Sudokuaholics Anonymous

How'bout a song, Ruby?

Kathy, don't evoke her spirit!

TA DA!!! Sorry, Ruby I honestly wasn't trying!

I couldn't sing a lick now, Kathy. I'm exhausted from all this posting.

It wasn't a , you, Kathy. It was just a .

Ruby, if you're talking about the sunglasses, thank you and here! here! I've aways hated sitting in front, especially in school.
Kath, what part of Maryland are you in? I'm sorry, I know your answer is a repeat, but my elderly mind doesn't remember.

And my elderly mind doesn't remember saying it before!
I live in Bowie, it's halfway between Annapolis and Washington, DC

Know it well. Did you go to high school there?

Cyndi, what sunglasses?

You mean the filters. When I got DSL they sent me filters so it wouldn't mess up the phones. Ironic, huh? The filters go bad and mess up the phones.

Hey, Ruby away! I went back several pages and tried counting the posts, different # each page Don't try it, scrolling and counting practically blinded me!

Cyndi: No, but my kids did. How come you know about Bowie?

I wasn't about to go back and count. I just got carried away that one time. It won't happen again.

Back to the puzzles for me. Wheeee!

Ruby: Oh o, I thought DSL was supposed to cause
fewer problems. Sorry, Kathy had told me to wear sunglasses and mine don't filter the sun too much.
Kathy: I grew up in Maryland, in a DC suburb--Suitland. It was verrrry differeent then.

Ruby: Of course it will. We must band together and keep MizT under control

We've been here for 30+ years. Bowie has gotten much larger over the years. Big shopping mall (Town Center), lots of restaurants, we even have our own police force! Good thing too, crime has risen with the growth

Wow Kathy; it really has grown. Is there still a horse track (or was i a raceway)? I don't know of Suitland has its own police force or not, but it sure needs one. Although all of my memories are there, it's nothing like it used to be.
Well, got the towels all folded; now I've got the whites to deal with--gotta do the t-shirts before they become a mass of wrinkles. But, I think I have to sit here for a while, my back is killing me!

RUBY, there are 40 posts per page. and look at the number of comments, I see that just under the title, Sudokuaholics Anonoymous. multiply 40 x page number, subtract number of comments from that, and how many more posts you neeed to turn over to new page.
15X40=600, we are at 578, or were when I started typing, need 22 more posts.

YOU KNOW YOU ARE A SUDOKUAHOLIC when you do the sites longest CP to get to top of a page. AND STILL do not make top spot. YEP, ruby belings here hehehe.

CP, you happen to have another cereal avator handy?? Ruby deserves a prize.

May I be readmitted to the room now? and my hands are tired from sitting on them.

600 comments would get you the bottom of page 15, 601 will push you over.

CYNDI, ask all the computer questions you want. We all had to learn, and I learned a LOT by asking friendly folks how to do what I wanted to do. I am available any time, lots of others are also, so ask away, learn something new today.

The race track closed for racing years ago. They still use it for training.
The Baltimore Orioles minor league AA team (Bowie Baysox) is here. The stadium has been here for 15 years. Just off Rt.301. We have season tickets and really enjoy spending summer evenings there. As a matter of fact, there's a game tonight, so I need to get ready to go. Nice chatting with you.

One more post...'cause she's a special case!
Okay, MizT. You may get off your hands. Fold them in your lap, back straight, feet on the floor. Very good! You may stay.

MizTricia thank you for making me feel more accepted (acceptable?).
Kathy: Enjoy the game.
Gotta go fold a few t-shirts. Will be back shortly.

Chalkboard, I received answers about how to make a area of a quilt recede. All 3 suggested heavy quilting. I forgot to ask what color thread though, but I am thinking with a thread that blends in. I can ask again, my bad.

One lady who is very creative said slash your sashing and add batik fabric between the pieces, would reduce the amount of dark and refocus onto the batiks. Might work if you are playing down the Sudoku grid connection. When she said slash, i thought of the medieval sleeves, where fabric is behind and sort of pulled through. Or more neatly done, make a slash in the sashing, equal to half the length between blocks and centered, turn under the edges and pull back, sort of like in Cathedral Windows block, but in a football shape, rather than an equal diamond shape, with batik fabric behind. You see, each of us would make a different quilt from what you started hehehe.

OK, just our thoughts, and hope theyInspire you on to something that is just right for your quilt. We had fun talking about it though, thanks for letting us play with your idea a bit.

A prize for Ruby in her failed quest to be atop of the page should be an emerald encrusted wand that she can wave at Kathy, who not only beats her to the top BUT also tries to get her to work against her GEMINI sisters! Kathy, just in case you don't know, we geminis are sweet, but we can change quickly....you, little Miss, have made some smart cracks,'admitted elderly nuts near the chair'...'watch out for them'....moving chairs around to avoid us....NO WAY! As much as it pains me I do fear, we are going to be forced to banish you to the naughty room, so that we can play! Yes, I'm the big sister of the gemini three...what a different position in life for me. My siblings are also gemini, and I am the baby of that group..yet here I am and I bear the big sister role with pride...since I've lived my 3 score and 10 and I'm now reaching to add another one. My mom said it was borrowed time...but that's okay, because theres plenty around. So gather around and hear me well....Lets have a blast while we are ALL here. Life is short, so use it well, and May you feel special every day...Just because you are! Peace!

Well, looks like the older generation !!!! have been busy overnight, added 2 pages while I was in snooze land.
RUBY all that effort and to be piped at the top by KATHY. And MizT 11 out of 14 pages
Cindi, nice to see you again..

and hello to Chalkboard, Meg, vdV, Sue, GrannieMo, Rena... Nice to see so many people at the meeting.
RENA - how is Gumballs Thumb.
MAMA - 2 more sleeps !!!

Almost forgot to bring my Comfy Chair.
It is cold here this morning. The weather man on the radio at 7.00am (a hour ago), said it was 3.4C in Perth, and the suburb near where I live it got down to .9C (usually the coldest spot overnight in Perth). Brrr Brrr Brrr I think my heater in the family room is going to stay on a little longer than usual this morning.

ROLA, MAMA, why is Mama counting sleeps? Her birthday is still a bit away, what else exciting does she have going on. we ask, with concern, cause she is the oldest, I mean the big sister

Oops forgot to say hello to Jenni....
I heard on the radio, it should be a good year for snowfall in the Alps...

morning MizT...
Mama is counting sleep because her birthday is 23 May.. 2 sleeps for her

Thanks MizT, thought I would go for the Cereal Post - as I am about to have fruit, yoghurt and my Cereal for brecky...

Hey did the photo of me and my cherubs come out alright on the email I sent

one more for CP

Morning Rola & MizT & Mamacita & anyone else still around, wow you people have been active while I've been away catching the Z's. So much reading & strange happenings to read.
It is freezing here this morning as well Rola, I still haven't taken my jacket off since I arrived at work.

What sort of cereal would you like Rola, you CPer you.

Mamacita, you may well be the biggest, too. I'm only 5'1 1/2' We won't discuss the other dimensions and I don't know how to express it metrically. When I was in the first grade the teacher said the metric system was coming. It hasn't gotten to me yet.

Hey Miss Pebbles. They sure have been busy. The triplets have been trying to out do each other !!!!

Ruby, at 5' 1 1/2 '' you are still taller than I.
Me - 5' 1''....
like you imperial measurements I am much more familiar with than metric that came in the year after I left School at 15