SIDEBAR #54 - Travis Alexander forum

[GigiG]

BBM: I have the same question.

I just LOVE that billboard!!!!! I kinda think her daughter might only be worth a dry cow, 2 old broiler hens, and a sack of rotten potatoes......no offense to Kentuckians, that State is gorgeous, and has some mighty fine horse flesh, haven't met any Okies and I'm in no way lumping them all into the same pot. (is "Okies" ok, or is it derogatory? Hey, I don't know anyone from Kentucky!!! Feel free to call me a "Zonie".)

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/co...vis-bid-to-delay-marriage-licenses/ar-AAelMVC



At $80K a year, you KNOW she isn't paying her attorneys, someone else is....what a waste of money, how many children could be feed or vaccinated with that money?:facepalm:

BBM

Just to be clear, Okies are from Oklahoma. The people I know from there often do refer to themselves as Okies, somewhat proudly. But to quote from Wikipedia, "While some Oklahomans refer to themselves as Okies without prejudice, and it is often used jocularly; in a manner similar to the use of Hoosier by Indianans, Yankee by Northeasterners, or "Cracker" by native Floridians, none of whom consider these terms particularly insulting when applied to themselves. Others, however, still find the term highly offensive."

I don't think people from Kentucky have any such nickname -- they're just Kentuckians. They certainly live in an extraordinarily beautiful state. Too bad a few bad apples have made many in the rest of the country think of them in a poor light. I'm sure most are good people, whom we'd all be happy to get to know and be friends with...

 

[Spellbound]

Cool emoticon page, Bernina. Too bad they don't work with iPad (or at least not easily).


I didn't pay attention to the channel I was watching, biput I think it was MSNBC/Chris Hayes who interviewed a 14 yr. old Muslim boy. The lad made a clock (that didn't look much like a clock to me, but that is beside the point) and proudly took it to school to show his teachers. The teacher said to put it away, it looked like a bomb. The click beeped later, and another teacher asked what it was, so he showed her. Teacher was concerned that it looked like a bomb and reported it. Police ended up coming, took the student away, interrogated him for over an hour, denying him access to call his parents. They actually arrested and fingerprinted him. I believe charges were since dropped (of making a hoax bomb).

I was very impressed with the boy during the interview. Well spoken and bright, and eager to learn and invent. He has gained much support, including from astronauts, President Obama, and MIT where he is interested in attending. Wish there was a link to the full interview, but here is an article:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/texas-student-ahmed-muslim-clock-bomb/

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

We need music tonight.

1968 - The Beatles record "I Will."


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[ILikeToBendPages]

Cool emoticon page, Bernina. Too bad they don't work with iPad (or at least not easily).


I didn't pay attention to the channel I was watching, biput I think it was MSNBC/Chris Hayes who interviewed a 14 yr. old Muslim boy. The lad made a clock (that didn't look much like a clock to me, but that is beside the point) and proudly took it to school to show his teachers. The teacher said to put it away, it looked like a bomb. The click beeped later, and another teacher asked what it was, so he showed her. Teacher was concerned that it looked like a bomb and reported it. Police ended up coming, took the student away, interrogated him for over an hour, denying him access to call his parents. They actually arrested and fingerprinted him. I believe charges were since dropped (of making a hoax bomb).

I was very impressed with the boy during the interview. Well spoken and bright, and eager to learn and invent. He has gained much support, including from astronauts, President Obama, and MIT where he is interested in attending. Wish there was a link to the full interview, but here is an article:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/texas-student-ahmed-muslim-clock-bomb/

Yeah, well Dallas isn't exactly known for it's tolerance. :thinking:

 

[GigiG]

Cool emoticon page, Bernina. Too bad they don't work with iPad (or at least not easily).


I didn't pay attention to the channel I was watching, biput I think it was MSNBC/Chris Hayes who interviewed a 14 yr. old Muslim boy. The lad made a clock (that didn't look much like a clock to me, but that is beside the point) and proudly took it to school to show his teachers. The teacher said to put it away, it looked like a bomb. The click beeped later, and another teacher asked what it was, so he showed her. Teacher was concerned that it looked like a bomb and reported it. Police ended up coming, took the student away, interrogated him for over an hour, denying him access to call his parents. They actually arrested and fingerprinted him. I believe charges were since dropped (of making a hoax bomb).

I was very impressed with the boy during the interview. Well spoken and bright, and eager to learn and invent. He has gained much support, including from astronauts, President Obama, and MIT where he is interested in attending. Wish there was a link to the full interview, but here is an article:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/texas-student-ahmed-muslim-clock-bomb/

That wonderful young man was a big focus of our conversations at work today. I just cringed when I first read about this, but then the school principal made it even worse and more ugly than it ever needed to be. Don't those people ever check their biases at the door?

So happy that Obama extended a kind gesture to this kid. Can you imagine being his age and doing something so awesome, only to (basically) be accused of terrorism? SMH

 

[Nore]

Hi Gigi, I just received a book. " The Day The Thunderbird Cried." WW11 , the day they entered Dachau. this is a true story. My Dad was a Thunderbird , 45th Div.. I dont know if I can finish it. Those poor people. OMG..Dad didn't live to see it.

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I am sending prayers for Zuri...((hugs)).

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

BBM

Just to be clear, Okies are from Oklahoma. The people I know from there often do refer to themselves as Okies, somewhat proudly. But to quote from Wikipedia, "While some Oklahomans refer to themselves as Okies without prejudice, and it is often used jocularly; in a manner similar to the use of Hoosier by Indianans, Yankee by Northeasterners, or "Cracker" by native Floridians, none of whom consider these terms particularly insulting when applied to themselves. Others, however, still find the term highly offensive."

I don't think people from Kentucky have any such nickname -- they're just Kentuckians. They certainly live in an extraordinarily beautiful state. Too bad a few bad apples have made many in the rest of the country think of them in a poor light. I'm sure most are good people, whom we'd all be happy to get to know and be friends with...

My family was in the land rush on both side, and both went through the depression and hard times. My father's side did much better than my mothers, and he was hateful to them, and called them poor when they were in their seventies raising his four children. Gosh picking at a scab.

Anyway, I think many think of the land rush and the depression because of movies and books. Hmm the one with Ton Cruise? and Nicole Kidman? and True Grit, and the classic Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. My father's favorite book. I took his copy when he died. Damn, another scab.

Many might not know why it's called Oklahoma, or that it's where native americans were forced to march to a land given and taken back from them. I have been on the Trial of Tears in several places in different states and it ends in Wewoka where my mother lived before they moved to Norman. I am one thirty second Creek Indian and we grew up playing with full blood indians there and here in Texas. To us color didn't matter. I'm proud to be an Okie.

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

I always think of doing the Charleston when I hear this.



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[ILikeToBendPages]

The closes I've got to the Beatles is a friend gave us a marble slab taken out of the men's bathroom at the Northpark Inn, where they gave a press conference and may of used the bathroom. We used as a coffee table,and I still do on my front porch in front of my swing.


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[GigiG]

Hi Gigi, I just received a book. " The Day The Thunderbird Cried." WW11 , the day they entered Dachau. his is a true story. My Dad was a Thunderbird , 45t Div.. I dont know if I can finish it. Those poor people. OMG..Dad didn't live to see it.

Oh my goodness, Nore. Thank you for letting me know about this book. I will put it on my list of books to get from the library.

I don't know if you keep up-to-date reading here, but a few pages ago, ILikeToBendPages mentioned that when she visited DC, the Holocaust Museum was a very difficult thing for her to experience.

I also think that sometimes people lose sight of the fact that it wasn't just about the Jews (and other maligned people) that were saved; it was also about how brave our armed forces were in facilitating the liberation of so many innocent people.

Talk about PTSD! Can you imagine what went through their minds as they saw first-hand the piles of dead bodies, the gas chambers, and all the other proof of unconscionable evil that confronted them???

God bless your dad and those of his generation who made the world a better place through their courage and bravery in the face of such horrible crimes. The injustice and inhumanity manifested back then is really hard to swallow, even all these years later. Thank goodness the world woke up to what was happening, and that the US (and other countries) stepped in to right those wrongs before even more people lost their lives.

My mother-in-law's story resonates so strongly with me these days as I follow the news about the Syrian refugees. Those people are risking life and limb in their efforts to make it to a safe place. They left everything behind. They're not lazy or looking for a hand-out. They just want to be safe and free, and to have a renewed hope for the future. It can't be easy for them. I sooo want for them the life they're imagining for themselves... That's my prayer for them.

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

I spent a lot of time alone and listening to the Beatles.

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[ILikeToBendPages]

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[GigiG]

My family was in the land rush on both side, and both went through the depression and hard times. My father's side did much better than my mothers, and he was hateful to them, and called them poor when they were in their seventies raising his four children. Gosh picking at a scab.

Anyway, I think many think of the land rush and the depression because of movies and books. Hmm the one with Ton Cruise? and Nicole Kidman? and True Grit, and the classic Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. My father's favorite book. I took his copy when he died. Damn, another scab.

Many might not know why it's called Oklahoma, or that it's where native americans were forced to march to a land given and taken back from them. I have been on the Trial of Tears in several places in different states and it ends in Wewoka where my mother lived before they moved to Norman. I am one thirty second Creek Indian and we grew up playing with full blood indians there and here in Texas. To us color didn't matter. I'm proud to be an Okie.

Being from the East Coast, I know that the Cherokee and other native tribes were displaced over time from Appalachia to Oklahoma. Truly a brutal and embarrassing chapter in our history. Intermarriage, or perhaps better put, inter-unions between Europeans (usually men) and Cherokees (usually women), meant that the blood line was largely diluted. This made it even more difficult for Cherokees to jump through all the hoops in order be recognized as a legitimate tribe by the US government. In the past several decades though, the government has relaxed the litmus test for them somewhat. As if that does them a lot of good...

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

Being from the East Coast, I know that the Cherokee and other native tribes were displaced over time from Appalachia to Oklahoma. Truly a brutal and embarrassing chapter in our history. Intermarriage, or perhaps better put, inter-unions between Europeans (usually men) and Cherokees (usually women), meant that the blood line was largely diluted. This made it even more difficult for Cherokees to jump through all the hoops in order be recognized as a legitimate tribe by the US government. In the past several decades though, the government has relaxed the litmus test for them somewhat. As if that does them a lot of good...

I don't think people know about of the five civilized tribes that became Oklahoma. They were they ones called "civilized" because they had adopted the European cultures and intermarriage and were moved out to make room for more foreigners.

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[GigiG]

I don't think people know about of the five civilized tribes that became Oklahoma. They were they ones called "civilized" because they had adopted the European cultures and intermarriage and were moved out to make room for more foreigners.

[video=youtu;Vq8LsV8heLc]http://youtu.be/Vq8LsV8heLc[/video]

yes, I think that's the genesis of these newer (but not official) Oklahoma flags, with the five feathers hanging down...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Oklahoma

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

Hi Gigi, I just received a book. " The Day The Thunderbird Cried." WW11 , the day they entered Dachau. this is a true story. My Dad was a Thunderbird , 45th Div.. I dont know if I can finish it. Those poor people. OMG..Dad didn't live to see it.

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I am sending prayers for Zuri...((hugs)).

I can't remember which camp it was that the citizens and made them to march five miles up a steep hill, escorted by armed American soldiers. It took two days for the residents to file through the camp.


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If you ever get the chance to visit DC, please go see the Holocaust Museum. You get into an elevator that looks like a boxcar and taken to the top floor where the exhibits start and you walk down to a walkway that is enclosed with glass with names of those that died in the camps. It's a real punch in the gut. It's hard to look at what man had done to another human being.


I think what we call PTSD is what was called shell shocked in the American Civil War and the WWl. They didn't get much help either in their day.

 

[coffeejunkie]

 

[coffeejunkie]

Pumpkin Donuts Recipe with Powdered Sugar!

Ingredients
••1 Box of Yellow Cake Mix
••1 Can of Libby's Canned Pumpkin
••1 Cup of Powdered Sugar

Instructions
1.Combine Cake Mix and Canned Pumpkin in a bowl and stir until well mixed
2.Place batter in a Pastry Bag and cut off the end so you have about a ½" opening
3.Pipe batter into a Baked Cake Donut Pan
4.Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes at 400 Degrees
5.Place Hot Donuts in a Paper Bag filled with the Powdered Sugar and shake well until donuts are coated.
6.Note: You can add ½ tsp. of Cinnamon to the batter if you would like more of a Pumpkin Spice taste but my kids loved these with just the powdered sugar!


Italian No Bake Cake

Ingredients:
1 Box of Vanilla Wafers
1 Can of Crushed Pineapples with Juice
1/4 cup Lemon Juice
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 package of coconut
1 (8oz) Container Cool Whip
1 small jar of cherries
1 cup of pecans (optional)

Directions:
Layer the bottom of dish with Vanilla Wafers. Mix in a bowl the lemon juice and condensed milk, then add the pineapples and mix all together. Pour this over the vanilla wafers in the dish. Add another layer of the Vanilla Wafers on top of the pineapple mix. Then top with cool whip, and coconut and cherries. Refrigerate overnight. Serve and Enjoy!
Note: You can replace coconut with pecans if you'd like.

 

[coffeejunkie]

 

[atthelake]

Zuri is so touched with all the notes I have forwarded, cj, just sent yours .

She is still in the hospital in the process of getting diagnosed they can't figure out what it is yet. She is breathing better this morning.

Using talk to text with lots of grammar errors !