Cindy Haglund wrote in a message to Roger Nelson:

 CH>  Then what if you can remember what it was we were talking about at
 CH> the time.

Coffee.  (-:

 CH>  Average MALE human, Roger. Now are we talking Great Danes or sweet
 CH> little shih tzu-terriers here ... :)

All humans; not just male when the survey was done.  No dogs allowed.

 CH> True but isn't it better to read something like War and Peace at
 CH> the tender age of 9?  See HOW big words are used?

No.  That comes later.

 RN> the inportant part of this all is to get them to read the definition
 RN> of the words and if said definition contains words they don't
 RN> understand, to read the definition of those words as well.

 CH> Definitions without examples of use, are not always helpful tho.
 CH> For some of us anyway. I for one need an example to remember what
 CH> the big word means.

Then you might find my method useful.  (-:

 CH> But why DO they call the little punch out dot a chad? Where did
 CH> that come from?

It's idiopathic.

 CH>  Perhaps one benefits advantageously ascribing employment of 
 CH> verbosity enabling development of cognitive skepticism thus escape 
 CH> the fell clutches of bamboozlement by those purposively seeking  to
 CH> bamboozle. :)

You think?

 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.

To make it easier on the teacher or the student?

 CH>  Not necessarily of one has seen their descendants. Did you know
 CH> the rapidly vanishing rain forest canopies of the world are rife in
 CH> species of fauna and flora never named? Interesting.

An extinct creature with descendants.  Hmn.

 CH>  I know what that means but I wanted to say it anyway. Great
 CH> tagline  coming up! To answer your question in the way you asked:
 CH> It  means applied self control.

Not necessarily.

 CH>  Where abouts? 

My sister lives in Miami.

 CH> Nat. Geo had big article on Orlando not long ago. There's good 
 CH> neighborhoods and bad ones too.. but that's nothing new.  

Then why do a special about it?  (-:

 CH>  While the loves up north bemoaned their 'hot' 80's we were singing
 CH> dixie in the 100's day after day after day all month long.

That isn't what I was singing.  (-:[

 CH>  Well he had specially designed eyelids like Vulcans you see. (And 
 CH> lizards).

No he didn't.

 CH>  Not all. One of then enjoys the scrabble game on his bbs very
 CH> much.  ,,,,

Yeah, but he doesn't call it.

 CH> Ah. Hubby would like that.

My daughter loves it.


Regards,

Roger 
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