Tuesday 01-09-2015 – "Hello, Is There Anybody In There?"

That last pic brings back memories from when I lived on a sheep station and the phone line was a ‘party line’ or 5 houses on the same line. Crank the handle in the morse code pattern for the house you wanted or a long crank to get the operator. We had the worst ring ‘S’ or three short rings which was so very easy to miss if the rings were too quick. Also you ran the risk of someone else listening in to your calls and the farm managers wife had a bad habit of doing that or if you wanted to use the phone it was a case of picking up the handset and saying ‘working’ and waiting to see of someone else was already on the line and hoping they remembered to ring off when finished.
The weather today had been wild with gales and heavy rain then sunshine and thick fog this evening. It must be Spring.

Catch you all on the flip side.

Morning all! I remember party lines …. My grandma had one with nosey neighbor Thelma …. I can still hear her saying ‘ don’t say anything you don’t want Thelma to hear’ …. Lol

Yes, a dark day indeed …… Hard to believe people can be so evil!

Son and Mr. AV are going to Israel in Nov. ….. I’m excited for them! A great chance to visit that most holy place!

Rain hasn’t been as bad as I expected …. We’ll see how today goes … Busy input for me … Have a happy one today, all!

Good morning all! Hot and humid here, not going to shut of a/c, no way! Yes, a dark day in history for sure. 🙁
I remember party lines well, wasn’t a fan of them then, and surely remember thinking how barbaric they were. AND long distance phone bills as I lived in the country and my mom lived in town a few minutes away, couldn’t call each other without incurring ridiculous phone bills each month. It was easier and cheaper to drive to see her or her me!
Joan, I didn’t sleep at all night before last, I don’t know what my problem was, except maybe I’m *mooney*! I was exhausted getting up and getting ready for Avery to come, then later in the afternoon I was afraid to sit down for fear I would fall asleep and leave the baby unattended. She is hot to go up the steps by herself and can scale them in seconds if you don’t keep an eye on her. I have got to remember to get a gate this week to stop her, as she’s still to young to teach to go down. She doesn’t realize what can happen if she makes a wrong move!
But last night I went to bed early as I couldn’t stay awake, and slept like the dead. Luckily I woke up! 😛

*waves* at everyone in the Café ….. taking a small break before the afternoon round of inputting … KJ, they are very excited about the trip, they are going to Egypt too …. if I know Son, he’ll squeeze as much into the trip as possible!

KZ, sorry you couldn’t sleep, that happens to me sometimes …. mostly I’ll turn the light on and read …. that will usually make me sleepy again …. Joan you were probably smart not to go outside, the skeeters are terrible this year!

Dau started her first day of substitute teaching today …. she’s doing that while getting her masters …. this was for a high school class, so it should be interesting ….. she’s only 24 and looks like Taylor Swift … so you can imagine those high school boys reactions when they see her! should be interesting! …. her preference is middle school, but you can’t be picky as a substitute …..

Good morning all, after a full on foggy evening and rain overnight the day dawned sunny with a gentle breeze – however there is rain and thunder storms forecast. Welcome to Spring weather.
KJ, you were a naughty young miss listening in on the party line. You never know what you may here. One of the other shepherds wives and I thought up a conversation to have whenever we could hear surreptitious breathing on the line or the sound quality changed. I will never forget the day it all worked, we did our ‘chat’ thinly disguised about the managers wife and heard a gasp and then a handset being slammed down. 😮 😀 😆
Isn’t it strange how we remember our rings from way back then.
Bows head in remembrance of today and what followed.
AV, Israel and Egypt for son and Mr AV. How wonderful and I am sure son will make sure the trip is packed with sightseeing.
KJ, I bet Masada at sunrise was awesome.
Sleep, what is that? I have been having trouble getting a good sleep lately, the reason is black and dappled and hogs the bed. Sigh.
Nice way to begin and end lunch Joan.
HRH has been sitting in front of me just staring at me, I pick her up and cuddle her and put her down and she goes right back to staring. I think I had better go and spend some time with her.

http://themeowpost.com/they-setup-a-secret-camera-to-record-what-their-cats-do-when-the-sun-moves-just-watch/

Yay for finishing those antibiotics, KJ. Bring on the lattes! Emily finishes her antibiotics tomorrow night. Eko has a few more days.

Um, I’d get a huge kick out of watching the vacuumed stuff shrink. :).

Hope everyone gets a good night of sleep tonight.

I find this particularly moving-

Images such as this engraving from a memorial for Jewish fighters from the Warsaw Ghetto stand as grim reminders of the context in which the “Zionism of Fear” –- a yearning for a safe haven for Jews — first arose. Credit: Creative Commons/archer10

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/janedodo/Jews.Fleeing.Poland_zpszztfnrlq.jpg