Living by the Numbers

22 .. black

My favorite exchange about #'s....
 
George: How many numbers you got?
Erin Brockovich: Oh, I got numbers comin' outta my ears. For instance: ten.
George: Ten?
Erin Brockovich: Yeah. That's how many months old my baby girl is.
George: You got a little girl?
Erin Brockovich: Yeah. Yeah, sexy, huh? How 'bout this for a number? Six. That's how old my other daughter is, eight is the age of my son, two is how many times I've been married - and divorced; sixteen is the number of dollars I have in my bank account. 850-3943. That's my phone number, and with all the numbers I gave you, I'm guessing zero is the number of times you're gonna call it.

I like the number 9. There's Nine Worlds in the Universe (look 'em up). Nine is the number of days and nights Odin hung on the World Tree, Yggdrasil. That's three times the length of that other guy's bad weekend. Three days... like anybody could make it three days. NINE days takes some serious mojitos, Bwana.

I'm a follower of a rare subset of tyromantic wisdom: Atomic Tyromancy. As you all know, "atomic" refers to the once-thought uncuttable nature of the atom. A-tomic means "cannot cut" in Greek.

It stands to reason that Atomic Tyromancy is the only possible belief system for those of us with serious objections to unrestrained flatulence, which in this country is a major problem. Atomic Tyromantics CANNOT cut the cheese.

I'm here all week. Try the veal.

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I love the number 13 and consider 13 my lucky number even though I don't really take it seriously....though whenever I fly, I choose seat #13 there and back....Lucky 13 aside though, I'm not superstitious. I've never heard of looking for omens in cheese. Like tea leaves? I'd be eating the Gorgonzola or Roquefort before there was any chance to read my fortune.
 
I once had my palm read for fun in Cassadaga, Florida, known as the "Psychic Center of the World." It seemed that most of the town's inhabitants were mind readers, psychics, and spiritual healers. Almost every house has a shingle hanging or a sign in the yard proclaiming a special talent  for the arcane. One strange thing about the town was the hills. Florida is very flat, but Cassadaga had hills besides an aura of otherness. Was it psychic energy that pulsed through the town? Something was different for sure, which made it an exciting jaunt when we could get away from school.
 
My mom read Tarot and did astrological charts for people, but it wasn't anything I put much store in. Maybe for fun, but not seriously...but she was very into it. Numerology, crystals  ...you name it.

it would be nice for the poll to offer us all the numbers from 1 to 9.

janej78: My friend's number is also 13. She was born at 13:13 on the 13th of the month.. It is eerie how often when we buy tickets for a concert that one of the seat numbers is 13. Seems to happen about 40% of the time, much higher than would be expected from random happenstance.

#1 is the loneliest number that you ever knew...

'blue 32, blue 32...hut hut!'

The home page needs some lovin' if you have some to spare...www.kentuckycurmudgeon.wordpress.com

BLUE3346 ...  For all you other Old Salts out there, that is the Official Designation of the American Dyers and Tinters Union ( Garment District, Delancey Street, 1930's) for what we have always called, NAVY BLUE ... Not Cerulean or Cobalt, or MidNite ... they all have their own Numbers, tho' Cerulean is actually made up of Cupric and Cobaltous Oxides ... In the Spectrum, they actually have different Positions and are different Shades, of Blue ... and they each have a different Complimentary Opposite, in the same position, on the other end of the Spectrum ... MidNite Blue, for instance, has as it's Complimentary Opposite a Peachy-Orange ... The Combination is quite pleasing to the Human Eye, and because it is so easy on the Rods and Cones, after much Research, Gulf Oil Company chose that combination for it's Logo and Company Colors ... Ma Bell gave us Yellow Pages, because Black on that odd shade of Yellow (part Lemon, part Mustard) is the most Retentive Color Combination to the Human Mind, and is more recognizable at great distances than even a Red Light ... These too have Numeric Designations, but I can't remember them at the moment ... Only reason I can remember the Blues is having spent thirty-one years in the Navy ... Roulette Wheels, however display only Black, Red, and White, the combination of which induces feelings of intellectual certainty, which is supposed to(I Guess) make a Player fairly certain that he knows what Number is going to come up next on that Roulette Wheel ... My not being a Gambler, I have no idea how accurate that "Strategy" might be .......
 
Numerology isn't as Nutso as some people may think ... Kabbalah has an entire Section devoted to the Study of it and the Perfection of its use ...  And as for Color ... a little time studying the Luscher Color Test can reveal a lot .......
 
An Aside:  Back when the only LapTop was an Abacus, a BLOG was a Mathematic Devise(not Device) using Symbols to illustrate Formulaic Theory ...  and the sum of the meanings of the Symbols was the Display of the Answer to a/the Problem ... Makes me think of Michael Rennie .......

I  remember  that  in  China  the  number  8  is  considered  to  be  lucky.    I'm  going  with  8.    That's  my  story,   and  I'm  sticking  to  it.....

English major here. Don't do numbers. Have trouble balancing the checkbook. And too much other stuff to think about to clutter it up with what number might be ruling my life and times. Aside from the ones on the clock, that is, whose hands are swirling along always just on the edge of my sight, reminding me of the inexorable passage of time. Chosse a number. Pick a card, any card. Had my palm red once; took a week to wash the paint off. Ba-DUM! What is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything? Who cares? Would it change your life if you knew? Don't worry about it. Put the radio in the window, go out back and sit in the shade and have a nice, cold drink. Have a laugh with your love. Or a friend (if you're lucky, they're the same). Enjoy the beauty of each passing day and let the numbers fall how they may.

On the other hand, the cheese thing sonds intriguing....

Bert~ I'm with you. I like 8, for its shape. It just looks like happy, cuddly, balanced. Where's SF? I think in the East 8 is the number that signifies prosperity.
JALOPKIN~ Well, well, I was expecting a homily to the effect that divination by numbers ia an abomination & instead we get a mini-treatise on the "vibes" of colours and numbers Throw sound into the mix - numbers & colours have their own musical note; add the senses of taste & smell. There's a good reason to sit and marvel at the universe & say "Ommmmmmmmmmmmm" & contemplate your navel.
 
I have always struggled with numbers. I am number dyslexic (there is a word for it) something like dyscalcula. Way back in my hippie days, I studied numerology with some cynicsm - & scared myself off because readings I did for people I had never met were uncannily accurate. Oooo errrr!!!! There was one person who sent me a name & bithdate that didn't "feel" right. I called him & said I'd got a problem - turns out he was adopted at a week old & his name was changed. My husband gave me the name and birthdate of somebody I'd never met as he was very doubtful of my ability - next morning, I told my husband, that man wears a pin-stripe suit & is an accountant & he cheats on his wife. Bang on, all 3 statements.
I have also studied graphology. A lot of employers ask for a handwritten job application for good reason. They are using a graphologist to assess you. I do bits of calligraphy, but my handwriting has deteriorated since the computer & printer came to live with me.
Film on the train tonight .... Rainman???

Dyscalcula?!? Sounds like a vampire. Count Dracula, Count Chocula, Dyscalcula....

Been Jammin'~Transylvania, here I come! That was the label "they" put on my Huh? Wot? attitude to mathematics. O God, I so hate banking, tax returns, budgeting sums. Arrrrggggghhhhhh! I can understand an abacus, but numbers on paper, no. I always punch in the right numbers in the wrong order with electronic devices. My TV remote drives me mental ....And I find it really hard to TALK to numbers people. No problem with an English Major. God is copiously watering my garden today, but it doesn't rain in the poly tunnel, so I'm off to be nice to my Zuchinni , Melons, Tomatos etc. 

BTW~ do they still make painting by numbers?

I live by pi carried out to several million places for I go around in perfect circles and realize my whole is more than the sum of my parts. As Sol said as soon as you discard scientific rigor, you're no longer a matematician, you're a numerologist. I fancy luck to be a lady not a number.

Paint by numbers? I was no good at staying in the lines. Life-long problem of mine. They gave me a number and assigned me a box. I scribbled all over the paper!

Number 9... number 9... number 9...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             I don't have one specific number, actually. 7 was once my favorite, and then 4. I do have a thing for prime numbers though.

It's a numbers game. As Garp noted the chances of another plane flying into this house are astronomical. It's been pre-disastered.

Hmmmm.....where to begin?  First,  any parents who would name their innocent newborn son "Underwood Dudley" are destined to raise a mathematician. 
 
As for favorite numbers, I've always thought 7 was lucky...we always tried to name our boats with 7-letter names, although we have strayed from that path of late.  But we did have some decent sailing with our Lightnings named 'Mistral' and 'Tabasco.'  Perhaps less so with 'Intruder' and "Wasabi.'  Can you tell we like food?
 
Hazel - How about a workup?
 
 

There is an email going around, using numerology, predicting that W Germany will win the world cup.  It starts to happen really when the teams have emerged at the semi finals level. You then take 3964 minus the year of play, which then brings you to the winner of a past year. If this is one of the semi finalists, that's the one slated to win. It seemed to have worked from 1986...
 
3964 - 1986 = winner of 1978, Argentina    = winner of 1986
3964 - 1990 = winner of 1974, W Germany = winner of 1990
3964 - 1994 = winner of 1970,  Brazil         = winner of 1994
3964 - 1998 =winner of 1966, England  .....dont count as England was not in semi finals
3964 - 2002 = winner of 1962, Brazil          = winner of 2002
3964 - 2006 =winner of 1958, Brazil ...don't count as Brazil was not in semi finals
3964 - 2010 = winner of 1954, W Germany = winner of 2010 ?????
 
However, you might want to know also that Paul the octopus has picked Spain to win.....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/teams/germany/7877152/Germany-v-Spain-Psychic-octopus-Paul-unfazed-by-death-threats-says-keeper.html

Maybe the village should put in a syndicated bet  :-D

Kentucky Curmudgeon, your 32 blue, 32 blue. . . hut, hut reminds me of two things about my high school football playing days. I wore jersey No. 32 and we had a play called 32 outside trap which always seemed to work wonders. To this day I still use the number 32 in all sorts of ways. It has always been my lucky number.

Interesting Mr. Peterman, but............a good bartender puts three olives in your very dry vodka martini

Four nasty letters in a dirty, little word that's lost on the four strong winds. Four years for a liberal  college degree, unless you take the scenic route like me. Four legs on the horses ridden by the Horsemen Four. Give me four more minutes, and I can do a little more.

There was a time when they would put ten wieners in a package but there were only eight hot dog buns per package. Never made sense. But now you can find packages of eight wieners so they do match the packages of eight hot dog buns. Guess it's never too late.

Six strings on a guitar; five fingers on your hand. Some things just never match up, do they?

I pick the lonely Zero, erroneously not recognized for so many centuries as a real number. But I now find that when it is tacked onto any other number makes one's financial expectations rise joyfully. And in my second mar-two-ni  I lean toward the Gibson with a matched pair of pickled onions and a La Jolla sunset over the Blue Pacific.  

Our newest grandchild was born on 01-11-10. Her parents didn’t get the tax break but she’s got a great birthdate!

Rings90: Great reference! I’ve always loved that line and the way Julia delivered it.

KC: “Two can be as bad as one, its the loneliest number since the number one”
(we have to come up with a thespia word for what we do to each other when we mention a song that will run through our heads for the rest of the day). Bonus points for anyone who can explain what the term “Three Dog Night” means….

Hazel~ I absolutely hated maths so it does seem extremely appropriate to equate it with that name and it’s origins in Vlad the torturer….

Spring Fragrance~ I may have to copy and paste your 8:21am, it’s hysterical as well as informative. :D

Time to lower the bar, though I’m sure none of YOU will recognize these numbers: 4 8 15 16 23 42

LOTLOT.... unless you're buying Hebrew Nat'l & then there's 7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my personal favorite.......
 
SPRING F....... this summer my mother & I were eating in a Chinese restaurant & the owner came around & he commented on my sterling bracelets. He asked me how many I was wearing & I told him 18. He said, "That is a very good number in Chinese."
 
JANE..... I agree, the cheese would be gone before you could divine anything, except for how hungry I was.......
 
IVAN...... on a great roll sir!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Maybe we could guess the I.Q. of the people who are upset w/ J.K. Rowling....... or maybe none of us can count that low.......................

Been Jammin'~ I demand a recount. I have 4 fingers & a thumb on each hand. Did you get more than your fair share? Handy (ha!ha!) for guitar playing.

 The Numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42 are a major recurring theme in
Lost. They appear in the Valenzetti Equation and in the lives of several
characters. ...

Stoney: {{Laughing}} Did you look that up or did you know it?

How is your Beloved this morning?

Mr Peterman~ How nice to see a comment from you.

Stoney: And you got 1,234,567,890 bonus points for answering correctly.

Three Dog Night? Anyone? C'mon, Google is right there under your fingertips if you don't know...

I'll choose any number that can be divided by zero.

I stand corrected. Four fingers for the four strings on a mandolin, but the accordian thwarts me still!

OFF TOPIC:    If  you  go  to  NPR.org  and  then  click  on  "Morning  Edition,"   you  can  scroll down,  and  find  "50th  Anniversary  of  To  Kill  A  Mockingbird."    There's  an 8  minute  amazingly  refreshing  narrative  that  was  on  the  network  this  morning,  as  well  as  several  photographs,  and  some  links.    I  give  this  story  6  stars  on  a  scale  of  1  to  5.....  lol

ANDY:  Can you make that, Three Pearl Onions ???  I like Olives, but they seem to taste better with Gin ... Pearl Onions seem to taste better with Vodka ... Keeps my Gibson tasty, and Nutritious ...
 
HAZEL:  Numbers are a very Big Part of Kabbalah, especially in Communication ... Each Character in the Hebrew Aleph Bet has a Name, and a Numeric Value ... and the Sum of the Meanings of the Characters in a Tetragrammation, will define the Meaning of the Word ... Change one Character, and the entire meaning of the Word is changed ... That fact has led to a lot of confusion over the millenea, and I have no way of putting Hebrew Script up on this page, but as an example, the same Characters are used to indicate both,  IN  and  ON
with only a slight change in the Nikkud, which are the tiny jots and tittles we use to indicate the Vowel Sounds that our mouths have to make, in order to get from one Character to another in the Tetragrammation ... and that is necessary because not only is there no  "J"  in the Hebrew Language, but there are no Vowels either ... With just those two little words, above, imagine how difficult any kind of Translation or Transliteration must be ... For the Record, there was no "J" in Latin either, until it was invented at the begining of the Second Third of the First Century ... and there is no "J" in Greek either, but the Greeks make a "J" Sound, by running together the three Letters, N T Z when they speak, which I am guessing was a forced adaptation, after the "J" was invented for Latin ...  Imagine how tough it was for Bookies, before the First Century Invention, to discuss who the Jockey was on the favored Horses ... Could it have been even worse, if the Jockeys rode from Left to Right ??? (or God Forbid, Side-Saddle) Makes me muse about Bwany Fwank going up San Juan Hill with Teddy ... Of course, it would be difficult to know who or what you were riding with ... they all wore such Big Hats ....... 

And Hazel ... there are other Navels I'd rather contemplate than my own ... And Music is all Mathematics .......

Tommy Typical~ Garp would be a great contributor to this page.
I do an Agony Uncle page on behalf of Tom Brown, one of my cats, for a magazine. You'd be amazed the problems cats have! I can do that, but I still have a slide ruler & a little schoolbook of logarathim tables that are a total mystery to me. Pi is shortcrust pastry with fruit inside.

I am in complete agreement with our host.  FORE!
 

Sorry, me again, I just remembered some friends who kept pigs. They felt sorry for a runt piglet at the farmers market, took it home to give her a nice life, put her in with their healthy pigs - and she vanished. These people (Hippies) cast runes, (dice-like things,) & the interpretation was "The strong shall consume the weak"

  number nine ..number nine..number nine ..number nine...........................

 JaxZ~

I cheated.

She, thank you for asking, is resting comfortably after a rough night but a post-op exam that excused her from further horizontality... a real gift.

Now, no bending or lifting for two weeks and, it is expected, improving vision. 


A long time ago, when I was in the late stages of successfully predicting (it never seemed like guessing) the gender of other peoples babies (I was going to quit at fifty but stalled at forty-nine and haven't got one right since), my birthdate (2/14/44) caught the attention of a numerologist at a dinner.

She yammered on forever about the cosmic significance of that combination of numbers. Many did not listen. Most did not care. Some few were anxious to touch the hem of my raiment and one guy asked for advice concerning his marriage.

My advice to him that he cast her from his life was based on the practical fact that she had had more guys during their marriage than he had had hot meals.


Our high-school second baseman grandson has always worn #4.





 

My son was born 7-7-70. Yes, he's 40 today. He's a great person ... and I'm just glad I'm not getting old as fast as he is!

I liked Stan Musial's #6, too.

JaxZ ~ 'three dog night' is from Australia. That's how they would rate the coldness of an evening, one, two or three dogs in bed to keep you warm. Knew that without looking. My uncle is a big fan of Three Dog Night.

My son was born 7-7-70. Yes, he's 40 today. He's a great person ... and I'm just glad I'm not getting old as fast as he is!

Stan Musial's #6 comes to mind, too ... good number!

My son was born 7-7-70. Yes, he's 40 today. He's a great person ... and I'm just glad I'm not getting old as fast as he is!

Stan Musial's #6 comes to mind, too ... good number!

JALOPKIN~ You are so funny- there's no J in Welsh, either, and no Z. A lot of English humour is based on the pun - changing one letter in a word, or sound in a sentence by using rhyme to alter the meaning. eg: What's the differnce between a puppy and a seagull? A seagull flits across the shore ..... a puppy s***s across the floor.
paolos~ Fore? We have excellent golf courses around here (I'm told) The things I enjoy about them are the presence of skylarks and wild orchids in the rough.

When picking  numbers,   can  we  say  something  like  3.1417???

I like ice cream with my pi...

LotLot:  They have matched up the buns and hot dogs, but end up charging even more for them than they used to. *bleah*
 
I used a numerology generator to compare the personality of the hero of the romance novel I'm writing.  It was interesting how close in characteristics the numerology was in how I'd envisioned the character.  I think I wigged the thing out with the 1857 birthdate I gave him! LOL!
 
Now if only I could find time to write when I don't have kids interrupting me every three minutes....
 
Have a great day!

Writer Girl~ You computer has been eating too many onions or something & is repeating itself! Don't worry, I'm not too clever at that stuff either. I attended my son's 40th & it was 80's fancy dress - Dallas type clothes, or Star Wars .... no problem, something in the back of my wardrobe with big shoulder pads. I did borrow a wig to do the big hair thing.  

Rhyselle~ A n aquaintance of mine wrote a book on Quantum Theory with her crawling-stage twins literally tethered by their ankles to the kitchen table. They grew up normal.

Hazel, With me on the course the skylarks and wild orchids would not stand
a chance.  fore.
 
The Life of Pi has nothing to do with numbers and is a great read.
 
Rapidgirl and jlkinkaid play that song upside down and it is the number of
the bees, breast, boast, beats, best, beast...pick one.

Earlier today I wrote that my favorite number is 32. It still is. But just for today I have another favorite number. It is 905.

Tell you why. I went to one of my favorite restaurants for a late breakfast. A lady who is well into the winter of her life came in, as she does every now and then when I am there.

She drives a car that also is well into the winter of its life. I know because I once owned one much like it, except that mine was new. Her car has mismatched wheels, a front half that is muddy brown and a back half that is faded burgundy and an engine that sputters and cries out for a few hours of help from a master mechanic.

But she goes happily on. She enters the restaurant bringing an abundance of sunshine with her. She has a perpetual warm smile, a gentle wave for all about. These are accompanied by a soft, friendly “hello.”

Those in the restaurant adore her -- the owners, the waiters and waitresses, fellow diners. They are enthusiastic about seeing her come; they are saddened when she must leave.

She orders the same early lunch each time -- fish, broccoli and mashed potatoes. She enjoys it with coffee and it shows.

She mentions that this is the treat she gives herself early each month, right after she gets her money. She says she only gets one paycheck a month. We assume that to be her Social Security check.

We decide to give her back some of the sunshine she always brings, to us and to so many others.

Without her knowledge, we get her check from her waiter. We tip him and ask him to not tell her we are paying for her meal.

Her lunch costs $9.05. We pay the cashier for her meal and ours.

We leave and as we walk to our car the warm glow of her sunshine goes with us and is with us yet. It lightens our step, it brightens our way. We suspect it will do that for a good while.

Today is our lucky day. Today our special lucky number is 905. We were privileged to get to pick up the check of the lady with the warm smile, the lady with the gentle wave, the lady with the soft, friendly hello who surely spreads her sunshine wherever her obviously tired but still willing little car will take her.

A day late and a dollar short (chasing structural engineers through my house again today).

Stoney: Thank God! Being laid completely flat is terrible. I'm so sorry the night was difficult, will keep praying for more rest, quick healing, and wonderful clarity of vision.

You were allowed to cheat. I didn't think anyone here would have seen it. ;)

KC: You get double points (BIG numbers) for Google-less knowledge, although the jury is still out on the Inuit/Aboriginal debate (I think it was true of both cultures). There are some hysterical stories of the progression from one dog to three as the temp drops... And I agree with so much of your musical preferences, we must have similar age numbers.... mine is made up of two favored numbers mentioned today.

I  wish  to  withdraw  my  earlier  answer,   instead I'm  going  with   1.77248 ;  that's  my  answer,   and  I'm  sticking  to  it.

lotlot:   That's  a  classy  &  inspiring  story......EVERYONE  on  Planet  Earth  isn't  heartless,  cruel,  insensitive.    THank  you  for  sharing.

Well told, lotlot. That was a story worth the reading.

I cannot open the private message that Peterman's Eye has informed me via e-mail I have received. I have checked the box permitting me to receive private messages but I cannot open this one. Any suggestions???

Lotlot..what a grand story that is. What a nice tradition to express appreciation.

I suppose my number would be seven since I was a square root baby born in 49 but I like all the. Numbers as long as my number isn't up.

lotlot, To me it seems that you have done everything right, starting with picking up my sister's tab this morning.  There is a saying that there are no accidents in the universe (kung fu panda).  If you cannot open the message and the message is from me, I would advise you not to open it, because I did not send one.  If it is from one of the ladies, proceed with caution.  They are a mercenary lot and one of them (I will not say which one) could be looking for an invite to lunch.  I would suggest that the guilty party send the message again, if the message arrived at your message center, the heart of it should be a point and a click away. If the second one doesn't open, then the guilty party should just address you on this page for all of us to share, won't that be fun?

It has already been mentioned that life is without meaning without the number 42 so it must have a place at or near the top of the list.

Off Topic: Was just offered a five day jaunt to Abuja, Nigeria leaving Friday. Anyone been there? There'd be soldiers in bullet-proof vests along for the ride from the airport to the hotel but I'm on my own till I return to the airport on Wednesday. Should I go for it?

Jax, Do you have to advance a large sum of money in order to return with an even larger sum?  If so inform your local constabulary.  Only go if they provide you with a bullet proof vest also.   Abuja Nigeria is an 8... Eight is said to be the most unpredictable of numbers and can indicate
the pinnacle of success or the depths of failure; the potential to go
either way is present from the beginning. Does that clear things up?

Rapid girl... I like Prine numbers too. 
It's time for a music break, folks.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5axlwCBXC8

 lotlot~       That's the spirit!

Paolos: Awww, I sent them that $10,000 way back in November, this is to pick up the 10 million bucks in return.
You could explain the number 8 thing along the way, got a couple of first class seats for you and your lovely bride if you want to come along. Actually First class is pretty empty both ways (could that be a BAD sign? :-/), I could take all of thespia.....
I just discovered on the U.S.Embassies & Consulates app on my iPhone (yup, there's an app for it), that I'm supposed to have a visa affixed to my passport upon arrival....Seems a bit tight to arrange that. But they helpfully give an international number to call concerning that: 4 8 15 16 23 42

Lotlot~ Love as a verb (works with any number). Truly beautiful. And you multiplied it in us...

 
Spain beat Germany!
 
Jax, How rested up are you from all that R&R? all I can think of is the wonderful fabric that my nephew brought me from Nigeria....about 10 years ago...so I can't really give any advice. How would you spend the time?

Jane, the blue cashmere sweater didn't work (after all of Germany exhausted the supply. But Spain is in a state of euphoria (as is the maker of those sweaters).

I'm not rested, I just want to run away (from other stressers) and this offer came up. I'm on hold with the company as I type. I don't think they're going to pull this one off on such short notice. It would be an unexciting trip culturally as it's not safe to go out and about. I would LOVE it if I could get out to a local market and fabric shop! I'll know by the end of the day.

Numbers like most things are kinda relative and as I am in a Bukowski frame of mind today between tasks I defer to his line that a man can go seventy years without sex, but he can die in a week without a bowel movement. And in The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the ship- "Well, I've been 72 for 8 days and nights now and I'll neer be able to say that again." This little curiosity, too, will never be quite the same.  I shall be the hobo in the empty boxcar on the train tonight.

I'm not much into numerology, but if I ever meet the 7th son of a 7th son, it would catch my attention and give me pause.

Bukowski.  He's got another fan, in me.

It's 7 - absolutely.  I was born in an even month, day and year but I like uneven numbers in all things.  One husband, 5 children, etc.
Bert - To Kill a Mocking Bird, my all time favorite movie, ever!!  Had I seen it when I was young, I would absolutely have become a lawyer - I saw it long after I was a lawyer - the #5 child is a lawyer, I am convinced because of that movie and her daughter is Harper who speaks of joining the noble profession.  

 
[rainbow]  66

PARK4~ Belated reply to yesterday - If you want a crash course in learning Welsh, come to Nant Gwrtheyrn in North Wales. (have a look at their website) My house name, Tan y Clogwyn, is pronounced Dan err glog win. - all run into one word.
Welsh is ..... Welsh, an oral tradition, "new" words get added, with a Welsh twist, so if you need medical help, call an Ambiwlans, if you have a bad back, go to Ffissiotherapi, if your car is noisy, you need a new Exhost. I'd need Jalopkin type gizzmos to give the pronouncition.

I appreciate all of the private messages but so far I have been unable to open and read them. I will keep trying.

Oh those poor Spaniards won't be sleeping tonight.....back in 1998, they won something and the tiny, peaceful town we were staying in was kept awake all night by one jubilant fan speeding around town and honking his horn. 

 
lotlot's  story reminded me (I don't know why) of an awkward experience in which very early one morning, I was behind a shopper at the market. The register had just opened.

The young woman must have been a dedicated shopper because she had a full cart of fresh fruits, vegetables and other ingredients real cooks use.

She may have chosen that early time to avoid holding up other customers with a very complicated compound method of payment involving cash, food stamps, gift certificates and some kind of sate support.

It was not a totally comfortable situation and got worse when she came up short.

It was then that I noticed a twice folded bill (short, then long) on the floor near her.

It was a crisp fifty. She knew that she had not dropped it and in order to get the thing done, it was important to act as if I were doing something nice that I wasn't doing.

At a coffee shop, the store owner accused me of throwing money around and was wild when I told him how it had gone down.

In a matter of months, he had lost his stores but not that story.

Still don't know where the money came from.

Shandonista~

That guy was trying to get you to come out on your back-lit balcony in your nightie.

 

lotlot~ Top of this page, where it says welcome back lotlot. Click on the line that says messages. Message page opens. List of messages appears. Click on the top one that has unread & plough through your mail. Not guilty, me, I didn't send you anything - yet.

Shandonista~ my parents wouln't let me go out with boys who honked their horns outside. If they hadn't got the manners to knock on the front door, they were not woth knowing.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JPETERLAKE!!!  ....................ONLY THE BEST OF THE BEST WISHES TO YOU, MY DEAR FRIEND!  LONG MAY YOU RUN!  paula

hazel leese, thanks for the suggestion. However, I still get nothing. Top of the page shows i have no messages. When I click on the line that says messages, there are no messages. But I get e-mails telling me that I have some messages. I will keep trying.

A converse tale to lotlot's lovely story. I was tootling along in my car, coming up to a road junction where the signage is confusing. The driver two cars ahead dithered & the driver behind her rammed her back end. Nobody else around, so me, being the only witness to this accident has to get out of my car .... the dithery driver was an elderly lady, driving an old wreck. The guy who rammed her was driving a very flash car, but looked like a tramp. He pulled a HUGE roll of banknotes from his back pocket & said "How much, Mrs? Let's not bother the police." The lady was dumbstuck, so on her behalf, I suggested a very generous sum - and the guy paid up. "That OK with you?" he asked, "Fine" said me, & can I drive in front of you?" "Now you are taking the piss, Lady" said he.

Park4~ How fun!! A hit and run Birthday wish!!! I'll second that emotion :)

lotlot, Try the start all over again method.  Go to your edit eyedentity page. Uncheck everything that you have checked.  Close the page.  Go back to the edit eyedentity page. Recheck everything. If that doesn't work, log out and start all over again. I did send you a message after my first denial, but like my posts it was nothing of substance.

I'd stay home if all I got to do was stay in the hotel all week....and if it's just a matter of escaping the hectic confusion at home, then I'd go check into a local motel/hotel...even for a couple of nights, just for some peace and quiet and a chance to catch my breath....though I'm a bit of a homebody and don't think heading off to a dangerous locale would be a relaxing getaway....and even if one hotel room is like another, that's a long flight.....but that's just me. 

Paolos: nice try at humility (we love your posts), enjoy the adulation.

Jane~ The boss agrees by default. They can't afford what I'd charge them if I got hung up there with a red tape snafu. But {{eyelash flutter}} would you miss me?

Abuja is definitely not a bucket list destination, it was not a pleasure trip. But now that I'm half packed maybe I'll go somewhere else.... Who's up for Old Quebec City and the Hotel Frontenac? http://www.fairmont.com/EN_FA/Property/LCF/Photos/ I'll buy dinner the first nightfor everyone that comes at my favorite restaurant there: http://www.auxancienscanadiens.qc.ca/ (it'd be cheaper than hiring Russel Crowe to do the Proof of Life thing).

Jane~ I've temporarily uploaded the picture that was supposed to reassure me that the trip to the hotel and meetings were perfectly safe....

O dear, shall I prance on my back-lit patio in my baggy old T-shirt nightie to excite the sheep, or just go to bed. It's warm, so not a 3 dog night, but always a two cat night as the furry friends insist on keeping me company. Happy journey on the late train.

How many of you out there in SoCal felt the quake? My feed wall is going crazy...

Hazel sleep well! How do you know the sheep won't enjoy watching you dance?

Is Lake having another birthday again?  I swear he does it for the free dessert(s).

Penn~ And wouldn't if be fun to eat his "just desserts"?

Stoney, I'm praying your Sweet Heart has a more restful and comfortable night (and you too). Please share our love with her and know it's surrounding you both....

Hmm to say goodnight with numbers....
1,2,3,4,5
I caught a fish alive
6,7,8,9,10
I let him go again
Why did you let him go?
Because he bit my finger so
Which finger did he bite?
The little one on the right!
Goood niiight!

Thank you ladies.... yoiurgood wishes made my day..... now did someone mention desserts? he asks as he sits in the club car with a napkin stuck down the front of his shirt, a fork in each han,d and a spoon in his pocket....

Today was also the birthday of one of my oldest (slightly older than me!) and dearest friends. She and I disagree on many points and yet we have the highest regard for each other. Not to mention we still have tons of dirt on each other after all these years ;)

  
Peter Lake~

Happy birthday old friend.Sorry not to have tumbled to it but I was watching someone prettier than both of us sleeping.

What say we go find that guy drinking alone in the boxcar and bring him on back to where the fun starts?

I did know a 9/9/81.  An amateur pharmacist, he was, I think, sent away... probably for more schooling.

Jax, I think I'm relieved you aren't going, but since I don't really know the details, I'm probably over thinking it. I looked but didn't find your temporary photo. I haven't heard from my friends in SoCal yet....San Diego, Marina del Rey, Santa Monica, L.A. ....but I assume they're fine as the epicenter was further south and I don't think any damage was done where they are.
 
sweet dreams to you wife Stoney...to everyone else too. Happy Birthday Peter....what's your sign? haha..I  really don't know.

I was born 8-18-48 so eight should be the # but nooo...#9..#9..#9