MrsW understands my point. I just like the fact that adultery has real consequences to the adulterer. I think the deportation is great (I don't like the jail too much but it is better than getting stoned). OTOH deportation is a great punishment because it goes right the the adulterer's pocketbook. This will cost the woman money (deporation isn't cheap), possible job loss (more loss of revenue) and cost of establishing "new life" in another country. Maybe OM pays all those costs. Who cares? This simply puts a harsh reality on the A.

Summer: wine to relax and enjoy the evening

Autumn: more wine to mourn the passing of the fleeting summer

Winter: yet more wine to warm up the bones to survive the winter

Spring: more wine to celebrate the impending summer.

Yes I can see it is lucky for you mosquitoes have a very narrow temperature tolerance window.

Believe it or not, I wasn't a witch. I said some typical foggy WW things but I wanted to put things right SO badly that I bent over backwards to make things right.

I know that two years later I was stupid enough to make contact again with the OM. Y'know Rob doesn't even count that. I know he doesn't. He said that he started smoking again when he found out our employee was stealing from us. I said "no, you started smoking again when I made contact again". He said "oh, did I, I don't remember anything about that."

Although I am certainly no expert, I believe mosquitoes have highly sensitive CO2 receptors (that's how they find you - by your breath), so I wonder if alcohol and CO2 production might not be correlatable?

What does this mean?

I have also noticed there are different types of mosquito behaviors. There are the ankle-biters and the arm biters. I think ankle-biters have a longer life expectancy but that may simply be selective adaptation rather than a genetic effect. In other words, they survive longer because there is less probability they will be swatted. I also believe there is a correlation between sock color and bite frequency. Black socks seem to get bitten more. That also may be selective adaptation. Mosquitoes that bith black socks have a higher survival rate because they have camouflage. The ones that bite white socks get swatted.

Can mosquitoes have learned behavior? Three mosquitoes under a table. Two sucking on black socks and one sucking on a white sock. Suddenly one of the mosquitoes on the black sock turns to the other one and says "hey man - did you see that? Some big thing just came down hard on Gerald and now he's nothin but wings and eyeballs!" I'm staying away from that place!". Or, in other words, once you've had black...

Our mosquitoes don't have any behavours other than biting any part of you that is uncovered.

They bite arms, backs, legs, ankles, ooooh those ones on top of the feet, or between the toes.

The ankle biters are the WORST. Geez, I hate those suckers. They get me in bed too.

Hey, you saying I've got bad breath?

Not to a mosquito.

Yes, that would be true *sigh*

It really is a shame about the missing posts but I'll try to give a Cliff's Notes version:

Me: Buying shawarmas learn Kindle 2 can check out books for two weeks instead of buying.

KiwiJ: Hate Kindle 2 because puts bookstores out of business.

Me: Since can check out books, libraries are probably next.

KiwiJ: her bookstore is immune because they only sell cute books.

Me: Waxing on about how many industries will disappear or radically change due to internet (newspapers, magazines, universities)

KiwiJ: Her university job is immune.

Me: Glad I work in the oil business but need spot price up a bit. Also added that if we really want to get out of the recession, don't be surprised if there is a war because history has proven that is the cure.

And I just wanted to say that the new mod sounds like a character out of a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta - with a parasol and all that. Parasols aren't scary.

Well since I haven't been whacked on the head by a parasol (oh and I have greatly renewed respect for Revera BTW - but WOW), I think I have discovered a huge problem.

I was cheating.









On the shoulder turn. DD1 had a golf lesson yesterday and we THOUGHT (okay not we - GEMELA) thought she had one today, we took her to the range. [Turns out the lesson is on Saturday]. So I hit three buckets and was annoyed that I hit a 7 iron and 1 9 iron the same distance with one arm (100 yards). I couldn't have thrown a dart any better. So I went back to fundamentals and realized I wans't getting very much rotation in the upper body because I was concentrating so much on NOT missing the ball. Once I got the swing back to basics, I may never play with two hand again (assuming I will be able to).

I have a match with gemela tomorrow. She's goin' DOWN!

And BTW I know the mods are after me but I would prefer not to be edited by "Berlin" because, quite honestly, I would fall asleep before I could read WHY. I have no disrespect for Germans themselves but I don't have the attention span for their language.

And, of course, our view of the French pretty much parallel.

my daughter aspires to be a teacher of German. I can't understand anything much that she says in German but I love the children's songs CD that she has!

Pio...

You'll just LOVE this...

We sent our dd9 to preschool (PreK-3 & 4) to a rather fancy private school...They teach French there because, according to them, almost all "international business" is conducted in French...The kids go to France in 7th grade and learn to become "fluent in not only the French language, but also in the culture"...ummmmmmm, okay...

We pulled her when they upped the price of kindergarten to $17,500/year...

Anyway, after spending 30K on preschool, dd9 can sing "Frosty the Snowman" in French...Obviously worth it, huh?

Okay, go find your vomit bucket!

Mrs. W

So $15,000 was an acceptable price but $17,500 wasn't? I see...

I guess at $17,500/year the 5 year old kids must eat a higher quality fingerpaint?

According to Discovery Channel, only 27% of Americans hold passports. This school claiming that all international business is conducted in French is clearly banking on the other 73%. I've traveled all over the world on business and the only place we ever conducted business in French was, oddly enough, in France.

But you go ahead and hold on to that happy thought.

And to that $17,500!

You guys were smoking everything but your socks right?

And why is DD9 just graduating kindergarten? Late start?

Although it is obviously too late now, I was thinking that your school has a prety poor marketing strategy. Most people don't like the idea of paying more in this economic downturn so a price increase can be quite offensive.

What the school SHOULD do is charge their tuition in Euros. That way, with the falling dollar, they effectively get more money and you blame the Fed's discount policy rather than the school. Also, charging in Euros just seems more chic.

Win- win.

LOL! She's NOT just graduating kindergarten...that was years ago...der...

We figured that the price for pre-school wasn't as bad since we would have been paying tuition anywhere for Pre-K3/4, but kindergarten is free in public school here, sooooo $17,500 was truly outrageous...Hey, we were stupid and bought their sales pitch on the pre-K deal for our one and only child, what can I say? We finally woke up...THANK GOD!

Mrs. W

You had a one year old child taking GOLF lessons??? Geez...