May 10, 2008 Ship of Thieves...May 2008 Repo Thread...Part 13

[granmaz]

I am just teasing you and hey adult stuff is fine with me

Are you really upset? We are just playing.

No, I'm not upset just a bit worried.

I should be shopping now. What are bits n bobs?

All the little bits that need to be got!

 

[gaylean93]

I still need to do this too! OMG

after I pick the kids up I will not come on here and I will pack and do some dishes

 

[granmaz]

We fly out 12 days tomorrow!!!

 

[gaylean93]

With Marilyn and her "adult" conversations, why is it so easy to misread that last "bit"?

That's what I thought too but she was already upset so I didn't want to say it.

 

[MouseFaninQueue]

HA!!!

LuvBaloo please read this!!

I was right all along!! It IS the woman that decides the sex of a child!!

http://news.aol.ca/article/Eat-More-Calories-Birth-a-Son-Study/204896/

Eat More Calories, Birth a Son: StudySource: CBC News
Posted: 04/23/08 2:23PM
Filed Under: Science & Tech

British researchers say they have found a link between what a mother eats at the time of conception and the sex of her child.

The study is published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

The study of 740 first-time mothers tracked eating habits at the time of conception and in the early phase of their pregnancies.

The participants were divided into three groups based on their caloric consumption. Of those women who consumed the most calories per day around the time of conception, 56 per cent had sons.

In the group that consumed the fewest calories per day around the time of conception, 45 per cent had sons.

Women who conceived sons also consumed a wider range of nutrients, such as potassium, calcium and vitamins C, E and B12.

The researchers were attempting to find a cause for the decline in the number of boys born annually in countries like the UK, Canada and the U.S.

The researchers theorize that fewer boys are being born because more women are opting for low-calorie diets.

"Here we have evidence of a 'natural' mechanism that means that women appear to be already controlling the sex of their offspring by their diet," said Fiona Matthews, lead author of the paper and a researcher at the University of Exeter.

Though the researchers acknowledge that men's sperm determine the sex of a child, they believe the woman does play a role in the process.

The researchers point out that in the animal kingdom, in animals such as horses, cows and some deer species, more sons are produced when a mother has access to plenty of food and is of high standing.

"If a mother has plentiful resources, then it can make sense to invest in producing a son because he is likely to produce more grandchildren than would a daughter," said Matthews. "However, in leaner times having a daughter is a safer bet."

 

[granmaz]

after I pick the kids up I will not come on here and I will pack and do some dishes

 

[Mom323]

My son is always asking me why I am am laughing

DH asks me what's the latest controversy.

 

[pjpoohbear]

Pj-do you know how they work? Will they be selling these on the ship?

Lisa, there will be forms in each stateroom. We will indicated our choices, then some kind of draw system, and we will be told a time and place to buy the pins we were drawn for, I think that is how it will work. I have only done one special cruise and that was the very first pin trading cruise. But this seems to be the system that has been explained.

Someone on the EB thread said that there are enough pins for each family/ different address to have one set of the standard pins (ie they planned on my cabin possibly wanting two sets). Then a more limited edition for the Jumbo pin.

Pj

 

[gaylean93]

www.NeimanMarcus.com has some really great dresses on sale lately. The stock changes many times a day so I stop by from time to time to refresh the page.

Don't you think it is cutting it close to shop online. I still haven't gotten my make-up from three weeks ago.

 

[cquick]

WE GOT OUR DOC'S!!!!!!!!

 

[gaylean93]

No, I'm not upset just a bit worried.



All the little bits that need to be got!

Oh so odds and ends?

 

[Making_Memories]

Really, I thought you were uptight!

Ahh yes I am very very uptight

 

[gaylean93]

We fly out 12 days tomorrow!!!

is right

 

[Making_Memories]

Should we do this again?

haha I think I will do this!

 

[seaulater]

What will be the contents of the mini navigators?

Because I am definetly way too lost and I don´t want to forget about the scrapbooking class, or Palo ressies with the rest, or deh Dis picture, etc, and my brain is definetly in no shape to remember all that information

Is there a list of everyone in there?, of the cabins who are participating in the fish extender groups, etc?

Otherwise I must start thinking of some way to keep up on top of everything

YES, YES, YES AND YES.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED THAT THIS GROUP HAS ORGANIZED WILL BE IN THE MINI-NAVS. NO NEED TO START PRINTING OUT LISTS AND EVERYTHING, YOU WILL HAVE EVERYTHING YOU EVER NEEDED AND MORE!!!!

 

[MouseFaninQueue]

Ahh it's finally lunchtime!

Now I can spend more time on the DIS!!

LOL!

 

[pjpoohbear]

Should we do this again?

Last time John saved me a seat and I went and sat with other DISers. It was the last day and someone at the dinner table asked where I went the first day, opps!

I am up for it, just save seats at your table that way the "family" has some where to sit.

Pj

 

[cquick]

Should we do this again?

I am hoping to wear my new green outfit I bought on QVC, but the sizes ran small, but I am not returning it......I might just let the lumps show!

 

[granmaz]

With Marilyn and her "adult" conversations, why is it so easy to misread that last "bit"?

MY DOCUMENTS ARE HERE!!!

That's what I thought too but she was already upset so I didn't want to say it.

Lisa, there will be forms in each stateroom. We will indicated our choices, then some kind of draw system, and we will be told a time and place to buy the pins we were drawn for, I think that is how it will work. I have only done one special cruise and that was the very first pin trading cruise. But this seems to be the system that has been explained.

Someone on the EB thread said that there are enough pins for each family/ different address to have one set of the standard pins (ie they planned on my cabin possibly wanting two sets). Then a more limited edition for the Jumbo pin.

Pj

Thanks PJ. Not sure if I will get one or not.

WE GOT OUR DOC'S!!!!!!!!

Oh so odds and ends?

Yes, that will do.

 

[Making_Memories]

Don't you think it is cutting it close to shop online. I still haven't gotten my make-up from three weeks ago.

I usually get stuff from them super quick. Dresses I ordered on the 18th came today