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Blessed with children, Struggling for more Week of June 11th
This thread is for women that have children who are trying to have more and struggling with infertility (IF). You fall into the IF category if you have been trying for more than a year or if you have known fertility issues. Some have secondary IF and some have primary IF. Some of us are TTC naturally and some need treatments of some type. All are welcome!
We also have women who are praying to make it. Due to prior losses or IF they don't feel like they should join a due date board till after the first 12 weeks. We are truly happy to support you as you transition. Please just keep in mind that we are a group of woman struggling with IF and be sensitive to that as you post. If you put a pregnancy ticker or smiley in your signature, please turn off your signature when you post in this thread. Thank you!
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If you'd like to be added please post your info using the format below. Please note: I remove names if you are inactive for one month. This really helps keep the list more manageable, if you would like to be added back, just repost your info.
Women TTC:
Screen Name (Real Name): tiam1980 (Tia)
Age: 31
Current Children and age: Anna, 4.5yrs old
Lost Children and Dates: 5 miscarriages (2005-2008) trying to conceive dd. Don't want to remember the dates, so I didn't write them down.
Diagnosis: Waiting to get into a Gynecologist but am expecting a diagnosis of PCOS
Treatment and meds: Nothing as of yet.
Next Appointment: Soon, I hope!
Cycles TTC another: 13
Screen Name (Real Name): twinpossible (Anya)
Age: 27
Current Children and age: Gracie and Emma (identical twins 1 year old)
Lost Children and Dates: May 8th 2012 "baby bean" lost at 11 weeks
Diagnosis: "unexplained" 5 years of testing...no clear issues have shown up
Treatment and meds: Welcome Womb, we think that's how we conceived last time.
Next Appointment: no more doctors for us, they have found zip. We are totally natural now since nothing else helped.
Cycles TTC another: just miscarried so waiting another week or so before TTC.
Screen Name: Ms.Kaun (Real Name): Eryn
Age: 27
Current Children and age: 3 Living (ages 9, 8 and 6) 4 angels.
Diagnosis: None yet, suspected PCOS. Appointment with a reproductive specialist coming up.
Treatment and meds: Metformin
Next Appointment: June 7th
Cycles TTC another: 13 but I only ovulated for 3 cycles the entire time resulting in 2 early pregnancy losses.
Screen Name (Real Name): 3 Ladybugs (Jennifer)
Age: 35
Current Children and age: 3 lost children (2006), 1 living son - 3.5 years old
Diagnosis: Unexplained infertility to start with, now in menopause due to chemo, also had pelvic radiation that complicates things a bit.
Treatment and meds: Have 5 frozen embryos (my last 5 bits of hope), meds are yet to be determined, will start a prenatal in the next couple of days, on fermented cod liver oil
Next Appointment: 5/16 to do a lining check, will see my oncologist on 7/18, need to schedule a port cath flush for the end of the month.
Cycles TTC another: Got cleared to do my FET back in 11/10 pending oncologist telling my RE I didn't have cancer... turns out I did. So have been waiting since then to get to this point. So honestly, no cycles TTC right now, but 2 years 4 months in the making!
Screen Name (Real Name): doodle19 (Shaye)
Age: 26
Current Children and age: Chloe, 4 years old Ella 13months
Lost Children and Dates: 09/2009 02/2012
Diagnosis: tube obstruction, left tube 100% blocked, right tube also has blocking(not 100%) but barely functioning.
Treatment and meds: Suggested IVF, but we are trying for a yr on our own first.
Next Appointment: 4/17/12
Cycles TTC another: 7months
Screen Name (Real Name): jacquelinemarie82 (Jacqueline)
Age: 30
Current Children and age: Jasmine, 2 years old (2/10/2010)
Lost Children and Dates: N/A
Diagnosis: male infertility
Treatment and meds: Currently on birth control for IVF in July.
Next Appointment: IVF tentatively scheduled for July. NTNP till then so I can get a break from the stress.
Cycles TTC another:
Screen Name (Real Name): ChihuahuaMama13 (Samantha)
Age: 26 (DF 27)
Current Children and age: Gabriel, 1 year (01/10/11)
Lost Children and Dates: N/A
Diagnosis: PCOS
Treatment and meds: Just started Metformin in late Fabruary 2012.
Next Appointment: N/A
Cycles TTC another: Since April 2011
Screen Name (Real Name): Edensmomma (Jena)
Age (DH): 35 (ME) 26
Diagnosis:None yet
Treatment and meds: Nothing this cycle, as I was getting my hormone levels tested. Previously I was on Maca, soy isoflavones, fertilaid with no luck for 6 cycles. I'm thinking of trying another round of Soy Isoflavones next cycle.
Current Children and age: Girl 4 yo, Girl 2 yo
Lost Children and dates: M/C at 15 weeks on 10/23/11, baby born at home and requiring emergency D&C to stop hemorrhaging.
Next appointment: 4/11/12 to discuss fertility/clomid and test results from labs.
Cycles TTC:6
Screen Name (Real Name): Holly dolly (Holly)
Age: 31 (DH 32)
Current Children and age: ds1 Isaac 3/07 ds2 Carson 3/10
Lost Children and Dates: none
Diagnosis: We were NTNP for 4 years, was diagnosed with borderline PCOS (I have everything but the cysts) and anovulatory cycles. Found out I was pg with Isaac...no medical intervention...I ovulated around CD22. Started TTC when he was a year old. After almost 18 mos of trying started on Clomid. No response at CD14 u/s. I kind of gave up. A friend announced she was pg a few months later and I took a test so I could start provera. Got a positive. Dr figured I ovulated around CD 30. We've been NTNP since the end of October when I went off bc. I have cycled once (with the help of Provera).
Next Appointment: none planned at this point
Cycles TTC another: Technically on my second cycle...but 5 mos total
Screen Name (Real Name): Naturally Pampered (Amanda)
Age: 25 (DH 25)
Current Children and age: one DS age 4, 3/08/2008
Lost Children and Dates: 3/28/2005 & 10/30/2011
Diagnosis: Haven't had any testing
Treatment and meds: N/A
Next Appointment: N/A
Cycles TTC another: Implanon Out May 2011, BFP September 2011, M/C October 2011, Actively trying with no luck since loss.
Screen Name (Real Name): ingrid5699 (Ingrid)
Age (DH): 41 (ME) 37
Current Children and age: Patrick, 5 years, Aurelia 3 years
Lost Children and dates: triplets Nov. 2004, baby B May 2006, latest little angel 2'12
Diagnosis: Me: endometriosis and immunological issues, DH: male factor
Treatment and Meds: fresh IVF #9 done, too many meds to list
Next appointment: retrieval was May 31st, transfer set for June 4th
Cycles TTC another: never prevented, 3 FET failures, 1 fresh cycle failure, one m/c after the 2nd fresh cycle this time around
Screen Name (Real Name): finleyjudemommy (Susan)
Age (DH): 47 (ME) 36
Current Children and age: B/G twins 6 and YDD 4
Lost Children and dates: M/C March 04, M/C June 09, Chemical Feb 10 and stillborn October 10
Next appointment: Need to get my thryoid under control before I can move on...hopeful that will be soon. Hopefully will be able to start Lupron as soon as next cycle starts.
Cycles TTC another: Entirely too many to count
Screen Name (Real Name): lalakiwi7 (Liesl - pronounced leesal)
Age (SO): 26 and hubby is 26, Happily married for 6 yrs. Together for 11.
Current Children and age: Noah is our oldest, adopted lil man - 6yrs old. Frances is our first born who just turned 3.
Lost child: early losses 7/2011 & 11/2007
Diagnosis: Stage four endometriosis
Treatment and meds: Just had endo surgery in Jan and finished three rounds of depot lupron. Now waiting for AF. After that Femera 5mg, HCG trigger, and progesterone after O and decadron.
Next Appointment: Will be a follie scan CD 12 once I start AF again.
TTC: Since Francy was a baby.... more than 2.5 years
Screen Name (Real Name): love4leon (Rebecca)
Age: 37 (DH 38)
Current Children and age: Winnie 5 years
Diagnosis: Endometriosis (Me) DH diagnosed with Low sperm count, low motility, and liquidation. 5/11 diagnosed with testicular cancer. Finished chemo August 2011
Treatment and meds: IUI done 1/2/2011, 2/5/2011, 3/2011, 4/2011 Clomid days 5-9, trigger shot and IUI on 2/14/2012,IVF starts June- Egg retrieval June 20th
Next Appointment: June 8th
Cycles TTC another: 27 cycles, but well over 2 years (took a break during cancer treatments
Screen Name (Real Name): carlaross (Carla)
Age: 36, DH 39
Current children and ages: Zach 17, Jarrod 16, Griffin 2 (12-28-09)
Diagnosis: DH had vasectomy '99 (previous marriage), reversal 3/09. Immediately (9 days after surgery) and had my LO 12-28-09. Never used birth control, began TTC another immediately after 1st PPAF, 8/10. After 15 cycles, we began a fertility workup and were devastated to find out he has complete scarring of the reversal site and a zero sperm count.
Cycles TTC another: since Aug 2010
Next appointment: January 9 (with my ob/gyn to begin my fertility workup and discuss options)
Screen Name (Real Name): slimy72 (Laurel)
Age: 28 Dh 30
Current Children and age: DS 3yo
Lost Children and Dates: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011
Diagnosis: Endometriosis, do not ovulate regularly. Dh- MS, Celiacs, Ulcerative colitis, low count, poor morphology and motility, but that is suspected due to current medications, will be re-evaluated once off them.
Treatment and meds: Clomid, provera, prometrium, baby aspirin and a host of supplements and vitamins. Laprascope '09, lupron shots '09
Next Appointment: simmering for now, waiting for dh to be off meds before we schedule anything.
Cycles TTC another: 4 1/2 yrs for DS, 2 1/2 yrs so far for #2.
Screen name (Real Name): Melmonkey (Mel)
Age: me - 34, hubby - 35
Children and ages: girl almost 18 months
Losses: none
Diagnosis: unexplained
Treatment: Clomid 50mg cd 3-7
Next Appt: don't have one, hopefully in the next few months we'll be doing OB/Gyn appts again!
Cycles TTC another: AF showed Dec 2010....we have not prevented since then....
Screen Name (Real Name): sdavis514 (Sarah)
Age: 31 (DH 32)
Current Children and age: one DS age 4 1/2
Lost Children and Dates: none
Diagnosis: We were NTNP for 4 years, diagnosed with PCOS in 2003 and put on clomid from 9/04-1/05, no results, took break and became pregnant with DS with no intervention in Aug 2006. Recent blood work suggested no insulin resistance. Clomid again 9/11-1/12. BFNs IUI cycle in April - BFN
Treatment and meds: Clomid 100 mg cd 3-9, ovidrel trigger shot and progesterone suppositories
Next Appointment: Call when AF shows and start clomid, u/s cd 12 to check follicle sizes
Cycles TTC another: NTNP for 4 years, Actively TTC since Jan 11
Screen Name (Real Name): JCPACandMommy (Carissa)
Age: 31 (DH 35)
Current Children and age: one DS age3.5
Lost Children and Dates: none
Diagnosis: PCOS as of Jan '12 but I am ovulating
Treatment and meds: Femara 5mg once daily CD4-8,Metfomin 500mg 3x dialy, Prenatal Daily, HCG trigger ~CD12
Next Appointment: May 30 US for Folllie check then Trigger then IUI
Cycles TTC another: Mirena Out April 5, 2011 was NTNP till Aug, then active TTC since then with No luck we are on Cycle #8
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Screen Name (Real Name): yellowitchgrl (Sarah)
Age: 30 (husband 34)
Current Children and age: Andrew-7, Luke-4
Lost Children and Dates: Zach (15w, 7/09), Toby (12w, 12/09), Simon (14w, 6/11)
Diagnosis: I'm perfectly healthy, so are the babies (except they're dead)
Treatment and meds: Praying and some extra folic acid (my idea, not docs)
Next Appointment: Not bothering.
Cycles TTC another: Not trying, but not preventing either
Screen Name (Real Name): Psylion (Alanna)
Age (DH): 37 (ME) 38
Diagnosis:high FSH and DOR
Treatment and meds: this will be our third injectables cycle with iui, the first two were with letrozole and menopur and this one is just menopur and metformin
Current Children and age: Sequoia is 4 1/2
Lost Children and dates: early MC 2/12
Next appointment: ?
Cycles TTC another: we only prevented a few months since DD was born
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Screen Name (Real Name): GracieMak'sMama (Sara)
Age: 22 (DH 23)
Current Children and age: one DD age 2(almost)
Diagnosis: Unexplained Infertility
Treatment and meds: Natural diet
Cycles TTC another: Almost a full year.
EDD: Oct 9th
12 weeks: 3/26
Lurkers/Waiting to TTC/Graduates/Cheerleaders
Screen Name (Real Name): amyltc (Amy)
Age: 28 my Dh is 32
Current Children and age: DD1 Allie, age 6, DD2 Hannah age 3
Lost Children and dates: none
Diagnosis: Endometriosis, surgery to remove 9/14/10, tipped uterus, mostly unexplained infertility, subclinical hypothyroidism Meds: Femara days 2-7, 150 iu Bravelle days 7,9,11, HCG trigger,levothyroxin (thyroid)
Next appointment: IUI April 18th
Cycles TTC another: 21 cycles of active TTC, no BC since our 3 yo was born.
Screen name (Real Name): Fleece Be With You (Jessica)
Age: 24
Children and ages: Hunter, born 9-18-09
Losses: none
Diagnosis: Celiac disease (unconfirmed, but a safe assumption at this point)
Treatment: Very limited version of GAPS diet, digestive enzymes, vitamin supplements
Next Appt: Seeing my chiropractor next week to look into my cortisol/adrenal issues.
Cycles TTC another: We haven't been preventing since Hunter was born.
Screen Name (Real Name): Harmony96 (Andrea)
Age: 33 (DH 31)
Current Children and age: DD (5), DS (29m)
Lost Children and Dates: ^i^ DS 11/27/11-12/24/11
Diagnosis: No official diagnosis, but currently having short luteal phases (6-7 days). Probably is just what my body "does" for its first few postpartum cycles.
Treatment and meds: Prenatal, folic acid, iron, several other supplements. Also trying to eat right and exercise (and hopefully lose about 15 pounds, but none of that has happened yet).
Next Appointment: N/A
Cycles TTC another: Lost baby was a c-section, had VBAC consult in March '12 and was told we could go ahead and try again if we felt ready.
Screen Name (Real Name): Hannah Elise (errr.. Hannah... hehe)
Age: 23, and dh is 22
Diagnosis: non-celiac gluten intolerant, malabsorption of nutrients
Treatment and meds: Gluten-free diet. Supplementing with Metagest (stomach acids and enzymes to improve proper digestion), aloe vera gel, and probiotics. Current Children and age: Asher (aka "Wee Goon"), 12.5 months
Cycles: 12/4/11, 1/12/12, 2/11/12, 3/20/12
Screen Name (Real Name): Vegan Princess (Cindy)
Age (SO):32
Current Children and age: Child 1: 2.5 yrs
Lost Children and dates: Chemical pregnancy (11/10), miscarriage at 9.5 weeks (5/11), possible chemical pregnancy (9/11)
Diagnosis: Diminished ovarian reserve for me. Moderate or severe male factor (depending on who you ask) for DH
Treatment and Meds:Beginning 2nd IUI cycle w/5mg femara, ovidrel trigger and prometrium. Will do this cycle and one more IUI and then meet with doctor to discuss IVF or using donor egg. - Moved to IVF
Next appointment: Follicle scan on 9/ 29. IUI on 10/1 or thereabouts. Will meet with RE to discuss game plan again in November.
Cycles TTC another: Had IUD removed 4/10 but really have been trying since 6/10.
Screen name (Real Name): heatherlovesCD's (Heather)
Age: me - 33, hubby - 38
Children and ages: boy 6, Twins girl/boy 4, Twins boy/boy 22 months.
Losses: March '07
Diagnosis: severe male factor infertility
Treatment: IVF/FET, 1 fresh IVF cycle = 1 boy. FET's = 1 early m/c, 2 sets of twins, 1 BFN
Cycles TTC another: I don't keep track. We have been TTC since 11/10.
Due date: Oct 15th
Date I'll be 12wks: 4/2/12
Screen Name (Real Name): Sillyutalktome (Jeanette)
Age: 30 (DH 29)
Current Children and age: Dd - M - 6/08
Lost Children and Dates: Etopic 7/09 (8 weeks) Possible chemical 6/10
Diagnosis: tubal infertility & male factor
Treatment and meds:1st IVF 10/18/11 BFN, FET planned for January
Screen Name (Real Name): Wordmama (Lucy)
Lost children: 8 early miscarriages, Libi (8 week ectopic, March 2011)
Diagnosis: Damaged right tube for me, poor morphology for DH
Treatment and meds:Prayer, maca, zinc
Cycles TTC another: Over a year
EDD: June 18, 2012
Screen Name (Real Name): Dewberri (joy)
Lost Children and dates: Dec. 2010 (6 wks); June 2011 (Kayle(e), 11wks)
Diagnosis: ANA, nonspecific
Treatment: Aspirin daily, Progesterone till 10 weeks
EDD: June 14, 2012
Screen Name (Real Name):Liz*RN*BSN (Elizabeth)
Lost Children: 5 early m/c
Diagnosis: PCOS, Recurrent Miscarriage, Factor 5 Leiden Clotting Disorder
Treatment and meds: Lovenox, Baby Aspirin, Metformin, PNV, Endometrin TTC: Over 1 year
Screen Name (Real Name): Meldo (Melissa)
Losses: 1
Diagnosis: DH has low sperm count/motility. Both of our kids were IVF/ICSI babies.
Cycles TTC another: It's our 8th (and last) IVF cycle.
EDD: May 1, 2012
Last edited by Love4leon; 06-18-2012 at 06:43 AM.
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Re: Blessed with children, Struggling for more Week of June 11th
Hi everyone...Just waiting around for today's beta...U/S scheduled for next Wednesday at 4:30.....
Susan, laundry doing , dish doing SAHM to twins F&J , A , 1 year old M, 3 early M/C's and Baby Jack born sleeping 10/22/10
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Love4leon - Be careful taking menopur. It BURNS so take it slowly. I actually think that doing it IM is a bit better but I think menopur can only be done Sub Q. I have taken menopur and repronex (repronex IM). Good luck on Wednesday!
lalakiwi7 - Good luck today! :crossedfingers:
slimy72 - Wow! That is impressive that your DH is doing all that to give you a good chance this month! I really hope it works!
ChihuahuaMama13 - Glad your DH is doing a bit better! :crossedfingers: that you caught the egg this month!
Maddalena - Welcome April! Good luck getting your AF!
yellowitchgrl - I hope everything went well today.
finleyjudemommy - Good luck with your beta today! :good vibes:
AFM - TMI alert!! I am still hoping that I get my AF today. I got my runny poo that normally comes with AF this morning so that would be good. I would rather have this test on Wednesday then on Thursday. Thursday I have to pick veggies and stuff from the farm and so I don't want to do that in the heat of the day! Yuck! So we will have to see. Hopefully if AF doesn't come today it holds off till Wednesday. Friday I don't have to do anything and that is good.
Jennifer (39) - Wife since 12/2003 with 5 children - 3 waiting for me in heaven , and 2 delighting me everyday ! Lymphoma survivor and mother to baby born post pelvic radiation!
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I knew I was a thread killer!
Is it just me or do you know people without multiples that have been married for longer then you have been TTC with more kids then you have? A friend of mine just posted on Facebook that she has her 5 year anniversary today. She has 2 children. I have been in TREATMENT to TTC for longer then she has been married and she has more living children then I do. I don't know if this makes me feel old or just sad. I was in high school with her at the same grade level so maybe I am just sad?
Jennifer (39) - Wife since 12/2003 with 5 children - 3 waiting for me in heaven , and 2 delighting me everyday ! Lymphoma survivor and mother to baby born post pelvic radiation!
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Hey mamas! On my way back from a little vacation in St. Louis, MO! 10dpo and just waiting out to test! I will test Saterday that way if it is positive I can give DH the best ever Fathers day gift....a BFP... FX and : pray:
Carissa~ Married to my Bestfriend and Soulmate Scott and Mommy to Aiden (04/10/08) TTC #2 after the loss of Blighted Ovum and Ectopic on Rt Ovary(10/25/12) and Blighted Ovum (07/28/13)
planning to and #2
Expecting our RAINBOW July 16, 2014!
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Re: Blessed with children, Struggling for more Week of June 11th
Today's number is 2311 from 969 on Friday. No more blood draws. US next Wednesday....
Susan, laundry doing , dish doing SAHM to twins F&J , A , 1 year old M, 3 early M/C's and Baby Jack born sleeping 10/22/10
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Carissa, that would be so awesome. I had hoped to be pregnant by now so it is sad to let holidays go by without that little someone growing inside.
I have an appt. tomorrow! Will post with update. It will be a mock transfer and also more info on the particulars of the IVF....hopefully some dates so I can have that feeling of moving ahead rather than being in limbo.
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Susan- That is wonderful news!!! I can't wait for your ultrasound!!!!
Carissa- Fingers crossed for you!!!
Jacqueline- It is good to know that I'm not alone in feeling this way about IVF. It is really hard to put all those emotions into words. I can't wait to hear how your appointment goes!!!
Jennifer- We have friends that just pop out babies. We've been married longer than they have too and it just surprises me, but I suppose that is just how things go and no one really ever thinks they will be dealing with infertility at some point. I think they are just living life- while we have to put a ton of thought and time into moving forward with ours (know what I mean?)
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JCPACandMommy - I hope you get a good test this week!
jacquelinemarie82 - Good luck today! I hope you get some dates! :crossedfingers:
Love4leon - I am in the minority. I told DH that we would have issues conceiving before we got married. He laughed it off. Boy was I right! But you are right that people don't normally think that they will have issues when they get married. I think what hit me most about the Facebook post yesterday was she said she got married in 2007. In 2007 I lost my daughter, then got pregnant in August and lost that baby (also a daughter) in September. I also had a false start to my first IVF (lupron gave me a cyst that restarted me in June). So for me that wasn't that long ago but I guess it was.
AFM - AF showed up first thing this morning. So I called to get my appointment for Thursday and they told me that my doctor is in surgery all day that day. So they are going to call me back. If I still end up going there to do this test on Thursday I will not be happy. I could be picking what I need from the CSA today, but instead I feel like I can't even take a shower because I don't know when they will call me back. :hair pull:
ETA My appointment is on Friday now. We miss playgroup for DS but he gets to have fun on the farm on Thursday... he may even see a friend or 2 there. So that will be good.
Jennifer (39) - Wife since 12/2003 with 5 children - 3 waiting for me in heaven , and 2 delighting me everyday ! Lymphoma survivor and mother to baby born post pelvic radiation!
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Re: Blessed with children, Struggling for more Week of June 11th
Carissa~ Married to my Bestfriend and Soulmate Scott and Mommy to Aiden (04/10/08) TTC #2 after the loss of Blighted Ovum and Ectopic on Rt Ovary(10/25/12) and Blighted Ovum (07/28/13)
planning to and #2
Expecting our RAINBOW July 16, 2014!
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Hahaha i got one of the 'common' colours though... Loving it so far just want it mapped now.. Got the ST2 with sport pack - has everything the zetec s did apart from reverse sensors. I actually drove worse with the sensors though as i just relied on them! Should defo have a meet.
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jd_james replied to Peterjones's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubPretty sure you get a jack sure its a legal requirement - haven't actually checked mine! And yeah there are jacking positions same as any of the other fiesta's. You can swindle the ST mats from them, i tried and failed and just got fiesta ones (since they just want to sell you the car) but give it a try , definitely don't pay for them though.
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The issue is so common though, must be some crap piping or something if thats the case. I only smelt it in the car. I dont have much of a clue about cars just know i get it too in reverse - never on a level ground only on hills. Strange.
Had it with my current zetec s as well, live on a slight incline smelt like rotten vegetables. Classic sign of the clutch. Took it back to dealership and then eventually replaced clutch on warranty after countless arguments still get it now just can't be arsed with the hassle. Think a lot of fiesta's do it.
Cant find it on the website will have to give them a call tomorrow. Thats with who i bought the car from, however the mrs just got a fiesta from Evans Halshaw and I am tempted to visit them and see what they can do. They have a lower mileage car with all the extras except for sat nav. Surely they'd love to take MY business too! My credit is with Ford Credit Europe guess its a standard procedure, surely i can shop over at Evans Halshaw?
Guys you are all bad influences! I went down there after work today... They're offering me a spirit blue ST-2 with 9K miles for £13995. They are pushing me into the PCP again with it over 3 years as 5 years HP would bump up the price a lot. Only paying an extra 40 quid a month , insurance no more (just checked) but they want 850 up front. Going to get GAP taken off since they hold their price pretty well and hopefully I can get them to reduce that 850 upfront to 500 or less. I'm feeling a bit like > What comes with the ST-2 over the standards though i know there are a few extras I dont think the sport packs on there does that mean the sav nav/DAB/bluetooth isn't?
Ok thats a good indication think you have the same extra's as me just less miles, can you argue that you will take it to another dealer of course offering 500 quid extra etc? I guess you can go to anyone.
Ah thats positive then, my thinking is doing it around September time (thats 18 months in) If i leave it any later I will rack up more miles be in even more negative equity I feel I might want to keep that a bit more as in for at least 3-5 years though. So they offer you a new finance agreement with new milage etc so I could up it to 10K miles. I can see it all costing slightly more but that is to be expected from a better car and owning up to more miles pa. Think I may give the garage a call... Bet interesting to see what they offer for a Zetec S race red 14K, brand new front wheels with a lot of added on extra's :)

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A blog by one of the volunteer reviewers for Geocaching.com. It's about geocaching and the review process -- what it takes to get your new caches listed on the world's most popular geocaching web site. ©Copyright 2012 by K.Braband. All rights reserved
Sunday, June 10, 2007
More about power trails
However, I will say that personally [emphasis on PERSONALLY], I don't see why requiring a series of power trail caches to be set up as a multicache takes anything away from the sport. That way, geocachers still have a bunch of new caches to find and new and interesting locations to view. Plus, there's the added benefit that if it's a multicache, the trail isn't "locked up" by one geocacher's power trail because of the 528-ft. spacing guideline. Therefore, the trail is open to cache placement by future geocachers. That leaves room for the growth of our sport instead of an entire stretch of trail being monopolized by one geocacher.
6 comments:
- Tom said...
Thanks, Ken, for the amplification of your previous remarks. Good points. BGT
- 11:22 PM, June 10, 2007
- Allen said...
Ken, first, I want to thank you for the time you give to doing this job. I know it is not easy and I am in no way trying to make it seem like I do not appriciate the hard work that you do. That being said,
Maybe I missed something,but if I have 20 caches placed every .1 mile it takes 2 miles of the trail. If I make that same group of caches a multi, does it not lock up that same 2 miles from other caches? No one can place a cache within .1 mile of the stages of my multi.
I also thank you for your comments, but I would like to ask, WHO at groundspeak we could find out answers from? I see the power trail guideline as very vague. Paraphrasing the guideline "you can place caches every .1 mile, but you shouldn't just because you can. If you place a group of caches too close, you may be asked to make them a multi." The questions that still have not been answered (and I have tried to get others to answer) is how many is too many and how close is too close?
I know that you are bound by the guideline, but with a guideline that vague, it seems volunteer reviewers can and are interpreting the guidelines in many ways.
- 7:59 AM, June 11, 2007
- Jason said...
"...Plus, there's the added benefit that if it's a multicache, the trail isn't "locked up" by one geocacher's power trail because of the 528-ft. spacing guideline. Therefore, the trail is open to cache placement by future geocachers. That leaves room for the growth of our sport instead of an entire stretch of trail being monopolized by one geocacher."
I didn't know multicaches worked that way, but knowing now, I think this is the most compelling case against powertrails. Would certainly win my support.
- 9:05 AM, June 11, 2007
- Larry said...
A multi can have stages closer than 528 feet from other stages in the same multi. You could put a 10 stage multi in a small amount of space if you wanted to.
Or... you could have the caches that were disapproved because they are considered part of a power trail and convert them to a multi. The multi in this case would "lock up" the trail just as if it were a series of caches because no new cache can be approved within 528 feet of an existing cache or stage.
Larry (CC8C4)
- 4:28 PM, June 11, 2007
- IowaAdmin said...
allen keeps asking -- in a cordial way (thanks!) -- for some specific distance guidelines from me as to what constitutes a power trail. My answer: other than the 528 ft guidelines, there is no specific distance.
You probably already know that geocaches need to be spaced at least 528 feet (.1 miles) apart from other caches or cache stages. But, the cache saturation guideline says more than that. This guideline's ultimate goal is "to reduce the number of caches hidden in a particular area and to reduce confusion that might otherwise result when one cache is found while looking for another." Thus, even for caches within a group of caches that are more than .1 miles apart, the goal of controlling cache saturation still applies. The guidelines continue by saying:
"On the same note, don't go cache crazy and hide a cache every 600 feet just because you can. If you want to create a series of caches, the reviewer may require you to create a multi-cache, if the waypoints are close together."
If, when reviewing a specific series of caches, I may request that they be combined into a very nice multicache. If the owner disagrees, I'll ask why he or she believes that each cache stands on its own as an independent geocache that complies with the cache saturation guidelines. What is so different about points A and B that two geocaches are needed to get people to visit the area? Or, are the containers and hiding techniques different enough that both caches stand on their own merits even if separated by such a short distance? Any insight that the owner can provide would be taken into consideration.
I would also be happy to discuss other alternatives, such as moving a cache a bit farther away, or eliminating one or more of the caches hidden. Finally, it would also help to know your future plans for this area. If you want to add more caches in the vicinity, I'd like to know that.
(My thanks to fellow reviewer Keystone for letting me borrow and edit some of his wording for this comment.)
- 8:37 PM, June 12, 2007
- calebpublic said...
Re: Power trails - we were first introduced to them while doing a bike trip. We found a ton of caches along this bike trail, so we loaded up the gear and set out.
What did we find? Nothing but mag key holders on guard rails every 550'. It was the stupidest thing I have ever seen. Yeah, we logged all the finds, but were hugely disappointed. We would have done something else on the day had we know this was our destination.
But a funny thing about the whole "lock-out" thing - I despise lamp post micro's (and, well, guardrail micro's for no reason). Thus the whole "Always" series just irks me. So what did I do? They're building a new wal mart in my home town. I got landowner permission from surrounding businesses and placed a 5-stage multi-cache around the perimeter of this under-construction Wal Mart for the sole purpose of making it impossible for an Always cache to be placed on their premesis. People around here love my cache (not a single micro at any stage). ROTFL.
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Saturday, January 10, 2009
Chocolate Babka
In January, Jim and I always host Saturday morning open houses for our neighbors. We keep it very simple: coffee, tea, juice for the kids, doughnuts, and something that I make. (Last week I made espresso muffins, which I didn't bother to post about because they weren't very exciting). This week I made chocolate babka. That was exciting.
Apparently a lot of people who grew up somewhere other than northern Indiana have fond memories of their neighborhood bakery's babka. There was a bakery in our little town, but it sure never made babka. Neither did anyone else I knew. Like a lot of midwestern people, I first heard of babka in the babka Seinfeld episode. I first tasted Breadsmith's version. In fact, that was the only version I had ever tasted until I made this one. This babka, a recipe from epicurious.com, is softer, richer, and substantially more buttery and chocolatey than Breadsmith's. In fact, it bears about the same relation to "bread" as champagne bears to water. It is obscenely delicious but it wouldn't do on a long-term basis to sate your hunger.
The dough is very soft and sticky, with a lot of butter and eggs. It's so unlike a regular bread dough that you don't even make it with the bread hook attachment.
Although there are three teaspoons of yeast in the dough, it was a reluctant riser. It may have been the chilly January kitchen or the dough may just be so heavy that it doesn't like much activity, but it took longer to rise than the 90 minutes claimed by the recipe. That meant that I had to stay up past my bed time to get it shaped.
This was fun. For such a rich, buttery dough, it handled beautifully and rolled out into a 10 x 18-inch rectangle with no trouble at all. The dough rectangle is brushed with butter and sprinkled with chopped bittersweet chocolate (I think I might try grating it next time) and a few tablespoons of sugar.
After the dough is rolled up, you make it into a circle and then twist it a few times. It's supposed to look like a double 8. I couldn't really envision this, but I just twisted a few times, which is a little risky because the rolled-out dough is fairly thin and the chopped chocolate has sharp edges, so you could easily rip the dough, resulting in leaking butter and melted chocolate. Unless you're a master babka maker, there's no way to avoid a certain amount of leakage, but you'd rather not invite it. I believe this is why the recipe instructs you to prepare each loaf pan by lining it with two sheets of parchment paper. I didn't really like this idea--I thought that the weight of the bread would straighten out the paper, but it didn't work all that well, so you end up with a misshapen loaf.
At this point, I put the shaped loaves in the refrigerator, with instructions to Jim to take them out immediately when he got up. I was sure he'd forget, even though he left a giant note to himself to TAKE BREAD OUT OF REFRIGERATOR!!!. I was so sure he'd forget that I got up earlier than I wanted to so I could do it myself and chastise him for forgetting. He had remembered, however, so I was all at sixes and sevens because I was still sleepy and I couldn't berate him. Not a good way to start a weekend.
On the plus side, though, all I had to do was wait for the loaves to come to room temperature and pop them in the oven. Then came the only part that did not quite work out as planned. The recipe says to bake until the bottom sounds hollow when tapped. Do you see the problem with this method? You can't be doing any bread-bottom-tapping until you've already taken the bread out of the pan. And if it turns out that you've misjudged, the bread collapses. At this point, you can tap it and find out that it doesn't sound hollow, but a fat lot of good that does.
If I had made only one loaf, I would have been quite despondent at this point, but there was, fortunately, a second loaf, which stayed in the oven for another five or ten minutes. It got quite a bit browner on top, but it emerged in one piece when I took it from the pan.
There was only about ten minutes for the intact loaf to cool before guests started arriving, and, of course, the smell of bread and chocolate drew people into the kitchen. When they spotted the babka, they wanted some. This week, the doughnuts played second fiddle to the babka.
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OMG. I'm inspired. Looks delicious. And I love the idea of an open house!
- Melinda said...
Very nice! This looks like something I would like to make.
I wonder why Rose doesn't have a recipe for Babka?
Poor ole' Jim. He does the right thing and still gets it wrong for being trustworthy and dependable.
Poor ole' Jim.
- Doughadear said...
I remember this babka well. I made it about one year ago and it is still memorable. I found the dough to be quite easy to work with even though it was quite soft. The babka was so tender and decadent with all that butter and the chocolate filling. Didn't it remind you of a great big chocolate croissant. I am sure it was quite a treat for all your friends.
- breadbasketcase said...
Oh, do try it--as long as you're sure to bake it long enough, it's not that difficult. The open houses have been great--they're such a tradition now that the only way Jim and I could escape them is to move, and even then we might not be safe unless we moved to a different state.
You would love it! Rose does have a recipe on her web site, but this one looked easier. Now that I've tried this, I may try Rose's for comparision. I know that you like it when Jim is the hero of my posts, but I prefer him in the role of amiable klutz. My assigned role is the unreasonable martinet who barks out orders, so I think he actually has the better assignment.
- breadbasketcase said...
Yes! That was the most prevalent comment--"This is just like a chocolate croissant, only better because it's still warm!" At first I tried to explain why it wasn't croissant dough, but no one seemed interested, so I stopped talking.
WOW! That babka looks AMAZING! Both of them do, actually. I love the beautiful color. Is it possible to gain weight just looking at this? If so, you are in BIG trouble, Marie :-)
A belated Happy New Year to everyone!
Laura NYC
- breadbasketcase said...
I am pleased to say that you don't gain weight from looking at the picture. In fact, I've been trying to lose weight and have been completely off desserts; I've been at a weight plateau for the last few days. Yesterday I ate two pieces of babka and finally lost weight! So apparently it's an effective diet food. (I may not test this thesis too strongly, however).
- jini said...
oh my goodness marie. i think you've really done it this time. this looks to be the most sinfully delicious to date. this may force to me indulge in baking. it certainly increases the appeal since you say it helped you lose weight! :)
- breadbasketcase said...
When I make something that I love, I always hope other people will try it, so go to it! I think a book called The Chocolate Babka Weight Loss Plan would be a best-seller, don't you?
- evil cake lady said...
Wow that Chocolate Babka looks good. I remember seeing Rose's on her blog and I almost made it right then and there. Nice to know that babka can help you lose weight! I'm totally trying the babka weight loss plan.
- breadbasketcase said...
See? I knew that the babka plan had best-seller written all over it. Too bad mine is all gone so I can't put the theory to the test again.
- Bunny said...
This is decadent! I need to make this! Thank you so much for posting this!
- breadbasketcase said...
It is, and you do. (I like your photo, by the way).
de-lurking to thank you for posting this. it was as good as it looked! for future reference, my loaves came out of the oven at 180 and 182 degrees. the 180 degree loaf was a bit softer (and sank just a bit) just out of the oven, but was also a bit moister the second day.
- breadbasketcase said...
Thanks for the info. I don't know why, but I've really been resistant to the idea of testing by thermometer, but I think it would really have been helpful with this bread.
i understand about not wanting to test by thermometer--it does leave a hole in the bread (although no one complained!). if you have someone to help you, one of you can carefully lift the bread out (using the edges of the parchment paper) while the other one taps the bottom. (that's what i did, since i was guessing that the bread might be ready at 180 degrees or so).


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|2004-09-20, 23:16
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Negima TV SERIES to start in January?
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According to Japanese site Moonphase, a Mahou Sensei Negima TV series, based on Ken Akamatsu's Negima manga, will premiere in January 2005.
Whoo. A tv series instead of short oav and in JANUARY!
|2004-09-29, 17:27
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|2004-09-29, 21:04
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|2004-10-19, 18:40
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From AnimeNewsNetwork
Negima Anime beginning in January (2004-10-19 15:41:30)
Mooh Phase reports that the Mahou Senshi Negima anime will premiere on January 6th at 1:00AM on TV Tokyo. The lead production company for the series is XEBEC. Moon Phase tentatively lists Nagisa Miyazaki as the Director. Mahou Senshi Negima was created by Ken Akamatsu, also known for the Love Hina manga. Source: MoonPhase
Happy New Year! Cool. And since it's 1am and on tv tokyo hopefully none of that TV Fuji Girls Bravo fog for the many bath scenes in it...heh
|2004-10-21, 04:38
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Why don't you guys just download DeathSquad's AVI version of the OVA? That's what I did, so I didn't have to worry about mkv playback problems.
My favorite "set" of characters so far is the "Library Exploration Club", of which Ayase Yue is a part of. The other two in this club are Saotome Haruna (the Yomiko Readman look-alike) and Miyazaki Nodoka (the very obviously "Shinobu-like" character). I like the way Yue and Haruna always keep pressuring the very shy Nodoka to show her true feelings to Negi.
|2004-10-21, 13:09
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Just for some 411 for you guys, the color difference in Asuna's eyes is called heterochromia. It's a rare genetic condition in humans caused by a disease or a syndrome, or due to an injury. It can be relatively hereditary, but it's very common to dogs, cats, and horses.
|2004-10-28, 14:47
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|2004-10-28, 17:59
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cant wait for the series to air, it'll give me something to look forward too in the new year. I have to agree with the dual color eye thing for asuka, it was so distracting when i first saw it. When i read through the Del Ray Mangas i totally forgot about it, (kinda easy when the insides arent colored)
All i can say is im happy that theres a series, but too bad the animation style is kinda well meh.
|2004-10-28, 18:28
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|2004-10-29, 00:35
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Speaking of blackouts, I wonder how they're going to do that scene...
|2004-10-29, 12:29
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Um, I hate to sound disconnected...but whatever happened to the traslated scans of the manga? It was being posted at Anime Waves, translated by Hoshi Manga...but it stalled a long time ago at Vol 1 Chapter 4.
I am uneasy with the idea of an OAV, but it's always possible to do a good one.
In the teaser, I didn't see Miyazaki-san, the girl who's shyly stalking Negi and takes him to the library. She HAS to be in this for it to work. It would be like leaving Shinobu-chan out of Love Hina.
|2004-10-29, 13:33
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I suppose they hadn't decided on a seiyuu for Nodoka when the intro came out. She's my favourite character by far. (Shinobu-type plus bibliophile... hanyaaaan.)
|2004-10-29, 16:39
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1 Aisaka Sayo (Shiratori Yuri) Narusegawa Mei in Love Hina
2 Akashi Yuuna (Kimura Madoka) Haruna Hitoe in My Merry May
3 Asakura Kazumi (Sasagawa Ayana) first debut in Negima
4 Ayase Yue (Kuwatani Natsuko) Urashima Kanako in Love Hina
5 Izumi Ako (Yamakawa Kotomi) Mary in Gadguard
6 Okouchi Akira (Yamamoto Azumi) debut in Negima
7 Kakakizaki Misa (Itou Shizuka) Hasegura Rei in Maria-sama ga Miteru
8 Kagurazaka Asuna (Kanda Akemi) Amakasa Miharu in D.C.~da capo~
9 Kasuga Misora (Bandou Ai) first debut in Negmia
10 Karakuri Chachamaru (Watanabe Akeno) Sena Robin in Witch Hunter Robin
11 Kugimiya Madoka (Deguchi Mami) first debut in Negima
12 Ku Fei (Tanaka Hazuki) first debut in Negima
13 Konoe Konaka (Nonaka Ai) Katase Shima in Uchuu no Stellvia
14 Saotome Haruna (Ishige Sawa) Paiway Underberg in Vandread
15 Sakurazaki Setsuna (Kobayashi Yuu) Aoba Dandou in DANDOH!!
16 Sasaki Makie (Horie Yui) Narusegawa Naru in Love Hina
17 Shiina Sakurako (Oomae Akane) Chihiro in Azumanga Daioh
18 Tatsumiya Mana (Sakuma Miho) first debut in Negima
19 Chao Rinshen (Oosawa Chiaki) Sakura in Street Fighter ZERO
20 Nagase Kaede (Shiraishi Ryouko) Konoike Chiaki in Tenjo Tenge
21 Naba Chizuru (Kobayashi Misa) Chihiro in Hi no Tori
22 Narutaki Fuuka (Koyama Kimiko) Onigawara Mao in Rikujou Boetai Mao-chan
23 Narutaki Fumika (Kanou Mari) first debut in Negima
24 Hakase Satomi (Kadowaki Mai) Yoshida Mayu in Kono Minikukute Utsukushii Sekai
25 Hasegawa Chisame (Shimura Yumi) first debut in Negima
26 Evangeline A.K. McDowell (Matsuoka Yuki) Kasuga Osaka Ayumu in Azumanga Daioh
27 Miyazaki Nodoka (Noto Mamiko) Toudou Shimako in Maria-sama ga Miteru
28 Murakami Natsumi (Aizawa Mai) first debut in Negima
29 Yukihiro Ayaka (Minagawa Junko) Echizen Ryoma of Prince of Tennis
30 Yotsuba Satsuki (Inoue Naomi) first debut in Negima
31 Zazie Rainyday (Inokuchi Yuka) Kamishiro Rin in Maburaho
So You can see Nodoka is being voiced by Noto Mamiko who voices Shimako in Maria-Sama, and some of he other recent voice roles were Nina Fortner/Anna in Monster, Yuka in Elfen Lied, Yukinari(MALE) in Girls Bravo, and Yakumo in School Rumble.
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I've felt this way for a while now. But I understood going with Lynch given Lynch's popularity and the divided nature of the last few Flynnicists. But that time has come and gone. Over the last few weeks, this city and fan base is fully behind RW. Time to let him hear it.


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Advent Calendar - Christmas Gifts
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Feels like home... could be our three daughters!ReplyDelete
Welcome to the GeneaBloggers family. Hope you find the association fruitful; I sure do. I have found it most stimulating, especially some of the Daily Themes.
May you keep sharing your ancestor stories!
Dr. Bill ;-)
Author of "13 Ways to Tell Your Ancestor Stories" and family saga novels:
"Back to the Homeplace" and "The Homeplace Revisited"
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|2006-03-11, 23:01
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can u all post all the address of the last time Image Requests (Wallpapers, Screen shots, GIFs, etc.) thread as i rebooted n lost the address of the wallpaper/backround . One of the background/wallpaper in the web site is the gundam seed image where the one who died become angel... thx
|2006-04-07, 13:53
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actually i got the pics from here
they're pro fllay.
say does anyone have the edited pic of kira choking lacus.
|2006-04-07, 16:01
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Can somebody please make me an avatar-size gif of the scene in Gundam Seed, near the end, when Freedom is fighting Providence. Scene where Freedom (already missing a right arm) pulls out the "light saber" and flys right at the screen. The scene is in Episode 50 of Gundam Seed, from 18:40 to 18:43.
|2006-04-09, 06:20
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Warp, send me your email addy I found a Meer wall for you but I just can't get it to upload into my photobucket account...
Now, if any would be glad to post links where to find these cute SEED icons...I NEED to have a Moon Goddess Lacus and a blue concert outfit Lacus one for my collection...
|2006-04-09, 09:37
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these are 240x320 pixel QVGA resolution cellphone wallpapers that will work with phones that have a screensize/resolution that matches. I made a bunch of these for the users on howardforums.com but thought i'd share.
Phones i know offhand that have this screensize and resolution include the samsung D600, T809, A900, Sharp 902,903,904, Panasonic VS series phones.
There are probably more i can't think of, anyways enjoy.
|2006-04-11, 17:28
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Where can i find gundam screenshots ><
I am making a gundam game (more on that later...), and i'd like this game to look nice you know. So I'd like to put in screenshots from gundam (mobile suit gundam) but i cant find any. I cant find a site that has them, i cant even find a screenshot period actually. I know that shows kinda dead, but that doesnt mean ppl hav to stop watching it and making screenshots =/.
so does anyone know where I can get gundam screenshots?
i am serious i tried hard
|2006-04-15, 19:40
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Hello. I am requesting for a gif of episode 39. Where SF launched DRAGOONS to destroy ZAFT ships. I will specifically said the parts I want.
I want the first gif staring from the launch of DRAGOONS from Strike Freedom AND end with the flying of DRAGOONS in space.
I want the second one in the same episode. I want it start right after the first gif I have requested. And end at the scene where ZAFT ships are shot by DRAGOONS.
I am a noob who lost all files of GSD, so I do not know exact time. But I know it happens very near the ending of 39th episode. I said "I want" because I don't know any other way to say it. Thank you for reading my post. And I ask you to make it for me please.
Please make both gifs in the maximum size that Animesuki allows for avis. And please also make both in the size of 150 x 113 as well. AND please try to not to include any subtitles. Thank you so much.
|2006-04-26, 19:46
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Just recently found..
out this site was hacked and after Gundam Seed Destiny finished, I haven't visited this site in awhile. I apologize for not remembering all the names of the people that posted in famous topics (e.g Ridiculous Picture Thread, Episode #xx Details, etc.) I lost my posts and all the PMs that I've received. Thus, I'm asking you all (I forgot your names ) that sent me that pic of Lacus wearing her beautiful outfit (the one she's wearing each commercial break) to please resend it if you still have it.
I hope everyone's back too.
|2006-04-27, 11:23
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Tsubasa No Kami
Um, do you want the Lacus pic in that commercial break pose or do you want a Lacus pic with just that gown on in any background or pose?
I made a sig here, but it's over the KB limit of the forum (sorry I know it looks ridiculous but I'm a noob in sig making, so there...^^; ):
Here's the pic I got it made from:
It's so hard to find Lacus Moon Goddess pics...I'll try to post some pics here if I ever find more of them.
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Sasha Answers: Holiday gathering guest list
Hi- I am trying to figure out if it's too rude to exclude certain guests from my Xmas family gathering.
My brother is divorced and has a young daughter. He and I are not that close and he can be dry and sort of obnoxious at times. He has a girlfriend. She is nice enough. His girlfriend has young adult children. Last year when I invited my brother and his girlfriend to Xmas eve, at my house- the girlfriend invited her daughter who I met that day. And the daughter invited her boyfriend. I didn't say no to her coming for Xmas dinner bc I wasn't even given a chance.
So this year my brother wants to hang again. I don't want to host his extended "family". Is there a tactful way to handle this?
I want to have your back on this, I really do, but I can't. Anything I could suggest as tactful in this instance could just come off as tacky.
I've been brought up to think that it's really the more the merrier over the holidays. My mom has always drilled it into my head that no one should ever be left alone or excluded. Now, of course this rule doesn't apply to disrespectful and/or annoying a-holes, but from what you've told me R, this doesn't seem to be the case. All that seems to be happening is that there are a couple of extra teenagers at the dinner table. So what's the big deal?
And while I'm being upfront, I also think you might want to reassess the vibe you're giving off, because it doesn't sound too festive. Sure, your bro might not be your best bud, but the fact that he wants to spend some time with you is really sweet and honestly what the holidays are all about.
So pull out a few extra chairs, make a bit more stuffing, and crack a smile. Happy Holidays!