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OldSalt
see ppl's posts a day or two after they post it. Anyone else having
this problem ?
Spuddie
not accustomed to such grivoiserie, chimed right in with:
>I've noticed that lately I am not getting the entire thread or else I
>see ppl's posts a day or two after they post it. Anyone else having
>this problem ?
I haven't noticed that I am, but it's been awhile since I checked at
Deja.com or Talkway.com to see if there are posts there that I'm
missing here...
Gads, we're both nightowls too...what *else* have we got in common?
LOL
Cheryl
~~~All I want for Christmas is a box of Smurfs and a mallet.~~~
Cheer
OldSalt wrote:
>
> I've noticed that lately I am not getting the entire thread or else I
> see ppl's posts a day or two after they post it. Anyone else having
> this problem ?
Yes.
athena
for 24 hrs.Not ready to upgrade at this time. Athena
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Cinde
Cinde
Lis
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OldSalt
wrote:
>I haven't noticed that I am, but it's been awhile since I checked at
>Deja.com or Talkway.com to see if there are posts there that I'm
>missing here...
It seems spordiac here for me over the past 2 weeks. Very strange.
>Gads, we're both nightowls too...what *else* have we got in common?
>LOL
Welllll....I can be a nightowl. I don't know what I am anymore
actually. I have 2 part time jobs. One job is in homecare with my
vent and hospice kids and these shifts are mostly evenings or nites.
The other job is nurse consultant job teaching various courses...pain
management, systems review, dementia and aggressive behavior, etc
to ppl in LTC facilities. This job is day shift or evenings. I woke
up at 3 am a few days ago and was totally disoriented. I didn't know
what day it was and I was worried about when I had to next report to
work. Geeze. I just keep on thinking that the holidays will be here
soon and so I need the bucks. :(((( As far as what else you and I
have in common....wellllll I don't know. I could rattle off my likes
and dislikes to you but then some ppl here might get the wrong idea if
you know what I mean. hahahaha
cathy markert
Only getting bits and pieces.
Cathy
Kilian Metcalf
>
> I've noticed that lately I am not getting the entire thread or else I
> see ppl's posts a day or two after they post it. Anyone else having
> this problem ?
This has been happening on all the newsgroups that I subscribe to and
the mailing lists as well, both on Flash.net and Juno.com. I am
beginning to think there may be something to this Y2K stuff that I have
been pooh-poohing for months. Them what knows more than I do told me
that if there were going to be problems, they would start turning up in
October due to some thing that I can't remember now (fiscal year
stuff??).
I wasn't too worried, and still am not. After all the messages are
getting through, even if they are a little scrambled in sequence.
Kilian
athena
alternatives to human waste disposal,lights,heating and cooking in case of
power outage?Having been involved in disaster preparedness,SAR, and some
prehospital work thru my 27 yr career,I take it as a given to have a care to
expect the unexpected.I don't carry first aid supplies in my car because I'm
a ghoul and look for trouble,but I have been caught in rural Idaho on the
interstate with a critical victim,another bystander,at night with a
flashlight and a blanket as tools,doing CPR and attempting to stop bleeding
on a nearly severed leg.An ambu goes with me now,plus a pocket mask,etc.If
we fail to consider the possibility,however remote,of potential disruption
of services,who will???My neighbors come to me for help,don't yours,because
you are a nurse.Being a good girl scout didn't hurt,and" be prepared"will
never go out of style.When I worked disaster preparedness and interfaced
with civil defense locally,I was surprised by the out of date,inadequate
supplies that were cached,ditto hospitals,its all money,low stocks of
inventory,and reliance of transportation systems.Red Cross doesn't have
unlimited resources,either,and the drains on the system are tremendous.It's
a personal accountability thing,and no,I'm not a "survivalist nut" thank you
very much.Have a care,Athena
Kilian Metcalf wrote in message <>
Spuddie
looking at their marcescent breakfast disgustedly, spat:
>Isn't everyone setting aside a bit extra in food,water,thinking in terms of
>alternatives to human waste disposal,lights,heating and cooking in case of
>power outage?
Uhhhhhhh...no.
Cheryl
~~Damned if I do, damned if I don't, so damn it, I will!~~~
Spuddie
looking at their marcescent breakfast disgustedly, spat:
>OldSalt wrote:
>>
>> I've noticed that lately I am not getting the entire thread or else I
>> see ppl's posts a day or two after they post it. Anyone else having
>> this problem ?
>
>
>This has been happening on all the newsgroups that I subscribe to and
>the mailing lists as well, both on Flash.net and Juno.com. I am
>beginning to think there may be something to this Y2K stuff that I have
>been pooh-poohing for months. Them what knows more than I do told me
>that if there were going to be problems, they would start turning up in
>October due to some thing that I can't remember now (fiscal year
>stuff??).
Nah, it's just Usenet at its best. I had been with a different ISP
for quite some time and never had a problem with the news feed and
then all of a sudden one day it started going whacky. This was a few
months ago...I asked about it and the tech support dude told me it was
because some jackass had flooded some of the newsgroup hierarchies
(the alt.binaries, specifically) with huge amounts of pictures which
used up all the space on their spools before it got to the newsgroups
I usually read and as it occurred late at night (wherever they were)
they didn't catch it until several hours later. I didn't fully
understand it, but I know that Usenet is a patched-together network
that depends on all the links along the way working just so for the
messages to actually get through when they are supposed to. It's the
nature of the beast, I guess. Some ISP's are notorious for having
crappy news feed, others do very well most of the time.
Cheryl
~~~In spite of the cost of living, it's still quite
popular.~~~
Spuddie
looking at their marcescent breakfast disgustedly, spat:
>>Gads, we're both nightowls too...what *else* have we got in common?
>>LOL
>
>Welllll....I can be a nightowl. I don't know what I am anymore
>actually. I have 2 part time jobs. One job is in homecare with my
>vent and hospice kids and these shifts are mostly evenings or nites.
>The other job is nurse consultant job teaching various courses...pain
>management, systems review, dementia and aggressive behavior, etc
>to ppl in LTC facilities. This job is day shift or evenings. I woke
>up at 3 am a few days ago and was totally disoriented. I didn't know
>what day it was and I was worried about when I had to next report to
>work. Geeze. I just keep on thinking that the holidays will be here
>soon and so I need the bucks. :((((
Yikes! Although I've been there and done that in my younger days
(worked part-time in a hospital and then supplemented with agency
work) I'm far too old now. <G>
>As far as what else you and I
>have in common....wellllll I don't know. I could rattle off my likes
>and dislikes to you but then some ppl here might get the wrong idea if
>you know what I mean. hahahaha
ROFL!! I didn't mean it *that* way, I be a happily married lady. <G>
I must not have read your posts well enough or something, but in
thinking about it, I honestly have no idea whether you're male or
female... (and I really don't care either, I enjoy nattering with you
either way!)
But if I said, "Ah, to hell with 'em, let's give 'em something to talk
about..." it could be *really* interesting. hehehehehehe
Just please don't tell me you listen to country music, or I'm afraid
the whole thing's off...LOL
Cheryl
~~~Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.~~~
(Dave Matthews Band)
OldSalt
wrote:
>Yikes! Although I've been there and done that in my younger days
>(worked part-time in a hospital and then supplemented with agency
>work) I'm far too old now. <G>
>
Hey silly, I'm 2 yrs older than you. It does get to me. There has
to be an easier way to earn a dollar ....open up a flower shop or
something. LOL
>ROFL!! I didn't mean it *that* way, I be a happily married lady. <G>
Oh I know. Just being silly here !! <I just know my friend is gonna
read this and I know what he's gonna say too. hahahaha>
>I must not have read your posts well enough or something, but in
>thinking about it, I honestly have no idea whether you're male or
>female... (and I really don't care either, I enjoy nattering with you
>either way!)
Female but I kinda like a gender-neutral nick. It keeps the riff raff
down if ya know what I mean.
>But if I said, "Ah, to hell with 'em, let's give 'em something to talk
>about..." it could be *really* interesting. hehehehehehe
Geeze...and they thought Spy's posts were bad. <big grin>
>Just please don't tell me you listen to country music, or I'm afraid
>the whole thing's off...LOL
Of course I do !! I posted that song to you remember..."We're from
the country and we like it that way". hahahaha Tim McGraw, Faith
Hill, George Strait, Dwight Yokum, Trisha Yearwood...it's all good.
BTW...I have that Dave Matthews CD with that song on it. Great
CD. I like almost anything...including opera....but I don't care for
very heavy jazz or heavy metal. You said you had a farm for a
bit...now how can ya hate country music ? :)
Spuddie
attending a support group for pygophilous coggers, sat on their arse
and whispered:
>>Yikes! Although I've been there and done that in my younger days
>>(worked part-time in a hospital and then supplemented with agency
>>work) I'm far too old now. <G>
>>
>Hey silly, I'm 2 yrs older than you. It does get to me. There has
>to be an easier way to earn a dollar ....open up a flower shop or
>something. LOL
Nooooooo...a bookstore!
>>ROFL!! I didn't mean it *that* way, I be a happily married lady. <G>
>
>Oh I know. Just being silly here !! <I just know my friend is gonna
>read this and I know what he's gonna say too. hahahaha>
LOL
>>I must not have read your posts well enough or something, but in
>>thinking about it, I honestly have no idea whether you're male or
>>female... (and I really don't care either, I enjoy nattering with you
>>either way!)
>
>Female but I kinda like a gender-neutral nick. It keeps the riff raff
>down if ya know what I mean.
Awwwwww heck...most of my best buddies are riff-raff. :)
>>But if I said, "Ah, to hell with 'em, let's give 'em something to talk
>>about..." it could be *really* interesting. hehehehehehe
>
>Geeze...and they thought Spy's posts were bad. <big grin>
LOL! Ah well...diversity is the spice of life, ain't it just? It'd be
awfully damned boring if we were all the same...
>>Just please don't tell me you listen to country music, or I'm afraid
>>the whole thing's off...LOL
>
>Of course I do !! I posted that song to you remember..."We're from
>the country and we like it that way". hahahaha Tim McGraw, Faith
>Hill, George Strait, Dwight Yokum, Trisha Yearwood...it's all good.
>BTW...I have that Dave Matthews CD with that song on it. Great
>CD. I like almost anything...including opera....but I don't care for
>very heavy jazz or heavy metal. You said you had a farm for a
>bit...now how can ya hate country music ? :)
Cause my ex *always* played it, and wouldn't let me switch
stations...got so I couldn't stand it toward the end there. I enjoy
some of the more modern country, but only in very small doses. <G>
I like just about every kind of music too, depending on my mood...but
much prefer alternative/rock/metal to anything else. My kids get a
kick out of the fact that my regular radio station is advertised as
"the station your mother hates..." LOL Last week my daughter says,
"Mom, where's your Limp Bizkit CD? I wanna borrow it...."
Okay, we're waaaaaaaaay off topic here, so let me think of a nursey
topic to discuss....
Ah hell...I just got home from working pm's...I don't wanna talk
nursing...night, all! :)
Cheryl
~~~In winter I'm a Buddhist and in summer I'm a nudist~~~
(Joseph Gould)
OldSalt
wrote:
>Nooooooo...a bookstore!
Ok...bookstore with a cappucino and bake shop in the front; flower
shop in the middle; and a spa in the back that does free back
massages, and facials to patrons who spend $100 or more. (Employees
can get this service whenever they like.) hahahaha
>Awwwwww heck...most of my best buddies are riff-raff. :)
Do they look like "Riff Raff" from Rocky Horror ?
>LOL! Ah well...diversity is the spice of life, ain't it just? It'd be
>awfully damned boring if we were all the same...
True.
>
>Cause my ex *always* played it, and wouldn't let me switch
>stations...got so I couldn't stand it toward the end there. I enjoy
>some of the more modern country, but only in very small doses. <G>
>
> I like just about every kind of music too, depending on my mood...but
>much prefer alternative/rock/metal to anything else. My kids get a
>kick out of the fact that my regular radio station is advertised as
>"the station your mother hates..." LOL Last week my daughter says,
>"Mom, where's your Limp Bizkit CD? I wanna borrow it...."
I just love when you tell the kids that the Puff Daddy song they are
listening to is remake of old song by Sting and they ask ..."Well
who is Sting ?"
>
>Okay, we're waaaaaaaaay off topic here, so let me think of a nursey
>topic to discuss....
>
>Ah hell...I just got home from working pm's...I don't wanna talk
>nursing...night, all! :)
I know what you mean. Well how bout this since we're talking about
kids and music a bit.....we're discussing "Growth & Development".
LOL
jaz
Judy
--
The dragonlady. Piers Anthony Rules
OldSalt
>You would have to have a craft shop in there too to make it complete.
>Judy
Awwww heck Judy...good point !!! How could I have forgotten that ??!!
One question though....does that mean "we" have to make the crafts ?
<looking for my glue gun and looking at my fingertips that haven't
been burnt by that dam hot glue in quite a while > hahahahahaha
jaz
crafts. This is the kind of shop my girlfriend, her daughter and I talked
about opening. It would be a real dream to have a store like that.
OldSalt
>Well, we could do the crafts or we could commission our friends who do
>crafts. This is the kind of shop my girlfriend, her daughter and I talked
>about opening. It would be a real dream to have a store like that.
>Judy
Judy - There is a shop here like that where the crafters "rent space"
in the shop and then set up their crafts. Several crafters here also
rent space in the hospital gift shops and/or they come to certain
nursing homes for craft shows periodically. I do some stuff with
wreaths, ceramics and shell jewerly but I make them for family and
friends, not to sell. I guess it would be fun but not sure how much
money you can earn.
jaz
bookstore, coffee and bake shop with a plant and craft section and tropical
fish. It would be a lot of work but fun too. Except I'd probably spend all
my time reading
Cheer
Not meaning to butt in on a private conversation here but I left nursing
for a year and supported myself very well with furniture painting.
There's a lot of money to be made if you have the right market. I now
work in nursing prn for the school system. I actually missed nursing
after a year of not doing it but i wouldn't give up the furniture
painting for anything.
Cheer
OldSalt
>Probably not much but we had it planned as a combination new and used
>bookstore, coffee and bake shop with a plant and craft section and tropical
>fish. It would be a lot of work but fun too. Except I'd probably spend all
>my time reading
Tropical fish ?!!! <checking previous posts to see where we agreed
to this...can't find it but oh what the hell - it sounds cool> Ok !!!
We'll build that into your contract that you are allowed to browse and
read during work hours. As far as me.....I'll take the back rub thing
as an employee perk. LOL What in the heck else should or could we
include in this shop ? Hmmm....we are kinda doin a feminine thing.
Maybe we should consider the guys and have a part of the shop that
deals with car parts and fishing/hunting stuff ? Sooo......you wanna
handle the night crawlers in the fishing bait section ? I don't. LOL
OldSalt
>Not meaning to butt in on a private conversation here but I left nursing
>for a year and supported myself very well with furniture painting.
>There's a lot of money to be made if you have the right market. I now
>work in nursing prn for the school system. I actually missed nursing
>after a year of not doing it but i wouldn't give up the furniture
>painting for anything.
>
First off Cheer...nothing I post here is ever "private conversation".
I welcome all comments. Furniture painting ? What did you do ? Like
antiques and stenciling you mean maybe ? It sounds interesting. Well
BTW - how do you feel about handling fishing bait if we expand this
shop ? <big silly grin>
Cheer
I'm not terribly thrilled about the fish bait thing, especially if it
would include bugs (my son is the bug wrangler in my house) or slime (it
took me quite some time to be able to handle trach secretions without
gagging).
I have painted all of my life and really should have gone to college for
art. When I was in college for nursing I would find old broken
furniture, drag it home, fix it up and paint it. Mostly because we
couldn't afford to buy nice new stuff. When I was the school nurse at a
high school I became friends with the art teacher (big suprise, huh?)
and we started working together on projects and selling them at craft
fairs. I started getting a lot of interest in the larger pieces of
furniture I did and started taking commissions from people for huge
pieces: corner hutch, bed frames, dressers, etc. I left nursing to
devote myself to painting furniture full time.
I paint free hand. I recently did a trunk that was a landscape scene. I
do refinish furniture, usually making my own stains in colors that you
cannot find anywhere. Let me tell you, the two years of chemistry I had
to take in college have come in very handy in dealing with paints and
finishes.
I started working in nursing again this school year because I missed it,
especially in the schools. I loved school nursing. So I do that prn and
continue with the furniture thing.
An interesting note: my friend the artist has noticed that every single
nurse she knows is artistic in some way. They either paint, do some sort
of needlework, or something artistically creative. I went to the Nation
Museum of Health and medicine at Walter Reed earlier this year and there
was an entire exhibit entitled "All the Symptoms of an Artist" (cool
title, huh?) with artwork done by health care practitioners, nurses
included. It was incredible.
I'm sure there is a correlation between nursing (the Art and Science)
and artistic creativity, and I always thought it would be a good idea
for an article in a journal. What type of creative outlet do the nurses
who post or lurk here have?
Cheer
Cinde
>BTW - how do you feel about handling fishing bait if we expand this
>shop ?
Actually I am quite well versed in aquaria. I specialize in marine aquariums.
I am also an avid fisherwoman. I'll do nightcrawlers, but I don't do maggots.
Cinde
jaz
husband's 60++ aquariums with all the fish could be moved there. They are
very relaxing to watch and sell very well. I crochet blankets, mittens and
hats. I make flower arrangements and I paint. I'm not very good at
painting but I love it.
Spuddie
out of a fit of ignavia, said this while doing dishes:
Good heavens, what happened to my nice quiet bookstore?? LOL
Cheryl
~~~Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.~~~
(Aristophanes)
jaz
OldSalt
>I'm not terribly thrilled about the fish bait thing, especially if it
>would include bugs (my son is the bug wrangler in my house) or slime (it
>took me quite some time to be able to handle trach secretions without
>gagging).
Ok...you are exempt from the bait thing then. hahaha I have to admit
that after all these years, I still have a hard time suctioning
copious amounts from a trach.
>
>I have painted all of my life and really should have gone to college for
>art. When I was in college for nursing I would find old broken
>furniture, drag it home, fix it up and paint it. Mostly because we
>couldn't afford to buy nice new stuff. When I was the school nurse at a
>high school I became friends with the art teacher (big suprise, huh?)
>and we started working together on projects and selling them at craft
>fairs. I started getting a lot of interest in the larger pieces of
>furniture I did and started taking commissions from people for huge
>pieces: corner hutch, bed frames, dressers, etc. I left nursing to
>devote myself to painting furniture full time.
>
There is a big call for refunished furniture here. The older styles
are popular...art deco and fifties stuff. Some ppl here like
refinished antiques and others want them to stay the way they are even
though they might look as good.
>I paint free hand. I recently did a trunk that was a landscape scene. I
>do refinish furniture, usually making my own stains in colors that you
>cannot find anywhere. Let me tell you, the two years of chemistry I had
>to take in college have come in very handy in dealing with paints and
>finishes.
>
Hmmm...would never have considered that chemistry would help but I bet
it does. :)
>I started working in nursing again this school year because I missed it,
>especially in the schools. I loved school nursing. So I do that prn and
>continue with the furniture thing.
Well ....I think that it is a wonderful craft that you got into. I
think anyone who take something and refinish it and make it look so
beautiful requires alot of talent and patience.
>An interesting note: my friend the artist has noticed that every single
>nurse she knows is artistic in some way. They either paint, do some sort
>of needlework, or something artistically creative. I went to the Nation
>Museum of Health and medicine at Walter Reed earlier this year and there
>was an entire exhibit entitled "All the Symptoms of an Artist" (cool
>title, huh?) with artwork done by health care practitioners, nurses
>included. It was incredible.
>
>I'm sure there is a correlation between nursing (the Art and Science)
>and artistic creativity, and I always thought it would be a good idea
>for an article in a journal. What type of creative outlet do the nurses
>who post or lurk here have?
>
You might want to post a new thread and ask that question. It would
be interesting to see ppl's responses here !! I think nurses tend to
be "nurturers of the soul" and so artistic ability and creativity of
all kinds would fit in there for sure.
OldSalt
>It got expanded. LOL
Roflmaoooo Judy. hahahahaha
OldSalt
wrote:
>Good heavens, what happened to my nice quiet bookstore?? LOL
Well Spuds....it's more like a little Walmart now. That will teach
you to stay away for a few days !! hahahahahaha
OldSalt
>The tropical fish came in when I decided if we had this big shop maybe my
>husband's 60++ aquariums with all the fish could be moved there. They are
>very relaxing to watch and sell very well. I crochet blankets, mittens and
>hats. I make flower arrangements and I paint. I'm not very good at
>painting but I love it.
60 ++ aquariums ?? Geeze Judy !! That's alot of bubbling water
around your house. LOL How can he keep up with cleaning and
maintaining so many of them ? They are very relaxing .... and can be
quite beautiful. Ok...sounds great !! Fish tanks and wonderful hand
made blankets, etc !! Excellent !!!!!!
OldSalt
>Actually I am quite well versed in aquaria. I specialize in marine aquariums.
>I am also an avid fisherwoman. I'll do nightcrawlers, but I don't do maggots.
Cool Cinde...then you can work with Judy in the aquarium dept. :)
Salt water fish tanks are indeed interesting....and a good bit more
expensive than fresh water tanks I am told. Is this true ? Do you
have tanks with themes of a coral reef, let's say....the coral and
the fish and then the starfish, crabs, amoninities (spelling?)
It's soooo pretty to see !!! I have often thought about having a
salt water tank but I haven't even looked into it. Oh....you can
supervise the fishing dept !! No maggots needed. I'm sure we can
come up with other bait. LOL Wonder how the guys would feel if we
had a female head up the fishing dept. Hmmm. hahahaha I have
fished off the surf every year on vacation and I like it. Nothing
beats having fresh caught fish for dinner !! I always have someone
else bait my hook though. <big grin>
OldSalt
wrote:
Sorry typo !!
>There is a big call for refunished furniture here. The older styles
>are popular...art deco and fifties stuff. Some ppl here like
>refinished antiques and others want them to stay the way they are even
>though they might look as good.
>
Should read even though they might NOT look as good.
RamblinOn
>
> I'm sure there is a correlation between nursing (the Art and Science)
> and artistic creativity, and I always thought it would be a good idea
> for an article in a journal. What type of creative outlet do the nurses
> who post or lurk here have?
Your shop sounds like a greal place to hang out - hope it's not far from my
place! On vacation a few years back, travelling the back roads of Kentucky
(I'm allergic to interstates) we came upon a little wide spot in the road. If
it was a town, so is my condo. There were two old weathered shacks, gray like
old barns, attached together. A couple of dresses were on hangers on the
outside. Painted on the front was "Maggie's Mall". Cross the street from the
post office. Probably the old guys hang out at the PO and the old gals at
Maggie's. What a trip.
As far as creative outlets go, nature photography is my thing. I like oil
painting, and really started photograpy to have references to paint from. When
I go walking in the woods I talk out loud once in a while - can't help it.
"Oh, Wow!" when I see something really cool. Of course, I see some fantastic
subjects when I don't have the camera along. There are lots of unusual looking
mushrooms that grow in the woods here. Once, on an old dead log, I saw one of
those ruffly fungi things - about a foot wide, with lots of "petals" - the most
beautiful shade of pinkish peach. Like a huge rose. It was astonishing.
When I ran home and got my camera and ran back, some animal had gotten to it.
Switching back and forth from photography to painting really opens up a new way
of seeing things - I get ideas from one for the other. "You must look with
eyes that see" - it's either an old Indian saying or an old photographer's
saying - you can do a lot of looking without really seeing. Applies to lots of
things. I get real distressed when I read about schools for "Gifted and
Talented" kids - there is NO child who is NOT gifted and talented. My hubby is
the junk yard king, and has three generations of VCR's in the house. He can
fix anything with that pile of shit he keeps under the bed!At least it isn't on
the dining room table any more :o) He is the original gadget man. We got a
new dining room table a while back - I thought I would have to spend the rest
of my life using that ugly, ugly orange maple/formica early American junker.
We went shopping for a new futon at a furniture (the owner prefahs "studio")
shop, and gadget-freak hubby spied a dining room table with two sections that
slide together so one is over the other when closed. Seats 12 when open. Now
I just need to find a sofa with gadget-appeal and spring the trap!
I've never thought of nurses as being collectively creative, but I suppose that
is possible. I've known nurses who were very creative in solving nursing
problems, with really neat ideas.
>
>
> Cheer
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OldSalt
<Rambli...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>Your shop sounds like a greal place to hang out - hope it's not far from my
>place!
Hi there Ramblin. :) You do realize our shop is just a figment of
our imagination right ? lol
>
>As far as creative outlets go, nature photography is my thing. I like oil
>painting, and really started photograpy to have references to paint from.
In my limited experience with painting I have found that oils are
forgiving. You make a mistake, you can paint over it. Watercolors
aren't so much. And some of the craft paints I use aren't either. I
have an oil that my lil brother did ....he copied a Frazzetta
(spelling ?) print of a scuba diver encountering a sunken treasure
and a sea monster. It's amazingly close to the original....and I love
it cause he did it of course.
> When
>I go walking in the woods I talk out loud once in a while - can't help it.
>"Oh, Wow!" when I see something really cool. Of course, I see some fantastic
>subjects when I don't have the camera along. There are lots of unusual looking
>mushrooms that grow in the woods here. Once, on an old dead log, I saw one of
>those ruffly fungi things - about a foot wide, with lots of "petals" - the most
>beautiful shade of pinkish peach. Like a huge rose. It was astonishing.
>When I ran home and got my camera and ran back, some animal had gotten to it.
You sound like me. I do the same thing. I have taken pics of
mushrooms...the bright pink and orange ones are too cool. I also like
pics of the woods after a snowfall and icey streams, etc. But I'm an
amateur at it and often what I see, I'm not able to capture in film.
>Switching back and forth from photography to painting really opens up a new way
>of seeing things - I get ideas from one for the other. "You must look with
>eyes that see" - it's either an old Indian saying or an old photographer's
>saying - you can do a lot of looking without really seeing.
I bet. I've tried to do that but without luck.
>I've never thought of nurses as being collectively creative, but I suppose that
>is possible. I've known nurses who were very creative in solving nursing
>problems, with really neat ideas.
>
I posted the question as a new thread and mentioned your name. So you
might wanna expand on it there. I think it's an interesting concept
that nurses are artsy. lol I'm thinking about my nurses friends and
many of them are into a craft of some kind. The ones who aren't tend
to be good cooks....and cooking is an art in itself. :)
RamblinOn
OldSalt wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Nov 1999 06:43:41 -0500, RamblinOn
> <Rambli...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> >Your shop sounds like a greal place to hang out - hope it's not far from my
> >place!
>
> Hi there Ramblin. :) You do realize our shop is just a figment of
> our imagination right ? lol
Just a Figment of Our Imagination? That's a cool name. Kinda long :o)
--
Cinde
>expensive than fresh water tanks I am told. Is this true ? Do you
>have tanks with themes of a coral reef, let's say....the coral and
>the fish and then the starfish, crabs, amoninities (spelling?)
Yes al of these are in my tank. I just got a anemone with 4 sabae clown fish
that are beautiful. Salt water is more expensive than fresh but so much more
interesting. I love coming home after a brutal day at work, like the one I had
today, and sit and just watch the fish. I wish there was a way to attach a
photo so you could see them.
Cinde
OldSalt
<Rambli...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>Just a Figment of Our Imagination? That's a cool name. Kinda long :o)
>
Ok...then maybe "Figment" or "Just a Figment" ? :)
Kurt Ullman
water, feed, etc.(g).
-----------------------------------
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late
to work within the system, but too early to shoot
the bastards."-- Claire Wolfe
jaz
and balancing the water, not to mention breeding and moving fish around to
make room for the babies. I don't touch them except when he is sick or out
of town which does not happen very often. All I have to do with them is a
monthly magazine for one of the Tropical Fish clubs in the area.
-- Judy
Spuddie
the screen, whispered:
>> >Your shop sounds like a greal place to hang out - hope it's not far from my
>> >place!
>>
>> Hi there Ramblin. :) You do realize our shop is just a figment of
>> our imagination right ? lol
>
>Just a Figment of Our Imagination? That's a cool name. Kinda long :o)
JAFOOI! And customers who can figure out what the acronym means get a
free fish....LOL
Cheryl
~~~I think the most un-American thing you can say is,
'You can't say that.'~~~ (Garrison Keillor)
Spuddie
putting its papuliferous face close to the screen, whispered:
>On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 20:31:36 GMT, spu...@slainte.fishnet (Spuddie)
Well...as long I get to manage the bookstore part, you can do what you
want with the rest of it...I wonder how Kurt would look in a greeter's
outfit? LOL
Cheryl
~~~One cannot think well, love well, sleep well,
if one has not dined well.~~~ (Virginia Woolf)
Spuddie
its papuliferous face close to the screen, whispered:
>It got expanded. LOL
So I see! I hope Goomba's running the cafeteria! <G>
Cheryl
~~~Today has been a long year....*sigh*...~~~
Kurt Ullman
>On Fri, 12 Nov 1999 00:46:01 -0500, OldSalt <chi...@sentnet.com>
>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Good heavens, what happened to my nice quiet bookstore?? LOL
>>
>>Well Spuds....it's more like a little Walmart now. That will teach
>>you to stay away for a few days !! hahahahahaha
>
>Well...as long I get to manage the bookstore part, you can do what you
>want with the rest of it...I wonder how Kurt would look in a greeter's
>outfit? LOL
Probably better than whites. One of the reasons I went into Psych was
they did not require a uniform. When I get into nursing whites, I look like a
demented Pillsbury Doughboy!
Spuddie
Ullman) closely resembling a lamassu in heat, warbled:
>>>Well Spuds....it's more like a little Walmart now. That will teach
>>>you to stay away for a few days !! hahahahahaha
>>
>>Well...as long I get to manage the bookstore part, you can do what you
>>want with the rest of it...I wonder how Kurt would look in a greeter's
>>outfit? LOL
>
> Probably better than whites. One of the reasons I went into Psych was
>they did not require a uniform. When I get into nursing whites, I look like a
>demented Pillsbury Doughboy!
I hear ya! One reason I'm glad they let us choose between whites and
royal blue scrubs...although I'm not sure which is worse, the Michelin
tire dude or a blue whale...LOL
Cheryl
~~~Can a blue man sing the whites?~~~
Goomba
>
> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 15:45:49 -0500, "jaz" <j...@driveninc.com> putting
> its papuliferous face close to the screen, whispered:
>
>
> So I see! I hope Goomba's running the cafeteria! <G>
>
> Cheryl
Bistro.. al fresco cafe at least!! :) Wouldn't that be fun??
Goomba
Lis
Himilayan kitty along to curl up by the pot-belly stove.... don't worry,
he's too fat and lazy to catch any of your pretty fishies........
Lis
Cinde <cmen...@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
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Spuddie
speaking in demulcent tones, said:
>> >It got expanded. LOL
>>
>> So I see! I hope Goomba's running the cafeteria! <G>
>>
>> Cheryl
>
>Bistro.. al fresco cafe at least!! :) Wouldn't that be fun??
>Goomba
As long as I don't have to waitress...you bet! :)
Cheryl
~~~We have mileage, yardage and footage...why don't we
have inchage?~~~ (George Carlin)
athena
when a quarter in the tip jar could send me onto a frenzy of joy!Loved the
mocha latte's,however,and I'd love to serve up a few for you guys!! Athena
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