The Happy Thread IV - Page 47

**Mari** · 09-03-2010, 06:28 PM

There are more boys than girls in the world, so having three sons should statistically be more common than having three daughters. Though the chances of having a boy or a girl always are and will remain 50/50 of course.
And the information above is also pretty much the only information I retained after 6 years of maths

Gwaimir Windgem · 09-03-2010, 06:36 PM

Really, that's all you need.

**Mari** · 09-05-2010, 07:45 AM

*chuckles* I guess so.

I bought 24 books yesterday. All English, most of them useful for my studies as a teacher of English. So yay!

Nerdanel · 09-05-2010, 08:22 AM

i'm going to morocco tomorrow! in 2 weeks, we have our wedding party there.. i like to call it my third wedding (with the same person).

but even without the party, morocco is always nice, my new family is awesome, there are tens of cats and lots of cool insects to take photos of.

***Jonathan*** · 09-05-2010, 08:52 AM

How exotic! Dare I assume that the party will include some elements of Moroccan culture, such as yummy Berber cuisine and perhaps classic Andalusian music?
Where in Morocco will the party take place?

I'm sure you guys will have one heck of a time!

Nerdanel · 09-05-2010, 01:07 PM

it'll have some moroccan, some lebanese and some indian food.

there'll be some classic moroccan music, but also lots of arabic pop. that's going to be great.. :P

the party will be on my partner's parents' farm near rabat.. it's a beautiful place.

i like your sig, btw.

***Jonathan*** · 09-05-2010, 01:31 PM

Thank you! You Carl Sagan quotes are pretty neat too

Here's hoping you'll have the party of your life down there

Have fun!

**Mari** · 09-05-2010, 04:48 PM

What Jon said

And safe journey!

Gwaimir Windgem · 09-05-2010, 05:23 PM

*jealous* I've always thought North Africa must be gorgeous, and wanted to go.

***Varnafindë*** · 09-05-2010, 05:57 PM

Yesterday I met with my cousins and we decided how to share what we've inherited from our aunt who died earlier this year.

We first went through the things that had some value - jewellery and silverware, mostly (did you know that there are special kitchen utensils for serving tomatoes?). Then we went on to all the china - dinnerware and teacups - and textiles - tablecloths and lace - and glassware - and furniture - everything that was in the flat. (There was no real estate involved.)

I'm happy that we had a lovely day together and didn't fall out over anything. Sometimes there were items that more than one of us wanted, but either we drew lots about it or we resolved it in other ways. No hard feelings.

We even had fun - perhaps partly to keep the sadness of the occasion away, but also because we usually do have fun when we're together.
I really should make a point of seeing them more often - we hadn't met since the last funeral ...

Nerdanel · 09-05-2010, 06:00 PM

thanks, all!

i'm sure it'll be a great party..

and gwai, yeah, it's really beautiful. a lot of it is desert, of course, which is gorgeous: but there's so much else. and the changes in altitude brings a lot: some places feel a lot like finnish forests, because they're so high up. o.O to be fair, i've only been in morocco of all the northern african countries, so i can't know how awesome the whole place is.

i wish to see more of it, soon.

8 hours until take-off!

***Rían*** · 09-06-2010, 01:22 AM

Sounds wonderful, Nel!

Gwaimir Windgem · 09-06-2010, 01:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Varnafindë

did you know that there are special kitchen utensils for serving tomatoes?

There certainly ought to be. The tomato is a truly magnificent creature.

***Rían*** · 09-06-2010, 02:17 AM

There's all sorts of fun things in old silver services!

(not that I have one ...

)

I'm so glad it went well - too many times it can go waaaaay bad! And now you have some nice mementos of her

**Mari** · 09-06-2010, 01:22 PM

What Rian said. All of it.

***Varnafindë*** · 09-06-2010, 04:55 PM

One of the mementos she wanted me to have (all of us had some jewellery mentioned in her will) was her mother's wedding ring, that is, the wedding ring of my maternal grandmother, with my grandfather's name inscribed in it (Din Knut 21/6 - 19) (din=your).

I want to add something to it - a tiny emerald, if it's not too ridiculously expensive and if the color suits the gold well, or something else to decorate it - and then wear it a lot. I've been wearing my mother's wedding ring ever since she died.

**Mari** · 09-07-2010, 04:34 AM

Sounds like a nice plan. I liked having something special just for me when my grandfather died. It was even more special since he thought about it for me and decided I should be the one to have it.

***Earniel*** · 09-07-2010, 05:53 AM

I got my great-grandmother's jewel box that way. I didn't particularly cared for the contents, but she knew I loved the box itself. So when she died, it was given to me with what remained of her jewellery after the rest of the family had picked out what they wanted as memento for themselves. I still use it and think of her often that way. It still is as shiny.

***Varnafindë*** · 09-07-2010, 07:05 AM

That's a good memento as well

The shinyness could be a problem in my case - I don't want to have take the ring off every time I wash my hands (I'm bound to leave it behind sooner or later

), and then perhaps an emerald or some other glittering stone isn't so good.
I'd love to add malachite, but that's too porous to withstand water, so same problem.

Perhaps just some tiny gold object - I guess I should look at jewellery sites

**Mari** · 09-07-2010, 10:38 AM

Why wouldn't you be able to wash an emerald?

09-03-2010, 06:28 PM	#921
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	There are more boys than girls in the world, so having three sons should statistically be more common than having three daughters. Though the chances of having a boy or a girl always are and will remain 50/50 of course. And the information above is also pretty much the only information I retained after 6 years of maths __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

09-03-2010, 06:36 PM	#922
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Really, that's all you need. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

09-05-2010, 07:45 AM	#923
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	chuckles I guess so. I bought 24 books yesterday. All English, most of them useful for my studies as a teacher of English. So yay! __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

09-05-2010, 08:22 AM	#924
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	i'm going to morocco tomorrow! in 2 weeks, we have our wedding party there.. i like to call it my third wedding (with the same person). but even without the party, morocco is always nice, my new family is awesome, there are tens of cats and lots of cool insects to take photos of. __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

09-05-2010, 08:52 AM	#925
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	How exotic! Dare I assume that the party will include some elements of Moroccan culture, such as yummy Berber cuisine and perhaps classic Andalusian music? Where in Morocco will the party take place? I'm sure you guys will have one heck of a time! __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

09-05-2010, 01:07 PM	#926
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	it'll have some moroccan, some lebanese and some indian food. there'll be some classic moroccan music, but also lots of arabic pop. that's going to be great.. :P the party will be on my partner's parents' farm near rabat.. it's a beautiful place. i like your sig, btw. __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

09-05-2010, 01:31 PM	#927
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Thank you! You Carl Sagan quotes are pretty neat too Here's hoping you'll have the party of your life down there Have fun! __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

09-05-2010, 04:48 PM	#928
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	What Jon said And safe journey! __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

09-05-2010, 05:23 PM	#929
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	jealous I've always thought North Africa must be gorgeous, and wanted to go. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

09-05-2010, 05:57 PM	#930
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	Yesterday I met with my cousins and we decided how to share what we've inherited from our aunt who died earlier this year. We first went through the things that had some value - jewellery and silverware, mostly (did you know that there are special kitchen utensils for serving tomatoes?). Then we went on to all the china - dinnerware and teacups - and textiles - tablecloths and lace - and glassware - and furniture - everything that was in the flat. (There was no real estate involved.) I'm happy that we had a lovely day together and didn't fall out over anything. Sometimes there were items that more than one of us wanted, but either we drew lots about it or we resolved it in other ways. No hard feelings. We even had fun - perhaps partly to keep the sadness of the occasion away, but also because we usually do have fun when we're together. I really should make a point of seeing them more often - we hadn't met since the last funeral ... __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

09-05-2010, 06:00 PM	#931
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	thanks, all! i'm sure it'll be a great party.. and gwai, yeah, it's really beautiful. a lot of it is desert, of course, which is gorgeous: but there's so much else. and the changes in altitude brings a lot: some places feel a lot like finnish forests, because they're so high up. o.O to be fair, i've only been in morocco of all the northern african countries, so i can't know how awesome the whole place is. i wish to see more of it, soon. 8 hours until take-off! __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

09-06-2010, 01:22 AM	#932
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Sounds wonderful, Nel! __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

09-06-2010, 02:17 AM	#934
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	There's all sorts of fun things in old silver services! (not that I have one ... ) I'm so glad it went well - too many times it can go waaaaay bad! And now you have some nice mementos of her __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! Last edited by Rían : 09-06-2010 at 02:19 AM.

09-06-2010, 01:22 PM	#935
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	What Rian said. All of it. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

09-06-2010, 04:55 PM	#936
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	One of the mementos she wanted me to have (all of us had some jewellery mentioned in her will) was her mother's wedding ring, that is, the wedding ring of my maternal grandmother, with my grandfather's name inscribed in it (Din Knut 21/6 - 19) (din=your). I want to add something to it - a tiny emerald, if it's not too ridiculously expensive and if the color suits the gold well, or something else to decorate it - and then wear it a lot. I've been wearing my mother's wedding ring ever since she died. __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

09-07-2010, 04:34 AM	#937
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Sounds like a nice plan. I liked having something special just for me when my grandfather died. It was even more special since he thought about it for me and decided I should be the one to have it. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

09-07-2010, 05:53 AM	#938
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	I got my great-grandmother's jewel box that way. I didn't particularly cared for the contents, but she knew I loved the box itself. So when she died, it was given to me with what remained of her jewellery after the rest of the family had picked out what they wanted as memento for themselves. I still use it and think of her often that way. It still is as shiny. __________________ We are not things.

09-07-2010, 07:05 AM	#939
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	That's a good memento as well The shinyness could be a problem in my case - I don't want to have take the ring off every time I wash my hands (I'm bound to leave it behind sooner or later ), and then perhaps an emerald or some other glittering stone isn't so good. I'd love to add malachite, but that's too porous to withstand water, so same problem. Perhaps just some tiny gold object - I guess I should look at jewellery sites __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

09-07-2010, 10:38 AM	#940
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Why wouldn't you be able to wash an emerald? __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

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