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Anything Else / Totally OT / Re: Video of the Day
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on: 10-Feb-11, 08:35:15 AM
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Clearly, no other person has sung the anthem as well as Whitney did at that superbowl. I remember it well!  Don't rock the Anthem. Don't hop-hop it. Don't pimp it. Don't boogie it. Just sing it right! Get some high school kid from the neighbourhood and ask him or her to do it right! It does not need twists and turns and rubbish phrasing. Sing it straight! I am always soooooo embarrassed when I hear these hot rock people go at it. Just get up there, cut the rubbish and sing! Hand on heart and sing! |
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Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / Re: Terrific feeder pix/Marcotte
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on: 10-Feb-11, 08:29:47 AM
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 @ Ei Yes I stayed here last May for them while they went to visit my sis in Arkansas. It was just the critters then! I didn't have to listen to constant fighting from 2 boys! @ Margaret you forgot the 3 cats that are also unruly. Have to catch them at nite and put them in the basement or they tear up the carpet and furniture while you sleep! @ Donna no playstation last nite for either one of them. There was definitely trouble in Paradise! I'd much rather deal with all the animals as opposed to a 12 yr. old that constantly bosses everyone around and talks back. Phew, is it Sunday yet!? MAK! You brave woman!!! I soooooo know where you are! And yes, it is nearly Sunday! |
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Anything Else / Totally OT / Re: Don't want to hijack the striped bass post...
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on: 09-Feb-11, 09:27:15 AM
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Years ago, during the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland, I volunteered to work with a group that brought kids from Belfast to Dublin for a bit of R&R. We picked up our bunch of ragamuffins from the train station, and then had to take them to buses for the trip to the final destination.
As we walked, one little tyke cosied up alongside me and asked "Where are the turrets?" (Or at least that's what I thought she said.)
My heart sank for the poor child, having to live a life surrounded by gun turrets, tanks, soldiers. So I quietly reassured her:"Don't worry, love. There are no turrets around here."
Her eyes widened and her jaw dropped as she clutched my hand. I am thinking by now that I have made a friend.
Her words, however, became more clear with her next statement:
"Miss! You don't have any TER-lets here? But I need to pee!!
That's how my grandfather pronounced it...he also did the "earl" for oil Brooklynism! His father was Welsh, but his mother was Irish with a brogue as thick as soda bread, from what I hear. Speaking of Irish brogues...in all my life the only accent I was completely unable to decipher was a woman with a Canadian-Irish brogue. Could not understand a single word! Another "language/accent" story... I was out in County Kerry with two friends some years back. One friend, Irish. The other, English. We sat by the fire at a little local pub where an old gentleman engaged us in conversation. The English girl remained silent while the Irish friend and I chatted away. The old fellow eventually tipped his soft cap and left, at which point our English friend commented that she was very impressed by our grasp of the Irish language when we responded to the old lad. Which is when we had to tell her: "Jenny, he was not speaking Irish - he was speaking English!" |
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Anything Else / Totally OT / Re: Don't want to hijack the striped bass post...
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on: 09-Feb-11, 08:02:10 AM
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Years ago, during the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland, I volunteered to work with a group that brought kids from Belfast to Dublin for a bit of R&R. We picked up our bunch of ragamuffins from the train station, and then had to take them to buses for the trip to the final destination.
As we walked, one little tyke cosied up alongside me and asked "Where are the turrets?" (Or at least that's what I thought she said.)
My heart sank for the poor child, having to live a life surrounded by gun turrets, tanks, soldiers. So I quietly reassured her:"Don't worry, love. There are no turrets around here."
Her eyes widened and her jaw dropped as she clutched my hand. I am thinking by now that I have made a friend.
Her words, however, became more clear with her next statement:
"Miss! You don't have any TER-lets here? But I need to pee!!
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