a twin brother.
As far as he knew, he was an only child.
"I can make a better Easter basket than my twin brother," Freddy
remarked to himself, one day. "I know what children want for Easter.
They are getting tired of chocolate and candy. They want something
different."
Over the next few days, Freddy went to work. He made little racing cars
for the boys and he made fancy little dresses for the girls. He worked
very hard and he managed to have everything ready just in time.
The Easter Bunny delivered his Easter chocolates and candy to all the
boys and girls on his list. Freddy followed closely behind and
delivered his gifts.
On Easter morning, the children loved their special surprises. They sat
down right away and wrote thank you letters to the Easter Bunny.
The Easter Bunny was very surprised when he read the thousands of
letters that he had received. The children were not only thanking him
for the usual chocolates and candies that he had given them, but they
were also thanking him for the racing cars and the fancy dresses.
"What is going on here?" the Easter Bunny asked himself. "I didn't
leave the children any toys or clothing. I left them chocolates and
candies. Toys and clothing, eh. Um, what a wonderful idea!"
Since the Easter Bunny was a very honest bunny, he decided that he
would find out who had come up with the wonderful idea. He did not want
to steal anyone's idea.
The next Easter, the Easter Bunny went to work as usual. He delivered a
lot of fine chocolate Easter eggs and brightly coloured candies to all
the children. When he came to the very last house, he hid behind a
rocking chair instead of going home. In about fifteen minutes, another
bunny entered the house. He had a basket with him. The Easter Bunny saw
the bunny take a beautiful dress out of the basket. Then, the bunny
took a wooden fire engine out of the basket.
"Who are you?" asked the Easter Bunny, coming out from behind his hiding place.
"Oh," said Freddy. "Hi! I'm your twin brother, Freddy."
"My twin brother!" exclaimed the Easter Bunny. "That's impossible."
Freddy told the Easter Bunny his whole sad story.
"Why did I have to be such a bad bunny?" Freddy cried. "Why couldn't I have been more like you?"
"Freddy," said the Easter Bunny. "You are like me."
"No," said Freddy. "I'm mean and cruel. You are kind and gentle."
"That's not true," said the Easter Bunny. "Look at all the toys and
pretty dresses that you have made for the children. Anybody that can do
all that is not mean. What you have done is a very unselfish act of
kindness."
"Really," said Freddy.
"Really," said the Easter Bunny. "You have brought so much joy to the children with your gifts."
The Easter Bunny showed Freddy one of the letters that he had received. Tears came to Freddy's eyes when he read it.
"Wow!" said Freddy. "They really like the things I made for them!"
"Yes,
twin brother," said the Easter Bunny. "They do. Now, what do you say we
go into business together. You can continue making all your gifts and
I'll continue to make the chocolate and the candies."
"Great idea!" said Freddy.
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Over the land is April,
Over my heart a rose;
Over the high, brown mountain
The sound of singing goes.
Say, love, do you hear me,
Hear my sonnets ring?
Over the high, brown mountain,
Love, do you hear me sing?
By highway, love, and byway
The snows succeed the rose.
Over the high, brown mountain
The wind of winter blows.
Say, love, do you hear me,
Hear my sonnets ring?
Over the high, brown mountain
I sound the song of spring,
I throw the flowers of spring.
Do you hear the song of spring?
Hear you the songs of spring?
Robert Louis Stevenson
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it's me....back in the real world again. I know I have been putting up
something every now and then but not really doing much more than that
lately. So officially, I've been slacking. I read the comments left
here but just haven't been by my friends spaces to comment back to them
or to keep up with what's going on in their world. But I do have a
really good excuse. Uh, my dog ate my homework. Yeah....that's it.
No seriously, I changed jobs about a month ago and I haven't seen
anything but my bed since. Or at least that's what it feels like
lately. I'm sure you can all relate to that really good job. You know
the one. You work 10 hours a day for 4 days a week. You can't stop
envisioning what you can do and the things you can accomplish with 3
days off in a row. Get all wrapped up in what it's going to be like and
BAM! It knocks you back into reality. But wanting to get off of the
graveyard shift, just about anything sounded like a better deal. My new
job was supposed to consist of working Thursday through Sunday, 10
hours a day. Just to give you a taste of it, I've put in 3 weeks in the
last 2. The 2 weeks before that I was putting in 13 hours a day, but it
was only 4 days a week. Now I'm up to 5 days a week and still averaging
13 hours or more a day. Thankfully, the 5 days a week will end after
this week and then I can go back to 4 and have my 3 days off again. But
on the down side, if all I do is try to catch up on my sleep, I don't
know if that's going to be any better. We'll just have to see.
I miss doing things on my space, but I just can't seem to find the time
or energy to do like I used to, even for small stuff. I've noticed that
alot of my friends seem to not update as often either and I was trying
to figure out how I could do what I like and juggling home and work as
well. And with spring and summer coming up and all the outdoor stuff I
have to do, I really have to get a handle on this quick. So going back
to the drawing board to prioritize things properly again, I decided to
try to post just once, no more than twice, a week. I am hoping that
this leaves me the time I require to visit all of you and get caught up
on what's going on. I really miss all of you. So even though this job
is really kicking my butt right now, it will get better. The time frame
is just a little fuzzy at the moment. So please bear with me, I am back
and will be around to all of you soon. I promise!!!! In the
meantime, I ran across this memo and it really hit the nail on the
head, not only for me but just about anyone out there that seems to be
working for someone that expects them to do 3 employees job at the same
time. Hope you enjoy it or it at least makes you laugh.
Unfortunately, in my case, I can relate to this and expect to see this
memo circulating around my work place real soon. Anyway, I
thought this was a good way to start out the week. Oh, and
here's a tip from someone that works in the gambling industry. DON"T GO
TO WORK FOR A CASINO! The only thing that is consistent is the
inconsistency and if by chance you do end up working for a casino
always remember........there is no such thing as normal. LOL!  TO: ALL EMPLOYEES SUBJECT: SICK LEAVE POLICY SICKNESS:
No excuse...We will no longer accept your doctor's statement as proof.
We believe that if you are able to go to the doctor, you are able to
come to work. AN OPERATION:
We are no longer allowing this practice. We wish to discourage any
thoughts that you may need an operation. We believe that as long as you
are an employee here, you will need all of whatever you have and should
not consider having anything removed. We hired you as you are, and to
have anything removed would certainly make you less than we bargained
for. DEATH: Other than your own:
This is no excuse for missing work. There is nothing you can do for
them, and we are sure that someone else can attend to the arrangements.
However, if the funeral can be held in the late afternoon, we will be
glad to allow you to work through your lunch hour and subsequently let
you leave 1 hour early, provided your share of the work is ahead enough
to keep the job going in your absence. Your own:
This will be accepted as an excuse. However, we require at least two
weeks notice as we feel it is your duty to train your replacement. ALSO:
Entirely too much time is being spent in the restroom. In the future,
we will follow the practice of going in alphabetical order. For
instance, those whose names begin with "A" will go from 8:00-8:15, and
so on. If you're unable to go at your time, it will be necessary to
wait until the next day when your time comes again. We appreciate your cooperation, THE MANAGEMENT 
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