tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post2479473119644282293..comments2023-11-13T02:00:52.653+11:00Comments on life's free treats: Party Mode.meggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-20975755476033192572007-10-15T19:01:00.000+10:002007-10-15T19:01:00.000+10:00I have done all I can to teach my daughter manners...I have done all I can to teach my daughter manners but she wold happily scoop her dinner into her mouth with her hand if left to her own devices. <BR/>A pleasant moments reading inside of of this icy rain!<BR/>You would HATE it!<BR/>but there dont seem to be any flies.fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-22554668615649018942007-10-15T18:22:00.000+10:002007-10-15T18:22:00.000+10:00First Happy birthday to SG I've worked a lot with ...First Happy birthday to SG I've worked a lot with children and if you don't give them guns they will use sticks as guns.<BR/>As for the computers here it is the same. My hubby has no relationship with the computer at all.Marjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17458942200244031009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-69852172637583610182007-10-15T18:15:00.000+10:002007-10-15T18:15:00.000+10:00You're so right about little boys and guns - toast...You're so right about little boys and guns - toast crusts and bent sticks always get drafted in even if the kids have hardly ever seen any of the real thing - very strange!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352283065863856112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-81133956271550867712007-10-15T10:30:00.000+10:002007-10-15T10:30:00.000+10:00Asparagus roll... my friends and I make these a lo...Asparagus roll... my friends and I make these a lot. I wonder if they are the same ones.<BR/>We do thin sliced ham with cream cheese wrapped around asparagus spears. <BR/>Same?Sarah Nopphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349019930549794313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-81048841043671317222007-10-15T08:47:00.000+10:002007-10-15T08:47:00.000+10:00Happy Birthday to SG!! Wow 5 is a really exciting ...Happy Birthday to SG!! Wow 5 is a really exciting age. And the cowboy stuff was the BESTEST gift in his eyes I am sure!!~Bren~https://www.blogger.com/profile/14533891842002502385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-75220854621814126202007-10-15T08:38:00.000+10:002007-10-15T08:38:00.000+10:00Happy birthday to SG from me too.Meggie, I really ...Happy birthday to SG from me too.<BR/><BR/>Meggie, I really loved your "magnet principle" post. It was so well written and so true. . I've noticed it most at craft fairs - if there are several people round one stall, then a crowd tends to gather with the hope, I suppose, that there's something really good there.Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-71714739008922381802007-10-15T02:28:00.000+10:002007-10-15T02:28:00.000+10:00Asparagus rolls sound good!Just as well perhaps if...Asparagus rolls sound good!<BR/>Just as well perhaps if both parties aren't hooked on the computer, or you'd have to fight for it!<BR/>Tom started being much more appreciative of my writing and photography when other people started saying nice things about it on the blog! He reads mine, and other people's sometimes, but isn't hooked.<BR/>You can offset your computer habit against GOM's secret soap addiction!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-890466364350087392007-10-14T22:00:00.000+10:002007-10-14T22:00:00.000+10:00Happy Birthday to your Grandson..xoI've wondered a...Happy Birthday to your Grandson..xo<BR/>I've wondered about the manners we see today too.<BR/>A friend's husband works for a bank, and now when someone is shortlisted for a position they are asked to lunch. If their manners are not up to snuff they do not get the job.As so many business meetings are taken over meals, they feel it essential the applicant can eat without embarassing him/herself and the company. A good idea yes?Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06731396546695910306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-76289914799480105272007-10-14T21:52:00.000+10:002007-10-14T21:52:00.000+10:00I am so happy that all my grandchildren have good ...I am so happy that all my grandchildren have good manners, at least when they visit here. <BR/>Both DH and I have our own computers. We tried sharing but it didn't work. Lol. I do most of the trouble shooting but when it gets beyond me (fairly quickly) I call my sons or grandsons. I am about to call them because the wireless router is not working so no laptop for me right now.Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17083924435653058457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-8206956868719229922007-10-14T18:25:00.000+10:002007-10-14T18:25:00.000+10:00So true what you say little boys and guns. I'm li...So true what you say little boys and guns. I'm like your daughter and H&B, I won't have them in the house and Climber has had the full lecture about them being things which are designed to take away life and cause pain and suffering and so that is why I don't approve.... he still pretends to shoot things though. What can you do?Stomper Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038937073264645029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-86000742549484330522007-10-14T17:58:00.000+10:002007-10-14T17:58:00.000+10:00Manners of all sorts still count and should be enc...Manners of all sorts still count and should be encouraged by example. ( Please and Thank you, respect for others and their property, offering help of many kinds, still brings a smile to the other person's face; worth doing I think)<BR/>We have quite a lot of South African folk around this area and they have such lovely manners and so do their children.Ali Honeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12671890094425941272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-13660264865893393482007-10-14T14:13:00.000+10:002007-10-14T14:13:00.000+10:00There was a story/joke making the rounds about for...There was a story/joke making the rounds about forty years ago:<BR/><BR/>A couple with young children determined not to allow them to grow up with stereotypical ideas about male and female rolls in life, so at Christmas they gave their little boy a baby doll and their little girl a toy truck.<BR/>The children were playing quietly in their room, so the parents crept to the door to see how they were doing with their new toys. The girl was sitting in a little rocker cuddling and rocking the truck while the boy crawled around the floor pushing the doll about and making motor noises. The same principle seems to apply to boys when it comes to toy guns...Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10363689622473649154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-63686365468275829562007-10-14T14:03:00.000+10:002007-10-14T14:03:00.000+10:00Meggie, I think it is going to be the year of the ...Meggie, I think it is going to be the year of the flies.<BR/><BR/>They are already in their thousands, and its only spring!<BR/><BR/>Manners are a thing of the past, I fear. Makes me mad!Aunty Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433383999833031264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-81133320213681379682007-10-14T13:34:00.000+10:002007-10-14T13:34:00.000+10:00Happy Birthday to SG! I hope that his Paternal Gra...Happy Birthday to SG! I hope that his Paternal Grandparents send you some pictures. I totally understand about the guns thing. I think it's something strange that little boys are just born with. They can manage to make anything into a gun and make gun sounds from the time they're tiny.<BR/><BR/>I am completely hooked on the computer and the internet. I can spend forever looking up random things and reading stuff. Mr. B likes to use the internet for a few things, but not nearly as much as I do.<BR/><BR/>As for manners, even though it will make me feel like my grandmother, I totally agree with you on no learning table manners. It's sad.Blue Moon Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03403616317336831298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-38111868653977965302007-10-14T12:20:00.000+10:002007-10-14T12:20:00.000+10:00My wife has no interest in computers at all and fo...My wife has no interest in computers at all and for the most part is very frustrated with them. I, on the other hand, am hopelessly addicted.<BR/><BR/>I think that most young kids totally lack manners and the ones that do have them these days stick out like a sore thumb.<BR/><BR/>Looking at what I just typed about manners, I am afraid I have become my father.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325465720003721471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-81888109454319098092007-10-14T11:26:00.000+10:002007-10-14T11:26:00.000+10:00I too hate toy guns and the like, yet have already...I too hate toy guns and the like, yet have already been 'shot at' with bite-shaped toast, and another time by a plumbing pipe 'elbow'.<BR/><BR/>*sigh*<BR/><BR/>As for computers - possibly. <BR/>AB has no interest at all, but seems content to leave me to it. I guess if i'm happy, he's happy too ? And it keeps me occupied and shuts me up too I suppose, so he can watch sports in peace....LBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433555112198668513noreply@blogger.com