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Why the heck would I bring my family??? I agree with Amy about the cell...a good hunting dog (to catch food)...and shampoo...LOL...
3 things..... Here's my list:1. A werewolf
2. A Barista ( got to have my coffee)
3. My eye cream (gotta look good for my werewolf)
You see a werewolf is the most prudent choice here people. He's so big I could use him for shade. He can catch any food I want. He would be warm at night and he would be strong for fighting off any natives that found their way to my island!!
J.A. wrote: "Here's a question: What is SHARP cheddar? Is it mature cheddar - the strong-tasting one?Also WOOT I'm on a list, look!
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/81......"
From what my google skills tell me the term for sharp cheese, mild, medium sharp, sharp and extra sharp, and apparently there are more, refers to the flavor of cheddar cheese. The sharper the cheddar, the more tangy it will taste.
You learn something new everyday!! :)My definition of sharp cheddar? Good.
Thanks for the info!!! You rock
You're welcome. Have you ever noticed this is what we writers do? We're all trivia junkies, or maybe it's just me. If I don't know something, and someone asks the question I must know as well. Probably because I may need it in a plot sometime. I'm not sure if it's a talent or a sickness.
Go with talent!!! A curious writer is a better writer! For sure!!
Sounds good to me, now if I can just convince my family...oh wait, I left them on the island.
Well so long as you left them with a plentiful supply of cheese... Actually on the subject, a wetsuit is probably not a bad thing to have either as a) you don't sunburn through them and b)you can set a trend. True about writers and trivia though. You never know what is going to stick in your head and prove to be the MacGuffin on which the story hinges...
JAC
Mmm, but have you ever worn a wetsuit in the sun when you're not in the water? Instead of sunburn you'll get heatstroke.I'd never heard cheddar referred to as sharp before, you learn something new every day.
i didn't know the impact one little comment about liking sharp cheddar could have. Am i the only one who looks at cheese packages around here??? LOL.What kind of cheese do the rest of you like?
LOL.
And you have a point there TC about the heatstroke and the wetsuits. I told my husband about our topic of what we would bring to the island and he said if it's deserted why bring any clothes at all.....
Well alrighty then. :)
Cambria does your bloke not ever get sunburn?! I would frazzle in a second if I wasn't totally covered - me for a burkha if they do them in light cheesecloth.....PS TC - "sharp" cheese is the American term for mature cheddar I think. You don't get it over here, but I saw it when I was on hols.
If I wasn't taking any clothes I'd need industrial quantities of sun lotion! Think I'd still want some clothes in case a rescue party appeared on the horizon.JAC, that might be why it didn't ring bells.
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I'm kinda diggin the no clothes thing, on an island, we will have plenty of palm trees, we can make ourselves some nice shade. The grass skirt look would be quite sexy with my tanned skin when the rescuers arrive!! :)
Just need a few coconuts too....
I like sharp cheddar as well, Cambria! I also like the idea of a werewolf...but a tame one that can shift at will, like Jacob... I would need some rather large coconuts, I'm afraid. With lots of support...LOL...
By the way...in case anyone with this knowledge happens to wander through here...I have been fighting all evening with iTunes. I am trying to transfer my library from my old laptop to my new laptop with home sharing. Well, I had no problem whatsoever transferring my library from my new laptop to the old laptop...but I could NOT get the old library to show up on the new laptop!! It was working and said it was opening the library, but then it would just suddenly go back to the main music library. AGH! I did everything I could think to do, looked it all up online...finally just had to step away and stop before I had a stroke.
If anyone has any ideas, please feel free to share! ;-)
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Cassie wrote: "I like sharp cheddar as well, Cambria! I also like the idea of a werewolf...but a tame one that can shift at will, like Jacob... I would need some rather large coconuts, I'm afraid. With lots ..."
Bah hahahahahaa.
A tame werewolf you say? Is there such thing....maybe he could only be tame with you...but not with other people. yeah. like that.
J.A. wrote: "Cambria does your bloke not ever get sunburn?! I would frazzle in a second if I wasn't totally covered - me for a burkha if they do them in light cheesecloth.....PS TC - "sharp" cheese is the Ame..."
werewolves don't get sunburned. they are so hot already that the sun just lets them alone.
LOL
I prefer the term 'sharp' over mature when talking about cheese. Well...anything really. when i am old i will not be mature. I will be sharp.
i'm not so sure about the grass skirt, i think it would be itchy.I think coconuts would be itchy too...
@ cassie-- I have bad luck with Itunes too. I can't ever get anyything to work right. :(
I thought I was the only one who couldn't figure out ITunes. That damn program scares me. Every time I plug in in an IPod it tries to wipe the thing clean of all of my audiobooks.
I have a faux grass skirt, don't think it was itchy but it certainly left horrible lines on the back on my legs the one time I wore it! I hate iTunes, seem to lurch from one disaster to another with it. I used to have a classic iPod which I loved but it died and hubby replaced it with a shuffle which I don't understand
Edit - haha, just gone to check how to do something on it and I didn't even get the right one, it's a nano.
I have a Touch, which I love...but iTunes...not so much...
ooooh! ooh! I know this one as my partner's computer died horrendously and ate all his music and you can only import the stuff you purchased from itunes and not anything you loaded from CD, so I did that but couldn't sync his iPhone as it would wipe the stuff that WAS on the iPhone but not on the iTunes account.Ridiculous, I thought, and went off to iLounge to find out how to get the old stuff of the iPhone.
Turns out, you can't mastercopy the device over the iTunes library (though you can do export / import probably, but we couldn't as the old comp had died properly - SOO tempted to say that made it a computer terminal but resisting the urge).
Anyhow, quick version is: if your old computer is working, try searching "export" or something; but I got a frankly FAB bit of software that lifted the whole thing across in about 2mins flat, with about 3 clicks in total so even though you can do it the long way, I'd be tempted to use the programme.
Downside of the prog is that if you want to shift more than 100 songs you have to get the paid version but $20 will do you for a year on an unlimited amount of computers so I figured it was a decent spend.
This is where I found the answer to mine:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/arti...
so worth checking for tips there first but if not the software we got was called Copy Trans Suite and it's one of the ones referenced on page 4 I think?
Anyhow iLounge seem to be fairly kosher so though the software site looks badly translated I took a chance on it and so far they don't seem to have cleaned out my bank account or anything (possibly because I got there first).
Anyhow, check iLounge. But CopyTrans is unexpectedly super.Damn, if only I could persuade them to give me commission!!!
heheheh
JAC
J.A. wrote: "ooooh! ooh! I know this one as my partner's computer died horrendously and ate all his music and you can only import the stuff you purchased from itunes and not anything you loaded from CD, so I di..."Wow! Thanks!! It isn't essential that I transfer it all over...but there is something wrong with the...uh...place where you plug the cord into the laptop, so it is hard to keep it charged up. It is just easier to use the new laptop for all my work. I moved all my pictures and documents to my external drive and uploaded my photo editing software to the new laptop, so I don't have to use the old one for photos. I also have been putting "new" music on my new laptop, so I just wanted it all together. Only a tiny amount of my music library is actually purchased through iTunes. Of course they are going to make it difficult for you to back it all up... I lost the whole library once before & had to go back and reload thousands of songs!! Do NOT want to do that again!!!
I probably need to see about getting that laptop fixed...lol...
Uh, my laptop is the worst too! It never works right. I'm doomed to have computer issues forever. lol
TC wrote: "I have a faux grass skirt, don't think it was itchy but it certainly left horrible lines on the back on my legs the one time I wore it! I hate iTunes, seem to lurch from one disaster to another w..."
I think i might have a nano ipod....but Im not sure. I don't really know what it does either (besides hold music) and I cna't remeber how to get music on to it to everything is outdated. lol
BarkLessWagMore wrote: "I thought I was the only one who couldn't figure out ITunes. That damn program scares me. Every time I plug in in an IPod it tries to wipe the thing clean of all of my audiobooks."Nope you are not alone. I am challenged with any electronic device that you can think of. :)
You think you got it bad? I still have issues with the cell phone. I am so electronically incompetent. Sigh...
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Amy: Geek. Geek is the word you're looking for! Not specially technically gifted, just know how to ask questions in Google!!!My charges are very competitive though.....
heheheheh
Cassie you should def go get CopyTrans in that case - it sets itself up and just brings up a box asking if you want to transfer everything or just ticked ones.
I kid you not, it's about 2mins start to finish and that's with mildly rural download times. Loving that!
JAC
Ah now cell phones I can cope with, it's just Apple devices that give me a major headache. I was pleased to notice that when I applied an update to my Nano the other day they had changed the way you turn it on and off (that was the big problem I was having, and how embarassed I was to not figure out something that fundamental until Apple admitted it was rubbish and changed it)So JAC, are you admitting to being a geek?
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My charges are very competitive though.....
heheheheh
Cassie you..."
You can be the geek, I'll be the nerd...These titles are all the rage now, we will be the popular kids!! LOL
Well according to dictionary.comgeek
noun Slang
1. a computer expert or enthusiast (a term of pride as self-reference, but often considered offensive when used by outsiders.)
2. a peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, especially one who is perceived to be overly intellectual.
3. a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts, as biting off the head of a live chicken.
nerd
noun Slang
1. a stupid, irritating, ineffectual, or unattractive person.
2. an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit: a computer nerd.
Looks like that popular/unpopular thing could go either way. I was considered a nerd before the popularity of computers (yes I am that old), but that was because I was an obsessive reader when I was younger. Now it's worse. I'm an obsessive reader and writer.
3. a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts, as biting off the head of a live chicken. What the... :-/
Cassie wrote: "3. a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts, as biting off the head of a live chicken. What the... :-/"
Historically, it's a term still used by circuses or sideshows for performers who did unusual acts. Hence the guy whose act was biting off the head of a live chicken would have been called a "geek".
I got it...but it is gross...LOL... That is not the kind of geek I would want to be associated with! ;-)I think I'm more of a nerd than a geek anyway. Although I don't really agree with the nonsocial hobby bit... Hmmm... ;-)
My mum was referring to my husband earlier and said he was a kleptomanaic, and when I said I didn't think he'd appreciate being called a thief she was very confused. She thought that was someone who collects things, had to read her the dictionary definition before she'd believe me that it was more to do with coveting and stealing things. I love the way word usage can change over time.
TC wrote: "My mum was referring to my husband earlier and said he was a kleptomanaic, and when I said I didn't think he'd appreciate being called a thief she was very confused. She thought that was someone wh..."LOL...
Cassie wrote: "3. a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts, as biting off the head of a live chicken. What the... :-/"
EWWWWW Chickens!!!!
So everyone, I feel like i have been gone forever around here. My computer falls apart and i miss one day and it felt like years.So, what's everyone been doing??
Cambria wrote: "So everyone, I feel like i have been gone forever around here. My computer falls apart and i miss one day and it felt like years.So, what's everyone been doing??"
Mostly debating the geek and nerd controversy. With a little kelptomania thrown in. And people say dictionaries are harmless.
LOL. Yes, i read the above conversations. This group and a dictionary is a bad combination. :)
for the record...I prefer to be called neither a geek or a nerd. thank you very much.
Cambria wrote: "for the record...I prefer to be called neither a geek or a nerd. thank you very much."I tend to agree with you there. I think we can up with something better. We are a bunch of writers after all.
Exactly. So glad you agree.You know what C.L. I think you should go enter our latest contest.....
you would be perfect for it. Bring your dictionary!! :)
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how was Ozzy Osbourne a geek??? maybe i should re-read the definitions above.
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Also WOOT I'm on a list, look!
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/81......"
Very cool about the list JA!!