A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

[Proud Texan]

Funny! Keep us posted on this one! (we may all be in the old geezer's place someday)
Please don't tell me they're from Arkansas..

He made it! Used to be a truck driver, he told me this a.m. and he just wrote down what DH told him. Was here in less than 10 minutes from the time he called.
.

He made it! Used to be a truck driver, he told me this a.m. and he just wrote down what DH told him. Was here in less than 10 minutes from the time he called.

Oh yeah! So they ended up being good to go, I like that. Unfortunately for us, we don't know he is a truck driver, and what we have are people driving 2 hours to go 10 miles...doh!
I think a blog needs to be written about truck drivers. Common sense. The things you CAN'T DO if you are hauling tractor trailers...you might drive a bit differently then thinking you are invinsible, driving down dark gravel roads into the woods in the wee hours! haha
.

He made it! Used to be a truck driver, he told me this a.m. and he just wrote down what DH told him. Was here in less than 10 minutes from the time he called.

I think a blog needs to be written about truck drivers. Common sense. The things you CAN'T DO if you are hauling tractor trailers...

MAP READING
.

He made it! Used to be a truck driver, he told me this a.m. and he just wrote down what DH told him. Was here in less than 10 minutes from the time he called.

I think a blog needs to be written about truck drivers. Common sense. The things you CAN'T DO if you are hauling tractor trailers...

MAP READING

P, this is the funny part, 95% of our guests don't even have a map with them. It is a peeve of mine, how can you travel across country with no road atlas? WHAT THE!

.

It boggles the mind, it does.
I am teaching the kids to read maps, draw maps, understand maps- I don't care if they like it or not. If their precious GPS doesn't work or has a malfunction, at least my kids will be able to look at a map and know North from West

I can't tell you how frustrated I get about this.... grrrrrr
.

It boggles the mind, it does.
I am teaching the kids to read maps, draw maps, understand maps- I don't care if they like it or not. If their precious GPS doesn't work or has a malfunction, at least my kids will be able to look at a map and know North from West

I can't tell you how frustrated I get about this.... grrrrrr

Map reading/toting IMVHO is like tying your shoes, you should never leave home without them secured and in your posession. I actually home schooled my oldest DD all through middle school because in 6th grade she couldn't find France of Oklahoma for that matter. Not the only reason, but it was the straw so to speak. It was a great experience and she is now in grad school with 2 bachelor degrees under her belt. Because of this my middle one also a DD could read when she started kindergarten.
GPS systems go out of range, some back roads are not shown. MAPS! Never leave home without one, and learn how to fold one when you are done if it isn't an atlas type. Maps are worth their wieght in gold when you are in a rural area at night.
.

We are in year 6 of homeschooling- love it.
Map reading is not optional in this family
.

We are in year 6 of homeschooling- love it.
Map reading is not optional in this family

Map reading should not be optional in school either!
.

We are in year 6 of homeschooling- love it.
Map reading is not optional in this family

Map reading should not be optional in school either!

I really don't want to do this, my fingers are typing...they won't stop.
Handwriting is optional. Yep optional. We homeschooled our daughters until buying this B&B. When they arrived at school they had the most beautiful handwriting, and no other children had been taught cursive, nor were they going to be.
Maps were something we studied and I still feel is important. As you can tell, as I go on my little rampage rants about it probably every week here. I get it, just like being bad at math, being bad at reading maths, I totally understand. But you still need to use them!
.

We are in year 6 of homeschooling- love it.
Map reading is not optional in this family

Map reading should not be optional in school either!

I really don't want to do this, my fingers are typing...they won't stop.
Handwriting is optional. Yep optional. We homeschooled our daughters until buying this B&B. When they arrived at school they had the most beautiful handwriting, and no other children had been taught cursive, nor were they going to be.
Maps were something we studied and I still feel is important. As you can tell, as I go on my little rampage rants about it probably every week here. I get it, just like being bad at math, being bad at reading maths, I totally understand. But you still need to use them!

Handwriting might be optional in school, as it is here, but it shouldn't BE! I guess the powers that be figure no one will ever sit down to write a letter, all they have to do is sign their name, email, or text. Gone are the days when a young person longed for the mail to hear from a sweetheart. Now they just S kype. I have used it, I email, I text, but when it is important there is nothing like a hand written letter.
OK I am done now, I feel better just typing that, but I will probably write about it later to satisfy my need to use pen and paper to record my thoughts.
.

And we're now admonished not to write paragraphs because of too much eye strain when writing a paragraph to be read on a monitor. I spent too many years writing to give up on paragraph structure now!
.

And we're now admonished not to write paragraphs because of too much eye strain when writing a paragraph to be read on a monitor. I spent too many years writing to give up on paragraph structure now!

The best way to avoid eye strain in making paragraphs is to be sure they don't spread completely across the screen. No one reads like that! Newspapers do columns, books are not that wide. Everyone should make sure their website is structured so the text is 'contained' and doesn't wander all over the place.
.

And we're now admonished not to write paragraphs because of too much eye strain when writing a paragraph to be read on a monitor. I spent too many years writing to give up on paragraph structure now!

The best way to avoid eye strain in making paragraphs is to be sure they don't spread completely across the screen. No one reads like that! Newspapers do columns, books are not that wide. Everyone should make sure their website is structured so the text is 'contained' and doesn't wander all over the place.

This thread has been officially hijacked and is now headed to Havana.

.

Necessitiamos hablar en espanol?
.

Necessitiamos hablar en espanol?

[COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]No. Es[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]necesario atenerse[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]al tema[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]de la rosca.[/COLOR]
.

Necessitiamos hablar en espanol?

[COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]No. Es[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]necesario atenerse[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]al tema[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]de la rosca.[/COLOR]

Es imposible.
.

Duplicate entry.

 

[Madeleine]

Funny! Keep us posted on this one! (we may all be in the old geezer's place someday)
Please don't tell me they're from Arkansas..

He made it! Used to be a truck driver, he told me this a.m. and he just wrote down what DH told him. Was here in less than 10 minutes from the time he called.
.

He made it! Used to be a truck driver, he told me this a.m. and he just wrote down what DH told him. Was here in less than 10 minutes from the time he called.

Oh yeah! So they ended up being good to go, I like that. Unfortunately for us, we don't know he is a truck driver, and what we have are people driving 2 hours to go 10 miles...doh!
I think a blog needs to be written about truck drivers. Common sense. The things you CAN'T DO if you are hauling tractor trailers...you might drive a bit differently then thinking you are invinsible, driving down dark gravel roads into the woods in the wee hours! haha
.

He made it! Used to be a truck driver, he told me this a.m. and he just wrote down what DH told him. Was here in less than 10 minutes from the time he called.

I think a blog needs to be written about truck drivers. Common sense. The things you CAN'T DO if you are hauling tractor trailers...

MAP READING
.

He made it! Used to be a truck driver, he told me this a.m. and he just wrote down what DH told him. Was here in less than 10 minutes from the time he called.

I think a blog needs to be written about truck drivers. Common sense. The things you CAN'T DO if you are hauling tractor trailers...

MAP READING

P, this is the funny part, 95% of our guests don't even have a map with them. It is a peeve of mine, how can you travel across country with no road atlas? WHAT THE!

.

It boggles the mind, it does.
I am teaching the kids to read maps, draw maps, understand maps- I don't care if they like it or not. If their precious GPS doesn't work or has a malfunction, at least my kids will be able to look at a map and know North from West

I can't tell you how frustrated I get about this.... grrrrrr
.

It boggles the mind, it does.
I am teaching the kids to read maps, draw maps, understand maps- I don't care if they like it or not. If their precious GPS doesn't work or has a malfunction, at least my kids will be able to look at a map and know North from West

I can't tell you how frustrated I get about this.... grrrrrr

Map reading/toting IMVHO is like tying your shoes, you should never leave home without them secured and in your posession. I actually home schooled my oldest DD all through middle school because in 6th grade she couldn't find France of Oklahoma for that matter. Not the only reason, but it was the straw so to speak. It was a great experience and she is now in grad school with 2 bachelor degrees under her belt. Because of this my middle one also a DD could read when she started kindergarten.
GPS systems go out of range, some back roads are not shown. MAPS! Never leave home without one, and learn how to fold one when you are done if it isn't an atlas type. Maps are worth their wieght in gold when you are in a rural area at night.
.

We are in year 6 of homeschooling- love it.
Map reading is not optional in this family
.

We are in year 6 of homeschooling- love it.
Map reading is not optional in this family

Map reading should not be optional in school either!
.

We are in year 6 of homeschooling- love it.
Map reading is not optional in this family

Map reading should not be optional in school either!

I really don't want to do this, my fingers are typing...they won't stop.
Handwriting is optional. Yep optional. We homeschooled our daughters until buying this B&B. When they arrived at school they had the most beautiful handwriting, and no other children had been taught cursive, nor were they going to be.
Maps were something we studied and I still feel is important. As you can tell, as I go on my little rampage rants about it probably every week here. I get it, just like being bad at math, being bad at reading maths, I totally understand. But you still need to use them!
.

We are in year 6 of homeschooling- love it.
Map reading is not optional in this family

Map reading should not be optional in school either!

I really don't want to do this, my fingers are typing...they won't stop.
Handwriting is optional. Yep optional. We homeschooled our daughters until buying this B&B. When they arrived at school they had the most beautiful handwriting, and no other children had been taught cursive, nor were they going to be.
Maps were something we studied and I still feel is important. As you can tell, as I go on my little rampage rants about it probably every week here. I get it, just like being bad at math, being bad at reading maths, I totally understand. But you still need to use them!

Handwriting might be optional in school, as it is here, but it shouldn't BE! I guess the powers that be figure no one will ever sit down to write a letter, all they have to do is sign their name, email, or text. Gone are the days when a young person longed for the mail to hear from a sweetheart. Now they just S kype. I have used it, I email, I text, but when it is important there is nothing like a hand written letter.
OK I am done now, I feel better just typing that, but I will probably write about it later to satisfy my need to use pen and paper to record my thoughts.
.

And we're now admonished not to write paragraphs because of too much eye strain when writing a paragraph to be read on a monitor. I spent too many years writing to give up on paragraph structure now!
.

And we're now admonished not to write paragraphs because of too much eye strain when writing a paragraph to be read on a monitor. I spent too many years writing to give up on paragraph structure now!

The best way to avoid eye strain in making paragraphs is to be sure they don't spread completely across the screen. No one reads like that! Newspapers do columns, books are not that wide. Everyone should make sure their website is structured so the text is 'contained' and doesn't wander all over the place.
.

And we're now admonished not to write paragraphs because of too much eye strain when writing a paragraph to be read on a monitor. I spent too many years writing to give up on paragraph structure now!

The best way to avoid eye strain in making paragraphs is to be sure they don't spread completely across the screen. No one reads like that! Newspapers do columns, books are not that wide. Everyone should make sure their website is structured so the text is 'contained' and doesn't wander all over the place.

This thread has been officially hijacked and is now headed to Havana.

.

Necessitiamos hablar en espanol?
.

Necessitiamos hablar en espanol?

[COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]No. Es[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]necesario atenerse[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]al tema[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]de la rosca.[/COLOR]
.

Necessitiamos hablar en espanol?

[COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]No. Es[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]necesario atenerse[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]al tema[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]de la rosca.[/COLOR]

Es imposible.
.

Necessitiamos hablar en espanol?

[COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]No. Es[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]necesario atenerse[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]al tema[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]de la rosca.[/COLOR]

Es imposible.

It's just so aggravating to follow up on a post response to see that it has absolutely no relevance to the original subject. I don't like to waste time and I especially don't like it when others waste my time.
.

You can turn off the emails you're getting whenever someone posts on a thread. That way you don't have to follow up, you can just read whatever takes your fancy. Most of the time I just click the thread to mark it read and don't even read stuff I don't care about.
We can't stop doing this, it's just the natural flow of conversation.

 

[Proud Texan]

Funny! Keep us posted on this one! (we may all be in the old geezer's place someday)
Please don't tell me they're from Arkansas..

He made it! Used to be a truck driver, he told me this a.m. and he just wrote down what DH told him. Was here in less than 10 minutes from the time he called.
.

He made it! Used to be a truck driver, he told me this a.m. and he just wrote down what DH told him. Was here in less than 10 minutes from the time he called.

Oh yeah! So they ended up being good to go, I like that. Unfortunately for us, we don't know he is a truck driver, and what we have are people driving 2 hours to go 10 miles...doh!
I think a blog needs to be written about truck drivers. Common sense. The things you CAN'T DO if you are hauling tractor trailers...you might drive a bit differently then thinking you are invinsible, driving down dark gravel roads into the woods in the wee hours! haha
.

He made it! Used to be a truck driver, he told me this a.m. and he just wrote down what DH told him. Was here in less than 10 minutes from the time he called.

I think a blog needs to be written about truck drivers. Common sense. The things you CAN'T DO if you are hauling tractor trailers...

MAP READING
.

He made it! Used to be a truck driver, he told me this a.m. and he just wrote down what DH told him. Was here in less than 10 minutes from the time he called.

I think a blog needs to be written about truck drivers. Common sense. The things you CAN'T DO if you are hauling tractor trailers...

MAP READING

P, this is the funny part, 95% of our guests don't even have a map with them. It is a peeve of mine, how can you travel across country with no road atlas? WHAT THE!

.

It boggles the mind, it does.
I am teaching the kids to read maps, draw maps, understand maps- I don't care if they like it or not. If their precious GPS doesn't work or has a malfunction, at least my kids will be able to look at a map and know North from West

I can't tell you how frustrated I get about this.... grrrrrr
.

It boggles the mind, it does.
I am teaching the kids to read maps, draw maps, understand maps- I don't care if they like it or not. If their precious GPS doesn't work or has a malfunction, at least my kids will be able to look at a map and know North from West

I can't tell you how frustrated I get about this.... grrrrrr

Map reading/toting IMVHO is like tying your shoes, you should never leave home without them secured and in your posession. I actually home schooled my oldest DD all through middle school because in 6th grade she couldn't find France of Oklahoma for that matter. Not the only reason, but it was the straw so to speak. It was a great experience and she is now in grad school with 2 bachelor degrees under her belt. Because of this my middle one also a DD could read when she started kindergarten.
GPS systems go out of range, some back roads are not shown. MAPS! Never leave home without one, and learn how to fold one when you are done if it isn't an atlas type. Maps are worth their wieght in gold when you are in a rural area at night.
.

We are in year 6 of homeschooling- love it.
Map reading is not optional in this family
.

We are in year 6 of homeschooling- love it.
Map reading is not optional in this family

Map reading should not be optional in school either!
.

We are in year 6 of homeschooling- love it.
Map reading is not optional in this family

Map reading should not be optional in school either!

I really don't want to do this, my fingers are typing...they won't stop.
Handwriting is optional. Yep optional. We homeschooled our daughters until buying this B&B. When they arrived at school they had the most beautiful handwriting, and no other children had been taught cursive, nor were they going to be.
Maps were something we studied and I still feel is important. As you can tell, as I go on my little rampage rants about it probably every week here. I get it, just like being bad at math, being bad at reading maths, I totally understand. But you still need to use them!
.

We are in year 6 of homeschooling- love it.
Map reading is not optional in this family

Map reading should not be optional in school either!

I really don't want to do this, my fingers are typing...they won't stop.
Handwriting is optional. Yep optional. We homeschooled our daughters until buying this B&B. When they arrived at school they had the most beautiful handwriting, and no other children had been taught cursive, nor were they going to be.
Maps were something we studied and I still feel is important. As you can tell, as I go on my little rampage rants about it probably every week here. I get it, just like being bad at math, being bad at reading maths, I totally understand. But you still need to use them!

Handwriting might be optional in school, as it is here, but it shouldn't BE! I guess the powers that be figure no one will ever sit down to write a letter, all they have to do is sign their name, email, or text. Gone are the days when a young person longed for the mail to hear from a sweetheart. Now they just S kype. I have used it, I email, I text, but when it is important there is nothing like a hand written letter.
OK I am done now, I feel better just typing that, but I will probably write about it later to satisfy my need to use pen and paper to record my thoughts.
.

And we're now admonished not to write paragraphs because of too much eye strain when writing a paragraph to be read on a monitor. I spent too many years writing to give up on paragraph structure now!
.

And we're now admonished not to write paragraphs because of too much eye strain when writing a paragraph to be read on a monitor. I spent too many years writing to give up on paragraph structure now!

The best way to avoid eye strain in making paragraphs is to be sure they don't spread completely across the screen. No one reads like that! Newspapers do columns, books are not that wide. Everyone should make sure their website is structured so the text is 'contained' and doesn't wander all over the place.
.

And we're now admonished not to write paragraphs because of too much eye strain when writing a paragraph to be read on a monitor. I spent too many years writing to give up on paragraph structure now!

The best way to avoid eye strain in making paragraphs is to be sure they don't spread completely across the screen. No one reads like that! Newspapers do columns, books are not that wide. Everyone should make sure their website is structured so the text is 'contained' and doesn't wander all over the place.

This thread has been officially hijacked and is now headed to Havana.

.

Necessitiamos hablar en espanol?
.

Necessitiamos hablar en espanol?

[COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]No. Es[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]necesario atenerse[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]al tema[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]de la rosca.[/COLOR]
.

Necessitiamos hablar en espanol?

[COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]No. Es[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]necesario atenerse[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]al tema[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]de la rosca.[/COLOR]

Es imposible.
.

Necessitiamos hablar en espanol?

[COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]No. Es[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]necesario atenerse[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]al tema[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]de la rosca.[/COLOR]

Es imposible.

It's just so aggravating to follow up on a post response to see that it has absolutely no relevance to the original subject. I don't like to waste time and I especially don't like it when others waste my time.
.

You can turn off the emails you're getting whenever someone posts on a thread. That way you don't have to follow up, you can just read whatever takes your fancy. Most of the time I just click the thread to mark it read and don't even read stuff I don't care about.
We can't stop doing this, it's just the natural flow of conversation.
.

You can turn off the emails you're getting whenever someone posts on a thread. That way you don't have to follow up, you can just read whatever takes your fancy. Most of the time I just click the thread to mark it read and don't even read stuff I don't care about.
We can't stop doing this, it's just the natural flow of conversation.

I've never had email notifications. I don't need my in-box choked with more spam. I don't think it would hurt to exercise a little self control. At least start a new thread.