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Comment by Patricia on July 13, 2012 at 9:30pm Can't be any worse than Patsy....
Comment by The Flying Atheist on July 13, 2012 at 9:06pm My name is Carl. Those obnoxiously pesky girls from my youth called me Carlton the Doorman (from the Rhoda TV show.) I absolutely HATED that! lol
Comment by Ian Mason on July 13, 2012 at 9:02pm Welcome to AN, Destiny. You're spot on with your "mind and matter" comment.
Comment by Tony Carroll on July 13, 2012 at 8:33pm Hey there Destiny. Welcome to AN. I'm so glad you are here and enjoying yourself. I'm on FB, but I only have 8 friends, lol. Just family, mostly so I can keep up with how they are doing. I really don't know how to find people there, but I would dearly love to see your video. So maybe you could contact me as I'm not sure how. Tony Carroll in Palestine, Texas.
And "Mindy", if you can, I can. Full legal name Bert Anthony Carroll Jr. Eewww! Bert. Whenever someone found out, always got "Hey Bert, how's Ernie"? Still, love the muppets. lol
Comment by Destiny Tripp on July 13, 2012 at 7:37pm
Comment by booklover on July 13, 2012 at 7:06pm That is a great name for an Atheist Destiny! lol. Your poor brother! My DNA donor (that's what my Mom calls him, since he didn't raise us, lol) wanted to call me Mindy, but my Mom said no one would call me that when I was middle-age, so they named me Melinda and called me Mindy. When a show came out (Robin Williams became famous from it, but you are too young to probably know the show), called "Mork and Mindy", I changed to Melinda FAST.lol. Then it was, and still mostly is Mindy, but I'm starting to like Melinda better. So. There. Now everyone here is fascinated by the fact that I go by Mindy in 'real' life, but Melinda online. ;)
Comment by Patricia on July 13, 2012 at 6:56pm I don't have much of a sweet tooth, but the devon cream tea looks deelishuss!!!!
Comment by Patricia on July 13, 2012 at 6:54pm Yeah, love your fellow human being as long as the beliefs all match up....if not, then we're nothing but pond scum.....lovely bunch they are!
Comment by Destiny Tripp on July 13, 2012 at 6:48pm
Comment by sk8eycat on July 13, 2012 at 6:36pm @Flying Atheist: Thank you. (Takes a bow.) I have always enjoyed making people laugh, even at my own expense, sometimes.
PS: **SAME BACK ATCHA!**
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