Trying to catch up here...
1.) How was the chili? For future reference, chili is much better when cooked, chilled, then reheated. It brings out the spices more that way (an old trick I learned from a cowboy actually)
2.) "Beautiful" to means the whole deal - not just the physical part, but who you are inside. "Pretty" is just that - how you look. I'm not pretty (see avatar), but I have my moments where I can be beautiful. I much prefer that.
3.) A phone call with no one there but beeping? Maybe a wrong fax number?
4.) Threads used to be limited to 10,000 posts, so it's probably not fair to claim the longest thread without a clarification I suppose.
5.) Party time today!