Thread Drift

[Bruno28]

Lise - I visited your toddlin' town a few years ago and loved it (apart from the bit where North West Airlines ate my luggage )

Skye is beautiful - your ancestors must have been hardy tho'. They were probably crofters or fishermen.

[Nanci]

My daughter was born at 12:02 AM...But I didn't get any publicity!

I had a bad day yesterday. We went to see World Trade Center. It was a good movie. I didn't know how it was going to end.

(Lise, don't listen) I poured out THREE bottles of sucky wine- the Pinot Peunier that was awful- possibly spoiled, the Rioja I hated- never again, that's the second one I hated, and the Chardonnay that was all oak and overpowering.

(Ok Lise) Then I had a mammogram after work. So I have a strong family history. Because I am so paranoid, I have to have a specific tech do it, and then a specific rad read it on the spot and tell me. Well, this year, how it works is the rad reads it, then a Computer-Aided Detection program reads it, and of course, it found a bunch of stuff, which the rad then said was nothing. So I had nightmares all night, then talked to another rad this morning who reassured me that the sensitivity wa set way way high, and I could trust the rad, especially since this one called more things than anyone else, so if she thought it was fine, then I shouldn't worry. But I still am...He also said that mom getting breast cancer in her 70's didn't increase my risk statistically. I didn't know that.

I just feel drained, though.

[DrBee]

Bruno, I think of all Scots as my long lost relatives (my mom's maiden name is McQ.... from the Isle of Skye, the ancestor left the old sod over 200 years ago). Grumpy, of course! I like your new avatar.

I like the new avatar, too. My mom's side of the family is McPherson. We still have land in Leetohatchee, Alabama that was owned by the first of the McPherson clan that settled in the US (Angus McPherson). I love that name - we named our first cat Angus.

[DrBee]

Nanci - the mammogram experience doesn't sound like too much fun.

Lise - Good luck today! Do you still like the Zero X?

[Bruno28]

Hi nanci - we haven't spoken yet but I'm getting to know a bunch of folks here. The mammogram and all that related stuff sounds awful. You deserve a big glass of good wine...but it's probably early morning there - but hey, what the heck! (this time thing's so confusing when your on the other side of the atlantic.)

I share your views on rioja - I've never tasted one I liked. I also hate chardonnay because its nearly always over oaked. I've had some good Chilean reds recently. I've gathered you're quite a wine buff. Over in the UK Chilean wine is cheap and big and fruity and delicious for everyday drinking...so to speak.

[crazycanuck]

Bruno-I'm antisocial too and understand the time difference question as well...living down here...

Nanci-i'd like to go & see Flight 93 but question whether i'd learn anything-is that the movie you're on about???
I think i'll drag ian to go & see "Kenny"-new australian film, supposedly as funny as The Castle...

Actually if you want your child born at a certain time, would sending subliminal messages to it every day help?

My dad was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire & my great uncles/aunts still live in the area...NOt too fond of Paisley though...
I loved the Shetland Islands..ohh so quiet...

If you'd like strange place names, feel free to look at the NZ/Australia map...or for unpronounceable names, please look at place names in the provinces of Nunavut & Labrador.

Examples-Waikikamukau, whakatane(nice place)-NZ
Australia-Dunnydoo,Kooylanobbing
Canada-Conception bay, Dildo, Come by chance,-Nfld

One of my favorites in the US is Intercourse, PA...been there too...

Well...we put our one & only offer on the house we like tonight... We''ll find out in a few days if ít's been accepted. If not..oh well & we'll keep looking...blurchhgh..

Off to bed kids..An early morning bike ride with strong winds awaits me...We're in the midst of some really crap weather...but there'll be mud on the trails....mmmm...muddd...

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[Trek420]

snapdragen "Huh?

Oh I see, bikerz's comment. I think that's for winddance - I'm still waiting."

oops, that's what I get for not reading all 350 pages of TD as required.

Here's to exciting new jobs for all and boredum for Margo.

[bikerz]

Huh?

Oh I see, bikerz's comment. I think that's for winddance - I'm still waiting.

Sorry for the confusion!!!

I should have been more specific, prefacing each line with the person to whom it applied ! I guess I don't post enough in TD to have the habit yet! Yes, Winddance started a new job yesterday -

Snap: we know you'll post here first yourself about the job, right?

[Trek420]

There will be no deviation from the TE TD format

[KnottedYet]

I want my new bike. I want it now. Want, want, want.

I am not patient. Having little daydreams of getting it shipped here so I can ride while the weather is still good.

Hmmmmmm, spend $$ shipping or spend $$ changing gear ratios so I can ride on our hills. (I'm very good at pushing bikes up hills as I walk demurely beside them. Lots of practice has perfected my technique...)

Dunno which will be more exciting in December: getting DPITA or getting the Waterford! "Hi honey, great to see ya, I'm going for a bike ride now, back in a couple hours ok?"

I see neurologist #2 tomorrow. The medical history paperwork is huge and thorough, which makes me happy. My entire MRI fits on a CD, which is also cool. Dang MRI cost more than a bike.

Yup, I've got ALL my priorities straight!

[Nanci]

I have seen both movies- Flight 93, which was pretty emotional, and World Trade Center, which was good, but not that emotional for me.

SPOILER ALERT!!!!!



It is about #18 and #19 of 20 survivors who were pulled out alive.

[Nanci]

I don't know if we are supposed to learn anything, or supposed to not forget. I will never forget the sickness I felt at our coutry being attacked. It must be how our parents felt at Pearl Harbor. I will also always remember the instinctive fear I felt upon seeing the first plane in the sky after days of planes being kept on the ground. You can't go back to the innocence of the time before 9/11.

What I learned from Flight 93 was, I thought they, the passengers, tried to crash the plane, but in the film, they tried to get rid of the terrorists and crashed by accident. They had someone all set to try to fly and land the plane.

[Lise]

Whatdya say, party when we hit page 500? And to think, Nanci's the Mother of Thread Drift.

Let's see...so much to respond to...

First, the echocardiogram. The guy (I say "guy" because I don't know his title, I guess I'd call him sonographer, Nanci can correct me if I'm wrong) who did the echo was very nice, very chatty, but I know we each develop our own style of interaction with patients. He said at the end that it looked "pretty unremarkable". The cardiologist will render a final verdict, and my doc will call me with the report. I could probably look it up myself tomorrow when I'm at the hospital...<slap on wrist> Bad health care provider! Be a patient!

All in all, good news. I was turned away from the screen for most of it, but I did see some. It is very strange to watch my own heart pause in its rhythm just when I feel that pressure in my chest. I wanted to smack the screen and get it going again! Of course it gets going again on its own. Everything I've heard and read says this (the premature ventricular contractions or PVCs I'm having) is a benign condition. Annoying, but benign. I'm doing OK with cutting out the coffee. I want it, of course, but I notice how many more PVCs I have after drinking it. Makes it not worth it.
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Bruno--my revered ancestor, Alexander McQ--, was a younger son on a croft on Skye, as far as I know. He signed up to come over and supress that little uprising we had over here back in the late 1700s. I don't know that he ever saw any action, but King George paid him off in a plot of land in Nova Scotia. Probably stolen from the MicMac Indians. Some of my cousins on my mom's side have a definite MicMac look to them. The older generation swears there was no mixing with the natives, but...I'd be interested to see a DNA analysis! George McQ, my great grandfather, headed south to the colonies as a young man. As far as I can tell, they all married Scots (except for the MicMacs in there somewhere), so my grandpa Devon McQ was pure Scots. He married a Swedish/Danish lass, and my mom married a German/English guy, so I'm your basic Northern European Mutt.
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The movies--don't want to see Flight 93. I think it would give me more PVCs than MP's 5 shot latte. I do want to see WTC. Newsweek pretty much told the story, and I could handle that.
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The saddle--still kind of undecided. I rode 30 miles on it yesterday. The uncomfortable part was the crease of my legs. That might be from the shorts, rather than the saddle. We'll see how it feels with the tri shorts on Sunday. I just keep thinking, "$110, that could go a long way toward a bike stand."
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WD--congrats on the new job! Snap--good luck. We've all got our fingers crossed for you. L.

[snapdragen]

Lise - I'm with you, I don't want to see WTC, watching it live on TV was enough for me thank you.

Still waiting on the job. I must be patient.

Today is weigh in day. Fingers crossed.

[DrBee]

Snap - good luck with the weigh in! It's tough being patient about a job, isn't it? I can totally sympathize!

I'm working at home today on my slides for my interview seminar. I just can't put it together right. I'm the type that will be changing the slides the night before. That's usually when it clicks. 1 week from today - my interview will be happening! Eek!

Lise - sounds like good news on the echo! Very good! Let us know the official results (I'm sure you will).

And - I agree with Snap - no WTC movies for me. TV coverage was more than enough.