OT: wondering why

Yes it was so much easier to zoom around the garden and we used to make parachutes and jump off a wall about six feet high, they never quite worked.

I would think they are bought by people just like us for sentimental reasons !

I was the happy recipient of a dear little (demitasse) cup and saucer commemorative piece from Royal Worcester to honour the occasion of the First Royal Baby, 1982 to add to my collection of Coronation mugs etc. I currently have a bid in on another one but it is days away and I don't seriously expect to get it.

Want to cry with me?? I had an adorable little WEdgewood spoon ( tiny) to commemorate the birth of young William. SOMEHOW, in all the emptying and replacing of cupboards thismonth, it slipped out of it's nice soft towel....onto the new ceramic unforgiving tile!! Oh well, another thing gone.

In *my* workroom, the topshelf of the bookcase is my UK memorabilia, including a commemorative plate of KG VI's coronation , which I found in MooseJaw! Also a darling teeny jug with the coat of arms of my "home town" Uxbridge. I have found some cool things about Uxbridge on Ebay.

Lord knows what happened to the Coronation cup etc every schoolkid had when I was young. I still enjoy my small shelf!

Gill

Ah those ceramic floors, what goes down generally does not come back up lol

That's how my collection of coronation mugs began, mine and some from aunts, uncles etc. who found it amusing.

What I also have, do you have yours, is a scroll from George VI to all the dear boys and girls at the end of the war ? I can scan it and send to you if you'd like to see it again. I also have a coronation mug for the Edward who abdicated, must have been one they made up ready and then the event never happened. Another oddity is the egg cup which is Prince Charles face with ear handles either side lol

Anything by Walter Farley or Marguerite Henry, Black Beauty Heidi The Finchs' Fabulous Furnace (discovered this one a couple of years ago) Snow Treasure Follow My Leader Ping, the Duck Go Dog, Go Non fiction about Cowboys or Mountain Men Aesops Fables Little Men Jo's Boys Nancy Drew Hardy Boys Trixie Belden

Liz from Humbug

I also liked The Railway Children by Nesbitt - and the film! The Velvet Room, Season of Ponies and The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder The White Colt - David Rook (Film was called Run Wild, Run Free) A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L'Engle (though I didn't like the others in the series as much) The Once and Future King - E.B. White Horse books - Misty of Chincoteague, King of the Wind, etc.

when I was younger I liked all the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books - Betty MacDonald The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew Bobbsey Twin books Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder

MelissaD

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I used to read my older sisters' Cherry Ames books. I wonder how many Cherry Ames readers actually became nurses? My sisters graduated from nursing school in '72 and '73. The one who graduated in 1973 just retired in January and has been looking forward to returning to being an avid reader of non-nursing related books. :-)))

Liz from Humbug

Although I'm not a collector of thing Royal I do have an Official Souvenir of Queen Mary's Carpet. The first page was typed in 1950 and says: 'The encouragement of British traditional craftsmanship is near to my heart. I am happy to think that my handiwork should be instrumental in furthering this cause.'

Along with photos there are several pages telling the history of Queen Mary and also the story of the carpet that she stitched. The carpet toured the US and Canada and was sold to the IODE and is now on display in the National Gallery in Ottawa.

The booklet sold for $1.00 and was Queen Mary's contribution to the Dollar Drive. Apparently the booklet didn't gain very much in value as there is one now for sale on Ebay for .99!

Mavia

On 2/29/08 11:46 PM, "Dr. Brat" wrote:

Understood completely. I'm much more patient now than 20 years, or even 15 years ago - kind of a tempering from experience, etc. That said, my friend, who is truly one of, if not the, most purely analytical people I know, thrills with her students that do well, revels in helping someone to beccome the "first one in their family to graduate from college" and works hard to help her grad students succeed. I do actually really like teaching, and working with students but......

But, we live in an area, like many, which has a high concentration of white collar and technology based corporations - which means people being paid to go back for a degree, or to get a masters, and those people often (not always) don't have the same qualifications, skills, knowledge, aptitude, work desire as the "starving students (full-time grad students) . Which translates to a lot of students in a graduate class that think because they're (their company) paying full freight, they should be getting As and Bs - regardless of the standard of work. Similarly, as a university local to a big metro area, there are a lot of students who transfer from the comm college, and may be great, or may not, or may just be locals that couldn't get into one of the other state schools, etc. I think her big problem is with entering MS students that just aren't up to the caliber of what our experience was, or would prefer to see, in an engineering department. Not good enough math skills, or thinking skills. Big gripe has been the expecting to be told all the answers and the lack of impetus to work hard or actually seek an answer when it's not obviousd. So, personally, I think I'd be fine doing an undergrad course - I understand not everyone is equally prepared, and it can take a while for the light bulb to turn on in some areas, I can understand why she gets frustrated and thinks I would for a grad course. When I was in grad school, I can remember one of the profs making a wisecrack to us, in reference to who gets Cs, "that's what the Westinghouse folks are for" - as CMU had a lot of students that worked at Westinghouse, who paid for them to take classes. The killer for us - I had one extremely difficult class with a handful of Westinghouse folks in at the same time - they would be getting paid at work to spend all day doing their homework - in groups, and get help . As I'm doing the get a big-girl job hunt thing again, my SIL in Fla asked me why I didn't just start teaching at the local University (of course in DC, there are several). I just laughed, then anwered seriously - to take an adjunct job - while it may be "fun" - is a lot of work for very little money. And to go through all the stuff to get hired as regular faculty - well it would take a bunch of time, not to mention going back through finishing my defense...and another semester back in residency in Pgh. Or at least a couple of years at some other school= what a thought.

Ellice

How interesting - I didn't know about that - knew about her Dolls House which is incredible.

It was that series that put me off nursing. She dealt with too many officious doctors where my response would've been to punch them out (and get myself fired).

I *knew* there was a reason I like you! LOL!

Joan, another non-fashion maven

I used to love going to my Aunt's house because she had the entire series of Bobbsey Twin books. I read most of them sitting happily on the floor in her dining room.

LOL - I'm not so fashionable, but I, and the DH, really like this show. As someone that sews - sometimes seriously - it is kind of amazing what they get done in the time allotted, etc. OTOH, we often wonder that while the designers can come up with amazing looks (good or bad) for their models, when you look at how they dress themselves, sometimes you just have to wonder "what the heck are they thinking?" Funnily enough, we actually talk about this show at the hockey games. But, even more, an entire crew of our friends - including a bunch of hockey refs, really follow "Top Chef" .

ellice

That's what I think about Project Runway. I used to make all my own clothes, and that includes man tailored suits and coats. If I must say so myself, I was really pretty good.

Now, being retired in Florida, I live in jeans and t-shirts and dress up is a nicer pair of slacks and a blouse, preferably one that doesn't need ironing. I don't sew clothing at all anymore and even do my hems by hand because I'm too lazy to open the machine.

It's great fun to see them come up with their high fashion, mostly unwearable by the average human, garments in a very short time. It always amazes me that they can take a length of fabric and drape it on the mannequin, fit it directly on the model, and have something to show on the runway in a bare minimum of time. This particular show doesn't feature amateurs so the designers are all more than competent. It's true that someone cries on almost every show, but I think that's the nature of their artistic temperament.

Top Chef is fun, but I get kind of annoyed at their back stabbing.

Lucille

Um, Gill, I think the people in Cincinnati might take a little affront at that - not picking on you, but... While not one of the top 10 cities in the US, IIRC it's still a major metropolis - even if in the Midwest.

I think the show is an example of a lot of what is worst in American society. Seems to cater to people thinking it's hilarious - in a way of wondering at the participants, and people who love it and aspire to participation, or similar. Either way, Springer himself has good educational credentials, going to Tulane, and then on to get a JD from Northwestern. And, just for you - is another ex-pat from England.

The wierdest thing - the former huge bouncer/security guy on that show now has his own show - the Steve Wilko show. Just bizarre.

Ellice

LOL - I had the whole series, as well - in hardbook (probably the only way they came).

My older cousin (my DM's 1st cousin - who is 10 years older than me) was going to nursing school and I would ask her questions based on my fine information source of Cherry Ames! She must've thought I was some crazy kid asking her about wearing black stockings, etc. But, my cousin did celebrate and explain how her nurses' cap changed as she progressed through school. She went to a nursing school attached to Jackson Memorial Hospital. After that, when working I believe she was able to get her BSN (and MS), and then married her high school sweetie - who went to med school (and the Air Force). Just like Cherry and Lex.

I loved those books.

Ellice

Fashion? The height of my fashion is making sure my jeans are zipped and my T-shirt doesn't clash with my socks.

Thank you dear! C