Posts by anewdawn

It was gone for the most of the day but now it's back!  Ugh - I am not buying a Roger's phone ever...just because of this.  LOL It is very annoying and I wish this site wouldn't allow this type of advertising that opens itself - not all of us can fix the problem by installing Firefox...it depends on where we are when we are using the site. Oh well.

Thanks for the firefox tip - I will use it at home for sure...not sure about convincing my employer that I need it to log in my food while at work.....wish we could just make this advertisement go away! 

Totally guilty - and I use happy faces and wink faces alot to.  It's very hard not to use them when you get so used to it.  Once I sent an email without any of that - and I was accused of being abrupt and rude...so I started using them again.  I haven't used one once yet and for some reason I can hear Ben Stein reading in my head as I type this.  I feel very boring. Have a nice day.

Original Post by cajunrider:

I don't like the current healthcare situation much, but I have no faith whatsoever in government healthcare - NONE. I've worked in Canada and Europe and have seen the healthcare there first hand.  Then recently my wife has a major illness. If we had been under the same rules for England, Ireland, and Canada for my wife case, she would not be alive today.

 I can't really argue this point since I don't have the details but no one I know has died in Canada because of the system that I know personally. However I can tell you that to have a baby - from first doctor visit to the last including ultrasounds, all the tests, all the hospital stay has only ever cost me $25.00 and that's because I upgraded to a semi private room...otherwise it would have been free - subsequently...all my children's care over the years other than prescriptions...also free including some minor surgeries by a pediatrician.

There probably is abuses to the system here but I pretty much have to be dragged in to see a doctor other than my once per year visit...so hopefully I might balance out at least one of the over-users!

That is a horrible accident and tragic for both the dog and the family! 

 My friend was walking her puppy on a leash - she accidentally clipped the leash to the rabies tag instead of the collar and her puppy was hit and killed before her eyes - the truck driver didn't even stop - probably assumed she had it coming for her dog being off leash...you can't really judge unless your there.  My husband can walk our dog off leash because he has him in his control and in his reach at all times - the dog doesn't have the same level of respect for me so I have him leashed - I would rather enjoy the walk rather than discipline the dog every two seconds.

There is a cook book called Deceptively Delicious - it was tested on the Food Network - the kids liked all the recipes prepared!  I bought it for my daughter and she likes it! 

http://www.amazon.com/Deceptively-Delicious-S imple-Secrets-Eating/dp/0061251348

Original Post by amethystgirl:

I can think of a few instances like where the movie got me to read the book - books that I wouldn't have gotten through had I not seen the movie.

Last of the Mohicans, for instance. Seeing the Daniel Day Lewis movie had me read all of the books when I was in 6th grade. No way I would have done that without the movie. And honestly, I love the movie more - I don't care how inaccurate it is.

Seeing the Pride & Prejudice miniseries got me to read the book - and I still love both.

I don't remember which I consumed first, but Princess Bride is wonderful in both formats, but that's partly because the author was very involved in the making of the movie (and has written other screen plays).

But in general (Clan of the Cave Bear is a perfect example) the book is so much better than the movie.

 Last of the Mohicans is one of my all time favorite movies!  I love the sound track for that movie, the breathtaking scenery and the actors were superb!  Haven't read the books - now I think I am going to!  You said 6th grade....are they for that age group or were you just an advanced reader? 

Original Post by ignayshus:

anewdawn - Making ends meet for their kids was probably their reason for getting involved in a tv program in the first place, however their reason for being involved now appears incredibly transparent and it has nothing to do with the childrens' well-being.

split - so baaaaaaaaaaaaad :)

 For sure!!  Now is different than then....now they need to get away from the limelight and re-examine their priorities - and the sooner the better!!  :)

I saw the movie of Schindler's List and it so moved me that for days it was like I was in a fog - but I have never read the book - I feel like I don't really have to - the movie was that good - conversely I read the The Reader and because of that book - really coudn't care less about seeing the movie...I thought the book was really meh.....I guess it boils down to some people are just amazing visionaries - some get that across to us by the written word - other's show us visually.  Thank goodness for both!  Perhaps I should go and read Schindlers List and rent The Reader??! 

I like to read the book first - I want to develop the characters in my own mind, what they look like - how to pronounce their names etc....then I watch the movie to see if my vision was even close!  Usually it's not - the furthest a movie was in that regard was Clan of the Cavebear...couldn't believe it!  They even pronounced Ayla's name wrong!!   

Just out of curiousity....do we feel the same way the other TLC families...such as 17 kids and counting...Little People etc... they also all seem to be doing the same thing - they also have way nicer lifestyles that they would have had they regular jobs....only difference is that I can see is that they are not divorcing or having family problems - perhaps it's not the show as much as it's the dynamics of the personalities involved - they COULD have set the example of how to divorce - let the kids have the house and the parents go back and forth was such a wonderful thing for the kids - I guess it's just really hard to impossible to divorce nicely - I really commend those few ex couples out there who do. I failed miserably at that myself I am sad to say.

Perhaps Jon's opportunist style intervention will be a blessing in disguise for all involved!  

They aren't so bad.  Hudsons Bay tradionally is as Canadian as you can get - I didn't know they were sold to an American company - that is kind of disappointing!  I liked the year Roots did the Olympic wear but it was priced right out of alot peoples league - hopefully the Bay will be able to make it affordable for almost all! 

I would love to get my hands on 2,500 or so Canada Team hockey jerseys to send to the troops in Afghanistan so they can wear them during the Olympics!!  :)  

I think it's very exciting that it's in Vancouver! Go team Canada!! 

I was working at CFB Edmonton in the Officers' Mess - a bunch of our Helicopter pilots were gathered around the TV - then the first tower fell - I stayed and watched with them - they were yelling at first then one Captain said...We just went to War.... I remember the feeling of all my blood falling to my feet.  By the time the second tower fell most of them had run back to their unit - it was a very frightening and sad day.  Absolutely uncomprehensible!  May all those lost that day rest in peace!  

I am a divorcee married to a divorcee - so far...10 years....it's been wonderful!!  :) 

We don't have recycling law in Edmonton but I would welcome one!  It's too bad it takes a law to smarten my ownself up....but sometimes I get lazy even though I agree wholeheartedly with recycling!  Next spring/summer I would like to try composting - I also buy the re-usable shopping bags.  I could do so much more though!!