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[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

I'm about 9 in front. I can afford to rest on my laurels. :)

[Linda]

After three days of Husband nagging (yes, men do nag) me to get the shingles vaccination, I relented yesterday. The clinic was full of people, but he marched me right on in, asked the price, nurse told him $195.00. Without skipping a beat, he said "Linda, I know you think you need this vaccination, but I don't think you do. Shall we forget the shot and go home?" I grinned.

[Jane]

Linda wrote: "After three days of Husband nagging (yes, men do nag) me to get the shingles vaccination, I relented yesterday. The clinic was full of people, but he marched me right on in, asked the price, nurs..."

After the post herpetic neuralgia in my right arm went away and it took years, I finally did have the vaccination.
'They' say you can't get shingles after having it once, but with my luck I'd be the one in a million who does. :)

[Linda]

Having had it once, you don't want it again, do you? It would be nice if the vaccine makers would lower the price.

[Jane]

I don't remember what I paid, but it was worth it to me. The pain is like being on fire with no way to extinguish it. Yes, it would be nice if they did, but I'm sure there will be competitors eventually, which will lower the cost.

[Portia]

Linda, are you anywhere near a Walgreen's pharmacy? They offer both flu and shingles vaccines. Spouse and I got the flu vacs at Walgreen's the past two winters and they were quite effective. In fact, at one point, I experienced what seemed to be the flu in fast forward -- all the symptoms but within 24 hours -- like a movie. I know how weird that sounds, but I'm not clever enough to make it up.

SO, I suggest you call your closest Walgreen's (actually, any pharmacy. I hear ads for CVS as well) and ask them what their prices are. Their staff is very friendly and the vacs seem to be effective. I KNOW they were not as expensive as that clinic you and your hub went to.

That wasn't an advert, was it? Sorry!

[Portia]

Dawn wrote: "You need to find a couple good cookbooks to improve your stats Terri!!"

Cooksbooks put me in the minus column! I love reading them and then I MUST try the recipe. Hours turn into days.

[Linda]

I will do that Portia! That is good advice.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Dawn wrote: "You need to find a couple good cookbooks to improve your stats Terri!!"

Putting that up my sleeve for later in the year if I still can't get in front. :D

Mind you..I do read every word of a cookbook and some of them have a lot of reading in them. :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Linda wrote: "After three days of Husband nagging (yes, men do nag) me to get the shingles vaccination, I relented yesterday. The clinic was full of people, but he marched me right on in, asked the price, nurs..."

haha. He chose well. Lot of money. ;)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Wow. Did anybody else see the Goodreads site announcement on the new Jane Austen book??

https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/4...

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

P.S..it is an April Fools joke.
They got me, since being a day ahead of the yanks, we have already had April Fool's and I was unsuspecting. :D

[Nancy]

They got me too, though April fools day did seem a little suspicious for such an announcement . . . .

[happy]

I'll admit - I bit

[Nancy]

I got a little chuckle out of it because it reminded me of what Mark Twain said about Jane Austen i.e., every time I think about her I want to dig her up and beat her over the head with her shinbone.

[Mark]

http://whoinscottishhistoryareyou.com/

have a go, I got sir walter scott.

[Mark]

http://www.ntsouthwest.co.uk/2014/04/...

good historical april's fool. Lol.

[Lisa]

I'm Flora bloody McDonald Mark. I've never heard of her!!! : "You don’t take decisions lightly, but once you’ve decided to do something you stick to your guns. Loyal and brave, you’re prepared to put yourself at personal risk to defend a cause you think worth fighting for. Often quiet and unassuming, you see yourself as playing a supporting role – but they’ll be writing songs and making up dances about you in years to come!"

[Jane]

I got neither. I got that thing about the inbox.

[Mark]

Jane wrote: "I got neither. I got that thing about the inbox."

Inbox?

[Andy]

Bonnie Prince Charlie's protector eh then Lisa - every poor english fellah gets to learn that one as a laddie educated in a scots school, that & the two battles they won..... plus the goalposts at Wembley :)

[Andy]

King Robert The Bruce!

So b'have thigh Knaves! lol

[Tim]

Mark wrote: "http://whoinscottishhistoryareyou.com/

have a go, I got sir walter scott."

Lucky you, I'm Flora MacDonald!

[Jane]

Mark wrote: "Jane wrote: "I got neither. I got that thing about the inbox."

Inbox?"

'My inbox' is the little envelope at top where you get and send PMs. Except this thing I got was one of those big square advertisements to the right. They're ALL annoying!

[Jane]

Mark wrote: "http://whoinscottishhistoryareyou.com/

have a go, I got sir walter scott."

I got St. Columba.

[Mark]

never had that.

[Lia]

I am Lady Devorgilla of Galloway:
A very politically and legally shrewd individual, but boy, do you have a sweet heart! You are extremely charitable, utterly devoted to your family and a hopeless romantic who believes in love.

[Tim]

Jane wrote: "Mark wrote: "http://whoinscottishhistoryareyou.com/

have a go, I got sir walter scott."

I got St. Columba."

Hay! He was Irish!
Bloody Scots!

[Mark]

Lia wrote: "I am Lady Devorgilla of Galloway:
A very politically and legally shrewd individual, but boy, do you have a sweet heart! You are extremely charitable, utterly devoted to your family and a hopeless ..."

who is she? never heard of her at all.

[Jane]

Neither have I.

[Tim]

Jane wrote: "Neither have I."

She was married to John Balliol, after whom Balliol college, Oxford is named. Fans of Robin Hood will be intrigued by the fact that he was also the Sheriff of Nottingham for a time. Their son was the (in)famous John Balliol who as the King of Scotland was humiliatingly stripped of all titles by Edward Longshanks of England leading to the nickname "Toom Tabard" - empty coat - see The Lion Wakes by Robert Low

[Tim]

Tim wrote: "..."
Of course that doesn't tell you much about her....
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dervorgu...

[Nancy]

I picked what I thought would be the most macho answers, and got Mary queen of scots! How do they calculate these things?

[Mark]

Nancy wrote: "I picked what I thought would be the most macho answers, and got Mary queen of scots! How do they calculate these things?"

Thats part of the fun, as for how they do it dont have a clue.

[Nancy]

I think it must be totally random, not related to any of your answers :)

[Dawn]

Wow, I am Saint Margaret. Not exactly what I'd pick!


Some facts about the person:
•Margaret heard about the death of her husband and son Edward when she was at Edinburgh Castle, where she died a few days later, supposedly of grief. Her youngest son, King David I, built a chapel in her honour at the castle around 1130. Restored in the 19th century, it is the oldest surviving building in Edinburgh.
•Margaret and husband Malcolm III established Dunfermline Abbey in 1070, and are buried together there. It was said that even in death, their bones could not be separated.

Did you know?
•Sister of Edgar Aethling, Margaret met future husband Malcolm III in 1068 when she and her family sought asylum from the Norman invasion in Scotland.
•She had six sons and two daughters with Malcolm: Edward, Edmund, Ethelred, Edgar, Alexander, David, Edith and Mary. Three of her children (Edgar, Alexander and David) became kings of Scotland.
•Famously pious, Queen Margaret invited Benedictine monks to Scotland and is said to have owned a piece of the True Cross, within the Black Rood of Scotland.
•She was canonised in 1249 by Pope Innocent IV in recognition of her considerable religious and charitable work, and her head became a holy relic!
•The towns of South Queensferry and North Queensferry are named after her. As an expression of piety, Margaret established a ferry across the Forth to assist pilgrims visiting Dunfermline and St Andrews.
•St Margaret’s husband Malcolm appears as a minor character in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth.
•St Margaret was believed by many to provide miraculous help in the dangerous business of childbirth. Mary Queen of Scots sent for her head (held in a silver reliquary) to watch over her as she gave birth in Edinburgh Castle.

[Darcy]

I got Sir Walter Scott too. Wouldn't say I'm delirious with joy, but how they describe him is probably not too off the mark, except for this bit
You’re popular and internationally famed for your own tales
I'm pretty sure I've lead to boring a life for that to be true. Except for this one time at a hostel in Glasgow......

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Am a little chuffed this morning. Joanne Harris tweeted me regarding my review of her new book The Gospel of Loki

She was very nice.

[Mark]

Margaret wrote: "Am a little chuffed this morning. Joanne Harris tweeted me regarding my review of her new book The Gospel of Loki

She was very nice."

Good for you, well done.

[Linda]

Linda wrote: "After three days of Husband nagging (yes, men do nag) me to get the shingles vaccination, I relented yesterday. The clinic was full of people, but he marched me right on in, asked the price, nurs..."

My husband and I both got the shingles vaccine through Kaiser free of charge and then we both got shingles within a year! The doctor said it doesn't always work. Since we both got shingles I'd say odds are it doesn't work a lot of the time. My husbands' lasted a week or two and I was miserable for 7 very long weeks.

[Linda]

My daughter called me yesterday and told me that my 18 year old grandson had gotten a girl pregnant and she was having twins! When I asked questions she said, "April Fools!" Well, today she called and said my 24 year old granddaughter is having twins and she just found out today. I waited for the April Fools and guess what? It's true! What's the chances?

[Jane]

1 in 16

[Gretchen]

Linda wrote: "My daughter called me yesterday and told me that my 18 year old grandson had gotten a girl pregnant and she was having twins! When I asked questions she said, "April Fools!" Well, today she called..."

My twin girls will be two on Monday. My in laws like to tell everyone we had to have twins the second time around so grandma and grandpa didn't have to fight over who's turn it was to hold the baby. Good luck to your granddaughter!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Nancy wrote: "I got a little chuckle out of it because it reminded me of what Mark Twain said about Jane Austen i.e., every time I think about her I want to dig her up and beat her over the head with her shinbone."

I can understand why he would want to do that. I would read a long lost book by her if one was found, but her books give me the irrits.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Mark wrote: "http://www.ntsouthwest.co.uk/2014/04/...

good historical april's fool. Lol."

hahaha. Good one!!!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Linda wrote: "My daughter called me yesterday and told me that my 18 year old grandson had gotten a girl pregnant and she was having twins! When I asked questions she said, "April Fools!" Well, today she called..."


Wow. That must have been a real trip. I bet that messed with your head.

[Linda]

Linda wrote: "My daughter called me yesterday and told me that my 18 year old grandson had gotten a girl pregnant and she was having twins! When I asked questions she said, "April Fools!" Well, today she called..."
Do you think she will ever pull that April Fool trick again?

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Jane wrote: "1 in 16"

Is that the chances of someone having twins? That surprises me. I don't know anybody with twins. Well, there is my Aunt who has adult twins. Other than those twins born in the 80's, I don't know any other.
Is 1 in 16 a US stat or a worldwide stat?

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I got Bonnie Prince Charlie in the questionnaire. Did anybody else get him?

This was his description:
Charming and handsome, you’re pretty confident you deserve to get whatever you want. You also like to dress well, and always look good - whether dressed in your own clothes or those of an Irish maid. Some say you could stand to talk less and listen more, but those would be unkind people, who probably don’t even believe in the Divine Right of Kings.

I have to agree with the last line for sure. :D

[Linda]

Tim wrote: "Mark wrote: "http://whoinscottishhistoryareyou.com/

have a go, I got sir walter scott."

Lucky you, I'm Flora MacDonald!"

Flora McDonald here. LL

Linda wrote: "My daughter called me yesterday and told me that my 18 year old grandson had gotten a girl pregnant and she was having twins! When I asked questions she said, "April Fools!" Well, today she called..."

What are the chances she will run that April fool joke by you ever again? LL