Wearable cotton yarn?

Do you know Where the Wild Things Are? That was ALec's favourite, and now Kaegan loves it, too. Isn't it great, sharing stories over the generations?

Katherine

Yes, a lot of Newfoundlanders also say "ta-ta" to little ones when they want to take something from them. I guess that comes from the old country.

Katherine

Used that way it's usually a way of teaching small children to say 'thank you', which most of them can't get their little tongues around for a while.

Eimear

Els, This site might be helpful to you for other acronyms

Carey

Els, the difference between the two Ta Ta's is the sound.

"Ta(w) Ta(w)" is the same as saying "bye bye", whereas "Ta Ta" is "thank you" to little ones. :o)

I have a Welsh friend in town who says "Ta(w) Ra(w)" for "bye bye". I'm so used to it that I don't even think about it anymore, but when Matthew's friend heard it the first time he didn't know what to make of it. :o)

Gemini

Yes, that is how it used here, too. Also, my mother (who is from Australia) used to say "Ta" as a form of "thank you" in all conversation.

Katherine

Jenn are you going to work in a Jungle ???? why all those injections ???? mirjam

Kirsten What a very stupid reaction of your doctor ,,, I know 3 people who came back from the concentrartion camps with TB , And years ago one of my Son`s Piano teachers got it [ seems she brought from Sibiria] , we were all checked , kids who were her pupils and the Familis of the kids ,,, kids got some preventative pills , [ some kind of Nicotine pill,. which made me worried the kids would like to smoke cigarets ,, didn`t happen] mirjam

Oh yes I love the pictures in that book. Skye has that one as well.

Els

Yes Eimear, Paul uses it for both "thank you", and "may I have that please". The other one is "Please and thank you" in one breath. LOL I am learning new English idioms all the time.

When I left for Canada, in 1957, Otto's Aunt wanted to know how I was going to learn English (I did not speak one word of it, other than indeed please and thank you, and never mind...LOL) I told her that I would learn along with the kids when they went to school, and I did.....Canada is a great country for audult learning classes. I went to open college from Reyerson Institude in Toronto, (Radio classes). I took a life drawing class, in my Son's High school, after I sort of told the principal that I would love to do that, he teased me and said you can come and sit with the highschool kids (Danforth Tech), and join in. I took him up on that. That was an opening to go the regular highschool as well, and I took grade

11 in the locale highschool (Riverdale). At the end of that year I was enjoying my self. Weaving classes, Master spinning course, and the two year library techniques course at Seneca collage followed. Blood and sweat, and even tears....but with the help of my youngest daughter, who patiently showed me how to write an essay, etc. I came out with honours. By that time I was 49, and happy as a lark. So ladies never mind how old or young you are, go for it when you want to learn something new, it can be done, I am prove of that.

Els

Thank you I will go and look at it.

Els

snipped-for-privacy@coastnet.com (Els van Dam) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@dial186.entirety.ca:

oh yes, it is a very bold fox. he comes during the day (means it has babies somewhere). i have seen it quite close up under the bird feeders outside my window. it grabbed poor Hen right in front of my SO as he was herding them back to the barn one evening. Tom yelled & the fox let go, but poor Hen is traumatized & doesn't want to go out in the yard now (this is the 2nd time she has escaped the fox. the first time she lost her tail). we have 2 barn cats (no rats) & a funny skunk that lives under the barn & shares the cat's food (we go very slowly into the barn). the skunk keeps the raccoons out. right now i have 2 egg layers left plus 8 half grown poults (and 5 2 week old bantam Silkies in my basement woodshed). we're keeping them penned. normally they roam the yard, but that's not safe. the fox has little fear of people. i don't really want to shoot it because it does have kits or it wouldn't be hunting in daytime, but i don't want it eating my chickens either. lee

Lee I guess trying to fox prove the chicken coop has been tried.

Here it are the eagles that will come and steal chickens. Jytte, my weaving friend, saw an eagle glyding by her window, her awe turned to astonishment and then to anger when the eagle tried to take off with one of her squacking hens. Jytte yelled so loud that her husband came running out of his workshop and chaised the eagle, who let go of the hen, and the hen flapped into the fork of a tree. The hen of a neighbour was not so lucky. Still you have to admire this majestic bird and the fox who is out to feed her kits. Maybe you could tempt the fox with some other food, so she leaves your hens alone.

I would not like to tango with a skunk either. It seems you must be walking a tight rope to get to your eggs with all that animal life going on in your barn.

Els

Els, you are an inspiration! I just wanted to say how much I love hearing all your and others' life stories. I think I enjoy the "OT" stuff on RCTY as much as the "on-T"!

LauraJ

snipped-for-privacy@coastnet.com (Els van Dam) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@dial184.entirety.ca:

the coop is fine. Hen tends to stay in now because she feels safer in there. the chickens roam the yard during the day & we lock them in at night... but since the fox found the chicken snacks area, we've only been letting the 2 older hens out when humans are out with them. the teenage poults are very scatterbrained still & will continue to be penned for a few more weeks. in a few weeks the fox kits will be able to fend for themselves so i won't feel so bad getting rid of the raider.

we have hawks, but they have not bothered the chickens... i think because i don't have chicks outside. they don't go out until they're at least half-grown (or banty size) & that's a bit too big for a red tail to lift. the rough legged hawks could, but they haven't ...yet.

the skunk has been there for at least 4 years now (longer than the barn cats) & is used to us going in & out. we open the door slowly or look before going in. if the skunk is in the barn eating catfood, we tap on the floor & s/he'll go down the hole in the floor (or keep eating & ignore us). i like the skunk because it does a great job eating any yellowjacket wasp nests... although sometimes the barn gets a little stinky if s/he's been out fighting with other animals at night. :) lee

Great relationship between you and the wild life. Now if you could find a way to have a truce with the fox.

Els

snipped-for-privacy@coastnet.com (Els van Dam) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@dial155.entirety.ca:

well, they live here too :) once a fox finds chickens they tend not to want to give up the easy snacks unfortunately. they're just much easier to catch than mice & rabbits (fox also eat cats & baby lambs if they get a chance). when there were coyotes up the hill from us we didn't have a fox problem, because coyotes won't tolerate a fox in thier range, but some silly person thought the coyotes would eat thier children (not babies or toddlers,

8 or 9 year olds) & poison baited them. grrrr. i'd rather have the coyotes. lee

As far as I know, red tail hawks never eat chickens at all. They eat mice. (I suppose they might catch a young chick.) I don't know about rough-legged hawks.

=Tamar