Badger Posted December 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 5 hours ago, Cancer said: I met my great-grandfather (he died when I was 14 or so) and my mother was 20 years 5 months when I was born ... so .. guilty, I guess. The others in that line were 24 and either 20 or 21 (3 years after she graduated from high school) when they dropped their sprogs. Well, both my grandmothers were still teenagers when having their first kid (well check that paternal grandmother was 20, I got my dad's 2 older sisters birthdays mixed up). Maternal grandmother was 35-37, at first grandchild (I have to go back and look on birth year of my mother's older niece/nephews). My mother as the youngest was an aunt upon birth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted December 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 5 hours ago, Cancer said: I met my great-grandfather (he died when I was 14 or so) and my mother was 20 years 5 months when I was born ... so .. guilty, I guess. The others in that line were 24 and either 20 or 21 (3 years after she graduated from high school) when they dropped their sprogs. Paternal Grandfather was a great-great grandpa before he died. (even had a picture of all 5 in the local paper back in the day.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 ((shudders)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 5 hours ago, Cancer said: ((shudders) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 Dropping kids in your mid-teens. I'm not that fond of kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjack Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Cancer said: Dropping kids in your mid-teens. I'm not that fond of kids. Dropping a few kids before you can get a drivers license...scary world. “Mom, the baby’s coming, can you drive us to the hospital, ‘cause Bobby isn’t allowed to drive at night yet?” “Son you’re grounded.” “Yeah, well, Grandma says you are too!” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted December 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2019 11 hours ago, Cancer said: Dropping kids in your mid-teens. I'm not that fond of kids. Well, maternal grandmother was in late-ish teens. (married at 16 1/2, had first child almost exactly one year later). Maternal Grandparents were born in the 1890s, however. (married in 1915) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 Hermit and Old Man 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 Now real-life hippopotamuses are about the orneriest most dangerous beasts you can imagine. So I suspect the hippo hero is standing in for something else, but I'm not going to be the one to say what. Hermit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted December 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 I would like to unleash a hippo upon Whoville. What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Badger said: I would like to unleash a hippo upon Whoville. What? Bahoo boray bay hoo.. oh god, it got Murray! Murray Who? Who else?! It'll bite off your button hooks, it'll savage your nose! It'll snap you up faster than a winter does a rose! Get your kids all to safety, warn all the wives! The Hippo is coming! It'll eat you alive! And on that bloody Christmas, a message was sent, Hippos are dangerous- One hundred percent wcw43921 and Badger 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 I wouldn't touch a Hippo with a 39-and-a-half foot pole. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 Hippos are only dangerous if they are hungry. An then four of them will surround their prey and engage in a feeding frenzy. I saw that on TV so it must be true Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Duke Bushido Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 26 minutes ago, death tribble said: Hippos are only dangerous if they are hungry. An then four of them will surround their prey and engage in a feeding frenzy. I saw that on TV so it must be true Never carry marbles around hippos. They can smell them, and it will trigger a noisy, clattering frenzy almost immediately. Lee and Old Man 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 Don't get me wrong: I love the festivities and preparation that goes into "getting ready for Christmas," but let's not forget the holidays that live in Christmas's shadow: Chuanaka, Kwanzaa, Toyota-Thon, and the almost-forgotten yuppies enjoying their Honda Days.... Share the love, people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted December 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 Badgers, unlike Mogwai, you better feed them after midnight...…. …..or else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 4 hours ago, Duke Bushido said: Don't get me wrong: I love the festivities and preparation that goes into "getting ready for Christmas," but let's not forget the holidays that live in Christmas's shadow: Chuanaka, Kwanzaa, Toyota-Thon, ...Thanksgiving, Halloween... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted December 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 I'm assuming Chuanaka is another spelling of Hanukah? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 3 hours ago, Badger said: I'm assuming Chuanaka is another spelling of Hanukah? 1 hour ago, Duke Bushido said: Yes. It is very difficult to find an Anglicized spelling of a Hebrew word that everyone can agree on. I wonder if people have the same problem with Arabic, which also uses a different script. Hebrew is complicated by the fact that there are no letters for the vowels -- only consonants. The reader must fill them in. Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted December 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 Yeah, I can relate in one way.. I've had my share of problems finding out translations for Japanese on the internet. The English to Japanese translations, gets translated into Japanese symbols, that doesn't help a person like me who cant read Japanese, I need to find one that translates into a Romanized version of Japanese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Michael Hopcroft Posted December 22, 2019 Report Share Posted December 22, 2019 On 12/20/2019 at 12:27 PM, Duke Bushido said: Don't get me wrong: I love the festivities and preparation that goes into "getting ready for Christmas," but let's not forget the holidays that live in Christmas's shadow: Chuanaka, Kwanzaa, Toyota-Thon, and the almost-forgotten yuppies enjoying their Honda Days.... Share the love, people. On 12/20/2019 at 5:15 PM, Old Man said: ...Thanksgiving, Halloween... ...Independence Day, Last Day of School... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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