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Subar Newbie Posts: 7 From: Alaska Registered: Jul 2002	posted July 03, 2002 22:05 I just came back from the airport. The relatives are gone!!! We had six relatives up from Missouri and one of them stayed in my room, therefore, I had to move out of the house and into a tent in our backyard. And after a full day of downpouring rain, that tent wasn't a pretty sight. Is it just me or can relatives be really inconvenient? IP: Logged
EngrBohn Uber Geek Posts: 830 From: United States Registered: Jul 2000	posted July 04, 2002 02:45 Somewhere I read "Visits from relatives always bring joy. If not in the arrival, then in the departure." (sigh) Right now, I'm trying to figure out how to defuse my own visiting relatives situation. My mom's invited herself over for my son's birthday next month, and that's nominally acceptable (within the bounds that my mom & my wife don't get along). Well, turns out she's also invited her "friend" (live-in lover for the last few years). Well Caryl's not comfortable with a strange man whom we've never met before, who's not related by birth or marriage, sleeping under our roof. And now my mom's upset that someone so important in her life isn't welcome. ------------------ cb Oooh! What does this button do!? IP: Logged
spungo Highlie Posts: 506 From: Hell's toilet Registered: Jan 2002	posted July 04, 2002 02:49 Relatives are just strangers that won't go away. ------------------ "You know, you can praise the lord with silence, Dougal." "Really Ted? Is that like when you told me I could praise the lord just by leaving the room?" "Yes, that was a good one." IP: Logged
Xanthine Highlie Posts: 730 From: the lab Registered: Mar 2001	posted July 04, 2002 10:02 I've just come home for a week. Guess that makes me a visiting relative of sorts. It's strange from my end of things too. There are two nice things about coming home: I get to go climbing and I get reminded of why I left in the first place. ------------------ Take by surprise and the world gives up resistance. - Tennesee Williams IP: Logged
skylar Geek Posts: 74 From: the creepy house on the corner Registered: May 2002	posted July 04, 2002 10:07 Relatives always mess up our house really badly. I have tons of cousins under the age of five, and believe me, nuclear holocaust could not be as messy as three kids and a carton of juice. Plus, all my (many, many) uncles smoke, and the smell (which makes me gag) gets into everything... ugh! Then there's the fact that you can't watch tv cos they've always brought some nightmarishly long home video along with them, and you can't get on the net cos they're always on the phone to check that Susie from next door has fed the koi carp! :@ sky IP: Logged
LifetimeTrekker Highlie Posts: 570 From: Albuquerque, NM, UD Registered: Sep 2001	posted July 04, 2002 19:15 quote: Originally posted by skylar: Relatives always mess up our house really badly. I have tons of cousins under the age of five, and believe me, nuclear holocaust could not be as messy as three kids and a carton of juice. Plus, all my (many, many) uncles smoke, and the smell (which makes me gag) gets into everything... ugh! Then there's the fact that you can't watch tv cos they've always brought some nightmarishly long home video along with them, and you can't get on the net cos they're always on the phone to check that Susie from next door has fed the koi carp! :@ sky I have to vigorously enforce my no-smoking rule with my mother. She seems to think that sitting on the windowsill and holding the cigarette out the window is the same as smoking outside, but if I can smell it, it's not outside. Fortunately, none of my visitors bring their children--for some reason, the fact that I remove the cupboard doors so children will have easy access to the cleaning products bothers them. I figure that the little shits should be able to clean up after themselves and expect them to. Home videoes are done away with by replacing (hidning) your VCR with a DVD--"Sorry, I don't have a VCR anymore." Logon problems? Cable connection! Better yet, go to their house and behave like they do! "Relatives are like sushi, after three days they must be disposed of!" IP: Logged
uilleann Assimilated Posts: 386 From: St Albans, Herts, England Registered: Apr 2002	posted July 05, 2002 00:53 haha, cool, LifetimeTrekker ;) A fellow geek with harsh views :] Go, LT, and yes, sort the little kiddies out. - uilleann IP: Logged
ilovemydualg4 Alpha Geek Posts: 336 From: GASP THE 3RD DIMMENSION Registered: Mar 2002	posted July 05, 2002 04:29 ag... mine always get in huge arguments with each other, and make up (usually) right before we get together again, and one set of my cousins just never show up anymore, even on thanksgiving (which has become a major thing for our familly), ------------------ my geek code Hazards: "There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty, miss that, though, and you're pretty much doomed." IP: Logged
LifetimeTrekker Highlie Posts: 570 From: Albuquerque, NM, UD Registered: Sep 2001	posted July 05, 2002 06:40 quote: Originally posted by ilovemydualg4: ag... mine always get in huge arguments with each other, and make up (usually) right before we get together again, and one set of my cousins just never show up anymore, even on thanksgiving (which has become a major thing for our familly), Bah, just give each of them knives, lock them in a room and have dinner with the survivors! Family arguments solved! It's a wonderful way to settle arguments over inheritance! IP: Logged
EngrBohn Uber Geek Posts: 830 From: United States Registered: Jul 2000	posted July 05, 2002 08:10 Heh, the irony of killing people to settle disputes over how to distribute the possesions of dead people. I'm not sure it would so much solve the problem as displace it to the inheritance of the losers' estates. ------------------ cb Oooh! What does this button do!? IP: Logged
Cap'n Vic Newbie Posts: 8 From: Yukon Registered: Jun 2002	posted July 05, 2002 09:22 I am headed to the inlaws for two weeks of bliss (ugh!) Here is what I do to make the time more enjoyable......Drink at least a dozen beer a day. I usually start around 10 am ------------------ I used to work at a factory where they made fire hydrants; but you couldn't park anywhere near the place. IP: Logged
ilovemydualg4 Alpha Geek Posts: 336 From: GASP THE 3RD DIMMENSION Registered: Mar 2002	posted July 06, 2002 05:43 "But if, you are in the same room as Hank or Barbara, you must be warry, for they may pull you into.... The Twilight Zone" ha that was so true on thursday at my house ------------------ my geek code Hazards: "There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty, miss that, though, and you're pretty much doomed." IP: Logged
LifetimeTrekker Highlie Posts: 570 From: Albuquerque, NM, UD Registered: Sep 2001	posted July 06, 2002 07:46 You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't wipe your relatives on the car seat. Well, you can, but you better not let Mom catch you! IP: Logged

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