Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 1836

badgoodDeb · 02-08-2011, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

Like this?

Cheers,
MARC! MARC! MARC!

Is this similar to mud wrestling?? I mean -- that cool lookin' fast car isn't GOING anywhere. What's the point?? (sorry, maybe I'm just a "girl")

Sphygmomanometer. Sphygmomanometer. Sphygmomanometer.
Yeah --- I like the word. I had to pronounce it in my head; I can't just pass up a humungo word like that without figuring out how to pronounce it. It feels nice on the tongue!

kennyc · 02-08-2011, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Is this similar to mud wrestling?? I mean -- that cool lookin' fast car isn't GOING anywhere. What's the point?? (sorry, maybe I'm just a "girl")

Sphygmomanometer. Sphygmomanometer. Sphygmomanometer.
Yeah --- I like the word. I had to pronounce it in my head; I can't just pass up a humungo word like that without figuring out how to pronounce it. It feels nice on the tongue!

I still couldn't so had to find someone to say if for me:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sphygmomanometer

devilsadvocate · 02-08-2011, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

Yes, for some reason some HSV (Holden Special Vehicles) owners occasionally replace the standard Holden badge with the Chevy one. I mean, I know the connection, but I never really understood how this enhanced the car. Not that I'm criticising Chevy, but I don't understand how it's any better than a Holden badge. And it goes against every "Holden family"'s basic ethic - the long term polarised slur against the Ford Falcon (and a "Ford family") was its American-ness (just your usual, insular nationalism, never obscured by little things like facts

).

It could be considered a slur against the States, but only a car guy would get the connotation and said car guy would have to be pretty knowledgeable about things on both sides of the Pacific:

As you may or may not know, cars in the U.S. pretty much sucked for years. There were a few exceptions but by and large, as long as there were people thick enough to believe that badge engineering made the same cars into different ones, GM could (and did) increase market share. Finally, as Toyota, BMW, Mercedes, Honda et al went from merely stealing GM's lunch money to physically moving in, GM discovered what a lot of American car enthusiasts had known for years: Holden kept many of their better cars rear-drive and capable of performance (as did Opel, another GM sub, in Germany) with no real difference in reliability. So, 15 or 20 years too late, GM's North American VP (a former Marine) got fed up with the bureaucratic crap and brought the Monaro and Commodore over here. The Monaro got a Pontiac grille and became the GTO, one of the most revered names in American automotive history. Awesome car (if a bit on the portly side), performed great, good reliability...and everyone here bitched because it handled too well and didn't have fake hood scoops. The Commodore became the G8 which got rave reviews even though under the skin they're pretty much the same car, then GM got rid of the Pontiac division entirely because they're idiots.

Anyway, The cars were so great that the above-mentioned VP swore he'd keep them around, most likely as Chevys; the Monaro becoming the Impala (another hallowed name) and the Commodore becoming (probably) the Caprice. Neither one happened, the VP retired, GM's selling off Opel(!) and we still have front-drive granny-mobiles except the Camaro which at this point I really can't get all that excited about. So that's the significance of that car having a Chevy badge on it; a LHD version of it almost existed but never did because of bureaucratic pinheads.

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

Mind you, when the SsangYong Musso came out in Australia, some of the owners who bought it with the Merc' diesel in it replaced their front and rear badges with Merc badges. I can understand that Merc' might be considered a better vehicle manufacturer than SsangYong, but I'm pretty sure that anyone who knew it had a Merc' engine in thought this owner-rebadging pretty tragic, and anyone who didn't know wondered who the owner thought they were fooling. I think that car was definitely a "Clarence".

Cheers,
Marc

I had to Wikipedia that one...looks like something Isuzu would sell over here. I've seen that type of behavior before:

phenomshel · 02-08-2011, 04:57 PM

Rejoicing.... Toryn (grandbaby, for those who don't know) finally had her followup EEG today. No bleeding in her skull, and they can start weaning her off the seizure meds. Also passed a test to check for epilepsy with flying colors. (According to her mom, it's like a strobe light test - well, Toryn wanted the lights back when they stopped!). She goes back for yet another followup in June to make sure she's all clear once they stop the meds.
It's getting close to the time I'm finally going to get to hold her!

Stitchawl · 02-08-2011, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Rejoicing.... Toryn (grandbaby, for those who don't know) finally had her followup EEG today. No bleeding in her skull, and they can start weaning her off the seizure meds. Also passed a test to check for epilepsy with flying colors. (According to her mom, it's like a strobe light test - well, Toryn wanted the lights back when they stopped!). She goes back for yet another followup in June to make sure she's all clear once they stop the meds.
It's getting close to the time I'm finally going to get to hold her!

Happiness is a healthy baby.

I'll bet you just can't wait to hold her yourself!
The joys of grandmahood! All the giggles and none of the diapers!

Stitchawl

kennyc · 02-08-2011, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Rejoicing.... Toryn (grandbaby, for those who don't know) finally had her followup EEG today. No bleeding in her skull, and they can start weaning her off the seizure meds. Also passed a test to check for epilepsy with flying colors. (According to her mom, it's like a strobe light test - well, Toryn wanted the lights back when they stopped!). She goes back for yet another followup in June to make sure she's all clear once they stop the meds.
It's getting close to the time I'm finally going to get to hold her!

Wonderful! Sounds like great news!

Bilbo1967 · 02-08-2011, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Rejoicing.... Toryn (grandbaby, for those who don't know) finally had her followup EEG today. No bleeding in her skull, and they can start weaning her off the seizure meds. Also passed a test to check for epilepsy with flying colors. (According to her mom, it's like a strobe light test - well, Toryn wanted the lights back when they stopped!). She goes back for yet another followup in June to make sure she's all clear once they stop the meds.
It's getting close to the time I'm finally going to get to hold her!

Excellent news. Congratulations!

poohbear_nc · 02-08-2011, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Rejoicing.... Toryn (grandbaby, for those who don't know) finally had her followup EEG today. No bleeding in her skull, and they can start weaning her off the seizure meds. Also passed a test to check for epilepsy with flying colors. (According to her mom, it's like a strobe light test - well, Toryn wanted the lights back when they stopped!). She goes back for yet another followup in June to make sure she's all clear once they stop the meds.
It's getting close to the time I'm finally going to get to hold her!

Splendid news! Wonderful news! The best-ist of news!

We'll be waiting for pics when you finally get to cuddle her!

bjones6416 · 02-08-2011, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Rejoicing.... Toryn (grandbaby, for those who don't know) finally had her followup EEG today. No bleeding in her skull, and they can start weaning her off the seizure meds. Also passed a test to check for epilepsy with flying colors. (According to her mom, it's like a strobe light test - well, Toryn wanted the lights back when they stopped!). She goes back for yet another followup in June to make sure she's all clear once they stop the meds.
It's getting close to the time I'm finally going to get to hold her!

That is wonderful news! I love that she thought the strobe lights were solely for her entertainment! How old is she now? I can't remember what month she was born in.

phenomshel · 02-08-2011, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Happiness is a healthy baby.

I'll bet you just can't wait to hold her yourself!
The joys of grandmahood! All the giggles and none of the diapers!

Stitchawl

Love the way you put that, and yeah, that's how I'm looking it. All giggles and no diapers!

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Wonderful! Sounds like great news!

Yes, the best, Kenny!

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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Excellent news. Congratulations!

Thanks Bilbo!

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Splendid news! Wonderful news! The best-ist of news!

We'll be waiting for pics when you finally get to cuddle her!

Can't wait for that day, Pooh.

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Originally Posted by bjones6416

That is wonderful news! I love that she thought the strobe lights were solely for her entertainment! How old is she now? I can't remember what month she was born in.

She was born Oct. 26. So four months. She sounds so cute when I'm on the phone with her mama.

kindlekitten · 02-08-2011, 10:46 PM

what a fantastic report shel!

desertblues · 02-09-2011, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Rejoicing.... Toryn (grandbaby, for those who don't know) finally had her followup EEG today. No bleeding in her skull, and they can start weaning her off the seizure meds. Also passed a test to check for epilepsy with flying colors. (According to her mom, it's like a strobe light test - well, Toryn wanted the lights back when they stopped!). She goes back for yet another followup in June to make sure she's all clear once they stop the meds.
It's getting close to the time I'm finally going to get to hold her!

Congrats! What can be better than some good prospects for a tiny baby?You all must have been so worried. Enjoy the good times and congrats again!

Crusader · 02-09-2011, 02:11 AM

Just unpacked some new books. I'm still a sucker for physical books as well as ebooks and just couldn't resist (again!).

nohmi2 · 02-09-2011, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Rejoicing.... Toryn (grandbaby, for those who don't know) finally had her followup EEG today. No bleeding in her skull, and they can start weaning her off the seizure meds. Also passed a test to check for epilepsy with flying colors. (According to her mom, it's like a strobe light test - well, Toryn wanted the lights back when they stopped!). She goes back for yet another followup in June to make sure she's all clear once they stop the meds.
It's getting close to the time I'm finally going to get to hold her!

I am so happy for all concerned phenomeshel.

The first time that you hold this little one will be magical. Enjoy to the fullest.

Cheers

WT Sharpe · 02-09-2011, 10:44 AM

Cleaning the bedroom.

Anyone have a shovel I can borrow?

02-08-2011, 04:57 PM	#27529
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Rejoicing.... Toryn (grandbaby, for those who don't know) finally had her followup EEG today. No bleeding in her skull, and they can start weaning her off the seizure meds. Also passed a test to check for epilepsy with flying colors. (According to her mom, it's like a strobe light test - well, Toryn wanted the lights back when they stopped!). She goes back for yet another followup in June to make sure she's all clear once they stop the meds. It's getting close to the time I'm finally going to get to hold her!

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kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	what a fantastic report shel!

02-09-2011, 02:11 AM	#27538
Crusader Space Cadet Posts: 1,180 Karma: 4030536 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South Africa Device: Sony PRS-T1, Cybook Opus, Kobo Glo	Just unpacked some new books. I'm still a sucker for physical books as well as ebooks and just couldn't resist (again!).

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WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Cleaning the bedroom. Anyone have a shovel I can borrow?