Oh and I called back the afterschool to let them know their computer system of seeing if kids are there or not is unreliable and when a parent calls they should also have someone check with the room teacher. The desk attendent failed to understand my frustration, so I guess I'll be calling the Director tomorrow.
I tell you I have this theory. It goes where, you're the one who's not my sister. Cuz mom adopted you from a shoe box full of baby howler monkeys, and never told you cuz it could hurt your delicate baby feelings.
Dawn ,'Selfless'
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.
msbelle - May 14, 2009 1:31:11 pm PDT #19563 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
sarameg - May 14, 2009 1:39:35 pm PDT #19564 of 30000
Yeah, misplacing kids is something they should not be doing.
One of my friends took her kids down to launch and met Megan McArthur's mother. Said she was a very proud mommy.
Trudy Booth - May 14, 2009 1:45:31 pm PDT #19565 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
They also died young and wrinkled.
At least a couple of times a summer, I'd get stuck somewhere with no shade and have to spend a day or so lying in a dark room wearing a soft t-shirt.
Of course they died young and wrinkled. But if you were a farm hand in northern Europe and you burned through your clothes you couldn't really lie in the dark for a while.
Humans were light-skinned, outside all day, and didn't have spf clothing for a long long time. Either the sun is worse or people somehow functioned without modern textiles. Maybe the "not bathing so much" somehow helped -- a lifetime's worth of sweat and the like provided nature's sunscreen?
flea - May 14, 2009 1:51:11 pm PDT #19566 of 30000
information libertarian
The Norwegians were at lat 62 00 N, though. The Greeks, not so light skinned, were at 39 00 N. St. Paul is at 44 00 N.
ETA: Georgia (US)? 32 00 N. Same as Tel Aviv.
ETA2: Am now totally obsessed with cities by latitude. Send help. [link]
-t - May 14, 2009 2:11:31 pm PDT #19567 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Stephen King used both "bathing suit" and "suntan lotion" in this week's EW column.
Athens is further north than San Francisco? Surprising.
meara - May 14, 2009 2:13:10 pm PDT #19568 of 30000
Ooh. Interesting, flea! My ancestors were up in 55 and 53ish--Ireland and Denmark. I'm now just finally moved up to 47 (Seattle), which is suiting me much better than DC (38)
Hil R. - May 14, 2009 2:16:27 pm PDT #19569 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Interesting. My ancestors, at least as far back as I can trace, were pretty much all with a few degrees of 50. I've lived most of my life around 40.
Kathy A - May 14, 2009 2:23:40 pm PDT #19570 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My Irish ancestors are around the 50 degree mark, but my paternal grandfather came from way up north at 65 degrees (Sweden, at the top of the bay between Sweden and Finland).
juliana - May 14, 2009 2:45:56 pm PDT #19571 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I grew up at 64°50′N, most of my great-grandparents came from around 52°31′N to 50°05′N, my grandparents settled (and my parents grew up) at 41°54′N, and now I live at 37°46′N (before, I was at 44°59′N). I don't think I could live this far south without the cooling influence of the Pacific. Also, I can (and do) burn, but usually I just get brown. Very brown.
I do find it hilarious that Fairbanks is the 11th city listed. Go Team Far North!!
megan walker - May 14, 2009 2:46:24 pm PDT #19572 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Athens is further north than San Francisco? Surprising.
New York and Madrid being the same is what always surprises me.