tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post4538324716537290817..comments2024-01-24T05:26:00.039-08:00Comments on Whitterer on Autism: Detour down a blind alley – the right to lightMaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05828186178060722812noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-70725359945872906732007-07-06T13:22:00.000-07:002007-07-06T13:22:00.000-07:00Here, we have to explain false doors in colonial-e...Here, we have to explain false doors in colonial-era buildings. Because there was a tax on closets, many uper-crust homes and taverns would install false doors, to make themselves seem wealthier.<BR/><BR/>Fun, huh?Joeymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08254601805621175842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-36122054228609008892007-07-05T19:25:00.000-07:002007-07-05T19:25:00.000-07:00"We" Americans have been questioning the English t..."We" Americans have been questioning the English taxes for a few hundred years now....I guess it was the American side of your son talking that day....we know what side of the harbor he would have been on in Boston I think :O) Or else he would have been questioning why we didn't brick up the harbor instead of questioning the king ;o) What a cute story....thanks for sharing!Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10158119775645725096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-27629707233302404022007-07-05T19:10:00.000-07:002007-07-05T19:10:00.000-07:00Personally, I think we should always call them "En...Personally, I think we should always call them "English peoples."Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957626443087438904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-76967525883809597882007-07-05T18:57:00.000-07:002007-07-05T18:57:00.000-07:00My, how hard you have to work!!!It was fun "riding...My, how hard you have to work!!!<BR/>It was fun "riding with you" through the rain and listening in on this conversation. I enjoyed my own brief history lesson about English peoples! *grin*Karen Hossinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049412644792482270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-27300464851714937382007-07-05T18:38:00.000-07:002007-07-05T18:38:00.000-07:00Who can explain the English?!Who can explain the English?!OhTheJoyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031731198115388411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-73362855786166355832007-07-05T17:21:00.000-07:002007-07-05T17:21:00.000-07:00I think I'm tired. Spell check caught it, just di...I think I'm tired. Spell check caught it, just didn't know what I was trying to spell...marymaddux6272https://www.blogger.com/profile/06438543527703696709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-36634732197119042252007-07-05T17:20:00.000-07:002007-07-05T17:20:00.000-07:00Maybe it's good I don't know how to spell melancho...Maybe it's good I don't know how to spell melancholy?<BR/>1. a gloomy state of mind...<BR/><BR/>I was spelling it so poorly spell check didn't even catch it. Sorry I forgot to research the correct spelling before making my post.marymaddux6272https://www.blogger.com/profile/06438543527703696709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-32777627835916202382007-07-05T16:42:00.000-07:002007-07-05T16:42:00.000-07:00For what it's worth, I think what you do everyday,...For what it's worth, I think what you do everyday, thoughtfully making three children's lives better, counts as "working on the big problems." <BR/><BR/>I'm happy your daughter is working on big ones too. <BR/><BR/>And it is ok for us to feel understimulated sometimes. Someone once told me I wasn't supposed to have all of my emotional needs met by a three year old. <BR/><BR/>And my no nearly 10 year old was away when I felt like I didn't have purpose. Spending meaningful time with our kids always counts as important.<BR/><BR/>I was just frustrated that I didn't know what my meloncoloy was about and happy he articulated it for me. Maybe next time I feel that way, I will spend some time working on a big problem and make myself feel better in the process? <BR/><BR/>Warm regards.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Have a blast in England.marymaddux6272https://www.blogger.com/profile/06438543527703696709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-36628441343513626942007-07-05T13:07:00.000-07:002007-07-05T13:07:00.000-07:00I don't understand taxes, especially in April. My ...I don't understand taxes, especially in April. My own window here [=Jersey City office---a much more "traditional" sort of American city, with one-way streets, dead-ends, slanted streets, brick buildings somewhat as in your photo ] looks to the windows and walls of a brick dorm: When is a view not a view?<BR/><BR/>I'll wait for when, if, we ever get to China and Charlie can talk about Chinese peoples.kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104388229716638534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-43828466697785538082007-07-05T09:33:00.000-07:002007-07-05T09:33:00.000-07:00A taxation on windows? I had never heard of that!...A taxation on windows? I had never heard of that! What idiot King decided he needed to add more cash to his coffers and came up with that idiotic lunacy? Geez, and I thought we came up with some stupid stuff here in the States!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05698969349369789642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-88769396971817761652007-07-05T09:25:00.000-07:002007-07-05T09:25:00.000-07:00Ha! Love it!!!And I didn't know that about the wi...Ha! Love it!!!<BR/>And I didn't know that about the windows... what an interesting little tid bit of information!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14908930035466483151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-81405142703447305422007-07-05T08:55:00.000-07:002007-07-05T08:55:00.000-07:00I've gotta know, which King, and when did this all...I've gotta know, which King, and when did this all happen?<BR/><BR/>And, did you get the question:<BR/><BR/>"What dis dah tax?"<BR/><BR/>Hope your trip is going great!Jerry Grassohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07900836236599920524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-85176330364623354972007-07-05T06:58:00.000-07:002007-07-05T06:58:00.000-07:00I didn't know that either.My mom was just telling ...I didn't know that either.<BR/><BR/>My mom was just telling me on the phone, that during her trip to England, people said we Americans were "wasteful". Maybe we should not have so many windows. LOL.A Bishops Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614782576567905819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-45772279370006468612007-07-04T23:44:00.000-07:002007-07-04T23:44:00.000-07:00What a perfect Fourth of July post. ;)What a perfect Fourth of July post. ;)Mary P Jones (MPJ)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10251787926841410344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-18587830822322204052007-07-04T23:40:00.000-07:002007-07-04T23:40:00.000-07:00I didn't know that. Interesting.Wouldn't it be saf...I didn't know that. Interesting.<BR/><BR/>Wouldn't it be safe to open up the windows again?Whithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14818211552756821661noreply@blogger.com