i know of a good place in rockford, tahra. i think something can be arranged

Jaebom --remind me the week before. planning too far ahead makes me forget things.

There used to be a bar called Bourbon Street my husband and I used to haunt. It was a total dive, but it had live music every night. Not sure if its still there though.

Tahra, player of Tashya

meh. it's not that bad...my friend lives on 7th across the street from the local mexican crack bar. that is a bad neighborhood. the irish rose ain't bad. their selection isn't terrible. was talking about the carlyle brewing company. it's also on state maybe a block from the river on the same side as the irish rose...dunno...maybe 3 or 4 blocks away. good beer in that place.

Jaebom --keep in mind that i try not to spend much time in rockford, if i can help it.

Welcome back Danner!! We missed you!

Daerlynn

...marriage...

just wait until/if you have kids... whole new meaning to the word carzy... "be quite Daddy is playing the word game..." "Daddy why are you laying down and what does that red mean?" <sigh>

In anycase yeah, once Dart mentioned the bagpipes first person I thought of was the old grump... if yeah need help re-adjusting give me a holler

Whispersoft

>>the mother-in-law will be in town for the next 9 days

I can't think of a better reason to head to the library with a laptop.


Got Body Parts?

"just wait until/if you have kids... whole new meaning to the word carzy... "be quite Daddy is playing the word game..." "Daddy why are you laying down and what does that red mean?" <sigh>"

This part made me laugh. My son likes to watch the scroll and name off the differnt colors of my highlights


Thanks,
Kleis

<<My son likes to watch the scroll and name off the differnt colors of my highlights>>

Just wait till he demands his own account... And trys to sell your good stuff at the trader tent.

Robo



The weather is here....wish you were beautiful.

Not yet, leaving the 16th of June. And Im gonna ironman it and drive...still the least exspensive way to go, unless George W does something else stupid and gas jumps to 6$ a gallon. We gonna fish our brains out down there, kayak a bit, visit Ernies cat house, do the Key West Aquarium, possibly snorkel on a reef <I hope>, and on the way back home, hit a N.C. emerald mine for a day. Oh, if anyone can find a link..I sure have tried, looking to find a eco-tour in the keys that is a shrimp trawler. The kid is dying to do that, so if anyone comes across a link for one, let me know.

Robo-bubba gump-son

P.S. Thanks for all the info and opionions on Amtrak, I do plan to use it in the future, possibly to visit NYC, or DC.




The weather is here....wish you were beautiful.

>> P.S. Thanks for all the info and opionions on Amtrak, I do plan to use it in the future, possibly to visit NYC, or DC.

If you train to NYC I will personally pick you up at Penn Station and take you to the closest bar for a pint. Hell, there's a bar IN Penn Station so we can start right away.

- Useff

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A look of stark terror crosses Jarrod's face, and with a short, whimpering cry it clutches at its chest!
The Jarrod falls to the ground and lies still.

<<"be quite Daddy is playing the word game..."

<<My son likes to watch the scroll and name off the differnt colors of my highlights

I can relate to this too...I've got twin boys that are three (almost four) and they loved to name off the colors. Though now they've gotten into playing Zuma on the computer and start to wail and complain when mommy wants to play the word game.

Maybe it's time to get another computer.

~Yiara

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Donalisa says to Gylee, "love stinks"

Margrethe says to Donalisa, "You should bury them further from your window, or upwind or something."

Zuma is a game kinda along the lines of tetris. There's also a game called Tumblebugs that's almost identical. Basically you have to shoot out colored balls and match them up to a string of balls that are going by. If you match three in a row they disappear. Get rid of all the balls before they go down the hole and you win.

Only problem is you have to buy the game...costs like $20 or so. Sometimes there's a deal where you can get it cheaper. Pogo.com has the download, you can try it for free for an hour to see if he likes it.

~Yiara

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Donalisa says to Gylee, "love stinks"

Margrethe says to Donalisa, "You should bury them further from your window, or upwind or something."

Ok first Zuma... MSN Games... free... play it there first, they only hook my wife on getting Dinner Dash <sigh>

Next for the young boys and girls out there, first start with online www.Noggin.com or www.pbskids.org again great free sites. Noggin will sometimes take you www.NickJr.com which has the free versions of games you can find in the stores like Dora and Blue and such. Again good way to go if you've got the hook up and the kids know how to move the mouse and some of the basic commands 'yes' 'ok' and such.

Now for non-internet/free stuff... depending again on the ages, the Reader Rabbit series: for Baby & Toddler, PreSchool and on up, have been the best we found that keep them coming back and give a good level of learning. Depending on interests the Thomas games are ok, Disney has been of lower general quality (at least the education ones and crashed the system more then I was happy with). Once they get older and more adept at computer use I can recommend fun games that keep their interest and not too much money.

Sorry for the long post but my youngest started on the computer at 2 and was very quick. My next boy wanted to but wasn't as good with the mouse but has since caught up with his brother. We let them do the education games during the week and fun games on the weekend (top row vs bottom row grouping of the icons ;-). So anyway very aware of kids and computers... and yes they are both learning to read now at 4 and 5 so that they can play the word game ;-) anything that helps with learning is good ;-)

Whispersoft 'n Me

Okay, how about Neopets? Hundreds of free games, kid-friendly. Their answer to Zuma is "Attack of the Slorgs". Tougher, too. If you like Zuma, though, you'll probably also like Amun Rising. My mother's hooked on it. Better pictures and more levels than Zuma.


I like Diner Dash, has she tried Diner Dash 2? It's even better, and MSN Games has an extra 5 levels.

<SIGH>

Yeah, as you see from the above she got it already...


<SIGH>


Oh and on a side note... married here honeymoon for a few weeks in Scotland... just beautiful...

Me 'n Him and oh yeah... her too <SIGH> ;-)

<<they would rather look at all the creature avatars...

LOL, mine love to look at them too. Everytime I scroll past SOLOMON's (after I read it of course) they say "Go back up to the Manatee!"

Or if there are other avatars they always want me to find the manatee...::sigh::

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Donalisa says to Gylee, "love stinks"

Margrethe says to Donalisa, "You should bury them further from your window, or upwind or something."

Wait, ARE there cowbells in the game? Because that would be a GREAT instrument for me to start practicing percussion on!


Danner

Siltoth,

Stay safe and stay down. See you soon.

Robo


The mist flows out from where Roboson sat, wavers a moment, then disappears.
>
>"scuse me!
You exclaim, "scuse me!"
>blush
You blush a bright red color.

<<Stay safe, Siltoth. We never met in-game, but your posts were always fun to read.

That sounds as though you don't expect to see him back...

Siltoth!!

HUG!
::wraps her arms around your legs::

Stay safe, buddy. Hope to see you back soon!!

~Yiara

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Donalisa says to Gylee, "love stinks"

Margrethe says to Donalisa, "You should bury them further from your window, or upwind or something."

Huzzah! Great to hear bro


Thanks,
Kleis