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Magpies are passing through. They sure do have a loud squawk.

 

That's probably why they made a cartoon about them called "Heckle & Jeckle" back in the '60s! aIRo6Hp.jpg

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Magpies are passing through. They sure do have a loud squawk.

 

That's probably why they made a cartoon about them called "Heckle & Jeckle" back in the '60s! aIRo6Hp.jpg

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I remember Heckle & Jeckle!!! :codger: Thanks for reminding me, ORFie! You're right.

 

They sure are loud. I had about six of them in the tree right outside my window.

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Okay, so this is all after an episode of severe disappointment- my son was in a marching band competition at Ohio Stadium in front of about 20,000 people last Saturday night, and right at the very beginning of their set, he dislocated his kneecap and sprained his MCL...but he kept going, through the whole ten or eleven minutes that their show lasted, playing, marching, limping the whole way through. But he was in no shape to travel back home with the band on the buses, so I brought him home in the car (about an hour and a half drive), and straight to the hospital...I took him to an orthopedist on Monday, which is when we found out specifically what happened, what the injury was- there will be weeks of physical therapy, and he’s getting an MRI done today. It would appear that his marching season is pretty much over.

 

HOWEVER- at this stage, five days after the incident, his progress has been swift; better than anyone could have expected up to this point. He saw a physical therapist yesterday, who said if the MRI comes back with encouraging results, he may actually be able to march again before the season is out. State finals are the first weekend in November, and while I’m not pushing for him to be ready for anything if he’s just not physically ready- I know he wants to be back out there again; I know he’s extremely disappointed right now.

 

Tomorrow they are going to another competition, at Vanderbilt University, and he is not able to participate. But he was cleared for the bus ride to Nashville with all of his bandmates (it’s about 5-6 hours one way), and I’ll be driving down separately and bringing him home.

 

I’m just thrilled that he’s going to be there with them, and I’m glad that he’s emotionally ready to do it. He is usually a very affable type of person, but his frustration and disappointment have really been doing a number on him, in addition to the pain of just getting around. But he has decided to go, just to be there with all of his bandmates. And I’m so excited to be able to be there with him, too.

 

We are supremely hopeful that another four weeks from now, he’ll be ready to compete in the state finals and end the season on a very high note.

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Okay, so this is all after an episode of severe disappointment- my son was in a marching band competition at Ohio Stadium in front of about 20,000 people last Saturday night, and right at the very beginning of their set, he dislocated his kneecap and sprained his MCL...but he kept going, through the whole ten or eleven minutes that their show lasted, playing, marching, limping the whole way through. But he was in no shape to travel back home with the band on the buses, so I brought him home in the car (about an hour and a half drive), and straight to the hospital...I took him to an orthopedist on Monday, which is when we found out specifically what happened, what the injury was- there will be weeks of physical therapy, and he’s getting an MRI done today. It would appear that his marching season is pretty much over.

 

HOWEVER- at this stage, five days after the incident, his progress has been swift; better than anyone could have expected up to this point. He saw a physical therapist yesterday, who said if the MRI comes back with encouraging results, he may actually be able to march again before the season is out. State finals are the first weekend in November, and while I’m not pushing for him to be ready for anything if he’s just not physically ready- I know he wants to be back out there again; I know he’s extremely disappointed right now.

 

Tomorrow they are going to another competition, at Vanderbilt University, and he is not able to participate. But he was cleared for the bus ride to Nashville with all of his bandmates (it’s about 5-6 hours one way), and I’ll be driving down separately and bringing him home.

 

I’m just thrilled that he’s going to be there with them, and I’m glad that he’s emotionally ready to do it. He is usually a very affable type of person, but his frustration and disappointment have really been doing a number on him, in addition to the pain of just getting around. But he has decided to go, just to be there with all of his bandmates. And I’m so excited to be able to be there with him, too.

 

We are supremely hopeful that another four weeks from now, he’ll be ready to compete in the state finals and end the season on a very high note.

When it comes to healing, there's nothing like being young.

 

It's wonderful, too, that he will be going to Vanderbilt just to lend support. It will be good medicine for him too.

 

He sounds like a determined young man. Nothing will hold him back or down.

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Okay, so this is all after an episode of severe disappointment- my son was in a marching band competition at Ohio Stadium in front of about 20,000 people last Saturday night, and right at the very beginning of their set, he dislocated his kneecap and sprained his MCL...but he kept going, through the whole ten or eleven minutes that their show lasted, playing, marching, limping the whole way through. But he was in no shape to travel back home with the band on the buses, so I brought him home in the car (about an hour and a half drive), and straight to the hospital...I took him to an orthopedist on Monday, which is when we found out specifically what happened, what the injury was- there will be weeks of physical therapy, and he’s getting an MRI done today. It would appear that his marching season is pretty much over.

 

HOWEVER- at this stage, five days after the incident, his progress has been swift; better than anyone could have expected up to this point. He saw a physical therapist yesterday, who said if the MRI comes back with encouraging results, he may actually be able to march again before the season is out. State finals are the first weekend in November, and while I’m not pushing for him to be ready for anything if he’s just not physically ready- I know he wants to be back out there again; I know he’s extremely disappointed right now.

 

Tomorrow they are going to another competition, at Vanderbilt University, and he is not able to participate. But he was cleared for the bus ride to Nashville with all of his bandmates (it’s about 5-6 hours one way), and I’ll be driving down separately and bringing him home.

 

I’m just thrilled that he’s going to be there with them, and I’m glad that he’s emotionally ready to do it. He is usually a very affable type of person, but his frustration and disappointment have really been doing a number on him, in addition to the pain of just getting around. But he has decided to go, just to be there with all of his bandmates. And I’m so excited to be able to be there with him, too.

 

We are supremely hopeful that another four weeks from now, he’ll be ready to compete in the state finals and end the season on a very high note.

 

I hope he heals quickly! Those band trips and competitions are so much fun for them; we had 2 kids in marching band. I hope he gets to go in November!

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Okay, so this is all after an episode of severe disappointment- my son was in a marching band competition at Ohio Stadium in front of about 20,000 people last Saturday night, and right at the very beginning of their set, he dislocated his kneecap and sprained his MCL...but he kept going, through the whole ten or eleven minutes that their show lasted, playing, marching, limping the whole way through. But he was in no shape to travel back home with the band on the buses, so I brought him home in the car (about an hour and a half drive), and straight to the hospital...I took him to an orthopedist on Monday, which is when we found out specifically what happened, what the injury was- there will be weeks of physical therapy, and he’s getting an MRI done today. It would appear that his marching season is pretty much over.

 

HOWEVER- at this stage, five days after the incident, his progress has been swift; better than anyone could have expected up to this point. He saw a physical therapist yesterday, who said if the MRI comes back with encouraging results, he may actually be able to march again before the season is out. State finals are the first weekend in November, and while I’m not pushing for him to be ready for anything if he’s just not physically ready- I know he wants to be back out there again; I know he’s extremely disappointed right now.

 

Tomorrow they are going to another competition, at Vanderbilt University, and he is not able to participate. But he was cleared for the bus ride to Nashville with all of his bandmates (it’s about 5-6 hours one way), and I’ll be driving down separately and bringing him home.

 

I’m just thrilled that he’s going to be there with them, and I’m glad that he’s emotionally ready to do it. He is usually a very affable type of person, but his frustration and disappointment have really been doing a number on him, in addition to the pain of just getting around. But he has decided to go, just to be there with all of his bandmates. And I’m so excited to be able to be there with him, too.

 

We are supremely hopeful that another four weeks from now, he’ll be ready to compete in the state finals and end the season on a very high note.

When it comes to healing, there's nothing like being young.

 

It's wonderful, too, that he will be going to Vanderbilt just to lend support. It will be good medicine for him too.

 

He sounds like a determined young man. Nothing will hold him back or down.

 

Thank you, Lorraine. Yes, he is extremely determined, and very self-actuated- and so is his little brother. It serves them both well, and I know it will continue to throughout their lives.

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Okay, so this is all after an episode of severe disappointment- my son was in a marching band competition at Ohio Stadium in front of about 20,000 people last Saturday night, and right at the very beginning of their set, he dislocated his kneecap and sprained his MCL...but he kept going, through the whole ten or eleven minutes that their show lasted, playing, marching, limping the whole way through. But he was in no shape to travel back home with the band on the buses, so I brought him home in the car (about an hour and a half drive), and straight to the hospital...I took him to an orthopedist on Monday, which is when we found out specifically what happened, what the injury was- there will be weeks of physical therapy, and he’s getting an MRI done today. It would appear that his marching season is pretty much over.

 

HOWEVER- at this stage, five days after the incident, his progress has been swift; better than anyone could have expected up to this point. He saw a physical therapist yesterday, who said if the MRI comes back with encouraging results, he may actually be able to march again before the season is out. State finals are the first weekend in November, and while I’m not pushing for him to be ready for anything if he’s just not physically ready- I know he wants to be back out there again; I know he’s extremely disappointed right now.

 

Tomorrow they are going to another competition, at Vanderbilt University, and he is not able to participate. But he was cleared for the bus ride to Nashville with all of his bandmates (it’s about 5-6 hours one way), and I’ll be driving down separately and bringing him home.

 

I’m just thrilled that he’s going to be there with them, and I’m glad that he’s emotionally ready to do it. He is usually a very affable type of person, but his frustration and disappointment have really been doing a number on him, in addition to the pain of just getting around. But he has decided to go, just to be there with all of his bandmates. And I’m so excited to be able to be there with him, too.

 

We are supremely hopeful that another four weeks from now, he’ll be ready to compete in the state finals and end the season on a very high note.

 

I hope he heals quickly! Those band trips and competitions are so much fun for them; we had 2 kids in marching band. I hope he gets to go in November!

 

Thank you, Becky- yes, you know what it feels like to see your own kids out there doing it!

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The morning glory I planted is really taking off.

 

Pics?

 

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Well, they won't bloom till next year. But they're getting all windy around the wrought iron garden fence, which is cool. They started as two little pint plantings.

More on the morning glories ...

 

The vines ended up growing like crazy and covered the wrought iron fence around the garden. Then, there a single flower blossomed. Then another, and another. We ended up having a beautiful garden all of September! :)

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The morning glory I planted is really taking off.

 

Pics?

 

NAGAdFC.gif

Well, they won't bloom till next year. But they're getting all windy around the wrought iron garden fence, which is cool. They started as two little pint plantings.

More on the morning glories ...

 

The vines ended up growing like crazy and covered the wrought iron fence around the garden. Then, there a single flower blossomed. Then another, and another. We ended up having a beautiful garden all of September! :)

 

Pics?

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Wisconsin schoolchildren would need to learn the loops and swoops of cursive — and be able to legibly write in that style by the fifth grade — under a proposal in the state Legislature.

 

It would mandate children in traditional public schools, independent charters and private schools participating in the state’s voucher programs be taught cursive writing in the elementary grades.

 

:haz: :haz: :haz:

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Wisconsin schoolchildren would need to learn the loops and swoops of cursive — and be able to legibly write in that style by the fifth grade — under a proposal in the state Legislature.

 

It would mandate children in traditional public schools, independent charters and private schools participating in the state’s voucher programs be taught cursive writing in the elementary grades.

 

:haz: :haz: :haz:

 

I don't want to seem like a negative Nellie, and if it made your day, then it made your day, but why do kids need to learn cursive when many of them can't read or do math on grade level? My god, there are so many better ways to spend that instructional time. I haven't written in cursive in thirty years, and it hasn't made a whit of difference -- and it won't to today's kids, either.

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Wisconsin schoolchildren would need to learn the loops and swoops of cursive — and be able to legibly write in that style by the fifth grade — under a proposal in the state Legislature.

 

It would mandate children in traditional public schools, independent charters and private schools participating in the state’s voucher programs be taught cursive writing in the elementary grades.

 

:haz: :haz: :haz:

 

I don't want to seem like a negative Nellie, and if it made your day, then it made your day, but why do kids need to learn cursive when many of them can't read or do math on grade level? My god, there are so many better ways to spend that instructional time. I haven't written in cursive in thirty years, and it hasn't made a whit of difference -- and it won't to today's kids, either.

 

I’m with you NC. And I was a kid who enjoyed handwriting class, was good at cursive, and got great class marks. Still, I’d rather use the time (and money) to more reading comprehension classes OR actual daily life skill classes like budgeting or cooking.

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Wisconsin schoolchildren would need to learn the loops and swoops of cursive — and be able to legibly write in that style by the fifth grade — under a proposal in the state Legislature.

 

It would mandate children in traditional public schools, independent charters and private schools participating in the state’s voucher programs be taught cursive writing in the elementary grades.

 

:haz: :haz: :haz:

 

I don't want to seem like a negative Nellie, and if it made your day, then it made your day, but why do kids need to learn cursive when many of them can't read or do math on grade level? My god, there are so many better ways to spend that instructional time. I haven't written in cursive in thirty years, and it hasn't made a whit of difference -- and it won't to today's kids, either.

 

Kids of today can learn to read and do mathematics AND write legibly...just like past generations of kids have done.

 

Basic life skills include proficient communication in verbal and written form. Our dependency on high technology is a disaster waiting to happen. The nation's power grid is a mess. The day may never come, but there may come a day when our wonderful tech toys DON'T WORK. What will we do if/when there is no internet for a prolonged period of time? Or no power at all?

 

Basic life skills ..... we should ALL know how to live without our precious tech toys.

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I can't understand how people who can't write cursive sign their names in cursive? I do it at LEAST once a week....

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Wisconsin schoolchildren would need to learn the loops and swoops of cursive — and be able to legibly write in that style by the fifth grade — under a proposal in the state Legislature.

 

It would mandate children in traditional public schools, independent charters and private schools participating in the state’s voucher programs be taught cursive writing in the elementary grades.

 

:haz: :haz: :haz:

 

I don't want to seem like a negative Nellie, and if it made your day, then it made your day, but why do kids need to learn cursive when many of them can't read or do math on grade level? My god, there are so many better ways to spend that instructional time. I haven't written in cursive in thirty years, and it hasn't made a whit of difference -- and it won't to today's kids, either.

 

Kids of today can learn to read and do mathematics AND write legibly...just like past generations of kids have done.

 

Basic life skills include proficient communication in verbal and written form. Our dependency on high technology is a disaster waiting to happen. The nation's power grid is a mess. The day may never come, but there may come a day when our wonderful tech toys DON'T WORK. What will we do if/when there is no internet for a prolonged period of time? Or no power at all?

 

Basic life skills ..... we should ALL know how to live without our precious tech toys.

 

At least half of the people I know over 40 who studied cursive back in school can’t write for shit today. Not even print. They usually don’t hand write anything anyway.

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My neighbor across the street was sharing footage this morning of two bears foraging out front around 1AM. It's the time of year when they come into town for the apples. :)
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At least half of the people I know over 40 who studied cursive back in school can’t write for shit today. Not even print. They usually don’t hand write anything anyway.

 

Perhaps they should go back to school and improve their handwriting. ;) ;)

 

But seriously, the infrequency of usage is irrelevant, IMO. People should still be able to write well for when the need arises.

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My neighbor across the street was sharing footage this morning of two bears foraging out front around 1AM. It's the time of year when they come into town for the apples. :)

A local a few blocks away got a photo of a sow and three cubs a few nights ago...

 

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And this bold one that was out in daylight got tagged and relocated Monday...

 

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My neighbor across the street was sharing footage this morning of two bears foraging out front around 1AM. It's the time of year when they come into town for the apples. :)

A local a few blocks away got a photo of a sow and three cubs a few nights ago...

 

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And this bold one that was out in daylight got tagged and relocated Monday...

 

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I don't know what I would do if I opened up my front door and saw that. As it is, one time I opened the door and a potbelly pig and her baby were standing there looking at me. I tried to shoo them off and they chased me around the property. It was quite funny.

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Stopped at the local Miller's Ale House for a bit of lunch and a couple of cold ones, and the sound system was pumping out a steady stream of Classic Rock. Steve Miller, Kinks, Bad Company, etc. But the real grin was when they broke out Spirit's "Fresh Garbage." :D
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