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Post by purpleowl on Jan 30, 2017 21:13:28 GMT -5
I came across a new-to-me word this morning: inexpugnable. Looked it up to make sure I'd guessed the meaning correctly (I was pretty close).
What have you learned lately? New word, new skill, new factoid, new understanding about humanity...?
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Post by Elliefunt - Debbie on Jan 31, 2017 8:44:48 GMT -5
I'm making a list of things I want to do, learn or experience this year. I turn 50 in September. My goal is to complete 50 things before then.
I'm currently taking a cake decorating class - buttercream. I just signed up for the royal icing class which makes those cool flowers & things.
I just attended my first painting party where you paint a canvas. Not happy with my work, but enjoyed the process & fellowship.
Some things are simple, like a sunrise hike. Others will make me go outside my comfort zone. Like running a 5K or trying to paddleboard.
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Post by kidsandpets on Jan 31, 2017 13:02:47 GMT -5
DH and I learned how to change the headlight bulb on our dodge dakota this weekend. What a pain! Two people, a you-tube how-to video, and 2 different sized socket wrenches later... Made me miss my my old ford ranger - changing a headlight (any light) was so obvious and simple on that truck. The dakota was ridiculously complicated!
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Post by kidsandpets on Jan 31, 2017 14:00:29 GMT -5
I also learned a lot in the book I just finished about the Japanese-American family that went through the internment camps during WWII. Some of my reading prompted me to search out more information. One thing I was curious about was how far inland the "military zone" (from which Japanese-Americans were removed) extended. Some sources claim that the crest of the Cascade Mountains (which divide Washington and Oregon into western and eastern parts) was the line - with the western half being military zone and the eastern half not. But I have learned that this is not quite true. The area of central Washington (just east of the Cascades) that I live in now also was in that zone and Japanese-Americans from the communities in and surrounding the area I now live in had to leave as well. Even my DH (who grew up here) did not know that...a forgotten piece of history...
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Post by lucy on Jan 31, 2017 16:10:17 GMT -5
I am reading a book about the civil war....learning lots of little facts.
I am also making a quilt top - and I have learned (knew it before, but forgot, and learning it again)....when cutting and sewing sawtooth stars, make the flying geese bigger, and trim down to size, and you will get more accurate piecing.
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Post by purpleowl on Feb 1, 2017 9:57:41 GMT -5
DH and I learned how to change the headlight bulb on our dodge dakota this weekend. What a pain! Two people, a you-tube how-to video, and 2 different sized socket wrenches later... Made me miss my my old ford ranger - changing a headlight (any light) was so obvious and simple on that truck. The dakota was ridiculously complicated! Ha, I just "liked" this and realized that might come across wrong...I meant I like that you guys overcame it and got it figured out despite the difficulty! |
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Post by kidsandpets on Feb 1, 2017 13:40:16 GMT -5
DH and I learned how to change the headlight bulb on our dodge dakota this weekend. What a pain! Two people, a you-tube how-to video, and 2 different sized socket wrenches later... Made me miss my my old ford ranger - changing a headlight (any light) was so obvious and simple on that truck. The dakota was ridiculously complicated! Ha, I just "liked" this and realized that might come across wrong...I meant I like that you guys overcame it and got it figured out despite the difficulty! I would have guessed that's what you meant.  |
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Post by footballbella on Feb 2, 2017 20:37:38 GMT -5
that I read so fast that I missed the first page of my online class that said I will need to spend 15 online hours in the first section...I did it all in under 5 hours and have now spent 10 hours of review...over and over and over again. Apparently I study and learn faster than normal (this I knew...I flew through some classes in college and such).
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Post by kidsandpets on Feb 2, 2017 21:58:20 GMT -5
that I read so fast that I missed the first page of my online class that said I will need to spend 15 online hours in the first section...I did it all in under 5 hours and have now spent 10 hours of review...over and over and over again. Apparently I study and learn faster than normal (this I knew...I flew through some classes in college and such). Glad you were able to do it all so fast! That's great that you learn quickly! Bummer though that you have to keep going over it again and again to get the time in.  |
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