The Dino-Aspie Ex-Café (for Those 40+... or feeling creaky)

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A good night for some Cranberries:

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This Is the Day

Dying In the Sun

Promises

reading back, haven't gotten very far yet. Hope everyone is well and happy.

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I think y'all can add words of wisdom here.

I hope my link takes you to the beginning of the thread.

Growing up is over-rated and wickedly boring.

Going to my tree. Got 3 hours of sleep after spending all night getting her fever to fall below 40.2C and her oxygen up enough that her lips got their color back (purply blue is a scary colour). I must say I've never seen her this sick. Giving it another 6 hours before I take her to the doctor or hospital.

Nobody did anything crazy for my 40th - I think it's because of the attitude I adopted around 35, that each birthday marks another year that the world didn't manage to kill me (despite some innovative attempts - I was especially impressed by the incident in 1991, when we were living in a tent on the White River downstream of Mt. Rainier, and the world arranged for me to first get a massive ear infection, treated with powerful painkillers, and then hit the area with massive flooding. I was barely conscious enough to help get our important stuff, and us, to the car so we could escape - never did see that tent again...).

Speaking of not aging - I don't normally go in for these, but since they seem so... "us" ... that I thought I'd pass this along:

"A 1st grade school teacher had 26 students in her class. She presented each child in her classroom the 1st half of a well-known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their insight may surprise you. While reading, keep in mind that these are first-graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is a classic!

1.
Don't change horses
Until they stop running.

2.
Strike while the
Bug is close.

3.
It's always darkest before
Daylight Saving Time.

4.
Never underestimate the power of
Termites.

5.
You can lead a horse to water but
How?

6.
Don't bite the hand that
Looks dirty.

7.
No news is
impossible

8.
A miss is as good as a
Mr.

9.
You can't teach an old dog new
Math

10.
If you lie down with dogs, you'll
Stink in the morning.

11.
Love all, trust
Me.

12.
The pen is mightier than the
Pigs.

13.
An idle mind is
The best way to relax.

14.
Where there's smoke there's
Pollution.

15.
Happy the bride who
Gets all the presents.

16.
A penny saved is
Not much.

17.
Two's company, three's
The Musketeers.

18.
Don't put off till tomorrow what
You put on to go to bed.

19.
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and
You have to blow your nose.

20.
There are none so blind as
Stevie Wonder.

21.
Children should be seen and not
Spanked or grounded.

22.
If at first you don't succeed
Get new batteries.

23.
You get out of something only what you
See in the picture on the box

24.
When the blind lead the blind
Get out of the way.

25.
A bird in the hand
Is going to poop on you.

And the WINNER and last one!

26.
Better late than
Pregnant"


I think I prefer being six.

My short list....
2. Strike while the === Bug is close.
4. Never underestimate the power of === Termites.
6. Don't bite the hand that === Looks dirty.
9. You can't teach an old dog new === Math.
12. The pen is mightier than the === Pigs.
22. If at first you don't succeed === Get new batteries.
24. When the blind lead the blind === Get out of the way.

I think number 6 is my favourite. It has that... "je ne sais quoi". Not simply "is dirty", but "looks dirty". I just have this picture of a six-year-old, carefully inspecting several of their classmate hands, looking for that special one, which looks least dirty... before biting it.

I like 4, 10, 11, 16, 19, and 23, but can definitely relate to that last one.

Has anyone heard from Chuck? An area very near his (within 50 miles I think) got pounded by tornados, etc., yesterday. Lotta damage in that state.

I was watching the radar last night and I think he's north of Nashville and yeah they got it north of the city too. You get the feeling he's on night shift? I don't remember the name of his town nor has he mentioned, I don't recall it anyway, the name of the store. I did see where a Walgreens store front got blown out, but just the front and everybody was ok.
That weather for this time of year just isn't right.

That is really, really not good. Where would I find the news stories about that??

I just watched the information on the noon hour news.