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What are U doing today?
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What are U doing today? (Ongoing thread)
Joy H. (of Glens Falls) wrote: "Linda wrote: "I just found a good article regarding facebook - which states some of the reasons not to put yourself "out there" http://apps.grouptivity.com/socialmai......"
I feel comfortable with the goodreads site. The facebook, youtube etal are more common. Lots of predators trying to catch the unsuspecting.
Even with my fake name on Facebook I still felt unsafe.
I'm on linkedin because it was promoted as a great networking tool for the working class and could help you find a job. Its well-known worldwide. Strangers send you an email asking for an invite - to be able to read your resume - get your connections. Linkedin stresses not to connect to folks you don't know.
Joy H. (of Glens Falls) wrote: "Arnie wrote: " Yeah, I'm thinking of getting off Facebook, too. Everyday my Home page is filled with messages from people I never knew I ever knew. I swear, i expect Kevin Bacon to show up anyda..."
Too funny!! LOL
Jim wrote: "Jackie wrote: "JimI have my account set to private, only friends can see or post on my page. Is it still vulnerable on a google search?
I don't have my location posted at all. And I don't keep a..."
Thanks, I'm going to try the googles link you provided and see what comes up for me.
Linda wrote: "Will take 1 1/2 pulling an 19 foot rv camper. Mosquitoes will be little ..."I see.
Have you ever been to Roger's Rock?
Joy H. (of Glens Falls) wrote: "Linda wrote: "Will take 1 1/2 pulling an 19 foot rv camper. Mosquitoes will be little ..."I see.
Have you ever been to Roger's Rock?"
No, we haven't.
One of my grandnieces invited me to join her Facebook friend circle (late last year, I think), so I did. As yet, I haven't had any problems with it (that I know of). But that's probably because I'm not very active there; I only check my homepage if I'm replying to a message, I don't have many friends on there (mostly people I know from Goodreads), and I don't belong to many groups. (The ones I do belong to I mostly joined only because I was invited, and I'm very inactive.)On the plus side, Facebook (at least theoretically) is designed only to connect you to people you already know; before someone can add you as a "friend", you have to confirm that you do know him/ her. So if people follow that rule, it would tend to keep predators out of their circle. (Goodreads, of course, is set up differently; most of my friends here are people I never met in person --but as Joy said, Goodreaders are a different, more select group. :-)) A good Facebook feature that Goodreads doesn't have (though it used to) is a notification to your e-mail address when someone messages you. On the other hand, they lack Goodreads' handy feature of e-mailing you notifications of comments in your groups; if they had that, I'd probably participate more. (So on second thought, given some of the comments above, maybe their deficiency in this respect is a good thing.... :-))
Werner wrote: "One of my grandnieces invited me to join her Facebook friend circle (late last year, I think), so I did. ... A good Facebook feature that Goodreads doesn't have (though it used to) is a notification to your e-mail address when someone messages you."Werner, As far as I know, I'm still being notified by email (to my private addy) when someone messages me at my Goodreads mailbox.
If and when you have time, please message me at my GR mailbox and I'll see if I get notified at my private addy.
Joy, I got your message in my in-box (I saw the "inbox(1)" highlighted when I logged in --there was nothing about it in my personal e-mail, though, as usual), earlier this evening, and replied to it. So, you can let me know if a notice of the message appears in your personal e-mail. Maybe I'm the only one having this problem, and maybe it has something to do with my own PC!
Werner wrote: "Joy, I got your message in my in-box (I saw the "inbox(1)" highlighted when I logged in --there was nothing about it in my personal e-mail, though, as usual), earlier this evening, and replied to i..."Werner, Yesterday I did receive a notification from GR (about your GR email reply) at my personal, private, email addy. In fact I just sent you a GR email about it. In it I said (something to the effect):
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"Werner - Yes, I rec'd notification at my private regular email addy about your email.
If you don't receive these notifications, go to your Goodreads account and see if your email addy needs re-verification. It should say "verified". If it doesn't, then it probably has a message which tells you to re-verifiy.
I learned this at the Feedback group. Sometimes the settings go awry for some reason (caused by servers, I think)."
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Sorry to be a bit late in responding. We were away from the computer yesterday.
Joy, thanks for the tip! I messaged you with an additional question, but hopefully this should enable me to clear up the problem.
Werner wrote: "Joy, thanks for the tip! I messaged you with an additional question, but hopefully this should enable me to clear up the problem."You're welcome, Werner. I sent you a GR email just now, answering your additional question. If my suggestion doesn't work, you might ask further at the Feedback group. Their link is: ====>
http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1...
Good luck!
They're very good about replying to questions.
Thanks, Joy! I've got my e-mail address "re-verified" now, so that should have corrected the problem.
Joy H. (of Glens Falls) wrote: "Donna wrote: "Hi All, I can see at least 15 Cardinals at a time on or off my bird feeder. Here in NC they are in abundance. The clicking noise they make can be very noisy at times. You are right th..."
Hi Joy, Nina and others,I went to the site you listed for the Million Bells flowers. I know how they got that name, there were a lot of pix. They must have a strong scent because Humming Birds like the colors red and yellow very much. I thought the Mocking Bird fought a lot. These little Humming Birds fight like they are at war. It sure does look funny watching them.
Good reading and hugs, Donna
All my chores are completed, except for cooking.Just go out of the shower and I feel marvelous.
Getting outside on this beautiful day, reading The Guns of Avalon on the porch right now....
Finishing up carting items from the house to the rv camper. Expect to be heading out to Limekiln Lake (NYS) for camping around 1pm. Back Sunday unless we extend for 1 day (campsite closes on Monday Sept 7 for the season). Going canoeing, fishing, and a hike to Ferd's Bog for some bird watching. Reading and sitting by the campfire.
Can hardly wait. Weather forecast is great!!
Have a safe and fun Labor Day Weekend Everyone!
Donna wrote: "Hi Joy, Nina and others,I went to the site you listed for the Million Bells flowers. I know how they got that name, there were a lot of pix. They must have a strong scent because Humming Birds..."
Million Bells flowers? I must have missed this...can you send me the link/info? Thanks much!
Linda
Werner wrote: "Thanks, Joy! I've got my e-mail address "re-verified" now, so that should have corrected the problem."Thumbs-up! Fingers crossed! :)
Linda wrote: "Million Bells flowers? I must have missed this...can you send me the link/info? Thanks much! "Linda, below is the link for pics of Million Bells flowers: ====>
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en...
By now you must have left for your camping weekend. Have a good time!
Donna wrote: "Hi Joy, Nina and others, I went to the site you listed for the Million Bells flowers. ... ... These little Humming Birds fight like they are at war. It sure does look funny watching them. "Donna, yes, I've heard about how hummingbirds fight with each other.
Below is a link to a YouTube video of hummingbirds competing at a feeder: ====>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aFZCO...
Here's another good video of lots of hummingbirds around a feeder: ====>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOXuGf...
Today is the 29th wedding anniversary for Barb and I! We don't plan to do anything spectacular --just exchange cards and gifts, and (after we go to our local Saturday flea market) get a pizza to eat while we watch a movie on DVD. But we're looking forward to spending the day together! (She's not up yet --I generally get up and doing before she does. :-))
Congratulations Werner. My ex-wife and I were deliriously happy for 23 years ---then we MET!!
Werner wrote: "Today is the 29th wedding anniversary for Barb and I! We don't plan to do anything spectacular --just exchange cards and gifts, and (after we go to our local Saturday flea market) get a pizza to e..."Happy Anniversary to Barb and Werner!
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~~~~~~~~Have a great day and many more to come.
I hope your weather today is as wonderful as ours is here in northern NY. Sunny with temps to go up to 78F. I suppose your weather in VA will be even warmer!
Best wishes, Joy
Arnie wrote: " Congratulations Werner. My ex-wife and I were deliriously happy for 23 years ---then we MET!!"
QUOTATION:
“Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other.
Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.”
- Katharine Hepburn
Congrats to you both, Werner!!! Wow! 29 years is something. I put up a few pictures of my Blanket flowers here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid...
Mom gave me the Indian Blanket & told me it was a Galardia. A bus driver friend gave us the Yellow Blanket flower.
I LOVE these flowers. They start blooming in late May or early June & are still doing so today!!! They start from one root & stay that way, although they push their stems far out. The few weeds that can make it through are easily pulled out by simply picking the flower up with one hand & pulling with the other. They're perfect around trees & such.
Congratulations, Werner and Barb!I love to hear couples staying together and are actually happy, so rare these days.
Jim, how long have you been married?
Arnie! LOL
Jim wrote: "Congrats to you both, Werner!!! Wow! 29 years is something. I put up a few pictures of my Blanket flowers here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid...
Mom ga..."
Jim, I love Gaillardia, or as you call them, "Blanket Flowers". (I've never heard them called that before.) As you said, they are great because they bloom all summer and reseed themselves the next year. So they are almost like perennials which return each year, but unlike perennials, they bloom all season. They seem to be very hardy. Their colors are bright and attractive. See the following webpage about them. It has a good close-up photo:
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/Wi...
We discovered Gaillardia flowers one year in a residential garden when we were vacationing in Maine. The lady complained that she couldn't get rid of them because they spread and kept coming back. I knew they were just the flower for me! LOL Especially because they were so attractive.
Below are links to pics of our Gaillardia:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Sea1934/M...
http://picasaweb.google.com/Sea1934/M...
http://picasaweb.google.com/Sea1934/M...
As you can see in the last photo, the only healthy thing in the ground is the Gaillardia, except for the little barberry bushes. Gaillardia seem to thrive on neglect. :)
"The secret of a long marriage is the triumph of habit over hatred"---Oscar Levant
(wince) So cynical.The quote is true sometimes, but not always.
Well, Levant was nothing if not a cynic---but a great wit! But I agree , it's not always true, but great marriages are alas, too few and far apart.
One of my favorites of his is his definitiion of an Atheist--a man with no INVISIBLE means of support"
Arnie wrote: " "The secret of a long marriage is the triumph of habit over hatred"---Oscar Levant":) That definitely sounds like Oscar Levant!
I always enjoyed him on the movie screen.
A true curmudgeon.
But also a good piano player.:)
I read a bio of him some months ago, "A Talent for Genius"---yes, he was quite a character and of course a great concert pianist, not to mention curmudgeon, neurotic and hypochondriac extaordinaire---"I want to be buried near my doctor". You may remember him on the Jack Paar show in the early 60's where, despite looking like a twitching basket case, he got off hilarious lines.
"I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin" and "Zsa Zsa Gabor has discovered the Secret of Perpetual middle age!"
Thanks for the link, Joy. I see the Latin name is Gaillardia aristata, so Mom telling me it was a Gaillardia makes sense. She was probably told by one of the horticulturists around the farm. The flower IS PERFECT! A roadside weed that blooms for 5 months?!!! What more could I ask for?
I spent the day mowing, mostly. I did turn a bowl this morning out of some White Oak & changed the oil & greased my truck. Also read a book.
I thought I'd mention that I've been married for sixty one years. When someone at church asked how we managed to do that my husband answered, "I found someone who would put up with me." Well, I guess that was what I chose to do. For Better or Worse, as the saying goes. On the plus side, we still love each other. I wish the same for my goodread friends. nina
That is awesome, Nina! And I know Joy and Eddie have been married a long time. I like that.SciFi ran a movie from a Bradbury story, A Sound of Thunder, which I saw already but I watched it again. Time travel alters the present. I always like that kind of thing.
I'm going to watch TV now, again. Eureka, it's a repeat but a very good episode so I want to see it again. Usually I don't do repeats on TV series unless it's been a long time AND it was exceptional.
Thanks for all the congratulations above! Yes, Barb and I know that we've been very blessed --and I'm happy for all those of you who are also blessed in being together with the person you love. :-)
Arnie wrote: " I read a bio of him some months ago, "A Talent for Genius"---yes, he was quite a character and of course a great concert pianist, not to mention curmudgeon, neurotic and hypochondriac extaordinair..."Arnie - yes, I remember Oscar Levant on the Jack Parr show years ago. Always an interesting guest. His biography, _A Talent for Genius The Life and Times of Oscar Levant_ (by Sam Kashner) must be a good read. I'll put it on my To-Read shelf.
I've always enjoyed reading the biographies of people in the entertainment business. Am just finishing up _Swanson on Swanson_. Quite a woman. Another excellent memoir was _Adventures in the Screen Trade_ by William Goldman, who wrote _The Princess Bride_. Lots of behind-the-scenes info in the book. A good peek into the world of screenwriting and film making.
Jim wrote: "Thanks for the link, Joy. I see the Latin name is Gaillardia aristata ...... I spent the day mowing, mostly. I did turn a bowl this morning out of some White Oak & changed the oil & greased my truck. Also read a book."
Jim, you accomplish more in one day than I do in a week! LOL
You must be a fast reader. I never could read a whole book in one day! I'm such a slow reader and I read only short bits at a time. It's a wonder I've been able to read as much as I have. I spend a lot of time copying the bon mots and quotes which I come across in my reading and listening. I'm always amazed at the clever ways writers and speakers express themselves. I guess it stems from my own weaknesses in this area.
Nina wrote: "I thought I'd mention that I've been married for sixty one years. When someone at church asked how we managed to do that my husband answered, "I found someone who would put up with me." Well, I guess that was what I chose to do. For Better or Worse, as the saying goes. On the plus side, we still love each other...."Well said, Nina. Your 61 years of marriage have brought you wisdom. Of the many thoughts on why marriages last, the following quotations have always stayed with me:
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"We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck . . . But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness." -Ellen Goodman (1941-____) US journalist
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. -William James
A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.
-The Bible, Proverbs 19:11 NIV
"At the end of the what is called the 'sexual life', the only love which has lasted is the love which has everything, every disappointment, every failure and every betrayal, which has accepted even the sad fact that in the end there is no desire so deep as the simple desire for companionship."
-Graham Greene
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Of course, there are probably just as many thoughts on why marriages DON'T last. LOL
Jackie wrote: "...SciFi ran a movie from a Bradbury story, A Sound of Thunder, which I saw already but I watched it again. Time travel alters the present. I always like that kind of thing. ..."Jackie - Netflix has that movie, "A Sound of Thunder".
As you said, it's an adaptation of a short story by Ray Bradbury. Below is a link to the Netflix description and some interesting reviews:====>
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/A_Sound_...
I went food shopping, yet another enormous bill for what we came home with. I dislike shopping, it always drains me. With that said, I'm curling up with my Zelazny book and I'll probably, hopefully, fall asleep for a little nap.
Joy H. (of Glens Falls) wrote: "Nina wrote: "I thought I'd mention that I've been married for sixty one years. When someone at church asked how we managed to do that my husband answered, "I found someone who would put up with me..."Those quotes are to be reccommended to newly weds and otherwise..nina
I am wondering if anyone out in goodreads land has seen the movie, "Julia and Julie?" It'a a fun enactment of the book. nina
Hi Nina---yeah, I saw it last week with my wife.. I thought it was wonderful all the way round!
Jackie wrote: "I went food shopping, yet another enormous bill for what we came home with. I dislike shopping, it always drains me. With that said, I'm curling up with my Zelazny book and I'll probably, hopefully, fall asleep for a little nap."I took a nap this afternoon after spending some time sitting in the sunshine. Funny how the sun can sap the energy out of you. Also great the way a little nap refreshes you and restores the lost energy. Now I'm wide awake and ready to read.
I see from my library account online that the Zelazny book I requested (_This Immortal_) has been shipped. It won't be long now before I have it in my hands.
Werner wrote: "Thanks for all the congratulations above! Yes, Barb and I know that we've been very blessed --and I'm happy for all those of you who are also blessed in being together with the person you love. :-)"May you both be blessed with more years together. nina
Nina wrote: "I am wondering if anyone out in goodreads land has seen the movie, "Julia and Julie?" It'a a fun enactment of the book. nina"Nina, I don't think I realized it was a book. I see that the title of the book was a long one: _Julie and Julia 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen_. I'll see the movie when Netflix offers it.
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That's right - the LG island campsites don't allow dogs. Land sites do.
We meet some nice people when we go camping. Lots of people read, walk or bike through the campgrounds, bird and much more.