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  1. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I never knew that, I guess I am too old for modern American-English. 🤣
  2. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I have never had a pair of glasses that made much of difference.
  3. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    My mom drove herself to the doctor after her stroke a few months ago, instead of calling me to say she was having problems. I took the car away from her.
  4. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I am from Vermont, now transplanted in South Carolina, I never had snow tires and most of my life had rear-wheel drive vehicles and *touchwood, never wrecked. The first year we were down here, we had a snow, in the morning before I left for work, it was just a light slushy snow, on my way in...
  5. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I don't need/use eye drops, my vision is just getting worse. I spend 10+/- hours a day on a computer, with 3 screens for work, for the last 20 years. :-(
  6. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    "Be Back Later" as opposed to BRB "Be Right Back"?
  7. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    My eyes are too bad to do anything on the phone beyond call and text. Too many years staring at screens.
  8. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Fact! Even in the most awkward of situations.. "We have chickens!" LOL
  9. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    'Chat talk' just makes complicated language differences more complicated. I am the annoying person that spells everything out when texting...LOL and I am not nearly as fast as my 35 y/o son. *sigh
  10. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Over here, abbreviations are capitalized to indicate that it is an abbreviation, although in the world of on-line communications, all caps is used as shouting, so that isn't necessarily a good indicator anymore. Typically you would use the period/full stop, A.C.V. or S.N.A.F.U to be more...
  11. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    The coldest that I remember, from Vermont was -36, it was not pleasant, but it was survivable, the wind made uncomfortable. I like the cold, I just not that cold. :-)
  12. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I suddenly do not feel so bad about Spud..😉
  13. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Spud and Goldie always greet us, every time, Squeaky does sometimes, Walnut and Tater, rarely more than a look to acknowledge our presence and to see if we are bringing treats LOL.
  14. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I have found them to be pretty horrible over here too.
  15. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    All the boys seem to recognize their names, I think the girls do too, but don't really care because they are too busy eating.
  16. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I used to get in trouble in school for my mixed spellings, some of my early home learning came from my Scottish Great Grandmother and Welsh Great Grandfather. I am constantly mixing up my English'es'.
  17. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    🤣 I love Michael ! Let's bring into the conversation that American English drops some letters from words, one of our favourites is aluminium v aluminum and mostly to just be contrary... 😉 If I want to bring out the die-hard cockney in the Egg Thief, I just ask him, "Where is the Aluuuuuuuuuminum...
  18. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I can't have a conversation that does not involve the chickens, turkeys or my dogs and I know most people are really not interested, so I spend a lot of time smiling an nodding.
  19. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I am sorry about the loss of Fabio, but excited to see how your new young lads step up and mature.
  20. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Stunning was the first word that came to mind when I saw him too.
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