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Posted by Ursula Schrader on June 28, 2009, 12:52 pm
"BEI Design" wrote...
OK, I got lost! This thread is far too frayed (if I may use that picture)
for me to follow it, with all the stuff I had to do and now the humid heat
(yes, I read some of those postings and I wish I was in Oregon, and would,
please, somebody explain that thing about the wall to me?) and a several-day
migraine bout.
But! I'm sure you'll be the smartestly-dressed woman in the whole event
(apart from the bride of course). So just show us the pics, will you? ;-)
U.
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Posted by BEI Design on June 28, 2009, 4:33 pm
Ursula Schrader wrote:
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> "BEI Design" wrote...
> OK, I got lost! This thread is far too frayed (if I may
> use that picture) for me to follow it, with all the stuff
> I had to do and now the humid heat (yes, I read some of
> those postings and I wish I was in Oregon,
You would be welcome to visit, just don't even THINK about
moving here. ;-)
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> and would,
> please, somebody explain that thing about the wall to
> me?)
I have re-read the thread, do you mean this:
" I was less
then thrilled when I saw a billionopede crawling up the
wall.."?
If so, that part of the discussion had wandered off to
reactions of various participants to large insects and
Araneae. My use of "billionopede" was a play on words.
There actually are insects called "centipedes"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centipede
and "millipedes" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millipede
By using the made-up word "billionopede" I was exaggerating
my reaction to the insect on the wall in the resort in
Spain.
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> and a several-day migraine bout.
Oooooh, sorry, I hope you feel better soon. (((HUGS)))
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> But! I'm sure you'll be the smartestly-dressed woman in
> the whole event (apart from the bride of course). So just
> show us the pics, will you? ;-)
No bride, I'm going to watch my DGD dance in the Regional
Highland Dance Championship competition in Nashville.
http://usir2009.fusta.us/ I'm putting together a wardrobe
which I hope will accommodate the Nashville summer weather,
which is very unlike what I am used to. Pics will follow.
Beverly
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Posted by Ursula Schrader on June 28, 2009, 4:40 pm
"BEI Design" wrote...
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> Ursula Schrader wrote:
>> "BEI Design" wrote...
>> OK, I got lost! This thread is far too frayed (if I may
>> use that picture) for me to follow it, with all the stuff
>> I had to do and now the humid heat (yes, I read some of
>> those postings and I wish I was in Oregon,
> You would be welcome to visit, just don't even THINK about moving here.
> ;-)
>> and would,
>> please, somebody explain that thing about the wall to
>> me?)
> I have re-read the thread, do you mean this:
> " I was less
> then thrilled when I saw a billionopede crawling up the wall.."?
Oh no, it was that thing about the Brick-of-the-month club. It seems clear
that Oregoneans
and Californians feel like some West- and Eastgermans for eachother,
desperately wishing the wall back. The question is just, why do the
Oregoneans and Californians feel that way?
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> If so, that part of the discussion had wandered off to reactions of
> various participants to large insects and Araneae. My use of
> "billionopede" was a play on words.
Hey, I didn't even get to that part of the thread. I like 'billionopede';
'billionopediness', for example, could be the felt number of legs on such a
creature. Great word, must remember! ;-)
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>> and a several-day migraine bout.
> Oooooh, sorry, I hope you feel better soon. (((HUGS)))
Thanks, they come and go, but recently they stay much longer. Got to see my
homeopathic practitioner about it tomorrow.
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>> But! I'm sure you'll be the smartestly-dressed woman in
>> the whole event (apart from the bride of course). So just
>> show us the pics, will you? ;-)
> No bride, I'm going to watch my DGD dance in the Regional Highland Dance
> Championship competition in Nashville. http://usir2009.fusta.us/ I'm
> putting together a wardrobe which I hope will accommodate the Nashville
> summer weather, which is very unlike what I am used to. Pics will follow.
Ouch! Silly, shatterbrained me! Yes, go for silks, billions of Japanese and
Chinese can't be 'wong'. And I hope your DGD will win! After all she'll be
in DGM's outfit, right? There's no better good luck charm, apart from
constant hard training. ;-)
U.
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Posted by Pogonip on June 28, 2009, 4:54 pm
Ursula Schrader wrote:
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> Oh no, it was that thing about the Brick-of-the-month club. It seems clear
> that Oregoneans
> and Californians feel like some West- and Eastgermans for eachother,
> desperately wishing the wall back. The question is just, why do the
> Oregoneans and Californians feel that way?
>
Some years ago now, Californians who used to visit Oregon started moving
there. They've done the same thing in Nevada. The Californians move
because they want lower taxes, lower living expenses. Houses were
priced much lower in Oregon (and Nevada) so they could sell their
California houses and either buy a much nicer house or an equivalent
house and invest the rest of the money.
This only works for a while. The influx of Californians drove the
prices up on the houses for sale. The increase in population plus
Californians' demands for equivalent government services drove up taxes.
There's a reason taxes in Oregon and Nevada were lower than
California's - there are far fewer services supplied by the government.
So, Oregonian humor came up with the Brick-of-the-Month Club. Really,
nobody minded the Californians coming for a visit, staying on the coast
or other resorts, paying their way at hotels, motels, restaurants, gas
stations, etc., it's when they started moving in lock, stock, and barrel
that the trouble started.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by BEI Design on June 28, 2009, 5:29 pm
Pogonip wrote:
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> Ursula Schrader wrote:
> > Oh no, it was that thing about the Brick-of-the-month
> > club. It seems clear that Oregoneans
> > and Californians feel like some West- and Eastgermans
> > for eachother, desperately wishing the wall back. The
> > question is just, why do the Oregoneans and
> > Californians feel that way?
> Some years ago now, Californians who used to visit Oregon
> started moving there. They've done the same thing in
> Nevada. The Californians move because they want lower
> taxes, lower living expenses. Houses were priced much
> lower in Oregon (and Nevada) so they could
> sell their California houses and either buy a much nicer
> house or an equivalent house and invest the rest of the
> money.
> This only works for a while. The influx of Californians
> drove the prices up on the houses for sale. The increase
> in
> population plus Californians' demands for equivalent
> government services drove up taxes. There's a reason
> taxes in Oregon and Nevada were lower than California's -
> there are far fewer services supplied by
> the government.
> So, Oregonian humor came up with the Brick-of-the-Month
> Club. Really, nobody minded the Californians coming for
> a visit, staying on the coast or other resorts, paying
> their way at hotels, motels,
> restaurants, gas stations, etc., it's when they started
> moving in lock, stock, and barrel that the trouble
> started.
Yeah, what she said! ;-)
Beverly
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> OK, I got lost! This thread is far too frayed (if I may
> use that picture) for me to follow it, with all the stuff
> I had to do and now the humid heat (yes, I read some of
> those postings and I wish I was in Oregon,