Something About Nothing............ #14

[schumigirl]

Well if we ever get a chance to do a meet up you will definitely be able to tell I'm from Wisconsin! I've been told I have a very thick accent, don't cha know. I personally can't hear it and think I sound like a choir of angels when I talk.

This guy is hilarious if you know anyone from the midwest you will understand completely.

lol.....I`ve never heard of him before!!! That is funny....I love accents......it`s like there is no such thing as a British/English/Scottish accent......we all speak quite different depending on where we live.....I have a real mix as I`m Scottish but have lived in England and a couple of other places on and off for 25 years. Plus, I have a slightly different voice if I`m angry/sarcastic/irritated/pissed off/tipsy......but when I go home to Scotland, I automatically revert to a strong Scottish accent and speak at great speed.

It`s dreadful when you hear your own voice......lol.......we often get asked if we are from all over when in America......England, Australia, Canada....one man even asked if we were French once?????? No idea where that came from......most think we`re Australian. Although one New York waiter once accurately listened to us talk and pinpointed within 20 miles where we came from originally in Scotland.....we were impressed!!!

He sounds like a yooper in the video

I had to Google that one!!!

Got fall in the pool soaked via. Rainstorm at GD game last night. Not totally unappreciated as
Previously, a dog off leash in the park (big no-no), romped in The muddy creek for an hour. then made the rounds visiting spectators. Shaking off the yuck as dogs are prone to do.


I like it there. Well, not as much as BWV but close! there in sept Nice rate but wasn’t amused to have one night plus all the resort fees charged in down payment

See above, I have a theory the pandemic Is making the idiots stupider

I love them on my shady slopes, have several types with other flowering ground cover

Back to work

Just might be the shortest season ever indeed

Well, some sort of accent. He said he was going for Georgia/Atlanta burbs


yep a goodie

hershey has never tempted me but it was in back burner for early August Any particular thing putting u off other than general COVID concerns?

Uhoh, that’s still a fighting word in many places
Jmho bit the working at home trend seems to be making this sort of issue far more difficult to resolve

Just don’t go into it lol

Oh yeah! I’d question ones judgement if they said otherwise. All the cold, rainy weather we had in spring has played havoc with that crop for us. Zucchini I’m close to running out of ideas

Good thing. We have roads who have gone over the wall from neighbors pond.
Multiple vet bills from the little buggers turning out to be poisonous to canines who are dumb enough to ingest current pooch apparently is either too slow or has half a brain

Those out me off too but I can appreciate TX chainsaw just for being groundbreaking

Funny, most I know are trying to figure out how to stay

Haha haha

‘Cause I’m an alien

That`s a lot of rainfall!!

Yes, TXs Chainsaw, Freddie and Friday the 13th I will watch as fun....Halloween of course is my all time favourite.......hard to beat the old black and white classics though......

I think work wise they want it to be safe, but they miss that daily contact, yes, a few folks I know are happy to be home working.....he is enjoying saving on weekly petrol costs.....lol.....

Alien........nah......just very well spoken.......



Dinner was lush!!! Kyle isn`t usually fond of dishes with sauce, but he loves chicken with my honey mustard sauce, and also my pepper sauce too.

Had a little Haagen Daaz ice cream after too, not even sure when I bought that as I usually buy Ben & Jerry`s if I don`t make my own.

Some of you may remember when my friend passed away, a year later a rose appeared in a large tree at the bottom of our property where we sometimes went down to as the fruit trees are mostly there, she used to take most of our fruit along with the farmer next to us......as far as our gardener knew there was nothing planted there with roses.......

This single rose was around 25 feet in the air....

So, he told us today despite him ripping out the bushes and stuff around the trees last year, a few days ago he noticed this springing up.......

Again, just the single rose sitting on it`s own in the middle of nothing, but much lower......it`s so pretty.......

I think my friend is saying hello .....although Tom said as she loved wine as much as us, it should have been grapes!!!

Beautiful evening here, but still so breezy........

 

[Lynne G]

Yeah, kids are to go to a concert this August, and was changed to an earlier date next August. I just asked for a refund, Charade. New date was so close as to when little one returns to college, and we really don’t know if even want to be in a huge amount of people next summer.

McK, yep. Learned to say words like a good Philly born. There is a book that lists all the Philly phonically sounded words. I had to buy it, to get a good laugh. Yep, I do pronounce words like some of the words listed.


That is such a nice thought, Schumi. Beautiful rose, very pretty pink. Deserves to live. I enjoy roses, and like their smells. Outside of course.

 

[macraven]

I never heard that term before. What does it mean?

It is a derogatory word aimed at poor rural white people in the South
Mainly at Georgians

 

[mckennarose]

Plus, I have a slightly different voice if I`m angry/sarcastic/irritated/pissed off/tipsy

LOL, I do too.

we often get asked if we are from all over when in America......England, Australia, Canada....one man even asked if we were French once??????

Interesting! People from here can usually spot each other in crowd. We've met many fellow Northerners in Florida.

I had to Google that one!!!

I just did too.

Again, just the single rose sitting on it`s own in the middle of nothing, but much lower......it`s so pretty.......

I think my friend is saying hello .....although Tom said as she loved wine as much as us, it should have been grapes!!!

Aww, that is lovely.

McK, yep. Learned to say words like a good Philly born. There is a book that lists all the Philly phonically sounded words. I had to buy it, to get a good laugh. Yep, I do pronounce words like some of the words listed.

I can picture you saying woorder ice. LOL!

It is a derogatory word aimed at poor rural white people in the South
Mainly at Georgians

Yooper? That's what I've never heard before.

For anyone wanting to know what a Coal Cracker is... it's not a derogatory term for us. We use it describe ourselves as people who come from the Coal regions here, whose families worked in the mines. http://www.anthraciteminers.com/always-a-coal-cracker/

We have certain words or certain ways we say things here.https://www.coalregion.com/speak/speaka.php

And there's even a ride at Hershey Park called the Coal Cracker. So no harm intended or offense to anyone who has a different definition.

Lynne, This article is funny! Tell me it's not true!
https://www.tnonline.com/20101211/talking-pennsylvanian/
"For those who think we Pennsylvanians 'talk funny' or use 'big words', here's why .
Once a Pennsylvanian, ALWAYS a Pennsylvanian!

I remember when I first left Coaldale and relocated in Pottstown. People would always tell me I had a "coal region" accent. It drove me crazy. I didn't think I had an accent. I thought everyone else who wasn't from the coal regions had an accent. For instance We call it lunch meat, used as a noun. Almost everywhere else it's called "cold cuts".
More about Pennsylvanians and coal region people in particular: You've never referred to Philadelphia as anything but 'Philly' and New Jersey has always been ' Jersey .
'We don't go to the beach we go 'down the shore.'
You refer to Pennsylvania as 'PA' (pronounced Pee-Ay). How many other states do that?
'You guys' (or even 'youze guys', in some places) is a perfectly acceptable reference to a group of men and women.
You know how to respond to the question 'Djeetyet?'(Did you eat yet?)
You know that the Iggles play football and so do the Stillers.
You learned to pronounce Bryn Mawr, Wilkes-Barre, Schuylkill, thePoconos, Tamaqua,Kutztown, Tunkahannock, Bala Cynwyd, Kishacoquillas,Duquesne and Monongahela, also Conshohocken.
And we know Lancaster is pronounced Lank-ister, not Lan-kaster.
You know what a 'Mummer' is, and are disappointed if you can't catch at least highlights of the parade.
Atleast five people on your block have electric 'candles' in all or most of their windows all year long.
You know what a 'State Store' is, and your out-of-state friends find it incredulous that you can't purchase liquor at the mini-mart.
Words like 'hoagie,' 'crick,' 'chipped ham,' 'dippy eggs', 'sticky buns,' 'shoo-fly pie,' 'lemon sponge pie', 'pierogies' and 'pocketbook' actually mean something to you. (By the way, that last one's PA slang for a purse!)
You not only have heard of Birch Beer, but you know it comes in several colors.
You know the difference between a cheese steak and a pizza steak sandwich, and you know that you also can't get a really good one anywhere outside of the Philly area. (Except maybe in Atlantic City on the boardwalk.)
You proudly tell people you live near the nation's oldest brewery (Yuengling in Pottsville) and that it's more than 180 years old. How do you know? You read the label while you were drinking one.
You know that Blue Ball, Intercourse, Paradise, Climax, Bird-in-Hand, Beaver, Moon, Virginville, Mars, Bethlehem, Hershey, Indiana, Sinking Spring, Jersey Shore, State College, Washington Crossing, Jim Thorpe, King of Prussia, Wind Gap, and Slippery Rock are all PA towns ... and the first three were consecutive stops on the old Reading RR! (PS That's pronounced Redd-ing.)
You can identify drivers from New York, New Jersey, Maryland or other neighboring states by their unique and irritating driving habits.
A traffic jam in Lancaster County is 10 cars waiting to pass a horse-drawn carriage on the highway. (And remember ... that's Lank-ister!)You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
Driving is always better in winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
As a kid you built snow forts and leaf piles that were taller than you were.
You know beer doesn't grow in a garden, but you know where to find a beer garden.

You actually understand all this. If that's the case, that means you grew up not far from where you're reading this."

 

[macraven]

Cracker (not yooper ) is what I gave for the explanation

 

[Lynne G]

McK, you gave me a great laugh. So true, so much of that. I always say lunch meats, yep, a noun. And, I do think different parts of PA talk differently. My niece is in coal country. My uncle came from Mt. Caramel. And hehe, little one has a saying when she sees a jersey driver. LoL

Ah, stepped outside, oh so warm out. Thought looked like rain, but now sun out brightly.

 

[Charade67]

I left work this afternoon and was greeted by the sounds of an approaching thunderstorm. Then I went to my car and found a wasp crawling on it. I'm a bit phobic and was afraid that it would get in the car with me. I am so done with this day.

And since I am from the North East, forever it is soda and not pop.

It's always soda! Never pop!

I was raised in the south, so It's coke. Every soda is a coke.

hershey has never tempted me but it was in back burner for early August Any particular thing putting u off other than general COVID concerns?

I like Hershey Park on occasion. B and I spent spring break there several years ago. We did all of the typical touristy stuff and even went to a falconry event where we got to catch a falcon on our arms. Really cool. We came home with a lot of chocolate too.

Again, just the single rose sitting on it`s own in the middle of nothing, but much lower......it`s so pretty.......

That is so beautiful and bizarre at the same time.

 

[Elsaspiritanimal]

Yooper? That's what I've never heard before.

It means someone from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

 

[mckennarose]

Cracker (not yooper ) is what I gave for the explanation

Ah, gotcha. I got confused for a second.

My uncle came from Mt. Caramel

I had family that used to live in Mt. Carmel. We used to drive through Centralia to get there and I remember seeing the smoke from the underground mine fires. It used to scare me as a kid. It's a ghost town now, and all overgrown and blocked off. I haven't been anywhere near that area in probably 15 years.

And hehe, little one has a saying when she sees a jersey driver. LoL

LOL!

I like Hershey Park on occasion. B and I spent spring break there several years ago. We did all of the typical touristy stuff and even went to a falconry event where we got to catch a falcon on our arms. Really cool. We came home with a lot of chocolate too.

Nice! Confession.... if we're on I81 anywhere down that area, we will take a quick detour to Chocolate World to do the ride and get some candy. They don't charge you to park for a short period of time and Chocolate World is free.

 

[Realfoodfans]

A cracker here in our part of the UK is a term meaning very good - even brilliant - “a right cracker”

So many words you have to be careful with these days.

Time for bed - listen to the radio, fan on full blast and hopefully a better sleep. Looking forward to the grandchildren home in the morning to tell them
we are off to the coast for a few days on Friday. We’ve not mentioned it in case it didn’t happen.

 

[schumigirl]

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Yep, the flower is lovely, and very odd as there are no flowers in that part of our property, it`s all trees.....it`s nice though.

Charade.....I think you need a real treat tonight after your day........

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Yep......time to unplug everything.

Been watching 70`s and 80`s videos on the music channels on tv tonight.......I`ve even allowed flicking between channels .......not a very productive night though.....each of us sitting along both sofas and both with laptops.......every so often we`ll share something......quietest night ever!!

 

[KStarfish82]

Evening!

McK....that list made me laugh. I remember spending my summers in the Poconos and coming from NY, what a difference! I worked at an ice cream shop and a customer asked me for rainbow jimmies. The confused look on my face must have given my lack of knowledge away because....

1. they are called sprinkles!
2. jimmies are also a term for a less appropriate piece of apparatus, if you catch my drift

And us NYers are good drivers lol!

And don't get me started of the cah-fee versus caw-fee debate!


So more interesting stuff in my area. There have been 6 shark sightings in the past 48 hours. So on these wicked hot days people can't go in the water. Will 2020 ever get better?

 

[mckennarose]

I worked at an ice cream shop and a customer asked me for rainbow jimmies. The confused look on my face must have given my lack of knowledge away because....

1. they are called sprinkles!

LOL! We called them sprinkles too, not jimmies.

And us NYers are good drivers lol!

Ahem..... LOL!
jk

There have been 6 shark sightings in the past 48 hours.

Oh wow! That stinks you can't swim, it's been sooo hot.

 

[snowpack]

Evening all!


Havent been around much. Work has me covered up and I just collapse when I get home. Not actively looking for a new job, but keeping my options open. Decided to switch accounts when posting here, my other one has my real name and cant be changed and its just better if/when a new employee does a search.

Can't imagine how many pages I have to catch up on. Hope everyone is safe and doing well.

Vicki

 

[Lynne G]

Oh, jimmies all the way! Sprinkles sound so dainty. LoL

Fading fast, as almost bedtime for me too.

 

[Lynne G]

Hi Vicki, like your new name. Will now start to call you Snow.

 

[Charade67]

A quick good evening. I am really sleepy, so i should probably go to bed soon.

Nice! Confession.... if we're on I81 anywhere down that area, we will take a quick detour to Chocolate World to do the ride and get some candy. They don't charge you to park for a short period of time and Chocolate World is free.

That sounds like a fun diversion, and you can't go wrong with chocolate.

Charade.....I think you need a real treat tonight after your day........

Thanks. I almost went out for ice cream. The ice cream place near my office offers limited time specialty flavors. They will make a batch, sell it until it is gone, then move onto a new flavor. Tonight they announced that they have a key lime pie flavor. We may go after dinner tomorrow.

they are called sprinkles!

Yep, sprinkles here too. I never eat them though.

Evening all!

Welcome back.

Tonight's light is all natural. No electricity or batteries needed.

 

[macraven]

Glad I made it back here to see tonight’s light!

Again you have out done yourself.

kewl light.

 

[macraven]

Evening all!


Havent been around much. Work has me covered up and I just collapse when I get home. Not actively looking for a new job, but keeping my options open. Decided to switch accounts when posting here, my other one has my real name and cant be changed and its just better if/when a new employee does a search.

Can't imagine how many pages I have to catch up on. Hope everyone is safe and doing well.

Vicki

I’m glad you posted again as have not seen you here since the 17th.
Welcome back to your new home!

Use any name you wish as long as you don’t make it snow in Georgia...

 

[macraven]

After having Taco Bell for dinner tonight, think it’s time we take a pass from the place until they open up eating inside the place.

Food is just not hot by the time we get it home.
My crunchy taco just was not crunchy but soggy tonight.

And it wasn’t the first time the food was lukewarm when we ate.

Looks like the late shift has retired already for the night.

Hope all have a decent sleep and good dreams tonight.


charade left the light on for any late stragglers tonight!
no tripping over the dog or cat if anyone checks in later.