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Posted by Oztralian 2006-10-17 09:10|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 oop[s I p[osted in teh wrongb category again

can i blame the alcoohol>??

Posted by Oztralian 2006-10-17 09:13|| 2006-10-17 09:13|| Front Page Top

#2 lo.l goodnight - i thinkk itsa sign togo to bed

Posted by Oztralian 2006-10-17 09:14|| 2006-10-17 09:14|| Front Page Top

#3 I think it's a sign your posts should go into the Mods net.

Posted by .com 2006-10-17 09:16|| 2006-10-17 09:16|| Front Page Top

#4 BurP

Posted by Oztralian 2006-10-17 09:19|| 2006-10-17 09:19|| Front Page Top

#5 pUkE

Posted by .com 2006-10-17 09:26|| 2006-10-17 09:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Yay us. 300M. w00t!

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-10-17 09:30|| 2006-10-17 09:30|| Front Page Top

#7 And the 75 of us who aren't illegal are truly celebrating.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-10-17 09:42|| 2006-10-17 09:42|| Front Page Top

#8 Just count yourself lucky you are not in UK which has 60 Million and rising steeply with probably 1/100th of your land size!!!!

Posted by Cheregum Crelet7867 2006-10-17 09:48|| 2006-10-17 09:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Hey, did my part both in '67 and this year! ;)

(Gotta celebrate this milestone, especially if it makes those dour environmentalists cry....)

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-10-17 09:51|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ] 2006-10-17 09:51|| Front Page Top

#10 I added one to the population this year.
And it wasn't an illegal either.

You are all welcome.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2006-10-17 09:57|| 2006-10-17 09:57|| Front Page Top

#11 It's common knowledge in Blairistan that all the Oztralians are illegals.

Posted by Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2006-10-17 10:25|| 2006-10-17 10:25|| Front Page Top

#12 We might be 'illegals' but look what we built for ourselves in this great nation.

Posted by Glinegum Glerelet8307 2006-10-17 10:28|| 2006-10-17 10:28|| Front Page Top

#13 Tim Blair has photos.

Posted by Mike 2006-10-17 10:32|| 2006-10-17 10:32|| Front Page Top

#14 and Barbara Skolaut gets a mention - pic #4! Hoorah Barb!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-10-17 10:38|| 2006-10-17 10:38|| Front Page Top

#15
Easier for the government to change the people than the people to change the government.

Posted by Master of Obvious 2006-10-17 10:46|| 2006-10-17 10:46|| Front Page Top

#16 Blondie: so the Swamp Baby has officially arrived? Congrats!

Posted by Mike 2006-10-17 10:54|| 2006-10-17 10:54|| Front Page Top

#17 Grats Swamp Blondie!

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2006-10-17 11:04|| 2006-10-17 11:04|| Front Page Top

#18 at least you guys in the us still outnumber your immigrants unlike us in the UK

Posted by A 2006-10-17 12:23|| 2006-10-17 12:23|| Front Page Top

#19 and Barbara Skolaut gets a mention - pic #4! Hoorah Barb!

She's not the only one. #17 -- my mom and two nieces. A bit of a third niece's head is visible at the bottom of the shot.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-10-17 12:35|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-10-17 12:35|| Front Page Top

#20 Most of us in the U.S. are here by immigration of our ancestors if not of our immediate families. Immigration is not the problem; lack of assimilation is the problem. As long as Mexican Americans and Korean Americans and Polish Americans recognize that Mexican, Korean, and Polish are adjectives here, then there's no problem. The question is what is the adjective. For example, are your neighbors Muslim Americans or American Muslims? So "A", it's a question of primary allegiance. The UK has imported a lot of Muslims and devout Muslims will always be Muslims first.

Posted by Darrell 2006-10-17 12:50|| 2006-10-17 12:50|| Front Page Top

#21 Yup, the Tsarevich Joseph Michael is here, running my life and generally being the most demanding boss I've ever had.

29 September....10 lbs, 2 oz. Great lung power, dark hair and blud-gray eyes.

Would love to chat more, but he's starting to howl about something. :) Catch ya later!!

And congrats to Darth, too!

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-10-17 13:46|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ] 2006-10-17 13:46|| Front Page Top

#22 Congrats Swamps! Hi Baby chile!

Posted by Shipman 2006-10-17 13:53|| 2006-10-17 13:53|| Front Page Top

#23 SB - Ya gotta cheat a little...

Spike the formula with a small amount of Pablum / Rice cereal, like 1-2 tbsp per half bottle. He'll sleep longer - should get a solid 3.5-4 hrs of peace. Heh.

Posted by .com 2006-10-17 13:53|| 2006-10-17 13:53|| Front Page Top

#24 Swamp Baby! Yeah!

Posted by Shipman 2006-10-17 13:54|| 2006-10-17 13:54|| Front Page Top

#25 Wonderful, SB!

Enjoy him while he's little and cute - it'll keep ya' from strangling him when he's a teen. ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-10-17 14:00|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-10-17 14:00|| Front Page Top

#26 Hard to do when breastfeeding, .com. ;-) But information I would've killed for 15 years ago... the small amount of rice cereal could as easily be added to a bottle of pumped breastmilk.

Heartiest congratulations on your handsome young Tsarevich, Swamp Blondie! Sleep when he does, eat carryout, and let the housework go to hell until he settles down a bit. Ten pounds? Wow! If it's any comfort, our pediatrician promised the trailing daughters would sleep through the night when they reached 11 lbs -- which for both was about the third month, but it looks like you've got a headstart there.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-17 14:30|| 2006-10-17 14:30|| Front Page Top

#27 Just curious if anyone read the comedy book THE POPULATION BOMB. Didn't that book say we'd hit 300 million some time in the early 70s or something.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-10-17 14:45|| 2006-10-17 14:45|| Front Page Top

#28 Best wishes for a healthy grandson, Swamp Blondie. Have fun with the little devil while you can.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-10-17 16:51|| 2006-10-17 16:51|| Front Page Top

#29 Grandson???

Posted by Darrell 2006-10-17 17:27|| 2006-10-17 17:27|| Front Page Top

#30 You need to read her blog, Zenster. She served an "Eviction Notice" awhile back, so I don't think we're talking grandson.

Posted by Darrell 2006-10-17 17:34|| 2006-10-17 17:34|| Front Page Top

#31 Well, I do want grandkids someday....but not quite yet. ;)

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-10-17 17:39|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ] 2006-10-17 17:39|| Front Page Top

#32 My mistake. Apologies.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-10-17 18:35|| 2006-10-17 18:35|| Front Page Top

#33 Big congrats to the tsarevitch, SB!!

And it's cool to see the pics of 'Burgers and kin at Blair's site.

Enjoy him while he's little and cute - it'll keep ya' from strangling him when he's a teen. ;-p

Yep. Mine's 30 and human again. It took a while, tho.

Posted by lotp 2006-10-17 19:14|| 2006-10-17 19:14|| Front Page Top

#34 Mine are 15, 16, and 18 -- I need meds somedays.

Posted by Darrell 2006-10-17 19:59|| 2006-10-17 19:59|| Front Page Top

#35 Well, lol, you could throw away 30 or 40 IQ points and self-medicate. :-)

Posted by .com 2006-10-17 21:03|| 2006-10-17 21:03|| Front Page Top

#36 We had our first in 1967, and adopted our last one (of 3) in 1988. We have one 17-YO granddaughter, and my youngest got married in July. What little hair I have left is gray, but I'm going to enjoy being a Grandpa every chance I have...

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-10-17 22:06|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-10-17 22:06|| Front Page Top

#37 but I'm going to enjoy being a Grandpa every chance I have...

and deservedly so OP.

;-)

Posted by RD 2006-10-17 23:50|| 2006-10-17 23:50|| Front Page Top

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