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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4344 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.9
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I am pleased that my new great-grandson was born healthy! I fear the America and world he inherits will be increasingly grim.
Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned! What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq
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Tangle Member Posts: 9489 From: UK Joined: Member Rating: 4.9
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Congrats, I'm sure he'll make it better.
Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London. Olen Suomi Soy Barcelona. I am Ukraine. "Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4344 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.9
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Thanks, and I hope so!
Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned! What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq
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Phat Member Posts: 18262 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
I have no kids but know how I feel about my grand-nephews.
They are the hope, along with your grandson and others. We cant give up. My oldest grandnephew(16) was given a trip to Japan by my sister. He is there now with her. I would be scared to be a kid in today's world but my time has come and gone.
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Theodoric Member Posts: 9076 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: Member Rating: 3.7 |
Congrats. As my oldest handicapped, 40, will never have children and my youngest is 13. I am sure I will never meet a great-grandchild. I am 60 so meeting a grandchild may even be a stretch.
Edited by Theodoric, . What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?
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dwise1 Member Posts: 5930 Joined: Member Rating: 5.8 |
Somewhat ditto. We had our older son when I was 30 and he was at the end of his 30's before having his sons, so I'll be hitting my 90's before they get out of school let alone marry.
But at least my in-laws got to meet their great-grandsons.
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Minnemooseus Member Posts: 3941 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: Member Rating: 10.0 |
Supposedly, chain of 6 mothers in this video (youngest daughter and 6 mothers).
Apparently, you can't embed a "short". https://youtube.com/shorts/oA2Fd4m38xs?feature=share Seems to be a chain of +/-15 year old mothers. Moose
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Omnivorous Member Posts: 3978 From: Adirondackia Joined: Member Rating: 7.3 |
Moose: And all the children are above average.
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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4344 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.9 |
And all the children are above average. Above average what?Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned! What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq
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dwise1 Member Posts: 5930 Joined: Member Rating: 5.8
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Just a wild guess on my part that it's a cultural reference:
Garrison Keillor, Prairie Home Companion:
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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4344 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.9 |
My daughter and I are waiting to hear if the newest member of the family has inherited my maternal grandfather's sneeze. It is a very distinctive rapid fire long series of sneezes (often 10 or more) without time for a breath in between. My mother had this sneeze and I have it and my daughter has it and on the day my grandson was born he sneezed and I knew he was my grandson and now maybe his son.
I have only encountered one other non family member person who sneezes like that and she said her father sneezes that way too. Anticipation...Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned! What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq
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dwise1 Member Posts: 5930 Joined: Member Rating: 5.8
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Better than our family trait from my father's side: love of beans.
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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4344 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.9 |
Ah, the musical fruit! I had a friend in high school who could "hummmmm" the opening line of the Star-Spangled Banner."
Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned! What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq
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