Ferry ride anyone?
Look closely. That mountain way in the back is one of Vermont's highest peaks.
It is aptly named Camel's Hump. Hubby likes to tell people:
"We see camels hump in Vermont sometimes."
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Look closely. That mountain way in the back is one of Vermont's highest peaks.
It is aptly named Camel's Hump. Hubby likes to tell people:
"We see camels hump in Vermont sometimes."
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Howard would be first.
ReplyDeleteRE: front page: listener, I must be very tired. Actually had to think about it.
ReplyDeleteSusan, I agree entirely about the alternate universe.
As to stupidity, or ignorance: It doesn't surprise me that teenagers can't tell time. People have been complaining for years that teenagers and even twenty-somethings can't make change without a calculator. But, no cursive writing? How are you supposed to sign a check or a contract or anything to do with the government without cursive writing? Insane.
...and, when they all grow up to be celebrities, how are they going to sign autographs?
ReplyDeleteOh, wait. You can't sign an e-book or an Itunes download. How terribly Twentieth Century of me.
Your legal signature can be anything you want it to be as long as you do it consistently; It can even be an "X." When you start a checking account, you sign the form and that's the signature the bank checks your checks against.
ReplyDeleteI've been thinking about it and have decided that it's pretty much okay for this generation to not know how to do some of the things that were standard in my younger days. They have so much else to learn...! My son can do ANYthing with a computer; it boggles the mind. If he couldn't read an analog clock* it wouldn't really matter. It's pretty small potatoes next to what he can do.
ReplyDelete*He can read an analog clock, tie his shoes and so on. He was home schooled.
Also...someone in the young generation may want to take up the study of handwriting as a career, though, because eventually interpreters will be needed to read old documents.
I still cannot believe no one commented on the UFO article I posted on the last two threads.
ReplyDeleteDo you realise how large that is?
We have a temporary helper (intern) at work. Nice enough kid, but he doesn't even know the relative sizes of printed letters--makes them small or large more or less randomly, which makes his printing very hard to read. Not well formed either. I thought he was a high school student; was informed that he is a college student. Yikes!
ReplyDeleteWith all due respect, I doubt I would unquestioningly trust the statements of a member of the armed forces about much of anything, listener.
ReplyDeleteA coworker of mine said that today too. I understand that, generally.
ReplyDeleteBut these guys are RETIRED personnel. What did they have to gain?
Susan the Faithful ♡♡♡
ReplyDeleteWhat's to comment on? People have been saying these sorts of things since *I* was a teen. The fact that someone has repackaged some of the same old stories is not news. (I do mean quite literally that the same stories, I believe told by the same people, are being trotted out again.)
ReplyDeleteALMOST caught up. I should be around more from now on. Completely missed all the interesting posts yesterday.
ReplyDeleteThat CNN story seems much more definite than any of the others I've seen. Although I'm frankly much more interested in whether my Congressman (Danny Davis) will be running for Mayor of Chicago. Ald. Wagenspeak and Rev. Meeks (a state representative) have already announced. But to an Oak Parker, Chicago politics looks wierd, wierd, wierd.
I didn't comment on it, because I couldn't see it. (video) I also prolly get a triple dose on the subject because I listen to overnight radio, lol! I *have* been kinda interested in the Vatican's recent pronouncements on aliens, their possible souls, and need for baptism of same. . . .
ReplyDeleteAlan, bingo! Also, after years of denial, we're now supposed to believe them when they say yes? I don't think so.
ReplyDeletelistener, UFOs are unidentified flying objects. That means by definition that nobody knows *what* they are. They might be spaceships from another galaxy, or they might be some unusual but perfectly natural phenomenon of Earth's atmosphere. As soon as somebody works out what they are, they won't be unidentified any more, and ipso facto will lose their mystery and appeal. They might be spaceships from another galaxy, but if so, where are ET and Luke Skywalker? They haven't been interviewed on All Things Considered yet. I donno. UFOs don't interest me all that much any more. Now, actual footage of an alien spacecraft landing on the White House lawn would have me glued to the television!
I usually (though not always) can get youtube. This one absolutely refused to even load.
ReplyDeleteMy box of records came this afternoon! :dance:
ReplyDeleteYay!! Talk about long way around, lol! Enjoy -- you've certainly earned the pleasure. . . .
ReplyDeleteThanks.
ReplyDeleteYikes, indeed!
ReplyDeleteYeah, yeah. But did you watch the broadcast? They described the ships they saw as being cylindrical and spherical. I just don't get why they'd "trot" this out when they're retired. Anyway, if we did find out there's intelligent and kind life elsewhere, I'd feel quite encouraged about our prospects in the long run. :-)
ReplyDeleteYes, puddle, the sheer arrogance of assuming that intelligent life that can fly from elsewhere to this planet might need to be "saved" by becoming Roman Catholic is just beyond the pale!
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