luuknam Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Cookies! There are 398 cookies and we have to divide them among the 5 people at the table. How many does each person get and how many are left over to give to dad? Thanks! I actually did see that, I just forgot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Unfortunately, there are only 4 of us, so, it doesn't work as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Hm... since, when I try to buy Dutch ethnic food, I tend to end up in Hispanic, Asian, or Middle Eastern grocery stores, where should I go to get field peas (kapucijners), preferably canned? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_pea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Hm... since, when I try to buy Dutch ethnic food, I tend to end up in Hispanic, Asian, or Middle Eastern grocery stores, where should I go to get field peas (kapucijners), preferably canned? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_pea I'm guessing a livestock feed store? (though they wouldn't have it canned) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I'm guessing a livestock feed store? (though they wouldn't have it canned) Though presumably it would be pretty cheap, per pound... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 (edited) Field peas? Like purple-hulls? ETA: No--I see that it's different. Those wouldn't grow down here, I don't think. Not well, anyway. Edited October 20, 2017 by Critterfixer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Now, where would one buy livestock feed? Any recs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Today's Cat Worships Husband story: When leaving, DH always comes over and gives DS and then me kisses on top of the head, and then the kitty meows for hers, but only ever gets petting instead. Today after he kissed us, I asked, "What about kitty?" "She's not in her spot. Where is she?" he asked. At this she came sprinting out from behind the rocking chair--she's pretty athletic for 12 years old and um, substantially sized--rubbed against his legs, and darted over to her usual spot. She sat up tall like a dog so he could reach to pet her. She so, so, so wants to be his dog. But he doesn't like dogs any better than cats. Poor kitty. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Field peas? Like purple-hulls? The field pea is a type of pea of the species Pisum sativum, sometimes called P. sativum subsp. arvense (L.) Asch. Also known as dun (grey-brown) pea, Kapucijner pea, or Austrian winter pea, field peas are one of the oldest domesticated crops, cultivated for at least 7,000 years. They are now grown in many countries for both human consumption and stockfeed. There are several cultivars and colors including blue, dun (brown), maple and white. The field pea should not be confused with the Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) which is sometimes called the "field pea" in warmer climates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 (edited) The picture looks like purple hulls. But, really, I'm used to them coming in cans, so, I don't know. Boeja! Edited October 20, 2017 by luuknam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Btw, in NL, cows say 'boe' (sounds like 'boo'). Also, 'ja' means 'yes' (sounds like 'yah'). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 The picture looks like purple hulls. By which I meant that the hulls look purple in the picture, not that they look like some species called "purple hulls". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Btw, I'm not really planning on going and buying food at a livestock feed store. I mean, I might, if some major disaster happened and the grocery shelves were empty... the US allegedly produces a lot of field peas, but all for livestock feed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Substantially sized! :laugh: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Today's Cat Worships Husband story: When leaving, DH always comes over and gives DS and then me kisses on top of the head, and then the kitty meows for hers, but only ever gets petting instead. Today after he kissed us, I asked, "What about kitty?" "She's not in her spot. Where is she?" he asked. At this she came sprinting out from behind the rocking chair--she's pretty athletic for 12 years old and um, substantially sized--rubbed against his legs, and darted over to her usual spot. She sat up tall like a dog so he could reach to pet her. She so, so, so wants to be his dog. But he doesn't like dogs any better than cats. Poor kitty. Yesterday we read a story in DS's reading book about a bear who was raised by the family dog and thought he was a dog. It was a cute story. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 You know, luuknam, I think I can buy those peas as a winter cover crop. If I buy some, you'll have to tell me what to do with them if I harvest some. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 The internet tells me that The Purple Hulls is a bluegrass gospel group. Also, that it's a variety of cowpea. So, not the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I think that for next year, I will be buying an additional answer key for math so that both boys get their own check book. I'm getting very tired of being the referee for fights over who gets to check their work first. :glare: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 (edited) Purple hull is also a variety of cowpea popular where I live. ETA: I like them served with a little bit of bacon served with cornbread and late-season fried okra. But they are something of an acquired taste. Edited October 20, 2017 by Critterfixer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 You know, luuknam, I think I can buy those peas as a winter cover crop. If I buy some, you'll have to tell me what to do with them if I harvest some. You mail them to me, obviously. https://www.thespruce.com/kapucijnerschotel-recipe-captains-dinner-1128806 Or, use Google translate on this: http://www.smulweb.nl/recepten/1053779/Kapiteinstafel Or, you can just use them like you would use pinto beans or lentils or w/e. Personally, I use the canned ones with onion and bacon and sugar beet syrup, with pickles and apple sauce on the side. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 When I was a kid, I thought they were a variety of bean. But they're actually peas. They seem much more similar to beans than to green peas though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Good Morning! I didn't get to sleep until 5 am. :blink: I slept until 9:30ish and had to check news because I dreamt that someone had died. We plowed through homeschool. It's Friday, people!! I still need to do science experiments with a kid who hates science experiments as much (or more!) than I do. :glare: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Luuknam, for Cookie Division can you "borrow" some friends or relatives to share cookies with? But it sounds like your son has some self motivation on this anyway, so you probably don't need virtual cookies. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I'm working through a grammar exercise on nouns used as adverbs. :blink: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I'm working through a grammar exercise on nouns used as adverbs. :blink: Enlighten us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 KISS grammar explains them as nouns used to answer adverb questions--when, how long, how far, how much, where. Kind of a simple one: Wednesday, I thought it was Thursday. When did I think it was Thursday? Wednesday. Now, technically, that might be a prepositional phrase missing the preposition (on). KISS would call Wednesday, a Noun used as an Adverb, answering "when I was all mixed up about the days." Here's another. The cat looked two feet long. Here, KISS would call the noun "feet" an Noun used as an adverb. It would answer "to what extent the cat looks long." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 The snapping turtles are in fine form today. Good thing the weekend is coming up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I would go back to bed except that there's folded clean laundry all over it. 'Spose I should just go put it all away. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Can we just have brownies for lunch? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Can we just have brownies for lunch? Let's see. Eggs, sugar, chocolate. Yep. Sounds good to me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 KISS grammar explains them as nouns used to answer adverb questions--when, how long, how far, how much, where. Kind of a simple one: Wednesday, I thought it was Thursday. When did I think it was Thursday? Wednesday. Now, technically, that might be a prepositional phrase missing the preposition (on). KISS would call Wednesday, a Noun used as an Adverb, answering "when I was all mixed up about the days." Here's another. The cat looked two feet long. Here, KISS would call the noun "feet" an Noun used as an adverb. It would answer "to what extent the cat looks long." I think that's kinda unnecessary. It's like saying, "hey normally this word is a noun, but it's fulfilling an adverb function in this sentence." Why not just say "hey, in this sentence it's an adverb." Actually I think both examples are omitting words - the first one a preposition (as you said), and the second one maybe "like" or "as if" which could be prepositions or could be conjunctions of some kind if you added "he was." (Not a grammar scholar, nor do I play one on TV. JMHO). Can we just have brownies for lunch? Yes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Apparently my favorite Van Gogh (Olive Trees) is a view from an asylum. Good to know? Can we just have brownies for lunch?No. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 This afternoon I have told the boys they may have free-writing for an hour on their stories, and after that, we will make popcorn and watch A Cat In Paris (in French, with English subtitles). You'd think I'd painted my face green and purchased the latest broomstick from Wicked West Merchandise Inc. Thirteen. I'm telling you! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I think that's kinda unnecessary. It's like saying, "hey normally this word is a noun, but it's fulfilling an adverb function in this sentence." Why not just say "hey, in this sentence it's an adverb." Actually I think both examples are omitting words - the first one a preposition (as you said), and the second one maybe "like" or "as if" which could be prepositions or could be conjunctions of some kind if you added "he was." (Not a grammar scholar, nor do I play one on TV. JMHO). I'm not a grammarian either. But basically, by labeling such things as NuA, that's what he's saying. Noun-used as an adverb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I've managed to make most of my kids cry or mad already this morning and I just remembered that there is a field trip we signed up for that we will apparently not be going to today. I'm going to try Junie's Long Division Method and see if it helps things move along here without the weeping and gnashing of teeth. :grouphug: :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Cookies! There are 398 cookies and we have to divide them among the 5 people at the table. How many does each person get and how many are left over to give to dad? How many do you give to the doctor to bribe him after the 5 people at the table pig out on all of those cookies? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 My son is outside rigging a sail for his kayak. I have a feeling this will end with him flipping his kayak over, so remind me: two Fridays from now, pack extra clothes and a towel for the boy who is going to end overboard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 One more week....one more week... Then I get a whole week off from school. :hurray: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Good morning. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Good morning. I'm hoping for a good (or at least tolerable) afternoon! Did you get to sleep in? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I'm hoping for a good (or at least tolerable) afternoon! Did you get to sleep in? Yes. But since I didn't get to sleep until late (I got all off on my meds and didn't even take my bedtime meds until I got up at 1:30 am to take them) so I ended up with only six hours of sleep. Which isn't super bad on a scale of bad sleep but it's not optimal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Why are fruit flies swarming my store bought gluten free bagels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Let's see. Eggs, sugar, chocolate. Yep. Sounds good to me. Yes. No. 2-1 in favor of brownies. But we didn't have brownies. We had baked beans and leftover chili. Stupidest lunch in history. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 261 new posts. :svengo: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Do cats ever give anything but dirty looks? lol Apparently, my cat didn't get the memo. Or she's the Anti-Cat. She's sweet, loving, comes when she's called, tries to play gently (and simmers down when reminded, "Gentle, kitty, gentle), doesn't jump on the kitchen counters because I told her not to... Do you think that she might be CIA plant? :blink: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Did not get into the contest. I guess I'm going it on my own. :001_smile: I don't like those people. They obviously don't know anything about anything. Goooooo, Critter! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Did not get into the contest. I guess I'm going it on my own. :001_smile: Those stupidheads. You want I should have a chat wit dem? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 The utility company is in my front yard cutting down my tree. Nice of them to let us know. Not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 (edited) Those stupidheads. You want I should have a chat wit dem? Nah...it's all good. :laugh: ETA: Happily edited another chapter this morning, and I should have this round of editing done by the end of next week. Perfect for setting it aside, enjoying NaNo and researching agents to besiege--uh, query--through November, December, January, February, March, April, and so on and so forth. I plan to be persistent. Edited October 20, 2017 by Critterfixer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Apparently, my cat didn't get the memo. Or she's the Anti-Cat. She's sweet, loving, comes when she's called, tries to play gently (and simmers down when reminded, "Gentle, kitty, gentle), doesn't jump on the kitchen counters because I told her not to... Do you think that she might be CIA plant? :blink: That's not a cat. I think it is a CIA plant. And not a very good one at that. So, it's probably KGB. Make sure you don't divulge national secrets around her. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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