What is happening - Page 2 - A Meeting of Minds

***Hans*** · Mar 12 2011, 05:33 AM

Just saw fresh footage from Japan. What a devastation, unbelievable! And it's all very frightening with the aftershocks and that damaged nuclear plant...

edith · Mar 12 2011, 06:21 AM

Yeah. Stu's boss was on NOS talking about it earlier. It's pretty awful.

***Hans*** · Mar 12 2011, 08:37 AM

I saw him. He explained how this was different from Tscherobyl and a "live" meltdown so to speak.
Stil, 30,000 people evacuated just because of it...

Rianne · Mar 12 2011, 01:44 PM

did you know that the quake suppossedly shifted the main island of japan 2.5 meters? it also somehow managed to change earths axis.(and gave santa cruz and cresent city)mini sunamis...we were lucky, nothing got in thru the SF bay.

mawra · Mar 12 2011, 05:58 PM

I did see that 1 person from Calafonia was killed while watching the waves come in. He was washed away by the waves.

Priscilla · Mar 12 2011, 06:32 PM

I saw that too, maw. However, I've looked at a number of sites, and while it says "someone in California" it does not say whether the person was a Californian or even an American citizen for that matter. I have seen plenty of people on the web using this incident as an excuse to say "oh yes, dumb stupid Americans again".

As IF every American would be right out there doing the same thing. Oh, please. Gimme a break!

GinnyStar · Mar 12 2011, 07:06 PM

Well I recall reading some were

at were I spotted it, a group of fisher folks, took off to 'ride' the swell out of their local harbor, Monoco Bay area I think but I recall right now

mawra · Mar 15 2011, 11:28 AM

Kibby and I are going to this
http://www.heav.org/law/legislative/datc/index.html

We have been doing a lot in Civics and goverment and I think this will bring it all alive for her. Make it make since.

Samsara · Mar 15 2011, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by mawra

I wish I could find some nice dragon beads in Pern colors.
I am still working on a Pernolopy game. I got a make it yourself monopoly game a couple of years ago and am trying to make it a Pern style.

I followed your link to the make your own monopoly. It looks pretty cool. I was just wondering what the playing pieces are like though? Are you just finding things yourself, or are you able to use any of the pices provided?

mawra · Mar 15 2011, 07:04 PM

Samsara, the game comes with 4 pawns you can use. I would love to find some Pern type things. Preferably dragon charms. I have had my for a couple of years and have not yet put it together. I have been really busy, hoping to get it all together soon.

Samsara · Mar 16 2011, 10:34 AM

How many playing pieces in a normal monopoly set? I can't remember. I would try find a dragon, a dolphin, a castle (hold), a harp, a boat & a wagon.

mawra · Mar 16 2011, 10:47 AM

There are more than four playing peices but I do not know how many.
I may go with other things if I can not find the dragons. Now that we are in the new house I will have time to fix it up.

***Hans*** · Mar 16 2011, 11:19 AM

Believe it or not Samsara but there is a Wiki.answers entry dedicated to the number of playing pieces in a monopoly game!

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_p...me_of_Monopoly

Lady Maelin · Mar 16 2011, 11:39 PM

Monopoly...I have also been collecting different things over the last couple of years, to someday be able to put together one of these for myself. Only I am planning on using an already made up game as the base and changing it to suit Pern...someday when I'm in need of a new project, I'll get around to it.

Perhaps we should have a special thread set up someday, to show all the different *HOMEMADE* versions members come up with for their own collections?

GinnyStar · Mar 17 2011, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Lady Maelin

Monopoly...I have also been collecting different things over the last couple of years, to someday be able to put together one of these for myself. Only I am planning on using an already made up game as the base and changing it to suit Pern...someday when I'm in need of a new project, I'll get around to it.

Perhaps we should have a special thread set up someday, to show all the different *HOMEMADE* versions members come up with for their own collections?

Sound like a good idea to me

Samsara · Mar 17 2011, 02:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hans

Believe it or not Samsara but there is a Wiki.answers entry dedicated to the number of playing pieces in a monopoly game!

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_p...me_of_Monopoly

Good gracious but Wiki answers evrything doesn't it? I bet if I asked it how old I am, it would tell me that too!!

***Hans*** · Mar 17 2011, 05:39 AM

I don't know Sam, but if you asked how you look it might answer: small, black and white, hairy with big ears and a wet nose...

Samsara · Mar 17 2011, 10:23 AM

You are too funny Hans!

It doesn't, by the way... I tried it...

Sandi · Mar 17 2011, 03:55 PM

There are an amazing number of versions of Monopoly. My daughter has one based on the Campus and town where she went to college. I think a lot of colleges have their own versions. We played a lot of board games when I was a kid. One of my favorites was called "Wide World." It was a map of the world and the goal was to be the first to fly your little jet plane to all your assigned destinations and pick up "product cards" from each nation visited. I often thought a version of that might be fun for a Pern game. I know there actually is a Pern board game and I've often wondered what it's like. Anybody here have one?

GinnyStar · Mar 17 2011, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Sandi

There are an amazing number of versions of Monopoly. My daughter has one based on the Campus and town where she went to college. I think a lot of colleges have their own versions. We played a lot of board games when I was a kid. One of my favorites was called "Wide World." It was a map of the world and the goal was to be the first to fly your little jet plane to all your assigned destinations and pick up "product cards" from each nation visited. I often thought a version of that might be fun for a Pern game. I know there actually is a Pern board game and I've often wondered what it's like. Anybody here have one?

I don't, but your idea is

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They do have chess on Pern, and had to keep the board and its parts together so they won't loose the parts, for they played it on ship, TWD I think

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I know they have overlay for it in Braille, and Large Print.

Lady Maelin · Mar 17 2011, 08:45 PM

Sandi...I know that several of us here have the *Pern* board game...and a few of us have even tried to play it...Nefermiw shared photos of her game, but that was quite a while ago now...It should be in the archives somewhere.

Samasara...here we both constantly use *Wikipedia*...in all it's forms. I am always amazed at all the information it has available!!!

Priscilla · Mar 18 2011, 08:01 PM

Clearing out my bookshelves, boxing up a lot of things to go to the used book store. Waiting to hear if our son passed his fourth (final) CPA test.

Looking forward to a really bright full moon tomorrow night. Jeff says it should be the brightest in 20 years. I hope the sky is clear! Listening to the frogs growling and peeping in the pond. Very Loud!

GinnyStar · Mar 18 2011, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Priscilla

Clearing out my bookshelves, boxing up a lot of things to go to the used book store. Waiting to hear if our son passed his fourth (final) CPA test.

Looking forward to a really bright full moon tomorrow night. Jeff says it should be the brightest in 20 years. I hope the sky is clear! Listening to the frogs growling and peeping in the pond. Very Loud!

Good luck hope your son pass it, we get that back home frog peeping in the summer.

I trying to roll up yarn into some I can work with.

Sandi · Mar 18 2011, 09:20 PM

Tomorrow is my grandson's fourth birthday. We're having a little party at a pizza place. I think it's great that even the moon is scheduled to put on a show for him. He's really looking forward to it. None of the family has figured out where he got the notion but for the past few months he's been talking about flying in space in a rocket ship. I told my daughter she'd better start setting some money aside for space camp in a few years.

Ginny, be careful how you roll your yarn. If you stretch it too tight it won't work very well. Take it from some one who knows

Now when I roll yarn I keep a few fingers under it and pull them out every few rounds or so. Trust me, it'll make your project come out better.

jube · Mar 18 2011, 10:53 PM

Friendly reminder. Everyone must be bored looking for "Where in the world"? Lily has been the only one asking recently so I give her credit for trying to have a go at it. I'll put the answer up tomorrow if you're that bored with it. Come on folks have a go at it - PLEASE

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Lady Maelin · Mar 19 2011, 01:11 AM

Cilla...I hope Fred does as well as he has in the past!!!
Frogs...growling and Peeping??? I don't think I have ever heard those types of sounds used to discribe frog noises...LOL.
Normally you hear the word Peeping used for birds... we have plenty of birds *PEEPING* around here constantly, as we seem to be in the winter/spring birthing area for a number of tyes of them...and they all seem to *PEEP* as well as sing beautifully....Thankfully!!!

Sandi...hope your *Birthday Pary* goes well and that you all have a ball. Sooooo he wants to go into space someday...when he's old enough you should read him *The SHip Who Sang* and start him off right!!!

***Hans*** · Mar 19 2011, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jube

Friendly reminder. Everyone must be bored looking for "Where in the world"? Lily has been the only one asking recently so I give her credit for trying to have a go at it. I'll put the answer up tomorrow if you're that bored with it. Come on folks have a go at it - PLEASE

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Sorry Jube, I gave up on it. I did my best and got the city right.

Priscilla · Mar 19 2011, 11:23 AM

H.S. Lin, I tried very hard to find a decent link on the web that would "show" you what I mean about frogs growling and peeping. No luck. The little tree frogs do peep, after all they are called "Spring Peepers!"

Yesterday we had a mommy and daddy mallard land in the pond. Maybe they'll stay and we'll have fluffy ducklings after a bit!

I haven't seen our pair of muskrats yet. I hope they return, they provided a great deal of entertainment all last spring into early summer.

Priscilla · Mar 19 2011, 03:34 PM

Ah ha! Try this for Spring Peeper sounds! And yes, it is just this loud. This doesn't have the bigger (growling) frog sounds, though.

http://ytinstant.com/#Spring%20Peeper%20sounds

Lady Maelin · Mar 19 2011, 11:29 PM

Oh Cilla I agree...those certainly are *Peepers* !!! It does sound a bit like birds, only birds don't sing at night. I would love to see your mallards, and I do hope that they stay and give you the treat of fuzzy little ducklings.

Last year when we moved in we were entertained, so to speak, by the love makings of a pair of doves...a few days ago they showed up again, in exactly the same spot only now the female (we think???) is HUGE...Lord she's the size of a chicken now...really!!! We are in hopes that at some point this spring we will get to see little baby doves flying around our back garden.

Seems every spring our home is inundated with hundreds of birds of in all kinds of species...big one, little ones...great singers and horid sqawkers...lovely humming birds to incredibly beautiful hawks...and then the pitiful scavenging crows. I just love them all!!!

GinnyStar · Mar 19 2011, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Priscilla

<sinp>The little tree frogs do peep, after all they are called "Spring Peepers!"

<simp> no ducks, but deer, a doe and her two babies, she would come with her babies and eat off the mound" I hope they return, they provided a great deal of entertainment all last spring into early summer.

For deer, they find the mound grass qutie eatable.

Yes, that what I was trying to remember, we got DNR land around us, and lake behind us, river below us.

Sandi · Mar 20 2011, 04:25 PM

We don't see toads or bullfrogs around here like we once did but there are still lots of little green tree frogs. I enjoy hearing them sing in the night. Plenty of deer in these parts and there are a couple of possums that seem to think they are my pets. It's fun to watch the armadillos too but they really tear things up with all their digging.

Lady Maelin · Mar 20 2011, 10:27 PM

Since moving here in our new home, we have seen more varied creatures than anywhere else that we have lived...and we have lived in the high mountains and the real California desert...and none of those areas have compared to what we have seen here, all but in our backyard.
The hundreds of birds previously mentioned, ducks, our pair of doves, a whole rabbit family living in the corner of our yard, a huge colony of ground squirrels trying to overtake our garden, a very beautiful large coyote walking along the path over our low garden wall, not to mention the three very beautiful lizzards and their babies that scurry here and there constantly keeping our property bug free.

r2005 · Mar 21 2011, 01:17 AM

Over the weekend, my family went to my great-uncle's surprise 80th birthday party. My great-aunt was able to hide it from him, and he was completely shocked when he came into the room. In the time leading up to the party, my mother and I were joking about how long he'd actually stay at his own party. He's always been notorious for coming to family parties, staying long enough to say hello to everyone, and then leaving.

Quite often to provide my great-uncle with entertainment, my father would play cribbage with him. Knowing this, we were joking about whether he'd stay more than 20 minutes at his own birthday party, or that we'd have to find a cribbage board to keep him there. Needless to say, he was actually one of the last people to leave this time.

In all of my life, I've never seen him smile that much. I'm sure given my brief description, you'll understand why we affectionately call him the Grump.

I'm am happy that my great-aunt was able to surprise him. They tried to my grandfather a surprise 70th birthday party 3 years ago, but he showed up in a suit jacket. He knew because my grandfather never wears stuff like that unless he knows that he's going somewhere it's expected of him.

Lady Maelin · Mar 21 2011, 10:17 PM

*R*...sounds like it was a grand Birthday party for you Great Uncle to stay till the end!!!

Rianne · Mar 21 2011, 11:37 PM

your great uncle sounds slightly like my grandpa did... but he always claimed "it was to loud",ecspecially when his ear plugs weren't working.

Priscilla · Mar 23 2011, 09:21 AM

Just finished thoroughly cleaning the basement room the cats sleep in in preparation for the vet's visit on Friday. Yes, I guess it is unusual to have a vet make house calls. I wasn't sure I'd find one, but was lucky and since she does all four cats at once it turns out to be cheaper than 4 individual visits to a veterinary office! Plus, she's really nice!

Stirred up a box cake and put it in the oven for Jeff's birthday tomorrow. I don't do "from scratch" cakes, but he doesn't mind. As long as it's cake!

AnnMarie · Mar 23 2011, 03:01 PM

Am on the injured list. Pulled a muscle at work today. Gods, it hurts!

Lady Maelin · Mar 23 2011, 07:54 PM

Cilla...Hope the cake turns out great for Jeff's Birthday...and that his day will be a special one for him.

AnnMarie...Lord that sounds painful...try a heating pad and some good old fashioned *Bengay* on it...hope it feels better soon.

***Hans*** · Mar 24 2011, 03:28 AM

Ouch, hope you'll be OK again soon, AnnMarie.

Pass our congratulations to Jeff, Cilla!

Mar 12 2011, 05:33 AM	#41
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Fan of: Pern!	Re: What is happening Just saw fresh footage from Japan. What a devastation, unbelievable! And it's all very frightening with the aftershocks and that damaged nuclear plant... __________________ 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.

Mar 12 2011, 06:21 AM	#42
edith Dragonrider Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Delft Fan of: Most of them :) Now Reading: Don't You Have Time To Think- RP Feynman	Re: What is happening Yeah. Stu's boss was on NOS talking about it earlier. It's pretty awful. __________________ "Should a rocket explode upon starting, it is called a "hard start." " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergolic

Mar 12 2011, 08:37 AM	#43
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Fan of: Pern!	Re: What is happening I saw him. He explained how this was different from Tscherobyl and a "live" meltdown so to speak. Stil, 30,000 people evacuated just because of it... __________________ 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.

Mar 12 2011, 01:44 PM	#44
Rianne Inactive Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: CA Fan of: dragon's dawn Now Reading: Dream Theives	Re: What is happening did you know that the quake suppossedly shifted the main island of japan 2.5 meters? it also somehow managed to change earths axis.(and gave santa cruz and cresent city)mini sunamis...we were lucky, nothing got in thru the SF bay. __________________ the gap beetween theory and practice is bigger in practice than in theory. Last edited by Rianne; Mar 14 2011 at 07:04 PM. Reason: remembered the name...

Mar 12 2011, 05:58 PM	#45
mawra Dolphin Friend Craftmaster Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CONCORD VA Fan of: PERN Now Reading: Dolphins of Pern and Queens ow	Re: What is happening I did see that 1 person from Calafonia was killed while watching the waves come in. He was washed away by the waves. __________________ MEDDLE NOT IN THE AFAIRS OF DRAGONS, FOR YOU ARE CRUNCHY & GOOD WITH CHOCOLATE SO MANY BOOKS SO LITTLE TIME DRIVING SMART KEEPS YOU ALIVE

Mar 12 2011, 06:32 PM	#46
Priscilla Super Stitcher Craftmaster Join Date: Dec 2005 Fan of: No One Noticed The Cat	Re: What is happening I saw that too, maw. However, I've looked at a number of sites, and while it says "someone in California" it does not say whether the person was a Californian or even an American citizen for that matter. I have seen plenty of people on the web using this incident as an excuse to say "oh yes, dumb stupid Americans again". As IF every American would be right out there doing the same thing. Oh, please. Gimme a break! __________________ As You Wish - "The Princess Bride"

Mar 12 2011, 07:06 PM	#47
GinnyStar Dolphineer Craftmaster Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Wausau, Wisconsin, USA -- CST or CDT Pronouns: SheShe Fan of: PShPern BB, Tia., and Oth Now Reading: MHOP, Books Jerry Apps, Too Many to Post	Re: What is happening Well I recall reading some were at were I spotted it, a group of fisher folks, took off to 'ride' the swell out of their local harbor, Monoco Bay area I think but I recall right now __________________ Lover s s, s and friends Lover of and beads, http://www.change.org/profiles/GinnyStar Dragoncave GinnyStar2 Jellied Dragons Lair of Dragons http://dragcave.net/user/GinnyStar2 Thanks! Others: None at this time WIP http://archiveofourown.org/works/252259 http://www.daisy.org/learning-difficulties

Mar 15 2011, 11:28 AM	#48
mawra Dolphin Friend Craftmaster Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CONCORD VA Fan of: PERN Now Reading: Dolphins of Pern and Queens ow	Re: What is happening Kibby and I are going to this http://www.heav.org/law/legislative/datc/index.html We have been doing a lot in Civics and goverment and I think this will bring it all alive for her. Make it make since. __________________ MEDDLE NOT IN THE AFAIRS OF DRAGONS, FOR YOU ARE CRUNCHY & GOOD WITH CHOCOLATE SO MANY BOOKS SO LITTLE TIME DRIVING SMART KEEPS YOU ALIVE

Mar 15 2011, 07:04 PM	#50
mawra Dolphin Friend Craftmaster Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CONCORD VA Fan of: PERN Now Reading: Dolphins of Pern and Queens ow	Re: What is happening Samsara, the game comes with 4 pawns you can use. I would love to find some Pern type things. Preferably dragon charms. I have had my for a couple of years and have not yet put it together. I have been really busy, hoping to get it all together soon. __________________ MEDDLE NOT IN THE AFAIRS OF DRAGONS, FOR YOU ARE CRUNCHY & GOOD WITH CHOCOLATE SO MANY BOOKS SO LITTLE TIME DRIVING SMART KEEPS YOU ALIVE

Mar 16 2011, 10:34 AM	#51
Samsara Inactive Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Perth, Australia Fan of: PERN!!! Now Reading: Restoree	Re: What is happening How many playing pieces in a normal monopoly set? I can't remember. I would try find a dragon, a dolphin, a castle (hold), a harp, a boat & a wagon.

Mar 16 2011, 10:47 AM	#52
mawra Dolphin Friend Craftmaster Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CONCORD VA Fan of: PERN Now Reading: Dolphins of Pern and Queens ow	Re: What is happening There are more than four playing peices but I do not know how many. I may go with other things if I can not find the dragons. Now that we are in the new house I will have time to fix it up. __________________ MEDDLE NOT IN THE AFAIRS OF DRAGONS, FOR YOU ARE CRUNCHY & GOOD WITH CHOCOLATE SO MANY BOOKS SO LITTLE TIME DRIVING SMART KEEPS YOU ALIVE

Mar 16 2011, 11:19 AM	#53
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Fan of: Pern!	Re: What is happening Believe it or not Samsara but there is a Wiki.answers entry dedicated to the number of playing pieces in a monopoly game! http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_p...me_of_Monopoly __________________ 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.

Mar 16 2011, 11:39 PM	#54
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: What is happening Monopoly...I have also been collecting different things over the last couple of years, to someday be able to put together one of these for myself. Only I am planning on using an already made up game as the base and changing it to suit Pern...someday when I'm in need of a new project, I'll get around to it. Perhaps we should have a special thread set up someday, to show all the different HOMEMADE versions members come up with for their own collections? __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Mar 17 2011, 05:39 AM	#57
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Fan of: Pern!	Re: What is happening I don't know Sam, but if you asked how you look it might answer: small, black and white, hairy with big ears and a wet nose... __________________ 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.

Mar 17 2011, 10:23 AM	#58
Samsara Inactive Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Perth, Australia Fan of: PERN!!! Now Reading: Restoree	Re: What is happening You are too funny Hans! It doesn't, by the way... I tried it...

Mar 17 2011, 03:55 PM	#59
Sandi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004	Re: What is happening There are an amazing number of versions of Monopoly. My daughter has one based on the Campus and town where she went to college. I think a lot of colleges have their own versions. We played a lot of board games when I was a kid. One of my favorites was called "Wide World." It was a map of the world and the goal was to be the first to fly your little jet plane to all your assigned destinations and pick up "product cards" from each nation visited. I often thought a version of that might be fun for a Pern game. I know there actually is a Pern board game and I've often wondered what it's like. Anybody here have one?

Mar 17 2011, 08:45 PM	#61
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: What is happening Sandi...I know that several of us here have the Pern board game...and a few of us have even tried to play it...Nefermiw shared photos of her game, but that was quite a while ago now...It should be in the archives somewhere. Samasara...here we both constantly use Wikipedia...in all it's forms. I am always amazed at all the information it has available!!! __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Mar 18 2011, 08:01 PM	#62
Priscilla Super Stitcher Craftmaster Join Date: Dec 2005 Fan of: No One Noticed The Cat	Re: What is happening Clearing out my bookshelves, boxing up a lot of things to go to the used book store. Waiting to hear if our son passed his fourth (final) CPA test. Looking forward to a really bright full moon tomorrow night. Jeff says it should be the brightest in 20 years. I hope the sky is clear! Listening to the frogs growling and peeping in the pond. Very Loud! __________________ As You Wish - "The Princess Bride"

Mar 18 2011, 09:20 PM	#64
Sandi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004	Re: What is happening Tomorrow is my grandson's fourth birthday. We're having a little party at a pizza place. I think it's great that even the moon is scheduled to put on a show for him. He's really looking forward to it. None of the family has figured out where he got the notion but for the past few months he's been talking about flying in space in a rocket ship. I told my daughter she'd better start setting some money aside for space camp in a few years. Ginny, be careful how you roll your yarn. If you stretch it too tight it won't work very well. Take it from some one who knows Now when I roll yarn I keep a few fingers under it and pull them out every few rounds or so. Trust me, it'll make your project come out better.

Mar 18 2011, 10:53 PM	#65
jube Dolphineer Journeywoman Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Fan of: Dragons of Pern Now Reading: Puzzles and my thesaurus!	Re: What is happening Friendly reminder. Everyone must be bored looking for "Where in the world"? Lily has been the only one asking recently so I give her credit for trying to have a go at it. I'll put the answer up tomorrow if you're that bored with it. Come on folks have a go at it - PLEASE ? __________________ Dolphineer Journeywoman and part-time researcher.... Find me on ebay..... Here'tis!

Mar 19 2011, 01:11 AM	#66
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: What is happening Cilla...I hope Fred does as well as he has in the past!!! Frogs...growling and Peeping??? I don't think I have ever heard those types of sounds used to discribe frog noises...LOL. Normally you hear the word Peeping used for birds... we have plenty of birds PEEPING around here constantly, as we seem to be in the winter/spring birthing area for a number of tyes of them...and they all seem to PEEP as well as sing beautifully....Thankfully!!! Sandi...hope your Birthday Pary goes well and that you all have a ball. Sooooo he wants to go into space someday...when he's old enough you should read him The SHip Who Sang and start him off right!!! __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Mar 19 2011, 11:23 AM	#68
Priscilla Super Stitcher Craftmaster Join Date: Dec 2005 Fan of: No One Noticed The Cat	Re: What is happening H.S. Lin, I tried very hard to find a decent link on the web that would "show" you what I mean about frogs growling and peeping. No luck. The little tree frogs do peep, after all they are called "Spring Peepers!" Yesterday we had a mommy and daddy mallard land in the pond. Maybe they'll stay and we'll have fluffy ducklings after a bit! I haven't seen our pair of muskrats yet. I hope they return, they provided a great deal of entertainment all last spring into early summer. __________________ As You Wish - "The Princess Bride"

Mar 19 2011, 03:34 PM	#69
Priscilla Super Stitcher Craftmaster Join Date: Dec 2005 Fan of: No One Noticed The Cat	Re: What is happening Ah ha! Try this for Spring Peeper sounds! And yes, it is just this loud. This doesn't have the bigger (growling) frog sounds, though. http://ytinstant.com/#Spring%20Peeper%20sounds __________________ As You Wish - "The Princess Bride"

Mar 19 2011, 11:29 PM	#70
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: What is happening Oh Cilla I agree...those certainly are Peepers !!! It does sound a bit like birds, only birds don't sing at night. I would love to see your mallards, and I do hope that they stay and give you the treat of fuzzy little ducklings. Last year when we moved in we were entertained, so to speak, by the love makings of a pair of doves...a few days ago they showed up again, in exactly the same spot only now the female (we think???) is HUGE...Lord she's the size of a chicken now...really!!! We are in hopes that at some point this spring we will get to see little baby doves flying around our back garden. Seems every spring our home is inundated with hundreds of birds of in all kinds of species...big one, little ones...great singers and horid sqawkers...lovely humming birds to incredibly beautiful hawks...and then the pitiful scavenging crows. I just love them all!!! __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Mar 20 2011, 04:25 PM	#72
Sandi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004	Re: What is happening We don't see toads or bullfrogs around here like we once did but there are still lots of little green tree frogs. I enjoy hearing them sing in the night. Plenty of deer in these parts and there are a couple of possums that seem to think they are my pets. It's fun to watch the armadillos too but they really tear things up with all their digging.

Mar 20 2011, 10:27 PM	#73
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: What is happening Since moving here in our new home, we have seen more varied creatures than anywhere else that we have lived...and we have lived in the high mountains and the real California desert...and none of those areas have compared to what we have seen here, all but in our backyard. The hundreds of birds previously mentioned, ducks, our pair of doves, a whole rabbit family living in the corner of our yard, a huge colony of ground squirrels trying to overtake our garden, a very beautiful large coyote walking along the path over our low garden wall, not to mention the three very beautiful lizzards and their babies that scurry here and there constantly keeping our property bug free. __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Mar 21 2011, 01:17 AM	#74
r2005 Crafter Student Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Maine Fan of: Dragonriders of Pern Now Reading: 1632 Series by Eric Flint	Re: What is happening Over the weekend, my family went to my great-uncle's surprise 80th birthday party. My great-aunt was able to hide it from him, and he was completely shocked when he came into the room. In the time leading up to the party, my mother and I were joking about how long he'd actually stay at his own party. He's always been notorious for coming to family parties, staying long enough to say hello to everyone, and then leaving. Quite often to provide my great-uncle with entertainment, my father would play cribbage with him. Knowing this, we were joking about whether he'd stay more than 20 minutes at his own birthday party, or that we'd have to find a cribbage board to keep him there. Needless to say, he was actually one of the last people to leave this time. In all of my life, I've never seen him smile that much. I'm sure given my brief description, you'll understand why we affectionately call him the Grump. I'm am happy that my great-aunt was able to surprise him. They tried to my grandfather a surprise 70th birthday party 3 years ago, but he showed up in a suit jacket. He knew because my grandfather never wears stuff like that unless he knows that he's going somewhere it's expected of him. __________________ There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination, living there you'll be free if you truly wish to be

Mar 21 2011, 10:17 PM	#75
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: What is happening R...sounds like it was a grand Birthday party for you Great Uncle to stay till the end!!! __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Mar 21 2011, 11:37 PM	#76
Rianne Inactive Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: CA Fan of: dragon's dawn Now Reading: Dream Theives	Re: What is happening your great uncle sounds slightly like my grandpa did... but he always claimed "it was to loud",ecspecially when his ear plugs weren't working. __________________ the gap beetween theory and practice is bigger in practice than in theory.

Mar 23 2011, 09:21 AM	#77
Priscilla Super Stitcher Craftmaster Join Date: Dec 2005 Fan of: No One Noticed The Cat	Re: What is happening Just finished thoroughly cleaning the basement room the cats sleep in in preparation for the vet's visit on Friday. Yes, I guess it is unusual to have a vet make house calls. I wasn't sure I'd find one, but was lucky and since she does all four cats at once it turns out to be cheaper than 4 individual visits to a veterinary office! Plus, she's really nice! Stirred up a box cake and put it in the oven for Jeff's birthday tomorrow. I don't do "from scratch" cakes, but he doesn't mind. As long as it's cake! __________________ As You Wish - "The Princess Bride"

Mar 23 2011, 03:01 PM	#78
AnnMarie Dragonrider Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: On the Edge Fan of: Pern and Talent Now Reading: The Name of the Rose	Re: What is happening Am on the injured list. Pulled a muscle at work today. Gods, it hurts! __________________ "...If my body dies tonight, my soul rides on the wind..." (from "The Man" by Mark Ryan/ Wuthering Heights)

Mar 23 2011, 07:54 PM	#79
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: What is happening Cilla...Hope the cake turns out great for Jeff's Birthday...and that his day will be a special one for him. AnnMarie...Lord that sounds painful...try a heating pad and some good old fashioned Bengay on it...hope it feels better soon. __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Mar 24 2011, 03:28 AM	#80
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Fan of: Pern!	Re: What is happening Ouch, hope you'll be OK again soon, AnnMarie. Pass our congratulations to Jeff, Cilla! __________________ 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.