Cindy Haglund wrote in a message to Roger Nelson:

 CH>  What might it be then? Texas? That could be it! Will do it in good
 CH> time too. very good time indeed even to the best of us.

No, it isn't Texas.  (-:

 CH>  Are all humans 5'11"? 

I think that's the average height of a human, or it was at one time.

 CH> and is often wagged when greeting friendly people bearing treats 
 CH> and/or affection.)
 
Dogs are the friendliest creatures on planet Earth.

 CH>  Sure I do too when rinsing my mouth free of toothpaste but if you
 CH> want to have dry hands and no liquids dripping onto your lap you
 CH> use a container that will not leak when properly held with the
 CH> opening top side and not tipping... and as uncommon sense dictates
 CH> never between your legs.

That's a little more information than I wanted.  (-:

 CH>  Doesn't help to memorize words. They need to READ a lot of good
 CH> books with big words so they see words in actual use; in context,
 CH> so they're imprinted into the memory better/deeper/forever.

Reading the dictionary will familiarize them with words they haven't seen
before and young minds have a tendency to recall them all.  Now the
inportant part of this all is to get them to read the definition of the
words and if said definition contains words they don't understand, to read
the definition of those words as well.

 CH> Aside. Isn't it weird how we're supposed to cultivate a good
 CH> vocabulary but if you use big words in your speech or writing,
 CH> you're considered stuffy/verbose/overly formal? (Generic "you") 

I know I'm considered as such.  (-:

 CH> All this attempting to describe something one has never seen, with
 CH> words goes to prove- it's far more effective and easier to show
 CH> than tell.

You'd have a problem with the extinct creatures, then.

 CH>  I had a few like that too. Truly into the teaching profession;
 CH> teaching not 'data stuffing' but rather how to use data to THINK.

They no longer care.

 RN> What does containment mean?  (-: (a rhetorical question)

 CH> Something that holds something else in a way that the held
 CH> something is confined within the boundaries of that which holds it.

Look up the definition of rhetorical question.  (-:

 CH>  hehe but then I'd have you describe in plain English: centrifugal
 CH> force. :) 

Being spun off the planet.

 RN> It's certainly building up to that.  You should see Florida now.  On a
 RN> drive from Ft. Lauderdale to Pompano Beach last year, I asked the
 RN> driver where those mountains came from.  (-:

 CH>  No worse than TX. We have the highest OZONE level here. It's in
 CH> the RED presently. And now if you're trying to help me hate Florida
 CH> well.. it's not working 
 
The so-called mountains in Florida are garbage heaps.  Though they are
small, there is nevertheless an outcry frm the residents about the local
governments doing that.  They pile the garbage as high as they can and then
pour dirt over it.  If you happen to be downwind of those mountains, you'd
know why.  Incidently, my sister lives in Florida.

 CH> SURE IS!!! When the clouds are not hiding it,  raining.

Very soon now, you'll be able to fry eggs on your car.  (-:

 CH> BTW  We had a very bad rain storm / thunderstorm in the FW area
 CH> about 1 AM Monday morning by the way. Kept us all awake. EveN I
 CH> could hear the thunder.  The lightening was blinding bright.
 CH> It was wicked! Much flooding in the area.

We've had it the past couple of days and it's supposed to end today.  Then
we're back to the low 90's again.  The humidity here, coupled with those
temps, is a killer.

 CH>  Yeah I know :( it can damage your retinas.. permanently. I wonder
 CH> how  many people are aware of this. One especially attractive and 
 CH> dangerous time is when it's setting and is bright orange...

It didn't seem to bother Luke Skywalker and he had two of them.  (-:

 CH>   I have the paperback. Strange how it is there's SO many words but
 CH> seldom able to use them. The most common Z words for example always
 CH> end up as ZIt, Zits, Ziti, Zitis, zone, azo, azon, zee, zoa, zip,
 CH> zap, zag, zig.... OH golly once in awhile hazel, Quiz (which can be
 CH> hard to place if you know what I mean), quartz (oooh please!), and
 CH> so on...

Tsk, tsk.

 CH> I take it you play scrabble? Would you like to join a few very good
 CH> games with some very good players on a couple very good bbs's you
 CH> can telnet to? I'll email the addresses to you if you like. (I'm
 CH> not sure we're allowed to advertise a bbs in Fidoechos.)

Uh, no.  I'm not much for online games.  Any SysOp will tell you that.  (-:

 CH>  But what is it? Is it like 'survivor"? If so then my hubby may
 CH> have been watching it last night.

"The Closer" is a police drama set in Los Angeles.  The deputy
chief (transplanted from Atlanta, so she has a southern drawl) of the
Priority Homicide Division (formerly Priority Murder Squad, but the name
was changed because of the acronym) is played by Kyra Sedgwick.  The show
is the highest rated cable show ever.  The ads say "They'll bring you
in.  She'll make you talk."  She has a very analytical mind.  The show
has great writing, acting, and directing.  But, you have to like that kind
of show to appreciate it.

 CH> BTW about the 'mountains' in Florida. Aren't they STILL trying to
 CH> replenish the beaches after the big hurly seasons of the past five
 CH> years?
 CH> [...]

See way above.


Regards,

Roger 
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+