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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 5, 2007 18:12:02 GMT -5
I'll take your word for it.
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Post by MelMac on Dec 5, 2007 18:18:17 GMT -5
I'll take your word for it. OK, thanks. Just noticed this too, you are now over 9K posts, and on the way to 10K, and probably being a decent stockholder of the GAH board. (theoretically of course. )
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 5, 2007 18:28:26 GMT -5
You are second in stocks. I used to have quite the market share, but have been letting others delve into it some by taking vacations and the like.
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Post by Ms Boku on Dec 5, 2007 23:44:20 GMT -5
I just got back from seeing TSO (Tran Siberian Orchestra) It was great. They played the nut cracker and all I could think of was My Ralph crashing vid I made. It was a a show worth seeing.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 6, 2007 0:42:20 GMT -5
My wife has several of their CDs. We might go see it if they are ever in town. Glad you had fun.
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Post by MelMac on Dec 6, 2007 1:25:40 GMT -5
I just got back from seeing TSO (Tran Siberian Orchestra) It was great. They played the nut cracker and all I could think of was My Ralph crashing vid I made. It was a a show worth seeing. "The Nutcracker" is one ballet I'd love to see. I also like the "Russian Dance" score that you used in the vid you created. It and the one with the dancing peacock (well, the movie version there), are probably two of my favorite scores in the ballet. The weirdest one still was them doing a sort of theater and big show coming to town theme one time to the score on TV. Still haven't figured out that one.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 6, 2007 13:32:40 GMT -5
I saw the NUTCRACKER performance on stage a couple of weekends ago with area ballet dancers. It was cute, because some of the kids were not that coordinated. Then, I saw it last night on Public Television while waiting for Sara to get done playing online.
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Post by Nicol on Dec 6, 2007 15:58:38 GMT -5
for the yamma yamma thread Yesturday and today in a place faraway (Holland and Belguim) they celebrate a day called Saint Nicholas Day. ( Somthing we do in our family to) and wanted to pass te fun along
So
gelukkig Sinterklaas (Happy Saint Nicholas or santa clause)
Sinterklaas Kapoentje (Nicholas I beg of you) Gooi wat in mijn schoentje,( Drop into my little shoe) gooi wat in mijn laarsje (Something sweet or sweeter,) dank u, Sinterklaasje. (Thank you, Saint and Peter. )
By the above song is what the little dutch girl sings to Santa in Miracle on 34th street
Of course when I was there the tradition was you drew a name of a family member to give a present too. (Like a secret santa) then you decorated a box that represents the reciever and put the present in the box. Example if I had picked say Mel then I would probly decorate a box with juggeling balls and pictures of Foghorn leghorn. then on the morning on dec 6th we got to opent he presents. so much fun. the reciever had to gues who the giver was.
So much fun and good memories.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 6, 2007 16:41:30 GMT -5
Neat...and damn about forgetting my wooden shoes.
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Post by MyTatuo on Dec 6, 2007 16:45:21 GMT -5
Germany (and by extension our house) has "Nikolaustag" also. My kids woke up to candy, oranges and walnuts under the tree. No boots on the doorstep, though; I'd be afraid of what our neighbors would donate/appropriate.
St. Nikolaus comes on the 6th, and the Christkind is supposed to come on the 24th. We're not religious, so Santa pulls double-duty at our house.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 6, 2007 17:24:33 GMT -5
I bet your kids LOVE you.
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Post by MelMac on Dec 7, 2007 9:33:29 GMT -5
Still is warm here, and I'd kinda like it to stay at least jacket weather in the next few days. Just doesn't feel like December right now, but if it started to snow where I live, then I'd wonder too.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 7, 2007 10:08:40 GMT -5
We got several inches yesterday and there is a chance for more tomorrow and Sunday. I don't mind snow, but I wish the people who were in charge of clearing the roads were more adept at their jobs.
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Post by MelMac on Dec 7, 2007 10:22:18 GMT -5
We got several inches yesterday and there is a chance for more tomorrow and Sunday. I don't mind snow, but I wish the people who were in charge of clearing the roads were more adept at their jobs. That and salting sidewalks that get covered with ice. I miss the snow, but am glad to be where I am today. Think one thing I miss the most is having roommates who never had seen snow (international roommates) and their reaction to it. Favorite was "Very pretty, but very cold," and I had to loan the girl a thermal blanket - and told her I had a few more blankets if she needed them - because she wasn't ready for the weather. She did well though and had a lot of fun having snow fights with her friends.
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Post by MelMac on Dec 8, 2007 23:21:59 GMT -5
You know you've seen one too many historical buildings when you visit a church and tell them you noticed that the church didn't have curved corners in the building. Churches from around the 18th and 19th centuries didn't have regular corners in the church because they believed evil would lurk in the corners. Solution - have rounded corners. Still love the bit though where they have holes in the bottom of the floor in the back so those who were baptized could get their clothes dried faster.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 9, 2007 21:42:46 GMT -5
I try to avoid churches. Granted, I saw my niece baptized today, but otherwise, I try to avoid them. I saw too many in Europe because the Dean liked them.
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Post by MelMac on Dec 9, 2007 21:59:59 GMT -5
I try to avoid churches. Granted, I saw my niece baptized today, but otherwise, I try to avoid them. I saw too many in Europe because the Dean liked them. Lots of history in those churches with the catacombs and such... or at least I think so given the rats and such in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." I like to tour old buildings and such to see how much things have changed. It's also fun when you're 5'7" and have to duck to get under doorways because people from the early 1900s were shorter than that on average.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 9, 2007 22:11:49 GMT -5
Try being my height.
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Post by MelMac on Dec 9, 2007 23:14:21 GMT -5
Try being my height. I have admittedly imagined it, and seen some 6'2" who have nearly beaned themselves trying to get through the doorways of the Texas or even Lexington. The bunks were also very narrow and short. Houses are just as bad. The Constitution I had to duck, as sailors were very short during the Revolutionary era. Even seeing a recreation of how they slept, the hammocks were rather small.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 9, 2007 23:22:11 GMT -5
Yes, but I am five inches taller than that so imagine it at MY height.
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