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What's on your Mind Thread - 2023
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Found out he was doing it to raise the prices too.Was not interested in the items
I don’t know. If you are the winning bid you are obligated to purchase at that price. The only one that benefits from the higher price is the seller.
How did you find that out?
I have fallen down a rabbit hole of shanty songs
Drunken Sailor
Drunken Scotsman
Wellerman
Blow the Man Down
Black Velvet Band
The Unicorn Song
Spanish Ladies
Skye Boat (couple different versions/lyrics)
Leave Her Johnny (also varied lyrics)
I’ve heard many of these at various festivals over the years, but they were basically background to me.
Now I may end up learning several of them as part of a music/minstrel group.
I have a lot of homework to do
Drunken Sailor
Drunken Scotsman
Wellerman
Blow the Man Down
Black Velvet Band
The Unicorn Song
Spanish Ladies
Skye Boat (couple different versions/lyrics)
Leave Her Johnny (also varied lyrics)
I’ve heard many of these at various festivals over the years, but they were basically background to me.
Now I may end up learning several of them as part of a music/minstrel group.
I have a lot of homework to do
I was thinking a few days ago that all the old songs we all knew and sang have seemed to disappear. Nice to see that some are still around (and stuck on people’s heads).I have fallen down a rabbit hole of shanty songs
Drunken Sailor
Drunken Scotsman
Wellerman
Blow the Man Down
Black Velvet Band
The Unicorn Song
Spanish Ladies
Skye Boat (couple different versions/lyrics)
Leave Her Johnny (also varied lyrics)
I’ve heard many of these at various festivals over the years, but they were basically background to me.
Now I may end up learning several of them as part of a music/minstrel group.
I have a lot of homework to do
There seems to be a plethora of folk and shanty songs on youtube.
I also didn’t realize how many of these have been used in movies and tv.
Most people know the Skye Song used for Outlander, and I was aware that it was an adaptation; but I didn’t know the original lyrics were about the escape of Charles after the Jacobite uprising and the battle of Colladen. It fits the Outlander story even better knowing that (or the story fits the song?)
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Today at 10 is the Hunger Games of sign up for Park District classes. I have the ones I want on my wishlist and my alarm set for 9:57 so I can sign into my account and be ready to go straight away.
May the odds be ever in my favor.
May the odds be ever in my favor.
Good luck. I had to read your post twice because at first I thought you were trying to sign up for Hunger Games. Another swallow of coffee and I could both read and comprehend properly. What classes are you signing up for?
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Gymnastics and both summer sessions of Kid Rock. I got gymnastics and the second music session (waitlisted for the first, third on the wait list).
It is absolutely insane that my local park district classes (at least the more popular ones) literally fill up in less than five minutes.
wow! Yes, that does sound like a challenge but sounds like you did well.
An interesting cat thing I have learned in the last couple days. After realizing that most of my cats’ blankets are pretty much ratty rags, I used fabric on hand, fleece and flannel, to make them new blankets. Given the choice between the two fabrics, they both seem to prefer flannel. Never really thought much about flannel as a bedding choice but I think that will be what I use from now on.
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That’s what I read too. I’ll blame a busy day with less caffeine than usual!
I’m yawning those yawns that make your eyes water.I have used some of my kids old receiving blankets for the cats sleeping spots. They wash so easily! I’ll have to ask my bestie if she has flannel scraps. DD just got an old small sewing machine from my stepsister.
Peace and quiet, finally. For about the last three hours I have had a Robin with an apparent mental health issue purposefully flying into my window over and over. The bang sounded like someone slapping the window with their fist about once a minute. I went out at least a dozen time and chased him off but he would come right back. Finally inspiration hit and now this yard ornament is keeping him away.
An update - the crazy bird figured out shortly after my post this was a fake bird and has been back to slamming the window every minute or two since then. This is at least five hours now and I don’t know where this creature gets the energy.
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It’s “the other Robin.“ This happens a lots w the males, staking out their territory and their dates. He thinks it’s another male robin. Taping white paper on the window helps, or rubbing a line of white soap. Otherwise, wait a couple weeks til the babies have hatched out and fledged.
Yes!, just figured that out and now have white plastic over the window. Not very attractive but better than listening to his thumping. 19 years in this house, same bush, and it never happened before. Fun to learn something new though.
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My friend had a male cardinal doing that for a few weeks earlier this spring! Her cats were not impressed.
My life much happier,first date with the new guy in my was last night.He is a good man seeing me like any normal person with pituritary dwarfism.Loves my dreadlocks and childish voice.I love his sense of humor.He likes Frank's Red Hot sauce too and the song Surfin Bird.Plus he like pets,has met my cats and they were friendly to him
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