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ajrwdwgirl
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Some more pictures of Windsor, Kensington Palace & Hyde Park
I like how they made the moat of Windsor Castle into garden area. (not for visitors to roam around in though)
St. George's Chapel
We watched the changing of the guards here at Windsor instead of Buckingham Palace because we heard it was just as good, not as crowded, and we would be closer to the actual guards. It was nice to see but a lot of standing by the guards.
A look at the castle courtyard
Kensington Palace
We were there on July 1st, Princess Diana's birthday. Some people had left tributes to her on the gates.
The sunken gardens at Kensington Palace/Hyde Park
I like how they made the moat of Windsor Castle into garden area. (not for visitors to roam around in though)
St. George's Chapel
We watched the changing of the guards here at Windsor instead of Buckingham Palace because we heard it was just as good, not as crowded, and we would be closer to the actual guards. It was nice to see but a lot of standing by the guards.
A look at the castle courtyard
Kensington Palace
We were there on July 1st, Princess Diana's birthday. Some people had left tributes to her on the gates.
The sunken gardens at Kensington Palace/Hyde Park
MOXOMUMD
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There was actually a commercial for these before the Minions movie. There was also a commercial for Aulani.Woot! I'd like these.
MinnieM123
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OMG . . . spectacular castles and impressive grounds!!
I'd like to pretend I'm a princess, and walk around these magnificent buildings and expansive grounds.Loved the pictures of the guards, too; their uniforms are awesome. (Nice hats!
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JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
In order to conserve keystrokes, we leave out the article. And presto, we can now arbitrarily distribute 3 extra u's however we see fit.
Just wondering though - do you say, "he is going to school today" or "he is going to the school today"?
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
While the attached says that neither is right, if you continue to read ... clearly WE are.I think I've often heard British people say similar things like, "He/She is going to University." They don't include "the" before University. So maybe it's the fault of the British people who emigrated to Canada many years ago, and brought their fractured English with them..
As for the Zed thing, I haven't a clue. Perhaps @JenniferS can explain that one!
- Zee is the American way of saying the letter z. Zed is the British way. Neither is right or wrong, and nobody is ignorant for pronouncing z the way they do. The zed pronunciation is older, and it more closely resembles the Greek letter, zeta, from which the English letter is derived.
MOXOMUMD
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Just have Jumba make you one.
MOXOMUMD
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Corn on the cob for us, beets and cucumbers for my mom. She's making pickled beets and (my favorite) bread and butter pickles.
MOXOMUMD
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Mmm yummy pies! I Love the Egyptian picture!
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donaldtoo
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MOXOMUMD
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ajrwdwgirl
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OMG . . . spectacular castles and impressive grounds!!
Loved the pictures of the guards, too; their uniforms are awesome. (Nice hats!
That's what I did a lot, pretend that I was the Queen!
catmom46
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OK gang, I'm about 50 pages behind, but, I'll catch up...eventually.....
The sweetest of Disney dreams to one and all...!
See y'alllllllllll...!!!
You and me both (in regard to pages behind)! I wish there was a way to "select all" to "like"!
donaldtoo
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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!
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!!
What's a "summer reading list"...?
catmom46
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We did have dinner tonight at Sanaa, which I enjoyed more than Boma. Yummy bread service and I got the butter chicken & spicy Durban shrimp, which was also yummy. Definitely liked the shrimp better, though. Chicken a little chewy.
We had planned to do Jiko on Saturday night, but I think we've had enough "ethnic" food now (although we are still doing Tusker for breakfast on Sat) and will try a different signature restaurant instead. Just need to figure out which one!
Goofyernmost
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So you're saying that the English for some reason felt compelled by one letter of the alphabet to show homage to the Greeks? Cool! But it seems it should have carried through to other like sounding letters like Bed, Ced, Ded, Eed, Ged, Ted and Ved?While the attached says that neither is right, if you continue to read ... clearly WE are.
- Zee is the American way of saying the letter z. Zed is the British way. Neither is right or wrong, and nobody is ignorant for pronouncing z the way they do. The zed pronunciation is older, and it more closely resembles the Greek letter, zeta, from which the English letter is derived.
Both actually! School is more of an activity then a place so if he is going to school he is going to the local place to learn something. The origin of the phrase... to be schooled. They are not turning him into a building, they are educating him. If I am going to go there because he's sitting in the principals office due to breaking windows in the building, then I would have to go to the school. In that case it is a person, place or thing that I am going to visit and not be a participant in. School in the first sense is really an activity or verb. Either way the use of it like that is only if it is common knowledge as to the location. In the case of University it could be one of thousands spread through-out the world. So being a noun, it would require "the" to proceed it. Besides that, and more importantly, it sounds weird to just say University.
Man, do I have to school you on everything?
donaldtoo
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Yep, we drive the carp outta' our vehicles, too.
Plus, the last new one we bought was in '90. Everything since has been used.
MOXOMUMD
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That's my first instinct.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
@figmentfan423 , yes I very much enjoyed the cooler weather last night. It's very pleasant out this morning--all the humidity is gone!!
The temperature right now at 5:09 AM is a GLORIOUS 61 degrees!
Starting tomorrow, 5 days in the 90s with high humidity and dew points. We have had heavy rains most of the day and night. At least my plants will be well watered for the heat wave.
donaldtoo
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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!
Yea, I was bein' kinda' silly in my last post/reply regarding such, but, I really don't remember ever getting a summer reading list, either.
Although, I did read plenty all the time, back then.
Mostly WWII history books.