Slache Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 It's a reference book, so I think it is easier to have it in your hot little hand to put on a side table or something. But I love the feel and smell of books. You can look it up and save the PDF to your computer if you wish, as well, but I like the idea of having actual dictionaries, thesauruses and reference books in hand.I agree. Thanks. I like my Kindle because I can read for longer periods of time, but for things like this I like paperbacks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Tex, I hadn't heard of Two Steps From Hell either. But I'm totally hooked on them now. Just awesome writing music. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Cupin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 One of the top reviews says that it's public domain and don't waste your money. Did I waste my money Tex? DID I? No. Every human being should own a hard copy of Strunk and White. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 No. Every human being should own a hard copy of Strunk and White.Skrunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 To clarify I did not have alcohol but I sure had a lot of gummies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Do Skrunks stink? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Anyone else on the east coast besides mark and me? I'm from Pennsylvania and still live nearby-ish. No. Every human being should own a hard copy of Strunk and White. One of my favorite resources!! :001_wub: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Do Skrunks stink? No. They skrink. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I like mine to look like he works at it. He comes home and I'm like "You. Weights. Now." I make him lift like 3 times a week. He's yummy. :-) That is nice. What I meant by working at it is more the girlie piece of fashion, etc. The whole metrosexual thing, ya know? If you want to hit the mall more than me, or get a mani/pedi, or your jeans look like jeans that I would wear... Not attractive to me. Gym, though... Yes, please:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 OMG yes! I took a statistics class in college that made me want to drop out all together. It was an afternoon 3-hour once per week class in an old mildest stuffy building and it made me want to poke my eyes out. #gaveuponcommas Sing it, seesta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 maybe a foot massage would help? Cuz Hornblower is offering;-) :leaving: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Must own all music by Two Steps From Hell. #crazyfantasywriter Now I need to go look up who that is. Because old and behind the times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 It's a reference book, so I think it is easier to have it in your hot little hand to put on a side table or something. But I love the feel and smell of books. You can look it up and save the PDF to your computer if you wish, as well, but I like the idea of having actual dictionaries, thesauruses and reference books in hand. :Iagree: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 So, when I was little, we sometimes watched "The Dick Van Dyke Show." I didn't remember how good it was and so have been pleasantly surprised now that I'm watching it on NetFlix. :-) There was a show that had a catchy song about Alan Brady, the character in the show for whom Dick and Sally and Whatshisname worked. I have remembered that song forever. So, yesterday when I came home from church, I sat down in front of the TV to veg while waiting for Mr. Ellie to be finished with his church, and when I turned on the TV it was already on CoziTV, which shows only old TV shows and movies. Guess what was on? Yes. I used to love that show too. The reruns, of course. I've got my oldest hooked on old shows. (and radio shows, too) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Finally. It's about time you earn your paycheck around here, Renai. :laugh: I don't remember ever being paid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) No. They skrink.Now the fam is looking at me like I am nutso because that made me laugh out loud. Again. Y'all have to STOP being so dang funny. You are killing me:-) Edited December 15, 2015 by Professormom 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 There was an old facebook game, it might have even been MySpace, when you would post "If you saw me in the back of a cop car what would you think I did?" A friend of mine said "Helped a friend." :wub: Right, but helping with what? Other replies were assault and battery :glare:, probably not drugs :lol: and defacing school property. :leaving: Interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 :hurray: Renai is here. :hurray: But I have to go to bed now. :( 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 So our palliative rattie died. He hung on till dd came home from her exam (which, because this board is SO in tune with my life, was on Stats. And she thinks she aced it....) and then he passed in her arms. He was the bestest sweetest boy & he had a good life & gave us much joy. it was this boy http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/534498-hamster-for-christmas/?p=6038987 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 So our palliative rattie died. He hung on till dd came home from her exam (which, because this board is SO in tune with my life, was on Stats. And she thinks she aced it....) and then he passed in her arms. He was the bestest sweetest boy & he had a good life & gave us much joy. it was this boy http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/534498-hamster-for-christmas/?p=6038987 Oh sweetie, I am so sorry. So many :grouphug: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 👼 rip rattie. ðŸ We put the younger kids to bed and we are watching Batman with oldest. We are talking through it all and trying to explain 80s tech and culture. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 :-) That is nice. What I meant by working at it is more the girlie piece of fashion, etc. The whole metrosexual thing, ya know? If you want to hit the mall more than me, or get a mani/pedi, or your jeans look like jeans that I would wear... Not attractive to me. Gym, though... Yes, please:-) Oh, we've got that covered. Matt's a slob. ;) So our palliative rattie died. He hung on till dd came home from her exam (which, because this board is SO in tune with my life, was on Stats. And she thinks she aced it....) and then he passed in her arms. He was the bestest sweetest boy & he had a good life & gave us much joy. it was this boy http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/534498-hamster-for-christmas/?p=6038987 I'm sorry. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 👼 rip rattie. ðŸ We put the younger kids to bed and we are watching Batman with oldest. We are talking through it all and trying to explain 80s tech and culture. Never saw Batman. Love Dick Van Dyck! But I really want to watch Christmas Vacation. I need to laugh. And that movie makes me laugh! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 👼 rip rattie. ðŸ We put the younger kids to bed and we are watching Batman with oldest. We are talking through it all and trying to explain 80s tech and culture. I haven't seen Batman in 25 years! (When you have to get out a calculator to figure it out, it has been a long time.) Except I saw it in French. Before DVD players! I have no idea where my French teacher got it, but it was a lot of fun. We went through the halls saying, "Je suis Batman!" for weeks. Question: Is the movie as violent as I remember? Ds15 is interested, but I remember it being really dark... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 My kids love 1960s Batman... It cracks us all up. And I love that Two Steps song. At first, it reminded me of Enya. Then, it swept into an LOTR feel. Beautiful. Nighty night, my lovelies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Oh, sweet rattle. :( He was a handsome fellow. I have thought of doing hospice animal foster care. I get dying. I think nothing and no one should die alone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Is it too much to ask that we have dark chocolate, strawberries, and mozzarella on hand at all times? Come on people, I'm a frigging princess for crying out loud! ::drinking ensure with irritation:: That is not too much to ask. I always had strawberries and cheese on hand when pregnant with Gymnast. That and ensure. I did a lot of smoothies with those. And I'm not even a princess. A princess should get what she wants. As long as she isn't a brat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I love cleaning other people's houses. I probably need therapy. Your therapy can be cleaning my house. Well, Konmari it, then clean it. Scratch that, if you Konmari it, I wouldn't mind cleaning it. Yeah, that will work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I have thought of doing hospice animal foster care. I get dying. I think nothing and no one should die alone. That would be tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 See, I plan to just be rich and have someone pay them all for me. You should just do that. If you do so before me please explain the process because I haven't figured it out yet. This was my plan too. So, I'm planning on this curriculum thing to take off next year with the dynamite marketing the company is doing, and getting royalties that will set me for the rest of my life. Then I could do what I want, like write, and tutor in reading like I used to do. I loved tutoring. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Ellie, my kids sing that song except they insert my name. :lol: We own and have watched the entire Dick Van Dyke series with the kids. Also, Leave it to Beaver and Andy Griffith. I watched those too. Dd16 has just informed me she used to have the biggest crush on the chimney sweep in Mary Poppins. :D We would listen to Father knows best, Our Miss Brooks, and The Great Gildersleeve on old radio shows. We like old shows. New ones are stupid. Except Once Upon a Time, but that's different. Oooh, I got her hooked on Carol Burnett too. Love that woman, although newer compared to the other old shows. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 That would be tough.I'm kind of a birth and death girl. I've witnessed human dying and human and animal birthing. It's just where my heart is. Birth and death. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 That is not too much to ask. I always had strawberries and cheese on hand when pregnant with Gymnast. That and ensure. I did a lot of smoothies with those. And I'm not even a princess. A princess should get what she wants. As long as she isn't a brat. Oh shush! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I'm kind of a birth and death girl. I've witnessed human dying and human and animal birthing. It's just where my heart is. Birth and death. I kind of like the middle. I've just been at so many ends. It's always the middle I look back to for comfort. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I just saw this on tv. Now I want a miniature horse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU_c8aabw2Y 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I kind of like the middle. I've just been at so many ends. It's always the middle I look back to for comfort.I'm the opposite. I am great in a short term crisis. We would make a great team. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I once knew someone who had the legs, the arms and the kilt. Sadly, so long ago. Blonde hair down to his shoulders too. Are you sure it wasn't me? I'm quite strong and I used to love my little catholic hooch skirt. Pretty sure it wasn't... Ya'll have me crackin' up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Make yourself flash cards. :lol: And wait until you have four kids. :scared: I write all birthdays on the calendar every year. The pet birthdays I write in the notes section of the calendar and carry it over every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Oh my gosh I never took a shower today! :ohmy: :mellow: :svengo: GTG. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Exactly. I have VERY specific taste in men. Muscles. Manly. If you care more about clothes than I do, there is a problem. Ability to look mildly GQ without looking like you are working at it. I think, though, that we have already covered that somewhere in this epic conversation. :eek: You said it in public! We were watching a Mexican comedy show, and one part a woman wrote her number on a book page and tore it out to give to some guy. Both dd16 and I dropped our mouths to the floor. She said, "I can't believe she ripped a page out of a book!" I said, "I was just looking at the shoulders and arms" (of the dude.) :D 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 My husband has killer legs. He would look great in a kilt. Alas, I have none, but I will make him pose in a towel because it's about the same*. :lol: *This is a joke. This will never happen. Does he know you're talking about him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 If I squint just right, my ankles are swollen so I need to elevate and rest with you. You're such a good friend. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I just saw this on tv. Now I want a miniature horse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU_c8aabw2Y I love that pony. :001_wub: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 You're such a good friend.I know, right??? When our ankles are normal we will get jobs at the pork and beans factory together. It will be like Lucy and Ethel. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 :hurray: Renai is here. :hurray: But I have to go to bed now. :( Alas, by the time I caught up, you were in bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 So our palliative rattie died. He hung on till dd came home from her exam (which, because this board is SO in tune with my life, was on Stats. And she thinks she aced it....) and then he passed in her arms. He was the bestest sweetest boy & he had a good life & gave us much joy. it was this boy http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/534498-hamster-for-christmas/?p=6038987 Awww, he was sweet. :grouphug: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) The whole metrosexual thing, ya know? I had not heard this term, although I have heard of the definition. ETA: Booya on metrose.... Edited December 15, 2015 by Renai 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Sigh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I hope it snows all night, then freezes on the ground so everything is closed and cancelled tomorrow. We went shopping yesterday, so we're ready. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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