Umbilical blow-out
Effort, that is a nice word for it. Let's compare our collecting scars and repairs.
Effort, that is a nice word for it. Let's compare our collecting scars and repairs.
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Hans van Meer
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Thank you Kong, same to you and every other Nut!
Have a great one everybody! PROOST!
Hans van Meer.
You claim to be a gator fan, but in your heart you want to be an okie, or you wouldn't dress like us.
Merry Christmas,
Harry
Marc S
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You claim to be a gator fan, but in your heart you want to be an okie, or you wouldn't dress like us.
Merry Christmas,
Harry
What's an okie?
It is all even then, since the average American in general is not interested in ANYTHING outside North America. That's why we (Americans) never learn to speak any other language - heck we never even knew that there are other languages, we thought that the whole world speaks English
This point of view has always puzzled me. It seems to me that the reason Americans don't speak other languages is that we don't need to. Generally outside of major cities, we only deal with other people who live in America. The country is huge geographically, many of us never leave it. If each state spoke a different language, then I imageine that most of us would speak the languages of the neighboring states.
My children and wife speak spanish. Between school and my wifes work, they speak it regurlarly. I believe you need to use it not to loose it. Where my sister in law is from Columbia, I hope they use it often enough to keep fluent. I speak a little, very little spanish, but I try.
The bottom line is that the reason Americans do not speak other languages is not because of lack of interest but because it is not part of our everyday lives.
Art is a whole different story. I believe that the arts are very important. I think it is essential that we continually challenge ourselves to see, hear and think from different perspectives. As the sign in the paradign driven shop says- "Shift Happens"
I brought up my children to play an instrument, to draw, to paint, to write and to act. They appreciate the arts they enjoy or participate in, but otherwise cannot be bothered. Once again it is not part of the daily life they lead.
I think that the best that can be hoped for is that through increased exposure, greater appreciation will result.
I borowed this and it's a quick explanation of an Okie.
It has been said that some Oklahomans who stayed and lived through the Dust Bowl see the Okie migrants as being quitters who fled Oklahoma; but there is hardly a native Oklahoman who does not have some family member who made the trip. Most Oklahoma natives are as proud of their Okies who made good in California as are the Okies themselves—and of the Arkies, West Texans, and others who were cast in with them.
In the later half of the twentieth century, there became increasing evidence that any pejorative meaning of the term "Okie" was changing; former and present "Okies" began to apply the label as a badge of honor and symbol of the Okie survivor attitude
Also during the 1970s, the term Okie became familiar to most Californians as a prototype of a subcultural group, just like the resurgence of Southern American regionalism (rednecks) and renewal of ethnic American (Irish American, Italian American or Polish American ) identities in the Northeast and Midwest states at the time. However, in the early 1990's the California Department of Transportation refused to allow the name of the "Okie Girl" restaurant to appear on a roadside sign on Interstate 5, arguing that the restaurant's name insulted Oklahomans; only after protracted controversy (and a letter from the Governor of Oklahoma) did the agency relent.
Since the 1990s, the children and grandchildren of Okies in California changed the very meaning of Okie to a self-title of pride in obtaining success, as well to challenge what they felt was "snobbery" or "the last group to make fun of" in the state's urban area cultures.
While some Oklahomans use Okie without prejudice, and it is often used jocularly; in a manner similar to the use of Hoosier by Indianans, Yankee by New Englanders, or Canuck by Canadians, none of whom consider their terms for themselves particularly denigrating.
Harry
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This was a long thread to read.My thought about the art of bonsai,and it is an art, Is that it brings joy ,harmony and a feeling that only comes with this,for me a hobby, of serenity, I look forward to days that I just sit and look at some of my trees ,thinking of there future.Its been 4 years since the passion has infested my soul and My progression into the art has developed at a rapid pace.Passion,a former knowledge of plants and the writings of websites like this,bt,and others have been a valuable resource that gave me a wide variety of opinions and views. Do i care who has the most masters ?. NO. Do i care about where the first site was from?. NO. I feel like we are all brothers in the world of Bonsai and all of the world it covers. A wise old man once said ,"Knowledge is power". None of us have all the knowledge in any field , But we have the ability in this day and age to learn and gain new and exciting views , techniques , and most important a brotherly bond of the passion we all have . None of us should forget what bonsai is all about .