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  1. sheeplady

    Blade Runner - The Final Cut

    I think it's held up remarkably well. The opening flying scene is still gorgeous. Do that with CGI today and see what it looks like in 30 years... Would love to see it on the big screen...
  2. sheeplady

    Ghosts, Time Travel, and Space / Inter-dimensional Neural Communication...

    Having been told I would mostly likely die long before now when I was diagnosed with cancer, I have to say I never feared dying. Leaving my children and husband at a disadvantage and sad over my death did and does bother me. I also remembering being wistfull I would not see the finale of...
  3. sheeplady

    Ghosts, Time Travel, and Space / Inter-dimensional Neural Communication...

    So So, I don't actively have a horse in this race, but *even* if the scriptures were in large part written by those who personally witnessed many of the events they wrote about, it is very true that even an accurate account can differ vastly from person to person, let alone when our memory of...
  4. sheeplady

    old candy bars were called lunch bars?

    I hated fluff sandwiches when I was a kid. Although I had a pet I nicknamed "fluffer nutter peanut butter sandwich." But yes, I endured many a peanut butter and fluff sandwich in my youth. I considered buying some fluff for my daughter the other day, but I don't think I want to get into...
  5. sheeplady

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    My grandfather, who was very much working class (was a foreman in a mill with an 8th grade education) owned a plane. He restored it (being a mechanic on the side) and flew it weekends. Strange, but as much as I'd associate owning a plane with wealth as an adult, I never associated him having a...
  7. sheeplady

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    The median income per household where I live is $26,000 a year. Granted, we're in a low rent district, but half of households are making under $26,000 a year. A large portion of our community is mobile homes- very old mobile homes.
  8. sheeplady

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    So I'd disagree with you in the sense that: A) the preferred option is to have one full time worker and one parent who stays at home. That's certainly not my ideal. B) I don't think any person wants to spend 4 hours driving from store to store no matter their work status. Or child status. Even...
  9. sheeplady

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    I think it is convenience as much as "cheap" goods. It is convenient to park your car, go into a single store, and get anything you need from groceries to bandaids to a new pair of pants. And a few things you don't really need as well. From my perspective, which has always been that one has to...
  10. sheeplady

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    Oh, things like ketchup and peanut butter we don't buy in doubles. Just tooth paste, flour, tinned tuna & soup, soap, shampoo, pasta, pasta sauce. It really sucks to be hungry or unclean. Having an extra package of spaghetti and jar of sauce in the cabinet is good insurance for when you get sick...
  11. sheeplady

    That's life!

    I'm really selective about what I buy my kids. I hope to god my daughter or son don't want barbie dolls. My daughter is already into the whole princess thing, which boggles my mind (the only princess I ever cared for as a kid was Snow White, and I wasn't a fan, to say the least). I have a...
  13. sheeplady

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    I always think of grocery shopping as an interesting "divide" between those who are rural and urban. I grew up in a rural environment. Grocery shopping meant a 45 minute drive each way (assuming the weather was good). You could buy eggs, milk, and bread at the convenience store two towns over...
  14. sheeplady

    Ghosts, Time Travel, and Space / Inter-dimensional Neural Communication...

    My grandmother apparently said, "I see my father, he's coming to get me" several times before she died. My grandfather said three years later, "my wife is coming to get me." (My father witnessed both of these.) Apparently it's common?
  15. sheeplady

    Much Needed Advice Concerning a Home Permanent?

    I have no experience with perms myself. However, from what I've read they make a set last longer and take better (hence why many ladies had them done in the day). My understanding is that you want more of a "wave" permanent than a "curl" permanent. There's a woman who did quite an exploration...
  16. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I'm very sorry about your friend, dh66. I think one way we can all personally make a difference is to try to refer to a crime by recognizing the victims of a crime rather than the perpetrators. I try to do this in my own life. It's not much, but it's a start. Also, if certain publications seem...
  17. sheeplady

    Ghosts, Time Travel, and Space / Inter-dimensional Neural Communication...

    So, I'm sort of contradictory on this one. On the one hand, I believe when you're dead, you're dead. I don't believe in an afterlife, and if I do, I am quite certain there isn't any heaven versus hell sort of thing. I think you just cease to exist, and the only thing that remains are the...
  19. sheeplady

    Rock & Roll Oldsters

    They had an article the other day about how an adjunct was hoping to at least find a mitten... sometimes I'm not so sure it's satire. ;)
  20. sheeplady

    Rock & Roll Oldsters

    Keith Richard's housekeeper shares a similar sentiment: http://www.theonion.com/article/keith-richards-housekeeper-has-braced-herself-for--28708
  21. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    You should move upstate* if you would like to see vitriol against "downstate." And by downstate, they mean just below Albany. But we'll let you have Albany if you take all the politicians. ALL OF THEM. Conversely, I've heard that to people from NYC, Upstate is anything outside of the 5...
  22. sheeplady

    GMO's - Scientific and Economic 'realities'???

    In the 1930s, something like 32% of the US population lived on a farm. Now it's 2%. In the US we pay the smallest portion of the money we earn for food. It is much higher in Europe and slightly higher in Canada. Only 2% of farms today are not family owned. The average profit point for a...
  23. sheeplady

    GMO's - Scientific and Economic 'realities'???

    But Chipotle's problem isn't due to organics. It's a contamination issue, which can happen to any restaurant, organic or non-organic at any point in the food chain if food safety practices aren't followed. Chipotle's problem is a people problem, not a food problem.

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