To each his own . . . I'll be that Dot can make a pretty good fajita!
Went to the Medieval Fair today; lots of folks dressed in velvet and leather, with feathers in their hats! Saw a magician balance on top of a tall, one-sided ladder, spin a plate on a stick in his mouth, and spin six rings on his arms (one at upper arm, one at elbow, and one at wrist of each arm) all at the same time!
He said that he had to do something for a living, since being disbarred! :D-->
ya know niKa... a midieval fair! that's a good idea... there's one called "Scarborough Faire" around here... sounds like a good time...
I took the stepson today to see and climb around in a B-17 and a B-24... it was really neat (my Dad was a navigator in a B-24 during "the Big War"... in the south pacific... it was a very nice time for me and the kid liked it...
We had a field trip today. Walked over to a musical version of the children's book Miss Nelson Is Missing. It was a hoot. The audience roared! Hundreds of kindergarteners and first graders can't be wrong.
It's when they're too little to hit the ball with the bat reliably enough to be happy with the results; the ball is placed on an upright support (called a "T"), and the children hit it off of that.
It's basically just to learn teamwork, catching, hitting, and sportsmanship.
Speaking of children, my sister sent these stories as one of those forwarded e-mail thingys.
A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.
The little girl said, "When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah."
The teacher asked, " What if Jonah went to hell?" The little girl replied, "Then you ask him."
A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work. As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was. The girl replied, "I'm drawing God."
The teacher paused and said, "But no one knows what God looks like."
Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, "They will in a minute."
A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds. After explaining the commandment to "honour" thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?"
Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest of a family) answered, "Thou shall not kill."
One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?"
Her mother replied, "Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white."
The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, "Momma, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?"
The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture. "Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, 'There's Jennifer, she's a lawyer,' or 'That's Michael, He's a doctor.'
A small voice at the back of the room rang out, "And there's the teacher, She's dead. "
A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face.."
"Yes," the class said.
"Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?"
A little fellow shouted, "Cause your feet ain't empty."
The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray: "Take only ONE. God is watching."
Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies. A child had written a note, "Take all you want. God is watching the apples."
One day three fishermen were out in a boat in the Gulf of Mexico. They had not caught a thing all day when suddenly, one of the fishermen's poles started jerking. He grabbed it and started reeling in his line and shouting, "I got something! I got something!"
He had caught a nice fish, about ten inches long. The fishermen were about to revel in his accomplishment when the fish shook the hook out of his mouth and transformed into a being, half man and half fish, sporting a crown and holding a trident.
"Who are you?" said the frightened fisherman who had caught him.
"I AM NEPTUNE, GOD OF THE SEA, AND I AM GOING TO PUT A CURSE ON YOU LOWLY MORTALS! BEFORE YOU LEAVE HERE TODAY YOUR BOAT WILL SPRING A DOZEN LEAKS! ... NO, MAKE THAT A DOZEN AND A HALF!"
And with that, he dove back into the waters. As soon as he was gone, the fishermen's boat had sprung so many leaks they were forced to swim to shore.
To this day, they never forgot Neptune's eighteen-hole Gulf curse.
ooooh DotDotDot... I love it when you talk like that!
Now... where are all of the others? (we know where Rocky is)... Simon?, MyseestorEx?, Reverend2Ts?, Fellowsleeper?
We don't even have enough around here to have a believer's meeting! What am I gonna do with all of these refreshments? niKa has a wonderful teaching all prepared... and DotDotDot is all steamy!
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To each his own . . . I'll be that Dot can make a pretty good fajita!
Went to the Medieval Fair today; lots of folks dressed in velvet and leather, with feathers in their hats! Saw a magician balance on top of a tall, one-sided ladder, spin a plate on a stick in his mouth, and spin six rings on his arms (one at upper arm, one at elbow, and one at wrist of each arm) all at the same time!
He said that he had to do something for a living, since being disbarred!
:D-->
Now, that's entertainment!
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ya know niKa... a midieval fair! that's a good idea... there's one called "Scarborough Faire" around here... sounds like a good time...
I took the stepson today to see and climb around in a B-17 and a B-24... it was really neat (my Dad was a navigator in a B-24 during "the Big War"... in the south pacific... it was a very nice time for me and the kid liked it...
then we went to Speed Zone!
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Airplanes! Neeeeeeeeeeeet!
We had a field trip today. Walked over to a musical version of the children's book Miss Nelson Is Missing. It was a hoot. The audience roared! Hundreds of kindergarteners and first graders can't be wrong.
Tonight: the big time: team draws for T-ball!
I can hardly stand the excitement!
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I love the Renasince Fair (I do not feel like looking up the spelling)
Okay the fajata's wil be a mix of chicken, steak and shrimp with green peppers and onions.
Flour tortillas
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Dot Matrix
This will sound dumb but I have no kids...
What is T ball?
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It's when they're too little to hit the ball with the bat reliably enough to be happy with the results; the ball is placed on an upright support (called a "T"), and the children hit it off of that.
It's basically just to learn teamwork, catching, hitting, and sportsmanship.
Speaking of children, my sister sent these stories as one of those forwarded e-mail thingys.
A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.
The little girl said, "When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah."
The teacher asked, " What if Jonah went to hell?" The little girl replied, "Then you ask him."
A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work. As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was. The girl replied, "I'm drawing God."
The teacher paused and said, "But no one knows what God looks like."
Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, "They will in a minute."
A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds. After explaining the commandment to "honour" thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?"
Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest of a family) answered, "Thou shall not kill."
One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?"
Her mother replied, "Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white."
The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, "Momma, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?"
The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture. "Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, 'There's Jennifer, she's a lawyer,' or 'That's Michael, He's a doctor.'
A small voice at the back of the room rang out, "And there's the teacher, She's dead. "
A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face.."
"Yes," the class said.
"Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?"
A little fellow shouted, "Cause your feet ain't empty."
The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray: "Take only ONE. God is watching."
Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies. A child had written a note, "Take all you want. God is watching the apples."
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those are nice niKa... thank you my sister...
are we the only one's left? you, me and fellowsleeper?
where's reverend2Ts, and simon, and myseestorEx?
was it something I said? ...I took a bath...
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Those fajitas sounded good . . ..
I'll bet Dot's a good cook.
Happy Tuesday.
What is it about cloudy Tuesdays?
Maybe it's just that I've stopped drinking coffee?
Anybody know a joke?
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niKa,
One day three fishermen were out in a boat in the Gulf of Mexico. They had not caught a thing all day when suddenly, one of the fishermen's poles started jerking. He grabbed it and started reeling in his line and shouting, "I got something! I got something!"
He had caught a nice fish, about ten inches long. The fishermen were about to revel in his accomplishment when the fish shook the hook out of his mouth and transformed into a being, half man and half fish, sporting a crown and holding a trident.
"Who are you?" said the frightened fisherman who had caught him.
"I AM NEPTUNE, GOD OF THE SEA, AND I AM GOING TO PUT A CURSE ON YOU LOWLY MORTALS! BEFORE YOU LEAVE HERE TODAY YOUR BOAT WILL SPRING A DOZEN LEAKS! ... NO, MAKE THAT A DOZEN AND A HALF!"
And with that, he dove back into the waters. As soon as he was gone, the fishermen's boat had sprung so many leaks they were forced to swim to shore.
To this day, they never forgot Neptune's eighteen-hole Gulf curse.
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notinKansasanymore
Mwaaaaaaa-haaa-haaa!
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Dot Matrix
Loved the stories!
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Happy Wednesday before Easter. It's rainy, quiet, and subdued around here.
Indoor recess, everyone!
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niKa, we got pounded yesterday morning... and it's getting dark out there now... is the cellar stocked?
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notinKansasanymore
Yup.
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Dot Matrix
It is hot here. I just started an excercise program of walking and went for a brisk walk!
Now, I am all steamy.
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ooooh DotDotDot... I love it when you talk like that!
Now... where are all of the others? (we know where Rocky is)... Simon?, MyseestorEx?, Reverend2Ts?, Fellowsleeper?
We don't even have enough around here to have a believer's meeting! What am I gonna do with all of these refreshments? niKa has a wonderful teaching all prepared... and DotDotDot is all steamy!
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I am soooo steamy I have to lay under this fan with a cube of ice....
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excathedra
what's this 11th corps person doing here all the time ?
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I was bored down on 11 and thought I would chck in with the older geeeezzzerss.
So you are back? I thought you were in Rome doing some "from the chair" edicts...
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excathedra
i don't know if i'm back. i do know i'm a fk'n addict
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hi tommy and nika
:)-->
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Yes, well I have you to thank for introducing me to this "drug". I guess you are my "pusher"....
what other things can we do and loose control? Wanna go shopping?
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There is always "eating"
I like that one....
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so what if you're an addict myseestorEx? don't be gone so long next time... and where be our slacker brothers?
where is the word of knowledge?
where is the word of wisdom?
where is the word over the world auditorim?
I can hardly wait for Sunday to get here!
Gorp! Apple! Cheese wedge!
Yummy!
(no wonder we were blocked up)
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