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Kaili
Member

08-31-2000

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 8:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I didn't know it was limestone.. I figured like with New Orleans anyway and the water table and not having graves because of the water.. That made sense for them to not have basements either. And I remember in Virginia and Florida when my cousin's ex-husband was stationed there there were all the beach houses raised up on. Obviously no basements there!

Jan
Member

08-01-2000

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 8:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My Mom lives in Tucson, Arizona, Kaili, so I can make a guess at an answer (but it is only a guess). When my Mom first moved there, there were no sewers at all in the city but lots of flash flooding. Today there are still signs to beware of the flash floods during the monsoon season. I would assume the "no basements" would stem from that????

Also until the last ten years or so, almost every house in Tucson was single story. My nephews had never been on stairs until they came to visit us in Canada. I think it was a bylaw so that no one would be deprived of the view???? (Tucson is surrounded by mountains). Now that there are so many new residents and builders from the East, many two story homes are being built.

PS My hometown Sudbury is also limestone.(as well we are in a valley created by a meteor thousands of years ago! Your first moon astronauts came here to practice their moon walking :-):-) ) Our homes have basements, though, but then most building is accomplished here by blasting through rock. It is very common to see the heavy blasting blankets and hear the booms.

Kaili
Member

08-31-2000

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 9:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My dad and grandma live in Prescott and there's some building that someone wanted to build- I think 4 stories or something. Not a home but a building in a comercial area- and there wa a big uproar about this HUGE building being too high. I believe they referred to it as a skyscraper in the newspaper. For them it's such an old cowboy town that they want to keep that atmosphere of smaller buildings. not sure what ever happened with it though- this was about a year ago and if it was there in June when I was there, I didn't notice it.

Jan
Member

08-01-2000

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 10:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
yep..same thing in Tucson, Kaili. When you look down from the mountain you can see some "skyscrapers" downtown and that is it. All else is single story. But man the views are so beautiful that you can sure understand it.

Sillycalimomma
Member

11-13-2003

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 2:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Okay-you all have been so helpful in so many things I thought I would give this a try

My brothers birthday is coming up and I would like to get him something good because he is great at taking care of me on my special days. Problem is he is a hrd one to shop for! He is a movie fanatic, loves movies like The Lord of The Rings and The Matrix and such. I don't know what is the best way to describe him other than to say he is sort of into goth/medieval type things.

What I know he would like and what I would like to get him is some sort of sword (for decorative purposes in his home) but one that has meaning and is really cool. I don't want to start asking his opinion because then he will know what I am thinking of getting him. Could anyone help in this area?

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 3:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My teen daughter loves the same movies and is also sort of into goth/medieval type things. She loves the swords at a place in the mall called Cutlery and More. She is also a black belt in Taekwondo and they have swords in the display case at her tkd school. The tkd school has catalogs also. http://www.5stardeal.com/deals/10cats.asp?pc=Swords

Good luck!

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 8:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sillycali, go ask Lancecrossfire or Wardog. I think they both collect swords.

Sillycalimomma
Member

11-13-2003

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 8:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok-thanks Juju!
And thanks Happymom! That site has good things. I am just so worried about buying the wrong thing because I want to buy him a really nice one-he has hinted a few times in the past year that he would like one, but I know nothing about them!
I will try wardog and Lance-thanks!

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Sunday, September 12, 2004 - 12:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey Silly I'm too tired to think straight right now, so remind me (if Lance doesn't answer your question first and he probably knows a little more than me, lol) tomorrow to give you some input.

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 8:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Silly, you're welcome. I thought that site had great prices, but if I were you, I'd get more advice from someone who knows, not me lol! If it were me, I'd at least want to be able to see the thing in person, hold it etc. We bought a greek dagger for my father in law from ebay and it was complete junk.

good luck!

Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 3:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OK, I can't find the birthday wishes thread, where has it been hidden???


Vacanick
Member

07-12-2004

Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 3:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's located in the "A Caring Place" thread, under the Getting to Know You title .

Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 3:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks, Vacanick, I thought I looked all over in the caring place, must have missed this one.

ETA: I found the birthday list but I am trying to find the thread where happy birthday messages are posted. Any ideas?

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 3:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
dipo, there isn't a general place for birthday wishes, people just post them in people's folders when it is their birthday.

Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 3:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, this it too weird, my folder is gone and I had birthday wishes in some other folder on the 9th. I will ask those who posted them where they were. They aren't in the messages for everyone folder, so maybe I am just crazy, LOL.

Jan
Member

08-01-2000

Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 3:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dipo there is a message for everyone folder. It is right HERE.

The thread to find out when bdays are is right HERE

:-):-)

Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 4:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OKay, thanks jan and HP, It is the birthday list, you just have to scroll down and there are messages there too!!!! LMAO, I just saw the list at the top and thought that was all that was there. Thanks.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 6:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What makes a hot pad/pot holder suddenly stop working? I took a pan out of my oven tonite with the same hot pad I have always used and burned the @#$$#@ out of my thumb!!!!!

Jmm
Member

08-16-2002

Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 6:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Texannie, Was it damp at all? The water will conduct the heat.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 6:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
hmmm...not sure, it had been sitting on the counter instead of it's usual spot.

Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 6:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Breakdown of the fibers inside over time will weaken areas causing thinness in spots, too.

Forgetting your thumb is not covered by the pot holder can also cause a burn.


Ginger1218
Member

08-31-2001

Monday, September 20, 2004 - 6:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Can anybody help me? Does anybody remember the movie Pillow Talk with Doris Day and Rock Hudson? In that move they are in a piano bar and there is a black woman playing piano and singing a song called Roly Poly. I have always said she looks like Gladys Knight (a young Gladys Knight) I cannot find out who she is. Maybe one of you smart people can help me.

Bandit
Member

07-29-2001

Monday, September 20, 2004 - 8:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I hope some of the Las Vegas residents around these parts can help me out:

I'm looking for a place to have my hair done for the wedding on Saturday, and I don't know any of the salons out there--can anyone recommend one?

I was planning on having it done at the "Salon at Caesar's"--but they want $75 for an updo! And even more if I want them to shampoo it (which is the best part for me--I love when other people wash my hair!)

HELP!!! *pretty please*

Thanks in advance.

Mak1
Member

08-12-2002

Monday, September 20, 2004 - 8:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ginger, I watched Pillow Talk yesterday. Did you? I did a search at imdb.com, and a poster there says the singer's name is Perry Blackwell. There is a Perry Blackwell listed as a character named Perry in the movie. **imdb.com**

Ginger1218
Member

08-31-2001

Monday, September 20, 2004 - 8:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah Mak I watched it yesterday too. Okay, I guess that answers my question. Thanks.