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Post  Lady Arabella Tue Feb 23, 2016 8:35 pm

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Mediwitch - Jun 9, 2006 2:55 pm (#1001 of 2979)        

Well said, Tom Proffitt!

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geauxtigers - Jun 9, 2006 3:10 pm (#1002 of 2979)        

The only graduation we have at my school is High school. My school is pk-12 so there really aren’t any transitions there. They make a video at the end of the year with pictures for lower school then in middle school they do it in 8th grade because you'll be going to high school (in other words walking about 20 feet to the high school building). We do have awards ceremonies and its a pain they have about 5 awards for every subject and its always the small select group of kids getting all the awards so everyone else just sits there and counts ceiling tiles or floor boards and trying not to get caught sleeping! Last year a Senoir awards, the AC was broken in the middle of May. We spent an hour and a half in the chapel dying of heat stroke it was terrible!

I don't know anything about NASCAR, not to "offend" anyone but I just don't find cars driving in a circle entertaining! I know Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhart, and Johnny Stewart and Jimmie Johnson. Sorry just not my cup of tea! I'm more of a football, baseball type of person

Have a good day everyone enjoy your trip Finn!

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 9, 2006 3:46 pm (#1003 of 2979)        

Okkk lots of post to catch up on here(45!) so I'm going back just a bit!

Kind of like football. I'll watch it on TV but don't like to go to games.

That's because you don't live in Louisiana!! We live for football here and there is hardly ever an LSU game that isn't sold out completely!!We spend the entire day Saturday tailgating before going into "Death Valley" for the game!!

I just finished a juvie fiction book called No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman. It is a spoof on all the books with a dog in the title in which the dog always dies.---Catherine

I hate the books where the dog dies! We had to read a book called Stone Fox in 3rd grade. It's about a little boy and his dog who enter a race and they are about to win the dog sled race when the dog suddenly drops dead 100ft from the finish line. That was the first book that I ever cried for hours over!

Lastly, does anyone remember when graduation was, well, graduation?

It's still that way for us, the only ceremony we have is for high school graduation. We have it in the chapel so the parents get to sit on church pews for an hour or so. We also don't have the traditional cap and gowns. The girls have to wear white floor length dresses(of their chioce) and the guys have to wear black tuxes.

The awards ceremony is different and usually only last about an hour because there's only about 400 people total in the high school, but still I think it's not fair that certain people get the same awards every year. I'm not brilliant but I'm also not stupid either, and I didn't get any awards this year for passing chemistry with a C+. I agree with Tom on this one, they just throw awards out to the same people every year, so it's treated like a no big deal thing to those people. The smartest people always get the awards for interest and enthusiasm because teacher see their 100% and think they like the subject. One of my friends is a major history buff, but he didn't get the award for showing the most interest and love for the subject (which he totally deserved!) because this girl named Erica got it-again. This girl gets the award in every subject she takes ( and it's not an exaggeration either, I'm talking art, english, math, science..everything, not to mention the fact that she brags about it!) It's gotten to be a joke because everyone sits there and tries to guess who'll get the said award, and we always get it right because we always guess Erica! She need her own chair on the stage! I just wish they would spread the wealth.

Well I don't watch Nascar, nor will I ever, and I don't watch hockey either because I think the closest NHL team we have to us is in like Michagan or something!

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geauxtigers - Jun 9, 2006 4:08 pm (#1004 of 2979)        

I hate the books where the dog dies! We had to read a book called Stone Fox in 3rd grade. It's about a little boy and his dog who enter a race and they are about to win the dog sled race when the dog suddenly drops dead 100ft from the finish line. That was the first book that I ever cried for hours over!

I have to agree that as a 9 year old kid when the dog drops dead like that, its horrible! I remember being hysterical and it took my mom a few minutes to figure out why I was crying! I just found it and read the last chapter which was only 3 pages, but my gosh its just as bad as I remember! It was a good book until the end. Though on a rising 3 grader!

I think thats how I'll be if Harry dies... but I don't want to think about that!

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haymoni - Jun 9, 2006 4:09 pm (#1005 of 2979)        

virginia elizabeth - Ungrateful Son brought that story home. I read it and cried too!

I just added a post to the 5 Words thread so - Bing!

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Denise P. - Jun 9, 2006 4:20 pm (#1006 of 2979)        

Catherine, I had to be in a bookstore getting a book the other day so picked up No More Dead Dogs I giggled my way through it and even Mr. Denise was laughing when I read the various book reports Wallace wrote. I just love the line Pick up a book with a picture of a dog and award sticker and the dog is going down (or words to that effect) I still get weepy when Little Ann goes down in Where The Red Fern Grows.

Graduation - My pre-school graduate had a cap and gown for his graduation. I agree, I think the graduations are getting to be way too much. I never had a graduation until High School (boys wore red, girls wore white...school colors) and then again when I got my degree in college (red and white school colors but we all wore black caps and gowns)

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boop - Jun 9, 2006 4:24 pm (#1007 of 2979)        

YAY for Puck Jr.

Finn, have a great time.

Madam Pince, each child learns at their own pace. I like what your son said about dragons.

Azi, I like your new avatar, looks like fun.

Catherine, Congrats to your daughter Claire.

John Congrats to your son. You must be so proud of him.

Tom, LOL!!!

Holly, Congrats to your daughter as well.

The only graduation here is High School. The students where caps and gowns. The awards are given at a different night from graduation.

Yay its Friday!!! Have a great weekend everyone!

hugs always

boop

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Puck - Jun 9, 2006 4:51 pm (#1008 of 2979)        

The only awards ceremony I went to this year was for "Books and Beyond". The award was for reading enough books to complete the program. They did the grades separately, and only parents and those getting the award attended. (I did find it rude that many left after their child was given the award, so the last group had hardly anyone to clap. Only 45 minute ceremony, with nice auditorium seating.

Preschool graduation consisted of a few songs and a video of the kids. No more until high school, I think.

Yeah for all the sons and daughters achievements! (Even if it was just being clapped out of the school -LOL, Haymoni)

Tom, thanks for the laugh about how to "secure" a building!

Happy RotD, Kathy

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 9, 2006 5:54 pm (#1009 of 2979)        

haymoni, we do the clap out, too! So, there I stand, sunglasses on because I don't want anyone to see me getting all teary-eyed, even if none of my children are in the 5th Grade at the time. Of course, someone always stops me and I have to pretend I have allergies. *sappy mom alert*

Olivia read Pirates of the Carribbean - Dead Man's Chest and she said it was pretty good - a bit more violence than the first. She said she could guarantee that there will be a PotC 3. I look forward to the movie in July. Mike, tell us how it is, please.

azi - cool avatar, BTW.

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Eponine - Jun 9, 2006 7:10 pm (#1010 of 2979)        

I had a kindergarten graduation complete with caps and gowns back in the mid-80's. We took pictures in them and everything. I had really bad hair back then. My school also had graduation for elementary school (6th grade). Then you have to wait until you finish high school to graduate again. As for awards day, I usually won a few things, but my brother was the kind who took home EVERYTHING. He's way too smart for his own good.

Today at Target I saw Pirates of the Caribbean action figures. They were very cool.

I hope everyone has a great RotD!

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Puck - Jun 9, 2006 7:15 pm (#1011 of 2979)        

LOL Maria! Does the Hallmark commercial when they tie the Dads card to a balloon to send it to Heaven get to you, too? Mr. Puck is always amused to find me crying at commercials.

Julie, I, too, like my avatar. However, we took a photo of a family portrait my son drew on the dry erase board, and I'd love to use that for my avatar. It's so sweet!

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Mediwitch - Jun 9, 2006 7:23 pm (#1012 of 2979)        

Eponine - LOL - We all had bad hair in the 80s!!! Mullet

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Puck - Jun 9, 2006 7:34 pm (#1013 of 2979)        

Yup! I swear there were a couple of girls in my high school who are responsible for a significant amount of the hole in the ozone. (Lori used 8 giant cans of Aqua net every week! )

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dizzy lizzy - Jun 9, 2006 8:22 pm (#1014 of 2979)        

Well, perhaps Aussie culture is a little bit different....

I never had a graduation ceremony until I graduated from University with a Bachelor of Arts. It was memorable because it snowed on us (it was an outdoor ceremony).

We had an awards ceremony each year in school, from Kindergarten until year 6 (5-11years approx, the ceremony was done within school time and 3 awards to each grade (dux, best and fairest and most improved).

In high school (12-17 years approx) the awards ceremony was held in the evening the week before the school year ended just before Christmas.

Once you finished year 10 (approx 15 years old - equivalent to OWLS) you recieved your school certificate in a short awards ceremony. Many students then left school to do apprenticeships. Once you finished your HSC (year 12 equivalent to NEWTS) there was usually a formal dinner to celebrate the end of formal schooling and that was it.

Just a quick note...the school year in Australia runs from last week in January to the 3rd week in December with three holiday breaks (approx Easter, June/July and September/October). Each term lasts between 6-10 weeks depending on when easter falls.

Now onto other news...I tie my shoelaces by making a bow and holding in my left hand and completing the rest of the bow using my right. I hold my fork in my left and knife in my right to cut food, but then I move my fork to my right hand. My usual breakfast is either porridge with brown sugar and milk or cheese on toast.

It is raining here at last and it is coming down quite heavily. The puppy dogs are inside sulking and I am looking forward to a nice quiet afternoon on the internet.

Lizzy

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 9, 2006 8:56 pm (#1015 of 2979)        

My usual breakfast is either porridge with brown sugar and milk or cheese on toast.

This might sound totally crazy but I really don't know what porridge is. Is it just not an American thing?? The only other place I've seen it (other than HP) was in Goldilocks- she eats the bears porridge! I've never had it obviously, nor do I know anyone else who has either!

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geauxtigers - Jun 9, 2006 9:06 pm (#1016 of 2979)        

I always thought it was the same as Oatmeal, but I never thought about it before...

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 9, 2006 9:16 pm (#1017 of 2979)        

Thankfully, I haven't seen that commercial, Kathy! Olivia always teases me when she sees me getting emotional during a show. . .or. . .commercial - THERE, I said it! I, get teary-eyed watching certain commercials! Now my daughter can print this and hang it up everywhere! (For goodness' sake, I cried when Marcia Brady broke her nose. ) Mr. HH pretends he doesn't notice.

I helped a mom with a 5th grade art project today. We laid out plastic tablecloths on the cafeteria floor, along with blank paper, brushes and cups of paint. The students were given an introduction to Jackson Pollock and were then allowed to paint their own "masterpieces" Pollock style. They had to choose 3 colors and gave them 15 sec. with each color. They had a great time. We did this project when Olivia was in 5th Grade. Two moms, and nearly 90 children - lots of flying paint and clean up afterward, but well worth it.

Maria

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Chemyst - Jun 9, 2006 10:02 pm (#1018 of 2979)        

virginiaelizabeth, this came from goldenspurtle.com and is just too potion-y and potteresque to not pass along:

Traditions and myth surround the making of porridge, some say the oatmeal was to be added in batches, some say at the beginning and some say it ought to be added half way through the cooking to produce a nuttier flavour and interesting texture.

Some say porridge should only be stirred in a clockwise direction using the right hand so you don't evoke the 'Devil'. The stirring is done with a straight wooden spoon /stick without a moulded or flat end and known in Scotland as a 'Spurtle' or 'Theevil'. Porridge should always be spoken of as 'they' and old custom states that it should be eaten standing up. A bone spoon should always be used for eating porridge.

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Jun 9, 2006 10:22 pm (#1019 of 2979)        

porridge - unpotteristic - Porridge From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Porridge - Porridge (also known in American English as hot cereal or mush), is a simple dish made by boiling oats (normally crushed oats, occasionally oatmeal) or another meal in water, milk or both. Oat and semolina porridge are by far the most popular varieties. Some other meals used for porridge include rice, wheat, peasemeal, barley, and cornmeal.

*...grabs bowl of carefully stirred Gruel (is a thin porridge made with water) and toddles off elsewhere...*

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Madam Pince - Jun 9, 2006 11:41 pm (#1020 of 2979)        

Tom, I thought of that line from The Incredibles too! "He's not graduating -- he's moving from the fourth grade to the fifth grade!" I think the sort of thing that Catherine had to sit through (great read though it was! ) is just a bit much for anything other than either high school or college graduation.

I have an acquaintance whose son plays soccer, and all the teams in a tournament got the exact same trophy -- winning team's trophy looked just like the last-place team's. That just seems wrong to me. Where is the incentive to do well? To even try to excel? Then as Loopy said you graduate out into the real world and expect people to be thrilled that you just managed to get up and get dressed or something. Bleah. This friend's son, for example, thinks he's the next David Beckham because people keep praising him and telling him he's great ("we have to keep his self-esteem up!"), when in reality he's just barely an average player. He's getting a huge head about it and someone is probably going to give him a poke in the nose for it someday! I'm all for acknowledging the efforts of all, even the last-place team (after all, they did at least participate and try which was better than people who sat home), but it should be more in terms of a certificate or a ribbon or something.

We had a high school graduation and a college graduation. Neither of them was as fancy as the one Catherine described!

((((hugs to Betty)))

We decided to skip the aquarium today and went to the beach instead, where the boys had a blast building (and demolishing) sand castles and "digging for dinosaur bones." We saw a huge horseshoe crab which was rather scary actually -- they are very prehistoric looking. Then we went to see Cars. It was OK, but I didn't care for it as much as Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, or Monsters, Inc. The character 'Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) had the best lines ("He put what in his cup???") The tractor-tipping scene was pretty cute. Be sure to stay for the final credits, as the stuff that runs in the background of that was funnier than the whole rest of the movie, I thought! One thing I will give them credit for -- the CGI backgrounds and the lighting were just fantastic. Everything looks so realistic! If the cars hadn't had those little eyes in their windshields, you would've sworn you were watching live action video. The technology has really improved and is truly amazing.

We ended the evening with a Johnny Rockets "Rt. 66" hamburger and my friend and I finally watched a grown-up movie and saw Love Actually because she hadn't seen it yet. Time to turn in now, as I think we are going to try the zoo or aquarium tomorrow possibly. It's supposed to be a lovely sunny day!

Everyone enjoy the RotD!

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 10, 2006 4:33 am (#1021 of 2979)        

virginiaelizabeth, I can't speak to the ingredients in porridge, but I can tell you the taste is totally different than American oatmeal. I love oatmeal and am a staunch supporter of the Quaker Oats Old-Fashioned variety (5 minutes as opposed to 1)but when I went to Ireland on my honeymoon I discovered porridge nirvana. It is smooth, creamy but never mushy. It is nothing like cream of wheat, which to me is tasteless. At one bed-and-breakfast we stayed at I requested porridge and the poor woman was horrified I didn't ask for it the night before (I didn't realize it had to be prepared that early). I was out of luck that morning but she had it for me the rest of my stay. I've tried purchasing the Irish oatmeals on the market but they're nothing like what I had. I suspect there's more cream in the oatmeal than I would use here but that would be just a guess. Mmmmm, breakfast. ***toddles off to kitchen***

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boop - Jun 10, 2006 6:38 am (#1022 of 2979)        

Thanks for the hugs Madam Pince. Sounds like you had a great day. Thanks for the heads up on the movie cars. Have a great Saturday.

Have a great RotD everyone!!

hugs

boop

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Catherine - Jun 10, 2006 6:44 am (#1023 of 2979)        

...but when I went to Ireland on my honeymoon I discovered porridge nirvana.--Lupin is Lupin

That must have been SOME porridge if that is what you remember from your honeymoon! Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 464751818

Mmm...off to google how to make Irish oatmeal....

HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 10, 2006 7:15 am (#1024 of 2979)

The weather in the northeast never ceases to amaze me. It is like a crisp fall windy day out there. (Perfect for a bike ride. )

It is funny, but when I watched that line in the Incredibles movie (countless times) I always thought of what you have been discussing - ceremonies getting more, well, ceremonious, and identical trophies being handed to both winners and those who have simply participated. My daughter was on a few teams and was not impressed with receiving a trophy for just having shown up and playing. I took that as a great sign that she recognizes the difference between earning something and being handed something. Hopefully others know this as well.

Madam Pince, it sounds as though your guests are having a great time! We have a Johnny Rockets near us - aren't their milkshakes delicious!! Hmm, Love Actually - did you watch that because a certain Snape-ish character was in it?? Your 'Potterness' is showing.

Enjoy the RotD/N, everyone.

Maria

EDIT: LOL Catherine!

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Holly T. - Jun 10, 2006 8:11 am (#1025 of 2979)

I have congratulated my son on some of the certificates he brings home from school and he just rolls his eyes and says "Mom, they give those to everyone." Which is when I point out that everyone, most specifically his older sister, is not a black belt in tae kwon do and he is and he worked really hard to get that. Actually one of the reasons we put him in tae kwon do was so he could do something his sister didn't do.

My favorite graduation was when I got my Ph.D. One of the perks-- instead of a mortarboard you get to wear a nifty little cap that is more like a beret.

Ha, geauxtigers, I am in Texas, home of the NCAA champion Longhorns, and I still don't like going to football games. I like being able to take a nap on the couch in the middle of a game (note: you can also take a nap in the middle of NASCAR races and baseball games and not miss much).

Tony Stewart is the NASCAR driver, not Johnny Stewart. ;-)

I'm supposed to go over to a friend's house so I'd better get dressed!

Have a great RotD!

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 10, 2006 10:51 am (#1026 of 2979)

Holly you'll be pleased to hear that everyone in the state of Louisiana was cheering for the Longhorns in that game! I'm glad they won!

Thanks to everyone for their porridge descriptions. It sounds a bit like oatmeal to me, but not exactly the same. I don't like oatmeal!!yuck! So I probably wouldn't like porridge!

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geauxtigers - Jun 10, 2006 11:23 am (#1027 of 2979)

Tony Stewart is the NASCAR driver, not Johnny Stewart. ;-)

Ha ha yeah just goes to show you.... now that I think about it Johnny doesn't sound right does it? lol!

Ha, geauxtigers, I am in Texas, home of the NCAA champion Longhorns, and I still don't like going to football games. I like being able to take a nap on the couch in the middle of a game (note: you can also take a nap in the middle of NASCAR races and baseball games and not miss much).

I was cheering for Texas all the way! I wouldn't have been able to cope with hearing the word "Three-peat" especailly since USC didn't win back to back titles! There is a billboard that says, 2003-LSU 2004-USC and 2005-Texas, then underneath it say "Shouldn't dynasties win more than one?" Sorry any USC fans out there but USC did not play in the title game in 03', they are not national champs in 03'! The whole state of LA was going for Texas! Okay I've said my peice...

Well its Saturday, I'm not doing anything today except refreshing 5-words...

Have a great day everyone!

EDIT I found the picture of the billboard HERE

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dobbyiscool - Jun 10, 2006 11:27 am (#1028 of 2979)

At my elementary school and middles school, our parents didn't come to our "graduation" because it was really just a party day where we had fun and did absolutely nothing. I'm a senior now, so I suppose I ought to be thinking more about graduation, but it still seems like because it’s a year away, there are more important things to think about now. In debate we give out awards for Best Debater, Best Indivdual Event(er), etc. that we vote on, then our coach gives out three awards: the Spirit award, the star award, and the other one I cannot remember the name of. I got the Spirit award, which to me seemed like the consolation prize for working hard and never getting on stage at tournaments.

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Tazzygirl - Jun 10, 2006 12:12 pm (#1029 of 2979)

This morning my parents were outside pruning the yard (I told them I was on vacation and any strenuous activity is prohibited ), and found a little itty bitty baby opossum. Mom called me to come see. The poor thing looked like it had fallen off it's mama or crawled out of the nest or something. I picked him up- he was maybe the size of my pinky, hairless and his eyes were still closed shut. Called the Vet, and I just got back from dropping the little guy off. They are going to rehabilitate him and release him when he gets older. He was sooooo cute!

Off to get a manicure and pedicure!

Have a fabulous RotD/N everyone!!

~Kristina (Bing! )

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Catherine - Jun 10, 2006 12:28 pm (#1030 of 2979)

This morning my parents were outside pruning the yard (I told them I was on vacation and any strenuous activity is prohibited ), and found a little itty bitty baby opossum. Mom called me to come see. The poor thing looked like it had fallen off it's mama or crawled out of the nest or something. I picked him up- he was maybe the size of my pinky, hairless and his eyes were still closed shut. –Tazzy

*hyperventilates into paper bag*

I'm having a dementor attack from last spring....

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Tazzygirl - Jun 10, 2006 12:39 pm (#1031 of 2979)

Catherine- *hyperventilates into paper bag*

I'm having a dementor attack from last spring....


**wordlessly hands Catherine the cold compress** I'm guessing you had a bad experience? We normally don't have problems with opossums here, or any rodent for that matter. This is actually the first time I've seen a opposum in the area...

~Kristina


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Julie Aronson - Jun 10, 2006 1:30 pm (#1032 of 2979)

LOL, Catherine!!! Blossom returns!!!

Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 Opossu10

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Puck - Jun 10, 2006 1:55 pm (#1033 of 2979)

LOL, I forgot about Blossom! (and Catherine's "visit" from the animal control officer. )

Tazzy, good work saving the baby! Hermione would be proud! (What color are your toes? )

I had butter on toast in Ireland that was exceptionally good. Sweet somehow. Perhaps they use the same cream for making butter and porridge?

It's supposed to be a lovely sunny day! - Madame Pince. Oh, to live a bit further south!

Happy RotD,

Kathy

(Bing!)

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 10, 2006 1:56 pm (#1034 of 2979)

I'm guessing you had a bad experience?---Tazzygirl

I feel a rhyme coming on.

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 10, 2006 2:01 pm (#1035 of 2979)

There once was a possum named Blossom..........

Sorry about that Catherine. Hope you manage to catch your breath.

Well, I took my 3-year old nephew to "Cars." It was his first movie experience and he did very well. I went to an 11:20 a.m. show so he was not the only 3-year old in the theater by a long shot. The movie was just "ok" if you ask me. It was no "Incredibles."

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Chemyst - Jun 10, 2006 2:04 pm (#1036 of 2979)

...but I received the greatest sense of pride when I graduated from Basic Training at Fort Benning. – TomProffitt

Dreadfully curious; what time of year was that?
For those who may not know, at Ft. Benning the average daily high temperature in °F and average relative humidity in % both exceed 90 from June through August.

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Mediwitch - Jun 10, 2006 2:24 pm (#1037 of 2979)

HH11 - The weather in the northeast never ceases to amaze me. It is like a crisp fall windy day out there.

You know what they say, "Welcome to New England (substitute "the northeast" if you like); if you don't like the weather, wait a few minutes!" It's definitely a "blustery day" here.

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Julie Aronson - Jun 10, 2006 3:22 pm (#1038 of 2979)

LOL Mediwitch! We say the same thing about the weather here in Ohio!

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TomProffitt - Jun 10, 2006 4:12 pm (#1039 of 2979)

Dreadfully curious; what time of year was that? --- Chemyst

I graduated June 4 1989, without ever seeing the truly severe heat. About three years later my national guard unit spent 3 weeks of August at Fort Irwin California. The hottest day there was over 120.

But the most miserable was summer at Fort AP Hill with 100% humidity and 90 to 100 degree temperatures. We went out there many times, but it was the one trip to Germany in November which convinced me that wet and cold is much worse than hot and anything.

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Tazzygirl - Jun 10, 2006 5:35 pm (#1040 of 2979)

Puck: What color are your toes?

They are San Cabo Coral.

LOL on the whole opossum moment!

~Kristina

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Puck - Jun 10, 2006 6:21 pm (#1041 of 2979)

Oooh, very pretty!

hmmm, I have a gift certificate for a manicure and pedicure. Wonder when I can get away to do that?

Off to see if Tazzy went to 5 Words!

Kathy

ps- Maria, you can find that song here: http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/r024.html

(This link is family friendly, just a web sight with kid songs.)

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Tazzygirl - Jun 10, 2006 6:46 pm (#1042 of 2979)

Puck- Off to see if Tazzy went to 5 Words!

Did I post a Bing!?? LOL!! I'll be going there a little bit later... Watching a movie at the moment!

~Kristina

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Lilly P - Jun 10, 2006 6:59 pm (#1043 of 2979)

Ha! Tom Proffit, My husband has the same sentiments about AP hill, he dreads every time they get sent there for training!

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 10, 2006 9:43 pm (#1044 of 2979)

LOL Mediwitch, I've never heard that one before. I suppose it's because technically, I'm not in New England - I'm in the tri-state area.

Yes, a blustery day here, too. Wouldn't you know we had a barbecue to go to - outside, of course. I think I have windburn! I was cold before I even left the house. (I'm always cold unless it's in the high 70s.) I drank so much hot coffee that I think I will be awake well into Monday.

THANK YOU KATHY!! Sorry to shout, but I love it - The Arky Arky song! We have to be up bright and early tomorrow and the girls went to bed late. I will be sure to learn a few verses before I turn in for the night. Olivia will be sooo happy!

Tom, that is amazing to have gone through those extremes. I tend to agree - I'd go for the humidity/heat before the extreme cold/wet.

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Madam Pince - Jun 10, 2006 10:22 pm (#1045 of 2979)

Me, too! I'm a big fan of heat and humidity, actually. It does very bad things to my hair, but who cares? I despise being cold. We drive through Ft. A.P. Hill all the time when driving from the Eastern Shore to Virginia, but I've never actually gotten out of the car there. I can imagine it's pretty hot, though, in summer.

***Laughing very hard about Catherine and Blossom, and thinking that Tazzy is the softest-hearted person in the world if she thinks a hairless baby opossum is cute!***

Congrats on your Spirit Award, dobbyiscool! I think those type of things are important and appropriate awards -- other things besides winning can be legitimately rewarded, certainly! It's only the "give the same thing to everyone regardless of effort or result and don't even try to dress it up" bit that I can't understand.

The last day of my friend's visit was great -- we went to the aquarium in Baltimore. Very crowded as usual but still amazing, and the boys were in seventh heaven. We decided to pass on the paddle-boat riding because they were wound up like eight-day clocks after we got out of the aquarium, and we decided that being in the middle of a harbor is not such a good place to be if one is in that state and is four years old. Then take-out BBQ from Red, Hot, and Blue and life is good. We're so sorry to see them leaving tomorrow morning.

Yes, HH11, the fact that Alan Rickman is in Love Actually certainly didn't hurt our decision to watch it! She is a fan of his, too, and also has read the HP books but is not as rabid enthusiastic as we Forumers are. I am proud that I was the one who at least got her to read them in the first place, though; yay me! She's even been re-reading PoA this week while she's been here, because I had left it lying out during my re-read! (She is of the opinion that Dumbledore is still alive, Snape will turn out to be a good guy but will die protecting Harry, and that my "Snape was at Godric's Hollow" theory is evidence that I think about this stuff way too much.)

Everyone have a great RotD!

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Mrs. Sirius - Jun 10, 2006 10:44 pm (#1046 of 2979)

You know what they say, "Welcome to New England (substitute "the northeast" if you like); if you don't like the weather, wait a few minutes!" It's definitely a "blustery day" here.

Blustery to say the least! It was pouring here this morning, AM baseball was cancelled because all the fields were flooded. Before noon, the bluster dried out all the fields, all games were re scheduled. And it was really chilly too.

The world if full of all kinds of people. We live in a very, very small town. Everybody knows everybody. There is a small playground in full view of the fields so parents are comfortable letting the little kids play while the siblings are on the fields.

Today at the game some creep came in and mingled with the parents, coaches, and kids. He got 3 young girls by themselves and asked them to help him find his duck. Luckily, one of the kids spoke up and the police were called. But to do that in daylight when all the parents, coaches, and kids are there because they knew that everyone was distracted!!  The guy got away but it's really disturbing to know that the place we feel so confident and secure with our children is no different from the rest of the big wide world.

possum cute hmmmm???? well all babies are cute.

By the way my 7 1/2 year who started reading the PS?SS about a month ago when she was home sick has real all the books up to GOF which she started 2 days ago. She asks really interesting questions about it too.

Happy RoTD to you.

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Tazzygirl - Jun 10, 2006 10:47 pm (#1047 of 2979)

Madam P.- LOL!! I have a soft spot for babies, no matter what they are or look like! I really wanted to keep the baby, but I think I would have non-intentionally killed it within a couple hours. Before I decided to be a teacher, I was seriously thinking of becoming a veterinarian or zoologist.

Incidentally, after looking up pictures on the internet, we found out it was not a baby opposum (sorry, Catherine and Blossom! ), but a baby squirrel. Baby opossum don't make noises when they are that little, and the one we found was squeaking a lot, which is what baby squirrels do. Seems more logical to have a squirrel baby instead of opossum baby, as there is a squirrel that has decided to come into our backyard every morning to tease the dogs. I'm thinking she forgot about her baby.

~Kristina

EDIT: Mrs. Sirius- How awful!! I hope they find the guy!

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Madam Pince - Jun 10, 2006 10:59 pm (#1048 of 2979)

How yucky, Mrs. Sirius! Here's hoping they catch him! We had a similar thing happen at our small-town county fair a couple of years ago. (In our case it was a "drifter" who was temporarily employed in the town.) Very scary, especially in a small town where everyone normally feels so secure and sometimes lets their guard down by mistake.

Oh, well, then Tazzy -- baby squirrel, you say? That's OK then. Much better than a baby opossum. ***Glad you didn't see our baby bunnies -- you would've been a worse mess than I was. The dog managed to get a female cardinal the other day, too. She is just Charles Manson in dog form, I think.***

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The giant squid - Jun 11, 2006 12:12 am (#1049 of 2979)

Okay, 89 posts when I got here so I've got a few responses to make...

LOL, Mike! Do I really change my avatar on Fridays?—azi

Well, not really, but you have changed it a lot lately. Then again, when you've been travelling you've got a lot of cool photos you want to share. No worries.

Mike, how far in advance do you have to screen the films before the release date? I'm really looking forward to Pirates, so I'm a bit jealous you're getting to see it early.—Eponine

We screen it the Thursday before it opens (so there's only about a 12-hour advance). The movie studios have this thing about piracy, so they don't deliver the prints to the theaters until the last possible moment... HH11, I can guarantee that there will be a Pirates of the Caribbean 3, since they filmed it at the same time they did the second one.

When the Navy "secures" a building they get a lease with option to buy. When the Marines "secure" a building they assault it with a battalion of infantry. When the Army "secures" a building they surround it with barbed-wire, machine guns, and shoot at anyone who gets too close. When the Air Force "secures" a building they turn out the light and lock the door.--Tom Proffitt

That is by far the funniest and most accurate description of the difference between the branches of the US Armed Forces.

For goodness' sake, I cried when Marcia Brady broke her nose.--HungarianHorntail11

You and Marie E. have something in common then. My sister has an unhealthy amount of knowledge about the Bradys...sometimes I think she likes "The Brady Bunch" more than Harry Potter (blasphemy!).

*hyperventilates into paper bag*

I'm having a dementor attack from last spring....--Catherine

I'm guessing you had a bad experience?—Tazzygirl


Heh...I'm reminded of a bit from The Italian Job (the recent remake).

Why don't you like dogs?
I had a bad experience.
What happened?
I had. a bad. Experience!

Sorry Tazzy's baby squirrel brought bad those painful memories, Catherine. If it helps any, the rest of us got loads of laughs out of the whole thing. Okay, that probably doesn't help...

(((boop)))

--Mike

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geauxtigers - Jun 11, 2006 12:30 am (#1050 of 2979)

Ahh its 2:22am and I can't sleep because there are these obnoxious birds outside that won't stop chirping! It that chirping where they make a short chirp every 2 seconds then string it together for a while, then do the short choppy chirps again. I swear they are evenly spaced between each chirp! Grrr I hate birds sometimes. VERY annoying.

So instead of trying to ignore these birds I came on the forum! Which is never good this time of night for me as I'll slowly start not making sense....

I'll go check 5 words then go back to ignoring the birds....

Have a good rest of the day/night!
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azi - Jun 11, 2006 3:57 am (#1051 of 2979)

Well, not really, but you have changed it a lot lately. Then again, when you've been travelling you've got a lot of cool photos you want to share. - Squid Mike

That is true! I also get bored of my avatars very quickly.

Sleep well, geauxtigers!

Nice of you to save the baby squirrel, Tazzy!

I'm also looking forward to the next pirates film.

Eek, Mrs Sirius, that guy sounds disgusting!

Glad you had a nice day at the aquarium, Madam Pince!

Another hot day here. I need air conditioning or something... The worst thing is, it's due to get warmer. I suppose it's preferable to freezing cold!

Hope everyone has a great day!

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Puck - Jun 11, 2006 5:19 am (#1052 of 2979)

My apoligizes to Olivia!

my "Snape was at Godric's Hollow" theory is evidence that I think about this stuff way too much. - You can spend too much time thinking of Harry Potter? Your friend needs to re-think her priorities!

How horrid, Mrs. Sirius! I had spent yesterday at a workshop to become a trainer for stopping/preventing child abuse. Arming children with the right information about what to do in such situations is a huge part. (They also need to know it's never their fault, they won't get in trouble, and telling is the right thing to do!) Thank goodness one of the girl's parents had taken the time to have a difficult talk -and then continually reinforced the message. She likely saved her friends as well. I think I will go talk to my kids again as well....

Kathy

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Catherine - Jun 11, 2006 6:17 am (#1053 of 2979)

LOL to Mike about the "bad experience." I really like watching The Italian Job. *waves to Kim about "Handsome Rob"*

In my opinion, possums of any age Are. Not. Cute.

Possums are preferable to playground perverts, however, and I'm glad the one Mrs. Sirius mentioned was thwarted. I guess "Constant Vigilance" pays off.

We may go see Cars today, especially if the thunderstorms continue. We are now on official "Summer Vacation," and I have many long weeks of kids at home.

Enjoy your Sunday!

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 11, 2006 7:01 am (#1054 of 2979)

Mmmmm, Handsome Rob.

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Eponine - Jun 11, 2006 7:57 am (#1055 of 2979)

I like Handsome Rob. Did you know they're making a sequel?

I did watch the original Italian Job with Michael Caine not too long ago. I'm always amused by older heist films because the amount of money they plan to steal is so minimal compared with today's films. Also, You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!

Catherine, I accidentally ran over an oppossum about a month ago. Even before I hit it, it wasn't cute.

Well, I hope everyone has a great RotD!

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TomProffitt - Jun 11, 2006 9:21 am (#1056 of 2979)

I spent 9 years in the infantry and I still feel awful when the critters jump under my truck. Opossums are particular suicidal, but I've only personally run over a raccoon. It was a family of about six of them (momma & babies) there was no way to miss them all.

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Tazzygirl - Jun 11, 2006 9:35 am (#1057 of 2979)

Awww. That is sad, TomProffitt!

The only animal I managed to hit was a bird. The birds in Hawaii are definitely suicidal, and don't move out of the street if cars approach.

I searched all the previous Chat threads to discover exactly what exactly the whole episode of Blossom was all about. Catherine- if I had discovered a oppossum the way you had, I think I would have had the same reaction!

Hope you all have a fabulous RotD/N!

~Kristina

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Stephanie M. - Jun 11, 2006 9:46 am (#1058 of 2979)

Hey everyone!!! I'm back from my crazily busy life!

I wish everyone a happy birthday that I have missed, and good luck and good health to everybody!

I have been gone for a while because of finals and studying for finals. School ended last wednesday, and we had our graduation on Thursday night. Friday I had a birthday party, and my sister went to Prom... she came back this morning (went to the Jersey Shore with about 50 of her friends. But while she was gone, I was swimming up at my school, and teaching younger kids how to swim with some of the Varsity Swim team to raise money for our swim trip in the winter. We raised about $750, which was a pretty good start. Plus, we get community service hours for it too.

Congratulations to Nadal for winning the French Open!!! I wanted him to win, so I'm very happy!

I must now go to my friend's piano recital since it's very hard to get there since it's the Puerto Rican Day Parade.

Have a great day everyone!!

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Good Evans - Jun 11, 2006 9:53 am (#1059 of 2979)

Nice to see you back Stephanie!

Tazzy, we have suicidal birds here too, we have just put up a new bird table and it is a bit like "a peck of owls" here at the moment (so many birds swooping around the garden). We have one that I suppose broke its neck as it crashed in to the kitchen door and yesterday as we were breakfasting we saw one take a glancing blow off the greenhouse as it flew straight in to a pane of glass, it then flew to the top of the greenhouse and sat there for a while (I think it had a small concussion!!)

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Tazzygirl - Jun 11, 2006 10:06 am (#1060 of 2979)

Good Evans- for some reason I find that funny... My parents have had a couple birds slam into their sliding glass door, but they all seemed to have not been fazed by it! Birdy concussion- awwww. Poor baby!

~Kristina (Bing!)

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Good Evans - Jun 11, 2006 10:10 am (#1061 of 2979)

I know what you mean Tazzy, we have several that seem to whack the door and windows but they usually fly off again (like the greenhouse one), the one that hit the door either had his speed or trajectory wrong as he did not survive.

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Tazzygirl - Jun 11, 2006 10:14 am (#1062 of 2979)

Good Evans- that is sad. Reminds me of the Windex commercials they have here, where birds line up on a fence and watch unsuspecting other birds fly into windows that were cleaned by Windex.

We also had a pair of hummingbirds that used to live in the backyard. When we ran out of food in the hummingbird feeder, they would come up to the kitchen window and stay there until we filled the feeder back up.

~Kristina

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 11, 2006 10:22 am (#1063 of 2979)
Edited Jun 11, 2006 11:05 am

Ahh I've never hit anything yet, but so far to date my mom has killed 3 of our cats on 3 separate occasions when she accidentally ran over them in the driveway. It wasn't funny when it happened but now it's gotten to be a joke. We think she needs to get 3 cat stickers and put them on the side of her car!

The birds here are crazy as well, and enjoy chirping during the wee hours of the night-uhh so annoying!

Stephanie M.: I was reading your profile and we have the same birthday except that you are 2 years younger! Just thought I'd share!

Tazzy: can you link Catherine's story about Blossom the Opposum?

have a great day everyone!

BING!

EDIT: ok Kristina talk to ya later!

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Eponine - Jun 11, 2006 10:59 am (#1064 of 2979)

Other than the previously mentioned oppossum, I have run over a suicidal squirrel and had a bird fly into my window. I'm usually very careful about braking for animals, but the incident with the oppossum occurred late at night on a very dark road. As for the squirrel, I can only assume that he had decided to end it all because he threw himself under my tire after I had braked for him. I was horrified when I hit the oppossum. They might be unpleasant animals, but I still don't want to run them down with my car.

The other day I was at my computer, and I kept hearing this noise outside the window. I opened the blinds to find a bird flying into the glass repeatedly. I banged on the window to scare it away, but I couldn't figure out where it thought it was going. The blinds were down, so it wasn't transparent in the slightest. The only thing I could figure was the bird was flying at his reflection.

Catherine, here's to a Blossom-free summer!

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Kip Carter - Jun 11, 2006 11:16 am (#1065 of 2979)
Edited Jun 11, 2006 11:51 am

virginiaelizabeth, the discussion concerning Catherine's "Blossom" started over a year ago and would take a multitude of link to explain everything; however I feel this May 3, 2005 1:01 pm post, which I have named "Blossum the Possum Returns", will convey what happened. Enjoy and you are welcome to search more.

Catherine's first encounter was in her Apr 18, 2005 10:19 am post, titled "Catherine the Wimp Meets Blossum the Possum". Just remember, Catherine, you were the one who said you were a wimp. I just included it in the title.

If anyone wants to follow the complete story, start with the April 18th post and follow through the next 500-plus posts to the May 3rd message and enjoy the advice, concern, and ribbing that both Catherine and Blossum were provided.

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Mediwitch - Jun 11, 2006 11:16 am (#1066 of 2979)

so far to date my mom has killed 3 of our cats on 3 separate occasions when she accidentally ran over them in the driveway. It wasn't funny when it happened but now it's gotten to be a joke. We think she needs to get 3 cat stickers and put them on the side of her car!

ROFL, Ginny, especially about the stickers on the car!

Oh yeah, BING!

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Lilly P - Jun 11, 2006 12:07 pm (#1067 of 2979)

First and foremost, to Mrs. Sirius, I am so sorry! I grew up in a small town that since has become huge and subsequently lost it's innocence, I understand how unsettling it can be for the town to "lose" it's innocence.

virginiaelizabeth- in early spring, if you take a big stick and knock down all the nests that are starting to be built by the birds, they will not continue to nest near your home. Take it from me, I have 4 trees outside my 3 bedroom windows!!! the trick is to knock them down early so that the birds have time to build somewhere else before mating season begins. do this for 3 consecutive seasons and you will be virtually bird free.

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Madam Pince - Jun 11, 2006 12:41 pm (#1068 of 2979)

Eponine, you silly! Clearly the bird had some mail for you and was just trying to deliver it! You probably missed a message from Dumbledore or Sirius or something!

We used to have a woodpecker who would come out every spring and sit on our metal roof gutters, pecking away at them. It sounded like someone was jackhammering on the roof. NOT a nice wake-up call -- it would get you straight up out of bed yelling "What is that???"

I have had all sorts of animals run out in front of me while I was driving, but the only one ever I hit and killed was (of all things) a mongoose in Hawaii, being suicidal. They are (were?) thick over there -- just like we have squirrels (or opossums!) here. I was devastated, though. Rikki Tikki Tavi and all that. Wah.

Best "hit animal" story I ever heard was third-hand -- apparently a local church was sponsoring a living Nativity scene before Christmas one year, and they had secured a camel from a guy who kept exotic animals. Somehow the camel managed to escape and ran panicked out onto a major highway, where it was struck and tragically killed. It was a terribly sad story, but my perverted sense of humor could not stop me laughing hysterically imagining the look on the insurance guy's face when he read the accident report. "You hit a what???" You don't see that every day.

Houseguests left for home early this morning. I promptly went back to bed and slept until 2:00 in the afternoon! Must've needed it badly. The house is soooo quiet now!

Everyone enjoy the RotD!

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Puck - Jun 11, 2006 2:25 pm (#1069 of 2979)

First off, I suspect Julie's windows are waaaaay too clean. Slack off a bit, please! The birds beg you!

My in-laws had a bird flying repeatedly into their window last year. It didn't help closing the shades. For days it continued to crash into the window. I'm not sure why it started this behavior, but pretty sure the resulting brain damage is what made it continue.

Welcome back, Stephanie!

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 11, 2006 3:13 pm (#1070 of 2979)
Edited Jun 11, 2006 4:21 pm

Mrs. Sirius - eeeeyuuuck! I am absolutely disgusted. What is going on? Our area is large enough that we don't let down our guard, but it doesn't mean it can't happen here, either. Kind of reminds me of that Dateline episode again. Where do these men get the nerve to do such things - and who are their mothers????? Shame on them for raising such beasts. Vent over. I am so happy that no one was hurt or taken.

Well, I did it. I sang the Arky Arky song to the three kiddies. At one point, I had to grab hold of Olivia's wrist for her to hear the rest of the song. Strangely, she tried to gnaw off her arm. All in all, I think they liked it!

My sister has an unhealthy amount of knowledge about the Bradys...sometimes I think she likes "The Brady Bunch" more than Harry Potter (blasphemy!). C'mon now, Mike - that's hitting below the belt.

I have run over a suicidal squirrel Eponine . . ."Don't worry, kids! All squirrels twitch like that before they go to sleep!"

Thanks for posting that link, Kip. I was going to do a search on it, but it sounds as though you've saved me a lot of trouble.

Oh yeah, dobbyiscool, congrats on the Spirit award. You must have done something right.

EDIT: HH11, I can guarantee that there will be a Pirates of the Caribbean 3, since they filmed it at the same time they did the second one.

Oh, I feel so dopey Mike. I based my comment entirely on Olivia's review of the book. I guess I need to get out more.

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timrew - Jun 11, 2006 4:10 pm (#1071 of 2979)

Yeah, the only things I have run over are a snow leopard, an orang-outang and a panda.

I think they must have escaped from the same pet-shop on the same day...........................because they aren't indigenous to the UK.

I tried to avoid them, but I was trying to swerve out of the way of a Blue Whale at the time. God knows what it was doing in the third lane of the M6..............

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Tazzygirl - Jun 11, 2006 4:20 pm (#1072 of 2979)

Madam P.-a mongoose in Hawaii, being suicidal. They are (were?) thick over there –

Mongoose are extremely thick in Hawaii. We are trying to find a way to get rid of them, as they are killing all the native species to the islands. I haven't managed to hit one with my car yet.

Off to make chocolate cupcakes.

~Kristina

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Chemyst - Jun 11, 2006 4:32 pm (#1073 of 2979)

Puck & HH11:
I just looked up the words to the Arky song to be sure it was the same one I was thinking of– I was surprised to find an additional verse: They came off by three-sies three-sies  Grizzly bears and chimpanzee-sies zee-sies  I've concluded that was an intentional omission by the scout leader who taught it to our Brownie troop as it may have led to unwanted questions.

Driving Lesson: Small rodents do not have sufficient mass endanger you or your passengers in the same manner as a tree, telephone pole, or oncoming vehicle. When a split-second choice must be made, a small tha-dump is preferable to a BIG BANG. Small tha-dumps also offer more favorable outcomes than large ditches, waterways, or cliffs. My sister learned that the hard way.

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Pinky Prime - Jun 11, 2006 4:34 pm (#1074 of 2979)

I recently ran over my own foot while the car was parked on a steep hill. Bet the critters laughed at me. (Squirrel gives his buddy High five!)

Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 Squirr10

That for me has given me more time to catch up on posts.

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Thora - Jun 11, 2006 5:35 pm (#1075 of 2979)

Oooch, that sounds painful.

Well I missed a day due to going to my mother-in-laws for a visit. We saw Cars while we were there, and I laughed the whole way through. The plot was very transparent from the start, but my husband and I like catching all the little jokes that would be missed if one didn't follow Pixar films. I think we enjoyed it more than the kids did.

The rest of the weekend was a typical visit with my mother-in-law. I'll be rewarding myself for my good behavior with chocolate and acid pops. Anyone want to come share my stash until the post mother-in-law visit dementor goes away? No? Well I guess I should have saved the Bertie Botts too.... Wink

Happy RotD all.

Thora

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Mediwitch - Jun 11, 2006 6:47 pm (#1076 of 2979)

Pinky Prime - Ouch

And I agree with Chemyst's driving lesson - even though a deer can do some serious damage to you and your car, the tree/utility pole/other car/embankment/etc. can do much worse! Don't make the Mediwitches and wizards come get you!

Ambulance

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Pinky Prime - Jun 11, 2006 6:55 pm (#1077 of 2979)
Edited Jun 11, 2006 7:40 pm

I try to keep my car in Prime (excuse the pun) condition, so immediately after it got run over I got back in the driver's seat to put on the brakes.  That's when I noticed Ouch!  Saved the car though but at a price.

Guess the Gekko's got mad too!  Suffice it to say that I'm off my feet a lot more these days with it wrapped up.  Post Time!!!!!!

This is what you get when you have time on your hands...




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geauxtigers - Jun 11, 2006 7:14 pm (#1078 of 2979)

Ouch!! I can't imagine getting my foot run over! I did have it slammed in the car door once, but I think I'd rather that than have it run over!

I'm really upset because they have made the pink starbursts minty! I mean come on the pink are everyone's favorite so why would you make them minty? Ah well its a limited edtion, but still...

My mom actually found a hatched egg shell outside today, so now I think I know why birds have been keeping my awake at night

Tomorrow I have to babysit all day again for a bratty 3 year old...

I'm off to check 5 Words then the chat room for a while...

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Puck - Jun 11, 2006 7:35 pm (#1079 of 2979)

I recently ran over my own foot while the car was parked on a steep hill. -Pinky Prime

Now that takes talent!

I sang the Arky Arky song to the three kiddies. At one point, I had to grab hold of Olivia's wrist for her to hear the rest of the song. Strangely, she tried to gnaw off her arm.

ROTFL!!

Chemyst, we always sang that last verse. Guess we had brave G.S. leaders. (Actually, I never really thought about it before.)

Thora, enjoy your treats. You earned them!

Tori, hope you get paid by the tantrum.

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 11, 2006 9:35 pm (#1080 of 2979)

I never knew the "Arky Arky" song had more than 2 verses!

I have to say it does take quite an immense amount of talent to run over your own foot Pinky Prime! Were you in the car or running to catch it from rolling off the hill? The later would make more sense but you never know!

And of course the bratty 3 year old for the next 2 days! I just can't wait to see him!...wish there was a way to slip him some Draught of Living Death....he'd be asleep the whoollle day! Or maybe just a simple silencing solution..that would sure make ignoring him easier! ahh well to bad I'm a poor potions maker!

Time to go check Potty 5 Words!! then maybe try to get some sleep..hah doubtful!

Have a great RotD/N

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Mrs. Sirius - Jun 11, 2006 11:10 pm (#1081 of 2979)

First and foremost, to Mrs. Sirius, I am so sorry! I grew up in a small town that since has become huge and subsequently lost it's innocence, I understand how unsettling it can be for the town to "lose" it's innocence.

Lilly P, yes loss of innocence is precisely what this was. My husband and I often call our town La-La land because it is so serenely picturesque, quaint, open, and friendly. It has really shaken everyone. I went out with the mother of the children involved and she is an emotional mess.

It was a terribly sad story, but my perverted sense of humor could not stop me laughing hysterically imagining the look on the insurance guy's face when he read the accident report. "You hit a what???" You don't see that every day.

Madame Pince, Yep, ha ha ha h he he.

I have (thankfully) only run over a squirrel. Yes, one of those suicidal ones that dashes out in front of your car then decides, “no, better not do that, oh why not, oh, no, better not…“ I had slowed down and thought I had given it room to decide in which direction to go. Alas, I heard the tha-dum and knew I hadn’t .

Yeah, the only things I have run over are a snow leopard, an orang-outang and a panda I think they must have escaped from the same pet-shop on the same day...........................because they aren't indigenous to the UK.

Tim, you say these things with such a straight face that I am not ever sure when you are kidding.

I recently ran over my own foot while the car was parked on a steep hill. Bet the critters laughed at me. (Squirrel gives his buddy High five!)

Pinky Prime, that takes real talent.

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Amilia Smith - Jun 11, 2006 11:44 pm (#1082 of 2979)

We also sang that last verse to the Arky Arky song. As a matter of fact, we sang slightly more "racy" lyrics:
The animals they came off
They came off by three-sies three-sies
Just because of birds and beesies beesies
Of course this was at a Girls' Camp for teenagers: 12-17 yr olds. Did you all stand up and do the hand motions for the chorus? We also sang several other songs that were on Puck's site. I had a blast looking through them, remembering all the good times, and comparing lyrics. :-)

Pinky Prime: that same thing happened to my mother a couple years ago. Well, she wasn't driving, but her foot did get run over. Nothing was broken, but it took forever to heal. I feel your pain. Hopefully you will be able to heal more quickly than she did! ~~~~healing charms~~~~

I have hit a cat before. The rule my folks had was that if it is smaller than a deer, don't try to swerve! I do believe that, and I know hitting a cat is nothing compared to swerving and getting into an accident, but I felt so horrible after.

Now for my good news:
I got a call from my sister Friday. I have a new niece! Hopefully you will be able to see a picture of her in my profile. The one I chose has my baby sister helping our 2 yr old nephew hold his little sister.

Mills.

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Puck - Jun 12, 2006 5:07 am (#1083 of 2979)

Congrats on the new niece, Mills!

There are hand motions to the Arky Arky song?! I remember clapping, and holding up 2 fingers for twosies, 3 for threesies, but that's all. (Of course, any hand motions would be difficult if you had gnawed off your arm. )

Happy RotD,

Kathy

oh-What was Chandler's last name on Friends? It was "Bing"!

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haymoni - Jun 12, 2006 7:54 am (#1084 of 2979)

Ungrateful Son had a baseball game Saturday. He was pitching and the brats on the other team started heckling him. These are 11 and 12 year-olds - new 5th & 6th graders.

Now I realize that if my son continues on the road to "Greatness" that he will be heckled and called names, but the league has a no heckling rule. You can cheer your own team on as loud as you want, but you can't say anything to the other kids. i.e., I can't yell "Drop it!!!" when some poor child is trying to catch a pop fly with the sun in his eyes.

My son really got rattled. We have played some tough teams with rude coaches, but this was the first time he had ever faced anything like this. He finished the inning, but he was angry at himself for letting them get to him. Our coach didn't make a big deal about it. The moms were ready to rush the other team's dugout.

Anyway, the pressure got to him and he asked to be taken out. The next inning he played left field. One of those mouthy kids hit a shot over our 3rd baseman's head. My son fielded the ball and threw the kid out at first base all the way from deep in left field!!! Whoo Hoo!!! That put the smile back on his face.

But the drama continued...That mouthy child, who had just been thrown out by my talented son, threw his helmet and cursed. The umpire ejected him from the game. I couldn't believe it. I had never seen a child thrown out of a game before.

Our team came back to win the game and my son felt better about being able to make such a great play, but it really was an ugly start to the weekend. Hopefully, he'll be able to shake it off next time.

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Tazzygirl - Jun 12, 2006 8:34 am (#1085 of 2979)

Congratulations, Mills!!

I have never heard of the Arky Arky song...

Haymoni- Sorry to hear about your son's bad game experience. I hope he won't let it bug him next time! I used to babysit this little boy who had to succeed at everything competition- wise. I remember taking him to a t-ball game, and he was a complete nightmare to his team mates and coaches (if he missed a hit or catching the ball, he would throw a fit, and attack his team mates by saying they can't throw and such). I found that the reason why he acts like that was because his dad was the same exact way. My neighbor kid across the street was on the boy's team, and he really didn't like going to practices or games because of that kid.

Hope you all have a fantastic RotD/N!

~Kristina (Puck, are you sure it's Chandler Bing?! LOL, Nice one!!)

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Esther Rose - Jun 12, 2006 8:36 am (#1086 of 2979)

Bravo for your son Haymoni.

This just goes to show. It's not necessarily what we say, it's what we do that makes us truly great. (Smart remarks are often quickly followed by a dinner of crow tar tar.) I've never believed or understood the reason behind heckling the opposing team anyways. Why give them that much ammunition to want to win against you?

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haymoni - Jun 12, 2006 11:06 am (#1087 of 2979)

crow tar tar - very good! It was a rather ironic turn of events, was it not??

That evening I babysat for my nephew, so my brother & his wife could go out for their anniversary. He is autistic and I believe it was the first time someone other than grandparents had watched him. (They trusted ME????)

He's 7 years old. He has a hard time communicating, but he can multiply better than some 10 year-olds. It went pretty well, I think, and they need to get out and relax.

Does anyone on the Forum have any experience with The Autism Diet - no dairy, no gluten? I have read about it and I know it doesn't work for every child, but I'd like to know if it is difficult to follow. The materials that I have read say to start with the non-dairy items first and then start cutting out the gluten. Any comments - good or bad?

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 12, 2006 11:10 am (#1088 of 2979)

Mrs. Sirius--what a disturbing story. It's disheartening to discover there's really no "safe" place.

haymoni--sounds like your son acquitted himself quite nicely. Good for him.

I had no idea there were mongooses (or is it mongeese ) in Hawaii.

And on a humiliating note, I stayed up to watch The 4400 season premiere. What a disappointment.

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Holly T. - Jun 12, 2006 11:22 am (#1089 of 2979)

Mrs. Sirius, yikes!

Good for your son, Haymoni.

Goodness, I hope my babysitter this week isn't expecting to get paid by the tantrum. Or the times my son hits his sister. My son has had a huge crush on the babysitter for several years (he's 8, she's 14) so maybe he'll behave for her. He hasn't been behaving for me, keeps hitting his sister, and was a pill all last week at day camp. I warned her. I think I will call home to check. They are going to VBS at our church in the mornings this week and then she is babysitting them in the afternoon. They have to walk to our house from the church so the plan is for the walk to make someone too tired to hit anyone else.

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TomProffitt - Jun 12, 2006 11:50 am (#1090 of 2979)

A friend of mine told me recently that his son came home with a not saying that there was gang activity in his son's school. His son is nine.

What the heck is going on? Rural Virginia didn't use to have gangs at any age level, now they are in the elementary schools?

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haymoni - Jun 12, 2006 11:53 am (#1091 of 2979)

They start 'em young, Tom.

Or the kids are emulating older kids or what they saw on TV.

Mrs. Sirius - They did a special on "Oprah" some years back where parents at a Chicago park were being interviewed about safety and "talking to strangers". While the parents were busy being interviewed for the "Oprah Show", someone posing as a "Stranger" was luring their kids off one by one. As the "Stranger" walked off with their children, the interviewer would ask the parent to turn around and they saw their precious little ones walking off with a total stranger. They couldn't believe how easily their 4, 5 and 6 year olds would go off. The Stranger's hook??? - "Would you help me find my lost puppy?" It got them every time.

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 12, 2006 12:12 pm (#1092 of 2979)

I can't speak for all of rural Virginia, but Mara Salvatrucha or "MS-13" has been flourishing in Northern Virginia (i. e. that part of Virginia considered to be part of the Washington D.C. metropolitan area) for quite some time. It is a point of concern throughout Virginia at the current time that MS-13 is expanding its bases of operation out beyond the "suburbs" into the "exurbs" and rural areas.

I mention this because my instinct is to dismiss childish shenanigans as shenanigans, but these days when I hear of "gang activity" I immediately think of MS-13 and am not surprised if an elementary school is involved.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mara_Salvatrucha

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The giant squid - Jun 12, 2006 12:57 pm (#1093 of 2979)

oh-What was Chandler's last name on Friends? It was "Bing"! –Puck

Ah, but what does it say on his TV Guide? (I know this was a 5 Words thing, but I always chuckle at Chandler).

Maria, don't feel bad--the back-to-back filming thing isn't a common practice. To my knowledge the only ones that have done it before are Back To The Future II & III and Matrix Reloaded/Matrix Revolutions.

When I was in high school (oh, about 15 years ago) there was a "gang" starting up. I put it in quotes because it was basically a small group of hoodlums (which, let's face it, have always been around) who all wore the same stuff--LA Raiders gear. They called themselves--wait for it--the Raiders. I figured if that's the best they could come up with I didn't have much to worry about.

--Mike

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haymoni - Jun 12, 2006 1:06 pm (#1094 of 2979)

Mike - what about that series of movies that came out a little bit ago about some guy named Frodo?

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Madam Pince - Jun 12, 2006 1:26 pm (#1095 of 2979)
Edited Jun 12, 2006 2:07 pm

Ooooo, I know, I know! ***waves hand frantically in air a la Hermione*** It was: Chanandler Bong!

Haymoni, give Ungrateful Son a big "Whoo-Hoo!" from me! That is so great! I love it when a bully or a poor loser gets a come-uppance! And what was up with the coaches/parents of the other team??? Your coaches should at the very least mention it to the league organizers, I would think. As Tazzy said, though, it's usually the kid imitating the parents who are trying to play vicariously through their kid. Very sad to be teaching them that way. (But big kudos to the umpire for doing the correct thing and ejecting the kid!)

Loopy is absolutely correct on the gang thing. We have done extensive research into that subject because we were considering moving into the Northern Virginia area, and Mr. Pince is adamantly opposed to the idea because of the boom of MS-13 in the area. Unfortunately, it appears to be spreading down I-81 into the Shenandoah Valley, which has always been a "rural-pristine-Green Acres Heartland-type" area. They are some very scary people, too; serious about their recruitment and starting up very young, apparently.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 12, 2006 1:57 pm (#1096 of 2979)

They are some very scary people, too; serious about their recruitment and starting up very young, apparently.

About 2 mos. ago, our local sheriff came and gave a great, in-depth presentation regarding gangs. Gangs are everywhere and do practice very forceful recruiting tactics by threatening and following through with the threats. Many children feel trapped and once they get their teeth into someone, they don't let go. The kids need to know they can get help from adults and the police. The worst part is that they are now "networking" in a worldwide manner and are growing in leaps and bounds.

haymoni, three cheers for Ungrateful Son! I know it's hard to see them go through such a difficult situation but you must feel great knowing how admirably he handled it. Justice, sweet justice in the end didn't hurt, either.

The sad part is that the mom was probably angry that her son was ejected. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, y'know. ((Olivia just ran off crying. ))

Mike: Matrix Reloaded/Matrix Revolutions - There's a Matrix Revolutions????

Congratulations on your new niecey-niecey, Millsy-Millsy. . .sorry, that song is still stuck in my head. I guess it would help if I actually knew the tune.

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Mediwitch - Jun 12, 2006 2:17 pm (#1097 of 2979)

haymoni - Does anyone on the Forum have any experience with The Autism Diet - no dairy, no gluten?

Yep. In my "real life", I spend two-thirds of my week with children who have autism. (The other one-third is spent with children with more "typical" speech-language problems.) This is what I tell my families when this topic comes up. There is no clinical evidence that this diet works. That being said, certain individuals have reported success with it. It can be very difficult to follow, although the boom in health foods in recent years has made it a bit easier with lots more rice and soy products available. It can also be difficult if the child has lots of issues around eating, i.e. will eat only certain textures, certain colors, etc. I know several families who have tried this diet, and none have had particularly positive results. Hope the information is useful for you! *gets off professional soapbox now*

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haymoni - Jun 12, 2006 2:51 pm (#1098 of 2979)

Personally, I would run through the streets naked if I thought it would help my child, but I haven't seen enough evidence to know if this really works.

It is my understanding that one slip up can set the child back, so you have to really be vigilant (Constant!!) if you are going to place your child on the diet. Thanks, Mediwitch!

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TomProffitt - Jun 12, 2006 3:09 pm (#1099 of 2979)

Unfortunately, it appears to be spreading down I-81 into the Shenandoah Valley, which has always been a "rural-pristine-Green Acres Heartland-type" area. --- Madam Pince

I'm in a small town near Harrisonburg. H'burg has really grown over the last ten years. We're pushing 50 to 60 thousand now. Unemployment is around 1% here.

I think that most of the crime problems are connected with Meth. There seem to be alot of meth labs down here (or so I hear).

I have never witnessed anything approaching crime around here and feel very safe. Pretty much if you're the type of person that doesn't go looking for trouble you won't find any here.

The only thing I don't like about living here is that the winters aren't mild enough for me. The Shenandoah Valley is a good place to live.

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Catherine - Jun 12, 2006 3:11 pm (#1100 of 2979)

The materials that I have read say to start with the non-dairy items first and then start cutting out the gluten. Any comments - good or bad? –Haymoni

We investigated this diet when our autistic (extremely high-functioning, though) daughter Claire began having seizures AND particularly frightening reactions to seizure medication. Her seizure disorder seemed to exaggerate her "autistic" symptoms. Not good.

I agree with Mediwitch that our investigation of the scientific literature suggests that this diet has limited success. My personal opinion is that it should be a last option, not a first option, due to the sheer difficulty it presents in family life and the VERY unhealthful nature of this diet. The evidence that it works seems to be anecdotal.

My personal opinion is that, for the efforts one could put into following the diet, one could have a lot of language therapy, social skills therapy, and life-skills therapy. But families are different, and parents should go where intuition and common sense lead them.
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Mediwitch - Jun 12, 2006 4:29 pm (#1101 of 2979)

Catherine: My personal opinion is that, for the efforts one could put into following the diet, one could have a lot of language therapy, social skills therapy, and life-skills therapy.

I wholeheartedly agree!

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timrew - Jun 12, 2006 4:40 pm (#1102 of 2979)

Yes, this gang thing has now started in our local nursery.

You get three year olds trying to muscle in on the nappy (diaper) allocation business. 'Gimme da business, punk, or I'll let you have it wid dis cap-gun!'.........................

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Julie Aronson - Jun 12, 2006 5:34 pm (#1103 of 2979)

Tim--you gave me a SPEW moment--Thanks, dude!!!Baby Smiley

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geauxtigers - Jun 12, 2006 5:38 pm (#1104 of 2979)

Well I officially "worked" longer than my mom today, leaving the house before her and getting home after her. I'm exhausted! This kid is just the biggest question asker I've ever met in my life. He keeps asking things like 'why are you hungry' Does someone really ever have a reason to be hungry?! NO yo just are bottom line! Makes for a long day!

I stubbed my little toe last night on my bed and it hurts! Not broken thankfully though!

I don't know any gangs here, I don't know any at my school, but I'm not foolish enough to say they don't exist as I by no means live in a small town... really sad though, that people like that are all around...

LOL Tim!

off to chat room and 5 Words for a bit!

Have a great day/night

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Puck - Jun 12, 2006 6:32 pm (#1105 of 2979)

Personally, I would run through the streets naked if I thought it would help my child, but I haven't seen enough evidence to know if this really works.  Why don't you try it, Haymoni, and let us know if it works? Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1003735042

My neighbor’s son is on a similar diet -I haven't seen much difference. My kids' Yoga instructor has a son with a limited diet due to allergies. If trying such a diet she suggests avocados, has they have protein, calcium, and many other nutrients you'd otherwise be lacking.

Hey! I knew it was "Chanandler Bong", but Mrs. Pince beat me to it!

Tim -

Great. Now I have to talk ro my kids about strangers, "bad touching", AND gangs.

Haymoni, he may be Ungrateful, but your son is way cool!

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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Eponine - Jun 12, 2006 6:38 pm (#1106 of 2979)

Ah, but what does it say on his TV Guide? - Mike

Ooooo, I know, I know! ***waves hand frantically in air a la Hermione*** It was: Chanandler Bong! - Madame Pince


Don't forget the rest of it! It's MS. Chanadler Bong

Well, I went to see A Prairie Home Companion today. It was the first time I've ever been to a movie alone. Mr. Eponine is out of town, and he wasn't really interested, so I went by myself. I really liked the movie, but it was extremely slow and not a whole lot happened. If you're not familiar with the radio show, then I'm not sure if I'd recommend it. I did enjoy it, though.

Have a great RotD!

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haymoni - Jun 12, 2006 8:07 pm (#1107 of 2979)

My nephew was diagnosed very late - probably about 3 1/2 - 4 years old. Multiple pediatricians, first-time parents, grandparents in denial and I didn't know quite how to say, "Um, I think there is something wrong here."

Tact is not one of my strong points. After he was kicked out of Daycare Center #3, I finally used the "A" word with my brother and encouraged him to get him tested. I told him "If he's hard of hearing, we'll all learn sign language, and (insert deep breath here) if it turns out he's autistic - well, we'll deal with that too!"

Amazingly enough, the grade school right around the corner from their house is the "headquarters" for the autism program in their school system. He's done really well in the 2 years that he's been there.

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Mediwitch - Jun 12, 2006 8:28 pm (#1108 of 2979)

haymoni - I don't think that's as uncommon as you might think. I like your approach with your brother! It let him know that you were there to support them, no matter what. It's great to hear that your nephew is doing so well. Congratulations to you and your family - it's a big scary word, that A-word!

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John Bumbledore - Jun 12, 2006 8:50 pm (#1109 of 2979)

Oy, the other hurricane season has opened. Alberto is still a TS at 69 mph but is close to the 74 mph mark for hurricane status. (yes I am watching the weather report on our local news. Forecast track is landfall on gulf coast FL in the "corner" between the pan handle and the peninsula, then proceeding up through eastern GA, SC and NC.

Strengthening charms to all those in the path.

Imagine my embarrassment the next time I have to go to the local Animal Shelter. -- Catherine.



Sorry Catherine, but this reminds me of the first time I saw the washing eyeballs" phrase. LOL
I guess you haven't gotten the Obliviate spell to work yet, or Kip has a very strong counter spell.
Thank you Kip!

Things hit with cars: I hit a kitten as an older teen with my car in my parents driveway. The bad part was that it wasn't dead yet. I Didn't like that.

I hit a ditch and a sign post, but I missed the BIG farm tractor. The ditch was deep enough that I would have been stuck if it wasn't for the fact that I forgot to hit the break, slid to the drive crossing the ditch which had enough of a slope to ramp the car back up to road level where I spun around 540 degrees and stopped facing the opposite way from when I started.

Another time I was hit in the back bumper buy a very large SUV, who's driver said they had just got it back from repaired because the accelerator was sticking. Okay, so it wasn't repaired. So, if she was going about 35 mph before the accelerator stuck, then it is no wonder she pushed my car from a stop, about five feet and into the car in front of me. I had whiplash and a wrist injury that still bothers me today.

Another time I had a near miss. It was a hitch-hiker, at the top of the on ramp to the Interstate, on a dark, rainy night. My wife had told me just 30 minutes before that she had an odd feeling, and asked if deer would be moving at this time. Deer bed down in the rain and don't run unless chased by wild dogs, but I did back off the speed limit just to make her feel better. It was a definite Trelawney moment that saved that hitch-hiker.

And the as always, bug to numerous to mention. Oops, too late.

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

Edit: From BBC News - Entertainment: "The History Boys, about a group of switched-on sixth-form students in pursuit of an Oxbridge place, opened in 2004 to rave reviews." (** Best actor was Richard Griffiths, and Frances de la Tour was named best supporting actress **)

Question from one in the US to UK, what are "switched-on sixth-form students?" I think this is another case of "separated by a common language."

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Mrs. Sirius - Jun 12, 2006 9:53 pm (#1110 of 2979)

Tim, you are just priceless!

On the autism diet, my son is inattentive and we have had discussion about certain changes. Occasionally we have given him coffee in an attempt to keep him calm (this is because as a child, I was helped by coffee when I was too wired to concentrate or think).

However, for the last several years I have had various medical problems for which I was treated by my doctor, a couple of dermatologists, an exotic disease specialist, a ear nose and throat specialist, a surgeon, my regular doctor. I was telling a friend who is a chiropractor my problems, she said it sounds like you have a milk allergy. After all those doctors and medical tests, and strange prescription medicines, I found something that worked.

It turns out I have a milk "sensitivity". Being off milk and milk products has had huge effect. Life is sooo much better now! I can have some peace.

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The giant squid - Jun 13, 2006 12:02 am (#1111 of 2979)

Five points for Madame Pince for the Chanandler part, and ten points to Eponine for remembering the "Ms."

There's a Matrix Revolutions????--HungarianHorntail11

Sadly, yes. I say sadly because I'm one of those who were less than impressed by the Matrix sequels. There was just too much of a tone shift between them and the original (watch them again--Matrix is about the people in (and getting out of) the Matrix; Reloaded and Revolutions are about the programs).

Nothing to add on autism; my only knowledge therein is from the last episode of "St. Elsewhere"...

--Mike

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Julie Aronson - Jun 13, 2006 3:26 am (#1112 of 2979)

Boo for The Matrix and its sequels. I've only seen the original, and was infuriated by what a cheap rip-off it was of one of my all-time favorite sci-fi books, Neuromancer. I was so put off that I'm more concerned about losing the time watching the sequels will rob from my life than whether or not they're any good.

OK. Rant over.

Have a wonderful day!

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azi - Jun 13, 2006 3:48 am (#1113 of 2979)

John - Sixth-form students are college students taking A-levels (ages 16 - 18). I have no idea what 'switched-on' is supposed to mean. I assume it's enthusiastic or something.

The Matrix exists. I wasn't that impressed.

I have lots of allergies but only my nut allergy is food related.

Hope everyone has a great day!

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Catherine - Jun 13, 2006 4:36 am (#1114 of 2979)

I was so put off that I'm more concerned about losing the time watching the sequels will rob from my life than whether or not they're any good.--Julie Aronson

You're starting to sound just like Loopy Lupin!

My kids are leaving today to visit their paternal Grandma. I plan to swap out old toys and clean out closets while they are gone. Bwahahahaha!

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Julie Aronson - Jun 13, 2006 4:48 am (#1115 of 2979)

You're starting to sound just like Loopy Lupin!—Catherine

I'll take that as a compliment!

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Puck - Jun 13, 2006 5:31 am (#1116 of 2979)

Do you take a class in cynical during law school?

when me and Tori were little we used to think the words to "Yankee Doodle" were "stuck a feather in his cat and called it macaroni" so that's where we got the name from  Wait! It isn't macaroni? Really? *sigh* Back to the kid song website to find out the actual words.

John, I am amazed that both you and hitch-hiker have managed to survive.

BINGBINGBING! New story started!

Happy RotD,

Kathy

Edit: I just looked it up, and it is "macaroni"!

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Madam Pince - Jun 13, 2006 5:37 am (#1117 of 2979)

Whoo-Hoo, Eponine! ***Is deeply impressed that she remembered the "Ms." part*** :insert applauding smiley here:

Hey, Tom Proffit, I didn't realize we were such close neighbors! The place I call home is about an hour and a half from Harrisonburg, in the mountains! (Where I grew up and where Mom now lives, where our cabin is, and where we are going to move just as soon as we can!) Mr. Pince bought his four-wheeler at Early's Cycle Center, and a good number of my high school friends went to JMU! But don't fool yourself about crime/gangs in Harrisonburg -- they're there. A family friend has a daughter who's a police officer in Harrisonburg, and she was telling us just this spring that they have encountered some MS-13 activity there. Meth labs, too. There is some interconnection between the two, also, I think. Don't know if you recall the young woman who was found murdered a couple years ago just a bit north of there, at the covered bridge on the Shenandoah River? She was an MS-13 member who was acting as an informant for the FBI -- they got a great deal of valuable info about the gang's structure before she got a bit careless and was "found out." There was a documentary about it on the Discovery Channel or something recently. Very sad.

OK, that's a depressing start to the day -- bleah. I'd rather think of the Shenandoah Valley as the beautiful country that it truly is!

I don't know anything about autism, but I have a cousin whose son is autistic. I remember hearing them talk something about a diet, but I don't think they pursued it. He has really blossomed with therapy and special classes, apparently. He has done horseback-riding classes as a type of therapy and it has been a great success.

Mills, your new niece is sooo beautiful! A very dangerous picture to post... I'm getting too old to want one of those!

Tons of chores to do today -- laundry, ironing, errands -- everything that got pushed back for a week while my houseguests were here. I need a house-elf! Everyone have a great RotD!

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haymoni - Jun 13, 2006 5:50 am (#1118 of 2979)

I was flipping the channels and somebody is showing a documentary on MS-13. I never would have known what they were talking about if I hadn't been on the Forum! One kid actually had the "M" and the "S" tatooed on his eyelids - ouch!

See - that would stop me from joining a gang right there - I'd never get a tatoo.

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 13, 2006 6:17 am (#1119 of 2979)

You're starting to sound just like Loopy Lupin!-- Catherine

I'll take that as a compliment! – Julie


As well you should!

As for the autism diet, I have a nephew with Asperger's Syndrome, but I've never heard of the diet. It seems like it would be a pain with little evidence of success. There is a summer law clerk here who is allergic to gluten and I don't think the poor thing can basically eat much of anything. You'd be surprised how many things have gluten and then you'd also have to be conscious of the gluten in things you cook with. Also, I'd be very concerned about cutting out dairy for a young child. You can use calcium supplements to be sure, but there are other things in dairy that young kids need.

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John Bumbledore - Jun 13, 2006 6:23 am (#1120 of 2979)
Edited Jun 13, 2006 7:40 am

Bing!

Good morning! ( By this I mean I hope you have had or will have a good morning. ) Well, I saw the Matrix. Cool FX, wasn't that at least half the point? I've had a VHS tape on loan from a friend for an embarrassingly long time but have never managed to watch Reloaded or Revolutions. I guess that speaks volumes about my opinion of Matrix.

While driving to work this morning, I was remembering one other animal I hit with a car. It was at night, so an accurate identification is difficult, but the white barred, gray wing (singular) filled the entire windshield (wind screen) of my Ford Escort. The owl just cleared my car except for my radio antenna (which then dented the roof).

Don't know how I could have forgotten to mention that in my post last night.

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

Edit: I have lots of allergies but only my nut allergy is food related. -- Azi.

Azi, thank goodness it is only food related, we wouldn't want you to have a bad reaction to us Nutters!

Bing! Again!

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Thora - Jun 13, 2006 8:17 am (#1121 of 2979)

Does anyone on the Forum have any experience with The Autism Diet - no dairy, no gluten? – haymoni

I have three siblings with Asperger's Syndrome, each with a different degree of severity. With the eldest my mother had no diagnosis to work with, so she simply removed the sugar and milk from his diet. She didn't start removing gluten until the last one was in middle school. As I haven't lived anywhere near them in 8 years I'm not sure how much effect the diet itself has on my younger brother, but I do know that while the quirks he still has are noticeable I am very impressed with the person he is these days. Sure he gets on tangents about his passions and it's a bit hard to nicely tell him to stop talking, but he is much better about using appropriate behaviors when they are required.

Sorry I don't have more direct experience.

All- Just a few seconds ago Alberto lost it's potential for becoming a hurricane. There is still the threat of flooding, and tornados and high winds, but it's not a hurricane. So as I sit here in the center of the forecast cone I am trying to decide if I should clear out for the evening and head for higher ground. I could go to my in-laws, but that's where the dementors hang out, and I'm not keen on picking up another one, as the one from the weekend isn't yet gone. I guess I need to find out what six inches of rain means for flooding in our little moblie home community on the beach. I still have 8 hours until the big rains are supposed to hit... I just don't know what to think. I mean it's got to cross all of Georgia before it hits me.... sigh. I hope my husband calls soon.

Anyway, I'll post later so I can ease any minds I just troubled.

Thora

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azi - Jun 13, 2006 8:26 am (#1122 of 2979)

Hehe, John! It's good to be cheered up when your hayfever is driving you insane!

On the subject of anti-histamines - does anyone know what the difference between loratadine and desloratadine is? My new doctor randomly changed me to loratadine from desloratadine and my hayfever has got worse, but I'm not sure whether it's just unusually high pollen or the new tablets. I looked on Wikipedia, but it wasn't particularly useful.

Glad to hear you won't be getting a hurricane, Thora! I hope you will be ok!

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John Bumbledore - Jun 13, 2006 9:21 am (#1123 of 2979)
Edited Jun 13, 2006 10:25 am

Hi, Azi! **wave across the water**
I used to take loratadine (brand name Claritin®️) but it stopped being effective for my hay fever right about the time it became a con-prescription here in the states. At the same time the maker reformulated and released their new allergy drug as Clarinex®️ (desloratadine).
It always took me about three days for the loratadine to lessen my hay fever symptoms, and I found it difficult to schedule my daily dosage "one hour before or two to three hours after a meal."

My doctor switched me Allegra (fexofenadine) but i didn't like it, and it was more expensive.

I asked my doctor and pharmacyst about chlorpheniramine, it is an antihistamine that is in the brand name Chlor-Trimeton®️ and also used in the brand name Tylenol Allergy Sinus®️.

I find I do better using non-perscription chlorpheniramine than Claritin or Allegra.

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

oh, ah, yes, erm, Bing!

Edit (10:24 AM forum time) I have used up all my post for today. I may turn up in the chat room in about another hour.

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Tazzygirl - Jun 13, 2006 9:34 am (#1124 of 2979)

I get to go to Downtown Disney today! I really want to go to Disneyland, but my parents want to come too, and they have to work today. Downtown Disney is a shopping area next to Disneyland (selling only Disney stuff of course!) and supposed to have a bunch of really good restaurants. Never been, so I'm hoping it's fun! The people I am going with love it...

I haven't heard of the Autism diet... I think I am going to look it up. I have heard of a high-fat diet (I think it was high-fat) for people with Epilipsy. A guy I dated in high school's brother was on the diet for several years, and it helped decrease the severity of his seizures. Sugar was struck from his diet completely. The reason why I say it might have been high fat was because the kid had to eat everything that was known to be high-fat. Can't remember exactly what he ate, all I know was I got grossed out everytime. When they took him off the diet, the mom let him eat whatever he wanted, and soon his seizures became horrible again.

**safe weather charms to Thora and all of you who are in the area for bad weather**

I'm only allergic to cats.

Off to see Potty Five Words! Bing! (Talk about being obsessed- I had a dream last night that I had posted the story and had really messed up grammer and such and couldn't change it because I had run out of editing time... Kind of scared to even look now... )

Hope you all have a fantastic RotD/N!

~Kristina


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Puck - Jun 13, 2006 9:35 am (#1125 of 2979)

Stay safe, Thora!

Sorry, I'm not allowed to take allergy medicine. I just have to suffer through.

Edited to wave to Tazzy! Do they have Wolfgang Puck's at the Downtown area in California? The one in Florida is fantastic! (The name is just a coincidence. )

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haymoni - Jun 13, 2006 9:46 am (#1126 of 2979)

I take Drixoral - it's a big green pill - over the counter.

It always helps me.

I've taken all the other stuff too - they've worked but I always forget to ask the doctor for another prescription, so I just go back to the Drixorals.

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Tazzygirl - Jun 13, 2006 9:54 am (#1127 of 2979)

Puck: Do they have Wolfgang Puck's at the Downtown area in California? The one in Florida is fantastic! (The name is just a coincidence.)

**waves back** I have no idea if they do or not. They do have a Wolfgang Puck's in Hawaii though. LOL. I have heard it is good though. I think there is one around here, as my mom went to it and said she has to take me there sometime, but we haven't gone yet!

~Kristina


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Puck - Jun 13, 2006 9:58 am (#1128 of 2979)

It can be a bit pricey, but worth it for a special occasion.

Teehee, baby has sunscreen in her hair, and has a bit of a mohawk thing going on.

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azi - Jun 13, 2006 10:00 am (#1129 of 2979)

Thanks for the info. guys! I'm thinking of going back to my doctor and demanding I get back on desloratadine (which isn't perfect, but everything else I tried knocked me out completely!). I shouldn't have been taken off it without my permission anyway. I was just told by the receptionist that it had changed. I hate those doctors, nowhere near the standard of my old one!

As a side note - here in the UK, all prescription medicines are the same price. I have pre-pay so whatever drugs I get they are already paid for. Of course, non-prescription drugs vary in price substantially.

**waves back to John**

Lol, Puck!

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Tazzygirl - Jun 13, 2006 10:04 am (#1130 of 2979)

I love putting sunscreen on babies. Their hair styles are pretty funny afterwards!

~Kristina

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TomProffitt - Jun 13, 2006 10:46 am (#1131 of 2979)

On autism:

I came to the realization a few years ago that every family endures their own troubles and trials. Our family is plagued by diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. I wouldn't wish autism on anyone, but I think all families have something to fight through sooner or later. The key, I guess, is accepting that fact and doing your best.

On the gangs:

I think the gang activity came to our area for a place to set up their meth labs. I understand that it is harder to hide them in urban areas.

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Madam Pince - Jun 13, 2006 11:01 am (#1132 of 2979)

Yep. There's generally less of a law-enforcement presence in rural areas, and plus if you live out in the country there are fewer neighbors close by to smell all the toxic-smelling stuff that gets generated by a meth lab.

But, there're more big burly rednecks who don't like citi-fied drug dealers, sooooo... maybe a bit of a trade-off.

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haymoni - Jun 13, 2006 11:08 am (#1133 of 2979)

Tom - I live in a county that is "citified" in the north and more rural in the south. We are finding meth labs all over the place. We haven't seen the gang activity change much. I think all the pot growers just graduated to meth manufacturing.

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TomProffitt - Jun 13, 2006 12:45 pm (#1134 of 2979)

Is there a "Draco's Task Thread"? or has there been one? I didn't see one on a quick look. I think there are at least two possibilities, Kill Dumbledore & Get Death Eaters into Hogwarts. Not to mention capture Trelawney.

Are people using the Draco Malfoy thread or something else?

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haymoni - Jun 13, 2006 12:56 pm (#1135 of 2979)

I think I've seen discussions in several threads - Draco's, Snape's, Dumbledore -  is the death real...

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Julie Aronson - Jun 13, 2006 1:56 pm (#1136 of 2979)

Kathy (Puck),

MY law school didn't just offer cynicism classes--it was full-on immersion. In fact, that's largely what led to my "Eeyore phase" previously mentioned on Potty Five Words. I alleviated the problem by removing myself from the soul-crushing misery and am now resuming my studies in English. MA in Literature--here I come!!!

(I should have listened to Loopy last summer) Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1437562208

BTW, that smiley looks more like me than I'd like to admit!

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Catherine - Jun 13, 2006 1:58 pm (#1137 of 2979)

(I should have listened to Loopy last summer)--Julie Aronson

That would be quite funny if it weren't a little sad. Welcome to the ranks of underemployed folks with literary degrees!

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Chemyst - Jun 13, 2006 1:59 pm (#1138 of 2979)

Gangs & allergies...
Our community was one of the first to make over-the-counter medications for colds and allergies containing pseudoephedrine not-so-over-the-counter. The sheriff's department gave the county commissioners the Big Scary talk about gangs using them to make methamphetamine. All of which is true to a point, but to hear the deputy spokesman tell it, forcing everyone to show an ID, recording names, and limiting purchases to only one package of medicine at a time would make all the gangs go to the county next door. It was most disingenuous.

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Catherine - Jun 13, 2006 2:01 pm (#1139 of 2979)

Chemyst, they've actually removed decongestants containing pseudoephedrine off of the grocery store shelves here.

One must go to the drugstore specially and ASK the pharmacist for a box of Sudafed or its equivalent.

Most annoying.

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Julie Aronson - Jun 13, 2006 2:01 pm (#1140 of 2979)

Thanks!!! I feel so much better about it that I know I made the right decision. I knew I was doomed when I spent my happiest times in Property class were spent playing "guess the word origin" on OED online.

I'm also at the point now where it really is quite funny!

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Chemyst - Jun 13, 2006 2:04 pm (#1141 of 2979)

Catherine, the grocery stores still sell them here, but they are locked up with the cigarettes and only the head cashier has the key.

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Catherine - Jun 13, 2006 2:06 pm (#1142 of 2979)

That's actually very funny, in a pathetic way!

Here they lock up the cigarettes and baby formula. Apparently decongestants were too dangerous.

EDIT: Off to check the OED online.

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TomProffitt - Jun 13, 2006 2:22 pm (#1143 of 2979)

The grocery store in my town locks up the cigarettes, the guns, and the ammo. Although I guess committers of Bambi-cide must get their bullets somewhere.

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Julie Aronson - Jun 13, 2006 2:28 pm (#1144 of 2979)

Catherine,

Last time I checked, you needed a membership or some sort of access code to get into OED online. Your university probably has it...Boy is that a cool website for a word geek, though!

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Esther Rose - Jun 13, 2006 2:29 pm (#1145 of 2979)

Grass and Hay Allergy here. I have tried many over the counter medications. Actifed (bad just bad), Benadryl (sleepy), Sudafed, Claritin, and Flonase. I finally decided to move to the city where grass growing and cutting were optional. I still don't get why folks would choose to take antihistamines or decongestants if they don't have to. That soupy swimming feeling is simply not fun! I hate it actually and will only take medication if I absolutely can not tolerate the severity of my allergic reactions.

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Catherine - Jun 13, 2006 2:36 pm (#1146 of 2979)

Last time I checked, you needed a membership or some sort of access code to get into OED online. Your university probably has it...Boy is that a cool website for a word geek, though! --Julie Aronson

Yes. Unfortunately, I discovered this. *pouts*

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geauxtigers - Jun 13, 2006 2:38 pm (#1147 of 2979)

It isn't macaroni? Really? *sigh* Back to the kid song website to find out the actual words. – Puck

Yes its Macaroni, but the words are “stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni” We thought he was saying cat instead of hat! So that’s why we named the cat that!

Well back from the trouble child’s house and don't have to go back until maybe the 4th of July week, but maybe not... **crosses fingers that vacation plans are for the whole week**

I'm off to check 5 words I'll also be in the chat the rest of the day too!

Have a good day everyone!

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 13, 2006 3:09 pm (#1148 of 2979)

I thought it was “cap” not “hat” Tori... guess I'll go look it up now!

As for allergies, I take Zyrtec, it’s a persciption and you take it at night before bed, so that it doesn't make you sleepy, it's 24hrs and has worked miricales(sp?) for me!

Yeeeesssss no more "Damien" for a week and a half!!!!!!!!!! Today bratty little "Damien" wanted an apple, so I got it out and started to cut it for him, when he proceed to throw a tantrum about not wanting his apple to be cut up, and in the end causing me to slice my finger with the knife because I was being knocked and such. I'm okay though and I got a cool Barbie band-aid! At least I won't have to deal with him for a while!

Have a good time at Disney Kristina!

Hope y'all have a great RotD!

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Puck - Jun 13, 2006 6:21 pm (#1149 of 2979)

Ginny, ouch! My kids have grandparents that have learned to ask my kids exactly how they want the food to be presented. They even have to go a cheese search when we visit because where they live American cheese is orange, and my kids won't eat it. (I have yet to figure out why the midwest insists on putting coloring in their cheese.)

Tom, they sell guns at your grocery store? That's a new one on me!

Julie, so glad you found a way to ditch that rain cloud!

My new dishwasher arrives tomorrow! Yeah! (The current one is more of a glassdirtier than a dishwasher. )

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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TomProffitt - Jun 13, 2006 6:29 pm (#1150 of 2979)

Puck, I live in deer hunting central, so, yeah, they sell guns, but it's for hunting deer, not people.
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Madam Pince - Jun 13, 2006 6:58 pm (#1151 of 2979)

Yay Puck on the new dishwasher! Woo-hoo!

Sorry about the cut finger, virginiaelizabeth! Sounds like that child is a real pain! (Get it... pain?) Groannnnnn....

We are lucky that Little Pince isn't so picky about his food -- he'll eat 'most anything with a bit of encouragement (ie: he can't be excused until he's done, and no dessert unless he eats what we say. Bribery with a fig newton goes a long way. ) Our recent houseguest was a very picky eater; I swear I don't know how that child lives. He ate next to nothing the whole time he was here. He only likes Kraft Easy-Mac, hot dogs with the skin removed, and cereal. He drinks a lot of milk. I actually never even realized that hot dogs had skin. Oh, and his bread has to be pure white -- he wouldn't eat our potato bread because "it's yellow!"

I figured out why I slept almost the whole day after they left last Sunday -- I had been clearing my throat incessantly and I finally got tired of it and took a Benadryl. That knocked me out -- only one capsule, too. I usually take Sudafed when I have a cold, (daytime only - it keeps me awake) and the new formula they came up with to replace the kind that meth-makers use is totally worthless, in my experience. Here the stores do still sell the "old-formula" Sudafed, but you have to ask at the pharmacy desk since they keep it locked up. I don't know what the criteria is for them not selling it to you -- if you buy some every day, or if you just "look suspicious" or what. They've never taken down my name or anything, so I don't see how they'd keep track of how much I bought. Who knows.

They also lock up the baby formula and cigarettes here, too. And one other weird thing (to me anyway) -- in Virginia, you could buy beer and wine in the grocery store, but had to go to a liquor store for anything else. Here in Maryland, you have to get everything including beer and wine in the liquor store. When I first moved here, I wandered around the grocery store forever looking for the beer cooler, and they looked at me like I was crazy when I asked where it was. I'm not a very frequent customer, but it would be a pain except that there is a liquor store right next to every single grocery store, so that's that.

Congratulations to Croatia for playing an excellent game in the World Cup today, even though they lost! Are you following them, Lina and Kate?

OK, took another Benadryl, so off to hopefully finish up my PoA re-read before I fall asleep! Everyone enjoy the RotD!

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Mediwitch - Jun 13, 2006 7:41 pm (#1152 of 2979)

Wow, chatty thread since last night! Just dropped in to say BING, but by the time I read 45 posts, there may be more BINGS after mine!

EDIT: Hmm, Mr. Mediwitch is finishing his year-end evaluation (due tomorrow) so since I did not procrastinate NEARLY as much (I finished mine earlier) I have some time to hang around the Forum for a little while instead of doing school work.

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 13, 2006 8:46 pm (#1153 of 2979)

And one other weird thing (to me anyway) -- in Virginia, you could buy beer and wine in the grocery store, but had to go to a liquor store for anything else

That's how it is here, you can buy pretty much any kind of alcoholic beverages in the grocery stores. If you want hard liquor like whiskey, then you have to go to the liquor stores (which are generally inside the grocery stores)

Puck, our American cheese orange here, I've never seen it any other color before. What color is it there??

Also I don't think that our Sudafed is locked up here, nor is our baby formula. What's the point of locking up baby formula?

Well I just got back from Blue Bayou/Dixie Landing (it's an amusement park and a water park that are connected, pretty nifty!) I only did the amusement part though because the Water park closes earlier. It was fun, but I'm extremely tired now! Off to check 5 words, then other threads! Babysitting again tomorrow but this kid is good, so I'll be back on Tomorrow evening.

Have a great RotD!

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Mrs. Sirius - Jun 13, 2006 9:24 pm (#1154 of 2979)

virginiaelizabeth, I just read you profile, those statistics are really amazing.

We live in our own little world and get so tuned out from what the rest of the world is going through. I have advocated for years that American high school curriculum should require a junior or senior year abroad or minimally, a summer away.

By the way are you fraternal or identical? (I have triplets that include a fraternal and identicals)

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geauxtigers - Jun 13, 2006 9:42 pm (#1155 of 2979)

Mrs. Sirius, we are fraternal, but most people think we are identical. We do look a lot alike, but you can see a difference!

Anyone want to come over to 5 Words? I've been refreshing it for about an hour or so now Bing!

EDIT actually, I just realized that its almost midnight so I'm off to bed!

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 13, 2006 9:52 pm (#1156 of 2979)

Mrs. Sirius, we are half-identical, yes there is a third type, it's just not very common! The egg splits before being feritlized, so half of our genes are identical. Basically it means that we look identical, but we are not genetically alike.

Yes those statistics are really scarey when you stop and think about it. It just amazes me that 70% of the world cannot read, and 80% of the world live in poor housing. It really goes to show you how much we take for granted, and just how small we are in relation to the rest of the world. Only 14% of the people in the world live in the western hemisphere, that amazes me too.

EDIT: Tori your crazy!

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Tazzygirl - Jun 13, 2006 10:52 pm (#1157 of 2979)

Just got back from Disney! It was loads of fun. Didn't get to the amusement park side, that will be next week or so. Downtown Disney reminds me of Universal Citywalk and such- bunch of shopping and really expensive restaurants. My friends and I ate at a really good restaurant that served Louisiana type food- managed to get some crawfish! **yum** and for dessert we had bengeits (sp?) (basically a French doughnut covered in powdered sugar). Since I hadn't had any in about 10 years, they were some sort of yummy!!

Tomorrow, my mom's 8th graders are graduating. It's kind of sad, as these kids have been with my mom since they were in 4th grade.

Quick check on Potty Five Words and then it's off to bed!

~Kristina

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The giant squid - Jun 14, 2006 2:42 am (#1158 of 2979)

I love putting sunscreen on babies. Their hair styles are pretty funny afterwards! –Tazzygirl

And Tazzy wins the "non-sequiter of the day" award!

I took Sudafed daily for so many years that I've become immune to it. The next one was Dimetapp, with the same result (the 12-hour dosage lasts me about 4 hours, give or take). Nowadays I just take Tylenol Sinus as needed. It seems to work so far. Luckily the pollen is pretty low here in Vegas so my allergies don't bother me much anymore.

--Mike

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Regan of Gong - Jun 14, 2006 3:07 am (#1159 of 2979)

Yeah, congrats to Croatia! Kept Brazil to 1-0, keeping Australia on top of the pool!!! First time in 32 years we've made it there, best make the most of it, us and Brazil should be a cracker! Only problem is that all the games are on in the middle of the night (11pm- 4:30am). Lots of late nights lately, but our school reports are all written, and one bad month out of 48 isn't too bad.

My mum told me this story of a school here in Australia (Down in Victoria) where the students learn the language of an Aboriginal school in years 8 & 9, then go to the Aboriginal community for a month in year 10. They get completely immersed in the culture, none of the community speak English and their language is unique to the area. They have to live exactly like the Aborignals, eating, working etc. I thought that was pretty cool.

Alcohol in Australia is usually sold separately in bottle-o's, grog shops, cellars etc. some of which are adjoining to supermarkets, except in remote and rural areas, where you can get it from some supermarkets and service stations. Funny though, I've never seen medicine locked up here. I kinda like the taste of Dimetapp, pitty I can only have it when I'm sick...

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Puck - Jun 14, 2006 5:30 am (#1160 of 2979)

Regan, cold meds are being locked up because they are being used to make an extremely addictive and destructive drug in people's kitchens.

What is it with the baby formula? I saw a news clip yesterday about it being stolen. (If someone needed to feed a hungry baby, I'd have some understanding, but these people were selling it for profit.)

Mike, Tazzy's comment about the sunscreen on babies was in response to my comment that baby Puck was sporting a mohawk.

Madame P., that child would not survive in my house. I have no white bread and the mac and cheese is organic wheat! *cringes at the thought of easyMac* My kids are a bit fussy, but not bad. They eat lots of healthy things, just so long as everything is separate and not touching.

Glad it was fun, Kristina!

*waves to Maria while wondering if Olivia is plotting against me for introducing the Arky Arky song into your household*

Cheers!

Kathy

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Amilia Smith - Jun 14, 2006 5:44 am (#1161 of 2979)

My mother's rule about picky eaters was that you could choose 3 things you did not like, and you did not have to eat those 3 things. (erm, that's 3 things over all, not 3 things per meal . . . ) Everything else had to be eaten. Your likes would not be catered to, you could either fix yourself something else or just skip that part of the meal. Unless you had picked a vegetable; then you had to make yourself another veggie dish for that meal. So I never had to eat raisins or bananas, my sister never had to eat broccoli, my brother never had to eat tomatoes, my mom never had to eat olives, and my dad never had to eat avocados.

Black market baby formula . . . that's just awful.

My home town is dry. We are right at the mouth of the canyon, and the city decided that they wanted to make it harder for kids to go up the canyon and get drunk. So when I worked at the grocery store, I had to field a lot of questions about where the beer was. People were not very happy to learn that they had to go to the neighboring town.

Mills.

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haymoni - Jun 14, 2006 5:56 am (#1162 of 2979)

I had heard that baby formula was used in drug manufacturing and that's why they locked it up.

I'm not an expert in that area and selling baby formula on the black market sounds easier, so I could be way off.

American cheese in my town is orange.

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Catherine - Jun 14, 2006 6:05 am (#1163 of 2979)

They eat lots of healthy things, just so long as everything is separate and not touching.—Puck

Hey! There's nothing wrong with that! : Some of us like segregated food!

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Marie E. - Jun 14, 2006 6:54 am (#1164 of 2979)

Going way, way back in topics: I once ran over an armadillo in Georgia. It jumped out at my headlights and, when I looked in my rearview mirror, it had it's legs up in the air just like cartoon animals when they die.

The girls and I did a lot of running around yesterday afternoon getting camping supplies for Shayla. She leaves for Girl Scout camp on Sunday. I don't pick her up until the next Saturday. As a surprise for her I'm going to buy a camping outfit for her teddy bear at Build-A-Bear-Workshop.

It's supposed to over 100 today. It's only 7:50am and already it's 75 outside. At least we have airconditioning at work!

Colorado Springs is pretty bigish city, over 500,000, so we have a fair amount of gang activity. I believe most of our gangs came from California. My neigborhood is pretty safe, but there are certain parts of town you just don't want to live in.

Food touching! Gross!

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azi - Jun 14, 2006 7:06 am (#1165 of 2979)

As a fussy eater, I'm well accustomed to eating the parts of a meal I like and skipping the rest. I really don't understand why people worry about me - just give me some salad and I'll be fine (just don't put any dressing on and ask me if I eat what you're putting in it)!

Hmm, nothing is locked up in this country (UK). Except perhaps guns, but they are sold in specialised gun shops. Alcohol is available from supermarkets, corner shops, anywhere with a license to sell it. Cigarettes you have to buy from behind the counter. Cough medicine is on shelves but you have to ask for strong paracetamols etc. All they do is ask if you've taken them before. Never heard of this drug making from medicine thing before.

Got exam results from January today (the lecturers weren't on strike, they just took their time). Naturally I failed maths (35%), but I got 78.8% in my other exam. Considering my average is now 68.8%, it's easy to see that maths isn't my strong point!

Hope everyone has a lovely day!

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Esther Rose - Jun 14, 2006 7:07 am (#1166 of 2979)
Edited Jun 14, 2006 7:41 am

Hmmm food touching. It depends on what kind of food it is. Corn and mashed potatoes, for example, are more than welcome, (almost encouraged) to commingle with one another. Applesauce and cooked spinach, never should the two meet!  As a general rule, sweet foods need to stay away from spicy foods and foods of different temperatures should not even cohabitate on the same plate. Unless of course it is a paper plate BBQ and in that case the potato salad can touch whatever it wants to. Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 2752390508

Funny enough where I used to live (in Midwest America) you could by any liquor (beer, wine, hard liquor) at a gas station. My mother lives blocks away from a liquor store with a drive thru window. Which concept still baffles me. (What seriously drives the need for that?!) Grocery stores could only sell beer or the like. But most grocery stores got away with selling liquor by having a "separate store" connected to the grocery store that sells the liquor.

Here in New England(USA), they just allowed liquor sales on Sundays a couple of years ago, mostly sold at liquor stores.

As far as american cheese goes. I have seen it yellow and I have seen it white. However, I am not a big fan of "American" cheese. I don't care what Velveeta, or Kraft says. Cheddar is much, much better. The sharper the better. Especially when making baked macaroni and cheese. :smile

I'm getting hungry.

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kaykay1970 - Jun 14, 2006 7:08 am (#1167 of 2979)

I live in a "dry" county as well. You can buy beer anywhere, but if you want to buy hard liquor or wine you better expect at least an hour drive to the nearest liquor store. Cold medicine is only available on request and I've never seen orange American cheese.

I have never seen a doctor for my allergies. I use over the counter products. But I can safely say that they include pollen, perfume, scented candles and many cleaning products.

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Thora - Jun 14, 2006 7:35 am (#1168 of 2979)

Just checking in, no flooding here and all looks well, although today would really be a bad day for a pick-up game of Quidditch.

Have a nice RotD all!

Thora

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TomProffitt - Jun 14, 2006 7:56 am (#1169 of 2979)

I have a lot of trouble at fast food places because I don't want their nasty cheese (how hard is it to understand "no cheese?"). American is the lowest form of cheese (except after Velveeta maybe). I prefer provolone.

One of our Drill Sergeants made us eat a vegetable at every meal. It was kind of funny, really. We called him (not to his face) "the vegetable drill sergeant. Can't remember his name. I tried all kinds of stuff that I would never have tried before. The only other thing has gotten me to try more stuff is dating, I refuse to look like a picky eater in from of a date (whether its the first date or the fiftieth).

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Tazzygirl - Jun 14, 2006 8:08 am (#1170 of 2979)

Squid Mike: And Tazzy wins the "non-sequiter of the day" award!

Puck: Tazzy's comment about the sunscreen on babies was in response to my comment that baby Puck was sporting a mohawk.


Thanks for the award, Mike, although I should just hand it back. Didn't rightfully win it! LOL

TomProffitt- Provolone is my favorite type of cheese too!!

They don't lock the baby formula up here either. I would think the only reason why they would lock it up in the first place is because it is expensive, and there could be desperate people out there...

I forgot to mention this earlier- Hawaii has a huge Crystal Meth problem. I am sure we have gangs, but it isn't broadcasted like the Meth problem. (What are people thinking?!?! )

Off to pick up flowers for the graduation this morning. I really want to go back to sleep though. Oh well.

Hope you all have a fabulous RotD/N!!

~Kristina

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haymoni - Jun 14, 2006 8:09 am (#1171 of 2979)

I worked with a man who told his son that he should learn to like Chinese food.

He told his 15-year-old son that he should be able to go out with any girl he wanted if he would just say, "Hey, would you like to go out for Chinese?" He said that it shows the girls that he is adventurous and fun and they get to eat in a real restaurant - not a pizza joint or McDonald's.

I don't know how well this worked for the young man, but it got his son to try Chinese!

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azi - Jun 14, 2006 8:15 am (#1172 of 2979)

Funny we should be talking about meth. It's on the news today that it's being upgraded from a class B to a class A substance here (i.e. higher penalties due to possession etc.). There isn't much of a problem with it in the EU yet, apparently.

Lol, Haymoni! Wouldn't work on me, but maybe it would on some people!

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Holly T. - Jun 14, 2006 8:24 am (#1173 of 2979)

My daughter is an extremely picky eater--basically she could live on meat, rice, and bread--but she loves Chinese food. My son is my adventurous eater--he loves broccoli, asks for more veggies, complains when we are out of fruit--yet he hates Chinese food. He won't even eat stir-fried broccoli at Chinese restaurants--it has a "Chinesey" taste, he says. He won't eat Indian food either but my daughter will. Sometimes I think my daughter just doesn't like my cooking.

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Madam Pince - Jun 14, 2006 8:59 am (#1174 of 2979)

Glad you're staying fairly dry, Thora! Hard to believe it's hurricane season again already.

Regan, that Aborigine-immersion thing sounds very cool, and an excellent idea! Very good thing to be in touch with the origins of your country and all that, I think.

Tazzy, glad you had fun at Disney and hope the graduation goes well today!

I've never heard that baby formula was used to make drugs, although that's certainly possible I guess -- it amazes me what can be done. I've just heard that it is very expensive and thus is often a target for shoplifters to steal and re-sell on the black market. Also became a problem because apparently the crooks were "cutting" in other stuff like plain old coffee creamer or something in with the baby formula to make it "go" further. I can't imagine someone buying an opened can of baby formula, but I suppose it happens, especially if you have no money and no choice.

I took 24-hour Sudafed once, not realizing that it would actually keep me awake for 24 hours. I watched the entire 6- or 8-hour Stephen King miniseries Storm of the Century in one pop, sitting up by myself on the downstairs couch absolutely scared to pieces. (The bad guy had this red-eye/Voldemort thing going on which was really creepy... and in a silent house at 4 a.m. while on uppery-type drugs you hear all kinds of things...) Again, it's hard to imagine why someone would intentionally want to feel that way by using illegal methamphetamines manufactured from the legal stuff, which is bad enough as it is!

I've seen both white and yellowish-orangish American cheese (those slices of cheese-food-stuff that is mostly fake, I think.) I agree that there's nothing like good old sharp cheddar for real macaroni-and-cheese! Yummmmm.... (Easy-Mac is definitely its own separate food type! We used to live off the boxed kind in college -- mix with a can of tuna fish, can of mushroom soup, and throw in some peas for the healthy vegetable part, bake, and tra-la! A balanced dinner! )

Mills, I like your family's system of getting to choose a few "I-won't-eats" -- we didn't do that at our house, but when my Mom got to see the hominy a second time around when she made me eat it even after my protests, I suddenly found that I didn't have to eat hominy any more.

Hope everyone has a great RotD!

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Chemyst - Jun 14, 2006 9:03 am (#1175 of 2979)

Thanks for the award, Mike, although I should just hand it back. Didn't rightfully win it!   ~ Tazzygirl
 Oh, keep it, Kristina. Sunscreen used as hair gel is a bit of a stretch.

The first time my son went to camp, the other campers were amazed that he liked cottage cheese but did not know what a Twinkie was! (Did I shelter him too much?) Meanwhile, he was amazed at how picky the other kids were about their food.

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Madam Pince - Jun 14, 2006 9:11 am (#1176 of 2979)

****shudders at thought of Twinkies***

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Steve Newton - Jun 14, 2006 9:11 am (#1177 of 2979)

I bought my son his first, and only, Twinkie about 3 months ago. He thought it was OK. Where have I failed?

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haymoni - Jun 14, 2006 9:20 am (#1178 of 2979)

I love Twinkies.

I eat all those "snack cakes" - Ho Ho's, Little Debbie's, Zingers, etc.

I know they are nothing but fluff, but who cares!!

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Holly T. - Jun 14, 2006 9:23 am (#1179 of 2979)

   Sunscreen used as hair gel is a bit of a stretch.



Chemyst, when my kids were babies I had to put sunscreen on their heads--in their hair--because otherwise they would get sunburned heads. So sunscreen in the hair made sense to me!

My daughter used to gag at the sight of green beans (and my husband learned the hard way what happens when you make her eat them) but now she will eat a few. My daughter usually trades the rest of the veggies on her plate for the rest of the meat on her brother's plate.

Madam Pince--I forgot to take my 12-hour Sudafed this morning (so now my ears feel like I am under water) and I have been calculating if I take it when I go home to get my daughter to take her to the dentist (3 p.m.) if it will still have me wired and awake at bedtime.

Now I am hungry for a Twinkie.

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Tazzygirl - Jun 14, 2006 9:39 am (#1180 of 2979)

Chemyst: Oh, keep it, Kristina. Sunscreen used as hair gel is a bit of a stretch.

LOL!! Thanks, Chemyst. **displays award proudly on wall**

I was not given the opportunity to have twinkies when I was little. When I moved out of the house, I bought a box. The first one was good, the second wasn't as great...

~Kristina

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Esther Rose - Jun 14, 2006 9:46 am (#1181 of 2979)

Hmmm. I thought I was a picky eater until I went to college.

We had two different entrees to choose for meals at home. My dad always preferred american southern (yet slightly on the salty bland side) style cooking. So there was always some big pot cooking up something. It was usually something I didn't like such as chitterlings, black eyed peas, chicken livers and rice, fried mackerel fish patties, collard greens or mustard greens. Then mom would make a different meal for us. The only rule I had was that I could not make any special requests once the dinners were prepared.

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 14, 2006 10:06 am (#1182 of 2979)

Hey! There's nothing wrong with that! : Some of us like segregated food! – Catherine

Separate is inherently unequal. It all gets integrated at some point though, doesn't it?

Other topics.......Hmmm. I don't mind American cheese. (I don't think Velveeta qualifies as "cheese" or even, necessarily, "food.") But, I do prefer cheddar and other, even more fancy, cheeses. I think I'm allergic to gorgonzola though. I had it mixed into a hamburger once and I had some significant trouble breathing afterwards.

Booze---- In Virginia, you may only buy liquor (or "spirits") from the State-run liquor store or "ABC Store." Most of them are closed on Sundays except in the Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads/Virginia Beach areas and maybe some others. You can buy beer and wine in just about any convenience store although some counties, such as Patrick County where I was born, are dry on Sundays. (Actually, I guess some counties could elect to be completely dry all the time, but I don't know of any.)

Virginia is also quirky in that there are, technically, no "bars" in Virginia. Rather, there are restaurants which have licenses to sell beer, wine and spirits. These establishments can earn no more than 40% of their revenue from the sale of alcohol. The rest must be from food sales. You can skip the food altogether if you like, but you can have serve beer and wine. There are also various other types of licenses, such as a one day event license for a banquet or something of that nature.

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Puck - Jun 14, 2006 10:34 am (#1183 of 2979)

Esther Rose, I didn't know you're in New England! (Incidentally, NH always allowed alcohol sales on Sundays. I knew people to drive over an hour rather than wait until Monday. )

My rule is if I bother to make dinner no one is allowed to complain about what's in front of them. Eating it is optional, but there are no other choices other than what I cooked. (I do try to make at least one thing the kids will eat.)

My other rule is not to buy anything that actual needs to put the word "food" on the label. If it's not obvious that I should be eating it, I don't want it.

Holly, that is how baby got her mohawk. She pulls her hats off, so I had to sunscreen her scalp.

On the news this morning is that a California based gang is recruiting in the Boston area schools.

One small local grocery store is licensed to sell beer/wine, but the chain stores aren't.

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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Catherine - Jun 14, 2006 10:36 am (#1184 of 2979)

It all gets integrated at some point though, doesn't it?

Though true, I have never found this argument about food particularly appetizing.

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Steve Newton - Jun 14, 2006 10:48 am (#1185 of 2979)

Twinkies are...interesting. Those folks lucky enough to grow up around Philadelphia know that nothing can touch a Tastykake. Ah, butterscotch Krimpets!

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The giant squid - Jun 14, 2006 1:01 pm (#1186 of 2979)

Okay, so tazzy's comment wasn't quite a non-sequiter, but since her post fell between two rather serious conversations I found it amusing. But then, I find lots of things amusing that no one else does...

I believe most of our gangs came from California.--Marie E.

Oh, sure, blame California. It couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that these thug-wannabes are getting all their life advice from MTV instead of their parents, could it?

As for mixing food, while I try to keep it separate I won't freak out if, for example, my mashed potatoes get a green bean or two in 'em. Yes, it all ends up together in the end, but we don't have taste buds in our stomach. Some flavors--while great on their own--just don't mix well.

Ah, Twinkies...and so does the Chat thread come back around. If you ever have the opportunity to see the Blue Man Group live, you'll see Twinkies in a whole new light. Cap'n Crunch cereal too, for that matter.

--Mike

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TomProffitt - Jun 14, 2006 1:04 pm (#1187 of 2979)

I would rather have Martin's Bar-B-Q Waffle potato chips than a Twinkie. Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies are also superior to the Twinkie. But if one is desperate there is no substitute for a New York Strip.

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John Bumbledore - Jun 14, 2006 1:08 pm (#1188 of 2979)

Twinkies! I love them. Like Loopy, I don't mind if my food mixes on the plate (mostly). I agree with Esther Rose that some foods should not touch.

Haymoni and Madam Pince got me to review some "For Better or For Worse" comic strips and I just had to come over here and say that the June 4 comic strip had me thinking about Denise P.

I wonder what is at the end of her runs! LOL

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

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geauxtigers - Jun 14, 2006 1:19 pm (#1189 of 2979)

I do NOT like any food to mix. It grosses me out when it touches and I won't eat the parts that have been mixed. I'm not a picky eater though, I'll eat pretty much anything but green beans and corndogs (I have a corndog phobia and can't stand to be in the same room as one). I hate when we have spaghetti at school because I have to go back to get a roll because they always stick it on top of the sauce and that totally grosses me out completely! I love cheese, but I HATE american cheese, I dunno something about it being wrapped in that plastic and how it jiggles.... errrggggg! I love cheddar, sharper the better! I love peanut butter, it is the greatest stuff ever invented and it gets rid of nasty medicine tastes in your mouth and spicyiness after crawfish!

The first and only time I've ever eaten a twinkie was during field day in 8th grade in the food relay. Teams of 4, bag containing a twinkie, a banana, an air head and a cup of pudding without a spoon, and 4 peices of Double Bubble. We had to each pick a food item from the bag, eat it then blow a bubble with the gum before we could run back and tag the next person. Well I volunteered to eat the Twinkie for 2 reasons, I'd never had one and wanted try it, and I figured that I could eat it pretty fast--Wrong, I get down there, shove the whole thing in my mouth and begin chewing... it was good, but I was having trouble swallowing it because it was so thick. More or less like shoving a whole lot of cornbread in your mouth and trying to swallow it in under 30 seconds without choking to death! I haven't had a twinkie since

Off to 5 words and chat room! BING!

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 14, 2006 1:26 pm (#1190 of 2979)

Madame P., that child would not survive in my house. I have no white bread and the mac and cheese is organic wheat! *cringes at the thought of easyMac*. . .

Oh, Kathy - what can I say?? First the Arky Arky song and now I find that I am not the only household with whole grain, sprouts and organic foods. Warms the cockles of my heart, it does. *sniff* I am off to tell Olivia the good news that there ARE other people out there like us and that I was right all along.

*waves back to Kathy with happy face*

I worked with a man who told his son that he should learn to like Chinese food.

He told his 15-year-old son that he should be able to go out with any girl he wanted if he would just say, "Hey, would you like to go out for Chinese?" He said that it shows the girls that he is adventurous and fun and they get to eat in a real restaurant - not a pizza joint or McDonald's.


Boy, haymoni. You met your husband at a young age.

Thora, glad to see the storm was downgraded. I was wondering how you, John, etc., made out. I have an aunt just north of Tampa, so I was worried there for a bit.

John, if you post one more thing you hit or nearly missed, I will have to get some people from the forum together and visit you in the form of an intervention to keep you off the roads.

Luckily, all three of mine are pretty good with regard to eating. Olivia even likes spicy food. (Must be the capsaicin I give them when they have sore throats. ) I make my children have one bite, even if they do not like it. If they do that enough times, they can develop a taste for it. If they don't, then one bite won't hurt them. (Unless it is something I know will really gag them - then I give way.)

American cheese - we have both white and "yellow" here - why they call the orange stuff yellow, I'll never know. Probably the same person who labeled the school bus colors. . .

My post has become way too long. . .I suppose that is what happens when I don't get on as often as I'd like. This month always fries me. End of year parties at the school, a multitude of b'day parties - lots of June babies (including O & P), dinners, breakfasts, church affairs and of course, the usual daily things.

Oh yeah, and we just heard from our friends from LA! They are coming up to visit us in - you guessed it - JUNE! Just over a week, so I will be going through what you went through, Madam Pince, with regard to the housecleaning and all. HELP

Maria

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Madam Pince - Jun 14, 2006 1:32 pm (#1191 of 2979)

We just stopped at the ice cream parlor on the way home from errands, and I have to report a scrumptious find! Hershey's brand called "Muddy Sneakers" -- white chocolate ice cream with a caramel ripple through, then little pieces of chocolate, peanut butter, and caramel candies and a few chocolate shavings thrown in for good measure. Oh, my......

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 14, 2006 1:35 pm (#1192 of 2979)

As for Twinkies, I'll eat one but I really don't see what the big deal with them is. There just isn't anything exciting about them to me. Fun Fact about Twinkies: The shelf life is 27 years!

As for cheese, I try to aviod it...YUCK!! I hate it! The only cheese I'll east is mild cheddar( I can tell if it’s not!) melted on a sandwich, and mozzarella melted on pizza. I despise American cheese. People generally think I'm weird because I don't like it! If I do eat it, it has to be melted! When I was in France in February, my host family set down this cheese for me to try and I swear it had grey, fuzzy mold on top. I politely refused it while trying not to look completely grossed out.

Food should not touch! Certain things, like Roast Veggies, Rice and Gravy must be mixed, but other than that, food shouldn't touch. The whole "it all comes out the same way" comment does nothing but make me lose my appetite! I don't consider myself a picky eater. I'm always willing to try something as long as it doesn't smell weird and it doesn't look gross. I refuse to try slimy things like oysters, I tend to have a bigger problem with texture than taste. I can't stand the texture of pudding and jello, but I love how it tastes (but I don't eat it!)

Does anyone in the US find it a bit ridikulus that at 18 you are legally an adult, can live on your own, you can vote, and you can go into a bar but you can't drink until 21? I was just thinking about that with all of our alcohol sales conversations. Just seems a bit dumb if you ask me so I was wondering what y'all thought.

Going to check 5 words!

Have a great RotD!!

EDIT: That sounds really good Madam Pince! I might have to track some down!

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Lilly P - Jun 14, 2006 3:20 pm (#1193 of 2979)

Combining 2 of our conversations (allergie/cold medicines and alcohol); they no longer sell Nyquill or Dimeatapp on military bases here in NC or over seas because the under 21's were drinking it to get a sort of combination drunk-high. At first they just tried making you show ID to prove that you were over 18 but that didn't help the problem so now you have to drive off base and out into town when you need those products. Can you imagine? I can barely gag down one dose of Nyquill, let alone drink a whole bottle!

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geauxtigers - Jun 14, 2006 3:24 pm (#1194 of 2979)

I can barely gag down one dose of Nyquill, let alone drink a whole bottle!

I know! Nyquill has got to be the most disgusting tasting medicine ever made, wait I take that back, orange dayquil is worse! I have to have water ready the second I choke it down, then I follow it closely by a very large spoon of peanut butter YUM!(peanut butter that is)

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Tazzygirl - Jun 14, 2006 3:34 pm (#1195 of 2979)

The graduation is over. It was hot, and I have a spectacular sunburn. It was really sad to see all my mom's students graduate. It's gonna be strange next year without them there... They were one special bunch of kids.

On Nyquil: That is some nasty stuff. When I have to take it, I take half of the recommended dose, as the full dose keeps me awake (or rather, has me tossing and turning all night), and then by morning, I am tired until about the afternoon. Then it wears off. I don't take it often.

~Kristina

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TomProffitt - Jun 14, 2006 3:50 pm (#1196 of 2979)

Does anyone in the US find it a bit ridikulus that at 18 you are legally an adult, can live on your own, you can vote, and you can go into a bar but you can't drink until 21? I was just thinking about that with all of our alcohol sales conversations. Just seems a bit dumb if you ask me so I was wondering what y'all thought. --- virginiaelizabeth

It goes back to drafting people at age 18. They lowered the voting age because, how can you expect someone to kill (or die) for their country but not let them vote?

I've met forty year olds that I didn't think were mature enough to vote (or drink). You can't exactly have a maturity test at voter registration (or the package store). So, how do you decide where to draw the line?

I think the age limits should all be the same. I'd say raise the voting age since we got rid of the draft, but the ones that aren't mature enough to vote tend not to go to the polls.

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haymoni - Jun 14, 2006 4:24 pm (#1197 of 2979)

Hold your nose when you take the Nyquil. You have to hold it until you've swallowed the proper dosage and then I'd keep on holding it for the "Water Chaser" just to be sure.

I never understood the 18/21 thing either. I do recall, however, that here in Ohio, there was the threat of losing some federal funding unless we made the drinking age 21.

And no, I didn't meet my husband when I was 15.

I was 19.

So there.

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Catherine - Jun 14, 2006 4:45 pm (#1198 of 2979)

LOL, Haymoni.

I met Mr. Catherine when I was 18. I had some time to think it over. Then I "met him again" at 19, and I really liked him. When I "re-met" him, he already knew my phone number. And my home town. And everyone I ever dated at college, and why it didn't work out. So, it is a cute stalking story. *waves to Kim and Wayne*

We got married when I was 22. Yes, that is young, but we HAD to get married.

We were in love, you see.

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 14, 2006 4:57 pm (#1199 of 2979)

uggg, exactly how much NyQuill would you have to drink to get drunk off it?? Probably like the Mega size! I can't even talk about it! I usually take the kids stuff if I have to because it doesn't taste quite as bad! It has actually made me sick before once I got it in my mouth, it gagged me. I avoid it if I can! Much easier to just purell and wash your hands more often to avoid getting a cold all together! Then no threat of NyQyill! I can't believe it keeps you awake Kristina! It knocks me out cold for a full 12 hrs! It's sick to think of someone drinking a huge bottle of the stuff just to "get drunk" ugg GROOSSSS!

I think they should lower the drinking age here to 18, because it's not like people 18-20 aren't already going into bars with their 21 yr old friends and getting them buy them a drink. They are going to do it anyway, so the law is doing nothing but preventing them from going to the counter and buying a drink. My point is that it's not doing the job it's supposed to be doing, not stopping college students from drinking, and certainly not preventing any drunk driving incidents. If you're dumb enough to di it at 18, chances are your not going to be any smarter about it at 21.

Tom I agree with you. Those who aren't mature enough to vote, usually don't even take the time to go to the polls. It think the voting age should stay at 18, it just makes sense to me.

It just should all be the same in my opinion.

EDIT: HH11, I have noticed that with mine too but I always just thought I was going crazy! I wonder why it does that.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 14, 2006 5:07 pm (#1200 of 2979)

LOL haymoni & Catherine!

My husband was a blind date. Yes, you read correctly. Some of those do actually work out. We were introduced on my 18th birthday. He always tells me he's the best present I ever received. I agree. We were married when I was 22, too - but not out of, um, necessity.

My favorite cheese - hang on - goat cheese (most any kind), esp. if it is made with raw milk, sliced thinly over figs or fresh pears. I have tricked Olivia and Priscilla into trying it once or twice. "Go ahead, honey. It's just white cheddar." hehe. :evilHHsmileyhere:  

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Rain again. How about you, Kathy?

Sorry to hear about your sunburn, Kristina. And I came on too late for your Disney visit. (I LOVE DISNEY!) The Downtown Disney in FL has a Planet Hollywood. That was pretty cool. Was there one of those?

Does anyone else ever have trouble with omitted posts? If I pull up posts, many times there is a gap between the last one I read and the one that comes up next on my screen. I swear, I am not losing my marbles.
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Thora - Jun 14, 2006 5:17 pm (#1201 of 2979)

It couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that these thug-wannabes are getting all their life advise from MTV instead of their parents, could it? - Squid Mike

Tell it Brother! My kids are so banned from being cool (or hip or fly or whatever it is now), ever, the only way they are allowed to approach being cool is by liking Harry Potter.

I was grocery shopping and my husband reached for a box of Goldfish crackers. I didn't realise how strongly I felt about not eating Forum members until that moment. So I had to explain to my confused husband my reasoning for not purchasing a former favorite. He just shook his head and walked away.

I have no idea what to do with the box that's going stale in my cupboard, but I just can't imagine letting the kids eat them.

Then on another shopping trip, this time at the toy store my husband and I were saddened to find no HP lego sets. Then as we approached the checkout I spotted cockroach clusters and bertie botts! I squealed and jumped up and down. Pathetic huh? I think I need a hobby to distract me from my hobby...

Thora

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Tazzygirl - Jun 14, 2006 6:11 pm (#1202 of 2979)

I feel so much better! Took a two hour nap, and I am now somewhat more awake.

Maria- there wasn't a Planet Hollywood at Downtown Disney. (There is one on Waikiki, but I still haven't been...) At Downtown Disney there was the Rainforest Cafe, House of Blues, a Mexican restaurant, and another Southern restaurant where my friends and I ate. It had 'Jazz' somewhere in the title.

LOL on the meeting husbands stories. I have to laugh, because my mother is currently trying to set me up on a date with one of her fellow teachers. He's the youngest teacher there (30) and mom found out he didn't have a significant other. So far all she has done is introduce us. She also sent him an email asking if she had been obvious, and if not, "here is Kristina's number and she's here until July". I told her that it's a 99 percent chance he doesn't call, as I do live out of state...

I can't stand MTV. Never have, and never will. The shows are incredibly stupid. I watch VH1 occasionally (i.e. In the middle of the night when I can't sleep, I watch the music videos).

On HP legos- they had a lego store at Downtown Disney, and I specifically went in looking for HP legos. There weren't any. Lots of Pirates of the Caribbean though...

I think I'll go to the chat for a little bit...

~Kristina

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 14, 2006 6:27 pm (#1203 of 2979)

MTV is stupid, I'd much rather not watch TV. I really don't watch TV that much, but if I do a lot of times I'll put it on (hehe now don't make fun of me!)Disney Channel. Hehe the shows are a bit lame and always have a happy ending but I still like them!

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geauxtigers - Jun 14, 2006 6:30 pm (#1204 of 2979)

Yeah MTV is very annoying, I used to watch TRL for the music videos and stuff, but I get so sick of hearing all the beeps from bleeping out the curse words. You can hardly watch anything on there anymore because all the shows are overtaken by beeping. I usually watch sictoms, a little reality TV, but mostly sports. During summer we pick up FSN Houston so I'm almost always watching the Astros' games ect.

In Orlando dowtown Disney (I think is what its called), there is a Planet Hollywood and a couple of other cool places, but its mostly shopping-all Disney of course! This is making me want to go back to Disney World! Its the greatest place ever! I just love Mickry too

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TomProffitt - Jun 14, 2006 6:39 pm (#1205 of 2979)

I loved MTV when it was actually about music, but that was twenty years ago.

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Puck - Jun 14, 2006 6:42 pm (#1206 of 2979)

Ginny, I'm 35 and I love Disney channel! I got us the High School Musical CD. Baby loves to "Get Her Head in the Game".

Thora, ROTFL! Wish Finn was around to read how special he is!

I HATE american cheese, I dunno something about it being wrapped in that plastic and how it jiggles.... Tori, this is not cheese, it is "Cheese Food." American cheese from the deli is much better!

Maria, yes, it can be hard when you get "other moms buy that kind of cereal." My mom is the one who rolls her eyes about me tracking down crackers for the baby to eat without any hydrogenated gook in it. (Seriously, what is Gerber thinking? The chemicals they put in their finger foods! ) I'll stick by you on this one!

My take is that they should raise the driving age to 21 and lower the drinking age to 18. That way the drinking thing can be out of the system before people get behind the wheel.

I met my hubby at a wedding. I was 26. When I was 19 I met the man I thought was going to be my husband, but growing up after college wasn't part of his plan. Looking back, I really dodged a bullet on that one!

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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Tazzygirl - Jun 14, 2006 6:42 pm (#1207 of 2979)

virginiaelizabeth: but if I do a lot of times I'll put it on (hehe now don't make fun of me!)Disney Channel. Hehe the shows are a bit lame and always have a happy ending but I still like them!

My sister still watches all the shows on the Disney channel. She's 20.

~Kristina

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kaykay1970 - Jun 14, 2006 6:46 pm (#1208 of 2979)

I met my husband when we were 11. By age 13 I found him much less eewwww! We were married at 18.

I have to admit I like to watch Pimp My Ride on MTV. It is interesting to see the vehicles transform from a rusty pile of junk into something worthwhile...

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TomProffitt - Jun 14, 2006 6:49 pm (#1209 of 2979)

Hehe the shows are a bit lame and always have a happy ending but I still like them!

My best friend from High School wrote some of those shows. I'm not sure which ones. He's now writing poetry for Highlights. So, no, he's not a big name Hollywood writer.

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Puck - Jun 14, 2006 6:55 pm (#1210 of 2979)

Maria, we had beautiful weather this morning. Then the storms came. It was like a monsoon. It's cleared up now.

New dishwasher is here! It's so pristine! I told the kids to keep their fingerprints off it.

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Denise P. - Jun 14, 2006 7:08 pm (#1211 of 2979)

I met Mr. Denise through a parrot.  I was in the Army at the time and went over to a friend's barracks to wait for her. While sitting in the common area, a guy with a parrot came into the room. I went over to check out the parrot, I didn't care who was holding him. We were married (the guy, not the parrot!) 97 days later with my friend as the maid of honor. What is really funny is the week prior, I talked to Mr. Denise for well over an hour on a stairwell while waiting for the same friend. I had forgotten him entirely until he reminded me about it a few days post parrot. We will celebrate 22 years of marriage in a few weeks so that should hush any nay sayers who said we got married too quickly

I have been at Cub Scout Day Camp this week, will be out all week. It has been beautiful weather and Rhys has been so sweet during it all. Our theme is Wild Wild West this year and we have almost 240 kids out there. It has been so fun! Friday we are going to have big bouncy water slides out there, sponge wars and all kinds of water fun kind of things. Best of all, I get to do this all over again at the beginning of August when we do Twilight Camp.

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 14, 2006 7:31 pm (#1212 of 2979)

My best friend from High School wrote some of those shows. I'm not sure which ones. He's now writing poetry for Highlights. So, no, he's not a big name Hollywood writer.

That's really cool Tom! Tell your friend he's doing a great job!

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jose043 - Jun 14, 2006 7:56 pm (#1213 of 2979)

Hi all

On the food scene & allergies. I am an Asthmatic & have so many allergies that Rober t(my old boy) says it is easier to ask what I can eat rather than what I can't. There are things I will not eat Curries is one & over spice food. My Daughter Anne & Robert say boring when I Cook & usually put pickles or tomato sauce on their food. Cheese full matured, Swiss & Edam slices Robert likes Blue Vein (yuk) known as Danish Blue from both Anne & I. We were made to eat every thing put in front of us but my Mum knew I wouldn't eat curry so she would make me one with every thing but the curry powder. Not keen on Macdonalds, Ketucky Fried, & most fast foods.

Josephine

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Mediwitch - Jun 14, 2006 7:57 pm (#1214 of 2979)

Esther Rose (post #1166) - Where I live in Connecticut you STILL can't buy alcohol on a Sunday! (But it's just a few minutes to NY or MA, so it's not really a big deal.)

My daughter (well, she's actually my step-daughter) was a really picky eater. Our rule was you had to eat a couple of bites of everything, but if we served something she didn't like, we also served one thing she REALLY liked. She tried the I'm-gagging-so-you-won't-make-me-eat-trick one time but she looked so funny we just started laughing...she never tried that again!

HH11 - I LOVE goat cheese - it's the absolute best in salads, omelettes, whatever!

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Catherine - Jun 14, 2006 8:09 pm (#1215 of 2979)

I had forgotten him entirely until he reminded me about it a few days post parrot. We will celebrate 22 years of marriage in a few weeks so that should hush any nay sayers who said we got married too quickly

Poor Mr. Denise--to play second fiddle to a parrot!

*hushes any nay-sayers*

One of my psychology professors used to like the old adage "The proof is in the pudding."

I think that applies here, but the correct quote is actually "The proof of the pudding is in the eating" and I think 22 years qualifies so VERY nicely.

Cheers to all.

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Julie Aronson - Jun 15, 2006 2:33 am (#1216 of 2979)

Kathy,

Congrats on the new dishwasher! I get excited about appliances, too...

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Thora - Jun 15, 2006 4:35 am (#1217 of 2979)

I met my husband on a street corner....

Well that's where I first saw him. I had just moved in with an old friend, the plan was to give up on men and get on with my life. The day after I got there I agreed to go meet the goofy guy she had been hanging with, he was staying with a family I knew and so I figured I could catch up with old friends even if the guy didn't prove funny. He wasn't at the house when we got there, so we left to go grab food for everyone. Then she saw his car when we were stopped at a corner and flagged him down. When we got back to the house she walked in and plopped in his lap and gave him a hug. She would never be that bold with a guy she was interested in so I did the same thing when she got up. He never let go....

Well that's where I usually end the story, but the truth is I wasn't a bit interested in him until about a week later when the 3 of us were at lunch and my friend started venting in her depression. The way he handled it, cheering her and listing her good qualities, made me pay attention. We were engaged in three weeks, and married a month later. Yes that's 2 months total. My parents are still not sure about him...lol. I know his heart though, and it's all that's mattered for the last almost 7 years.

Thora

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Good Evans - Jun 15, 2006 4:46 am (#1218 of 2979)

oh your "meeting stories" are great, esp Denise, I love the fact the parrot got all the attention (but of course, this is Denise and her menagerie!!)

I met my hubby in 1990 and disliked him intensely, he was a part time tutor and made us all do extra work rather than go to the pub (I was 21 and engaged to someone else) , I met him again in 1995 when I was no longer engaged and he was teaching professionally, I wanted someone to come and train some staff of mine. We got on like a house on fire, a year later I left my old job and went to work for him, we moved in together in 1997 and go married 4 years ago next month. I guess I was searching for him a long time and just didnt know I'd already met Mr Right!!!

edit: welcome to the forum Ellen Jones, hope you enjoy posting

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azi - Jun 15, 2006 5:10 am (#1219 of 2979)

All these stories are really interesting.

Welcome to Ellen Jones (your kids look cute! I assume it's them in your avatar?)!

Have fun with your dishwasher Puck!

Mmm, cheese. I don't like strong tasting cheeses admittedly, and I'm also not fond of 'plastic' cheeses. My favourites are Cheshire and Red Leicester, but I'm perfectly happy to eat Edam, Mozarella and Cheddar!

Have a lovely day everyone!

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Puck - Jun 15, 2006 5:25 am (#1220 of 2979)

Thora, great story!

Funny, I always thought my hubby and I being married a year and a half after meeting was quick! (My friends were dating their current husbands for years before deciding to get married.) After reading these stories, I guess we did take our time.

Denise, sounds like you're having fun!

Happy RotD!

Kathy

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 15, 2006 5:59 am (#1221 of 2979)

Does anyone in the US find it a bit ridikulus that at 18 you are legally an adult, can live on your own, you can vote, and you can go into a bar but you can't drink until 21?—virginiaelizabeth

I used to be a staunch advocate of lowering the drinking age. Then I turned 21 and I didn't really care anymore. This is, it seems to me, the curse of any threatened "lower the drinking age movement." If you wait them out long enough, they'll turn 21, jump off the picket line, and head to the bar.

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Marie E. - Jun 15, 2006 6:36 am (#1222 of 2979)

I met my husband in an Air Force dormitory. We were there to meet my friend Angie's boyfriend, but boyfriend wasn't home. We were walking down the hall to leave and these guys yelled for us to come in there room where they having a little party. We stayed for awhile even though all three of us girls had boyfriends. I think I was 19 at the time. For the next two years Mr. E and I kept bumping into each other but one of us always had a boyfriend or girlfriend. Finally in March of 1991 we ran into each other at a club and talked in the hall for two hours. I didn't know he was on a date at the time! We got engaged in May and married in December. I was almost 22. It'll be 15 years this December.

I have to renew my membership so I can use a Cobain picture as my avatar. He is really becoming a fat little boy.

SquidMike:  half of Colorado Springs population is California transplants, so why not the gangs too?

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Eponine - Jun 15, 2006 6:59 am (#1223 of 2979)

Mr. Eponine and I met at a coffee house in Chattanooga. We had some mutual acquaintances, and we were just in the same place at the same time. We sat and talked for hours, basically ignoring everyone else. We knew we were going to get married within a month, but we waited about a year and a half to actually tie the knot. My best friend was in Israel for a year, and I was determined that she was going to be there. So I made him wait until she got back. We've been married almost 3 years now.

Laura W, good game last night, but just wait until Saturday! We'll be taking the Cup home to Raleigh!

I hope everyone has a great RotD!

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Madam Pince - Jun 15, 2006 7:41 am (#1224 of 2979)

Thora, you could try Ritz Dinosaurs as a replacement for Goldfish. Not quite the same, but at least not cannibalistic...

I like gouda cheese to just eat on a cracker. I think muenster melts really well on a grilled cheese sandwich. Provolone is good too, and of course sharp cheddar in mac-&-cheese or as a general topping on baked stuff. Real shredded parmesan (not that dry grated stuff) on pasta. Hmmmm... I guess I like more cheeses than I thought! No bleu cheese though. "Never eat blue food."

Puck, I thought of you yesterday when I was grocery shopping and saw whole-wheat pasta. I tried some not long ago. I am such a tightwad that I am loathe to throw things out if they are still "good," but I tossed that pasta right in the trash. Bleah! I do try to use whole-wheat breads and Scottish oatmeal and such, but I must have my potato bread for tomato sandwiches, with lots of Miracle Whip.

Mr. Pince and I met in our Civil War hobby at a fancy dress ball while we were both dating other people, but someone had (erroneously) told me that he was married, so I merely registered the observation that he was nice-looking and was just pleasant and cordial to him. I kept seeing him at events we both attended, but it didn't dawn on me that he was intentionally putting himself in my path and then saying "Oh, hi!" ***is clueless*** Then a couple years later when we were both "available," he got a mutual friend to make the "I know somebody who likes you!" phone call. I was horrified because I thought he was married, but when that was all straightened out, we went out on a date (he had to drive 4 hours to get to my house) and we ended up engaged in two months and married in nine. Very unusual for me as I normally take forever to make a decision, but as Catherine said, we were in love! Everyone always told me "You'll just know when it's right" and that's so very true.

Denise, you're a member of the Parrot-Head Club! Everyone's stories are so neat!

Tom, our family probably enjoys the fruits of your friend's labor all the time! Highlights is one of Little Pince's favorites; he loves it when he gets mail, and we read it together at night.

Ah, the good old days of MTV with Huey Lewis, and Michael Jackson when he still had a nose, and Sharp Dressed Man, and California Girls, and all those fun videos! There's some new reality show out now (kind of like American Idol maybe?) and Mr. Pince thinks the host was one of the original MTV vee-jays. Wish I could remember the name. Maybe Peter somebody? He was about the same time period as Martha Quinn....

Marie E., I saw on the news last night that it was 102 degrees in Denver. I know you're Colorado Springs, but still you must've been in triple digits. Sympathies....

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haymoni - Jun 15, 2006 7:57 am (#1225 of 2979)

I watched "Mary Poppins" with The Beautifulest One last night.

I just love watching the reactions my children have to the movies I loved as a child.

“Mommy! The parrot handle on her umbrella TALKS!!!”

Too cute!

Just a spoonful of sugar...

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Holly T. - Jun 15, 2006 8:23 am (#1226 of 2979)

What fun stories!

I met my husband when I was 19, he was 20, in sophomore English class in college. Conveniently for me he was an English major so I used to meet up with him before class and he would explain the reading to me. So when I say he used to read poetry to me while we were dating it is not a lie. We got engaged after we graduated from college and married a year later, when I was 22, right after his first year in law school. We just celebrated our 15th anniversary. :-)

My son will ask me to buy feta cheese. The very thought of it makes my daughter gag.

The kids slept until 8:30 this morning, when I woke them up. It normally goes against my principles to wake up sleeping children but they had VBS starting at 9 and I figured they would want to get dressed and eat breakfast first. I don't think my son has slept that late in his entire life. He normally wakes up at 7--even on weekends.

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Julie Aronson - Jun 15, 2006 8:34 am (#1227 of 2979)

Madam Pince,

I like whole wheat pasta in certain dishes. It's worth trying again if you make one of my favorites:

One box whole wheat spaghetti, cooked (or whatever long shape you like)

4 cloves of garlic, smashed but not chopped

2-3 small zucchini, sliced between 1/4" and 1/8" thick

crushed red pepper to taste

some fresh oregano (optional but good)

salt and pepper to taste

enough olive oil to generously coat the bottom of the frying pan

Cook pasta, set aside. Pour oil into pan, add garlic, crushed red pepper, and oregano, then turn on heat. While oil is heating and garlic is browning, slice zucchini. Add the zucchini and sautee until fully cooked and golden. Remove garlic. Put pasta back into its cooking pot, dump oil, herbs, and zucchini over the pasta, and stir to toss.

Serve with fresh ground pepper and/or parmesan cheese. This is excellent hot or cold.

For some reason, the rough texture of the whole wheat pasta really works here--give it another try!

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Chemyst - Jun 15, 2006 9:04 am (#1228 of 2979)

Julie, your 'favorites' recipe supports my opinion that whole wheat pastas are better with chunky vegetable sauces and not as good with meat sauces.

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Eponine - Jun 15, 2006 9:09 am (#1229 of 2979)

This morning I found a nasty, disgusting, big green caterpillar on one of my tomato plants. The very fact that my plants are still alive (I killed a cactus once) is amazing, and I'm not about to let a fat green bug eat up my tomatoes. I poked it off the plant with my spade and tossed it into the horse field behind our backyard. It's still giving me the collywobbles just thinking about it. *shudders*

So does anyone have suggestions for keeping bugs off your plants?

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 15, 2006 9:56 am (#1230 of 2979)

Then a couple years later when we were both "available," he got a mutual friend to make the "I know somebody who likes you!" phone call.-- Madame Pince

Hehe. Sounds awfully familiar to having a go-between pass you a note in math class. Some things don't change.

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John Bumbledore - Jun 15, 2006 10:39 am (#1231 of 2979)
Edited Jun 15, 2006 12:08 pm

I met my Lady at university. I was a junior, Computer Science and she was a sophomore, Special Education. We met while visiting a group of mutual friends, and I knew in a heart beat that I had found my soul mate. It was Autumn of 1986.

We dated through the rest of our university time and after. We married in 1990 and are still happy together after 16 years and four very active children. Our song is by Huey Lewis & the News, "Happy to be Stuck with You." Because we had and still have "all the same friends." Sappy, I know.

Drinking at 18 and driving at 21, might work if they learn that over doing the first is a bad thing.

Maria (HH11), I would point out that the two near misses are actually successes! I was alert and in control of my automobile so I was able to avoid hitting something that had endangered itself by standing in a roadway.

I also left out at least three other avoidances where other drivers entered my lane without looking to see if anyone was there (and ignoring my horn too!) But for these, I also have to give credit to the drivers that were following behind for not following too closely.

I think accident free for 20 years is a good thing!

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

Edit: Haymoni! Yes! Another Browns fan here! Shhhhhhhhh! My Lady is a Steelers fan. LOL

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haymoni - Jun 15, 2006 11:08 am (#1232 of 2979)

JOHN!!!! Are you trying to jinx yourself???

You're like those sportscasters that say, "He hasn't missed a field goal in the last 10 games."

Doink!! Off the goal post it goes!

Can you tell I'm a Browns fan??

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Madam Pince - Jun 15, 2006 11:20 am (#1233 of 2979)
Edited Jun 15, 2006 12:19 pm

LOL, Loopy. It was very high-school-ish! I even rolled my eyes and said "Ewwwww!" because I was sure it was going to be somebody gross.

Eponine, sounds like you have a tomato hornworm. They are about the nastiest creatures on the earth. They have these great big sucking-shaped mouths and when they are done with your tomatoes, it looks like an apple with a big human-sized bite out of it. I once had one take a bite out of each one of my six or seven tomatoes on the vine. Could it just have eaten one whole tomato? Noooooo.... It had to ruin them all. And those worms can get to be huge, too. I didn't want to squish mine because it was so big I thought it would make an ooshy mess, so I compensated by throwing it in the middle of a street behind my house that's not normally very busy, but on that particular day the traffic was heavy! Bwahahahaha! ***evil gleeful hand-rubbing*** (For Loopy and Catherine -- it was Barracks Road on Foxfield Day! )

I usually dust my tomatoes with something like Sevin dust or similar. You can get it in shaker cans, or you can put the dust in a pair of old hose and sprinkle it over the plant that way. I don't know if that would help or not -- a Google search tells me that permethrin works, and also there is a wasp which is a natural enemy that lays its eggs on the worm and then the emerging baby wasps eat the worm, which is totally gross in and of itself....

Haymoni -- .... or the Minnesota Vikings a couple of years ago when they almost got into the Super Bowl. (Or was it the actual Super Bowl? I've erased it from memory...) Mr. Pince is still mad about that. The field goal kicker was money in the bank all season, and then on something like a 30-yarder to win....

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John Bumbledore - Jun 15, 2006 12:14 pm (#1234 of 2979)

JOHN!!!! Are you trying to jinx yourself??? – haymoni

Haymoni, I'm not superstitious because that would bring bad luck.

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

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geauxtigers - Jun 15, 2006 12:58 pm (#1235 of 2979)

Seahawks fan here, so I'm totally against the Steelers !

Ahh its Thursday, and Thursdays are good because the next day is Friday! I just got back from the mall where all I got was a Mocassippi....nothing new.

Off to check 5 words and head to the chat or maybe I'll take a nap

Have a great day everyone!

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Laura W - Jun 15, 2006 1:02 pm (#1236 of 2979)

Eponine wrote: "Laura W, good game last night, but just wait until Saturday! We'll be taking the Cup home to Raleigh!"

Says you!! (very big grin)

Actually, it *was* a good game - on both parts, Eponine. Very evenly matched, which always makes it more exciting. I honestly believe it could have gone either way.

As you say, "On to Saturday!" ... where the results will force a seventh game! (Oh, you didn't exactly say that? I must have misunderstood. Hee, hee, hee.)

Laura

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Lina - Jun 15, 2006 1:08 pm (#1237 of 2979)

It has become really difficult to follow this forum. I don't know if the reason is in the Forum or in me

Madam Pince, there is nothing else going on on our TV these days, but football (soccer). My hubby is not even watching the news. Yet, it doesn't necessarily mean that I watch the games. But I listen. While about Australia, I won't say anything until after the next round of games... Enjoy the first place while you can. May I just mention some bronze medal 8 years old?

When it comes to eating food, if all the kids were like Kate, I could easily have 5 of them. She is the cutest one when she eats something that she doesn't like. She keeps complaining, "Oh, why did you have to cook this? I really don't like this food. Oh, this is really awful. May I go out now?" and the plate is empty. All I can say is that it doesn't depend strictly on the way of raising kids, because all my kids were raised by the same parents and are not the same at all.

Virginia, if I may add few words to the lines - you mentioned the voting and the drinking line. But there is the driving line too, and if I am correct, a smoking line that is totally different. All those lines are equal here. Now, you can decide what variation you like better.

I dated my hubby 11 months before we got married but wasn't so young when I met him.

Mills, all the kids on your picture are really adorable!

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TomProffitt - Jun 15, 2006 1:48 pm (#1238 of 2979)

Talk about the different lines being messed up. 25 years ago my parents sent me to the grocery store to get cooking sherry (I think, it may have been real wine) and it just blew my mind. I thought there was no way a 17 year old would be allowed to buy it. At that time the ages in Virginia were 18 for beer, 18 for voting, 21 for wine & spirits, and alive for cigarettes (yes, we're in tobacco country). No problem at all, no one cared about my purchase. Although what weirded me out was my parents sending me on the errand, they're very Hermione about rules & such. I think the point was it was legal for me to buy the stuff if I said I was buying it for someone who was legal.

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The giant squid - Jun 15, 2006 2:50 pm (#1239 of 2979)

My kids are so banned from being cool—Thora

Just explain to them that looking and acting like everyone else is the exact opposite of "cool". Real "cool" is being your own person & following your own path. Fonzie wasn't cool because he wore a leather jacket all the time; he was cool because no one else did (well, that and all the girls, the starting the jukebox with his fist thing , etc.)

NyQuil: Comedian Denis Leary had a rant about this in one of his early bits. About the only thing I can repeat here is his comment about other companies appealing to the "inner child" and make grape, orange & cherry flavor cough syrup. Not NyQuil. They've still got the Green Death flavor. That's because you take it, think, "Hey, this stuff tastes like--" and then you pass out.

I've noticed that LEGO discontinues the HP line after a certain amount of time. A few months after the movie is out the sets are all gone. That combined with the fact that they're putting out fewer & fewer sets each movie has me a little worried...although my wallet doesn't mind.

Cheese: I like most "common" cheeses--cheddar, Monterey jack, mozzarella, parmesan, romano, American if there's no other choice... I never got into bleu cheese, gouda or any of those "lumpy" types. Anything runny is right out.

My wife & I met at work. We worked for a department store--I was a "regular" employee & she'd been hired on as holiday help. One of the other guys in my department was joking about how crazy we were and she replied, "If you think you're crazy I should introduce you to my purse." I think I was hooked at that point. It turns out her purse was one of those teddy bear backpacks, where you open the zipper in the neck & fill it up with your stuff. Over the years she'd had it, it had taken on a sort of personality, got clothed and became her personality test--anyone who turned their nose up at it wasn't worth talking to.

Ubu (the bear) is still around, though he's been retired from "pursing". Mostly he sits on the couch watching TV with his new sibling, a monkey named Jack.

--Mike

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Chemyst - Jun 15, 2006 3:19 pm (#1240 of 2979)



Did you know hornworms suffer from addictions?   Well... probably not the ones who have encountered Madam Pince's Sevin dust.

That is a very touching story about Ubu, Mike.

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haymoni - Jun 15, 2006 5:37 pm (#1241 of 2979)

Mike - Mrs. Squid is obviously the woman for you!

Hubby just called. Ungrateful Son "smoked" the other team tonight pitching in Game 1 of a double header. Whoo Hoo!!

Edit: Bing!

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Tazzygirl - Jun 15, 2006 6:00 pm (#1242 of 2979)

Yeay! to Ungrateful Son!!

Just thought I'd share- (because we were on the topic of gangs) The National Geographic channel is showing a special on the MS 13 gang, I believe this Sunday. Commercial just passed, so I can't say what time it comes on.

Have a fabulous RotD/N!

~Kristina (BING!)

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Puck - Jun 15, 2006 6:43 pm (#1243 of 2979)

wOOt! Ungrateful Son!

John, the computer guy and the teacher -a match made in Heaven! (Myself and several teacher friends have married computer guys.)

Some tomato bugs like beer. Dig holes big enough for plastic cups and fill with beer. The slugs climb in, but can't get back out. (They don't pay any attention to the drinking age.  Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1003735042 )

I use Healthy Harvest pasta. (Brown box.) I switched without telling hubby, and he didn't notice. For mac and cheese I use Annie's. I've tried other brands, and I agree, they are nasty, but those are good and meet the minimum requirement of at least 3 grams of fiber.

Happy RotD!

Kathy

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Stephanie M. - Jun 15, 2006 7:58 pm (#1244 of 2979)

Hello everyone!

Thora, I'm sure Finn wouldn't mind you eating Goldfish... he eats them all the time! Everyday at lunch.

Tazzy, I'm sorry the graduation was so hot. My sister graduated yesterday, and it was very humid, plus we were in a tent, so there wasn't a whole lot of wind blowing onto the huge crowd of people. There were mixed emotions for everyone. My sister had been going to the same school for 14 years, and she probably won't see about half of her class again or until Class Reunions. But everyone is pretty relived that they are done... just a little sad as well.

I don't mind MTV. I actually prefer VH1, which tends to an older crowd than MTV. I think MTV is catered to younger teens just based on some of the shows they play, such as My Super Sweet Sixteen. I do watch Pimp My Ride and I also watch shows like Made and True Life etc. I like most shows on VH1 because they are more diverse in age and types of shows, unlike MTV.

Great job Ungrateful Son!!

Have a good night/early morning everyone!

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Mediwitch - Jun 15, 2006 8:22 pm (#1245 of 2979)

Julie Aronson - mmm...I can't wait to try your pasta dish! And I do like whole wheat pasta, but I like regular pasta sometimes too.

Squid Mike: Not NyQuil. They've still got the Green Death flavor . . .   Maybe THAT'S the skanky stuff Dumbledore drank in the cave!!!

I met Mr. Mediwitch because several years after my father died (I was 23 when he died), my mother remarried. I was her maid-of-honor. My step-father and Mr. Mediwitch are cousins, and Mr. Mediwitch was the best man. We actually had already started dating by the time the wedding rolled around, because we had gotten to know each other at several family functions. As you can imagine, this does lead to some "family tree" type comments from time to time!

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 15, 2006 8:35 pm (#1246 of 2979)

Squid Mike: Not NyQuil. They've still got the Green Death flavor . . . Maybe THAT'S the skanky stuff Dumbledore drank in the cave!!!- Mediwitch

You literally took the words right out of my mouth!! I NyQuill would certainly cause pain (gagging that is!)

Well I went to the mall today, but I didn't end up getting anything but my contacts and a CC's mocassippi with no espresso. It was very good as the high today was 98F  - - - ahhh it was hot! I also got a perfume sample from Gap that I think smells like smarties! It really does smell good but I could never wear it because I would want to eat it! I've already had to stop myself from buying flavored lip gloss because I would find myself subconsously licking it off, so no candy perfume for me!

I'm super exciteddd because I get to sleep late tomorrow!! w00t!!!!

Everyone have a great RotN! I might go to the chat for a bit as well so if anyone wants to join me!

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Madam Pince - Jun 15, 2006 8:56 pm (#1247 of 2979)

Yay for Ungrateful Son!

Tazzy, I think that was the documentary I was thinking of earlier -- I believe I had said Discovery Channel, but now that you say it I think it was on National Geographic. If anyone is really interested in the subject, it is a well-done documentary. "Scary, but brilliant," as Ron would say.

Puck, the pasta I tried was just your basic old Barilla brand -- it didn't seem "rough" to me as Julie mentioned (rough I could take) but it just tasted nasty. I don't remember ever seeing the brands you mention -- maybe I could find them in a Trader Joe's or similar health-food-type store. We don't have those options here, unfortunately, but I do sometimes go by them when travelling. (Mmmmmm... Trader Joe's cranberry oatmeal cookies....) Julie, your recipe sounds good! So good, in fact, that I used a very similar one for dinner tonight! Spinach-cheese tortellini, though, instead of whole wheat pasta... , and I threw a few meatballs in for good measure... I can't be healthy to save me... I love sauteed little-bitty squash cooked with onion and a bit of white wine and olive oil.....

Everyone enjoy the RotD!

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Jun 15, 2006 10:59 pm (#1248 of 2979)

National Geographic MS 13

Sunday, June 18, 2006, at 8P Also airs: Sunday, June 18, 11P Monday, June 19, 5:00P

Have a great day/night everyone!

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Tazzygirl - Jun 15, 2006 11:04 pm (#1249 of 2979)

Madam P.- It might have been Discovery channel! The commercial came on, and right when I decided to post it on this thread, it passed, and I couldn't remember which channel I had been on. (I'm used to the TiVo type cable. Push the info button and Bingo! You know where you are at! ) So, if any of you are interested in the documentary, check out the Discovery Channel or the National Geographic Channel this Sunday evening...

EDIT: Thanks, TBE, for the official time and such for the MS 13 documentary! I took so long in writing this short post , you got in before me!

I love Annie's pasta! I'd buy it more often than the Kraft stuff, but it is slightly more expensive, and I'm on that student budget.

mmmmmm. Spinach cheese tortellini...

~Kristina

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Julie Aronson - Jun 16, 2006 2:36 am (#1250 of 2979)

So I like the cherry Nyquil. Ok, like is a relative term, but it's a lot easier to choke down!

As far as whole wheat pasta, right now I'm working on a multi-pound package of organic whole wheat spaghetti from Sam's Club. I think it's really good. I also use some other brands whenever they're on sale.

Mmmm...I might have to buy some zucchini...I know the olive oil adds a fair amount of fat, but I have convinced myself that it's a fairly health-oriented dish. I also have a recipe for a tomato-y spaghetti sauce with zucchini and mushrooms if anyone wants. IMHO, that one needs a white-flour pasta.

Well, off to submit the application to my Master's program...

Have a great day!
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Amilia Smith - Jun 16, 2006 4:34 am (#1251 of 2979)

Jasper Fforde is another of my favorite authors. I was just visiting his website, and I saw he has a new t-shirt up in his store to tie in with his new book coming out next month (The Fourth Bear, solving the mystery of who killed Goldilocks). I mention it here as we were having a discussion a few days back about porridge.

On the cheese front: I agree with all those of you who do not count American as real cheese. I used to love it as a kid, though. Possibly because it was a treat. My mother wouldn't buy it, so we only got it when we went to the government give-aways. After working in a deli, I got to try all sorts of different cheeses, and became something of a snob. I really like the fancy stuff. Which I can't afford, but there you go. Havarti, gouda, camembert, babybel . . . OK, so looking at that list, I guess my taste in cheese is not that exotic. But still out of my current price range.

I am loving all the How I Met My Spouse stories. Since I don't have one of my own to add, I'll share my folks' story. My mom wanted to try out for the ballroom dance team at BYU, but she was ready to chicken out when it came right down to it. In high school, her oldest sister had had the lead in all the school plays. Her next sister had been in the chamber choir. When it came my mom's turn, she had tried out for both, but didn't make either the plays or the choir. So she decided that since she never made auditions, there was no point in auditioning for the dance team. Her roommate finally convinced her to just do it. She tried out, made the team, and that is where she met my dad. :-)

Mills.

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azi - Jun 16, 2006 5:12 am (#1252 of 2979)

I decided to search for what American cheese actually was and came across a link to a quiz which establishes what kind of cheese you are. Link in profile (hopefully, if it works!). Anyway, I decided American Cheese probably isn't real cheese. We know them as cheese slices anyway.

I am heading home for the weekend to try and get some work done. Hope everyone has a great weekend! I'll probably still be around.

Great days to all!

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Steve Newton - Jun 16, 2006 6:24 am (#1253 of 2979)

Mozzarella.

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haymoni - Jun 16, 2006 6:27 am (#1254 of 2979)

I can't find out what kind of cheese I am.

The dementors at work have that site blocked as "entertainment".

My parents met at a funeral. My father's grandmother had died and my mom's parents were friends of the family. I never asked how the actual conversation went. How do you ask someone out at a funeral?

It obviously worked out though!

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The giant squid - Jun 16, 2006 6:29 am (#1255 of 2979)

azi, a lot of American Cheese packages actually label it as "pasteurized process cheese food". So it's cheese-ish. AS one comedian put it, "'Cheese food'? Is that what they feed the cheese?"

Of the music channels, I watch VH1 the most. I'm a little annoyed by their programming in the wee hours of the morning (4-8AM, my usual posting time--Hi, Finn!). I've seen the same video by The Fray three times in two hours. It's quite clear that "Metal Month" is over... Oh, well...it beats the sixteenth rerun of the "Real World/Road Rules Challenge 6!"

How do you ask someone out at a funeral?—haymoni

Very carefully?

--Mike

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Julie Aronson - Jun 16, 2006 6:37 am (#1256 of 2979)

I'm camembert. Hmm.

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Marie E. - Jun 16, 2006 6:39 am (#1257 of 2979)

Did you know that The Fray are from Colorado? So, I hear it on the radio at least three times a day. It was a nice song when I first heard it.

Until my sister announced her decision to start a family, I was afraid that Ubu the teddy purse was going to be my only nephew. I even kept a picture of him on my fridge.

We never officially made it to 100 the other day, but we did beat our record of 94. We got a drastic cool-down yesterday, all the way to 78, and today it's supposed to 75 and rainy. We need rain very much. As I've said before, when it's hot here the trees spontaneously combust.

We took the daycare kids to see Cars yesterday. I enjoyed it, but the theater was pretty empty so I don't know how that bodes for the movie. There are several Nascar references in the movie which I got thanks to my father-in-law's influence.

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Catherine - Jun 16, 2006 6:45 am (#1258 of 2979)

I can't believe I really took this quz, but it turns out that I am "Brie" cheese.

At least I wasn't cheese food!

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mike miller - Jun 16, 2006 6:51 am (#1259 of 2979)

Well I'm supposed to be blue cheese, but it's probably my least favorite cheese. Quite bizarre!

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 16, 2006 8:02 am (#1260 of 2979)

This thing says I'm the "Big Cheese" but I knew that already. Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 2281877974

Catherine I emailed you something I think you'd be interested in reading. Well, you'll have to go buy the latest issue of Rolling Stone, but still.

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Madam Pince - Jun 16, 2006 8:07 am (#1261 of 2979)

I'm mozzarella, apparently. Fun site, azi! I learned a couple new things about cheese from reading the descriptions. I never knew that the blue streak in Gorgonzola is actually penicillin (yikes! I guess I can't eat gorgonzola since I'm allergic) and also never knew that you could soak feta in water or milk to cut the salty taste. The things one can learn on this Forum....

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Holly T. - Jun 16, 2006 8:17 am (#1262 of 2979)

Yikes, I'm allergic to penicillin too and I've had Gorgonzola cheese. Not one of my faves, but it didn't make me break out. Hmmm. Maybe I didn't eat the blue part (it was on a salad, so it wasn't much). I don't really like cheese that much and particularly dislike American cheese but will eat it on a cheeseburger.

I am wearing my new Molly Weasley watch today and what does it mean when both hands were pointing to "lost" right before I had to go to a meeting? I guess it's better than if I'd had a meeting at 1, which would mean the hands would be pointing to "work" and "mortal peril." It only seems like that sometimes.

I leave for vacation in a week! I can't wait.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 16, 2006 9:08 am (#1263 of 2979)

I can't believe I really took this quz, but it turns out that I am "Brie" cheese.---Catherine

I can't believe you took it either.

I tested as 'Blue' cheese.

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 16, 2006 9:49 am (#1264 of 2979)

Well I'm Brie cheese and I have no idea what that is! I've never heard of Brie before! Is that a bad sign??

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Tazzygirl - Jun 16, 2006 10:11 am (#1265 of 2979)

I tested as American Cheese. Can't stand the stuff, but there you go.

Ginny- Brie is a soft cheese that is really good!! You should definitely try it sometime!

I have a really good recipe that uses brie. I might have to make it tonight.

My parents met in college- my dad was friends with my mom's room mate. Soon he and my mom became close friends and then about a year later they thought it would be logical to marry, as (according to Mom) they couldn't see not being together for the rest of their lives. (Dad said they thought they might as well get married because my mom had the apartment and he had the car. ) They've been married now for 30 years.

Hope you all have a fabulous RotD/N!

~Kristina

EDIT: I also love The Frey! I don't own the CD, just the Over My Head (Cable Car) song. I have listened to it now 19 times since downloading it to my computer about three days ago. (My iTunes keeps count. )

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geauxtigers - Jun 16, 2006 10:11 am (#1266 of 2979)

I'm blue cleese, and I don't like blue cheese! I love the Fray!!!! They are my new favorite and I've listened to the cd nonstop for about 3 weeks now

I tried Camembert and babybel in France and nearly gagged! I figured it must be good since I know its very famous-- yeah I'm not too interested in trying it again! At least for a little while!

Well its supposed to rain today, which is good because we need the rain desperately! But there is even more of a chance of rain tomorrow, naturally because I'm going to the water park for a concert and it has to wait until I have plans to rain. So frustrating hasn't rained all summer and now when I actually have all day out door plans, it does!

Have a great day/night everyone!

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Puck - Jun 16, 2006 10:12 am (#1267 of 2979)

Brie is super Yummy! It usually comes inside a white rind, and you eat the part that's inside.

Julie, olive oil is a monosaturated "healthy" fat. It's good to have some in your diet.

Helped out at field day at the school this morning. Glad kindergarten had the first shift, as it's really heating up out there! It must be over 90 degrees by now.

Off to find out what kind of cheese I am!

Kathy

edited to add that I'm cheddar.

College roommates are a great way to meet. My brother married mine. (Having lived with both of them, I wish them luck!)

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Marè - Jun 16, 2006 10:31 am (#1268 of 2979)

and you eat the part that's inside

You can eat the white part too! (I'm a brie too by the way, and a brie fan as well!). Oh and camembert works great on the bbq too. wooden box, alu foil throw it in the coals and then let it go warm and fudgy and dip your bread in it!
Cheese and bread is the reason I could never live too long in a foreign country. I would miss them both too much.

I have fallen of the face of the internet for awhile. I started coaching a team and it takes a lot of time. But I have been reading all your "meet the hubbie/wife" stories and I have been going "aaawwww" behind my computer screen for awhile.

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kaykay1970 - Jun 16, 2006 10:34 am (#1269 of 2979)

Today is my 18th anniversary. So I have officially been married half my life. Woo Hoo!

My Mom met my Dad after she had been stood up for a date by the man that would some day be my father-in-law. Good thing I guess! My husband and I might have been siblings!

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Chemyst - Jun 16, 2006 10:40 am (#1270 of 2979)

Kaykay, that’s too funny!

I’m emmental cheese.   Hmm…
 … I have rather mixed feelings about a cheese with ‘mental’ in the name.
The description says, "The aroma is sweet with tones of fresh-cut hay." Again; rather mixed feelings. 'Sounds a bit like Amortentia, no? Also, it says the flavor is "not without a tone of acidity." I think I’ve been insulted.

Emmental is a kind of Swiss cheese.

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Tazzygirl - Jun 16, 2006 10:52 am (#1271 of 2979)

Happy Anniversary, Kay! Hope you have a great day!

Poor Chemyst! (I've never even heard of 'emmental cheese'... Definitely doesn't sound appetizing! )

~Kristina

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 16, 2006 11:20 am (#1272 of 2979)

I never knew that the blue streak in Gorgonzola is actually penicillin (yikes! I guess I can't eat gorgonzola since I'm allergic)....Madame Pince

Thank you. Buried in one my recent posts, I mentioned my suspicion that I am allergic to Gorgonzola. This information would confirm that I am indeed allergic to gorgonzola.

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azi - Jun 16, 2006 11:25 am (#1273 of 2979)

Happy Anniversary Kaykay!

Still can't believe I was American Cheese! It's not even cheese, it's processed something-or-other!

I had no idea Gorgonzola had penicillin in. Surely that's bad for antibiotic resistance?

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geauxtigers - Jun 16, 2006 12:29 pm (#1274 of 2979)

I've never heard of emmental cheese either! We get this cheese from Washington State U called Cougar Gold Cheese. Its really good stuff it looks like white cheddar, but the taste is very good. If I had to say what it tasted like, I'd say very sharp cheddar, but it very good and I'm picky about cheese!

Happy anniversary KayKay!

I guess I have to broaden my cheese tasting because I haven't heard of a lot of these!

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Madam Pince - Jun 16, 2006 12:33 pm (#1275 of 2979)

I'd never heard of emmental cheese, either. I thought it sounded good, though -- but then, having grown up on a farm, I think "fresh-cut hay" smell is a good thing. I love alfalfa-peppermint tea for that very reason.

Glad we resolved that allergy issue, Loopy!

I've always wondered if you can/are-supposed-to eat the white rind around Brie, but I was too embarrassed to ask and show my total lack of couth! The way it's sometimes served, it looks to me like it'd be almost impossible not to eat it, but the few times I've done so, I thought the rind tasted really yucky! But I did observe some very socially-adept people munching away at it, so I was never quite sure. Hmmmmm...maybe they were just faking and they didn't know either. I think it best to just avoid that particular cheese altogether and thus avoid the issue!

Happy Anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Kaykay! Congratulations!

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Detail Seeker - Jun 16, 2006 1:19 pm (#1276 of 2979)

Emmenthaler Cheese is close to the crown of all cheeses, second only to Greyerzer and very mature Goudaer. It is a hard, spicey, non-processed cheese, mostly having a slight note of nut in its taste. I would not have described it as tasting like freshly cut hay, not even after thinking twice about that.

Well, that web-site made me a blue cheese, too - and I do not like that sort - though the characteristic was very flattering. Not having other answers, I do not know, if the other descriptions are flattering, too, though I imagine, they are.

Edit: Thank for the tip! I will just go there again.

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Madam Pince - Jun 16, 2006 1:22 pm (#1277 of 2979)

Immo, you can click on the names of the other cheeses at the bottom of "your" description, and get the other descriptions as well as information about the various cheeses.

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Lina - Jun 16, 2006 1:40 pm (#1278 of 2979)

Chemyst: Emmental is a kind of Swiss cheese. - I would add: With holes. I think the most important part of Emmental are the holes. That, I think, goes quite well with mental... At least my mind is filled with holes too.

And I love the cheese with walnuts. Yes, I think that's my favorite, just a little expensive...

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 16, 2006 1:49 pm (#1279 of 2979)

Hooray for Ungrateful Son, haymoni!

Love the meeting stories! LOL Thora, what a bold move! How cute the way it worked out.

My husband and I were engaged for 1 1/2 years and dated for over four. So, the reaction was more like, 'It's about time you got engaged' rather than, 'Oh, what a surprise!' Same goes with children - we married in '88 and Olivia was born in '93. I didn't think that was a long time.

Fun link, azi! I came out as cheddar. Don't know if that's good or bad, but what is this "stubborn" they speak of?

How do you ask someone out at a funeral?   LOL, when you're young, there are no such obstacles.

Dating stories are good, too. I liked yours, Kristina. Perhaps it wasn't the actual deed, but the follow-up question that did it for mom.

No allergies here, but Mr. HH, Olivia and Priscilla seem to have the seasonal stuff. We'll see about Trevor.

Four more days. Four more days. Four more days. . .

Hooray for Mediwitch - fellow goat cheese fan!

Thanks for the Nat'l Geographic notice, everyone. So, is that what everyone will be doing Sunday night???

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geauxtigers - Jun 16, 2006 1:59 pm (#1280 of 2979)

I just looked at the cheese quiz again and I want to be mozzerella because it says you believe in "magick"! lol

My parents met through a mutual friends I think, nothing special. My Grannie and Grandaddy met at work. My Grandaddy was leaving the parking lot and told my Grannie that she could have his parking spot because he was going to lunch. When he got back from lunch he told her he was back and she could go move her car now. Kinda funny story I can't remember if she actually moved her car or not.

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Madam Pince - Jun 16, 2006 4:41 pm (#1281 of 2979)

If any moms out there for some reason feel like having a good cry tonight, watch the re-run of Ghost Whisperer that airs tonight at 8:00p eastern U.S. time. Heart-wrenching guarantee that you'll need the Kleenex box...

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Tazzygirl - Jun 16, 2006 5:06 pm (#1282 of 2979)

For those of you who come here for the movie reviews :Just got back from watching "The Lake House" with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. I actually really liked this movie! You kind of have to think outside the box on it, though. It is also definitely a chick flick!

There was a preview for "Lady in the Water" and I instantly thought of Loopy. Yeah, Lady in the Water is definitely on the side with The Village...

~Kristina (BING!!)

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timrew - Jun 16, 2006 5:58 pm (#1283 of 2979)

haymoni:- Ungrateful Son "smoked" the other team tonight pitching in Game 1 of a double header.

Judging from the reaction, I take it that's something good!

If so, way to go, Ungrateful Son!

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Mediwitch - Jun 16, 2006 6:24 pm (#1284 of 2979)

Another mozzarella!

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 16, 2006 6:32 pm (#1285 of 2979)

It is also definitely a chick flick!---Tazzygirl

Don't I know it. My husband makes pained noises whenever the previews come on. Good thing I'm comfortable going to the movies by myself.

I saw X-Men III last night. Not bad, but not as good as the first two. Unfortunately, I arrived too late for the previews and probably missed a clip for Lady in the Water. Shoot. ***waves to Loopy***

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Puck - Jun 16, 2006 6:38 pm (#1286 of 2979)

**waves to Maria, my fellow "cheddar"!**

psst, Olivia, is your mom stubborn?

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Chemyst - Jun 16, 2006 6:42 pm (#1287 of 2979)

I think the most important part of Emmental are the holes. ~ Lina
Yes, with holes. Thanks for clearing that up. After you posted I looked around for more information. In the US, and apparently in Canada and Australia as well, the 'Swiss' in Swiss cheese has more to do with holes than geographic origin. I am used to 'Swiss' being the generic term for cheese with big holes. Around here, you might also find Baby Swiss, which is softer with smaller holes and a milder flavor. And occasionally you might find Swiss cheese food, which looks like and is packaged like white American cheese slices but smells like baby Swiss, and the taste... is definitely processed.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 16, 2006 6:42 pm (#1288 of 2979)

Lady in the Water Oooh, Kristina, that book does not appeal to me at all. I am glad I'm not the only one with this opinion. Did I miss some posts again?

My computer did skip posts again. Posts #1267-77 did not come up until now. Very strange. So, virginiaelizabeth, we are not going crazy, it is definitely happening.

That having been said, Happy 18th Anniversary, Kaykay! Enjoy the day! (Our 18th Anniv. is in September.)

EDIT: I think we cross-posted, Kathy. Well, sort of. I start a post and finish it twenty minutes or so later, and miss a few that way - but that is not what is happening with the "invisible floating" posts that my computer seems to skip.

LOL - another cheddar! Olivia is not allowed to answer - she's *ahem* busy, yes - she's busy.

# waves back to Kathy while holding Olivia back from keyboard* Hot one today, eh? Finally, some swimming weather.

Maria

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 16, 2006 6:45 pm (#1289 of 2979)

Judging from the reaction, I take it that's something good! –timrew

Yes it's very good Tim! "smoked" is a slang word for meaning that you did really well. The same thing as saying that you killed the other team!

I wanna see The Lake House as well so I'm glad it was good! I love chick flicks!

Oh and Happy anniversarie kaykay!

EDIT: I'm glad I'm not going crazy either HH11! Sometimes I don't notice until I read someone else quoting another person's post and I don't remember reading it so I have to go back to read it. It's so weird but at least I'm not the only one!

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Puck - Jun 16, 2006 7:08 pm (#1290 of 2979)

Sometimes I don't notice until I read someone else quoting another person's post and I don't remember reading it so I have to go back to read it.

Wait, that's happened to me, but I thought it was just my missing brain cells!

Happy anniversary, Kay!

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kaykay1970 - Jun 16, 2006 7:12 pm (#1291 of 2979)

I finally decided to take the cheese quiz since it seems to be so popular. I am also em(mental), of course I already knew that!

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 16, 2006 8:32 pm (#1292 of 2979)
Edited Jun 16, 2006 9:51 pm

That's how I pick up on it, too, virginiaelizabeth.

Looks as though you still have your brain cells, Kathy.

Maria

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The giant squid - Jun 17, 2006 12:50 am (#1293 of 2979)

Happy anniversary, Kaykay!

So I took the cheese quiz. There were a couple of questions where more than one answer would have been appropriate, and one where none of the answers really fit (I want to vacation in England, but that wasn't on there), so I got a couple different responses. the first time out I was "blue" cheese, the second I came back mozzarella. I'm sticking with the Mozz.

Nothing agaisnt all the Fray fans here, they're just not my cup of tea. They fit into that "whiny ballad" style that just grates on my eardrums. I'm sure there are a few CDs in my collection that would make my fellow Forumers cringe (I know I've irritated Marie more than once...).

--Mike

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HungarianHorntail13 - Jun 17, 2006 6:39 am (#1294 of 2979)

After reading the past 20 posts, I took the cheesy quiz. I came up as emmental too, and my sister came up as chevres.

Yes Puck, Mom is very stubborn, and I'm not surprised she was a 'stubborn' cheese. .

This morning I woke up to the sound of BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ right in my ear, so I freaked out and hid under my covers for about 30 minutes. I'm hoping it was just a fly, and not a bee.

._Olivia

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Lilly P - Jun 17, 2006 6:58 am (#1295 of 2979)

Mozzerella for me! I have to say, it seems pretty accurate! Shiney, Soft and Round are definitely 3 words that would describe me!

Believe it or not, I met Mr. P. in military school! And I hated him at first! But at the end of the freshman year, when he couldn't order me around anymore because he no longer out ranked me, we got to know each other. And he admitted he singled me out alot because he secretly liked me! Funny how these things work out huh?

PS it's Mr. P's birthday today, It's his 3rd birthday in a ROW in Iraq!!! so if you have any spare well wishing charms, send them his way!

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 17, 2006 7:24 am (#1296 of 2979)

Well wishing charms and Happy Birthday Charms to Mr. P, Lilly! HHs' prayers are with them.

EDIT:

Eponine, great game Wed. night. I really enjoyed it, even though I'm a Rangers fan (ducking dungbombs). Rough, though. Looking forward to tonight's game. Can't say I'm rooting for anyone in particular, still, I'm enjoying reading the exchange betw. you and Laura W.

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Thora - Jun 17, 2006 7:48 am (#1297 of 2979)

Well Wishes to Mr. Lilly P.

My kids are so banned from being cool--Thora

Just explain to them that looking and acting like everyone else is the exact opposite of "cool". Real "cool" is being your own person & following your own path.- Squid Mike


My feelings exactly. (BTW your wife sounds really neat, like someone I would really like to hang with.)

I'm mozzarella, but my favorite is Muenster. If Mozzarella is made from buffalo milk, then how was it invented in Italy? I didn't think they had Bison there... I'm so confused.

I think "fresh-cut hay" smell is a good thing.- M. Pince  It is a good thing! It's processed hay that doesn't smell good. Wink

LOL Thora, what a bold move!-HH11 What, sitting in his lap? Yeah I guess, but I was very wild person back then. I come from a family that was more often bold than socially adept.

Thora


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boop - Jun 17, 2006 8:33 am (#1298 of 2979)

Happy Anniversary, KayKay. I hope you and your hubby had a great day.

Lilly P., Pass on the Happy Birthday wishes and well charms his way.

Everyone have a great weekend!

hugs always

boop

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Dr Filibuster - Jun 17, 2006 8:49 am (#1299 of 2979)

Hi guys, I don't come here often but just popped in to have a nosey re World Cup comments and see how beserk/unaware other nations were.

However, I see there is a great CHEESE debate raging. Sounds like some of you Americans may be trying out a few foreign cheeses at your deli counters soon.

It's interesting that you say "sharp" when we say "mature". We also call a cheese "red" if it is orangey-coloured, eg Red Leicester.

I went to your link Liz, did the quiz, but alas, couldn't get any results. Just as well because I suspect the quiz-masters' only British entry was Cheddar, which means they are missing a lot of great cheese. We should invent our own quiz in the UK.

Who would be Cheshire? It's one of the oldest known cheeses, salty, popular, from North West England, gets on really well with apple pie? (cough.Tim.cough)

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John Bumbledore - Jun 17, 2006 9:30 am (#1300 of 2979)

Cheese, I didn't take the test. I don't eat cheese any more, well hardly ever. I like Colby (long horn variety), Mozzarella (especially on pizza), provolone and Swiss (when on sandwiches with sliced meats), Parmesan (on pasta!), and Muenster (in lasagna!)!

But, being lactose intolerant, I avoid cheese and dairy products (yogurt is an exception.)
Lactose is the sugar found in dairy, lactase is the enzyme needed to digest lactose. My system no longer makes lactase enzyme so I can not digest lactose sugar. Yogurt has active cultures that break down the lactose sugar. There are supplements that can be taken to aid digestion of dairy sugar.

I had to get our container of grated Parmesan so I could spell the name. I mean I can say Parmesan but why would it be spelled par - me - san?

Have you ever known someone who always seems to meet a friend from home where ever they go no matter how far from home they may be? My father-in-law is like that. Of course, his attitude is that he has never meet a stranger, just a friend whose name he doesn't know yet.

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Thora - Jun 17, 2006 9:53 am (#1301 of 2979)



MMmmmm Colby. I like colby.

I miss living in Cache (say it like “cash,” not Cash-AY like Jay Leno did once) Valley, Utah because they had a big cheese factory where I could go and buy cheese curds. We called it squeaky cheese because of the noise it made when we chewed it. I discovered recently that the Queso Blanco sold at my local Costco squeaks too. I started giggling while chewing cheese and probably looked rather odd...lol.

John, my mother has lactose intolerance but has less trouble with gouda. I use colby jack in my Lasagna, but the muenster sounds really smooth, I'll have to try it next time I have the 2 hours to dedicate to pasta heaven.

Thora

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Tazzygirl - Jun 17, 2006 10:06 am (#1302 of 2979)

Happy Birthday to Mr. P.! I'm also thinking of him...

Off to shop for a baby gift- one of my friends is having a baby shower today.

Hope you all have a fantastic RotD/N!

~Kristina

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HungarianHorntail13 - Jun 17, 2006 10:40 am (#1303 of 2979)

I just like cheddar. : )

Aww, babies! :cute: Have fun Tazzy!

Thora posted: Just explain to them that looking and acting like everyone else is the exact opposite of "cool". Real "cool" is being your own person & following your own path.- Squid Mike

I agree! I don't care what the other girls wear!I normally wear boy's jeans and a baggy t-shirt.

I just have to get Mom to understand that it doesn't matter what others think about you.

School ends on Thursday! I'm going to do some fireworks! Friday is my Birthday! (yay!

._Olivia

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HungarianHorntail13 - Jun 17, 2006 10:40 am (#1304 of 2979)

I just like cheddar. : )

Aww, babies! :cute: Have fun Tazzy!

Thora posted: Just explain to them that looking and acting like everyone else is the exact opposite of "cool". Real "cool" is being your own person & following your own path.- Squid Mike

I agree! I don't care what the other girls wear!I normally wear boy's jeans and a baggy t-shirt.

I just have to get Mom to understand that it doesn't matter what others think about you.

School ends on Thursday! I'm going to do some fireworks! Friday is my Birthday! (yay!

._Olivia

Edit 2: Oops, I edited the last post because I messed up on a sentence and it posted the same post a second time! Sorry!

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Denise P. - Jun 17, 2006 11:19 am (#1305 of 2979)

Brie cheese...yum! I think I posted a green bean/brie/cream cheese/bacon recipe on the recipe thread at some point. I know another Forum member posted a brie/brown sugar recipe that was yummy too. Edit: Ha! It is on a chat thread, there are a slew of brie recipes that are right in the same time frame. Do a search on brie to find them.

You can eat the white part? All the brie cheese I have every gotten has a powdery type white stuff on a harder rind. We always take it off and just use the soft inside.

Day Camp is over! Yay! It was a lot of fun though. So much...I am gonna do it again six weeks when we run a Twilight Camp. It is the same program, just run in the evening. Next week, Devin is off to cancer camp while Kaitlyn is at Girl Scout Day Camp. I am looking forward to the week of June 26th...we will have 4 of them off to cancer camp! Woo hoo!

I was mozarella.

Outta here to go fishing, go swimming and in general do stuff outside for the day.

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geauxtigers - Jun 17, 2006 11:47 am (#1306 of 2979)
Edited Jun 17, 2006 12:37 pm

Ahh Saturday...rain, rain rain and I guess I'm not going to the water park and concert... Just have to see how things turn out I guess!

Okay so we got direct TV last night and I'm beyond confused! All my channels are messed up and I can't find anything! I've contented myself for the moment by watching Rat Race while staring at my summer reading. I slept very late today and I want to go back to sleep because its so dark in the house becasue its ovrcast outside! Alrighty, I'll head over to 5 words then chat for a while.

Have a great RotD!

Edit" I forgot to say Happy Birthday to Mr. P!

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Jun 17, 2006 12:31 pm (#1307 of 2979)

Best wishes for a Happy Birthday to Mr P and continued good luck on his Iraq tour! May all our people's jobs over there soon be finished and they can all come home.

**...toddles off to harness the horses and go for a drive, be back later...**

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Lina - Jun 17, 2006 1:03 pm (#1308 of 2979)
Edited Jun 17, 2006 1:58 pm

Thora, the Buffalos that live in Italy are not Bison. In English, they are called Water buffalo. This is the page showing the difference among the animals. Unfortunately, I couldn't find it in English, but I believe that some things are possible to be understood.

Lilly P, many protecting charms sent to your hubby. May he come home safe as soon as possible.

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Thora - Jun 17, 2006 2:40 pm (#1309 of 2979)

Thanks Lina. I had no idea Bison weren't Buffalo, but now it makes sense. I had this strange picture of Bison being transported to italy, and it didn't make any sense.

I wonder what this means for the City of Buffalo, and Buffalo wings...lol. (Okay I'm joking I know Buffalo wings are just really hot chiken wings, I'm sure if I took the time Wikipedia would tell me why the City is named that way too...)

Thora

Edit: Yup, you can count on Wikipedia.

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 17, 2006 3:12 pm (#1310 of 2979)

Don't feel bad Thora, I didn't know they were two different things either!

Well I'm fixin to get ready for the concert tonight! It's some guy named Chris Cragle, he's a country singer and I've never heard of him before, but it should still be fun! I'm going with my cousin and she says he's really awsome so I'm sure I'll like it.

Happy birthday and well wishes to Mr. Lilly P.!!

Have a great ROtD everyone I'll be back on later tonight!

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 17, 2006 4:30 pm (#1311 of 2979)

I caught parts of the US vs Italy game. Boy, we do need quite a bit to go our way. The good news is that England is doing well and - are they going to start Rooney?? Is anyone following the WC - Was it you, GEJulie?

I followed it loosely, but my in-laws are English and they follow England soccer quite religiously. So does Mr. HH, so I can't help but become immersed. My father took me to see Pele when he played with the Cosmos a few times. I still remember being there. (Dating myself, I know. )

Anyone have a review on the Pink Panther movie? I rented it from Blockbuster. Is it worth the time to watch it?

EDIT: Cross-posted w/you, timrew. Thanks for that, though it was a bit frustrating. It would have helped if they hadn't taken that goal away. Okay, that's better - I don't want it to seem as though I am not happy about it but when you look at what must go our way to advance, it seems like quite a hurdle, to say the least.

EDIT 2; Oh, and of all times, our DirecTV is out of order and they are not coming until Monday to repair it.

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timrew - Jun 17, 2006 4:30 pm (#1312 of 2979)

Congratulations USA for holding Italy to a 1-1 draw in The World Cup. Not a mean feat!

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kaykay1970 - Jun 17, 2006 4:56 pm (#1313 of 2979)

Happy birthday and best wishes, Mr. P!

The skunk strikes again! Apparently my family are all smelling impaired. The dog was let into the house after her encounter with the skunk! Eek!

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Puck - Jun 17, 2006 6:19 pm (#1314 of 2979)

Yuck! Kay, hope you have plenty of tomato juice!

Happy Birthday and safety charms to Mr. P.!

Looks as though you still have your brain cells, Kathy. LOL, Maria. I know a few people who would disagree with that!

We had a lovely day. It was the big cookout to end T-ball season (Though we still have a make-up game.) They had a dunk tank (my boy sunk the dunkee on the second try!), plus though blow up Moonbounce things. One was more of an inflated obstacle course. Town beach opened today, so we went for a swim later, as it was getting hot. Outside most of the day. Lovely.

Happy Father's Day to all for whom it applies!

TTFN (Ta-ta for Now, for those you don't follow A.A. Milne)

Kathy

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timrew - Jun 17, 2006 6:47 pm (#1315 of 2979)

For Father's Day, my son has bought me a book about 'Cream', the world's first supergroup, by Dave Thompson. I look forward to reading it avidly!

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haymoni - Jun 17, 2006 7:13 pm (#1316 of 2979)

I just got a bit sad at the fact that my kids will probably never appreciate Cream.

I walked my first 5k today. Did it in about an hour. I know that the time is pathetic, but for the first 1k or so, I was stuck behind all these people with strollers and dogs and small children that had no business being dragged for 3.2 miles - or whatever it is.

I got a goodie bag with neat stuff in it. I'm sure that Motrin will kick in any moment now!

The Beautifulest One asked what the spell was that Harry used to drive away the dementors. Hubby spoke right up: "Expecto Petroleum!"

He's trying!!

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Jun 17, 2006 7:24 pm (#1317 of 2979)

Expecto Petroleum! Sounds like a spell I could use to keep away the dementors at the gas pump! He is trying!

**...toddles off wiping tears from eyes and holding sides from laughing so hard...**

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Mediwitch - Jun 17, 2006 8:12 pm (#1318 of 2979)

ROTFL "Expecto Petroleum!!!" Oh, haymoni, that was great!

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Madam Pince - Jun 17, 2006 8:43 pm (#1319 of 2979)

Tee-hee, Haymoni! Too funny!

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there on the Forum! Hope you have a wonderfully fun and yet also relaxing day in which you get to do what you want, eat what you want, and in general just be King-For-The-Day!

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Tazzygirl - Jun 17, 2006 11:03 pm (#1320 of 2979)

That baby shower was looooong! It went from 1 this afternoon, and I didn't get back until 10 tonight! It was loads of fun though! I haven't seen this friend in a long time, so it was really good to catch up on everything.

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads!! Hope you all have a great day!

Off to watch Narnia... (I'd wave to Finn, but he's not here for another week. ) LOL

~Kristina

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timrew - Jun 18, 2006 2:00 am (#1321 of 2979)

Expecto Petroleum! LOL, haymoni. Sounds like a spell you would utter if you were driving a diesel car...........

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 18, 2006 4:57 am (#1322 of 2979)
Edited Jun 18, 2006 5:59 am

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!

timrew, it sounds as though you have a very thoughtful son!

LOL haymoni, I don't know what I laughed at harder, the Motrin or "Expecto Petroleum"! Oh well, at least your hubby tries. Mine calls us "new age Trekkies".

LOL kaykay - I thought the same as Kathy. Bring on the tomato juice! Hope you lose the stink!

Maria

EDIT:

Steve, condolences and strengthening charms from the HHs. So sorry about the sad news. And yes, such things do make you reevaluate your life. I went through a similar thing back in mid May with the friend from our parish.

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Steve Newton - Jun 18, 2006 5:09 am (#1323 of 2979)

My brother in law died unexpectedly on Wednesday. We weren't particularly close but it still makes me want to examine things. My wife and her family are having a hard time getting affairs in order. Anyway, on Monday I'll be up in Boop country for the funeral. My wife was born there and her family has strong ties to the area. Sounds right to me.

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azi - Jun 18, 2006 5:10 am (#1324 of 2979)

Happy Father's Day to all that it applies!

We don't celebrate this day in our house, as neither me or my brother are close to our father. It's a normal (rainy) Sunday.

Expecto Petroleum...that's so cute! A classic line.

Skunks...glad we don't have them here!

Condolences Steve.

On the World Cup. I have no interest, but am forced to watch games by interested friends. I'll just say that England are the most over-rated team in the competition and are playing terrible. I hate the way they kick the ball around in triangles continuously. Boring! I myself am supporting Germany, just because I love the country.

The forum seems quiet this weekend! Hope everyone is having a good time, whatever they are doing!

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boop - Jun 18, 2006 6:40 am (#1325 of 2979)

Happy Father's Day. I hope you all have great day!!

Condolences Steve. Sorry to hear you will be in town, under the circumstances. I didn't know you had family in the area. Have a safe trip.

hugs always

boop

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Steve Newton - Jun 18, 2006 7:05 am (#1326 of 2979)

The family has farmed and gone to school in the area for as long as anyone can remember. BIG fans of the local football team.

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Thora - Jun 18, 2006 9:27 am (#1327 of 2979)

My condolences to the Newton family. Sorry to hear of such nice people in so much pain.

Thora

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Puck - Jun 18, 2006 9:58 am (#1328 of 2979)

Sympathies to Steve and his family.

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 18, 2006 10:04 am (#1329 of 2979)

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!

Well Today is my cousins birthday. he's 14 so I'll be running to target later to attempt to get a gift:goofy:What do 14 year old boys want as a present other than money?? I have to get dad a gift as well but that shouldn't be to hard as long as it's not clothes and it's something weird.

Had a great time last night at the concert, but we ended up riding the rides instead of standing over by the stage.

Condolences to Steve and family.

Have a great ROtD everyone!

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geauxtigers - Jun 18, 2006 10:45 am (#1330 of 2979)

Happy Father's Day!

Well me and Ginny just finished rolling cabbage rolls for dinner tonight. Concert last night was alright I just hate country music so we just rode the rides for a while. Well I'll check back later, not much going on here... I agree with I think Azi?, everyone must have plans this weekend the forums been slow......

Condolences to Steve and his family.

have a good day!

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Tazzygirl - Jun 18, 2006 11:35 am (#1331 of 2979)

Condolences to Steve and his family! ((HUGS)) too!

Last night I freaked out- I was just getting ready to go to sleep, and the biggest spider I have ever seen came strolling across the wall next to my head... **Shudder** For some reason the spiders here have managed to mutate into larger than normal... The thing that really got me was I did the little screech of freaking out, quickly got up to grab a paper to squash the thing, and when I turned back to the wall, it was gone. I yanked my bed away from the wall, shook out my pillows and sheets and comforter, and nothing. I kept imagining it crawling all over me while I was sleeping. Not fun.

Hope you all have a fantastic RotD/N (and again: Happy Father's Day!!)

~Kristina

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The giant squid - Jun 18, 2006 11:50 am (#1332 of 2979)

I've had that happen, Tazzy. You see the biggest honkin' spider/bug/alien creature you've ever witnessed, run to find something with to bludgeon it into submission, and it disappears. It's the next few hours of waiting for it to reappear that are the worst...

Steve, my condolences to your wife & her family. A death in the family is never good, but moreso when it's unexpected.

Happy Father's Day to all who qualify!

For Father's Day, my son has bought me a book about 'Cream', the world's first supergroup—Timrew

Clearly, he's saying you're the "cream of the crop".

Expecto Petroleum...

(((boop)))

--Mike

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 18, 2006 11:56 am (#1333 of 2979)

Haha Kristina you sound like me when there is a roach in the house! They like to come in after it rains for some reason, so the past pew days we have found several in random places. I woke up one night because my cat was freaking out over something, which I soon found out was a roach and of course it disappeared before I could slip it under a cup! Didn't sleep at all that night! The roaches here are generally about 2 inches long, so I have considered them mutated as well! And they're almost impossible to kill! ahhh this is giving me the creeps!! I hate spiders and roaches, and pretty much anything that crawls!

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geauxtigers - Jun 18, 2006 12:01 pm (#1334 of 2979)

ha ha Tazzy, that has happened to me before. I'll find the cat pawing at something and next thing you know I'm on the highest object in the room and as far away as I can get from the bug. One time a giant beetle flew down our fireplace and when I say giant I'm not kidding it was roughly the size of a ping pong ball. Yuck! we ended trying to kill it with windex and when that didn't work we took a plastic cup and tied a string around it and dropped it on top then my mom was brave and took a tennis racket and slid it under the cup, opened the door and threw it slammed the door. The racket stayed outside for a few days! Just our luck that if there is a bug in the house my dad is at work. Needless to say we keep our smoke chute closed now

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Tazzygirl - Jun 18, 2006 12:08 pm (#1335 of 2979)

Yeah- Squid Mike- it was not pleasant to sit and wait for the thing to reappear... **does the heeby-jeeby dance**

Ginny- Don't get me started on Roaches... **shudder** They freak me out more than spiders do... Hawaii has mutated cockroaches as well... I have a can of Raid ready to go all the time. I'd squash them, but the whole aspect of crushing a bug that is bigger than your big toe just grosses me out! They come in after it rains too- and since my apartment is a basement apartment, I get more than what is healthy for you... **shudder**

Tori- ROFL! That sounds like it was hilarious afterwards!

~Kristina

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Julie Aronson - Jun 18, 2006 12:13 pm (#1336 of 2979)

Condolences to Steve's family.

We are putting Father's Day off until next week because my dad has some routine medical tests scheduled for tomorrow and he has to fast today. He decided it wouldn't be much fun to watch everyone stuff themselves on his favorite foods...

Mmmm...cabbage rolls...I might have to try making those!

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 18, 2006 12:18 pm (#1337 of 2979)

I agree Kristina, you can't squish em or any bug for that matter! Grooosss! We usually them under a plastic cup and tape it to the floor to leave it for my dad! I don't much like using Raid because I won't even pick it up when it's dead and I don't want my cat to eat it! So the cup works well! Plus I don't have to watch it twitch while the poision is killing it! Gives me the heebie jeebies!

EDIT: Unless the thing's head just exploded from the screams... Madam Pince

Unfortunately that wouldn't do much good as roaches can live up to nine days with their heads cut off! gross I know but it's true!

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Madam Pince - Jun 18, 2006 12:33 pm (#1338 of 2979)

Sympathies to you and your family, Steve. Mr. Pince and I were just talking the other day how we've now reached "an age" where when our friends/relatives are the topic of conversation, it's not that they got married or had a baby or something anymore, it's usually bad news. Bah.

Gigantic bugs are gross. Period. And it is soooo much worse when you don't know exactly where they went. ***Shudders*** I had a panicky incident in an older college dorm during a summer program once -- my roommate and I had a squealing fit and used several different instruments of death to try to kill this humongous "water bug" (aka cockroach) that greeted us from the medicine cabinet one morning. The combination of hairspray, hot water from the faucet when it fell into the sink, and finally flushing did the trick. Unless the thing's head just exploded from the screams...

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Julie Aronson - Jun 18, 2006 12:46 pm (#1339 of 2979)

Flushing is my preferred method of pest disposal. It just seems so permanent!

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 18, 2006 12:46 pm (#1340 of 2979)

We usually them under a plastic cup and tape it to the floor

The only problem with that is the tap-tap-tapping sound as it tries to escape.

Ewww, I do not like bugs but Olivia is the worst in our house. (She said she hid for 30 min. from a fly yesterday morning - but left out the best part: she made her 4-yr old brother get it and flush it.) I can't imagine what she'd have done if she had been in your situation, Kristina - which is really creepy - where do they go??? I would definitely have slept with the lights ON.

LOL Madam Pince - I vote for the exploded head.

Maria

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geauxtigers - Jun 18, 2006 12:51 pm (#1341 of 2979)

We killed a roach in the kitchen sink once and I turned the water on and it went down the drain--into the garbage disposal, my mom wasn't too happy and we weren't allowed to talk about when my dad finally had to cave and run it! YUCK! I hate bugs in any form and I'd say I fear them more than anything else in the world. I agree Julie, Flushing is great it gives you a sense of ultimate satifaction!

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Tazzygirl - Jun 18, 2006 1:34 pm (#1342 of 2979)

I have no problem spraying and then coming back a couple hours later to sweep the cockroach into a dustpan and then the trash. I did flush a live one down the toilet once- it had crawled onto one of my textbooks, and me (being smart...) just picked up the book, thinking the cockroach wouldn't know if the book started to move. No. It noticed, and I was frantically turning the book every which way to keep the roach from either falling on the floor (where it would have definitely disappeared) or reaching my hand...

After flushing it, I ended up flushing the toilet an extra couple of times just in case it got stuck in the pipes and swam back to the surface... Shows how my mind works, huh?

After a cockroach ran across my forehead while I was sleeping a while ago, I told my aunt she needed to get the exterminator to come once a month, as I couldn't take it anymore... **still doing the heeby-jeeby dance over that one** She thankfully agreed, and I'm now only getting the occasional roach in the kitchen...

...the spider still hasn't shown it's ugly head again... sigh.

~Kristina

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Chemyst - Jun 18, 2006 1:59 pm (#1343 of 2979)

Condolences Steve and Mrs. Steve.

Plus I don't have to watch it twitch while the poison is killing it! Gives me the heebie jeebies! ~ virginniaelizabeth
FYI   In most bug spray formulations, the ingredient that makes it twitch is not the ingredient that is killing it. The real poison may take several minutes to work but the consumers want to see instant results, so many bug sprays have added twitch-inducing ingredients.   Tazzy, I concur with the double flush reasoning.

...Anyone know whatever happened to Ydnam?

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Thora - Jun 18, 2006 3:40 pm (#1344 of 2979)

Uggghhh bugs!

I have a story that will have you all up at night, the worst part is it's TRUE. I'm not sure if I should share it though. It's pretty scarey... well I guess we all survived PoA...

We lived in a little town called Bisbee AZ for a year. In Bisbee there is a wide assortment in roaches. From the 3 inch ones to the tiny ones. Well we got used to washing them down the drain before showers and all but one day a lady came into to doctor's office where my mom worked. She was acting very strange and sitting stiffly with her eyes wild. When the nurse asked what she was being seen for she replied that she thought she had a roach in her ear. She did.

(That happened 14 years ago and I still get the heebeegeebies.)

Thora

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Catherine - Jun 18, 2006 3:43 pm (#1345 of 2979)

Thora, that story gave ME the heebeejeebies. EEEK!

..Anyone know whatever happened to Ydnam? –Chemyst

I checked her Facebook profile and it said that she is very busy studying for the GRE. Whew. I remember the GRE. I was in a fog for days afterward....

Condolences to the Steve Newton family.

Happy Father's Day to all.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 18, 2006 3:51 pm (#1346 of 2979)

I'm sleeping with ear plugs tonight.

Thora, if that'd been me, I would have stuck a vacuum to my ear quicker than the blink of an eye! Take the bug - eardrum and all! I am wondering how that patient from the office sleeps at night (even 14 years later!)

timrew - definitely a SPEW moment!! McDonalds . . .!

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timrew - Jun 18, 2006 4:06 pm (#1347 of 2979)

virginiaelizabeth:- ........roaches can live up to nine days with their heads cut off!

Do they spend the nine days looking for their head?.................

Damned careless of me! I know I left it somewhere round here. I'd better find it soon, I'm due in McDonald's kitchen tomorrow..............I can't eat, I can't see, I can't blow my nose. What do you need to do to get ahead round here?

How am I thinking this? My brain's in my head; and I haven't got my head anymore!

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Tazzygirl - Jun 18, 2006 4:10 pm (#1348 of 2979)

Thora- that definitely is a heebee-jeebies sort of story! **shudders**

Chemyst- very interesting about the twitch-inducing chemicals. Almost feel sorry for the little buggers... Not!

Just got back from seeing Cars with my parents. Dad's choice. I was kind of holding back from watching it, as I thought it was just a super loooong commercial about Chevron Techron Cars, but I was wrong. I really liked it. For those of you who saw the movie, I really liked Mater and the Tractors.

~Kristina

EDIT: SPEW!!!!!!! ROFL, Tim!! **tears rolling down cheeks**

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Thora - Jun 18, 2006 4:48 pm (#1349 of 2979) Reply
Edited by Denise P. Jun 18, 2006 5:39 pm

Always glad to gross you all out!

Oh and speaking of creepy crawlies, here's my son's birthday cake, complete with spiderman. Under the icing it's two layers of ice cream sandwiches, as I can not bake.

Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 Spider10

Hope that's not to big when it comes up....

Thora

Edit: oh good

Edit: I just took out an extra bit of code that was orphaned. Denise P.

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boop - Jun 18, 2006 5:58 pm (#1350 of 2979)

Great cake Thora. I bet it took some time to make the cake.
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Tazzygirl - Jun 18, 2006 6:26 pm (#1351 of 2979)

Awesome cake, Thora! I am thinking I need to try the two layers of ice cream sandwiches... That sounds yummy!!

~Kristina

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Mrs. Sirius - Jun 18, 2006 9:49 pm (#1352 of 2979)

Wheww, I am in. Some weird thing happened on my Mozilla, I have lost all my Favorites, and even had to login to get in here, something I have not had to do in ages.

These go back to several days ago:

In Connecticut we don’t have liquor stores either. We have “package” stores, (they sell all kinds of packages, beer wine and hard alcohol). We try to pretend that no one here drinks , so it is not permissible to see bottles of alcohol on Sunday nor after 9 pm. (It was 8pm until last year) In the supermarkets 15 minutes before the hour they make announcement that all beer and wine must be purchased and removed from the premises before the hour. You can of course go into a bar or restaurant at any time and purchase drinks to be consumed at that establishment (and then drive home) Supermarkets sell only beer.

Cheese in New York is yellow/orange, all American, all cheddar. A college roommate, who was from New England, was appalled to see the color . When I moved to Connecticut, I was appalled that all such cheese is white! It has taken me a long time to get used to white cheese.

Dominican cooking is heavy and the sauces. All foods are prepares to be mixed!

virginiaeleizabeth, woa, I have heard of that type of twinning, that is really incredible to be one of those rare cases

Cakes looks beautiful Thora, you may not bake but you certainly do decorate.

On the creepy crawlers, my son has a guinea pig. We were told he need only clean out the cage only once in 3 weeks, WRONG! Plus he is not at all neat about feeding her, so her food is on the floor, the bed everywhere. i have told him if he keeps this up, she will not continue living with us. I have now found TWO creepy-yucky bugs in his room. I have now taken charge of seeing to it that the at least the cleaning gets done, but she is on shaky ground here. I will put up with a disorganized house but not with gross bugs.

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Jun 18, 2006 10:05 pm (#1353 of 2979)

My condolences to your wife and her family Steve.

Clearly, he's saying you're the "cream of the crop". Good one Mike!

Neat cake Thora!

It was 11 pm when I started catching up on this thread, now thanks to the creepy crawlies and the heebie-jeebies I'll be up till daylight!

I would definitely have slept with the lights ON. Maria, that's no good, you still can't see them with your eyes closed in sleep.

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The giant squid - Jun 19, 2006 2:46 am (#1354 of 2979)

Thanks to two sisters & a wife, I have no problem understanding what the "heeby-jeeby dance" is.

I'd add more, but my brain is all wrung out from work (got home at 2AM on a non-build-up day--I actually had to work the whole time!). Blerg.

--Mike

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Julie Aronson - Jun 19, 2006 4:14 am (#1355 of 2979)

Catherine, how did you find Mandy on Facebook? I can't even see her on your profile.

She must be taking a specialized GRE. I'm getting ready for the general one and it doesn't seem too bad. Admittedly, I haven't started the math part yet!

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Puck - Jun 19, 2006 5:37 am (#1356 of 2979)

Bug stories and breakfast, wonderful combination.

Tim, ROTFL!

We have beautiful spiders in my backyard. Yellow, red, gray, at least 6 different kinds. A few have come in on the lettuce in years when I bothered with a garden. They found themselves rinsed down the sink via the garbage disposal. (The are lovely outside, in the house they are gross.)

Hubby picked a Mexican restaurant last night. Then we put kids to bed and watched Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

So long, and thanks for all the fish!

Kathy

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Madam Pince - Jun 19, 2006 5:39 am (#1357 of 2979)

Ewwwww, yuck, Thora! I can't even imagine someone being able to sit still while thinking they have a cockroach in their ear! That Star Trek episode where that nasty thing crawls in Chekov's ear still creeps me out just to think of it. ***shudder***

Your son's birthday cake is lovely, though!

Tim, too funny about the headless roach!

Thought of you guys last night when I saw something out of the corner of my eye -- I was there on the couch reading, and this very fast black spider ran across the light-colored pillow which was lying on the floor. I tried to get it, but no luck, so now I have no idea where it went. I hate that!!!

Personally, I love to see them twitch! ***evil cackle*** Chemyst, I never knew that about the sprays, though! Instant results, indeed!

The bugs are paying me back -- my ankles are covered with mosquito bites from the cookout at my sister-in-law's this weekend. I guess I missed spraying there or something. The mosquitoes just love me for some reason. Unfortunately, Mr. Pince and Little Pince suffer too -- we must have some strange blood content or something.

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haymoni - Jun 19, 2006 6:52 am (#1358 of 2979)

Happy Monday all!

I told Hubby that I posted his "Expecto Petroleum" comment. He said, "Oh, great!" He actually cares what you all think!

Tazzy - that is one long shower! Were you part of the cleanup crew?

Steve - so sorry about your brother-in-law. These things are often a wakeup call for everyone else.

geauxtigers - I LOVE cabbage rolls. I have never made them. I have to get a decent recipe.

The Beautifulest One is very brave EXEPT when it comes to bugs. Ants, flies, ladybugs - she will scream bloody murder. I don't know how to help her!

Thora - I have heard of ice cream sandwich cakes. One recipe I saw had layers of Cool Whip and chocolate sauce. Mmmm!! I did think of "Steel Magnolias" though when I saw the grey icing.

Madam Pince - I thought of poor Chekov too! Yuck!

Have a good one all!

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Marie E. - Jun 19, 2006 7:22 am (#1359 of 2979)

Got Shayla off to camp yesterday with no hitches. Well, we did have a slight panicky moment when it looked like there were no more bunks left. We found a cabin with two side by side for Shay and her friend. Her campsite is called Aspen and instead of cabins they have these permanent tent things. As we were leaving the counselors announced they would be making tie dye bandanas. That was all Shayla needed to hear as she loves to tie dye stuff. I had to call her over to say goodbye.

We had a horrible thunderstorm on Friday. When it rains hard here there's no where for the rain to go so all the lowlying streets flooded. I got to drive around all smug in my Tahoe, splashing people's cars. Well, I tried not to smug. The temperature dropped down to the 50's during the storm, but popped back up to the 80's on Saturday.

Lexie starts swimming lessons today so I'm off to wake her up. Happy Monday!

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 19, 2006 7:51 am (#1360 of 2979)

Her campsite is called Aspen and instead of cabins they have these permanent tent things.---Marie E.

Are they yurts?

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Denise P. - Jun 19, 2006 8:35 am (#1361 of 2979)

I am down two kids today. One is off at cancer camp for a week and one is at Girl Scout Day Camp during the day. I am counting down until next week, when I get FOUR off to sibling cancer camp. Woo hoo!!

Today I am off to Home Depot to get Eldest Son a framing hammer, a specific tape measure, carpenter pencils and pencil sharpeners. He is currently in Iraq as a contractor and called to say he really needed this stuff. I am already cringing at what it is gonna cost to ship it all. After that, it is to the UPS store to mail a package and then to the book store to return an incorrect book and get the right one. Whew, then it will be time to get lunch ready.

It is grey and drizzly today so we can't throw the remaining kids into the pool. I believe Nicholas said the water temp was below 80 right now.

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Catherine - Jun 19, 2006 8:52 am (#1362 of 2979)

Are they yurts? --Lupin is Lupin

Now, Kim, I'm sure that Marie did mean to indicate that Shayla and the other campers should be compared to the Mongolian hordes. Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1003735042

Denise, I wonder how many times the price of the items the shipping will cost ..yikes indeed. Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 266347159

Julie, on Facebook you may need to look at all of your "friends," not just the ones in your network at your school. I'm not sure that I've figured out all the ins and outs of Facebook yet, although it appears easier to use than MySpace, which another one of my students showed me.

If Mandy is indeed preparing for a GRE subject test, may the force be with her. They are notoriously tough. As for the math GREs, the admissions folks at Duke actually laughed at my math score because compared to my verbal score and my subject test score, it barely registered at room temperature.

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Julie Aronson - Jun 19, 2006 9:48 am (#1363 of 2979)

LOL, Catherine! I talked to my English department, and they laughed when I said I was a bit worried about what my math score might be. Apparently, they are concerned about my (in)ability to rememorize the quadratic equation and then use it without a calculator.

I searched for Mandy via your Friends List. I get Finn with no prob. I think she might have a privacy block or something. No worries--I'm easy to find if she wants!!

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 19, 2006 9:56 am (#1364 of 2979)

Now, Kim, I'm sure that Marie did mean to indicate that Shayla and the other campers should be compared to the Mongolian hordes.---Catherine

No, seriously, yurts ----> Click to see

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Tazzygirl - Jun 19, 2006 10:07 am (#1365 of 2979)

Madam P.- very fast black spider ran across the light-colored pillow which was lying on the floor. I tried to get it, but no luck, so now I have no idea where it went. I hate that!!!

I am thinking that was the spider that disappeared in my room!

Haymoni- ...that is one long shower! Were you part of the cleanup crew?

Partly. Everyone (family members) left around 6, and I stayed with one friend to catch up with the mommy-to-be (Haven't seen her in 4 years). At about 8 we turned into the cleanup crew. I had never seen so much food at a party in my life.

Mandy also had a livejournal account, but it seems to have been deleted. Hopefully she shows up again!

Hope you all have a fantastic RotD/N!

~Kristina

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Thora - Jun 19, 2006 10:07 am (#1366 of 2979)

I have heard of ice cream sandwich cakes.- Haymoni

You have? I hadn't, here I thought I was being original. lol, Oh well. I did put a layer of icing between the layers of sandwiches, and I used the Wilton whipped icing as I can't stand buttercream icing.

Thora

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Holly T. - Jun 19, 2006 10:14 am (#1367 of 2979)

Denise--I hear you about the kid scheduling, although my husband wanted to know why we didn't end up with any completely kid-free weeks. Most of the summer we only will have one child instead of two, except for when we go on vacation when we have to take both of them. I realize only two would be a picnic for you, though.

Bugs, eew. When I spent the summer in Orlando one of my roommates went into her closet and started screaming so loud and long we thought there was someone in there trying to kill her. No, just a spider, but a spider as big as my hand. We subdued him with hairspray and shut the closet and tried to calm my roommate down. Luckily my parents were in town to visit and were on their way over to take me out to dinner. So when my dad got there I had him kill the bug. Talk about getting the undying gratitude of four college-aged girls (particularly the two who shared that closet).

Marie, our Girl Scout camp calls those platform tents. Not yurts (sorry, Kim).

Ack, the GRE. The only score I remember was on the quantitative part. I don't remember how I did on the math part (although I did wonder why the history department cared if I knew math--isn't not having to do math one of the perks of being a liberal arts major?) or the English part but I do know that on the one part they weren't counting and that I didn't study for I only missed one question.

I have had a sore throat for over a week, no fever or anything else. Since I am leaving for vacation Friday I am going to the doctor today to have it checked out and am now paranoid that I will end up with rheumatic fever or tonsillitis or something and end up in the emergency room while on vacation (says the person who came back from vacation three years ago with--yes--an abcessed eyelid). Note: when you have an abcessed eyelid and cannot see to read or watch TV and find yourself listening to GoF on tape you laugh hysterically (not just from the pain meds either) when Krum hits the dragon with the conjunctivitis curse. Because that is what it felt like I had.

Editing to add that Pampered Chef has an excellent recipe for an ice cream sandwich cake (they call it a torte) where you make a filling of chocolate pudding and crushed Oreos to spread between the layers of ice cream sandwiches and frost it with Cool Whip. I made it last year for my daughter's birthday and it was a huge hit.

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Denise P. - Jun 19, 2006 10:18 am (#1368 of 2979)

Our Boy Scout reservation where both boy scouts and cub scouts camp use the platform tents. It is a raised wooden platform that holds two cots, is covered but open on the two sides, the other two sides have a screen type covering. Rhys, Devin and I are spending a week there in July. Nicholas and Ryan are spending a week there the week before I go there.

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Puck - Jun 19, 2006 10:53 am (#1369 of 2979)

That's what we had at G.S. camp in Vermont, only 5 cots fit inside.

Denise, I got this great baby pool float at Target if you're interested. It's folds down for easy storage/portability, and has a sunshade for the baby. Someone at town beach had one Saturday and I ran out yesterday to get one. (My babe will not keep a hat on, so the shade is essential.

Off to pack the swim lesson bag. Can't wait to get in the air conditioned car!

Kathy

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haymoni - Jun 19, 2006 10:59 am (#1370 of 2979)

Holly T - THAT version of the ice cream sandwich cake sounds incredible!!!

I never would have thought to make a cake out of them, but you can see what desperation would do.

I need to make a dessert and all I have is a package of ice cream sandwiches, a few Oreos and a box of pudding...

I am convinced that a clever Slacker Mom came up with that one and NOT a Pampered Chef!!!

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Good Evans - Jun 19, 2006 11:14 am (#1371 of 2979)

Just dropped in to say "hello" ** waves to everyone**. its just been one of those weeks - busy busy busy, I'm off to check the threads.

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azi - Jun 19, 2006 11:36 am (#1372 of 2979)

I loved Scouts, but hated camping. I'm just not a happy camper sort of person.

Mmmm, cake. Any cake is good.

Hope you get an all-clear at the doctors, Holly T!

Spiders are fine, so long as they keep away from me (i.e. on the wall, the floor at the other side of the room etc.). Other bugs I don't like, but I don't have the extreme reactions some forumers seem to have!

I appear to be going through a period of being unable to sleep at night. I walk around like a zombie all day, then wake up about 7pm. Think it's to do with the pressure of my field project and being unable to focus to get it done (sooo frustrating!). *sigh* Fortunately I've made headway today, although a few hours were wasted trying to find what the UN and EU defined 'conservation' as. Turns out they don't define it, at least where normal people think to look and search.

Hope everyone has a lovely day!

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Stephanie M. - Jun 19, 2006 12:40 pm (#1373 of 2979)

Happy Belated Father's Day to all who were celebrating! I hope you guys had an enjoyable day!!

My condolences to the Newton family. I hope everything settles down.

A cockroach in an ear??? How do you get that out? Imagine first realizing that you had a cockroach in your ear...*shudders*

My apartment building has been getting new bricks put in, so when they were drilling the old bricks out, we got a ton of random crawl-y bugs near our window sills and other, bigger crawl-y bugs in our bathrooms. So far I have been the only one who has seen the bugs in my bathroom, and I have been killing them with Raid. Luckily, they were all killed in the bathtub, so I just washed them down... and left the water running for a little bit. I did kill one on the bathroom floor, right when I was going to get into the shower, and I completely freaked out, since I almost stepped on it without knowing it was there. I'm glad that they are finished with our side of the building, and moved on to the other side. We haven't found anything creepy in a few weeks.

Tazzy, I'm glad that you had a fun shower, but it lasted soo long!

Good Luck to everyone taking the GRE!!

It's so hot and humid in NYC today! (And yesterday too) It's horrible, and summer just began!

Have a great day everyone!!

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Julie Aronson - Jun 19, 2006 2:07 pm (#1374 of 2979)

Good luck with the project, Azi!

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geauxtigers - Jun 19, 2006 2:58 pm (#1375 of 2979)

Well had a good day today! Went to the water park this morning and babysat for about an hour and a half because the lady came home early so I got a lucky break!

I cannot imagine any kind of bug in my ear especially a roach. And you said this lady was sitting down! I'd have been screaming at the nurses that they better operate or do whatever it took to get the thing out. I would not have been able to sit there like that!

I also couldn't fall asleep last night because I heard paper on my floor moving when I turned on the fan and I thought it was a bug. I knew it wasn't I knew it was my fan, but I couldn't look so instead I laid there for a few hours trying not to think of bugs and all the stories told on the forum!

Its been looking like it going to rain for 3 days now and so far we've managed a 10 minute torrential downpour and about 5 minutes of sprinkling. So thats just enough to raise the humidity to the unbearable point.

Hope everyone has a great day!

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Stephanie M. - Jun 19, 2006 3:07 pm (#1376 of 2979)

Good luck, Azi!

Did anyone see that new show on NBC last night? Treasure Hunters? I thought that that was a great show!! It's on again tonight at 9pm Eastern time. I'm obsessed with it now.

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Chemyst - Jun 19, 2006 3:50 pm (#1377 of 2979)

As a matter of fact, they had a yurt on the grassy mall where I went to college (near the bell tower and opposite the sculpture garden.) Some engineering students had built it a few years earlier to show how the roof design allows for the weight to be distributed without massive beams or center supports. (It had a wooden roof.) Occasionally some of the professors from the English department would hold classes there; if it was a fairly small class and if the weather was fair.
When I went back for the 5-year reunion, it had been torn down— they told us it had become too hard to keep people from using the place to smoke marijuana. Sad ending.

All this talk of summer camps is giving me a touch of nostalgia. We used to make peanut butter sandwiches at my camp; but substituted cabbage leaves for the bread. Now I'm wondering if an adult palate would still be able to enjoy such a concoction.

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Tazzygirl - Jun 19, 2006 4:29 pm (#1378 of 2979)
Edited Jun 19, 2006 5:31 pm

Question for all of you who have been to or live(d) in Ireland:

My mom would like to know if U.S. credit cards (Mastercard, Visa) and/or Traveler's Checks are accepted at stores and such there. Also, what is the weather like there now? My parents are arriving on July 5th. Any other information would be great too (as they've never been outside the U.S. before... ). Thanks!!

~Kristina

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Steve Newton - Jun 19, 2006 4:44 pm (#1379 of 2979)

Many thanks for the condolences. The trip was shorter than I remember. Since last year’s gathering was only a few miles away I should have remembered. Things went about as well as could be expected. It was my son's first funeral and he had to be a pall bearer. He was not thrilled. The interment was at a cemetery near a small Lutheran Church where there are several generations of the family buried. In a couple of weeks there will be a memorial service at his church.

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Puck - Jun 19, 2006 5:11 pm (#1380 of 2979)

(((Steve)))

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 19, 2006 6:22 pm (#1381 of 2979)

Now I'm wondering if an adult palate would still be able to enjoy such a concoction.---Chemyst

They don't have cabbages where you live?

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Madam Pince - Jun 19, 2006 6:55 pm (#1382 of 2979)

****waves back to Good Evans***

Holly, hope your throat feels better soon and that it is nothing too serious. No fair for vacation time!

Azi, good luck on your project. I know it'll be great!

Puck, we started swimming lessons today too! Just got our class done before the thunderstorms started, so that was good. We need the rain desperately, but I could really do without the thunder. The dog goes berserk, the electricity blinks off just long enough that you have to re-set every clock in the house..... Sigh.....

Everyone enjoy the RotD!

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Eponine - Jun 19, 2006 8:35 pm (#1383 of 2979)

I just have one thing to say:

WHOO-HOO!

Laura W., my condolences. That was a really good game.

Mr. Eponine and all the Eponine in-laws are beside themselves with ecstasy over this. I'm pretty excited myself!

Also, bugs in the ear? That gives me the heebie-jeebie-collywobbles!

I hope everyone has a great RotD!

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Laura W - Jun 19, 2006 9:06 pm (#1384 of 2979)

Well, it's not like winning Witch Weekly's Most-Charming-Smile Award five years in a row, but ...

Congratulations, Eponine!!!

The Oilers totally fell apart in that last game and Carolina certainly deserved to win it.

(And John, in this case, three exclamation points are definitely in order.)

Laura

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Jun 19, 2006 9:10 pm (#1385 of 2979)

Can't resist! Define "normal person" please? Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1003735042

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 19, 2006 9:15 pm (#1386 of 2979)

Eponine, I was thinking of you during the last minutes of the game. It was another great game to watch. Congratulations!!

Steve, ((hugs)) to your son. What great kid to go through with it. Sounds like a strong guy. It must be good parenting that made him that way.

Off to get some things done. No one knows that I am the elf who cleans the house at night. Tee hee.

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The giant squid - Jun 20, 2006 1:35 am (#1387 of 2979)

That Star Trek episode where that nasty thing crawls in Chekov's ear--Madame Pince

Not to nitpick or anything but that was actually from Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. And everyone always remembers Chekov dealing with the Ceti Eel, but there's no love for poor Captain Terrell (the one who shot himself to keep from obeying the bug).

No, I've never seen any Star Trek movies or anything...

A cockroach in an ear??? How do you get that out?--Stephanie M.

I would imagine it would require one to jump around, slapping the opposite side of one's head in an attempt to "knock it loose" while screaming at the top of one's lungs, "Get it out! Get it oouuutt!!!"

When it rains hard here there's no where for the rain to go--Marie E.

Well, y'all need to figure out a way to get it to Nevada. We're still waiting for our water from the Colorado River runoff... In fact, if any of you have some extra water send it our way. I hope Shayla has fun at camp. The few times I went to Cub Scout camp back in the day it was less than thrilling. The only fun thing we did was the "egg drop". That's where you take a raw egg and try to pack it as well as possible in a small box. They then take all the packages up in a helicopter and drop them from about 30 feet up (I can't be sure on the distance; I was much smaller then). The ones that didn't break won a prize or something. I didn't win, but mine only cracked a little. The coolest thing was just seeing a helicopter in action--very cool stuff to an eight-year-old.

--Mike

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Julie Aronson - Jun 20, 2006 3:21 am (#1388 of 2979)

I would imagine it would require one to jump around, slapping the opposite side of one's head in an attempt to "knock it loose" while screaming at the top of one's lungs, "Get it out! Get it oouuutt!!!"-- Squid Mike

SPEW! Well, it's always good to start the day with a laugh!Roach

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Puck - Jun 20, 2006 4:40 am (#1389 of 2979)

Thanks, Julie! Almost tried to swat the bug off my screen.

Madame P., we do indoor swim lessons so the weather isn't a factor. Yesterday the storms "fizzled out" before hitting us. More expected this afternoon.

Mr. Puck left on a business trip. My Boy and the Diva decided to sleep in my bed. Plus baby fussed until I brought her in there, too. Needless to say, Mommy didn't get much sleep last night.

bugs in the ear? That gives me the heebie-jeebie-collywobbles! Is that like "Mollywobbles"?

Sorry, TBE, I'm not sure anyone here is qualified to answer your question.  Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1003735042

Happy RotD!

Kathy

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 20, 2006 5:46 am (#1390 of 2979)

The only fun thing we did was the "egg drop". That's where you take a raw egg and try to pack it as well as possible in a small box. They then take all the packages up in a helicopter and drop them from about 30 feet up (I can't be sure on the distance; I was much smaller then).—Mike

Did they give you a box or did you have to construct your own packaging for the egg? My first year of college there as a minor egg drop contest among the engineers in which the goal was to have the egg survive a drop of some distance. I can't remember how far it was. You were to construct or devise your own vessel for the egg. Anyway, the guy who won took a loaf of bread, dug out a hole, and put the loaf back together. The bread cushioned the egg and there was no break or crack. It made all the people who has spent time making various contraptions feel kinda silly.

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Thora - Jun 20, 2006 5:49 am (#1391 of 2979)

Eesh, the way that bug just darted up when I scrolled down! Ewwww

Man I wish I'd been to Ireland.

Thora

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Marie E. - Jun 20, 2006 6:17 am (#1392 of 2979)

I think what Shayla is sleeping in is more like a platform tent. It's closed on three sides and has a tent "door" on the fourth side. It's up on a wooden platform, about three steps high.

We went to see "Over the Hedge" last night. It was interesting seeing a movie with just one child. Mr. E and I agreed that Lexie is alot like Hammie. I had a laugh out loud moment when the Verminator said the plastic flamingos "look so life-like".

((Steve))

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Madam Pince - Jun 20, 2006 6:29 am (#1393 of 2979)

You know, I wondered when I posted that about Chekov whether it had been in a TV episode or one of the movies. I just knew somebody here would know! Trust the projectionist!

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Finn BV - Jun 20, 2006 5:41 am (#1394 of 2979) Reply
Edited by Kip Carter Jun 20, 2006 7:00 am

Hi everybody! Since I found internet and I didn't feel like venturing to the 414 posts on the chat thread in a week and a half…

Mills, what a great photo! Congrats!

And, **waves** to everybody else. In Italy right now – we leave for Venice tomorrow. Be home on Sunday!

I moved this post by Finn from the # How do you ....... ? thread to this Chat thread being I felt that he was trying to tell everyone "Hello" without having to sift through a huge number of posts. - Kip

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Lilly P - Jun 20, 2006 8:42 am (#1395 of 2979)

Hey all. Thank you for all the well wishes for Mr. P he did get to call home on his birthday from Iraq. It was nice to hear his voice! 2 months and 20 days untill he comes home! But who's counting right?

RE: bugs in the ear, When I was a Nurse's assistant at the hospital emergency room, we did get a patient with a small moth that had gone into his ear! What the Doc. did was pour a small bit of warm baby oil into his ear to coat the wings so that it would stop beating them against his ear drum. When the wings were stuck together, the doc reached in with a pair of tweezers and pulled him out! You really do see it all in the emergency room, I could write a book about all the odd stuff that comes through the door!

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Tazzygirl - Jun 20, 2006 9:39 am (#1396 of 2979)

Nice bug, Julie A.! I too almost tried swatting it away...

Marie E.- I loved Over the Hedge! Don't remember any of the names, but the squirrel was awesome.

I remember doing an egg drop in 6th grade. Sadly, my egg did not make it.

OK, trying something new with the BING! It is now a link... BING!
(How crazy are we getting?! )

Hope you all have a fanastic RotD/N!!

~Kristina

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 20, 2006 9:56 am (#1397 of 2979)

How crazy are we getting?!—Tazzygirl

You have no idea.

Buongiorno Finn!

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Chemyst - Jun 20, 2006 10:09 am (#1398 of 2979)

A cockroach in an ear??? How do you get that out? –Stephanie M.

Well, Stephanie, since it is a slow week here, I did a search. Most places seem to require registration before they’ll answer that question, but I did find an answer. It is pretty much what Lilly describes in the post above:

Insects can be floated out of the ear by pouring warm (not hot) mineral oil, olive oil, or baby oil into the ear canal. If one end of the object is visible, a single drop of super glue can be applied to one end of a Q-tip (just don’t glue the cotton swab to your ear!) to pull the object from the ear. Items that are lodged deep in the ear canal are more difficult to remove because of the possibility of damaging the ear drum. These require emergency treatment from a qualified physician.

(The next paragraph included the caution that tweezers or sharp objects should not be used for a home remedy.)

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 20, 2006 10:30 am (#1399 of 2979)

We did an egg drop off the second floor balcony of the high school building when I was in second grade. I wrapped my egg in endless amounts of tissue paper and bubble wrap. Then the out side of my box was covered with those little foam curlers. It was pretty cute and my egg survived, but then again it was only like 10ft. i do remember that this kid who I wasn't particularly fond of put one of those army parachutes on his and it worked for him.

Ok Kristina, the next step is to teach me how to make my BING! a link!! I think it's a great idea!!

I don't even want to think about bugs in the ear! That is sooo grosss!! By the way Julie, I think my heart skipped a beat when I scrolled down and saw your bug on the screeen!!

Quiet day for me today, I plan on just relaxing, they say its going to rain but yesterday we were under a severe thunderstorm warning for 4hrs and didn't get a drop of rain!

:waves to Finn, have fun in Venice!:

Happy RotD!

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geauxtigers - Jun 20, 2006 10:45 am (#1400 of 2979)

Hey Finn hope you are having a great time!

I almost screamed that there was a bug on my screen when I saw that Julie A, but I realized it was fake!

Interesting about how to get the bugs out! Ewww I still don't know how that lady was just sitting there that calm.....

we did an egg drop in 2nd grade and I put mine in a box with I think newspaper and tissue paper then glued foam hari rollers to the outside. It didn't break! I don't think we got a prize though he he! We dropped then off the second floor of the high school building so it wasn't really all that high but still fun.

Well it thundered and lightninged all day yesterday, but not a drop of rain. We got nothing but people 30 mile north east south and west all got near 3 inches!

Well have a great day everyone! I'm off to check 5 words, a few threads and might pop into the chat room for a while.

Edit: Sorry cross-posted with Ginny, now yall get the same story twice! yay for you! Sorry bout that!
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Madam Pince - Jun 20, 2006 10:56 am (#1401 of 2979)

****waves to Finn, even though he won't see this for another week or so probably***

Also, forgot to say "Congratulations!" to Eponine on her team winning! Woo-hoo!

Mr. Pince installed a new overhead light in our bedroom yesterday, for which I am eternally grateful. It was so dark in there with just the lamps! Now I can really see in my closet! (Don't like what I see, but that's a whole 'nother topic...)

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Tazzygirl - Jun 20, 2006 10:58 am (#1402 of 2979)

Thanks for the info, Chemyst! Very interesting... **Mental note to not get a bug in my ear**

Ginny- The code for creating a link is: < a href=web address>< i>BING! (Just make sure there are no spaces between the , and /a>.) You can also do a search on the How do you...? thread.

~Kristina (BING!)

EDIT: Changed a couple capital letters and such... Kathy, the A's I was referring to were the .

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Puck - Jun 20, 2006 11:13 am (#1403 of 2979)

A's? Where is there an A in BING!?

I hear the thunder...Well, I won't be too disappointed to skip t-ball. I have to teach ballet this afternoon, so I'd be happy to stay home this evening, especially as I have yet to sleep. (Kids will not be pleased, as i have decided if we stay home, we're spending the evening clean their bedroom.)

Cheers!

Kathy *jumping up and down waving to Finn**

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Good Evans - Jun 20, 2006 11:42 am (#1404 of 2979)

Bonjournois Finn (is that spelling right ? ah well...), caio til next week!! hee hee

hope everyone has had a great day, nothing much to report here.. off to check threads, hope to be in the chat room in a bit. Julie (?)I liked your bug!!!

Julie x

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Julie Aronson - Jun 20, 2006 11:48 am (#1405 of 2979)

I'm glad the bug was such a smash! (haha)

Have a great ROTD!

Julie

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boop - Jun 20, 2006 12:39 pm (#1406 of 2979)

***waves back to Finn**** I hope you are having a great time.

hugs always

boop

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Holly T. - Jun 20, 2006 1:09 pm (#1407 of 2979)

**waving to everyone**

The doctor says I have a sinus infection. I am on antibiotics. So I should be well before I leave for vacation! :-) Or at the very least not have a sore throat. I am just glad it isn't tonsillitis, although I kept thinking I would have to run a fever to have something really bad.

Bugs: I grew up in Houston, where they have this lovely variety of flying cockroach. *shudder* Which was especially awful when it was my turn to have the top bunk because there would be maybe one in the room zooming around, but every little noise made me think the whole bed was going to be swarmed with them.

A funny (unless you are my daughter) bug story: One summer when my son was about three there were lots of junebugs outside. He thought it was cool to shine his flashlight on them and pick them up. He, being a boy, naturally decided to start filling up a bucket with junebugs. My husband, being a boy, helped. So they came proudly into the house with my son announcing to my daughter "look, me and Daddy catched a whole bucket of junebugs!" My daughter (six at the time) started screaming. Then my son said "and one jumped out into your room!" Whereupon my daughter's shrieks reached decibels only dogs can hear and my husband had to step in and be a responsible dad and track down the escaped junebug while I convinced our son that the junebugs in the bucket would be much happier if we took them back outside where they could go back to their mommies and daddies.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 20, 2006 1:37 pm (#1408 of 2979)

LOL, Julie - I noticed it kind of wriggles when I move my mouse over the bug.

HI Finn! Hope you are enjoying your vacation! Have a safe trip home!

Priscilla is 9 today! 9-yr. old "Lexies" unite!

So far she has had a nice day. Picked her up for lunch from school (yes, we are still in school until Thursday ). She opened her gifts this morning - one of which was a ticket to the Radio City Music Hall JKR/outing and another was the hardcover set of the Bloomsbury edition books - I had them shipped from England. The bummer is that she announced two days ago that she "found" them. As though she just "happened" across them buried in the far corner behind a door in my closet. I was so miffed - it would have been a great surprise. Oh well, I wrapped them anyway. But she also ruined it for Olivia who has known since Percy found them what she'll be getting on Friday. Anyway, she's off reading OotP, so it worked out well!

Trust the projectionist! LOL Madam Pince!

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Jun 20, 2006 1:42 pm (#1409 of 2979)

Happy Birthday Priscilla!

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Marie E. - Jun 20, 2006 1:42 pm (#1410 of 2979)

Priscilla is 9 today! 9-yr. old "Lexies" unite!

Funny, my 9-yr. old "Lexie" is a Shayla. I have been accused in the past of naming my youngest after the Lexicon, but I swear she was 3 years old when it was created. Sort of off topic, my youngest has decided that her name is Lexi, not Lexie or Alexis. This reminds me of when She-Who-Won't-Read-The-Books went from Becky to Bekki.

For those who don't know, the poopyhead non-reader is my little sister, Bekki, who just had a baby in March.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 20, 2006 1:57 pm (#1411 of 2979)

Thank you,TwinklingBlueEyes!

-Priscilla

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kaykay1970 - Jun 20, 2006 2:17 pm (#1412 of 2979)

Happy Birthday, Priscilla!!

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Lina - Jun 20, 2006 2:46 pm (#1413 of 2979)

Happy birthday, Priscilla!

And comforting charms to the Newton family.

And I don't remember anything else.

Oh, yes, my friend went to the doctor because her ear was aching and he found a spider in there.

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Tazzygirl - Jun 20, 2006 3:32 pm (#1414 of 2979)

Happy Birthday Priscilla!

Not sure which would be worse crawling into my ear... a cockroach or a spider...

~Kristina

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 20, 2006 3:59 pm (#1415 of 2979)

Happy Birthday Priscilla!

Ok Disney Channel is having a "click it to pick it" between the first 2 HP movies. It made me really excited but I don't know which one to vote for now!

I think from now on I'm going to sleep with ear plugs in my ears so I never have to experience a bug in my ear Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 2222139670

Got to go! Fajitas for dinner!

have a great day everyone!

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timrew - Jun 20, 2006 4:03 pm (#1416 of 2979)

Happy Birthday, Priscilla!

Tazzygirl:- Not sure which would be worse crawling into my ear... a cockroach or a spider...

How about one in your right ear, and one in your left?

At least you'd be able to say, "I can't hear you. I've got a spider in one ear, and a cockroach in the other......"

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Catherine - Jun 20, 2006 4:06 pm (#1417 of 2979)

I had a friend call me this about my upcoming 7th grade class. She started the conversation with "Let me put a bug in your ear."

I said, "Ewwww! Let's don't, and say you did."

BTW, I did realize that she was trying to give me upcoming notice about something.

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Tazzygirl - Jun 20, 2006 4:12 pm (#1418 of 2979)

Tim- ummmm... that's OK. I think I'll pass! LOL

~Kristina

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Madam Pince - Jun 20, 2006 4:15 pm (#1419 of 2979)
Edited Jun 20, 2006 4:58 pm

Happy Birthday, Priscilla! What great gifts you got -- I'm very envious!

Holly, that junebug story is too cute! Boys! (said with best Hermione intonation.) Glad you've got some medicine and will be feeling better soon. I'm almost thinking I need to do the same thing. I've had this lingering cold-ish type thing going on since our trip to Georgia -- it's not bad enough to make me really miserable, but it's starting to get annoying. Every morning with the sore throat because I'm breathing through my mouth. My mother-in-law insists that "it's allergies!" despite the fact that I "caught" it from Mr. Pince and have never had allergies in my life. Who knows, though -- I've heard you can change and develop them. Hmmmmm....

Swim lessons went great -- Little Pince was so well behaved. So I just had to push my luck and try to run into K-Mart with him to get some flip-flops. Major meltdown ensued when I wouldn't let him get "diver's goggles." Why will I never learn to quit when I'm ahead???

Does anyone know -- is it standard procedure for a tire shop to balance your tires after rotating them? I thought it was, or at least that the clerk would suggest it as something that should be done. When I took my car in awhile ago to rotate the tires, I told her I wanted all the things done that usually go along with rotation -- I would swear I actually used the word "balance" but maybe I didn't. I know I requested an alignment. So last week the steering wheel is shimmying at higher speeds -- I called, and they said "Oh we don't do balancing when we rotate tires." Is that normal or not? I need to know if I should fuss at them or not when I go tomorrow to get balancing done. Ah what the heck, I'll probably fuss either way.

Edit: I had a niece named Sarah once. It didn't "stand out" enough, so now she's Sera. What would happen if you started calling Lexie "Lex-eye", Marie?

It's not Frankenstein, it's Fronk-en-steen.

Everyone have a great RotD!

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The giant squid - Jun 20, 2006 4:28 pm (#1420 of 2979)

Loopy, I don't remember but they probably gave us the box to put the egg in. We weren't that resourceful.

So Lexie is now Lexi, huh? I think she's just too lazy to add that last letter... (and the Bekki referenced above is the mother of Cobain, the child discussed ad naueum a while back on this thread)

Howdy, Finn!

--Mike

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Julie Aronson - Jun 20, 2006 5:43 pm (#1421 of 2979)

Happy birthday, Priscilla!!!

Don't forget Eye-gor! (LOL Madam Pince!)

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 20, 2006 6:22 pm (#1422 of 2979)

Thank you, all for the birthday wishes! I got the English Harry Potter book set from my parents. I enjoy the Harry Potter books alot!

-Priscilla

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boop - Jun 20, 2006 6:26 pm (#1423 of 2979)

Happy Birthday Priscilla!!!

Holly hope you start feeling better real soon.

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Catherine - Jun 20, 2006 6:44 pm (#1424 of 2979)

Erm....

Marie's and Squid Mike's Poopyhead sister....ROFL.....I guess I should be glad that I only have one sibling. "Little Brother" is 6 feet 5 inches on a short day. My family thinks that asking for a weight statistic is rude, so I don't know THAT one....."Little Brother" is currently working in NYC right now---*WAVES TO GINA*--and is an all around good guy. He's working for Goldman-Sachs or some other kinda good financial firm. He doesn't think he has time for me to visit to watch JKR read this summer (yes, he NEEDS to sort out his priorities).

Just because they used Potty language...

I really will protest about "bug in the ear" language now. It will make a good 7th grade story, where the literal meets true in a gross way. They like unusual love stories...

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Thora - Jun 20, 2006 6:44 pm (#1425 of 2979)

S.P.E.W.! Catherine! I just choked on my dessert over the whole "Put a bug in your ear" thing. To funny. Nothing has the same meaning after being discussed on the Lex.

Hmmm... spider or roach? I think I'd take either over Ritta Skeeter.

Oh and as I recall the roach was taken out of the old lady's ear with a combination of liquid and tweezers.

Happy Birthday Priscilla, or is it Prisi Wink

My daughter Talitha goes by Tali, but her grandmother spells it Tally. My way is so much better, it's chic, but no, grandma spells it like a scratch mark. It's a good thing I'm teaching Tali to write her name or she'd be all messed up.

Yawn...Sweet dreams all, remember your ear plugs.

Thora

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Tazzygirl - Jun 20, 2006 6:54 pm (#1426 of 2979)

My sister went from spelling her name 'Kelly' to 'Kellyi'... my parents couldn't figure out why she wanted the 'i' at the end... Thankfully she outgrew that when she got out of high school.

I'm jealous you got the British version of the books, Priscilla!

~Kristina

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Denise P. - Jun 20, 2006 7:04 pm (#1427 of 2979)

Madam Pince, we often say *insert Eye-gor voice* “Walk this way.”   I love that movie.

Hoo boy, I think I melted during my evening run. It was 93 and way humid.

I love alternate spellings which is why we have a Kaitlyn, Iain Niall, Kierynn and Aidan Rhys. Kaitlyn and Aidan are more common in the US than they used to be. I came across a Kieryn in February but he was a boy and they pronounced it Kie-wren. We say Keer-in.

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Mediwitch - Jun 20, 2006 7:38 pm (#1428 of 2979)

Alternate spellings seem to be the norm around here, but alternate pronounciations abound too. I know two little girls named "Ciara" - one is "See-air-a" and the other is from a very Irish family, so is "Keera". I have to work really hard not to call each by the wrong name! There are also boys and girls both named "Jordan" and "Ryan".

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Puck - Jun 20, 2006 7:42 pm (#1429 of 2979)

Happy Birthday Priscilla!

Maria, we have you beat. Parker has school on Friday.

I find many people spell Maya as Mya (pop star version)or Mia (which is actually pronounced "Me-a"). Funny, only four letters, and I picked the most popular version, but no one seems to spell it correctly.

We had our last t-ball game, then the coach took the kids for ice cream. So, we didn't get home until after bed time. I think we were all ready for the season to be over. (I actually had to walk on the field and pull my son out. He was goofing around and another boy found it annoying. There was some pushing, which they were told to stop. Then this boy grabs my son by the face and shoves him to the ground. My kid was the one hurt, but I still made him apoligize to the coach for fighting. The other kid kept right on playing. (Though I admit, I did tell him off when I went to pick my boy up off the ground.) Okay, end Rant.

Happy RotD!

Kathy

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Tazzygirl - Jun 20, 2006 9:46 pm (#1430 of 2979)

Wow, Puck! Sounds like the boys were tired... Hope your boy is OK!

Puck: ...or Mia (which is actually pronounced "Me-a")   Funny, that reminded me- my friend's name is Megan. Her family calls me Tina. When Megan's youngest brother was born, he couldn't pronounce either Megan or Tina, so we became Mia (Me-ah) and Tia (Tee-ah). Those are now our nicknames.

~Kristina

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geauxtigers - Jun 20, 2006 10:17 pm (#1431 of 2979)

Happy Birthday Priscilla!

We have a Ciara at school pronouced Keera and they are from England, but they are Irish so that explains that! I have a friend named Kira pronouced Keera and she is from Canada. Occasionally I hear Jordan for a girl's name, but usually a guy's name. My friend's older sister is named Ryan, the only girl Ryan I know. Taylor is a common name for girls and guys too. There are a lot of odd names out there too... Can't think of any at the moment though...

Have a great night/ morning everyone!

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Good Evans - Jun 21, 2006 4:32 am (#1432 of 2979)

Happy Birthday Priscilla, I hope it was a lovely one!!

Puck - commiserations on the overtired child, sounds like it was getting a little out of hand, and I bet you were an oh so popular mum for making him apologise when he was the one hurt!!!

nice sunny day here - wish I was outside and not stuck at work

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Puck - Jun 21, 2006 5:16 am (#1433 of 2979)

Actually, he was fine with making a quick apology while waiting in line for ice cream. I explained that the other child was absolutely wrong, but that it was also wrong to taunt him and not stop after coach told him to.

Okay, there's a commercial on for a store with a tent sale. A couple without a tent wake up and there is a huge spider on the woman's head above her ear. Thought of you guys!

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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azi - Jun 21, 2006 5:55 am (#1434 of 2979)

Happy (belated) birthday to Priscilla!

Lol, Puck!

My friend said today that she's trying to face all her fears at the moment. One of her fears is spiders, and apparently if she sees one she makes herself stare at it. However, when she does this, she can feel a scream building up inside her.

Went to the theatre last night. It was a fairly funny play, but not as good as the other I have seen by the same company. Just after the second half started, a mobile phone started ringing. It belonged to the only person on the front row! The actors just stopped and walked forward to stare at the woman as she tried to find her phone. Then they took the mickey for a bit, before discovering they couldn't actually remember where they were in the play! One had to go get the script! Then, later on, they were squirting the audience with water and deliberately sprayed the woman for about 30 seconds. In the end, I felt a bit sorry for her, but as one of the actors said, 'It's a bit stupid to leave your phone on when you're the only person on the front row!'

Hope everyone has a lovely day!

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Marie E. - Jun 21, 2006 6:28 am (#1435 of 2979)

I met a girl this weekend named Connor. I haven't heard that one used for a girl before. I've met girl and boy Jordans, Ryans, Morgans, Taylors, and Addisons.

It was so hot here yesterday. Depending on which channel you watched, it was either 93 or 95 here. Either way, whew! And, of course, there's a fire in the mountains.

Lexi(e) is so quiet without Shayla here. She says she doesn't like playing alone so she just watches TV or plays on the computer. It's sorta sad.

I wouldn't feel sorry for that woman, azi. If you're going to the theater and sitting in the front row, turn off your phone!

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Madam Pince - Jun 21, 2006 6:34 am (#1436 of 2979)

LOL, azi! I bet that will be the last time that lady uses her cell phone in public for a looooong time!

Denise, we do the "Walk this way!" thing a lot, too -- it's appropriate for so many occasions! Most recently was while my college roommate and her son were visiting and we were doing the museums. You know how it can be years and years since you've seen a good friend, but then once you finally get together, you just effortlessly fall into using the same jokes that you always shared and which nobody else ever found funny? I love that! We had a great time doing old Far Side one-liners, which Mr. Pince never gets.

Another all-time favorite in our house is "Could be worse... could be raining!" That movie is just so chock-full of good ones! ***mental note to get Young Frankenstein on DVD next time I order from Amazon***

Lovely day here today, too! Sunny and no thunderstorms for a switch. Lots of errands, though, including doctor's appointment for possible sinus (thanks for the prod, Holly!) as they said they could see me on short notice. Hope everyone has a great RotD!

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haymoni - Jun 21, 2006 6:53 am (#1437 of 2979)

Hubby loves "Young Frankenstein" - mostly because of Teri Garr.

Happy B-day, Priscilla!

We watched the Jack Black version of "King Kong" last night. I thought of all of you during the bug scene.

I was walking through the living room when I thought I heard something about choosing a Harry Potter movie. I thought I was just hearing things. "SS" has been on so much. It would be nice to see "COS" - but only if they put in the missing scenes.

I think the "Egg in the Bread" idea is pure genius. I will remember that if Ungrateful Son ever has to do anything like that.

Have a good one, all!

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Catherine - Jun 21, 2006 6:55 am (#1438 of 2979)

I wouldn't feel sorry for that woman, azi. If you're going to the theater and sitting in the front row, turn off your phone! --Marie E.

I'll bet Miss Manners is lurking about.

I threatened my classes with Mr. Catherine's rule: If the phone rings in class, I get to speak to the caller. I promised them that I would either do a Harry Potter (Snape), Spinal Tap (almost too many good lines to choose from), or Monty Python (Holy Grail) impression. Alas earwax, they never gave me an opportunity.

We're supposed to hit 97 degrees today. It's almost full humidity. Today sounds like a good day to stay indoors and read. It's a going to be a long day after all.

The first day of what will be a long, hot summer....

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professer sheppard - Jun 21, 2006 7:02 am (#1439 of 2979)

hi i'm new here. i'd like to know where you all come from if that is ok.

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Madam Pince - Jun 21, 2006 7:08 am (#1440 of 2979)

Ah, Teri Garr -- yes, one of the best lines -- about the, ummmm... not door bells exactly, but....

Put...the...candle...back!

Catherine, I think I remember that Gina said she got to use Mr. Catherine's cell-phone rule in one of her classes, and enjoyed it immensely!

Welcome, professor sheppard! We have Forum members from all over the world -- I'm from the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the U.S. You can click on anyone's name and it will take you to where some/most people have written a little bit about themselves. Where are you from? Hope you enjoy the Forum!

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Puck - Jun 21, 2006 7:23 am (#1441 of 2979)

Hello, Steph! Just saw you in the other thread! I'm Kathy, one of the Northeast (USA) Moms here on the forum! You'll like it here. We are a friendly -though opinionated (looks at Loopy) and stubborn (looks at Maria) bunch.

Haymoni, during Kong were you rooting for the ape to fall off the building and land on Jack Black? I certainly was.

Cheers! Kathy

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azi - Jun 21, 2006 7:37 am (#1442 of 2979)

Hi Steph! I also read about you on the Tell About Yourself thread. I'm also 19, but live in Yorkshire, England.

I like the mobile phone idea. 'Hello, I'm your friend's teacher. I do believe they are in a lecture now, why are you ringing them? Surely you knew they'd be in a class? I'm sure anything you have to say can also be said to me...'

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Puck - Jun 21, 2006 7:54 am (#1443 of 2979)

There is an episode of an HBO show (starring Sarah Jessica Parker, not forum friendly ) in which a character is on a first date in a comedy club. The man's phone rings while he is in the bathroom. The comic harasses his date to answer it, then grabs the phone. The comic laughs upon discovering the call was from the guy's wife.

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 21, 2006 8:38 am (#1444 of 2979)

He doesn't think he has time for me to visit to watch JKR read this summer (yes, he NEEDS to sort out his priorities). – Catherine

I have it on good authority that this person also forbids poor Catherine from mentioning anything about her HP "affliction" in mixed company. Anyway, he knows now that he won't have any time in August for you to visit? Hmmmm. I think he just doesn't plan on tidying up his apartment between now and August.

We are a friendly -though opinionated (looks at Loopy) and stubborn (looks at Maria) bunch.—Puck



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Catherine - Jun 21, 2006 8:55 am (#1445 of 2979)

Hmmmm. I think he just doesn't plan on tidying up his apartment between now and August.-Loopy Lupin

Bingo!

You got it exactly right.

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Tazzygirl - Jun 21, 2006 9:04 am (#1446 of 2979)

I am also a huge fan of Young Frankenstein!

*Snort* on all the liners you guys have! Here's another: It's Frankenstien.

Azi- I don't feel sorry for that lady either. How rude!

Welcome to the Forum, Steph! I am from Hawaii (but am currently visiting my parents in California).

Mom and I are going shopping today (again!)! Yeay!

Hope you all have a fabulous RotD/N!

~Kristina


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haymoni - Jun 21, 2006 9:42 am (#1447 of 2979)

Puck - yes - I really hated him by the end of the movie. Jack Black plays "possessed" very well!

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Good Evans - Jun 21, 2006 10:07 am (#1448 of 2979)

Welcome to the Forum Steph, I live in the UK too, but not the Midlands, I am in the South East of England.

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 21, 2006 10:13 am (#1449 of 2979)

wow, i feel so left out as I've never seen King Kong, or Young frankenstien! Maybe I should....

We have a big problem with people texting during class, and this one teacher that we have picks up you phone and reads the messages out loud to the class. It's a bit mean, but hehe also a bit funny! My friend was caught once, but the teacher couldn't read her messages because it required a password to get to her inbox, instead she called her mom after class. That's worse in my opinion!! I don't find it hard to avoid this because I just put my phone on silent.

Hey Steph, welcome to the forum!! I'm from LA in th southeastern US.

Have fun shopping Kristina!!

HOpe everyone has a great RotD!!

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Holly T. - Jun 21, 2006 10:20 am (#1450 of 2979)

Welcome Steph! I live in Texas.

Although I will soon be on vacation in Virginia. :-)

My antibiotics must be kicking in as my throat is much less sore, although still not great. It needs to stay sore a little longer so I can still have an excuse to eat ice cream.

I am loving Mr. Catherine's cell phone rule and expect I might have to use it on my Girl Scout troop.

My son would probably like "Young Frankenstein." He's been quoting "The Princess Bride" since the age of 3. He would probably really like Monty Python.
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geauxtigers - Jun 21, 2006 10:23 am (#1451 of 2979)

Welcome Steph, I'm from Louisiana in the US.

Okay so last night, there was a bug on my wall feet from my pillow and inches from my tea. I rolled up a piece of paper and trapped it in the end, somehow scooping it into it. I ran and threw it in a thrash can with a lid!

Might go to the mall today with my friend but other than that I'm not doing anything.

I have had several teachers answer kids’ cells. Its really funny because when it rings people will try to help cover up the loud obnoxious ringing by doing fake coughs. Sadly there was a time when that worked, but it didn't last long. When the whole class suddenly has to violently cough, its kinda obvious! I don't understand why people don't just put their phones on silent! Some put it on vibrate and you always hear that when its up against a book or something! Most people here get caught text messaging, thankfully I've been lucky!

I've never seen Young Frankenstein I guess I need to huh!? People are always telling me that I don't know any movies, but then turn around and have never seen A Christmas Story or Superstar. A well guess thats what I get!

Have a great day everyone!

EDIT: Julie, the same has happened to me too. They'll do it with gum too, I've been told to throw out my gum by a teacher who is chewing gum, though I'm not brave enough to politely inform them that they are chewing gum too. I have one teacher who talks on his phone in class, tells us he could care less if we chew gum or have our shirts untucked because he’s not going to waste his time writing us a detention! Pretty sweet, he’s also one of the best teachers I've ever had!

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Julie Aronson - Jun 21, 2006 10:36 am (#1452 of 2979)

Amusingly, I've had professors make a huge issue about cell phones and then they've had their own phones ring duing class. We all laughed...a lot! It kind of diffuses the extremity, you know?

As far as movies go, Young Frankenstein is a classic. I'm also a huge fan of History of the World, Part One, but it's not always forum-friendly. I also went through a phase of applying Monty Python's Meaning of Life to every day of my life. I know things are good when I can say, "A tiger? In Africa?"

EDIT: Oh yeah. I'm in Akron, Ohio.

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Eponine - Jun 21, 2006 11:03 am (#1453 of 2979)

My favorite thing in Young Frankenstein is the book entitled How I Did It by Victor Frankenstein.

Mr. Eponine and some of the in-laws went to the Stanley Cup celebration/parade thing out in Raleigh. I had to work, but I watched it on TV after I got home, and I have to admit that I'm kind of glad I couldn't go. They stood there for about 2 hours and when the team finally got on stage with the Cup, they only stayed about 20 minutes. But I'm glad he got to go.

I hope everyone has a great RotD!

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 21, 2006 11:09 am (#1454 of 2979)

Thank you, kaykay, Puck, boop, Julie Aronson, geauxtigers, Good Evans, azi and everyone else for the birthday wishes! Tazzygirl, I'd share them with you if I could! In the British Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets when someone is speaking JKR only put one quotation! So their grammar seems different than ours.

-Priscilla

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kaykay1970 - Jun 21, 2006 11:40 am (#1455 of 2979)

Welcome Steph! I live in Tennessee.

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Elanor - Jun 21, 2006 12:07 pm (#1456 of 2979)

Welcome Steph! I live in France (south of Burgundy).

**waving to everybody**

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Puck - Jun 21, 2006 12:14 pm (#1457 of 2979)

Back to Loopy. Dare you to say I'm wrong.

They have these new ring tones that most people over 30 can't hear, due to the pitch/frquency. I believe it was on the morning news last week. Teens have no problem hearing the tone, but most adults won't notice it. (Mr. Puck, however proves himself the exception, as he can hear it.)

-Kathy

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Lina - Jun 21, 2006 1:44 pm (#1458 of 2979)

Hi, Steph! I'm Lina. And I live in Croatia.

Speaking of all those bugs, I was just wondering... Tori, or Ginny, or both, how is your reading of Metamorphosis going?

***waving to all too***

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Gina R Snape - Jun 21, 2006 2:01 pm (#1459 of 2979)

Hiya. Just wanted to pop in and wish everyone a happy summer solstice.

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Catherine - Jun 21, 2006 2:03 pm (#1460 of 2979)

Gina, that avatar is priceless.

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Dr Filibuster - Jun 21, 2006 2:15 pm (#1461 of 2979)

Hi all; including new member Steph whom I hope is reading this thread.

I live in Northwich, Cheshire. It's one of the "three witches": the other towns being Nantwich and Middlewich. Nothing to do with witches and wizards, it just means we have lots of salt in the ground and that's why Cheshire cheese is salty.

Did anyone see England versus Sweden in the World Cup last night?

Michael Owen fell badly. His knee twisted the wrong way and he was stretchered off (U.S.A translation = guerneyed?). I winced as I watched. He was obviously in great pain and won't be able to play for months. He had a scan today and the diagnosis is an "anterior cruciate knee ligament"

Told you it looked painful.

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boop - Jun 21, 2006 2:44 pm (#1462 of 2979)

Welcome Steph, I live in Pennsylvania. Please enjoy yourself on this and many of the other threads.

Happy first day of summer.

hugs always

boop

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geauxtigers - Jun 21, 2006 2:45 pm (#1463 of 2979)

Speaking of all those bugs, I was just wondering... Tori, or Ginny, or both, how is your reading of Metamorphosis going?

I read the first 4 or 5 pages, but since then its been sitting on my desk staring at me for about a week now. I have the hardest time starting books, don't know how this one will turn out but I'm thinking I won't read it right before bed

I saw some of the England game last night, I saw that guy's knee twist it was freaky looking. I only half watched it, the only reason I left it was because I heard the names, "Beckham and Crouch" and of course I had to stop and watch. I just don't really understand soccer this is the only time its ever on in the States. Why do they count up not down? I don't ever know how much time is left in the game!

I'm very frustrated at the moment because my darling mother got this brilliant idea that we were going to "bundle" our internet, phone and cable with a completely different company. So now we have direct TV- 250 channels and half of them you can't watch because they are pay per view, the other half are things you couldn't pay me to watch, all the channels are different so instead of channel 5 its channel 384 or something! The remote has almost as many buttons as channels and half the buttons have no known function what-so-ever! Grr! They sent us the internet modem and it got here today. "It's so easy to set up you can install it yourself!" Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1242194059  Yeah thats why my dad spent 2 hours on the phone with these people and it won't work on my sister's computer.   Grr . . .  so she will be in my room checking the forum here and there....*rant over*, but I will be discussing this with my mom when she gets home from work. She's not been in the best mood lately maybe I'll wait an hour..

Well I'm off to read the other threads before the internet connection breaks as I have a bad feeling it will....

Have a great day or evening I should say or middle of the night to some of you!

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 21, 2006 3:10 pm (#1464 of 2979)

Ahh yes, the lovely new wonderful internet we have gotten! No comment.......

I agree, scocer just doesn't make sense to me, about the only thing I know is that you can't touch the ball with your hands. Maybe I'll figure it out someday, but it just doesn't really seem to hold my attention and that probably comes from being confused the whole time!!

Well off to check threads! Have a great day everyone!

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Thora - Jun 21, 2006 3:47 pm (#1465 of 2979)

Hello Steph (right?),

I'm in South Carolina.

Gina! Happy Solstice! Good to see you!

Throwing back to 40 posts ago, I have a female Jordan at my house too.

Off to see how my Lasagna came out, I tried Muenster like John recommended.

Thora

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Julie Aronson - Jun 21, 2006 4:05 pm (#1466 of 2979)

Tori and Ginny, Metamorphosis is one of my favorites! Just remember that Gregor's transformation is symbolic and it will be much less gross.

Enjoy!

Julie

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 21, 2006 4:57 pm (#1467 of 2979)

Good idea, Catherine but I'd have to organize a coup of sorts and plan for all of the students to have their cell phones ring at once in the class. Just for fun.

We watched the Jack Black version of "King Kong" last night. Haymoni, you have my sympathy.

. . .during Kong were you rooting for the ape to fall off the building and land on Jack Black? I certainly was. Kathy  - it took you until that far into the movie??

We are a friendly -though opinionated (looks at Loopy) and stubborn (looks at Maria) bunch. Hey! I resemble resent that remark! I second the Loopy!

I was unlucky enough to waste part of my weekend watching The Pink Panther. (Making mental note to check movie reviews before renting anything ever again. )

Okay, Kristina, I haven't checked the latest posts (have not refreshed my screen since around 2p.m Eastern Time) sooo - what'd ya buy???

Welcome professor sheppard! I live in North Jersey, USA. And, contrary to what Puck tells you, I am NOT stubborn. I like to refer to it as mildly obstinate.

Maria

PS Thora, I don't think I ever told you how great that cake looked! Or how creative I think you are for thinking up ice cream sandwiches for the cake part.

I miss you all in the chat room! *waves to everyone* One more day and things will settle down for a bit. . .until the parties start.

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DJ Evans - Jun 21, 2006 5:37 pm (#1468 of 2979)

Just wanted to welcome the new member Steph. I'm from Arkansas, USA (a southern state). Just make yourself at home -- everyone is quite friendly on here.

And to welcome back The One ***waves to Jarand*** Long time no see!

Not much going on here -- just hot & humid & more hot.....

As far as movie quotes go...Spinal Tap and anything involving the Monty Python group are sure hits I think too. Oh there are some great ones in Murder by Death and Clue.

Later, Deb

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Puck - Jun 21, 2006 5:39 pm (#1469 of 2979)

singing "The cheese stands alone, hi ho the dairy-o the cheese stands alone.



The Cheese Quiz does not lie, fellow Cheddar. Olivia has backed me up on this.

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Tazzygirl - Jun 21, 2006 5:42 pm (#1470 of 2979)

Yeay! The power is back! The power company has been working on a power box thingy in our neighborhood, and we lost power at about 10:30 this morning. It's supposed to be out until about 9 tonight, so I have no idea how much longer I'll have power at the moment...

Maria- ...sooo - what'd ya buy???

hehehe! I bought a pair of capri pants, a very cute black purse, a green bracelet, and two tank top shirts. I was looking for a certain pair of shoes, but in each store I went to, they either didn't have it or it didn't come in my size. sigh.

Off to check the other threads before power goes out again!

~Kristina

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timrew - Jun 21, 2006 6:00 pm (#1471 of 2979)

I watched the England-Sweden match, doc, and I saw Michael Owen twist his knee. I felt it myself, and I was hundreds of miles away!

I hear he's going to be out for about five months.

I can just see all the Americans saying, "Who's Michael Owen? And why are all the English worried about his knee?"

He's (was) one of our key players in the soccer World Cup, guys.

He's back in England by now, so if we lose the World Cup, you'll know why (at least, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!)

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Gina R Snape - Jun 21, 2006 6:14 pm (#1472 of 2979)

Thanks, Catherine! e Good to see you too, Thora.

Tim, sports injuries always make me shudder. We've been airing the quidditch world cup games at my shelter for the residents during times when the television in the front lounge is usually off, and it's fairly amusing to be reading case files and suddenly here "SCORE!" every so often.

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Thora - Jun 21, 2006 6:36 pm (#1473 of 2979)

We've been airing the quidditch world cup games – Gina

*chuckle* I have to tell myself every time I read the words "world cup" that they aren't talking about quidditch. I'll be glad when it's all over and I can stop feeling jealousy pangs before I realise they are talking about muggle sports again.

HH11, I'm glad you liked the cake. I had fun making it. In my way of thinking being a mom is a great excuse for having a ton of fun throwing parties, making yummy food, and hanging out with the best friends you ever birthed.

Thora

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 21, 2006 6:50 pm (#1474 of 2979)

Tori and Ginny, Metamorphosis is one of my favorites! Just remember that Gregor's transformation is symbolic and it will be much less gross. -Julie A

Well I'm glad to know it's good! I hope I like it! Chances are I won't actually get around to reading it and the other 2 I have to read until the last 2 weeks of summer. We had a list of about 20 books this year so it was hard to make a decision on what to read. In the past the list has consisted of around 200 choices, but they changed it this year in attempts to actually get us to take it seriously. UHH I hate summer reading!!I really don't want to read any of them!!

Thora, I do the same thing with the whole "World Cup" thing! Does anyone know how the US is doing in this thing?? I just found out about a week ago that we have a pro soccer league, much less a US team!

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Madam Pince - Jun 21, 2006 6:51 pm (#1475 of 2979)

Gina, I am loving your avatar! Severus looks just like a So. Cali lifeguard in that photo. You've gotta be careful not to get a sunburn, though, with all that skin you're baring.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who keeps thinking the word "quidditch" every time I hear talk on the TV about the World Cup! Condolences to England on the loss of Owen -- tough break. It's so hard to watch sports injuries happen. An ACL tear probably does do justice to the "cruciate" part of the name! ***shudder***

Sue, I don't know that we actually have a term here in the U.S. that corresponds to "stretchered." It might actually be "stretchered." I'm pretty sure it's not "guerneyed." That sounds like they're being transfigured into a milk cow.

Edit: Phooey!!! They are running two re-run episodes of Lost tonight, but I didn't know that until 10 minutes into the second one. I am trying to tape all the re-runs, and I missed a chunk of that one! Grrrrr.... (They're running two more back-to-back again next Wednesday, too, if anybody cares...)

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geauxtigers - Jun 21, 2006 7:21 pm (#1476 of 2979)

Sue, I don't know that we actually have a term here in the U.S. that corresponds to "stretchered." It might actually be "stretchered." I'm pretty sure it's not "guerneyed." That sounds like they're being transfigured into a milk cow.

I agree, I've never heard the term "guerneyed"! We probably would have said he was taken off on a stretcher, but if someone said "stretchered" I wouldn't think twice about what it meant!

I temporarily have internet connection, but it keeps going out on me and I'm watching the flickering green light on the modem....

I hope metaphorhsis is good, but I'm having trouble figuring out whats the actual novel. It has other "stories" by Kafka in it, but I can't tell where the story starts because what I think is the story is far to short to be set as summer reading by my physco school!

I found out about 2 weeks ago that there was such thing as professional soccer in the US. The only time its even on tv is during the World Cup. Now Football thats a different story!

Off to check threads as fast as I can before my internet shuts me down.

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Jewel - Jun 21, 2006 7:22 pm (#1477 of 2979)

Going back a little here to the name thing, I'm Julia, but am referred to on a regular basis as Julie, Julian, Juliet, etc. I also have a Kaitlynn and a Raynah ( pronounced Rain-uh) in the house. The only normal one here is Timothy Matthew-Lee, also the only boy, but after twelve hours of HARD labor with no drugs, and a baby weighing in at 9 lbs. and 1 oz. I wasn't feeling very creative!

Welcome to professer sheppard! I am also from South Carolina. Hope you find the forum enjoyable. (Psst.. Thora, where are you in SC? I'm in the upper part of the state in Gaffney.)

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Steve Newton - Jun 21, 2006 7:31 pm (#1478 of 2979)

I'm from Delaware, The First State. Also one of the smallest.

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Julie Aronson - Jun 21, 2006 7:32 pm (#1479 of 2979)

Stephanie, I read your welcome note, and at the risk of sounding ignorant, what language did you originally read if not English?

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Chemyst - Jun 21, 2006 8:12 pm (#1480 of 2979)

… and hanging out with the best friends you ever birthed.   Ah, so true!

“guerneyed." That sounds like they're being transfigured into a milk cow.
**feels such a statement ought to be commented on, but is drawing a blank**

Welcome Stephanie. My intro is on my profile— right now you have to scroll down, although I’ll be changing that art-article soon.

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Mediwitch - Jun 21, 2006 8:20 pm (#1481 of 2979)

Sue: His knee twisted the wrong way and he was stretchered off (U.S.A translation = guerneyed?).

Well, in EMS (Emergency Medical Services) in New England, anyway, we call the piece of equipment a "stretcher" or a "cot", not generally a "gurney", although we all would know what someone meant if they did call it a gurney. We don't usually convert the noun to a verb, though, so Tori was right, we would probably say "he was taken off [the field] on a stretcher" or something like that. I like "stretchered off" - much more to the point!

Welcome, Stephanie! I'm in Connecticut, one of the New England states.

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John Bumbledore - Jun 21, 2006 8:28 pm (#1482 of 2979)

Over 70 posts to peruse since I left work this afternoon. Hello, Professor Steph. Happy birthday to Percilla!

Um, I don't remember anything else of what I was going to post...

Oh, I'm from North Carolina, in the USA.

Life has been hectic for me the past few days. Missing the chat room... HINT!

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

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Mrs. Sirius - Jun 21, 2006 10:46 pm (#1483 of 2979)

Waoooo! Finally schools, OUT! And we start summer school Monday:-))

Hey Finn, leave it to the true Pottie to find a way to check into the Lexicon!

Gina, don’t you watch in Spanish so that you can hear them shout Goooooooooooallll!

Happy Birthday Priscilla.

My mother-in-law is named Anastasia as was her mother. Growing up she was Tess or Tessie. My daughter is Anastasia, too. I tend to call her Stasia. This is pronounced in Spanish as Stâ/see/ah.

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Madam Pince - Jun 21, 2006 10:49 pm (#1484 of 2979)

Jewel, I think Timothy has a lovely name. And I also think that after all the work you did "creating" him, you had created quite enough for one day!

Chemyst, gurney, guerney...Guernsey....Oh never mind. It was weak. It's the farm girl in me coming out.

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Tazzygirl - Jun 21, 2006 11:18 pm (#1485 of 2979)

As I am writing this, I have a HUGE black spider crawling across my ceiling... towards me. **SQueeeeeeeeee** I can't reach it to kill it... Sleepless night, here I come.... I swear these things are getting bigger each time I see them...

Just thought I'd share...

Anyone got a gigantic shoe? **jumps a foot in the air... it's moving fast. AHHHHH**

~Kristina

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Jewel - Jun 22, 2006 12:29 am (#1486 of 2979)

Thank you Madam Pince, he was named for my brother and his donor I mean father. Since we have referred to him as Matthew since he was born, on his first day in 4-K the teacher called for Timothy and he never budged or said a word. As I explained to him that Timothy was his "real" first name, he stared at me with this innocent expression on his face and said, "Well why do you call me Matthew?" Needless to say we held up role call for a fair few minutes on that first day!

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Winky Woo - Jun 22, 2006 1:39 am (#1487 of 2979)

I have finally got premium status! w00t!

Hi guys, I know I haven't posted for about a month, but I have a new job, which meant until I saw how the land lay, I couldn't access the site from work. Boy, have you been a chatty bunch! I have been on "lurker" status, but every time I think I am nearly up to date, I come back and there are hundreds of posts!

It was so straight forward to get premium status, I paid with Paypal and I instantly got my star! I probably hardly ever go over my quota, but I wanted to show support for this fantastic forum...you guys will never know how much you cheer me up and keep me sane...well sort of sane

Welcome to the forum Steph, you will never meet a more friendlier bunch ...anywhere!

I live in Cheshire now although I'm originally a Scouser.

Love and hugs

Winky

Edit: I wonder where Finn is now? I'd love to see his face when he looks at the number of posts on his return!

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azi - Jun 22, 2006 3:50 am (#1488 of 2979)

Hi Winky! Nice to see you around again! Hope the job's going well.

Timothy...reminds me of the song...'Timothy, we found your spaceship...' I remember there was a girl in school called Catherine, but everyone called her Abigail. It wasn't her middle name or anything.

Tazzy - breathe. That's the key.

Love the avatar, Gina! *snigger, Severus looks happy!*

I got your joke, Madam Pince!

Hope everyone has a lovely day!

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Puck - Jun 22, 2006 4:21 am (#1489 of 2979)

**crossing fingers hoping that Tazzy made it through the night**



being a mom is a great excuse for having a ton of fun throwing parties, making yummy food, and hanging out with the best friends you ever birthed.  Okay, that's the sweetest thing I'll read all month.

Tori and Ginny, make sure you didn't get a faulty modem. We had a TiVo unit that kept shutting itself off (which is why I missed a few Lost episodes), and needed to be unplugged and plugged in again to reset. We took it back and got a new one, and it's worked fine.

If given a reading list I'd have been much less likely to read during summer vacations. Leave the book sitting around, and I'd pick it up. Thrust it upon me and say "READ!", and I'd refuse. Not that I'm a stubborn cheddar or anything.

Okay, got to go get son out the door. Diva is still in bed, lucky girl.

Happy RotD, Kathy

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Thora - Jun 22, 2006 5:20 am (#1490 of 2979)

Jewel, Hey I have a friend who just moved here to Myrtle Beach from Gaffney, lol, small world. They came for his job with the post office.

If teacher want their students to do summer reading all they have to do is assign HP, come on people locate the Hogwarts Express and jump on.

Siriusly (I like it better that way so no sic-ing me) some of the books they made me read in high school were a real waste of time. What kind of a book has a chapter that is 5 words long and states "My mother is a fish"? Oh I know, the kind of book kids get forced to read! No wonder it took JKR to get kids reading again! (Climbs off soap box before she hurts herself.)

John B. the lasanga was great. Thanks for the tip, I can't wait for leftovers... in fact it sounds good for breakfast too. Mmmmmm

Well have a great RotD all.

Thora

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Chemyst - Jun 22, 2006 5:22 am (#1491 of 2979)

Chemyst, gurney, guerney...Guernsey....Oh never mind. It was weak. It's the farm girl in me coming out. ~ Madame Pince

That’s OK. I grew up in farm country too. At least we know our Dairy cattle from our Beef. When I saw that, everyone had been discussing Young Frankenstein and so my head started trying to make a joke using the words Holstein or 'Holstien' but upon reflection, I decided there wasn’t a joke there after all.
**explaining what she meant by 'drawing a blank' **

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 22, 2006 5:39 am (#1492 of 2979)

and hanging out with the best friends you ever birthed.

Just had to pop on to let you know, Thora - that is just the sweetest sentiment! (I agree, BTW. I can't wait until the three are home together again!)

YAY!! LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!! EEEEE! Am I allowed to do that, though I'm not a student??

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 22, 2006 5:53 am (#1493 of 2979)

Tori and Ginny, Metamorphosis is one of my favorites! Just remember that Gregor's transformation is symbolic and it will be much less gross. – Julie

Yes, and if you have to write a paper about this story, just call it "Kafkaesque" a couple of times. Your teacher/professor will like that.

Thanks Madame Pince for the heads up on next Wednesday! I didn't know that there were two "Lost" reruns last night until the absolute last second (i.e. when the announcer said, "Stay tuned for another hour of 'Lost.'" to which I said, "Goody!"). Pretty soon they'll be caught up to where I started watching this season.

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Winky Woo - Jun 22, 2006 5:55 am (#1494 of 2979)

Lol! you have just reminded me of that really old joke:

I don't want to go to school

Why?

All the kids pick on me, its not fair, please don't make me!

Don't be silly now, you're the Headmaster!


Winky X



Denise P. - Jun 22, 2006 7:01 am (#1495 of 2979) Reply

I know loads of people who are called by their middle name rather than their first, including my dad and one of my boys. We know when someone doesn't know my dad when the phone rings and they ask to speak to Charles (he goes by Larry, his middle name).   Rhys also goes by his middle name, his first name is Aidan. Kierynn gets quite indignant at doctor appointments when they call "Aidan P" "No! His name is Rhys"

Running I have a 10K race this weekend and all my running partners are chickening out and signing up for the 5K instead. Mr. Denise signed up for the 10K and so he and Rhys (in the stroller) will run with me. Never mind that usually Mr. Denise can normally finish about 25 minutes before I do. I thought that was nice since I was griping about having to run alone. Now I will have company.

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Jewel - Jun 22, 2006 7:29 am (#1496 of 2979)

So, Madam Pince, you're in Myrtle Beach. We are planning on coming down that way the first week of July. My boyfriend's grandparents have a vacation home at Sunset Beach. Is the Pavilion still open? We were actually just talking about it and my boyfriend said he thought they were tearing it down, but I haven't heard anything about it. That's cool about your friend, it is a small world indeed!

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Catherine - Jun 22, 2006 7:48 am (#1497 of 2979)

I am off to go grocery shopping and then waiting for the downstairs to be measured for our new flooring. --Denise P

Yay for the new floor!

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Lina - Jun 22, 2006 8:47 am (#1498 of 2979)

Someone asked how is USA doing on the World Cup... Well, USA is in the craziest group, nothing is certain yet at all and the deciding games are just being played. Yet, if Italians don't get into the next round, they won't be able to come back home safely. If Americans don't make it into the next round, most of their nation will not even be aware of that. So, they should be merciful and let the others go on. Our reporters that are in Germany right now, stopped some American tourists to ask them some questions about the football players. They replayed: "But we are from the USA!" and their faces were like - how can you expect us to know anything about soccer? Or players like Backham, who happens to be very popular...

We have our deciding game with Australia later tonight. There are many players in Australian team with Croatian surnames and many players in the Croatian team that were born in Australia. It will be a tough game. It won't be enough just to listen to the game to know who is holding the ball.

Tori and Ginny, Metamorphosis is indeed a very short story, don't worry. Much, much shorter than OotP. I just thought that all those bugs on the Forum might make you interested for the destiny of another bug... We have never got the reading lists for the summer and summer has always been a reading time for me. Just the time after the lunch and before going to the beach, there is nothing better than reading something... Maybe those lists should be understood just like some recommendations, what is usually interesting to the kids of that age... I know last summer I recommended Kate to read a book, that I thought she might like, and that book turned out to be a reading assignment this year...

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 22, 2006 9:04 am (#1499 of 2979)

Yay for the new floor! – Catherine

You're not hard to please.

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Thora - Jun 22, 2006 9:05 am (#1500 of 2979)

Ummm... I wish I was Madam Pince, she's really amazing. I have always found her personality to match her advatar, tasteful, wise and delicate. Or at least that's the way she comes across on e-parchment. Smile

I'm the one in Myrtle Beach though or as Mike Miller once put it "in Myrtle Beach (or just south of there)". Dont worry, we all get mixed up with all the posts on here.

When I drove by there last week I saw that the sign said "last season". Now if that's family fun season or golf season, I don't know, but it's open for the summer at least. Personally I hang out in my air-conditioned room in front of the computer much more than I venture outside, it's kind of a red-head survival skill, heehee.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 22, 2006 9:49 am (#1501 of 2979)

Yay for the new floor!--- Catherine

You're not hard to please.---Loopy Lupin


It appears, neither are you.

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Denise P. - Jun 22, 2006 9:50 am (#1502 of 2979)

Time for a group hug!!

I just got an email from one of my running partners, she signed up for the 10K today! Woo hoo, so now I will have Mr. Denise and Rhys with me and my buddy will be about .10 of a mile in front of me.

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Holly T. - Jun 22, 2006 9:52 am (#1503 of 2979)

Denise--laminate floors are very exciting! Especially if you have kids and pets. ;-)

Thora, my husband has a T-shirt that says "Genuine Redhead. Keep out of direct sunlight."

Have a great RotD!

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Jewel - Jun 22, 2006 9:52 am (#1504 of 2979)

I am soooooo sorry Thora! **banging head against wall** I can't believe I did that! I had just finished reading something Madam Pince had written before I posted that. (at least I think I was...)

Anyway, thanks for the info about the Pavilion, I have an uncle down that way in Conway, but I can't seem to find his telephone number.

Oh well, sorry about the mix-up again, have a great ROTD!

Julia

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 22, 2006 10:34 am (#1505 of 2979)

Siriusly (I like it better that way so no sic-ing me) some of the books they made me read in high school were a real waste of time. What kind of a book has a chapter that is 5 words long and states "My mother is a fish"? Oh I know, the kind of book kids get forced to read! Thora

Well the "My mother is a fish." book is still at the very top of my list of the worst books ever written! Note to everyone: Never read "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner......It's terrible, and ridikulusly confusing and not to mention I could sum up exacty what happens in about 4 sentences! I think it was the only book I gave up on half way through, and just stopped reading it, because my teacher had to explain to the entire class what happened the next day in class anyway. It was awful! I don't even think Hermione would understand it!! That seems to be the biggest problem with some of the books they chose for us to read both during the year and for summer reading, wither they are extremely confusing, or their about someone dying, or generally depressing subjects. As my friend put it one "why can't we read a happy book??"

Lina- You are right, no one here watches soccer, or knows any players at all! We are once again, "different" from the rest of the world, in that we have American football to take our minds off of soccer! I really wouln't care if the USA team lost in the 1st round or of they end up winning the whole thing!

Have a great day everyone!

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Madam Pince - Jun 22, 2006 10:59 am (#1506 of 2979)

I have always found her personality to match her advatar, tasteful, wise and delicate.   Bwhahahaha.... my mind control classes are yielding fruit... No, seriously, thank you so much for the compliment, Thora! And the very same back to you!

Mr. Denise is a prince of a guy! I see why you married him, Denise! Good luck in your race this weekend!

Welcome back, Winky! That was a good joke, too -- even if it was an oldie, I hadn't heard it before. Good one!

Sounds like you got your wish, Lina; apparently the U.S. stunk the place up during the Ghana game. Well, as you say, there are clearly better and more deserving teams out there still in the hunt!

...the biggest problem with some of the books they chose for us to read both during the year and for summer reading, wither they are extremely confusing, or their about someone dying, or generally depressing subjects.—Ginny   But don't you see... that's what makes them "great literature!" And gives them the ability to look down their noses at writers like JKR who people actually LIKE to read!

Thank goodness pro basketball and ice hockey seasons are finally over ! Now we can get on with more summer sports. There is just something wrong about ice hockey and NBA when it's 90 degrees outside.

I just realized I probably made a major mistake when I signed Little Pince up for soccer this summer. I had a choice of 10:30am or 1:00pm, and I took the afternoon one -- not thinking back in April about what the temperatures will be like in August. Inexperienced sports mom here.... Oh well. I am debating about a second soccer week, but it costs $40 more than the one we're already in, plus it runs from 5:30 to 8:30 in the evenings, which doesn't sound do-able to me for a 4-year-old. We're doing well to stay on task for an hour at a time, let alone three. Think we'll skip that one.

We're heading to the mountains this weekend to get my Mom for a short visit. Everyone have a great RotW!

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 22, 2006 11:17 am (#1507 of 2979)

Thank goodness pro basketball and ice hockey seasons are finally over ! Now we can get on with more summer sports. There is just something wrong about ice hockey and NBA when it's 90 degrees outside.
Madame Pince, Mr. HH and I just had that conversation the other night! The seasons just run too long! That is probably why American football sustains itself popularity-wise; the season is not too long. Hmmm, so much for attention spans.

Welcome back Winky, and I loved your joke (and no one had to explain it to me)! Inca and Lola are so cute!

Denise, so glad to hear you have company! What a nice guy (though he's now probably muttering to himself - You mean I signed up and didn't have to after all?)

New floors are exciting! You can skate across them with socks!

Maria

EDIT: Madame Pince, heeheehee, now envisioning "mop shoes". Though they'd be tough to rinse and wring out. Once they're dry, yes, you can skate across those, too. But the new ones usually have a fine layer of sawdust which makes for a great slide. Kind of like those table top bowling games with the "cheese" and puck. Hehe, I set such a good example for my children.

LOL M. Pince! You have to DUCK?? That explains the short naps and waking up on the dining room floor.

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Madam Pince - Jun 22, 2006 11:21 am (#1508 of 2979)

But.... you can do that with old floors, too, right? How else do you mop? Of course, the ducking you have to do when you get to the tables sort of takes the fun out of it...

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Good Evans - Jun 22, 2006 11:34 am (#1509 of 2979)

only 50 odd posts but so much in them!!!

Denise best of luck with the run!! Mine is next weekend but I couldn't do 10k!!!

Tazzy, hubby is going to apparate and deal with that spider for you, now that he is a mouse trapper, spiders hold no fear!!!!

Winky - congrats on the premium status.

Virginia Elizabeth and Geauxtigers - commiserations on the internet, but as long as you can get to the forum it can't be all bad!

Gina - your holiday snaps from skeggy are just great (skeggy= Skegness, not very salubrious east coast holiday destination in England - sorry Skeggy!! - but just the place for wizards who want to keep a low profile!)

Oh thats all I can remember, happy days to everyone else
*waves back to Audrey*

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geauxtigers - Jun 22, 2006 11:39 am (#1510 of 2979)

Siriusly (I like it better that way so no sic-ing me) some of the books they made me read in high school were a real waste of time. What kind of a book has a chapter that is 5 words long and states "My mother is a fish"? Oh I know, the kind of book kids get forced to read! No wonder it took JKR to get kids reading again! (Climbs off soap box before she hurts herself.)

That is the worst book in the world. I didn't understand one bit of it! Yeah all the books they make us read are depresssing and have some moral to the story. There are plenty of happy books out there that have good moral themes! I don't think we should get a list of books to read for summer, we should just be required to read 3 books of our choosing. They want to encourage us to read, but their list just discourages because I don't want to read any of if!

Yeah I know one soccer player, somebody with the last name Keller i can't even remember his first name! I did hear they lost today though oh well makes no difference to me!

Laminate floors are awesome! When we put ours down it was pretty sweet. My mom let us spray paint the concrete slab after we ripped the carpet up! so under our wood floors is a graffettied with hot pink spray paint! And my mom is not one to do something that crazy! but now I always run the length of the floors and slide or I twirl! But mom has recently informed me that we are getting a rug to put down on the floor and I'm sad now as I will have to move my twirling and sliding to the foyer or dining room.

I'm on ginny's computer because her internet is working, mines not! maybe we have a bad modem, soon as my dad wakes up I have a feeling the phone company is going to get a couple ear fulls!

Have a great day everyone!

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Gina R Snape - Jun 22, 2006 11:49 am (#1511 of 2979)

Good Evans, I did think of Skegness with that shot. LOL.

Maritza, actually you are right we do have the spanish station on.

So, Lumos is not so far away. I wish I were going. But I'll be in Orlando instead for 4th of July weekend. Anybody here live near Orlando Florida?

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 22, 2006 12:23 pm (#1512 of 2979)

New floors are exciting! You can skate across them with socks! –Maria

I lovee our laminate floors!! Sliding is the BEST!! Except that the new rug should be here any day now

Uhh Well I can't remember anything else I was gonna comment on!

Have a great RotD everyone!

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John Bumbledore - Jun 22, 2006 2:40 pm (#1513 of 2979)

Ever notice how T-ah and Ginny almost say the same thing when they post? It's like they are twins or something! LOL

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

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Tazzygirl - Jun 22, 2006 2:51 pm (#1514 of 2979)

Went shopping again with my mom today... hehehe! Actually, this time I just needed to buy ink cartridges for my printer, as I predict this semester will be the start of tons of papers and assignments... **is dreading lesson planning**

OH! I heard back from the College of Education (finally)! I was finally able to register for all my Fall classes- Mondays and Tuesdays I am student teaching in an elementary classroom, and Wednesdays and Thursdays I have classes. I am soooooo excited!! (**Waves to Lina and Kay**)

I have never heard of "My Mother is a Fish** or "As I lay dying"... making mental note not to read them anytime soon...

Good Evans: Tazzy, hubby is going to apparate and deal with that spider for you, now that he is a mouse trapper, spiders hold no fear!!!!

Thanks!! Although I hope I can catch Mr. G.E. before he leaves, as I managed to smack the spider (unsuccesfully at first) with one of my high heeled shoes... it almost landed on my bed, but luckily I managed to get it! (I was also turning blue in the face trying not to scream, as it was passed midnight (I think) and my parents would not have been happy if I woke them up because of a 'little spider'... )

Hope you all have a fantastic RotD/N!

~Kristina

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Catherine - Jun 22, 2006 2:55 pm (#1515 of 2979)

(I was also turning blue in the face trying not to scream, as it was passed midnight (I think) and my parents would not have been happy if I woke them up because of a 'little spider'... –Tazzy

Sometimes screaming is quite therapeutic.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 22, 2006 3:05 pm (#1516 of 2979)

Sometimes screaming is quite therapeutic.---Catherine

I wonder if Blossom agrees.

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Catherine - Jun 22, 2006 3:25 pm (#1517 of 2979)

I wonder if Blossom agrees. --Lupin is Lupin

Exactly! That's how I know!

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Ponine - Jun 22, 2006 3:48 pm (#1518 of 2979)

LOL I remember Blossom the Possum! How is everyone?!? Long time no see I'm cruising through, trying to catch up, but it's nearly impossible.. I'm so jealous of everyone going to Lumos or NY or Colorado to meet up... Sigh.. Why are there no one in the lovely state of North Dakota?!?!? Well, just wanted to say Hi everyone! Have a great one! Hugs, Ponine

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geauxtigers - Jun 22, 2006 4:53 pm (#1519 of 2979)

I have never heard of "My Mother is a Fish** or "As I lay dying"... making mental note not to read them anytime soon...

“My mother is a fish” is the opening line the chapter told by Vardaman in the book "As I lay Dying" by Faulkner! lol no unless you enjoy reading about well someone who has died and how Pa wants new teeth, stay far away! I delightfully colored the front of my book by putting devil horns on the character on front! We had to read this freshman year, aka the dark depressing literature year! Okay I'll stop don't want to sound like I'm the one depressed.

I agree screaming is therapeutic!

Well the Rocket is returning tonight and I must leave for a while and watch the Stros play! on ESPN so everyone should watch and cheer for them!

Later!

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Puck - Jun 22, 2006 5:33 pm (#1520 of 2979)

Okay, I have the sweetest story to share.

Mr. Puck has been out of town for work this week, so I'm alone with 3 small children. Tonight I took them out for dinner. A family of 3 (Mom, Dad, and junior-high-age son) sat across from us. The baby would smile at them, and they would grin back. As I had to sit with the babe, I had to let the other two sit together. (When there were 2 children it was simple to sit between them.) So, I did the "Mad libs" game on the menu, played a sitting game of Simon Says, dragged all 3 to the ladies room just as dinner arrived, as Diva had "to go". Basic juggling and keeping them happy without disrupting the whole restaurant thing. When my check arrived there was a note inside; "Sometimes good mothers deserve a break". The family across the way had bought our dinner. The waiter and I were both teary-eyed with sentiment. It was just so touching, that a stranger would do this for me, just because.

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 22, 2006 5:39 pm (#1521 of 2979)

awww Puck!! That's sooo sweet!! How thoughtful of them!!

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Thora - Jun 22, 2006 5:57 pm (#1522 of 2979)

Wow, Puck, that's amazing! Isn't it great when we get that rare but honest pat on the back for doing what's right? Being a good mom is hard work, but it sounds like you've got it down pat.

Thora

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boop - Jun 22, 2006 5:59 pm (#1523 of 2979)

Welcome back all returning forum members!! We have missed you.

Denise good luck with your run this weekend.

Kathy that was a cute story, thanks for sharing it with us.

Madam Pince, enjoy your trip to vist your mom.

Waves to everyone!!

hugs always

boop

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haymoni - Jun 22, 2006 6:02 pm (#1524 of 2979)

That is great, Puck.

I remember being at Applebees with The Beautifulest One. She was incredibly well-behaved. There was an older couple across the aisle from us and when we got up to leave, the gentleman complimented me on how good my daughter was and said that not all parents raise their children correctly. I was incredibly proud, but I leaned forward and said, "You caught her on a good day!" - which was ABSOLUTELY true!

Obviously that couple had been in your shoes, Puck. Too cool of them!

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Puck - Jun 22, 2006 6:11 pm (#1525 of 2979)

Funny, my kids were fooling alot, thus all my little table games. (They weren't horrible, but not sitting perfectly.) They used to sit better, when I could separate them. I have had little old ladies come up to me in the grocery store to comment on what a good job I had done curtailing a tantrum.

Young Franenstein is on FMC! (It's already half through.)

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Julie Aronson - Jun 22, 2006 6:17 pm (#1526 of 2979)

Wow, Kathy. Your story gave me a chill. That's so great! Sunshine

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Choices - Jun 22, 2006 6:39 pm (#1527 of 2979)

What a great story Puck and what a wonderful tribute to your mothering ability. Good job - hope you enjoyed your well earned dinner! :-)

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Tazzygirl - Jun 22, 2006 6:50 pm (#1528 of 2979)

**wishing I was around back when Blossom graced Catherine with an appearance** (I also agree screaming is therapeutic... )

Aww. Puck! That was such a sweet story!

Thanks, Tori, on the clarification of the book! I went and bought The Devil Wears Prada today. Hoping to really like it!

Mom and I went to lunch today, and the restaurant got the order of our food mixed up. We received the main course first. Then the side dish came out, and our appetizer came out last. We were a little confused, but not upset or anything. We actually thought it was funny. The manager came over to apologize and told us our appetizer and side dishes were free.

Off to check Potty Five Words...

~Kristina

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Madam Pince - Jun 22, 2006 7:01 pm (#1529 of 2979)

Wow, sounds like tonight was a good night to eat out! Puck, that was just about the sweetest thing I've ever heard. How nice of them, and what a great feeling for you! Good job!

(((boop)))

See you guys next week!

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 22, 2006 8:16 pm (#1530 of 2979)

Wow, Kathy, what a wonderful story! I just love happy endings! This was one of the best I've heard. Thanks for sharing that!

Gina, the avatar is great!

Madam Pince, have a safe trip and enjoy!

Tazzy, when my children tell me they see a bug, I always say, "Don't eat it!" You should see their expressions afterward!

I also agree screaming is therapeutic... Umm, not too sure my children would agree with that.

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Mediwitch - Jun 22, 2006 8:24 pm (#1531 of 2979)

Congrats, Tazzy! Sounds like you will have a busy, and hopefully fun, semester.

Aw, Puck, what a great story! I love those random acts of kindness things.

HH11 - "Don't eat it!" - I love it! Fly Eater

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Puck - Jun 22, 2006 9:10 pm (#1532 of 2979)

when my children tell me they see a bug, I always say, "Don't eat it!" -Maria.

ROTFL!!!

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Denise P. - Jun 22, 2006 10:20 pm (#1533 of 2979)

Puck, we have had that happen to us a few times. It always surprises me because it is rare and it seems to happen on nights when I think the kids are being little rats. Most of the time they behave but when they don't, it is like a shark feeding frenzy. They just feed off of one another.

As for screaming, Mr. Denise has a shirt that says "At 35,000 feet...no one can hear you scream" He parachutes.

Iain made a huge step today, he got brave enough to leap off the deck into the pool finally. Kierynn also stepped forward, she used a regular swimsuit with arm floaties rather than her swimsuit with built in floatation. Woo hoo!

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Lina - Jun 22, 2006 10:31 pm (#1534 of 2979)

Happy birthday to Olivia (HH13) and to Ryan Patrick!

Happy name-day to Audrey!

******waving madly to Ponine****** You are missed.

Kathy, that's a really beautiful story.

Madam Pince, have a good time!

Congrats to Australians, as Madam Pince would say, you deserve it!

It seems that today is quite busy with birthdays. We are not going to celebrate ours today as my hubby is out of town. But the little lady is very excited anyway. She got a new school bag (that we payed $3,5 because it was a leftover from last year) and she likes it very much. And she got my sister's old cellular phone. She hasn't started the school yet, but she is sending messages to all the family already... It is nice when you can make a kid happy with small things.

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Tazzygirl - Jun 22, 2006 11:07 pm (#1535 of 2979)

Maria= ROFL! "Don't eat it!" I love it!

Which reminds me, how can kids (and some adults) eat those suckers given out at museums with the bug inside?!

Happy Birthday to Olivia and Ryan Patrick! (and I think one of Lina's girls?) Hope all of you have fantastic days!

Madam Pince- have a wonderful vacation!

I am also leaving tomorrow afternoon for a camping trip with my dad. I get back Sunday evening... First time I won't have access to the forum on a trip...

~Kristina

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Ponine - Jun 22, 2006 11:14 pm (#1536 of 2979)

Hi Lina!! *Waves back*

It feels good to be back Smile I love hearing stories like Kathy's too -- they sort of restore some of my shaky faith in mankind... And since we're not even in the cup , GO CROATIA!!!

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Tazzygirl - Jun 22, 2006 11:38 pm (#1537 of 2979)

I meant to say Thanks! to Mediwitch in my last post... and I am hoping to have a blast with school over the next two years- with the start of student teaching, it signals that I am almost done with school!! w00t!!! *insert dancing smiley here* I know it's going be super busy, but I think it's going to be a ton of fun.

~Kristina

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Lina - Jun 23, 2006 3:32 am (#1538 of 2979)

He, he, Ponine, too late to say "Go Croatia" (I'm almost glad, no more nervousness in front of TV), maybe it would have helped if you said that a day earlier. But I just liked this cheering photo of Mihaela.

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Julie Aronson - Jun 23, 2006 3:32 am (#1539 of 2979)

Happy birthday to all the Forum kids to whom it applies!

Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1609556105

Well, I'm off to try learning some math for my GRE tomorrow. I took a practice test and did great on the verbal part, but came out just above warm monkey on the analytical (maths).

Eeek.

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azi - Jun 23, 2006 4:59 am (#1540 of 2979)

Oooo, lots of birthdays! So, Happy Birthday to Olivia, Ryan and Mihaela!

Good luck on the exam, Julie A!!!

Puck, that story was so sweet!

Welcome back Ponine!

Tazzy, I hope you have a good time on your trip, and I promise to limit my posting on Potty 5 Words.

Back to project writing. I managed about 1000 words yesterday. Now I'm on the results section.

Hope everyone has a lovely day!

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John Bumbledore - Jun 23, 2006 6:10 am (#1541 of 2979)

Happy Birthday to all: Ryan P., ._Olivia, and Mihaela. (and anyone else I may have missed!)

I'll be away from computers and the Internet for over a week, so have fun everyone.
Happy Independence Day to all my fellow Americans!

I'll miss this place while I'm away.

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore ˜tag-it001

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Puck - Jun 23, 2006 6:13 am (#1542 of 2979)

Happy Birthday to Ryan, Olivia, and Lina's girl! (WHich one is it, Lina?)

Which reminds me, how can kids (and some adults) eat those suckers given out at museums with the bug inside?! I can't even handle gummy worms!

Ummm, a warm monkey, Julie?

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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Catherine - Jun 23, 2006 6:19 am (#1543 of 2979)

Ummm, a warm monkey, Julie? –Puck

A step up from Troll.

Happy Birthday to Ryan, Olivia, and Mihaela.

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Marie E. - Jun 23, 2006 6:22 am (#1544 of 2979)

Happy Birthday to Ryan, Olivia, and Mihaela!

Kathy, what a wonderful story. I think it's very telling that it's never happened to me and my kids. Actually, last night Lexi got a free sundae at Applebee's. She had gotten bored and was holding onto the booth seat and kicking her legs back. She kicked a menu out of our servers hands (the server was facing the booth behind us). For some reason the server thought she had hit Lex with the menu and brought her a sundae. Not really the same effect as Kathy's story.

Did anyone watch America's Got Talent the other night on NBC? A girl who used to go to my daycare was on. Her name is Alexis Jordan and she sang the Whitney Houston song "I've Got Nothing". She and her family moved out to LA two years ago to help further her career. I recorded her singing on the VCR and played it for the other daycare kids. We're going to write to Alexis (sneaky way to get them to practice writing over the summer).

I remembered another boy/girl name. I knew a girl in Georgia named Bradley Anna.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 23, 2006 6:26 am (#1545 of 2979)

Happy Birthday to Ryan and Mihaela! Love the pics - Denise the baby to kid pics always bring on that Perpetual Ache a bit but it is neat to see how they change but still manage to keep their essence from infancy. He's such a cutie! Lina, Mihaela is so cute - did you help with the makeup?? (I have been trying to scan a pic of my three unsuccessfully.)

Mediwitch, where on earth did you find such a smiley! LOL! That could almost be my icon. (You should see people's expressions when we are in public, one of them sees a bug and I say that. 'Hmm, she has to tell her children not to eat bugs??? What kind of a freaky parent is she? I wonder if I should call Child Services?') Of course, they do believe me when it's Trevor. I wonder if he is part toad?

Kristina, sounds like you are nearing the light at the end of the tunnel. I think you will be great at student teaching. I can envision you as one of those teachers that the kids all want to hug at the end of the year and will return to see you long afterward.

Have fun at camp.

Very impressed that you remembered Olivia's birthday! (I can't even remember what I had for breakfast - and it's only 9am! LOL!) Thanks for the wishes. She has just finished opening her gifts.

Good luck on your GRE, Julie and I hope all goes smoothly with the rest of your writing, azi.

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Julie Aronson - Jun 23, 2006 6:56 am (#1546 of 2979)

Thanks for the good luck wishes. Catherine hit it right one the head when she said just above Troll. I guess warm monkey is better than cold monkey, though!

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kaykay1970 - Jun 23, 2006 7:03 am (#1547 of 2979)

Happy Birthday Mihaela, Olivia and Ryan! I hope you all have a great day!

Have fun on your camping trip Tazzy!

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Good Evans - Jun 23, 2006 7:09 am (#1548 of 2979)

Happy birthdays to Olivia, Mihaela and Ryan P!!!

good luck in that exam Julie A

Kathy, are you Mum of the year or what?? you should be really proud of yourself and your kids, what a wonderful display you must have put on, I expect the family thought you were worth every penny for enterntainment value if nothing else! seriously, that was very kind of them and I hope that you thoroughly enjoyed your dinner!!

The sun is shining it is a beautiful day, I have had my hair cut and nails done and sorted out "financial things" this morning gosh what a busy girl I have been, off to sit in the sun, housework done, washing in the machine - all is well with the world!!!!

have a great one all and raise a glass to the weekend!

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azi - Jun 23, 2006 7:19 am (#1549 of 2979)

Have a nice time away, John!

Good Evans - you have sun??? All we get up north is grey cloud!

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Denise P. - Jun 23, 2006 7:20 am (#1550 of 2979)

Thanks for the birthday wishes for Ryan. HungarianHorntail, of all my kids (putting aside Mama bias) Ryan is the cutest. He has deep, dark brown eyes with thick lashes, dimples deep enough to plant tulips in, a beautiful smile and just a gleam in his eyes that has always set him apart. People will look at family photos when I go somewhere and finger him "He is your trouble maker, isn't he?" We call him Rockhead but he is a cutie.

When he was about 6 and Nicholas was 7, they got into an argument about something. Ryan looked at his brother and said "When we are older, I am going to steal your girlfriend!" Our mouths dropped open but you know, Ryan could do it. He has had girls calling him since he was in third grade.

Today is the last day of Girl Scout Day Camp. We overslept through alarms and her ride so I had to dash her down. Somewhere between yesterday and today, Kaitlyn can't find her camp shirt so when I brought her down, she was the only one NOT in her camp shirt.

I need to go get copies of shot records for 2 kids so we can show them to cancer camp when we drop them off on Sunday. We pick Devin up tomorrow and drop off Nicholas, Ryan, Kaitlyn and Iain on Sunday.
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Good Evans - Jun 23, 2006 8:44 am (#1551 of 2979)

lots of sun Azi - its about 24 on the patio but with a breeze that is getting the washing dry - perfect!

Denise - sympathies on the missing shirt - both of my boys lost everything before during and on return from cub / scout camps - those are days I am pleased are behind me - the tour of parents for weeks afterwars to swap items that your darling had brought home. I always used to wash and return but could never get over the Mums who would cheerfully present the muddy garment unwashed that they had identified as not originating in their house!!!

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boop - Jun 23, 2006 9:27 am (#1552 of 2979)

Happy Birthdays to Ryan, Olivia, and Mihaela !! Have a great day!

Good Luck Julie A.

My daughter found out yesterday she is having another girl. So I guess Dustin is my only grandson.

Have a great Friday everyone.

hugs always

boop

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Lina - Jun 23, 2006 9:35 am (#1553 of 2979)

Thank you all for the birthday wishes for Mihaela.

Actually, it was much easier to remember Olivia's birthday than Priscilla's just because it falls at the same day as Mihaela's birthday. As well as Audrey's name-day.

Denise, you are such a super mum in my eyes and a super organized woman that knowing that Kaitlyn couldn't find her camp shirt makes me feel just much more better.

Azi, yay for your project! I know you will do it wonderfully.

Wow, Betty, congratulations to you and your daughter! Enjoy being a part of the majority (women vs. men)!

PS: The make-up on Mihaela was done in the kindergarten.

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Chemyst - Jun 23, 2006 9:42 am (#1554 of 2979)

...one of those teachers that the kids all want to hug at the end of the year and will return to see you long afterward.
It is quite true that I was raised in a different century, (the 20th,) and it is also true that different personalities relate in different ways; but all the teachers I'd most want to return to and thank are...  well, they're dead, but just saying, the ones I'd want to return to see are the very last ones I'd have wanted to hug at the time. They were the ones who were as strict as Minerva McGonagall but in whose classes I learned the most.

about book lists...
Would Harry Potter be less interesting if he were on a required reading list?   I'm thinking, probably yes. When I was assigned an Agatha Christie mystery, I thought it was only so-so.
And now I'm looking for a Civil War novel for my son to read next fall as a high school assignment. (Ironic, isn't it?) Any recommendations will be welcome (either on the Recommended Reading thread or email me, if you think it will clog up the chat thread,) especially if anyone is familiar with The Killer Angels by M. Shaara. “Across Five Aprils” and “Red Badge of Courage” were on my required reading list years ago, so you needn't bother with those!

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Julie Aronson - Jun 23, 2006 9:57 am (#1555 of 2979)

Thanks, Betty, and congrats on the future granddaughter!

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 23, 2006 10:02 am (#1556 of 2979)

I wonder if Blossom agrees. --Lupin is Lupin

Exactly! That's how I know!—Catherine


I miss Blossom the Possum.

Happy Birthdays to all having them and congrats Betty!

Have a good weekend all!!!!

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haymoni - Jun 23, 2006 10:04 am (#1557 of 2979)

Chemyst - What about "Gone With The Wind"? I know all the sappy Scarlett stuff is there, but I was surprised when I read it to find all the historical battle info in there also.

Johnny and Ponyboy liked it!!!

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Catherine - Jun 23, 2006 10:15 am (#1558 of 2979)
Edited Jun 23, 2006 10:58 am

“Across Five Aprils” and “Red Badge of Courage” were on my required reading list years ago, so you needn't bother with those! –Chemyst

Ooh, Chemyst! I think I may have mentioned this on the Recommended Reading thread, but I loved “March” by Geraldine Brooks, so I'll mention it here as well.

It tells the story of the father from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. We see him as a young man before he becomes a minister, and his subsequent marriage to Marmee, his financial losses, and his service in the Union army. He endures horrible emotional and physical wounds in the war, and the novel does not gloss over some of the nastier aspects of slavery.

In the novel one meets Thoreau, Emerson, John Brown, just to name a few.

I'm pretty sure that Brooks won the Pulitzer for this novel. I think it's a terrific book.

EDIT: Yes, March won the Pulitzer in April 2006. In 2005 The Washington Post named it as one of the best fiction works of the year.

EDIT #2: Here is where I mentioned Geraldine Brooks's books (ooh, rhyme) in April.

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Holly T. - Jun 23, 2006 10:56 am (#1559 of 2979)

Chemyst, “The Killer Angels” is a fabulous book! It was one of the assigned books when I took a Civil War history class. I love it. I have “March” in my bag to read on the plane. There's another good novel about the Civil War in Missouri called “Enemy Women” by Paulette Giles about a woman whose father is thrown in prison and how when she goes to rescue him she's imprisoned as a Confederate spy. It's a really interesting perspective on a different part of the Civil War--much of Missouri spent the war under martial law and a good percentage of the population spent time in prison.

I am supposed to be packing! I am leaving for vacation tonight!!! AND I still have to go to the store...

Will try very hard not to check in again until I get back. :-)

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Good Evans - Jun 23, 2006 11:01 am (#1560 of 2979)

congratulations on your expected granddaughter Betty, what lovely news Have a super holiday Holly

Julie x

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Tazzygirl - Jun 23, 2006 12:04 pm (#1561 of 2979)

Azi: I promise to limit my posting on Potty Five Words.

hehehe! Nah- you all can post away! (Just don't finish the story! )

Maria: I can envision you as on of those teachers that the kids all want to hug at the end of the year and will return to see you long afterward.

Thank you! My mom is one of those teachers, and is my role model. I really hope I am one of those teachers!

Thanks, Kay!

Cngratulations, Boop, on the new granddaughter!

John- have a wonderful vacation week! See you when you get back!

Off to check Five Words one more time, and then I need to pack...

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

~Kristina

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Catherine - Jun 23, 2006 12:06 pm (#1562 of 2979)

I promise to limit my posting on Potty Five Words.—Azi

Sorry, but that's ten words! Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 2281877974

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Gina R Snape - Jun 23, 2006 12:17 pm (#1563 of 2979)

This might be more interesting to a girl, but what about Iola Leroy?

http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=4398

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Puck - Jun 23, 2006 12:54 pm (#1564 of 2979)

The only war-related novel I remember reading is “Johnny got His Gun.” I believe it was set in WWI or WWII.

Congratulations Betty! That's like our family. Out of 6 grandchildren, my son is the only boy.

Lina, I agree. I makes me feel much better knowing there are moments of chaos and disorganization in Denise's home.

School is out. Hubby is coming home. Diva is feeling better. (She awoke at 5:30am with a fever, and got sick on the3 coach at 6:30.) Ahhh, Friday.

Happy Vacations to all those taking them!

Kathy

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Winky Woo - Jun 23, 2006 1:02 pm (#1565 of 2979)
Edited Jun 23, 2006 1:45 pm

Happy Birthday and Name dayto all those celebrating! Congrats to Boop, on the new granddaughter.

I am thinking of our French friends as I type this....COME ON FRANCE! They are playing so nervously! Allez les bleus!(SP/)

Love Winky x

Edit: The French have scored twice! It looks like they are through!

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 23, 2006 1:28 pm (#1566 of 2979)

Well for starters Happy Birthday to everyone to whom it applies!(yesterday was my cat's 4th b-day!)

Okay so we finally did it- the Jeep now has a bunch of large scratches going down the entire side of it due to the bush Tori decided to hit this morning! I’m shocked it was her fault, really because I figured I'd be the first to inflict some sort of physical damage to it(and most people would probably agree!) But anyways, we just finished washing it and cleaning out the inside(ahhhh!) so it's all nice and clean with a big scratch! But dad went out and bought some stuff that's supposed to fix it.....that's going to be one intresting task for him as he probably won't read the directions and end up mad and cussing. ahhh gotta love him!!

off to check 5 words! so I'll just say BING! for good measure!

Puck, I hope Diva is feeling better!

have a great RotD everyone!!

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geauxtigers - Jun 23, 2006 1:40 pm (#1567 of 2979)
Edited Jun 23, 2006 2:24 pm

Happy birthday to everyone! TGIF!!!!!!

Okay so I can explain the scratch! These people we babysat for this morning are tearing up the back yard so there was a pile of dirt on their driveway, well I drove in between the dirt and the bush with no problem, then the lady comes out and tells us to park on the street. Well lets just say backing up was much harder than going forward and now there are several large white scratches on my car! Not to mention the car is black so its extra obvious... I'm not having a great day especailly after being out in the heat for an hour washing it. Ginny can't act all innocent she has clipped more curbs than I can count!

The Astros also lost last night which doesn't improve things either...

Well I'd better be off before the internet crashes on my I want to check the other threads... We'll see how far I get!

Hope Diva gets better! I know I've missed a few things but its hard remembering stuff from 34 posts!

Have a great weekend!

EDIT It just had to happen sooner or later.- Lina, that is exactly what my mom said! My dad just put some scratch stuff on them and its much better, it took the white away so it looks black now but you can still tell they are there but you have to look closely!

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Lina - Jun 23, 2006 2:21 pm (#1568 of 2979)

Well, Tori, congrats for the first scratches! It just had to happen sooner or later. It happened to everybody. Only now you can say you are a real driver! There is no need to crush the whole car to be able to say that you are a real driver. Few scratches are just fine.

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The giant squid - Jun 23, 2006 3:35 pm (#1569 of 2979)

*gasp* Finally made it to the end... It's only been a couple of days but there were over 140 posts waiting for me! Yeesh, you people get chatty sometimes!

I swear these things are getting bigger each time I see them...—Tazzygirl

There was a subplot on an episode of Babylon 5 where one of the main characters kept seeing a bug in his quarters. At one point he asks one of the others, "If you see something this big, with eight legs, let me know. I have to kill it before it develops language skills." It might not seem so funny on paper but the delivery made it hilarious!

There is just something wrong about ice hockey and NBA when it's 90 degrees outside.--Madame Pince

I don't have a problem with basketball, but I just can't follow hockey anymore. It was over 100 degrees outside (38 Celcius) here during the Stanley Cup finals... Hockey is a winter sport; even excepting regional differences June is far to late in the year to be playing it, IMHO.

They want to encourage us to read, but their list just discourages because I don't want to read any of if!—geauxtigers

I have three words for you: Grapes of Wrath. I was forced to read this (literally forced--I was against it all the way) my sophomore year in high school. It was by far the most boring book I've ever read. There's an entire chapter about a turtle crossing the road, for heaven's sake! "Bartleby the Scrivener" was another maddening choice. If I weren't already an avid reader by then those books probably would have pushed me away for good.

I think "required reading" is what's hurt the literacy of US schoolchildren the most. Telling someone that they have to read something because it's a "classic" just pushes them away from literature. Let them read something they're interested in and you'll be amazed at the spike in comprehension, vocabulary and volume of books read!

Happy birthday to all who qualify.

(((boop)))

Tori, I was actually relieved when I got a scratch on my car. It was the first one I'd ever bought brand new so I was walking on eggshells all the time. Once that first scratch came along I could relax & just drive it. Not quite the same as your situation but I felt like sharing anyway. I'm glad your parents aren't getting bent out of shape about the whole thing.

--Mike

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Catherine - Jun 23, 2006 3:51 pm (#1570 of 2979)
Edited Jun 23, 2006 5:58 pm

I think "required reading" is what's hurt the literacy of US schoolchildren the most. Telling someone that they have to read something because it's a "classic" just pushes them away from literature. Let them read something they're interested in and you'll be amazed at the spike in comprehension, vocabulary and volume of books read! --Squid Mike

You know, that's interesting that you should say that. The school where I will begin teaching 7th grade Humanities this fall has eliminated the "summer reading list" for the middle school, and instead presented the students with a list of "recommended reading." The list is actually quite good, and encompasses a lot of popular young adult fiction as well as accessible classics. Students will have the option of earning extra credit at the beginning of the school year by writing papers on their summer reading.

I can't say I blame them students for rebelling. Last year (when I subbed at the same school in 7th grade for the first marking period and had to listen to student complaints about the "required reading") I couldn't really disagree with the students. Had I been consulted, I would NOT have made those selections "mandatory." Just because the 7th grade social studies focuses on "non-Western cultures," they made the students read an unholy amount of Rudyard Kipling, which to the eleven and twelve year-olds I taught, was a complete yawn (No, I didn't teach the literature, as no one bothered to tell me that they were to have read it over the summer). I sat down the other day and tried to read Kim *no relation to Lupin is Lupin, naturally!* and thought, "Why would I assign this? Just because it's been done before?" In the end, I chucked it, and I've picked other novels about India and Africa.

Trust me, I feel the pain about "required summer reading." I won the Senior English award at my high school, but I flunked the first test back from the summer because I was required to read Jude the Obscure, and I found it....obscure. I didn't even want to shell out my hard-earned cash by buying the Cliffs Notes. At my high school, we had an unholy amount of Thomas Hardy, and by senior year, I just wasn't hardy enough. You could not pay me money to revisit Return of the Native or The Mayor of Casterbridge, never mind poor Jude.

Rant over.

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geauxtigers - Jun 23, 2006 4:04 pm (#1571 of 2979)

I think "required reading" is what's hurt the literacy of US schoolchildren the most. Telling someone that they have to read something because it's a "classic" just pushes them away from literature. Let them read something they're interested in and you'll be amazed at the spike in comprehension, vocabulary and volume of books read!

I agree completely! Reading is much more enjoyable when I don't have to read it! I never planned on reading Grapes of Wrath historical novels are not my cup of tea! Freshman year we read Lord of the Flies, As I Lay Dying, and Macbeth Last year was equally as bad! The second worst book ever written is the Scarlett Letter. The only book I didn't finish last year!

Yeah I thought my mom would be upset, but I think she felt bad because I was pretty upset myself!

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Catherine - Jun 23, 2006 4:39 pm (#1572 of 2979)

Okay, I'll defend the Scottish play.

I really do like Shakespeare, and I was most unfashionable by majoring in Medieval and Renaissance Literature in college. See my email addresss (Katespeare) for a pun on Shakespeare. I believe it was Prefect Marcus who figured out my name, and delighted in recognizing the Shrewish Kate.

Heck, even Harry Potter includes Shakespeare allusions..."The Weird Sisters" and the whole song from PoA that comes from MacBeth "Double, Double, Toil and Trouble..." Not to mention prophecies, where the exact wording really does matter...Not to mention murder most foul...it's all good.

I think As I Lay Dying is a tough call for 9th grade, although we were forced to read Great Expectations. I like Lord of the Flies, though. In the school in which I will be teaching, they do that in 8th grade.

They teach Huxley's A Brave New World in 9th grade, which I do not agree with, but I do like the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird.

So even English teachers don't always agree amongst themselves!

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Chemyst - Jun 23, 2006 4:56 pm (#1573 of 2979)

Okay, I'll defend the Scottish play. ~ Catherine

See? You called it a play and not a book! THAT, m'dears, is the key to liking (or at least tolerating) Shakespeare. It is best performed, and if that is not possible, then at least read aloud. Silent reading of Shakespeare gets the pacing all off (unless you are really used to it) and that drags it down.

PS  Thanks to all for the Civil War novel suggestions.

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geauxtigers - Jun 23, 2006 4:59 pm (#1574 of 2979)

lol Catherine! Macbeth wasn't bad, it was just difficult to read! "Double, Double, Toil and Trouble" is great! I got to read that out loud in class with two other people! lol!! We did Romeo and Julliet in 8th grade along with to Kill a Mockingbird. I liked Mockingbird, I keep saying I'm going to read it again. Lord of the Flies wasn't bad either, but I don't see myself reading it again anytime soon. I'm just saying they aren't the happiest of books in the world and sometime it just frustrates me! Great Expectiations is one of the few on our Summer Reading this year.

Shakespeare. It is best performed,

A few years ago, we did a play at school... I think is was called Shakespere something abridged. I can't remember exactly but they basically took all of Shakespere's plays and put them in briefly and very quickly. It was hilarious and on top of all that the entire cast were wearing converses! It was one of the better plays the schools done.

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 23, 2006 4:59 pm (#1575 of 2979)

I absolutely think they should just do away with summer reading all together. If it's a classic, then fine, I'll probably read it when I'm older. The problem with all of these "classics" is that half of them are written in "old English" so it's hard to understand what's actually going on in them, much less enjoy them, As Lay Dying and that whole stream of consciousness writing being a prime example! I can remember my teacher spending a full hour trying to explain 2 paragraphs in that book(the one where it's like "and then she was and it wasn't but then it was and she wasn't ... it was insane!!)! I like what they do at your school Catherine! I'd probably read over the summer if i could chose the books. Ok sorry rant over!

have a great day everyone!

*wishing Kristina the best of luck for a bug-free camping trip!*

Edited to add: I loved To Kill A Mockingbird, it's way up there on my list, Lord of the Flies is ok, not something I'd usually read, but I didn't find it at all tourturous to read! One of my favorites that we read this yar was The Great Gatsby. That's a classic in my mind! I agree with Tori, Shakespeare is good, just difficult to read. We read Macbeth and Romeo and Julliet outloud in class and it was actually quite fun!

Edit 2: Tori the play I think was "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare-Abridged" just thought I'd add that!

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haymoni - Jun 23, 2006 5:00 pm (#1576 of 2979)

The only required reading I ever had was "1984". I graduated in 1983 and Miami University wanted its incoming freshman to read "1984" so that we could discuss it as an ice breaker during orientation.

Apparently scoping out all the hot guys was not enough - we actually had to talk to them about something. I think I was the only one that read it. It really creeped me out. The book I mean.

I wonder if watching the movie first would help somebody read the book. A number of Forum members read HP because they saw the first movie. Take your reading list to the video store and see what they have. That way, you'd know where the story was going and you wouldn't get bogged down so much.

The movie "Grapes of Wrath" is a light-hearted romp compared to the book!

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Regan of Gong - Jun 23, 2006 5:02 pm (#1577 of 2979)

Year 9, or 9th grade as you call it, we read Lord of the Flies. Didn't mind it really, but I don't think it was as brilliant as everyone said. We read To Kill a Mockingbird this year, Year 10, and did the film study as well. AS extension work,, some of us read Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman. It was quite an interesting read, the end bit was quite sad though. Still, I recommend it for anyone of 9/10 grade level. I think we do MacBeth later this year.

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Denise P. - Jun 23, 2006 5:12 pm (#1578 of 2979)

Ugh, two books I was required to read for AP English in high school was The Great Fitzgerald and The Scarlet Letter. The way the instructor had us read and analyze these books ensured that I detest them to this day. Of course, I didn't like the instructor and I had him half the time in AP History as well. Ugh!

You know, to this day when I read Shakespeare, Mr. Denise finds it amusing that he can hear me whispering words since I read it out loud but almost inaudible. I can't just read it, I have to hear it.

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geauxtigers - Jun 23, 2006 5:24 pm (#1579 of 2979)

LOL Denise, we read Gatsby and Scarlett letter this year, we "analyzed” them, but I didn't pay attention. I like Gatsby, and I have no clue why because its really just a randomly weird book. I too despise the Scarlett Letter, I wanted to chuck it in the fire every time I opened it, or put each individual page through the paper shredder! Sometimes I wonder if teacher enjoy listening to us complain about the books they make us read... Well they did one thing right, I'll never forget any of them!

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Catherine - Jun 23, 2006 5:47 pm (#1580 of 2979)

See? You called it a play and not a book! THAT, m'dears, is the key to liking (or at least tolerating) Shakespeare. –Chemyst

Indeed! Good performances are key. I liked that we watched performances with Patrick Stewart. *raises eyes heavenward in appreciation* Also, I had a leading Shakespeare scholar as my teacher, and his passion infected us all.

My students in seventh grade asked why my email address had "Shakespeare" allusions in it. Once they figured it out, they groaned in horror. I pulled a script of a play and explicated it in class, after getting faux promises that they wouldn't "rat me out" to the administration for showing them something "dirty." They adored Katherine's and Petruchio's spats, and realized, without me saying so, that it reminded them of the movie Ten Things I Hate About You.

One of my students said, "He makes dirty jokes just like the movies! But you've got to understand it." I did not disagree. Another student said, "So you like that--now I get it." While I like Shakespeare for his bawdy humor, I do appreciate the other things! I hope I at least laid a foundation of curiosity. I told my students that I would be happy to discuss the plays if they watched them.

That said, the administration of my school does not seem to support me teaching Shakespeare in 7th grade, even as a "Top Ten Hits" or "Excellent Selections" kind of thing. Too bad.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 23, 2006 6:23 pm (#1581 of 2979)

You could not pay me money to revisit Return of the Native or The Mayor of Casterbridge, never mind poor Jude.---Catherine

Loved Return of the Native.

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Catherine - Jun 23, 2006 6:55 pm (#1582 of 2979)

Loved Return of the Native--Lupin is Lupin. Natch.

Then you were paid money.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 23, 2006 7:03 pm (#1583 of 2979)

Then you were paid money.---Catherine

They say knowledge is priceless.

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Mediwitch - Jun 23, 2006 7:08 pm (#1584 of 2979)

Happy Birthday to all! Birthday

Maria, check out Smiley Central for lots of fun smilies!

Chemyst, a couple more late CW recommendations: The Killer Angels is an excellent read, as is Jeff Shaara's The Last Full Measure and Gods and Generals. (Jeff is Michael's son.) I had a really good CW fiction by Shelby Foote, but I loaned it to my brother and I can't remember the name. I can recommend lots of good CW nonfiction! My last obsession before HP was the American Civil War.

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timrew - Jun 23, 2006 7:30 pm (#1585 of 2979)

Return Of The Native, I must admit, gives me palpitations. To me, Hardy was so verbose! It was a case of, "Why use a hundred words when ten thousand will do!"

But Shakespeare. Now, he could write.

He is my favourite author, alongside John Steinbeck, Roald Dahl and Laurie Lee.

Hemingway just loses it for using "Thees" and "Thous"...................

Just a little opinion..........but my own...........

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Puck - Jun 23, 2006 8:01 pm (#1586 of 2979)

We never had summer reading lists. That's probably why I don't know many of the titles mentioned. Perhaps students should help select books for the lists. As an adult I appreciate books I never would have enjoyed in high school -East of Eden, for example. And for some reason I more readily read a novel because Oprah says I should than I ever did on a teacher's "request".

Shakespeare is great!

Catherine, A Fine Balance is an excellent book set in India, though parts aren't appropriate for junior high. It just gave me some real perspective about what it's like to live in another part of the world.

Sorry about the jeep, Tori.

Happy RotD!

Kathy

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Ponine - Jun 23, 2006 8:06 pm (#1587 of 2979)

Puck -- I'm so glad you mentioned Oprah I recently read the Poisonwood Bible, and I thought it was really awesome -- I haven't really that many of her picks, but all the ones I did read, I really enjoy. Have a great RofE, all!! Ponine

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Puck - Jun 23, 2006 8:17 pm (#1588 of 2979)

**waves to Ponine**

I didn't read that one. Just a few of her picks. They do tend to be depressing and heavy, so I need something different now and then.

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shepherdess - Jun 23, 2006 10:06 pm (#1589 of 2979)

Speaking of Oprah's recommendations, I also read The Poisonwood Bible (last year while waiting for HBP). I think maybe sometime I'll read it again, but this time I'll read all the chapters written by one person, then all the chapters written by another person, etc. I think that will be an interesting way to really see the development and changes each character went through without having to take a break from that character to read chapters about/by the others.

I also read The Lovely Bones, which was oddly interesting. But due to the violent and gruesome nature of the girls' death and disappearance, I would not recommend this for younger readers.

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Elanor - Jun 23, 2006 10:45 pm (#1590 of 2979)

Thanks for the nameday wishes! And belated (or not yet belated) happy birthday to everyone celebrating one!

Winky Woo: "COME ON FRANCE! They are playing so nervously! Allez les bleus!(SP/)"

Perfect spelling Winky! Truth to be told, I don't watch the matches (I do prefer rugby to soccer) but still glad the team qualified for the next stage of the event. Admittedly, it is impossible not to know the results of the matches, you'd think there is only soccer in the news here those days! Every little cramp, grimace or possibly angry look to the coach is analyzed and commentated for hours, LOL! I just wish they would stop saying Zidane (the most famous French player) is getting old every five minutes: a guy born in 1972 can't become "old", the only thing he can do is to improve as time passes. It is just like good wines, only a matter of vintage, hehehe...

**waving to everybody**

Audrey

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Lina - Jun 24, 2006 1:44 am (#1591 of 2979)

Talking about Africa, my kids really enjoyed the In Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz at the age of 12. Talking about Asia, I think I liked to read Pearl Buck as a teenager.
Having one child that struggles with reading, I must admit that some of the required books have helped her develop more love for the reading. So, I'm not about to complain about the reading assignments in our schools. It is the high school reading that can be a real pain sometimes and a real pleasure at some other points. They have to read few works from each period of literature, starting with ancient Greek in the first (9th) grade and ending with recent works in the fourth (12th) grade. I ended up buying many books that I borrowed in the library and read first, when I was in the fourth grade.

LOL, Audrey, my hubby is very upset by those aging comments too.

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Snuffles - Jun 24, 2006 3:07 am (#1592 of 2979)

Phew!! I have just read the last couple of days chat. When I logged on there was 644 posts to read and I just couldn't manage that!!

Happy belated birthday to Ryan, Olivia and Mihaela, and anyone else I have missed over the last couple of weeks. Also, cheering charms and good wishes to anyone who needs them!!

Had a fantastic time in Spain. Weather was superb. We hired a car from Malaga airport to our apartment, and during the week I lost count the number of times I sat in the drivers seat rather than the passengers!! I just can't remember they drive on the other side to me!!!!

Of course I managed to get sunburn on my shoulders. I put enough cream on, why does it keep happening!!!! Livvy is now just a darker shade of pale!!

Off to check the rest of the threads. My finger is poised on that magic button

Have a good day everyone

Julie

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Amilia Smith - Jun 24, 2006 3:41 am (#1593 of 2979)

Mmmm . . . I loved Pearl Buck's The Good Earth. I think it was an Oprah selection too. One of my coworkers read it based on Oprah's recommendation, and hated it. She was amazed that I liked it. You just have to remember to leave your western sensibilities at the door when you open the book. My coworker couldn't get past Wang Lung's attitude towards women long enough to get like him as a character. But that is one of the things I liked most about the book. It didn't try and force 20th century American ideals into a culture where they don't belong. That's just the way it was, and Buck does not try to justify it or condemn it.

I had a similar experience reading Gone With the Wind. Slavery has never been something I could understand. How could anyone in good conscience own another person? But when I read Gone With the Wind, that's just the way life was.

I agree with the comments about reading lists being evil. Even when good books are assigned, the fact that you have to read them takes the fun out of it. On the other hand, I do believe that there are some works that ought to be read and that will give a greater enjoyment to life. There should be a way around this conundrum . . .

Also agree about watching Shakespeare as opposed to reading. I had a wonderful 11th grade English teacher, and that was her philosophy. We watched a BBC production of Macbeth in class, and if we wanted to do Shakespeare for a book report, we were expected to either watch a play or rent a movie. I will be eternally grateful to this teacher for that. When I watch a Shakespearian play, I never understand the first 15 minutes or so. Then, it is like my brain suddenly kicks into gear and I understand everything after that.

So now I'm curious, Ginny and Tori. What else besides Metamorphosis and Great Expectations is on your list?

Welcome back, Julie! Glad you had a great time in Spain. On the sunburn front, I feel your pain. I am currently peeling. :-)

Mills.

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azi - Jun 24, 2006 3:44 am (#1594 of 2979)

Welcome back Snuffles! See you on Potty 5 Words soon!

Geauxtigers and Ginny - you mentioned The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - abridged a few many posts ago. I have seen that play performed by the Reduced Shakespeare Company, and it is one of the funniest performances I've ever seen! I mentioned that I saw Completely Hollywood at the theatre earlier this week - that's by the same company. I'd recommend that if you can see it done in the theatre you go! Just don't sit in the very front rows.

I love Shakesphere's MacBeth. Not keen on Henry V (or was it the IV?). I agree with what has been said - forced school reading ruins your view on books. I hate most of the books I had to read in school - Of Mice and Men, Shirley Valentine, Twelth Night, Romeo and Juliet, various Charles Dickens Books (I forget what...)...anyway, you get the picture... It's those books that put me off reading, until I found Harry Potter. Before I had to read certain books in school, I spent most of my time reading. Even now, I avoid 'classic' books like the plague. Now I'm in university, my reading for the holidays is Environmental Chemistry. I can cope with that.

Hope everyone has a lovely day!

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Julie Aronson - Jun 24, 2006 4:56 am (#1595 of 2979)

Catherine, your undergrad specialization is the plan for my MA! I could read Chaucer all day long. In fact, I have! Plus, I'm very excited to take Shakespearean Drama in the fall--woohoo!

As far as summer reading from high school, I liked most of it, but to this day I can't look at anything by Dickens or Steinbeck. I learned in 7th grade that 29 years was too many for Stephen Crane to have lived.

However, I loved Lord of the Flies, A Separate Peace, (I still buy copies of that one and leave them places,) and Lost Horizon. Summer reading doesn't have to stink!

As far as abridgements, last time I was in LA, I saw Star Wars in Thirty Minutes. It was HILARIOUS. I was frankly amazed at how cleverly they fit everything in.

Well, off to my GRE. I'll be back in five hours, probably with a greatly diminished ego. Hmm

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Catherine - Jun 24, 2006 5:44 am (#1596 of 2979)

Well, off to my GRE. I'll be back in five hours, probably with a greatly diminished ego.

Good luck! Hope you get all O's!

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Puck - Jun 24, 2006 5:52 am (#1597 of 2979)

Welcome back, Julie!

Happy testing, Julie Aronson!

I signed the kids up for a reading program at the library. You can record your reading by the book or by the clock. (We chose the latter, coloring in 15 minute "pies" until we get to 20 hours.) They also have an option that you have to complete certain reading "tasks", such as "read in the shade of a tree" or "read a mystery". I think it's a nice solution to summer reading lists. Save the classic must-read-no-matter-how-painful-it-is books for during the school year.

Happy weekend!

Kathy

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Lina - Jun 24, 2006 6:23 am (#1598 of 2979)

***Waving to Julie (Snuffles)**** I'm glad you had a wonderful time, although it was expected.

Good luck, Julie Aronson! I'm sure you'll do great!

I like the task - read in a shade of a tree.

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Mrs. D. - Jun 24, 2006 8:05 am (#1599 of 2979)

I too hated being forced to read in school, but was an avid reader on my own. I couldn't stand anything by Dickens in High School, but now have read several of his works repeatedly. Funny how that happens.

Geauxtigers- I too read (performed from memory) the "Double, Double, Toil and Trouble" part aloud with two others in high school. I honestly loved that experience!!

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Mediwitch - Jun 24, 2006 8:30 am (#1600 of 2979)

Julie A - Good luck on the GRE! I'm sure you'll do fine. I'm also glad I won't have to take it again. My verbal and analytical scores were fine, but the quantitative ! Maybe that's why I like Jo so much - she's not good at "maths" either!!
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Winky Woo - Jun 24, 2006 8:47 am (#1601 of 2979)

Elanor

Your comments reminded me of when I was traveling in South America and watching a football match on local Argentinian TV. Mr Winky, despite being Dutch, follows "La Liga" (Spanish Football/Soccer)and I thought I was hallucinating when I kept hearing "'Arry Potter", but Wilm explained that Zidane (Or Zizou )was known as "The Wizard" hence the nickname by the commentators!

Julie, I am a little late but (*(*(*(*(*(*(*(*(*(*(good luck and brainy type charms)*)*)*)*)*)*)*)*)*)*)*)*)

Have a great ROTD/N Everyone!

Love Winky

x x x

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Puck - Jun 24, 2006 9:33 am (#1602 of 2979)

**wonders if I am alone in the fact that I always scored higher on the math section of standardized tests and dreaded the verbal portion?**

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 24, 2006 10:03 am (#1603 of 2979)

So now I'm curious, Ginny and Tori. What else besides Metamorphosis and Great Expectations is on your list?

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen; Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte; A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess; The Murder at the Vicarage, Agatha Christie; The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde; In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner, Elizabeth George; Rebecca, Daphne DuMaurier; An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, P.D. James; The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka; Blandings Castle, P.G. Wodehouse; The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, Howard Pyle; Dracula, Bram Stoker; Jeeves in the Morning, P.G Wodehouse; Great Expectations, Charles Dickens; Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy; Crystal Cave, Mary Stewart; The Complete Father Brown, John Chesterton; Irish Mist, Andrew M. Greely; The Commitments, Roddy Doyle; Cambridge, Caryl Phillips

**sorry if this is a bit much, I just copy/pasted it from the website because i was too lazy to type any of them!!**

Good Luck Julie A.!

Well I'm off to Whole Foods with my grannie and my mom...*hoping we can sneak to some of the other stores instead*

Have a great RotD everyone!!

EDIT: the list copied weird, but the author is the second name!

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Julie Aronson - Jun 24, 2006 11:00 am (#1604 of 2979)

OK. I lived, ego relatively intact. I guess I'll find out for sure in about two weeks when my percentile rankings come through. Thanks for the good thoughts!

Ginny and Tori,

There are plenty of good choices on that book list. Try “Rebecca.” I read that in 9th grade and still go back to it every once in a while. It's creepy.

Have a great weekend, all!

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geauxtigers - Jun 24, 2006 2:07 pm (#1605 of 2979)

Well the internet is up and working once more! No more double and triple posts! Apparently every single phone line in my house was in perfect condition except for the one in my room. I think I know now why I could never get my phone to work! The guy did something I'm not sure what, but it works now so I'm happy!

We went to Whole Foods and it made me think of Maria and Puck because of all the healthy food there ! We got some really good sour dough bread and a baguette which is still not the same as the ones in France! I wish I knew what they did to the french bread in France! Well Whole Foods is in a relatively new shopping center so we did some shopping while we were there. I got this cute black halter top that’s made of cable knit sweater material. Super cute and it was half off too! We ate lunch at this sandwich place and it was far too healthy for me. The bread was 7-grain and had whole sunflower seeds and other weird nuts in it. and I like wheat bread, just not this stuff! yuck!

Julie, I looked at it and its HUGE! not to mention with tiny print. I try to find the shortest books on the list because I'm a slow reader so it takes quite a while to read. I also don't like reading a book that it feels like it takes 10 minutes to read one page. I need to get over this I've just had trouble doing it! On top of everything I always have to force myself to read so it becomes that much harder! I know bad excuses here but what can I say I'm OCD.

The three shortest books on the list are The Metamorphisis, The Commitments, and Blandings Castle. I think I'm going to go with those, I need to get on amazon because Barnes and Noble only had Metamorphosis.... Anyone read these? Am I digging my own grave?

Okay off to check the other threads! Have a great day/evening/night everyone! Wow its already 4:00 where did the day go?

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Julie Aronson - Jun 24, 2006 2:44 pm (#1606 of 2979)

Tori,

I think I mentioned earlier that Metamorphosis is one of my favorites. Rebecca seems thick, but it's a very quick read. Seriously. Were you intimidated by the gigantic OOtP? You can do it!

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geauxtigers - Jun 24, 2006 3:46 pm (#1607 of 2979)

Thanks Julie, I might give it a try! I wasn't really intimidated by OotP I think mostly because I'd already read the first 4 and nothing was going to keep me from reading Order! Plus I'd already conquered Goblet in 5th grade so I was ready for it!

Well I'm off to babysit tonight for a couple of hours. First time for these kids we'll see how it goes but they are older I think like 5 and 7 or something I'm not sure, but they aren't babies so thats good! Be back later tonight.

I just heard thunder, two whole rumbles and its getting dark.... Maybe we will get some form of water to our brown grass and drooping plants... **crosses fingers** we need rain desperately!

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The giant squid - Jun 24, 2006 3:56 pm (#1608 of 2979)

a guy born in 1972 can't become "old", the only thing he can do is to improve as time passes.—Elanor

I wholeheartedly agree. 1972 was a very good year, and not long ago at all.

*wonders if I am alone in the fact that I always scored higher on the math section of standardized tests and dreaded the verbal portion?**--Puck

No, you're not alone. I completed the math portions in my sleep. The verbal took a little more effort... Although even rebelling against it I still seem to have a much better grasp of grammar and vocabulary that a lot of the kids I'm seeing coming out of the schools today. We had one employee at the theater that--my hand to God--had worse handwriting than mine when I was 6! How does someone get to 12th grade with first grade writing skills?

we were forced to read Great Expectations—Catherine

Ugh. This is the other book that High School managed to kill my enjoyment of reading with. To this day just hearing the word "Dickens" makes my skin crawl. It may very well be a good story, but having to endure it as an assignment made it torture.

--Mike

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Amilia Smith - Jun 24, 2006 3:59 pm (#1609 of 2979)

I can understand the shortest book approach, Tori, but Julie is right. It's not so much how much is written, but how well it is written.

One of you (don't remember which, sorry) mentioned that you hate the way assigned reading is always dark, depressing, and moralistic. These are the fun books on your list (that I have read; there may be more):

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen. Also comes in several excellent movie versions.
The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde. I LOVE this book. So does Little Ginny.
Jeeves in the Morning, P.G Wodehouse. Jeeves and Wooster, one of my favorite British sitcoms, is based on Wodehouse's Jeeves stories.

I have not read Blandings Castle, but like I said, Jeeves is a hoot, and I would be very surprised if Blandings Castle were not as well. Also, in googling it, it appears to be a book of short stories. So you might like that, being able to read it in chunks.

I also really liked Rebecca and Wuthering Heights, but they are more on the dark/creepy side rather than the light fluffy side.

Good luck!

Mills.

EDIT: We had one employee at the theater that--my hand to God--had worse handwriting than mine when I was 6! How does someone get to 12th grade with first grade writing skills?

My guess is that he figured he could type, so why bother with handwriting.

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The giant squid - Jun 24, 2006 4:13 pm (#1610 of 2979)

   My guess is that he figured he could type, so why bother with handwriting.



All well and good, but unless things have changed greatly in the 15 years since I was in school at some point you actually have to write things down for the teachers. This kid's writing should have been noticed by every teacher from grade 2 on. Seriously, I've had pictures from my nieces on the fridge with better sentence structure. It's mindboggling.

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Amilia Smith - Jun 24, 2006 4:31 pm (#1611 of 2979)

I just have brothers who have that mentality. Horrendous handwriting, but incredible typing skills. It worried my mother to no end, but my brother could have cared less. Now, his sentence structure was fine. Just his handwriting that was slow and torturous to do, and he didn't see the necessity of improving it.

And I agree, intending to type for the rest of your life is no excuse for poor structure.

I am now paranoid about my sentence structure here in this post.

Mills.

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Regan of Gong - Jun 24, 2006 4:37 pm (#1612 of 2979)

With the writing thing, does your handwriting go downhill after a long break, e.g. summer holidays? Mine's always horrible.

One of the teachers at our school, the secondary co-ordinator, said her handwriting is quite a bit worse than 10 years ago because now she's typing half the time. You also notice with school assignments and things that most are typed, sometimes because it's a requirement, but mostly because people can write faster while typing. I type almost all my work, but its also an excuse to go on the computer and check the Lexicon, MSN, e-mail etc Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 2752390508

Also, does anyone here use Google Sketchup? I'm playing with it at the moment, trying to create a model Hogwarts. I think it's brilliant, but you can get frustrated so easily. You can learn the basics in 10 minutes, but it's so hard to apply everything and use it correctly. Kind of like maths...or golf...

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Denise P. - Jun 24, 2006 5:38 pm (#1613 of 2979)

I ran my 10K race today. Mr. Denise brought Rhys in the jogging stroller but before we were even half a mile into it, I told him to go ahead. He and Rhys finished well before me. I was thrilled to discover there were several people behind me for the race so I didn't come in last. I was stunned to discover I actually placed third in my age group (which shows you it was a very small running field) My time was 1:17:53 which was about a minute slower than my personal best but I was still very pleased. My pace for my last 5K race was 12:16 and today my pace was 12:33 so that is not bad. The temperature was only 71 but humid. It was a gorgeous morning to be running.

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boop - Jun 24, 2006 5:58 pm (#1614 of 2979)

Denise, great job on your run!!!

Have a great weekend everybody!!!

hugs always

boop

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Catherine - Jun 24, 2006 6:35 pm (#1615 of 2979)

Mr. Denise brought Rhys in the jogging stroller but before we were even half a mile into it, I told him to go ahead. He and Rhys finished well before me. –Denise

Mr. Denise is so studly!

Denise, Congrats on the good finish you made, and Mr. Denise's. ! I salute you both! *Catherine loathes running, but likes runners. Go figure...*

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Pigwidgeon - Jun 24, 2006 7:35 pm (#1616 of 2979)

On books: Oooo, I love Rebecca! A very quick read, indeed, and so sinister. I aim to try to read two books a week after I get my big project done for class, which is to read/review 100 books and other materials for young children (we're talking picture books and short videos; I'm nearly halfway through the list). I want to tackle "Eragon," "Memoirs of a Geisha," "Pride and Prejudice," "Speak" and whatever else looks good Smile I also have become a big fan of Elanor Updale and her "Montmorency" books. The first two are fairly short. The first one, "Montmorency" starts out kind of slow, but the descriptions are so vivid that it's easy to forgive the pacing. It picks up, and goes like wildfire later. The second book isn't quite as good -- a bit fractured -- but still enjoyable, and the pacing is better. The third and most recent one (Montmorency and the Assassins) is longer, but it just blew me away. Gordan Korman's "Son of the Mob" and the sequel also are good -- very funny, light summer reads for teens. Especially the sequal.

I've always been a big reader, although it's amazing some of my high school classes didn't kill that in me. Ugh. I don't know why some of the worst tripe is considered "classic," and apologies to fans, but I can't stand James Joyce. I actually like Dickens, though.

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Finn BV - Jun 24, 2006 7:40 pm (#1617 of 2979)

Hi everybody!! I'm baaaaaaaaaaaack!!

Whew. Thanks to Kip for moving my post to this thread, as in my merry time abroad I had this silly idea I might read through all 640 posts that awaited me… tsk…

So, I didn't. The usual to all who need them, and just in recent posts, congrats to Denise on her run! It's time for me to start to burn off all that food I ate…

Anyway, I had a fantastic time on our trip. We visited Barcelona, Spain; the south of France; Monaco (new country!); Lucca, Vicenza, and Venice, Italy; and lastly Amsterdam, the Netherlands (new country!). Thought of all you forumers from these places and wished we could have bumped into each other! I'm dead tired; basically I've gone with six hours of sleep in about 48 hours (this includes trying to sleep in the Venice airport in dreadfully uncomfortable chairs).

I haven't got the final photo count, because we took some today that I haven't uploaded yet, but as of Thursday evening (14 days into the trip), we took… 1439 photos. I sort of go crazy with our camera…

I'm happy to be back, miss it a ton, and am looking forward to getting caught up on the forum. Basically for the months of April and May I didn't really venture into any threads besides the ones at the bottom of the main page and the FFF, due to schoolwork, but now that it's the summer I hope to be back up to higher posting status! With camp and tennis and all, I'll do my best.

Off to look around to see what's new!!

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Puck - Jun 24, 2006 7:47 pm (#1618 of 2979)

wOOt, Denise! I did a couple of races a decade or so ago. (Sometimes running, sometimes swimming.) My goal was always not to be last.

Baby was cranky this afternoon, so I took her shopping to get out of the house on the rainy afternoon. I returned some capris I bought last week. (I tried them on when I got home to find they were very low rise. People over 30 with 3 kids cannot wear ultra low rise pants no matter how much time they spend doing pilates.) I tried things on this time, and was happy to discover I'm down a size. wOOt!

To make the afternoon even better, I actually managed to squeeze in a 30 minute nap. Yes, I should have washed the floors, but then I'd be tossed from the slacker moms club.

Julie, now you can relax!

Cheers!

Kathy

edited to add a Welcome Back!! to Finn. Glad you had a great time. I believe I once slept in that airport. (I definately camped out at the ones in Rome and London.)

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haymoni - Jun 24, 2006 8:22 pm (#1619 of 2979)

I liked "Rebecca" - I think - It's been awhile.

The Commitments was on TV today.

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dizzy lizzy - Jun 24, 2006 10:20 pm (#1620 of 2979)

Hi all!!

Happy Birthday to all those who've had birthdays!!

Progress has been made on the employment problem... I gave up looking for work !!

I decided to go back to TAFE (Technical and Further Education) college (In Australia; TAFE is sort of halfway between high school and university in academic status and tends to focus on skills for work) and do a certificate in Office Administration. This is 4 days per week (Mon-Thurs 9.30am to 3.30pm) and I still get my unemployment benefit whilst doing the course. The course goes for 6 months and I enroll next Wednesday.

I have also been recommended for a casual job for 2 weeks which is basically delivering and picking up the Census forms for my area. For those not living in Oz - our Census is conducted every 5 years and this year it is on August 8th.

I have also picked up casual waitressing in a restaurant. I do not have to take orders for meals as it is a set menu, only deliver the meals and clean up and reset the tables. The restaurant  has two sections and I will work in the section relating to special functions.

It is my Brother's wedding next weekend. WOW!! I am so pleased...

I'm hoping the combination of both jobs will help my financial situation very much.

For world cup soccer (quidditch)... Australia Vs Italy!!!!!!! Now that will be an interesting match .

Lizzy

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geauxtigers - Jun 24, 2006 11:23 pm (#1621 of 2979)

Welcome back Finn! I hope you had an awesome time! Jet lag is worse going then coming back. I woke up at 6 a.m. the next morning even though I'd only been asleep 5 hours. Going there I'd been up close to 24 hours and that was hard! I feel for ya!

Thanks for the books recommendations, I've already forgotten who said this but the Jeeves in the Morning book and Blandings Castle I think I will read because my english teacher also said they were funny. Blandings Castle is short stories and I think that will help.

Oh gosh I can't remember what all I was going to say.... Handwriting, When I was little, I remember teachers telling my mom I had very neat handwriting.... not so much any more! I used to care about how it looked now I have just enough time to scribble something down and pray its readable. If I try, it can be neat, but thats rare, I've gotten to the point where as long as its legible, I don't care what it looks like! It a mix of script and print so you can imagine....and yes after summer holidays, holding a pen is awkward because I've spent 2 and a half months avoiding writing as much as possible!

All of our papers have to be typed to get credit and I think teachers do that simply because you can always read it and they don't have to waste time deciphering messy writing. I don't blame them! But other than papers, most everything is written, I prefer writing most times to typing because I write faster than I type. Plus if I mess up I just scratch it out, faster than backspacing and re-typing.

Wow you can tell its late I'm starting to babble about handwriting. How lame!

Off to bed now before I bore myself to sleep. Night everyone!

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 24, 2006 11:45 pm (#1622 of 2979)

WELCOME BACK FINN!!! Glad you had a great time! I'm hoping to go back and visit my French friends over christmas break..my mom says that if I can buy the ticket, I can go so that's why there's so much babysitting this summer!! I took around 400 pics when I went to France but I must say you have me beat!!

I must say I think my handwriting is quite neat, because I can't stand it to be messy! That's one of those random things that bothers me beyond reason!!

Good job on your run Denise! I find it extremely difficult to run and avoid it at all cost, unless of course it's chasing down the ice cream man! They used to make us do the "physical fitness test" in lower and middle school,and one of the things we had to do was run a mile.The only year I actually tried was 4th grade and I was literately almost sick when I finished(my time was like 8:45) but in the passing years all I did was walk it because that first time nearly killed me! It's a shame I don't like it because I'm positive that running is my sport! I'm built for it, with really long legs but I just hateee it, mostly because you have to sweat a lot! That's why I swim!!

Thinks for all the book recommendations to those who gave them! I'm thinking Rebecca may not be my cup of tea, but Jeeves in the Morning may be a good choice! I like comedies, and the light hearted type books.

ahh what else........ohh this is kinda random but I have noticed that some people are calling math maths is it just an American thing to say it in a singular form instead of plural?? Ok yeah I know I really need to go to bed!

Have a great RotN everyone!

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Finn BV - Jun 24, 2006 11:50 pm (#1623 of 2979)

ginny, I believe Brits and Ozzies say "maths." Silly.

Thanks for the welcomes back!

Lizzy, good luck in school. I"m sure it's the right career move.

We're talking about Jeeves? My dad is crazy for them. I like them too but haven't worked up the courage to really read a long one, only the short stories. TV series is hilarious though… I'll ask him which one he'd recommend.

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Lina - Jun 25, 2006 1:15 am (#1624 of 2979)

Ginny and Tori, I'd take Agatha Cristie any time. No one has ever had to push me read her and her books have never been required here. May I say that she is just as interesting as HP and that I believe that JKR must have read quite a few of her books too?

***Waving to Finn*** Welcome back!

Lizzy, I'm glad you found a satisfying amount of studying and working. Have a good time at the wedding!

Denise, that's great job you did!

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Julie Aronson - Jun 25, 2006 8:30 am (#1625 of 2979)

Welcome back, Finn!

Great job, Denise!

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boop - Jun 25, 2006 10:55 am (#1626 of 2979)

April, its good to see you around. I am sure you are kept busy with school and work.

Welcome Back Finn, glad you had a great time. Are you going to share some of the pictures with us?

Lizzy, Good luck with going to school. I hope it all works out for you. Enjoy the wedding!

hugs always

boop

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Catherine - Jun 25, 2006 11:18 am (#1627 of 2979)

I was feeling nostalgic today, so I posted to the "Humorous Forum Posts" thread.

Chemyst, I had fun searching for your limerick in honor of Prefect Marcus's birthday in the "Harry's 'Ship Unites the Houses" thread. I was also reminded of some amusing times arguing with Prefect Marcus, who hasn't dropped in lately, alas earwax.

Also, I think it may be Liz Mann's birthday, so I'll say "Happy Birthday" to her just in case.

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geauxtigers - Jun 25, 2006 11:41 am (#1628 of 2979)

Happy Birthday Liz!!

Off to Sam's with my mom, should be back soon. Nice and hot today, maybe it will rain today!

Have a great day everyone

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 25, 2006 12:20 pm (#1629 of 2979)
Edited Jun 25, 2006 1:20 pm

Why use a hundred words when ten thousand will do!" LOL timrew!

Thanks for the smiley link, Mediwitch. Hopefully I can get it to work!

Gina, I enjoyed the Iola link. Sounds like a good read.

Denise P. LoL about your little "Rockhead"! Does that mean he would test as 'cheddar'?

He has had girls calling him since he was in third grade. If I hadn't seen it myself, Denise, I would find it difficult to believe, but they do start young! Why do mothers allow their daughters to make those phone calls?? I've seen Grade K girls engaged in the "I like. . ." mode of behavior. Olivia had a "stalker" in 4th (yes) Grade. Unfortunately, it was our next door neighbor's son. I witnessed what he was doing myself at the school and at home. I went to the teacher and her response was that Olivia needed to be more assertive. How much more assertive can a quiet, shy person be than to say, "Leave me alone!"? Not too happy about the 'blame the victim' approach. Needless to say, it was quite an uncomfortable situation from every angle. His mother was in denial - 'he just wanted to see her Gameboy' (every day, all day???) Mr. HH always says, 'Give someone enough rope, he'll eventually hang himself'. It worked - took 3 years, though.

Tori, I actually got excited when I heard you were going to Whole Foods! We have one about 25 min. from here and that is where I try to do the bulk of my shopping!

wOOt, Denise! I second that - great job not coming in last, Denise!!

Welcome back, Finn!

Congratulations on your brother's wedding, Liz - have a great time! EDIT: Happy Birthday, Liz!!

Maria

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 25, 2006 1:26 pm (#1630 of 2979)

Mr. HH always says, 'Give someone enough rope, he'll eventually hang himself'. It worked - took 3 years, though.

LOL Maria!! I find that a bit amazing as well, when I was in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade boys had cooties!! It wasn't until 7th grade all that started!! It's weird how quickly its changed.

I agree with boop, Finn you need to share some pics!

Happy Birthday to Liz!

Ohh yeah, speaking of weird names(I know it's quite a few post back but I must say this!) Today in Sam's the checkout lady worker that we had was named "Tkila" (pronounced like tequila).  I thought it was strange...why would you name your kid after a type of alcohol??? It's not spelled the same but still....

Have a great RotD everyone! I'll check back later!

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Catherine - Jun 25, 2006 3:11 pm (#1631 of 2979)

Denise, I love the photo of the baby robins.

We have a cardinal mama bird nesting right in front of our sunporch window. We think the babies are very new hatchlings, because we've only gotten the teensiest glimpse of their little beaks when mama feeds them.

We have a robin's nest in our front yard, which I discovered when I was planting zinnias last Tuesday and the bird inside the nest thought I was too close and dive bombed me. Now I know how Ron felt when Hermione had her bird hex moment...

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Mediwitch - Jun 25, 2006 3:47 pm (#1632 of 2979)

Hey all!

Finn, welcome back!

Lizzy, congrats on the decision to go back to school!

It's raining again . Wish I could send some out to those of you who really need it. I think we've given up on the vegetable garden this year. Maybe next year we'll put in a rice paddy!

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Tazzygirl - Jun 25, 2006 4:15 pm (#1633 of 2979)

Okay, so Sunday seemed longer away when you are looking at it from Friday morning... I only had to read through 66 posts.

My camping trip was fun! It was super hot (dry, dusty, 100+ degree weather). And there were TONS of bugs (thanks for the wish though, Ginny!). But, my dad brought his off-roading Jeep, and we spent all day yesterday going on this loooong trail and rolling over boulders and stuff. I haven't done that with my dad in about 10 years. Didn't really know how much I missed it!

On the book front: I loved reading To Kill a Mockingbird (the movie with Gregory Peck was awesome too!), The Great Gatsby, and everything by Charlotte and Emily Bronte, and Jane Austin. I kind of liked Shakespeare, Grapes of Wrath (didn't really like the movie), and the Scarlet Letter. I really didn't like Lord of the Flies. Way to depressing to me. I think that is the only book that I was forced to read in high school that I really didn't want to continue onto the next chapter.

Ginny and Tori- sorry about the scratch on your Jeep! I love the scratch remover stuff though! (Quick little story for you: I was driving my aunt's brand new SUV while they were out of town, and they have a post that divides their garage. It's a tight squeeze because of that... so I accidentally scraped the front side of the SUV a loooong way, and it was about 6 inches wide. I immediately started hyperventilating and drove the car to a car shop. They came out with a rag and the scratch remover and now the spot is completely gone! )

Finn: ...we took...1439 photos.

You sound like my aunt! I am sure when I get back to Hawaii, she'll want to show me all of her thousands of photos from their trip to Europe. On my little weekend trip I took only 10 photos! I will some day manage to increase my photo taking...

Congratulations on your run, Denise! and the little birdies in your avatar are so cute! I think the tree outside my window has a birds nest with babies. There are two older looking birds chirping at anything and anyone who gets too close!

Good luck with the schooling, Lizzy!

I think I managed to cover pretty much everything...

~Kristina

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 25, 2006 4:36 pm (#1634 of 2979)

I really didn't like Lord of the Flies. Way to depressing to me. I think that is the only book that I was forced to read in high school that I really didn't want to continue onto the next chapter. Tazzy

Sadly, that I'd consider Lord of the Flies a happy book, compared to what we normally have to read !!

Glad camping was fun!!

I'm watching Forest Gump and it's at the part where Forest runs across the country, and it made me think of Denise! One of my favorite movies!

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Denise P. - Jun 25, 2006 4:47 pm (#1635 of 2979)

This is the second batch of robins we have watched hatch this year. The first batch was in our Bradford Pear tree back in early May. That nest is now being used by a mama mourning dove. We know she has laid eggs but they have not hatched yet. We will probably get a pair of cowbirds or even mockingbirds next in our bushes at some point.

The mama robin is a bold little thing. She is a good mom, she stays with the babies until we are about 3 ft away before she takes off. Normally she just stares us down and doesn't move. We keep the kids away and today I went close enough to get pics and then left her alone.

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Puck - Jun 25, 2006 4:53 pm (#1636 of 2979)

Click to Pick on Disney channel tonight is COS.

Happy Birthday, Lizzy!!! Good luck with school! Always fun to start a new adventure.

Mediwitch, I agree, there should be some way to share this rain water with all those suffering from drought! I gave up on a garden, too. If we don't get out soon my kids may kill each other. (Community ceter pool was closed this weekend for cleaning, so my usual bad weather energy release was not an option.)

Went to an open house after church. The house itself was lovely, but too close to a busy road. We are in a nice neighborhood now, but the third child really pushed us to the limit of space.

Welcome back, Kristina. No big posting sprees this weekend.

Cheers, Kathy

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Catherine - Jun 25, 2006 4:54 pm (#1637 of 2979)

Hmmm.

I'm seeing a pattern here.

Mostly, my students complain about reading "depressing" things.

I've tried really hard to find "uplifting" (urg, that sounds like a lingerie ad) selections, but many of those are "inaccessable" due to time period or language difficulties.

Here's a question, posed to the group: I would like, as an "allegory" selection, to teach The Little Prince this year. It was suggested to me that the Prince's decision to allow the snake to bite him and send him "home" would be too depressing and would wrongly influence the kids' minds. Am I nuts here, or could this novel be used to differentiate "child" world view versus "adolescent" and possibly "adult" world view? I also will be teaching African folktales *waves to Lupin is Lupin* and I think the speaking animals and the Sahara desert setting are a fitting conclusion to this unit. Maybe I'm just seeing mirages in the sand...

EDIT: I failed to mention that I adore this novel, and it alone is the reason I regret not speaking French, as I always wonder what is lost in translation.

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Mediwitch - Jun 25, 2006 4:59 pm (#1638 of 2979)

Mama birds are pretty amazing. We were visiting my parents last weekend, and apparently we got a bit too close to a killdeer's eggs (they lay their eggs on the ground, and they look like small rocks). Mama started making an awful lot of noise, then began holding her wing as though it were injured. She kept it up for quite a while, because my stepfather kept looking for the eggs! Poor mama, she was in an awful state before we could get my stepfather to leave her alone!

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Thora - Jun 25, 2006 5:29 pm (#1639 of 2979)

Hello all, just popping in to say I will be offline for the week, not that it's that big of a deal. Don't miss me too much. Wink

Thora

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geauxtigers - Jun 25, 2006 5:29 pm (#1640 of 2979)
Edited Jun 25, 2006 6:02 pm

Sadly, that I'd consider Lord of the Flies a happy book, compared to what we normally have to read !! I second this!

We had a bird one time that used to divebomb my cat, it was funny to watch. it did that everytime my cat walked under the tree.

Please send the rain here! I think the last time it rain here was at the beginning of the month and that was a 10 minute torrential downpour! The grass in my neighborhood makes it look like its winter. Everything is brown, all the plants are drooping some are just crunchy. We've been running the sprinkler for weeks now, but what we need is just a good rain!

Glad you had a good camping trip!

Now its time for me to go flip between Disney channel and the Astros game for the next few hours! Go 'Stros don't let 'em sweep ya!

I might go to the chat later too. Have a great rest of the evening!

EDIT Finn, I'll take that rain! Dracula is on our reading list, I think I've decided to pass that one up, but several people have told me its very good...but I've heard just as much that its not, so I dunno. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is on summer reading for the Freshman! Glad I technically "can't" read that one! I've heard its a "gem"!

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Finn BV - Jun 25, 2006 5:39 pm (#1641 of 2979)

Lizzy, forgot to say before: Best wishes to your brother!

Well, I'll sort out some photos and put them online, since so many of you asked. That is, if I get around to it. I'm a bit lazy after I take the photos (I'm about halfway done putting a batch of 1000 into some albums from our trip of two years ago…), but taking them I just go at it!!

Kristina, glad camping was fun. I've always loved hiking and that type of thing.

Denise, great pics and congrats to the birth of the robins!

Kathy, I think you're confused. It's Liz Mann's birthday today, not dizzy lizzy's. Unless it's the both of theirs.

Catherine, I'll admit I was little when I read The Little Prince (come to think of it, it was read to me), but as I recall (and I could be dreadfully wrong), it was a heart-warming book about a child's (children's in general) view on the world: on people and love. It would also be interesting to discuss what genre the book is: with illustrations it might fall under the category of picture book or child's novel, but "is it"?

Speaking of English department books with themes never being uplifting, how about this? This year we read To Kill a Mockingbird (discussion of rape), I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (graphic rape), Much Ado About Nothing (infidelity/scorn for the unfaithful), and Dracula (seduction). Not to mention poetry, when we read Sylvia Plath, the suicidal poet.

Tori, I will gladly send the rain your way! I understand it's rained here for about the past 8 days and it will for the next week.

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Mediwitch - Jun 25, 2006 6:53 pm (#1642 of 2979)

Finn: I understand it's rained here for about the past 8 days and it will for the next week.

Yep. We're thinking about turning in our cars and getting boats!  

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 25, 2006 7:06 pm (#1643 of 2979)

lol Finn, our "rape" book from last year was The Scarlett Letter Which is more about an affair than rape, but still, not exactly on my list of top 10 books! It was awful!!

Yes, serious drought down here, radars are showing rain all around us but alas, earwax, it has yet to hit my neighborhood! My weatherbug currently has the rainfall total for June as "N/A".

Watching CoS on Disney right now! The're playing the extended version with deleted scenes!! :jumps in excitement: YaY!!

Catherine, I have never read The Little Prince so I can't really help you!

I'm going to the chat later if anyone wants to join me!

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Solitaire - Jun 25, 2006 7:27 pm (#1644 of 2979)

Dang, Finn! I can't even get permission to teach an elective on the Harry Potter novels in our school. The principal supports me, but the school board does not. As to the others ... our 8th graders do study To Kill a Mockingbird (one of my faves), but the others are not covered until high school.

Solitaire

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Finn BV - Jun 25, 2006 8:11 pm (#1645 of 2979)

Hehe… Solitaire, a history teacher at my school just wrote the novel Academy X. Don't know if you've heard of it, but it's quite controversial because it talks about elite parents of children at private schools who will buy anything to get their children good grades or into good schools. Our high school is rather similar (though definitely not as exaggerated!). I haven't read the book, but many critics (including the head of our rival school) said that they would be surprised to see the author continue on at my school. Thankfully, the administration is the best, and our head of school said that he enjoyed the book thoroughly, and from his tone, didn't sound like he had any plans on firing Dr. Trees, the author.

Anyway, just thought I'd add that about school, books, controversy. Anyway.

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Ponine - Jun 25, 2006 8:47 pm (#1646 of 2979)

I love The Little Prince! It's a beautiful story, with many interesting aspects to discuss and wonder about. I think you'd have to be REALLY -- what's the word I want... -- uhm -- sensitive to -- individuals thinking for themselves? But then again, considering the fact that some people want to ban HP from libraries, then -- I don't know... I REALLY loved Playing Beatie Bow, most books by Hadley Irwin and Judy Blume, and also The Education of Little Tree and You'll find Me in the Mountains, even if the author is less than ideal. Rebecca is a pretty fun read, too, I thought -- little scary, but fun... I love books!! Also the Secret Lives of Bees... and Paulo Caelho..

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 25, 2006 8:55 pm (#1647 of 2979)
Edited Jun 25, 2006 9:28 pm

You think they'd have learned regarding the HP banning from the history of book-banning. Back when I was in HS, they were trying to ban the Catcher In the Rye - so what did students do?? You guessed it - we bought the book and read it to find out what all the fuss was about.

EDIT: Well, there are some situations in the book that were considered controversial, however, the very act of banning it sends people flocking to it. There was not enough in it to cause such a stink, IMO.

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 25, 2006 9:02 pm (#1648 of 2979)

I don't really see what all the fuss is about Catcher in the Rye. We read it this year and there wasn't anything that I could find to be all that controversial about it. My teacher made us do an in class debate on the topic of whether or not it should be banned, and those who were chosen to be for banning the book had a hard time coming up with stuff. I want to go back and re-read it, because I mostly read spark notes for it as I was so stressed and pressed for time at the end of the year. We just had toread it much too fast for me to keep up( less than 2 weeks!)

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geauxtigers - Jun 25, 2006 9:11 pm (#1649 of 2979)
Edited Jun 25, 2006 9:51 pm

Yeah A Catcher in the Rye the only thing that could be considered controversial is the language because Holden cusses basically every other sentence, but come on I think everyone would be lying if they said high schooler don't cuss worse than what you find in that book. Its not like its news to us or anything, so why try to ban it? I still am unsure if I liked it or not I just feel like there wasn't much too it. I guess I need to reread it too I also had to read it the last 2 weeks of school and was way more preoccupied with other classes to read it properly!

EDIT: The Astros won in 13 innings!!!!! WOO HOO!!! Just had to say. Now I can stop stressing and chewing gum long enough to respond to some threads I've been putting off for a while now!

Night everyone, I'm still in the chat room if anyone cares to join me!

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Solitaire - Jun 25, 2006 9:50 pm (#1650 of 2979)

Horntail, they have not banned the books from the library; I don't think they could do that. We are just not allowed to teach them as novels ... although I continually reference HP when I am trying to explain things like character development, elements of plot, symbolism, etc. Since most kids have read the books or seen the movies, they provide a wealth of easily understood examples.

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dizzy lizzy - Jun 25, 2006 10:29 pm (#1651 of 2979)

It more than likely that it is Liz Mann's birthday today...Liz spends most of her time on the fan-fiction part of our forum.

My birthday however...is in January...

Have a wonderful day everybody

Lizzy

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Amilia Smith - Jun 25, 2006 11:28 pm (#1652 of 2979)
Edited Jun 26, 2006 12:10 am

Well, a very merry un-birthday to you, then, Lizzy!

Catherine, if Lord of the Flies is not considered depressing, I do not think The Little Prince could possibly be too much of a downer. It is one of my favorite books as well.

My "rape" book was Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Utterly miserable book. Jasper Fforde, of Thursday Next fame, claims to read Tess from backwards so that it has a happy ending.

Another possible reason Catcher could be banned is that a couple high profile murderers were found to be obsessed with it.

I got a call from my 2 yr old nephew today. He told me "Aloha," and counted to 10 for me.

I am listening to an old George and Gracie radio program from 1950. Even back then they were making jokes about how old George Burns was.

Mills.

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Regan of Gong - Jun 26, 2006 12:17 am (#1653 of 2979)

We read an extract from Tess of the D'Urbervilles last week in English as an example of setting for our unit on short stories. It did sound utterly miserable, digging up swedes in the rain...

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The giant squid - Jun 26, 2006 3:04 am (#1654 of 2979)

I thought it was strange...why would you name your kid after a type of alcohol???—virginiaelizabeth

Gee, I don't know Ginny...maybe your folks might have some insight?

Welcome back, Finn!!!! I'm posting at 3AM in your honor!

Happy birthday to Liz Mann and congratulations to Denise on her run.

I'm thinking I might have to scan in a sample of this kid's writing...I don't think y'all are grasping the depth of his lack of skill. I'm not saying I've got perfect penmanship by any stretch of the imagination, but someone looking at my writing would know it was done by someone over the age of 6...

Can you tell I'm appalled by the state of public education these days? Ironically, I'm the sibling that didn't go into education. Go figure.

--Mike

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Steve Newton - Jun 26, 2006 4:30 am (#1655 of 2979)

Being a librarian and all I think I have some thoughts on books. My 2 all-time favorites are To Kill a Mockingbird and Catch 22. I loved both and they reread well. Most people don't get the right definition of Catch 22. There are a plethora of fantasy books that would make my list. Glen Cook would figure prominently.

Civil War novels were discussed a few days ago. The Killer Angels by Shaara. Some historical looseness but a really good book. From my youth I remember Rifles for Watie. My first book that made me realize that the guys on both sides were human. Crane's Red Badge of Courage is excellent. I am temporarily drawing a blank on more.

It sounds as if I am the only one who actually liked Hardy's Return of the Native. I was fortunate in never having had to deal with Tess.

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Julie Aronson - Jun 26, 2006 4:56 am (#1656 of 2979)

I can't remember now if Tori or Ginny hated The Scarlet Letter. I hated it, too, in high school. Then I reread it in an American Lit survey course about three years ago and I thought it was much better. Take this how I mean it, ladies: You are probably too young to be reading that book. Not because of the content (of course) but because you simply lack the life experiences to frame an appropriate context in which to read it. This same age-related thing applies to movies, too. When I was 16 or so, The Right Stuff was released. I fell asleep, and couldn't for the life of me understand what people saw in it. Fast forward twenty years, I watched it again, and then I got it.

Hmmm...maybe I should give boring old Chuck Dickens another shake...(maybe not?)

Have a great day!

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Finn BV - Jun 26, 2006 4:58 am (#1657 of 2979)

Welcome back, Finn!!!! I'm posting at 3AM in your honor! --Squid Mike

Oh, Mike, you really know how to make a guy feel welcomed back. I'm just tearing up!! Hey, actually, the night we got back, I was posting at 2:50 am!! Woohoo! (And it wasn't because of jet lag – hadn't slept on Saturday night yet, and Europe time is six hours ahead! So it was like pulling an all-nighter! )

Enjoy the RotD all! I start music camp and tennis camp today, though I doubt the latter because of this rain… For those of you who recall last July, this is the same place of the infamous crash cymbal incident…

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Marie E. - Jun 26, 2006 6:02 am (#1658 of 2979)

Welcome back, Finn!

I was trying to remember which books I had read in high school. In ninth grade we read Great Expectations, Silas Marner, and Romeo and Juliet. In tenth grade, which was advanced American Lit, we read Grapes of Wrath, Giants of the Earth, and I think we read Huckleberry Finn. One summer when I was in college I decided to read some "classic" books that I had somehow missed reading in school. I remember reading Uncle Tom's Cabin, Of Mice and Men, and Dracula.

Squid Mike, did you have Mr. Upton for tenth grade English? He had an infamous Elvis impression.

Well, I have been fighting a cold all weekend so I'm off to drink some oj and boost my vitamin C. Happy Monday!

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 26, 2006 6:23 am (#1659 of 2979)

I think "required reading" is what's hurt the literacy of US schoolchildren the most. --Squid Mike

The school where I will begin teaching 7th grade Humanities this fall has eliminated the "summer reading list" for the middle school, and instead presented the students with a list of "recommended reading." – Catherine

Hmmmmm.... Well, I must say that I think what has hurt US literacy the "most" is the lack of ability to read. I must also say that I would suspect when something is "recommended," the clever student interprets that to mean, apparently correctly, that she doesn't have to do it. (Put collegiately, the student would know that "it won't be on the final.") I recognize that I've become a tyrant in my old age, but I don't see how transforming a reading list from a requirement to a suggestion would cause more students to read. **** waves to JKR and gives permission to use the adverb "collegiately" if she wants****

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Catherine - Jun 26, 2006 6:35 am (#1660 of 2979)

Well, Loopy, I think the idea was not to present two or three selections that MUST be read, but rather a long list of items to choose from.

There is an assignment due at the end, but there is more choice. So hopefully, if someone chooses something that isn't appealing, he/she can then make another choice without feeling locked into a book that was chosen by the teacher.

There is also the hope that if a student likes one book of a series (say, Pullman's His Dark Materials, then perhaps the student will be motivated to read another book by the author, or a book in a similar category.

I look at it as the difference between saying, "You have to eat these three vegetables" and saying, "Here's a plate -  go to the salad bar and load up."

Well, I must say that I think what has hurt US literacy the "most" is the lack of ability to read.--Loopy Lupin

That too.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 26, 2006 7:09 am (#1661 of 2979)

Horntail, they have not banned the books from the library; I don't think they could do that.

Solitaire, they would not ban it from the public library, however, the school library did not have the book. And yes, they do have a say as to how the school's district money is spent, so it is not all too difficult to keep a book out of the selection.

You are not a tyrant, Loopy, you just see things differently from the seemingly undefeatable perspective of an adolescent mind.

Olivia's school requires a specific book to be read and provides a list from which at least one other must be read (reader's choice). This year, for 8th Grade, the required book was Pigman by Paul Zindel. Olivia did not like it at all. Her response was, 'every book we've been required to read this year was about a person in his/her late teens and his/her messed up family life' (groan follows).

She is an avid reader and between readings, she is working on starting up a news column reviewing and discussing video games. Her aim is to get it into a local paper.

I just ordered A Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulsen for Olivia. That is a civil war story, Chemyst, though I am not quite sure what reading level you were looking for. It might pass for 9th Grade but maybe not for a higher level and though I have read the write-up, I cannot recommend it yet.

I also bought her Speak, (which I will read first because I am not sure if it is appropriate for her age group) and the first of the Bartimaeus Trilogy.

I, myself, went through a serious Poe phase from late middle school through high school.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 26, 2006 7:27 am (#1662 of 2979)

It sounds as if I am the only one who actually liked Hardy's Return of the Native. I was fortunate in never having had to deal with Tess.---Steve Newton

Then you missed this: Post 1585

And this: Post 1586

And this: Post 1587

For the record, I found Tess of the D'Urbervilles utterly absorbing. And Jude the Obscure is on my bookshelf waiting for me to enjoy.

****thinks required reading lists are an abomination****

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 26, 2006 7:36 am (#1663 of 2979)

You are not a tyrant, Loopy, you just see things differently from the seemingly undefeatable perspective of an adolescent mind.—HH

Seemingly is the key word there. Oh, it can be defeated, rest assured.

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Catherine - Jun 26, 2006 8:00 am (#1664 of 2979)

For the record, I found Tess of the D'Urbervilles utterly absorbing.--Lupin is Lupin

I did like Tess, although that is the one Thomas Hardy novel we did NOT read in high school, and it is the one I really liked. Go figure.

I read Speak, as it was on a recent Printz award list. I liked it; it's definitely for the more mature reader.

You are not a tyrant, Loopy, you just see things differently from the seemingly undefeatable perspective of an adolescent mind.

Oh, he's a tyrant all right! Mostly a benevolent one unless a "Miss Manners" situation arises.

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Winky Woo - Jun 26, 2006 8:51 am (#1665 of 2979)

****Alert*****

JK Rowling is going to be on Richard and Judy at 5pm!

For our non-UK members its a husband and wife chat show, a bit of an institution in the UK. Unfortunately I am In my folks house and I cant tape it. :sad:

I'll try and take a few notes and report back!

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Soul Mate for Sirius - Jun 26, 2006 9:30 am (#1666 of 2979)

Hey everyone! It's been awhile since I've had time to jump on here!!

So, first off, I have to be honest and say that I did not read through then entire 1000+ posts I had to catch up on. That being said, Happy Birthday to those I missed and the appropriate charms to those in need!!

I too enjoyed Tess of the D'Ubervilles. It was required reading for my AP English class in high school. (For those not familiar, AP stands for advanced placement. It's pretty much a college level English class taught to seniors in high school!) We had to read like 12 books over the summer for that class, many of them "classic" summer reading books that most enjoy, but Tess was by far my favorite!

Anyway, things are really crazy here. Trying to get back to a normal pace of life after the last 2 months. It's proving harder then expected. I moved back into my parents' house for now, and that's helping a lot, but at the same time, my mom and I are finding it hard to live together. I'm planning on moving down to Columbus in a few months. I'll be going back to Ohio State in September and need a place to live. I think I found a nice place for not too much money so I have to call the landlord tomorrow and see if it's still available.

Well that's all from my end...hopefully I'll be around more often. Off to check the threads!!

-Jenn

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haymoni - Jun 26, 2006 9:48 am (#1667 of 2979)

I hope all goes well for you, Jenn!

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Elanor - Jun 26, 2006 10:13 am (#1668 of 2979)
Edited Jun 26, 2006 10:43 am

Catherine: "I would like, as an "allegory" selection, to teach The Little Prince this year. It was suggested to me that the Prince's decision to allow the snake to bite him and send him "home" would be too depressing and would wrongly influence the kids' minds."

I so love this book! It is so rich and can be read on so many levels (as can HP, mind you! ). It is one of those books which can "travel" with you throughout your life: at the same time the same and a bit different as you become older, but always cheering you up.

I don't think the snake biting the Little Prince is too depressing at all! First of all, the Little Prince says "I'll look dead but it won't be true." (translation is mine, sorry!) and his body isn't there anymore at dawn which can be understood literally if needed. And then, but it is only MHO, I think the idea of death shouldn't be neglected because it can be "depressing". Death is part of life and books like this can be a very interesting way to approach the subject with children, even very young. They understand more than we think they do and I think it is more comforting to talk with them and let them talk about those subjects rather than never mention them. It is just like saying Voldemort's name aloud somehow!

I could talk about the Little Prince for hours but to summarize it all I'd say that, IMO, it would be a great present you'd be giving your students!

I adore this novel, and it alone is the reason I regret not speaking French, as I always wonder what is lost in translation

I never read it in English so I'm afraid I can't really tell you more about the translation but I think it is a matter of nuances. I have read translated quotes from it in English though and one is coming to my mind: in that quote in English, the Fox asks the Little Prince to "tame" him. In French, the verb is "apprivoiser" (there are several French verbs that can be translated by "to tame"). "Apprivoiser" means "to tame" but it doesn't imply the idea of "control" that (I think, but I may be wrong, you'll tell me) "to tame" can have in English. "Apprivoiser" means to gain someone's confidence little by little and that "someone", either human (you'd say that of a young child for example) or animal isn't a threat, only a timid creature. To really think of the translation is a great subject of study too BTW!

**waving to everybody**

Audrey

PS: BTW, it is never too late to start and learn French, hehehe

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Gina R Snape - Jun 26, 2006 11:18 am (#1669 of 2979)

Happy birthday Liz.

I read The Little Prince two summers ago and it's definitely one of those books that lends itself to wide interpretation.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 26, 2006 11:18 am (#1670 of 2979)

Oh, it can be defeated, rest assured.

Sounds as though you're speaking from experience. I'm shocked.

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geauxtigers - Jun 26, 2006 11:47 am (#1671 of 2979)

Okay, Tess is on our list, not sure if I will pick that one up! Yes I despised the Scarlett Letter, and you are probably right in saying its an age thing as I have a feeling a lot of the stuff we read are. We read Huck Finn this year, I thought it was a good story, and I can see why people like it but I don't think its anything to get worked up over. We had to read A Gathering of Old Men now thats a gem let me tell ya. Nothing happened for about 150 pages except a bunch of old guys were claiming they shot this farmer. Then the last 5 pages of the book, we got some action. It was pretty dry. We read nothing but American Lit. all and all it wasn't terrible what we had to read, but there were some I kept hoping would spontaneously combust so I would have a reason not to read it...

Next year we have British Literature I think, so I dunno how that will go... I think we read Frankenstien.

I guess I need to read the Little Prince, I think it was read to me when I was little, but I haven't read it since...

Well I'm off to check the threads, I know I was going to say something else but alas earwax, I cannot remember what it is!

Have a great day everyone!

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 26, 2006 11:52 am (#1672 of 2979)

You are probably too young to be reading that book. Not because of the content (of course) but because you simply lack the life experiences to frame an appropriate context in which to read it.-Julie A.

I think you've hit the nail on the head. That's the problem with most of these books, the subjects are too mature. We can read the books just fine and understand them but, we can't relate to them at all. Nothing in these books has anything to do with anything in our lives, it just a boring story about someone with a miserable life. Part of the reason I like To Kill a Mockingbird was because it was about a kid, and there was some humor along with the "moral" of the story. This year was American Lit. and we read The Scarlett Letter, Huck Finn, A Gathering of Old Men, The Great Gatsby, A Street Car Named Desire, A Raisin in the Sun, and The Catcher in the Rye. Well it wasn't the worst group of books we have ever read, but still the only one I liked was Gatsby and Streetcar. I couldn't see why A Gathering of Old Men was so important, nothing happens in that book until the last 10 pages, the rest of the book is a bunch of old guys all claiming that they killed the same person...well big deal!

ok rant over.

well off to check other threads, have a great RotD everyone!

EDIT: "One character got a reprieve, but I have to say two die that I didn't intend to die" hmmm reprieve.............**cough, cough**Dumbledore**cough cough**

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Ponine - Jun 26, 2006 11:58 am (#1673 of 2979)

I just saw on yahoo that two more characters are going to die in book seven!!! :horribly depressed: Quote from yahoo (who quoted British Channel 4) "One character got a reprieve, but I have to say two die that I didn't intend to die" Noooooh!!! I can't tell you how worried this makes me... ...And today was such a good day...

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Gina R Snape - Jun 26, 2006 12:17 pm (#1674 of 2979)

I saw that today too.

I don't want to be a widow!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Chemyst - Jun 26, 2006 12:46 pm (#1675 of 2979)

I think what has hurt US literacy the "most" is the lack of ability to read. — Loopy "the tyrant" Lupin

SPEW … and a simultaneous Ow.   This may be a dumb question, but how can a school, especially one for which you do not pay tuition, enforce any reading over the summer? Do they force the new teacher to give extra credit for stuff done before he/she even had that student?

Welcome back Finn & Jenn. 'Sounds like a good plan for your studies, Lizzy; happy studying!

On the Richard & Judy show interview– Gina, I hope the 'reprieve' part is good news for you.

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Steve Newton - Jun 26, 2006 12:50 pm (#1676 of 2979)

virginiaelizabeth, I remember a college history professor saying that he thought that The Scarlet Letter should have been subtitled 'How Hester got Her A.' I know, poor taste. I'm still glad that I never had to read it.

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azi - Jun 26, 2006 12:59 pm (#1677 of 2979)

Listening to the interview now. Have heard most information before. The two characters dying is interesting. I look forward to it. 'Well into the book' sounds promising!

Hope you enjoy school Lizzy!

Jenn - nice to see you around! Good luck with the apartment and everything!

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 26, 2006 1:06 pm (#1678 of 2979)

We can read the books just fine and understand them but, we can't relate to them at all. --- virginia Elizabeth

I find it funny that your list of books that you just can't relate to includes Catcher in the Rye . This book is supposed to be a big deal for people your age. I've always found Holden to be a whiney pain. I did when I was 16 and certainly do now. Good for you!

Chemyst, I suppose that the schools could enforce the summer reading list with three words on the first day of school: "Pop quiz everyone!"

I think there is some value in teaching the historical "classics"-- the "canon" if you will--in high school even if the students don't "relate." If you don't like the books because you find them dated, I think that is as valid a criticism as anything else one might say. Just because certain authors are supposed to be profound or certain books are supposed to be "high art" doesn't mean that they actually are. ****looks in Steinbeck's general direction****

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Winky Woo - Jun 26, 2006 2:14 pm (#1679 of 2979)

Sorry! My folks computer went down! I have now driven 50 miles home and I left my copious notes there... don't I feel dumb!

I'll see what I can remember, but don't quote me as I am paraphrasing!

Teenagers are her favourite age group to teach.

I think people have got the gist of the main point, that one character has got a reprieve and 2 she didn't want to kill off died! They don't target the extras they go for the main characters!

She has made a slight change to the ending, and the book whilst not finished she is well into it!

Never been tempted to kill him off before book seven. Richard asked her why not make it 9 books and she said that she always admired people who went out when they were on top, when people want more, worryingly she spoke of understanding authors like Agatha Christie who killed off characters so that they couldn't be written by anyone else.( Non-Author written sequels)!

She has written a fairy tale for younger children, which is pretty far on. Jo said that she has always said that would do a kind of encyclopedia of HP for Charity

Says she now realises how much back story to explain.

Quidditch was written in about half an hour after an argument with a boyfriend! That!s were she thought Bludgers came from!

She spoke of being the same idiot as yesterday and being defensive/po faced/a curmudgeon at various points.

Poor Jessica has been "metaphorically" held up against the school rails with kids demanding to know the title of the next book.

Harrys' parents were going to be killed flippantly until her mother died, and the Mirror of Esired is one of her favourite chapters in the entire series.

She was funny and self-deprecating, and she came across as relaxed and not on guard.

Kids asked questions.

Hermoine whilst based loosely on her (As we knew) but also her sister! she was the swotty part whilst her sister was the "House elf thing" more political part.

The other questions, we already knew the answers to such as her Boggart (Her family dead),Lockheart being based on a real character who she loathed, but the media pinned it on the wrong person.

Thats all I can remember! Crikey!

I wonder if anyone has got a transcript?

Winky XXX

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geauxtigers - Jun 26, 2006 2:31 pm (#1680 of 2979)

Mugglenet has the full interview up that you can watch.

She says some interesting stuff too check it out!

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 26, 2006 2:41 pm (#1681 of 2979)

I find it funny that your list of books that you just can't relate to includes Catcher in the Rye . This book is supposed to be a big deal for people your age. I've always found Holden to be a whiney pain. I did when I was 16 and certainly do now. Good for you! Loopy

Well, as I said before, I read Catcher the last 2 weeks of school, and didn't really have time to read it, so I actually ended up reading Spark Notes and a few random chapters in it. Lot's of my friends liked it so I'm considering re-reading it this summer, though I'm sure I won't. I did find Holden a bit whiney, and the book was overall very repetitive.

If anyone wants to watch Jo on Richard and Judy you can see it here

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The giant squid - Jun 26, 2006 3:12 pm (#1682 of 2979)

I think what has hurt US literacy the "most" is the lack of ability to read. — Loopy Lupin

See that's the thing...the ability is there. Uncounted billions of people read every day, so human beings have the ability to read. There's just a growing number that don't have the desire, and I think being forced to read books that one doesn't want to doesn't help at all.

Then again, I'm still miffed that Robert Heinlein's works aren't considered "classics" outside of the Sci-Fi arena as it is...

--Mike

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timrew - Jun 26, 2006 3:25 pm (#1683 of 2979)

Well, for my A-Level exams (just below going to University) we had to read, Return Of The Native by Thomas Hardy. I don't know why, but I've hated Hardy ever since. I find him so verbose - except his poetry, that is. I quite like that! But his novels, they don't do a lot for me. I guess it's just me............

I much preferred, Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales - On Ice. And Shakespeare's Little Caesar. Great works, both of 'em!

BTW, you can tell Wimbledon has arrived. It's started to rain - lots. The photograph is me, above the tennis courts..........

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Julie Aronson - Jun 26, 2006 6:25 pm (#1684 of 2979)

Mike,

Heinlein is a classic in my universe! I read Door into Summer at least every other year, and have since I was about 10. I'm also a HUGE Ray Bradbury fan. Halloween Tree, anyone?

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Puck - Jun 26, 2006 6:28 pm (#1685 of 2979)

Just because certain authors are supposed to be profound or certain books are supposed to be "high art" doesn't mean that they actually are. ****looks in Steinbeck's general direction**** -Loopy

Actually, I really enjoyed East of Eden. It was as if his words painted a picture for me. (I would have hated it in high school.) Also liked I know Why the Caged Bird Sings. This was likely because I read it as an autobiography. Seeing how far a determined person can come is amazing. (You have to go beyond the book to see where Angelou is today, of course.)

Oops. Sorry about the birthday mix-up.

My boy had his first bee sting today. Just below his eye. Ouch! He made an announcement that he's never playing outside again, which is on par with his usual dramatic self.

Happy RotD!

Kathy

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 26, 2006 6:45 pm (#1686 of 2979)

There's just a growing number that don't have the desire, and I think being forced to read books that one doesn't want to doesn't help at all.---the giant squid

I can't understand why you would say that. At my children's school, they get a sticker if they keep track of their reading each week. When I spoke to the teacher at the beginning of the year to express my concern over this "incentive" she said, and I quote, "But some kids won't read unless they get a sticker." After discussing this a bit more, I discovered her children happened to be those kids.

My friend's son wanted to talk "Harry Potter" to me a few years back. He had seen the movies. I refused to discuss all the theories and such until he had read the books. Within the summer, he had devoured all of them. And as a reward, I told him about DIGS.

I don't know why, but I've hated Hardy ever since. I find him so verbose - except his poetry, that is. I quite like that!---timrew

I distinctly remember my college English professor explaining how Hardy desperately wanted to be a poet rather than a novelist but was terrible at it. I loved his prose and thought the professor must be mistaken about his poetry---until I read some of it. Not to worry though Tim, according to Wikipedia, Philip Larkin agreed with you. Philip Larkin Wikipedia bio

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Stephanie M. - Jun 26, 2006 6:50 pm (#1687 of 2979)

Hi everyone!

Sorry to hear about your boy's bee sting, Puck! That must have been horrible for him!

I found out today from a completely random person (that I never knew was into Harry Potter) that there were to be 2 deaths in book 7. My friend and I then started talking about how it's about time we started to find some little things out about the book.

Wimbledon is here! Hope the weather clears up a little bit!

I start interning tomorrow. it should be a lot of fun, but i'll only be an intern, so I'll be doing lots of strenuous things such as moving boxes, and licking envelopes (not strenuous, but pretty boring).

Have a great rest of the day!

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Finn BV - Jun 26, 2006 6:59 pm (#1688 of 2979)

We have a recommended reading list though entering sixth, seventh, or eighth grades, you are supposed to have read three of those books. You have to write a paragraph on one of them, and it's not strictly enforced. No requirement in high school.

Jenn, good to see you around. Please take care of your family life before the forum. We'd love to have you around more, but we understand your situation. What's the current deal with your fiance, though? As I recall, you were still engaged.

Hi Audrey! Nice to see you up on this thread!

We read Frankenstein in seventh grade, and gosh is it tough. I always thought it and Dracula were on the same reading level – boy was I wrong! The language of Frankenstein is tough to get through, but it's an enjoyable read nonetheless.

I thought the reprieve meant that one character who she thought she was going to kill ended up not dying, but two who she weren't expecting to… erm… died.

Yeah, read Catcher last year too. Big hit among seventh graders, so, Ginny, it should be good for… 10th or 11th grade? Is that right? Anyway, I liked it.

If Jo does an encyclopedia of HP for charity, she better co-author it with Lexicon Steve!!!

Tim, SPEW on the photo of you being at Wimbledon. Yes, I think the rain gods just sort of know. "Wimbledon? Oh, let it storm."

Hehe Kathy, I'm sure your son's promise will be broken in about a day. Maybe two if it really hurt. Healing charms.

And as a reward, I told him about DIGS. –Kim

Well that was generous. Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1003735042

so I'll be doing lots of strenuous things such as moving boxes, and licking envelopes –Steph

Sounds like my fun Westchester things can't beat your NYC things.

Enjoy the RotD! No cymbal accidents today!

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Stephanie M. - Jun 26, 2006 10:09 pm (#1689 of 2979)

so I'll be doing lots of strenuous things such as moving boxes, and licking envelopes --Steph

Sounds like my fun Westchester things can't beat your NYC things. –Finn


I do more than that... I also stuff the envelopes that I lick! LOL I put press kits together, and make contact lists, and read random mail, and edit some of the online magazine things. LOL

I thought that Catcher was an AMAZING book. I've read it many times after 7th grade (when we were required to read it).

It's good to see you around Jenn! I hope everything goes well!

Off to sleep!

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geauxtigers - Jun 26, 2006 10:38 pm (#1690 of 2979)

I think one book that we read at too early of an age is The Giver we read it in 6th grade and I don't think we truly understood it. I don't remember it to much but I didn't like it and I remember hearing that maybe reading it when we were older would be better.. I dunno its a strange book not sure I could pick it up again.

I hope your job goes well Steph! If only the sticky stuff on envelopes tasted like chocolate...

Hope your son's bee sting gets better!

Off to the chat room for a while if anyone cares to join.

I also found out that I don't have to babysit the bratty kid tomorrow so I'm happy!

Have a great night everyone!

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Tazzygirl - Jun 26, 2006 11:03 pm (#1691 of 2979)

Puck: My boy had his first bee sting today. Just below his eye.

Ouch. I actually had a bee sting me just below my eye too when I was about 6. I couldn't see out of that eye for a day. **sympathy and healing charms to your boy**

I had a wonderful day today. Picked up my old boss from her house, and the we took the train up to Santa Barbara for the day. Bought a really cute pair of shoes (you can never have to many shoes! ), and had a really good Thai chicken pasta for lunch!

Off to finish the story for Potty Five Words!

~Kristina

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Mrs. Sirius - Jun 26, 2006 11:32 pm (#1692 of 2979)

Oh, so many posts, one simply cannot miss a day. Pardon me for skipping a few, but I am really excited, my cousin got a huge promotion at work and is having a party to celebrate in New York City. I haven’t been “home” in ages. I hope to get a chance to meet at least one Forummer’s. Gina will you be around?

Oddly, I enjoyed a “A Day In The Life Ivan Denesovich” (sp) which was not on my reading list but h-a-t-e-d The Scarlet Letter, which I never did finish. I also hated the Member of the Wedding and didn’t finish that one until after I finished school, when I did enjoy it.

After reading The Diary of Anne Frank, I went a several years long search to find the answer to that episode of holocaust, inhumanity, militarism and sadism. Everything from reading all titles I could find, to interviewing everyone who was alive at the time -how did you let this happen-. Unfortunately, there was no real answer and yes it continues today.

At my kids school the reading list is just a guide that we can use to help find appropriate material. But they don’t care if the children read all different titles as long as the Governors list comes back filled.

One of my 7 year old stared to read the HP books to herself about a month ago. She read the first 3 and is now on GOF. She has lost the book (grrrr!) so she is reading Gulliver’s Travels now.

Haymoni, 1984 is here and has been for at least 10 years. Look out.

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Regan of Gong - Jun 27, 2006 1:04 am (#1693 of 2979)

I read "A Soldiers Heart" in year 5. Messed me up a tad, some horrible images in there. I thought it was good book though, along with the "Hatchet" series.

Seems I'll have to read "The Catcher in the Rye". Whenever I here that title though, horrible stories about farming accidents with hay balers come to mind.

Congrats to the Socceroos as well for an awesome game against Italy. We really deserved to win that game. Penalty to Grosso on the 95th minute was ridiculous and a disgrace. Poor Lucas Neill wasn't moving on the ground and Grosso tripped over the top of him. The refereeing standard, although human, has been pretty poor this cup. Still wore my green and gold scarf to school today, they've done us Aussies proud.

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haymoni - Jun 27, 2006 5:17 am (#1694 of 2979)

Denise P - "Bing" was being used to tell other Forum members that there were new posts on The Potty 5 Words thread.

I suppose I could have typed "Hey! I just posted something on the Potty 5 Words thread!" but "Bing" is much easier - especially around 11:00 pm.

Mrs. S - Ungrateful Son lost our GOF too!!! The book is huge! How do you lose it???

I've never read "Catcher in the Rye" - Mel Gibson has made me a bit nervous about it.

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Denise P. - Jun 27, 2006 6:20 am (#1695 of 2979)

Well, World Crossing puts a yellow "New" icon when there are new posts in a thread and if there are already unread posts on a specific thread, there is a number next to the icon. That is an automatic way to let others know that there is something new posted without making an orphaned post totally unrelated to the flow of the conversation and aimed at only a few specific people. I think it is also confusing to people who are NOT part of that thread or new to the Forum. I know when my son was reading over my shoulder, he asked if that was the Forum way of bumping a post...something that ranks right up there with He Iz HoTtTt!!! kind of posts.

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haymoni - Jun 27, 2006 6:34 am (#1696 of 2979)

Sorry - I thought most folks had seen that.

I will refrain from "Binging".

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Steve Newton - Jun 27, 2006 6:44 am (#1697 of 2979)

I find those little yellow markers to be really annoying. Probably just me. I even go out of my way to clear threads that I don't read just to get rid of them.

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Puck - Jun 27, 2006 6:47 am (#1698 of 2979)

well, the bee sting is better, but my son is staying in today as he is sick. I was hoping to go berry picking this morning. Poor guy can't hold down water.

This interview with Jo makes me worried about the twins. Also is not sounding good for Harry surviving the series. Still, I love the way she phrases it, like she had no idea they were going to die -they just did. As if she has no control over it.

I want to put some things outside to dry in the sun, but the weather has a split personality today. Hot and sunny one minute, cool and rainy the next.

Happy RotD!

Kathy

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Gina R Snape - Jun 27, 2006 7:33 am (#1699 of 2979)

Mrs. Sirius, I will be around! Check your email.

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geauxtigers - Jun 27, 2006 9:53 am (#1700 of 2979)

Congrats to the Socceroos as well for an awesome game against Italy. We really deserved to win that game.

I know nothing about soccer, but that did look like a raw deal to me. The guy slipped! He didn't move on (it even looked like he tried to avoid tripping him) the ground and the Italian player dramatically tripped over him! Ahh well bad refereeing is something to get used to I guess. Just look what they did to the Seahawks in the Superbowl this year. 2 touchdowns called back, and they gave the Steelers a touchdown that was clearly not over the goal line! Even the guys in the booth were saying it was terrible!

I find the little yellow markers annoying too, so I read the threads I usually do then I click the 'mark as read' button at the top of the page to get rid of them.

This interview with Jo makes me worried about the twins. Also is not sounding good for Harry surviving the series. Still, I love the way she phrases it, like she had no idea they were going to die -they just did. As if she has no control over it.

Me too, but I have a feeling they might be more minor because the more major characters I don't see her messing around with too much. She’s so hard to read! GOSH!!! you got to love her for it though!

Puck, I hope you son gets better! poor thing a bee sting now he's sick

Off to check the threads!

Have a great day everyone!
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haymoni - Jun 27, 2006 10:12 am (#1701 of 2979)

I just hit "Read New" - if a thread comes up that hurts my head - Alchemy, Symbolism, Trivia - then I just hit "Mark as Read" and continue on.

The rain passed us by here in Kent, but it looks like it is permanently parked over Warren & Youngstown in eastern Ohio.

I think I am going to make salmon for dinner. I take some of that horseradish sauce and I coat 1 side of the salmon piece with it and dip it in breadcrumbs. I pan-fry it until it is crispy crunchy. Hubby likes it. The kids will hate it. Alas, earwax!

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Catherine - Jun 27, 2006 10:22 am (#1702 of 2979)

Haymoni, you can't convince them that the salmon is just upscale fish sticks? It sounds quite good.

I just got back from Chapel Hill *waves to Eponine, as she's close* where we celebrated our anniversary. Mr. Catherine surprised me with a getaway to a nice hotel and a romantic dinner out. It was a day early (today is the actual day) but I suppose that's better than being a day late! He really did get confused about the day, but...oh well...

Off to catch up threads and use the lovely "Obliviate" button where necessary.

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haymoni - Jun 27, 2006 10:30 am (#1703 of 2979)

What a nice surprise, Catherine! I'll take an anniversary celebration early, late or right on time!! How many years??

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VeronikaG - Jun 27, 2006 10:56 am (#1704 of 2979)

Is it OK if I just reappear out of the blue and join the book debate? I've been taking American and British literature this year and read some of the books you discussed.

For Am. lit. we read the much despised The Scarlet Letter, Huckleberry Finn, Streetcar name Desire, The Great Gatsby, The Crucible and Fences.

The list of British books is much longer: King Lear, Wuthering Heights, Anna of the Five Towns, Oranges are not the only Fruit, Jane Eyre, Wide Sargasso Sea, The Rainbow, Mrs Dalloway, The Heart of the Matter and Lord of the Flies.

Surprisingly enough I didn't end up hating The Scarlet Letter or Wuthering Heights. I hated "Anna". It was just so awfully boring. I never read The Rainbow. I think my favourite book all year was The Heart of the Matter. It is something very sincere about the whole narrative, and the main character is extremely sympathetic even when he does wrong.

Ahhhh, it's nice to be back home...

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Jun 27, 2006 11:07 am (#1705 of 2979)

Happy anniversary Catherine!

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Denise P. - Jun 27, 2006 11:09 am (#1706 of 2979)

We are doing a forced Clean Sweep today. We are having laminate floors installed this week. We expected them to show up today or tomorrow so we were stunned (and unprepared) when we got a call yesterday and they asked if an hour was okay. We had to hustle to move three rooms of junk out of the way. A load was out on our deck...where it promptly rained and messed up some stuff despite being covered. I have been out on the deck sorting stuff into sell, donate, toss, keep piles and the keep pile is still alarming. I don't want to toss it but I don't want it in the house anymore. I think I need to get more ruthless. The living room is almost done and is beeyooteeful!

Another bummer, Danse Macabre, the newest Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake book came out today. I have it but I can't really justify sitting and reading it while my downstairs is sitting on my deck in disarray.

In good news, a friend of mine, once removed (friend of a friend) was auditioning yesterday for The Dresden Files! I said I wanted a crew shirt if she gets the part and I have been trying to figure out which part she was trying for.

Oh, bold baby bird (with his beak open) was sitting on the edge of the nest today...I think he may attempt to fly off before the end of the day.

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Puck - Jun 27, 2006 11:21 am (#1707 of 2979)

Happy Anniversary, Catherine and Mr. Catherine!!

Husbands do have trouble with dates. I was wondering aloud how I'd get through the summer with all 3 kids home. My hubby commented I'd had them all before. I pointed out that was only a week at a time during school vacations, and I was going nuts by the end. he asked about last summer. I had to point out to him that the baby hadn't been born yet. "Oh. Yeah."

Salmon sounds good. My kids occasionally consent to a bite of it.

I ignore the yellow dots unless I want to read a thread.

Time to get ready for dance class. My ballet group is full of real charmers. They ignore me completely and have no ability to separate from their parents to participate in class. Basically it's 40 minutes of crying with ballet music in the background. Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1242194059

Cheers,

Kathy

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Julie Aronson - Jun 27, 2006 11:23 am (#1708 of 2979)

Happy anniversary, Catherine!

Hey, what about Jeopardy?

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 27, 2006 11:30 am (#1709 of 2979)

LOL Kathy! healing charms to your son!

happy anniversary to Catherine and Mr. Catherine!

Denise, I hope your "Clean Sweep" is going well. I do that with my closet all the time, but usually get nowhere! We had the same problem with our two rooms that we had laminate installed in! We had to shove everthing in the office, which is basically our "toss all room" so it was a bit hard to do! We spraypainted the floors or "grafittied" them before we had the floors put it! It was lots of fun, if only I could see the faces of the people who live here after us, when they decide to chnage the floors! It's quite a mess!

off to check threads! Have a great day everyone!

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haymoni - Jun 27, 2006 11:38 am (#1710 of 2979)

Puck - The Beautifulest One's ballet teacher had cheap tiaras, boas and hats with feathers and let the girls wear them while they danced.

She put them in the corner farthest away from the parents so they'd have to actually detach themselves from us.

My daughter had absolutely no problem running away from me towards the costumes, but once the criers saw the other girls playing dress up, they wanted in on it too.

Of course, then you have the problem of getting them to take off the hats at the end...

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Good Evans - Jun 27, 2006 12:24 pm (#1711 of 2979)

just skipped 150 posts, do forgive me!!

I havent been around over the weekend been so busy with other things. Went to see the litter on Sunday - they are so cute, so I have already set up the puppy crate for when she comes home, Two weeks Thursday I can hardly believe it. the 13th is also our wedding anniversary (waves to Mr and Mrs Catherine who are currently celebrating!!), I have to go to work in the evening even though I have the day off as it is committee night and I have a report going.

ah well, off to check threads, have a great ROTD all

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haymoni - Jun 27, 2006 12:47 pm (#1712 of 2979)

Good Evans - what was your decision on the dog name? Was it Luna?

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Catherine - Jun 27, 2006 1:15 pm (#1713 of 2979)

Thanks for the wishes, everyone! Today is our fourteenth anniversary.

Alas earwax, no word from Jeoopardy yet! *pouts*

We had a very filling and fancy dinner out last night, so I'd thought I'd cook some comfort food and watch movies tonight. *it was pouring rain when we left; it rained the entire weekend before that; it is still raining--pretty soon I'm going to run out of movies*

Ooh, speaking of, I finally rented Lost and have finished the first season. Tonight is second season, although I may have to interrupt my viewing in order to watch Kathy Griffin's "My Life on the D List." *waves to Loopy Lupin* Note: this show is not exactly forum or family friendly, but it is a guilty pleasure.

Condolences to the Denise family for the enforced "Clean Sweep," although I'm hoping the new floors will compensate for the soggy items and inconvenience.

Oh, and the puppies sound adorable, Good Evans!

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Denise P. - Jun 27, 2006 1:31 pm (#1714 of 2979)

Funny how things work. As I was cleaning boxes out, I came across a copy of The Little Prince This was sent to me years ago by a friend of mine. She is fluent in french despite being English but sent me a copy in English. I treasure the book because it came from her and is a favorite of hers. I never have read it so after I finish with my new book, I think I will sit down and read it.

I am finding stuff that I swear I have never seen before but I obviously put it where I found it, just years ago.

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Finn BV - Jun 27, 2006 2:46 pm (#1715 of 2979)

Darn, I couldn't get on the forum all day.

Happy Anniversary Catherine!

Denise, that's just why I love cleaning my room every six months or so… I find old stuff that has me reading for hours that… well… I never end up finishing the cleaning in one day, so I sleep in a guest bedroom, and usually finish the next day.

Picked up some crash cymbals today! But all went well.

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Stephanie M. - Jun 27, 2006 2:49 pm (#1716 of 2979)

Happy Anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Catherine!!

I hope the bird flies alright! That's very exciting! And good luck on the Clean Sweep, Denise!

Sorry to hear that your sun is sick, Kathy! I feel so bad for him!

Good Evans, the puppies sound so cute!

Today was my first day of interning, and I learned why people NEED coffee (or caffeine). It wasn't that I was tired, but when you are doing the same tedious thing, you get so bored! But today, I got my own desk (that is VERY large), computer (an eMac) with my own log in, a phone, and a company screen name. I was soo excited when the computer guy came and told me that I had my own desk! (I was previously working in the Editor and Chief's office.) But today, Finn, I alphabetized and whole punched papers and put them in a binder! LOL Then I did about a quarter of another project, that involved going to yellowpages.com and other websites to search for cheerleading and dancing gyms or clinics to see if there are more than the ones listed in the last edition of the magazine (American Cheerleader's teacher and coaches handbook magazine) and if the places changed locations or phone numbers etc. I did not lick, stamp, stuff, or mail envelopes today.

Have a good rest of the day!!

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kaykay1970 - Jun 27, 2006 2:49 pm (#1717 of 2979)

Happy Anniversary Catherine!

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timrew - Jun 27, 2006 2:59 pm (#1718 of 2979)

Today I switched over from The World Cup to watch Wimbledon. I saw no spitting, no diving, no shirt-tugging, no trying to trip up members of the opposition. Fascinated, I carried on watching.

All I could see was men and women playing their sport to the best of their ability, while being applauded by an (almost) non-partisan audience, who didn't swear or throw chairs at each other!

And as for the referees, they weren't holding up the game every five minutes to issue yellow or red cards!

I think I'll continue to watch this sport of tennis, and leave the rest of The World Cup................I was getting fed-up with it anyway.

Oh, and geauxtigers, I think Australia were cheated out of the World Cup by Italy. That was never a penalty - the Italian dived!

One last thing; I was watching Doctor Who last week and there was this girl in it. First I thought, 'I know that voice'. Then I thought, 'I know those mannerisms'. It was a full ten minutes before I realised it was the actress who plays Moaning Myrtle!

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boop - Jun 27, 2006 3:04 pm (#1719 of 2979)

Kathy, sending healing charms your way.

Stephanie, good luck with you interning.

Veronika, Welcome back!!

Catherine, Happy Anniversary!!

Have a great rest of the day.

hugs always

boop

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Finn BV - Jun 27, 2006 3:40 pm (#1720 of 2979)

Oops, forgot to welcome back Veronika in my last post; Betty reminded me! So, welcome back!!

**hugs to Betty**

Steph, sounds fun!!

Tim, I'm glad we tennis enthusiasts have roped you in… even though it appears you still are stuck on top of our stadium.

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Julie Aronson - Jun 27, 2006 3:42 pm (#1721 of 2979)

Moaning Myrtle is in the movie for Bridget Jones' Diary, too. She plays Sharon (Shazzer).

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Catherine - Jun 27, 2006 3:43 pm (#1722 of 2979)

Boop, thank you!

It was a full ten minutes before I realised it was the actress who plays Moaning Myrtle!—Timrew

LOL!

There is a lovely Dr. Who "obsessed" man at our local grocery who always asks me if I've tuned in. Tim, congrats that you are the link to finally cause this to happen. I will tune in...

Of course, I'm still finally catching up to Lost, etc.

Peer pressure. It works!

Also, I would like to say that I always enjoy checking into our chat thread after I've been on vacation. Even if some of the other threads get "beyond the veil" for me.

Thanks SO much for the anniversary wishes. Mr. Catherine appreciates them, also.

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Jewel - Jun 27, 2006 4:56 pm (#1723 of 2979)

I know I'm coming in a little late but, Happy Anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Catherine anyway.

Also, to Puck, my son got his first sting last summer right below his right eye also and became sick the next day, from what I remember of the doctor’s visit, he had a delayed reaction to the sting, maybe that's what's wrong with your little one. I hope he is feeling better soon!

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 27, 2006 5:26 pm (#1724 of 2979)

I am finding stuff that I swear I have never seen before but I obviously put it where I found it, just years ago.---Denise P.

Hmmmm, sounds to me like someone's doing a bit too much shopping on Ebay.

Catherine, you have Season 2 of Lost? I didn't think that had been released yet.

And I'm a little confused about Dr. Who. (Well, I'm confused about quite a few things but this is the only one I need answers to. ) Is this the same Dr. Who show that was on years and years ago? At least, I thought there was a show by that name. Or is this a new one? I always hear it talked about but I don't even know what network it's on or what it's about.

*:waves to Catherine*: Thanks for the heads' up.

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azi - Jun 27, 2006 5:38 pm (#1725 of 2979)

Lupin is Lupin - there is a new Dr Who series on BBC1 in the UK. In fact, it is the second new series of the show. I think Dr Who is played David Tennant (sp?), who I think played someone in GoF? I haven't seen GoF so don't know about that.

Happy Anniversary Catherine!

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Pigwidgeon - Jun 27, 2006 6:44 pm (#1726 of 2979)

David Tennant was Barty Crouch Jr.

Tim -- that was better than I did. I was watching Topsy Turvey, and it took me the entire movie to figure out the lady playing the lead soprano was "Myrtle," and I never did identify Tim Spall until later.

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Eponine - Jun 27, 2006 6:44 pm (#1727 of 2979)

*waves to Catherine* Happy Anniversary! Which restaurant did you visit in Chapel Hill? I know a few of the nicer restaurants there.

Stephanie, are you interning at a cheerleading magazine? I would have LOVED doing that when I was younger.

azi, the new Doctor is played by David Tennant who played Barty Crouch Jr. in GoF.

Well, I downloaded and watched the interview with Jo. I'm so nervous about who's going to die, but I still think that the Trio and Ginny are all going to survive.

I hope everyone has a great RotD!

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Denise P. - Jun 27, 2006 7:31 pm (#1728 of 2979)

Happy Anniversary to Catherine and Mr. Catherine!

Hmmmm, sounds to me like someone's doing a bit too much shopping on Ebay.

That could happen (but didn't) but since the specific item I was thinking of was a nicely printed book, tied with a ribbon and had a picture of my great-great-grandmother, my great-grandmother, my grandmother, my mother, me and then my daughters.....I tend to think it was sent to me by my Aunt Margie. It said "Happy Mother's Day" on the front so I got it in May....of some year

All baby birds are gone, I was there when the last one left the nest and promptly was almost eaten by my dog when it flew into our backyard. We chased the bird brain back out into the wide field so it could remain unharmed by a member of our household.

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Mediwitch - Jun 27, 2006 8:09 pm (#1729 of 2979)

So many posts after a couple of days off!

Finn: this is the same place of the infamous crash cymbal incident  Don't sweat it Finn - my conservatory Wind Ensemble conductor used to tell us not to be a bunch of wimps, if we were gonna make a mistake, he wanted to hear it!

Denise P.: We are doing a forced Clean Sweep today.  Oh, I feel your pain!!! My goal this summer is to make a major clean sweep of our house. We had to clean out my in-laws' house this year and it was horrible because they NEVER threw anything away (even washed out the sundae cups from McDonald's and kept 'em; why, I'll never know!). It was a two-bedroom house and we threw out 2 twenty-yard dumpsters of JUNK; that was just the stuff that was too dirty or gross or whatever, never mind the stuff we kept or gave away! pale  affraid   I swore I wouldn't do that to our kids, so I am on a rampage this summer. Mr. Mediwitch says he doesn't dare sit still for too long or I might throw him out too!  Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1003735042

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 27, 2006 8:32 pm (#1730 of 2979)

Well I just finished The Metamorphosis! I read it in about an hour and a half! It was only 52 pages, which I admit, is the only reason I picked it. I didn't really like it much, a bit dull and not to mention weird. Gregor seemed all to unphased by becoming a bug, not a very normal reaction. I think I'd freak out if I woke up as a bug! Oh well that's done now but I must say Kafka is up there with Faulkner, they're both insane! Where did he get this idea from?? I couldn't even find a moral or purpose of the story...is that a bad thing??

I have a feeling this will be my 10th post of the day, which is bad because I've got nothing to do tonight as mom is reading the HP book that I was in the middle of. I let her read it again in hopes that she will become as obsessed as me(maybe a premium membership then)and I have read them more times than I can count!

I won't be on till late tomorrow as I have to babysit devil child!

Have a great RotN everyone!

***I'll be in the chat if anyone cares to join! If I don't answer I probably just don't have the screen open at that particular moment but II'll check back often!***

EDIT:yep last post!

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geauxtigers - Jun 27, 2006 9:02 pm (#1731 of 2979)

Yeah I've decided to read Kafka's book tonight too. Up at O' dark thirty tomorrow to babysit the annoying one for 12 hours. I think I'll lay and bed and read til I fall asleep which hopefully won't be long since I'll be up so early.

Night everyone!

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Julie Aronson - Jun 28, 2006 1:40 am (#1732 of 2979)

Interpreting the picture and date...Happy anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Denise!

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azi - Jun 28, 2006 2:51 am (#1733 of 2979)

Happy Anniversary Denise P!

I think we've gone from the birthday to the anniversary time of year. I should get a 'Happy Anniversary' smiley...

Hoping I'll get my project done today. That is, if the contractors outside my room stop drilling the concrete. Why the university tell us not to make any noise so as not to distract people studying and then allow noisy contractors to distract you, I don't know! I only have one bit of the evil stats to do (a frequency histogram which doesn't want to be made - I have to use computer programs or I'd draw it purely to make life easier). Unfortunately, the word limit is 3000 words, and I'm on 2800 with an 800-1000 word section to go. Ooops. I feel a massive editing job making it's way towards me!

Better go work.

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Good Evans - Jun 28, 2006 5:18 am (#1734 of 2979)

honestly Azi - muffliato???????? (and you call yourself a witch? ) hope the nasty man takes his Drill away soon!!

Happy Anniversary Denise,

Tim I agree, that Italian dived / dove???

Haymoni - yes we have decided on Luna. two weeks tomorrow til I have a four footed friend again!!

happy days everyone!

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Catherine - Jun 28, 2006 6:01 am (#1735 of 2979)

Happy Anniversary to Denise and Mr. P!

LOL to Mediwitch about your own "clean sweep." Mr. Catherine has been spending a few days this month up in Richmond helping his parents clean out their attic *insert horror smiley here*: because they are moving to Pennsylvania. It's been...interesting!

Have a good day, everyone.

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Marie E. - Jun 28, 2006 6:37 am (#1736 of 2979)

Happy Anniversary to the Catherine's and the P's!

I have been in denial since Friday about being sick, but now I'm waving the white flag and going to the doctor. I think it's a sinus infection. I want to get it taken care of before we go on vacation. We're going to Virginia, leaving on July 11. We're taking about maybe going to Busch Gardens. We were there three years ago and Shayla was mad about not being tall enough to ride the "cool" rides. I hate to say that she's not much taller now, but past that 4 foot mark.

We need to do a Clean Sweep of our garage. When we moved in this house two years ago, Mr E just sort of threw things in and was supposed to clean them out later. Now he has other things piled in front of the old boxes. I would like to be parking in the garage (park in the garage? What a concept!  Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1242194059) by October.

Have a lovely day!

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haymoni - Jun 28, 2006 6:41 am (#1737 of 2979)

People park in their garage???

We only manage to do it in the winter. Summer is too crazy with bikes, skateboards, sporting equipment, lawnmowers, etc.

Every year we say that we are going to get a shed and every year we don't.

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The giant squid - Jun 28, 2006 6:46 am (#1738 of 2979)

Happy anniversary to Mr. & Mrs. P., and happy anniversary +1 to Mr. & Mrs. Catherine.

Is it OK if I just reappear out of the blue—VeronikaG

Nope, that's not allowed. You'll have to reappear out of the fuschia. Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 464751818 Welcome back, we've grown much odder in your absence.

I have been out on the deck sorting stuff into sell, donate, toss, keep piles and the keep pile is still alarming.--Denise P.

When you get done, go back to the "keep" pile and start the whole process over again. theoretically you should be able to winnow it down some more. I say theoretically because I inherited the packrat gene from both of my parents; it takes an act of Congress to get me to throw something away.

my conservatory Wind Ensemble conductor used to tell us not to be a bunch of wimps, if we were gonna make a mistake, he wanted to hear it!—Mediwitch

My high school band teacher had the same philosophy. "It's your mistake, own it! Be proud of it!" It was his subtle way of making us less timid and more confident. You've got to take a chance at hitting a bad note if you want to get to the good ones. That's an analogy that can work anywhere, if you think about it (but I won't...it's too late/early).

I saw Superman Returns last night. Wow. Let me just say that it's the first time I've seen a sequel that was worth waiting 20 years for. They used John Williams' original theme (Abbycadabra would be proud) and the opening titles made me feel like that 8-year-old kid again.

--Mike

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VeronikaG - Jun 28, 2006 7:39 am (#1739 of 2979)

*Appears out of the fuschia*

Happy anniversaries to Mrs and Mr Catherine and Mrs and Mr Denise!

*waves to Boop, Finn and SqidMike* Thanks for welcoming me back.

David Tennant seems to be popping up in lots of productions lately. Last year I hadn't even heard of him, but by now I've seen him in Blackpool and Casanova and found out he's in Dr. Who and GoF. I hang my head in SHAME and admit not having seen GoF, but I think Tennant must be very right for Barty jr. He sort of has that ability to be both unsympathetic and appealing at the same time. (At least in Blackpool.) I don't find him as attractive as many women claim he is though, but I really like him as an actor.

Off to read speculations now.

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haymoni - Jun 28, 2006 7:55 am (#1740 of 2979)

He wasn't attractive in GOF either.

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Ydnam96 - Jun 28, 2006 8:19 am (#1741 of 2979)

Hey guys!

Catherine said someone had asked about me...I'm okay. I just have been very busy. I got a promotion of sorts at work and I've been working a lot more. I love the work though.

I did just come back from a mini-vacation. I spent a few days with my mom at Disneyland. It was super exciting. The World Premier of Pirates was on Saturday. We didn't get tickets to the screening but we hung around outside the park. We were hoping to get pictures of Johnny Depp or Orlando Bloom but they brought all the stars in through a "backstage" area. But we did get to go on the brand new Pirates ride. It was amazing. Smile

I had to push the magic button because there were over 1700 posts on this thread! I hope that everyone is doing well. Happy Birthdays to all.

:)Mandy

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 28, 2006 8:21 am (#1742 of 2979)

I saw Superman Returns last night. Wow. Let me just say that it's the first time I've seen a sequel that was worth waiting 20 years for. – Mike

I must say that is encouraging because the reviews have been mixed, at best.

Happy Anniversaries to Catherine and Denise. Woo Hoo!!!

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azi - Jun 28, 2006 8:39 am (#1743 of 2979)

Julie - they disappeared just after I read your post!

I have finished my project. Have a mere 1000 words to lop out!

Hey Ydnam! Hope you continue enjoying work!

I thought David Tennant was really funny in Casanova! I don't think he's particularly pretty, but a good actor he is, from what I've seen.

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Lina - Jun 28, 2006 8:40 am (#1744 of 2979)

It is just too difficult for me to remember all that I wanted to say.

Belated happy birthday to all to whom it apply!
Happy anniversaries!
Healing charms to all that need them!
Veronika and Mandy, it is always a pleasure to have you around!

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Eponine - Jun 28, 2006 9:25 am (#1745 of 2979)

He wasn't attractive in GOF either. – Haymoni

Oh, I beg to differ. =)

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 28, 2006 9:31 am (#1746 of 2979)

Hey Kim! The Lost Second Season DVD is out and on sale. (Sheesh, they released that with little fanfare.) So, if you go to Amazon you can buy it. Yay!

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Good Evans - Jun 28, 2006 10:06 am (#1747 of 2979)

yay Azi !!!!!

Mandy - dont you worry about that little magic button, we all use it from time to time

You know I dont find David Tennant unattractive!! especially compared to the Dr Who aliens and like!! I haven't seen Casanova so can't comment on his appearance in that! I think his face has character and a very mischievous smile!

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Tazzygirl - Jun 28, 2006 10:33 am (#1748 of 2979)

Happy (late) Anniversary to the Catherines!

Happy Anniversary to the Denise P.s! And good luck with the clean sweep!

Welcome back VeronikaG.!

Glad to see you around, Mandy! Disneyland sounded like fun! I was supposed to go with my mom sometime this week, but we decided to wait until August, when my siblings and I are here for my dad's birthday. How was the new Pirates Ride?

I come from a looong line of neat, organized freaks. My dad is very picky about his garage. Nothing can be out of place, and the cars have to be parked just so. I think the only people in my family who are packrats and disorganized are my aunt and uncle whom I live with in Hawaii.

My brother called last night and said he liked Superman too. So now I have a list of movies I want to see before I leave- Superman, Click, and The Devil Wears Prada.

Good luck with your project, Azi! I find that having to have a certain amount of words is easier to write than having to require so many pages in a report.

One more week and I am back in Hawaii!
Hope you all have a fantastic RotD/N!

~Kristina

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haymoni - Jun 28, 2006 11:33 am (#1749 of 2979)

Eponine - He looked OK when he was kneeling by Voldy's chair and when he was walking around the ruins at the World Cup.

Something about that tongue-flicking thing just really gave me the creeps.

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Puck - Jun 28, 2006 12:07 pm (#1750 of 2979)

Thanks for the tip, Haymoni! Yesterday was better. Down to one crier and 1 sulker.

Jewel, I had wondered that about the bee sting, if it could be delayed that long. Do I now have to worry about a bee allergy? (That would be bad, as he's not supposed to have the medication for that, due to his heart problem.)

Dr. Who was in GoF? I'll have to watch for the Myrtle episode. Hubby has it on TiVo, but is behind in his watching. The only reason I picked up on her in Bridget Jones is because she was crying in the bathroom.

Happy Anniversary, Denise and Mr. Denise!!

We got to pick our berries this morning. I was there a few minutes before they opened in my effort to beat the rain. Diva start to ask to leave a few minutes before the it started to sprinkle. We were inside the farmstand by the time it was pouring. Perfect timing! I baked angel food cake to eat with some of the berries tonight.

Off to the library!

Cheers!

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Mediwitch - Jun 28, 2006 1:36 pm (#1751 of 2979)

Puck -

Certain medications for cardiac problems can delay an allergic reaction. You might want to check in with his doctor if he is taking any cardiac meds, just in case. I did an ambulance call once for a woman who had been stung several hours earlier, then came to a town meeting and proceeded to pass out in front of everyone (including half the ambulance squad - she got very prompt care! ), the poor thing. Her cardiac meds caused the delayed response to the sting.

Happy Anniversary and Birthday Balloons to all!

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boop - Jun 28, 2006 3:16 pm (#1752 of 2979)

Happy Anniversary Mr.&Mrs. Denise!! Have a great day!

Marie, I am sending healing charms your way.

Welcome Back Mandy, you have been missed.

Have a great rest of the day!

hugs always

boop

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Finn BV - Jun 28, 2006 3:20 pm (#1753 of 2979)

Welcome back Ms (Miss) Amanda!

Happy Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Denise! Great picture!

Healing charms to Marie!

Mike, I've never taken a great interest in Superman, and thus have never read the comic nor seen the other films. However, this movie is getting great reviews. (ETA: Loopy, your DC reviewers take drastically different views than the NYC reviewers…) Do you think I can just hop in and be okay?

**waves back to my Norwegian friend who appeared out of the fuschia**

Congrats to Mandy on her promotion, and we hope to be seeing more of you soon!

Eponine, your avatar is reminding me of the looming medley of "Wicked" we are playing Friday… interestingly enough, I have been perfect on the crash cymbals so far, plus I'm covering gong and mallets… ooh…

**hugs to Boop**

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 28, 2006 5:10 pm (#1754 of 2979)

Ahhh, back from another lonnnnnnng 12-hour day of babysitting. I'm pretty tired but I've got a hamburger hot off the grill so I'll be ok

I can't really remember what else I was going to say so I'll just end it here!

Have a good RotD!

EDIT:Lillie P. I think I might try to summon some of that water down here. Everyone's grass is brown and crunchy and all of our plants are drooping horribly from lack of water. We have had the sprinklers running for over 4 weeks here! It's awful we've had no rain total's at all for the month of June, and it's almost over!

kaykay, I'm sorry to hear about your dog.

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kaykay1970 - Jun 28, 2006 5:19 pm (#1755 of 2979)

My chow Simba has gone on to the next great adventure today. He just turned 12 on Saturday. Anyway the poor old guy was nearly blind and deaf and had arthritis, but I still loved him.

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Lilly P - Jun 28, 2006 5:22 pm (#1756 of 2979)

I GIVE UP!!! Im waving my white flag! North Carolina is underwater! I tried to go out and buy the new LKH book too Denise P. but the roads are completely flooded! I made it a mile off the base and there were little sports cars stuck in the road with water up to the tops of their tires, the traffic was backed up around all the cars that were stuck and I spent an hour trying to find a road to the mall that wasnt flooded, but no luck. If anyone knows a spell to dry up our weather, it would be much appreciated! I think my poor tomatoes and zucchinis are waterlogged, does anyone have a tip for bringing them back to health from being over-watered? they are all yellow and spindley now.

OK, complaining is over now, on the positive side, we did a HP movie marathon and I didnt feel guilty for letting my daughter watch that much TV in one day since the weather is so nasty! Happy anniversaries to all those that I missed while the internet was down because of the storms and the birthdays too, so sorry for the little boy who got stung, my daughter just had her first run in with a fire ant last week, its not fun.

sympathy charms for kaykay I'm one of those people whose dog is another child so I so I send loving thoughts your way. sorry for the long post guys, I had to catch up!

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Mediwitch - Jun 28, 2006 5:33 pm (#1757 of 2979)

(((*hugs*))) to kaykay and *drying charms* to Lilly P. (Let me know if the drying charms work - we aren't quite as bad off in my part of New England but it's not the Sahara Desert here, either! )

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Finn BV - Jun 28, 2006 5:42 pm (#1758 of 2979)

Totally agree with Mediwitch on those comments about the rain – good luck to you, Lilly P.

And kaykay, how sad. Cheering charms to you and your family. To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.

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geauxtigers - Jun 28, 2006 5:55 pm (#1759 of 2979)

Yeah send rain please! It's terrible down here, granted the weather has been pretty, blue skies ect, but its not so pretty when you look everywhere but the sky. **Summons water from the east coast**

Sorry about your dog KayKay, Happy Anniversary to everyone I forgot to say this yesterday too...

We need to clean sweep our attic, we have stuff from a garage sale we tried to have when I was in 4th grade and half the stuff is still up there and other things have been accumulating since. We need to clean it out this winter, but then again we've been saying that for 7 years now...

I find that having to have a certain amount of words is easier to write than having to require so many pages in a report. Me too, you should see the stuff people do to get that one last page in! With words, you can do the it is vs "it's" and does not vs doesn't. Maybe thats why they make it by the page now vs the word.

I know I've forgotten some stuff...

Later everyone and have a great day!

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boop - Jun 28, 2006 6:08 pm (#1760 of 2979)

KayKay, sorry to hear about your family pet. (((HUGS)))

Drying Charms to anyone who is getting alot of rain. We had a rain free day here. My grass needs cut so bad, but we had thunder and lightning so couldn't mow today. The weeds keep getting taller. My grass was brown but not anymore.

hugs

boop

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Catherine - Jun 28, 2006 7:16 pm (#1761 of 2979)

Urggh.

We STILL have rain--make this this over a week of straight thundery-cloudly-rainy days.

And...my computer collapsed. Hard drive--we're still in collecting mode.

Kaykay--sorry about your beloved doggie. We have here a most elderly pet--losing hair, teeth, and memory like crazy, but she's still our great girl, Phoebe is, at age 13. I dread the day when I have to say the words that she is really gone. She is named after Phoebe Caulfield of The Catcher in the Rye. She's been with us since the days of early marriage, so it is sobering to think that we won't always be together just yet.

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Denise P. - Jun 28, 2006 7:17 pm (#1762 of 2979)

Kaykay, sorry to hear about your beloved Simba. It is tough to lose a family pet after so long.

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Puck - Jun 28, 2006 7:24 pm (#1763 of 2979)

(((Kaykay)))

Mediwitch, I hadn't heard about that before, but he does take a beta blocker. The baby has her check-up on Friday, so I will mention it to the doctor then. Thanks for the information!

Incidentally, we can -and do- park our cars in the garage. I cannot, however, walk through my basement.

Lilly, hope you dry out soon. We're wet, but not that wet.

Actually, the weather cleared enough to go for a walk after dinner. Went something like this; "I want to be the leader!" "No, I'm the leader!" "No, I am!" "But I want to be the leader!" "I'm mad at you!" **commence sulking and pouting**

Happy RotD!

Kathy

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kaykay1970 - Jun 28, 2006 8:09 pm (#1764 of 2979)

Thanks for the cheering charms and the hugs.

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Tazzygirl - Jun 28, 2006 9:12 pm (#1765 of 2979)

(((HUGS))) to Kay and her family.

**drying charms to those who need it** (California could do with some rain too!)

There was something else I was going to say, but I forgot...

Off to watch Lawrence of Arabia with my parents.

~Kristina


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The giant squid - Jun 28, 2006 11:59 pm (#1766 of 2979)

Mike, I've never taken a great interest in Superman, and thus have never read the comic nor seen the other films. However, this movie is getting great reviews. Do you think I can just hop in and be okay?--Finn BV

Actually, that's one of the things that makes this such a good sequel. Bryan Singer was smart enough to make the references vague enough that you don't need to have seen the others. It just adds to the story. Honestly, it would have been rather presumptuous to assume everyone going to the movies today has seen films that came out 26 years ago.

Loopy, there's a real easy way to separate the mixed reviews: professional critics don't like it, "normal" people do.

Hugs to Kaykay.

Hugs to boop, too, just 'cause.

Those of you who are experiencing excessive moisture, lay off the drying charms. Just apparate it Westward so the rest of us can cool off a bit. Our highs for the last week were over 110 (43 C). I'm not looking forward to July & August...

--Mike

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Snuffles - Jun 29, 2006 12:47 am (#1767 of 2979)

Happy (late) anniversary to Mr and Mrs Catherine and to Mr and Mrs .P.

Kathy, I hope your little one is feeling better.

Kaykay ((((hugs))) Sorry to hear about your dog. There seems to be alot of our canine friends going on to the next great adventure recently

Mike, I don't know how you cope with that kind of heat! I remember being in Las Vegas when I was younger and at about midnight the temperatures had cooled down to a more pleasant 100 degrees Thank goodness for air con!!!!

Hope everyone has a good Thursday

Julie

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azi - Jun 29, 2006 2:25 am (#1768 of 2979)

**hugs** to Kaykay.

I finished my project and we have sun! Woohoo! Max today is apparently 22 degrees Celcius, which is perfect temperature for me.

Drying charms to the flooded people, rainy charms to the parched people.

I can't cope with temperatures just short of 30 C, so I don't think I'd cope with Las Vegas!

Better go start packing - I'm supposed to go home today!

Hope everyone has a lovely day!

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Snuffles - Jun 29, 2006 2:35 am (#1769 of 2979)

azi, you had better get prepared then.

The forecast for this weekend is hot, hot, hot!!

I'm going to enjoy it! Blink and you miss the summer here

Julie

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azi - Jun 29, 2006 3:24 am (#1770 of 2979)

Hehe, Snuffles, I'd better get the sun tan lotion on then!

Was the 'hot, hot, hot' a reference to Big Cook Little Cook perchance?

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Snuffles - Jun 29, 2006 3:32 am (#1771 of 2979)

Eek, it could have been. That programme has been brainwashed into me over the past couple of years!

*note to self* must stop watching cbeebies!!!!

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azi - Jun 29, 2006 4:00 am (#1772 of 2979)

Cbeebies is fun. Although I only watch Big Cook Little Cook and Balamory. The other programmes are a bit too young for me.

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Puck - Jun 29, 2006 5:22 am (#1773 of 2979)

British Kiddie shows, I take it?

(Well, Julie has an excuse, at least. )

Finn, pssst, did you forgot about potty games? We've been guessing letters, but you've left us "Hanging"

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Marie E. - Jun 29, 2006 6:35 am (#1774 of 2979)

We've had some rainy days here, thank goodness. It keeps the fires down in the mountains. Unfortunately it's been raining every time we plan a water play day for the daycare kids. They think it's a conspiracy now. Lol.

I'm officially diagnosed with a sinus infection and now have excellent antibiotics. I should be feeling better by tomorrow. I caught it early this time, before the barking cough got started. I talked with my doctor about maybe getting better allergy medicine. I think the over-the-counter Claretin isn't cutting it.

Lexie lost her fifth tooth yesterday and actually pulled it out herself. She was showing me how loose it was and I said "Oh, go pull it out already" so she went to a mirror and yanked it out! This is the girl who wouldn't even let us touch her last loose tooth.

Happy Almost-Friday!

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Solitaire - Jun 29, 2006 10:09 am (#1775 of 2979)

((((((((((Kay))))))))) So sorry to hear about your dog. When you have had a pet that long, it is like losing one of the family. I have two Shelties--Quinn, 14, and Stoney, 10. Quinn is still pretty lively (though deaf as a doorknob), but I know it's coming, and I'm already dreading it. Hang in there.

Solitaire

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Winky Woo - Jun 29, 2006 10:26 am (#1776 of 2979)

(((*hugs*))) to Kaykay and *drying charms*/*rain charms* as appropriate to those that need them.

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 29, 2006 10:31 am (#1777 of 2979)

Man, they really need to make all temperature units the same! This converting back and forth between Celcius and Farenheit is driving me mad!

Yesterday was much cooler for us as the afternoon high was only 91F (33C) but today it's back up to 96! We generally have 2 seasons here, summer and fallwinterspring. It is not unusual to wake up on Christmas morning to 80 degree weather! But winter usually comes in January and February!

Well off to check threads! Have a great day everyone!

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geauxtigers - Jun 29, 2006 11:12 am (#1778 of 2979)
Edited Jun 29, 2006 11:47 am

I agree, why we Americans insist on being different, we are the only country (I think theres one other but forgot who) that doesn't use degrees C! And that makes a lot more sense to me, metric unit is based on 10, not random numbers!

Yeah a perfect example of our "winter" would be last Christmas, it was near 80 F (27C), then On New Years Eve, we had snow flurries! All it did was collect in wet piles under the eves, but hey when you are snow deprived, watery ice is still fun to sling at each other! But the coldest month is January, but by mid Feburary its up in the 80s again.

Hope you feel better Marie E! Zyrtec is a great allergy medicine for me... clariten didn't work for me either.

It's Thursday, which is good because its so hopeful because tomorrow is Friday!

Have a great day everyone!

EDIT: Ha ha Lupin is Lupin! But it still seems dumb and conversions are a royal pain!

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 29, 2006 11:43 am (#1779 of 2979)

I agree, why we Americans insist on being different, we are the only country (I think theres one other but forgot who) that doesn't use degrees C! And that makes a lot more sense to me, metric unit is based on 10, not random numbers!---geauxtigers

Because it is a charming quirk that adds romance to life.

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 29, 2006 12:11 pm (#1780 of 2979)

Loopy, there's a real easy way to separate the mixed reviews: professional critics don't like it, "normal" people do.—Mike

I should probably hold off on my declarations that reviews are mixed until more votes are in. The tomato meter on rottentomatoes.com is at 76% which is pretty good. It probably won't be a surprise to anyone that I actually do pay attention to certain critics, Ebert in particular. Maybe he's actually influenced my taste in movies given that I used to watch him when his show was on PBS, but I find that I agree with him more often than not. He only gave Supes two stars. Hopefully this will be a movie that I disagree with him about because I need a good Superman flick.

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Nathan Zimmermann - Jun 29, 2006 1:13 pm (#1781 of 2979)

Hi all, I am in need of some advice. I am working on a project for my legal research class on the subject of McCarthyism and effect it had on the various aspects of the law especially in regards to first, fifth, and fourteenth amendment rights. I am curious to know whether any of the members could suggest any books or films that could shed light on the period. On another note I was not sure whether to place my question here or on the recommended reading thread?

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haymoni - Jun 29, 2006 1:22 pm (#1782 of 2979)

Wasn't that one of the main points of "The Way We Were"?

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Lina - Jun 29, 2006 1:52 pm (#1783 of 2979)

Kay, sorry to hear about Simba. Hugs. I hope it is not some curse on the Forum... Maybe it is just that there are so many pets around.

Drying charms and transapparating charms for the water in all flooded areas. I just hope that all the water will stay away from your homes.

Woo hoo for Azi and the project. Enjoy the holidays!

I think I have decided: I'd like to spend the winters in Louisiana and the summers here.

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Catherine - Jun 29, 2006 4:01 pm (#1784 of 2979)

Well, I just got back from Superman Returns.

I was entertained. I thought the first part of the movie was a bit slow, but overall, I enjoyed it. It doesn't hurt that I am a Kevin Spacey fan and he rocked as Lex Luthor. Also, I had a huge crush on Christopher Reeve after Superman 2--give me a break, I was 12!!, and Routh channels Reeve well (almost too well, actually).

Trelawney's Inner Eye could have foretold a weakness for a dark-haired hero in glasses with the ability to fly and willingness to vanquish evil.

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Chemyst - Jun 29, 2006 4:03 pm (#1785 of 2979)

Kay, I too, am sorry about Simba. And, Lina, I agree with you that it is more that we love many pets than it being any curse on the Forum.

Because it is a charming quirk that adds romance to life. There is that, of course…   but I like the extra precision of Fahrenheit scale too.

I'm glad to hear Routh channels Reeve well because someone reminded me of his acting like a board from his soap opera days and...   it wasn't super.

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Catherine - Jun 29, 2006 4:19 pm (#1786 of 2979)

I'm glad to hear Routh channels Reeve well because someone reminded me of his acting like a board from his soap opera days and... it wasn't super.—Chemyst

Well, call me Parvati or Lavender, but I may have been distracted by his other attributes.

Actually, he did fine. He probably relied on Christopher Reeve's interpretation--and maybe too much so, not enough innovation--but I enjoyed the film supremely.

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boop - Jun 29, 2006 5:12 pm (#1787 of 2979)

Happy Birthday Mischafan(Jim) I hope you have a great day!!

Happy Birthday wishes for Solitaire on June 30.

Have a great day!!

hugs always

boop

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Stephanie M. - Jun 29, 2006 5:44 pm (#1788 of 2979)

Happy Birthday to Mischafan!

Happy belated Anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Denise! I wish you many, many more happy and healthy years together! And I love your avatar!

I'm soo sorry to hear about your dog, Kaykay!! At least Simba lived a happy life!

I have never seen thunder and lightening as intense as I saw today. About an hour ago, we saw endless lightening bolts going through the sky. It was crazy, and very scary!

Yesterday, they closed 1st avenue (I live between 1st and 2nd avenue, and I overlook 1st avenue from my window) from my block to 4 blocks north of us because there was a bomb scare. Luckily there was no bomb, but it was extremely frightening when I went down and stood with the crowd to see what was going on. There were massive police cars (that look like small silver trucks), police cars, the fire department, and bomb sniffing dogs roaming the 4 block radius. It was so scary, but they worked everything out in about 2 hours... but there was a lot of traffic since no cars were allowed through at rush hour.

I hope everyone has a great 4th of July weekend! I am going to the Jersey Shore with my family, and we are meeting up with all of my parents' close friends from college. It should be pretty fun if it doesn't rain the entire time!

My computer is going in to be fixed tomorrow, so if there is anything else wrong with it besides the keyboard, then they will have the long weekend to fix it.

Have a great weekend everyone!!!

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Puck - Jun 29, 2006 6:43 pm (#1789 of 2979)

Happy Birthday, Solitaire!

Nice visit with Mom today. Though, Diva got car sick on the ride home. My boy was complaining that I had him playing with the baby to keep her happy while I was taking care of Diva. I gave him a choice; play with s his sister or clean the van. He played with the baby.

Baby crying. Another long night, I suspect.

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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Mediwitch - Jun 29, 2006 7:26 pm (#1790 of 2979)

Sympathies on the long night, Puck. Hope you get some rest!

And Happy Birthday, Solitaire! Birthday

We've got another thunderstorm rolling in, so I don't know how long I'll stay on tonight! It's the third one today!

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Julie Aronson - Jun 29, 2006 7:56 pm (#1791 of 2979)

Congrats, well-wishes, and sympathies wherever appropriate...

Correcting a previous error, the Moaning Myrtle actress actually played Bridget Jones' friend, Jude, in the movies.

That is all.

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Solitaire - Jun 29, 2006 8:43 pm (#1792 of 2979)

Aw, thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone!

My thoughts and prayers are with all who are contending with the rain and flooding. If only there were some transcontinental underground pipe system (like the one used by the Basilisk, only bigger) to direct that water out here ... where we need it! I wonder why someone doesn't look into that.

Solitaire

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 29, 2006 9:52 pm (#1793 of 2979)

Steph that's pretty scary! Glad it was ok though.

Happy Birthday Solitaire!!!

Nothing new here, just got home from babysitting again. I'm getting super excited cause we're going to Houston on the 5th and 6th! I can't wait to shop in the Galleria!! We are going to an Astros game too so Tori is excited, it'll be fun!

Almost 4th of July!! We are going to my aunts house as they live in a different parish and fireworks are legal. Their neighbors are serious rednecks and built a homemade cannon a few years back that they set off wuite regularly throughout New Years and 4th of July. It sounds like gun fire, pretty cool! I can't wait to satisfy my pyro streak. 4th of July means there is a good excuse to play with fire!! :evil grin:

Off to check threads, have a great RotN everyone!

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geauxtigers - Jun 29, 2006 10:04 pm (#1794 of 2979)

Happy Birthday to Soli, and Mischa!

Yes we are going to Houston!!!!!! 4th of July will be fun as I too am a serious pyro! I love fire!!! so fireworks are pretty awesome!

I think I have decided: I'd like to spend the winters in Louisiana and the summers here. -Lina, I'll be more than willing to make an agreement there! lol!

I'm kinda hyper tonight and I think this will be my 10th post so I might just go to the chat for a while. I was going to say something else, but I can't remember what... oh well

Have a great night/morning everyone!

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Tazzygirl - Jun 29, 2006 11:23 pm (#1795 of 2979)

Happy Birthday Soli and Mischafan!! Hope you both have wonderful days!

Went and saw Click today. Really good- tearjerker and hysterical. Definitely not family/forum friendly though.

Off to watch Narnia and catch up on Potty Five Words!

Hope you all have a great RotN/D!

~Kristina

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Snuffles - Jun 30, 2006 12:00 am (#1796 of 2979)

Happy Birthday Solitaire

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jose043 - Jun 30, 2006 12:02 am (#1797 of 2979)

Happy Birthday to all that had them & Happy Anniversary to those that have had them. Sorry to those who have lost pets.

In our house at the moment have husband Rob getting over the flu, had to race my Mum to Hospital with a bad Asthma attack Friday week ago , was in hospital 5 days she is home now at her place. Anne stayed home with her Asthma today (Friday) & I have had my Asthma bad since Monday Have been on the nebuliser since then. Anne & I are both going to see our Asthma specialist on Monday.

We could do with some rain here our driest star since 1892 (I think that was the date) we deffernetly need more rain here in West Aussie

Josephine & Anne

Little Werewolves of London

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Regan of Gong - Jun 30, 2006 1:12 am (#1798 of 2979)

Yeah, pretty much all of Australia needs rain. Officially we've been in drought/water shortage since before 2001, it's something like an extended El Nino effect.

Belated sympathies for the dog Kaykay. 12 is pretty good. For Catherine, ours was 14 1/2 before it died January 7. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, as long as you prepare yourself for what's coming up. At least we didn't need to go through the trauma of having Ralphy put down, I couldn't have standed that.

Has anyone seen Nacho Libre ? It's the new (here in Australia) Jack Black movie. Wanted to see if anyone thought it was good. Seems alright, it's from the writers of Napolean Dynamite.

Hope all your asthma problems get better for you soon. It must have been really scary to have to race your mum to hospital.

Germany vs Argentina tonight- it's gonna be a cracker!

Regan

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kaykay1970 - Jun 30, 2006 1:30 am (#1799 of 2979)

Happy Birthday Solitaire and Mischafan!!  Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1609556105

Healing charms for Josephine and family.

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Jun 30, 2006 3:16 am (#1800 of 2979)

Happy Birthday Solitaire!!!
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Amilia Smith - Jun 30, 2006 3:17 am (#1801 of 2979)

I saw Nacho Libre. It normally wouldn't be my type of humor, but I watched it with a group who thought it was hilarious. Funny how much funnier a movie seems when all the people around you are cracking up. Be sure you stay for the credits, as the Jack Black song that plays over them is a hoot. "My love is like the nectar from a fruit that is forbidden."

Mills.

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Regan of Gong - Jun 30, 2006 4:22 am (#1802 of 2979)

MWA HA HA HA!

Premium Membership!

**cackles madly**

Avatar's from www.explodingdog.com - don't worry, it's just a collection of drawings this guy's done on his computer. They're pretty abstract, but I think it's OK for everyone.

I'm going to enjoy the no post limit now and listen to the new Eskimo Joe CD.

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Puck - Jun 30, 2006 5:13 am (#1803 of 2979)

Congrats to Regan for going premium!

Healing Charms to Josephine and Anne!

Be careful to Ginny and Tori! *goes off mumbling abut homemade cannons*

Kathy

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 30, 2006 5:43 am (#1804 of 2979)

Hi all, I am in need of some advice. I am working on a project for my legal research class on the subject of McCarthyism and effect it had on the various aspects of the law especially in regards to first, fifth, and fourteenth amendment rights. – Nathan

Well, have you seen "Good Night and Good Luck" which is about McCarthy and the newsman Edward R. Murrow? That might be a fun starting point.

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Marie E. - Jun 30, 2006 6:14 am (#1805 of 2979)

Shayla discovered how far behind she was in our local library's summer reading program so she spent all day yesterday and the day before reading. Her book of choice? Sorcerer's Stone, of course. And I swear she grabbed it on her own. I told her how I liked that the address on Harry's letters changed every time Vernon moved the family until it ended up as Mr. H Potter, The Floor, Hut-on-the-rock, The Sea. Last night when I went to bed I saw she had left me a note addressed to Mom, biggest bedroom with a bathroom, etc. Very Cute.

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Chemyst - Jun 30, 2006 6:58 am (#1806 of 2979)

when I went to bed I saw she had left me a note addressed to Mom, biggest bedroom with a bathroom...
   Aww...
PS - good thing Cobain is so cute; if one is stuck with a poor name, it helps to have good looks to overcome it.

Happy Birthday, Solitaire.

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Nathan Zimmermann - Jun 30, 2006 7:31 am (#1807 of 2979)

Haymoni and Loopy, thank you both for the advice It was most helpful it has given me a place to start. I was really at my wit's end because, the reference librarians at my school were not helping me at all. They have a habit of leaving students to their own devices when it comes to research. It is quite annoying really.

Again I wish to say thank you for the suggestions.

Nathan

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Denise P. - Jun 30, 2006 8:08 am (#1808 of 2979)

I woke up this morning unable to see! Eeeeek!! I got my eyes opened and after looking, called the doctor's office. Yep, it is probably pink eye and my eyes just got gunked shut. I can't do it half way, both eyes are a lovely pink, swollen and yucky. There are no appointments left I get the pleasure of sitting in the office and hoping they can work me in. Yay.

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Steve Newton - Jun 30, 2006 8:22 am (#1809 of 2979)

I remember when my son would come home from day care and lay the pink eye on me. Its pretty demoralizing to go into work and have your boss come up to you, with terror in her eyes, and say "GO HOME!"

I hope you don't have a problem putting drops in your eyes.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 30, 2006 8:31 am (#1810 of 2979)

both eyes are a lovely pink, swollen and yucky...---Denise P.

Sounds like a moment that should be immortalized with a picture. I dare ya!

Hope all the US folks are getting long weekends off from work. Happy 4th!

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The giant squid - Jun 30, 2006 8:36 am (#1811 of 2979)

Happy Birthday, Soli! I'd wish Jim a happy birthday as well, but he's not around to see it anyway.

Went and saw Click today. Really good- tearjerker and hysterical. Definitely not family/forum friendly though.--Tazzygirl

It's odd that you should say that, seeing as the whole point of the film is "Spend more time with your family." Unless you're referring to the dogs' leisure activities...?

Has anyone seen Nacho Libre ?--Regan of Gong

All I can say is that if you liked Napoleon Dynamite you'll like Nacho Libre. It's got pretty much the same feel, although Nacho is somewhat more animated due to Jack Black. As I was one of those who thought Napoleon was a waste of film, I can't personally recommend it.

Speaking of non-recommendations, I had to screen The Devil Wears Prada last night. Let's see...I don't like Meryl Streep, I have no interest in fashion or fashion magazines, and I hate the "My boss is a tyrant!" premise. I'm pretty much as far from the target audience as you can get. I spent the first hour of the movie yelling, "Just quit!" at the screen; after that my throat got sore & I had to stop. I got paid to watch it & I still want my money back...

--Mike

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azi - Jun 30, 2006 8:41 am (#1812 of 2979)

Hope you get better soon Denise!

Happy Birthday Solitare!!!

Hope your asthma gets better soon Josephine and Anne! It's a bad time of year for asthma for me too...

Went to the doctors today to change back from my university doctors. Discovered that even though I've had the same doctor all my life up til October '05, I have to register as a new patient and have a *lot* of pointless tests to see what illnesses I have. Not impressed. I know my medical problems and they have my medical records! On the plus side, at least they let me back in!

Someone ask why we don't transfer rainfall/water to areas that need it. There are a few reasons - cost (very expensive), effect on the ecology from the areas you are taking water (e.g. rivers) and the opinions of people the water is being taken from (they sometimes feel it's to their detriment and the needy people aren't entitled to their water) There are probably some other reasons as well. Cloud seeding *could* be an option, but the amount of rain you get is very unpredictable (if anyone remembers/has read about the Lynmouth flood in 1952, that is thought to have been a result of cloud seeding). It's best just to try and conserve water if you are in a drought.

Anyway, I hope everyone has a lovely day!

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Catherine - Jun 30, 2006 8:42 am (#1813 of 2979)

All I can say is that if you liked Napoleon Dynamite you'll like Nacho Libre.—Mike

I was entertained by Napoleon Dynamite, so I can't agree there. I will say that I was very annoyed by The Devil Wears Prada as a novel. I was one of the members of book group who nixed it as a reading selection.

Denise, good luck with the gunk. *sprays antiseptic everywhere and goes off to wash hands*

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Solitaire - Jun 30, 2006 11:07 am (#1814 of 2979)

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes! I treated myself by sleeping in ... until the dogs woke me up for their trip outside and breakfast. (7:45 a.m. ... woohoo!) After my workout, I treated myself to a big Starbucks caramel macchiato. Alas, the fat-free and sugar-free version is not quite as tasty as the original ... but it is a good compromise!

Azi, Josephine, and Anne, sorry to hear about the asthma. The air here in the Central Valley of California has been a major problem for about the last ten days ... very dirty and extremely hot. I am always oddly amused when the weather guy tells us something bright, like the following: "Okay, folks, the air is unhealthful for breathing, so try to avoid it if you can!" What are we supposed to do, hold our collective breath until it gets better? Wear gas masks? Here's hoping you feel better soon!

Denise, did you call a GP or eye doctor? My eye doc is often more responsive to eye issues than the GP, and he takes more pains to get us in quickly. You mgiht give it a try, if you haven't done so. Just a thought ...

**sending healing charms to all who are ailing!**

Solitaire

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Good Evans - Jun 30, 2006 11:10 am (#1815 of 2979)

happy birthday Solitaire, well done you on getting a lie in!!

kaykay I missed your post but someone posted "sorry about your dog". Whatever the trouble and I hope not the worst, my very best wishes too.

have a lovely day everyone

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Tazzygirl - Jun 30, 2006 11:27 am (#1816 of 2979)

Cobain is adorable, Marie!

Healing charms to Denise, Azi, Josephine and Anne!

My friends and I are going to see The Devil Wears Prada tomorrow. I read the book, and liked it. Although some parts were a bit annoying...

Yeay to Regan for Premium Membership!! (Potty Five Words!!)

Hope you all have a fabulous RotD/N!

~Kristina

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Solitaire - Jun 30, 2006 11:39 am (#1817 of 2979)

I was also curious ... Tazzy, were you the one who said Click! was not "family friendly"? Is it a little too adult? I can't wait to hear about The Devil Wears Prada. My sister and I are having a girl's weekend at the beach soon, and maybe we will go and see a couple of movies. I always wait until they come on cable ... but I may throw caution to the wind and go to a theatre! LOL

Solitaire

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Elanor - Jun 30, 2006 11:40 am (#1818 of 2979)

Joyeux anniversaire! Happy birthday Soli!

Healing charms to anyone needing some and happy weekend ones to everybody!

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 30, 2006 12:13 pm (#1819 of 2979)

Denise healing charms to you! Pink eye is not fun, I got in when I was little, but only in one eye.

I want to see "Click" and "The Devil Wears Prada"

Every year around 4th of July, the neighborhood association puts a little American flag in everyone's yard. When we woke up this moring, they had put them in. It's really cool because they are all the same and there is one in every yard.

97F today, and a bit cloudy but of course they are not rain clouds, but those ones that don't have rain. That figures!

My neighbor is out with his buffer trying to help my dad fix the scratch in the Jeep, it's looking better so that's good!ANd Pepper is going crazy because she wants to be out there with them, so I'm listening to her bark and jump at the back door.

I probably won't go see Nacho Libre if it's anything like Napolean Dynamite. Napolean was funny, but not until after I'd finish watching it! I can't see how it was as big of a success as it was yet I can....Does that makes sense?? It's one of the dumbest movies I've ever seen yet I can say pretty much every line in the movie and I've only seen it once! (and everytime I think about Kip editing post and what not, I picture Napolean's brother(whose name is Kip also) sitting at that computer talking to "hot babes" I can't help it...sorry Kip!!)

Off to check threads! Have a great RotD everyone!

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geauxtigers - Jun 30, 2006 12:41 pm (#1820 of 2979)

TGIF!

Yeah the flags are cool in everyone's yard! Can't wait to play with fire!

healing charms to everyone who needs them! I'm having sneezing attacks today for no particular reason, but I keep sneezing its weird!

Yeah the scratch looks much better now!

I don't think I'll see Nacho Libre either, I'm in the same boat as Ginny on this one. Napoleon Dynamite was torture to watch and I didn't laugh, but as soon as it ended I was like that was kinda funny! I've only watched it once because I don't think I could sit there and watch it ever again. Its so stupid it makes it funny!

I want to see the Devil wears Prada too! I think it sounds funny, but I'm not sure I haven't read the book, but I'd like too.

Well have a great day/night everyone!

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Denise P. - Jun 30, 2006 1:16 pm (#1821 of 2979)

I got in, got some antibiotics for both eyes. No, no pictures of this will be taken. Trust me when I say it is not pretty.

I didn't plan to go see Click, Nacho Libre or The Devil Wears Prada. We did go see The Lake House and I would like to see Superman

On the DVD front, we watched Munich last night, have season one of The 4400 and decided Mr. Denise had not seen Batman Begins so that is on its way here as well. Gotta love Netflix!

Our week of relative peace and quiet is coming to a screaming halt tomorrow. We go in the morning to pick up our missing 4 from camp. Kierynn told me yesterday "I miss my friends" When I questioned which friends she missed, she said "Nicholas, Ryan, Kaity and Iain" Somehow, I don't think Devin has missed them all that much. Kierynn and Devin have been tent camping in his room all week and she loves the tent up.

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Lina - Jun 30, 2006 1:55 pm (#1822 of 2979)

Happy birthday Solitaire and Mischafan!

It seems that healing charms are needed around the Forum, so consider them sent!

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Lilly P - Jun 30, 2006 2:55 pm (#1823 of 2979)

I love magic. Whatever drying charms you all sent, they worked! Even though we are going to get rain tonight, I had one glorious day of sunshine to get all my errands run for the holiday weekend!!! And to make a good day great, I got a Happy Anniversary card from my husband who is in Iraq, he must have pre-bought it and packed it in his gear bag because it was quite bent up! sending ***happy charms*** to everyone on the forum because I'm in such a good mood! Have a great (and safe)4th of July to all who are celebrating, and a great ROTweekend for everyone else.

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Finn BV - Jun 30, 2006 3:20 pm (#1824 of 2979)

Mike, thanks for the review. That's now added to my list of summer movies. Tonight we're off to see Wordplay.

Marie, healing charms to you!! And thanks for the pic of… The-Nephew-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named.

We generally have 2 seasons here, summer and fallwinterspring. --Ginny (VE)

SPEW!!!

Because it is a charming quirk that adds romance to life. –Kim

That's a good answer for any questions about American oddities.

Nathan, try both threads. That way more people will see it. Though I'm afraid I can't be of much help.

Happy Birthday Jim and Soli!!!

About an hour ago, we saw endless lightning bolts going through the sky. –Steph

Really? Where was I? Glad the bomb scare thing turned out okay.

Off to watch Narnia and catch up on Potty Five Words! –Kristina

That sounds like an amazing plan to me!! This sweepstakes makes me really mad that I'm not an educator. **Jealous of people like Catherine, Soli, Audrey, Kristina's mom, and all others who I know I'm forgetting**

Regan, congrats on your premium membership! BTW, Nacho Libre is out here now too, but doesn't look that appealing. Then again, I haven't heard much about it -- hasn't made a big deal, I'll say.

Last night when I went to bed I saw she had left me a note addressed to Mom, biggest bedroom with a bathroom --Marie

Awwww!! That's too cute!!

Healing charms to Denise!

Awwww, Mike, you don't like Meryl Streep?

Josephine, Anne and Azi, healing charms on that asthma!

Lilly, glad our charms worked, and that's great to see the star next to your name!! Congrats on Premium!

Enjoy the Weekend all! A gong attacked me in Wind Ensemble, I have a lovely cut on my ankle now. I swear… me and percussion… it's nasty business.

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Marie E. - Jun 30, 2006 4:54 pm (#1825 of 2979)

Attacked by a gong? Maybe you should stay away from music camp, Finn.

Thanks for the compliments on Cobain, though I have nothing to do with it. I'll post a more recent picture of him soon so ya'll can see how fat he's gotten.

Whew, it's hot here. It got up to 91 F. It's supposed to rain tomorrow and Sunday. I just had to treat myself to a Dairy Queen Blizzard.

I've had pink eye and it's no fun. I always get it in my right eye. Shayla had it last summer.

Happy Friday!

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Puck - Jun 30, 2006 5:08 pm (#1826 of 2979)

So, you were just sitting there minding your own music, when a gong lunged forward and bit you on the ankle?

Denise, sounds like you got hit with the conjuctivitis curse! Fast healing!

Love the note, Marie!

Where's the HH family? Did they go on vacation?

I wonder how long it will be before Kierynn wants to send her "friends" back to camp.

Baby had her check-up. All is well, though the doctor wants me to encourage her to crawl. (Personally, I'm dreading the day she becomes mobile and am happy to wait her out.) They also said she's underweight. (50th percentile for height, 10th for weight) She eats fine. I have the okay to add dairy, so that might help.

The doctor also said my son did not have a reaction to the bee sting. (Nausea can accompany other symptoms, but is not the primary one. He had no other symptoms.) That was a relief!

Happy RotD!

Kathy

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Stephanie M. - Jun 30, 2006 5:44 pm (#1827 of 2979)

Happy Belated Birthday, Solitare!

Congratulations on the Premium Membership, Regan!

Sorry to hear about your eyes, Denise! I hope they get better soon! I've never had pink eye, so I hope it goes away quickly!

I saw Nacho Libre, and I thought that it was as good as I expected. And I expected it to be pretty funny, but I also knew that it was a Nickelodeon film, so I didn't expect it to be for the oldest crowd. I never saw Napoleon Dynamite, so I can't say how similar in humor they were, but I thought that it was pretty good. There were some really funny jokes, but I also felt a little too old for some things (but I also tend to have an older sense of humor than most people my age...).

Finn, a gong attacked you? I didn't know that gongs could do that... I guess you learn something new everyday.

The weather here was beautiful all day, but now it's pouring!

Have a great 4th of July everyone!!!

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Mediwitch - Jun 30, 2006 7:14 pm (#1828 of 2979)

Hmmm...looks like healing charms are needed all around! Get Well Soon

Ginny: We generally have 2 seasons here, summer and fallwinterspring.

I'm glad Finn reposted this Ginny, because I forgot to reply...here in New England, we also have two seasons, winter and springsummerfall!

Thanks for the sweepstakes link, Finn!

Excellent news on your son's bee sting, Puck! Of course, we had our first beautiful day in weeks, and I got stung on the left hand!

And Happy Independence Day to those in the US! Fireworks

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Mrs. Sirius - Jun 30, 2006 8:52 pm (#1829 of 2979)

Wow I was in New York City for two days and had the opportunity to meet Mrs. Snape, Gina R. (**waves**) I will send you pictures as soon as I can download.

Sorry about the eyes Denise, hopefully no one else will get it.

I too had the emergency shift of everything in the house. My freezer broke, I had to get all the junk out of the basement to get the old freezer out and the new one in. I took several two days but at least we now have a mostly usable playroom in the basement.

Oh, Happy Birthdays and Anniversaries to all you wonderful people who deserved it .

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 30, 2006 9:16 pm (#1830 of 2979)

Oh, Happy Birthdays and Anniversaries to all you wonderful people who deserved it.---Mrs. Sirius

Doesn't that beg the question, "Who doesn't deserve it?"

Of course, I'm still finally catching up to Lost, etc.---Catherine

Hey Kim! The Lost Second Season DVD is out and on sale. (Sheesh, they released that with little fanfare.) So, if you go to Amazon you can buy it. Yay!---Loopy Lupin

This information set me on a wild goose chase tonight. *:waves to Catherine's answering machine*: Season 2 of Lost doesn't get released until early September. I guess ABC has a captive audience in me until the end of summer reruns.

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Solitaire - Jun 30, 2006 9:44 pm (#1831 of 2979)

Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone! It has been a really nice birthday. Tonight my mom, sis & her hubby, newlywed niece, and adopted sister took me to my favorite Mexican restaurant, and we all had a great time. My favorite great-nephew was also there, as charming and sweet as ever. What a ham! (Newlywed nephew-in-law could not make it, as he was doing a ride-along with the local CHP. He has passed all of his tests and will be starting his training soon.)

Afterwards, we all went back to my sister's home for dessert and fun. My other niece & NIL, their oldest son, and their brand new baby daughter (not quite 4 weeks old) joined us, and I got to rock the baby, play with the boys, and generally spoil all my "greats" just as much as I liked! All in all, a great day!

Solitaire

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Tazzygirl - Jun 30, 2006 10:37 pm (#1832 of 2979)
Edited Jun 30, 2006 11:07 pm

Soli- Tazzy, were you the one who said Click! was not "family friendly"?

Yup! I mean I wouldn't take anyone under 13 or so... There is a lot of adult type humor/talk.

Finn- that sweepstakes for Prince Caspian sounds fun! **Is wishing I was a teacher already**

I just spent time with my friend and her 3 week old baby girl tonight. The baby was adorable!!

~Kristina

EDIT: Also, it was HOT (and dry!) here today. It was in the high 80s to low 90s, and in the neighboring town I went to, it was 104 degrees. I can't wait to get back to the nice warm humidity!

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Madam Pince - Jun 30, 2006 10:43 pm (#1833 of 2979)

Back home finally, and caught up on posts, after so much rain that I think I have moss growing on my feet. I ended up having to stay over at my aunt's house for three extra days because it took the phone guys that long to fix the phone there -- they could only work in 15-minute increments between the thunderstorms. Lots of flooding hereabouts -- Mr. Pince has been crazy at work in DC with all the leaks in his building -- but things seem to be drying out and this weekend is supposed to be hot and dry. Too late for the tomatoes, though, I fear; they look quite sad.

Belated "Happy Birthday" to the many Forum Kids who celebrated, to Liz Mann, to Mischafan, and to Solitaire (and anyone else I may have forgotten over 260 posts!)

Belated "Happy Anniversary" to Catherine and Denise and spouses!

Kay-kay, so sorry to hear about the loss of your dog!

Denise, that was too sweet of Kierynn about missing her "friends"... awwwwww.... Little Pince was reading over my shoulder and wanted to know who "that girl" is.... he can spot a cute blonde a mile away! Also funny funny about Ryan telling his brother he'll steal his girlfriend someday -- quite the calculating little man, isn't he?

Marie, welcome to the ranks of the sinus-infected. (Holly, is yours better yet?) Mine is all gone, thankfully. Anti-biotics are a wonderful thing. Cobain is soooo adorable! And Shayla's note to you was the cutest thing! Where in Virginia besides Busch Gardens will you be visiting? I'd love to see you if you're going to be around Northern Virginia at all! We can trade frozen cat stories. Send me an e-mail or something maybe...

Azi, I sympathize with you on the ridiculous forms they make you fill out at the doctor's office. Today was Little Pince's 4-year check-up (three shots -- not fun) and I had to fill out an entire form, with information that had not changed at all, and then circle the word "No" at the end of each line in a column off to the right labelled "Is this new information since your last visit?" Couldn't they put that question at the top and just have you circle it once and skip filling out all the useless info?

Chemyst, this is going way back, but about your son's Civil War reading - does it absolutely have to be a novel? I know of several non-fictions that read better than most novels, if those would do. My favorite is I Rode With Stonewall by Henry Kyd Douglass -- he was an aide-de-camp to Stonewall Jackson and was therefore right in the thick of lots of exciting and very interesting happenings. The letters of Robert Gould Shaw were very interesting too; I think it was called Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune. I am also a huge fan of GWTW but I'm not sure a teenaged boy would be as appreciative. How old is he again? I'll go over my bookshelves once more...

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virginiaelizabeth - Jun 30, 2006 10:51 pm (#1834 of 2979)

OK so I'm officially on vacation now as I finished my last babysitting job for a week!! YAY!! It was kinda fun because the little boy is the cutest kid I've ever met. He's 3 and we played astronauts and aliens! I ended up with a cowboy hat, a sword, a gun and these robot boot thingys that made noises when I walked. He had on a Batman mask, with a gun, sheild and dart thingy. It was pretty funny!

Tomorrow is my best friends birthday so she'll finally be 16. It's also my grandpa's birthday. Weird thing with our birthdays is that her birthday is the same as my grandpa's and me and Tori's birthday is the same as her grandpa's... weird how these things are! She'd mad because the DMV is closed on the weekends and they are closed for the 3rd and 4th as well so she has to wait till the 5th to get her license. I thought I had it bad with my b-day on a Sunday!

Okay off to check threads!! Have a great rest of the night!

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geauxtigers - Jun 30, 2006 11:05 pm (#1835 of 2979)

I had to fill out an entire form, with information that had not changed at all, and then circle the word "No" at the end of each line in a column off to the right labelled "Is this new information since your last visit?" Couldn't they put that question at the top and just have you circle it once and skip filling out all the useless info? lol! My mom always had to fill out 2 identical ones, how annoying can they get with those things?!

Very excited, no babysitting for a week! Mom and Dad are off so we are probably going to tackle all the overgrown dead plants in our yard one day. I'm not looking forward to it because it will involve being out in the heat for pretty early, then later on in the evening when the mosquitos are out trying to give is west nile. Oh well our back yard is a disaster!

The weather guy officially gave the stats for the drought on the news tonight, apparently this is the dryest first 6 months since records began in 1890, and the first time since 1960 that every single day in June has been above 90 degrees. The normal rainfall totals for this time of year is nearly 6 inches, we haven't even had half an inch at my house. I think the highest was like .84 inches or somewhere under an inch. Pathetic...

I can't remember anything else so I'm off to check threads.

Happy 4th (almost) have a great ROTS/N!

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The giant squid - Jun 30, 2006 11:50 pm (#1836 of 2979)

Marie, I forgot to mention Shayla's note. Definitely very cute--or is she too old for "cute" now? Oh, and I noticed in the latest wave of pics of Cobain (I swear the girl's taken half a million pictures since the end of March) that he inherited the "neckless" gene. It must be a family thing.

Steph, I'd say that you're probably the target demographic for Nacho Libre. No disrespect there, but it seemed to be aimed toward the 12-16 crowd. There were a couple of teen girls in the theater when we were screening it (the children of the cleaning crew--don't ask ) and they were giggling the whole way through.

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Regan of Gong - Jul 1, 2006 1:37 am (#1837 of 2979)

**Groan**

That's terrible!

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Puck - Jul 1, 2006 5:25 am (#1838 of 2979)

Ohh, Mike! *shakes head* That was a pun worthy of Bumbledore.

We can trade frozen cat stories. -Madame Pince

What?!! Obviously I'm not sure what to make of that one. Welcome back, though!

played astronauts and aliens! I ended up with a cowboy hat, a sword, a gun and these robot boot thingys that made noises when I walked. He had on a Batman mask, with a gun, sheild and dart thingy.   There's a little boy in my house who would love a chance to play that game.

It is now July, the birthday month. Mom, my cousin, sis-in-law, hubby, Diva, Hubby's (share's a day with my great-aunt and hubby's cousin), Hubby's grandma, and mum-in-law all have birthday's this month. Toss in a grandparent's wedding anniversary for good measure. Oh, and Harry and Neville, of course. I could have been a July baby, but I kept my mom waiting a few extra days.

Have a great RotD!

Kathy

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Good Evans - Jul 1, 2006 7:09 am (#1839 of 2979)
Edited Jul 1, 2006 8:00 am

sounds like a busy month Kathy!!

I have both boys, a great neice, and our own anniversary but thats about it this month. I do have Council meetings though Monday and Tuesday this week coming. We are off to the Victoria and Albert Museum for a reception Monday night, so that should be fun! But come Monday night I think I will be ready for my bed, meetings at 9.00, 11.00 1.00 4.00 and then have to be at the reception for six, at some point I have to check in to the hotel and change, not sure how that will happen yet, ah well!!

Race for life tomorrow, wish me luck - I'll try to post tomorrow afternoon with my time, fingers crossed for sub half an hour! Incidentally it is boiling here today and supposed to be 32C tomorrow - can't wait to go running !!!!

edit: I am watching Wimbledon at the moment and Agassi just lost to Nadal, good match, but what a sad day for mens tennis, Andre Agassi retires from Wimbledon, and he has been such a fabulous player. I'll miss him! He was interviewed court side and it was really sweet, I hope that it is picked up round the world for those of you who are only just getting up!! I'm off to keep an eye on the footie now, Come on England!

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Madam Pince - Jul 1, 2006 8:17 am (#1840 of 2979)

LOL, Puck -- it's a very long story that nobody wants to hear, trust me.

Punny, punny, Mike....

Very jealous of you, Good Evans, for getting to go to a reception at the Victoria and Albert Museum! That's one of the spots on my list of places I want to go before I hit the veil. Good luck in your race and with all those meetings!

Ginny, we have those robot boots that make noise when you walk here in our house! Like Puck, I also have a little boy who would've loved to have been in with you guys on that game!

Errand day today - finally going to upgrade our Stone Age cell phones. (Only because supposedly the service will improve, not because I care how thin my phone is!) Apparently all the new ones have camera-capability now -- not sure I want that. Vaguely seems to me to have "Big Brother" problems there, perhaps...

Everyone have a good RotD!

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 1, 2006 9:33 am (#1841 of 2979)

Kim! I'm so sorry about the wild goose chase. I swear that when I googled "lost season 2 amazon" the other day, it appeared that it was ready to go. When I googled it just now, I see the information about the release day. Either amazon was toying with me (unlikely) or I just didn't read something closely enough (more likely). Alas......

I saw "Superman Returns!" I was not particularly blown away, but it was still cool and I'll see it again with me nephews. I almost had to walk out of the theater during the previews though since there was a trailer for "Lady In the Water." I thought this piece of crap was supposed to be a "bedtime story." Now it appears to be a horror flick of sorts? Whatever.

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Solitaire - Jul 1, 2006 9:36 am (#1842 of 2979)

LOL about Stone Age cell phones! I have a funny phone story ...

Back in the early 90s I taught in a small town about 45 miles northeast of here. Whether I went by freeway or back roads, there was not much in the way of civilization (mostly big farms) on the drive. My dad (a farmer) worried about me breaking down out in the boonies, so he bought me what he had been using in his truck when he upgraded from the CB radio--a bag phone. (Okay, stop laughing, everyone!) A few years later, he upgraded me to a smaller analog phone, about the size of one of those old beige AT&T cordless handsets but weighing in at about 2-3 pounds! It was mainly for emergencies, really, so I kept it plugged into the lighter socket in my car. It worked great ... never had reception problems.

In the summer of 2003, I was going to be spending 2-3 weeks on the road, traveling up and down California with visiting chat buddies from Florida and Australia and meeting up with other chat buddies in various places along the way. We needed to be able to find each other when we got separated in places like Disneyland, malls, etc., so everyone began exchanging cell numbers. I decided it was time for a smaller, much lighter cell phone if I was going to have to drag it in my purse.

You can't believe the comments I received when I took my old Motorola in to exchange it. You'd have thought I had hauled in a prehistoric T. Rex bone I'd dug up in my back yard! Everyone in the store had to come over and look at the phone and hold it. My, what a fuss!

Well, I bought one of the small Nokia phones. It lasted about 2 years and died! I didn't even use it that much (I've never been a cell phone junkie). I have had one of the small Cingular Samsung phones for a little over a year. I wonder how long it will last?

Solitaire

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Finn BV - Jul 1, 2006 9:52 am (#1843 of 2979)

Hehe… technically I tripped over the gong… but that was because it wasn't on its stan, when it should have been.

…groans with the rest of the crowd at Squid Mike's joke… although if I see them a-cymbal-ing in a dark alley mentioning my name, I'll make sure there's no mallet-tent… okay, I shouldn't have even tried…

Best of luck to Good Evans but what sad news at Wimbledon – they cut the broadcast over here from 12-3 ET.

LOL about cell phones.

I fell asleep at 9:30 last night1 I don't believe it!! Man, I'm finding more time to come to the forum in the school year than the summer, because of my schedule!

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virginiaelizabeth - Jul 1, 2006 10:15 am (#1844 of 2979)

SPEW!!! Mike and Finn!!!

Funny story Solitaire! My mom had one of those too, the battery only lasted 2hours! I'm dangerous with a cell phone, my last one ended up in the toilet....and daddy wouldn't get it out for me! Needless to say It ended up working again...just my luck as I didn't want to touch it. But the screen rusted a few weeks later so I was finally able to get a new one! As for cameras, they are really fun actually, Tori used it to take a pic of me in my "astronaut outfit" last night.

Well today is Madison's birthday so I have to go search for a present. It gets harder every year to find something!!

Puck, May is just like that for us! We have 7 immediate family birthday's and more including friends and such! It's insane.

Off to Target! Have a great day everyone!

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Good Evans - Jul 1, 2006 10:57 am (#1845 of 2979)

Solitaire that was so funny!!!

Boo - England lost on penalties - Funny how the commentators said England always lose on penalties, they just can't score! - now see for me that makes me wonder what a footballer is supposed to do and why he plays for his country if he can't score goals, but maybe I'm missing something?? **ducks**

Murray and Roddick are shaping up to what lloks like a marathon match on centre court, Finn I hope you are getting the feed on this one!!

have a great rotd all

EDIT: Venus Williams just been knocked out!

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Puck - Jul 1, 2006 10:59 am (#1846 of 2979)

okay, Finn, you managed to accomplish the immpossible and make Mike's pun even worse!

Best of luck with the run, Julie!

Hehe, the "Harry Potter Remix" song was on XM kids an hour or so ago. When Harry yelled "Expecto Patronum!" I immediately thought of Haymoni's husband. (Incidently, I just realized the Lexicon gets a mention in that song.)

I like having a camera phone -though at first I thought it was unnecessary tp upgrade. It's great when Mr. Puck goes out of town, as I send him photos of the kids. He's quite impressed I can do it.

Off to get ready for the beach! It's a lovely day.

Cheers!

Kathy

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Tazzygirl - Jul 1, 2006 11:20 am (#1847 of 2979)

Puck: Hehe, the "Harry Potter Remix" song was on XM kids an hour or so ago. When Harry yelled "Expecto Patronum!" I immediately thought of Haymoni's husband. (Incidently, I just realized the Lexicon gets a mention in that song.)

Now I need to listen to XM Kids. My dad has XM... so maybe he won't mind if I take it over for a little bit... Is that the name of the song?

Off to watch The Devil Wears Prada!

Have a fantastic RotD/N everyone!

~Kristina

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jul 1, 2006 11:28 am (#1848 of 2979)

Waaaay behind on chat posts but wanted to pop in to say, Congratulations, Portugal! And sorry for England. (Lots of quiet HHs in the Mr. HH family household.) I guess it pains when key team members are absent.

Baton Rouge friends still visiting. It's great to see them again. Haven't seen them since end of July before Katrina. Beautiful weather except for the freak storm last night. Went to water park Thursday, party last night, chillin' today. Miss y'all. (Oh no, that accent is getting to me!)

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Solitaire - Jul 1, 2006 11:31 am (#1849 of 2979)

I'll be waiting for the Tazzy Review of TDWP!

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Good Evans - Jul 1, 2006 12:29 pm (#1850 of 2979)

well done Andy Murray - sorry Andy Roddick fans, but what a match -the score doesnt reflect the fabulous tennis that was played.
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azi - Jul 1, 2006 1:43 pm (#1851 of 2979)

Well, I was stewarding at a music competition all day with a load of football-haters. It was like my natural home! Anyway, I got to hear lots of different types of music, some good, others boring me to sleep (mainly long piano and opera solos - bleugh!). I enjoyed the folk and musical songs. There was one girl, 12 years old, who can sing perfectly - not a note out of place! She can reach a high B with no difficulty whatsoever! I was impressed. Unfortunately, during the first set of singing, I unexpectedly got a nose-bleed so I was sat next to the adjudicator doing everything one-handed! Some nice people on the row behind gave me tissues. I was also informed that I look too young to be in university. No surprise there!

Tomorrow I once again have to be up early as I'm going to the Royal Show near Royal Leamington Spa. It's got a convention on climate change and the latest things about biofuels so I'm looking forward to it.

Hope everyone has a lovely day! Apologies if I forgot anyone - my brain is frazzled! Sending wanted weather charms!

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Denise P. - Jul 1, 2006 1:45 pm (#1852 of 2979)

We picked up all the kidlets from camp this morning. Iain, the 5 year old, acted like he had just seen us a few moments before....it was no big deal that he had not seen us in a week. Since he was the youngest one camping this year, he bacame the camp mascot. Unpacking his bag, he has all kinds of toys and stuff. All the counselors were high fiving him, giving him hugs and kisses. Kierynn watched all this and now she is counting down until she can go to camp in 2008. Of course, unpacking bags also brought a rash of clothing (in all sizes) that I have never seen before. I know somewhere another mom is getting our stuff

Good Evans, good luck tomorrow! I start a half marathon training program on the 8th, right now my goal is to just finish it. At my current pace, which I hope to improve on before the actual race, I would finish in under 3 hours.

We found egg shells in the front yard, the mourning doves in the tree have hatched. They are up too high for me to get a picture though.

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geauxtigers - Jul 1, 2006 2:51 pm (#1853 of 2979)

It is now July, the birthday month. We have family birthdays on the 2, 5, 7, 12, 13, 15, and 28 of May! AHHH

Yeah mom had a dino cell phone a while back it weighed about 3 pounds it was not practical at all! I think we had a bag car phone too, I have vague memories of playing with it... But cell phones now-a-days are pretty tough. I dropped mine off the boardwalk at the beach right under the hose. I ended up having to walk all the way down the boardwalk, back up into the protected area that you aren't supposed to go in, and grab my phone out of the sand. there was one line of water coming off the boardwalk and it was landing squarly on my phone. Aside from finding sand in it everytime I open it, it works fine!

Can't remember much else, sorry England didn't make it, I'm glad France made it I guess I'll cheer for them...

Well off to find something to eat I'm starved.

Have a great day!

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Regan of Gong - Jul 1, 2006 3:09 pm (#1854 of 2979)

Azi, your expierience reminds me of a Spiderbait song. The chorus has lots of different men shouting "I LOVE FOOTY!"

I LOVE FOOTY, I LOVE FOOTY, I LOVE FOOTY, I LOVE FOOTY, I LOVE FOOTY, I LOVE FOOTY, I LOVE FOOTY, I HATE FOOTY!"

The last bit's screamed by a woman. It's very funny to hear.

Anyway, off to play...football! Or soccer, whichever you prefer. Then down to Melbourne. It's about 10 hours away by car, we've done it one day, but we're stopping at this little town called Beachworth. Lots of touristy kind of things there, but it's a great place. I's even got it's own Honeydukes/Lolly Shop. Don't know how long it'll be before I can get back here, I should be able to get a connection somewhere, or otherwise I won't be here until next saturday.

Have a good one,

Regan

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The giant squid - Jul 1, 2006 3:41 pm (#1855 of 2979)

Don't let 'em kid you, Finn--your puns were just as good as mine. They're all jealous, that's all.

Loopy: Every time I see the new Lady in the Water trailer it reminds me of the Village trailer, complete with rattling doorknob, monster POV and almost-glimpsed evil creature. Shyamalan has gotten so bad he's copying himself. And, of course, our theater is booked for this monstrosity... Hopefully we'll get Clerks II as well & I can force someone else to watch Lady.

--Mike

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timrew - Jul 1, 2006 4:57 pm (#1856 of 2979)

Good Evans:- .....makes me wonder what a footballer is supposed to do and why he plays for his country if he can't score goals........

From what I've observed in this World Cup, Good Evans. He has to learn to cheat better than his opponent. He has to be better at shirt-tugging, getting his opponent sent off, diving in the penalty area - all of those things, and more............

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Tazzygirl - Jul 1, 2006 6:08 pm (#1857 of 2979)

Soli: I'll be waiting for the Tazzy Review of TDWP!

All right, here is my review! It was okay... I think I agree with most of what Squid Mike said on his review of the movie. It could have definitely been better. And it is waaaaay off from the book. Harry came closer to the movie adaptation of HP then TDWP. There are some characters in TDWP that have entirely different names (I mean, how hard is it to keep a name?!) and their jobs weren't what they were in the books. I mean, little bitty details that don't cost extra to put into the movie should be put into the movie. It doesn't make sense to me. Anne Hathaway kind of bugs too (her eyes had that raccoon look throughout the movie. Yuck.). They did mention Harry Potter in it though!

Finn- the scene you said you saw being filmed- I tried looking in the background at the people, but it went by to fast. So I also don't think you made the cut!

We saw another trailer for Lady in the Water and my friend wants to go see it. She's actually excited. She said she loves M. Night Shama-lama-ding-dong's movies. I asked her if she was crazy.

Good luck on your runs, Denise and Good Evans!

Have to admit that I have yet to follow any of the World Cup or Wimbledon (although the movie was pretty good! LOL).

~Kristina

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Puck - Jul 1, 2006 6:12 pm (#1858 of 2979)

Don't let 'em kid you, Finn--your puns were just as good as mine. -Oh, they were as good as yours. The question is, were yours good? Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 2281877974

Tazzy, that song is by Steve Goodie. It's a Harry Potter Remix, but not sure of the exact title. It's based on PoA. Sounds a bit like Weird Al to me.

Hope all Denise's cherubs sleep well in there own beds, and have fun wearing their "new" clothes.

We had fun at the beach, but now I must pay. I didn't get anything done this afternoon, and the bathrooms are now covered with sand. Tomorrow I clean. woot.

Cheers!

Kathy

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Mediwitch - Jul 1, 2006 9:03 pm (#1859 of 2979)

Puck: I could have been a July baby, but I kept my mom waiting a few extra days.

That's because August is a much better month for a birthday ~ just ask me or Ginny Weasley!

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geauxtigers - Jul 1, 2006 9:31 pm (#1860 of 2979)

Well Ginny and I were bored, so we went to starbucks then Blockbuster. I tried to rent a video game, but they "didn't have it checked in" Grr thats happened the last 3 times and I begininng to get playstation deprived here. So we rented Anchorman, it was funny, but not as funny I hoped it would be. There were some funny parts but some of it was just plain stupid, I dunno, I'm not a huge Will Ferrel fan, he was good on SNL though. Speaking of SNL, I think I'll turn it on!

I'm off to watch SNL and go to the chat if anyone cares to join me!

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Lina - Jul 2, 2006 12:34 am (#1861 of 2979)

Tazzygirl: There are some characters in TDWP that have entirely different names (I mean, how hard is it to keep a name?!) and their jobs weren't what they were in the books.

That just reminds me of a joke that is running here... Something like
- Oh, Philip! I haven't seen you in ages! I wouldn't have recognized you, you've changed so much! You've changed your hair color, lost weight...
- But I'm not Philip, I'm Mark.
- There, you have even changed your name!

We have some wind here. It is most welcome because it is lowering the temperature. We have opened half of the windows in the flat because we have no A/C. But the dog is not really happy about it, she keeps thinking that the shades or other things that the wind keeps moving will attack her. So she is whining all the time...

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Jul 2, 2006 12:51 am (#1862 of 2979)

WooHoo! Was starting to go through withdrawal pains here! Have a great day all!

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The giant squid - Jul 2, 2006 3:56 am (#1863 of 2979)

I got a chance to see the Agassi/Nadal match today (they ran it on ESPN2 in the evening). While I would have liked Andre to win I did like two things: Andre didn't go out without a fight, and Nadal was a very respectful winner. I guess if you have to get knocked out of Wimbledon, losing to the #2 seed isn't too bad...

While I'm a bit late, Happy Canada Day to any Canadians we might have around here. July 4th gets all the press (and fireworks), but some important stuff happened on the first too.

Hi, TBE!

--Mike

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haymoni - Jul 2, 2006 5:21 am (#1864 of 2979)

Mediwitch - August is DEFINITELY the best month! Not that I'm into astrology or anything, but I made certain that Ungrateful Son and The Beautifulest One were both Leos!

virginiaelizabeth - your babysitting costumes remind me of that scene in that movie with George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer when she makes super-hero costumes for the kids with the stuff in her purse. "Um, where do you get a bag like that?"

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Jul 2, 2006 6:06 am (#1865 of 2979)

***waves at Mike***

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Solitaire - Jul 2, 2006 7:09 am (#1866 of 2979)

Actually, my birthday is one of the best days, if one is single and has no kids. June 30th is just about halfway through the year from Christmas, so I get a special day with presents and spoiling spaced out just right. Of course, if you have wedding anniversaries and Mother's/Father's Day to celebrate, that's different ... you already get those extra special days sprinkled throughout the year.

Solitaire

P.S. Twinkles ... to get rid of that little dot in front of your stars, just hit edit and put a space or two in front of the asterisks. Really ... it works!

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Marie E. - Jul 2, 2006 7:53 am (#1867 of 2979)

I've never read TDWP, so maybe I'd enjoy the movie more. It bothers me, too, when they change a characters name for no reason. For example, in Beaches the book best friend is named Roberta, Bertie for short. In the movie version the best friend's name is changed to Hilary. Why? Because Bertie didn't sound rich enough?

Madam Pince, I'll email you with our vacation info.

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Jul 2, 2006 8:00 am (#1868 of 2979)

P.S. Twinkles ... to get rid of that little dot in front of your stars, just hit edit and put a space or two in front of the asterisks. Really ... it works!

LOL, I thought that was a spot on my glasses!

...toddles off to find the windex to be sure...

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virginiaelizabeth - Jul 2, 2006 8:01 am (#1869 of 2979)

LOL haymoni, I must say it was pretty amusing!(and kinda fun too!!)

Well my mom just woke me up because my neighbors invited us to go tubing on the AMite today!! YAY!! I'm sure excited!! So I won't be back until late late tonight! Have a great RoTD everyone!

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geauxtigers - Jul 2, 2006 8:29 am (#1870 of 2979)
Edited Jul 2, 2006 9:22 am

WOOO Going Tubing be back much later tonight!

Funny story before I go, Ginny will hate me, but I can't help it!

We went to Mickey D's so we could eat breakfast/lunch before getting out on the water you know. We get in the drive-trough line and I go, you have money right? "uhhhh, no" yeah we had to sit in the parking lot while my grannie brought us money! At least we weren't trying to pay for our food before we found out we were money-less!

Looks like it will rain today!

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Good Evans - Jul 2, 2006 9:25 am (#1871 of 2979)

Hi!  Dripping with "glow" (horses sweat, men perspire, ladies glow - you get it!) It has been so hot today. I am bummed. 32 minutes!! improvement on las t year but not where I wanted to be!!!! it was 34C at 11.00 this morning and we had the most incredible hill to start with I didnt think it was ever going to plateau!! Still I finsihed it and have one small blister, I am not happy that was stupidity!

Denise I am all in awe with your training for a half marathon!!! I Intend to work up to 10k but not yet!!

ungrateful step sons birthday tomorrow (17!) so he came round this pm for some cake and to ask when I was going to take him driving - not til he's had some lessons was the very stern reply (Mcgonnagall eat your heart out!)

anyhow still very hot and off to evensong shortly

have a great day everyone

thanks for all your support, I am pleased I finished just dissaointed that I didnt improve on the time. £200 for cancer research I have raised and feel pretty pleased about that!

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Solitaire - Jul 2, 2006 9:43 am (#1872 of 2979)

Evensong ... that sounds so peaceful, poetic, reflective, and musical ... much nicer than just "the evening service," which is what we tend to say. I like it.

Solitaire

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Puck - Jul 2, 2006 9:44 am (#1873 of 2979)

wOOt! to Julie! You did fabulous, and don't tell yourself different!

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Madam Pince - Jul 2, 2006 10:42 am (#1874 of 2979)

Solitaire, thanks for the tip about the dot in front of the stars! I've never known how to fix that either -- tried for awhile, and then decided it wasn't that big of a problem and just gave up. Thanks so much!

***waves to everyone just to see if it works*** (Hey! It does! Woo-hoo!)

Way to go, Good Evans! Sounds like a great effort to me! Kudos!

I liked your joke, Lina! I hadn't heard it before!

Welcome home to all Denise's kidlets, and a fond farewell to her week of relative peace and quiet.... Ah well, I know it's good to have them home. Bah on the laundry, though...

Hope the girls have fun tubing and don't get sunburned! It sounds like a perfect day for it -- or it would be here anyways! The thermometer on our deck in the full sun says over 100. Bleah... and yesterday was so nice! So far we've done all "indoors" stuff today.

Had a Harry Potter dream last night! It was as though I was one of the students, and I was talking with Hermione a lot, and it was like the story (this was the last book, by the way) was being filmed for the movie, but yet it was "really happening" at the same time. And then one of the characters/actors (both the real person and the JKR character) died, so we all said, "Oh, I guess then that's one of the ones she said ended up dying although she hadn't originally planned it that way -- they had to die because they really did die!" (Does that make sense?) Anyway, I am most upset to report that it was Alan Rickman / Snape. I was actually very sad when I woke up, because I thought it had really happened! (OK, Solitaire, stop cheering now.... )

I guess I will spend some more time today trying to program the new cell phone. My old one didn't have a memory card, so I have to hand-enter all the numbers into the new address book. I spent hours last night reading the manual and trying to figure out all the features. I don't like the fact that it's so little -- the buttons are so tiny I can barely press them properly, and I have little fingers! I don't know how someone with big fingers could manage. And this model was the largest one available that we could choose from.

Everyone enjoy the RotD! Off to think up questions for the Trivia thread!

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Good Evans - Jul 2, 2006 12:05 pm (#1875 of 2979)

yes Soli Evensong was rather nice, and a blessed release from this heat!! The stone church was just so cool, it was lovely!

Thanks for the kind words guys!

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boop - Jul 2, 2006 1:14 pm (#1876 of 2979)

Julie, Great job on your run!!

Regan, Have a fun and safe trip.

Everyone have a great ROTD!!

hugs always

boop

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Denise P. - Jul 2, 2006 1:29 pm (#1877 of 2979)

32 minutes for 5K is awesome!! Way to go Julie!!

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Finn BV - Jul 2, 2006 2:33 pm (#1878 of 2979)

What a horrible day for the Americans at Wimbledon.

I went to see The Devil Wears Prada today too… just sort of a whim… Anyway, I hadn't read the book, but I agree with Tazzy mainly. It wasn't incredible, but just from a movie point of view, I liked it. Thought Meryl Streep was incredible, and there was a lot of Harry Potter, LOL! Except Anne Hathaway said Rowling-like-Howling, not -like-Bowling. Oh well. It was still funny. And yes, that scene was there, except I was wrong about which character it was! Though I can tell you for sure it was not the real actress doing that stunt, because we saw the stunt actress get her money and walk home – right in front of us!! Yeah, it was really fast! But I saw how they filmed it – and if anybody cares to know, it was at 60th Street and… er… Park, I think.

And I saw that stupid trailer for Lady in the Water. That looks truly awful. My mom was revolted.

That's because August is a much better month for a birthday –Mediwitch

Totally with you on that one.

Lina, never heard that one before! LOL! Julie-GE, happy birthday to stepson and great job to you!! That's fantastic!

Didn't really read through all of the posts, so sorry if I missed anybody…

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Lilly P - Jul 2, 2006 3:28 pm (#1879 of 2979)

Hi to all, Great job Julie!, Boo on all the laundry, but having the kids back is worth it isn't it Denise! I miss mine just the 6 hours/week that she goes to the drop in day care!

Mr. P got to call today from Iraq to say Happy Aniversary! Always good to hear his voice and know that he is ok. 6 years! we did the math over the phone and he has only been in the U.S. for 3 years and 2 months of our marriage! I'll be glad when he is done with the military and I get a "full-time husband"!

I did start my own forum on world crossing, called "Coloring outside the lines" and there is a recipe section that I want to fill with recipies from all over the world, so if any of you have the time, I would love to see some recipies that are speciffic to your country, or your region of the US! Thanks!

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Tazzygirl - Jul 2, 2006 3:58 pm (#1880 of 2979)

Yeay to Good Evans!

Happy Anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Lilly P.! That is wonderful he got to call home! (Is there any way you could do a link to your Forum?)

It is hot here again.

Hope you two had fun tubing, Tori and Ginny!

Have a great RotD/N everyone!

~Kristina

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Lilly P - Jul 2, 2006 4:13 pm (#1881 of 2979)

I'll try and do a link Tazzy, just as soon as I figure out how! Thanks for the well wishes, yipee! to Denise P, for bing my first Lexicon member to post on my forum, I knew I could count on you guys! ***off to learn how to post a link to my forum***

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Denise P. - Jul 2, 2006 4:24 pm (#1882 of 2979)

Psst, Lilly, if you scroll to the very bottom of your forum, there is a link there. It will say Link to this forum: URL here

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Lilly P - Jul 2, 2006 4:37 pm (#1883 of 2979)

http://wc3.worldcrossing.com/webx?14@@.1de07cfc

Here ya go Tazzy, when I was reading how to do a link, there was a warning about linking to other sites because of being responsible for content so I'll just say now that I'll keep my forum to the same rules of conduct as this one!

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Puck - Jul 2, 2006 5:19 pm (#1884 of 2979)

Lilly P., just posted on your site! So glad you got to talk to your hubby today.

Hubby wanted to go to the outlet stores. He didn't find what he wanted, but I got new shoes *waves to Kristina* and next year's Easter dress for Diva. (I got a good deal at one of those fancy dress boutiques.) Plus, there was a sale at Lindt chocolate outlet. I found the 85% dark someone here mentioned, plus some 99%, so I have plenty of dark chocolate. I had planned to stay home today and clean the kitchen, but new shoes and chocolate are way better!

Happy RotD!

Kathy

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Tazzygirl - Jul 2, 2006 5:38 pm (#1885 of 2979)

Thanks Lilly! Off to check out your forum!

EDIT: I made it there! As soon as I think of stuff to add to your discussions, I'll head on over and post!

**waves to Puck** Yeah- new shoes and chocolate- what could be better??

~Kristina


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geauxtigers - Jul 2, 2006 6:01 pm (#1886 of 2979)

Back from the river! Tons of funn, but I'm exauhausted! You never realize how much strength is needed to knee-board and hold onto a tube! It was nice, it rained lighty on us practically the whole time, so it wasn't hot. I was atually cold at one point! LOL the rain cooled us down, looks like we maybe got a drop here at home, but however much it was, it wasn't enough!

Off to take a shower and try to comb through my rat's nest of hair...

have a great night, I'll check back later!

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Mediwitch - Jul 2, 2006 6:14 pm (#1887 of 2979)

New shoes and chocolate Kathy ~ what an excellent day!!!!

Sounds like tubing was a blast Tori, glad you had fun.

We celebrated Mr. Mediwitch's birthday today with the family (it's really on Friday) - both kids came home, and my parents and of course, his dad. It was nice to see everyone, but it's nice to sit down and relax now! Time to check some threads...

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Denise P. - Jul 2, 2006 6:33 pm (#1888 of 2979)

I took my two Boy Scouts to camp today. Nicholas was less than thrilled but I know when he gets there, he is going to have fun. I have to go back to pick them up on Friday and then on Monday, Devin, Rhys and I go to the same place for a few days.

We have some family coming in since Kaitlyn is being baptized. I think while my dad is here, we are going to attempt to go down to Chattanooga to the aquarium.

We are birthday free here until August, when Rhys will be one. We only have July, September and October with no birthday or anniversary in it. June is our busy month, we have two birthdays, a transplant and an anniversary all in the same week.

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virginiaelizabeth - Jul 2, 2006 6:36 pm (#1889 of 2979)

Well I already can't move, so I'm not sure how I will tomorrow! Anyway, nice day today, had tons of fun, and learned that my dad should never try to knee board or tube again! he was dreadful.

Woke up this morning with my ear hurting..how random? *hopes sinus infections can't be spread through the internet!*

Well I'm too tired to remember anything else tha tI was going to say so have a great RotN everyone.

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Holly T. - Jul 2, 2006 6:57 pm (#1890 of 2979)

Hello everyone! I am back from vacation.

Marie--we just spent the past 8 days in Virginia--we didn't go to Busch Gardens, though. We went to lots of battlefields and spent three days at Colonial Williamsburg. We were in northern Virginia during the torrential rain, so we had to alter some of our plans, but for the most part things turned out ok. We headed south and got away from the rain!

My throat quit hurting about the third day of vacation and I finished my antibiotics a few days ago.

I skimmed back a bit before hitting recent and send sympathies to kaykay about her doggie, healing charms to those who need them, birthday and anniversary wishes, etc.

Kathy--you know those growth charts the pediatricians use are based on formula-fed babies, right? According to those charts my daughter was never above 50% in anything--usually she was more like 5 or 10%. She only weighed 18 pounds when she turned 1. For that matter, she just turned 11 and only weighs 69 pounds. I've had a lot of friends whose doctors got them all freaked out about underweight babies when they weren't taking the babies' feeding into account. My doctor had a great attitude about it--he said his daughter was barely on the charts and she was fine.

I really shouldn't be online. The alternative is laundry, though. That and dreading work tomorrow. I just have to make it through one day before I get a day off. My mom says I should have just stayed on vacation past the 4th but I think it will be nice to go back, spend a whole day catching up on e-mail and such, then have a day off (to finish the laundry), then a three-day week. A three-day week that ends with a meeting at which I may find out I'll be working for a different department. See, I haven't even thought about this for over a week and now I'm back home and have to get all stressed again. Sigh.

I did see a TV report about the interview with Jo where she mentioned the characters dying!

Editing to add what I came here to post! My daughter LOVED her Hogwarts letter. I had the person on eBay address to my daughter care of the hotel we were staying in the night of her birthday and snuck it onto a table while my daughter was helping bring stuff in from the car. She was thrilled. She did ask me where I ordered it from. My husband liked the part of the letter where it said she could bring a cat to school because he would love to get rid of our daughter's cat. He kept threatening to walk into a bookstore in Williamsburg to see if they had robes and spellbooks for her. My daughter swore she would never speak to him again if he did so--dads can be so embarrassing, you know!

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Finn BV - Jul 2, 2006 7:44 pm (#1891 of 2979)

Holly, welcome back. Glad the letter was a hit!

Lilly, I've visited your forum! Great job!

Glad tubing was fun, Tori and Ginny!

Enjoy the RotD!

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Madam Pince - Jul 2, 2006 9:06 pm (#1892 of 2979)

Fiddlesticks! I could've probably visited you, too, Holly, while you were on vacation! I was in northern Virginia during the torrential downpours also! Oh well. Marie, I am going to look up the towns you mentioned in your e-mail -- I'm not familiar with them so they must be pretty far away, alas earwax. But fingers crossed!

I was just reading on another thread that The Saint and The One got engaged after meeting on a HP website -- not sure if it was this one or not. Got me to wondering about Brandon and Sarah -- anyone know where/how they are? They were supposed to get married a year or so ago I think.

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Amilia Smith - Jul 3, 2006 2:15 am (#1893 of 2979)

I have a question for our UK members: How does the British TV season work?

I ask because I have recently been discovering Fawlty Towers, which only has 6 episodes per season. Which got me to thinking . . . Black Adder and Jeeves and Wooster only had 6 episode seasons as well. So I checked some of my other favorites on IMDb, and it seems that a BBC sitcom season can last anywhere from 6-13 episodes, with most of them leaning towards the 6 side.

So then I looked up some American sitcoms. A season here seems to run around 24 episodes.

Is the television season there really so much shorter? Or are episodes just spaced more? Maybe this is why British sitcoms are so much better than American sitcoms on average. They take more time on each episode.

Or maybe only the good stuff makes it across the pond.

But in the mean time, what does the television play?

Mills.

EDIT: The mystery grows! Early seasons of Dr. Who had upwards of 45 episodes. Midway through the first run, they switched to 26 episodes/season. By the end they were down to 14 e/s. The new series is running at 13 e/s. Hmmmmm.

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azi - Jul 3, 2006 2:44 am (#1894 of 2979)

Hmm, Amilia, I'm not sure! New episodes of programmes are generally spaced out so there's one a week. I think the schedule is worked out in four seasons. We don't have many sitcoms here, but quite a few documentaries and drama which fill in space between episodes. During the day we have the influx of shows related to house selling/buying/renovating and antiques programmes. The late afternoon is childrens programmes, while the evening is news and the sitcoms you mentioned and possibly a documentary or a drama (on BBC1 anyway). Oh, we also have soaps like Eastenders. I've noticed a lot of programmes that last for 3 episodes recently, not a series but a one-off story.

Yesterday was boiling hot. I could barely cope with the heat, especially since being near horses and hay sets my asthma off. I took my Ventolin more than I should have. I was pre-warned by a friend in Manchester that a huge thunderstorm was headed my way at home, and he was right. Just a we reached the south of Sheffield we hit it. I have *never* seen so much lightening in my life! The rain was so bad the motorway was reduced to 40mph (70 limit, people generally do 80+). Quite a lot of flash flooding and loads of buildings stuck by lightening. It was spectacular though.

Hope everyone has a good day!

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Snuffles - Jul 3, 2006 3:00 am (#1895 of 2979)

Heh, heh, azi. Trust a student to know all the tv programmes!!

The weather here has been fantastic over the weekend. Lovely and warm. We decided to have a bbq on Saturday for my sister in law. She was 40 the other week but conveniently decided to be away on holiday!! My hubby's 2 sisters were there with their children, plus us 3 and my brother in law brought along his girlfriend for us all to meet at last Had a great time but did find out yesterday that my brother in law and girlfriend decided to separate!! Hope it wasn't anything we said!!!

Then yesterday we went to a boating lake, hired a rowing boat and spent a fun filled hour laughing our way around!! We all took it in turns to row. Myself and my sister in law tried for about 15 mins but I don't think we actually moved!!

Well done to Julie (Good Evans) on your run.

Hope everyone has a good Monday

Julie

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azi - Jul 3, 2006 3:10 am (#1896 of 2979)

Hehe, Snuffles! I don't even watch the programmes! Most of it's rubbish anyway...I just noticed in my boredom that the pattern is followed. The BBQ sounds nice, and boating is very fun!

I forgot to say congratulations to Good Evans in my previous post! Suffice to say I couldn't run quarter of a mile. Therefore you'd beat me anyday.

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Amilia Smith - Jul 3, 2006 3:30 am (#1897 of 2979)

Thanks, Azi! I am slightly relieved to learn that you have rubbish over there too. :-)

I probably ought to go to bed.

Mills.

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jose043 - Jul 3, 2006 4:06 am (#1898 of 2979)

Hi All

Anne & I went to our Asthma specialist & found out we both have bronchitis. We are on antibiotics, Cough medicine & the nebuliser

My Mum has started to recover & Rob is recovering from his bout of flu though still has his cough.

Healing charms to all that need them & those that have been doing their 5mile runs glad it is you & not Anne & I we might be able to walk it but deffernly not run it.

Josephine & Anne

Little Werewolves of London

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azi - Jul 3, 2006 4:15 am (#1899 of 2979)

Get well soon!

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haymoni - Jul 3, 2006 4:20 am (#1900 of 2979)

Good Evans - I prefer to "glisten" rather than "glow"! Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 464751818

Took today off. It was an inspired idea if I do say so myself.

Hubby has to work.

The Beautifulest One wants to go back to the zoo. I'll have to check my motivation level.

Something is wrong with our doorbell. It rings for no reason. It worked fine before we put siding on the house. Either Peeves has left Hogwarts or "somebody" messed up the wiring.  Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1242194059

No big plans for the 4th. I have some burgers, dogs, corn, watermelon and a box of sparklers. I think I'm set!
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Puck - Jul 3, 2006 5:43 am (#1901 of 2979)

I wondering if I can talk hubby into taking 3 kids out while I finally get the kitchen clean. It's day three of our 4 day weekend, and I have yet to get there. Or, perhaps skip the kitchen and we can all go mini-golf. (They just put in a new course at the ice cream place, so we'd have to get ice cream, too. )

Healling charms refreshed, Anne and Josephine!

Holly, glad you had fun! I think the pediatrician just doesn't want her falling off the curve. Her height is still average, so it's just her weight. (Incidently, I'd be impressed if my kids hit 70 pounds by age eleven. My son is 6 and still hasn't hit 40. He was 32 at 3, and has grown a foot taller since.) I'm just hoping I'll be able to get him a Hogwarts letter in 5 years!

Okay, lots of housework to do....(We've all been home, yet I still seem to have lots of laundry!)

Cheers!

Kathy

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 3, 2006 6:12 am (#1902 of 2979)

Every time I see the new Lady in the Water trailer it reminds me of the Village trailer...........And, of course, our theater is booked for this monstrosity.....—Mike

LOL. Ah, this and the other comments about this trailer warm my heart. We won't be fooled again!

Hope everyone had a good weekend. I spent most of it helping a friend put a new tub into a bathroom. I had forgotten how much I detest manual labor. Sunday was swimming in a friends pool. I don't have today off, so I'm at work playing on the computer. I'd like to be the first to suggest (well, at least the latest to suggest) that we should change this holiday to be "Independance Day" and have the first monday in July off. Middle of the week holidays are nice, but I want the three day weekend please.

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Chemyst - Jul 3, 2006 6:47 am (#1903 of 2979)
Edited Jul 3, 2006 7:19 am

we should change this holiday to be "Independance Day"

*[came back and edited out snarky reply]*

 **thinks she'll stick with a more conventional independence until they get us a sic smilie**

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Marie E. - Jul 3, 2006 7:29 am (#1904 of 2979)

The nice thing about having a Tuesday holiday is that most of our daycare parents are taking today off so we'll be down to almost no kids. Hopefully it'll be a nice, quiet day. I would have liked a three day weekend, too.

We've had a lot of afternoon thundershowers lately and they're predicted to last all week. I don't mind the rain if it'll keep us from going on water restrictions again. Trying to remember which day is our day to water the grass is too much stress.

My girls have never been above the 25% in weight. Their doctor just checks to be sure they are following the same curve. She's concerned about Shayla since her ADD meds suppress her appetite. I think Shayla only gained two pounds last year. I bought her Pediasure (a flavored nutritional supplement drink) but she doesn't like the taste. Shayla is 9 years old and weighs about 53 pounds. Lexie is seven and weighs 48 pounds. Even though Lexie is on the same medication as Shayla, I haven't noticed any changes in Lexie's appetite. Then again, Lexie has always been a "good eater".

Happy Monday!

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Steve Newton - Jul 3, 2006 7:29 am (#1905 of 2979)

As I recall it, Independence Day is the name of the Holiday. The State of Delaware agrees here:

http://www.delawarepersonnel.com/labor/holidays/2006.shtml

When we are without power at home for 7 hours I get a little testy. I couldn't check the Forum or box scores. Sigh.

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Lilly P - Jul 3, 2006 7:48 am (#1906 of 2979)

Haymoni- I would have the doorbell checked right away, we had the same thing happen when the new roof was put on and all the hammering knocked the wiring loose, the electrician said we could have had a fire.

My daugher is also only at 10% for weight, she was slightly premature (28 days). she is healthy as a horse and eats like one too! Some times I think these doctors don't take into account things like diet or genetics, my Mom and my Mother-in-Law are both tiny, petite women who don't weigh much more than 100lbs. And we are a strictly NO junk food family. As long as Annemarie is eating right and not losing and percentile points I just let her eat regular meals and snacks (they tried to have me put her on a high-calorie diet). Annemarie dosn't care for the Pediasure either. any way, I'm off to check the threads, Much thanks to thoes of you who posted on my forum, I'm going to try Denise P's Pizza recipe tomorrow after I go shopping!

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Denise P. - Jul 3, 2006 8:00 am (#1907 of 2979)

I have fought, literally, for years with pediatricians who look at the scale and not the baby. All of my kidlets start out like whoppers and then quickly drop off the chart. Two of mine where checked for thyroid problems, heart problems..you name it and they came up clean. By the time this happened with the third one, I came in armed with medical records from the others. I was told there was no way that "failure to thrive" was something that ran in a family yet I had proof that all mine didn't "thrive" (never mind they met all developmental milestones, were happy and well adjusted...they were not babies with rolls of fat on them) We just went through this with Rhys too. The doctor raved about how well he was doing, how advanced he was, that he was doing wonderfully and then she looked at the scale. Suddenly, his brain was not growing and she wanted to run all kinds of tests...which I refused. "Don't you want to find out what is wrong with him?" Nothing is wrong with him! When we came home, I looked in the other baby books and at the same age, Rhys is actually the heaviest of my kids.

Look at the baby, not the scale and for those mamas who nurse, those growth charts are designed with formula fed babies in mind.

**climbing off my soap box**:

Pediasure, if you look on the website, there are loads of recipes (or they used to be) When Devin was needing to put on pounds after chemo, he would drink Pediasure but when he didn't want to, we put it in pancakes, in bread, in anything we could to get the extra calories to him. We had some peanut butter milkshake thing we would make him with ice cream that was 1200 calorie!

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 3, 2006 8:23 am (#1908 of 2979)

**thinks she'll stick with a more conventional independence until they get us a sic smilie** -- Chemyst

See, working on a day and during a time when I should be sleeping interferes with me internal speller.

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Eponine - Jul 3, 2006 9:11 am (#1909 of 2979)

My niece and nephew are almost the exact same size. Ruby is 6, and Ryan is 3 and a half. They wear the same size shoe, and are so close in weight and height they're often mistaken for twins. Ruby is just very very small for her age, and Ryan is tall for his. Sometimes, I forget how big actual six-year-olds are because I'm used to dealing with one who is just tiny.

The cable guys are here working in the neighborhood this morning, and I'm a little put out at them because I'd been downloading something (that was taking FOREVER) and they cut the internet off just before it finished.

On the job front, Mr. Eponine has several interviews this week. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he'll be able to get a job that doesn't require travel because I'm tired of him being gone all the time. He's actually home for a couple of weeks right now, but over the last several months, he's only been home for the weekends. Any good luck charms would be appreciated.

Way back for Valentine's Day, Mr. Eponine got me a gift certificate to a (sort of) local pasta restaurant that makes the best food ever. It's a little out of our everyday price range, so we didn't go that often (and it's a bit of a drive to get there). Since he'd been traveling so much, we hadn't got a chance to use the gift certificate until now. So Friday afternoon, we got dressed up and drove out to the restaurant only to find that it's closed now. I was quite annoyed. I looked online to see if I could figure out what happened, and the only thing I could find was a short blurb in the Raleigh paper about the restaurant closing permanently. I'm annoyed because it was really good food, and I've never had pasta as good as theirs anywhere. And I'm annoyed because now we have a useless gift certificate.

Anyway, I hope everyone has a great RotD!

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Lilly P - Jul 3, 2006 9:40 am (#1910 of 2979)

Boo on the resurant closing Eponine! Do you know if it is a chain? if so you might be able to contact them and cash in the certificate. or use it at another resturant that is owned by the same corporation. We did that when I worked at the Galaxy Diner, we honored all certificats from JB's resturant. because they were both owned by Summit Industries. *good luck charms to Mr. Eponine* I understand about hubby being gone! (mine is in Iraq) so I send *sympathy charms* to you! I wouldn't be able to do it if it weren't for all the other military wives who are here and going through the same thing, is there any sort of spouse support group with your husbands company?

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virginiaelizabeth - Jul 3, 2006 9:46 am (#1911 of 2979)

Good Luck charms to Eponine!

Well I'm paying now for my dad of fun-I can hardly move I'm so sore. Going to the doctor today to see about my ear. Hope its nothing bad...like a bug in it or something..

Tomorrow is America's 230th birthday!!!

I never noticed how our TV seasons work here. I thought they all started at different times and ran for a variety of episodes. I do know that none of them have ever lasted less than 10 or 11 episodes.

Have a GRotD everyone!

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Denise P. - Jul 3, 2006 9:57 am (#1912 of 2979)

The average US TV season of a show is 20-24 episodes, depending on a variety of things. If it is a mid-season replacement, it will have less. Many shows get cancelled after less than 5 eps and have unaired episodes.

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HungarianHorntail13 - Jul 3, 2006 10:34 am (#1913 of 2979)

I haven't posted in a while.

Priscilla and I say thanks for all the Happy Birthdays!

We have some funny bug stories.

Once Trevor was trying to eat an ant from outside. He said he found it in the pool.

Once this 4in. mosquito came after me when I was getting a movie from the cabinet, and I screamed so loud that mom came running in because she thought there was a burglar. Mom yelled at me.

Another time we were down in Disney with some friends eating dinner outside. This big black thing hops up next to the table, and I thought it was a frog. My face was about 2 in. away from it before I realized that it was a giant bug!

After skimming through the past 600 posts, I can't remember any more.

._Olivia

Edit:

Remembered something:

Mrs. Sirius, you have a guinea pig? I had one too, and it used to kick it's before pellets, after pellets and kitty litter all over the floor. Dad stopped him from doing that by putting large pieces of plastic over the cage. He didn't live to be very old, so we got some chinchillas after him.

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Madam Pince - Jul 3, 2006 10:50 am (#1914 of 2979)

Oh Eponine, that must be sooooo frustrating! (Both the Internet download and the restaurant, but mostly the restaurant!) Phooey. Anyway, good luck charms on the job hunt!

That reminds me - I think I forgot to say good luck to Dizzy Lizzy on the new school program - way better than looking for a job!

I have a cousin who is a teeny tiny little girl. I think she's almost six, and she wears about a size 3T. Perfectly healthy, just very petite, like her mom was at that age.

Little Pince's 4-year checkup was Friday, and he was only in the 20th percentile for both height and weight. In the past he's been in the 60th or 70th for height but has always been low on weight, but now he's evening out, I guess. His doctor is perfectly OK with it, though. He's an endocrinologist by specialty so I guess he understands better than most pediatricians, maybe. Little Pince is healthy, meeting all the development stages, and eats what I consider to be extremely well, he just doesn't pack on the pounds. I did notice how skinny he looked at swim class -- when you could really see the ribs and shoulder blades! I was the same way when I was in school -- we used to get "graded" (I suppose it was really scaling) on physical development, and we'd either get an "S" (satisfactory) or a "U" (unsatisfactory.) My mom fought the battle every 6-weeks grading period -- she thought the term "unsatisfactory" was just wrong. The doctor told her to just chill out and ignore it -- he said "What do they expect? She's got a skinny mama and a skinny daddy!"

Worse deal was the vaccinations Little Pince had to get Friday -- the DaPT made his upper arm all red and swollen, which apparently is pretty typical for the last shot in the series. He doesn't seem bothered though, says it itches a little, and his appetite has been low this weekend, and we've had one or two minor unpleasantnesses, but overall typical vaccination stuff. Dr's office said no worries.

Everyone have a great RotD!

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Thora - Jul 3, 2006 11:50 am (#1915 of 2979)

Madam Pince,

My daughter's immunization just did that. The red, hard, hot, and itchy area was bigger than my palm. The doc put her on benedryl and antibiotics, mostly to shut my mouth I think.

Thora

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Madam Pince - Jul 3, 2006 12:13 pm (#1916 of 2979)

Yes, Thora, that sounds familiar -- it is about the size of my palm and it is hot, too. Or I should say was; it feels much better this morning. I have just now noticed, however, that he feels hot now, and we've had more "unpleasantness." I swear, I hate to take him to the doctor's office for well visits. He comes home un-well every single time -- very frustrating. I try to keep him from touching anything but it is a losing battle with all the enticing toys and the aquarium and all in the waiting room. Then I washed his hands while in the exam room and as soon as we left, and used the antiseptic handwash stuff at least four times. Sigh.... Oh well, it wouldn't be a holiday if he wasn't sick I guess.

And the real kicker is that the day after the doctor's, we got a letter in the mail saying that he's wait-listed for Pre-K anyway, so we didn't even really need to go have those shots yet; we could've waited until next year. So I guess this fall will find me breaking out the home-schooling manuals to get started on writing and telling time and all those fun things we've not worked on yet. ***waves at Chemyst who will be very happy ***

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geauxtigers - Jul 3, 2006 12:33 pm (#1917 of 2979)

the motorway was reduced to 40mph -Azi, yall use mph in England?

I was always very little for my age, I'm not anymore, but I was extremly upset in 1st grade when I was the shortest person in the class! lol, I was always pretty skinny too, I remember my mom talking about my ribs sticking out. Not so much anymore, but I do have very "whimpy" looking arms. Don't remember having toruble with doctors about it though.... I'm not short really anymore, but I'm not tall either.

Yeah I can hardly move today I'm so sore, I guess my whimpy arms aren't as strong as I thought!

Gosh my brain is drawing a blank on everything else.

Good luck charms to Eoponine! Charms to everyone else I forgot!

off to check the threads, later!

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Puck - Jul 3, 2006 12:42 pm (#1918 of 2979)

Madame Pince, don't sweat the clocks and letters. They do that in kindergarten.

When I was 12 or 13 I weighed 97 pounds. The nurse plotted it wrong on the chart, 40 or 50 pounds heavier than I was. The doctor, who apparently looked at the chart more carefully than she did me, told me I was "a bit heavy". I went home upset about this, believing I was "fat". I didn't know it was a mistake until the following year, when they complained about the weight I had lost. Seriously dangerous business, telling a skinny girl she needs to lose weight.

Cobain, apparently, has no such issues. It looks from the picture he out-weighs my nine month old. (She weighs 16 1/2 lbs.)

Luck charms to Mr. Eponine! Sorry about the restaurant.

We went swimming at the neighbors house late morning, and have lessons tonight. Chilling out to let the kids rest for a while in between.

Cheers!

Kathy

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Madam Pince - Jul 3, 2006 3:21 pm (#1919 of 2979)

Sending thoughts to those in Spain affected by today's train accident -- hope no Forum members were immediately involved.

My monitor has been "shivering" and doing other odd things today. I wouldn't be surprised if it's getting ready to go up, so who knows if I may "disappear" soon....

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Denise P. - Jul 3, 2006 4:40 pm (#1920 of 2979)

We went out this evening to get fireworks for tomorrow. It is weird, it is technically illegal to shoot fireworks within the city limits but you purchase them in the city limits and the local paper lists the hours you can shoot them off.

We already had some (since we can buy them year round here). We did load up on metal sparklers, mostly they sell the crummy wooden ones. The kidlets like the sparklers while Dad shoots off the stuff that goes up in the air and spins on the ground.

Kaitlyn has a baptism coming up and trying to get her to decide on what songs she wants, who she wants to speak etc is like pulling teeth. I think we finally have it nailed down but her main concern is what kind of cake we will be serving (half white, half chocolate with buttercream frosting, have not decided on the decorations yet)

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Solitaire - Jul 3, 2006 5:22 pm (#1921 of 2979)

About those "underweight" kids ... with all the information blaring out at us about childhood obesity, I should think doctors would back off unless it appears a kid is actually starving himself. Besides, haven't they heard of high metabolisms or ectomorphic frames?

If kids are "trained" to eat a high-calorie diet, won't their bodies eventually learn to crave that diet? Kids are exposed to junk food as soon as they begin to eat away from home. If they are eating a sound, healthy, natural diet and they push the plate away when they are satisfied, maybe they won't have to contend with diabetes, high cholesterol, and obesity when they are older. Of course, I'm not a mom, so maybe I am misunderstanding the situation.

Solitaire

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virginiaelizabeth - Jul 3, 2006 5:59 pm (#1922 of 2979)

I tend to agree with you Solitaire, and they wonder why so many kids are obese these days. Just look at the commercials for Micky D's- they try to make you think that by getting your kid apple dippers with caramel sauce is sooo much better than fires, when in reality, it's not that much better because the caramel is basically pure sugar. All the commercials just make me wanna gag! And sadly there are people who believe it. One of my friends did a report on Micky D's once and she went to their site and read up on nutrition facts. A double cheese burger has the same calories as one of the salads(can't remember which one) and it almost all came from the dressing. Doctors shouldn't be worrying that a baby is underwieght, because it's not as dangerous as being over wieght. Another thing thst still amazes me is how quickly times have changed. 6yrs ago, when I was little, we spent most of the time outside riding bikes and getting ourselves into some sort of harmless trouble. All the kids I babysit just want to sit there and play video games or watch TV. I can't remeber doing it that much when I was in 1st-5th grade. It just amazes me taht they can sit there that long! I can't do it today even!

*ok rant over*

Went to the Doctor about my ear and it's some version of swimmers ear and wax build up. He gave me these drops that don't feel too good in my ears, but I have to go back in 2 weeks to have wax "vaccumed" out. That scares me a bit, I hope it's not really a vaccum.

Okay mom is making me clean..ugg so I'll check back later!

Have a great RotD everyone!

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Madam Pince - Jul 3, 2006 6:03 pm (#1923 of 2979)

I think you understand it exactly, Solitaire! That was my thinking, too.

I try to get mine to at least taste everything we're serving, even if he professes "That's yucky" just to get him exposed to eating a variety, but I won't cram things down him. And if I know he really despises something (like eggs), then he doesn't have to eat it, but has something else instead. I can't imagine shoving high calories unless there truly was a serious illness that was causing them to be unable to eat normally.

We won't need to buy fireworks -- our neighbor down the street who has the mentality of a 10-year-old will provide us with all the noise we need. He starts about a month ahead of time and keeps going until he can't find fireworks for sale anymore. Our poor dog is almost psychotic the whole month of mid-June to mid-July, what with him combined with summer thunderstorms.

The community is having a family-friendly event tomorrow with music and a big fireworks show at 9:30 -- it's our county's 300th anniversary, so it's a bigger deal than normal.

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Marie E. - Jul 3, 2006 6:41 pm (#1924 of 2979)

We're not allowed to shoot off fireworks in our county due to the fire ban, but the city is still holding a fireworks show at the big park downtown. I hope the weather clears up because it's been raining for almost 7 hours straight. Not much danger of starting a fire today.

Yes, Cobain is getting a bit chubby. I've been calling him Fatty McFatterson. Not to my sister, of course. She said at his 3 month check up he was 12 pounds. Or was it 2 month check up? Anyway, at 3 months my girls were only about 9 pounds. They both bulked up to 16 pounds by 6 months and then only gained two more pounds by age 1. I imagine Cobain will hit at least 25 pounds by his first birthday.

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Finn BV - Jul 3, 2006 6:50 pm (#1925 of 2979)

Josephine and Anne – major healing charms to you!!

Best of luck to Mr. Eponine's job hunt! And perhaps you can get in touch with the ex-management?

Welcome back, Olivia!

I was a rather chubby kid… hehe… 80lbs in third grade… but with all my athletics, the weight has disappeared and I'm at a normal Body Mass Index: 22.

Wow, just Googled the train accident. My thoughts are with Spain!

Happy 4th!

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geauxtigers - Jul 3, 2006 7:07 pm (#1926 of 2979)

Yeah a lot of kids are chubby when they are little, but thin out as they get older. Just looking over my yearbooks, I'm like oh my gosh look how chubby so and so used to be! I remember coming into 7th grade one of my friends I hardly recognized! He was pretty heavy, but now hes not so much anymore, he got so tall and thinned out considerbly.

Times have changed, I grew up playing video games, watching Tv ect, but more time was spent outside riding bikes ect. I could never have been inside sitting for that long and I'm still that way. I have to get up and at least do something besides just sitting here.

Fireworks are banned in our parish, but drive 10 minutes to the next parish and the firework stans are feet from the parish boundries! But we are more in the city area and where the rest of my family lives is not rural, but its not the city. Looks like we might not get to go to my aunt's house as they poured their driveway today I think and shes not wild about people being around it so soon, so might not get to hear the cannon until new years !

Yeah mom is making us fold their clothes! Me and Ginny have already done our laundry, folded it and put it away. Its frustrating because if she would just fold her clothes and put them away as they come out the drier, it would be that much easier! I've done mine I don't want to do hers too. So I'm off to do more laundry uggg!

I'm fixing to go google the train thing I haven't heard anything. I hope everything is okay, but it sounds like its not...

Have a good night!

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virginiaelizabeth - Jul 3, 2006 10:17 pm (#1927 of 2979)

Happy 4th of July!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a great 4th everyone!! *shoots fireworks into the air*

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Snuffles - Jul 4, 2006 12:22 am (#1928 of 2979)

Happy 4th of July to all that celebrate!

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Tazzygirl - Jul 4, 2006 12:40 am (#1929 of 2979)

HAPPY 4th OF JULY!! **joins Ginny in lighting fireworks** Hope all who celebrate have a safe and fun time celebrating!

I have to say 'safe' because once, when I was about 7, I thought I'd be smart and light my own sparkler at a neighborhood BBQ... I sat for the remainder of the evening on the porch with my hand in a bowl of ice. I had tried to light the sparkler on the BBQ grill, and had managed to burn three tips of my fingers in the process. It was not fun.

I used to have to fold my entire family's laundry when we had chore day. I soon started separating my clothes from everyone else's and just did my laundry. Didn't have to worry about folding anyone else's clothes after that!

I think I was in the normal range on the height and weight scale growing up. Sydney is three and she weighs about 28 pounds (according to the Dr., she is in the tall and lean catagory.). I don't remember what Nathaniel is, but I think he is in the 'okay' range too.

Off to bed!

~Kristina

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azi - Jul 4, 2006 2:04 am (#1930 of 2979)

Geauxtigers - yes, we do use mph. I can't stand km - it makes no sense!

Happy 4th July!

I was a lighter than average child, possibly due to my asthma medication which can slow growth. I weighed 3 1/2 stone at the age of 11 (I think that's about 49 pounds). Now I've got a BMI of about 21/22.

Happy days to all!

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The giant squid - Jul 4, 2006 3:04 am (#1931 of 2979)

My girls have never been above the 25% in weight. Their doctor just checks to be sure they are following the same curve. She's concerned about Shayla since her ADD meds suppress her appetite. I think Shayla only gained two pounds last year. I bought her Pediasure (a flavored nutritional supplement drink) but she doesn't like the taste. Shayla is 9 years old and weighs about 53 pounds. Lexie is seven and weighs 48 pounds. Even though Lexie is on the same medication as Shayla, I haven't noticed any changes in Lexie's appetite. Then again, Lexie has always been a "good eater".--Marie E.

Add them together & you get my weight. As Marie can attest, I've always been skinny. It doesn't get any better with the doctors, either--just recently my doctor told me I was perfectly healthy, my nutrition was good, etc., but that he wanted me to gain weight before my next visit. Hello? If I could gain weight don't you think I would have in the last, oh, twenty years?? I solved that problem though--I haven't been back since.

The average US TV season of a show is 20-24 episodes, depending on a variety of things. If it is a mid-season replacement, it will have less. Many shows get cancelled after less than 5 eps and have unaired episodes.--Denise P.

A "standard" American TV show will be picked up for 6, 13 or 22 episodes. It seems these days that the 22-episode show is getting rarer, as the TV studios like cancelling things. I can think of two shows this last year that ran exactly 2 episodes before being cancelled, and another one ran (I think) 4 before being put "on hiatus" indefinitely... I find it hard to get invested in a new show as you never know if it'll be around next week.

Happy Independence Day to all the American Forumers. And to all the British Forumers,

--Mike

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haymoni - Jul 4, 2006 4:11 am (#1932 of 2979)

Mike - go back to the doctor. He has to look like he's doing SOMETHING, so he tells you to gain weight.

We've been doing a Biggest Loser contest at work. I was at 31% body fat and now I'm at 26%. The only thing that I have done is work out for 1 hour Monday - Friday with shows on FIT TV. My weight is exactly the same and parts of me look even bigger, but I guess I'm not as fat. I think. My 90 days are up on July 12. Different people had different start days, so I don't think the whole contest is over until August sometime. The prize is $1000 so there is a little bit of motivation.

None of the kids in our neighborhood play outside except Ungrateful Son and The Beautifulest One. We were amazed at the number of children that were at the bus stop on the first day of school - we had never seen any of them! We always make the kids play outside, especially when other kids come over. You should see the look of surprise in their eyes!

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Puck - Jul 4, 2006 5:26 am (#1933 of 2979)

I've been called the "mean" mom for not letting kids come play inside when it's a nice day. I also stand firmly against those motorized cars for kids. You want to ride, then peddle! Seriously, I don't send them outside to sit there, I want them to move.

The doctor just suggested adding things like cheese and yogurt. However, she has a rash on her belly now, so maybe dairy is not such a good idea.

Okay, the news show has been on for almost 90 minutes, and not a mention of a train accident in Spain. Too much important stuff, like roasting marshmellos and some guy in Jordan using a picture of Brad Pitt for his fake ID. (It bugs me when American news does that. If it had happened here it would be non-stop coverage.)

Fireworks of any kind -even sparklers- are illegal. We will go to town fireworks tonight.

Happy 4th!

Kathy

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Madam Pince - Jul 4, 2006 5:33 am (#1934 of 2979)

It's 8:30 in the morning, and Moron Boy has already started with the fireworks. (That's the nicest of the many names I have for him; none of the others are Forum-friendly....)

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Puck - Jul 4, 2006 5:56 am (#1935 of 2979)

Suddenly, the guy with the loud Harley across the street seems less annoying.

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Chemyst - Jul 4, 2006 6:19 am (#1936 of 2979)

***waves at Chemyst who will be very happy ***   ~ Madame Pince

Indeed I am.
 Sorry about Moron Boy; …but your earlier story about the new cell phone, coupled with an even earlier mention of Tazzy helping put new numbers into her dad's phone leads me to this story about what must be one of the Major Wonders of the Technological World.  remember: I grew up with rotary dial phones when the only “preprogrammed” phone number was 0 for operator.
Anyway, it has to be one of the modern world’s great wonders— or at least a small conundrum, that that the tiniest, slimmest phones are most easily used with the largest, fattest finger (thumb). When I first saw actors on TV dialing cell phones with their thumbs, I thought it was their character just showing off…

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Good Evans - Jul 4, 2006 6:20 am (#1937 of 2979)

Happy Independance Day to all the Americans, they day we all celebrate our "parting of the ways" hee hee, Mike :smilie poking tongue out to you too!!:

However you celebrate, have a great day / night and try not to think too badly of us Brits!

It is so hot again, it is incredible. We had lovely recepion at the Victoria and Albert museum last night, it was fabulous. Mananged a couple of rhumbas and a quickstep and foxtrot, I love band music!

I am a bit tired today but I did sleep well in a lovely air conditioned room, funily enough not every room had it and those that didnt were not impressed!

Off to check the threads!

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boop - Jul 4, 2006 6:35 am (#1938 of 2979)

Marie, your nephew is so cute, My granddaughter was really chubby as a baby, but now she is thin.

Madam Pince, sorry to hear the noise has started this early.

Happy 4th of July!!!!

Have a safe fun day.

hugs always

boop

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Good Evans - Jul 4, 2006 6:44 am (#1939 of 2979)

Hi Betty!!! (((hugs to you)))

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Catherine - Jul 4, 2006 7:07 am (#1940 of 2979)

Happy Independence Day!

We got back late from the Chesepeake Bay last night. It was lovely to sit on the beach, but we had temperatures in the upper nineties and a whole mess of jellyfish to contend with.

Claire was stung literally all over her body, while Hayley got a teensy sting on her rear end. Poor Claire spent Saturday doped up on pain medicine and antihistamines. No one wanted to swim after that, not that I can blame them, and then my parents' air-conditioner broke and leaked water through the ceiling. One thing that was amusing was that there were three shih-tzus in the house. My mother laughed to see me reading on the couch surrounded by puppies.

So, after much trauma and drama, I am thankful to be in my own air-cooled home minus the jellyfish (I wished that the Giant Squid could come scare them away, but alas earwax).

Oh, Chemyst, I think your idea of a sic smiley is wonderful--especially if we can sic Loopy Lupin before he sics me! *waves to Loopy*

I also browsed through the threads (Yikes, folks were busy) and noticed that Ludicrous Patents Office is posting with us again, so welcome back to LPO.

Denise, I hope the baptism goes well, and it sounds like Miss Kierryn has sorted out her priorties if she wants to make sure she's got a good cake.

*waves furiously to Lupin is Lupin just because*

Enjoy the holiday!

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Denise P. - Jul 4, 2006 7:38 am (#1941 of 2979)

Catherine, it is Kaitlyn who is more worried about the cake. Kierynn has about 5 years before she can worry about it

I am trying to get motivated and happy before I take my Scouts to the retirement community. I just hate wearing my uniform when it is over aout 85 since it is a heavy material and it doesn't breathe at all. Since it is a "formal" occasion, I need to wear pants rather than shorts with it as well. Ah well, it will only be for about an hour or so.

It is not even 10 am here and I am already being asked when we are going to the fireworks (which start at 9 pm)  Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1242194059

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Lilly P - Jul 4, 2006 8:02 am (#1942 of 2979)

Happy Independance Day to all the Americans, they day we all celebrate our "parting of the ways" hee hee,... However you celebrate have a great day / night and try not to think too badly of us Brits! -Good Evans

Hey, it's a great piece of property, we can't blame you for trying to hold on to it! I don't think bad about you at all!

And I love the "parting of the ways" reference, that's how I'm going to think of it from now on!

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Denise P. - Jul 4, 2006 8:29 am (#1943 of 2979)

Up until the late 1920's, my family didn't celebrate Independence Day. Why? They were all living in Sheffield, England! LOL My grandmother had 8 brothers and sisters, only she and my uncle were born in the US.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jul 4, 2006 8:47 am (#1944 of 2979)

Trying desperately to catch up, forgive me if I've forgotten anything.

Suddenly, the guy with the loud Harley across the street seems less annoying. We have 4 of those, Kathy!

Happy Belated Anniversary to Lilly P.

GEJulie, was it you who did the run? Great time and keep up the good work!

Healing charms to those who got stung (I've been stung by a Man-O-War and it isn't pretty).

Sorry to hear about the 'loud man' down the street, Madam Pince!

Yesterday it was 92 in the shade. I am thinking this, too will be a hot one. Trevor and Priscilla both have fevers, though Trev seems to be shaking it since yesterday. I think they caught something from the water park. Mr. HH doesn't think they use chlorine in those parks.

Friends from Baton Rouge safely back home. Their 10-year old son outweighs me by more than 10 pounds. Priscilla is 48 pounds and 9 years old. Olivia did not break 50 until she was well past 10. (So don't fret about the seemingly underweight kiddies.) I agree with what you said, Solitaire! Trevor, on the other hand, was only pounds away from Percy for the longest time. His nickname was (we still call him that sometimes, though he's stretched out a bit) chubby. Boy, did we get flack from friends for calling him that. He has just turned four and weighs 37 pounds. The thing that gets me about him is the incredible amount of pain he gets in his knee areas. I attribute it to growing pains. I am thinking he may get my father's side height-wise. My father was the shortest of three brothers at just over 6'1".

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY EVERYONE!

GEJulie - how could we not like such nice people - after all, I married one!

Maria

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virginiaelizabeth - Jul 4, 2006 9:25 am (#1945 of 2979)

It's raining!!! and hard too!! Of course it rains on a holiday that is normally spent outside...but I can't really complain since this is they first time its really rained since the beginning of may!

Change of plans...we are going to grannies house. She's making a brisket!YUM!! and she called my mom and asked her if we would eat a "macaroni salad" no clue waht that is but 10 bucks says she got it off some cooking show, that seems to be her lateset thing and they just aren't as good as her regular food! oh well the brisket should be good!

Once again Happy 4th!

off to check threads now.

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geauxtigers - Jul 4, 2006 9:57 am (#1946 of 2979)

Yeah it rained this morning for nearly an hour!!!! **Shocked look on face** I was begininng to forget what rain looked like! lol... Sorry about the jelly fish sting, Catherine. Glad you had fun with your friends from B.R. HH!

Off to check the threads before I have to go to Grannie's house! **Crosses fingers that it will rain some more** **knocks on wood for good measure**

Happy 4th too! Be careful everyone and don't light sparklers in the BBQ pit! **cough, Kristina, cough, cough**

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Puck - Jul 4, 2006 10:19 am (#1947 of 2979)

Ouch! Healing charms to poor Claire.

Maria, welcome back! Hope the little ones feel better soon. (Wondering, did the names Trevor and Percy come before or after you started reading HP )

Yeah for the rain, Tori and Ginny!

Looks like it's about to storm here as well.

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Tazzygirl - Jul 4, 2006 10:39 am (#1948 of 2979)

Healing charms to those who need it!

Have fun where ever everyone is going to celebrate!

Fireworks are illegal here too, but people go over to the neighboring town where they are legal and bring them here. We've had fireworks go off for a couple days now. Normal people (like my family) go to this one shopping center that faces our town's little airport and watch the fireworks that the airport sets off. Much nicer.

Sad to say, but my dad is one of those guys with motorcycles. Although he does not have a Harley (he wants one in the worst way!) he has several of the dirtbike type. They have been pretty silent lately, as my brother no longer lives here (it was my dad and brother's hobby to go dirtbiking every weekend), but back when he was here, it was a nightmare at 8 in the morning.

Hope you all have a fantastic RotD/N!!

~Kristina

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Miss Amanda - Jul 4, 2006 10:44 am (#1949 of 2979)

Happy 4th Everyone!

I am so looking forward to seeing the fireworks again here in Nashville! They are the best I've ever seen, AND I can watch them inside a nice air-conditioned building. Some days I love high-rise buildings!

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Pigwidgeon - Jul 4, 2006 11:05 am (#1950 of 2979)

Happy Fourth of July! It's raining here, and has been all day. I feel sorry for those with visions of parades, barbeques and fireworks shows today. At least it's not hot, I guess.
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HungarianHorntail11 - Jul 4, 2006 11:24 am (#1951 of 2979)

It is a bit muggy here and we have cloud cover with sprinkles.

Kristina, it is not the 8 a.m. rumbling that gets me - remember, I'm a morning person (*whistles “Arky Arky Song” to self*). It is when they come rolling in way past dark on a school night and my children are awakened.

Thanks, Puck! I missed everyone.

(Wondering, did the names Trevor and Percy come before or after you started reading HP ) – Puck

Oddly enough, they were both dubbed as such before HP. Olivia called Priscilla Percy because she was just four when her sister was born. It was just easier for her to enunciate. Likewise, Priscilla used to call Olivia Ovah and it sort of stuck. We had a great laugh when we realized our little man had been named after a toad! Priscilla, luckily, does not resemble Percy W. one iota.

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Solitaire - Jul 4, 2006 11:35 am (#1952 of 2979)

Lucky for you, Pigwidgeon! I hate the heat, and it's gonna be hotter than blazes here. We have been in a heat wave (temps over 100) for about two weeks. We did have one cooler day last week ... around 99 in the shade. Alas, it was 104 yesterday and is expected to be in that general vicinity again today. They keep telling us cooler temps are on the way, but I haven't felt them. I love cool weather.

Solitaire

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Pigwidgeon - Jul 4, 2006 11:56 am (#1953 of 2979)

Oh, I'm not complaining Ick, I would hate that kind of heat. Nah, I had nothing planned. I'm not a morning person, and I don't fancy huge crowds. I have housework to do, anywho. So, what am I doing now? Chatting here and writing Harry Potter fancfic, heh heh. Ah well, the dust can wait. When the muse calls, one must listen.

Have a good holiday for my fellow Americans, and a great day to our friends overseas

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jul 4, 2006 12:02 pm (#1954 of 2979)
Edited Jul 4, 2006 12:47 pm

When the muse calls, one must listen.

Really like that one, Pidwedgeon. If you don't mind, I'll tuck that into the memory banks for just such emergencies.

EDIT:

Oh, Kristina, goodbyes can be depressing, especially in this case! I would love to visit overseas, so I know how you feel.

Mr. HH is in the pool - it is dark, overcast and I think I just heard rumbling.

Marie, Cobain is really cute! (Love the name, too.) I love those chubby chubby cheeks! That perpetual ache is kicking in again. No more babies in this house until grandchildren, I suppose. *sigh*

I don't know what to do with myself now. I kinda thought you were doing it.

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Tazzygirl - Jul 4, 2006 12:04 pm (#1955 of 2979)

As of the moment, we have clear blue skies. Isn't as hot as it has been either.

**cooling charms and no rain charms for tonight to those who need them**

Maria- I have one of those loud Motorcyclists drive by my apartment in Hawaii everynight at the exact same time. I can see where you are coming from!

I am helping my mom pack for Ireland right now. They (along with me) leave tomorrow. It is very sad to think that they are getting on one plane to Ireland and I am on a different one back to Hawaii. Mom is extremely excited. My dad is too, but he also (like me) hates to fly so is kind of in a nervous twitter.

~Kristina


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Marie E. - Jul 4, 2006 12:24 pm (#1956 of 2979)

My brother was actually a chubby baby and toddler. He thinned out at around age five. I don't know where the doctors get their statistics because Shayla is about the same height and weight as all her friends.

We have a 40% chance of more rain this afternoon. We're leaving for a barbeque soon so I hope it blows over. I see some clouds outside right now, but all of the white, fluffy kind.

My children let me sleep in until 9am. I don't know what to do with myself now. I feel like I'll be up till 2am.

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The giant squid - Jul 4, 2006 1:16 pm (#1957 of 2979)

I wished that the Giant Squid could come scare them away, but alas earwax—Catherine

Alas, earwax, I was too busy restraining myself from slapping all the people who came to see The Devil Wears Prada this weekend. What were they thinking?

These days I have about as much respect for doctors as I do oil company executives. Both are beyond the realms of morality when it comes to price gouging...

--Mike

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jul 4, 2006 1:19 pm (#1958 of 2979)

Monsoon outside. Coming your way, Puck. Get out your waders.

LOL Mike! Are you sure you didn't just want an easy holiday weekend?

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haymoni - Jul 4, 2006 1:21 pm (#1959 of 2979)

Sorry, but I couldn't help but think of that "Friends" episode with the jellyfish. I hope the antihistamines worked!

I read somewhere that the BBC and some other British media are trying to grab some of the US market. I can't help but think the success of HP had something to do with it.

virginia elizabeth - Macaroni salad is like potato salad but uses pasta instead of potatoes. It isn't pasta salad, though. It is more mayonaissey.

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Solitaire - Jul 4, 2006 1:45 pm (#1960 of 2979)

Macaroni salad is as old as the hills! My mom makes the best I've ever tasted, because she does not over-mayonnaise it. Warning: If your salad is going to be sitting outside in the heat for a while, I wouldn't even use mayo, as that is a good way to get food poisoning. In that case, use an olive oil based dressing.

Anyway, here is what Mom uses ...


1 package salad macaroni, cooked (rotini also works well)
1/2 cup finely chopped purple onion (I like more)
1/2 cup or more finely chopped celery(I like more)
1 small can of chopped olives, drained (I like more)
1 small jar chopped pimentos, drained (I use one large or 2 small)
1/4 cup or more finely chopped sweet pickles (I used drained sweet pickle relish, because I am lazy)
2-6 hard-boiled eggs, chopped (The number of eggs depends on how well you like an "eggy" taste. I use less, Mom uses more. Warning:If you are going to leave this salad out in the heat, the eggs are something I would eliminate; they are what make the mayo a problem.)

Once the above things are mixed in a large bowl, I add about 1/4 cup of mayonnaise (Best Foods, not Miracle Whip) and mix it all together. I only add more if I need it, because I hate soupy macaroni salad. (You will also notice that I like extra goodies in the salad.)

Also add to taste the following things: vinegar, mustard, salt, and pepper. You could also stir these into the first 1/4 c. of mayo; I think it helps mix them in better. When I have mixed the salad to taste, I sprinkle on some paprika and mix that in. Voila!

This salad tastes best if you make it the day before, because that gives the flavors a chance to mingle better.

Solitaire

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Catherine - Jul 4, 2006 2:08 pm (#1961 of 2979)

Sorry, but I couldn't help but think of that "Friends" episode with the jellyfish. I hope the antihistamines worked! –Haymoni

Actually, Haymoni, an elderly lady had a bottle of dilute ammonia water at the ready, and we spritzed her with that, just in case it really worked. I guess that's the more hygienic way of curing the problem than in the manner of Friends.

The pool was incredibly crowded, and then closed early. But no jellyfish were there!!

Thanks for the recipe, Solitaire. If I wasn't so hot and tired, maybe I'd whip it up. *waves to Lupin is Lupin, who adores cooking!*

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Solitaire - Jul 4, 2006 2:13 pm (#1962 of 2979)

You're welcome, Catherine. It really is quite yummy.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jul 4, 2006 4:03 pm (#1963 of 2979)

kaykay, so sorry to hear about Simba. (((Hugs))) to you and your family.

Still playing catch up with many interruptions. I've bounced around this thread trying to find the beginning so much, I've confused myself.

EDIT: A Happy Belated Birthday to Solitaire!

Hurray for premium membership, Regan! Can you elaborate a bit on what made you feel that way regarding Soldier's Heart? It did say ages 12 and up and it is on the 8th grade list.

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azi - Jul 4, 2006 4:08 pm (#1964 of 2979)

Anyone know how to get a but to stop crawling around when it is underneath your computer screen cover? It's really annoying!

Confusion happens to the best of us, HH!

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Solitaire - Jul 4, 2006 4:43 pm (#1965 of 2979)

Thanks, HH ... it was a fun day!

Azi, I am assuming you mean a bug is crawling under your screen ... and I haven't any idea how to stop it, other than taking apart your monitor, which I do not advise! I guess you could call a computer repair shop and see what they suggest. Eventually, I suppose, it will die of starvation. I guess you could just wait it out ...

Solitaire

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Catherine - Jul 4, 2006 4:57 pm (#1966 of 2979)

I threatened/promised this on the "Fan" thread:

It appears that two people who met via their mutual liking for Harry Potter have decided to make their connection permanent.

Two members, The Saint, and The One, are celebrating their engagement to be married. How delightful that two HP fans have found one another!

I also read that The Saint will be joining The One in Norway. I'm sure you both count the days...

Congratulations to you both!

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Solitaire - Jul 4, 2006 5:02 pm (#1967 of 2979)

Two chatters in my former room met online and were married in 2002. It happens. Congratulations to The Saint and The One!

Solitaire

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Finn BV - Jul 4, 2006 5:51 pm (#1968 of 2979)

I sat for the remainder of the evening on the porch with my hand in a bowl of ice. –Kristina

SPEW!! Though I'm sure it wasn't funny at the time… :tries to keep straight face:

*hugs to Betty:

Oh dear, healing charms to Claire.

I was too busy restraining myself from slapping all the people who came to see The Devil Wears Prada this weekend. What were they thinking? --Squid Mike

Oh, please. I'm not a chick flick, fashion magazine moviegoer, but it's a nice summer movie to go waste some money on on a boring Sunday like we had!!

I will rewish The Saint and the One my best.

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!

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geauxtigers - Jul 4, 2006 7:17 pm (#1969 of 2979)
Edited Jul 4, 2006 8:02 pm

. . . had a bottle of dilute ammonia water at the read . .. .

Ginny got stung and some lady put meat tenderizer on her leg... that just sounds weird! lol

Well back from Grannie’s, it rained for a while there, but when it stopped we went down the street to get fireworks. It was nice because it was overcast and not to hot and we could go barefoot as the ground wasn't scorching. We basicaly wasted 6 hours eating, and blowing things up via fire-crackers called "little dynomite". Some of the things included watermelon rinds and ant beds. it was fun and 2 of my cousins that were there are just as big of pyros as us so it was fun. And lets just say there are hundreds less ants in the world thanks to us! lol

I didn't try the macaroni salad, I didn't have room on my plate and my Grannie makes some weird looking stuff let me tell ya. Where she gets these ideas I may never know!

Congrats The One and The Saint!

Off to check the threads and pack for Houston. We leave tomorrow!

Have a great 4th everyone!

EDIT: Yeah I have no clue what happened there I edited it to fix a typo and that must have been how it came out messed up.

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virginiaelizabeth - Jul 4, 2006 7:28 pm (#1970 of 2979)

Tori I'm assuming that you meant to say that some random lady put meat tenderizer on my jellyfish sting when I was 5 and that it worked, not whatever it was that you put.

Yes, we took those cheap metal sparklers and suck them in the ant bed down to where the metal didn't show, then stuck the "little dynamite" in next to them, lit all the sparklers and ran as they burned down and lit the dynamite! There were some pretty big holes in the ant beds too! hehe it was fun!! *evil grin*

Didn't try the macaroni salad either, it looked weird...I'm not a huge mayo fan unless its on a hamburger. There was also raw onions and cucumbers floating in what looked like vinegar....needless to say that bowl remained full!!

off to dry my hair and pack!

HaPPy 4tH!!

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Tazzygirl - Jul 4, 2006 7:37 pm (#1971 of 2979)

Finn: SPEW!! Though I'm sure it wasn't funny at the time… :tries to keep straight face:

**said in dry tones** I feel the sympathy. Thanks.

**imagining 'little dynomite' in ant beds** If those ants are the fire ants from my nightmares of living in Mississippi... Are you two sure that you didn't get covered in them??? **shudders** Thanks for getting rid of a very small amound of them! LOL

Off to pack. Don't think we'll be seeing any fireworks tonight. Too much to do before tomorrow. The shuttle is picking my parents and me up at 10 in the morning. Mom and I are trying to find a Nail Salon that is open at 8 in the morning, so we can get our acrylic nails fixed. Mine are turning into claws. We went in yesterday to get them fixed, but the place we usually go to was packed, and all the others were by appointment only. They are all closed today.

~Kristina

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dizzy lizzy - Jul 4, 2006 7:41 pm (#1972 of 2979)

Well I'm back from the wedding!!! The ceremony was short and sweet and the reception was good fun. I got to catch up with my Aunts and Uncles and sat at a table with about 9 other cousins and we all had a ball. I wasn't overly impressed with the main couse served, but the dessert was a beautiful chocolate/coffee mousse in a pastry shell with crumbled rum balls on the top *swoons* Then we all got together the next morning for a big family breakfast.

I swear it never rains, but pours... I got another part-time job yesterday which now means I will not be going back to TAFE next semester. Funny how the moment I choose not to look for work, I get phone calls offering me work. I had to turn down two other offers of part-time work last night as well.

So now I have my Customer Service Officer position during the day (10am-2pm five days per week) and my casual waitressing job in the evenings (about 3-3.5 hrs per shift, 4-5 days per week). I'll be back to being a busy and slightly dizzy, Lizzy!!!

I'm going to hit the magic button now and do a few things around the house and tidy up.

Happy birthday/anniversaries etc for those who have had them lately and ((HUGS)) to those who need them....

Cheers

Lizzy

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Tazzygirl - Jul 4, 2006 8:01 pm (#1973 of 2979)

Glad you had fun Lizzy! Welcome back!

~Kristina

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Finn BV - Jul 4, 2006 8:05 pm (#1974 of 2979)

Lizzy – sounds like things are going in your direction! Welcome back, congrats, and good luck!

EDIT: Tazzy, Five Words?

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Tazzygirl - Jul 4, 2006 9:13 pm (#1975 of 2979)

The fireworks are in full swing here! (can't see any of them though... Oh well. Next year!)

Finn- Five Words what? Posting spree? Running up to the posting limit on the thread very quickly? LOL! I just posted there, and realized it's an hour after you posted here. Sorry. (I'm taking turns in packing and coming to the forum. )

~Kristina

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Solitaire - Jul 4, 2006 9:23 pm (#1976 of 2979)

My neighbors are all setting off fireworks in the street. Thank goodness my Quinn (14-year-old Sheltie) is as deaf as a doorknob. She is lying peacefully at my feet. Poor Stoney (her nephew) is running around like a duck in a shooting gallery, pacing back and forth, every time something goes off. I got home from dinner at my niece's home a few minutes too late ... the noise had already started, so he was already "revved up."

Oh, he is lying down now, by the side of my chair. I hope he stays there. I just turned on the TV and started the dishwasher. Hopefully, they will help mask the noise. Oh, he is walking again ... This could be a long night.

Solitaire

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virginiaelizabeth - Jul 4, 2006 9:34 pm (#1977 of 2979)

If those ants are the fire ants from my nightmares of living in Mississippi... Are you two sure that you didn't get covered in them??? Tazzy

Yep pretty much all the ants down here are fire ants. They didn't see it coming so we weren't covered in them, but I've had it happen before. I'm slightly allergic to them so when they bit me it swells up to the size of a quarter, and nothing stops the itch! They hurt too! Oh well like Tori said, theres about a 100 less fire ants left in the world now!

I know how you feel Solitaire! My dog freaks out too! But she freaks out if she hears a doorbell on the TV so it's not that weird!

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Solitaire - Jul 4, 2006 9:49 pm (#1978 of 2979)

Quinn used to bark for about 5 minutes every time a TV doorbell rang. In some ways, her deafness is a blessing. LOL

An "old wives' tale" remedy for your fire-ant bites ...

Mix either ammonia or bleach with a bit of water and soak the affected area. It is supposed to "denature" the ant venom. Good luck!

Solitaire

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Mrs. Sirius - Jul 4, 2006 10:13 pm (#1979 of 2979)

Gooo Denise you tell them, the child not the chart!

When the girls were born they were on monitors in the NICU, bells would go off all the time. The nurses told us to look at the baby not the monitor. If the baby wasn't blue something else was the problem. Nurses are heros.

HH, our guinea pig is pretty well behaved. Mostly she hides, I think my boisterous kids scare her. But she just loves fresh green leaves, she comes out and muches right out of our hands for that.

Marie - Cobain (do you call him Bain?) is so cute, I love fat babies.

When my son was born he was in the 90% per centile for weight and 95% for height. He has remained in the high 90's. The girls on the other hand, were on the premies chart for the first 7 months. The oldest of the 3 is still on the low end of the scale. The middle one is just about average with her classmates and the youngest is well taller than many of her classmates, (these are the identical by the way).

Happy Birthday the US of A

I get really slobbery sentimental over the strangest music. Today they played "Coming to American" by Neil Diamond, that set me off, my girls think I am a bit off.

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Tazzygirl - Jul 5, 2006 12:10 am (#1980 of 2979)

Mrs. Sirius: "Coming to American" by Neil Diamond, that set me off, my girls think I am a bit off.

You are not alone.

Just finished packing, w00t!!

~Kristina

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Julie Aronson - Jul 5, 2006 2:46 am (#1981 of 2979)

Have a safe flight, Tazzy and family!

My Fourth was uneventful, but I'm hoping to accomplish a lot today. I get to start off by trying to fix my boyfriend's TV, for which I need to talk to Sharp's customer service. Then I'm hoping the plumber will stop by so I can get my gasline reconnected. Apparently, I have water in my line. I called the gas company, who sent someone to check out why my water heater kept switching off and why my oven and range top cooked so slowly. The water is disrupting the flow of gas to my appliances. Since I didn't buy the insurance sold by the gas company, I got TOTALLY SHUT OFF until I get a certified repair technician to fix the problem. Pulling My Hair Out

That means no hot water, no dryer, no cooking. Since Sunday. I thought natural gas was supposed to be practical and reliable. Ha. Not to mention that it's going to cost me between $700-1200 to get this fixed up.

grumble...grumble...grumble...walks away shaking head.

Have a great day, everyone!

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azi - Jul 5, 2006 5:04 am (#1982 of 2979)

Hope your gas problems get better soon Julie A! Sounds like a nightmare!

Glad to hear nearly everyone had a nice day yesterday! Hope everything gets better for those that didn't!

I'm scanning pictures from mine and my brothers younger years onto my computer. I think I was a cute toddler.

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Lilly P - Jul 5, 2006 5:49 am (#1983 of 2979)

There was also raw onions and cucumbers floating in what looked like vinegar....needless to say that bowl remained full!! –virginaelizabeth

Those are the BEST! you have to try them next time, I grew up on them, they are like a more mild version of pickles and not as salty and the onions give them a little spice. The marinated onions are GREAT on your hamburgers too! These are a BBQ staple where I'm from!

Anyway, Baby P and I rode the bike down to the parade field to watch the fireworks and she FREAKED out! She thought they were going to fall down and "get" me (she didn't seem concerned about herself, just me) she kept saying "Mommy watch out, they get you" it was so sweet, but she was really scared so I put her back in the bike seat and we left early, but I did get to see a few! Hope everyone else had a great time and didn't "over do it"

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 5, 2006 5:51 am (#1984 of 2979)

Oh, please. I'm not a chick flick, fashion magazine moviegoer, but it's a nice summer movie to go waste some money on on a boring Sunday like we had!! – Finn

But, if you wasted money on The Devil Wears Prada , that would indeed make you a "chick flick, fashion magazine moviegoer," at least for one boring Sunday.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jul 5, 2006 5:55 am (#1985 of 2979)

Boy, Mrs. Sirius, you must have really been caught in an off moment. Anything coming out of Neil Diamond's mouth makes me want to run for cotton balls. Well, I think now I've figured out how to keep from getting too emotional during those insurance commercials.

Julie, how annoying - I hope you get a technician out right away (sometimes they make you wait). The money along with an extended wait would add insult to injury.

I am beginning to believe that NJ is destined to be swampland. Thunderboomers today and nothing but rain. Well, it does save me from having to go to the school and water all of the annuals.

We had a Husky named Kristie. All we would have to say to get her going was, "Who's there?" and she would jump to her feet and bolt to the door. Nope, no doorbells for her.

azi, maybe you can post some in your profile. I just love baby pics!

I printed your mac salad recipe, Solitaire. Thanks!

Oh, please. I'm not a chick flick, fashion magazine moviegoer, but it's a nice summer movie to go waste some money on on a boring Sunday like we had!!

Come on, Finn. It's good that you know how to get in touch with your feminine side.

Maria

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virginiaelizabeth - Jul 5, 2006 6:10 am (#1986 of 2979)

Lilly P., maybe next time I'll try the onions, I'm normally despise raw onions,(I love them cooked!) but it could be good, I just wasn't brave enough to try them!! Glad this wasn't something odd that my grannie dreamed up! Sometimes I worry about he because she can do it sometimes!

Ok just popping in to say bye! I won't be back till Friday! AHHH I'm sooo excitedd! I've heard the Galleria is amazing, but I can't wait to see for myself!!

Bye everyone! Have a great rest of the Week!!

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Marie E. - Jul 5, 2006 6:14 am (#1987 of 2979)

We went to a delicious barbeque yesterday. We didn't have macaroni salad, but there was potato salad and deviled eggs. Mmmmm. We had a pouting moment from Shayla when we got there because I forgot they had a big, above ground pool and the girls didn't have their swimming suits with them. They rounded up some old suit bottoms and t-shirts and everything was happy again. It rained for awhile in the evening, but stopped in time for the fireworks. We ended up sitting right under the fireworks and got hit a couple of time by falling ash and debris. It was a beautiful show.

I want to say thanks to Squid Mike for calling yesterday. It was nice to talk to you in person for a change.

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geauxtigers - Jul 5, 2006 6:22 am (#1988 of 2979)

Well we are fixing to leave for Houston, just checking in before we go. We should be back Friday. GO ASTROS!

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Julie Aronson - Jul 5, 2006 7:33 am (#1989 of 2979)

Thanks for the sympathy!

My favorite macaroni salad is a total cheat:

1 lb. small pasta, cooked

4 hard boiled eggs (or quantity preferred)

2 stalks coarsely chopped celery (or quantity preferred)

1 16 oz. bottle Marzetti slaw dressing (lite is OK--I can't tell the difference)

salt and pepper to taste.

Some people put in onion, but since I hate it, I don't!

Mix everything up in a serving bowl. Cover. Chill for several hours or overnight. Eat. mmmmmmm

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haymoni - Jul 5, 2006 7:45 am (#1990 of 2979)

Sorry, Julie, but you are going to have to do better than that if you plan to cheat.

I buy mine already made at the grocery store.

Slacker Moms Rule!!!

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Denise P. - Jul 5, 2006 7:49 am (#1991 of 2979)

Mr. Denise does the cucumbers/onions/vinegar/seasoning thing occasionally. Some of the kids like it, some don't. I personally don't like macaroni salad but I do like potato salad and pasta salad. We make a potato salad with ranch dressing and bacon that should be outlawed.

Our trip to the retirement community went well. Since I was not the one who set it up, I had no idea we were eating lunch there. Good thing I didn't have the kids eat before we got there. The residents really liked seeing the boys, and Kaitlyn, the lone Girl Scout (dragged along to plump up the numbers) got a lot of attention. She drew the number for the door prize (a flag set)

We went to a fireworks display and I have to admit to being very disappointed in the finale. Usually it goes on for several minutes and is really impressive. Kierynn had to visit the little girls bush (no bathrooms in a field!) right as the finale started and I literally blinked and missed the finale. I could hear others around us commenting on how strange and short it was as well.

Today we have rain. We also have our babysitter, Stacia, coming over this evening. Mr. Denise and I are celebrating our anniversary today. I think we are either going to a Japanese steak house (you know, where they twirl knives and toss eggs at your table) or a Mexican cantina that looks like you don't want to enter if it is dark outside but serves really good food. I have been there, he has not and I think he is tired of hearing me rave about the monster burrito they serve.

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Tazzygirl - Jul 5, 2006 8:01 am (#1992 of 2979)

Thanks, Julie A.! Hope all your gas line problems are solved quickly- and maybe they would give you a huge discount! That really stinks!

I love Macaroni salad! Also love egg salad. THe BBQ we went to yesterday had some awesome Macaroni salad.

ooooh! Denise- I love those Japanese restaurants where they flip eggs and twirl knives! Yum!!

Off to find a nail place that is open.

Have fun in Houston Ginny and Tori!

See you all back in Hawaii!

Have a fabulous RotD/N!

~Kristina

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jul 5, 2006 8:03 am (#1993 of 2979)

Happy Anniversary, Denise!

Have a safe trip back home, Kristina!

haymoni, I copied your recipe - love it!

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Thora - Jul 5, 2006 8:23 am (#1994 of 2979)

Denise, Happy Aniversary! Hope you have fun in your kid free hours. That's cute about the baptism, I didn't have to plan all that as there were 5 in my ward getting baptised on my friend's birthday. My biggest decision was who I wanted in the cirle to confirm me, and I didn't even care. I do recall that I didn't even think about who would baptise me until my father mentioned he would be doing it, lol. I guess some 8 year olds are just more interested in planning than others.

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Lilly P - Jul 5, 2006 8:31 am (#1995 of 2979)

Happy Anniversary Denise P! I love to go the Japanese restaurant where they throw stuff around, but I always get sushi, Mr. P will only eat the cooked stuff. Safe travels Tazzy! still waiting for our international friends to post some recipes on my forum! come on guys, check it out and copy Denise P's chocolate amarretto cheesecake recipe, I made it and It is to die for! Well I had better get ready to head out to the Physical Therapist, if I don't stretch out before I go, they are cranky and make me do extra exercises! only two more weeks of putting up with them! (siriusly, they are good people and my shoulder is almost back to normal. but it's hard to be nice to them when you are in pain.)

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Denise P. - Jul 5, 2006 8:31 am (#1996 of 2979)

Oh good grief, I didn't even ask her about the confirmation circle!! I don't think I will...I am just going to pick some people that she knows. I don't think she will care anyone. I sure can't remember who was in my circle but when I had it done, it was always done the last saturday of the month at the stake center and then you were confirmed the next day in your own ward.

Funny story, when we bless and name a baby, it is usually done on a newborn. The men gather in a circle and form like a platform with their hands that the baby lays on, the men facing the baby. If you peek, you can see the men generally bounce the baby gently to keep the little tyke happy and quiet (so you can hear the blessing) while they are being blessed. When my oldest two children were adopted, they were 10 and 12. We told them that we were going to have them blessed and named and they needed to pick out some really burly men to help bounce them. Hee hee, my daughter looked really alarmed until I told her we were kidding. (And usually, when someone bigger than a baby is blessed and named, they just sit on a chair).

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haymoni - Jul 5, 2006 9:29 am (#1997 of 2979)

Congrats on the anniversary! Both restaurants sound good to me!

Things are quiet at work right now. Too quiet. That usually means that the afternoon is going to explode!

Ungrateful Son has baseball practice tonight and Hubby thinks he "might" have to work, which means I will race home, shove some sort of edible something into Ungrateful Son's mouth (macaroni salad!) and cart him over to baseball with The Beautifulest One in tow, only to turn around and do it all over again 2 hours later. The Tournament starts this weekend, so maybe my suffering will end shortly.

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Solitaire - Jul 5, 2006 11:19 am (#1998 of 2979)

Happy Anniversary, Mr. & Mrs. Denise!

Julie, in what way is your salad a "cheat"? I don't make my own mayonnaise, for crying out loud! LOL

Here is another good summer salad:

1 package of broccoli-slaw (I use a knife and make the pieces a bit shorter.)
1/2 cup finely chopped Vidalia onion (optional, but it is great)
1 or 2 Fuji apples (my favorite), finely chopped
1 cup drained, juice-packed Dole pineapple tidbits (crushed is too runny, chunks are too big)
1 cup raisins or dried cranberries
1/2 cup (more if you like) sliced almonds or sunflower seeds (if no one is allergic)
Optional: Make this a "meal" salad by adding diced chicken breast.

Mix well and add Ken's Vidalia Onion dressing to taste. It is sweet and tangy, and I use it in coleslaw! Of course, you can use coleslaw dressing, if you prefer ... but Ken's is better!

The proportions on this salad are not critical, so it is easy to improvise with it. Sometimes I add a package of angel hair coleslaw that I've cut into slightly shorter "strands." You can add, omit, or substitute items pretty easily.

Solitaire

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Madam Pince - Jul 5, 2006 12:34 pm (#1999 of 2979)
Edited Jul 5, 2006 1:09 pm

***Thunk! Falls over in amazement that southern girls Ginny and Tori have never encountered macaroni salad before!*** It's such a staple at any big gatherings I've ever attended!

Mmmmmmm... I love Ken's Sweet Vidalia Onion dressing! It's great on spinach salad, too -- I have a good recipe with spinach and purple onion and mushrooms and cherry tomatoes and mandarin oranges and almonds with a great dressing, but if you want to be lazy then the Ken's dressing is fantastic!

Since we're sharing, here's my macaroni salad one (I made it up when I mistakenly made a double batch of the dressing for my mother-in-law's cucumber/sweet onion salad -- oops. I just threw in a little bit of practically everything in my refrigerator, and it got raves.)

Macaroni Salad
16 oz. elbows or shells, cooked/rinsed/drained
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped bell pepper, any color
1/4 cup chopped onion, sweet or purple
1-2 chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup chopped carrots
1-2 chopped cucumbers (absolutely necessary in my opinion!)
cheddar cheese cubes
Dressing
1 cup sour cream (can use mayo, but sc is better...)
1/2 cup sugar
1 Tbsp vinegar
1/2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper


Here's another good one -- from Hotcakes in Charlottesville. It's a lot of work but is extremely tasty and kinda exotic if you want to be fancy for some reason, plus it's good for an outdoor cookout because there's nothing in it like eggs or mayo to go bad:


Sesame Noodles
1 box DeCecco linguine (any good non-sticky brand is fine)
1 red bell pepper, julienned
1 bunch scallions, chopped
1 piece fresh ginger (1" diam. x 1/2" thick), minced
2 cloves fresh garlic, minced
2 Tbsp. rice wine vinegar
3 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 Tbsp. sesame oil
1/4 cup soybean or peanut oil
1 Tbsp. toasted sesame seeds
Chili paste or hot oil to taste (I use just a dash of hot oil)

Cook pasta al dente and rinse. Combine ginger, garlic, vinegar, and soy sauce. Gradually whisk in oils and add sesame seeds and chili paste. Toss with pasta, peppers, and scallions; garnish with watercress if desired. More flavorful if eaten before chilling. (If you cheat and don't use the fresh ginger and garlic, it will not be the same, so be forewarned! Voice of a slacker-who-tried-to-be-lazy talking here...)

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Solitaire - Jul 5, 2006 12:41 pm (#2000 of 2979)

Both sound wonderful, Madam P, especially the Sesame Noodles! Mmmmmmmmm!! Tell me, have you ever eaten Basque food before? A couple of the places around here--and there are several in town--serve a wonderful dish of marinated sliced tomatoes and purple onions. The dressing is amazing but, try as I might, I have not been able to duplicate it. I'll have to go and have them again ... and pay closer attention! LOL

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Julie Aronson - Jul 5, 2006 12:49 pm (#2001 of 2979)

The Sesame Noodles sound good! Soli, it's a cheat because I just use the dressing straight from the jar. I'm a bit compulsive about doctoring things up, but I leave this one alone!


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Madam Pince - Jul 5, 2006 12:50 pm (#2002 of 2979)

(Separate post in case anyone prints recipes....)

I love marinated tomatoes and onions, Solitaire! I have many recipes for those... (Have you tried asking the restaurant for the recipe? Sometimes they will, sometimes they won't. I'm still ticked at one local restaurant who won't give me their chicken salad recipe -- it's curried and has dried cranberries, etc., and is heavenly! Grrrrrr....)

Happy Anniversary, Denise and Mr. Denise! Have a great evening!

Catherine, sorry to hear about the jellyfish! We're on the Chesapeake Bay, too, and I've been seeing the warning signs at the parks about jellyfish, but we haven't encountered any yet. Usually heavy rains like we've had lately decrease the salinity of the Bay a bit and that lowers the jelly population somewhat, but it doesn't seem to be the case this time.

However, the high water table with all the rain has caused the ants to head for higher ground (aka: "my house") -- they're all over the place again. I brought out the Terro and have spent the last few days restraining myself from squashing them, because I want them to carry the poison back to wherever they come from...***shudder***

We went down to the beach near our house to watch the fireworks across the Bay -- it was pretty neat to be able to hear the waves crashing and see the heat lightning (nature's fireworks!) in the distance combined with the pretty man-made fireworks, which were far enough away that we didn't have a lot of noise or worry about falling ash. Moron Boy must've gone to someone else's house for a Fourth party, because I didn't hear him anymore all day after the morning. Or else maybe he burned himself and ended up in the ER, who knows. Our poor dog was a mess because of the on-and-off thunderstorms anyway, so it didn't matter. (We're having another one now, by the way, and she's going ballistic -- chases her tail for some reason... panic, I guess... I try to soothe her but nothing seems to work...)

We also had our annual viewing of the movie musical 1776, a big favorite in our house. It makes me want to be a history teacher, because I think it should be required viewing in all U.S. History classes -- it makes learning history fun! "Sit down, John; you're obnoxious and disliked you know it's true!"

I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a disgrace; two useless men are a law firm; and three or more useless men are a congress! --John Adams

So many fun quotes from that movie! Plus I love seeing The White Shadow as Thomas Jefferson! (really showing my age there...)

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Solitaire - Jul 5, 2006 1:13 pm (#2003 of 2979)
Edited Jul 5, 2006 2:17 pm

**singing to self** He plays the violin, he tucks it right under his chin.
And he bows, oh he bows, for he knows, yes he knows,
That it's hi-hi-hi-diddle diddle,
It's my heart, Tom and his fiddle
My strings are unstrung ... Hi-hi-hi-hi, I am undone..."

I'd forgotten all about 1776, even though I loved it! I guess I'll have to spring for that one, too! Thanks for the memory!

Solitaire

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Denise P. - Jul 5, 2006 1:33 pm (#2004 of 2979)

Thanks for the anniversary wishes all but it was last week....when I had my wedding photo up

I posted two salad recipes over on Lilly's forum but if you click my profile info, you can find them there.

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Madam Pince - Jul 5, 2006 1:53 pm (#2005 of 2979)

***Giggles at Solitaire's song*** "Why, John, you can dance!?!"

Mr. Pince is desperately in love with Blythe Danner as Martha Jefferson. He was working as an usher in a theatre when the movie first came out, and he said he stayed overtime for the entire run of the show because he just wanted to gaze at her.

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Nathan Zimmermann - Jul 5, 2006 1:56 pm (#2006 of 2979)

I enjoyed 1776 as well especially the songs “Sit Down John!” and “Momma Look Sharp”

I remember in high school my government professor made the students conduct a mock up of continental congress sessions that lead up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence and a mock Constitutional Convention and on both occasion he assigned me the role of Benjamin Franklin.

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Thora - Jul 5, 2006 2:30 pm (#2007 of 2979)

Hmmm I'll have to add 1776 to my movie list, I saw it on stage once, and loved it.

Denise, that is so funny about the bounce thing, it made a great mental picture of all the burly men I've known in various wards lifting a little me on the stand, lol.

Odd though... no jello in your recipies Wink

Thora

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HungarianHorntail13 - Jul 5, 2006 2:37 pm (#2008 of 2979)
Edited Jul 5, 2006 3:31 pm

I hate it when Trev has to go get his shots. He screams and cries, just like me and mom.

I hope everyone had a great 4th!

I LOVE fireworks! We buy them in stores when we're on vacation and shoot them off back at home. The only problem is that it's illegal where we live.... The only things that aren't illegal here are snaps and maybe sparklers.

Lol Madam Pince, you probably wouldn't want me as a neighbor. We love lighting off fireworks. The noisy ones.

I sat for the remainder of the evening on the porch with my hand in a bowl of ice. ~ Tazzy

Lol, I'm trying to picture someone burning themselves on a grill with a sparkler. I'm sorry for my cruelty everyone........ That probably hurt alot!

Has anyone here seen 'Harry Potter Puppet Pals' or the sequel? I'm going to put the links in my profile for anyone who hasn't.

I'm kinda tiny... I'm only 85 pounds and I'm 13. I'm about 5 feet tall. I don't know anything about converting that to metrics, sorry.

Cobain is so cute! Trevor was fat like that when he was a few months old, but he's thinned out alot.

._Olivia

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Lilly P - Jul 5, 2006 3:27 pm (#2009 of 2979)

Tell me, have you ever eaten Basque food before? A couple of the places around here--and there are several in town--serve a wonderful dish of marinated sliced tomatoes and purple onions. The dressing is amazing but, try as I might, I have not been able to duplicate it. I'll have to go and have them again ... and pay closer attention! LOL – Solitaire



Do you know the exact name of the dish Solitaire? I'm half-Basque and I have several Basque cookbooks that I could look in for you. Do you mind my asking where you live? I visit California every so often and would love trying out a new Basque restaurant, I have posted several Basque recipes on my worldcrossing forum, please check them out! I will be posting more of them soon!

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Solitaire - Jul 5, 2006 4:22 pm (#2010 of 2979)

Lilly, I am in Bakersfield. My favorite Basque restaurant is Benji's, which is French Basque. The food is a bit less "heavy," I think. Other Basque restaurants that I know here in town are Noriega Hotel, Wool Growers Restaurant, Pyrenees Cafe, Maitia's, Chateau Basque, and Chalet Basque. Benji's is not even a mile west of the 99 Hwy. on Rosedale Highway, so if you are close, it is worth visiting.

About the dish, it is tomatoes, purple onions, and green (bell?) peppers marinated in some sort of dressing. I've had it at both Benji's and Wool Growers, and though the two taste similar, I prefer Benji's version.

Solitaire

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Madam Pince - Jul 5, 2006 4:44 pm (#2011 of 2979)

Solitaire, it's a good thing that “He Plays the Violin” is a good song to vacuum and mop to, because I've been humming it all afternoon now after reading your post!

Olivia, I love fireworks too! Just not at 8:30 in the morning... and continuing all day long... for a month.... I know your Mom wouldn't allow you to do that!

Double episodes of Lost again tonight, Loopy....

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Solitaire - Jul 5, 2006 5:03 pm (#2012 of 2979)

**mentally picturing Madam Pince dancing around the house with her vacuum and mop, sort of like a female Fred Astaire**

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HungarianHorntail13 - Jul 5, 2006 5:08 pm (#2013 of 2979)

Lol, Dad might let me, (he loves 'em too!) but I would either get sick of it or run out. Or get caught by the cops....

We have many neighbors that do them at all parts of the day, and makes me think "Ok, so we're not the only rule breakers around here...." or "Are we as annoying as them?" And then if it doesn't stop after an hour or the people start screaming, it gets annoying. I understand how you feel. >_<

._Olivia

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jul 5, 2006 5:10 pm (#2014 of 2979)

Just not at 8:30 in the morning... and continuing all day long... for a month....

LOL! It takes us a year to use up two bags of fireworks, Madam Pince. That should give you some idea.

Solitaire, I was set to try your last recipe and I spent about 10 minutes staring at all of the Ken's dressings. I could not remember which one it was (I was thinking red onion, hence would not commit to the Vidalia Onion flavor). Egad, my memory stinks. I will definitely remember tomorrow - that is if I can get out to the store.

Off for a bike ride. (I hope.)

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Tazzygirl - Jul 5, 2006 5:15 pm (#2015 of 2979)

I found internet at the airport!!! w00t! The internet they had at LAX (Los Angeles) was messed up, it said I was connected, but yet I couldn't get access. Oh well. BTW, the airport in Phoenix is weird.

All those recipes sound delicious!

I have never been stung by jelly fish **knocks on wood**. We get the warnings for the box jellyfish once a month in Hawaii- they always come with the full moon. A couple months ago it was reported 300 people were stung on Waikiki beach along.

6 more loooooong hours and I'm home!

~Kristina

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Mediwitch - Jul 5, 2006 5:48 pm (#2016 of 2979)

I think some of my neighbors read their calendars wrong - it was quiet yesterday, and now they are shooting off bottle rockets and firecrackers!

The White Shadow used to live in my town, but he sold his house before I moved here. (Mr. Mediwitch lived here then, though.)

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Choices - Jul 5, 2006 5:56 pm (#2017 of 2979)

We have jelly fish in the Gulf of Mexico and I was stung many times as a kid - they must not be as bad though cause all we did was pick up a hand full of sand from the bottom and rub the spot we got stung. That would take care of it.

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John Bumbledore - Jul 5, 2006 6:05 pm (#2018 of 2979)

Pardon me, I seem to have stumbled into the wrong thread. Has the Chat and Greeting Thread been moved to the kitchen?

Well, I don't have a recipe but I did want to stop in and say that I have returned from vacation. I missed you all! (((Hugs)))

From food to jelly fish... sounds like the word association game over on Lilly P's forum.

Please pardon me for not reading the 450 plus post... yet. When I get caught up at work an enough sleep (long hours driving) I will try to catch up.

Happy remembrances to those who have had recent celebrations, healing charms to any who need them, strengthening and patience charms to all mothers with children out of school and good luck to the "The's" and any others embarking on new adventures.

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

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Marie E. - Jul 5, 2006 6:41 pm (#2019 of 2979)

Welcome back, John.

My friend would like to get her 8 year old son baptized but his dad objects to it. My friend says it would be one thing if his dad actually had a church that he supported but he doesn't even attend one. Sometimes they go to dad's live-in girlfriend's church, but I hardly think that counts. Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1242194059

I have a jar of Jelly Bellies next to the computer and I just got a popcorn one. Mmmmmm.

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Puck - Jul 5, 2006 6:41 pm (#2020 of 2979)

Welcome back, John!

I feel as if I have been away, as I had to read over 70 posts, but it was only since yesterday! Chatty people!

Great. Baby's crying. She has not been sleeping well, and thus I haven't either.

We watched the fireworks from Target parking lot. It's on a cliff above the field. You can see them, but it's not loud. Perfect, as my son is afraid of loud noises. It was lovely, though late. I was hoping the children would sleep in this morning, but alas, they were all up before 7am. (Baby was also awake quite a bit of the night.)

Even sparklers are illegal in Massachusetts. You don't really get in trouble for having them, but you can't buy any. My problem with neighbors using fireworks is that I find the remnants in my lawn.

Well, I want to go read my book!

Cheers!

kathy

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Solitaire - Jul 5, 2006 6:43 pm (#2021 of 2979)

it said I was connected, but yet I couldn't get access

Tazzy, I have been having the same trouble here at home with my wireless internet connection. It says the connection is good, yet there is limited or no connectivity. I mean, it worked perfectly for months, and then boom! No net! Even now, when I am using a direct modem connection (to the same ISP, because it is faster than the ISP on my desktop), occasionally it does not work. What's with that?

I called the ISP, but they said to check my connections. Gee, why didn't I think of that? Honestly, isn't that the first thing one does automatically, when the connection isn't working--check all the cables, modems, etc.? I cannot figure out why this ISP is so temperamental. Anyway, I know how you feel!

BTW, John ... why not try one of our recipes? hehe You might like them!

Solitaire

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Regan of Gong - Jul 5, 2006 7:00 pm (#2022 of 2979)

I hope you can forgive me as well, I'm in an internet cafe for an hour or so, so I didn't have time to read 150 posts.

Jellyfish here in Australia as well, blue bottles and box jellyfish. I've only been stung once, and that wasn't bad at all because it didn't wrap around me. Some people can get horrible stings and swelling if it wraps round your arm, leg, chest, face etc. etc. There was a myth recently where part of a box jellyfish was preserved in water inside a coke bottle for lab testing of some sort and put into the lifeguard's fridge. A lifeguard came in off duty and had a drink and swallowed part of the Jellyfish. The story says he survived though. Only an urban myth though, as far as anyone knows.

Funny...sparklers are the only legally available "firework" here in Australia. Wire a few hundred together and it's quite impressive, especially if the sides are wrapped in foil. 10ft+ high, 3ft wide...pretty impressive. But I didn't tell you that. Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 464751818

Going to check threads/catch up Potty 5 words

Regan

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Denise P. - Jul 5, 2006 7:20 pm (#2023 of 2979)

I have never been stung by a jelly fish but I did sit on a piece of fire coral once. It was in a rather tender area, obviously since I had sat on it, and I was horribly embarassed that my sister's mother had to put meat tenderizer on it. I still have a scar on my leg where a huge wave crashed me into a giant piece of brain coral. This was in the Red Sea, many eons ago.

Mr. Denise and I ended up going to the knife flipping, egg tossing Japanese steak house. We had not been in years so it was nice that they changed the menu for the better. It was bizarre, I saw all kinds of people I knew in there. It was kinda funny because Mr. Denise would ask how I knew so and so. "I know him from Scouts, he is the Cubmaster, his wife is a nurse." "Oh, her daughter is in Kaitlyn's Brownie troop. Her husband is Deon, her son is Deon and her daughter is Dionne." (No kidding, they really are).

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Jul 5, 2006 7:57 pm (#2024 of 2979)

Between us and two of our neighbors we probably set off a thousand dollars worth of fireworks last night. We fired up our symbols of freedom too! (Harleys). Had a ball!

Welcome back John, hope you had a good time. You were missed.

What book are you reading Kathy?

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Finn BV - Jul 5, 2006 8:11 pm (#2025 of 2979)

Welcome back John!

Eek, didn't read through 50 posts either…

Enjoy the RotD!

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jul 5, 2006 8:45 pm (#2026 of 2979)

Welcome back, John!!

Olivia and Priscilla are upstairs trying to vacuum up a large moth. They are making such a fuss and I am dying with laughter. Olivia spent about ten minutes trying to persuade me to go up and get it for them. I told her she's 13 now and needs to learn to do these things on her own. :insertevilgrinsmiley: Screaming, bumping, shouts, 'No, you get it!' and it goes on and on! LOL.

I just hope they don't wake Trevor and/or Mr. HH.

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Chemyst - Jul 5, 2006 9:02 pm (#2027 of 2979)

Mix well and add Ken's Vidalia Onion dressing…~ Solitaire ? I love Ken's Sweet Vidalia Onion dressing! ~ Madame Pince[

Ken’s onions make everything better. ** sigh **

…on both occasions he assigned me the role of Benjamin Franklin. ~ Nathan Zimmermann

Now that radically alters my mental image of you! You just aged gracefully.

Olivia and Priscilla are upstairs trying to vacuum up a large moth. ~HH11

So, it is alive?

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Solitaire - Jul 5, 2006 9:34 pm (#2028 of 2979)

Chemyst, Ken makes the best dressings ever! I've tried several of his, but the Vidalia Onion is the most versatile. I have used it in coleslaw, salad, sandwiches, as a veggie dip, and even warm--as a dip for those soy "chik'n" fingers and as a sauce over steamed or sautéed veggies. Mmmmmmmm!!

Solitaire

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 6, 2006 5:10 am (#2029 of 2979)

Double episodes of Lost again tonight, Loopy-- Madame Pince

I know. It was bliss.

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Lavandula - Jul 6, 2006 5:26 am (#2030 of 2979)

Greetings Everyone,

I haven't been around for several months due to my school schedule and my children's activities. It sure is great to finally get back here and get caught up on reading my favorite threads.

Marie- You mentioned earlier "I bought her Pediasure (a flavored nutritional supplement drink) but she doesn't like the taste." I too have a son with ADD/ADHD and his medication takes away his appetite as well. He is just now, after two years, back to his previous weight prior to starting on the meds. My doctor suggested Pediasure, but he wasn't that fond of it either. I switched to the adult version Ensure and have had great results. He likes the taste and will often drink two a day. It also contains more nutrients, fat, carbohydrates, etc. Perhaps this will help you.

Lilly P- I posted on your recipe forum. I thought the rhubarb would be considered a unique regional vegetable which would fit in with your idea. It will be great to see some international recipes coming in!!

Birthday and Anniversary wishes to all!!

Congratulations to the French in their win in World Cup yesterday. My daughter is in France right now, so I bet there is jubilation everywhere!!!!!!

Cathy

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Chemyst - Jul 6, 2006 5:29 am (#2031 of 2979)

...the Vidalia Onion is the most versatile. I have used it in coleslaw, salad, sandwiches, as a veggie dip, and even warm--as a dip for those soy "chik'n" fingers and as a sauce over steamed or sauted veggies. — Solitaire

Yes, just don't forget my boys' favorite: chicken wraps. And if I substitute thin-sliced strawberries for the tomato in a spinich & bacon salad using Ken's, they'll eat their dark greens without coaxing too!

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jul 6, 2006 6:12 am (#2032 of 2979)

So, it is alive? – Chemyst

Is it alive. . .well, yes, it was. As a matter of fact, I'm quite certain it was dive-bombing them. :Ireallyneedanevilsmiley:

Welcome back, Cathy!

And congrats to France!

Maria

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Mrs. Sirius - Jul 6, 2006 6:20 am (#2033 of 2979)

When I was pregnant with the girls, towards the end of the pregnancy the doctors wanted me to gain more weight. They prescribed Ensure. I took it eagerly the first day but after that I found the taste just awful and by day 3 couldn't even look at the can, ughhh. The nurses (heroes) recommend the Carnation Instant Breakfast mix with my favorite ice cream blended into a milk shake. That was great, I could have as much as I wanted safely gain weight.

We have considered it for my son but so far he seems fine.

Boy, Mrs. Sirius, you must have really been caught in an off moment. Anything coming out of Neil Diamond's mouth makes me want to run for cotton balls. Well, I think now I've figured out how to keep from getting too emotional during those insurance commercials.

My husband runs for the cotton balls for Neil Diamond, but to put in his ears. It just goes to show you, as New Yorker, and one that "Come to America" I just love that man and his music. He was part of my growing up there.

Edit: Hi Marie, do you ever sleep?

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Marie E. - Jul 6, 2006 6:22 am (#2034 of 2979)

I forgot all about Carnation Instant Breakfast mix! I drank it when I was pregnant with Lexie. I was having trouble gaining weight because of all the morning sickness (at 28 weeks I hadn't gained anything). I began drinking the breakfast drink as a morning snack and eating a lot of Dairy Queen blizzards. At 32 weeks I had gained 9 pounds!

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azi - Jul 6, 2006 7:31 am (#2035 of 2979)

Welcome back John! Hope you had a great holiday! See you on Potty Games soon.

Glad to hear about the jobs Lizzy! I hope things continue to go well!

Welcome back Lavandula!

Beautiful weather here. Warm but with a nice breeze.

Nice days to all!

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Denise P. - Jul 6, 2006 7:33 am (#2036 of 2979)

Chemyst, I am much more sneaky with dark greens. I finely chop spinach and add it to ground beef before I cook it. If a child asks, I just say it is spices and they eat it.

The Carnation Instant Breakfast shake is what I had to gain weight when I was pregnant with Iain. I would have to add fruit, ice cream and oil. Yep, oil because I wasn't getting enough fat in my diet and I don't like to put butter on vegetables.

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Puck - Jul 6, 2006 8:22 am (#2037 of 2979)

I gained weight fine while pregnant. Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1242194059

My favorite dressing is Brianna's Poopyseed. Nasty amount of fat, but super yummy. Brianna's Strawberry or Raspberry vinaigrette are great for spinach salad. I add walnuts and berries.

her son is Deon and her daughter is Dionne." (No kidding, they really are). I have a friend who named her twins Taylor and Tyler. Yeah, like that didn't stop being cute after about 10 minutes.

TBE, I just finished reading The Baby Game by Randall Hicks. The main character is a sarcastic lawyer, so I thought of Loopy often. Actually, for a mystery involving murder and kidnapping, it was actually a light read. Good story. Bad editing though. Way too many typos. (They used spell check, not grammar check, so you'd get "listed" instead of "listen" and a few misplaced quotation marks.

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Eponine - Jul 6, 2006 8:40 am (#2038 of 2979)

My favorite dressing is Brianna's Poopyseed – Puck

Puck, I hope that's a typo!

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Holly T. - Jul 6, 2006 8:42 am (#2039 of 2979)

Kathy, I hope you meant "poppyseed" ;-)

I didn't have any trouble gaining weight while pregnant either! I did have a problem losing it afterward. Does it still count as baby weight if your baby is 8?

I don't trust spell check or grammar check. Too unreliable. I hate it when niggly editing mistakes clutter up books. Like when a character sprains an ankle early in the book, then a few chapters later there is a reference to her broken ankle. Or when in a series the names of some of the secondary characters change, yet it's the same person--like somebody's mother suddenly has a different first name--how hard would it have been for the author to check? The editor certainly should have.

My daughter was in class one year twins named Taelyr and Tyla. My husband's cousin's kids--not twins--are Kaydon and Kaytlin, which confuses me anyway, especially when you consider his other cousins have among them Haden, Brayden, and Haley. Nothing wrong with any of those names, necessarily, but try saying them all together.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jul 6, 2006 8:42 am (#2040 of 2979)

My husband runs for the cotton balls for Neil Diamond, but to put in his ears. That is exactly what I meant, Mrs. Sirius. I've figured out how to keep from getting too emotional during those insurance commercials. - Now I'll just think of Neil Diamond singing.

My favorite dressing is by far, Papaya Seed Dressing which I have only been able to get in Hawaii. **glances in Kristina's direction**

Speaking of Kristina, how was your trip home??? Still recuperating from jet lag?

ROTFL Puck!! I just realized what Eponine and Holly meant!

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Catherine - Jul 6, 2006 8:53 am (#2041 of 2979)

Ahh, nuts.

Everyone beat me to the "poopyseeds"! Where is that sic smiley when you need one? *glances in Chemyst's direction*

Denise and Chemyst--excellent suggestion for the greens. I think I will try the strawberries on the greens tonight, as I am not fond of raw tomatoes.

I may have mentioned this before, but I don't trust spell-check either, and encourage my students to actually get another human being to read their papers. Last semester I got an email from a student in which the word "inconvenience" was changed to "incontinence." One student turned in an annotated bibliography with "Attention Deficit Disorder" changed to "Attention Defecate Disorder."

Not good when your spelling program references body functions!

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 6, 2006 9:36 am (#2042 of 2979)

Last semester I got an email from a student in which the word "inconvenience" was changed to "incontinence." One student turned in an annotated bibliography with "Attention Deficit Disorder" changed to "Attention Defecate Disorder." – Catherine

Hehe. I try to figure out how to turn off any automatic changer deal and spell-check word by word, accepting or rejecting suggested changes as appropriate. I also read the darn hard copy because you will always find something else that spell-check won't catch. No one has mentioned what program they're using, but all this reminds me that there is one thing I hate more than The Village : Microsoft Word. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I hate, hate, hate, this program with a passion, in particular the way it tries to "help" me. WordPerfect was a perfectly good program, but I have to use Word at work because the rest of the world does and half the time my document recipients cannot open any document that WordPerfect touched. Yes, I know you ostensibly can "save as" a Word document or purportedly turn a Word document into a WordPerfect document. Lies! Ok, I'm done now, but would just say that I would gleefully give up 5-10 years of freedom if I could just get my hands around the necks of whoever developed Word for just 5 minutes or so.

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Lina - Jul 6, 2006 9:40 am (#2043 of 2979)

Loopy, you can always switch the Word helping off. That's one of the first thing I do after installing it.

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 6, 2006 9:44 am (#2044 of 2979)

I've tried that too, but it keeps doing it. I'm not just talking about the stupid paper clip: ("It looks like you're writing a suicide note. Would you like some help"?) I send him packing right away too. I’m talking about the weird formatting things like how it will format and mess with my numbered paragraphs for me.

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Thora - Jul 6, 2006 9:59 am (#2045 of 2979)

LOL, it's a good thing is didn't do sit-ups yesterday, I'd be in some serious pain.

Loopy, I know what you mean about the auto-formatting. How many times do you have to erase a blinking bullet before the dumb program doesn't stick it back in? eeesh!

Denise, "I finely chop spinach and add it to ground beef before I cook it. If a child asks, I just say it is spices and they eat it." That's just devious... but come to think of it we did that with portabella mushrooms a week or so ago.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jul 6, 2006 10:26 am (#2046 of 2979)

Loopy, we can start a support group. I completely understand, as that is the program I am stuck with here. Did you ever try to highlight something specific and it constantly and consistently runs past it??? How about typing in a name it doesn't recognize and automatically "corrects" it. And as it seems to be controlled by Peeves, it does not shut off.

All that having been said, I have but two words for you: Anger Management

Boy, if I knew you, I'd feel compelled to send you the Village DVD. :Iwillsoonbeginasearchforanevilsmiley:

EDIT: Anyone hear from kaykay?? Is everything alright? Just wondering, as the last I heard, they'd lost their Simba.

Olivia, there is a testing site for that. I'll show you.

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HungarianHorntail13 - Jul 6, 2006 10:33 am (#2047 of 2979)

Welcome back John!

Yes, last night I almost peed in my pants because I had to vacuum up a creepy looking moth. It was odd looking. It was white/gray and looked more like a deformed rock than a bug. It tried to fly away as I sucked it up. >_< Thanks for the help Mom.

Denise and Thora, that's wrong to lie to kids! )Sad

......Bother!

._Olivia

Edit x : I deleted all the other edits so you don't have to read through it. : )

Edit again: Loopy, I like you South Park devil!

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Holly T. - Jul 6, 2006 10:40 am (#2048 of 2979)

I considered it a personal victory when I finally convinced Word to quit automatically superscripting things like the st in 1st. That was driving me insane. I finally convinced my boss to buy us some translators when I explained to him that whenever we received a document in Word Perfect I had to e-mail it to my husband (who doesn't work for the same company I do), who would open the document in Word Perfect, save it in Word, then e-mail it back to me. Anything Word wants to do automatically, from formatting to spelling, is not to be trusted and should probably be disabled.

One time somehow my defaults got messed up and the spell check was using British English, so it was putting red lines under words like "favor," "color," etc.

My latest computer problem--my iTunes playlists on my computer have all disappeared. The IT guy was here so I asked him about it. I didn't want to bother him as my ability to listen to music is not exactly work related, but he came and looked at it because he was concerned that someone else might have somehow had access to my compute, which he determined had not happened, but he has no idea where my music went.

Editing because I forgot to say welcome back to John!

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 6, 2006 10:42 am (#2049 of 2979)

Loopy, we can start a support group. I completely understand, as that is the program I am stuck with here. -- HungarianHorntail 11

Just tell me where the meetings are and I'll be there. Before I had learned to shut off the "auto-speller," Word kept correcting the word "tortious." "Tortious" is the adjective form of "tort" and is probably not in any dictionaries but is used in legalese all the time. Word kept changing it to "tortuous" and, indeed, dealing with Word is pure torture.

Boy, if I knew you, I'd feel compelled to send you the Village DVD. :Iwillsoonbeginasearchforanevilsmiley: -- HungarianHorntail11

Don't make me go tortious on you!

I considered it a personal victory when I finally convinced Word to quit automatically superscripting things like the st in 1st.-- Holly T.

I might not have minded that except that my experience has been that it is not consistent. I don't mind having a superscripted "st" in "1st" so long as I get a superscripted "nd" in "2nd."

And, let me be preemptive to anyone who would defend Word. I know there's probably ways to stop all this madness, turn this off, turn that off, and I appreciate any offers to explain how to do these tasks. But, my very point would be that I shouldn't need a freakin' tutorial! All these "helpful" features should start "off" and if I want them, I should have to figure out how to turn them on.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jul 6, 2006 10:55 am (#2050 of 2979)

Loopy, is that a picture of you? (Ignoring second line of information.)

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Tazzygirl - Jul 6, 2006 11:27 am (#2051 of 2979)

Well, I am back in my apartment! The trip went fairly smoothly- the plane I was in for the six hours actually had room for my feet. Very comfortable. I started to unpack when I got in last night, but when I realized how much stuff I brought back with me, I threw it all back in the suitcases. Need to find places for everything. Haven't seen Syd or 'Thaniel yet, and since I haven't seen them in a month, I am pretty excited!

Welcome back, John!

I love poppyseed dressing too, and Cesar. Maria- I have seen the Papaya dressing, but have never tried it!

My aunt drank Ensure while pregnant with 'Thaniel. I think she loved it.

I love Word. There are some times that I can't stand when it starts doing things for me (like the Outline format), but pretty much everything else is okay by me.

Hope you all have a fabulous RotD/N!

~Kristina

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Solitaire - Jul 6, 2006 11:32 am (#2052 of 2979)

Here is a good "yucky face" we might add. What do you think?

Solitaire

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jul 6, 2006 11:42 am (#2053 of 2979)

I like it, Solitaire! How did you do it?

Now, if I can only find an evil smiley - kind of like the one that looks like Loopy.

Maria

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Amilia Smith - Jul 6, 2006 11:51 am (#2054 of 2979)

Loopy, I absolutely and completely agree about everything you have said about Word. The other thing I hate about it is that it does not have the Reveal Codes feature that WP does. Which means that you can never figure out WHY it is doing whatever crazy thing it is doing.

If I am sending a document to someone who just needs to read it, rather than change it, I just write it up in WP and then convert to PDF. Now, if I am working on a group project, and everyone has to add their input, I have to go to the school computer labs and use the evil Word.

Mills.

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Madam Pince - Jul 6, 2006 11:58 am (#2055 of 2979)

***Is cracking up laughing at the "poopyseeds"***

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azi - Jul 6, 2006 12:17 pm (#2056 of 2979)

The worst thing about Word for me is making any pictures/graphs and the text go where you want it to. It just doesn't like to fit...no matter which formatting I use!

That and my version keeps switching to US English. Very annoying.

Glad to hear you're back safetly, Tazzy!

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Esther Rose - Jul 6, 2006 12:24 pm (#2057 of 2979)

Okay while we are on the subject of rants on Word. I have one specific one.

Mail merging from Excel with telephone numbers. The phone number will automatically format in Excel (Because I set it up to do just that) but once it is in word the phone numbers lose all of their dashes and parenthesis so that it looks like one long 10 digit number. (American)

Most annoying with Fax Memos. Grrr.

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Holly T. - Jul 6, 2006 12:59 pm (#2058 of 2979)

Hmm, maybe Azi and I should trade versions of Word since mine wants to use British English and hers wants to use American?  Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1003735042

Kristina--did you get your nails fixed?

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azi - Jul 6, 2006 1:01 pm (#2059 of 2979)

Good idea Holly, hehe!

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kaykay1970 - Jul 6, 2006 2:13 pm (#2060 of 2979)

I am still here HH! I have just been busy. My hubby is on vacation from work this week. I am behind on all the threads except this one. I may have to press the magic button...

I liked the rhyming names conversation. In 1989 my Dad got 4 new grandchildren. Brian was born in January and Ryan in March. My eldest child was due in May. For two months my Dad sang a little song every time I saw him. "We have Brian and Ryan and KayKay a tryin..."  Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 2752390508

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Lina - Jul 6, 2006 2:25 pm (#2061 of 2979)

Loopy Lupin: All these "helpful" features should start "off" and if I want them, I should have to figure out how to turn them on.

Well, maybe it's just the point. If you had all those features turned to off, you would never feel the need to explore and learn new things! This way you are just forced to learn more about computers and you have to feel younger. Maybe you should just explore the Tools --> AutoCorrect options for the beginning. At least you speak English and have a program that is in English, that should make things simpler. I have users who don't understand a word in English, so I can't even tell them to read Help, I have just to do things for them. And it has become even worse since they decided to translate the menus and Help in Croatian, because now I don't understand anything...

Talking about users, one of them got the "Mail Delivery Subsystem" message telling that the e-mail she sent couldn't be delivered because the address doesn't exist. Well, she thought that it was some Professor Delaware writing to her and that she had to forward that important message to someone else...

***waving to Kay*** You were mentioned in the chat room today...

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Catherine - Jul 6, 2006 2:30 pm (#2062 of 2979)

Yay! I have IM again!! No more flooding of folks' intray.

*looks apologetically at her forum friends*

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boop - Jul 6, 2006 3:48 pm (#2063 of 2979)

Welcome Back John!!

Welcome Back Cathy!!

Kristina, glad to hear you had a safe trip home.

Have a great ROTD everyone!!

hugs always

boop

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Chemyst - Jul 6, 2006 4:38 pm (#2064 of 2979)

   All these "helpful" features should start "off" and if I want them, I should have to figure out how to turn them on. – Loopy

I was just about to brave the red squiggly under the repeated word and the curly smart quotes to shout, "Hear hear!" until I read this:

  If you had all those features turned to off, you would never feel the need to explore and learn new things! This way you are just forced to learn more about computers and you have to feel younger. – Lina

 ...and now my vanity is such that I'd rather be young and turn them off myself!

Some HTML tags are changing too. I recently found out that the old simple < b > for bold is being replaced by < strong > as in bold is strong and the < i > for italic is an < em > for emphasis. I am feeling younger by the minute!

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Tazzygirl - Jul 6, 2006 5:40 pm (#2065 of 2979)

Holly: Kristina--did you get your nails fixed?

Nope! My nails don't look too bad, they are just longer than I normally have them. I have a to do list going, and finding a nail place here is on the top!

LOL, Kay, on the song your dad used to sing!

Off to the grocery store, and get the oil changed on my car, and buy more hangers for all the clothes I bought in California! (I just finished unpacking now... takes forever!)

~Kristina

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Lilly P - Jul 6, 2006 6:03 pm (#2066 of 2979)

are we still looking for a sic smile and a evil one? I think I found some, lets see if I can transfer them on to here. Sickly Devil Star 18

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Puck - Jul 6, 2006 6:47 pm (#2067 of 2979)

Lilly, those are great! Love Harry & Hedgewig!

***Is cracking up laughing at the "poopyseeds"***

Oops! I tend to type while nursing the baby and shooing the cat off my laptop, while the other kids destroy the house I keep trying to clean. I did mean poppyseed. (ROTL)

Perhaps some of Catherine's students would like the "poopyseed" dressing.

We went to see Dora the Explorer: LIVE this afternoon. Diva had a blast. The other two enjoyed it as well. I noticed it in the paper when I was checking the time for fireworks. I got tickets as a last minute surprise for the kids. (Normally they sell out well ahead, but the holiday week was slow.)

Maria, did you lose a star?

Cheers!

Kathy

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Solitaire - Jul 6, 2006 6:56 pm (#2068 of 2979)

Lily, I got a "no hot-linking" message stuck on those that I used (I didn't hot-link), so ... I deleted them. I hope you don't get one, too. The odd thing is that I've seen those emoticons on lots of places that are not MSN.com! Go figure ... Anyway, I guess we need to send any new smilies to Kip and they will program them properly. *sigh*

Solitaire

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Finn BV - Jul 6, 2006 6:56 pm (#2069 of 2979)

Hi Lavandula, welcome back!

My favorite dressing is Brianna's Poopyseed - Puck

Puck, I hope that's a typo! –Eponine


SPEW!!

("It looks like you're writing a suicide note. Would you like some help"?) –Loopy

And there's another !! Loopy (and others… Maria and Holly, it seems), I didn't like Word at first either, because I was an AppleWorks person and I was so mad when teachers sent me assignments or something in Word and I couldn't open them. But… I learned to like it – there are some really cool things you can do with Word which most people don't know about unless they play with it. Then again, you really have to be a real tech geek like me to appreciate them.

Tortious is the adjective form of "tort" and is probably not in any dictionaries but is used in legalese all the time. --Loopy again

… which… makes it not a word that anybody cares about. Just kidding!

And erm, so much for my little paragraph above, now that I've read your preempt.

Glad the flight was safe, Kristina!

And, azi, um… **says very quickly "youhavetochangethewrappingintheimageformattingpalletteandyoucanalsosetthedefaultlanguage"**

Good to see you kaykay!

**tries using … em? em.**

are we still looking for a sic smile --Lilly P.

LOL! Not sick! [sic]! See here. I think the sic smilie should be like a "talk to the hand."

So, we have some exciting news in our family… my aunt had a baby this morning! Hooray! The name is still not yet decided however… **waits impatiently**

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Denise P. - Jul 6, 2006 7:22 pm (#2070 of 2979)

We can't program new smilies, all the built in ones are from WX, not us.

I go out walking with Kaity since she is working on her Junior Walking for Fitness badge. Last night we went 1.84 miles at a 18:26 pace. Tonight we went 2.34 miles at a 16:28 pace! I was really surprised because she didn't complain once and really picked up her pace.

Tomorrow I go pick up my two Boy Scouts from camp, then I need to get the Cub Scout and Girl Scout packed up for their camps next week.

Mr. Denise made some chocolate covered strawberries but failed to place them on waxed paper, he put them right on a plate. He had a HUGE butcher knife out to pry them off but I stunned and amazed him by getting them off easily after I put the plate in some hot water for a minute...just enough to melt the bottom

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Solitaire - Jul 6, 2006 7:28 pm (#2071 of 2979)

Thanks, Denise.

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Madam Pince - Jul 6, 2006 7:50 pm (#2072 of 2979)

Oh, you clever, clever mom, you! Melting chocolate and chopping spinach to go into ground beef! (I'm going to steal that one, if you don't mind....)

***Forgot to mention earlier but was also laughing at the "It looks like you're writing a suicide note" thing...***

Everyone have a great RotD!

Edit: ***Is now cracking up at Eponine's paperclip***

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Eponine - Jul 6, 2006 7:51 pm (#2073 of 2979)

When I was in college, one of my big assignments for an education class was basically a 30 page outline. The day it was due, the entire class had a discussion about how much Word sucks when it tries to automatically format your outlines. Thankfully, I had figured out how to turn the automatic stuff off before I finished. Whenever I type something now I use the visible keystroke function (I don't know what it's actually callled) so I can see what I'm doing. When I learned how to use a computer, I learned WordPerfect, and our teacher made us use the function that showed all your keystrokes. I got used to it that way, and I was annoyed at Word until I figured out how to make the keystrokes show up. Plus, it's extremely useful when I have patrons who can't figure out what they did on the computer. The thing that annoys me the most about Word is that it tells me my name is spelled wrong. I always have to add my name to the dictionary so I won't get that stupid red squiggly line under it.

Finn, I've had to play with Word a lot so I can help people at the library. It always surprises me how many people print things off without fixing the spelling or the grammar. A lot of them don't even seem to know what the red and green lines mean.

I hope everyone has a great RotD!

ETA: Since it's too big to be my avatar. Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

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Mediwitch - Jul 6, 2006 8:03 pm (#2074 of 2979)

Maria: :Ireallyneedanevilsmiley:[ google Smiley Central - Devil Sinister Devil

azi: The worst thing about Word for me is making any pictures/graphs and the text go where you want it to. It just doesn't like to fit...no matter which formatting I use!

Try using Microsoft Publisher. You can move text boxes and picture/clip art frames MUCH more easily. If you know how to work Word, you can use Publisher.

LOL Eponine - I love your evil paper clip!

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Denise P. - Jul 6, 2006 10:06 pm (#2075 of 2979)

Eponine, that is hilarious! Do you have a larger version?

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Julie Aronson - Jul 7, 2006 3:25 am (#2076 of 2979)

Yeah, Eponine, that's outstanding!!!

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Lavandula - Jul 7, 2006 5:04 am (#2077 of 2979)

Eponine, I think that paper clip has been in my nightmares in the past!!!!!

I'm not sure if I laughed more about the "suicide-helping paper clip, the "poopyseed dressing", or the "Attention Defecate Disorder". Just wondering if the last two problems go together in some way.

I should probably start packing for my son to go to camp instead of sitting here at the computer. He told one of our friends yesterday that the best part of camp is "no parents". He has no idea that $350 is the best vacation package value one mom and dad could ever have. For the first time in 14 years my house will be empty for a whole week!! My husband wanted to take the week off work to be with me at home alone-is it awful that I told him NO?

Thanks to all for the "Welcome Back" wishes.

Cathy

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azi - Jul 7, 2006 5:08 am (#2078 of 2979)

Try using Microsoft Publisher... – Mediwitch

I do like Microsoft Publisher! Definitely one of the less annoying Microsoft programs! The only problem is that I was writing a long report so the graphs would have got confusing (to me) if they weren't in the same document!

Finn - I do change the image formatting. It still didn't like me!

Today, the doctor changed my prescription back to what it should be. However, I have to have a blood test to see if I have anemia and thyroid problems. I was hoping I would be able to find out my blood type as well, but apparently the NHS refuse to pay for that! I hate having blood taken from me, but I suppose it's nice to know whether I'm healthy or not.

Hope everyone has a lovely day! It's gone cloudy here, but it's now a nice change from bright sunshine!

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Eponine - Jul 7, 2006 5:11 am (#2079 of 2979)

I don't have a larger version on my computer, but I did find one here.

My husband wanted to take the week off work to be with me at home alone-is it awful that I told him NO? – Lavandula

NO! Granted, I don't have kids, but there are times when you just want to be alone! Have a good time this week by yourself.

Have a great RotD!

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 7, 2006 6:09 am (#2080 of 2979)

Loopy, I absolutely and completely agree about every thing you have said about Word. The other thing I hate about it is that it does not have the Reveal Codes feature that WP does. Which means that you can never figure out WHY it is doing whatever crazy thing it is doing. – Amilia

Yes!!!! I can't tell you how absolutely dumbfounded I was when I asked one of my tech geek friends how I could find Reveal Codes-- in order to stop the madness-- and was told that there was no "Reveal Codes." I had actually forgotten all about that; I must have blocked it out.

Lina, Finn, Chemyst--- No, I don't need Microsoft Word to help me feel young again nor could I care any less about all the "neat things" it can do. I need Microsoft Word to process words into a document that looks the way I want it to look. Twenty years ago ***cough*** I could get exactly what I wanted using WordPerfect 5.1 in DOS(!). I wasn't clicking little buttons or using a mouse; I was entering codes and memorizing commands. Today, I need blood pressure medication because Word randomly decides that a numbered paragraph in a lawsuit I'm writing needs to be indented when I don't want it to be that way. This is not progress.

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Catherine - Jul 7, 2006 6:25 am (#2081 of 2979)

My doggies are giving me the "Why is Mum laughing while sitting by herself at the computer?" look.

Eponine, that was hilarious. *wipes tears*

Loopy, your satanic Bill Gates avatar made me sputter my morning tea.

Yay! It's Friday and we're going to see the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

Arrr! It be a great day!

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Marie E. - Jul 7, 2006 6:29 am (#2082 of 2979)

Oh, I want to see the Pirates movie, too! We have to decide between the movie or going to the Renaissance Festival. The Festival may be leaving after this year so I should probably choose it. We can always see the movie in Virginia next weekend. But...I really want to see the movie (imagine a whiny voice).

Rained buckets of water yesterday, again, but I actually see blue skies this morning. Crossing fingers for one day with no thunder or lightening.

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Catherine - Jul 7, 2006 6:42 am (#2083 of 2979)

Ooh, Marie, where in Virginia will you be visiting?

And didn't Holly visit Virginia recently?

I ask because I'm from Virginia.

EDIT: LOVE the pic of Lexi and Shayla! It's just wonderful.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jul 7, 2006 7:45 am (#2084 of 2979)

Thank you for the evil smileys! Now I just have to figure out how to use them in my posts.

I have been running a fever since early yesterday and woke up drenched. I'm glad that Priscilla and Trevor are over it but I guess it is my turn. It also came with a wicked sore throat. Oh well, it's only pain. I am trying to rest but the kiddies are not cooperating.

Way to go Kaity! Hope she keeps up the good work - very impressed that she didn't complain. She must have really been determined.

I loved WordPerfect! I used to have all kinds of macros set up to make my life easier. I am wondering if there is a limit to the document size in Works? Does anyone know? I have been adding to a document and have these fears of it freezing up because it reached max. capacity.

Off to check on the kiddies and try to work through this.

Eponine, loved the freaky paper clip. Does anyone else's take off on a motorcycle when you shut it off?

Nice to see you're around kaykay - what a cute song by dad!

Guy is here to fix lawn sprinkler valve. No rest for the weary, they say.

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Solitaire - Jul 7, 2006 9:31 am (#2085 of 2979)

HH, if you want to use those smilies in your posts, I would download them to your computer, then upload them to your own webpage file manager and save them (as long as they give you permission), so you can't get slapped on your virtual wrist, as I did, for a link. The other option is to make sure you find a site that does not mind you using them. Just a suggestion.

Solitaire

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Finn BV - Jul 7, 2006 10:05 am (#2086 of 2979)

ROFL @ Eponine.

Loopy, I suppose Word is not efficient when it comes to writing legal papers and things like that that need specific types of formatting. Surely there's legal paper-writing software out there? Anyway, for geeky stuff like I like to do, it's good. But, we'll just have to agree to disagree.

I want to see Pirates too! We played a medley of the first movie's music in Wind Ensemble today in honor of the release of this one.

Marie, fantastic picture!

TGIF!

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Puck - Jul 7, 2006 11:10 am (#2087 of 2979)

Marie, your girls are stunning! (Mr. E. has some years of anxious misery ahead of him.)

Eponine, hysterical! I was trying to read the "methods", and I swear one said "pastry"!

Hubby is watching Myth Busters. These guys are nuts!

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Tazzygirl - Jul 7, 2006 11:29 am (#2088 of 2979)

I turned my little paperclip guy off in Word. He only comes when I really need help. Although, now it is a very annoying puppy looking creature that barks every once in a while.

My aunt found a dog yesterday. One of those hairless types. It was not pleasant to pet, but the face was super cute. Sydney wanted to name her 'Corn on the cob', but then the owners were found.

I'm soooo sad! All my friends in California went to the midnight showing of Pirates last night, and I don't have anyone to go with me. I might just brave it and go by myself...

I love Myth Busters!!

Found a place that can do my nails! w00t! So that is where I am headed now.

Hope you all hava a fantastic RotD/N!

~Kristina

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azi - Jul 7, 2006 11:45 am (#2089 of 2979)

I agree with everyone, Marie, your girls look lovely!

Have a nice time getting your nails done Tazzy!

For anyone on Facebook - apparently you can now create global groups where anyone from any network can join! Anyone up for creating a DIGS group?

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Steve Newton - Jun 30, 2006 11:39 am (#2090 of 2979)

My son and I have almost memorized the Mythbusters shows. Excellent and seem to encourage science and experiment with an modicum of safety. In a rush I often call it Ghostbusters but everybody seems to understand.

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Holly T. - Jul 7, 2006 1:02 pm (#2091 of 2979)

I think my Word helper is a little animated computer. Not sure, since I banished him long ago.

My husband, son, and I are going to see "Pirates" in the morning. My daughter, currently visiting her grandparents, is pouting because she doesn't get to go. I told her we'd go see it again when she gets back. Actually, my whole Girl Scout troop wants to plan a trip to see it. We are unofficially pirates (and were even before the first movie came out) and enjoyed the first movie so much that our bridging from Brownies to Juniors was pirate-themed. Our troop flag is the Girl Scout logo and crossbones. One of our official troop songs is "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything." We saw the preview for the new "Pirates" movie when we went to see Narnia for our Christmas party and all of the girls immediately turned toward me and our asst leader and yelled "field trip!" We all have pirate-themed T-shirts with different piratey sayings on them--mine says "And then they made me their chief." Asst leader's says "Why is the rum gone?" Etc. Yes, the other troops think we are nuts.

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Finn BV - Jul 7, 2006 2:42 pm (#2092 of 2979)

Aha – I just remembered – there's no paper clip in the Mac version of Word. So ha.

Hoping to see Pirates tomorrow morning!

So, my aunt and uncle decided on a name for my new cousin, after about a day and a half… Campbell! Middle (and last names) are family surnames. Quite exciting! I can't wait to meet her!

Enjoy the RotD! Wimbledon finals tomorrow and Sunday!

PS: If we've guessed right, we get HP 7 a YEAR from today!! Wow!

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Marè - Jul 7, 2006 3:29 pm (#2093 of 2979)

So, my aunt and uncle decided on a name for my new cousin, after about a day and a half… Campbell!
Soup?

Waves around! I've been gone for a while, and if all goes according to plan I will be again, because apparently I will be going on holidays on monday. Except we still don't know where or how.... Great planning!

I hate it when niggly editing mistakes clutter up books. Like when a character sprains an ankle early in the book, then a few chapters later there is a reference to her broken ankle.
Oh oh! Or when a person loses a collection of records when a ship sinks and two pages later :poof: they are back. That can really ruin a book for me!

And can I say that I am very happy that I'm not the only one still desperately wanting WP back. Besides from yelling at the screen when it keeps putting bullet and numbers where I don't want them, I'm also stuck with an English (American?) version of Word, which is really annoying if I want to type a Dutch letter: wriggly lines everywhere!

And Holly, are you sure the other troops aren't simply a bit jealous? Your little pirates sound like they have fun!

there are some really cool things you can do with Word
Seriously, I would love some examples. I gave up playing with Word a long time ago. I love playing around with new art or layout programs and I have way too many of them, but Word just doesn't click for me.

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virginiaelizabeth - Jul 7, 2006 4:33 pm (#2094 of 2979)

I'm home!!! I had an excellent time and spent nearly all of my money but I feel like it was worth it!

I'm starting to feel a bit left out as everyone here has had macaroni salad. I've never heard of it before! But now I'm guessing that I should have tried it.

Ok can't remember anything else so off to check threads!

Have a great RotD everyone!

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The giant squid - Jul 7, 2006 4:38 pm (#2095 of 2979)

Eponine, that was hilarious! The very first thing I did when I installed Word was turn off the paperclip. My wife still has hers enabled, though on her computer it's a cat.

Loopy, as for "tortious" I have three words for you: "Add to Dictionary". It will never bother you again.

Aside from that, I agree with pretty much everything else said about MS Word. I was doing quite well with Works but got tired of having to tell everyone to save stuff as a .rtf so I could actually open it.

Marie: you weren't kidding when you said Lexi(e) looks like our sister! That's kinda scary, actually, since I know what our sister looks like now... :evilsmiley:

Welcome back Lavandula, John Bumbledore, Mare and anyone else who's been away for a while! Never fear, we're always here.

Just in case any of you were on the fence, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is almost as good as the first one. I say almost for two reasons: one, you can see some of the gags coming this time because you know the characters better and two, it ends in a cliffhanger. That's right, we won't get the ending until Pirates of the Caribbean 3 It's a cliffhanger done right, though--you don't have to see the third one, but you'll want to.

but Word just doesn't click for me.—Marè

Pun intended?

--Mike

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Ludicrous Patents Office - Jul 7, 2006 4:55 pm (#2096 of 2979)

Eponine that paper clip is hysterical. It sums up MS. Thank you for sharing it.

Finn I hope you are right, Book 7 on 07.07.07!

I've been away from the forum for several months now. It is good to be back. I love the humor. LPO

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Marie E. - Jul 7, 2006 5:15 pm (#2097 of 2979)

Thanks for all the compliments on the girls' picture. Lately I have been hearing a lot of comments like "Oh, these are your daughters? You are in so much trouble!" Being the mommy makes me a bit oblivious sometimes to how they look. I only notice the stains on Lexi's shirt because she eats like the Cookie Monster or things like that.

No rain yet, but there's grumpy looking clouds overhead. Good thing about this rain, the fire ban's been lifted.

Welcome back, LPO. It's nice to have another Colorado member here. Am I right in guessing that Longmont is near Denver? You'd think after living here for 11 years I'd have my CO geography down better. Whenever there's a weather bulletin I never know where all the counties are. It's like "Kiowa County? Is that near us?" Pretty sad, really.

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geauxtigers - Jul 7, 2006 5:16 pm (#2098 of 2979)

***Thunk! Falls over in amazement that southern girls Ginny and Tori have never encountered macaroni salad before!*** It's such a staple at any big gatherings I've ever attended!

**walks off hanging head in shame**

I also hate Word for several reasons, the biggest being that my school has it set up so that we can access all of our "folders" at home. So we can save an english paper at school and go home and open it. Well I don't have word on my computer, I have Works, same company, but I can't open anything! Nothing! all because I have the "free" version of word that comes on your computer when you buy it. Theres like no difference. I actually like works better because it doesn't do all the messing with the bullets and numbering etc.  Its much simpler and there is no paperclip telling me that I might want to do something else to waste time and confuse me with. Really, I have this thing with not messing with a good thing, Microsoft would do some good to listen to that.

I can't remember much else. Houston was awesome, the game was great even though they lost I still had a blast! I spent nearly all the money I've made babysitting so far, but it was worth it. The Galleria is a shopper's HEAVEN! Its HUGE!!!! Oh and it was sooo funny, right after we crossed the LA/TX line, there was a sign that said El Paso..........857 So Texas is roughly 857 miles across! It was just so funny to see that as usually the most amount of miles listed is around 150! You would have had to of been there!

I so want to go back! Off to check the threads...

Have a great night!

EDIT Nathan, that’s why we stayed in a hotel connected to the Galleria! lol we just walked through the doors and voila! Houston traffic is insane though!

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Nathan Zimmermann - Jul 7, 2006 5:35 pm (#2099 of 2979)

Geauxtigers you are braver than many of us who live in outlying parts of Houston because, although, the Galleria is a wonderful place to shop it is horrendous trying to navigate Houston traffic at rush hour. I have lived in Houston over twenty years and I think I have been to the Galleria a total of ten times. Although, I will admit that some of the best restaurants and cafe are located there.

The Galleria Westin is a nice hotel especially when the mall is decorated for Christmas.

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Puck - Jul 7, 2006 6:06 pm (#2100 of 2979)

Pirate Girl Scouts! Now that's fun!

I'm hoping to see the new movie next month while visiting the in-laws....Unless I find a sitter for hubby's birthday next week. Hmmmm...

We had fun playing mini golf. I never tallied the scores, but pretty sure Mr. Puck won. Most of his scores were "2", despite having to fish his ball out of the water a couple of times. Our boy faithly counted each time he hit the ball. Diva would tell me her total was "a hundred million". Don't think she's figured out the game yet. Lemon sorbet after was lovely. Baby had her first taste of ice cream. The temperature surprised her at first, but she was soon clamoring for more.

Marie, you seriously never noticed your girls are gorgeous?

Happy RotD!

Kathy

edit: LOL, I just went to look at Eponine's enlargement, and it does list "pastry" as an option for how to kill yourself. How do you do yourself in with a donut?
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Ludicrous Patents Office - Jul 7, 2006 6:09 pm (#2101 of 2979)

Hi Marie! Longmont is in Boulder county. We are about 40 miles North of Denver. I'm sorry the Colorado Gathering didn't work out. That sounded like fun. Thanks for trying. Your girls are adorable. I'm loving the cooler weather. LPO

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Finn BV - Jul 7, 2006 6:18 pm (#2102 of 2979)

Soup? –Marè

Sadly, I'm afraid we'll get that comment quite often. BTW, you can go to Tools > Language, then click on Dutch, and click "Default…". Then say Yes! Some things that just pop into my mind about Word are… tracking changes (if you have multiple versions of a document, like an essay paper you are revising), page borders (they look so cool!), line numbers (AHEM such as for legal documents, or poetry if you happen to be a student like me), sections (which nobody ever uses – everybody knows line breaks and page breaks, but section breaks are useful if writing a chaptered piece, or something in, well, sections), all the endless formatting opportunities, and more.

Welcome back Ginny and Tori, and LPO!

Enjoy the RotD!

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Tazzygirl - Jul 7, 2006 6:29 pm (#2103 of 2979)

Congrats on the new cousin, Finn! (don't think I said that yet... I've been a little off lately. )

Welcome back to all the old members!

LPO and Marie- Eventually I'll be in Colorado. That'd be fun to meet up. I have a set of relatives in Colorado Springs and another set in Longmont.

YEAY! I get to go see Pirates tomorrow evening with some friends.

~Kristina

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virginiaelizabeth - Jul 7, 2006 8:01 pm (#2104 of 2979)
Edited Jul 7, 2006 8:34 pm

The Galleria Westin is a nice hotel -Nathan-

LOL that's where we stayed!! It was nice!

Uhh Finn, what are you talking about?? LOL I lost ya on that one, though it could be because I haven't read the last 107 post!

I can't wait to see Pirates!! They had a wonderful display in the Disney store(one of my secret favorites!) at the Galleria, made me think of yall!

EDIT: Chemyst! I love Krispey Kreme! Don't make me not love them anymore with those revolting nutrition facts!! Really 220 calories in 1 doughnut, that's definitely gross!!

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Mediwitch - Jul 7, 2006 8:07 pm (#2105 of 2979)

I stayed in the Westin Galleria once when I went to Houston for a conference (I think it was November 1994 or 1995)...very cool.

Just got back from a firemen's carnival in a nearby town...I'm a bit windblown from riding in the back of the open antique fire truck for 20 or so miles!

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Nathan Zimmermann - Jul 7, 2006 8:22 pm (#2106 of 2979)

When I was senior in college that was where we had our Mardi Gras celebration. That was of the few times in my life I ever wore a formal attire.

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Chemyst - Jul 7, 2006 8:22 pm (#2107 of 2979)

How do you do yourself in with a donut?  ~ Puck

I'm guessing you'd multiply by about a thousand dozen.

Nutritional Summary for Krispy Kreme cake doughnut   http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-B00001-01c21k5.html  

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Madam Pince - Jul 7, 2006 8:52 pm (#2108 of 2979)

Mmmmm.... Krispy Kreme.... there's nothing like it....

I meant to say "Wow" about your girls, too, Marie! They are lovely!

Congrats to Finn and family on the new cousin! The name is beautiful, too. Hope you get to spend lots of time with her.

Mr. Pince and I have a date tomorrow to see Pirates -- woo-hoo! Babysitter and everything! I think it's got to be the first time I've ever seen a movie on the opening weekend (other than HP ones of course.) I was tempted to go see DaVinci Code instead since we haven't seen it and it might be gone soon, but I'm thinking it will probably be all right seen on HBO or something later, while Pirates will probably be better on the big screen.

This afternoon I took Little Pince to the Dairy Queen for the purpose of introducing him to the heavenly wonders of a Blizzard -- he wanted a sno-cone, but I convinced him he'd love this instead. So he took two bites of the Monster Cookie one, then politely said "You can have it, Mom," as he preferred to drink his lemonade. Sadly, I was thus left with the unhappy job of finishing the Blizzard. Sigh... the sacrifices we make...  Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 464751818

Funny story -- I have to preface this by saying we watched Goblet of Fire last night on DVD. This afternoon on the way to the pool, we had to stop and wait about 10 minutes for the drawbridge which had raised up to let a couple sailboats through. Little Pince, who was very anxious to hurry up and get to the pool, wiggled impatiently in his seat and heaved a big sigh, then muttered "I wish I could've just grabbed a boot." It's a good thing I was sitting still in traffic, because I would've probably wrecked from laughing so hard.

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Finn BV - Jul 7, 2006 9:01 pm (#2109 of 2979)

LOL @ Little Pince!

Ugh, Ginny, we must disagree on Krispy Kreme. Some of the most disgusting donuts I've ever eaten!

Really excited for Pirates… that trailer looks so good… except that they made up Davy Jones, who is supposed to be the devil of the sea. (We learned that in Oceanography this year with Dora the Explorer. )

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virginiaelizabeth - Jul 7, 2006 9:07 pm (#2110 of 2979)

AHH Finn I can't believe you just said that!! Crazzzyy!!! not cool Finn, not cool at all!!

That's so cute about little Pince!! Teach him early!!!

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geauxtigers - Jul 7, 2006 9:15 pm (#2111 of 2979)

I love Krispy Kreme! But my favorite are Jay's, which is local, but they are good! That’s so cute about little Pince! Well speaking of calories, I just cooked little sizzlers, at 11:15 at night! What can I say, its the only food we have in my house! We need to go to the grocery store desperately! lol!

I'm in the chat if anyone cares to join me!

EDIT I have a general question that I thought I'd ask.... I can't get to the Leaky Cauldron's web site. It just comes up fully loaded, but completely blank and I've tried it all. Is anyone else having problems or does Peeves not like TLC?

Thanks Chemyst, I'll try that, I can't remember if I've done that or not...

EDIT 3: No luck... I'll try again later...

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Chemyst - Jul 7, 2006 9:24 pm (#2112 of 2979)

geauxtigers, Leaky has been doing that to me too. I hit 'refresh' and it comes in normally. But since you say you've tried it all...   I dunno.

Oh, and the latest news there is about Alan Rickman doing an American Library Association poster to be released in August. If you hear a "Squee," it probably means Gina just found out.

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Nathan Zimmermann - Jul 7, 2006 9:52 pm (#2113 of 2979)

I saw Pirates today the movie was equal to the first installment and the ending was well done. Although, I agree with Finn's assessment of Davy Jones.

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Tazzygirl - Jul 7, 2006 11:54 pm (#2114 of 2979)

I don't know what the craze of Krispy Kreme doughnuts is all about. I have had them, but they taste like regular doughnuts to me. Now, Malasadas are the best doughnuts on earth. They make them when you order them, and they are crispy on the outside and nice and warm, smooth tasting on the inside. Yum!

On the Food channel a couple weeks ago, they were doing the best doughnuts across America. Leonard's Bakery was on the show, as it is the place on Oahu to get malasadas and have been in business for ages.

~Kristina

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Amilia Smith - Jul 8, 2006 1:48 am (#2115 of 2979)

I think the craze about Krispy Kremes is that they sell the doughnuts hot. Hot doughnuts are a whole different creature from cold doughnuts. Once the Krispy Kremes are cold, ah, they're just doughnuts. Nothing special anymore. That was one of the best things about working 4:30 am in a grocery store. I could go over to the bakery and eat hot fresh doughnuts. By the time the store opened at 7:00, they were just regular doughnuts . . . but first thing in the morning . . . mmmmmmmm

Some things that just pop into my mind about Word are… tracking changes (if you have multiple versions of a document, like an essay paper you are revising), page borders (they look so cool!), line numbers (AHEM such as for legal documents, or poetry if you happen to be a student like me), sections (which nobody ever uses – everybody knows line breaks and page breaks, but section breaks are useful if writing a chaptered piece, or something in, well, sections), all the endless formatting opportunities, and more.

All of which WordPerfect can also do. Cue music. ***sings***
Anything you can do, I can do better!
I can do anything better than you!

I admit that much of my prejudice against Word comes from not being as familiar with it as I am with WP. However, there are two features that WP has that Word does not which make all the difference in the world to me. The a fore mentioned Reveal Codes, and the ability to tell that when I backspace over an AutoFormat feature it means that I do not want the AutoFormatting at the moment, and it will let me format my document the way I want to.

Mills.

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Laura W - Jul 8, 2006 3:21 am (#2116 of 2979)

The Giant Squid wrote, "While I'm a bit late, Happy Canada Day to any Canadians we might have around here. July 4th gets all the press (and fireworks), but some important stuff happened on the first too."

Thanks, Mike!

Pigwidgeon wrote, "Have a good holiday for my fellow Americans, and a great day to our friends overseas." What am I, the next-door-neighbour? Oh, wait a minute ... I *am* the next-door-neighbour. (chuckle)

Laura

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Julie Aronson - Jul 8, 2006 4:27 am (#2117 of 2979)

Marie, the girls are beautiful!

Word Perfect is, was, and will probably always be, better than Word. Like Loopy, I have fond memories of WP 5.1 in DOS. It was great!

Enjoy your weekend!

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Puck - Jul 8, 2006 5:18 am (#2118 of 2979)

How do you do yourself in with a donut? ~ Puck


I'm guessing you'd multiply by about a thousand dozen. –Chemyst


Ahhh, the American way!

Actually, other than the fat content, the rest of the info wasn't too scary. Sadly, my favorite poppyseed dressing has the same amount of fat.

Julie, have your appliances healed? I was thinking of you as I found myself standing in a puddle in front of my washing machine. (Luckily I had just overload it. At least it's clean underneath now, as the floor got washed once it was moved to take a look at it. Scary how dirty it gets under there.)

LOL to Little Pince! I would be happy if I could grab a boot, but it would make it way too easy for the relatives to drop by and visit.

Watched Princess Bride with the kids last night. **waves to Holly** I love that movie!

Cheers!

Kathy

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Lina - Jul 8, 2006 6:14 am (#2119 of 2979)

I'm really not trying to defend MS at all. I like to have control over everything, especially when we talk about my computer. I would like it the best if it would run only the scripts that I've written myself and only when I tell "him" to. I was shocked when we first installed Win95 on our computer to see that the HDD was working when nobody was around the computer and it was supposed to do nothing. But if the computers were running only the user-written scripts, there would be very few of us here to discuss the pains with computers.

Have any of you tried Wordpad? (Start --> All Programs --> Accessories --> Wordpad) It comes with the Windows operating system, it can open most of the Word documents and it doesn't impose anything to you. It doesn't justify the text, though.

And the program that you are most familiar with is ALWAYS the best.

Marie, your girls are really gorgeous!

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Catherine - Jul 8, 2006 6:24 am (#2120 of 2979)

What am I, the next-door-neighbour? Oh, wait a minute ... I *am* the next-door-neighbour.—Laura

Good thing we could straighten that out.

We have a newly renovated Krispy Kreme store just down the street. My children love to watch them make the doughnuts through the big picture window. On the ECU campus, you can smell the "hot doughnuts now" wafting over campus. This is particularly seductive to students and faculty alike. I bought my students doughnuts at the end of the semester. I had to cross campus carrying eight boxes of doughnuts. It was amazing to see how many people offered to "help" me with my burden.

Years ago, Mr. Catherine's brother was in a singing group at his college in Connecticut, where they had no Krispy Kreme. One spring they went on tour down south during spring break, and after tasting Krispy Kreme in North Carolina, arranged their entire itinerary around cities with Krispy Kreme stores. The album they recorded from this tour was called "Hot Donuts Now" and ends with my brother in law imitating Homer Simpson (about doughnuts).

*waves to Loopy Lupin as Homer Simpson*

Hope everyone enjoys a great weekend.

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Julie Aronson - Jul 8, 2006 6:31 am (#2121 of 2979)

Just back to complain a bit...

$700 and a repaired gas line later, I STILL have no service to my house. I called the gas company this morning to see if I was on the service list. The operator tried to call "the guys" but got no answer, and said she'd get right back to me. Mind you, I called at 7:15am (eastern time) and it's now 9:30.

This is nuts.Soapbox

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Winky Woo - Jul 8, 2006 6:48 am (#2122 of 2979)

Hey Julie it sounds like we both have been having problems with our gas supply! Mine started 3 weeks ago when they were renewing the pipes in our area. I got a letter saying that it would be switched off for a few hours, but they would need access to reconnect it. I re-arranged time in my new job so I could be there and nada! Anyway to cut a long story short, having had half my garden and patio dug up for 3 weeks a 4 more missed appointments I came home to no gas on Monday! I called and a chap arrived at 10pm who said he couldn't do anything, and it was too late for me to take the next day off work, so I agreed to have it done 1st thing Wednesday. By 12pm no one had came and when I called they said it had been cancelled until July 13th! I hit the roof. No cooking or hot water! Despite 12 calls and speaking to 6 "Managers" it took until 8pm to get the gas back on!

I tell you ice cold showers are no fun but it was a great excuse to get lots of takeaways

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Denise P. - Jul 8, 2006 7:12 am (#2123 of 2979)

Well, I was up with the sun today to meet with my half marathon training group. The coach wanted us to start with a one mile warm up, which we did, but then we all told him that we normally don't warm up for an entire mile. Even so, we did a three mile timed run so he could get an idea of where they were. I never pay attention to my splits so I was surprised when my first mile was well under 12 minutes.

Now, today, I need to go get stuff ready to take to Cub Scout camp on Monday. I am getting all the snacks for the boys and also a battery operated fan for me. I also need to go to the post office to drop off some DVDs we sold on half.com

Ugh, too many things to do, not enough time to do it all!

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Julie Aronson - Jul 8, 2006 7:13 am (#2124 of 2979)

Hey Winky, I feel your pain! I have a giant hole in my front lawn, and a chunk out of the panelling in my basement where the repairmen did their thing. It all needs to stay exposed until the gas is reconnected, too.

Hmmm...takeaway...maybe some pizza...

Congrats on your running, Denise! Way to stick with it!!!

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Eponine - Jul 8, 2006 7:19 am (#2125 of 2979)

We're going to see Pirates today. We would have gone to a midnight showing Thursday night, but there's this pesky thing called work we had to deal with.

Mr. Eponine has a new job! It does not require travel, and he'll be starting very soon. The only downside is that it's in Raleigh which is a bit of a drive. So, there's a possibility we might be moving. Although, I did tell him that we had to give the job a couple of months to make sure this is what he wants to do before we move. The other downside is that I'd probably have to give up my job which I love, but as I only work part time, it's not tying us down here.

Krispy Kreme. The hot doughnuts are sooo good. Last summer, my best friend was down here visiting us, and we had gone out shopping when we decided to pick up some Krispy Kreme. We went inside, and stood in line. I ordered a dozen glazed doughnuts, and the girl behind the counter looked at me as if I'd asked for brain surgery. She said (very slowly) 'We're out of glazed doughnuts.' I was a little surprised, and was about to say something when the man behind us in line said in an incredulous voice 'How can you be out of glazed doughnuts?' I asked her if they were going to make some more, and she looked very confused and said, 'Hold on.' She walked off and talked to someone and then came back and told us that more doughnuts were coming off the fryer right then. So I did get my hot glazed doughnuts, but I couldn't help but wonder if that girl knew what she was doing.

Now I want doughnuts.

I hope everyone has a great RotD!

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Lilly P - Jul 8, 2006 7:29 am (#2126 of 2979)

Way to go Denise, you will have to tell me where you find a battery operated fan, I have looking all over the place to get one to send to my husband in Iraq! when he called a week ago, he said the weather wasn't that bad, it was only 108deg.  Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 793915934 can you believe that? 108 isn't bad! Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1933885729  he's going to come back here and think it's freezing!

As for krispy Kreams- I agree with Finn on this one! K.K. just don't do it for me! Now if we were talking about Wenchels doughnuts, that would be a different story!

Julie and Winky - I usually find that if I talk to the manager and I threaten to call the Better Business Bureau the repairmen are sent straight out and they stay until the job is done! this worked well with the electricians and plumbers that the base sent when they were updating the housing units. A bad BBB rating is the equivilent of having a dark mark set over your business.

Congrats Eponine! That’s great news! Congrats

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Finn BV - Jul 8, 2006 7:40 am (#2127 of 2979)

It's just that I hate glazed donuts. And you can never find anything other than glazed at Krispy Kreme. That's why something like Tim Horton's (**waves to Laura W, who will be acquainted with this largely-Canadian donut place**) is great, because their selection is so varied. Sadly, we don't get Tim Horton's down here in southern NY, but we spend a lot of time in western NY, where it's more popular.

Watching Wimbledon than off to Pirates! Nathan, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

BTW, Catherine, we're waiting for you to create the global DIGS group on Facebook.

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Lilly P - Jul 8, 2006 7:48 am (#2128 of 2979)

Can someone tell me what DIGS is please? or for that matter, Facebook?

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kaykay1970 - Jul 8, 2006 7:54 am (#2129 of 2979)

Marie, the girls really are beautiful!

Little Pince wanting to take a boot is so cute. I have been reading GoF to my 9 year old. Last night I left her in a real cliff-hanger. Every time I read a chapter she begged for just one more. At midnight I finally had to put my foot down. It was bad because when we left off Wormtail had just freed Harry from the head stone and handed him his wand! I know that is terrible of me but my voice was all but gone and the words were beginning to blur...

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Finn BV - Jul 8, 2006 8:00 am (#2130 of 2979)

Lilly, see the original DIGS thread. DIGS=Dumbledore is the Giant Squid, a pet theory on our forums.

This is Facebook. It is a social networking site, but it is only for students and faculty members. It is a lot safer than a site you may have heard of called MySpace.com, because, unlike MySpace which is public to all, only people you designate as your friends may read your profile. It is divided by school. There are a number of Lexicon Forum members on it, including me, Stephanie M., Catherine, Julie Aronson, azi, and Mandy (Yndam). One thing you can do on Facebook is create groups, but these have been, up until recently, restricted to people only in your school. As we are all not in the same school, we couldn't be members of a DIGS group, but now that groups have been extended to all schools, we can! Hooray! Hope that made sense.

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Catherine - Jul 8, 2006 8:07 am (#2131 of 2979)

Thanks for that explanation, Finn.

Does that mean that my DIGS group on Facebook is now open?

As for Krispy Kreme, I don't know what they serve in NYC, but down here they have tons of things that aren't glazed. I'm not a powedered doughnut fan myself ( I read the sensationalized Flowers in the Attic when I was twelve in which powdered doughnuts were used to poison children).

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Marie E. - Jul 8, 2006 8:11 am (#2132 of 2979)

I was really not in the mood for cooking dinner last night so we went out to Carrabba's. We haven't been there in a long time. Lexie was thrilled because spaghetti is her favorite dish, but when Shayla found out there wasn't any Ranch dressing (tell me, who doesn't serve Ranch these days) she refused to eat her chicken strips. She spent the rest of the meal annoying Mr. E and teasing her sister. And, of course, it poured down rain while we were eating.

I can't believe that it's 9am here and my girls are still asleep. Granted, we didn't get home until 9:30pm last night and I let them play video games for a bit, but typically they would have been up by now.

So funny about Little Pince. I've often wished I had a boot to grab.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 8, 2006 8:52 am (#2133 of 2979)

Now, Malasadas are the best doughnuts on earth.---tazzygirl

Hmmm, looks like a 'Hush Puppy' to me.

My computer's hard drive crashed this week so I've only skimmed the 200 messages that I missed during its repair...Marie, the girls are lovely.

The Sci-Fi channel had a Twilight Marathon July 4th weekend. My 7-year-old loves the shows because "they always have a lesson" and "it's like the newspaper has come alive."

****shivers with the memories of Flowers in the Attic**** Poor Carrie (was that her name?). That was some twisted plot.

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Madam Pince - Jul 8, 2006 9:18 am (#2134 of 2979)

That was one of the best things about working 4:30 am in a grocery store.

You mean there was more than one good thing about it?

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Lilly P - Jul 8, 2006 9:22 am (#2135 of 2979)

Thanks Finn! I've actually read some of that thread but just didn't connect the letters to the meaning. I also broke out in a cold sweat at the mention of Flowers in the Attic Lupin! The movie was creepy too!

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Good Evans - Jul 8, 2006 9:29 am (#2136 of 2979)

I have to confess to having hit the "magic button", but of the Posts did read, there are a lot of things going on in our lives at the moment. sympathies about the gas supplies, fab running Denise, keep it up. And I have no idea what a Krusty Kreme (or whatever it was ) tastes like but I bet it is delicious!!

Had my day off yesterday and would you believe I spent the whole day in Brighton shopping (I think I am cured!!) car went in at 8.30 for service and MOT, I went shopping, at 12.30 I stopped and had lunch at Browns (yum!!) and then carried on. Trouble was although prepared to spend I bought:  a lovely Radley handbag (Love the cute scottie dog!!), a pair of work shoes; a cardigan, Matthews Birthday present, and a token gift for hubby for our anniversary (series 5 of the west wing on DVD) - I say token as doggie is our big pressie of course and we pick her up on the day. AND THAT WAS IT. I couldn’t pick the car up til 5 pm and by 3 pm I was bored solid! I am somewhat worried, this has never happened to me before, am I reaching middle age and no longer the attraction of spending hours in a shop enthralls me? I think I need a lie down!!

Oh and to cap it off, the car needed new brake pads and that whole episode cost £400 (ouch) probably a good job that I wasn't inspired by the shops!!

congratulations to Amelie Mouresmo who just won the ladies singles final at Wimbledon, good match!

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virginiaelizabeth - Jul 8, 2006 9:48 am (#2137 of 2979)

Watched Princess Bride with the kids last night. Puck

I love that movie!! One of my favorites!

Sympathies about the gas lines. Those worker people can really be a pain.

*makes a mental note to never read Flowers in the Attic*

I want to join the facebook thing, but I'm gonna have to be sneaky about it because my mom has this blown up idea about how it's some horrible thing that creates online predators and what not. I used to have a MySpace but everyone at my school got in trouble for having them because most people, including me, used their school e-mail address to sign up and then put the school name in there as well. Apparently this goes again the AUP(Acceptable Use Policy) for the computers. So everyone had to delete theirs, and my mom thus acquired her own idea of what it was. She tends to exaggerate, bit annoying really!! But I'd love to join!! How does it work??

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B]geauxtigers[/B] - Jul 8, 2006 10:09 am (#2138 of 2979)

it was moved to take a look at it. Scary how dirty it gets under there.) Yeah I know what That’s like..... it was like black under ours when we moved it for the first time since we moved into my house which was 6-7 years ago....

Okay, Krispy Kreme, the hot doughnut sign is awesome! We didn't used to have one here, but we discovered it on our way to the beach. Exit 34A, Gulfport, right off the interstate. 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. and sometimes noon the hot dough-nut sign was lit! You can spot it from a mile away!!!! That’s how it started for me! But now we have one here. I could sit there all day and watch the wall of sugar cover the doughnuts. I agree, once any doughnut, especailly KK, is cold, its just not the same, hot is prime!

Sorry about the gas lines. My mom always threatens the people at these places and tells them that we are going to switch companies unless someone gets out here with an hour or so....funny how they seem to aparate to your front door! Whats just as bad not having hot water, is having a broken AC and they tell you they will be right out between 12-5 tomorrow. That’s a killer let me tell ya! Hope all goes well with it!

Sorry bout the car JulieGE!

I can't remember much. I'm going to a Lifehouse and Benjy Davis Concert tonight at the water park. I also want to go see Pirates...

Have a great day everyone!

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Denise P. - Jul 8, 2006 10:10 am (#2139 of 2979)

Lilly, I found my fan at Wal-Mart, it is Ozark Trail brand. It takes 8 D sized batteries and it is supposed to have 24 hours of run time per set of batteries. It was under $13 and is 10"... big enough to keep a nice breeze on me overnight.

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Puck - Jul 8, 2006 10:19 am (#2140 of 2979)

Ugh, too many things to do, not enough time to do it all! –Denise

I believe the word for this is "Mom". Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1003735042

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Lilly P - Jul 8, 2006 11:16 am (#2141 of 2979)

Thanks Denise! I'll have to look there next time I venture off base! Yay for me, I graduated from physical therapy yesterday! I got a t-shirt and everything! I still am supposed to do some stretches and a few exercizes at home, but no more torture at the therapy gym! I think my daughter is going to miss the drop in daycare though, it's her break time from Mommy!

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Mediwitch - Jul 8, 2006 11:18 am (#2142 of 2979)

Way to go, Little Pince!

Ah, Finn and Kristina, I bet you've never stopped at a Krispy Kreme shop when the HOT sign is lit up...then you would understand why Krispy Kreme doughnuts are so good. Mmmmmmmm. I agree with all who said they never quite taste the same after they've cooled. (Finn, you might find you even like glazed doughnuts under those conditions!)

I love The Princess Bride. My step-son and I will start quoting it at each other, and my husband looks at us like we're crazy! (Well, we might be a bit touched! )

I think we will be heading out to see Pirates tonight as well. *crossed fingers*

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Solitaire - Jul 8, 2006 11:28 am (#2143 of 2979)

There was great fanfare a few years ago when a Krispy Kreme opened in town. One would think it would do well, since it was in the same parking lot with Supreme Bean--donuts and coffee, you know. Alas, it went belly up--late last year, I think. It's too bad they had to put it on "that corner." Theoretically, it should be a great place, as there are shopping centers on three of the four corners that come together. But it has always been so hard to get in and out there ... very bad access. Some great restaurants--Charlie Brown, Hungry Tiger, Breakers, etc.--have failed over the years because of the spot, I think. Perhaps Voldy wants to use it for something, and he has jinxed it! Either way, even Krispy Kreme could not triumph over a bad location.

Solitaire

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virginiaelizabeth - Jul 8, 2006 11:34 am (#2144 of 2979)

I love The Princess Bride. My step-son and I will start quoting it at each other, and my husband looks at us like we're crazy! Mediwitch

LOL same here! My favorites "oh farm boy" "aaaaasssss youuuuuuuuuu wisssssshhhhhhh!!!!!!" "Oh my Wesley!!" And boom she goes down too!(when he is rolling down the hill!), of course "that would be inconseevibllee" "I spent 3 years building up an immunity..." "woove, twuu woove" and "marridgee" Ok I'll stop now, but I just looovee that movie!!!

Agreed in that Finn and Kristina must not have ever tried KK when the hot doughnut sign is on!! I just can't understand it! I mean, it's basically pure sugar!!! They taste like cake! What could possibly be bettter than that!!??

ok off to check threads!!

Have a great RotD!!

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Jul 8, 2006 11:38 am (#2145 of 2979)

Kinda like macaroni salad, eh?

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Ludicrous Patents Office - Jul 8, 2006 11:48 am (#2146 of 2979)

Hot Donuts, reminds me when I was a kid my mother used to make homemade donuts. Man they were good.

Mr. LPO and I love the Princess Bride. Often we say to each other "I'll keep you today but I'll likely kill you in the morning." Thus our happy marriage has continued for 16 years. Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 2752390508

It is pouring rain here. Wow it is nice. LPO

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Solitaire - Jul 8, 2006 11:56 am (#2147 of 2979)

I prefer a really yummy coffee cake, myself!

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Good Evans - Jul 8, 2006 11:59 am (#2148 of 2979)

Oh forgot to comment on it earlier, I love the Princess Bride, the geeky "take me out to the ball game" soundtrack to Fred Savages' computer game - all the way to "will it work", "it will be a miracle if it does", "bye boys".

wonderful film!

have a great rotd. Just watched the series finale of Dr Who, absolutely excellent millions of daleks ??? I was back behind the sofa in a jiffy!!!

Julie x

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geauxtigers - Jul 8, 2006 12:00 pm (#2149 of 2979)

lol TBE!

I love the Princess Bride its just so funny!

I remember when the KK opened up here. They had a contest set for the opening day; the first 3 people to order a dozen glazed would get free dough-nuts for a year. Needless to say there were some fools who camped out in sleeping bags in the parking lot. It was hysterical the measures people would go to get free dough-nuts! lol its was funny, very crowded and the news had a field day with it!

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Marè - Jul 8, 2006 12:25 pm (#2150 of 2979)

Oh, donuts are rather rare here, and now I'm craving one so badly!
Except I have no idea where to get one. I'll have to settle for cookies instead.

And Finn thanks for the help, but my own language is not installed on my computer. And I have no idea where the Cd is, so I'm afraid it's going to stay this way till I am so tired of it that I'm willing to re-install the whole junk.

Well I had a fun day today, I ended up spending the afternoon painting little children into animals. With no previous experience I did a very good job (if I may say so myself), although panthers and tigers are definitely my worst request when it involves face paint...
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Finn BV - Jul 8, 2006 1:19 pm (#2151 of 2979)

Aww, Mare, but my computer has Dutch on it! Maybe we can swap…?

Just got back from Pirates. I can't say I liked it as much as the first one. It wasn't as funny, it was too plot-driven, and Davy Jones was really just too… I don't want to say creepy, as he didn't gross me out, but just sort of absurd. But, my, that's the most obvious set-up for a sequel without saying "to be continued"! I thought Orlando Bloom was definitely the star of this film, and Keira Knightley's part was too small.

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Nathan Zimmermann - Jul 8, 2006 1:30 pm (#2152 of 2979)

One of the interesting things I found in Pirates is that there were several scenes that were included in the novelizations Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest by Irene Trimble and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest -The Curse of Davy Jones by TK that were not included on the film adaptation. Although, the novelizations were targeted toward young children rather than adults I think that there were several scenes in the two volumes that had they been included the film would have been enhanced.

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Denise P. - Jul 8, 2006 2:22 pm (#2153 of 2979)

Hey Loopy, according to TLC, we all had a narrow escape with M. Night Shyamalong-a-ding-dong. Better have a cold compress ready before you read it

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Tazzygirl - Jul 8, 2006 2:30 pm (#2154 of 2979)

Sending charms to Julie A.'s gasline!

I have had Krispy Kremes when they were hot, but they really do taste like normal glazed doughnuts to me.

Ginny- My favorites "oh farm boy" "aaaaasssss youuuuuuuuuu wisssssshhhhhhh!!!!!!" "Oh my Wesley!!" And boom she goes down too!(when he is rolling down the hill!), of course "that would be inconseevibllee" "I spent 3 years building up an immunity..." "woove, twuu woove" and "marridgee" Ok I'll stop now, but I just looovee that movie!!!

Yup! I love that movie too- those are awesome lines! When I was younger (about Cool my brother and I had the bright idea that we would put on a play. He would be Indigo Montoya and I would be the six fingered man. We practiced all the time, but never actually performed the play. I loved Billy Crystal in the movie, Miracle Max.

Hope you all have a fabulous RotD/N!

~Kristina

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virginiaelizabeth - Jul 8, 2006 2:32 pm (#2155 of 2979)

Ohhh where is that cold compress!!!??? How awful would that be?? I can't even begin to think of what he would do to HP!!

*runs away screaming*

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Catherine - Jul 8, 2006 3:50 pm (#2156 of 2979)

Hey Loopy, according to TLC, we all had a narrow escape with M. Night Shyamalong-a-ding-dong. Better have a cold compress ready before you read it—Denise

OK, I took the bait. I went directly to TLC, and then, and only then, realized the absolute horror that Loopy Lupin will feel. *scurries around*

All cold compresses are being collected. Please direct them toward Loopy Lupin. Thank you.

On the other hand, Lupin is Lupin is probably cackling with glee!

EDIT: Ginny, you can finish with yours first, and then please pass it along.

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Regan of Gong - Jul 8, 2006 4:15 pm (#2157 of 2979)

Said he wanted complete reign over the whole production, adoption papers and everything.

Back from Melbourne, 11 hours straight in the car. At least we had DVD players, and I read CoS. Wasn't feeling real well the whole time, sore throat etc. It seemed that my brother wanted to headbutt my elbow the whole time, but I didn't let him...he he he...

Made a new avatar, especially for Choices and her band of hoodie-haters.

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Marè - Jul 8, 2006 4:16 pm (#2158 of 2979)

He directed unbreakable? Oh the horror! That was one of the most predictable movies I've ever seen.
And it was bad too...

And Finn, tempting idea, how much would it cost to mail a computer?

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Catherine - Jul 8, 2006 4:20 pm (#2159 of 2979)

Regan, I am ROFL at your Pink Hoodie of Doom avatar.

My hubby, Mr. Catherine, thinks that is one of the best things I've ever related from the HP forum.

He's a muggle, but I'm calling him over to see avatar--well done.

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Tazzygirl - Jul 8, 2006 4:21 pm (#2160 of 2979)

Love the new Avatar, Regan! Glad your trip went well, cheering charms to your throat!

~Kristina

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boop - Jul 8, 2006 4:37 pm (#2161 of 2979)

Marie, Your daughters are beautiful.

Madam Pince, Cute story.

Julie, I am sending charms your way.

Eponine, Good luck to Mr. Eponine on the new job.

Julie x, **hugs**

Have a great weekend everyone.

hugs always

boop

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Laura W - Jul 8, 2006 4:43 pm (#2162 of 2979)

   "It's just that I hate glazed donuts. And you can never find anything other than glazed at Krispy Kreme. That's why something like Tim Horton's (**waves to Laura W, who will be acquainted with this largely-Canadian donut place**) is great, because their selection is so varied."



(**waves back to Finn**)

When our troops first went over to Afghanistan and were complaining about homesickness (it is generally the young who are put on the front lines, in everybody's armed forces, after all), the Tim Horton's chain - which has been around since Dumbledore was a boy, and I am not exaggerating - shipped them a huge quantity of bags of Tim Horton's coffee to remind them of home. The Canadian soldiers were so grateful that they taped themselves drinking the beverage and giving unsolicited testimonials about how it had helped their morale. For a while, Tim Horton's was using these in its television commercials. (And, trust me, they broadcast A LOT of commercials.)

Despite the endless variety of donuts and other baked goods, including sandwiches, found in "Timmy's" - yeah, that is what some of us call it (yick!) -, the reason an awful lot of people in this country go there is because they think the coffee is the best ever. I do not happen to be of that school, incidentally, but it is a known fact that a lot of Canadians could not function without their daily or twice-daily hit of Tim Horton's coffee.

Tim Horton was a Toronto Maple Leaf hockey player when I was a child. After retiring, he decided to open up a couple of donut shops and the rest ... well, you have to read Tim Horton's, A History. (Hermoine probably has.  :sillygrin

Laura

Oh yeah, and if anybody from Tim Horton's head office is reading this, I will be watching my mail for the cheque you will be sending me for giving you ad space on HP Lexicon Forum. Smile

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Catherine - Jul 8, 2006 4:49 pm (#2163 of 2979)

Or maybe send to the HP Lexicon Forum!

I wonder if any Krispy Kreme folks have read this? :looks around hopefully:

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Finn BV - Jul 8, 2006 5:02 pm (#2164 of 2979)

LOL, thanks for the anecdote Laura!

I get the RSS feed of Leaky News, and I saw the indicator that there was some news, so I went over and what do I find but…… THE HORROR!! I dropped everything I was doing (except my computer, thank goodness, that's still intact) and came straight here to see if Loopy had passed out. No word from him yet, what shall we do??? PS Melissa Anelli said she liked Lady in the Water a lot.

Mare, maybe you can send computers virtually.

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Madam Pince - Jul 8, 2006 5:42 pm (#2165 of 2979)

I think the problem with the Krispy Kremes is that it is definitely a totally different product if it is sold cold in a grocery store or a 7-11 type shop. The place to go is an honest-to-goodness Krispy Kreme Donut Shop with the "Hot Doughnuts Now" sign in the window.

We love and quote The Princess Bride here in our house, too. Miracle Max and his wife totally stole the show, in my opinion. For less than 10 minutes of screen time, they were complete gems. When Mr. Pince or I say something that the other one didn't understand and has to say "What?", we answer "To blaaaavvveee...."

Am v. disappointed (as Bridget Jones would say.) Got all dressed up for our date -- Little Pince to his great-aunt's house -- went to the movie theatre mid-afternoon where Pirates is showing hourly on multiple screens. Every showing totally sold out -- the next open one was 8:40pm tonight. I figured they would be sold out for the Saturday evening shows on opening weekend, but I really thought we'd be safe at 3:30 in the afternoon on a day that's lovely outside. Sigh.... So then we tried a different theatre for DaVinci's Code and it had just started a half-hour before and wouldn't show again until 7:00pm. It was just not in the cards. So we went to Home Depot for an hour (naturally, when faced with an unexpected free couple of hours, Mr. Pince thinks the thing to do is go wander around Home Depot..  Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 5 1242194059 ) and then we went out to a very nice dinner at a new steak place / sports bar. Excellent food and very strong Cosmopolitans. Or maybe I'm just out of practice. Anyway, it was an OK evening although we missed out on the movie. Next time, I suppose!

I'm going to finish watching the first season of Boston Legal on DVD instead. Everyone enjoy the RotD!

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Solitaire - Jul 8, 2006 5:46 pm (#2166 of 2979)

Okay, I am definitely missing something, so someone is going to have to fill me in. Because my online "playtime"--online time which has absolutely nothing to do with lesson prep or answering parent emails--is severely restricted during school months, I really limit the number of threads I follow. Um ... pink hoodie of doom? I do not have time to search its entire history. Are you talking about the sweatshirt Hermione wore in most of her scenes in the PoA movie?

If that is indeed the issue, I have another question. Is it just me, or did the kids wear their robes MUCH less in the third movie? Is there a place where this is addressed, so that I don't get spanked for mentioning it here? Just asking ...

Solitaire

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Eponine - Jul 8, 2006 5:53 pm (#2167 of 2979)

We saw Pirates 2 today. Mr. Eponine and I both enjoyed it, but I still like the first one better.

Mike, I have a question about sold out movie showings. Our showing was sold out, but there were still a lot of seats available down at the front. I've been told before that theatres leave a cushion of available seats, and I was wondering if that's standard practice. Why do they do that?

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B]Solitaire[/B] - Jul 8, 2006 6:00 pm (#2168 of 2979)

Well, who wants to sit down front? You'd have to have a massage or chiropractic appointment immediately following the movie, to take the kinks out of your neck. I'd rather wait for any movie to come on HBO than sit in the front row!

Solitaire

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Lilly P - Jul 8, 2006 6:51 pm (#2169 of 2979)

Excellent food and very strong Cosmopolitans. Or maybe I'm just out of practice. - Madame Pince

LOL Madame P.! I think we need to start a "Favorite Quotes" thread for the Fourm in addition to the books! This would have my vote!

Well, who wants to sit down front? You'd have to have a massage or chiropractic appointment immediately following the movie, to take the kinks out of your neck. –Solitare

any excuse to get a massage! Use it!

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Regan of Gong - Jul 8, 2006 7:01 pm (#2170 of 2979)

Potterhead wrote sometime last May:

I think a reference to the Pink Hoodie has also become short hand for the concern that the movie makers will stray too far from the books. It encapsulates concerns over, for instance, making Hermione really pretty and hip earlier than in the books (or rather, just allowing the beauty of the actress to shine through unimpeded), replacing robes with uniforms, ditching even the uniforms for Muggle clothing, and using pencils instead of quills, just to name a few.

I think this was a most excellent post. I think I might have got my names mixed up again, as Choices doesn't seem to mind the hoodie from what I just read in that thread. But I think what Potterhead wrote was/is quite true. Besides, lots of people didn't like Hermione wearing it anyway, so it's really just some fun.

There's lots of discussion about the robes/uniforms/muggle clothing a couple of hundred posts back on the Prisoner of Azkaban thread, so I suggest you head there, Solitare. There's also a humourous forum posts thread, Lilly P, maybe you could post there.

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Lilly P - Jul 8, 2006 7:07 pm (#2171 of 2979)

duh! I can't believe I forgot that thread :smacks myself on the forehead: I think I'm overtired, I'll head to bed before I make any more stupid posts!

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Puck - Jul 8, 2006 7:19 pm (#2172 of 2979)

Okay, I guess I have to go to TLC to check out Sham-a-lang-a-ding-dong.

Have fun storming the castle!

Kathy
editor’s note:  TLC is shorthand for “The Leaky Cauldron,” a Harry Potter website, which is also referred to as “The Leaky.”

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Tazzygirl - Jul 8, 2006 7:38 pm (#2173 of 2979)
Edited Jul 8, 2006 8:51 pm

I just went to TLC to see what you all were talking about. (For some reason I thought you all were talking about TLC on TV. **headdesk** Common sense would be Duh! ) My response upon reading the article was a GASP! NOO! and then a brief moment where I couldn't breathe. I really hope Shamalama-ding-dong doesn't direct HBP or book 7....

**passes yet more cold compresses to Loopy Lupin's ever increasing pile**

~Kristina

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geauxtigers - Jul 8, 2006 8:44 pm (#2174 of 2979)

Ahh well back from the concert, it was great, but we got there late, so we didn't hear all of who I wanted to hear, but non the less they are very good live.

If Shamalama directs HBP I will protest! NOOOO!!!! I can't say I wouldn't watch it, but I gosh let’s just say this is the worst case scenario! **Passes all the cold packs in my fridge to Loopy Lupin**

I agree about the pink hoodie deal and how they didn't wear robes in PoA that was terrible. The hoodie is cute though! But not for Hermione. I agree too about letting Emma's looks overtake Hermione. There was hardly any bushiness to her hair in PoA! Oh well I guess I'll head over to the movie thread so I don't get deleted here!

I just realized that this whole time I've been spelling donut wrong. Oops! Its donut not dough-nut! I knew it looked weird! lol forgive my terrible spelling it seems to be getting worse by the second!

Have a great night!

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Finn BV - Jul 8, 2006 8:51 pm (#2175 of 2979)

Hehe, Regan, forgot before, great avatar!! For those interested, we make fun of the pink hoodie over on Potty Five Words. (Shameless plug there…)

TLC interviewed the kids on set of PoA a while ago. They talked about their clothes here:

Q: You get to wear a lot of your clothes in the last half of this movie. Does that help you feel more like yourself?

DR: Obviously in the first two films the story dictated that we were just in uniform a lot of the time, because a lot of the story takes place during the school year, where as in this one a lot of it takes place during the holidays. So I think it makes it slightly more relaxed I supposed.

EW: I definitely felt that.

RG: [Shaking head in disagreement] Ron's clothes are very itchy jumpers.

EW: In uniform everyone looks the same and I think it's good because it got all sort of different people's personalities out.

Madam P, sorry you missed out on the movies! You'll get to it soon! **listening to this addicting song from the soundtrack**

Okay, off to bed!

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Amilia Smith - Jul 8, 2006 9:11 pm (#2176 of 2979)

I just realized that this whole time I've been spelling donut wrong. Oops! Its donut not dough-nut! I knew it looked weird! lol forgive my terrible spelling it seems to be getting worse by the second!

Not to worry, Tori. I think doughnut is an either or. I hope so, anyway, as I prefer the long spelling myself . . .

Mills.

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virginiaelizabeth - Jul 8, 2006 9:13 pm (#2177 of 2979)

The pink hoodie! Always bothered me that they had on muggle attire. JKR makes such a point of them being challenged at this, so it totally contradicts the book! GRRRR!!

M. Night Samalama-ding-dong needs to be sent to Azkaban just for Loopy's sake!(He may need Madam P's Cosmopolitan if ding-ding directs it!) *Quickly passes everything frozen to Loopy, while hoping that his response will come soon, so we can be sure he hasn't passed out!*

Have a great night everyone!!

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Stephanie M. - Jul 8, 2006 10:08 pm (#2178 of 2979)

Hey everyone!

I just skipped about 240 posts to quickly say that my sister and I just saw the Devil Wears Prada, and it was SERIOUSLY one of the best movies that I have ever seen in my life! This was the second time that my sister saw it too. The office that they filmed it in is the office that my sister works in, so that was very cool. I felt like that movie was based on my life since I work at a magazine company, and there are people who are as intimidating as the character of Miranda (I actually did a project last year with an Editor and Chief named Miranda).

On another note, my sister and I also saw Wordplay right before we saw Devil Wears Prada, and thought that that was also a great film! I only wish I could do crossword puzzles that fast!

I will have a lot of post reading to do tomorrow!

Have a great night/morning everyone!

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Madam Pince - Jul 8, 2006 10:13 pm (#2179 of 2979)

Mike, your eyes, your eyes!!! Cover your eyes!!!

Too late.

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geauxtigers - Jul 8, 2006 11:01 pm (#2180 of 2979)

Well I've just said my piece on Mugglenet! Everyone there is like 'Oh Shamalama is great, he could twist the movies so much that would be cool!' I politely told them that they were mad! lol Imagine what Loopy would say....he’s still not around yet is he... haha! Well I'm off to find something to eat because I had pizza at 2:30, so I wasn't hungry around dinner, which means now I am at one in the morning....and all we have is Oreos and easy-mac....Ginny is eating something right now, I hear a wrapper, I must investigate!

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Puck - Jul 9, 2006 5:07 am (#2181 of 2979)

Brief change of subject.

Baby Puck is on the verge of a first word. I had thought it would be "Dada", then "Mama" seemed to have a chance. Now, it seems clear that it will be "dit-ty" -aka "Kitty".

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Chemyst - Jul 9, 2006 5:47 am (#2182 of 2979)

Actually. geuxtigers, you got the spelling right both times because both are correct. Doughnut / donut is one of those English words in transition. Perhaps by the time you are old and gray, your grandkids can smile at your provincial spelling; but for now, you're good.

Aw, Puck! You have an animal lover, how sweet. My first child's first word was "light" and all these years later it still fits.

I don't think we have anything to worry about with the M. Night Shyamalan stuff. As Regan pointed out, he wanted "adoption papers and everything." I don't think WB would risk derailing their gravy train like that. It would probably do M Night some good if he were forced to use someone else's script though. He is much better at visuals than storylines.
 ...and in case you wondered, "he were" is the proper form in the subjunctive mood used in some conditional "if" clauses.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 9, 2006 7:36 am (#2183 of 2979)

...and in case you wondered, "he were" is the proper form in the subjunctive mood used in some conditional "if" clauses.---Chemyst

Of course it is.

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Mediwitch - Jul 9, 2006 7:51 am (#2184 of 2979)

Went to a very cool restored 1920s theater last night to see Pirates; I liked it (thought the first was better though) but Mr. Mediwitch fell asleep! It's really nothing new and different - I swear if he sits down for more than 10 minutes he's out cold. The theater is decorated in art deco style with nice comfy chairs, and you can order drinks and dinner. (The comfy chair and a visit with Sam Adams is Mr. Mediwitch's excuse for nodding off.)

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Madam Pince - Jul 9, 2006 8:45 am (#2185 of 2979)

Congratulations to Baby Puck on her first word! So cute!

Sending thoughts to anyone involved in the bad plane accident in Irkutsk. I recognized that town name in the news because the vet in All Creatures Great and Small, one of my favorite books, had visited there and written a good bit about it. Such a shame about the accident.

Off to Northern Virginia to try (yet again) to make some headway on cleaning out my aunt's house. I'll probably be over there for two weeks as that's how long my mom is staying there, so I will undoubtedly be facing mountains of posts when I return!

Everyone enjoy the RotD (and next few weeks!)

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Good Evans - Jul 9, 2006 10:46 am (#2186 of 2979)

Madam Pince, I am so sorry that you didn’t get your "perfect date", still at last you had a nice meal with hubby anyway!!

Kathy, I am just surprised it wasn't "Harry" but “light” will work too, are you sure it wasn't "green light"??? LOL

Regan - I can't get worked up about the hoodie myself, I don’t like it but .... However I do love your avatar Excellent!

We went to Turville for lunch today, it was great. Turville has the windmill that was used in the film “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” it has the vicarage from the Vicar of Dibley and many episodes of Midsomer Murders have been filmed there, so there you go!!

Actually it was the most beautiful village , some buildings are very old and we had a lovely lunch, so there you have it, left here at 9.15 this morning and got back at 5.15 (missed the men’s final at Wimbledon but we did listen to most of it on the radio) ah well, you can't have everything!

have a great evening folks!

Julie

x

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Solitaire - Jul 9, 2006 10:52 am (#2187 of 2979)

An A for you, Chemyst, from this English teacher!

Puck, I am surprised. I thought Baby Puck's first word would be Harry!

Madam Pince, you are more than welcome to swing by here when you finish with Auntie's house. I just vacuumed the front room, office, and halls, and my back is killing me. I can't wait to get my new flooring. I will be able to "Swiffer," which should be less stressful than pushing around an old, heavy vac ... I hope!

Solitaire

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virginiaelizabeth - Jul 9, 2006 12:19 pm (#2188 of 2979)

...and in case you wondered, "he were" is the proper form in the subjunctive mood used in some conditional "if" clauses.---Chemyst

Well you've confused me now! That's how I would have worded it but never would have guessed the reasoning behind it and now I see why!!

Kathy, that's soo cute! I can't remember what my first word was...have to ask mom!

Can't remember anything else so have a great RotD everyone!

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 9, 2006 12:54 pm (#2189 of 2979)

Dear Forumers:

Mr. Loopy has asked that I, his secretary, draft this letter to you all to advise that, after a brief period of hospitalization, he is fully recovered from the news that a certain director is even being considered to direct one of the remaining Harry Potter films. Please stop sending cold compresses and ice packs. They are all melting and threaten to flood the office.

Please also be advised that Mr. Loopy has taken a leave of absence and is currently en route to Scotland where he will chuck DVD's of The Village at Ms. Rowling's bedroom window until either she agrees to speak with him about this horror or until he is arrested. (Wiring instructions for contributions to Mr. Loopy's legal defense fund will be forthcoming.) Failing that, Mr. Loopy will head to Warner Brothers headquarters in Hollywood to make a spectacle of himself until his demands are met. Any rumors that you might hear involving sightings of Mr. Loopy carrying rope and duct tape at the premiere of The Lady in the Water will be false.

Very truly yours

Mr. Loopy's Secretary

P.S. and in case you wondered, "he were" is the proper form in the subjunctive mood used in some conditional "if" clauses. – Chemyst

Mr. Loopy advises that he weren't wondering.

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Good Evans - Jul 9, 2006 12:58 pm (#2190 of 2979)

LOL Loopy!!!

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Finn BV - Jul 9, 2006 1:26 pm (#2191 of 2979)

ROFL!! Where is Tim for a comeback?

Mr. Loopy's Secretary writes very passionately for a neutral point of view.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jul 9, 2006 1:28 pm (#2192 of 2979)

You all have been very busy while I was sick! Well, it does not feel like quite so many razors when I swallow (feeling your pain, Regan) and I can actually sit up without having to find a place on which to lean my head (or bang against to offer counter pressure from the incessant headache). I finally broke my fever around 2 a.m. after nearly a day on antibiotics. Mr. HH called our doctor friend who came over on Sat. Needless to say, I have had to listen to several rounds of "stubborn Hungarian" in the last few days. (Glances in the direction of her fellow cheddar.)

Solitaire, thanks for the smiley help!

Marie - the girls are lovely and I can see what they mean by trouble in the near future.

Finn, congrats on your new cousin, Campbell! How about a pic? I do love those baby pics.

LOL, Little Pince!

Congrats to baby Puck for having said her first word. Solitaire, I agree in that I was expecting to hear "Haee" or something of that nature.

Loopy, I am now considering using "Have you lost your mind considering 'M' as your director" for submission for her August 1 appearance.

Mediwitch, that sounds like a great treat to visit a theater like that. (Mr. HH would definitely enjoy it and probably end up like your hubby did. )

Sorry my post is so long - I've missed so much!

EDIT: Congratulations to Italy! I wish it didn't have to come down to penalty kicks, though.

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Tazzygirl - Jul 9, 2006 1:45 pm (#2193 of 2979)

ROFL, Loopy!

Healing charms to those who need them!

Nathaniel's first word was 'Ball', and then upgraded to 'Out the door' but pronounced it 'outdador'.

Off to find some reasonably priced plates for my kitchen...

Have a fantastic RotD/N everyone!

~Kristina

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Jul 9, 2006 1:52 pm (#2194 of 2979)

at Loopy. If you need any assistance in your upcoming endeavors, don't hesitate to call!

...toddles off with evil grin stuck on face...

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Lina - Jul 9, 2006 1:54 pm (#2195 of 2979)

Healing charms to Maria!

I thought that baby Puck's first word was her Mum's name, wasn't it?

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jul 9, 2006 2:00 pm (#2196 of 2979)

Thanks, Lina! I am glad to finally be up and about.

Her first word was a 'tweak' of the word kitty. Awwww.

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Ludicrous Patents Office - Jul 9, 2006 3:16 pm (#2197 of 2979)

Mr. Loopy's Secretary, I hope your employer is successful. I am sending a "Listniato" (opposite of Muffliato) spell your way in the hopes that said persons will hear Mr. Loopy and ensure certain events will not occur. Best Regards, LPO

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Catherine - Jul 9, 2006 3:56 pm (#2198 of 2979)

I share in the ROFL over Loopy's latest post.

Dear Loopy. Poor Loopy. *pats head consolingly*

Trials and sufferings--but you're going to be happy about it.-PoA film

I must order a cease and desist for the cold compresses--please people, keep the frozen vegetables to yourselves. Same goes for the ice packs, the water bottles, and the weird blue thingies. Move along. There you go.....

I guess this is NOT the time to announce to Loopy Lupin that I finally got a new cell phone. And his number is programmed in, along with Lupin is Lupin, in case we ever meet on a vacation again.

Normally, I'm not this optimistic....

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timrew - Jul 9, 2006 4:07 pm (#2199 of 2979)

I watched 100 best family films on channel 4 tonight (that's UK, folks!), and was absolutely amazed when ET won.

I've always hated that film! It is too twee, too sentimental, and too 'Old Yeller' for me.

How it got to number 1 I'll never know! I think it's one of the worst films of all time.....................but that's my own opinion!

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kaykay1970 - Jul 9, 2006 4:26 pm (#2200 of 2979)

Congratulations to Baby Puck on the first word! My 15 year old's first word was beeseball (baseball) so he and Nathaniel have something in common!
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