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Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 01/07/09 at 12:04 am
Each person has to start a sentence with the next letter of the alphabet.
Starting with 'A' right through to 'Z',no going twice in a row,thats cheating!
No repeating the same letters in a row.
I will start on 'A' then the next can start on 'B' and so on.....
Are you ready for this fun game?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/07/09 at 12:05 am
hey, I don't know why I didn't think of this before!
By george, I am more than ready to begin an alphabetical conversation!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/07/09 at 6:45 am
Can anybody play this game?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Mr Tumnus on 01/07/09 at 10:05 am
I wondered that too
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Tia on 01/07/09 at 10:09 am
^
D'oh!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Mr Tumnus on 01/07/09 at 10:10 am
^
D'oh!
D'oh??
;D ;D ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Tia on 01/07/09 at 10:35 am
eet ees a homer simpson reference. http://journeyhomeburke.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/24819bpthe-simpsons-homer-d-oh-posters.jpg
(for this post, i used a latin accent to start the sentence with an "E.")
(good attentive readers will see the following sentence started with an "F.")
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/07/09 at 4:06 pm
Hey, I think ^ deserves an applause for using 3 sentences/initial letters in his above post.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Tia on 01/07/09 at 4:59 pm
Hey, I think ^ deserves an applause for using 3 sentences/initial letters in his above post.
I try to be modest. 8)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/07/09 at 6:41 pm
Just being yourself.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/07/09 at 7:13 pm
Keep this up, and we could make our first trip through the alphabet in no time flat!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Mr Tumnus on 01/08/09 at 9:33 am
eet ees a homer simpson reference. http://journeyhomeburke.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/24819bpthe-simpsons-homer-d-oh-posters.jpg
(for this post, i used a latin accent to start the sentence with an "E.")
(good attentive readers will see the following sentence started with an "F.")
Oh
why not use the name tia, teabag
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Tia on 01/08/09 at 9:37 am
Oh
why not use the name tia, teabag
like, cuz... :P (i got profile bandited.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/08/09 at 6:39 pm
Maybe you could have thought of the Teabag name before?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Tia on 01/08/09 at 6:46 pm
Maybe you could have thought of the Teabag name before?
no not really :P
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/08/09 at 6:54 pm
no not really :P
Oh okay then; whatever you say.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 01/09/09 at 5:34 am
Please pay attention :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/09/09 at 7:49 am
Quaint conversation we are having here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/09/09 at 3:52 pm
Really quaint...I hope it develops into something interesting.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Mr Tumnus on 01/12/09 at 9:26 am
Suppose that's a reasonable explanation (pennys just dropped too) :-[
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/12/09 at 10:23 am
Tell me more...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 01/12/09 at 4:12 pm
Understanding is a GOOD thing :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/12/09 at 5:23 pm
Very good thing, to say the least...because you'll need to know what's around you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/13/09 at 12:17 pm
Would be hard for someone to come in on a conversation,already started.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/13/09 at 3:25 pm
X marks the spot, you know.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: star80 on 01/13/09 at 3:43 pm
Yeah, that is what I've heard, too!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/13/09 at 3:44 pm
Zero letters come after this one...so the next post will restart the alphabet!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 01/13/09 at 5:20 pm
Another reply from ME is always a good thing :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/13/09 at 10:14 pm
By the way,How did you come up with this?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/13/09 at 10:29 pm
Could it be an idea from some other messageboard...or perhaps the idea was inspired by a game from "Whose Line Is It Anyway" called "90 Second Alphabet" in which the players have 1 1/2 minutes to have an alphabetic conversation about a certain topic/scene, with each sentence starting with a certain letter and the next one starting with the next letter and so on proceeding through the alphabet, making one trip through the alphabet within the 1 1/2-minute time limit.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/14/09 at 8:32 am
Did you watch "Whose Line Is It Anyway" all the time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/14/09 at 10:22 am
Every time I could.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/14/09 at 10:54 am
Feel free to express your feelings on it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/14/09 at 10:55 am
Great comedy...it amazed me how well those guys could think up everything off the top of their heads.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/14/09 at 10:58 am
How well would you and your friends do at that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/14/09 at 11:00 am
I'm not sure...but I've tried practicing the alphabetic conversation game myself; I'm sure it would be lotsa fun.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/14/09 at 11:04 am
Just doing it in front of an audience would scare me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/14/09 at 11:07 am
Knowing that an audience was around might scare me too, but I should not be afraid to speak publicly; heck, I even took a public speaking class in my second year of college, which was almost 10 years ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 01/15/09 at 3:05 pm
Lots of fun you must have had :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/15/09 at 7:39 pm
Maybe when he logs in he can tell us about it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 01/15/09 at 9:26 pm
Na,i think he is having too much fun keeping us in suspense.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/15/09 at 9:42 pm
Oh, come now, that's not true; I was just unable to come to the computer when the last couple of posts were made on this thread; you see, I had other obligations to take care of.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/15/09 at 11:52 pm
Point taken, Jeff.
Question: Has anyone done their taxes yet?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/16/09 at 12:46 pm
Right now, I cannot say...but it is a good time to start with tax preparation.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/16/09 at 9:22 pm
Some say that Turbo Tax would help.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/09 at 12:54 pm
Turbo Tax is that for all of us to pay?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/17/09 at 1:08 pm
Uh...yeah, I think we could all use some of that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/09 at 1:09 pm
Very interesting this Turbo Tax
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/17/09 at 1:11 pm
We should know how it works?
X-tremely helpful to know?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/09 at 1:12 pm
Yes, very helpful indeed
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 01/17/09 at 11:27 pm
Zip along and tell us!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/09 at 4:23 am
After a cup of tea?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/18/09 at 11:18 am
Be my guess,I'll have some 7UP.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/18/09 at 5:23 pm
Could I have some, too?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/18/09 at 11:31 pm
Diet for me, thank you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/09 at 5:27 am
Extra Strong for me, please.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Mr Tumnus on 01/19/09 at 8:53 am
Fanny be tender..not extra strong!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/09 at 8:57 am
Go on, just a little bit more.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Mr Tumnus on 01/19/09 at 9:12 am
'Hello is it me your looking for?'
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/09 at 9:14 am
Is it me?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/19/09 at 10:14 am
Just thinking on what to say.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/19/09 at 4:14 pm
Kind of a loss for words?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/19/09 at 5:17 pm
Makes it hard when you forget what to say.
what about L? Please amend your posting before we continue.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/19/09 at 5:25 pm
what about L? Please amend your posting before we continue.
Lack of brain cells today
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/19/09 at 5:26 pm
Maybe because of the 3-day holiday weekend?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/19/09 at 5:34 pm
Not really sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 01/19/09 at 7:49 pm
Openly discuss whats on your mind :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/19/09 at 11:18 pm
President Obama will take office very soon! :) ;) :D ;D >:( :( :o 8) ??? ::) :P :-[ :-X :-\\ :-* :\'( O0 ^-^ >:D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/09 at 2:45 am
Quick please!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/20/09 at 8:39 am
Right now I am posting and watching the ceremonies on TV. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/09 at 8:43 am
Soon as it all starts I will be watching too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/20/09 at 8:47 am
Today will go down in history. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 01/20/09 at 6:53 pm
Understand what today means for the USA!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/20/09 at 7:37 pm
Very much so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/21/09 at 12:43 pm
Will he last the four years?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/21/09 at 1:53 pm
Xtremist may try to get to him.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/21/09 at 5:05 pm
You should hope not; I will pray that he does the best he can to fix our problems; it was one of the first things he said he'd do as President.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/22/09 at 4:24 am
Z-Bed, does he sleep on a Z-Bed when travelling?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/22/09 at 8:33 am
Actually I never heard of them to now :-[
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/22/09 at 5:04 pm
By the way, neither have I; does anyone have a picture of one to share?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/23/09 at 7:25 am
Can I help with this image looking?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/23/09 at 10:45 am
Do you think you can find one?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/23/09 at 10:46 am
Even a picture of a Z-Bed?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/23/09 at 10:48 am
Finding one will probably be a challenging task.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 01/24/09 at 1:47 am
Great work everyone :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/24/09 at 5:15 pm
Hey, thanks Dude 111....and by the way, I think I may have found what a Z-bed looks like....follow this link to find out.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 01/24/09 at 9:50 pm
Is that your bed?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/24/09 at 11:48 pm
Just for the record...no.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/25/09 at 7:36 am
Know anyone who owns a Z - bed?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/25/09 at 2:24 pm
Let me think...no, I don't know if anyone I know owns one...but I suppose I could ask them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/09 at 11:10 am
My mother has a Z-Bed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/26/09 at 11:11 am
No kidding?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/09 at 11:13 am
Oh yes
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/26/09 at 11:15 am
Philip, that is wonderful.
Question: how long ago did you find this out?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/27/09 at 7:58 am
Recently, on a visit to my mother.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/27/09 at 10:25 am
So...did anything else eventful happen while you visited her?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/28/09 at 6:49 am
Time was spent happily there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/28/09 at 10:16 am
Um....that's great to know (I just had to think of something good to say)...and I hope that you are doing okay in other regards! ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/28/09 at 11:50 pm
Valentine's Day is coming; what did you get your sweethearts?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 01/29/09 at 12:54 am
Whatever you get,make sure she loves it :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/29/09 at 1:50 am
X-Rated presents?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/29/09 at 7:48 pm
You don't want to go that far.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/30/09 at 5:25 am
Zeberdee says so.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/30/09 at 1:56 pm
And who or what might that be?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 01/30/09 at 8:11 pm
Before asking you should know!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/31/09 at 8:14 am
Can someone tell me?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/31/09 at 2:51 pm
Does anyone know....or should I go ahead and research it myself?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/31/09 at 2:58 pm
Easy to look stuff up on Google now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/31/09 at 2:59 pm
Fine; I will do just that; chances are I may find what I'm looking for in a flash!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 02/01/09 at 9:42 am
Great once you do let us know.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Silver Power on 02/01/09 at 10:35 am
Hey, couldn't we help them out?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Cautious Lip on 02/01/09 at 10:42 am
I'll do my part too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/01/09 at 5:00 pm
Just go to google.com and type in whatever it was that we were looking for!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Cautious Lip on 02/01/09 at 5:40 pm
Key word is Google. Right!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/01/09 at 5:55 pm
Let's do it!....wait, what were we searching for again?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Cautious Lip on 02/01/09 at 7:33 pm
My memory fails me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 02/02/09 at 6:53 am
Nothing like looking back through old post to check it out.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/02/09 at 10:05 am
Okay, let's go back through the posts on this thread until we find the term in question.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: karen on 02/02/09 at 10:07 am
Perhaps this will help you!
Zeberdee says so.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/02/09 at 10:11 am
^Quite right...let's go and do it then (thanks Karen!).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: wildcard on 02/06/09 at 3:46 pm
Ready for me to show up?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/06/09 at 7:02 pm
Say...it's been a while since this thread was last updated....karma to ^ for getting it going again!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: karen on 02/06/09 at 9:30 pm
Too many other game threads to distract people
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 02/07/09 at 9:03 am
Understanding is a good thing :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/07/09 at 3:48 pm
Valentines Day is next week!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: wildcard on 02/07/09 at 11:39 pm
Whatever, I think it's just another day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/08/09 at 12:15 am
X's and O's represent kisses and hugs, respectively.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: wildcard on 02/08/09 at 1:14 am
You want this box of Conversation Hearts? 8-P
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 02/08/09 at 5:46 am
Zip on over to my places with them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/09/09 at 3:56 pm
And where would those "places" be?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 02/09/09 at 5:48 pm
Besides the sea shore,didnt you know this?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/09/09 at 7:40 pm
Come on now, it's not always blatantly obvious to everyone; that's why I had to ask.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Silver Power on 02/14/09 at 4:14 pm
D'oh!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 02/14/09 at 4:51 pm
Enough jokes,on with the game :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/14/09 at 7:02 pm
Fine...what should we talk about now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Silver Power on 02/14/09 at 7:47 pm
Great, we're out of ideas?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/14/09 at 7:48 pm
Heck no...I bet we could talk about whatever comes to mind.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 02/17/09 at 9:06 am
Maybe it will be easier.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/17/09 at 11:07 am
wait a sec...the letters I, K and L were skipped! (ninny, please delete your M post.)
Heck no...I bet we could talk about whatever comes to mind.
I hate to respond to my own post in this game, but it seems that some letters were skipped...we can't have that. :-\\ http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/07/nono.gif
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 02/21/09 at 5:48 pm
Just be carefull all to follow along in this thread :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/21/09 at 9:01 pm
Keep in mind that the next response must begin with the next letter of the alphabet!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/09 at 4:38 am
Look out for the next letter of the alphabet or we may be lost again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/22/09 at 1:24 pm
My gosh, we do not want that to happen.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/09 at 11:42 am
Nevertheless, it may happen again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/23/09 at 2:50 pm
Or maybe the person will realize their mistake and edit their post...but for the meanwhile, let's carry on.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 02/23/09 at 6:05 pm
Please lets keep this thread nice and calm :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/23/09 at 11:15 pm
Quiet is a synonym for calm, you know.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/26/09 at 3:58 am
Rowdiness is a not good thing
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/26/09 at 11:14 am
So true!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/26/09 at 12:56 pm
Totally not a good thing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 02/26/09 at 2:09 pm
Unless it's for fun
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/26/09 at 2:10 pm
Very true, but we must preserve the alphabetical sequence in order to maintain an alphabetic conversation.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 02/26/09 at 2:11 pm
Why is that?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/26/09 at 2:12 pm
X-plain (explain), I will: because if a letter is skipped, then it will mess it up and it won't flow very well....let's carry on.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 02/26/09 at 2:12 pm
You've convinced me now, well done.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/26/09 at 2:13 pm
Zap!...right now I just tried to give you karma, but it hasn't been a full day since I last did so, so I'll have to wait until the 24-hour restriction is up.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 02/26/09 at 2:17 pm
Appreciate the thought.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/26/09 at 2:19 pm
But you can give some to me, and other members...simply by clicking the "More karamel" link above the person's avatar.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 02/26/09 at 2:20 pm
Consider it done, but I have to leave the board now and eat something
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/26/09 at 2:21 pm
Darn...we were just beginning to have a good chat here....oh well, have a nice meal, Frank! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/26/09 at 2:23 pm
Eat well Frank!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/26/09 at 2:23 pm
Frank has left the building...perhaps he will rejoin us after he has eaten well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/26/09 at 2:24 pm
Gone already?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/26/09 at 2:25 pm
He's gone from the "Who's Online" list, so I was right!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 02/26/09 at 2:57 pm
I'm back!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/26/09 at 2:58 pm
Just as I was about to sign off, Frank has returned!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 02/26/09 at 8:33 pm
Keeping tabs on me, huh? ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/27/09 at 4:25 am
Looks like it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/27/09 at 12:36 pm
Maybe we should encourage others to participate in here?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/27/09 at 1:43 pm
Need more people yes we do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/28/09 at 12:46 am
Especially at night!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/28/09 at 9:27 am
Need more people yes we do.
Oh yes, I quite agree.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/28/09 at 9:37 am
Possibly at night time?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/28/09 at 9:39 am
Quite possibly so...but we can have more activity in this thread any time of day!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/28/09 at 9:53 am
Right now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/28/09 at 9:54 am
Sure, why not?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/28/09 at 9:59 am
Today?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/28/09 at 11:54 am
Uhm...yes, today would be a great day for more action here!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/28/09 at 11:31 pm
So when do we start?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/01/09 at 4:29 am
Uhm...yes, today would be a great day for more action here!
Very good time to start.
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Written By: Womble on 03/01/09 at 8:57 am
Why not now?
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Written By: nally on 03/01/09 at 3:14 pm
X-actly what I had in mind!
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Written By: Matthias on 03/01/09 at 3:15 pm
You had that in mind too?
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Written By: nally on 03/01/09 at 3:18 pm
Zounds!...I did indeed!
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Written By: Matthias on 03/01/09 at 3:19 pm
Alright, I oughta get going to work guys!
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Written By: nally on 03/01/09 at 3:21 pm
Be safe and have a great time, Matthias! O0
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Written By: ninny on 03/01/09 at 5:40 pm
Can one have a great time at work?
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Written By: Womble on 03/01/09 at 7:10 pm
Definately!
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Written By: Matthias on 03/02/09 at 12:21 am
Even though it was boring, I had a good time at work today.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/09 at 3:43 am
Fun at work?
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Written By: Matthias on 03/02/09 at 8:08 am
Good people work there, It's manageable
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/09 at 8:11 am
Happy people?
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Written By: Matthias on 03/02/09 at 8:12 am
I guess... They all seemed pretty cheerful
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Written By: nally on 03/02/09 at 10:58 am
Just how they should always be!
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Written By: Matthias on 03/02/09 at 11:38 am
Kinda bossy at times, but that's only because I'm new
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Written By: nally on 03/02/09 at 12:59 pm
Looks like Matthias has just gotten past his 10,000th post! 8)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/09 at 1:00 pm
Matthias has finallly made it! Well done.
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Written By: nally on 03/02/09 at 1:02 pm
Now who do you think will be next?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/09 at 1:04 pm
Of cause it will adagio.
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Written By: nally on 03/02/09 at 1:07 pm
Perhaps she will get there sometime this month, since stingr22 has been quite inactive lately.
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Written By: Matthias on 03/02/09 at 2:43 pm
Quiz time: There are two clocks of different colors: the red clock is broken and doesn't run at all, but the blue clock loses one second every 24 hours. Which clock is more accurate?
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Written By: nally on 03/02/09 at 2:51 pm
Red one would only be accurate twice a day, but blue one would probably be more accurate, since it becomes one second slower each day.
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Written By: Matthias on 03/02/09 at 2:55 pm
Silly! It's a trick question!
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Written By: nally on 03/02/09 at 2:56 pm
Tricky it was, indeed,...but I thought I could figure it out just for the heck of it...ah, never mind.
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Written By: Matthias on 03/02/09 at 2:57 pm
Undergraduates in college would be stumped by that question
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Written By: nally on 03/02/09 at 2:59 pm
Very true; I was an undergraduate for 10 years before finally getting a bachelor's degree!
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Written By: Matthias on 03/02/09 at 3:00 pm
Wow! It took you 10 years?! What was your degree?
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Written By: nally on 03/02/09 at 3:03 pm
X is not the first letter of it, so I have to be wordy in my post before finally answering your question: Liberal Studies, with a minor in mathematics. :)
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Written By: Matthias on 03/02/09 at 3:04 pm
You like it?
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Written By: nally on 03/02/09 at 3:05 pm
Zounds...how should I answer that? yep, I feel good having a degree. how about you, are you in school right now?
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Written By: Matthias on 03/02/09 at 3:06 pm
At the moment I'm going to to a community college, but I want to go to a 4 year University next semester.
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Written By: nally on 03/02/09 at 3:08 pm
Best of luck on that....and by the way, I went to community colleges for 3 years before transferring to Cal State Northridge.
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Written By: Matthias on 03/02/09 at 3:10 pm
Crappy compared to a 4 year University though, not nearly as fun... Thanks!
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Written By: nally on 03/02/09 at 10:11 pm
Did you know that some people prefer to start out at community colleges, because it takes them time to figure out what they'd like to do before transferring to the 4-year university.
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Written By: Matthias on 03/02/09 at 10:19 pm
Education is important, but is it important what type of college you go to?
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Written By: nally on 03/02/09 at 10:22 pm
For many people, it is important whether they go to community college or a university or both; I went to both types of colleges and have enjoyed my education for the most part. :)
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Written By: Indy Gent on 03/04/09 at 12:06 am
I don't know if I will continue mine. I'm really getting dumber. :-\\
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/09 at 1:55 am
Going to univ or college does improve your chances of a better life.
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Written By: nally on 03/04/09 at 10:53 am
For many people, it is important whether they go to community college or a university or both; I went to both types of colleges and have enjoyed my education for the most part. :)
Going to univ or college does improve your chances of a better life.
Heck yeah...it also makes you more likeable to potential employers, when applying for a job!
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Written By: Matthias on 03/04/09 at 11:09 am
I think I failed my Microeconomics midterm... :\'(
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Written By: nally on 03/04/09 at 11:10 am
Just remember to study better the next time!
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Written By: Matthias on 03/04/09 at 11:11 am
Kinda didn't know it was coming until the last minute, :-[
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Written By: nally on 03/04/09 at 11:12 am
Last-minute studying is not good; it would have been nice if you'd known about it much earlier, don'tcha think?
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Written By: Matthias on 03/04/09 at 11:13 am
Much better indeed...
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Written By: nally on 03/04/09 at 11:14 am
Next time it might be helpful to either look at your syllabus for the upcoming test dates, or ask the professor for the information.
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Written By: Matthias on 03/04/09 at 11:17 am
Okay, That sounds like a good idea... At least I had the night to study though
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Written By: nally on 03/04/09 at 11:20 am
Proud of you for that. O0
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Written By: Matthias on 03/04/09 at 11:20 am
Quizes are hard, but that midterm was extremely difficult...
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Written By: nally on 03/04/09 at 11:23 am
Really hard final exams had been obstacles for me, especially when they were cumulative (covering everything learned in the semester).
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Written By: Matthias on 03/04/09 at 11:25 am
Studying has never been a easy thing for me to do...
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/09 at 12:30 pm
Try reading or listening to audio tapes.
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Written By: nally on 03/04/09 at 12:53 pm
Unfortunately, many people have a short attention span, including me sometimes, when it comes to stuff like that. :-\\
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Written By: Matthias on 03/04/09 at 1:13 pm
Very soft music even makes me lose track of what I'm doing, because I start following along with the song and lose my place...
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Written By: nally on 03/04/09 at 1:14 pm
We all tend to feel that way at times; it's called distraction.
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Written By: Matthias on 03/04/09 at 1:14 pm
Xacty!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/09 at 1:23 pm
Yesterday I had looks of distractions.
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Written By: Matthias on 03/04/09 at 1:25 pm
Zzzzz... I think I'm going to take a nap that test made me tired...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/04/09 at 1:25 pm
A little nap might do you some good.
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Written By: Matthias on 03/04/09 at 1:26 pm
Bye everybody!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/04/09 at 1:27 pm
Come back when you've been well rested... Philip and I will continue this alphabetic discussion.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/09 at 1:29 pm
Discuss we shall do.
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Written By: nally on 03/04/09 at 1:33 pm
Ending it will not happen anytime soon, hopefully.
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Written By: Matthias on 03/04/09 at 2:52 pm
Finally back from my nap!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/09 at 2:52 pm
Good sleep?
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Written By: Matthias on 03/04/09 at 2:56 pm
Hardly...
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Written By: Womble on 03/04/09 at 6:29 pm
I knew you were going to say that.
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Written By: Matthias on 03/04/09 at 7:26 pm
Just tell yourself that ;)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/09 at 4:27 am
Keep those eyes closed longer is the best trick.
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Written By: Matthias on 03/05/09 at 10:18 am
Lame idea is what I think...
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Written By: nally on 03/05/09 at 10:35 am
Maybe not?
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Written By: Matthias on 03/05/09 at 10:36 am
No, It probably is...
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Written By: nally on 03/05/09 at 10:37 am
Okay, I agree with you now.....what should we discuss now?
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Written By: Matthias on 03/05/09 at 10:39 am
Potential ideas for Spring Break
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Written By: nally on 03/05/09 at 10:42 am
Quite soon it will come up; for many folks it is only a month away.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/09 at 11:36 am
Really?
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Written By: Matthias on 03/05/09 at 1:04 pm
Spring Break for me starts now!!!
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Written By: nally on 03/05/09 at 1:33 pm
That's crazy; many schools have their spring breaks during Holy Week (the week before Easter), which this year happens to be the week of Sunday April 5th through Saturday April 11th.
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Written By: Matthias on 03/05/09 at 1:37 pm
University here must have it different I guess
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Written By: nally on 03/05/09 at 1:39 pm
Very different, if they give you the first week of March off.
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Written By: Matthias on 03/05/09 at 2:17 pm
What should I do over Spring Break?
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Written By: nally on 03/05/09 at 2:21 pm
Xtreme sports? nah...
You decide.
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Written By: Dude111 on 03/06/09 at 6:24 pm
Xtreme sports? nah...
Your asking me to decide this?
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Written By: nally on 03/06/09 at 7:16 pm
Zzzzz...no, anybody can decide it if they want.
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Written By: Matthias on 03/07/09 at 1:15 am
Anybody here like The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
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Written By: Indy Gent on 03/07/09 at 1:18 am
Bet a lot of co-eds are getting a head start.
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Written By: Matthias on 03/07/09 at 1:19 am
Yeah, a lot of co-eds are getting a head start.
The next phrase you say needs to start with "B"
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Written By: Indy Gent on 03/07/09 at 1:21 am
I changed it.
The next phrase you say needs to start with "B"
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Written By: Matthias on 03/07/09 at 1:25 am
Bet a lot of co-eds are getting a head start.
Can anybody explain how this response answers my question?
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Written By: Indy Gent on 03/07/09 at 1:29 am
I was responding to the posts before your "A" post.
Can anybody explain how this response answers my question?
Don't care much for "The Rocky Horror Picture Show".
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Written By: nally on 03/07/09 at 4:57 pm
I was responding to the posts before your "A" post.
doesn't work that way... you gotta respond to the most recent one on the thread
Don't care much for "The Rocky Horror Picture Show".
Even I don't, either...but I do sorta enjoy one song from it, "(Let's Do) The Time Warp Again!"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/09 at 4:59 pm
Frankenfurter was in that!
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Written By: nally on 03/07/09 at 5:01 pm
Gee...it seems that I missed a lot of it! of course, it came out in the late 70's, before I was born, but that doesn't mean I can't know a thing about it.
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Written By: Indy Gent on 03/07/09 at 11:16 pm
"Horror", it's not.
It's a musical comedy
(Proceed with "J")
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Written By: nally on 03/08/09 at 9:29 pm
Just out of curiosity, is it available for rental on dvd so I can rent it sometime, or is it out of print?
Knowing that information would be helpful.
(next: proceed with "L")
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Written By: Matthias on 03/08/09 at 9:43 pm
Listen to this, Not only can you get it at a Blockbuster but they also show it for pretty cheap at theaters around town
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Written By: nally on 03/08/09 at 9:44 pm
Man, that's amazing. :o
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Written By: Matthias on 03/08/09 at 9:45 pm
Now you know...
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Written By: nally on 03/08/09 at 9:46 pm
Oh yes! ;)
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Written By: Matthias on 03/08/09 at 10:13 pm
Partied all weekend it was fun!
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Written By: nally on 03/08/09 at 10:21 pm
Question: what was the occasion?
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Written By: Brigitte on 03/08/09 at 10:29 pm
Remember the lamp shade on your head?
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Written By: Matthias on 03/08/09 at 11:05 pm
Start of Spring Break!!!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/09 at 2:59 am
Today?
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Written By: Matthias on 03/09/09 at 9:44 am
Uhhhh... No, It started on Friday
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/09 at 10:51 am
Very interesting!!!! Can't wait!
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Written By: Matthias on 03/09/09 at 10:55 am
Waiting is done with... I'm on Spring Break right now
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Written By: Indy Gent on 03/09/09 at 11:03 pm
X marks the spot
You all have a great Spring Break.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/10/09 at 1:29 pm
Zip-a-de-doodah!
As for me, I'm not really on break per se, since I have finished school...but at most colleges in California, spring break usually happens during Holy Week - the week before Easter - this year that would correspond to Monday April 6 through Friday April 10.
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Written By: Indy Gent on 03/10/09 at 11:45 pm
Better yet, my birthday falls between those dates.
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Written By: nally on 03/11/09 at 12:55 pm
Can I venture to take a guess as to what day it is...nah, I already know which day it is; it's the same day as my dad's.
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Written By: Matthias on 03/11/09 at 9:42 pm
Dad's birthday is on the same day? Really?
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Written By: nally on 03/11/09 at 10:37 pm
Exactly...April 9th, to be more specific.
For the record, he and IndyGent will together be 100 on that day next month.
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Written By: wildcard on 03/12/09 at 5:50 pm
Goody! it looks like all my plants ( One of the two hibiscus I'm not sure) are coming back.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/09 at 6:06 pm
Healthy looking plants?
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Written By: wildcard on 03/12/09 at 7:13 pm
I see new leaves growing.
Just got to wait a little longer for some of them, but all looks good. The only problem now is the patio table mom put out. It is blocking my view.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/13/09 at 9:18 pm
Knowing how to take care of the problem would help alleviate it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/14/09 at 2:05 am
Let's just say I'm not exactly a green thumb.
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Written By: Dude111 on 03/14/09 at 3:44 am
Man,NO ONE CAN FOLLOW DIRECTIONS ON ANY THREAD,I FEEL LIKE LOCKING THIS!!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/14/09 at 9:37 am
No need to lock it!
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Written By: Matthias on 03/14/09 at 9:55 am
Okay, Next time turn off Caps Lock
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/14/09 at 10:01 am
Please do.
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Written By: nally on 03/14/09 at 12:46 pm
Quite a good suggestion.
Right now we should keep moving!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/14/09 at 12:50 pm
Still moving while sitting down.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/14/09 at 12:51 pm
That's what we all do in order to help keep internet threads active!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/09 at 7:15 am
Utmost attention to our replies when posting.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 03/15/09 at 12:56 pm
Very important things need to be discussed... Such as "Family Guy", Do you like it?
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Written By: wildcard on 03/15/09 at 10:47 pm
Who doesn't like Family Guy?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/09 at 7:18 am
Xactly!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/16/09 at 12:34 pm
You might want to know that there are several people who have not watched it, such as me.
Zero episodes of that show have been watched by me.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/09 at 1:23 pm
Am I another person who has not watch it too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/16/09 at 1:26 pm
But I suppose there are other people too, such as my family, who I know have not seen it.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/09 at 1:31 pm
Can these people be counted?
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Written By: nally on 03/16/09 at 1:35 pm
Do you think so?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/09 at 1:36 pm
Every one does know they own tv habits
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Written By: nally on 03/16/09 at 1:37 pm
For sure they do...I know that mine have changed from time to time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/09 at 1:44 pm
Great differences in my tv watching over the last few months
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/16/09 at 1:47 pm
Have you started watching any newer programs?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/09 at 3:30 pm
I am only watching repeated programmes these days.
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Written By: nally on 03/16/09 at 4:14 pm
Just like me, sometimes....but among the newer programs I like to watch, are "What Not To Wear" on TLC and a couple of sitcoms on Disney Channel.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 03/23/09 at 12:59 am
Kick and squeal as you post the next reply :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/09 at 7:16 am
Like last time?
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Written By: nally on 03/23/09 at 12:40 pm
Maybe he's right.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 03/23/09 at 2:50 pm
Na he doesnt know anything does he?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/23/09 at 4:08 pm
Oh, I wouldn't say that...he was just making a suggestion.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 03/30/09 at 12:44 am
Please lets continue replying :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/09 at 1:27 am
Quick replies please!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/30/09 at 9:13 am
Right!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/09 at 9:31 am
Straight away!
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Written By: nally on 03/30/09 at 9:32 am
That's more like it!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/09 at 9:34 am
Utmost quickly please!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/30/09 at 9:42 am
Very quickly we have been responding to this thread in the past 30 minutes alone.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/09 at 9:43 am
When will it stop?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/30/09 at 12:57 pm
X, which marks the spot, will probably tell you....and in the long run I hope never!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/09 at 12:59 pm
Yes indeed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/30/09 at 1:00 pm
Zipadeedoodah...we have finished yet another run through the alphabet.
Another trip begins now!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/09 at 1:05 pm
Better than before?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/30/09 at 1:15 pm
Could definitely be better!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/09 at 2:14 pm
Definitely!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/30/09 at 3:09 pm
Exactly how are we going to improve it this time around?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/09 at 3:16 pm
From comparing the previous round with this developing round.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/30/09 at 3:18 pm
Good idea; let's continue...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 03/30/09 at 3:19 pm
How come every time I try to post the little red warning comes up?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/30/09 at 3:19 pm
I think it has to do with great minds thinking alike?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/09 at 3:21 pm
Just two minds?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/30/09 at 3:21 pm
Knowing that statistic might make for some more activity in this thread.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 03/30/09 at 3:52 pm
Let's change the subject and talk about video games.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/31/09 at 12:43 pm
Ms Pacman is one of my all-time favourites.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/09 at 5:23 pm
Nimble fingers are need for video games.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 03/31/09 at 8:23 pm
Okay, Now let's change the subject to rap music ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/09 at 11:00 am
Please do not!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/01/09 at 5:48 pm
Q-Tip is a rap performer; he obviously named himself after a certain cotton swab product.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/02/09 at 12:30 am
Rap music sucks!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/09 at 9:31 am
Something I do not really listen to this rap music.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: wildcard on 04/02/09 at 10:45 am
Turn the tuner or I'll brake the stereo.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/02/09 at 11:11 am
"U Can't touch this!"...as M.C. Hammer once said.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/09 at 11:15 am
Very good song!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/02/09 at 11:16 am
We agree that there are some good rap songs out there...mainly the older ones, though.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/09 at 11:16 am
Xactly!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/02/09 at 11:22 am
You want to talk about something else now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 04/06/09 at 3:30 am
Zap along now and post another reply :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/09 at 6:05 am
Another post bites the dust!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/06/09 at 11:38 pm
Bye bye for now...I just came along briefly but now I have to go, as I had limited access to the Internet for today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/06/09 at 11:39 pm
C'mon. We can find another.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/07/09 at 11:24 am
Do you wish to encourage others to take part in this alphabetic discussion?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/09 at 12:31 pm
Eventually others will join in.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/07/09 at 7:33 pm
For now, it's only the select few; but hopefully we will get more.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/07/09 at 10:43 pm
Gee, I hope we get enough participants.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 04/08/09 at 12:17 am
Happily i think we do :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/09 at 1:57 am
I have done my bit!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/08/09 at 11:27 am
Just as I thought we wouldn't get much traffic on this thread, it seems it is starting to regain popularity!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/08/09 at 4:52 pm
Keep on posting on this thread and it will continue
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/09 at 4:54 pm
Lets post again like we did last summer.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/08/09 at 5:02 pm
Maybe I'll post again
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 04/08/09 at 5:06 pm
Now that anabel has found this thread it'll probably go to hell..... :P
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/08/09 at 5:10 pm
Only you would know that ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 04/08/09 at 5:18 pm
Posting again without causing any trouble...... yet. 8)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/08/09 at 5:22 pm
Quite the statement. Are you certain?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 04/08/09 at 5:28 pm
Railroaded someone else into starting with "Q", didn't I? ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/08/09 at 5:42 pm
Something wrong with the letter "Q"?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 04/08/09 at 6:04 pm
Truth be told, I can't think of a lot of words that start with "Q", so I just waited around for someone smart to come along! ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/08/09 at 9:30 pm
Under the circumstances, "R' would've done just fine.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 04/08/09 at 9:39 pm
Very true, I was just being silly and trying to use every letter...so far it's worked pretty well.... :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/08/09 at 9:44 pm
We can all agree, can't we?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 04/08/09 at 9:52 pm
Xanadu is a place where everyone agrees with everyone, so I can relate to that. :) (that was tough!) :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/08/09 at 9:53 pm
You bet your sweet bippy that was tough. ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 04/08/09 at 9:57 pm
Zoweeee, I'm glad that's over!!!!!!!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/08/09 at 9:58 pm
Again, back to the beginning.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 04/08/09 at 10:01 pm
Bet it'll be easier for awhile now to keep going!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/08/09 at 10:55 pm
Come on, we can't stop now!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/09/09 at 12:56 am
Do you think anyone wants to stop?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/09 at 1:45 am
Eventually, we will have to one day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/09/09 at 2:01 am
Forever..it will go on forever
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/09 at 2:05 am
Go on forever?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/09/09 at 2:08 am
Hopefully it can, but it's up to the people here
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/09 at 6:57 am
Indeed it is.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/09/09 at 1:46 pm
Just checking if you agreed with me
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/09/09 at 11:18 pm
Knowing that ^^ agreed with ^, I'd say we have a good alliance of agreement in this little game. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/15/09 at 1:17 am
Lately no one has posted on this thread
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/09 at 1:42 am
Must had been due to the Easter break
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/15/09 at 2:18 pm
Not necessarily; some people may have had other issues...but the Easter holiday weekend could still be a contributing factor for some.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/09 at 3:25 pm
Over, it's all over now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 04/15/09 at 3:41 pm
Play the game right :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/15/09 at 5:55 pm
Quickly we must play it right...as ^ suggested. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/16/09 at 1:06 am
Ready or nor, it's my turn.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/09 at 1:19 am
So speedy in reply!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/16/09 at 1:22 am
Trying to help out, that' all.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/16/09 at 11:20 am
Under my reply will be the next post, which will begin with "V".
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/09 at 3:33 am
Very much indeed!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/17/09 at 11:34 am
We'd like to know how the next post will begin, since not very many words in the English language begin with it...you know what letter I'm talkin' about...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 1:44 pm
Xmas can't wait for it!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/21/09 at 1:56 pm
You did it!
Zero letters follow the end of the alphabet, so the next post shall start things over again...if you know what I mean. ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 1:57 pm
Again, do we start over again?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/21/09 at 1:58 pm
By golly, I think we do!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 1:58 pm
Crumbs, I think we have!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/21/09 at 1:59 pm
Do you wish to carry on this discussion?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 2:02 pm
Eventually one will appear.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/21/09 at 2:02 pm
For now, let's just keep it movin' along.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 2:06 pm
Go idea!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/21/09 at 2:10 pm
Here's an interesting fact: some threads which started 5 years ago today on this board, are still active today!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 2:10 pm
Interesting ones?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/21/09 at 2:11 pm
Just look at the archives index for threads dated 4/21/2004...a classic example is "Don't You Hate It When..."
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 2:12 pm
Keep looking for more
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/21/09 at 2:13 pm
Let me tell you something, however: several threads had been started in PBG that day too, but some of those are no longer active because they'd gotten locked last month....but Link The Songs and Chain The Songs, which were among the first to be started, will keep going.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/21/09 at 3:24 pm
Must be because they (Link/Chain) are the two most popular threads in this category
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/21/09 at 10:23 pm
No doubt about that!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/22/09 at 12:15 am
Obviously, but there are other threads that are popular, such as Girls/Boys names.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/09 at 1:46 am
Popular, oh yes!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/22/09 at 2:11 am
Q is a letter that mostly makes threads skip from "P" to "R"
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/22/09 at 10:21 am
Right...because there aren't a whole lot of words/names that begin with that letter; "X" and "Z" are often skipped for the same reason.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/22/09 at 5:36 pm
Surely we can't skip the letter "S" for any reason
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/22/09 at 6:23 pm
That's true, because LOTS of words and names begin with that letter.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/09 at 3:43 am
Usually 'U' can provide a word or two.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/23/09 at 11:32 am
Very true...so can 'V' to a certain extent.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/09 at 10:35 am
Wise choosing ?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/24/09 at 6:48 pm
X-tremely fine, if I say so myself.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/25/09 at 12:17 am
You always hope we can make it to the end of the alphabet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/25/09 at 3:07 pm
Zipadeedoodah...I think we've just done that!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/09 at 3:15 pm
Again, we start again
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/25/09 at 3:16 pm
Beginning another round through the alphabet was the post above this one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/26/09 at 12:31 am
Certainly we can't stop here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/09 at 3:57 am
Definitely have to push on.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Womble on 04/26/09 at 8:22 am
Everyone should participate in this fun game.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/09 at 2:07 pm
Fun it certainly is
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/26/09 at 4:31 pm
Good to see that others have taken part in this thread!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 04/26/09 at 4:32 pm
Haven't been here in a while.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/26/09 at 4:34 pm
I should welcome you back then...and karma+1 for you. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 04/26/09 at 4:35 pm
Just been busy with the grandson.
(Thanks)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/26/09 at 4:37 pm
Knowing you've been doing that ^ is a good thing. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 04/26/09 at 4:40 pm
Little Daniel is over 10 weeks old.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/26/09 at 4:41 pm
My, how they do grow....just for the record, I wanna state that I know a young married couple who has a baby daughter that is now 11 weeks old.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/27/09 at 12:31 am
New born babies are so cute!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/27/09 at 11:48 am
Oh yes, I totally agree with that!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/27/09 at 12:20 pm
Oh yes, I totally agree with that!
Perhaps I should play this fun game!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/27/09 at 12:22 pm
Perhaps I should play this fun game!
Quite right...welcome to the alphabetical conversation game, robin...if that is your name? :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/27/09 at 12:30 pm
Quite right...welcome to the alphabetical conversation game, robin...if that is your name? :)
Robin is my name!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/27/09 at 12:30 pm
So I got it right!! :) 8)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/27/09 at 12:32 pm
That's right, you got it right, good for you!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/27/09 at 12:33 pm
Uhm...so what do I win? karma+1?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/27/09 at 2:26 pm
Voila! YOu have your Karamel!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 04/27/09 at 2:46 pm
What a nice person you are.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/27/09 at 2:56 pm
X...tremely generous, I might add.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/27/09 at 3:05 pm
You hit the nail on the head there. For sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 04/27/09 at 3:07 pm
At least you're not modest. ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/27/09 at 3:09 pm
By the way, I presume ^ skipped the zed because it was a hard letter?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/27/09 at 3:24 pm
By the way, I presume ^ skipped the zed because it was a hard letter?
I'm new so I didn't want to say anything. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/27/09 at 3:25 pm
^okay
By the way, I presume ^ skipped the zed because it was a hard letter?
Could we continue now please?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/27/09 at 3:26 pm
Not my turn?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/27/09 at 3:27 pm
Not my turn?
next letter is "D"
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/27/09 at 4:07 pm
Dang it I got completely lost!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/09 at 4:27 pm
Extremely confused here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/27/09 at 4:44 pm
For now I think I have it all figured out.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/27/09 at 6:45 pm
Good thing we are back on track...and where's Waldo anyways?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/27/09 at 7:23 pm
He's somewhere in that picture of many people!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 04/27/09 at 9:08 pm
I think I've stumbled into more confusion than I can handle.......
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Womble on 04/27/09 at 9:24 pm
Just concentrate.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 04/27/09 at 10:32 pm
Kick the ball and make a home run!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 04/27/09 at 10:44 pm
L O L !!!!!!!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/28/09 at 2:19 am
Many touchdowns have been hit with a baseball puck
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/28/09 at 9:54 am
Nobody hates sports talk of any kind more than me. Even if it is wrong. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 04/28/09 at 9:56 am
Oh I like some sports.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/28/09 at 10:03 am
Perhaps I mis-spoke, I like some sports, I dislike sports talk.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/09 at 10:13 am
Quite so
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 04/28/09 at 10:35 am
Right, so what should we talk about.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/28/09 at 10:42 am
Someone should suggest a nice topic - something pleasant perhaps.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 04/28/09 at 10:43 am
Topic? How about the summer approaching?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/28/09 at 10:44 am
Unfortunately I haven't even seen spring yet, summer seems so far away. :\'(
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 04/28/09 at 10:47 am
Very far away? Where do you live?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/28/09 at 10:54 am
Way yonder, about an hour from the mountains, just outside of Calgary, AB.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/28/09 at 11:31 am
X marks the spot in Calgary Alberta Canada then?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/28/09 at 12:33 pm
You betcha! Stand on the X and in one afternoon you can experience, sweltering sun, torrential rain, sleet, hail, and a blizzard! And I'm not even exagerrating!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/28/09 at 12:35 pm
Zounds...that seems rather interesting (for lack of a better word).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/28/09 at 12:39 pm
And of course you could always enjoy Calgary Stampede in July and stand on the X and the same weather patterns may or may not occur.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/28/09 at 2:55 pm
By the way, I have never been outside the U.S., but I might like to travel to Canada someday. ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/28/09 at 2:59 pm
Canda is a lovely place to visit, all parts of it really, I have done it coast to coast, quite fascinating in it's diversity of Cultures.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/28/09 at 3:01 pm
Did you ever travel to the U.S., or have you always stayed in Canada, (just like I've always stayed in the US)?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/28/09 at 3:02 pm
Eventually I plan to see more of the US - I have however been across Nevada, Arizona, Montana, and Washington. Oh yes and I have been to Miami.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/28/09 at 3:04 pm
Florida would be the state for Miami...which, for the record, I haven't been to either.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/28/09 at 3:06 pm
Gosh I'd have to say that Miami (Florida) was one of my faves. The architecture alone made me happy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/28/09 at 3:09 pm
Hey, that sounds like it might be interesting; like I said, I haven't been there myself, but my uncle has been to the state of Florida a couple times, but only to Walt Disney World, which of course is in Orlando.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/28/09 at 3:10 pm
I am suprised that you haven't - what do you do when on holidays?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/28/09 at 3:12 pm
Just stay home for the most part; my parents and I don't really do a lot of traveling.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/28/09 at 3:14 pm
Killing time travelling and seeing the sights is so fun. I wish I could do it all the time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/28/09 at 3:16 pm
Likewise, I wish I could too, cuz it does sound interesting...but I need to find a job and make lotsa money before I could do it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/28/09 at 3:34 pm
Maybe you could work your way across the country, you know stay here for a couple of weeks and work then move on to the next place and do the same thing!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/28/09 at 5:12 pm
Next thing you know it might be the best vacation of your life
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/28/09 at 5:17 pm
Or you could find true love!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/28/09 at 7:19 pm
Pretty girls are everywhere.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 04/28/09 at 8:05 pm
Quite a fun state, Florida is...I'm lucky that I live here!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/28/09 at 11:22 pm
Right smack in the southeast corner of the continental U.S. is where it's at!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/09 at 10:10 am
Sunshine there?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 04/29/09 at 4:37 pm
Totally sunny today, for sure!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/29/09 at 4:39 pm
Up till right now it's been sunny, so I played golf today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 04/29/09 at 4:41 pm
Very nice! I have not yet golfed this year though I hope to soon!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/29/09 at 4:41 pm
Wouldn't it be nice if we could all golf everyday in sunshine?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/29/09 at 10:19 pm
X marks the...oops, wrong game! golf doesn't really involve x's, but it does have a target: the hole.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/30/09 at 12:36 am
You know what, today I played golf with a guy and he got a hole-in-one. I was impressed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/09 at 12:37 am
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, that is great!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/30/09 at 12:42 am
Absolutely. I had never seen a hole-in-one before ( except on TV)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/09 at 1:00 am
Been seen on tv
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/30/09 at 1:05 am
Can't be as good as seeing one live, right in front of you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/09 at 9:26 am
Down right it is!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/30/09 at 6:26 pm
Eighteen-hole golf, I have only played the "minature" version of; and that was over a decade ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/01/09 at 12:13 am
For sure you've made some hole-in-ones on those miniature courses
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 2:55 am
Grass is green on a golf course.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/01/09 at 12:39 pm
Hey, that's true for the miniature ones too; and for the record, I did make a hole-in-one on a miniature course...sometime about 20 years ago or so.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/01/09 at 10:18 pm
I knew you had made one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/09 at 2:12 am
Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the golf course?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/02/09 at 1:03 pm
Kids like to play miniature golf...I know I did.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/02/09 at 3:34 pm
Looking back, I prefered playing baseball and hockey to golf.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/02/09 at 8:39 pm
My childhood games included kickball, which is very much like baseball, except your foot functions as the bat, and it makes contact with a much larger ball...usually a soccer ball.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/03/09 at 12:42 am
Now that you mention it, I also played kickball, and stickball, rugby, hockey, tennis, tackle football ( on ice...yah we were crazy as kids)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/09 at 5:46 am
Over all, I wish I played more cricket when I was younger.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/03/09 at 12:29 pm
Playing athletic games as a lad, especially at school during recess, was something I often found to be enjoyable.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: barefootrobin on 05/03/09 at 1:29 pm
Queer as it may seem, although I was 5'10" in grade 9 I had no interest in basketball, much to the chagrin of my gym teacher.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/09 at 1:34 pm
Running around an athletic track I could not do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/03/09 at 9:48 pm
Swiiming was a sport I was pretty good at, in my teens.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/03/09 at 9:50 pm
That was something I never really felt comfortable about learning until I was in my teens, mainly because I was deathly afraid of the water in my early years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/04/09 at 10:45 pm
Usually some children are afraid of water, for the exact reasons you mentioned.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/04/09 at 10:47 pm
Very afraid I was, for fear of drowning and not being able to hold my breath for relatively long periods of time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/04/09 at 10:50 pm
When I was young, I was afraid to dive off the 5 Meter diving board. So high!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/04/09 at 10:52 pm
X...tremely afraid I've been, to jump off any diving board!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/04/09 at 10:58 pm
You do it a couple of times, you get the hang of it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/04/09 at 11:01 pm
Zero times I've done it, but once I become more proficient at swimming again (whenever that is), I may decide to give it a try....this is why I've never been comfortable trying to go in any deep water, even at my advanced age.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/04/09 at 11:05 pm
As we grow older, it's not as easy to feel comfortable doing thing we've never done.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/04/09 at 11:07 pm
But I'm almost 29; I suppose I could still learn to swim if I wanted to.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/05/09 at 1:01 am
Could you take lessons?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/09 at 5:55 am
Drown avoidance is the first lesson.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/05/09 at 11:10 am
Everyone should be well aware of that cardinal rule.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/09 at 11:12 am
Fishing is not allowed at a swimming pool.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/05/09 at 11:13 am
Good point; there are obviously no fish in a swimming pool...or at least there shouldn't be!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/05/09 at 2:35 pm
Have any of you fished before?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/05/09 at 3:47 pm
I don't think I've done it...at least not for real.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/05/09 at 3:51 pm
Just one time for me, about 3 years ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/05/09 at 3:55 pm
Keep trying, maybe you'll get the hang of it...just like any activity that a person learns for the first time. ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/05/09 at 3:59 pm
Lately I've ben playing some golf, now that my eye infection has improved.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/05/09 at 4:00 pm
My golf skills were probably at their best between 2004-06; in July it'll be 3 years since I last played golf.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/05/09 at 4:02 pm
No matter how long ago you played, it's always fun.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 05/05/09 at 6:16 pm
Owning a golf cart is a dream of mine.
;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/05/09 at 9:37 pm
Playing golf appeals to me more than owning a little cart...but my grandparents had one a long time ago; however i'm not sure if they still have one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/06/09 at 1:38 am
Quebec has some golf courses I have never played on...yet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/06/09 at 10:36 am
Really? but you have been to that province?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/06/09 at 6:06 pm
Since I was born in Quebec, I have been to that province.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/06/09 at 10:01 pm
That makes sense to me!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/07/09 at 12:51 am
Up until then , I guess it would not have made sense
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/07/09 at 12:44 pm
Very true, since I knew you lived in another province (as indicated in your profile), so that sparked some curiosity.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/07/09 at 11:46 pm
What do you think about Manny's Ramirez suspension of 50 games by MLB.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/08/09 at 8:00 pm
X-tremely inexcusable for him to do what he did, but in Manny's defense, he said his doctor had given the drug to him, and it was NOT a steroid, unlike those of other players who have been under investigation lately.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/09/09 at 12:36 am
You'd think Manny would have known better. I still think he's just about the greatest hitter in the last 10 years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/09 at 9:12 am
Zhow-Wee, the greatest hitter in the last 10 years?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/09/09 at 12:26 pm
Actually, he's been in the majors longer than that; I even have his rookie card.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Bobo on 05/09/09 at 12:34 pm
Baseball fever!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/09/09 at 12:39 pm
Cleveland Indians had drafted Manny back in 1991; he made his major league debut with the team a couple years or so after that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Bobo on 05/09/09 at 12:41 pm
Dominican Republic is the country in which Manny was born.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/09/09 at 12:45 pm
Exactly right you are...and then he made his home in NYC later on.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/09 at 1:59 pm
First base, whose on it?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/09/09 at 5:21 pm
Greatest hitter ever is Ted Williams
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/09/09 at 9:06 pm
Hall Of Fame is in Cooperstown, NY
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Womble on 05/09/09 at 9:29 pm
Ithica isn't too far from there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/09/09 at 9:31 pm
Joe DiMaggio's brother Dom died recently. :\'(
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/10/09 at 1:09 am
Know who else died recently? A pitcher by the name of Nick Adenhart...a whole month ago. :\'( :\'(
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 05/10/09 at 8:17 pm
Liking this thread is a good thing,seems to be very creative :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/10/09 at 8:54 pm
Man, you got that right...now what else can we say about baseball to continue our alphabetic discussion?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/10/09 at 11:02 pm
Now that Manny Ramirez is suspended, what happens to the L.A. Dodgers?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/11/09 at 12:34 am
One win has come their way since his suspension...namely a complete-game shutout courtesy of Eric Stults on Saturday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/11/09 at 1:39 am
Post Manny, it will be hard for L.A. to hold on to top spot in the NL
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/11/09 at 10:56 am
Quite so...but they are still hanging on to the top spot in the National League West division; heaven forbid the Giants should knock them off. >:(
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/11/09 at 11:01 am
Realistically, Giants have no chance, not sure about the Padres.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/11/09 at 11:02 am
Some have predicted the Padres to do fairly well this year, but they got swept by the Astros this weekend.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/11/09 at 11:04 am
Toronto is still doing well, atop the American league.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/11/09 at 11:05 am
Until something happens, that is....but I do hope that the Yankees stay out of the top spot in the AL East divison!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 05/12/09 at 9:05 am
Very quickly the yankees will rise to the top!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/09 at 9:06 am
World Series?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/12/09 at 10:13 am
X...scuse me... but I hope they don't get there again for a long time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/09 at 3:22 pm
You may have to explain why?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/12/09 at 5:17 pm
Zero words starting with a "Z" can explain, so I will have to start another post with the next letter to start my explanation.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/12/09 at 5:19 pm
All right, here goes...the New York Yankees have won more World Series championships than any other team -- 26 -- and have made more World Series appearances than any other team -- 39 total -- so I think they've had their share of WS crowns; everytime they make it to the postseason, I root against them; thankfully that did not happen last year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/12/09 at 5:22 pm
Boston has won 2 titles since the last time New York won.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 05/12/09 at 7:57 pm
Chicago Cubs have never won a World Series.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/12/09 at 10:21 pm
Don't say that; that is not true at all...they have won two of 'em....but that was way back in 1907 and 1908....sure, that was more than a whole century ago, but at least they do have a World Series championship to their name, even if it's passe.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/09 at 2:31 am
Eventually I understand
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/13/09 at 2:40 am
Fenway park is where the Red Sox play.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/09 at 2:51 am
Great games play there?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/13/09 at 12:55 pm
Heck yeah!!
I know that that particular stadium has existed for ages.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/14/09 at 12:49 am
Jim Rice played some great games at Fenway.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/14/09 at 11:19 am
Kevin Youkilis, a current Red Sox player, is currently on the DL; he has played some great games at Fenway in recent years; he even took part in the 2007 World Series.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/15/09 at 12:42 am
Left field at Fenway ends with the green monster, a very famous landmark.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/15/09 at 11:01 am
Makes it difficult to hit a home run out of the park...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/16/09 at 4:53 pm
Not if you have the power of Manny or Jim Rice.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/16/09 at 8:01 pm
Okay, okay, I agree with you there...but from the looks of things, Manny probably won't have a chance to hit at Fenway again unless he gets traded to (or signs with) an AL team, or if the Dodgers and Redsox meet in the World Series within the next two years...or if the teams meet in interleague play next year in Boston.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/16/09 at 10:42 pm
Perhaps he will never play at Fenway ever agin, he (Manny) is getting old, and who knows what will happen when he comes back.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/17/09 at 11:09 am
Questions will arise about Manny, I'm sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/09 at 8:51 am
Really?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/18/09 at 11:02 am
Sure...after all, things like that do spark lots of debate.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/18/09 at 11:09 am
Time will tell whether Manny gets into the hall of fame, or not.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/18/09 at 11:10 am
Until he is retired...for five complete MLB seasons, which might be at least ten years from now, we might not know....but it is too early to worry about that for the moment.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/18/09 at 11:47 am
Very true, too early to think about it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/18/09 at 12:32 pm
We could talk about other MLB sluggers (past and present), but I don't think any of them have names beginning with the letter 'X' :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/18/09 at 10:35 pm
X: No player ever in MLB has a last name beginning with "X"
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/18/09 at 11:01 pm
You couldn't find very many names that start with X.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/18/09 at 11:40 pm
"Z" is almost as hard as "X" (to find MLB players)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/19/09 at 11:01 am
Actually, I can think of a couple of MLB players whose first names start with "X": Xavier Nady (a former Pirate-turned-Yankee) and Xavier Paul (a current Dodger rookie); as for "Z", I can actually think of some whose first names start with that letter, as well as a couple of last-namers.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/09 at 2:54 am
You must know of some 'Z' players?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/20/09 at 12:39 pm
Zane Smith, who pitched for the Atlanta Braves in the 1980s and the Pittsburgh Pirates during the early 1990s, readily comes to mind.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/09 at 12:41 pm
Any others?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/20/09 at 12:43 pm
By jove, no others come to mind right now, but I can think of a few whose last names begin with Z, such as Carlos Zambrano, a current Chicago Cubs pitcher.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/21/09 at 12:50 am
Can we change the topic to something other than baseball?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/21/09 at 12:14 pm
Do you have another topic in mind? if so, then I'm all open for just about anything.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/21/09 at 5:43 pm
Elevator music? Any kind of Music? Your favorite songs/artists?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/21/09 at 11:31 pm
First time I read that, the phrase "elevator music" came to mind; I always wondered what that term referred to; according to Wikapedia, it refers to the gentle instrumental arrangements of the music you hear in places like shopping malls, grocery stores, department stores, telephone systems (while the caller is on hold), cruise ships, airports, doctors' and dentists' offices......and of course, elevators.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/21/09 at 11:43 pm
Generally, that kind of music puts people to sleep.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 2:16 am
Hideous is that elevator music.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/22/09 at 11:07 am
I have to admit that I've heard it in department stores over the years; those instrumental arrangements of various pop songs do bore me to death...especially when I can recognize what song is being instrumentalized.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 11:07 am
Jazz gives me a headache
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/22/09 at 11:09 am
Knocking on doors, or the sound of it, is what gives me headaches sometiems.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 11:10 am
Loud noises can too
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/22/09 at 11:11 am
Many loud noises have often bothered my ears, too; I am somewhat sensitive to things like that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 05/22/09 at 6:17 pm
Don't say that; that is not true at all...they have won two of 'em....but that was way back in 1907 and 1908....sure, that was more than a whole century ago, but at least they do have a World Series championship to their name, even if it's passe.
Now I feel really bad-I grew up in Illinois and all I ever heard was how they've never won one-I happily stand corrected!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/22/09 at 8:56 pm
Over 100 years ago, they (Chicago) won. How many more years?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/23/09 at 2:22 pm
Perhaps they'll do it again sometime within the next ten years...that is if nothing else happens.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/23/09 at 3:36 pm
Quite the prediction there, Jeff.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/24/09 at 12:21 pm
Really, I would like for them to win it ASAP; that's why I've been cheering for that team lately, in addition to my beloved L.A. Dodger team.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 05/24/09 at 1:23 pm
Sooner would be much better than later! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/24/09 at 4:38 pm
The Yankees are on a roll, though.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 05/24/09 at 5:47 pm
Unfortunately, you are correct.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/24/09 at 11:20 pm
Very true, but the Yankes lost in extra innings to the Phils today (thank goodness), and the Redsox beat the Mets to regain their lead in the AL East...but not all was well with the Bluejays, which I will get to later (in the baseball thread, if it hasn't been discussed there already).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/26/09 at 1:56 am
Well, the EVIL EMPIRE won again, but so did the Red Sox. A-roids went 5-5. Another great game in May, but where is he in October?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/26/09 at 9:35 am
X is the last letter of the Red Sox
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/26/09 at 1:57 pm
Yankees need to start their losing ways again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 05/26/09 at 6:49 pm
Zantac can help us with the ulcers we get from stressing about sports. :) ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/26/09 at 7:22 pm
And now we come back to the beginning of the alphabet for another go-around! :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/26/09 at 10:41 pm
Baseball is getting tiresome. How about a new topic?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 05/26/09 at 10:58 pm
Can we talk about something besides sports?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/26/09 at 10:59 pm
Don't know!What do you suggest?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/27/09 at 12:38 am
Early 17th century tapestries from Morocco?..or Baseball.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/09 at 2:14 am
From sport to 17th century tapestries from Morocco, that is a big change.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/27/09 at 2:23 am
Change is expected from a vending machine.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/09 at 2:28 am
^Goofed again?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/27/09 at 2:33 am
Haha, I did. You are correct.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/09 at 2:45 am
Indeed
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/27/09 at 2:53 am
Just thought I'd say goodnight.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/09 at 2:58 am
Keep on burning the midnight oil?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/27/09 at 3:09 am
logging off now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/09 at 3:15 am
Must you?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/27/09 at 12:36 pm
Now it's my turn to come back to our alphabetical chat.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/27/09 at 3:03 pm
Only continuing the trend.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/27/09 at 4:11 pm
Posting another reply right now!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 05/27/09 at 7:22 pm
Quick, someone think of something!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/28/09 at 12:20 am
Right now I am thinking of having another lively discussion.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 9:47 am
Starting when?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/28/09 at 11:58 am
Today would be a good day to start one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 4:33 pm
Until then?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/29/09 at 1:40 am
Venice, Italy is a nice place to visit.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/29/09 at 3:13 am
Well, I'm pretty sure it is...
X..cept I haven't been there myself.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/29/09 at 3:17 am
Yet to go there I am
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/29/09 at 3:22 am
Zero times in my life I have been outside the U.S.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/29/09 at 8:48 am
Absolute zero?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/29/09 at 4:22 pm
But I'd like to at some point. (travel outside the country, that is)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 05/29/09 at 6:00 pm
Can you go to Mexico after the Swine Flu scare is over, that's technically out of the country. ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/29/09 at 6:41 pm
Destinations like Mexico might be fun to travel to; my parents took a cruise to there in October 2007.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 05/29/09 at 6:43 pm
Everyone doesnt like talking about that!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/29/09 at 6:48 pm
For you, maybe... but I like to talk about travels.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/29/09 at 6:53 pm
George Bush is in the news again, oh boy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/29/09 at 6:56 pm
His name should include the "W" in the middle if you're referring to the President who left office four months ago; without it, I tend to think of the elder Bush, who was often referred to by his first and last name during his term in office.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/29/09 at 7:01 pm
I see your point.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/29/09 at 7:02 pm
Just for the record, I don't really care to know which Bush has been in the news...but I'd like to know if anyone here has done any traveling at all lately.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/29/09 at 7:05 pm
Keep holding on to that thought, because we are travelling to the US for a week or so, starting Sunday or Monday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/29/09 at 7:07 pm
Leaving to go on a vacation has been exciting for me...but I haven't really done much traveling in about 3 years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/29/09 at 7:09 pm
Must make plans! And enjoy yourself, theer is so much to see in this world that God created.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/29/09 at 7:11 pm
Now I'd like to go on a cruise...after I save up enough money for one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/29/09 at 7:12 pm
One thing I have never done in ben on a cruise. Anyways, I have to log off now and do some stuff.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/29/09 at 7:14 pm
Perhaps you'll go at some point. Anyway, see you later!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/29/09 at 11:26 pm
Quickly I have returned. I see the Lakers have advanced.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 05/30/09 at 11:08 am
Right you are....but will they win it all?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/30/09 at 11:22 am
Somebody beat them please!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 11:26 am
Third Base, whose on it?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/30/09 at 4:48 pm
Until I know who's on first, I don't know who's on third.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/30/09 at 11:20 pm
Very true...and you know the name of the guy on Second.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/30/09 at 11:46 pm
What's on second?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/30/09 at 11:46 pm
X---actly right you are!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/30/09 at 11:53 pm
You know that was a great routine by Abbott and Costello.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/30/09 at 11:57 pm
Zounds!
Abbott & Costello had lots of great comedy routines...I don't think anyone could top them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/30/09 at 11:58 pm
Are there other comedy routines/ comedians that you like?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/31/09 at 12:03 am
Besides Abbott & Costello? I could probably name several.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/31/09 at 12:06 am
Comedy is my favorite genre of films
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/31/09 at 12:12 am
Do you have a favorite comedy film?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/31/09 at 12:15 am
Easy one: Airplane!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/31/09 at 12:15 am
For the record, I don't think I have ever seen that one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/31/09 at 12:20 am
Great film, came out in about 1980. (satire on all the "Airport" films from the 1970's)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 06/01/09 at 11:28 pm
Hooray,this thread is doing good,lets continue!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/01/09 at 11:33 pm
I'm glad you are pleased with the progress of this thread; we were discussing some comedic films, according to the above replies.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/02/09 at 5:39 pm
Jerry Lewis: many think he's a fool but I liked his movies.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/09 at 5:47 pm
Kind of a fool, yes, but in a good regard....that is, for all the right reasons.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/02/09 at 5:48 pm
Laural and Hardy-another one of those slapstick duos.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/09 at 5:49 pm
Moe, Larry, and Curly, also known as the Three Stooges, are also widely associated with the "slapstick" field.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/02/09 at 5:51 pm
No other people can make violence funny.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/09 at 5:56 pm
Oh yes, that is true; anytime they did it, they managed to incorporate humour in their acts.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/02/09 at 5:57 pm
Pie throwing is always a great gag.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/09 at 5:58 pm
Quite so...I can remember several episodes that culminated in a food fight; those pies would go clear across the room and hit the wrong people, who would become quite angry and get involved in the inane mess.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/02/09 at 5:59 pm
Rarely has a pie in the face hurt anyone.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/09 at 6:01 pm
Supposedly because they are made from rather soft ingredients; even at that, the impact of the pie crashing into one's face would not do any serious physical damage.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/02/09 at 6:04 pm
That's right, but I wouldn't throw a hot apple pie.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/09 at 6:06 pm
Unless it cools off to room temperature first?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/02/09 at 6:07 pm
Ventilated areas are recommended,too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/09 at 6:10 pm
Wow, all this talk of food is making me hungry, even though I ate lunch about three hours ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/02/09 at 6:12 pm
X-rays do not show hunger too well, do they?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/09 at 6:13 pm
You would think they would show something related to that...but they show other important aspects of human anatomy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/02/09 at 6:17 pm
None which begin with the letter "Z", so I'll skip it. :-[
Anatomy was one subject I couldn't stomach in class.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/09 at 6:18 pm
Biology was a subject I could never totally comprehend, but I do think it's somewhat interesting to explore.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/02/09 at 6:20 pm
Calculus was much harder than biology, so I didn't take it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/09 at 6:21 pm
Differental Equations, a higher level of mathematics than calculus, is one that I haven't taken...but I did take calculus in college and I got an 'A'.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/02/09 at 6:22 pm
Everybody's brain works differently, but I'm glad you excelled.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/09 at 6:23 pm
For me, math seems to be my best subject...but even higher levels of math have been difficult for me to comprehend.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/02/09 at 6:25 pm
Geometry's my worst math class. I almost failed it in high school.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/09 at 6:26 pm
High school for me began with geometry, which I passed with an easy 'A'; this was in the 9th grade, which was half my life ago!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/02/09 at 6:31 pm
I am amazed by your arithmatic skills. Are you going in engineering?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/09 at 6:33 pm
Just for the record, no.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/02/09 at 6:35 pm
Kind of not interested or scared of the high unemployment rate?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/09 at 6:37 pm
Let's just say that I have other plans in mind.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/02/09 at 6:39 pm
Mine are the same, although nothing's in the works yet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/09 at 6:45 pm
No job hirers have contacted me in the past few months to talk with me about the positions that I've applied to lately, but I am still searching. My skills also include database organization.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/02/09 at 6:46 pm
Organizing is also one problem I have.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/09 at 6:47 pm
Part of the reason why I like to be organized is that I will know where to find things when I am looking for them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/02/09 at 6:52 pm
Quite a reason there, I wish I was so organized.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/09 at 6:54 pm
Right on....when it comes to databases, all data must be well-organized for reference purposes; I have worked with MS Access in the past.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/02/09 at 7:00 pm
Some of the computer jargon I can't seem to get.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/09 at 11:36 pm
That's okay; there are certain things about computers that I am good with; others, I just can't comprehend at all.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/09 at 1:06 am
URL is one of the first computer jargon I learned on the computer
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/03/09 at 12:05 pm
Very true; it stands for "Uniform Resource Locator", and it's a name for the complete web address of a page or site.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 2:09 am
World Wide Web is easier to say than w w w for World Wide Web has one syllable each and w w w has two syllables each.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/04/09 at 10:54 am
X's are often used in computer jargon as well, such as in the acronym "XML", which stands for "extensive markup language", I think.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 06/04/09 at 7:33 pm
You certainly do know a lot about computers!! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/05/09 at 11:41 am
Zounds....but I do not know very much about the technical aspects of computers.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/06/09 at 6:21 pm
Anyone still using DOS?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/06/09 at 6:24 pm
Bet some people (or companies) might...for technical purposes...although in today's world I can't exactly imagine what they'd use it for.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/06/09 at 6:27 pm
Could be used for finding files when yoru computer doesn't work properly
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/06/09 at 6:30 pm
DOS is probably helpful in that regard...I'm surprised I didn't think of that when I made my last post. (toldja I was un-knowledgeable about the technical aspects!)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/06/09 at 6:33 pm
Every time my computer has a problem, I try to go onto DOS and fix it, or try and find a problem.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/06/09 at 6:34 pm
Four years ago, back in mid-2005, I actually did learn a little bit about DOS at a technical center; I went there a few times to see if it was anything I'd like to pursue; by September of that year I decided against it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/06/09 at 6:38 pm
Gosh, I remember when playing computer games on a Commodore 64 was the most AMAZING thing EVER!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/06/09 at 6:42 pm
Hey, I remember some things of that nature too...such as math-based computer games on the Apple II-c; talk about obsolete!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/06/09 at 6:50 pm
It's hard to believe how technology has changed in 20 years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/06/09 at 6:51 pm
Just ten years ago, there was the threat of the Y2k bug...which turned out to be a relatively minor issue.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/07/09 at 1:48 am
Killed lots of time with that one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/07/09 at 2:16 am
Look at the computer now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 06/07/09 at 7:40 am
Must be still more advances to come.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/07/09 at 3:42 pm
Now there have been numerous technical advances...and I don't think they're gonna show any signs of slowing down.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/07/09 at 9:57 pm
Or if technology did go down, we'd be in deep doo-doo.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/07/09 at 11:03 pm
Perhaps that will not happen anytime soon; there are plenty of things we're able to do now that we couldn't do at all, say, 20 years ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/08/09 at 12:36 am
Quire right. 20 years ago We spent more tine with our families or being outdoors than with a computer.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/08/09 at 12:13 pm
Regularly, if anybody used the computer, it was to play games, or type a story for work-related purposes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/08/09 at 11:49 pm
Sometimes I used it as a calculator, multiplying very high numbers together
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/08/09 at 11:51 pm
That kind of thing can still be done today, with the Calculator in the "Accessories" menu, as well as with spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/10/09 at 1:14 am
Usually I use my own portable calculator for such things
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/10/09 at 1:42 pm
Very convenient they are.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/09 at 1:43 pm
When the batteries run out?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/10/09 at 1:47 pm
X is the symbol often used for multiplication....sorry, I had to get that in first; now to discuss batteries running out: when that happens, all you need to do is replace them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/10/09 at 1:50 pm
You can always plug it in (the calculator)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/10/09 at 1:51 pm
Zero batteries are required for that, of course....but not very many calculators (especially the pocket ones) have the capability of an AC adapter.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/11/09 at 3:29 pm
Adding machines were popular years ago, but I only see a few at the office now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/11/09 at 3:29 pm
Because they've been replaced with computers?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/11/09 at 3:33 pm
Correct, they have been replaced by computers.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/11/09 at 3:35 pm
Did you ever use one? (an adding machine)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/11/09 at 3:37 pm
Everyday for years at work, needed actually "paper" when calculating something important, for proof.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/11/09 at 3:39 pm
For some tasks, actual "paper" is quite useful.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/11/09 at 3:43 pm
Generally, paper takes up so much space in an office now, so we recycle so much, and I remind the staff often.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/11/09 at 3:46 pm
Hey, that's good to recycle; it helps the environment. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/11/09 at 3:49 pm
I think recycling in the office began in the late 80's or early 90's.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/11/09 at 3:50 pm
Just so you know, that was around the time I learned about recycling too!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/12/09 at 12:01 am
Keep the planet clean and take care of the environment.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/12/09 at 11:36 am
Like we all should do
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/12/09 at 12:21 pm
Makes the earth a better place for this generation and those following us.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/12/09 at 12:22 pm
No one should have to grow in an uncomfortable environment.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/13/09 at 11:53 am
Of course. We should really watch out for those generations after us, don't wreck it for them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 06/13/09 at 12:03 pm
Paying good attention now to the environment should help.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/13/09 at 12:10 pm
Quite right. Let's keep on doing that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/13/09 at 5:23 pm
Recycling is vitally important to the environment!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/13/09 at 7:20 pm
Some other things are important too, too many cars on the street.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/13/09 at 7:21 pm
That issue is starting to get resolved with "hybrid" cars and fuel alternatives.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/14/09 at 7:20 pm
Using "hybrid" cars right now is too expensive for the average family
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/15/09 at 10:52 am
Very true; as economical as they may seem, they are not affordable to most people.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/15/09 at 6:54 pm
What I believe is that they are the cars of the future, and the price will come down.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/15/09 at 10:09 pm
(skip the X)
You are probably correct in that regard.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/16/09 at 12:15 am
Anyone here have a hybrid car?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/16/09 at 11:05 am
By golly, I don't know anybody who does.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 06/16/09 at 11:07 am
Can a hybrid really help save the environment?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/16/09 at 11:12 am
Do you think that using less gasoline would help? i think it could.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/16/09 at 12:59 pm
Exactly, and maybe it's better that we take public transit (if we can) instead of driving. I do that all the time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/16/09 at 1:01 pm
For the past several years, I've been taking public transit; I always used it (the commuter train) to commute to Cal State Northridge...but now that I'm all done with school, I'm looking for a job position close to home so that I don't have to travel very far.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/16/09 at 1:06 pm
Good for you, if we all contribute just a little, we'd all make a difference together.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/16/09 at 1:10 pm
Helping to cut down on pollutants should help do the trick.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/16/09 at 1:12 pm
I think there's a lot more we can all do, but we all are too lazy or used to our comfort-driven lifestyle.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/16/09 at 1:13 pm
Just that some of us don't feel ready to take more action yet :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 06/16/09 at 7:41 pm
Knowledge is easy to gain about recyling and protecting our planet, and the more you know, the more you can do! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/16/09 at 11:50 pm
Like how to recycle aluminum cans...one of the very earliest things I ever learned about recycling. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/17/09 at 11:18 am
Make money from returning your bottles and cans as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/17/09 at 12:39 pm
Now that's a good idea...recycling items at a center does produce money; I know we used to do that with our cans and newspapers.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/17/09 at 11:54 pm
Once we make it a habit, we'll recycle more often.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/18/09 at 12:23 pm
Perhaps everyone in the world should recycle; that would definitely make the world a better place for us all.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/18/09 at 1:33 pm
Quite right. What else can do do though?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/18/09 at 1:55 pm
Recycle all our cans, bottles, newspapers, and anything else that is recyclable...can you name some other items?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/20/09 at 12:54 am
Some more include magazines, envelopes, old documents
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 06/21/09 at 6:11 am
Trips to the recycle bin could prove interesting in collecting old mags,etc :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/09 at 8:22 am
Utterly interesting?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/21/09 at 9:55 pm
Very interesting to collect old mags, I have some from the Kennedy Assassination
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 06/21/09 at 10:05 pm
We use energy saving lightbulbs (the twisty ones) and they save on your light bill...
http://www.lights-b2b.com/b2b/pics/Energy_Saving_Light_bulb.jpg
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/21/09 at 11:21 pm
"X" shows up in the post above me, because it supposedly links to an invalid photograph?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/21/09 at 11:24 pm
You can't view invalid photographs
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/21/09 at 11:28 pm
Zero of them would show up!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 06/21/09 at 11:30 pm
Are you guys telling me you can't see my nifty energy saving lightbulb photo? I can see it....sorry... ???
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/21/09 at 11:31 pm
But it shouldn't make sense that not everyone gets to see it...maybe I could search the internet for one; Google Image Search probably has several.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/21/09 at 11:32 pm
Could the light be on but nobody's home?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/21/09 at 11:33 pm
Darkness would be the case in that event.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 06/21/09 at 11:38 pm
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while... ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/21/09 at 11:45 pm
Finding a nut is good for the squirrel.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/22/09 at 11:52 am
Great if the squirrel could find 100 nuts to feed it's family
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/09 at 11:56 am
Hundred, is that enough?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/22/09 at 12:16 pm
I think so; although it depends how big the squirrel's family is.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/09 at 12:17 pm
Just so many nuts for so few squirrels
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/22/09 at 6:02 pm
Kissing a squirrel is also nuts
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/09 at 2:46 am
Leave those nuts alone!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 06/23/09 at 7:24 am
Mighty tasty those nuts :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/09 at 8:48 am
Nuts roasted on an open fire
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/23/09 at 5:53 pm
Only if you can eat them ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: anabel on 06/23/09 at 9:40 pm
Peanuts that are boiled is considered a declicacy here in the South-I think they are slimy and disgusting!! 8-P
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/23/09 at 10:42 pm
Quite frankly, I think the same thing, since I truly do not like peanut butter. 8-P
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/24/09 at 12:01 am
Roasted nuts taste great, and so do almonds.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/24/09 at 11:10 am
So do macadamia nuts, and walnuts, and cashews.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/09 at 12:07 pm
Taste, that is all what it is down to?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/24/09 at 1:54 pm
Unless you can think of something else?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/25/09 at 4:11 pm
Vitamins taste bad, but they are good for you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/25/09 at 5:45 pm
We all have to take them at one time or another; I know I did (briefly) in my younger years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/25/09 at 6:18 pm
X-tremely weird day with Michael Jackson and Farrah passing away
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/25/09 at 6:19 pm
You got that right. :\'(
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/26/09 at 1:03 am
ZAP! Just like that, they are dead.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/26/09 at 10:48 am
As if anyone expected it...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/27/09 at 12:57 am
But two huge celebs on the same day, doubt it will happen again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/27/09 at 6:11 pm
Can you believe that Johnny Cash and John Ritter died within 24 hours of each other (back in 2003), but NOT on the same day?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Womble on 06/27/09 at 6:18 pm
Did you know The great director Cecil B. Demille and Carl Dean "Alfalfa" Switzer (of "The Little Rascals" fame) Both died on the same day? It was January 21st, 1959.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/27/09 at 6:20 pm
Even later in that year, three famous musicians (Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Richie Valens), all died on the same day (February 3rd)... because they were on the same plane. :\'(
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Womble on 06/27/09 at 7:26 pm
Fate is so unpredictable.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/28/09 at 1:05 am
Gotta live your days to the fullest!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 06/28/09 at 5:22 pm
Happily i do agree with you!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Womble on 06/28/09 at 6:26 pm
I try to live by that philosophy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/28/09 at 9:06 pm
Just checking in once again...I just handed out karmael in the Karamel Exchange thread, and I just handed some more out to Dude111 and Womble for making friendly replies!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/29/09 at 12:23 am
Karamel is popular amongst the members here
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 06/29/09 at 8:19 am
Love is wonderfull and hate is bad
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 06/29/09 at 12:18 pm
Many times "Love" can be quite painful as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/29/09 at 1:16 pm
Now that is true, if it's overdone, and the person you're giving it to doesn't feel comfortable about it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/08/09 at 1:01 am
Oh well, thought I'd revive this thread.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/09 at 2:15 am
Posts here have not been many recently.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/08/09 at 1:03 pm
Quite the opposite from any Michael Jackson thread.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/09 at 1:39 pm
Recent news helps the most posts situation
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/08/09 at 2:01 pm
Some people just can't seem to leave the Michael Jackson situation alone yet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/09 at 3:12 pm
Tragic the news was of Michael Jackson
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/08/09 at 3:28 pm
Unbelievable how he died so suddenly.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/09 at 3:33 pm
Very sudden, and as for me, I was watching the news to catch tje latest on Farrah Fawcett and MJ appeared as breaking news.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/08/09 at 6:37 pm
Well, it seems that MJ's death was so heartfelt by many people around the world, as he was a pop music icon...but Farrah must not have been quite as popular (but she was in the US).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/10/09 at 1:08 am
You can't say Farrah wasn't as popular, but unlike Farrah, Michael's death was so sudden.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/10/09 at 1:40 am
Zero percent I disagree (with that)...in other words, I totally agree! (that's because I knew Farrah had been ill in the months prior to her passing)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/10/09 at 6:41 pm
Another warm week in July. Glad some places have AC!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/10/09 at 6:42 pm
By the way, tomorrow is my birthday already...I can't believe I'm gonna turn 29!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/10/09 at 6:52 pm
Can't even remember when I was 29, too long ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/10/09 at 6:54 pm
Don't you even have any recollection of how you spent the day...certainly you'd know what year it was, by simply adding 29 to your birth year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/10/09 at 7:00 pm
Evidently not. The year was 1992. Don't remember what I did but I imagine my wife was there. Maybe I should ask her.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/11/09 at 12:20 am
For the record, I was 12 that year and I remember going miniature golfing!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/11/09 at 12:24 am
Golfing is a sport I do a lot better than, oh..let's say...bowling.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/11/09 at 12:26 am
Hey, I didn't learn to play actual golf until I took a golf class at CSUN in the Fall of 2004, when I was 24.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/11/09 at 12:30 am
When I was 24 I played 3rd base on our Workplace's baseball team
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/11/09 at 12:31 am
When I was 24 I played 3rd base on our Workplace's baseball team
excuse me, but the next letter is "I". You must be confused with the wrong thread; please erase or modify your post.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/11/09 at 12:35 am
excuse me, but the next letter is "I". You must be confused with the wrong thread; please erase or modify your post.
Sorry about that. :o chained it by accident.
I played 3rd base on our Company's baseball team back in the 80s
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/11/09 at 12:41 am
Just want to tell you that the Yankes lost!!!!! >:D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/11/09 at 12:45 am
Karma for that and for your Birthday
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/11/09 at 12:46 am
Let me say thank you... and that it'll officially be my birthday in approximately 1 hour 14 minutes! O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/11/09 at 12:53 am
Most everywhere else in the world it's already July11th
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/11/09 at 12:55 am
Not in the Central or Pacific time zones yet.
Or in most of the Pacific Ocean for that matter.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/11/09 at 1:00 am
Of course, there still are places where it's July 10th, but my bro in law just called from Hong Kong, where's it's July 11th and he's having Lunch with my Sister-in-law.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/11/09 at 1:01 am
Perhaps I should get to sleep soon; I have a big day tomorrow!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/11/09 at 1:08 am
Quite the day, your Birthday. Always a fun day while you are still young.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/11/09 at 1:09 am
Right... I hope to make the best of it! :) 8)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/11/09 at 1:10 am
So get some sleep, tomorrow a big day. And Manny hit a HR today for ya as the Dodges won.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/11/09 at 6:26 pm
That's great...and the Angels also won last night; let's hope they kept their lead in today's game.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Womble on 07/11/09 at 6:50 pm
Unless the Yankees turn it around!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/11/09 at 11:35 pm
Villains (E.E.) lost to the Angels, Red Sox win.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/12/09 at 12:47 am
We gotta love that... I saw the final out of the Yankes-Angels game.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/14/09 at 11:33 pm
Yankees are the Evil Empire. All other clubs must join forces for them to lose.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/14/09 at 11:36 pm
(pass on Z)
Absolutely, positively...any team that beats the Yankees is fine with me! Even if it's the Giants.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 12:05 am
Besides the Giants and Yankees, is there another MLB team you don't like?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/15/09 at 11:40 am
Can I mention the Atlanta Knaves...I mean Braves...due to their annoying tomohawk chant?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 1:12 pm
Didn't you like it when Ted Turner did the Tomohauk?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/15/09 at 1:13 pm
Excuse me, but I don't think I saw that one...is it on Youtube?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 1:43 pm
Fortunately I saw it (and Jane Fonda doing it too), don't know if it's on youtube.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/15/09 at 1:43 pm
Great...how good/bad was it?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 1:46 pm
He isn't gonna give up his day job, let's put it that way. I did hate the Braves, but always liked Greg Maddux.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/15/09 at 1:47 pm
I liked Maddux too...he even had a couple of late-season stints with my team, the Dodgers (2006 and 2008).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 1:49 pm
Just think, we may have seen the last pitcher (Maddux) ever to win 350 games (unless the rules really change)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/15/09 at 1:54 pm
Knowing that, I wonder if anyone will truly break the home run record as it currently stands. :o ::)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 1:56 pm
Look at where Aroid & Pujols are, they still have a chance. Harder to get to 350 at a pitcher (with at most 36 starts a year, have to win 18 games for almost 20 years in a row to get there, not gonna happen)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/15/09 at 1:59 pm
Maybe A-Roid will have a chance at the home run record ::)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 2:07 pm
Naturally he does, he's about 200 away is he?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/15/09 at 2:09 pm
Oh yes...if he hits 40 a year, he could get there by 2014, when he's 39 (barring any injuries or other setbacks); if he hits 50 each of the next four years, he'd get there in 2013, when he's 38. By then, my post count may still be less than Phil's current post count.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 3:12 pm
Philip's count will increase and increase and perhaps he has set a standard too high for us to reach. Is there an "inthe70s" hall-of-fame? :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/09 at 10:59 am
Queen (the band) might be there, since they were popular then.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/16/09 at 12:27 pm
Really good band that was, many monster hits. Quite popular in Canada
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/09 at 1:04 pm
Some of their hits from the 1970s included "You're My Best Friend", "Bicycle Race", "Bohemian Rhapsody", and of course "We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions."
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/16/09 at 7:03 pm
The band was popular when I was in high school, esp their "Day at the races" album.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/09 at 10:13 pm
Unfortunately for me, I wasn't around much during the peak of their popularity; but I was around in the 1980s (as a kid, though); and "Another One Bites The Dust" was a big hit around the time I was born.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/20/09 at 1:57 pm
Van Halen was popular around the same time as Queen was (late 70's, early 80s)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/20/09 at 2:00 pm
We saw that group at their peak of their popularity around that time, with their original frontman, David Lee Roth.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/26/09 at 7:29 pm
X-treme back flip he did in the Video "Jump"
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 3:07 am
Young, David Lee Roth is not now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/27/09 at 12:51 pm
Zero of the group's members are considered "young" now; they're all middle aged.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 12:52 pm
Above average age?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/27/09 at 12:56 pm
By that, I mean they're all over 50 now...and I believe all the original members of Van Halen are still alive; and so are all the replacement members (actually, Gary Cherone, who joined the group in the 1990s, is still in his late 40s).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/27/09 at 3:37 pm
Can you believe that Paul McCartney is almost 70?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 3:53 pm
Did know that he had pasted 64.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/27/09 at 4:00 pm
64 years ago it was 1945, when World war two ended.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 4:04 pm
64 years ago it was 1945, when World war two ended.
Exactly, but it should be alphabetically
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/27/09 at 4:11 pm
Forty-five years ago was 1964, when the Beatles invaded the U.S.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/27/09 at 4:13 pm
Go back to 1939, Germany invaded Poland 70 years ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/27/09 at 4:15 pm
Hey, that's what led to the start of World War Two!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 4:15 pm
I was not born then.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/27/09 at 4:17 pm
Just for the record, neither were my parents...but my grandparents were kids then (mostly in their teens during the war).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/27/09 at 4:23 pm
Kids eh, well My dad was in a German concentration camp in World war II ( as a prisoner)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/27/09 at 4:26 pm
Let's see if anyone else has family members who served in famous wars?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/27/09 at 4:34 pm
My mom was a kid in Italy during that war, bombed by the Germans during the day, and bombed by the Americans at night. Nice life for her.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 4:55 pm
Nice life for her it was not.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/27/09 at 5:04 pm
Of course it's all in the past for her now and she has moved on.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/27/09 at 7:12 pm
Perhaps that is a good thing then.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/30/09 at 11:01 am
Quite right, it is. Glad I never grew up in a war.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/30/09 at 11:15 am
Right you are...although there were other wars going on in the world, such as the Persian Gulf War in the early 1990s, but that was in and around Kuwait, which is far far away.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 12:48 pm
Some wars have happened that the world have never taken place.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/30/09 at 3:31 pm
The kind in movies, perhaps? The movie Wag The Dog presents an example of a fake war.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/30/09 at 11:50 pm
Ultimately, all war is bad coz people die.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/31/09 at 12:04 am
Very true.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/31/09 at 12:08 am
War is hell, someone once said.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/10/09 at 11:54 pm
X...actly right you are.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/11/09 at 12:13 am
You have revived this thread after a long time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/09 at 12:16 am
Zero posts were added to it in the month of August.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/11/09 at 12:19 am
And four posts just today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/09 at 12:23 am
Bingo! this one would make five...in the past half-hour alone, lol.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/11/09 at 12:28 am
Can we keep this thread going?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/09 at 12:29 am
Darn right we can.... with more activity. I guess the X tends to trip people up because there aren't very many words beginning with that letter.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/11/09 at 12:37 am
Explains why the thread gets stuck there sometimes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/09 at 1:34 pm
Finding other words in the dictionary that begin with that letter, and trying to use them, might help...although I suppose we can cross that bridge when we get there; that is, eighteen replies from now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/11/09 at 3:08 pm
Good thing I didn't get the letter "X"
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/09 at 3:11 pm
Hey, whenever I end up getting that letter, I sometimes go for broke and use a word that actually begins with "ex-", and make it work, since that syllable is just about always pronounced like said letter.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/11/09 at 3:50 pm
I like to wait and see what I can come up with at that moment
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/13/09 at 2:23 pm
Just wait...maybe something good will come to mind...but we'll obviously have to wait till we get there, which will be 14 replies after this one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/14/09 at 12:26 am
Keep the thread going, who knows how long it will continue
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/14/09 at 12:30 pm
Let's do just that!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/14/09 at 2:48 pm
makes sense to me
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/14/09 at 2:49 pm
Now the letter X is ten replies after this one!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/14/09 at 3:00 pm
Oh no! That's not good.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/14/09 at 3:01 pm
Perhaps we could plan on it now...but wait, the next letter after this one is Q, which also tends to be hard, but I think we can make it work...can we?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/14/09 at 3:10 pm
Quick answer for you: Yes we can make it work
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/14/09 at 3:11 pm
Right on!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/14/09 at 3:14 pm
So we are just moving along now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/14/09 at 3:15 pm
That is correct...and mathematics tells me that if the pattern between you and me posting continues, then I would get the X.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/14/09 at 5:31 pm
Unless someone jumps in before that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/14/09 at 7:32 pm
Very true...but you and I have been the only ones posting for this round of the alphabet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/15/09 at 12:11 am
Well, the one is the tough one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/15/09 at 12:55 pm
X marks the spot for this post, I can tell you that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/15/09 at 2:52 pm
You got us past the difficult part
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/15/09 at 10:47 pm
Zipadeedoodah!! We got through another round of the alphabet. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/16/09 at 12:13 am
And the thread goes on.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/16/09 at 2:22 pm
Beginning with...well, actually, the post above this one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 09/16/09 at 11:48 pm
Certainly we do like continuing this awesome thread dont we?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/17/09 at 11:37 am
Dude111, great to see you again on your own thread... I was wondering why you hadn't been around much lately.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/17/09 at 11:45 am
Evidently, nally and I are not longer the only 2 on this thread, which is good news
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/17/09 at 11:46 am
Frank and I were pretty much the only contributors during the last round of the alphabet...I do hope that a few other people decide to take part in this alphabetic conversation. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/18/09 at 12:18 am
Good to have others around, it's always more fun.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/18/09 at 12:06 pm
Having others around provides a wide variety of folks.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/18/09 at 12:24 pm
I don't like to sign in and be the only person around.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/18/09 at 12:24 pm
Just so you know, neither do I. That has happened so much as of late, as I mentioned last night on another thread. :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/18/09 at 12:50 pm
Knowing that you aren't alone is a good thing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Womble on 09/20/09 at 2:21 pm
Let others know you're here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/20/09 at 4:08 pm
Maybe we can get them all to join in this particular thread! it would be fun!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/20/09 at 7:31 pm
Now more people can continue the thread
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/20/09 at 7:55 pm
Oh goody. Who will be next?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/22/09 at 12:17 am
Potentially anyone could be next, only time will tell.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 09/22/09 at 9:09 am
Quickly this thread is gaining posts.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Womble on 09/22/09 at 9:16 am
Rest assured, more people will post.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 09/22/09 at 9:22 am
Sure seems that way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/22/09 at 2:21 pm
That's what I'm talkin' about! :D I'm glad to see that we've gotten this thread past 1000 replies.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/22/09 at 3:31 pm
Usually it gets stuck somewhere, at a specific letter not too far away.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/22/09 at 3:32 pm
Very observant...and I'm sure we know which one that is.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/22/09 at 3:33 pm
Woudl it be the next one?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/22/09 at 3:34 pm
X...actly right you are! so now we can gladly move on...for the next twenty-five replies, that is.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/22/09 at 7:23 pm
You can breathe easier now that we'll be arriving at the start of the Alphabet soon.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/22/09 at 9:19 pm
Zero letters come after this one, so yes, let's get another round going.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/22/09 at 9:53 pm
Alright, we have begun once again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/22/09 at 9:55 pm
Beginning right now! (actually with the post above this one, but you get the drift...)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/22/09 at 9:58 pm
Can we get others to contribute before we get to "Z"?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/22/09 at 9:59 pm
Do you think we can?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/22/09 at 10:03 pm
Essentially yes, altho I have to log-off now so this thread might stop for today after your post.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/22/09 at 10:04 pm
Frank...you will be back here again tomorrow, I assume? however, anyone is welcome to continue after me if no one else does. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/23/09 at 12:23 am
Guess I came back earlier than you thought.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 09/23/09 at 6:42 am
How was that possible?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/23/09 at 1:49 pm
I guess he decided to come back later in the evening, after I had signed off for the night. At the exact moment he made that post, I was watching the Yankes-Angels game and did not like what I saw in the 9th inning.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/23/09 at 4:15 pm
Just a ball game.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/23/09 at 10:06 pm
K's represent strikeouts in the statistics of the ball game.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/24/09 at 12:13 am
Los Angeles is Jeff's favorite baseball team
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 09/24/09 at 6:43 am
My favorite team use to be the Cincinnati Reds.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/24/09 at 12:19 pm
My favorite team used to be the Cincinnati Reds.
Now is it some other team?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/24/09 at 12:33 pm
Oakland Raiders are my least favorite football team.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/24/09 at 12:35 pm
Place that sentence in my post, and it'll hold true for me, since I've never cared for them either. My dad doesn't like 'em either. His favorite team growing up was the Rams, since they were local at the time, but 15 years ago they moved to St. Louis.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 09/25/09 at 8:07 am
Quality team the Rams were back in the 70's.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/26/09 at 5:57 pm
Rams had a great defense in the 1970s.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Womble on 09/26/09 at 10:15 pm
Sports talks is so ZZZZZZZZZ.................
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/26/09 at 11:01 pm
Three months from yesterday, its' Christmas.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Womble on 09/27/09 at 12:30 am
Usually I'm excited about the Holidays.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 09/28/09 at 8:10 am
Very exciting time of the year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/28/09 at 10:20 am
We still have 3 months to go though.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/01/09 at 11:30 pm
Xmas is another way to refer to that holiday, simply because the "X" is composed of a cross, and the first syllable of "Christmas" does sorta sound like "cross" (the main phonetic difference being the vowel).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/02/09 at 7:05 am
You usually end up up spending money you don't have for Christmas.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/02/09 at 12:33 pm
Zero dollars are left afterwards.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/02/09 at 11:42 pm
And then the bills come in January and you have to pay up.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/03/09 at 7:21 am
Be nice if you could wait.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/03/09 at 1:37 pm
Could there be another way to avoid debt?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 1:41 pm
Don't buy to much?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/03/09 at 1:42 pm
Exactly as I was thinking...or perhaps find out how much everything costs before you buy it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 1:50 pm
Figure out the true cost and keep the receipts.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/03/09 at 1:52 pm
Good idea.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 1:55 pm
Hide the Credit Card?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/03/09 at 1:59 pm
I think that would be good to do too... not that I would ever use one myself, since I have heard about how dangerous it can be to rack up too much debt.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 2:01 pm
Just resist the temptation.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/03/09 at 2:51 pm
keep the spending to a limit.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/04/09 at 10:19 pm
Let's talk about something different now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/04/09 at 10:24 pm
Maybe we should talk about sports? ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/04/09 at 10:30 pm
Now that sounds like a good idea...especially now that the MLB postseason is upon us.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/04/09 at 10:32 pm
Over in Minnesota, there will be a playoff game on Tuesday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/04/09 at 10:34 pm
Playing in that game will be the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins; I wonder which team will have a better shot against the Spankees??
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/04/09 at 10:38 pm
Quite possible that whoever wins that game will sadly lose to the E.E
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/04/09 at 10:40 pm
Remember 2006? The Tigers beat the E.E. that year, then advanced to the ALCS, and then to the World Series...but lost in 5 games to the Cardinals. But the Twins have fallen victim to the E.E. twice in the past few years: in '03 and '04. Of course, there were different people on the teams back then.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/04/09 at 10:42 pm
Sometimes I wonder if this is the year ARod finally does something in the playoffs.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/04/09 at 10:43 pm
That would be something "good", right? Like exhibit some home run heroics? I don't want him to do that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/04/09 at 10:52 pm
Unfortunately, I think the E.E will do well this year. :-[
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/05/09 at 9:32 am
Very nice time of the year with baseball,football & hockey.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/05/09 at 10:46 am
We don't want the E.E. to do well....at least the most of us don't. IMHO they do not deserve another pennant. 8-P
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/06/09 at 12:33 am
X-ray machine throwing isn't allowed at ball games. ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/06/09 at 8:12 am
You may need an X-ray if you are a pitcher and you get hurt.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/06/09 at 4:10 pm
Zero point zero-zero is a perfect ERA for a pitcher.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/06/09 at 6:27 pm
Autumn is here, and it's getting cooler.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/06/09 at 10:29 pm
Better believe it. Just a short while ago we were experiencing heat...at least that's how it was over here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/08/09 at 8:00 am
Cold winds are coming down from Canada.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/08/09 at 1:40 pm
Down here in California, we are finally having some nice fall weather, but it will get warm again over the weekend (but not too hot).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/10/09 at 5:31 pm
Early this morning it was cold (6 degrees C), but this afternoon it's better.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/11/09 at 9:40 am
Feeling rather nippy this morning.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/09 at 10:27 am
Good thing that I am indoors
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/11/09 at 3:55 pm
Had some cooler weather this morning, which I don't mind for this time of year...after all, I did get tired of the heat.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/12/09 at 12:55 am
I have to cheer for the L.A. Dodgers now that Boston and STL are eliminated.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/12/09 at 6:24 am
Just glad my fantasy team has lots of Angels & Yankees.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/12/09 at 12:21 pm
Knowing that the Yankes have advanced past the first round of playoffs for the first time in 5 years makes me want to cheer for the Angels more than ever (that is, on the American League side).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/12/09 at 12:32 pm
Looks like it may end up the Angels vs the Dodgers, Who would you root for Jeff?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/12/09 at 12:33 pm
Most likely I would cheer for the Dodgers if the World Series were to come down to a Freeway Series. That would be exciting.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/12/09 at 12:36 pm
Nearly everyone around L.A. would want to get tickets for the series.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/12/09 at 12:41 pm
Oh yes! (By the way, I did cheer for the Angels when they first made it to the Series, 7 years ago. And I enjoyed seeing them win it.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/12/09 at 3:09 pm
People who normally don't follow baseball may have a hard time choosing who to root for.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/12/09 at 4:52 pm
Quite so... but some people make their choices based upon favorites, and/or which team(s) have gone longer without winning the Series.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/12/09 at 6:58 pm
Right now, the CUBS have gone the longest without winning, about 100 years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/12/09 at 9:39 pm
So they have...and next year it'll be 102 for them. :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/13/09 at 6:59 am
The fans of the Cubs are very dedicated.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/13/09 at 1:50 pm
Until they go all the way again, I will root for them each time they make the playoffs...unless they are pitted against my L.A. Dodger team, like they were last year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/14/09 at 1:11 am
Vin Scully is a great play by play man for the Dodgers
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/14/09 at 2:31 pm
When will he retire?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/14/09 at 4:33 pm
'X' will probably mark the spot on the calendar...which will probably not be for a while yet; Vinny has not discussed retirement yet, but he seems to love calling the play by play, and I agree that he is really great at it. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/15/09 at 12:53 am
Yes, he's good. One of the best ever.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/15/09 at 7:16 am
Zimply great ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/15/09 at 2:25 pm
Ahh...that waz a creative use of ze last letter of ze alphabet..! ;D >:D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/16/09 at 4:23 pm
Best use of the letter "Z"
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/17/09 at 1:25 am
Could we make a better use of the letter "X" when we reach it again?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/17/09 at 1:30 am
Don't think so, might have to be creative.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/17/09 at 1:48 am
Even if we are creative, it might take some pondering away. As I recall, I've managed to successfully get us through there a couple of times.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/17/09 at 7:03 am
Frankly you have to be creative.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/17/09 at 1:09 pm
Good point; now we can talk about something else until we get there again?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/17/09 at 1:52 pm
Helps to have an imagination.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/17/09 at 1:52 pm
I know, and that's a good thing to have. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/17/09 at 2:08 pm
Just My Imagination is a song done by The Temptations & other artist.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/19/09 at 11:15 pm
Knowing that fact, might be helpful for Jeopardy!, or that other game show, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/20/09 at 7:59 am
Lots of knowledge is needed for Jeopardy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/20/09 at 1:09 pm
Mucho dinero (Spanish for "lots of money") can be won on that show if you're quick with the signaling button, like Ken Jennings was in '04.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/20/09 at 1:11 pm
Now he is a celebrity after all those winnings
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/20/09 at 1:13 pm
Oh yeah! But the person who unseated him, was unseated the very next day. :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/20/09 at 1:18 pm
Poor girl, coz no one will ever remember her name, only his.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/20/09 at 1:19 pm
Quite so, I remember her name: Nancy Zerg. She was a California native, as I recall.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/20/09 at 1:20 pm
Real good memeory there, Jeff, to remember her name.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/20/09 at 1:21 pm
She also lived in a city in the southern portion of the state, less than 20 miles from me!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/21/09 at 12:01 am
Then you can visit her and ask for tips if you ever get on the show.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/21/09 at 12:07 am
Unless I audition for the show and don't pass, that is. ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/21/09 at 12:40 am
Very true. You must pass the audition first.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/21/09 at 9:19 am
We will all root for you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/21/09 at 1:24 pm
X...perience with watching the show is not enough to pass an audition, though.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/21/09 at 4:04 pm
you have a lot of studying and memorizing to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/21/09 at 7:59 pm
Zero room for error, I might add.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/22/09 at 6:51 am
Another topic of discussion heading are way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/22/09 at 6:12 pm
But we can continue discussing the current topic until it fades away... that is, when a new topic somehow enters the discussion.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/22/09 at 6:22 pm
Could talk some more about Jeopardy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/23/09 at 12:40 am
Did anyone (other than me) watch Jeopardy in the 1970s?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/23/09 at 1:10 am
Everyone who was alive then was probably aware that the dollar figures ended with only one zero instead of two zero's. (I wasn't born yet, but I do know about the original Jeopardy from reading about it in various places.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/23/09 at 1:16 am
Final Jeopardy is the most tense part, there where it can all be won or lost
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/23/09 at 1:19 am
Good players usually try to be strategic about their wagers in that part of the game.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/23/09 at 1:26 am
Having to wage all their money at the end can lead to a big payoff, or be left with $0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/23/09 at 1:29 am
I know! There is also the rare case of all 3 players getting it wrong, risking it all, and everyone leaving the game empty-handed...but that doesn't happen too often. I've never seen it happen, but according to what I read on Wiki, it might've happened in the old version of the game.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/23/09 at 1:33 am
Jeopardy is a wonderful show to watch.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/23/09 at 1:35 am
Knowing a good number of the questions makes it quite enjoyable to watch; even if you don't know 'em, you can still learn.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/23/09 at 7:10 am
Lots of strategy involved in wagering on the Daily Double question.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/23/09 at 12:15 pm
Make it a true daily double Alex ( wagers everything)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/23/09 at 1:14 pm
Nothing will be left if the player gets it wrong; this happened on yesterday's episode, and the contestant finished the Double Jeopardy round with a non-positive score...so he was ineligible for the Final Jeopardy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/23/09 at 1:24 pm
On rare occasions they may have it where none of the contestants are eligible for Final Jeopardy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/23/09 at 1:26 pm
Playing no Final Jeopardy would probably entail that the last 5 minutes of the show comprise wasted airtime...and I think I read somewhere on Wiki that that might have happened on the old Jeopardy show.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/23/09 at 1:33 pm
Quite possible, I only remember a little bit of Jeopardy in the 1970's,mostly Art Fleming.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/27/09 at 10:33 pm
Reviving this dicussion....I never saw the old Jeopardy (w/ Art Fleming), since it was before my time, but I do know about it from having read a book that had a chapter on it, and that version was used/referenced by Weird Al in his song parody entitled "I Lost On Jeopardy."
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/27/09 at 11:59 pm
Some say that was Weird Al's best satire of a song.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/28/09 at 8:15 am
There are several good Weird Al songs, at least in my opinion.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/28/09 at 4:41 pm
"UHF" is one of his original songs, and it was the title track from the movie in which he starred.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/29/09 at 8:57 am
Various artist have given permission to have their song made into a parody.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/29/09 at 11:22 pm
Weird Al usually consults the performers for permission before he records his parodies....none of which have yet begun with a certain letter of the alphabet (hint-hint)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/29/09 at 11:29 pm
X is the letter that has been touched on/mentioned in the previous post.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/29/09 at 11:38 pm
You got that right! And for the record, not many songs begin with that letter...altho I can name a small handful of 'em.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/29/09 at 11:56 pm
Zombies did not have a song that began with the letter X, not that I know of., but they were a good pop group in the 60s
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/29/09 at 11:58 pm
An artist by the name of Olivia Newton John had a song that began with the letter X in the very early 80's (namely, "Xanadu").
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/30/09 at 12:11 am
But she is mostly remembered for the movie "Grease" and other songs such as "Physical" and "I honestly love you"
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/30/09 at 12:12 am
"Come On Over" was another one of her songs, but it wasn't quite as big a hit as the aforementioned ones.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/30/09 at 12:23 am
"Don't stop believin'" was also a song of hers, but a different version than Journey's
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/30/09 at 4:59 am
Every time I hear I Honestly Love You it brings a smile to my face.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/30/09 at 12:33 pm
For the record, "Don't Stop Believin" was a completely different song than that of Journey; lots of songs have identical titles, but are completely different songs altogether (different tunes, lyrics, etc.). A notable example is "Angel"; there are a ton of different songs with that name.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 10/31/09 at 8:05 am
Great song "Angel" by Shaggy, I also like "Angel by Aerosmith.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/31/09 at 2:04 pm
Here's a web site that lists many songs of this nature: http://www.amiright.com/music-trivia/same-title-different-song/ (Be sure to check it out sometime!)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 4:18 am
I know that website!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/01/09 at 7:11 pm
Just a few more months from now, that domain name (Amiright) will have been around for 10 whole years!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/03/09 at 7:39 am
Know that website myself,have gone to it a few times.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/03/09 at 12:39 pm
Lots of interesting tidbits can be found there...I even found this site through that one!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/05/09 at 6:58 am
Maybe other members did the same.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/05/09 at 2:58 pm
Not necessarily... some people have found this site by trying to find discussions on pop culture, and came up here. (I know we have at least a couple different threads on this subject, probably in the PPP, but they're probably buried deep down.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/06/09 at 12:51 am
Or they found the sight by googling it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/06/09 at 7:55 am
Perhaps they found it just by accident.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/09 at 3:35 pm
Quickly, a person can find a certain web site in any number of ways.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/09 at 3:39 pm
Rapidly?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/09 at 3:50 pm
Some might say that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/09 at 3:51 pm
Typing on the keypad does help.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/09 at 3:54 pm
Upside-down emoticons get in the way http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/upsidedown/smiley.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/upsidedown/cheesy.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/upsidedown/grin.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/upsidedown/cool.gif
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/09 at 3:57 pm
Very clever, I say! http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/upsidedown/cheesy.gif
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/09 at 4:01 pm
Very clever, I say! http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/upsidedown/cheesy.gif
Wait a second...it looks like it's been fixed. I deleted my old post.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/09 at 4:02 pm
Xactly!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/09 at 4:03 pm
You enjoy them? :) ;) :D ;D :( 8) :-[ :-* 8-P >:D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/09 at 4:05 pm
Zany?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/09 at 4:06 pm
All of them have been flipped across the horizontal axis...and the Yuck emoticon gets to play along as well (unlike the rest of them for the holidays). :D 8-P
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/09 at 4:07 pm
Beats me!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/06/09 at 5:29 pm
could have lots of fun with this ;) :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/09 at 10:21 pm
Do you know that we can continue to use them even after the default ones get turned back on?
http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/webby/smiley.gif
http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/upsidedown/smiley.gif
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/06/09 at 10:34 pm
Emoticons are nice :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/09 at 10:46 pm
Flipped around, or decorated for the holidays, you gotta enjoy them.
http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/upsidedown/smiley.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/halloween/cheesy.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/stpatrick/grin.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/thanksgiving/wink.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/santa/azn.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/newyears/afro.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/valentine/cool.gif
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/06/09 at 11:02 pm
Good if they are upside down like this too ;D >:( >:( :o :\'( :\'( 8) >:( :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/09 at 11:07 pm
Ha ha ha!! do you suppose ChuckyG might keep them turned on for a while...or will they be back to normal tomorrow morning?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/06/09 at 11:09 pm
It doesn't matter, as long as there are some emoticons to use.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/09 at 11:11 pm
Just for the record, I don't care one way or the other, either. As long as they're there, they are clickable, and usable in posts.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/07/09 at 8:53 am
Keep the wacky emoticons coming Chucky G.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 10:09 am
Let us se some more please!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/07/09 at 1:13 pm
Many more.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 1:35 pm
Need to see them now!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/07/09 at 4:49 pm
Okay...
:) ;) :D ;D >:( :( :o 8) ??? ::) :P :-[ :-X :-\\ :-* :\'( 8-P O0 ^-^ >:D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/07/09 at 4:52 pm
Please sir, some more?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/07/09 at 4:54 pm
Quickly we can move them across the screen...
:) ;) :D ;D >:( :( :o 8) ??? ::) :P :-[ :-X :-\\ :-* :\'( 8-P O0 ^-^ >:D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/07/09 at 4:57 pm
Real cool! Like a parade.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/07/09 at 5:01 pm
So random and funny!! In one other thread I posted an emoticon race; if I find it, I'll point out the link.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/07/09 at 5:04 pm
Think I saw it the other day, don't remember who wins though, but it was a close race.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/07/09 at 5:05 pm
Uh, yeah... the winky emoticon and the angry emoticon might've reached the finish line at the same time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/07/09 at 5:07 pm
Victory to the winky emoticon!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/07/09 at 5:14 pm
Winky wins in this race:
:o
;)
:P
^-^
:-X
::)
...and can you guess which one will come in last place??
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/10/09 at 7:56 am
Xactley,but it's hush-hush ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/10/09 at 12:30 pm
You wanna bet this won't be an Olympic sport?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/10/09 at 3:04 pm
All bets on the wink.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/10/09 at 4:57 pm
^ zed was skipped; oh well.
All bets on the wink.
Betting can sometimes be costly, you know.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/09 at 6:16 am
Costly to life, gambling is a fools game.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/14/09 at 6:39 pm
Doing it too often can leave you flat broke.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/14/09 at 7:40 pm
Eventually, gambling may become an addiction
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Womble on 11/14/09 at 7:50 pm
Fortunately, there's "Gambler's Anonymous" for those who want help.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/15/09 at 12:43 am
Gambler's Anonymous sounds like a good place to turn to for people who want to at least control their gambling addictions.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/15/09 at 8:12 am
Having gone to a casino and lost some money,I know they have signs about Gamblers Anonymous.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/15/09 at 6:14 pm
I have only been to a casino once in my life, and that was on the day I turned 21. While there, I just walked around and observed. I did try my hand at a machine, only placing teeny-tiny bets into it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/16/09 at 6:45 am
Just went to the casino @1 month ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/16/09 at 12:52 pm
Kasinoz...excuse me, casinos, are places that I don't often have a desire to go to. (Had to misspell the first word on purpoze because I couldn't think of a better K.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/16/09 at 1:19 pm
Like that word kasinoz ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/16/09 at 1:20 pm
My mind was drawing a blank on an actual "k" word, which is why I misspelt it, like I said above ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/16/09 at 1:31 pm
Need to be clever sometimes playing this game.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/16/09 at 1:33 pm
Oh yeah! especially when you get to a certain letter of the alphabet which doesn't have very many words beginning with it...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/16/09 at 1:36 pm
Precisely what I mean.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/16/09 at 1:37 pm
Questions sometimes arise as to what you can do with the tough letters.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/17/09 at 6:25 am
Right sometimes you have to stop and think of what to say.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/17/09 at 6:42 pm
Some letters, on the other hand, are pretty easy to come up with sentences for...such as this one. ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/17/09 at 7:18 pm
The same can be said for this letter
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/17/09 at 7:19 pm
Unbelievable that some letters occur more often than others.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/18/09 at 12:15 am
Very few occur with this one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/18/09 at 6:41 am
We usually have no problems with this letter.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/18/09 at 12:12 pm
X-cept for this letter, just about all of them begin a decent number of words.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/18/09 at 1:25 pm
Yes that is true.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/18/09 at 7:44 pm
Zip a dee doodah!!! We've just completed another round of the alphabet. :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/19/09 at 12:27 am
And we begin another round
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/19/09 at 5:38 am
Being so close to Thanksgiving,maybe we should discuss that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/19/09 at 4:43 pm
Crikey! The big day is only one week away now for those in the US, such as me, and the person above me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/20/09 at 12:08 am
Do you know how you will be spending US thanksgiving yet?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/20/09 at 12:11 am
Every year since '91 (with the exception of 2005), we've been having it at home. We cook, and have family members come over. (In 2005 we went to a family member's house and brought over some cooked vegetables as our contribution to the meal.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/20/09 at 12:13 am
For Thanksgiving, its' common for us to eat Turkey as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/20/09 at 12:14 am
Good for you! :) I always wondered how Canada typically observes their Thanksgiving.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/20/09 at 12:19 am
Here in Canada we basically do the same things at the US for thanksgiving, families get together, eat Turkey, watch football that weekend (Our thanskgiving is on a Monday)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/20/09 at 12:20 am
I knew the part about it being on a Monday...namely, the same day that is observed as "Columbus Day" in the US! (2nd Monday in Oct.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/20/09 at 6:19 am
Just thinking about that turkey dinner is making me hungry.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/20/09 at 5:13 pm
Knowing that it's less than a week away now, makes me hungry too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/20/09 at 5:29 pm
Lots to look forward to on Thanksgiving.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/20/09 at 5:30 pm
Many people celebrate it with their families and eat tons of food...and some like to watch football on tv afterwards.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/20/09 at 5:40 pm
Nothing like a good game of football to watch.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/20/09 at 5:41 pm
On the other hand, some people (such as myself) don't really care to watch it. I like to be with my family. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/20/09 at 5:53 pm
Possibly you may like watch the Macy's Day parade.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/20/09 at 5:54 pm
Quite the contrary. In fact, I don't watch much TV on Thanksgiving morning because I am usually busy helping my family prepare the feast.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/20/09 at 5:57 pm
Really nice of you Jeff to do that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/20/09 at 11:06 pm
So many leftovers after thanksgiving dinner
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/09 at 3:08 am
Tel me, what happens at the thanksgiving dinner
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/21/09 at 7:54 am
Um, well at our Thanksgiving my dad makes the meal,he cuts the turkey we have mashed potatoes & gravy,squash,stuffing,cranberry sauce,rolls and pumpkin pie for dessert, then we just sit around and talk.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/09 at 12:47 pm
Very delicious, but is drunk as liquid at the table?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/21/09 at 1:17 pm
Water is what I usually drink with my meals.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/09 at 1:18 pm
XXXX (Australian beer) is drunk in other parts of the world.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/21/09 at 1:21 pm
Yes, I suppose it could even be consumed in the US.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/09 at 1:22 pm
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, yes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/21/09 at 1:23 pm
Another turn at this.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/21/09 at 1:40 pm
Better keep it going
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/21/09 at 2:46 pm
can someone come up with the next line.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/09 at 3:25 pm
Ditto!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/21/09 at 4:04 pm
Exactly what I was thinking.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/09 at 4:06 pm
Familar words from me again
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/21/09 at 4:25 pm
Gotta keep the thread moving along
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/21/09 at 5:28 pm
Hey guys! Glad to see you've been keeping this thread alive for the past couple hours. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/21/09 at 10:17 pm
I think when many contribute, it goes quicker
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/22/09 at 6:40 pm
Janine (ninny) contributed greatly during the last alphabetic round.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/23/09 at 7:59 am
Keep it going,that's what I say.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/23/09 at 12:44 pm
Listen to Janine, she makes sense.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Silver Power on 11/23/09 at 3:32 pm
Making sense is overrated!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/23/09 at 10:30 pm
Now I'm finally here again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/23/09 at 11:11 pm
Overrated isn't as overrated as you think.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/23/09 at 11:22 pm
Perhaps I should apologize for abruptly changing the subject; I couldn't think of anything good starting with "N" for the subject of overrated-ness. :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/23/09 at 11:24 pm
Quite difficult to discuss overrated-ness with the letter Q
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/23/09 at 11:26 pm
Right you are.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/23/09 at 11:29 pm
So we just continue this thread, I suppose
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/23/09 at 11:29 pm
That's great! So what should we talk about now? Anybody got some ideas?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/23/09 at 11:39 pm
Until we have another idea, let's continue
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/24/09 at 8:33 am
We could just talk about anything right now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/24/09 at 10:54 am
We could just talk about anything right now.
Inserting:
Very scary, we skipped a letter, but now we are back
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/24/09 at 12:48 pm
Xtremely embarrassed about that :-[
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/24/09 at 5:52 pm
You saved us very nicely, Frank. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/24/09 at 5:54 pm
Zany things like that happen on these threads. You have saved me before on other threads
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/24/09 at 5:55 pm
And it is nice to return the favor.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/24/09 at 5:57 pm
Be helpful to everyone and that's a nice thing to do
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/25/09 at 10:02 am
'cause you never know when you need someone's help.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/25/09 at 5:47 pm
Darn right.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: DJ Blaze on 11/25/09 at 9:21 pm
Everyone needs help sometimes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/25/09 at 10:17 pm
For example, whenever someone has had difficulty with their math homework, I've stepped in to tutor/assist them, since math has always been one of my best subjects.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/26/09 at 8:40 am
Giving someone a helping hand feels good.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 11/26/09 at 11:21 am
Helping someone makes you feel good.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/26/09 at 10:25 pm
I know...and it usually makes the help-ee feel good too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/27/09 at 7:43 am
Just the fact that what you do helps other should be reward enough.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/27/09 at 12:49 pm
Knowing that there are helpful people in the world, should also make the help-ees feel good too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/09 at 3:41 am
Loving for helpful people in the world can be hard.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/29/09 at 6:56 am
Making someone happy, should be a motto.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/09 at 9:51 am
Needless to say!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/29/09 at 10:24 am
Otherwise what's the point.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/29/09 at 4:37 pm
Picking up again!! (sorry, I think I abruptly changed the subject again, but I couldn't think of a good sentence starting with "P" to respond to the above post)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 11/29/09 at 6:11 pm
Quick recovery there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/01/09 at 6:36 pm
Recovered any trying to continue
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/01/09 at 6:38 pm
So, let's proceed with our alphabetic conversation. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/01/09 at 6:42 pm
To continue this thread, I had to begin the sentence with the letter "T"
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/01/09 at 6:43 pm
Uh...yeah, that's correct...and "U" know which letter this post had to start with ;) ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/01/09 at 8:20 pm
Venturing a guess, it started with a U
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/02/09 at 8:13 am
What will we talk about next?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/02/09 at 12:05 pm
"X", and how that letter doesn't begin very many words and/or names.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/02/09 at 4:46 pm
You know that X is hard to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/02/09 at 6:13 pm
Zorro can create a nice "Z"
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/02/09 at 7:49 pm
As well he should... and he was known to do just that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/03/09 at 6:50 am
By using his sword ,he made the Z mark.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/03/09 at 11:40 am
Could he use any sword to do that "Z"?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/03/09 at 11:46 am
Did he have his own special sword.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/03/09 at 12:38 pm
Everyone who watched him do it was probably well aware of that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/04/09 at 7:33 am
Few people here may have seen the original Zorro.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/04/09 at 2:55 pm
Generally, they probably had to have been alive at that time; I, for one, was not around yet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 2:58 pm
How old do you have to be to have seen the original Zorro?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/04/09 at 3:04 pm
I'm not quite sure...but then again, I don't think they've shown it in reruns :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 3:50 pm
Just wait for the repeats to be shown.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/04/09 at 4:08 pm
Kan u find any of 'dem on Utube?
(sorry about that, I had to get creative because I was stumped on a good response for the letter "K")
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 4:09 pm
Look here
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/04/09 at 4:12 pm
Look here
Maybe you're right. I did see some results for the movie Mask Of Zorro, but that was from the late 90's. I will have to check out the "Zorro episode" results sometime later.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 4:13 pm
Need to look myself.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/05/09 at 12:42 am
Older people have said that Zorro was quite famous
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/05/09 at 12:45 am
Perhaps it was more famous than I initially thought.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 1:08 am
Quite somewhile ago Zorro was truly popular
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/05/09 at 1:09 am
Really? Do we know when he was?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 1:14 am
So what was the name of Zorro's horse?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/05/09 at 1:18 am
Too bad it's name wasn't Horso.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 1:19 am
Usually a popular name?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/05/09 at 1:49 am
Very well known horse, or a little obscure?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 2:00 am
What was that name now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/05/09 at 2:05 am
X-tremely forgetful about the name of Zorro's horse. What about the Lone Ranger's horse?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 2:26 am
You must know that?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/05/09 at 5:39 am
Zit's Silver right ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 11:58 am
After all, what was the name of Zorro's horse?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 2:40 pm
Before we go any further, Steven Spielberg produced The Mask Of Zorro.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/05/09 at 4:31 pm
Could you watch the film and tell us the name of his horse?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 4:32 pm
Do you know when it is next on tv?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/05/09 at 4:34 pm
Ever think of borrowing the video or DVD?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 4:35 pm
From the local library?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/05/09 at 4:38 pm
Getting it from the store will be more expensive, so the library is a good idea.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 4:38 pm
Hurry to the library now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/05/09 at 4:41 pm
I think you should phone ahead first and see if they have a copy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 5:48 pm
Just only phone?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/05/09 at 5:56 pm
Knowing whether or not the library has it, will make your trip there worthwhile.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/05/09 at 6:02 pm
Let us know if you find out the name of the horse, or if it's a good film.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/05/09 at 7:29 pm
Maybe someone can Google the answer.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/05/09 at 7:40 pm
Now that might be quicker than trying to find it the old fashioned way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 3:07 am
Old traditions are hard to shake off.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 7:36 am
Perhaps the two can meet, is there such a thing as a virtual library?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 10:47 am
Quite so?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/06/09 at 11:43 am
Really...there could be such a thing: the information superhighway?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 12:14 pm
Somewhere in the world you would think you could find one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 1:13 pm
Toronado
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 1:19 pm
Unusual response there Phil.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 1:24 pm
Very accurate reply there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 1:30 pm
Wonder why you said that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 1:33 pm
Xactly for I had to.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 1:51 pm
Your post was interesting.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/06/09 at 4:14 pm
Zorro was the topic of discussion a few replies up; getting back to it, has anyone seen the 1998 film?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/07/09 at 5:01 am
Absolutely not.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/07/09 at 3:46 pm
But that doesn't mean no one else here has. (And just for the record, I never watched it either.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/07/09 at 3:49 pm
Could be someone else saw it, but have not answered yet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/07/09 at 7:26 pm
Didn't see it, not really a huge Zorro fan
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/07/09 at 10:56 pm
Everyone has their own likes and dislikes when it comes to certain things, such as that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/08/09 at 12:45 am
For myself, I prefer superheros like Superman or Batman, instead of Zorro
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/08/09 at 10:41 am
Great heroes are Batman & Superman.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/08/09 at 12:52 pm
Hey, I agree with the above two statements. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/08/09 at 5:41 pm
I prefer Superman over Batman
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/08/09 at 10:42 pm
Just for the record, so do I (if I had to choose between the two). But Batman is cool too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/09/09 at 12:41 am
Kryptonite was something Superman was not fond of
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/10/09 at 7:09 am
Lex Luthor is the archenemy of Superman.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/10/09 at 10:47 am
Marrying superman is what Lois Lane wants to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/10/09 at 11:24 am
Not to many people know that she is married to Superman.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/10/09 at 11:42 am
Not too many people know that she is married to Superman.
Oh really? ???
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/10/09 at 11:44 am
Perhaps you did not know this.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/10/09 at 11:47 am
Quite right you are. There's probably a lot of other things I don't know about him as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/10/09 at 11:49 am
Really I only knew this because I did some reading on her.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/10/09 at 11:53 am
Something I probably should do more of.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/10/09 at 11:54 am
Times like this it comes in handy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/10/09 at 12:03 pm
"U" got that right. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/10/09 at 1:40 pm
Various things you can find out about Superman & Lois Lane.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/09 at 2:01 pm
Wikipedia helps.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/10/09 at 2:42 pm
X...cept for when they provide questionable information.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/10/09 at 2:47 pm
Youtube must have some clips on Superman
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/10/09 at 2:54 pm
Zo many choices to choose from.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/10/09 at 5:42 pm
Aquaman isn't as popular as Batman nor Superman
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/10/09 at 6:47 pm
Batman is a much more familiar name than Aquaman.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/11/09 at 7:28 am
Can't say I know much about Aquaman.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/11/09 at 12:53 pm
Does anyone know anything about that character?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/11/09 at 3:03 pm
Essentially, he swims and communicates with animals.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/11/09 at 3:21 pm
For someone with a name like Aquaman, it makes perfect sense.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/11/09 at 3:33 pm
Good swimmer, communicates with animals to help him.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/11/09 at 6:39 pm
He just might be able to save people or animals from drowning.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/11/09 at 6:41 pm
I think he did do that and got the animals to help him.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/12/09 at 7:57 am
Just how do the animals help him?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/12/09 at 8:15 pm
Keeping him staying afloat?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/12/09 at 8:19 pm
Land animals obviously would not help.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/12/09 at 8:20 pm
Maybe not... but if one of them got into the water, it would need to be saved.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/12/09 at 8:21 pm
Not really sure if he has powers on the land.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/12/09 at 9:54 pm
Only has power in the water, or on the water.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/09 at 4:08 am
Potenial power?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/13/09 at 6:51 am
Quite possible he has limited power on land.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/09 at 10:42 am
Really?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/13/09 at 2:32 pm
Sounds right if his name is Aquaman, that most of his powers are water related.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/13/09 at 6:57 pm
"The superfriends" was a good 70s cartoon which included Superman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Batman and Robin.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/13/09 at 10:39 pm
Ultimate superhero collaboration!!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/14/09 at 3:40 pm
Very nice friends to have
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/14/09 at 4:39 pm
Wonder Woman is a female superhero, are there others?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/14/09 at 7:45 pm
Xena, Warrior Princess, readily comes to mind...but I don't know if she'd be classified as a "superhero", per se.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/15/09 at 12:19 am
You know, it's easier coming up with male superheroes, than women.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/15/09 at 12:19 am
Zero others come to mind right now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/15/09 at 12:28 am
All right, let's talk about celebrities in the news now, as we have begun from the letter "A" again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/15/09 at 12:29 am
Beginning with which famous person?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/15/09 at 12:50 am
Chose any person you'd like
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/09 at 1:08 am
Dashing, young and handsome?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/15/09 at 1:18 am
Even if you don't like them!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/15/09 at 8:02 am
For example Zac Efron drives girls nuts, but does nothing for me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/15/09 at 1:14 pm
Going gaga over lady gaga, I am not.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/16/09 at 6:09 am
How she is popular I have no idea.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/16/09 at 10:55 am
I don't know why some celebs are popular either
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/16/09 at 2:11 pm
Jessica Simpson, who is one day older than me, has been popular for about ten years... and I don't know what really makes her popular ::)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/17/09 at 7:14 am
Kinda the same way with me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/17/09 at 11:02 am
Lady gaga is popular, but...why?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/09 at 1:45 pm
Mystery to me?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/17/09 at 3:03 pm
No one will ever know exactly why. ::)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/09 at 3:06 pm
Only the fans?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/17/09 at 3:07 pm
Perhaps they are the ones who make certain celebs popular.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/09 at 3:10 pm
Question?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/17/09 at 3:12 pm
Response.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/09 at 3:13 pm
Suppose?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/17/09 at 3:14 pm
That's enough of that... now, where were we again?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/09 at 3:15 pm
Up a few replies should tell us.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/17/09 at 3:26 pm
Very true...we were talking about certain celebrities being popular for reasons that are unclear to most people.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/17/09 at 7:30 pm
Would it be because they are just a fad?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/17/09 at 7:50 pm
X...treme popularity of some celebs will probably remain a mystery long after said folks are gone.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/17/09 at 7:55 pm
You'd think the fad will wear off at some point, but then some new person will take their place
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/17/09 at 8:02 pm
Zac Efron seems to be one of the latest celebs attaining popularity...possibly due to his starring in the High School Musical film series, and then going into the music scene.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/17/09 at 8:09 pm
And those high school movies are popular, esp if you have kids or tweens.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/17/09 at 8:12 pm
But the main stars of the movie had long since finished high school in real life, as they are in their twenties now. For example, Ashley Tisdale is now 24, Zac Efron is now 22, and Vanessa Hudgens is now 21 (but she was probably still in her teens when the first HSM movie was filmed).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/17/09 at 11:02 pm
Can't believe they are that old already
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/17/09 at 11:02 pm
Doesn't the time fly?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/17/09 at 11:08 pm
Even so, people from the original Beverly Hills 90120 played characters in high school, when some of them were about 30 years old
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/17/09 at 11:10 pm
For the life of me, I don't know why, on so many tv shows and movies, the characters are so much younger than the actors playing them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/17/09 at 11:13 pm
Good for them if they can pass for someone younger
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/17/09 at 11:16 pm
Hold on a moment... on occasion, an actor might be younger than their character; for example, on Frasier, the character of Martin Crane was supposedly 60 years old sometime in the 1990's, but John Mahoney, who played him, didn't turn 60 until the year 2000.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/17/09 at 11:20 pm
Irene Ryan ( Granny on the Beverly Hillbillies) is another example of an actor that might be younger than their character.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/18/09 at 6:08 am
Just like Estelle Getty who played Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Girls.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 12/18/09 at 9:06 pm
Keep up the good work guys,SOMEONE PLEASE POST THE NEXT REPLY!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/18/09 at 10:37 pm
Lots of actors/actresses portray people of different ages
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/18/09 at 10:52 pm
Maybe one of the most notable portrayals of a character whose age was far from that of the respective actor, was Dyan Cannon in the movie Out To Sea. She was 60 at the time the movie came out, yet her character looked about 40.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/18/09 at 11:10 pm
Now with advances in technology and make-up, you can make just about anyone look 20 or 30 years younger or older.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/18/09 at 11:13 pm
Oh yes, especially in "fantasize" sequences on certain movies/tv shows, as some characters think about what life might be like in the future.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/19/09 at 1:53 am
Perhaps those sequences are in a dream
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/09 at 1:53 am
Quite right!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/19/09 at 2:02 am
Right now, I am going to sleep, hope someone else can continue the thread
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/09 at 2:09 am
So it now down to me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/19/09 at 7:08 am
Time for me to chip in.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 12/19/09 at 9:31 am
Understand that someone will eventually post the next reply :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/19/09 at 10:19 am
Very good response there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/09 at 12:03 pm
Will there be more?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/19/09 at 2:48 pm
X-rays are dark..just babbling on to continue the thread.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/09 at 2:48 pm
Yeap!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/19/09 at 2:53 pm
Zebra's have stripes, and thus ends another run.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/09 at 2:54 pm
Any other animals have stripes?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/19/09 at 2:59 pm
Bees have stripes, but they are insects
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/19/09 at 5:29 pm
Can I say something more, in regards to our last round?
Perhaps those sequences are in a dream
...yes they are, on the screen...but those must still be filmed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/19/09 at 6:04 pm
Do continue
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/19/09 at 6:07 pm
Eighteen replies after this one, the letter will be "W"...and after that we often run into some difficulty, but we get through it in one way or another.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/19/09 at 7:42 pm
First we got to get through the rest of the alphabet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/19/09 at 9:47 pm
Got to add one more post now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 12/19/09 at 10:46 pm
Hooray this thread is awesome!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/19/09 at 11:14 pm
I think so too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/09 at 2:34 am
Just so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/20/09 at 7:43 am
Kinda easy so far.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/09 at 7:44 am
Looks like it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/20/09 at 7:49 am
Makes this game fun.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/09 at 11:19 am
Needs more excitement?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/20/09 at 12:34 pm
Only a little bit.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/09 at 2:08 pm
pausing to think...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/20/09 at 3:12 pm
Quipping with a post that should help Philip think of a good reply.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/09 at 3:17 pm
Response is what we need, but what was the conversation we were having?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/20/09 at 3:19 pm
Someone needs to find out what that is...or we could start up another one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/20/09 at 10:55 pm
The topic can be about snow, most of the North-East of USA got hammered
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/21/09 at 12:24 am
USA's other end doesn't often get the stuff...except at the higher elevation areas.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/21/09 at 8:01 am
Very little of the U.S. was affected.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/21/09 at 12:51 pm
West coast doesn't have much snow
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/21/09 at 1:21 pm
X...cept in the mountain areas, such as Big Bear and the Angeles National Forest...but those areas are more inland, and at higher elevations.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/21/09 at 1:24 pm
You may be right. Places like Mt Rainier ( near Seattle) and Mt Baker in north Washington state (which I can see from my window) are covered in snow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/21/09 at 1:29 pm
Zounds! You must live pretty close to the border between Canada and the US.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/21/09 at 1:34 pm
Actually I do, it's not far away.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/21/09 at 1:44 pm
Bet that must be somewhat interesting (for lack of a better word)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/21/09 at 3:25 pm
Coz the view of Mt Baker is quite nice, but can't see the top today due to clouds, but I can see other mountains in the US and Canada
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/21/09 at 3:32 pm
Do you drive to Mt Baker from your house?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/21/09 at 10:59 pm
Earlier this year I did, it took us about 2hrs to get to the highest point (we can drive to)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/21/09 at 11:03 pm
For two hours, that must've been a good trip.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/21/09 at 11:17 pm
Got there in two hours, but then on the way home did some shopping in a US Mall in Bellingham, Wash.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/21/09 at 11:18 pm
How was it, crossing the border?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/21/09 at 11:21 pm
I was the only one in line on the way there, and on the way back I waited about 30 minutes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/21/09 at 11:26 pm
Just to cross an international border? I guess it might take that long, depending upon the time of day and other contributing factors. I'm sure that the lines to cross the U.S.-Mexico border get pretty long too; one such station is in San Diego County in California, but I haven't made it quite that far south yet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/21/09 at 11:34 pm
Know that in the summertime, the usual wait to cross the border is anywhere from 2 to 4 hours, by car. It's terrible! (Unless you go at 6AM or after 9PM)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/21/09 at 11:36 pm
Looks like that's the time of the year when most people travel, and many of them are inclined to wanna cross the border...so it seems to all make sense.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/21/09 at 11:39 pm
Morning's just after the sunrise is a good time, little traffic, and you can have breakfast in a foreign country ( sometimes we go to Bob Evans)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/21/09 at 11:40 pm
Now that sounds like a fun-filled trip.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/21/09 at 11:44 pm
Once in a while we will make it into a week's trip, where we drive all the way through Washington and half way down Oregon.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/22/09 at 8:01 am
Places like Oregon, Washington and British Columbia I would like to visit someday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/22/09 at 4:06 pm
Quebec is also a place I have visited, oh yeah...I was born there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/23/09 at 10:23 am
Rochester is where I was born.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/23/09 at 11:09 am
Syracuse is close to Rochester, and I have been to both places.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/23/09 at 2:27 pm
They are both near where I live.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/23/09 at 4:07 pm
Utica is where you live? am I close?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/24/09 at 3:58 am
Very far away from me is Utica.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/09 at 5:55 am
Where is Utica?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/24/09 at 11:10 am
X marks the spot in New York state, that's where Utica is.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/24/09 at 12:27 pm
Yes, you are correct about that on all regards.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 12/24/09 at 3:37 pm
Zebras are telling me to remind all to have a MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/24/09 at 5:21 pm
As if we needed another "abrupt subject change..."
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/24/09 at 11:42 pm
Bet someone opened some gifts today
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/25/09 at 1:42 am
Couldn't wait for some of them
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/25/09 at 7:24 am
DanDan opened his last night.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/25/09 at 3:40 pm
Everyone has their own routines for opening their gifts.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/26/09 at 1:15 am
For my family & myself, we open them in an hour.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/09 at 12:11 pm
Gifts for us are open before or after the Christmas dinner, depending on how the day is going.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/26/09 at 1:57 pm
Hey Philip, I see that you were here about an hour or two ago; I hope you had a nice Christmas holiday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/26/09 at 2:36 pm
I hope everyone had a nice holiday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/26/09 at 4:08 pm
Just wanted to say the same thing
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/27/09 at 12:07 am
Kwanzaa, I think, began today (Saturday).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/27/09 at 12:09 am
Last week Hanukkah began, yesterday Christmas, today Kwanzaa.. Lots of special days there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/27/09 at 12:14 am
My calendar says that Hanukkah began on sundown Dec. 11th, which was two weeks ago, but it ended one week ago. Still, there are celebrations for everyone...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/27/09 at 12:17 am
New Year is coming up next
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/27/09 at 12:20 am
Oh yes! That will be next weekend!! Where does the time go?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/27/09 at 12:27 am
Pretty soon we shall be in the year 2010
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/27/09 at 12:31 am
Quickly we must inform the mods of any changes or additions that need be made before then...such as adding a "The 2010's" forum to discuss "current" topics.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/27/09 at 12:34 am
Right on top of things, aren't you? I'm sure the mods will work it out id due course
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/27/09 at 12:35 am
Some of the topics that have been discussed in the 2000's section, such as Gas Prices and current chart hits, will need to be restarted in the new 2010's section as well. (This would mean locking the said threads in 2000's on December 31st.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/27/09 at 12:37 am
Too much work for the mods to do!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/27/09 at 12:38 am
Uh...yeah. That's why I'd like to help them. But first we'd need to bring it to their attention. They'll probably understand.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/27/09 at 12:41 am
Very well, give them a little time after 2010 begins, they have a life outside of inthe00s too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/27/09 at 12:44 am
Well, okay...maybe sometime during the second week of the new year they can make this transition. It's just the craziness of when a new decade begins. (However, ten years ago this site didn't have all the discussion sections that it does today. From what I read in the history of this site, it was mainly 1980's discussions and Song lyric discussions until about 2001 or so.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/09 at 1:25 am
Xactlly!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/27/09 at 1:28 am
You got it. Right now, though, I think I need to call it a night. I'll be back after I've had a good night's sleep!! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/09 at 1:50 am
Zeds time for you?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/27/09 at 1:56 am
As a matter of fact it is! This will be my last post for tonight.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/09 at 1:57 am
Bye Bye, or goodnight to you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/27/09 at 8:24 am
Can I say Good Morning now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/09 at 8:27 am
Down right you can.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/27/09 at 8:48 am
Every day should start out with Good Morning.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/27/09 at 1:07 pm
For most people, it definitely should.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/09 at 4:18 pm
Good morning is the best thing to say.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/27/09 at 7:49 pm
Hello is what people say as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/27/09 at 7:58 pm
I believe that's the typical way to greet someone at any time of day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/28/09 at 7:45 am
Just a nice way to say Hi.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/28/09 at 1:29 pm
Keep in mind that there are various ways to greet someone...in just about any language.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/28/09 at 3:23 pm
Looking at people when you great them is also important.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/28/09 at 3:24 pm
Make sure you smile at them too; that is often appreciated.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/09 at 3:31 pm
Notice their body language too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/28/09 at 3:33 pm
Oh yes, that is a good way to improve one's oral communication skills.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/28/09 at 3:34 pm
Perhaps you can shake their hand if you know them fairly well when you greet them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/28/09 at 3:35 pm
Quite so, and that is often considered a polite gesture when meeting or greeting someone. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/09 at 3:36 pm
Rubbing noses is a no-no!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/28/09 at 3:37 pm
So is head-butting.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/28/09 at 3:56 pm
That could be painful, depending on how many times you do it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/28/09 at 7:26 pm
Unless it's done by accident. One should NOT develop a habit of doing that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/28/09 at 9:28 pm
Very true. Head butting hurts. Sometimes it's fake tho, as in wrestling
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/28/09 at 10:00 pm
We won't go there. :-X
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/28/09 at 11:05 pm
You know wrestling is fake, but people still get hurt and have bruises.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/28/09 at 11:06 pm
Zonked is more like it, in some cases.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/28/09 at 11:11 pm
And wrestling can be entertaining to watch.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/28/09 at 11:17 pm
But I prefer to watch it on a low level; that is, if it's being performed on a certain TV show.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/28/09 at 11:19 pm
Can I ask which show is it?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/28/09 at 11:24 pm
Do you really want to know? Okay, I'll tell you: "Saved By The Bell." One of the main characters, A.C. Slater (played by Mario Lopez) was on the school's wrestling team, and in a third-season episode, a girl who proved to be really good at the sport joined the team (after initially rejected), and became Zack Morris' (Mark Paul Gosselaar) girlfriend for that particular episode.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/28/09 at 11:32 pm
Everytime I watched that show for more than 3 minutes, I had to change the channel.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/28/09 at 11:35 pm
For whatever reason that was, I respect it, even though I was a fan of that show since I first watched it in the early 1990's.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/28/09 at 11:37 pm
Gotta be coz I was born in a different generation than yours, many people I know in their late 20s watched the show quite a bit.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/28/09 at 11:38 pm
Hey, I guess I was one of those people. There were other TV programs targeted for young people that I watched back then too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/29/09 at 6:38 am
I have to admit that I use to watch it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Christie Marie M on 12/29/09 at 7:25 am
Just watch whatever you wish.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/29/09 at 7:27 am
Kid shows are sometimes watched by adults.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/29/09 at 6:03 pm
I have to admit that I used to watch it.
Just watch whatever you wish.
Kid shows are sometimes watched by adults.
Like some cartoons, or Disney Channel sitcoms. As a guy in my late 20s, I do admit I enjoy programs such as "The Suite Life", "Hannah Montana", "Sonny With A Chance" and "Phineas & Ferb." The latter is a cartoon show, but it is still interesting to watch.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Christie Marie M on 12/29/09 at 6:14 pm
My favorite kid shows are "Rugrats", "Angry Beavers", "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide", and "iCarly" and I'm in my late 20's myself.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/29/09 at 6:15 pm
Nickelodoeon airs at least one of those shows, if I'm not mistaken. I never watched 'em though :-\\
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Written By: ninny on 12/30/09 at 7:56 am
Oh yeah Nickelodeon has some good shows, I also use to watch Nick Jr.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/30/09 at 2:37 pm
Oh yeah Nickelodeon has some good shows, I also used to watch Nick Jr.
People such as me don't much care for what's on there now; even Nick At Nite isn't quite the same anymore :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/30/09 at 4:15 pm
Quite possible the reason why I don't have cable (and many of the newer shows are terrible)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/30/09 at 4:28 pm
Really liked the old Nickelodeon better, when my kids were little back in the early 90's.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/30/09 at 4:30 pm
Someone I know just had their 40,000th post
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Written By: ninny on 12/30/09 at 4:37 pm
There is someone else getting closer :)
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Written By: nally on 12/30/09 at 10:30 pm
Up to 10,000 pretty soon will be Vinny (Womble).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/31/09 at 7:04 am
Vinny (Womble) is starting to catch up.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 11:27 am
When I get back from making a cup of tea, I was post more.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/31/09 at 11:32 am
Xpecting nothing less from you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/31/09 at 11:37 am
You don't expect much, do you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/31/09 at 11:50 am
zero tolerance when it comes to posting ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 11:50 am
Absolutely!
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Written By: ninny on 12/31/09 at 11:58 am
Brilliant!
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Written By: Frank on 12/31/09 at 12:01 pm
Congratulations
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Written By: ninny on 12/31/09 at 12:08 pm
Dandy
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Written By: Frank on 12/31/09 at 12:15 pm
Excellent!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 12:34 pm
Fantastic!
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Written By: Frank on 12/31/09 at 12:36 pm
Great!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 12:38 pm
Howdy-Doddy!
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Written By: Frank on 12/31/09 at 12:40 pm
Incredible!
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Written By: ninny on 12/31/09 at 1:17 pm
Jackpot
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/31/09 at 1:31 pm
Kerplowie! oh wait, is that even a word?
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Written By: ninny on 12/31/09 at 1:55 pm
Laughter
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/31/09 at 1:56 pm
May I ask why we are suddenly doing one-word responses now? ???
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Written By: ninny on 12/31/09 at 2:00 pm
No one really knows, just happened Phil replied with Absolutely! and we went on.
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Written By: nally on 12/31/09 at 2:02 pm
Okay then; I thought it just seemed a little silly. That's why I went with "Kerplowie" and made a little comment after it. :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 12/31/09 at 2:57 pm
People kept going with it, so I continued.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 2:58 pm
Quite!
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Written By: ninny on 12/31/09 at 3:18 pm
Right
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Written By: Frank on 12/31/09 at 3:30 pm
Super!
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Written By: ninny on 12/31/09 at 3:37 pm
terrific
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Written By: Frank on 12/31/09 at 3:39 pm
Ultra amazing!
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Written By: ninny on 12/31/09 at 3:40 pm
very good
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Written By: Frank on 12/31/09 at 3:57 pm
Woohoo!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 4:08 pm
Xalting!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/31/09 at 4:09 pm
Yelling loud! (are we changing the topic after "Z")?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 4:10 pm
Zapped!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 12/31/09 at 4:14 pm
Alright, let's continue with happy new years celebrations then
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Written By: nally on 12/31/09 at 5:25 pm
Beginning right now! (Heck, it's already twenty-ten in some parts of the world as I type this message!!) :D
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Written By: Frank on 12/31/09 at 6:07 pm
Cheers everyone to 2010!
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Written By: nally on 12/31/09 at 6:07 pm
Do you think it'll be a good year?
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Written By: Frank on 12/31/09 at 6:54 pm
Everyone thinks it might be better than 2009.
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Written By: ninny on 12/31/09 at 7:05 pm
First year in the new decade.
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Written By: nally on 12/31/09 at 11:46 pm
Getting it off to a good start, I hope. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/01/10 at 12:43 am
Hogmanay is celebrated in Scotland
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/01/10 at 1:16 am
I wonder what the other nations celebrate at the beginning of the year??
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/01/10 at 5:30 am
Just as I wish to know.
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Written By: ninny on 01/01/10 at 7:21 am
Kinda nice to know about different cultures.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/01/10 at 11:12 am
Lots to learn, there is.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Bobo on 01/01/10 at 11:15 am
Might we all start talking like Yoda eventually?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/01/10 at 11:18 am
Nice to know that marriage has taught me more about the Chinese culture.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Bobo on 01/01/10 at 11:20 am
Obviously there is a lot that I still have to learn!
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Written By: nally on 01/01/10 at 2:48 pm
Plenty of stuff, I might add! (for everyone to learn)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/01/10 at 2:58 pm
Quite right Jeff,everyone can always learn something.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/01/10 at 3:04 pm
Right... I even learn new stuff each day when I watch Jeopardy!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/01/10 at 3:14 pm
Such a great program to learn from.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/01/10 at 3:16 pm
Two challengers try to unseat the champion each day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/02/10 at 12:29 am
Usually the Final Jeopardy question will tell the tale of who wins.
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Written By: ninny on 01/02/10 at 6:27 am
Variety of knowledge is needed to be a contestant.
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Written By: Frank on 01/02/10 at 1:27 pm
Winners can earn lots of $$
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/02/10 at 1:37 pm
You can stay on till you lose.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/02/10 at 1:39 pm
Zombies wouldn't do to well in Jeopardy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/02/10 at 1:54 pm
Already back up to letter A.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/02/10 at 1:54 pm
Back so soon?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/02/10 at 1:55 pm
Could it be that we zipped through the alphabet last time around?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/02/10 at 1:59 pm
Did it really quick
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Written By: Bobo on 01/02/10 at 1:59 pm
Extremely fast!
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Written By: ninny on 01/02/10 at 2:03 pm
Got right down to it.
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Written By: Frank on 01/02/10 at 4:32 pm
Got right down to it.
Forgot the letter F
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/02/10 at 4:47 pm
Hardly can keep up.
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Written By: Frank on 01/02/10 at 5:10 pm
I know, it's not easy sometimes
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/02/10 at 10:24 pm
Jumping from thread to thread in PBG keeps me busy.
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Written By: Frank on 01/02/10 at 10:28 pm
Keeps me busy as well
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/02/10 at 10:32 pm
Lots of threads in PBG have boosted my post count over the last 5 3/4 years. I go to the other sections as well. For a while though, the only section in which I never made any posts was "Song Parody Contests", but last year there was a post in there that caught my attention, so I felt the need to reply to it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/02/10 at 10:41 pm
Most of my posts are in PBG games as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/02/10 at 10:44 pm
Not a day goes by that I don't check the latest posts in here...unless I decide to take a break from the boards.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/02/10 at 10:49 pm
Only if I am on Vacation do I not check in, I think.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/02/10 at 10:51 pm
People do need to take vacations every so often; I last took one in June 2006 with my dad for a couple of days.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/02/10 at 10:53 pm
Quite a while ago that you took a vacation.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/02/10 at 10:56 pm
Right you are...I also remember that I had just reached 60,000 posts on here at that time. I knew I was going to be away from the internet for a few days.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/02/10 at 10:59 pm
So you have accumulated in the neighborhood of 90,000 additional posts since June 2006.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/02/10 at 11:02 pm
Try 100,000 posts since then! Currently I am at 166,320 (approximately) (you can always see my exact figure by viewing the Stats Page), which is more than a hundred thousand more than my mid-2006 count. Philip has amassed more than 250,000 of his own posts since then.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/02/10 at 11:05 pm
Under different circumstances, I might have a chance to catch up, but I started out too late.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/02/10 at 11:06 pm
Very true...but you could easily move up to Geekdom in a year or so, based on your current posting rate.
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Written By: Frank on 01/02/10 at 11:08 pm
We will see.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/02/10 at 11:09 pm
X-Treme Posting... does that seem to be what you, me, Philip, and others are up to?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/02/10 at 11:12 pm
You hit the nail on the head what that one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/02/10 at 11:14 pm
Zounds!! So this brings us to the end of yet another alphabetical round.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/02/10 at 11:17 pm
And now I should chose a topic. How about those winter storms in the central and eastern part of both our countries.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/02/10 at 11:39 pm
Blimey! Those storms are making for plenty of bitter cold weather. One more reason I'm glad I live at the other end of the US.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/02/10 at 11:49 pm
Cold weather I have not experienced here as it snowed once (less than 1 cm) and the snow was on the ground for about 2 hours and then it rained, and today it was 50F here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/02/10 at 11:51 pm
Does anyone on this board experience bitter cold weather at this time of year? I bet I can think of a few people who do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/02/10 at 11:56 pm
Easy to guess that Howard does, because he complains about the snow.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/10 at 2:40 am
For Howard has a job in which he has to work outdoors.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/03/10 at 6:56 am
Grocery store carts is what Howard deals with...and customers.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/03/10 at 1:03 pm
Howard needs to learn how to deal with them, so that he can get along with those around him.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/10 at 1:04 pm
In all weathers he works in.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/03/10 at 1:07 pm
Janine (ninny) I think, also lives in that part of the US.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/10 at 1:09 pm
Karen is the US too, but I know she is in a different part.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/03/10 at 1:11 pm
Let's see...I think she moved to Connecticut, which I know is in the northeast part....but she has been traveling as of late.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/10 at 1:13 pm
Moving around all the time?
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Written By: nally on 01/03/10 at 1:14 pm
Not necessarily all the time...but a good part of the time, probably best describes her latest situation.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/03/10 at 6:47 pm
Partly going on mini-meets has Karen.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/03/10 at 8:16 pm
Questions often arise as to when there'll be a mini-meet out in my area...cuz' I'd still like to meet some people from this site.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/04/10 at 6:15 am
Really would like to have a mini- meet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/04/10 at 12:23 pm
Some people have already had several mini-meets on this site.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/05/10 at 12:13 am
To meet others is nice.
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Written By: ninny on 01/05/10 at 8:24 am
Usually this takes some planning on the timing of such event.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/05/10 at 1:57 pm
Virtually impossible to get everyone together at the same time.
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Written By: nally on 01/05/10 at 4:04 pm
Which is why we've settled for mini-meets. It may take several years (until maybe 2015 at the earliest) to figure out when and where to gather everyone. Of course, there's also the financial issues, such as the cost of everything involved.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/05/10 at 4:15 pm
X marks the spot where we meet next, where will that be?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/10 at 4:17 pm
Your guess is probably as good as mine at least for now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/05/10 at 4:28 pm
Zagreb would be out of the question for a total get together.
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Written By: nally on 01/05/10 at 4:31 pm
As would the North or South Pole.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/05/10 at 6:05 pm
But there must be some places for 2 or 3 gatherings where many can make it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/05/10 at 6:07 pm
Can they make it someplace warm.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/05/10 at 6:09 pm
Dubai is a nice warm place, then we can visit that new tower.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/05/10 at 6:12 pm
Excellent choice, but I'm sure pretty expensive to get there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/05/10 at 6:14 pm
Forget Dubai, let's meet in Chicago., it's the mid-west.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/10 at 10:33 pm
Good idea; it's in the continental U.S., where many of our members live...and it would be convenient for a few members.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/05/10 at 11:40 pm
Have to suggest 1 meeting in Australia, 1 in UK and 1 in the US, that might work.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/10 at 11:40 pm
I don't know if it'll work for those who have yet to get their passports updated...such as me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/06/10 at 12:04 am
Just have the get together in the US, then you don't require a passport.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/06/10 at 12:05 am
Keep in mind that the members from outside the US would need one, though.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/06/10 at 12:11 am
Lots of people I know have passports, in fact almost everyone I know has one, so it may not be an issue for too many.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/06/10 at 12:13 am
Maybe not. (Just for the record I last had my passport updated in late 1992, when we'd initially had plans to travel to France the following summer, but we ended up not going because there weren't enough people to sign up for the trip; it was supposed to be a group trip. So I'm overdue.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/06/10 at 9:47 am
Not having a passport myself,because i never do any traveling.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/06/10 at 12:19 pm
One day I would like to travel outside the U.S....probably by means of a cruise.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/06/10 at 3:35 pm
Personally a cruise sounds nice, but not sure if Tim would go for it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/06/10 at 7:29 pm
Quick thought, let's all meet in Hawaii, nice and warm there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/06/10 at 10:14 pm
Real close it would be for long-time member Ceramics Fanatic, who I haven't seen much of lately.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/07/10 at 12:05 am
So far there have been a few mini-meets, esp in the USA
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/07/10 at 7:47 am
Takes time to get enough members schedules to coordinate.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/07/10 at 2:00 pm
Using an appointment calendar might help...it always does for me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/07/10 at 2:03 pm
Very good idea,unfortunately I don't even have a 2110 calendar yet. :-[
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/07/10 at 2:04 pm
Wait a minute...why would you want a calendar for 100 years in advance?!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/07/10 at 6:19 pm
Xypo is a typo, so was ^^'s post when she wrote 2110.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: DJ Blaze on 01/07/10 at 7:24 pm
YuGiOh is one of my fave animes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/07/10 at 7:27 pm
Zombies will be around for the next 100 years?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: DJ Blaze on 01/07/10 at 7:29 pm
Abaranger has nothing to do with the pop group ABBA.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/07/10 at 7:36 pm
Benny and Bjorn are members of ABBA
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/07/10 at 10:39 pm
Could someone please tell me what we are discussing now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/07/10 at 11:37 pm
Do you want to chose a topic?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/07/10 at 11:40 pm
Even if I did, it would probably die out after a certain number of replies...but it's worth a shot.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/07/10 at 11:45 pm
Funny how it's snowing in most places except where we both live
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/07/10 at 11:47 pm
Good discussion choice!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/07/10 at 11:48 pm
Here is quite a bit cooler than California, but this weekend we will hit 50 to 52 degrees F, which is odd.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/07/10 at 11:50 pm
I've been dealing with temperatures between 65 and 72 degrees F, which is not too hot or cold; sometimes the L.A. area gets like this in January...but we might get rain next week.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/07/10 at 11:52 pm
January weather has been kind to us too, although it would be nice to have a 70 degree day thrown in over here!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/08/10 at 12:00 am
Kind of an interesting way to begin the year...although it seems typical in this part of the world..
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/08/10 at 12:02 am
Last year we had lots of snow, this year nothing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/08/10 at 12:03 am
Maybe you'll get some next year...or not. You'll find out one way or another.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/08/10 at 12:07 am
Never know as this year isn't over yet, it could snow until March.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/08/10 at 12:21 am
October has also been known to bring snow to various parts of North America...such as Denver, due to higher elevations.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/08/10 at 12:24 am
Pike's peak has snow at that time of year, and it's in Colorado.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/08/10 at 12:42 am
Quite logical that it would get snow then; but thankfully there was no snow in Colorado during the 2007 MLB postseason, when the Rockies made that rapid run towards the World Series. Two years later, however, it was a different story, as a game of their 2009 NLDS got "snowed out".
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/08/10 at 12:44 am
Really never know what kind of winter we will get.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/08/10 at 12:44 am
So true!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/08/10 at 12:48 am
This year it's warm and next year..???
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/08/10 at 12:49 am
Unless we get a sudden cold front, that is...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/08/10 at 12:53 am
Very true
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/08/10 at 9:29 am
We haven't gotten big snow storms, in NY state in the past 10 years like we did in the past.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/08/10 at 12:44 pm
X's probably show on the weather map where those might be...actually, more like asterisks.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/08/10 at 1:04 pm
Yesterday it snowed again in the UK and in Eastern Canada.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/08/10 at 1:08 pm
Zero inches of snow have been recorded on the mainlands in California (at least in the past few years)...but in the mountains, that's a different story.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/08/10 at 1:13 pm
And I can say the same thing here, the mountains around us have lots of snow, but we are close to the water and have none.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/08/10 at 1:18 pm
Being close to the water, would make it highly unlikely to receive snow or near-freezing temps...unless you're in Alaska or in the north part of Canada.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/08/10 at 1:32 pm
Canada has cold weather and snow pretty much everywhere, except Vancouver and Vancouver Island ( just beside the US San Juan Islands)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/09/10 at 8:18 am
Driving from Rochester,NY to Toronto,Canada takes 2 hours and 48 minutes..if you don't stop.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/09/10 at 2:53 pm
Eating a nice meal before you go would help, so that you don't get too hungry along the way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/10 at 2:55 pm
Food can be taken on the journey too, in the form as snacks.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/09/10 at 3:05 pm
Good point, but you'd probably have to pull over someplace off the road to eat them, cuz it would be rather challenging to try to eat while driving.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/10 at 3:08 pm
Hunger is the pain of the journey
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/09/10 at 3:11 pm
I know...that's why you have to take a stop sometimes. Also, driving from place to place can vary in terms of time, depending on how fast you go, and if there's any heavy traffic along the way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/10/10 at 8:34 am
Just little things like restroom breaks may alter the time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/10/10 at 11:13 am
Keeping yourself fit is important, though.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/10/10 at 11:42 pm
Lots of exercise is needed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/11/10 at 12:13 am
Many people get exercise by walking every day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/11/10 at 12:15 am
Now I try to do that everyday. My longest walk ever is about 10kms.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/11/10 at 12:16 am
Oh boy, that's about 6.2 miles; I did that a couple times in my life.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/11/10 at 12:28 am
Pleasant walks are relaxing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/11/10 at 9:15 am
Quite right, walking lets you do a lot of thinking.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/11/10 at 11:31 am
Running will only make you get tired quicker, though.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/11/10 at 6:13 pm
Sometimes running too much at first may cause injuries.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/11/10 at 10:27 pm
That's true, especially if you try to do it without adequate preparation.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/11/10 at 11:30 pm
Usually one must take it easy at the start and build up to longer runs.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/11/10 at 11:55 pm
Very gradually the person gets better at it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/12/10 at 12:46 am
Walking 45 minutes , just 3 times a week will put you in better shape
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/12/10 at 9:49 am
X..actly, maybe I should start.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/12/10 at 4:53 pm
You might want to begin with shorter walks at first.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/12/10 at 5:03 pm
Zen thinking may help me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/12/10 at 6:36 pm
As for me, I take walks with my dog every day around the neighborhood, so I'm in good shape.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Christie Marie M on 01/12/10 at 9:48 pm
But when it's cold outside, I don't walk my dogs because I don't want them to freeze.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/12/10 at 10:24 pm
Cuddling them inside your home with a blankie might be more preferable when the weather is like that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/13/10 at 12:31 am
Dogs are like that, but I don't have any.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/13/10 at 12:32 am
Ever had one at all in your life?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/13/10 at 12:35 am
For all my life, I have never owned a dog.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/13/10 at 12:36 am
Gee, that's... nah, I've got nothin'. I was just curious, that's all. I've had two of them total.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/13/10 at 12:53 am
However, we've had many pet fish.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/13/10 at 7:23 am
I've had dogs, fish & cats.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/13/10 at 11:38 am
Just one of the three listed, people usually eat.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/13/10 at 12:48 pm
Know that it's most likely fish.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/14/10 at 12:49 am
Like to eat fish, esp Halibut and Salmon.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/14/10 at 9:19 am
Most of the fish I eat is shelled like crab, lobster & shrimp.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Christie Marie M on 01/14/10 at 9:21 am
Need more shrimp, salmon, oysters, scallops, and lobster in my seafood diet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/14/10 at 11:42 am
Oysters I don't like, but my wife does.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/10 at 2:00 pm
Prairie Oyster, ever tried that drink?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/14/10 at 2:17 pm
Quite frankly no, I never tried Prairie Oyster.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/10 at 2:18 pm
Rather not myself!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/14/10 at 2:38 pm
Sounds like your dead set against it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/14/10 at 2:56 pm
That's one dish I don't think I'd ever try, either.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/14/10 at 2:58 pm
Usually I try to stay away from oysters.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/14/10 at 3:00 pm
Very good, especially if you don't like them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/14/10 at 3:04 pm
Will occasionally eat some clams.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/14/10 at 3:25 pm
X-ceptions might occur, though. For example, I will eat clam chowder, but probably not a clam itself.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/14/10 at 6:43 pm
Yesterday my wife had some claw chowder.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/14/10 at 10:09 pm
Zounds! I hope she enjoyed it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/15/10 at 1:19 am
And she did, although it came from a tin can.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/15/10 at 6:17 am
But what kind of clam chowder was it,New England style or Manhattan?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/15/10 at 11:35 am
Could she have eaten both? well, no. As it was New England style.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/15/10 at 11:53 am
Does New England style clam chowder taste better than Manhattan style cc? or are they about the same?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/15/10 at 11:57 am
Every time I eat Clam chowder, it's New England style, so I can't answer that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/15/10 at 11:58 am
Fine; I was only curious. I think I've only eaten New England style CC as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/15/10 at 11:59 am
Guess I should try Manhattan style one day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/15/10 at 12:01 pm
Hopefully it'll taste good.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/15/10 at 12:10 pm
I shall try it one day, but I don't know when.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/15/10 at 12:11 pm
January 2011, maybe?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/15/10 at 4:10 pm
Manhattan style is more like vegetable or tomato soup with clams 8-P
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/16/10 at 12:37 am
Manhattan style is more like vegetable or tomato soup with clams 8-P
Knock knock..I think we skipped the letters K and L here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/10 at 5:25 am
Knock knock..I think we skipped the letters K and L here.
Look what has happended here!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/10 at 5:25 am
Manhattan style is more like vegetable or tomato soup with clams 8-P
Not my taste.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/16/10 at 4:32 pm
Okay, now that we're back on track with the alphabet, are we still discussing clam chowder?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/17/10 at 6:58 am
Personally it doesn't matter to me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/17/10 at 11:53 am
Quickly we can start talking about something else in any given post.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/17/10 at 12:49 pm
Right, what shall we talk about?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/17/10 at 12:50 pm
Something that has not been talked about before?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/17/10 at 12:59 pm
Toys, have we talked about them yet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/17/10 at 1:00 pm
Uhm...you're right! I can't seem to recall a discussion about toys in this thread as of yet..so let's start. Any favourites?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/17/10 at 1:11 pm
Very hard to think of a favorite one right now, it's been a while.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/17/10 at 1:16 pm
What about...Legos? I loved playing with those.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/17/10 at 1:20 pm
xpecting to get some of those for daniel when he gets a little older.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/17/10 at 1:21 pm
You can be sure that kiddies can enjoy them for hours and hours. I know I did.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/17/10 at 1:28 pm
Zonks! I think Tim & I will have fun too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/17/10 at 3:45 pm
As well you should. :) Even as a grown man in my late 20s, I still think about the fun I used to have with them, and think about playing with them again sometime...on a day when I have the house to myself and nothing else to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/17/10 at 10:21 pm
Back in the 60s, I played with Legos as well, and into the 70s decade too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/17/10 at 10:22 pm
Changing the various designs we built with them was fun too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/17/10 at 10:35 pm
Different things were built if we did that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/17/10 at 10:36 pm
Exactly! That's what makes the possibilities endless.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Christie Marie M on 01/20/10 at 5:10 pm
Feed your mind on endless possibilities.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/20/10 at 8:01 pm
Guess no one here plays with lego anymore.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/20/10 at 10:09 pm
Hey, some people do and some people don't. I still would like to someday get out my old sets and build them, just for old times' sake. Of course, I'd take it all down at the end of the day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/21/10 at 12:26 am
I have been to a lego factory outlet before.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/21/10 at 12:31 am
Jumping jove! I hope that was good.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/21/10 at 12:34 am
Kicking myself for not taking any photos.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/21/10 at 12:36 am
Like me, sometimes. Especially for a chunk of time between mid-2000 and late 2007. I went to lots of events during that time span, but never had a good working camera.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/23/10 at 9:50 am
Me I know what that's like..I have no camera.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/23/10 at 1:33 pm
No camera?! Are you serious?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/24/10 at 8:55 am
Oh good God yes.When had a camera for Timmy's high school graduation in 2007 and the pictures are still in the camera. :-[
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/24/10 at 8:58 am
Processing of photographs are different now than ten years ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/24/10 at 11:25 am
Quickly you can do it if you have a digital camera.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/24/10 at 11:36 am
Recently taken pictures can now be broadcasted around the world in a matter of minutes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/24/10 at 11:38 am
Some of mine have been posted on the internet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/10 at 4:26 am
To date, my images are being kept on a private account.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 01/31/10 at 7:24 am
Usually my daughter puts her pictures up on PhotoBucket.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/31/10 at 3:30 pm
Very often I see error images from Photobucket, indicating that so & so 's account is inactive. For me that's a con about joining Photobucket. I'll still give it some more thought before making a final decision.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 01/31/10 at 11:15 pm
Would like to upload large images, but on dial-up, it takes a while.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/31/10 at 11:25 pm
X's often show up in red when an image is deleted from whatever site it's on, or if the URL is typed incorrectly.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 02/01/10 at 6:05 am
You need to have faster service than dial-up nowadays.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/01/10 at 11:23 am
Zoom! is how quickly the most up-to-date connections now go.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 02/01/10 at 11:25 am
Although dial-up service is a lot cheaper for me and fits in to my budget.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/01/10 at 11:27 am
But you might be able to someday upgrade...of course when you have the money.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 02/01/10 at 11:29 am
Chances are I would post more too, and quicker, when not using dial-up.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/01/10 at 11:34 am
Dial-up was how we originally connected to the internet at home...until we got DSL. Now we have a computer with a wireless connection, which seems much faster!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 02/02/10 at 1:37 am
Eventually, I will have to get wireless, but at $2.99 per month now, I am satisfied.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 02/02/10 at 6:47 am
For me I have Roadrunner, by Time Warner Cable.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/02/10 at 4:56 pm
Good for you; we had Time Warner Cable for a while, but after they began raising their rates on everything we switched to Verizon FIOS.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Christie Marie M on 02/02/10 at 8:55 pm
Had Comcast Cable with the free movies feature a long time ago, but our parents are obsessed in cutting down costs, but at least we still have Comcast online.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/02/10 at 10:45 pm
I like Verizon Fios, especially since we have the ability to watch programs in high definition!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 02/25/10 at 11:13 pm
Just post away everyone,the next person has K :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/25/10 at 11:15 pm
Karma to Dude111 for resurrecting this thread after 3 weeks of inactivity! :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 02/26/10 at 1:08 am
Looks like we almost forgot about this thread.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/26/10 at 12:07 pm
Maybe so...but that's what happens when it gets buried by all the other threads.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 03/02/10 at 9:12 am
Not been on this thread in awhile :-[
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/10 at 9:41 am
Only be posting elsewhere.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 03/02/10 at 11:21 am
Posting so this thread can continue
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/10 at 11:27 am
Quite so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/02/10 at 5:02 pm
Reviving this thread is always great to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/10 at 2:16 am
Super!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 03/03/10 at 9:14 am
terrific to who ever found this again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/03/10 at 11:36 am
Uhm...I think that person was the starter of this thread: Dude111. now let's carry on...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/10 at 1:30 pm
Very long time ago this thread started.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/06/10 at 3:13 pm
What letter is the roman numeral for 10?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/10 at 3:14 pm
X
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/06/10 at 3:14 pm
Yep, that is correct!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 03/23/10 at 11:26 am
Zoinks! This thread got stuck again at the end of the alphabet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/23/10 at 4:07 pm
As usual, it is hard to come up with good replies starting with those letters. let's carry on...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 03/23/10 at 8:05 pm
But this time we hope not to get stuck at the end.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/24/10 at 12:16 pm
Can we think of ways to avoid that situation?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 03/24/10 at 12:41 pm
Do we do to improve out vocabulary then?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/24/10 at 1:26 pm
Everyone, get out your dictionaries!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 03/25/10 at 12:28 pm
Find ways to improve our vocabulary.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/25/10 at 12:46 pm
Great idea...or should I say, excellentay?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 03/25/10 at 12:51 pm
Having a better vocabulary can help one in many ways, perhaps we can list some.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/25/10 at 12:52 pm
I have been reading the dictionary for as long as I can remember; that is a good way to learn new words.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 03/25/10 at 12:56 pm
Just reading a few pages once a day can help.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/25/10 at 12:57 pm
Knowing lots of big words is a start.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 03/25/10 at 12:59 pm
Learning a few new words everyday can help.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/25/10 at 1:04 pm
Might I suggest a thesaurus? That's one way to learn synonyms for words we use on a daily basis.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 03/25/10 at 1:05 pm
Now that is a good suggestion.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/25/10 at 1:06 pm
Oh yes; I thought it was a brilliant one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 03/25/10 at 1:08 pm
Perhaps you can suggest another, although using the next letter to begin a sentence may present some difficulties.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/25/10 at 1:09 pm
Quite so; this would not be a good letter to start a sentence that stays on the same subject, although we could pick up with the next reply or two.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 03/25/10 at 1:12 pm
Reading also helps to acquire a better vocabulary.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/25/10 at 1:13 pm
So true!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 03/25/10 at 11:50 pm
The best way to improve your vocabulary is to work on it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/26/10 at 12:15 am
Unless someone else decides to jump in within the next couple replies, it looks like ^ would be faced with the hardest letter (Need I eXplain?).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 03/26/10 at 1:36 am
Vocabulary is important, and I hope someone has an easy time with the next letter.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/26/10 at 1:58 pm
We should hope so; and hopefully we can effectively get past the letter that comes after this one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 03/31/10 at 10:41 am
X marks the spot where we got stuck again, on this letter.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/31/10 at 12:31 pm
Yes, and hopefully the next time through, this thread will not linger on that spot for several days.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 04/01/10 at 11:03 am
Zilch is how many times I looked at this thread last week. :-[
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/01/10 at 11:12 am
And today is April 1st.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/01/10 at 11:42 am
By the way, I've figured out what they've done to the site for today ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/01/10 at 3:05 pm
Checked the smilies, they are upside down today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/01/10 at 3:06 pm
Do you notice anything else abnormal...such as the order of the links on top...and the fact that some of them are duplicated?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/01/10 at 3:08 pm
Even that I noticed earlier this morning. Anything else?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/01/10 at 3:09 pm
Far as I can tell, that's all the April-Fooling that has been done on the site this year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/01/10 at 3:11 pm
Good, coz thos are the only 2 things I spotted as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/01/10 at 7:06 pm
Has anyone else here been involved in an April Fools prank?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/01/10 at 10:48 pm
I have, years ago, the story is to long to tell here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/01/10 at 10:50 pm
Just so you know, I was only curious. No need to elaborate. I have witnessed some April Fool jokes in my lifetime as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/01/10 at 10:56 pm
Kind of April fool jokes jokes that make people laugh
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/01/10 at 11:01 pm
Let's see, there was the one from 2 years ago on this board, where just about everybody's username was banditized...but you weren't around for that one. You probably would've enjoyed it though!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/01/10 at 11:10 pm
Maybe I would have, although I have been here when the PB has done some fun things.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/01/10 at 11:13 pm
Now I can remember a few such instances, such as when you and I became "Yankee Hater" and "Arod Sucks", respectively. Also we got banditized in October and December with seasonal aliases.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/01/10 at 11:16 pm
Oh, I remember that, and when Howard was Master of his own domian, or something like that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/10/10 at 10:16 pm
Probably so; and now that we are one-third of the way through the month of April, what do we talk about next? Baseball?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/10 at 11:15 am
Quite so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/11/10 at 1:13 pm
Right on! But I'm not pleased at what the Dodgers did in the 9th inning of yesterdays game.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nupur on 04/11/10 at 1:19 pm
Someday I'm going to start following baseball again :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/13/10 at 12:16 am
Tell me, will the Houston Astros ever win a game this year? or will they go 6-156? (their only possible wins being against the Dudgers)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: lola669 on 04/13/10 at 11:02 am
Usually i don't watch baseball, unless it's the Mets.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/13/10 at 11:04 am
Vancouver doesn't have a MLB team, so most here cheer for Seattle, as it's close by
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: lola669 on 04/13/10 at 11:16 am
Will you attending any games?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/13/10 at 11:19 am
Xtremely unlikely I will go to Seattle to see a game.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nupur on 04/13/10 at 6:40 pm
Yeah, I hear Seattle's always rainy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/13/10 at 7:13 pm
Zero wins so far for the Astros.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/13/10 at 7:15 pm
And Toronto is in first place, which they did the same thing last year at this time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/13/10 at 7:58 pm
But then they fell down to the basement, or near there (with the other bird team of the AL East) as the season progressed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: lola669 on 04/14/10 at 7:37 am
Can we change the subject, please.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/14/10 at 11:14 am
Darn it, it was just getting good. oh well, I suppose we could talk about somethin' else...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/14/10 at 11:19 am
Everyday, there's new things coming up in the news, for example there was an Earthquake in China reported.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/14/10 at 11:23 am
Four major earthquakes have been reported this year, I think: one in Haiti in January, a big one in Chile at the end of February, and one in northern Mexico on Easter Sunday, and then the one in China which you just mentioned. That makes four, but I'm not sure if there were others.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: lola669 on 04/14/10 at 12:29 pm
Glad I don't live in an area that's prone to earthquakes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/14/10 at 12:43 pm
Hate to say this, but I for one do live in a geographic region that is prone to them, and I even experienced a big one just 16 years ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: lola669 on 04/14/10 at 12:45 pm
I did not know that!! I bet it was quite scary. :(
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/14/10 at 12:46 pm
Just so you know, I have lived in California all my life, so I know about earthquakes first-hand. The earthquake that I experienced 16 years ago was somewhat scary, given that it occurred at 4:30 in the morning, and it displaced us from our mobile home for 3 months.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/16/10 at 10:36 am
Keep yourself safe during an earthquake.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/16/10 at 11:13 pm
Lots of emergency supplies should be kept on hand.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nupur on 04/17/10 at 4:20 pm
My family in California has experienced earthquakes in the past. Living in the northeast, I have never felt one before.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/17/10 at 4:25 pm
Nevertheless, you never know when an earthquake will come.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/17/10 at 5:33 pm
Over here, where I live, they happen more frequently, since a major fault line -- the San Andreas -- runs through the state of California.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/20/10 at 12:42 pm
People say this my area is expecting "the big one" within the next 100 years
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/20/10 at 10:12 pm
Quakes can strike at any moment, though; you never know when or where.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/21/10 at 12:52 am
Realistically, a huge one can occur tomorrow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/21/10 at 10:30 pm
Some place you never thought possible could get one. Even if it's a real small one that doesn't do any damage.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/22/10 at 1:44 am
Tokyo has had some earthquakes before.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/22/10 at 10:28 pm
Uh, yeah... and so has the rest of Japan. One of their big quakes happened a year to the date after a powerful one hit the Los Angeles area. Only Japan's was larger in magnitude, and claimed more fatalities.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/23/10 at 12:12 am
Vancouver will get the big one someday, that's what the media has been saying for years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/23/10 at 10:53 pm
Well, the "big one" has been predicted for the San Andreas Fault for several years. (And now how are we going to get through the next letter?)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/24/10 at 4:56 pm
Xerox machines will break during big earthquakes
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/24/10 at 5:52 pm
Yes, if they're not protected, or if someone tries to use 'em while the ground is shaking.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/26/10 at 11:38 am
Zoinks, that might be disastrous using a xerox during an earthquake.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/26/10 at 10:10 pm
Absolutely; it is best not to even use electrical appliances while the ground is shaking.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nupur on 04/27/10 at 10:32 am
But it's even better not to use electrical appliances around water.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/27/10 at 10:26 pm
Completely right about that; one could suffer an electrocution. :o :(
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/27/10 at 10:34 pm
Death might occur instantly
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/27/10 at 10:36 pm
Electricity should be used with care.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 04/29/10 at 12:02 am
Forever i agree!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/29/10 at 12:10 am
Greetings, Dude111! Long time no see.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/29/10 at 10:34 pm
Happy to have other members post on this thread.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/29/10 at 10:40 pm
I quite agree. (The more, the merrier!)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 04/29/10 at 10:44 pm
Join the club everyone, it's a fun game!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nupur on 05/01/10 at 3:07 pm
'Kay, I'll re-join this game for some more fun! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/01/10 at 3:46 pm
Like I said a couple replies up, the more the merrier!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/01/10 at 4:01 pm
More people , more posts, the quicker this thread wraps around.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nupur on 05/01/10 at 4:07 pm
Now, how can we get more people?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/01/10 at 4:09 pm
One way would be to get them to notice this thread, but we could tell 'em about it by means of PM, and explain it to them in an inviting manner. something like that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/01/10 at 4:18 pm
Pay them $10 everytime they post :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/01/10 at 4:39 pm
Quickly give them the $10 bills and scram?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/01/10 at 11:24 pm
Realistically, that won't happen, as people will post only of they feel like it
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/02/10 at 9:45 am
Sometimes people don't have a chance to post.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/02/10 at 10:21 am
That's true; when they are faced with a certain letter, they don't have anything good to use for that letter.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: DJ Blaze on 05/03/10 at 5:42 pm
Unless you use the word "unless".
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/03/10 at 10:08 pm
Very true, but I was speaking of two particular letters which are troublesome, especially one that comes not too long after this.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 05/05/10 at 1:58 am
Well come on tell us more about what you are talking about :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nupur on 05/05/10 at 9:50 am
X must be the troublesome letter you are referring to.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/05/10 at 2:52 pm
You are right, this thread gets stuck there often.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nupur on 05/05/10 at 6:27 pm
Zippers often get stuck as well. I hate when that happens.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/05/10 at 10:14 pm
Ah yes, sometimes that happens to me too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/08/10 at 11:39 pm
By the way, Mother's day is just about here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/09/10 at 11:51 am
Can we send a special Mother's Day wish to all the moms on this site?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/10/10 at 11:56 pm
Do hope they all had a nice day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/11/10 at 10:33 pm
Even mine did.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 05/13/10 at 4:00 pm
Father's day will be next.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/13/10 at 10:33 pm
Gotta decide what gift to get for my dad.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/14/10 at 10:42 am
How about a gift certificate?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/14/10 at 11:13 pm
If I give him something like that, then he could buy whatever he wants for himself.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/15/10 at 11:02 am
Just think of the many different types of stores you could get a gift certificate from.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 05/15/10 at 11:05 am
Kind of makes you feel like going out shopping today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/15/10 at 11:18 am
Lots of time before Father's day though.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/15/10 at 1:20 pm
Maybe I'll go shopping next weekend, so that I don't have to worry about doing it at the last moment. I can only go shopping (and other places) on the weekends now, since I work during the week.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 05/15/10 at 2:56 pm
Nothing like putting off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/15/10 at 4:04 pm
Oh yes, that is known as procrastination. I don't like to do that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/15/10 at 5:38 pm
Procrastination is something I don't do either.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/15/10 at 10:42 pm
Quickly responding to requests as they are given to you, is always best...provided you aren't doing something else at the moment. Still, you can get to the task in question immediately thereafter.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/15/10 at 10:59 pm
Right now I'm just typing on the keyboard.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/15/10 at 11:01 pm
So am I.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/15/10 at 11:14 pm
Trying to get our post count above 600 for today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/15/10 at 11:16 pm
Uhm...we have passed that mark, and with 45 minutes left until closing time, I think it's going to be in the 600 range for today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/15/10 at 11:19 pm
Very good, our largest post count this month.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/15/10 at 11:27 pm
We need more!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/15/10 at 11:36 pm
Xerox can help us with more...copies...but not with posts.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/15/10 at 11:40 pm
You're absolutely right; Xerox would only make copies of them, but we have to do the posting work ourselves.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/15/10 at 11:44 pm
Zebras can't post for us either.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/15/10 at 11:46 pm
And neither can anyone else.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/15/10 at 11:52 pm
Best to post for yourself
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/15/10 at 11:56 pm
Crikey! I have already made more than a hundred posts today and I didn't realize it until I looked through my posting history just now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/15/10 at 11:59 pm
Double your post number I have, just made my 201st.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/16/10 at 12:01 am
Eighty-five less than that number, gives 116, which was my exact post total for the day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/16/10 at 12:07 am
Eighty-five less than that number, gives 116, which was my exact post total for the day.
Funny that we can regard 100 posts as a good total these past 2 months, wheres it was just a regular day before that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/16/10 at 12:14 am
Good observation there; we still need to have more posting activity like we did before mid-March. Don't count on it happening much during the week, since two of the top contributors (one of whom is me) are now working, something they weren't doing a year ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/16/10 at 12:15 am
Have to go now after a busy day of posting on inthe00s
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/16/10 at 12:17 am
I have to go soon as well; this will be my 124th post of the day (according to my time zone), but it will be my 8th one for the forum day of May 16th 2010.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 05/16/10 at 10:50 am
Jiminy Cricket!!!! I better start posting a lot more to keep up with you folks!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/16/10 at 11:54 am
Kind of like what Frank, Philip, and I have been doing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/16/10 at 10:58 pm
Love to post!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/16/10 at 10:59 pm
Maybe I'll reach 200,000 by the end of this year. These low posting days have taken a toll on our daily inputs.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 05/17/10 at 8:42 am
Now you will see your numbers climb.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/17/10 at 9:44 am
Perhaps more people will post.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/17/10 at 10:13 pm
Now you will see your numbers climb.
Oops! the letter "O" was skipped
Perhaps more people will post.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/17/10 at 10:13 pm
Quickly we will move on with the next post.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/18/10 at 1:01 am
Right after this one, the next post will start with a S
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/18/10 at 8:00 am
Splendid, now on to T.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 05/18/10 at 9:29 am
Today I turn it over to U.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/18/10 at 10:50 am
Usually it gets stuck here, but let's move it to the next letter.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/18/10 at 10:16 pm
Very soon I am anticipating a hard letter where the thread often gets stuck; when we get there (the post after next), let's try to make the best of it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 05/19/10 at 9:45 am
Well, I am certainly glad I got this in before the next necessary post.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/19/10 at 10:37 pm
X-tra points for creativity?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/20/10 at 12:43 am
You said it!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 05/20/10 at 9:48 am
Zenith is the highest point you can attain.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/20/10 at 10:23 am
Alright, we made it through the alphabet once more.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/20/10 at 10:26 pm
Beginning now, let's see how long it'll take us to get through this round (which began with the above post).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/20/10 at 10:42 pm
Could take a few days.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/20/10 at 10:44 pm
Do you think others will join us, or will we be making alternating posts?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/20/10 at 10:47 pm
Even if they don't, the two of us can make it till the end of the alphabet
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/20/10 at 10:48 pm
For sure we can; you and I are among the top contributors to PBG as of late, even with the small numbers of posts we seem to be getting lately.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/20/10 at 10:58 pm
Getting less and less, but we are keeping it going.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/20/10 at 11:03 pm
Here is another post to keep it going, like you said.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/20/10 at 11:11 pm
I shall do my part and keep it going.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/20/10 at 11:19 pm
Just in case we don't finish this round tonight, I will be back tomorrow night so we can continue from wherever we leave off.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 05/21/10 at 9:17 am
Key to making this continue is imagination.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/21/10 at 11:18 am
Let's keep it going!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 05/21/10 at 3:41 pm
My contribution is this post.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/21/10 at 10:55 pm
Now we are into the second half of the alphabet, starting with this post.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 05/22/10 at 9:54 am
Only in America can we spend our time like this.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/22/10 at 10:49 am
Perhaps in Canada as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/22/10 at 1:35 pm
Quite frankly, I think anyone in the world could do that...but in the US and Canada we can be here at roughly the same time because it spans only a few time zones. In addition, Frank and I are in the same time zone even though we're in different countries.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/22/10 at 5:06 pm
Right on the west coast we both are, and where does Michael live?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/22/10 at 10:44 pm
Since his profile lists "Highland Heights, Ohio" as his location, he's most likely in a different timezone than we are.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/23/10 at 1:07 am
Toledo and Cleveland are some cities I have visited in OHIO.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/23/10 at 1:11 am
Unfortunately for me, I have never traveled that far to the east. Chicago has been my limit.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/23/10 at 1:20 am
Visiting a big city like Chicago can be lots of fun.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/23/10 at 12:57 pm
Well, I was there 16 years ago with my family, and yes, it was lots of fun. 'Specially for me because I'd never been outside of California before then.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/24/10 at 10:34 am
Xavier Nady is someone who's played for the Cubs in Chicago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/24/10 at 10:38 pm
Yes, and he's been with other teams as well. The Cubs are his current team, I think.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/25/10 at 12:54 am
Zambrano,(Carlos), also plays for the Cubs.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 05/25/10 at 2:36 pm
All this info about the Cubs is maddening.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/25/10 at 4:45 pm
Best to discuss another subject.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/25/10 at 10:22 pm
Cubs blanked my L.A. Dodgers today... okay, I know we should be discussing something else now, but I had to get that out of the way because it happened today and I was not a happy camper about it. okay, time to move on to a different subject.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/26/10 at 12:59 am
Did you know that Memorial day is coming up soon in the USA?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/26/10 at 7:48 pm
Everyone in the US should know that, since it's a national holiday in that country. I'll be glad to have that day off. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/27/10 at 11:09 am
For those living in Canada, we had this past Monday as a holiday, it's called Victoria day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 05/27/10 at 8:35 pm
Glad to learn about Victoria Day up north.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/27/10 at 10:28 pm
Hey, that's right! I knew that Victoria Day was celebrated in Canada. In just five weeks the Canadians will have another national holiday: Canada Day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/27/10 at 10:46 pm
I know, and 3 days after that, it's July 4th in America.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/27/10 at 10:49 pm
July 1st is on a Thursday this year, and July 4th is the Sunday immediately afterwards, so this year the two North American holidays fall on the same weekend!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/27/10 at 11:12 pm
KAOS ( OK, Chaos) at the borders here between both countries, there will be 3 hour waits for sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/27/10 at 11:14 pm
Like your last post. I enjoyed that TV show "Get Smart" ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/27/10 at 11:19 pm
Maxwell Smart was a funny spy portrayed by Don Adams, and Barbara Feldon was on that show too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/27/10 at 11:24 pm
Ninety-Nine was the moniker that she was known by, in reference to her "secret agent" number; her actual character's name was never mentioned.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/27/10 at 11:28 pm
Once they got married he still called her 99, so you are correct, her name is not mentioned.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/27/10 at 11:33 pm
Playing the Chief was Edward Platt. And that covers all three of the main characters of the show. Of course, there were other people who came into the show, such as the villains (part of the KAOS group), and a few other one-time-only characters.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/27/10 at 11:40 pm
Quotes from that show are "Sorry about that, Chief" and "Missed me by that much", and there were others.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/27/10 at 11:45 pm
Right...and Max often said "I asked you not to tell me that!" after telling a person "Don't tell me (insert something here)..."
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/27/10 at 11:50 pm
Sometimes Max would talk into his shoe phone.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/27/10 at 11:52 pm
That was funny too. His shoes looked normal to the viewing audience, but one of them actually functioned as a phone, which was noticed until he took it off and started talking into it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/27/10 at 11:56 pm
Usually his phone broke during the episode.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/28/10 at 12:00 am
Very true, mainly because back then we didn't have the technology that we have these days. If that show had taken place within the past 10 years, the shoe phones would probably have cell phone capability.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/28/10 at 12:03 am
We already bought seasons 1-4 of Get Smart on DVD, will buy the last season soon.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/28/10 at 12:06 am
X-Files is on DVD, but that show never interested me. Nor did many "drama" type series. But "Get Smart" DVD's would be great to have.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/28/10 at 12:11 am
You should but it when you have a chance. They go for about $25 here in Canada.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 05/28/10 at 2:35 pm
Zoos might carry those DVD's.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/28/10 at 4:04 pm
As I never heard of Zoos, it must be an American company.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/28/10 at 11:21 pm
But the word zoo often refers to a place where non-domestic animals live (such as the Los Angeles Zoo and the San Diego Zoo, both of which are in southern California).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/29/10 at 4:20 pm
Chances are I'd like to visit the San Diego zoo, it's one of the better ones.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/29/10 at 5:58 pm
Darn right it is (as I've heard from various sources), but I've never been there myself. The only time I went to San Diego was in August 1994, to visit Sea World.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Christie Marie M on 05/30/10 at 8:32 pm
Elephant exhibits are seen in the San Diego zoo, Staten Island Zoo, Turtle Back Zoo, and Bronx Zoo, but I don't remember seeing one in Central Park zoo.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/30/10 at 10:59 pm
Funny animals those elephants, with the huge trunk and big ears.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/30/10 at 11:40 pm
Gigantic is another way to describe those animals.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/30/10 at 11:56 pm
Huge is another word that might describe them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/31/10 at 12:07 am
In fact, we could think of several synonyms for the above word(s) that could still appropriately describe the size of elephants.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/31/10 at 12:10 am
Jumbo is another word.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/31/10 at 12:15 am
King-size makes sense too?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/31/10 at 12:17 am
Large ears, of course Dumbo used them to fly.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/31/10 at 12:18 am
Man, it's been ages since I saw that. But I have been on the Dumbo ride at Disneyland.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 05/31/10 at 9:53 am
No place better for entertainment than Disneyland.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/31/10 at 10:54 am
Oh yes; however it has been ages since I've last been there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 05/31/10 at 4:37 pm
Perhaps I shall go there one day, but I don't think I will.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/31/10 at 6:52 pm
Quite honestly, I don't think I'll go there anytime in the near future. I haven't been there since my mom's birthday in 1998; that was 11 1/2 years ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 06/01/10 at 11:38 am
Really now, you should make it a point to make a visit.
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Written By: Frank on 06/01/10 at 4:50 pm
Some people visit Disneyland several times in their lifetime.
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Written By: Christie Marie M on 06/01/10 at 9:29 pm
Though I prefer Disney World, I could use a visit to Disneyland someday.
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Written By: nally on 06/01/10 at 10:28 pm
Until I save up enough money and have someone to go with, I do not think I will be going to a theme park anytime soon. I'd still love to do it, though.
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Written By: Frank on 06/02/10 at 12:12 am
Video record part of it while you are there.
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Written By: nally on 06/02/10 at 12:15 am
While that sounds like a good idea, I cannot do that because I don't have a video camera. Actually, my digital camera does have a film feature, but I need to read my owners manual in more detail to find out how to use that feature.
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Written By: Frank on 06/02/10 at 12:26 am
X-ray machines cannot be found within a digital camera
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Written By: nally on 06/02/10 at 12:27 am
You got that right. Digital cameras cannot be used for that purpose.
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Written By: Frank on 06/02/10 at 12:39 am
Zebras at zoos can be photographed with such an object.
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Written By: Michael on 06/02/10 at 9:31 am
Although, when you photograph a zebra it always comes out in black and white.
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Written By: Frank on 06/02/10 at 10:54 am
But are they black with white stripes, or white with black stripes?
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Written By: ninny on 06/02/10 at 1:09 pm
Could a zebra ever be colored.
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Written By: Frank on 06/02/10 at 2:41 pm
Doubt it.
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Written By: Michael on 06/02/10 at 2:52 pm
Even though, if one spilled a can of red paint on a zebra it would be black and white and red all over. like a newspaper.
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Written By: Christie Marie M on 06/02/10 at 9:57 pm
Find a newspaper to blot some red paint with.
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Written By: nally on 06/02/10 at 10:00 pm
Good one! Then the classic joke would be interpreted the way most people might think of it when they hear it.
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Written By: Michael on 06/03/10 at 9:20 am
How in the world did I remember that old, old joke?
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Written By: Frank on 06/03/10 at 3:30 pm
I suppose you thought of it recently.
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Written By: Christie Marie M on 06/03/10 at 9:55 pm
Just so happens that he did think of it recently.
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Written By: nally on 06/03/10 at 10:27 pm
Keeping things like that in your mind does help; someday you'll think of them again when you least expect.
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Written By: Michael on 06/04/10 at 10:33 am
Like the multiplication tables.
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Written By: Frank on 06/04/10 at 10:48 am
Maybe a lyric from a favorite song too.
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Written By: nally on 06/04/10 at 11:40 pm
Now that's something I can relate to...especially if the line is commonly misheard!
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Written By: Frank on 06/05/10 at 2:00 am
Or a like from a film.
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Written By: Michael on 06/05/10 at 10:12 am
Perhaps our mind locks onto something intangible because it can.
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Written By: nally on 06/05/10 at 11:33 am
Quite often it seems to happen.
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Written By: Michael on 06/06/10 at 9:34 am
Really now, if we keep this up, I'm sure we will end up locking something in our minds.
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Written By: nally on 06/06/10 at 12:42 pm
Some things do stay locked up in my mind, and will probably be there as long as I live.
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Written By: Michael on 06/07/10 at 2:41 pm
There is where dreams are made of.
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Written By: nally on 06/07/10 at 10:33 pm
Undoubtedly so... because your mind needs to have some sort of activity while you sleep.
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Written By: Michael on 06/08/10 at 8:21 am
Visions in dreams are a mix of reality and subconscious thought.
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Written By: lola669 on 06/08/10 at 8:49 am
When I wake up I rarely remember my dreams.
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Written By: Frank on 06/09/10 at 10:59 am
Xylophones are rarely present in my dreams.
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Written By: nally on 06/09/10 at 8:33 pm
You know, the same goes for me.
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Written By: Michael on 06/10/10 at 8:44 am
Zebras are those black and white things that sometimes appear in technicolor movies.
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Written By: Frank on 06/10/10 at 6:57 pm
And now we begin again at the start.
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Written By: nally on 06/10/10 at 10:41 pm
Beginning with the next post, I wonder if we could talk about something else, or continue with the current topic? I'm okay either way...
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Written By: Michael on 06/11/10 at 10:02 am
Celebrities really enjoy walking down the red carpet while being photographed.
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Written By: Frank on 06/11/10 at 11:22 am
Dozens of fans always want to know what they are wearing on those occasions.
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Written By: nally on 06/12/10 at 12:58 am
Everyone can see on TV what they're wearing.
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Written By: Michael on 06/12/10 at 9:21 am
From now on, I am going to be a close observer of celebrities on the red carpet.
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Written By: nally on 06/12/10 at 2:17 pm
Good for you.
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Written By: Michael on 06/13/10 at 10:20 am
How do we know when a celebrity is planning to attend a red carpet event?
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Written By: nally on 06/13/10 at 12:25 pm
I think it might be when they dress up in formal attire (for the ladies, usually an evening gown or something of that nature).
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Written By: Dude111 on 06/13/10 at 11:38 pm
John told me someone was waiting to post the next reply!!
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Written By: Michael on 06/14/10 at 9:44 am
Kind of like waiting for the next solar eclipse.
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Written By: Christie Marie M on 06/14/10 at 3:17 pm
Looking at the solar eclipse will make you blind as a bat.
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Written By: Frank on 06/14/10 at 4:15 pm
My favorite type of bat is a baseball one.
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Written By: nally on 06/14/10 at 10:42 pm
Naturally, so is mine. The other kind of "bats" scare me.
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Written By: Michael on 06/15/10 at 9:00 am
Oh, don't mind the kind of bats that may get caught in your hair.
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Written By: nally on 06/15/10 at 10:22 pm
Please; they don't get caught in mine. At least not literally.
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Written By: Michael on 06/16/10 at 9:04 am
Quit talking about bats as they are quite embarassed.
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Written By: nally on 06/16/10 at 10:47 pm
Righto. Shall we move on to something else now?
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Written By: Michael on 06/17/10 at 9:32 am
Say folks, how about posting regarding attractions available in the U.S.?
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Written By: Frank on 06/17/10 at 10:33 am
Tell me about some of them, since I live in Canada and may want to visit someday.
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Written By: nally on 06/17/10 at 10:32 pm
"U" should come and see them; there are plenty! Anyone care to name a few?
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Written By: Frank on 06/18/10 at 12:05 am
Vermont has a nice attraction, about pioneer days, but can't remember the name of it, it's just outside Burlington.
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Written By: nally on 06/18/10 at 12:26 am
Well, maybe it'll come to you at some point; meanwhile, are there any attractions anywhere in the world beginning with a certain letter of the alphabet?
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Written By: Frank on 06/18/10 at 12:32 am
Xian China has an attraction, a terracotta army.
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Written By: Michael on 06/18/10 at 9:51 am
Yes, a terracotta army is a fascinating sight.
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Written By: nally on 06/18/10 at 10:24 pm
Zounds! All this talk of fascinating attractions makes me wanna travel outside the US at some point...but I can't afford to do it anytime soon though. If I can do it sometime in the current decade, that'll be fine.
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Written By: Frank on 06/18/10 at 11:06 pm
Atlantic city is a place I'd like to visit at some point.
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Written By: nally on 06/19/10 at 12:04 am
Boston, New York City, and Washington DC, are major cities on the East Coast that I think I'd like to visit at some point.
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Written By: Michael on 06/19/10 at 9:26 am
Cleveland has the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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Written By: nally on 07/04/10 at 8:15 pm
Dude, what has happened? This thread has been untouched for 2 whole weeks... what could have caused this?
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Written By: Michael on 07/07/10 at 8:56 am
Either posters ignored or forgot all about it, so let's get cracking.
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Written By: Frank on 07/07/10 at 9:30 am
Forgot about it too, it happens.
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Written By: Michael on 07/07/10 at 10:45 am
Georgia has Stone Mountain as an attraction.
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Written By: Frank on 07/07/10 at 10:49 am
Haven't been to Georgia before.
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Written By: nally on 07/07/10 at 10:26 pm
Illinois has been my eastern limit for traveling; specifically, Chicago. I was there 16 years ago.
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Written By: Frank on 07/07/10 at 11:28 pm
July 2006 was the last time I have been to Illinois,
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Written By: Michael on 07/08/10 at 11:02 am
Kansas has a lot of fields of grain, but I wouldn't want to visit there to see them.
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Written By: ninny on 07/08/10 at 11:08 am
Last time I was near the Midwest was in the 1970's.
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Written By: nally on 07/08/10 at 10:39 pm
Minnesota was where I went on my last trip outside the US. That, too, is in the Midwest.
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Written By: Frank on 07/08/10 at 10:47 pm
Now I haven't been to Minnesota since 2001
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Written By: nally on 07/08/10 at 10:48 pm
Oh boy! So you were there the year before I was last there! :D
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Written By: Matthias on 07/08/10 at 10:54 pm
Please will somebody start playing the "Diss the whatever" game? I miss playing that one!
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Written By: nally on 07/08/10 at 10:55 pm
Quickly we could resume our above discussion before the sudden subject-changing post, or we could respond to said post anyway...
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Written By: Matthias on 07/08/10 at 10:56 pm
Respond to mine! Respond to mine!
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Written By: nally on 07/08/10 at 10:57 pm
So I will do just that. And now I have.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/08/10 at 10:58 pm
That's all you're going to say on the subject?
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Written By: nally on 07/08/10 at 10:59 pm
Uh, yeah, I think so for now. Carry on!
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Written By: Matthias on 07/08/10 at 11:01 pm
Very well... So has anybody seen How I Met Your Mother?
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Written By: Michael on 07/09/10 at 9:18 am
Well now, I am confused as to what subject we are posting about and would like to know about the "Diss the whatever" game.
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Written By: nally on 07/10/10 at 12:38 am
X does not mark the spot where the "Diss The Whatever" threads are, since that letter does not appear in any of their titles; however, I am sure they can be found if you look further down in PBG, maybe if you go back a few pages.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/10/10 at 7:49 am
You guys should totally play the "Diss the whatever game" though, but I was just attempting to change the subject
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Written By: nally on 07/10/10 at 12:09 pm
Zipping right through the remainder of the alphabet is what we have done; another round begins with the next post!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:10 pm
Another restart?
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Written By: Matthias on 07/10/10 at 2:23 pm
But of course... What should the next topic be?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:24 pm
Can it be on any subject?
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Written By: Matthias on 07/10/10 at 3:14 pm
Don't see why not.
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Written By: Michael on 07/10/10 at 4:12 pm
Everyone should post about their favorite vacation get away.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/10/10 at 4:13 pm
Favorite vacation getaway huh? Well.... I do miss going to Disney World!
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Written By: nally on 07/10/10 at 11:34 pm
Getting away for vacation is sometimes hard to do, especially when you don't really have much $$$ saved up for one.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/11/10 at 12:01 am
How are you going to afford one then?
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Written By: nally on 07/11/10 at 12:02 am
I think the best way to do that would be to earn enough money to save up for one.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/11/10 at 12:10 am
Just working? Aren't you going to gamble or try the stock market?
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Written By: nally on 07/11/10 at 12:11 am
Knowing that the odds aren't usually in one's favor, I would not try that.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/11/10 at 12:24 am
Likewise, Which is why I never gamble. Only actually been to Vegas once.
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Written By: nally on 07/11/10 at 12:25 am
My only time in a casino was on the day I turned 21; I went into the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California, just to look around and observe.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/11/10 at 12:27 am
Not much more than what I did since I was only in the Vegas airport on the way to the Grand Canyon
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Written By: nally on 07/11/10 at 12:32 am
One other thing...I have never been to Vegas, or anywhere in the state of Nevada for that matter.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/11/10 at 12:43 am
Perhaps some day but not for quite awhile... Need money first.
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Written By: nally on 07/11/10 at 12:44 am
Quite so! Money is always necessary for going on trips...but the best thing to do is use it wisely.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/11/10 at 12:57 am
Rest well all, I'm about to hit the hay!
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Written By: nally on 07/11/10 at 12:57 am
So should I; tomorrow is a special day for me.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/11/10 at 1:02 am
Tomorrow is? What's so special about it?
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Written By: nally on 07/11/10 at 1:02 am
U don't know I'mma be turnin' 30 yrs old tomorrow?
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Written By: Matthias on 07/11/10 at 1:26 am
Very nice! Happy Birthday!
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Written By: nally on 07/11/10 at 1:31 am
Why thank you! :) And please be sure to visit the thread in Send In The Clownfishies...
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/10 at 4:26 am
XXX, in Roman Numerals, will be Jeff's age today!
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Written By: Matthias on 07/11/10 at 8:48 am
You know... I never knew nally's real name before that last post!
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Written By: Frank on 07/11/10 at 10:24 am
Zowie!, and today is Jeff's birthday too
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Written By: nally on 07/11/10 at 10:25 am
And right now, I should probably go eat some breakfast.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/11/10 at 11:02 am
But wait... nally's real name isn't Jeff?
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Written By: nally on 07/11/10 at 1:47 pm
Christopher is my middle name, I'll have you know that. In fact, I use my full name on my Facebook profile.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/11/10 at 1:48 pm
Don't believe I have you as a friend on Facebook...
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Written By: nally on 07/11/10 at 1:51 pm
Eh, you can request me; I believe I have some mutual friends with you; lemme check. Yep, Red Ant and Christie Marie. I can be found in their friends' list.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/11/10 at 1:58 pm
Fantastic, I think I might just do that.
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Written By: nally on 07/11/10 at 1:59 pm
Great...look for a Jeffrey.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/11/10 at 2:03 pm
Have you received my friend request yet?
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Written By: nally on 07/11/10 at 2:04 pm
I haven't yet. I'm on right now and I don't see any new ones in my menu.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/11/10 at 2:07 pm
Just did it so I don't know why. You could always add me if it doesn't work
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Written By: nally on 07/11/10 at 2:09 pm
'Kay, I just found it and confirmed it.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/11/10 at 2:19 pm
Lemme see... Okay cool.
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Written By: nally on 07/11/10 at 2:20 pm
Maybe you can find other Inthe00s members on there as well.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/11/10 at 2:31 pm
No way! Who else has a Facebook page?
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Written By: nally on 07/11/10 at 11:10 pm
Oh, I can name several members... Penny Wise, *Ash*, Bobo, Tam, Quirk, karen, bookmistress4ever... the list goes on!
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Written By: Matthias on 07/11/10 at 11:21 pm
Please tell them to add me on Facebook, because I don't know their real names
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Written By: nally on 07/11/10 at 11:25 pm
Quite so, I can suggest you to them, or suggest them to you...and I can tell you what their real names are. In fact, there is a group called "Inthe00s" on Facebook, where a good number of our group members are.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/12/10 at 7:40 am
Redirect me to that group please, What's the link?
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Written By: nally on 07/12/10 at 11:53 pm
Surely I will point it out to you, but the URL is kinda long... http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=66389793945
So if you are logged in to FB, it should take you right to the group.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/13/10 at 9:41 am
Thank you very much!
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Written By: nally on 07/13/10 at 11:29 pm
U R very welcome indeed! :) And once you get there, you can click on the "Join" button which I think should appear on the top portion of the page.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/13/10 at 11:37 pm
Very quickly getting friend requests from a lot of people Inthe00s
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Written By: nally on 07/14/10 at 10:38 pm
Well that's good; a year ago, when I registered on FB, I noticed that lots of people from this site were friends with one another, and now I have connections with over 20 people from this site... as well as maybe 65 people who I know in real life. Okay, so how are we gonna deal with the next letter?
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Written By: Matthias on 07/14/10 at 11:09 pm
Xcellent people are here on this site!
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Written By: nally on 07/14/10 at 11:10 pm
Yes, I totally agree!! 8)
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Written By: Matthias on 07/14/10 at 11:11 pm
Zoo trips should be the next topic we discuss
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Written By: nally on 07/14/10 at 11:12 pm
All right, who wants to start?
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Written By: Matthias on 07/14/10 at 11:14 pm
Basically every time I go to the zoo I need to check out the monkey exhibit
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Written By: nally on 07/14/10 at 11:15 pm
Cool! I haven't been to a zoo since I was a kid, but it was lots of fun.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/15/10 at 12:10 am
Ditto, But I'm really wanting to go there sometime soon...
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Written By: nally on 07/15/10 at 11:18 pm
Every time I went to one, it was the Los Angeles Zoo.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/15/10 at 11:21 pm
Fun places to go in the summer also include amusement parks
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Written By: nally on 07/15/10 at 11:28 pm
Good, because there are some of those in southern California too... namely Disneyland, Magic Mountain, and Knott's Berry Farm.
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Written By: Frank on 07/15/10 at 11:33 pm
Have you been to all of those?
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Written By: nally on 07/15/10 at 11:35 pm
Indeed I have been to all three of them!
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Written By: Frank on 07/15/10 at 11:40 pm
July is a good time to visit those parks with the kids off from school.
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Written By: nally on 07/15/10 at 11:50 pm
Kids like to do that sort of thing during the summer; I know I did.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/15/10 at 11:52 pm
Love amusement parks! The biggest one we have in Ohio is Cedar Point
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/10 at 4:06 am
Margate in Kent had a wonderful amusement park called Dreamland back in the 60's and 70's, but not is it totally demolished except for the roller coaster which still stands today.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/16/10 at 9:06 am
Never been to Dreamland nor Disneyland but I've been to Disney World many times
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Written By: nally on 07/16/10 at 11:12 pm
Orlando, Florida, is where it's located... but that is a part of the US that I have never been to.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/16/10 at 11:19 pm
Places like that really bring a smile to my face
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Written By: Michael on 07/17/10 at 12:48 pm
Quickly now, are we still posting about vacation places?
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Written By: nally on 07/17/10 at 12:50 pm
Right we are... so who would like to share one of their favorite vacation places next?
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Written By: Michael on 07/17/10 at 12:51 pm
So we just came back from visiting the Jersey Shore.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/17/10 at 6:23 pm
The roommates I have are from the Jersey Shore!
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Written By: Frank on 07/17/10 at 6:36 pm
Under the boardwalk, in Atlantic city, Jersey?
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Written By: nally on 07/17/10 at 11:22 pm
Very well it could be.
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Written By: Frank on 07/18/10 at 12:57 am
Washington DC isn't that far from Jersey, is it?
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Written By: Michael on 07/18/10 at 1:38 pm
Yellowstone is a park I have not yet visited.
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Written By: nally on 07/18/10 at 8:33 pm
Zero times I have been to the aforementioned locations.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/18/10 at 8:38 pm
Alright fine! That was my bad, I got the games confused...
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Written By: nally on 07/18/10 at 8:39 pm
By the way, did you like going to the aformentioned places?
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Written By: Frank on 07/18/10 at 9:42 pm
Can't speak for him, but I have been by there once
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Written By: Matthias on 07/18/10 at 10:43 pm
Dang right! My family went there with me and we all had a blast
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Written By: Frank on 07/18/10 at 11:38 pm
Ever seen Old faithful let out it's stuff?
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Written By: Matthias on 07/19/10 at 9:00 am
Few times! At first I didn't think it was all that impressive and then the big stuff happened and Wow!
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Written By: Frank on 07/19/10 at 9:31 am
Good experience for you, I bet.
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Written By: Matthias on 07/19/10 at 9:35 am
Heck yeah! It was great!
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Written By: nally on 07/19/10 at 12:00 pm
I'm happy that you had some good times on your travels. O0
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Written By: Frank on 07/19/10 at 10:42 pm
July is usually a good month for families to travel.
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Written By: nally on 07/19/10 at 10:43 pm
Kids are usually out of school at that time, so they can enjoy traveling with their families.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/19/10 at 10:54 pm
Looking back, it was nice to travel with my parents, years ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/19/10 at 10:57 pm
My parents took me on some nice trips as well, during the time I was growing up; the first time I went on a trip with them was when I was 6, in 1986.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/19/10 at 11:02 pm
1964 was the first year my parents took me, we went to Old Orchard Beach in Maine.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/19/10 at 11:02 pm
Oh wow! You were only a year old at the time, huh?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/19/10 at 11:15 pm
Pretty much, but I don't remember anything from that trip .
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/19/10 at 11:16 pm
Quite honestly, I don't remember anything about being 1 year old either. In fact, my memory only goes back to the year I was 4.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/19/10 at 11:22 pm
Remembering things that happened last week is tough enough yet alone remembering things when I was one
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/19/10 at 11:24 pm
Sometimes I can't remember things that happened just a short time ago, but I can remember certain things that happened several years ago...usually on this date.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/19/10 at 11:28 pm
That's pretty odd, but the same thing happens to me
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/19/10 at 11:31 pm
Usually there is something special about the event that will keep it in my memory bank for years to come.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/19/10 at 11:33 pm
Very special things I remember from my past
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/20/10 at 8:43 am
Well, I hope you kept some photos.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/20/10 at 12:20 pm
X-ceptionally great photos can be taken with a digital camera, which I did not have growing up...but I have one now!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/20/10 at 12:33 pm
You don't need a digital camera to take great pictures, look at all the old photographers!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/20/10 at 12:41 pm
Zillions of great photos were taken long before digital cameras were even invented, yes, but they are all good-looking.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/20/10 at 1:17 pm
Awful pictures were taken back then as well... :\'(
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/20/10 at 1:31 pm
Before cameras were invented, people had to do paintings instead of take pictures.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/20/10 at 5:48 pm
Cameras are really helpful in capturing memories to cherish forever
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/20/10 at 11:39 pm
Darn right; that's why I love having one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/21/10 at 11:16 am
Especially when you have a printer handy so you can put them up instantly!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/21/10 at 11:18 am
For Christmas, I think I would like one of those.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/21/10 at 11:18 am
Great! Which one a printer or a digital camera?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/21/10 at 11:19 am
Hey, I already have a digital camera (which I got for Christmas in 2007)...so the thing I would need is a printer! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/21/10 at 11:21 am
I have a printer but it doesn't really work that great.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/21/10 at 11:23 am
Just for the record, I have one too, but it belongs to our old computer; it's not compatible with my machine, which is newer.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/21/10 at 11:24 am
Kodak? Is that your kind of camera?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/21/10 at 11:26 am
Let me see... nope.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/21/10 at 11:26 am
Maybe it's a Panasonic?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/21/10 at 11:27 am
No, it's a Canon.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/21/10 at 11:28 am
Okay... Just wondering.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/21/10 at 11:31 am
People own several different brands of cameras; some mobile phones even have that feature built in.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/21/10 at 11:37 am
Quickly now! Name other things that cameras can do other than make phone calls!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/21/10 at 11:37 am
Right now all that comes to mind is...take pictures?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/21/10 at 11:39 am
Surf the net as well on some phones, like the Iphone!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/21/10 at 11:44 am
That contraption has been immensely popular lately.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/23/10 at 9:58 am
Until now, I have not had a cellphone or iphone and don't plan to have either.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/10 at 2:34 pm
Very much the same as me, but for communication with the family while at work, I was given a moblie phone by the family.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/23/10 at 3:08 pm
Well, I have had a cellphone for almost twelve years, but I only use it to communicate orally with people; I think it's important to use. However, I do not intend to ever get an I-phone or one of those other crazy contraptions.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/10 at 3:15 pm
Xactly, I keep my Internet doings on the computer
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/23/10 at 3:16 pm
Yeah, me too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/23/10 at 5:27 pm
Zebras are the only animals on Earth that don't use cell phones... :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/23/10 at 6:46 pm
Animals can't really use phones, per se, because they can't pick up the receiver and dial the numbers appropriately, since they don't have fingers that can do that...but there might be the one occasion where an animal, such as a dog, could call for help if its owner for some reason can't make it to the phone.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/23/10 at 7:08 pm
But humans are animals too!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/23/10 at 7:09 pm
Considering that we are living things that aren't plants, yes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/24/10 at 12:20 am
Dang right! Plants cannot be considered animals!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/24/10 at 12:21 pm
Exactly; they are living things, but they don't exhibit the type of behavior that animals and people do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 07/24/10 at 1:18 pm
Frankly, it's because of our opposibe thumbs.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/24/10 at 1:19 pm
Good point!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 07/24/10 at 1:20 pm
Hardy thanks for noting.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 07/24/10 at 9:58 pm
I dont know who is gonna post the next reply but i sense it will be a female :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/24/10 at 10:22 pm
Just posting to say that I am not a female
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/25/10 at 11:08 pm
Keep in mind that neither am I, despite my avatar pic which I have kept for the past six years only because I like Shakira's music.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/26/10 at 12:15 am
Lol, You fooled me!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 07/26/10 at 10:54 am
Me too!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/26/10 at 12:05 pm
Now would you like to talk about something else?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 2:38 pm
Oh my, a change of subject?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/26/10 at 4:02 pm
People seem to do that all the time in this thread...but if you want to continue a subject that was suddenly interrupted (whether it be a few posts back or whatever), then that's fine too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/27/10 at 8:58 am
Quite possibly any subject will do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 07/27/10 at 9:47 am
Right now would be a good time to revive posting about various places and things to do on vacation.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/27/10 at 10:42 am
Something tells me that was a good choice; I for one love going to the beach.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 07/27/10 at 2:31 pm
To tell the truth, I just came back from the Jersey Shore.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/27/10 at 3:16 pm
U know... I've never been to the Jersey Shore before
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 3:17 pm
Very much for the same for me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/27/10 at 3:19 pm
Would going there be worth the time?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 3:20 pm
'Xactly, but were is Jersey Shore?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/27/10 at 3:21 pm
You would think it would be in New Jersey...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 3:22 pm
Zillions of miles from me!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/27/10 at 3:22 pm
About a few states over from me...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 3:23 pm
By how many miles?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/27/10 at 4:41 pm
Can't really tell, but not nearly as many as you
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/27/10 at 7:25 pm
Don't even begin to ask me how far, cuz it's on the other end of the US from me...but I could still figure out how many miles it is.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/27/10 at 9:40 pm
East coast or west coast?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/10 at 1:48 am
For how many miles does it shown on Google Maps for the distance?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/28/10 at 8:15 am
Great vast amount, I'm betting
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 07/28/10 at 8:46 am
Hope you don't lose your bet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 07/28/10 at 9:38 am
I believe it is 500 miles from Cleveland, Ohio to the east coast.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/28/10 at 10:40 am
I believe it is 500 miles from Cleveland, Ohio to the east coast.
Just like the song. "Cause I would 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more!"
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/28/10 at 11:17 am
Know that song? Indeed I do!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/28/10 at 11:52 am
Love that song! It has to be one of my favorites!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/28/10 at 11:56 am
Me too; it was a big hit for the Proclaimers, a duo of identical Scottish twin brothers.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/28/10 at 11:58 am
None of their others songs were nearly as popular although "I'm On My Way" was used in the Shrek soundtrack
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/28/10 at 12:00 pm
One-hit wonders, is what they are thought of, due to "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" being their only successful hit single, roughly 20 years or so ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/28/10 at 12:55 pm
People of all ages can appreciate that song whether their old or young
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/28/10 at 12:56 pm
Quite so; they can appreciate older music as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/28/10 at 12:57 pm
Risque songs today people from the older generation don't enjoy....
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/28/10 at 12:58 pm
So true.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/28/10 at 12:59 pm
Tell me why this is... I really want to know.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/31/10 at 1:38 am
Unsure is what I am at the moment.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/31/10 at 1:39 am
Very distasteful lyrics are my guess
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/31/10 at 1:40 am
Well I don't suppose I could argue with that; it is a good point.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/31/10 at 1:41 am
X-Rated situations as well especially in rap music
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/31/10 at 1:44 am
Yeah, they often mention naughty words in their lyrics, which is a big turn-off. 8-P
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/31/10 at 1:46 am
Zzz... Old songs tend to bore me though like such artists as Gordan Lightfoot
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/31/10 at 1:47 am
Any kind of music is generally okay with me, just as long as it's not heavy rap or anything too intense.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/31/10 at 1:50 am
Bluegrass too?!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/31/10 at 1:52 am
Country and bluegrass are okay if I'm in a barbecue-oriented restaurant, since that kind of environment often has that type of music, too; but I don't think I could tolerate more than an hour of it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/31/10 at 1:52 am
Don't know why I enjoy modern country like artists such as Toby Keith
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/10 at 2:34 am
Ever heard The Pink Panther theme played in a bluegrass style?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 07/31/10 at 9:48 am
For all the times I have heard The Pink Panther theme, i have never heard it played in a bluegrass style.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/31/10 at 10:23 am
Good God, I don't think I have either but that sounds like it would be fun
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/10 at 10:49 am
Heard it ages ago, long time before YouTube was create... and it is not on YouTube!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 07/31/10 at 10:55 am
I didn't even think to look on you tube!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/31/10 at 11:10 am
Just really want to hear that version of the song now, quite frankly I enjoy Bluegrass
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/10 at 11:43 am
Keep searching, that is what I am during for I wish to hear it again too!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/31/10 at 11:46 am
Lovely song I'm guessing
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/10 at 12:31 pm
More of a tune than a song.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/31/10 at 2:01 pm
Never have I heard said song in a bluegrass style.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/31/10 at 2:44 pm
Or any other covers of popular songs set in a bluegrass style
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/31/10 at 2:46 pm
Pop songs should not be set in that kind of a style, at least for the most part; depending on the song, it could get wrecked. :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 07/31/10 at 3:51 pm
Quite the opposite it could be done in class and humor, like Richard Cheese does taking popular songs and turning them into swing music
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/10 at 1:51 pm
Rather like Paul Anka, a few years back with his album Rock Swings,that was released on May 31, 2005 in Canada and June 7, 2005 in the United States, it contains swing jazz covers of popular rock and pop songs from the 1980s and 1990s.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/04/10 at 5:08 pm
Some of those tracks might be interesting to hear.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/10 at 1:52 am
Take it from me, some are good.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/05/10 at 4:26 pm
U-tube...excuse me, Youtube, might have some available for listening pleasure?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 08/06/10 at 12:50 am
Very funny stuff nally, U-Tube/ Youtube thing was pretty silly
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/06/10 at 12:51 am
Why thank you; I'd give you karma+1, but it hasn't been a full 24 hours since I last gave some to you, so I'll have to wait.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 08/06/10 at 12:52 am
Xcellent, It's nice to see niceness awarded.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/06/10 at 1:15 am
Youtube links to Paul Anka's cover songs, by the way, can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=paul+anka+cover&aq=f
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 08/06/10 at 12:33 pm
Zoinks! Paul Anka did a cover of Smells Like Team Spirit? That's crazy!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/10 at 1:16 pm
...and Wonderwall, the Oasis hit!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/06/10 at 7:32 pm
Betcha didn't know anyone like him would ever record covers of alternative rock, eh?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 08/06/10 at 7:43 pm
Can't say I would ever imagine that
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/06/10 at 8:00 pm
"Diana" was one of Mr. Anka's original songs; he released that one when he was still a teen, back in the 1950's.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 08/06/10 at 8:04 pm
Ever since then he has come a long way following in the footsteps of Richard Cheese famous for taking popular songs (such as Smells Like Team Spirit) and turning them into swing songs
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/06/10 at 8:05 pm
For someone like him to do that, is somewhat remarkable; at least he's still performing while he is physically able to do so. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 08/06/10 at 8:35 pm
Great stuff as well, I could listen to him cover rock songs all day!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/10 at 1:08 am
Have listened to him many a time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 08/07/10 at 1:12 am
I haven't but I might now because he's pretty clever
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/10 at 1:38 am
Just apply to Spotify, follow the instructions and the music world is your oyster.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 08/07/10 at 1:41 am
'Kay? That was random and off topic
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/10 at 2:10 am
Like "Kay" as in "Que"?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 08/07/10 at 6:34 am
Maybe, I don't know Spanish, although it's unlikely
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/10 at 6:37 am
Neither do I speak Spanish that well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 08/07/10 at 8:57 pm
Okay, So what was the topic we were talking about?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/07/10 at 9:36 pm
Paul Anka, and his recent covers of rock music?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 08/07/10 at 11:52 pm
Quiet Riot should have songs covered by him
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/07/10 at 11:55 pm
Really? do you think Mr. Anka could sing a rendition of "Come On Feel The Noize", "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)", or any other song by them?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 08/07/10 at 11:57 pm
"Smells Like Team Spirit" was done by him so it would be easy for him to do "Come On Feel The Noize"
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/07/10 at 11:58 pm
That's true, since both songs fall under the category of "hard rock"....what else could he do?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 08/08/10 at 12:00 am
U know what I mean?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 08/23/10 at 10:28 am
Very well stated.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/23/10 at 11:14 am
We went two weeks without replying to this thread, and I'm glad to see it back up and running again...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 08/24/10 at 9:07 pm
X'tremely happy it has continued
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/24/10 at 10:26 pm
Yes indeed!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 08/25/10 at 12:12 am
Zowie, we have reached the end of our 26 letter alphabet once again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/25/10 at 11:19 am
And here we begin a new round.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/10 at 3:41 pm
But what will be the subject of the new round?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/25/10 at 4:53 pm
Can't figure one out right now, but maybe someone who posts the next reply will figure it out?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 08/26/10 at 12:28 am
Dumb things you have done in your lifetime?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/26/10 at 12:30 am
Everyone does them from time to time; I think I can name some.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 08/26/10 at 9:13 am
From your childhood maybe?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/26/10 at 12:18 pm
Gosh, I could remember quite a few. For example, once when I was in elementary school, I made a costly mistake on an art project in class.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 08/26/10 at 3:19 pm
How about when I went into a church pew where the folks were kneeling and sat in their seat?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/26/10 at 3:21 pm
If you did that on purpose, then it was probably not appropriate to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 08/26/10 at 7:22 pm
Just how many stupid things have we done because we didn't know any better
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/26/10 at 7:24 pm
Kids often do such things, but hopefully they learn from their mistakes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 08/26/10 at 7:31 pm
Learning from our mistakes helps us grow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/26/10 at 7:32 pm
Mistakes are part of being human; we make 'em all the time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 08/26/10 at 7:34 pm
No doubt about that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 08/27/10 at 12:01 am
Oh brother, I make mistakes all the time. It's just part of life.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/27/10 at 11:26 am
Probably one of the silliest mistakes I made was making a wrong turn on the wrong street when I was going somewhere.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 08/27/10 at 5:39 pm
Questioning yourself is normal when you do these things
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/27/10 at 5:49 pm
Right; another common mistake I've made is forgetting something, whether it be accidentally leaving the item somewhere or just forgetting to bring it with me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 08/28/10 at 10:32 am
Stupid mistakes is what children do at times.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/28/10 at 11:46 am
That's because they are just learning things at young ages.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 08/29/10 at 12:04 am
Usually you learn from your mistakes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/29/10 at 12:06 am
Very clearly we have mentioned that at least a couple of times in the past few replies.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 08/29/10 at 12:07 am
Well, that was the topic of choice for this run thorugh the alphabet, and we are almost at the end.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/29/10 at 12:11 am
Xcept we may decide to take it longer...unless we decide to stop, or our discussion evolves into another topic.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 08/29/10 at 12:15 am
You can decide on a new topic, it's up to whoever gets the letter "A"
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/29/10 at 12:19 am
Zero percent chance that person will be me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/10 at 5:15 am
Another new topic for discussion now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/04/10 at 6:07 am
By golly, no one has posted here in a week? We ought to continue our discussion.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/10 at 6:14 am
Crikey indeed, and what time is it for you, it must be very early morning?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/04/10 at 6:15 am
Darn right it is; right now it's 4:15 in the morning; I got up early since my parents had to leave very early this morning for a week-long trip.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/10 at 6:18 am
Early wake up calls are not the best thing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/04/10 at 6:21 am
For the past year or so, they had been planning this trip; they will fly from Los Angeles to Seattle, and then board a cruise ship to Alaska.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/04/10 at 9:17 am
Great, so you have the house to yourself.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/10 at 11:47 am
House parties every night!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/04/10 at 12:31 pm
I have the house to myself for a whole week, by the way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/10 at 12:32 pm
Just you alone, with the dog?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/04/10 at 12:35 pm
Keeping her company, is what I do. Later on I will take her for a walk.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/10 at 12:47 pm
Lots of walking s good for the dog.
btw, I'm sorry I cannot remember the dog's name.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/04/10 at 12:48 pm
My dog's name is Chloe, just to remind you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/04/10 at 2:43 pm
Nice name.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/04/10 at 4:53 pm
Once you get a dog, you can become quite attached to it
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/04/10 at 5:51 pm
Pets are like that; they become attached to you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/05/10 at 9:15 pm
Quite so, I can't wait to get home and see my Bear dog again
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/05/10 at 9:16 pm
Right when I get home, my dog Chloe is always excited to see me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/05/10 at 9:18 pm
Stupid cat is never excited to see me though (I hate cats)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/05/10 at 9:20 pm
The same goes for me; I am not a cat person.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/05/10 at 9:24 pm
U think I would like cats since they're soft and cute but they too stand-offish for me it's like they only want you for food and shelter
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/05/10 at 9:32 pm
Very true; I have also been allergic to certain cats, but it's been 15 years since my last known allergic reaction to one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/05/10 at 9:34 pm
While I'm not allergic to them I am allergic to Penicillin
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/05/10 at 9:37 pm
X-periences with cats are not common for me, as noted above...but other than that I cannot think of anything else I have been allergic to.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/05/10 at 9:41 pm
You're lucky I dated a girl once that was basically allergic to everything
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/05/10 at 9:43 pm
Zowie! Was there anything she wasn't allergic to?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/05/10 at 9:50 pm
Anything you can think of she was allergic to! (True story!)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/05/10 at 9:52 pm
Bet that was kind of a disaster (for lack of a better word).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/05/10 at 9:59 pm
Can't say I dated her long (she was also a bit of a b*tch)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/05/10 at 10:01 pm
Dude, I totally hear ya. I've known some people to be like that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/05/10 at 10:07 pm
Eh, Such is life... So how's everything going with you?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/05/10 at 10:12 pm
Fine, thank you; I have the house to myself for the week since my parents are on a cruise to Alaska; and like I said in the last round, I've been taking care of the dog. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/05/10 at 10:45 pm
Good, Good... I'm going to a Renaissance Fair tomorrow (It was lots of fun last time so I can't wait to go back again)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/05/10 at 10:47 pm
Hope you have a great time 8)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/05/10 at 10:54 pm
I thank you! Can't wait to go! It's going to be a blast!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/05/10 at 10:56 pm
Just one of the many fun ways to spend the Labor Day holiday, I suppose. :D :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/05/10 at 11:05 pm
Kan't say it's too bad myself (unlike my spelling of can't)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/05/10 at 11:09 pm
Likewise, I have intentionally misspelt words with altered initial letters when I can't think of a good one for the correct letter!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/10 at 1:23 pm
Many important thing/events happen on Labor Day?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/06/10 at 4:38 pm
Numerous ways to observe the holiday have evolved over time, but I know from reading online that it was organized as a celebration to honor workers and their families.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/06/10 at 6:55 pm
Only 1 day left until school begins for many
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/07/10 at 11:11 am
People have gone back to work (and for some, school) today... but as for me, I'm still home, and searching for more job possibilities.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/07/10 at 4:06 pm
Quit their job and now they want to get a new one
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/07/10 at 7:18 pm
Really? who are we talking about?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/07/10 at 11:53 pm
Some people who don't like their jobs (As for me I don't have a job)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/07/10 at 11:54 pm
True, that is a problem many people have.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/08/10 at 6:26 am
Unfor tunatly, jobs are so stressful these days.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: lorac61469 on 09/08/10 at 7:05 am
Very few people know how to deal with stress.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/08/10 at 8:53 am
When facing stress, take a few deep breaths.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/08/10 at 11:09 am
X-treme weather conditions can often cause stress for some people.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/08/10 at 12:29 pm
Yes they can
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/08/10 at 12:33 pm
Zip a de doodah!! we have completed another round of the alphabet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/08/10 at 1:39 pm
A whole round! That's amazing! How many rounds have we completed in the game so far?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/08/10 at 1:44 pm
Bet we have completed close to a hundred of them. To find out an approximation, you can divide the total number of replies in this thread by 26, and truncate the remainder.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/08/10 at 2:02 pm
Can't really do Math... What number would that be?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/08/10 at 4:36 pm
Do you really want to know? 95 is the answer (with a remainder), which implies that this would be the 96th round, but past posts have either goofed up or skipped the hard letter(s), thereby accounting for a possible discrepancy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/08/10 at 9:12 pm
Excellent! I was pretty curious
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/09/10 at 12:07 pm
For as long as I can remember, math has been my strongest subject.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/09/10 at 6:37 pm
Good minds for math find that it comes easy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/09/10 at 6:39 pm
Helping people with math is something I've done over the years; they've appreciated it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/09/10 at 7:09 pm
I have tutored Math for children ages 6 to 12, as well as 1st year University calculus.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/09/10 at 7:11 pm
Just a few years ago, I also tutored some college students with Microsoft Excel, a computer application.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/10/10 at 6:55 pm
Kicking myself coz I could charge so much being a tutor now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/10 at 1:01 am
Lots of people could use my help with their math homework and things like that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/11/10 at 1:44 am
Math is a pretty tricky subject... I could never understand it
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/10 at 1:45 am
Not everyone does, but I have a gift for it...maybe cuz I'm good with numbers
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/11/10 at 1:47 am
Oh, That might be it because I stink with numbers
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/10 at 1:50 am
People have their own sets of skills and interests and all that...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/11/10 at 2:20 am
Quite so, Mine have always been in film for example
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/10 at 2:24 am
Right now I can think of other skills I have, but some are stronger than others.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/11/10 at 10:19 am
Skills can be acquired later in life.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/11/10 at 10:22 am
To me, skills are in your DNA.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/11/10 at 10:24 am
Unless you work hard at it and find new skills, like computer skills.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/11/10 at 10:26 am
Very likely, the skills you discover have always been there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/11/10 at 10:51 am
What kind of skills are you born with? The ability to draw? The ability to swim fast? That sort of thing?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/10 at 12:48 pm
X-perienced people in various fields have all sorts of skills.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/10 at 12:50 pm
Young, that is the age to be to start to gain experience on any form of talent.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/11/10 at 10:26 pm
Zombies have skills in looking for brains.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 3:08 am
Any others skills for zombies?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/12/10 at 9:40 am
Brain eating and killings?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/12/10 at 9:56 am
Crunching cartilige.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 11:43 am
Diet is unmentionable here!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/12/10 at 12:19 pm
Everybody knows that zombies have special skills in limping
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 12:20 pm
Foaming at the mouth too?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/12/10 at 12:58 pm
Geez, this discussion has taken an unexpected turn!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 1:07 pm
Happens all the time?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/12/10 at 4:51 pm
It seems to.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/12/10 at 5:31 pm
Just like a snap of the the fingers it can happen that fast
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/14/10 at 9:11 am
killing time...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/14/10 at 11:39 am
Lots of us have used the above expression, to mean "doing certain activities to pass the time away" or something like that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 3:21 pm
Minutes fly pass!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/14/10 at 4:33 pm
No one seems to know why...they just do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:48 am
Over the years I had wondered that myself.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/15/10 at 8:41 am
Presuming that you are older, time really flies.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/15/10 at 11:13 am
Quickly it goes by!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/16/10 at 9:03 am
Real time as opposed to perceived time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/16/10 at 11:04 am
So true; I remember certain years of my life as if they were just a short time ago!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/16/10 at 12:52 pm
That's enough about time let's move onto another topic.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/16/10 at 12:54 pm
Uhm...okay; what will it be? any suggestions?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/17/10 at 10:02 am
Very well, how about visits to a pawn shop?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/17/10 at 10:44 am
Well, I haven't been to one of those; the only experiences I have with pawns are in playing chess.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/17/10 at 10:54 am
X-Games don't feature chess because it's not exciting enough
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/17/10 at 10:56 am
Yeah, that's true.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/17/10 at 11:01 am
Zoinks! There goes another round!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/18/10 at 12:58 pm
All right, so do we start talking about something else? (since no specific topic seems to be on the table right now)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/10 at 5:50 am
Beatification?
That is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's ascension to Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name (intercession of saints). Beatification is the third of the four steps in the canonization process. A person who is beatified is given the title "Blessed".
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/19/10 at 1:59 pm
Catholics, such as me, know about that fact.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/10 at 2:07 pm
Doubters may not?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/19/10 at 2:41 pm
Everyone has their own set of beliefs and opinions...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/21/10 at 9:13 am
Faith builds many different beliefs.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/21/10 at 9:31 am
God is the creator of the universe, and this is what I believe, but some other don't.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/21/10 at 10:24 am
Has anyone told you otherwise?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/21/10 at 11:56 am
I certainly believe.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/22/10 at 10:20 am
Just like I do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/22/10 at 6:20 pm
Kids might have varying opinions on the matter, though.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/23/10 at 9:22 am
Like the difference between right and wrong.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/23/10 at 1:10 pm
Minding your peas and ques is another thing that is taught to kids at an early age
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/23/10 at 1:48 pm
Neither the p's or he q's should be missed in school.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/23/10 at 2:27 pm
Okay...now the next two replies will begin with the letters P and Q!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/23/10 at 2:28 pm
Please, not so many hints.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/23/10 at 2:29 pm
Quickly I had to think of something for my last response...now we carry on.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/23/10 at 2:30 pm
Right you are!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/23/10 at 2:32 pm
So anyway, how is everything going?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/23/10 at 2:33 pm
To tell you the truth, I am busy trying to keep up with your posts on the other games as well as this one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/23/10 at 2:34 pm
Until I find a new job, I am mostly at home, trying to search for one; that's how things are on my end.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/23/10 at 2:37 pm
Very best of luck in your search.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/23/10 at 2:37 pm
Why thank you; it has not been easy but I do the best I can.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/23/10 at 2:39 pm
Xcellent attitude!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/23/10 at 2:40 pm
Yes, after I log off I'm gonna do some more of that. I loved having a job earlier this year; too bad it was temporary.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Matthias on 09/23/10 at 4:06 pm
'Zactly my problem too, Being in school has also put a damper on me finding a job
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/23/10 at 4:07 pm
...As was the problem during my years in school; now that I've finished, I should have more time to be able to find jobs.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/24/10 at 8:55 am
But make sure you keep a positive attitude.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/24/10 at 9:20 am
Can make the difference in finding that job.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/24/10 at 11:25 am
Don't vomit during the interview.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/24/10 at 12:33 pm
Each time I've been in that kind of a situation (whether it be practice or the real thing), I haven't done anything like that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/24/10 at 2:20 pm
Firm handshake at the start of the interview is a good start.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/24/10 at 4:43 pm
Good point; and look at the person while doing so, to make eye contact.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/25/10 at 9:54 am
Having eye contact is very important.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/25/10 at 10:16 am
I think a firm handshake, smile and look in the eyes is a good formula.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/25/10 at 10:33 am
Just what you need to improve your chances is getting that job.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/25/10 at 11:49 am
Knowing how to do all that will put you on the right track to success.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/26/10 at 8:34 pm
List your strengths in preparation of the interview.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/26/10 at 8:36 pm
Many employers look for such strengths in a potential employee.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/26/10 at 8:37 pm
Now you need to prepare a "weakness" as this might be asked.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/26/10 at 8:42 pm
Oh yes, because the employer will want to know if you will have any potential difficulties with the job position.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/26/10 at 8:50 pm
Postive answers are always the best
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/26/10 at 8:53 pm
Questions of all kinds may arise during the interviewing process; the best answers must be provided.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/26/10 at 11:28 pm
Really good answers help.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/27/10 at 11:21 am
Someday I will have the chance to be interviewed again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/27/10 at 11:40 am
Tomorrow may be the day!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/27/10 at 4:13 pm
Unless I find nothing in my job searches... which has been the case today. :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/27/10 at 5:42 pm
Victory is ours when we find employment!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/27/10 at 7:58 pm
When I get hired for a new job (whenever that is), I will definitely let all of you know!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 09/27/10 at 10:51 pm
X'actly was I was gonna say, as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/28/10 at 9:45 am
Yelling out your window that you want a job may not work.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/28/10 at 10:31 am
Zero percent chance on that, for sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 09/28/10 at 3:03 pm
Always keep trying.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/28/10 at 4:55 pm
Best to maintain positive attitude when doing this.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/10 at 11:12 pm
Cold calling companies can help in your jobsearch.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/02/10 at 12:41 am
Doing the whole thing may not really be exciting, but if you stay focused you can accomplish a great deal.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/02/10 at 5:52 pm
Every day is another day to look for a job.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/03/10 at 12:13 am
For me, I spend the weekdays doing that... that is, when I'm not goofing around elsewhere online.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/03/10 at 12:34 am
Goofing around is fun!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/03/10 at 12:35 am
Hey, everyone needs to do that at some point. :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/03/10 at 12:36 am
I like to enjoy myself
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/03/10 at 12:37 am
Just doing nothing once in a while is okay too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/10 at 8:45 am
Keeping relaxed and calm helps.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/03/10 at 11:10 am
Like I said, it's fine to do that once in a while; it helps clear the mind.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/06/10 at 12:20 am
Making yourself a cup of tea and relaxing on the sofa helps.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/06/10 at 12:20 am
Naturally, I think to do such a thing when I feel stress or sinus pressure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/08/10 at 9:21 am
One must learn to relax when stress arrives.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/08/10 at 11:02 am
Precisely; that is the best way to keep calm.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/09/10 at 1:27 am
Quietness and patience is needed
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/09/10 at 1:30 am
Relaxation helps, too, in stressful situations.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 6:21 am
Sleeping too!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/09/10 at 11:28 am
Taking well deserved breaks
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/09/10 at 12:00 pm
Using the time to clear your mind is good to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 10/10/10 at 10:50 am
Very clear thinking is needed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 10:59 am
With hindsight
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/10/10 at 1:17 pm
X-treme measures should not be taken, since that would probably make things more complicated.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 1:22 pm
You have to set targets out first and then forward you must go.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/10/10 at 1:23 pm
Zip to your goal...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 1:25 pm
Aim first!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/10/10 at 1:27 pm
Before that, you have to get prepared...but we know how to go about that, hopefully.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 2:33 pm
Carefully research.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/10/10 at 5:15 pm
Doing that kind of thing was helpful whenever I had to write a term paper.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 10/11/10 at 9:33 am
Even thinking about the subject for a while helps.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/11/10 at 10:31 am
Finding that subject is a goal.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/11/10 at 11:43 am
Getting to know about the subject, is helpful too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 10/12/10 at 10:32 am
Help is sometimes just a phone call away.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/12/10 at 10:35 am
I need help!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 10/12/10 at 10:36 am
Just reach for the phone.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/12/10 at 10:40 am
Karena is on the phone now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 10/12/10 at 10:41 am
Line up so you'll be next.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/12/10 at 10:43 am
Might wanna just hang up on her for fun.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 10/12/10 at 10:44 am
No, that would be impolite.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/12/10 at 10:47 am
or maybe cut off the line with scissors
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 10/12/10 at 10:54 am
Perhaps.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/10 at 2:45 pm
Quite so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/12/10 at 5:24 pm
Right now I do not have anyone to talk with, but I was on the phone just a few minutes ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 10/14/10 at 2:51 pm
So now you can make a call.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/14/10 at 8:58 pm
That's true; in fact, I had to do it yesterday to follow up with a temp agent who I'd met with for a possible job offering.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/10 at 5:23 am
U know what to do!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/17/10 at 11:13 am
Very soon I will hopefully hear back from this person; but not today because it's Sunday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/10 at 12:16 pm
When will you hear by?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/17/10 at 4:49 pm
X will hopefully mark the spot on the calendar...which in this case is by the end of the month; maybe I'll hear something tomorrow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/18/10 at 8:56 am
You will let us know if you get the job, of course.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/18/10 at 11:56 am
Zero responses indicate whether I do or not, thus far.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/10 at 1:48 pm
Absolute zero?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/18/10 at 1:52 pm
Beginning with today, absolutely nothing just yet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/10 at 1:58 pm
Could there be a chance later on today?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/18/10 at 2:01 pm
Definitely considering it. I will check back later on.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/10 at 2:31 pm
Eventually?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/18/10 at 2:58 pm
For sure, I will do that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 10/18/10 at 3:23 pm
Good for you!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/18/10 at 3:33 pm
Hey, Michael... nice to see you back on this thread again. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 10/18/10 at 3:47 pm
I appreciate your comment!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/18/10 at 5:09 pm
Jeffrey is my name, btw, in case you forgot. ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 10/19/10 at 10:59 am
Kindness, Jeffrey, is one of your obvious virtues.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/19/10 at 6:57 pm
Like I've said before, thank you. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/19/10 at 11:15 pm
Many people on these boards are kind.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/19/10 at 11:52 pm
Now that's the kind of online community that seems like a welcoming bunch. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:10 am
Online communities are a worldwide affair.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 10/20/10 at 8:56 am
People like you are interesting and fun to deal with.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/20/10 at 9:20 am
Quite the compliment again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/20/10 at 11:35 am
Right now, lots of folks are using social networking sites, such as Facebook, to keep in touch and meet others as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 12:30 pm
Stay away from Facebook, that is what I do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/20/10 at 1:22 pm
That's what some people do; but I joined it 16 months ago after receiving an invitation from my mom, who joined in late 2008 to reconnect with some of her high school classmates in attempt to contact them for their next class reunion.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/20/10 at 6:02 pm
Until I feel like it, I won't really do the facebook thing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/20/10 at 7:25 pm
Very well then.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/20/10 at 7:32 pm
Wish I were more comfortable with things like facebook
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/20/10 at 7:34 pm
Xanga.com is one site where people used to socialize before Mysapce and Facebook came along. I never went there though.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/20/10 at 7:48 pm
You found it somewhere else.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/20/10 at 7:52 pm
Zounds! I guess I did.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/20/10 at 7:53 pm
And it doesn't cost anything.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/20/10 at 7:55 pm
But some sites do charge you to register an account with them, and I stay away from those.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/20/10 at 7:58 pm
Can stay with those free sites.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/20/10 at 7:59 pm
Darn right; that's economically the best thing to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/21/10 at 12:00 am
Even if it's free, I still haven't gone in.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/21/10 at 12:41 am
Fine... now can we discuss another topic?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Frank on 10/21/10 at 10:43 am
Green leaves are turning to red and or yellow, it's wonderful to watch the fall colors.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/21/10 at 12:00 pm
Hey, I like to see deciduous trees change their leaves to fall colors too; and then those leafs will come off the trees.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 10/21/10 at 2:56 pm
I love autumn because of the change of colors where I live.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/21/10 at 10:56 pm
Just for a moment today, the sun came out and I was able to see the changing colors of leafs on one of our backyard trees.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 10/22/10 at 12:35 pm
Kids are most fascinated by falls changing colors.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/22/10 at 1:00 pm
Learning about such a thing can be interesting too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 10/22/10 at 1:06 pm
Most days in the fall, where I live, the tempeature only gets to about 50.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/22/10 at 1:06 pm
Nighttime is like that in California during that time of year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 4:28 am
Oops, do I see a bump here!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/27/10 at 11:02 am
Precisely right!! I wonder why this thread went untouched for the last five weeks?!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 11:04 am
Quite beyond me!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/27/10 at 11:06 am
Right on; now we have to get things going again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 11:06 am
Suggest a new subject?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/27/10 at 11:08 am
To be honest, I think we had a good one going, about the fall season... but we could still keep it going.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 11:11 am
Until a new season is upon us?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/27/10 at 11:12 am
Very soon it'll be winter in the northern hemisphere... even though it's about 3 weeks away, it'll be here before you know it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 11:13 am
Winter is with us now in the UK, the more north you go the colder and severe the snow gets.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/27/10 at 11:16 am
X's are often used to draw snowflakes, even though another line is required to complete their general structure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 11:17 am
Yes, snowflakes are hexagonal crystals.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/27/10 at 11:18 am
Zero of them are precisely alike; in other words they are all unique.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 11:22 am
Absolutely, and I will not be the one that looks for identical snowflakes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/27/10 at 11:23 am
By the way, I've only had one or two actual experiences with snow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 11:24 am
Crumbs, when have snow here every year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/27/10 at 11:26 am
Dang, I suspected you might, since London is closer to the North Pole than most of the continental U.S. is.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 11:28 am
Eventually one day, you will experience more of snow with a trip to the Rocky Mounties maybe?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/27/10 at 11:30 am
For the record, I have only been to the Rocky Mtns once, and it was in May 2002, to switch planes in Denver.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 11:30 am
Guess that you got nowhere near the snow that time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/27/10 at 11:33 am
High elevations don't always guarantee snow, especially at certain times of the year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 11/29/10 at 1:52 pm
I love snow!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/29/10 at 2:39 pm
Just for the record, I only experienced it once on mainland (Ash Wednesday 1989); the other time was on a day that my family drove up to the mountains (March 1991).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/10 at 3:06 pm
Kept waiting for snow to arrive!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/29/10 at 3:27 pm
Lots of it falls in the northern parts of the US, even in the late weeks of autumn; and that is likely due to the cold temperatures.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/10 at 3:29 pm
Mostly in the north of England and Scotland the snow has fallen here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 11/30/10 at 9:24 am
Nice fluffy snow is great for sledding.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/30/10 at 11:37 am
Oh yes... it would be great for skiing too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/10 at 11:51 am
Precisely. Plus, it's snowing out there and had to come home for work in it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 11/30/10 at 3:15 pm
Quietly, the snowflakes fall.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/30/10 at 6:53 pm
Right down to the ground...or as low as they can go.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/10 at 12:55 am
Snow is wonderful to look at, but does has it dangerous side.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/01/10 at 9:58 am
Snow is wonderful to look at, but does has it dangerous side.
Tough to shovel when it is very wet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/10 at 12:43 pm
Utterly tough when the snow turns into slush
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/01/10 at 1:12 pm
Very tricky and difficult it would be to deal with it then.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/10 at 1:54 pm
Winter is the time for snow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/01/10 at 2:19 pm
X-actly! (However, the snow often begins in late autumn for parts of the northeastern United States, due to ice-cold temperatures.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/10 at 2:21 pm
Yearly, it happens every year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/01/10 at 2:22 pm
Zero inches of snow are often reported in warmer climate areas.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/10 at 2:24 pm
Absolutely cold when it snows.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: HeartsAfire on 12/01/10 at 2:35 pm
Beautiful dusting of snow coating our deck right now...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/10 at 2:38 pm
Coats that are thick are worn in that weather.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/01/10 at 2:41 pm
December is here now, and that should entail cold weather for much of the Northern Hemisphere!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/10 at 12:41 am
Evenly laid snow is all around.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/02/10 at 12:18 pm
Falling down...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/10 at 1:17 pm
Gradually disappearing now the snow is.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/02/10 at 1:29 pm
Hey, I saw some pictures of it on the TV when they were doing a national weather report.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/10 at 2:14 pm
I have found an image of Battersea Bridge in London
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/50270000/jpg/_50270316_010768705-1.jpg
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/02/10 at 2:17 pm
Just catching snowflakes on my tongue.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/10 at 2:23 pm
Keep that up, you may get frostbite of the tongue.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/02/10 at 2:25 pm
Laying in the snow to make ANGELS.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/02/10 at 2:32 pm
My goodness, this discussion has gotten rather chilly!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/02/10 at 2:33 pm
Never fear, there's always a fire around.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/02/10 at 2:34 pm
Oh yes, if it gets too cold, we can always start one in the fireplace.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/02/10 at 2:35 pm
Plus we can toast maeshmallows.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/10 at 2:56 pm
Quite so, but I have no marshmallows here
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/02/10 at 2:59 pm
Right now, neither do I... but I am getting hungry.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/10 at 3:00 pm
Same here, cold and hungry
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/02/10 at 3:01 pm
That being said, I'm going to log off shortly and get some lunch.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/02/10 at 3:43 pm
Unless you eat soon, you may faint.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/10 at 3:51 pm
Very soon?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/02/10 at 10:43 pm
Well, it depends on your health/dietary needs, I guess. Going too long without food, however, is not a good thing at all.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/10 at 1:22 am
'xactly
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/03/10 at 12:20 pm
You are correct (and so am I); now how can we end this round of the alphabet?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/10 at 12:23 pm
Zany topic for the next round?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/03/10 at 12:27 pm
Anything is okay with me for now! (However, our discussion about snow carried over into two rounds, which happens with some of our topics. What should we talk about this round?)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/03/10 at 4:56 pm
But I have no fresh ideas!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: CeeKay on 12/03/10 at 8:50 pm
Can we pull an idea out of a hat?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/04/10 at 12:40 pm
Do you think that might be the best idea?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/10 at 12:43 pm
Excuse me, do you have a hat to pull an idea from?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/04/10 at 12:44 pm
For right now, not one nearby.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/10 at 12:46 pm
Got mine near by!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: HeartsAfire on 12/04/10 at 1:54 pm
Hats, please! Let's get those ideas flowing... :-)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/10 at 1:55 pm
Ideas are a must at the moment.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/04/10 at 2:01 pm
Just cannot find my thinking cap.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/10 at 2:03 pm
Keep looking!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/04/10 at 2:05 pm
Lost my keys and my thinking cap, I think.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/10 at 2:43 pm
Must find those items quick!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/04/10 at 6:29 pm
Now we're cookin'... at least I think. I HIW I misplace certain items.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: CeeKay on 12/04/10 at 10:03 pm
Oh Dear - I don't know what "HIW" stands for.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/10 at 2:48 am
Possibly, HIW means "Hate It When"?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/05/10 at 12:49 pm
Quite right!! (We use the "HIW" acronym all the time in a certain thread in the Writing On Walrus section.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/10 at 1:07 pm
Right I was then, and there other acronyms that can be used.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/05/10 at 3:50 pm
Too bad I don't know too many acronyms.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/05/10 at 6:57 pm
Right I was then, and there other acronyms that can be used.
Something needs to be inserted here...
Too bad I don't know too many acronyms.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/05/10 at 7:01 pm
Used acronyms on this site include PPP (Playful Penguin Place), PBG (Penguin Boards Games); others can be found in the 'Newcomer FAQ' thread in PPP.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: CeeKay on 12/05/10 at 10:45 pm
Very helpful! thank you for all the information :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/06/10 at 11:07 am
Well now...can anyone think of any acronyms (or common abbreviations) that start with X? i can think of a couple.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: CeeKay on 12/07/10 at 10:45 pm
XRAY comes to mind.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/07/10 at 10:46 pm
Yes, that was one of them. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: CeeKay on 12/07/10 at 10:50 pm
Zippidee Doo Dah!! ::)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/08/10 at 9:56 am
Allright now, what will the next subject be?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: CeeKay on 12/08/10 at 2:56 pm
Beautiful places to visit around the world?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/09/10 at 8:46 am
Cancun is the place to be in the middle of winter.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/09/10 at 10:27 am
Do you think so? Maybe you're right in terms of the general climate in that part of the world. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/10/10 at 1:01 pm
Everywhere warm is the place to be in winter.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/10 at 2:59 pm
Fireside is a warming place in the winter months.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/10/10 at 5:08 pm
Grand Bahamas is very nice in winter.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/10/10 at 7:46 pm
Hopefully the temperature is comfortable there right now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/10 at 11:53 pm
Icy conditions there, no.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: CeeKay on 12/11/10 at 1:08 am
Jamaica is warm right now - and over 1 million people vacation there each year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/10 at 2:28 am
Keep the home fires burning over here!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/11/10 at 9:16 am
Leave the winter and go south.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/10 at 9:26 am
Make to the airport now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/11/10 at 11:17 am
No signs of coldness over here right now; that's because it's supposed to be warm this weekend. but the cooler temps will return on Monday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/10 at 11:28 am
Over here the temperatures of 6oC today and about 5oC for tomorrow, but the cold snap will back around Tuesday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/11/10 at 3:59 pm
Possibly our temp in Cleveland will reach 44 degrees farenheit, but a winter storm warning has been issued for Sunday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/11/10 at 10:18 pm
^ Quite the type of weather I do not wish to be in. I mean, a little chilliness is fine, but I couldn't deal with extremes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/12/10 at 3:31 pm
Right now, in Cleveland, it's starting to snow and the wind is picking up.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/12/10 at 8:35 pm
Southern California has seen warmer temperatures today, but things will cool down again tomorrow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/13/10 at 9:16 am
Today we have a blizzard in Cleveland with temperature of 18 degrees F.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/13/10 at 11:33 am
Unfortunately I was wrong in my previous post; the higher-than-normal temps will continue today in California...but tomorrow we should see a cooldown.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: HeartsAfire on 12/13/10 at 4:57 pm
Very good possibility of a cooldown over there; according to the weather channel today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/13/10 at 5:01 pm
Well, I watch the weather forecasts on TV just about every day, so I am usually well-informed of those things. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/14/10 at 2:43 pm
Xactly informed about weather is how I want to be.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/14/10 at 3:56 pm
Yeah, I feel it is important.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/15/10 at 9:20 am
Zippedee Do Dah I think the weather today will be beautiful.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/15/10 at 10:28 am
As for the weather on my end, there's been some rain this morning, with more to come during the next few days (except for tomorrow).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/15/10 at 2:54 pm
Because of these postings, everyone will know the weather around the globe!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/15/10 at 4:05 pm
Cloudiness is present in most areas, I can tell you that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/10 at 1:22 am
Drop in temperatures again in the UK, with more snow expected.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 12/16/10 at 9:14 am
Eventually the snow will melt and Spring will arrive.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/16/10 at 11:48 am
For now, I guess we deal with the cold weather...and when that happens, I like to bundle up and get toasty.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/10 at 1:43 pm
Got to see the snow that is falling outside.
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Written By: Michael on 12/16/10 at 3:19 pm
How do we get someone from a warm climate to post?
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Written By: nally on 12/16/10 at 5:37 pm
I think some of those folks might be in the Southern Hemisphere...and I can name a few members, but they haven't been around much lately.
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Written By: Michael on 12/17/10 at 4:23 pm
Just thought I'd ask.
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Written By: nally on 12/20/10 at 11:32 am
'Kay, that's fine; now I think we've had four straight days of rain over here.
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Written By: Michael on 12/20/10 at 4:09 pm
Last night it snowed only an inch or two.
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/20/10 at 6:26 pm
My first winter in South Carolina is turning out to be colder than I expected, but no snow.
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Written By: nally on 12/20/10 at 7:06 pm
North America is still getting hit with cold temps, which is to be expected at this time of year...and for the next two or three months.
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/20/10 at 8:15 pm
oh -- that reminds me -- tomorrow is the shortest day of the year!
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Written By: nally on 12/20/10 at 10:57 pm
Precisely...the Winter Solstice!!
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/21/10 at 6:06 am
"Quarter Days" is a term the Celts used to describe the four seasons of a year: Winter Solstice, Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Autumnal Equinox.
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Written By: Michael on 12/21/10 at 10:12 am
Right now we are experiencing the Winter Solstice.
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/21/10 at 10:51 am
So from here on in, we can look forward to longer and longer days, yay!
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Written By: Michael on 12/21/10 at 1:09 pm
Tomorrow the days do grow longer.
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Written By: nally on 12/21/10 at 5:31 pm
...Until the Summer Solstice, that is.
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/21/10 at 9:17 pm
Vernal Equinox - first day of spring - in 2011 whill be on March 20.
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Written By: nally on 12/21/10 at 9:33 pm
Winter will be in effect for now, though; that is, in the northern hemisphere.
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Written By: Dude111 on 12/22/10 at 3:50 am
Xtreme cold is what its been here last week!
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/22/10 at 7:37 am
Zero temps have been noted in some places, but not here in the south, thank goodness!
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Written By: Michael on 12/22/10 at 9:25 am
Allrighty then, should we change the subject or keep on weathering thru?
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/22/10 at 12:18 pm
Better change the subject, I think we've had enough of weather conversations.
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Written By: nally on 12/22/10 at 2:20 pm
Christmas is coming up in just three days; anyone have special plans?
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/22/10 at 11:28 pm
Don't know what we're doing - we had our family gathering early this year.
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Written By: DJ Blaze on 12/23/10 at 11:00 am
Every year I go to my grandmother's for a great breakfast and chatting with my cousins.
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/23/10 at 11:18 am
For sure I will go to church on Christmas Eve, and my daughter and I will open some gifts on Christmas morning.
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Written By: Michael on 12/23/10 at 12:25 pm
Giving gifts and sharing family time leaves you with a warm feeling.
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Written By: nally on 12/23/10 at 3:05 pm
Holidays, such as those at this time of the year, are meant for those kinds of things.
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/23/10 at 4:57 pm
It's hard though, sometimes, when circumstances interrupt your ability to celebrate the way you'd like to :\'(
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Written By: DJ Blaze on 12/23/10 at 5:33 pm
Just like when this year I couldn't get my tree up due to remodeling.
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/23/10 at 7:51 pm
Know what? I'm learning to truly appreciate the heart of the season though.
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Written By: nally on 12/23/10 at 10:04 pm
Like I have said in the past, it's best to celebrate it any way you possibly can. :)
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Written By: Michael on 12/24/10 at 10:28 am
Mentioning Christmas brings a smile to the faces of children.
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Written By: nally on 12/24/10 at 11:15 am
Now that's something we can all pretty much agree with.
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Written By: Michael on 12/24/10 at 12:00 pm
Oh Come All Ye Faithful is a wonderful Christma song.
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/24/10 at 12:21 pm
Peace on earth, good will to all! :)
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Written By: Michael on 12/24/10 at 12:34 pm
Quietly, the snow falls on Christmas Eve.
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/24/10 at 3:20 pm
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer! ::)
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Written By: Dude111 on 12/24/10 at 9:54 pm
Saturday is christmas :)
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Written By: nally on 12/24/10 at 10:52 pm
That's right, and it's already that day in some parts of the world right now. 8)
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Written By: Michael on 12/25/10 at 11:03 am
Usually I would now say Merry Christmas to all. :)
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Written By: nally on 12/25/10 at 1:57 pm
Very much so... and I think we should do just that.
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/25/10 at 2:57 pm
Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and Wild New Year!
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Written By: nally on 12/25/10 at 9:22 pm
"Xmas" is a shorthand way of writing Christmas.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:09 am
Yule or Yule-tide ("Yule-time") is a winter festival that was initially celebrated by the historical Germanic people as a pagan religious festival, though it was later absorbed into, and equated with, the Christian festival of Christmas.
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Written By: nally on 12/26/10 at 6:24 pm
Zounds! I did not know all that information about the word Yule.
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/26/10 at 6:59 pm
Another good and timely topic could be New Years resolutions :)
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Written By: nally on 12/26/10 at 7:01 pm
But some of us don't really make any... and not everyone keeps 'em.
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/26/10 at 7:34 pm
Certainly most people don't keep them, but most people have ideas for them.
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Written By: nally on 12/26/10 at 7:35 pm
Do you have any ideas of your own?
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/26/10 at 7:37 pm
Exercise more regularly and spend time developing my photography skills.
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Written By: nally on 12/26/10 at 7:39 pm
For many people, the exercise would be a good thing to work on.
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Written By: Dude111 on 12/26/10 at 8:36 pm
Great christmas i hope everyone had?
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Written By: nally on 12/26/10 at 8:38 pm
Hello, Dude111; yes I had a great Christmas.
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Written By: Michael on 12/27/10 at 3:40 pm
I think a good resolution is to eat a little less at each meal.
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/27/10 at 6:36 pm
Just so I don't forget them, I'm going to write down my wishes for the new year.
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Written By: nally on 12/27/10 at 10:21 pm
Keeping a list of things like that, is one good way to remember them.
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Written By: Michael on 12/28/10 at 9:33 am
Looking at your resolution list daily will help.
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/28/10 at 10:49 am
Many people resolve to (a) spend more time with family, (b) get more exercise, (c) get their budget under control.
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Written By: nally on 12/28/10 at 11:11 am
New Year's Day is only a few days away now... where has the time gone?!
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Written By: Michael on 12/28/10 at 11:46 am
Oh my, it seems like only yesterday we were celebrating the New Year for 2010.
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Written By: nally on 12/28/10 at 1:48 pm
Perhaps the decade of the 2010's will fly by quickly?
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Written By: Michael on 12/28/10 at 2:09 pm
Quickly passes the time as we get older.
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Written By: nally on 12/28/10 at 2:10 pm
Right on by, it goes!
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Written By: Michael on 12/28/10 at 2:54 pm
Soon we will need to remember to date checks with 2011.
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Written By: nally on 12/28/10 at 2:54 pm
That's true; in fact, the very first day of the year, in shorthand form, will be written with all 1's: 1/1/11!
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/28/10 at 3:10 pm
Unless someone reminds me, I'll probably write "2010" on my first few checks of the year.
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Written By: nally on 12/28/10 at 3:10 pm
Very big mistake that would be.......
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/28/10 at 3:18 pm
Who's got big plans for New Years Eve?
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Written By: nally on 12/28/10 at 3:19 pm
Xtreme plans, anyone? (Not me.)
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Written By: Michael on 12/28/10 at 4:20 pm
Yours truly will spend a very quiet New Year's eve.
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Written By: nally on 12/29/10 at 4:16 pm
Zippity doo dah! That brings us to the end of another alphabetic round.
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/30/10 at 7:31 am
A new topic is needed...
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Written By: Michael on 12/30/10 at 10:03 am
But what about your favorite toys as a child?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 11:12 am
Childhood for me was a long time ago.
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/30/10 at 12:24 pm
Definitely Lincoln Logs, my Etch-a-sketch, and my portable record player!
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Written By: nally on 12/30/10 at 1:40 pm
Everyone had their favorite childhood toys, I'm sure; for me, I could mention Legos.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 2:12 pm
Forming shapes out of plastic bricks, Lego was a great toy.
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Written By: nally on 12/30/10 at 2:13 pm
Great structures could be built with those things; I still have all of mine packed away.
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Written By: Michael on 12/30/10 at 2:16 pm
Happy was I with an erector set, which was made of metal like small girders and you could biuld with nuts and bolts.
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Written By: nally on 12/30/10 at 2:16 pm
I'm not sure I know what that was, but it sounds like fun.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 3:40 pm
Just like Meccano
http://www.dalefield.com/mwes/Draghome3.jpg ?
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Written By: nally on 12/30/10 at 3:41 pm
Kids who play with those, would probably be inspired to work with hardware when they grow up.
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/30/10 at 5:07 pm
Loved board games and anything artistic, like spirograph (which was discussed recently on another thread).
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Written By: Christie Marie M on 12/30/10 at 9:14 pm
"Monopoly" is my all time favorite board game as well as "Sorry", "Chutes and Ladders" and "Candy Land".
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Written By: nally on 12/30/10 at 11:15 pm
Now those were some of my favorite board games as a child, too!
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/31/10 at 4:27 am
Our family played a game called "Probe" but we don't know anyone else who had it.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 4:33 am
Please explain the rules of this game "Probe"?
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Written By: Michael on 12/31/10 at 10:29 am
Just like Meccano
http://www.dalefield.com/mwes/Draghome3.jpg ?
Quite nice for Phillip to find this picture so all will know what I was posting about Erector Set.
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Written By: nally on 12/31/10 at 12:24 pm
Really interesting picture, I might add.
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Written By: Michael on 12/31/10 at 12:35 pm
Sadly, my Erector set had the girders and a small motor, but not as alaborate as Phillip's. (But I had lots of fun with mine!!!!) ;D
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Written By: nally on 12/31/10 at 12:36 pm
That's nice; I loved playing with my Legos; I even took pictures of some of the things I built, but I can't share them with you guys because the camera I had at that time wasn't digital.
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Written By: Michael on 12/31/10 at 12:39 pm
Unfortunate for us and you. :-\\
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Written By: nally on 12/31/10 at 12:43 pm
Very much so; but sometimes I think I'd like to see about building those sets again sometime (even though I'm all grown up now), then I can photograph them (since I have a digital camera now) and share them online. :)
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Written By: Michael on 12/31/10 at 12:46 pm
Well I know you can still buy Legos, but I am not sure they still have Erector Sets, so you go for it! :)
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Written By: nally on 12/31/10 at 12:48 pm
Xbox video game sets are also common nowdays, but I have no desire to get any of those. I like to stick with toys & games that were popular when I was a kid!
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Written By: Michael on 12/31/10 at 12:53 pm
YAHOO! So do I. :D
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Written By: nally on 12/31/10 at 12:59 pm
Zoo animals have also inspired toy sets; for example, I had a Fisher-Price Zoo when I was preschool-aged.
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Written By: Michael on 12/31/10 at 1:13 pm
All right, I think we are ready for a new topic. ::)
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Written By: nally on 12/31/10 at 1:15 pm
Before we move on, though, is there anyone else that had a favorite childhood toy that they'd like to quickly mention?
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Written By: CeeKay on 12/31/10 at 5:32 pm
Concentration, with a deck of cards, helped pass the time.
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Written By: Dude111 on 12/31/10 at 6:02 pm
Do the right thing in 2011 now,ya hear me??
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Written By: nally on 12/31/10 at 10:30 pm
Everyone should do the best they can in '11; that's what I have to say. :)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/01/11 at 6:16 am
Fireworks is a good way to see the new year in.
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Written By: Christie Marie M on 01/01/11 at 7:40 am
Going to a party or gala is an even best way to set the new year in.
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Written By: Michael on 01/01/11 at 10:09 am
How about Times Square on NYE?
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Written By: nally on 01/01/11 at 5:33 pm
I always love watching that party on the TV; sometimes I wish I could be there, even just once.
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Written By: CeeKay on 01/01/11 at 6:07 pm
Joining in on a Times Square New Years party would be fun. :D
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Written By: nally on 01/01/11 at 6:11 pm
Knowing that everyone seems to have a good time there, I agree that it would be fun. :D
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Written By: nondiva234 on 01/01/11 at 6:13 pm
Lots of New Year's Resolutions being planned around now, I suppose? :)
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Written By: CeeKay on 01/01/11 at 6:14 pm
Most people don't see them through though.
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Written By: nally on 01/01/11 at 6:15 pm
New Years resolutions are hard to keep; many people like to make 'em in order to improve themselves in one way or another.
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Written By: Christie Marie M on 01/02/11 at 3:12 pm
Once I made resolutions, I end up breaking them eventually.
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Written By: CeeKay on 01/02/11 at 3:18 pm
Perhaps our expectations are too high; we should remember we can't be perfect.
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Written By: nally on 01/02/11 at 8:39 pm
Quite right; we all need to be careful in that regard.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/11 at 3:58 am
Right now for this new year I made no resolutions.
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Written By: CeeKay on 01/03/11 at 6:24 am
Surely we will all pursue our interests and well-being this year though.
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Written By: nally on 01/03/11 at 11:20 am
That being said, I will continue to pursue my particular goal, which is to find another job position!
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Written By: Michael on 01/03/11 at 3:59 pm
Usually, if you post your goals on your mirror and look at them daily, you will have a good chance of acihieving them.
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Written By: CeeKay on 01/03/11 at 4:29 pm
Vocalizing your goals also helps.
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Written By: nally on 01/03/11 at 4:56 pm
Well, I for one like to write things down on a piece of paper so that I'll remember them.
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Written By: CeeKay on 01/03/11 at 6:30 pm
Well, I for one like to write things down on a piece of paper so that I'll remember them.
"X"actly!
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Written By: nally on 01/03/11 at 9:40 pm
You know it!
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Written By: nondiva234 on 01/04/11 at 1:00 am
Zut alors, my holiday break is ending in a matter of days! :( I'm sure everyone's excited about tomorrow, eh? #sarcasmß
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Written By: Michael on 01/04/11 at 8:46 am
Allright, now we are ready for a new topic. :-\\
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Written By: CeeKay on 01/04/11 at 10:24 am
Books we have read or movies we have seen recently?
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Written By: nally on 01/04/11 at 11:04 am
Can we put it to a vote...or randomly start discussing something of our choice?
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Written By: Christie Marie M on 01/04/11 at 3:56 pm
Discuss something of your choice.
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Written By: nally on 01/04/11 at 4:48 pm
Eventually, whatever topic we discuss tends to branch out into other topics and stuff...
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Written By: Michael on 01/04/11 at 4:50 pm
For me, I just saw the movie "Orphan", and I enjoyed the suspense.
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Written By: nally on 01/04/11 at 4:51 pm
Good for you! Now, has anyone else seen any movies lately and enjoyed them?
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Written By: CeeKay on 01/04/11 at 8:49 pm
Have seen The Tourist and really enjoyed it (especially Johnny Depp ;))
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Written By: Michael on 01/05/11 at 9:32 am
I think Johnny Depp is one of the better actors of our time.
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Written By: nally on 01/05/11 at 10:38 am
Johnny Depp played the role of Willy Wonka in the 2005 remake of the "Chocolate Factory" movie.
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Written By: CeeKay on 01/05/11 at 4:25 pm
Kids and adults loved the Willy Wonka remake, but it was very different from the first film.
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Written By: nally on 01/05/11 at 9:07 pm
Lots of kids have read and enjoyed the book (which was released long before either of the films), including me when I was a kid.
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Written By: CeeKay on 01/05/11 at 9:57 pm
My daughter said that the second movie followed the book more accurately.
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Written By: nally on 01/05/11 at 11:09 pm
Now I can agree with that statement; there were more similarities between the book and the second film; a notable example would be the disappearance of Veruca Salt.
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Written By: CeeKay on 01/06/11 at 11:17 am
Or the whole part of the story line with Willy Wonka's dad being a dentist.
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Written By: nally on 01/06/11 at 12:35 pm
Perhaps he had a different occupation in the book? I don't recall the elder Wonka being mentioned in the book.
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Written By: CeeKay on 01/06/11 at 3:35 pm
Quite possibly, I am wrong 8)
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Written By: nally on 01/06/11 at 6:08 pm
Roald Dahl had not established identities for any members of the Wonka family other than Willy, possibly because Willy was a relevant character in the book; and the only full family in the book was the Buckets, whose son Charlie was also a main character.
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Written By: CeeKay on 01/07/11 at 5:45 pm
Since I never read the books, I appreciate the information. ::)
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Written By: nally on 01/07/11 at 5:58 pm
That's fine; for some reason I thought you had read the original book, based on one of your above postings; guess I could be wrong though. :-\\
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Written By: CeeKay on 01/07/11 at 6:32 pm
usually I am more focused, but not lately. I meant to say my daughter read it.
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Written By: nally on 01/07/11 at 7:09 pm
Very well then. :) I suppose we could discuss the book and/or its film versions some more?
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Written By: CeeKay on 01/07/11 at 8:11 pm
We could, or we could fumble our way through the last three letters of the alphabet and start something new, lol.
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Written By: nally on 01/07/11 at 8:16 pm
X-tremely great suggestion!!!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/11 at 5:55 am
You bet we will!
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Written By: Michael on 01/08/11 at 9:44 am
Zowie, are we ready for a new topic?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/11 at 12:58 pm
A new topic please!
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Written By: nally on 01/08/11 at 2:02 pm
Before we start one, I'd just like to say that we made great use of the last three letters of the alphabet, two of which can be tougher than the rest!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/11 at 2:14 pm
Before we start one, I'd just like to say that we made great use of the last three letters of the alphabet, two of which can be tougher than the rest!
'Cause those three last letters in the alphabet always do prove to be the hardest in any of the alphabetical games in PBG.
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Written By: nally on 01/08/11 at 2:18 pm
Darn right; the Q, V, X and Z are usually the toughest... and on some occasions, the K.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/11 at 2:46 pm
Darn right; the Q, V, X and Z are usually the toughest... and on some occasions, the K.
E is easy, but sometimes I find 'I' hard.
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Written By: nally on 01/08/11 at 2:48 pm
For some people, they get creative with some of the letters.
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Written By: Michael on 01/09/11 at 10:32 am
For some people, they get creative with some of the letters.
Gee, I wish I were one of them!
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Written By: nally on 01/09/11 at 12:52 pm
Hey, we do some creative things with letters that get tough sometimes.
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Written By: Christie Marie M on 01/09/11 at 5:28 pm
I love creativity that involves a challenge.
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Written By: CeeKay on 01/09/11 at 5:52 pm
Just popping in after being gone a bit - you all are having a fun talk here!
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Written By: nally on 01/10/11 at 12:22 pm
Knock knock, anybody home?
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Written By: CeeKay on 01/11/11 at 9:09 pm
Look and see who's there!
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Written By: nally on 01/11/11 at 10:16 pm
Maybe we should find something specific to discuss...now that we're already halfway through this round of the alphabet.
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Written By: Dude111 on 01/12/11 at 10:32 pm
Next reply please :)
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Written By: nally on 01/13/11 at 11:48 am
Okay...thank you Dude111; we do need to move on, though.
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Written By: Michael on 01/13/11 at 2:13 pm
Perhaps new topic should be favorite childhood movie that made an impact....mine was Fantasia.
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Written By: Christie Marie M on 01/13/11 at 8:29 pm
Queen of Hearts is the most evil character from 'Alice In Wonderland', which is my fave childhood movie.
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Written By: nally on 01/13/11 at 9:04 pm
Right now I can name "101 Dalmatians" as one of my favorite animated films I remember seeing as a child.
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Written By: Michael on 01/15/11 at 1:21 pm
Since seeing "Bambi", I know I don't want to be a hunter.
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Written By: nally on 01/15/11 at 1:25 pm
The same goes for me, with regards to that.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 11:12 am
Utter sadness, is the emotion felt for the film Bambi.
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Written By: Michael on 02/19/11 at 11:21 am
Very sad when Bambi's mother is killed
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Written By: nally on 02/19/11 at 11:39 am
We all know what it's like to lose a close relative. :\'(
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 11:40 am
'Xactly so.
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Written By: nally on 02/19/11 at 12:06 pm
Yes; and the next post will bring an end to this round of the alphabet...although this time it took longer than usual.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 12:29 pm
Zooming on to the next subject.
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Written By: nally on 02/20/11 at 1:04 pm
Another alphabetic round begins with this post; what do you think we should discuss now?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 1:05 pm
Baseball?
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Written By: nally on 02/20/11 at 1:07 pm
Cool idea, especially since the spring training will start in about a week.
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Written By: ninny on 02/21/11 at 7:26 am
Diamondbacks and Dodgers are part of The Cactus league in spring training.
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Written By: nally on 02/21/11 at 11:04 am
Exactly; so are all the teams in the NL West and AL West divisions.
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Written By: ninny on 02/22/11 at 8:41 am
For- Instance that would put the Yankees and Blue Jays in the Grapefruit league.
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Written By: nally on 02/22/11 at 11:59 am
Grapefruit League consists of all teams from the NL East and AL East divisions, with a few from each Central division as well; in fact, some Central teams are part of the Cactus League. right now I can tell you that the Kansas City Royals play in the Cactus League, but not the Houston Astros (who are in Grapefruit).
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Written By: ninny on 02/23/11 at 9:23 am
Hard to think that baseball season is almost upon us.
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Written By: nally on 02/23/11 at 11:17 am
I know; the Spring Training games will start this weekend, and the regular season begins at the end of next month!
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Written By: Michael on 02/25/11 at 10:24 am
Just hoping the Cleveland Indians will play closer to 500.
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Written By: nally on 02/25/11 at 3:36 pm
Keep hoping for a great season, is what the fans do.
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Written By: ninny on 02/26/11 at 9:04 am
Lets hope Adam Wainwright did not have a career ending injury.
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Written By: nally on 02/26/11 at 12:43 pm
My hopes on his behalf is that he can return to the Cardinals in time for the 2012 season.
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Written By: ninny on 02/26/11 at 1:49 pm
Now we will have to see who will step up for them.
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Written By: nally on 02/26/11 at 5:33 pm
One thing that I hope the Dodgers do this year is do better than they did last year.
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Written By: ninny on 02/27/11 at 7:20 am
Personally I don't follow the Dodgers.
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Written By: nally on 02/27/11 at 11:09 am
Quickly they started going downhill after Joe Torre made some questionable managerial decisions that cost his team the game.
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Written By: ninny on 02/27/11 at 3:24 pm
Right, so is Joe Torre still the manager or has he retired yet?
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Written By: nally on 02/27/11 at 5:53 pm
Sadly, he is no longer the manager of any team; he stepped down last year at season's end, and Don Mattingly is going to succeed him starting this year.
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Written By: ninny on 02/28/11 at 8:23 am
That will be a good chance for Mattingly to prove himself as a manager.
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Written By: nally on 02/28/11 at 11:41 am
U got that right... although he did sit in as manager for one game last season, when he made some reasonable decisions on which players/pitchers to use. This will be his first season as official manager.
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Written By: malibumike65 on 03/21/11 at 12:02 am
Victory will come only to those who have fierce determination and a "Failure Is Not An Option" attitude.
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Written By: ninny on 03/21/11 at 7:52 am
Winners will prevail at the end.
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Written By: malibumike65 on 03/21/11 at 11:34 am
Xrays will be provided upon request.
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Written By: nally on 03/21/11 at 12:01 pm
Yay!! karma+1 to Malibu Mike for resurrecting this thread! 8)
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Written By: malibumike65 on 03/21/11 at 1:31 pm
Zippers have a tendency to be not as user friendly as button flies in trousers on a night when I am drunk.
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Written By: nally on 03/21/11 at 1:35 pm
All right, what are we talking about now?
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Written By: malibumike65 on 03/21/11 at 1:37 pm
Beer drinking injuries of the 20th century are still fresh on my mind.
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Written By: nally on 03/21/11 at 1:38 pm
Could people take safety precautions to avoid such injuries?
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Written By: malibumike65 on 03/21/11 at 1:41 pm
Donuts instead of booze might help. ::)
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Written By: nally on 03/21/11 at 1:42 pm
Even better, I for one would go for healthier snacks and/or beverages.
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Written By: ninny on 03/21/11 at 2:43 pm
For me the donuts, but not the beer.
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Written By: nally on 03/21/11 at 2:44 pm
Good choice; I don't like alcoholic beverages myself either.
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Written By: malibumike65 on 03/21/11 at 2:51 pm
Healthier options are more expensive though.
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Written By: nally on 03/21/11 at 2:52 pm
It depends on what options you choose; some are relatively inexpensive.
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Written By: malibumike65 on 03/21/11 at 2:56 pm
Joking aside, after a certain age, you just have to enjoy life and its pleasures despite the negative health benefits involved. No one gets out alive
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Written By: nally on 03/21/11 at 2:56 pm
Keep in mind that it's okay to do once in a while, but too much cannot be good.
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Written By: ninny on 03/21/11 at 3:00 pm
Like letting someone else drive if you over indulge.
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Written By: nally on 03/21/11 at 7:41 pm
Many wise people would agree with that.
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Written By: nondiva234 on 03/22/11 at 12:41 am
No doubt about that. :)
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Written By: ninny on 03/22/11 at 8:08 am
Obviously partying can be fun, but you need to know your limits.
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Written By: nally on 03/22/11 at 11:08 am
Precisely!
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Written By: malibumike65 on 03/22/11 at 12:53 pm
Quite true. Nothing in excess can be considered healthy. Moderation is the key.
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Written By: nally on 03/22/11 at 12:58 pm
Right you are! (How many times have I said that?!) :D
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Written By: malibumike65 on 03/22/11 at 1:07 pm
So many people refuse to abide by this philosophy though.
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Written By: nally on 03/22/11 at 1:08 pm
That's true, some will party like it's no big deal, but they don't care about any potential consequences, such as putting their lives at risk.
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Written By: malibumike65 on 03/22/11 at 1:15 pm
Usually, something has to happen that is tragic enough for them to understand that they have to stop their destructive behavior.
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Written By: nally on 03/22/11 at 1:16 pm
Violence can also result from this, which is not good.
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Written By: malibumike65 on 03/22/11 at 1:19 pm
When will they understand it isn't only themselves that they're hurting?
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Written By: nally on 03/22/11 at 1:21 pm
Xtreme pain can be felt not only by themselves, but those around 'em as well.
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Written By: malibumike65 on 03/22/11 at 1:22 pm
You are so right. Karma point for you. :)
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Written By: nally on 03/22/11 at 1:25 pm
Zippidy doo dah! This post completes another alphabetic go-around...
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Written By: malibumike65 on 03/22/11 at 1:26 pm
And a new round begins. :D
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Written By: ninny on 03/22/11 at 4:00 pm
Begin with what subject.
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Written By: nally on 03/22/11 at 5:35 pm
Can we enjoy the spring season, which has just started?
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Written By: ninny on 03/22/11 at 6:07 pm
Don't know yet, it's still cold in NY.
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Written By: malibumike65 on 03/22/11 at 6:20 pm
Eventually, the weather will be warmer.
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Written By: ninny on 03/22/11 at 6:26 pm
For me it can't come soon enough.
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Written By: malibumike65 on 03/22/11 at 6:28 pm
Good weather always comes to those who wait.
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Written By: ninny on 03/22/11 at 6:44 pm
Having just begun Spring I'm sure there are better days to come.
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Written By: malibumike65 on 03/22/11 at 7:54 pm
I am sure of it.
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Written By: nally on 03/22/11 at 10:09 pm
Just a few days ago, namely on Sunday -- the Vernal Equinox -- we had rain all day, but none yesterday or today; but tomorrow it may return.
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Written By: ninny on 03/23/11 at 7:27 am
Kind of wish it was raining here, we have 3 inches of snow on the ground with more to come.
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Written By: nally on 03/23/11 at 4:11 pm
Lots of rain has already come my way this morning, but the forecast has announced rain for tomorrow and Friday as well.
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Written By: ninny on 03/23/11 at 5:15 pm
More cold is coming are way with temps only hitting 30 the rest of the week.
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Written By: nally on 03/23/11 at 5:36 pm
No kidding? That's even colder than where I live. :o
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Written By: ninny on 03/23/11 at 5:41 pm
Obviously a lot of people around here are not to happy.
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Written By: nally on 03/24/11 at 12:35 pm
People in your area are probably just tired of the super-cold weather; what else can I say?
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Written By: ninny on 03/24/11 at 12:41 pm
Quite a lot of strange weather lately.
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Written By: nally on 03/24/11 at 12:43 pm
Rain has already fallen in California twice this week, and while there isn't any right now, more is on the way; in fact, it's scheduled to pass through here this afternoon.
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Written By: ninny on 03/24/11 at 12:49 pm
Spring weather can be interesting.
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Written By: nally on 03/24/11 at 12:49 pm
True; there is the ever-popular saying "April showers bring May flowers."
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Written By: ninny on 03/25/11 at 7:16 am
Use to hear that saying quite a lot growing up.
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Written By: nally on 03/25/11 at 11:55 am
Used to hear that saying quite a lot growing up.
Very often I did too.
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Written By: ninny on 03/25/11 at 2:27 pm
Wonder where the saying originated.
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Written By: nally on 03/25/11 at 4:22 pm
X-perimental observation?
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Written By: malibumike65 on 03/25/11 at 11:24 pm
You would think it would be.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 1:27 am
Zippidy doo dah! This post completes another alphabetic go-around...
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Written By: nally on 03/26/11 at 11:45 am
All righty; what should we discuss now?
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Written By: malibumike65 on 03/26/11 at 2:34 pm
Basically anything we want to discuss I guess. Any ideas?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 2:36 pm
Can't think of anything at the moment, can you?
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Written By: nally on 03/26/11 at 3:04 pm
Does anyone have some favorite songs they'd like to share with us?
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Written By: ninny on 03/27/11 at 6:25 am
Elton John's Tiny Dancer is one of my favorite songs.
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Written By: nally on 03/27/11 at 11:47 am
Forty years ago is when that song was released.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/11 at 1:18 pm
Gives me the shivers to think that was 40 years ago.
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Written By: nally on 03/27/11 at 10:09 pm
His album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was released a couple years later and had some well-known hits, including the title track.
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Written By: ninny on 03/28/11 at 8:38 am
I've been a huge fan of his since the early seventies.
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Written By: nally on 03/28/11 at 10:39 am
John has been a successful musician since then; he has lots of great albums and songs.
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Written By: ninny on 03/29/11 at 7:22 am
(The) King Must Die is a lesser known song by him.
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Written By: nally on 03/29/11 at 12:38 pm
Lion King, a 1994 Disney animated film, featured a couple of his songs, "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" (which became a big hit in the US that summer) and "Circle of Life."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:17 pm
Marilyn Monroe was the original subject from Elton John's Candle In The Wind, but after the tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales, Elton adapted the song as a tribute to her.
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Written By: nally on 03/30/11 at 4:57 pm
1997 (Nineteen ninety-seven) version of the song was written as a tribute to Princess Diana; and Elton performed it at her memorial service.
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Written By: ninny on 04/04/11 at 10:24 am
Other funeral services that Elton John has been to include Elizabeth Taylor and Gianni Versace.
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Written By: nally on 04/04/11 at 11:48 am
Perhaps he knew a lot of famous people when they were alive!
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Written By: ninny on 04/04/11 at 4:23 pm
Quite true, being famous you get to meet a lot of people.
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Written By: nally on 04/04/11 at 7:44 pm
Reginald Kenneth Dwight was the man's real name, by the way.
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Written By: ninny on 04/04/11 at 8:10 pm
Sure would be funny if he changed his name back.
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Written By: nally on 04/04/11 at 10:25 pm
That's true, if he suddenly decided to use his original name, people would be puzzled and/or stunned; after all, he's been using the pseudonym for pretty much his whole adult life.
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Written By: ninny on 04/07/11 at 9:37 am
Unfortunately I wont be able to see Elton perform in Rochester this month.
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Written By: nally on 04/07/11 at 11:11 am
Venues where he performs in, often sell out their shows quickly.
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Written By: ninny on 04/07/11 at 12:48 pm
Went last year and saw him in Buffalo with Billy Joel.
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Written By: nally on 04/07/11 at 12:49 pm
X-cellent! Two singers who love to play the piano, performing together.
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Written By: ninny on 04/07/11 at 1:24 pm
Yes it was one of the best concerts that I've been to. :)
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Written By: nally on 04/07/11 at 1:25 pm
"Zanzibar" was a song recorded by Mr. Joel... did you see him perform that one?
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Written By: ninny on 04/09/11 at 8:15 am
And the answer to the above question would be no.
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Written By: nally on 04/09/11 at 12:44 pm
Billy Joel had lots of great songs; it would be impossible for him to perform them all in one show.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 12:45 pm
Can be done if it was to be a very long show.
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Written By: nally on 04/09/11 at 12:46 pm
Do you think he'd have the stamina to do it?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 12:47 pm
Even with breaks?
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Written By: nally on 04/09/11 at 12:48 pm
For one thing, he'd probably need to schedule at least two shows... one where he'd perform some of his classic hits, and another where he'd perform some of his more recent stuff; just a thought.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 12:50 pm
Go for it, I say!
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Written By: nally on 04/09/11 at 12:51 pm
He will turn 62 next month, by the way.
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Written By: ninny on 04/10/11 at 8:08 am
I know it's hard to think of singers getting older, but like us they are too.
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Written By: nally on 04/10/11 at 7:22 pm
Just right; even though they are getting older, they still continue to perform concerts as long as they are able to do so.
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Written By: ninny on 04/11/11 at 8:33 am
Knowing that they may only have a few more years to perform,sometimes make fans want to see them while they have a chance.
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Written By: nally on 04/11/11 at 11:13 am
Lots of older performers are like that.
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Written By: ninny on 04/11/11 at 11:40 am
Maybe some should retire.
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Written By: nally on 04/11/11 at 11:43 am
No one considers doing that until later in life; unless they really feel like it.
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Written By: ninny on 04/12/11 at 10:04 am
Once you get older, I'm not sure if you can perform like you did in your 20's.
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Written By: nally on 04/12/11 at 3:44 pm
People try all kinds of tactics, including exercise, to stay in good shape as they get older.
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Written By: ninny on 04/14/11 at 8:14 am
Quite true, I'm sure that they need to stay in shape if they go on a tour.
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Written By: nally on 04/14/11 at 11:27 am
Regular exercise each day certainly helps a person live as long as possible.
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Written By: ninny on 04/15/11 at 6:30 am
Seems like the wise thing to do if you want to live a long healthy life.
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Written By: nally on 04/15/11 at 11:23 am
To live a long time, it would also help to eat healthy foods each day...and less junk.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/11 at 3:54 pm
Uncooked food is the wrong thing to eat.
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Written By: nally on 06/24/11 at 4:20 pm
Vegetables can be eaten uncooked, though; they just taste differently when they're cooked.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/11 at 4:22 pm
While to eat meat raw is a dangerous thing to do.
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Written By: nally on 06/24/11 at 4:24 pm
X-actly.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/11 at 4:30 pm
You have to be careful on all eating, even when cooked.
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Written By: nally on 06/24/11 at 4:31 pm
Zucchini is one of those veggies that can be eaten cooked or raw, but I prefer it cooked.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/11 at 3:30 am
Asparagus is one taste I have never liked.
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Written By: nally on 06/25/11 at 1:23 pm
But I for one have always eaten my veggies, as long as I can remember.
Can't think of one that I disliked.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/11 at 3:35 pm
Dicing the vegetables makes the eating easy.
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Written By: nally on 06/25/11 at 11:46 pm
Eating food in smaller form can make it simpler to eat, like you said; but it is not always necessary.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/11 at 1:12 am
Food for eating, as described above, chopped up, can be done in senior age when teeth are missing from mouths.
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Written By: nally on 06/26/11 at 1:17 pm
Good plan; then people can eat it without having to worry about crunching it.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/11 at 1:21 pm
Having it made into a soup helps too.
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Written By: nally on 06/26/11 at 1:26 pm
I know, because then you don't crunch on anything.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/11 at 1:27 pm
Just slurp it up with a soup.
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Written By: nally on 06/26/11 at 1:28 pm
Kinds of soup that I like include minestrone, vegetable, cream of tomato, and chili.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/11 at 4:08 pm
Lentil soup has never been a favourite of mine.
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Written By: nally on 06/27/11 at 10:56 am
Me neither, although I'm not sure if I've ever tried the stuff.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/11 at 1:36 am
Nuts can be dangerous to teeth as well.
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Written By: nally on 06/29/11 at 12:01 pm
Oh yes, if you don't eat them properly.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/11 at 1:42 pm
Peanuts or Pecans, which ones are worse?
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Written By: nally on 06/29/11 at 4:22 pm
Quite honestly, I would not know, but I don't really care for peanuts...especially since I don't like peanut butter.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/11 at 8:21 am
Rather like to say I like peanuts better myself.
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Written By: nally on 07/02/11 at 1:10 pm
Some people enjoy 'em, some don't; we all have our own set of likes and dislikes; that's what makes us all unique.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/11 at 1:11 pm
Totally down to taste.
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Written By: nally on 07/02/11 at 1:13 pm
Until I was about 8 or 9 years old, I never much cared to eat nuts, but I was convinced that they were nutritious, so I eventually began to like eating them.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/11 at 1:14 pm
Very tasty snack when waiting for lunch.
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Written By: nally on 07/02/11 at 1:16 pm
With trail mix, especially.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/11 at 1:18 pm
'Xacty!
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Written By: nally on 07/02/11 at 1:19 pm
You said it.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/11 at 1:22 pm
Zippidy doo dah! This post completes another alphabetic go-around...
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Written By: nally on 07/02/11 at 1:24 pm
Another one begins right now!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/11 at 1:24 pm
Brilliant, but what will be the subject this time?
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Written By: nally on 07/02/11 at 1:26 pm
Could we talk about the summer season, which is upon us right now?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/11 at 4:52 am
Does that mean baseball for you (USA) or cricket for me (UK)?
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Written By: nally on 07/03/11 at 11:20 am
Exactly; those sports are popular in the respective countries during summertime.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/11 at 11:58 am
Field sports like athletics are seasonal for this time of the year.
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Written By: nally on 07/03/11 at 11:58 am
Games are often widely attended by fans, too.
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Written By: ninny on 07/03/11 at 12:01 pm
Haven't been to a baseball game in years.
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Written By: nally on 07/03/11 at 12:02 pm
I just went to one at the end of May, to see the Dodgers play the Marlins, but my team lost. :(
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Written By: ninny on 07/03/11 at 12:13 pm
Just how good or bad are the Dodgers this year?
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Written By: nally on 07/03/11 at 9:57 pm
Kemp and Ethier are the two best players on the team, but everyone else seems to be not doing so well this year. :(
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 2:24 pm
LA Dodgers seems to be your favourite team.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/23/11 at 4:47 pm
My favorite team, yes they are... since they are my local team; I've always rooted for my local teams in all pro sports.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 08/25/11 at 11:25 am
Nothing beats rooting for local teams and hope they have good years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/25/11 at 1:01 pm
Oh yes; even when they don't have good years.
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Written By: Dude111 on 09/16/11 at 2:56 pm
Please hurry up,no chattering and post the next reply!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/11 at 3:26 pm
Quick answers needed here?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/16/11 at 6:32 pm
Right on! ...now I believe we were talking about our pro sports teams?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/11 at 11:48 pm
Sports teams in all participating sports?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/17/11 at 3:06 pm
To be honest, I believe so; mainly pro sports.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 10/22/11 at 9:49 am
Unbelievable how poor the Cleveland Browns have played.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/11 at 10:50 am
Very unbelievable?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/22/11 at 11:24 am
Well, sometimes these teams have poor seasons.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 10/23/11 at 11:02 am
Xactly correct, hope they do well today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/23/11 at 2:50 pm
Yes; Game 4 of the World Series will be played tonight, with the St. Louis Cardinals up 2 games to 1 on the Texas Rangers.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/11/11 at 6:05 pm
Zero is the total of Colts wins this season. 8-P
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/12/11 at 12:22 pm
Ah yes... I remember that the Detroit Lions had that many wins three years ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/12 at 2:13 am
Back then a better year for the Detroit Lions, but how are they performing now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/14/12 at 12:34 pm
Can't say, since I don't follow football, but wait, I can check....they finished the 2011-12 regular season with 10 wins and 6 losses.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/12 at 3:41 pm
Do not know much on that subject myself.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/14/12 at 4:53 pm
Exactly; in your area, the word "football" often refers to soccer.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/12 at 2:20 am
Football as in Association Football, yes indeed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/15/12 at 12:01 pm
Goals are common in both soccer and American Football...except soccer has a goalie, whereas American Football does not.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/12 at 2:14 pm
How many players are allowed to kick the ball in American (Gridiron) Football?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/15/12 at 6:52 pm
I believe there are 11 players on a team in American (Gridiron) football.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/26/12 at 11:01 pm
Just 11 are allowed on a play, but they are up to 53 in a team, I think.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/26/12 at 11:02 pm
Knowing that, I guess you can bench several players, and put them in when needed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/26/12 at 11:07 pm
Leave it up to the coaches to decide which is the right stategy to win the game.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/27/12 at 5:34 pm
Maybe that's the best thing to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/10/12 at 8:12 pm
Not many American like to watch soccer, but their numbers have grown somewhat since ESPN televised the English Championship games.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/12/12 at 12:12 am
Oh yes, then the people in the US could see 'em on TV and try to get more involved.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/12/12 at 12:16 am
Popularity among soccer fans is diverse in the fact that athletes from all races and classes can play and enjoy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/12/12 at 12:28 am
Quite right! I like that idea very much.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/12/12 at 12:32 am
Remember Pele, Kyle Rote, Jr., Shep Messing and Giorgio Chinaglia? They were some of the popalar professional soccer athletes during the 70s.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/12/12 at 12:38 am
Some of those names would ring a bell to those who have a passion with pro soccer. While I for one was not around then, I do know about certain famous names in other pro sports from that era.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/12/12 at 12:41 am
The NASL (North American Soccer League) folded in the early 80s, then indoor soccer had a brief run, with the San Diego Sockers and the Baltimore Blast have the most success.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/12/12 at 12:46 am
Useless, I guess it would be, to note that the aforementioned San Diego team had a wordplay name.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/12/12 at 12:54 am
Very astute, nally. It's too bad San Diego has only those indoor soccer title to fall back on since the Padres and Chargers still haven't won titles.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/12/12 at 12:55 am
Well, that is true; the Padres have reached the World Series twice (1984, 1998) but lost both times...and for the record they have never thrown a no-hitter in their 43-year history. :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/12/12 at 1:05 am
Skipping X
You can't deny that San Diego fans are hungry for a championship. That can only happen if Norv Turner is fired from the Chargers, IMHO.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/12/12 at 1:05 am
Zounds! Maybe that could happen someday?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/12/12 at 1:12 am
And even if they Chargers do win one with Turner, maybe it'll be with a record similar to what the Giants had in 2011 or worse.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/12/12 at 1:15 am
Before 2019 could they win one?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/12/12 at 1:19 am
Charger fans can't wait that long, since they show no love for their head coach or the owner Alex Spanos.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/12/12 at 1:53 pm
Doesn't that make the fans feel somewhat disappointed?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/12/12 at 4:24 pm
Every team wants to win the title, but not everybody can win it all.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/12/12 at 8:56 pm
For there is only one team that can win it all.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/14/12 at 9:22 pm
Getting to the playoffs is a chore in itself; they're are too many teams to let everyone play in those games.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/15/12 at 11:59 am
Half the teams (approximately) don't even stand a chance, based on their overall performance for the season.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/16/12 at 6:41 pm
In today's time, there isn't a whole lot of pro talent, making more teams on the outside looking in.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/16/12 at 6:50 pm
Just looking at their talent is not enough; some teams get paid a lot more than others do, and those teams that are underpaid don't often stand a chance at getting to the playoffs.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/16/12 at 7:04 pm
Kansas City is an example of a championship-starved team in that they seem to not have enough money to pay superstars big, like say, the Dallas Cowboys or New York Yankees.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/16/12 at 7:06 pm
Last time the Kansas City Royals reached the postseason was 1985, when they won the World Series (although they might've lost it if an umpire hadn't blown a call in a play in Game Six of that series) over the Cardinals, who play in the same state as them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/16/12 at 7:16 pm
...wait, what happened to M and N?
Many years have past-over two decades in fact-since the Royals won a pennant, let alone a World Series, and the Chiefs' only championship was Super Bowl IV in 1970.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/16/12 at 7:24 pm
Now that is something I was unaware of (with regards to the Chiefs' Super Bowl title).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/19/12 at 12:46 am
Only one Super Bowl did the Chiefs win with Hank Stram. That win was the last title won by the AFL, which became the AFC of the new NFL.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/12 at 11:51 am
Pittsburgh Steelers, on the other hand, have won a total of six Super Bowl titles.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/19/12 at 11:57 am
Quite a big feat, and Pittsburgh has had lots of titles with the Penguins and Pirates (although none recently for the latter).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/12 at 11:59 am
Right; in fact, this year will mark 20 years since the Pirates last finished with a winning record (and lost their chance to move on in the playoffs in a 9th-inning loss to the Atlanta Braves).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/19/12 at 12:10 pm
Sad, at the very least, the the Pirites have lost for so long, but at least they don't have to contend with a star player with a neck injury, as the Pens have to do with Sidney Crosby.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/12 at 12:15 pm
Today the Pirates have some decent players (including a few who were acquired during the offseason), but they are not being paid as much as those of other teams such as the Yankees.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/19/12 at 12:18 pm
Under better conditions, the Pirates would be contenders every year, but nothing is won on paper.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/12 at 12:19 pm
Very much so. (In fact, every team's goal during the season is to get to the playoffs...but they can't really do that if they finish with 90 or more losses.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/19/12 at 12:21 pm
Winning isn't everything, though; consider good sportsmanship, good attitude and the ability to laugh at yourself. The Pirates would win every year on those merits.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/12 at 12:23 pm
X-actly! Hey, even my L.A. Dodger team (which hasn't reached the playoffs since 2009) wins with certain merits, due to good sportsmanship (especially from Jamey Carroll, who is no longer with the team since his contract was up last year) and good attitude by all the players.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/19/12 at 12:29 pm
You would think that those qualities alone can win titles, but, alas, you still need an enormous amount of cash, even if it is less rewarding.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/12 at 12:36 pm
Zipadedoodah; this completes another round!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/19/12 at 12:39 pm
Another round, nally?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/12 at 12:40 pm
Bring it on, Indy! (or whoever replies to this post)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/19/12 at 12:44 pm
Can Do! All we need is a tpic.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/12 at 12:45 pm
Do you wish to continue the one we've been discussing, or select a new one?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/19/12 at 12:47 pm
Ehh, let's start a new one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/12 at 12:48 pm
Fine, how about different types of music?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/19/12 at 12:50 pm
Great! Start off with something popular or more obscure?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/12 at 9:27 pm
Hey, anything works for me... even about bands that have gotten back together over the years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/26/12 at 1:03 am
I can't think of one at the top of my head.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/26/12 at 1:21 am
Just recently I heard about Van Halen reportedly getting back together with its original members, and performing a series of shows...at least in California.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/26/12 at 1:50 am
Kings of rock in their time, but I'm tiring of their sound.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/26/12 at 1:51 am
Lots of people might feel the same way about bands that have stood the test of time, even with their long-time lineups.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/26/12 at 1:53 am
Many groups should also get back together, but sadly the Beatles and Led Zeppelin never will
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/26/12 at 1:56 am
No, they won't... since some of their members have passed away.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/26/12 at 1:57 am
Once a member dies, than the only reunions will be if all of them meet in another realm.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/26/12 at 2:11 am
Partial reunions are possible, with the surviving members... but that isn't quite the same since something would be missing, like an instrument or backing vocal or something similar.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/26/12 at 2:15 am
Quite right, Nally, and what good is half of the original?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/26/12 at 2:17 am
Right you are; especially with the Beatles. Half the members are still alive; one who isn't - George Harrison - would have turned 69 yesterday. :\'(
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/01/12 at 7:28 pm
Sad to say that we'll never get to here George's guitar gently weep.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/01/12 at 10:53 pm
That's right... he even wrote the song with that name, and performed the lead vocals on it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/02/12 at 7:14 pm
Under George Martin, I think the Beatles suffered musically, it was not as pure as their earlier work.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/02/12 at 10:24 pm
Very important observation on that one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/03/12 at 12:57 pm
When the Beatles broke up, a lot of people blamed the meddling of Mr. Martin, Yoko and/or other 5th Beatles.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/03/12 at 7:08 pm
"X" marked the spot for George Martin, I guess...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/03/12 at 9:30 pm
Yoko did her part, too; when she married John Lennon, that was the end of his friendship with Paul MCCartney.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/03/12 at 9:32 pm
Zippity doodah, that sums it up pretty well, I guess.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/03/12 at 9:38 pm
Another topic bites the dust. Any ideas, Nally (or whomever)?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/03/12 at 9:39 pm
Beginning a new topic everytime is often challenging to do, I've noticed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/04/12 at 7:42 pm
Can I assist you?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/04/12 at 8:38 pm
Do you have any ideas in mind? If not, then we can arbitrarily start talking about anything.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/04/12 at 10:05 pm
Eventually, we'll get to one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/12 at 12:00 pm
For some time now, I have been thinking.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/05/12 at 12:32 pm
Good, maybe one of us can start.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/12 at 12:34 pm
Holidays to be taken this year, as a subject?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/05/12 at 12:35 pm
I think that's an excellent idea!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 05/02/12 at 11:20 am
July 4th is a great holiday in the United States.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/02/12 at 6:43 pm
Killing me in anticipation for July 4th.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 05/03/12 at 2:08 pm
Labor Day is celebrated in September each year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/03/12 at 8:14 pm
Memorial Day is the next federal holiday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/12 at 7:27 am
Now you have to wait for that?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/05/12 at 3:23 pm
Oh, I don't know about that; it happens later this month, so it shouldn't be too long of a wait.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 05/21/12 at 3:52 pm
Perhaps the time will move quickly towards the holiday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/21/12 at 4:14 pm
Quickly is right; said holiday is one week away now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Michael on 05/22/12 at 1:59 pm
Relaxing on Memorial Day will be great.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/22/12 at 4:03 pm
Some people might wanna do barbecues and that sort of thing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/12 at 8:32 am
Taking in fresh air is a good thing when a holiday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/09/12 at 11:28 am
Under the sun, it is very hot, so people should take a lot of sunscreen to the beach.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/09/12 at 1:11 pm
Very hot it can be; that's why it's very important to protect your skin with sunscreen.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/09/12 at 1:24 pm
Winter is still a half year away, but at least we can look forward to the new fall TV season.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/09/12 at 1:26 pm
"X Factor" is probably one of those TV shows.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/09/12 at 1:32 pm
You would think, but I prefer non reality shows.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/09/12 at 1:34 pm
Zounds! I agree with you there; I only mentioned that one because it started with X.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/09/12 at 1:38 pm
And now we start over again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/09/12 at 1:39 pm
But we can still talk about current TV shows, whether we like 'em or not.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/09/12 at 1:47 pm
Cancelled, present, future, doesn't matter as long as it exists.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/09/12 at 1:48 pm
Darn right!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/09/12 at 1:56 pm
Every TV series deserves mentioning, but we only have 26 letters.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/09/12 at 1:57 pm
For example, we can mention lots of different shows starting with S, as that is a very common letter to start words...but Q, X, and Z have a small handful.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/09/12 at 2:06 pm
Great! Let's begin.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/09/12 at 2:07 pm
How about "Happy Days" (a 70's sitcom) and "How I Met Your Mother" (a current sitcom on CBS) as a couple of examples for this letter.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/09/12 at 2:12 pm
I'm not a big fan of How I Met Your Mother, but I liked Happy Days.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/09/12 at 6:53 pm
Just so you know, neither am I...but I just mentioned those two because they started with "H"... any good/not so good K's out there?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/10/12 at 11:07 am
Kojak, Kate and Allie, Kung Fu, King of The Hill, (yes I am googling) ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/10/12 at 12:41 pm
Let's see how many L's I can come up with from the top of my head... "Leave It To Beaver", "Let's Make A Deal", "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman", "L.A. Law"...and several others.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/10/12 at 4:11 pm
Many show that begin with M are The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Mike And Molly, Mod Squad, Major Dad, Mission Impossible and Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/10/12 at 8:01 pm
None of those really appealed to me, but I did watch part of an episode of "Mission Impossible" when I was younger; this was long before the same-named movie came out.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/10/12 at 8:39 pm
Old shows still hold up in the test of time, but the new generation may ignore them, just like they ignore old inthe00s threads.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/10/12 at 8:40 pm
People are like that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/10/12 at 8:45 pm
Quite like that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/10/12 at 8:47 pm
Right you are; we all have our own opinions and personal preferences, and that's what makes the world so diverse. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/10/12 at 8:51 pm
Sometimes young people like older things more and some older people like the younger stuff; you just can't judge anymore.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/10/12 at 8:52 pm
That's true; I like mostly "older" things (in terms of TV programs and music), but also some of the "younger/newer" stuff as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/10/12 at 8:58 pm
Under God, we are all equal.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/15/12 at 3:02 pm
Very much so...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/16/12 at 12:29 pm
Wars are no longer nessessary for peace, at least in my view.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/16/12 at 1:18 pm
"X" probably marks the spot for targets in such battles, but I agree with your post.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/16/12 at 1:50 pm
Your comments are welcome, as always.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/16/12 at 1:51 pm
Zippity doodah...this completes another alphabetic round.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/16/12 at 1:59 pm
And another begins.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/16/12 at 2:29 pm
But I will need to sign off soon; I may or may not be back later on, depending on how things go.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/17/12 at 1:02 pm
Crap, I gotta get dress to spend time with my dad, so Happy Father's Day, dads.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/17/12 at 5:24 pm
Dad, that is mine, is already having a nice relaxing day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/19/12 at 4:48 pm
Everyone had a nice weekend, hopefully.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/20/12 at 5:17 pm
Father's Day has come and gone... what's the next holiday? 4th of July?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Macaroni Man on 06/20/12 at 7:16 pm
Gastronomists suggest that more people suffer the indigestion on the fourth of July than any other time due to all the hot dogs
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/20/12 at 10:43 pm
Hey, welcome to the board, Macaroni Man! You are probably right about the hot dog consumption, though.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/21/12 at 5:53 pm
I also welcome you, MM.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/22/12 at 6:19 pm
July 4th is a couple weeks away, as I pointed out a few replies up. I don't think I'll be eating any hotdogs that day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/22/12 at 6:36 pm
Kielbasa is even worse for your arteries, but boy do they taste good.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/22/12 at 6:41 pm
Lots of foods pose a threat to people's arteries, due to LDL (bad cholesterol) and trans-fat, and I try to avoid such foods whenever possible.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/22/12 at 6:44 pm
Many foods are also high in sodium too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/22/12 at 7:05 pm
"Na" is the chemical symbol for sodium, by the way, as it comes from the Latin name of the element. The same can be said about many other chemical elements.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/22/12 at 7:35 pm
One mistake is always correctable here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/22/12 at 7:36 pm
Potassium is another chemical element whose symbol comes from the latin name.. "K".
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/22/12 at 7:38 pm
"Qu" is sometimes pronounced with a K sound like quinoa and quiche.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/22/12 at 7:43 pm
Right...mainly due to words originating from other languages.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/22/12 at 8:49 pm
Some languages don't even use letters, they use symbols and characters.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/23/12 at 1:18 pm
That's true; some Asian languages use special characters, which are equivalent to certain words and phrases.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/23/12 at 1:29 pm
Unless we start to understand all cultures and languages, we are doomed as a planet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/23/12 at 1:30 pm
Vernacular, or jargon, is also common in languages.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/23/12 at 1:36 pm
Wow, I did not know that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/23/12 at 1:37 pm
X, as you might know, does not begin very many words in most languages...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/23/12 at 1:44 pm
Y can be used as both a consonant or a vowel.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/23/12 at 2:46 pm
Zero other letters have that capability, as far as I'm concerned.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/23/12 at 5:58 pm
Alphabetically, we're at 'A' again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/23/12 at 11:02 pm
By golly, we are! how did we do that?! :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/24/12 at 11:12 am
Can it be the speed of our typing?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/24/12 at 6:20 pm
Darn right it could very well be.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/24/12 at 9:19 pm
Everything depends on fast/accurate typing skills, maybe.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/25/12 at 12:08 am
Fifteen years ago, my typing speed was nowhere as good as it is now; that's when I took my typing class.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/25/12 at 5:29 pm
Great, but my typing speed is still slow even after taking Mavis Beacon's course.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/25/12 at 5:30 pm
Helps to do it frequently (preferably every day); that's how you become good at any sort of skill.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/25/12 at 5:43 pm
I do it every time I'm on the PC, but I still can't master it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/26/12 at 2:10 pm
July of 1997, when I took my typing class, we used typewriters; mainly to get a feel for the standard position on the keyboard... but I still practiced on the computer, since we had one of those at home.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/26/12 at 6:26 pm
Keyboard legs nowadays are so short it's easy to make typos.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/26/12 at 7:54 pm
Lots of typos were made by my fingers when I first took a typing test; that's for sure. Since then, my speed has improved greatly.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/27/12 at 6:28 pm
Must be a master by now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/28/12 at 10:32 am
Not until I can type 80 wpm...just kidding...yes, I am sort of a master at typing by now. :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/29/12 at 10:19 pm
Only 80 wpm? You can do more than that (just kidding).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/30/12 at 12:15 pm
Perhaps I might be able to do that in another ten years' time, if I take another typing test before then.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/12 at 12:45 pm
Quite slow for me now, I was 35 wpm, not it must be 25 wpm, and I have not done a recent test to find out.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/30/12 at 12:47 pm
Really?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/30/12 at 6:07 pm
Some people are peckers like me, since I can't get position with the keys and my pinky finger is useless.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/30/12 at 10:42 pm
That's too bad, about your pinky finger. :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/30/12 at 11:24 pm
Useless, and also very painful, like all of my digits after typing a while.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/30/12 at 11:33 pm
Very quickly they can get that way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/02/12 at 9:14 pm
When it does, it's more of an inconvenience than a major pain.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/03/12 at 1:39 pm
X-cept if you manage to take a break from typing, so that you don't develop carpal tunnel syndrome.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/04/12 at 11:25 pm
You can also get arthritis, digititous and other hand related diseases.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/05/12 at 1:35 pm
Zero of those are good to have; I.O.W., they are NOT good at all.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/05/12 at 11:30 pm
Anyone for another round?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/06/12 at 12:38 pm
Bring it on!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/06/12 at 8:58 pm
Can you think up a topic?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/06/12 at 11:45 pm
Do we need to go through this little routine everytime we start a new letter... or should we just randomly choose whatever comes to mind?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/07/12 at 12:28 pm
Either or. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/07/12 at 12:55 pm
Fine, how about baseball? and the fact that the All-Star Game is coming up.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/07/12 at 2:32 pm
Great...how about them Cubbies ::)?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/07/12 at 11:38 pm
Hey, maybe they might win one before 2020. ::) :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/08/12 at 1:54 am
I doubt it, but stranger things have happened.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/12 at 2:05 am
Just now and then, strange things can occur.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/08/12 at 11:43 am
Keep on cheering for your own team, and hopefully that will do some good.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/14/12 at 11:08 am
Like it will never will happen, but hope is at hand.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/14/12 at 11:59 am
Maybe the Cubbies will win one at some point (or at least get there); the same had been said about the Sox teams for the longest time, but they finally broke through in the mid-2000s.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/12 at 2:20 am
Next on, how do things stand for the next season?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/25/12 at 4:30 pm
Only in 2013 we will know for sure... however, the schedules for next season should be released around September or so.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/12 at 4:27 am
Patience is the issue here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/25/12 at 9:18 am
Quite the oppose for Cubs fans, since thy've been patient for 103 years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/25/12 at 12:58 pm
Right; and this year it looks like it'll be 104.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: mistymented1 on 08/25/12 at 1:10 pm
So, maybe it's time for a cool change
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/25/12 at 6:00 pm
The Cubs have gone the longest without winning a World Series, as well as appearing in one (although they came awfully close to getting there in 2003).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/25/12 at 6:07 pm
Under .500 teams are already eliminated, and surprisingly, the Pirates and Orioles are not among them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/25/12 at 6:08 pm
Very observant; neither are the Washington Nationals (who've gone the longest without reaching the postseason; the only time they got there was in 1981 as the Montreal Expos; they lost to the Dodgers in the NLCS that year).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/25/12 at 6:16 pm
Washington must be very happy, but Montreal is livid or does not care.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/25/12 at 6:16 pm
X-cept for that 1994 season, when they had a good chance... but unfortunately the players' strike ended their dreams. :\'(
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/25/12 at 6:19 pm
Yeah, I thought I had it with the MLB when they picketed in 2004, but a friend has made me interested again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/25/12 at 6:22 pm
Zounds! I'm glad you became re-interested.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/25/12 at 6:26 pm
And back to American football now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/25/12 at 6:26 pm
But there is no American football franchise that is local to me; there hasn't been since the Rams moved away in the mid-1990's.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/25/12 at 6:33 pm
Can't ignore that, but I think there was talk about the Rams coming back.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/25/12 at 6:35 pm
Do you really think they could? (I know there's been discussion about bringing a franchise to L.A. over the last few years, but I didn't know if there was a specific team that would agree to move.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/25/12 at 7:20 pm
Every smaller market team has been tagged as beening moveable, but I think the odds right now are against it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/25/12 at 7:20 pm
For sure; personally, I could care less since I don't follow pro football, but my dad used to when he was a kid.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/25/12 at 7:31 pm
Gridiron football has not been missed by former L.A. fans, although some of the older fans still live in the past.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/26/12 at 6:35 pm
How should I respond to that? ???
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/26/12 at 8:14 pm
I would just not worry about it because only God knows our future.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/27/12 at 10:34 am
Just take things as they come, I guess.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/27/12 at 7:04 pm
Knowledge is overrated when it comes to predicting the future.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/27/12 at 7:15 pm
Life is filled with unpredictability.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/27/12 at 7:22 pm
Most of life is unpredictable, the only constant is change.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/27/12 at 7:37 pm
No one knows for sure what'll happen in the future.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/27/12 at 10:46 pm
Occasionally, someone gets lucky and guesses correctly.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/28/12 at 12:31 pm
Perhaps those people make educated predictions based on certain factors...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/28/12 at 7:23 pm
Quite a feat to make an "educated" guess nowadays, since it seems anything can happen
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/29/12 at 11:05 am
Right now, though, we can only take things as they come, and that might very well have an effect on the future.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/29/12 at 5:31 pm
Sometimes no news is good news.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/29/12 at 5:44 pm
These days, that's how it seems most times.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/30/12 at 8:04 pm
Until there is a definite way to predict the future, all we can do is live in the present.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/31/12 at 10:40 am
Very much so; take life one day at a time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/31/12 at 8:49 pm
Weather people in Indianapolis are predicting rain throughout the weekend, and I'm praying they are wrong.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/01/12 at 1:14 am
X's probably won't appear on the weather map there to represent that other kind of precipitation.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/01/12 at 9:16 pm
Yeah, I guess I can look at it from that perspective.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/02/12 at 12:43 pm
Zero inches of precipitation, of course, is not very good at all because that would indicate dry weather.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/02/12 at 6:22 pm
Another 3 inches of rain or more could end this drought.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/02/12 at 6:25 pm
Bringing that rain over here would be nice, since California has been deprived of rain as of late, lol.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/02/12 at 6:59 pm
Could be that global warming thing again, but as we've said before, it's too early to draw conclusions.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/02/12 at 7:01 pm
Don't even want to go there...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/02/12 at 7:18 pm
Earth will destroyed someday, but hopefully not in my lifetime.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/03/12 at 12:03 pm
For now, we must do all we can to protect our home planet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/08/12 at 11:01 am
Great, let's start by getting the weeds out of our yards.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/08/12 at 11:22 am
Hours can be spent doing that task in our yard, cuz' there's so many of 'em.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/08/12 at 11:50 am
I know, I have a quite a bit myself, but maybe not as much as my dad's house.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/08/12 at 12:07 pm
Just getting down to business with that task can be hard to do sometimes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/08/12 at 12:40 pm
Killing weeds can be as simple as buying Round-up, but I prefer the old-fashioned way of pulling them out.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/08/12 at 12:42 pm
Lots of weeds can be destroyed that way with one pull of the Round-up trigger; I'd probably prefer to dig 'em out...down to the root, so that they have less chance of returning.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/08/12 at 12:47 pm
More people are destroying their lawns by taking the easy way out.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/08/12 at 12:50 pm
Not a good idea to do it that way... http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/07/nono.gif
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/08/12 at 12:52 pm
Old school is the way to go, according to most lawn care experts.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/08/12 at 12:55 pm
Perhaps I should do it that way then.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/08/12 at 4:10 pm
Quite right, but I would first consult with Lowe's, Home Depot, or Ace Hardware (but not Walmart) for some advice.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/08/12 at 4:11 pm
Rushing through the task, of course, is not recommended, either.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/08/12 at 4:18 pm
Slogging through a project is even worse. since your heart is not into the job.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/08/12 at 4:19 pm
True, true; it is best to take your time on a project.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/08/12 at 4:23 pm
Underground digging should not be done hastily, for there are too many electrical cords buried; get approval from Public Works first.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/08/12 at 4:24 pm
Very carefully it should be done, yes; but you don't want to dig in areas that have electrical cords.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/08/12 at 4:31 pm
Water pipes are also a danger, so call Public Works and not a plumber to decide if it is safe.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/09/12 at 12:07 pm
X-treme measures should probably be taken in such a situation?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/09/12 at 9:11 pm
Your actions may make a difference between having a messed up yard or not.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/10/12 at 12:14 pm
Zapping out those weeds with a certain device might be nice, but such an item probably hasn't been invented yet; I dun'no.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/10/12 at 6:14 pm
Another catagory, Jeff?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/10/12 at 10:45 pm
Bringing a new category into the mix doesn't always happen right away; sometimes I like to keep the current discussion going until something else creeps up... however, I think we've killed all the weeds now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/11/12 at 7:04 pm
Can we discuss our long-term plans?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/12/12 at 11:56 am
Do you think we should? if so, then I'll agree to that. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/12/12 at 7:02 pm
Everything is better when planned way in advance.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/13/12 at 11:29 am
For sure; last-minute, spur-of-the-moment planning does not give much time to thoroughly plan what you wanna do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/13/12 at 5:31 pm
Getting to where you want to be is hard enough with planning because "The best laid plans of mice and men..."
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/13/12 at 5:55 pm
Hee hee, that makes some sense, indeed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/13/12 at 6:58 pm
It should also be noted that having a good list of ideas helps in planning for the future.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/14/12 at 12:17 pm
Jotting them down certainly helps.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/15/12 at 12:24 am
Knowledge in what you want to accomplish is also helpful.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/15/12 at 1:40 pm
Listing all the things you want to accomplish can also be helpful.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/15/12 at 2:25 pm
Missions of the Armed Forces often depend on several lists and years of work and planning for success.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/18/12 at 2:30 pm
Now that seems like a pretty huge task in itself...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/18/12 at 7:20 pm
Only if your not as prepared as the Armed Forces.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/18/12 at 10:42 pm
Preparing is still a good thing to do, nonetheless.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/19/12 at 9:26 pm
Quality is also dependent on planning ahead.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/20/12 at 10:44 am
Right you are...as are a number of other factors, I'm sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/20/12 at 6:42 pm
Some of the best laid plans, however, don't always work.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/21/12 at 11:04 am
True; something often seems to get in the way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/21/12 at 11:37 pm
Under some dire circumstances, you may have to improvise.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/22/12 at 12:50 pm
Very much so, but even that could be a challenge.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/23/12 at 12:25 am
Whether or not you can face the challenge has a lot to do with your preserverance.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/23/12 at 6:00 pm
X-actly; and there've been many challenges I've had to face over my lifetime... I've gotten through 'em.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/24/12 at 8:55 pm
You and I both, and a lot of others, too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/25/12 at 11:18 am
Zipping through them becomes easy when you've faced specific ones enough times.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/25/12 at 6:42 pm
And what is our next plan?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/25/12 at 7:42 pm
Being (or getting) prepared, I guess?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/26/12 at 5:52 pm
Can you be more specific?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/27/12 at 12:07 am
Do you want me to...or is this turning into a "questions" round?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/27/12 at 12:20 am
Even this thread can have questions.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/27/12 at 12:27 am
Finding a good response can be challenging, though.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/27/12 at 7:44 pm
Good responses are hard to come by, especially if you have a troll trying to muck up the thread.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/27/12 at 11:43 pm
Here in this thread, we don't seem to have too many of those, I don't think.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/28/12 at 6:09 pm
I agree.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/28/12 at 7:27 pm
Jumping right into the next response...sometimes the starter of this thread periodically comes around and adds to it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/29/12 at 7:41 pm
Knowing the next line to type on this thread is important.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/29/12 at 7:42 pm
Like this reply, for instance... I think it came easily due to "L" being a fairly easy letter.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/29/12 at 10:19 pm
"M" is also an easy letter, because it starts the word "Mother".
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/30/12 at 2:22 pm
Not all letters come easily, that's for sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/03/12 at 5:27 pm
Only five letters are vowels, unless you sometimes count 'y', the rest being consonents, which often start a sentence.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/03/12 at 6:30 pm
Precisely right...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/15/12 at 5:35 pm
Quitting now will only stifle your creativity.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/16/12 at 3:07 pm
Rushing through it, however, is not recommended; at least I think, from my perspective.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/13 at 5:42 am
Small time since this have a posting, Bimp!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/20/13 at 11:35 am
To be honest, I never thought that seven long months would pass before this thread was updated again!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: warped on 05/20/13 at 11:39 am
Usually, threads that have not been posted in for some time are buried forever.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/20/13 at 11:41 am
Very true; and they get forgotten about... although this one does often get stuck at a certain letter (not the next one, but the one after that).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: warped on 05/20/13 at 11:43 am
Well, starting a sentence with the letter "X" poses a challenge. I'm hoping it can be skipped.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/20/13 at 11:45 am
X-actly right you are...but sometimes I like to wing it, as I have done with this post.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/13 at 12:23 pm
You did the right thing there!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/20/13 at 12:41 pm
Zonks Batman who started this back up ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/20/13 at 3:03 pm
A gentleman by the name of Philip... I believe.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/20/13 at 6:45 pm
Brilliant on his part.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/20/13 at 10:41 pm
Can we keep the conversation going now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/21/13 at 7:35 am
Depends on if we can think of things to say.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/21/13 at 3:21 pm
Exactly; sometimes it takes a while to think of something good to respond with, but we can make it work. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/21/13 at 5:12 pm
First we have to hope others join in.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/21/13 at 5:15 pm
Good idea...now where can we find people to join in?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/21/13 at 5:28 pm
Hopefully some of our new members will join in.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/21/13 at 5:30 pm
It would be nice if they did... of course, some who wish to join in this thread may wish to view the opening post to see the rules...but they can catch on if they view the most recent page and see that each post starts with the next letter of the alphabet, which is pretty straightforward. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/21/13 at 8:07 pm
Just getting a few to post would be nice.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/22/13 at 11:41 am
Keeping the thread going is one thing, but it can't always be the same two or three people all the time; that's not much fun.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/22/13 at 1:38 pm
Like right now it's been you and me and some of Phil.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/22/13 at 3:53 pm
My posts in this thread overall have probably been key contributions...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/22/13 at 5:03 pm
Needless to say yes they have.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/22/13 at 5:36 pm
One karamel point has been added your way for your response. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/22/13 at 7:15 pm
^ Thanks
Posting in this game is a lot of fun.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/22/13 at 10:47 pm
Quite right you are. 8)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/23/13 at 6:36 am
Really enjoying resurrecting this game.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/23/13 at 11:14 am
So much fun it can be to have an alphabetic conversation.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/23/13 at 11:53 am
This is so true.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/13 at 3:59 pm
Utterly so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/23/13 at 5:00 pm
Very quickly it can go by when many people participate in it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/13 at 11:43 am
When will that happen?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/24/13 at 2:11 pm
"X" will probably mark that spot, who knows?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/24/13 at 6:41 pm
You've done a good job with that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/24/13 at 10:52 pm
Zippitydoodah...I guess this post concludes another alphabetic round.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/25/13 at 6:29 am
And now we start the cycle over again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/25/13 at 11:56 am
Beginning with another topic of discussion, perhaps?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/26/13 at 8:58 am
Can't decide what we should talk about yet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/26/13 at 2:37 pm
Do you think anyone else might have ideas/suggestions?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/26/13 at 2:56 pm
Entertaining thought, but I still don't see anyone else posting here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/26/13 at 2:57 pm
For now it's just you and me (and Philip in some cases), so I guess we'll just carry on.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/26/13 at 3:10 pm
Guess that's the way it's going to be for a while.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/27/13 at 12:13 am
Hate to say this, but I will have to agree with your post.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/27/13 at 6:39 am
I was hoping others would join in the fun.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: warped on 05/27/13 at 7:15 am
Join in the fun?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/27/13 at 11:25 am
Kind of you to do so.^
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/27/13 at 3:13 pm
Lots of people taking part in this game would be lots of fun.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/27/13 at 4:50 pm
makes it easier on us.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/27/13 at 11:21 pm
No one else has done so...at least yet, but we are still hopeful.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/28/13 at 7:04 am
People may not know about this.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/28/13 at 9:36 am
No one else has done so...at least yet, but we are still hopeful.
Oops... the letter "O" was skipped!
People may not know about this.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/28/13 at 9:36 am
Quickly we must recover...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/28/13 at 11:26 am
Really quick of you to spot my mistake.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/28/13 at 11:27 am
Someone else needs to jump in now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/28/13 at 11:32 am
That would be so nice.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/13 at 12:56 pm
Until then we have to wait.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/28/13 at 2:02 pm
Vehemently waiting here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/13 at 4:50 am
Wait, wait, and wait again!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/30/13 at 6:49 am
Xtra Xtra I'm waiting here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/13 at 8:28 am
You're waiting again!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/30/13 at 10:49 am
Zounds! it seems like I have to join in the "waiting" crowd again, since there seem to be 3 main contributors to this thread as of late.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/31/13 at 10:29 am
And now for something completely different.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/31/13 at 11:07 am
Beginning a new discussion...or continuing with the one we have going and hoping that something else develops from it?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/31/13 at 1:04 pm
Change in discussion might be nice.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/31/13 at 1:05 pm
Do you really think so?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/31/13 at 1:15 pm
Entering a new topic could be fun.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/31/13 at 1:22 pm
For sure... in fact, why don't we randomly pick one and see how long we can talk about it?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/31/13 at 1:23 pm
Great...Who's gonna start?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/31/13 at 1:32 pm
Hey, I'll randomly volunteer with...libraries.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/31/13 at 1:38 pm
interesting subject.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/31/13 at 1:39 pm
Just so you know, I have been volunteering in one for nearly 8 months.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/31/13 at 1:46 pm
Kind of a nice thing to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/31/13 at 1:47 pm
Libraries can open up a world of possibilities for one person.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 05/31/13 at 1:53 pm
Many things can be learned there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/13 at 2:20 pm
Nonfiction books can certainly help you learn about things in everyday life, as they are divvied into various categories; for example, the 700s category is mostly about the arts.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 06/02/13 at 6:31 pm
Obviously you have learned a lot being there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/13 at 8:42 pm
Pretty much, I can guarantee it; I have even checked out at least one book from there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 06/03/13 at 7:44 am
Quiet as a mouse is what they like in a library.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/03/13 at 10:09 am
Right you are...and I have noticed that it is sometimes hard for the kiddies to be "quiet as a mouse" in their section.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 06/03/13 at 1:40 pm
Sometimes its tough to be quiet when your so young and full of energy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/03/13 at 3:54 pm
Thats true; it is natural for kids to behave that way in most places.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 06/04/13 at 6:05 am
Understanding how the library system works takes time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/04/13 at 9:15 am
Volunteering or working in one, like I do, can help a person understand it quicker than many patrons can.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 06/04/13 at 9:43 am
Working there there must be lots of rewards or perks.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/04/13 at 4:27 pm
X-actly...or so it seems. However, I am only a volunteer there for now; it is still one place I'd like to work at someday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 06/05/13 at 7:51 am
You would benefit greatly if you got a job there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/05/13 at 10:40 am
'Zactly right you are...but there are no positions open as of yet; however, I am keeping my eyes open.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 06/05/13 at 4:00 pm
And good luck to you getting that job.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/05/13 at 4:20 pm
Before I can get one, I will have to let my supervisor know that I am interested, and I intend to do that when I go back to the library (which will be next Monday).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/29/13 at 3:31 pm
Can I bump this thread back to the front?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 06/29/13 at 9:37 pm
Do you have a subject to talk about?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/13 at 4:17 am
Every subject under the sun can be talked about he.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 06/30/13 at 10:12 am
Finding people to keep this going is the hard part.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/30/13 at 12:36 pm
Good point; by the way, since my last post in this thread, I did talk to my supervisor at the library to let her know that I'm interested in eventually working there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 06/30/13 at 2:40 pm
Hope everything works out for you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: KayKay on 06/30/13 at 6:02 pm
I think I get it ;). I'm a volunteer as well, love it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Step-chan on 06/30/13 at 9:19 pm
Jumping on a trampoline can be pretty fun.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/30/13 at 9:22 pm
Kids enjoy that sorta thing. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/01/13 at 10:57 am
Lawn Darts in the backyard was a thing to enjoy in the past, but now is banned.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/01/13 at 11:56 am
Many enjoyable summers I had in my youth playing Lawn Darts.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/01/13 at 2:53 pm
Never have I had any encounters with such items...nor do I intend to.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/01/13 at 3:00 pm
One never knows how much fun it is till you play it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/01/13 at 3:01 pm
Perhaps the person who invented them didn't know how dangerous they could be?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/01/13 at 3:10 pm
Quite dangerous if in the wrong hands, but with proper supervision the game can be played with no one getting injured.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/01/13 at 3:12 pm
Right you are; particularly if no one stands in the way while they are being thrown.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/01/13 at 3:24 pm
Standing in the way of one throwing a lawn dart would be very stupid.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/01/13 at 4:27 pm
Too true; you don't even want to go into their potential path, either. 8-P
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/01/13 at 5:01 pm
Unless you want to get hit.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/01/13 at 5:06 pm
Very few people in their right minds would want that. ::)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: KayKay on 07/02/13 at 5:16 am
well, you can never tell with some people ;) !
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/02/13 at 10:41 am
X-actly right...but if they wanna protect themselves, they best stay out of harm's way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/03/13 at 10:43 am
You would be well advised to stay out of someone's way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/03/13 at 3:04 pm
Zowie! That's what would happen when the projectile gets launched.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/03/13 at 5:15 pm
All's well that ends well, and now the beginning again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/04/13 at 12:30 am
Big plans for the 4th, anyone? http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/4thJuly/smiley.gif
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/04/13 at 7:58 am
Can't see the fireworks this year, they start at 9:30 and Tim works until 10:30 :(
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/04/13 at 7:06 pm
Darn... oh well, that's the way things work out sometimes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/05/13 at 9:31 am
Every year is different, maybe next year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/05/13 at 1:03 pm
For now, we enjoy the time we have at the present moment.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/13 at 11:16 am
Got to wait for November 5th for fireworks in the UK
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/06/13 at 11:48 am
Ha ha... is that because it is Guy Fawkes Day?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/08/13 at 9:29 am
Interesting holiday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/08/13 at 11:31 am
Just four more months until that day...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/08/13 at 2:04 pm
Keeping it circled on the calender now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/08/13 at 4:01 pm
Let's see...are there any special occasions coming up before then? (other than my birthday, which is on Thursday of this week)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/12/13 at 10:28 am
Many happy returns to you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/12/13 at 11:26 am
Ninny, thank you very much; my day was wonderful (and at the same time, relaxing). :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/12/13 at 1:03 pm
Oh that is good to hear.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/12/13 at 1:17 pm
Pleasant day it was, despite the humidity.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/12/13 at 1:22 pm
Quite humid here this week also, except for today it is very pleasant.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/12/13 at 1:23 pm
Rain is not in the forecast over there, I hope (at least not lots of it)?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/12/13 at 1:29 pm
Suppose to be nice and dry here for the next few days.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/12/13 at 1:30 pm
That's good to know.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/12/13 at 1:41 pm
Usually July and August are the hottest months.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/12/13 at 1:43 pm
Very much so in the U.S., due to the fact that those months are summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/12/13 at 1:50 pm
Would be a little weird to visit such places like Australia, where it is winter now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/12/13 at 1:51 pm
X-treme weather conditions are not often much fun. :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/12/13 at 2:02 pm
You said it, it would be quite a shock.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/13/13 at 12:10 pm
Zero degrees on the Fahrenheit scale, of course, represents the freezing point.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/14/13 at 6:46 am
Alright we got through the alphabet once again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/14/13 at 10:07 am
Beginning another round...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/15/13 at 9:15 am
Can we think of a new subject to discuss.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/13 at 9:36 am
Dum de dum dum,... I trying to think of a good subject
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/15/13 at 12:29 pm
Elevator music would be a boring subject.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/15/13 at 5:12 pm
For sure it would be; I can't argue with that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/16/13 at 7:54 am
Guess we need to think of something new.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/13 at 3:27 pm
How about... things that are going on in our lives right now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/16/13 at 5:34 pm
I'd say that's a good idea.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/13 at 5:35 pm
Just a few days ago, I had a birthday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/16/13 at 5:52 pm
Kind of sucks after awhile, unless you're still young.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/13 at 5:55 pm
Like 33 (which I am now)?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/16/13 at 6:07 pm
Many more to come, I hope.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/13 at 6:10 pm
Now if only I could find a job... I've wanted one ever since my temporary one ended exactly three years ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/16/13 at 6:15 pm
One will pop up soon, just be patient.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/13 at 6:17 pm
Patience is required in such a case like this, yes; the point I was trying to make is that I should be working and having an income now that I'm 33; but I am doing my best to maintain patience.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/16/13 at 6:19 pm
Quit worrying, I'm sure there is someone waiting to hire you. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/13 at 6:22 pm
Right you are; in fact, I've been maintaining my correspondence with those who have helped me, such as the people I'm networking with; this includes a gal from a staffing agency that I met 2 months ago...and for the record, she's the same age as me. ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/16/13 at 6:24 pm
Super, that's a good start.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/13 at 6:27 pm
There's not just the staffing agencies and my networking; there's also my supervisor at this one place I've been volunteering at for the past three years; he wrote me a really good recommendation letter last year, which I am sending to potential employers, along with my resume (I also sent a copy of said letter to the aforementioned young lady at the staffing agency).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/19/13 at 8:20 am
Usually when lots of people give you recommendations it means they think well of you and that you have the ability to do the job.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/19/13 at 11:21 am
Very much so; in fact, this past Monday morning I got a call from a woman I met in Contacts-n-Coffee (the networking group that I've been a part of for the past year), who runs a photography business; she wanted to see if I could come to her office and help her with a data entry project...so I obliged, and I completed the project in an hour's time and was paid $11 afterwards! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/23/13 at 6:32 pm
Wonderful, it's a start.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/24/13 at 7:10 am
Xactly it's maybe what you need to get a career.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/24/13 at 4:38 pm
Your college degrees should help, too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/25/13 at 6:19 pm
Zipping right through this.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/13 at 7:11 am
...and we start again at 'A' once more.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/26/13 at 8:16 am
Back around again we go.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/26/13 at 11:47 am
College degrees are a helpful thing to have when applying for a job; Indy Gent is right.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/13 at 4:41 am
Diplomas help too!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/27/13 at 9:53 am
Every little bit helps in landing a job including luck.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/27/13 at 12:30 pm
For now, I keep looking on various sites to see what listings I can find.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/27/13 at 12:44 pm
Great just keep at it and within no time you'll be working.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/27/13 at 12:45 pm
How much longer it will take, I do not know; but I do know that something will be out there for me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/27/13 at 12:53 pm
Indeed when looking for a job you need patience.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/27/13 at 12:59 pm
Job hunting can be a cumbersome process, especially when you have a certain set of skills; I still need patience in such times.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/27/13 at 1:03 pm
Know your limitations don't stress yourself out worrying.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/27/13 at 1:18 pm
Lots of people tend to do that (worrying), and I try not to, even when times are tough.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 07/28/13 at 7:24 am
Makes a lot of difference in your health if you don't stress about things.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/07/13 at 4:16 pm
No one likes to feel that way, of course.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: KayKay on 08/08/13 at 3:38 am
Overthinking is something we all do at times, though I've been looking for a new job for ages now and am still stuck in the same one, moving soon though so this could change!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 08/08/13 at 9:25 am
Perhaps a change of location will be the answer.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/08/13 at 11:42 am
Quite possibly a logical solution for someone who is moving.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 08/09/13 at 8:43 am
Right it depends on so many factors, whether they are happy where they are or need to move.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/09/13 at 3:51 pm
Storage companies are always willing to help.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 08/09/13 at 7:55 pm
Those pods come in handy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/11/13 at 11:46 pm
Until we had a house with a garage, we had to put most of our stuff into storage because it was taking up room in our mobile home; now, with an actual house, we can store items in our garage and not have to worry about a monthly rent!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 08/12/13 at 7:51 am
Various times we have kept Tim's sisters stuff in storage at our house.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/12/13 at 6:33 pm
Well, one thing I might also want to mention is that we didn't start storing things at Public Storage until early 1992, when I was 11 1/2 years old; it was at that point when we figured it was time to start storing stuff in a storage facility.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 08/12/13 at 11:37 pm
xtremely hard to keep things if you have no space to store them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/13/13 at 3:51 pm
You got that right.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 08/14/13 at 7:33 am
Zipping right through that subject.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/14/13 at 1:01 pm
And now we don't have to rent a space in a public storage facility, as I mentioned in a previous post here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 08/15/13 at 7:42 am
Best thing for your family,you no longer have that cost plus your stuff is with you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/15/13 at 1:13 pm
Cuts down on the money we have to spend each month, that is for sure.... although there are other things we have to pay for.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: ninny on 08/16/13 at 7:50 am
Did you ever watch those "Storage Wars" tv shows.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/16/13 at 12:21 pm
Every time I see previews for them, I have to say that it generally doesn't interest me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/13 at 6:10 am
Forgotten programs in a forgotten thread
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/03/13 at 9:37 am
Goody, we have revived this thread after 3 1/2 months of inactivity!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/13 at 11:23 pm
Have to blow the dust of this thread.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/04/13 at 3:22 pm
I wonder, what were we talking about beforehand? (I suppose I could read the above replies to find out...)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/13 at 5:00 am
Just go ahead and take a look
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/05/13 at 10:37 am
Keeping up with topics on here, it appears that we were discussing about storing things.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/14 at 8:21 am
Looks like I have to bump this!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/23/14 at 12:13 pm
May I give you karma+1 for dusting off this thread, once again. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/14 at 1:03 pm
Needs more umph this thread does.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/23/14 at 1:11 pm
OK, what would you suggest?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/14 at 1:20 pm
Post messages on a topical subject
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Written By: nally on 03/10/14 at 11:38 pm
Quite so... now what shall we discuss?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/14 at 3:56 am
Reasonable subject on today news?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/12/14 at 11:27 pm
Some such subjects are not very interesting to talk about...
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Written By: Ripley on 03/12/14 at 11:44 pm
The weather is a good one
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/12/14 at 11:45 pm
Unless it's unpleasant, of course...but it can still be talked about.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Ripley on 03/12/14 at 11:51 pm
Volcanic activity is one such unpleasant type of weather.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/15/14 at 3:31 pm
Weather may affect how a volcano erupts.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/15/14 at 4:38 pm
X-treme conditions in the weather may have an effect on a volcano's eruption and/or aftermath.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/14 at 3:43 am
Yellowstone Park, I believe, has a volcano within it's features landscape.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/11/14 at 7:11 pm
Zipadedoodah! Not only are you potentially correct about that, but we have finally concluded this round of the alphabet!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/14 at 7:55 am
Again, we start again?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/15/14 at 7:06 pm
By golly, I think we do!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/14 at 5:17 am
Can we start the new subject now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/14 at 9:04 am
Do you think we should talk about something different this time?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/14 at 6:50 am
Everything under the sun?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/17/14 at 3:35 pm
For sure... after all, it is that time of year right now! (at least in the Northern Hemisphere)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/14 at 3:59 pm
Get the suncream out!
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Written By: nally on 07/17/14 at 7:20 pm
Hot temperatures and sunrays will require use of the stuff.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/14 at 2:55 am
It has been powerful thunderstorms here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/19/14 at 5:09 pm
Just a little while ago, we had a trace amount of rain in southern California!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/14 at 6:35 am
Keep a raingauge, some people do.
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Written By: nally on 07/25/14 at 8:01 pm
Lots of people use it when the rain is heavy... or even when there's not so much, they still want to know approximately how much has fallen.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/14 at 11:49 am
Made a rainguage at school I did
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/17/14 at 1:15 pm
Now that would be an interesting project...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/14 at 1:27 pm
Over the years taking the records will produce statistics.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/17/14 at 1:42 pm
Pouring rain has not fallen much where I am... although we did actually get a little bit of it 2 weeks ago!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/04/14 at 12:53 pm
Quite chilly now where we are, it feels like early December.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/04/14 at 10:20 pm
Right about now I wish it were like that here; in California we have another doggone heatwave. >:( 8-P
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/14 at 5:57 am
Stormy weather where I am now, with a typhoon approaching
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/09/14 at 7:43 pm
Too bad we've had no recent rain... :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: MLB on 10/09/14 at 10:51 pm
Unless you like wind, don't visit this part of California in October.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/09/14 at 10:55 pm
Very little wind has blown in southern California this past week, even though I live a few short miles from the ocean... what can I say?
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Written By: MLB on 10/09/14 at 11:11 pm
Waiting for the weekend...
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Written By: nally on 10/09/14 at 11:14 pm
X-treme plans? Probably not...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/14 at 11:04 pm
You have to have your umbrellas ready.
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Written By: MLB on 10/10/14 at 11:56 pm
Zoo? Out of the question if it does rain.
Few animals will stand around and be wet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/14 at 1:53 am
Anywhere indoors is the better place to be when it rains.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/11/14 at 11:17 am
Better believe it; getting wet could make you potentially sick.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/14 at 10:40 pm
Covering your head in rainfalls help, but still does not protect you from the coldness.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/12/14 at 12:15 am
Don't forget your raincoat in cases like that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/16/14 at 3:36 am
Ever been caught in rain like that? I have!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: MLB on 10/16/14 at 3:20 pm
Fate has given me a beautiful sunny day, and no cash to go out anywhere.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/16/14 at 7:33 pm
Good for you; it's always nice to enjoy a day like that. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Syncronos on 10/17/14 at 4:18 am
Hey! I figured this out...can I play?!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/14 at 7:47 am
I think you can, as long as you are wearing a raincoat.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/17/14 at 9:26 am
Join our conversation and you will receive a karamel point! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/14 at 9:02 pm
Karma for all on this page!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/17/14 at 11:38 pm
Karma for all on this page!
Let me return the favor! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/14 at 12:13 am
More waiting for 24 hours for me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/18/14 at 5:24 pm
Not very many people have karmaed others today, it seems. I remember when there'd be several instances in one day!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/14 at 8:34 am
Only once in a while seems to be the policy now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/19/14 at 2:17 pm
People don't give it out as frequently as they used to (that is, when it was first introduced in early 2006).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/14 at 8:49 pm
Quick and instant karma if you reply here!
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Written By: nally on 10/19/14 at 8:52 pm
^ Reminds me of a certain John Lennon song...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/14 at 9:26 pm
So right, it does.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/19/14 at 9:28 pm
Two members of the Beatles are still alive, by the way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/04/14 at 8:21 pm
Utterly changed the fsace of the pop music industry when The Beatles first appeared.
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Written By: nally on 11/04/14 at 10:27 pm
Very quickly they rose to extreme popularity!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/04/14 at 10:41 pm
With a little help from their friends?
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Written By: nally on 11/04/14 at 10:43 pm
X-actly!!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/14 at 6:41 am
You will never see another band like them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/14 at 7:58 am
Zac Starkey is the name of Ringo's son, by the way.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/14 at 4:45 pm
And has other siblings of Jason and Lee.
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Written By: nally on 11/07/14 at 7:59 am
Beatles members, all four of them, have gotten married and had kids; a number of such offspring have followed in their fathers' footsteps.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/14 at 3:16 am
Can their children repeat the success of their fathers?
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Written By: nally on 12/16/14 at 12:04 pm
Do you think they can? For starters, I know that Julian Lennon and his half-brother Sean also became musicians like their late father, John, but haven't had quite the level of success that John and his bandmates did.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/14 at 4:30 pm
Even Stella McCartney as a fashion designer has made a name for herself but not as a singer or musician.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/16/14 at 9:49 pm
Fashion design; now that is something that certain musicians have shown interest in.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/15 at 3:09 am
Goes without saying, some musicians do not.
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Written By: nally on 02/21/15 at 11:12 am
How we know whether they do or not; we see some of their names on clothing labels.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/15 at 6:29 pm
I cannot see from here.
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Written By: mistymented1 on 02/21/15 at 8:27 pm
Just pretend that you can and no one will know the difference - i won't tell anyone,i swear!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/21/15 at 9:32 pm
Keeping this thread alive again; I like to see that. ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: mistymented1 on 02/21/15 at 10:10 pm
Laughing at the total randomness that left me avoiding this thread in confusion.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/21/15 at 10:12 pm
Maybe we can try discussing something else (if the topic got too boring)?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: mistymented1 on 02/21/15 at 10:20 pm
Not at all boring to me as my mind often works the same way,leaving me lost there also,but if you want a change,go for it!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/21/15 at 10:22 pm
Okay then; I think I can understand where you're coming from... yeah, I tend to feel lost when a discussion is on a subject that I know little about.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: mistymented1 on 02/21/15 at 10:24 pm
Perhaps you could enlighten me, as i'm a good student-love learning new things to forget!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/21/15 at 10:31 pm
Quickly I'll give you an example: if I'm talking with people about something, and they somehow bring up a topic that I know little about, then I'll have little to contribute.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: mistymented1 on 02/21/15 at 10:37 pm
Really, it is sometimes those who are good at listening and not having to be center stage that contribute the most.
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Written By: nally on 02/21/15 at 10:42 pm
So true, but it's often nice to be able to contribute to a conversation... on the other hand, listening can be good too.
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Written By: mistymented1 on 02/21/15 at 10:47 pm
There are times when contributing just is NOT worth it, though trying to keep a balance is usually the best way to go
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Written By: nally on 02/21/15 at 10:51 pm
U R probably right about that.
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Written By: mistymented1 on 02/21/15 at 11:10 pm
Vain people often seem to have very poor hearing ,in my opinion,unless it is just they are actually just quite out of balance-lol.
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Written By: nally on 02/22/15 at 10:05 am
We all know what that's like; well, many people do.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/15 at 7:50 pm
Xactly!
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Written By: nally on 02/22/15 at 9:05 pm
You are so right...
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/15 at 9:13 pm
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
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Written By: nally on 02/22/15 at 9:15 pm
Anyway... I just got back home a couple hours ago, after being out for most of the day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/15 at 9:39 pm
Beat to that subject, we had a wonderful day out yesterday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/22/15 at 9:42 pm
Can I ask about what you did? :)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/15 at 9:51 pm
Driven by car, with the in-laws in another motor to a shrine about 200km to the north of Manila.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/22/15 at 9:54 pm
Early this morning, I had to be awake, so I could go to church...but after that, my family and I went to a celebration at the home of a couple who are celebrating their one-year anniversary of marriage! so today (Sunday) has been a good day for me. :)
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Written By: mistymented1 on 02/22/15 at 11:02 pm
Found a Peanut - Found a Peanut - Found a Peanut - no, i didn't, I only found the shell, so my day was neutral
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Written By: nally on 02/22/15 at 11:03 pm
Found a Peanut - Found a Peanut - Found a Peanut - no, i didn't, I only found the shell, so my day was neutral
Good for you ;)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/15 at 4:29 am
Hours spent know the car in getting there and back, with no peanuts eaten.
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Written By: nally on 02/23/15 at 10:59 am
I don't often eat peanuts, by the way.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/15 at 9:19 pm
Just avoid peanuts, I do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/25/15 at 12:32 am
Knowing that I don't like peanut butter at all is reason for me to not care for peanuts themselves.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/15 at 2:58 am
Likewise!
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Written By: nally on 02/25/15 at 11:27 am
My mom says I used to love peanut butter and honey on toast when I was preschool-aged, but I have no memories of that whatsoever; in fact, most any memories I have of being under 4 1/2 are kinda fuzzy.
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Written By: mistymented1 on 02/25/15 at 3:00 pm
Now, when my short term memory is getting foggy, my long term memories are pretty clear - as I have quite clear and vivid memories of my very first casts at the age of 15 months and of the many surgeries and casts that followed up to the age of 5.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/25/15 at 10:23 pm
Oh yeah, I can relate; in fact, there are things I can remember from my childhood that seem like a relatively short time ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/26/15 at 1:20 am
Perspective of time children do not grasp at all.
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Written By: nally on 02/26/15 at 10:46 am
Quite so, especially early in their life; but as they get older, they start to understand it a little better.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/15 at 12:28 pm
Really long time ago was my childhood years.
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Written By: nally on 05/09/15 at 2:07 pm
Same with me...although I remember some of those days like they were just a short time ago!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/15 at 3:33 pm
Time keeps on changing
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Written By: nally on 05/19/15 at 4:00 pm
U got that right.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/15 at 4:39 pm
Very much so.
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Written By: annimal on 05/19/15 at 5:49 pm
will it soon be in the future?
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Written By: nally on 05/19/15 at 6:08 pm
"X" marks the spot in the future, I guess.
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Written By: annimal on 05/20/15 at 11:10 am
You think so huh?
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Written By: nally on 05/20/15 at 11:13 am
Zooming in on the aforementioned "X" will point you more specifically to where the spot is centered.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/15 at 5:30 am
Another new topic?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/21/15 at 11:29 am
By jove, I think we should start discussing something new now. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/15 at 12:25 pm
Cruising ?
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Written By: nally on 05/21/15 at 4:47 pm
Discussing it here would be great, so I will start doing so right now: I had a wonderful time seeing new parts of the world... anything else you'd like to know?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/15 at 3:29 am
Ever sat at the captain's table for dinner on a cruise?
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Written By: nally on 05/22/15 at 12:00 pm
For the record, I haven't... but when I get to the "elite" level (that is, 10+ cruises (I think)) I might get that opportunity. :)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/15 at 12:01 pm
Go for it! A target to reach for your achievements.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/22/15 at 12:02 pm
However, it might take a few more years for me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: annimal on 05/22/15 at 5:56 pm
I'm not sure if I should try this
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/15 at 12:59 am
Just got with it, take a friend or family with you, the cruise will be a pleasant one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/23/15 at 10:26 am
Knowing that good things have happened in my past cruising experiences, is good reason for me to take one. :)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/15 at 11:49 am
Lots more to come?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: annimal on 05/23/15 at 3:47 pm
Maybe, but I don't know.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/23/15 at 4:01 pm
Now I don't know when my next one will be, but my parents have one scheduled for September of this year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/15 at 9:11 am
Over the years you could collect many cruises?
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Written By: nally on 06/08/15 at 10:35 am
Perhaps I could...if I could afford them every year!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/15 at 10:36 am
Quickly, start saving right now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/08/15 at 10:43 am
Right now I am doing my best to save money, and spend it wisely.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/15 at 10:44 am
Spend it wisely?
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Written By: nally on 06/08/15 at 10:45 am
That I will do!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/15 at 11:15 am
Utility bills come first.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/08/15 at 6:18 pm
Very important to pay them, yes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/15 at 10:15 pm
Where would we be without them?
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Written By: nally on 06/09/15 at 1:15 am
X-actly... they are necessities in life!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/15 at 8:43 am
Years, you end up paying for them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/09/15 at 11:23 am
Zero of them are left sometimes, but then the billing cycles start again!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/15 at 11:50 pm
Another bill arrives after every three months, utilities are paid quarterly over here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/10/15 at 11:35 am
Billing cycles vary, depending on the type of bill, utility, or other factors.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/15 at 1:42 am
Current use of Direct Debit is the norm for payment these days.
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Written By: nally on 06/11/15 at 11:40 am
Direct Debit is quicker, which is probably why many people use it.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/15 at 12:09 pm
Easy with Direct debit, and cheaper to run for no paper or hard copies are used.
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Written By: nally on 06/11/15 at 12:13 pm
For one thing, it saves a lot of paper from being used (and thereby saving trees!).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/15 at 12:27 pm
Good on that, it wa a strong policy at my old work not to print anything, but some items still needed to be printed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/11/15 at 12:41 pm
Helping to protect the environment is certainly a good thing. :)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/15 at 12:42 pm
I had to do it!
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Written By: nally on 06/11/15 at 4:57 pm
Just for the record, I like to try to be economical too.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/15/15 at 9:13 am
Keeping to the wishes of your managerial staff.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/15/15 at 10:54 am
Like I have previously mentioned, it's good to be that way for yourself too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/15 at 8:18 am
Managers can still be lenient on a good day.
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Written By: nally on 06/25/15 at 12:52 pm
No doubt about it, that's for sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/15 at 12:53 pm
Only that some days you do not wish to try your luck.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/25/15 at 12:56 pm
People will refrain from doing that if they are wise, depending upon the situation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/15 at 12:59 pm
Quite so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/25/15 at 1:07 pm
Right now, though, I am trying to save up my money.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/15 at 9:07 am
Save what money I have by not spending too much is my ploy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/06/15 at 11:07 am
To do that, one must be cognizant of how much they spend, and make wise decisions about what to buy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/15 at 11:10 am
Undertake a shopping list and stick to it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/07/15 at 12:01 am
Vegetables and fruits are often on my shopping list when going to the grocery store.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/15 at 2:28 am
We keep an eye out for bargains, even checking out other supermarkets.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/09/15 at 12:58 pm
X's probably don't appear on the signs to point them out, but I'm sure they have other notation?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/15 at 3:34 pm
You have to look out for large arrows pointing the direction of the bargain.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/09/15 at 7:16 pm
Zooming on in to where the bargains are; that's what the arrows will do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/15 at 11:47 pm
Arriving half an hour before closing is a good time to find better bargains
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/10/15 at 11:49 am
Because some stores lower their prices right around that time on special days?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/15 at 4:04 pm
'Cause the items if not sold will go to waste or distributed to re-use centres, and not profit will be gained the produce.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/10/15 at 8:01 pm
Darn right about that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/15 at 4:43 am
Evaluating costs is the key here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/11/15 at 10:05 am
For sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/15 at 11:10 am
Gains in profit is the key for running a good store of any kind.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/11/15 at 4:40 pm
Hey, someone like me could help out with their accounting work!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/14/15 at 11:11 am
I think you should go for it!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/14/15 at 11:46 am
Just a little while ago, I made another application for an accounting position that is relatively close to where I live.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/15 at 4:28 am
Keep on applying, you may never know the future results.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/15/15 at 12:03 pm
Last time I had an interview, though, was with an employment agency last month.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/15 at 2:38 pm
My last job interview was over five years ago, and it was successful.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/15/15 at 2:46 pm
Nice; I also have had some successful interviews over time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/15 at 4:01 pm
One strives to find his true interview technique, it can take a long time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/15/15 at 6:25 pm
Perhaps I am one of those people, although I am more confident at it now than I was, say, two or three years ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/15 at 4:20 am
Quite so, for the more you do of one thing the better you become.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/15 at 12:07 pm
Right you are; whether it be interviewing, playing the piano, or any other activity.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/15 at 12:31 pm
Sports is another key factor for good practice
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/15 at 12:32 pm
That's another thing; anyone who commits to a sport will want to keep at it every day so that they become good at it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/15 at 4:19 pm
Utterly so, even the late golfer Seve Ballesteros practiced on the sand of the beach and went out on rainy and windy days, hence when playing as a professional, he excelled under those conditions.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/15 at 10:24 pm
Very good for him!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/15 at 2:08 am
We were all sadden when he passed away.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/17/15 at 12:12 pm
X-actly, especially for the die-hard fans of golf. :(
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/15 at 12:18 pm
Yesteryear, I saw the drama-documentary on his life, it was sad to watch.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/17/15 at 12:44 pm
Zounds.....I bet it was, given what you've described about it. :(
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/15 at 1:59 pm
Another different subject for discussion, or carry on?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/17/15 at 11:09 pm
Beginning a new one seems like a good idea, I think. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/15 at 1:10 am
Can you suggest one?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/18/15 at 12:17 pm
Discuss something we've already discussed, or something different this time?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/15 at 1:33 pm
Earlier topics were interesting?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/18/15 at 8:36 pm
Five or six years ago, during the early days of this thread, we had a lot of interesting topics...and many contributors to discuss them with. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/15 at 3:33 am
Going back to look at the older posts will bring back the memoires.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/19/15 at 6:46 pm
Had many good times with them, we did.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/15 at 12:27 pm
I wish they would start again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/21/15 at 11:00 am
Just you and I have been exchanging replies on this thread for the last couple of rounds...maybe others will join?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/15 at 11:00 am
Keep on hoping that is what we have to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/21/15 at 12:09 pm
Let's hope for the best.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/15 at 1:21 pm
Make it soon, and the more the merrier
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/21/15 at 3:28 pm
Now how do you think we can encourage people to partake in our alphabetic discussion?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/15 at 3:38 pm
Or how is the best way to go about it?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/23/15 at 1:16 pm
Perhaps we could privately send messages to some of our old friends who were on here and get them to come back?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/15 at 2:59 pm
Quite so, but will they reply?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/23/15 at 3:00 pm
Replies may or may not come; we cannot be sure of that. We can only do our part.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/15 at 3:13 pm
Start right away?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/24/15 at 1:07 pm
To be honest, we might want to be careful how we go about doing this so that it doesn't come across the wrong way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/15 at 1:09 pm
Usually if someone is long for my life (old friends, workmates) Ii leave them well alone.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/24/15 at 1:10 pm
Very much so with some of the people I have known as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/15 at 1:11 pm
We do not want to raise old sores?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/24/15 at 1:12 pm
Xactly right you are.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/15 at 1:15 pm
You bet, I am always careful on those matters
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/26/15 at 2:46 pm
Zero posts were made on this thread yesterday, so I have decided to revive it once again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/15 at 3:11 pm
Astonishing, what happened?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/26/15 at 3:11 pm
By golly, I do not know.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/15 at 3:17 pm
Can it be that I was waiting for a reply, and no one replied?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/26/15 at 3:18 pm
Do you think so? If so, then either I couldn't think of a reply, or no one else volunteered to post one. Of course, 'Z' is one of those challenging letters.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/15 at 3:22 pm
Everyone neglects 'Z' words when there are some good ones in the dictionary.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/26/15 at 3:24 pm
Fantastic! One could consult the dictionary for a good word beginning with a hard letter!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/15 at 3:24 pm
Got a dictionary on my shelf, I have.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/26/15 at 3:25 pm
How convenient; so do I. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/15 at 3:28 pm
I can see it right now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/26/15 at 3:29 pm
Just a few minutes or so, however, I will probably need to sign off.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/15 at 3:30 pm
Keep safe and take good care.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/26/15 at 11:55 pm
Likewise with you. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/15 at 1:04 am
More posts/replies when you wake up?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/27/15 at 11:11 am
Now I am able to contribute some, but I do have somewhere to go in less than an hour.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/15 at 12:45 pm
Only now have to wait for your return.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/28/15 at 10:57 am
People come and go, even if it's just for a short time... and yesterday I had somewhere to go in the morning.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/15 at 12:49 pm
Quite an increase of posts over the last month, are there new regular members forming?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/29/15 at 11:27 am
Right now I can figure that there are some newbies, yes... but you and I are still the top two contributors over that span.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/15 at 11:30 am
So right on what you say, from small acorns large oak trees grow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/29/15 at 11:32 am
That's right, in more ways than one. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/15 at 3:58 pm
Understandable so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/05/15 at 6:19 pm
Very few of the new users that have signed up lately, are likely to be actual people.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/15 at 1:51 am
With a consistency of the same number of random letters followed by two numerical digits.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/06/15 at 1:05 pm
"xhwepmzvq" is one of those random-letter monikers... and by the way, that user registered half a year ago, but has never logged in.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/15 at 1:09 pm
Yes I can see another cull occuring?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/06/15 at 1:10 pm
Zero-post users that have signed up more than one week ago (except for those who've joined strictly for Arcade) should be culled, yes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/15 at 2:37 pm
And rightfully so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/06/15 at 2:39 pm
Because spam users have no place here!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/15 at 5:27 pm
Cull the lot of them!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/07/15 at 5:19 pm
Do you think we should discuss something else now, or continue with the current topic?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/15 at 11:02 pm
Evidently we should, but what subject?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/07/15 at 11:39 pm
Feelings?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/15 at 4:57 am
Get up and go feelings?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/08/15 at 11:49 am
How many different kinds are there?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/15 at 12:57 pm
Image the number, it must be plenty?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/08/15 at 4:28 pm
Just about right...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/15 at 4:29 pm
Keeps one guessing?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/09/15 at 10:31 pm
Looks like it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/15 at 7:40 am
Many I would say?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/16/15 at 7:22 pm
Not all of them can be counted, I would say.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/15 at 9:26 am
Oversensitivity can be a major reaction which produces a strong feeling of emotion.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/17/15 at 4:22 pm
People tend to do that under certain circumstances, like when they're in certain situations.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/15 at 5:40 am
Quite so, people do when they are in an unknown situation.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/18/15 at 11:32 am
Right away they will express a feeling, without time to figure out which one might be appropriate.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/15 at 12:18 pm
Straight to the wrong conclusion?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/18/15 at 4:08 pm
Too often it happens.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/15 at 8:24 am
Utterly so, when people are in a strange place.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/21/15 at 12:13 pm
Very much so, as unfamiliar territories can spark anxiety for some people.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/15 at 8:28 am
With they think, dire consequences.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/24/15 at 12:10 pm
X marks the spot in such cases?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/15 at 12:34 pm
You know where to find it, but some people do not.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/24/15 at 2:08 pm
Zero of them do in some cases, which makes it hard to find.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/15 at 3:50 pm
Another new subject for discussion?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/27/15 at 2:30 pm
Bring it on!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/15 at 2:31 pm
Can we have repairing computers, I.T. lap-tops as a subject?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/27/15 at 2:43 pm
Dude, I think that's a great subject! O0 :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/15 at 2:44 pm
Everyone (almost) in this modern age has a computer and with no doubt things will go wrong.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/27/15 at 2:48 pm
Friday of last week, there was a brief power outage, and my computer was on while the power got knocked out, so it went out too, because I am no longer running it with the battery.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/15 at 2:51 pm
Guidance is the first thing you seek, but with no computer for Internet connection you are lost.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/27/15 at 2:53 pm
How would we get by without computers in today's world?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/01/15 at 6:39 am
I do not know, but it will be a struggle.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/02/15 at 2:26 pm
Just think, with computers we can do certain tasks in a lot less time than it would normally have taken!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/03/15 at 10:50 pm
Kind of like the computer babysitting your baby sister or reading War And Peace in 5 minutes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/04/15 at 1:19 pm
Lots of things like that can be done with machines, yes. ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/15 at 2:55 am
Modern day technology is increasing at a fast rate.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/08/15 at 12:00 pm
No doubt about that, yes indeed!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/09/15 at 9:41 am
Old I.T. merchandise are not for sale.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/10/15 at 4:49 pm
Perhaps because they are obsolete and would not work at all in today's world.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/10/15 at 4:51 pm
Quite right, sir, with no chance for back orders.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/15 at 8:45 am
Receipts are no good.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/15 at 3:36 pm
Showing one of those for a well-used item will likely NOT elicit a refund.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/15 at 3:37 pm
Total waste of time?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/15 at 3:40 pm
U may definitely B right about that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/15 at 3:41 pm
Very right I say
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/15 at 3:41 pm
What letter will they give you if you try to ask for a refund on a used item?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/15 at 3:48 pm
X?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/15 at 3:55 pm
Yes, that is correct!! (I figured that would be a great way to use that letter, since it does not start many words.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/15 at 4:01 pm
Zooming to the next topic of conversation?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/15 at 4:02 pm
A good idea that would be. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/15 at 4:09 pm
Brilliance of sporting personalities?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/15 at 4:10 pm
Could definitely be done...so let's start!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/15 at 4:13 pm
Dashing around the athletic track, Usain Bolt is doing well for himself winning plenty of gold medals.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/15 at 4:16 pm
Early to be talking about medals now, but do keep in mind that the next Olympics will be held next year! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/15 at 12:03 pm
For many months are the Olympics are away now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/14/15 at 5:05 pm
Good golly, yes they are... 11 to be exact (they will begin next August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/15 at 7:51 am
Have to work out the time difference for television viewing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/15/15 at 12:07 pm
I think it's 4 hours ahead of my time zone, or 4 hours behind your time zone; but I'll have to check later on.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/15 at 8:13 am
Just checked, you are correct.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/16/15 at 8:07 pm
Knowing what time zone another locale is in, can be helpful in many ways.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/15 at 5:39 am
Loads of different countries will be partaking in the 2016 Olympics, how many?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/18/15 at 8:27 pm
Many of them, but we cannot count all of them at the moment.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/15 at 9:06 am
Normally looking on wikipedia will do?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/21/15 at 8:36 pm
Oh yes, that is one way to get an idea.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/15 at 4:29 am
Participating countries at the 2012 London Summer Olympics was the numb of 204.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/22/15 at 8:39 pm
Question, Phil. What is a numb? I'm not familiar with British slang.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/23/15 at 9:04 am
Question, Phil. What is a numb? I'm not familiar with British slang.
Really, sorry, 'numb' is a typo, it should read as 'number'. Oops!
Right now, those 204 countries are getting their Olympic teams ready.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/23/15 at 9:44 pm
Spain, Russia, Germany and the US are just a few of the countries competing on 2016.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/23/15 at 10:13 pm
Those countries will have numerous athletes taking part in the competition, I'm sure... can we name any other such countries?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/15 at 7:43 am
Uruguay?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/26/15 at 1:50 pm
Venezuela also comes to mind.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/15 at 1:54 pm
Wales will be a part of Team GB
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/26/15 at 1:55 pm
X-Games, by the way, are generally unrelated (I know this kinda changes the subject, but this is the best I could do for this letter).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/15 at 1:57 pm
Yes, it does change the subject.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/26/15 at 1:59 pm
Zaire, Zambia, and Zimbabwe are the only "Z" countries I can think of right now; all of them are located in Africa.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/15 at 4:50 pm
Australia always do very well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/26/15 at 5:45 pm
Britain too?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/15 at 5:46 pm
Canada sometimes?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/26/15 at 5:47 pm
Darn right; especially when the host city happens to be in Canada (such as the Winter Olympics in 1988 (Calgary) and 2010 (Vancouver)).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/27/15 at 9:40 pm
Even a country like Suriname or Uruguay can won an event on occasion.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/28/15 at 7:50 pm
For sure; often times it is interesting when countries that don't often win an Olympic event actually do so. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/28/15 at 9:27 pm
Grenada, for example, is too small to have a chance at an event but you never know.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/29/15 at 8:09 pm
Hey, anything's possible for any country of any size in Olympic competitions.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/01/15 at 4:47 pm
Iran and Iraq are separated in the Parade of Nations even though they fall together alphabetically.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/01/15 at 8:22 pm
Just not sure how to respond to that, although I suppose I could have been creative. :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/01/15 at 8:44 pm
Korea is another unfortunate situation with the North refusing to march with the South.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/01/15 at 8:45 pm
Last time I looked, they were still two different nations, North Korea and South Korea, like you said; some people still refer to the two nations collectively as "Korea."
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/01/15 at 8:49 pm
Many people have made that mistake; even in the Miss Universe pageant, there's always been a Miss Korea and not South Korea.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/01/15 at 8:54 pm
Now that is somewhat interesting.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/01/15 at 8:56 pm
One of my posts has to be, since I am part Korean.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/02/15 at 8:01 pm
People come in all different ethnic mixes; in fact, I am mixed with several different cultural heritages myself.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/02/15 at 9:28 pm
Quite a lot of ethnicity, Jeff.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/03/15 at 11:17 am
Really... in fact, I am one-quarter Italian, one-quarter German, and I also have bits of Polish, Norwegian, English, Irish, Dutch, French, and Scotch ancestries (most of which came from my dad's side). :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/03/15 at 2:31 pm
Someday I might want to research my roots to see how far my tree grew; right now I just want to live in the present.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/03/15 at 4:36 pm
That's fine; I was just mentioning all my ethnic roots, since I happened to know about them for as long as I can remember; in fact, my parents had been researching their genealogies and have been able to trace back several generations, into the early 1800s in some cases.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/04/15 at 7:17 pm
Unbelievable, for lack of a better term.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/04/15 at 7:20 pm
Very much so; in fact, we'd probably have to trace back more than 200 years to find out exactly how much Irish/Scotch/French/Dutch there is; this comes from my dad's ancestry on his mom's side.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/04/15 at 9:38 pm
Wow, you must be proud.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/05/15 at 9:46 pm
Xtremely... but yeah it is kinda interesting to research your genealogy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/06/15 at 4:22 pm
You probably needed a lot of help from relative or their friends, I bet
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/06/15 at 7:48 pm
Zero help they can be sometimes, but other surviving relatives can be of notable help.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/06/15 at 9:17 pm
A lot of people you don't know can help a little, too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/07/15 at 10:40 pm
Because of this, more doors can be opened when it comes to genealogy research.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/10/15 at 5:07 pm
Countries from all over the globe can produce your kin.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/10/15 at 5:32 pm
Does anyone else here know about the cultural breakdown of their ancestry? (Even if no one else answers, I'm okay with that.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/10/15 at 9:13 pm
Eventually, somebody will know but I'm stumped.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/11/15 at 6:27 pm
Fine with me; I was just curious if anyone knew what they were mixed with.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/11/15 at 7:05 pm
Greek, German, English, you name it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/11/15 at 11:25 pm
Hungarian is a possibility for others who have European descent.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/13/15 at 10:17 pm
Italy is also a source for some of our immigrants.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/13/15 at 10:23 pm
Japan is another, I'm sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/14/15 at 7:35 pm
Korea, again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/14/15 at 7:36 pm
Let's move on to something else, or continue discussing countries and genealogies?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/15/15 at 2:19 pm
Move on, please. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/15/15 at 7:58 pm
Now then, what shall we discuss?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/15/15 at 9:48 pm
Open forum as far as I'm concerned.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/16/15 at 9:39 pm
Pretty much what I was thinking... although I do miss the days when this thread (and others) had many contributors.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/17/15 at 12:10 am
Quiet thread these days, some of the other members have school or other responsibilities.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/17/15 at 10:57 am
Right you are; even I've had my share of obligations... in fact, I am now working during the day on weekdays, so I can't be here during that time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/17/15 at 8:12 pm
So do I, and my work takes most of the morning
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/17/15 at 10:12 pm
That's how it is for most people who work full time, such as me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/19/15 at 5:25 pm
Until I know my best egg won't disappear, I'll keep working there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/19/15 at 10:42 pm
Very good for you; for me, I'm just glad I have a paid job now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Ripley on 11/06/15 at 1:41 pm
Indeed I am glad to have a paying job, though I can be a pain.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/15 at 10:31 pm
Very good for you; for me, I'm just glad I have a paid job now.
Wait a minute...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Ripley on 11/07/15 at 10:32 am
You can probably tell I haven't played these games in a while lol
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/08/15 at 9:20 pm
Zipping right along as we end the alphabet once again...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/08/15 at 10:13 pm
And begin a new set.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/08/15 at 10:15 pm
Back to the subject we were discussing a few replies up... about working... I am sorry to report that my position ended last week due to things not going exactly "as planned". :-[
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/08/15 at 10:19 pm
Can anyone help you like a friend or someone in your field of work?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/08/15 at 10:21 pm
Darn right they can; I have many people who've been helping me over time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/08/15 at 10:26 pm
Eventually you will get a position that you will love and keep permanently.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/08/15 at 10:30 pm
For me it could not come sooner; I just know that I was having some struggles in this recent position, and I kept asking questions because I was determined to learn how to do things the right way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/08/15 at 10:38 pm
Good things will come with hard work and prayers.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/10/15 at 11:50 am
Hard work in finding a job is what I pretty much need to do now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/10/15 at 4:26 pm
II'll be alright.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/10/15 at 7:26 pm
Just need to do my part, which is keep lookin'.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/11/15 at 1:35 pm
Keep looking until you find a job.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/11/15 at 10:19 pm
Lots of companies would be grateful to have me, I'm sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/12/15 at 7:45 pm
Many might even be Fortune 500 companies.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/12/15 at 10:20 pm
Now I'm sure that an opportunity will come up; I'll just have to find it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/13/15 at 5:11 pm
Opportunity knocking only once is a bunch of bull. Just be patient.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/13/15 at 5:15 pm
Patience is the key word here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/13/15 at 10:23 pm
Quality is job 1. (Sorry if this is a little off-topic.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/14/15 at 1:21 pm
Right now I can tell you that it does relate to what we were discussing in one way or another; and no worries if we go off topic because we have discussed plenty of different subjects on this thread! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/14/15 at 9:19 pm
Super, just hope that we can make it through Z.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/14/15 at 11:59 pm
To get there will only take a few more posts after this one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/16/15 at 12:34 am
Until we do, we'll be stuck with this topic.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/16/15 at 1:55 pm
Very well then... or we could branch into another topic of discussion...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/16/15 at 9:14 pm
Would that be ethical?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/16/15 at 10:24 pm
X-cuse me; sometimes a topic we are discussing can somehow lead to others... nothin' wrong with that I suppose.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/17/15 at 5:06 pm
You can talk about anything you would like.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/17/15 at 10:10 pm
Zero interviews I have had since my employment ended 1 1/2 wks ago, by the way. :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/15 at 10:15 am
Any interviews since posting the above?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/27/15 at 7:00 pm
By golly, yes... I had one this past Monday; I even talked about it in the November thread in PPP. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/27/15 at 11:44 pm
Cool beans!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/28/15 at 2:36 pm
Don't know what the results will be until this Monday at the earliest; either I'll get contacted by phone or email.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/15 at 8:55 am
Ever good luck to you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/29/15 at 9:22 pm
Friday I will call back if I don't hear from them beforehand.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/03/15 at 8:44 pm
Good news, I hope.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/04/15 at 12:15 am
Hey, it looks like I'm gonna have to make the call...as I have not heard back from them all week.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/15 at 3:08 am
I am hoping for the best.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/04/15 at 4:51 pm
Just a little while ago I called but had to leave a message; perhaps I should email too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/15 at 2:19 am
Keep it up you do not want to miss out.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/05/15 at 3:33 pm
Like I said in the past, I will keep at it until I find a good employment position and get hired for it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: annimal on 12/05/15 at 3:41 pm
Maybe it will Happen
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/05/15 at 3:42 pm
Next week I will continue with the process. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/06/15 at 12:44 am
Only you can stop yourself, so keep on fighting until you get everything you want.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/06/15 at 6:11 pm
Precisely!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/06/15 at 8:42 pm
Quite precisely
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/07/15 at 12:42 am
Right now though, I have to get some sleep...so that I am well-rested and for tomorrow and the week ahead!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/15 at 10:37 am
Sleep, I find can be inspirational.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/07/15 at 12:41 pm
To get enough hours of it can be difficult if you stay up too late, though.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/15 at 4:36 am
Unusual hours of sleeping will upset the body rhythms too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/16/15 at 11:48 am
Very much so, especially if your body isn't accustomed to it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/15 at 4:10 pm
Working on night duty plays havoc with biological body clock.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/16/15 at 4:16 pm
X-ercising can help one have a good night's sleep, though.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/15 at 6:20 am
You bet it does!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/18/15 at 3:59 pm
Z's... is a term commonly used in referring to sleeping, I think?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/15 at 3:44 am
Another round of conversations coming up?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/19/15 at 5:00 pm
Before we get to those, I shall point out that the reply above this one is number 4096, which is equal to 2 to the 12 power! :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/20/15 at 4:24 pm
Calculus isn't my best math subject, and I've forgotten some algebra too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/21/15 at 11:11 am
Don't go too long without using it, otherwise you'll lose it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/26/15 at 12:13 am
Even if I could remember any, I wouldn't be able to use it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/26/15 at 4:30 pm
For as long as I can remember, math was always my best subject.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/28/15 at 6:40 pm
Geometry was especially brutal for me, since I almost failed and needed a B in the last semester to pass with a D.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/28/15 at 10:02 pm
How well did you do in other subjects? :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/29/15 at 9:14 pm
I did pretty well considering I hardly studied like I should and asked a lot of questions in high school
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/30/15 at 12:56 pm
Just like me, in various subjects.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/30/15 at 7:17 pm
Kool, which I deliberately misspelled because I can't think of an answer that begins with k.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/31/15 at 12:07 am
Like I've said before, I often do that too when the letter at hand doesn't present any easy words. ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/31/15 at 5:11 pm
Many times that has happened to me, I just have to deal the hand I'm given.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/31/15 at 5:12 pm
Not all such hands can be easy to deal with...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/31/15 at 5:23 pm
Only the biggest hand matters.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/31/15 at 5:26 pm
Precisely right! and there are many approaches that can be taken.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/31/15 at 6:46 pm
Quite (that's all I have).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/01/16 at 2:49 pm
Responses don't have to be very fancy or anything; sometimes I may come up with only one word and it will suffice. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/02/16 at 5:31 pm
Super!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/02/16 at 6:04 pm
Terrific!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/02/16 at 6:04 pm
Unbelievable!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/02/16 at 6:50 pm
Very soon we will again arrive at a particular letter that doesn't begin many words, though...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/02/16 at 11:53 pm
When that happens, I hope I don't screw up and type something stupid
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/16 at 6:20 am
Xactly!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/03/16 at 6:56 pm
Yes, that was it; sometimes I even do what Philip did and it works out just fine! :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/16 at 9:45 am
Zebedee usually helps me out here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/16 at 1:02 pm
And sometimes our creative responses make things more interesting on here!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/16 at 1:06 pm
Brilliant answer above!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/16 at 1:07 pm
Can we switch topics now, or continue with the current one (whatever that is)?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/16 at 3:58 pm
Do so please, change the subject.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/06/16 at 12:22 pm
Eventually, whatever subject we choose might branch out to another subject, as it often has in the past...but that's no problem.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/16 at 8:11 am
For the most of time it naturally occurs.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/08/16 at 1:08 pm
Good! ...now then, anything you'd like to discuss is fine by me. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/16 at 3:45 am
Have you got an idea for a new subject?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/09/16 at 3:40 pm
I think we could talk about things we intend to do this year; I'm sure some of us have such plans.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/16 at 4:50 pm
Just the right and suitable subject!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/11/16 at 2:09 pm
Knowing that I will start a part time job next week is certainly a good start to the year, although I will continue to look.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/16 at 4:54 am
Lots of good luck for you there!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/12/16 at 2:17 pm
Maybe this position will last longer than my previous one, although this one is a 27-mile drive from my house.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/16 at 6:29 am
Normally travelling to work, especially at a great distance, gives you time to think and muse.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/14/16 at 11:52 am
Oh yes, but when driving to work, I have to concentrate on the road.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/16 at 12:39 pm
Passing time listening to the radio is the only option?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/14/16 at 12:40 pm
Quite the option, yes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/16 at 1:20 pm
Riding and driving in a car, it is best if the music that is listened too, is of a upbeat tempo, slow music for a driver is a no-no.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/14/16 at 1:23 pm
Sometimes, however, a classical radio station can put the mind at ease.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/16 at 5:06 am
Tuning the radio cannot be done when driving?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/15/16 at 12:26 pm
Unless the steering wheel is equipped with buttons to adjust the station and volume...like mine is.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/16 at 1:28 pm
Vision must not be impaired when driving.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/16/16 at 3:58 pm
Wearing corrective lenses or eyeglasses is what certain people should do if their vision is not perfect...especially when driving.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/16 at 5:01 am
Xceptional vision is called 20/20
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/17/16 at 6:51 pm
Yes it is...and for me I am lucky to have 20/20 vision. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/16 at 7:53 am
Zero chance for me, I have to wear glasses.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/18/16 at 12:08 pm
As for me, the only glasses I wear are sunglasses, to protect my eyes when I go out in the sun. 8)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/16 at 1:13 pm
Both forms of glasses for me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/18/16 at 1:29 pm
Can I borrow a pair of glasses from you, since mine broke?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/16 at 3:26 am
Don't worry, I am due for new pairs very soon.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/19/16 at 6:04 pm
Everyone on my dad's side of the family has worn eyeglasses, by the way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/16 at 5:20 am
For me, it is the same.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/20/16 at 11:49 am
Grandparents on my mom's side have both worn 'em, although my grandmother usually wore glasses only for reading.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/22/16 at 8:04 am
Have you like me, have fond memoires of your confused grandmother not knowing where her glasses are?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/22/16 at 7:45 pm
I don't think she ever misplaced her glasses, although in her later years she did occasionally get confused as to what time it was.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/23/16 at 6:08 am
Just as I type, I cannot locate my sunglasses, I will need them for tomorrow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/23/16 at 11:01 am
Keep looking; they will eventually turn up somewhere. 8)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/23/16 at 1:16 pm
Looking is the only option.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/23/16 at 8:24 pm
Maybe they'll be in a place that you'd least expect.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/24/16 at 11:18 am
No not to worry, I found them!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/24/16 at 6:48 pm
Oh good!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/25/16 at 4:31 am
Pointless for the rush, I did not need them anyway.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/25/16 at 3:29 pm
Quite all right, but I'm sure you'll need them when you go out during the day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/16 at 10:14 am
Rest assured, the sunglasses are the pocket of my jacket in readiness.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/26/16 at 7:03 pm
Sometimes I put them too, but they have a protective case, which I also place in my pocket, so that they'll be protected and less likely to get broken.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/27/16 at 5:21 am
The protective case is the way I transport the sunglasses when I am not wearing them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/27/16 at 12:21 pm
Unprotected glasses would likely get damaged.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/27/16 at 12:22 pm
Very worst, smashed to pieces?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/27/16 at 12:23 pm
We don't want that to happen, cuz then we'd have to buy new ones. :o
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/27/16 at 1:06 pm
Expensive, glasses can be today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/27/16 at 1:07 pm
Yes they are.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/28/16 at 4:07 am
Zealously looking in an opticians shop window.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/28/16 at 6:29 pm
Are we ready to discuss something else now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/29/16 at 9:28 am
By all means.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/29/16 at 10:37 am
Can you think of a good subject this time around?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/29/16 at 11:31 am
Don't know at the moment, let me think.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/29/16 at 11:35 pm
Everyone has a moment when they need to think for a while.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/16 at 1:48 pm
For me I will (probably) have to make two decisions tomorrow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/31/16 at 5:39 pm
Golly, I often struggle to make decisions sometimes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/16 at 10:51 am
Had one of my decisions made for me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/01/16 at 10:54 am
I sometimes need help in making them; however, over the years it has gradually gotten less difficult for me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/02/16 at 2:23 am
Just when you do not need, a decision that has to be made comes along.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/02/16 at 10:53 am
Knowing about certain criteria helps you make your decisions easier.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/02/16 at 10:55 am
Learning from mistakes made previous helps too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/02/16 at 10:56 am
Many people learn that way; I know I do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/02/16 at 10:57 am
Notable advice from a previous manager of mine, was that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/02/16 at 11:54 pm
Oh yes, people like that can be influential on your decisions. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/03/16 at 3:50 am
Personal decisions are harder to make.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/03/16 at 12:07 pm
Quite so, depending on the nature of what's involved.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/03/16 at 2:43 pm
Rather struggle on my own, I can ask my wife.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/03/16 at 3:37 pm
She can probably help you, too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/03/16 at 3:55 pm
Together we work as a team.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/04/16 at 6:44 pm
U know that teamwork is a good way to go.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/16 at 6:55 am
Very much so.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/07/16 at 6:03 pm
While we're on this subject, I must mention that I often struggle to make decisions about what I want to have for dinner.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/16 at 6:46 am
Xactly, for me as I am on a strict diet, it is harder, the temptation for food I am not allowed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/08/16 at 12:10 pm
Yes, there are plenty of restrictions when one is on a diet of any kind.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/16 at 12:15 pm
Zucchinis, never really like them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/08/16 at 12:18 pm
As for me, I like zucchini when it's cooked; in fact, I have always been good about eating vegetables since I was a little boy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/16 at 12:19 pm
Beetroot, never really like them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/08/16 at 12:20 pm
Cauliflower and broccoli are good when they're cooked, but they can smell up the kitchen.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/16 at 12:21 pm
Don't warm them up in a microwave, the odour is worse.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/08/16 at 12:22 pm
Exactly so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/16 at 12:24 pm
For an ex-worker colleague, used to do just that in the canteen area.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/08/16 at 1:39 pm
Good nutrition is what I like to strive for when planning my meals.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/16 at 9:40 am
Healthy food, in other words?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/10/16 at 11:23 am
I believe so, yes!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/16 at 2:25 pm
Just cook the right amount, do not over eat .
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/10/16 at 2:26 pm
Keeping a log of what you eat is helpful if you have certain diets you must follow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/11/16 at 11:17 am
Losing track could be disastrous?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/12/16 at 1:10 pm
Many people would think so, yes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/12/16 at 1:14 pm
Need to pay more attention.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/12/16 at 1:17 pm
Once you start a log of something and add to it every day, it can be hard to lose track of it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/12/16 at 4:31 pm
Precisely that, my diet I have written in a medium size hard back note book and placed on my shelf.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/12/16 at 11:16 pm
Quite good; is this helping you?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/16 at 3:18 am
Rightly so, but my diet is organised.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/13/16 at 4:45 pm
So then you know exactly what you're doing with regards to that; good. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/14/16 at 5:09 am
Through the years, it has still been a struggle.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/14/16 at 9:25 pm
Until there is a magic cure for fat, you and I both continue to struggle.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/14/16 at 11:54 pm
Very many people struggle with it, I'm sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/15/16 at 12:34 am
When it gets really hard, people tend to give up.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/15/16 at 12:36 am
X-ing it out would be good, I suppose... but you'd probably need to find a method to do that too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/15/16 at 12:44 am
You got that right, pal.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/15/16 at 12:47 am
Zipped through another round, yes we did!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/15/16 at 12:49 am
And, as usual, we begin another cycle.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/15/16 at 10:06 am
Begin again, but on what topic?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/15/16 at 1:41 pm
Can't think of one at the moment; perhaps something will come to mind.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/15/16 at 3:06 pm
Don't know at the moment, anyone have any ideas?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/16/16 at 6:38 pm
Even the most brilliant ideas can be hard to think of sometimes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/16 at 6:29 am
For the past few weeks I have been watching the Oscar nominated film.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/17/16 at 11:40 am
Glad to hear that; are you enjoying it?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/16 at 2:50 pm
Have develop this habit for this time each year, it is harder for me when in the Philippines.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/17/16 at 7:49 pm
I seem to remember you were there a year ago, for several months.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/16 at 6:03 am
Just seems like yesterday, I wish I was there now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/18/16 at 6:33 pm
Knowing how you probably feel, I wish I could do some more traveling right now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/16 at 10:25 am
Loads of feelings for the family right now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/16 at 12:06 pm
Might I ask you, do you have any travel plans this year?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/16 at 12:07 pm
Not right now, definitely later in the year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/16 at 12:07 pm
Oh good...any specific destinations?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/16 at 12:10 pm
Philippines as always!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/16 at 12:18 pm
Quite so; I should have guessed... but do you intend to go elsewhere at any time?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/16 at 12:22 pm
Really we should go somewhere, but where we do not know,
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/16 at 12:24 pm
Same with me...although my family and I have tentative plans to take a Mexican cruise this November (which means I would be away from the boards during that time).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/16 at 12:31 pm
To save money is the thing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/16 at 1:08 pm
Using money wisely is also important.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/16 at 3:34 pm
Very important to save and spend wisely.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/16 at 3:59 pm
We also must be careful about our monthly expenses as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/16 at 4:04 pm
Xactly so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/16 at 4:09 pm
Yes, and that is why I am trying not to spend too long on the computer; that adds to the electric bill.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/16 at 4:52 pm
Zoos are very expensive to run.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/16 at 11:27 pm
All kinds of expenses are involved there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/16 at 10:48 am
Bills must be an enormous size?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/22/16 at 1:41 pm
Clearly they would be; for one thing, it certainly would cost a great deal of money to maintain all the animals involved, as well as the food they eat.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/16 at 6:20 am
Do donkeys cost much to keep?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/23/16 at 10:03 pm
Expensive yes, especially if you attempt to bring one to the city.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/24/16 at 12:03 am
For sure!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/16 at 4:55 am
Getting the donkeys off the streets could be difficult too?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/25/16 at 6:10 pm
Highly difficult problem it would be, in some cases.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/27/16 at 3:37 pm
It can still be put to the test?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/27/16 at 7:30 pm
Just to find a place for them, might be doable, if you know of any good farms or ranches that could use the donkeys.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/28/16 at 9:10 pm
Kennels could be used, but they would be too big to fit in one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/28/16 at 10:46 pm
Littler animals, such as dogs and cats, are often kept in kennels.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/29/16 at 3:35 am
Much smaller animals in cages or hutches.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/29/16 at 10:12 am
Now that would include birds, for one thing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/29/16 at 10:12 am
...or rabbits (hutches).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/29/16 at 10:13 am
Precisely.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/29/16 at 10:13 am
Quite so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/01/16 at 6:24 pm
Rabbits, of course, are mammals, just like dogs and cats.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/16 at 5:40 am
Squirrels are mammals too, but cannot be pets.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/02/16 at 11:41 am
That's true; they are not domesticated; they often live in rural places.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/16 at 4:15 pm
Usually where there is trees.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/02/16 at 4:17 pm
Very many trees, I might add.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/16 at 6:18 am
Wooded areas can be dense with trees, perfect for wildlife.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/03/16 at 8:23 pm
X-actly so (as I often say when we come to this letter). :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/16 at 2:20 pm
You can take a long walk in the countryside and plenty animals can be seen.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/04/16 at 7:43 pm
Zebras might not be among them, though; you'll probably find those in the zoo.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/05/16 at 7:08 pm
Animals are very interesting and some are quite friendly.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/06/16 at 6:29 pm
But some are not that way; however it is interesting to learn various things about them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/16 at 6:50 am
Captive animals can still be either friendly or furious.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/11/16 at 12:32 am
Depends on what kind of animals they are, I suppose.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/11/16 at 11:41 am
Ever read the headlines in the papers when it happens?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/11/16 at 1:15 pm
For sure, people have to be careful around such animals.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/16 at 8:31 am
Gentle easy can be the approach to this?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/12/16 at 11:58 am
Here's another tip: don't make any abrupt movements; that can scare them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/16 at 12:37 pm
Images seen of themselves in a mirror fascinates animals.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/14/16 at 5:25 pm
Just like young children, when they look in the mirror.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/14/16 at 6:03 pm
Kind of activity that makes you happy when viewing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/15/16 at 6:07 pm
Lots of times, people like to look in the mirror to see how they look.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/16 at 11:44 am
Most mornings, the mirror is the first thing we look at.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/16/16 at 6:12 pm
Naturally... that is, the one in the bathroom (Or possibly one in the bedroom, if you have one there).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/17/16 at 10:22 am
One in each room, we have.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/17/16 at 6:37 pm
People tend to put mirrors in whatever rooms of the house they desire.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/16 at 6:56 am
Quite so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/18/16 at 11:33 am
Right now, the mirror in my bathroom needs cleaning, as does the one in the downstairs bathroom in our home.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/16 at 11:35 am
Steamed up all the mirrors?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/18/16 at 11:50 am
That, as well as any water spots that may have accidentally gotten there. That's why I gotta keep it clean.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/16 at 1:11 pm
Utter cleaning session ahead?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/18/16 at 5:44 pm
Vernal Equinox occurs this weekend, so, maybe this will be just in time for Spring Cleaning!! ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/16 at 3:08 am
We have already gradually started that annual task.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/21/16 at 10:35 am
X-cellent!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/16 at 9:26 am
You come to a time when you consider it done.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/23/16 at 12:16 pm
Zactly right you are (couldn't think of anything better to use for this letter).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/16 at 12:16 pm
Another topic of conversation?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/23/16 at 12:18 pm
Beginning with what... got any ideas?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/24/16 at 11:25 am
Can't think at the moment.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/24/16 at 8:10 pm
Do you wish to discuss anything about spring (due to the fact that it has started in the Southern Hemisphere)... such as Easter?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/27/16 at 12:44 pm
Easter is the most important holiday, because Jesus Rose from the dead and saved us all.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/27/16 at 7:37 pm
For sure it is; which is why churches have major celebrations of it. http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/easter/smiley.gif
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/16 at 11:35 am
Going to church on celebrating day can be done during the rest of the year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/08/16 at 1:46 pm
However, Easter and Christmas are the two biggest celebrations of the year in churches.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/16 at 1:54 pm
I, personally speaking, have been to several churches in foreign countries and my wife has been to many more.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/09/16 at 12:12 pm
Just for the record, I haven't... but my parents went to some in Italy and Norway on their European travels in 2013 and 2015.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/16 at 1:40 pm
Keep a mental record, is like a family game of ours, especially cathedrals.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/11/16 at 1:41 pm
Lots of people like to keep records of such places that they visit on trips; I know that I for one do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/16 at 1:42 pm
Museums and castles are on my list.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/11/16 at 2:00 pm
Now those would be interesting; I know I've visited various museums in my life.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/16 at 2:01 pm
Others on my list are world/political leaders gravesites
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/11/16 at 2:02 pm
Personally, I'd like to see the East Coast (of the U.S.) someday on my travels.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/16 at 10:07 am
Quite so, and want to go back again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/13/16 at 11:45 am
Right now, though, I am doing my best to save up for traveling...and for this reason, I'm glad to currently have a paid job.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/16 at 2:41 pm
Stuck at home is my problem now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/13/16 at 6:19 pm
Too often it happens.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/14/16 at 4:56 pm
Under more adverse action, I would stay at home, but it's nice outside today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/14/16 at 7:43 pm
Very good; it's nice to go out when the weather is pleasant. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/14/16 at 10:50 pm
Windy and a little chilly, but the best is yet to come.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/16 at 10:39 am
Xactly, summer is getting nearer.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/15/16 at 12:39 pm
Yes it is, albeit two months away now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/16 at 4:50 pm
Zoom the time will fly by waiting for summer.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/16/16 at 6:59 pm
April is the month we're in for now...and it's half over! :o
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/16 at 5:55 pm
Before you know it, it will be over.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/18/16 at 7:42 pm
Coming up next will be May, which in the U.S. contains Mother's Day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/16 at 6:04 am
Down came the temperature for today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/23/16 at 12:07 pm
Even here in California we had a drop in temperature from earlier this week.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/16 at 12:08 pm
Frost expected here tomorrow morning, in time for the London Marathon.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/23/16 at 12:16 pm
Great... is that frost going to affect the London Marathon in any way?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/16 at 12:20 pm
Horridly cold for the runners.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/23/16 at 12:21 pm
I figured as much... hopefully they will warm up with their exercising.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/16 at 12:24 pm
Just the perfect weather for marathon running is a slight mist in the air, it keeps the athletes cool, and rain or hot weather are not wanted.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/23/16 at 12:30 pm
Knowing that info would lead me to believe that such conditions should be kept in mind for marathon runners.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/16 at 12:53 pm
Looks like (looking at the weather for tomorrow), rain first thing and clear be for the start, with temperatures of 6oC to 8oC.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/23/16 at 11:12 pm
Maybe the runners will not have to deal with rain.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/16 at 4:35 am
No rain as yet, with the main runners now been running for around 30 minutes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/24/16 at 10:52 am
Oh goody! ...now, how have things changed since then?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/16 at 10:54 am
People are still running now, even hours after the official starting time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/24/16 at 10:55 am
Quickly they are running, I hope?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/16 at 10:56 am
Running, slow jogging or walking more like?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/24/16 at 11:09 am
Slow jogging would be likely for the latter part of the course; that is, for most people.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/16 at 11:12 am
Totally tired!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/24/16 at 11:15 am
Unless I had the stamina, I don't think I could run for a mile or two continuously; I'd have to slow down.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/16 at 11:17 am
Very hard for me now to run that far, but through life I had always wanted to run a marathon
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/24/16 at 11:18 am
Well, for two years in a row I participated in the AIDS Walk, a 10K course (6.2 miles)... and had to drink plenty of water to keep myself hydrated along the way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/16 at 2:15 pm
X number of years ago, I took part in a 20 mile sponsored walk, it took all day at a leisurely pace.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/24/16 at 9:17 pm
You handled that letter very well. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/16 at 4:01 am
Zap, right on!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/25/16 at 2:01 pm
Anyway, I think the longest distance I walked was 7 miles; I did this with my family in Chicago in June 1994.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/16 at 2:04 pm
Back a couple of years, I wanted to see one film which was only at one cinema in London, it was a fine day and I did not fancy riding on public transport, so I walk there and back, a distance of 10 in total for the day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/25/16 at 2:04 pm
Crikey! You must've been very tired after that walk?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/16 at 2:21 pm
During the day and the walk, I did sit down on the way and back, and for the movie.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/25/16 at 3:11 pm
Even I would need to sit down after doing a few miles, to rest.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/16 at 3:13 pm
For now, I cannot take long walk, conditions have caught up with me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/25/16 at 3:15 pm
Gonna take a walk today (at least I have plans to do so), but not a long one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/16 at 3:16 pm
Had my walk for the day, not long, but necessary for exercise.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/25/16 at 3:17 pm
I know that exercise is necessary, which is why I like to make sure I do some every day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/16 at 7:53 am
Just like today, it was a shorter walk for me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/26/16 at 11:17 pm
Keeping up the pace that you walk can also help the blood flow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/16 at 5:48 am
Like some days I cannot kept up the pace, but the walk has is still to be taken place.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/27/16 at 11:20 pm
My plans for exercise are sometimes precluded by inclement weather, such as rain or wind.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/16 at 11:35 am
No exercises today, the weather is too hot for that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/08/16 at 10:41 pm
Overexerting yourself in any weather is actually bad for you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/09/16 at 11:51 am
Precisely right; which is why you should set limits.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/11/16 at 5:49 pm
Quit exercising if you feel waek or dehydrated
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/11/16 at 10:13 pm
Rush to your bottle of water, or any source of water, if that happens?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/16 at 7:00 am
Sip slowly the water
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/12/16 at 6:03 pm
That's the best thing to do; take a little at a time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/16 at 5:08 am
Utterly do not want to ruin your body metabolism.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/13/16 at 1:36 pm
Very much so; you want to do what is right for it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/16 at 2:32 pm
Water is a must, you do not wish to dehydrate, also water is healthier than certain other drinks.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/14/16 at 3:11 pm
Xactly right you are!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/14/16 at 5:18 pm
Yes, you are.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/15/16 at 12:01 pm
Zipity doodah... we have completed another round.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/16 at 3:58 pm
...and another round commences.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/15/16 at 11:40 pm
Bottled water, by the way, is always good to have with you while you're on the go.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/16 at 9:30 am
Carrying water can be a problem, sometimes?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/18/16 at 11:43 am
Depends on how you carry it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/16 at 9:13 am
Evaporation makes the water lighter to carry.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/28/16 at 4:10 pm
For sure, because then it would be in a gaseous state (instead of liquid)!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/29/16 at 4:11 pm
Gases, some are safe, and some are dangerous.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/29/16 at 4:12 pm
Hydrogen, for example, is a gaseous element... and it's the first one on the periodic table!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/16 at 6:55 am
I have only really encountered the periodic table, was when I was at school.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/30/16 at 1:01 pm
Just like me, when I was taking my chemistry class.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/16 at 2:58 pm
Kept well away from that subject, that was not my best subject.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/30/16 at 9:03 pm
Like you, I struggled with it too; however, there was a lot of math involved.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/31/16 at 4:16 pm
Maths was fine for me, physics was a no no!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/31/16 at 6:03 pm
Now that is something I can also relate to!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/31/16 at 6:43 pm
Other subject like Trigonometry and Geometry messed me up in high school.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/31/16 at 6:44 pm
Probability was a math class that proved challenging for me in college... but I did very well in the -ometry subjects mentioned above.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/16 at 5:39 am
Quite so me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/02/16 at 7:13 pm
Remembering when to use some of the formulae I learned in some of the aforementioned math classes was often a challenge; even more so in physics.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/16 at 12:46 pm
Suffering from memory lost is me with formulae.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/03/16 at 1:23 pm
Too often it happened to me in my physics class.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/16 at 1:56 pm
Up to now, I never really needed the formulas in any job I had.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/03/16 at 5:36 pm
Very few jobs, depending on the field they're in, require said formulae anyway.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/16 at 10:42 am
Wasn't planning to be s scientist...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/04/16 at 3:03 pm
X-actly my thoughts.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/06/16 at 7:33 pm
Yeah, we can't all be scientists.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/07/16 at 7:06 pm
Zirconium, by the way, comes last alphabetically among all the elements in the periodic table.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/07/16 at 10:42 pm
Au is gold on the element table.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/07/16 at 11:45 pm
Beryllium and barium both start with the letter "B" (as do their chemical symbols) and appear in the second column of the periodic table.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/08/16 at 7:12 am
Carbon (CA) is number 6 on the periodic table of elements.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/08/16 at 12:20 pm
Don't you think we should switch discussion topics now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/08/16 at 12:26 pm
Everyone changes at some time, so what do you suggest?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/08/16 at 12:29 pm
For starters, how about the season ahead (summer in the U.S., which starts in less than a couple weeks).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/08/16 at 12:32 pm
Great! Actually, I don't like the heat, and I have to mow on the weekend, which promises to be hot and humid.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/08/16 at 1:17 pm
Heat can be unbearable for many people; I dealt with it every summer during my childhood years, due to the location where I grew up.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/08/16 at 1:29 pm
I'm a diabetic, so being exposed to the sun too long poses a greater risk of heatstroke and sunburns.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/08/16 at 1:38 pm
Just don't be out there too long.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/08/16 at 1:48 pm
Knowing those facts, I'll try. But that grass is harder to cut in the heat as well as after a long rain.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/08/16 at 11:22 pm
Lots of times, it is best to do an activity like that when it's not too hot outside... like after 4 or 5pm.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/11/16 at 3:24 pm
Many a time, people do activities before 4 and 5 and have paid dearly with their lives.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/11/16 at 5:43 pm
Nice to know that; in fact, it was at about that hour last week when I went out to mow the lawn.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/11/16 at 5:55 pm
Outside isn't a safe.place to be, with heat, humidity and always a chance for severe weather.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/11/16 at 5:56 pm
People with very sensitive skin should especially not be out in it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/11/16 at 6:05 pm
Quite right, Jeff!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/11/16 at 6:20 pm
Right now though, we have "June gloom" in southern California where I am, and even though the sun is not "out" per se, I would probably take safety precautions if I were to go out in it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/11/16 at 6:24 pm
Safety is a priority in the summer, especially with increase in gun violence, drought and domestic violence.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/11/16 at 6:25 pm
That's true, especially around 4th Of July.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/11/16 at 6:34 pm
Under the hot sun of July, it's the hottest month, so drink lots of water.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/11/16 at 6:37 pm
Very much so, I will drink water to keep myself hydrated.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/11/16 at 6:39 pm
Water is the one drink I should drink more of.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/11/16 at 6:41 pm
X-actly as I often do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/26/16 at 1:28 pm
You must also eat well too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/26/16 at 9:55 pm
Zero-calorie foods are probably not recommended, however.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/16/16 at 11:22 pm
All zero-calorie drinks contain at least one dangerous ingredient.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/16 at 11:35 pm
Believe me, I wouldn't touch one, given that information.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/17/16 at 1:03 pm
Colas are the worst, with a whole lot of stuff you don't want to touch.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/18/16 at 2:32 pm
Diet sodas are no better; in fact I haven't touched one of those in several years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/18/16 at 8:00 pm
Even fruit juice drinks contain sugars and not enough juice, if any.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/18/16 at 11:01 pm
Fruit drinks? oh yes, they sure do; even teas that contain fruits... in fact, I had one from Starbucks yesterday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/21/16 at 10:47 pm
Green tea in bottles have as much sugar as bottled teas, so it is best to make your own teas and drink them without sugar.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/22/16 at 2:16 pm
Hey, sometimes I brew it from the tea bags.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/22/16 at 4:40 pm
I do the same, but I use a saucepan or Mr. Tea to brew a quart or two.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/22/16 at 10:27 pm
Just don't make it too hot!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/27/16 at 10:53 pm
Kettles also work in brewing a cup of tea.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/27/16 at 11:58 pm
Last time I used one of those, it was when the weather was cooler, so it made sense to heat up water for a hot beverage.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/28/16 at 3:50 pm
Making hot tea is one of the easiest drinks to prepare.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/28/16 at 6:12 pm
Not too much work is involved there; it's pretty straightforward.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/16 at 1:39 am
Open the tap/faucet, pour into the kettle...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/29/16 at 1:23 pm
Precisely, Philip!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/30/16 at 12:33 am
Quite suscinct again, Phil.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/30/16 at 12:16 pm
Right now, though, I am not in the mood for tea, as I just ate breakfast about an hour ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/31/16 at 12:02 pm
Sipping hot tea is good for the sinuses.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/31/16 at 12:10 pm
That's true; it often helps you in more ways than one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/01/16 at 7:19 pm
Universally, tea is enjoyed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/01/16 at 10:24 pm
Vapors from the tea can also be soothing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/02/16 at 10:24 pm
Winter is an especially good time for hot tea, whether black, green or herbal.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/03/16 at 1:03 am
X-actly; hot chocolate is also preferable during that time of year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/07/16 at 12:57 am
Young kids especially love hot chocolate, which is also called hot cocoa.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/07/16 at 7:41 pm
Zero degrees on the celsius scale, or 32 on the Fahrenheit scale, is freezing weather, and that would be a perfect time to have a hot beverage... but I myself have not experienced that sorta thing, being in California like I am.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/08/16 at 9:49 pm
And now we begin another round.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/09/16 at 7:01 pm
Best to change the subject, I think... as I think we've spent enough time on hot beverages and teas already.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/16 at 4:45 am
Can't think of any real subject other than the Olympics, but I am unable to watch the event for having no television here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/10/16 at 12:16 pm
Do you see the news on the events, though?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/16 at 4:05 am
Even online, I have not.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/11/16 at 6:45 pm
For years I have enjoyed watching both Summer and Winter Olympic games.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/16 at 4:02 am
Goes for me too, it is the first time I am unable to view any of the Olympics.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/12/16 at 11:50 am
How sad (for you)... but I am doing my best to update the Rio Olympics thread.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/16 at 8:25 pm
I do have a fond memory of the London Olympics, for we attended volleyball and table tennis at the London Paralympic Games.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/13/16 at 12:04 pm
Just to let you know, on a similar note, my parents actually managed to attend one round of the 1984 games when they were in L.A., namely during some of the competitions at the L.A. Coliseum. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/16 at 4:57 am
Kept missing the L.A. Coliseum on our visit to L.A.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/18/16 at 6:15 pm
Los Angeles Coliseum is once again home to the Rams, of the National Football League, by the way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/16 at 11:03 pm
Mo Farah did well for himself?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/25/16 at 11:20 am
Not only that, but other athletes did too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/16 at 6:53 pm
Over and done with now, next the Paralympics.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/30/16 at 8:24 pm
Pyeongchang, South Korea, will host the Winter Games in 2018... that's gonna be a tough name to remember.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/16 at 6:12 am
Quite a mouthful I should say?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/31/16 at 11:55 am
Right now it is a year and a half (give or take) until the games begin.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/16 at 12:00 pm
Said phonetically, Pyeongchang is 'pʰjʌŋtɕʰaŋ'.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/31/16 at 12:01 pm
That said, I could probably decipher it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/16 at 7:34 am
Utterly so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/12/16 at 11:52 am
Vietnam and other countries in Asia might also have tricky names to pronounce.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/16 at 2:16 am
With a great deal of hesitation?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/29/16 at 6:25 pm
'X' starts many Asian city names, especially in China.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/16 at 12:38 am
Yet agaun, those cities will be difficult to pronounce?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/02/16 at 10:36 am
'Z' city names may be common in what used to be parts of Yugoslavia; these ones may or may not be difficult to pronounce.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/16 at 5:25 am
Awkward pronouncements for those city names?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/11/16 at 9:06 am
Believe so, yes!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/16 at 5:05 pm
Can practice help?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/12/16 at 12:40 am
Darn right; so can a simple pronunciation guide for the various languages.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/16 at 6:56 am
Experts in vocal training can help too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/12/16 at 10:25 am
Foreign languages can be easy or difficult to learn, depending on the language itself, as well as the pronunciation rules and other factors.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/12/16 at 11:15 am
German, for example contains words with umlauts in them, causing the pronunciation to change somewhat.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/12/16 at 9:57 pm
How that happens, I would need to research it myself, since I don't know much German.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/16 at 4:41 am
I have been informed that German is a very difficult language to learn.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/13/16 at 5:51 pm
Jawohl (pronounced "yah-VOHL") means "Yes" in German, I can tell you that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/13/16 at 8:19 pm
Kartoffel in English is a potato. I used the German I learned in German class to beat some know-it-alls in Trivial Pursuit.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/13/16 at 8:22 pm
Let's move on to another language, shall we?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/13/16 at 8:32 pm
Mandarin, maybe?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/13/16 at 8:33 pm
Now that would definitely be challenging for someone like me (even the basics might be difficult).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/13/16 at 8:38 pm
Over 100, 000 characters, that's alot to digest.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/13/16 at 8:43 pm
Probably so; however, I have made attempts to learn certain languages (other than English, which I've spoken all my life, and Spanish, which I've learned in school and even managed to have conversations in).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/13/16 at 8:57 pm
Quite impressive, Jeff, good luck with you new languages.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/13/16 at 8:58 pm
Right now I will probably need to brush up on my Spanish because I'm taking a cruise trip with my family later this week to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico... but I had some practice today when I saw a friend of mine who is fluent in both English and Spanish.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/13/16 at 9:02 pm
Spanish is supposed to be one of the easiest languages to learn, but I get dizzy thinking that it takes more words than English to say the same thing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/13/16 at 9:04 pm
The pronunciation rules are consistent in Spanish, which makes it easy for someone like me to learn.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/13/16 at 9:08 pm
Uruguay is one of those countries that speak Spanish and Portuguese.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/14/16 at 10:58 am
Venezuela is a country whose primary language is Spanish (also in South America, like Uruguay).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/16 at 8:00 pm
Wales has a language of it own, and is hard too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/15/16 at 10:30 pm
X-perience with speaking any language would help you to gain fluency.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/16 at 7:10 am
You will be speaking Mexican after your cruise?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/25/16 at 11:33 am
Zippitydoodah... I had a great time on the cruise (and while we were in Cabo, our tour guides spoke English fluently, as well as some Spanish).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/25/16 at 12:57 pm
As long as they don't speak Arabic and carry a machete, you're okay.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/25/16 at 1:14 pm
Better believe it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/27/16 at 12:59 pm
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/27/16 at 9:57 pm
Do we need to change the subject now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/16 at 7:30 am
Evidently yes?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/30/16 at 11:22 am
For one thing, we are heading into December, the final month of the year... anyone have plans for the holiday season?? http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/santa/smiley.gif
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/16 at 5:22 am
Going home for Christmas would be nice, but no plans at the moment.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/01/16 at 5:59 pm
Holiday season can be stressful for some people if they're traveling, I can tell you that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/04/16 at 11:37 am
I never travel during the Holidays, unless you include driving a couple of miles to my dad's house.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/04/16 at 5:44 pm
Just a few short miles one way is typical for some people; in fact, they may go to such people's homes frequently; I know I did.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/04/16 at 8:12 pm
Kilos everywhere other than the US and Singapore.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/04/16 at 11:19 pm
Let's see... I know I'm gonna need to do some holiday shopping this week; I have a few ideas in mind.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/17 at 3:58 am
Many days have gone since the last reply here?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/09/17 at 11:22 am
Now that the holiday season is over with, shall we discuss something else now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/17 at 2:41 am
Obama's farewell?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/10/17 at 5:39 pm
Perhaps that is the reason for the changed emoticons?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/10/17 at 7:44 pm
Quit certain.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/12/17 at 6:17 pm
Realized that Obama's farewell speech was delivered on Tuesday night; I think that may be the reason why the special emoticons were turned on.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/12/17 at 9:12 pm
Simply put, it's going to be a long 4 years after Obama leaves.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/17/17 at 5:20 pm
Trummp is someone I don't have any confidence in whatsoever. :P
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/17/17 at 8:36 pm
Until Friday, Obama is still President, no matter what Trp says.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/19/17 at 5:35 pm
Vice President is still Joe Biden, but Michael Pence will take over. 8-P
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/22/17 at 1:38 pm
We can't predict that Trump and his Cabinet will ruin the US, but it is a strong possibility.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/22/17 at 8:56 pm
Xactly; I even think some people are predicting that he won't last a full term too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/25/17 at 5:22 pm
You underestimate the will of Trump; we maybe stuck with him for awhile, but hopefully not more than 4 years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/25/17 at 10:39 pm
Zero years of him would be fine with me (personally speaking), but only two guys have held the office for less than a full year: William Henry Harrison (died of pneumonia exactly a month after taking office in 1841) and James Garfield (he served only half a year in 1881 due to assassination).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/17 at 4:02 am
Another way of putting it, I feel that Trump is not a political kind, and should stick to his ventures.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/26/17 at 11:29 pm
Beats me as to why he sought the office in the first place. ::)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/27/17 at 1:29 am
Cannot be for financial reasons, he probably earns more with his business interests?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/27/17 at 12:58 pm
Donnie just seems to have this "all-about-him" ego; that's what others are speculating.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/28/17 at 12:59 pm
Everybody has a ego; however Don's ego is bigger than the Empire State Building
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/28/17 at 2:33 pm
For sure!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/29/17 at 12:14 am
Godzilla isn't even as big as Trump's ego.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/29/17 at 5:39 pm
Hey, I never thought of that (but I am going to give you Karma+1). ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/29/17 at 8:26 pm
I appreciate that, Jeff, and I will reciprocate that with my own +1.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/30/17 at 10:36 am
Jonathan (I think that's your real name?), thank you very much. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/31/17 at 1:33 pm
Kind thanks and regards, Jeff.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/31/17 at 7:35 pm
Looks like I got it right...but then again I am usually good at remembering names. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/31/17 at 9:44 pm
Memories can last a lifetime.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/31/17 at 11:31 pm
Naturally, many of them do for me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/01/17 at 10:19 pm
Old memories never die.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/01/17 at 10:53 pm
Preserving the memories often entails writing about them or taking pictures, so that they live on visually.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/02/17 at 11:34 am
Quite right!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/02/17 at 5:30 pm
Reading about a written memory can bring it back for you, too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/03/17 at 10:17 pm
Stories based on your life are perfect example of written memories
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/03/17 at 11:41 pm
There have been times over the years when I've written about my life on specific days. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/04/17 at 12:20 pm
Unwritten stories are sometimes the best stories.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/04/17 at 2:09 pm
Very true in some cases, although I like to write some of them, even electronically (like in a MS Word document) so I have some visual record of them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/09/17 at 6:07 pm
When I write a story, it's usually in screenplay form even though the stories aren't as good as I planned.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/09/17 at 8:35 pm
X-ing out certain things when editing, can be part of the process too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/12/17 at 10:06 am
You're right; and correcting mistakes is also a chore, considering how many mistakes I make.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/12/17 at 5:12 pm
Zero mistakes would be nice, but we all have to remember that we are human beings, so making mistakes is inevitable; it's a part of life.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/12/17 at 8:36 pm
Amen although some people (politicians) believe they are God and are above making mistakes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/13/17 at 9:52 am
Big-ego people (such as a certain individual whose name rhymes with Dump) are among those, :-X but I do not wish to discuss it further.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/13/17 at 5:15 pm
Can't say I do either, so I'll leave the next topic to you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/17 at 7:56 am
Don't know either?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/21/17 at 5:34 pm
Eight days from now, we will be into a new month -- March -- but that's all I can really contribute right now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/17 at 8:51 pm
From now on, it has to be a new topic to discuss about?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/21/17 at 11:11 pm
Gosh, that would be a challenge for most of us, I think.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: annimal on 02/21/17 at 11:19 pm
How confused I would get.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/17 at 1:07 am
I'll be confused, you'll be confused, we all be confused
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/22/17 at 10:48 am
Just now, I finally logged back on.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/17 at 6:02 am
Keeping up the thinking, I am.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/03/17 at 10:41 am
Let's see if we can get others to join us?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/17 at 6:04 am
May be, but what is the best way to go about it?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/04/17 at 2:36 pm
No one really knows; one way I suppose is to tell them about this thread... but then again certain folks might not be interested, which is okay.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/17 at 10:21 pm
Only seems to be just us?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/04/17 at 11:28 pm
People other than you and me, such as IndyGent, have also contributed to this thread... but that only makes three regulars at the moment.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/05/17 at 7:29 pm
Quite right, unfortunately.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/05/17 at 8:08 pm
Right now I suppose we can carry on as we've been doing...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/05/17 at 8:17 pm
Some things can't be help, so we have to look to the future.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/17 at 11:06 pm
Take your time, think a lot?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/08/17 at 2:14 pm
Unless something comes to mind soon, then thinking is probably the answer, so yes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/17 at 9:01 pm
Very much so, and wait and see.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/09/17 at 12:40 am
We shall do that too, I suppose.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/17 at 4:07 am
Xactly so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/11/17 at 10:51 pm
You bet your sweet patootie.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/11/17 at 11:53 pm
Zippidee doodah, another round is completed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/12/17 at 10:50 am
And now we start a new round.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/17 at 4:13 pm
Back to where we started from?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/12/17 at 5:16 pm
Could be, although this is how it often begins.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/17 at 6:35 pm
Do mention about the current weather?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/12/17 at 10:32 pm
Every place has different weather, depending on regions, and other factors.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/13/17 at 4:24 am
Freezing cold weather is one such condition i have not felt for a long while now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/13/17 at 1:56 pm
Good for you; I would think that one would want to bundle up in such weather if it was prevalent in the area where they live.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/14/17 at 6:57 am
Icy conditions are dangerous for driving too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/14/17 at 5:45 pm
Good for you; I would think that one would want to bundle up in such weather if it was prevalent in the area where they live.
Hey, we forgot the letter "H" ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/14/17 at 5:47 pm
Icy conditions are dangerous for driving too.
Jumping right back into our discussion here... to say that yes indeed, you should stay off icy roads when traveling.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/14/17 at 8:43 pm
Keeping warm indoors at home is what I try to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/14/17 at 11:41 pm
Lots of people do that sort of thing, especially in areas prone to very cold temps.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/17 at 5:19 am
Monitor the weather reports is a daily task.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/15/17 at 7:18 pm
Now that is something that I myself try to do; watch the weather reports on TV and also look at the daily forecasts in the newspaper.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/17 at 3:15 am
Option number one for us when switching on the news.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/16/17 at 5:39 pm
People who report the weather on TV, known as meteorologists, must be knowledgeable about weather patterns and use this knowledge to forecast weather in the days ahead.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/17/17 at 5:55 am
Quite so, and have to be well trained in the subject.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/17/17 at 2:06 pm
Right you are; and that helps the viewers understand the process (sort of); more importantly, weather that is to come.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/17 at 8:33 pm
Soaking wet the people will be if they do not watch the weather reports?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/06/17 at 11:12 am
Two months (almost) had gone by without a reply in this thread, so I must thank (and applaud) Philip for bringing it back! O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/06/17 at 7:22 pm
Unequivocally, Philip is the man.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/06/17 at 7:23 pm
Very much so, he is.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/07/17 at 10:08 am
Well, back to our regular gaming thread.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/07/17 at 6:08 pm
X-cuse me, but we still have a discussion going on here, do we not?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/07/17 at 8:42 pm
You better get back to it then. (Just joking, but I doesn't start with y).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/08/17 at 12:13 pm
Zippy doo dah; we are back to it now. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/08/17 at 4:22 pm
And now are we on the same topic or starting another?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/08/17 at 11:06 pm
By all means talk about whatever you'd like!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/09/17 at 4:39 pm
Can it be about mundane things like, say, global warming?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: annimal on 05/09/17 at 5:21 pm
that's the last thing I'd want to hear about after already frying in my garden already
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/09/17 at 5:23 pm
Can it be about mundane things like, say, global warming?
Do you think we'd really enjoy that?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/17 at 5:54 am
Experts, do they, think they know how to solve the problem of global warming?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/10/17 at 11:55 am
For one thing, I can speculate that they use what they know, and how it might affect the environment in general.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: annimal on 05/10/17 at 2:41 pm
is that what they do?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/10/17 at 5:10 pm
For one thing, I can speculate that they use what they know, and how it might affect the environment in general.
Getting ahead of us, aren't you, annimal?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/10/17 at 7:19 pm
How about we explain the rules of this game to her?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/17 at 2:22 am
I have an idea, let's check the original post for this thread/game?
Each person has to start a sentence with the next letter of the alphabet.
Starting with 'A' right through to 'Z',no going twice in a row,thats cheating!
No repeating the same letters in a row.
I will start on 'A' then the next can start on 'B' and so on.....
Are you ready for this fun game?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/11/17 at 6:06 pm
^ Just as I was thinking! O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/17 at 6:09 pm
Keeping to the rules of the game has to be done here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/11/17 at 6:10 pm
...Like coloring/highlighting the initial letters, especially for newcomers.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/13/17 at 4:29 pm
Maybe we need to explain the game to annimal, since I think everyone else knows the rules (But no offense, animal.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/13/17 at 7:35 pm
Now we could likely do that, pending her next reply in this thread.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/13/17 at 10:00 pm
Only if she replies here again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/17 at 6:12 am
Pausing to give her a chance.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/14/17 at 3:36 pm
Quite long, isn't it?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/14/17 at 3:50 pm
Really so, I would say.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/17 at 10:51 pm
Still waiting!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/15/17 at 5:28 pm
This could take a while.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/17 at 7:01 pm
Understandingly, she may be taking her time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/16/17 at 5:30 pm
Very much so; I'm sure Ann will come back to this thread whenever she's ready.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/18/17 at 8:47 pm
Waiting is often the hardest part.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/19/17 at 2:08 pm
X-pecting a response within a short span of time is also a hard part.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/17 at 11:20 pm
You can wait a long time, sometimes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/20/17 at 3:16 pm
Zero percent chance that it'll happen in the next few minutes...unless said user is logged in.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/21/17 at 7:28 pm
Alas, another round has ended without annimal.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/21/17 at 8:12 pm
But she might decide to come back at some point; in fact, this thread is open to everyone!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/22/17 at 7:10 pm
Could animals join in?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/23/17 at 7:43 pm
Dogs would say, "woof woof!"; but nothing else.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/24/17 at 4:36 pm
Every animal makes a sound that distinguishes them from humans and each other.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/24/17 at 10:52 pm
For example, dogs bark (as noted in my previous post), a sheep gives its baa (known as a bleat), horses neigh... and birds even have their own sounds that they make!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/26/17 at 3:10 pm
Giraffes have a distinct sound, like a goat gargling.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/26/17 at 3:45 pm
Haven't been to the zoo since I was a kid, so I kinda forgot about some of the animals' noises.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/27/17 at 10:25 pm
I haven't been to a zoo in a long time either, I saw a you tube video on giraffes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/27/17 at 10:35 pm
Just for the record, the only zoo I ever visited is the L.A. Zoo; man, that takes me back.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/27/17 at 11:03 pm
Kangaroos are one my favorite zoo animals.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/27/17 at 11:21 pm
Lots of them (kangaroos) live in Australia...although they are in a subcategory of mammals called marsupials.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/27/17 at 11:24 pm
Marsupials also include possums, wombats and koala bears.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/27/17 at 11:48 pm
Numbats are also members of the marsupial family; however, they are native to Western Australia and possibly not known too well in other parts of the world.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/27/17 at 11:51 pm
Opossom is the correct term for a possum, although people still pronounce it without the O.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/27/17 at 11:54 pm
"Possum" is commonly used in certain parts of the U.S., however.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/27/17 at 11:56 pm
Quite right again, Jeff.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/27/17 at 11:58 pm
Really, many similar terms have been used to refer to the same types of creatures, even those that differ by only a letter (such as "possum" or "opossum"); it's all good.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/28/17 at 12:04 am
Sone people want to debate the spelling, but I don't fret on small details.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/28/17 at 12:05 am
To be honest, I don't either, especially when it's close like the aforementioned case of (o)possum.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/28/17 at 12:07 am
Understanding the nature of all marsupials is all that matters.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/28/17 at 12:09 am
Very much so.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/28/17 at 12:12 am
We are all amazed by zoo animals' habits, especially their mating habits.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/17 at 4:10 am
Xactly the reason why zoos are popular.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/28/17 at 12:23 pm
You can't beat zoos for entertainment and enjoyment.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: #Infinity on 05/28/17 at 2:50 pm
Zoos always remind me of a particular song by R. Kelly, though it wasn't a single.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/28/17 at 8:38 pm
Although I do not know which song is being referred to in the above post, I do happen to know that The Scorpions had a song entitled "The Zoo."
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: #Infinity on 05/28/17 at 9:53 pm
By coincidence, that's the exact title of the R. Kelly song as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/28/17 at 9:59 pm
Crikey! I guess I learned something new today!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: #Infinity on 05/28/17 at 11:32 pm
Depending on where you live, its parent album, Double Up, has literally just turned 10.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/29/17 at 12:47 am
Even so, there are various music albums from that time that I am not too familiar with.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/29/17 at 4:18 am
For many years ago I was haunted by a 'zoo', it was Tom Paxton's "Daddy's taking us to the zoo tomorrow".
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: KatanaChick on 05/29/17 at 7:07 am
Great weather for going to a zoo we had yesterday!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/29/17 at 4:37 pm
How is the weather in your area today?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/29/17 at 7:53 pm
Is it raining, for it is here?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: annimal on 05/29/17 at 7:57 pm
Just a little wind here
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: #Infinity on 05/29/17 at 8:49 pm
Kind of cloudy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/29/17 at 11:46 pm
Lots of cloudiness over here; must be the early June gloom... or is it technically still considered "May grey"?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/30/17 at 7:06 pm
May was a pain in the you-know-what weather wise, but hopefully the summer is much better.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/17 at 8:37 pm
Not for me, weatherwise, the rain season is about to begin.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: annimal on 05/30/17 at 8:50 pm
over here it was nice having some cooler days in this use to be called desert
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/31/17 at 2:25 am
Pouring down, it was last night.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/31/17 at 12:11 pm
Questions remain as to how much "June gloom" will be around...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/17 at 6:53 am
Remains to be seen?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/06/17 at 5:34 pm
Some of it is still lingering in the area where I live.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/17 at 6:44 pm
Torrential where I am.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/06/17 at 11:59 pm
Until we see some sunshine, that's the way it's gonna be; however, it was actually sunny in the area where I work.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/07/17 at 12:00 am
Very wet outside now!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/07/17 at 12:01 am
We haven't had any rain, where I live...although it probably drizzled some during last night.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/17 at 7:42 am
Xact certainty it will rain here tonight.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/10/17 at 11:55 am
You certainly have different weather in your area than we do where I'm at.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/17 at 1:48 am
Zoom indoors when it rains here!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/13/17 at 5:39 pm
Anyone I know would probably think to do that; good advice.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/17 at 3:40 am
British weather is renowned for it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/17/17 at 3:26 pm
Certain countries and other parts of the world do seem to have certain weather patterns.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/17 at 10:34 pm
Definitely here in the Philippines, when only two seasons, wet and dry.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/24/17 at 12:11 pm
Even in the U.S. we seem to have that sorta thing, although in southern California the June gloom seems to have returned (as noted in the "How's the Weather" thread in WotW).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/17 at 1:43 am
Four seasons in one day can describe the weather for the UK.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 06/30/17 at 9:46 am
Give me a hint that something better will happen sometime!
H
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/30/17 at 7:06 pm
Here we sometimes get "extended june gloom" into July, which just might be the case tomorrow (where I'm at).
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 06/30/17 at 9:44 pm
Is anyone listening to 70s analog music right now?
J
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/17 at 10:32 pm
June or July, no difference in the weather?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/30/17 at 10:43 pm
Karma to Philip for keeping the current discussion going, rather than an interruption (or non-sequitur) like Dude did.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/17 at 10:45 pm
Lots of thanks.
(But may be that can be the next conversation here when we restart at 'a''?)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/17 at 10:46 pm
June or July, no difference in the weather?
Karma to Philip for keeping the current discussion going, rather than an interruption (or non-sequitur) like Dude did.
Lovely weather here today, no doubt a tropical storm later?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/30/17 at 10:47 pm
Maybe we can even start a new subject right now?
Lovely weather here today, no doubt a tropical storm later?
My weather does not have anything like that in store...but other parts of the world probably might.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 07/01/17 at 10:29 am
Nice to know you Nally,your a GOOD member here @ inthe00s :)
O
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/01/17 at 3:13 pm
Oh, thanks Dude... and I've been here a mighty long time, I might add.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 07/01/17 at 8:04 pm
Pick up the place and lets make it look really nice :)
Q
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/17 at 10:59 pm
Quick question, what is the weather like where Dude111 is located?
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 07/04/17 at 11:28 pm
Rather warm out today........ Nice firework weather though..... Happy 4th all :)
S
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/17 at 11:30 pm
Salute the day!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/05/17 at 10:52 am
Today is the day after The 4th of July.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/05/17 at 11:59 am
Until Labor Day in September, the U.S. does not have any other major holidays coming up.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/05/17 at 12:02 pm
Very long time, but not as long as the gap between President's Day and Memorial Day, excluding Easter and Mother's Day since they are not Federal holidays.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/05/17 at 12:04 pm
Well, I suppose you're right about that, since we have several holiday observances that are not federal holidays.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/05/17 at 12:11 pm
Xmas is really more a religious holiday than a Federal holiday, but almost everyone gets that day off.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/05/17 at 12:14 pm
Yes, it is; in fact, it's observed by most workplaces, even city government establishments.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 07/05/17 at 12:47 pm
Zip a dee do dah .. We are back to A once again :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/05/17 at 12:47 pm
And what shall we discuss this time around?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/05/17 at 12:56 pm
Beats me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/07/17 at 4:01 pm
Can anyone think of some ideas?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/08/17 at 1:02 am
Do you know of anyone that does?
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 07/08/17 at 2:30 am
Easily come up with something to post :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/08/17 at 7:12 am
Fine... I am awake at 5am because I am filling in for Ninny on her daily thread in WotW.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/17 at 2:47 am
Go ahead, what do suggest as a subject to discuss?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/11/17 at 8:40 am
How about the fact that it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere?
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 07/11/17 at 3:41 pm
Including Canada yes!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/11/17 at 5:39 pm
Just about the Arctic Circle and Alaska and Northern Canada.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/11/17 at 5:45 pm
Know that those places stay light until at least 9pm at this time of year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/11/17 at 6:39 pm
Light is usually scarce in the winter.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 07/11/17 at 9:49 pm
Many dont like that fact!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/12/17 at 1:24 am
Not many of them do, you're right... but that's just how the axis turns during that time of year.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 07/12/17 at 9:58 pm
Open our eyes everyone and lets TRY to be happy!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/12/17 at 11:41 pm
Progressing is the key here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/17 at 4:04 am
Quite so.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/13/17 at 10:30 am
Right now I would be at work, but I will have to go there tomorrow instead.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 07/13/17 at 5:29 pm
So your resting now eh bud??
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: annimal on 07/13/17 at 5:38 pm
Keep this up, and we could make our first trip through the alphabet in no time flat!
others may find this difficult
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/13/17 at 5:39 pm
So your resting now eh bud??
To be honest, I actually did rest some more, but I also got things done around the house.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: annimal on 07/13/17 at 5:42 pm
until now, I've been very busy
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/13/17 at 5:46 pm
Very busy, eh? that's what happens when we have a job to do... and I'm glad I have one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: annimal on 07/13/17 at 5:51 pm
what was is that you do ? I forgot
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/13/17 at 5:51 pm
X-perience with accounting tasks.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: annimal on 07/13/17 at 5:53 pm
yes, thank you
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/17 at 8:15 pm
Zooming back to the letter 'a'' again, are we ready for a new discussion?
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 07/13/17 at 10:50 pm
Asking questions is a GOOD thing,lets continue our thread :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/14/17 at 5:49 pm
Because questions can elicit answers, they are good to ask, especially if you're unsure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/17 at 2:32 am
Can any question be asked?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: annimal on 07/16/17 at 12:56 pm
Does it matter?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/17 at 4:55 pm
Everyone is welcome to ask a question if they don't know something, I'm sure.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 07/16/17 at 8:56 pm
Forget that lets just have a g00d time!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/17 at 11:19 pm
Great, I'm always up for a good time! O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/17 at 2:44 am
Hurray for good times!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/17/17 at 10:02 am
I totally agree.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/17 at 8:30 pm
Joy can be had with good times.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/17/17 at 10:52 pm
Keeping the good times going, is good too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: annimal on 07/17/17 at 11:14 pm
Let's dance
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/17 at 5:11 am
Making merry too!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/19/17 at 2:13 pm
Nine years ago, in 2008, I had a party at a dance studio to celebrate my graduation from CSU Northridge!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/17 at 6:05 am
Over the years I have never been able to dance properly.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/08/17 at 6:08 pm
People can lose their skills if they don't practice 'em often.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/08/17 at 7:11 pm
Quitting is not an option.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/08/17 at 11:09 pm
Right you are... because you cannot succeed at something if you quit; that's not good.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 08/09/17 at 4:16 am
Sit back and lets have more fun!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/09/17 at 10:55 am
That doesn't really relate to what I was just talking about, but I agree with it nonetheless!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/17 at 4:36 pm
Unless it is the fun of the conversation?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/10/17 at 5:55 pm
Variety of different conversational subjects is always good.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/17 at 4:21 am
With more different conversational subjects, are knowledge will improve.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/11/17 at 1:55 pm
X-actly; such knowledge may even come in handy for the game show "Jeopardy!"
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/17 at 1:59 pm
You always watch the quiz on television, I have never seen for only clips.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/11/17 at 2:00 pm
Zero-dollar finishers on the show do not get to come back, because they don't win anything.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/17 at 4:06 pm
Another new conversation starts with a new round starting with 'a',?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/11/17 at 5:01 pm
Beginning of the alphabet, yes, but sometimes the old conversations carry over.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/17 at 5:04 pm
Can this be done right now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/11/17 at 5:10 pm
Does anyone else agree?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/17 at 3:02 pm
Eventually?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/15/17 at 6:32 pm
For sure!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/17 at 12:42 pm
Go on, name a subject for conversation?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/16/17 at 5:01 pm
How about... traveling?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/17 at 5:06 pm
I have done some travelling in the last few months.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/16/17 at 5:13 pm
Just the idea of going somewhere I've never been, sounds like fun.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/17 at 7:21 pm
Krakatoa Volcano is one tourist site I did not get to see when we visited Indonesia.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/17/17 at 6:52 pm
Lots of volcanoes exist in the world, both active and inactive...but I don't know that I necessarily want to go near one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/19/17 at 5:40 pm
Many of these volcanoes gush out lava and magma which can heat to 500 or so degrees Fahrenheit.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/19/17 at 8:19 pm
Not the kind of heat I wanna be exposed to!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/20/17 at 9:03 pm
On a volcano like Mt. Vesuvius, lava can cause great damage and loss of life.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/20/17 at 9:06 pm
Pompeii was devastated by it, way back in 79 A.D.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/20/17 at 9:10 pm
Quite a disaster in those days.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 08/22/17 at 7:57 pm
Realy it sure is..... Quite scary as well!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/17 at 8:05 am
Started erupting this day in 79 AD.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/23/17 at 11:23 am
That's amazing; in fact I just went on the Today In History website to confirm this! :o
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/02/17 at 10:48 pm
Unequivocally correct.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/03/17 at 7:32 pm
Victory! we finally have this thread going again!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/03/17 at 8:37 pm
We hope that the thread goes on forever.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/03/17 at 8:38 pm
X-actly... although it does tend to hit a roadblock when we get to certain letters that present a challenge, such as this one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/03/17 at 8:47 pm
Yeah, and also a sentence pertaining to the current topic.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 09/04/17 at 2:20 am
Zip around the room and post the next "A" reply someone please :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/17 at 2:23 am
And it is me to answer that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/04/17 at 12:45 pm
Bingo! we are off and running again...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/17 at 12:46 pm
Christmas will be soon upon us?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/04/17 at 12:47 pm
December is the month in which it occurs... but it'll be here before ya know it!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/17 at 12:48 pm
Each day and month will just tick away.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/05/17 at 6:26 pm
For now, I just concentrate on what is happening right now... although it is good to plan ahead for the future.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/17 at 1:59 am
Got to hear the news for that, and there is one item that sounds devastating.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/06/17 at 11:48 am
Hurricanes...is that it? :-[
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/10/17 at 11:14 pm
I believe that what he means, Jeff.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/17 at 12:26 pm
Just as I thought... and I am still sending my prayers to those who are affected.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/11/17 at 8:45 pm
Kindly giving to Red Cross and other relief services helps a lot.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/17 at 10:31 pm
Lots of people have been doing that, as I've seen and heard on the news.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/13/17 at 1:34 pm
Many people donated to charities in the UK.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/13/17 at 2:13 pm
Now there is lots of cleaning up to be done in the affected areas, mostly in Florida.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/13/17 at 10:14 pm
Orlando was spared, thank God.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/13/17 at 10:54 pm
Perhaps the residents there were grateful of that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/17 at 11:41 am
Quick response for the emergency services is required.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/14/17 at 6:04 pm
Right you are!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/17 at 5:58 am
Speediness for the vehicles concerned is essential.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/15/17 at 12:25 pm
That way they can get around as needed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/17 at 9:19 am
Urgency is a must
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/16/17 at 12:31 pm
Victims of the hurricanes will have plenty of work to do, in order to get themselves back on track, I'm sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/16/17 at 12:46 pm
Winds can be destructive even when they're not hurricanes or tornadoes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/17 at 1:36 pm
Xactly so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/16/17 at 8:57 pm
You might be able to use insurance, but they hardly ever insure everything.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/17 at 6:35 am
Zero insurance in some countries?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/18/17 at 6:23 pm
As a matter of fact it might seem that way, due to various factors.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/17 at 1:20 pm
Building insurance is a must?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/20/17 at 5:58 pm
Could be that such parts of the world are generally poorer and survive on what they can.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/17 at 5:54 am
Definitely yes, I have witness it for myself.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/21/17 at 6:39 pm
Everyone needs to do what they can do to get by in life.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/17 at 4:20 pm
Friends can always give help?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/04/17 at 5:44 pm
Good friends can.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/04/17 at 8:25 pm
Having friends is always a good thing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/17 at 5:58 am
Instant contact with good friends is a good thing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/15/17 at 7:32 am
Just being a friend to someone is also good to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/17 at 7:38 am
Keeping good company with a friend is good too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/05/17 at 6:00 pm
Lots of friends have come into my life over the years, and some have gone (to the point where I have not been able to stay in contact with them), but I continue to make new friends.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/17 at 12:34 pm
Many have come and gone with me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/17 at 2:28 pm
Now I think that's something we can all relate to.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/17 at 2:59 pm
Over the years, several of my friends have moved abroad
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/17 at 5:39 pm
People tend to do that for various reasons; perhaps they have a relative living there or something else.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/06/17 at 10:25 pm
Quietly, friends are running scarce nowadays with Advent of social media.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/07/17 at 5:31 pm
Right you are, although many people who are on it use it as a method of staying in touch (including me).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/07/17 at 9:56 pm
Social media can be good at communication, but what happens when a friendship on Facebook goes sour?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/08/17 at 11:49 am
Then there'd be a falling out... but it can be reconciled in one way or another I'm sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/17 at 3:59 am
Uncertain on how bad the fall out is.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 12/30/17 at 10:13 am
Varying degrees im sure.....
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/17 at 1:42 pm
Without a doubt?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/30/17 at 2:59 pm
X-actly, I would say.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/18 at 3:50 am
You can always have your say?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/04/18 at 6:11 pm
Zippadee doodah, this concludes the round, after 3 1/2 months (since the last "A" post)!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/18 at 7:27 am
Another round begins, and I hope with be process in much quicker time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/18 at 12:30 pm
Beginning right now, we cannot go too long without replying to this thread, in order to make the round quicker.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/18 at 12:50 pm
Catching up with your above reply.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/18 at 12:52 pm
Do we know what we're going to discuss this time around, or shall we let nature run its course?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/18 at 12:53 pm
Epiphany is today, the Twelfth Night of Christmas.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/18 at 12:56 pm
For some reason I thought that January 6th was the celebration of Epiphany... so that would be tomorrow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/18 at 12:57 pm
Got me wrong... It is tomorrow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/18 at 12:59 pm
However, today is Day 12 of the Twelve Days Of Christmas (with Christmas Day being day 1), so I can see why the Twelfth Night is celebrated tonight.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/18 at 1:00 pm
I. yesterday, physically counted the 12 days on a calendar, to work it out for a family inquiry.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/18 at 1:01 pm
Just as I have done... but of course I'm already good with calendars as it is.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/18 at 1:05 pm
Keep one on the wall, usually in the kitchen.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/18 at 1:07 pm
Likewise for my household.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/18 at 1:08 pm
Must buy one very soon, cheaper now that the year has started?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/18 at 1:10 pm
No need to... we're all set for this year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/18 at 1:11 pm
Our home needs a hard copy of a calendar.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/18 at 1:15 pm
Perhaps the stores are still selling them? (if so, you could certainly buy one there)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/18 at 1:17 pm
Quick, I better be!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/18 at 1:19 pm
Really fast, before they sell out!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/18 at 1:20 pm
Sell out!!!!!!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/18 at 1:23 pm
That's what you don't want to happen when you're trying to get said item!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/18 at 1:25 pm
Ultra quick, I must be!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/18 at 1:26 pm
Very fast, that is!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/18 at 1:26 pm
Well, that will be done tomorrow, I do have to go out shopping.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/18 at 1:28 pm
X-cellent, for you!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/18 at 1:30 pm
yes indeed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/18 at 1:31 pm
Zero more letters to go in this round, so we managed to complete it in record time! :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/18 at 3:13 pm
Another discussion bites the dust!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/06/18 at 11:59 am
Beginning another one right here, or carrying over from the previous one?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/18 at 12:20 pm
Carry on, I did go into two stores this morning, one had calendars, but not in a sale, and the other did have cheap calendars, but unsuitable for my kitchen wall. So cheap no one wants them?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/06/18 at 12:21 pm
Did you buy one anyway?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/18 at 1:33 pm
Eventually, I will, but did not today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/06/18 at 5:03 pm
Fine then... better luck next time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/18 at 5:04 pm
Going again, different stores next week.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/06/18 at 5:14 pm
Hopefully you'll find what you need at one of said stores!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/18 at 5:17 pm
I hope so too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/10/18 at 11:32 am
January 10th already... where does the time go? :o
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/12/18 at 8:02 am
Kentucky? Just joking.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/12/18 at 10:50 am
LOL; I always enjoy a little joke like that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/14/18 at 1:30 am
Maybe we both have the same sense of humor.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/18 at 9:12 am
New one for me...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/15/18 at 11:56 am
Okay... now what were we talking about again?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/18 at 6:48 am
Press on please...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/16/18 at 5:31 pm
Quitting would be the best.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/16/18 at 6:08 pm
Right now? but we still have eight more letters to go after this one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/18 at 2:36 am
Something as mentioned in the recent past of this thread/game, I now do have a calendar for my kitchen.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/18/18 at 5:35 pm
That's great, Philip; I'm glad you were finally able to get one. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/18 at 10:17 pm
Underlined items have already been added to the calendar
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/19/18 at 12:18 am
Very good; now you'll remember them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/18 at 2:28 am
...with a pen attached to the calendar.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/19/18 at 10:38 am
X-actly!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/18 at 10:40 am
Year, it will last for.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/19/18 at 10:42 am
Zing! and then it will be time for the next one (but let's enjoy 2018 first).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/18 at 10:44 am
Another year seems miles away
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/19/18 at 10:45 am
But it will be here before ya know it, because time flies.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/18 at 10:49 am
Can we appreciate the current year first?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/19/18 at 10:55 am
Do you think we can? I certainly think so. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/22/18 at 10:10 pm
Eventually, 2019 will come, so make this year count.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/22/18 at 10:54 pm
For sure, we will... because with any year, you can do your part to make good things happen.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 01/23/18 at 2:51 am
Given we all know that right?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/23/18 at 5:31 am
It will, it will.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/23/18 at 5:12 pm
Given we all know that right?
Heaven's, yes!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/23/18 at 5:28 pm
It will, it will.
January has but a little over a week left...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/24/18 at 3:32 am
Keeping my calendar, I am!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/24/18 at 11:06 am
Let's see... I don't really have too many big plans for the rest of the month of January...but my family and I do have a get-together planned with some out-of-town buddies on February 3rd, which is a week from Saturday!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/24/18 at 12:40 pm
Many dates have now been marked out, especially for the next calendar month.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/24/18 at 4:46 pm
Now that's a good thing, when you have plans.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/25/18 at 3:54 am
Only one entry so far for the month of September.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/25/18 at 5:55 pm
Perhaps it is your birthday, which you are referring to?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/27/18 at 1:40 pm
Quite possibly---nothing
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/27/18 at 3:15 pm
Right you are, but I was responding to Philip, because I know his birthday is in September.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/28/18 at 9:08 pm
So why are we talking about September when it's January?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/28/18 at 11:48 pm
To be honest, Philip mentioned it in his previous post on this thread, for the letter "O".
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/30/18 at 9:58 pm
Understand, please, that his "o" post was dated 29 January 2018, so I'm a little confused.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/30/18 at 10:47 pm
Very well then... I'll explain the best I can: in the replies on the preceding two pages (or so), Philip and I were talking about calendars, and the fact that he was going to get one and make plans for the year ahead... not necessarily for the current month. and so he mentioned that he made one entry so far for a particular month that is still a ways away. When he finally replies to this thread again, he can possibly clarify.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/18 at 9:41 am
With respect, it was someone else's birthday not mine.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/31/18 at 12:00 pm
X-cuse me then for being mistaken... although it probably wasn't a bad guess.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/18 at 3:30 pm
Yes of course, my birthday is etched into my memory, I now struggle with other people.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/31/18 at 7:11 pm
Zero days are left in the month after today... tomorrow's February 1st (although in some parts of the world it is already next month!).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/05/18 at 10:51 pm
And we start again with another confusing topic.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/06/18 at 12:00 am
But hopefully not too confusing this time around.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/18 at 10:50 am
Confusing?
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 02/06/18 at 2:21 pm
Definetly........... I hope the next poster will be able to pick up where we left off!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/09/18 at 10:58 pm
Eventually, we will get back.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/10/18 at 12:39 am
For sure we will.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/10/18 at 12:42 pm
Great, now we need to know where we were.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/10/18 at 3:43 pm
Has anyone any idea of that?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/12/18 at 9:52 am
I am struggling with that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/12/18 at 10:32 am
Just for now, should we start talking about something else...such as the Olympics Games?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/18 at 6:50 am
Korea, in South Korea, is the location of the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/13/18 at 6:00 pm
Lots of people from around the world are competing in the events, as usual.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/13/18 at 9:52 pm
Many nations complete every four years, with two years separating the Summer and Winter Games.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 02/15/18 at 9:48 pm
The Summer ones are the best games, but there are some Winter sports that I like.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/15/18 at 11:07 pm
Many nations complete every four years, with two years separating the Summer and Winter Games.
Nineteen ninety-four (1994) was the first "midterm" year to have Olympics; since then, Winter Olympics have only been played in such years (including this year), with leap years retaining the Summer ones.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/18 at 10:13 am
One Olympics every two years?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/10/18 at 6:11 pm
Precisely right; next ones will be the 2020 Summer Games.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 04/13/18 at 10:04 am
Quite stalling,someone post the next reply please!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/13/18 at 1:01 pm
Right on... and while the aforementioned 2020 Summer Olympics are still 2+ years away, there are other various events we can look forward to.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/18 at 4:36 am
Tokyo will be the venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/14/18 at 10:33 am
Right on... and while the aforementioned 2020 Summer Olympics are still 2+ years away, there are other various events we can look forward to.
Summer Olympics are next, as revealed in the "R" post.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/14/18 at 10:33 am
Tokyo will be the venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
U got that right!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/18 at 2:56 am
Very much looking forward to seeing it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/15/18 at 5:07 pm
Winter Olympics, of course, will return in 2022... to Beijing, China (same city that hosted the 2008 Summer games!).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/18 at 8:35 am
Xi'an, the location of the home to the Terracotta Army, is in China too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/18/18 at 11:02 am
Yes it is...any other places in China come to mind?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/18 at 9:11 am
Zing-a-ding, we have reached 'z', and now we start a new conversation on 'a'.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/10/18 at 9:13 am
Any answer I may have gotten to the question I posed in my previous reply, may be for nought.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/18 at 9:20 am
Bringing back to your question, places in China beginning with 'Y' Yakeshi, with 'Z' Zaoyang, and for this reply, beginning with 'B' Beijing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/10/18 at 9:21 am
China has many different cities, I'm sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/18 at 9:23 am
Doubtfully so, mostly over populated?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/10/18 at 9:24 am
Exactly so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/18 at 9:31 am
Foreign cities in other countries can be busy places too?
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 06/15/18 at 3:09 pm
Give it a rest and lets talk about other stuff!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/15/18 at 5:08 pm
Hey, that actually doesn't sound like a bad idea; anyone got any ideas?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/20/18 at 1:03 pm
Imagine what ideas we can all have?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/20/18 at 11:10 pm
Just out of curiosity?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/18 at 2:59 am
Keeping the flow going is important?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/21/18 at 5:25 pm
Let's do it!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/18 at 8:58 am
Marching on?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/14/19 at 8:04 pm
No activity on this thread in the past nine months... means we certainly do need to move on!
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 03/14/19 at 8:45 pm
On to getting this thread kicking again dues,lets go :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/14/19 at 11:29 pm
Progress needs to be made, that's for sure.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 03/15/19 at 12:30 pm
Quickly everyone lets have fun!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/19 at 1:09 pm
Right now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/15/19 at 5:32 pm
Sounds good to me!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/19 at 5:33 pm
Together, all of us, now!
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 03/16/19 at 6:20 pm
Understanding how to plat this game is quite needed!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/26/19 at 6:45 pm
Very quiet here recently
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/26/19 at 11:18 pm
We need to change that!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/27/19 at 11:12 am
X-zactly
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/27/19 at 2:58 pm
You said it!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/27/19 at 4:20 pm
Zing!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/27/19 at 7:34 pm
All right, now we're cookin'.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/19 at 5:29 pm
Boilin' the pot?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/08/19 at 6:01 pm
Cookin(g) does not necessarily have to do with working in the kitchen, but its alternate meanings can be similar.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/19 at 3:41 am
Doing the cooking at an outdoor location, like summer camp?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/09/19 at 6:33 pm
Exactly... but then you'd need different cooking materials (such as a heat source).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/19 at 2:59 am
Fire safety is in mind in all forms of cooking.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 04/10/19 at 10:19 am
Good going everyone,this thread is good!!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/10/19 at 11:07 am
Having an awareness of safety is important in all forms of cooking, I might add.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/19 at 4:14 pm
Instructions lessons in fire safety can be given by experts.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 04/15/19 at 5:04 pm
Jump into action everyone,lets party!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/15/19 at 11:02 pm
Kicking off another such round, hopefully.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/19 at 5:30 am
Let's think of safety first
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/16/19 at 9:04 am
Make sure everything around you is secure, for one thing.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 04/19/19 at 9:19 pm
Need assistance anyone in doing so?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/19/19 at 9:28 pm
Oh, I don't know; I'm sure we were all taught safety skills when we were young.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/19 at 10:08 am
Precisely, I was!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/26/19 at 11:23 am
Quite so, I know I also learned such things.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/19 at 11:53 am
Right from your parents in a domestic situation.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/13/19 at 4:00 pm
Safety is an extremely important concept in life, of course.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/19 at 4:02 pm
Taking good care wherever you go.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/14/19 at 6:20 pm
Understanding what to do is important as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/19 at 1:26 am
Very good care needs to be adhered too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/15/19 at 4:49 pm
We all know that one mishap could lead to trouble.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/16/19 at 2:38 pm
Xactly!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/16/19 at 10:44 pm
You know, we're almost to the end of the alphabet once again...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/19 at 12:43 am
Zing-ding!! Another new conversation is about to start.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/17/19 at 4:34 pm
Absolutely! tell us what you'd like to discuss now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/19 at 4:53 am
Best films you have seen?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/19/19 at 8:58 am
Can I start... with E.T., for example?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/19 at 10:20 am
Darn right, that's a wonderful film, but the film I saw was better!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/19/19 at 3:58 pm
E.T. is a wonderful film, yes; I saw it several times when I was a kid... now would you like to tell me the name of the film you saw?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/19 at 7:25 am
For sure I will, it was "West Side Story".
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/22/19 at 9:43 am
Great musical film, it was!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/19 at 11:07 am
Humming the songs and tunes all day long, I am.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/22/19 at 5:46 pm
I know how that is; you'll enjoy a film so much that the music sticks with you all day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/19 at 1:49 am
Just stays in my mind, the tunes are just wonderful.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/23/19 at 8:45 am
Knowing the songs (and the film itself) means you can pretty much anticipate when they will come, in the film.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/19 at 9:41 am
Lasting tunes, that stay with you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/23/19 at 11:14 pm
"Maria" and "America", from the aforementioned West Side Story, readily come to mind.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/19 at 10:40 am
Not only those songs, but "Somewhere" comes to mind, and the composer Leonard Bernstein did admit to using a theme from Beethoven for the tune of that song.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/24/19 at 11:20 am
Oh yes, sometimes classical pieces like that can provide inspiration.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/19 at 5:26 pm
Precisely, not only does "Somewhere" contain Beethoven, Leonard Bernstein also used Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/09/19 at 9:51 pm
Quite possibly so, those can be good for relaxing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/19 at 2:53 am
Right now, I am trying to compare more from "West Side Story".
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/10/19 at 10:06 am
So many good songs were on that soundtrack.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/15/19 at 2:02 pm
There is even a song from "West Side Story" featured in the film I am watching right now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/15/19 at 7:14 pm
Uhm...that is quite interesting.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/19 at 7:29 am
Very much so, even "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" featured the Prologue
from West Side Story.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/02/19 at 6:17 pm
"West Side Story" must be a target for music soundtracks, I guess.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/19 at 6:18 pm
Xactly, a winner of ten Oscars!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/02/19 at 6:22 pm
Yes, that is so true!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/19 at 12:41 am
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah, a next subject to discuss is a bout to start.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/10/19 at 10:24 am
After a week of no activity on this thread, it is time to get it going again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/19 at 2:35 pm
Bump is what we need?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/10/19 at 5:56 pm
Could say that, yes; of course it was I who did it with my previous post!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/19 at 12:21 pm
Doubtfully need another bump again?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/06/19 at 6:13 pm
Exactly so, after nearly four weeks of inactivity this time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/19 at 11:23 pm
For the best I can do?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/07/19 at 12:02 am
Go for it!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/19 at 12:06 am
Having done so...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/07/19 at 12:07 am
It would be nice if we had more contributors to help us out...but this is how it'll be for now, I guess?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/19 at 12:10 am
Just imagine, many contributors, just like the old days?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/07/19 at 11:18 am
Knowing a lot of them, or getting to know them, helped whenever they posted with us on various threads (including this one).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/19 at 11:30 am
Like wise?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/07/19 at 12:50 pm
Many people who've posted on here regularly over the years might think so.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/07/19 at 12:51 pm
Not many of us know about this game (until now, including me)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/07/19 at 12:52 pm
Oh goody, we have another contributor!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/07/19 at 12:54 pm
Personally, I find the concept rather clever.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/19 at 1:06 pm
Quick, another reply is arriving.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/07/19 at 1:06 pm
Reply from me too!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/19 at 1:07 pm
So quick?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/07/19 at 1:23 pm
To be honest, that's what came to mind.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/19 at 1:59 pm
Up till now all was going smoothly
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/07/19 at 6:54 pm
Very well, I'll play along
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/19 at 9:27 pm
We start a new conversation when we reach the letter 'a'
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/07/19 at 9:49 pm
Yes, I see - I think I know how it works now
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/19 at 10:01 pm
We start a new conversation when we reach the letter 'a'
Yes, I see - I think I know how it works now
Xactly so...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/19 at 10:01 pm
Yes, I see - I think I know how it works now
Zooming onto that new conversation
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/07/19 at 10:20 pm
Ah, my turn - how should we start this conversation?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/07/19 at 10:36 pm
Begin with whatever you'd like!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/08/19 at 6:33 am
Creativity is a definite asset in this game!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/19 at 6:41 am
Done with desire, doubtfully.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/08/19 at 6:24 pm
Excellent - we're on the move.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/08/19 at 10:38 pm
Finally I get another turn...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/08/19 at 11:41 pm
Golly, this thread is really coming together!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/08/19 at 11:47 pm
Hey, sometimes it stays active for many replies at a time; sometimes it has sat idle for several months or years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/19 at 11:16 am
Idle it remains, till someone bumps it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/09/19 at 11:17 am
Just when I thought no one would respond to my previous post on here, I'm glad someone finally did. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/19 at 11:18 am
Keeping this topic/game ticking over
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/09/19 at 11:20 am
Let's see if anyone else joins us in the foreseeable future...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/09/19 at 2:07 pm
Might I make a contribution too?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/09/19 at 6:33 pm
Now we're moving along, I should say.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/09/19 at 10:56 pm
Oh yes, indeed this thread is moving right along!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/10/19 at 11:35 am
Please keep in mind that a tricky letter comes after this one, and anytime I've been the one to use said letter, I've managed to be creative with it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/10/19 at 2:46 pm
Quizzical and curious sentences are welcome here, as long as they start with a "Q"
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/11/19 at 8:49 pm
Right you are; that is a great way to utilize said letter!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/11/19 at 10:45 pm
Super - it seems we're still moving along!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/11/19 at 11:47 pm
That's good to know; I like to be able to proceed well in a game thread like this one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/12/19 at 11:56 am
Unless we get bogged down with the really tricky letters coming up, we're likely to see the thread keep rolling along.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/12/19 at 6:27 pm
Very likely so; sometimes a letter may seem tricky but a good sentence could start with it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/12/19 at 7:24 pm
Well, it's not easy finding a word starting with the next letter in the sequence
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/12/19 at 11:47 pm
X-actly; there are not very many words beginning with it (at least in English)...as stated numerous times in the past on this thread.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/19 at 3:58 am
You have to remember the tricks of this game to carry on with ease.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/13/19 at 6:14 am
Zipping up another sequence with the letter 'Z' - that's a satisfying feeling :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/19 at 6:18 am
About time for a conversation now, would you like to chose the subject?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/13/19 at 5:46 pm
Blimey! is it time for another round already?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/19 at 5:58 pm
Conversations, start hear now!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/13/19 at 6:00 pm
Does anyone have an idea as to what they'd like to discuss? (because I'm stumped right now)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/19 at 6:08 pm
Even me, perhaps AmericanGirl has a burning subject to talk about?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/13/19 at 6:21 pm
Fine, we can wait for her, or think of a subject ourselves.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/13/19 at 10:53 pm
Gee, that puts me on the spot - but in a nice way ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/19 at 1:52 am
Have a try, go on?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/14/19 at 6:34 am
I'm thinking about it
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/19 at 7:11 am
Just take you time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/14/19 at 11:26 am
Knowing what to talk about can sometimes be challenging, if you have to do it on the spot.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/19 at 11:30 am
Like this game is similar to one of my favourite rounds in "Whose Line Is It Anyway".
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/14/19 at 11:31 am
Must remind you of "90-Second Alphabet", which I also find interesting.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/14/19 at 11:43 am
Now I'm thinking we don't really require a specific topic, for we can just say what fits the game.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/14/19 at 11:44 am
Oh yes; sometimes our discussion topics evolve from that!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/19 at 1:56 pm
Precisely so.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/14/19 at 6:03 pm
Quite often, we go from one subject to another on this thread, just by happenstance.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/14/19 at 9:00 pm
Rapid responses aren't required - it's just a matter of starting with the right letter.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/19 at 10:25 am
Starting with the right letter, simply done.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/17/19 at 3:04 pm
That's right!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/17/19 at 10:36 pm
Up until now, we've kept this conversation on track
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/18/19 at 8:02 pm
Variety of topics in the ten-year history of this thread has made it interesting, too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/18/19 at 11:38 pm
Well, I'm impressed how we've kept the thread going
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 08/19/19 at 1:14 am
Xcellent -- Whats on everyones mind??
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/19/19 at 10:59 am
You know that we can discuss what's on our mind here, if the letter we're on permits it...otherwise we have to be creative!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/19/19 at 12:21 pm
Zeal for creativity with words is a definite asset in this game
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/19/19 at 7:06 pm
And I always try to improve my vocabulary on a regular basis. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/19/19 at 8:03 pm
Bravo for improving the vocabulary!
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 08/20/19 at 12:22 am
Congrats everyone for keeping my game going good here :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/19 at 5:05 am
Deservedly so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/20/19 at 6:26 am
Every new answer keeps the game going
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/19 at 11:45 am
For instance?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/20/19 at 11:47 am
Glad to see this thread has gotten ample activity in the past 24 hours. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/19 at 11:47 am
Hours tick past away quickly with this thread.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/20/19 at 11:54 am
I know... and that seems to happen even when you're doing other activities!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/19 at 11:55 am
Just the time creeps up on you, and the next thing you know it has gone midnight.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/20/19 at 12:00 pm
Keeping up with everything that is going on can be a lotta work, too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/19 at 12:04 pm
Looking out for domestic chores that still have to be done?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/20/19 at 12:05 pm
My to-do list for today includes such things.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/20/19 at 12:34 pm
Not for me, as I'm at the office today
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/20/19 at 12:50 pm
On a day like today (Tuesday), I would normally be in the office, but I will be going in on a different day, for reasons that I have explained on another thread.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/19 at 1:07 pm
Placed at home, I am.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/20/19 at 4:59 pm
Quite honestly, so am I, although I did run an errand about two hours ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/19 at 5:00 pm
Right now, I should be sleeping, but I will hold on for a short while.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/20/19 at 5:25 pm
Sometime tonight, you will do so, I'm sure. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/19 at 5:28 pm
Tonight, very soon, I do have to go somewhere important tomorrow morning.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/20/19 at 10:41 pm
Until tomorrow I'll keep it low key, as bedtime approaches for me
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/19 at 1:03 am
Very much what happened to me last night, but now it is a brand new day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/21/19 at 6:33 am
X-cited for a brand new day, as it is morning.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/19 at 6:37 am
Your day has just began?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/21/19 at 12:03 pm
Zig-zagging along my new route to work - that's how I started my day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/21/19 at 1:36 pm
As for me, I'll be doing that tomorrow morning (although I usually go the same route every day that I work).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/19 at 2:05 pm
Because I worked long distances from home, I like the challenge of travelling home using a different route each day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/21/19 at 2:15 pm
Coming home from work, I sometimes take an alternate route, depending on the traffic situations (sometimes US Highway 101 can be congested).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/19 at 2:16 pm
Don't remind me, we were stuck on a highway travelling to Simi Valley from LAX.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/21/19 at 2:18 pm
Exactly I know which highway that is (as I've been on it numerous times myself).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/19 at 2:19 pm
From memory I can picture it, but I need to check a map to locate which highway.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/21/19 at 2:20 pm
Golly, I assume it was Interstate 405...which is known to get crowded in certain places.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/19 at 2:21 pm
Golly, I assume it was Interstate 405...which is known to get crowded in certain places.
Having flown in (from San Francisco) late morning we were on the highway around lunch time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/21/19 at 2:23 pm
I was actually on the southbound 405 (starting from US-101 in Sherman Oaks) this past Sunday, when we were traveling down to Marina Del Rey (which is a short ways north of LAX) to meet two out-of-town friends of ours.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/19 at 2:45 pm
Just checked, and indeed it was the 405, we once followed it down to San Diego, changing on to another highway.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/21/19 at 2:47 pm
Keep in mind that 405 merges with Interstate-5, which continues on down to San Diego...but then again I am the one who is most familiar with the So-Cal area, having grown up there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/19 at 3:03 pm
Las Vegas was interesting, we flow there from an airport (not Lax) of which I cannot remember it's name, but I have seen in in a film since.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/21/19 at 4:56 pm
My guess, was it Burbank Airport (aka Bob Hope Airport)?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/19 at 4:57 pm
No doubt, that was the one!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/21/19 at 4:59 pm
Okay then... that was the very first airport I ever flew out of, in May 1992 on my very first airplane trip.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/19 at 5:11 pm
Planes was turbulent when flying over the mountains between LA and Las Vegas on that flight.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/21/19 at 5:14 pm
Quite often you'll experience turbulence in the air when you fly; I kinda did on my most recent flight (from LAX to Vancouver in October 2017).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/19 at 5:15 pm
Rocking around the plane was.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/21/19 at 5:15 pm
Staying in your seat is the best thing to do in such a situation.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/21/19 at 7:31 pm
Turbulence can be scary when it comes on all of a sudden.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/19 at 12:45 am
Up and down the plane goes...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/22/19 at 9:04 am
Very much so; like I said, the best thing to do is stay seated and remain calm.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/19 at 11:03 am
Warned the passengers are to be seating down.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/22/19 at 6:22 pm
X-actly as requested.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/22/19 at 9:35 pm
Your best bet during turbulence is to stay seated with your seatbelt on
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/22/19 at 10:30 pm
Zounds, we are through another round of the alphabet; it took less than a day-and-a-half to complete!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/19 at 6:34 am
Amazing, a day-and-a-half to complete!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/23/19 at 11:55 am
By the way, we were talking about airplane travel... and I was going to fly somewhere this year, but we changed our travel plans, so we won't be flying anywhere.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/19 at 11:57 am
Change of plans brought on with the construction in your garden?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/23/19 at 11:58 am
Darn right it did... and now said project is coming together well!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/19 at 11:58 am
Excellent, and you cannot wait?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/23/19 at 12:06 pm
For now, the pool is scheduled to be completed sometime in October, although the company now estimates early October as a possible completion date; still, we didn't wanna take any chances with our originally-scheduled October 18-26 trip.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/19 at 12:21 pm
Good planning and weather is all that is required?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/23/19 at 12:22 pm
How about the choice of itinerary as well?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/19 at 12:45 pm
Itinerary, of what is needed and order for things to be done?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/23/19 at 4:23 pm
Journeying to specific ports in a certain order; that is what constitutes itinerary on a cruise.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/19 at 4:27 pm
Keeping to the itinerary is important or you may miss the boat?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/23/19 at 4:28 pm
Let's see... you can go ashore in port, but you have to return to the ship before it leaves the port.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/19 at 4:37 pm
Must not get waylaid, etc?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/23/19 at 4:39 pm
Nope; you must stay on the ship as it is sailing!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/19 at 6:08 pm
On board?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/23/19 at 6:09 pm
People can do all sorts of things on board the ship... sleep, eat, walk around, play trivia games... have fun!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/19 at 6:10 pm
Quiet relaxation on chairs on the decks?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/23/19 at 6:15 pm
Right you are, whether they be by the pool or on your balcony, or anywhere you can find 'em on the ship.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/19 at 6:16 pm
Saving a seat can be difficult at times?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/23/19 at 6:17 pm
The seats are often first-come, first-serve.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/23/19 at 10:43 pm
Upper decks are where you find lots of great outdoor activities in the open air
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/23/19 at 11:33 pm
Vacationing on a cruise ship is something I've always enjoyed, each time I've done it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/24/19 at 10:52 am
What a wonderful time I've had on cruises - I always wish to go back
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/24/19 at 10:54 am
X-perience of taking a cruise is just about always wonderful; at least for me. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/19 at 12:39 pm
You know what, I have never been on a cruise, but family members have.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/24/19 at 3:39 pm
Zero of them? but I'm glad you have family members who've been on one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/19 at 3:40 pm
A wonderful cruise would be one to view the Northern Lights, one that sails by Norway.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/24/19 at 3:41 pm
Bingo! my parents took such a cruise in September of 2015.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/19 at 3:50 pm
Cruise close to Norway, for the Northern Lights can be seen elsewhere.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/24/19 at 3:53 pm
Don't remind me; that's one place I'd like to see someday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/19 at 3:55 pm
Eventually, you will get to travel more than you want to.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/24/19 at 4:03 pm
Four years ago, when my parents went on the aforementioned cruise, they were amazed by the sight of the Northern Lights...and told me about it too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/24/19 at 11:08 pm
Great suggestion - I'd love to see the Northern Lights from a cruise!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/25/19 at 9:16 am
However, I should mention that this year my itinerary will be that of the Mexican Riviera (Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas, in some order).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/25/19 at 11:34 am
I am confident that you'll love cruising the Mexican Riviera!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/26/19 at 6:16 pm
Just three years ago, in November of 2016, I actually did see one of those ports, namely Cabo... which I enjoyed very much.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/26/19 at 8:24 pm
Keep us posted about your upcoming dream trip!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/26/19 at 10:07 pm
Let me tell you that my cruise this year will occur in November; my "dream" trip will probably include a part of the world I haven't yet seen.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/26/19 at 11:10 pm
Maybe, just maybe, this upcoming November cruise will be dreamy...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/26/19 at 11:32 pm
November is only three months away (or less), and it is a wonderful time of the year to cruise; in fact I've done so in years past.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/27/19 at 8:31 pm
Only three more months to go!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/27/19 at 10:38 pm
Pretty soon we might receive our boarding passes and luggage tags in e-mail... well, they are likely to arrive within the next couple of months.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/27/19 at 10:54 pm
Quick, check on your passports that they are not expired
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/27/19 at 10:58 pm
Renewing mine will be done within the next two years (it expires in 2021), so it is still valid.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/28/19 at 6:15 am
Sounds like you've got your bases covered
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/28/19 at 8:46 am
That's true; I like to stay on top of things.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/28/19 at 7:57 pm
Ultimately, having everything in order will make things go smooth so you can concentrate on fun!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/28/19 at 11:44 pm
Vacation time is meant to be fun and stress-free.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/29/19 at 6:24 am
X-actly - vacations are meant for fun, relaxation and (in my opinion) unplugging
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/19 at 6:34 am
You have to relax!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/29/19 at 12:19 pm
Vacation time is meant to be fun and stress-free.
Wait a minute...we forgot the letter "W", so I'm filling in right now. (next player, please continue with "Z", since X and Y have been played)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/19 at 1:25 pm
Zooming straight to 'A'
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/29/19 at 2:12 pm
As AmericanGirl was saying up above, vacations are meant for relaxation, which I agree with...and I also agree with the part about unplugging.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/19 at 2:15 pm
Being on holiday is one thing I d o not get now, for not in work, I do not have the routine of work that a holiday would help me take days off and relax.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/29/19 at 2:17 pm
Can't say that I exactly do, per se, either; because I work part time, I don't accrue any vacation hours, so anytime I take a vacation I have to work on additional days before and after my vacation time to make up for it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/19 at 2:19 pm
Days away from home I have had over the last few months, visiting relatives and friends a good drive away, and I do get that change of routine when I visit my granddaughter.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/29/19 at 2:20 pm
Excellent. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/19 at 3:13 pm
For certain reasons I find it best to be at home.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/29/19 at 4:40 pm
Good for you; as the old saying goes, home is where the heart is!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/19 at 5:01 pm
Home is where I know where everything is for when I need it or them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/29/19 at 5:01 pm
I feel the same way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/19 at 5:14 pm
Just that feel of reassurance of knowing where you are.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/29/19 at 5:42 pm
Knowing that I'm safe in a certain place is a good feeling.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/19 at 5:44 pm
Learning the media these days, you sometimes think do you wish to go out?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/30/19 at 11:54 pm
Many people do wish to go out, to socialize with others.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 08/31/19 at 3:13 am
Nice to see my game going good isnt it buddy?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/19 at 8:58 am
On this board, a long time, it has.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/31/19 at 12:15 pm
Precisely; this thread has been active for 10+ years now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/19 at 12:31 pm
Quite a long time, is that!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/31/19 at 9:28 pm
Remarkable game, in that it's going on so long
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/31/19 at 9:59 pm
Sometimes it gets stagnant for whatever reason, but I always like to pick it up again! :)
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 09/01/19 at 11:11 am
Today even more replies will be added :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/01/19 at 5:10 pm
Upwards the reply count will go, with each reply.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/01/19 at 5:32 pm
Very well then, I think I'll just keep it going
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/01/19 at 6:53 pm
We shall do just that!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/01/19 at 11:04 pm
X-cellent idea, keeping the game going
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/02/19 at 10:03 am
You got that right; the more, the merrier. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/02/19 at 11:21 pm
Zippety-Do-Dah, we just made it through another alphabet sequence! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/03/19 at 6:03 pm
And after a three-day holiday weekend, I was back at work today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/03/19 at 8:37 pm
Boy, those holiday weekends sure do whiz by, don't they?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/03/19 at 9:23 pm
Certainly they do!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/03/19 at 10:20 pm
Doesn't going back to work after a holiday feel harder than going after a regular weekend?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/03/19 at 11:48 pm
Every job is not necessarily like that...but I did have a lot of work to do today, even though the bulk of it came after my lunchbreak.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/04/19 at 10:16 pm
Fair enough - and I'm glad it didn't feel too difficult
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/04/19 at 10:18 pm
Good, because I've been in my current job for over 3 1/2 years, and I enjoy it very much.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 09/05/19 at 1:53 am
Hooray for all the replies,lets keep it going!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/05/19 at 7:39 am
I believe it's definitely a game worth continuing
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/05/19 at 5:38 pm
Jumping back into what I was discussing in my last reply... I do enjoy my job, even though it can get very busy at times (but that's okay, it means I have things to work on!).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/05/19 at 5:45 pm
Keeping busy makes the days go fast - on the other hand, if things get too crazy it can get stressful...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/05/19 at 5:53 pm
Let's just say that when I do get swamped, I sometimes have to work extra time to get it all done... which my boss is completely fine with. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/05/19 at 10:25 pm
Meanwhile, as long as you enjoy the work, it's probably not such a bad thing, occasionally having a bit more.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/05/19 at 11:21 pm
No, not at all; in fact, I've gradually learned new duties in the 3 1/2+ years I've been in my current job.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/06/19 at 3:45 pm
Outstanding - it's great to feel good about your job.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/06/19 at 3:51 pm
People in the company I work for are nice, too, which is another aspect that makes a job enjoyable.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/06/19 at 9:34 pm
Quite the commendation you're giving your workplace - sounds like a good place to work!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/06/19 at 11:07 pm
Right; it is a place I enjoy working at, despite it being a long drive one way from my home.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/07/19 at 10:05 am
Sounds like a place you can really get on board with - that's a huge plus.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/07/19 at 10:29 am
The work that I've been doing in this job will prepare me for another job elsewhere someday, I'm sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/07/19 at 9:27 pm
Ultimately, the goal is a great career, and it seems you're on your way
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/07/19 at 10:45 pm
Very true, and it's never too late for one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/07/19 at 10:50 pm
Well, it certainly sounds like you're in the right place work-wise, at least for now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/07/19 at 10:53 pm
X-actly; I enjoy pretty much all aspects of it, and intend to stick with it until I find another accounting job elsewhere.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/08/19 at 3:22 pm
You certainly have a good work situation, something that's not to be taken lightly
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/08/19 at 3:32 pm
Zipped through the alphabet once again, with my discussion about my work!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/08/19 at 11:06 pm
All right then, it's back to the letter 'A'.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/08/19 at 11:34 pm
Believe me, I could talk more about my work...and even some of my past work experiences.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/09/19 at 9:21 am
Considering that you're happy with it, I think we can indeed continue.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/09/19 at 9:56 am
December of this year will mark four years since I passed the background check and received an email from my (now) boss saying that I could start there the middle of the following month. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/09/19 at 8:56 pm
Everyone would be happy to receive an email like that!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/09/19 at 10:23 pm
Four years ago this month (September of 2015), however, I started a job position that I didn't enjoy at all; to make a long story short, I was in it for only a month-and-a-half (through the first week of November that year); long after that door closed, another one opened; that's when I applied for the job that I'm currently in!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/09/19 at 10:44 pm
Good to hear that you found something that works!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/09/19 at 10:52 pm
How much longer I'm gonna be in my current job, I don't know, but I am sticking with it until I find something more.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/10/19 at 1:14 am
I am surprised it has been four years now, indeed keep it up!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/10/19 at 8:47 am
Just think, now you've joined the ranks of "veteran" at your workplace - nice, huh?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/10/19 at 6:52 pm
Keeping it up, that's what I'll do (and by the way Philip, my four-year anniversary of employment there will be in January 2020).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/10/19 at 9:03 pm
Looks like you made a really good choice picking your employer.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/10/19 at 11:27 pm
My other coworkers, by the way, include my boss (who has been in the company since the 2000s decade; she's the one who interviewed me and eventually hired me), as well as another woman who has been in the company for about that long, and a woman who was hired last summer to do financial duties; I'll explain more later.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/19 at 2:12 am
Nothing like going to work with a smile on your face, knowing that all will be well for the day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/19 at 11:37 am
One other thing I'd like to mention...there has been one personnel change in the 3 1/2+ years I've been working there: one woman who had been the CEO there for 20-someodd years, retired last year, so my boss inherited the CEO duties and gave some of her original duties to the woman who started there last summer.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/19 at 11:41 am
Perhaps, you will inherit duties in the same fashion?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/19 at 11:43 am
Quintessentially there might be such a possibility if I'm there long enough; and I might even get more hours, depending on how things go.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/11/19 at 9:56 pm
Really nice to hear how well it's going - something to not take for granted.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/11/19 at 10:29 pm
So then I'll be working tomorrow, figuring to be busier than usual since it's a day that payments are processed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/19 at 12:54 pm
Take your time, concentrate well on the subject.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/12/19 at 6:35 pm
Uninterrupted is how I often prefer to work, that way I stay focused...but sometimes complications can arise at any second.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/12/19 at 7:08 pm
Very good plan, staying focused - and hopefully those complications don't materialize
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/12/19 at 10:16 pm
When I go back to work, on Tuesday, I will have more to do; also on that day my office staff is gonna have a luncheon!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/12/19 at 11:23 pm
X-cellent idea, having a group luncheon in the midst of a busy day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/13/19 at 10:41 am
You can network in that situation?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/13/19 at 10:43 am
Zero time will be spent actually working, since we'll be going to a restaurant...but we can talk about whatever we'd like to.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/13/19 at 10:47 am
A chance to learn about each others likes and dislikes, etc?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/13/19 at 10:50 am
By talking about such things, yes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/13/19 at 12:18 pm
Chatting about anything, then a subject comes up and all join in.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/13/19 at 2:09 pm
Do we usually do that in threads such as this one?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/13/19 at 3:57 pm
Even like here, we must be networking all the time?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/13/19 at 5:08 pm
Fellow gamers, it seems that most any topic is fair game when it comes to a group luncheon outing at a restaurant.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/13/19 at 5:32 pm
Good, because I anticipate that sort of thing on Tuesday when my office staff goes there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/13/19 at 11:33 pm
Have a great time at the luncheon!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/14/19 at 1:01 am
I will, come Tuesday; meanwhile, I need to enjoy my weekend. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/19 at 1:33 am
Just relax with it, enjoy your weekend.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/14/19 at 10:23 am
Let us know how it goes - in the meantime, we hope you're having a good weekend
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/19 at 10:56 am
Meantime, we all hope you're having a good weekend.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/14/19 at 10:58 am
Just relax with it, enjoy your weekend.
Knowing that we skipped a letter here, I will insert it, then continue on with the next one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/14/19 at 10:59 am
Meantime, we all hope you're having a good weekend.
Now we're back on track; it is now 9am on Saturday (where I am) and I look forward to having a nice time today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/14/19 at 12:46 pm
Knowing that we skipped a letter here, I will insert it, then continue on with the next one.
Oh, that was me :-[ sorry about that - and do enjoy your day!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/19 at 1:30 pm
Oh, that was me :-[ sorry about that - and do enjoy your day!
'pologies accepted!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/14/19 at 10:49 pm
Quickly we shall move on; today (Saturday) has been a pretty good day for me, although it was quite hot!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/15/19 at 2:41 pm
Really glad to hear you had a good Saturday - hopefully the high heat will knock it off soon enough
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/15/19 at 4:35 pm
September is known to still be hot, especially in California; especially since most of the month is actually in the summer (in the northern hemisphere).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/15/19 at 10:38 pm
That's different than here, as it usually starts cooling down around now in the Midwest - it actually tends to be very pleasant here in mid-September
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/15/19 at 11:51 pm
Up til now I had not known that (although I may have been semi-aware of it from seeing national weather reports at various times during the year).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/19 at 7:27 am
Varied temperatures for the USA, I hear, a distant family cousin told me it is always humid in Florida.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/16/19 at 9:35 am
Well, I've never been there, but I'm sure it does get like that there; the area is also vulnerable to hurricanes (case in point, Dorian two weeks ago).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/19 at 11:34 am
'xtreme weathers?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/16/19 at 12:01 pm
You could say that, I suppose.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/16/19 at 8:58 pm
Zoinks - we made it through the alphabet yet again! ("Zoinks" hails from "Scooby Doo"...)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/16/19 at 11:41 pm
A classic cartoon character and series, that is ^ ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/19 at 2:55 am
Back in my memory cells that word exists, and "Scooby Doo" takes me back.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/17/19 at 7:02 am
Cartoons were a big part of my life as a kid (age 10-ish) and at that time, Scooby Doo was new and hot.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/19 at 7:23 am
Daytime television, back then, was full of cartoons, to catch the children when they come home from school, remembering especiallyDick Dastardly in the series "Wacky Races".
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/17/19 at 6:19 pm
Even I have memories of watching cartoon programmes as a child (many of which I enjoyed).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/17/19 at 7:39 pm
For instance, at that time, besides "Wacky Races" (a favorite) I liked "Scooby Doo", "The Archies", "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids", and "Josie and the Pussycats" - what a great lineup in the early 70's :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/17/19 at 10:19 pm
Great list, even though those are before my time; therefore, I probably haven't seen a single episode of any of 'em. :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/19 at 10:56 pm
Had seen most of them here in the UK, back then, "The Archies" were never shown, but the song from that program "Sugar Sugar" was a huge success.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/17/19 at 10:59 pm
I happen to know a song called "Sugar Sugar" by a band called The Archies... but it turns out that the Archies is actually a "virtual" band, something I never realized until now... maybe that's because it was before my time and there are certain quirks like that I don't realize right away.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/19 at 11:27 pm
Jeff Barry and Andy Kim were the songwriters for this hit record.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/17/19 at 11:28 pm
Kim was an actual vocalist on the recording too (Andy, that is).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/19 at 11:37 pm
Listening to the song today, I do not mind it, it is happy song, and full of joy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/17/19 at 11:38 pm
My coworkers and I heard the song playing on the audio system in the restaurant today when we went out for our luncheon (well, at least I heard it; the others probably weren't listening because we all had a conversation going on).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/19 at 11:39 pm
No singing along to it then, also most like karaoke?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/17/19 at 11:41 pm
Oh, not at all; in fact, anytime I go to an eatery, the objective is to socialize with the other people I'm there with.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/19 at 1:41 am
Precisely, fun can be at another time and event?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/18/19 at 10:39 am
Quite so; at times like those, it is always lots of fun to engage in conversation, especially when we don't get to do it often because we are in the workplace.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/18/19 at 2:42 pm
Really glad you had a good time at the luncheon!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/18/19 at 3:59 pm
Six of us were there: myself, my three coworkers (one of whom is my boss), and two women who have clinical roles in the company but work at their own respective offices (and they are both nice people - as are my coworkers).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/18/19 at 9:54 pm
Tell us, do you ever get to do fun things with your coworkers outside of work (for instance movies, concerts, ball games, parties)?
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 09/19/19 at 12:04 am
Understanding how to play my game here makes it better :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/19/19 at 9:01 am
Very well then; I will answer A.G.'s question: no, I don't get to do things like that with my coworkers, but I do maintain a very good working relationship with them. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/19/19 at 11:50 pm
Wonderful; it's great to hear you have a good relationship with your coworkers
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/20/19 at 12:47 pm
X-actly; I always like to be on good terms with people I'm around on a regular basis.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/20/19 at 4:17 pm
Yes, I agree that is very important.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/20/19 at 7:53 pm
Zero times, however, have I not been on good terms at all with a coworker.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/20/19 at 11:33 pm
Awesome!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/21/19 at 10:30 am
But there has been at least one occasion when I was in a job that I was not satisfied with; case in point, four years ago I was briefly employed in the role of bookkeeper at a law office; to make a long story short, it was not the right fit for me. :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/21/19 at 11:50 am
Considerable stress can happen when you're in a bad job fit - I know that firsthand :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/21/19 at 4:34 pm
Doing the work would have been easier for me if the person in charge could have instructed me; instead I was learning from the person I was replacing in this position (a 20-year-old girl who had been the bookkeeper there for the previous six months), and she was moving away, which is why someone needed to replace her as soon as possible.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/21/19 at 11:14 pm
Efficient as they were trying to be in replacing the other, that didn't help either of you; glad you landed in a better place.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/21/19 at 11:19 pm
For sure!... let me tell you, I was only in that job for only a month-and-a-half; in the first week of November of 2015 the supervisor decided it was time for my employment to be terminated there, which I graciously accepted... and not long after that door closed, a new one opened!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/22/19 at 9:29 am
Glad it worked out the way it did, and you found your way to something much better.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/22/19 at 2:39 pm
Happy that I did; it was totally worth it. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/22/19 at 4:10 pm
It's great to land where things work out well - it makes life just feel better.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 09/22/19 at 4:54 pm
Join in dues,its fun!!!!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: annimal on 09/22/19 at 5:46 pm
Wha!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/22/19 at 7:48 pm
Join in dues,its fun!!!!!
Keeping with the flow of the game, I'm posting the next sentence starting with the letter "K".
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: annimal on 09/22/19 at 8:12 pm
Let me guess that the next sentence will start with m.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/22/19 at 11:19 pm
My turn... to tell A.G. that she is right, life does feel much better with a job you enjoy. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/23/19 at 1:33 pm
No doubt about that! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/23/19 at 5:16 pm
Okay, now today is the Autumnal Equinox, which means we enter the fall season today...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/23/19 at 11:40 pm
Peculiar that I hadn't noticed this - it completely slipped my mind.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/23/19 at 11:56 pm
Quite all right; I just thought I'd mention it... and I for one love fall foliage in general. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/24/19 at 8:34 pm
Regarding fall colors, we can get the multicolored splendor of the various deciduous trees (reds, oranges, yellows, browns, purples) plus the evergreens, if the weather cooperates - otherwise, the colors can look dull, coming in at different times.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/24/19 at 11:29 pm
Sounds like a particular tree in my backyard, which turns colors in the fall and loses them by the end of the season (and grows new ones in the spring)... however, one time said tree didn't turn colors until mid-October because the weather didn't cooperate.... but that's southern California for ya. ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/25/19 at 10:10 am
Trees categorized as "deciduous" generally lose their leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring; it isn't unusual for this loss of leaves to happen from late October to mid November - but before that, the leaves often turn pretty colors.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/25/19 at 1:49 pm
^ Useful information (about trees)... which I had learned in school when I was about 10. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/25/19 at 9:58 pm
Variations in types of trees in close proximity tend to make the prettiest color displays (sometimes smart people plant trees a certain way just for the optimum fall colors display)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/19 at 2:31 am
With the trees in various colours at this time of the year, the hues make wonderful photos.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/26/19 at 2:26 pm
X-tremely colourful, they are. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/26/19 at 2:30 pm
Yes, those zesty fall colors are something I love about fall - I start noticing when trees begin turning (I'm seeing a faint hint of color here now, but we're a few weeks from peak color).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/26/19 at 6:40 pm
Zesty...that's a good word to describe fall colors too!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/27/19 at 12:15 am
Always something to be noticed and not taken for granted - since it's easy to miss the splendor of fall.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/28/19 at 10:28 am
Being around it can certainly give a pleasant feeling..
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/19 at 11:10 am
Cameras are a must this time of the year, if I could I plan to visit such locations soon.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/28/19 at 12:09 pm
Darn right; in fact I was at such a location two years ago -- in Nanaimo, B.C., Canada, where I was surrounded by fall foliage and managed to get some pictures of it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/28/19 at 8:26 pm
Excellent place to be during autumn peak colors; I bet your pictures are great!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/19 at 5:53 am
Finding the excellent place can be hard?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/29/19 at 5:07 pm
Getting as much fall foliage as you can into the picture is the key.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/30/19 at 9:49 am
Happy to say that around here, we usually get a decent amount of color - even in the "dull" years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/30/19 at 7:09 pm
I would also like to say that fall is a time of the year I enjoy not only because of the foliage, but also the baseball postseason!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/01/19 at 2:27 pm
Just one more reason autumn is fun - besides the fabulous baseball postseason, football is in full swing, plus hockey and basketball are starting up - in other words, a sports lover's got plenty to choose from.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/01/19 at 6:26 pm
Knowing all that is useful for any sports fanatic; that's for sure. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/01/19 at 9:34 pm
Let me guess - you might just be watching a baseball playoff now (as the Brewers/Nationals play-in is on...)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/01/19 at 11:45 pm
Milwaukee was ahead in that game into the bottom of the 8th, then Washington took the lead and kept it (yes, I was indeed watching that game!).
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 10/02/19 at 1:57 am
Nice seeing my game still strong :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/02/19 at 10:26 am
Oakland Athletics host the Tampa Bay Rays for the AL Wildcard Game tonight.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/02/19 at 10:42 pm
Post-game coverage is now on, and the Tampa Bay Rays will proceed to the playoff series.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/02/19 at 11:52 pm
Quickly the game was over, as the Rays kept the A's in check for most of it (I happened to watch it on TV).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/03/19 at 7:38 am
Ready for some baseball playoff series' to commence?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/03/19 at 6:21 pm
Sure; in fact, my team, the Dodgers, will start their series tonight; I can't wait!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/03/19 at 7:27 pm
That's the spirit!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/03/19 at 11:39 pm
Up 1 game to none, are the Dodgers (same with the Cardinals, who won their game first; I mentioned both facts on the MLB thread in Sports Zone).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/19 at 6:17 am
Very good chance of a good result?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/04/19 at 12:57 pm
We'll see, how they play out their respective Game Twos today (Cardinals-Braves is first, then Nationals-Dodgers); also the American League Division Serieses start today (Rays at Astros, then Twins at Yankees)... so four games will be played today!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/04/19 at 4:56 pm
X-tra fun for big baseball fans, having four games today; how is one to fit it all in?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/05/19 at 10:27 am
You'd be surprised at how some people could do that sorta thing; I just hope my team wins its series (they lost their game last night).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/05/19 at 12:22 pm
Zero chance that the Orioles will ever win the Series again, especially with The Yankees and Bosox in their division.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/05/19 at 3:49 pm
A good bet (about the Orioles' chances) although we never really can tell about future teams.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/05/19 at 4:27 pm
Braves and Yankees are the two teams I despise the most, and I sure hope that the World Series doesn't come down to them (like it did in '96 and '99).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/05/19 at 10:13 pm
Count on the pesky Yankees to find a way to win - but agreed, I don't like them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/05/19 at 10:46 pm
Domination is the key thing I've detested about them (particularly from the mid-1990s through the 2000s and beyond), but I'm glad they missed the postseason in the years 2008, 2013, 2014, and 2016.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/06/19 at 8:56 am
Every time the Yankees miss the postseason, I feel a little better about it ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/06/19 at 8:09 pm
Feelings are shared by me about that ^. ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/07/19 at 3:00 pm
Guess you're probably excited about tonite's game - good luck to the Dodgers!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/07/19 at 7:58 pm
However, the Dodgers have fallen behind on last check... and as for the other NLDS game, I'm glad the Cardinals stayed alive (and I hope they can beat the Braves in Wednesday's do-or-die game).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/07/19 at 10:50 pm
If the Dodgers can prevail in the series, I'd love to see them take out the pesky Cardinals...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/07/19 at 11:23 pm
Just so you know, I am rooting for the Cardinals to defeat the Braves because I don't like the Braves... and the reason for that is the Tomohawk Chant (and for that reason, I was sick of them dominating their division all those years in the 1990s into the 2000s; I always rooted for whichever team they were paired with in the NLDS).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/08/19 at 8:23 pm
Knowing that, I guess the winner of their series isn't that big a deal to me - so long as the Cardinals get taken out in this or the next series. ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/08/19 at 10:08 pm
Let me guess - you don't like the Cardinals because you're a Cubs fan?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/09/19 at 10:51 am
Mind reader - that's what you are! ;D (In actuality, it's even worse, in that one of our close friends is a Cardinals crazy fanatic and he likes to "rub it in our faces" if you know what I mean.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/19 at 11:03 am
Not that I am up on true baseball teams, scores, etc, I am struggling on this subject, please continue.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 10/09/19 at 11:51 am
Only friends of mine would be nice enough to keep my game going strong,lets go dues!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/09/19 at 6:33 pm
Picking up here, I will reply to A.G.'s most recent post, saying that similarly as a Dodgers fan, I typically root against the Giants, but I make an exception if they play the Braves in the postseason (because as I mentioned previously, I find the Tomohawk Chant mucho annoying); this happened in 2002 and 2010 (both in the NLDS), and the Giants defeated the Braves both times... and needless to say, they eventually advanced to the World Series both times, and there I rooted against them (they lost in 2002 to the L.A. Angels, but won in 2010 over the Texas Rangers).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/09/19 at 9:59 pm
Quaint and odd little relic, that Tomohawk chant - and I agree it is most annoying; once when we went to a Braves game in Atlanta (to root for their opponent) they really overdid it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/10/19 at 12:26 am
Right you are; I would probably never want to go to a Braves game for that very reason; and for the record I have never gone to a game at a stadium other than Dodger Stadium, although I have visited (and rode past) a few other active MLB stadiums.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/10/19 at 1:26 pm
Say, if you do travel during the season, it's not a bad idea to take in a game at a non-home stadium - it's fun. (For me besides the two Chicago stadiums - Cubs/White Sox - I've been to Kansas City, Atlanta, NY Mets, Detroit Tigers, and Phoenix - might be forgetting others. Though all the times we've been in southern CA I don't recall attending any MLB games there - yet...)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/10/19 at 4:25 pm
That's quite all right; in fact, I've seen fans of the visiting team at ballgames when I've watched them on TV (especially when the Dodgers are the road team)!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/10/19 at 9:46 pm
Unless I fear a "too hostile" crowd, I have no issue going into an MLB stadium to root for the visitors; the one thing I try not to do is overdo the opposing team paraphernalia.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/10/19 at 11:09 pm
Very good on your part; I would agree with you there... however, there are certain teams with rivalries, and in some such cases, one team often tends to overpower the other in its stadium (especially with its fans).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/10/19 at 11:20 pm
With many of the rivalries, the hostility can get extreme, so it's better to be incognito if rooting for the away team.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/10/19 at 11:23 pm
X-actly (however, I was mainly referring to notable rivalries like Dodgers/Giants, Redsox/Yankees; those are historic and can get hostile at times).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/11/19 at 4:38 pm
Yes, and don't forget about a rivalry like Cubs/Cardinals - they can get hostile, too. (There are Cubs/White Sox fans that consider the other team rivals and feel hostility, but it's not universal; some fans like me root hard for both teams.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/11/19 at 6:35 pm
Zounds, that's right (and similarly, there's the Dodgers-Angels rivalry, known as the "Freeway Series"; I tend to root for both of those teams as well, but I only root against the Angels when they play the Dodgers).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/11/19 at 7:18 pm
Aha - I bet that Dodgers-Angels can be quite a rivalry too; for Cubs/White Sox, I think the intensity was higher maybe 10 to 15 years ago - but as for Cubs/Cardinals, it's always been a hot rivalry.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/11/19 at 7:29 pm
Better believe it, although the Angels have dominated the Freeway Series rivalry since the start of interleague play in 1997 (however, in that year, the Dodgers won all 4 games of it: both of them at Dodger Stadium, and both of them at Angel Stadium).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/12/19 at 8:09 am
Continuing back to the present NLCS, Nationals prevailed in game 1 - yay!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/12/19 at 11:29 am
Dodgers would have hosted said game if only they'd won the NLDS finale on Wednesday night; however, I did see parts of the NLCS Game last night and saw that Anibal Sanchez pitched very well for Washington (who are in their second-ever NLCS; the only other time that team got there was in 1981, as the Montreal Expos...who lost that series in 5 games to the Dodgers).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/12/19 at 10:37 pm
Expos never won it all (I remember their team well); hoping the Nationals can bring the team one step closer in this NLCS.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/19 at 5:58 am
Feeling I am still out of place in the conversation here, please carry on.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/13/19 at 1:24 pm
Gonna do so right now... and responding to A.G.'s reply about the Expos: in the year 1994 they were dominating everyone, but unfortunately the strike (work stoppage) cancelled the postseason; if not for the strike, then maybe they would have had a chance.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/13/19 at 3:17 pm
Heck, I forgot all about the 1994 baseball strike! (That is, until you reminded me...)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/13/19 at 3:59 pm
I remember it well...and it was not fun.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/19 at 4:25 pm
Just empty parks with empty stands?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/13/19 at 4:26 pm
Keeping them empty until the strike finally ended in early 1995.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/19 at 4:27 pm
Long time to be empty?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/13/19 at 9:49 pm
Maybe so, but once the strike was over in 1995, new things began to emerge in the sport that attracted more fans to the stadiums (such as the signings of international players, especially from Japan; interleague play; further expansion of MLB, when the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Rays came along; a lot of this is documented in "The Tenth Inning", a 2010 sequel to Ken Burns' Baseball film).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/14/19 at 2:46 pm
Nevertheless, the strike took off line a year that could've belonged to the Expos, in retrospect quite a shame.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/14/19 at 6:05 pm
Oh yes, for sure; and now, 25 years later, the franchise could be headed for its first World Series, as the Nationals.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/15/19 at 7:44 am
Perhaps the Nationals will advance, seeing as they're now up by 3 games.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/15/19 at 12:51 pm
Quite possibly so; they won last night to go up 3 games to none... so if the Nats win tonight, they will advance to the World Series, which begins a week from tonight (at either Houston or New York - whichever team wins the ALCS will get home field advantage, because both teams had better regular season records than either the Cardinals or Nationals).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/15/19 at 3:30 pm
Rallying by the Cardinals could ruin their opportunity, but hopefully the Nats won't let that happen, as I'd much rather see them in the World Series
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/15/19 at 7:11 pm
So would I; it would be a great accomplishment on their part.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/15/19 at 10:24 pm
The Nationals just swept the Cardinals to earn their first trip as a franchise to the World Series! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/16/19 at 8:53 am
Until the Seattle Mariners finally reach the World Series, they are now the only team that has yet to get there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/16/19 at 10:34 pm
Very true - and perhaps their time will come in due course (but I'm going to enjoy this year's champ now)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/17/19 at 1:54 pm
Washington, that is (we shall hope... but I'm still rooting for the Astros to win the AL pennant, cuz I don't want the Yankees to win it... and by the way, the ALCS Game Four was postponed yesterday due to inclement weather, so it'll be made up today).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/17/19 at 7:46 pm
X-citement for the ALCS to wrap up is building...
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 10/17/19 at 11:45 pm
Y stop,lets continue having fun dues :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/18/19 at 8:48 am
Zack Greinke hasn't pitched too well for the Astros this postseason, but he didn't do too badly last night (although he left the game in the middle of the 5th inning); still, the Astros won this one; I hope they win Game Five tonight to eliminate the Yankees.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/18/19 at 3:55 pm
Astros one win away from the World Series!
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 10/18/19 at 7:03 pm
Believe Americangirl everyone,they did!!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/18/19 at 7:14 pm
Can't say they did until they win the ALCS (IOW, don't cross your chickens before they hatch); on last check, the Yankees were striking back early in the game.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/18/19 at 9:12 pm
Disappointing to say (for us non-Yankees fans), but the Yankees took tonite's game - will have to try and wrap it up tomorrow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/18/19 at 11:56 pm
Evil Empire Strikes Back, as certain people who dislike the NYY would say; hopefully the Stros can do it tomorrow in Houston, but I don't know which pitchers will be starting.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/19/19 at 11:30 pm
Finally, the Astros prevailed - in dramatic, walk-off fashion no less; they will take on the Nationals (it should be a good series).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/20/19 at 12:08 am
Great job by Jose Altuve, hitting a two-run walkoff homer off Aroldis Chapman... and then congratulating the rest of his team in the postgame interview immediately afterward.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/20/19 at 6:04 pm
Heck of a team effort - and heck of a team - the Astros will be a good match for Washington
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/20/19 at 10:42 pm
It's time now to bring on the World Series! (on Tuesday night, that is)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/21/19 at 10:43 pm
Just counting down the hours (not really, but it sounded good to say) :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/21/19 at 11:08 pm
Knowledge of what each team has to offer (pitching, hitting, defense, etc) is making me think that this World Series might be interesting... and I'd kinda like to see it go at least five games.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 10/22/19 at 7:41 pm
Lets continue Nally having fun buddy :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/22/19 at 8:15 pm
Middle of inning 3, it is already 2-1 Astros - early excitement is what I like!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/22/19 at 11:08 pm
Nationals later took the lead and kept it, taking Game One by a score of 5-4; Juan Soto seemed to be the key contributor in this one! (also see my post in the MLB thread in Sports Zone)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/23/19 at 10:10 pm
Obviously Game 2 (in progress) is important to both teams, but it might be more devastating to Houston if they lose - as this top 7th inning goes on, it's becoming a bigger hurdle for Houston to come back from (now down 8-2) :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/23/19 at 11:45 pm
People in the nation's capital are probably rejoicing right now, since the Nats won Game Two by a score of 12 to 3 to go up two games to none... and will be happy to see a World Series game in D.C. come Friday night. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/19 at 4:59 pm
Quite noisy in Washington D.C.?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/24/19 at 5:02 pm
Right now, the fans are awaiting the start of Game Three, which will take place tomorrow night at Nationals' Park; it'll be the first time since 1933 that a World Series game gets played there (there used to be a Washington Senators baseball team, but it became the Minnesota Twins in the early 1960s; then another franchise with that name came along, but it became the Texas Rangers in 1972).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/24/19 at 10:47 pm
Seriously entertaining - that's how I would characterize the first two games (well, until yesterday's game got really out of hand)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/25/19 at 6:11 pm
That's right, in Game Two in the 7th inning the Nationals took the lead and never looked back... we'll see what's in store for Game Three!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/25/19 at 10:45 pm
Until this evening, the Astros haven't seemed to get ahead by much; but today in the 8th inning, Astros are up 4-1.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/26/19 at 12:09 am
Verlander or Cole will probably pitch Game Five, which will be necessary now that the Stros have won Game Three. :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/26/19 at 9:43 am
Well, I prefer competitive series, so this back and forth is just my cup of tea - even though it would be nice if ultimately the Nationals prevail.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/26/19 at 10:45 am
X-citing it is, when the momentum goes the other way in a big series like this one; I suppose it would be boring in a sense if the competition was generally one-sided.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/26/19 at 7:51 pm
Yet, once a favorite team has been chosen, it can be hard to enjoy if they don't stay on top.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/26/19 at 9:43 pm
Zounds! the game just went from bad to worse in the 7th inning, so I just quit watching it, cuz it just doesn't look too promising for the Washingtons to overcome a 7-run deficit this late in the game (it would take a miracle, which I just don't see happening).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/27/19 at 9:43 pm
As of the top of the 8th, today's game isn't looking fabulous for Washington either, but it's a smaller deficit to overcome at 4-1.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/28/19 at 6:44 pm
But the deficit doubled in size, and of course Washington was not able to recover. :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/28/19 at 10:25 pm
Could this be that rare series where the road team always wins? (That's what it would take for Washington to win now, I'm afraid.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/29/19 at 10:01 am
Do you think they could pull off that feat? (if so, they'd have to win tonight to force a Game Seven tomorrow!)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/29/19 at 11:11 pm
Even despite all the hand-wringing, the Nats pulled off a win to force game seven!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/30/19 at 12:17 am
First inning is the only inning which the Astros scored; Nationals got more runs to keep Stephen Strasburg unbeaten...and of course the seventh inning featured that controversial "runner's interference" play which manager Dave Martinez was livid about (he eventually got tossed), but after Anthony Rendon hit that home run later in the inning, they kept the lead.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/30/19 at 2:49 pm
^Great summary of yesterday's game highlights; tonight is "winner takes all".
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/30/19 at 6:34 pm
Houston will start Zack Greinke, who hasn't done too well this postseason (although he pitched fairly well in Game Three at Washington, only to not complete the fifth inning); Washington will start Max Scherzer, an ace who hasn't lost a game this postseason (if memory serves me correctly).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/30/19 at 9:46 pm
I am watching game 7 - top of the 7th inning, Washington just put up a crooked number - now 3-2 Washington! (It was 2-0 Houston before the 7th.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/31/19 at 12:00 am
Just after you posted that, the Nationals put up another run in the 8th inning, and two more in the 9th to seal the deal!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/31/19 at 11:13 pm
Kooky series, with the road team winning all the games - but oh so entertaining!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/31/19 at 11:21 pm
Lots of people didn't think the Nationals had a chance in late May after losing 31 of their first 50 regular-season games, but they defied anyone who counted them out... and ultimately got the job done!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/01/19 at 3:40 pm
Most definitely - goes to show you (not you personally) that May 31 is too early to count a team out.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/02/19 at 11:11 am
Now that the baseball postseason is finally over, we can talk about something different?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/02/19 at 9:36 pm
Open to new ideas, that I am.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 11/03/19 at 7:36 am
Please lets keep having fun dues!!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/03/19 at 9:03 am
Quite right, I would like to mention that in two weeks I will be going on my week-long vacation trip.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/03/19 at 11:40 pm
Really - a two week vacation - fantastic!!! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/03/19 at 11:42 pm
Sorry, that's not right; it's only one week long; it starts two weeks from now (runs from Nov 16 to 23).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/03/19 at 11:46 pm
Then I should read the post a little more thoroughly :-[; nonetheless, tell us about your upcoming vacation!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/03/19 at 11:50 pm
Um, okay... I'll be seeing three ports along the Pacific coast of Mexico: Cabo, Puerto Vallarta, and Mazatlan.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/04/19 at 4:32 pm
Very nice - sounds like a great itinerary!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/04/19 at 6:04 pm
When I go, I will be sure to take plenty of nice pictures.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/04/19 at 8:14 pm
X-cited for the upcoming trip - that's how I would be!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/04/19 at 8:22 pm
You are right... in the meanwhile I have to sort out clothes and other things I will wanna take on the trip.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/05/19 at 7:28 am
Zeal to select the perfect clothes and gear to take along - that's how I'd approach such a wonderful sounding vacation! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/05/19 at 10:49 am
As for the weather, it is likely to be on the warmer side, since it is further south (of the U.S.), so I will likely bring "summer" clothing; however, I will also bring nicer clothing to wear on the ship in the evening hours.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/05/19 at 8:30 pm
Boy oh boy, does that sound fun - have a good time for all of us!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/05/19 at 10:47 pm
Cabo -- one of the ports on our itinerary -- is one that I've actually been to before; I was there on my cruise three years ago, and it was the only port of call that time... and I enjoyed it!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/06/19 at 11:02 pm
Dreams are made of itineraries like yours - are you getting more excited as the day approaches?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/19 at 11:49 pm
Excited? well, I should say so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/07/19 at 8:41 am
Feeling excited is exactly how I'd feel! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/07/19 at 12:18 pm
Getting ready for a big trip often takes a lot of time, and this weekend I will start setting aside clothes and other things I'll need to bring.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/07/19 at 2:12 pm
Happily it sounds like you have a concrete plan in place! :) I'm one of those people who has to start preparing extra early (hubby teases me about it, but I'd have it no other way)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/07/19 at 5:19 pm
I do tend to procrastinate on certain things, however (but I've been making efforts to stop my procrastinating habits over the years).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/07/19 at 9:54 pm
Just as long as things are ready when it's time to go! ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/07/19 at 10:23 pm
Keeping the list handy helps me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/08/19 at 2:53 pm
Lists are extremely handy when getting ready to travel (I'm otherwise notorious for forgetting something important)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/08/19 at 6:30 pm
Making a list of any sort helps me (especially at work).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/08/19 at 9:31 pm
No doubt your list helps keep things in order.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/08/19 at 10:06 pm
Oh yes, especially when it involves a sequence of steps when doing a new task (as I have been doing for the past month at my work).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/09/19 at 8:49 pm
Planning is the first step, which is when the list is made - later using the list to carry the steps out (easier said than done, though).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/09/19 at 8:50 pm
Quite right you are; that's why I often have to sit down with a pen(cil) and paper and sketch it out... I just like to be methodical, that's all.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/10/19 at 4:54 pm
Rigorous and methodical preparation - that's a formula for success!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/10/19 at 4:57 pm
So many times I've had to do that for something I learn for the first time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/11/19 at 9:30 pm
The methodical and disciplined approach can pay big dividends.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/12/19 at 12:49 pm
Useful, is another way to describe that approach.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/12/19 at 11:30 pm
Very much so, I would say.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/13/19 at 6:48 pm
We've seen that response many times on this thread, I'm sure... but it's so true in this context as well!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/13/19 at 9:53 pm
X-actly; glad you agree on that
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/14/19 at 12:38 am
Yes indeed; anyways, I have only a couple of days to get my suitcase packed for my trip!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/14/19 at 11:42 am
Zeal to "get packing" is exactly how I'd feel if I were headed out soon.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/14/19 at 12:11 pm
And today I plan to do just that, since I'll be home all day (also I've been recovering from an illness I had earlier this week).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/14/19 at 11:00 pm
Be well, and rest up good so you'll be fully recovered by vacation time :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/14/19 at 11:02 pm
Cruise ship, here I come (on Saturday, that is)!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/15/19 at 12:02 pm
Does that sound great or what? Aaah - I wish I was going :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/15/19 at 7:30 pm
Everyone I know (that is, people I've told about my trip) is wishing me a safe time aboard.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/15/19 at 11:23 pm
Fun, relaxation, adventure, new sights, new places - I hope that's what your upcoming week is like!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/15/19 at 11:36 pm
Great... because while I'm away, I won't be coming to this site (I'll only use the internet cafe to briefly check e-mail and Facebook, because I'll have limited time for that); so I hope someone can help this thread (and others) going in my absence!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/16/19 at 11:12 am
Help with the Penguin Board games may be needed as only a few of us routinely play - but no worries, just have a blast!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/23/19 at 2:27 pm
I am back home now; hopefully we can keep it going now that I've returned.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/23/19 at 10:23 pm
Just dandy to hear you're home - hope you had a great time!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/24/19 at 12:19 am
Keeping myself safe was the top priority, but of course that helped me have a good time! (more to come later)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/24/19 at 10:45 am
Let's hear some details (when you're ready)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/24/19 at 3:43 pm
Monday we reached our first port of call, Cabo San Lucas (but the captain had to cancel it at the last moment due to inclement weather, so no one was let off the ship there); Tuesday we docked in Mazatlan (where the weather was much better, albeit warm); Wednesday we docked in Puerto Vallarta (where my family and I got off the ship for a shore excursion, which I might discuss in detail in a certain PPP thread when I'm ready).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/24/19 at 4:07 pm
Nice vacation summary - sorry about Cabo (we had a similar experience recently) but it sounds like you made up for it elsewhere, plus "ship days" can be wonderful if the staff is prepared; more details are welcome indeed :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/24/19 at 11:38 pm
Oh yes, most definitely (however, I did visit Cabo once, namely on the cruise I took 3 years ago)... and the Puerto shore excursion was one that we signed up for in advance, when we booked the cruise earlier this year.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 11/25/19 at 2:27 am
Please lets keep having fun!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/25/19 at 10:40 am
Quiet is how I'd describe the games board action over the last week - but not too bad
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/25/19 at 6:22 pm
Right you are, because I for one could not be around to contribute; instead I was away, having fun on my cruise!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/25/19 at 11:29 pm
Sure is good to have you back! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/25/19 at 11:35 pm
To be honest, I kinda wish my cruise vacation was longer... but all of us have things on the homefront that we need to take care of; in fact, I had to go back to work today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/26/19 at 10:24 pm
Understandable, wanting to stretch the cruise (that's how I always feel at the end of a good vacation ;))
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/26/19 at 10:50 pm
Vacations can be like that, yes; however, my parents actually have been on a few cruises that were more than a week long (something I'd like to do someday, but I probably need to earn more money for that).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/19 at 2:46 am
When will you go on a cruise again, this time next year?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/27/19 at 6:02 pm
X-actly when, I do not know as of yet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/27/19 at 10:17 pm
You could start planning now (it's not bad to plan ahead) - always fun to plan (albeit occasionally stressful)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/27/19 at 10:22 pm
Zero chance I'll be thinking about it anytime in the next couple o' days; however, I have a few possible destinations in mind.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/29/19 at 7:16 pm
Always fun to think about vacations - it makes one dream about the possibilities :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/29/19 at 10:25 pm
Believe me, I have various destinations in mind, but I would need to fly to said places (and back), and possibly be away from work for more than a whole week... and I cannot really afford to do that anytime in the next few months... but ya never know; next fall there might be something I could do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/29/19 at 10:44 pm
Considerable added expense is needed when there is a flight involved (and unfortunately, from Chicago, it's a given that, unless there is a cruise originating on Lake Michigan, and there aren't really any such cruises, we need to fly to get to it...)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/29/19 at 10:57 pm
Darn right you are; cruises only happen in the ocean... and that's one of the advantages that I have about living near an ocean (namely, the Pacific), as well as within driving distance from a port (namely that of Los Angeles)... in fact, every cruise I've taken thus far has involved the Pacific Ocean.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/30/19 at 11:07 am
Even though we know that about today's cruises, sometimes it's nice to dream that one of the cruise lines would originate a new "Great Lakes" cruise... On second thought, nah ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/30/19 at 12:14 pm
For sure; there's no way that a cruise liner could fit through such narrow passageways to get to the Great Lakes. ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/30/19 at 3:23 pm
Given that, I have to say that cruising the Caribbean has been amazing - we've done one in the US Virgin Islands, one to Mexico and three cruises to the Bahamas - wonderful! :D Plus our last cruise was of the "Northern" variety, and it was wonderful, too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/30/19 at 7:04 pm
How about that! it seems you had a great cruising history. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/30/19 at 8:28 pm
I am definitely a fan of cruising - and yes, we've enjoyed a few cruises in the past :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/30/19 at 8:45 pm
Just like me! (and my parents). I took my first cruise in 2012; my parents took their first one in 2007, and that one was also to the Mexican Riviera, and it had the same ports as the one I just took with them...only they were in the reverse order (that is, in 2007 their itinerary was Puerto, Mazatlan, and Cabo; the one I just took was Cabo, Mazatlan, and Puerto, in that order).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/01/19 at 9:24 am
Keeping in mind our love of warm-weather destinations, I rather think our next destination may be Alaska (which my husband has been to, but before we were married). When we went on our most recent cruise in 2017, our destination was Canada and Maine (departing out of NYC), but being late September no Alaska-type weather was expected - or encountered. We did have a "fog out" day in which we were unable to visit one of our Maine ports of call.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/01/19 at 3:13 pm
Losing out on a port, like that, can be a bummer, but the captain and crew usually does that for the safety of the people on board. I had that experience in October of 2017 when Astoria, Oregon, was cancelled due to inclement weather; you may also recall from a past post I made that Cabo was cancelled on my most recent cruise, for the same reason.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/01/19 at 11:28 pm
My understanding about losing a port matches yours, it is for safety; on the cruise I was on, some people had chosen that specific cruise just for that port (Bar Harbor, the one which was fogged out) and so felt bummed out. We did too, but we made up for it a year later during a fabulous land trip. The multi-day land trip allowed us to see much more Bar Harbor than if we'd just hit it from the cruise ship, so maybe it was better that way. Back to the cruise, it was still amazing, and all the other ports were wonderful; the fog-out became just another sea day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/02/19 at 6:01 pm
Nice... I agree, having another sea day in lieu of a port can be a good thing. in fact, on the cruise I was recently on, the cruise director managed to release a new schedule of activities on board the ship for the day, and that worked out very well. My guess is that he had a backup plan in case the port needed to be cancelled. :)
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 12/02/19 at 6:57 pm
Only stop to take a drink,then someone keep the game going!!
Gracious :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/02/19 at 10:05 pm
Pretty savvy of the crew to have a "just in case" backup plan.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/02/19 at 10:40 pm
Quite often they need to be prepared... in fact I think people who work on a ship are trained in a special way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/03/19 at 9:11 pm
Right you are - I get the feeling a cruise ship crew is indeed well trained and well practiced in making passengers feel special.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 12/03/19 at 10:51 pm
So keep up the fun everyone!!!!!!!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/04/19 at 6:32 pm
They do a very good job of it (once again, responding to A.G's post), that's for sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/04/19 at 10:31 pm
Understand that tips and return business both are major motivation; nonetheless I feel that the staff of cruise ships I've encountered genuinely want to make our experience very pleasant.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/04/19 at 10:34 pm
Very pleasant indeed; I agree with you completely there. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/05/19 at 11:43 pm
Well I think we both agree - cruising is a fun thing to do for vacation :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/05/19 at 11:44 pm
X-actly... and I have done it nine times in my life.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/06/19 at 9:24 pm
You are quite the veteran if you've cruised 9 times! ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/06/19 at 10:54 pm
Zounds! that may be true, but there are plenty of people who've cruised more times than that (even more than my parents, who've gone on several other cruises; that is, without me). In fact, at the Captain's Circle celebration (which is attended by people who've cruised several times), the attendees with the most cruises to their name are honored... and in some cases, there have been people who've cruised for at least a thousand total days (which might be 100+ total cruises); such people must be quite wealthy to afford that!
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 12/08/19 at 10:57 pm
Applause to everyone,lets keep it going!!!!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/08/19 at 10:59 pm
By all means, yes we should definitely keep this thread going! it's one of my favourite PBG threads, I must say.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/09/19 at 10:51 am
Compliments to each of us that participate, as the game has hit 5585 replies :o
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/09/19 at 6:18 pm
December is upon us now; it's the final month of the 2010's... hard to believe the year and the decade have just flown by!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/10/19 at 10:54 pm
Embarking on the 2020's has already been a hot topic on these boards in various threads - I think people get excited about the prospect of a new decade on our doorstep.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/10/19 at 10:58 pm
For sure, they do! (Let me tell you, 30 years ago this month I was excited about the 1990s fast approaching!)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/11/19 at 10:55 pm
Given the interest in 2020, this coming New Year's day might take on extra interest, as opposed to that of non-decade years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/12/19 at 11:29 am
Hey, that's a possibility; that sorta thing also seemed to occur at the beginning of 2010 (which I still remember as if it were just a short time ago) and even more so at the start of 2000 (probably because it was a milestone year).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/12/19 at 11:59 pm
I remember 2000 pretty well, as we were all worried over Y2K - my husband being an IT guy had to be at work that NYE to tend any computer malfunctions. :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/13/19 at 12:14 am
Jumping for joy, many people were, when they found out that any computer malfunctions were relatively minor (as the calendar turned to 2000).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/13/19 at 11:00 pm
Kinda funny, almost, how many of us were in a near panic over (then) 1990's computer programs -the doomsday scenarios were running rampant.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/13/19 at 11:07 pm
Luckily, they found that their machines read "00" as 2000 after all! O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/14/19 at 9:41 am
Maybe some of them did, but it is the case that there was literally an army of IT and programmers out there working hard before the big day (my husband being one of them); nonetheless, even the places where updates were missed, the outcome was generally more of a joke than a catastrophe (I recall posting an image some while back on the Y2K subject, it was of a gasoline receipt dated "01/13/100" ;D ).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/14/19 at 10:26 am
Now that is interesting... I do remember seeing some electronic printouts (including faxes) showing "100" as the year...but I'm sure that little glitch got fixed in most machines before 2001 (so that the year wouldn't show as "101"), because I don't recall seeing any more of that after 2000.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/14/19 at 11:44 pm
Obviously more crucial issues were tackled first - I just happened to run across that receipt as there was discussion on this board about Y2K (it seems I'd used the receipt as a bookmark and forgot about it) but the gasoline receipt was quite benign, just something to laugh at - and since it was dated January 13, it was probably an update nobody had gotten to yet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/15/19 at 2:08 pm
Perhaps I missed that discussion... although for 15+ years I have been a regular on this site (which I discovered through Amiright during the first half of the 2000s); still, I can't remember every discussion on here, whether or not I have taken part in it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/16/19 at 11:15 am
Quite likely that you saw it and since forgot, being it was over 5 years ago - but since the subject is brought up, I'll repost that image here for your amusement:
http://faulkners.dls.net/GasReceipt2000''.jpg
:)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/16/19 at 6:45 pm
Right on... thanks for sharing it!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/16/19 at 10:58 pm
Sure, glad to share this - it was a nice find (at the time I don't think I noticed the way the date was printed). I guess I stuck it in a book and ran across it several years later.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/16/19 at 11:00 pm
The date is one thing that I am always quick to spot... due to my attentiveness to detail (a good skill to have for a job).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/17/19 at 7:44 pm
Usually I'll notice such things too - although a gasoline receipt is typically pretty low on my "recommended reading" list ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/17/19 at 10:02 pm
Very funny, I must say. ;) (of course I mean that in a good way)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/18/19 at 3:56 pm
Well we beat on that Y2K subject pretty good - any thoughts about the upcoming 2020?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/18/19 at 6:33 pm
XX is how you would write the last two digits in Roman Numerals; of course the year as a whole is written as MMXX.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/19/19 at 8:20 pm
Your reply is very creative - kudos! :) Would you happen to have any new year's zingers on the tip of your tongue?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/19/19 at 11:19 pm
Zingers? I can't think of any right now; perhaps I might be able to with another letter that comes up when it's my turn.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/20/19 at 4:09 pm
All right, I suppose that was out of the blue, so a better question is, any thoughts about 2020 - or plans?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/21/19 at 12:11 pm
Beginning next month, I would like to seriously get my life more well-organized (of course, I say that every year, but often times various things get in the way).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/21/19 at 11:32 pm
Committing to get more organized is a lofty but excellent and worthwhile goal! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/22/19 at 1:13 am
Due to the fact that my family & I have so much stuff accumulated over time, we want to get rid of it (or as much as we can) so our lives will be simpler; that's why I thought of getting organized as a goal for '20.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/22/19 at 11:51 pm
Everyone I know can use a little help in that area - especially me! ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/23/19 at 7:07 pm
First, we have the holiday season to deal with (and I mean that in a good way). :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/23/19 at 11:33 pm
Given that the holidays are right upon us, it might make sense to hold off embarking on any major upheaval until afterward.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/23/19 at 11:39 pm
Holidays like Christmas time often require a lot of preparation beforehand as well, like setting up the tree, decorating, and making sure all your shopping is done!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/25/19 at 12:09 am
I spent almost my entire day menu planning, grocery and gift card shopping (!), food preparation and a little gift wrapping - not my usual day in the least.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/25/19 at 10:42 am
Jolly Old St. Nicholas was not as busy as you were, AG. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/25/19 at 12:41 pm
Keeping busy (in one way or another) is one thing some people do on Christmas Eve, I guess; in my household, my parents are church musicians, so we needed to prepare for a service at 6pm last night, as well as the midnight service... and this morning we can just chillax at home (that is, until it's time to prepare our holiday dinner).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/25/19 at 11:23 pm
Like you said, keeping busy - that's often the size of it around the holidays. (Incidentally we had a wonderful Christmas with terrific company, and I fixed a big meal, turned out well - but I'm too pooped for the big post-meal cleanup, what a mess! :o )
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/26/19 at 11:39 am
My household only contains the three of us -- my parents & me -- so in recent years it has been pretty simple to prepare a holiday meal (as most of my relatives have since passed on).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/26/19 at 10:06 pm
Nice to enjoy the company of the three of you (for a long time we celebrated with just four of us, it was perfect). This year we hosted a family of six we know well, and eight isn't a terribly huge crowd but it can get rambunctious at times with four kids. But it was all good.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/26/19 at 10:47 pm
One other thing: we also received an invitation from a couple we know at church (whom we've been good friends with since the late 2000s) for a Christmas lunch, so we went over to their place yesterday... and it's nice to get invited by other people to their homes, which doesn't seem to happen often.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/27/19 at 9:07 pm
Perfect way to spend a Christmas afternoon, in the company of good friends!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/28/19 at 11:30 am
Quite so! then we left their house before 5pm so that we could return to our house before the rain came down.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/30/19 at 4:45 pm
Rain - UGH - the wrong weather for Christmas atmosphere, unlike snow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/30/19 at 5:58 pm
Snow, of course, rarely falls in California (except in the mountainous areas - due to elevation); however, one time in my life I did actually have the pleasure of seeing snow on California mainland, namely on Ash Wednesday in 1989... but what had fallen on that day in the San Fernando Valley was probably minimal compared to what the cold-climate areas experience!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/31/19 at 3:52 pm
That would indeed be rare there; I do recall hearing recently on the news about some unusual snowfall over the last week or two somewhere in So. California, perhaps in the higher elevations? (On the other hand, we've gotten little snow recently, a light dusting yesterday was the first snow for a while - but, January is coming, and then February...)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/31/19 at 6:24 pm
Unless the temps get down to freezing on California's mainland, I don't think we're gonna see any snow here anytime soon... like I said in my previous post, that happened in February of 1989, which I remember quite well (I was 8 1/2 years old, in the 3rd grade at the time)... but then two months later, in the first week of April, southern California had an extreme heat wave! :o
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/01/20 at 11:56 pm
Very unusual indeed, snow in So. Cal (with the exception of the mountains); snow isn't unusual here in Chicagoland unless it falls between mid-April and late October.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/02/20 at 12:00 am
Weather is usually warmer in the northern hemisphere between mid-April and October, which is why snow is unlikely to fall during that span (and that's why baseball season is during that span; weather is suitable for playing... although this year, the MLB regular season is going to start earlier than ever, namely on March 26th... this is probably because they want to make sure they get the World Series over with before Election Day).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/02/20 at 11:28 pm
X-tra early games (in March) can be risky for baseball in northern cities, as there is a good chance the weather won't cooperate - but then again I assume the league has taken this into account.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/02/20 at 11:35 pm
Yes, I think so... by scheduling certain teams to open on the road; for example, the Pittsburgh Pirates will open the season in Tampa Bay against the Rays, who play in Tropicana Field, a domed stadium.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/03/20 at 10:10 pm
Zippy pitches might be impacted by bad precipitating weather? (Not an assertion, rather something I wonder about.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/04/20 at 12:04 am
And this will be the third straight year in which the MLB regular season will open in late March, which is still a couple o' months away now!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/04/20 at 11:42 pm
Baseball is associated with the coming of spring, so I look forward to it starting; however, it's a bummer if games are "snowed out".
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/20 at 2:57 pm
Colorado (home of the Rockies) might have a few snowed-out games, due to Denver weather tending to be super-cold into March; this may be one key reason why the Rockies usually open the regular season on the road.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/05/20 at 11:30 pm
Denver weather is not the envy of Chicagoans - IMO it's pretty chaotic there; even though Chicago weather can get nasty and change a lot, it's not as overall nonsensical as Denver, weather-wise.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/20 at 11:36 pm
Even so, I think Chicago has had a snowed-out game on occasion, probably against the Dodgers during one of their early years out West (this I know from researching Dodger history over the years).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/06/20 at 11:27 pm
Fair point - in fact the possibility of snow-outs is why I am leery about starting the season early; on the other hand, if the weather is reasonable, which it can be, then it makes sense to get the games in when possible.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/06/20 at 11:30 pm
Games can easily be played if the weather cooperates, yes; and the Dodgers have been lucky for nearly 20 years with regards to that, because they haven't had a rained-out game at Dodger Stadium since April 2000... against a team that is currently no longer in the National League (can you guess which team that is?).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/07/20 at 11:40 pm
Houston must be the team you're referring to (unless it's Milwaukee); it's amazing the Dodgers have gone 20 years without a home rain-out, that's pretty remarkable!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/07/20 at 11:47 pm
I was hoping you'd say Houston, because that is correct; that team has been part of the AL since 2013. (Milwaukee went the other direction before the start of 1998; that team switched from AL to NL, making a six-team NL Central division for 15 seasons.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/08/20 at 10:33 pm
Jeepers - you are correct about Milwaukee (understand that they are a team that has tormented us Cubs fans quite often); yes it was Houston that went the other way (with Cubs fans saying "good riddance" ;D)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/09/20 at 12:07 am
Keeping up with MLB is something I've been doing since I was a kid; this includes collecting baseball cards, something I began doing in 1987 when I was 7.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/09/20 at 11:30 pm
Lucky you, collecting baseball cards starting from age 7 - I bet you have a pretty nice collection.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/12/20 at 11:41 pm
My collection now has over 10,000 cards in it, I can tell you that!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/14/20 at 11:24 pm
Now that's an awesome collection! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/14/20 at 11:34 pm
Oh yes, it contains seven complete sets, and one set that's near completion but has taken a while to achieve (namely the 1992 Topps; I still need 13 specific cards from that set, some of which are high profile players that may be tough to get).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/15/20 at 10:16 pm
Persistence is something you need to pull together a great collection like that - the will to continue building upon your collection until it is finished, that's how you do it! Plus you get to enjoy your collection, too. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: annimal on 01/15/20 at 10:51 pm
quite an accomplishment
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/15/20 at 10:56 pm
Right now, though, I have other things in my life to concentrate on.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/16/20 at 11:04 pm
Sounds like you do have other things going on - do elaborate, if you so choose :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/17/20 at 6:00 pm
To start with, there is some reorganization/going through things that we wanna do, preferably in the garage, which probably contains things we don't really need anymore, especially from my grandparents' homes when we cleared said places out in 2014 and 2016/2017.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/17/20 at 11:47 pm
Unpleasant task, that reorganizing - but rewarding at the end! Regarding going through grandparents' things, I totally feel you - it's not easy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/18/20 at 1:39 am
Very true; we also have a backyard that needs landscaping done... around the pool that we had installed last summer.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/18/20 at 9:14 pm
Well, a relatively new swimming pool would be a nice incentive for me! Still, you're talking about work.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/19/20 at 3:11 pm
X-actly... but the pool was installed by a group of professionals, and it took about 2 months for them to complete the whole project (it was ready for use in October, but we cannot use it again until the weather starts warming up again).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Sman12 on 01/19/20 at 3:41 pm
You probably have a great pool. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/19/20 at 11:38 pm
Zero chance we get a pool anytime soon because (a) we're condo dwellers and (b) Chicagoland isn't the most fabulous place to have a full-time pool (even though a few people have them); regardless, So. California is a perfect place to enjoy a pool and I hope you get years of fun out of it! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/20/20 at 12:13 am
A.G., you are so right... we will enjoy our pool, as it will give us another source of exercise... and I mentioned a few replies up that we want to get the rest of our back yard landscaped as well. In fact, let me go back further: first there was nothing there, then we put some lawn in, but then within the last ten years the lawn gradually died, so we decided to redo our backyard; this is what led us to invest in a swimming pool.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/20/20 at 11:46 pm
Backyard upgrades can be a real source of enjoyment at home, especially something as consequential as a pool!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/21/20 at 7:02 pm
Come March (or April, or whenever the weather gets warm again), we can use it again, and I can hopefully finally learn to swim proficiently (let me tell you, as a kid I was deathly afraid to go underwater; now, as I near the end of my fourth decade of life, I can finally get into the water anytime, now that there's a pool in my backyard).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/21/20 at 10:39 pm
Do make use of that pool - I expect it will be a blast! Not all of us get to enjoy a pool at home. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/21/20 at 11:01 pm
Exactly right you are... however, when I was growing up, I knew some people who had a pool at their homes, such as friends and relatives... and I would often make use of said pools especially in the summer months.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/23/20 at 11:09 pm
Friends or relatives who had pools were on the scarce side in my growing-up circles, but then again we're talking about the frigid part of the country.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/24/20 at 6:30 pm
Good point; as for me, since I have lived in California all my life, I have been able to visit many houses that have pools.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/27/20 at 11:31 pm
Having a pool in my area isn't terribly common; many of the pools in Chicagoland are the "above-ground" variety.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/29/20 at 11:21 pm
I still don't know when we're going to have any landscaping installed in the backyard around our pool at home (as I mentioned several replies up), but I'm guessing that it might get done in the spring months; however, the sooner it gets started, the sooner it can get done!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/03/20 at 10:19 pm
Just think - being able to have a pool party in your own backyard! Something wonderful to look forward to :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/04/20 at 10:32 pm
Knowing that my 40th birthday will fall on a Saturday this year (in July) is a good reason to plan one - in fact, I have such plans in the works right now!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/05/20 at 10:56 pm
Look at that - you're way ahead of us! :) What a terrific plan for a big birthday. Have fun planning!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/06/20 at 12:21 am
My birthday is in July, which is five months away... but I'd like to get my guest list finalized before Easter, so that I can make plans to invite certain people before they make plans for the day in question.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/07/20 at 10:59 pm
No doubt about it, planning early is a good plan! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/08/20 at 3:12 pm
Oh yes, that's why my parents and I have been discussing it for the past few months.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/10/20 at 9:09 pm
Planning is part of the fun, too! I hope it turns out to be really something special! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/10/20 at 11:05 pm
Quickly it'll be here, even though it's now five months away (and I have plenty to do before then!).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/11/20 at 7:39 am
Realising that is is an important milestone birthday for my son this year we are planning a great holiday for him to remember.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/11/20 at 5:07 pm
Sounds like fun; I hope that turns out to be special too!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/11/20 at 11:42 pm
That's great, Philip, about your son's birthday - I hope it's wonderful! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/12/20 at 8:21 am
Utter secret, it is going to be awkward trying to arrange tickets, etc.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/12/20 at 7:09 pm
Very well then - I am not expecting too many details to be given away; I respect that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/20 at 3:01 am
With my lips sealed I cannot say much.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/13/20 at 10:00 am
X-actly right, you are. :-X
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/20 at 10:01 am
You know who will have to do the travel arrangements?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/13/20 at 10:17 am
Zero things I will say in response to that, although I do have an inkling as to what the answer is.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/20 at 12:37 pm
About to say my lips are zipped!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/13/20 at 3:41 pm
By the way, I know I will have plenty to do within the next five months (that is, until my milestone birthday).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/20 at 3:44 pm
Cause there is the similarity with you and my son, you are the same age, and around two months older.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/13/20 at 3:46 pm
Does that mean he was born in September of 1980?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/20 at 3:47 pm
Exactly so, close to my birthday, we usually share the birthday party together.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/13/20 at 3:48 pm
Fantastic!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/20 at 3:50 pm
Grouped together makes it fun, and we have a few family friends with their birthdays at the same time, so they are invited too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/13/20 at 11:23 pm
Having birthdays close together (that is, within a few days apart) must be kinda fun; I'm not really close with anyone who shares my birthday, although I have known a few such people (but none who share my full DOB - that is, with the year).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/14/20 at 9:37 pm
I know one person born exactly 2 days before me, but I don't see him every day. It is sorta fun talking birthdays with him. But it's just as well when you have friends who are simply close to your age and not your exact birthday, so you don't have to "share" your day, if you know what I mean.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/14/20 at 10:40 pm
Just for the record, I have known one person one day younger than me... and on the other side, possibly one or two persons born within three or four days before me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/15/20 at 10:28 pm
Keep track of those folks, if you are willing - you don't meet people that close in age to you everyday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/16/20 at 4:02 pm
Let me tell you, I knew such people several years ago, and facts like that tend to stick with me for a long time (whereas other facts, not so much; I don't know why that is).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/17/20 at 9:59 pm
Makes things special, having people around close to you in age, since you often share more experiences than someone not as close to your age. That's not to say you can't have good relationships with folks whose age differs from yours by a lot - in fact, those can be very rewarding - but there's usually less common experiences.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/20 at 6:34 pm
Now I do know (and have excellent relationships with) people whose ages differ from mine by several years, both older and younger. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/19/20 at 11:19 pm
Older and younger friends are good to have, for they can help you to see with a different perspective. Not to mention it's just great to have more friends :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/20/20 at 12:17 am
Precisely right, I agree; friends of all age groups are good to have!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/23/20 at 11:32 pm
Quite agree with you there, I do - it's great to have friends of the same age as well as friends of different ages.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/24/20 at 7:00 pm
Right now, though, I am stumped as to how to answer the above post...unless the next person to reply has a better option?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/24/20 at 7:42 pm
Seems my last response pushed "into a corner" so to speak - not intentional - back to your upcoming "big" birthday, any special wishes for your birthday or the accompanying party?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/24/20 at 11:03 pm
That's okay, sometimes we do that on other threads... anyhoo, one of my special wishes is for all of my invitees (or at least a majority of them) will be able to come; and I have already told a few of them in person (that is, word-of-mouth) about said plans.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/25/20 at 11:29 pm
Until the big day comes, it's time to prepare and to invite your friends - which can all be part of the fun! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/25/20 at 11:31 pm
Very much so; 137 more days, to be exact, so that should be plenty of time to prepare.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/26/20 at 1:49 am
When a new year arrives, we always wait for our birthday for the year, unless you are born in January.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/26/20 at 7:50 pm
X-actly the thing to do, in most cases!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/26/20 at 11:39 pm
Yes, because birthdays - especially "milestone" birthdays - are special events, and it's great to celebrate. Speaking of which, has the food/menu planning started yet? (Though if not, it seems okay as you still have plenty of time.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/27/20 at 11:27 am
Zero plans have been made for the food we're gonna serve, although we have contemplated doing a barbecue (which might very well work, since it'll be in the summer);; still, there's plenty of time to discuss it before we have to finalize some plans.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/29/20 at 10:27 pm
Agreed, as it's several months out yet; but barbecue sounds ideal. Do you anticipate inviting many coworkers? How about friends from church? Extended family? Any "V.I.P."s on the invite list? :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/01/20 at 5:18 pm
Barbecue is probably going to be what we cook, yes (if not then we'll probably get party trays from the store; it depends on how many people are expected); I do know that I will invite some friends from church... as for coworkers, I don't have very many of those because there are only four of us in the office.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/02/20 at 9:19 pm
Can I push the pause button on the party planning (which sounds like it's well under control) and ask about your signature area GIF? Love the jumping dolphins! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/03/20 at 11:35 am
Dolphins and other aquatic animals, and the sea in general, is something that I've always found pleasing, which is why I chose those particular graphics for the sig line... in fact, I chose such a Gif in 2005, featuring dolphins jumping in and out of water; and Philip even put said picture on his Photobucket profile... but last year the picture began to get blurred (and other pictures on Photobucket went the same route for some unknown reason), so I decided to go on Google Image Search to find some new animated dolphins, and this is the best picture I came up with, so, there you have it!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/20 at 2:03 am
Extracting money from the users, Photobucket were, too obtain your treasured photos you had to paid for the service...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/05/20 at 11:21 am
Figured as much... which is why I'm glad I never signed up on Photobucket (although there were times between 2005 and 2018 when I contemplated doing so).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/05/20 at 11:36 pm
Glad you found the new GIFs for your signature - the jumping dolphins bring back good memories of when I've seen jumping dolphins (or in a different scenario, porpoises) - any memories that you have of jumping dolphins?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/06/20 at 12:02 am
Haven't really seen any dolphins in person (at least not jumping), although on my very first cruise I could see one just swimming in the ocean, and I did manage to take a picture of it (with the dorsal fin being visible).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/06/20 at 11:08 am
I have distinct memories of seeing black and white porpoises jumping. It was while in a "whale watching" boat on our way from Vancouver to Victoria (on southern Vancouver Island). It was foggy - we didn't see any whales - but during the trip as we got to a certain point and went a certain speed, these black and white porpoises started jumping in the boat's wake, repeatedly as if they were having the time of their life. Such a sight! :) I have seen dolphins do something similar (in a boat's wake) but not for such a prolonged time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/06/20 at 6:17 pm
Jumping dolphins (and porpoises) must be quite a sight! (And speaking of whale watching, I did so on a field trip with my 3rd grade class in March 1989.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/09/20 at 11:31 pm
Lucky you, whale watching in 3rd grade! ;D Of course the most spectacular jumping I've seen has been at Sea World - they do amazing stunts there. But it's a show, of course. Any thoughts about that?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/10/20 at 11:02 am
Jumping dolphins (and porpoises) must be quite a sight! (And speaking of whale watching, I did so on a field trip with my 3rd grade class in March 1989.)
Keeping up with the alphabet, I must point out that a letter was skipped.
Lucky you, whale watching in 3rd grade! ;D Of course the most spectacular jumping I've seen has been at Sea World - they do amazing stunts there. But it's a show, of course. Any thoughts about that?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/10/20 at 5:22 pm
Lucky you, whale watching in 3rd grade! ;D Of course the most spectacular jumping I've seen has been at Sea World - they do amazing stunts there. But it's a show, of course. Any thoughts about that?
Keeping up with the alphabet, I must point out that a letter was skipped.
My bad - again! :-Kindergarten, as I seem to like to skip "K". ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/10/20 at 8:34 pm
Now that we've gotten that cleared up, I can tell you that I did go to Sea World once, namely to the San Diego location in 1994; and believe me, I did see some impressive shows there. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/10/20 at 11:34 pm
Oh yes - Sea World is indeed a wonderful place to visit. I went there once, around 2003 (don't remember precisely) and we saw a fabulous show - the talent of both the animals and the humans was astounding!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/12/20 at 6:53 pm
People do seem to enjoy what Sea World has to offer; I agree. I know I did when I was there that one time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/12/20 at 11:34 pm
Quite the show - I remember being really impressed, and I took some good pictures. I wouldn't mind going back. Any place like that on your "I wanna go there" list?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/13/20 at 6:11 pm
Right now there isn't, mainly due to that nasty ol' virus thingy being a pandemic around the world; hopefully the worst of it will be over by this fall (when my family & I are scheduled to take another vacation trip), or sooner.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/17/20 at 10:32 pm
Sure am sick of things being closed due to the virus, that I am - are you needing to make a lot of adjustments?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/18/20 at 12:02 am
That's right; we all have to do that... however, I do have to go to work three days a week, and there are only four of us in the office, so things are still fine there. But I only need to go to and from work, that's all.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/20 at 8:01 am
Unclear of the future for the next few months.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/18/20 at 6:30 pm
Very much so; at least for the remainder of this month.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/20 at 12:00 pm
We wish it will be blown all over very soon.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/19/20 at 1:03 pm
X-actly right; as we all say: the sooner, the better. But none of us are holding our breath about it right now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/20 at 11:56 pm
You have to stay at home now, not mandatory here, but it is the best thing to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/20/20 at 12:19 am
Zero places I'll be going tomorrow, Friday (although in the morning, around 7am Pacific time, I'll be getting a text message from my boss, telling me whether I should go into the office or stay home and work from home).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/20 at 12:23 am
Another day for social distancing, I have to go out to collect something important.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/20/20 at 12:25 am
Being at home has given me limited opportunities for exercising, although mostly I have been walking around on the hard floors to gain steps.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/20 at 12:27 am
Counting steps I enjoyed last year and would enjoy a good walk for it, now it just records my steps around home.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/20/20 at 12:31 am
Don't know when I'll be able to take a long walk outside again... except down to the mailbox, which is a fairly short distance from my house.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/20 at 12:47 am
Exercise for today for me, will be a walk round the block, after looking at my local shops
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/20/20 at 12:48 am
For the last couple of days, I have contemplated taking a short walk around the block where I live, but never got around to doing so.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/20 at 12:49 am
Got to be social distancing when walking, keeping your distance fro others.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/20/20 at 12:52 am
Have been doing that all week long myself, so I am doing my part.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/20 at 3:22 am
I will be putting into practice later today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/20/20 at 2:06 pm
Jail wouldn't be a safe place for social distancing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/20/20 at 6:57 pm
Keeping out of legal trouble would be a good way to avoid that place.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/21/20 at 12:34 am
Listening would help a lot of teens avoid jail time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/25/20 at 11:45 pm
My thoughts exactly - it's a little disturbing to see certain youngsters (and others) behaving in ways that are dangerous or reckless, a very bad idea.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/26/20 at 11:22 am
No one should be doing that sorta thing in times like these; following orders from authorities is the best way to go.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/20 at 12:42 pm
Outdoors, seems to be a thing of the past now, but the younger folk love and adore the outdoors and want to be there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/26/20 at 4:03 pm
People are still inclined to go outdoors briefly, to get some fresh air, but then they have to come back in.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/20 at 4:05 pm
Quickly get back home, it is safer there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/26/20 at 4:07 pm
Right!! And for me, I will be at home each of the next few days; tomorrow I will work from home just like I did earlier this week.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/20 at 4:08 pm
Starting to get used to the routine now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/26/20 at 4:11 pm
Tomorrow, when I work from home, I will have to sign in at a specific time of day, and then send a message to my boss so that she knows I'm "present" and ready to work. And then when the time comes for me to take a meal break, I will need to do just that...for a specific length of time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/20 at 4:18 pm
Unsupervised, can you be call up on messenger or similar application so the management can see you, or do they trust you?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/26/20 at 4:21 pm
Very much so, they trust me, because I will be signed in remotely from my computer at home.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/30/20 at 10:43 pm
Well I'm glad to hear you're able to work from home - not everyone has that option, and quite a few people I know are temporarily furloughed :( So if you're able to work now, that's a very good thing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/30/20 at 10:53 pm
X-tremely a good option, yes it is; and the good part about working from home is that I save wear-and-tear on the car AND I save fuel consumption.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/20 at 10:45 am
You seem to have it all organised?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/31/20 at 6:22 pm
Zero more days this week I'll have to go anywhere, as far as I know.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/20 at 6:26 pm
Again, the same routine, it will be the same for me tomorrow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/31/20 at 6:28 pm
By the way, I'll be staying indoors most of the time in April (which begins tomorrow, per my time zone... but in other parts of the world it's already the 1st).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/20 at 6:16 am
Catching up with us, this thing called time?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/01/20 at 12:40 pm
Don't know how to respond to that, but I do know that today is not a work day for me (if it were, I wouldn't be on this site right now).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/20 at 4:17 pm
Exercise more on your day off?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/01/20 at 5:41 pm
For sure I can manage that...but only in the house. You know that I like to get steps (because that's what my FitBit tracks), but we also have a stationary bike in our house, which we can all use.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/20 at 2:11 am
Got no stationary bike here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/02/20 at 5:39 pm
Hard to work out without one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/02/20 at 5:41 pm
I was working from home for six hours today, so I didn't get much exercise overall...but I still need to move around.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/02/20 at 5:42 pm
Just 30 minutes is all I need.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/02/20 at 5:52 pm
Keeping up with exercise is something that I've gotten more diligent about in the last three years; having the FitBit has motivated me to do so.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/20 at 5:31 am
Lost all track now with this staying in policy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/03/20 at 5:25 pm
My office staff (which consists of only 4 people, including myself) has been working from home, and will continue to do so until further notice; that is working out well, so far.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/03/20 at 5:27 pm
Not that I like working at home, but my home is a mess.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/03/20 at 5:29 pm
Ours (that is, the one I live in) needs some reorganization too, particularly in the garage; maybe during our time-at-home we'll be able to go through some stuff and delete some of it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/03/20 at 5:34 pm
Papers, junk or other stuff?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/04/20 at 7:13 pm
Quite possibly more than that, such as clothing items or other knickknacks.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/07/20 at 9:55 am
Really getting hard to stay productive - cleaning and reorganizing are great ideas, especially now - that is, if we have the resources needed to do so.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/07/20 at 3:03 pm
Sometimes you don't need certain resources to do cleaning and/or reorganizing; you can use what you have on hand... if possible.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/12/20 at 12:55 pm
Toilet paper would help in cleaning ourselves, if we has enough of it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/12/20 at 3:33 pm
Until my household runs low on TP, we are well-supplied with it (and thankfully we were able to get some delivered to our home last week through InstaCart, a service which I've discussed in at least one other thread).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/12/20 at 9:16 pm
Victory in the toilet paper wars will be ours.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/12/20 at 10:30 pm
We all need to do our parts during this crisis, by social-distancing and protecting ourselves in other ways.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/20 at 4:07 am
x many times I have heard the advice to "stay at home".
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/13/20 at 10:20 am
You are so right about that...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/20 at 10:30 am
Zoom straight to shopping, when essential items are needed, and zoom straight home.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/13/20 at 5:27 pm
All the stores have various policies about how many people can be let inside, as well as social distancing, I'm sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/13/20 at 10:23 pm
Being safe is the number one priority with social distancing today - safe to yourself and safe to others.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/14/20 at 12:15 am
Correct! And by the way, I've not had to go anywhere at all (that is, leave the house) in nearly two weeks.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/20 at 8:51 am
Did you have someone else do you shopping?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/15/20 at 5:05 pm
Every time we've needed to do shopping, we've had someone else do it, so the answer is yes. We've used a service called InstaCart, but often times the person doing the shopping can't find everything that's needed, and/or they make a mistake and accidently get an item that we don't need (this happened yesterday, in fact).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/20 at 5:41 am
Faults in home deliveries happened all the time, and certainly happened to me for once, I had ordered a £1 bag of potatoes, when it came to the delivery day, the precise bag I requested was not available, and the only potatoes available was a £2 bag, that was sent to me at no extra cost.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/16/20 at 11:48 am
Glad to know I'm not alone in that regard.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/20 at 12:21 pm
Having mistakes and stories about online shopping deliveries I am planning investigate and if I do not find one, start a new topic on that subject, for I have another delivery story to tell.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/16/20 at 12:32 pm
I know how ya feel; that does seem like an inspiration for a new thread... when you make an order and the person performing the order doesn't quite get it right. And what's worse is if they charge it to the wrong person's bank card. :o
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/20 at 5:44 am
Just looked and so far no replies?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/17/20 at 4:55 pm
Keep this thread going, that's what we have to do... but sometimes the next letter may not elicit a good-enough response to the reply above it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/20 at 4:56 pm
Let us see what happens?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/17/20 at 5:10 pm
My apologies, I realized that you were probably referring to your "Online Home Deliveries" thread which you started in TTT yesterday, as that one still has no replies... maybe the title has not attracted anyone? I have thought of replying to it myself...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/20 at 5:11 pm
Name change to the title is what I am thinking about.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/17/20 at 5:13 pm
Online home deliveries could mean a number of things; what could we call it instead (that isn't too wordy)?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/20 at 5:13 pm
Precise words is what I need
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/17/20 at 5:14 pm
Questions sometimes arise in cases like these...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/20 at 5:15 pm
Rather sleep on it, the prefect title could come to me in the morning.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/17/20 at 5:16 pm
Sleeping can certainly help in cases like that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/18/20 at 12:05 am
Try to sleep it off, your body and mind will thank you for it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/18/20 at 4:34 pm
Using the extra time to sleep has been helpful for me, since I've not had to get up early to go anywhere all month.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/20 at 5:00 am
Very tempting to stay up late when nothing has to be done the following day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/19/20 at 12:58 pm
Well, I have been doing that on several days, except when I have to work the next day (in which case I have to be awake early, such as tomorrow).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/20 at 1:06 pm
'xactly as I thought, you do need to preserve yourself for important tasks to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/19/20 at 1:09 pm
Yes, which is why I set a wake-up call (that is, an alarm) for myself on those weekday mornings; best of all, I don't have to get in the car and drive all the way to the office; I just set up the computer here at home.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/20 at 1:10 pm
Zed noises for me till I naturally wake up, no alarms are employed here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/19/20 at 1:14 pm
Alarm clock is necessary for me on days that I have to get up early; without it, I could oversleep and miss my deadlines/important matters.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/20 at 3:38 pm
Bringggggggggggggg! Is the sound of a traditional alarm clock.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/19/20 at 3:41 pm
Clock radios also have the alarm clock feature, which is what I have been using for the last 20+ years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/20 at 3:36 am
Doing the same job as an alarm clock radio, a teasmaid given as one of our wedding presents many years ago, would make loud noises when starting up in the morning, boiling the water, etc, we only use it the once.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/22/20 at 1:45 pm
Every workday that same obnoxious alarm clock noise - it puts me in such a mood ::)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/22/20 at 4:55 pm
For the last 23 years I have been using the clock radio, as stated above; I set the radio to turn on at a certain time to wake me up; that's way more pleasant than the beeping or riiiiiinging.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/03/20 at 11:34 pm
Good for you, using the radio instead of an obnoxious buzzer - hopefully, you have something enjoyable on the radio to wake to.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/04/20 at 5:14 pm
Hey A.G., thanks for finally reviving this thread after nearly two weeks of inactivity! ...and by the way, my clock radio is tuned to the classical music station, which is easy on my brain. So I have good music to wake up to.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/20 at 5:14 am
I wake up naturally, and have given up on the classical music station I used to stream on the computer, it slowed everything up, but there is another classical music station which streams much better.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/05/20 at 8:08 am
Jarring music, for instance loud hard rock, might be too much to enjoy an easy morning - classical music sounds like a more sensible choice to wake up to (although to be honest, there is some classical music that can be a little jarring ;D )
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/05/20 at 11:11 am
^ Knowing that fact can be a disadvantage to having a classical station on, but for the most part I find it soothing to wake up to. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/08/20 at 10:27 pm
Listening to the radio has to be a lot better than an obnoxious buzzer, which is what we use (sometimes I fear if I don't use something obnoxious, I'll sleep right through it) :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/09/20 at 12:48 am
My clock radio is at a reasonable volume; when it clicks on to wake me up at the appointed time, I can hear it fine; I won't sleep through it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/20 at 4:44 am
No alarm clock in my bedroom, the only alarm I do have is in my phone.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/12/20 at 12:25 pm
One such feature appears on my mobile phone too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/20 at 12:44 pm
Plenty of features on my phone, and there could be more.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/12/20 at 2:48 pm
Quite a few of them, I'm sure... and I still do not have a smartphone yet (only a stupidphone).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/20 at 3:41 am
Recollecting a memory of mine when with members of my family, holding up my phone I said "Look, with this I have Internet access, take photos and videos, stores documents and music, counts my steps, tells me where I am in the world or where I was on any particular day, watch movies and television, oh it makes this ringing noise and I get to talk to someone..."
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/13/20 at 12:06 pm
Such a broad range of features - no wonder some of us never want to put it down! (Reminds me of the radio commercial where a cat is talking about the "toy" its human never seems to want to put down ;D )
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/14/20 at 12:58 pm
The aforementioned ad has not been heard by me, mainly because I find many commercials to be annoying.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/20 at 2:20 pm
Unheard by me too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/15/20 at 4:44 pm
Very many ads are annoying to me, I must say; I like older ones much better.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/15/20 at 11:14 pm
Well, fortunately some of the good old ads can be found on YouTube; as for me, unlike my husband I don't always change the channel for an ad, although if I know it is annoying I might mute it...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/15/20 at 11:16 pm
"X" out the volume, as in mute it, is what I often do when certain commercials come on the TV... but then again in most cases I don't even like to look at 'em.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/16/20 at 3:38 am
YouTube now plays to add before watching the required video!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/16/20 at 11:27 am
Zero tolerance is what I have for that; I just HIW they show an unskippable ad. in such cases I repeatedly refresh my browser until I either (1) get one that can be skipped, or (2) don't get any more of them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/20 at 2:58 am
...and you are not the only one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/17/20 at 11:46 am
By the way, whenever I record a program on the DVR and watch it later, I ALWAYS fast-forward the ads.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/17/20 at 9:28 pm
Correct you are, fast forwarding through the ads - some DVRs even let you edit them out (though it can be a lot of work to do so)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/18/20 at 5:43 pm
DVR's... what would we do without them in today's world?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/18/20 at 10:56 pm
Exactly - DVRs are so very handy indeed. Imagine living in the world before DVRs, DVD recorders, and VCRs - I remember it, and we so often were ruled by the clock when our favorite show approached.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/18/20 at 11:16 pm
For lotsa years we had a VCR in our home, from the late 80's through the 2000's (and went through many different units in that span) and it was fun to be able to watch tapes (especially prerecorded ones, with movies and stuff), but recording programmes on a blank one would often use up one VHS tape after another.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/20 at 4:33 am
Got to be careful when recording on VHS, for an important recording mate be recorded over.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/19/20 at 12:00 pm
How observant - yes, that is another concern when taping on VHS; there is also the concern of timing, as you may be watching something less than an hour before a recording is scheduled to start.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/20 at 1:51 pm
I have been recently been reminded of this from watching an episode of "Friends" the other day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/19/20 at 1:56 pm
"Jeopardy" is one nightly program that my parents & I watch on a regular basis, so we record it on the DVR each weeknight and watch it at our convenience. I am mentioning this because we have other programmes recorded on our DVR, which include lots of different old movies (which my parents enjoy watching), so we don't have to worry about them interfering with other things we record, because as you know on a tape, you can't change the order on which things are recorded.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/25/20 at 10:28 pm
Keeping a collection of videos organized and mid-episode editing are just a couple of the advantages of DVR over something like videotape; however, I can attest firsthand that when videotape was first made available to the masses, it changed a lot of our way of thinking about our favorite shows, in a good way - yet indeed, DVRs were a big step up.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/26/20 at 12:15 am
Lots of space is usually available on DVR's, that's for sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/07/20 at 9:15 pm
My original DVR had a hard drive, a DVD writer and a VCR - extremely handy, but the hard drive was small at only 80 GB. We ate that up fast. It was good, though, for transferring video material back and forth. (Sadly, it malfunctioned after a few years :-\\ - we did replace it but lost the VCR functionality, plus a lot of "good stuff" is stuck on its hard drive as it languishes in storage.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/07/20 at 9:21 pm
Now that's an interesting story (and karma+1 to you for getting this thread out of a 2-week drought, btw)... and I have a somewhat similar experience with a unit losing its VCR functionality, namely a small TV with a built-in VCR that I got for Christmas in 2003. I loved using that appliance because it was my very first TV that I had to myself, plus the ability to record things. But I must have worn out the VCR functionality because that feature began malfunctioning in '08, after less than 4 1/2 years. :( So for the remaining years that I had it, I could only watch TV programmes in real time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/08/20 at 5:03 pm
Oh yes, indeed - I remember the TVs with the attached VCRs and thought they were wonderful. Not to mention, the small ones (like the kind that might hide in a bedroom) were cute! Unfortunately, I got the sense that combo TVs had a little more life in the TV part than in the VCR part, as I often heard friends proclaim their combo TVs stopped working as a VCR. Bummer, because it was a terrific way to combine these two inseparable (at the time) electronic items. Of course, later there were combo TV/DVD units around (we have one - although we haven't used the DVD part in a long time). Not quite the same.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/08/20 at 11:59 pm
People often loved those appliances (TV-VCR combo units) because they were convenient...but the VCR part often had a much shorter lifespan than the TV part, as mentioned above...due in some cases to overuse (which I think I was guilty of; like I said in my previous post, it was a Christmas gift for me in 2003, and by May 2008 the VCR part stopped working properly). That's probably one reason why VCR's aren't being manufactured anymore. But I do have one appliance in my household that plays videotapes and DVDs, and it thankfully still works (we purchased that one in the mid-2000s, I think).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/20 at 2:43 am
Quickly irate we get we the remote control cannot be found
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/09/20 at 10:52 am
Remote controls are useful, not only to change the channel without having to walk up to the TV, but to perform other functions, such as adjust the volume, or VCR/DVR functions (fast forward, rewind, play, stop, pause, etc).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/20 at 2:44 am
Soon the batteries run out?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Elor on 06/10/20 at 1:05 pm
Soon the batteries run out?
Those last for a long time. Remotes need very little power.
BTW I had a TV / VCR combo too and the VCR died on me first as well (even though I rarely used it as I barely watch TV let alone record / play stuff). Seems to be a feature rather than a bug on those things. ::)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/20 at 1:10 pm
Up to how much television/DVD/VCR you watch?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Elor on 06/10/20 at 1:11 pm
Up to how much television/DVD/VCR you watch?
Currently? Pretty much none. Can't remember the last film I watched. Must have been over a year ago. I don't even have a functioning TV set anymore.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/10/20 at 4:33 pm
Up to how much television/DVD/VCR you watch?
Very quickly I must say that the above poster forgot that the next reply is supposed to start with the next letter of the alphabet, so I'm replying to Philip's post instead.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/13/20 at 11:23 pm
Well, I'll pick up W, if you're willing to pick up 'X' (or I guess it's legal to skip 'X' in most games like this)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/13/20 at 11:47 pm
'X' is a hard letter, yes, simply because there aren't many words that begin with it... but anytime I get said letter, I find creative ways to use it!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/14/20 at 12:01 pm
Yes, but the letter 'y' is a little easier. Good luck finding a sentence that begins with 'z'.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/14/20 at 12:16 pm
Zero ideas come to mind right now, other than this one... hey, that's a creative use of the last letter. :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/15/20 at 9:56 am
And then we start with 'a' again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/15/20 at 5:35 pm
By the way, before our alphabet got broken up, we were talking about VCRs, DVRs, and remote controls; and I wanted to say one more thing about that subject... my household does have a small TV with a built-in DVD player (we've had that unit almost 16 years), and it did still work (on last check - I forget how many years ago that was), but we haven't used it in quite a while.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/15/20 at 11:42 pm
Coincidentally, following how I'd mentioned we hadn't used the "DVD" function of the TV/DVD combo for a long time - there was an opportunity to use it last weekend and thankfully it worked! (The six year old visiting us didn't want to watch the violent action movie her teenage siblings were watching...)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/16/20 at 12:08 am
DVD still worked on your unit - terrific! The reason we haven't used our unit lately (which I discussed in my previous post) is that it probably wouldn't be compatible with HD cable boxes, due to the fact that high-definition screens (which are wider than the ones that used to be made) are the new norm when it comes to TV screens... especially since most TV productions are being filmed in the new aspect ratio now.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 06/16/20 at 10:58 pm
Everyone is doing a good job,lets keep it up :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/17/20 at 5:01 pm
Five thousand eight hundred-plus replies on this thread in 11+ years' time... that must mean we're doing a fine job with it. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/17/20 at 11:15 pm
Going forward, we expect more replies to come.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/18/20 at 11:16 am
How do I respond to that? (Well, I think I just did...sort of.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/18/20 at 1:35 pm
I would say your response was spot-on. ;)
So, nally - July is approaching fast, anything good happening in July?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/18/20 at 2:55 pm
Jeffrey is my real name, and with my 40th birthday happening next month, I'd say that's pretty exciting!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Howard on 06/19/20 at 7:45 am
^ Howard, we are supposed to follow alphabetically in this thread. Your response should have begun with "J".
Jeffrey is my real name, and with my 40th birthday happening next month, I'd say that's pretty exciting!
Sorry I'm new to this game.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/19/20 at 10:27 am
Sorry I'm new to this game.
but you have to respond to the post by beginning with the next letter. This reply is still invalid.
Next person: please write a post starting with the letter "K"
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/19/20 at 10:50 am
Jeffrey is my real name, and with my 40th birthday happening next month, I'd say that's pretty exciting!
Keeping with the spirit of the game, Jeffrey, I'd say an upcoming 40th birthday is very exciting indeed! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/19/20 at 4:37 pm
Like I mentioned earlier on this thread (several months back), I was planning a party for my special day (which happens to fall on a Saturday this year), but due to the ongoing pandemic, my parents & I are rethinking it, and re-planning the event in such a way that I could call and talk with my potential invitees, maybe spend several minutes at a time with them on the phone. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/23/20 at 11:46 pm
Many well wishes for a happy birthday, Jeffery. You must have a lot of friends and family to celebrate with you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/24/20 at 5:03 pm
Now I have not yet notified certain invitees about my plans for the day (although I would have already done so back in March at the latest if not for the pandemic situation), but I can still message them on Facebook or through email to let them know. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/26/20 at 11:29 pm
Occasions such as birthday parties have been hit hard by the pandemic; it sounds like you have a solid plan in place for your birthday instead, kudos! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/26/20 at 11:35 pm
People can drive by our house, long enough to say hi, wish me a happy birthday, and then go... that's better than nothing at all. (However, my parents and I did reach out to one couple that we know; those two folks do plan on coming by.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/27/20 at 10:21 pm
Quieter than a big blowout party, but still enjoyable and you get to see your peeps - sounds like a good plan to me! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/27/20 at 10:48 pm
Right you are; in fact today my parents and I were discussing plans for the day, which will include time for people to call me (either in the morning or in the evening) and time for others to drive by the house... and time for my family & me to go swimming in our backyard pool!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/28/20 at 2:30 am
Swimming would sound good in this hot, humid weather. Unfortunately, my health excludes me from cold water pools
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/28/20 at 11:19 am
To be honest, I never got the hang of swimming with my face in the water... but having our own pool will help me to become better at it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/20 at 11:35 am
Underwater swimming is a perfection of mine, I learned to at a young age.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/29/20 at 6:45 pm
Very few times I was able to do it as a kid; the trick was being able to hold my breath.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/01/20 at 5:14 am
Without goggles, I could swim underwater with my eyes open.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/01/20 at 12:25 pm
X-perienced people might want to try that; I, on the other hand, need goggles if I go underwater, because otherwise the water would get in my eyes and irritate them badly.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/20 at 3:18 am
Yes, your eyes can sting badly.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/02/20 at 5:22 pm
Zipadee doodah, we've finished another alphabetic go-around (I couldn't think of a way to respond to the above post unless it started with another letter).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/20 at 4:42 am
About the health benefits of swimming, it is a good all-round activity because it, keeps your heart rate up but takes some of the impact stress off your body, builds endurance, muscle strength and cardiovascular fitness, helps maintain a healthy weight, healthy heart and lungs. tones muscles and builds strength. and provides an all-over body workout, as nearly all of your muscles are used during swimming.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/03/20 at 12:03 pm
Bingo! you've summed it up very well... which is why we invested in a swimming pool in the first place.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/04/20 at 11:18 pm
Can be quite a boon for one's health (swimming, that is)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/05/20 at 11:58 am
Darn right it can... and next Saturday, when I turn 40, we plan on going into it sometime later in the day.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 07/06/20 at 9:26 pm
Every reply matters guys,your doing g00d!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/20 at 2:30 am
Falling on a Saturday, does make it easier on planning a milestone birthday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/07/20 at 10:31 am
Great things can be done when it falls on a weekend day, yes; and if not for the pandemic I would have had plenty of people come over. But we had to change our plans, and hope that our new plans can come to fruition!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/20 at 2:28 pm
Have plenty of guests will be fun, but here in the UK visitors have to be limited.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/07/20 at 4:45 pm
I'm well aware that the visitors are to be limited; that also applies to U.S. In fact, think no more than six people can be gathered at any home at a time. That being said, we are offering the option of my guests to either call me on the phone to wish me a happy b'day (and I can talk to them for however long), or have them drive to the house, wish me a happy b'day (without them getting out of the car) and go. I also have plans to do a Zoom meeting with one group of friends on Saturday night!
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 07/07/20 at 7:23 pm
Just post the next reply someone please!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/09/20 at 12:11 am
Keeping up with the game, I'll do that... and continuing with my upcoming birthday, I'm definitely lookin' forward to it...and there are two people who will come over mid-day, but of course we will manage to social distance with them (and still talk with 'em/spend time).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/20 at 7:45 am
Lucky that your birthday falls on a Saturday this year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/09/20 at 12:11 pm
My birthday last fell on a Saturday five years ago, in 2015, when I turned 35... and I had a nice time that day as well. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/10/20 at 11:12 pm
Now a big birthday like yours is definitely a reason to celebrate! Hoping you have a fantastic, celebratory day! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/11/20 at 11:11 am
One thing I can tell you is that I have already received several birthday wishes on my Facebook feed! http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/newyears/smiley.gif
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/20 at 7:38 am
Pleasurable time was had on Saturday?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/14/20 at 10:21 am
Quite so! It was a very pleasurable day indeed. More details to come later.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/20 at 6:10 am
Reading your report in another thread (July) told me exactly as your day went.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/15/20 at 5:05 pm
So glad that you had a chance to read said post; I also noticed that you karmaed it too. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/20 at 3:20 am
The guests and you took to the pool on your birthday?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/20 at 10:04 am
Until this pandemic goes away, we cannot have guests in our pool unless we can somehow maintain a social distance, which is going to be difficult. (Maybe next year we can do this on my birthday? That's 360 days away now.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/20 at 10:31 am
Visitors will hopefully return then?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/20 at 10:32 am
We will just have to wait and see; take things one step at a time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/20 at 10:33 am
'xceptionally long time to wait
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/20 at 10:34 am
Yes it is; however, I was happy to have a nice celebration this past weekend; it worked out perfectly well. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/20 at 12:21 pm
Zoom, was it involved in contacting relatives and friends that could not attend?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/17/20 at 4:43 pm
As a matter of fact, I did use it on Saturday evening, to have a virtual meeting with a select few of friends (as mentioned in the detailed post).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/18/20 at 10:55 pm
By George, I've been using Zoom lately too - but we haven't figured out how to actually set up a Zoom meeting (someone else always does it for us). We'd like to figure it out, eventually.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/19/20 at 12:41 pm
Can I also add that my parents used Zoom not too long ago; that is, within the past month... for staff meetings; because they have also had to work from home lately.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/22/20 at 11:22 pm
Deciding I'm becoming a fan of Zoom, I am, even though I'd rather be in the same room with people I care about.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/22/20 at 11:25 pm
Everyone would like to be in the same room with people they care about, I'm sure... but we're waiting until this nasty ol' pandemic blows over... however, that may be a long while yet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/23/20 at 8:38 am
Forgive my impatience with the pandemic but I'm really tired of it :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/23/20 at 11:19 am
Glad to know that; in fact, I'm sure many people are tired of it too! But all we can do is be patient, and do our part with it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/25/20 at 5:10 pm
Heck, I'm quite sure most of us are tired of it. On the other hand, I have reason to be hopeful (despite the new hot-spots).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/25/20 at 5:36 pm
I am also being impatient with the pandemic, especially when Fauci says it will take 2 years at the least to find a vaccine or medicine for COVID-19.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/25/20 at 11:17 pm
Just a few days ago, pro sports resumed in the United States, but with adjustments/restrictions to make things go smoother and prevent the athletes from getting sick/infected. For example, in MLB, no fans will be in the stands...and of course the masks should be worn when people have to get near each other. I'm not sure how well this will work, but we'll just see.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/20 at 7:42 am
Keeping up your spirits during the pandemic is had to do
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/26/20 at 11:30 am
Lots of people agree with that, I'm sure...and I've been doing my part as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/20 at 2:27 pm
My ploy is to be here on online, but some days I cannot be.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/26/20 at 2:59 pm
Not every day can I be online either, due to varying circumstances... but I must be online in order to go to work from home. (That reminds me, there are two days this week that I will actually have to go to the office.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/20 at 8:00 am
Only when we can is the order for the day.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 07/28/20 at 11:21 am
Please someone post the next reply :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/28/20 at 12:40 pm
Quick, I will try to be... but since I am using a tablet it will take a while longer to type.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/28/20 at 11:36 pm
Really hoping the baseball season can complete properly, given the Marlins' situation with Covid.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/28/20 at 11:40 pm
Some people think it should be cancelled, for the safety and wellbeing of the players, whereas others are optimistic that it could be played out.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/20 at 7:24 am
Totally down to trail and error.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/29/20 at 7:48 pm
Unless there is a major Covid outbreak in the sport, I guess it's ok for teams to play.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/30/20 at 10:03 pm
Very hopeful we can proceed, as I think we need it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/30/20 at 11:17 pm
We all need to work together so that the spread of the virus can be curtailed, if not eliminated altogether.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/31/20 at 6:30 pm
"X" it out, I'm sure we all wanna do that!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/01/20 at 12:47 pm
Yes, indeed!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/01/20 at 12:57 pm
Zeal to eradicate this virus is pretty widespread; in fact, many are working tirelessly on nothing other than finding a vaccine and/or therapies for Covid.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/01/20 at 4:56 pm
All told, we are racing against the clock to find a vaccine that works on everybody.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 08/01/20 at 5:11 pm
Behave and post the next reply :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/01/20 at 10:50 pm
Could take a long while to find that vaccine, but we as citizens can only continue doing our part by wearing face masks and social distancing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/20 at 5:00 am
Don't expect a vaccine before Christmas, the virus could with us for a long while.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/05/20 at 10:16 am
Even so, we still gotta do our part.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/20 at 11:18 am
First be safe, keep your distance, wear a mask, and wash you hands.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/05/20 at 7:07 pm
Good plan; I have been following all those steps whenever I go out, which is not frequently, but in case I do go out, I know the drill!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/20 at 7:30 am
Home shielding is the best for me to be safe.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/08/20 at 11:20 am
I agree, and I've been at home all week. (I didn't need to drive to my office any day this week, which I'm glad about.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/20 at 1:47 am
Just getting your shopping online, or quickly popping out.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/15/20 at 1:41 pm
Knowing that the item I order is on its way is helpful; that way I know when to expect it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/20 at 11:23 am
Logging on to the tracking website, and the item's progress can be viewed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/16/20 at 12:37 pm
My mom has been especially watchful with such orders as of late, whether they be for groceries or other deliveries.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/20 at 6:08 am
No home deliveries for me, I am still happy to local shop
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/20/20 at 11:58 am
Okay, but here in the States we do not feel safe about going out to do our shopping as normal, due to the high population density that plays a role in the ongoing virus concerns.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/20 at 5:35 am
Punching your personal details online on the computer is the thing that frightens me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/30/20 at 12:34 pm
Quite so, but hopefully there are ways to keep such information encrypted/confidential.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/20 at 4:36 pm
Rather go to the shops, I do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/30/20 at 5:54 pm
Same here with me, there are too many criminals on the web.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/30/20 at 11:52 pm
That's where I would go too, if not for this pandemic situation. (It's just that I live in a densely populated area, so the virus could easily spread from person to person. In fact, each day there are new cases of it...and I don't wanna be added to that list.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/20 at 2:17 am
Unknowing what it is like out there, it is best to be safe.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/03/20 at 12:10 pm
Very much so. And that being said, I have been fine with staying home most of the time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/04/20 at 10:53 am
When we can. My job and my sick dad prevents me from staying, among other things.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/04/20 at 4:41 pm
X-actly; there are some people who have obligations that take them out of their home, to visit sick relatives, such as in the post above this one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/07/20 at 12:44 am
You've got a point there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/20 at 4:42 am
Zoom is now used for communication now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/07/20 at 1:21 pm
And I used the aforementioned Zoom a couple months ago on the evening of my birthday, so that I could have a virtual gathering with one group of friends; that worked out quite well. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/08/20 at 11:19 pm
Birthday get-togethers can certainly be enhanced by Zoom these days, if it is coordinated well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/08/20 at 11:21 pm
Coordination is the key here, yes; and it is one way that people can find some positive things during these times.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 09/18/20 at 9:52 pm
Discovering the games on this site has been fun, it is interesting to learn what people have written.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/19/20 at 11:38 am
Especially on this thread... in which the next post must begin with the next letter in alphabetical sequence! (And welcome to you, btw.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 09/19/20 at 3:22 pm
Fortunately it is fun to think up sentences for this game.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/19/20 at 3:55 pm
Good work on that one, I must say. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 09/19/20 at 5:53 pm
How nice of you to complement my sentence-writing skills.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/19/20 at 11:11 pm
I have been gradually improving my writing skills over the years as well. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 09/20/20 at 2:12 pm
January, June, and July are months when sometimes I write.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/20/20 at 2:56 pm
Keep up with the writing during the rest of the months as well, I'm sure it'll go far.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 09/20/20 at 4:38 pm
Luckily I have been writing during every month of the year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/20/20 at 5:04 pm
More is upcoming, I hope.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/20/20 at 8:55 pm
Now that we're talking about writing during the various times of the year, I would like to mention that I kept diaries during a portion of my younger life, namely from ages 11 to 15; I liked writing about what went on in my life each day. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/21/20 at 12:09 am
Only when I'm in the mood do I write; I wrote a few screenplays that I have thrown in the trash because the quality stinks.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/21/20 at 10:22 am
People often write about what comes to mind in cases like those.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/20 at 12:58 pm
Quite like the Alphabet Game on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?".
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 09/21/20 at 3:57 pm
Right, I also wrote about what I did each day in journals for a while and I liked writing in them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/21/20 at 8:02 pm
Sometimes it brings back memories to re-read the journals/diaries that I keep.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/21/20 at 11:59 pm
That's great - keeping a diary or journal is generally quite worthwhile.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/20 at 1:48 am
Updating a diary I keep forgetting to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 09/22/20 at 12:52 pm
Very good ideas, maybe I will start another diary.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/22/20 at 12:54 pm
When I started keeping a diary, I was 11; I was inspired to do so from reading a novel about a boy who receives a diary for his birthday and starts writing in it to express his personal thoughts and goings-on. (So I asked for one for my birthday that year.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/22/20 at 3:15 pm
X-cellent decision keeping a diary; I recall keeping one when I was around 13, a good thing for me to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/22/20 at 3:22 pm
Yes, I was still keeping one at that age too; by then I was writing about lots of stuff that occurred in my life...and my penmanship actually started to improve by then.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 09/22/20 at 10:21 pm
Zoom meetings are probably a common topic people write about in diaries today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/23/20 at 12:37 pm
Ain't not been on a Zoom meeting yet, but I do use other online chat services.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/23/20 at 7:49 pm
Being on Zoom is something I have done a few times in recent months, but it's not something I would be inclined to write about, necessarily.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 09/23/20 at 8:36 pm
Certainly there are many things someone can write about each day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/24/20 at 11:19 pm
Darn right there are... in fact, I must add that even though my daily diary-keeping stopped in late 1995 (due to various school obligations and I had plenty of homework each night), there were subsequent periods in my life that I did start writing about things in my life (sometimes for a few days, months, or even years).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/24/20 at 11:26 pm
Each day can have its own uniqueness, which makes it possible to write about it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/24/20 at 11:28 pm
For sure it can; in fact I have realised that in each day that I've written about in my life. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/26/20 at 12:44 pm
Good for you, writing about your days; it is really special when you have time to look over days past and remember.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/26/20 at 12:45 pm
However, when something happens in my life that I'm really excited about for some reason, I have felt the need to write about it and get it down on paper while it's still fresh in my mind. This has led me to typing it on the computer screen (in a MS Word document).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 09/26/20 at 8:06 pm
I think I have always written in my diaries by hand, even though other pieces of writing I almost always do on the computer.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/26/20 at 9:50 pm
Journals are something I've used more recently than a diary, although either one is useful in the same way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/27/20 at 2:13 am
Killing a story just because it doesn't deal with logic is a doggone shame.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/27/20 at 1:40 pm
Let me tell you this: even though I did like writing things by hand (it was convenient for me to get things fresh-in-my-mind down on paper), sometimes I would be near a computer and I would start typing about it immediately.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/20 at 3:55 am
Mostly during my employment years, I would a journal or a diary so that I could monitor my performance at my work.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/03/20 at 12:33 pm
Now that's a good way to keep track of things; in fact, sometimes I do that at my work to log how much work I get done each day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/03/20 at 8:27 pm
Once upon a time I would log things at work pretty ad-nauseum; but when my work supervisor didn't insist, I got lax in this. Unfortunately there were times when I found it would've been useful having things logged, and I regretted not doing so.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/04/20 at 12:42 am
Putting things in writing helps you remember them while they're fresh in your mind (because they might not be in a few hours), and sometimes I'm not armed with a pen(cil), which can put me at a disadvantage. However, there are times when I am (even a small pocket-sized steno notebook) and I find that helpful.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/20 at 3:19 pm
Quite so, for when you employers request an annual review, a log/diary helps to remember events, etc.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/04/20 at 3:20 pm
Remembering such events, especially those of a serious nature, can help the employee work on areas to improve, if any.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/20 at 12:23 pm
Serious as the job can be, I was last job was, a journal helps in everyday situations too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/31/20 at 5:59 pm
The practice of journaling is also used in accounting (my field of work), but that's kind of a different matter because it lists a history of transactions (in this case, for the company I work for).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: jaminhealth on 10/31/20 at 6:28 pm
Under no circumstances will I do a vaccine.
V
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/31/20 at 6:28 pm
Very well then, let's move on.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: jaminhealth on 10/31/20 at 7:09 pm
Well that is just fine with me.
X/Y
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/01/20 at 12:11 am
X-actly where were we again? It seems this thread suddenly hit an idle spell over the last 3+ weeks, and now that it's back on page one of PBG again, we seem to have lost our train of discussion... ???
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 11/01/20 at 5:53 am
Your doing a goofd job everyone!!!
Z
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/01/20 at 11:33 am
Zero letters come after this one, meaning that we go back to the beginning of the alphabet next!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 11/01/20 at 2:32 pm
Alphabetical games are fun to play, there are so many of them on inthe00s!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/01/20 at 2:34 pm
But this one is special in that it is like a conversation. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 11/01/20 at 2:37 pm
Certainly that is true, it is fun to discuss things and learn more about other people.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/01/20 at 2:39 pm
Discussing certain topics in here (as well as in the general discussion threads in the other sections of this site) helps us learn about each other, yes.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 11/01/20 at 7:28 pm
Everyone is doing a good job!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 11/01/20 at 10:51 pm
Fascinatingly, there are many topics on inthe00s that go back many years, and they are fun to read.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/01/20 at 11:21 pm
Good to see that this game is being picked up again. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/02/20 at 12:04 am
Happy about that too, I certainly am. I also think we were discussing journaling and record-keeping in our last round?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 11/02/20 at 2:18 pm
I am wondering how long I should keep my Halloween avatar, maybe I'll find something else to replace it with.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/03/20 at 10:16 am
Just replace it with something that has nothing to do with Halloween (but then again, that category is broad).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 11/03/20 at 1:18 pm
Keeping an avatar seems like a good idea, but I'll have to think of what I would like.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/20 at 1:31 pm
Lasting over the years of my time here online I have kept the same subject for my avatar, but do change for competition's.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/03/20 at 2:40 pm
My avatar pic has remained the same for over 16 1/2 years (Shakira during the Laundry Service era); I figure if I change it now then that might come as a shocker to some other long-term members.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/20 at 2:43 pm
Nowadays I have the viewing of avatars switched off, I find it helps to spend up the downloading of the webpage.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/03/20 at 2:44 pm
Okay, I suppose that's one way to not let them distract you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/20 at 3:01 pm
Precisely the same reason having the signatures switched off too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/03/20 at 3:03 pm
Quite often they can be distractive too, which is why the mods implemented a restriction on their sizes a few years back.
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 11/04/20 at 6:58 am
Right on......Keep the replies coming!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/05/20 at 8:06 pm
So, as I was saying, we were discussing the fact that graphic images in users' profiles (which show up on their posts) can sometimes be distractive, which is why other users turn them off, which I can understand. I also mentioned that I've kept the same avatar pic for 16 1/2 years... but I've had to replace my signature images (for the longest time I had the animated dolphins, and replaced them with new ones last year after Photobucket messed things up), so I chose new animated dolphins.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/20 at 3:44 am
That was me who had your (nally) dolphin images saved, and as you said "Photobucket messed things up".
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/20 at 10:26 am
U got that right... I remember it very well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/20 at 10:30 am
Very much so, and I feel lost with out it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/20 at 1:33 pm
Well, all I can say is that I'm glad I never registered on Photobucket, although for years I had contemplated doing so.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/20 at 11:16 am
'Xactly what can I do to place my photos online, without doing the FB thing?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/08/20 at 12:32 pm
Yes, that question always arises for me too... but those big long URL's given FB photos are usually very temporary!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/20 at 4:37 pm
Zero ideas on what to do now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/17/20 at 11:05 pm
A new topic will be just the ticket to get this thread active again - ideas?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/18/20 at 10:27 am
Blimey...I'm not sure at the moment, but I'm sure we'll think of somethin'.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/20 at 11:44 am
Catch up on the news on how Thanksgivings will be spent this year?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/19/20 at 12:02 pm
Distancing (social) and other precautions should be taken...but people are strongly encouraged to NOT have more than a certain number of people at their homes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/20 at 12:57 am
Everyone should follow the guidelines, but many do not.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/03/20 at 11:44 am
Finally... after nearly two weeks, this thread gets a new reply! O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/20 at 11:55 am
Go for it, I say!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/03/20 at 12:15 pm
Here we go then... anyone have an idea as to what we should discuss?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/05/20 at 10:21 pm
I might suggest discussing the upcoming holidays, if you're up for it? (As scaled back as they may be.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/06/20 at 11:11 am
Just because they may be "scaled back", doesn't mean we can't find creative ways to celebrate them! (In fact, it can be done.) :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/06/20 at 11:34 pm
Kinda quiet as compared to normal doesn't mean the holidays won't be enjoyable - it just might entail more creativity.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/20 at 4:54 am
Lots of people still shopping in the store I was briefly in on Saturday, and was soon out and headed home.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/20 at 4:55 am
Lots of people still shopping in the store I was briefly in on Saturday, and was soon out and headed home.
Masks were worn too.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/07/20 at 10:08 pm
Nice mood setter this afternoon as I listened to Christmas music while engaged in Christmas decorating.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/08/20 at 12:52 am
Ooh that must've been nice; ...as for me I usually like to wait a little later into the month before I start listening to Christmas music because I don't like to rush in the seasons.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/20 at 6:24 am
Planning (and parties) is all part of the fun of Christmas.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/08/20 at 10:59 am
Quite right you are; I think it's good to plan well in advance so that you are not scrambling at the last moment.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/09/20 at 3:23 pm
Right now Covid dictates small or family-only parties; but one of these years we won't have to worry about it and then I'd love to host a nice party for Christmas (despite that it's a lot of work).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/09/20 at 4:37 pm
Someday that will be the case (let's all hope); for now I don't have to worry about holiday parties or gatherings of any size because I don't have a very big family to begin with.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/21 at 3:09 am
Today the third lockdown starts in the UK.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/21 at 10:40 am
Uhm...first of all, let me thank Philip for reviving this thread yet again (after nearly four weeks of no replies on it)!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/21 at 10:44 am
Visiting this thread was the thing to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/21 at 10:45 am
Well...I suppose I can now give you another karmel point for doing so, because the 24-hour wait has finally expired.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/05/21 at 12:22 pm
X-hausting that 24-hour period can seem to take forever when we really want to give a karma! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/21 at 12:23 pm
^You beat me to posting this!
'xtreme thanks to you, and in return.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/21 at 5:13 pm
Zero other karmic actions have been issued by me in the past 24 hours to users other than Phil...wait a minute, that's wrong; I gave one to Black Panther last night (per my time zone).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/21 at 5:24 pm
As for me, I wished to pass on my Happy New Year wishes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/21 at 5:25 pm
Black Panther (and the other users you karmaed) appreciated those wishes, I'm sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/21 at 5:33 pm
Come to think of it, I may have missed out a few.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/21 at 5:34 pm
Don't worry, you'll get to them at some point.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/06/21 at 3:34 pm
Each of us appreciates the "Happy New Year" karma, too! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/21 at 3:35 pm
Facebook must had been very busy over the last two weeks for festive reasons.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/06/21 at 4:43 pm
Gatherings could not be done (in the usual way), so the people probably had to take to social media like that...and Zoom.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/09/21 at 9:10 pm
Having Zoom meetings has enabled us to stay in touch - a good thing
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/10/21 at 12:32 pm
I know, huh? ;) Similar apps such as Facetime also have that perk. In fact, I periodically have been using Zoom to interact with people I know.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/21 at 3:36 am
Just that I have never used Zoom, but have done on Skype, Whatsapp and Messenger.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/11/21 at 1:00 pm
Keeping up with apps like that, I have not really done; however, I may have used Skype (with a group) once, a long while ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/21 at 1:03 pm
Lockdown intensity here in the UK has made me, on the advice of my son, to sign up to Zoom.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/11/21 at 1:04 pm
Makes sense for you to do that then. O0 You obviously get to see each other that way. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/21 at 1:14 pm
'Nother reason to, to learn a new language online. I should say to further my knowledge of a language.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/11/21 at 1:17 pm
Over the last several years I have been practicing my conversational Spanish (I took four years of it in highschool, which is now more than 20 years in the past).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/11/21 at 8:17 pm
Proficiency in Spanish never materialized for me, unfortunately - I had it in 8th grade and as a Freshman, and loved it, but once I changed schools going into Sophomore year, I didn't pursue it hard (much due to the prospective new teacher).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/12/21 at 4:50 pm
¿Que hora es? (That means, "What time is it?") (I just figured that this would be a creative response starting with this letter. Btw, whoever replies to this may answer in English.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/21 at 4:53 pm
Rather similar to Spanish is Tagalog the Philippine language, knowing that helped me to understand more, even my knowledge is limited.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/12/21 at 4:53 pm
Spanish is one of the "Romantic" languages, two other notables of which are French and Italian; and there are some similarities among them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 01/13/21 at 4:14 pm
¿Tú hablas español? (Pienso que es divertido practicar otros idiomas aquí, but of course you could reply to this in English or another language other than Spanish).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/21 at 4:17 pm
Up back to the most recent 'L', for I attempted Zoom today on the computer but it failed, I have no microphone and camera...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/14/21 at 12:16 pm
Very well then, I would like to say that I have not needed such tools for using Zoom, since my current laptop has a built in camera and microphone, so when I talk, the others can hear me and see me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/21 at 1:03 pm
We need to buy a better computer and screen, etc, at least a newer one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/14/21 at 1:35 pm
X-actly. Now let me tell you, my current laptop I've had for five months, and I'm trying not to overuse it. I just needed to purchase it last August because my previous one quit working properly (I've probably shared that story several times) and I haven't had a chance to find a place to send it for repair yet. But I seriously needed a new PC in order to work from home. So that's why I ordered this one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/16/21 at 3:45 pm
You likely made a wise choice to buy a new laptop; on the other hand, I'm using a laptop that's 11 years old and I'm not eager to "upgrade" it at all :-\\
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/16/21 at 3:49 pm
Zounds! That is amazing. For me it wasn't a matter of upgrading; the one I had before this one just started having problems, with frequent bluescreen errors...and it was only 3 1/2 years old. I'd hoped to get at least five years out of it, but perhaps I was "overusing" it, and maybe going to some sites that weren't totally secure. (That one was an HP and this one is a Dell, which I've heard are good quality.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/21 at 7:41 am
Another new computer or laptop will be the answer for me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/19/21 at 10:28 am
Buy it online, can you do that?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/21 at 11:43 am
Can do that, but my I.T. Guru will help me with that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/19/21 at 4:53 pm
Do I even need to ask anything more? Probably not; I get the idea.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/21 at 4:54 am
Even with a microphone and camera, all should be find.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/20/21 at 10:27 am
For sure, it shall be. (My current PC has those two things built in.)
Subject: A little game!
Written By: Dude111 on 01/20/21 at 3:18 pm
Good reply Nelly :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/20/21 at 4:46 pm
Hey, the second letter in my username is 'a' not 'e' ;)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/21 at 4:47 pm
I think auto-text on a mobile phone?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/20/21 at 4:49 pm
Jolts like that can happen against your will, especially when you're in a hurry and have no time to fix 'em.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/21 at 4:51 pm
Keeping up with replies on my mobile phone, last year when typing Boris, for Boris Johnson, an suggestion came up with 'Virus'.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/20/21 at 4:53 pm
LOL! I wonder if there was some sort of innuendo or hidden meaning there? :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/21 at 4:57 pm
Methinks so, I was sending it at the time he (BoJo) was in hospital with Covid-19.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/20/21 at 5:01 pm
Now that explains it; I admit that when I've used my Tablet to come to this site, the autocorrect has kicked in against my will, especially when I type names that are not common.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/21/21 at 9:38 am
Order of words when texting becomes easier when sending repeated words in a repetitive order is simple for the system remembers the words for you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/21/21 at 11:14 am
Punching the words when I type them in my Tablet, often goes that way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/21/21 at 11:24 am
Quickly I do not, I take my care in texting my words.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/21/21 at 11:25 am
Rushing through such a task is not a good idea; I agree.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/21/21 at 11:27 am
Something I learn when back at work, taking good care in communications with work colleagues.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/21/21 at 11:50 am
Typing is a skill that all office jobs require, which is why it's important to learn; let me tell you, when I first had formal instruction in typing (back in 1997) I made errors all over the place...but practicing regularly has helped me improve greatly.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/21/21 at 1:54 pm
Under went a re-training course I took to help to gain skills for an office career.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/21/21 at 4:05 pm
Very practical, taking that course (or it could be) and if nothing else, it's good to learn new things.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/21/21 at 11:01 pm
We all know the phrase, "You learn something new every day!"
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/23/21 at 4:30 pm
X-actly right; learning something new is a good thing to do throughout your life - and if it helps the career, so much the better.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/23/21 at 4:40 pm
You can live to be 100 and still learn something new - there are always new things in life to learn about.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/07/21 at 8:14 pm
Zeal for learning is considered a positive character trait.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/07/21 at 10:16 pm
As well as it should be (btw, thank you A.G. for finally reviving this thread after a 2-week hiatus!).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/21 at 6:39 am
Back to learning, it has been, during lockdown.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/09/21 at 2:28 pm
Checking in briefly, that's what I'm doing before I go back to work (from home).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/11/21 at 1:51 pm
Done with work for the day now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/11/21 at 2:02 pm
Eh...I think you're a bit late with that reply... at this exact moment it is my lunchbreak (and again I am working from home today).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/11/21 at 2:48 pm
For now, we wait for the next reply?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/11/21 at 4:42 pm
Gonna have to sign off in just a minute because my PC needs to install updates.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/11/21 at 5:01 pm
Hope that install updates do not take long?
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Written By: nally on 02/11/21 at 5:02 pm
It only took less than a minute, surprisingly!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/11/21 at 5:03 pm
Just keeps on going on for ages for me.
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Written By: nally on 02/11/21 at 5:09 pm
Kept going "for ages" with the older machines, that's for sure.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/11/21 at 5:10 pm
Like mine!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/11/21 at 5:12 pm
My current PC, on the other hand, is only six months old, so it should still be in decent condition. However, I do use it to work from home, meaning that it's on for at least 6 hours on such days. Still, I try not to overuse it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/11/21 at 5:14 pm
Now when my home is finally re-fitted (held up with the lockdown), I am going to treat myself to a new computer, a new laptop, and a tablet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/11/21 at 5:17 pm
Oh, that sounds like fun; meanwhile, tomorrow I will be working at my office, so my time on here will be extremely limited, meaning that I won't have a chance to get on this site until after I get home (I.O.W., sometime after 3pm Pacific time).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/11/21 at 5:22 pm
Precisely my affairs online here tomorrow I am not sure of at the moment.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/11/21 at 9:35 pm
Quite a bit of uncertainty and disruption are things Covid injects into our lives, unfortunately.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/12/21 at 1:14 am
Right you are...and there's also the question and uncertainty of when we're gonna get our vaccines for it... all I can say is we need to be patient.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/21 at 11:27 am
Success seems to be the keyword for the vaccinations in the UK, which has lead to the plan ahead to become normal again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/22/21 at 11:28 am
This past weekend, my dad got his first vaccination...so both of my parents have each had one vaccination thus far.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/21 at 11:29 am
Utterly pleased for your parents, second vaccination as the booster due soon?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/22/21 at 11:30 am
Very much so; both of them have appointments for their second shots next month. (As for me, my age bracket still has yet to get the green light for the vaccinations.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/21 at 11:31 am
Waiting for 12 weeks for my second vaccination which is due for the beginning of May, also you are like my son, he has to wait too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/22/21 at 11:33 am
X-actly right; I'll be lucky if 40-somethings (such as myself) can get theirs by Easter (which this year is the first weekend of April).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/21 at 8:19 am
Young people, the scientists says, are less affected, but can still carry the virus.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/24/21 at 11:08 am
Zero chance that I'll be getting the vaccination anytime in the near future, but as soon as I hear that my age bracket can finally get it, I will sign up for it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/21 at 11:09 am
Any announcements keep us informed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/03/21 at 1:35 pm
Been a whole week since this thread was last updated...and there has been no recent news about younger age groups being eligible for the vaccination yet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/03/21 at 2:36 pm
Considering that I put my name in the "county" list over a month ago, I think it's going to be a while before a vaccination registration link is sent...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/03/21 at 3:25 pm
Don't think I'm gonna get one before Easter (which is still a month away now), but I just have to be vigilant and patient.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/07/21 at 9:25 pm
Everybody that isn't in the first group seems to be in the same boat.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/07/21 at 9:54 pm
For sure... which is why those of us in the "later" group(s) (myself included) must continue to do our part.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/21 at 7:47 am
Gonna have to wait for my second vaccination
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/18/21 at 12:07 pm
How long it will be before my age bracket (underlying health conditions notwithstanding) is gonna get its first vaccinations, I still don't know.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/21 at 3:58 am
I heard good news over the weekend, a key member of my family is due for a vaccination jab this week.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/23/21 at 2:08 pm
Jab, in this case, is usually referred to as shot in the United States, but I still know what is meant. :) Anyway, that's good news!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/24/21 at 9:04 pm
Keeping our eyes open for updates and being patient is how we need to approach waiting for "our turn" to get the shot.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/24/21 at 11:13 pm
Looks like it's gonna be a while yet, but hopefully soon enough, when we get our turns for the shot.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/21 at 9:49 am
Makes you wonder, when everyone is vaccinated, what the world will be like?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/25/21 at 2:06 pm
No one knows for sure, but hopefully it'll be better in one sense?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/27/21 at 9:29 am
Oh boy, to my great surprise I just got a vaccine appointment invite - happy day!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/27/21 at 11:15 am
Perfect! And I found out earlier this week that people in their 40s (such as myself) will be eligible starting April 15th. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/29/21 at 4:07 pm
Quite pleased to say I got my first vaccine dose today! (And my second dose is scheduled 3 weeks out.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/29/21 at 7:26 pm
Right on! (And as soon as I become eligible, I will schedule an appointment.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/21 at 2:32 am
Sometime soon, I will phone the number on my phone of the consultant to see the latest of availability of second vaccinations, especially for me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/01/21 at 7:28 pm
Today (Thursday), I heard that California residents with a minimum age of 50 became eligible... but it's still two weeks until people who are in their 40s can get it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/07/21 at 7:46 pm
Unfortunate it is that the vaccine rollout could not have been faster, as most people I know who haven't had the vaccine want it (even though there are a few anti-vaccination people floating around).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/08/21 at 12:51 am
Vaccines should hopefully be distributed to everyone soon enough (we hope).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/09/21 at 11:51 am
When all the vaccines have been distributed, it is likely they'll be another, more powerful virus.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/09/21 at 4:51 pm
X-pecting to have a chance to vacation later this year; I'm somewhat optimistic that the vaccines will help with the virus.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/09/21 at 6:15 pm
You never know; as for me, I'm not planning on taking any sort of vacation this year, even after I do get fully vaccinated.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/21 at 4:37 am
Zooming around the world is not on my bucket list at the moment.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/13/21 at 1:45 pm
And I can say the same thing for myself.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 04/13/21 at 8:49 pm
But when it is safer to travel I am looking forward to taking trips again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/13/21 at 10:53 pm
Completely agree with you there! I miss traveling, so much.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/21 at 7:41 am
'Damage' to the travel industry cause by the pandemic may ruin the best of holiday plans.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/14/21 at 4:36 pm
Especially when we don't know if the virus will flare up again and spoil our plans.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/21 at 4:38 pm
From what I have heard, I think there is a fourth wave in Japan.
(btw, I was in Japan this time of the year in 2015)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/14/21 at 6:15 pm
Good googly moogly, what is happening with these subsequent "waves" around the world?! :o
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/21 at 12:30 am
Hate to see any new waves anywhere in the world.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/15/21 at 1:36 am
I think we can all agree on that.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/21 at 1:41 am
Just be safe and keep your distance
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Written By: nally on 04/15/21 at 1:43 am
Keeping a social distance is very important, I agree with that too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/21 at 9:58 am
Living within a family bubble helps too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/16/21 at 5:12 pm
My first vaccination was this morning...and it went well! (I've had no reactions to it...yet.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 04/16/21 at 10:35 pm
Nice, I hope it goes well for you, I've heard some people have had reactions to the vaccines, especially the second dose, but it will be a few weeks before I can get a vaccine.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/16/21 at 11:53 pm
One thing I can say is that I did experience a little drowsiness this afternoon, but it was to be expected; furthermore, I have not done any strenuous activity today, nor do I intend to tomorrow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/22/21 at 12:08 pm
Pleased to hear that your first vaccination is behind you and that it went well - hopefully the second will be no problem, too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/22/21 at 7:57 pm
Quite so; my second one is scheduled for May 7th at the same place where I got my first one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/21 at 11:03 am
Right now, for it has been two weeks since my second vaccination, I am expecting my immune system to kick in, and I am hoping after the tired feeling over the last weeks may had been it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/26/21 at 7:53 pm
Some people have those kinds of reactions to the vaccination, I've noticed; for me, I did have some pain but it didn't bother me too badly.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/21 at 7:09 am
Taking it easy today, in case my immune system kicks in.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/27/21 at 8:35 am
U should probably do just that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/21 at 12:54 pm
Very much the same for tomorrow it will be.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 04/27/21 at 10:53 pm
Well, I hope that you feel well tomorrow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/27/21 at 11:22 pm
X-pecting few to no effects from the vaccine after two weeks have elapsed, though everyone is different - hoping all goes smooth as silk and that you're done with any reactions.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/21 at 4:46 am
Yes it happened, I feel flu-ish today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/28/21 at 8:19 pm
Zero chance I may get that way...but then again, it's still a week until I get my second vaccination (or "jab" as the Brits call it); I also realize that I will need to take some sick time to go get it, because I'm now working full time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/21 at 12:46 pm
Aches and pains have followed my second vaccination, and have an appointment with my doctor soon.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/05/21 at 11:05 pm
Bummer. Hopefully your doctor visit will be worthwhile. I just know that on this Friday I will get my 2nd shot, as I've already stated many a time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/05/21 at 11:43 pm
Covid vaccinations have unfortunately resulted in undesirable side effects for some; I hope your aches and pains subside quickly and you feel fine afterwards. (Jeffrey, hope your 2nd shot is uneventful.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/05/21 at 11:54 pm
Didn't go through any side effects with the first one; hopefully that'll be the same with my second one. (We'll see how it goes on Friday.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/21 at 5:51 am
Everything went well Jeff?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/12/21 at 10:58 pm
Friday of last wk was when I got my second vaccination; I felt fine at first...but then the next day I did feel some side effects, particularly a fever and fatigue... but they were gone by Sunday (thankfully).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/21 at 12:13 pm
Good to hear, I wish it was like that for me, but I think it was an age factor with me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 05/13/21 at 5:28 pm
Happy to hear you got your second vaccine and didn't feel too bad, Jeffrey!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/13/21 at 6:00 pm
I, too, am glad that your vaccine didn't go too badly, Jeffrey. And the best part is, you're vaccinated!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/13/21 at 10:40 pm
Just like many other people, I am vaccinated, yes! However, I will continue to protect myself.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/21 at 6:26 am
Keep your distance, and being safe, keeps you protect too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/14/21 at 5:16 pm
Little did we know a year and a half ago what we were in for - glad to see that things are finally improving now that people can be protected against the virus.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/14/21 at 7:58 pm
My thoughts exactly! All I know is that I can't wait to interact in-person with my friends again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 05/15/21 at 8:39 pm
Now I have had both doses of the vaccine as well, I got my second dose today!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/15/21 at 10:57 pm
Oh, goody! Welcome to the fully-vaccinated club. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/21 at 7:48 am
Pausing to think, will there an annual jab to help the fight against viruses?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 05/19/21 at 7:52 pm
Quite possibly, I've heard it could be like flu vaccines where you need to get it multiple years, but I don't think anything has been decided yet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/19/21 at 7:57 pm
Right now, I cannot say for certain whether there would be such a thing...but I'm sure most of us are probably anticipating it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/21 at 9:14 am
Suffering from the aches and pains seems to have finished now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/23/21 at 9:31 am
That's good.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/21 at 3:47 am
Unusual times we are going through, with unusual aches and pains.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/25/21 at 10:54 pm
Very much so, but there are other things in life to be grateful for.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/28/21 at 8:45 pm
We have been going through a unique time in history, indeed - and I do agree there are things to be grateful for.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/28/21 at 10:26 pm
X-actly right, there are! I can tell you one such thing I am grateful for is the fact that my job is now full time (after 5 years of it being part time).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/31/21 at 8:51 am
Your dreams can all come true.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/31/21 at 11:13 am
Zipadedoodah! is what I was thinking when I finally got promoted to full time (and it was made official last week, after a 5-week trial).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 05/31/21 at 4:46 pm
And how are you liking working there full time so far?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/31/21 at 4:47 pm
Better than part time; plus, I've been learning plenty of new tasks that will help make me a more valuable employee.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/21 at 1:57 am
Catching in on the bonuses of employment too?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/01/21 at 8:04 pm
Darn right I've been; for example, I get benefits (which I should take some time to read about).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/03/21 at 1:51 pm
Everyone should get benefits (sorry if I went on a tangent).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/03/21 at 7:29 pm
For sure they should (and btw, your post was completely appropriate); and as time goes forward I probably will.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/03/21 at 7:43 pm
Getting benefits is really important.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/21 at 2:48 am
Happy atmosphere in an employment environment helps too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/08/21 at 8:10 pm
It also means that I will need to find new doctors, because the ones I've been seeing aren't covered by the new plan that my work is offering.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/15/21 at 2:48 pm
Just as you became full time at your work, are you considering purchasing a mobile phone, that will make life and contacts easier?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/15/21 at 8:07 pm
Keep in mind that I do have a mobile phone, just not a smartphone. (In fact, I've had a cell phone for nearly 23 years now -- not the same one, but the same mobile number. I got my first one after starting college life so I could call my family when I was commuting home; that is, as a tool in case of potential emergency.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/21 at 1:12 am
Like a friend of mine was amazed what I can do on my phone, check emails, Internet access, take and store photos, use as a map, store and listen to music, and laughed when I mentioned I can use it as a phone too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/16/21 at 8:23 pm
Mobile phones have certainly come a long way, that's for sure!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/13/21 at 10:05 pm
Not all smart phones are equal, though - some have a lot more features than others (and I thought it was about time to resurrect this topic, too)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/21/21 at 11:41 pm
Oh goody, this thread has been revived again after almost a month!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/21 at 12:23 pm
Phones, for me, are a necessity for life now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/02/21 at 8:14 pm
Quite so... and on that subject, I find mine convenient to use. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/03/21 at 3:56 am
Rather much of a problem when you forget where you have placed it?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/03/21 at 8:11 pm
Sometimes my mom forgets where she places hers (around the house), but ultimately finds it. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/21 at 1:32 am
Telling or asking someone to phone the number of the mislaid phone helps, and hearing the sound of the ringtone helps in locating it, it could be be on vibrate too, but would be more difficult if set on complete silent.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/04/21 at 11:47 pm
Uhm, yeah; in fact, I've even suggested that (of course, you would need another phone to do that - and our household has a landline, plus each of us have our own mobile phones).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/21 at 4:53 am
Very much so, two phones, your personal one and one for the use with your work?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: kr37 on 08/05/21 at 8:21 pm
Well, personally, I don't remember losing my phone for a long period of time, but one annoying thing I've noticed is that my phone's battery doesn't last as long as it used to.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/05/21 at 8:29 pm
X-actly! If you have your mobile phone on all day, it's bound to lose battery at a fast rate.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/13/21 at 12:42 am
You use the phone for too much and you'll lose a lot of juice.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/13/21 at 8:07 pm
Zero percent on the battery level is not good at all; I always avoid that by charging it up when it gets below a half.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/14/21 at 2:24 pm
AT&T never had these problems in the 80s, because not many people used mobile phones and none of them had the Internet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/14/21 at 10:55 pm
Back then, Internet wasn't even around (at least the way we know it... in fact didn't even start to flourish until the 1990s).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/16/21 at 1:09 am
Computers weren't that popular until the 90s, only big companies had them and were not dependable.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/16/21 at 8:06 pm
Don't forget that before the 1990s we didn't have the various operating systems that we have today (or any variations thereof); in fact, the only graphical user interfaces back then (pre-1990s) would be considered quite primitive by today's standards.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/17/21 at 9:04 pm
Even Einstein would have been confounded by the technology we have now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/17/21 at 11:06 pm
For sure! In fact, I'm sure many of us wish that years ago we had some of the technology we do now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 08/18/21 at 2:23 am
Great minds have always been working to improve on technologies and have made our jobs easier.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/21 at 11:22 am
Hard to believe on what a mobile phone can achieve.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/24/21 at 8:10 pm
I know; and while in the past month I've been using specific features on my smartphone, there are other features/apps I have yet to check out.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/21 at 8:23 am
Just like some days, you do not need to switch on the computer.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/30/21 at 8:53 pm
Keeping my Tablet charged up, is what I would need to do when I don't wish to turn on the computer.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/09/21 at 12:34 pm
Like yesterday, my only connection to the Internet was on my phone, waiting and checking notifications.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/09/21 at 10:39 pm
My new smartphone (which I've had for 2 months now) comes with a browser, which I have yet to use...although I did briefly try it out not all that long ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/21 at 11:54 am
Now is a good time to get it into practice,
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Written By: nally on 09/14/21 at 8:39 pm
Okay, but not right now, because I'm on my laptop (as normal). When I'm on my iphone again I will practice with the browser.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/21 at 7:28 am
Practice and soon you will have the world's greatest encyclopedia on your phone.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/15/21 at 11:18 pm
Quickly one can punch up the encyclopedia by going to its official site.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/21 at 9:46 am
Rapid response when having a good connection.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/19/21 at 11:14 pm
So this thread went almost five weeks without a new reply? Well, I'm glad someone finally injected some life into it again!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/21 at 2:00 am
Thank you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/20/21 at 10:44 pm
Used the browser on my smartphone earlier, is what I did.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/22 at 2:52 am
Very much the way I am posting now. 📱
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/06/22 at 10:52 pm
Well! I'm finally glad to see another post in this thread after another long hiatus. (And for the record, I'm using my laptop as I am typing this post.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/07/22 at 5:14 am
'xactly so, but over the last few days it has been a mixture between, computer, tablet and phone.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/07/22 at 11:27 am
You won't find me using anything but my laptop to post here, although sometimes I read up on new posts on my tablet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/07/22 at 8:24 pm
Zero times I posted on anything other than a PC before late 2018; that's because I received my Tablet for Christmas that year; I still use that to read up on things as well, in addition to listening to music on it...and half a year ago, I received my very first smartphone; there are times when I use that to go online and post here...although I primarily use an actual PC/laptop when I wanna post on here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Indy Gent on 01/15/22 at 12:15 pm
Alas, I can only post on my phone, since I can't afford to purchase a laptop due to other outstanding loans.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/15/22 at 1:53 pm
Bummer; I hope that situation can change for ya.. but having a smartphone is certainly a good thing because you can do lots of things with it. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/15/22 at 4:12 pm
Computers are much easier for me to use than smartphones; time will tell if that changes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/16/22 at 11:05 am
Developing your skills on smartphone use can get you more accustomed to using it… but I, like many people, find it easier to type on a computer, simply because you can use all your fingers on a computer keyboard, whereas on the smartphone you usually use one or two of them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/16/22 at 1:11 pm
Ease of use on a computer for me about equals my ill-at-ease use of a smartphone
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/16/22 at 2:46 pm
For me as well; and while I've been using a smartphone for only 6 months, I've used regular desktop computers (laptops or PCs) for lotsa years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/22 at 7:10 am
Going haywire is my spelling especially on the computer.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/17/22 at 10:38 pm
Hey, sometimes I tend to make lots of typos when I'm trying to type on the smartphone; that's because the "keys" (which are images) are so small; the tips of my fingers are bigger than said keys. Fortunately I sometimes get a few word suggestions when I am partway through a certain word. But when I'm on the computer, I can type a lot faster.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/22 at 11:02 am
I'm (when on the computer) making typos all the time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/25/22 at 11:32 am
Just one or two typos is not too aggravating - but when I make a lot of typos, which happens plenty on the phone, I can get exasperated with the keypad quickly.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/22 at 11:48 am
Keep hating the autotext on the tablet and phone.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/25/22 at 7:54 pm
Like I said, it’s aggravating for me too…but I have found the mobile phone convenient to use when I don’t feel like starting up the computer.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/26/22 at 10:56 am
Much like me today, on the phone, and it is more relaxing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/26/22 at 10:58 am
Now I can relate to that, since I’m currently using mine as well, but I will need to use the PC at some point today because I need to type something in Word. (As well as clear out some files and stuff.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/14/22 at 12:28 pm
Online, when not on the computer, I prefer the tablet to the phone.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/14/22 at 9:30 pm
Phones (the mobile kind) are good to use while you’re on the go; of course I also have a Tablet, like you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/22 at 5:01 pm
Phones (the mobile kind) are good to use while you’re on the go; of course I also have a Tablet, like you.
Quite so, especially with the camera contained within.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/16/22 at 8:52 pm
Right you are; the camera takes really great pictures!!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/22 at 2:08 pm
Special good quality ones too, and I like taking panoramic photos.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/28/22 at 7:40 pm
Taking a panoramic photo, is that something that might require a special skill or technique? Actually, certain camera-phones may have that feature.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/22 at 5:24 am
Until my son showed me what to I was just taking ordinary photos.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/29/22 at 10:15 pm
Vertical photos or horizontal ones? (Actually, I assume both orientations...which is how people have always used cameras, for years.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/22 at 12:00 pm
With certain apps on the phone, interesting additions can be added to a photo taken.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/07/22 at 8:15 pm
'X' marks the spot for some of those additions (in a figurative sense, of course); some people might construe that as photoshopping, in a sense.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/22 at 2:52 am
You have to look at the screen on the phone to make sure the picture will be perfect.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/08/22 at 7:40 pm
Zero room for error in such a situation, I take it?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/22 at 8:23 am
Absolute perfection and splendid definition pictures.
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Written By: nally on 04/11/22 at 7:55 pm
Being precise like that could take some time and effort; anything to get a good quality picture.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/22 at 2:31 am
Camera on the phone has made life easier, but has put Kodak and other similar companies down the drain.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/13/22 at 10:37 pm
Darn right; I don't think you'll find film cameras being made anymore, for the above reason.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/22 at 7:35 am
Every picture taken will be cherished with memories in yearcto come.
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Written By: nally on 04/14/22 at 11:47 pm
For sure, they will; no matter what the occasion.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/22 at 1:15 am
Got to, for a friend, get some of my photos printed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/20/22 at 11:25 pm
How long has it been since I last had photos printed? Let's see...I printed a few "older" ones last November, so, just 5 1/2 months ago. And this was my first time in 5 years printing any photos. I am contemplating printing some more.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/22 at 12:23 pm
I, talking about printed photos, have just some photos I have been looking for, images of buildings in London that now have been demolished.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/24/22 at 11:01 am
Just to clarify in my previous post, the pictures I printed in November 2021 were all from previous years, mostly between 2000 and 2014.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/22 at 7:38 am
Keeping up with modern technology can be a task at times.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/18/22 at 9:35 pm
Lots of different technologies exist now, that is for certain.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/22 at 1:39 am
Most of the time now is spent relearning and reading instruction manuals.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/19/22 at 8:25 pm
No one would be able to function without those.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/22 at 4:04 pm
Online instruction manuals are available too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/22/22 at 1:22 pm
People often use google to find those, which can be a convenience. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/22 at 1:23 pm
Quite right, that is where I find mine.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/22/22 at 1:41 pm
Reading the manuals, whether they be on paper or online, can help the user learn how to properly operate the appliance.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/23 at 12:48 pm
Something that must be done before you use the appliance.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/06/23 at 8:19 pm
Took almost a year to get this thread back on track?!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/23 at 6:34 am
Until then, I knew something was missing in my life ;D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/09/23 at 9:24 am
Very much so; now can we crack on with it again?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/23 at 9:58 am
When after we have reached 'Z', with a new topic of conversation starting on 'A'.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/09/23 at 10:14 am
X-actly right you are; but didn’t we have a topic of discussion a few replies up?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/23 at 10:18 am
Yes indeed, we did...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/15/23 at 1:17 pm
Zounds, you're right... from looking at the past replies, it seems we were discussing modern technologies and how they've become essential in our lives.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/23 at 1:44 pm
Almost essential to modern day living now, but I know a few people, who still do not have a mobile phone or wi-fi at home.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/10/23 at 11:22 pm
Better believe it.. and by the way, it is almost my birthday!! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/23 at 1:36 am
Cannot wait to celebrate?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/23 at 12:40 pm
Do you want to know how I celebrated?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/23 at 12:45 pm
Eating birthday cakes at work and at home with the family?
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Written By: nally on 07/16/23 at 12:47 pm
For starters, those are some of the things I did; at work, I received a card signed by my staff; at home I had a nice Italian meal for dinner.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/23 at 12:54 pm
For starters, those are some of the things I did; at work, I received a card signed by my staff; at home I had a nice Italian meal for dinner.
O0
Going to see a musical show or movie, we used to do too. Now, it is a small celebration at home and an excellent meal at a nice restaurant.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/16/23 at 12:58 pm
Hey, I’ve done that sorta thing in years past. For example, on both my 13th birthday and my 18th birthday I saw a movie in a sitdown theater.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/23 at 2:46 am
I have seen changes over the years, too many to say, but to celebrate is the best thing to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/23/23 at 11:53 pm
July, of course, is a good month to celebrate, because it's in the summer (in the Northern Hemisphere)...and not to brag or anything, but when I was growing up, I found that one of the perks about having a summer birthday was not having to go to school!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/23 at 4:20 pm
Keeping tabs on people's birthdays can be a difficult thing at times, that goodness for FB.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/25/23 at 7:59 pm
Lucky me, I am usually very good at remembering people’s birthdays, but occasionally I don’t remember some of them, and I will get a reminder on FB (that is, if the person has a friend connection with me).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/25/23 at 10:22 pm
My memory for birthdays isn't the greatest, so I tend to rely on Facebook (or inthe00s in some cases).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/25/23 at 11:01 pm
Now there are many people I've known in my life whose birthdays I haven't known; and even if I found them on FB, they may or may not have their b'days listed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/23 at 2:03 am
Ordinary, in the past, I wrote the birthdates in the address book.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/26/23 at 7:30 pm
Putting them in a place like that can be helpful.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/26/23 at 10:10 pm
Quite helpful indeed!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/23 at 7:35 am
Recently I started a new address book, but have to research the birthdate again
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 07/27/23 at 7:34 pm
Sometimes we have to make those adjustments.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/23 at 9:00 am
Tidy handwriting is needed in my case.
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Written By: nally on 07/28/23 at 9:27 pm
Unfortunately for me, my handwriting isn’t all that neat, especially when I try to take notes; but in other cases I can write a little slower and make it legible.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/23 at 2:14 am
Very shaky handwriting it is for me.
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Written By: nally on 07/29/23 at 1:42 pm
While someone is talking and I try to take notes, that's when my handwriting is at its worst (mainly because I try to get keywords down and I don't like to do too much shorthand because I might not always remember what it means).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/23 at 2:01 pm
Xactly like me, and I used at one of my past jobs, to take the notes of meetings, and produce an account of it.
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Written By: nally on 07/29/23 at 2:04 pm
Yes, and note-taking was a skill I needed to learn thoroughly before I got into college almost a quarter-century ago... because taking notes from lectures would help me to learn the material (as well as read about it in the textbooks).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/23 at 4:32 pm
Zoom made things easier for meetings for the session could be recorded and played back.
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Written By: nally on 07/29/23 at 6:48 pm
And that’s something that you can’t really do in in-person scenarios, unless you have a tape recorder; but these days, most people don’t carry those things around.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/23 at 2:21 am
Back in those days, tape recorders were fun...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/31/23 at 8:47 pm
Capturing audio from a lecture on a cassette wasn't that uncommon then, as portable tape recorders were everywhere.
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Written By: nally on 07/31/23 at 10:18 pm
Darn right they were; however, I actually did have one, which I used solely for a music history class I took then: we recorded pieces of music that we would need to know for exams.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/23 at 6:17 am
Even I recorded music on my recorder, the last pop songs at that time.
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Written By: nally on 08/02/23 at 9:17 am
For the record, I have also done so (from the radio).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/23 at 10:45 am
Great songs were heard on the radio back then
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Written By: nally on 08/02/23 at 8:21 pm
How many of them? I can honestly say, too many to count.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/02/23 at 9:38 pm
I concur, there were too many great songs on the radio then to count (at least in any meaningful way).
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Written By: nally on 08/02/23 at 11:17 pm
Just beginning to make a list of them would take a lotta time, I'm sure... but I have done that with certain songs I know from the 80s and 90s. (In fact, in the "School Days play list" thread, we have made lists of songs we enjoyed from our school years.)
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/05/23 at 5:17 pm
Kidding aside (as it's impractical to list all the good songs on the radio), recording music from the radio was a pretty common practice in decades past (even acknowledging how inferior, sound-wise, those recordings tended to be).
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Written By: nally on 08/05/23 at 7:31 pm
Lots of people who did that probably didn’t care about the resulting sound quality; they probably just wanted to be able to hear their favorite songs anytime they wanted without having to go out and buy the recording.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/07/23 at 8:33 pm
Many of us (including myself) who recorded music from the radio used something low-fi to mid-fi, such as a boombox, which was convenient but didn't capture the highest quality music (not that highest quality is even available from the radio).
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Written By: nally on 08/07/23 at 9:53 pm
No, it isn't that high quality; you're right. And by the way, my tape recorder that I used to have, I bought it in early 2000 for a Music History class that I took (so that I could record the musical selections that we were studying)... but in the ensuing years, that's when I would start tape-recording from the radio. In 2017, that recorder finally went kaput.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/07/23 at 10:54 pm
Of course, at the peak time for people recording music this way, that's when music industry moguls were railing about the damage that home recording was doing to the music industry (one of my vinyl albums from 1980-ish has printed on the inner sleeve in bold type, something to the effect of "home recording is killing the music industry" including a skull/crossbones icon).
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Written By: nally on 08/08/23 at 11:10 pm
People probably didn't realise the aforementioned "damage" at first, but they probably did so years later.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/09/23 at 8:15 pm
Quite the contrary, many of us took a cynical approach to such statements (as most of us saw the industry as filled with greedy fat cats) so we sneered at such admonishments (and mind you, this was before the days of Napster and free digital downloads of millions of songs, which is likely when the real "killing" started).
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Written By: nally on 08/10/23 at 10:54 pm
Right you are; I guess I was one of the people who didn't realize, at first, the aforementioned "damage" that we were talking about in our previous posts. Let's move on to something else?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/11/23 at 3:43 pm
Sure, we can move on; I think we got it covered.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/11/23 at 8:00 pm
Thank you; I could not think of anything else to add on the subject that we were discussing... so the table is now open.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/12/23 at 10:21 pm
Until our next topic, one more point about this. "Home" tape recording did give way to a small amount of bootlegging. But bootleg tape copies were by and large inferior due to the lossy-ness of analog tape, and took longer to copy, so the few bootlegs didn't cut into genuine music sales by much. By comparison, when digital copying became a thing, the copies were perfect, and could be copied quickly. That was when the record companies' nightmare of the 80s was actually realized. It got out of hands in the days of Napster.
(I'm done :))
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Written By: nally on 08/12/23 at 10:49 pm
Very well then, I think you have explained the situation quite well; and for the record I do remember Napster being quite popular in the early 2000s but thankfully I never signed up there, so I stayed clear of it. (At that time I was concentrating on my academic life as a college student.)
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/13/23 at 8:51 pm
When I was a college student (my 2nd stint) I did a lot of cassette recording, but it was usually "mixtapes" which I made from my growing vinyl collection. (I had considered taping college lectures and probably did that once or twice, but found it cumbersome. I think I settled on regular old note taking with a pen. This was during the early-mid 1980's.)
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Written By: nally on 08/13/23 at 9:09 pm
X...actly the way to go back in those days, with regard to notetaking. In fact, during all of my college years (late 1990s/early-mid 2000s) I would just about always take notes with a pen and paper. It was quick, convenient, and easy.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/14/23 at 9:09 pm
Yes indeed, pen and paper are the standard, and I don't think common modern technologies have bested them, at least not in a meaningful way. (I will add that I used erasable ink a lot in college; I did find that useful given my penchant for writing sloppy.)
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Written By: nally on 08/14/23 at 10:19 pm
Zipadee doo dah, this completes the alphabet again. But I do have one more thing to say before I submit this post... I agree that pen and paper are the standard for notetaking. And with regard to erasable ink, I tried using such a pen sometime in my teenage years, but it wasn't all that great; in fact it didn't always erase cleanly. And if I make a mistake when writing with ink, I don't like to put a line through it because that doesn't get rid of the error either; I still see what I lined out. (Ok, I'm done for now.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/15/23 at 8:37 pm
Another run through the alphabet seems in order now; I suppose a new topic is needed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/15/23 at 11:00 pm
By the way, on the subject of note-taking in college, I would like to point out that this Thursday marks 25 years since I did that for the very first time!! That's right, it has been almost a quarter-century since I began college life! (And little did I know that I would be an undergrad student for ten years altogether before finally completing a degree.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/16/23 at 8:27 pm
Congrats on hitting that collegiate milestone! (Incidentally, it took me a very long time to complete my Bachelor's, too.)
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Written By: nally on 08/16/23 at 10:01 pm
Degrees can take lots of years to complete; I just know that when I started college (25 years minus 1 day ago), I wasn't sure what academic direction I wanted to take; but after a few years in community colleges, I started to make a decision. But to make a long story short, I ended up changing my academic path after four years at a university (and I wasn't gonna leave there until I completed a degree in something).
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/17/23 at 9:50 pm
Each college student can have a unique experience, and there are often factors that drag things out time-wise. The main thing for a student is to stick with it and don't quit - that's when a student can really reach their goals.
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Written By: nally on 08/17/23 at 10:11 pm
For sure! And let me tell you...when I got into the upper division courses in the major that I was initially attempting, I felt so overwhelmed that I considered finding a new major. And when I decided on that new major, I was able to get a really good academic advisor, who pointed me in the right direction and was determined to help me achieve my goal of completing my B.A.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/18/23 at 9:35 pm
Good academic advisors can be a huge help in navigating a student to his ultimate goal(s).
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Written By: nally on 08/18/23 at 10:06 pm
Helping out students is their job... and this particular advisor was very good; I owe my academic success in part to her. And by the way, my mom and I are both still in touch with this woman on Facebook; this is partly because she's been involved in church activities at the church my family and I attended during the 2010s. Who would've thought that my academic advisor would be at the same church as my family?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/19/23 at 5:43 pm
I concur that an academic advisor can be a huge help in a student's pursuits. (Even better is a mentor - if one can be found.) Small world that your academic advisor is in your family's church!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/19/23 at 9:48 pm
Just so you know, we are no longer attending that church, since my parents retired from their jobs at that place two years ago; however, as I mentioned in my previous post, we are still in touch with the person on Facebook. As well as other people we knew there. My parents were involved in music ministries there for 12 years (2009-2021) and I even made some good friends there. And in 2013 I found out that a certain friend I made in college was attending said church (with her parents)! I’m in touch with her on Facebook as well. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/21/23 at 10:03 pm
Keeping up with friends from your former church is much easier thanks to Facebook.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/21/23 at 10:28 pm
Lots of people in various aspects of my life are on there, and I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to have connections with them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/23 at 6:57 am
Most of my contacts on FB are family or close friends, and mainly use it to keep in touch, especially those on the other side of the world.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/22/23 at 11:18 pm
No doubt that Facebook has made it easier to get in touch/keep in touch with loved ones. Now if we could only get rid of all the "spoofers" who pretend to be someone they are not...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/23/23 at 12:11 am
Oh yes, I hate seeing so many spoofers! Even on the caller ID there are too many of them. ::)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/23/23 at 7:48 pm
People who do that (spoofing) must get something out of it, otherwise why would they keep doing it? I generally keep my "antenna" out for such people.
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Written By: nally on 08/23/23 at 11:08 pm
Quite often I make sure to do that too... and I'm careful when I come across something that might look suspicious.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/23 at 5:12 am
Requesting to be a friend when you already are a friend on Facebook is one pure sign of something wrong.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/24/23 at 9:44 pm
So true... when you see something like that, you can sense it's an imposter; gotta be careful about that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/24/23 at 10:10 pm
Too bad there are so many of them - they have caused grief on Facebook to many a friend.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/24/23 at 10:12 pm
Uhm... how did we get on this subject again? Did it have to do with keeping connections with friends?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/23 at 6:56 am
Variations on an original subject?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/25/23 at 8:44 am
We tend to do that a lot; one topic or subject will lead to another, just like in everyday conversations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/23 at 9:19 am
'xactly so!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/25/23 at 8:16 pm
Yes, I think I brought up the spoofers; only because I've run across so many of them. But keeping up connections with friends is where Facebook is really helpful.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/25/23 at 11:40 pm
Zero percent I disagree; IOW, I completely agree there!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/23 at 6:00 am
Agreed, absolutely helpful!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/26/23 at 11:45 am
Being aware of spoofing (and spotting suspicious factors) is one way to determine if a profile or message is legit. In fact, I have learnt that sort of thing in my own work.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/28/23 at 11:41 pm
Considering how often we have to put up with the likes of spam phone calls and spam emails, it should come as no surprise. Sadly, it's the world we live in today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/23 at 11:27 am
Don't answer the spam callers in the first place, if it is an important call for you, a voice message will be left.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/29/23 at 9:44 pm
Exactly so; if the number is actually legit, the caller can leave you a message and a callback number.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/23 at 1:44 am
Familiarity with your phone numbers is the key here, make into contacts on your phone with the 'friendly' phone numbers, so when they call you know it the right people calling.
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Written By: nally on 08/30/23 at 10:32 pm
Good idea; I have plenty of numbers that I usually call and/or text; those are stored in my contacts lists (for my smartphone, that is).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/23 at 1:24 pm
Horrendously for me, when my phone crashed recently, I lost several of my important contacts, which I have regained by phone and searching around.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 08/31/23 at 11:03 pm
I would hate for my smartphone to die on me like that. :o
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/23 at 10:37 am
Just happened, just like that, totally unaware, no signs of fading etc!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/04/23 at 4:12 pm
Keeping it in good condition is one way to help it last.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/23 at 5:50 pm
Luckily for me, I had an old phone that I still could use for Internet access for communication.
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Written By: nally on 09/04/23 at 10:38 pm
My old phone doesn’t have that capability; in fact it probably doesn’t even work anymore. But that’s ok because having a smartphone is quite useful! You can do plenty of things that you can’t do with a stupidphone.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/10/23 at 11:24 am
Nobody likes it when modern day technology lets you down.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/10/23 at 11:44 am
Of course not; that's why it's good to back up your files on external drives such as flash disks.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/23 at 2:20 am
Periodically I back up files, but I should do it more often than that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/13/23 at 7:49 pm
Quite honestly, you should back up your files more regularly.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/13/23 at 9:49 pm
Really good advice, but I'm also guilty of not doing it enough.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/23 at 6:23 am
Something I should be doing when I can.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/15/23 at 8:32 pm
To be honest, I'm not sure I have the right equipment. I have backed up files to a large thumb drive, but that was a while ago.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/15/23 at 11:15 pm
Using flash drives (aka thumb drives) to back up files is helpful, that’s for darn sure.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/16/23 at 5:25 pm
Very helpful, indeed, are those thumb drives. But I have wondered if there's something better, at least in the "consumer" arena.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/16/23 at 8:38 pm
Whatever it is, I’d like to find out. I might learn something new about devices for backing up my important files.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/17/23 at 8:53 pm
X-actly. Count me in too, wanting to hear about any new backup devices.
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Written By: nally on 09/17/23 at 9:11 pm
Yes, glad you agree; although I suppose we could google search to find out what such options are.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/19/23 at 9:48 pm
Zero specific ideas is what I currently have; I'd love some suggestions on how to proceed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/19/23 at 9:49 pm
Anyway, for what it’s worth, I’d say it’s probably time to start discussing something else?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/21/23 at 10:24 pm
Beginning a new discussion topic sounds like a good idea - any suggestions?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/21/23 at 10:40 pm
Can I nominate one? If so, here's my suggestion: the fact that fall starts this weekend! :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/23 at 2:11 am
Does it, so soon?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/22/23 at 10:20 pm
Equinox is when it starts, not too much longer from now!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/22/23 at 10:50 pm
Fall is probably my favorite season - especially early to mid fall.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/22/23 at 11:37 pm
Glad to hear it; I like seeing fall foliage, as it’s quite colorful; the fall season is also when the baseball postseason occurs, and I often enjoy following that (especially when my team, the Dodgers, are in it).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/23/23 at 4:56 am
Halloween will be soon be before we know it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/23/23 at 9:49 am
I know; it’s coming up at the end of next month. I have to tell you, however, that I am not as much into it as I was when I was a kid; in fact, I last wore a costume 30 years ago, when I was 13, and decided that would be the last time I would dress up for Halloween.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/23/23 at 10:10 am
Juniors knocking on the door, I find annoying now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/23/23 at 10:44 am
Knocking on the door, yes, that is a pain; and I never answer the door to anyone I don’t know.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/23/23 at 10:56 am
Like hiding behind the sofa, with the lights switched off?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/23/23 at 5:28 pm
Maybe so; I just know that we never turn our lights on in the house on Halloween night because we don't want anyone coming to our door.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/26/23 at 12:39 pm
No trick or treaters here (except once, years ago) - the condo building we live in has a security door. Although I always buy a little candy, just in case. What we don't give out, I get to eat!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/23 at 12:43 pm
Oohh!! The same for me, with have a security door too, so if any it will be local children.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/26/23 at 10:34 pm
Putting up a security door is helpful because its purpose is to give your home a layer of protection.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/27/23 at 1:17 pm
Quite an important feature for me, that security door - although ours isn't a "high crime" area, if the outside door had not locked I may not have moved here way back when.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/27/23 at 7:44 pm
Responding to the above post seems a bit difficult right now, mainly because I don’t know what to say, but we can talk a little more about the fall season.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/28/23 at 10:24 pm
Sure, back to Fall season. I love how the colors are starting to appear on the trees. (they aren't near peak yet.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/28/23 at 10:27 pm
Thank you; I agree that the fall colors on leafs of deciduous trees are pleasant to look at and take pictures of... and of course right now it is early in the fall season for them to turn colors...but it'll be happening before ya know it!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/29/23 at 9:32 pm
Up the road to the north (about a mile away) is a small forest preserve in which the trees are very colorful when they turn, which should be in just 3 or 4 weeks.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 09/29/23 at 10:36 pm
Very nice; I have a liquidambar tree in my backyard; it just started turning colors (slightly) today and dropped a leaf or two.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/30/23 at 11:13 pm
Whenever the trees start turning I try to notice, as if I'm too distracted I miss them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/01/23 at 1:43 am
X-actly; you definitely don’t wanna miss that. I like to take pictures of leaves turning colors.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/01/23 at 11:36 am
Yes, I agree - taking pictures of trees when the leaves are changing is a good idea.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/01/23 at 3:47 pm
Zero doubt about that; if you ask me, trees with color-changing leafs are very picturesque.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/02/23 at 7:25 pm
Autumn, besides picturesque trees, is also a time to enjoy moderate weather and fall fashions, too. Not to mention (American) Football!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/02/23 at 10:03 pm
Baseball as well, can be enjoyed in autumn! (The postseason, that is.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/03/23 at 4:02 pm
Can't forget about Baseball playoffs! (Which incidentally start tonight.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/03/23 at 7:24 pm
Dodgers and Braves finished with the two best records in the NL, so they won’t be playing until the Division Series starts next weekend. The same goes for the Orioles and Asterisks in the AL.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/05/23 at 8:56 pm
Even as Baseball playoffs are going, other major sports (in the U.S.) get going in the Fall, too. (At least their regular seasons.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/05/23 at 11:40 pm
Fall is definitely the season for such sports; and don’t forget, even though the basketball season is scheduled to start this month, that of 2019-20 actually ended in October (the postseason, that is) due to the covid pandemic.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/06/23 at 8:04 pm
Gosh, I had forgotten how Covid pushed the NBA playoffs into the Fall that year (whereas normally those playoffs end early in the summer). Covid did some pretty odd things to the sports world when it was hot and heavy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/06/23 at 10:53 pm
Hey, at least the baseball season ended on time; that’s only because it got started late and was shortened to 60 games per team so that the regular season could end on September 27th (as originally planned; had there been no pandemic, that date would have still been Closing Day). And the World Series started on the appointed day (October 20th) and ended a week later, with my team - the Dodgers - winning it all.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/07/23 at 4:09 pm
I do recall how the 60-game MLB season went during the Covid year. Among the weirdest things were the fake crowd noise and the cardboard cutouts of fans.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/07/23 at 5:59 pm
Just a small handful of actual people were accepted at Globe Life Field for the postseason, mainly the World Series. This continued into the 2021 season. Then in June, certain restrictions were lifted and people could start attending games normally again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/08/23 at 3:48 pm
Keeping fans out of MLB parks was sad for both fans and teams, but understood as it was the only way to proceed then. Thankfully by the end of the 2021 season the restrictions were lifted. (I actually attended a playoff game then!)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/08/23 at 3:54 pm
Lucky you! I've never been to a postseason game; I've only attended regular season games. I think the tickets for postseason games can be quite pricy. And I'm glad I didn't have a ticket for last night's game involving my team; I probably would have demanded my money back for seeing such a terrible performance (especially in the first inning). Hopefully, my team can turn things around when they play Game Two tomorrow.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/09/23 at 7:50 pm
Maybe demanding our money back would've been appropriate after the disaster we attended (Sox lost 12-1 and were eliminated) - but I don't think it works that way. The experience, other than the game, was wonderful. And yes, the price for the not-very-good postseason seats we had was about the same as the price for good seats on a normal day.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/09/23 at 10:24 pm
No, it doesn't really work that way... but my point is that the first game of this year's NLDS was disastrous (that is, between the Dbacks and the Dudgers), something that the fans were probably embarrassed to see. And I keep hoping that things will turn around for my team.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/10/23 at 7:36 pm
Opportunity presents itself to our teams, but it is they who have to play the games. Sometimes it's hard to accept the outcomes, though - especially when they don't capitalize on their chances. Sigh.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/10/23 at 10:50 pm
Playing the game is up to the professionals, that's right; and they have to execute their game plan.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/11/23 at 9:03 pm
Quite true; fans can deliver noise and good vibes when we attend, but the game itself is in the hands of the players.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/11/23 at 10:06 pm
Right now I’m thinking that things don’t seem too promising for my team, the Dudgers. :-[ They are in danger of being swept by the Demonbacks, whom they beat by 16 games in the NL West race. The team is going to have its work cut out for them during the offseason, especially with regards to the pitching.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/12/23 at 10:40 pm
Sorry to Dodger nation fans about the NLDS not going your way. But moreover I'm thinking maybe we've talked enough baseball for now and should welcome a new subject.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/12/23 at 11:36 pm
True, we should. (After all, we have the particular thread in the sports section to discuss the progress of the postseason.) We can still talk about stuff having to do with fall...but we're coming up on some more tricky letters.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/14/23 at 4:39 pm
Usually, by now we have a lot of color in the trees - this year, things seem to be later than normal, as the trees are mostly still green.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/14/23 at 5:07 pm
Very nice; of course, where I am, there have been some years in which the deciduous trees’ leafs start turning colors later than usual; that often depends upon the weather conditions.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/15/23 at 10:58 pm
Weather in Chicagoland has been fall-like lately, but perhaps it cooled off a bit later than average.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/15/23 at 10:59 pm
X-ceptions are common in weather conditions, I must say; this applies not only to fall, but to other times of the year as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/16/23 at 7:14 am
Yesterday, here in the UK, was bitterly cold with the sun shining, it felt like autumn, warm in the sun and cold in the shade.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/16/23 at 7:41 pm
Zip-up jackets (or jackets with buttons or snaps) are generally required when going out of the home during Fall; sometimes I'll grab a scarf or bandanna, too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/16/23 at 10:21 pm
As for me, I can get by with a nice cozy jacket (whether it has a zipper or buttons) when going out in chilly weather, as long as I have layers on underneath. A scarf is also sometimes necessary.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/23 at 3:52 am
Blooming cold it was, I left my cozy jacket at my home.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/17/23 at 7:39 pm
Can I just say that the weather in my neck of the woods is not exactly chilly right now (in fact it’s been warm again), so wearing a jacket is probably out of the question for the moment.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/18/23 at 7:35 pm
Distinctive is a word I'd use to describe the Southern California climate, as it doesn't seem to get as cold as most of the country (although I've been there in January when a jacket is in fact needed), but naturally it varies with different weather patterns, as anywhere. Regardless, the Fall season does tend to start ushering in cooler temperatures - and I actually don't mind.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/18/23 at 7:56 pm
Every year I wonder when the cooler temperatures will start in southern California. Today it was actually cooler at my house (with a marine layer), but it was hot at my workplace! Talk about polar opposites! :o
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/19/23 at 7:14 pm
Fall in Chicagoland tends to be cooler, but it goes in "up/down" cycles. Still, by November's end we've usually seen a little snow, albeit frequently just little flurries at first.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/19/23 at 8:00 pm
Good to know; and for the record, I have seen some nice fall foliage up close. For example, six years ago exactly, I was in Nanaimo, in western Canada, and I remember seeing some leafs turning colors. And next year I’m hoping to get to the East Coast, where I’ve never visited in my life, but does tend to have lots of fall leaves.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/20/23 at 7:20 pm
Headed out today with Hubby, off to the local forest preserve; the fall colors were actually quite nice. BTW it's nice you've had a chance to enjoy fall colors in different locations, always fun.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/20/23 at 7:32 pm
I would definitely like to see the East Coast in general, not just for the fall colors. It’s just that I thought of early fall because that might be a good time to travel to that part of the country.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/21/23 at 10:25 pm
Just as I've said and felt in recent years, early Fall is a favorite time of year here to me, and a big reason is its moderate weather, so I'd venture that Fall is a great time to travel east.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/22/23 at 12:37 am
'K, (as in short for okay), I'll take your word for it. (Originally, earlier this year, my family had booked a cruise, which I would have been on this weekend, but we cancelled that plan due in part to the fact that we spent money for a different kind of trip earlier this year; in April to the Grand Canyon, which you might remember.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/22/23 at 4:44 pm
Lucky you, going to the Grand Canyon! It's a stunningly beautiful place; I was only there once, briefly, and would love to go back. I wasn't there in the Fall, though; I went in March.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/22/23 at 10:18 pm
My trip to the Grand Canyon was half a year ago, in April, which is spring, a good time to go. The weather was nice (albeit chilly in the mornings). And now I am focusing on planning an East Coast trip for next fall.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/23 at 12:59 pm
Near by to The Grand Canyon is The Hoover Dam, which we visited twice on successive days.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/23/23 at 7:45 pm
Oh yes, that’s true; but my vacation trip from earlier this year was only to go to the Grand Canyon. Maybe someday I can get there again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/24/23 at 3:36 pm
Planning an East Coast trip for next Fall sounds like a winner - hope you can make that work out, you'll likely enjoy it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/24/23 at 8:05 pm
Quite honestly, I have a lotta work to do, but I do have plenty of time to plan it, but on the other hand I would like to figure it all out as soon as possible so that I can research flights and save up lots of money; things like that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/25/23 at 7:20 pm
Researching where to go, when to go, how to get there, whether you need transportation at your destination (and what type), all really good ideas to set up a successful vacation trip. But it is indeed an effort to do that research.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/25/23 at 8:58 pm
So true; that’s why I need all the time I can get. And to be honest, I have only made a small list of places thus far (which includes places in Rhode Island and possibly Massachusetts).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/31/23 at 4:40 pm
There are myriad good choices when it comes to places to travel. New England sounds like a good choice, if you're so inclined.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/31/23 at 7:47 pm
Until next fall is how long I have to decide, because I’m looking at next October as a potential time to go there; however, I would like to make some final decisions by the spring, so that my family and I can book flights and other important things.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/01/23 at 9:34 pm
Very well, October is a great time to see fall colors; the specific best time for color depends on how far north you go.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/01/23 at 10:15 pm
Weather can also be a concern at that time of year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/02/23 at 11:07 am
X-actly, although October weather seldom seriously disrupts travel (unless you're near the coast during a hurricane). You might need heavier outerwear, though.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/02/23 at 7:50 pm
Yes, I figured that I would pack some clothing for cooler weather, and possibly wear a jacket on the plane.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/03/23 at 1:29 pm
Zip-up outerwear (or outerwear with buttons/snaps) can come in different weights; make sure to select something moderately warm to bring, preferably something that handles rain as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/03/23 at 9:33 pm
Absolutely! That reminds me; making a list is helpful in planning big trips; gotta make sure you have everything you need.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/04/23 at 6:18 pm
Believe me, I learned the hard way how valuable lists are before taking a trip; if you have a good travel packing list, kudos! We keep our generic packing list in a spreadsheet.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/04/23 at 6:31 pm
Creating a packing list electronically is a good way to go, that way you can type it and possibly edit it on the screen (adding and removing items as needed) before you print it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/05/23 at 11:17 pm
Depending on where you decide to go, your destination may have an impact on what you pack.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/23 at 1:06 am
Eleven years ago, back in 2012, I took my first cruise, and that is when I first remember making a packing list. My parents helped me out with that, and it worked out great. I could go to the stores to buy what I needed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/23 at 5:33 am
For me, my true traveling days are over, just staying in London, or with the UK.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/23 at 5:51 pm
Good for you; I just know that at this point in my life, I am still very much interested in seeing certain parts of the world.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/06/23 at 8:27 pm
Happy to hear that you're up for travel, as it has certainly re-opened over the past couple years (after COVID).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/23 at 9:55 pm
I know, huh? It was especially nice to travel to the Grand Canyon earlier this year (in April) without all those restrictions in place. However, we did wear facemasks on the plane (going both directions) and inside places with lots of people. That was my first real vacation trip since before the pandemic.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/07/23 at 7:47 pm
Just think, even though COVID is not completely eradicated, we can actually get back to dreaming and planning about travel once again, like we did before the pandemic. That makes me happy!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/07/23 at 9:22 pm
Knowing that Covid isn't as bad as it was at the start makes me glad to be able to travel; in fact, I have several friends who've been doing plenty of international travel lately.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/08/23 at 12:08 pm
Likewise, hubby and I have done some traveling since 2022, to no ill effect, and will probably continue traveling in the near future. It's time to take vacation!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/08/23 at 9:31 pm
My parents took a vacation trip to Hawaii just about two years ago exactly - in November of 2021 - only for a week, and felt comfortable traveling. I stayed home to take care of the house (and I also had to go to work).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/10/23 at 7:47 pm
Now that folks are traveling again, unfortunately the issue of crowds while traveling has resurfaced. But, travel is generally such that we can put up with a few crowds to get ourselves to someplace nice!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/10/23 at 8:40 pm
Oh yes, that is a good observation. Even at places near to us (such as the stores), they are noticeably around, so if I need to go to such a place, I try not to go during peak hours.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/11/23 at 11:04 pm
People (at least many) held off on their planned vacations during COVID until the pandemic subsided, and for that reason I'm not surprised that traveling is up these days.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/11/23 at 11:06 pm
Quite right; I know I for one did (and I'm still not ready to start cruising again, although my parents have such a trip booked for themselves next spring).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/12/23 at 10:00 pm
Recognizing that everyone has their own tastes, I must admit I'd love to go cruising again as soon as it's feasible (despite that crowds were a headache at times, mealtime sometimes being the worst). On the other hand, I also enjoy the scenery of long car trips.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/13/23 at 12:16 am
So do I, depending on the location. In fact, earlier this year when I flew to Arizona with my family to see the Grand Canyon, we drove from Phoenix to Sedona before traveling to Williams; and there was some nice scenery in Sedona. (We also stopped there to see a chapel on the hill, which provided some majestic views.) Then it was on to Williams to spend a night at the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel before riding the train up to the Grand Canyon itself.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/13/23 at 10:25 pm
Truly, I must concur the Grand Canyon is a breathtaking - and unique - place to behold (I'd love to go back). Good choice on the stop in Sedona. That's what we seem to agree on, that when going to visit one place, if you have a car (or other means) you can see other places nearby. I hope you get to do that when traveling east.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/13/23 at 11:08 pm
Until next fall, I have plenty of time to plan what I'd like to do when I travel east. Of course we're gonna fly there, and rent a car so that we can drive to various places. And looking at the map will help me figure out places to see and visit; I can also go online to find out about such places.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/15/23 at 3:23 pm
Visiting Eastern states will give you so many great options! You can opt to do "everything" (as in travel about to see different things) or "nothing" (as in find a comfy beach house on the shore or cabin in the woods to hang out). It's up to you!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/15/23 at 7:36 pm
Well, given that I plan to go in the fall, I could possibly visit some beaches, as long as there isn’t any inclement weather. But I will definitely travel around and see what there is to see!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/16/23 at 7:21 pm
X-pect cooler, perhaps breezy weather on beaches in the northeast in Autumn - not sunbathing weather, but certainly worthwhile to visit. And traveling about to see different things is a superb plan! If you go southeast, you may find warm weather there in early Autumn.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/16/23 at 7:35 pm
You are correct; and I think I will probably have ample time to do some thorough planning in the new year, after the holidays are done, because this can be kind of a crazy time of year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/17/23 at 4:26 pm
Zero chance that you'd be unable to find something marvelous to do on a trip to the east coast. - there are so many great choices But I agree about getting through the holidays first.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/17/23 at 10:47 pm
Agreed; in fact, we have Thanksgiving coming up next week, and again this year my parents & I are gonna travel to Paso Robles to spend the holiday with a distant relative who runs a B&B.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/18/23 at 9:03 pm
B&B places tend to be pretty nice, to the extent that I've seen; enjoy your holiday in Paso Robles.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/18/23 at 9:07 pm
Can I just say that we've gone to this place each of the past two Thanksgivings, and we've enjoyed it very much. This distant relative of mine, btw, is a second-cousin of my mother's; he and his domestic partner have owned this place for several years and they first invited us over for Thanksgiving in 2021 and we were delighted to receive such an invitation. This year we are going to travel there on Wednesday and stay through Sunday. I will be able to come to this site, but only on my iPhone (of course using the Wifi), and my time online will be limited.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/23/23 at 10:48 pm
Delightful tradition you're developing, from the way it sounds (incidentally our new tradition appears to be visiting our Ohio family for Thanksgiving - I'm in Ohio now).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/23/23 at 11:04 pm
Excellent! I’m at my cousin’s place right now; we had a great meal. And I’m glad to hear that you’re having a nice time in Ohio with your relatives there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/26/23 at 9:37 pm
For us, visiting our Ohio family is a delight, as we get to spend much time together. Usually I end up with most of the cooking duties as our hosts are inexperienced in making Thanksgiving food (foreign country natives) so it's busy for me, but I don't mind. I just stress out over the food until it's all done - and supervise the grandkids, my good helpers. And so far it's always worked out.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/26/23 at 11:03 pm
Good to know! And I had a nice time up in Paso Robles this weekend. Plus, as mentioned in at least one other thread, we left there this morning just after 8:30 (Pacific time) and it took 3 1/2 hours to get home (including the two stops we made along the way). Had we left a little later, it might have taken longer due to the potential traffic jams, because there are many people who like to travel for long holiday weekends such as this.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/27/23 at 9:39 pm
Happy to hear you had a good holiday and traffic was reasonable - as really bad traffic can put a damper on the joy of the holiday. (And I've experienced Hwy 101 - when it snarls up, it can get pretty brutal.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/27/23 at 10:21 pm
I know; it can especially get jam-packed in high-density population areas, such as Los Angeles. (I would know; I've lived in southern California my whole life, and since I was little I can remember having traveled on various portions of said highway within the state. I even drive 20-someodd miles of it to work.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/28/23 at 9:39 pm
Just glad to hear traffic wasn't a problem. As for us, we traveled on "off" days to avoid traffic, as our normally 6 1/2 hour drive to Ohio can get terrible; it likes to be worse on our trip home. (We have a normal "southern" route we take home thru Indianapolis, but it's very congestion prone, so we sometimes take our alternate "northern" route thru Fort Wayne if Google Maps advises, as it's less traffic prone.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/28/23 at 10:03 pm
Keeping a GPS or a traffic app on your smartphone (if you’re not driving) can help you get around bad traffic areas. And yes, Google Maps is a great tool as well, as it can show traffic conditions (with green indicating normal speeds).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/23 at 5:10 am
Like as for me, as a non-driver, I use Google Maps when planning when I am out and about, walking etc.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/29/23 at 11:31 pm
Maps, whether they're traditional paper or the electronic kind, are very useful in more ways than one! What would we ever do without them?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/30/23 at 2:46 pm
Never travel without maps, that's what I say. Typically, we use both paper and electronic maps during car travel. When traveling by air, we usually bring paper maps, but use electronic maps if we need to navigate.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/30/23 at 11:44 pm
Oh yes, I totally agree. It's one thing when you've been somewhere before and can find it easily, but it's another when you're visiting a place for the first time and you need to find your way. You gotta bring maps for that situation.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/23 at 3:29 pm
Precisely as it was with me today, I always plan my journey ahead, and I take with a an paperback sized atlas of London, but I still need to refer the exact address for the location on Google Maps.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/02/23 at 5:26 pm
Quickly you can find a desired place on Google Maps simply by typing in the address, complete with the city and region. Even if you only type it in partway, a list of suggestions will appear below the textbox to help you narrow it down.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/02/23 at 8:36 pm
Reliance on electronic map apps (like Google Maps) has risen dramatically lately; understandable, as they are quite reliable and will generally get you where you need to go. Even though I like using paper maps, navigation is much easier with an electronic aid.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/23 at 9:08 am
Sure did today, I was out and about, and was using Google Maps to help me around, finding the short cuts when walking.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/03/23 at 9:46 am
The paper maps and the electronic maps both have their advantages. I just know that when you use a paper map, you can see the whole thing and plot a general course; determine which routes you want to take.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/23 at 1:36 pm
Unused electricity is use for reading from a paper map, unless you switch a light on.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/03/23 at 3:04 pm
Very true; you could also use your electronic device to show the maps. That can be helpful as you are traveling.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/23 at 5:29 am
With these you do not get lost.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/05/23 at 7:20 pm
X marks the spot where your destination is on the map.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/23 at 3:09 am
You have finally reached your destination.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/06/23 at 9:03 pm
Zero miles to go (or whichever unit of measurement you use) once you get there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/07/23 at 8:27 pm
Although I've encountered those rare occasions where the electronic map steers me wrong, or even more often it loses track of where I am; it pays to watch out for those rare occurrences and be prepared.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/07/23 at 10:23 pm
Being prepared like that is helpful; sometimes going an unintended route may seem misleading at first, but it can get you around any trouble spots. There are apps such as Waze that can help you especially when there's bad traffic.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/08/23 at 7:25 pm
Confidence that you're going the best route is what you really get from electronic maps. Although I could sometimes navigate without it (maybe), I'm much more confident with the aid of the electronic map.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/08/23 at 8:04 pm
Don’t be fooled if they take you in a zigzagging route, as I mentioned in my previous post. They will eventually get you to where you wanna go. Of course if you miss a turn somewhere (or make another kind of mistake), the app will recalculate your route and tell you where to go next.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/09/23 at 9:44 pm
Electronic map software has indeed been revolutionary for travelers. I certainly agree about the software's ability to change the route when the user either overrides it or makes a mistake - so valuable!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/09/23 at 10:15 pm
Finding an alternative route is a very useful feature of GPSes and map apps.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/12/23 at 9:52 pm
Goodness yes, finding alternate routes is certainly among their best features.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/23 at 4:34 am
Happened to me yesterday, on helping a fellow traveler on a train in London, I helped out on using my local knowledge on a quicker way to get to the required destination, transfering trains, etc.
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Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/14/23 at 1:01 am
I am sure that the traveler appreciated you helping them out; knowing which routes to take and giving directions is certainly helpful.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/14/23 at 9:48 pm
Jesting with my husband regarding the map app is also a source of amusement, as when we're together I'm wont to talk back to the device or tell it "NO!!!", to his great amusement. (Abject silliness, I know.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/15/23 at 7:46 pm
Keep in mind that if you do try to be verbally defiant to the device, it probably won’t respond to you, like those virtual assistants such as Alexa.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/15/23 at 9:09 pm
Lest you worry about me, I'm completely aware the device does not take verbal directions - but pretending it does adds to the fun. And hubby recognizes the silliness (he even chimes in on occasion). We laugh. Besides, we only really counter the device when we decide to override its route (which happens a lot).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/15/23 at 10:29 pm
Making a “pretend” connection like that can be fun; you’re right. I was just trying to formulate a response starting with the letter K in my previous reply and I was rather limited as to what I could come up with.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/23 at 4:06 am
Never trusted Alexa, listening on your conversations...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/16/23 at 10:02 am
One thing you should NOT do is say her name while such a device is turned on, particularly when you don’t wanna get her attention.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/23 at 3:09 pm
Particularly with the television on, it would spring into action all the time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/16/23 at 8:56 pm
Quietness due to Alexa listening isn't exactly my style; I haven't gotten one of those yet, not sure I will.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/17/23 at 9:51 am
Refresh my memory: how did we get on this subject?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/23 at 2:02 pm
Seek back to the letter 'K' above.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/17/23 at 3:22 pm
That’s right; I remember now. Funny how we can suddenly shift from one subject to another in this thread! :D
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/17/23 at 4:53 pm
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective) that's how this game thread tends to go.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/17/23 at 4:58 pm
Variety is the key word here; and that's a good thing because it makes the thread discussion more interesting. Especially when we seem to spend more than 20 replies talking about the same thing (that can get tiresome after awhile).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/23 at 11:22 am
Waffling on, we soon lose track of things
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/18/23 at 2:16 pm
X-actly! But that usually just means it's time for a new topic.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/23 at 2:19 pm
Yes indeed, very soon a new topic for discussion will be required.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/18/23 at 7:52 pm
Zipadee doodah, this completes another round. However, we don’t necessarily have to begin a new topic of discussion once we return to the beginning of the alphabet (in fact, many times if we have a discussion going, we’ve continued it until we decide to switch gears). Nonetheless, I would like to ask, does anyone have any interesting plans for the holiday season?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/23 at 7:51 am
Another start of new conversation, 'does anyone have any interesting plans for the holiday season', it seems I will be with the family, therefore away from home.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/19/23 at 7:31 pm
Being that my holiday shopping is complete and my decorations are finished, all I have to do now is wrap gifts.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/23 at 9:36 am
Christmas is a time for giving.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/20/23 at 8:03 pm
Does anyone else know what they plan to do for the holidays? If not, then we can carry on this discussion.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/23/23 at 4:21 pm
Ever since Christmas got close I've felt overwhelmingly busy; but now that things are mostly buttoned up we can relax a little, as we're going out for Christmas dinner (taking the big cooking event off the board for me). We'll celebrate quietly but thoughtfully at home. We'll also visit a friend for "dessert".
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/23/23 at 11:34 pm
For as long as I’ve been around, I’ve never gone out for a Christmas dinner, unless it was to my grandparents’ house, but that was only on a select few occasions (only because my parents, who often had to do music for church services, would be tired and not want to cook). But now that I’m older, I like to help my parents prepare the holiday meal, especially since I don’t have a big family. (A number of my relatives have passed on, while others have moved.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/24/23 at 6:08 pm
Good for you, having Christmas dinner at home with your folks and helping prepare it. Enjoy! If our parents were still alive, we surely would look to be with them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/24/23 at 10:26 pm
Having holiday celebrations with your family is something special, because it’s good to enjoy their presence while you still have them around.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/26/23 at 4:50 pm
I wholeheartedly agree that being with loved ones is top priority during the holidays.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/26/23 at 10:46 pm
Just so you know, I don't have a very big family myself, and a number of relatives I grew up with are now deceased (particularly grandparents), but I did enjoy their company whenever they came over or went to their places... whether it was for a holiday/special occasion or other time of the year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/27/23 at 9:12 pm
Love of holidays for me is in part fueled by memories of wonderful family gatherings in holidays past. This year our Christmas gathering was with good friends, but we enjoyed it plenty.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/27/23 at 11:45 pm
Just so you know, I don't have a very big family myself, and a number of relatives I grew up with are now deceased (particularly grandparents), but I did enjoy their company whenever they came over or went to their places... whether it was for a holiday/special occasion or other time of the year.
Keep in mind that a letter was skipped, so I have to go back and insert it. Done!
Love of holidays for me is in part fueled by memories of wonderful family gatherings in holidays past. This year our Christmas gathering was with good friends, but we enjoyed it plenty.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/29/23 at 8:08 pm
Just so you know, I don't have a very big family myself, and a number of relatives I grew up with are now deceased (particularly grandparents), but I did enjoy their company whenever they came over or went to their places... whether it was for a holiday/special occasion or other time of the year.
Keep in mind that a letter was skipped, so I have to go back and insert it. Done!
Love of holidays for me is in part fueled by memories of wonderful family gatherings in holidays past. This year our Christmas gathering was with good friends, but we enjoyed it plenty.
Oh no, my bad! :-[ (Why do I keep skipping "K"? Maybe it is a subconscious protest against Kindergarten ;D) Anyways back to the game
My favorite family holidays of the past included my entire nuclear family, Grandmother, perhaps a great aunt or two, and some superb home cooking. Sadly I haven't enjoyed that combination since the early 80's, as one brother moved away in late '80 and I lost my grandmother in late '82.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/29/23 at 11:09 pm
Nice that you have those memories! Similarly, I grew up with gatherings involving great-aunts, particularly my maternal grandmother’s two sisters, since they lived locally to me. This is due in part to the fact that my mother was very close with her mom’s side of the family; they all lived close to her when she was growing up.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/30/23 at 6:19 pm
Once I lost my mom, we've found it harder to establish new holiday traditions; however, we've enjoyed going to be with the grandkids' family in Ohio these past few Thanksgivings. New Christmas traditions seem to be more elusive so far, although hanging out with friends did work out nicely this year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/30/23 at 7:08 pm
People tend to develop various holiday traditions over the years. That certainly includes my own family. Sometimes we even invite friends over. (In fact, this year my mom invited a very close friend of hers to have Christmas dinner with us; this woman, who has been single her entire life, is close in age to my mom and didn’t really have any close family to be with; so she was delighted that my mom invited her to be with us.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/01/24 at 5:38 pm
Quiet, nuclear family only gatherings (me, mom, one brother and my husband) were more typical after my dad's passing. However it did mix things up nicely when we invited extended family over, as well as times we were invited to extended family or family friends' homes during holidays.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/01/24 at 5:52 pm
Remembering good times like those is always nice, especially when you had good times with them. And you can also make new memories!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/03/24 at 9:52 pm
Since our Ohio folks moved there (during the pandemic), we haven't had any interest in trying to host a holiday dinner. We're thankful that it has worked out for us to travel to their home for Thanksgiving; we've been making some good memories with them. At Christmas, we've gone out for dinner the last couple years. So far so good.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/03/24 at 10:44 pm
Thanksgiving must have been a great time for you to see those folks (and on a similar note, I have been visiting with a certain branch of the family on said holiday for the past three years; I even mentioned it on here during that time). Christmas too (although for me, I just about always celebrate it at home).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/04/24 at 10:17 pm
Unless the two of us are with other loved ones, a holiday can feel like "what's so special about this", even as much as we enjoy each other's company. Having family and/or good friends around gives our get-togethers that holiday feel.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/04/24 at 10:43 pm
Very nice that you can enjoy each other’s company. I feel the same way with having certain people around. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/05/24 at 7:21 pm
We enjoy one another's company immensely; that's how it should be with married couples. But we're together every day. For holidays, it's the right time to expand our horizons as we can.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/05/24 at 7:35 pm
X-pansion is a good way to put it. (Once again, I had to use this letter in a clever way.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/06/24 at 4:17 pm
You'd think that we'd always skip "X" given how few words start with it, but we seem to manage with it. Back to topic - we enjoy being with extended family over the holidays, as long as we can make it work out; being with good friends is also good.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/06/24 at 10:03 pm
Zero more letters come after this one, so we go back to the beginning of the alphabet on the next post. But before we get there, I must agree that it’s nice to be with family and friends during the holidays; those are occasions that you want to make the best of, because you never know for sure when you’re gonna meet with them again. I mean, you can schedule a get-together and ask them if they’re available. I’d like to see about doing that this year with certain friends of mine.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/07/24 at 7:35 pm
As long as family and friends are available for a get-together, it's good to try to schedule it. I hope it works out for you to see your loved ones, and on my end, we'll try to get creative and schedule something, too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/07/24 at 7:53 pm
Better yet, it would be nice if some of us fellow board members could meet in person! This has been done a few times amongst a handful of members on the East Coast, but I still have yet to meet a member of this site in the almost 20 years that I’ve been here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/24 at 10:18 am
Can be done? Remember I was a matter of several miles from you (Jeff) back in 2013, but I had a tight schedule to keep, there again I could had surprised Howard too?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/08/24 at 11:26 pm
Did you go to New York in your 2013 trip, Philip? Oh that's right, I think I remember you did. So you were in Howard's general area. (That's an area I still have yet to visit.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/10/24 at 10:07 pm
Even I have been to New York City on a few occasions; not in 2013, though. But from Chicagoland, it's not a quick trip to drive (we basically did it straight through once, but the trip was a killer, and we vowed not to do that again). If we take 2 days and stay overnight in western PA, we can drive there. (We've never actually driven right to NYC from home, but we have driven right to northern NJ just across the river from NYC.) So Philip, is nally's statement correct about your 2013 trip?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/11/24 at 11:55 pm
Four days have passed (almost) since Philip replied to this thread, but I can say that I remember him posting about his trip to the States in 2013; he made posts in at least a couple of threads. And his posts mentioned parts of the East Coast, such as the nation's capital (Washington D.C.) and...New York. He was there in October of that year. I've found one such post.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/12/24 at 4:47 pm
Getting together with fellow board members seems to be gist of the matter at hand; I like the idea, although the way we are spread out I'm not sure of its feasibility, but I will keep an open mind. To reiterate, I do like the idea.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/12/24 at 11:20 pm
How to arrange a get-together would be a challenge too. In fact, as early as the late 2000s there has been discussion about the potential of a gathering of longtime members on here (some of whom don’t post much these days); however, we all realized the various factors that would be involved. Still, I seem to remember that a number of folks from the East Coast (and a handful from England) got together and posted about it. This was approximately 15 years or so ago. (I wished I could have traveled there too, but it wasn’t feasible for me to fly across the country then.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/14/24 at 9:24 am
I wasn't among the group either, but I recall seeing some pictures from the gathering - it looked like fun!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/24 at 9:38 am
Just two members (now long gone), I have met up with from these boards.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/15/24 at 7:38 pm
Knew that, yes I did, because I remember seeing said posts. And while I still have yet to meet a member in person, I have actually spoken with one past member on the phone.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/16/24 at 12:28 pm
Luckily I still see myself as able to travel, so I'd be open to potential plans to meet with members in the near future, if the travel isn't prohibitive.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/24 at 2:38 pm
Miles, just miles away from Jeff, when I visited the Ronald Reagan Archive.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/16/24 at 7:30 pm
Now the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is a place that I have never visited, but have gotten fairly close to. There is a little road that leads to the place, accessible from a major road that I’ve traveled on several times.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/24 at 7:47 am
Only a few miles from you, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is must visit!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/17/24 at 7:31 pm
Perhaps I'll pay a visit there someday; I don't know yet. There are some things I'd like to accomplish this year, such as planning to travel to the east coast (which I've mentioned several times on this thread already in the past few months). My target time to go there will be sometime in early October, which is several months away yet, but it helps to plan early, do research, etc. I just know that I wouldn't wanna be there right now because it's freezing/snowy there; this I know because a friend of mine who lives in Rhode Island just texted me a picture of the weather conditions yesterday.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/18/24 at 12:36 pm
Quite a good plan, visiting the east coast in early October. Indeed, traveling to a snowy place in winter can be iffy, particularly for air travel or (sometimes) by car. Early October usually has pleasant but slightly cooler temperatures and you might see fall color.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/19/24 at 10:45 pm
Right now I don’t have any plans set in stone, but fall colors are definitely something I would love to see. What I need is to set aside some time during a weekend (because I work full time during the week) to make some serious plans.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/24 at 11:06 am
Since my new ailments began, I do not have the desire to travel long distance now, but I am still okay traveling around London.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/20/24 at 1:02 pm
That's quite all right. Maybe someday I'll travel to Europe. If I do, my top two choices of places to visit would be Italy and England.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/21/24 at 9:21 pm
Until the time comes for your trip, you can research potential things to see and do. Especially for you I recommend to consider a visit to Cooperstown NY - the Hall of Fame is filled with delights for baseball fans. It requires planning and a chunk of time, however. At least it's worth consideration.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/22/24 at 9:29 pm
Very kind of you to suggest that...but I don't know that I would make it to NY. However, speaking of baseball, Fenway Park is in Boston, Massachusetts, which is somewhere I might be interested in going. (To clarify, I would like to go near it. I've already been near a few active MLB stadiums other than Dodger Stadium.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/22/24 at 11:32 pm
Wonderful plan, visiting Boston. If you have time make sure to see some historical sites there (there's plenty to see).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/23/24 at 12:48 am
X marks the spots on the map where I intend to travel, but right now there aren’t too many of those. Certain places in Rhode Island are, however, on my wish list. I just need to sit down and make some plans.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/23/24 at 3:21 am
You must visit Boston, it is a wonderful place, and full of history.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/23/24 at 2:33 pm
Zero "firm" plans, eh? That's understandable at this stage. The good news is, Boston and Rhode Island aren't that far from one another; if you visit one, it makes sense to visit the other.
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Written By: nally on 01/23/24 at 7:40 pm
Absolutely! And I can look on my paper map to investigate other potential places. As well as do online research. I also need to research flights to and from the area.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/24/24 at 10:24 pm
Being in the planning stage for a vacation is fun! Sometimes it brings a little work (as research) too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/25/24 at 9:34 pm
Challenges often arise when researching, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be difficult. A year ago, when my family and I planned our Grand Canyon trip (for April), we researched the area.. but it wasn’t too challenging because we had a general idea of where we specifically wanted to go; plus we were gone for less than a week. Planning for the East Coast will be different because I would probably want to be away for a week or so.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/27/24 at 6:28 pm
Do plan to visit the east coast for a week (or close to it); there's lots to see, much of it concentrated in a relatively small area. In particular this is true if you like historical sites.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/27/24 at 8:53 pm
Eastern part of the United States has plenty of history to it, that’s for sure. I would probably come across a number of historical places depending on where I go.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/29/24 at 8:50 pm
For fans of historical sites, Boston is a must. But there are plenty of other places and sights to see, so it's good to allow some time during your travels.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/29/24 at 10:40 pm
Gonna hopefully get started on researching sometime soon; what I really need to do is schedule a day and time to do so. That’s another thing; I really want to improve my time management skills.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/30/24 at 9:34 pm
Having a goal to improve time management sounds like a good thing just in general. Hopefully you'll find time to plan your trip where you can allow anticipation to build, as that's usually more enjoyable than having to rush things last minute.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/30/24 at 11:46 pm
I keep wanting to improve on said skill each year, but I guess I don't make enough effort to do it. However, I do seem to manage my time fairly well at my work; in the 8 years I've been in my job, I've developed/improved on several things.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/31/24 at 8:21 pm
Just seeing improvement in time management is helpful; it's a skill that can translate both to work and home life. Plus it makes it easier to carve out time to do something fun, like plan a vacation.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/31/24 at 10:18 pm
Knowing how to manage your time is certainly important. I think we can all agree on that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/01/24 at 8:13 pm
Learning time management is indeed important. I agree!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/01/24 at 10:42 pm
Managing your time well will help you make the most of your day. Especially if it all goes according to plan.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/02/24 at 7:42 pm
No disagreement there. In fact, I'm certain I could do a better job managing my time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/02/24 at 8:13 pm
Oh yes, many people could probably relate. Every year I use an appointment calendar book to write my appointments; similarly, I have such a book at my office in which I write down things that I need to accomplish each month (on the days when they're due, so that I can plan ahead).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/04/24 at 3:57 pm
People in general learn (or should learn) at some point how to divide their time. On the other hand, there are certain skills and practices that make one more masterful at it. I don't put myself into the masterful category, although I used certain techniques at work in the past that were helpful. (Now that I'm retired, I think I need to work on it more.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/05/24 at 7:14 pm
Questions often arise as to where to start, but making a list can help.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/05/24 at 7:23 pm
Retirees (like me) can fall into bad habits. That said, there's always room to improve. Agreed that making a list is generally helpful.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/06/24 at 8:41 pm
Sometimes we get like that, regarding bad habits. But there are ways to break out of them.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/07/24 at 7:52 pm
True, and it's good to never give up on striving to improve and address bad habits.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/08/24 at 7:56 pm
Unfortunately there are some habits that we try hard to eliminate, but sometimes it is difficult when circumstances beyond our control get in the way.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/09/24 at 3:10 pm
Very true. But it's never too late to incorporate new, good habits. Even if you have to restart them over and over.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/09/24 at 10:37 pm
We can all agree on that, I assume. Making an effort is the key here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/10/24 at 9:48 pm
X-actly! To make an effort and not give up quickly. Perseverance helps. And now that we've all agreed about how to improve our habits, perhaps it's time to return to the topic at hand.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/10/24 at 9:58 pm
You’re right, we should. But what topic would that be? Was it about making lists?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/13/24 at 3:26 pm
(skipping 'Z')
Actually, if memory serves me right we were talking about vacations (which led to discussing time management). That can be a good topic, or we could start something else.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/13/24 at 7:51 pm
Zero words would have come to mind for me if I were the responder above.
Being able to manage your time so that you can plan a vacation is good to do. (There, I was able to combine two different subjects into one sentence that made sense and related to the post above.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/14/24 at 7:19 pm
Combining the two topics was done very skillfully - kudos. I agree that planning a good vacation requires some time, and time management helps to ensure you can find the needed time to plan well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/14/24 at 11:31 pm
Doing that sorta thing (combining ideas from one or more subjects) is a creative skill to have; so is being able to manage your time effectively...to plan a vacation! Just a year ago, my family and I were planning our Grand Canyon trip, which occurred in April. Planning that trip took a good deal of effort, even though it was for only half a week, and we only flew from California to Arizona and back. But planning to fly across the country is a much bigger deal, cuz there's more involved (at least as I see it).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/15/24 at 7:25 pm
Every bit of planning effort you put into your trip should pay good dividends. No doubt about that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/15/24 at 9:11 pm
For sure it will. Now is there another subject that we can discuss, or shall we continue with the current subject until we get tired of it?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/17/24 at 9:08 pm
Good question. I'm up for suggestions. BTW I noticed you hit a milestone as far as your time on inthe00s - congrats on that!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/17/24 at 11:01 pm
Having been a member here for 20 years is certainly an honor, yes. There are a handful of users who've been here longer than that, and still remain active today. All that goes to show how dedicated we are on here.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/19/24 at 4:10 pm
I'm approaching that 20 years membership milestone, myself. I have certainly enjoyed my time on the boards. I will say I miss some of the old members.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/19/24 at 11:14 pm
Just like me! (With regards to missing the old members.) What I'm saying is, you and I agree that we miss a lot of old (past) members that were here back in the day, but whose whereabouts seems to be unknown.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/20/24 at 7:17 pm
Keeping up with former members is nearly impossible once they leave. (In a way, that's not surprising.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/20/24 at 9:31 pm
Lots of them (well, maybe a select few) are on Facebook, and I’ve stayed in contact with them on there. That reminds me, this June will mark 15 years since I joined FB.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/22/24 at 11:03 pm
Milestones like that are good to commemorate. (Although TBH, I'm not sure when I joined Facebook)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/23/24 at 12:33 am
Not everyone remembers things like that, I know. I just know that I'm lucky to have that talent myself.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/23/24 at 4:29 pm
Of course commemorating such milestones makes sense, as it's better to remember than to forget. And declining to commemorate makes them easier to forget. (I think that's human nature.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/23/24 at 11:45 pm
Perhaps it is, but I like to make sure I don't forget important things in my life, including how long it's been since those moments occurred.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/24/24 at 3:46 pm
Quite the good philosophy, keeping track of when important things happen. Commemorating events makes them easier to remember.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/24/24 at 7:38 pm
Remembering certain events helps you to recall when something important happened in your life. Heck, I can remember what I was doing on this date in certain past years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/25/24 at 2:56 pm
Some folks are especially gifted in that way. We have a friend who remembers just about every date imaginable. (The same friend is also really good at doing math in his head.) Since we're not all that talented, it makes more sense to remember with some kind of commemoration event, or at least acknowledgement, in order to remember.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/25/24 at 3:25 pm
There are many ways to help remember something that happens. By the way, your aforementioned friend must have a talent similar to mine (based on what you wrote in your post); plus, I am also capable of doing math in my head!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/26/24 at 8:49 pm
Unique talents like these are often a big help to those of us not so inclined; for instance, he can always figure out a tip quickly.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/26/24 at 11:33 pm
Very quickly in some cases... but again that depends on how well the person can figure it out.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/27/24 at 9:44 pm
We're grateful to have our friend around in those instances, as he is also "very quick" as you say. Accurate, too. (Of course we appreciate him for other reasons as well!)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/27/24 at 10:08 pm
X-actly! That person and I probably have some noteworthy things in common, based on what you’ve described.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/28/24 at 8:26 pm
You're probably right, you seem to have such things in common with our friend. I'm thinking now might be a good time to consider a new topic (or return to a previous one), unless you want to hear more about our friend.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/28/24 at 9:55 pm
Zipadee doo dah; I think you have told me a lot of interesting things about this friend of yours, enough for me to figure out what kind of person he is. So what else can we discuss next?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/29/24 at 10:15 pm
At least one thing I didn't mention about our friend is he's visually impaired, has been all his life. His wife is also visually impaired. They are multi-cat parents. We sometimes drive them to church. As far as next topic, I'll take suggestions.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/29/24 at 10:51 pm
Blimey! The fact that he’s visually impaired came as a bit of a surprise to me. It’s good that you are able to do helpful things for him. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/01/24 at 10:33 pm
Considering how we've known the couple since 2001 and they live only a mile away, we've become good friends. Another mutual friend also drives them to church and we all do stuff together.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/02/24 at 11:16 am
Doing things together with other people is always nice. 'Course, we were unable to do it during the pandemic...but once things improved and restrictions were lifted, it certainly felt good to have get-togethers again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/02/24 at 5:46 pm
Especially good after we could meet indoors and ditch the masks! (There was a group of us desiring to meet during COVID - we met at outdoor tables with masks on, not so fun.) Even though COVID is not eradicated, it is much better being able to interact normally these days. Although I think COVID's after-effects linger on.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/02/24 at 6:54 pm
For sure they do. People are still getting it and testing positive. And according to the CDC, anyone who does test positive for covid still needs to quarantine for a certain number of days.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/03/24 at 2:15 pm
Getting COVID still throw's ones plans for a loop. (Had it last year, it was mild but had hard ramifications.) Thankfully, not so many people are getting severe COVID (at the risk of hospitalization or worse).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/03/24 at 3:25 pm
Haven't had it (and I hope I never do). I received my vaccinations when they became available in spring 2021 and I've been receiving my boosters on an annual basis (in the fall). And I think when you go inside a medical facility, a facemask is recommended, but I don't think all such places are requiring it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/24 at 3:27 pm
I have never had it too, and fear for it when I feel flu-ish, like you I have had the full amount of vaccinations too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/04/24 at 7:55 pm
Just as the flu and other such ailments are by-and-large "managed" these days, it looks like this is where COVID is headed, at least in the short term. It would be wonderful to eradicate it, but not sure that will happen in the near future.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/04/24 at 10:49 pm
Keeping yourself healthy is always important and helpful to do. I agree that getting rid of all the viruses completely would be great, but we all know that it would take a long long time to do so; part of the problem is that too many people expect a quick fix and that’s just not the way life works.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/06/24 at 10:33 pm
Likening COVID to the flu and similar ailments may come in time, but we're not quite there yet. Things are trending in the right direction, though.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/06/24 at 11:14 pm
My health has been good lately; I haven't been notably sick at all in the past four years. The last time I was truly sick, in November of 2019, when I caught the flu from my parents and had to take a couple days off from work. Fortunately, I was prescribed a Tamiflu which got me well again within a few days.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/07/24 at 10:00 pm
Not getting sick for four years is quite the feat! Although, in the thick of COVID when we all social distanced and masked, it seems there were less "regular" ailments like colds and flus going around.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/07/24 at 10:35 pm
Oh yes, I think we can agree on that. I was good about not getting close to anyone during the thick of the pandemic. I wore my facemasks when I went into public places. And I managed to stay healthy the whole time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/08/24 at 7:25 pm
People social distancing and the like had its downsides, but one upside was having less viruses go around.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/08/24 at 10:36 pm
Quite right! Cause you never know if anyone you encountered might have been infected. It was best to not get too close.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/09/24 at 4:16 pm
Returning to normal seemed awkward for a while after COVID, as it seemed strange to get close to anyone, especially if unmasked. But being vaccinated was thankfully the major catalyst for returning to normal.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/09/24 at 5:24 pm
Sure, it absolutely was. I just remember that in June of 2021, when restrictions were initially lifted, I was kinda unsure about getting close to people again, but the CDC said it was okay to do so; therefore I took their word for it. I know it felt good to interact in-person with people I knew (for example, at church) and make physical contact with them in the form of handshakes and hugs. 'Course, not long after that I heard about another "variant" and that masking up was recommended...but the distancing was not a problem.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/10/24 at 7:29 pm
Those new variants certainly made it seem that the pandemic wasn't over. But thankfully they were by and large weaker than the original variants, plus with the addition of vaccinations and new therapies not so many people were getting sick enough for the hospital, a very good thing.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/11/24 at 12:59 am
U got that right! (I couldn’t think of a word that actually starts with the letter U to respond to your post, so I had to get creative again. We’re just getting to that point in the alphabet where there aren’t many interesting words to choose from.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/11/24 at 10:26 pm
Vaccines becoming available seemed to be the turning point, along with new therapies. After that, COVID was usually more an inconvenience than a potential death sentence.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/11/24 at 10:54 pm
We have sure come a long way since then - particularly within the last four years (since it was on this date when Covid was declared an official pandemic by the World Health Organization).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/12/24 at 8:50 pm
X-actly right, as four years ago we were just starting to understand the scope of the pandemic, if not the correct ways to deal with it. What a miserable place we were in for a while!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/12/24 at 9:54 pm
Yeah; we were all worried about how we were gonna handle it.. and what kinds of adjustments we would need to make. For me that included working from home, which the rest of us in the office had to do (and get set up with). I was primarily working from home for just over a year. (I was back in the office regularly by the end of March 2021.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/13/24 at 7:26 pm
Zero contact with anyone not in our immediate family was the first idea basically being touted. However, as we humans are social beings, it was a sad state of affairs for us. Not to mention very strange.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/13/24 at 7:58 pm
Although we had the opportunity to use platforms like Zoom, it wasn't quite the same as in-person interaction. Still, I used it a couple of times in 2020 to virtually meet with a certain group of friends (including on the evening of my 40th birthday, in July of 2020).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/15/24 at 10:56 pm
Being able to use technology like Zoom was a lifesaver then. Still, it wasn't quite the same. But the best we could do at that time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/15/24 at 11:08 pm
Correct. There were also other virtual platforms that people had to use, such as Facebook watch; I used that for the most part to view church services on Sundays (the place I normally attended had a video camera that pointed to the altar at all times). In fact, a young couple that I am friends with had originally planned to get married in September of 2020 (and I would have attended their wedding in person if there had been no pandemic), but they postponed it to the following April and I had to settle for watching it livestreamed from the church (viewing it on my computer screen at home).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/16/24 at 8:53 pm
Darn pandemic, it sure interfered with life as we know it! Weddings were postponed. Funerals/memorial services were ofttimes cancelled. Medical procedures were postponed or cancelled. Graduations went "virtual". School came home for millions of students, with not-so-great results. And more. I hope we never go through that again.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/16/24 at 9:51 pm
Everyone had to go through that, and I agree with you that we should not have to do anything like that again. However, it did help us develop a new sense of patience for handling things. For me that included working from home, and while that had an advantage of saving fuel (and wear-and-tear on the car), it also had its drawbacks such as connectivity issues; plus it took a toll on my old laptop, so I had to buy a new one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/17/24 at 10:00 pm
Frankly I'm not sure what I learned from the pandemic time, except maybe some patience. To me it was overall pretty negative.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/17/24 at 10:19 pm
Good answer; I think there was plenty of negativity during that span, but I’m sure all of us were able to find some positives in our lives. I for one like to look on the bright side of things and try to be optimistic.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/18/24 at 7:18 pm
Happily, we learned more about preventing and dealing with COVID, less people got sick, those who got sick could get some treatment, and the pandemic situation improved overall. I also agree that in general optimism is the healthier way to look at things. I do lament some of the pandemic's lingering effects, though.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/18/24 at 7:47 pm
I agree with you on those statements; you summed it up well. Now, I was wondering, is there anything else we can discuss?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/19/24 at 10:07 pm
Just as you mention, I think a new topic would be a good idea. I'm open to suggestions.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/19/24 at 10:45 pm
Knowing that the Vernal Equinox starts tonight, I would like to know if anyone has anything that they like about the spring season? (In fact, I think it is already technically spring right now!)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/20/24 at 3:17 pm
Liking spring is easy when one lives in a climate like Chicago! In fact, although I like autumn a wee bit more (in part because it seems to last longer) I'm thrilled when it finally becomes spring here. This year we certainly got spring early (although the last couple of days have felt colder, more average for March).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/21/24 at 8:02 pm
My experiences with the spring season mostly involve sunny and warm weather, since I have lived in southern California my whole life. However, we occasionally get precipitation (rain). I for one enjoy the fact that the Major League Baseball season usually begins in the spring!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/25/24 at 4:51 pm
No doubt, for we who enjoy baseball, there's always anticipation and positive energy from our MLB teams' kicking off a new season!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/25/24 at 7:38 pm
One pair of teams has already played a pair of games this season, namely the Padres and Dodgers, who played last week in Seoul, South Korea. They split the series. Which reminds me, we need to start the MLB thread in the Sports Zone section!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/26/24 at 10:02 pm
Perfect timing on the new MLB 2024 thread, as most teams are either done with or wrapping up Spring Training.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/26/24 at 10:05 pm
Quickly I will start it, before the season opens for all teams on Thursday! You are correct; all teams are wrapping up Spring Training today; right now the Dodgers and Angels are playing their final exhibition game, at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/27/24 at 8:43 pm
Really glad to see the new 2024 MLB season thread started, as the regular season gets going tomorrow - with plenty of anticipation!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/28/24 at 12:06 am
Someone needs to reply to it! Last I checked, it didn’t have any replies yet. (Kinda like what happened last year; I was making all the replies on it for the first couple weeks or so.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/28/24 at 6:16 pm
Today is opening day for many teams; I expect to have a report on my favorite teams tonight.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/28/24 at 7:37 pm
Until I have an opportunity to reply to said thread, I can proudly say right now that my team won its game this afternoon, with Shohei Ohtani getting a hit or two in front of the Dodger Stadium crowd.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/29/24 at 9:08 pm
Very much dependent on the schedule is how I'd describe how the opportunities to contribute to the MLB thread roll out, with the exception of news items like health updates, suspensions, trades and roster moves, other events like that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/29/24 at 10:17 pm
Well, every season has its share of anomalies such as those mentioned in the above post; players don’t exactly meet their expectations, but that’s only because they are human beings just like you and me. They all want to do their best on the field to help their team win games. Oh, and there’s also the issue of inclement weather conditions that might interrupt or postpone games; sometimes that can affect the teams involved.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/30/24 at 2:05 pm
X-actly right about players being human beings (but that's what we want, naturally; I for one wouldn't be too interested in watching, for instance, robots, except maybe briefly as a curiosity).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/30/24 at 3:31 pm
You said it! I don’t think I’d be interested in “robotic” players, although the idea of robotic umpires has been mentioned; this is due in part to many pitches outside the strike zone being called strikes anyway (or conversely, pitches in the zone being called balls), and other instances of umpires making mistakes on pitched balls, potentially affecting the outcome of the game. I’m pretty sure we’ve all seen those kinds of things.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/31/24 at 8:34 pm
Zones for strikes do tend to move up, down, shrink, expand etc. according to the home plate umpire. Very aggravating at times. On the other hand, I'm not so convinced about automating it. It would take away a human element I'm pretty sure I'd miss. At least I think so.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 03/31/24 at 10:31 pm
Ah yes, you may be right about that. Other people might agree. The umps must also be there in order to make the right calls about a runner being safe or out; I don’t think a non-human would do that effectively.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/01/24 at 11:04 pm
Baseball being a game played by humans, there's always that intangible human element. But I trust MLB umpires enough to prefer the human element remain. (Especially since replay rules help ensure calls on the bases are made correctly.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/02/24 at 9:11 am
Couldn’t agree more. I think I will give you a karma point for that. O0
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/02/24 at 10:21 pm
Don't you just love the game? I think the new rules put into place last year generally improved things, and I appreciate the quicker pace. Although I'm still not completely sold on the extra inning rules. (BTW thanks for the karma.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/02/24 at 10:26 pm
Extra inning rules? You mean the runner on 2nd to start either half of such an inning? Yeah, I don’t agree with that implementation either. It doesn’t make a whole lotta sense to me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/03/24 at 10:32 pm
For extra innings, it seems peculiar to have some guy placed on second base. Whether that guy is a speedster or not plays to one team's advantage; it's just weird, being inconsistent with the first 9 innings.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/03/24 at 11:49 pm
Given that the season was shorter four years ago due to the pandemic, I could understand why they were doing it then. But now we’re well past that, so it should not be a permanent change. At least they got rid of 7-inning games for doubleheaders after 2021.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/04/24 at 11:48 pm
Hey, I completely forgot about the 7-inning double header! I had overall mixed feelings about it then, but I'm glad they are back to full games now.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/05/24 at 12:59 am
I completely agree. And with regard to the runner on second base to start an extra inning, I don’t think that’s happening in the postseason; just the regular season. I remember that the first game of last year’s World Series went into extra innings, but it didn’t have the runner on second.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/06/24 at 4:34 pm
Just as you mention that wrinkle, I recall that the ghost runner is only used in the regular season. Inconsistency is in itself undesirable to me, regarding the regular vs. postseason.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/06/24 at 5:13 pm
Kicking off an extra inning (10+) should be no different than kicking off a regulation inning (1–9); I agree. I guess they started doing this in order to potentially break a tie, but the 'designated' runner is not always guaranteed to score. He could even be forced out on a fielder's choice.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/08/24 at 3:05 pm
Like you say, the ghost runner doesn't always break the tie. I agree. Plus, IMO it causes undesirable strategy shifts in the late part of the game.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/08/24 at 8:18 pm
Many people would probably agree with you; after all, having a ghost runner is not a traditional rule of the game. Anyways, I think we’ve talked enough about the “new rules” - particularly one of them. Do you think it’s time we changed the subject?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/09/24 at 4:46 pm
Now is a good time to move on to a new subject. We were talking spring season when baseball came up - any other thoughts about spring season?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/09/24 at 7:46 pm
One thing I enjoy about the spring season is Easter (which was early this year); another thing I enjoy is the fact that my dad’s birthday is during the spring (in fact it’s today!). And last year was his first Easter Sunday birthday. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/10/24 at 9:03 pm
Pretty nice combo, having a birthday fall on Easter! (I guess if your birthday is late March - late April, that could happen.) I too love Easter, even when we're "low key" about it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/10/24 at 9:09 pm
Quite so! And before last year, the previous occurrence of April 9th on Easter Sunday was in 1950, but that was three years before my dad was born. Also, the earliest date that Easter can fall on is March 22nd (but that hasn’t happened in over two centuries, and it won’t happen again for two more centuries); the latest it can fall is April 25th; it is determined by the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/11/24 at 2:42 pm
Really good info, as the calculation of Easter's date is always "mysterious" to me. For we who sometimes care what we wear on Easter, how early or late the holiday is can impact wardrobe choices, although that seems to be less an issue these days than when I was young.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/11/24 at 8:17 pm
Still, it is helpful to know scientific facts such as that. (I am sure you can also read about it online or in a book.) You never know when it might come in handy for Jeopardy or another game. Next year Easter Sunday will be on April 20th.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/12/24 at 9:31 pm
Thanks for the early scoop about next year's Easter. April 20 is on the late side (and it probably will have nicer weather).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/12/24 at 9:36 pm
Until next year, we won’t be sure about what kind of weather we’ll have then; we take it one day at a time. However, the latter half of April has had some pleasant weather, at least where I am. Even last year, when I was at the Grand Canyon on April 19 and 20, the weather there was nice (with some chilliness, due in part to the higher elevation).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/13/24 at 11:04 pm
Very good observation, as April weather is unpredictable; rain is often an issue here. Thankfully it often warms up here by late April, to the point we can put those winter coats away.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/13/24 at 11:10 pm
We’re not ready to put our jackets away yet; the rain is still going on this weekend in California. It should be warmer here next week, according to my weather app.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/14/24 at 8:58 pm
X-pecting more rain is the reason we keep the lighter weight coats and jackets handy most of the year. But for us midwesterners, we need to take the down coats and parkas out of the closet and store them during warm months to make room (except for those who have massive coat closets, which we don't).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/14/24 at 9:08 pm
Yes, that is right. Sometimes you might even get cooler weather at times of the year when it’s usually warmer! In fact, I have been to Chicago once in my life: 30 years ago this June as a matter of fact! (That was my first time traveling outside of California.) We arrived there on the first day of summer and I remember the weather being nice; however, two days later it seemed colder. The rest of the trip, however, had good weather. :)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/16/24 at 11:03 pm
Zero-degree weather doesn't ordinarily happen here outside of the winter months; however, it can cool down in summer (and in most cases, unless it's really extreme, a summer cooldown is most welcome, at least to me).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/16/24 at 11:07 pm
As for me, I have never experienced zero-degree weather (not even on the celsius scale); that sort of thing is rare in the state of California, except in the mountainous areas due to high elevation. I don’t even think I’d want to; I could never adapt to bitter cold.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/17/24 at 2:39 pm
Bitter cold is something we humans, being warm blooded, can adapt to; however, it is quite dangerous, so it requires being both smart about it and adequately equipped (dressed) so as to preserve our well-being during cold-temperature encounters. (Hence my earlier reference to down coats and parkas.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/17/24 at 7:46 pm
Coats are a must for such weather; no questions asked. Also, you have summed up everything quite well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/18/24 at 7:53 pm
Despite the occasional chill here in the spring, our spring season (as I suspect yours is) is when the weather allows us to wear lighter weight clothing, something most of us look forward to.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/18/24 at 9:35 pm
Every year at this point in the year, we usually start wearing lighter weight clothing; you’re right. Sometimes it seems a bit chilly in the morning, but it is starting to warm up considerably during the day. So, sometimes at work I have to take off my sweater. However, tomorrow night when I’m at Dodger Stadium, I might start to feel a bit chilly, but I have an idea of what I’m gonna wear.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/19/24 at 11:46 pm
Feeling more chilly as the sun goes down is expected; that's why we often need a jacket (or even a blanket) at night when outdoors.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/20/24 at 2:33 am
Good point. In fact, while yesterday (Friday) was a warm day during the day (especially at my office), I anticipated that it would get cooler when I went to Dodger Stadium, so I took my hooded sweatshirt with me to wear at the stadium. And I’m glad I did that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/20/24 at 7:56 pm
Hooded sweatshirts are a fine choice for cooler weather.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/20/24 at 9:40 pm
I know; in fact, the one I wore to Dodger Stadium last night was a Dodgers hoodie; my parents got it when they went to the stadium earlier this month. If I can take a picture of myself wearing it, I’ll share a picture on here. (For that matter I haven’t seen very many pictures lately on the ‘Show us what you look like’ thread.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/21/24 at 8:31 pm
Jackets of all kinds are needed for cooler temperatures; hoodies are among the softest, most comfortable layers. (Not to mention that many of them carry awesome, expressive designs.) I'd enjoy seeing your Dodgers hoodie if you're so inclined.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/21/24 at 8:55 pm
Knitted sweaters can also keep the wearer warm. (And with regards to my hoodie, I just washed it today, and when I have an opportunity I’ll take a picture of myself in it and post it at some point. Also, as usual, it’ll have to be posted as an attachment since I’m not signed up on any of those photo-sharing sites.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/22/24 at 7:56 pm
Layering is a superior strategy when it comes to variable weather; we found it really important to wear smart layers when we visited Alaska, Hoodies and sweaters are especially good for layering, being soft and pliable. Of course, at a certain point it's warm enough to not need those layers.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/22/24 at 8:55 pm
My experience with traveling to Alaska (in May of 2015) involved wearing multiple layers, and yes, there was a point where I got warm enough to not need so many of them. Even though this was on a cruise and we visited three ports (Ketchikan, Juneau, and Skagway), it was chilly, especially in the mornings, and the weather was very pleasant.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/23/24 at 9:46 pm
Needless to say, dressing warmly enough is vital to enjoying our surroundings; on the other hand, it is undesirable to dress too warmly for long stretches, so yes, layers make lots of sense.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/23/24 at 11:04 pm
One more thing I can say about layers (of clothing) is that it’s good to have extra ones on hand if needed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/24/24 at 8:30 pm
Proper layering of clothing often includes bringing along extras - I agree with that. Whether hand-carrying, carrying in a bag or tote, or tying it on, there are a variety of ways to bring extra layers with. (Not to mention throwing a jacket in the car.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/24/24 at 9:59 pm
Quite a lot of possibilities exist for several different layers of clothing, I must say!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/25/24 at 10:44 pm
Regarding great layers, there's nothing like a nice sweatshirt with a beloved logo or theme on it; such can quickly become favorites.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/25/24 at 10:46 pm
Sweatshirts with a logo or other embellishment.. I have had several of those over the years. (The most recent addition is the Dodgers hoodie that I acquired earlier this month.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/26/24 at 10:13 pm
Themed sweatshirts often become favorite shirts, although they are usually worn in cool (not hot) weather. For warmer weather nothing beats a favorite themed T-shirt.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/26/24 at 11:19 pm
U are right about that; and believe me, I have had several “themed” t-shirts over the years. This includes a blue short-sleeve Dodgers tee (which I’ve had since 2017 and worn in several pictures that I’ve shared on here), a grey long-sleeve Dodgers 2020 championship tee (which I’m sure you’ve also seen), and several shirts that depict various locations around the world (distributed by Princess Cruises).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/27/24 at 4:53 pm
Very popular and smart are those beloved themed shirts (at least for casual wear) - and they can make good gifts, too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/27/24 at 6:24 pm
When my parents went on their first cruise, in 2007, they picked up a t-shirt for me representing each of the ports on said cruise: Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas. Now, 16 1/2 years later, only one of those shirts is still in decent condition, namely the Puerto one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/28/24 at 11:55 am
X-pert quilters (certain ones) are capable of making a quilt from a collection of logo T-shirts; I've been long intrigued about the possibility of doing that, as the logo is often the best aspect of the shirt.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/28/24 at 2:01 pm
Yes, some people like to do that, but I prefer to wear them. That is until they fray to the point where they need to be discarded. However, some of my clothes have stood the test of time, and if an article of clothing is still in suitable condition, I might donate it; and I’ve done that sorta thing with some of my sweaters and sweatshirts.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/29/24 at 9:05 pm
Zippy ensembles accentuated with a logo shirt can best express one's fandom; although I'm happy to donate most types of clothing, very seldom have I donated my favorite logo shirts.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/29/24 at 10:09 pm
Any article of clothing could theoretically be donated, but if it has some sentimental value or significance, then the owner would likely never want to part with it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/30/24 at 11:19 pm
Better quality logo shirts can certainly be donated, but only if they lack that sentimental value IMO.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 04/30/24 at 11:22 pm
Can’t argue with that. By the way, I finally posted a picture of myself in the Dodgers hoodie.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/01/24 at 11:28 pm
Dodgers gear, like your new sweatshirt and others you've shown us, can easily fall into the "sentimental value" category.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/01/24 at 11:39 pm
Except if you outgrow it, like I did with a Dodgers jacket that I got as a kid. But now that I’m a grown man, if I get another such jacket, it might last a long time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/03/24 at 7:13 pm
For a child to outgrow their clothes, that's par for the course. Occasionally adults will outgrow their clothes, but usually it's due to weight gain. Clothes that fit you as a child are not often likely to still fit you as an adult.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/03/24 at 8:51 pm
Good point; I already knew that. ;) However, there are a few sweatshirts I had when I was a teenager that I still have today.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/04/24 at 8:20 pm
Hey, that's not a bad thing! I wish I was able to wear some fave stuff from my youth, but alas I wear a larger size today (*SIGH*).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/04/24 at 10:06 pm
It goes to show that clothing can last a long time if it is well taken care of.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/06/24 at 1:39 pm
Just as clothing can indeed last many years if cared for properly, improper care can shorten its life. Being damaged, stained, discolored or shrunk is the saddest reason to get rid of clothing before its time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/06/24 at 8:16 pm
Keeping it in good condition means laundering it appropriately, in addition to not damaging it other ways.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/07/24 at 3:45 pm
Laundry needs to be done attentively and with basic principles kept in mind, to avoid damaging or even ruining clothes. (On the other hand, I'm aware of people so obsessive about it, they make laundry a bigger chore than necessary.) When laundry is done correctly, it can preserve the life of clothes.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/07/24 at 9:50 pm
Must be very diligent when washing your clothes (and linens and other things that get washed).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/08/24 at 3:56 pm
No doubt about that. Care must be taken (for instance) to use appropriate wash temperatures, to separate clothing loads by color/weight/etc., pretreat stains, and to treat "hand wash only" garments as required. Doing such things will help preserve clothing life.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/08/24 at 5:08 pm
One hundred percent right you are! And I make every effort to do that with my laundry. (In fact I just ran a load today on my day off from work. I decided to take a vacation day today, for reasons that I stated in the PPP thread.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/09/24 at 3:46 pm
Perfect! For as you know, there are many who don't wash their laundry properly (there's even been pop-culture jokes about white socks turning pink due to washing them with a bright red t-shirt). On the other hand, I have a relative so obsessive about laundry that she hand washes almost everything - unnecessary, IMO, and it consumes a whole lot of her time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/09/24 at 9:58 pm
Quite frankly, I think the best thing to do would be to wash in moderation. Don’t overdo it. The same goes for any task or whatever it is you do frequently. I’m sure we can think of others.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/10/24 at 9:02 pm
Regular laundering shouldn't normally be harmful to garments. I definitely agree on doing tasks in moderation - that's just a good overall principle.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/10/24 at 10:29 pm
Such tasks include everyday activities; you don’t wanna overdo them. I could name a few, but I’ll probably think of some later.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/11/24 at 8:14 pm
Those everyday activities should be done in moderation; I agree. When any activity is overdone, sometimes it points to an unhealthy obsession.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/11/24 at 8:26 pm
Unhealthiness is never good.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/12/24 at 4:46 pm
Very true, unhealthiness is not good! (Just look at what COVID did for us!) On the whole, it would seem that careless launderers outnumber obsessive over-doers by plenty. Neither extreme is good.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/12/24 at 8:31 pm
We can all agree on that; the key here is to have some balance in life! And there are various ways to do that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/13/24 at 2:01 pm
X-actly right; balance in life is important to maintain. A much more healthy life usually results from maintaining a good balance. Among other things, this entails guarding against factors that can cause imbalance.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/13/24 at 11:04 pm
Yes, you are correct. Now is there another subject we can discuss? (I know, the letter Z doesn’t provide many options, but you can try to be creative with it.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/14/24 at 3:51 pm
Zero ideas on new subjects, but I do agree it's time to think about it. I'm open to suggestions. Maybe something summer-specific, as summer is now approaching.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/14/24 at 11:06 pm
Agreed; I have to admit that I do sometimes get bored discussing the same thing for a long series of replies, especially over the course of several days. Anyways, the season of summer starts next month in the Northern Hemisphere, but I still would like to enjoy spring; I don’t like to rush into the seasons. On the other hand, it is good to get prepared for the approaching times of the year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/15/24 at 4:21 pm
Based on your answer, we could say it's premature to talk Summer, when Spring is still at hand. I agree. One issue for we who live in Chicagoland and similar climates is, typically Spring (in terms of weather) lasts about 3 weeks, as we go from Winter weather to Summer weather quickly. This year we were fortunate to have extended Spring weather as it started early. And I've been noticing trees sprouting leaves and flowers blooming all over the place. So yes, it's still Spring.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/15/24 at 7:54 pm
Chicago is a place I’ve visited only once in my life, namely in 1994 at the beginning of summer. (So, next month it’ll be 30 years since then!) And I recall that the weather was pleasurable when I was there. However, there was one day that I remember some “June gloom”, which is usually common around the early part of the month, but it can linger into the middle and latter part of the month too. I should know, I’ve seen it in California many times.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/16/24 at 10:01 pm
During June, Chicago does tend to be warm - sometimes too warm! But rainy and stormy weather is not unusual. Winter weather is usually gone from Chicago by June.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/16/24 at 11:02 pm
Every place has its share of weather anomalies from time to time. For example, in southern California, where I live, winter-ish weather conditions tend to continue into the spring. On the other hand, there are certain years when it actually feels like springtime by the latter half of March, when spring starts.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/17/24 at 4:33 pm
For Southern California, winter-ish weather might be a little less extreme than here in Chicago. However, I've experienced some of the heavy rains that occur there in winter; as I recall the streets and roadways can get really bad in a hurry! One other thing I've noticed: if it's (for instance) 53 degrees there, for some reason it feels much colder than if it's 53 degrees here. Most peculiar!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/17/24 at 9:05 pm
Glad I don’t live in any place that has extreme winter weather; I could never acclimate to sub-freezing temperatures.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/18/24 at 4:01 pm
Humans by and large are capable of adapting to sub-freezing temperatures, but one must prepare in order to keep from getting in trouble. The keys are to dress warmly, avoid lengthy outdoor exposure, pre-plan for "just in case" scenarios, and make sure the heat is working properly before you really need it.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/18/24 at 5:33 pm
I understand; however, some people are more able to adapt to it than others. We all come with our own strengths and weaknesses.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/19/24 at 3:34 pm
Jokingly, I could ascribe character traits to we who live in temperate climates to make us sound like heroes. But the reality is, once a person is acclimated, the ability to handle winter cold usually becomes second nature. (Excluding unfortunate ones such as the homeless, who have their own unique challenges.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/19/24 at 4:23 pm
Kind of an interesting (for lack of better word) concept this is. Anyways, it’s still the spring season right now, and already my area has seen a generous share of May Grey this month. What’s next, June gloom? I have experienced plenty of that over the years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/20/24 at 8:27 pm
Laying aside the possibility of "June Gloom", my hope for June is the usual - lots of 70ish-degree weather and I'll take a pass on the 90ish-degree weather. (Given our humidity, my preferred temp cutoff is about 86 degrees.) And easy on the rain. If that's how June looks for us, I'll be happy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/20/24 at 11:41 pm
Me too, regarding the month of June.. for my area that is. And I can recall several June 1sts that did not have any gloom. One notable example was in 2008; June 1 was a Sunday that year, and it was the day of my college graduation celebration.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/21/24 at 2:04 pm
Nice to hear that you had good weather for your graduation celebration! (Since I had a December graduation from college, it was indoors; the weather that day wasn't germane to anything. I remember enjoying the celebration.) As we're planning to attend a graduation in a few days, we're hoping for decent weather, although we just learned it's indoors.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/21/24 at 8:48 pm
One thing I’d like to clarify is that my graduation from the university - that is, the ceremony - was on an evening in May (16 years plus a day ago in fact), and the weather was perfect all day. Twelve days later was the day of my party (June 1st, as mentioned in my previous post; I also mentioned that there was no gloom that day).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/22/24 at 4:25 pm
Pretty special, having a June 1 party to celebrate your graduation! As my celebration was the day of graduation, it wasn't on the same scale, but smaller. (I did enjoy my celebration, however; I enjoyed being with my parents, my favorite aunt and my ex-boyfriend (who I was still friendly with) and we went to a favorite place to eat dinner.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 05/22/24 at 7:47 pm
Quite nice! My parents threw the party for me at a local dance studio where we had been taking ballroom dance lessons for the previous two years (2006-2008). And while several people came (including a family living next door to us), there were a number of my invitees who couldn’t make it. I still had a fantastic time, especially since the owner of the dance studio gave a dance lesson; everyone assembled on the dance floor and paid close attention as the instructor explained and demonstrated what to do. I think everyone loved that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/01/24 at 9:41 pm
Really nice of the dance studio owner to provide a dance lesson; I bet that made the celebration extra special.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/01/24 at 9:43 pm
Sixteen years ago today is when that happened (I know, hard to believe). And yes, the dance lesson made the celebration quite special. We haven’t done a whole lotta dancing lately, however.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/04/24 at 11:28 am
That's wonderful! For the graduation we just attended (high school) it was also held indoors, but the family had an outdoor celebration afterward, and thankfully the weather cooperated. It was nice btw.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/04/24 at 7:31 pm
Undesirable weather can be a roadblock for outdoor celebrations; glad you had good weather for yours. When I graduated from high school (26 years ago this month) I had an indoor celebration - at a church hall (we rented that room for a few hours because it was a good sized facility for having a party). Also, I invited several of my classmates, but most of them declined because they had other commitments (for example, some of them also had a party on the same day as mine).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/05/24 at 8:46 pm
Very normal that some classmates could have conflicts (parties or plans of their own) but hopefully it was a good and memorable time for you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/05/24 at 10:26 pm
Well, it certainly was. And I have managed to reconnect with some of said classmates on Facebook (which I joined 11 years after my HS graduation; in fact, this month will mark 15 years since I joined FB). Although if Facebook had been around in the late 1990s I might have had a better chance at keeping in touch with school friends. But social media didn’t really come along until the 2000s, and I was not online at home before then.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/06/24 at 11:05 pm
X-actly right; I've found social media platforms to be the best at tracking long lost friends such as classmates (in fact, that's how
I've learned of our most recent reunions).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/07/24 at 7:51 pm
Yes, that’s very true. In fact, my mom joined facebook in 2008 so that she could connect with her highschool classmates and help plan their class reunion for the following year. (It was their 40-year reunion.) And then I joined fb in 2009, as I stated in at least one prior post, and began reconnecting with a number of my classmates.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/07/24 at 11:54 pm
Zero chance I'll be able to come up with a good "Z" response, so I'll just add that I also have found Facebook to be helpful in finding and keeping in touch with classmates; I think I first joined around 2010 or so.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/08/24 at 1:01 am
Awesome! I joined it in 2009 after my mom sent me an invitation to join. (In fact, the 22nd of this month will mark 15 years since I joined. I remember the day very well.) In retrospect, I kinda wish I had joined a few years earlier, but back then I didn’t really have much interest in social media.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/09/24 at 4:26 pm
Back then, social media was still young, as Facebook was generally seen as an alternative to myspace (or message boards like this one).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/09/24 at 4:45 pm
Come to think of it, you’re probably right. There was also AOL Instant Messenger, which people could use for one-on-one private chatting (and I even used that in the early 2000s when I first went online at home).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/10/24 at 10:25 pm
During the early 00's, I concur; there were less of the current social media platforms, and more stuff like AOL and message boards. For image/video heavy platforms, the technology wasn't mature enough.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/10/24 at 10:28 pm
Even I’ve gotten past AOL instant messaging; I have not used that at all in more than ten years. I think once I joined Facebook 15 years ago, I found its messenger feature much more interesting.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/11/24 at 9:01 pm
Facebook Messenger can be very useful. It's a favorite way to interact with the grandkids. The only thing that's been confusing is that it was launched as a separate platform, then "pulled in"? (I'm still confused)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/11/24 at 10:44 pm
Golly, I’m not quite sure what to say about that; however, when I was a new member on there, of course I used a computer to access the site. And on the computer screen, the messaging feature was on the right hand side. When I started using Facebook on the tablet, in 2019, I realized I needed two separate apps; same with the iPhone when I received mine in 2021.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/12/24 at 10:23 pm
Hmmm, I think my discovery of Facebook Messenger went the same as you (regarding access to the apps). I usually use the computer, except while traveling, and if I'm using the tablet I have two distinct apps. Of course. since the mid-2010s or so, there have been a number of added social media platforms such as Instagram, X (FKA Twitter) and Tik-Tok to name a few.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/12/24 at 10:38 pm
I don’t use any of those other social media platforms such as Instagram, Tik-Tok, or Twitter (which, even though is now referred to by a certain letter, still has twitter.com as its URL); they don’t interest me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/13/24 at 10:12 pm
Just like you, I don't use the other platforms either. The only exception is I occasionally go on 'X' to comment on baseball, but not very often. I don't even have accounts on the other platforms.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/13/24 at 10:53 pm
Keeping up with things that interest you is good; but I don’t have an account on the place originally known as Twitter, nor do I intend to. Speaking of commenting on baseball, I have to say that my team is down right now (IOW, not playing at their best); but I’m going to save the details for the baseball thread in the Sports Zone section. (I just checked my MLB app and saw the disappointing score.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/14/24 at 9:56 pm
LinkedIn is a platform my husband has used, but not me. I think it may have helped him during his job search some years ago. I haven't known him to use any other platforms besides Facebook, either. (Some of my younger relatives use Instagram but not me, and I think only the kids use TikTok.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/14/24 at 11:21 pm
My LinkedIn profile, which I created 15 years ago, is up to date with all of my work experience and skills. Ten years ago, when I was taking my accounting course at the vocational school, I learnt how to use LinkedIn more effectively so that I could be valuable to any potential employers. And that has paid off, because I now have a job that I am comfortable with!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/15/24 at 4:03 pm
No question, LinkedIn has helped many in their careers. I'm glad to hear it helped you with your career as well.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/15/24 at 5:11 pm
Oh yes, and the vocational school taught me all kinds of things. I can thank the career advisor there (who is one of my connections on LinkedIn) for helping me improve my LinkedIn profile. I can hardly believe it's been ten years since then! Where does the time go?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/16/24 at 4:41 pm
Perhaps things wouldn't have gone as well without those resources. Indeed, all of us have people who help us along the way; such people should be appreciated. Plus you can celebrate great resources such as LinkedIn and your training.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/16/24 at 8:55 pm
Quite right you are. In fact, I think having that vocational training in accounting ten years ago was a big step towards finding a career path. I mean, I do have a college degree in Liberal Arts (with a minor in mathematics), but I wasn’t getting very many job offers for the first few years that I was out of college. And since I have strengths in math, pursuing a certification in accounting was a good choice for me because there’s plenty of math involved in accounting.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/17/24 at 10:49 pm
Real strong suits, once you identify them, should be developed and pursued as a career when you can, as you'll find career success to come more naturally when you're doing what you're good at. Glad to hear it's working out well for you.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/17/24 at 11:12 pm
Sometimes I wonder what might have happened if I’d pursued an accounting degree in college.. but I think what I did worked out well for me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/18/24 at 9:49 pm
The important thing is having found a career path where you can use your natural gifts, a really good thing! And as it sounds like it's going well, that's a good position to be in.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/18/24 at 10:18 pm
Uhm, yes, you are right! I’ve been in my current job for more than 8 years now; in fact, tomorrow is my 101-month anniversary of employment in my position! At first I was not sure how long I would be at this place, but I found I was comfortable with it, so I stuck around; most importantly, I’m earning good pay. Plus my work environment is positive.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/19/24 at 7:56 pm
Vocational contentment is really important, not just for your financial well being, but for your life! Glad to hear you like where you're at.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/19/24 at 7:59 pm
Well, it is a long drive from my house (27 miles one way), but I don’t mind. It’s a good fit for me. (Of course I did mostly work from home during the pandemic, thereby saving fuel consumption as well as wear-and-tear on the car. I’m gonna have to replace my car this year.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/20/24 at 5:13 pm
X-tra long commutes aren't ideal; only you can decide if the drive is worth it. (In my case that was my impetus for moving, but I don't want to rehash ancient history...)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/20/24 at 10:57 pm
Yeah, I understand that. For several years (mostly while I was an undergraduate student at the university), I commuted on the train to and from the university; this was good because I could use the commuting time to read, study, or just relax. Can’t do any of those things if you’re driving!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/21/24 at 2:56 pm
Zero time commuting can be ideal; this basically means working from home. But it isn't always possible. Public transit, for instance on a train or bus, works too - though it has its own downsides, even when available (and it isn't always an option). Short of those options (unless walking or cycling are options) we're stuck driving. Such is life.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/21/24 at 7:44 pm
Absolutely! One other thing I’d like to add is that my dad also used the train to commute to his office in downtown Los Angeles; during all the years he did so, sometimes he would use the time to read, look over some work-related items, or simply rest. However, sometimes if the train was delayed for whatever reason, it would take longer to get home. For the past (almost) ten years he hasn’t had to do that anymore because he and some of his coworkers were laid off in October of 2014.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/22/24 at 8:28 pm
Being laid off is painful (my husband went thru that around that time too - it took until March for him to get a new position). As far as commuting on a train, I've found them mostly reliable; they could get costly, and then most of us needed a means to get to/from the train (unless within walking distance). Plus outside of rush hour, their schedules could get irregular.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/22/24 at 10:59 pm
Commuting on the train did have some anomalies at times, such as a delay due to a mishap on the tracks that would require the train to stay in one spot for an hour or so; and if that happened on the way home, that would mean we would arrive home late. And I’m sure that my dad doesn’t miss that, having not been on the commuter train in nearly ten years.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/23/24 at 1:43 pm
Despite the occasional delay, Chicagoland commuter trains are considered quite reliable. These nicer suburban trains are quite a step up from from the El / subway trains that go throughout the city (not nearly as comfy with hard plastic seats and lots of standing room not to mention a very impersonal touch) but both, along with the network of buses, make Chicago a very public transit friendly town. In the Chicago suburbs, however, not so much.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/23/24 at 2:06 pm
Every major city has its share of that kind of thing, regarding public transportation. The commuter trains that I rode were relatively comfortable to sit in. The most comfortable trains I rode were probably the Amtrak ones.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/24/24 at 8:37 pm
For commuters, the primary requirement is to get from point A to point B with no more than a reasonable walk to get to point A as well as from point B to the destination. It is also of utmost importance that the commute is safe and cost effective, plus comfortable to use and time effective, too. All of these factors matter when deciding to commute on public transit.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/24/24 at 10:18 pm
Good points. The same goes for any kind of travels. For example, I was remembering the fact that 30 years ago today, my family and I were traveling across the state of Illinois to get to Iowa; this was part of our Midwest vacation trip. We planned our route (with paper maps, of course) to determine the routes we would take. Same with the rest of our trip.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/25/24 at 8:18 pm
Hope this doesn't make you roll your eyes, but we still use paper maps. (We also embrace and use Google Maps app; we take an "all of the above" approach.) Incidentally your Midwest vacation sounds fun!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 06/25/24 at 10:04 pm
I still use paper maps too; in fact we used such a map last year when we went to the Grand Canyon. Having the full map of the state of Arizona helped us to plan our routes before we left. Btw, if you’re interested in my adventures in the Midwest from 30 years ago, there is a particular thread in the WotW in which I’ve been recalling my memories; I can provide a link in my next reply on here.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/28/24 at 10:47 pm
Judging from your talk about your Midwest trip, it must have been memorable. Plus I know you enjoyed the Grand Canyon. Paper maps are indeed a big help in trip planning. But Google Maps helps get us there. (I find it amusing when it gives directions such as "turn left after the Dairy Queen" which we've gotten on our current trip.)
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Written By: nally on 06/28/24 at 11:57 pm
Kindly I will point out the place where I have been mentioning my daily remembrance of my trip 30 years ago: http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=39145.msg4233142#msg4233142 (That, by the way, is a long-running thread that has become an anything-goes type of discussion; it started way back in 2006 when we saw several guests frequently viewing specific threads, and it ultimately evolved into anything goes. However, we have frequently discussed certain topics like famous film locations and our travels.) Philip and I have been the top contributors to that thread, although he is away right now for personal reasons.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/29/24 at 10:40 pm
Linking the other thread was a good idea (albeit its name is a little peculiar). Your trip had a wonderful itinerary. I'm going to guess the "one night here, one night there" bit got a little old, having done that recently. Nonetheless, it's a wonderful sounding trip.
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Written By: nally on 06/30/24 at 1:00 am
Maybe that thread does have an unconventional title, but I must mention that it comes from a combination of titles of threads that were viewed frequently by Guests. I do welcome feedback on my posts (which Philip would probably do if he was here regularly like he normally is). With regards to having "one night here, one night there", that was not a problem at all; when you visit multiple places (especially in multiple states), that’s what you gotta do.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/01/24 at 10:36 pm
Nice to hear that your multi-location itinerary wasn't a problem. For us, managing clean vs. dirty clothes is an issue on such trips, not to mention making sure to not run out of essential toiletries. For other than those issues, our trips could go on and on.
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Written By: nally on 07/01/24 at 10:40 pm
One key to a successful vacation trip is good planning, especially with all your necessities. That’s a skill I still feel I need to improve on in one way or another. However, after plenty of years of taking trips with my parents, I do have a good sense of what to do.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/02/24 at 11:11 pm
Planning is essential indeed; it's no fun to reach your destination and find you forgot something essential. (Of course some essentials are hard to anticipate, for instance we needed cold medicine after having caught colds during vacation.)
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Written By: nally on 07/02/24 at 11:18 pm
Quickly you would need to go and retrieve your essential items if you are still close to your home. Once not too long ago, that happened to me. I had just left the house to go to work and realized I forgot an essential item; I was a little more than a mile past my house, so I could turn around, go back home and retrieve said item. That cost me a little time, but I was still able to get to work on time!
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/04/24 at 12:40 pm
Right you are about that. Unfortunately, you may not discover an essential until you're too far from home (or it may come up suddenly); in that case, if it works out a trip to a nearby grocery, pharmacy, convenience or department store may do the trick.
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Written By: nally on 07/04/24 at 2:02 pm
Sometimes that does work out. I’ve had to do that sorta thing on occasion. Of course, if it’s a one-of-a-kind item that you forget at home, then there’s really no replacement that’ll work.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/05/24 at 8:23 pm
True. That's why I usually create a packing checklist before traveling - and go through it thoroughly before leaving. Not that it's perfect, but it saves a lot of stress.
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Written By: nally on 07/05/24 at 8:39 pm
Useful, that’s what a checklist can be. Yes, it is not always perfect, but making one can help you remember what you need. I even do that sorta thing at work so that I’ll remember all the things I need to do for the day; I even add to it.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/06/24 at 7:54 pm
Very old and ever-evolving are ways I'd describe our "General" travel checklist. It has been a big help in planning trips. An excel spreadsheet, we generally make a new copy for our various trips and customize it. It's handy!
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Written By: nally on 07/06/24 at 8:15 pm
Word documents are how I’ve been typing my check lists; I just open up a blank document and start typing the items one by one. Whichever method works, that’s the way to go.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/07/24 at 8:43 pm
X-actly right! Although I'm lazy, so I'm more inclined to start with an old checklist's copy and customize it. Either way, it really helps in the trip packing stage.
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Written By: nally on 07/07/24 at 9:58 pm
Yes it does. I have done that sorta thing with my travel check lists over the years. My parents gave me that inspiration; when they went on their first cruise in 2007 they made a checklist, and then they got me started on one in 2012, when I went on a cruise for the first time.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/08/24 at 2:21 pm
Zero chance you'd guess this (well, in reality you might) but in the distant past I used paper checklists for packing. And truth be known about me, I'm not a "list" type person in general. The impetus for doing so was a couple painful episodes of forgetting important things on trips. So as cumbersome as paper was, it served the same purpose. For the record, IMO electronic lists are better, and don't create paper clutter.
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Written By: nally on 07/08/24 at 7:48 pm
Ah, I see where you’re coming from. I can feel the same way at times. I’m sure we all used paper to make our checklists - as well as other types of lists - at various points in our lives. Sometimes it’s convenient to do so when you’re not near a computer.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/09/24 at 10:23 pm
Besides helping to not miss packing essentials, the checklist provide that all-important peace of mind just before a trip (whether electronic or paper). I'd hate to travel without one.
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Written By: nally on 07/09/24 at 10:25 pm
Concur; I certainly do. There are plenty of essentials when making a packing list! Anyways, on a completely unrelated note, my birthday is coming up this week, on Thursday!!
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/10/24 at 7:30 pm
Delighted to hear of your upcoming birthday, I am! Since it seems we've covered the packing list topic pretty well, maybe other summer topics are good bets to discuss. Or we can talk about your birthday plans.
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Written By: nally on 07/10/24 at 10:03 pm
Every year I like to do something nice to celebrate the day. Of course this year I have to go to work, but after work I’m going out for dinner at a restaurant that I like. Next year (2025) when my special day falls on a Friday, maybe I’ll take the day off to have a three day weekend.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/11/24 at 11:01 pm
Figuring out the day of the week a birthday falls on is something I seldom do, but is useful for making weekend plans. A long weekend is always a good choice! As for this year, I hope you're having plenty big fun as you celebrate.
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Written By: nally on 07/11/24 at 11:17 pm
Gonna tell you that my day has been great. :) As for figuring out a day of the week that a day falls on, that’s a talent I figured out when I was a kid. In most cases, a date will be the following day of the week in the next year, but if it’s a leap year, then it’ll skip over the weekday in sequence. This is because 365 (the number of days in a common year) modulo 7 gives 1, whereas 366 (the number of days in a leap year) modulo 7 gives 2.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/12/24 at 4:27 pm
Happy to hear that you've had a good birthday! As for figuring out days of the week and such talents, it's pretty rare; we have one friend with very similar capabilities, also rare (we're scheduled to see our friend this Sunday).
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Written By: nally on 07/12/24 at 8:06 pm
I would explain more about said talent, but it would probably take me several minutes just to type everything before I finally submit the post. Yeah, my birthday was a great day; and I’m continuing to celebrate some more today.. and possibly through the weekend. In fact, I’m still receiving birthday greetings on Facebook!
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/13/24 at 4:18 pm
Just as well, an explanation isn't necessary; suffice it to say that not many share your talent. As for continuing to celebrate your birthday, I hope you continue enjoying and celebrating for as long as you like!
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Written By: nally on 07/13/24 at 5:16 pm
Keeping up the celebration for several days is nice, especially when the actual date falls on or near the weekend. In fact, four years ago, when I turned 40, I managed to celebrate for weeks. (I received a gift and a card in the mail in early August - not quite one whole month after my b'day.)
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/14/24 at 4:18 pm
Lucky you, getting to enjoy an extended celebration! IMO there's no reason not to keep celebrating. I usually try to extend my celebrations, for as long as hubby will. The one factor is when it encroaches on another special day, like someone else's birthday or in my case, Valentine's Day is often the cutoff.
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Written By: nally on 07/14/24 at 5:31 pm
Makes sense, since your birthday is in early February. On a similar note, my mom’s birthday is in November, and it always occurs within one week before Thanksgiving. (It is the 21st, which can never be Thanksgiving Day because Thanksgiving Day is the fourth Thursday in November, which falls in the range of the 22nd through the 28th. Also, my mom was born on the day before Thanksgiving.)
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/15/24 at 8:01 pm
No doubt some of our birthdays fall close to a special day, which potentially cuts our birthday celebrations short. I feel for people whose birthdays are close to Christmas, as that frequently cuts into their celebrations.
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Written By: nally on 07/15/24 at 9:11 pm
Oh yes, it certainly does. I often wonder how people with late-December birthdays celebrate them, although I’m sure they somehow figure it out.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/16/24 at 10:06 pm
Perhaps parents (or other loved ones) go out of their way to ensure the birthday feels well-celebrated. Still, I could see some who are in that boat resenting it.
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Written By: nally on 07/16/24 at 10:22 pm
Questions sometimes arise as to how that kind of situation gets handled. One thing for sure is that anyone who has a birthday between December 23 and January 1 has the perk of never having to go to school on their birthday! (Similarly, not to brag or anything, but I for one never had to go to school on my birthday while growing up because I have a summer birthday.)
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/17/24 at 10:40 pm
Really, I never considered the perk of being off school on one's birthday - there's a lot to say for that! (No such luck with a February birthday, unless it falls on the weekend.) For adults, the same might be true in some cases for the December birthday; maybe not as much with summer birthdays, unless one works for schools.
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Written By: nally on 07/17/24 at 10:48 pm
Seriously, that was one of the things I realized when I was a kid: not having to be at school on my birthday. However, for two summers while I was in high school, I enrolled in a summer “youth employment program” so that I could get some work experience; the stipulations included having to go to school (for two hours in the morning). And in both years, my birthday fell on a weekday (Thursday in 1996; Friday in 1997); still, I celebrated with my family in the evening in each year.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/18/24 at 4:03 pm
Those "youth employment program" activities in the summers can be worth their weight in gold, when well done (I participated in a pre-engineering program the summer before my senior year, and it was life-changing.) It's not always so bad to have a weekday birthday, but that can suggest to push its celebration to an adjacent weekend.
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Written By: nally on 07/18/24 at 10:38 pm
Using the weekend to celebrate a birthday is nice; I agree, as I’ve done that sorta thing many times in my life (and not just when my birthday falls during the week). As for the employment program I took part in when I was in high school, I worked at the same place both summers - in the office of a local elementary school (and I enjoyed the experience). The classes that I took in the morning: the first year it was a literature class; the second year it was a typing class - and believe me, I struggled mightily at first, but in the past 27 years, my typing efficiency has improved significantly!
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/19/24 at 9:46 pm
Very interesting about your employment program - given your description, it sounds quite different than mine. Mine had no working nor class component; I would describe it as a mix of competitive projects, inspirational guest speakers, field trips, and lectures about pursuing engineering as a field of study (plus time for fun). I loved it! But your summer program sounds extremely practical in preparing you for working life, always good. Now as far as weekend birthday celebrations, they just seem to be more relaxed when you're not going to work or school the next day.
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Written By: nally on 07/19/24 at 9:56 pm
Well, next year my birthday will fall on a Friday, so I will definitely not go to work the next day (in fact, earlier in this thread I mentioned the possibility of taking the day off to have a three day weekend; but that’s still a year away). As for your employment program, it does sound kinda interesting. However, after the summer of 1997, I didn’t have any further employment until after I completed my undergrad degree, which took a lotta years; this is because I devoted my time to academics.. although in retrospect it might have been nice to have some work. I just wasn’t finding any good opportunities.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/20/24 at 8:26 pm
X-acting the most benefit from a good summer youth program usually entails regular, plugged-in participation, as they tend to be designed by some pretty knowledgeable people. The one I participated in set my future academic path. On your 3-day weekend birthday plan for next year, I hope that works out - what a great way to celebrate!
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Written By: nally on 07/20/24 at 8:37 pm
You never know what kind of academic path you’re gonna have at first, but early work experience can help set it. I remember when I was in college, I chose a certain academic path because I thought it would be interesting, but I ended up struggling; and 20 years ago I visited the university’s career center for advice.. and I ultimately found a new academic major that helped me complete a degree but no work offers. As for next July, no plans are set in stone yet; however I will keep my aforementioned options open.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/21/24 at 9:38 pm
Zero chance I'd have guessed your first choice of academic path was a struggle. As a matter of fact I changed my original major several times, mostly under duress, as with my first choice, I "wasn't cutting it". That's part of the reason it took me 8 1/2 years to get my Bachelor's of Science degree. (No matter; upon finishing, given the career I had, it became well worth it.)
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Written By: nally on 07/21/24 at 9:59 pm
As for me, I changed my academic major only once, and it proved to be an excellent decision. I may have told that story on here several times before, but the topic seems to have come up again! I was a university student for 7 years altogether (after spending three years in community colleges, which I’ve also mentioned in my recent replies on the It’s Your World- School Days thread in More Than A Decade). Also, my mom changed her major once - from music to journalism - even though she has had a passion for music.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/22/24 at 8:18 pm
Being as my various majors were all in the college of engineering, it helped keep my "core" group of classes consistent. I did lose some credit in the process of transferring to a different college, but that's almost always the case; it was expected. Most importantly, my final major fit me well. Plus, the co-op super internship I participated in really cemented my vocational path as a software engineer.
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Written By: nally on 07/22/24 at 8:27 pm
Computer science was my original academic major because I thought programming seemed like it might be interesting, but I was having trouble understanding the technical aspects and other things. So I considered a math major (this was 20 years ago), but that wasn’t exactly working out well; so then I decided on Liberal Arts - with a minor in mathematics - and that was the right fit for me.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/23/24 at 10:03 pm
During college, it's not unusual to take "core" courses and get surprised that something resonates with you. This happened with me and my required computer programming courses. (My original major was chemical engineering - I had no idea about computers then. Incidentally this was in the days of "punch cards".) My interest in computers took off more the year between colleges while I was employed full-time in a non-technical job. I have to say, for each of us, it was great to finally nail down the right major in school.
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Written By: nally on 07/23/24 at 10:51 pm
Everyone who attends the university feels good about choosing the right academic major, I’m sure. In an earlier post I made on this thread, I mentioned that my mom changed her major; she changed from music to journalism, and worked with music for most of her career (specifically, in the church). My dad, on the other hand, majored in journalism and never changed it, because he had a passion for journalism, and all of his jobs utilized his skills.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/24/24 at 9:31 pm
For higher education to be worthwhile, a student should maintain interest in their chosen area of study, as well as show competence when studying it. Plus it should lead to something good career-wise upon completion. If true, then one's higher education journey can be considered a success. It sounds like such was the case with you and your parents. (And me.)
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Written By: nally on 07/24/24 at 10:48 pm
Got that right. I could not really show much interest in my original academic major; it was a huge struggle for me to even understand the material, especially in the upper division courses. Even retaking some of the courses didn’t help all that much. But I made the right decision by switching to a different major.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/25/24 at 8:19 pm
Having a similar experience (compounded by my becoming "party girl" my first semester) derailed my original college major pursuit as well. After my initial difficulty in organic chemistry class, taking thermodynamics (a prerequisite to most all chem-e upper division classes) threw up a big fat stop sign; I was completely lost. Thankfully I learned by then that computers were interesting to me; nonetheless, the damage was done. It was great to be able to have a "do-over" (at a different school).
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Written By: nally on 07/25/24 at 8:23 pm
I only went to one university - California State University Northridge - and was determined to not leave there until I completed a degree in something. I didn’t care how many years it took me; I showed determination, because it would not be a good idea to drop out (that’s NEVER any good at all). So I found an academic path that was the right fit for me. I’m someone who likes to finish what I start.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/26/24 at 8:54 pm
Just as an aside, my niece graduated from CSUN (in 2013 - I attended). Anyway, there's a lot to be said for staying with one school. It's not always possible, though. My good fortune was being accepted to the school that had been my original 2nd choice to begin with. At that time, given my family had moved and I was okay to be a commuter student by that point, it worked out flawlessly. Plus I was given the flexibility to start out part-time so I could keep working. Most important was the school's support for the co-op (super internship) assignment which I landed; that led directly (or indirectly) to my career job.
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Written By: nally on 07/26/24 at 10:57 pm
Knowing that connection (your niece graduated from the same university as me, albeit five years later) is awesome! Anyhoo, I read your story and I think that’s cool as well. As for internships, I did one at CSU Northridge in the mid 2000s (creating a database for the family focus center; that’s another thing, I’ve been interested in database management over the years); it took me two years to complete that project. I did another internship from December of 2014 until March 2015 after I finished my accounting certificate at the vocational school; this one involved updating a company’s Quickbooks file with all the expenses they accumulated over a span of about two or three years.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/28/24 at 2:52 pm
Landing co-op assignments (or internships, as in your case) make a big difference when it comes to getting a position that lines up with your field of study, as it provides that all-important job experience so critical after graduation. My only downside was not keeping up with my school peers (and being a slightly older graduate). But ever-so-worthwhile - besides experience, I could confirm that software was a good path for me, and I also met some professionals to network with, not to mention its pay also provided me money for tuition (and other things).
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Written By: nally on 07/28/24 at 3:03 pm
My resume also includes volunteer work, most of which was performed from fall 2009 into spring 2015, a span of 5 1/2 years, at a couple of nonprofit organizations. I enjoyed doing this, particularly because I felt I was helping others out; plus, the supervisor at one of these places was a good guy who had confidence in me; I’m still in touch with him. I just wanted to gain some experience while trying to find paid work. As for networking (which you mentioned), I began doing that in 2012, when I joined a local networking group to find out what kind of work certain people do in my area; and even though I didn’t obtain any work opportunities from them, it was still a learning experience; plus, I’m still in touch with some of those folks.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/29/24 at 2:22 pm
Nice thing, doing volunteer work. It's great when it can provide you with experience relevant to your career path. As far as networking, I didn't join a networking group; it was more of a "hey, my relative's workplace is looking to hire a lot of people with your skills" from someone at my co-op company; he actually took my resume and passed it along, ultimately resulting in my hire, before I even graduated! BTW it's great you've kept up with some of the folks from then; I lost track of everyone from my (now defunct) co-op company.
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Written By: nally on 07/29/24 at 7:15 pm
One way I stay connected with people is through Facebook, provided they have a profile there (and I do happen to know that a number of said people in my networking group are there). I have also been volunteering at my local library for almost 12 years (except for a 2 1/2-year span that began during the pandemic, when the library was shut down and then reopened to limited capacity; by fall 2022 I was ready to go back); I applied to be a library volunteer after one of the people in my networking group made that suggestion. I have enjoyed being at libraries for as far as I can remember.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/30/24 at 8:14 pm
Pretty nice, volunteering at the library. I'd like to add more volunteering myself, specifically at my church, in particular after getting the estate house cleared out and sold (a very big job). It's good you can network with some of your group via Facebook; I've heard LinkedIn is good for networking, too.
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Written By: nally on 07/30/24 at 10:16 pm
Quite right you are, regarding LinkedIn; I have connections with a number of people I know through work (and networking); plus, my parents also have LinkedIn profiles, although my mom has retired from her job. I have also done some volunteering at church, particularly during the years when my parents were working there. One of my earliest memories of volunteering at church was when I was 17; this was in late 1997, on Black Friday and again shortly before Christmas, to help arrange food baskets for needy families.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/31/24 at 8:22 pm
Religious non-profits and churches are great places to volunteer, as their efforts can be life-changing. It's great to take part in an effort that helps someone in need. For instance, many of the efforts of my large church for the community I would call eye-popping; one example (of many) is, every Christmas we assemble gift bags for the incarcerated - enough so that every prisoner in Illinois gets a gift. So cool! I've done plenty of volunteering at my church, but haven't done so on a regular basis since COVID.
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Written By: nally on 07/31/24 at 10:18 pm
Some people still aren’t ready to do certain things regularly since the pandemic began four years ago. Sure, things are under control now, but there are still the occasional surges and whatnot, and I can understand why people would want to be cautious in certain places. For example, if I were to fly anywhere, I’d probably wear a facemask on the plane, just like I did last April when I flew to and from Phoenix (for my Grand Canyon trip).
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/01/24 at 3:56 pm
The reason I haven't returned to regular volunteering isn't directly COVID related, but indirectly, as once the church reopened post-COVID there was a reorganizing and paring-down of ministries, in which my old "regular" volunteer position was nixed. I haven't found my new place yet.
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Written By: nally on 08/01/24 at 9:51 pm
Understood. It makes sense that there would be “paring-down” of ministries which would eliminate a key role. That sorta thing does happen at times. When I returned to volunteer at the library after a 2 1/2-year hiatus, there were a few protocols in place that we had to follow, but none that really changed what I usually do as a volunteer; I just know that it felt good to be back at a place that I like.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/02/24 at 2:45 pm
Volunteer opportunities have picked up along with post-COVID attendance at the church. However, many of its tasks have changed. Once the estate house is taken care of, I'll be itching to jump into something new, volunteer-wise. Glad to hear you're still plugged in at the library.
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Written By: nally on 08/02/24 at 7:48 pm
When I originally began volunteering, it was at a time when I was still looking for paid work. Still, these opportunities gave me some experience, and it was a way for me to feel like I was accomplishing something, rather than sitting around and doing nothing. Now that I have full time work, there’s never a dull moment! However, I will need to take vacation time soon.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/04/24 at 11:12 pm
(skipping 'X') You've got a pretty full plate with full-time work plus volunteering; not necessarily a bad thing. But I agree - a vacation may be needed for sure.
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Written By: nally on 08/05/24 at 12:03 am
Zero chance I would take time off this week, cause that would be short notice. As for volunteering, I do that every other weekend (pre-pandemic, I volunteered at the library every weekend); and this was not one of my weekends to do so.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/05/24 at 3:46 pm
As you've described it, it sounds like your schedule has a decent balance, a very good thing. But a vacation is still a good idea, just because all of us need one. That East Coast trip you've mentioned before sounds like a fine plan.
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Written By: nally on 08/05/24 at 7:17 pm
But if I'm gonna go to the East Coast, at this point it'll probably have to be sometime next year. Fall is a good time to go, as I've mentioned previously... but right now, fall isn't too long away. Still, if I wanna go there I'd need to take a full week off. However, this month I still intend to take some time off...probably a couple days to unwind and chillax (and do other things, probably at home).
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/06/24 at 4:00 pm
Coast to coast travel is something you'll want to allow plenty of time to enjoy, I agree! (Fall does sound like a fabulous time to go, too.) But there's much to be said for a nice relaxing stay-cation!
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Written By: nally on 08/06/24 at 7:24 pm
Don’t know when (specifically) I’m gonna travel east, but I might do some traveling in November with my family. One thing I do know for sure is that I’ve officially requested two days this month (Tuesday the 20th and Wednesday the 21st) for vacation days; my boss approved them today, so I’m set for that. :)
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/07/24 at 3:49 pm
Every vacation day is precious when you're working full time, and has the potential to rejuvenate and refresh. Enjoy your days o!f! Incidentally, for going east, November isn't a bad choice, but I recommend sticking to the first half of November; less chance of wintry weather, plus you could catch the end of fall colors (instead of naked trees).
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Written By: nally on 08/07/24 at 7:12 pm
For the record, I did not say I was going to travel east in November of this year. We'd be going somewhere different. The East coast trip will have to occur in 2025.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/08/24 at 9:35 pm
Granted; I think I slightly misread your prior post, in that your November reference was about a different trip. My remark about visiting east in November is general (since it is possibly going to be a fall trip).
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Written By: nally on 08/08/24 at 9:50 pm
Happens all the time, with regard to misreading the gist of posted content. I’m not going to travel East this year, but I might go elsewhere (depending on various circumstances).
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/09/24 at 9:10 pm
If your family is going on, say, a driving trip in November, joining them sounds like a great plan! Wintry weather isn't such a concern in your neck of the woods (not like here or out East). I hope you get a chance to go somewhere nice.
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Written By: nally on 08/09/24 at 10:15 pm
Journeying to a particular place, especially one you haven’t previously visited, can be lots of fun. That’s why I was excited about seeing the Grand Canyon last April. (In fact, that was my first time actually visiting the state of Arizona.) Right now we have tentative plans to visit a certain family member who currently lives in Reno (in Nevada, a state that I have not yet visited); we are not sure if we’re going to commit to it yet.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/10/24 at 5:13 pm
Kind of exciting, isn't it, the prospect of going somewhere new? I usually jump at the chance to see a place I haven't seen before. I hope you get to go!
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Written By: nally on 08/10/24 at 5:20 pm
Like I said, it's tentative; and if we go, it would be during the week before Thanksgiving. This relative, btw, is a cousin of my mother's; and his wife has been very close friends with my mom since they were teenagers. The couple married in 1972, raised two kids (my second-cousins, whom I was close with during my growing-up years) in southern California before moving to Reno about 20 years or so ago... and their kids have each gotten married and had a kid of their own, and their respective families live up there now too. However, the cousin's wife recently suffered an injury and had to have physical therapy...and if she doesn't heal up by October/November, then we would likely not go see them; but if we do, then I will have to request vacation time for that week.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/11/24 at 9:45 pm
My, my, my, lots to tell about your cousins. I see there's a few contingencies to sort out regarding your potential visit. I do understand. Hoping your cousin's wife does well healing up via her P.T. If a visit doesn't work this time, maybe later.
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Written By: nally on 08/11/24 at 10:31 pm
Next year is a possibility in case we can’t get there this year; that’s what I always say. The same for a New England trip (obviously it is kinda late to try to plan to go there this fall, because time is running out quickly, especially for booking flights and coming up with payments for that). However, we might travel again for Thanksgiving (to a certain cousin’s home, as we’ve done for the last three years); if so, then we would have to go up there on Thanksgiving morning because the day before, my office has to do end-of-month duties; this is due to the fact that Black Friday is the last weekday of November this year.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/12/24 at 9:40 pm
Open options with your relatives add flexibility in planning your travel, a good thing. The one thing you'll need to plan ahead is any off days from work. Planning for Thanksgiving should ideally be done ahead of time, especially for the sake of those cooking.
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Written By: nally on 08/12/24 at 9:47 pm
Precisely! In fact, I officially have November 29 off from work, as do the rest of my workmates. Not sure if I’m going to have any other vacation days this year, however. As for Thanksgiving, each of the last three years we’ve been spending the holiday with a certain relative (as I’ve mentioned before, including a few times on this thread), and we’ve contributed to the holiday meal by preparing something in advance (such as a dessert); last year we even helped him in the kitchen!
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/13/24 at 9:00 pm
Quite nice of you to contribute to the Thanksgiving food prep. Having hosted a few times I can state emphatically, putting on Thanksgiving is a lot of work! Thus any help is almost always welcome.
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Written By: nally on 08/13/24 at 11:21 pm
Right now we’re not sure if we’re gonna go there this year. One thing I do know is that I have hosted Thanksgiving several times (technically, my parents.. but I have lived with them all my life), starting when I was 11, and I enjoyed it. Now I’m four times that age.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/14/24 at 9:47 pm
Special memories can be made at holidays like Thanksgiving, whether hosting or not. It's a great way to connect with family and friends. When traveling, it's important to consider whether you're contributing hot food, as it may require cooking or heating at your destination.
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Written By: nally on 08/14/24 at 9:56 pm
True; hot foods might require cooking! In fact, the first year that this cousin invited us to his place for Thanksgiving - in 2021 - we brought some vegetables to cook, and we were able to cook them in his oven. Of course, we brought along an ice chest to prevent the perishable food items from spoiling. The ice chest is very important for that reason.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/15/24 at 8:07 pm
Undoubtedly, foods that need refrigeration over a long trip need care to keep the food cool. As we've spent the last few Thanksgivings in Ohio, we certainly need to keep such precautions in the front of our mind. It seems you've had experience with this as well.
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Written By: nally on 08/15/24 at 9:45 pm
Vacation time is something we were discussing at least 15 or 20 replies ago, but somehow it led into the Thanksgiving holiday (which is in November). I would like to mention that I am going to take vacation time next week, for two days; I am not sure how I’m going to spend my time off, but I have told my parents that I would like to go to the beach on one of those two days. This weekend I am going to try to make some additional plans.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/16/24 at 10:16 am
Well I do agree, it's too early to talk the nuts and bolts of Thanksgiving yet. I hope you enjoy your staycation next week - the beach sounds wonderful! Or if you come up with an alternate plan, do enjoy it! Vacation time is something to be savored.
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Written By: nally on 08/16/24 at 9:03 pm
X-actly; you gotta enjoy your time off. I would like to make the best of it, but I don’t wanna feel like I’m on a schedule or anything like that. One thing I might wanna do is chillax and unwind; that can be helpful.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/17/24 at 10:41 am
You've got the right idea, building in some time to relax. When you work full time that's not always easy to come by. (Even we retirees need some down time.) And what are the chances you'd get enough R&R without taking vacation days?
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Written By: nally on 08/17/24 at 12:45 pm
Zero chances of getting enough R&R without vacation days! Even holidays, such as Labor Day (which occurs two weekends from now), don’t give us enough time to get R&R. I’m sure I’ll find some things to do with my staycation time.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/18/24 at 8:39 pm
Any time you can keep sleeping when your workday alarm normally rings, that's a good start to a staycation day! (At least that's how I roll.) As far as what to do, it sounds like you have some good ideas already.
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Written By: nally on 08/18/24 at 9:52 pm
Believe me, I have started to make some plans (generally speaking) for my off days. Of course, tomorrow when I’m at the office, I have to tie up some loose ends; this includes setting up my work email to auto-reply on the days I’m away (and Outlook has a feature that you can set it up for a certain time range). I’ve also trained my workmates to handle certain duties of mine, so that they know what to do.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/19/24 at 6:27 pm
Covering for your time away from the office is one of those things that adds to peace of mind during your vacation. Good for you, getting prepared. Hopefully it's a great couple days off for you!
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Written By: nally on 08/19/24 at 8:18 pm
Darn right! I have confidence that my workmates will do a fine job covering for me over the next two days. All the things I needed to do have been taken care of, and when I return on Thursday, I can get back to work!
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/20/24 at 3:43 pm
Enjoying those days off, getting some rest and being refreshed - that's the name of the game when it comes to vacation time (although I know sometimes a "working vacation" can be needed to handle personal matters, for example moving; thankfully it doesn't sound like that type of vacation for you). Have fun, and let us hear about it afterwards.
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Written By: nally on 08/20/24 at 9:55 pm
First day of my vacation was today; I took it easy for the most part, especially in the morning, but later on I went in the pool. (I waited until the UV index dropped to a safe level.) Then I took my parents out for dinner.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/21/24 at 9:39 pm
Good to hear you had a relaxing vacation day just as you planned. Enjoying your pool sounds very relaxing, as does going out for dinner. Hope you're having a good time.
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Written By: nally on 08/21/24 at 10:01 pm
Had a good time today too. In fact, I went to the beach this morning (as mentioned in at least one other thread, including the PPP monthly thread); and later on I went in the pool for a half hour. Now I will be ready to return to work tomorrow.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/22/24 at 9:26 pm
If you're like most of us, the vacation probably feels too short. But every little bit helps! And if you're feeling refreshed, that's the whole point. Good for you! Now the hope is to return to work, ease back in and find things in a good place.
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Written By: nally on 08/22/24 at 9:42 pm
Just returned to work today; I didn’t have too much to catch up on, so the day went well for me. So I eased back into my work successfully. And yes, I felt refreshed after my two days off.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/25/24 at 12:13 am
Kinda nice, the feeling that you left things in good order while you were gone (as opposed to, while you were gone everything blew up and now we need you to fix a big mess). Too often I unfortunately returned to work post-vacation to a mess. But sometimes stuff happens that one cannot anticipate.
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Written By: nally on 08/25/24 at 9:45 am
Lotsa times, that is true; you can’t always be too sure of how things like that will turn out. But my office is well organized; we all know what we’re supposed to do when someone is away. Anyways, this week is going to be a busy one because it’s the final week of the month, and end-of-month is always a busy time.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/26/24 at 8:13 pm
Month-end busyness is not a new concept to me, especially as my husband worked in such cycles at his previous employer. It's good that folks are organized at your work. Hopefully all goes smoothly with your month end efforts.
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Written By: nally on 08/26/24 at 10:03 pm
Nice to hear of that. Yep, at the office we have a plan on place for handling end-of-month duties. That’s why we make a good team!
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/27/24 at 10:50 pm
Organized offices do make things go smoother, that's for sure! Glad to hear it.
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Written By: nally on 08/27/24 at 11:27 pm
People do their best when they are organized; you are right. That’s why I like to make sure I stay organized in my own life, especially at home. Periodically, however, things do tend to get into disarray, so I have to take some time to sort through them.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/28/24 at 8:12 pm
Quite true, things don't stay organized by themselves. Making the effort to stay organized is a worthwhile pursuit. Kudos!
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Written By: nally on 08/28/24 at 9:37 pm
Really making an effort to organize things in your life is important. Then you can find what you want or need without having to worry. That’s how I feel.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/29/24 at 4:06 pm
Sound advice. For some of us, organization comes more natural than others. But even for those of us less inclined, it pays to make an effort to get at least a little bit organized just to minimize chaos.
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Written By: nally on 08/29/24 at 7:19 pm
Too true. I should probably do some of it when I have free time... which I will this weekend, because of the Labor Day holiday on Monday (hence a three-day weekend).
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/30/24 at 8:32 pm
Using a three-day holiday weekend to tackle an organization project is a good plan, as the results can have a lasting benefit. BTW, enjoy your holiday!
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Written By: nally on 08/30/24 at 9:41 pm
Very well, I will certainly need some “down” time during my three-day weekend. I won’t have another long weekend until the Thanksgiving holiday, which is only three months away but it’ll come quickly! Before then, it looks like I will be taking the time off in the middle of November to travel with my family to visit my mom’s cousin who lives in Reno.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/31/24 at 9:12 pm
Wishing you a relaxing holiday. Your upcoming November family trip sounds interesting and will be here before you know it. Plus I've never visited Reno - I'd like to see it someday.
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Written By: nally on 08/31/24 at 9:24 pm
X-cept for flying over Nevada, I’ve never been in said state. However, my parents have been there a few times (most recently two years ago). But when I go there in November, it will be added to my list of states visited.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/01/24 at 12:32 pm
Yet another state I have yet to visit - that's Nevada. The same is true for Oregon, as well as several other states. (I don't really count stops only in the airport to change planes, the case for me with Nevada, Oregon and Minnesota.) Enjoy your visit! If you're driving, enjoy the scenery.
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Written By: nally on 09/01/24 at 2:34 pm
Zero times I’ve been in Nevada, which I have already mentioned. However, there are a few states that I’ve been in only to change planes at an airport - Missouri (St Louis), New Mexico (Albuquerque), and Colorado (Denver) - and because I set foot on the ground in those places, I count it as being in the state. There was also a time in which I was on a flight that made a stop in Phoenix, Arizona (my first time traveling outside of California, in fact), but we didn’t get off the plane there; furthermore, I finally had my chance to set foot in Arizona last year.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/02/24 at 4:26 pm
As much as I go back and forth about it, the fact is that being in an airport does constitute being in the state, as an airport is a building (or buildings) within the state. My hesitation is, you don't necessarily get a taste for where you are in an airport. Nonetheless I agree with you. I hope you get to experience all the fullness of Nevada (the parts you visit) during your trip.
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Written By: nally on 09/02/24 at 5:16 pm
By the way, we still have yet to make our flight and hotel reservations; we need to do that sooner rather than later. We were gonna do it this weekend, but didn’t get around to it. I just know that I already requested to have the required days off from work, and that was taken care of last week.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/03/24 at 7:57 pm
Can't wait too long to get your flights, as the price sometimes goes up. (The same can be true with hotels, but not as pronounced.) If you're renting a car, that's also a good thing to nail down early. Hope all that goes smoothly!
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Written By: nally on 09/03/24 at 9:42 pm
Don’t know specifically when I’m gonna go online to make those reservations, but I do have plans to do it next weekend. My parents and I are going on this little trip together, so we’re all in this and we have to do it as a family. Who knows, someday I’ll have a chance to make travel reservations on my own.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/04/24 at 8:58 pm
Each of those travel resources (flight, hotel, rental car) requires time and care to get the reservation or ticket correct; nonetheless, when done you feel "ready" for your trip. (Plus for me, I start getting excited for my trip then.) Hopefully it all goes easy for you with no hiccups.
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Written By: nally on 09/04/24 at 9:49 pm
Flights are especially important because that gets you to your destination; plus, it goes both ways. When we made our flight reservations for our Grand Canyon trip last year, I observed what my mom did online to make the reservations; so when we do it for our trip to Reno, I will have a refresher lesson.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/05/24 at 12:37 pm
Good thing your folks will be present when making flight reservations, as there can be a number of little things to decide. (When traveling with hubby, I'm usually the stuckee for that unpleasant task, although I do it when he's around to bounce decisions off of.) As for the hotel, it's best not to wait until the last minute as the price can fluctuate and rooms can sell out.
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Written By: nally on 09/05/24 at 8:05 pm
Hotels can be like that, yes. Still, these steps are things that I need to learn how to do. The same goes with determining the cost so that I can successfully pay for it all. Such skills will be useful for me when I plan a trip someday (such as traveling East, something I’ve talked about several times but it hasn’t come to fruition yet).
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/06/24 at 8:54 pm
If you're not renting a car, that's one less thing to worry about. It's good to learn how to navigate all the various websites to set up a trip (flights, hotels, rental cars, etc.). Alas, gone are the days when travel agents would help with all that setup; these days we have to muddle through it ourselves (except for most cruises and certain all-inclusive resorts or packages).
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Written By: nally on 09/06/24 at 11:14 pm
Just wanted to mention that I think we’re going to rent a car because we will need to drive to and from our hotel, as well as to the house where our relatives live. (When I finally get to travel to the East coast - whenever that is - I would likely rent a car to drive to the various places I would want to visit.)
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/07/24 at 6:13 pm
Keep in mind that you just skipped the letter "K" :o
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Sorry. Wait or me to redo it.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/07/24 at 6:15 pm
Keep in mind that rental car selection can present you with a dizzying number of things to decide, just like flights and hotels. It's not a "last minute" task. Also if you care about costs, you will need to comparison shop (except I'd be careful going with something that seems too good to be true; it might be extremely cheap for a reason). It is good to learn to do these things now so you'll know what to do for next year.
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Written By: nally on 09/07/24 at 6:20 pm
Looking for a car to rent - or buy - takes a lot of work. But when you know what class of car you want (personally I’d go with a sedan), then that narrows it down. The reason I mentioned buying a car is that I’m gonna have to do it really soon; the one I’m driving is 17 years old and it has almost 200,000 miles on it…and I’m thinking I’d like to replace it with a hybrid.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/08/24 at 9:57 pm
My husband is car shopping too - what a coincidence! I digress. With rental cars, besides deciding who to rent with, you'll need to decide on preferred and acceptable car classes, plus a myriad of accessories. One thing to find out before you rent (maybe your folks already know) is whether your regular auto insurance covers collision/liability on rental cars that you rent; if so, you can decline their pricey daily insurance.
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Written By: nally on 09/08/24 at 10:04 pm
Now I must say that my parents have rented a car on numerous occasions, not just when traveling on vacation trips. Whenever we’ve wanted to save wear and tear on our own cars, we’ve chosen to rent one. This was especially true whenever we traveled out to the desert to visit my paternal grandparents (which was infrequent, since they lived so far away - almost 200 miles east of our home); but in 2016, after they both passed, we had to make frequent trips out there to clean out their place and eventually sell it. Also, there have been times when we’ve rented a car when one of our own has needed to be in the shop for a serious repair or other service that required more than one day to complete.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/10/24 at 2:41 pm
Of course if your parents have rented cars before, they can help you to complete the rental reservation for a car. It sounds like you'll get a chance to do all of the necessary trip planning for this trip, which will be valuable learning for planning future trips.
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Written By: nally on 09/10/24 at 8:10 pm
Precisely. Even making notes as I go along will help. I did that sorta thing in my early days of working in my current job so that I could learn my tasks efficiently.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/11/24 at 3:05 pm
Questions that may arise during the process can be run past your folks, allowing you to complete getting the tickets and reservations. Good plan. Once these are settled, you may start getting excited for your trip (I do). Speaking of travel, we have a split-weekend trip to Milwaukee lined up in a few days - will see the Phillies play at Brewers. We only needed hotel reservations for our trip; drive time is roughly 1 1/2 hours from home.
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Written By: nally on 09/11/24 at 7:21 pm
Right on! As for your trip, that should be interesting - especially the Phillies-Brewers game. I’ve never seen a ballgame at a stadium other than Dodger Stadium (home of my alltime favorite team), but I have gotten close to other activie MLB stadiums (just not during a game).
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/12/24 at 7:36 pm
Stadiums all seem to have their own personalities; they're interesting to visit. Hmmm, I've been to Phoenix, Atlanta (the old one), Detroit, Kansas City, Philly, Citi Field (NYC) and Cincinnati so far, besides the two Chicago stadiums. I think that's it. I haven't been to a stadium with a roof before; Milwaukee will be the first.
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Written By: nally on 09/12/24 at 9:46 pm
That’s great! I agree that they would all be interesting to visit. Besides Dodger Stadium, I’ve been near Angel Stadium, Oracle Park (home of the Giants; I sort of visited the place in 2012 by walking around it, including the sidewalk that separates it from McCovey Cove), Petco Park (home of the Padres; that was also a visit), T-Mobile Park (home of the Mariners; went past it quickly in 2015 when we flew to Seattle for our Alaska cruise), and Wrigley Field (we drove past it in 1994). I also flew over Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, right after taking off from Phoenix as we flew home from our Grand Canyon trip.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/13/24 at 8:57 pm
Upon getting all your travel tickets and reservations nailed down, that's the time to start thinking of what you want to do on the road. When it's the right time of year and right locale, a baseball game isn't a bad choice. If you're watching a division foe live, you can always root against them (as long as you're not too obnoxious). Although one's mind can be changed mid-game: when we went to see the Reds play the Giants in Cincy we planned to root against Cincy, except when the Giants smashed them (14-1) we felt sorry for Cincy; we left in disgust in the 5th inning. Incidentally, that stadium is really beautiful!
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Written By: nally on 09/13/24 at 9:47 pm
Visiting various stadiums to see the teams that play there might be fun; of course, if the visiting team is your favorite team, then it might be difficult to cheer your team on amidst a sea of fans in there to see their team.. although in recent years when I’ve watched games on tv that are away from Dodger Stadium, there have been plenty of fans clad in Dodger gear. By the way, I took care of finalizing my November travel reservations last night, so that’s taken care of; and it’s nonrefundable. And I already let my boss know (a week or so ago) that I’ll be away.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/14/24 at 3:35 pm
Way to go, getting those tickets and reservations taken care of! Now you can concentrate on what you'd like to do. Since it sounds like a family trip, oftentimes you don't do as much "touristy" stuff but it's more about the visit. Which is appropriate. But sometimes there's an opportunity to get out and experience something new. Either way, it's vacation and it's all good.
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Written By: nally on 09/14/24 at 4:31 pm
X-actly right you are. We have a general idea of what we’re going to do while we’re away in a couple of months. However, the weather there might be on the chilly side, so we will likely have to bring winter clothes.. but not too many of those because we don’t wanna have to “check” any luggage. In recent years we’ve learned to travel lightly (which we did last year for our Grand Canyon trip). We will need to plan our packing lists before our departure.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/16/24 at 2:52 pm
You're smart to pack lightly and avoid checking luggage. Many of our "plane" trips are too extended that we need to check luggage - when we can, we choose Southwest as they still check bags free. (Nobody else, I think.) For some outerwear, the best way to carry it might be to wear it on board, as it's usually not hard to find a place to stash it in flight.
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Written By: nally on 09/16/24 at 7:45 pm
Zipping through the screening is doable if you’ve signed up for TSA Pre-Check, which I originally did in 2017 before we went on our repositioning cruise. Of course, I had to renew my TSA Pre-Check in 2022, and I’ll be doing it again in 2027. My parents have also been signed up with TSA Pre-Check (they did that long before I did).
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/17/24 at 8:12 pm
Agreed about the usefulness of TSA pre-check; I've enjoyed it in the past, but TBH I don't recall what I did to obtain it. TSA screening lines can be really long at big airports, so it's great to skip the long line. Good call. Long security lines are just one more of those things I dislike about flying (unfortunately a necessary evil).
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Written By: nally on 09/17/24 at 9:37 pm
Browsing on the site tsa.gov, I think, is how you can enroll in TSA Pre-check; I’m pretty sure that’s what I did. And yes, security is extremely important when flying, to make sure no one is carrying any contraband on them. And when we leave from LAX on November 16th, we’ll make sure to have all our important documentation with us.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/18/24 at 8:27 pm
Can't argue about the importance of security when flying - after all, 9/11 was just a week ago. I don't like the post-9/11 rules about liquids. Nor do I like removing my shoes. But I will comply if that helps us stay safe.
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Written By: nally on 09/18/24 at 10:34 pm
Doing everything possible to keep travelers safe is what security and other protective personnel have been doing ever since certain events like 9/11 (now 23 years ago) and the Covid pandemic broke out. I have to agree with you about the new rules for liquids; when I last traveled via plane, I had a bottle of water with me as I came into the Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix; I was told that I couldn’t bring it onto the plane, so I consumed it first because I didn’t want to waste it. Now I know that I can’t carry bottled water onto a flight. But I understand that it’s for safety of others.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/19/24 at 3:14 pm
Every post-9/11 TSA rule seems a nuisance and inconvenient; yet, they were put in place in response to real terrorist-related security incidents, thankfully thwarted. On the other hand, things like high baggage fees and charging exorbitant prices for food on board are based on airline greed, nothing more. Such things are harder for me to excuse.
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Written By: nally on 09/19/24 at 7:53 pm
Flights have all kinds of regulations like that in place; and for the most part, the post-Nine Eleven changes haven’t really bothered me. In fact, I did fly in late May of 2002 - less than a year after Nine Eleven; this was to Minneapolis for a convention - and I remember we were all safe (to make a long story short). I just went with the flow.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/20/24 at 8:22 pm
Going with the flow certainly helps keep the blood pressure in check! I did continue flying post-9/11 and noticed the differences quickly. Here's a funny one - in early 2003 my colleague and I went on an overseas business trip and were treated to business class seats. The luxury - it instantly spoiled us! I thoroughly enjoyed first-rate "everything" even as jet lag was settling in. We were handed a dinner menu with several choices of scrumptious looking meals; I picked one and waited. As it arrived, my meal looked amazing as a gourmet meal should - a fancy tray, shiny goblets, high class dinnerware plates, cloth napkins, fine silverware fork and spoon. and an "el-cheapo" bendy white plastic knife. Incidentally, the food was indeed scrumptious, despite the bendy knife.
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Written By: nally on 09/20/24 at 9:58 pm
How about that! What an interesting story!! I have only eaten one meal on a plane, and that was in 2017 when we flew to Vancouver for our repositioning cruise. We flew in business class, and the amenities included breakfast on the plane…and it was really good.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/21/24 at 4:20 pm
In the days before 9/11, meals on planes (for longer flights) were standard fare, even in coach, and were included. During the late 80's and 90's when I flew a lot, the flight attendants would come around and ask each person if they'd like meal A or meal B, oftentimes choices like "lasagna or chicken". And the food was usually served along with the drinks. These meals weren't gourmet, but by and large edible. And thus we weren't forced to buy sandwiches at the overpriced airport sandwich shops. Plus in those days, the flights weren't all overstuffed with people, so one could often spread out a bit. Alas, flying was more enjoyable then.
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Written By: nally on 09/21/24 at 5:11 pm
Just wanted to also mention that the last time we flew, which was last year, from LAX to Phoenix, we enjoyed breakfast in a special lounge in the terminal before boarding our flight; that's because we had a morning flight. However, when we depart for our upcoming flight - in eight weeks - I think it'll be later in the day, so I'm not sure if we're gonna be offered any sort of meal in the terminal or on the flight; I'll just have to wait and see.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/22/24 at 5:32 pm
Keep in mind that "LAX to Phoenix" is too short a flight to include in-flight meals, at least back then. Prep time was needed to take all the orders and subsequently prepare and then distribute the hot food. Since I flew most often from Chicago to the west coast, those flights were long enough for meal service. If you had complimentary breakfast in an airport lounge, your folks may have a high level of a frequent flyer club (or maybe the right credit card) or else bought up-class tickets, since most of us can't access that amenity. It's nice to have lounge access when flying; we had lounge access on that 2003 overseas business trip we took. Incidentally, the meal service I speak of is generally defunct, at least when flying in coach. I think soft drinks and those little bags of pretzels are still included.
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Written By: nally on 09/22/24 at 5:57 pm
LAX to and from Phoenix is a short journey, you’re right; that’s why it doesn’t make sense to serve a meal on the plane during such a flight. In fact, I may have had a little snack and a drink on the return flight. And when I fly to and from Reno in November, that may be the case too; such a flight would likely have a short duration.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/23/24 at 8:45 pm
Meals may not be served on your flight, so if getting hungry is of concern, you may have to figure out your options before boarding. In the recent past hubby and I have bought sandwiches at the airport (which we take on the plane) before a long flight, but there are other options. For shorter flights, food may not be a consideration at all, although I almost never refuse beverage service, as I find flying dehydrating.
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Written By: nally on 09/23/24 at 10:21 pm
Naturally I would opt for a beverage, usually water, when I’m flying. In fact, water is usually my go-to beverage, no matter where I go (including at restaurants). I also bring a bottle of water with me every day to work, and I keep it on my desk.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/24/24 at 7:47 pm
Opting to drink water is always a good call. Most of the time it's served with something salty, like pretzels. Water will help you stay hydrated onboard, not always easy when flying (at least for me).
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Written By: nally on 09/24/24 at 9:14 pm
Pretzels can be very salty, yes. Not just the traditional crunchy ones, but also the soft larger ones that you can get, say, at a fair or at a ballpark. I think the last time I had one at Dodger Stadium, I opted for no salt on it (but I still drank some water afterwards).
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/25/24 at 9:15 pm
Quite the tasty treat, those soft pretzels! Indeed, they should be accompanied by a hydrating beverage. I don't mind eating the crunchy pretzels either, but they're not quite the same. When I've flown, the crunchy pretzels were the kind I was offered, generally served with beverages.
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Written By: nally on 09/25/24 at 9:54 pm
Right you are; on flights, you can get some nice snacks with beverages. I might have had one when I last flew - from Phoenix to L.A., but that wasn’t very long of a flight; plus, I was looking out the window most of the time. I love the aerial views I get when flying.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/26/24 at 8:45 pm
Snacks served in-flight don't seem to have as much variety as in the past, either. I liked having peanuts in flight, but alas too many flyers had allergies. Incidentally, I'm a fan of having a window seat so I can look out to the vistas; however these days I tend to take a middle seat so hubby can have his aisle.
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Written By: nally on 09/26/24 at 9:36 pm
There are certain airplanes that have three seats (instead of two) on one side of the aisle, yes. But many have two. In such cases, I have opted for the window seat while either my mom or dad sits on the aisle seat next to me, so that my parents sit across the aisle from each other. I think the plane that we’re gonna fly on in November has two seats on one side of the aisle and one seat on the other side (it’s a relatively small plane), so I’ll probably have the “one” seat.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/27/24 at 3:22 pm
Unless my memory fails me (which isn't far-fetched) your plane sounds like perhaps a 30-seater. I flew a few commercial 30-seat "turbo-prop" propeller planes during a series of business trips in '97. They are remarkable in that they fly lower to the ground than standard commercial jets. The vistas are quite different at lower altitudes! Most memorable. Your plane might be bigger, but the turbo prop had the seat configuration you describe.
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Written By: nally on 09/27/24 at 9:28 pm
Various passenger planes have different layouts; and I think the one I’m flying on might be a 30-seater. I’ll know for sure when I get on it. Yes, I made the reservations online two weeks ago, so I should have an idea of what the plane is like; but I guess it’s one of those short-term memories.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/28/24 at 3:12 pm
Whether you're going to fly a "turbo-prop" or not, the plane's smallness might limit or even preclude beverage service. For me, I don't remember that detail from '97, and in my case the turbo-prop flights were connections to/from the Atlanta airport, the Chicago to Atlanta flight providing me any needed refreshments. It sounds like in your case the small plane is your whole flight. That's not a bad thing, though - short flights are good. Just something to be aware of, to know what to expect.
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Written By: nally on 09/28/24 at 4:04 pm
X-pecting a good travel this November, that’s what I’ll be doing. In fact, every time I’ve flown, it’s been a positive experience; nothing bad has ever happened. And I’m very grateful for that.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/29/24 at 11:39 pm
You're very fortunate not to have had any issues in flying. Personally I've had several run-ins with cancellations, extreme delays and overbooked flights. Let's hope you can continue with your current track record and have everything go smoothly.
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Written By: nally on 09/30/24 at 12:17 am
Zipping through the process without any issues would be great; most people would agree. Anyways, is there anything else we can talk about now? I think we’ve been on the same subject for at least the last full page of this thread.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/30/24 at 9:04 pm
Agree, a new topic would be welcome. I'm open to suggestions. In regards to travel, I'll just say have a great trip and leave it right there.
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Written By: nally on 09/30/24 at 10:09 pm
Bravo; your post was very nicely worded. I enjoy traveling, and still have a number of destinations on my bucket list (including to the New England area; that’s gonna have to occur in 2025), so I’m gonna need to sit down and do some planning so I can make those adventures come to fruition. So uhm, the baseball postseason starts tomorrow, and that’s one thing I always look forward to every year, especially when the Dodgers are involved (this is their 12th straight year getting in).
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/01/24 at 7:44 pm
Concerning the MLB postseason, I'll certainly be paying attention, although not watching every game. As you probably guessed, we will be rooting for the Phillies. If the Phillies end up playing the Dodgers at any point I will likely go quiet about the contest as usual for me; however, that contest cannot be the first round for either. We shall see who emerges from the wildcard round and go from there.
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Written By: nally on 10/01/24 at 7:52 pm
Dodgers would face the Phillies in the NLCS if they were to meet in this year’s postseason. Just like they did in 2008 and 2009; both times, the Phillies came out on top. But they would need to win their respective NLDSes first.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/02/24 at 9:40 pm
Even though I remember the 2008 Phillies (who won it all) I don't recall anything about the NLCS from then. The team in 2024 is naturally very different than the team in 2008. If both teams win their NLDS series, they will indeed meet in the NLCS. We'll have to wait and see.
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Written By: nally on 10/02/24 at 9:46 pm
For sure we will wait and see. I just know that in 2008, the Dodgers won a postseason series for the first time in 20 years - they swept the Cubbies in the NLDS. Then they reached the NLCS to face the Phillies, who were a very good team that year… and the Phillies won said series in 5 games. Needless to say, the day that the Phillies won Game 5 to punch their ticket to the World Series was October 15th 2008, the 20th anniversary of Kirk Gibson’s dramatic walkoff home run to give the Dodgers a Game One victory in the 1988 World Series - the last postseason series that the Dodgers would win until the aforementioned 2008 NLDS.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/24 at 4:22 am
Got to still get use to the game play of baseball, I have to. There were matches on UK television this past summer, but I could not watch due to the state of my eyes.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/03/24 at 8:56 pm
Have the Mets/Brewers game on at this very minute. The top of the 9th inning is wild! It started with the Brewers up 2 - 0, but currently is 4 - 2 Mets (Alonzo 3 run HR) with a pitching change going on. Crazy!
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Written By: nally on 10/03/24 at 10:50 pm
It’s over now, with the Mets having won it, and now all four LDS matchups are set, as noted in the baseball thread. Each one will start on Saturday, then the American League will have Sunday off and resume on Monday (when the National League will be off). I am looking forward to cheering on my beloved Dodgers team, although I might be out on Saturday night and not able to watch the game. (I can check the score on my app when I get home.)
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/04/24 at 8:48 pm
Just as I am excited for the Phillies' NLDS to get going, there's also a nagging apprehension about the team's readiness after the long layoff. I shouldn't worry myself, though - the teams are professionals. We'll just wait and see, as we enjoy the continuation of October baseball.
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Written By: nally on 10/04/24 at 9:12 pm
Keeping in shape is what these guys have to do; and when a team has to wait several days after Closing Day to play their first postseason game, they find ways to stay sharp. This includes daily workouts, practice, and other things I’m sure. The same holds true when they sweep a series and have to wait a few more days before starting the next round.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/05/24 at 8:39 pm
Long layoffs aside, it appears the Phillies' weak spot is the same as all year - an inconsistent bullpen. Today's loss was sad. I hope they can figure something out quickly, or else it's gonna shorten their postseason.
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Written By: nally on 10/06/24 at 1:40 am
My team, the Dodgers, overcame two deficits to win their game tonight. I’m happy about that. However, I couldn’t watch most of the game live - including Ohtani’s three-run blast to put us on the board - since I went out with my family this evening to see a musical performance (which I enjoyed). But when we got home, we were able to watch the highlights of the game. :)
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/06/24 at 9:36 pm
Nowadays game highlights are right at our fingertips, a very good thing. Kudos to the Dodgers for their big win yesterday. Incidentally, I'm happy to report the Phillies tied up their NLDS series this afternoon (walk off style) in a seesaw affair.
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Written By: nally on 10/06/24 at 10:08 pm
Oh yes, that was good for the Phils. However, my team was NOT at their best tonight, as the Padres struck back. >:( I will post more details in the baseball thread when I get there. So, both NLDSes will require a fourth game.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/07/24 at 7:31 pm
Paying attention to all of the LDS games has yielded good entertainment so far this year; besides the improved pace of game, there haven't been that many lopsided games (sorry about yesterday's Dodgers game) which makes them more exciting.
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Written By: nally on 10/07/24 at 8:55 pm
Quite all right, regarding my team’s trainwreck of a game last night (hopefully they will turn the page tomorrow when they play Game Three in San Diego); that was awful. The other games so far have been interesting, with several of them being seesaw affairs; that can be interesting in a sense.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/08/24 at 10:32 pm
Really getting nervous about my team's NLDS chances after their game today. Although I only saw a portion of the game, it looked like there wasn't the fight in the team that I hoped to see. Next game is win or go home.
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Written By: nally on 10/08/24 at 11:17 pm
Same for my team (assuming they lost, as I speculated when writing my post on the baseball thread). If that’s the case, it would be like the 2022 NLDS all over again, when they also faced the Padres, won Game One and lost the next three. I would hate for them to fizzle out in the LDS for a third straight year…but then again, my team’s biggest Achillies Heel this year has been their pitching, with several pitchers getting injured.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/09/24 at 6:48 pm
The team I root for is getting roughed up; I don't know if they'll make it to the next round at this point. It's hard to watch right now.
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Written By: nally on 10/09/24 at 7:17 pm
Ugh, I feel for ya. It's do or die for my team tonight as well. If the NLCS comes down to Mets vs Padres, I'm going to root for the Mets because I want some team to do a number on the Pods.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/10/24 at 7:45 pm
Very frustrated about my team's play, but as they approached October I was worried they weren't playing at the level needed to go deep (I was hoping they'd pick it up once postseason started). As for who to root for going forward, I'll wait to see who makes it to their LCS series.
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Written By: nally on 10/10/24 at 9:08 pm
Well, you probably know which team I’m gonna be rooting for on the NL side (assuming they win tomorrow night; but if they don’t, then that’s that). As for the AL, I don’t really wanna cheer for the NYY (although I actually did two years ago because they battled the Astros, who swept them; but the Stros aren’t in it this year!!), but if the Yankees hang on and win tonight, they go to the ALCS and will face either the Guardians or Tigers; I’m fine with either of those two teams, personally speaking. In 2012, the Tigers swept the Yankees in the ALCS; that could occur again this year.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/11/24 at 8:55 pm
X-cited to see who will compete in the two LCS series - Dodgers or Padres (playing now), Guardians or Tigers (playing tomorrow). Postseason baseball is just fun! And at least the Astros, Braves and Diamondbacks aren't in it.
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Written By: nally on 10/11/24 at 9:53 pm
Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Yu Darvish - two pitchers from Japan - started tonight, and both pitched well, but it was the Dodgers who came out on top! I’m so glad that my team is advancing to the NLCS, which will be a rematch of that of 1988 (against the Mets). Now there is one Divisional Series game left, which will be played tomorrow to decide whether the Guardians or Tigers will face the Yankees in the ALCS.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/13/24 at 3:07 pm
Zero love here for the Mets or Yankees; I wouldn't mind a Dodgers/Guardians World Series. We'll see how it goes. Still "licking my wounds" over the Phillies, but that's how postseason is. I'm turning more attention to (American) football, as I always do this time of year. My Chicago Bears are looking decent for a change, now at 4 - 2 (after a concerning 1 - 2 start).
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Written By: nally on 10/13/24 at 4:00 pm
As for me, I must say that football has never really interested me; just my personal opinion. And I hope there isn’t a Subway World Series this year either (like in 2000); I would like to see a Dodgers/Guardians World Series as well. The NLCS starts tonight and I will be cheering for my team to win.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/14/24 at 9:01 pm
Best-of-seven series (used both for LCS's and World Series) can seem more like a marathon than a sprint. Thus one game is no reason to panic. However, it's advantageous being able to line up your pitching the way you want; winning certainly helps that happen. Not to mention that success means being first to win 4 games (by definition). Ah, postseason!
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Written By: nally on 10/14/24 at 9:56 pm
Cleveland Guardians lost to the Evil Empire in Game One of the AL Championship Series tonight (which I haven’t posted on the baseball thread yet); and in the NL Series, the first two games have been split - Dodgers scored big last night, while the Mets struck back today. So we know that the NL Championship Series will require a Game Five (on Friday in NY). Things could go in any direction this week.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/15/24 at 10:31 pm
Dodgers split their series with the Mets as of now, but the Yankees are ahead in their LCS after tonight's game. The Guardians might have difficulty overtaking the Yankees, even though there's still plenty of baseball left in their series.
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Written By: nally on 10/15/24 at 10:52 pm
Evil Empire (a common nickname for the Yankees, used by people who don’t like the team, and even by some people who do like them) have taken the first two games, yes; which means they are halfway to reaching the World Series for the first time in 15 years. Personally I don’t wanna see them get there. However, they were at least at that point in the ALCSes of 2010, 2017, and 2019… but they ended up losing (to teams from the state of Texas in each occasion). Anyways, that series will resume on Thursday in Cleveland, while the NLCS resumes tomorrow in Queens; and I’m hoping my Boys In Blue will get back on the winning track.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/16/24 at 7:33 pm
Fears that we end up with a subway series are stirring; however, it's way too early to make such a prediction. I hope this is wrong. As the Dodgers are currently playing the Mets, this series is a toss up at this time.
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Written By: nally on 10/16/24 at 7:40 pm
Game Three is currently in progress; I’m actually not watching it right now because I just got home from work a little while ago and I have various and sundry things to catch up on. But my parents are currently watching the game and I just heard them cheering, which means that the Dodgers must be doing something good. Also I’m gonna be having dinner shortly.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/17/24 at 1:42 pm
Having watched much of game 3, I can say that it was a dominant performance, as reflected by the score. Kudos to the Dodgers! It was important to take one (at least) at Citi Field where the Mets are hosting. As for the other game, we'll have to see if the Guardians can come up with an answer for the Yankees.
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Written By: nally on 10/17/24 at 9:07 pm
I found out, as I’ve been watching tonight’s NLCS game, that the Guardians - who were facing a potential 0-3 hole - came from behind to win the third game of the ALCS, which was shown on the side; and I’m glad they eked out a win! Now my team has to hold onto its lead in Game Four; if so, then they will be one win away from the World Series. However, tomorrow’s NLCS game will start at 2pm my time, and I’ll be at work; and the game might or might not be over with before I get home.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/18/24 at 8:00 pm
Just not the Dodgers' day, today's NLCS that is. But it will be nice to go back home for the Dodgers. In the meantime the Guardians/Yankees ALCS game 4 is underway. Lots of drama already, and it's only inning 3.
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Written By: nally on 10/18/24 at 9:21 pm
Keeping the series alive, that’s what the Mets did. The Guardians are trying to do the same thing in the ALCS, but I just looked at my MLB app again and saw that the Yankees were leading them 6-2 in the 7th inning. If that lead holds up, then the Guardians will be facing elimination tomorrow. Meanwhile, the NLCS will resume on Sunday night in Dodger Stadium.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/20/24 at 5:17 pm
Last night the Yankees won the ALCS, so I hope the Dodgers prevail in the NLCS, lest we end up with a subway series. Only don't tell my nephew I said that (a die-hard Mets fan).
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Written By: nally on 10/20/24 at 5:58 pm
Mets fans would be glad to see another Subway Series, but as you know I am not one of those people. (But if it comes to fruition I would root for them so that there would be payback from 24 years ago.) Still, the Dodgers have a 3-2 edge in the NLCS, so if they win tonight then they will face the Evil Empire for the first time since 1981 (in World Series play, that is).
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/21/24 at 9:26 pm
Now that we know thr Dodgers are in, it's time to choose who to root for in the World Series. I choose the Dodgers. Hopefully the Dodgers have their pitching aligned as they want, always good starting a series. At this point I don't know which team is the home team.
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Written By: nally on 10/21/24 at 10:44 pm
On Friday night, when the series begins, the Dodgers are the home team; this is because they had the best regular-season record amongst all the teams. So they will host games 1 and 2; and the Yankees will host games 3 and 4 (and 5, if necessary). Glad you are going to root for the Dodgers, although their pitching is not that great; they have Yamamoto, Flaherty, and Buehler as decent starters, which means they will have to do a “bullpen game” at some point (just as they did during the NLDS and NLCS).
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/22/24 at 9:36 pm
Pitching, being a most critical aspect of championship (or any) baseball, cannot be understated. However, the Dodgers have demonstrated the sufficiency of their pitching staff by virtue of winning the NL championship. Besides, what's most important with a pitcher is how he matches up with each individual opponent going to bat. I think they'll be fine; we shall see.
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Written By: nally on 10/22/24 at 9:41 pm
Quite right you are; well said. The Dodgers did acquire Glasnow last offseason, and he was good as an ace, but he got hurt and had to miss the rest of this year due to injury; plus, veteran ace pitcher Clayton Kershaw was up and down for most of this year, and he will definitely not be on the postseason roster. I just hope that the starting pitchers don’t allow the Yankees batters to score too much; the Dodgers offense needs to do their part as well.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/23/24 at 9:34 pm
Regarding the Dodger offense, hopefully they will put up some decent run totals, for as we know the Yankees can score a lot with their bats. It will be quite a pitching/defense challenge for both teams. I personally expect a lot of fireworks. My hope is that the Dodgers prevail.
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Written By: nally on 10/23/24 at 10:20 pm
Same here; I have been a diehard Dodgers fan since I was a little boy. In fact, I have always rooted for my local teams in all pro sports (I even say that whenever I’m talking with someone about sports); of course I like baseball the best. And yes, we know that the Yankees are a good-scoring team; let’s hope that the Dodgers can prevent them from scoring too much. Before the game begins on Friday, however, there will be a special tribute to the late Fernando Valenzuela, who was a key contributor to the Dodgers’ success in the 1981 World Series (the last time that the Dodgers and Yankees faced each other in the Fall Classic).
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/24/24 at 7:55 pm
Tomorrow we will get to see the first World Series game action. Unlike a best-of-3 or best-of-5, the best-of-7 World Series has a marathon feel. It will be good to get things started, at last. Good luck Dodgers!
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Written By: nally on 10/24/24 at 9:24 pm
Unless I get home without any heavy traffic tomorrow (which I think is not likely, given that Friday afternoon traffic is always hectic), I won’t be able to see the start of the game (or even the pregame tribute to Fernando Valenzuela, which I mentioned in my last post), but my parents will, because they will be at home for most of the day. Still, I will watch the game as long as it doesn’t get too disappointing.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/25/24 at 10:23 pm
Very much a pitcher's duel, that's how I'd describe the game so far. But now it's in the 10th inning. World Series baseball is so exciting!
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Written By: nally on 10/25/24 at 10:54 pm
Walkoff grand slam by Freddy Freeman to end the game in the Dodgers favor!! This was apparently the first ever walkoff grand slam in World Series history. It will definitely send the Dodgers fans home happy. :)
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/26/24 at 1:53 pm
X-citing as anything I've ever seen in a World Series game, that's how I'd characterize the end of last night's game. Not to mention historic. You've gotta feel bad for Cortes, but no matter, the Dodgers came out on top. It makes you wonder how are they gonna top that? I declare, postseason baseball can be really exciting!
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Written By: nally on 10/26/24 at 2:41 pm
Yamamoto starts for the Dodgers in tonight’s game; hopefully he will do well like he did last time; plus, he faced the Yankees in interleague play in June, pitching well and getting a no-decision even though his team eventually won that game. I’d sure love to see the Dodgers take a 2-0 series lead into New York. We’ll just see what happens tonight; who knows, maybe another exciting moment might occur.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/27/24 at 5:10 pm
Zipping ahead to Monday, we'll have to see how things look when the teams are in NYC. The Dodgers won't have home field advantage there but the good thing is they've retained the overall series home field advantage to date. Thankfully, so far Dodgers' pitching has been first rate.
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Written By: nally on 10/27/24 at 8:06 pm
Absolutely right, regarding the pitching. Flaherty wasn’t too bad in Game One and Yamomoto pitched very well in Game Two. Tomorrow night, we will see Walker Buehler start Game Three; he wasn’t too great in the regular season (don’t forget, he was coming back from Tommy John Surgery) but he pitched fairly well overall in the NLDS and NLCS. Not sure which Dodgers pitcher will start Game Four on Tuesday night - although it might be a bullpen game - but I do know that Luis Heel will start for the Yankees.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/28/24 at 7:37 pm
Being that game 3 is in progress now, I'm happy to report that Ohtani is indeed playing, a very good thing. Dodgers have taken an early lead via a home run by - you guessed it - Freddie Freeman. If the Dodgers prevail tonight, the chances of getting the series back to L.A. diminish - but I think they'd take that.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/28/24 at 10:53 pm
Can we speculate that Freddy Freeman is an early candidate for MVP if the Dodgers win the World Series? He has hit a home run in every game so fat in the series thus far. And the Boys In Blue won tonight to put the Yanks on the brink of elimination! Just for the record, the Dodgers have swept only one World Series, namely that of 1963…when they swept the Yankees!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/29/24 at 4:06 pm
Distinct possibilities, both for a Dodgers sweep and for selecting Freddie Freeman as MVP. Although the potential sweep would shorten the series, I suppose I'm okay with that (not that I have any control anyway). Is tonight scheduled to be the "bullpen game" for the Dodgers?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/29/24 at 10:43 pm
Every Dodger fan wanted for this to be the final game, but unfortunately that’s not how things turned out. And yes, this was the bullpen game for the Dodgers tonight; however, the bullpen was not at its best tonight, and things really got outta hand late in the game (to make a long story short, the floodgates opened up). Therefore, a game is necessary tomorrow night, and it will likely be a rematch of Game One starters (Flaherty and Cole).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/30/24 at 8:28 pm
Flaherty sadly got roughed up today (the game's in progress) whereas Cole is cruising. There's still time, but it's not looking that great at this point to end the series today. But we'll see.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/30/24 at 11:04 pm
Gerrit Cole pitched well tonight for the NYY, but the Dodgers came back from a 5-0 deficit and went on to take a 7-6 lead… and now they have won it all!! :) :D Walker Buhler, a starter, came on to pitch the bottom of the ninth and he retired the side in order!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/31/24 at 8:18 pm
Happy for the Dodgers and hoping you get to enjoy their accomplishment. For a change, the winning-est team in the regular season took the crown. (Although having seen the Yankees melt down defensively in the 5th, I had to really wonder about them.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 10/31/24 at 9:48 pm
I gotta say that I feel that way about them too, even though I am not a Yankees fan by any means (although I occasionally root in their favor when they play a team that the Dodgers are trying to stay/pull ahead of in the standings; additionally, I did root for the Yanks in the 2022 ALCS because they faced the Astros…who swept them; but that’s about it). Still, this being the 12th Dodgers-Yankees World Series in history probably attracted plenty of attention. Now that it’s in the books, the Dodgers are going to have a victory parade tomorrow.. something that they couldn’t do four years ago due to pandemic restrictions.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/02/24 at 8:04 pm
Just realized that MLB Baseball season has finished, with the Dodgers taking the crown. So it's a good time to consider a new subject. That aside, hopefully the parade was a joyous, festive celebration between the Dodgers players and fans.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/02/24 at 8:11 pm
Keeping the subject on the table, I would just like to mention that if game seven were necessary, it would be in progress right now; but that is a moot point because the Dodgers didn’t fool around at all in game five. They got it done, and flew back to Los Angeles not to play another game but to celebrate their victory. I recorded the festivities on my DVR and I’m going to watch it tonight (after I make some more posts, barring any more server issues).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/03/24 at 2:19 pm
L.A. having a 2024 victory parade (as opposed to no parade in 2020) is a very good thing, a positive for baseball, Dodgers fans and the city. Glad to hear you could DVR it to watch later. Speaking of DVR, on a whim we captured WS games 1 and 5; trying to decide whether to archive them onto DVD or not. We'll see. Anyway, any thoughts on a new subject?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/03/24 at 2:23 pm
Maybe there is a way to archive stuff from your DVR onto a DVD, but I’m not entirely sure on how to do that. I suppose I could try to research, but chances are that certain units might have different procedures than others. Do you know how to do it?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/04/24 at 8:29 pm
Not every DVR has the ability to archive onto a DVD, so you'd have to check into that. Ours has that capability built in, but upon shopping for DVRs discovered it isn't a standard feature. (Plus it's an old unit.) A problem we'll have later is when more content is streaming; I don't think it can record streaming content.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/04/24 at 9:59 pm
Okay, now that you mention it, I’m still thinking I should just research how to do it, if at all possible. One way I could do that is to search the Spectrum site (that’s our provider) and see if any useful information can be found there. On the subject of recording stuff onto a DVD, my parents used to do that a lot during the 2000s; they recorded old game shows (from GSN, back when that channel aired older programmes) onto VHS and would then transfer the content onto blank DVDs.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/05/24 at 8:05 pm
Perhaps you could use a USB flash drive for archiving; I saw references to that on Google. I hope that works. The ability to watch such special games or events in the future can be a good thing. But the feature in which our aged DVR can archive HDD recordings to DVD is now considered quirky.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/05/24 at 10:22 pm
Quirky is right! However I regularly use USB drives (aka flash drives) to store various files, but I’m not sure how that would work for the DVR. In fact I have several USBs just for pictures and videos that I have taken with my digital camera and my smartphone. To store the items from the latter device, I have a Picture Keeper that I hook into my phone; the other end has a USB port that I can connect to a computer if desired.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/06/24 at 8:39 pm
Recording to USB from DVR is something I saw on Google, but I didn't study the suggestion to see how it worked. I also think I heard of Picture Keeper somewhere, but not familiar with it. Maybe further searching will turn up a suitable procedure for archiving recordings.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/06/24 at 9:14 pm
Somewhere you can find a Picture Keeper device; I think I first saw them on QVC. Not sure if they are available in stores; all I know is that I received one as a Christmas gift a couple years ago, and it works great! The best part is, you can back up your pictures on it and not have to keep them on your phone indefinitely, because they do take up space!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/07/24 at 8:12 pm
That Picture Keeper device does look handy indeed. I don't see, however, that it could be used for DVR archiving (unless I'm missing something); an ordinary thumb drive is perhaps a better bet. Incidentally, I think the Picture Keeper is still available. I may just look into getting one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/07/24 at 9:52 pm
USB port is something that a Picture Keeper has, and I think that the mention of USB when we were talking about using a flash drive, that prompted me to mention the PK. That said, I must have deviated from the subject of DVR when I mentioned the Picture Keeper, which has nothing to do with DVRs or the like. Sorry about that!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/08/24 at 4:55 pm
Very appreciative of your explanation of (and endorsement of) Picture Keeper; you wouldn't have known but I had separately been brainstorming about ways to archive some of our older photos off the computer to clear more C:/ drive space. Now I'm still thinking it's not likely the answer for DVR archiving. But I'm glad you brought it up.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/08/24 at 7:41 pm
Well, I can tell you that it’s not a good idea to keep pictures on your hard drive for too long; always best to back them up onto a portable device like a flash drive. If your pc crashes or stops working properly, then you won’t be able to get your files off there. Always best to back them up. Still, you mentioned the possibility of using a flash drive to backup stuff on the DVR, but I still don’t know how that would theoretically work.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/09/24 at 10:35 pm
X-asperating myself trying to come up with a clever 'X' reply isn't working, so I'll just reiterate that I'd been contemplating archiving older photos to somewhere other than the C:/ drive to recover the drive space. As for DVR archiving, I'm a bit clueless. And I'm still open to new topics - although the Picture Keeper has become a bit of a topic, hasn't it?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/09/24 at 10:40 pm
Yes it has! So has the concept of flash drives in general. Maybe sometime after I come back from my Reno trip (which starts next Saturday morning) I can research how to backup/archive stuff from the DVR; for now I’m just gonna put that subject on the back burner and try to focus on packing for my Reno trip. I have to sort out things to bring (clothes, necessities, etc).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/10/24 at 4:51 pm
Zeal for discussing MLB postseason and then DVRs made me forget about your trip. Have fun and enjoy Reno! I can wait for your return to hear about archiving from DVR, if you learn anything. Meanwhile, it's good to get packed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/10/24 at 4:59 pm
After I got home from my morning errands (church and shopping), I sat down and wrote down some items I know I’m gonna need to pack; in fact, I picked up one such item while I was out. The weather in Reno is projected to be on the chilly side; that is, cooler than I’m accustomed to; so I will definitely have to pack heavy clothing. I’m likely gonna be wearing my heavy coat on the plane, too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/11/24 at 9:07 pm
By your last post it sounds like you have a good handle on what you're going to pack. It's likely time to go over that packing checklist, too. BTW wearing your coat onboard is a good idea as then you won't have to stuff it in your luggage.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/11/24 at 9:42 pm
Coats can make the suitcase very heavy, even if you could fit one in there. That’s why we wanna try to pack as light as possible and not have to check any luggage. On Thursday night this week, I’m going to start packing; I must finish doing so on Friday night because we have to get to bed early and get up very early on Saturday morning so that we can get to the airport as soon as possible before our flight departs.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/12/24 at 3:31 pm
Diligent planning with respect to packing tends to pay dividends in smooth travel. Sounds like you've planned how you're packing well. As it looks like you may encounter chilly weather, you may want to include hiking boots, plus a hat, scarf and/or gloves if you have them. Enjoy your trip preparation!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/12/24 at 10:20 pm
Enjoying it will be possible if we plan methodically, which I think we have done. I don’t have too much “winter-esque” clothing, since we live in a part of southern California that never gets below freezing; however, we know what all we’re going to pack (and wear), because we’ve made our lists.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/14/24 at 8:57 pm
Frigid temperatures appear to be on tap for Reno, thus my suggestions. But a good coat is your first line of defense, so unless you anticipate lengthy periods outdoors you're probably fine. Nonetheless it's always good to experience someplace new. Once again, have a good time!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/14/24 at 11:17 pm
Gotta tell you that I just did the majority of my packing this evening, so that’s all set, and I don’t have to rush to do it tomorrow night because we have to be in bed very early. There are “last minute” items to pack, including electronics (such as charging cables for my phone and FitBit, plus the adapter); I can easily insert those into my suitcase on Saturday morning before we go out the door.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/15/24 at 7:43 pm
Hearing how it's going, it sounds like you're well prepared for your getaway. Hopefully everything goes smoothly when you travel. Give a report when you return home!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/15/24 at 8:17 pm
I will be leaving first thing in the morning; gotta get to the airport early. Then when I get to Reno, we’ll be renting a car and driving to the hotel to check in. I’ll be able to use my smartphone to go online (albeit briefly) due to the fact that there’ll be Wi-Fi there. Certainly I will have enough time to mention how the flight was, how the weather is, etc…
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/16/24 at 8:48 pm
Just a wish for easy travel and a fun visit, that's my wish for you. Enjoy your trip and don't worry too much about us folks on this site - just give us a good report on the other side.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/17/24 at 11:33 am
Knowing that, I’m not worried at all. So far I’m having a nice time on my travels. The flight was great; we arrived in Reno on time, then went to my cousin’s house, where we spent time visiting and chatting. We eventually checked into the hotel and got situated. Today we’re going to spend more time with the cousin and his wife and their family.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/24 at 7:35 am
Looks like to be an early Thanksgiving Dinner with your cousin?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/19/24 at 9:54 am
Maybe I should explain: Thursday of next week is Thanksgiving, which we will celebrate with a different cousin.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/24 at 10:22 am
Next week, I was under the impression it was this week. Many thank on updating me.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/19/24 at 11:25 am
Oh yes, Thanksgiving Day in the USA is the 4th Thursday in November, which means the date range for it is the 22nd through the 28th.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/24 at 11:36 am
Polite thank you for reminding me of that, and I will try and remember the proper date next year.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/19/24 at 11:42 am
Questions sometimes arise as to whether it’s the 4th or last Thursday of the month, since in most cases the 4th instance of a weekday in a month is also the last, but that’s not always the case because most months have 30 or 31 days altogether, which means there will be five instances of a particular weekday. But US Thanksgiving Day is in fact the 4th Thursday of November, as stated above.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/19/24 at 9:41 pm
Readying ourselves for Thanksgiving, for those of us responsible for food preparation, often starts a week or more in advance of the holiday to make sure we have everything ready for the big day. For those of us who visit others, sometimes being less involved in food prep means an easier holiday experience. But for the food preparers, the satisfaction of a feast well prepared (plus the compliments) make it all worthwhile.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/20/24 at 12:01 am
Somehow we deviated from the discussion about my vacation trip. I had another good day with my extended family, and tonight we went out to a restaurant to celebrate my mom’s birthday (which is on Thursday of this week), as well as that of her cousin’s wife (next Monday); being with them this week has allowed us to do that. Tomorrow we are flying back home.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/20/24 at 9:51 am
To deviate from the main topic is not uncommon, but I'm glad to return to discussing your vacation. Glad to hear you've been enjoying your trip and got to celebrate your Mom and relative's birthdays. Wishing safe travels to you on your trip home!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/20/24 at 9:59 am
Until I get back home later tonight, I will be offline from the moment I leave the hotel. Pretty soon we’re gonna have breakfast in the hotel and then prepare to leave. Right now we are just waking up. And yes, we enjoyed ourselves the whole time.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/24 at 12:19 pm
Very safe journey home, please.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/20/24 at 9:24 pm
When I got to the airport I had to leave my phone on to show my boarding pass, then when I boarded the plane I turned off the phone (I decided not to put it on “airplane mode”). The journey in the air was supposed to last for about an hour and a half, but we arrived at LAX about 10-15 minutes ahead of schedule. One thing I enjoy about flying in a plane is the aerial view, especially when I can spot familiar places! Anyways, once we got on the road again, the drive home took almost two hours (had to deal with the Wednesday afternoon commute).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/21/24 at 8:45 pm
X-haling - was a bit concerned you might have issues with lousy weather. Glad it went so smoothly! When you're ready you'll have to fill us in with any more details. Welcome home.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/21/24 at 10:42 pm
Yes, there was no precipitation in Reno while we were there, but there was some rain in the forecast for yesterday afternoon; thankfully our flight left there beforehand. And today I went back to work and had plenty to catch up on; I was able to get it all completed; I wasn’t very swamped at all.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/22/24 at 9:21 pm
Zero precipitation in Reno sounds like good news. Glad it all went well. Glad to hear you weren't too swamped at work, too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/22/24 at 9:26 pm
And now we have Thanksgiving Day coming up next week! Again I will be going with my parents up to Paso Robles to spend the holiday with my mother’s cousin who owns the B&B, only this time we’re gonna drive up there on the morning of Thanksgiving Day; this is because I have to be at work on Wednesday to take care of end-of-month needs. I have mentioned before that the end of each month is a busy time for my company, especially due to the fact that I perform accounting duties.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/23/24 at 9:59 pm
Back to Thanksgiving indeed. It sounds like your plans are set, which is good. We're visiting our Ohio folks, but I will be busy there cooking - it's a long story. I'm really looking forward to seeing our folks there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/23/24 at 10:24 pm
Cooking is always a busy process, especially for a big holiday. We’re gonna prepare a few food items to contribute to the meal as well; anytime we go to someone’s home for a holiday or similar celebration, we bring something; we never go there empty-handed. It wouldn’t seem right.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/24/24 at 10:10 pm
During Thanksgiving is when much of our cooking happens. But we keep things on the simple side to keep it doable. Our hosts may surprise us with some of their ethnic dishes, always most welcome (and tasty!)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/24/24 at 10:19 pm
Eclectic feasts can be quite interesting, with a plethora of different foods to choose from. However, if you only have a few people to serve, then you do want to keep it simple (but not too boring!). There will be six of us at the place I’ll be eating at (myself, my parents, our cousin the host, his partner, and his stepdad), so it’ll probably be fairly simple, although I’m sure we’ll enjoy ourselves.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/25/24 at 4:32 pm
For our hosts, the ethnic Asian food they prepare is their expertise, whereas they never roasted a turkey or prepared "Thanksgiving food" before we started enjoying the holiday together. That's why I expect to cook when we get there. (Before they moved to Ohio at COVID time, we hosted them.) The Asian food they prepare is generally delicious, so long as they cut back on the spicy heat (which they do for us).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/25/24 at 7:38 pm
Glad to hear that; it sounds very interesting. Always nice to put an “ethnic” twist on the meal. On a related note, when my mom was growing up, her Italian grandmother would often include some Italian foods in the holiday meals; this I know because my mom has told me all about such experiences. Even as I was growing up, I would enjoy Italian food being part of the holiday feasts; and I still do now that I’m grown up!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/28/24 at 11:00 pm
Having now enjoyed our Thanksgiving meal, I can report that we weren't surprised with ethnic food for this particular day. We bastcally stuck to my menu, which turned out good. I'm thankful for the great assistance of hubby and the "grandkids" in food prep. Happy day!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/28/24 at 11:29 pm
I’m glad to hear that! Similarly, I had a nice Thanksgiving feast tonight as well; I think the eggplant parmesan dish that my mom prepared was well-liked. (We also had traditional Thanksgiving foods such as turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and a cranberry sauce that my dad made.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 11/29/24 at 10:53 pm
Judging from your response, it sounds like your Thanksgiving meal was enjoyed by all. I'd say the same about ours. And don't worry - we got to enjoy plenty of ethnic Asian food at other meals. Good stuff!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 11/30/24 at 1:41 am
Knowing that you enjoy ethnic foods in your holiday meals is great! It makes the meal rather diverse and interesting! Anyways, I’m gonna have to get to sleep soon; tomorrow morning my family and I are gonna drive back home (approximately 180 miles, give or take), so I gotta make sure that I’m well rested.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/01/24 at 2:10 pm
Likewise, we had to drive back home yesterday from Ohio (our trip was over 360 miles). We made it home safe (with thankfully little traffic). Hoping your drive home today is safe and uneventful.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/01/24 at 3:27 pm
My drive home happened yesterday (Saturday), not today. I apologize for any confusion. I’m pretty sure I mentioned it in at least one other thread. As we were traveling south on Highway 101, we made one stop along the way (at the Starbucks in Buellton to get a snack and have a stretch break); the traffic the rest of the way moved smoothly for the most part, except for a slowdown near Santa Barbara where there was an ongoing road improvement project. When we got home, we chillaxed for the rest of the day; and today we’re doing our usual Sunday activities; and at some point this afternoon we will probably start decorating our home for the holiday season!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/02/24 at 7:45 pm
Nice to hear your travel was low traffic and uneventful. BTW any confusion on your travel date seems to be on my part; sorry 'bout that. Anyway, holiday decorating is a good plan; enjoy.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/02/24 at 8:08 pm
On with the month of December we go; and that means it’s time for holiday decorating! I always enjoy doing that each year, particularly helping to put ornaments on the tree (which we’ll probably do next weekend, or maybe the following weekend). There is other decorating that I help my family with, and it all gets accomplished.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/03/24 at 9:33 pm
Putting up Christmas decorations is a perfect way to ring in December. (We may go a little lighter this year; we'll see.) Enjoy the process and the decorated results!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/03/24 at 9:59 pm
Questions sometimes arise as to where to put certain decorations, because there are several places where they could theoretically go. However, some people prefer to put them in a specific location. Even so, “mixing it up” adds more possibility.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/04/24 at 9:56 pm
Re-imagining your holiday decorating scheme can be a fun and creative process. For us, we may forego the tree this year but put up other holiday decor. We'll see.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/04/24 at 11:01 pm
Something else I like to do is write out holiday cards to send to friends. There are a number of folks on this site that I’ve exchanged cards with over the years; a number of them have not written any cards in the last few years, but there are a few that still do (including one former member on here that I keep in close contact with). I also like to hand out cards in-person if I can; this year I will likely do so at church (I have a few friends I see there regularly, including a married couple that I’ve known since before they married), and I will likely be ready to give Christmas cards to my church friends on the 15th.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/05/24 at 8:01 pm
That's a good point, about Christmas cards. We usually send out a lot of cards; it exhausts me to fill out as many as we do, frankly (over 40, and hubby doesn't help with writing, given his penmanship). But I like receiving cards too.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/05/24 at 9:17 pm
Until I confirm the addresses of everyone I want to mail a card to, I can’t send them all out because there’s a chance that at least one person may have moved within the past year, and it’s always a pain when a piece of mail comes back with a yellow PO sticker indicating that the person has moved. That’s why I contact the person, either via email, text, or Facebook messenger. And one person that I messenged last night replied to me this morning, thus confirming that she hasn’t moved. I have also told my addressees that I have not moved (in fact, I’ve been living at the same location for almost 24 years!).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/06/24 at 12:55 pm
Very good idea, contacting your card recipients beforehand. Unfortunately for me, I don't have email and/or text numbers for everyone. (Some of ours are from years ago.) No matter; we just send them and if any are returned, so be it. We don't usually get too many returns.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/06/24 at 7:36 pm
While it’s nice to be able to send holiday cards to people you know, it is disappointing when the card bounces back. Sometimes the reason may be that the person has passed on (and you had no way of knowing). Of course, there are several people I’ve exchanged cards with over the years but not anymore (due possibly to lack of interest on their part) and I don’t know if they still live at the last address I have for them. But the important thing is that I still have friends that I’m still in close contact with.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/07/24 at 3:50 pm
X-changing cards each year is something I've committed to, but that doesn't mean it's not a chore for me. The organizing plus actual writing can take a few days to complete (not to mention shopping for the "good" cards). The good thing is, when that large stack of cards is finally dropped into the mail, I can exhale, at least for a minute.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/08/24 at 12:50 am
Yes that is right. Sometimes I like to buy a box of greeting cards (all with the same design and words inside) from a place that sells stationery, like a Hallmark store; my parents also like to do this. Of course, we also have to write a message inside the card, addressed to the person, and that can take some time to do (but for people who have a journalism degree, like my dad, it might not take as long). However, buying an individual card for a specific person is also nice to do.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/08/24 at 4:55 pm
Zero of our cards will be bought individually, but we're very particular when it comes to boxed cards. Writing a little note in each card is part of it, but when there are 40+ cards, writer's cramp sets in quickly, so most notes are brief. Not to mention writing the addresses (we use labels for the return address). It's a lot to do, especially as it's mostly just me (hubby frequently helps with stamp application, sealing and postal drop; I'll give him credit there).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/09/24 at 1:08 am
Ah yes, that’s another thing. Sometimes I get writer’s block when trying to write a nice message of my own inside the card. Thinking of what to write can take time… just like when I think of what to write in my responses in this thread! Anyways, this evening I managed to write out two holiday cards, both of which are being mailed to friends who live outside the state of California (in fact, both addressees are people I met on this site!).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/11/24 at 9:35 pm
Buying nice cards in the first place helps the process. However, a buyer is at the mercy of what the store carries. Nonetheless, I usually find good ones at my typical boxed card stores. Nice cards do tend to cut down on (but not eliminate) the amount of writing needed.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 12/11/24 at 10:01 pm
Cards that are blank inside, however, require that the user write a message inside. Some people opt for those because it gives them the opportunity to write whatever they want, depending on the recipient. I do know some people who like to write a long message inside the card; on the other hand, some people like to keep it short and sweet.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/12/24 at 7:34 pm
During this part of the month, it can get busy between gift shopping, decorating, getting cards out, planning/shopping for food, plus all the activities. What does relax me is great Christmas movies plus our church's Christmas Eve service. Not to mention enjoying my hubby's company on Christmas and eating a delicious Christmas feast. And I always pause to emphasize the real reason for the season.
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Written By: nally on 12/12/24 at 9:08 pm
Every one of those things you mentioned sounds really nice. With regards to church services, there are usually many of those on Christmas Eve and Day; and for a lotta years, my parents worked in the church and had to be involved with the music for the services (and often times, I would attend at least one or two services with them). But they retired from their church jobs almost 3 1/2 years ago, so that’s one less thing they have to stress over. However, we do have plans to attend a Christmas Eve service that starts at 10pm; and when it’s over we will go directly home; it may be close to midnight by then!
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/13/24 at 4:07 pm
Finding ways to de-stress during the season is a high priority. Listening to Christmas music, taking in holiday light displays, enjoying Christmas TV specials at home with a seasonal beverage in hand, all help bring out the Christmas spirit. There's nothing like it.
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Written By: nally on 12/13/24 at 7:47 pm
Gotta still do a little bit more shopping; thankfully I know what I intend to look for. I haven’t been able to do any holiday shopping this week because I’ve been working all week. And I did order one thing online last week; it arrived a couple days ago. Once I find all my desired items, I will be done with shopping, and then the gift-wrapping process begins.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/14/24 at 6:20 pm
Holiday shopping and the "getting it there" process can be very stressful. Fortunately our list of physical gifts has gotten short. Most of our gifts are now gift cards; thank goodness for Amazon, as everyone seems to like theirs (including me).
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Written By: nally on 12/14/24 at 9:06 pm
I like the idea of gift cards; however, sometimes we tend to forget about them or forget that we have them, but if you put them in a safe place, you can (hopefully) remember them. In fact, there are occasions in which I’ve given a gift card to someone as a gift (for example, I gave a Barnes & Noble gift card to my dad once so that he could shop for a book that might interest him). And I know I have at least one Starbucks gift card still in my possession! Anyhoo, I just might give a gift card as a last resort.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/15/24 at 9:34 pm
Judging from the feedback we get, Amazon gift cards are well liked. The "grandkids", being older, enjoy shopping on line at Amazon. And the adults seem to like them too (I like them myself). The youngest is only 10, though, so we get her physical gifts.
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Written By: nally on 12/15/24 at 9:56 pm
Knowing that you can spend an Amazon gift card on several different things, is a reason why many people prefer one (as long as they have an Amazon account, which I do). And I have received at least two or three of them, usually electronically in my email. So once I activate the card, it’ll go towards my next purchase. By the way, I finished all my holiday shopping today, and it was all done in person.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/17/24 at 8:05 pm
Learning to de-stress the gift buying process was essential for us to get through the holidays without driving ourselves crazy. It seems that everyone is content with it now, a good thing. Plus as I mentioned, I enjoy receiving Amazon gift cards myself. So we will probably continue in the near future.
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Written By: nally on 12/17/24 at 11:09 pm
Makes sense to me that you enjoy the Amazon gift cards, based on what you mentioned. Anyways, as I mentioned the other day, all of my holiday shopping is done, and last night I decided to wrap the gifts. A week from tonight, I’m gonna put them under the tree!
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/18/24 at 7:58 pm
No doubt, being done is a great feeling! Kudos. Once your gifts go under the tree, you get to enjoy how they light up the room. Now's a good time to enjoy some Christmas movies and/or TV specials.
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Written By: nally on 12/18/24 at 9:36 pm
One other thing to do is listen to Christmas music! The SiriusXM app has several different channels that are playing holiday music for a limited time (various songs from back in the day until now, and every era in between); there is also Music Choice, which has a “Sounds of the Seasons” channel and a temporary “Classic Christmas” channel. I was listening to the latter channel while decorating my upstairs tree the other night.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/20/24 at 5:11 pm
Pretty sweet suggestion, taking in Christmas music at this time of year. It's certainly a mood setter. The outlets you mentioned are good; we also own some holiday music albums, not to mention a local radio station that temporarily plays all Christmas music. I tend to prefer commercial-free outlets, though.
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Written By: nally on 12/20/24 at 7:48 pm
Quite honestly, I prefer the commercial-free outlets as well. Plus my household has some Christmas music albums that we like to play.. anything from the classical-oriented songs to the classic pop songs to the more recent stuff by Pentatonix (my parents are fans of that group, an acapella ensemble formed in the early 2010s that rose to fame on the television singing competition The Sing-Off). I just might turn on one of the continuous music channels later tonight and listen to them…and document each song I listen to in the “What Christmas/holiday song” thread in More Than A Decade (to help boost our post count for the day).
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/21/24 at 5:10 pm
Readiness for Christmas has seemed to elude me this year, but cranking a few Christmas tunes always helps me get things going. Over the past few years I've enjoyed the offerings on the Music Choice channels, so I'll likely try them again. As Christmas draws closer I may pull out an album or two; but then again, maybe not.
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Written By: nally on 12/21/24 at 5:27 pm
Some people decide to listen to the outlets regularly - at home, or in the car while they are out and about. I am currently listening to the aforementioned “Classic Christmas” channel; I was doing so while helping my mom bake some holiday cookies. And right now, we are done with the baking process; it took hours, but it was certainly worth the time.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/22/24 at 4:00 pm
That's wonderful, baking Christmas cookies with Christmas music going! Nice way to welcome the holiday. I plan to make some cookies later, but they are for weekend after Christmas, so now would be too soon. (Plus I'm not making Christmas cookies.) Enjoy those cookies!
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Written By: nally on 12/22/24 at 5:20 pm
Using the day yesterday to make holiday cookies was a good way to utilize the time. We like to make said cookies before the holiday, that way we’ll have them ready; plus, if we have people come over (on or after December 25th), then we can share them. Yesterday, we used our cookie press (a tool that my mom had since she was a kid) to make most of the cookies, and I decorated them.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/23/24 at 9:50 pm
Very good Christmas activity, that of baking cookies. Tonight we just enjoyed our church's excellent Christmas Eve service, another activity that gets me ready for the holiday. (And it was packed, which is good!) So despite feeling "behind" in many ways, I feel more or less ready for Christmas now. Bring on the Christmas specials and movies!
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Written By: nally on 12/23/24 at 9:56 pm
Wait, your church had a Christmas Eve service on the 23rd? That seems kinda unusual in a sense, but I’m glad to hear that it had a nice turnout. Tomorrow night I’ll be going to a Christmas Eve service with my parents; then we’ll spend Christmas Day at home.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/24/24 at 9:14 pm
X-actly right, our church had services on both the 23rd and 24th. (In fact before COVID Christmas Eve services sometimes stretched out for a week.) It was a delightful and uplifting service. I hope your service is uplifting as well as enjoyable. In the meantime we're starting to take in Christmas movies.
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Written By: nally on 12/24/24 at 9:20 pm
Yes, I hope so too. It starts at 10:00 tonight (Pacific time), but we have to be there an hour early because my parents are going to help perform some of the music (they’ve been invited to do so). When it’s over, we’re gonna come home and rest. Who knows, maybe we’ll get home by midnight.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/25/24 at 6:18 pm
Zero chance I can start an intelligent reply with 'Z', so I'll just say that I'm having a quiet but enjoyable Christmas. We've already gone out for a great meal and returned, so it's time for us to kick back and enjoy. I love Christmas!
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Written By: nally on 12/25/24 at 6:37 pm
As do I! It’s a time I look forward to every year. Btw, last night the Christmas Eve service I attended was enjoyable and uplifting; the music sounded great; plus, I knew at least one of the musicians (other than my parents), so I talked with that person - a very nice young woman - after the service was over. Then my family and I went home and got some sleep; and today we are enjoying the Christmas holiday.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/26/24 at 10:33 pm
Being on the other side of the holiday now, I can report that I enjoyed our quiet, low-key Christmas, at least for this year. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed your Christmas Eve service, too. Our attention now turns to the coming weekend, as we are hosting our group on Sunday, which means food prep and cleaning for company. Lots of work for me.
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Written By: nally on 12/26/24 at 11:49 pm
Coming up next week, we have New Year’s Eve on Tuesday and New Year’s Day on Wednesday! I have some typical traditions with my family for that occasion, which I will share in detail on the Holiday Traditions thread in PPP next week; however, I can summarize it by stating that we usually play games together.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/27/24 at 8:15 pm
Darn good idea, playing games! I love it when our group has a game night. We are getting together Sunday but the agenda is already set; no games. Instead we'll study the Bible. (And we're hosting this time.) I'm sure we'll have another game night soon, though; our group has social activities periodically, always good.
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Written By: nally on 12/27/24 at 8:35 pm
Everyone has to have a good time, especially on holidays. It makes sense that you and your group would do a Bible study on Sunday. I used to be part of a Bible study group in the 2010s with other people close in age to me at the time; we would often get together for other activities, such as celebrating birthdays and holidays.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/28/24 at 7:43 pm
Fine concept, the Bible study. It's something I've done pretty continuously since deciding to become a Christian in late '88. Those we study with usually become good friends. In fact, that's how I got to know hubby, as we were in Bible study together while single in the early/mid '90s.
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Written By: nally on 12/28/24 at 7:49 pm
Good for you; especially with all those connections; seems like they all worked out well. Mind you, I was raised religiously (and I like to make sure I go to church every weekend, although during the pandemic I had to watch the services virtually); however, being part of a bible study group has helped me to understand my faith more. Anyways, now that we’re in the final weekend of 2024, I am looking forward to New Year’s Eve (particularly after I’m done at work for that day).
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/29/24 at 10:38 pm
Having now hosted our tonight's Bible study, I'm ready to turn attention to New Year's Eve. Our friend just invited us to go out for dinner with her, early. After we come home we'll probably watch TV coverage for New York City (11:00 for us). If we have the energy we'll then watch local coverage. Our usual.
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Written By: nally on 12/29/24 at 10:48 pm
I’m glad to hear that. Now it’s time to focus on the week ahead, which of course includes New Year’s Eve and Day. I will be going out to dinner with my family on Tuesday after I’m done at work (which I am hoping will be earlier than usual), then we’re gonna go home and do what we usually do on NYE. That includes playing lots of games, and then watching tape-delayed tv coverage. I know that when it’s midnight in New York, it’s 9pm where I am, but then when the midnight hour approaches here, the celebrations are reshown.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/30/24 at 8:04 pm
Just catching up with things we postponed (due to hosting) has kept me busy today, mostly with things like laundry. By tomorrow we should be ready to relax once again. I look forward to going out to dinner tomorrow with friends, a fine way to ring in 2025.
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Written By: nally on 12/30/24 at 9:46 pm
Keeping up the holiday spirit is what I’m doing; we still have our Christmas decor up, and we’re not taking it down until next week. (We always keep our Christmas decorations up through Epiphany.) However, I am going to hang up some New Year’s decorations tonight, so that when we get home tomorrow, our house will already be decorated for our celebrations.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/31/24 at 10:12 pm
Later this evening we'll watch the ball drop in NYC, and then turn to local coverage until midnight. We went out with friends for dinner, fun! I'm finally feeling relaxed. Welcome 2025!
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Written By: nally on 12/31/24 at 10:29 pm
My plans for the evening include playing games with my family, which we’re gonna start with soon. Then when the appropriate hour arrives, we will welcome in the new year!
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/01/25 at 10:11 pm
New Year's day for me has been nice and slow. The chores were for the most part wrapped up yesterday. Just what I needed.
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Written By: nally on 01/01/25 at 11:21 pm
Of course it was a holiday for me (January 1st always is, unless it falls on a weekend day), so I spent the day at home; didn’t go anywhere. I was able to take it easy for most of the day, although I did spend some time trying to declutter in my house. Now I must prepare to go back to work tomorrow! (Just like last week, this was a split work week, due to Christmas Day and New Year’s Day both being Wednesdays.)
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/02/25 at 7:45 pm
Particularly laid back, that's how I'd describe our holiday. But now back to "real life". Except hubby took vacation so he doesn't return to work until Monday. As for me, sleeping late and being lazy suits me fine after our high-stress weekend.
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Written By: nally on 01/02/25 at 9:22 pm
Quickly I was able to get back into the swing of things at work today; I had plenty to do at the office. But now I will not have any more weekday holidays until Memorial Day, which occurs in late May. However, I can still take some vacation time before then if I choose to, even if it means having a “staycation” (like I did back in August for a couple of days). I have plenty of vacation time accrued in the almost 9 years that I’ve been employed at my current job.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/03/25 at 10:09 pm
Reluctantly we returned to our "regular" routine too, although hubby doesn't work Fridays nowadays anyway. But we enjoyed hubby's extra off day Thursday. Since we didn't decorate much for Christmas this year, removing decorations is not on the to-do list, thankfully (as I detest removing decorations).
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Written By: nally on 01/03/25 at 11:00 pm
So do I (taking down decorations, that is). My family enjoys putting them up, but we always dread taking them down and putting them away. Fortunately, we always store our decorations - including our ornaments - very carefully; we wrap them in tissue paper and store them in certain boxes. Then when we take them out again 11 months later, they’re nice and neat.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/04/25 at 7:40 pm
Though we didn't put up decorations this year, I feel like we got a good chance to focus on the reason for the season in regards to Christmas. I think it had a lot to do with what we watched and our church services. BTW it's great that you put your decorations away with care; it'll make things that much easier next year.
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Written By: nally on 01/04/25 at 10:05 pm
Using decorations year after year helps you to get your money’s worth out of them. For our trees, we have some ornaments that are vintage - from when my parents were kids - plus we have dated ornaments from every year starting with 1976 (the year of my parents’ wedding); they started the tradition and I have kept it going in recent years. We will likely put them away next weekend, and take them out again 11 months from now!
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/05/25 at 2:18 pm
Virtually all of our decorations are undisturbed in our storage rental. We received a new ornament as a gift this year, so we'll have to put it with the others. Plus there are some unused Christmas cards to store. Otherwise we're in pretty good shape. About your family, it sounds like you have a very meaningful collection of ornaments; nice!
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Written By: nally on 01/05/25 at 2:38 pm
We have a very eclectic collection of ornaments, yes! A number of them were manufactured by Hallmark, including the ones in the Puppy Love series (we have 21 of those, including the ones from the last four years). Additionally, we ordered a Dodgers 2024 World Series championship ornament, but it won’t arrive at our house until March of this year. Still, we will be able to hang it on our tree next holiday season (that is, 11 months from now), along with whichever 2025 ornament we end up getting.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/07/25 at 9:59 pm
X-tra nice - your ornament collection sounds really special. I'm sad to report that hubby's Phillies ornament broke 2 years ago. But we have some favorite ornaments, too. None that go back to my childhood, though (nor hubby's). In fact our oldest ornaments were bought when I was single and on my own in the late 80's.
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Written By: nally on 01/07/25 at 11:42 pm
You have some favorite ornaments; so do I. And this weekend we’re gonna put them all away. In fact, today my parents took down some of our decorations while I was at work. Most of the other “undecorating” needs to be done by all of us because it’s usually a team effort, and I’m always available to assist with that.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/08/25 at 8:53 pm
Zero undecorating (or almost none) is what I have left from the holiday, but that's because we were so sparse with our decoration this year. Although I appreciate the break, I think we'll go back to decorating for next year, barring unforeseen circumstances.
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Written By: nally on 01/08/25 at 9:34 pm
Actually, that would be later in this calendar year when we would be putting up holiday decorations again; it’s just 11 months from now. I think that because people decorate for Christmas once a year, they tend to say “next year” to refer to the next time the Christmas decorations are put back up again. Anyways, today I helped my parents take the ornaments off the trees and put them back into their storage boxes; I was able to do that today because I couldn’t go to work (as I’ve mentioned on another thread).
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/10/25 at 9:44 pm
By the way, I'm one who says "next year" when I mean November or December; I don't apologize (hee-hee). Anyway, I'm sorry you were forced to stay home, and even more sorry about the reason. But I'm thankful you're safe, as well as my family members. I have to say, the Eaton fire makes me sad, as my in-laws used to live in a beautiful senior residence in Altadena where we'd visit; its fate I just don't know.
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Written By: nally on 01/11/25 at 9:40 am
Couldn’t go to work yesterday either because the power was still not back on at the office. There was also an evacuation warning for the area where my office is, but that was lifted. I just know that when I finally get back (hopefully Monday), I will have plenty to catch up with; this includes time-sensitive stuff. As for the fire situation, I feel bad for everyone affected.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/12/25 at 2:54 pm
Disastrous is the only way I can describe the fire situation in your city. Our church prayed about the fires this morning; we may provide some disaster relief (I hope we do). As for your work, hopefully you're able to return to work on Monday and don't have any more power outages, nor any problems with smoke or fire-related traffic.
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Written By: nally on 01/12/25 at 3:05 pm
Every one of us is fine; that is, my workmates, boss, and myself. In fact, my boss texted us yesterday morning to tell us that she drove to the office yesterday morning and saw that the power was back on inside, which is a good sign. So we should be good to go back into the office tomorrow morning and catch up on our work. We have some time-sensitive things needing to be done this week, some of which might not get finished til the end of the week (rather than Wednesday, the 15th, which is the middle of the month). Also, at church this morning, the assembly prayed for all of the people affected by the fires.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/13/25 at 11:24 pm
Fierce winds are in the forecast once again; hopefully nothing comes of the winds this time. Even though the effects on you personally are limited, it appears the effect on L.A. County is devastating. Know that across the country (and around the world) good people are aware and want to help.
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Written By: nally on 01/14/25 at 8:18 am
Gonna have a lot of work to do today at the office; I still have plenty of catching up to do. Even though the power was back on yesterday morning, we had another setback because it went out again in the afternoon. Now I have to find out if it went back on.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/14/25 at 4:32 pm
Having electricity go on and then off again is frustrating. Sorry you're having to put up with that. Hope you get a chance to catch up with your time-sensitive stuff at work. Hoping too that's the extent of what you have to worry about.
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Written By: nally on 01/14/25 at 8:25 pm
I am happy to report that we were able to take care of our time-sensitive tasks at the office today, albeit for half a day. First thing this morning, at about 7:00 ish, my boss texted us and said that the power was still out, and told us not to come to the office (yet). An hour later, at our usual start time, she updated us again, said the power was still out, and discussed some potential backup plans. Finally, at 10:30, she called us to tell us that the power came back on, so then I joyfully drove to the office and got ready to do my work; my workmates also showed up; and we did as much work as we could from 11:30 until our usual end time at 4:30; there weren’t any more power interruptions.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/15/25 at 9:16 pm
Just relieved you (plus people I know) are safe, that's where I'm at. Glad to hear you've been able to work in spite of the outages. Hoping the danger from this episode is over.
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Written By: nally on 01/15/25 at 10:34 pm
Keeping aware of what’s going on with all this, is helpful. In fact, today I had a full day of work at the office with no interruptions of the power; I even discussed this in more detail in the PPP thread earlier. Best of all, my workmates and I were all able to complete our tasks that were time-sensitive!
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/17/25 at 11:19 am
Love hearing that things have worked out for your time sensitive work tasks. Completing such tasks can give you a sense of accomplishment along with your co-workers. Speaking of co-workers, I recently joined a new Facebook group consisting of folks at my former company who worked in my building (a large facility), many of whom I haven't seen since I retired. I've been enjoying the new FB group a lot.
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Written By: nally on 01/17/25 at 9:09 pm
My workmates and I make a great team; we all know how to collaborate so that our work gets completed successfully. In fact, this Sunday (the day after tomorrow) will mark 9 years since I began working at my current place of employment! On the subject of Facebook groups (which is mutually exclusive from any of my work), I am a member of a handful of them, including one for this site, as well as one for listeners of a particular radio station that went off the air in 2017 (where we primarily discuss classic pop/rock music and comment on posts of interest).
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/18/25 at 5:45 pm
Nice to hear your work anniversary is this weekend; happy work anniversary! As for FB groups, I don't belong to that many, and some I belong to aren't too active, but the new group with former coworkers has captured my interest.
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Written By: nally on 01/18/25 at 6:53 pm
Oh good, if you see a group that captures your interest, then that’s a perfect reason to join it. Anyways, I am glad that I’ve been at my current place of employment for nine years; it’s a great company with good people. Best of all, I have been full time in it for the past four years (in April 2021 I became full time when my duties increased), and full-timers receive benefits including paid holidays and vacation hours.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/20/25 at 3:00 pm
Pretty sweet, being pleased with your place of employment. Although the first few years at my former workplace were a little rocky, given that I enjoyed a 33-year employment run there, it ended up being pretty special. Here's hoping your run at your employer continues to be special for you, too.
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Written By: nally on 01/20/25 at 7:15 pm
Quickly the time flies on by! Yes, my nine-year anniversary was yesterday (Sunday), since it was on January 19th of 2016 when I began my current employment. So, MLK Day next year will be my 10th anniversary (that is, assuming I don’t change jobs before then; and given that I like my work very much, I would likely stay there). Anyways, I’m glad you had a long stint at your workplace!
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/23/25 at 2:01 pm
Relatively odd is one aspect of my start date at my former employer - I started work on my birthday. I was a December college grad, and I was already in talks with my employer-to-be before I graduated. I got an offer right after graduating. After my lengthy school run I wanted a little break, so I asked for six weeks. The HR person calculated it out and told me the date of the Monday six weeks out - my birthday (Feb. 3). I said yes! Anyway, it's a great thing to enjoy your workplace and I hope you get to stay there for a nice long time.
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Written By: nally on 01/23/25 at 6:51 pm
Sounds to me like it worked out quite well for you!! I’ve had to go to work on my birthday (July 11th) a number of times; not just to my current job, but also during the two summers of my teenage years that I had work experience. See, in 1996, when I turned 16, I enrolled in a summer youth employment program, and chose to work in the main office of a local elementary school (which was on a year round schedule due to high enrollment), and my first day of work was Monday the 8th, so my birthday was the Thursday of that week. A year later, I worked at said place again, starting on Monday the 7th (of July 1997); my birthday was the Friday of that week.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/25/25 at 6:44 pm
Those summer youth employment programs are a great way to get a head start on job experience. I digress. BTW when I started at my company, my first day I went to an orientation meeting with about 40 others (the company was in a hiring spree) and I remember meeting a whole bunch of new people and getting a desk - this is how I spent my 26th birthday LOL. Again I digress. Anyway, here's hoping your employment run is fulfilling, rewarding and successful for you.
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Written By: nally on 01/25/25 at 7:53 pm
Unfortunately, after two summers of temporary work, I did not have any more employment opportunities until after I graduated from college; and I’m sure you know from the stories I’ve told on here that I spent a lotta years as an undergrad. However, there were a few times during that span when I wanted to see about finding some sort of employment, even if it was part time; that ended up not happening, even with guidance from my university’s career center (which I visited for the first time when I was going to change my major). Even after graduating, I couldn’t find any entry level job opportunities right away.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/26/25 at 3:54 pm
Very often, obtaining such employment requires some kind of "break" or for the stars to line up, something like that. I was fortunate in several ways. While at University my dorm was (uniquely) next to the gym building; my part time office job there worked out great. Later my aunt helped me get a government summer office job (she worked there); I hated it, but it helped me get my next government job, a big deal. After transferring college (still working for the govt) I landed a co-op position with my preferred employer, a really big deal; while there, a colleague passed along my resume to a relative at my employer-to-be, who helped me get in. So I'd say the stars lined up for me a few times.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/26/25 at 4:28 pm
When I finished my Bachelors degree in the late 2000s, I sought assistance from local employment companies, but they didn’t really seem to get me very far. So I started doing volunteer work at a couple of nonprofit organizations in 2009, figuring it would be something good on my resume. And then in the spring of 2010 I applied for a data entry position in downtown L.A. (which I could commute to and from via the train); it was full time and temporary, but at least I had some paid work at that point in my life.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/31/25 at 5:05 pm
X-cellent choice, doing volunteer work at nonprofit organizations. Kudos for sticking with your guns through the lean period; often needed in order to land that great position that you want. Glad you found it!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 01/31/25 at 7:37 pm
Yes, and then I ultimately enrolled at a vocational school in 2014 to take the accounting course; that’s what really opened more employment doors for me. And now I have a good job that I am comfortable with! (Plus I’ve been in my current job for nine years, as of earlier this month, which I already mentioned earlier in this thread.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/01/25 at 4:59 pm
Zeal for your current position has shown through your posts - a very good thing! I enjoyed what I did at work, too - not so much the nutty schedules and pressures, but the creative part. Now that I'm retired I sometimes miss that aspect of it. (Speaking of retired, that's what my hubby just did - something new for him.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/01/25 at 8:53 pm
Also, I’d like to mention that I started volunteering at my local library in 2012, at the suggestion of one of my mentors I had at the time; this was to help me get some sort of “working” experience, even though it’s just a volunteer position and not paid. I still volunteer at the library, but only every other weekend. (Before the pandemic, I was volunteering every weekend, but then the libraries all closed down; and even though it reopened in 2021, albeit to limited capacity, I wasn’t ready to go back until October of 2022. So I was away from the library for 2 1/2 years.)
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/02/25 at 2:27 pm
Bravo; I'm sure your library deeply appreciates your help. Hubby used to work for a nonprofit (a paid position, not a volunteer). I think his nonprofit did take on some volunteers. He was there many years, although he joined a different company about 8 years ago, and he just retired last week (a big deal for us). Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes...
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/02/25 at 3:57 pm
“Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes”; that’s a line from a certain David Bowie song! :D Yes, we all have those in life. With regard to nonprofit organizations, I’m glad to hear your husband actually worked for one (whereas I volunteered for a couple of them, as mentioned a few posts ago). I continued to volunteer at a certain nonprofit organization until 2015, when I seriously started seeking paid work.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/03/25 at 5:09 pm
Doing volunteer work is a good bridge to real work experience - that's for sure. I'm glad that worked out. Come to think of it, if I were to learn of a good volunteer opportunity around me, something I could get behind, I would consider it now (being retired). In the meantime hubby and I will work out what it means for both of us to be retired (instead of only me).
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/03/25 at 7:30 pm
Everyone needs to make a plan for what to do in life, that’s for sure. I’m glad that I have a good job and am earning money from it. By the way, when I began volunteering at the library in 2012, I was doing so during the week, but when I started at the vocational school 11 years ago, I switched to weekends. I still enjoy volunteering there, because I like the library very much; I think it’s a good place to be.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/04/25 at 8:14 pm
Finding the right vocation makes a big difference in one's life, not just paid employment but volunteer pursuits, too. Sounds like you're in a good place. Excellent!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/04/25 at 8:54 pm
Getting started with volunteering at the library in 2012 was a way for me to potentially find work, since volunteering at a place can sometimes lead to potential employment; but that’s not how it worked out for me. Instead, I ultimately found my niche with accounting. Still, the time I spend as a volunteer is helpful to everyone involved, in more ways than one.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/06/25 at 8:05 pm
Having volunteer experience doesn't necessarily lead to a position, understood. But volunteering is a good thing to do on its own. Glad to hear how it's going at your library. Very nice!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/06/25 at 8:18 pm
I still enjoy volunteering at my library, and this weekend is when I’ll be going there again. I just do whatever tasks that the staff members ask me to do, and I get along quite well with everyone there.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/07/25 at 7:30 pm
Just a thought: it might be time to consider introducing a new topic. That aside, it sounds like you have a good rapport with the folks at the library, to your (and the library's) mutual benefit.
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/07/25 at 7:47 pm
Knowing that fact is a good thing. I even have a good rapport with all my workmates, past and present. What could we discuss now?
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: AmericanGirl on 02/12/25 at 8:38 pm
Let's talk about (if you're game) vacation spots that you've enjoyed in the past. I'll start with Banff in the Canadian Rockies. It's a national park. It's a beautiful place - we went in the mid-2000s (hubby and me with our travel agent friend). We drove there after flying into Calgary. Lots of beautiful nature, lots of wildlife. The mountains there are stunning, especially at Lake Louise. Great place to visit!
Subject: Re: A little game!
Written By: nally on 02/12/25 at 9:23 pm
Maybe that’s a good idea (vacation spots), although right now I don’t have any plans to travel anywhere in the foreseeable future. Still, after reading your post, I am very pleased to hear that you enjoyed Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies! The only “national park” I’ve been to is the Grand Canyon, which I visited for the first time in April of 2023 (and loved it!). There are many spots that I haven’t visited yet but would certainly enjoy seeing someday.
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