Lunch Lady http://www.amazon.com/Lunch-Lady-Cyborg-Substitute/dp/0375846832 sigh

either just salt or if I have any garli aioli or mayonnaise I'll dip in that

I struggle with people getting "than" and "then" mixed up. I just don't understand how that happens. It used to be something I only saw in people from the US, but I've seen it slowly creeping into natives here now too.

GAI difference of 3, lol! But to meet them you would NEVER believe that. Then again, those aren't terribly accurate numbers because they both hit almost all the ceilings.. maybe he really has 40 points on her and we just can't measure it.

I have a pair one point and 2y5m apart. I was actually surprised because DS *looks* much more gifted than DD, but it appears she just has different super powers.

This was my facebook status recently: Happily adding and subtracting fractions, finding equivalent fractions, calculating fractions of whole numbers and working out on ones own how to multiply fractions. Followed by 5 minutes of sobbing beause we can't remember how to write capital Q. Asynchrony, you're a b*stard.

I think it's UNSW that runs ICAS here - yes schools do them, and you can also enter as a homeschooler. still don't know if that is at all helpful though

My DS took it as a 7 y.o. took it kind of by accident - he's part of a uni study on PG kids and they got in touch one day asking if he'd like to do an exam that was coming up to add to the info they have about him for their research. He likes tests so we said sure, why not. It turned out that it was the local administration of the SAT (we're not in the US - they do special administrations for interested parties in particular locations). So he wandered in to do this test with 4 other teenagers who were all from the USA but here for whatever reason and wanting to do the SAT for their reords when they went back home. There was another of the kids from the study there too, who was 9 I think. A little different to what you're looking at, and we had no prep whatsoever because we didn't know what he was doing, but some things I noted: he found the sitting quietly when you're finished part fairly challenging - he was as high as a kite on the excitement of it all and probably could have done with more briefing on what to do at the end. Likewise, he didn't really know about checking through his paper or how to check it through. We had talked about making your best guess and moving on and kind of about time management (although that wasn't an issue). He was allowed to take in a snack and drink - I don't know if that's normal or an allowance for his age. He thought it was fun :lol:

I can't answer your question, but I have heard that NZ kids can get some aussie points thing via ICAS exams. Would that be worth doing if the points would help?

well done to your son!

I'm glad the doctor isn't worried... I hope the ultrasound confirms

we get something called a mandarin, and something called a tangerine. They're different things (here). Original topic: I'd expect meal food

For the sex scenes alone I'd say 16+

I use a glorious mixture of understatement and hyperbole. I also threaten to staple my children to the ceiling by their toenails, or beat them with a damp haddock (I've never even seen a haddock - do we get them in New Zealand??) My go to is eleventy billion, but nine hundred and sixty four billion also makes it in there quite often.

yes, without a doubt. High water, fat and protein, low carb = all the energy my DH can handle :w00t: :w00t:

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayayayayyayayayayayayyayayayayayayayayayaya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is fan-freaking-tastic!!! :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :thumbup: :thumbup: :party: :party: :biggrinjester: (apparently I can't post as many emoticons as I'd like to. Pleas multiply by 500)

My nana used to talk about people leaping into activities with "purple passion" so I assumed it meant lots of enthusiasm.

I agree completely, but I think they should have gone further. Really, it's terrible how this kind of thing is allowe to go on in this day and age. Well one you for speaking up, the workd needs more people like you. :coolgleamA: (no, I have no idea what it was either.)

I have life threatening food allergies. I want to know!!

I know, because I read Sweet Valley High :smilielol5: :smilielol5: :smilielol5: But they don't exist here

wow... Girl Guides here sell plain (wine biscuit) or in recent years they have developed a chocolate dipped version. That's it. I love these names. But I hate that they give absolutely no indication of what they are. Samoas? Savannahs? Tagalongs? Do-si-do? NO IDEA what I'm getting. SO... who's sending the antipodeans a sample of all of the nut free varieties?

funnix... it's 100EZ on the computer

year round Jan - Dec, cos that's how our school system works here. The schools here run 4 x 10 week terms (give or take - some are 9 weeks and others are 11) with two weeks between each term and about 6 weeks off over Christmas / New Year. We mostly follow that although that mostly means *I* take that time off from organising stuff and they do lots of things on their own.

I won a morobar from my maths teacher in high school with this information.

*gasp* that's one HECK of a deal!!! Well done