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Ok then, on second thought... aerocontrols Send a noteboard - 04/10/2017 07:29:03 PM

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I think those casual gatherings are exhausting because of the introversion, not the other way around.

There is a quote by someone (African woman and we already talked about my memory!) that is along the lines of "blah blah, it's your second thought that shows the kind of person you are." We all do stupid things if we're not paying attention, but if you think twice, change your reaction, you're probably not going to hell.


Maybe? Things that don't bother me are formal gatherings with my peers or gathering with my non-peers. That is, I can speak in front of a group of engineers at NASA no problem, whether they are at my level, below me, or above me. Not shy at my wife's church, or at a ballroom dance, or at a meeting of the local gave rescue group that I'm apart of. Plop me down and ask me to entertain kids, no problem.

Take me to a party, surrounded by my friends, and I'm ready to leave before I get there.

The second thing you said - it seems like for every profound saying there is an opposite profound saying. I would wager the one I'm looking for would describe the first thing you do as describing the 'real you' - the thing you do without thinking and second-guessing yourself. in vino veritas or some such. It's nice to think (and probably true!) that in my contrition, I am somewhat redeemed, but I would prefer to be the person who never had to feel contrite, because I had not wronged anyone.

Hollywood has the best moral compass, because it has compassion.
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Confession is good for the soul aerocontrols - 04/10/2017 07:03:19 PM 516 Views
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Of course your memory sucks, ma'am aerocontrols - 04/10/2017 07:08:56 PM 619 Views
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Ok then, on second thought... aerocontrols - 04/10/2017 07:29:03 PM 456 Views
But, does that exist? nossy - 04/10/2017 07:41:47 PM 582 Views
Re: But, does that exist? aerocontrols - 04/10/2017 07:51:44 PM 482 Views
I have this a lot. Legolas - 04/10/2017 11:35:08 PM 606 Views
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We truly are. nossy - 05/10/2017 11:00:33 AM 595 Views
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Yes. Yeah... I think yes. aerocontrols - 04/10/2017 08:47:27 PM 556 Views
You have made elevators complicated. That isn't easy. *NM* random thoughts - 05/10/2017 04:04:47 AM 291 Views
Hopefully, I commit them multiple times a day, every damn day Tom - 04/10/2017 09:11:08 PM 518 Views
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Oh the drama and the hyperbole! Tom - 04/10/2017 11:11:36 PM 559 Views
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You can be such a little liar! nossy - 05/10/2017 10:56:54 AM 527 Views
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One presumes you could become aware later, as I did. *NM* aerocontrols - 05/10/2017 09:17:28 PM 252 Views
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