Burying The Cat

[LoisB]

Title: Burying The Cat
From: Monty Python's Flying Circus
Transcribed By: Jonathan Partington


Mrs. Conclusion (Chapman): Hullo, Mrs. Premise.
Mrs. Premise (Cleese): Hullo, Mrs. Conclusion.
Conclusion: Busy Day?
Premise: Busy? I just spent four hours burying the cat.
Conclusion: *Four hours* to bury a cat?
Premise: Yes - it wouldn't keep still.
Conclusion: Oh - it wasn't dead, then?
Premise: No, no - but it's not at all well, so as we were going to be on the
safe side.
Conclusion: Quite right - you don't want to come back from Sorrento to a dead
cat. It'd be so anticlimactic. Yes, kill it now, that's what I
say. We're going to have to have our budgie put down.
Premise: Really - is it very old?
Conclusion: No, we just don't like it. We're going to take it to the vet
tomorrow.
Premise: Tell me, how do they put budgies down, then?
Conclusion: Well, it's funny you should ask that, because I've just been
reading a great big book about how to put your budgie down, and
apparently you can either hit them with the book, or you can shoot
them just there, just above the beak.
Premise: Just there? Well, well, well. 'Course, Mrs Essence flushed hers
down the loo.
Conclusion: No, you shouldn't do that - no, that's dangerous. They *breed* in
the *sewers*!

Old Thread:
http://www.divorcebusting.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2431214&page=1

[BrightFuture]

Hi Heather. I’ve reading your updates, just didn’t have any more advice to offer. You’ve got pretty experienced posters here helping you out.

I have a question. How is dissolution different from divorce? I thought they were the same things. I know that separation is different from divorce, but I’ve never heard of a dissolution, except that it is one of the definitions of divorce.

[LoisB]

Hi Bright,

I replied to your questions and then lost it!! Hate when that happens!!

Anyway, a dissolution is an agreement between both parties, usually when each is represented by an attorney. The parties divide the assets and come to an agreement AND THEN file the papers for the court to look over. The court, if everything is done properly, will agree and judge the marriage dissolved.

A divorce is a trial where a judge makes the big decisions. In this case, both parties weren't able to agree to terms on their own and each must have their own attorney. Each attorney pleas each spouse's case and a judge will make the final decision. Wishing's situation is a good example of a divorce. The process is lengthier and more expensive. Wishing has been at it for two years. Her H has argued with just about everything she has asked for, from support to the house to the furnishings, etc... He has fought her and, now, a judge is involved to make the final decisions before he declares them divorced.

I hope that helps.

[BrightFuture]

Thanks, Heather. So, if you file a dissolution, you don’t need to show up at the court at all, or you still do to sign the papers? I would like that option. I guess it could be different in different states.

[PatientMan]

Ha! I can laugh at Monty Python even when it's just in textual format.

[Whiterose]

I didn't know there would be two names for that either.....that was interesting info Heather.

[LoisB]

I earned more than $1600 this month. And, I still have one client that needs to pay $150. My bills are paid for the month!!

Here's to hoping Smokey contributes the $600 by the end of the week like he said he would. If so, we are good for vacation. :-)

No word from him today. I'm cool with this.

Have a date with the forester tonight. Don't ask me how, just happened. We both agree NO Relationship, friends.

I'm so damn tired.

My earnings last year were $11,280 which, as scary as that is for me...it's not bad considering I wanted a low income so I could put this on D19's financial aid. The low amount should help with spousal support. One attorney helped me see how, in the worst case scenario, if Smokey filed for divorce, he couldn't ask for me to earn more because of D11's condition and the cost of childcare. So, my low earnings, I hope, will help my case for higher support. That was the plan anyway. But, now 2013 is OVER!!!

I can do this, right? I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...

[LoisB]

PatientMan,

I know, right?? Still funny even when reading the script! The script from the Mt. Everest trek with the hairdressers cracked me up so much! That's why I used it for two threads.

[makingmagic]

Hi Heather,

Just reading.. did I miss anything? Did Smokey reply yet?

(thinking of you.... not just me)

magic

[LoisB]

Thanks Magic,

No, I haven't heard anything since I texted him. That's ok. I suspect he is coming on Saturday to visit D11, so I probably won't hear anything until then.

I had a really nice day yesterday. Then, my car broke down at the end of the night at a gas station and my mom had to come get me. Stinks. Now, I'm trying to figure out how to get the Jeep home. I may have to have it towed to the gas station where the guy worked on it. And, I paid all the bills so, I have little in the bank until the next check clears tomorrow.

Called the gas station where it's sitting, let them know worse case scenario, I'll have it towed tomorrow morning. Gave them my number and name. I'll need to get the keys to the gas station for the tow truck guys. What a pain!!

In other news, I had a really nice date with the forester. I'm calling it a date. He's really fun and makes me laugh. I'm not thinking any further ahead than we had a nice time together, laughed, talked and we enjoyed each other's company. I learned more about him and he was definitely a stoner, before he had this major epileptic attack that put him in coma for four days last fall. He talked about how the marijuana settled his brain. It was so strange because I feel like he helped me see how none of this was the drug with Smokey, it was Smokey.

It was strange to have conversation about this stuff with someone who I don't have any real investment in his being one way or another. He was free to be himself and I was free to be a friend who listened, validated and gave my own opinion here and there. But, it was like I felt like he HAD to SEE IT MY WAY!! That was cool. He's someone who is really looking at himself right now and his life and sorting himself out. It's cool to meet a man who is taking that route instead of running from it all. Nice time.

And, yes, I'm being careful. No commitment or relationship...But, I told him I could use a good friend right now.

Eharmony is blowing up my computer! Been kinda fun. One guy gave me his number and asked if I would drive to Toronto for a visit. Um, No. But, I'm flattered. :-) Glad he doesn't know my real name.

Gotta go teach.

Did I mention I paid all my bills and I earned $1,600 this month, still have some money coming in too!!!