The ***OFFICIAL*** Weekend Singles' Thread -- (June 23rd to 25th)

FreeRepublic | June 23, 2006 | Victoria Delsoul & Alberta's Child

[darkangel82]

Nothing much here, just drinking soda, answering PMs and emails, and watching the news.

[pcottraux]

Well, I don't go out places very often. I just prefer FReeping.

[rzeznikj at stout]

Me? My old man is too busy...8^)

[Victoria Delsoul]

Freeping is good. So let's freep together.

There's a song... Freeping together, or is it, happy together?

[rzeznikj at stout]

Know the feeling--Watching the news, drinking lemonade, FReeping, and trying to track down an OS9 cd...8^)

[rzeznikj at stout]

What is So Happy Together?

[pcottraux]

Well, it was funny this morning;

All the relatives had to call to wish me a happy birthday, but I was asleep (I work swing shift so I get to sleep in), so Mom comes in there with a phone and wakes me up and says "Your Aunt wants to wish you a happy birthday!"

So I'm laying there in bed holding the phone, listening to my Aunt yak about all the usual stuff; My Grandparents are crazy, she hates her cats, my cousin's wasting all of her money, etc. etc.

And then I'm ready to go back to sleep, but a few minutes later it's time to talk to Granny. So there I am still laying in bed holding the phone, and it was the usual; my Aunt's crazy, she hates her cats, they used the bathroom all in her house. And then she put Grandfather on the phone, and that's always fun.

The best present they could have given me was to let me sleep. Couldn't they have waited till 6 when I get home?

[pcottraux]

There's a song... Freeping together, or is it, happy together?

It's both to me.

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL!! I love that story.

Hey, it was great. Your relatives love you and care about you. You're lucky.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Yep.

[pcottraux]

That's just the tip of the iceberg with my family.

They're crazy, but I guess that's why I love 'em.

[pcottraux]

Hey, I found a song for us all to listen to. And it's brand new, too:

http://media.thechrispirilloshow.com/mp3/yourepitiful.mp3

[darkangel82]

Well, that sucks if he's always "too busy." But at least you haven't gone...well, I won't say how long it's been.

[Victoria Delsoul]

OMG, I'm laughing so hard. I'm gonna save that song.

[rzeznikj at stout]

It doesn't have as much of an effect on me as it does my younger siblings.

My 16 year old sister only gets attention when he takes her driving, and my 12 year old brother is in Scouts--where the old man devotes a lot of his time and energy (when he's not working)

[Alberta's Child]

Lake Superior

The largest of the five Great Lakes, Lake Superior has long been a place of majestic beauty as well as a sobering reminder of the powerful forces of nature. The lake is about 350 miles in length and 160 miles wide at its widest point – the largest freshwater lake in the world and a veritable inland sea. With a total surface area of 31,700 square miles Superior is larger than the land area of 12 different U.S. states, and with a maximum depth of 1,300 feet it is also the deepest of the Great Lakes.

Historically, Lake Superior has played an important role in the development of North America. It first served as part of the route taken by the early French-Canadian explorers and fur trappers into the interior of the continent, and to this day it remains a major route for large freighters and other commercial vessels carrying iron ore and other minerals from the mining regions of northern Wisconsin and Minnesota to the manufacturing centers of the U.S. Midwest and southern Ontario in Canada. Thunder Bay, Ontario also serves as one of the largest grain ports in the world, where grain from the Canadian prairies is shipped by rail and loaded onto ships for export through the Great Lakes and down the St. Lawrence River.

Lake Superior has a prominent place in American lore, first immortalized in The Song of Hiawatha, an 1855 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that was based on the folk tales and legends of the Ojibway tribe. The Ojibway named the massive lake “Gitche Gumee,” which translates to “shining big sea water” in English, and attributed the lake’s harsh, unpredictable weather on the great spirit Mishipizhiw. More recently, Lake Superior’s made headlines throughout North America when the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald sank suddenly in a massive November 1975 storm with all 29 crew members lost. The sad saga of the great ship – and the reputation of the great lake for its often-hostile weather conditions – was immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot’s famous folk song, “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald.”

A road trip around Lake Superior is a marvelous summer trip, offering visitors an interesting look at some spectacular vistas along its shores as well as a great look at the bustling commercial operations in port cities such as Thunder Bay (Ontario), Duluth (Minnesota), and Superior (Wisconsin). The city of Sault Ste. Marie (Michigan and Ontario) lies at the easternmost point on the lake, and its busy lock system (known as the “Soo Locks”) connects Superior to Lake Huron via the St. Mary’s River. The Trans-Canada Highway runs from Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay along the north shore of the lake – a distance of nearly 450 miles – one of the most scenic routes in North America.

Sunset on Lake Superior (CLICK ON PHOTO FOR MUSIC)

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hey, P, who sings that song? I need a name.

[pcottraux]

Well, I didn't know if anyone here was a Weird Al fan, so I didn't mention the artist's name.

My Aunt told me about it on the phone this morning. She was trying to tell me about "Crazy Al's newest song."

[darkangel82]

I know what that's like.
I was in Scouts for 4 years, back when my life was actually normal.

[scott7278]

Howdy, everyone -- just settled in to watch Napoleon Dynamite. How are you all doing?