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Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 21:47:49 PST   Listings
BB-BOO, glad you liked the dog picture. I would have posted it here but it was just too big to do it through Photobucket and I have forgotten how to post a link. So much stuff up there in the ole brain that a lot of stuff like that just got pushed out through my ears. You think?





Good Night, sweet dreams, stay safe.

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 20:31:07 PST   Listings

Hi - Bookdelle - I am still up, just finishing my soup. I must have the final outcome of the Chicago interview ( or forgotten it) I though she was there. Thanks


Good night all
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 20:23:21 PST   Listings
wellington - no DD is not in Chicago area. Her "rejection" email from that theater reads like a reference "except there was someone with a bit more experience".
You never know -
As to meeting me vicariously - I'll have to think about that one. :-)
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 19:50:12 PST   Listings
Very sad local news today:::" Sen. Richard Lugar's wife charged with DUI after crash."

I have always admired both Lugar and his wife. I never knew either of them personally but know people who do. Great people --- both of them. Looks like a problem for her and for him. Maybe if there is a drinking problem this will be the catalyst for getting her into a rehab program.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 19:50:02 PST   Listings
Very sad local news today:::" Sen. Richard Lugar's wife charged with DUI after crash."

I have always admired both Lugar and his wife. I never knew either of them personally but know people who do. Great people --- both of them. Looks like a problem for her and for him. Maybe if there is a drinking problem this will be the catalyst for getting her into a rehab program.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 19:42:58 PST   Listings
Off to visit Nteflix.

Gnite Gracie
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 19:41:48 PST   Listings
Oh, forgot. bookdelle Tell her I said congrats on the The Laramie Project and break a leg. I totally understand burnout.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 19:41:04 PST   Listings

I maybe should have stopped a couple of boards before I did but I can't turn back time. Took muscle relaxant instead. Crashing early I think.


BOOKDELLE - Thank you. RE: your daughter . Is she in the Chicago area? It would be fun to meet her. Would be like meeting you vicariously. I will be at Mom's in Evanston a couple of times before the end of year. Let me know please if she is there.


Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 19:33:21 PST   Listings
Arghhh... I'm ruining my reputation. 8^)
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 19:26:44 PST   Listings
jburt You are my hero too I was going to answer her but couldn't spare the time. Too funny!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 19:26:21 PST   Listings
bookdelle
I knew she was teaching but didn't know if she was doing any other theater.

Yes, this is an annual song and dance show at the local community college for performers over 55. The show has been playing to sold out houses for over 20 years. Patti talked me into getting back on stage. She is feeling well enough now to go back and she wanted me to participate also. Since she no longer drives and I would have to take her, I figured why not.

I've worked in theater and film professionally for 30 years but I haven't performed in over 25 years. Professional and Community theater are two different worlds. It should be an interesting experience. I'm doing a singing boogie woogie Santa for a party next month then I'll focus on the show.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 19:14:36 PST   Listings

goodnight
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 19:03:56 PST   Listings
wellington - cute post - I like it!

jburt- You know the answer to DD & theater - is the Pope Catholic....
She is still adjunct teaching. This semester two intro to theater classes at Northeastern & if she is around next semester she gets one class at Northeastern and one at U.Mass Lowell plus one directiong gig there.
In June we shut down the theater office etc. and DD resigned as artistic director - she was exhausted and no money for additional staff.
But she had been approved to do The Laramie Project - The Next Ten Years. That was a big deal in the theater world as it was performed at Lincoln Center and about 100 theaters throughout USA - all on same evening in Oct - date of Matthew Sheppard's death.
So she cast it and directed it - it had to free to audience so non of the actors were paid either but so many wanted to do that for personal reasons or for resume. At that performance she announced that she was back...
There is a play in Dec. and then maybe in the Spring - big issue is funding ofcourse as we won't get same level as in the past etc.
Also waiting to hear about full time job - she was on campus for two days this week. We'll see what happens.

Are you doing community theater.... sounds as though you do musicals. Theater people are great - I've had so much fun with them over the years even if some do call me "Mom". :-)

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 18:45:43 PST   Listings
bookdelle Oh yes, my doctor's recommendations mean more to me than guidelines posted by some agency or organization. My doctor knows me, knows my medical and family history, and is there to answer any questions I may have.

After DH died, I went shopping within my HMO for a new doctor. The previous doctor was competent, but I never really liked him. We went there because he was very good with DH and was excellent about coordinating treatment with DH's cardiologist. Personally, I wanted someone a bit more practical who I could talk to easily ... and I found him. I interviewed three MDs before I signed on with the one I chose.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 18:28:01 PST   Listings
I'm procrastinating. I just got the arrangements for the 8 songs I'll be doing in the next show and I don't want to work on them yet. I still have a performance next month of another show and it is a completely different style. I want to get it out of the way before I start the next one.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 18:27:07 PST   Listings

evening all...........had a strange day today...but it was a lovely fall day after the fog lifted this AM...was quite "spooky/heavy" early.

Still dealing with this bronchial thing, but the cough is getting better, but only after I pulled rib muscles with the coughing spasms. I should own about 25% of Mucinex by now...and the same with Kleenex (or whatever brand is cheapest).

I have been watching in disbelief the "new guidelines" that are coming out re: women's health/tests....kind of a stange zig-zag from what has been preached ad nauseum for years about exams. One doesn't know who/what to believe any longer - it all boils down to "cost".

Am working up to a good case of the Bah-Humbugs for the holidays.......family has made a pact about "gifting" - and the economy is in play there. I'm not sure I have the energy to drag out that 7ft. tree and decor this year...maybe I'll get myself a little table-top tree and cut way back on the unpacking of the yule -

Haven't been on since yesterday..and see some posts have been "pulled again"..........what's going on...do we have a mad "report button fanatic" in the BB????? Who got pulled??

Will be lurking awhile.... hope all have a good weekend...we are to get much needed rain (hope it happens)

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 18:22:47 PST   Listings
8^) Just another exciting Friday night.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 18:18:38 PST   Listings
Is there a 12 step program for that?
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 18:12:24 PST   Listings
Jburt: You're rapidly becoming my hero.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 18:08:36 PST   Listings
I'm learning a new virtue called patience. Aren't you proud of my growth?
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 18:07:24 PST   Listings
Sigh... Robbie you said- "if hoarders is an all encompassing category of bbers wouldn't women be an all-encompassing sub category? i think you said "we all know" which assumes the information is available universally."

I realize it is not easy for someone not familiar with this type of board to get acclimated but you really must read the posts more carefully if you want to comment or start a discussion.

I did not write anything closely resembling that. And I'm not confused.

Enjoy your guests.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 18:04:05 PST   Listings
YOu want to talk about ridiculousness of some tests - my HMO hounds (automated phone calls and letters) you unmercifully to take pap test and mamogram even when you are doing chemo threapy and have cat and pet scans. I called to complain about the bombardment and if I had cancer in those spots I was already taking chem - did no good - I finally just went and did the darn things to stop the harrassment
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 17:42:56 PST   Listings
jburtphotos--

if hoarders is an all encompassing category of bbers wouldn't women be an all-encompassing sub category? i think you said "we all know" which assumes the information is available universally.

since these conversations are not linear there is room for confusion. hope the whole thing is solved for you, for me, for us.

guests
gotta go
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 17:40:02 PST   Listings
Aegbooks: Hmm. You could be right about that.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 17:38:43 PST   Listings
Ilene: You're welcome, and thank you.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 17:35:19 PST   Listings
Good evening!

ebozo, ohh yours got bounced. I wondered at the repetition at the time, and thought the other person just missed your brief post. Actually I remember your saying that one of yours got deleted, and at the time couldn't figure out which post you meant. In my post I didn't mean that an auto-program scans the boards for bad posts. I think when a report is made, the post is removed automatically, without being read at all, or being read by a machine which really does not understand language the way we do. I think it just tallys the "reason", removes the post and sends the pink slip. I believe several people here have received "obscenity" pink slips for words that were no way obscenity. If a real person read the actual post, it would not be removed etc. But, some happy button pusher probably reported the post and checked obscenity, and the software dutifully removed the post and sent a pink slip for obscenity.

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 17:28:21 PST   Listings


MORNING EVENING
Been out and about all day. Fifty here today and we also had some sun. I worked on fence a bit.

Frank came today got more of the old fence down and de-nailed old boards. I realized that I would not be able to use all of the old boards so I bit the bullet and went to the lumber yard. I needed nine boards and they had exactly nine 2x6x12 boards. They were the dregs so I asked if I could get them cheaper. I got a 20% discount. Whoopee! Then worrying that another spot would be needing boards I asked if he had any bad 14 footers. He did, so I got four of those at same discount.

I was able to swing the hammer for a while and even hit the nails. Got nine of the boards up on three of the sections and then I pooped out. Maybe the fact that It was almost dark had something to do with stopping, too. lol

Moved the girls out of the riding ring into a different pen. Had to move them because hunting season starts at dawn and I don't think where they were is safe, as they could get into some woods. They are now nose to nose with one of the stallions. Hope he doesn't break the divider fence.




IF I HAD A HAMMER...AND I DID






















If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning, I'd hammer in the evening, I'd hammer all day long and then I'd came into the house and make this.



drawings and odd story by wellingtonct

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 17:20:36 PST   Listings
bookdelle Maybe I should get that book to prove to Patti it is not something I can control. 8^)
I can usually go right to what I need though. As long as Patti doesn't clean up, I'm in pretty good shape.

BTW: What is the latest on your daughter? Is she still involved in any theater?
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 17:17:59 PST   Listings
glitter yes that was one of the many things he had. I had written a post to beth about Zach's many problems but it poofed when I went to post it. By the time they finally granted him an alpha smart (the word processor thing) he was too old to want it. He knew he was different and did not want to draw attention to himself. There was no sense to his words. Every letter was spaced perfectly. No breaks for words or anything.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 17:07:30 PST   Listings
dupo - I agree that certain women, perhaps at any age, don't need a pap smear every year - but look at the exclusions you included in your post. Your doctor actually used reason, medical & patient info, etc. to make a decision on your care. Others just follow the guidelines for fear of malpractice along the way.
I do think the new guidelines are dangerous. I've known women who have had changes in results indicating potential cancer, within one year. And yes there are false positives but that can be true with many types of tests.

jburt- I'm a good candidate for BB hoarder - and I've read many books and online articles about "clutter" and hoarding.
I did read one book that did helped in one area - paperwork. There was a test and based on that result I ended up in the "don't bother to set up a filing system" category. Just put all important paperwork in a bankers box and clean it out once every 6-12 months. Explained why I have never been able to work with a filing system. Others here will cringe at that "system" but at least the table and desk get cleaned off and I know "it is in that box, somewhere" which is much better than saying, I know "it is here somewhere" with "here" being most anyplace in the house!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 16:55:59 PST   Listings
bb-boo I do not recall that you had mentioned a problem with Zach's writing skills. Has the term dysgrahia ever been mentioned by his school in relation to his problem? One of my our best friends is a retired high school principal. He had never heard the term . OTOH, he wondered how this kid had ever gotten to 6th grade without teachers showing official concern about his writing problem. Sure the teachers have complained but no teacher has ever suggested that he might need some testing to see what might be done to help him.

However, our DGD said right away that there was a young man in some of her high school classes who had been diagnosed with dysgraphia. He had a special typewriter that he could attach to a school computer. He could do all of his written assignments and take tests with this set-up. This DGD graduated from a local high school about 6 years ago.

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 16:49:57 PST   Listings
thank you ken
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 16:39:21 PST   Listings
Robbie Sorry, I was responding to your first post to me. I was composing my response while you posted the second one.

Don't want you to get confused.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 16:38:29 PST   Listings
bethofvt I was the person who was talking about dysgraphia . We think that our 11 year old great-grandson shows many signs of it. Our DD is working with him on an almost daily basis.I will tell her how your school handles the problem. The school officials have not yet given him a psychological test.

His immediate family and my DD recently attended a family night pitch-in dinner for all the students in his stretch class. This gave them the opportunity to observe the other students and talk to other parents. DD reported that our boy seems to be doing pretty well.

DD laughs about how she is taking 6th grade all over again. She is trying to compare 6th grade now with 6th grade as it was for her 40 something years ago. It was at about the 6th grade level that we began to see that she was something more than an "excellent student."
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 16:38:14 PST   Listings
Ok so they never approached it from that angle beth Zach had years of therapy. All of it at my expense (through ins plus out of pocket) All at night and on weekends. The school did very little. I supplemented what little they did. Damn near killed me for a while. I was never home.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 16:34:14 PST   Listings
Robbie Uh... Noooo.
First, "which of you bbers will star in their own episode" was in reference to the hoarders reality show, not the female followers of Ms.O.
Second, The BB is not populated exclusively by women.
Third, We often joke comment here about the carp taking over our living spaces.

Stick around. Like most groups we have a shorthand we use amongst ourselves that newcomers don't always understand. You'll begin to get the nuances of our references in time.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 16:21:29 PST   Listings
jburtphotos--in relation to your comment about oprah (is that what you were referring to?) if you were, i agree that a large portion of the population prefers to have others do their thinking for them. (i've always wondered if this is laziness or lack of comprehension of subject.) some will say they are too busy to become informed. that is very dangerous in a representative democracy where it is the responsibility of each citizen to be able to instruct his/her representative what he/she wants done.

bob--so sorry to hear about your thanksgiving. it has been said that getting old is not for sissies. i'm sure your mom will be experiencing unbelieveable pain but will not display it. regards to your mom.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 16:21:13 PST   Listings
BB-boo - I don't know a lot of his history, but it appears that the plan is to teach him as much as possible and spend his time in actual classes rather than in therapies, etc. He is not going on to college, will probably work in the family small engine business. They are putting emphasis this year on small engine repair, mathematics and civics. Next year he will take some business courses. Apparently he has had a scribe since 3rd grade.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 16:10:31 PST   Listings
Well that was badly written hahaha
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 16:08:29 PST   Listings
beth since I am here. Has he had in the past or currently has physical therapy for motor skills and speech etc? Zach had years of that. His writing is not fantastic but it is now legible.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 16:04:27 PST   Listings
jburtphotos--

doesn't "which of you bbers will star in their own episode" imply an "all encompassing american womanhood?"
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 16:01:51 PST   Listings
By the way, the treatment my mom is getting each month, thanks to Medicare and AARP ins. costs around $5,000. That's not counting the new oral chemo that she's just starting - don't know what it costs, but do know we have no co-pay. Keep in mind she's 93. A couple years ago when the Oncology Center that is treating her was a private concern owned and run by 3 doctors, it cost $1500. Nothing changed but the name on the building, and some paint. Same equipment, same staff, same drs, and same medications. This is why medicare is broke, and not just financially. I did report it, and received a letter back saying they need documents, proof, etc. So I'm supposed to investigate it also.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:59:55 PST   Listings
I don't remember who on this board it was that brought up the subject of member of their family suffering from dysgraphia.

well, this week I have been working as the individual aide to a 15 year old boy with dysgraphia. And this is how the school handles it. He has a 'scribe". And this week it is me. He reads all his own material, but I take class notes for him. He dictates his homework answers to me and I write them on the paper. When he has a test or quiz, he reads the questions, dictates the answers to me and I put it on the paper in his words. He is a freshman and will have a scribe all through high school.

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:57:43 PST   Listings
besides having to work thanksgiving, this year the day is going to have a somber tone. thanksgiving my father would kick my mom out of the kitchen & he did almost all the cooking. he would also bake at least a dozen pies. gonna be a rough time for my mom especially. she's still in the nursing/rehab home for another 2-3 weeks healing from her broken hip. my sister is going to pick her up & take her to my mom's house where we'll have the big family dinner. then she'll take her back to the rehab place that nite. that's how my mom wants it. it'll prob be better for her than being faced with all the memories of dad that nite in her house. i work 9am-5:30pm thanksgiving day so i'll drop by on the way home.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:39:20 PST   Listings
Robbie We all know there is no such thing as an all encompassing American Woman. So Briguy wouldn't even try to make such a general statement. Besides, Mrs. Briguy would have his... uh... trifles for breakfast if he even thought it.
However, you must admit, there is a segment of the population that tends to rely on others to think for them.

Sometimes, I think that is a large segment.

I know, mind my own **** business.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:37:24 PST   Listings
robbie it is all political.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:36:22 PST   Listings
My Mom has two or three blood tests each month to track her breast cancer which is in her lungs and bones. One measures the cancer cells in the blood, not sure what the other does. The results come back differently - one is a 2-3 digit number and the other is a one digit with tenths number. But the oncologist said to me just this past trip that he doesn't get too caught up in numbers. She also has a chest xray often, to determine size and location, and a scan of the torso for the same reason. They are able to determine from a mammogram if the lump might be cancer, simply by the shape and location. Cancer has spidery roots like coming off the lump, a roung contained smooth edged lump is usually not malignant. I forget what the location indicator is. One reason they may be cutting back on mammograms is there is a test you can have which determines if you have inherited the genes for breast cancer. It may be more readily available now.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:35:33 PST   Listings
Boo, I knew the pregnancy test could produce a positive if cancer were present. It is good to know about the other tests.

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:35:24 PST   Listings
I was actually glad when my doctor told me I only needed to get a pap test every other year. I was told that post-menopausal women, without a partner, and no family history of cancer, don't need a pap test every year. To me, this was just one less thing to have to schedule.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:25:04 PST   Listings
maureen

http://www.oncologychannel.com/lungcancer/diagnosis.shtml

All cancers produce markers antigens whatever you want to call them.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:18:52 PST   Listings
It's my understanding that those blood tests for cancer markers are for only certain type of cancers - such as my friend had ovarian cancer and blood work is how they tracked her remission. It would never have caught my cancer.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:16:32 PST   Listings
stamphick--confusion mine. didn't read carefully. sorry
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:14:38 PST   Listings
mainer--the mammogram report political? "well, i'll be darned."ha,ha,ha,ha,ha--------------------------------!!!!!!!

the above is one reason why i get terrified when i hear those approving of anyone who is not a polished politician vying for high national office. when dealing with leaders of other nations of the world i want my guy to be the most informed and baddest actor around.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:12:37 PST   Listings
stamphick
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:10:25 PST   Listings
503robbiep...Was "you guys" a reference to me? Are you suggesting that I hold some opinion on this matter other than what I opined below?
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:05:21 PST   Listings
I am serious about the pregnancy test jburt If you are a man and you are pregnant you have cancer. Usually this only works with hormonal driven cancers.

These are some common test for breast and cervical cancer.

CA125, CA15-3, CA27-29, and CEA
... as well as CDC and Chem Panel.


Also note. These tests are not well known. Why? Make an educated guess. I had to ask and look them up to get my would be surgeon to order them. He had no clue they were available. Course the biopsy I was given went in through the bottom even though the tumor was on the side. I was in agony for about a month. Then of course when you open the tumor that is encapsulating the cancer trying to wall it off from the rest of the body.

There are also certain blood tests that test specifically for the antigen in cancer and can tell you if you have it somewhere just not necessarily where.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:02:03 PST   Listings
stamphick--

if we exchanged the word prostate screening for mammogram would our thinking change. i for one, don't care what the proportion is because i might be that one saved. you guys will never understand that those objects of such joy to you can be a real worry and burden to women.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 14:59:06 PST   Listings
Hahaha Thanks Boo

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 14:55:48 PST   Listings
On last week's casino jaunt, we stopped at sn apple vendor and DW happened to notice that they were selling smoked turkeys, she told them that she would stop on the way home and buy some. We picked up 3 on the way home at $35 each. Our local super market had frozen turkeys for 39 cents a pound so we have also purchased 3 of them Our freezer is full, DS has a full freezer and 1 frozen turkey is thawing in the trunk of the car. I think we will have turkey for thanksgiving.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 14:53:24 PST   Listings
thebriguy--

though it is dangerous to comment on an icon one might suggest that for years she has been taking advantage of women's tendency to lead with the emotions and, also, to have empathy for hard-luck stories. but then, also look at the survival of soap operas. by your comments are you commenting on the intelligence of the american woman?
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 14:51:45 PST   Listings
No czars are Republicans. There are a couple in the DOD. A "considerable number" would be a gross exaggeration.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 14:42:30 PST   Listings
mammograms--all that great noise by wormen. wonderful! wonderful! this old woman can remember a time when, given bad news we took to our beds and covered up our heads. no longer! as an old woman i am going to stand up and take a bow and expect young women to love and respect me for my stand for their right to be everything their talents allow them to be.

brig--sorry about your dog and your grieving
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 14:37:50 PST   Listings
yes it is called a pregnancy test

jburt there are many. There are also urine tests. But since they are much cheaper they are not used. They could test for cancer without seeding it like they do during biopsies.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 14:33:16 PST   Listings
thebriguy--kudos to mrs. briguy. louis farrkahand has been a very dangerous joke for many years. indeed, the cheese has finally slipped off the cracker.

obama has appointed a considerable number of republicans to his administration. are any of the czars republicans?

having trouble with my computer today. will get this posted.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 14:25:51 PST   Listings
I may be wrong, and probably am but, isn't there markers in the blood that indicate breast and/or ovarian cancer? And, aren't those tests more reliable than mammograms and pap-smears?
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 14:23:21 PST   Listings
May I relate some sardonic humor of mine here? I just got an email from cousin who is arranging his father's 90th birthday party. This is my father's brother who I have been in communications with for years. Well for last few years he has been getting ore frail and falling and forgetful - so his three children moved him in with one son who is in process of divorce. All the time I have been sick never heard word one from this cousin - he is more sis's age than mine and most of his life I lived in Minnesota.

Anyhoo - Uncle Al had a trailer that is now empty (and which I am sure they are still having to pay $500 rent for land) (Gee this reminds me of the 5 years I had to pay rent on an apartment in Minnesota while I was taking care of folks, cause sises wouldn't relieve me so I could go back and close it up and put into storage) So cousin has talked to me twice now about upcoming party and the genealogogy (sP) and I have asked him to look thru his dad's papers for more documents - and OUT OF THE BLUE comes this remark that maybe I would like to consider moving into trailer to save money (and then slyly adds in) and that if things go bad in Al's caretaking that he would be moving back into trailer and I could take care of him!

I just had to shake my head! I told this cousin several years ago when uncle was getting more forgetful that I could not take care of him. And now, when I am worse, he wants me to do it anyway. No thank you - as I said I barely can get my trash down to the bin, am housebound with only 3-4 visits outside apartment to go to doctors groceries and post office. No way could I pack up apartment and no way would I have the strength to take care of someone else, pick them up from falls, bathe him, get him to doctor apointments etc. I can't help feeling cynical that this is about MONEY. If they can get me into trailer I would have to pay the land rent and utilities and so uncles trust would be saved that money. If I took care of him it would ever so much cheaper than paying a nursing home. Uncle Al told me not so long ago that he was going to give his step daughter her inheritanc early so she could buy out her husband on the house since they are going through divorce. Uncle Al has pinched every penny he made and it was a standing joke with my folks that he never paid for a dinner in his life. I just KNOW he has over a million dollars - and they want to fob his care off on me? I called my sis and just told her - I said he had three grown kids and it was their problem not mine and no way was I going to do anything like that. I love Uncle Al, and if I was physically in the same shape I was 9 years ago when Mom died, then I would have done it. But no way can I do it these days.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 14:02:35 PST   Listings
"Posted by thebriguy1 ( 68 ) on Nov-20-09 at 12:58:09 PST

Letters to Santa Forget it, the long running program where USPS employees will answer your kids letters is now CANCELED (pun intended) forever. Seems a few of the more then eager employees at the USPS doing this program.....have been discovered to be convicted pedophiles!

You'd think they'd have asked that FIRST....but no.

Now all letters to Santa will be unceremoniously shredded. :o(

The mayor of North Pole Alaska (yes -- a real place) has sent out a plea to those parents who want to have a Santa letter answered, to address it to North Pole AK, and it'll be answered. The mayor also was quick to point out that his letter responders in North Pole are NOT twisted perverts.....as its far too cold up there for any of that."

brig, the controversy is that for many many years letters addressed just to santa claus were automatically sent to north pole ak by the usps & the north pole would answer them wioth a special cachet on the return envelope.. now the usps has canned the program for "security" reasons. the mayor of notrh pole is sin conference with the usps, as are the senators & congressmen of the area. they are considering setting up a specific address like "101 santa lane, north pole ak" for the delivery so the usps can deliver like they normally do. but letters to just "santa claus" are now being trashed.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 13:06:00 PST   Listings
bookdelle there are many on my alternative site that have stage 4 trip neg under 40.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 12:58:20 PST   Listings
If I remember what I read correctly about 1400 women aged 59 must have mammograms to prevent one death but for women aged 40 it jumps to 1900 tests needed.

If health care is ever enacted look for lots more of these sort of cost/benefit analysis studies that doctors will be forced to use.

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 12:58:09 PST   Listings
Arrrrgh! I will never learn HTML. :o(

OK -- Take #2 (I'll report my own mess below)


YES, It's true Oprah has announced shes leaving. This has caused all sorts of angst here in Chicago. The legions of pathetic women who daily cluster around Harpo studios, hoping that the "great O" will acknowledge them,....are all dressed in black now. Word is their going to do a night vigil with candles and everything. Next will come the hunger strike.....

Of course this also leaves a big vacuum in the Chicago celebrity scene. now all we have left are the pair of race baiters Jessie Jackson and Louis Farrakhan. Farrakhan seems up to the task. Mrs Briguy and I were watching the local news juuuuust in time to see Louis claim before a large crowd, that the H1N1 virus (swine flu) was an artificial creation. Oh yes, created by "dark forces" in the CIA.....to kill off poor minorities on welfare. LOL! Mrs Briguy summed it up best when she said "You know, I think the cheese has finally slid off his cracker" I took a different appoach, warning her that this might be all planned. Afterall, it sure seems the only way to be appointed an unelected unaccountable "czar" in Washington these days.....is to be seen as an unstable far left radical wacko. Even the much less conservative then me Mrs Briguy, had to begrudgingly admit, I may well be on to something.

Hoarders! Yep! There is coming soon a new reality show, one which will display the worst cases of mental illness,that result in "hoarding" situation. It might be just garbage, or junk mail, or perhaps a few hundred feral cats, but soon it'll be on prime time!

The only thing left to ask is.... Which of you BB babes will star in their own episode? Donning an asbestos suit now.....

**DISCLAIMER** -- You can't be a hoarder if you collect stamps! ....even if you have 200+ "doubles" of certain issues.

Letters to Santa Forget it, the long running program where USPS employees will answer your kids letters is now CANCELED (pun intended) forever. Seems a few of the more then eager employees at the USPS doing this program.....have been discovered to be convicted pedophiles!

You'd think they'd have asked that FIRST....but no.

Now all letters to Santa will be unceremoniously shredded. :o(

The mayor of North Pole Alaska (yes -- a real place) has sent out a plea to those parents who want to have a Santa letter answered, to address it to North Pole AK, and it'll be answered. The mayor also was quick to point out that his letter responders in North Pole are NOT twisted perverts.....as its far too cold up there for any of that.

A day no pigs ducks will die That day, sadly, is today. :o(

I sort of remember telling the BB of my great adventure last year of luring, shooting, cleaning, and then cooking for a Thanksgiving crowd, a 15 lb wild Canadian goose. Its not to be repeated this year. I'm not sure if that before my latest extended hiatus from the BB, I'd told of the loss of the dog I called "Old Phart" (my 14 yo Springer Spaniel hunting partner). We found him earlier this year, curled up peacefully on his doggie bed.....cold. :o(

In a way I'm glad he went so painless, but I can't yet bring myself to sit in a duck blind, or chase pheasants around in the local fields, without him. So for the first time in 35 years.....I don't have a valid hunting license this fall.

Its led to some other ugly realities I'm now having to face. Because I've been told I'm a "sick control freak" concerning the annual holiday birds, Mrs Briguy has 100% tasked me with the duty of picking out a bland and tasteless commercial turkey. :o(

Already one of my so called "friends", (who learned of this via Mrs Briguy), has suckered me into making a fool of myself. He sent an E-mail, detailing "Palin approved" organic turkeys from Alaska, which are to be available nationwide this fall. The Palin birds supposedly come complete with a pledge that $1 of your purchase will be donated directly to conservative causes. Oh yeah,....I bit. I called up the local grocery, to ask if they had any of them.......only to find Mrs Briguy ROARING with laughter behind me. :o(

I now MUST respond in kind......somehow.

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 12:52:36 PST   Listings
Hello all. Sunny and 54 here in the far ne of Indy.

Hope every one is doing ok or better.

RE: womans health... yea, and now they announced a pap smear is not needed every year , but every two.Sure looks like to me, it's giving the insurance companies ways not to have to pay for stuff.

Printing out payments here and some wrapping. Things a bit slow but 4 to wrap is better then none.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 12:48:30 PST   Listings
bb-boo - The statistics must be out there related to women in their 30's & 40's. A good friend of DD's just had a double masectomy (her choice as she had the type of cancer that is most likely to return) and she is 39. She is married and has 2 little boys. And she knows a couple of other women in their mid-30's to early 40's who have had various treatments for breast cancer.
A friend of mine lost one daughter to breast cancer when she was 38 - after having been treated and okay for several years - so that puts diagnosis in early-mid 30's.
And what is amazing to me is saying NOT to teach women how to do self breast exams!
I'm sure many of us can tell of women under 50 who have had treatment for breast cancer and-or died from it.

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 12:32:00 PST   Listings
Yeah it scares me bookdelle along with the timing of the new health care bill. Now I am not for conventional treatment if at all possible but I was 39 when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. If I had waited to check till I was 50 I would have not lived long enough to find out.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 12:23:34 PST   Listings
stamphick - LOL re: march. There may actually be some marches re: new women's cancer guidelines - those could get messy.


Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 10:31:44 PST   Listings
bookdelle33...Your advice reminded me of a situation when my daughter was a jr. in HS. She said she was going with a church group from another town to SF to take part in a Walk For Life. I thought a pro-life march in SF might be impetus for a little trouble so I made the speech about being non-confrontational with protesters, keeping cell phone & ID handy, etc.

It was some time later that I learned that Walk for Life was in support of cancer research.

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 10:31:31 PST   Listings
Lludwig: I think the Clinton and Nixon "bows" were more like stiff nods than real bows.

Yup on Nancy Reagan, and I have read that JFK warned Jackie not to curtsy when they were to meet Queen Elizabeth.

The holding hands thing is a red herring. Holding hands in accordance with local custom is a far cry from demonstrating subservience by scraping the floor with one's nose. In countries in which men walk hand in hand, and countries in which women - and most particularly, girls - walk hand in hand, such demonstrations are of affection and friendship, not subservience.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 10:22:44 PST   Listings
Re: unemployment figures.
Unemployment has always been under-represented as those who don't qualify for unemployment insurance don't apply and then those whose unemployment ran out when there weren't extensions and those underemployed or part-time employed etc.

So we should be using the U3 numbers if they are the same as usually reported - otherwise comparing apples and oranges. I realize this was less important when unemployment figures hovered at 5% or less but formula needs to be consistent.

It's like high school drop out rates ... usually higher than reported because of method of reporting and how districts acquire their figures.

stamphick - so that's what motivates the college youth now - economic self-interest!
Don't call DD - if she needs bail money, she'll call you!
And if there is student unrest, remind her to always carry ID & student ID and a $1 - can't be held to determine whether or not she belongs on campus and the $1 prevents vagrancy charges. Learned that kind of stuff in SF in the late 60's. :-) And ofcourse no drugs or residuals.

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 10:15:44 PST   Listings
ebozo...Formal announcement was yesterday or today but it's been reported for the past month.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 10:07:37 PST   Listings
So her last show won't be until 2011, snd you'll still have reruns - so the Oprah show will be around a while. I've never seen it. Don't do daytime tv, and don't need the tv on for just the noise. Think my mom watches Oprah sometimes, but does Dr Phil and Ellen on a more regular basis.

Lovely chilly day here - have no reason to leave the house, which is good. A few little chores to do.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 09:51:16 PST   Listings
mainelady Tuesday! That is really fast.

stamphick LOL

ebozo I agree with you about there not being an automated program that kicks some posts out. I fell into the bad habit of typing "that reads" from the days of when "who reads" couldn't be posted. Back in those days one could not even post until one figured out what combo of words without the space was causing the problem.

Thanks for the photo of the bow and handshake. If they both had bowed to each other and then shook hands that would be one thing, but the bow and the handshake is another!
Obama's gesture on Saturday was not without precedent, however. Neither was the outrage.

U.S. presidents from both political parties often have been criticized for attempts at culturally sensitive greetings to high-ranking foreigners.

Former President George W. Bush, a Republican, was mocked for holding Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah's hand, a traditional sign of friendship in the Middle East, as they strolled together in 2005.

In 1994, former Democratic President Bill Clinton was criticized for almost bowing to Akihito. The resulting image, The New York Times wrote, was of "an obsequent president and the emperor of Japan."

Former President Richard Nixon, a Republican, can be seen in a Life magazine photo from 1971 bowing to Akihito's father, Emperor Hirohito.

Source:http://tinyurl.com/y8flkbx


Remember the uproar when Nancy Reagan curtsied to the Queen of England? Someone at the White House didn't read his/her Miss Manners.

Miss Manners characterizes its knee bend as deriving from a "traditional gesture of an inferior to a superior.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 09:44:34 PST   Listings
Stamphick: Thanks for that info.

I believe that before the Palin appearance some news media were reporting that Oprah was leaving. I dunno whether Oprah had formally announced it.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 09:43:20 PST   Listings
The news just reported that 50 students at UC Davis were arrested during a protest of the 32% fee hike just passed by the UC Regents. I wonder if I dare call my daughter to see how she is doing.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 09:38:26 PST   Listings
My guess is that after Oprah's show with Gov. Palin got record high ratings for her show she knew there was nowhere to go but down, so she is quitting.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 09:36:34 PST   Listings
jburtphotos & ebozo... Actually the government does report several measures of unemployment but the media only seems to report one. The U3 jobless rate is 10.2%; broader U6 rate: 17.5%. The latter rate, the U6 rate, is comparable to the way unemployment was reported during the depression.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 09:32:05 PST   Listings
mainelady I'm excited about your house arriving!

Oprah comes on at 4:00 P.M. here in my area, and if I am home I usually turn on the program to see what the topic will be. I enjoy some of the interview programs and the house clean-up and organizing ones. I don't watch the "touchy-feely, evaluate your relationship to death" shows.

I'm glad I telephoned mother to remind her about therapy today. She thought today was Thursday instead of Friday and would not have been dressed and ready to go had I not called. I sometimes get my days mixed up too, so I imagine this is even harder for her since her days are all pretty much alike.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 08:41:43 PST   Listings
Sorry, couldn't resist. Someone's gotta give you some snit. What would the 20th be without it.


Really gone.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 08:39:58 PST   Listings
Don't forget those that took jobs that do not cover what the bills are just to have a job and that is all that is available. Those numbers don't count either and I imagine is much higher than people realize.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 08:29:29 PST   Listings
bookdelle It should be an interesting day. It will arrive in two (or possibly 4) pieces and be assembled on the foundation on our lot. Just watching it arrive on the trucks will be an experience, and the positioning of it on the foundation will likely be nervewracking to watch!

After it's assembled it will then take about 6 weeks to get all the rest of the stuff done-electical work, some of the carpentry and painting, plumbing and heating installed, etc, and get it ready to move in to. It does take up to 2 months, sometimes longer, to get these homes built at the factory before they're delivered, but the salesman went ahead and ordered ours before we signed any papers since a time "slot" had opened up at the manufacture's and they could get going on it right away, which is why it's arriving so soon. He took a chance doing so, and I bet he was on pins and needles until he had our signed purchase agreement in hand! But it was a gamble that paid off for all of us. They could have used it as a model home if the deal hadn't worked out, but that would not be the result they wanted.

It's taken a lot to get this whole thing going, but now time is zipping by and we're moving fast.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 08:29:02 PST   Listings
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Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 08:27:10 PST   Listings
Ah ha ha ha ha ha. I thought "No, no, I'm not going to clutter up the board with an apology. Everyone will understand and no one will comment on it, least of all my good friend Jburt.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 08:24:38 PST   Listings
Off to do what ever I'm doing today.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 08:20:38 PST   Listings
ebozo You don't have to shout. (grin) I know you knew. I thought it would be nice to remind people 10.2% is only the tip of the iceberg.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 08:18:40 PST   Listings
Jburt: Yes, I'm aware of that, but can you imagine the firestorm here if I used unofficial and "estimated" numbers? And really, there'd be no frame of reference regarding how good or bad the number is compared to other times.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 08:14:29 PST   Listings
Inmax: you always bring up some point I have missed

That's actually part of the reason that I do these posts. I am a political junkie and I know that I have more time than some to keep up with these things.

Bookdelle: Thank you. Yes, I occasionally post parodies of BB discussions and call them "Ultra-Condensed" versions. Debates, arguments, snits, etc. create the best opportunities for those.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 08:10:24 PST   Listings
ebozo "Update, November 6: Unemployment has reached 10.2%."

That number only counts those receiving unemployment benefits and actively looking for work. The actual National rate is estimated at somewhere between 14 - 17% when those no longer receiving unemployment benefits are factored in. Many local economies have rates far larger than the National. I have seen percentages in the 90% range.

Bear in mind, in a good economy, the reported numbers tend to be much closer to the real number.

In fairness, the unemployment numbers have been reported in this way for many years so it is not just the Obama Adminstration that has been skewing the numbers.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 07:53:31 PST   Listings
I don't think I've ever seen an Oprah show but I have never been disappointed in a book that has Oprah's Book Club sticker on it. I've read novels I would not otherwise have read - usually found at a yard sale.


Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 07:50:28 PST   Listings
Good Morning from rather warm So.NH. We had torrential rain overnight and this morning but now seems to be clearing.

jhill - Very good limerick! LOL!

ebozo - great monthly political review. Don't you also do a BB review or is that "sporatic".

mainelady - I didn't realize the house was coming so soon. Zack will be delighted, surprised and amazaed!

Re: Facebook. If anyone (grano9 I know you did) saw my FB post yesterday afternoon about a forthcoming trip - I removed it myself as I decided it was TMI, too soon.
Will get back to that after Christmas.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 07:46:34 PST   Listings
Inmax, Oceanabooks: Thank you.

I need a proofreader. Note "humilitation" and "Louiasana," which I hope Devonia will fix if she posts this stuff elsewhere.

The problem with proofreading anything of your own is that you see what you expect to see - *until* it is available to the rest of the world. Ah ha ha ha ha ha.

Inmax: A couple of reasons posts get reported are:

1. The reporter has been called out with the goods in the "offending" post.

2. The reporter has a personal axe to grind and uses the report button out of petty spite.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 07:46:33 PST   Listings
oceana, its the little things that throw me. Had huge bowl of potato salad all put together. Always add mustard to mayo. when doing final dressing. No mustard..there must be mustard! After moving every bottle in refrig., no mustard. Had to find my car keys and shoes, and rush off to store. Guys said best potato salad they had ever had.

ebozo best thing about your monthly reports, you always bring up some point I have missed. Then I spend hrs. going back and googling and going through old files. Love it.

Have some sheets I need to struggle with folding. Will never get the hang of that.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 07:43:49 PST   Listings
Clem and Robbie The 34 Ford had a single, transverse (sideways) leaf assembly in the front with a straight axle and lever action hydraulic shocks. Ford started using hydraulic shocks in 1928. Hydraulic shock technology was in its infancy then and not very effective.

Lludwig It is being reported here that Oprah will also announce the launch a new talk show on her cable network.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 07:37:50 PST   Listings
dupo Meant to mention, that bread situation sounds like a win-win deal. The bread goes first to those in need and any left overs to others who'll really enjoy it-including you. Sure better than having it just thrown out! Hate to hear of perfectly good food going to waste.

jhill Love the limerick!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 07:32:35 PST   Listings
Nice condensed political view for the last 30 days Ebozo...yes the bow is abit strange. Even the Japanese wife is smiling!

I agree Jburt with your statement.

Getting ready to grocery shop for 10 family members who arrive starting Monday for the big feast. Hope I can pull this off, my Mom use to make the day look so easy. At least I made a grocery list and compared her recipes so maybe get most of the ingredience on the first run.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 07:31:46 PST   Listings
inmax I'm hoping to get some good photos that day. It's one of his day care days and his parents need to work, but one way or another I really want him there and we'll work out something. And good for your DH-and you too! My DH was still working 3 days a week at age 71 when he had his stroke, which ended that of course. Not easy for him to have his life so totally change almost literally overnight. But you deal the hand you're played and do what you have to do.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 07:28:49 PST   Listings
ebozo, love that monthly report.

Why are posts removed by someone, unless they are really offensive to all? When removed, it seems to only serve the purpose of questioning and people trying to find out what was removed. Things get pretty tough out there in the real world. This board seems to really be up on everything, and few things seem to bother it for more then a day. I know some are sitting reading this...and thinking...she has alot of room to talk.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 07:12:44 PST   Listings
Greg Newton

In response to your limerick of Wednesday evening

There was an old dame from Poughkeepsie
Who long ago gave up on whiskey
She doesn't drink beer,
Or wine either, my dear
So there's no way that she could be tipsy.

I hope it's just that you aren't aware that I only live a few miles from Poughkeepsie.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 07:01:04 PST   Listings
Good morning to all from Dupo, Illinois where the sun is shining and it should be a lovely day.

Last night I went to the museum for their monthly lecture night. The topic was the B-47 Stratojet.

I am in bread heaven. A local restaurant chain that is known for it's wonderful homemade bread, bagels and muffins donates whatever is left at the end of the business day to charity. My sister's church (she is both a member and the church secretary) recently started getting the Tuesday night bread leftovers from one of the restaurants.

Most of the bagels and muffins are used for the school's "after hours" program as snacks for the kids. Some of the bread is given away through the small food pantry the church operates ... and whatever else is left is there for the taking by members, employees, or anyone else who would like some bread.

The church won't know from week to week just how much bread they will get (or what kind), but I'll gladly take some if they have a lot. This past Tuesday, they received five trash bags full of fresh bread products.

When I saw my sister on Wednesday, she gave me two lovely loves of wonderful bread (so much better than anything I can buy at the store). There may be a weight gain in my future.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 06:58:54 PST   Listings
OBAMA'S TENTH MONTH IN OFFICE
  1. Well, the big news is that the House passed its version of health care legislation, which had reached 2,032 pages the last time I saw a number.

    Two thousand thirty-two pages.

    When it was at 1,990 pages the Associated Press reported that the cost had reached $1.2 trillion.

    In this version every public option enrollee will contribute to federally funded abortion.

    The vote was a squeaker, with 218 votes needed. 219 of the 258 Democrats voted for it, as did one Republican.

    One paragraph (quoted by Politico.com):
    “(a) Outpatient Hospitals – (1) In General – Section 1833(t)
    (3)(C)(iv) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395(t)(3)(C)
    (iv)) is amended – (A) in the first sentence – (i) by inserting
    “(which is subject to the productivity adjustment described
    in subclause (II) of such section)” after “1886(b)(3)(B)(iii);
    and (ii) by inserting “(but not below 0)” after “reduced”; and
    (B) in the second sentence, by inserting “and which is
    subject, beginning with 2010 to the productivity adjustment
    described in section 1886(b)(3)(B)(iii)(II)”.
    Think anyone has read all of it?

    Think you could read all of it? Your Representative? Your Senators? Our President?

    Update, November 19: The Senate version is 2,074 pages (before amendments).

  2. SPANKED BY ADULTS: The administration lost its first battle after declaring war on Fox News. Fox has for a dozen years been a member of a consortium of five television news networks (CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS) in the White House Press Pool. On October 22 the networks were to be granted interviews by Obama's "Pay Czar," Kenneth Feinberg.

    When it was announced that all networks would be welcome except Fox News, the Washington bureau chiefs of the five news networks got together and agreed that none would participate if Fox could not. The administration had to back down, suffering its first humilitation at the hands of a unanimous press.

    All administrations have shown a little favoritism regarding reporters, selective leaks, etc., but none had previously attempted what amounts to censoring an entire news organization.

    Such clumsiness regarding the news media was never displayed during Obama's campaign and was not seen during his incumbency until *very* recently. I can only think that whoever is behind it is someone outside Obama's media communications staff, someone who has no feel for what the news media considers its own best interests, someone arrogant and vindictive. My candidate would be Rahm Emanuel, but I concede that it might be Obama himself.

    Update, November 19: Near total capitulation: Obama granted an interview with Fox News while in China.

  3. THEY'RE BA-A-CK: General Motors Acceptance Corporation and Chrysler Group LLC, already $12.5 billion (that we know of) in debt to the US (that's us, folks) are asking for more in the way of federal bailout dollars. $11.5 billion more is needed by mid-November.

    Update, November 19: This has disappeared into a black hole of some kind. A search of Google News returns absolutely nothing about this after October 29.

  4. In the quarter ending September 30, the economy grew for the first time in a year. Overall, that's good news. It is partially offset by the fact that much of the growth was due to federal assistance in the form of programs such as the Cash for Clunkers (now defunct) and the $8,000 tax credit for first time home buyers (due to expire any minute now). But the fact remains that the economy *did* grow for the first time in a year.

    I believe economists generally expect less favorable news for the next quarter, but uneverno. The biggest problem for the moment remains unemployment.

    Update, November 6: Unemployment has reached 10.2%.

  5. The President continues to fiddle while Afghanistan burns. At the moment, the administration is blaming the controversial election results in Afghanistan, and claiming this is somehow relevant to what we should do or not do militarily. But this is a straw man, and an unusually unsteady one at that. For starters, the central government has limited influence on what happens throughout the country. That is largely determined by coalitions of tribal leaders in the various regions.

    And second - and conclusive - is the fact that no matter who is in power in the central government, that government will be corrupt. Those governments have been corrupt longer than any of us have been alive and they will be corrupt long after we are all dead.

    Update, November 2: The challenger has withdrawn and the incumbent will serve another term. There is no more electoral process on which to hang your hat. Your move, Mr. President.

    Update, November 19: No decision before Thanksgiving.

  6. Having cut aid to tiny Honduras and having joined forces with leftists around the world in threatening not to recognize the results of the Honduran election on November 29th, Obama has at last extracted a minor (but face saving) victory over democracy. Zelaya will be returned to office for the last several weeks of his term, somewhat neutered, however, by the agreement that he will not have control of the armed forces this time around.

    Update, November 5: Mmmmmaybe. Those opposed seem to be stalling. The Congress has forwarded the matter to the Supreme Court for a decision on the legality of the compromise.

    One bright spot: the US has changed its position on the upcoming Honduran elections, and will recognize the results regardless of the current Zelaya restitution deal.

    Update, November 19: The stalling continues, and Zelaya may not be reinstalled as president until after the November 29 elections, if at all.

  7. Hillary's Hadda Helluva Month: Secretary of State Clinton went to

    • Moscow, where the Russians not only would not join the US in calling for sanctions against Iran, they wouldn't even discuss it.

    • Pakistan, where students, journalists, and even people at a televised Town Hall meeting met her with hostility. 59% of Pakistanis now view the US as the biggest threat to Pakistan.

    • Jerusalem, where she was blasted by both the Palestinian government and Hamas when she called for a resumption of talks with Israel.

    I don't know about you, but I'm just tingling all over 'cuz the whole world loves us again.

  8. Gubernatorial losses in Virginia and New Jersey elections have scared the socialism bejesus out of a number of Representatives and Senators. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer worked desperately to keep the number of Democrats who defected on health care below forty, and just succeeded, the final count being 39.

    In addition to talks with Pelosi and Hoyer, undecided Democrat Jason Altmire, a Congressman from Pennsylvania, reported that he had calls from Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

    Not such a cheap date: In the end, Altmire voted against the bill. This might have saved his reputation, because lemme tellya he would certainly have become known as a cheap date when contrasted with Louiasana Senator Mary Landrieu. She's "wavering" on health care, and ABC reports that Harry Reid has offered her what amounts to a one hundred million dollar bribe. His bill includes increased Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.” The bill includes two pages of criteria to determine whether a state qualifies. Apply the criteria to each of the fifty states and only one is not eliminated: Louisiana. The $100,000,000 estimate comes from the Congressional Budget Office.

  9. Presidential Speech Impediment: Apparently the President and his entire cabinet have been hit by some sort of traumatic vocal chord injury. Not one of them can say "Fort Hood" and "Muslim" in the same sentence.

    I'm sure there's no need to describe in detail what happened at Fort Hood. You know the story as well as I. However, the President and the "mainstream" news media are collaborating in a disgraceful situation. The President has urged us not to "jump to conclusions" about the Muslim major who went berserk, and the news commentators are doing the same.

    Obama is being considerably more thoughtful about a rush to judgment on this one than he was when he declared that police had acted in a "stupid" fashion when they arrested a black man a couple of months ago.

    We don't have to "jump" to this conclusion. We can "crawl" there.

    • The shooter is a Muslim.

    • The shooter had issued many public pronouncements critical of US policy regarding Iraq and Afghanistan.

    • The shooter had attended the same mosque - and at the same time - as two of the 9/11 hijackers. Coincidentally, the Imam there at the time was Anwar al-Awlaki, widely known as an Islamic version of Reverend Jeremiah Wright - you know, "Goddam America" and all that.

    • The shooter had made a presentation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, saying, among other things, that non-Muslims should be beheaded and have burning oil poured down their throats.

    • The shooter had tried to contact Al-Quaeda and Al-Quaeda recruiters twenty times.

    • The shooter shouted "Allahu akbar" during his rampage.

    • And so ad infinitum.

    I think, Mr. President, that if you just go ahead and admit that his behavior was representative of an Islamic terrorist, you won't have to invite him to the White House for a beer to make up for it.

  10. It's nice to see the Justice Department working in a good cause for a change. The former Congressman from Louisiana, William Jefferson, was convicted in federal court last August of a number of offenses. He's the one who had $90,000 in his freezer, found by the FBI when they raided his home. He'd received nearly a half million in bribes here and there, and attempted to bribe the sitting Vice-President of Nigeria.

    The Feds have asked that he be sentenced to 33 years in prison, effectively a death sentence for him as he's 62 years old.

    Update, November 13: Thirteen years.

  11. Once again Obama bowed to foreign royalty, this time to Japan's Emperor Akihito.

    I imagine the White House won't try floating the nonsense they did last time - that Obama is so tall, that he was bending to shake hands, etc. This time around it was no longer a matter of historical ignorance, but an in your face gesture for those Americans who value tradition and criticized him last time, rather like an obstinate child persisting in bad behavior to say "I meant to do that" and show that he is unfazed by the criticisms of those who know better.

    The bow is a symbol not only of respect but of subservience. I'd guess that Obama is the only American politician on the national scene who feels that the Chief Executive Officer of the United States should demonstrate subservience to a foreigner.

    Update, November 15: A "senior administration official" has been quoted as saying “I think that those who try to politicize those things are just way, way, way off base. He observes protocol."

    But whose protocol would that be, exactly? Not the protocol of the last two hundred plus years for the United States, and not the protocol of:

    The prime minister of India, the prime minister of Slovenia, the president of Kazakhstan,


          



    the prime minister of Israel, the president of South Korea, or the (2005) president of Russia.


          


    Just the United States Protocol Pseudo-Expert-in-Chief:





    In any event, the simultaneous handshake and bow violate any royal protocol known to Japan. There is *never* touching of any kind when bowing. See that big smile on the emperor's face as Obama bows? The big smile that's not present in any of the other photos? That's polite Japanese Emperor language for "ROFLMAO."

    Just following protocol. Right. Back to Protocol Pre-School for you.

    If you're not tired of this, you can watch 46 handshakes and one bow at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U6fL7Y4BZA

  12. Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader, has given up on Cap and Trade. He announced that the Senate will not consider it until next spring, which in this case means . . . well, never.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 06:57:37 PST   Listings
mainelady, I didn't know your house would be arriving next Tues. Please (time available) get some pictures of Zach and the look on his face when that house arrives.

Have always admired my hubby. We had just put every penny we had or would ever have into starting our foundry. He went in for life insurance check, and they found prostate cancer. I had to go in and get the checkup, and carry the huge premium. He never looked back, and has never once complained.

Lludwig thanks. Funny and so very true.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 06:56:34 PST   Listings
Good morning, all.

I for one do *not* believe that posts are being removed by automated scanning software, at least in most cases. If robotic software is searching for offensive words it has come a very long way from when we could not post that the pen is mightier than the sword.

A week or two ago, when a few of us were replacing some words with "snit," I got pink slapped for a two word post (oh, the humiliation - ah ha ha ha ha ha). Another person, not seeing that it had been used, posted the exact same two word phrase, which remained on the board until scrolling off when there were 200 more recent posts.

Obviously, censoring software would not delete one post and let the other stand, and mine was deleted because someone with a personal axe to grind reported mine.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 06:47:59 PST   Listings
MAUREEN. I hope you are feeling good! You are the main reason I still read this board. There are a couple of people I skip over. I love to read about good books and have had several suggestions from my favorite people!

Today I am going to Del Mar for the annual glass and antique show! I have never been to that show. I have been to Del Mar for the fair and for horseracing.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 06:44:12 PST   Listings
Good morning from rainy Maine. It's supposed to clear off late in the day though. I'm glad I did a few errands yesterday and can stay here and take it easy today. Had a couple of sales last night but one hasn't paid and I'm going to wait and ship the other one in the morning unless I get a spurt of energy later today. I've held next week open so I can focus on the new house arrival on Tuesday (weather permitting-forecast is iffy) and also relax and enjoy Thanksgiving. The following several weeks are jam packed though, so I'd better take advantage of this respite and rest up!

lludwig Great Billy Collins poem! Got a real kick out of it this morning. And I'm sorry Oprah is leaving her show too. I only watch her maybe once a week when she has a topic or guest I'm interested in, but she certainly has done a lot to promote books and reading.

inmax Sounds like a good idea to get your foot checked out. No matter what it is, it doesn't sound like something that should be happening.

aegbooks Thanks. My sister is going to call the doctor later this morning if she hasn't heard from him by then. And as for dealing with the house stuff, you do what you have to do. I hate being dependent on other people and the most frustrating times in my life were when I was recovering from my surgeries and couldn't do stuff for myself. Now that DH can't do much anymore I really almost have to keep plugging along anyway-probably good for me in a way. And I'm sure that if you're ever in this situation (I hope you never are of course!) that you'll do the same thing!

banchee, inmax I rarely find anything at the GW store anymore that I want to bother buying to resell. The books are definitely presorted, as any really good ones apparently never reach the shelves, and other things that I look for are priced too high to make much of a profit on resale. GW also sells on ebay now so that's where a lot of the better stuff goes. I occasionally find something that has slippped thru, and I know of someone who does find things there now and then, but she stops in several times a week to do so. I don't have a problem with volunteers getting to take a few things at a reduced price, but it sounds like that's really being abused in the situations you mentioned.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 06:27:04 PST   Listings
inmax--if one presses the report button and sends in a complaint--the post in question will almost certainly be removed. Many of us doubt that a Real Live Persons reviews them any more, the process is probably automated.People have received totally unrelated reasons as to why a post was removed.

gotta go, TGIF, many good things will happen today, watch for them!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 05:46:19 PST   Listings
A good morning to the BB.

Hubby's fishing buddies on way to airport. Either they listened to their Mother or wives have them well trained. All beds stripped and bedding along with dirty towels placed in laundry room.

aegbooks, can other people remove a post? I thought only eBay or person posting could do that. I know when pictures are to large or something, we always ask for them to remove it.

Maureen/mainelady, now you have me wondering. My right side of right foot has been having this numb feeling. Thought pulled something. Will wait until first of wk. and check it out.

banchee, a women's group helped clear out ladies home. So many beautiful sets of bedding. They took all to one resource center. About 3 days later...went in to look around. Everything gone. It had never even made it into store from drop off point. Created quite a stink.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 05:39:51 PST   Listings
aegbooks Very true.

Speaking of prohibitions against name-calling, I am reminded of one of my favorite Billy Collins. Makes me laugh no matter how often I read it.
Child Development


As sure as prehistoric fish grew legs
and sauntered off the beaches into forests
working up some irregular verbs for their
first conversation, so three-year-old children
enter the phase of name-calling.

Every day a new one arrives and is added
to the repertoire. You Dumb Goopyhead,
You Big Sewerface, You Poop-on-the-Floor
(a kind of Navaho ring to that one)
they yell from knee level, their little mugs
flushed with challenge.
Nothing Samuel Johnson would bother tossing out
in a pub, but then the toddlers are not trying
to devastate some fatuous Enlightenment hack.

They are just tormenting their fellow squirts
or going after the attention of the giants
way up there with their cocktails and bad breath
talking baritone nonsense to other giants,
waiting to call them names after thanking
them for the lovely party and hearing the door close.

The mature save their hothead invective
for things: an errant hammer, tire chains,
or receding trains missed by seconds,
though they know in their adult hearts,
even as they threaten to banish Timmy to bed
for his appalling behavior,
that their bosses are Big Fatty Stupids,
their wives are Dopey Dopeheads
and that they themselves are Mr. Sillypants.

Billy Collins
Poet Laureate of the US from 2001 to 2003. I
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 05:37:34 PST   Listings
The Oprah support of books and reading will be a sore loss. Thoough my schedule prevented my watching her show, it was a large influence in many areas. Her taste in books was not necessarily mine, but I appreciated her encouraging books, reading, and thinking by many people.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 05:30:28 PST   Listings
Good morning all :)

lludwig We tend to forget the details of Ebays policies after not looking at them so long...How ever, it seems to me that this board and the booksellers board apply a different standard to button pushing. Just because some Could push the button, does not mean they Would. Many people seem to believe that it is better to actually See posts being discussed and not go by whatever responses are left and by opinions by others of what was meant. And of course, ahaha, the Majority of us violate the Rule that None of us are supposed to discuss the contents of removed posts, the reasons why they may have been deleted, or the mere fact that a comment existed that Was deleted. Heck if someone or a few people decided to report every by the letter violation, oft-times there would be very little board to read beyond health and weather :)

mainelady hope your sister will be fine. You are doing so well dealing with the new house stuff in spite of your health and other issues. I hope I can have the strenth if I'm ever in a similar place.

banchee hope the sale proves very profitable--sources are scarcer around here too.

robbie a good thing to remember is, the post-modernists reflected only a part of the real world. There were and are millions of people who get up every day and live lives of love and responsibility, care for their families, work hard, find some time for enjoyment too. There are thousands of artists, musicians and singers who create so many beautiful things there is not time enough for one person to discover them all. Scholars and inventors are discovering new things about our universe and ourselves, and creating amazing technologies. Millions of people donate time and money to help their brothers. The post modernists tended to focus on the negative, which of course does exist also. But there is a whole world beyond that.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 05:06:58 PST   Listings
thanks danedottir


Yes, the Fish Music



A trout-colored wind blows
through my eyes, through my fingers,
and I remember how the trout
used to hide from the dinosaurs
when they came to drink at the river.
The trout hid in subways, castles,
and automobiles. They waited patiently
for the dinosaurs to go away.


- Richard Brautigan -






trout from festivefish.net dino from dinosaurfact.net
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 05:01:46 PST   Listings
ow can't believe that today is the 20th already!

And now for 3 in a row...

In Book News . . .
Oprah Winfrey’s Exit: The Publishing Fallout
"The Wall Street Journal, November 19, 2009

Oprah Winfrey’s spokeswoman said today that the talk-show host plans to end her long-running program in 2011. The loss of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” will be missed in particular by the book publishing industry.

“It’s a blow,” said Lorraine Shanley, a partner in the consulting firm Market Partners International Inc., who earlier this week watched former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin promote her book on Ms. Winfrey’s show.

“Oprah Winfrey has supported many authors, and her book club has had a huge impact on America’s reading habits,” added Ms. Shanley. “She made Faulkner a best seller again. She also promoted an eclectic group of authors and created publishing successes for many commercial writers.”

Oprah’s Book Club, started in 1996, has selected dozens of titles over the years. The books are discussed on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” promoted on the show’s Web site, and given a seal of approval that’s placed on the book’s cover.

Over the years, the book club has helped to bring the works of well-known writers such as Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and Cormac McCarthy to even broader audiences. The show has also introduced writers such as Edwidge Danticat to millions of readers.

“Other than a book being turned into a popular movie nothing brings readers to a book like Oprah,” said Dawn Davis, editorial director of the Amistad imprint of News Corp.’s HarperCollins Publishers. (News Corp. also owns The Wall Street Journal.). ”She brings a variety of readers to a variety of books. Her impact is immeasurable.”

The program has not been without its share of controversies. After Jonathan Franzen’s book “The Corrections,” was picked in 2001, the author expressed some discomfort with his selection. He was uninvited from the show.

After Winfrey selected James Frey’s “A Million Little Pieces” in 2005, the author admitted that parts of his memoir were fictional. Winfrey scolded him before a national audience on her show.

“If it is the end of her daily talk show, we probably won’t see something else to match its overall potential impact on book sales in the broadcast arena any time soon,” said Stuart Applebaum, a spokesman for Bertelsmann AG’s Random House publishing arm. “She has an integrity and connectivity to her viewership that is unmatched by any other television broadcast personality. Happily she enjoys reading books and wants to persuade her viewership to enjoy them as much as she does. It’s not a characteristic shared by any other TV personalities with her persuasiveness.”

Source: http://tinyurl.com/yaydsnw
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 04:42:34 PST   Listings
Ugh, sorry about being so bold this morning.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 04:27:59 PST   Listings
Good Morning from Penn's Woods where I have been up since 4:30am. The computer was down so I washed the kitchen and breakfast floor, did 3 loads of laundry, and washed the windows on the door to the sunporch. It will be interesting to see how clean those windows are in the light of day.

On the ebay email that maureen received after her post was zapped [I didn't see the post] I found the defense line to be quite interesting.

"Interpersonal Disputes" includes both parties or "sides" in any ongoing disagreement. It includes actions in which someone may claim they were "only" defending themselves. "He said/she said" is not a defense. Debate about issues, opinions or practices should be conducted without rancor and without making negative comments about the individual with whom one disagrees.
I am suprized that more posts have not been zapped based on that.


503robbiep & rowe*is*me The quote is from Sir Walter Scott. The first time I heard it was when my aunt in Mich said it to me after I coudn't remember what age I had told the boy next door the summer before! lol I have a Sept birthday and was 14 the first summer I spent a week with my aunt and uncle. I told him that I was 15 and the next summer when I went back I couldn't remember is I had told him the summer before.
Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!

Sir Walter Scott, Marmion, Canto vi. Stanza 17.
Scottish author & novelist (1771 - 1832)


Interesting wiki on What does ''Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive'' mean?
http://tinyurl.com/ygg4vkx
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 03:39:13 PST   Listings
Good Morning from scenic Lake Sunapee Region, NH.

It's raining

It's pouring!

I'll be spending my time indoors pricing inventory for the Thanksgiving weekend show. It has to be delivered tomorrow.

mysteryhorse I wish we had a decent auction house nearby but alas and alack......

I don't go to the local GW or SA anymore either.....I have been finding things here and there in consignment shops. The only rummage sale I can find on Saturday is a 1-1/2 hour drive away. {Sigh!}

As an aside, I think I've written about the SA "volunteer" - the lady with 10 kids, even more grands - who prices everything as it comes in the door....except her own stuff, of course. That gets shipped out the back door.

Yesterday I saw her at the post office - picking up a car load of Priority boxes...and BTW, she's now sporting a new frosted hair do (before it was salt and pepper) and new light-sensitive eyeglasses. HAHAHA! Did I mention her disabled husband does eBay?

That certainly answers the question, "Why is the carp priced so high?" - they have to make up for what she's peeling off the back of the truck.

Oh well.

Back to work!

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 21:01:38 PST   Listings



Blast me gold.
Flip me fin.
Blow me bubble.
Wave me in.

Swish me tail.
Wink me scale.
Swing past castle
Trailed by snail.

Quiet swimmer
Deep dive home
Wrap in seaweed
Drift-
......Dream-
.........Roam.


Poem by Tom Robert Shields.
Art by Braldt Bralds and John White Alexander (1856-1915).

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 20:35:54 PST   Listings
Clementine, that is a great thought behind stringing up Christmas lights early... I've seen some around my neighborhood already too. I wonder if they've got the same enthusiasm and thinking that you do.
I no longer put up a tree or lights, but I have a wonderful table top ceramic tree with lights that is really lovely to look at, and a wreath on the door, and my mantle over the fireplace is full of pine and ceramic imps and angels.
Enough for us! I think I will post a picture of my imps and fairies and angels on the mantel this year... but later.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 20:33:10 PST   Listings
OMG Ginger - I thought I had sent you an email. Yes,the package arrived and it is beautiful and fits me well! Thank you so much for your generosity and good will.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 20:18:15 PST   Listings
probably all of you know about why society seems so strange today. i've been wondering about that for a long time. it seems we are in a post-modern society which has been bent on destroying all things we hold dear. their discussion of now and projections for the future scare the heck out of me.

my tutoree is taking a class in post-modern literature and studying the works of samuel beckett, a post-modernist. i was happier when i didn't understand his work or post-modernism.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 20:15:03 PST   Listings
Maureen Just curious, did my package ever arrive. It was sent out over 2 weeks ago. Iris
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 19:51:21 PST   Listings
Hi, guys. robbie DH says that '34 might have had coil springs in the front, but leaf in the back. Later in the '30's, I guess they went to a scissor-arm shock. Don't ask, I dunno! lol

We've been stringing lights today - DH wanted to get it done while he can still see well enough, and while the weather isn't just dismal. It was about 50 today, so not bad for November in WY. We turned them on at dark to see how they looked, and somehow some of the little red poinsettia lights around the front windows are dark. Tomorrow it's back up on the ladder to check for loose mini bulbs, I guess. Otherwise, it'll be nice. The folks across the street have two big pines in their front yard and they have lots of blue lights strung on those - looks very nice. When the economy is in the tank, and everything else looks bleak, maybe turning Xmas lights on a little early isn't a bad idea?
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 19:44:36 PST   Listings

half asleep so if this post makes no sense I have no one to blame but myself. lol

BEADS! Good thing my Legges have an "e" on the end

FURTIMA - and arms too I bet.

CASINO, ROBBIE - thank you glad you enjoyed


I made soup tonight. I just winged it. Took remains of my drowned Boccolli simmered it with sosome chiken broth, put a bit of potato bud in for thickening a little, popped it in the blender and then added 4 oz ceam cheese. MMMM GOOD. creamy smooth and yummy.

Now I am yawning big time zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 18:58:06 PST   Listings
rowe Thank you for the concern for my sister, and I'm glad you enjoy the Zach stories. I do remember that you've posted here off and on for some time now. And yes, sometimes someone says or does something that will just hit a person or persons wrong and it will set them off, even those who are usually easygoing. I'm glad that you agree you went too far and that you won't repeat it though.

I do want to reiterate that I'm not taking sides in last night's "incident". I just don't know enough about what at least some of it was all about and have no real inclination to do so anyway. I do hope all of the participants stick around, as I feel the board would be dimished if any of them were to no longer post here. Some of them I consider friends, some I consider interesting, but all add something to the board that would be missed.

robbie I think rowe was referring to my grandson, Zachary, and altho we pronounce his nickname as Zack we do spell it Zach, probably because his real name starts with those letters.

clem That's a pet peeve of mine too-and a lot of other people for that matter. Don't know why it's considered acceptable by so many these days.

Something to look for at yard/book sales. Just had an auction end for a lot of 42 little Boxcar Children paperbacks- they sold for $56.99. I've mentioned this before-they always seem to sell well and the books can usually be picked up at sales around here at least for a quarter or so each. I just accumulate them until I have at least 40 and then list them. Have sold every lot of them I've listed for at least $40, usually more. Not a big sale, but an easy way to make a nice little profit.

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 18:33:15 PST   Listings
I have decided that my post earlier this morning was automatically zapped by the censor because as Kacey mentioned, I used the word "hate".

Rowe - I don't know your history but your posts physically made me sick. You show up out of the blue ranting and raving and felt ever so much better to get it off your chest, and left the rest of us having to read through your minefield. Quite frankly, no one here wants to read stuff like that again.

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 18:17:58 PST   Listings
Robbie sorry dragging Christmas stuff out, yes it was my quote

tea time, yeah
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 18:17:06 PST   Listings
noip--503robbiep is neutral in this dust-up
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 18:07:03 PST   Listings
rowe'is'me--zack it is (zach from zacharias). do i remember correctly that the tangled web quote was from you?

clementine--a sub-rant: why are there some folks in the world who find no necessity to grow up? small children are ego-centric and feel no need to feel anything about others. however, there comes a time to consider others. is it the bible or was it shakespear who noted, 'when i was a child....'
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 18:03:12 PST   Listings
tea time?
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 17:59:31 PST   Listings

goodnight..............
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 17:45:40 PST   Listings
is this only from the midwest? for rowe'is'me

oh what a tangled web we weave
when first we endeavor to decieve.
but how vastly we improve our style
when we have practiced for a while.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 17:39:27 PST   Listings
whoops Zach for Zack sorry about that
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 17:37:59 PST   Listings
my computer went offline last night.

clementine--re leaf springs in the old '34. (no shock absorbers? i'll be darned.) so, that was the reason for the teeth rattling, bone-crunching ride. i learned to drive in that car, with dad as co-pilot. when i tried to shift gears that light-weight car jumped like a jackrabbit. also, in trying to manage keeping the car on the road i drove through every pothole to be found. (multi-tasking? what's that) finally, my father said in a quiet, gentle voice, 'you're supposed to drive around them, not through them.'

wellington--again, nice!, nice!

danedotti--what a touching blog. it reminded me of all of the tv pictures of the children in iron curtain countries sitting in their cribs. wouldn't it be wonderful if every child born into this world was wanted and loved and had the advantages that Zach has to grow up to be healthy and successful.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 17:35:57 PST   Listings
Good Evening BB's

My messages last night were in defense of a person who posts on many boards. I ranted a bit too much but Mainelady hit the nail on the head some things a certain person does are not right and it pushes my buttons. I do not need to feel the need to defend anyone as we are all grown-ups here. So I am/will do my best to control that.

I do not just pop up I read the board when I am done with the Market for the day and real life is taken care of to dispel rumour number one. I like reading the board and am a newbie here not a mean spirited leftover from any other board.

I do check my emails all day long and WOA since you want me to go straight to you I will. It has come to my attention you have stated to people that I had asked to be on the PP board at one time and because you denied me I came on the BB board to stir the pot. I won't even answer that because I cant quit laughing.

I will not stop polluting/posting I want to be here when I can. I will not rant anymore.

Thanks to those that welcomed me as a newbie.

Maine I am glad about your sister and I like the Zack stories also.

Love the piano story

LOL to bookdelle 16 years later on the boxes

Sirius has their holiday music going for any subcribers

Peace
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 17:34:09 PST   Listings
RANT - scroll alert -


I just read an interesting study (below) regarding a peeve of many of us - cell phone conversations and/or texting - especially while driving! Teens seem to be doing this in greater and greater numbers, putting themselves and their passengers at dire risk.

Yesterday, while we were driving to Cody, I saw a little Subaru from the Office Supply Co. in the neighboring town. He turned just ahead of us leaving our town, and we followed him for several miles. We saw him swerve 3 feet over the fog line several times, cross the center line probably 4 times, and generally it looked as if he were drunk or impaired in some way. I finally got close enough and passed him, and here he was, holding his cell phone in the light, either reading mail or texting! I got into the next little town (2 miles down the road, which has a speed trap and a cop sitting there nearly all day). I dashed out of the car and over to the officer in the pickup to tell him what we'd observed and that I thought that driver might be impaired in some way. Frank, the policeman, said, "oh, he was probably textin'," and smiled about it! I said, "listen, he needs not to be doing that, then, and whatever is wrong, I'm willing to sign a complaint!" The Office Supply car went through about that time, and Frank said he would go after him and stop him, but that he couldn't ticket him because it would be outside the town limits. It took two miles before Frank did catch up and have that driver pulled over. MAYBE it sent a message, or maybe he just behaved for the rest of the day. I nearly called the office to report him. I don't want to cause anyone to lose his job, but at the same time... This stuff is going on all the time, and getting worse. I wonder how many people will have to die before stricter laws are enacted? I can't believe people driving 70 miles an hour in 4,000 pounds of steelplastic and aluminum are so stupid as to take their eyes AND their attention off the road as if it's an okay thing to do.

I'm still wondering if I should've reported his behavior to his employers.

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1411/teens-distracted-driving-texting-cellphone-use

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 16:43:39 PST   Listings
maureen Thanks for the input. I'll pass it along to her. She has always been very careful to have any and all recommended tests and has regular doctor's visits and so forth, and she is much more careful about diet and exercise than I am too, so I'm reasonably sure she'll push to get some answers to this. She helps so many other people and we tend to rely on her, and it's a wake up call for us to realize that she's not invincable either!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 16:21:37 PST   Listings
Mainelady - I would tell your sister to still be concerned about a blood clot as what you are describing is what hapenned with me- you know when your body feels differently. I knew something was wrong with my leg, it started acting differently - like I couldn't raise it, I would have pain in kneeling or squatting - and each time I would get to doctor the sypmtoms were gone. By the time in 2005 where I had spent four months going back and forth to doctor, finally in an ER visit the ultrasound showed the clot. An earlier ultrasound could tell that I had a previous blood clot in the leg, so this was a second blood clot. She knows her body and how it should work and if test doesn't show it now, she should push for all the tests because something is making her body feel strange.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 16:08:03 PST   Listings

evening all..............received this from a dear friend today....and just have to share.. Enjoy!!!!!

The Piano Stairs
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 16:02:36 PST   Listings
It doesn't look as though I'll ever qualify for any of the seller designations or the discounts again. I would have a few years ago, but it's unlikely that I'll reach those sales levels again now. That's ok-I'll just keep plugging along!

Back from doing errands. I have the electrical permit in hand, but the plumbing one will have to wait as the person who issues it wasn't in and the town offices will be closed tomorrow. Seems odd to me that the office is only open 4 days a week, but it's a money saving step implemented a while ago.

Interesting that so many of you have mentioned that your contractors obtained all the permits and so forth-that's what I'd expected too and no idea why I'm having to do it. But as long as someone points me in the right direction and it gets done on time I guess that's the main thing.

Just talked with my DDIL. She brought Zach home this afternoon from day care and he insisted that he wanted to stay outside for a while even though it was getting late. He got out his toy dump truck with the back hoe on the back and a couple of other toy machines and started playing in the dirt, and when she asked what he was doing he said he was "building Gammie and Gampa a new house"! He has really been following the process with interest and apparently knows what has to be done to get started now.

Thank you for the good wishes for my sister. She still hasn't heard the results of the MRI but will call the doctor if she doesn't hear tomorrow morning. Her arm and leg still don't feel right, but they aren't bothering as much as they were. We're hoping that maybe it's just that she overdid on something or other-she is quite active and has been doing yard work and so forth- but she really wants to find out as much as possible about it before the weekend.

The earthquake in Maine last night was mentioned on the news here this evening. People nearer to it did feel it but no damage has been reported.

wellington Wow-you really were organized! Some good ideas and I've copied your post for reference. We do have an advantage in that we're not going far and we can also do it in stages over a period of a week or more, but we should have a system in mind so we don't get into a mess with it all. We're going to hire someone to move the larger and heavier items and will move the smaller and lighter things ourselves-my son here and DDIL will pitch in, and my other son will come for a few days to help as well. Also, my sister's teenage grandsons, both big, strong young men, will also help us with some things if we need them.

jburt Interesting viewpoint and analysis. Different people have different personalities, and some are almost certain to clash with others now and then. And some traits that some people enjoy others tolerate and still others get really annoyed about. For the most part I can get along with almost everyone, but there was one person who used to post here who pushed my buttons almost every time we were on the board at the same time. It does happen. Eventually I learned to just ignore her, but it wasn't easy!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 15:14:11 PST   Listings
lludwig No, the Bronze is gone from my page. My discount was 20% but it changed to 15 a few days ago.
I thought that you didn't have to be PS to be top rated but I guess that's wrong.
I'm not going to fret over it anymore. Either I will make money or I won't.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 15:01:49 PST   Listings
Got it casino love it
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 15:01:07 PST   Listings
nonamegoddess I have a hard time following what they are doing too. Your 15% discount would have been based on last month's right? "Your discount level is determined monthly between the 23rd and 27th"

Check your dashboard to see if you are still listed as a bronze seller [silver or whatever]
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 14:47:12 PST   Listings
I don't even have a top rated logo anymore and I don't understand why that is.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 14:46:38 PST   Listings
Thank you lludwig I just don't understand what they're doing, I guess and every time I read their info pages, I just end up more confused. I am getting a 15% fee discount but they've taken off my logo.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 14:41:33 PST   Listings
nonamegoddess I just looked at my listings and FB page and see that the powerseller logo is gone. Maybe they are going to only use the one which makes sense.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 14:34:43 PST   Listings
Went to school with an Eddie Legge, just outside of Nashville, TN back in the fifties. Looks like that family had many legs.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 14:29:45 PST   Listings
wellington & others There was a Legg family where I grew up in Benton County, Arkansas. I think the father was a doctor and must have been dead before I had ever heard of the family. I always assumed that the woman in the house was the mother of 2-3 grown young men. I may be wrong about that. She went by the name of McGaw and there was another young man with the name of McGaw who was about the same age as the Legg boys. As I recall all the young men were hellions. The Saturday night activities which were usually reported at Sunday School was often about some fight the Legg boys had had. They were enough older than me that I never knew them. I have often heard my brothers chuckling about their rambunctiousness.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 14:29:07 PST   Listings
jburt - "Confrontation will do no good"
and we all know that Resistance is Futile.

We will be in this house 16 yrs on Thanksgiving weekend. I also marked boxes as to room and with Open Now or no such designation. 16 yrs later.... :-)
A couple of the move boxes were isolated by book stock cartons etc.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 14:24:19 PST   Listings
Mainelady Hope you continue to get good news about your sister.

mysteryhorse Very good news about your DD.

jburtphotos Well said.

nonamegoddess I thought one could be a top-rated seller and not a power seller, but according to this page that is not the case. However, they are changing the powerseller program where the number of transactions counts, not just the $ amount.

PowerSeller and Top-rated Seller Requirements
http://tinyurl.com/yknbznc

"Please note that starting October 2009, the minimum sales requirement will also include sellers with $3,000 in sales and 100 transactions over the past twelve months for sellers that also qualify for Top-rated seller status. This new minimum sales requirement will apply to all PowerSellers starting April 2010.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 13:32:30 PST   Listings
Afternoon. Sorry for any worry I caused last night. I am over in my corner.

Good news mainelady, about your sister's health, and the progress on house. I also thought contractors took care of permits. I am sure each state has a different set of rules.

wellington, the Cross family I was trying to think of were fishermen out of Charlevoix, MI. Johnny and Jackie Cross. they were father and son, and owned Cross fish market.

Spent part of day in neighboring town checking out antique stores. Only thing I bought was lunch.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 13:23:59 PST   Listings
And then there are the posters who feel the need to bring their problems from other boards and pollute the BB....

Off to the PO and lunch.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 13:06:30 PST   Listings
Jburt, yes! That was good.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 12:39:15 PST   Listings

http://jburtphotos.com/images/smack.gif


maureen I caught your original post and felt you had put my feelings much nicer than I was going to post. Sorry it was zapped. I will try to express my thoughts on the ongoing saga. Nicely.

Be quick as this may disappear also.

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There are personalities that are always "On Stage" and feel they must entertain the masses with their wit and wisdom.

They are neither good nor bad in my eyes. They simply exist.

It is usually not the content that upsets people. As with any good performance, it is the timing and delivery.

Those in the entertainment industry come across them often. They are usually used up comics and song and dance performers well past their prime, or someone trying to break into the biz. Virtually every production I've ever been involved with has had at least one of these personalities in it. (At least 2 in the next show I've been cast in.)

You must learn you are not going to change this type of personality when you run across them. Unfortunately, they don't know when to turn it on and off for they truly believe they are making the world a better place and any criticism will be denied or ignored.

Your recourse is simply to tolerate them or leave. Confrontation will do no good.

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On a lighter note:
You can't blame last night on all us nasty Conservatives.

Well, you could but it wouldn't make you correct.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 12:35:59 PST   Listings
So I have a question about the new Top Seller program.
The powerseller icon is gone from my dashboard. Aren't they doing away with that, anyway?
So can I be top rated without being a powerseller?
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 12:18:56 PST   Listings
This napping technique really works! Woke up to two sales from my store and two long overdue buyers paid! Yea!

Off to the auction.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 11:24:55 PST   Listings
I have to admit I'm an auction junkie. I live in an area where there are at least a few every week so I check out what they have online and decide if I want to attend.

Have to go do a couple of things.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 11:17:54 PST   Listings


CASINO - If I hadn't had the "refer to" number when parts of the whole were split up, Mom would freak out. If she could see that the other part was accounted for she was OK.



MAINELADY - I also made sure that on moving day things were moved in a certain order. More later.

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 11:12:16 PST   Listings



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Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 11:07:55 PST   Listings
Oh...... I did also mark the box if it were to be opened asap or ,,,, just left in that room or closet.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 11:06:36 PST   Listings
I used the sort method as well... then labeled boxes where they were to go.

But welly... have to say...
You lost me at
"So, say Box #23A is Labeled "Family - FAK, DLK, Cross, Gilman - bios, letters, pictures, scrap books, papers" and Box #23B has the diplomas. On Box #23A tag it would also say "SEE BOX #23B for diplomas" . BOX #23B would likewise refer back to BOX #23A. The tag itself and the sheet would also say "1 of 2" and "2 of 2" "


hehehe.. I just know tho, how ultra organized you like to be.


BB BOO>... be on the look out for a package.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 11:01:28 PST   Listings

The rain is down to just drip, drip, drip. Looks like a rotating Low so it may come back around an bite us again. It was not a hard rain just annoying.

I am now mad at myself for not trying to finish the post hole last night. ( even though it was dark) Now I have open holes that have gotten wet. Not sure how well the posts will set.



MAINELADY - One year when I was taking care of Grampa, out in Portland, OR, I woke bolt upright at bout 6:20 in the morning. Barney, my dog at that time, did too.
It was not until the evening news that I learned there had been an earthquake at that exact time up near Mount St. Helens about 35 miles away. I never felt anything that I aware of.

I thought a general contractor is suppose to do that but maybe different states have different rules. OR- Maybe it is different with a manufactured home.


On moving It may be something you have thought of but just in case.

Can you stand to have card tables out and about in various rooms for several weeks? If so this is what I did with Mom. we would go through something...a box, a dresser, a closet.

I did the work she just had to make a quick sort. Four parts. 1) Keep, 2) Go Away ( donate, give to relative, give to friend etc) 3) throw, 4) don't know.

She worked alone, too. I set up piles for each of us girls so as she came to things she could put them in their place.

The hardest part was when she would keep trying to jump up saying oh I have to put this away. That is what slowed her down.when she was doing it alone before she asked for help.

I then moved the "keep" stuff to the packing area, the "don't know" to the "don't know" area, the "throw" to the garbage bag, and the "go away" to that pile. I am pretty good at remembering visual stuff but would put paper tags with where something came from if it was an unfamiliar thing. I had two big card tables in the LR, the dining table was in use too as were the twin beds in the guest room. All dutifully protected with sheets or what not. Two straight chairs make a good surface, too. I am not good at getting things off of the ground so I used as much height I as I could.

I packed all of things from a shelf or whatever in the same box.

When I started to fill the boxes I could take all stuff that came from one area and pack it. I labeled the box with where it had been. That is the way best way that we knew what was what. Mom would ask "where are the books from the brown book case?" Well, that is how they were labeled. Or stuff from the top drawer of secretary.

Stuff on tables ( though constantly being packed, moved out to storage and and added to) was laid out for over two months, but the system worked.
No rummaging in a box to see what had been put there days earlier because you couldn't remember. It went in a box at one time and was labeled and numbered.

I numbered the boxes as I packed them and had a corresponding sheet with the info. I made tags that had a place for box number, From location, where it was going ( in Mom's case some went to storage, some came to the Island, some stayed in the condo) and what was in the box. If I messed up on a box I could add a letter to the number and label a box 13 A, 13 B, etc..

You could also use the A, B, thing for odd balls. Example all things referring to her ancestors. She has Bios, letters, pictures, scrap books, papers, and diplomas. The diplomas are big and would not fit with the other things.
So, say Box #23A is Labeled "Family - FAK, DLK, Cross, Gilman - bios, letters, pictures, scrap books, papers" and Box #23B has the diplomas. On Box #23A tag it would also say "SEE BOX #23B for diplomas" . BOX #23B would likewise refer back to BOX #23A. The tag itself and the sheet would also say "1 of 2" and "2 of 2" .

Things in drawers, if not to heavy, can stay in their drawers. The movers will take the drawers out move the piece and drawers separately and then put them together when you move in. With her jewelry drawers I made a bubble wrap cover and then a piece of cardboard to cover the top. I may have used painters tape to keep it in place. The bubble and cardboard kept the little things from shifting during the move and gave Mom a sense of security.

I created this system at my winter work as they had no way of tracking where the Holiday decorations were. They had just gotten put on some shelf. We had over 100 holiday things at work. I used Excell and would have columns for box number, category, details, storage location. It could be sorted by any of those headings to find anything you wanted.


Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 10:49:30 PST   Listings

afternoon all.........gee, the BB went down the rabbit hole and held a "Mad-Hatter's Tea Party" --- glad it's over.

Lovely, warm 73 degree day here with tons of sunshine and blue skied.....love this weather...wish it lasted 12 months.

mysteryhorse: good to hear good news about your DD

nothing more to add - just popped in to read the BB and find out what's going on.... will just lurk around a bit. TTFN


Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 10:38:52 PST   Listings
kaceysaces, mysteryhorse I love auctions! Haven't been to any for a while now, but at one time when I was just starting out selling at fleas and on ebay I was going to about 3 a week. Lots of country auctions are held within about an hour's drive from here. Had some friends who used to go too and that made it extra fun and interesting.

Really gone now.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 10:37:43 PST   Listings
Hhaahhahahhaa,,, I remember that, Kacey!! hahha


Mysterhorse, holding good thoughts from here.
My ddil had he gall bladder out while pg with the second baby, at 7 months along.

Mainelady... I guess never ASSume is the watch word.The house builder , perhaps could have given you a heads up what else some one would have to do. In this case, it sounds like that's all the are, not the paperwork guys.

Bookdelle.... lol. fourth grade.
Ok... gonna do a lil work here.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 10:34:04 PST   Listings
mysteryhorse That's the way I thought it worked too, but apparently not. Oh well, we'll get through it. At least the mixup with the power company get straighened out-altho I had to do that too, and if they'd talked with them in the first place it never would have happened.

Heading out to get the permits and the bank check to give them when the house is delivered and do a few other things. I sure don't have much time to sit around these days, but, while I get tired, it does keep me active and involved too!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 10:32:23 PST   Listings
Mainelady, good thing you can handle all this stuff... I know it isn't easy. I'm excited about your new home and enjoy your reports as it all develops, and especially the ones about Zach!

Yes, Mystery, a touch and go situation in pregnancy is really stressful. I'll keep sending good thoughts along. You will have fun at the auction today! My first and only auction (in my life) was while Casinokat and her DH, and Oldtinker were out here -- they showed me how it is done. I thought it was a fairly intimidating process, but fun when you win! I won my bid, but they actually held up my card for me, haha!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 10:07:31 PST   Listings
kaceysaces She spent a lot of time with the gi doctor this morning, and they have outlined a plan of treatment and checkups. If things don't improve, she'll end up back in the hospital, but they're hoping to get her through having the baby without doing anything drastic. They are limited in what medications she can take because she is pregnant. So...improvement for now, hopefully will continue.

I'm going to an auction today, they have a few things I want for myself. I haven't been to one in a while so I'm really looking forward to it.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 09:57:11 PST   Listings
Jude, Maureen, it was gone fast, but I did get to read it once. Maybe your use of the word 'hate" was the reason and the auto monitor flagged it? I don't think anyone 'hates' him. Annoyed is probably a better word. Probably it was reported by someone who just wants to keep the peace today. Anyway, in defense of the lady last night, she would be my last choice of suspect...she'd much rather refute a post than remove it.
What are you doing up so early?!! LOL

I've barely had time to absorb the BB this week... we've had a tremendously busy time at my house .... did an intervention and got our son's now homeless pal into detox and now into a sober living home for 30 days, removed his stuff out of a storage and pawnshops and into my storage unit for safekeeping. Fortunately, his mother is finally becoming involved with his recovery.

Mystery, that is very good news about your daughter. I hope all will be well for her from now on.





Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 09:54:00 PST   Listings
mainelady You sure a busy! I'm a little surprised that you have to do all those permits, when we built our house our contractor took care of every single one, that's what he is paid to do, I thought.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 09:34:36 PST   Listings
dupo Thanks-she's still not out of the woods, but at least the biggest concern has been put to rest. As for snits, I think sometimes someone just pushes the wrong button on someone at the wrong time and we're off and running. The snits eventually die out though and we go back to normal mode, and hopefully that will happen today.

More house stuff to deal with. I really thought that when you had a general contrator, and especially when you were buying a modular home, that they took care of most of the paperwork and other technical stuff like permits and work orders and so forth. Wrong! It's been one thing after another. Today I need to complete the plumbing and electical permit application forms, take them to the town office, pay the fees (can't believe how many of them there have already been!), get the permits, and send them to the modular home dealer. Good thing that all this is happening at a time when I can take care of it, as DH certainly couldn't manage it these days. Every time I think this kind of thing is taken care of something else pops up. Will be so glad to get the house completed and we get moved in and can put this part behind us! This is NOT in my comfort zone at all.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 09:20:08 PST   Listings
Looks like I missed something here this morning! I find it hard to believe that anything maureen would say would cause ebay to delete her post though, especially considering some of the posts from last night that are still on the board, but it's been kind of crazy here the past day so nothing should surprise me I guess. Obviously someone here is reporting posts though, as I doubt that ebay staffers spend much of any time monitoring the BB on a regular basis. Oh well, it's one of the spells that we go thru now and then and, like previous ones, it will pass.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 09:11:45 PST   Listings
Everyone back in their corner!
Geez I've lived through the fourth grade once...

Hi adderbolt - always something popping when you are here - nice to see you.

clem - "Who's holding?" LOL! I'd forgotten that one.
Sounds like not enough people on this BB or it would be mellower.

Suns out, kitchen floor is drying.....
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 09:10:18 PST   Listings
Good morning to all from Dupo, Illinois where there are clear skies.

I was very tired after my full day yesterday, so slept in a bit this morning. When I logged onto the computer, I found that my buyer in Ireland has paid, two of my three auctions this morning ended in sales, and there were a couple small store sales. It will be another busy day.

lludwig You're right. A watched pot never boils. Things were a little slow here over the weekend (and I enjoyed the break) but sales are back on track now.

mainelady I'm glad the news about your sister is good. I agree with you about the snits. I like all the people involved so don't want to get caught up on either side.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 09:06:26 PST   Listings
Well here is part of it - but I can truly say my full post did not contain any of the below


As to other Questions:

You do not pay income tax on SSI because SSI is Supplemental
Security Income which is a national welfare benefit.

Other Disability income (except military), including regular
Social Security Disability benefits do have to pay
income tax on them - except Social Security benefits have
a tier before the tax is triggered.

If a parent who is retiring, disabled or deceased has a chil
d who became disabled before the age of 22, then that
child can draw Disabled Adult Child's benefits. So
Joanne, if Bobby became disabled before the age of 22 he
could draw benefits from his deceased father's account
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 09:03:16 PST   Listings
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Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 09:01:03 PST   Listings
Well I just got notified my post was removed too - I must have hit the nail on the head to closely for someone?
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 08:58:04 PST   Listings
It's gone...it would appear that the Mean-spirited posters from last nite are still here!

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 08:52:46 PST   Listings
Ok..What happened to Maureens post? Was it reported?
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 08:52:01 PST   Listings
Well said Maureen. There were a few Mean-spirited posters last nite. I don't understand such venom.

Onward ...

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 08:24:41 PST   Listings
bbg We didn't notice it, altho we were asleep at the time. We do have small earthquakes in Maine and south eastern Canada now and then, and in this house we sometimes feel them when most other people around here don't though. Something to do with the type of ground/rock our house is located on I guess. And good going on finding a box that's "just right"! That can be a problem sometimes for sure.

mysteryhorse, wellington Yes, that was a big relief! Still something must be is wrong to have caused those symptoms, but hopefully they can figure out what it is and that it's minor.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 08:14:57 PST   Listings
Good morning.

mainelady That is good news!

wellington Cute! It looks like that around here also.

Have any of you had to use the resolution center lately? I'm not sure I like the "improvements". For some reason I've had to file several in the last couple of weeks, for some it's worked easily, for a couple it's been a real problem.
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Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 08:03:08 PST   Listings

MAINELADY - I am glad that blockage is not significant and I hope that that means that it is easily managed.


AEG, CLEM - Thanks



UPDATE



Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 07:48:10 PST   Listings
Good morning,

Just about to start my packing. Got the one with the biggest concern done. Over 9lbs-- The Works of Andrew Wyeth. It fit very nicely in the box that 9" x 4" X 14" priority boxes come in.

mainelady Just wondering if you felt this::
USGS online says there was a 2.5 quake here at exactly 2AM. Guess where the epicenter was? Listed as 14 miles WNW of Rumford, Maine.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 07:17:51 PST   Listings
LUNATIC ASYLUM?


Hi Adderbolt - great to see you!

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 07:08:13 PST   Listings
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 06:36:45 PST   Listings
Good news! My sister just called and her ultrasound does not show any "significant" blockage, so we can stop worrying about a possible imminent stroke. However they haven't got the results of the MRI yet and he still wants her to have a CT scan, but so far so good.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 06:17:22 PST   Listings
Good morning from sunny Maine. No specific plans for the day for a change, altho DH is going to lunch later with some people he used to work with. Good week for that, as the friend who usually takes him out to lunch on Fridays is away this week.. I was planning to do a couple of errands tomorrow but may change my mind and do them this afternoon since it is supposed to rain tomorrow.

As for the snits, disagreements, or whatever going on here, I'm not touching them. I like the people involved and choose to just ignore it when things blow up.

ludwig Thanks-haven't heard from my sister yet today so still up the air. We agreed that she'd call me after she heard from the doctor and I don't want to tie up her phone anyway. And I haven't taken any photos of Zach at the construction site yet. Every time I've seen him there I haven't had my camera with me. Do hope and plan to do so though when the house is delivered. And good to see another Etymology-always interesting to read.

mysteryhorse Great news about your DD and future grandbaby!!

adderbolt Good to see you - and you always do liven up the board.

Hmmm-wonder if "liven" is a real word. Probably not, but it does seem to fit.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 05:21:50 PST   Listings
adderbolt I know how much you always enjoyed when I did the Etymology of the Day. This one is for you...


Etymology of the Day

Cooking the books


Meaning: The deliberate distorting of a firm's financial accounts, often with the aim of avoiding the payment of tax.

Origin: Cooking seems a rather odd choice of word to convey fraud. The Oxford English Dictionary lists a dozen or so meanings of the verb 'to cook', ranging from 'prepare opium for use' to 'make the call of a cuckoo' and, of course, 'prepare food by the action of heat'. Tucked away at the bottom there is also the meaning 'present in a surreptitiously altered form' and it is that meaning of cook that was used in the coinage of the phrase 'cook the books'. The allusion appears to be the changing of one thing into another, as in the conversion of food ingredients into meals. This usage dates back to Stuart and possibly Tudor England and was used by the Earl of Strafford in his Letters and dispatches, 1636:

"The Proof was once clear, however they have cook'd it since."

The verb was in common use by the 18th century and Tobias Smollett's The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, 1751, made the link to finance explicit:

"Some falsified printed accounts, artfully cooked up, on purpose to mislead and deceive."

Apart from the expression 'cooking the books' this use of 'cook' has become less common in the 19th and 20th centuries. The preferred euphemism for the manipulation of financial statements has come to be 'creative accounting'. This is first recorded in the 1960s and is attributed to the US comedian Irwin Corey, as in this example from the Middlesboro Daily News, May 1968:

'Professor' Irwin Corey claims his CPA [Certified Public Accountant] isn't exactly crooked - but the government's questioning him about his "creative accounting".

The numerous corporate fraud cases of the 1990s turned public opinion against the semi-admiring tone of 'creative accounting' and journalists stopped using it. That, and the transformation of bookshops, which now seem to sell more coffee and cakes than they do books, has brought about a revival of the term 'cooking the books', which looks like staying with us for some years to come.

Source: http://tinyurl.com/ykmkq4f
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 04:50:12 PST   Listings
LLUDWIG I believe that if a person's disability started before the age of 19, they can then collect SSDB disability benefits on their parents' accounts, even if they didn't work long enough on their own. Not positive on this, but I think that's how it works.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 04:41:14 PST   Listings










Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible.
They are the engines of change, windows on the world,

"Lighthouses" as the poet said "erected in the sea of time."

They are companions, teachers, magicians,

bankers of the treasures of the mind,

Books are humanity in print.

Arthur Schopenhauer



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Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 04:28:21 PST   Listings
adderbolt Come to think about it, there would be instances when one does not have to pay into the system before collecting. One such example I think is for children with severe disabilities. They grow into adults who because of their severe disabilities are unable to work.

Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 04:12:49 PST   Listings
Good morning :)

danedottir what a touching blog.

dane and newton Lol, and lord luv a duck :)

Eeyore's always a fave.

wellington I really enjoyed the Godzilla part, and the deer "pictures"
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 03:53:21 PST   Listings
Good Morning from Penn's Woods where the light has not yet dawned,

LOL on the board last night! Good to see so many of the former regulars as well as "newbies" return.

adderbolt ah, so. I see that your memory is as sharp as ever. I don't know the answer to your question, but I would think not. I do know that in order to get SSI or other Disablity Payments that one has to pay into the system first. Hope all is well with you.

newton*books LOL

jackbirdy Sorry to see you go. Hope you change your mind after a rest.

dupo We often experience the same thing. No sales and then we go out and about and come home to find we have several. Rather in the line with "A watched pot never boils."

mainelady Sorry to hear about your sister. Hope things turn out ok. btw are you taking pics of Zach at the construction site.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 01:45:18 PST   Listings
Good too early morning!

Looks like I've walked into a lunatic asylum here.

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