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I'm sure I'm not the only one receiving robo calls from this guy. My caller ID says 'Time and Temp," yet it is a politically motivated recording from Mr Michael Carter. Oddly enough this guy says he is taking a stance AGAINST such calls...  How irritating.. The number that shows is, 636-321-2522 Don't answer it. 

AT&T are now in the midst of burying lines in my neighborhood. They say it is for a new system called U-Verse. Does anyone have this new T.V. system? It also carries internet and phone capabilities. If you do have it what is your honest opinion. I already use AT&T for my home phone services. I have been happy thus far. What are the ups/ downs of this U-Verse? Thanks for any and all input!

What Every Woman Should Have.. 

by Pamela Redmond Satran 

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... 
enough money within her control to move out 
and rent a place of her own even if she never wants 
to or needs to... 

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... 
something perfect to wear if the employer or date of her 
dreams wants to see her in an hour... 

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... 
a youth she's content to leave behind.... 

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... 
a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to 
retelling it in her old age.... 

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ..... 
a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra... 

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... 
one friend who always makes her laugh... and one who 
lets her cry... 

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... 
a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone 
else in her family... 

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... 
eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems, and a 
recipe for a meal that will make her guests feel honored... 

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... 
a feeling of control over her destiny... 

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... 
how to fall in love without losing herself.. 

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... 
how to quit a job, break up with a lover, 
and comfort a friend without ruining the friendship... 

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... 
when to try harder... and when to walk away... 

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... 
that she can't change the length of her calves, 
the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents.. 

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... 
that her childhood may not have been perfect...but it's over... 

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... 
what she would and wouldn't do for love or more... 

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... 
how to live alone... even if she doesn't like it... 

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... 
whom she can trust, whom she can't, 
and why she shouldn't take it personally... 

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... 
where to go... 
be it to her best friend's kitchen table... 
or a charming inn in the woods... 
when her soul needs soothing... 

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... 
what she can and can't accomplish in a day... 
a month...and a year... 

May God be the first you think about when you get up in the morning 

and the last before you go to bed at night 

and may he keep a hedge of protection around you all the days of your life. 

WHEN MY DAUGHTER GROWS UP, HER LIFE WONT INCLUDE... 

Movies on videotape. Double features. Drive-in theaters. Theater marquees proclaiming: "Held over for 30th week!" Signs under the marquee advertising "It's Air Conditioned Inside" in letters that look like dripping ice. 

Rabbit ears. Using pliers to change the channel because the knob's broken. Getting up to change channels. Wired remote controls. Waiting for the TV to warm up. Having to watch a show when it airs or missing it forever. 

Cassette, 8-track, and reel-to-reel tapes. A Walkman that plays cassettes. Cassingles. CD singles. Records and turntables. Adapters for 45s. "You sound like a broken record." 

Cameras with thumbwheels to advance the film. Cameras with film. Flash bulbs, flash cubes, flip flash. 

Ultra-bright home movie lights. Home movie screens. Home movie projectors. Slide projectors. Editing small reels of Super-8 film onto bigger reels. 

Film strips at school with a next-frame beep that every kid could imitate and drive the a/v guy crazy. 

Phones with dials. Phones with cords. Changing your phone number when you move. Pay phones. Busy signals. Really expensive long distance calls. Party lines. Answering machines. 

Smoking on airplanes. Smoking in movie theaters. Smoking at work. Ash trays on restaurant tables. 

Bank tellers. Writing checks. Buying tickets for games, concerts, and movies at the box office. 

Going to the library to use an encyclopedia. Copying something out of the World Book for a school assignment. "The Reader's Guide to Periodicals." 

Gas stations with the rubber hose that dings when you drive over it. Gas for under a buck a gallon. Free drinking glasses with a fill-up. 

Rear car windows that open all the way. A foot switch to activate bright headlights. Cars with wing window vents in front. Cars with bench front seats. 

Scoring your own bowling game. Women wearing swim caps at the pool. Only boys playing sports at school. Lawn darts. 

Soda in glass bottles. Soda made with cane sugar. Church keys for cans without pop tops. Cans without pop tops. Pop tops that come off when you pull them. 

TV weather reports without Doppler radar. TV weather forecasters who use stick-on pictures of sun and clouds. TV news that's on on in the evening. TV stations that sign off in the middle of the night. 

Floppy disks. Computers that fill a room. Dot matrix printers. Green-and-white computer paper with tractor feed perforations. 

Typewriters. Carbon paper. Correctype. Wite-Out. Thermal fax paper. Mimeograph machines. The smell of mimeograph machines and paper in the school office. 

Prices on food items at the supermarket. Jiffy Pop you shake on the stove. Coffee cans with keys. Coffee percolators on the stove. 

Metal ice cube trays. Defrosting the freezer with a turkey baster and a yardstick. Yardsticks with furniture store names and logos. Yardsticks. 

Susan B. Anthony dollars. Sacagawea dollars. $2 bills. 

Writing letters. Postage stamps you lick. Envelopes you lick. S&H green stamps. 

Cotton diapers. Rectal thermometers. Bar soap. Portable bubble hair dryers with the carrying strap. Wearing curlers to bed. 

Metal keys for hotel rooms. Winding a wrist watch. Tonka trucks made of steel. Styrofoam boxes at McDonald's. Rubbers -- the ones that go over your shoes. 
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