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jfurgers
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OK, It's OBVIOUS that I can't figure out how to put quotes in the white box then have my comments out of the white box. 
PLEASE help!! How do I do that???  |
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GueroPaz
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:39 am Post subject: |
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| jfurgers wrote: |
OK, It's OBVIOUS that I can't figure out how to put quotes in the white box then have my comments out of the white box.
PLEASE help!! How do I do that??? |
Burgers, it must be simple; even I can do it. See, I just clicked on the 'quote' button, waited for the white box to appear, and made commments below the [ / quote ]. You can insert your comments before the quote also.
Y'all have hit upon a sore spot for me. When home and hearth are in snow country, those people tend to stay put, year round. Southerners may be more prone to travel, but when you've flown off to another entire country or continent, don't expect folks to follow you down. When I lived near Tapachula, my adventurous daughter tried to come during summer break, but her infant needed formula, and she couldn't. But she takes a group of students to Zacatecas every year! My crazy hippie son met me in Chiapas, but he's quite the exception, having lived in a cave in Guanajuato!
My youngest son managed to have almost everybody attend his wedding in Ireland, but one of his sisters and nieces couldn't make it. And he gave us 18 months advance notice. Some of them may not pay off the debt from the trip for many years. It ain't cheap.
Christmas is not (does not need to be) snow and fake tinsel. Watch how ind�genas celebrate. Most of the North American celebration of holidays is so commercialized and fake anyway. You're not the only family member who has family responsibilities. Cherish whatever relationships you have, and work at them, but don't be surprised if friends and families can't be bothered to even send an email on your birthday. |
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jfurgers
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:05 am Post subject: |
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[quote="GueroPaz"][quote="jfurgers"]
Cherish whatever relationships you have, and work at them, but don't be surprised if friends and families can't be bothered to even send an email on your birthday |
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jfurgers
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:10 am Post subject: |
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Look at the result. I just tried to hit the quote button but it NEVER works!!! If I want to quote only a sentence for example, do I hit the quote button in the persons post?????
That's what I did the last time. I hit the quote button in the post of another person but the white box that appears has ALL of what the person said so I highlighted the part I wanted to quote then hit copy then I erased everything except the word quote, then I pasted the part I wanted to quote and you can see the result from the last post I did before this one.
This is sooo frustrating. I'll keep trying |
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jfurgers
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:19 am Post subject: |
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OK, It's OBVIOUS that I can't figure out how to put quotes in the white box then have my comments out of the white box.
PLEASE help!! How do I do that??? |
Burgers, it must be simple; even I can do it. See, I just clicked on the 'quote' button, waited for the white box to appear, and made commments below the [ / quote ]. You can insert your comments before the quote also.
Y'all have hit upon a sore spot for me. When home and hearth are in snow country, those people tend to stay put, year round. Southerners may be more prone to travel, but when you've flown off to another entire country or continent, don't expect folks to follow you down. When I lived near Tapachula, my adventurous daughter tried to come during summer break, but her infant needed formula, and she couldn't. But she takes a group of students to Zacatecas every year! My crazy hippie son met me in Chiapas, but he's quite the exception, having lived in a cave in Guanajuato!
My youngest son managed to have almost everybody attend his wedding in Ireland, but one of his sisters and nieces couldn't make it. And he gave us 18 months advance notice. Some of them may not pay off the debt from the trip for many years. It ain't cheap.
Christmas is not (does not need to be) snow and fake tinsel. Watch how ind�genas celebrate. Most of the North American celebration of holidays is so commercialized and fake anyway. You're not the only family member who has family responsibilities. Cherish whatever relationships you have, and work at them, but don't be surprised if friends and families can't be bothered to even send an email on your birthday. |
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GueroPaz
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:26 am Post subject: |
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| jfurghers, please check your PM. I hope I explained it there. Me, I'm a Luddite, but I can quote an entire post, edit out what I don't want, and reply outside that white box. |
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dixie
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My parents have come to visit me every time I have lived away from home. The two times I happened to be away during Christmas, they came down a few days later and stayed with me for about a month.
Living in Torreon, they drove down in the summer after my contract was over. They hung out for a bit and then we drove back to Canada.
This year will be a little different, but they are always there to support me.
Friends, never had a single one come to see me. Not that they haven�t gone off to other places...
I have a friend getting married this coming August, so I will have to return to Canada for that. Not only will it involve a lot of money that I do not have, but I will have to take the time off of work....she better be down to see me shortly after that (if not before!) |
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jfurgers
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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| GueroPaz wrote: |
| jfurghers, please check your PM. I hope I explained it there. Me, I'm a Luddite, but I can quote an entire post, edit out what I don't want, and reply outside that white box. |
Got it Paz. I appreciate your help. My friend who went to Korea back in August has just come back to the States. He said Korea sucked and the school only paid him half what they said they would. He has contacted me once. Says his sisters blame me for telling him to go to Korea. Now he has lost three months of work.
Perhaps our friends are influenced by their families and if their families don't like us, we may not have that friend anymore. I told him to go to Mexico with me and he said NEVER! It's too violent down there.
Such is life. |
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Dragonlady
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MO39
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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Perhaps our friends are influenced by their families and if their families don't like us, we may not have that friend anymore. I told him to go to Mexico with me and he said NEVER! It's too violent down there.
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Much as I deplore that kind of ignorance about Mexico, it probably has a lot to do with media coverage of events south of the border, which emphasize the drug wars and its ensuing violence. It's too bad that people like your friend rely more on the news than your own knowledge of this country. Does he think there are daily shoot-outs on Reforma? Does he realize how much violence there is in the US every day, and not just on the mean streets of major cities. What about the recent sniper deaths at a mall in Omaha, Nebraska? |
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geaaronson
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:44 pm Post subject: no es importante |
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| Hah, I am Jewish and the christmas holidays don�t have that same amount of relevance in my life as my christian cohorts. But yes, my Mom is coming to visit tomorrow for three weeks and a first cousin will be stopping in for a day on the 21st on the way to Puerto Vallarta. |
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jfurgers
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| Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 3:56 am Post subject: |
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| MO39 wrote: |
Does he think there are daily shoot-outs on Reforma? Does he realize how much violence there is in the US every day, and not just on the mean streets of major cities. What about the recent sniper deaths at a mall in Omaha, Nebraska? |
I agree with you MO39. There was another incident at a mall in pennsylvania today. They were saying on the news today that malls are soft targets and Al Qaeda would love to set off a bomb or something in one.
Al Qaeda....something Mexico doesn't have to worry about. I'll take my chances in Mexico over the States anyday. People are getting crazy here in the States. |
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thelmadatter
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| Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 4:43 pm Post subject: Huatulco |
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Im about 95% decided to go to Oaxaca during Christmas week... even if that means sleeping at Hotel Camaarena!! ja ja ja ja
Any other orphans out there interested in spending Xmas day on the beach? |
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jfurgers
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| Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| For those of you teaching adults, do any of them (your students) invite you over for Christmas dinner or is it a bad idea to get too close to the students?? |
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hlamb
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:01 am Post subject: |
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| For those of you teaching adults, do any of them (your students) invite you over for Christmas dinner or is it a bad idea to get too close to the students?? |
Those are separate questions. Yes, I do get invited to go out with my students, or sometimes to parties at their houses. I sometimes go, but only if it's with a group or with a student who doesn't just want a one night relationship. And yes, I do think it's a bad idea to get too involved with students. It's one thing to be on good, friendly terms with them, and another thing to spend all your free time with them, or date them. I've seen it happen to other teachers and it just causes extra problems. |
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