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    It isn't as if you need any more.....

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    Oh well,here we go more snow on the way...this post may run til june.

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    If it does, it will be the first time that winter went straight into summer. This could be a most notable year!

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    I have to plant my[hoochaminiums]those are the little hoochseeds that only g
    row in the spring.

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    If they like a cold start, ideally under snow, then they'll be just fine.

    If they don't, you'll need to pick your moment extremely carefully, and work quick

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    What you don't understand is if they don't grow in the sring bad things could happen[they're very volitile] think armageddon,they don't understand the concept of snowplanting[i've tried to explan it to them bt they just hiss and tune me ou].

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    You'd best find them some glass, and keep it clear of snow. And some warm soil. And talk to them nicely, from time to time. Maybe get in a counsellor......

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    Ohhh,no they grow above ground on cement[they're allergic to dirt].

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    I've a cousin who I'd swear is attracted to dirt, judging from the men she brings to our family picnics...

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    Your cousin, unlike the hoochaminiums, sounds like an earthy sort herself, Jerry....

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    Hoochie mamas wear hoochaminiums to their high school proms because they are big enough to hide their pregnant bellies.

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    And are set, in relatively few years, to become extremely young grandmothers. Such is life......

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    C'est la vie. I guess it is too much to expect priorities to transcend generations. It's sad that children have their own babies almost immediately after putting down their baby dolls for the last time.

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    If they have a partner, and a support network [[such as their own mother) to lend a hand, and really want the responsibility of being a mother at a very early age, good luck to them.

    It's still concerning to see someone give life to another, at such a young age. What can they know about life itself.....

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    Amen. Too often, their mothers become de facto parents for the baby because the child mothers don't have the maturity to realize that they cannot do the things that they did before having the baby. So, Mom watches the kid as the girl goes out and makes the same mistake all over again. It amazes me when I hear about young women who have four or five kids at age 22. And sometimes [[usually) by multiple fathers, each of who have several kids by several women themselves.

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    Which proves that having a baby is simply a biological process. Anybody who is fertile can do it. Just nature doing its thing.

    Being a responsible parent is something very different, and requires the mind of an adult - and fertile people are not always adults.

    It doesn't do to be too smug or 'holier than thou' about it, of course, but it certainly makes us appreciate your own parents more, don't it.....

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    Thinking about the issue in biological terms rather than socially, I wonder if the younger the mother the healthier the baby is.

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    I would think there is a likelihood of that, as nature does favour the strongest and most vigorous - therefore, the young. But that applies more to the animal world, where the emotional consequences are not taken into account.

    However, there could be potential physical consequences for the mother in having the baby early - i.e. under the age of consent, but late teens could well be OK. Would depend on the health of the mother, I suppose.....

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    Many believe that the onset of puberty is much sooner than it was just a few generations ago. It's a bit frightening to believe that 10-year olds can create a life before they understand how it is created. Should sex ed be taught in elementary school?

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    I don't have children, so I'm not familiar with how much education on sensitive issues [[e.g. sex) is given to very young children.

    I think perhaps a degree of sex education should be taught in elementary school [[totally to ignore it might be worse), but given in the broadest terms [[explaining that boys become men, girls become women, and that each should respect the other) but not in the details which should, at that stage in life, be irrelevant - and therefore, inappropriate.

    Some children become very knowing, very quickly - and achieve puberty earlier than the average age - but others progress at different rates. Until they reach the age when it is considered appropriate then, hopefully, they will ask questions of their parents, maybe teachers, if they are curious, or don't understand something

    I can't really believe many 10 year olds have fully developed reproductive organs, or would actually want to know more about sex, having babies [[of course, it used to be called 'starting a family'), setting up a home etc.

    However, if that did become the norm, then sex education will indeed need to be given at a much earlier age.
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    Hey guys the hoochaminiums are over here blushing.

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    Are you sure they're not shrinking violets?

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    From the smacking sound made when they spring up, they sound more like Tulips to me...

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    We forget that humans are animals at our peril. Putin's sending Russian troops into Crimea owes as much to territorial instincts as to logical strategy. If there was any sort of logic to the situation, instead of reviving the Cold War by dividing Europe into two camps, Russia would be trying to find ways to itself become a member of the European Union.

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    Thanks. Now, I'm not going to be able to sleep. The situation in Ukraine just proves that imperialism is alive and well, in both the East and the West in the 21st century.

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    If I can't sleep, Jerry, why should you? It's half-past-four in the morning here, and I'm listening to Midnight Johnny's show.

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    It's cool. I am on vacation, so it's a good time to lose sleep.

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    Have a great time.

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    144man, presumably the only way I can listen to midnight johnny's show is to do as you do - stay up until the early morning?

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    That's right. I go to bed at half-past-nine and set my alarm to wake me up in time to tune in at 2am. The programme is streamed, and I listen through my laptop's windows media player.

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    That's what I thought. I'll just have to remain 'an unlistener' for the time being. I'm pushing myself to stay up until midnight most nights, so it's not a practicable proposition at the present time

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    This reminds me of being a kid and listening to my trasitor radio at midnight tucked under my pillow.

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    I remember listening to the round-by-round updates of the Frazier/Ali fight [[the first one) when I was a kid. It was one of the first "closed circuit" fights and nobody that I knew could afford to watch it, so the local radio station provided updates to everybody. Those transistor radios were great.

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    The music on my transistor really took my fancy, when I was doing my homework in my bedroom. I heard my first Motown there.

    One time, I was tackling some Religious Knowledge work, composing a piece on The Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen.

    Thankfully, before I handed it in, I spotted that I'd actually entitled it 'The Parable Of The Walker Brothers'.......

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    Freud would have been so proud... That is a classic recounting, by the way.

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    It's absolutely true, and simple proof of what we all can do, when our mind is distracted.

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    If you'll pardon my language: I recall leading a meeting for my employees at the beginning of another overtime day in the warehouse. I went through what needed to be done and had to tell them that we would be using a forklift with a special slip-sheeting attachment to unload a couple of sea containers. Only I said "sleep-shit attachment"...

    About a minute into my next point, I started laughing because I realized what I said and none of them, in their morning stupor, did. Of course, I had to explain why I had to stop the meeting to get it out of my system.

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    Ha! That's another of those "do I simply continue and hope no-one noticed, or do I mention it, in case they did?" moments.

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    I had to explain it because I was laughing too hard... It's like that sometimes.

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    I LAUGH OUT LOUD ALL THE TIME AND EXPLAIN IT TO MYSELF LATER...[I don't always get the joke].

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    "He who laughs last has just seen another meaning." [Mad Magazine's marginal department]

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    'Last Laughers' are a gift to anyone playing comedy to a live audience. They invariably start the audience laughing all over again....

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    Except when the only person laughing is the guy who laughs late. When the comedian isn't funny, some people laugh at his/her discomfort. I have been known o an to do that, myself.

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    Yes, it's uncomfortable watching someone 'die' on stage.

    Still, better to laugh and make a sound, than sit in embarrassed silence.

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    And most definitely better to laugh at anything than to scream "you suck!" at the poor guy before initiating a cascade of boos and/or whistles.

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    Was it the Apollo theatre where aspiring acts would put on a show and, if the audience responded negatively, someone then came out from the wings with a big hook...?

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    It was worse than that. At the Apollo, the Sandman comes out with a broom and he tap dances as he sweeps you off the stage to loud applause. Oh, and don't forget the Gong Show, where they'd strike a gong to signal your elimination.

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    "Next!!" would usually suffice, but what you're describing does contain much more potential for the theatre and audience participation. All in the business of show.

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    Especially because the audience is usually booing so loudly that if Sandman does not do his thing, violence might break out. I don't know that it might happen, but they are a tough crowd and they want entertainment, not to have their time wasted or their intelligence insulted.

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    The possibility of violence breaking out would be a most effective way of ensuring a place is closed down completely.

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