After my morning commute I am happy to see tons of sunshine!
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After my morning commute I am happy to see tons of sunshine!
Dunno..it's just muggy here...I'm so glad i'm not out east!! 46C+ in Adelaide yesterday :eek: and for the rest of the week. They get some respite next week..38C..ooooo
This is cool! Ok, for me it's cool...http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7857256.stm
now THAT's crazy weather.
I'm hearing the sound of 1 inch-diameter ice pellets falling off the trees as the branches give way. Hoping to have our power back on by Saturday. I'm at the coffee shop down the street warming up and checking in.
My pecan trees are pretty decimated, but nothing's fallen on the house so far.
Karen
CC - How hard is it to emigrate to Oz?
Pax, i'm not sure how hard it is to emigrate to Australia. As a NZ citizen, I have the right to live & work here without visas etc.
Here's a gov't website that might be helpful! www.immi.gov.au
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Originally Posted by Pax
Just follow the yellow brick road......
Bruno - will you be moving to Canada?
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Originally Posted by Bruno28
Thanks! We won't be moving anywhere while our moms are still alive, but after that all bets are off.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycanuck
Oh no - that would be too straightforward :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by kelownagirl
Our aim is to pretty much carry on as we are - some time here, some time there; some time together, some time apart. Not sure how long that will go on. Eventually someone is going to have to make some decisions.
I suppose being of advanced years we both have a lot of ties to our respective countries - besides which both countries are really nice.
Procrastination is our speciality.
I like that you are making up your own rules as you go along and not worrying about convention. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruno28
I just read an article on marriages that work and shouldn't by tradtional views. One couple is on opposite sides of the states, said since she moved several years ago their marriage is better. One couple has been married couple lives in the same city but not house because there quirks (she is a slob, he isn't) drive each other nuts. Good for you for embracing you individual and joint happiness, marriage is hard don't make it harder, right?
I cross this bridge 2x a day...and often wonder if I fell in somehow... would I make it in this water:eek:
Whoa, and those bridges are made from metal that you can see through! Great photos. Chicago is one of my very favorite cities (but I've only been there in May and June!)
With our without a thermal lined dry suit? Can you land gracefully on an ice block? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by chicago
Otherwise, the answer would be for about 30 seconds. The good news is that recovery is much better from cold water drownings than warm water drownings due to the mammalian diving reflex. So if someone witnessed you falling off, got the heros there quickly, fished you out, did CPR, warmed you up, you'd probably survive and not be brain damamged. Now isn't that comforting? :rolleyes: Guess I ought to go get that second cup of coffee now....
I was imagining some graceful landing on a block of ice and leaping block to block toward the barge. Hey, I don't live in reality it is far too ugly there.
you can make it. just don't give up. your circulation shuts down so that your extremities get numb, but your core will stay warm a lot longer than 30 seconds and if you can swim, and if there's something to swim to, or grab on, you can make it.
30 seconds is a very inaccurate time estimate.
There was a tiny tiny snake in the middle of my floor when I woke up this AM.
I tried to pick it up with kitchen tongs :o but it slithered under the door jam.
Cute!Quote:
Originally Posted by Zen
Next time, quickly put an upside down box over it and then gently slide a piece of light cardboard or heavy paper under it, turn it upside down quickly- and dump it outside. Kitchen tongs could hurt a tiny baby snake! :o
I tried that but it was on a rug and the nap made it difficult.
My dog just bit my renovation contractor. Just got his pants, but still. I guess he's a good watchdog. I'll have to crate him before anyone comes in, though. Time to call the dog trainer. We have a few issues to deal with (children, other dogs, contractors...)
My dog peed on the landlord once...
Those dogs with cattle/sheep herding blood tend to nip at people from behind- at least the ones I've known. Yes a dog trainer would be a very good move- not great to have a dog that might snap at children!Quote:
Originally Posted by tulip
He got him from the front as I was opening the front door--it was definitely aggressive and protective. Luckily, my contractor was very understanding. Yep, I'm calling the trainer.Quote:
Originally Posted by BleeckerSt_Girl
Isn't the world an interesting place? Just after I wrote the above post, I took said dog out for a walk, and as I was walking up the hill, a car was coming, so I encouraged said dog to move to the side (no sidewalks!), and being rather stubborn, the dog planted his front feet and refused to budge. He usually does this when there is a squirrel in the other direction and he must go catch it. Or if there are children up ahead (he's scared of them).
The car coming up the hill slowed down and low and behold, it was he dog trainer that I've been meaning to call! She rolled down her window, asked me about the dog because he's interesting-looking, and gave me some advice about getting him moving again. We had a quick conversation about how I've been meaning to call her, and I said I'd call her after I got back from the walk.
I got Shiloh moving again and a few blocks later, he pulled the same stunt (refusing to budge), right in front of the dog trainer's house! It was kindof funny, actually.
When I got home, I called and I have a two hour consultation scheduled for next week. It's expensive but I think it will be worth it since I have so many questions about this dog and about dog care in general (I'm a newbie at all this).
I have had a bad cold lately and the other night while I was in bed I had a bad coughing situation that lasted a minute or two. Well anyway after all the coughing I closed my eyes to go back to sleep then started to feel a coolish breeze on my face. I was trying to figure out where it was coming from as I did not here the furnace turn on and plus we don't have a vent near our bed. I slowly opened my eyes to find that my dog was standing over me and panting. Must have startled her with my coughing. Maybe she was making sure her "Mom" was okay:p
It's like a sauna outside!!! The shade isn't much help either. 37C atm. At least we're not in Adelaide. Geez i feel sorry for them, 6 days of 40C+ !!!:eek:
I have an unhappy right quad & am going to see a bike fitter on Wed. I'm really annoyed as I get to a certain km mark & then my quad starts to hurt. I can't seem to fully stretch it out either.
I am desperate for a new saddle but can't decide which one to get & can't keep spending $$$$..
HELPPP!!!
I think this is SFW but just to be sure
I'm putting it down here. Too good not to share.
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...naclowncar.jpg
Zen
That got my Monday off to a good start. Thank you. Now I can face the commute out to Dulles!
HA HA!!! *snort*
Umm can someone tell me how you feed 16 children?? :confused:
Excellent, Zen!
Ummm ... I only count 14 children there, unless of course you figure the parents are pretty immature themselves. As for feeding them: Used to be, back in the days of big families on the farm, that you put them to work. The more hands, the more food you could produce. If these folks don't have a farm, then I have no idea how they manage. Corporate sponsorship, maybe? Teach the kids to sing and hire them out as a choir (they seem to be dressed for a Sound of Music performance)?
I've seen them on TV, so I guess it's corporate sponsorship. Seems to be a few of those mega-families on TV these days. The whole thing seems rather irresponsible to me, but there I go again...
That was great Zen. That family is up to 18 children now, scares me a bit. My pawpaw was one of 10 but that was a different time.
I have noticed a lot of us of the childless by choice variety here. I haven't fully committed to the lifestyle but it gets more appealing to DH and I. And thanks to people having litters of kiddos (8 seriously?) the world won't experience a population decline if I decide they aren't for me. ;)
There are 18, and they live near me. Only 17 at home, though! People here LOVE them. I used to be disgusted by them, because their type kind of "defined" the word "homeschooler" for the country, and that made trouble for those of us who were normal. But the dad did help us out on the homeschool law thing back when he was in the legislature (helped us loosen it up to allow more freedom). After I watched their show for the last season, I've come to admire the mother for her sweet nature, while still not caring for their proliferation. My son and I drove by their house not too long ago. Turn left by the giant white cow. ;)
That poster is very very funny!
Karen
The difference between the woman who had eight at once and the Duggars is that the Duggars live debt free, own their home, buy at thrift stores, make their own clothes and will never, ever use any kind of government assistance to raise their kids. If they can raise them like that, who am I to question it?
I don't know for sure that the woman who gave birth to eight recently is on government assistance, but I can guarantee you that she won't be paying the many millions of dollars it is costing to make her babies viable and survive while they are in the NICU. Eventually that will trickle down to us, the taxpayers.
Karen
The Duggars while not my style do it well. I knew they were debt free and the kids appear to be well behaved. There is a family with 8 or 9 kids across the street from my in-laws and they are all pretty good kids. They do go to public schools.
I read the one who had 8 has 3 sets of twins at home, all achieved by invitro with sperm donation because she is single. She will now have 14 kids and one parent. I know a lot of rockstar single moms and dads but none of them have a number of kids like that.
That picture is ah, well funny. I know they don't depend on any public assistance, but it still upsets me. It's hard for me to say "to each his/her own" about 16 kids. But, who am I to talk? I could barely handle two when they were little. There was a period of about a year when I never took both of my boys out together, unless someone was with me. Too stressful. And they were not bad kids, just normally rambunctious. I was the queen of getting a babysitter for #2, so I could take #1 to his 30 minute swim lesson in peace.
But, it all worked out. At one point, I was A) not going to have any and then B) just going to have one. But, after I had the first, I wanted another and I wanted to do it quickly. So they are 2.5 years apart. I knew if I waited until the first one was 4 and in school, I wouldn't do it.
I used to get so mad when people would ask me when I was going to "try for a girl." Like I wasn't happy with my 2 boys. My husband had a vasectomy when the second was 6 weeks old and I don't regret that at all.
I think they use the older ones to help with the little ones. While that's reasonable to some degree I hope the older kids have time to be normal teenagers.
I don't think I'd want that many siblings.
I thought you were going to say "I think they use the older ones as food for the little ones." :eek: :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Zen