Nevadans?

[Lacy Blues]

Count me in!

 

[Peep_Show]

americanvalkyrie:

IF Mt. Rushmore were in North Dakota. (Answer: Pierre)

sherylreno:

They were talking about the ones in the extreme North East: Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Eerie, Lake Ontario (Answer: Lake Michigan)


Yeppers..... Brain cramp. At least I got "Komodo Dragon" "Hugh Jackman" and "Liters" correct (different questions, btw)


(Answers: Grover Cleveland; Medea; Mekong; Sierra Nevada; Pierre; Puccini (?? I'm guessing); Michigan; Winston Churchill and I have no idea..... you math brainiacs probably know that one)

 

[sherylreno]

I know but for some unknown reason that was the only lake coming to mind. The Great Lakes are all fresh water lakes too.

 

[NevadaRon]

Ohhh what else?

Here's the overview. Looks interesting - some of your "dream" breeds' clubs will be there.

ABA National/PPBA Winter Show​

I've got my old police boots for working out in the cold, but I'm ready for warm weather either way. Our heating bill came yesterday. A full tank of fuel oil (lasts one month most Januaries) = $544.04. We turned our thermostats down to 60 all over, and I bought a space heater to heat my massage room during clients. This is just uncalled for.

$544.04!?!

Wow, I guess I'll stop complaining about my gas bill of $109 for last month (not propane - even as far out as I am we have natural gas

)

americanvalkyrie:

IF Mt. Rushmore were in North Dakota. (Answer: Pierre)

sherylreno:

They were talking about the ones in the extreme North East: Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Eerie, Lake Ontario (Answer: Lake Michigan)


Yeppers..... Brain cramp. At least I got "Komodo Dragon" "Hugh Jackman" and "Liters" correct (different questions, btw)


(Answers: Grover Cleveland; Medea; Mekong; Sierra Nevada; Pierre; Puccini (?? I'm guessing); Michigan; Winston Churchill and I have no idea..... you math brainiacs probably know that one)

OK, I knew Cleveland, Mekong, Sierra Nevada, Pierre, and Michigan. Geography has always been a strong suit for me. That's always been my fear though - if I did make it to Jeopardy the geography category would be left out and in it's place would be Opera or Pop culture or fashion or other things I know nothing about.

 

[chicharomirinda]

hello, i've been away from byc for awhile. my parents left on wednesday and it was a good visit. My mom dusted and cleaned my shelves and knick knacks and organized the kids toys and books. the kids had lots of fun with them. we celebrated their birthday early with grandma and grandpa.

I don't have much other news to report. nothing big is going on in my chicken coop. my blrw is still broody.

Oh, good news (probably.) I don't know if I told everyone... my dentist friend, who has Garden #3 that I've done for two years now, offered me a room in his building RENT FREE! This will probably happen in February. The building is walking distance, right beside the gym and the grocery store. I can walk home between clients and check on the chickens and the garden. AND we can move our bedroom into my old home office, and move Joe out of the hallway.

The hallway will probably be used for storage BUT I can try to hang daylight-balanced lamps in there and put my easel in there, and guard it with booby traps to keep it mine.

that's great news! congrats!

I lost 17 birds the other day.

so sorry about your birds!

I was just watching AFV and I was wondering what some of our most embarrassing moments were?

Here's one of mine. This was shortly after Steve and I first moved in together. Once we were out talking to the neighbors after work and when I realized the conversation was not going to end any time soon I excused myself so that I could get out of my work clothes and into some jeans. When I came back out I crept up behind Steve and put my arms around him resting my head on his back. It took a few seconds for it to dawn on me that my head was resting on a tank top t-shirt and Steve didn't have a tank top T on when I'd left! Sure enough I lift my head up and Steve and the neighbor's wife are both staring at me in shock. I was hugging the wrong guy! I actually screamed and jumped back I was so embarrassed!!!

Ugh! Good thing they decided to find the whole thing hilarious instead of blowing up at me like some folks might have done! A couple of months later I was out weeding the parking strip of our property and I was making kissing noises at my dogs. I did not see my neighbor right next to me til I heard "Are you saying Hi to me or are the dogs on the other side of that fence"? This time it was the wife. I laughed saying I was never going to live down my reputation as the weirdo next door neighbor at that rate!

OK, I shared, now it's your turn! Hey if we can't laugh at ourselves...

Just keep it clean folks!

I'm trying to think of one but I'm drawing a blank right now.

From my latest batch o' beads....

very nice!

my rabbit had three healthy babies this morning

congrats!

I've got my old police boots for working out in the cold, but I'm ready for warm weather either way. Our heating bill came yesterday. A full tank of fuel oil (lasts one month most Januaries) = $544.04. We turned our thermostats down to 60 all over, and I bought a space heater to heat my massage room during clients. This is just uncalled for.

wow that's a big one. I know ours won't be that much but i'm sure it'll be higher than I want with this colder weather we've been having.

Ouch!!!!

I just took the Jeopardy! on-line test.... It was SO hard! (There were no clues within the clues like on TV) I don't think they'll be calling Yours Truly as a show contestant anytime soonly.

Some of their questions for you smarty-pants out there:

Who was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States?

In Greek mythology who was Jason's wife?

Name the longest river in Viet Nam?

Name the mountain range that has Mt. Whitney?

Name the capital of the state with Mt. Rushmore?

Who wrote the opera "Tosca"?

Name the Great Lake wholly contained in the U.S.?

Name the subject of the 2012 book "The Last Lion"?

What is the study of jet trajectory called?

and a bunch o' other questions to comprise 50 brain crampers. Oh, well.....maybe next tryout... (They don't let you know your results. They'll just call you if you qualify for the next interview round)

(My secret fear is that I'll get on the show and the categories will be stuff I know I s**k at, e.g., Equidistant Planets; Third World geography; Russian composers of the 13th Century; recent Childrens literature (I have NO kids); Famous Chinese; Rhyming Physicists; Polar Ice Stations.... Etc....)

good luck!

 

[SunnyDawn]

Ouch!!!!

I just took the Jeopardy! on-line test.... It was SO hard! (There were no clues within the clues like on TV) I don't think they'll be calling Yours Truly as a show contestant anytime soonly.

Some of their questions for you smarty-pants out there:

Who was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States?

In Greek mythology who was Jason's wife?

Name the longest river in Viet Nam?

Name the mountain range that has Mt. Whitney?

Name the capital of the state with Mt. Rushmore?

Who wrote the opera "Tosca"?

Name the Great Lake wholly contained in the U.S.?

Name the subject of the 2012 book "The Last Lion"?

What is the study of jet trajectory called?

and a bunch o' other questions to comprise 50 brain crampers. Oh, well.....maybe next tryout... (They don't let you know your results. They'll just call you if you qualify for the next interview round)

(My secret fear is that I'll get on the show and the categories will be stuff I know I s**k at, e.g., Equidistant Planets; Third World geography; Russian composers of the 13th Century; recent Childrens literature (I have NO kids); Famous Chinese; Rhyming Physicists; Polar Ice Stations.... Etc....)

Pooh! I only got 3 of those.

I like Jeopardy but I'm not crazy enough to try out. Surprisingly 2 of the questions I got right were geography questions but normally I am horrible with geography questions. When the kids live at home and we would watch Jeopardy, they would all get this shocked look on their faces if I actually got a geography question correct! lol The youngest would say, "OMG Mom! You actually got a geography question right?!!!" It didn't happen often but that never stopped me from guessing. haha What's worse is that even when I get one right I am too slow to have ever been able to hit the button first if I were on the show. I have to think about these things too long. I also stink at pop culture and celebrity news (which is why I'd never try out for Millionaire either.

And no, I didn't get the math question right either.

well my broody amercuanas have had thier muffs pluck so there goes the majority of my show birds

Bummer!

OK, I knew Cleveland, Mekong, Sierra Nevada, Pierre, and Michigan. Geography has always been a strong suit for me. That's always been my fear though - if I did make it to Jeopardy the geography category would be left out and in it's place would be Opera or Pop culture or fashion or other things I know nothing about.

Smart aleck.

JK, I'm just jealous.

I'm so surprised you have natural gas way out there!

I'm trying to think of one but I'm drawing a blank right now.

I'll be waiting with baited breath.

 

[silkieluver50]

I hope you get some good layers out of that bunch!

 

[sherylreno]

Oh my goodness, what a nightmare it was outside this afternoon and evening. I started getting ready for work 3 hours early for some unknown reason and was it a good thing. I got to work before the iced up roads happened. The freeway was at a standstill all afternoon. People were late getting to work because they were stuck on the side streets for 45 mins without moving. I'm so thankful I had no issues to and from work today. I wish it would either really snow or not at all. Having this sputter of snow and then boom into the teens is just wrong.

silkieluver - What type of chickens do you have? The ones in your avatar are very pretty.

 

[NevadaRon]

Yeah Sheryl I had a fun commute home last night! It was snowing heavily all the way, with only one break as I was going through Mound House. Glad you made it OK!

 

[americanvalkyrie]

We sat inside our house and watched crash after crash on the road... from cars going 3mph. It was just insane.