Posted by Irene on 8/7/04 7:14pm
Msg #5710

Chicago Bob

Just curious How old are you?

Reply by StephanieCA on 8/8/04 11:00am
Msg #5743

Hi Irene,
I met Chicago Bob in Philadelphia at the Annual NNA conference in June. I am not good in guessing ages though. Bob is an extremely smart Signing Agent and a very nice man.

Reply by HisHughness on 8/9/04 5:24pm
Msg #5794

Stephanie drooled:

***I met Chicago Bob in Philadelphia at the Annual NNA conference in June. I am not good in guessing ages though. Bob is an extremely smart Signing Agent and a very nice man.***

Bob is a >>stud!!!<< Like I told my wife, all male signing agents are studs. To which she replied: "Stud? Isn't that a long, skinny -- and cheap -- piece of wood? Just how smart and how sexy do think the average piece of wood is?"

Welcome to the Stud Farm, Bob.

Reply by StephanieCA on 8/8/04 11:01am
Msg #5744

Hi Irene,
I met Chicago Bob in Philadelphia at the Annual NNA conference in June. I am not good in guessing ages though. Bob is an extremely smart Signing Agent and a very nice man.

Reply by Bob-Chicago on 8/8/04 12:15pm
Msg #5747

Thanks Steph

Reply by Bob-Chicago on 8/8/04 12:24pm
Msg #5748

OOPS

That was very nice of you to say
I thought that you were also a smart NSA and a very nice lady
The answer to the question is "old enough to know better, but not necessarily old enough to know when to keep my mouth (keyboard) shut.
I try to look at it as "I'm not getting older, I'm getting better.
Suffice it to say that I have two wonderful grandchildren that are the joy of my life, together with my three grown, awesome children. Somtimes I wish that I wasn't so busy with signings, so that I could spend more time with them and my wonderful wife.

Reply by BrendaTX on 8/8/04 2:30pm
Msg #5753

Bob is young

... and I derive this from "Suffice it to say that I have two wonderful grandchildren that are the joy of my life..."

I, too, have 2 grandchildren, and I am extremely young... very, very young. (:>)

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 8/8/04 5:23pm
Msg #5759

Re: Bob is young

I am with you Brenda. I have 4 grandchildren, and I am trying to figure out how my oldest daughter is older than my admitted age

Reply by Happy in FL on 8/9/04 7:05am
Msg #5772

Re: Bob is young

They ought to make a Bumber Sticker Saying "HEY YOUNGIN' "TELL ME ABOUT UR GRAN KIDS" UMMM- !!! Long, long time ago- a wise lady told a"worried" aging young man, spotting the first gray hairs topside- "A women is as old as she looks- a man is never old TIL he stops looking" Any truth to that? Wonder what that means? UMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reply by redonthehead on 8/9/04 10:26am
Msg #5777

Re: Bob is young

Men NEVER stop looking, I don't care what age they are.

Reply by Bob-Chicago on 8/9/04 2:26pm
Msg #5787

Men Looking

I told my wife, years ago to worry if I ever stopped looking, It will mean , either that I forgot why I was looking or that I had found something. --Still looking.
Incidentally, I wonder why Irene was interested in my age. I hope that she wasn't interested in staring a dating relationship.I didn't realize that I might be a catch. Althogh Stephanie mentioned in Philly that I reminded her of Matt Damon, ( on second thought, she may have said , Walter Mattheau, I don't know, all these movie stars are starting to run together). When I used to hear about Jessica Simpson, I thought that she must be Bart's new baby sister.
OOps, by E-Docs just finished printing, gotta run.

Reply by Bob-Chicago on 8/9/04 4:41pm
Msg #5791

Just wondering, redonthehead

Would any of you ladies risk the potential abuse by using a board name of
"blondeonthehead"
Oh boy, am I going to be in trouble.

Reply by BrendaTX on 8/9/04 5:23pm
Msg #5793

Re: Just wondering, redonthehead

I think I can hear the patter of Hugh's little feet. I'll bet he's on his way over to give you a fit on this one.

Reply by redonthehead on 8/9/04 8:23pm
Msg #5800

Re: blondeonthehead

Doesn't have the same ring, now does it? Took much abuse as a child for being "redonthehead". As an adult, it's been my best physical asset. And by the way, women don't stop looking either. They're just MUCH more discreet about it.

Reply by Stephanie/CA on 8/9/04 9:43pm
Msg #5804

Re: blondeonthehead...and have extremely high standards!

Reply by HisHughness on 8/9/04 9:55pm
Msg #5807

Re: Just wondering, redonthehead

Bob-Chicago, Chicago asked:

***Would any of you ladies risk the potential abuse by using a board name of
"blondeonthehead"***

It isn't a matter of risking abuse, Bob. It's just a matter of practicality. Have you considered how cumbersome "blondewithmostlybrownandsomegrayrootsonthehead" would be?

Reply by Irene on 8/9/04 5:42pm
Msg #5798

Re: Men Looking

No Bob I was not looking for a relationship just trying to get a picture in my mind of what everyone looks like, Sylvia I see her as very sophisticated, Hishughness I always picture him with a crown on his head, I have EIGHT Grandchildren. But I married young. So there you have it why I wanted to know.

Reply by HisHughness on 8/9/04 6:13pm
Msg #5799

Re: Men Looking

Irene, crawfishing, declared pointedly:

***No Bob I was not looking for a relationship just trying to get a picture in my mind of what everyone looks like*** then saw Bob's two grandchildren and raised him six.

Which, I submit, is impeccable proof that not only we guy signing agents are studs. We're not just prolix, we're also prolific.

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 8/9/04 8:54pm
Msg #5801

Sophisticated??

Oh, boy, I can see Pops rolling on the floor laughing at that one! (although if he can be considered a gentleman (See Brenda's post above - How about some context guys), then I guess I can pretend to be very sophisticated

(I guess I do stick my pinkie out when I drink my cup of tea )

(click on my link)

Reply by PAW Notary Services on 8/9/04 9:22pm
Msg #5802

Re: Sophisticated??

I must admit that when I read "Sophisticated" and "Syvlia" in the same sentence, I almost fell out my chair in uncontrollable hysterics. (I guess that belongs in the Department of Redundancy Department.)

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Reply by Sylvia_FL on 8/9/04 9:34pm
Msg #5803

Re: Sophisticated??

Hey Pops - what happened to Taz??? Your sig didn't work

Reply by Stephanie/CA on 8/9/04 9:44pm
Msg #5805

Re: Men Looking...I've always been curious about Paul!

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 8/9/04 10:02pm
Msg #5810

Re: Men Looking...I've always been curious about Paul!

Now Stephanie - what do you need to know about Pops??

Reply by Stephanie/CA on 8/9/04 10:16pm
Msg #5811

Re: Men Looking...I've always been curious about Paul!

Pops?
I was just wondering what he looks like - I always thought he was a young "whippersnapper", not "pops".

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 8/9/04 10:56pm
Msg #5814

Re: Men Looking...I've always been curious about Paul!

Paul - my pops, a young whipper snapper? Oh Lordy Stephanie, you just made his day!!!

I would e-mail you a photo - but he would probably kill me! (or send me to my room!!!)

Reply by PAW Notary Services on 8/10/04 12:22pm
Msg #5838

Re: Men Looking...I've always been curious about Paul!

For a not-so-recent photo, click on this link -> http://pawnotary.com/images/myphoto.gif

This was taken a few years ago on one of my many excursions in search of counterfeit notary certificates.

Reply by HisHughness on 8/10/04 12:31pm
Msg #5839

Re: Men Looking...I've always been curious about Paul!

PAW offered:

***For a not-so-recent photo, click on this link -> http://pawnotary.com/images/myphoto.gif

This was taken a few years ago on one of my many excursions in search of counterfeit notary certificates.***

Thanks for the photo, PAW. It's fortunate you provided it; you're far better looking than I had imagined.

Reply by Stephanie/CA on 8/10/04 12:36pm
Msg #5842

Re: Men Looking...I've always been curious about Paul!

Not such a young "whippersnapper" after all; gee thanks Paul.
It's nice to know.

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 8/10/04 1:23pm
Msg #5851

Re: Men Looking...I've always been curious about Paul!

Now Pops
That is the photo that was on the FBI's 10 most wanted list!

Reply by PAW Notary Services on 8/10/04 1:31pm
Msg #5854

Re: Men Looking...I've always been curious about Paul!

I just love the publicity the USPS has afforded me. I'm pretty well-known when I visit with my signers. (I've always wondered about initial greetings I get. Like, "Haven't we seen you before?" or "I think I know you.")

Reply by BrendaTX on 8/10/04 1:52pm
Msg #5863

Re: Men Looking...I've always been curious about Paul!

Sylvia's daddy said: "For a not-so-recent photo, click on this link -> http://pawnotary.com/images/myphoto.gif. This was taken a few years ago on one of my many excursions in search of counterfeit notary certificates."

LOL. Senor Pedro! I remember you!

Reply by PAW Notary Services on 8/10/04 2:00pm
Msg #5866

Re: Men Looking...I've always been curious about Paul!

Thought you might.

Reply by Bob-Chicago on 8/10/04 12:14am
Msg #5815

Re: Men Looking

I just called all my kids, and told them to get busy so that I can start to catch up. You are very fortunate. I see why they say "If I knew that the grandchildren would be so much fun, I would have had them first"

Reply by HisHughness on 8/10/04 12:44am
Msg #5816

Re: Men Looking

Bob reported:

***I just called all my kids, and told them to get busy so that I can start to catch up. You are very fortunate. I see why they say "If I knew that the grandchildren would be so much fun, I would have had them first"***

How true, how true. My youngest grandson can't say "Papa Hugh;" it's "Popugh." So that's what my license plate reads. That's a badge I'll wear proudly anytime. I just wish to hell his mother would stop acting like she has rights to the kid, or something. She can be a real pain in the butt that way.

I remember fondly getting up at 2 a.m. each weekend when he was over, and giving him his bottle. Never before have I envied women their ability to breast feed, but that was a magic time for me, with the whole house quiet and just me and Colin together. But that's what I mean about his mother being a pain the butt. Just because I kept giving him a bottle six months after she'd quit, she gets her panties all bunched up. Geez! The kid had to eat, didn't he?

Reply by BrendaTX on 8/10/04 7:39am
Msg #5819

Re: Men Looking

In response to the subject of Grandchildren and Hugh's endearing post above--

Grandchildren make you love staying up all night when you are dead tired. I have traveled 180 miles just for the pleasure of it when one of my grandsons was not sleeping at night and his parents were worn out.

They also make you love people you would rather forget. I see my ex-husband's face in my grandsons's faces. It engenders a fondness toward my ex- that I do not think I ever had before Camron and Brent came along.

I give the devil his due. If it was not for the ex-, I would not have the grandkids' dads in my life ( two sons my ex- had before we married), or my stepsons. Too bad *my* physical features could not be passed along to the grandchildren so the ex- could reflect fondly on me!!! He still grimaces when he realizes my stepsons are adamant that I will remain a part of their lives and he will run into me for the next 50 years.

Grandchildren are truly blessings and bundles of good will.

Reply by BrendaTX on 8/10/04 7:04am
Msg #5817

Thanks for the lesson in marketing, Irene.

Context, for you again, Hugh:

Irene states: "...just trying to get a picture in my mind of what everyone looks like..."

Before the market was flooded with online eBay-ers and used book sellers, I sold used text books and academic texts on Amazon. My sales were higher when I had a picture of myself posted online.

Irene's curiosity of what a person looks like is common to people doing business online. They like to see a picture of what a person looks like before they do business with them. That's why I keep a current picture on my profile on each notary registry that gives me the space to do so.

You can click through a few websites, or profiles, with pictures and when you get to the one without a profile, it seems incomplete.

I took the advice of putting a picture on my business card and printed them off my inkjet printer which someone posted here. Realtors were sharp to put their pictures on their business card.

The first time I saw that, I thought it looked like sheer vanity. But, not so, I learned after taking two psychology courses. Looking at a face on a business card creates another link to memory space in the brain. As a bonus, a picture of a human face links emotional responses to the information on the card, as well as the mental link of memorization.

Reply by HisHughness on 8/10/04 10:13am
Msg #5824

Re: Thanks for the lesson in marketing, Irene.

Brenda TXXX explained:

***Before the market was flooded with online eBay-ers and used book sellers, I sold used text books and academic texts on Amazon. My sales were higher when I had a picture of myself posted online.***

Sounds smart to me, Brenda. However, I'm restricted in where I can use my picture. I'm under an exclusivity contract with Roach Motel, who use it on their pest control products.

Reply by Brenda Stone on 8/10/04 10:18am
Msg #5826

Correction -Re: Thanks for the lesson in marketing, Irene.

"You can click through a few websites, or profiles, with pictures and when you get to the one without a >>profile<<"

I just read over my post. I meant >>picture<<.

Reply by Irene on 8/11/04 4:20pm
Msg #5942

Re: Thanks for the lesson in marketing, Irene.

Thanks Brenda/TX I Kike to read so forming a picture in my head of a person comes natural to me. Maybe I'll post my picture some day. And I don't want to disappoint anyone but I'm not the least bit interested in Bob/Chicago. just wanted to put aperson behind the post.

Reply by HisHughness on 8/11/04 4:40pm
Msg #5945

Re: Thanks for the lesson in marketing, Irene.

Irene demurred:

***I don't want to disappoint anyone but I'm not the least bit interested in Bob/Chicago. just wanted to put aperson behind the post. ***

Okay, Irene, but by all accounts Bob-Chicago, Chicago is a stud muffin.

Reply by BrendaTX on 8/10/04 8:23am
Msg #5820

Re: Bob is young

Using a term of Hugh's "drooling" and responding to the perplexing problem of Sylvia's post on aging children - Sylvia states:

"...my oldest daughter is older than my admitted age."

Age apparently has nothing to do with reality. I remember one of my son's "drooling" responses to a very attractive friend of mine that came over to the house.

It was a Saturday morning, and before 10 am, no less. He greeted my friend, got her coffee, and, I marveled as he engaged her into an intelligent conversation. He displayed animated interest in topics I had no idea he had any knowledge about.

In disbelief and amazement at the sudden transformation, I kept looking at the clock to make sure that it was actually *before* noon. It was too early in the morning for a usually petulant 15-year old to be uttering anything but a grunt or mono-syllable.

My son even jumped up to open the door when she was leaving. Then, I watched from the door, in shock, as he walked out and opened the door of her car for her, smiled, and waved her off.

When he came back in the house, just like a young dog eying a meaty bone, he was shaking his head, grinning stupidly, and did something I can only describe as "licking his chops." I laugh every time I think of it.

With his eyes slightly glazed over, he drooled, "Age is only a number, Mama!"

That wise statement lives on in our family lore, and we say it often enough that I have come to believe it.