WBRepo-Ship of Thieves-Remember the Magic Pt 11

[iankh]

It's 54F in Chicago!


We've just returned from our Saturday errands and will be going out for a walk a bit later.

There are people out in shorts and many guys are shirtless.

After acclimating arctic conditions, 54F feels HOT.

As I predicted it is also a real mess outside, particularly on the side and back of my house.

Last summer we dug the canal and then built an earthen dam across our back gate to keep the water from building up.

Well the water melting off the roof is causing havoc. We actually rolled our pants up so the bottoms would not get wet when we slogged to the side door of the garage.

There's a building lake at the bottom of our front steps. The dogs are refusing to go out.

We're supposed to have warm weather for most of the week, going up to 58F by Tuesday.

It doesn't matter though. This is the annual February thaw. It will probably be back down below freezing within a week's time.

 

[tink1963]

It's not that I want him.....I just want to be able to say I had a DATE!

He's a great guy and would be a good 'catch', but we're not a match. I think I'm a little too 'earthy' for him. He generally dates more, uh, 'polished' women.

I think if you want to call it a date then it is a date, no matter if there is kissing involved or not.

 

[iankh]

I installed iLife '09 last night and started playing around with iPhoto '09.

The new "Faces" feature with face recognition is AMAZING. Once I trained it on a few photos, it is doing a great job labeling people in photos. I need to train it further.

I also started playing around with the new "Places" feature. I have manually started tagging my photos, but now it's made me want to start exploring cameras with GPS, or the stand alone GPS devices that you carry that then has software that synchs the GPS log with the photos, based on the date/time stamp of the photo.

 

[iankh]

OK, I realized that I had more photos in iPhoto that I had scanned a few years ago,

So, if you have the stomach for old family photos, feast your eyes:





With my Zeyde (grandpa):

With my Bubbe (grandma):

The mandatory studio shot:

The studio shot with my brother and sister:

Kindergarten (top row, second from the left):

High School Graduation Picture:

 

[ibouncetoo]

Oh, Ian, the photos are great!

The high school gradulation picture did prompt a giggle!

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[ibouncetoo]

OK you teckie people. Why is my e-mail not working?

I can open Microsoft Outlook, read old messages, delete messages,
play in my contacts, etc. but I can not send/recieve (so no new messages are showing up) and can't create a new e-mail.

When I hit send/receive I get "The Operation Failed". When I hit new I get "Not Implemented". Wassup with that?

frustrating....I'm going to lunch......

 

[disneylover5]

Originally posted by disneylover5

Get those legs better.....Just keep lying down if that helps....Would it hlp more if your legs were higher than your body? Do you put pillows under them???


HI LISA.....Yes it would certainly help to get the legs higher than my body. It has to do with circulation and the heart pumping blood to my lower extremities. I think if the feet are higher than the heart, it makes it easier for all of that to happen.

I have not used a pillow to try it because I'm laying on my stomach and my lower back already has arthritis and it hurts. I think if I raise my legs higher it will hurt more. I don't know. I'll have to try it and see how it feels. Thanks for the suggestion.

Why are you laying on your stomach?? The time might pass more quickly if you are on your back and can look around?? Have you tried a heating pad on your back...that will help to numb the pain??

Maybe this will make you happy!!

www.bethanycam.com I want ot open the house so badly, but I know we still have lots of freezing weather in our forecast!!

 

[iankh]

OK you teckie people. Why is my e-mail not working?

I can open Microsoft Outlook, read old messages, delete messages,
play in my contacts, etc. but I can not send/recieve (so no new messages are showing up) and can't create a new e-mail.

When I hit send/receive I get "The Operation Failed". When I hit new I get "Not Implemented". Wassup with that?

frustrating....I'm going to lunch......

Sorry that I can't help, because I'm more of a Mac guy.

Have you tried restarting your PC? When did this start?

 

[disneylover5]

It's 54F in Chicago!


We've just returned from our Saturday errands and will be going out for a walk a bit later.

There are people out in shorts and many guys are shirtless.

After acclimating arctic conditions, 54F feels HOT.

As I predicted it is also a real mess outside, particularly on the side and back of my house.

Last summer we dug the canal and then built an earthen dam across our back gate to keep the water from building up.

Well the water melting off the roof is causing havoc. We actually rolled our pants up so the bottoms would not get wet when we slogged to the side door of the garage.

There's a building lake at the bottom of our front steps. The dogs are refusing to go out.

We're supposed to have warm weather for most of the week, going up to 58F by Tuesday.

It doesn't matter though. This is the annual February thaw. It will probably be back down below freezing within a week's time.

We have the same weather here. Gretchen had dance class and I made her put a coat over her dance shorts and leotard. We got outside this morning and she peeled off the coat saying it was just too hot.

When I started the car, the temp was 42 degrees. I guess it is all in your prospective.....I guess 42 degrees feels like summer after below zero so much!!

 

[tink1963]

Great photos Ian. Love the "mandatory studio shot". Love the smile

 

[HollyTyler]

Technical question:

Just had a high school friend on facebook mention he's in town next week and wants to get together. Since he's a MAN and SINGLE....can I call this a DATE??

It's a booty call!!!!!

hahahaha.....I keep seeing that trailer for the new movie, "He's Just Not That Into You" and it's a scene where Drew Barrymore is saying that he myspaced her to ask her out and the friend said that's the new booty call....hahahahaha!!!!!!!

And every time I see that, I always wonder what the heck does it mean to be "myspaced"?

 

[HollyTyler]

Good day friends.

IT'S THE WEEKEND
Not sure what the plans are though.
I did 40 min on the wii fit this morning. Proud of that. Now catching up on here while I wait for bubba to get up.

Wow, that's awesome, great job!

 

[HollyTyler]

The mandatory studio shot:

Ian, this is almost the cutest baby picture EVER!!!

Actually, you don't look much different now!

 

[HollyTyler]

So I didn't exercise today. Took a nap instead after reading. I just now at lunch, so I won't be hungry for supper. Maybe I can do my workout video while Tyler has supper after I pick him up. I can be his dining entertainment.

 

[HollyTyler]

I received a package in the mail today from my stepmom. She sent some wool socks she knitted, and a package of something so yummy, I have to go buy a whole box of them to keep at work for snacks during the day. Pringles honey baked wheat sticks. They look like pretzels, but they're not. YUMMMMMYY! Might not be great for me, but certainly better than the Jelly Bellies or Poptarts I usually snack on at work.

 

[BubbaGrump]

Its cool! I can take a hint! At the mere mention of more pictures, Ian and the rest of you just up and DITCHED me!

 

[HollyTyler]

OK, off to take some Excedrin and try to stop my headache before it turns into a migraine, get dressed and go pick up Tyler. That kid has lots of cleaning to do. He almost always puts his things away, but this time he left the pirate Lego stuff all over 1/2 the living room floor. I actually left it that way since he'd been playing with it for a week! Hopefully he's ready to move on to something else this week. I think I'll have him help me move things around the living room in anticipation of our new TV and bigger TV stand that we should be getting any day now, as soon as my darned tax refund shows up. It's strange, I've done direct deposit for my tax refund ever since the IRS started offering it, and I've always received it the day the IRS says, often a day or 2 early, until this year. I guess that's OK though, because all other years, I've needed it to get caught up on bills. This is the first time EVER that it doesn't have to go to bills. That's a wonderful feeling!

 

[HollyTyler]

Its cool! I can take a hint! At the mere mention of more pictures, Ian and the rest of you just up and DITCHED me!

Um.....HELLO, I've been here waiting! You took so long, now I have to leave to pick up Tyler. Looking forward to having lots of pictures to see later tonight when I can get back on here.

 

[granmaz]

Ian, the pictures are great. You were a cute baby!!!

On the graduation one, is all your hair that length, being the era that it was, or did you have the long Jewish side locks?

 

[BubbaGrump]

Um.....HELLO, I've been here waiting! You took so long, now I have to leave to pick up Tyler. Looking forward to having lots of pictures to see later tonight when I can get back on here.

Got home too late last night , so we didnt even start going through the pictures. Maybe V can scan some tonight, since I'm one of those technically challenged people. I will say this, Michelle aint got nuttin' on me in the stroller department thats for sure! Wait till you see this thing!