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I didn't go from the time I was 15 til I was over 40 (scaredy-cat-me). Before you all say "gross", I was religious about brushing. When I screwed up enough courage to finally go, I figured I would be in the chair forever and get a full dressing-down. It amounted to about 5 minutes of poking/checking, 5 minutes of "scraping" and the polishing.

Bin ~drinkin' champagne! Boilermaker (you know ...drop a shot glass of tourbon into a mug of beerd) +1 lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9

But I'm enough of a language geek that I think it's fun to try. I learned a new one this weekend, thanks to The Economist. The phrase "just deserts" (as in, you got what was coming to you) is spelled just as I spelled it. The magazine used it several times in a single article, and since they usually get stuff right, I found myself looking it up and learning something new. http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/just-deserts.html http://www.snopes.com/language/notthink/deserts.asp That just goes to show you that every rule in English has an exception. I was always taught the way to remember which way to spell desert/dessert is: deSert= Sand / deSSert= Strawberry Shortcake. Go figure lisa lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9

Please feel free to pick this post apart. It seems flawless to me, but I am sure that there is something out of place. lisa Proper names are usually capitalized.

How many of us (Yanks) looked that up to see if that was proper usage? Before this, The only spelt I knew about was grain. Bing? Being

Because of the Royal Wedding lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9

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It's all about the attitude!

Airtwardo said this on another thread, but it seemed appropriate to add to the list: Scrabble lisa lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9

Not in the order of preference, or personal experience: Sex Weed Cards Jax Tiddlywinks Checkers Weed (the grounds) Litter pick-up Chess Read Sleep lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9

Just put your head on their shoulder and start snoring. Where's the drooly-face icon when you need it? lisa lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9

Hi Nick, Very often kids will cry constantly because their ears hurt. Babies and young kids can't equalize the pressure in their own ears, because they can't do the yawn/swallowing trick. Blowing in their ears often and repeatedly, especially when ascending/descending will help. Feeding (bottle or breast) or giving a pacifier helps, and when they get old enough, the sucker will do the job. A bored child isn't happy, so plan lots of small things, short books, drawing supplies, short games. It's amazing how much time can be taken blowing up small balloons. As for keeping an infant happy, be prepared to hold it for the entire flight. If you are traveling with a baby and an older one, enlist the older one as "helper". Even a three-year-old will behave better if they think their job is to help "entertain" the baby. Plan your travel time carefully if possible. Short flights are better earlier in the morning when the likelihood of melt downs are less because they are fresh. Long flights work well in the middle of the night when maybe there is a chance that they will sleep. I got lucky coming back from Hawaii (10pm flight) when my 18 month old fell asleep in the car on the way to the airport, stayed asleep for the entire flight, and woke up as we were getting in the taxi. My six-year-old fell asleep shortly after take off and we woke her for landing so she could look out the window. Hope that helps, and you have an uneventful flight

So a husband and wife pair shouldn't qualify as "expert travelers", just because they're flying together? Nope, You have to be dressed in a knee-length dress, have relatively decent legs, and only have one small bag (wait, I looked at it again, and it's big and bulky). How are your legs, and are you willing to wear a dress? lisa lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9

Pull right, go right. Pull left, go left. lisa lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9

It's all about preparedness. I have travelled with both infant, small child, and both by myself. Long flights (trans-Pacific, trans-continental). Never have my children been a disturbance. I have also been deplaning and had people exclaim "I didn't even know there were any kids on this flight, I never heard a peep". All without the aid of DVDs and other electronic devices. I have always had more activities than there was possible time to do. Their favorite snacks help. Knowing that blowing in baby's ears keeps them from hurting, and lollipops to suck on when they are older. Again, it's all about preparedness. lisa lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9

Looks like good, clean fun to me! lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9

Maryland with a Blue Crab! lisa lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9

I like it, dark, scary, lonesome, and isolated. Graphically strong, especially the way you minimized the kid's face (just how he feels), but what about the girls? I know it is a class project, but girls are horrid, too. Maybe, a poster in the same vein, but from a girl's perspective, too? Girl bullies expose things more than boys. Just something to consider. lisa lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9

You're so smart, SMRT lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9

Ugly Four-eyes Fatso Fatty Retard Mama's Boy Slut Easy Wuss lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9

Are you comparing yourself to a modern machine? lisa lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9

Sparky, I finally unearthed the pics; now I just need to figure out how to do the scanny-thing. Oh, and then the attatchy-thing. I never claimed to be savvy in that area (in fact, just the opposite. I even called myself a techno-ignoramus). I never touched a modern computer before 18 months ago. I'm trying as fast as I can. lisa lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9

I guess Sparky isn't the only one subject to dead brain cells lisa lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9

Maryland, with a blue crab and a little flag action. lisa lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9

Hello, nice gentleman, I'm so confused right now. "The jumper was rushed to the OR due to the extensive the injuries and died on the opeating table when their aorata burst. So they were able to save her life IMO due to Mr Splatts quick action." So I guess that gender neutral was a her? Is she ok? (I'm not always a nice lady; sometimes a bitch) Pretty much the only thing I know is: IF I HAD A NAME LIKE STEVE SPLATT, I WOULD NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER JUMP! lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9