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Oh I'm sorry you never saw the comet Pamela!! That would've been really neat!That's very interesting about you not sleeping much! 😂 Well everyone just sleeps different I guess! 😜
So I was thinking last night Pamela, and Ruth told me to decide what we should de, since you, Ruth, and I all tied. I thought since you haven't quizzed us yet, you should do the next quiz! **hope you're okay with that Ruthie!!😬🤐** 😜😂
Pamela wrote: "Gee, I missed out on 2 1/2 pages of comments last night! Had to get offline early b/c my neighbor asked me to sit on the porch to watch for the comet. Wish I had stayed here later...you guys are lo..."Yeah we're night owls on here... Some more than others... But I make sure everyone still gets to bed at a decent time.😊😋
Oh! And we also love nicknames... Pam!😁😎 I think I have the record for having the most nicknames.🤔 I have Ally, Alley Cat (which for some reason keeps getting spelled with an e 😕), and my more preferred one Lissy.😂 I also go by Shay sometimes if y'all wanna throw that in the bunch!😂😂
Emma wrote: "Oh I'm sorry you never saw the comet Pamela!! That would've been really neat!That's very interesting about you not sleeping much! 😂 Well everyone just sleeps different I guess! 😜
So I was thinkin..."
I would love to come up with a quiz question! Let me think about it and I will post it soon!
Allyson wrote: "Oh! And we also love nicknames... Pam!😁😎 I think I have the record for having the most nicknames.🤔 I have Ally, Alley Cat (which for some reason keeps getting spelled with an e 😕), and my more pref..."Pam is fine...several of my friends call me Pammy Jo. Whatever you'd like. No matter what, I'm sure I've been called worse! : )
Pamela wrote: "Allyson wrote: "Oh! And we also love nicknames... Pam!😁😎 I think I have the record for having the most nicknames.🤔 I have Ally, Alley Cat (which for some reason keeps getting spelled with an e 😕), ..."Pammy Jo?? I LOVE it!!! 😉😅
Where is everybody? They think they can sleep in just because it's Saturday??
Ruth wrote: "📦"Youuu got a package? Congrats!
I have a quiz question for today:What real-life incident inspired the climactic scene in "The Blithedale Romance" by Nathaniel Hawthorne?
Pamela
😃- Good morning everyone!Pamela, dazzle us with your first quiz.💎🙂
Pamela wrote: "Gee, I missed out on 2 1/2 pages of comments last night! Had to get offline early b/c my neighbor asked me to sit on the porch to watch for the comet. Wish I had stayed here later...you guys are lo..."Hi Pamela,
How kind of you to join your neighbor for
a comet siting on the night you gave a
Mark Twain answer.
Pamela wrote: "I have a quiz question for today:What real-life incident inspired the climactic scene in "The Blithedale Romance" by Nathaniel Hawthorne?
Pamela"
Hmm... Death in the family?
Emma wrote: "Where is everybody? They think they can sleep in just because it's Saturday??"I didn't sleep in...I was working until just a little while ago. And yes, puppy did get me up at 3am. 😣
Pamela wrote: "I have a quiz question for today:What real-life incident inspired the climactic scene in "The Blithedale Romance" by Nathaniel Hawthorne?
Pamela"
Wow, I have no idea. (I've never read it.) Meggy would know, if she were here to join in!
Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "Where is everybody? They think they can sleep in just because it's Saturday??"I didn't sleep in...I was working until just a little while ago. And yes, puppy did get me up at 3am. 😣"
🍭
Emma wrote: "Oh I'm sorry you never saw the comet Pamela!! That would've been really neat!That's very interesting about you not sleeping much! 😂 Well everyone just sleeps different I guess! 😜
So I was thinkin..."
"Ruthie!!" 😠😾😬🤐.
Ruthie➡Ruth➡ ie💣💥 Ruth😀
Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "Where is everybody? They think they can sleep in just because it's Saturday??"I didn't sleep in...I was working until just a little while ago. And yes, puppy did get me up at 3am. 😣"
Sorry for the assumption Dorry! I had to take my dog out at 4 a.m!
Dorothy wrote: "Pamela wrote: "I have a quiz question for today:What real-life incident inspired the climactic scene in "The Blithedale Romance" by Nathaniel Hawthorne?
Pamela"
Wow, I have no idea. (I've never..."
I was thinking the same thing!!😂
Emma wrote: "Ruth wrote: "📦"Youuu got a package? Congrats!"
📦=Present/here
Ruth wrote: "Emma wrote: "Oh I'm sorry you never saw the comet Pamela!! That would've been really neat!That's very interesting about you not sleeping much! 😂 Well everyone just sleeps different I guess! 😜
So ..."
Oh dear... I'm so sorry Ruth! I didn't realize it was that bad! 💔😖🤒🤕
Ruth wrote: "Emma wrote: "Ruth wrote: "📦"Youuu got a package? Congrats!"
📦=Present/here"
Oh goodness.🙄
Ruth wrote: "Emma wrote: "Ruth wrote: "📦"Youuu got a package? Congrats!"
📦=Present/here"
🙄
Ruth, do you have another nickname suggestion?
Pamela wrote: "I have a quiz question for today:What real-life incident inspired the climactic scene in "The Blithedale Romance" by Nathaniel Hawthorne?
Pamela"
Good question.
Meg would love it.
In fact, the best way to get her attention
is to mention Hawthorne-
it's her bat signal. H 🔦
I haven't read it.
Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "Where is everybody? They think they can sleep in just because it's Saturday??"I didn't sleep in...I was working until just a little while ago. And yes, puppy did get me up at 3am. 😣"
Hi Dorothy,
I hope you get to rest and sleep,
especially in when Meg returns.
Emma wrote: "Ruth wrote: "Emma wrote: "Oh I'm sorry you never saw the comet Pamela!! That would've been really neat!That's very interesting about you not sleeping much! 😂 Well everyone just sleeps different I ..."
No worries not apology required.
😉
Ruth wrote: "Pamela wrote: "Gee, I missed out on 2 1/2 pages of comments last night! Had to get offline early b/c my neighbor asked me to sit on the porch to watch for the comet. Wish I had stayed here later......"Yes, I thought of it last night...Twain came in with Halley's comet and he went out with it. Just as he predicted!
Pamela wrote: "Ruth wrote: "Pamela wrote: "Gee, I missed out on 2 1/2 pages of comments last night! Had to get offline early b/c my neighbor asked me to sit on the porch to watch for the comet. Wish I had stayed ..."It is interesting how he prognosticated
death with Hailey's Comet.
Pamela wrote: "I have a quiz question for today:What real-life incident inspired the climactic scene in "The Blithedale Romance" by Nathaniel Hawthorne?
Pamela"
I think I may know, but only because I did some "researching" online. So I'll wait a little bit to give an answer and see if anyone else will guess.
And I've also never read the book, so I can only guess what the climax might be.
Hannah wrote: "Pamela wrote: "I have a quiz question for today:What real-life incident inspired the climactic scene in "The Blithedale Romance" by Nathaniel Hawthorne?
Pamela"
I think I may know, but only be..."
🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻♀️Ooh! Ooh! Hannah help!! 😂😂😂
Alrighty there, fellow "researcher"! Sent ya an email of my findings.
Of course! Brook farm!
Event?😕
☝
Emma wrote: "Hannah wrote: "Pamela wrote: "I have a quiz question for today:What real-life incident inspired the climactic scene in "The Blithedale Romance" by Nathaniel Hawthorne?
Pamela"
I think I may kn..."
You're like a student at the back of the class.😄
A fireand
"Meat, coffee, tea, and butter were no longer offered"
Before the pots and kettles begin an uproar,
I shall follow Doreen's example- sit back with a cup
of coffee and wait on you slow-pokes.
Cheers, Doreen! ☕☕
Emma and I are cheating off of each other …. yet we're still equally clueless.
You can say that again...
I do recall Hawthorne was involved in a failing transcendentalist socialist experiment.
Any society where
"Meat, coffee, tea, and butter were no longer offered"
hasn't any sense and is a recipe for failure.
😮🔊 Emma!!!Pen-name generator as requested
https://www.poemofquotes.com/tools/pe...
Or my name isn't Ella Mentry.
Thanks Ella Mentry!
Oh dear, I've come up with a question which has driven fine people to "cheat"...I fully expect to be impeached from the group now! Will I be forgiven, or will I be exiled?? When should I post the answer?
To change from New England to Southern literature, all I can say in my defense is Fiddledeedee...Tomorrow is another day!
"Pammy Jo"
Pamela wrote: "Oh dear, I've come up with a question which has driven fine people to "cheat"...I fully expect to be impeached from the group now! Will I be forgiven, or will I be exiled?? When should I post the..."
Hahaha, we've ALL been in the corner for cheating....except maybe Ruth and Dorothy. They're the mature ones of the group.
So I'm gonna posts my answer since no one else is really guessing - Zenobia's death in the book seems to be inspired by the real life suicide of Martha Hunt - whom Hawthorne later tried to help find the body.
That's my final answer....because I have no others!!!
Ruth wrote: "I do recall Hawthorne was involved in a failing transcendentalist socialist experiment.
Any society where
"Meat, coffee, tea, and butter were no longer offered"
hasn't any sense and is a recipe f..."
Good gracious, sounds like a miserable existence, doesn't it? What did one drink while reading!?!
Ruth wrote: "😮🔊 Emma!!!Pen-name generator as requested
https://www.poemofquotes.com/tools/pe...
Or my name isn't Ella Mentry."
Your name is so cute, Ella Mentry! We'll have to use that from now on! Emma, looking forward to seeing what yours is!
That is absolutely correct, Hannah!Thank you for relieving me of a difficult question. I'll do better next time. That is, if there is a next time for me! : 0
BAHAHAHA, just redid mine - Our Lady Bonbons! WHAT THE FLIPPITY-FLOPS!?
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I did not go to bed. I was distracted by a celestial being! Actually, by a neighbor and a comet...sorry!
I'm a night owl AND an early bird. Usually don't turn in until at least midnight and ALWAYS awake around 4:00 a.m. I've been like that since childhood and it drove my parents nuts! I just never needed much sleep. Just one of my many odd quirks!