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I like my 1940s vintage percolator a bit better. It cost $12 at the junque store (that's the junky shop that has awesome vintage and antique goodies without the snooty prices), makes awesome coffee, and doesn't even have filters.
ooooh. I love those old percolators. They make great coffee. :)
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NEVER! :lol:
Good to know. I don't want to be annoying, but seriously, every time you open your mouth woman (or rather your fingers :D) I need to whip out this little guy ---> :iagree:
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well, when she gets tired of you agreeing with her, she can take a rest from you and get tired of me agreeing with her.;)
:lol::lol::lol: I don't know about you Mariann, but i get excited when someone agrees with me. It happens so rarely. I always feel like I should have a party or something to commemorate it. Maybe print the post out and frame it on the wall or something. :D hehe
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Yes. I had one in college. They certainly have their own thing.
Bill
:confused: I'm not following what you mean with the bolded. Can you explain please, Bill?
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Wow. Really? You have to take EIGHT kids, ranging in ages from THREE to NINETEEN or you don't get to take any of them, ever? The OP's family situation is VERY different from your own. I think you should remember that.
Plus, I HAVE a Passive-Agressive-MIL and that's not what PA looks like. I think the grandma in question was trying to feel less guilty/to make the youngers feel better and just didn't think. We all do things without thinking sometimes.
:iagree::iagree::iagree: Mrs. Mungo, do you ever get tired of me agreeing with everything you say? :D
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I'm with Bill on this one - the plastic waste makes me crazy. I've used a Kcup once at my friend's house.
My problem is trying to find a good coffee maker. We've gone through a couple - the last one lasted two years shockingly. Why is it so hard to find a decent coffee maker? Any suggestions Bill?!
Not Bill, but have you ever used a cafetera?? You can't make a real Cuban coffee without one.
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Ah I searched to see if there was a thread on it before I posted mine, but i didn't see yours. It's so fun isn't it! I love the Tribbles and the poor little "e". :)
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We have every Star Trek and spin-off series they've made on dvd and watch them often. I don't much care for the movies though...not sure why.
Have you seen this?
Even if you aren't into the other series it's still fun to watch Shatner interacting with the other "captains". I swear Avery Brooks was stoned during the filming of his interviews though...very funny.
Did you see the new Star Trek movie with Chris Pine as Kirk? If so, what did you think of the way the actors portrayed the original characters?
I really liked the new Star Trek with Chris Pine. I thought he made a good young Kirk. I love how Bones was old even when he was young and I liked the chemistry between Spock and Kirk, but Uhura I wasn't crazy about. I love Zoe Saldana (pa'rriba la bandera dominicana), but I didn't like how Uhura was portrayed in that movie. I think Nichelle Nichols always brought a certain class and elegance to Uhura's character that just wasn't there in Zoe's version of it, but other than that I really really liked that movie. I really loved that Leonard Nimoy is in it as well! :)
I never saw that film with Shatner interviewing the other captains. It would be interesting to watch though. I really like him. :)
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if you think I am going to send you the "Board B@@ch" sash and tiara. It's mine, I earned it, you can't have it:)
But actually, in this case, I am wearing my Glenda the Good Witch hat because I would definitely let Gma take two kids at a time. My MIL loved one on one time with my kids, and they loved it too. They remember those times so fondly now, and I don't think anyone is still harboring jealously about the times they were left behind.
Gmas get older and tired, and 8 kids can just be too much. Even for Mom sometimes!
Your post had me :lol::lol::lol: I agree that it can be a lot on grandma if there are lots of kids especially younger ones. I don't see anything wrong with grandma taking some of the kids and leaving others behind.
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LOVE IT! :D I'm such a nerd.
hehehe Me too! :D I grew up watching the original Star Trek. I liked The Next Generation too, but the original will always hold a special place in my heart. Loved Kirk, Spock, Bones, Scotty, Chekov. Such great characters! :)
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I have five - ranging in age from 33 to 11. I have two grand daughters with number three expected literally any minute.
That would be hard to find a single activity that included everyone equally that they all could enjoy, especially if you have an infant with you. I can see taking some of the grand kids to do an activity with grandma that is age appropriate that they will enjoy and leaving the others who wouldn't like it at home or somewhere else doing their own fun activity with mom or grandpa or someone else. I think there should be something fun and age appropriate for them to do as well though while the others are gone so they don't feel left out.
OP I'm sorry you mom put you on the spot like that. That's great that she is involved with the kids, but she could have given you a little warning. I like Jean's cookie idea. :) or maybe a trip a pond or something to feed the ducks and turtles?? 4 years old love that kind of thing IME. :grouphug::grouphug:
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It's the 46th anniversary of Star Trek. Hover your mouse over the highlighted parts and click. Have fun. :)
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Pigswill. You look gorgeous, and I've seen you before you've done your hair in the morning. :p
I was cute when I was three and it's all been downhill since then because my mum stopped doing my hair and my face lengthened. Being called "Horsehead" by your aunts doesn't exactly fill you with confidence, however, on reflection, I'm better looking than they are because I don't look like their dad. :D I have plans to be gorgeous in another year or two. Some things just can't be rushed.
Rosie
Ay Rosie!! I puffy heart love you! You always say the funniest things. :lol::lol::lol:
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Praying for your son and family. :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:
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Britain has a very fierce attitude to overtaking on motorways - you can only do it on the 'fast' side. So lane discipline is something that is taken very seriously. Driving in California scared me to death because, for example, I'd be in a middle lane because that was where I needed to be to feed into my exit and people would be overtaking me on both sides.
Laura
They do it inSouth Florida too. It's really a free-for-all here how people drive. Miami has had the dubious distinction of having the rudest drivers in America for several years.
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But I do understand what everyone is saying and I am aware it isn't exactly safe, but I am not perfect and it's kind of a habit that is hard to break. And having a son driving does make me more aware as I lecture him on car lengths and such. So I'm doing it less and less.
I think it's great that you are aware of it and making strides to change. Good for you! :) :hurray:
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:lol: :lol: :lol: Love it! hehe :thumbup:
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I got to hold his hand as he slipped from this world. We signed the DNR and told him we'd be okay. He didn't have to fight anymore. Within 3 hours, he was gone.
My dad was the first man I ever loved. He taught me to be a good person, how to ride a bike and tie my shoes. He always smelled like celery from his job at the grocery store. He worked 2 jobs to support us and decided late in life that his true calling was the ministry. He was fiercely loyal and kind.
He had polio at 3 and was told he wouldn't make it past 20. He was told he couldn't have children. I also have a brother. He loved my boys and was there at their births. Once he was homebound, he continued his ministry on facebook. He always sent cards to all his "old ladies" in his old congration. He loved to argue politics and was a fierce Cardinals fan. He raised 4 younger brothers all by himself.
I'd like to think that he is with his mom tonight. She died when he was 9 and I have her name. He is no longer gasping for breath. He is breathing easy and at peace.
I just can't believe he's gone. Your prayers and good thoughts are coveted. I'm just going to miss him so much. And the next week and month are going to be hard. September 26 would have been my parents' 42nd wedding anniversary.
:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: I'm so sorry Kalah. What a lovely tribute to him you wrote. I will be praying for you all. :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:
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I peaked around 23. I was in the best shape of my life, jogging four times a week about four miles each time. My butt was AMAZING! If I had known what having three kids and being 40 pounds overweight would have done to my backside, I would have taken pictures. Seriously.
My one piece of advice to my daughters is going to be: Take the pictures. Nobody will believe you if you don't. You won't even believe it yourself. :001_smile:
:lol::lol::lol: :iagree::iagree: I'm horribly camera shy and always thought I was fat when I was a teen and young 20's. I wore a size 7 at 5'10! :glare: I wish now I had more pictures of myself back then too. I always had a flat stomach when I was young before children. It was a real shock to me after giving birth to my first born to see that my stomach didn't just "go back" after the baby came out. I still looked 6 months pregnant and had a pooch for the first time in my life. Yeah, if I knew then what I know now. ;)
And to OP, no, I definitely looked better when I was in my early 20's. I'm now 41 and just trying to find a way to keep it all up. LOL
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Well she thinks it does, but maybe the car behind her can handle going the speed limit just fine.
I am a major tailgater, could be being raised in crazy L.A. traffic but I drive a big ol' suburban now and hardly dare tailgate with that thing because it's so hard to stop. I also go much slower in it than I do in almost any other car.
Well I did say I don't do it in my current car anyway.But I don't wanna, why don't people who purposefully drive slow move over and get out of the way?
I'm not talking about the OP because it sounds like her road is difficult to pull over on.
I find it pretty difficult sometimes on a fast moving CA freeway to change lanes when the dope in front of me will not keep up with traffic in the fast lane but refuses to move over when there are tons of cars behind me.
and it doesn't actually happen to me all that often because I keep up with traffic and I know how to change lanes and let people pass.
You're brave to be so candid in your admission on this thread. :D hehe I had to smile while reading what you wrote because I'm from metropolitan South Florida and I know exactly what you're talking about. You have to drive aggressively just to even get on to the freeway and to be able to keep up with everyone else and get where you're going.
Here, in addition to the maximum speed limit we have a minimum speed limit (40mph) posted on the freeway because people going too slow can cause accidents. Often times you just have to keep up with the ambient traffic regardless of what the posted limit says (ever drive through Atlanta? :rolleyes: ) and someone going too slow or going under the speed limit when everyone else is going 20, 30 or more over the speed limit can be a danger and cause accidents.
Shoot, I've been cruising a long doing 65mph on the freeway (posted speed limit) and have had to hit my brakes because someone in front of me pulls into the next lane and I'm suddenly confronted with someone in front of me going 35mph on the highway. I leave lots of car lengths in between me and other cars just for that reason because you always have to be aware of what other drivers might do.
I totally agree with you that if they want to be slow they need to get out of the left lanes and get over to the right or even not take the freeway. However in OP's case she's not talking about a freeway situation and the ambient traffic is 10 mph below the posted speed limit so the tailgater in her situation was being overly impatient/aggressive. I think a lot of the other posters mentioned too that they were on rural, winding roads so again different from a freeway situation. :)
Just wanted to post that in your defense as someone who knows how it can get on congested freeways and how the driving is lest someone think you are like this on all roads and not just the freeways. :)
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Like if I were impatient waiting in line at the grocery store, would I get right up behind someone giving them no more than an inch to move? Heck no. They'd turn around and bop me one or look at me like I had ten heads. But people get in their cars and they don't see it that way.
I wish you shopped at my local stores. I would love more people behind me in line that are like you. :) People here have no problems with standing behind you so close that they are breathing on the back of your neck, ramming the backs of your ankles with their shopping carts, and sighing and muttering under their breath about how long the line is taking. :glare: I really really hate that, but other than doing a turn around glare and saying, "You just hit me with your cart can you please back up some!" I ignore them.
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I would think they are impatient more than anything and they just want to go faster than you are going. At least that is usually the case here where I live although there is sometimes aggressive tailgating as well.
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Thanks for the replies. I was thinking since she was only in 7th grade that a couple of years of Portuguese before switching to Spanish for high school might be nice. I know they are different, but there is a small bit of crossover according to one of my Spanish professors that got stuck in an elevator filled with Brazilians once.
There is a lot of similarity between Spanish and Portuguese and that can be a good thing or a bad thing depending upon how you look at it. I speak Spanish and I can understand a lot of what i hear in Portuguese and what I read in Portuguese, but I cannot speak it. Every time I try to speak Portuguese it comes out Spanish. They're just too close. Fortunately everyone I have ever spoken with that was a native Portuguese speaker understands me when I speak to them in Spanish and I understand them when they speak to me in Portuguese, but if the ultimate goal is for your child to learn to speak one language well, then I could see that possibly causing some problems down the road trying to remember which word belongs to what language, kwim? If you want her to speak Portuguese and that's what she wants to learn then I'd say go for it with the Brazilian lady. If however your ultimate goal is for your dd to learn Spanish then it might be tricky for her to keep them separated in her head if she's studied Portuguese and then studies Spanish, kwim?
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ooops double post. Sorry. :)
K-cups rumor
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Ah gotcha. Everyone is certainly entitled to their preferences. :). It is the coffee itself however that has the bitterness. Cafe Bustelo for example is a lot more bitter than Cafe Pilon for example, but you can use any coffee in a cafetera. I have a grinder and use regular old coffee beans. I just grind it a couple of times so that the coffee is fine, then I put it in the cafetera and it makes yummy coffee. Btw, it only boils the water and forces it through the coffee one time and it doesn't boil the coffee once it comes up. You take it off the burner before then so the coffee doesn't boil.