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What are U doing today? (Ongoing thread)
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Jim
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Mar 19, 2016 06:12PM
No, just a personal decision. His last name was Stump. Neither he nor Erin cared for it & Josh liked the idea of a Scottish last name. It's still seen as different, but there's no legal requirement either way. In fact, anyone can change their name in this state & most whenever they want so long as they're not trying to duck trouble or creditors.
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Jim wrote: "No, just a personal decision. His last name was Stump. Neither he nor Erin cared for it & Josh liked the idea of a Scottish last name. It's still seen as different, but there's no legal requirement..."I see. I googled for more info and learned that it's being done nowadays for various reasons. Below are the hits I found re the issue of "Men Taking Bride's Last Name Is Becoming More Common":
http://www.yourtango.com/experts/galt...
http://offbeatbride.com/2009/07/one-g...
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style...
Today I added the following pic to the pics at our group's profile:https://www.goodreads.com/photo/group...
It resonated with me. :)
PS-I've added the same pic in a smaller size:https://www.goodreads.com/photo/group...
I'll delete the larger one soon.
All I remember about Arnold's height was that he seemed so much shorter than I had thought him to be. I would really guess from my walking next to him that five ft five is about correct. Joy, I just asked my husband if he remembered walking alongside Arnold. He said what he remembered was that he was really really short. End of story. And yes, it was Arnold S. all four of us can verify that.
Nina wrote: "All I remember about Arnold's height was that he seemed so much shorter than I had thought him to be. I would really guess from my walking next to him that five ft five is about correct. Joy, I jus..."Nina, I'm sure you're right about that. Do you think that when his muscles shrunk, that he shrunk too? LOL
My own feelings about Arnold S. that particular day was that he wasn't expecting to run into anyone who cared about his height so he just winged it and perhaps his mother lived close by. I just remember he was buying her a blouse. Of course he could do that no matter where she was living. He was actually very friendly.
Sounds like Arnold made a good impression.
Erin made a public post on FB to say goodby to Speedy. It tells a bit about him & has about a dozen pictures If you're interested, it's here:https://www.facebook.com/550767503/po...
RIP Speedy. You gave Speedy a good life. Now he's at rest. Erin's post was very touching. For some reason there was no box where I could post a reply there. I was logged into Facebook as Romeo but still could not post. (I hardly use Facebook so I'm not good at it.) Anyway, I know how sad it is to say goodbye to a beloved pet. I send heartfelt sympathies.
It's public to view, but only friends can reply or post a comment. Thanks. I'll let Erin know, too. I won't see her until Sunday. She's got tomorrow off so is heading down to Nashville to be with her hubby.
Jim wrote: "It's public to view, but only friends can reply or post a comment. ..."I see. That helps to explain why Facebook has puzzled me in the past. Personally, I don't think FB is user-friendly. Perhaps it's because it's trying to do too much. Having grown up at a time when privacy was valued, I find it hard to understand how so many people enjoy putting their whole lives out there. The urge to feel "connected" probably explains a lot of things. But, IMO, being "connected" is highly over-rated.
"A diet of food gives us bodily health, a diet of people gives us tranquillity of the soul." -Bernardin de St. Pierre
"Avoid popularity if you would have peace." -Abraham Lincoln
"It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it." -Charlotte Bronte, _Jane Eyre_
Joy, I do very much enjoy Facebook as it does connect me with my descendants who live all over the US and the world and if I didn't see what they are posting I would never have known much about them. Yes, on occasion they might write a letter but certainly not that often. I heard from a grandson who was in the Navy right after pirates boarded his ship. But, I am careful what I post and definitely don't put my personal messages for all to see. Besides that I only post to certain people that are on my list. Not that someone couldn't get into my Facebook if they really wanted to do so. Just thought I would post here as the devil's advocate. Many feel as you do and that's OK too. In this muddled world.
I must have missed the message about Speedy. I send my sympathetic feelings. It is so hard to say "good-by" but that is the price we pay to love.
Gave me chills when I read this. His life was sad/happy/sad as he must leave those who loved him most.
Nina wrote: "Joy, I do very much enjoy Facebook as it does connect me with my descendants who live all over the US and the world and if I didn't see what they are posting I would never have known much about the..."Nina, I can understand your point of view. It's a healthy attitude. Unfortunately, I feel that my kids and grandkids really wouldn't appreciate my following their every move at Facebook. I am going to ask my family how they feel about this. I've never asked them.
Happy Easter everyone and good luck finding your eggs.
Happy Easter, Nina! We're all ready with our stuffed Rabbit toy holding an egg from which a chick pops out, with music too. :)http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/17212483...
Looking forward to our family's visit.
Click on the little pics to see the chick.
Cute rabbit, Joy. My Easter was a mixed Happy. That is because I started the day by falling as I entered the bathroom and landed on my tailbone/ouch and hit my head hard on the opposite wall. No broken bones though thank goodness just pretty painful by this evening and hoping this fall doesn't destroy my P. T. hard work of the last month. We'll see. Falling down isn't fun but sometimes it just happens in an instant and we must get through it. Could be lots worse but hard to sit so if you don't get messages from me for a while you will understand. nina
Joy H. wrote: "Nina wrote: "Joy, I do very much enjoy Facebook as it does connect me with my descendants who live all over the US and the world and if I didn't see what they are posting I would never have known m..."Joy, my kids are the ones who put me on Facebook and as I mentioned before this also on Goodreads.
Hope you're OK, Nina. Ouch. I mowed the lawn for the second time today & the Purple Martins showed up. Still no hummingbirds, but I changed their feeders today & cleaned the fish pond pump. It got into the mid 70s, although it's supposed to be colder tomorrow & not even hit 60.
The daffodils are going out, but the tulips are taking up the slack. I started weeding today.
Hope you all had a Happy Easter.Nina, I hope you're OK. Sorry to hear about your fall. Hope you'll feel better soon.
Today was very busy with the whole family here. I'm exhausted but it was a good day.
Nina, sorry to hear about your fall! Hope that by now, any of the remaining soreness and discomfort is gone, and that it doesn't set back your PT.
Thanks for your nice comments on my not such a fun fall on Sunday. I am finally able to sit at the computer without a lot of pain as I hit my tailbone when I fell and also hit my head hard against the wall. I fear the P.T. sessions will have to start again at the beginning. I am still in pain but it is not as severe so that is the good news. Now I look at the almost budding tulips and that gives me hope for something soon to be grateful for as I wait to finally get better.
Feel better soon, Nina.A couple of quotes for you:
"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." ---Leo Tolstoy
"Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air." ---John Quincy Adams
Tailbones are a drag at any age. I think we've all broken ours at one time or another. It's a pretty typical injury when falling off a horse. More badly bruised & broken tailbones than broken arms. It's amazing how much it hurts & can affect every move. Any bend seems to stretch it. Not sure how that works, but it does. I hope it gets better soon, Nina. Glad your head & neck are OK.
Thanks Joy, I need those quotes. I am trying to be patient but hard s sometimes as it is very painful when I lay down at night. First my neck hurts and I try to get into a comfortable position and then the tailbone and above it causes much pain so it takes patience to get myself organized. I was a bit better this morning and that gives me hope but sadly all the work of the P.T. for the last six weeks is kaput. I am now worse off than when I started. But, I must have courage and start again when the pain eases. I have caring family around me and that is my blessing and thanks to all of you for your good wishes. I do appreciate them. nina
Nina, I'm so sorry to hear about all your pain. I hope they're giving you some strong pain medicine! You should insist on it!
You're in my prayers, Nina! Hang in there.
Thanks, Werner, I am going to my pain dr tomorrow morning so should find out what is next in my getting better than now. I finally decided I need some help in that direction. In the meantime I am still up and about/watering plants and soon hope to get some pansies planted in my baskets that are hanging on the back fence; plus, reading and cooking and all that daily stuff. Finally think I have a grip on this new computer.
Watched the old movie, "Bye Bye Birdie," the other night. It was pretty silly but Dick Van Dyke is always a treat so wasn't spending time in vain.
Nina wrote: "Thanks, Werner, I am going to my pain dr tomorrow morning so should find out what is next in my getting better than now. I finally decided I need some help in that direction. In the meantime I am s..."God bless you, Nina, for keeping up with your flowers and your reading and your cooking. I'm afraid that I'm behind in all those areas. Thank goodness for FunTrivia. It keeps my mind working. :)
http://www.funtrivia.com/profile/sead...
My NYS team isn't doing so well but at least my team members keep on trying! We have some smart people there.
Nina, I'm quite a bit younger than you are, but if I'd sustained as painful a fall as you have, I'd probably still be in bed, and definitely wouldn't be doing the kinds of things you are. I think I can speak for all of us when I say we view you with considerable amazement and respect!
Werner wrote: "Nina, ... I think I can speak for all of us when I say we view you with considerable amazement and respect! "Amen to THAT, Werner! Well put, as usual! Nina is remarkable!
Thanks for the compliment but really I am plain old nina just trying to spend the rest of my days finding the joy in each day. What some saw as remarkable is that I traveled alone abroad with no knowledge of the various languages and lived to tell about it and started this not as a youngster but at fifty years of age. So now I can look back and remember the good and sometimes bad times from my favorite chair. Lucky I did what I did when I could. I am grateful for having you all as my friends. Thanks for caring. nina
Nina, you were so lucky to be able to do all that world traveling! Yes, you must have some fabulous memories!As I look back on the places I've been, I find that I marvel that I ever did those things. I didn't travel extensively but I do enjoy my remembrances. I do wish I had traveled more because I would have more memories to enjoy. I'm glad I have pictures of the trips we took!
Joy, I am glad I didn't just take pictures on a phone because when I came home from a trip I couldn't wait to have prints made of where I'd been. One thing I was so lucky in my travels is that mostly I went where I knew the people who were living there. Maybe not first class hotels but just plain every day folks and how they lived was just fine with me.
Nina wrote: "Joy, I am glad I didn't just take pictures on a phone because when I came home from a trip I couldn't wait to have prints made of where I'd been. One thing I was so lucky in my travels is that most..."Nina, I too, appreciate having print copies of photographs. I think that both print and digital photos have their own advantages.
Visiting people in their homes in various countries sounds like fun to me too! :)
Nina wrote: "Joy, I am glad I didn't just take pictures on a phone because when I came home from a trip I couldn't wait to have prints made of where I'd been. One thing I was so lucky in my travels is that most..."Visiting with the 'plain old folks' in an area is the only really good way to visit. Just hitting the tourist attractions is not.
There is very little I like better about film pictures compared to digital ones. You can have prints made from digital photos whenever & where ever you want. I just upload them to Walmart or one of the phramacies & pick them up on my way home from work. It costs less now to get them made into greeting cards, complete with an envelope, than it used to cost for a print. Even better, when the photo fades & cracks, it can easily be refreshed.
Better yet, all your favorite photos can be put on to a memory card & displayed in an ever changing picture frame really inexpensively. I bought my mother & Marg's aunt each a picture frame & just send them a new memory chip occasionally. They send back the old ones & we do it all over again. They hang on to a few old favorites by asking me not to delete & taking the memory chip to the store where they can print out as many copies of whichever one they want.
The only downside to digital pictures is lack of documentation, although I get around that easily enough when I remember. I don't always remember, though. More often, I would write the date & descriptions on printed pictures. I keep digital ones in folders by date, often with descriptive names, but not always. Sometimes I stick a text document in with them & occasionally I'll mark up a copy, but it's a bit more work that doesn't happen quite as often as with printed pictures. Still, it happens more often than it ever did with slides.
Jim, you find working with digital photos easy because you have the necessary technical skills. (e.g., memory cards, etc.) I understand the value of digital photos but my skills in that area are limited and I don't enjoy the work.A while ago, our son gave me a digital camera to replace my older one. I was comfortable with the older one and couldn't get used to the newer one. On Easter Sunday (for brunch) at a restaurant, I tried taking pictures. Several of them turned out to be short movies/videos. LOL One funny result was that the beginning of the video was fine but the end of it showed only the sausage on my plate. LOL
Actually, if you can snap the picture with the camera, you can just take it in to the pharmacy & they'll help you with the rest. Mom is technically challenged, but she takes the memory cards I send in & they help her print off what she wants. Marg takes pictures & then just takes the camera in. They even zoom in & crop pictures for her. It's really not that hard.While even the cheap digital cameras will do all sorts of things, I just use the simple settings. I leave mine on automatic & just switch between video or still pictures - generally the latter. Playback is simply a matter of hitting one other switch. It's not that tough. I've even taught Marg to do it & she can't use a computer as good as you can.
Jim, I know how to send digital pics to Walmart to be printed. That much I can do.I've always depended on someone else to move the digital pics from the camera to my laptop. Once they're on my laptop, I can handle them.
I've reached a plateau at which I no longer want to get more involved technically.
Joy, you picture ending with a sausage reminds me of when we were sailing off the coast of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico when our boat ran aground and at the time I was taking movies. My movie ended up with only a picture of the galley. Not very interesting, to say the least.
Speaking of pictures, one think I really appreciate is that my husband put my pictures on a revolving mode that keeps going around when my computer is on but I am not using it. I love sitting in a chair and having this slide show.
Joy, You didn't need to travel far as you had that marvelous city NY at your doorstep so to speak and the ocean and lakes and mountains. I was thirteen before I saw the Gulf of Mexico and nineteen before I saw the Pacific Ocean. You had them all close by and that would be something to appreciate. I lived in CA briefly and I have to say i missed the ocean when I moved back home.
Barb and I have a number of pictures from our 2007 trip to Australia (though it's been awhile since we looked at them), but not in digital format. Otherwise, we never really took pictures on our travels, which weren't very extensive. I've been in the dense forest country of northern Ontario (very beautiful, in a snow-covered way) in the early 80s on a job interview, and I've seen both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic on trips to Florida for library conferences since coming to work at Bluefield College; but I never brought along a camera on any of those occasions. (I should have!)
Nina wrote: "Joy, You didn't need to travel far as you had that marvelous city NY at your doorstep so to speak and the ocean and lakes and mountains. I was thirteen before I saw the Gulf of Mexico and nineteen ..."Yes, Nina, New York is a beautiful state.
Werner wrote: "Barb and I have a number of pictures from our 2007 trip to Australia (though it's been awhile since we looked at them), but not in digital format. Otherwise, we never really took pictures on our tr..."Werner, even though you may not have many pictures of many of your travels, I'm sure you have wonderful memories of them. The trip to Australia must have been a very special one!
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