So other people can see the poll results, right? [link]
I wanna die in bed surrounded by fat grandchildren, but guess that's off the menu.
Jenny ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Mar 17, 2009 8:00:44 am PDT #11079 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Liese S. - Mar 17, 2009 8:02:09 am PDT #11080 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Can't you just get with the daylight saving program??
Are you saying I can eat my lunch now? Despite the fact that I ate my breakfast (checks computer clock) fifteen minutes ago?
Because you know I'm not waking up in time to eat my breakfast east coast time. So the only possible solution is for me to eat lunch early. Right?
I'm wearing green today, and I likely won't see another living soul other than the SO. But I'm okay with that.
Liese S. - Mar 17, 2009 8:02:58 am PDT #11081 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, yeah, and yes we can, tommyrot.
I kinda wish there'd been a mildly optimistic option between "save us all" and "not much" but I chose "not much" anyway.
tommyrot - Mar 17, 2009 8:03:28 am PDT #11082 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm wearing black and grey, with bluejeans.
Trudy Booth - Mar 17, 2009 8:03:29 am PDT #11083 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
So, I'm reading a mystery book that takes places in Olden Tymes New York, and includes several families where the fathers are Chinese and the mothers are Irish -- from the time when Chinese women were not allowed to immigrate. I wonder about the real history there. (I mean, I'm sure it happened, but wonder about the details and how common it was.) But maybe not enough to actually do the research!
There was a PBS program on the history of the Chinese in America and they talked about just such a demographic bubble in Boston. The couples tended to take the Irish name.
Jesse - Mar 17, 2009 8:04:22 am PDT #11084 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So other people can see the poll results, right?
Yeah, interesting.
Because you know I'm not waking up in time to eat my breakfast east coast time. So the only possible solution is for me to eat lunch early. Right?
Clearly. Of course, that will lead to me eating my lunch at 10:30 east coast, when I start getting hungry, and all will be madness!
Kat - Mar 17, 2009 8:04:52 am PDT #11085 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Jesse, re: Chinese/Irish perhaps enough to justify this shirt? But I doubt it. My kids, btw, have these shirts.
Trudy Booth - Mar 17, 2009 8:05:11 am PDT #11086 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
A google of "irish chinese boston marriage" gave me this [link]
Jesse - Mar 17, 2009 8:06:29 am PDT #11087 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There was a PBS program on the history of the Chinese in America and they talked about just such a demographic bubble in Boston. The couples tended to take the Irish name.
Oh, that's interesting. These fictional people didn't do that. The point we're getting through the book is that many of the Irish were living in squalor, and the Chinese men who got these Irish wives were the business owners who could provide a nice life for their families. Also, the wives were not the prettiest girls on the block, so had bad choices of husbands within their own community.
Dana - Mar 17, 2009 8:07:07 am PDT #11088 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
So, I'm reading a mystery book that takes places in Olden Tymes New York, and includes several families where the fathers are Chinese and the mothers are Irish -- from the time when Chinese women were not allowed to immigrate
Oh, I totally know what book you're reading, though I can't remember the author's name, and all the books start with "Mystery on..." which is not very specific.
But anyway. Have you read the rest of the series? What do you think of them?