June means Summer is here...and so is another Toppler!

[Lisa]

jaxnsmom wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Sorry if this has already been answered but I have a question about the Round Robin task. Do the people taking part in this task have to start reading the book at the same time or is i..."

Thanks for clearing that up JMom :)

[Almeta]

There's a New bear in town!
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The inspiration for the original Smokey the Bear was an orphaned cub found after a raging fire in the Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico USA. He generally says that Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires.

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[Cathie]

Awww, good ole' Smokey! He's such a nice cute bear Almeta!

[Marnie]

Brought me right back to my childhood....

[Ava Catherine]

Me too, Marnie! I have always love Smokey. I remember the story about the cub being found after the forest fire.

thanks for the pic, Almeta! ; )

[Debra]

Good one, sis!

[jaxnsmom]

I remember the Smokey the Bear story, and the posters and commercials. He's a much better bear for our campers :)

[Cherie]

I am right there with all of you too! Do you remember the song?
We were visiting my great grandmother in Ketchum, Idaho one summer, when I was 6, and they had a big statue of STB in a truck in the 4th of July parade. I was so excited to see him! I fell off of the bumper of my Dad's car and skinned my knee. By the time we got home to our house in So. California, I had a huge abcess and had to go to the doctor. I can still remember telling the doctor what happened to my knee because I saw Smokey the Bear!!!!

[Almeta]

Smokey the Bear sighting at a parade near the campsite I visited two weeks ago.

[Almeta]

Cherie wrote: "I can still remember telling the doctor what happened to my knee because I saw Smokey the Bear!!!! ..."

Great childhood memory. Do you have a scar?☺

[AmyK]

I hope that picture doesn't make her fall again!!!!

[Debra]

That's quite a story, Cherie. Like Almeta asked, do you have a scar to remember it by?

[Almeta]

AmyK wrote: "I hope that picture doesn't make her fall again!!!!"

lol Geez, Didn't think of that!

Don't look, Cherie! Here pay attention to this! :D

[Almeta]

Got the Time?
Click Here to Use this Time Converter Link.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

For us Asian/Pacific folk:

New York Saturday, 8 June 2013 at 12:00:00 Noon EDT

= Wellington (New Zealand) Sunday, 9 June 2013 at 4:00:00 AM
= Canberra (Australia) Sunday, 9 June 2013 at 2:00:00 AM
= Singapore (Singapore), Perth (Australia), Manila (Philippines) Midnight between Saturday, 8 June 2013 and Sunday, 9 June 2013
= Jakarta (Indonesia) Saturday, 8 June 2013 at 11:00:00 PM
= New Delhi (India ) Saturday, 8 June 2013 at 9:30:00 PM

I think that covers most of us. Sorry if I left you off the list.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Sorry, I see Almeta's map does cover us all, but for me it's an hour off due to daylight savings I would guess. So just helping us sleepy folk who have to do conversions.

[Almeta]

Rusalka wrote: "Sorry, I see Almeta's map does cover us all, but for me it's an hour off due to daylight savings I would guess. So just helping us sleepy folk who have to do conversions."

Thanks for the clarification, Rusalka, I would not have known that.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Honestly. I don't think anyone understands daylight savings times and when they turn off and on. I know there are a few weeks each year the US and Aus are both on them at the same time, and off them at the same time.

Otherwise it's backwards. But if you make a map in those two weeks... or you just don't think about it (which is probably more likely).

However, that is only 6 of the states and territories in Aus. Queensland and Western Aus don't have daylight savings. They think it confuses the cows. So in Aus in summer the east coast spilts into having 2 different time zones from 1, and WA is 3 hours not 2 behind us (which is never good to forget when you call them at 9am your time).

I think the cows are the only ones who aren't confused, as they carry on being cows from when the sun comes up to when it goes down. And they don't care when.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

... that sounds like I'm implying that the cows aren't cows at night time...

[Almeta]

Rusalka wrote: " think the cows are the only ones who aren't confused, as they carry on being cows from when the sun comes up to when it goes down. And they don't care when.
... that sounds like I'm implying that the cows aren't cows at night time..."

That's probably because you tip them at night! :P

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Well I walked into that one.

[Debra]

LMAO! Yes you did, Rus!

[jaxnsmom]

Less than a week to go!

Rusalka - it's quite nice of you to provide amusement for us on a Monday morning. LOL

[Ava Catherine]

Almeta wrote: "Smokey the Bear sighting at a parade near the campsite I visited two weeks ago.

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NOW, that is a hunk of a bear!!! LOL!!!

[Pragya]

Thank you, Rusalka for the time conversion and for remembering my location. I am really bad at time conversion.:)9:30pm, it is, then!

[Cherie]

Almeta wrote: "Smokey the Bear sighting at a parade near the campsite I visited two weeks ago.

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That's him!!!! I love it!!!! He looks just like I remebered!!!! LOL.

Yes - I still have a scar although it kind of blends in with all of the others I got growing up. I was quite the tomboy.

[Cherie]

Almeta wrote: "AmyK wrote: "I hope that picture doesn't make her fall again!!!!"

lol Didn't think of that!

Don't look, Cherie! Here pay attention to this! :D"

Oh, thank you for the song too. Wasn't Eddie Arnold the best!?

[Janice, Moderator]

Rusalka wrote: "Well I walked into that one."

OMG! I'm sitting here killing myself laughing and trying to explain to my parents the whole tipping the cows thing and why this thread is so funny to me. Maybe the explanation was garbled with the laugher.

*wipes tears*

[Almeta]

They're at it again!

[Debra]

Mooooooo!

[Pragya]

That poor thing!

[Wendy]

What a laugh!! You guys are too much! We are going to have a great time at camp!
Please add my name to the list- I've been sorted by the fruit machine to Camp Jingalo.

[Almeta]

Gastoryteller wrote: "What a laugh!! You guys are too much! We are going to have a great time at camp!
Please add my name to the list- I've been sorted by the fruit machine to Camp Jingalo."


Woooo Hoo! Welcome to Camp Jingalo!

[Janice, Moderator]

Almeta wrote: "

They're at it again!"

Those damn tippy cows, looking at clouds from both sides now. I am udderly amazed!

[Debra]

hehe "udderly" lol

[Almeta]

Janice wrote: "Those damn tippy cows, looking at clouds from both sides now. I am udderly amazed!"

Groan.☻

[Janice, Moderator]

Hehehe!

[jaxnsmom]

I agree with Groan :)

[jaxnsmom]

Extra points to whichever camp tips this cow :)

[Almeta]

The physics to help plan your stragedy:

[[deleted user]]

The trouble with the "push the big cow while standing on the ground" approach is that only a small fraction of your effort if along the line of force F(A). It would be better to lasso the cow's head/horns and put the rope around a tree or similar such that you're applying force above the centre of gravity, F(W)and in a more horizontal direction. A larger proportion of the effort is then along F(A) meaning that it is easier to move F(W) to the tipping point, above F(N).

team Happy, we need:
rope (long)
handy tree/pole or similar
someone skilled in the art of lassoing a giant cow.

Over to you team. I'll co-ordinate from the sidelines at a safe distance somewhere the opposite side of the cow from the direction of likely topple...

[Almeta]

Helen wrote: "I'll co-ordinate from the sidelines at a safe distance somewhere the opposite side of the cow from the direction of likely topple...
.."

Wherever you go, don't sit in that car!!!☻

[Almeta]

Keep on Tipping

[Almeta]

jaxnsmom wrote: "I see two of the camps are trying to go for the round robin. Don't stress too much over it. There aren't any extra points or anything, I thought it would be a good way to tie in the montly group read with a little hook. ..."

What about a Buddy Read badge?

[Almeta]

Cathie wrote: "Feed anything Rum and it will be happy ☺"

I've noticed that myself!☺

[Ava Catherine]

Almeta,

I love your cow! She reminds me of the Chick-Fil-A ads, which I love.
; )

[Almeta]

Connie wrote: "Almeta,

I love your cow! She reminds me of the Chick-Fil-A ads, which I love. ; )"

Eat Mor Chikin (video lower right)

[Ava Catherine]

Since we are all about books, I have to share this You Tube clip of Lisa Bu telling how books affected her life. I love this!

http://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_bu_how_...

[Almeta]

Connie wrote: "Since we are all about books, I have to share this You Tube clip of Lisa Bu telling how books affected her life. I love this!

http://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_bu_how_..."

Thanks for sharing that, Connie.

[Ava Catherine]

: ) My pleasure.