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Posted on 07/12/2005 8:11:36 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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My mom's name is Gert (Gertrude)
And she's done got a hurricane named after her?
Heh.... figures.... when you're actually paying attention to the thread, I insult your mom. ;~/
Sorry doll :~D
I had a Great Aunt "Gert"
There's no Q on that list. Guess there aren't enough Q names. Should we start a pool on how many letters will get used?
Seriesly, Sam, every time I hear about these guys I worry about you Florida folk.
LOL!
But I got such a good deal!
;-)
Mornin'! Been bidding on eBay for some of the jedi's curriculum. Ugh...even paying half-price (including S&H, which is the most I'll pay for used curriculum) it's gonna hurt.
But not as bad as full price, and maybe I'll get a deal! One book, for example...my max bid is around $5 and it's going so far for .99! It sells new for around $15.
We just got a couple of boxes of cherries from our guy in Hood River.
Mmmmmm.....cherries....
No hurricanes in Kansas today.
Ugh... I hafta start acquiring my books... plus they raised all the fees... dunno where I'm going to find the money...
Check out this yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Home-School-Yard-Sale/
I joined to hawk my CafePress stuff...
Just be vey careful if someone has written extra-spell instructions in the margins...
No hurricanes here either, though it's drizzling a little.
That's good.... it'll keep the dust down on trail this afternoon.
Heh!
I anticipated selling the jedi's old books and they were threatened with bodily harm if they wrote in their textbooks! LOL I put book covers on them and everything!
The thing with BJUP, you have to have the corresponding text to go along with the satellite feed...so you have to make sure the six digit number of the book matches what you're supposed to order. The book you might think you need might be an older edition that doesn't correspond or even a brand new edition that doesn't correspond. (Usually they update the feed when a newer edition comes out, but sometimes there is a lag.)
The thing is, people don't seem to realize the importance of posting that six digit number in their description! Slows me down, cause I gotta ask. About half my inquiries were not the right curriculum and the other half were and I bid.
I'm bidding on 6 items and watching 2 others.
Quinn, Quigley, Quentin, Quincy – Queenie, Quella, Querida, Quinevere for starters. There must be some other reason for not using Q names other than availability.
I even know a guy named Quinton, Captain Quinton Dieterle, master of the "Cutting Edge," a charter fishing boat out of Miami.
Capt. Quinton
The "Cutting Edge"
One thing about living in Florida, there is going to be a hurricane at your house, sooner or later.
I'm just hoping the next one won't be as powerful as the last, 13 years ago.
I've told these stories haven't I?
I was deep sea fishing in the Gulf the day before Andrew hit. I was the only one who wasn't pukin' over the side.
Years later I worked with a den leader who had moved here from Florida. They sat in their bathroom while Andrew destroyed everything. She had a "Club" on the steering wheel of her car. Literally the only thing that survived was the club.
Heh... well, I could use some help with my code, maybe there's a "Half-Geek Prince" book out there.
Is that a bull shark? *shudder*
Quinevere?
Sounds like something parents who are waaaay to into the SCA would name their kid.
The thing about hurricanes is that the nightmare isn't just when it actually hits. (Even though that is the most terrifying part).
It's a nightmare to get ready for it and an even worse nightmare once it's gone.
I'll never forget how the absolute worst in people came out after that storm. Speeding through intersections where the lights had blown down, selling bags of ice for $5+, stealing generators from neighbors, looting, etc.
There were and are a lot of good people around here, but probably less now in Miami than there were then. A lot of them left after Andrew.
So now, we have a lot of new residents that arrived post-Andrew. I worry for them the most since they really don't know what a real hurricane is.
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