![]() |
|
The Library Café Come in, relax, and get to know the other members of this site. Share your hobbies and interests, along with general news of your life. |
![]() |
|
Thread Tools |
![]() |
#4481 |
Talent
Tower Prime
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Proud Mom!
Gender: F
Fan of: Afra Lyon
Now Reading: Faye Upton: Dragonchoice 3
|
![]()
I'm still here.
![]()
__________________
Decaf coffee is an oxymoron. Instant coffee is an abomination. Give me the real thing and nobody gets hurt. ![]() "Do. Or do not. There is no try" -- Yoda VP of the Afra Lyon fan club! ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4482 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Last house on the left, across from the cemetery
Gender: M
Fan of: The Pern Series
Now Reading: Robin Hobb's Shaman's Crossing
|
![]()
oh, I agree. That's why I decided to post something every time I stop by, just to shake the cobwebs loose..... from the rafters and from the people.
__________________
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4483 | |
Master Archivist
![]() Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The Netherlands
Gender: M
Fan of: Pern! |
![]() Quote:
![]()
__________________
Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4484 |
Master Archivist
![]() Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The Netherlands
Gender: M
Fan of: Pern! |
![]()
But Peter's observation is true nonetheless... it's quiet.
Video killed the radio star ![]() Facebook killed the forum board culture. I see it happening everywhere, not only in fandom but with all fora on all kinds of subjects and fields. And what's more, facebook has a lot less values and politeness than the boards have. Even in closed groups I see this. On social media many persons start behaving differently than they would otherwise, on- or offline. Which is a shame.
__________________
Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4485 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Noord Brabant in the Netherlands
Gender: F
Fan of: the pern serie's
Now Reading: rereading the crystal singer
|
![]()
I am still here
![]() haven't been posting much lately. My husband is starting his second chemotherapy rounds tomorrow. Just to prolong his live a bit more, so I have been busy. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4486 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Last house on the left, across from the cemetery
Gender: M
Fan of: The Pern Series
Now Reading: Robin Hobb's Shaman's Crossing
|
![]()
Just wandering through *again* today. Always glad to see a new post or two..... or three, or more.
__________________
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4487 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Gender: F
Fan of: Harper Hall |
![]()
I'm here most days too, but don't always have anything to say.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4488 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Last house on the left, across from the cemetery
Gender: M
Fan of: The Pern Series
Now Reading: Robin Hobb's Shaman's Crossing
|
![]()
Morning all.
__________________
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4489 |
Talent
Tower Prime
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Proud Mom!
Gender: F
Fan of: Afra Lyon
Now Reading: Faye Upton: Dragonchoice 3
|
![]()
Hiya. Good to see some posts once again, even if it's just on this general chat thread.
I agree with Hans, it's a shame forums are slowing down so much.
__________________
Decaf coffee is an oxymoron. Instant coffee is an abomination. Give me the real thing and nobody gets hurt. ![]() "Do. Or do not. There is no try" -- Yoda VP of the Afra Lyon fan club! ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4490 |
Master Archivist
![]() Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The Netherlands
Gender: M
Fan of: Pern! |
![]()
Argh... I hope chemo will be something positive for him and will do some good, Mara, so you can have some more time together. Sterkte!
__________________
Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4491 |
Dolphin Friend
![]() Craftmaster Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: CONCORD VA
Gender: F
Fan of: PERN
Now Reading: Dolphins of Pern and Queens ow
|
![]()
I've had problems getting on here for a few days. Can get on Facebook, but not here.
__________________
MEDDLE NOT IN THE AFAIRS OF DRAGONS, FOR YOU ARE CRUNCHY & GOOD WITH CHOCOLATE ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() DRIVING SMART KEEPS YOU ALIVE |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4492 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Gender: F
Fan of: Harper Hall |
![]()
I like your halloween dragon, Mawra.
And I'm trying to juggle a keyboard and a very persistent black Siamese cat. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4493 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Last house on the left, across from the cemetery
Gender: M
Fan of: The Pern Series
Now Reading: Robin Hobb's Shaman's Crossing
|
![]()
Juggling 2 things is easier than juggling 3 or more. Try adding in a cup of coffee and a small dog to up the degree of difficulty.
__________________
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4494 |
Dolphin Friend
![]() Craftmaster Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: CONCORD VA
Gender: F
Fan of: PERN
Now Reading: Dolphins of Pern and Queens ow
|
![]()
Dean, our 7 month old lab size, puppy was getting burrs of the lab, Brandy, and eating them. He shook his head lit it hurt when he bit down, but didn't stop eating them.
__________________
MEDDLE NOT IN THE AFAIRS OF DRAGONS, FOR YOU ARE CRUNCHY & GOOD WITH CHOCOLATE ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() DRIVING SMART KEEPS YOU ALIVE |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4495 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Gender: F
Fan of: Harper Hall |
![]()
I'd forgotten my nightcap chocolate drink, Allen, it was stowed well away from the keyboard. I meant "juggling" quite literally - Tiamat was walking backwards and forwards across my keyboard and making me wish I hadn't given away my laptop riser when I moved to Wellington. I bought it in the first place to stop Tia's mother standing on the "off" button all the time. Tonight's effort produced four pages of pilcrows in the middle of a recipe that I was trying to copy off the internet. And the Windows 10/elderly Toshiba laptop combination does crazy things when something stands on the "off" button.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4496 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Last house on the left, across from the cemetery
Gender: M
Fan of: The Pern Series
Now Reading: Robin Hobb's Shaman's Crossing
|
![]()
I meant juggling quite literally too. Imagine a keyboard, Siamese cat, small dog, and a cuppa all airborne at the same time! Even if the drink was in a covered cup, that would still be quite the feat of juggling! LOL
__________________
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4497 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Pennsylvania
Gender: M
Fan of: The Smallest Dragonboy
Now Reading: The Rift
|
![]() Quote:
Seems like you could use some " Stay Away " to keep your Cat away from your keyboard.
__________________
"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven" ![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4498 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Last house on the left, across from the cemetery
Gender: M
Fan of: The Pern Series
Now Reading: Robin Hobb's Shaman's Crossing
|
![]()
Ever heard "Kitten on the Keys"?
__________________
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4499 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Gender: F
Fan of: Harper Hall |
![]()
I have - my sisters used to play it endlessly when they were learning the piano. Best defense against a real kitten on real keys was a covered, slightly springy laptop riser and a big corner computer desk with a separate keyboard on a slide-out shelf. The cats didn't like walking on the springy thing and I was touch-typing partly under the desk. That protected both the off key and the keyboard. But I was warned that the desk was too big for my new flat and it was a cheap flat-pack from my student days and wouldn't have survived the 327 mile trip south anyway. Giving the riser away proved to be a mistake - I did have room for it.
I'm well aware of the antics Siamese cats can get up to - my Grandmother brought one home in 1952 and my family bred them until 1991. Ebony Tia and her surviving seal-point sister are out of that last litter. In her youth she liked to sit on top of a door and watch everyone go past. She's still a leg-winder, which makes negotiating black cat on black carpet in a dark staircase interesting - she always has a lot to say about that! I've had up to four adult cats at a time - all Siamese - but never added a dog to the mix. Besides, they chase dogs. I still have a vivid picture in my mind of my minute Siamese queen chasing a white bull terrier pig dog up the street. It had wandered between her and her kittens and definitely wasn't expecting a face full of claws. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4500 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Last house on the left, across from the cemetery
Gender: M
Fan of: The Pern Series
Now Reading: Robin Hobb's Shaman's Crossing
|
![]()
Russian Blues can be a lot like Siamese.
__________________
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4501 |
Crafter
![]() Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006
Location: Wolverhampton
Gender: M
Fan of: Favorite?
Now Reading: avidly
|
![]()
Is that 16-bar with a syncopated 2nd beat?
__________________
"Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar) |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4502 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Pennsylvania
Gender: M
Fan of: The Smallest Dragonboy
Now Reading: The Rift
|
![]()
We had a Siamese cat Named "Chipper"when I was About 10 years old, that cat would attack any thing that came into our yard. I have seen it chase A Raccoon, A Deer, Dogs, birds, and other cats. but it never bothered any of the kids. It had a bad habit of bringing home, half, of the small animals it would catch. Would really tick off our mother when it would bring them in to the house.
__________________
"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven" ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4503 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Gender: F
Fan of: Harper Hall |
![]()
Half a young rabbit or pheasant, or the head and tail of a golf-course rat, or, worse, a live one. Especially when you are trying to impress an important overseas guest ...
Said guest was later heard on the phone to his wife in Toulouse, France, describing "The Great Kiwi Rat-hunt." Well, I guess we gave him a holiday that he wasn't going to forget in a hurry ... |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4504 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Pennsylvania
Gender: M
Fan of: The Smallest Dragonboy
Now Reading: The Rift
|
![]()
Ah! Memories, that is one of the great parts of keeping pets.
__________________
"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven" ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4505 |
Junior Member
Darbul
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Florida
Gender: M
Fan of: Talent Series
Now Reading: "Magic's Price" by Mercedes Lackey.
|
![]()
I agree with you completely, Hans, about social media like Facebook not being as polite as forums are and how forums are going by the wayside. It is sad. I think, too, that rudeness and such has to do with how younger people these days were raised - differently than people in our generation. I am so thankful that I was raised during my formative years by my grandmother, who was of the same generation as Anne McCaffrey, although my grandmother was born a few years earlier, in 1917.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4506 |
Crafter
![]() Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006
Location: Wolverhampton
Gender: M
Fan of: Favorite?
Now Reading: avidly
|
![]()
I'm likely to be missing for a day or two as I stupidly left my lappy on a bus.
![]() I'll only be on line when I'm at uni.
__________________
"Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar) |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4507 |
Dolphin Friend
![]() Craftmaster Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: CONCORD VA
Gender: F
Fan of: PERN
Now Reading: Dolphins of Pern and Queens ow
|
![]()
Hope you find your computer, P'ter.
We have 2 cats that will chase the puppies. All of them will swat them if they decide the pups are too close to them, or the cats happen to be in the mood to swat something. 5 min. later they will rub up against the pups.tpups. the pups find cats confusing.
__________________
MEDDLE NOT IN THE AFAIRS OF DRAGONS, FOR YOU ARE CRUNCHY & GOOD WITH CHOCOLATE ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() DRIVING SMART KEEPS YOU ALIVE |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4508 | |
Master Archivist
![]() Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The Netherlands
Gender: M
Fan of: Pern! |
![]() Quote:
Brings back bad memories of Copenhagen, were they got your wallet and my handheld computer. That was actually the only time in my life abroad or at home that something was stolen from my bag! Imagine that, being to all kinds of places you are always warned about and never had a mishap. But going to trustworthy Denmark and Copenhagen and get rolled ![]()
__________________
Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4509 |
Dolphin Friend
![]() Craftmaster Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: CONCORD VA
Gender: F
Fan of: PERN
Now Reading: Dolphins of Pern and Queens ow
|
![]()
Sam has decided to see how many times he can get swatted by cats in a day. He has been aggravating them for 2 days.
Both pups seem to like the icky white stuff that is covering the ground.
__________________
MEDDLE NOT IN THE AFAIRS OF DRAGONS, FOR YOU ARE CRUNCHY & GOOD WITH CHOCOLATE ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() DRIVING SMART KEEPS YOU ALIVE |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4510 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: St. Louis
Gender: F
|
![]()
Applying for National Park jobs again - it's been two years since my last one, I've had some work in state parks but hoping to get back in. I just got my first availability check and basic interview yesterday - from someone working their way down a LONG list - but my brain refused to acknowledge the odds and is trying to work out ALL the stuff I'll do when I'm there... I'm going to keep applying, though. Wish me luck!
__________________
. Check out my Pern fiction!
![]() Mirrim's Vigil News from the Weyr Missing Link Dragonsong: An Alternate Tune Ghost in the Tunnels Changes at Riverbend Hold Pern Songs |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4511 |
Dolphin Friend
![]() Craftmaster Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: CONCORD VA
Gender: F
Fan of: PERN
Now Reading: Dolphins of Pern and Queens ow
|
![]()
Good luck
__________________
MEDDLE NOT IN THE AFAIRS OF DRAGONS, FOR YOU ARE CRUNCHY & GOOD WITH CHOCOLATE ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() DRIVING SMART KEEPS YOU ALIVE |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4512 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Gender: F
Fan of: Harper Hall |
![]()
Good luck with that one, Brenda. I hope you get a good place.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4513 |
Master Archivist
![]() Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The Netherlands
Gender: M
Fan of: Pern! |
![]()
Good luck Brenda. I'll keep my fingers crossed for ya!
__________________
Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4514 |
Talent
Tower Prime
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Proud Mom!
Gender: F
Fan of: Afra Lyon
Now Reading: Faye Upton: Dragonchoice 3
|
![]()
Good luck Brenda!
__________________
Decaf coffee is an oxymoron. Instant coffee is an abomination. Give me the real thing and nobody gets hurt. ![]() "Do. Or do not. There is no try" -- Yoda VP of the Afra Lyon fan club! ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4515 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Pennsylvania
Gender: M
Fan of: The Smallest Dragonboy
Now Reading: The Rift
|
![]()
Wishing you to have great success !
__________________
"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven" ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4516 |
Dolphin Friend
![]() Craftmaster Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: CONCORD VA
Gender: F
Fan of: PERN
Now Reading: Dolphins of Pern and Queens ow
|
![]()
I hope the shutdown doesn't hurt your job search too much.
__________________
MEDDLE NOT IN THE AFAIRS OF DRAGONS, FOR YOU ARE CRUNCHY & GOOD WITH CHOCOLATE ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() DRIVING SMART KEEPS YOU ALIVE |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4517 |
Dolphin Friend
![]() Craftmaster Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: CONCORD VA
Gender: F
Fan of: PERN
Now Reading: Dolphins of Pern and Queens ow
|
![]()
We now need to keep all doors downstairs. Kibby's puppy, Sam has figured how to open the doors. He will open any door just because he wants the door open. He has even decided that the front door should be open, even when the pet door is unblocked.
__________________
MEDDLE NOT IN THE AFAIRS OF DRAGONS, FOR YOU ARE CRUNCHY & GOOD WITH CHOCOLATE ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() DRIVING SMART KEEPS YOU ALIVE |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4518 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Gender: F
Fan of: Harper Hall |
![]()
Just to show how smart he is.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4519 |
Dolphin Friend
![]() Craftmaster Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: CONCORD VA
Gender: F
Fan of: PERN
Now Reading: Dolphins of Pern and Queens ow
|
![]()
I think we'll end up getting a normal door knob for the front door. Right now we have easy open doors nobs.
__________________
MEDDLE NOT IN THE AFAIRS OF DRAGONS, FOR YOU ARE CRUNCHY & GOOD WITH CHOCOLATE ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() DRIVING SMART KEEPS YOU ALIVE |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4520 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Gender: F
Fan of: Harper Hall |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Thread Tools | |
|
|