Kiwi,

pretty, I was joking all along, I even offered a tiara of fake gold stars but you didn't accepted it. Buah.

I think it starts with a bunch of Italians...

The rest I don't know, lol.

Pio, et al,

I am really confused tonight.

I think the microwave leaked.

I will abstain from posting. Not usre what I am sayijg.

((((Todd))))

Here an ET al speaking:

Me thinks you had a late, too fried or grilled dinner.

Hope you feel better soon.

Todd, you've been doing very, very well. Your posts lately have been really lucid and together.

I think you're probably just tired and stressed. It's been a very stressful week for you.

We don't mind what you post, we just want to provide you with companionship and friendship.

True on all accounts Pio.

For the Spanish people gringo is a foreinger and for other countries in Latinamerica, gringo is also a blonde person.

There is some controvers also about talking of other origins not only Spanish but I think we are a mixed culture, more or less mixed in some areas than others.

Mexico city has now a wide Argentinan colony and they are accepted, some of them even laugh of themselves, we laugh about them a lot and now is normal to interact with them. We are very tolerant in the long run, althought I know that sometimes there is racism.

I actually googled this:

Argentines are Italians who speak Spanish, buy their clothes in Brooks Brothers, eat like the French, swear like the Germans, make sausage like the Poles, and are really the Lost Tribe of North Americans.

in case you don't believe me

and this:

Their neighbours have referred to Argentines as "Italians who speak Spanish, believe they are British, and wish they were French."

again, in case you don't believe me

Story I heard was the gringo came from "green go" referring to the color of the Yankees' uniforms (not the baseball team). Oh! Yankee is a good term (from a Mexican's POV) too although it would personally insult me.

I also heard that the state of Oregon got its name because the conquistadors found it inhabited by people with big ears (yes I heard that).

I heard that Cuernavaca was renamed by the Spanish because they could not pronounce the true name and that was as close as they could get.

Okay forget CNN, the BBC, Al Jazeera, etc. This is the best most accurate news source in the world today. Bookmark it!

Your news source!

I especially like this:

no more divorce

I got confused on something during my last trip to the USA. They are always inventing new things. I know that 2.47105381 acres = 1 hectare and that 4 pecks = 1 bushel and that 8 furlongs = 1 mile and that 1 ounce = 16 drams.

Where I need clarification is how many super rolls = 1 regular roll and how many jumbo rolls = 1 super roll. Also, will a jumbo roll actually fit on a holder?

Which weighs more - A pound of silver or a pound of feathers?

Which weighs less - A pound of aluminum in 1942 or a pound of aluminum in 1982?

Wow this thread moves fast!

Bigkahuna, yes, I have to think the affair continued or at least they were in contact because they've worked together for years.

I made some attemts to confirm the affair. Some phone calls, following ex, checking cell phone, even checked some credit card bills.

I didn't find anything definitive. ex has some experience in covering his tracks. He's ex Special Forces with a mind set to deny. I think the gf was part of his wanting out. He wanted a new life. When he moved out he took nothing. I had to ask him to clear his clothes from the bedroom. When I went with my boys to his apartment for the first he answered the door with an excited look asking me if I wanted a beer.

We married when he was 21 I was 26. He went from his FOO to the army to married to me in the span of a year. There were big FOO issues I was unaware of at the time we married. ex didn't have normal teen, young man years & I think this played a big role in the demise of our marriage. Remember, it takes two to want the marriage to succeed & two to do the work. That was not the case in our M.

ToddAC,

Remember it is the weekend here is Saudi Arabia so I am not fast at email. I'll try to check it more often for you, okay? And remember we made a deal a long time ago. I am your memory in case you need it.

BTW, have you ever heard of a "nams"? Sounds a bit "Dutch" to me. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

No. They included the "elongated" holders for about 4 months free with the package of TP....now, if you don't have one of their handy, dandy holders you're SOL. Literally. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

It looks something like a sweet potato.

A sweet potato? Only for some.

nams is how I sign my work - I'm a potter.

Dutch? A bit. I'm one of your more typical mongral American types.

Now, Pio with the rolling eys I have to [censored] u me you are an equal opportunity...dis-liker...of many people in additon to the French. Tell me, is the wooden shoes?

Personally I am against drugs.

No I have nothing against the Dutch. I have had some of my best times in Amsterdam and Den Haag. (and not because of the "coffee" houses or the night life - which I have never tried). The Dutch don't take themselves too seriously.

Mongrel? I'm more of a mutt myself. Not as much fight in me any more.

No. I'll stick to hating the French. That is a full time job in and of itself.

Gouda is good, bree is bad.

Come to think of it, I think the French cheeses typify the French themselves. Bree, Camembert ... has no substance and smells funny. I think that pretty well sums them up.

Oh now you are going to start that whole legalization debate all over aren't you.

Are yams and sweet potatoes the same thing?

Last night (tonight?) when I got home, DDs wanted to play on the waterslide with the neighbors. I inflated it and they were having a good time. About 6:00PM I was outside supervising and got a call from SIL telling me WW was on MSN and wanted to talk to the DDs. I tried to get DD1 to come in but she wanted to keep playing and insisted she was tired of talking to mommy. Well we POJA'ed a bit and I got her inside, dried and dressed and then got on the computer to try to connect on MSN again. Same problem. After about 5 minutes of this I just wrote WW that I would call SIL's house because I was not going to spend another night fighting with her computer problem.

It took a few minutes to get DD1 downstairs so, in the interim, I signed up for Skypeout and called using Skype rather than the phone. I got connected and then had to fight with DD1 to get her on the phone. DD2 talked for a couple of minutes and then went upstairs to play Gameboy. DD1 was in tears and begging not to talk to mommy because she said it would make her sad.

I finally got DD1 to get on the line with WW and then I went upstairs but I could easily hear DD1 begging WW to come home. I don't know what WW said. After DD1 hung up with WW I tried to talk to her but she was really upset and pushing me away. I made her go to her room. After a while I went in and asked if she wanted dinner so we went downstairs and she ate something and then we went up and she read me a book.

She is fine when she doesn't talk to WW. I understand that she misses WW and it makes me sad to see her sad. What occurred to me is that WW has a nine minute phone call with DD1 and then is off to eat panuchos. Meanwhile I have to deal with the fallout for the next hour. I don't see any other way but I think I will have to limit the calls to a couple of times a week. I can't see DD1 going through that every day.

Well today (tomorrow?) we are going bowling and the DDs are going to try out their new bowling balls. We are so excited! That's all they have been asking about all night. BTW did I mention that I carried two bowling balls back to Saudi from the USA? You should have seen the looks at security. The only worse time was when the cat got X-rayed.

LMAO

I don't know what you can do about the calls. Sorry, that's not much in the way of advice.

As a Libertarian, you can imagine where I come down on this issue. But personally, I am against them.


Yams and sweet potatoes are not the same thing. In fact, they are not even distantly related.