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"My friend's daughter lives in CA. She broke up with her boyfriend. She had a fight with him over cheating, and slapped him. He called the police who arrested her for assault. The DA's office said they will drop the charge."
"My son in law's sister Clea went to college. She failed a few courses. In her senior year she moved off campus, and partied a lot. She ended up failing three out of four courses the first semester. She never finished, and did not get a diploma."
My coworker is a health nut. She got into drinking green tea instead of coffee. One day her dentist noticed a slight green tinge in her teeth. She was told it was the green tea. Now all she drinks is water.
"My daughter's old college friend Sue is a lesbian. She got married in 2014. Last year, my daughter heard from another friend, Sally. Sally claimed Sue made a pass at her, despite being married. My daughter said some of the group have started staying away from Sue."
My sister in law never throws things away. She had a heavy 1950 carpet sweeper. It still worked. I tried to sell it on eBay for her but was unsuccessful. She kept it in her closet.
"Sally worked as a part time clerk in my wife's company. She had a master's degree from Boston College. She did not a good job, claiming the work was beneath her. She did so badly the company's owner fired her. Sally is still not working, according to her social media posts."
"My son in law's aunt, Sally was recently evicted. She had not paid her rent in a year. Sally and her adult son moved in with her mother. Sally's sister, who owns the apartment, was not pleased. She asked Sally to move out by the end of the month."
My daughter's girlfriend got arrested last night. She had recently broken up with her boyfriend. She found out he was cheating on. She reached for his phone and slapped him. He called the police and had her arrested.
My former coworker became a fitness trainer. She lost a lot of friends to drugs. Last week she posted on Facebook that she was in a benefit run. Funds were to go to addiction treatment. I donated $25.
My wife drove home from work the other day. She said she put the windshield wiper on for a minute. The wiper left a big black mark on the windshield. She got some Windex and sprayed the windshield. She was able to erase the mark.
One Saturday night my wife went down to get the mail. She saw our neighbor Charlotte in the lobby. Charlotte lives in the same building. Charlotte had locked herself out and was waiting for a locksmith. We invited her into our apartment to wait.
"My niece lives in Greenfield, MA. She used to go to Maine every summer with her parents. This year she started working. As a result, she could go to Maine for only a few days. She said she did like growing up."
"My sister in law's son moved to the suburbs. She wants to visit, but hates highway driving. I told her the commuter rail train stops five minutes away. She told me she does not like mass transit. I told her the train was comfortable, to no avail."
"My friend's mother was disinherited. She was a Pole who married an Italian. Her father was very well to do. Later in life, he reconciled with his daughter. When he died, he left her $1,000,000."
My coworker went to Cancun in 1992. She was a senior in high school. When she got to Cancun she stood on her hotel balcony. She saw her boyfriend flirting with another girl. She broke up with him.
My wife sent me a text message. She was at the supermarket and asked for any requests. I was away from the phone and did not see the message. She came home without any treat for me. I told her I was on a diet anyway.
"My coworker Sheila was thin when she started in 1985. She was attractive and dated several men. In 1990 she married and left our workplace. She came by to visit in 1995, 40 pounds heavier. Her old boyfriends were shocked."
"My daughter's college roommate went to a party. She was drinking on the street. The police asked her to go inside. She kept drinking and got arrested. She spent a night in jail, but charges were dropped."
"My wife went to get a pedicure last Saturday. She was gone for two hours. She returned without getting a pedicure. She said the wait was too long, and went shopping instead. She bought me frappachino, and I was happy."
"Our coworker Linda was married. She was told she could never have children. She overate to compensate for her sadness. One day, she got pregnant, and had a normal baby. She had another one a few years later, and is very happy."
"Our new administrative assistant was a large woman. She weighed over 300 pounds. Her first day, she went to the restroom. She came back and said the bowl cracked when she sat on it. We were supportive and did not laugh at her."
Our cat used to ask for a second feeding at eleven am. She would tap me to remind me to feed her. When the hot weather arrived she got very slow. Today she did not ask for her meal until 4:30. I think she will change after the heat wave.
"My sister in law's husband bought wallpaper for his daughter. Ten years later, he started hanging it. He was short by four rolls, and the design was discontinued. His daughter found some stock on eBay. He was very relieved."
"My sister in law had stomach cramps for years. The cramps lasted for two minutes, then went away. She went to several doctors and got confusing diagnoses. Finally a doctor told her to lose 50 pounds. She lost 26 pounds and felt better."
"My wife paid for a limo service for my birthday. The driver arrived late, claiming his GPS was wrong. His car's ac broke down en route to our destination. He texted during driving. We complained about the poor service and got a partial refund."
"A minivan parked in the middle of the driveway in our building. The driver loaded some luggage. He kept the minivan in the driveway. Another car came behind the minivan and waited. After the driver beeped, the minivan drove off."
"My neighbor Dionne had sugar ants in her apartment. The exterminator used ant bait. After a month, she still had ants. They ended up fumigating her unit. She is now free of sugar ants."
My friend's daughter is in a custody battle over her son. The father claims she is bipolar and therefore unfit. She is on medication and is fighting the case. In a deposition she admitted restricting visits as revenge. Her lawyer said this weakens her case.
"In 1995 we went to Cape Cod. The kids collected a lot of seashells. They smelled up the hotel room. We tried cleaning them, to no avail. We threw them out and bought shells from a gift shop."
In 1985 my sister in law repainted her apartment. The management provided free paint. She did not like the way her 10 year old son painted. Her brother in law said the walls needed to cleaned before painting. She cleaned the walls and got better results.
My friend Bill had a colonoscopy recently. The next day he had rectal bleeding. He went to emergency and was admitted. The doctor had nicked him during the procedure. He was in the hospital for two nights.
"I was looking at Facebook. The NY Times posted a quiz issued by a bookstore. It had 50 questions about books and authors. I took the test, scoring 38 out of 50. I was disappointed."
"I sell things on eBay, Amazon, and Craigslist. The other day my friend wanted to sell his sea kayak. His girls had grown up and no longer wanted it. I sold it on Craigslist for $200. My friend was pleased to get some money."
"When I was in high school I went to my first BSO concert. The school let people out early to go the concert on Friday. I went with my friend, a cellist. The orchestra played Brahms and I was very moved. I am 63 and still go to the symphony."
"I went to Boston Latin School in 1965. The teachers had an exam school tradition. You looked to the left and right. You were told only one of the three would graduate. All three of my group graduated, luckily."
My remote control started acting odd this morning. The tv control worked but not the cable. I got new batteries but that did not solve the problem. I found out my metal cane interfered with the remote. I moved the cane away and everything worked.
"My daughter and son in law went to a wedding in 2014. The wedding reception had only vegan appetizers. No dinners were served. My son in law does not eat vegetables, and starved. They had to get subs on the way home from the wedding."
"In 1993, a young couple moved into our building. The woman locked her bike up on a fence. A week later, she told me the bike had been stolen. The building took up a collection and paid for a new bike. She was very moved."
"One day, in 1973 I bumped into some Scientologists. Their center was near my college. They invited me into the center. When I got near the lobby I panicked and left. I have never talked to any Scientologist since that time."
"My friend Sally and her husband took their son to Denver. Their son's futsal team was in a national semifinal. Futsal is an indoor form of soccer. The team lost in the semifinal, and everyone had to go home. Sally and her husband were still very proud."
My daughter wants to buy a big screen tv for her husband. Their tv has a dark stain on the screen. We offered to help with the purchase. She hesitated because the tv is $50 more than she wants to spend. I told her I would pay the extra money with my mTurk earnings.
"My wife went downstairs to mail some letters. There is a toddler play room near the mailbox. It was 9:00 at night, and the air conditioner was on. Since the room was empty, my wife turned off the air conditioner. It was unlikely children would be using the room so late."
"From 2007 to 2008, I read Remembrance of Things Past. There were seven novels in the series. It took me several months of reading, as I had to work. After I read the last book I bought a dozen Madeleines and ate them. Madelines were featured in the book."
"Last year, our building sponsored a cookout. They had a caterer prepare grilled foods. We had ribs, hot dogs, chicken, and hamburgers. They even had an ice cream truck. We did not eat dinner that day."
My daughter's college friend visited her yesterday. They went to school in Boston but live in NYC. The friend brought his six month old to visit. My daughter's two year old played with the baby. They posted photos on Facebook.
"One day, a neighbor left a box of photos by the dumpster. They were old studio photos from the 1920s. I listed some of them on eBay. I sold most of them for a total of $100. I check the dumpster often now."
"I am not a fan of water. Today I went out to sit on the bench. I usually take a bottle of juice. Bottled water was the only item in the refrigerator, so I took it. The drink was actually quite refreshing."
My niece took her boyfriend to visit the family on July 4th. We are from MA and the boyfriend is from Ohio. We suspected they were going to announce an engagement. They did not announce any engagement and said he was only visiting. Everyone was amazed.
"Our 2 year old granddaughter lives in NYC. We are in Boston and do not see her much. Last week we visited her, walking in through a brown door. Yesterday our daughter sent a video of our granddaughter. She was pointing to the door and saying our names."
"My sister in law celebrated her 25th wedding anniversary yesterday. We attended the wedding. My brother, who is Chinese, taped the ceremony. My sister in law's work colleagues made racist remarks. I was outraged when he told me."
"My friend George played the cello in high school in 1968. We belonged to a music appreciation club. One day we decided to feature George in a concert. Classical music was not popular, and only a few people came. George still plays in a local orchestra."
"Yesterday we had takeout dinner. We had just returned from Tanglewood, 120 miles away. We were very tired. We ordered subs from a local pizza shop. I was stuffed after eating only half of a sub."
"We got married in 1981. We honeymooned in Niagara Falls. There were a lot of international tourists about. One day, I wore my Mao jacket. A Chinese man came over a smiled at me, in recognition."
In August of 1991 Hurricane Bob hit the New England area. We live near a small pond with many trees. A lot of branches came down. The young people swam in the pool during the hurricane. They drank and partied there all night.
My wife's phone was full of photos. We ran out of space on iCloud. We did not want to spend money for more storage. My son was able to back up all the photos onto my desktop. My wife is now deleting unwanted photos on her phone.
"One day I played chess with my friend Max. We started playing at 11 PM. The game went on until 1:30 AM. At one point Max's 2 year old woke up and cried. After the interruption, I lost the game."
In 2007 our condo had mice. We used traps and bait. We killed some mice but more came. Our property manager sealed every crack with foam. That kept the mice out for four years.
"When I was eight my parents took us to an amusement park. We went as part of a group from Chinatown. The local political party rented buses and hung flags. On the way there, a flag got loose. My father opened the door and fixed the flag with the bus running."
"I worked with Jane and Mikey in 1975. We worked in a warehouse. One day Jane and Mikey quit and left Boston, and never came back. Forty years later, I found Jane on Facebook. I sent Jane a friend request."
"I drove to Starbucks one morning to get coffee. When I got back to the car I saw it had a flat tire. I called my 12 year old son at home. He brought a pump, riding a skateboard. I was able to fill up the tire enough to drive to a gas station."
I just got the Snapchat App. Yesterday we went to Tanglewood. I brought a selfie stick. I took picture of my wife and myself and put it on Snapchat. My children were very embarrassed.
Doug was in horrible marriage to Robyn. Doug filed for divorce because he was unhappy. Robyn started dating a new man. Doug got the divorce and went out to celebrate. Robyn went out with her new boyfriend and he murdered her.
Doug wanted to be with Nelson but he had a problem. Doug was still married to Robyn who hated his guts. Doug pleaded with Robyn for a divorce but she said no. Doug pleaded with Nelson to wait and asked him to be patient. Doug is now with Nelson because they killed Robyn.
I wondered how an old friend was doing the other day. I called the number I had for him but it was disconnected. I called 411 and got a new number for my friend. I dialed the number and his receptionist answered. Now I know for sure my old friend is doing just fine.
I heard Samantha Stevens starred on the Twilight Zone show. I did not believe it and started digging for information. I binge watched tv episodes of The Twilight Zone Show. I studied the tv screen very closely. I learned that Samatha the tv which did star in the Twilight Zone.
I discovered a woman will be running for president. I researched her background to see where she stands on the issues. I rather liked her progressive agenda. I decided I want to vote for a woman for US president. I registered to vote and I will vote for her in November.
I needed to make some extra money so I searched the internet for jobs. I discovered I could make money taking surveys on the internet. I signed up on a website called Tell Me What You Think. I completed and turned in ten surveys today. The site paid three dollars and fifty cents.
A boy and his large dog walked towards me earlier today. I froze in my tracks because I am scared of dogs. The boy said come on my dog does not bite. I tried walking pass them but the dog bit me on the leg. Now I am at the hospital getting 50 rabies shots.
I wondered how merchandising worked. I immediately researched the topic on the internet. I learned I needed a story and a product. I wrote an ebook where my main character sold Pokemon Go decals. Now I sell and merchandise my characters decals for mega bucks.
I wanted to be a singer in a band. I looked online for local singer auditions for bands. I found a cover band in New York called Galileo that I liked. I auditioned for them by singing some of their own music. They loved me I loved them and now I am singer in a cover band.
Years ago Oprah offered me the chance to have my own show. I really wanted my own show on her network television station. I practiced rehearsed then sent my audition tape to Oprah's station. I prayed and waited patiently for Oprah's people to call. I did not get a show with Oprah but I now have a show on YouTube.
I decided I wanted to change my appearance for the better. I researched diets and weight control. Online I discovered and ordered the perfect Green Diet. I changed my eating habits with the Green Diet four months ago. I lost thirty pounds and look healthy good.
My startup business needed a post office box. I researched post office boxes online. I signed up for the box at the post office. I paid for the box and key. Now I have a post office box for my new business.
I thought I wanted to be a teacher. I talked with a counselor about it. I interviewed people who were teachers. I took classes and did student teaching at a familiar school. I learned I do not want to be a teacher because it's not worth it.
An online vendor took my money then cancelled my order. I wanted to get even or at least get my money back. My posting about the incident on social media went viral. The vendor begged me to remove the post when their stock plummeted. I got my money back and some of the vendor's stock at a reduced price.
I am tall and I like my pants to fit me just right. I went to several stores but they did not carry Big and Tall. I searched online but the prices were too high. Frustrated I learned how to sew my own pants. Now my pants fit me just right and I love how they look.
I was curious what is like to be a famous writer like Walter Mosley. I wrote a story about my worst childhood memory. I studied how to put my writing in ebook form. I put story online for sale at two ninety nine a copy. I am now an Amazon dot com best selling author slash writer.
John went out to the Ritz bar with his friends. John saw an handsome guy sitting alone at the bar. John friends dared him to get the guys number. John approached the guy and bought him a drink from the bartender. John became sad because the guy ignored him the whole night.
There is a crazy lady that lives on our block. My friends like to ring that ladys doorbell and run. Earlier today I begged my friends not to ring that lady's bell. My friends rung that lady's bell anyway. The lady opened the door holding a gun then shot all my friends dead.
Ms Pupa observed two students about to come to blows at her school. Principal Pupa wanted to stop the confrontation before it started. She rushed to get between the boy and girl at her Ivy League school. Principal Pupa was too late the students fought like street savages. Pupa is now hospitalized and applying for Disab...
Harriet's bff's birthday is today. She wanted to get her bff something nice. Harriet decided to get flowers for her best friend. Harriet poked her own eye out while trimming her bff's flowers. Her bff was excited about the flowers as she drove to the hospital.
A boy thought lying to his parents would work in his favor. The boy lied about his grades on his report card. The boy showed his parents his report card that had only As on it. The parents knew their son had changed his grades and scolded him. Now ashamed the boy no longer lies at least about his grades.
Doug met the love of his life Tracy E Warren. They dated on and off for about a year. Doug begged Tracy to be his one and only. Tracy agreed to be Dougs one and only. They are no longer together because Doug cheated on Tracy E Warren.
Nelson loved baking birthday cakes. Yesterday he made a cake for Harriet's best friend Carolyn. Nelson Whipped up a tasty chocolate cake batter. However he forgot to grease the cake pans before baking the cakes. Sadly the cakes stuck to the bottom of the cake pans.
Jacob decided to go for a walk one day. Jacob is very attentive on his walks. He saw a penny on the ground. Jacob put the penny in his pocket. He skipped all the way home.
Julie lived in Kansas. One night Julie heard the tornado alarm going off. She ran down to her storm cellar. Julie waited in the cellar while the wind blew around her. She came out of the basement to see her house had been blown away.
"Ed was a lonely middle aged farmer who had never married. A friend once told him about mail order brides. Ed decided to look into it, and found a bride he wanted. He paid for the woman to come to him and married her. Ed surprisingly loved his wife, and the two lived happily together."
"Flonnie was a stubborn woman. As she aged, she lost her eyesight. Her family worried about her being blind and alone. Flonnie refused anyone's help and did everything for herself. Flonnie lived to be 96 years old and died alone."
"Aaron had always dreamed of being a marine. As soon as he could, he enlisted in the Marines. He spent many years and saw many battles in his time enlisted. Aaron came home safe after 10 years of enlistment. Two weeks after coming home, he was killed in a car accident."
"Frank loved women, and women loved Frank. Frank married several times and had many kids. By the time he turned 40, he had 13 kids. Frank couldn't afford to pay his child support any more. Frank left the country and was never to be heard from again."
"Damon was a very athletic boy. He dreamed of being a football star his whole life. His sophomore year of high school, things fell into place for him. He earned a starting spot on the varsity football team. Damon excelled at his position and was scouted nationally."
"Daniel found a used truck that he thought was very cheap. He looked it over and even took it for a test drive. He was impressed with the low miles. After buying the truck, he found out how many problems it really had. He ended up spending more to fix it than he did to buy it."
"Kelley has worked for the post office for six years. He normally works at the counter, but occasionally has to carry mail. The last time he delivered mail, he decided not to deliver it all. He threw away many people's mail and slept in his truck. Kelley's boss quickly found out and he was fired promptly."
"Chris fell in love with the woman of his dreams. He proposed to her, and she said yes. However, it wasn't long until Chris found out that she was cheating. Chris didn't tell her that he knew. He simply moved out while she was at work and never told her."
"Eli had his very first sleepover last weekend. He stayed the night with a friend in the neighborhood. He was really excited, as this was the first time. He had fun with his friend and stayed up all night long. The next morning, he rushed home to tell his sister all about it."
Brandon signed up for the Air Force after graduating high school. He was under the impression that it would be easy and fun. He soon found out that he was very wrong. Brandon hated everything about the Air Force. He devised a plan to fake sleepwalking and got a medical discharge.
"Today I started training for a new job. I was a bit overwhelmed and worried going into the day. However, my trainer was very patient and understanding. He taught me well, and showed me in ways I could understand. By the end of the day, I had mastered most of the skills needed."
"Ashley met a nice young man and fell in love. She adored him, and soon married him. After being married for some time, they decided to have a baby. After several months, they were able to conceive. Ashley had a baby girl that looked just like her."
"Jana had a really bad day today. She decided to go for a run and clear her mind. While running, she stepped in a mud puddle and splattered herself. She was covered nearly head to toe in wet mud. Jana came home and took a shower and went straight to bed."
Gylena moved into an assisted living facility. She felt very out of place and that everyone was staring at her. She assumed that it was due to her clothing. Gylena went out and bought a completely new wardrobe. People still looked at her funny even with her new clothes.