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Communication is essential to human existence and to the human spirit. Varied species of life communicate, but nothing compares to the need of the human spirit to understand and be understood.
Recently my sister expressed the desire to start a "round robin". For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a letter that would be written (popular a couple of generations ago), by one person in a family and then sent to a specific person on the list - that person would add information about their family or other items of interest and then send it along to the next family member on the list until it eventually made its way back to the original sender who would either start a new letter or add to the original one.
Another form of communication that I laugh about was the infamous party line. I remember walking in on my grandmother several times when after hearing the phone ring with the amount of rings that meant it wasn't a call for us, but a call for a neighbor on the same phone line, and she would have carefully picked up the receiver to catch up on other people's "business". Sometimes they would all just begin talking to each other as well. I guess that is really when it became a "party" line!
My recent blog about the television show "The Moment of Truth" has turned into a back yard blog; people come onto the site just to say hi, to connect with another human, to unload problems and give happy news. We have people sharing recipes, griping about the difficulties in their health, or personal matters. We also have poets who share their spirit with us. The MOT blog has become too difficult to load, so this is our new: Backyard Fence Blog.
Meet us when you have the need or desire to communicate with some caring friends!
23 April 2008 at 1:16 p.m.
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jystevens (Joyce Stevens) says…
Ronda:
What a great idea! There just doesn't seem to be as much 'talking over the back fence' as there was when I was growing up.
23 April 2008 at 1:59 p.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
Good for you Ronda.
Maybe the title should read, Version1.0, and when it hits a certain number of posts, it rolls over to 2.0, to keep the loading time fast LOL.
Isn't this how Dear Abby started?
Almost forgot my own idea of “not” double spacing for a paragraph, makes the thread smaller! I'm sure I'll forget that sometimes.
Update on the bird story. About 4 minutes after I posted the tale, the darned freaky bird came back. But a little less
verbose.
I was going to put out the dryer lint for them as you suggested, but was still in my robe.I would have laid it on the neighbor's grass, as the grass here is too close to be seen out the window.Good thing I didn't as the boy started to mow the lawn yesterday. I considered putting some on the many 3-4 inches limbs coming out up and down the base. That we'd be able to watch.Then it started to sprinkle. The thought of wet dobs of blue& gray lint stuck in the tree..not a pretty sight LOL. I also thought, the lint would also be cat hair off of the clothes. Interesting to know what the birds would think of that in their nest.=D
Hmmm… I wonder what they would do if I put the mass collected on the cat's slicker brush on a twig for them to use.
23 April 2008 at 4:27 p.m.
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mfowler (Matthew Fowler) says…
Hi Ronda!
So we're talking about “whatever” then? OK, here are some REALLY random discussion topics (I'm very bored):
—ALDI: I can't believe more people don't shop there, best kept secret in the world, low prices, “retro” small town grocery/variety store atmosphere, all the junk food a guy could want;
—The Anti-Climatic (sic?) Post-Championship Letdown: Is it just me, or was the March-Madness hype actually better than the post-championship, end-of-sugar-rush feeling that came after?
—”Cougars:” What is all this crap about older women going after younger men? I have heard or read about this at least three times in the last two weeks. Seriously. Reminds me of the “metrosexual” movement—all sound and fury, signifying nothing…
23 April 2008 at 4:56 p.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
joyce, I agree. None of us seem to have the time to go into our backyards or sit on front porches sipping lemonade and having a heart to heart with a neighbor. Guess that is either why computers came to be, or computers ruined the moment - not sure which. What do you think? Also, after our brutally long winter I know I have become a bloggin addict!! :)
Multi, tweet of you to stop in. It is also fun to put out various bright colors of yarn and then walk around your yard and see if you can spot any of them in area nests. You've got bird fever and should go to Bird City with me sometime. The blackbirds there huge and would make a wonderful blackbird pie! “Blackbird singing in the dead of night. Take these sunken eyes and learn to see. All my life I am only waiting for this moment to be free. Blackbird fly….”
Matt, any one of your three topics would make for a great blog all in its own right. I am with you when it comes to Aldis though. I always figure the fact that I shop there pays for a nice vacation every year over what I would spend elsewhere.
I am missing a sports related high also - I must get into running again for that wonderful feeling of when I stop. :)
cougars - I absolutely hate the thought that women (probably my age group and older) would be referred to as cougars. Pussy cat or kitten is a much nicer term. I think Frank Sinatra referred to women as “mice” in a movie once and I thought that was horrible. Cougar sounds so jaded and rough. Any women out there who care to comment on how much younger of a man they have dated? And I hate to say, Matt, but when I see some shorts of the ex Donald Trump marrying the very young and very handsome Italian guy I think it is disgusting. I think ex Trump looks much older than Donald. What do you think?
We need to come up with a term that works for older men who track younger women. Oh yeah, I forgot, they are called perverts! Maybe cougar isn't such a bad term after all.
23 April 2008 at 5 p.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
Matthew Fowler has a sexy name.
I never thought anyone had a sexy name before.
Am I getting prematurely senile?
23 April 2008 at 5:07 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
Thank god we put the horse down.
23 April 2008 at 5:15 p.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
omg..rofl.
I hadn't read his post yet.
23 April 2008 at 5:18 p.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
multi, are you becoming a cougar right before our eyes? Just so you know since no one is listening in, Matt Fowler is a sexy guy. His name suits him.
warmer, so tell us more about your horse! :) We had a horse that was bitten by a rattler on our farm one summer. Jeez the size of that swollen jaw. I kept thinking it would explode after a point, but it survived. Here is another horse story for you. My aunt Sara (thick German accent) told me how as a young girl on the farm she and her brothers would run out to pasture to chase the horses in. One horribly stormy evening the horses ran along the fence and lightening came down and struck the fence. As she said, “The lightening just sizzled them - every last one of them and there were seven of them.”
23 April 2008 at 5:22 p.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
Ronda says,
Any women out there who care to comment on how much younger of a man they have dated?
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I'll bite so others might too.
Have to use the calculator..
have to remember how to use calculator..trying again..
About 22 yrs younger, and 26 yrs older.
As for names, younger man I dated called me “firepuss”. Is that along the kitten/cougar line?
23 April 2008 at 5:25 p.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
hahahahahha, that name suits you to a tee from what I know of you! And you are batting the long eyelashes as we speak. I have to say I have about the same age range, multi. I did date a guy 26 years older than myself and have dated a guy eighteen years younger. The older I get the harder it is to find older guys to date though. :) Well, at least that much older.
23 April 2008 at 5:26 p.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
uh, Ronda, I could be wrong, but I think warmer was referring to MOT.
I wonder if Matt is the sexy guy I found online. If not, there's a Matt Fowler out there who's going to be embarrassed by the attention he's getting.
Oh, I have a great list on what to do with a dead horse. I'll get it.
(note, sent to me by the 26 yr older IBM exec., they sent it around his office.)
23 April 2008 at 5:37 p.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
Good to know Ronda, thanks for sharing. I have sometimes wondered if anyone else has experienced that.
If I knew how to make a html page, I could just scan this in,or send post pics.
But for now, I'll just type it and copy it. It's cooperate funny enough to appeal even to those who might not check out a link.
Wait, realized someone has probably done this already..googled it and so we have:
http://www.abcsmallbiz.com/funny/deadhor…
23 April 2008 at 5:46 p.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
That was a good link. I like the way businesses have these interesting tid bits for success - some of them even use life coaches!
I knew what warmer was referring to - just wanted to keep him talking about other “dead horses” he has experienced.
Matt will be afraid to post here again. Matt, oh Matt….
23 April 2008 at 5:53 p.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
You're safe here Matt LOL.
23 April 2008 at 6 p.m.
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bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…
okay,
I too was on MOT/blog.
and now here. any readers who want to know more about me should bead my posts there I suppose.
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on the ramona morgan thread Multi said she wished she could go back to highschool/junior highschool and know me or jonas. well, i must say I'm sure she would've ignored guys like me in jhs/hs, being nerdy/geeky and she being an actually good looking girl. nice to think about though.
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I'm looking for a small round table like a small dining table, or oval shaped. need for another computer/scanner so I can use them and further complicate/congest my room!
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matt, never heard the term cougar before. when I was in undergrad college I lived with a woman 18 years my senior, assume that qualifies. now, well, er, that was 25 years ago too.
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nice sounding storm this afternoon. I love the sound of the thunder echoing across the sky. we had some lovely thunder just now.
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Ronda, thanks for starting this. I think this is an important step forward for the blogging populus in and around/connected to lawrence.
now, let's get that parade for the debate team winning first place, you know their
cheerleaders are real knockouts. “bead my posts.” that's really special. if you want to, you can, but I think you'd get more out of 'reading' my posts. [shakes hands over keyboard].
23 April 2008 at 6:11 p.m.
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JJE007 (Anonymous) says…
Back fence TALK!
Give it up. Don't balk!
Back at y', back fence. TALK!
I been to the back fence.
I added somethin' of that to it
then I added to our creed.
…our creed…our creed…our Creede…
Mining for thoughts that were as I seen'em.
I think my neighbor peed.
I went to the back fence…went to the back fence…
and called neighbor Need.
Neighbor need said things
that I've never ever, never ever, never heard or seed.
It talked about the news, talked about the news,
of every single day.
ev'ry day…ev'ry day…ev'ry day…ev'ry day……
My neighbor had a kneejerk beef
that wandered through its say.
So oh lawd won't you buy me, lawd won't you buy me
and let me say a way…away away…a way…
I got me a chicken and plum.
I got me a chicken and plum.
Made a pot pie made a hot pot pie and stuck in it my thumb.
Made a pie for my chicken…made a pie for my chicken's dumb.
Who's that chicken?
Who's that chicken?
Who's that chicken…
…as long as a bird
…and as bad as a wrong?
Who's that chicken?
Who's that chicken?
Who's that chicken…
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I have no i(freakin')dea…too much wine…!~)
23 April 2008 at 6:17 p.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
gnome, our group was unique. None of us considered ourselves too pretty for anyone, and your sense of humor and biting comments would have deemed you a necessary part of our group.
I don't have a round table..for all the stuff I do need to shed. Family size oval kitchen table, yes, but no small ones. How about a rectangle antique four leg sewing machine” That's wide enough for a tower and monitor, and you can still roll a chair up under it. Very heavy as the machine is still in it. and works!
23 April 2008 at 6:27 p.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
JJ,
My thought on the 4th verse was, someone needs to that bottle away from JJ.
Then I got to the end..how funny.
23 April 2008 at 7:12 p.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
OMG! This 14 min old on yahoo news.
The phone call about the Tx sect may be traced to this woman previously convicted for making numerous false abuse calls to authorities!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080423/ap_o…
23 April 2008 at 8:38 p.m.
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notajayhawk (Anonymous) says…
Well, what I'd really like to talk about is…
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there's this new TV series, I think it just ended, but it was called The Moment of Truth, and the basic idea is …..
:)
23 April 2008 at 9:27 p.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
nota, we are glad that you, gnome and JJ found us - it would not be a back yard fence blog without you. You can give us a MOT anytime you care to.
Loved the rappin, JJ. We are glad our resident poet (along with gnome) is sticking with us Got a chicken and a plum with backyard Need. Too funny!
Let it roll on.
gnome, check out the good will store by Aldies - they have a lot of small tables that might work for your computer needs (not related to backyard Need) if you don't do garage sales.
Love the thunder and lightening myself.
23 April 2008 at 10:05 p.m.
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bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…
thanks for the offer multi, but don't really want a heavy old sewing machine, thanks anyway.
ronda, thanks for the word on the good will. didn't know they had much furniture. already checked at my favorite, Freeman's but they didn't have a candidate.
yes, JJ'spoetry was wonderful.
dinner tonight was: italian sausage patties, grilled with bell pepper on bread with tomato. yum.
well nota, if you want to talk about mot, you can. I saw one episode, and I think I'm scarred for life. what a revolting show.
23 April 2008 at 10:16 p.m.
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notajayhawk (Anonymous) says…
Well, forget the MOT, which I never watched anyway. :)
Back to cougars for a moment. When I lived in Virginia for a short time, the first lady I had a - liaison - with was a tad older … almost 20 years older. She was not kittenish, the word cougar seemed to fit well. Voracious, wild, predatory all come to mind. And it has been many years, but I seem to recall she had a heck of a bite, too.
Incidentally, Ronda, when a male of the species develops an interest in a woman who has the wealth of experience that comes with age, they're generally looking for something closer to a cougar than a kitten.
24 April 2008 at 12:25 a.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
nota..you got that right!
24 April 2008 at 7:55 a.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
Well that is good to know nota, it sounds as though multi already had this understanding.
I am sure it works both ways - the attraction that young women feel for an older man I'm sure means they are seeking more then what they would be getting from one their own age or younger.
Our society has programed me into thinking the older woman doesn't have much to offer, but in reality I know that isn't true.
Multi will tell us all about the wonderful assets of mature cougars!!! Okay, multi, you're on….
24 April 2008 at 9:57 a.m.
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Logan72 (Alia Ahmed) says…
Rhonda,
When neighboring females talk across the backyard fence in Pakistan, it is called “gupshup” in Urdu. I always liked that word and will be glad to join in the “gupshup”.
I grew up in northcentral Kansas (guess where? ……Logan) and we also had a party line and you were automatically cut off after a certain number of minutes (7-10, I can't quite remember). Well, in junior high, we learned that if one person held the handset down and counted to seven and released it, the other person could call back and you could pick it up before it rang. My father never caught on (I don't think!). My apologies as an adult to the others on our party line, Mrs. Higgins and others, for monopolizing the party line.
24 April 2008 at 10:25 a.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
Wow, that is interesting about the “gupshup”. I thank you for that piece of information. Seems as though communication is important in all cultures. :)
Logan, huh? I wonder how many other people are familar with the party line - funny how smart teens always seem to find a way around the rules!
24 April 2008 at 11:23 a.m.
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notajayhawk (Anonymous) says…
justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
” the attraction that young women feel for an older man I'm sure means they are seeking more then what they would be getting from one their own age or younger.”
Actually that preference is somewhat hard-wired into humans (and most other creatures) as necessary to the survival of the species, having more to do with the female of the species seeking a provider/protector at times when it is more difficult to provide for herself or defend herself (e.g. when she is gravid). In the early days of man, women whose preferences were for those who couldn't provide/protect didn't live long enough and/or reproduce enough to pass those preferences on to latter generations.
The male preference for cougars, however, is exactly opposite the hard-wired, species-survival needs. It's pretty much purely recreational.
24 April 2008 at 12:05 p.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
nota, nota, nota.
Would you say that in today's world there is anything between a man and a woman that is about survival?
No offense to any males out there, but I have yet to meet one who is able to assist in a woman's survival (with the huge exception of helping procreate), which would be about race/population survival as opposed to the gender.
The women I know are surviving very well on their own and enjoy recreation also! :)
What do you think Alia, gnome, multi, warmer (that ought to be interesting), marion, lonelane_1, beatle, Gretchen, Joyce? This backyard meeting might turn into a BBQ.
24 April 2008 at 12:44 p.m.
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beatle919 (Marcy McGuffie) says…
Hey, hey, hey…it's a new thread of randomness! I ducked out of the MOT thread because it became a bit overwhelming for me. Great idea, Ronda!
I have to say, Aldi's rocks! The husband had to talk me into shopping there (I was quite hesitant)…lo and behold, I now try to talk everyone I meet into giving Aldi's more business. Their Mama Cozzi's thin crust pizza is quite tasty, btw. And, what better for a backyard meeting bbq than frozen Aldi's steaks?
24 April 2008 at 1:26 p.m.
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notajayhawk (Anonymous) says…
We still are born with appendixes, Ronda, even though there's not much need for them. Certain religions still adhere to dietary rules that were necessary before the days of modern food processing and refrigeration, but really aren't necessary to prevent food-caused deaths anymore. The preferences of which I speak were developed millenia ago, when as I said, they were important to the species' survival. There is evidence that preferences can be passed down the same as physical attributes.
Whether the female preference for older males is based on reasons that are still legitimate, or even if they are aware/unaware of what those preferences are based in, that is how those preferences became part of the paradigm.
And I daresay that women who chase after older men for the experience factor may be setting themselves up for some major disappointments, as experience may not be the determing factor in performance. Not everyone uses Viagra.
24 April 2008 at 2:44 p.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
I'll say! LOL. That's why the 20 something is fun. Is he good in bed? No. But he's vigorously active in bed forever. Amusing times. LOL.
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Ronda says;
Multi will tell us all about the wonderful assets of mature cougars!!! Okay, multi, you're on….
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Ronda must be trying to get me kicked off the boards. I can't even begin to answer that here.Let's just say I have written referrals and leave it at that.
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Doesn't notaj have the most edible intellect?
=D
24 April 2008 at 3:42 p.m.
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bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…
The male preference for cougars, however, is exactly opposite the hard-wired, species-survival needs. It's pretty much purely recreational.
that's what it was for me. we didn't have a love relationship, we had a sexual relationship. I certainly learned a lot in the process. If I could go back and talk to myself I'd advise myself not to have taken that relationship, but she was the first woman I had.
Nota is outling in summary the views of the evolutionary psychologists. often, they study monkeys and other similar critters to try to learn about innate human behavioral tendencies.
I've been well schooled it it. do I believe in it, no.
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logan7/alia, so are you pakistani? if so, how'd you also experience teenhood in logan? just curious. there is a pakistani important in my life.
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any of us here going to submit to the basketball draft?
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I heard that the pingpong championship was won by a ku guy in today's news. yay! have a parade?
and finally, I think Matt got scarred off! come back Matt! they really won't bite!
24 April 2008 at 3:48 p.m.
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bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…
should read: “outlining” and “scared.”: hope matt didn't get 'scarred off!'
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so, ronda you decided on this post not to include the picture of yourself in a bikini? that was funny the poster accusing that these blogs are turning into pickup places!
maybe we need to post more novel pictures of ourselves: a picture of myself shopped to look as if i were holding up Fraser Hall? a picture o — typo —
a picture of multi in the tree with her active birds? etc.
24 April 2008 at 3:50 p.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
okay then, back to Aldies. Yes, beatles19, how very nice to see you on this blog. Welcome to my backyard and do feel free to pick some dandelions while you are here visiting. We should put a list of our favorite Aldies items together for everyone. Their fit and active products are great, packages of dried fruit and nuts are priced right, they had dynamite granola but I don't believe they carry it any longer.
nota, I have to admit I do agree with you on a lot of what you are saying - I must be programmed from ancient women to disagree initially with everything that comes out of a male mouth. :)
This is why I have robotics man hands “Love Handel”. By the way, the little stinkers have been missing for a couple of days now. I allowed leftie to give the other leftie a manicure and they apparently used the fingernail file to pick the lock on their cuffs and chains to make their escape. I was able to follow a trail of blood for a short distance but it rained hard the night they made their escape. If you see some bony fingers out running the streets, please don't try to capture them - they are not armed, but they are dangerous. Just let me know where they were last spotted. They tend to hang around piano joints!
multi, say no more, please!!!!! lol
24 April 2008 at 4:18 p.m.
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notajayhawk (Anonymous) says…
bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…
“Nota is outling in summary the views of the evolutionary psychologists. often, they study monkeys and other similar critters to try to learn about innate human behavioral tendencies.”
“I've been well schooled it it. do I believe in it, no.”
Me too, but I do. It only makes sense, and if you extend the theory, it can also be seen in the different preferences between cultures.
Besides, if you accept that human intellect is more advanced than that of 'lower' animals (and I'm not entirely convinced that's true), is there some reason to expect that one of the most valuable aspects of that intellect - instinct (even if we call it intuition) - has disappeared? We may have more control over whether we follow those instaincts by way of higher executive function, but that doesn't mean they're no longer there. Can you deny that overall (of course there's exceptions), men tend to be attracted to younger, more physically fit females, women more to someone either older or stronger or a more stable provider (or a combination of those), and that those preferences played an important role in successful reproduction in the early days of mankind?
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
“nota, I have to admit I do agree with you on a lot of what you are saying - I must be programmed from ancient women to disagree initially with everything that comes out of a male mouth. :)”
I wouldn't be surprised if that also found its way into the hard wiring. One of the reasons a new relationship is so exhilarating is the knowledge that it can all fall apart at any moment. The uncertainty is what makes it so exciting. It wouldn't surprise me if, to some extent, there's a built-in adversarial aspect that ensures things stay 'interesting.'
Disembodied hands that are not 'armed.' Pun intended? :)
24 April 2008 at 4:25 p.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
nota, pun intended! :) I was wondering who among us/you would catch that. Well, nota, some people are very easy to get along with and then there are those of us, yeah I am one, who is exceptionally adversarial. Probably one of the reasons I am enjoying putting my blogs out there so much is because I seem to always get the last word in if I wait long enough for everyone else to tire!! I agree that we do so many instinctial things, impulse actions and reactions, that we scarely use our high functioning brains except to then try to go back in time and figure out why we acted in such a way, etc. Such an interesting a topic.
gnome, I love the idea of posting pictures of us in strange places. I would love to see a tiny multi in a bird's nest - and aren't you famous for being stolen from one yard and placed in another backyard? :) We could have fun moving you about and you could become a famous fence jumper - gnome dog might enjoy that too!
24 April 2008 at 4:28 p.m.
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notajayhawk (Anonymous) says…
And what's a backyard without kittens?
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24 April 2008 at 4:47 p.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
notajayhawk says,
…men tend to be attracted to younger, more physically fit females,..–––
Thanks for the reminder, today especially, I was about to stupidly stick my neck out .
Ronda, here's a pic, just shrink it to fit in any nest you want.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jht…
24 April 2008 at 5 p.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
multi, raotfl - how did you get that picture of me while I was sleeping!!! Too funny - a bird would make short work of that beauty!
nota, I thought we were having a disagreement - the secret to making me feel peaceful is showing me kittens. So sweet! I bet they bring so much joy and poop to your heart and house! :)
By the way, neighbors, I am proud to say that my nephew contacted me Tuesday and he and his wife had twin sons: they are Cameron Scott and Kodiak (he is into wrestling!). They are doing well and should be released from the hospital by Sat. One is a blond and one is a brunette - when I get pictures I will share them!
24 April 2008 at 5:01 p.m.
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notajayhawk (Anonymous) says…
Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
“Thanks for the reminder, today especially, I was about to stupidly stick my neck out .”
Ah, but as I said, there are exceptions, and also that human beings aren't as enslaved to those instincts as other animals, especially as they no longer serve the purpose for which they developed. Especially when it comes to recreational purposes.
My wife is 20 years my junior, and while that would seem to fit the pattern, it doesn't so much from her perspective, as I may not have been the best provider/protector.
24 April 2008 at 5:15 p.m.
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booklover (Anonymous) says…
Hey strangers,
I was driving down through the neighborhood and I saw yall chatting by this back fence here, I wander if you could give me directions to somewhere… over… there?
24 April 2008 at 5:25 p.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
yonder is thataway
24 April 2008 at 5:38 p.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
booklover, what type of books do you like to read? Would you lend me one of yours?
multi, you think they were just passing through? That type of person makes me nervous - we have a lot of small children in our neighborhood!
24 April 2008 at 5:39 p.m.
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TheEleventhStephanie (Anonymous) says…
No offense to anyone here, really. I log an awful of of online time myself. However, I have to say I find it ironic that while you yearn for this communication and connection with others, you are still inside behind the computer. I'm guilty too, but I'm on my way to the porch next door to hang out some with my *actual* neighbors!
24 April 2008 at 5:40 p.m.
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TheEleventhStephanie (Anonymous) says…
Also, I'm sure you're all nice. You seem to be anyway. Why don't you all get together in person and pretend you are neighbors! :)
24 April 2008 at 5:40 p.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
multi, raotfl - how did you get that picture of me while I was sleeping!!! Too funny - a bird would make short work of that beauty!
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Hang on to your triple dip!
I thought Big Sue and I were just identical twins given up at birth, but now, with you Ronda..tripletts! What a find!
How ya been sis?
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24 April 2008 at 5:48 p.m.
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notajayhawk (Anonymous) says…
Ya' can't get there from heeyere, ya' hear?
24 April 2008 at 6:20 p.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
Ronda,
Booklover. Doesn't post a lot, mostly about the hawks, but BL has been on some of you interactive song blogs.
Friendly and respectful, a welcome addition to any neighborhood.
11th Steph..
When one looks like Big Sue, they aren't truly welcome anywhere. People like pretty, happy, well-to-do people.
People aren't really any different that a pack of dogs. If they are healthy and frisky, they are accepted. Let the same dog be happily in the group for years, and become ill, old or weak, and the pack will turn on them, nip by bite, and rip them to shreds.
24 April 2008 at 7:06 p.m.
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bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…
well welcome steph and booklover. reading is great. please elaborate on your love of books.
steph and I have communicated for a while and colaborated on a worthwhile project.
sometimes I think “instinct” is just a sophisticated excuse/rationale source instead of personal responsibility.
twenty years your junior. congrats nota, I could tell you were wise.
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ronda, you mean handel got out! hmmm we need to organize a search party. call the sherrif's. he can't get too far very fast.
for those new to the blog and unfamiliar with the blog that preceded this one, handel is the [mythical?] robot massage provider for ronda. he was purchased second-hand and has certain eccentricities because of that. when I first leaked his name, ronda was flooded with offers to take him off her hands. she successfully waved them off and got a tighter grip on handel. it seems that perhaps one of handel's fans/groupies may have snuck some contact with him and helped him give ronda the slip.
so, yes, if you see two hands in the street, don't be alarmed, they are just handel the retread robot escaped from ronda's clutches. it means ronda is without her nightly massage, so her comments may become more edgy.
24 April 2008 at 7:21 p.m.
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bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…
booklover, here are the directions you need:
drive west on 15th st, or rather bob billings, turn left at kasold.
turn left at clinton parkway. drive through iowa st, now you're on 23rd, be sure to add to the congestion caused by the nonexistence of the slt.
turn left at mass st. slow down at 11th, get a glass beer bottle and look for a police officer to tase you.
at 6th, cross the bridge and drive to “all stars” no, you don't have to go in, just wait your chance to dodge a bullet in the parkinglt. after the bullet wizzes past your car, drive south and recross the bridge. turn right at 6th.
turn right at maine. turn left at 2nd. turn in to the e.r. and get yourself checked out, but if you're suicidal, the protocol still isn't what it should be. when you do get outa the e.r. drive west on third (should be third not 2nd before the e.r.). left on michigan. just before 6th, pull in to lawrence feed and buy some good dog food for your dog. then cross 6th and make a left and go eat at burgerking, you're probably hungry by now.
then, drive west on 6th to iowa. turn left and go to the merc and buy some health products, wave at the former city commissioner. continue south on iowa. pull in just past 15th at the lied ctr and buy a ticket, surely there's something you want to see.
then head east on 15th, taking care to watch for careless students, and marveling at there wardrobes. turn left at naismith, up the hill and curve to the east. stop and dip your hand in the fountain. keep driving, be careful you're still on campus. go to 14th st and leave campus. drive down 14th st, way down the hill to connecticut, turn right, then look right at the place where new improvements for central jr high school will occur. turn right at 15th. stop at lawrence community theater, and buy another ticket, darnit, annie get your gun is coming up!.
then go to mass st. again, drive north just a couple blocks and stop at south park. get out of your car, you drive too much. enjoy the trees. walk over and see the house that's going to be rebuilt on rhode island 1100block. go compliment the police in the police station. walk by the hq of the anarchists on the west side of the 1100block of mass.
finally, just watch the children play in the west half of south park and meditate on the meaning of life.
24 April 2008 at 7:25 p.m.
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bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…
“twenty years your junior. congrats nota, I could tell you were wise.”
Well, I suppose younger or richer are the choices many would make. Made the mistake of the latter with my first wife - never, never marry a woman for her money. Turns out they can afford a lot better lawyer.
24 April 2008 at 7:39 p.m.
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bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…
oh ronda, yes, from backyard to backyard. but there is danger attached with that:
some people think they get good luck if they burry a gnome upside down in their yard! not making this one up!
not appealing prospect.
24 April 2008 at 7:44 p.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
theeleventhsteph, there are many reasons we stay inside - for some such as multi it may be a huge weight issue (just kidding mult since I have never seen the real you), some of us are shy - wouldn't be me - some of us are edgy without our robotic hand massaging manhands - this would be me- and some of us prefer the written word because we can have more fun with it. I am sure booklover understands this completely.
nota has been married twice! We find out more about ye each day, neighbor!
gnome - you have that poor woman so turned around she'll never find her way out of Lawrence. I saw her car go by my house several times on her way to Burger King and then to the hospital. She look slightly frazzled, but she shouldn't be reading while driving. She may even have ran over Handel if she didn't spot one of them with their hand raised to tell her to stop. Gosh, I sure hope not!
24 April 2008 at 8:10 p.m.
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JJE007 (Anonymous) says…
Is being married twice good or bad?
Been married for 28 years… to a couple of great women… NOT at the same time!~) I loved them and loved being married to them… most of the time…
I feel sorry that I learned more about life by leaving and can imagine that, knowing what I'd learned, we MAY have been able to work things out… BIG “may”… too big… That may( be ) is a blessing and a curse. We are all alone in the end, I suppose, and we can all, from beginning to end, find ourselves too fragile to love or accept love. It's a bit sad. There are so, and too, many things that cleave loves from lives.
I am devoted to a young old soul these days and it's hard to find friends and social events to share when you're 25 years apart in your birth date. It is trying…a challenge…but we try…to love…in love…and seemingly…against the odds…in remaining so odd. I do know I'm doomed to THAT!~)
Oh…
I've been out here on the fence for too long…gotta get back to washing dishes and cleaning my guns!~) Later, neighbor…
24 April 2008 at 8:26 p.m.
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Logan72 (Alia Ahmed) says…
bearded_gnome,
I am not Pakistani, I was born and raised in Logan. I met my Pakistani husband at KU, got married in Pakistan, have two gorgeous adult children and two grandchildren and another due any day now. I went to Pakistan as a naive western Kansas young woman (at age 22) back in the 70's. It was a great adventure. Maybe I'll blog about it sometime. So, bearded_gnome, do you want to tell us about the Pakistani in your life?
24 April 2008 at 8:41 p.m.
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booklover (Anonymous) says…
Boy BG! You suck at directions.
I got so lost I ended up in Topeka! Had to stop and ask a painted Jayhawk statue to show me the way home. Good thing I had my favorite new book to keep me company. I finished it just as I pulled into the West Lawrence exit on the Turnpike. If you like mysteries and medical stories all wrapped up in family drama and issues, you must must read Jodi Piccoult's new book Change of Heart. It's about a man on death row for killing a police officer and his step daughter. At the time of the death, the officer's wife was pregnant with another child, now 12 and needing a heart transplant. The accused killer wants to give her his after he is executed. But can he? Is it ethical? Legal? Will it turn her into a bad person like he was?
If you belong to a book group, suggest this title. It would make a great discussion book!
24 April 2008 at 9:30 p.m.
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bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…
oh booklover, I guess I needed to do a download to your gps unit?
sounds like a good book.
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alia, she is in college at a small private school in another midwestern state. on rare occasions she posts on here as pearlgirl. she does have a poem on the poetry blog. as do I.
I am proud to say she helps me with my writing and is a dear friend. she is studying computer science.
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I sure hope booklover didn't hit handel. ya' know, if one of his fingers got hit, he might be stuck giving people the 'finger' without meaning to offend.
24 April 2008 at 9:34 p.m.
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bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…
since we're being revelatory:
I am in my 16th year of my second marriage.
was lucky to get outa the first marriage without being killed, no, not exaggerating! she was violent, insanely jealous and suspicious. never knew what I would find when I came home! that was an eight year marriage. phew!
nota, you're right, never marry for money, whether you are male or female. marry for the sex…or well…the love.
24 April 2008 at 9:36 p.m.
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TheEleventhStephanie (Anonymous) says…
But you all seem to like each other. Seems to me it would be more fulfilling in person. To each her own, I guess.
24 April 2008 at 9:41 p.m.
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bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…
oh, before I forget:
alia thanks for answering my questions.
yes, you should blog about that experience.
24 April 2008 at 9:47 p.m.
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vpete69 (Anonymous) says…
Write letters and mail them? Without a computer? I fail.
24 April 2008 at 9:52 p.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
notajayhawk says;
And I daresay that women who chase after older men for the experience factor may be setting themselves up for some major disappointments, as experience may not be the determing factor in performance. Not everyone uses Viagra.
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In my humble experience, the two oldest men I know don't need the drug. Although I can say that the last time I was together again with the oldest, his intention finished as soon as he “attempted” entry.
The next younger, well he does yoga and can teach most everyone some pretty astonishing positions for multiple accomplishments in a row.
The mates I've known between mid 60 and down to young forties, most need the viagra and don't take it. They're too tough/manly for pills. Only one man used them, and even he was very difficult to “take to the show”. One