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ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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MinnieM123 said:
I had to chuckle, thinking about summer reading lists. As kids, all we wanted to do was play all summer. I recall my sister, brothers and myself would get all the books we were supposed to read over the summer, just 4 days before school was to start up again; and we'd have these cram reading sessions! It was painful! :in pain: :facepalm:

And, back when I was in the lower grades (2 through 4), we had to read about 6 books over the summer, but we were allowed to choose whatever books we wanted from the library. So, I'd follow the same pattern of going to the library about 4 days before school started, and I'd pick out the skinniest books I could find!! :D :joyfull: As you can tell, my life wasn't exactly destined for induction into Mensa . . . ;)
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I don't ever remember getting summer reading lists from school, but I was such a nerd I spent most of my summer reading as many books as I could. I would keep a list of books I'd read and try to top that amount each summer. Actually, I still do that, read and keep lists! :geek:
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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MinnieM123 said:
AAA members can buy park tickets (regular, plastic version card--not bands) at the AAA offices around the country. I always do that, and they give you a discount of (around $20 or so off the price--I had a 5 day hopper with water parks). So you don't have to have a band at all, because the cards do exactly the same thing. (Plus, I don't like wearing a band; if that was all that was offered, I'd have to cram it inside my little purse, or put it in a pocket.)
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Oh I hate wearing things on my wrist! I used to get AAA tickets ($% more than my dh would pay at work) but with diamond parking gone and his discount is even better now no more AAA tickets for me.:(
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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Progress.City said:
So, no subway. That means I will climb to the top of the mountain. Haifa is built on a mountain slope. I will ascend by ancient staircase alley ways to the top. The blue dot is where I am and the red balloon is where I am going. The other two pics are of the staircase alleyways I am ascending now.

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The question is will I make it. I can honestly say that without a shadow of a doubt, I honestly don't know. But I'll give it a try. Here I go...
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You're young so you can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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StarWarsGirl95 said:
With me it's a bit different. I was given a first name that I hated and was always finding ways of shortening in elementary school. About the end of fifth grade, I decided that I was going to start going by my nickname when I entered sixth grade, which my mother and brother were already calling me. I know my mother thought that it was just the age and it was something I would do temporarily and then go back to being called by my given name. Almost a decade later, I'm still going by my nickname. I use my given name professionally, but I will correct you if you try to call me by my given name. Other than my dad and my bff and a few relatives, most call me by my nickname. My dad, who goes by a shortened version of his middle name and doesn't even use his given name professionally, is pretty much the only one who doesn't call me by my nickname ever. He says he and my mother worked very hard to pick out my name (which is true; my name was the only one he and my mother agreed on; my brother was simpler; I named him after my favorite Oriole, and they agreed) and he is going to call me by that name.:rolleyes: Note: he has a variety of his own nicknames for me that he calls me, so, ya know...

I was at a religious event one time and introduced myself by my full name (this was several years back; I practically never do that now), and the woman I was introducing myself to looked at me and said, "So what do they actually call you?" :hilarious: I guess I looked uncomfortable or something.
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I had a similar problem in that my first name and my fathers first name were the same. So at home they addressed me by my middle name (which I hate beyond explanation and always did). Raised catholic I have a multitude of religious names as well, that I don't even remember. The biggest problem was that all my religious events, first communion, confirmation all have my middle and first name reversed. I remember one time in school I put my "real" name on the top of an assignment and got an "F" because I didn't use my proper name. The worst part was that when I told them what it was supposed to be, they didn't believe me. Kid's didn't have ID cards back then.

When I was 15 we moved from where I grew up and I immediately dropped my middle name and went by my first name. Everyone was on board then and with the exception of my immediate family, all called me by my first name. The complications continued even as I got older, it took my X forever to figure out what to call me. (she eventually came up with a few names on her own, sweetheart that she was), but, my in-laws were totally confused especially when we had some joint family get together. One group would address me by one name and the other group by the other. Left people saying (who?) quite often. So for all you yet to be parents out there, please, name your children what you intend to call them through life and not some clever play on words that is so popular today or random spellings of those names. They are the ones that have to live with those names for the rest of their lives, not you. If you love them don't complicate their lives so you can feel clever.
 
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Figgy1

Figgy1

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Goofyernmost said:
I had a similar problem in that my first name and my fathers first name were the same. So at home they addressed my by my middle name (which I hate beyond explanation and always did). Raised catholic I have a multitude of religious names as well, that I don't even remember. The biggest problem was that all my religious events, first communion, confirmation all have my middle and first name reversed. I remember one time in school I put my "real" name on the top of an assignment and got an "F" because I didn't use my proper name. The worst part was that when I told them what it was supposed to be, they didn't believe me. Kid's didn't have ID cards back then.

When I was 15 we moved from where I grew up and I immediately dropped my middle name and went by my first name. Everyone was on board then and with the exception of my immediate family, all called me by my first name. The complications continued even as I got older, it took my X forever to figure out what to call me. (she eventually came up with a few names on her own, sweetheart that she was), but, my in-laws were totally confused especially when we had some joint family get together. One group would address me by one name and the other group by the other. Left people saying (who?) quite often. So for all you yet to be parents out there, please, name your children what you intend to call them through life and not some clever play on words that is so popular today or random spellings of those names. They are the ones that have to live with those names for the rest of their lives, not you. If you love them don't complicate their lives so you can feel clever.
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I guess I'm lucky with only 4 names.
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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Goofyernmost said:
I have Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) from my years in the printing business. Most of my life I don't even notice it, but, in a totally quiet room it might as well be a bugle. TV never helped that, but, fans or other equipment that made a steady, but, not, overbearing noise, seems to work for me in blocking out or overriding the ringing. I cannot sleep in total quiet.
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Sympathy like.
 
betty rose

betty rose

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Goofyernmost said:
I have Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) from my years in the printing business. Most of my life I don't even notice it, but, in a totally quiet room it might as well be a bugle. TV never helped that, but, fans or other equipment that made a steady, but, not, overbearing noise, seems to work for me in blocking out or overriding the ringing. I cannot sleep in total quiet.
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ditto
 

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