Today I Learned...

[DoodlePanda]

Hilarious though, so it's ok :D

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

lol

[DoodlePanda]

*nods*

[Kelila]

I challenge anyone here to find a book with my name in it ;)

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Kelila wrote: "I challenge anyone here to find a book with my name in it ;)"

Here you go!

Kelila i Dimna. Stare indiske pripovetke

And a bumper sticker to go with! http://www.amazon.com/Kelila-Oval-Sti...

[Kelila]

MrsJoseph wrote: "Kelila wrote: "I challenge anyone here to find a book with my name in it ;)"

Here you go!

Kelila i Dimna. Stare indiske pripovetke

And a bumper sticker to go with! http://www.amazon.com/Kelil..."

hahahaha! You surprised me! I guess the real challenge is finding a book written in English with my name...

[Nate]

To go back to the beginning. I lived in Nyssa Oregon for 6 months when I was 8 years old.

And in response to the other discussion that happened here, I had my Wisdoms removed with only local in the Navy. That was not the best experience. Mine were only slightly vertically impacted. A few shipmates had horizontally impacted teeth. Their stories of the doctor standing on a ladder with hammer and chisel while awake made me very grateful with how easy mine came out.

[HomeInMyShoes]

I have some too.

Today I learned that books are heavy for about the millionth time.

[Laurel]

And yet I always prefer a book over electronic for some reason. I'm old fashioned?

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Laurel wrote: "And yet I always prefer a book over electronic for some reason. I'm old fashioned?"

I prefer real books too, but after reading Under the Dome in hardcover last year, I had to go see a chiropractor. Super sized books I now read in electronic format.

[HomeInMyShoes]

^Agreed.

My problem today was the trip to the library with my son. I love the bus ride with him, but we were returning way too many titles and picked up way too many titles. There are worse problems. I really can't complain.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Went bowling tonight with the boy, my niece, and her boy. Good time was had by all, and I totally won the second and third games. (I should add that I won without breaking 100 at any time, 'cause we all generally suck.) :D

The only downside was I felt a bit ripped off 'cause the coupons I had count 'per game' as really 'per person'. (i.e. we played 3 games, but the way they reckon it we played 12 games, 'cause each of us played 3 games... the coupon is only for 'up to 6 games', so half the rounds were charged at full price, and I only found this out when we got our bill at the end.)

But, regardless, we had fun.

Then we headed to the arcade, where I continued to dominate hubby dearest in air hockey, and we got enough tickets for me to get a stuffed purple dragon. Win!

[Laurel]

Woo hoo!

[Felina]

I love bowling and winning with a pathetic score. In college I was on a league that played at like 8:00 in the morning on Sundays. My team mates figured out that I played better when I would get very little sleep the night before so they started making it so I would not get to sleep before 4am. Thank god for being young. Now I'd die.

As for laughing gas, I had a root canal about 9 months ago. I have a very high tolerance for local numbing and was very nervous so the dentist suggested the gas as a means to calm me down. Best. Decision. Ever. About 10 minutes into the procedure I felt the pain because the local had worn off but I was so happy I just looked at the doctor with all that crap in my mouth and said, 'Uh oh. That one smarts a little sir.' It was one of the most relaxing times of my life. I can't speak for outside of the US but you should just be able to request the gas for any procedure. They will make you pay extra but only like $20 bucks. I am looking forward to my next dental procedure. He he.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Yeah. I could get by on much less sleep in college. Not happily, mind you, but I could do it.

I keep thinking of joining a bowling league, but it'd have to be for fun and not competitive. We really do suck.

[Felina]

When you join a league they'll calculate your handicap each week. Obviously it would have to be an amateur league but it doesn't matter if you suck.

[HomeInMyShoes]

Today I am learning that April 28 is way to early to start youth soccer in Saskatchewan. Actually I knew that. Too bad the city organizers don't know that.

It's zero Celsius and snowing. Tomorrow is supposed to be 3C and rain, turning to snow right around soccer time in the evening.

[Laurel]

As a fellow Canadian, I lift my Tim Hortons Double Double to you. I totally get it!

[Dawn, Dawnerys, Mother of Modding]

Today (yesterday) I learned that I bowl better with bumpers up. I don't even hit them... Just removing the chance of a gutter ball makes me throw better :P

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Homeinmyshoes wrote: "Today I am learning that April 28 is way to early to start youth soccer in Saskatchewan. Actually I knew that. Too bad the city organizers don't know that.

It's zero Celsius and snowing. Tomorro..."

O_O

[DoodlePanda]

Today I learned that if you go away and don't check GR for 5 days, there is no way to catch up with all the chatting!! O.o

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

DoodlePanda wrote: "Today I learned that if you go away and don't check GR for 5 days, there is no way to catch up with all the chatting!! O.o"

lol!!!

Unless you're bored crapless and you have all the time you need... O_o

[DoodlePanda]

Lol, not really... not right now anyways...

I think I'm just going to have to give up and hope I haven't missed anything awesome...

*sigh*

That will teach me to go away to a cabin in the middle of nowhere without internet...

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

DoodlePanda wrote: "Lol, not really... not right now anyways...

I think I'm just going to have to give up and hope I haven't missed anything awesome...

*sigh*

That will teach me to go away to a cabin in the middle ..."


That sounds like a great way to get some reading done!

[Felina]

^This.

[DoodlePanda]

That is true :)

Reading in front of the fireplace, snow outside... Best thing in the world :)

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

DoodlePanda wrote: "That is true :)

Reading in front of the fireplace, snow outside... Best thing in the world :)"

that sounds wonderful...

[DoodlePanda]

It was :)
Of course there is no plumbing there... but at least there is electricity now :p

[Lee]

And here I was thinking it sounded like the beginning of a typical horror movie...

If this was a personality test... I think I failed. Lol.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Nienna wrote: "And here I was thinking it sounded like the beginning of a typical horror movie...

If this was a personality test... I think I failed. Lol."

lol!

[DoodlePanda]

Haha :D
To be fair a lot of horrors start like that... decided not to read any horror books while I was there, just in case ;)

[HomeInMyShoes]

Context-sensitive reading. Sounds like a good idea.

[DoodlePanda]

I kinda feel like I'm being a hypocrite though... I tend to complain that I can't find any books thay actually scare me, so I should have taken the opportunity to read a horror based in a cabin in the woods. Maybe that would have worked ;)
It might have caused problems if i needed the toilet in the middle of the night though I guess, as you have to go outside...

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

DoodlePanda wrote: "I kinda feel like I'm being a hypocrite though... I tend to complain that I can't find any books thay actually scare me, so I should have taken the opportunity to read a horror based in a cabin in ..."

O_O

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Nicki wrote: "DoodlePanda wrote: "I don't think the dentists have gas here :( I've never needed it, but I've never heard of anyone getting gas at the dentists so..."

Most of Europe uses IV sedation instead of g..."

:-D

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

So, a (extended) family member posts this status on their FB:

"Does anyone in my family gets margarine if so what does the doctor give u cuz they can fine a med to work for me and I can't take them anymore urg it's going to be a long night at work"

And I know it's probably an auto-correct, but I'm tempted to respond with: "Personally, I try to stick with real butter." :)

[Jackie]

LMAO! I say go for it!

[Lee]

Yeah. I probably would too.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

c.o.lleen ± (... never stop fighting) ± wrote: "So, a (extended) family member posts this status on their FB:

"Does anyone in my family gets margarine if so what does the doctor give u cuz they can fine a med to work for me and I can't take the..."

Jackie wrote: "LMAO! I say go for it!"

I'm with Jackie.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

I went on to FB this morning to comment, and can't find the post anymore. :-/

It knew!

[HomeInMyShoes]

Never sleep on the opportunity for a good laugh.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Homeinmyshoes wrote: "Never sleep on the opportunity for a good laugh."

lol

[Felina]

c.o.lleen ± (... never stop fighting) ± wrote: "So, a (extended) family member posts this status on their FB:

"Does anyone in my family gets margarine if so what does the doctor give u cuz they can fine a med to work for me and I can't take the..."

The margarine isn't even my main problem with that post.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Yeah, well... if I tried to correct everyone's text speak and grammar on FB, I'd never get anything else done.

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

c.o.lleen ± (... never stop fighting) ± wrote: "Yeah, well... if I tried to correct everyone's text speak and grammar on FB, I'd never get anything else done."

HAHA! TRUTH!

[Lee]

Well. I would give some slack. They did have a headache when they wrote it. Maybe.

One of my friends awhile back posted about an earthquake we had. But for some reason she wrote sandquake. Which reminded me of sand worms. And Dune. I don't think she got my joke. But I enjoyed it.

[DoodlePanda]

I get really annoyed at horrible spelling... Not saying I'm perfect, but at least I've got an excuse in English not being my native language... Which makes me try to avoid correcting other people :p

[Felina]

Spelling isn't that big of a problem for me. The English language is nuts with spelling and autocorrect is turning into a big problem. But we all learn punctuation in middle school. And text speak makes me cringe. Smart devices have evolved to the point where we can easily type in full sentences.

Though, like Nienna said, maybe it was the headache. Though when I have a bad headache the glow of a smart device would be torture.

[Lee]

I hate text speak but luckily most of my friends are old school - which makes us sound so old. I don't mind one or two mistakes. We all make them. But when there's a mistake every other word, yeah, that bugs me.

[DoodlePanda]

It really bugs me when people aren't even trying, like text speak. The occasional mistake is fine, I'm not a complete lunatic... :p

Wrong use of They're - their - there and to - too - two bugs me too though...

On the other side I can never remember how to spell definitely so....