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13513. PelleNilsson - 1/25/2005 8:07:37 AM They were probably Swedish. 13514. Magoseph - 1/25/2005 5:13:50 PM Hi, Mac, thank you for the Audubon link in The Good Life--I find the following particularly interesting.
Audubon was born in Santo Domingo (now Haiti), the illegitimate son of a French sea captain and plantation owner and his French mistress. Early on, he was raised by his stepmother, Mrs. Audubon, in Nantes, France, and took a lively interest in birds, nature, drawing, and music. In 1803, at the age of 18, he was sent to America, in part to escape conscription into the Emperor Napoleon’s army. He lived on the family-owned estate at Mill Grove, near Philadelphia, where he hunted, studied and drew birds, and met his wife, Lucy Bakewell. While there, he conducted the first known bird-banding experiment in North America, tying strings around the legs of Eastern Phoebes; he learned that the birds returned to the very same nesting sites each year. 13515. Ms. No - 1/25/2005 6:31:10 PM Pelle,
That was my first thought, but I'm not familiar enough with the sound of the language to have known for sure. They looked Swedish --- which sounds kind of dumb except that there really is a Swedish look and I never would have thought so a few years ago. 13516. alistairconnor - 1/25/2005 6:33:52 PM Nice, friendly-looking people who can sing in tune, a song with gibberish lyrics and a completely inane chorus...
Obviously they were Swedish. They were Abba. 13517. robertjayb - 1/25/2005 6:51:13 PM hah! 13518. Ms. No - 1/25/2005 7:29:49 PM snerk!
Oh, Connor, you're wicked funny! 13519. PelleNilsson - 1/25/2005 7:45:57 PM We are not amused.
(Yes, it was funny) 13520. Max Macks - 1/25/2005 9:32:39 PM Ms.No
my memory comes and goes
Now I remember when you were
posting about driving to Clayton or Concord
in the xmas fog. 13521. angel-five - 1/26/2005 10:33:10 AM It might have been Ace of Bass, you know. 13522. Magoseph - 1/26/2005 12:20:28 PM Oh, hello there--I'm trying to hit as many threads as I can this morning. 13523. Macnas - 1/26/2005 5:00:25 PM It might have been the Hives. 13524. Magoseph - 1/26/2005 5:22:23 PM Hi, Mac, what's new with you--How are the kiddies and the missus? 13525. Macnas - 1/26/2005 6:00:14 PM All good Mago. How's Flexi? 13526. Magoseph - 1/26/2005 6:06:44 PM He is just fine, thanks, Mac. His blood-pressure is under control and he lost weight. 13527. Macnas - 1/26/2005 6:08:56 PM Good for him. 13528. Ms. No - 1/26/2005 8:48:34 PM Once again I am blissfully happy with the IRS Telefile system. Less than 20 minutes and my taxes are done.
Wheeeee! 13529. thoughtful - 1/26/2005 8:52:43 PM Your taxes are done!!! Wow!!
We've only just begun to receive the paperwork for ours. We're not usually able to do it until sometime in March because of the late coming forms. 13530. Ms. No - 1/26/2005 9:17:03 PM Yeah, well, mine are easy. I get a single W2, have no dependants and don't make enough money for my few deductions to matter. My house is only going to cost real money for next year's taxes so things may be a bit more complicated next time around, but I honestly have no idea. Fortunately I've got a year to figure it out. ;-> 13531. thoughtful - 1/26/2005 9:21:29 PM Well if you bought the house in 2004, and you got a mortgage, you can deduct the points... 13532. Ms. No - 1/26/2005 9:48:08 PM Nah, got in in 2003. Even so, the mortgage was so small it wouldn't have registered. My car cost more than this property --- and I do not drive a fancy car.
By this time next year, however, the place should be worth about 3 times what I paid for it and put into restoring it.
Which still wouldn't even buy a condo in LA. ;->
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