tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post8397847511577686120..comments2023-12-27T16:41:07.438-05:00Comments on Suldog: Someday Soon, Avaroo Will Be Able To Read This, At Which Time She'll Know She Saved My LifeSuldoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-83709050288890681782013-09-19T03:24:21.676-04:002013-09-19T03:24:21.676-04:00Inspiring blog, everyone can get plenty of informa...Inspiring blog, everyone can get plenty of information for any topic. Pretty good post, this is one of the most excellent article that I've ever read! This is an enormous site and I have to pass on good wishes to you on the content.Prudential Lifehttp://lifestyle.inquirer.net/123355/supporting-your-health-as-you-agenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-61359038621754308542009-04-25T20:22:00.000-04:002009-04-25T20:22:00.000-04:00Normally i would agree whole heartedly with you. ...Normally i would agree whole heartedly with you. After answering the phone all bloody day at work the last thing I do is want en electronic leash to track me home and around my house, but one caveat must be added. I have found in this day and age that THE only way to communicate with the teenagers I employ is texting. They ignore email, they ignore the phone and say "Oh I didn't get the message until today", 3 days after you left it. But if i text? They answer immediately. Et voila! I have no idea what this means to our future, but it mens I get shifts covered!johttp://amusebouche.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-46994894515855064322009-04-21T15:26:00.000-04:002009-04-21T15:26:00.000-04:00You are our favourite old fart, luddite, and proba...You are our favourite old fart, luddite, and probably old base/soft/someother ball player, Suldog!<br /><br />Rant on, you are not alone, and your niece sounds like a chip off the old blockster!A Woman Of No Importancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02194976046531063422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-66565124678281735162009-04-21T15:18:00.000-04:002009-04-21T15:18:00.000-04:00I don't have a cell phone but all three of my kids...I don't have a cell phone but all three of my kids do. I see no need for me to have one since I rarely go anyplace and if someone wants to chat, they can call the land line, as in days of yore. I do have a Twitter account though I'm not sure why as I rarely use it. Imagine how difficult it is for me to Twitter since the character length allowed is not the 240 as you stated but rather a measly little 140 characters! I just can't chop my thoughts and words down that much, as you know by now, don't you?<br />But I loved Ava's logic -she was there to learn to read and let's get on with that program, folks! Smart child! Very smart child. And here's hoping once she learns to read that she realizes what a great talent it is to have and it can provide so much fun, excitement over her years, along with a way to take her on trips around the world without ever leaving her comfiest chair!<br />Peace. (The recipe will arrive later today.)Jenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425701332785470116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-78880401770784052512009-04-21T10:21:00.000-04:002009-04-21T10:21:00.000-04:00Three cheers for Avaroo! Loved this post! Three c...Three cheers for Avaroo! Loved this post! Three cheers for Uncle Suldog, too! <br /><br />I hope Ava learns to read soon, and eventually will learn to spell correctly.<br /><br />I do carry a charged cell phone with me at all times, even inside my home. At my age, however, it's a security device rather than one for casual communication. I have a morbid, sometimes unrational, fear of falling, breaking a hip or other critical bone, and not being able to reach a "land-line" to call for assistance.Pat - Arkansashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11623638376731374600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-87139228892059804842009-04-21T08:34:00.000-04:002009-04-21T08:34:00.000-04:00How about snail mail ?Do you like to receive that ...How about snail mail ?Do you like to receive that still, a card in your hand??<br /><br />I seldom use a cell phone- only on the road for hours in emergencies. Otherwise 25.00 on a phone will last me months ..another old farti beatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09898046178398533410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-5053729147903620642009-04-21T06:34:00.000-04:002009-04-21T06:34:00.000-04:00I'm totally with Lime, as always. Yesterday, in Lo...I'm totally with Lime, as always. Yesterday, in London, I was ablaze with rage at the amount of people bumping in to me, walking in zig zags,mobiles glued to their ears and glazed expressions on their faces. Twitter sounds totally daft and I fail to see the point of them. I ground my remaining teeth at the tinny sound emerging from the ipod of a man in the seat behind me on the train going up to London and shared looks of exasperation with those around me...guess who climbed out of her seat and faced the guy [shoutinng quite loudly to get his attention making 'turn down the sound ' motions and miming 'please'.<br />Daughter no 2 and I tried to remember what people did before mobiles [cell phones]. Guess we waited till we got home to tell people we were on a train.<br /><br />Avaroo is a diamond and shows there is hope. What an idiot teache.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-80556826786348040732009-04-21T01:17:00.000-04:002009-04-21T01:17:00.000-04:00That's some good gene pool y'all swimming around i...That's some good gene pool y'all swimming around in!Angie Ledbetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16407006980893727627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-75389656568265839832009-04-20T23:25:00.000-04:002009-04-20T23:25:00.000-04:00That child is a gem. Her uncle is pretty cool too....That child is a gem. Her uncle is pretty cool too. :)Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-38809159053334773562009-04-20T23:00:00.000-04:002009-04-20T23:00:00.000-04:00"Old fart." You're, what, 52? Why man, you're prac..."Old fart." You're, what, 52? Why man, you're practically a child. Why I'm 60. Now, THAT'S old. At YOUR age, women probably still leer at you and try to grope you when you've had a few too many.<br /><br />I agree totally about cell phones. We don't hate them (you and I) because we're old, but because they deserve to be hated. They are evil, vicious, maybe even demonic.<br /><br />Luddite? Card carrying or just a sympathizer?Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-3652853912351484062009-04-20T22:40:00.000-04:002009-04-20T22:40:00.000-04:00You say "It’s as though an entire generation has b...You say "It’s as though an entire generation has been raised to be deathly afraid of ever being alone".<br />But, most of the time they are using these new-fangled technical communication devices, they ARE alone. They don't communicate with others face to face, they do it through electronic machinery..... all by themselves.<br />I'm just as bad, sitting here in my house all by myself, typing rubbish to someone I don't even know.<br />Progress, I suppose.Shammickitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969803866899076638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-54080997659292563162009-04-20T19:07:00.000-04:002009-04-20T19:07:00.000-04:00Ah Jim, it is so nice to read that there might jus...Ah Jim, it is so nice to read that there might just be some smart ones out there in 30 years when we are all withering away and they are running the world. Well, Ava will be running the world and hopefully putting everyone who "kant spel" into a prison for the grammar challenged and not releasing them until they live up to her exacting standards. She is my new hero too.CSD Faux Finishinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05947691876538206892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-66094599943229753892009-04-20T18:17:00.000-04:002009-04-20T18:17:00.000-04:00Three cheers for Ava! There is hope for the young...Three cheers for Ava! There is hope for the younger generation after all.<br /><br />I like some modern technology, (computers, blogging and digital photography, of course)but there are many other areas of it that my brain just refuses to even acknowledge. I have never understood the point of Twitter. You will not find me tweeting.<br /><br />I have answered your Duffus question on my blog. Here's another interesting local place name for you - Fochabers. Get your tongue round that one if you dare.Gennasushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16780248713721642572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-65954050987350482372009-04-20T17:14:00.000-04:002009-04-20T17:14:00.000-04:00Oooh I think she may be a chip off the old block S...Oooh I think she may be a chip off the old block Suldog! This is a good thing of course but I assure you that when she is older you shall have a mobile and you shall be texting her. Let it be so ;-)Reasonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070633072307321162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-74492688522108758912009-04-20T17:02:00.000-04:002009-04-20T17:02:00.000-04:00I'm proud to say that my 16-yr-old son doesn't wan...I'm proud to say that my 16-yr-old son doesn't want a cell phone! <br /><br />Twitter and Facebook are like texting on a computer. To me, blogging is all about reading well written opinions and, hopefully, writing my own opinions in a well thought out manner.tshsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637635755654078408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-3371957492678790242009-04-20T15:01:00.000-04:002009-04-20T15:01:00.000-04:00inally a child who knows what she wants! And is no...inally a child who knows what she wants! And is not afraid to let you know it! Way to go Avaroo!!!!!<br />I do believe this young lady will go far in life. You have been blessed Suldog! To think that she wants to read, instead of watching tv, playing video games or even eating is a blessing my dear! To bad the teachers do not listen to her and do as she asks!Nana Nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16212139983520296101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-72970646518299264992009-04-20T14:49:00.000-04:002009-04-20T14:49:00.000-04:00I have shut dont my twitter and facebook....twitte...I have shut dont my twitter and facebook....twitter I just was so bored by it.....and facebook too....why when i can pick up the phone and talk or just send an email...I didnt 'get' either..<br />but hey we are all different eh?Sazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04433666175721615185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-12690982959694087202009-04-20T13:51:00.000-04:002009-04-20T13:51:00.000-04:00Thanks for the plug, Suldog. Since you mentioned ...Thanks for the plug, Suldog. Since you mentioned it, here is the unabridged text of my Twitter rant:<br /><br />"Those who can write, blog. Those who can’t, tweet. And those lacking the patience, intellect, or vocabulary to read a thoughtfully constructed article, happily masturbate to the plebeian travails of their Twitter-happy common man, or Ashton Kutcher, or some other vacuous celebrity whore with nothing to say and the grammatically incorrect means to say it."<br /><br />And I had to laugh about your comment regarding phone "interruptions." I've maintained that opinion for years.<br /><br />Best to you and Avaroo!MVDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12335170211448099206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-10472457074871453132009-04-20T13:35:00.000-04:002009-04-20T13:35:00.000-04:00What a girl. There are many days I pull my face o...What a girl. There are many days I pull my face out of a fabulous book and say, "Time to fix dinner already? But I never even ate lunch...." <br /><br />Go get those books, Avaroo!Mrs. C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01349189385089617017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-86608620630572473512009-04-20T13:26:00.000-04:002009-04-20T13:26:00.000-04:00"i can't decide if that was rude or not."
ok, her..."i can't decide if that was rude or not."<br /><br />ok, here is where i go off on my own rant. the child clearly expressed a desire to gain an important skill...to a teacher...and the teacher has to think if there is value in that statement or worries about the social propriety of the remark. someone please fire this woman and hire someone who wouldn't give it a second thought but would rather seize on that enthusiasm and give the child her wings!<br /><br />god bless avaroo. that child is a gem. i wish her all the joy that reading could ever bring her. in fact, send her to me. i have shelves of books we could have an absolute blast with.limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-17329417841815322502009-04-20T13:24:00.000-04:002009-04-20T13:24:00.000-04:00Ahhh, she obviously has your genes, eh?
I am sooo...Ahhh, she obviously has your genes, eh?<br /><br />I am sooo with you on the cell-phone front. I have four kids, hell, why on earth would I want to be instantly on call for them 24/7? I figure as they obviously can't live without theirs, I can reach them perfectly well on theirs as and when should I ever want to. And that's another thing, what is it about all these gismo's always being "improved" so the latest generation comes up that much more tiny and smaller than the last? I don't know how you can even dial these without the aid of a toothpick. I've never sent a text in my life - though I did try once (shudder). Never again.Shrinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18401403773851253351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-6212196539778062212009-04-20T13:21:00.000-04:002009-04-20T13:21:00.000-04:00That was supposed to be Potters and not Potter's. ...That was supposed to be Potters and not Potter's. Geez.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16637670293642285740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-86182012659101148632009-04-20T13:20:00.000-04:002009-04-20T13:20:00.000-04:00I came over from Fhina's...
After reading this po...I came over from Fhina's...<br /><br />After reading this post, I've discovered that I'm an old fart, too. Thanks for that.<br /><br />Bless Avaroo's little heart... her kind will save us :). My daughter (9-years-old) is a huge reader. I read the first 3 Harry Potter's to her when she was 5, decided to take a break (thematically they were getting a bit advanced) and then found her hiding under the covers with a flashlight, reading #4 by herself. <br /><br />She and Avaroo would get on beautifully :)Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16637670293642285740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-6594985802088252332009-04-20T13:19:00.000-04:002009-04-20T13:19:00.000-04:00I am a new fan of Avaroo, and not one of Twitter. ...I am a new fan of Avaroo, and not one of Twitter. <br /><br />I am an official Qwitter.<br /><br />Great post, and good for your girl. Will look forward to her blogging career - for sure coming soon!<br /><br />EFHExpat From Hellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807779856067886443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-81421087784944724292009-04-20T12:26:00.000-04:002009-04-20T12:26:00.000-04:00I'm still waiting for you to write the kids book.....I'm still waiting for you to write the kids book..."Avaroo". She certainly has given you enough material! I don't have time for Twitter. I have a hard enough time keeping up with my own blog, Facebook, email and providing witty comments on friends blogs. Oh, and work... which I should go do now.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429455198999868784noreply@blogger.com