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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 23, 2015 21:50:45 GMT -6
stepper: Way cool. One of my great great ... grandmothers was Cherokee. I don't know if she was full blooded or not.
After my parents were married they discovered that they are fourth cousins. So, that grandmother is probably on both sides of my family. Mom used to have a large photo hanging over her bed of long ago family members. They are dark skinned, look like Indian/Mexican mix, I believe. (Not PC I know.) That blood is buried deep though, as none of us look like we could be related in any way. Dad's skin was a beautiful red whenever he worked out in the sun.
I may be pale and burn easily, but the back of my front teeth are bowl shaped, and I believe that is proof of Native American ancestry.
Spock: I'm a country girl. Dad had guns hidden all over the house. Some kept loaded, some not. My sister and I knew not to ever touch them unless we needed to protect ourselves. Used to go to the bottoms and shoot them from time to time. Got a pistol hidden in my bedroom for protection.
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 23, 2015 22:04:39 GMT -6
The only kitchen appliances I own are a microwave, coffee pot, ... ... ... .
Here's you the perfect cup:
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Post by Spock on Aug 24, 2015 12:51:45 GMT -6
I came across a letter written to me over 30 years ago from a Lockheed Tech Rep when I was still in the Navy. I just took a chance and called the phone number on the letter and it's still his!
Of course, he wasn't home but his wife took my information and will have him call back. We weren't that close but did spend 6 months rooming together on an Aircraft Carrier.
Wonder if we will still have anything in common?
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 24, 2015 19:23:09 GMT -6
Cool. You never know. You just might.
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Post by Spock on Aug 24, 2015 21:29:14 GMT -6
He hasn't called back yet but either he got home so late that he felt it too late to call or his wife just forgot to tell him.
If I haven't heard from him in a week, I will try again. It's not like we were best friends or anything but it might be nice to get caught up.
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 24, 2015 21:51:23 GMT -6
It's worth a shot.
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Post by Phalon on Aug 25, 2015 6:25:39 GMT -6
There was a "Save the Light" fundraising gala during which the winner and finalists were to be recognized, but neither I or anyone I knew went - tickets were expensive, (or more than what I wanted to spend). I don't remember even the winner being announced in the paper, and of course, the woman who told me I was a finalist could have just been being nice. I did buy the book on Sunday, and yes, my story is in there - with a major typo on their part (I double-checked my file). Sigh.
Even if you have nothing in common in your current lives, you share 6 months of memories from 30 years ago, and that's a pretty cool reason to reconnect after all this time.
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Post by Phalon on Aug 25, 2015 6:26:40 GMT -6
Oh, and Joxie...can I have that coffee in a to-go cup, please?
Later, Taters.
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 25, 2015 18:10:39 GMT -6
Sure. Shall I make it a double?
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Post by stepper on Aug 25, 2015 19:05:26 GMT -6
Don't give up Spock - longevity has it's own bonds.
That's a really light and airy cup of coffee you have going there Joxcee.
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Post by Spock on Aug 25, 2015 21:50:24 GMT -6
He still hasn't called back. Wonder which will happen, he calls back or I call back?
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Post by Phalon on Aug 26, 2015 7:55:58 GMT -6
If you don't hear from him in a few days, I'd give another call, Spock. Sometimes people get busy, and just forget. I think about calling people to catch up, but often times I think about it when I can't make a call...just ask Scrappy.
I meant to get back to this earlier for a reason other than the reported break-up of the band. I couldn't get your link to work, Step, so I drilled and it came up all over the Internet, not only from gossip rag type sites, but actual news sites. If it was true, (which it's since been confirmed it's not), it certainly wouldn't have been unexpected news - five years of endless world touring, five albums, and constant promotional appearances even during the couple of months per year they have off - nobody can keep that kind of schedule up for long without burning out. It's the reason we went to last year's concert, and are going again this Saturday - the girls both expected each tour to be the band's last, and wanted to part of the experience until the end.
After I read the 'news', I turned to my most trusted One Direction news sources for the inside scoop: the girls. Neither of them gave it a second thought; it hadn't been 'tweeted' yet from any of the band members so the "news" wasn't relevant.
That's what's interesting to me...how younger generations view what is "relevant"; I put relevant in quotations because it's a word the girls use daily to describe everything from current fashions to who or what is in the news. Are we all Baby Boomers here? I'm not sure, but I think I might be the youngest member of the current Whoosh regulars - Joxie, Stepper, Spock, and me - and I was born the last year of what is considered to be a Baby Boomer (people born in the years 1946-64). Because I have kids who are Millennials (or Gen Ys), I also probably have the most contact with younger generations, except possibly Spock, since he runs a board for younger people (sorry, Spock - I don't know the age group of your board members). Stepper mentioned in another discussion that he rarely has close contact with younger people.
A huge deal in the horticultural industry is how to attract Generation X and Y members to nurseries and garden centers - you can't open a trade magazine without seeing the topic being addressed, or go to a industry convention without there being a seminar about it. It boils down to basically two things: how they get their information (Internet, apps, Twitter, etc.) or what they consider to be relevant (the older generation are gardeners, whereas the younger generations are consumers).
I don't think that the younger generations' views should be dismissed as being right or wrong, better or worse than ours - just different. And I don't feel what they think is relevant is unimportant. Hope you don't mind Spock, but I took the liberty of perusing the "Real Life" thread on your Wild Tangent website; I thought it was interesting that the majority of links or topics you posted didn't receive responses...and I wonder if that could be that though our age group may find the topics interesting, they aren't relevant to the younger age groups.
Could be an interesting topic to bring up on your board - 'what is relevant to you and why'.
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Post by Spock on Aug 26, 2015 20:11:55 GMT -6
... If you don't hear from him in a few days, I'd give another call, Spock. ... Thanks for the suggestion. I'd already planned on doing that but it's nice to be vindicated. ... Hope you don't mind Spock, but I took the liberty of perusing the "Real Life" thread on your Wild Tangent website; I thought it was interesting that the majority of links or topics you posted didn't receive responses...and I wonder if that could be that though our age group may find the topics interesting, they aren't relevant to the younger age groups. Could be an interesting topic to bring up on your board - 'what is relevant to you and why'. I don't mind at all. Hope you found something "relevant" there. I started a new topic and it's all your fault! BTW, I need a guinea pig if anyone in here is brave enough for the task. I've created a new forum and want to make sure it's easy to understand how to get in. If you go to my gaming website and click the " Our Forum" link, it will take you right there.
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Post by Phalon on Aug 31, 2015 6:22:38 GMT -6
I'm a "Late Bird" today (Hubs' pet name for me when I'm running late...r than usual). Shoulda taken one more day off to recoup.
Later, Taters.
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Post by stepper on Aug 31, 2015 15:58:46 GMT -6
I imagine after the adrenaline rush, the afterglow, Adrenal Fatigue, and the long ride home, both you and BP had a long day.
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Post by Phalon on Sept 1, 2015 6:28:57 GMT -6
Three hours to Mom's house, another hour and a half to Detroit....there was no way I was doing this all in one day. Waited for LX and Nikki to come home from college Friday afternoon, and gave Nikki a few hours to spend with her family, then drove to Mom's to visit with my brother and his girlfriend. He grilled burgers that night, and made a huge breakfast spread the morning of the concert. The best thing he did though, was give me a set of directions to the stadium. "Whatever you do, don't follow your GPS", he said. "Are you sure?", I asked; his directions were nothing like any of the on-line directions. "Trust me", he said.
I did; we were at the stadium in 40 minutes.
Lots of little adventures inside the whole big adventure. One of the most memorable was before the concert.
BP had this weird idea for months that we were going to hang out at the stadium the entire day; she was sure we'd see the band milling about somewhere, and could not understand why the rest of us thought her plan was totally unrealistic. She wanted to get there at noon; the warm-up band didn't start until 7pm, with One Direction coming on at around 8:45p...the stadium doors didn't even open until 5pm. Instead, we left the house at three; I figured that would give me plenty of time to get lost (which I didn't) following my brother's weird-@ss directions, and find a parking spot (which was easy; props to the city and stadium personnel for directing traffic). We still had time to kill before the stadium opened, so we followed BP around the outside of the building to find that perfect spot where apparently she'd see the band milling about. There was a crowd of people hanging out at some barricades to a delivery alleyway, and we stood there for about five minutes before she deemed it "not right".
We walked around the block some more, and found another kind of out of the way alleyway with more barricades, and a much smaller crowd gathered 'round. And security guards. This was what she was looking for...the perfect spot.
...to be continued.
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Post by stepper on Sept 1, 2015 17:03:36 GMT -6
So you're hinting that BP inherited your prognostic tendencies?
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Post by Phalon on Sept 4, 2015 6:25:29 GMT -6
I'm sure you've been barely hanging onto the edge of your seat waiting for me to finish the story. Yesterday I was reminded I never got back to it, when a woman at the high-school open-house said to me, "Oh-my-god, I heard...."
...to be continued.
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Post by Paladin on Sept 13, 2015 10:57:59 GMT -6
I don't have allergies but I have developed an odd problem. Within the past week I developed small red spots on one arm. They are hard, scattered up and down my arm, more concentrated around the elbow, and they itch. I have a few other spots scattered around on my stomach and one in the arch of my foot. I tried Witch Hazel which helped but not enough. A few days ago I tried Gold Bond and that seems to be sort of working. At least I can sleep through the night again. We don’t have a mosquito problem here so an antihistamine isn’t the answer – or doesn’t seem to be. GB’s Hydrochloride and Menthol seems to be working on this type of problem, but then again, I don’t really know exactly what the problem is either. They are like an unerupted pimple that itches. I’ve never had allergies and at this time of the year here, there’s nothing to be allergic to. No exposure to poison ivy or oak, I do not think it’s some kind of pox because the only ones that are problems are the ones I scratched too much and made them bleed. All I really know is that they itch. Anybody got a sure cure itch killer?
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Post by Mini Mia on Sept 13, 2015 23:25:05 GMT -6
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Post by Phalon on Sept 14, 2015 6:05:11 GMT -6
I'm pretty well-versed in trying to stop itching; LX has had eczema since she was a baby, and at times, used to scratch until she bled...and then scratched some more. We've tried pretty much everything out there including prescription medications.
Try hyrdocortisone cream or ointment. Colloidal oatmeal baths also help. Both can be found in any drug store. If you're scratching in your sleep, put thick cotton socks on your hands before you go to bed; most mittens aren't soft enough.
If it continues, you should find the cause of the problem. Have you changed laundry soap, bath soap, or shampoos recently? Developed a food allergy? Flea bites or spider bites? Bed bugs, maybe?
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Post by Paladin on Sept 14, 2015 19:04:03 GMT -6
Yes I have apple cider vinegar and I'll give it a try.
I bought hydrocortisone at lunch time, and a Benedryl anti-itch cream. I have the hydro on now and it's not especially effective, but it's only been a short time. Before going to be I'll wash up and try the Benedryl if I'm feeling itchy. Colloidal oatmeal is new - is it a bath or can it be just washed on in a sink? My problem primarily my right arm - there's only the odd spot here and there for the rest of me.
I've been trying to determine a source but the answer to all the suggestions is no, and hopefully there's no bed bugs. Ewch!
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Post by Phalon on Sept 16, 2015 5:29:30 GMT -6
It's a soak, but you can also make it into a paste by just adding enough water to moisten it and applying it to the affected areas. I don't think it'd do much good though, if it was just washed on and off. Here's what is it, what it does, and why it works: colloidaloatmeal.com/ Chigger bites?
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Post by stepper on Sept 16, 2015 17:06:14 GMT -6
I'll stick to the Gold Bond then - it seems to work best for whatever this is. Chiggers - that's a possibility. The marks from chigger bites do resemble the marks on my arm and I did mow the neighbors' yard before the problem started. Hmmm. I have left over yard treatment stuff - maybe I should offer to be neighborly and treat her yard for her.
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Post by Phalon on Sept 17, 2015 6:04:21 GMT -6
Chiggers was just an off-the-wall guess. I don't think we have them here; I never heard of them anyway until I met Hubs, who occasionally will mention how he used to get chigger bites when he was a kid in South Carolina. They sound extremely irritating.
Just out of curiosity, what are you treating your yard for and with?
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Post by stepper on Sept 17, 2015 16:03:37 GMT -6
It's a very small bug but the bite is way out of proportion to its size. It raises a red pustule and is very, very, itchy. (Maybe it'd look like a bad heat rash? I don't have the raised spots; I have red hard spots (like new pimples that don't have a head yet) which are fairly itchy. Itchy enough that they woke me up at 3AM and I had to coat my arm again.
Yard treatment - Ortho Max for lawns. Treats for fleas, ants (carpenter, red harvest, and many others),centipedes, chiggers, crickets, cutworms, fly larvae, beetles, earwigs, mealy bugs, Scorpions, maggots, spiders, ticks, and more. It's applied dry, not when there will be rain within 24 hours, and is extremely toxic to fish. I don't do a lot of fishing in my yard so I'm not overly concerned about that. Before you ask, there are instructions about how to use it on farms and in/around vegetable gardens - I.E. how many days to wait before harvesting. Lettuce, peppers, broccoli and cabbage require seven days which is the longest wait. Everything else is quicker.
Treating for: Ants, snails (which are gone since the rain quit), ticks, and now chiggers.
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Post by Phalon on Sept 17, 2015 21:48:46 GMT -6
And all these things are a problem in your yard?
I know you probably think I'm a nut-job tree hugger, Step, but hear me out for just a minute. I'm not familiar with Ortho Max, but I am positive just from your description of it, that it is a broad spectrum insecticide. I'm also positive that in addition to being extremely toxic to fish, somewhere on that label it also says it's extremely toxic to bees. It probably doesn't mention it, but it's also extremely toxic to caterpillars and the butterflies they turn into. Broad spectrum insecticides kill just about everything, including the beneficial insects.
There are other negatives with broad spectrums too. You invite the birds into your yard with bird feeders, and you're also feeding them poisoned insects. Same with toads, and frogs, if you have any.
Not saying not to use an insecticide if you feel the need, but perhaps think about using a selective (target specific) one instead of a broad spectrum. You've got a problem with ants - there are insecticides that only target ants. There are flea and tick insecticides also. There is not however an insecticide for snails, because snails aren't insects (that was one thing probably not on that long list of stuff Othro Max kills). There are snail and slug killers though.
Just something to think about. A yard without any insects at all is not a healthy environment.
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Post by Spock on Sept 18, 2015 6:47:10 GMT -6
Salt can be used against snails ...
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Post by stepper on Sept 18, 2015 18:18:42 GMT -6
Fortunately, the drought worked too. Haven't seen one since the rains quit, but I suspect they'll come back when the rain does.
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Post by Phalon on Sept 20, 2015 6:24:51 GMT -6
Snails!!! Oh, the horror!!! Anything but the snails!!!
This video has been replaying in my head for the last couple of days. It's an absolute perfect fit!
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