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Paul's Race to 75 Part 6
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Continuing our journey around Malaysia. This time dawn across the island paradise of Pinang.
Books read so far:
1 North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
2 The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff
3 The Guards by Ken Bruen
4 Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
5 Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela
6 Shadow by Karin Alvtegen
7 The Road Home by Rose Tremain
8 One Pair of Hands by Monica Dickens
9 Pure by Andrew Miller
10 The Appointment by Herta Muller
11 The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
12 The Battle of Pollocks Crossing by J.L. Carr
Currently reading
The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie, The Years of Renewal by Henry Kissinger, Unknown by Mari Jungstedt, Zoo Station by David Downing, Jack Sheppard by William Ainsworth
Well hellloooo!
Going panoramic for the picture this time really works for you!
And the book covers look great too, and why Paul, you look great too....hang on, it that a shoe print in your forehead?
Hope St Valentine visits your place quick smart and you have a lovely evening.
Megan - hahaha (ladies of the world unite obviously). Hope you enjoy your evening too and that your two boys sleep long enough for you both to make the most of it.
Joanne - thanks and welcome to the Pinang leg of the tour.
Ray Bradbury is one of my favorite authors. Few can write with such power while using only a few words to portray a vividly clear image.
Linda - you know Sci-Fi is not my thing but am enjoying journeying through the fertile imagination of Ray Bradbury.
"Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future."
Ray Bradbury
"If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down."
Ray Bradbury
"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them."
Ray Bradbury
Linda, words of wisdom indeed...you dooo like Ray Bradbury don't you....isn't Fahrenheit 451 about book destroying and censorship?
Hi Paul, your old thread ran away too fast for me to catch up, so I'm catching you on this new one before it too gains speed and escapes!
Hi Paul - hope you and SWMBO have a great Valentines and that Bambi's homecoming is successful.
Thanks Genny I am struggling to keep up myself! Hope all is well in your Geordie parish!
Calm - thanks so much - I hope you have a lovely day too.
Just checking in after being out of town for a week (which means I missed a thread and a half of yours!). Happy Valentine's!
Amber nice to see you...missed you around the threads for a few days but I noticed that you managed a fair bit of reading on your trip.
What an interesting collection of currently readings -- Kissinger and Bradbury at the same time, makes my head spin!
Greetings, Paul! I'm so enjoying our Malaysian journey. I agree the Kissinger (how old is he anyway) and Bradbury reads interest me and I may need to chichi them out .
Oooh, the skyline of Penang has changed just a wee bit since I was there, oh, 30 years ago... *feeling elderly*
Another beautiful photo, Paul.
You're reading five books at one time?
Happy Valentine's Day !
I was in Penang too--in 1969! There weren't any skyscrapers then. I remember visiting a snake temple, a batik "factory" and a beach. I wonder if they're still there--I'm sure the beach is (or at least a beach).
Hoping for Bambi's imminent return home.
Are you out of the dog house yet, or sitting forlornly chewing your toys?
Hi Paul! I'll be reading The Battle of Pollocks Crossing for my Booker category. I look forward to your reaction.
Hi Paul, I've been away for a few days driving to Wellington and back but have caught up on your thread last night. Hope Bambi's homecoming is positive for you all and that you don't have any more shoes to dodge.
I read The thing around your neck a couple of years ago after attending a session with Adichie at our local writers festival, have you read anything else by her?
I'm very impressed with your current reading Paul. Impressed, but I doubt there'll be book bullets in there for me. We shall see, I may change my mind when I read your reviews.
I'm all caught up. You can put me at the top of the books read list now.
Hi Paul! Hoping your dinner went well and Bambi is snuggled in at home :)
I found that after a light online weekend (because I wasn't feeling well due to a sinus infection and headache) that I was almost 130 messages behind on your threads! I didn't read them all, but I'm calling myself caught up and hope to do better!
I took small revenge on Bambi last night by getting home and taking SWMBO out instead to a local eatery for a Valentine's slap up. Chose a place which is owned by a goos friend and she sat and kept us company for most of the evening as her husband was with wife number 2 for the evening!
Bambi is being collected as I type and will be installed at home by the time I get home this evening.
Belle last night suddenly changed her tune and took severe umbrage that I was out of time in collecting him yesterday. She had written a note for me on her whiteboard with a frowny face picture that I had let her and Bambi down - Bambi apparently isn't complaining!
What a great photo of Penang at night, Paul.
Bambi may have sent telepathic complaints to Belle ... hence the frowny face picture.
That's a beautiful photo topping your thread, Paul.
I admit, I couldn't catch up with the old thread, am starting fresh visiting this one.
Lucy - I like to mix up my reading a fair bit and the opening of Kissinger Part Three talking about the transition of power to Gerald Ford is very interesting.
Kara - and the very same to you - I hope you are inundated with cards from admirers especially from the ones you would solicit!
Lynda - Kissinger is as old as the hills but has a lot of things interesting to say.
Suz - Malaysia has changed a lot in the last 16 years - Pinang especially.
Ellen - thanks Pinang is one of SWMBO's favourite places, famous in large part for its culinary delights. On multiple reading I believe Amber is the queen! Note from her thread that on occasions she reads up to 16 books at the same time!
Deborah - Pinang still has it's Georgetown charms, temples aplenty with or without the snakes, Batu Ferringhi has a long stretch of coast with sandy beaches although the sea on the east coast of the country is better. The last Prime Minister Ahmad Badawi was from Pinang and strongly promoted Batik during his tenure (some would say that it was the only thing he did do)!
Bambi is home!
Jenny - a slight thawing from my
Kerri - so far so good - it is surprisingly light hearted thus far and not what I expected at all but well written certainly and the protagonist is from my home area of England which helps!
Kerry - It takes days to drive to Wellington and back - yikes I'm only going to NZ for three weeks! Hahaha on the shoe dodging she told me yesterday she will throw Kyran's in future as he is already a size 10! My favourite book last year was Half of a Yellow Sun. Read some of the stories of The Thing Around Your Neck and like the first one especially. Would love to meet Adichie as (1) she looks lovely in her photo and (2) she is a young writer of exceptional talent.
Ilana - like you I try to tell it as I see it. So far no disasters among the five. The Mari Jungstedt is pretty much as per her previous two - JL Carr is light hearted but well written and I'm expecting a twist, Adichie is good if you like short stories (which you don't really if I recall), Bardbury is upmarket sci-fi (also not your bag or mine normally), and Kissinger is well...Kissinger. Don't really adhere to the politics but fascinating.
Don't recall you reacting to my Canadian garden gag - does that mean you agree?!
Morphy I'll be over shortly to update and will do so now with bated breath. Hope you are feeling a bit better by the way.
Cee- Thanks and I think he will be the centre of attention for a goodly while.
Lori - I dread getting behind for a few days which I have done once a twice recently and I have now 118 members starred and quickly go into message overload mode. Hope you are feeling A-OK now and that you had or are having a nice Valentines.
Caro - thanks and hahaha on Belle. She really is a clone of her mother - the set of her jaw was quite unnerving last night as she was listing my shortcomings!
Terri - You are welcome at any time! I also have trouble keeping up especially with the time differences between me and most of my pals here. If I'm away from threads too long I start recent and work back just to try and avoid an obvious faux pas. Usually so much in a hurry as I am also trying to sort of run a business that I don't check before I post and finish up posting things like Bardbury instead of Bradbury as I did above!
Paul - no, we drove down in one day and then spent an evening and part day in Wellington before the return trip, threw in a night in Palmerston North on way back. It takes about 8 hours driving time each way. It was meant to be a laid back road trip of about a week in January but the Israeli ambassador decided to go on holiday.
Paul, Canadian garden? I remember thinking what you said about the U.S. garden applied to us too.
Great news about Bambi. That kid is set for life!
Hope you're holding up well and no major drama anywhere today. xx
Kerry travel distances in NZ are quite disproportionate to the time it seems to take to get anywhere. According to http://www.distance-calculator.co.uk/world-distances-wellington-to-palmerston_no... the distance between Wellington and Palmerston North is about 80 miles and it estimates that the journey is 147 km and would take 2 hours and 8 minutes. Should I change my expectations of travel times?
Ilana - Yep good old Bambi - set for life certainly but hopefully the life is not too truncated and the quality of it is ok too. Surprisingly no dramas last night to speak of - even SWMBO has a day off for Valentines! Hope you had a nice Valentine's evening however spent and you would have been recipient of one of my platonic Valentines had I time to have sent it out! xx
Kerry already realise my mistake! You are stopping off in Palmerston North. Travelling from Auckland? Oops sorry for being so slow witted.
>33 avatiakh: I love road trips! I drove to Fiordland with a friend 2 years ago for a 3 night getaway, and my father tried to throw cold water on it all with "its so far to go...all that driving for only 3 nights there etc". But it was ace! Sitting in the car with a good friend, chatting, music, car lollies...and then a holiday in the middle of it all. Couldn't think of a better way to spend time.
Fingers crossed that Bambi gets home and settle ok and that Belle comes right too :)
#37 Megan--- car lollies??? Please translate.
Paul - Wellington to Palmerston Nth is about 1 hr 30-40mins, I was being light on details. There's an infamous murder case that depended on the drive time between the two cities.
Megan - I love a good road trip too. No audiobooks on this trip just a ramble through memory lane with over 10,000 songs loaded on the iPod. You could call it a musical duel as we didn't always want to hear the same music.
Megan - I also like road trips and, as a student, used to travel over to Ireland with two friends regularly to travel around. The first time we went was at the height of the troubles in the North. As we travelled into Tralee there were umpteen Sinn Fein placards and graffiti of an anti-British sentiment that quite unnerved one of our company. He was concerned we may be mistaken for squadies and "taken out". I found this hilarious as the image of myself as a squaddie is nonsensical. The following day he was found under the car checking for "devices" much to the chagrin of both of his two pals (me included) and the absolute amusement of the locals.
Kelly - would guess it is a lollypop, unless it is some kiwi confection beyond my humble ken?!
Kerry - interesting on the murder case (I will make a careful note of travel distances to take account of the possible need of this contingency if the children become too unbearable on our road trip!
>Valentine's slap up
Er... sounds like... um... you sure you want to be sharing that in public?
#42 LOL! I kind of thought the same thing myself.
Paul, I'm eager to hear how Bambi is doing at home. And Half of a Yellow Sun is one of my all time favorite books too.
Morphy possibly a poor choice of phrase given SWMBO's pugnacity however "slap up" does actually refer in this instance to "slap-up meal" an English slang term for a large and sumptuous meal: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/slap-up
Good morning, Paul ---- and Bambi and family. :-)
Your dinner out sounds like a nice one and I'm sure Bambi didn't really mind!
I just can't imagine reading 16 books at one time. There are occasional times when I can have two going at once, but for whatever reason, I'm primarily a one-book-at-a-time reader. Some kind of measure of my intelligence, probably. And I know we've all talked about this before, so I'm not meaning to start up another discussion.
Meanwhile, how is Bambi doing now that he's home?
Waiting to learn what a "car lolly" is.....
Pat - I found this site which is even better on slang terms: http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/s.htm . Bambi is safely installed in the girl's bedroom, a little thin and a little frustrated but he will walk again we are sure of it.
SWMBO was hopping mad as the Vet made no effort to brief her on caring fro Bambi subsequently other than ensuring that the bill was settled before he was given leave to depart. She told me that the Vet wiil be replaced henceforward.
Waiting for her to upload a few photos and then I will share them.
Ellen - lol Bambi and family!
Amber is quite amazing and she manages to keep 16 books going whilst trying to potty train Charlie at the same time!
Bambi is fine.
Belle and Bambi reunited!
Yay for Bambi! That is a precious photo.
Yasmyne with Koo Yong - Everybody happy she is staying until July!
Kerri - thanks.
Complaints from SWMBO - why no picture of her - so here she is on one of the rare occasions smiling!
Is this before or after I found out the bill for Bambi?
Paul, gorgeous opening pic of Pinang, and I love the family photos! Yasmyne is Hani's mini-clone, to be sure!
Thanks Nancy but Belle is the one with the mother's personality!
Sorry guys about the size of the photos - I am trying to figure out how to reduce them down a bit.
Yeah Joe happy day to be honest. Looks like brisk trading over at the cafe too - happy to share what is left of Lynda's champers with you mate!
Hooray, photos! Thank you:)
I love the photo at the top of the thread as well. I'll be going to Malaysia soon -- in a book, that is. Evening is the Whole Day by Preeta Samarsan is my book club's April read. Have you read it?
Oh, Paul, I love all the photos. Bambi looks SO MUCH like my Edgar, it's almost heart-breaking for me. I am thrilled for you and the crew that he is home and appears to be on the mend. And I will shed a little tear for my lost beloved. Belle is clearly happy to have the little guy back where he belongs.
It's also a sweet picture of Yasmyne and Koo Yong. And of you & SWMBO, of course!!!
You are surrounded by a wonderful family, in the most extended sense, Paul. I know you love it, grumbling aside. :-)
Edited with different heart. First one was outta control.
Hi Paul- Wow, way behind! Love the photos! What a good looking & happy bunch!
Love the photos Paul. Easy way to adjust size:
right after the html address followed by the closing quote mark, write:
width="400" before the pointy bracket (include quote marks).
You can replace the "400" with other pixel numbers for different sizes. You can also do the same but specifying height instead.
Just use the preview option to see what it looks like before you post.
YAY! Pictures of the whole family!!!!
Bambi - needs TLC and a few snacks... poor kittie
Belle - sweet and loving (at least it looks that way, lol)
Yasmyne & Koo Yong - beautiful young ladies! Happy friends...
SWMBO - You robbed the cradle! Lovely lady.
You - well, um... you *DO* look quite pained. The vet bill was that bad, huh? Poor, poor Paul :(
What a great family you have!
Thanks for all the pictures, Paul. Not only are you surrounded by women but very good looking women! And you're not so bad yourself.
Bambi looks pretty good. I hope he recovers fast now that he's home.
Love the family pics! Bambi looks surprisingly well for a cat who found out the hard way that he can't fly!
Bambi and Belle reunion pic is precious! Bambi has an expression of "what's with all the fuss?" on her face.
Hooray for Koo Yong staying until July
I have to admit that I was looking more at the cake that was vying for attention in Hani's picture. ;-) SO what kind of cake was that .... curious minds and rumbling tummies want to know.
Love the pic of you and Hani .... was this taken when she refused to give you a slice of the cake?
btw, I'm close to confirming my schedule for KL, and it looks like I'm going to be in KL between March 21 - 24. :-) I'll leave for Hong Kong in the afternoon of March 24.
Anne - thanks. I haven't read Evening is the Whole Day and will be interested in your comments.
Ellen kind and bittersweet words indeed! Grumbling moi?
Mark - thanks most of em are not so bad looking I'll admit.
Ilana - thanks for the editing tips, I'll try it out shortly.
Cee - all laudatory until....! No the photo was taken in JB at a dinner for my MIL. Can't remember but it was probably the food bill that did it.
Pat - thanks for the back-handed compliment! I am pretty blessed as it happens.
Donna - hahaha don't think the poor little fellow will be flying for a while.
Caro - hahaha trust you to spot the food! I'm reliably informed the cake she is dipping her hair into is a carrot cake. Travel dates noted...I'm still in KL then....yay!
Ilana - thanks your instructions worked!
Yes, I see! Something weird with the pic of Yasmyne though... maybe you put in values for both height AND width? Try doing just one or the other.
I agree you have a good looking family and though it's true you look pained, you're still handsomely pained. I'm not as good as you at paying compliments, especially to men, so read between the lines. xx
Ilana - Right again and adjusted back following your advice.
Compliment not bad at all! Now completely clean shaven due to complaints from SWMBO and especially Belle who complained that Daddy's kisses were too sharp! xx
Yay for Bambi homecoming, and happy children again!
Have to agree with Claudia up there saying Yasmyne & Koo Yong - beautiful young ladies! Happy friends....
And waaay back to posts 38, 41 & 45...car lollies are lollies (sweets) bought for a car journey, and then eaten for the duration of said car journey, replenished when necessary of course :) Basically any excuse to indulge.
Paul - you have a wonderful thread -- er, threads (I think I just read through four of them). I really enjoyed the proposal stories, the travel tales and the family photos - and, of course, the latest good news that Bambi is home.
Please extend best wishes for a smooth and pain free convalescence to Bambi from me and my herd of feline companions.
So glad to see that Bambi is home and thanks for sharing the pictures. What a lovely family you have!
My goodness such a busy place. Lovely pictures of your family, Paul. I can see why you are such a happy man.
Megan - Thanks for the comments about Bambi, Koo Yong and Yasmyne respectively. My definition of car lollies was almost correct - Ellen will be happy to get your info.
Dejah - always nice to see "new" visitors here ~ honoured by your presence as I am by all my wonderful visitors - thank you for the very supportive comments and feedback - it is the contributions by all of you that makes this thread enjoyable (if I may and for me too) I am merely the host enjoying the discussion along with everybody else. Will try to find your thread but would be grateful if you could send me a link to make a return visit easier.
Joanne - thank you - I can claim little credit for the well being of Bambi - Hani is a true heroine in this respect whose insistence to give him a second, third and fourth chance has been vindicated entirely - the family follow definitely more in her shadow than mine - I am simply the Paymaster General!
Judy - I am in the pink today although I'm not really sure why - my biggest project I have told the Employer is not feasible without a look at the procurement method (don't really want my fat fee if the Project Owner, also my friend, cannot then service his loans), my Helicopter Centre Contractor is failing miserably and I have issued instructions to take over part of his work to catch up - my UK clients and family business is at war with itself - my Aerospace Manufacturing project has a conference call later today with the client's management three Glaswegian fellows with (to my staff) completely incomprehensible accents - tomorrow I have a site visit in Johor with a poor Canadian couple who engaged a contractor to build their dream home which became a nightmare when the realised that the brickwork was without stiffeners and unsafe to live in (they have engaged me as an "expert" to help them recover some of their money) - I also have to meet an old Korean colleague whose partner has reneged on his development agreement leaving him in the lurch with his building half-finished and he is engaging us to finish it off for him. All this and 118 threads starred and to follow. In short Judy I am a happy man - life is full!
Wow - are you a busy man or what? Between your job and keeping track of our stats here on LT, I guess there is no chance of you getting of bored.
Love the pictures - you are all pretty much as I imagined. Bambi's looking well, although I fancy he seems a little pale. Am sure that SWMBO and Belle will soon have him up to snuff once again.
Charlotte - your clairvoyant ways are able to predict what we all look like? Impressed!
Aw shucks! T'warn't nothin'.
Of course I didn't know exactly what you look like - I just had a picture of you-all in my head and what do you know - it pretty much measured up to reality.
Hahaha Charlotte - SWMBO duly noted that you have no photo on your profile page!
Love the photo sharing, Paul! It's always great to be able to put faces to the names/stories shared in our threads. :)
Thanks Faith - the photos snowballed from putting Bambi on and then remembering to show Koo Yong and then having SWMBO complain as to why I was hiding her - the last one was her idea as I don't much care for photos of myself as can be seen from the unusually grumpy visage.
Hi Grumpy!
You can't fool us - you are still a handsome dude behind the scowl ;-)
Sleep well.....
Hahaha - partly right Cee...I am one of the 7 dwarves anyhow! Have to drive down to Johor Bahru tomorrow (4 hours drive) so will turn in relatively early.
Cee you are classic. Love your comments.
Hi Paul, drive (or be driven?) safely on your trip. My trip to Johor Bahru is mainly memorable for the bus driver trying to get me and my friend to go and stay at his house! I believe he used the phrase "you want beer? I buy you beer".
Cee is a classic, though a very unique one, in her very own category of course!
Paul, now I know SWMBO reads your thread... I guess I'll refrain from being kissy-kissy the way us French folk tend to be though of course you know I don't mean anything by it... *cowering*:
"Hi SWMBO! Friends?" :-D
Hope you have a restful night and good trip tomorrow Paul. You are one busy man!
Paul, your life is so busy, I got tired just reading about it. I hope all your business concerns resolve themselves (in your favor, of course).
Now I'm going to toddle off and have a cup of tea, read a bit, and rest up after my strenuous reading!
I don't know how you can keep up with these threads when you have so much to do managing your RL business! You must be one of the few men who multi-task well. *hides from indignant LT males*
Thanks Megan - did you have any car lollies with you on your JB trip?
Ilana - don't worry about SWMBO she only reads what I draw her attention to! I'm sure you would be friends with her as she is a character, a la Cee.
Pat - didn't sleep too well actually as I had a hour and a half on the phone with my brother as his travails with my father continue.
Judy - things normally resolve themselves ok - conference call anyway was OK even though three of my staff were thoroughly non-plussed by most of the discussion as they could understand about 20% of what was discussed. The tea sounds great.
Caro - honorary female in terms of multi tasking? You forget how many good ladies I have around me to help me cope!
Oooh, *wonderful* pictures! Are all ladies in your part of the world so lovely, or are you just incredibly fortunate to be surrounded by them?
*whispers* Yes, but I read those 16 books *very* slowly...
Oh, and I got peed on today. Sigh.
You forget how many good ladies I have around me to help me cope!
That explains it. :-)
>89 scaifea: Oh, and I got peed on today
Oh dear, sounds unpleasant. By what may I ask?
Paul, I didn't have car lollies unfortunately, but I'm sure I would have had some delicious and bad-for-me Malaysian treat, like Twisties. (PS we didnt go home with the bus driver despite his offer of beer, and we did find accommodation despite his warnings that they were all closed. Sheesh, we could have done with a driver then I think, even if it does go against the back-packers ethos!)
>91 Ireadthereforeiam:: I was referring to Paul's reference to me way up above - I'm working on potty training my 3-year-old.
Amber lovely to see you. If you read em slowly or not 16 books at the same time is still impressive.
Ilana - Isn't that the way all guys cope?
Megan - Yep Amber what happened?
Twisties - a Malaysian institution!
Malaysia is one place where a car is mighty useful as the public transport system sucks.
Amber I fell asleep between typing and posting. Potty training explanation noted and a demerit mark for me for being so slow.
In Johor Bahru this weekend - site visit this morning - family wedding on Sunday. No aircon and limited internet access in between.
>89 scaifea: Oh, and I got peed on today. Hah! You cracked me up, Amber. Thanks for hosting the party, Paul.
Oh, i have been neglecting you of late...but, then, i've been neglecting everybody..so don't feel "special"
I will never get to Malaysia...except in dreams...but, your photos help..
>53 PaulCranswick: Now I know why I like you...you look like a friend of mine (minus the glasses) who lived here...a fellow who helped me so much after my Dad died...Jerry doesn't live here any longer..he moved, to be closer to his daughter....I know, "silly story", but true.....
Stopping by for an 'end of the week' visit and see things are busy as ever on your thread. Great news that Bambi is now home and with a very happy family. Sounds like you are juggling a lot all at once Paul! Here is hoping you find time for a relaxing weekend.
Joe - Amber's confession did more for my day yesterday than it did for hers! Will be over at the cafe later to check on my Yorkshire tea.
Kara - thanks - believe it or not scowling is not my usual disposition.
Jude - long time no see on here! I am regularly over at your place but don't contribute too much as Stephen is monopolising the patter and I can't keep up!
Nice that I remind you of some one you know and like - your crazy witch pictures remind me of.......
Lori - Yeah I dont have too many spare minutes. Not so much driving around to meetings and my reading is suffering this year so far.
Isn't that the way all guys cope?
Only the clever ones. And the really smart ones know how to treat them well too. I know for sure you're one of those Paul.
hahaha Just back from your thread Ilana and not smiling as much as normal. Take care dear. xx
Joe & Paul: Well, I'm so glad I was able to amuse you, sirs. Harrumph! ;)
In Johor Bahru this weekend at the in-laws. Means no aircon and sleeping on the floor. It is supposed to be good for your back but my own doesn't believe that spin and first thing in the morning I feel 105 years old until I get my tea. Has its compensations in the ministrations of my MIL who knows my menu and caters to it every time.
Bad news from UK as my brother called to tell me my Mum is hspitalised with pneumonia again and doesn't look too good. Will try to speak to the old girl later as Peter will call me from the hospital. Looks like one thing after another!
Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear about your mom - I'll be keeping her in my thoughts, Paul.
Amber - you are an erudite, intelligent and amusing lady whether you are trying or no! The idea of Charlie almost making it to the potty but finding his beseeching Mom instead is priceless. He's a lovely kid and you'll look back on those moments as the best of your life!
Good to see Bambi looking well. Hope you are enjoying a slower pace for the weekend.
Crossposting and missed that about your mother.
Thanks Kerry and the same to you on your weekend.
Aw, shucks. Now, let's stop talking about me getting peed on, shall we? Yes, let's.
Hey Paul - I gave up on attempting to catch up, so I'm just starting a new here. Seriously, dude, SIX threads and I barely finished one! :)
Amber it's a deal
Brit - noticed your new thread too. No prsssure to keep up Sweetie I can't manage to do that either.
Paul, I'm so sorry to hear about your mum. I hope she gets well soon, no matter how dire it might look.
I haven't replied to you properly on my thread yet, but once again, your intervention in reply to my lengthy distress signal bowled me over. You're a sweetie Paul, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Hi Paul, bad news about your mums health. Hope she is in the clear asap. Living away from your family can be tough.
>112 Smiler69: You're a sweetie Paul, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
OK, who said otherwise! I'll get the heavies onto them, I know people in low places so no telling Paul he's not a sweetie, OK? *flexes arm "muscles" and prepares to rally international peeps*
Thanks so much for your kind words Ilana about Mum and her son!
"Will try to speak to the old girl later as Peter will call me from the hospital. Looks like one thing after another!"
I hope the old girl is doing well ...... but no air conditioning???? .......
Megan - In you my dear I can literally find strength in my friends! Thanks for the support best wishes and minder duties!
Ilana - I think it is the milk they drink in Christchurch that makes them so hardy and muscular!
Alex - thanks, the absence of aircon is obviously my problem not my mums!
So sorry to hear your Mum has pneumonia again, Paul. Have you managed to speak to her? It must be hard being half way round the world at times like this...
(Glad to hear Bambi made it home safely, btw, and I enjoyed all the photos too, especially the one of you - reluctant though you may be - because I think we've seen the other members of the family before at various times but it's good to have a picture of the illustrious thread-host himself in mind!)
Hahaha Genny I do remember your thread showing your likeness in silouhette from your Portugal trip.
Havent managed to get hold of Mum yet but Peter (my twin - he's the Schwarzenegger, I'm the Devito) says she is comfortable. He will call me when he is at the hospital so I can speak to her.
Hi Paul- Sorry to hear about your mother. Hopefully everything will turn out just fine. Keep us posted, my friend.
11. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Regular visitors here know Sci-fi is not my bag but I gave myself the 12 in 12 task of reading 12 science fiction works of repute. This is a book by someone who writes very very well. In an imagined and obviously impossible Martian landscape humans are slowly attempting to infiltrate. The story alternates long chapters with shorter ones and I found more effective his occasional visits back to earth and particularly his ironic and effective castigation of racism as the black population of the southern states head off for a better world. Still don't like the genre but there is a lot about this book and Bradbury to admire.
Sorry to hear about mum, Paul. Hopefully the hospital staff will get her comfortable and feeling better soon.
Living away from my own family I know how difficult it must be when you receive news of your mum's ill health. I'm thankful and grateful that my brother lives next door to my mum and keeps me abreast of things, and is also on hand to help out.
Caro, thanks - we are in similar positons really aren't we? Peter and my sister Julie live nearby her place and I am relieved that she and Peter have mended fences after a year or so of being at odds with each other.
not even pretending to catch up...
wishing well for our mom, though.....
eta I adore Bradbury... everything he wrote is great in my book..
Have you read Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land?
also wonderful
Hope mom will be better very soon, Paul. Thoughts to you.
I'm with you on Bradbury/Sci Fi. Still, admire your effort to include different genres in your reading experiences. Me, if I don't like it, that's probably not going to happen!
Bradbury's a beautiful writer, Paul. Glad you liked Martian Chronicles. As soon as you get into the context of aliens looking at humans, racism starts looking silly indeed. One of the things I like about the genre. You might enjoy his largely non-sci-fi Dandelion Wine. It had a lot of impact on me as a youngster.
Kath - Heinlein's classic will be up soon this year and thanks for the message of support.
Nancy - We have fairly similar reading tastes as I know but I don't think the sci-fi gets too much in the way with Bradbury.
Joe - Will take up your suggestion on Dandelion Wine as I have it around somewhere.
Paul, an acquaintance of mine, café friend of venerable age and a lifetime reader and intellectual recommended The Martian Chronicles to me several years ago. It appeared on one of my wish lists, but not this one here on LT. I've rectified that now. I'm very new to sic-fi too, so we'll see how it sits with me when I read a few titles this year.
Sci-fi is not my genre really, but I could be tempted as I have a secret liking of it in the cinematic format (dont tell anyone I said that). Ray Bradbury interests me...
Sorry to hear the news about your mum Paul. Glad you liked the Bradbury as I have that one somewhere in the TBR piles and as I am a science fiction fan I will hopefully like it a lot.
Paul, so sorry to hear about your Mom, hope she takes a turn for the better soon.
I'm seconding Joe's recommendation of Dandelion Wine, Paul. It's a great read...grab a flashlight and start hunting down your copy.
The best Bradbury I've every read is Colonel Stonesteel's Genuine Home-Made Truly Egyptian Mummy. It could be the best short story ever!
I'm sorry to hear about your mother's illness, Paul. I pray that she makes a quick and complete recovery.
Ilana, it is interesting as it is almost a platform for him to sound-off about the dangers of the nuclear age and the ills of America in the 1950's.
Megan - I remember being enthralled by the first two Star Wars films and of course LOTR. Tolkein's epic is on my top ten list but generally it is not my favourite genre...that said I have read almost all the Doctor Who books as a teenager.
Heather, Judy, Darryl, Jenn, Anne - thank you so much for your kind words of support re: my mum; they mean a lot to me - seems it is bronchitis but she has had pneumonia twice so her lungs are not so well equipped to deal with it.
Caro -torchlight batteries are being looked for already!
Ren - I am slowly collecting (this year very slowly) Bradbury's oeuvre - will check the short story collections I have to see whether that one is on it.
Thanks so much Pat.
The Battle of Pollocks Crossing by J.L. Carr
Quirky just about sums this one up. In parts light hearted in parts ironically serious. We follow George Gidner from Bradford to South Dakota as he takes up offer of a contract to teach english in a small great plains town. Covers small town politics, the great crash and the writing of history to disadvantage the red man and excuse the white. Not sure the tone of the novel always works but it is certainly well worth the trouble to find out. I'm not a great one for quotes but couldn't resist this one - interested as I am in the plight of the American Indian:
"Let our Hiawatha paddle off into his sunset. But not his people! They dragged themselves off to degradation. First butchered, then starved, now neglected. 'One race indivisible'! Ha"!
I hope your mother improves quickly--thank goodness it is not pneumonia!
Science fiction is as varied as the whole field of fiction--everyone can find something to like within it!
I missed some days, so sending a belated "Welcome Home" for Bambi!
Great family pictures and I am glad Koo is allowed to stay till June. I must have missed where she is staying - still with her mother or is she with your family now?
I am so sorry about your mother being hospitalized and I hope she will recover quickly.
>140 PaulCranswick:: Paul, have you read Carr's A Month in the Country? It's very good (and apparently, the film adaptation with Branagh and Firth is as well but it's not readily available here).
Hope your mom is doing better?
Back to Bradbury for a minute.. Dandelion Wine is my favorite, closely followed by
Something Wicked This Way Comes and of course I also love The Martian Chronicles .
Oh dear.. I feel a reread coming on...
I just read The Martian Chronicles, too. I rated about the same as you.
See?!? We do read the same books on occasion!
Hi Paul!
It's so intimidating to see how many messages I need to catch up on when I come here... but I was brave this morning!
So sorry to hear your Mom is having difficulty. Hope she is comfortable by now.
Your mettle is being tested this year! And I see you are up to it. Soldier on. Make sure to take care of yourself amidst all the turmoil and stress.
Has the wedding taken place yet? Was it fabulous?
Can't imagine sleeping on the floor anymore, though it didn't used to bother me. Argggh!
Hope your ma improves quickly. Glad you enjoyed the Bradbury. I am an sf freak - always happy when someone even if guardedly likes something in the genre.
#140 - Hi Paul. The Battle of Pollocks Crossing - you don't often hear of Booker shortlisted books set in the U.S. great plains. Interesting. As I said, I'm scheduled to read that one this year.
I'm glad you enjoyed the Bradbury. Good for you, reading outside your comfort zone! I love sci-fi, but I realize it's not for everyone. Plus, it's definitely a genre with a high crap content (pardon my rude language.)
Good wishes to your mom! I hope everything is ok.
Roni - Thanks for the good wishes to my mum - your comments on sci-fi are spot on. It is such a varied field in terms of quality as well as subject matter - because I suppose there are few boundaries to it other than the limits of imagination.
Nathalie - Three hobby horses in short shrift - Mum ok, Bambi much better and Koo Yong is staying with her mum who has decided (sensibly) to stay until July.
Laura - I have A Month in the Country but haven't read it yet. Hope to get to it fairly soon - he is an interesting writer to be sure. Haven't seen the movie either but will look it up.
Kath - I surprised myself as to how many Bradbury's I have but this is the first I've actually read. Dandelion Wine is definitely attractive to an old lush like me. Thanks for the kind thoughts to my mum.
Morphy - hahaha wonders never cease! Actually I don't know whether you agree but your reading this year is far more varied than last - as is mine?
Lucy - I would be the last in the group to describe you as a freak! sci-fi or otherwise. Have plenty more sci-fi to go at this year so let's se if we can make me a convert. Passed on everyone's good wishes to my ma.
Kerri - again thanks for the good wishes. I think your idea is a novel one. Let's get Jim to work hard and invent a crapometer where the crud of whatever genre can be shown up for what it is.
Tired after travelling back from Johor Bahru to Kuala Lumpur (340 kms - 215 miles) Huge pile up on the highway and a motorcyclist had gone through the windscreen of another vehicle and the condition of all involved didn't look too good.
Great news on the Bambi front is that he is now able to sit up properly and can just about support his weight and stand for a short while at a time. Erni has turned into a scatter brained version of Dr. Doolittle (in her case Dr. Dooalot) and is massaging Bambi's legs daily with positive results so far. She's a great gal and the cat is already perking up and has put on a little weight.
Yikes Cee I missed you out in my replies completely inadvertently.
Thanks for the kind wishes re my mum. Thought about your situation when Peter told me about my mum upon admission being given some set questions that are apparently new NHS policy. The first was "Do you know when the second world war ended?" which she answered impatiently and they followed this with "Do you know which year we are in now?" - seems the old girl blew her top and pointed out that her problem was her lungs not her short/long term memory!
The J. L. Carr sounds quite different from A Month in the Country, which is a wonderful book. The movie is good too.
Thanks Rebecca I will read A Month in the Country fairly soon.
I hope your mother is already doing better - it certainly sounds as though she is in excellent spirits!
The good news on the Bambi front is great to hear, too. It's wonderful that he's back home where he can be both well cared for and loved.
A Month in the Country is sitting on a shelf, waiting to be picked up and read - I just don't know when I'm going to get to it. I'll look forward to your review!
Dejah, thanks - know how you feel - too many books, too little time!
Ha! Your Mom's story is pretty funny if you don't think about how tragic it is! Whatever happened to reasonability and common sense? She sounds like a spunky lady ;-)
Yay Bambi and Dr Dooalot!
Cee - she is a character - has had pneumonia twice - once just after arriving in Malaysia after the birth of Yasmyne when she gave us a tremendous fright in the early hours unable to breathe. Loves the grandchildren to bits especially Yasmyne and Ryan (Peter's son) who had a stroke as a baby and still "carries" an arm and leg on one side of his body bless him. Has given up smoking more times than I care to remember and now holds the view that she doesn't smoke ~ the cigarette smokes - she just puffs!
Just catching up. Love the photos but sorry to hear about your mum. Does she still live in Yorkshire?
now holds the view that she doesn't smoke ~ the cigarette smokes - she just puffs!
Ill have to pass that one on to my mum, I can just see her using that!
Great news on Bambi and her kind carer :)
pssst ... A Month in the Country is VERY short. You could read it in a day. Brew a pot of tea, curl up in a chair, with a cat if you choose, and enjoy.
Sending get well wishes for your mom Paul... Bambi seems to be recuperating nicely!
Hi Paul, great quote you used in your review of The Battle of Pollocks Crossing.
Erni sounds like she is worth her weight in gold, imagine taking the time to massage your cat's legs! What a great thing to do for Bambi!
Dee - Thanks....my mum is still in a village called South Heindley mid way between Pontefract, Barnsley and Wakefield. She was born there and has never moved far.
Megan - I thought you might like that gag!
Laura - hahaha - When does a short story become a novella and a novella a novel?
Lori - Thanks, I guess SWMBO will be taking some more photos to chart her favourite's progress.
Judy - thanks, it is not often that a quote catches my eye to the extent that I want to write it down.
Here's the thing with Erni and Bambi. Bambi is a stray from a litter of five kittens that the girls found abandoned in the condo stairwell (the mother was hit by a car and SWMBO and the neighbours joined together to get her well, but that is another story). After nursing the kittens to the extent that they could fend for themselves Hani then found homes for three of them but two were left. Belle had already decided the white one Jinxy stayed with us and nobody seemed to want Bambi who was on the zany side of playful. Erni asked me if we could keep him and that she would take care of him - well as everybody knows the ladies in my house can get round me so easily, Erni included, so I agreed.
Back in the office in KL and the meetings stacked up a little. I have our scottish clients here from tomorrow and will be called in for interperative skills in addition to technical ones! Two separate projects kicked off on site today and my poor staff were pleased to see their sleepy eyed leader this morning.
Hi Paul, trying to catch up here, as usual. Add me to the many fans of A Month in the Country. Just a really lovely and quite short book.
Bonnie sometimes the shortness of a book is the starting point of its attraction but some shorter books we are bereft when they end...Of Mice and Men being a prime example of this for me.
Update on the posting "league" for those few interested.
Now 6 people have more than 1000 posts
24 people have more than 400 posts
Top ten unchanged for the whole month
Richard of course still on top of the pile.
Good morning, Paul! Lovely to hear about Bambi's recovery process, and the good news about your mom!
Thanks Amber.
As an add-on to the stats race, the 75ers seem to have made it through another start-of-the-year rush. We peaked at nearly 7500 messages in a week and are now down around 3500.
Jim this also shows in the number of individual posts during January compared to February.
Richard topped the poll in January with 1075 posts - he now has 1572 and still leads.
I have the most posts in February (most people would say that Bambi has the most posts) and it is presently half of Richard's January total with 2/3rds of the month gone.
Hi Paul- It looks like the 75ers still rule! It's the place to be. Glad to hear Bambi is doing so well. Go Bambi!
Hi Paul! What a lovely picture in your first post! And some great family pics too! Glad to see that Bambi is home and doing better!
Good news about your mother - yay! Good news about Bambi - yay!
Re: #78 - Tell SWMBO, if you will, that I am a little (a lot, really) camera shy. I don't think I own a picture of myself that isn't 25 or 30 years old. I once totally disgusted my aunt by hiding out in the ladies' when the photographer came around at the Whaling Master's Descendants annual luncheon meeting. I must have been in there for 15 minutes, but when I finally re-appeared he was still there! (I think the people at our table thought that I was in the Witness Protection Program.) He finally got to snap the picture, but mercifully I never had to see it.
Mark - even after the start of year rush has died down we have still six times more activity than any other group....so you're right we do literally rule!
Chelle - been watching your house hunting with some interest and a modicum of envy. Thanks for taking time to browse the photos and hope that your trip was as successful as it certainly appeared to be from here.
Charlotte - hahaha great story about avoiding photos - Witness Protection Program ...classic
Erni is also notoriously camera shy and she has so little to be shy of ...as do you I'm sure!
Hi Paul!
You won't regret taking a wee bit of time to read A Month in the Country - echoing similar sentiments above.
Hi Paul, dropping by to wish you... I guess a good day, since I'm ready to turn in for the night. xx
Cee - Carr certainly seems a popular writer. He was an eccentric teacher and later headmaster who publihsed his own work and other works through his Quince Tree Press. The Battle of Pollocks Crossing was based in some part on his experiences teaching in South Dakota in the 1930's. A fellow Yorkshireman, he was disarming apparently and mildly amused with the late acclaim generated by his 8 novels - I like this quote attributed to him:
"James Lloyd Carr, a back-bedroom publisher of large maps and small books who, in old age, unexpectedly wrote six novels which, although highly thought of by a small band of literary supporters and by himself, were properly disregarded by the Literary World". (Vogue)
Well. 120 posts. No prob. I'm practicing my speed-reading skills.....
So, having skimmed through:
I read The Martian Chronicles back in high school and remember absolutely loving it. I never really took to sci-fi and I don't know why since that was my first shot at it and, truly, I remember it as one of my favorite reads from that phase of my life. Maybe I should give it a re-read and/or try another Bradbury....
Sorry your mum was ill. Glad she seems to be better.
Thrilled that Bambi is on the mend and sending a soul-sister hug to Erni who is being such a great cat-caretaker. I love knowing there are others out there who are such softies.
As an aside along those lines, I have a little animal story from today's visit to the Botanical Garden. As background, the island of Kauai is greatly inhabited by wild chickens. They are everywhere. They were introduced and have no natural predators on the island (especially now that the spey-and-neuter program has successfully reduced the feral cat population), and a large number of them (bred and kept for fighting, sadly) were accidentally freed in a hurricane during the 1990s. Anyway, there was a hen with seven adorable chicks wandering around the section of the garden where we were this morning. The chicks couldn't have been more than a week old. The hen, being less intelligent than I would have thought, didn't seem to realize that the little ones could not successfully follow her into and (more importantly) back out of a little ditch she wanted to cross. She crossed a couple of times and kept coming back to encourage the little ones to follow. Finally, we saw that she was on the other side with --- uh oh, only five chicks now. The other two were down in the ditch, struggling to get out and heading toward a drowning. Our tour guide simply knelt down and scooped them up and set them down in the direction of mama chicken. They scurried off with her in a lovely happy ending. I'm not thinking about how often this occurs without a softie tour guide there to assist.......
Now, back to you, Paul! ♥ Thanks for keeping up our stats! And I might join you for a reading of A Month in the Country. It's been on my virtual list for a while.
Ellen, the consensus seems to be that there is Sci-fi and there is Bradbury - if you don't care for Sci-fi don't rule out Bradbury. Don't know but so far that has panned out for me.
Nice chicken story - I wonder if that is staged for the benefit of tourists on a regular basis, absolute cynic that I am.
Still keeping up the stats. It is slowing down a touch now as Jim points out but the numbers going over a hundred posts increases too. I will raise it to qualification 250 posts from next month.
Quiet around here in the last day or so which is lucky as my life is overly full at the moment.
My father continues to wage war upon my brother with a view to ruining his life and taking all the money from their company. He has attempted to embroil me in the dispute by alleging ridiculously that I am somehow assisting my brother siphon money from their company (this on account of very subsidised professional services provided to their company over four years). Fuming actually and it is all so unnecessary as my company can fully substantiate that we have been underpaid!
Ilana - just noticed that a post from you landed at the same time as one of mine and I missed it. (#178). Nice to see you have had a positive few day and that you old man is making more effort than mine. Reading between the lines he obviously cares but is too self absorbed and judgemental to communicate it properly.
>182 PaulCranswick: boo on horrible family dramas. It very disappointing when family members let you down so spectacularly.
Oh wow, 3 threads caught up on, and too much to comment on. Hope you get rid of the grrrr's concerning those recent family dramas with your Dad. Hope your mum is feeling better as well. Really happy to hear that Bambi is home and doing good and lastly, I have to say Paul that your daughters are drop-dead gorgeous! Have you got that lonely chair in the corner with the huge lamplight ready for potential suitors to be interrogated by? My husband has his corner organized when the girls were about 3!
catching up:
lovely family pictures
:-( your dad
hope your mum is doing better
and YAY for Bambi and caretaker Erni
Oof Paul, this seems to be the week for family company dramas. I just loaned my rather broad shoulders to a friend (from Petaling Jaya) whose younger brother has been causing no end of problems for his dad and himself by over-promising clients on the services and products they can provide. Because he's the youngest of 5 sons, he's a pampered, spoilt, self-centred lunatic (but I won't tell you how I really feel about him). He's one of the sales managers for their company so all he wants is to get an order and then he drops the ball in my friend's lap because he's in charge of fulfillment and resource allocation. He has also been getting his mother (he's already 42 years old, married with 2 kids) to pay for his new BMW and some credit card bills. I've know the family for years and he's still the same reckless individual he was in his early 20s.
I'm sorry your dad is attempting to drag you into the fracas ... and hopefully your brother won't lose much hair in frustration over this.
How's mum doing?
Megan - thanks, it is sometimes to be cherished that I refused when approached to return back to UK and join my father and brother in the then family business. I am much better off in my tropical idyl.
Leonie - hahaha regarding the lonely chair. Must admit that I am not looking forward to interviewing possible suitors for the two little madams. The boys themselves will have their work cut out too given the character similarities to SWMBO.
Anita - nice to see you and your succinct catching up summary brought a smile to my eye.
Caro - thanks for sharing the story. Sounds like a fair number of PJ businessmen to be quite honest. My own BIL (not a business man by any stretch of the imagination) is in his 30's has three children (the oldest of whom is still under three) and lives with my retired in laws with his growing family without contributing much to their upkeep. The three kids are precious though.
Good news on the mother front! She has been discharged from hospital and is at home. A bit weak but seemingly on the mend so hopefully that is one worry less.
Yaaay for good news about mum, Paul.
Sounds like a fair number of PJ businessmen
LOL... i had a bit of a giggle at that .... I could just picture a bunch of other PJ bizmen up in arms and pulling out bank statements and dragging their kids and parents out in their defense, to prove they're not deadbeats.
It crosses the waters too, my BIL is a chump and when he was in his 40s and divorced, he dumped his eldest son on his parents who were in their late 70s while his ex-wife had custody of the younger 2, and had his parents pay for his child support fees, while he gallivanted with a woman he'd been having an affair with and rented a gorgeous apartment by the ocean on Long Island. He's stolen from his parents, traumatized his 2 younger kids and is, in my opinion, an idiot with a bolded capital 'I'. But his parents still want us to include us in family holiday plans and accuse my husband of not helping his brother out more! Eh?
Caro - hahaha my BIL is also my MIL's favoured offspring - there seems to be some quotient that the more problems children heap upon their mothers the more they adore and defend the child!
Interesting. Thanks for the info on Carr, Paul. I should read more by him. Will check that out :)
Glad to hear your mother is better - and home!
Father - no comment *heavy sigh*
Yeah Cee Mr. Carr was yet another interesting Yorkshireman!
Greatly relieved about my Mum - she is not the strongest health wise and stubborn in that her refuge is normally nicotine flavoured. She was hoping to come out to Malaysia again later in the year and if she gets up her strength I will buy her a ticket to do so.
She had always warned Peter (as had I if truth be known) against entering into business with our father who she refers to as "the Rat". It is one of the few times that a mother will be unhappy to be proven right - ignore a mother's advice at your peril!
I'm stopping by to see if there is news re. your mom...I'm delighted that she is better.
Now, I'm saddened by the behavior of your father. The old adage re. we can choose our friends but not our family rings true eh?
My crazy mother once accused me of stealing my grandmother's art work. In fact, the "art work" was a velvet painting that she displayed above her sofa.
Struggling to keep up with the posts this last week to be honest as life takes a stranglehold.
The addage does ring true but I feel we are always better to have stared into the face of adversity and without blinking got stronger as a result.
My wonderful father has sent a birthday card for Yasmyne (it is next week) from "a loving grandad"! This despite terming all my three "half-breeds" not so long ago. He really is difficult to comprehend. Of course the card is placed centrally on the mantlepiece as the children do not know of their grandfather's nicety of expression!
Greetings Paul, I am so very far behind but scrolled down slowly enough to catch the great pictures of you, your family and Bambi. My goodness, he looks mischievious and as if he's planning his next caper.
Ugh, as if you don't have enough on your mind, family issues enters the mix. Hope all is rectified soon. I think I missed your mom's problems but comments sound promising.
Lynda - thanks for at least trying to catch-up!
Bambi is mischievous but hopefully his capers are at an end as I think 8 and three quarter lives have been used up already. His sister does not seem to happy to see him back home and I think she is frustrated that they are unable to frolic as before.
Thought this was appropriate considering my brother's and my situation with my father.
Jinxy complained that her brother is getting all the attention.
What a piece of work your father is. Amazing how civilly you treat him Paul.
Bonnie - I can never alter the fact that my father is who he is. He is responsible for making me who I am for better or worse and forgiveness is, for me, one of the most important facets of life. That said I am not prepared to sit idly by whilst he destroys my brother and his family but neither will I see my brother exact a full measure of revenge when he rightly prevails. I want my father, who in fairness has always had a tremendous work ethic, sail off into the sunset, comfortable in his old age and with a grudging respect for the fact that evolution proves that the human race generation upon generation get smarter, fairer and more merciful and more tolerant.
Oh Paul... I hope you're right with that last comment. I'm not feeling quite as optimistic as you these days. As others have said, I'm really glad your mum is on the mend, but too bad about that nicotine habit. Nasty stuff! Your dad... well, you mum's name for him "the Rat" made me smile. Sheesh, with all the family drama around here, who needs to read novels anymore? All the drama and suspense you want right here folks! *sigh*
Hugs. Love the kitty pic.
Thanks Ilana - we do have a fair bit in common don't we? My reading has suffered this month and I am certainly behind schedule in my 12 in 12. Thanks for being a friend and well...you.
Oh fer pete's sake, if it's not one parent, it's another. Weird, from my perspective, as an "orphan" (both parents dead by the time I was 33 years of age), but there are some things I don't regret not having to deal with....
Jinyx is very cute and appropriately demanding of her attention.....
Hang in there, Paul, as you know you have a community of supporters here.
And: there is Sci-fi and there is Bradbury ---- yes, well, I think I'll set myself up for a summer Bradbury-a-thon. Maybe I can get a few souls to join me.... I'll start with The Martian Chronicles.
Re: #201 - Paul, you are clearly a fine human being and a much better one than I. I don't think that I would ever wish good things on a parent such as yours after the horrible things he has done and said. I am afraid that once I am shat upon, I do not forgive.
Hope Jinxy reconciles with her brother soon. Cute picture (Is that her bag? I do love a red bag.)
Hi Paul- Sorry to hear about the family problems. It seems to be an epidemic around here lately. Try to enjoy the rest of your week, my friend.
Family Drama is the worst. The worst.
I hate it.
Glad that your mom is doing better, and kitty too!
Hi Paul, sorry I am not commenting much right now. Let me just say that I am feeling with you. And I loved what you wrote here and could directly apply it to my dad (although the problems are different, well - most of them):
"I want my father, who in fairness has always had a tremendous work ethic, sail off into the sunset, comfortable in his old age and with a grudging respect for the fact that evolution proves that the human race generation upon generation get smarter, fairer and more merciful and more tolerant.
#210: That's so true. It's because you can't really run away from it. You can free yourself from abusive partners and everyone will say 'finally - well done', but you can't turn away from your parents once they've reached a certain age.
And *waves* to Jinxy!
Ellen - thanks for the support amid my parental troubles. On the positive side I spoke to my mum this evening and she is weak but sounds ok. She has a good friend, Liz, staying with he for a few days - I have great friends, including so many here, and so does she in Yorkshire.
May be up for a summer Bradbury but I would have to go with Dandelion Wine due to acclaim from Joe and Caro.
Charlotte - hahaha as forthright as ever! Don't think it is anything too unusual to be caught in the quandary of loving our parents unconditionally without being able to accept the dastardly deeds they do.
The red bag is a Longchamp belonging to Yassie. What the heck a 14 year old is doing with a Longchamp bag heaven knows.
Mark - thanks mate the week is waning quickly and I seem to have achieved very little. A trip to Chicago or a visit to your friend the bear is San Diego would be uplifting for me...if only.
Lori - hahaha your post is purrfect.
Kath - we seem to share a propensity for a lively family environment. Good luck with managing yours too. Have you managed to clog your SIL's arteries sufficiently on good ole fast food yet?
Thanks for your kind words Nathalie - I must admit I follow your thread with a shared trepidation concerned as I am as a fellow business person that your business gets the support I'm sure it deserves. xx
Hi Paul. I manage to go from part four to part six, missing an entire thread. Me being lazy or you making speed conversation? Well, a bit of both I guess.
Read Martian Chronicles last year and enjoyed some of the stories a lot. Some of them not so much. But I have plans to read more Bradbury. He's a good writer for sure.
great news on your mother Paul!
family conflict can be draining to the soul....hang in there :)
I'm glad your mom is home and doing better, Paul. I hope that knot with your father gets resolved, and your next few days are better than their predecessors.
Carsten - nice to see you! Looking at your varied reading this year I don't think you could be described as lazy.
Lucy - thanks, Bambi is making slow and very steady progress. I was looking at him last night and it crossed my mind and chilled me somewhat to think how close the little fellow came to not being with us.....if SWMBO had listened to the Vet his cheeky face would no longer be seen around the house.
Kara - thanks for the support! - now trying to manage my mum's concerns regarding my brother and his family.
Joe - family are a worry and a pain and a joy and a comfort and a bane! Each day we get something different and sometimes much more or much less than we bargained for!
Bambi's little brother is cute too! Sibling rivalry rears its head even in the cat world I see :)
evolution proves that the human race generation upon generation get smarter, fairer and more merciful and more tolerant
I really really hope that is the case Paul, I am a little more pessimistic Im afraid but love your optimism.
Megan - just back from your thread and saddened to see that yesterday was a stinker for you. I think you are an embodiment of the sentiments I stated and you quoted above one dismal day notwithstanding. xx
Thank you Paul (did we cross post then!?), feeling better by the minute thanks to you :)
Aw shucks and blushes. Enjoy what's left of your Thursday.
Hidey-ho Paul ..... what's new pussycat? Love the pic of Jinxy. My uncle had 4 Siamese cats and I loved going over to play with them. I like cats in general, but my favorite breed is the Siamese.
Awwww... Jinxy is so sweet! Be sure to give her plenty of attention too - so she won't try the flying act to get your love :)
Quick catch-up. So glad to hear your mom is doing better. It's so hard to be so far away...
And another beautiful kitty!
Checking in after an evening of college hoops. Hope all is well in KL!
Caro - like Tom Jones and can do a decent impression of him but no ladies have ever thrown their underwear at me. Jinxy is a tad bad tempered of late due to the brothers struggles methinks. From the same litter and not a siamese in sight so I can't explain why she looks as she does.
Cee - lovely to see you - had to pull her off the high wall a time or two already. Hopefully she keeps her footing better than Bambi
Joanne - you are right about distances - sometimes feel with my brother/father situation I could solve their dispute if I was over there but who knows......
Ilana - gratefully received and surreptitiously returned! Awfully packed day to be honest and I am ready to drop. 20:05 and about to leave the office for home via the chemist to buy gaviscon for SWMBO's stomach.
Roni - "college hoops"? Is that basketball? All is fine here my dear but there are not enough hours in the day at the moment to keep on an even keel.
Good morning Paul! (Or I guess Good Evening on your side of the world!)
Jinxy looks adorable! Couple of cute cats you have there!! I can see while the kids are so fond of them!
Mine has taken to hiding from the dog underneath blankets! While my sister was housesitting she could not find Taz (the cat) because she was sleeping under the covers on the spare bed!
Cats are a special breed of creature!
Thanks Chelle - would agree about the cats they have characters of their own. Hope you find Taz in time to relocate to New Scotland!
>228 PaulCranswick: So far away, doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?
Hey Paul, let me know if you'd like to meet up on the evening of March 22 or 23 or during the day on March 24? I've got some other friends who want to plan some stuff with me but I've known them for years so I'd rather give you first dibs on date/time and then work them around your schedule. :-)
I do have to get on a flight to HK on March 24 though at 6pm.
Joanne - actually my mum has never moved from the small village she was born in 67 years ago. I'm the traveller in the family.
Caro - 23rd is out as SWMBO would kill me - its our wedding anniversary! Either of the other dates are fine with me; I am happy enough to defer to your other friends don't worry.
I'd bet your head would land more than a shoe if you had an LT meet-up on your wedding anniversary Paul :) Haha
Megan I am only lucky that SWMBO is not keen on high heels and her shoes don't have so many sharp edges!
lol, too true!
I haven't resorted to shoe throwing (yet?) but have thrown Andrews dinner plate out the window when it was placed un-thoughtfully on the "dishes already washed" side of the sink. Not my proudest moment, but pretty funny nonetheless.
We had a laundry basket near to the window when we stayed on the 10th floor of a condo in Johor shortly after getting married. I used to do my Bond and Moneypenny trick and throw my discarded clothes towards the open basket with varying degrees of success. SWMBO had warned of the consequences of this fun on several occasions. I missed the basket with my favourite Christian Dior shirt only to see SWMBO pick it up and hurl it through the open window and ten flights down. Poor Dior never saw it again!
Dear Paul
You are very popular...lots of posts since I last visited.
I'm very glad you are a part of the 75 challenge group!
Waving Hi! Can't stop yawning - hope I can stay awake long enough for the Knife to be repaired by the armored bear! So sad I am reading the last book of the trilogy His Dark Materials. Oh well... no shortage of books here :)
Paul, I wish I was in a mood to dredge up some of the high jinx I performed to my ex-boyfriends' horror. I'm for sure *that crazy woman* in the stories they tell their friends about their exes. But hey, may as well leave them with some memories. They'll have lived a little. ;-)
I simply can't keep up!!! 200 plus posts -- whimper. And all full of news - makes me feel as if I've been doing nothing but work. Which is kinda true. Delighted Bambi is home -- that cat is probably the luckiest feline around. As for fathers -- sigh. I have to say you're a lot more mature and resigned that I feel able to be. yet. Maybe one of these years. I do know that growing up in my family has left me so conflict-averse that I just collapse and fall apart when someone yells at me or argues.
I learned not to throw things during my first marriage. That man could push my buttons, and I was young, stupid and a redhead! I threw a head of lettuce at him, he ducked and was outta there. The lettuce exploded against the wall and I was left picking up pieces of lettuce and wiping the green marks off the wall.
>237 PaulCranswick: oh, that is good! I hope she wouldn't throw a plate out a 10 storey window!? I wouldn't, I'm sure I wouldn't....
>242 DeltaQueen50: he he he, there's nothing like your nearest and dearest to promote feelings of utter rage :)
I think I've caught up almost in time for a new thread.... ;)
Linda - lovely words from a lovely lady. It is huge hearted individuals like you that make this group special, I think I have said it elsewhere on other threads but your example of offering comfort to others even when in emotional pain yourself is a tremendous example to me. Thanks so much.
Cee - I have seen your list of books so I know you are completely inundated!
Ilana - I am sure that you have lived life to the full! I over indulged myself in a frantic 2 years before marrying SWMBO in as cosmopolitan manner as possible with chinese, indian and malay girlfriends mostly overlapping. Surprisingly I am far more happy with the more mundane existence of a settled married life (at least I retain sufficient reflexes to avoid flying objects) so I can understand you being comfortable with a mellower and less intrusive form of existence as am I. I look back fondly on my days especially with the girls who made me work a little as I'm sure your exes look fondly back on their time with you.
Hi Suz - Not sure I agree about Bambi totally. I was choked watching his painful progression across the living room dragging himself along. Hopefully with SWMBO and Erni on the case he will continue to improve - he has a session with a different vet on Monday to see if we can help him with his mobility and do some physio.
Judy - I learned early in my marriage to beware of salads! My first serious relationship was with a redhead - who surprisingly enough was not obviously fiery although our eventual blow-up scarred me for almost a decade with ladies.
Megan - SWMBO has calmed down somewhat over the years (or rather transferred her attentions more to Kyran and Yasmyne - the clone always escapes her attentions) but she did move on to pitching wooden fruit at me in the vain attempt to persuade me that they could indeed be edible.
Tania - Your appearance, like a robin signifying spring does tend me towards the continuation button.......ok I'll keep going a little longer.
I am not really caught up, as I have just skimmed, but it looks like things are relatively
smooth and calm for the minute?
Paul- Just swinging through to say hi! Hope all is well and you have a terrific weekend.
Yeah Kath floating into the weekend - Brother and Father still destroying each other, Mother better but weak, cat still not able to walk, SWMBO her usual emotional self, work tomorrow to check whether we should terminate a contractor who is delaying a project and hopefully three books to finish over the weekend
Mark - and the very same to you Sir! I hope Chicagoland is not too wild, wet and windswept in comparison with last weeks venue.
Hi Paul, What if you got a very small skateboard for Bambi and taught him to use his one good leg to push?
>249 -Cee-:: a very small skateboard for Bambi:
Like this? Complete with propeller beanie!
The internet is a wonderful thing. Here are more cats on skateboards!
LOL! Very cute pictures. I like the one of the cat sleeping on skateboard ;-)
I was thinking more like this for Bambi:
#249 - I think I remember seeing something like that on The Dog Whisperer, with a little paraplegic dog! He had some sort of wheeled contraption that he scooted around on. I'm pretty sure it made me cry.
>248 PaulCranswick:: Paul, I admire your sunny outlook with all the bleak things happening in your life. Let's hope things improve for you... and soon.
It's good you have plenty of LT friends to send you funny pictures to put things in perspective. And then there are those three books awaiting completion. Life isn't all bad. Have a great week end!
Cee - what a good idea but I have a feeling that I would most likely fall over it on a regular basis. Your skateboard shot even looks like Bambi.
Laura I'm not sure how aerodynamic your board would be! Good idea though but I think Bambi better not be encouraged to fly!
Kerri - you would have had a tear in your eye this morning watching the stoic little fellow. I am someone supposed not to like pets but my heart melted immediately (shh don't tell anybody I'm becoming a softie).
Donna - as usual lovely and eloquently expressed words from you! Have a lovely weekend yourself.
My kids wouldn't be surprised to know those cats are better on a skateboard than I am, Paul. I'm still hearing about my (lack of) rollerskating prowess.
Joe - still more we have in common then mate.
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The basic premise of applied psychology is the use of psychological principles and theories to overcome problems in other areas, such as mental health, business management, education, health, product design, ergonomics, and law. Applied psychology includes the areas of clinical psychology, industrial and organizational psychology, occupational health psychology, human factors, forensic psychology, engineering psychology, as well as many other areas such as school psychology, sports psychology and community psychology.
Some literature on the general theory of symmetrical arrangement: p. 75-76
L'inegalite dans humaine; Vers l'unite du type humain; L'anthropo-psychologie et l'anthropo-sociology; Les origines mysterieuses ou incertaines des peuples et des races; Le roman de le la race franecaise; Y-a-t-il des peuples condamnes a rester eternellement inferieurs aux autres
From Red Letter Press catalog: Exposes rightwing conspiracist LaRouche's origins and dangerous political trajectory. Examines the sexism, homophobia, racism and anti-Semitism that underlie the LaRouche movement.
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Giant ketchup bottle up for sale in southern Illinois
By Mary Wisniewski
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Want a giant historic order of fries with that?
A water tower shaped like a 170-foot-tall ketchup bottle is for sale in southern Illinois, along with an adjacent warehouse, an owner said on Wednesday. Fans fear the 65-year-old landmark, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, might be in peril if a sympathetic buyer isn't found.
Bethel-Eckert Enterprises used the Collinsville warehouse for a food distribution business but is now selling the property along Route 159 for $500,000, said co-owner Larry Eckert.
The red-and-white tower was built in 1949 for the bottlers of Brooks ketchup, according to catsupbottle.com, the website of the World's Largest Catsup Bottle fan club. The red-and-white tower was restored in 1995 with funds from volunteers, Eckert said.
Eckert, who has not had any offers yet, hopes a buyer will preserve the bottle.
But not every Illinois historic landmark has been saved, said Mike Gassmann, who calls himself the "Big Tomato" and helps run the club.
"I don't even like to think about that," Gassmann said in an interview with the St. Louis Fox television affiliate.
Collinsville, home to the annual Catsup Bottle festival, is about 15 miles from St. Louis.
(Reporting by Mary Wisniewski; Editing by Bill Trott)
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Today's Oracle takes us to the Leo weekly for August 13, 2010
The way the planets are aligned, you may wake up to the reality of a situation the moment before it's too late; that is, just in the nick of time. This is an old story — something similar may have happened at this time last year, and you thought you got the message and moved on. I suggest that, without going paranoid, you scan through the various situations in your life, and look over your desk and your appointment calendar and your bank statements, and make sure everything is in order. Listen to what people say to you and discern whether they're telling the truth. Be methodical. Start with the obvious and then, as you gather information, allow the process to continue for the next month or so. What you discover will make a difference, and may not only save you considerable trouble in the future — it could be a source of significant profit. But initially, it's going to look like a problem, to which you will come up with the solution; and that turns out to be an invention.
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SUSAN COMFORT: Constitution ensures equal rights for gays
Enshrined in the U.S. Bill of Rights are the principles of equality and freedom — values that we can all agree are the most fundamental basis of democracy and human rights. No group or individual should be denied these rights, and yet we have laws that deny marriage equality to millions of lesbian and gay Americans.
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule today on Proposition 8, California's 2008 legislation denying people their basic human rights of marriage.
The court should overturn this law and reinstate the legality of gay marriage. Proposition 8 was a ballot initiative supported by a majority of voters (52 percent) in California, and some may argue that for this reason it should be upheld by the courts.
However, any student of history knows that it is wrong to put discrimination to a vote. Indeed, our Constitution is there to protect minorities from ill-conceived, short-sighted legislation. We are truly fortunate to have broad consensus in this country that we all possess certain "inalienable rights." Let's make sure that we uphold them for everyone, and support LGBT marriage rights.
On Friday night at the Indiana Theater, there will be an event (a panel discussion followed by a movie) organized by the Indiana Center for Community Growth to bring people together to support interfaith dialogue and safe communities in our region.
Organized by the center in collaboration with the Indiana Cares Campaign to End Homophobia, this event is scheduled to coincide with celebrations around the world in June to recognize Gay Pride, and it is also part of a six-month series featuring events and film screenings on social and environmental justice.
In planning these events, our goal has been that Indiana continue to be one of those special places where democratic dialogue, civic participation and dynamic leadership thrive. Please join us.
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Thursday, June 20, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (CDT)
Event Details
We're Baaack! MPUG Chicago presents What's New in Project 2013, plus Pizza, Prizes, and Practice!
Event Description:
Join the Chicago Chapter of the international Microsoft Project User Group (MPUG) for a unique chance to see and work hands-on with the 2013 releases of Project, Project Server, and SharePoint with the latest touch devices at the Microsoft Store in Oak Brook -- or BYOD, even if it starts with the "i" word!
We'll start in the Microsoft Downers Grove office with pizza (sponsored by Microsoft) and presentations and live demos of new features such as:
- The new Project Online "cloud" version of Project Server
- Creating light-weight projects and tasks in SharePoint (cloud or on premises) and using automated workflows defined in Visio without code to promote some of those projects to Project Server, without rekeying anything and with all of the tasks unified in My Tasks views
- Interactively creating new Dashboard views of a project in Project Pro
Then for the hands on experience, we'll move to the nearby Microsoft Oakbrook Store (49 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, IL 60523, 630-288-3420).
This event is FREE, even if you're not an MPUG member, so invite your colleagues too. But if you plan to come, register now before it "sells" out!
6:00 – Registration, Networking & Dinner - Sponsored by Microsoft
6:30 - Introduction and Agenda - Dan Friedrich, MPUG Chicago President
6:45 - What's new in Project Server 2013 and Project Online - Bryan Quick, Microsoft Solution Specialist for Enterprise Project Management
7:10 - What's new for Project in SharePoint 2013 - Dan Friedrich, CEO/CTO of FK&A, Microsoft Project Partner
7:35 - What's new in Project Pro 2013 - Ellen Lehnert, Microsoft Project MVP
8:00 – Move to Microsoft Store for hands-on with these products - Facilitated by the speakers
Learning Objectives:
During this event, students will learn the key new project management capabilities of Microsoft Project Pro 2013, Project Server 2013, SharePoint 2013, and Project Online.
Speaker Bios:
Bryan Quick is a Microsoft Solution Specialist for Enterprise Project Management for Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. He has significant experience rolling out and administering Project Server in real-world deployments, including Classified Ventures and the American Bar Association, and he is a Certified Scrum Master.
Dan Friedrich is President of MPUG Chicago, and CEO/CTO of Friedrich, Klatt and Associates (FK&A), a Chicago-based Microsoft Silver Certified Partner named Microsoft's Global Partner of the Year in 2007 for Enterprise Project Management. His firm's products include a Microsoft Project Server Business Intelligence package with over 150 Dashboards and a suite of Microsoft Project Pro add-in tools for managing Master Schedules.
Ellen Lehnert, PMP and Microsoft Project MVP, is a Consultant/Trainer for Microsoft Project and Project Server. With over 20 years of corporate training and consulting experience, Ellen has taught Microsoft Project over 400 times. She is the author of "Managing Projects using MS Project 2010 Desktop" courseware, a co-author of "Managing Projects using MS Project 2013" courseware, a contributor and tech editor for many reference books, a developer for the Project 2010 & 2013 certification tests, a board member of Chicago MPUG, a frequent meeting speaker, and author of a monthly column for the MPUG newsletter.
When & Where
Microsoft Chicago Downers Grove
3025 Highland Parkway, Suite 300
Downers Grove,
Thursday, June 20, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (CDT)
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Best Alternative for Eco Styler Gel?
I have 3c/4a/4b type hair and am in a DESPERATE need to find an alternative to the eco styler gel. I like the eco styler to an extent- it provides definition, but my hair still frizzes and the gel dries out my hair and hardens it too much. I want a gel that has hold but defines curls that makes them touchable and provides bounce and elongation. Any suggestions?
My favorite product
You should try Kinky-Curly Curling Custard. Its my staple product it gives my hair definition hold without frizz. Its the best :)
Yeah, well I tried KCCC and it didn't work...KCCC isn't heavy enough for my hair and the hold isn't strong enough for me, but thanks anyway:)
I wouldve suggested KCCC if it wasn't for what you said before. Try Jam. Mahoganycurls did reviews on different gels/custards, including Jam. Shes on youtube, you should check her vids out and decide from there or, look under the product reviews on this site and look for gels, sort it by popularity or rating and maybe you'll find something from there
Actually before you go looking for another gel, maybe the reason why it flaked was because your hair wasn't wet enough when you applied it. If you use the cg method, it would tell you to leave in the conditioner(after squeeze quenching) and then put gel over it. If your hair is too dry when you apply gel, it WILL flake when the gel cast dries. Try not to dry your hair as much before you apply the gel.
i usually don't use gel to do that, I use conditioner. A LOT of conditioner XD and then i let it dry and it works better :3 but I go through a lot of conditioner to do that and it doesn't last as long XD
or try using different amounts of the gel or using conditioner under it. don't forget the water! dilute it if you have to (that is what i do.)
@Ashleyj I tried Jam gel custard which i decided to buy based off of Mahoganycurls videos and it worked okay, but I wouldn't be able to use it for a wash n go which is what i'm aiming for. I recently bought La Bella lots of curls gel after watching good reviews on it on youtube, but I haven't yet tried it...I'm a little skeptical of it because it only has a hold of 8 and I usually need a product thats heavier.
Also I don't use conditioner under gel when I apply it bc I rewet/refresh my curls everytime I do my hair due to frizz and the conditioner and gel reactivating together do not mix well. If I do use a leave-in conditioner it's usually a spray leave-in.
@forevercurly<3 i hope you find something
@ashleyj Thanks, I hope I find something too:/...
You should try flaxseed gel
I used to use Eco Styler, but it didn't have enough hold for me either. I would suggest using LA Looks for alot of hold, but I still have to scrunch out the crunch..
Ic fantasia gel is the best! It leaves hair soft but at the same time holds it on the same level as the brown protein gel
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of St. Elmo's Fire (for which see saint (n.)); probably from Greek elene "torch," via an apocryphal saint.
I left her with a juice box and an elmo coloring book, gave the valet a twenty and the doorman another twenty to watch him.
Push a button and elmo cackles before asking what sounds unmistakably like, "Who wants to die?"
Is that where the elmo voice came from in Five-Year Engagement?
During the visit, Clash told S.M. that he was the voice of elmo on Sesame Street, the lawsuit states.
"I feel kind of bad that the media put his sexuality out there and destroyed the product of elmo," he added.
The interview ends in a dance party giggle-fit of "Tickle Me elmo" proportions.
Pop star Katy Perry sang along with elmo, but her cleavage-baring dress proved too much for parents.
elmo's Fire, St., a meteoric appearance often seen playing about the masts and rigging of ships.
There shone a star—three stars and on topmast and bowsprit Saint elmo's lights.
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Submitted to: Journal of Aquatic Animal Health
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/28/2002
Publication Date: 9/1/2003
Citation: Lim, C.E., Klesius, P.H. 2003. Influence of feed deprivation on hematology, macrophage chemotaxis, and resistance to edwardsiella ictaluri challenge of channel catfish. Journal Of Aquatic Animal Health; Vol.15, No.1, pp.13-20. Interpretive Summary: Enteric septicemia of catfish (ESC) caused by the bacterium Edwardsiella ictaluri causes major economic losses to catfish farmers in the Southern United States. The importance of nutritional status on the susceptibility of fish to infectious diseases is a well-recognized phenomenon. Currently, some catfish farmers do not feed during ESC epizootics and believe that this practice reduces mortality due to ESC. The efficacy of this practice has not been well documented. Thus, this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding regimens (non-fed, fed daily to apparent satiation, fed every other day to apparent satiation, and non-fed for three weeks followed by daily feeding during the fourth week) on growth response, hematology and resistance of channel catfish to E. ictaluri. Results obtained from two separate four- week feeding studies showed fish that were not fed lost weight, those fed daily gained the most weight, followed by the group fed every other day and fed during the fourth week. Feed efficiency ratio followed the same trend as weight gain for study I but did not differ for study II. Survival rates were not affected by feeding regimens. Fish that were not fed or fed during the fourth week became anemic (low levels of leukocyte count, erythrocyte count, hematocrit and hemoglobin). The number of white blood cells migrated in response to the substance produced by the bacteria, E. ictaluri was lowest for the non-fed fish and highest for the daily fed fish. Mortality due to ESC was highest (100%) for fish that were not fed for four weeks before and two weeks after infection challenge, and was followed by fish that were not fed for four weeks before and fed daily for two weeks after challenge (98.7%). Fish fed daily or every other day and continued on the same feeding regimens for two weeks after E. ictaluri infection had significantly reduced mortality. It is suggested that, in the environment where natural food is absent, fish should be fed at least once every other day to improve their resistance against ESC.
Technical Abstract: A series of two feeding studies was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding regimens on growth response, hematology, immune response and resistance of channel catfish to Edwardsiella ictaluri. The first study evaluated the effect of feeding regimens on growth, hematology and immune response of channel catfish. The second study evaluated the effect of feeding regimens on the growth response and resistance of channel catfish to E. ictaluri. Juvenile channel catfish averaging 22.5 g (study I) and 18.5 g (study II) were fed the following feeding regimens for four weeks: Non fed; fed once daily to satiation; fed every other day to satiation; non fed for three weeks then fed once daily to satiation during the fourth week. Growth response and feed efficiency ratio were determined for both studies at the end of week 4. Hematology and immune response were determined at the end of week 4 for study I only. At the end of week 4, fish from three replicate aquariums of each treatment (study II) were randomly divided into six groups of 25 fish and challenged with E. ictaluri by bath immersion. Fish in three random aquariums of the same treatment stayed on the same feeding regimen, those of the other three aquariums of the non-fed treatment were changed to fed daily and whereas the remaining treatments were switched to the non fed for an additional two weeks. In both trials, fish that received no feeding lost weight, those fed daily gained the most weight, followed by the groups fed every other day and fed during the fourth weeks. Feed efficiency ratios were a reflection of weight gain and significantly differed (P < 0.05) among treatments for study I but were similar for study II. Survival rates did not differ significantly among treatments for both studies. Fish which were not fed or fed on the fourth week became anemic as indicated by reduced white blood cell count, red blood cell count, hematocrit and hemoglobin. The values of these parameters were also low for fish fed every other day but the differences were not always significant. Mean macrophage migration in response to E. ictaluri exoantigen significantly differed among treatments. The values were lowest for the non-fed group and highest for the daily-fed fish. Mortality due to ESC was highest for the non-fed/non-fed fish (100%) and was followed by the non-fed/daily fed fish (98.7%). Fish fed daily or fed every other day and continued on these feeding regimens had significantly lower mortality. These studies show that fish fed less than satiation once daily gained less weight, became anemic and had reduced macrophage chemotaxis. Fish fed daily or every other day prior to or after challenge was more resistant to ESC than were the non-fed fish.