Cordelia ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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.
The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development released a new study ranking the world’s nations by the happiness levels of their citizens. According to the published results, northern Europeans are the happiest people in the world. The top ten are:
1. Denmark
2. Finland
3. The Netherlands
4. Sweden
5. Ireland
6. Canada
7. Switzerland
8. New Zealand
9. Norway
10. Belgium
The US ranked above average.
The internet has everything! This article (pdf) talks about TB locales, and includes maps!
Its specific location was intentionally vague but was certainly described to connote the region near Ossining and Crotonville. The nearest large city is White Plains, New York, some 8 to 12 miles southeast of Sleepyside.
I don't know who Trixie Belden or Cherry Ames are.
The internet has everything! This article (pdf) talks about TB locales, and includes maps!
What article??
White Plains is my hometown. I can remember Trixie going to WP to shop, and wondering why she would bother. Heh.
I don't know my upstate NY geography that well
White Plainsians would not consider their city upstate, since the emotional/fiscal ties are with NYC (not Albany). We're snobs that way. And probably a lot of other ways, too. One of my boyfriends from college used to call WP the land of 3-car garages.
I remember selling my Trixie Belden books at a yard sale. I wonder if the library here has them.
I have like two really strong memories of the books. One is the definition of the word "ennui", and the other is Trixie taping a sign to the foot of her bed to remind her to say "Rabbit, rabbit" on the first of the month.
I have like two really strong memories of the books. One is the definition of the word "ennui", and the other is Trixie taping a sign to the foot of her bed to remind her to say "Rabbit, rabbit" on the first of the month.
OMG, I do that. Is that where I got that from? Except I say "White Rabbits, White Rabbits". When I remember.
and the other is Trixie taping a sign to the foot of her bed to remind her to say "Rabbit, rabbit" on the first of the month.
I never read those books! Ridic. Why did she do this?
It was some kind of superstition, where if it was the last thing you said when you went to bed on the 31st, and the first thing you said when you woke up on the 1st, your wish would come true.