good morning america how are you 2

re: #1 yochanan

I am alive, and not dangerous at all.

/unless you have weakend immune system.

Intended to drop back into the previous thread, out of which I dropped, then THIS popped up...

Ta-dah! I'm back.

/waddaya mean, Who Cares?

re: #1 yochanan

Sleepy as all hell, and it's only 6 in the evening. (x

re: #1 yochanan

Say, dontcha know me, I'm yr favorite son...

re: #4 laZardo

it is 5.18 am here were are you that it is 6 pm?

re: #1 yochanan

I was about to reply to the meeting of the past and present Mrs. Yochanans on the last thread. That's too hilarious, I can't imagine what they said to each other!

re: #6 yochanan

I will hazard a guess and say in the far east.

/same timezone as beijieng.

The people Obama would talk to cry "Death to America"

Iran warns it won't cooperate with IAEA
(like they ever really did, except in pulling the wool over the West's eyes)

Iran's new parliament speaker Ali Larijani warned Wednesday that Teheran could impose new limits on its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog after a critical report from the agency.
"We recommend them not to clandestinely keep passing Iran's nuclear dossier between the IAEA and 5-plus-1 group. This parliament won't allow such deception," Larijani told an open session of parliament broadcast live on state-run radio.
His comments drew chants of "God is great" and "Death to America" from the chamber.

So they're upset the IAEA isn't cooperating in hiding info about Iran's nuclear program, and they chant "Death to America".

Guess who must be #2 on their list of targets.
And Obama wants to talk to them.

re: #7 gop_patriot

when the clark asked about two women having the same last name they both turned around at the same time and pointed at me and said HIM!

re: #7 gop_patriot

My just seperated with and an ex-girlfriend met one time. Had me worried as heck.

/from an earlier, more wilder time.

re: #6 yochanan

re: #8 BlueCanuck

I'm in glorious, steamy Manila. (:

re: #9 Kosh's Shadow

Obama is insanely naive, a suitface, empty of character's graven lines or wisdom's hard-earned sheen...

Just a power-hungry puppet, dancing the puppeteers' tune...

re: #9 Kosh's Shadow

In other words, they're threatening to act even more suspiciously.

/Oy.

re: #2 BlueCanuck

I am alive, and not dangerous at all.

/unless you have weakend immune system.

{BlueCanuck}

Are you ok?

re: #15 goddessoftheclassroom

Just a bug that caught up with me. Should be okay in a day or two.

/don't stay bitten for long.

WHEN WE WERE KIDS JUST GETTING A PHONE CALL FROM NEW YORK CITY. was a big thing, now you can talk and see some one from almost anywere in the world and it isn't a big deal.

i am feeling old now.

re: #17 yochanan

When I was a kid the computers didn't even have color, let alone super-high-speed broadband internet.

/kinda sorta feels your pain.

re: #11 BlueCanuck

My just seperated with and an ex-girlfriend met one time. Had me worried as heck.

/from an earlier, more wilder time.

A variation on a theme:

I have a former student who is now at the college where my EH teaches. Although there has NEVER been any romantic relationship between us, we have become friends, and my EH was acquainted with him, too,

Every time my friend sees my EH now on campus, he makes sure he established eye contact, then laughs a loudly as he can. The EH just scurries away.

and getting a telegram was a big deal.

Morning all.
{goddesss}
Manly handshake to Blue canuck (Pass the Purell.)
Cool, 50ish, windy here in the DC burbs. The flower vase of peonies on the front porch blew over.

re: #18 laZardo

my first computer was a apple I the only color was green.

re: #17 yochanan

Don't worry, it happens to everyone eventually. I too still remember the nightmare of calling family long distance during the holidays.

/all the available circuits are busy, please try again later.

re: #17 yochanan

FLASHBACK: My father asking me to "dial New York" for him.

/fat fingers

We never got a telegram as far as I remember.

re: #18 laZardo

um, kinda sorta not even in the ballpark. If you can't remember pre-computer, it's just a different ballgame.

Are we flashing back? I found a picture the other day of my little brother playing Pong on our black and white TV. :)

anyone in here ever have a 'party line'?

re: #24 littleoldlady

FLASHBACK: My father asking me to "dial New York" for him.

/fat fingers

We never got a telegram as far as I remember.

I still say "dial"! I wonder if today's teens even understand why.

I did get one telegram in my life--to announce that I won a Westinghouse Family Scholarship. That was such a great thrill.

When I was a kid we didn't have customized cursors that you could download from the net. You took whatever was in the box, and they only came in black.

re: #25 frodolives

Umm, I don't think anyone here is that old. :)

/Eniac, nuff said.
//remember dad telling me how punch cards that we got in the mail worked.

re: #29 Jim in Virginia

WHIPPERSNAPPER!

i remember asking my wife about any 'old records' she used to like and my kid asked 'what is a record'

re: #13 Karridine

Obama is insanely naive, a suitface, empty of character's graven lines or wisdom's hard-earned sheen...

Just a power-hungry puppet, dancing the puppeteers' tune...

Even if you grant Obama good intentions & I actually don't, there are issues.
He appears as naive as a Shakespearean maiden. His lack of history is appalling. He also seems taken with delusional grandeur

re: #27 yochanan

I was nine (1953) and Grandma showed me how to turn the crank on the wall-mounted square thing with the talk-cup sticking out the front, hold the ear-thingy to my left ear, and ask the "Operator" for Who-We-Calling...

Yes, it WAS a party line in rural south-western Washington state...

{littleldlady}
I got a telegram once, that a letter I wrote to Time was being published. As I recall, the telegram was delivered with the mail.

or a 3 cent stamp to mail a letter and you got two mail deliveries a day

re: #29 Jim in Virginia

Remember when the mice had balls?

/none of this optical-wireless hootenanny...

re: #33 opnion

Even if you grant Obama good intentions & I actually don't, there are issues.
He appears as naive as a Shakespearean maiden. His lack of history is appalling. He also seems taken with delusional grandeur

Oh, YES! You fleshed out Lord O'bama, Opnion...

/upding and greenheart :D

Great post at Fausta's blog. A realtime video of a car trip across the narrow part of Israel..

[Link: faustasblog.com...]

I haven't watch the whole thing yet, but I trust it is entertaining.

Who the heck dings down an open thread in the middle of the night?

re: #28 goddessoftheclassroom

I still say "dial"! I wonder if today's teens even understand why.

I did get one telegram in my life--to announce that I won a Westinghouse Family Scholarship. That was such a great thrill.

UH HUH, why do we still cc somebody? They will not get a carbon copy.

re: #37 laZardo

LOL!

re: #28 goddessoftheclassroom

Scholarship? Temple U was about $1000/semester, and I had all 4 years in the bank when I started college after working since I was 12.

re: #43 littleoldlady

Scholarship? Temple U was about $1000/semester, and I had all 4 years in the bank when I started college after working since I was 12.

Very impressive!

re: #38 Karridine

Oh, YES! You fleshed out Lord O'bama, Opnion...

/upding and greenheart :D

Much grass

re: #33 opnion
Ronald Reagan was the master of the anecdote. I always wondered how many of the stories he included in his speeches were true. But few if any of them were about himself.
Self aggrandizing is the best tag I've seen for Obama.

re: #30 BlueCanuck

um, I'll bet there are!

never had a party line nor telegram, but dialing, yes.

the big technology controversy when I was in school was whether students with calculators could use them, unfair advantage to those who didn't have one.

re: #41 opnion

Much less BCC someone...

re: #37 laZardo

Um...I'm still using a mouse with a ball.

/dinosaur... :-(

re: #40 gop_patriot

Who? Where?

re: #43 littleoldlady

Scholarship? Temple U was about $1000/semester.

Given the exchange rate in this country, one term (actually trimester for some reason, but you get the idea) of college here costs about as much. XD

Which means I'd better find some way to save up money so I can even begin to apply for a masters' course Stateside...especially since the aid well dries up once you have a bachelor's...

In high school chemistry our teacher spent a week instructing us in using a slide rule. In algebra we spent two weeks on logarithms.
Lost arts now, both.

re: #46 Jim in Virginia

Ronald Reagan was the master of the anecdote. I always wondered how many of the stories he included in his speeches were true. But few if any of them were about himself.
Self aggrandizing is the best tag I've seen for Obama.

Yeah and Regan started the personal anecdotal stories,
"Or like Bob Connor of Scranton, who now works two jobs said........"

re: #49 littleoldlady

Oddly enough, so am I (at work anyway). With the PS/2 port, nonetheless. O_o

re: #41 opnion

good one.

re: #48 laZardo

Much less BCC someone...

How about the ink well in the school desk?

re: #40 gop_patriot

roflmao you sort of asked for it lol

re: #50 littleoldlady

Up top, a -1 from someone for the open thread. Looks like Karridine has neutralized it though. LOL

/just kind of a weird thing to down-ding, but whatever :)

have a good one lizardia back later

re: #57 yochanan

roflmao you sort of asked for it lol

HA! Cruelty, thy name is yochanan. I'm crushed... ;)

re: #52 Jim in Virginia

I was thinking of a slide rule, but probably don't remember how to use one. pretty neat to have all that in one compact place.

re: #60 gop_patriot

Fixed ;-)

On Fox:

Israeli Defense Minister Calls On Prime Minister Olmert to Resign Over Corruption Probe

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
Hmmmmmmm.

Good night all.

re: #56 opnion

Here we had those little trench-thingys near the front where you could put pencils. The side facing the seat was also open like a shelf rather than having to open the table surface.

re: #58 gop_patriot

XWarzone again. I remember him from yesterday's (or was that Monday's?) thread. Hmm...

re: #62 littleoldlady

Bless you. ;)

re: #64 x-ray

Goodnight, x-ray!

re: #52 Jim in Virginia

interesting rant by theodore gray

re: #63 goddessoftheclassroom

He probably thinks he can get Olmert's job.

re: #30 BlueCanuck

Umm, I don't think anyone here is that old. :)

/Eniac, nuff said.
//remember dad telling me how punch cards that we got in the mail worked.

Eniac was shut down only a few months after I was born, if I remember correctly.

Ok, I've got to pry the Lizard-in-Training and the Baby Lizard from their beds if we're going to get to school on time. Have a great day!

/does anyone have a crowbar?

re: #69 littleoldlady

He probably thinks he can get Olmert's job.

I don't know who the accuser is, but I wish someone strong would get Olmert's job.

The most profound engine of civilization is the inability of a larger and larger fraction of the population to do the basic things needed to survive.

Technology's greatest contribution is to permit people to be incompetent at a larger and larger range of things. Only by embracing such incompetence is the human race able to progress.

re: #69 littleoldlady

LittleoldLoverly for PM! Least the Cabinet would get a good fruitcup every morning and a big glow to start the day off right.

re: #56 opnion

How about the ink well in the school desk?

My school had those - ink stained - in the wooden desks with the iron legs bolted to the floor.
They were replacing them by 6th grade, but that's what you get with schools built in the 1920's.
And it was such a Jewish neighborhood that the there were too few students to teach on the Jewish holidays.
Meanwhile, I remember Blue Hill Ave in Boston, miles of Jews on Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur.

No one can learn to think without having something to think about. If you try to teach someone how to think in the abstract, you are not going to get anywhere. If you try to make education "easy", by removing the content, you are cheating your students out of the most important thing you have to offer: the chance to do something hard. Only by mastering a difficult body of knowledge can a child develop into a confident, thinking adult. The point is, it doesn't necessarily have to be the same difficult body of knowledge that the child's parents learned.

re: #77 godfrey

BRAVO!

re: #75 Widow'smight

Howdy! :-)

I certainly could do a better job than "Mr 8% approval rating"!

re: #78 goddessoftheclassroom

That's from my link, above. It's a really bracing read.

re: #77 godfrey

I was reading how they want to make science education easier and more interesting - again. This is to reverse the decline in students who know science. How do they teach science in places where students learn it? I think they use the old methods.
They change the teaching methods, get worse results, change again, it gets worse, repeat until we end up with people who actually believe TV ads are telling the truth.

Gotta head home from internship work, will try to catch up later on.

In the meantime...

The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.

re: #81 Kosh's Shadow

Who is "they"? The authors of that rant?

re: #79 littleoldlady

Free Hostas for everyone!

BTW, the ones you sent are really nice, even the MRS and mini-mom made a comment. I don't what those other things are yet, but they're growing.

Wasn't there a Sherlock Holmes story for Ohlmert, the 8% solution?

re: #79 littleoldlady

I'd vote for you!

...Talk to y'all later, have a great morning, lizards. I'm outta here. :)

Morning all. Quick visit before running off.

How's everyone this morning?

re: #1 yochanan

good morning america how are you

Well don't you know me, I'm your native son...

re: #86 Lucius Septimius

Hi Lucius, anecdotal evidence from Godfrey Corner indicates everything A-OK.

'Night, gop! :-)

re: #84 Widow'smight

Those "other things" (I thought it was some kind of scabiosa, but now I'm not sure) have really taken off in my garden. Your lilies are growing great, too! Dahlias just went in - can't wait for those to bloom. :-)

re: #37 laZardo

Remember when the mice had balls?

/none of this optical-wireless hootenanny...

Remember when the GOP had balls?

/heh. rhetorical question.

re: #40 gop_patriot

Who the heck dings down an open thread in the middle of the night?

The same nobody who was downdinging open threads the other day, apparently.

re: #91 JamesTKirk

The same nobody who was downdinging open threads the other day, apparently.

Some folks obviously have WAY too much time on their hands.

re: #81 Kosh's Shadow

I was reading how they want to make science education easier and more interesting - again. This is to reverse the decline in students who know science. How do they teach science in places where students learn it? I think they use the old methods.
They change the teaching methods, get worse results, change again, it gets worse, repeat until we end up with people who actually believe TV ads are telling the truth.

Anything old is bad! Change is always good! That's progress!

re: #88 godfrey

I tend to value the anecdotes over the statistics.

As bad as Olmert is, will whoever replaces him be any better?
I'm reminded of the Jimmy Carter quote: In a democracy, people get the kind of government they deserve.

re: #92 Lucius Septimius

Some folks obviously have WAY too much time on their hands.

Then let them go back and get the damned whales.

re: #89 littleoldlady

Mystery Plants! Maybe they're Hopium, and Oblamo might get some extra votes from us bible-tumpin, gun-totin Klingons.

Did he tell us how his Great.......Grand Uncle was with George Washington at Yorktown when the Bismarck shelled Yorktown.

re: #97 Widow'smight

NOTHING would surprise me at this point!

re: #95 Jim in Virginia

As bad as Olmert is, will whoever replaces him be any better?

Doesn't Israel try to alternate between leaders who value security and leaders who want to commit national suicide?

re: #81 Kosh's Shadow

I was reading how they want to make science education easier and more interesting - again. This is to reverse the decline in students who know science. How do they teach science in places where students learn it? I think they use the old methods.
.

And when they get to college they face the old methods anyway. Now amount of "gendering" and "social constructivism" will make your reactions work or balance your equations.

My science curriculum is pretty much based on observation and classification, biology and some chemistry now, turning to geology/cosmology once we get through the vertebrates (finishing up invertebrates now). Old school. And he has to take notes and tests.

re: #96 JamesTKirk

Then let them go back and get the damned whales.

heh.

OK, so I have some nimrod who missed the final exam because she was "sick," schedules a make-up, doesn't show up or contact me, sends me an email two weeks later to ask if she can take the exam today. Oh, and she can't come up with a doctor's excuse to explain why she missed the final. her latest is "can I just give the grade without the exam." Sure, and that'll knock 20% off the average, which given the fact that her average is hovering around C to begin with would pretty much result in a big fat juicy F.

Mo-ron.

Feeling pretty good this morning. Anyone want to knock me off my thimble?

re: #99 JamesTKirk
Where are this decade's Winston Churchill, Golda Meir, Ronald Reagan, and Maggie Thatcher?
Did they all decide to blow off the public sector and go work for Microsoft?

re: #98 littleoldlady

It's like someone took a big chalkboard, drew a pair of Giant Ears on it, and every American/Jewish hating person in the world wrote something into his head.

Glad there's still real men in this country, ya know the ones that say "Yes Dear" and "I love you" to their beautiful brides. Kinda like T.O.M. Men comfortable in their own skins.

re: #103 littleO

Feeling pretty good this morning. Anyone want to knock me off my thimble?

Nope. This is the day the Lord has made.

re: #105 Widow'smight

It's like someone took a big chalkboard, drew a pair of Giant Ears on it, and every American/Jewish hating person in the world wrote something into his head.

His head is big enough and empty enough that there would be room for all.

Glad there's still real men in this country, ya know the ones that say "Yes Dear" and "I love you" to their beautiful brides. Kinda like T.O.M. Men comfortable in their own skins.

I do all that stuff, and it ain't doing me a helluva lotta good these days.

re: #102 Lucius Septimius

At the end of one semester, my teacher was going over his records and discovered that I hadn't handed in one of the assignments. He wrote in an A-minus, because he said that he knew I could do it. (The reason I only got an A-minus is because he figured he should dock me some points for, you know, not actually doing it.)

[Link: db.rambleschmack.net...]

re: #105 Widow'smight

Heh, heh, or tell them how beautiful they look first thing in the morning?

/always a winner. :D

re: #102 Lucius Septimius

OK, so I have some nimrod who missed the final exam because she was "sick," schedules a make-up, doesn't show up or contact me, sends me an email two weeks later to ask if she can take the exam today. Oh, and she can't come up with a doctor's excuse to explain why she missed the final. her latest is "can I just give the grade without the exam." Sure, and that'll knock 20% off the average, which given the fact that her average is hovering around C to begin with would pretty much result in a big fat juicy F.

Mo-ron.

We hired her brother. Scheduled a start date. It came and went, he didn't show. We called, he said he had to wrap some stuff up at the old job but he'd be there the next Monday. Next week- still a no show.

re: #107 Lucius Septimius

That's weird -- the formatting ended up all funky.

Blockquote, comment
Blockquote, comment

re: #104 Jim in Virginia

Where are this decade's Winston Churchill, Golda Meir, Ronald Reagan, and Maggie Thatcher?

They know better than to go into politics and watch their family and friends get destroyed.

/That's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it.

re: #105 Widow'smight

It doesn't bother me that he's running. It doesn't even bother me that he's a liar/lightweight/Marxist, etc. What bothers me (TO NO END) is that my fellow Americans are <