Cindy Haglund wrote in a message to Roger Nelson:

 CH>  Oops I thought you wanted me to describe a cup sorry. Didn't read
 CH> that quite write. The coffee y'know.

I don't think it's the coffee.  (-:

 CH> Okay. A dog. How to describe a dog to someone who has never seen
 CH> one. That is hard. I'd have to assume you know what an animal
 CH> is...Gosh this is hard Roger.

No, I don't.  And yes, it is hard.

 CH> Let's see. A dog might be described as akin to a very hairy human,
 CH> very small brain (head), floppy or pointed ears, long or short
 CH> snout, wet nose, a often wagging tail, big teeth, who walks on all
 CH> fours; padded paws.. and talks by barks/growls/yips/yaps and
 CH> whining...? :) 

So this dog is 5'11"?

 CH> And as a pet, is the soul of the household.

Point taken.

 CH>  I'd do best to hand you one and let you feel it. But for the
 CH> exercise of writing it out I would say a drinking glass is a
 CH> container made of glass used for drinking. 

Lee, Joe and I cup our hands for that.  (-:

 CH> *(hehe how's that for Merriam Webster definitionles definition 
 CH> style? That is to say if you don't know what glass is or what 
 CH> drinking is or what a container is this won't help you.)

I'm trying to get my grandchildren to read the dictionary.

 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.

It was the first question asked by my late high school professor.  We all
got the meaning quickly.  There aren't many professors like him anymore,
from what I've heard.

 CH> A liquid is a state of being which requires containment if you want
 CH> to control it at all, such as in drinking the liquid. Drinking
 CH> involves ingesting into the body the liquid; into the mouth, and
 CH> swallowing the liquid.

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

 CH> Exactly. That is why we depend on Gravity. 

Gravity doesn't always work in this case.

 CH> Now don't you DARE ask me what gravity is.  Oh I'd just have to 
 CH> say, it's a force that keeps us from spinning off the planet 
 CH> Earth. 

It's the centrifugal force that would propel you off.  (-:

 CH> What's a planet Earth?

A planet.

 CH> Why it's the third landfill from the sun. 

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

 CH> What's a sun? 

It's hot!

 CH> It's that bright yellow thing you see in the blue sky in the 
 CH> morning. What's a sky? and why is it blue? Oh shut up already! :) 

Don't look directly at it.

 CH> ((Notice I said BLUE otherwise you'd say what if it's cloudy out.. 
 CH> and then ask what is a cloud?) heh. Or what is 'out'? What is 
 CH> what....

Down, girl!

 CH>  WELL if she brings him an EMPTY cup of coffee she won't get a tip.

How embarrassing!

 CH>  I use word finder but it doesn't give defs.. I need a new online
 CH> dictionary. The Marrium Webster is bad now. It wantsx you to BUY
 CH> definitions...

You MUST use a dictionary, either paperback or hard cover.

 RN> I get the new season of The Closer next Tuesday.

 CH>  What's that? 

The new season begins tonight instead of tomorrow night and to remind
people, they've been running it from the pilot since midnight on TNT.

 CH> I can't understand however why Lost isn't starting till feb and 
 CH> they don't even BOTHER explaining why. Now be a good little addict 
 CH> and do as you are told so to speak. Ask no questions... 

And it won't do you much good to ask because you won't get a reply.

 CH>  The only sure thing, (note comma, cute handy little thing)...
 CH> about being unsure, is that one is being unsure.

 CH> How's that.

 RN> How's what?

 CH>  I'm now sure you are unsure about being sure. So the surest thing
 CH> is  you're unsure.

Surely you have a dizzyingly intellect.

 CH>  Lemon meringue then?

One of my favorites.

 CH> Oh go Google it already... :) Jamie Lee Curtis.

I'm underwhelmed.

... "Time alters space."


Regards,

Roger 
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+