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[itsren]

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Did you go to BizTown in Auburn?

Yup! Same facility. My teenagers had to skirt around classes of fifth graders to get to their area.

Here is a picture from our trip. You can see there are "buildings" around the perimeter, sponsored by IKEA, Titus Will car dealership, Quadrant Homes, etc. The students were each assigned an identity with an income, family, etc. and they had to go around and budget for their house, car, pay bills and also go and check the reader board several times to manage stocks. Your son's town will probably be similar, but more for younger children.

That looks nice! My son was chatting about it tonight and informed us he was going to get paid $8/hour JA money. He said he applied for a $9 an hour job but didn't get it. I asked him what a $9/hour job was, and he said CEO. Then he said no one in his class got to be a CEO. Another teacher managed to get all the CEO positions.

I think my little guy will be a great banker.

 

[FlyRobinFly]

That looks nice! My son was chatting about it tonight and informed us he was going to get paid $8/hour JA money. He said he applied for a $9 an hour job but didn't get it. I asked him what a $9/hour job was, and he said CEO. Then he said no one in his class got to be a CEO. Another teacher managed to get all the CEO positions.

I think my little guy will be a great banker.

With his talent for numbers and his appreciation of precision, I think so too! Have a great time tomorrow.

 

[itsren]

Quote: Welllllll I had a few shall we say removed to protect somebody?

OK so maybe a few more than a few. Like maybe a BUNCH !!

So ya got an rustlin' accomplice or something that you had to protect?

Because I'm sure you'd never say anything ter get yerself into trouble.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

OK time for me to feed the dragon and park the wagon. See ya all in the future not the pasture !!!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote: Welllllll I had a few shall we say removed to protect somebody?

OK so maybe a few more than a few. Like maybe a BUNCH !!

So ya got an rustlin' accomplice or something that you had to protect?

Because I'm sure you'd never say anything ter get yerself into trouble.

Well seems dat at least some thought some things I said were bad enough they needed removed !

ETA It also seems that my accomplice has gone underground as he rarely pops in here any more.

 

[itsren]

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Thanks!

Well, good night all. I have to get up early in the morning. My kid has to dress up. I'm gonna have to see if I can track down a button up shirt and tie for him. So funny. I hope they don't mind scruffy tennis shoes, because that, and muck boots, are all the kid has.

I don't think they want their banker wearing muck boots...

I think I have to dress up too.

I'm a jeans and t-shirt kinda girl. I absolutely hate dressing up.

 

[Ogress]

Speaking Russian is way different than the text book Russian. I tried to teach myself new words after I got done with school but it didn't work too well because I'd try to use it in speech with friends and they would teach me the 'normal' version of the word and the correct way to say it. Luckily there isn't as many silent letters or anything. Sure there are 33 letters/symbols but they make sense! Like in English, there are a few letters that are useless because they can be made with other letters if that makes sense. Like 'x' or 'z' or even 'c', none make their own sound or there are others that make a similar sound. I can go on and on with a language rant but I will stop here for now.

My suggestion on Spanish is what I did for Russian. Just find a local store and ask the cashiers how to say stuff. We have a few Russian stores here that I venture into and ask them to say something "po Ruski" (in Russian) and they are always glad to help and teach me new things. Not sure if Mexican folks are the same way but it seems like most Russian folks are stoked that someone is trying to learn their language

Oh wow, I'm sure my DH would love to get together with you and discuss language, rules of different languages, etc. He is fascinated with language and has taught himself many including Russian, Mandarin, some Spanish, some German, some Japanese and a few others. He picks up foreign languages easily, and has a much easier time connecting with other people in their countries than he does with people here. He'd take the Berlitz courses, then travel to the countries and spend a few months traveling alone and starting up conversations with the locals. His favorite was traveling to China. He's 6"3" and had long blonde hair at the time and brought his motorcycle with him. (He had that bike shipped all over the world!) I love his photo album from that trip. He has mobs of locals following him through the countryside. They were just tickled pink that is big blonde American biker knew how to speak their language! They took him to see many special places, beautiful, beautiful landscapes, temples, shrines, places to eat ....

just don't ask him what he ate. I wouldn't kiss him for a month when he told me some of the foods he tried! Yuck! The most exotic foods I have eaten are Kangaroo, crocodile, Emu (all those in Australia as I hate mutton - the only other meat I'd ever see on their menus). When I was a friefighter with the US Forest Service in the 80's. I had rattlesnake, and on my honeymoon we traveled to Palau and Yap for Scuba Diving. While there my diving buddy was Lauren Hutton! She was traveling alone and Don was too into his new re-breather and underwater camera to be any fun to dive with, but Lauren is a very nice lady, real fun. She had no problems meeting people either. One of our last evenings in Palau we all went to a restaurant (not many of them on the islands - the police station, clothing store and where they sell wood carvings is all in one room, each set up on a different table; the clothing store part is all the most stained/damaged clothing donated to U.S. charities dumped and piled high all mixed up on a table! Most people lived in old shipping crates or had 3 blue tarps strung between the trees - one overheaed, and the other 2 they'd move to whichever side would block the prevailing winds) Anyways, back to the restaurant - It had some unusual offerings, and nothing like a cheeseburger. One of the offerings was fruit bat! There were 6 of us at the dinner table and we each ordered something different to share. I would not try the bat nor the turtle. I think I ordered one of those land crabs that live in the coconut trees. Ate a lot of those giant spiders on that trip - that and lots of fish including barracuda.

Don just told me he only took the bike to Taiwan as it was too difficult to get a driving permit on the mainland, but it is on the mainland where he has all the great photos. He's always wearing a great big backpack with crowds of smiling locals posing with him in front of all these special places. He said he would always meet the kids of the villages first because as he would walk through each town, the kids would sneak up behind him and pull his hair! When he'd turn and say something to them in their language they were just shocked, and the shop keepers and others around who would hear him would all come out to greet him.

 

[justbugged]

Quote: LOL I'm happy you got it straightened out. I love Google. I have found that I can usually find an answer for anything I want to know.

 

[justbugged]

Just getting started with chickens in Lynnwood, WA; going to Seattle Tilth city chickens 101 class this weekend to learn all I can. Making plans for the coop,ordering some feeders, waterers, etc. Can hardly wait til Feb or Mar to get some girls!! I really think I want Rhode Island Reds, Light Sussex, maybe wyandotte,
Lynn

Welcome to the thread.

 

[justbugged]

Quote: We have a manual log splitter that you could use if you need too. The willow trees that I had to take out this past January were difficult to split. They were very stringy. I burned most of the firewood this past summer. I would love to have a small wood stove in the house. My son has access to downed trees for most of the winter. So he has brought us several loads of fir rounds.