A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....08-15-06....Twins

DollyCali and all of the Finest AT the Finest | August 15, 2006 | DollyCali

[DollyCali]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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Twinsburg, Ohio.. the city hosting the Twins Day Festival, a three-day celebration of all things twins. Held the first full Fri-Sunday Weekend each August since 1976.. The event has a host of activities planned, from the Double-Take Parade to the Twins Day Contests, which feature such categories as Youngest Twins, Twins Coming Farthest Outside USA and Most Alike Twins, to the group photo of all the participating twins. There are parties, talent sharing, costumes, research studies, counseling sharing, and folks (not just twins.. also, triplets, quads & quints) who participate.(the pix shown are from August 2006 Twins Festival)

Many find their spouses here. and it is NOT uncommon for twins to find twins. More than 3500 twins, triplets and quadruplets came to a place named after its twin founders for what event organizers call the largest gathering of twins in the world. From as far away as Asia, Australia, & England & as young as one month old! The oldest this year were twins in their 80s.

Schools such as Harvard, Northwestern and the University of California, San Diego set up tents in attempts to lure twins to take part in studies on reproductive health, dental care, taste preferences and depth perception.

James Fowler, a professor of political science at the University of California at San Diego and his team of researchers were using twin volunteers to learn more about humans' innate levels of altruism and selfishness.

Multiple births - most often twins - occur when an egg is fertilized and then splits into two developing zygotes, or when two eggs are fertilized by different sperm. The results are, respectively, identical and fraternal twins.

And multiple births, especially identical twins, are of intense interest to scientists. Since identical twins have exactly the same genetic makeup, they're a boon to researchers studying what plays a greater role in development: nature or nurture?



Famous twins:

Minnesota Twins
Twin Cities
Chang and Eng(b,1811, original “Siamese Twins” born in Siam (Thailand)
Olson Twins
Doublement (chewing gum)Twins
Bush Twins (Of special interest & thus hi-lighted here)
Thread on their Birthday 2004 found HERE

Conjoined Twins present mystery and agony. Formed when the initial zygote does NOT completely split for twins. The are mostly girls and present a wealth of ethical, spiritual & financial questions to parents and health professionals. More information on Conjoined or Siamese Twins Found here

Any Twins here at the Finest? At Free Republic? My mom is a twin. Her fraternal twin Audrey died at 47 from complications of alcohol abuse. Mom is going strong at 87!

07-01-06 ~ Hall of Fame #16

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[DollyCali]

wowsie! lovely. Sterling frame. and could double for pewter.

break is over (I have NO self discipline)

[jamaly]

As the sister of twins, the aunt of twins and best of all the grandmother of twins, I really enjoyed all of those great pictures.

[DollyCali]

wow, you have a lot of twins in family. It seems to run that way sometimes. Make sure you share this thread link with them as they might find it interesting.

do/did any of them come to the Twins Days Festival

[MEG33]

I finally put out a hummingbird feeder after coming home to my Central Texas house.. I have never had much luck but I saw a male ruby throat whiz by my "nature, bird and varmit viewing" sliding door..

I changed where I placed the feeder after a couple of days of no action.... walked in the house looked up and had one feeding.
I have one male and one at a time females..(if there is more than one). I have enjoyed watching them. They have to fight off the bees. I need bee guards.

[jamaly]

No, none of them went to the twin festival. My twin sisters are both deceased. My nieces are in high school and my grandsons just started 1st grade.

[MEG33]

The roofers are pounding away right over my head..also using a saw..

Talk radio is on "loud" and freeping is helping me ignore them.. (well almost!!)

[Billie]

Dolly! So HERE's that Twin thread you've been working on since - when - last year?! :) I love it! What neat pictures. And of course, the most famous - and probably prettiest - twins of our time, Barbara and Jenna!

[DollyCali]

LOL

Last years twin's festival pix are locked in an external hard drive (along with about 7 weeks of other pix.. and I shoot almost daily).

I need to extract them when I get around to it. Actually some from last year were a lot better. Had more little ones, teens & seniors. These are from the social outing at the Holiday Inn Sat night

[Billie]

wow, great post! and my oh my.. the daughter on right looks like our FReeper from England Snugs at that age????

WOW! You are right, Dolly. She does look like Snugs! Pretty girls, MamaTexan. Thanks for showing them off!

[Billie]

Oh, I love both those butterflies/USA morphs!!! Gorgeous! Had seen the one you posted, Rus, but this is the first time I've seen yours, GeeBee!

[Billie]

I have that house work to face soon myself.

I hate housework. I hate cooking. I hate laundry. I shouldda been a guy. 'cept I hate yardwork, too! LOL!

Okay, I'm sorta kidding - I don't hate it all - just don't enjoy doing it *all* the time; cooking, for instance, occasionally is good. :)

And right now, I'm doing little things that nobody but me notices and nobody but me *does* here - bookcases/china cabinets - dusting everything, washing the crystal, china, because they get a film on them from not being used enough! LOL

[Billie]

Oh my, you will REALLY love what Billie does then (with dolls).Maybe someone who has the links can post some of the Doll threads. She makes DOLLS FOR US .. many here also do it but she got us started & hooked!

LOL! mamatexan, we post our dolls (in RED, of course) on TGIF threads. This one has a lot of new ones in evening gowns that I did for many of our regulars.

Dolls in Red gowns

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

I think I'll have some tea...

[Billie]

You just keep getting better and better at these tables and colors and pictures and everything! :)

[DollyCali]

Well, now, there is one I haven't heard of!

I get in a rut with most products. If I like something I keep getting it & don't try other items. That is why the store "samples" work on people like me.

[DollyCali]

Thanks Billie, I thought I had it book marked and I think I do but in my mozilla NOT FR links.

I decided to NOT do the kitchen or the bathroom...found a few other needed smaller/easier tasks.

Leaving in a couple hours for a bike outing & then doggie walk on "the other side" of town. Saving energy for important "stuff" donchaknow?

[DollyCali]

Of course we ALL look EXACTLY like these (cough, cough)

[Billie]

Of course we ALL look EXACTLY like these (cough, cough)

Of course we do. Pictures don't lie. :)

[Billie]

And then there was this one, where we first "shopped" for red wardrobes for TGIF threads. :)

Let's Go Shopping

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

In that case I want to look like Cindy Crawford (who unfortunately has tooo many pics on the internet with little or no clothes to find much...)