The opposite of TMI. Who on this board do you want to know more about. Ask now.

[Oliveloaf]

They many not want to answer, but that's okay too.

Go ahead, ask.

I want to know if Glazer owns a car. He must drive around to do his job...but
does he use a company ride?

[Zuul]

I wonder what Sarah's daily schedule looks like. There is absolutely nothing to be gained by this knowledge, but I just wonder when her family gets up, what all she has to do with the kids, etc.

[Sarahfeena]

I want to know if OCS has gotten any more tattoos yet.

[Sarahfeena]

I wonder what Sarah's daily schedule looks like. There is absolutely nothing to be gained by this knowledge, but I just wonder when her family gets up, what all she has to do with the kids, etc.

You really want to know this? OK, let's see...

Alarm goes off at 6:15, Sassy leaves with her dad for the bus stop at 7:15, so that gives me time to get dressed, get her up, dressed, and fed.

3 days a week, Boots goes to preschool at 9:00. He usually wakes up around 7:30 or so, so that time is spent getting him ready and convincing him to go.
While he's gone, I try go get my freelance work done so I don't have to do it when he's around. Otherwise, I generally do housework in the AM like making beds, picking up, cleaning the kitchen, etc., or run errands.

After lunch, he and I hang out, go outside if it's nice out, read books, play games, etc.,

Sassy gets picked up at the bus stop at 3:00. When we're all home, I start getting dinner ready, play a bit with them, help her with her homework, or work if I have to (my work is a lot of "finally got this document, have to do something with it RIGHT NOW" kind of stuff).

Dinner around 6 after my husband comes home, then baths if necessary, or just hanging out until their bedtime at 7:30-8:00.

God it sounds boring. It's not, really, but it does sound like it, I know!

[OneCentStamp]

I want to know if OCS has gotten any more tattoos yet.

Not yet, but I'm getting the itch...as it were.

artifex has been toying with designs for herself, and if she gets anything like what she's been working on, I will probably want a matching one. In addition, I have an idea or two for myself, ones which will put me into the "long sleeves only" category for work for the rest of my life.

[Rube E. Tewesday]

I always wonder how An Gadai and Mrs An Gadai make a relationship work across the ocean. Current technology must help, of course, but it's a long distance.

[Zuul]

God it sounds boring. It's not, really, but it does sound like it, I know!

It doesn't sound boring. It sounds cozy.

[Glazer]

They many not want to answer, but that's okay too.

Go ahead, ask.

I want to know if Glazer owns a car. He must drive around to do his job...but
does he use a company ride?

I have two vehicles currently. I've got a '95 Thunderbird with only 85,000 mi. on it. Runs great but needs the drivers door rehung. And a 2000 Ford Econoline van that I bought from work for $400. It has over 220,000 mi. but runs great and has been on fleet maintenance.

I usually walk to work when the weather's nice, I live just a 1/4 mi from the shop. And at work I drive another Ford van with a rack. Much like this one.

[OneCentStamp]

I always wonder how An Gadai and Mrs An Gadai make a relationship work across the ocean. Current technology must help, of course, but it's a long distance.

Wondered this too. Are you legally married? If so, how long? How did you meet? How often do you meet? Any kids? (Clearly, the opposite of TMI!)

[Sarahfeena]

God it sounds boring. It's not, really, but it does sound like it, I know!

It doesn't sound boring. It sounds cozy.

[The Original An Gadaí]

I always wonder how An Gadai and Mrs An Gadai make a relationship work across the ocean. Current technology must help, of course, but it's a long distance.

Patience.

[Trojan Man]

I always wonder how An Gadai and Mrs An Gadai make a relationship work across the ocean. Current technology must help, of course, but it's a long distance.

Patience.

[CatInASuit]

I'd like to know, why Oliveloaf is named after, well Olive Loaf.

[Oliveloaf]

I'd like to know, why Oliveloaf is named after, well Olive Loaf.

Ha!

No good answer, especially since I am vegetarian. In 1993 when I got my first AOL account I kept looking for
remaining real worlds without numbers attached. Magic! Oliveloaf was available. The name stuck. In some
circles, for no good reason, I am known as Mr. Loaf. I wish there was a really good answer, but that's it.

[Zweedo Rodriguez]

Apart from the obvious wanting to see what all the female posters look like naked, I figure if there is anything anyone wanted me to know about themselves they will post it.

[Oliveloaf]

Apart from the obvious wanting to see what all the female posters look like naked...

Can we do this?

[artifex]

Can we do this?

Sure. If we get to see the men, and posters who do not limit themselves to traditional gender identification, as well

[Oliveloaf]

Can we do this?

Sure. If we get to see the men, and posters who do not limit themselves to traditional gender identification, as well

Game on!

[Peeta Mellark]

Alright. Just to warn you I am completely naked in this picture!
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[Elendil's Heir]

I have no particular questions of other 'phanters, but am glad to answer any asked of me.

[The Original An Gadaí]

I have no particular questions of other 'phanters, but am glad to answer any asked of me.

Have you ever been a judge in a particularly weird case and if so, could you describe it (without losing your job)?

[OneCentStamp]

Have you ever been a judge in a particularly weird case and if so, could you describe it (without losing your job)?

Bump. I like this question.

[Elendil's Heir]

Sorry. I'd overlooked this thread since the question was asked.

I'm a magistrate, BTW, not a judge - which means I was appointed, not elected, and all of my work is (supposed to be) reviewed by a judge. In practical terms, 99.99% of what I do is routinely approved.

Probably my weirdest case was a Jehovah's Witness who was bitten by a dog while going door to door, passing out religious literature. She was bitten by a man's dog while on his property, and sued him for her medical bills (about $1000). Ohio has a strict liability dog bite statute, which means you're responsible for any injury caused by your dog unless (a) the pet was provoked or (b) the person injured was trespassing. There was no evidence that the JW lady had provoked the dog, but was she a trespasser? I decided that she wasn't, unless and until she was asked to leave, or if there had been a "No solicitors" sign (neither of which had happened). She had a limited First Amendment right to be on the dog owner's property, and thus was not trespassing. Judgment for plaintiff.

I'd never have guessed, at the start of the trial, that a dog bite case would turn on a constitutional question...!

[OneCentStamp]

Have you considered - would you consider - have you already tried - running for a judge position?

[Elendil's Heir]

I have considered it, I would consider it, but I have not already tried running. It would be a huge commitment of time, effort and money - a friend of mine who ran told me the campaign essentially became an unpaid second job - and I'm not ready to do that just yet. Quite a few people have suggested I run, which is certainly gratifying.

[OneCentStamp]

I have considered it, I would consider it, but I have not already tried running. It would be a huge commitment of time, effort and money - a friend of mine who ran told me the campaign essentially became an unpaid second job - and I'm not ready to do that just yet. Quite a few people have suggested I run, which is certainly gratifying.

Well, I'm all for it, as long as it doesn't make you too cool to keep hanging out with us.

[Elendil's Heir]

Well, I'm all for it, as long as it doesn't make you too cool to keep hanging out with us.

Not a chance THAT would ever happen!

[OneCentStamp]

EH, do you ever have to hold your nose while passing down judgments that are completely in keeping with laws that you don't personally agree with? I must imagine you do.

[The Original An Gadaí]

OCS would you ever consider joining an organised religion again?

[OneCentStamp]

OCS would you ever consider joining an organised religion again?

Sure, as long as it met the following three conditions:

1) Doesn't require me to believe anything I personally find absurd;
2) Doesn't require me to do anything I personally find useless or offensive; and
3) Provides some sort of discernible (not necessarily tangible) benefit to me that makes it a more attractive option than staying home on Sunday (or whatever day).

I actually attended a Unitarian Universalist congregation in Houston for over a year that met all three conditions and which I might well eventually have joined if I hadn't moved out of that part of town. Even artifex's Reform Jewish temple, where people enjoyed each other's fellowship, and a feeling of continuity with long tradition, but didn't necessarily believe in a supernatural deity, was close. I never would have officially converted, but I never minded attending their functions.

[Elendil's Heir]

EH, do you ever have to hold your nose while passing down judgments that are completely in keeping with laws that you don't personally agree with? I must imagine you do.

Surprisingly not. The laws I disagree with - and I can think of several right off the top of my head - aren't laws that I have to rule upon or apply in my work. Occasionally, though, I've had to rule in favor of scummy people in civil cases where the law and the facts really were on their side, and I've also had to rule against very sympathetic people when the law and the facts were against them.

[OneCentStamp]

Oliveloaf, a few questions about your vegetarianism, if you don't mind:

- How long have you been vegetarian? (I recall you saying something like 10 years, but I'm not sure.)
- Why did you decide to do it?
- Are you lacto? Ovo? Completely vegan?
- Have you gained or lost weight during the time you've been vegetarian? I don't mean this to be even the slightest bit mocking or snarky, so please don't take it that way, but I don't think I've ever personally known a severely overweight vegetarian, and I'm curious.

[Oliveloaf]

Hey! Just saw this.

Oliveloaf, a few questions about your vegetarianism, if you don't mind:

- How long have you been vegetarian? (I recall you saying something like 10 years, but I'm not sure.)

Since New Year's Eve, 1989. Ate some bacon as late as May of 1990.

- Why did you decide to do it?

Nothing needs to die for me to eat. I am not militant about it. I just feel guilty eating meat. It's a very natural feeling thing to me not to. I liked meat, but I would never go back to eating it.

- Are you lacto? Ovo? Completely vegan?

I still eat dairy. I rarely eat eggs, though don't avoid them in stuff.

- Have you gained or lost weight during the time you've been vegetarian? I don't mean this to be even the slightest bit mocking or snarky, so please don't take it that way, but I don't think I've ever personally known a severely overweight vegetarian, and I'm curious.

Gained. It become much harder for me to diet once giving up meat. I certainly did not experience any health advantage from the switch.

[OneCentStamp]

That last bit is surprising and fascinating to me. As someone who's been overweight to some extent for most of his adult life, I think I've always kind of fondly imagined that going vegetarian would spell instant weight loss for me, that if I cut out the burgers, the bacon, and the BBQ, that I'd drop 50 pounds in short order. It's sobering to think that might not be the case. Thanks for answering.

[The Original An Gadaí]

That last bit is surprising and fascinating to me. As someone who's been overweight to some extent for most of his adult life, I think I've always kind of fondly imagined that going vegetarian would spell instant weight loss for me, that if I cut out the burgers, the bacon, and the BBQ, that I'd drop 50 pounds in short order. It's sobering to think that might not be the case. Thanks for answering.

I spent 8 years as a vegetarian and I'm a fat lard. I think the skinny vegetarians you see are people who actually just don't enjoy eating.