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10876. PelleNilsson - 8/16/2004 4:44:46 AM Quiz for non-Googlers.
Where is Trebizond? Did it/does it have any significance? 10877. Jenerator - 8/16/2004 5:17:24 AM Summer,
Don't listen to Jay. The guy he mentioned isn't bothering innocents in Africa, he's instructing willing students at a seminary in Africa. Big difference. 10878. Jenerator - 8/16/2004 5:17:45 AM Hi Arky! 10879. Jenerator - 8/16/2004 5:21:47 AM Mikales,
Come out, come out wherever you are.
Look what I found. 10880. mikales - 8/16/2004 6:16:47 AM Nice Jen, but look at the price! I'm not
i that
big on slain deer and unsalted potatoes and grog. 10881. arkymalarky - 8/16/2004 8:12:39 AM Hey Jen! Are you teaching this year?
I think I heard it all today. A colleague who lives at least as far out in the boonies as I do said they acquired a stray pig, who wandered into the yard and has stayed all summer. They really like it and named it Porky and it grunts when you talk to it and when it wants food.
But she said it's getting too big and they're going to eat it. I asked, and she was not kidding. I guess that's the breaks when a pig strays into the yard of a biology teacher. 10882. judithathome - 8/16/2004 8:25:56 AM NEVER name a pet you intend to eat! It's just not right. 10883. arkymalarky - 8/16/2004 8:28:50 AM I agree. They've shown animals at state and county fairs for years, especially lambs and sheep, and I get the feeling they do it all the time. Of course they sell them to be slaughtered, but still. 10886. alistairconnor - 8/16/2004 6:18:18 PM Pelle : Trebizond is now known as Trabzon or some such. They have a reasonable football team. It's a Turkish Black Sea port. It was probably founded by the viking Norsepersons, is that the answer you want? 10887. iiibbb - 8/16/2004 10:09:14 PM My friends sure surprised me yesterday. I went in the back door of my house yesterday when I got home, so I didn't find the package until 11pm, but there it was. I open the package and there is a brand new GPS unit and card. They all bought me this thing for graduation and it totally generous and totally unexpected.
Although I've always wanted one, it's not something I would typically buy myself becuase they are a little pricey for the amount of use they'd get. However, even if I were to buy one, this one is loads nicer than the one I would've gotten.
This gift is exceptionally generous of them. I think a lot of these people but I'd never expect them to do something like this... so I am still a bit floored. 10888. iiibbb - 8/16/2004 10:11:45 PM ... I mean to say that I think a lot of these people... and we've always done things for each other... and looked out for each other... but I can't think of a time where we've ever been this generous in terms of a one-time gift from the group to a member...
...not like it's expected of the group.
I'm sure you know what I mean. 10889. Macnas - 8/16/2004 10:12:46 PM Always nice to get gifts. Throw a barbecue for everyone. 10890. iiibbb - 8/16/2004 10:53:26 PM Alas, we are all cast to the 4-winds now, so that's a bit hard... but you've given me another idea.
It's a bit wierd that I've known most of these people (except the children) a minimum of 15 years. Time sure flies. I met them all through my caving club and they've been my core group for all this time no matter where I've lived.
10891. alistairconnor - 8/16/2004 11:09:24 PM hmmm... is this a gift with a message?
You have a tendency to get lost?
Next time you get stuck down a pothole, you'll be really really glad to have that GPS, you'll know exactly where you are. 10892. iiibbb - 8/16/2004 11:29:16 PM hmmm... is this a gift with a message?
You have a tendency to get lost?
Actually... that's another reason I've never bought one. They're not a real replacement for a map and compass (which also don't need batteries).
I don't really get lost in the woods... my sense of direction is pretty well tuned due to work.
This thing is going to be cool on road trips for navigating though, because it can keep up with things like average speeds, ETA's etc.
It will also be good for bypassing traffic jams in unfamiliar areas. The maps in it are very detailed. 10893. Jenerator - 8/17/2004 1:47:03 AM The dude obsessed with farts is weird. 10894. Jenerator - 8/17/2004 1:48:09 AM Arky,
I am teaching this year. They gave me another class though, so I'm up to 5 preps now.
As for a pet pig, I don't think I could eat it after having loved it. I'm with Judith. What did you say to the person? 10895. tmesis - 8/17/2004 3:06:28 AM What is Magoseph's native language? I first thought Mags was a male, native English speaker living abroad somewhere. I believe I was wrong on all counts.
Jenerator, farts are funny. 10896. PelleNilsson - 8/17/2004 3:16:40 AM alistair
No, I was rather thinking of the odd and little known entity the Empire of Trebizond which emerged after the Crusaders sacked Constantinople in 1204 and survived until 1461.
That Trebizond should have been founded by Vikings is news to. I doubt that enough Vikings were present on the Black sea at any given time to found anything. But a share in the Viking glory is sought by many ... 10897. PelleNilsson - 8/17/2004 3:19:08 AM Yes, tmesis, but we once had a poster here who excelled in vivid descriptions of his own flatulence so your feeble efforts leave us cold.
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