tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post7504352044324174429..comments2024-03-20T08:32:25.794-04:00Comments on Dept. of Nance: Cranial Casserole: It's What's For Dinner At The Dept.Nancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-19568734214689326812012-09-16T23:22:36.910-04:002012-09-16T23:22:36.910-04:00
Thanks, Nance. I have never known how to say swi...<br /><br />Thanks, Nance. I have never known how to say swim,swam,swum properly.<br /><br />You always have the right answer and explain it well.I appreciate it!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426821858355153898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-91981058060154006022012-09-16T17:56:02.192-04:002012-09-16T17:56:02.192-04:00j@jj--In my youth, I had both a pet chicken and a ...j@jj--In my youth, I had both a pet chicken and a pet bunny. They never had a chance to get together, though. Oddly enough, the bunny was the outdoor pet, the chicken, indoor.<br /><br />Nancy--The word "swum" is in what is called the Perfect Tense. It takes a form of the helping verb "have." If you use a form of have (have, has, had) with the verb, you use the form "swum." If you merely express the past tense without a form of "have," then use "swam." Present tense is just "swim." For example:<br /><br />Today, I will swim four laps.<br />Yesterday, I swam two laps.<br />Last week, due to my arthritis, I felt as if I had swum a hundred laps.<br /><br />See? Happy Swimming, and I'm sure you look lovely! DoLNancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-46593652527762552072012-09-15T18:08:47.882-04:002012-09-15T18:08:47.882-04:00Looking at the bunnies enjoying their feast makes ...Looking at the bunnies enjoying their feast makes me think of a section from a book I just finished, "Bright's Passage", by Josh Ritter.<br /><br />"In the late summer the two of them would eat apples and then push the cores through the fencing and sit watching as the two species (chickens and rabbits) shared the remainders decorously with one another. In the mornings the hens liked to lay their eggs in the warmth where the rabbits had been sleeping, and they would squabble and squawk the rabbits out of their beds."<br /><br />I wonder if your bunnies would like to share with chickens? Hmmm.<br /><br />I love the obit. What a great testament to the person they lost, not just the words that make up his grieving family, but a glimpse into what they have lost.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653383372182667361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-42222016065263547632012-09-14T15:07:04.855-04:002012-09-14T15:07:04.855-04:00Dear Defender of The Language,
As you may know I ...Dear Defender of The Language,<br /><br />As you may know I have always had a desire to be a synchronized swimmer.<br /><br />Do you remember directing me to spray my hair with epoxy and rhinestones in order to be accepted in their group?<br /><br />My only hesitation was that I wondered if one synchronized swimmer drowned,did they all have to drown? You assured me that if I signed the Esther Williams Oath of Allegiance I would not have to make that sacrifice.<br /><br />So,thanks to your good advice and consent, I have been accepted in the group and must use the words swim,swam and swum frequently. So, DOTL, please give me the rule regarding the proper usage of those words.<br /><br />Do I say "She hasn't swum that well in years" OR "She hasn't swam<br />that well in years?"<br /><br />Even though I was jesting a bit above, I really am serious about wanting to know the proper way to use these words. Thank you!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426821858355153898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-52393177468994950372012-09-12T11:11:27.106-04:002012-09-12T11:11:27.106-04:00RM--I referred to the possible scenario of the obi...RM--I referred to the possible scenario of the obit photo in my comment to Bug, above.<br /><br />I, too, clean in segments, as I alluded to in the post. Floors one day, laundry one day, etc. If I do it all at once, it's just awful.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-47732363781593914162012-09-12T07:38:39.391-04:002012-09-12T07:38:39.391-04:00I love a clean house, but I typically do it in seg...I love a clean house, but I typically do it in segments. Still...it's a healing process when you have the time. I'm not sure I like the obituary photo. What exactly is going on there?Rainbow Motelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14181387926946193981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-57605132741135467252012-09-11T16:07:03.274-04:002012-09-11T16:07:03.274-04:00Nancy--What visitors? Ha!Nancy--What visitors? Ha!Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-89831007819458453492012-09-11T11:24:41.754-04:002012-09-11T11:24:41.754-04:00Nance,
How come you never take my advice?
I have...Nance,<br /><br />How come you never take my advice?<br /><br />I have told you before...If you don't like to clean, buy a bunch of Get Well Cards and put them all over your living room. When you get visitors they will assume that you have been ill and,therefore, too sick to clean...Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426821858355153898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-32179434097995521052012-09-11T08:54:05.984-04:002012-09-11T08:54:05.984-04:00V--I wonder if that cartoon is already out there. ...V--I wonder if that cartoon is already out there. Sounds like New Yorker material.<br /><br />Mikey--I don't mind cleaning now that I do have all day/all week to do it. There are some chores that I still do not like, mainly cleaning the bathroom due to all the hair all over the place. Rick's hair is very long and mine is shoulder length. We both blow-dry, and it seems to be all over the place all the time. I also still have the same issues with cleaning my stainless (HA!) steel appliances in the kitchen that I shared in a previous post. Other than that, no big deal. Heavy cleaning, like washing walls and windows...well, no one likes that.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-63002917784766540412012-09-11T08:07:13.778-04:002012-09-11T08:07:13.778-04:00Your commentary about "significant pets"...Your commentary about "significant pets" made me consider "significant others." Then I visualized a cartoon where a a sad looking man in a bar is telling his friend, "I knew it was over when we went to her college reunion and she introduced me as her insignificant other."V-Grrrl @ Compost Studioshttp://www.v-grrrl.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-18118759074464054102012-09-10T01:51:00.653-04:002012-09-10T01:51:00.653-04:00You wouldn't be awful at all if you hired a ma...You wouldn't be awful at all if you hired a maid. You'd be creating a job! Or at least a fraction thereof. And you could use your time to do something more worthwhile, like relaxing.<br /><br />I don't know how you feel about cleaning, but I absolutely loathe it. And so even if you have all the time in the world, sometimes it's just nice to pay somebody else to do something that you can't stand.<br /><br />Yes, I know you'll never hire a maid. But still, it wouldn't make you an awful person if you did.Mikey G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-89586964433086633992012-09-09T12:50:27.256-04:002012-09-09T12:50:27.256-04:00Mikey--Ask the maid to do it. (Oh, what a wonderfu...Mikey--Ask the maid to do it. (Oh, what a wonderful thing that would be! But how awful I would be should I hire a maid, esp. now that I am a Stay-At-Home.)<br /><br />Bug--Thanks for the compliment about my sidebar. I update it every time I write a new post. (Most of it, anyway.) Subscribers will never know what they're missing there, or here in Comments.<br /><br />I love the idea that the family wanted to post a picture of the gentleman wearing the wig and ladies' makeup. I went online to his obituary there, and the main photo was of him in a more traditional pose. I got the idea from reading some tributes left by others that he was a fun person who organized events and things, one of which may have been one for which he dressed up like the picture. What fun!<br />Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-5807697325752455722012-09-08T02:30:07.096-04:002012-09-08T02:30:07.096-04:00I'm not good at cleaning. I can do dishes rea...I'm not good at cleaning. I can do dishes really well, and I can vacuum a floor, but that's about it. We hire a maid to do everything else. But still, I have a feeling we haven't cleaned out the refrigerator grill. And I don't want to think about what's in there.Mikey G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-50895648272171704842012-09-04T14:06:31.434-04:002012-09-04T14:06:31.434-04:00I love that obituary. My family can just direct pe...I love that obituary. My family can just direct people to my blog for similar types of merriment (why next week I'm posting a picture of myself looking like Cousin It!).<br /><br />I also enjoyed hanging out in your sidebar - it's always entertaining to me. That electoral map is fun - I sure hope there's lots of BLUE in November!The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.com