Congrats, Emmett!
I swam tonight. Definitely hit a wall, but I'm on the mend.
My love for me now / Ain't hard to explain / The Hero of Canton / The man they call...ME.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
sarameg - Jun 13, 2014 4:50:37 pm PDT #29849 of 30000
Zenkitty - Jun 13, 2014 5:11:23 pm PDT #29850 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
So I took the Which English? test. Their top three guesses for my English dialect were: 1. American (Standard) 2. Singaporean 3. South African
1 is correct, don't know where the other two came from!
Their top three guesses for my native language: 1. Norwegian 2. English 3. Swedish
Now that's surprising. It's English. Why Norwegian?
msbelle - Jun 13, 2014 5:21:53 pm PDT #29851 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I work tomorrow and really need to get to bed, but wanted to update on Oz. I think the cat-sitter may have over-dosed him on insulin (my guess is he wasn't eating, but Sylvester was finishing all the food), because after getting him to eat a few treats, then a few more, he is now eating small bowls of regular food. His eyes are clearer and focused and he is up walking around much more like normal. Still he has noticeably lost weight and is wobbly, but much much better than Wednesday.
sarameg - Jun 13, 2014 5:25:02 pm PDT #29852 of 30000
Glad to hear that, msbelle.
Connie Neil - Jun 13, 2014 6:27:20 pm PDT #29853 of 30000
brillig
Hubby's first guess on English was Singapore. His native language was guessed to be Vietnamese. That algorithm needs a lot of input. (His first language is probably German, and he's lived on military bases around the world.)
Zenkitty - Jun 13, 2014 6:43:38 pm PDT #29854 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I hope Oz is okay now, msbelle.
SuziQ - Jun 13, 2014 6:48:52 pm PDT #29855 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I got Singapore also. I'm sure I skewed some metric in that Farsi was one of my first languages.
Zenkitty - Jun 13, 2014 9:06:27 pm PDT #29856 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Someone just slammed his car into the ditch at the corner of my property. Big bang. I stepped out on the porch and heard him talking loudly, presumably on a phone, and he walked away when he couldn't back the car out. Now there are two cop cars out there, trying to find him. I guess that means the license plate isn't registered to the person who was driving it. He must have been drunk or asleep or something to head directly at the row of trees instead of going straight. Or turning, but no one lives in the direction of the turn except my neighbor. I'm pretty sure he's okay, since he walked away, and I'm glad he wasn't badly hurt, but I'm also glad he wasn't going fast enough to jump the embankment and damage my trees. I wonder if I'll ever find out how this resolves.
SuziQ - Jun 14, 2014 1:17:22 am PDT #29857 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
How strange Zen.
Breakthrough pain bites. Woke me up a few times tonight and I've now given up on sleep. The bit of reading I've been doing about TN is scaring the crap out of me. Medications being minimally effective, ER visits to rival ita's experiences, and life long pain.
Bless. So to distract myself I'm watching Breaking Bad (never seen it before). Light early morning entertainment.
Calli - Jun 14, 2014 2:12:47 am PDT #29858 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I took the English quiz. It suggested my first language was US English, with possible seconds being Norwegian and Swedish, so it was pretty accurate for me. One of my parents grew up in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and the Yooper dialect, as they call it, is heavily influenced by Norwegian and Finnish.
I'm so sorry about the pain, SuziQ.