Chat & Greetings 2006

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Snuffles - Sep 18, 2006 7:37 am (#2201 of 2976)

Thanks for that Steve, I have been wondering where I was going to find a site to learn the lingo!

I have just spent the last 30 minutes trawling through ebay trying to find Snow White, Belle and any other dressing up outfits for Olivia!. I now have a headache

Julie

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Sconie Girl - Sep 18, 2006 7:51 am (#2202 of 2976)

Hello to all...

I can't believe the number of margarine eaters on the forum. My aunt and uncle and a stick they brought camping a few years ago. It stayed in their trailer all summer and they forgot it when they closed up over the winter. When they came back the next spring it was still ok. I couldn't eat it any more after that!

On another note, I know I can count of the forumers to help. My adult book club is reading Harry Potter and SS for October. I've looked all over for a decent list of discussion questions and am coming up w/ nothing. (I've already been to Scholastic website) Can anyone send me any good options?

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HungarianHorntail11 - Sep 18, 2006 10:37 am (#2203 of 2976)

Happy Birthday Nathan!

Do something wonderful for yourself. – LPO

Just love that sentiment, LPO. Would you mind if I "ditto" it to Nathan?

Yes, Herm oh ninny and painting sheila, lots of Zelda and Link fans here, though I'll leave Olivia to elaborate.

Mike, at least your Vikings won. Imagine waiting to see the score only to learn they lost? It's going to be a loooong season for us HHs.

Painting sheila, try a bit of vitamin E for the rash, just make sure it is pure and not mixed with any other junk.

Mediwitch, comforting ((hugs)) and strengthening charms and prayers to the kids.

Healing charms to boop, Solitaire and the others with this yucky cold. Solitaire, sounds as though you are teetering on the brink of bronchitis. Pay special attention to that.

Olivia is home with said cold today.

Good going on the washing machine, legolas!

Arrr! - Catherine

Why am I slightly afraid to check this thread tomorrow?????

EDIT: Sconie Girl . . .how to narrow it down. . .hmmm. Just check the threads, there are so many - Snape is usually a good place to start.

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Eponine - Sep 18, 2006 10:40 am (#2204 of 2976)

I'm done! The nice thing about taking the test on the computer is that you get your scores immediately. I scored fairly well. My math scores were higher than my verbal scores, and I think I babbled a bit on my first essay, but I'm pleased with how I did. I just have to wait a few weeks for my writing scores.

Mr. Eponine was a wonderful husband and bought me Godiva chocolate while I was taking the test. Yum!

I hope everyone has a great RotD!

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haymoni - Sep 18, 2006 10:48 am (#2205 of 2976)

Sconie Girl - how about the fact that so many people think SS is the "lightest" of the books but JKR finds it very dark?

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Loopy Lupin - Sep 18, 2006 10:53 am (#2206 of 2976)

*** notices Loopy's favorite video games match those of my teenage son – wonders if there is a connection – decides probably not *** -- Chemyst

LOL. ****thinks Chemyst's son is obviously destined for a life of brilliance tempered only by sincere humility*****  

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HungarianHorntail11 - Sep 18, 2006 11:09 am (#2207 of 2976)

ndeed. Ocarina of Time is my #2 all-time game. It was #1 until Resident Evil 4 . - Loopy Lupin

Thanks for that. Olivia has now embarked on a 10-minute explanation as to how well Resident Evil 4 did on the ratings scale and why. Something tells me we'll be making another trip to EB Games. **sigh**

*** notices Loopy's favorite video games match those of my teenage son – wonders if there is a connection – decides probably not *** -- Chemyst

LOL. ****thinks Chemyst's son is obviously destined for a life of brilliance tempered only by sincere humility***** Loopy

Well, I suppose that takes the mystery out of where Olivia is headed.

Maria

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legolas returns - Sep 18, 2006 11:49 am (#2208 of 2976)

Happy birthday Nathan

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Puck - Sep 18, 2006 11:49 am (#2209 of 2976)

I'm watching the Rex Sox game at the moment...come on SOX! Anytime the Yankees loose is a good day for me! **waves to puck and Finn** EDIT: SOX WON! YAY!

I knew I liked you!

LOL! When Mike congratulated Denise on hitting double digits I thought for a moment that I had missed an announcement of another impending arrival! (Denise, I'm already biting my tongue. )

Shelia, glad today is so much better.

Julie, I was going to make Diva a witch costume, but she found Ariel in Target yesterday.

Steve, thanks for the link! I want to send in a print out of a few phrases to son's teacher tomorrow. Arrrgh.

Happy RotD, Kathy

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Madam Pince - Sep 18, 2006 12:17 pm (#2210 of 2976)

Sadly, I had to wait through (what felt like) 16 hours of scrolls on the bottom of ESPN to get that info. It seemed they cut to commercial just before they'd get to the one score I was looking for... --Squid Mike

Oh, don't you just hate that?!?! Soooo frustrating! Mr. Pince was working and missed the game, too, and he was looking for the re-play of the trick play the Vikings ran (fake field goal, I think?) but just missed it, so he was bumming hard. But he was happy about the win! We won't even talk about the Deadskins... but at least Terrell Owens broke his finger, so that's one bright spot! ***bad Madam Pince... must go iron hands...***

Loopy, do you smell that stench in the air? I think it's the 'Hoos' quarterbacks...

Snuffles, I have a Buzz Lightyear costume I could let you have, but somehow I don't think it would have the same effect...

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HungarianHorntail11 - Sep 18, 2006 1:14 pm (#2211 of 2976)

LOL, Madam Pince! I missed those 3rd brick posts before. (Why does my computer skip posts?)

Mediwitch, I love real maple syrup! I warm it and pour it over fruit on top of pancakes (whole grain, in case anyone is wondering ). I even bake with it. How cool that Mr. Mediwitch taps his own trees!

Talk about a weekend doing absolutely nothing! – Tazzy

Do so while you still can!

Congrats Eponine and Good luck charms for your writing section.

Maria

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Lina - Sep 18, 2006 1:17 pm (#2212 of 2976)

Well,

Belated happy birthday to Holly, Natalie and everyone I missed!

and fortunately, I'm in time to wish

Happy birthday Nathan!

Healing, strengthening and comforting charms everywhere where needed, just a little bit more to Sheila's extended family.

Soli, I'm glad that Quinn is doing better. My sister's dog is 11 and last winter it became obvious that she started to have problems with her legs, she couldn't jump as high as she used to and she would easily slip going downstairs. So my sister read somewhere that swimming in the sea is a great physical therapy for the dog, and I can tell you that she looks at least a year younger after all the swimming this summer. Well, it is a good thing that she has always liked to swim and my sister usually has problems to keep her out from the water in winter. At the same time, my dog kept trying to figure out what the other dog finds attractive in the sea, she would step into the sea and run promptly out, still not understanding... If she will ever need that kind of physical therapy, it won't be simple.
That same dog liked to chew the lino when she was a puppy. My folks decided to wait until the permanent teeth came out (sometime around the 7th or 8th month) to change the flooring. That worked. They also had a budgerigar that liked to chew the wallpapers. Somehow, they didn't wait for it's permanent teeth to grow up, so they just removed the wallpapers and painted the plain wall.

Congratulations on the great niece, Kay, and on the GRE, Eponine!

Why am I slightly afraid to check this thread tomorrow????? - HH11
How about Ditto?

Since grits is one of those periodical themes on this thread, I imagined them something like fried polenta, but after some people mentioned fried grits, I decided to Google for the images. And all I can say that it can look like polenta or different. But on one site I found a good recipe too: There is no wrong way to fix grits.

Most of the food that was described recently here, I just can't imagine. Maybe I should travel more...

If I may just add, I've been told that butter (from the real cows) is a very interesting kind of food - very healthy for kids and very unhealthy for grown ups.

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Loopy Lupin - Sep 18, 2006 2:00 pm (#2213 of 2976)

Loopy, do you smell that stench in the air? I think it's the 'Hoos' quarterbacks... -- Madame Pince

I didn't know UVa was playing football this year. I've seen nothing to indicate anything to the contrary.

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Catherine - Sep 18, 2006 2:07 pm (#2214 of 2976)

I didn't know UVa was playing football this year. I've seen nothing to indicate anything to the contrary. --Loopy Lupin

I quite agree.

Lupin is Lupin should be pleased to know that I showed me students me new pirate bandana. They are daring me to teach in it tomorrow! Thanks again!

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Stephanie M. - Sep 18, 2006 2:33 pm (#2215 of 2976)

Happy Birthday Nathan!!

20 hours of Grey's Anatomy sounds like a great weekend!!

Healing charms to everyone who needs them!

I have to run (not literally), and go do my homework since I have a lot of it!

Have a great reast of the day!

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Regan of Gong - Sep 18, 2006 2:46 pm (#2216 of 2976)

Arrrrr, it's TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY! Blow me down, it's gonna be a cracker o' a day. Now to convince me matey's that is truly is Talk Like a Pirate Day! Bunch o' Land Lubbers!

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 18, 2006 2:55 pm (#2217 of 2976)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATHAN!!!!!!!

managed to watch all 20 hours of Grey's Anatomy season 2 this weekend That's what I was planning to do this weekend but time ran away from me and I didn't actually buy it till yesterday. I can't wait to watch it! Me and Tori were freaking out in the car because we were so excited about watching it! Season 3 starts Thursday!!!!! YAY **does happy dance**

Marie, I can hardly believe that somewhere in this country it is already getting down to 37 degrees. My weatherbug says 85 right now and there hasn't been a lick of sunshine all day! We're all excited because the low for tomorrow night is supposed to be 59!

It's been raining today so when we got home we had to give the dog a bath as she was all muddy. Now she's rolling her wet self all over my bed....greatttt! What is it about dogs that they feel the need to roll in something after they've had a bath??

There was a lot more I was going to comment on but as usual I can't remember and I have to hurry up and go do homework!

Have a great rest o' th' day! I'm loaded to the gunwales, matey!

**note I translated this in a pirate talk translator, and no I have no idea what a "gunwale" is, I'm also not that clever, nor that weird to come up with something like that!LOL**

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boop - Sep 18, 2006 3:02 pm (#2218 of 2976)

Happy Birthday Nathan, Have a wonderful day!

Sheila, I hope you have a better week!

Thanks for the healing charms, can't wait til they start working.

Go Steelers!!!!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful day.

hugs always

boop

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HungarianHorntail11 - Sep 18, 2006 3:27 pm (#2219 of 2976)

Arrrrr, it's TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY! Blow me down, it's gonna be a cracker o' a day.

And so, it starts. . .

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geauxtigers  - Sep 18, 2006 3:37 pm (#2220 of 2976)

but at least Terrell Owens broke his finger, so that's one bright spot! ***bad Madam Pince... must go iron hands...***

umm well all I have to say is that you weren't the only one thinking that...**irons hands as well**

I hate waiting for the scores to roll through! Its aggravating!

Go Steelers!!!!

**Cough, go Seahawks! Cough cough** **mumbles about unfair referees, and not refereing to LSU-Auburn...just a little something with and XL at the end**

Go Seahawks...Wait guess what!?!?!?! The Saints have won 2 straight games, I think it might be a record, a 2 game win streak! On the road. To bad I'm not a fan, but whats happening to the world, Green Bay lost (one of the greatest QBs to ever play the game) to New Orleans (the worst team to ever be a team in the history of the NFL), won! Whats wrong with this picture?!

I'm hungry..can't wait for dinner.

Can't remember much else, oh glad the GRE went well, Eponine!

I've decided that I'm going to reward myself with an episode of Grey's Anatomy if I get all my homework done!

Well I need t' go do me homework now!

Have a great rest o' t' day, mateys!

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The giant squid - Sep 18, 2006 4:30 pm (#2221 of 2976)

I can tell it's going to be one of "those" seasons.--Marie E.

Try being a Vikings fan...it's always one of those seasons. Sure, we're 2-0 right now, but that just means they'll choke at the end of the season instead of the "lose early then rally at the end of the season" plan...

When Mike congratulated Denise on hitting double digits I thought for a moment that I had missed an announcement of another impending arrival!—Puck

Sorry for the confusion...especially since it's not such an incredible leap of logic.

There's still 8 hours until Tuesday on this side of the Pacific, but I'll drop in a pre-emptive "Arrr!" to tide things over 'til then.

--Mike

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Madam Pince - Sep 18, 2006 6:13 pm (#2222 of 2976)

LOL, Loopy! Too true, too true, sad to say...

Are you guys watching Wife Swap by any chance? I don't think I've ever watched it before, but I heard something about pirates so I started watching (it's on right now) -- it's got the wife of the guy who invented "Talk Like A Pirate Day" who is trading places with an ultra-organized wife. Too funny! And quite timely, I might add...

We went to the library today. None of the recently suggested kids' books were available, but I did get two titles with pirate themes. Gotta get in the spirit, even if I can't speak it very well! The librarian knew what I was talking about at least. (Good ol' librarians! )

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Puck - Sep 18, 2006 6:16 pm (#2223 of 2976)

Baby Puck was practicing her Pirate "Arrrgh" this evening. I have a bunch of bandana's I use for teaching dance class. Perhaps the kids and I should wear them tomorrow. Anyone have any "pirate-y" dinner ideas?

Reagan, glad you're feeling the true spirit of the day!

Tori (or was it Ginny?) I forgot to mention that I had a good chuckle picturing you wearing a cotton ball wig!

Eponine, so glad your test went well.

Happy RotD!

Kathy

edit, thanks Madame Pince, just turned it on! Which family is it? Oh, did you get "How I became a Pirate"? I'll have to dig it out for bedtime tomorrow!

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Holly T. - Sep 18, 2006 6:41 pm (#2224 of 2976)

Piratey dinner ideas--cut a pizza into 8 slices--pizzas of eight. Sliced carrots could be gold doubloons. Rum cake (not kid-friendly, though). You could make a treasure map on a plate with a mountain or mashed potatoes, some broccoli trees, and an X to mark the spot out of pretzel sticks. You can make the treasure chest cake from Family Fun for dessert (search their web site). They also have a pattern for a pirate face cake. When my daughter had a Survivor-themed birthday party I made an island cake with a beach covered with a mixture of cinnamon sugar and graham cracker crumbs, some rock candy, some plastic palm trees, and the surrounding part of the cake I colored the frosting blue for water. You could put an X on part of the island and bury some treasure like in a king's cake. Ok, not healthy, but fun.

Yes, I have other things I am supposed to be doing, LOL. Like printing out my daughter's homework--the upstairs computer isn't connected to the printer and the downstairs computer is currently not connected to the internet--I have managed to avoid calling EarthLink customer service for well over a month now--coming up with pirate food ideas is more fun, what can I say?

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Denise P. - Sep 18, 2006 7:14 pm (#2225 of 2976)

I watched Wife Swap I have to say, I found the non-pirate family pretty spooky...not in a good way. Of course, I think the pirate family needed some help too.

Okay, so, I don't have a parrot for tomorrow but I do have a cockatiel (Equinox) so she is going to have to do. I have a budgie too (Errol doesn't waterski though) but he is just not tough enough looking.

Nifty ideas Holly....pizzas of eight Bwahahahaha

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timrew - Sep 18, 2006 7:15 pm (#2226 of 2976)

Happy Birthday, Nathan, Old Son..........

Let us hope 'Talk Like A Pirate Day', progresses smoothly, Ooh arghhh!

I'll try not to make the mistake of last year - LOL!

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painting sheila - Sep 18, 2006 7:32 pm (#2227 of 2976)

I love the pieces of eight idea!~

I was watching the Wife Swap show for about 15 minutes and decided that I felt to sorry for the organized woman that went to the pirate house. Those people are nuts!

So, we flipped the channel and watched Deal or No Deal! I love that show! It's the only game show I could maybe win on. I know all the trivia when I am sitting in my house - but just try ad get me to answer it under pressure and I cave! The guy on tonight had $3,000,000 in his case and he sold it for $675,000. Still a sweet deal - but $3,000,000!

The sweetie and I surprised the kids tonight. We bought them Lion KIng tickets and taped them to the bottom of their dinner plates. My daughter was the first to finish. When she went to clear her plate I said look at the bottom before you put it in the sink. She stood there looking at her ticket for about a full minute before the other three caught on! They are all very excited. They are on the side balcony and sold as Obstructed View - but I think they will be okay. I can't wait to hear how they like it!!

We had a guy in our house today that is a ref for the ACC basketball - he said he refs Duke often. We paid him good money to throw a tech at Coach K! . . . . Just Kidding!!!! (He was a very nice man and would not do such a thing even if we did pay him)

Talk like a pirate day - here we come! I am sending my 5 yar old to pre-school with his sword and eye patch. "te Land lubbers better keep a good eye on 'im!

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geauxtigers  - Sep 18, 2006 7:44 pm (#2228 of 2976)

Tori (or was it Ginny?) I forgot to mention that I had a good chuckle picturing you wearing a cotton ball wig!

Hmmmm....maybe a picture is in order...I'm very proud of my homemade wig thank you very much!

Me and Ginny just watched 5 episodes of Grey's Anatomy! And I got all my homework done during those 5 episodes! I'm so happy, we fixing to start disc 2! And I'm going to start tomorrow's homework! Wow this is one and a million, maybe I should watch Grey's Anat every night, I'm getting my work done! What can I say! I'm a multitasker, I'm too A.D.D. to just sit and do all my work!

Back later probably!

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Ludicrous Patents Office - Sep 18, 2006 7:44 pm (#2229 of 2976)

Mr. Eponine is a real Gentleman! Keep a hold of him Eponine.

Thanks for the website Steve. It is very useful.

Solitaire I hope you are feeling better.

Catherine and Denise great Avatars. Denise congratulation on double digits. LPO

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 18, 2006 7:45 pm (#2230 of 2976)

OK so I've now watched 5 episodes of Grey's Anatomy! And I'm fixin to start number 6! YAY!

Can't wait for talk like a pirate day, love the sound of that cake Holly!

I really want ot see The Lion King! That is still my all time favorite Disney animated movie!

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Finn BV - Sep 18, 2006 7:52 pm (#2231 of 2976)

Catherine, you stole my avatar idea!!

Ooh, my dad gets so mad when they cut to a commercial right before the scores he's looking for. Then I remind him, because he's usually on his computer, that he can just look it up online…

Yarr, mateys, the Pirate's Day be a-comin'. And so, the picture that be to the left of my name is appropriately donned in a festive costume!

EDIT: I just realized I don't think I wished Nathan a good one. Happy Birthday!! #30!

By the way, for those on Facebook, there is a new event: "International Talk Like a Pirate Day." Go join.

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Mediwitch - Sep 18, 2006 7:56 pm (#2232 of 2976)

Happy Birthday, Nathan!

Hooray, Eponine! You deserve that chocolate! (Godiva, too, what a good man!)

Thanks for the good wishes, all. The kids are holding up OK.

Happy Pirating, mateys!SmileyCentral.com

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Ludicrous Patents Office - Sep 18, 2006 8:06 pm (#2233 of 2976)

Ginny we have a big orange cat named Mufasa. We liked that name and of course the voice better than Simba.

Great pirate Finn!

Nathan how did you celebrate? LPO

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painting sheila - Sep 18, 2006 8:15 pm (#2234 of 2976)

If you live near a chocolate factory does that mean you can never have dementors come for a visit?

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Nathan Zimmermann - Sep 18, 2006 8:38 pm (#2235 of 2976)

Well this morning I went out to a new tea shop that opened in the mall to sample their Earl Grey and Darjeeling blends and then went and had a nice lunch at a Starbuck's because, the one near my house serves yummy sandwiches and bought a pound of their Arabian blend.

Most of day I spent playing with my new puppy, Bella an Australian Cattle Dog and Anatolian Shepherd mix.

After my parents came home from work we went out to dinner for Texan-Mexican food.

When returned from dinner I was able to open my gifts which included the Cadfael Collection, The third set of Midsomer Murders DVDs, and film called in Strangers in Good Company or In the Company of Strangers., as well as copy of The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien and a CD by Slim Dusty.

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painting sheila - Sep 18, 2006 8:40 pm (#2236 of 2976)

Sounds like a good time was had by all! Happy Birthday and may you have many many more!

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Ydnam96 - Sep 18, 2006 11:37 pm (#2237 of 2976)

So for a while the forum was not working well for me...but now it seems (hopefully) to be working! I skipped ahead of the many many posts; I am sorry for that. I hope everyone has had a good couple of weeks.

I went to Disneyland on Friday and saw Fantasmic for the first time (even though I have had a pass for about a year and a half). It was amazing. I highly recommend it to anyone who visits Disneyland. They project clips of movies and such onto a "canvas" of water! It's amazing!

Well TTFN. It's my bedtime.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Sep 19, 2006 4:19 am (#2238 of 2976)

Arrrr, Fantasmic has lots of fire power! Just the way I likes it! A good rest o' the day t'yer scoundrels!

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Marie E. - Sep 19, 2006 5:08 am (#2239 of 2976)

ARRRRRRR!

(that's all I have time for right now )

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kaykay1970 - Sep 19, 2006 5:24 am (#2240 of 2976)

So I had an interesting day yesterday. The school nurse called to tell me that my 15 year old had a piece of metal, or something stuck in his eye. I took him to the eye doctor and turns out a tiny seed tick had embedded itself right on my child's eyeball. The doctor said it wasn't that unusual. He has dealt with this before! So he numbs the eye and pulls it out with a pair of blunt tweezers. His eye looks much better today! Yay! Maybe I should have requested an eye patch just for today...Arrrr!

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Finn BV - Sep 19, 2006 5:32 am (#2241 of 2976)

ARRRRRRRRRRR! (echoing comments of Marie)

kaykay, nice tie in to TLAP day! Recovering charms to your son!

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Loopy Lupin - Sep 19, 2006 5:39 am (#2242 of 2976)

Avast! Off to slay the Board of Zoning Appeals beastie! It'll be the yarinest hearing in me memory!

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

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Puck - Sep 19, 2006 5:45 am (#2243 of 2976)

Ahoy, ya bilge rats!

Can pirates say "Eeewwww!"

Arrr! Sent me boy off to school with his bandana. Me Beauty decided she'd be wearing one as well, but would rather Talk Like A Princess. Mine was worn to the bus stop. Deciding if I'm hearty enough to wearing it running my errands.

Nathan, glad you gad a good day, Matey! Tell me, did you name your dog after the Bella in HP? I never thought of you as Slytherin.

We may be a bit Slytherin in our house. A family of snakes has taken up residence in the bush next to the front door. They sit near the top and sun themselves in the afternoon. Me Beauty is afraid to go out the front door.

Arrr, must got get the car inspected or hubby will have me walk the plank.

Kathy

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Denise P. - Sep 19, 2006 5:54 am (#2244 of 2976)

Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day! I tookst off last high tide' so I be havin' a 4 mile run planned. I also need t' do some clistin' an' run some errands.

I be havin' me sea dog bandana on an' be ready t' educate th' world on what its significance be today.

And for those poor bilge rats who don't speak Pirate (the horror! the horror!), here is a translation: Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day! I took off yesterday so I have a 4 mile run planned. I also need to do some cleaning and run some errands.

I have my pirate bandana on and am ready to educate the world on what its significance is today.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Sep 19, 2006 5:59 am (#2245 of 2976)

I have my pirate bandana on and am ready to educate the world on what its significance is today.---Denise P.

Arrrrr! Glad I am ter hear it, arrrr! **wonders what the Board of Zoning Appeals, the scoundrels!, will think of Loopy in his bandana, arrrrr!!**

**waving me hook at Catherine and her students, arrrrr!!!!**

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Steve Newton - Sep 19, 2006 6:12 am (#2246 of 2976)

Avast, ye mateys! No sight of any scurvy sea dogs afloat.

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Holly T. - Sep 19, 2006 7:03 am (#2247 of 2976)

Ahoy mateys!

My son thinks they should get the day off from school for Talk Like a Pirate Day.

My co-workers, the scurvy dogs, be not aware of the significance of the day. If they were more fun, I would tell them, but I don't want to walk the plank. I do have a Happy Meal pirate on my desk, though. :-)

ARRRRR!

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Denise P. - Sep 19, 2006 8:07 am (#2248 of 2976)

Aw, Mr. Denise gave me a present for Talk Like a Pirate Day, it is behind my avatar. I got a new keyboard!!

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kaykay1970 - Sep 19, 2006 8:33 am (#2249 of 2976)

LOL Denise!

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Loopy Lupin - Sep 19, 2006 8:37 am (#2250 of 2976)

Ahoy!!! I defeated the evil, barnacle-covered Zoning Administrator!! Me scurvy client'll be keepin' his pool tables at th' Inn! Free grog for all!

Arrrr!

(LOL Denise)

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painting sheila - Sep 19, 2006 8:53 am (#2251 of 2976)

Ye scoundrels make me wee 'art proud! Fly th' banner 'igh today lads!

Sad to say but we had to make one of our fair lasses 'ere at 'ome walk da plank 'tis morn. Woke up on the prickly side if ye askn' me! One down - we've tree more to go!

(how cool are you people!)

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azi - Sep 19, 2006 9:00 am (#2252 of 2976)

Ahoy!

Ah, me shipmates are runnin' round wi' sea-sickness today. And they call themselves Pirates! (Translation, father is being sick, mother has a virus, brother has 'tonsillitis'...it's possibly the same illness ).

Tha' be a good lookin' Pirate instrument, Denise!

Arrr, must got get the car inspected or hubby will have me walk the plank.

ROFL!

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Ydnam96 - Sep 19, 2006 9:01 am (#2253 of 2976)

Arrrrrrrrrrrrr! Denise that be one shiny new trinket ya got thar! Don't go leavin that lyin about.

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Nathan Zimmermann - Sep 19, 2006 9:27 am (#2254 of 2976)

Ar my puppy as I call her is two years old. I call her a puppy simply for the fact that she does not realize she is an adult dog requires the amount of attention normally given to puppies.

She had the name Bella when I adopted her from the Humane Society. Although I will admit she as a bit of Bellatrix in her because she has eaten her way through a leash and three harnesses.

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Viola Intonada - Sep 19, 2006 9:38 am (#2255 of 2976)

Arrr! Denise, that be a might right fine bit o' treasure ye hubby has plundered for ya!

*Laughing to self imagining Loopy talking like a pirate in the courtroom*

Azi, Yer family sounds like they be cursed. Hope ye can reverse the curse soon.

Me be celebratin' the day by playin' "Pirates" on X-box and o' course checkin' de threads.

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Puck - Sep 19, 2006 10:39 am (#2256 of 2976)

Arrr, I think Muppet Treasure Island may grace me screen later this 'noon!

My vessel has been declared ship shape by the port inspector.

My pirate bandana has been seen around town as I went a plundering, with an occasionally pillage. (I do feel like I pillaged at CVS, as diapers were By One Get One, and I cleared them out of size 3's!)

Arrr, I must go swab the decks!

B'ware of lubbers and scalywags!

Kathy

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juliebug - Sep 19, 2006 11:16 am (#2257 of 2976)

Ahoy there ye Kathy. Say ye that diapers be on sale. Once me young swab be getting up from her nap we'll be setting sail to our local CVS to see if similar deal can be made for size 4. Thanks for the tip

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kabloink!  - Sep 19, 2006 11:47 am (#2258 of 2976)

Hmm Diapers buy one get one at CVS? Think it might be a national sale? I'll send my mom to check it out!

Anyway, forgive me for foregoing pirate-speak for the moment:
  Ian Lorne Harvey was born last Tuesday, September 12 at 5:49am. He was 6lbs 13oz, and 20 in long!!

As I'm cheap and do not have an avatar, if you want to see pics, I have 2 posted on my myspace (www.myspace.com/kimskastle). Ok that's all for now-I'm off to do the dishes!

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Holly T. - Sep 19, 2006 11:59 am (#2259 of 2976)


Ahoy kabloink! Congrats on the new cabin boy! Arrrrr, it be a fine birthday he has indeed, seeing as he shares it with me (and the kids of two of my friends).

I can't wait to threaten to keelhaul my kids this afternoon if they don't help me swab the decks. A mangy crew is expected at my quarters this eve.

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juliebug - Sep 19, 2006 12:09 pm (#2260 of 2976)

congrats kabloink. he be a real treasure

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legolas returns - Sep 19, 2006 12:21 pm (#2261 of 2976)

Ahar mi harties-swab the deck.

Happy talk like a pirate day.

Sorry my recipe is taking so long in coming. My place looks like Harrys room before he gets picked up by the order.

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kaykay1970 - Sep 19, 2006 12:22 pm (#2262 of 2976)

Ah Kabloink, cause to be celebrating indeed. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

Ok so I'm not so good at this pirate thing, but I'm trying...

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The giant squid - Sep 19, 2006 12:25 pm (#2263 of 2976)

Zounds, kabloink! Hearty congratulations to you 'n yours. May the little lubber stay healthy and not get scurvy!

'Tis truly a fine gift that Mr. P. did gift. What more does a pirate need to say?

I'm still gettin' images o' Loopy the Pirate Lawyer: "Me clients want these pool tables, and by Davy Jones himself, they'll have 'em! Arrr!"

Methinks I'll dip into the wife's rum stash to truly celebrate the day. What? It's not "Drink Like A Pirate Day?" Oh, well, a couple bottles of rum'll make sure I get the right inflection on that "Aarrrr!"

--Mike

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Loopy Lupin - Sep 19, 2006 12:37 pm (#2264 of 2976)

I'm still gettin' images o' Loopy the Pirate Lawyer: "Me clients want these pool tables, and by Davy Jones himself, they'll have 'em! Arrr!"

Arrr!! The scurvy dogs at th' Zoning Office said "Ye can only have three tables in ye Inn, else ye be clearly runnin' a billiard hall." The blessed souls on ye ol' Board of Zoning Appeals said "Iron walls do not a prison make nor 6 tables a billiard hall!"

Arrr!!! Th' Squid is into th' rum. Methinks the picture will be crooked at ye ol' movie hall.

Arr!!

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legolas returns - Sep 19, 2006 12:41 pm (#2265 of 2976)

You ho ho and a bottle of rum-Savvy? (A la Jack Sparrow)

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Lina - Sep 19, 2006 1:14 pm (#2266 of 2976)

Congratulations Kabloink!

And I discovered that I forgot to send Josephine some healing charms and wishes for speedy recovery.

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 19, 2006 1:15 pm (#2267 of 2976)

OH man! I just skipped most of the post because I'm having a bit of trouble understanding pirate language! LOL oops!

Dance tonight...yay! Skipped swimming because I have my first physics test tomorrow..uggg.

I'm in need of an opinion....I really am not enjoying swimming this year at all. I really want to quit, but I also don't want to be a quitter. NO idea what to do. It's just not fun for me anymore and I'm not really sure how much more I can take...yet I don't want to just quit because it's hard (which has a lot to do with why I don't like it). It's gone from fun to torture wayy to fast. ugg I hate decisions!

And of course I translated it:!

The pirate speaks,"OH man! I just skipped most o' t' post because I'm havin' a bit o' trouble understandin' pirate language! LOL oops! Dance tonight...yay! Skipped swimmin' because I have me first physics test tomorrow..uggg. "

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geauxtigers  - Sep 19, 2006 1:18 pm (#2268 of 2976)

ROFL!! This be almost too much for me! I'm so confused! Congrats t' Kablionk! Very exctin'! I wasn't havin' a very good day until I came here and read all these posts! I've been laughin' through it all! Well I skipped swimmin' because I have dance tonight and me first Physics test ever, so I'm freakin' out! Must go study! Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!"

And in Enlgish:!

ROFL!! This is almost too much for me! I'm so confused!

Congrats to Kablionk! Very excting!

Well I skipped swimming because I have dance tonight and my first Physics test ever, so I'm freaking out! Must go study!

Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!

EDIT: I'm also debating the same thing as Ginny, I really don't want to quit because I don't want to be a quitter, I don't want it to look like I'm quitting because its challenging and hard, but I'm really not enjoying it anymore. And I don't just want to quit in the middle of the season, especallt after we all ordered gear and what not. I would just feel pretty guilty for lack of a better word...

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Denise P. - Sep 19, 2006 1:45 pm (#2269 of 2976)

Congrats on your little cabin boy, kabloink! Looks like he has a head of hair. I like his name, very nice!

Loopy, do you think you would have been taken seriously had you actually worn your pirate bandana, swaggered and spoken that way? Wait...maybe he did!

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Madam Pince - Sep 19, 2006 1:59 pm (#2270 of 2976)

Avast, me hearties! Methinks there's an abundance o' jolly good fun bein' had here this foine day!

Arrrrrr, First Matey Denise, them scurvy dogs in th' pirate family went a bit too far havin' them wee critters a-creepin' on theirselves -- made me insides feel like I'd been a'drinkin' bilge-water. Methinks they shoulda made th' dog walk th' plank into a tub o' soapy sea-water, arrrrrr... But lest we forget them other scurvy dogs in th' non-pirate family -- arrrgh, they put me in mind o' the crew o' th' H.M.S. Stepford --- Arrrrr.... an' a foul bunch o' pirates we know they be!

Th' cap'ns o' th' school o' me cabin boy were an ignorant bunch o' scurvy dogs today -- had no ken about Talk Like A Pirate Day! We'll shiver our timbers by readin' Pirate Mom at th' next low tide, I reckon! Arrrrr....

Yo-ho-ho and a bottle o' rum to th' Squid, and to th' Loopy as well, for scavengin' th' ship H.M.S. Zoning Office! Yer fortunes'll overflow with gold doubloons, they will, if yer keep this up... arrrrrr...

Yo-ho-ho and just a plain bottle to kabloink! on th' new arrival! Backslaps and handshakes all around!

Ahoy! Me soup be burnin'....

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Puck - Sep 19, 2006 2:46 pm (#2271 of 2976)

Ahoy, Kabloink! Shiver me timbers, that tis grand news! Chers, matey!

Holly, arrr, a right good pirate you be! Me beauties will have pieces of eight (quesidilla style) as they view their pirate movie!

I be the first pirate ballet instructor my new students have seen! (Thinkin' I'm a bit touched in the head, they was.)

Kathy

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timrew - Sep 19, 2006 3:38 pm (#2272 of 2976)

Good news, Kabloink!

Ahaaar, to the rest of yez!

It be a foin day! Shiver me timbers! Oi think I'm gonna walk the plank! it seems a noice day fer it! Ooooooaaargh!

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Chemyst - Sep 19, 2006 3:41 pm (#2273 of 2976)

Arrr! Ian Lorne, sure's a treasure; that he be.

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Catherine - Sep 19, 2006 3:48 pm (#2274 of 2976)

Avast ye!

A fine morn had we.

My students really gave me a laugh. Some of them came to school with eyepatches and one student had a hook, which he gamely tried to use to type his notes on his computer.

I allowed them five minutes in Social Studies to go on the internet and find their pirate name. They were pleased with my generosity--no mutinies yet!

I also told them that they'd be swingin' from the mizzen if I got any mess from the headmaster for allowing this leeway. Arrr! Kate's a black-hearted lass, and she'll make a grown man cry, she will!

By the way, Kim, all the students were fighting for the privilege to wear me bandana, but given that there has been an epidemic of cooties at school, I merely growled at them.

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Puck - Sep 19, 2006 6:21 pm (#2275 of 2976)

Arrr, my pirate name is "Mad Mary Kidd".

Going to finish me grog. The babe is now weaned **sniffsniff**, so me be indulging. Pirate Mike, pass the rum!

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Ludicrous Patents Office - Sep 19, 2006 7:16 pm (#2276 of 2976)

Aaaarg Happy talk like a pirate day!

Nathan I love Cadfael. Sounds like you had a wonderful day.

Congratulations Kabloink! LPO

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Tazzygirl - Sep 19, 2006 7:21 pm (#2277 of 2976)

Congratulations, Kabloink! He's such a cutie too!

As my brain is still fried from homework overload, all I can muster for pirate speak at the moment is Arrrrrrr!

And as I am sitting in a cafe, it has been extremely hard to keep a straight face and not laugh out loud at these posts!

Have a great rest o' the day, me mateys! (spelled wrong probably... )

~Kristina

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B]Finn BV[/B] - Sep 19, 2006 8:43 pm (#2278 of 2976)

Laughing Aloud, Denise, at this modern spectacle that ye call a "keyboard."

Ahoy, kabloink, that be one strapping young lad ye got there. Perhaps one day he'll swab the decks like a real man!

Tori and Ginny, swimming is a fine sport especially when you're aboard a ship as big as this one. (Anyway, speak to your coach, tell him/her you're not really enjoying it… don't be afraid! Hopefully he'll be mature enough to handle it the right way and, if the coach says things will continue as they are, tell him you're just not interested anymore; otherwise, hope for the best!)

Me name be "Chocolate" Bill Bellamy.

We had a real coincidink today, we did. In the class of Spanish, me teacher decided we'd write about typical life on a pirate ship -- with't th' knowledge that today was the day! Yo ho ho, I had a jolly good time telling about my life…

**tries to do impression of the weird Islands lady who gave Jack Sparrow advice in Pirates 2… but fails** You know, the one who says, "You must journey to the end of the Earth."

Yay, Happy Pirates day! Woohoo! ARRRRRRRR!

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Madam Pince - Sep 19, 2006 8:52 pm (#2279 of 2976)

Be that what she said, truly now?!? For all I could hear o' 'er words, th' lass had barnacles in 'er mouth -- else I had 'em in me ears!

Make Tori an' Ginny walk the plank...arrrrr! THEN they'd be a-likin' swimmin' methinks!

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painting sheila - Sep 19, 2006 9:00 pm (#2280 of 2976)
Edited Sep 19, 2006 10:10 pm

U muss journey to de ents of de eart'

(we heard that line for DAYS after Pirates 2)

Congrats on such a successful Talk LIke a Pirate Day. (It is after midnight so I do not feel the need to stain my brain to come up with pirate-ease.)

ARRGGHH!! I tried to get a pirate name and it's blocked - JEEZ!!

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geauxtigers  - Sep 19, 2006 9:29 pm (#2281 of 2976)

My head is swimming with physics stuff that I really don't know how to do and its basically 11:30, so I'm off to bed.

Thanks for the advice, Finn, I think for now I'll just see how things play out, I might have a word with her though...she is just not an excuse taker... LOL at Madame P! Does walking the plank get me out of my physics test tomorrow? If so I'll glad walk it right here right now!

Glad pirate day was fun for everyone, my Pirate name is, oh its great....Cap'n Jessie Mowhawk. Mowhawk? I'm so not shaving my head! LOL

okay night night everyone. I wish I had a time turner so I can go back to earlier and study more...but unfortuatly they've all been smashed...

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kaykay1970 - Sep 19, 2006 9:45 pm (#2282 of 2976)

Me pirate name be Mad Mary Rackham. Arrrr! Time to lower the sails and put to shore, methinks.

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 19, 2006 9:47 pm (#2283 of 2976)

ARRRRRR 'is me got to say about physics, math,swimmin, an' school in general. ARRRRRRRRR

Thanks for the advice Finn, I just don't want to look like a quitter, because it drives me crazy when people give up at something... yet at the same time, I don't want to do something that I think is torture either. ARRRRR

only 14 minutes left of talk like a pirate day! Arrrr.......

G'night mateys!Arrrr!lol

EDIT: me pirate name: Cap'n Hayley Knifenose LOL gotta love this country!

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Lina - Sep 19, 2006 11:15 pm (#2284 of 2976)

Tori and Ginny, I think your first step should be to talk to your parents about your feelings. The coach might not understand you. I have the feeling that she wants you to be successful at the meetings and enjoy the feeling of winning the race. If your aim is not to win, but to have fun, maybe it is not about quitting but about realizing that you are on the wrong place. I think I've told you the story about Kate quitting the swimming and the result is that she is perfectly happy practicing shooting now. When you love something, than you don't mind making sacrifices for it. Yet, maybe it is just that crisis point, like in running, when you have the feeling that you can't continue, but if you endure that point, then you have the feeling that you can run forever. When Veronika wanted to quit shooting, the coach (the man that I really admire) told her to continue practicing one more month and then to make a decision. Maybe that's what you should do. Give swimming one more chance and if your feelings don't change, then maybe that's really not what you should do in your life. That's why there is a wide variety of sports and occupations, so that everybody could find what is right for them.

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Tazzygirl - Sep 19, 2006 11:22 pm (#2285 of 2976)

Managed to track down my pirate name. I am known as.... Pirate Eve the Rum-Swiller!

~Kristina

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jose043 - Sep 20, 2006 3:24 am (#2286 of 2976)

Lina

Thank you for the healing charms for mum's operation. Mum's arm has to be in a sling for 2 months, and she has only been out of hospital 3 days and she is already bored. But I am keeping her in line, making sure that she doesn't use her arm.

Happy Pirate's day to you all.

Anne and Josephine

Little Werewolves of London, The moon made me do it.

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Julie Aronson - Sep 20, 2006 3:38 am (#2287 of 2976)

Congrats, Kabloink!

I completely missed Talk Like a Pirate Day. SmileyCentral.com

Oh well. Time to plow through more literary theory. I'm up to Post Modernism. Yippee.

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azi - Sep 20, 2006 4:09 am (#2288 of 2976)

Fun posts yesterday! My favourite pirate name had 'Aurora' in, but I can't remember the rest!

Congratulations Kabloink!

Hope school work goes well for you, Julie A and Tazzy!

Healing charms to your mum, Anne and Josephine!

I got my travel insurance and currency sorted. A week 'til I go away! **dances**

My revision went well yesterday - I got loads done! However, today, next-door are having their guttering done so there's too much banging for me to concentrate.

Hope everyone has a lovely day (and our Irish and Scottish people stay out of the way of that tail end of a hurricane!).

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Regan of Gong - Sep 20, 2006 5:05 am (#2289 of 2976)

Pirate Hannibal the Off-white here, and I am dissapointed to say that talk like a Pirate Day failed miserably at my school. Most girls thought I was mad (You do that then! **smile and nod**) which isn't that different to normal but yeah. Most of the guys thought I was making it up and told me to shut up. I did go to the Wikipedia article on my phone, and tried to show that to a few people, but they were happy to marinate in their own blissful ignorance while using it as a excuse to make sarcastic comments to em (Sure it's talk like a pirate day).

Anyway, Ginny and Tori, if you're not enjoying it, quit. Simple- the purpose of sport at our age is to enjoy it, and if that's not happening, don't do it. You're not quitting really...more...resigning. Hope it goes well for you.

Tired now- sleepy time...

Regan

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Starling - Sep 20, 2006 5:10 am (#2290 of 2976)

I'm afraid my talk like a pirate day didn't really work for me either. I put it on my forum calender, but people didn't seem to notice! I got as far as putting a "arrrr" and "hoist the mainsail" in the Leaky comments ... I didn't dare mention it at the school gates, I think most mums think I'm nuts anyway.

Martje

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Marie E. - Sep 20, 2006 5:16 am (#2291 of 2976)

I meant to log on yesterday afternoon and enjoy Talk Like a Pirate Day, but we had some minor problems with the wee lassies. My pirate name was Anita the Infected, by the way.

My wonderful problem: My daughters asked if they could walk home with a friend, "Amy". Once a few weeks ago, the girls were supposed to go to Amy's, but walked to my house instead. My house is locked so they got in through a unlocked garage door and were home alone for an hour and a half. This time, when I was giving permission while sitting in my daycare bus at their school, Amy said something about going to my house and I said, very clearly, "No, no one's home at my house and it's locked." Nonetheless, she convinced my girls to go to our house and attempted to break in by ripping a screen off the bathroom window in the basement and beating on our front doorknob with a chunk of cement. After giving up, they went to our next-door neighbor's house and called Amy's mom. Amy's mom and grandma were frantic because now they were an hour late getting home and were about to hop in the car to look for them. Amy's mom told me she's done this sort of thing before with another friend, not the breaking and entering though. Amy's grounded for a month. Shayla's grounded for two weeks and Lexie for two days (she didn't participate in any of the destruction and tried to tell them to go to Amy's house). I ended the day just frazzled.

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kaykay1970 - Sep 20, 2006 5:30 am (#2292 of 2976)

Welcome to the forum Starling! You'll fit in fine here. We are all a little nuts too sometimes!

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Denise P. - Sep 20, 2006 5:45 am (#2293 of 2976)

Last night, we had Cub Scout Round Up. We signed up 21 new boys! Woo hoo! We may be getting several more on Monday when we have our pack meeting. The Tigers are so cute, little and excited, I love them!

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Chemyst - Sep 20, 2006 6:09 am (#2294 of 2976)

Ginny & Tori, I ditto Lina's advice. Talk to your parents and they'll help you clarify what's the purpose in swimming. And although it is hard to imagine from the similarity of yur posts, each of you might get a different "right" answer.

(( hugs to Marie ))

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Steve Newton - Sep 20, 2006 6:11 am (#2295 of 2976)

Thanks to everyone for a magnificent Talk Like a Pirate Day! I went home last night and fell asleep a little after 7 and so could not contribute as much as I would have liked.

Its race week in Dover again. I never could have imagined that so many people owned campers. There are already thousands of them and he races aren't until Saturday. I guess that there is a lot of partying to be done.

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painting sheila - Sep 20, 2006 8:39 am (#2296 of 2976)

Marie E! - What are friends for if not to teach you how to break and enter!! LOL! Is Amy's mom going to pay for a new door knob? At least you know that your home is "child proof!"

I never did get me pirate name. I am bummed.

Ginny and Tori - Here is advice from my "mom perspective" - If you signed on for a certain amount of time, you should stay on the team for that amount of time. You could be on the cusp of improving your time. Are you keeping track of your personal times - or just going by the heats you are in? Both of my kids swam until 14. At 14, I let them make the choice. But I tried to get them to focus on their own personal best and not which heat - which lane, etc. I like the idea of giving it one more month.

Here is my advice not as a mom - Sweetie, if you are not having fun and have really given it your best the last few weeks, then talk to your parents about stopping. It isn't "quitting' if you have given it your best shot. Maybe you will shine brighter as a . . . . tight rope walker, or . . . . track star, or . . . . .as just being relaxed and happy you!

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Madam Pince - Sep 20, 2006 8:48 am (#2297 of 2976)

Steve, thanks for reminding me about Dover this weekend! I was toying with the idea of going out of town, and now I think you just made my decision easy for me! I'm outta here! Traffic, sayonara! We do have to stay until after Little Pince's 10:00 soccer game Saturday morning, though, so maybe by that time the worst will be over already...

Oh, Marie, that's just a shame! What a bummer about your door and screen and all. That must've been a fun conversation to have with Amy's mom...

Everyone enjoy the RotD!

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haymoni - Sep 20, 2006 8:50 am (#2298 of 2976)

Stayed up too late watching "Contender". I wish they showed it earlier than 10:00 pm - I'm just dragging.

It's cold and rainy. The cement for my porch still hasn't been poured. I'm hoping it will be done by Halloween!!!

Someone is building a house on our street - I think this whole house will be built before I can use my front door again!

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Tazzygirl - Sep 20, 2006 9:14 am (#2299 of 2976)

((HUGS)) to Marie! Wow. Was the doorknob broken? My sister and cousin actually did that at my parents house. But they struggled through a tiny downstairs bathroom window. My sister, I guess, forgot that she had a spare key.

Off to school! Have a great RotD/N everyone!

~Kristina

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Holly T. - Sep 20, 2006 9:41 am (#2300 of 2976)

Yikes, Marie! I showed my daughter how to get into the house with the garage door code and now she has a key too. My son wants to know why I won't give him a key or the code or let him walk home by himself or with his buddies. The he gets mad because I say his sister is older and more responsible than him, etc. Then he usually hits her with something, and then gets even more mad when I tell him he is only proving my point.

I missed the Crocodile Hunter's memorial service last night! I forgot when it was going to be on and when my husband got home from the PTO meeting he put on the TV and we watched the very end, and I was on the phone part of that time. They reran it, but in the middle of the night and I didn't know that until I got up this morning. I hope they show it again. Another reason we need to finally get a DVR!

We had a going-away party yesterday afternoon for another co-worker. I was only sort of joking at the party when I said I wished I had the immunity necklace. I feel like we're on some kind of reality TV series and don't know it. Although I doubt that the last one here will get a million dollars, LOL.

Have a great RotD!

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Puck - Sep 20, 2006 9:52 am (#2301 of 2976)

Immunity charms to Holly!

Sanity charms to Marie! (How old is this Amy?. Seems like perhaps her mom should meet her at school to be sure she goes home, if this has happened several times.

Baby is napping. The big ones are at school. Need to do some dishes then I'm free to go quilt!

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Tazzygirl - Sep 20, 2006 10:36 am (#2302 of 2976)

Holly: I missed the Crocodile Hunter's memorial service last night! I forgot when it was going to be on and when my husband got home from the PTO meeting he put on the TV and we watched the very end, and I was on the phone part of that time. They reran it, but in the middle of the night and I didn't know that until I got up this morning. I hope they show it again.

I'm still mad! I knew it was supposed to be showing here in the States sometime yesterday, but scrolling through the TV guide gave me no help. I thought ABC was going to be showing it. Anyways, while I was watching a recorded Crocodile Hunter show (from Animal Planet's tribute on Sunday) they had a commercial saying they would be showing the Memorial on Tuesday at 9 o'clock pm. I looked to see what time it was, and it was 10:15 pm. I had just missed it!! and Not only did I miss that one, but I missed the one that showed at 6 pm. I scanned to see if the Memorial would be shown again sometime this week, but it wasn't in the Guide. I really really really hope they show it again!

On the other hand, I was able to see a couple video clips online of Bindi giving a speech, and also one of Steve Irwin's best friends giving another speech.

~Kristina

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Starling - Sep 20, 2006 10:49 am (#2303 of 2976)

You can still watch it. It's online on the Courier Mail homepage.

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Tazzygirl - Sep 20, 2006 11:08 am (#2304 of 2976)

Thanks, Starling!! (Welcome to the Forum, by the way!!)

Probably should pay attention class now... (least favorite class of the week...)

~Kristina

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The giant squid - Sep 20, 2006 11:08 am (#2305 of 2976)

Marie: Yikes! I guess it's never too early to fall in with the "bad crowd." First it's sneaking into your own house, next it's knocking over liquor stores. It's a good thing you've nipped this in the bud before it could get out of hand!

Ginny & Tori, if you quit swimming because it's too hard & you're too lazy, then you're a "quitter". If you quit because you're not enjoying it (sports are supposed to be fun) and it's not what you want to do, then you're being prudent. Find another extra-curricular activity that interests you and swap to that; that way you won't be a quitter, you'll have "redirected your energies to a more fulfilling purpose." Translation: "Yeah, we used to be in swimming, but this is much cooler!"

Arrr!!! Th' Squid is into th' rum. Methinks the picture will be crooked at ye ol' movie hall.--Loopy Lupin

Luckily (for them) I had the evening off.

--Mike

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haymoni - Sep 20, 2006 12:24 pm (#2306 of 2976)

The next time I have to do an announcement about someone "pursuing other interests", I think I will steal Mike's comment.

The sun is really trying to break through. Ungrateful Son has a football game in an hour. I hope the rain is gone.

Swimming is a very involved sport - takes up loads of time. If you don't love it, get out now.

Spend more time on the Forum!!!

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legolas returns - Sep 20, 2006 12:50 pm (#2307 of 2976)

Hi all. Hope everyone had fun yesterday with talk like a pirate day.

If you don’t enjoy something anymore its a good time to change.

I have promised many of you that I would get a recipe for scones. I am going to post it in the recipe section. I could not find the recipe so had to call my mum to find out. Happy baking everyone.

Edit- the recipe section is closed. I am going to stick the recipe in my details so that I don’t mess up the forum with randomly placed stuff. Just click on my name.

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Denise P. - Sep 20, 2006 1:30 pm (#2308 of 2976)

I dunno, looks like a biscuit recipe for me. I always thoughts scones were a bit sweeter than a biscuit.

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legolas returns - Sep 20, 2006 1:34 pm (#2309 of 2976)

Biscuits are what British people call scones .

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painting sheila - Sep 20, 2006 1:42 pm (#2310 of 2976)

Legplas - SO you bake them - not fry them? I always thought you fried them. But then again, I am from the south - I think everything should be fried! Thanks for the recipe-

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juliebug - Sep 20, 2006 1:44 pm (#2311 of 2976)

Legolas, would you type scones out phonetically for me or give me another clue as to how you say it? I have always thought that the o was long as in "cone." A former co-worker of mine, a woman from England, said the o is not long and that it sounds like the o in con.

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legolas returns - Sep 20, 2006 1:45 pm (#2312 of 2976)

Is that fried in Lard, Painting Sheila ? *Gagging noise*

Your English co-worker was correct Juliebug. The o is not long in the item of food. The place name is pronounced differently if I remember correctly.

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Starling - Sep 20, 2006 1:46 pm (#2313 of 2976)

The difference between scones and biscuits is that a) you don't fry scones and b) you don't have sugar in biscuits

Warning about Steve Irwin's memorial service: hankies at the ready.

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Madam Pince - Sep 20, 2006 1:50 pm (#2314 of 2976)

Oh, I'm sorry now that I didn't come on here to post last night about Steve Irwin's memorial! I thought about it, but then I was sure everyone would probably know about it already, plus everything was hectic here for awhile. I actually ended up taping the "late" version of it, because I ended up only getting to watch bits and pieces. I thought it was nicely done, because it was quite upbeat and celebrated his life, rather than mourned his death. His friend Wes' eulogy was tough to listen to, though... His father had the best quote -- he said "Don't grieve for Steve -- he's at peace now. Grieve for the animals who have lost the best friend they ever had, as have I."

***Tip to procrastinators like me: channels like A&E, The History Channel, Animal Planet, Outdoor Life, etc., almost always re-show their prime-time lineup again later the same night -- usually three hours later. For example, here the Steve Irwin Memorial was on at 9:00pm, and then re-played again at midnight. The show they had on at 8:00 was on again at 11:00, and so on...*** You have no idea how often I utilize this feature! Also, if you go onto the individual channel's website and look on their schedule, you can sometimes find when a show will be re-broadcast. I would bet the farm that the Steve Irwin Memorial will be aired again sometime this week.

Giant Squid, you give wise enough advice to be a dad! Even if you have been into the rum stores!

Marie, when I was about 8 or 10, my cousin and I inadvertently got locked out of my house. (Now, we lived out in the boonies and hardly ever locked our door, and we had no rules about whether I could be home alone or not that I can recall. I guess my parents trusted me. There was usually always someone home anyway.) Anyhow, though the door was locked, the old-fashioned un-lockable windows were right there on the porch. So we climbed through my bedroom window. And let go of the window once we were through. Which crashed down. Which caused the glass to break and a large chunk of glass fell out. Oopsie! Fortunately, we didn't get in too much trouble.

Never heard of frying American biscuits! And I appreciate the pronunciation lesson, because I've been calling them "scones" with a long-o all this time! So it's really supposed to sound like the light fixture? (sconce?) Wow, the things you learn here...

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painting sheila - Sep 20, 2006 2:00 pm (#2315 of 2976)

HAHA! No - the "scones" I have made were fried in canola oil. oops! -I guess that might constitute a "lard" of sorts.) They were rolled out about the size of a small dinner plate and then fried in about an 1/2 inch of oil. Not "deep fried". As they fry they puffed up a little. When they were done, you could dip them in powdered sugar and drizzle chocolate/strawberry/honey/any thing you like. My husband would also skip the powdered sugar part and use them to make a taco salad of sorts.

The "biscuits" I make are round - and yes I use a drinking glass to cut them out. They are baked and come out light a fluffy. Then we add butter and homemade peach preserves! YUM!!

I also make butterhorns - which are a yeast bread. They are shaped like croissants but not as flaky.

We don't eat these everyday - just for special occasions and most Sundays.

Can any one tell me what Clotted Cream is? I have had it in a local tea room - but didn't know how to use it.

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legolas returns - Sep 20, 2006 2:07 pm (#2316 of 2976)

Painting sheila-Input Devon Clotted Cream into your browser. You should see a website called Devon Calling. It gives you a recipe on how to make it and what you can use it for.

Lard-Animal fats.

The South is not the only place in the world that goes in for fried food. A west coast of Scotland speciality is deep friend Haggis and Deep fried Mars Bars. Yuk-oh. Why you would want to fry something nice like Haggis-the only reason you would do it is if it was really poor quality Haggis in the first place

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Starling - Sep 20, 2006 2:08 pm (#2317 of 2976)

Clotted cream:

Take some cream. Whizz it, until you think "ewww, it's turned to butter!"

That's clotted cream. At least, in my opinion.

Prounouncing scones: it's a fight even in the UK! My ex insists on calling them scoanes, I call them sconns. My partner just rolls her eyes and tells me English is weird (she's German).

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azi - Sep 20, 2006 2:43 pm (#2318 of 2976)

Who said scones was pronounced with a short O??? This is a source of many, many arguments between people I know. It's got 'cone' in the middle! Only posh people say it like 'con'.

Loads of places have deep fried Mars Bars now. Funnily enough, I don't want to try them...

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legolas returns - Sep 20, 2006 2:48 pm (#2319 of 2976)

I don’t fancy them at all.

I don’t think it makes me posh. Pronouncing it with a cone is the posh way :pbrt:

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azi - Sep 20, 2006 2:52 pm (#2320 of 2976)

Hehe! Not when you lengthen it like I do. Can't think how to write it phonetically. Sco-on? Scourn? No, that sounds Scottish in my mind. Just say it with an extra long 'O'.

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legolas returns - Sep 20, 2006 2:54 pm (#2321 of 2976)

He he - -“Scone” rhymes with “gone” - - at least where I am from.

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Starling - Sep 20, 2006 3:00 pm (#2322 of 2976)

Ah, our Leggie is posh too.

Phonetic spellings: scoun or sc?n (no idea if that character will work, it's a back-to-front "a").

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legolas returns - Sep 20, 2006 3:07 pm (#2323 of 2976)

Whatever! Hee hee.



tea and buttered scones

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azi - Sep 20, 2006 3:13 pm (#2324 of 2976)

I suppose either could be classed as posh. But there is a difference between the 'posh' and 'normal' version of 'cone'. I suppose there's a tiny inflection in the voice if it's posh, but I can't transfer that over the Net, lol!

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legolas returns - Sep 20, 2006 3:14 pm (#2325 of 2976)

According to the Cambridge dictionary to o sounds like the o in sock. Nah nah nah na nah.

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boop - Sep 20, 2006 3:15 pm (#2326 of 2976)

HI Everyone!

Congratulations Kabloink!!

Marie, sounds like you could use a hug. ((((HUG))))

Starling, Welcome to the forum. Make yourself at home here.

Juliebug, Welcome to the forum too. Have fun!

The healing charms are working my cold is going away.

Have a great rest of the day!

hugs always

boop

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juliebug - Sep 20, 2006 3:16 pm (#2327 of 2976)

Thanks to all for your responses. I had no idea of the can of worms this question was opening. It does however, clear up the pronounciation disparity for me.

The person I heard about scones from was my friend Jill, a teacher I worked with about 4 years ago. I can't recall what part of England she's from and I can't ask her because she has moved away and we didn't manage to keep in touch. She used the rhymes with gone version, and although she's a big sweetheart, the last thing I'd ever call her is posh. Jill's a sweet, down-to-earth type who lives in plain looking, practical clothes like denim dresses.

Thanks again for answering my question!

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juliebug - Sep 20, 2006 3:17 pm (#2328 of 2976)

Thanks for the welcome Boop. Hope to see you around sometime.

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azi - Sep 20, 2006 3:20 pm (#2329 of 2976)

Juliebug, don't that the posh thing to heart, it's just how we get at people. I dunno, British humour or summat.

I didn't realise there was a place called Scone! It's pronounced 'Scoon' or 'Scohn'. Maybe that's where the other pronounciation originates from?

Healing charms Betty!

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legolas returns - Sep 20, 2006 3:22 pm (#2330 of 2976)

Scone Palace is in Perthshire and is the original resting place of the Stone of Destiny.

That type of Scone is said differently.

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azi - Sep 20, 2006 3:25 pm (#2331 of 2976)

Ack, I can't read what dictionary's say prnounciations are! It's interesting how a village could be such an important place but never grow in size (kings used to be crowned there).

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Denise P. - Sep 20, 2006 3:25 pm (#2332 of 2976)

I have never fried biscuits either. I always thought it was with a long “o” (OH)  not scawwns.

I missed the memorial as well! Argh!

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legolas returns - Sep 20, 2006 3:27 pm (#2333 of 2976)

Scottish kings were crowned there until the end of the 13th century when it was taken to Westminster Abbey. Settlement sizes were not that big then I guess.

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azi - Sep 20, 2006 3:31 pm (#2334 of 2976)

Probably, and if the Black Death had anything to do with it, they definitely wouldn't be.

Densise, cut the 'scawwn' to 'scon'. I think...

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Chemyst - Sep 20, 2006 3:52 pm (#2335 of 2976)

I just Googled "Stone of Destiny" and got this:

   Now safely ensconced in Edinburgh Castle...

 I should probably quit while I'm ahead.

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legolas returns - Sep 20, 2006 3:58 pm (#2336 of 2976)

If you Google Scone-Scone Palace comes up. Check out the pictures of the rooms-nice pad! They mention the history of the stone and the place.

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Ludicrous Patents Office - Sep 20, 2006 4:01 pm (#2337 of 2976)

Next week in the US is Banned Books week. The 25th anniversary. The American Library Association has set up a poll to vote for your favorite banned book or series. Of course our favorite series is on the list. The URL is behind my name. Take a minute and vote! LPO

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kaykay1970 - Sep 20, 2006 4:15 pm (#2338 of 2976)

Granny used lard whenever she fried anything. It did look pretty nasty! Anyway, to her credit, she did make the best biscuits (baked, no fried biscuits here either!) She always had chocolate gravy to top them with. Chocolate for breakfast! We never got that at home. I guess that is what grannies are for...

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Ydnam96 - Sep 20, 2006 5:08 pm (#2339 of 2976)

Hugs to Marie...can't believe that really. I'm not sure a month is quite long enough for our friend "Amy".

Scones. MMMMMMM.... Now I'm craving one. I pronounce them like "cone".

I came home sick today from work. My sinuses and allergies are really acting up. It's kinda nice to have a break as well. Plus, I didn't get much sleep last night. So I just slept for about 5 hours!

To throw my two knuts in on the swimming issue. I agree that if it's not something you love and are prepared to sacrifice for then you should get out of it early. Swimming takes a lot of sacrifice. I know a bunch of people who did it all the way through college, they loved it and thought it was worth it. I also know people whose parents forced them to do it and they basically hated their parents for it and I'm not sure that any sport is worth that.

Off to get some more sleep. TTFN

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 20, 2006 6:06 pm (#2340 of 2976)

I always pronounced it like cones. I'm not sure if I've ever had one though....we do eat a lot of biscuits as well, but never had em fried before! We do fry lots of things though-in fact, we had fried cabbage for dinner tonight! YUM!

LOL Marie, sounds like Amy is a very "well-behaved" child! (((HUGS)))

Thanks for everyone's input on swimming. I've always really enjoyed it, but this year we got a new coach and she's a little too hard core for my liking! We swam 3 500 today with a minutes rest in between each one. That's 60 laps in less than 30 mins. I'm wayy super sore now. Our old coach was really great, we worked hard but he didn't kill us! I think I'm just going to stick it out.....it might get better. We're already half way through the season so I think it's a bit too late to quit. She loves to make us swim endless amounts of freestyle and backstroke.....not a backstroker! I am going to talk to her though because I really want to swim breaststroke yet she seems to think I'm more suited for endless free in the meets...she's never even seen be swim it before despite the fact that I've told her already...

On the bright side! We woke up this morning to a lovely temperature of 57 degrees! It was an absolutely gorgeously perfect day, that really shouldn't have been spent sitting inside in a class room. Also had the first physics test of the year this afternoon.....uhhh yeah.... I'll be extremely pleased if I manage to get a 50% on it that's how hard it was...nearly started crying half way through out of frustration. But it was a wonderfully magnificently beautiful day and I went to the mall after school so it was a pretty good day. I hope it's like this on Saturday.....I'm going tailgating with a friend! YAY!!!

Have a great ROTD!!!

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geauxtigers  - Sep 20, 2006 6:38 pm (#2341 of 2976)

Thanks for everyone's advice, I'll save the trouble and space and just ditto what Ginny said. I'm gonna stick it out, I think.

I'm pretty sure I failed the Physics test too, oh well, I can't change it, so I guess I shouldn't worry just yet. Whats done is done.

Well lots to do...I have a Bible test tomorrow...I think I need to make some coffee to keep me up long enough to study for it. I can't help it, its just not interesting...then some math, but thats it. I love and hate how teachers give tests within a day of each other. You get really stressed out because you have so much to do, then when its over you have nothing to do because we had a test and are starting something new. Well tomorrow I shouldn't have much, everyone gave us tests either today or tomorrow!

Grey's Anatomy tomorrow!!!! AHH I can't wait! I've managed to watch the first 2 DVDs, 10 episodes! I can't wait!! Can you tell I'm excited?

Okay night everyone!

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Mediwitch - Sep 20, 2006 6:43 pm (#2342 of 2976)

Oh, kabloink, congrats on the new little one! SmileyCentral.com

juliebug and Starling, welcome to the forum.

I'm sorry I missed Talk Like a Pirate Day yesterday...looks like you all had fun!

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juliebug - Sep 20, 2006 7:35 pm (#2343 of 2976)

I LOVE Grey's Anatomy! How were the DVD's? Any good bonus features? I am a big bonus features fan?

Hello to you Mediwitch. Thanks for the greeting.

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geauxtigers  - Sep 20, 2006 8:28 pm (#2344 of 2976)

Juliebug, there are 4 extended episodes and several interviews in the bonus features I believe. I haven't had a chance to watch them yet, I've been too busy with the episodes! There are 27 spread over 6 DVDs. We are on DVD # 3! Speaking of I need to get back to it and finsh up my Bible study guide!

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Ydnam96 - Sep 20, 2006 8:59 pm (#2345 of 2976)

The Season Two DVDs are great! Can't wait till tomorrow night!

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painting sheila - Sep 20, 2006 9:03 pm (#2346 of 2976)

My favorite quote of the day:

“My second favorite chore is ironing. The first being - hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I pass out. “ Erma Bombeck.

So clotted cream is like unsalted butter. It didn’t have much of a taste if I remember correctly.

I ate a deep fried Snickers bar at the State Fair once. It was wonderful! HAHAHA! They dipped a frozen Snickers on a stick into a big vat of batter then deep fried it for a couple of minutes maybe. Then they would roll it in powdered sugar if you wanted and drizzle it with chocolate sauce. They were deep fried Twinkies, too. My husband and I split the Snickers so I didn't feel toooooooooooo guilty about it.

Juliebug and Starling - Welcome Welcome! and welcome to the newest baby on the block, Kabloink! I love the smell of new born babies (sigh)

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Tazzygirl - Sep 20, 2006 11:33 pm (#2347 of 2976)

Juliebug- the Grey's Anatomy season 2 is great. I haven't had a chance to watch the bonus features yet, but I think I'll do that before I watch the season 3 premier tomorrow night. Watching the episodes straight through also helped me to see what clues I had missed before.

(Do I get the award for sitting straight through the 20 hours of the 27 episodes in one weekend? )

Ginny and Tori- only 10 hours more to go before you finish the series!! Get moving, girls!

Back to the homework...

~Kristina

(I also pronounced scone like cone... )

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Regan of Gong - Sep 21, 2006 1:57 am (#2348 of 2976)

Richard Hammond! Crashed at 300mph while filming for Top Gear! He's in a serious but stable condition. I don't want to lose another personality like that...

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azi - Sep 21, 2006 2:10 am (#2349 of 2976)

Scone Palace is beautiful! The library doesn't have many books though...

I forgot to welcome juliebug and Starling earlier. I guess you just merged in with us straight away.

It is a shame about the crash with Richard Hammond. Hopefully he will get better though! Apparently he could tell doctors where he was in pain after the crash so that's got to be good news. **healing charms**

Healing charms Mandy!

Marie, can't remember if I mentioned Amy earlier, but she sounds like trouble!

Painting Shelia - Love the quote!

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Starling - Sep 21, 2006 2:28 am (#2350 of 2976)

Thanks, azi, I do have a habit of elbowing myself into places and making myself at home!

Richard Hammond: I don't know. I never watch TV. I don't have a TV! And when I still had one I never watched Top Gear.

Phonetics: spot the linguist. Part of my job is to judge new brand names, and I have to write down all the words phonetically to show them how I would pronounce it. Mostly not much fun, except when you get unfortunate brand names such as "Body Moments". Heehee!

Martje

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Snuffles - Sep 21, 2006 2:51 am (#2351 of 2976)

I echo azi's comments. Welcome juliebug and Starling. What part of the UK do you live in Starling?

Eek Marie . Amy sounds lovely.    Thank goodness you found out early before she got your girls into any more trouble.

We were watching the weather on Sky news last night when the 'breaking news' came up about Richard 'hamster' Hammond. I really hope he is ok. He is definitely my favourite presenter on Top Gear, he is also fab on Brainiac. He crashed at 280mph but they think that he did break the land speed record of 300mph on one of his earlier attempts.

on the scones comments, I pronounce it with the long 'o'.

We have the plasterer coming tomorrow. My house is going to be white dust for days to come

Julie

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Tazzygirl - Sep 21, 2006 3:14 am (#2352 of 2976)

I hope Richard Hammond is okay!! I love Top Gear- although I can't seem to find it on Discovery anymore, so I think they stopped showing it here a couple months back.

September definitely needs to move into October. Too many accidents and sad stuff going on!

Off to bed. After midnight, and I need to get up in about 4 and a half hours.

**Quick Fix charms to Snuffles' house**

~Kristina

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Marie E. - Sep 21, 2006 5:24 am (#2353 of 2976)

It's raining and 39 here. Brrrrrrr! Guess Fall's arrived with a bang!

I had a long talk with Shayla last night. I got the impression that she's not strong enough to stand up to her friends just yet. When I told her that when her friend is doing something that she knows is wrong she should say something Shayla replied, "But I'm not that kind of girl, Mom." This does not bode well for the teen years. Yesterday at school "Amy" told Lexie that "she's never speaking to Shayla again, never!" Whatever! I told Shayla that's she's just mad because she's grounded and has to pay for the new screen. We haven't worked out who exactly pounded on the doorknob with the cement chunk, but it still works for now. It's harder to unlock and has all these scrapes on it.

On top of it all, I found out on Monday that the director of our daycare is leaving next Friday for new job. At first they didn't even have a replacement but yesterday they found one. The new director is already a director at one of our other centers, so I already know her. Transitions like this are always so stressful. I hope it goes smoothly. By the way, the new director just had a baby girl a month ago and named her Shayla!

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Starling - Sep 21, 2006 5:34 am (#2354 of 2976)

Well, I'd say "good riddance", Marie!

Mind you, my boy is just as bad at "talking back". His dad isn't helping, he's a bit of a doormat too. It doesn't bode well for the teenager years, indeed.

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painting sheila - Sep 21, 2006 5:50 am (#2355 of 2976)

Marie - I can't give any advice on this one. My son is a bit of a follower and one of my daughters is just the opposite. She speaks her opinion and tells everyone just what she thinks to her detriment. The other daughter is just right, kind and thoughtful and gently leads people to the right choices - sounds like the Three Bears doesn't it!

I am sure not being "that kind of girl" means she doesn't want to be mean. She has a tender heart and doesn't want to have arguments around her.

One of my friends just had to stop all of the neighborhood kids from coming over - period! They were being mean to one of her boys and the other one was picking up language he shouldn't even be hearing much less saying. Anyway, she feels like a pariah on her block now, but says it is worth it to get the riff raff away.

Don't you jut love being the parent sometimes! (HUGS!!)

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juliebug - Sep 21, 2006 5:59 am (#2356 of 2976)

Thanks to all for the warm greetings. They feel especially nice on this unusually cool morning.

Good luck to Marie and her dilemma. I wish I had some sage advice to offer, but all I know how to do hope for the best for you.

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haymoni - Sep 21, 2006 6:34 am (#2357 of 2976)

My biscuit recipe is on the back of the Bisquick box or in one of these Pillsbury tubes in the refrigerated section.

Slacker Moms Unite!!!

I do a lot of role playing with my kids - I'm the mean kid and they have to respond to what I'm saying. My daughter never wants to say mean things, so her versions usually end with her telling the mean kid "I don't want to do that." and turning her back and walking away.

I've never had to ban a kid from my house, but I have stood there and watched every move they made. My son is now 13 and he doesn't like it - he'll tell me that I am making judgements about his friends. Yes - I am!!

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painting sheila - Sep 21, 2006 6:38 am (#2358 of 2976)

You go, haymoni!

I tell my kids that all teenagers are guilty until proven innocent. I assume they are up to no good and am usually happily and pleasantly surprised.

We had to have the reminder about "guilt by association" talk before school started his year. I think it is great when they see a kid who is struggling and want to help them - but they have to be careful how they do it. They want to make sure they are lifting up and not getting dragged down.

edit: I am being a HUGE Slacker mom today! I am still in my pj's and plan on going back to bed for a little nap while Doodle Bug is at pre-school. I love my bed! Ilove my pj's!

edit again: Slacker Mom's Unite - SMU. We need t-shirts. (wrinkled t-shirts with stains on them)

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juliebug - Sep 21, 2006 6:48 am (#2359 of 2976)

I agree, Slacker Moms unite. I too am still in PJ's. Unless we are going somewhere in the morning, I often wait until my two year old is napping to get cleaned up and dressed for the day. PJ's rule!

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Denise P. - Sep 21, 2006 6:51 am (#2360 of 2976)

We have banned one kid from the house and from all contact with our kids. This little hooligan lives behind us. He does nice things like shake baby birds out of nests and then stomps on them, our neighbor had a fish pond and this kid took sticks and stabbed each fish through and pinned them against the bottom of the pond...that kind of thing. These were really big koi, not cheap fish. We had reservations about him from the start and strongly encouraged our kids to NOT go to his house. As soon as we started seeing very troubling things, we cut contact. He was only about 7 at the time, he is 13 now. That has been the only time we have actually said "No, Boy is not welcome here and you are not allowed to go to his house."

My biscuits also come from Bisquick and Pillsbury.

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Starling - Sep 21, 2006 7:36 am (#2361 of 2976)

The neighbouring kid is odd. He bullies my son at school, but he's always really disappointed when he knocks on my door and realises my son isn't in. He's fine with him at my place.

One thing REALLY annoys me, though, and that's the fact that he will not tidy up. I've tried threats (and carried them out, I always do) and all sorts, but he will NOT do it. I've never met a kid who wouldn't eventually do what he was told.

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Snuffles - Sep 21, 2006 7:46 am (#2362 of 2976)

I remember my niece going through that stage. In the end, if her room or whatever needed tidying up wasn't done, then she wasn't allowed out with her friends. If it meant she didn't go out for 2 weeks then so be it. She eventually got fed up of her own company and did as she was asked. I don't know who suffered more, my niece or her mum!!

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HungarianHorntail11 - Sep 21, 2006 8:58 am (#2363 of 2976)

Welcome juliebug (another Julie ) and Starling!

Denise, that neighbor boy sounds like Sid from Toy Story. What is up with the parents? How did they handle the fish and other torturing incidents? Heads up because he has all the earmarks of a mass murderer/serial killer.

Marie E., Priscilla has had those, "I'm not going to be your friend any more/I'm not talking to you anymore" situations. My response to her is, "Who is missing out???" Lexie can be confident in knowing that it is Amy's loss because Shayla sounds like a kind girl.

Strengthening and healing charms to Hammond.

Kabloink, congratulations on baby Ian!

Baby napping. The big ones at school. Need to do some dishes then I'm free to go quilt! - Puck What is this freedom you speak of?

Maria

EDIT: Yikes! I see I need to make a slight update on my avatar! Arrrr!

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Starling - Sep 21, 2006 9:13 am (#2364 of 2976)

Your avatarrr be scarrrry, arrrr!

There's an easy solution to the "I'm not talking to you anymore" situation: only play with boys.

Or do the Voodoo thing Lilo does in Lilo in Stitch. "My friends need to be punished". Has me in, um, stitches every time.

Martje

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Denise P. - Sep 21, 2006 9:21 am (#2365 of 2976)

The parents of the kid are there in body and not much else...they pretty well ignore everything.

I went shopping today and was moaning to Mr. Denise about the lack of treacle in the store but that it carried golden syrup. A lady walking by hear me, turned out she was English. She said that there was no difference and she always uses golden syrup when a recipe calls for treacle. Now, I could have sworn treacle was darker and has a different taste. Can anyone clear this up?

I will have to go post this on the YKYAHPFW thread....as I passed the bakery, they had blueberry scones! Of course I got them and will see how they compare to biscuits. For my fellow Americans, I will tell you they look similar to a biscuit, not as smooth and look to be similar in shape to a drop biscuit (rather than rolled. Guess what I am having with lunch?

Obviously, my store has a lot of international items since we have a large population of other nationalities around us from the military.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Sep 21, 2006 9:32 am (#2366 of 2976)

There's an easy solution to the "I'm not talking to you anymore" situation: only play with boys – Starling

That works until middle school when the boys' voices start to change.

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D.W. - Sep 21, 2006 9:43 am (#2367 of 2976)

Denise,

Treacle is definitely different to golden syrup. Darker and thicker. However many Brits do substitute golden syrup for treacle in recepies and over the years I think golden syrup is now used more often than treacle & therefor maybe somepeople think it's the same thing.

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painting sheila - Sep 21, 2006 9:48 am (#2368 of 2976)
Edited Sep 21, 2006 10:50 am

The Koi Boy is scary! Do the authorities not do anything about him? What are his parents like - please don't tell me they are the "boys will be boys" type.

edit - I remember reading some thing about young children that hurt/ torture animals have a tendancy to move onto peole when they are older. Poor kid needs some help. But who do you go to?

edit again: off of the subject but very gross! I bought something called Urine Out to take care of the dog accident on the carpet. The kit came with a black light to help you find the "stain" on the carpet so you can get rid of every little bit. Of course my 5 year old is fascinated by the black light and took it into the bathroom and turned off the lights to see the white towels light up. GROSS!! White towels weren't the only thing that lit up! Let me just say that having the teenage kids clean the bathroom is not a good idea. I will be grabbing the bleach bottle and black lighting every corner of our bathrooms! eeewwww!! . . .maybe I Should show them what turns up under the black light first . . . .

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Starling - Sep 21, 2006 10:02 am (#2369 of 2976)

Golden syrup is much sweeter and has a very different taste from treacle. If you substitute, you end up with something tasting completely different. I like Dutch "stroop", not as sweet as golden syrup, not as strong as treacle.

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juliebug - Sep 21, 2006 10:07 am (#2370 of 2976)

Hi Hungarian Horntail. I think your avatar is awesome. It cracks me up everytime I see it. Yes, I am another Julie. I (as I'm sure all the other Julies here are) very used to being another Julie. It's a common name, but we wear it with pride

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Puck - Sep 21, 2006 10:33 am (#2371 of 2976)

Scone Palace is in Perthshire and is the original resting place of the Stone of Destiny. So, would it be pronounced "stoan" or "stawn"?

LOL, about ironing Sheila!

Freedom is those moments when any children at home are sleeping and I decided to ignore my messy house.

Seriously, Denise's neighbor needs some help. Hurting animals is a serious sign of trouble.

Diva is about to perform her "show".. Need to go take my seat!

Kathy

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Denise P. - Sep 21, 2006 10:47 am (#2372 of 2976)

My take on the blueberry scones I got: they taste like a drop biscuit that had blueberries put in LOL They were also better once I heated it up a bit and probably would have been good with some butter. Rhys liked them.

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Starling - Sep 21, 2006 11:16 am (#2373 of 2976)

Scones are only really nice when they're really fresh and the outside is still slightly crunchy. I'm lucky there are a couple of shops in Lancaster that sell them freshly baked! The prepacked ones you buy in the shop aren't very nice, really.

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Winky Woo - Sep 21, 2006 12:48 pm (#2374 of 2976)

I am definitely in the s-con camp! I am not posh at all, having grown up in Liverpool, but there was never any debate in my mind, and I believe the Queen says s-con too!

After all the old christmas cracker joke " What is the fastest cake in the world? 'scone!" (It's gone!) wouldn't work if it rhymed with cone!

Had a wonderful day yesterday, reading for hours, then shopping for a new sofa (Wedding present from my Mum!) Had some great Tapas with a glass of wine, and finally got my engagement ring!

We've known we we're getting married since last year, he did the big "proper" Paris proposal in February, we actually got around to setting the date mid-August but we have only got the ring now, 9 weeks before the Wedding! Slackers United! It was my fault as he wanted me to choose it and I was too indecisive, I mean they are all so gorgeous how can you chose just one? So we've taken several trips since last year, but I kept putting it off... Anyway I am now the proud owner of a "brilliant cut" diamond solitaire. I keep staring at it so much...and grinning...

Off to polish my "bling"

love Winky x x x

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juliebug - Sep 21, 2006 12:51 pm (#2375 of 2976)

Congrats Winky! I think August weddings are great, mine was Aug 5. I wish you much happiness!

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Viola Intonada - Sep 21, 2006 1:19 pm (#2376 of 2976)

Denise, treacle is the same as molasses.

Edit: Alright, I did a tad bit more research on treacle vs. molasses. Molasses is a byproduct of refining raw sugar and treacle is a syrup made from sugar. Just realized this still didn't clear up much in my mind, back to more research...

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haymoni - Sep 21, 2006 1:37 pm (#2377 of 2976)

Winky - I remember the first time I went to church after getting my engagement ring. The light came through the stained glass windows and my ring just lit up! I tilted my hand to the left and to the right, watching the light patterns dance on the bald head of the gentleman in front of me. My mother was shooting me nasty looks, but I really didn't care. Best Wishes to you!

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Viola Intonada - Sep 21, 2006 1:50 pm (#2378 of 2976)

No luck on defining the difference between molasses and treacle. Some sources said they were the same, some didn't with no real clear difference in the process. But they can be used to substitute for each other in recipes.

When I first received my engagement ring, oh so many years ago, I was living with a family for my last summer of college. All the "Moms" were gathered around looking at my ring, then took a look at theirs and promptly went home to clean their rings. Now that I look at my ring, I think it is long overdue for a cleaning....

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painting sheila - Sep 21, 2006 2:03 pm (#2379 of 2976)

weddings - yeah!! Flash that bling! Soon enough it will have baby powder and diaper rash cream in it. (that's fun too though! . . .the babies - not the diaper rash.)

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The giant squid - Sep 21, 2006 2:31 pm (#2380 of 2976)

On a completely unrelated note (I don't eat scones, don't have an engagement ring & don't have kids--unruly or otherwise), I've finally completed my Robert Heinlein collection. Yesterday Amazon dropped off the (finally) reprinted Time For The Stars and Robert Heinlein's Variable Star by Spider Robinson. The latter was written by Robinson (my second-favorite author) from a detailed outline & notes found among Heinlein's estate. I'm about 1/3 of the way into it & it's really good.

Okay, technically, I don't have a complete collection... There are two of his non-fiction works, Tramp Royale and Letters to Ginny, that I haven't been able to track down. I've got all the non-fiction, though.

And in a weird bit of serendipity, while I was reading Variable Star last night (okay, this morning--about 3AM), I had the TV on in the background. They cut into the late-night repeat of Conan O'Brian to show the space shuttle landing. Here I am, reading a book from two of the biggest proponents of the space program watching an honest-to-God spaceship landing. It was a real sci-fi geek moment.

--Mike

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 21, 2006 2:56 pm (#2381 of 2976)

(Do I get the award for sitting straight through the 20 hours of the 27 episodes in one weekend? )

Ginny and Tori- only 10 hours more to go before you finish the series!! Get moving, girls!

LOL I think you do deserve an award! **hands over a giant autographed picture of Patrick Dempsey** I'm workin on finishing it up! Half way through disk 3! SEASON PREMIERE TONIGHT!!!!!! I've been so excited all day!!!

Sheila, I know what you mean about the black lights! I have a pen that writes invisible and then you shine it with a black light to read it. I was writing in dark one night, and I think that was the point when I started to really want wood floors in my room! It was sooooo Gross! No idea there were that many stains on the carpet that aren't visible to the naked eye!

Have a great ROTD!!

oh yeah...

GREY'S ANATOMY SEASON 3 STARTS TONIGHT!!!

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legolas returns - Sep 21, 2006 2:58 pm (#2382 of 2976)

I really don’t know why but anyone would think that you were excited about the evenings TV. Its just a hunch Virginiaelizabeth

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kaykay1970 - Sep 21, 2006 3:09 pm (#2383 of 2976)

Here I am, reading a book from two of the biggest proponents of the space program watching an honest-to-God spaceship landing. It was a real sci-fi geek moment. -The Giant Squid

I had a similar book experience. But it was creepy instead of cool! I was reading Stephen King's The Regulators. All of a sudden I heard horses running down the street in front of my house. When I peeked out there were 2 vans following the horses trying to round them up! The Regulators being a book where a small suburb starts looking more like a wild west picture show with people in vans shooting at folks at random, I was a bit surprised!

Edit: It just occurred to me that Stephen King used the name Richard Bachman when he wrote the Regulators. So I guess that should have been Richard Bachman's the Regulators...

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 21, 2006 3:11 pm (#2384 of 2976)

LOL legolas! Just a little! Won't be that big of a deal if I missed it! I'm sure Kristina is feeling the same way!

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geauxtigers  - Sep 21, 2006 3:39 pm (#2385 of 2976)

AHHH!!!! I'm so excited about Grey's Anatomy!!!

Marie, Amy does sound like a trouble maker. I don't think we've banned anyone from our house. There are people that I probably wouldn't want to come to my house, but then I'm not really friends with them anyway so they probably never would. I was the kid who never wanted to stand up to my friends. I didn't want to be mean. I remember my mom telling that my best friend was walking all over me. When I finally learned that I couldn't let her do that to me, things got much better. This was about 4th grade-ish. She is still my best friend today. We've been really tight since about 2nd grade. I have a quote that I just love. "Hold on to your best friend, because I bet that in your entire life, you won't find anyone else like them." Its very true, my advice, stick with her true friends, because you should be able to trust them and vise-versa. Amy doesn't sound like the kind of friend to trust...

Okay so I just ate Vegetable soup, burnt my tongue, and decided that ice cream was in order to cool my tongue down.

Today was a cool, gray day. I dunno what the temperature was, but I don't think it was more than about 82F 27C. It was pleasant, but the pool was freezing! You take for granted that the sun hadn't been out all day to warm it up!

Ahhh well I'm waiting for Ginny to get out the shower so we can watch more Grey's Anatomy before the season premiere!

Have a great day everyone!

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boop - Sep 21, 2006 3:41 pm (#2386 of 2976)

Mandy, I am sending healing charms your way.

Thank you for all the healing charms they are working.

Everyone have a great weekend.

Have great rest of the day.

hugs always

boop

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Tazzygirl - Sep 21, 2006 4:00 pm (#2387 of 2976)

Ginny: **hands over a giant autographed picture of Patrick Dempsey**

**places giant autographed picture of Dr. McDreamy (aka Patrick Dempsey) on wall**

~Kristina

To those of you who don't know, Dr. McDreamy is the nickname of Dempsey's character, Dr. Shepard, in the show. I did not create it, although it fits perfectly!

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Madam Pince - Sep 21, 2006 4:03 pm (#2388 of 2976)

It was a real sci-fi geek moment. --Squid Mike

You are truly dedicated. Should you ever wish to borrow my Star Trek Communicator Badge pin, just let me know. (Although it might look kind of weird on a guy, not to mention a squid, but then again we geeks don't really care if we look weird, right?)

Denise, did you have to have a talk with the parents of Koi Boy in order to keep him away, or did you just talk with your own kids? That is one thought that makes me cringe -- having to talk to other parents if their kid is being horrible. Or having other parents talk to me if my kid is being horrible. Guess I have a lot to look forward to, and it's fast approaching! I am already somewhat worried because Little Pince seems to be the only kid on his soccer team who does not yet understand that you simply cannot push somebody out of the way when they are trying to take the ball away from you!

Psssst.... hate to rain on everybody's parade, but Dr. McDreamy is a "cheater-cheater-pumpkin-eater!" Can't like that man... Oh well, enjoy the evening if you're so inclined! One good point, I thought, was that I read an interview with the actress who plays Meredith Grey, and she said that she heartily disapproves of marital cheating (refreshing to hear that from Hollywood!) and so she said it was difficult for her to play the part sometimes, and she hopes that Meredith will end up with some guy who's actually available...

Edit: Julie, I had high hopes for the bomb-squad guy... sigh... oh well. He just went all to pieces...

Edit2: You guys are going to watch Grey's instead of C.S.I. to see what Grissom and Sara are/were up to??? Now that was an interesting cliffhanger! And they're both available! And don't forget ER -- fifty knuts says Jerry steps through the veil....

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juliebug - Sep 21, 2006 4:13 pm (#2389 of 2976)

I hope she does too Madame Pince. I am a HUGE fan of the show and of Patrick Dempsy (boy did he turn hot!) but would rather not have all this infidelity. Then again, healthy, happy relationships don't generally make for good TV do they. What a shame!

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Madam Pince - Sep 21, 2006 4:17 pm (#2390 of 2976)

I guess it's easy for me to criticize because Patrick Dempsey has never done anything for me. I don't get the whole excitement about the hair -- it just looks like regular hair to me. So anyway, I will happily hand over any photo clippings of him to the Forum fanclub!

Captain Picard would never cheat on his wife, and he saves a lot of money on shampoo...

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Ydnam96 - Sep 21, 2006 5:05 pm (#2391 of 2976)

Thanks for the healing charms. I think that the Santa Ana winds (Not sure how they got their name or whatever) have kicked up allergies I didn't know I had. My eyes, throat, and nose are all not feeling so good. But it's okay. I got to sleep for about 15 hours today

I will be watching Grey's Anatomy tonight (I mean, since there's no Alias what am I supposed to do?). I agree about the extra-marital relationships. I wish that they would put a nix on those. But at least the show has shown that affairs are not all rosey and happy- but that they cause problems. None-the-less I do enjoy the show.

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Mediwitch - Sep 21, 2006 5:56 pm (#2392 of 2976)

Hi Starling! I'm a speech-language pathologist, so I do phonetic transcriptions too, especially when the kids I work with have poor articulation. (When I'm bored in a meeting or workshop, I practice phonetic transcriptions on whatever the speaker is saying. )

Tori: Okay so I just ate Vegetable soup, burnt my tongue, and decided that ice cream was in order to cool my tongue down.

You know, Tori, I think Mr. Mediwitch would really get along well with you...between the two of you, I think you've got more reasons to eat ice cream than Breyer's could come up with! (It's also very good if your sinuses are congested...kind of like an ice pack for your palate! )

Kristina, Dr. McDreamy LOL! One of the paraprofessionals I work with is a big Grey's Anatomy fan, and she is also a big fan of the trooper who does the D.A.R.E. program in our school...she calls him Officer McDreamy! (He is also the father of three of the students.)

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 21, 2006 7:08 pm (#2393 of 2976)

WARNING IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THE SEASON PREMIER OF GREY'S ANATOMY DON'T READ THIS!!!

Greeaaattt season premeir! Very sad and emotional. The flashback of Derick and Addison was particularly hard to watch. Really liked it though. I was a bit freaked by the whole plague thing, and I'm a little dissapointed in it because I generally trust that the show doesn't do the whole creepy disease thing, but they seriously made up for it in the end and didn't take it to the "ER Level" (where half the hospital dies and such) Veryy good.hehehe Derick and Meridith forever!!!! If she chooses to go for him... I've heard that Izzie isn't coming back for a couple of episodes because she's filming a movie. Has anyone else heard this or is it just a rumor?

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Ludicrous Patents Office - Sep 21, 2006 7:11 pm (#2394 of 2976)

Captain Picard would never cheat on his wife, and he saves a lot of money on shampoo... Madame Pince

I adore Captain Picard. Mr. Ludicrous and I watched every Next Gen episode in order. Netflix is wonderful.

I got my Alan Rickman READ poster today. ***Does the happy dance***LPO

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geauxtigers  - Sep 21, 2006 7:12 pm (#2395 of 2976)

Psssst.... hate to rain on everybody's parade, but Dr. McDreamy is a "cheater-cheater-pumpkin-eater!"

That may be true, but he’s torn between who he loves....and he is definitely McDreamy! LOL Typed some stuff in white, I don't know if everyone has seen it yet. SPOILER ALERT! But things are looking better, he just told Meredith that he loved her!! Oh and I'm glad George and McDreamy don't have the plague! How scary! And I just loved Denny, gosh poor Izzy! I wonder if she will get her job back? Dr. Bailey seems to be almost as affected as Izzy with Denny's death and all. I hope she gets better! Okay thats all I can say thats forum friendly! That was an odd episode, but it was soo good!! AHH okay back tracking to season 2. Must finish up!

**healing charms to Mandy**

Night everyone!

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Puck - Sep 21, 2006 7:14 pm (#2396 of 2976)

**waves to everyone**

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kaykay1970 - Sep 21, 2006 7:19 pm (#2397 of 2976)

Healing charms for Mandy. I hope you feel better soon!

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Tazzygirl - Sep 21, 2006 7:23 pm (#2398 of 2976)

I also wish they would cut the cheating spouses out of shows. However, in the defense of McDreamy, his wife did cheat first. While I wish what happened in the Season 2 finale didn't happen that way, I am totally hoping McDreamy and Meredith are finally able to work on their relationship without the extra people inbetween. **is now steering conversation away from topic, as it might not be all too Forum friendly**

Ginny- AHHH! For some reason I thought you were talking about the Finale of season 2 (ignored the 'premier' word... ), and read the in white bit of your post. Didn't hit me that it was tonight's episode. Good thing it made absolutely no sense to me, and I am now refusing to look at it again. But to answer your question about Izzie- In white... Izzie is going to be in the first half of season 3 at least. Not sure exactly what is going to happen with her, as she did quit, but she also was the one that started the whole thing with Denny (which I think is what helped cause his new heart to fail). Not sure if she will be getting in huge trouble from the hospital or not. We shall see! I have to wait another couple hours until the premier tonight!! Ahhhh!

**healing charms to Mandy**

~Kristina

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HungarianHorntail11 - Sep 21, 2006 7:48 pm (#2399 of 2976)

**waves to Puck and all around**

Mr. HH hooked up a cart to the tractor after mowing the lawn and Olivia drove her siblings around the yard in it for a while. It was so cute - they love when she does that! (And it's a great way to learn driving skills!)

EDIT: LOL Mediwitch!

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Mediwitch - Sep 21, 2006 7:53 pm (#2400 of 2976)

**Waves to Maria** Go Olivia!

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 21, 2006 8:29 pm (#2401 of 2976)

I will second the whole cheating spouses thing. It's one of the reason's that I don't like to watch MTV..too much of that stuff. Yet somehow it works with Grey's Anantomy. I'm not sure why. I certainly don't agree with most of the major themes in the show, but I will admit that it's wayy fun to watch! Maybe I just like seeing other people's problems and laughing at how stupid they must have been to have done that! It could also be that you sorta get attacted to the characters and see thier point of view...I dunno. The best part of the whole episode is the very last scene. It was quite a strange one, but was really goood! **waits up to see what Kristina's opinion of it was and what she thinks is going to happen** (if you see it before 10PM forum time)

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painting sheila - Sep 21, 2006 9:23 pm (#2402 of 2976)

Dang! I forgot to have my husband TVO Grey's!!

I want details!! PLEASE!

My son came home today and said he was sent to one of the Vice Principals offices. (They have 3 or 4). He supposedly was in trouble for skipping detention which he didn't know he had from a teacher he doesn't have any classes with. Go figure. The VP apologized and gave him a Jolly Rancher sucker, so all is well. There was another kid there waiting to see the same VP. She told my son that she was in so much trouble from the VP. My son said he wasn't worried about the VP but that his mom was going to kill him when he got home if he had detention! I laughed out loud when he told me that. (sigh) Glad to know all those threats sunk in.

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Winky Woo - Sep 21, 2006 10:47 pm (#2403 of 2976)

Good Morning everyone

Thanks for all the good wishes... I had a good laugh about the ring shinning at the bald mans head in church... I can't wait until its full of baby powder etc but lets not put the cart before the horse as my Mum always used to say! Oh and welcome to the forum Juliebug, I am getting married on the 25th of November- we actually only set the date in August! Yep just 3 months before, well you know us procrastinators leave everything until the last minute!

What a great title for a follow up book after HP7 "Letters from Ginny? I did a quick search and I found this for you Mike, Link

Quite often I find Amazon cheaper though.

Right I should take the dogs for a walk before work

Love Winky x x x

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Starling - Sep 22, 2006 2:13 am (#2404 of 2976)

Hmm. Treacle tastes more licorishy, molasses more burnt. I think.

Engagement rings: I've still got mine. It looks like a forget-me-not in blue topaz. I think I'll sell it on E-Bay.

Patrick Stewart: Yes please! I adore his voice. Saw him at the "Voyager - the Return" convention in Blackpool a few years ago, he was a surprise guest. That was one great con, they had all the major Voyager actors there, and they were all really entertaining.

Patrick Dempsey ... sounds familiar, but I can't place him.

Wow, I've not had a TV for so long that I seem to have missed every series that's on at the moment! Except for Dr Who, that is, I borrow those from my ex, who records them.

General: Had a nice night out with the Dutch ladies last night. There's an awful lot of them where I live, including another one called Martje.

Martje

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Puck - Sep 22, 2006 3:48 am (#2405 of 2976)

Maria, my hubby would love one of those tractors to mow the lawn. I say our yard isn't that big, and he needs the exercise. It amazes me how many people around here sit and ride to mow the lawn. (Some have pools, extra parking spots, and treed areas taking up much of the yard, so they really only need to make a few passes with the lawn mower.  )

I think I should go clean my engagement ring.

Kathy

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Good Evans - Sep 22, 2006 4:57 am (#2406 of 2976)

HI !!!!

I hit the "magic" button so I only have a vague idea what has been going on on this thread!

Winky - your ring sounds lovely - I recall how I would just look at my ring for ages - it has solid shoulders (so kind of looks like the next generation insginia thingy - to link with other conversations on here!). I think it is in need of a clean actually!

Mandy - strengthening charms to you

love and hugs to everyone

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The giant squid - Sep 22, 2006 4:58 am (#2407 of 2976)

Should you ever wish to borrow my Star Trek Communicator Badge pin, just let me know. (Although it might look kind of weird on a guy, not to mention a squid, but then again we geeks don't really care if we look weird, right?)--Madame Pince

Hey, I've worn weirder stuff. I wore a jedi outfit to work on the opening night of Episode III.

I did a quick search and I found this for you Mike--Winky Woo

Thanks, Winkster! I'll have to check the finances & see how much I can afford to bid (sure, it's only $3 now, but wait until 5 minutes before the auction ends...), but you may have brought me one step closer to a complete complete collection.

--Mike

EDIT: Well, my greed got the better of me; I've placed a bid. I'll know in 4 days, 15 minutes whether or not I own a copy of "Tramp Royale".

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juliebug - Sep 22, 2006 5:25 am (#2408 of 2976)

I think fall weddings are beautiful too Winky and am sure yours will be great, even though you only set the date in August. I've seen great weddings come together on even less time. Happy people makes a beautiful wedding, so I wish you all the happiness in the world.

Can't remember who asked earlier, but Patrick Dempsy was a pretty well known movie star in the 80's. He was tall and very skinny. His best known movie are Can't Buy Me Love where he plays the geek that gets the girl, and Loverboy where he plays a broke pizza delivery guy who romances lonely housewives for money. Both are comedies. After the 80's he didn't get a lot of work. Before Grey's, the only part I can remember him playing is the police detective in Scream 3.

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geauxtigers  - Sep 22, 2006 5:38 am (#2409 of 2976)

I would give a recap for you, Sheila, but I have to go to school! Uhh I know, don't you hate that. Try looking on ABC. com and finding the show. They always give a recap!

Off to school, have a great day! Its pouring rain here....

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Denise P. - Sep 22, 2006 7:16 am (#2410 of 2976)

Squid Mike, what is the housing market like in the Las Vegas area? Mr. Denise is considering applying for a job that would send us there. Before he does, I would like to know the housing market to see if the salary would be enough to get us a decent house and quality of life.

A great recap, albeit snarky, is Television without Pity. Do a google search..

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haymoni - Sep 22, 2006 7:30 am (#2411 of 2976)

I have loved Patrick Dempsey since "Can't Buy Me Love" - I believe he was in that movie about Harvard with Joe Pesci - he was also in that gangster movie with Christian Slater - I think he played a young JFK also. Then he seemed to fall off the planet. He was in "Sweet Home Alabama". I think he is adorable. Definitely McDreamy.

Is Patrick Stewart married?

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Starling - Sep 22, 2006 9:08 am (#2412 of 2976)

Off the top of my head, I think Patrick Stewart was married to Wendy Neuss, but they've split up. Before that he was married for 25 years to Sheila, er, can't remember her surname.

Denise: I have a friend who's just moved to Vegas, I can ask her too, if you like.

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Holly T. - Sep 22, 2006 9:32 am (#2413 of 2976)

Patrick Dempsey is on the list of celebrities who are dyslexic, which I looked up for my son, who has no idea who Patrick Dempsey is. But he does know who Jamie Oliver from the Food Network is (also dyslexic).

My son busted his knee the other night at Tae Kwon Do and while he can walk on it, it still hurts when he bends it or when it is touched. I am thinking about waiting to see if it's still bothering him on Monday and will give him some ice and anti-inflammatories, etc. over the weekend but then the paranoid mom voice in the back of my head keeps saying "he could be really hurt, take him to the doctor now."

Good news for my daughter--she auditioned for the Nutcracker last weekend and they posted the cast list yesterday--she's going to be a Bon Bon and is very excited about that. Bad news for me, though, as now I have to put all the rehearsals, costume fittings, performances, etc. on the calendar. I am not a good stage mom.

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juliebug - Sep 22, 2006 9:43 am (#2414 of 2976)

Your right Haymoni, I forgot about With Honors (Harvard movie starring Brendan Fraser) and Sweet Home Alabama. I don't remember the ganster, or JFK movies, but I'm sure your right about those too and I just didn't see them.

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haymoni - Sep 22, 2006 9:49 am (#2415 of 2976)

I think the JFK movie was a made-for-TV thing. The gangster movie was about Lucky Luciano (Slater).

Ah...it's lunch time. What to have, what to have. We shall see.

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painting sheila - Sep 22, 2006 9:56 am (#2416 of 2976)

I love "Can't Buy Me Love"! Patrick Dempsey riding the lawn mower with the cowboy hat on in the last scene is great!

Just sent an email to the young-lady-who-is-living-with-us-who-we-would-like-to-have-custody-of's mother to ask her permission to take her on a day trip to New York to see Wicked. I am so nervous she is going to say no - or say yes and at the last minute tell us she can't go after we have bought the show tickets and the plane tickets! Why do people have to be petty and difficult? (sigh)

I am getting ready to make a carrot cake for the cast tonight. We were all dragging a little bit last night. I hope this helps. (When all else fails - apply food)

Have a great day -

She

edit: It's the last day of summer. I feel a litle sad but am sure I will perk up as soon as I carve my first pumpkin. Do you carve pumkins in England?

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haymoni - Sep 22, 2006 10:26 am (#2417 of 2976)

I am guessing that this is a "crossing the state line" sort of thing.

I know there are rules to be followed, but she gave up her right to say no, as far as I'm concerned!

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Madam Pince - Sep 22, 2006 11:42 am (#2418 of 2976)

Good luck on your bidding, Squid Mike! (And just who is this rjpj person who is running up the price?!? Obviously a Ferengi... Hmph!)

Denise, we had some relatives who re-located to Las Vegas last year because they found it much more affordable than the Sacramento, CA area where they were. They also enjoyed the church presence there. But they ended up falling out with their next-door neighbor and so are moving again already. From what I heard from them, the housing market and living expenses can be good, but just be sure you find the right neighborhood. (Earth-shatteringly helpful and eye-opening advice, I know...)

Good luck with the Wicked show, Sheila! And throw a piece of that carrot cake this way, will ya? I like your credo...

Speaking of pumpkins, I heard an ad on the radio today for some local Punkin' Chunkin' festival. Apparently they have every sort of home-made device imaginable to man that is designed to throw/launch a pumpkin as far as possible. They have food and games and all other sorts of stuff, too. It reminded me of the episode of Northern Exposure where Chris flung the piano...

I owe somebody fifty knuts, I guess, because Jerry is still kicking on ER as of last night! Figures... I never get anything right. If it turns out that Snape was really at Godric's Hollow, I'll fall over in a dead faint.

We're heading down to C'ville tomorrow to visit friends. Loopy, I plan to take a clothes-pin for my nose to avoid the stench... again... 24-7???? Blechhhh!

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juliebug - Sep 22, 2006 11:53 am (#2419 of 2976)

Sheila, and anyone else who missed Grey's anatomy last night, it looks like you may have a second chance. According to tvguide.com, and my TV's interactive menu, the season 3 premiere will air again tonight at 8:00 (in Indianapolis, please check your local listings.)

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painting sheila - Sep 22, 2006 12:16 pm (#2420 of 2976)

juliebug! You are my new best friend!!!

I have the TVO set already.

The dad gave us permission and since he has joint custody, he said that is all we need. I went ahead and bought the Wicked ticket. We are mid - mezzanine left of center seats 106-109 and seat 25. (We bought 4 of them a while ago before we had this young lady move in with us that is why we are separated) I hope, I hope all of this works out.

Denise, my son wants to take his "graduation trip" to Las Vegas. Of all the places in the world (or let's say in the US) he could go, he wants to go to Vegas. Ha! He is only 14, so his thoughts may change. He and his friend want to do a big road trip and drive there. I told him that sounded like fun and I didn't mind taking a turn driving. He just looked at me as if he couldn't tell if I was serious or not and walked away. (My poor kids)

The cake is out of the oven and smells great! I am making orange cream cheese frosting. You have a stick of cream cheese, a stick of butter, and little orange juice and a little orange zest - plus tons of powdered sugar. ( I need a glass of milk just typing about it) a

I broke down and bought some Crocs today. Are they popular anywhere but here? Everyone at work swears by them and even a lot of my nurse friends wear them. I just don't see how they can feel that good. At this point I am willing to give anything a try.

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Tazzygirl - Sep 22, 2006 12:18 pm (#2421 of 2976)

**waits up to see what Kristina's opinion of it was and what she thinks is going to happen** (if you see it before 10PM forum time)

hehehe- Grey's Anatomy comes on at 11 pm Forum time here. And I did love the show though! I've had to wait, what, 3 months to see what happened at the season 2 finale??? In white: I don't understand why Dr. Bailey was acting that way! Did the death of Denny and how Izzie feels cause that much hurt in her? I also thought that the hospital seemed in a dream-like state, plague? And did I miss something- when did they first mention/explain plague? At the beginning of the show it was flu diagnoses... I might have to watch it again, I think I missed something. I did like the flashbacks though. And I have a strong feeling that Meredith and McDreamy are going to be together, and Addison is going to go back to New York.

The one thing about Patrick Dempsey that kind of grosses me out is that he was married to his best friend's mom for a couple years in the 80's... They got a divorce a couple years later though, and now he is married to a model, I believe...

I guess I should go get ready, have to meet with a music teacher to go over a lesson I can teach on Tuesday.

Have a great RotD/N everyone!

~Kristina

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Puck - Sep 22, 2006 12:25 pm (#2422 of 2976)

Ugg! Crocs!

I used to tease my Colorado relatives about them, and now they've made their way to New England. (For those who haven't had the pleasure, Crocs are less-than-attractive plastic shoes. Fashion police will catch you if caught outside of your garden with them.) I'm sure Diva will soon be begging for a pair.

Congratulations on Holly's daughter! I love The Nutcracker. Good luck squeezing it all into the schedule. (Healing charms to hubby's knee as well. If he's like mine, come Monday you'll have to drag him into the doctor's office.)

Mike, good luck with the auction!

Baby's awake. Got to go fetch her.

Kathy

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juliebug - Sep 22, 2006 12:44 pm (#2423 of 2976)

Just glad I could help Sheila.

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Denise P. - Sep 22, 2006 1:26 pm (#2424 of 2976)

I love my Crocs! I have a pair of tan ones and my three little ones gave me a pair of sage ones for Mother's Day. I am so not a shoe person but I have two pairs of Crocs. Kierynn has a little pair of Wal-Mart knock off Crocs. They are not the most attractive shoe in the land but they win hands down in the comfortable department. I want to get a pair of royal blue ones next. In the schools, girls go buy a pair in school colors and then swap so they have a left foot in yellow, a right foot in blue. My boys sneered when I asked if they wanted a pair for the summer. After they went to camp, they asked if they could get a pair for next year.

Canadian viewers got to see the second episode of Grey's last night by mistake rather than the opener.

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 22, 2006 2:22 pm (#2425 of 2976)

I love my Crocs as well. They are absolutly the most hideous shoes I've ever seen, but once you put them on they make up for being ugly!

Kristina: I think we are going to find something out about Bailey, maybe an accident or not watching the interns , that affected Denny's transplant or recovery. She was definitely no Nazi last night... No one really was, even Christina, when she climbed up in Burke's lap and just started crying. That was a bit strange. You can still get the Black Plague today if you are bitten by a flea that's been around wild animals, but it's not fatal and can be cured with antibiotics. I definitely thought that everyone was in an odd dream-like state. I think it was the flashbacks that made it seem so odd, yet I'm glad we got to see some of that stuff we've heard about but never seen. What did you think about Meredith's flashback? Think she knows about Dr.Webber and her mom? I still think it was a great episode. Can't wait till next week!! And I think Meredith will pick McDreamy, not McVet ( I really liked his speech and how it paralleled the one Meredith said to him in season 2 "so pick me. love me..." I kept waiting for him to say "so pick me...." but he never did! but Addison is most likely going to stay in Seattle, just a hunch, but I don't think the show would work that well if she was in NY. She's either staying or going to NY and is off the show.

It's FRIDAY!!! Time to finish season 2!!

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geauxtigers  - Sep 22, 2006 2:32 pm (#2426 of 2976)

I broke down and bought some Crocs today. For a long time, I was very against them. Why would someone buy shoes that are so ugly? They probably rub blisters anyway...well all I can say is that I got over that really fast! I'm wearing mine right now, they are good when your feet are wet, like after swimming. You pretty much can't ruin them, they don't rub at all even when they are wet. They are much lighter than the look and just all around comfy! They are good if you are on your feet all day, I think thats why a lot of Doctors and nurses wear them.

Kristina/ Grey's Anat people-> I don't understand why Dr. Bailey was acting that way! Did the death of Denny and how Izzie feels cause that much hurt in her? I was wondering that too. Addison was acting very odd too. Neither was their usually sarcastic, emotion-less selves. The plague freaked me too, it was weird I think I missed it being mentioned too. I think Bailey said something like-the plague?! Then everyone else was freaking out. I turned to my dad and was like what plague? He said the black plague...then it dawned on me that thats what they were decribing when they told the sypmtoms. Anyway, I don't like to talk about that! Its freaky and gross! At least its not deadly, they can shoot you up with antibiotics and stuff today. But still. I'm hoping that Meredith and Derek will get back together, but I like Finn too! (Thats one for YKYHP/LF thread!). I want Addison to go back to NY.

I'll definitely be watching the re-run of it tonight!

Hope everyone had/has a great day!

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legolas returns - Sep 22, 2006 2:41 pm (#2427 of 2976)

Oops-I skimmed the last few posts about crocs and was wondering why so many people kept reptiles? Did not realise that we were talking shoes.

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The giant squid - Sep 22, 2006 3:31 pm (#2428 of 2976)

Squid Mike, what is the housing market like in the Las Vegas area?--Denise P.

Well, the good news is they're building oodles of new houses all the time. The bad news is that the prices have skyrocketed to the point where a new house costs almost as much as they do in L.A. (still less than Sacramento or San Francisco, but that's about it). We live in a fairly average-priced neighborhood, and a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath 2-story runs around $300,000. North Las Vegas and the area around Nellis AFB are cheaper, but it helps if you know how to dodge bullets...

Basically, a house big enough to fit a baseball team of a family will probably run at least $500,000 unless you're willing to do lots of repairs/upkeep in a not-so-friendly neighborhood.

Hmm...it appears I'm still high bidder. Unless this guy decides he can afford more than $15... :fingers crossed:

--Mike

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Tazzygirl - Sep 22, 2006 3:38 pm (#2429 of 2976)

I have not managed to break and buy Croc shoes yet. Can't get passed the ugliness! I have tried on some, just to see what all the fuss about them are, and they are super comfortable! Everyone here has them too. Plus, none of my outfits would match them!

Ginny and Tori- in white... Maybe Bailey is just upset because everything is happening to her interns, and not anyone else's? I don't know. Just a thought! Plague does sound creepy. I think Addison is acting like that, because she did find a certain something, and knew what McDreamy did. Although, I think she would almost expect something like that, as McDreamy did say in an episode last season that he does not love her anymore. (Why would someone want to stay in a relationship like that???)I really like McVet. And he is just sweet. But, did you guys catch this, last season when Doc (the dog) was diagnosed with cancer and had to be put to sleep, McVet hugged Meredith, saying that he was sorry and that he knew she loved him (the dog). She replied 'yes'. Very strong feeling that it was not Doc that she was talking about.... While I feel sorry for McVet, I am still 100% for Meredith and McDreamy. And McDreamy's little speech to Meredith was definitely along the lines of "Pick me, love me..."! Kind of thought it was rude of him to say she had a decision to make. He was the one who had the decision to make throughout last season! grrrr.

~Kristina

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legolas returns - Sep 22, 2006 3:49 pm (#2430 of 2976)

I don’t know anyone with Croc shoes. I must have missed out somewhere because I haven’t seen many in the shops. They don’t sound the most attractive of things- not pretty at all. You could always pretend they are Dragon skin-like the twins coats in OOP.

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Denise P. - Aug 26, 2006 9:48 pm (#2431 of 2976)
Edited Sep 22, 2006 4:33 pm

Regarding Baily ---> Denny has been a longtime patient of hers. When you treat someone for a long period of time, you care more than you would like. Beyond the fact that he was a patient, he also was someone that she considered a friend and a good guy. It looked so hopeful when he got a heart, even under the circumstances, and then it all went away. Of course she is upset. You add in there the fact that she is a new mother, hormones are still not at a normal level, a husband who had a serious injury AND the fact that even though she had no hand in the situation with Izzie, the LVAT wire or that whole mess, she is still ultimately responsible for not supervising her interns. For all that she acts hard, I am sure she is also hurting for Izzie...not for Dr. Stevens but for Izzie, who had her fiance die. It is enough to make even the toughest nut crack. I am not at all surprised that she is reacting this way. <--- Yes, I am a longtime Grey's watcher

Mike, thanks for the info. Mr. Denise only seems to get offered jobs in areas where it is unreal the cost of housing. Yeah, he would get a decent salary on top but I would much prefer to stay here, pay THIS house off before moving somewhere else.

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Finn BV - Sep 22, 2006 4:07 pm (#2432 of 2976)
Edited Sep 22, 2006 4:43 pm

My cousins have crocs, and a few of my friends, but they're not too popular down here in NY.

U muss journey to de ents of de eart –Sheila

Ooh, that's perfect, and I didn't even hear your voice! EDIT: I found the clip online! Go here, and it's about 40 seconds in!! Yay!

Skipped the last 153 posts, because I had a tremendously busy week… at least three and a half hours of homework a night, I'd say, plus with cross-country I was up until at the earliest 11:30…

Anyway, I also had to write two articles for our school newspaper, one of which was front page, my first front page article ever! It was even above the "fold" (the crease of the newspaper), so I am quite elated!

I also had my first cross-country meet on Wednesday, and placed second, of 35. Missed narrowly in the last stretch. (For those who were not around last year, I was undefeated in my eighth grade year.) Perhaps I'll put some pics up of me soon…

Happy to be at the weekend at last!

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Mediwitch - Sep 22, 2006 5:04 pm (#2433 of 2976)

I LOVE my Crocs!!!! I have 2 pair (light blue and butter yellow), and they are the most comfortable shoes I own. My mother kept telling me how ugly they were, until she watched my wash the mud off them with the garden hose. Now she wants a pair. Mr. Mediwitch also mocked me, until one night when he was teasing me about them and he put them on. Then he decided they are really comfortable. (We actually have the same size in Crocs because I am the smallest size in the range and he is the largest.) Now he owns a dark blue pair (which he only wears to go out to the garden, feed the rabbits or run out to his truck to get something he left there). I wear mine all the time - even to school.

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geauxtigers  - Sep 22, 2006 5:22 pm (#2434 of 2976)

Skipped the last 153 posts, because I had a tremendously busy week… at least three and a half hours of homework a night, I'd say, plus with cross-country I was up until at the earliest 11:30…

Ahh, Finn, hits you in the face like a hot frying pan doesn't it! One minute, you have nothing, the next *bang* you're swamped! 11:30 is a really 'early' night for me, its usually past midnight...I never understood why people drink coffee until about 8th grade. Now I know why! LOL!

Maybe Crocs are good for warmer climates, maybe thats why not so many people in New England have them?! LOL, I dunno, I see them at the beach a lot, they are very easy to just rinse the sand off ect. They are worth their ungliness! LOL

Okay G.A. ----> She replied 'yes'. Very strong feeling that it was not Doc that she was talking about.... While I feel sorry for McVet, I am still 100% for Meredith and McDreamy. I caught that too! I also agree with you! Denise, You are right when it comes to Dr. Bailey, she has been through a lot, and I can see where she is coming from, its just weird to see her so not-your-typical Bailey. Anyways I'm going to watch more of season 2. We just watched the "bomb" episode! Its one of my favorite episodes, poor Meredith.

Okay, weird story, I had this 'bracelet' thing that was really a ribbon that had perfume on it. I got in France, it was the free samples at Sephora and they tied them to you wrist as you walked in. Well I had it on forever, mostly because I can't stand having nothing on my wrist. Anyway about 3 weeks ago, I looked up and it was gone, so I figured I'd lost it in the pool. Well today, while doing my pull out under water, I noticed this string thing on the bottom...passed it a couple of times them realized that it was that stupid bracelet! How weird, one and a million, it didn't get sucked up or anything! Now if I'd been looking for it, I wouldn't have found it!

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timrew - Sep 22, 2006 5:41 pm (#2435 of 2976)

Regarding Croc shoes - I can't say I've noticed crocs wearing them - plus, I've noticed that they didn't go in for wearing these ugly shoes, anyway.

I mean, how do you find them in your size? They must shoot thousands of crocs before they find one wearing your size shoes...............

It must be me...................I must admit................I would never step into a dead croc's shoes, anyway..................

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Sep 22, 2006 6:27 pm (#2436 of 2976)

I don't watch Grey's Anatomy (we're Nip/Tuck people)and have no idea what everyone is talking about but you seemed to be having so much with the invisible type I thought I'd give it a try.

My kids took their belt test today in Karate and have now moved up to Blue Belt. They looked adorably serious taking their test and the fact that they never use Karate outside the dojo makes it all the more enjoyable.

We are reading White Fang for our Family Read at night and the kids are crazy over it. The grey cub went out exploring today and got into all sorts of trouble.

I think Lost premieres Wednesday. Since I'm now caught up with all of Season 2, I intend to watch Season 3 from the beginning.

**waves to hard-working Loopy and Catherine and looks sheepishly Chemyst's way (I owe you an email )**

That was fun.

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Puck - Sep 22, 2006 6:41 pm (#2437 of 2976)

Congrats to Kim's Young Martial Artists!

ROTL at Tim's post, as usual.

I don't have crocs, as I'm afraid I would start wearing them in public. (ever since I got a mini-van I have been living in fear of frumpiness.)

Our first Pack meeting was tonight. We're now selling popcorn.

Finn, congrats on both the meet and the article.

Actually, Vegas isn't as expensive as I thought it would be. (I saw an episode of Moving Up on TLC with a tiny 2 bedroom house without much of a yard for about $400,000. Think it was in a NYC suburb.)

Happy RotD!

Kathy

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Holly T. - Sep 22, 2006 6:57 pm (#2438 of 2976)

Kathy, it's my son with the messed-up knee (although the way he was running down the hall at my office and hurdling trash cans made me think it is probably going to be all right, not to mention thankful that all of the stick-in-the-mud higher-ups had already gone home for the day) not my husband (wondering how he could hurt his knee at a meeting in Dallas about oh-so-exciting school construction contracts and policies).

I used to be really tired of the Nutcracker and could have gone years without ever seeing it again. Then my daughter started getting parts in it. Now I have a whole new appreciation for the Nutcracker. Evan my son likes it--he especially liked it last year when his sister was a mouse and she got carried around on stage by an evil giant rat (or an ROUS, if you are a fan of the Princess Bride, as my son is).

Congrats to your karate kids, Kim!

I don't watch Grey's Anatomy or have any Crocs. I feel so left out. I did see a girl today on campus wearing leggings, a tunic, a wide belt, and jellies shoes. I was having a flashback to what I wore in high school. All she needed was the armful of plastic Madonna bracelets.

Congrats to Finn!

LOL, Tim!

I've seen a few LSU stickers on cars lately and it made me think of Tori and Ginny!

I'm teaching Girl Scout leader training tomorrow and then going to our old church's 50th anniversary celebration. At least I don't have to go on the Cub Scout field trip tomorrow evening (open house at the police department).

Have a great RotD/N.

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Denise P. - Sep 22, 2006 6:59 pm (#2439 of 2976)

Congrats to your little blue belts, Kim.

Puck we can't start taking orders for popcorn until Monday. Now, I *know* there are packs doing it already but since I am the district popcorn chair, I have to set a good example. We did sell most of the popcorn we pre-ordered for show and sell though. After Round Up, we more than doubled our boys so we hope we more than double our sales from last year.

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Puck - Sep 22, 2006 7:12 pm (#2440 of 2976)

Oops! Holly, healing charms to sons knee. (Yes, '80's style is coming back in style. I'm hoping to avoid it, as a I have spent the last years ridding myself of unflattering tapered pants. )

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 22, 2006 7:21 pm (#2441 of 2976)

I don't have crocs, as I'm afraid I would start wearing them in public. (ever since I got a mini-van I have been living in fear of frumpiness.)

LOL I don't wear mine in public either as mum got them for me and decided that I'd want them in my favorite color. So I don't wear my flouresent magentay-hot pink Crocs anywhere but around the house. So on top of being ugly, they glow in the sunlight, drawing evcen more attention to them!

LOL Finn, all I have to say is...Welcome to High School! I always went to bed around 10 during middle school. Now I consider it a good night if I'm in bed by midnight! And congrats by the way! I admire runners, as I can't see how they do it! When I was little and very in shape, we had to run a mile for P.E. and I nearly passed out before I was half way done!

I'm trying to put a picture of a Croc for those people who've never seen them!



YAY! It worked! Soo ugly!

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geauxtigers  - Sep 22, 2006 7:21 pm (#2442 of 2976)

LOL at Tim and Kim!

I've seen a few LSU stickers on cars lately and it made me think of Tori and Ginny!

I'm headed out tomorrow actually, going tailgating with my friend, and there is a concert on the parade grounds apparently. Some country group, I think I'll pass...Hopefully someone will be selling tickets outside the stadium, there are always lots of people. So hopefully I can get tickets. We are playing Tulane, so I have a feeling it won't be difficult, but it is homecoming, so then again it might be! Skip Bertman, the Athletics director at LSU (former baseball coach, we won 5 national titles under him ) apparently sent a **Nice** letter to the SEC about the refereeing at the last game. He obviously wasn't happy! Geaux Tigers!

I did see a girl today on campus wearing leggings, a tunic, a wide belt, and jellies shoes. I was having a flashback to what I wore in high school. You wore this in high school...that there says it all! hmmm no offense, but that is still not in style in my opinion! Leggings and tunics, I just don't like it! Someone at my school showed up in something similar the other day...I was wondering if she was headed to a "costume" party or something. Maybe my style is just too conservative. Jeans and a polo/t-shirt and I'm all set!

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Denise P. - Sep 22, 2006 7:46 pm (#2443 of 2976)

I admit it! I wear Crocs in public, I wear Birkenstocks with socks (only if it is snowing or close to freezing)! I will probably wear my Crocs with socks this winter.

Yuck, leggings were ugly in the 80's, they are not any better looking now.

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kaykay1970 - Sep 22, 2006 8:06 pm (#2444 of 2976)
Edited Sep 22, 2006 8:47 pm

I wasn't sure what Crocs were. Thanks for the visual! My niece wears those all the time. I am always teasing her about her shoes. Especially when she wore them with socks in the snow...I was seriously afraid she would get pneumonia! Maybe I'll lighten up on her now. Still don't think I'll be buying them myself though.

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Tazzygirl - Sep 22, 2006 8:15 pm (#2445 of 2976)

LOL, Kim! Congrats to your kiddies and their new belt colors!

Count me in the group that don't think the leggings and tunics look good together. Very not fashionable.

~Kristina

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painting sheila - Sep 22, 2006 9:10 pm (#2446 of 2976)

At work tonight I started noticing everyone with their Crocs, There were three of us on Stage Right alone. Then I looked in the People magazine and there was Terry Hatcher with Crocs in lime green 0 just like mine! My feet feel great tonight. I will see how my hip feels when I lay down and if I can stand in the morning. I wore socks with them (is that a no-no?) Lavendar socks with big orange carrots with lime green tops with my lime green crocs . . hmmmm . . maybe it is a no-no!

Got a really mean nasty email from the mother of Sweet One (The girl that is living with us). She is not giving us permission to take her to see Wicked. (heavy sigh) We are just going to let it lie for awhile and re-visit it maybe in January. Plus, in January the Sweet One will be 17 and may not need her permission. We did get the permission from her dad. He is so nice - just not able to be a steady father right now. I just don't understand mean people!

I LOVE LOST!!! I can not wait for the first episode!!Have you heard any clues as to what is going to happen this year? When we were extra's on One Tree there was a guy there that looked just like Sawyer! When I get around to it, I will put the picture on my profile (can I do that?)

Leggings -HA!! with a Tunic!! HAHA! - with Candies!!! I saw a girl with a jumpsuit on the other day that had the low arm pits - It looked like her sleeves came out of her big wide belt! I so remember that look - and the Flock of Seagulls hair-do! (we can't go back there!! We just can't!)

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painting sheila - Sep 22, 2006 9:19 pm (#2447 of 2976)

Puck _ I saw a postcard the other day with at work by Mary Englebrite(sp?). It was this little girl with a lopsided crown sitting on a throne that said "princess of Quite a Lot!" I thought of you.

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Chemyst - Sep 22, 2006 9:30 pm (#2448 of 2976)

Lavendar socks with big orange carrots with lime green tops with my lime green crocs. ~ painting Sheila

Are you related to Luna Lovegood by any chance?

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Tazzygirl - Sep 22, 2006 9:33 pm (#2449 of 2976)

I thought Lost wasn't starting until the first week of October?

~Kristina

By the way, the bonus features for Grey's Anatomy are pretty good!

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Chemyst - Sep 22, 2006 9:43 pm (#2450 of 2976)

Tazzy, the September 28th episode is a "new" packaging of Highlights of the series' first two seasons, told in linear fashion; character backstories; and a look at the island and its mysteries. So the real season opener of brand new story is the second show of the new season on October 5th. 'Muddy enough for you?

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Madam Pince - Sep 22, 2006 9:57 pm (#2451 of 2976)

TV Guide says this: Lost Season Three starts October 4, and will be divided into two "chapters." They will run six new episodes each Wednesday starting Oct. 4th, then Lost will take a break and ABC will introduce a new series in that time slot called Day Break which sounds a lot like the movie Groundhog Day except the main character is a detective. Then Lost will start up showing new episodes again sometime in February, in time for the sweeps period, and will air 16 consecutive new episodes then.

The reason for this, apparently, is that fans griped last season about having to watch re-runs interspersed throughout the season rather than getting new episodes every week. Personally, I liked the re-runs because it gave you a second chance in case you missed something, but hey... This solution reminds me of what you do to a little kid who complains about something -- you take it away totally rather than give in to the complaint. They did say that there will be a big cliff-hanger at the end of the first "chapter" in November which will leave viewers hungry for February.

Someone asked for Lost tidbits -- according to my TV Guide magazine: (whited out just in case)

1. The writers will tone down the mythology and up the action-adventure.
2. The premiere will focus on Jack, Kate, and Sawyer, who are being held separately in varying degrees of (dis)comfort.
3. Desmond, Locke, and Eko initially "are not together", and Desmond's re-appearance is "a real eye-opener." (I personally think this is a reference to how they sometimes open a flashback scene with a close-up shot of an eye opening, but who knows...)
4. Kate will finally choose between Jack and Sawyer, and it will happen within the first six episodes.
5. There are three new cast members / characters, and the producers say they plan to deal with "who the Others are and what they're up to." The Henry Gale character will become a series regular. Michael and Walt are gone -- for now. Producers say "How and when they return is shrouded in mystery."
6. They say to expect a "major bombshell that promises to change Lost as we know it."


There! All the dirt.

It's funny you guys should be talking about Crocs. I had never heard of them, but on the news today they did a story about how Crocs manufacturers are going to start selling them with a prominent warning label attached, because apparently they can get caught very easily in escalators, causing severe injury. So just be sure to be extra-careful when wearing your Crocs while riding escalators!

Time for beddie-bye -- soccer game tomorrow morning and then a trip to C'ville. Catherine, I will wave in the general direction of your (brother? was it?) to say hi...

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HungarianHorntail11 - Sep 22, 2006 10:38 pm (#2452 of 2976)

Congrats to the karate kids, Kim!

Anyone go for the crocs buttons? I don't have any, but I did own a pair of Candies with the fur inside, at one time.

Mainly lurking, not much time for anything else. Good night, all.

Maria

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Tazzygirl - Sep 22, 2006 10:50 pm (#2453 of 2976)

Thanks for the info Chemyst and Madam P.!! I thought it was starting October 4th, but who knows. I know Gilmore Girls is supposed to be starting up really soon, but I haven't seen any commercials for it. Isn't the WB and another channel combining together to make CW? Huh. Anyways.

Scary about Crocs and escalators, Madam P.! Maria- my teacher has buttons on her crocs- an apple and the other one I can't remember. It's teacher related though!

~Kristina

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 22, 2006 11:03 pm (#2454 of 2976)

Anyone go for the crocs buttons? I don't have any, but I did own a pair of Candies with the fur inside, at one time. Personally I think they're ugly enough without adding the little buttons! I've only seen little kiddies with them here.

**walks away wondering how a Croc could possibly get stuck in an escalator** seriously! laces on tennis shoes would seem to be a much bigger threat to me!

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legolas returns - Sep 23, 2006 1:26 am (#2455 of 2976)

I was having visions of crocodile skinned shoes prior to the picture-ick. Rubber shoes look so wrong in my opinion-that is what they are made of? I have only seen about 1 person in the last 6 months wearing them. There whole get up was ridiculous that the shoes actually made the outfit better . A thing of beauty they are not-even in a pretty pink colour! I am a great believer in comfy feet make happy feet but i don’t think I will be rushing out to buy a pair.

I have never seen Greys Anatomy or the other show people are describing on tv. I get a slight hunch though that people think its not bad .

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The giant squid - Sep 23, 2006 2:21 am (#2456 of 2976)

You're welcome, Denise. Just remember that that was off the top of my head--prices may be quite different depending on where he'll end up working & the neighborhood(s) nearby.

madame P., thanks for the Lost info. I'm gonna have to bust out the season 2 DVDs to get ready!

--Mike

P.S. Finn, you say 11:30 like it's late or something...

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Good Evans - Sep 23, 2006 3:51 am (#2457 of 2976)

Well Luna went to Puppy class last night (she is starting the good canine citizen award). Matthew went with me as he is so non-assertive with her that he needs to learn how to handle her well. now picture this...... a 15 year old self-conscious type with long hair and deep voice, "Luna ..... luna ...... luna come...... come here luna..... come on........" and luna is still weaving around the trainers ankles. She was very sweet and has told him he needs to sound a lot more "fun" with regards encouraging the dog to respond to him, she also advised finding his "inner doggy voice" preferable several octaves higher than in the base of his boots where it currently is!

I nearly died it was just so funny. Matt took it in but said after classes he just can’t speak in a high squeaky voice. I said to him just work on the enthusiasm, that will help a lot!

Luna is behaving brilliantly at home to "Come" and "watch" this morning and has definitely associated the command with reward. Matt is coming over later, we will see how he does!!

Also going to let her off the lead later and see how she does, I am a bit apprehensive but also keen to do so.

wish me luck!

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Loopy Lupin - Sep 23, 2006 5:23 am (#2458 of 2976)

Howdy all. We'll I'm visiting the folks and going to the family reunion today. I've made macaroni salad although I'm a little concerned about it. My hand slipped and two glops of Duke's Mayo went into it instead of the one gloop the recipe calls for. Alas. I'm also grilling some pork loin. w00t!!

Hiya Kim and Catherine! ***waves to Madam Pince**** I cannot wait for Lost to crank up again.

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Chemyst - Sep 23, 2006 5:47 am (#2459 of 2976)

Well, now that it's morning, I finally looked at a calendar and the dates for Lost on my earlier post are Thursdays... so that can't be right ...or can it? The Atlanta TV Guide listing (as of this moment, at least) is showing a "New" Lost re-cap on Thursday morning at 2:05 AM and this page— http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=100272 —has the new "A Tale of Two Cities" episode where "Jack, Kate and Sawyer begin to discover what they are up against as prisoners of the Others" is listed on two different dates! I think they are preempting with local stuff in the regular Wednesday time-slot for the 27th and airing it on delay, and they are just wrong about the 5th. (The news anchors on that station must have sweet contracts because they are frequently tossing network programming to feature them in specials.)
Gilmore Girls is moving to UPN, and since we don't have cable, I guess I'll be watchig House if I watch anything at all.

Don't worry Loopy, 2 glops = 1 gloop. It will just taste more like a "family restaurant" version of macaroni salad.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Sep 23, 2006 6:20 am (#2460 of 2976)

Someone who owns a computer but not a television. (Starling)

A male lawyer who cooks. (Loopy)

A person whose hours are worse than my 1a.m. - 6a.m. hours. (Mike)

This thread never ceases to amaze me.

Maria

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Winky Woo - Sep 23, 2006 8:29 am (#2461 of 2976)

Just popped on to say hi!

I have skipped out of work early as we are off to an autumn ball! I can't wait until Mr Winky is in his Tuxedo later... there really is something fun about getting all dressed up glamourous! so I better go and have a soak in the bath, and try and turn this sows ear into silk purse.

Love Winky x x x

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Puck - Sep 23, 2006 8:37 am (#2462 of 2976)

**snort** "Inner Doggie Voice"

Have fun at the ball Winky!

Puck _ I saw a postcard the other day with at work by Mary Englebrite(sp?). It was this little girl with a lopsided crown sitting on a throne that said "princess of Quite a Lot!" I thought of you.

LOL, Sheila! That was my former title. I was going to pass it doing to my eldest daughter, by she has dubbed her "Princess of the Tree of Terror". (It's from Pooh's Hefflelump Halloween)

Rainy Saturday. Very unmotivated to do any real work. Soccer game in a few hours.

Happy Weekend!

Kathy

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Lina - Sep 23, 2006 8:59 am (#2463 of 2976)

Sheila, I like your idea about SMU T-shirt very much! Strengthening charms to you about the young lady you take care of.

Ginny, Tori and Finn, your amount of homework just reminds me my youngest. She is going to the first grade now and is not supposed to read or write yet. They are just practicing drawing different lines. Some day, last week, she came to me: "Mum, I have so much homework to do, it'll take me more than half an hour!" Ha, ha, poor thing, just make sure that your sisters don't hear you, they'd be happy to have a homework that would be done in half an hour. When I was in high school, it was easier for me to go to sleep around 10 p. m. and to get up at 4 a. m. to study. I'm so sorry that I didn't keep that habit.

Those Crocs shoes, they just look so plastic...

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geauxtigers  - Sep 23, 2006 9:40 am (#2464 of 2976)

AHH I love weekends! I just got up about 11, now I'm sitting at the computer eating oatmeal and reading the forum...

LOL Lina about the homework! I can remember being upset at having to do an hours worth of work...oh how I'd kill to have that back!

Crocs...I'm not sure what material they are. Its not completely rubber and its not completely plastic...I'll have to look it up at some point! They are a weird material....

Going tailgating today, but I have to wait for my mom to get home...fun, so I'm going to watch the rest of Grey's anat. !

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juliebug - Sep 23, 2006 10:56 am (#2465 of 2976)

After all this crocs talk, I've decided I simply must get a pair. I hope I can find them in purple.

Now that I'm sure everyone who's interested in Grey's Anatomy has watched it, any thoughts on the handling of the premie and the teenagers. A blood type test probably would not have ruled out who the mother was. Only type AB cannot produce a type 0 baby. Someone with type A or B can still be a carrier for type 0 and have a 25 or 50 percent chance of having an 0 baby, depending on the other parent's blood type. Wouldn't a pregnancy test have given the answer. That soon after giving birth, pregnancy hormones would still be in the mother's blood. This of course would takr out all the lovely drama with Mrs. Dr. McDreamy and the touching moment when she comforts the young mother.

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boop - Sep 23, 2006 11:45 am (#2466 of 2976)

HI Everyone, Have a great weekend!

Julie(GE), Good luck with the puppy classes. Luna sounds like alot of fun.

Hugs always

boop

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Starling - Sep 23, 2006 12:39 pm (#2467 of 2976)

*googles Crocs*

Oh my, those are ugly. I think I'll stick to my extremely comfy Clark's shoes instead (also clog-like, but with leather uppers with flower appliqué and soft rubber soles). I'm afraid I'm just not the fashion victim type!

*runs away from all the angry Croc fans*



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haymoni - Sep 23, 2006 1:13 pm (#2468 of 2976)

painting sheila - I think you should email that "mother" back and tell her "sorry about your luck" - Dad already said yes. Let her try to take you to court for enriching her daughter's life.

(I am not an attorney. Nor do I play one on TV, but this is just wrong!)

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legolas returns - Sep 23, 2006 1:34 pm (#2469 of 2976)

I am with you Starling-I just googled them. I am very traumatised. A nice pair of quality Clarks shoes never goes wrong.

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painting sheila - Sep 23, 2006 2:36 pm (#2470 of 2976)

Hey everyone. Just popping in between shows. I was able to sleep last night without my hip hurting and . . . My feet didn't hurt at all this morning!! I am buying crocs in every color! They may be ugly - but boy to they feel good.

I don't understand the escalator thing though - hmmmmm will keep my attention focused when I ride one.

Today's crazy socks are pink and wit striped. I do think I may have a little Luna in me!!

I know I heard something about Lost this week on TV. I even backed it up to make sure I heard it right. Maybe it is the last episode from last year - or maybe I am delusional! (Considering my sock and shoe choices of late - that may be the case.)

Have a great day every one - I wish I were going to a Fall Ball!!

PS The crazy mother is just crazy. I would like to see her try and put this nice girl in Juvie Hall. I am taking her to NY and lets see her try and do something about it (GGGRRRR!!)

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Regan of Gong - Sep 23, 2006 3:32 pm (#2471 of 2976)

Are they any good for the beach? If I was going to get some they'd need to be bright red...

Going to go play golf with Dad this morning for a Fathers Day present. It happened a few weeks ago, but it's been difficult to organise with work and stuff. Shpould be good, except it's tipped to get over 30 degrees C (86F) and it's only the first month of Spring here. Anyway, should be good.

I recently switched browsers to Mozilla Firefox and a funny thing's happened with the * people put in front of actions. From Puck's post with "**Snort** inner doggie voice" the first asterisk is a bullet point, nothing new, but now everyone's posts down to Starling's are in line with the bullet point.

You people in America seem to get a lot of homework. It's been fairly cruisy this year, but now with our School Certificate coming up it's starting to pile up a bit, with Assessment Tasks and assignments and things. I jst read in the paper that the amount American kids spend on their homework has doubled since 1981.

Off to golf

Regan

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Loopy Lupin - Sep 23, 2006 4:04 pm (#2472 of 2976)

One of the kids at the Family Reunion today had on Crocs. They look pretty comfortable I suppose, but I can't imagine boys asking for them. Must be the trendy thing.

Anyway, not to abruptly change the subject, but I thought everyone might like to know that as of this week, Lady in the Water has failed to recapture its production budget, even taking into account worldwide box office numbers. My personal glee aside, this is relevant to us because it would appear that, at least at this point, M. Night Sham won't likely get his overrated, hack paws on either of the remaining HP movies. (I say "either" because, as if this crowd doesn't already know, OoP is already in production.)

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ladyinthewater.htm

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Puck - Sep 23, 2006 5:22 pm (#2473 of 2976)

**hands Loopy a beverage with which to celebrate**

Sheila, way to go! Any true "mom" would want her child to have the experience. You are a wonderful person to take in a teenager that needs you.

I love my Clarks, as well.

Tazzy, I heard that Gilmore Girls is starting on Tuesday at 8pm Eastern Standard Time on the new CW channel.

One of the candidates that was running for the new govenor of my state wanted longer school days and more homework. As students are already over-burdened in my opinion, I was happy he did not win the primary election -and proud that I did my part to prevent it.

My son's team actually scored a couple of goals in today's soccer game.

Off to check 5 words as I put off folding the basket of laundry sitting next to me.

Kathy

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timrew - Sep 23, 2006 5:31 pm (#2474 of 2976)

Thanks, virginiaelizabeth, for showing me what 'Croc' shoes look like.

All those holes puzzled me for a moment - but then I realised, the crocodiles need all those holes, to let the water run out.

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Mediwitch - Sep 23, 2006 5:52 pm (#2475 of 2976)

You go, painting sheila! Stand your ground for your girl! Parents like that make me SOOO !

I wore my crocs to the Big E today (we didn't get to go last weekend with all the other chaos)...I have very flat feet, so being on my feet all day usually causes me a lot of ankle, knee, and hip pain, but everything feels GREAT! It was also no problem that it rained a bit this morning...the shoes just dry right off. (I do usually wear Dansko clogs to work, especially if I have a meeting, but I will wear my Crocs on a "regular" day.) Regan, they DO have red - I almost got the red ones but I already have a lot of red stuff, so I branched out a bit. The middle and high school boys around here are wearing them!

On your Firefox problem, Regan, I used to use Firefox a lot (I switched back to Explorer because the scroll wheel on my laptop does not seem to like Firefox for some bizarre reason) and I never had that problem.

Julie (Good Evans) you made me think about my neighbor with the voice pitch and the dog story. My neighbor is a state trooper, and he has a trained German shepard (they also have one that is a family pet, but one is a regular police dog). Mr. Mediwitch and I love to listen to him out in the yard with the dogs, especially when he praises them with "good dog" - the word "good" is almost higher that I can reach, and "dog" is very low...it sounds so funny!

Hooray to your son's team, Kathy! I am having trouble getting into the FanFiction thread to get to Five Words...are you?

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Solitaire - Sep 23, 2006 7:27 pm (#2476 of 2976)

Don't you people have jobs or homework? I have not yet read the 315 messages posted since my last peek! My personal life has been limited to eating and sleeping this week--no computer time that wasn't work-related--so I am completely out-of-touch. I miss everyone, but I hope you are all safe and well.

Happy belated birthday to everyone I missed this week, and healing charms to all who need them.

Update: My student who was in the accident has come home and will be starting back to school half-days in a few weeks. What a miracle he is! Thanks to everyone who has supported him in thought and prayer. I thought you'd like to know how well he is doing.

Solitaire

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haymoni - Sep 23, 2006 7:42 pm (#2477 of 2976)

That is great news, Solitare.

Of course it goes without saying that you need to sort out your priorities!

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HungarianHorntail11 - Sep 23, 2006 8:12 pm (#2478 of 2976)

How wonderful to hear of your little miracle student, Solitaire!

Reagan, nooooooooo! Don't do it!!! Don't take the Croc plunge! Just kidding. . .or am I?

Just love that blue smile, Mediwitch. (For some reason, all I can think of is a wet, warm washcloth.)

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painting sheila - Sep 23, 2006 8:52 pm (#2479 of 2976)

(dun da . . . dun da. . dun da. . dundadundadunda (think Jaws music here) dun da DUN!) Crocs have invaded The Lion King! One of the touring hair and make up person bought some and wore them today, and one of the stage managers asked to try mine on and said she was going to get some. mwahhahahah - The evil ugly Croc will rule the world . .

Yes. I am a little tired - can you tell.

As far as the politician goes that thinks kids need more homework and longer school days - the public obviously has spoken. I may be in the minority, but I actually like having my kids home. I love having a long summer to get to know them again, reprogram them to our family standards and give them a chance to be bored. I think that is where true creativity is born - in boredom. You need time to let your mind wander and wonder. The school system here in our county is teetering on going Year Round. I don't think I would like my kids only having 3 weeks off at a time. PLus - what about the kids that are picked on in school. Is 3 weeks enough for the hurt and embarrassment to go away? If a child has a longer summer, they maybe can come to grips with why they are being picked on and by the time school starts up again, the bullies may decide not to pick on them again. . .( step, step - that was me getting off of my soap box)

Just ate some of my carrot cake. It is ugly but it is good! May decide to share it after all.

No more nasty emails from the crazy mother. I am hoping she spewed enough for a couple of weeks.

How did the Fall Ball go?

PS I tried to check spelling on this post but it keeps saying access denied. Sorry fot the typos - spelling is not my strong suit. (I guess I needed to go to school year round!)

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geauxtigers  - Sep 23, 2006 8:54 pm (#2480 of 2976)

Juliebug --> Wouldn't a pregnancy test have given the answer.,

I think it was more about the girl confessing than anything. We all said the same thing about the blood type, that was the first thing my dad said. I think that Addison just wanted to girl to confess, it was going to get out anyway, if not through test, guilt. It worked.

Crocs are great for the beach, Regan! Yes we have lots of homework, Hermione would love to go to my school thats for sure! She'd get about 4 hours of homework a night, she'd love it! LOL, we always say at my school, that if you think you're going to have a social life, think again. Socializing is for the weekends and holidays!

Tigers won, beat Tulane 49-7 I think, yeah I know I'm a bad fan, I watched most of it, but nothing was happening except a slaughter, so I ended up re-watching the first 4 episodes of season 2 with my cousin who hasn't seen it yet. I know, I now have 3 obsessions, HP, LSU, and Grey's Anatomy. I'm pathetic! LOL Ahh but time you enjoy wasting was never wasted!

Great news about your student, Soli! I'm glad he is better!

Have a great night everyone! I'm going to watch the last 2 episodes of Grey's Anatomy because I have no life!

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painting sheila - Sep 23, 2006 9:28 pm (#2481 of 2976)

Okay. No more Chat and Greets.

I guess I am the only one on the forum awake at this time of the night. (12:27am EST)

I will just take my keyboard and go home. I can handle rejection . . . .(sniff, sniff)

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Mrs. Sirius - Sep 23, 2006 10:23 pm (#2482 of 2976)

hey boop!

Oh so many birthdays I have missed. Happy birthday....

Like Solitaire I too need to sort out my priorities, I have been severely limited to my time here.

My daughter has just finished reading HBP. Since May, she has read all six books, she will turn 8 years old next month.

On the homework thing our school, (in New England we are undergoing a revolution) all teachers are pulling way back on the amount of homework given. Whereas it took 3 hours for my son to finish homework in first and second grade, now in fifth we can squeeze his homework between all his other activities. At open house, one of my girls teachers just about flat out said she doesn't believe there is any benefit to homework.

Since there have been so many posts it is hard to keep up, I do limit my posts. Happy birthday, anniversary, congratulations.....

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 23, 2006 11:38 pm (#2483 of 2976)

I guess I am the only one on the forum awake at this time of the night. (12:27am EST)

I definitely have you beat! It's 1:32am here CST.

Question...Anyone know how to watch the extended episodes of Grey's Anatomy? I can't seem to find them on any of the disks, yet it says on the box that they are there. We watched the bonus features and such, but can't seem to find out how to watch the 4 extended episodes that they claim are somewhere amongst the disks. Maybe it's just because it's 1:32 AM...

Night!

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Solitaire - Sep 24, 2006 1:42 am (#2484 of 2976)

I'm still awake, Ginny! It's 1:32 a.m. here.

one of my girls teachers just about flat out said she doesn't believe there is any benefit to homework.

I give very little homework, Mrs. Sirius. I do believe it has a place in education, but there are a few caveats: First, there must be a buy-in on the part of the students (and their parents). They must take the work seriously and give it more than cursory attention, if it is to have any value. The kids who are willing to sit down and devote 10-20 minutes to the homework I give (when I give it) usually are a bit more "plugged in" to what we are doing in class. Those kids who do their homework on the bus to or from school (or in front of the TV) don't usually pay much attention to what they are doing, so it is usually messy and has little value to them (there are exceptions, of course). Then there are the kids who just copy the work of other kids, so they have no idea why they have done what they have done.

Homework also has to be fair and not punitive. I may give a worksheet for additional practice of a new concept we have learned in class. On the other hand, I sometimes scratch homework if the kids have nailed the concept easily ... so they know I'm not just giving it to give it. Sometimes a schedule interruption does not allow us to complete classwork--like finishing their story or their vocabulary sentences--so it must be done at home, if we are going to stay on track. I hate assigning reading, though, because a lot of kids either cannot or will not do it on their own ... so I can't depend on it getting done.

My students have work on weekends only if they have not finished their work during the week, if they have requested work ahead of time because they will be gone, or in the very rare event of a test on Monday ... and then their only homework (from me) is to study. I hate working weekends, and I don't see why my kids would be any different.

Solitaire

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Tazzygirl - Sep 24, 2006 1:49 am (#2485 of 2976)

Busy busy day!! Went to my friend's house to pick her up. We were going to go to this Thai restaurant before going to see a children's play that is required by our performing arts teacher. Very warped version of Snow White... One actor played the hunter and the seven dwarves. There was no Prince. The audience was the magic mirror... Also, Snow White was not her usual poor charming self. She was a little stuck up and mean. Very, Very strange version. Anyways, when we got to the Thai place, it was closed. So we decided to go to a pub down the street. That too was closed. Then we got back in the car and drove down to a little shopping area, but of course there was no parking. We gave up temporarily in finding a place to eat, and drove to where the play was being held. Parked the car, and then decided to walk around that area to see if there was any place that had food. We get to a strip mall courtyard thingy, and all of the restaurants were closed, except McDonalds and Taco Bell/Pizza Hut. Had breadsticks from Pizza Hut and then walked back to the theater. The play was only an hour long. Which was good. I don't think I could have taken any more of it. Got back to my house, were we proceeded to work on two group projects this week. It took us from 4 to 9 pm to get one project done, and the other one worked on a bit. Very slow. Oh well. I have tomorrow to do more!

Puck: Tazzy, I heard that Gilmore Girls is starting on Tuesday at 8pm Eastern Standard Time on the new CW channel.

Thanks! That is what I thought, but I can't find it anywhere! Is the CW taking over the WB channel, or moving to it's own space?

Ginny- You can access the extended episodes on the last disc, bonus features. They don't include the whole episode, just the scene that they cut out. I hope that answered your question!

Glad to hear the student is doing wonderfully, Soli!!

I'm forgetting stuff... I know it. Please forgive me. My head is sooooo full at the moment!

Off to bed. So tired... Have a great RotD/N everyone!

~Kristina

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The giant squid - Sep 24, 2006 1:50 am (#2486 of 2976)

as of this week, Lady in the Water has failed to recapture its production budget--Loopy Lupin

I'll try to contain my disappointment. Wait, that's not right...

I guess I am the only one on the forum awake at this time of the night. (12:27am EST)--painting Sheila

Hmm...at the tone the time will be: 1:50AM PST. TONE!

Actually, that's early for me. I'm usually posting between 2 & 4AM, much to Finn's consternation.

(((boop)))

--Mike

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Good Evans - Sep 24, 2006 1:53 am (#2487 of 2976)

Oh dear kristina - that sounds like torture - well done on your willpower of not giving in to McD's or Pizzahut!!! Although according to your handy nutrition site - the ceasar or side salad at mcD's are "ok".

the play sounds a bit odd to say the least, ah well one of life's experiences!

I am off to church in 5 mins - then I've got a PC day with college and stuff so I may be back later.

have a lovely sunday all....

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Solitaire - Sep 24, 2006 2:00 am (#2488 of 2976)
Edited Sep 24, 2006 2:33 am

Why is Finn "consternated"? (You know, I don't believe I have ever used that verb form before! I even had to check the dictionary to make sure it was a real word.)

Tazzy, your play reminds me of some books I have at school. On one side of the book, there is the traditional version of a particular story (Peter Pan, Snow White, Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin ...). Flip the book over and you see the "untold story" version of the tale, usually related by a character traditionally seen as the "bad guy." Kids often use the "untold story" versions as monologues in the Oral Language Festivals, and they are usually hilarious.

Solitaire

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Regan of Gong - Sep 24, 2006 4:06 am (#2489 of 2976)

Yeah, I was reading the paper this morning and saw this article, which got me thinking. I can see the point in doing maths, because you need to consolidate new concepts, and i can see I do better when I do, but lots of other subjects it's just work that teachers can't fit into class. I reckon that we could have done the whole science course in about half the time with a different teacher, but he takes ages to explain things and still gives us homework. This is the main reason I'm dropping all science next year.

Made a mad present for this girl in our class' birthday yesterday. I bought 4 blocks of chocolate, white and milk, and broke it into the individual squares. Then I cemented them together into a pyramid using royal icing. Then I put all these flowers on it (awww) and dusted it with icing sugar and cashous (little silver balls, made of sugar). It looked really good. Then I remembered her dad's a dentist...

Going to bed now

Regan

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Good Evans - Sep 24, 2006 4:26 am (#2490 of 2976)

LOL Regan - what a lovely gift though - you can do that for me anytime!!!!!!!!!!

I am sure she appreciated it anyway, Dentist or no Dentist! Just think of Hermione, she was disappointed at the small chocolate easter egg !!

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Chemyst - Sep 24, 2006 5:59 am (#2491 of 2976)

That is what I thought, but I can't find it anywhere! Is the CW taking over the WB channel, or moving to it's own space? ~ Tazzy

CW is taking over some but not all, WB and some but not all UPN stations. In larger markets that had both, only one will go to CW. Some WB's are joining a "my" network and some are going independent; a few may go out of business. You'll have to check locally.

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haymoni - Sep 24, 2006 8:06 am (#2492 of 2976)

4th grade is supposed to be pretty tough - standardized tests and lots of homework. However when my son was in 4th grade, he hardly brought anything home.

I asked about it at the parent/teacher conference and his teacher said that she had given up. The kids did not bring the homework back, there was no cooperation from their parents - she spent more time writing notes home than planning something creative that would actually make the concepts stick, so she stopped. He brought the occasional worksheet home, but that was it and had a terrific year and really knew his stuff.

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Starling - Sep 24, 2006 8:17 am (#2493 of 2976)

You know, I just realised, I should have said "crikey, those aren't exactly bewdies!" in my last message.

Hmmm, Clark's. I'll wear anything that won't hurt my feet or my hips, and it's quite a chore to find shoes, really. Even the Clark's ones aren't guaranteed to not make me limp (or worse: shuffle like a little old lady at 12 o'clock).

Oh, Haymoni, you've just reminded me, I've got to boot out the neighour's kid and get my son to do his homework!

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azi - Sep 24, 2006 8:41 am (#2494 of 2976)

I've seen Crocs shoes in a few places, but always wondered why anyone would wear them! Clarks were good when I was younger (I think my first shoes are from there), but they aren't my style now. My mum loves Scholl shoes, but alas, expensive.

Visited my uni house yesterday - it's lovely! We discovered we have an annoying doorbell as well, plus enough teaspoons to last us a lifetime! My room has been re-decorated with Ikea furniture! **dances**

I think kids have too much homework now. I point blank refused to do any before middle school (ooo rebellious me ). Whatever happened to being a kid and socialising with friends? Here, they want schools to stay open until 6.30pm and open earlier. High school and above you get what homework you're given, but until that age you should be able to enjoy yourself a bit!

Soli - I like your homework system. I would have been perfectly happy to do that in school!

I looked up Grey's Anatomy online. To be honest, I don't see what's so good! Scrubs seems to be a much funnier alternative.

Regan - you're giving up science? **Can't comprehend ** Don't let boring teachers put you off. I had one like that in school - he'd ramble for 40 mins and then we'd have 20 mins to do all the work required. Lots of homework from that class. Then again, your choice. That cake sounds lovely though!

Lovely days for all - another sunny day here!

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 24, 2006 10:34 am (#2495 of 2976)

I hate assigning reading, though, because a lot of kids either cannot or will not do it on their own ... so I can't depend on it getting done.

I feel the same way. I can't read a book that I'm not interested in while I'm at home and have so many things around to distract me. I never get it done, and then I end up failing every reading quiz because I didn't manage to read the 50+ pages of a book that I have no intrest in what so ever. It sucks big time.

The only classes that I think homework is really needed, is math and science, because it helps to reinforce the material. Even if we didn't have any homework for math and such, I'd probably do some anyway because the only way to understand it is to do a ton of it. But there is no reason why we can't read those 50+pages of reading for english, in class. Instead we go over what we read the previous night, which includes basically reading it all over again, so what's the point of making us read it the night before? To give us a quiz on it to make sure that we did read it?

The problem also lies in the fact that each teacher give around an hour of homework (if you do it correctly) a night and when you add that in with the 6 classes, then that's around 6 hours a night, then throw in the fact that most people are involved in some sort of extra-curricular activity or sports. It's just to much!

Thanks, Kristina, I did watch those, I just thought that they played the entire episode with the extra scence. I wish they would have, as I couldn't figure out which scenes were cut from which episode.

Azi, it really does have a great balance of humor and serious. People come in with odd surgical needs, that are actually quite funny (one guy swallowed barbie doll heads, and another ate his novel, some are twice as strange and odd, but are not very forum friendly ect..) BTW, I like your avatar! Very cool!

off to do some homework!! YAY!!!

Have a great RotD!

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geauxtigers  - Sep 24, 2006 10:42 am (#2496 of 2976)

LOL Regan, thats so sweet of you to make the chocolate pyramid thing!

Homework, when I was in 4th grade, there were 3 4th grade teachers, they all gave a different amount of homework. I got the teacher who gave very little. We did most of our stuff in class, it was a great year for me, she read us SS that year! But I learned a lot and did really well. I think at that age, homework is not cruical to learning the material, this is 9 and 10 year olds we are talking about, they're still kids! 5th grade is really when it kicked into high gear. Haven't looked back since. Still young, but I guess we had to be prepared for middle school, but still 5th grade, thats young.

I dunno I can see having homework, and how it helps especially now, in math for example, I need all the practice I can get, and plus 5 point homework assignments just for doing them really help your grade. I've survived math by doing all my homework, even though I'm usually in the C range when it comes to tests/quizzes. For me its a life saver, motivation to do it beacuse I know that in the end, if you add it all up thats 50+ points added to my grade. However, last year, my chemistry teacher would give us homework, but never checked it. That drove me mad, so I stopped doing it, got lazy about it and then suddenly I was realizing that by the time the test cam around, I had no idea what I was doing, having done nothing for homework. Thats when I don't agree with giving work, at least give us credit for it, or I'm not wasting my time.

But when it comes down too it, each teacher acts like they are the only teacher you have, forgetting that you have 6 teachers, so they load you up with an hours worth...well you get it 6 teachers giving hours worth = 6 hours. You have to draw the line somewhere.

Azi, I love your avatar! I'd definitely name my imaginary boat "Magic" LOL or maybe Gryffnidor or something! Very cool. They should bring Grey's anatomy to the UK! It really is hilarious! I love it! And I don't watch a lot of tv, I bet if you watched it from season 1, you'd fall in love! **Virtually ships season one to Azi**

Okay, need to go clean my room and wash my sheets and do my homework with I know awaits me....But its overcasts out and it just makes me want to stay in bed and read, or sit here and drink my starbucks at the computer...

Have a good Sunday everyone!

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azi - Sep 24, 2006 10:58 am (#2497 of 2976)

Thanks Tori! You can imagine a wizard owning that boat...or at the very least a HP fan! You can watch Grey's Anatomy on Sky, but I don't have that. It may have been on terrestrial TV, but I'm not sure! I'll look it up. Edit- it's on channel 5, which explains why I never bothered to look it up (rubbish programme channel).

...in the end, if you add it all up thats 50+ points added to my grade.

I haven't come across anything like that in this country, but it's an incentive! We do have coursework, but that's generally done in lessons.

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Detail Seeker - Sep 24, 2006 11:52 am (#2498 of 2976)

Regan , I just can´t help assisting azi in your science class issue. Science is the key to understand our surroundings. knowing enough about science (physics, chemistry, biology) allows us t really assess, what we are being told by media, politicians etc. and to distinguish open rubbish from things worth at least a second glance. E.g. I remember a friend with a certain weight problem becoming victim of some expensive diet programms, that could never work, because he had no idea about the processes behind nutrition.

So, even if you do not want to take up a scientific job after school, take whatever you can during school.

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HungarianHorntail11 - Sep 24, 2006 12:59 pm (#2499 of 2976)

Detail Seeker, I will add to it if I may! Regan, please, please, puhleeze don't drop the sciences. Okay, perhaps I'm a bit biased because I was a bio major, but after having had Organic Chem., I seriously considered switching my major again - to chemistry. It is just what Detail Seeker said which is the key to understanding our surroundings. It touches on everything from your health to how things work. It is like one giant puzzle - don't limit yourself.

Solitaire, I love your view on homework and teaching. One of the many things I like about you!

azi, I think Scrubs is great! My favorite show is The Office and I also like the British version we spun it off.

I was kidding about the crocs and to prove it, we were in a $5 Below store today and I bought a pseudo-croc for $5 in pale pink (though I think I would have been happy to see a pair in the blue you have, Mediwitch).

After our first Sunday School class today, the girls and I went to Starbuck's. Olivia and Priscilla pulled out their phones, proceeded to pelt me with spit balls and then snap pics of my reactions. (Sweet, aren't they?    Yet another group of people who think the HHs are nuts.) Actually, we did laugh a lot looking at the pics. Then Olivia emailed a load of them to my computer. I don't think Mr. HH will appreciate the mobile phone bill this month. By the way, we did not leave a mess.

I'm going to try and pop into the chat room later for a bit before I go out, **looks in kaykay and Lina's direction** - of course that is if you haven't given up on me!!

Enjoy the RotD/N, all!

Maria

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Starling - Sep 24, 2006 1:01 pm (#2500 of 2976)

My boy did his homework, with the "help" of the kid next door, who is a grade higher than he is and got every single answer wrong. He said "blimey, year threes have to work hard nowadays!"

As for just giving science and maths homework: what about spelling? Just LOOK at the illiterate little so and sos nowadays! And look at my boy's spelling too (granted, he's only just turned 7).

However, I am annoyed that primary schools have to give kids homework. They should be able to do it at school! We taught my son to read, not the school. They said he was fine, even though he was 2 years behind. It took 6 months of very intensive reading to catch up. And now they've put him in a class with 35 screaming kids. Siiiigh.

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legolas returns - Sep 24, 2006 1:24 pm (#2501 of 2976)

Regan I did a biological degree at university. Science is very important subject for understanding the world around you. It’s also the questioning of the results, the problem solving and formation of argument that you do not always get in other subjects. Please do not be put off by a single teacher. There are many good teachers out there.

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 24, 2006 1:31 pm (#2502 of 2976)

I lovee Biology! My favorite subject! My dad has a master's in marine biology...maybe that's where I get it from.

azi, you should give GA a shot, even if it is on a rubbish channel, I promise you that it's far from rubbish! You'll be absolutely 100% hooked on it after a few episodes! I promise!

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Tazzygirl - Sep 24, 2006 1:34 pm (#2503 of 2976)

Soli- the play wasn't the type that had the 'untold version'. I love those books though! This version of play was a little 'localized', I guess the word would be. It was interesting to see the one guy act the parts of all the 7 dwarves though. Very good at changing voices.

On the homework front, when I was in high school, I remember I wasn't bombarded every night with homework. It was an okay amount. Grade school I don't remember. Don't think it was too much either. Can't complain really about the uni classes though, as it is uni level. And it is expected. My brother was the one of the students that had a couple teachers that didn't believe in homework. I think in my classroom, I would be one of those teachers who only assigns homework if the student didn't finish the assignment in class.

I love science, but I have an extremely hard time following and understanding it. I struggled all throughout high school with biology and chemistry, etc. I had plenty of tutoring help, but nothing clicked. Formulas and such just don't make sense. If it did, I'd probably be going to school to become a zoologist.

Off to finish off a lesson plan and send it in to my teacher!

~Kristina

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boop - Sep 24, 2006 2:20 pm (#2504 of 2976)

Hello Everyone!

Happy Birthday Tim, have a wonderful day!

Solitaire, Thanks for the update. Its great to hear your student has returned home.

Regan, LOL, sounds like a sweet gift.

I hope everyone is having a nice weekend. The weather has been wonderful here.

Have a great rest of the day!

hugs always boop

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Tazzygirl - Sep 24, 2006 2:44 pm (#2505 of 2976)

Happy Birthday Tim! Have a wonderful day!

~Kristina

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legolas returns - Sep 24, 2006 2:49 pm (#2506 of 2976)



Happy birthday Tim.

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Winky Woo - Sep 24, 2006 2:49 pm (#2507 of 2976)

Hi folks!

I had a wonderful evening at the ball. It was very swanky, and lots of fun things going on, such as an amazing close up magician wandering around from table to table ( I kept thinking about George an Fred with the girl from the village!) as were mingling with a pre-meal drink Mr W had his caricature done- we didn't even notice the chap sketching away until he presented it to him, it really caught him well. During the meal, there was a band with a "roving" saxophone player. After some fantastic food, decent wine and champagne there was a comedian who was really funny but not really forum friendly and a great disco with lots of cheesy music. The end of the night is a little fuzzy... but I do recall dancing to Dirty Dancing songs and Bob Marley bare foot on the dance floor with some of my colleagues!

It was great fun although I am paying for it today. To save money on a taxi yesterday I drove to work and left my car there thinking I would just pop on the train to Manchester today to pick it up. Imagine how fed up I was when I found at the train station that there was a replacement bus service, just one each hour, which I had just missed! So the trek began. I took a bus to the nearby town of Stockport, walked for a while, then a train and finally a tram! I would have left it until tomorrow but I had to visit my sister in Liverpool to look at some wedding stuff. So the I drove another 35 miles- all with a hangover! (Yes I know it's self inflicted!)

I can't stop yawning! This is the reason why I don't really drink unless its a special occasion, I hate feeling like I have wasted a whole day I mean if I choose not to do anything all day, thats fine (and I quite often do so!) but since I hit 30 a couple of years ago I am wiped out the following day and incapable of moving from the sofa and have no choice in the matter.

I am going to get a creamy hot chocolate and hit the sack.

Love Winky X X X

Edit-

keep

Happy Birthday Tim!


A fellow libra?

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Dr Filibuster - Sep 24, 2006 3:43 pm (#2508 of 2976)
Edited Sep 24, 2006 4:23 pm

Happy birthday Tim.

If anyone is in the UK or has access to ITV1 tv channel, they are half way through a South Bank Show on Robbie Coltrane.

JKR and Emma Thompson have popped up to say how great he is.

It's actually the 2nd time JKR has apparated onto my tv this evening. I was flicking channels and saw her on Panorama with the Chancellor of the Excheqor.

Lucy from the "Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" movie surprised me by being a young Jane Eyre in a new tv series tonight too.

Hmmm, just proves I'm watching too much telly. Anyway, must dash back to Hagrid, the adverts must be over by now.

EDIT: programme's over now. it mainly focused on "Cracker" and it is a serious adult interview rather than a kid's show (it's gone midnight here). But if I'm allowed to mention it, it's going to be available as a podcast tomorrow at itv.com/southbank

Right at the end, JKR spends a couple of minutes discussing Hagrid's character. I'm sure it's stuff she said many times before, but let's see if I can remember;

To Harry, Ron and Hermione, Hagrid is a benign figure: to others he is a threatening presence. He has to have an element of menace. He is The Green Man who lives on the edge of the forest. He is a father figure for Harry.

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Ludicrous Patents Office - Sep 24, 2006 3:49 pm (#2509 of 2976)

Happy Birthday Tim! I skipped a bunch of posts. Sorry I if I missed anything. I do want to say I love Crocs, the uglier the better! LPO

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timrew - Sep 24, 2006 4:21 pm (#2510 of 2976)

Thanks to all who remembered my birthday.........

Although, being 57, I'd rather forget it!

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Solitaire - Sep 24, 2006 4:22 pm (#2511 of 2976)

Well, I had just typed out a big post about homework, and it disappeared as I was moving among screens looking for a smilie face ... so I guess I was not meant to post it. I'll have to settle for saying LOL to LPO about her ugly shoes!

Oh, yeah ... Happy Birthday, Tim!

Aw, come on, Tim! Fifty-seven is practically a kid! Just remember ... growing old may be mandatory, but growing up is optional!

Solitaire

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HungarianHorntail11 - Sep 24, 2006 5:42 pm (#2512 of 2976)

Happy Birthday, Tim! (and many more)

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Puck - Sep 24, 2006 6:17 pm (#2513 of 2976)

Happy Belated Birthday, Tim!!

You share a day with my niece. They had pony rides and face painting at her party today. What about you?

time you enjoy wasting was never wasted! I like it!

Regan, I will not lecture about the important of science. I will say it sounds like someone has a bit of a crush.

Happy RotD!

Kathy

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Solitaire - Sep 24, 2006 6:31 pm (#2514 of 2976)

**trying to conjure a mental picture of Timrew with a painted face, riding on a pony**

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Pigwidgeon - Sep 24, 2006 7:17 pm (#2515 of 2976)

Happy Birthday, Tim

Soli, I agree, too, with your homework philosophy. I can't remember who said this (not me), but kids can spot worthless busy-work from a mile away. Homework, at times, is necessary, but nowadays, your kids are either a. also involved in a million other things, and/or b. have parents who cannot or will not be able to help.

A homework story: I remember taking Spanish, and frequent "assignments" (graded, by the way) were doing crosswords and word searches. To this day, I detest crossword puzzles, and I don't think I've done one since middle school. Same with word searches. That had to have been the most worthless and frustrating series of assignments.

Speaking of school, I have some papers to attend to.

Have a great week, all!

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Mediwitch - Sep 24, 2006 7:35 pm (#2516 of 2976)

Maria, I love the blue face too. It makes me smile every time I see it. My nephew and niece, my step-brother, his girlfriend and my mom and step-dad were here today to celebrate four family birthdays. The kids are just so cute! The nephew was a little neater with his frosting today, but it was (mostly) white!

Soli, I'm so glad your student is doing so well! That's fantastic news!

There is a lot of discussion about homework here (I'm in New England, too, Mrs. Sirius). In fact, last week I got two articles on the lack of evidence supporting homework in my mailbox at one school. Some of the teachers have started cutting back on it more and more, but others, well, not so much. I give speech/language homework, but it's something that can be incorporated into their life - "Spend 10 minutes (for example, during dinner) talking to one person in your family with a good "S" sound." or for language homework, "Tell one person at your home about something that happened in school today - use the past tense verbs you've been practicing!"

Happy Birthday, Tim! SmileyCentral.com

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Sep 24, 2006 7:45 pm (#2517 of 2976)

Happy Birthday Tim!

...toddles off waving to everyone else, too busy to stop...

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painting sheila - Sep 24, 2006 8:05 pm (#2518 of 2976)

Happy Happy Birthday Tim!! Yeah!! Cake and Ice Cream!

Regan of Gong - I love your pyramid and if the young lady in question didn't appreciate it, you may send it to me!

Homework - Please don't get me started. Our school system here is in a big mess. Too many kids, not enough room, and the school board took too long trying to decide how to handle the growth. 5 of them are coming up for re-election this November, and I doubt they will be re-elected. They need to get a bunch of moms in the room from all over our county and let us hash it all out.

Two of my kids went to a charter middle school. It is a state school instead of a county school. They only had four subjects a day - language arts, science, math, and social studies. The teachers were very creative about including art, and music , etc in their lessons, plus the school offered after school arts if they were interested - drama, drawing/sculpting, music, lego club . . . There was very little homework and both of my kids flourished when they got to high school. They were so well prepared and knew HOW to learn, not just repeat what was said to them. I am hoping my 5 year old will be able to attend when he is old enough. It is all a lottery to get in. Either they pull your name out of a hat - or they don't.

Not much else is happening here. I like it that way - boring is nice every now and again.

On the science front - I wish everyone could have an exciting science teacher that would light the fire under the students. It can be amazing when you see how intertwined the universe is.

Edit: Okay. If all of you were on late last night - where was I?

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Viola Intonada - Sep 24, 2006 8:06 pm (#2519 of 2976)

Happy Birthday, Tim!!!

When we went out to Montana for the family reunion this summer, all the westerners had "Crocs". I had never seen them before. For the last two months, I have seen them everywhere in Cleveland. Kind of baffles me. I guess everyone was too busy wearing flip-flops this summer and now it is cooling off a bit they are going for the closed toed shoes. Makes me wonder what they'll be wearing next. Hmmmmm.....

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Finn BV - Sep 24, 2006 8:09 pm (#2520 of 2976)

P.S. Finn, you say 11:30 like it's late or something... --Squid Mike

Ohh, pssh, Mike, you late-night movie theater operator.

When I was in high school, it was easier for me to go to sleep around 10 p. m. and to get up at 4 a. m. to study. I'm so sorry that I didn't keep that habit. –Lina

Ooh!! That's an interesting idea! Except I think what would happen would be I'd just sleep through my alarm clock… Still, something to try out!

Loopy, it's just too bad about M. Night…

Soli, congrats to your student!! I am "consternated" about Mike posting so early because when I first arrived at this thread I was amazed to see somebody posting all through the night… and sometimes still awake before he had slept while I was at school the next morning, after that night's sleep (ie 8 am NY time, 5 am Las Vegas time). Then I found out he was a movie theater operator and thus had different hours of "operation" than most of us, but it still always peeves me just the littlest bit whenever I see a time as extraordinary as "4 a.m." or something.

Gosh, I keep ending up in Squid Mike's posts…

Happy Birthday Tim!

Winky, glad the ball went well!

Sue, thanks for telling me Georgie Henley's Jane Austen thing is now on TV. I want to see that!

Enjoy the RotD! I'm so busy, it's hard to keep up past Potty Games and Trivia!

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Solitaire - Sep 24, 2006 8:20 pm (#2521 of 2976)

Pigwidgeon, it's pretty easy for a parent or our principal to check exactly what I am doing, because I pass out a detailed syllabus each Monday in both my language arts and social studies classes. Both are also posted on our class pages, which I update each Monday. They give each day's planned lesson for the week, list any homework assignments, and remind kids of any quizzes or tests coming up. Parents love them, and "I was absent and didn't know we had ..." has practically been eliminated as a valid excuse for anything in my classes.

I probably give less homework than any other junior high teacher at our school, and sometimes I feel guilty about it. As a teacher, though, I often feel kids are growing up too fast. When I was the age of kids I now teach, my friends and I met after school and rode our bikes around the neighborhood, played ball in the field across the road, shot hoops ... Yet I still managed the second highest grade average in my 8th grade (I was a klutz in PE, or I'd have had an A there, too!) and was named Outstanding Musician (flute) when I graduated.

My point is that kids can learn without being buried in homework. Once in high school, most will have more than enough homework, and many will hold down part-time jobs as soon as they are old enough. They need to be kids while they can. Okay, I'm getting off my soapbox now.

What Jane Austen thing, Finn? Remember I skipped 315 posts this week ...

Solitaire

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painting sheila - Sep 24, 2006 8:25 pm (#2522 of 2976)

Solitaire - I love and soap box and ask that you stand tall on it and spread the news that kids need to be kids!

Winky - I am so jealous of your good time at the ball.

My only complaint about GoF movie was that I wanted to see more dancing. I loved the way the Durmstrang cloaks twirled with their brilliant red color. I looked so pretty in the over head shot.

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geauxtigers  - Sep 24, 2006 9:12 pm (#2523 of 2976)

Ooh!! That's an interesting idea! Except I think what would happen would be I'd just sleep through my alarm clock…

Still, something to try out! I have friends who do that, but me, once my head hits that pillow, its a lost cause, I'm out for the night! It takes my mom turning on the light and telling me to get up in the morning. I tried the whole alarm clock thing...it didn't work, and since my mom has to leave a few minutes after I get up, she wakes me up now.

Midnight on a school night doesn't even bother me anymore. I'm a night owl and 7 hours or less of sleep plus coffee in the morning is good. I get 8 hours, I'm twice as tired, its either 7 or like 10. 10 hours is not an option, so I've learned to get by with 7!

Speaking of, I have to go study for a vocab quiz then put all the clothes away that are on my nicely *ironed sheets* bed! **avoids Puck's glare**

Happy Birthday Tim!

Well tomorrow is Monday, uggg, I think we should just skip Mondays all together and go straight to tuesday...then again, we should just skip everything and go straight to Friday afternoon, don't ya think?!

Have a nice week everyone!

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Ludicrous Patents Office - Sep 24, 2006 9:12 pm (#2524 of 2976)

We started an Honors program at our school. Some of our parents think kids should have a couple hours of homework each night. I agree with Solitaire, kids need to be kids and have fun. I wouldn't want to come home to 2 hours or more of work each night. There are many things to learn, not all of them are in school.

Winky the ball sounded wonderful.

I agree Sheila, not enough dancing in GoF. I loved the change in Neville's character though. LPO

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Nathan Zimmermann - Sep 24, 2006 9:15 pm (#2525 of 2976)

I remember when I was doing my undergraduate coursework, my papers averaged fifteen pages and my senior thesis was eighty-five pages and took me two and and half semesters to write.

The first paper I wrote as a freshman at university was a twenty-seven page paper for a homework assignment in a political philosophy class.

I was relating this fact to a young cousin of mine who complaining bitterly about writing a paper for a high school class I told him that he should take courses I am taking for my paralegal studies certification and the amount of paperwork and research needed for that before, bemoaning the fact that he has such a short paper to write.

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painting sheila - Sep 24, 2006 9:17 pm (#2526 of 2976)

I LOVE Neville - dancing around with those shoes thrown over his shoulder! Yeah for Ginnie - got the best dancer of the night!

The twirling capes were just beautiful (sigh) I want my husband to have a swirling red cape . . . (Like THAT'S going to happen)

I would love to learn those dance steps. Does anyone know if they can be found anywhere?

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Meoshimo - Sep 24, 2006 9:17 pm (#2527 of 2976)

I think that most of what people need to learn has nothing to do with school

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painting sheila - Sep 24, 2006 9:22 pm (#2528 of 2976)

A LOT of what's important they don't learn in school. . .

(stop it!! stop it!! stopitstopit - must iron hands . . .. ) This is me trying so very hard not to get on yet another soap box. I am really a nice person and not so very opinionated as it may first appear. I am just passionate about children - mine especially!

Edit: I am all out of posts for the day. That's my clue to go to bed. Have a great day everyone!

She

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 24, 2006 9:28 pm (#2529 of 2976)

Parents love them, and "I was absent and didn't know we had ..." has practically been eliminated as a valid excuse for anything in my classes.

They started that stuff at my school right around 8th/9th grade. I like that my homework is online, and that it's easy to look up, but it leaves very little wiggle room for excuses! Gosh, you can't even be absent anymore!! The lastest thing is posting grades online. Nice for me as I have 24/7 acess to my grades, but not so nice that may mom and dad do! My mom will look on the site and see that I got a 3/5 on a quiz , which technically is an F, and the stupid program writes it as an F, and then she yells at me and I can't seem to explain enough that it's only a five point quiz and won't significantly affect my grade in the class.

You couldn't get me out of bed at 4AM to study if you paid me! Most of the time, I don't wake up when my mom comes in and turns my light on and tells me to get up. Tori generally has to come and knock me upside the head. I've had my mom tell me before that I generally look up at her and say "ok I'm getting up" but I sware that 90% of the time, I have no recollection of it at all. I think I need help. School shouldn't start till at least 10, 8 is just to early for my liking!

Ok time to fold the last load of laundry and go to bed! Night everyone!

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Solitaire - Sep 24, 2006 10:18 pm (#2530 of 2976)

Nathan, I burned the midnight oil plenty during college. I was an English major, and that meant a ton of reading and writing ... but I accepted it as part of the deal. I am talking about kids who are in 8th grade and younger. I think some homework is fine, because it teaches accountability, if nothing else. But two hours or more every night of the week and on weekends is excessive, IMO.

Ginny, I put grades online, too. Parents also love that.

Solitaire

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Nathan Zimmermann - Sep 24, 2006 10:32 pm (#2531 of 2976)

I agree two hours a night for eighth grade and younger is excessive but, I think that for high school students it’s different matter altogether. I think that in high school especially students should learn to write longer papers to be better prepared for university. I have been out of university a long time now and there is part of me that looking back on it, I wish I had more preparation in high school for the rigors of junior college and university because, readily admit I will ill prepared for the rigors and they took their toll on me. In the words of my academic advisor:

I was the most gifted bum he had taught in thirty-years of teaching and he remarked that the only thing I lacked which prevented me from preforming to my full potential was the physical stamina and good health necessary.

Truth be told my one desire is to go back to University and under his guidance achieve my masters and demonstrate that I am capable of performing to the standards that he believes I can and which during my undergraduate work I sometimes reached during the periods when my health was stable.

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Starling - Sep 25, 2006 2:02 am (#2532 of 2976)

Happy birthday, Tim! A young one at 57, you're 10 years younger than my dad, and he's still running around all over the place! Come to think of it, so is my partner's great-aunty, and she's 91.

Talking about my partner: Winky: you must live fairly close to her, she's near Stockport too. And don't you HATE it when they put on buses (again!)? Also fun when they get rid of a train in the schedule and neither trainline.com nor bahn.de tells you so, so you end up having to wait 45 minutes for the next one. Or suitcases in the bike compartment on the Manchester Airport train ... Or missing your connection and then getting onto the next one, which turns out to be broken and has to turn back to the previous station.

I adore the British railway system, can you tell?  

Martje

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The giant squid - Sep 25, 2006 2:07 am (#2533 of 2976)

**trying to conjure a mental picture of Timrew with a painted face, riding on a pony**--Solitaire

Happy birthday Tim! Just remember, in wizarding years you're just a pup.

Regan, it looks like you picked the wrong group to sound off against science to. Granted, I've gone into a technical field, but I find myself using math & science a lot more than history & English (though I'm still the most grammatically proficient manager at our theater...). I'm not saying you should take nothing but science classes, but don't give it up completely.

I get 8 hours, I'm twice as tired, its either 7 or like 10.—geauxtigers

I'm the same way. For some reason my body clock seems to run in three-hour increments. I'm fine with 6, 9 or (rarely) 12 hours, but if I only get 8 hours I'm groggy for 2 or 3 hours after I get up.

Hi, Finn! (Had to get you in here somehow. )

--Mike

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Starling - Sep 25, 2006 3:03 am (#2534 of 2976)

I used to like biology, until we got to genetics and I got totally confused by all the little diagrams of fruit flies. I gave up on physics because I couldn't figure out the maths. I'm hopeless at maths. Correction: I'm hopeless at more advanced maths. I helped a guy with his basic differentation (logarithms and suchlike) once and got him an A+.

I'm afraid I'm an "alfaklantje" as they call them in Holland. When you do grammar school there, you (used to?) have an Alpha/A direction and a Beta/B direction. Alpha is arts, B is science. You go either one way or the other, but you can, if you wish, pick subjects from the other "stream". Because you get the odd homo universalis.

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Catherine - Sep 25, 2006 3:39 am (#2535 of 2976)

A homework story: I remember taking Spanish, and frequent "assignments" (graded, by the way) were doing crosswords and word searches. To this day, I detest crossword puzzles, and I don't think I've done one since middle school. Same with word searches. That had to have been the most worthless and frustrating series of assignments. –Pigwidgeon

**waves** As a student, I loathed "busy-work" and I refuse to assign it just to say that I assigned homework.

That said, the school in which I teach believes that 7th graders should have 2.5 hours of homework nightly. My humanities block meets 2-3 times daily, so my class accounts for at least half of that amount. Sigh. The good news is that we have study hall, so students have a 50 minute block of time several times a week to get cracking on their work under a teacher's supervision. It's amazing what they can get done without the distraction of siblings, TV, sports, etc. I tend not to assign work over the weekend with the understanding that they should be working on longer-term assignments.

Most of my English homework has been reading the novel. I don't think reading 10-20 pages of a young adult novel every night should be a huge burden, especially as I do not assign the "read for 20 minutes" as part of my homework. Most of the students are very proud that we completed a 300 page novel in less than a month of classes, and the parents have been impressed, also. I made sure that our longest selection is an engaging novel that appeals to reluctant male readers. Our "literature" selections will be more difficult, but lots shorter.

I've spent some planning time scanning the African myths you sent me last year into PDF files, Kim. They are set to go! I can't wait.

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Regan of Gong - Sep 25, 2006 3:54 am (#2536 of 2976)

Eek, wrong crowd indeed. I'm really only interested in Physics, but seeing as it's on during the same periods as Business Studies, and I'm way more interested in that. My subject selections are very much geared toward academic subjects rather than arts. Business Studies, Extension 1 Maths, Extension 1 English, Modern History and Industrial Technology Multimedia. Extension 1 is the highest level available in Year 11, so I'm not bludging or anything.

Puck, I can assure you I do not have a "crush" on this girl. I enjoy making presents for people, for instance, you buy lots of M&M's, separate the colours, and fill up a big glass bottle in coloured layers. Now I shall turn the tables and ask: Why do mothers always assume that friends of the opposite sex automatically carry a romantic interest?

Goodnight to all

Regan

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Snuffles - Sep 25, 2006 4:23 am (#2537 of 2976)

Had to press the magic button so I have missed 150 posts. Happy birthday to anyone I have missed and healing and/or good luck charms to all those in need

Just looked back to find out what pressie Regan has made for his non crush girl . Yum that sounds lovely Regan, you can send me one of those choccy pyramids anytime

I just clicked on 'your forums' to go to potty 5 words and got the message 'one or more of the four right wing wackos politics forum servers did not respond'. I wasn't aware I was a member of any of those forums

Have a good Monday everyone

Julie

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Starling - Sep 25, 2006 4:46 am (#2538 of 2976)

That's a bit worrying, Julie, maybe they're desperate for members and adding them at random?

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Marie E. - Sep 25, 2006 5:11 am (#2539 of 2976)

Happy Birthday, Tim!

Quick note on homework: Shayla usually has a Math take-home task sheet, a spelling take-home task sheet or a language assignment out of the book, and read and respond (read for 20 minutes and write about it briefly) each night. If she works efficiently at it, it only takes her about an hour total for all three. Lexie occasionally has the math and spelling take-home tasks and has a weekly spelling assignment. Lexie loves homework and finishes hers within a half hour. I myself assign one piece of homework to my kindergartners a week and that is to practice writing the letter we will studying the next week.

We had a little bit of snow mixed with rain on Friday night, but it didn't stick. The mountains, however, got feet of snow. Pikes Peak is completely covered. It's supposed to be in the 60's and 70's today, very fallish.

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Good Evans - Sep 25, 2006 5:42 am (#2540 of 2976)

Belated Happy Birthday to Tim for yesterday.

You are 20 years older than me (well not to the day!) and as I stopped aging at 19 - I guess that makes you 39 - is that better?

happy mondays ....

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Jewel  - Sep 25, 2006 5:42 am (#2541 of 2976)

Happy belated Birthday to Tim!

As for the homework thing, my oldest daughter is in the third grade. It amazes me how much homework they give her! She has math, spelling, and reading every night, and science and social studies on alternating nights during the week. (none on weekends thank goodness!) It usually takes her about an hour and a half to finish it. By the time she finishes, it is around 4:30-5:00pm, time for dinner, bath, and bed. She hardly has any time for play!

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azi - Sep 25, 2006 5:45 am (#2542 of 2976)

Happy belated birthday Tim!!!

Snuffles - I get that name coming up a lot. I think it's just the way WX works!

Starling - I feel the same way about the British transport system. The worst thing is, I'll be going by train the Manchester Airport on Thursday. I'm *not* looking forward to it!

Regan - I'd count Maths as a science subject, personally. So you're not giving it up completely! My mum is bad with assuming I fancy all my male friends, and my brother fancying all the girls he talks to. It's the way mum's are.

Winky - Hangover Cure Charms! At least you had fun.

Ooo, people have snow? No sign of snow here.

I don't believe I ranted about the journey to my boyfriend's last week. The main train there was fine. I had to catch another train which takes literally 5 minutes to where he was picking me up. I got to the platform to find the train was cancelled. There were signalling problems and a broken down train somewhere down the line. Fortunately, a train running late turned up. I said to the conductor, 'Does this train go through -?' He said, 'Yes!'. We travelled for a minute, stopped for 5+ minutes outside a sewage works (it stank). Travelled for another minute (slowly), stopped again. Then the conductor comes on...'We are sorry to announce that the train will no longer be travelling through (where I was going), but instead will go straight to (the next station).' The 5 minute train journey was half an hour, in the end. I ended up somewhere I'd never heard of in my life, and boyfriend drove to rescue me (lol!).

Hope everyone has a great day!

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haymoni - Sep 25, 2006 6:05 am (#2543 of 2976)

We "mums" are just hopeful, that's all.

When you see someone of the opposite sex that knows how to be a good friend and actually cares about someone enough to make them ANYTHING, it's hard not to be pushy!

Hope everyone had a nice weekend.

Mine was fine until - well, let's just say it's gonna be a really long football season for us Browns fans - again!

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Julie Aronson - Sep 25, 2006 6:06 am (#2544 of 2976)

Happy belated birthday, Tim! Let's just extend the celebrations, eh?

Hope everyone has a great day...now back to the grind!

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Steve Newton - Sep 25, 2006 6:07 am (#2545 of 2976)

Driving to work this morning down Delaware rte. 1 I counted only 309 campers heading north. The exit from the Dover Downs NASCAR race will continue for a couple more days seeing as how there are thousands of campers remaining. (Last year I counted 384 so either they are sleeping later or I'm not counting so good.) I forgot to count in the spring.

Happy birthday Tim.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Sep 25, 2006 6:44 am (#2546 of 2976)

I've spent some planning time scanning the African myths you sent me last year into PDF files, Kim. They are set to go! I can't wait.---Catherine

I can't wait to hear what they think of them.

Driving to work this morning down Delaware rte. 1 I counted only 309 campers heading north.---Steve Newton

#1 I can only be thankful I don't live in Delaware. NASCAR races make me nauseated.

#2 Every year when the motorcycle weekend is held in Laconia, NH, motorcyclists drive by my house again, and again, and again. While I doubt as many as 300 drive by, it certainly sounds like it. Then of course, there's the return trip.

EDIT: And a very happy birthday to Tim.

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Madam Pince - Sep 25, 2006 7:21 am (#2547 of 2976)

Belated Happy Birthday, timrew! I hope you had a wonderful day!

Snuffles, awhile ago I noticed that suddenly I was a "member" of a lot of forums I didn't recall ever visiting. Then I thought I figured it out -- back when they were having the WorldCrossing "controversy" where we were all a-flutter that they might be closing our forums or switching to something else or whatever, it was suggested to us to read WorldCrossing's postings on their "Rumors" thread or whatever it was. I did that. The thing is, so did many other users of WorldCrossing's other forums -- some of which are political in nature. If you have the button checked on your preferences that says "Make me a member of every forum I ever visit" (or whatever it says -- it's something similar), then I think you'll automatically be a member of the forums of people's posts that you read.... or something like that.... Anyway, it's a theory! And you know I love theories! (You may want to check your "preferences" page and see what forums you're a member of if you were reading that WX thread, too -- you can delete any that pop-up that you don't want to belong to, I think....)

I have to agree with people that the Crocs shoes are something I'd never wear. My feet are big to start with, so the last thing I need is big clunky plastic shoes! Give me my tennis shoes any day! (Random gripe here -- on the TV show What Not To Wear, they always insist that the ladies wear "stylish" pointy-toed shoes with high heels, and make fun of any other type of shoes. Well, newsflash, but pointy-toed high-heeled shoes HURT! And are very impractical on a soccer field, as well! I know, because I tried to wear a pair Saturday since we were leaving directly from there to go on our trip, where I was meeting friends I hadn't seen in awhile and I wanted to appear that I was at least somewhat up on the latest fashion trends...) I must admit that I do own a pair of Sketchers slide-on thingys that are very clunky and very comfortable, but I only wear them to run out and get the mail because they're easy-on/easy-off. (I would've never bought them myself, but a friend I was helping to move had them brand-new and didn't want them, so she gave them to me.)

We had a nice weekend -- got to visit a lot of friends I hadn't seen in ages, plus one gorgeous brand-new baby! Unfortunately Little Pince managed to break an hourglass knick-knack at the friends' house where we stayed , so they are getting a nice Amazon.com gift certificate from us today... It was a beautiful drive, too -- yesterday we visited my friend whose family owns an apple orchard on top of Carter Mountain which is right next to Thomas Jefferson's home Monticello -- the view from up there is breathtaking! It is the first mountain starting the foothills of the Blue Ridge, so on one side you can see for miles and miles of flatter land, and on the other side you can see the city and more mountains. We got some apples and some cider and a huge pumpkin, so it truly feels like autumn has arrived!

I was a very bad girl at the re-enactment -- I found a second-hand dress for sale that was made by a lady who is THE premier dressmaker for Civil War-era clothing -- her stuff is really top-drawer -- best quality material, lots of hand-stitching, everything 100% authentic. I have coveted one of her dresses for years, and I have some fabric on hand just waiting for an extra $600 or so to fall into my lap so I could have her to custom-fit me for one. Well, that hasn't happened yet, and I heard through the grapevine that she has closed her store in Gettysburg and sold all her in-stock dresses, and everyone is unsure as to whether she is going to do any more custom work or not. Anyhow, so I found this second-hand dress, and amazingly enough it fit me like it was made for me. Not exactly my best color, but for the fit, and the quality, and the second-hand price (which was still plenty high, unfortunately), I decided to go ahead and get it. Hey, I'm entitled to a little splurge, aren't I? I haven't had a new re-enacting dress in seven or eight years! I am sure Mr. Pince will love it... when he sees it... if he sees it... in a month or two...

Everyone enjoy the RotD!

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HungarianHorntail11 - Sep 25, 2006 7:55 am (#2548 of 2976)
Edited Sep 25, 2006 8:29 am

yesterday we visited my friend whose family owns an apple orchard on top of Carter Mountain which is right next to Thomas Jefferson's home Monticello -- the view from up there is breathtaking! It is the first mountain starting the foothills of the Blue Ridge. . .Madam Pince

IamnotjealousIamnotjealousIamnotjealousIamnotjealous. . .Oh, what the heck! I sure wish I could have been there! Sounds like a great day, Madam P.

Why do mothers always assume that friends of the opposite sex automatically carry a romantic interest?

That is not an assumption on my part - it is a fear (or perhaps a dread). I am afraid, very afraid when a boy is too nice to Olivia. LOL

I bought the pseudo-crocs because I thought they'd make a great pair of gardening/beach shoes. Not quite sure if I have it in me to wear them "out" somewhere. (They're very, well, pink.)

Enjoy the RotD/N, all!

Maria

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painting sheila - Sep 25, 2006 8:15 am (#2549 of 2976)

Regan - maybe it is just hope on the part of the moms. There are so many druffen-heads that your sweet perfect girls could end up with. When a nice one that makes presents out of chocolate shows up - ding ding ding! - he wins the prize!

Roscoe the Dog ate my couch cushion. There is an ad in the paper for a Free Dog starting tomorrow. Any takers?

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Snuffles - Sep 25, 2006 8:30 am (#2550 of 2976)

Put him on ebay painting shiela, there is a chance I may buy him.  I seem to be buying everything else on there at the moment! So far, in the last 7 days I have bought a Sleeping beauty dress, a Snow White dress, a Belle dress and a Pinocchio dvd. Help me somebody, I think I'm getting addicted. Goodness knows what hubby will say when he gets his next credit card bill

Thanks Madame P. I checked my other forums again and the ones I had mentioned before weren't on there, I think it just must have been a glitch.

p.s. Just in case anybody thought I was serious about putting a dog on ebay, I wasn't.

Julie

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Starling - Sep 25, 2006 8:35 am (#2551 of 2976)

Well, newsflash, but pointy-toed high-heeled shoes HURT!

Exactly!

What's so attractive about a woman in high-heeled pointy shoes who is obviously in quite some discomfort and can't walk properly? It's great fun watching them "strolling" by while sitting outside on Canal Street, I tells ya.

G'aaaaaaah, big bluebottle in my room.

Martje, off to fetch the fly swatter

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Nathan Zimmermann - Sep 25, 2006 9:21 am (#2552 of 2976)

Madam P., it must be interesting being a civil war reenactor. I could never be one because, I could never decide on a side to be on because, the Civil War divided my ancestors half served in Confederate Army, while other half were Unionists from Texas who fled either to California or Nevada or madse their way north to join the Union army.

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Madam Pince - Sep 25, 2006 9:30 am (#2553 of 2976)

You could be like Mr. Pince and just be both! He has ancestors on both sides, too. Some events he's on one side, some events on the other. In some of the TV documentaries he's filmed, we have to hope that people aren't looking too closely because often the same guys will be on opposite sides in the same scene, because they cut-and-paste the scenes together after they've filmed.

The other benefit to this arrangement, to him anyway, is that he gets to buy full uniforms/accoutrements/weaponry in both the Federal and the Confederate versions. Which is why I'm not too fussed about my new dress -- I will never even remotely begin to approach the amount of gear he has!

It is very interesting to do. The research is fascinating if you are a history buff. Have you researched your family history, Nathan? It sounds like you have. Isn't it fun?! I love it.

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Nathan Zimmermann - Sep 25, 2006 9:45 am (#2554 of 2976)

Madam P., I have done a fair amount of genealogical research into my family's origins several of the families that make up my mother's extended family have been in Texas since 1718, and fought in American Revolution, and later in the Texas Revolution while other portions of her family migrated to Texas as late as 1905. My father's family is up of Alsatian, and Scottish immigrants who migrated to Texas in the period between 1840 and 1910.

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Starling - Sep 25, 2006 10:40 am (#2555 of 2976)

He has ancestors on both sides, too.

You know, when you haven't read the rest of the thread, this is quite an odd statement.

My ancestors on my dad's side are from Hamburg (17th century) and Friesland (don't know how far back, they're an elite family called Halbertsma, but I think the elite thing is quite a new thing).

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Madam Pince - Sep 25, 2006 10:59 am (#2556 of 2976)

LOL, Starling!

Wow, Nathan, you could do lots of re-enactments! American Revolution is big, too (that's one Mr. Pince wants to get into next... more uniforms and weaponry, you see..   .) and I believe they do quite a few living history things. Plus you could do cowboy action shoots with the 19th-century Texas connection. Never-ending play-acting opportunities for grown-ups...

Mr. Pince just walked in with a newly-obtained reproduction Henry rifle. I am soooooo not worried about the dress anymore....

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Julie Aronson - Sep 25, 2006 11:50 am (#2557 of 2976)

Oooh Starling! Did you know that Frisian is probably the parent language of English? The History Channel is rerunning one of my favorite series, The Adventure of English and they start the first episode in Friesland.

OK. nerd alert...

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painting sheila - Sep 25, 2006 12:03 pm (#2558 of 2976)

My husband's great-great uncles (I am not sure how many greats) were twins. One was the Sheriff of Dodge City, Kansas and one was a Marshal in Dodge City, Kansas. We laugh and say his relatives hung my relatives for horse thieving!

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Good Evans - Sep 25, 2006 12:11 pm (#2559 of 2976)

Well, newsflash, but pointy-toed high-heeled shoes HURT! And are very impractical on a soccer field, as well!

LOL ROFL - I second that emotion!!!!

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CatherineHermiona  - Sep 25, 2006 12:13 pm (#2560 of 2976)

I skipped a bunch of posts, I just want to say Happy belated birthday, Tim!

And just to say that I don't like a lot of homework, but one thing I adore - Maths homework! The harder assignments are, more fun it is. I love those exercises that take whole page just for one assignment. And chemical equations! I love to solve any problems that involve Maths! You might think I'm weird...

Kate

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legolas returns - Sep 25, 2006 12:18 pm (#2561 of 2976)

Pointy high heal shoes are designed for what one might call "car to bar only". No walking/dancing allowed. Pointy high heal boots are wrong for the same reason-not practical. They put your full weight onto the front of your foot-it isnt comfortable.

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haymoni - Sep 25, 2006 12:18 pm (#2562 of 2976)

Yep - I think you're weird!

Just kidding, Kate.

I'm just envious, that's all!

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legolas returns - Sep 25, 2006 12:28 pm (#2563 of 2976)
Edited Sep 25, 2006 1:24 pm

Nothing wrong with liking chemistry and maths Kate.

He hee-I have found the only way to stay completely sane is to judge myself as normal not weird and then scale everyone else relative to what I am.

So the fact that I go to the cinema and watch the same film over and over and read the same books again and again particularly Harry Potter/LOTR is normal.

Edit-Also very geeky about Dr Who.

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Denise P. - Sep 25, 2006 1:01 pm (#2564 of 2976)

Pointy toe shoes make your feet look like a slice of pizza. I will pass.

Madam P, are you going to post a picture of your gorgeous new dress?

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Starling - Sep 25, 2006 1:11 pm (#2565 of 2976)

Oooh Starling! Did you know that Frisian is probably the parent language of English?

Indeed. Their common ancestor is Old English, in fact.

Ohthere sæde his hlaforde, Ælfrede cyninge, þæt he ealra Norðmonna norþmest bude. He cwæþ þæt he bude on þæm ... etc. ad infinitum.

Edit: oh, alright then, I'll give a translation: Othere said to his lord, King Alfred, that he, of all Northmen, lived furtherst north. He said that he lived in the etc.

And yes, I'm afraid I typed all that by heart.

Martje, also nerd

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Winky Woo - Sep 25, 2006 1:41 pm (#2566 of 2976)

Madam Pince it certainly sounds like you can justify your dress by the amount of stuff that Mr Pince has! Doesn't it feel good to get something you've always wanted? I am a little old fashioned and hate having to get things on credit, so I'd rather save, and people think that that is peculiar! In todays society we all want instant gratification, when the anticipation can be half the fun so when you finally get it... Wow! Perhaps thats one of the reasons I love HP so much!

Martje, Do you live in Manchester? I work in the centre. It was the canal street reference that made me smile... you certainly get some colourful sights there. Where about in the Nederlands are you from? Mr Winky is from Utrecht, so we are going to be invaded by Dutch people for the wedding.

Azi, The trains seem to be going from bad to worse! What time are you going to Manchester Airport? You will probably fly over my house as I live about 15 mile east on the edge of the Peaks!

As for high heel shoes don't get me started... I love the fact they make my legs look slimmer and my posture better but I hate the fact that they are so impractical. Consequently I have about 80 pairs in the wardrobe all worn once then abandoned!

Has anyone any suggestions on a reading for the ceremony? It can't be religious because its a civil ceremony, but I'd perhaps like something a bit different than the standard ones.

Love Winky X X X

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legolas returns - Sep 25, 2006 1:44 pm (#2567 of 2976)

Read from Harry Potter -something meaningful that Dumbledore says.

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haymoni - Sep 25, 2006 1:47 pm (#2568 of 2976)

Not too much in the way of love poetry in HP.

Unless of course you count the Celestina Warbeck song!!

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legolas returns - Sep 25, 2006 1:50 pm (#2569 of 2976)

Yes but there is all the stuff about love being the greatest magic of all.

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azi - Sep 25, 2006 1:54 pm (#2570 of 2976)

Winky - I'll be on the train at about 6.50am, arriving about 8am. Latest check-in is 9.25 (half an hour before flight?!), but I'm not taking any chances. Chances are, I'll fly over my house coming back as well! I'm on t'other side of the Pennines under a flight path. I'll randomly wave from the plane at you!

Never having been to wedding, I can't suggest any readings!

Starling, I couldn't read that at all! I thought 'Ohthere' meant 'other'!

Congratulations on the new dress, Madam P!

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Detail Seeker - Sep 25, 2006 2:31 pm (#2571 of 2976)

On the Frisian- English relationship: Both languages have a common ancestor.  The old Frisian and the old Saxon - as spoken by the Angles, too, seem to originate from one common root. So, in England, the Saxon language was confronted with celtic and latin parts and became English, while the Frisian languages developed with mainly Latin and other germanic additions to divide into Vlaams, Dutch (both = West Frisian), East Frisian, North Frisian at the North Sea coast and Plattdeutsch in other parts of northern Germany. So English, Dutch and Plattdeutsch share a lot of their grammar, words and linguistical figures.

This just as a short and not too precise summary of language relationships. It is always amazing to uncover these.

Even, if belated: Happy birthday,Tim !

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Lina - Sep 25, 2006 2:48 pm (#2572 of 2976)

Belated happy birthday, Tim!

My little bit on the homeworks: please, what is Math without a homework? The kids here have school only half of the day. It used to be one week in the morning and one week in the afternoon. They are making many changes in the school system recently and one of the results is that all my kids have school in the morning now. And they come home around noon (Mihaela) or 1 or 2 p. m. (the other two). After that they have plenty of time for other activities, homework and leisure or playing, whatever they wish. Now, if they'd stay at school until 4 or 5 p. m. I guess I'd expect them to have their "homework" done at school. The bad side of not getting homework would be that they don't even think about the subject that they didn't get the homework to do. Like my Veronika and English, they rarely get an English homework and the result is that she touches the English book only when she puts it in her bag or takes it out. And she is not fond of the Forum, neither she has the time to spend in the chat room like her sister. The other problem is with Mihaela (the youngest one) because once that her homework is done, she expects me to invent more assignments for her. I'd just prefer the teacher to be the one who invents the assignments...

And, Azi, that avatar of yours is a real piece of art, magnificent picture!

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The giant squid - Sep 25, 2006 2:55 pm (#2573 of 2976)

All this talk about homework had me thinking about when I was in school (back in the dark ages...). I don't remember having assigned homework. We had assignments, but were given time at the end of class to work on them. If we didn't finish before the end of class, we took it home to finish it. Apparently I was good at assignments, because I don't remember having to do a lot of homework...

High heels are uncomfortable devices to make you look "better"--in this case, to accentuate your calves & buttocks. Unfortunately, if the woman in question is stumbling and grimacing in pain, it kinda ruins the effect. I have no idea what forcing your toes into a point is supposed to accomplish...

No worries, Regan. We just want to make sure you don't let one or two bad experiences turn you off to the subject of science. It's too bad the one class you're interested in conflicts with your business class. I'd have to admit Business Studies will have a more immediate impact on your post-school life.

--Mike

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 25, 2006 3:03 pm (#2574 of 2976)

WOW I just skimmed the last 38 posts...

I just clicked on 'your forums' to go to potty 5 words and got the message 'one or more of the four right wing wackos politics forum servers did not respond'. I wasn't aware I was a member of any of those forums. –Snuffles

I've never seen mine say "The Harry Potter Lexicon Forum" I've had "The Seattle Seahawks Forum"(which is weird as I'm a major Seahawks fan) and anything from '70, 80, and 90 Disco music' To how to fry chicken! It's crazy, and it only happens when I'm on fanfic!

We had a little bit of snow mixed with rain on Friday night, but it didn't stick.-Marie

You've-got-to-be-kidding-me. Seriously! Snow? It's September for crying out loud!

on the TV show What Not To Wear, they always insist that the ladies wear "stylish" pointy-toed shoes with high heels, and make fun of any other type of shoes. Well, newsflash, but pointy-toed high-heeled shoes HURT! MP

I have a wonderful pair with a 1 inch heel that are really comfy. I've had some that hurt before, but they are just so pretty. Yeah I know I'm weird, but I love shoes and I'm a serious girly girl!

but one thing I adore - Maths homework! The harder assignments are, more fun it is- Kate

Hmmm.... can we switch brains for a few weeks? I'm guessing you’re one of those people who has never cried from frustration when doing math homework-me however, well I lost count quite a while back!

Speaking of, I have a math test tomorrow! Gotta go!

Happy B-Day Tim!

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geauxtigers  - Sep 25, 2006 3:06 pm (#2575 of 2976)

I adore - Maths homework! The harder assignments are, more fun it is. I love those exercises that take whole page just for one assignment. And chemical equations! I love to solve any problems that involve Maths! You might think I'm weird...

ROFL Kate! Those kinds of problems drive me crazy! LOL

Personally, I loved science my whole life until **dun dun dunnnn** chemistry. **avoids Chemysts' stares** I think it was the teacher, but I'm not sure I'll ever enjoy it. I thought we were going to be doing fun things, mini-explosions etc. 90% of it was math work that I didn't understand, 5% was boring to death (the little stuff that wasn't math problems), and the remaining 5% was time we wasted doing experiments that made no sense and were a huge waste of my time and everyone else's.

I love, love, love Biology though, I just find it so interesting and cool! Genetics, everything, its just cool! I had a great teacher, I learned a tone and I still remember it. It was a hard class, but I loved it, I wish I could go back and trade physics for Biology, but I can't. I can take AP Bio next year, I think I will...we'll see though...

As for pumps, well I don't typically wear them, only when I have too. They aren't that uncomfortable (at least the ones I have). But they are so pretty! What I don't get is when people where them to school on free dress days....its school...you are walking up and down stairs and all over, so what possesed you to wear heels? I wear flats, I'm tall enough as it is, I don't need 2 inches added to me!

SNOW?!?!?!?!?! Seriously! Seriously! I had a conversation about snow at lunch today with the exchange student from Germany. She laughed when I told her last year it was warm enough on Christmas morning to get buy with shorts and a sweatshirt, then on New Years, 5 days later, we had "snow" you know the kind that collect one the cars and under the eves. Its more like muddy ice than anything. We had us a muddy ice ball fight! That was the 2nd time it snowed in my life...the first time it stuck, I have the picture on my bulleton board, my dad made us a snowman about a foot tall! We had made one the night before that was about 10 inches tall! We were so proud!

Okay, best be off to do my homework...

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Holly T. - Sep 25, 2006 3:24 pm (#2576 of 2976)

Congrats on the new dress Madam Pince!

Nathan--my husband's family came to Texas as part of Austin's Little Colony and mine came as part of DeWitt's Colony--people who don't know anything about Texas history will have no idea what that means, LOL. We each have ancestors who were at San Jacinto.

Chemistry--well, let me just say that I think I got extra credit for my creative writing in the lab reports. "Liquid was supposed to turn blue and bubble. Ours turned a lovely shade of pink. No bubbling." or "Percentage of error is approximately 512%, which may be part of the problem." Way too much math involved for me.

However, I did great in biology (as well I should have, given that my dad--now retired--was a biology teacher, not at my school, though).

My guidance counselor got annoyed with me my senior year because, while I agreed to take advanced biology for my science credit, I refused to take another year of math (I had enough math credits already) and refused to take physics or advanced chemistry (as if!). I ended up taking first-year Spanish (having already taken all of the available French classes) and study hall. The counselor was aghast, as I was the only person in the top 10 (top 10, not top 10 percent) of my class who wasn't frantically trying to pad my gpa with as many advanced classes as I could. I pointed out to the counselor that, as a liberal arts major in college I would only have to take one math class and three science classes (and ended up taking only two, as I tested out of biology for liberal arts majors).

Ha, I am perhaps sending the wrong message to the high schoolers here. Note: I double majored in college, graduated with honors, Phi Beta Kappa, etc., and have two graduate degrees. Just not in math or science.

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Catherine - Sep 25, 2006 3:45 pm (#2577 of 2976)

Ha, I am perhaps sending the wrong message to the high schoolers here. Note: I double majored in college, graduated with honors, Phi Beta Kappa, etc., and have two graduate degrees. Just not in math or science. –Holly

I'm now Holly's biggest fan.

I did not take advanced biology my senior year because I was 1 of only 2 people who qualified, and they eliminated the course. As for math, well,......I just was thrilled not to take calculus. So I took an extra language class **waves to Holly** and AP History instead. As I got a "5" (best score then), it turned out to be a really good choice. The only 'downside' was that the history teacher and I hated one another ala Snape and Harry, otherwise I would have already taken AP History.

So, it turned out well after all.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Sep 25, 2006 3:45 pm (#2578 of 2976)

Random gripe here -- on the TV show What Not To Wear, they always insist that the ladies wear "stylish" pointy-toed shoes with high heels, and make fun of any other type of shoes. Well, newsflash, but pointy-toed high-heeled shoes HURT!---Madam Pince

I believe, and this could just be me, the implication is that if you spend enough money on the shoes (read: oodles and oodles) they are better made and therefore comfy. However, I have yet to see a pair of Jimmy Choos or Manolo Blahniks on Sex and the City that didn't scream 'extreme pain inducing'. They sure are pretty though.

EDIT: Cross-posted with Catherine. **waves**

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legolas returns - Sep 25, 2006 3:50 pm (#2579 of 2976)

I just bought myself some lovely inserts that you put in your shoes to realign your heel and ankle. Happy knees, heels and back are promised.

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Madam Pince - Sep 25, 2006 4:19 pm (#2580 of 2976)

I have no idea what forcing your toes into a point is supposed to accomplish... --Squid Mike

According to the very insistent lady on What Not To Wear, it "lengthens the leg." Ummmm... yeah. OK. Whatever.

I used to run around in high heels all day long with no problem. All around Washington D.C., too -- seriously running -- through airports and museums and stuff. I think something happened, though, like perhaps old age. (Do your feet age faster than the rest of you? Hmmmm...)

Now, Denise, you know I don't have a digital camera, LOL! So no pictures of the dress. (Is this a subtle hint for me to get with the 21st century and buy a new camera? I would, except I just spent all my money on a 19th-century dress...) Anyway, I did find this picture online which is very similar to mine -- important feature being the yoked bodice which is "to die for" if you're a re-enactor -- very chic. My dress has much tinier and therefore many more pleats/gathers, however, and it is a tiny dark brown print on a beige ground. You wear a white collar and cuffs or undersleeves with it. It's not a fancy ballgown or anything, just a basic day dress, and so probably nobody but a hardcore re-enactor would get excited over it, but thanks to everyone who is excited for me!

So I can wear a corset but I can't wear pointy-toed shoes.... hmmmm... don't know what to think about that. Except that if your corset fits right, it really isn't uncomfortable. Which may be the same for the shoes -- I don't know...

Didn't like math. Didn't like science (except science fiction.) Didn't like homework. I can appreciate the value of all three, however...

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Ludicrous Patents Office - Sep 25, 2006 4:33 pm (#2581 of 2976)

newsflash, but pointy-toed high-heeled shoes HURT

I've always compared heels to the west's version of foot binding. I do realize some people can dance backwards in them but for the most part they limit a person's nobility greatly.

It is a beautiful day. Fall is here. I love fall. The Southwest Colorado mountains already got 3 foot of snow. LPO

EDIT: oops I mean mobility Thanks Madame P!

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Madam Pince - Sep 25, 2006 4:36 pm (#2582 of 2976)

...they limit a person's nobility greatly. I agree 100%!!! And not to mention your mobility, too!

(I'm not picking on you -- I just think it's perfect! It works either way! LOL! Who can look noble whilst falling all over the place?)

Edit: Yes, but Ginny, your feet are only 16 years old! LOL!

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 25, 2006 4:43 pm (#2583 of 2976)

I have a really nice pair of pointy-toed shoes. They are made out of black leather, and were a bit on the pricey side, but I think they were worth it because I've had them for a few years now and they go with most of my dresses and such. Now that I've broken them in, they are really comfy. Maybe not tennis shoe or top-sider or Crocs comfy, but they don't rub or squeeze my feet so I consider that pretty good! A really good pair is definitely worth the extra money, they'll last forever!

Ok now that I've spent 10 mins. looking at shoes..... better go!

Oh and right now on fanfic, I had 'The Sugar Shack'...weird.

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painting sheila - Sep 25, 2006 7:07 pm (#2584 of 2976)

Madame Pince - Your dress is to die for!! I love it!! I worked as costume mistress this summer for an outdoor drama and since this was the first year, I had lots of fun with designing and making the period pieces. We saved on the men - but the ladies we went all out - especially the Minuet dancers! The fabric alone was close to $200.00 and I don't even want to think about how much labor went into them. Enjoy wearing your dress! (the tiny little pleats are the best!!)

I have lots of high heeled pointey toed shoes in my closet, but they just don't function that well when you are trying to chase down a 5 year old in a grocery store.

A friend is coming over for sewing lessons tomorrow. I have no idea how much to charge her. She's a friend! YOu don't charge friends - but she says she will not come unless I charge her. She has a great new machine and I am itching to sew on it!

Chemistry in high school. Our teacher was a bit on the strange side - and I am being nice. After we had graduated, we found out he had been doing things with chemistry he shouldn't have. That explained alot!

Not much else going on here - OH!! I bought my first bag of candy corn of the season today - Fall is here!

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Mediwitch - Sep 25, 2006 7:54 pm (#2585 of 2976)

Wow - lots of chatty people!

Madam Pince, LOVE the dress. If I still lived in VA I'd probably be into the re-enactments. In New England, that's weirder than hanging out on a Harry Potter Forum wearing Crocs! (I'm just kidding; there are a handful of re-enactment groups up here, but it's definitely not at the same level as in the South.)

I think that the man who invented pointy-toed, high-heeled shoes should be made to wear them! While I have plenty of shoes, you will not find one pair with high heels or pointy toes in my closet!!

**waves to Holly and Catherine** I took Latin 1 my senior year of high school, because the humanities English course I took conflicted with French 4. (It was the first humanities course offered in my high school, and I was one of 12 students asked to take it; how could I say "no"? My French teacher was appalled, though! )

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Tazzygirl - Sep 25, 2006 8:08 pm (#2586 of 2976)

I just read through 60 posts. Chatty, huh??

Madam P.- your dress sounds gorgeous! Love the picture dress too! In 8th grade, my history teacher held a Blue and Grey Ball. All the 8th graders were invited, and we had to dress up either for the South or for the North. I found a beautiful old style silk hoop skirt dress that I absolutely loved. Too bad I had to rent it. It was awesome! I also find the Civil War up to World War II very interesting.

Taught my first lesson today! It went pretty well, kids listened and understood what we were doing. Went off my lesson plan a little bit, but that happens!

I have big, wide feet, so pointy shoes do not look good on me. And they are extremely uncomfortable. Clark and Born shoes for me, thanks!

Regan- I hope the girl liked the prezzy! It sounds yummy! (something I've been forgetting to say for a couple days now. Sheesh.)

Mom just called, so now I don't remember what else I was going to respond to or say. I guess I'll go lie down for a bit and read. Hectic last couple of days.

Have a great RotD/N everyone!

~Kristina

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Finn BV - Sep 25, 2006 8:19 pm (#2587 of 2976)

My, we were chatty today! 65 posts!

Soli, my mistake. Said Jane Austen, but meant Jane Eyre. Georgie Henley of Narnia fame is starring in a Jane Eyre miniseries as Young Jane. BTW, one of my teachers put grades online, but you had to have the password… which was decided by the student and not distributed to the parents. It was more of a check-up-on-yourself deal.

Ooh gosh, I hate homework just to give homework. I have even had teachers say to the class, "Well, I'm not giving you any other homework tonight, so why don't we make this the homework?" We have a project in BioChem which has us research a substance, its place in society, its history and its possible future. Mine is "wine." Do you honestly care how (this is quoted from the guidelines sheet) "wine affected the history of mankind"?? It doesn't even relate to what we're doing in class! (Other than that, I do love BioChem right now.)

one or more of the four right wing wackos politics forum servers did not respond –Snuffles

Julie, that's a glitch in the wc1 set of servers. It changes periodically to a bunch or random different names, which I assume are names of other forums on that server.

Madam P, we love Monticello! We were there a couple of years ago, it's gorgeous! I must have missed it in my skimming of posts, why were you are the reenactment? And congrats on the dress!! Sure you can splurge!

Kate, I love those exact types of problems too! We're not weird!

I think you're either a Bio person or a Chem person. I'd opt for Chem.

Squid Mike, why am I not in your post 2573???

Kristina, congrats on the first lesson!!

Enjoy the RotD!

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Chemyst - Sep 25, 2006 8:53 pm (#2588 of 2976)

I'm happy you got a wonderful dress, Madam Pince. A soldier's wife ought to look at least as good as his gun.

I think you're either a Bio person or a Chem person. ~ Finn
So biochemists suffer from dissociative identity disorder?

Does anyone really care what someone who has home schooled her kids all the way through really thinks about homework? Mildly curious? I'll put it in my personal introduction for awhile.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Sep 25, 2006 8:59 pm (#2589 of 2976)

Does anyone really care what someone who has home schooled her kids all the way through really thinks about homework? Mildly curious? I'll put it in my personal introduction for awhile.---Chemyst

**rabidly curious, she rushed off to Chemyst's intro...**

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 25, 2006 9:13 pm (#2590 of 2976)

Ahhhhhh!!!!! The world is coming to an end!!! The Saints won tonight, which makes them 3-0 and the head coach is now down in the record books for being the first coach in Saints history to have a 2-0 record, and now it's 3-0. WOW! I'm in shock.

Do you honestly care how (this is quoted from the guidelines sheet) "wine affected the history of mankind"??

I try to apply this philosophy to math. When am I ever going to need to find the exact measurement of an angle in Degrees, minutes, and seconds??? Last time I checked no one cared or ever needed to know how to do it in the real world unless they became a teacher or some sort of branica enigneer person. Really, who came up with this stuff?!?? Does anyone out there (besides Finn and Kate, who are simply weird that way) care about learning anything more advanced than basic algebra?? Maybe this is why I'm so horrible at math, I don't really care about it. I can remember hating math back in first grade. I hated subtraction and I still do. Is that weird?? I know for sure that I will never major in anything math-like. ok

I really don't want to go to physics tomorrow. We should be getting our test back. I'm petrified to see what I got. Some one may need to have some mandrakes ready to give me at around 1 tomorrow. ahhh **isnotfreakingout-isnotfreakingout-isnotfreakingout**

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geauxtigers  - Sep 25, 2006 9:31 pm (#2591 of 2976)

Yes the Saints are 3-0, and Shawn Alexander (Seahawks running back, 30 TDs last season, league MVP) has apparently broken his left foot... I heard then say that and my jaw dropped! My heart might've even stopped for a split second then I wasted no time getting my dad on the phone at work. I started babbling about his broken foot to find I wasn't talking to my dad...the guy I was talking to goes, "wait, I'm sorry I thought you were my kid!" my response was "I thought you were my dad!" Oops...anyway he is out for at least 4 games...great. Icing on the cake.

I'm a bio person for sure, but I can't help but wonder if having a different chem teacher would have made it more enjoyable.

Math -  ugg!   Yeah yall know what I think about math, I know, "its good to learn these things because if gives you a better understanding of the world etc." Don't think I haven't heard that a million times over! LOL, but since I have no choice, I must suffer through it and soon it will be my past and I won't have to deal with it!

Do you honestly care how (this is quoted from the guidelines sheet) "wine affected the history of mankind"??

ROFL Finn!! **thinking many inappropriate sarcastic comments that can't be posted here**That’s really funny, but wine? That’s random, you could probably make something random up, its such a broad thing! Its not like you can look back and say, wine greatly impacted society from the beginning of time...LOL

I'm really trying to be less pessimistic (I know I spelled that wrong!)but math uggg! On the flip side, I love French, Science, History, and English is okay!

Okay night everyone!

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Madam Pince - Sep 25, 2006 9:42 pm (#2592 of 2976)

Now see, that's good homework -- I could have a lot of fun with an essay on how wine has affected the history of mankind...

Finn, I wasn't participating at the event this past weekend, just visiting friends. And shopping.

Tazzy, how did you get along wearing the hoop skirt? It's interesting, to say the least, for your first time anyway, isn't it? It was funny when my wedding planner offered to give me "instructions" on how to walk and sit while wearing a crinoline under my wedding dress -- I just told her thanks, but I'd had lots of experience! For awhile I think she thought I'd been married several times or something...

Sheila, maybe you could work out an in-kind trade with your friend -- you give her sewing lessons, in exchange for "time" on her new sewing machine? I wish I had you around to help me do some alterations on some old CW dresses...

Chemyst, those were beautiful thoughts you posted! Excellent point about homework being the ideal opportunity for parents and children to work and bond together. As you might tell from my hobbies, I do better with more "hands-on" learning (actually watching history being re-created before me) rather than abstract stuff like math. (And I plan to use your quote about guns and dresses... LOL!)

Way to go, Saints!

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Solitaire - Sep 25, 2006 9:52 pm (#2593 of 2976)

Random gripe here -- on the TV show What Not To Wear, they always insist that the ladies wear "stylish" pointy-toed shoes with high heels, and make fun of any other type of shoes.

I often wonder, Madam Pince, if the fashion mavens on those shows realize that some people wear comfortable, well-constructed shoes because they are directed to do so by their doctors. If someone handed me a pair of pointy-toed, high-heeled stilettos, I'd throw them at him! Such shoes are responsible for many leg, foot, and back woes. No, thanks!

BTW, does anyone besides me think that some of the outfits those fashion mavens wear look awful? Finola Hughes on How Do I Look? is supposed to be helping fashion victims get their act together sartorially. I'll admit she is beautiful, but some of her get-ups make the hoochie-mama stuff I see on kids look stylish! Who ever told some of these people that they were stylish?

What's so attractive about a woman in high-heeled pointy shoes who is obviously in quite some discomfort and can't walk properly?

Hehe Starling! I agree! Besides, they are impractical for many more scenarios than a soccer field. Legolas is correct: They are for "car to bar only."

I have about 80 pairs in the wardrobe all worn once then abandoned!

Winky, are you really Sarah Jessica Parker in disguise? About the reading for the wedding ... Why not read the poem Cameron Diaz read for her sister's wedding in In Her Shoes? (BTW, what an appropriate movie to reference for this conversation!) The poem is i carry your heart with me by e.e. cummings.

I often wonder if women who wear those pointy, high-heeled shoes would ever have consented to have their feet bound. That was considered torture. Ah! I see LPO just brought up the same point. BTW, they may limit one's nobility, as well, if one falls on one's patootie while dancing backwards! LOL

Actually, Finn ... I think it would be interesting to know how wine affected the history of mankind.

Okay ... 60+ posts! Whew! I'm glad to know I am not the only one who hates high heels.

Solitaire

Winky, I just emailed you a link to a page with the poem on it.

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Tazzygirl - Sep 25, 2006 9:58 pm (#2594 of 2976)

Madam P.- Tazzy, how did you get along wearing the hoop skirt?

It was really easy to move around in, didn't like the whole sitting moment though. I actually had a harder time of people not stepping on the hem of the dress, which dragged a bit on the ground. My mom took pictures of all of us in the outfits. If I find one, I might put it as my avatar for a bit... maybe...

Soli: ...the e.e. cummings poem Cameron Diaz read in In Her Shoes?

I love that poem. I read it in high school, I think 11th grade. My English teacher didn't go over it, I just found it in the textbook and wrote it down. Thought it was cool when I heard Cameron Diaz say it in the movie.

~Kristina

EDIT: For those of you interested, Barbara Walters interviewed Terri Irwin, and will be aired tomorrow (Tuesday) evening on 20/20.

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timrew - Sep 25, 2006 10:23 pm (#2595 of 2976)

Thank you to all that wished me a Happy Birthday - belated or otherwise! When you get to my age, birthdays cease to have the meaning they once had, except on here! Thank you........

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The giant squid - Sep 25, 2006 11:35 pm (#2596 of 2976)

You don't charge friends - but she says she will not come unless I charge her.--painting Sheila

Make her buy lunch. That should satisfy the criteria.

Does anyone out there (besides Finn and Kate, who are simply weird that way) care about learning anything more advanced than basic algebra??—virginiaelizabeth

I do. I'm one of those weird people who took adv. chemistry, adv. physocs & pre-calculus in high school for fun. Meanwhile it was an effort to stay awake in U.S. History & government classes...

Squid Mike, why am I not in your post 2573???--Finn BV

It's all in the subtext.

--Mike

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Winky Woo - Sep 25, 2006 11:48 pm (#2597 of 2976)

Thanks Solitaire!

That is a wonderful idea. You reminded me of when I was 17 studying my NEWTS, and I had a part time job in Argos (A catalogue shop) and although I had a steady boyfriend, one of the guys who was much too old for me (25) decided to try to "woo" me away. One such attempt was to say that I had inspired him to write a poem. Can you imagine his embarrassment when I pointed out that e.e. cummings had actually written it It was "somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond", which is an incredibly beautiful poem and just happens to one of my favourites!

Martje, thanks for the email, I know it seems a bit random how many posts you can make per day, but its based on the forum clock not UK time, so you can get caught by that.

Have a great rest of the day/night everyone!(ROTD/N did we agree that that abbreviation was acceptable?)

Love Winky x x x

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essie125 - Sep 26, 2006 2:53 am (#2598 of 2976)

Hi Detail Seeker,

actually Flemish and Dutch do not derive from Old Frisian, But from old Low Franconian, which was spoken by the franks. Both High and Low german come from another language. So they do also not stem from Old Frisian. All these languages are in the germanic language tree. So they are related, but Old Frisian and Old Low Franconian are more like sisters, which makes Dutch a niece from old Frisian and not a daughter.

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Starling - Sep 26, 2006 3:45 am (#2599 of 2976)

Let's face it, nothing that forces you to walk on tip-toe, shoves your toes into a cramped space, and gives you 1/2 square inch to balance on is comfy. Some high-heeled shoes might be more comfortable than other high-heeled shoes, but they'll never actually be comfortable.

I used to wear low heels, I love really old fashioned "granny boots", but I can't even wear those anymore, I cracked a bone in my foot by dropping a shampoo bottle on it (go on, laugh).

And you're right about Dutch and Old Frisian, essie, they don't come straight from the same common ancestor.

(Winky Woo, I sent you a mail about Manchester et al, I ran out of messages!)

Martje

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Detail Seeker - Sep 26, 2006 4:44 am (#2600 of 2976)

essie, you are right, I should have researched further before writing.

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Julie Aronson - Sep 26, 2006 4:51 am (#2601 of 2976)

But it's all really interesting anyway!

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essie125 - Sep 26, 2006 5:54 am (#2602 of 2976)

Yes it is isn't it. I'm doing a course about it at uni now and i had a discussion with a flemish girl about the relationship between Flemish and dutch, and we decided that they are sister languages, even though a lot of dutch people would like to call it a daughter language. But that is wrong, Afrikaans is a daughter language of dutch.

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Starling - Sep 26, 2006 6:11 am (#2603 of 2976)

Flemish is officially the same as Dutch, not a sister language. At a push, I suppose you could call it a Dutch dialect. It's not a separate language, it's the same language, with a slighly different pronunciation and certain different words (although I'm sure a Flemish person would understand "auto" just as well as "voituurke", en "toetsenbord" as well as "klavier").

But yes, Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch. It's very different, but rooted in Dutch.

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Eponine - Sep 26, 2006 7:17 am (#2604 of 2976)

I have tiny feet, and I cannot wear heels higher than a couple of inches or my toes go numb. Thankfully, I can buy boots in the kids' department; they're usually low-heeled. My feet are difficult to fit, so buying shoes is quite a hassle for me which is why I'm so addicted to flip flops. They just slide on, and you don't have to worry about anything else. I have some heels for certain outfits and dressing up, but I mostly wear low-heeled shoes.

I always liked math in school, and when I got to college I even thought about majoring in it, but my love of books won out. I majored in English instead.

My application for grad school was sent off yesterday. I have no idea how long it will take to hear back from them, but there shouldn't be any reason for me not to get in. So, hopefully, I'll be starting library school in the spring.

I hope everyone has a great RotD!

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haymoni - Sep 26, 2006 7:22 am (#2605 of 2976)

I wear a size 8 shoe and I'm only 5'1".

Adding another inch in "pointyness" to my feet is not something I want.

We always called shoes like that "cockroach killers", so maybe that makes me a bit biased.

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Loopy Lupin - Sep 26, 2006 7:34 am (#2606 of 2976)

Do you honestly care how (this is quoted from the guidelines sheet) "wine affected the history of mankind"?? It doesn't even relate to what we're doing in class! (Other than that, I do love BioChem right now.)—Finn

Well, I guess I do care in the general sense that I care about history and enjoy approaching it from unique perspectives. One of my favorite Discovery/History channel pieces is about frozen food and refrigeration. These inventions had wide implications for the health of the public as well as social and economic implications.

I couldn't even begin to imagine the wealth of history behind wine.

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haymoni - Sep 26, 2006 8:18 am (#2607 of 2976)

Maybe you'll see the relevancy when you are actually old enough to drink it, Finn.

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azi - Sep 26, 2006 8:35 am (#2608 of 2976)

Thank you for the comment on my avatar Lina!

Count me in for never wearing high heels. I never wear shoes anyway.

I felt a need to look up the history of wine, since Finn mentioned it. I found an interesting quote by Blaise Pascal - "Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same." It made me chuckle.

There is plenty of history there Finn! How does it link with Biochem though? Do you have to produce formulas for fermentation or something?

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HungarianHorntail11 - Sep 26, 2006 10:40 am (#2609 of 2976)

When you get to my age, birthdays cease to have the meaning they once had. . .Timrew

Well, you can't expect a shiny new bike every year.

I keep forgetting to mention the cool new avatars, azi, legolas and others but Lina's post reminded me. **waves**!

I have been coordinating a class trip to a nearby historical site for the 4th graders. All was 'go' until a parent of an "allergy child" said she can't make it. Now, 70+ children, the teachers, other parents and principal are disappointed. We are trying vehemently to get another date where the parent is available, though the site is booked. It ties in beautifully with their curriculum, as they start learning about the American Revolution and NJ.

The nurse did say they have cancelled class trips due to such circumstances.

Off to Trader Joe's.

Maria

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Starling - Sep 26, 2006 11:41 am (#2610 of 2976)

My partner and I have decided to make birthdays more of an event. People often say "we've got nothing to look forward to anymore, we've had the weddings, kids, graduations, etc." So have decided to create something to look forward to. We're getting married at 80.

I hope the class trip works out, Maria!

Martje

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 26, 2006 1:10 pm (#2611 of 2976)

but I can't even wear those anymore, I cracked a bone in my foot by dropping a shampoo bottle on it (go on, laugh).

ROFL! Don't worry I bent my leg once and tied a string around it, then started hopping on one foot around the house, and of course, I lost my balance and not being able to extend my leg to catch myself, fell and broke my toe. It was pretty painful, but now I just laugh at my own stupidity. I think dropping a shampoo bottle on your foot is right up there on the stupid injuries list!

LOL haymoni, cockroach killers! that's what we call my dad!

It's such a pretty day outside! It was relatively cool out too! It's only 81F right now! Math test was a killer. My mom made a deal with me that she will buy me a pink "Sliver" cell phone if I manage to get an A for the quarter in either math or physics. I think she actually agreed to it because she knows it's not going to happen...I generally get C+/B- in both so it's a major stretch for me. Anyways, I do not beleive I've gotten any closer to it after taking the test.

Ahhh well, I think I may have some homework to do.

Have a great RotD everyone!!

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legolas returns - Sep 26, 2006 1:12 pm (#2612 of 2976)

I had this strange prophesy/premonition thing were I imagined getting my foot caught in a wire fence. I still don’t know how I did it-it kind of wrecked my holiday. I was only about 13.

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Starling - Sep 26, 2006 1:13 pm (#2613 of 2976)

Don't worry, virginiaelizabeth, a C+/B- is a pass too, isn't it? Some people just don't have a head for maths, however hard they try.

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 26, 2006 1:22 pm (#2614 of 2976)

Well, a C is considered "average" and I do my best to get A's amd B's, but math is just not my thing! It never has been, and my mom knows that so C's are acceptable in math only. If I got a C in say English mommy would probably skin me alive!

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geauxtigers  - Sep 26, 2006 1:29 pm (#2615 of 2976)

LOL cockroach killers!

Well I'm about 5'6 and I've worn a size 10 shoe since I was in 7th grade. I wore a size 10 even though I was barley 5 feet tall. Thankfully I grew into them But they are still really big even though I'm taller..

Okay well best get started on my homework, I have dance tonight so I need to get something done before I leave.

Its a georgous blue day, low temps. One of those say that would make anyone smile and be all happy!

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Detail Seeker - Sep 26, 2006 1:54 pm (#2616 of 2976)

Finn, for the history of wine: Nietzsche once said, you should mistrust any thought, that you had, when your body was not feasting. While it is really debateable, if a certain quantum of wine really is a feast for the body, it is considered such by a lot of people. Some politicians from all periods of history were deciding under the influence of wine or took advice by people intoxicated (e.g. Oracle of Delphi). So, researching, in how far the influence of wine had an impact on the way, influential people of some time handleed issues under the auspices of the biochemical effects of wine. (one example in Geoffrey Regan´s Book "military Blunders" is the british General Gillespie in Nepal 1814).

This may not be important for American or World History, but things in that direction might be something to look for.

For all those with Maths problems: Try to get a clear idea of the aim of any mathematical operation ("What is it, you want/ have to know" ) before every step, you take and then follow the recipe given. Then understanding the use of maths should be manageable. Remember the practical definitions of the operations, but do not try to understand the mathematical proof procedures - these are for mathematicians only.

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legolas returns - Sep 26, 2006 1:56 pm (#2617 of 2976)

When a politician is very drunk they are described in the UK media as being "tired and emotional". Hee hee-I think that is a lovely description.

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painting sheila - Sep 26, 2006 2:30 pm (#2618 of 2976)

Just a quick email before work -I am steaming mad!! I need all of you to put your thinking caps on and give me your two cents on this.

My daughter (will be 17 in November) in in the 11th grade and was nominated for Governor's School. YEAH!! She found out today that she is not eligible because of a test she took in 1st grade when she was 6 years old!! I am trying to make an appointment with the guidance counselor at school to hear it from her own mouth. Can you believe they would base something that important on something that happened 10 year's ago!!!

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Starling - Sep 26, 2006 2:41 pm (#2619 of 2976)

*fumes with painting sheila*

NUTS!

Yes, go to the guidance counselor, it's beyond belief! A child develops and learns so much in 10 years! It sounds like they'll only accept child prodigies and won't accept kids who have worked hard for their results.

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legolas returns - Sep 26, 2006 2:44 pm (#2620 of 2976)

What is Governor's School? I take it is some kind of Bursary for University/College. I cant believe that they would go that far back to exclude your daughter. Its ridiculous-How can they use that to work out your daughters ability now. No wonder you are mad. Can you make an appeal?

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Catherine - Sep 26, 2006 2:46 pm (#2621 of 2976)

Does anyone really care what someone who has home schooled her kids all the way through really thinks about homework? Mildly curious? I'll put it in my personal introduction for awhile.---Chemyst

**rabidly curious, she rushed off to Chemyst's intro...** --Kim

**morbidly curious, she rushed off to Chemyst's intro, and enjoyed reading Chemyst's opinions about homework.**

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Starling - Sep 26, 2006 2:46 pm (#2622 of 2976)

It's a school for gifted kids, where they go beyond the usual curriculum. At least, I think it is, correct me if I'm wrong!

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Jewel  - Sep 26, 2006 2:47 pm (#2623 of 2976)

You have got to be kidding me! That is so not fair! They are basing their decision on a first grade test? I don't see how they can do that.

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Catherine - Sep 26, 2006 3:19 pm (#2624 of 2976)

Sheila,

You may wish to review the site for Governor's school in your state. Usually, gifted and talented programs take recent test scores versus old scores; that is how the Duke "TIP" program works, for example.

I have never heard of a child being eliminated due to a 10 year-old score. That is patently ridiculous, and you are within your rights to wage a mighty protest. Generally, if a child has EVER scored in an upper percentile on a nationally normed test, that is sufficient.

Good luck, and I posted this publicly because I hoped that other parents who have children who score 95% + on standardized testing realize that there could be some benefits "out there" that you may not even be aware of.

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Holly T. - Sep 26, 2006 3:34 pm (#2625 of 2976)

Congrats to your daughter Sheila and good luck with the school district!

I am trying to get my son's school to realize that he didn't stop being gifted and talented when they identified him as dyslexic--he needs services for both. They currently have him visiting the reading teacher with a group of students who are repeating third grade because they failed the standardized test, which led my son to say "me and the other kids who failed reading," wherein I said wait a minute, you haven't "failed" anything and I don't want him to get set up to do so by identifying himself as a failure. He's actually reading above grade level (it was fun last year trying to convince them to test him for dyslexia when he was reading above grade level--it's not that he can't read, it's how he reads--they finally referred him for dysgraphia and, surprise, found out he was dyslexic, which I'd been suspecting since the end of first grade), and him being a GT student actually delayed his dyslexia diagnosis since he is able to guess things from context in what he can read. We have a conference with his teacher and the reading teacher later this week.

When I was in high school my mom got so mad when she got a letter from the superintendent complimenting my parents on what a great home environment they had provided since I was a National Merit Finalist--the week before the school district had sent her a letter saying my younger sister's problems in her special ed classes (she is retarded) weren't the school's fault and that she probably had a poor home environment that made it difficult for her to learn. I thought my mom was going to go to the district office with both letters and tell them "it's the SAME house!"

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Eponine - Sep 26, 2006 3:35 pm (#2626 of 2976)

I know that Governor's school can also focus on music, because a friend of mine went one summer and studied music all summer long.

And this isn't the movie thread, but I'm linking it anyway. Check out the new Luna picture here. She looks fabulous.

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timrew - Sep 26, 2006 3:38 pm (#2627 of 2976)

H.H.:- Well, you can't expect a shiny new bike every year.

Well, I shouldn't keep wondering where the bike for my 57th is, should I?.........

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Sep 26, 2006 3:51 pm (#2628 of 2976)

Check out the new Luna picture here. She looks fabulous.---Eponine

This prompted me to IMDb Order of the Phoenix for the first time and I saw a few movie stills. It appears all the boys have received a haircut, especially the twins, for which I give a fervent "Amen".

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painting sheila - Sep 26, 2006 8:42 pm (#2629 of 2976)

Governor's School is a summer program which last for 6 weeks. Kids from all over the state are nominated in different areas - music, political science, drama, art, etc. My daughter was nominated by her drama teacher.

She is taking AP (Advance Placement) courses and has been since middle school. She has been nominated for the National Honor Society, and has made the honor roll every semester since middle school. I just can't get over this idea of using a test from 1st grade!

A friend said to speak with the counselor, find out whose policy it is, get a copy of the policy, try to appeal it, and if that doesn't work use the media. I have several friends who are lawyers, but I don't think this is their area of expertise. My friend said the threat of the media might be enough - especially in an election year.

Thank you all for your support.

Jeez!

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 26, 2006 8:46 pm (#2630 of 2976)

Sheila I'll have to agree with you, that's just dumb! I person is not the same person they were at 7, as they are at 17. When you're seven, it's addition and subtraction. By the time you reach 17, it's pre-calculus. It's insane that they'd her entry by her scored when she was 7! Come one the most important thing on her mind then was which Barbie she was going to play with, not hard work for school!

It appears all the boys have received a haircut, especially the twins, for which I give a fervent "Amen".

I'll second that! Mullets are just not in style anymore!

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painting sheila - Sep 26, 2006 8:53 pm (#2631 of 2976)

In the stills of OoP, who is the tall kid to the left - slightly away from everyone else?

I have had several people say they will write letters for us on this one (Gov's School). It doesn't even make sense to use something from 10 years ago to determine your future! So, if she had a bad day and didn't test well this one day, she can't advance in high school. The people are loooney if they think we will take this quietly and calmly. She has had a perfect school record, too. No detentions - not even late fees from the library!!

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Kerfuffle - Sep 26, 2006 9:03 pm (#2632 of 2976)

Hello, jumping in to put in 2 knuts about Finn's assignment regarding how wine changed the history of the world. I always thought one of the most important reasons was because wine and other spirits (rum and ale) were easier and healthier to transport on ships. Water tended to go foul and cause disease, but spirits stayed more bacteria free. This allowed explorers and traders to live through the voyages and extended the boundries of the known world. Now back to your regularly scheduled comments.

Kerfuffle (frequent lurker, but not regular poster).

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geauxtigers  - Sep 26, 2006 9:20 pm (#2633 of 2976)

Yeah, Sheila, that is riddiculus! First grade, really?! I mean come on! Learning one plus one is wayyyyyy eaiser than finding the cosine of angle theta....which is what I'm currently studying as I have a huge test on tomorrow. But speak up! They can't get away with things like this!

Okay so I dance has started back, so from now until May, I will have bruised knees and feet from rolling all over the nice hard squishy soft, floor! YAY! Anyone who has ever taken dance, you know when you feel your knee "crunch" on the ground, like you can hear it, but its not your bones, but blood vessels bursting? Yeah thats my knees right now

And now that I've read a page and a half of the Canterbury Tales...and done ZERO journals for it, I think I'll go. And I have english 1st block...

It appears all the boys have received a haircut, especially the twins, for which I give a fervent "Amen". I second that as well! I'm so glad Fred and George cut theirs! Rupert too, I like Dan's hair short better, but I think it needs to be longer for Harry, but unfortualty, only the real Harry can grow his hair back over-night! The guy off to the side? The one with the long hair...I have no idea who that is...I was wondering that myself. Neville's hair looked weird too, I dunno it was combed weird or something.

Okay I have to leave now! No more forum, no more! For tonight at least!

Night everyone!

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Tazzygirl - Sep 26, 2006 10:35 pm (#2634 of 2976)
Edited Sep 26, 2006 11:46 pm

Good luck with the Graduate application, Eponine!

Painting Sheila- that is just awful to hear. I hope you win the argument and your daughter can go to what sounds like a wonderful summer program! **battle charms** to you!

Had to skim through the last 30 posts, have a huge project due tomorrow, and have to type up the handouts. Looking forward to next week, as I have nothing due.

Have a great RotD/N everyone!

~Kristina

EDIT: Okay, need to vent for just a second. I have been waiting impatiently for Gilmore Girls to start up again. Tonight was it. Low and behold, Hawaii does not get the channel it airs on. The new 'CW' channel is I guess still underway here. Who knows. All I know is that it is not in the TV Guide, and the internet says 'local listing' with nothing lined up. It hasn't even been assigned a channel number yet. I missed the premier!! *sniff* I am sooooo glad Grey's Anatomy and LOST are on a different channel!

(/rant)

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The giant squid - Sep 27, 2006 12:10 am (#2635 of 2976)

painting sheila, I guess all that stuff about things "going into your permanent record" is true. I'd say it depends on what the 1st grade failed test was for, but I really don't see how that could affect things 11 years later. Obviously she's gifted enough now to qualify...

Holly, I'm sure it was frustrating as all heck at the time, but that's actually kind of amusing about your son--they couldn't diagnose his "learning disability" because he's too smart. Remind him of that the next time he starts identifying with the "failures".

I have to say a big THANK YOU to Winky Woo--I won that E-bay auction! I ended up paying $26 plus shipping, which is pretty much what I'd pay for a new hardcover. Since this is a hardcover of a long-out-of-print book, that's a good thing. Just one more Heinlein book to go & I can finally focus all my obsession attention to HP.

--Mike

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S.E. Jones - Sep 27, 2006 12:35 am (#2636 of 2976)

Holly, schools can be very bad about getting kids the help they need. My little brother had a combination of hearing, vision, mental, and speech problems, but no one (aside from my family) realized it for years. Finally, my mom decided to have him tested on her own and found out that he was blind as a bat and nearly deaf and possibly had/has ADD (although he's learning to handle this problem really well). The school refused to get him any help and said it was from my mother mollycoddling him (what a thing to say to a woman's face, and in this day and age too!). As it turns out, schools somehow end up getting more money out of not having any truly learning disabled kids. My mom nearly killed the grade-school principle over it. The people who the school finally got to look him over said, "well, he's just going to be a D student, get used to it and don't expect too much". Well, he's now a B student and talking about college, so shows what the so-called experts know..... Anyway, just wanted to rant a little as I know where you're coming from.

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Regan of Gong - Sep 27, 2006 1:07 am (#2637 of 2976)

Remember Nizlopi and the JCB song? I was reading the inspiration for that song, and it's written by a guy who was bullied at school because of his dyslexia. Really nice song...he says it's funny though, giving kids who can't spell a name no-one can spell. Here's the official site for anyone's who interested in reading more.

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Marie E. - Sep 27, 2006 5:05 am (#2638 of 2976)

While I was student-teaching I helped identify a boy who was dyslexic. I was impressed that despite his "disability" he was still a B student. What tipped it off for me was when I would write the spelling words on the board and he would copy them with letters reversed ex: exit was eixt.

Lovely, lovely fall weather here, sigh. It's hard to enjoy it while all the doomsayers are predicting a horrible winter, but I'm trying.

Mr E suspects that our girl bunny may be pregnant again. She's very irritable and was seen tearing fur off poor Pickles last night. He warned me not to let the girls get to them first this morning just in case she delivered prematurely like last time.

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haymoni - Sep 27, 2006 7:15 am (#2639 of 2976)

They actually poured the cement for my porch yesterday. Yes - my porch. You remember - the one that they started about a month ago?

Hubby's friends were working on it in their spare time and then we had a bunch of rain, so it has taken longer than we thought.

I really didn't care, as long as it was done for Halloween when the Trick-or-Treaters come!

I fell asleep watching The Contender Finale last night. I woke up in time to see the end. They had a trailer for "Rocky Balboa". It looks awful!

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Chemyst - Sep 27, 2006 8:39 am (#2640 of 2976)

schools somehow end up getting more money out of not having any truly learning disabled kids

That is not technically true. It may be that the extra funding they receive is not enough to cover their local costs, but schools do get more money. It may also be that your district is not bad enough or impoverished enough to quality for the full amount the school thinks it would need to help him. If you are a masochist, you can check the US Dept. of Education website if you wish, but wading through the NCLB, IDEA, and LEA acronyms... well, it's enough to make the Ginny & Tori's physics homework look fun & exciting. Oh, and maybe we should send condolences to Denise's school district now that Mr. P retired. School districts also receive funding if a child has a parent on active duty in the uniformed services.

Holly, I am hearing of more & more cases like yours. It really takes a parent who is willing to go to bat for their child. S. E. Jones, I have also been on the receiving end of the "well, he's just going to be a D student, get used to it and don't expect too much". For us, the correct response was on that! It hasn't been a cakewalk, but my son is doing far more than the experts had predicted.

Yea Haymoni! I'm glad you got your porch in before you had to worry about freezing temperatures.

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painting sheila - Sep 27, 2006 9:04 am (#2641 of 2976)

I talked to the counselor today and found out that it wasn't a test from 1st grade but one from 3rd. (Like that made me feel any better). It was an aptitude test that she was given before she was diagnosed with a learning disorder. I asked about taking an aptitude test now - but she said not to expect much because these "types" of things don't change over the course of years. I find that very hard to believe.

Anyway, I am going to the Governor's School website to see what I can find about this policy and then talking to my daughter to see how much of a fight she wants us to do. I am willing to do whatever but it has to be her call.

Thank you all for your support. You are the best!

PS Regan of Gong - "places to go, people to be . . " Loved it - Funny!

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Catherine - Sep 27, 2006 10:06 am (#2642 of 2976)

I asked about taking an aptitude test now - but she said not to expect much because these "types" of things don't change over the course of years. –Sheila

The counselor is an idiot, plain and simple. Many students who are severely affected by ADD or ADHD have achievement scores that shoot up once they are medicated, for example, or take the test is a separate room from other children.

My daughter had severe fluctuations in scores when she started having seizures, for example, and when she stopped having seizures.

I've also seen students who have dyslexia do quite well if they have extra time.

If one test is enough to qualify folks for programs, it's hard to think that one ten year-old test could disqualify someone.

EDIT: Sheila, the eligibility requirements for NC's governor's school are on the web. Here's a link to the requirement: http://www.ncgovschool.org/docs/nomination/2007nominationpacket.pdf . Notice that the test must be "recent."

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Madam Pince - Sep 27, 2006 10:20 am (#2643 of 2976)

LOL haymoni, cockroach killers! that's what we call my dad! –Ginny

Your Dad is a pointy-toed shoe?!?

My mom made a deal with me that she will buy me a pink "Sliver" cell phone if I manage to get an A for the quarter in either math or physics. I think she actually agreed to it because she knows it's not going to happen...

Yeah, Moms are clever that way...

If one test is enough to qualify folks for programs, it's hard to think that one ten year-old test could disqualify someone. –Catherine

An excellent point! Worthy of legal standing, in my opinion! Seriously, Sheila, I cannot believe that objection they're pitching you -- it is ridiculous. For what it's worth, I think you should continue to try to push for it -- I went to Governor's School the summer between my junior and senior years, and it was a fantastic experience. It really broadened my horizons from my little ol' podunk school and allowed me a greater awareness of what other options were out there for college classes. (It's also where I found the enormous cockroach in my bathroom medicine cabinet that I'm sure I told you guys about, but hey, that's beside the point... I just wanted to see if I could get in the word "cockroach" twice in one post via two separate references...) Governor's School is a wonderful "prep" for the college experience, and I'm sure your daughter would benefit tremendously from it, (plus it looks great on college applications and resumes! ) Congratulations to her on the nomination! Good luck on your efforts!

Congratulations on winning your auction, Squid Mike!

Holly, that was a great story about the two letters from school with the opposite viewpoints about the same home! LOL! Just goes to show -- form letters are never a good idea! Neither is judging a book by the cover -- nor a kid by one test score!

Woo-hooo! for Haymoni's new porch cement! It should move really fast now that the concrete is poured -- it seems like that's always what slows down most construction projects.

Bunny-maternity-commiserations to Marie E.... Sigh...

Maria, I can't believe that a field trip that was all set for 70+ people is being derailed because of one parent???!!! How sad for everyone else! Seems like surely something else could be arranged for that one kid, or else the parent could graciously agree to keep the kid home that day, or something.... Hope something is worked out!

Good luck on the admissions application, Eponine! I'm sure you're in!

Edit: Woo-hoo, Denise, and congratulations to your son! That's fantastic!

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Denise P. - Sep 27, 2006 10:24 am (#2644 of 2976)

I just got a call from my 7th grader’s counselor at school. His test scores have brought him to the attention of some program at Duke University. Even though he is only 12, they want him to take the SAT or ACT and then they monitor him for the next several years. She also is moving him up in math and english (outside of his grade) based on his test scores and grades. He is all a twitter..thinking if it continues he could graduate with his older brother.

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Catherine - Sep 27, 2006 10:49 am (#2645 of 2976)

Denise, is the program the Duke TIP program? It's very well respected. Many of the gifted juniors and seniors I taught in Durham, NC years ago participated in TIP and really enjoyed it. The summer programs there are wonderful, although I remember that my fellow graduate students and I were a bit taken aback to see middle-schoolers taking summer classes at college!

I'm currently teaching some 7th graders who are nervous about taking the SAT and have been coming to me for coaching. As some of them are taking 10th grade math, I've assured them that the math section should be easy for them.

Congratulations on having such a smart 7th grader. I'm sure he gets it from his mum.

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Starling - Sep 27, 2006 11:12 am (#2646 of 2976)

Wow, you've all got such clever kids! Mine isn't half bad, but his school is terrible, so he's under-achieving.

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Kip Carter - Sep 27, 2006 11:38 am (#2647 of 2976)

Denise, the Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP) has an excellent reputation and I strongly support the concept. Our daughter was identified early as gifted and thoroughly enjoyed TIP. Being identified will start the inquires from colleges very quickly. I remember when Lu received her initial letters from college guidance counselors.

I congratulate your son and tell him to enjoy being a kid (a real smart one, at that) for a long as he can because you can not ever regain your lost childhood. Tell him to let his brother graduate alone, instead of sharing the spotlight with him at that time. Then he can enjoy his graduation with kids his own age and not have to share that event with his brother. I suggest that he take more advance courses like some of the students that Catherine refers.

Taking the SAT or ACT early should be no problem for your son. I would suggest that he find out what the SAT and ACT are and how the tests are conducted. Tell him to just do the best he can and definitely not worry about the results. The test will tie up a Saturday morning.

Yes, I agree with Catherine and am sure he gets it from his mother, even though I am sure that Mr. Denise feels that he is an equal part of the equation.

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painting sheila - Sep 27, 2006 11:48 am (#2648 of 2976)

Kids get everything positive from their mothers - why else would we blame all the bad stuff on fathers?

Denise P. - Yeah! Congrats on the Duke TIP Program. Both of my kids were asked to attend the program - there they go again - over achieving when they have no aptitude!

I have heard the more opportunities and child has to take the SAT or ACT the better it is for them. They know what to expect and can relax a little when it really " counts".

There was someone on TV today talking about Social IQ. Has anyone heard about that or happen to catch the program?

Off to vacuum out the car - FUN?

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azi - Sep 27, 2006 11:50 am (#2649 of 2976)

Congrats Denise P!

I hope you get your problem sorted, Shelia! Never heard of a social IQ...

I got on holiday tomorrow! I'm excited, but hopefully I should sleep tonight!

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legolas returns - Sep 27, 2006 12:03 pm (#2650 of 2976)

I think that the social IQ that you talk about is the "Empathy Quotient". Its all about knowing the correct way to deal with people and saying/doing the correct thing.

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CatherineHermiona  - Sep 27, 2006 12:17 pm (#2651 of 2976)

OK, just a quick word. I'm not a Bio or Chem person, I love Chemystry, but I blame the teacher for it being one of my worst subjects. I don't like Biology, I blame the teacher again. I had an A in Biology, but that's something else. I had a B in Chemystry (but I started this year good, I already have two As in Chemystry). I'm totally Maths person. I love Maths. Maybe it has something to do with the teacher as well. And I'm not the only one (well, I am in my grade, as far as I know...).

Coach called me today! Practices are starting! I can't wait!

That would be it.

Kate

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Tazzygirl - Sep 27, 2006 12:20 pm (#2652 of 2976)

Have fun on your trip tomorrow, Azi!

Wow, Denise! Congrats to your son!

I went through school not taking the SAT or the ACT. Growing up, my mom was a huge believer that a child should not be judged solely on test scores. The one and only SAT test I took was my junior year of high school, the PSAT, for a chance at a scholarship. In California, if you go from high school to a community college and then to a university, you normally don't have to take the SAT. So I managed to get out of that one too. The year after I graduated from high school, they started up the high school exit exam. I feel that this test is pointless, as some kids just don't do well testing no matter how many hours they spend studying and preparing (i.g. kids with learning disabilities). If a kid is doing really well in his/her classes, but bombs the exit exam, they cannot graduate. At least, that is the rule at my high school. I think now, several years later, the parents have protested enough that the school district lessened the consequences.

Okay, back to class!

Have a great RotD/N!

~Kristina

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HungarianHorntail11 - Sep 27, 2006 1:27 pm (#2653 of 2976) Reply
Edited by Catherine Sep 27, 2006 2:30 pm

Madam Pince, I spoke with the nurse and asked her if it was common to cancel a whole class trip due to one person and she said they've done it before. It appears as though they would be subject to legal ramifications of sorts. I am certainly not advocating any sort of disregard toward children with allergies - I know some of them can be life-threatening - but surely there has to be a happy medium with regard to how such a situation is handled. I contacted the historical site and they were willing to hold the 4th and since have found out that the parent can make it. Subsequently, we sent around another notice with the change in date. Some of the parents are now confused and are not sure as to whether they should send a bag lunch or not, as we are eating at the picnic site. I am hoping no child ends up without a lunch.

Thanks for your concerns, Martje & Madam P.

Congrats to all of the brainy offspring! Hope everything works out for your daughter, Sheila.

Maria

I edited this post to remove a link to cnn.com about a school hostage situation. Hungarian Horntail didn't start this, but let's not hash out national tragedies on our Chat thread! Let's also not post minute-by-minute updates of news stories unrelated to Harry Potter or our chats here.-Catherine

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geauxtigers  - Sep 27, 2006 3:11 pm (#2654 of 2976)

Okay, lots to says, I took notes!

Ginny went shopping with our friend, I'm going to meet them for dinner later. I didn't feel like going and listening to them decide what to try on, try it on, to turn around and change their mind 100 + times. I like shopping when I know what I want, not when you just go to look and mingle amoungst the clothes after being at school all day! I'm tired!

exit was eixt. This reminds me of an e-mail my mom sent me a few years ago, this is what it said, I was surprised to find that I had no trouble reading this. Ok here goes: I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs isbcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt Isn't that cool!

well, it's enough to make the Ginny & Tori's physics homework look fun & exciting. Wow that must be bad! LOL

I just got a call from my 7th graders counselor at school. His test scores have brought him to the attention of some program at Duke University. Good for him, Denise! I also took that in 7th grade. I don't remember how I did, I think average, it wasn't high enough for what ever they were looking for out of it. But then again, I don't think I studied at all for it, I looked at it and was like, ummmm yeah, sure! I know what that means! LOL

some kids just don't do well testing no matter how many hours they spend studying and preparing That me! 3rd through 6th grade, we took something called an ERB, I have no clue what it stands for, but it was a standardized test. 7th I took SAT, 10th I took the PSAT and I'm fixing to have to take that again. Then I think the SAT is in January or something. Anyway, my standardized tests scores have never reflected my GPA or anything. If people saw just my PSAT scores and such they'd think I was dumb as a rock. I hate that you have to do well on these to get into college. It makes me nervous because I know I've never tested well. Oh well, all you can do is try. I've got 4 shots between now and when I graduate to take it so!

Okay I'm off to take a nap and do some work.

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legolas returns - Sep 27, 2006 3:16 pm (#2655 of 2976)

I am going home for a long weekend to my parents. I was supposed to spend my time this evening doing my packing and tidying up. I have only managed to find my photo ID and do tonight dishes. There is always something better to do-I am so easily distracted . Will wave to people north of Birmingham why I fly tomorrow afternoon.

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Ludicrous Patents Office - Sep 27, 2006 4:36 pm (#2656 of 2976)

Holly, I am hearing of more & more cases like yours. It really takes a parent who is willing to go to bat for their child. Chemyst

Here here! Parents are always the best advocates for their children. Teachers cannot possibly know the needs of each child. I wish parents would be more active partners in their children's education.

Legolas, home to Edinburgh? LPO

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Catherine - Sep 27, 2006 4:41 pm (#2657 of 2976)

If anyone needs a laugh, (and boy, do I!!) you may smile at the following: Catherine is accompanying her 7th and 8th grade students on their big field trip to "Camp Cheerio."

We will all be traveling, eating, sleeping, and enjoying camp together in the mountains of North Carolina from October 9-13. Our activities range from mountain hikes to caving to canoeing.

I had the unpleasant task today of educating 7th grade girls that there are only two plugs in the bathroom, so it would be fairly ridiculous for everyone to bring a blow-dryer or flat-iron for hair care. The good new is--I didn't have to tell the 8th grade girls, who are much prissier in general!

Ultimately, I was impressed with my ladies. They got together in a pack, doled out snack duty, appliance duty, and entertainment duty. They amazed me. I pity the boys. They don't have a clue!

I feel certain that at least one of my female students will be an important elected official some day.

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 27, 2006 6:21 pm (#2658 of 2976)

Ahh Catherine, we went to a camp in 8th grade that sounds very similar to "Camp Cheerio" (LOL at the name!) It was called "Mo Ranch" Well, our class in general has said to have a horrible curse over it...I could go into detail about our terrible luck, but I'll save time and get on with my story. So we spent 11+ hours on a bus heading to the middle of nowhere. We left on Sunday, and by Tuesday morning, the teachers had to send a busload of people home as around 20 people came down with the flu. I spent the entire week thanking my mother for forcing me to get my flu shot, that I really didn't want to get because I hate shots! But anyways, it was a really fun trip with lots of high ropes courses and other really fun activities! I love that kind of stuff, but it was a shame that around 40 people got sick throughout the trip, even some of the teachers. My advice...get a flu shot! We joke about it now calling it "the Mo Ranch Plague" , but it was not a fun experience to be in a confined space with people who had 103 F fevers. Hope y'all have fun! **walks away imagining Catherine sitting by a campfire eating s'mores and singing kuum-by-ya**

I had fun shopping today. Didn't get anything but my friend did. We ended up lost trying to get home, which was pretty funny trying to figure out where we had gone wrong.

Madame P, he's not a point-toed shoe, just the person you wake up at 2 AM when you see a roach in your room! LOL

Ok well better go do some homework...uggg.

Have a great RotD!

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boop - Sep 27, 2006 6:26 pm (#2659 of 2976)

Happy Birthday Wishes for Viola(Michelle)Sept 28th. I hope you have a wonderful day!!

I hope everyone is having a good week.

Denise, congrats to your son.

Catherine, I hope you have a good time on your field trip.

Sheila, I hope your daughter can go this summer to that school.

Have a great rest of the day!!

hugs

boop

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Madam Pince - Sep 27, 2006 6:40 pm (#2660 of 2976)

Happy Birthday, Viola Intonada! Have a fantastic day! Eat lots of cake!

Maria, glad it sounds like the field trip's been saved. I just can't imagine trying to organize 70 people to be able to all be available for something at once -- we can't even get a family of 10 to all agree on a camping weekend date! (Well, I guess it's not really 70 is it -- just however many parents need to go along? But still...) In order for our camping trip to work, somebody is giving up a soccer game, somebody is missing one day of the trip in order to be able to go to a Homecoming dance, and somebody is getting to attend because we re-scheduled from the weekend prior when he had a bicycle race -- so there was no way for everybody to be happy. Sigh...

***waves at Kate and Boop!***

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Finn BV - Sep 27, 2006 8:17 pm (#2661 of 2976)

So biochemists suffer from dissociative identity disorder? --Chemyst, coincidentally

LOL, I meant that the two are quite different and people usually fall for one and hate the other. But some elect for both. I am taking BioChem at school now, because I think I'd rather enjoy both better than taking Bio this year and Chem next. BTW, you have a very unique idea on homework, which I appreciate wholly.

Ohh, Ginny and Tori, I think math is quite useful. But it's a superb teacher who can show you that connection to the real world. PS, Tori, I considered writing some of those "inappropriate sarcastic" things in my report, too…

Actually, Finn ... I think it would be interesting to know how wine affected the history of mankind. –Soli

Soli, I understand from another perspective this could be a very interesting topic to research. However, as a project in BioChem, where one has to research a substance's history, etc., it doesn't make any sense, considering that we are learning nothing about wine (or any of the other substances people have – e.g. salt, rubber, rice, rum). It seems like one of those old "don't have any other work to give so I'll give them this" projects. We've only done the Bio part of BioChem so far, but in an AP Chem class I could see how this would be an appropriate topic.

On the other hand… Immo, thank you for your information. I'll look into that tonight and tomorrow.

Maria, good luck charms with the field trip!

Sheila, we'll all sign a petition. How awful! And besides… what could you take a test on in first grade that had to do with drama?

Holly, there are plenty of dyslexic kids at my school, and others with different learning disabilities. It was a big issue last year concerning "special" learning, but I wasn't following it too closely and can't tell you the resolution, sorry… However, kids don't have a lesser chance of getting into the school based on their level of learning.

Kerfuffle, thank you! I have a variant of that already, but didn't expand on it all the way.

If you are a masochist, you can check the US Dept. of Education website if you wish –Chemyst

SPEW! That was rather amusing… I think I'll go check it out just because.

Denise, congratulations to your son! Which is this, Ryan? That's great news -- have him keep it up!

Kate, are you starting up archery again or some other sport? PS – Sorry I haven't been in the chat room, I do want to "see" you again now that you're better!

Catherine, sounds mildly like the "Dorr" program at my school where I was for a week in February, and twice in the past two months. Have fun! (This was written before I scrolled down to see Ginny's post… )

Happy Birthday Viola!!

We had another Cross-Country Meet today, I got around 7th. Eek, I need to keep up my reputation from last year! I'm going to do some more mental training this week.

Enjoy the RotD!

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Mediwitch - Sep 27, 2006 8:34 pm (#2662 of 2976)

Just an FYI on the special education comments - school districts actually get penalized by the federal and state governments if they identify "too many" children as having a disability. (Of course, special education (SpEd) is already yet another program that does not receive all the funding the governments promise. I know I am not alone when I spend serious amounts of my own money on classroom supplies and materials, and HOURS making more materials, because we can't get money to buy what we need.)

By the way, at least in Connecticut, having a diagnosed disability doesn't automatically qualify a student for SpEd services. There has to be documentation of the impact of the disability on the education of the child. So as a really clear example, a child with a physical disability which limits mobility might not need SpEd, because he is able to access his education and learn without special help. He might need physical therapy (PT), but if he doesn't need PT to LEARN, he won't get it in school. (Obviously, it gets into much more "gray" areas than that example.) Schools don't provide the same kind of services hospitals or clinics provide, because the goal is slightly different, even when the disability is in learning.

Every state is different in their criteria, and every school district interprets those criteria slightly differently. Are there children who need services who don't get them? Sadly, that sometimes happens. But sometimes there are other reasons which may not be apparent to people outside the school system. I'm all for parent involvement - school is so much more successful for everyone when parents are involved. But please don't beat up the teachers that have to work within the system. I know lots of special educators, and I can tell you, it's not a job for just anybody.

Chemyst: If you are a masochist, you can check the US Dept. of Education website if you wish. Chemyst is right; just a little light reading there.   Special educators are supposed to know everything from neurology to behavior modification, be familiar with all the legal alphabet soup from IDEA, ADA, NCLB...oh yeah, and somewhere in there we've got to teach the children, too, the same material from the regular classroom, but in a different way, so that the kids understand it.

I hope this doesn't come off too hard; it's a subject that's a little close to home for me. We've recently taken some undeserved bashing from some parents whose kids we've worked really hard with. I leave for work at 7:30 am, and today, for example, I left school at 6:00 pm. That's not unusual, for me, or the other special educators I work with.

Wow, Denise and painting sheila! Congrats to your kids!

Happy Birthday, Viola Intonada! SmileyCentral.com

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Mrs. Sirius - Sep 27, 2006 9:15 pm (#2663 of 2976)

Mediwitch, I live in Connecticut too. I am surprised at HOW many kids are labeled as special needs. Possibly more than a quarter of the kids in my children's classes have special classification and accommodations, including Talented and Gifted. Many of these are multiple labels.

I think our teachers do an incredible job with the kids. In the classrooms there is a seemingly endless stream of special needs paraprofessional, student teacher and parents. In a one hour period in the classroom, I have seem as many 4 special professionals come in to provide services or pull the kids out for specials. this is not to mentions parents falling over each other to be in the classrooms.

Chemyst thanks for the link to the site, it was enlightening.

Denise wooa, congratulations!

Good luck painting sheila.

Tim, HAPPY Birthday.

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S.E. Jones - Sep 27, 2006 9:19 pm (#2664 of 2976)

Mediwitch, thanks for the inside info. Unfortunately, not all people in schools are as concerned with the kids' education as the teachers are. Some of my mom's best friends are teachers, but it's the principal that always gave her a problem when it came to trying to get help for my little brother, and my little sister when she was in that school. Of course, this lady was the same one who thought the best way to get me to work faster in class was to threaten to send me to detention if I didn't... .... The lady's main way of helping kids was to simply hold them back a grade at a time until they read on the same level as everyone else. You should hear the teachers at that school talk about what goes on there with funding and stuff.... It'd make you want to scream.....

Speaking of teachers, one of my mom's friends happens to be the teacher I had in third grade. As I said the principal, as well as my second grade teacher (she was apparently the one who started the whole thing) would routinely drag me down to the office to threaten me with detention or whatnot because I didn't work at the same pace as everyone else in my year and because she thought my parents did my homework for me (because she apparently thought someone who worked so slow must be that slow mentally). My 2nd grade teacher went as far as to drag my mom in and chew her out for doing my homework and wrote a note to my 3rd grade teacher "warning" her about me. That teacher (3rd grade), who I will always remember, took me aside the first day of class, showed me the "warning" letter, and told me what she thought, that I was just someone who worked at my own pace, like her, that I shouldn't try to make my brain work differently just to suite someone else, and that I should focus more on the quality of what I write instead of the speed with which I write it. It doesn't seem like much now, but to a 9/10-year-old, it meant quite a lot. She was the first teacher I'd had in a couple years (at that point) that told me I was fine just the way I was. It's really amazing when you think just how influential a teacher can be, for the better or for the worse.

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painting sheila - Sep 27, 2006 9:24 pm (#2665 of 2976)

Happy B-Day Viola Intonada! I hope you have many many more!

Finn - you run cross country? That seems so grueling. How did you decide that was the sport for you? I can't imagine the pain my body would be in even if I were wearing Crocs!

Catherine _ It sounds like fun. How can you have a bad time at a camp named Camp Cheerio"? It just SOUNDS fun!

There was a big article in the paper today about Homework and how it has been proven to actually be detrimental to the childs learning if it is given to often or too much at one time. I haven't read the whole thing, but will let you know if anything interesting appears in it.

I came home to an empty downstairs. It looks like Roscoe the dog found a home. YEAH!! Send loving charms his way that the people who took him will love him forever and not bring him back!! He really is a sweet dog -

I am up doing laundry. The sound of the washing machine is going to put me too sleep before long . . . zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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The giant squid - Sep 27, 2006 9:28 pm (#2666 of 2976)

How can you have a bad time at a camp named Camp Cheerio"? It just SOUNDS fun!--painting Sheila

For some reason, it makes me hungry...

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 27, 2006 9:30 pm (#2667 of 2976)

For some reason, it makes me hungry...

LOL Mike, I was thinking the same thing, while picturing a big metal arch going across the dirve with a sign saying "Wlecome to Camp Cheerio" with a huge Cheerio on it!

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painting sheila - Sep 27, 2006 9:44 pm (#2668 of 2976)

They will make Cheerio necklaces and bracelets and eat them all day long!

I like my Cheerios with a banana - not on a necklace - but in a bowl.

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geauxtigers  - Sep 27, 2006 9:59 pm (#2669 of 2976)

I like my cheerios with milk, in a bowl ! It does sound like a fun camp! I actually picture a big cheerio that you drive through, with camp cheerio written in the arc! LOL

I don't like to think that teachers should judge someone by the pace that they work at. Whats important is that you understand what you are doing and you are learning from it. Some people have whats called extended time testing at my school, so they basically get double the time to take the test. Some people just take a little more effort to do well in school. Just because it doesn't come easy to you, doesn't mean you are incapable of handling it. I make decent grades, but I have to work extremely hard and study a lot, school has never come 100% naturally to me. I'm no Hermione, more of a Harry! LOL I can't even imagine threatening an eight year old detention for not working quickly enough! Thats horrible!

We had a grammar review today, I felt really dumb when the German exchange student knew what a "gerand" (how ever you spell it) was and I couldn't remember!

Okay, I finished all my homework! YAY me! Its only 11:55! I think I'll go to sleep now!

Happy Birthday Viola Intonda!

I have a swim meet tomorrow afternoon...fun...its supposed to be cool tomorrow, I'm gonna freeze!

Friday its supposed to be 78 F for the HIGH! I'll believe it when it happens, this is weird, we are having unusally cold weather here. Usually we don't start getting this until mid to late October. We usually say Halloween is the first taste of fall...Thanksgiving is the first taste of winter! Looks like it's coming early!

Night everyone, have a good day tomorrow, just think, its almost Friday. Almost.

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Tazzygirl - Sep 27, 2006 11:46 pm (#2670 of 2976)

Happy Birthday, Viola! Have a fantastic day!

Had to skim posts, as I have about 5 big papers and a project due tomorrow, and I have nothing done. Had to watch the kiddies tonight. Anyways... there was something else I was going to add, but I don't remember. sigh.

~Kristina

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Winky Woo - Sep 28, 2006 12:13 am (#2671 of 2976)

Morning/Evening all!

Congrats to Mike on getting his book!

Happy Birthday Viola!

I am off to work, So I will catch you all later!

Love Winky X X X

(P.S. Yes I know I over use exclamation marks!)

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Regan of Gong - Sep 28, 2006 1:58 am (#2672 of 2976)

Thanks Painting Sheila...something of my own invention

2nd last day of term today, and tommorrow'll be a bludge. We've got an inter-campus "Sports Challenge". It was going to be Juniour and Senior Rugby League and netball. I was in the league team, but we only ended up with 9 players (You need 13 on the field, plus up to 4 reserves). I think everyone was scared. We were going to get drilled anyway, because they train twice a week, whereas we've only had 1 training session. So it's been changed to soccer. All the kids from the other campus are going to give us heaps...

Went to the shops and bought some white pinstripe shorts and black denim shorts for summer. Mum paid for them as well, as they're the first clothes they've bought for me since I started working back in November.

I wish I could have a banana with anything. A recent cyclone wiped most of them out, and they've gone from 79c a kilo to $12.98 a kilo. That, coupled with fuel prices, was a serious reason for why interest rates went up 0.25%.

Got to go get washing in and finish drawing. I'm doing a carciture of our whole class for the Year 10 t-shirt. I'm half way through inking everything in.

Regan

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Julie Aronson - Sep 28, 2006 3:48 am (#2673 of 2976)

Happy birthday to Michelle and anyone else I missed!

Congrats and well wishes where appropriate!

Back to the grind...:sigh:

Julie

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Marie E. - Sep 28, 2006 4:59 am (#2674 of 2976)

Happy birthday, Viola!

No bunnies, yet. We're watching Pixie closely and she seemed to be building a "nest" out of wood shavings last night.

We had open house last night at our daycare and I only had one student's family show up. I almost don't count that one because the student's mother works at the daycare, but the grandparents came, too. The Pre-K class had an almost 100% turnout. Next year I'll have to push it more, I guess.

I'm so tired today. I'm looking forward to the weekend!

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kaykay1970 - Sep 28, 2006 5:46 am (#2675 of 2976)

Congratulations to our Genius Jr. Forum Members!

Camp Cheerio sounds like fun! My Advanced Biology class did a field trip to Land Between the Lakes. That was one of my favorite high school trips. We went canoeing and walked through a swamp. yuck! We went on a nature walk. We didn't see much wildlife because we sounded like a herd of hippogriff! Then at night we studied Astrology. They have a small herd of beefalo there, which was interesting to see.

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haymoni - Sep 28, 2006 6:23 am (#2676 of 2976)

Happy B-day, Viola!

Another rainy day here in NE Ohio.

Ungrateful Son's football team won 62-0 yesterday. It was 56-0 at half-time. The coach really wasn't trying to embarrass the other team - the DEFENSE kept scoring!

I can't believe the end of September is here already. Time is flying.

Obviously I'm old.

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Loopy Lupin - Sep 28, 2006 7:33 am (#2677 of 2976)

We will all be traveling, eating, sleeping, and enjoying camp together in the mountains of North Carolina from October 9-13. Our activities range from mountain hikes to caving to canoeing. – Catherine

Enjoying? Ha!

Congrats to Ryan Denise! (You were talking about Ryan, no?)

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Viola Intonada - Sep 28, 2006 8:21 am (#2678 of 2976)

Thank you for the birthday wishes. I've had a great b-day so far. All on her own initiative, my oldest brought me breakfast in bed.

Unless I can pull this off today, I'm going down in the books as the worlds worst slacker mom. I never arranged for my daughter to receive her letter from Hogwarts!!!!! I have to go out and buy some parchment today and make sure I have green calligraphy ink on had (which I should) I thought I had parchment on hand, but discovered that I had thrown it out since I hadn't used it in more than 10 years. And I wonder why I have pack rat tendencies....

Tori, I did horrible on my PSAT test. I did a lot better on my SAT. My cousin did horribly on the PSAT and had near perfect scores on the SAT. Your scores will most likely go up every time you take it. My 2nd SAT's were 50 points over the first and my GRE's were 100 points over that.

Sheila, can you use the argument that your daughter was showing her drama skills early and her third grade test was her acting as a student who performs under her normal ability? That is ridiculus that they would go back that far into her records!

Congrats on your son Denise!

Sorry to hear about the postponed field trip over one parent. I guess society took "Star Trek" a little too close to heart: "Sometimes the needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many". I wonder how the poor kid is doing during recess. Kids can be cruel to each other.

I read in the paper yesterday that Emma Watson doesn't want to come back for the last two movies, because she scored so high on her exams. Is she not the perfect Hermione or what?

As for homework, I always wonder at how home schooled children can spend two hours a day on school work, yet kids that attend school for more than 6 hours still come home with two hours of homework. I know I don't have the discipline to home school my children, but I wonder about it sometimes. I feel bad for teachers because the State has placed so many regulations on what has to be taught and for how long. Many times I feel like the State of Ohio wants to push kids through the school system like a production line and the system gets very irritated when a child doesn't fit in their molds. *steps down off soap box*

Have a great RotD, Everyone!

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 28, 2006 8:58 am (#2679 of 2976)

Went to the shops and bought some white pinstripe shorts and black denim shorts for summer.

LOL! Regan is fixinng to start him summer vacation! Man I should move to Aussie-land!

Happy Birthday Viola!!!

I really hope t hat's not true bout Emma Watson! SHe can't leave now, that would ruin the whole movie!

Well I'm supposed to be in class right now so I'll post later on tonight!

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Denise P. - Sep 28, 2006 10:01 am (#2680 of 2976)

Yes indeedy, it is my rockhead, Ryan, who was moved out of his normal English and Math up a grade and the one that we got information on the Duke program. Funny enough, this week we also got a letter from the elementary school wanting to test Kaitlyn for the gifted and talented program. It is funny how different Ryan and Kaity are. Ryan is the kid who can walk into a class and it looks like he is totally ignoring everything but can still get 100 on a test. Kaity is also effortless but she has to be in the mood. Basically, she puts effort into things when the fancy strikes her.

I have spent the morning trying to get den leader packets put together for all the new boys in our cub scout pack. Then I found out that our insurance, who said we could stay with our current doctor, switched half of us to a different doctor. Now I have to drag two kids along tomorrow to try and get it all fixed so we all are going to the same, correct doctor. I only found this out by accident too...I sure never got any notification about it!

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CatherineHermiona  - Sep 28, 2006 12:30 pm (#2681 of 2976)

Happy birthday, Viola!

Today was a busy day. first I came home from school at 3. We have Maths test tomorrow, so two girls came and asked to explain them Maths, that was 2 and a half hours, from 4 to 6:30, and then I went to Amy to explain her Maths. I was done by 7:30 and then went out. I didn't believe I will make it all in one day, luckily we didn't get any homework.

C class is going on a field trip next week, 3 days. We were offered to go with them, but their one was expensive, and of 3 days they are on a field trip, one whole day they travel there (to Dubrovnik), one whole day they are coming back. The only good side is C class. We are going to go to our field trip in May, and we are looking at the offers now. That is the most important, final, 8th grade field trip.

In 7th grade I was very happy that I got Chemystry. I thought that it's good they put Chemystry and Biology separated, so that I can have an A at least in Chemystry (I always had a B in Science). And because I thought we will do experiments. I ended up having a B in Chemystry and an A in Biology, and without experiments...

Well, Finn, you know when I'm usually in the chat room. That doesn't change.

I know there is something else I wanted to say... but I don't remember.

Kate

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The giant squid - Sep 28, 2006 12:53 pm (#2682 of 2976)

Tori, I remember what a gerund is (a verb form ending with -ing, such as running, jumping, posting :pbpt) but only because it was such an odd-sounding word that it stuck with me.

Many times I feel like the State of Ohio wants to push kids through the school system like a production line and the system gets very irritated when a child doesn't fit in their molds.--Viola Intonada

First of all, a belated Happy Birthday! Secondly, that sounds a lot like Nevada these days. Administrators seem more interested in quantity of graduates than quality.

--Mike

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Lina - Sep 28, 2006 2:38 pm (#2683 of 2976)

Happy birthday, Viola!

I'm very obsessed with school, school system and kids with learning disabilities, maybe because I have one of them and have experienced different approaches. I could talk about it endlessly, but I'll try to make it short.

I envied Americans because they seem to know all about learning disabilities, taking care of all the kids who have them, knowing how to treat all of them, having even a law or something like that called No Child Left Behind. I know that because I found much more informations on how to help my child on American sites than on Croatian sites or by Croatian experts. On the other side, ever since I went to school, there have been some school reforms in my country, trying to make something that would be the best for the kids, but the only result is that we all feel and seem to be becoming guinea pigs. Actually, I find the latest reform, that started this year, quite promising.

But, at the end, it all comes down to the teacher. If the teacher is concerned in the kid's welfare, they will help them in the best possible way. If the teacher doesn't care, no law or reform will help them work better. If the kid is smart, quick, talented and self aware, there is no teacher that can ruin them. But for the children that lack any of those qualities, it seems that it is a matter of luck if the school is going to be supporting and help get the best from them, or the parents have to be well informed.

Being well informed is something that I have underestimated when I chose the school for my kids. So, at some point, I decided to change the school for my kid and give as many informations on the two schools to all the parents that I meet. But - there is a rumor that the school to which I moved my kid is harder than the other one. And it is a fact, her grades haven't improved (yet) at the new school. But her knowledge has. With this knowledge, she would most certainly have better grades in the previous school, but the problem is - she would never gain this knowledge there. Unfortunately, some parents prefer better grades over better knowledge. Probably they don't like the job they have and are raising irresponsible children. To those kids, not even the best teacher can help. Sorry, I really tried not to get involved, but couldn't resist.

Some strengthening charms to Tazzy, just to survive the busy schedule.

I'm glad that Finn didn't just skim all the posts about wine. Who cares if it seemingly has nothing to do with Chemistry? The fact is that Chemistry influenced the History.

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geauxtigers  - Sep 28, 2006 4:26 pm (#2684 of 2976)

Lina, I agree with what you said about knowledge versus grades. You could go to the easiest school in the world, make straight A's, but what have you gained from that? You have acquired, probably, the same knowledge that you have at any other school, but the difference is what do you think is better in the long run. Easy school, A's; hard school, B's? Just my opinion, but its seems you'd gain more knowledge in the harder school. You'd probably be more prepared to college and life after school. See what I mean? I think it should be the goal of schools to create such an environment. Yes the grades may be lower, but its worth it if the knowledge gained is greater. Anyway, thats how I see it. **steps off soap box**

Just got back from a swim meet. It was pretty good, I've managed to get rid of the cold I'd had for the past 2 weeks, so I actually was able to swim today without feeling like I would drown. I shaved 4 seconds off my 100 free, but like I said, last time I swam it I was sick, so its not really an improvement!

I remembered what a "gerund" was the second I was told! LOL Mike, it is a weird word...Speaking of....I need to go do my homework now!

Have a nice day everyone! Grey's Anantomy tonight!!!!!! YAY! Tomorrow is Friday!

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Denise P. - Sep 28, 2006 4:34 pm (#2685 of 2976)

What is going on? I just got back from parent-teacher conference. My underachiever, who fails pretests on purpose so he doesn't have to do the harder work, is being moved up to the challenge reading group. HA! His secret was uncovered....

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 28, 2006 4:46 pm (#2686 of 2976)

LOL Denise.

I also agree Lina, education is not just memorizing facts and relaying them on the test. There's so much more to it than what kind of grades you make or whether or not you did your homework. It's more about understanding the material and putting it in to use in the real world.

Time to do homework! YAY...

I'm soooo excited about Grey's Anatomy tonight...McDreamy or McVet?? The 'Lost and Found' item and what about Izzie?? Hmm we shall see!

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Chemyst - Sep 28, 2006 5:25 pm (#2687 of 2976)

As for homework, I always wonder at how home schooled children can spend two hours a day on school work, yet kids that attend school for more than 6 hours still come home with two hours of homework. ~ Viola #2678

Me Too! At least about the first part! That two-hour home school myth is — a myth. A lot of folks have the misconception that home schooling is school at home. It is not, but a lot of newbies will try to start out that way. Eventually though, they'll either change their approach or burn out. Home schooling is not so much an educational choice as it is a lifestyle choice. As such, learning is taking place in some form nearly 24/7. So two hours of formal workbook time is plenty for K-2nd grade; but rhyming games are played on the way to the grocery store, then math is practiced to see which brand soup is the best value, boiling points and evaporation are talked about while the soup is cooking, and current events may be discussed during dinner conversation, etc. Usually the kids don't count that time as "school" even though a lot of learning is taking place.

Once a child is reading well, the dynamics start changing. Ideally, the line between reading & computer time for learning and reading & computer time for pleasure stays pretty blurred; so only the hardest subjects feel like work. Another difference is that we just keep working until the subject is mastered at the A-/B+ level before going on, oftentimes that is shorter, but sometimes it takes longer, so daily grades are pretty meaningless. Home education is a lot more efficient in that we don't have to take attendance, collect papers, hang out at lockers, and such. Even so, by the upper grade levels, my kids would spend a little over four hours a day on schoolwork plus read two books a month in their "whenever time" and had at least one outside activity/lesson each week.

I did not intend to run on so long, but I did want to play 'MythBusters' for that two-hour claim. And Happy Birthday.


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juliebug - Sep 28, 2006 5:55 pm (#2688 of 2976)

Yea for Grey's! My Tivo's all set. Does anyone think she'll end up with Derek yet? Would it be jumping the shark to have that happen now? I guess we'll find out soon.

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Catherine - Sep 28, 2006 7:06 pm (#2689 of 2976)

I did not intend to run on so long, but I did want to play 'MythBusters' for that two-hour claim. –Chemyst

Well, Mythbusters almost has ruined our marriage. Hubby is even more addicted to that than I am to "Project Runway."

I did use "Mythbusters" as a "popular" source while teaching research methods last semester to my freshman. We contrasted that info to published journal sources, and to awful internet sources.

My freshman college males quite enjoyed discussing their "mythbuster" knowledge.

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 28, 2006 7:17 pm (#2690 of 2976)

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! that's all I have to say about Grey's Anatomy tonight. I'll let you decide if it's a good AHH or a bad AHH! Julie, it was a great episode tonight! Have you watched it yet?? After tonight's episode, I really can't decide on who she'll pick... I really need to talk about it so it's in white: KRISTINA DO NOT READ THIS BECAUSE IT WILL SPOIL IT FOR YOU!!

I'm such a Mer/Der shipper but what about Finn? I like him too, and I want him to be happy, but I guess just not with Meredith. I also felt really bad for Addison she looked a mess, not at all up to her usual standards. BUt then she was back with Mark?? THat's just crazy!! I thought he left, and is she going to go back to NY with him?? OMG this is just tooo much to think about! And Izzie and her muffins! I hope she gets her job back, which I think she will, though I don't see how. I feel so bad for her and Bailey. They seem to be going through this together, Bailey appears to be just as upset as Izzie, but handling it differently. Izzie has turned much quieter and Bailey, a bit meaner. Hopefully they'll pull through. Poor Christina...caught in the act! And as usual, George cracked me up! And Callie and Dr. Webber! That was a pretty funny scene! Ok I'm done now, I swear! I just needed to dish and hear some opinions! I think I'm heading down the road to obsession, but y'all can understand that right??

Ok so back to homework I guess, nothing new here!

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Nathan Zimmermann - Sep 28, 2006 8:14 pm (#2691 of 2976)

Denise, I was an underachiever largely by choice in junior high school and high school. By the time college came round that had largely disappeared.

Lina, I am inclined to agree I always did poorly on exams in high school because of the lack of adequate accomodations in terms of the testing environment but, even though I did poorly on my exams the students I tutored through science, history, geography and government always passed with A's or B's, and on the whole had higher marks than I did.

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Viola Intonada - Sep 28, 2006 8:30 pm (#2692 of 2976)

Thanks for clearing up my myth Chemyst, and yes, it was a mom who was homeschooling elementary children that told me that.

I had a lovely birthday, but it has brought on another rant. TV's in restaurants. We went to a restaurant that we had never been to before, there were TV's everywhere. I spent my meal watching my family watch TV. (We have a TV in our kitchen, but I do not allow it to be on during meal time for just that reason). Once they abolish smoking in all restaurants are we going to have TV and nonTV sections? Wishful thinking I know. Well I've learned my lesson, next time I choose the restaurant, check for the absence of TV's first.

I have to say that September 28 always has the most beautiful skies (to me). Today there were big dark fluffy clouds (if Hubby was awake he would tell me all the cloud names) along with lighter clouds. The sun would peek out periodically which really lights up the changing colors in the leaves along with the edges of all the dark clouds. I think it makes a quite stunning display of the scenery. I love the Fall!

Tomorrow's eldest one's B-day. I almost have her Hogwarts letter done. Oh, I wish I had an owl feather that I could put with it. Oh well.

Michelle

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 28, 2006 8:48 pm (#2693 of 2976)

I agree, TV's in restaurants is just a bit annoying. I think TV'd should be limited to bars, where people go to drink, smoke and watch the game. I also think that smoking in restaurants should be illegal. Seriously, if people can't go 2 hours without lighting up, then they need to excuse themselves and go outside. Even if you're in the non-smoking section, the smoke still seems to drift over the little 3 foot wall, and ruin your meal. There are some people who will do it several times throughout the meal. I just think that everyone should be able to go out to a restaurant and be comfortable and be able to enjoy themselves in a smoke-free environment. Smoking is a personal choice, and it shouldn't affect other's enjoyment. Ok

Well Viola, we had a gorgeous day here as well, so I guess I can now say that September 28, is a pretty day! It's supposed to get down to 55 tonight, and the high for tomorrow is set at 78!! It's getting cold, in September! Amazing! It's just like magic!

Getting close to my bedtime! Night everyone!

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Mediwitch - Sep 28, 2006 9:01 pm (#2694 of 2976)

Hi Michelle! Your eldest shares a birthday with our eldest. We are meeting him between here and Worcester for a birthday dinner tomorrow as he wants to stay on campus this weekend. Hmmm...wonder why? **pretends to be puzzled**

Hey Ginny - I agree with you, but we are very lucky in Connecticut. All restaurants are non-smoking! As an asthmatic, it was wonderful when they passed that law.

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geauxtigers  - Sep 28, 2006 9:23 pm (#2695 of 2976)

I think they passed a law in this state for a ban on smoking in restaurants. I think it will be in affect starting in January...but myabe I'm wrong, I don't have time to look it up. I think its a good thing. TVs leave them to sports bars and sports bar restaurant type deals.

September 28th, hmm I'll mark it as a good day! Its really un-nerving, no tropical disturbances set for land, *knock on wood*, cooler weather than normal....78 tomorrow?! thats about 10 degrees cooler than normal for this time of year! *knock on wood*

In case yall didn't know, I am superstitious when it comes to things like this, therefore, I knock on wood a lot...

Grey's Anatomy was soo good! McDreamy or McVet...I like McDreamy, but hey, McVet is pretty great as well...I felt bad for Addison until the end...I can't wait til next thursday!

Must go read the Canterbury Tales now....oh joy.

Night everyone!

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painting sheila - Sep 28, 2006 9:33 pm (#2696 of 2976)

HI all. Glad to hear everyone's skies were pretty today. I opened the windows and doors and let fresh air in - I love the smell of sheets that have hung on the line to dry -mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Opening the windows in the bedroom is as close as I get any more to that.

Roscoe the Dog found a home. YEAH! A mother and her son came and got him yesterday. We had put an ad in the paper and he called. Hubby was telling her all about his history and the lady asked his name. Hubby said, "Roscoe." She was flabbergasted and said "You have got to be kidding!" Hubby apologized and said she could change it to what ever they wanted if they took the dog. She laughed and told him that she and her son had been talking three of four days ago about getting another dog (theirs had passed away a few weeks ago) and they had decided that if they got another dog they would name him Roscoe! How cool is that!? They came and played fetch with him and it seemed to be love at first sight for both of them. YEAH!! Happy endings - I love happy endings!!

On the Governor's School front, I spoke with the doctors that originally diagnosed my daughter with a learning disability and they said that absolutely she would test higher now. Now to just convince the school to do something about it!  I have written a letter and plan on sending it to everyone connected with Governor's School to see if we can retest her and have them consider those scores. I am not even asking them to pay for the testing - just to let us have her tested and submit those scores for consideration. If they deny us - I have another letter to send to the media. I am hoping it doesn't get to that, but I feel strongly that she needs this experience. Keep your fingers crossed for me!! ( I wonder how they would respond to a howler? . . . . hhhmmmmmmm)

I agree 100% on the smoking front. I have asthma, too, and it is very frustrating to try and not breathe while you eat. I grew up in a smokers home so I understand how addictive it is for those who smoke. I don't think that have any idea how bothersome it is to those of us who don't smoke.

Not much else going on. . . . I really should go to bed. I am baby sitting a friends kids in the morning and need to be on my toes. . . .

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Good Evans - Sep 29, 2006 1:07 am (#2697 of 2976)

happy belated birthday to Viola!

banning smoking in restaurants – what a fabulous idea, why didn’t anyone think of that before.... "I'd like soup of the day" "Would you like someone’s exhaled nicotine smoke cloud with that??" ... yick! sorry to smokers, but I just wish you would keep it to yourself!!!!!!

I have a nasty old cold so I am feeling crabby today anyway!!! going to try to sweat it off at the gym if the shopping ever comes, I could have been round Tesco by now and already got my shopping and been home again grumble grumble grumble aaatttccchhooo

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Tazzygirl - Sep 29, 2006 1:28 am (#2698 of 2976)

Thanks for the bold letters, Ginny! LOL Just finished watching Grey's now... and wow!! It's going to be an interesting season...

In white- I like how Meredith is having McVet and McDreamy go back to just dating, nothing too serious. It'll be interesting to see what the two guys come up with! I still am rooting for McDreamy though! I am really glad that McDreamy and Addison have called it quits- it wasn't very fun watching them try to work through it when only one of them was truly putting forth an effort, you know? I thought Christina and Burke's moment was hilarious- I think having Burke's parents there will help Christina with the relationship. (Have to wonder though- did Burke start liking Christina because she came up to him in the flashback on the party for the interns, and admitted to him that he was her idol? I don't know. Just a thought!) I do like their relationship though, so I hope they last. I feel sorry for Izzie up to a point. She did cross the line, and even though Denny's death is punishment enough, I think she has a little bit more to do. I'm glad Bailey went to talk to her though. They both needed it. And I have to share that Dr. Karev (sp?) is becoming more and more my least favorite character on the show... grrrr.

Can't wait for next week's episode!! Ginny and Tori- feel free to email me if you want to discuss Grey's more indepth! Email is in my profile.

One week until LOST!! Soooooo excited!!

**healing charms to GE**

~Kristina

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Starling - Sep 29, 2006 3:02 am (#2699 of 2976)

There's a kid in my son's class who is gifted, and the only thing they do about it is tell him off when he is disruptive (again!). His sister is gifted too, and she's been expelled. They're bored! Seriously, that school drives me nuts in so many ways.

Sigh. I don't have any work this week. I've been working non-stop for months now, and suddenly *poof* no more work. No work, no income. And even though I worked my socks off in the past few months, I still didn't really earn enough.

Oh well, now I have some time to come up with a riddle for the games thread! I've found an answer, now I just need to come up with the riddle. *snort*

Edit: I've never watched Grey's Anatomy, House or Lost. Shocking, isn't it.

Martje

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azi - Sep 29, 2006 3:17 am (#2700 of 2976)

Hope you get work soon, Starling!

Happy belated birthday Viola! **Insert birthday smiley here**

I've met two Harry Potter fans here in Copenhagen! My HP hating friend is not impressed. I found the books in a kids bookshop, not sure how much they are yet though. Architecture is beautiful here! The Little Mermaid is, erm, little. Seriously, there are much more spectacular fountains.

Oh yeah, I adore the public transport system. Never had to wait more than 2 minutes for the transport I'm taking. You buy a ticket for so many zones (e.g. 2) and then can catch as many trains/buses/boats/metro trains in 1 1/2 hours as you need (or want) within the zones.

Hope everyone has a great day!

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The giant squid - Sep 29, 2006 3:24 am (#2701 of 2976)

Must go read the Canterbury Tales now....oh joy.—geauxtigers

Maybe they'll let you get away with watching A Knight's Tale.

There's a kid in my son's class who is gifted [...]They're bored!—Starling

That was me in first grade. I had some "emotional issues" (pause for Marie to laugh & roll her eyes ) until they found something to keep me occupied. It's just really hard to pay attention to kids learning "See Spot Run" when you've been reading for two years already, so I had to amuse myself somehow...

I agree completely with the smoking ban in restaurants. Honestly, no one under the age of 40 has any excuse--you knew they were bad for you when you started! Don't blame us for making you stand outside to powder your lungs.

--Mike

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Starling - Sep 29, 2006 3:37 am (#2702 of 2976)

Don't blame us for making you stand outside to powder your lungs.

Hear hear!

The Little Mermaid is, erm, little.

Isn't it just? I was sorely disappointed when I was there as a kid! I still want to go there again, though, I think I can appreciate Kopenhagen more now I'm older.

So many places to visit, so little time! I want to do Kopenhagen, Brussels, the Niagara falls (to meet up with a whole bunch of HP friends I met on Leaky), the Provence (last time wasn't fun, I was on the verge of a divorce), Indonesia (again! although I've got to persuade my partner, the spiders are too big), the Mammoth Cave, New Zealand ...

Where on earth am I going to get the time or the money to visit all those places?

Martje

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azi - Sep 29, 2006 3:46 am (#2703 of 2976)

Where on earth am I going to get the time or the money to visit all those places?

Win the lottery without ever buying a ticket? That's what I'm holding out for.

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Marie E. - Sep 29, 2006 5:22 am (#2704 of 2976)

I will agree with Squidboy that he was a bit disruptive (picking fights on the playground, etc) in school until they realized that he was six years old and reading on a fourth grade level. This made me mad as I was in third grade at the time and considered "reading at grade level".

No bunnies, but Pixie was doing some serious nesting last night.

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Madam Pince - Sep 29, 2006 5:43 am (#2705 of 2976)

S.E. Jones, your third-grade teacher sounds like a jewel. How great to have an experience like that!

Wow, haymoni, that was quite a football score! Congratulations!

We had a bad day yesterday. Mr. Pince was out in the shed, etc., and mowed the grass, then came in and took a shower. Just then he noticed this huge, bruised-looking swelling on the inside of his arm just at the elbow. Since he didn't hit it on anything, I told him I thought it looked like a serious bite of some sort, and told him to go to the doctor (I was rushing out the door to take Little Pince to pre-school, or I'd have taken him myself.) Amazingly enough, he did actually go to the doctor, who told him it looks like a brown recluse spider bite! We are now worried sick, because that is one of the worst poisonous bites you can get -- not usually lethal to someone of his age, but the toxin causes tissue death, which is totally gross and can take months to heal. Plus the concern that those spiders maybe live around our house, and the bites can be lethal to someone of Little Pince's age. So we've bug-bombed the shed and the basement, and an exterminator is coming later to spray everywhere else. The bite is now about tennis-ball-sized, and hurts quite a lot, and you can see two distinct fang-marks under magnification. No tell-tale blister yet, though, although it can take days to develop although usually it's quicker than that. Everyone please keep your fingers crossed that it's something other than a brown recluse bite! After scanning the Internet last night before bedtime, I had nightmares about BRS wounds...

Hope everyone has a good RotD!

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kaykay1970 - Sep 29, 2006 6:10 am (#2706 of 2976)

Healing charms to Mr. Pince!

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painting sheila - Sep 29, 2006 6:15 am (#2707 of 2976)

I second the healing charms to Mr. Pince!

I had a friend that was bitten by a Brown Recluse. She waited a little late to get it looked at, but they were able to treat it with medicine for the infection and just remove the damaged tissue. I am so glad he went to the doctor right away!

I haven't heard anything from the guidance counselor since I requested a re-test. (gulp) I hate the waiting!

Starling - hang in there! I am sure work is right around the corner. When you least expect it - expect it!

Have a great day everyone~~

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Good Evans - Sep 29, 2006 6:50 am (#2708 of 2976)

oh poor Mr Pince - yuck I hate spiders and that would be one of my worst nightmares, the bigger they are the yuckier I find them! ick

I really hope it is ok and heals soon.

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jose043 - Sep 29, 2006 7:14 am (#2709 of 2976)

Hi All

Happy Birthday to all We Have missed.

To those about smoking in restaurants or pubs as they are no longer allowed to do it in Perth West Aussie (Yipppieeeeee as both Anne & I are Asmhatics so we agree)

Hope Mr Pince gets over his spider bite.

My arm is slowly getting better 6 more weeks in a sling. Have to go to the Physiotherapist on Saturday.

Josephine & Anne

Little Werewolves of London.

ps doing this with one hand takes awhile to do J.

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Loopy Lupin - Sep 29, 2006 8:11 am (#2710 of 2976)

I just think that everyone should be able to go out to a restaurant and be comfortable and be able to enjoy themselves in a smoke-free environment. -geauxtigers (or whoever)

Everyone is more than able to enjoy a smoke-free environment. Don't go to a restaurant where smoking is allowed. There are very few places where it still is allowed, so this shouldn't be hard. Just as some smokers may avoid a restaurant where they can't light up, non-smokers can make their feelings known by taking their business elsewhere. The same principle would be applied to televisions. If you don't want to see a tv while you eat, choose a restaurant that has no television. As much as you may not like smoking or tv's, you might be surprised to learn that some people might enjoy going to Outback, for example, seating themselves in the bar (smoking) section, and watching the game while they eat their bloomin' onion.

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Denise P. - Sep 29, 2006 8:43 am (#2711 of 2976)

There are very few places where it still is allowed, so this shouldn't be hard.

Spoken like someone who does NOT live in the south. I live in the heart of tobacco growing country and the only non smoking "restaurant" around here is Waffle House. Since they are just a step above a coachroach motel, I don't frequent them. My state recently tried to pass something to make eating establishments smoke free but it failed. I wish there were smoke free places but down here, that dawg just don't hunt. Even fast food places have smoking areas...ewwww

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Loopy Lupin - Sep 29, 2006 9:06 am (#2712 of 2976)

Well, Virginia is below the Mason/Dixon line, but Northern Virginia is not really the South, to be honest. Sooner or later, though, even the Southern states will follow through on the going trend. In the meantime, Denise, I'd suggest making your orders to go and having picnics.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Sep 29, 2006 9:24 am (#2713 of 2976)

In the meantime, Denise, I'd suggest making your orders to go and having picnics.---Loopy Lupin

But what if they're smoking in the kitchen? Ewwwww.

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painting sheila - Sep 29, 2006 9:49 am (#2714 of 2976)

I didn't take the Wombat last time. How do you receive your scores?

edit - oops! wrong thread - but if anyone can help?

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Loopy Lupin - Sep 29, 2006 10:54 am (#2715 of 2976)

But what if they're smoking in the kitchen? Ewwwww. – Kim

Simple, just ask them for a "chicken caesar salad, hold the Marlboro Lights." That should do it.

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Tazzygirl - Sep 29, 2006 11:02 am (#2716 of 2976)

I'm agreeing with you all on the smoking bans in restaurants. California has the rule were you can't smoke within so many feet of the entrance to buildings. My college campus there had designated smoking areas. I've never seen anyone smoke in a restaurant here, so not sure if the same law applies.

Denise- I agree too that the Waffle House is one step up from a roach motel...

Off to work out, then I am watching the kiddies pretty much from the time I get back from working out to Sunday evening.

Lots of **healing charms** to Mr. Pince!!!

Have a great day everyone!

~Kristina

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Laura W - Sep 29, 2006 11:07 am (#2717 of 2976)

On July 1, 2005 a law took effect which made it illegal to smoke restaurants, bars, cafes, casinos, bingo halls, places of business, hospitals, churches, pool halls, nightclubs, etc. in Edmonton, Canada. From that day forward, anyone who wants to smoke has had to go outside - even in -30 degree celcius, or colder, conditions -, smoke in their car or, of course, in their own homes.

Laura

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Lina - Sep 29, 2006 11:31 am (#2718 of 2976)

Healing charms and fingers crossed for Mr. Pince.

Strengthening charms to keep you persistent and good luck with the Governor's school for Sheila.

Good luck and Job fining charms for Starling.

Continued healing charms for Josephine. I'm glad that you are handling so well the situation and able to post even if with only one hand.

Enjoy your time in Copenhagen, Azi!

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Holly T. - Sep 29, 2006 12:00 pm (#2719 of 2976)

Healing charms for Mr. Pince! My mom was bitten by a brown recluse on the hand and it took a long time to heal. You should offer to make him a poultice.

Healing charms for Josephine too.

Marie, good for you for helping that student. Not being able to copy, much less spell, his spelling words is what ended up getting my son referred for testing.

The teacher conference yesterday went well. I think we--meaning me, my husband, the classroom teacher, and the reading teacher--are all on the same page, at least for now. The classroom teacher had had the kids write their own report cards (they got real report cards too--he did good, 2 B's and the rest A's) and give themselves grades in each subject. My son ranked himself as "dredfal" in spelling and gave himself a T. My daughter, on the other hand (can you say 'Hermione"?) got all 99's and 100's except in band, where she made a B (yikes, her first B, ever). Perhaps because she doesn't practice her clarinet as much as she should.

Congrats to your son Denise! I did the TIP program when I was in seventh grade and took the SAT. It was a lot less stressful then than when I took it "for real."

As an asthmatic, I cannot stand smoking, but luckily we live in an area where smoking is banned in all restaurants (and we are in the "South" too).

I skimmed a lot. Good wishes to all, happy birthdays as appropriate, etc.

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The giant squid - Sep 29, 2006 12:16 pm (#2720 of 2976)

As much as you may not like smoking or tv's, you might be surprised to learn that some people might enjoy going to Outback, for example, seating themselves in the bar (smoking) section, and watching the game while they eat their bloomin' onion.--Loopy Lupin

To me, Outback Steakhouse is one of the worst, since their "smoking section" is the bar--which is right in the middle of the restaurant. The only separation is a low wall, and the ceiling fans do a very good job of pushing the smoke around until it's all over the place.

Sadly, they also make the best filet mignon the wife & I have found (within our price range), so we still go there occasionally. Just not when there's a game on.

Madame P., my brother-in-law got bitten by a Brown Recluse last year. The reaction was very similar to what you described. Since he got it checked out and treated quickly, he should be fine, though the area will look nasty for a while. There will be some "tissue necrosis" though, which I won't go into detail about...

--Mike

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Tazzygirl - Sep 29, 2006 12:21 pm (#2721 of 2976)

Squid Mike- The Outback Steakhouses here have the no smoking rule. It's one of my favorite restaurants!

Lina- I meant to say earlier thank you for the charms!

Off to get the kiddies!

~Kristina

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juliebug - Sep 29, 2006 12:38 pm (#2722 of 2976)

I took the WOMBAT and feel almost positive that the big T is coming my way soon. Oh well, it's still fun

I watched Grey's last night and...

oh my gosh!!! I am SO excited to see how this dating business will work out. I think I said earlier that it seems to soon in the show to really get Der and Mer together, but I guess we'll see. I am really anxious to see if there's going to be any fall-out from the final scene from last night's show. Will McDreamy slug it out with Mark over his wife for once? Will Addison go back to New York? Personally, I'd like to see McSteamy transfer to Seattle Grace. I think he could bring something great to the show. I have also grown a soft spot for Addison. I'd miss her if she left. Anyone else have thoughts?

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Julie Aronson - Sep 29, 2006 1:21 pm (#2723 of 2976)

Good luck with the spider bite to Mr. Pince!!  

I'm also developing some affection for Addison. We'll just have to wait and see, I guess.

I'm with Loopy on the whole smoking matter. It's pretty apparent that most people fall firmly on one side or the other on this very polarizing issue. I've had to gain a great deal of perspective because my boyfriend is a smoker. It's appalling when people make snotty comments and throw him nasty looks while he(we) is(are) sitting in the smoking section.

Because of the risk of making this a much more political commentary, I'll stop now.

Julie

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Laura W - Sep 29, 2006 1:46 pm (#2724 of 2976)

I just realized I wrote, "On July 1, 2005 a law took effect which made it illegal to smoke restaurants ..."

Hee, hee.

Of course, I meant "to smoke IN restaurants ...," but it's probably illegal to smoke a restaurant too.

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 29, 2006 7:34 pm (#2725 of 2976)

Don't go to a restaurant where smoking is allowed. There are very few places where it still is allowed, so this shouldn't be hard.

I'll second Denise, I think the only non-smoking restaurants are Micky D's or the "cockroach motel"! LOL There just aren't that many around that don't allow it. I think there has been work on trying to pass a bill that will ban smoking in all public places and if you go outside, you must be a certain distance from the entrance of the building.

Kristina and Julie, to answer your question: I think that McSteamy should move to Seattle and work at the hospital too, I think it would really make for an interesting show....I also like Addison. She did screw up first, but everyone screws up at some point, and she should be able to move on with her life, instead of dwelling on the past, which I think is what she was doing with Derick. She just didn't want to believe that she'd messed up so badly and she wanted to move on and forget that it happened so things could go back to normal for her. But that just doesn't happen like that, as Derick said, he didn't forgive her (and probably never will)but he was trying. It didn't work, there was just too much tension, and it would never be the same again. I'm still routing for Derick and Mere, Finn, is great, but Derick is well, McDreamy! I'm also glad that Bailey and Izzie talked. I think Izzie really looks up to Bailey and it meant a lot to her. I don't really think that you can blame Denny's death on her, Denny could have gotten the heart anyway, and still have had a stroke. Izzie cutting his LVAT wire didn't kill him, a post surgery stroke did. And Kristina, yeah what is Alex's problem??? I can't believe he went with that lady! She was a.)wayyy to old for him and b.) he did that just to do it! EKK I've never like him as a character. He's just awful. He's an ***! Plain and simple! Can't wait for next week. I'm interested to see how Mere handles dating...has she ever done it, she seems to ba more of a 'one night stand' kinda girl!?? Ohh look this song up in iTunes, and listen to the words really closely, it's the perfect song for the show! "Everybody" by the Benjy Davis Project. I think it should be the new theme song!

Well I took the WOMBAT!! It was hard!

It's Friday, which makes me happy, and I'm going to the LSU game tomorrow!

Have a great RotN!!

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geauxtigers  - Sep 29, 2006 7:55 pm (#2726 of 2976)

Currently, smoking is allowed in all restaurants that I know of, but they are banning it, so some are already taking away the smoking sections. I agree, Mike about Outback! The bar is right in the middle surrounded by a 4 foot wall and ceiling fans! But that bloomin' Onion, man I love those! But they got rid of Walk About Soup! Did they do that everywhere! We would go just for the soup! They do have a good steak too! I used to think that smoking in restaurants here was bad- until I went to France. All the small cafes and 10 people smoking within every few feet. I also found it strange that there is no age limit on smoking there. The kids are just not allowed to smoke at school! I was shocked, I guess those are things you never think about. Teachers would lock the bathrooms so they couldn't smoke between classes! It was just a big shocker for me, like I wasn't expecting that! You'd get at the very least suspended here for having possession of them underage!

Grey's --> I have also developed a soft spot for Addison, I dunno shes really grown on me, but her and Derek?! Nope, Mere and Der, thats what I'm going for! But Finn, ahhh he's so sweet to her, I don't want him hurt either! The end of the episode was so funny! I'm glad that Bailey went and talked to Izzie, I think thats the first step that needs to be made. Hey they gotta start somewhere. I tell ya, it cracked me up when addison reached out and grabbed a muffin that was in a basket on the table at Joe's. It was just funny!

I just took the W.O.M.B.A.T. too! It was fun, I liked how the questions were vague and such! I think I got a D or a T, it was hard!

AHHH healing charms to Mr. Pince! That is not fun!

Happy Friday!

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Mediwitch - Sep 29, 2006 7:55 pm (#2727 of 2976)

Oooh, ***HEALING CHARMS*** to Mr. Pince and ***Arachnid-Repelling Charms*** to the Pince Household!

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Viola Intonada - Sep 29, 2006 8:07 pm (#2728 of 2976)

Healing charms to Mr. Pince. Owww. I hate spiders. *shivers* I think I will stay firmly planted right here in the midwest. Not much can withstand Cleveland.

Happy Birthday to your eldest, Mediwitch.

Well, I made up a Hogwarts letter for my 11 year old. I put it at her place at the table with two chocolate owls that I bought at the "real" Hogwarts. At first, I didn't think it meant much to her, but it was the first thing she showed her friends when the came over tonight. I'm even more thrilled that JKR updated her site today!!!

I was very bummed to find the Forum down this evening. I was having difficulty getting to the WOMBAT. I tried everything, then went to the Lexicon and it still didn't work. I ended up having to clear my cache, it worked like a charm. That WOMBAT was tough. Definitely think I will receive a T. Oh well......

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Nathan Zimmermann - Sep 29, 2006 8:16 pm (#2729 of 2976)

I wonder how I did on the W.O.M.B.A.T. test.

I went to a graduate schools fair and I picked up applications for Harvard, Princeton, Syracuse University George Washington University, Georgetown University, the University of Maryland, the University of Denver, and Tufts University.

Happy birthday to all those whom I have missed.

Healing charms to Mr. Pince.

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painting sheila - Sep 29, 2006 8:59 pm (#2730 of 2976)

Good News on the Governor's School front - they are going to allow her to take the aptitude test this Tuesday. Be thinking good thoughts that day for us!!!

I had to send some firm emails to a few hot spots to get it done - but it is all good! Now, if she can just be relaxed enough to do her best.

I think I am going to make cinnamon rolls for the guidance counselor. We do not want any hard feelings and want to make sure she knows we appreciate all she did for us.

I am wiped out and going to bed. Good night all and talk to you tomorrow -

PS Josephine - feel better.

Mr. Pince - take care of that bite

Congrats on getting the Hogwarts letter done in time-

any way to go for the rest of you on your WOMBATS. I am sure we all did better than we think -

Later- she

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Lina - Sep 29, 2006 11:08 pm (#2731 of 2976)

Wonderful about your daughter, Sheila! Sending her some self confidence charms.

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Solitaire - Sep 29, 2006 11:15 pm (#2732 of 2976)

At the risk of sounding stupid ... what are WOMBATS?

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Lina - Sep 29, 2006 11:35 pm (#2733 of 2976)

Soli, take a look at the JK Rowling Official Site or search the Lexicon for the W.O.M.B.A.T. or just go to the jkrowling.com.

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The giant squid - Sep 30, 2006 1:40 am (#2734 of 2976)

Squid Mike- The Outback Steakhouses here have the no smoking rule.—Tazzygirl

Ah, but this is Vegas... Smoking is just one more vice we offer. Tori, I don't remember seeing Walkabout Soup the last time we went, but then I don't usually get soup at all, so I wouldn't know for sure.

And Regan (and other Aussies): I am well aware that Outback Steakhouse is about as Australian as Foster's Beer--which is to say, almost not at all.

--Mike

EDIT: I took my WOMBAT level 2...check out the JK Rowling Official Website thread for my full thoughts on it, but let's just say I don't have high hopes for qualifying for level 3.

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Good Evans - Sep 30, 2006 4:50 am (#2735 of 2976)

LOL Squid Mike - I am with you there, I think I have done appallingly as in almost every case I was flipping a coin between two answers (and who says either of the two was right!)

On smoking in public, my parents are both smokers, I am a non smoker. I have no problem with anyone doing anything they want to, however I do not feel that other people should be inflicted with that persons "habit". In UK we have no smoking bans yet (they are on their way and I believe that Ireland has already implemented it - not sure about Scotland but certainly England and Wales have not yet. But it is not permitted to smoke on the train for example. I have less problem with someone smoking on a train than I do smoking in a restaurant. I just don’t think that smoking and food mix for non smokers. Whereas many smokers I know feel a meal is not complete without one. I like the idea of smoking and non smoking being optional to the restaurant, as then you know what it is when you choose to eat there, but non smoking areas simply don’t work and of course as Denise and others have said - a variety of choice on restaurants helps too!!!!!

anyway enough of that - if you wish to smoke, go ahead, just don’t burst in to flames ... alright? oh and I would appreciate it if you don’t blow it in my direction.... thanks

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haymoni - Sep 30, 2006 5:17 am (#2736 of 2976)

I took the kids to dinner last night at a Perkins. They have a smoking section that is blocked off with a glass partition, but the doorways are wide open and the smoke leaks out.

Anyway, there was a couple in the smoking section with a teen-ager and what looked like a 9 or 10-year-old. Dad was smoking. This is the scenario that just about sends me over the edge. It is one thing for 2 adult smokers or even a couple where 1 is a smoker to make the decision to sit in the smoking section. These kids had no choice.

It just seems strange to me that a parent would choose smoking over spending 1 meal with his family in the non-smoking section.

OK - rant over.

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 30, 2006 6:27 am (#2737 of 2976)

I agree haymoni, I certainly can't see it from their point of view, but really, I feel like it should be common courtesy to not smoke in from of a non-smoker. Second-hand smoke can be just as harmful, so when someone is smoking in a confined space, it has no where to go but into other people's lungs. Which is actually a bit disgusting. They can go 2 hours without a smoke, but most people can't hold their breath for 2 hours. Anyway, I feel very strongly about not smoking, so I'll just stop there as I don't really want to offend anyone.

I'm fixin to leave for the LSU game!! WOOOHOOO!! be back on much later this afternoon!

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Denise P. - Sep 30, 2006 6:40 am (#2738 of 2976)

**looks at the title bar to see if I was on the Smoking Vs Not Smoking Debate Board** Nope, still the Harry Potter Lexicon Forum, where we discourage hot topic issues that can cause problems from being discussed in depth. The smoking discussion is to the point where it needs to back off before it becomes an issue please

I had two surly boys this morning. They are required to take part in a conservation project for one of their Boy Scout merit badges. This morning, there was a group spreading mulch from chipped up Christmas trees along some trails at a state park. They knew this was taking place and that they were going. One tried to hide his scout shirt but it was found in amazing time when he was told to wear his uniform instead. Both fiddled around in bed so didn't get to eat before their ride was here....well, one did grab a frozen pancake to choke down. Just to prove to me how awful I am, one wore shorts...never mind it was in the mid 50's. When their ride got here, the other mom and I swapped stories and her son did similar things. I guess she gets to deal with 3 surly boys until I go get them in a few hours. Character building!

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Jackdaw - Sep 30, 2006 6:55 am (#2739 of 2976)

Hi people! I'm new!

Don't have much else to say, just thought I'd drop in a post to say hello! x

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Good Evans - Sep 30, 2006 7:27 am (#2740 of 2976)

Hello Jackdaw, how nice to meet you. If you haven't done so already how about an entry on the introductions thread, then we can get to know a bit about you, if you have already done this then ignore me!!!

Hope you enjoy your time here, we do chat about all things potter and a few others, but I agree with Denise I think the smoking conversation has had its six monthly outing and we need to move on.

so what shall we talk about now...........

edit : Jackie - I have just read your greeting on the "new" thread. I am in the SE of the UK, you will find there are lots of nationalities that post here, you will find it a lot of fun and very educational at times!

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juliebug - Sep 30, 2006 7:44 am (#2741 of 2976)

Hi Jackdaw,

I read your other post and just want to say that you are in good company here. As I live in Indianapolis, Indiana (midwestern US) your meetings would be a little too far away for me to attend. Please do consider me there in spirit. I look forward to seeing you around. Welcome aboard!

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Jackdaw - Sep 30, 2006 7:52 am (#2742 of 2976)

Thank you! Glad to find some kindred spirits! Looking forward to getting to know everyone!!!

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The giant squid - Sep 30, 2006 1:18 pm (#2743 of 2976)

Welcome aboard, Jackdaw! I'm sure you'll find we're a fun, if sometimes spirited bunch (sorry, Denise). Don't be afraid to ask questions if you're unsure of something, we're quite friendly to the new folk.

Denise, I can't imagine why your boys wouldn't want to go tramping around in the wilderness in 50 degree weather (that's 10 Celcius for you European types )...I've always enjoyed shivering while I work. Just tell 'em what my mother always told me: it's good for you; it'll put hair on your chest.

--Mike

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Tazzygirl - Sep 30, 2006 2:23 pm (#2744 of 2976)

Welcome to the Forum, Jackdaw! Hope you enjoy it here as much as we do!

Congrats on the renewal of your star, Lina!

I was supposed to spend the weekend watching the kiddies, or rather help my uncle watch them while my aunt went on a weekend trip to Maui. He told me last night that he can handle both kids by himself... I told him if he gets overwhelmed or both are too much to handle, call me and I'll come help. He took the kids to the beach house 45 minutes away... Nice relaxing weekend, here I come!

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

~Kristina

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Madam Pince - Sep 30, 2006 3:14 pm (#2745 of 2976)

Welcome, Jackdaw!

Thanks, everyone, for the healing charms and good wishes for Mr. Pince. Everything seems to be in a holding pattern so far -- we're still not exactly sure what it is/was (shame we didn't see/catch the spider!) Right now the swelling has gone down some and it's not as painful, but the bruised-looking place has expanded quite a bit. It actually really looks like an impact-type of injury to me, just a bruise, if it weren't for those two little things that look remarkably like fang-marks. But he swears he couldn't possibly have hit it that hard on anything or he'd have noticed. (Now, me? I have bruises all the time, and no idea how I got most of them...) Yesterday was a miserable day, though, because he woke up with a splitting headache which made him sick to his stomach, so we spent hours going back and forth on the phone with the doctor trying to decide if those were bite-related symptoms, or just his regular garden-variety migraines that he gets from stress and over-tiredness sometimes. The doctor felt it was a migraine, and since it did finally respond to his migraine meds, that's probably (hopefully) correct. (Frustrating moment of the day -- when the doctor had told us to check back in by calling his office and having him paged, so when I did that, the ding-dong who answered the phone told me "We don't have his pager number here." Now I ask you, what doctor's office doesn't have the man's pager number, for crying out loud??!? Why else would he even have a pager? She very helpfully told me he was gone for the weekend and would be back Monday. )

A lot of you guys said things like "...it's a good thing he saw a doctor" or "Hope he gets treatment right away..." .... but the thing is, there really is nothing to be done in the case of a brown recluse spider bite (at least, so we are told by two doctors and the Maryland Poison Control Center, and lots of websites.) There is no antivenin available for the poison, and no way to draw it out. Any treatment just basically consists of managing secondary infection if/when the really gross part starts... that's what's so frustrating. We're just sitting here doing nothing except icing it down and staring at it like it's going to suddenly pop out an Alien or something. Ah well, everyone is doing a wonderful job typing with their fingers crossed, so I hope you can continue to do so! LOL! Thanks again for all the good wishes. Let's hope it's something else other than a BRS bite...

I was gone from the Forum for a day and a half, so naturally the JKR door opened and the WOMBATS came back... Fine. I'll hop over there and see if I can still get in! ***fingers crossed again***

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virginiaelizabeth - Sep 30, 2006 3:37 pm (#2746 of 2976)

**extra-strength healing charms to Mr. Pince**

The game today was pretty dull, as it was a complete slaughter. We won 48-17!! But we had really awesome seats, even though they were in the upper decks. It was really hot and sunny and I got seriously sunburn (why we didn't think of bringing sunscreen I don't know) but after half time, we left because there was major lightening ans we were a bit to high to still be safe. It rained on us walking back to the car so that cooled us off quite a bit! It was fun!! and we won!

Welcome Jackie! You'll like it here, we're really super cool people!

I went to Target earlier, and they didn't have a decent witch costume, much less a Hermione or Harry one! I was really upset. Just have to try somewhere else I guess...

Have a great RotD everyone!!

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Starling - Sep 30, 2006 4:12 pm (#2747 of 2976)

I'm looking forward to the smoking ban. Virtually all pubs are smoking, and my favourite restaurant in Manchester is also smoking. It's one of the few restaurants that serves (excellent) food until midnight!

Hope Mr Pince recovers soon. I would stomp on the spider for him, but I'm afraid I'd create a horcrux (don't ask).

Martje

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boop - Sep 30, 2006 4:36 pm (#2748 of 2976)

Michelle, Tell your daughter Happy Birthday.

Mediwitch,Happy Birthday to your eldest one.

Sheila, I will keep my fingers crossed. I hope it all works out for your daughter.

Julie(GE), Sorry you’re not feeling well. Sending healing charms your way.

Starling, Hope you get more work soon.

Madam Pince, sending healing charms to Mr. Pince.

Jose043, Sending healing charms your way.

Jackdaw, Welcome to the forum. Have a great time.

Penn State won their game today,YAY!!!

Have a great weekend everyone!!

hugs always

boop

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kabloink!  - Sep 30, 2006 8:20 pm (#2749 of 2976)

Arg, I tried. I really did, but after awhile, the 300+ posts got too daunting. New motherhood is exhausting, and I haven't made it on here in awhile. To go back though, I love my mom's crocs. Hers are actually to small for me (or they were in May-my feet were somewhat swollen, though), but I put them on while I was cooking in her kitchen one day, and they were awesome. I kept meaning to buy some during my pregnancy, thinking they'd be great. That didn't happen, unfortunately-I never could justify the $30 for them, really and the knock-offs just aren't worth it, so I've been told.

Ok, off to bed.

PS-Best wishes to Mr Pince, sounds like a pretty scary situation, and I hope everything turns out ok.

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kaykay1970 - Sep 30, 2006 8:35 pm (#2750 of 2976)

Welcome to the forum Jackdaw!

My kids school just starting offering Band this year. My 12 year old just got his new trombone today. He sat on the front porch watching for the Fed-Ex guy. I'm so glad it came today so he could come back inside. LOL! He is super excited! He has been practicing a bit. He and his dog Sadie have done a lovely duet! Every time he plays a note she starts howling. I guess we'll have to put her out when he plays.

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Solitaire - Sep 30, 2006 8:55 pm (#2751 of 2976)

Nice to meet you, Jackdaw. Welcome to the forum!

Well, I have some worrisome news to report about my little student who was in the boating accident. He has been readmitted to the hospital with an infection from his surgery. Doctors have placed him on IVs to keep the infection from getting to the brain. Also, since returning home, he has been having trouble with coughing and breathing. He appears to have developed "asthma issues" along with some allergies that surfaced.

Apparently, too, the doc who will be removing the blood behind the retina was not as optimistic as other doctors about my student's vision. He believes there will be some optic nerve damage. This is kind of a blow, as the previous doc told them there would be no permanent damage. Some hearing difficulties have also surfaced, and apparently there has been some loss of hearing, although the doctors suspect this is due to a build-up of fluid. I hope they are right.

Please send all the prayers and healing charms you can spare. I know my student and his family are feeling rather deflated right now, after such high expectations.

Actually, I am betting some of his breathing problems are related to the fact that the almond growers are "shaking the trees" all around the county. For the last week, a "fog" of dust has hung in the air around our school; we are surrounded by almond orchards in every direction, so it has been pretty bad. A fire also continues to burn in the Ojai area (southwest of us), and winds keep bringing the smoke and ash this way. Add to that the fact that local cotton farmers will begin defoliating soon ...

It looks like breathing problems will be in high gear for anyone who suffers from them. This is a bad time of year for anyone around here who has any kind of pulmonary difficulties, and the fires are just making things about a million times worse. I heard on TV that some schools actually cancelled football and track practice a couple of times during the week due to poor air quality, so you KNOW it must be serious. NOTHING ever interferes with football!

Solitaire

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Mediwitch - Sep 30, 2006 8:57 pm (#2752 of 2976)
Edited Sep 30, 2006 9:40 pm

Welcome, Jackdaw!

**Sleeping Charms to kabloink!**

kaykay, when I was in high school, I started playing alto sax (after 7 years of flute). We had a dog that did the same thing. I always said she was trying to sing, because she didn't exactly howl, just this funny sort of moan/howl combination!

EDIT: ***HEALING CHARMS*** to your student, Soli, and **Strengthening Charms** to his family

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painting sheila - Sep 30, 2006 9:28 pm (#2753 of 2976)

Jackjaw - Welcome!!

I am up late making cinnamon buns for the people at work. It's so hard to go right to sleep when I get home. I end up staying up for an hour or two and then my 5 year old gets me up bright and early just like he is supposed to.

I am making rolling out the buns and going to let them rise in the morning.****YAWN*** if I can stay awake that long. . .

Catherine Hermionia - Congrats on your medal!! I Just saw it as your avatar! WOOHOO!

read an article on McDreamy today. He was on the cover of Entertainment magazine - not sure what month. He was in a white tee shirts and blue jeans and leaning against a baby blue convertible and squinting into the sun.  ***sigh*** very dreamy

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Nathan Zimmermann - Sep 30, 2006 9:29 pm (#2754 of 2976)

I have a question. I am going to start preparing to take the L.S.A.T. (Law School Admission Test), and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or advice on how to best prepare for the examination?

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geauxtigers  - Sep 30, 2006 9:34 pm (#2755 of 2976)

Ahhh, Soli, thats scary!**tons of healing charms to him**

Thats terrible about the Almond trees, what do you do if you are allergic to nuts? Wouldn't that be dangerous?

Well Tigers won, wasn't much of a game though, it did start raining on us, but up until then, it was hot. Mostly because the sun we directly overhead, I got burned on my left side...oh well, not bad.

USC beat Washington State...they almost beat them! Almost! Like how awesome would that have been?! My dad (Wazzu alum) was really bummed. I was just mad because I hate USC. Anyway, they played that game to the last 3 second, Cougs gave them a serious run for their money. Did I mention I hate USC? Sorry to any USC fans, I'm just highly competive. Probably too competive for my own good...

We had eggs benedict for dinner, then we went to Blockbuster and rented Monty Python and the Holy Grail and got some popcorn. We watched it after the Coug's game. It made me feel better. Its such a funny movie! John Cleese is in it, that made me happy, I just never realized it was him, hes so much younger then...

Welcome Jackie!

read an article on McDreamy today. He was on the cover of Entertainment magazine - not sure what month. He was in a white tee shirts and blue jeans and leaning against a baby blue convertible and squinting into the sun.***sigh*** very dreamy **Is thinking she needs to find this magazine and put an enlargement charm on it, then hang it next to her GOblet of Fire movie poster**

Appropriate charms to all!

I'm going to bed! Night

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painting sheila - Sep 30, 2006 10:03 pm (#2756 of 2976)

Geauxtigers - We love Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It is a challenge for us to sit together as a family and get through any meal without quoting it at least once.

Our favorites are "I'm not dead yet", "Run away! Run away!", What cha' gonna do? Bite me legs off?"

I'll stop now instead of running the risk of alienating all of you!

I will check tomorrow and see what issue it is. They have lots of pictures of McDreamy inside also. It is the fall preview one - so I am guessing it is in September sometime. It was just laying around work - so I don;t know how the issues run. Will find out for you!

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timrew - Sep 30, 2006 11:29 pm (#2757 of 2976)

I've got a box set of DVDs, Monty Python's Holy Grail, Life Of Brian, and Meaning Of Life. I love Monty Python!