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Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Friday, June 16, 2006 - 9:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Wow Zmom .. thank you! It's just a silly boarder at the middle of the wall around his room.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 11:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Hehe, Mary, are you saying I shoulda knocked Caleb down too when he started walking without ever crawling? I always thought mom was full of it and trying to make me feel better about being so clumsy.

I've gone the last day and a half or so without getting quesy and I have to say I'm absolutely loving my glasses. Thursday I wasn't so sure I liked them at all, lol. The biggest thing I notice is night driving. For awhile now I've avoided that if at all possible and when not only to drive a few blocks to the store. I kept telling Darren that it was just all the lights that bugged me at night and I was getting a little scared to drive myself cuz I really couldn't see that well. I went out this evening and for the first time in probably a year at least I wasn't bothered. I realized it wasn't just the lights that was causing me problems before. I am going to have to go back in and get them adjusted a bit though, they keep falling down my nose.

Suz
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10-13-2005

Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 8:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Suz a private message Print Post    
Thanks from me too Zachsmom. My daughter was asking me how to get wallpaper off her kitchen walls. I told her I would help her. I'm hoping she has strippable paper.

Kiersten_love
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 5:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kiersten_love a private message Print Post    
Hi Mods, I have a question, is there any way we can have a game room here, just for games? I am sure there are lots of us who would love to play big brother games, and silly question games, and survivor games and so on. I have not found any sites where I can play games with others, and since I have been a member for quite some time now, I was just wondering if we can have a game area, please??????

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 5:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
We have an online type game area located here that has lots of games so this might be what you are looking for:

Link to Game Area

Some of the bigger shows also have game areas set up specifically for them.

Is this sort of what you were thinking of?

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 6:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Anyone know what font this is? THANKS!


Kitt
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09-06-2000

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 6:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
have you got any more letters Julieboo? I think it's Frutiger Bold but it's hard to tell, a lot of fonts look the same to me.

Kiersten_love
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 6:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kiersten_love a private message Print Post    
I was thinking more like having a BB reality game here or a survivor online game, or anything that is reality related Jimmer.

I checked that game area you just posted for me, i will look at that too, but i wanted something more like a full fledge reality online game, is that possible to do on here, please?

Karen
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09-07-2004

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 7:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Check out the separate show threads, Kiersten. I know there are online games for Survivor, TAR, etc... I don't venture too much into the BB area but I'm sure they have something going on in there, too. Most of the reality shows do.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 7:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
The M is the tricky letter. I thought Frutiger too (or Arial or Helvetica or Avante Garde, etc...) Here are some more letters...
Thanks Kitt!


Kitt
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09-06-2000

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 7:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
I fount a website called www.identifont.com and answered some questions, they say it's "Gill Sans". See what you think...

http://www.identifont.com/

Wendo
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08-07-2000

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 7:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wendo a private message Print Post    
Kitt is right; it's "Gill Sans Std Bold".

One of my fav fonts.

Kiersten_love
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 7:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kiersten_love a private message Print Post    
I am not sure what you mean by saying i know most of the reality shows do, Karen? Care to explain and provide a link to online games, thanks.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 8:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Kiersten, I started to respond to your original question, then saw others were doing a better job of it, so I deleted my original post. Lets see if I get mine in in time this time! LOL....

These shows are over now, so the games are too, but here are some examples of the games areas for some of the big shows.....

Survivor XII Games

TAR IX Games

American Idol Game

Each of these folders has either a set of threads to explain a particular game, with threads for voting, etc (like the American Idol one). Others have links/threads to a variety of games for that particular show. There might be games where a TVCH league signs up on another site, or a game hosted right here by a TVCH'er.

I don't see a BB game going on. Not sure I've ever seen one done. Its a lot of work to host a game. And with the pace that BB goes, it might be near impossible to run a game on line for it!

Basically, when a show is slated to start, I just keep my eye on that particular folder to see if anyone is mentioning doing a game for that show. I gave you links to each individual show's games area, but you might notice the links each level up from the links I gave you, to give you an idea of where you would look for a game when a new show starts up.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 7:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
KITT & WENDO-thank you so much! Thanks especially for that link!!

Dolphinschild
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06-22-2006

Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 8:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dolphinschild a private message Print Post    
Hello Wargod, in reference to your Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 12:47 am Post, about your son not crawling, but walking. My daughter had motorskill problems because of ear problems, not because she didn't learn to crawl. Infact she didn't even walk, she went from lifting herself to running across the room. Before that though she would roll herself around to where she needed to go. Crawling does help with their motorskill development, but so does the other things. The key is that they use their hands and feet, such as walking and grabbing things. That doesn't necessarily mean they have to do them together as crawling does, eventhough it does help. As long as you have your son active in his use of motorskills in exploring things with his hands and he is walking and exploring that way with this feet, he should be fine. What does hinder children though and it is mostly unknown by many people, it is ear problems that holds the developmental back. Such as if the child has chronic ear infections, it effects his balance and coordination. My daughter was deaf for a year and half, because of the neglect of her doctor. If the child has more then 4 to 7 chronic ear infections, they need tubes put in their ears, and this keeps the child from having their inner ear clog up with the infected fluid, which then hinders their motor skills, then in turn, slows down the development. This then goes into learning disabilities later in school years. The key window of development is from 6 months to 3 years old, that is when the brain needs the stimuli for hand, eye and foot cooridnation, and ear problems can hinder that development. I hope this helps a bit.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 8:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Oh, we're so lucky with him on ear infections! I have hearing loss in both ears due to chronic ear infections as a child (more like one very long 15 year ear infection!) Ear infection was my number one concern having kids. Caleb has only had two, once when he was 3 or 4 and one a few weeks ago. Dakota was great up until last year when her allergies/sinus issues got out of control and in the months we were working to find the correct mix of meds, she had several sinus/ear infections. Once we got that under control they pretty much stopped, though she did pop up with another ear infection last week.

I think the wierd part with Caleb is that he's a video game kid. Given half a chance (we don't!) he'd sit in front of a game 24/7 and has been playing since he was about 2 1/2 when he got his first computer learning game. He should have excellent hand/eye/foot coordination but he can trip over anything or nothing at all!

Dolphinschild
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06-22-2006

Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 9:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dolphinschild a private message Print Post    
One thing I noticed with my kids and I learned taking all my child development classes, is that when children are clumsy, they are going through a growth spirt. We adults are clumsy, because we get so busy with life and all the stuff, we fail to pay attention to our surroundings, so we trip, or hit the counter with our hip or a shin into a table LOL. I learned that children's growth spirt can set them off balance and they have to adjust to their new being, just like a seaman haveing to learn to walk on land again or a landperson learning to get his sea legs.

I am sorry to hear about your hearing loss, my daughter Alex's hearing was corrected luckily in time, but because of the 18 months she went with chronic ear infections, her motorskill development didn't get to be where it was suppose too and it caused her to have learning disabilities. I am proud to say she is 19 years old and has over come them and has finished her first year in college.

I get sinus infections and they go straight to my inner ear and I get dizzy and my balance is all thrown off too. I noticed though, when I am clumsy, it is either because of one of these episodes or most likely I am not paying attention to my surroundings. I am a huge cluts lol.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 9:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL, with Caleb, a growth spurt is usually a safe bet. That kid is his daddy's mini me right down to his long skinny toes, lol. No one in my husbands family is under 5'9 and that includes girls (he's got one niece who at 17 is 6'1 and doesn't look done yet) and Caleb certainly takes after that side of the family. Long arms and legs, big hands and feet and stick thin.

My hearing loss isn't all that bad. I don't like talking on the phone cuz I miss half the conversation or being in big, noisy crowds or someone talking low I have problems. I do occassionally make my family crack up when I mishear something. My parents/dr knew before I started school there was some hearing loss due to the scar tissue from the ear infections.

Yay for your daughter! It's always great to hear about a kid overcoming a learning disabilty to go on to good things!

Dolphinschild
Member

06-22-2006

Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 9:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dolphinschild a private message Print Post    
Yeah that is a given when they are tall and lanky too. their coordination is always being challenged lol. My youngest Sara her daddy's uncles were all 7 foot tall and her daddy is 6'2. I am 5'7 and she just turned 10 years old yesterday and the top of her head is just under my chin.

I can totally understand the hearing thing, I don't have a hearing loss, but I do have difficutly with a few tones, but my problem is the more noise their is, the more jummbled everything is and I can't hear it right. So I always feel like I am going, "Ay sunny, I didn't quite catch that!" lol hahahah.

On the phone for me, I have a hard time keeping my attention from wondering off. I don't have ADD, my problem is PTSD, and have short term memory problems, so I struggle with phone conversations too. I will have to tell them I didn't get that last part, when in fact I didn't hear the whole thing, because my attention went some where else lol.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 10:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
War, I'm jumping in on this because I work in pediatric physical therapy. There is more than one school of thought on the "missing creeping" thing. Crawling is actually what they do while their tummy is touching the floor (commando crawling), and creeping is on hands and knees. One school (Neurodevelopmental Treatment) believes that we should go through EVERY developmental stage, and they even take children who are already walking and work on the lower skills such as creeping. Other schools of thought don't care so much about that unless upper level skills (such as ascending and descending stairs, riding tricycles, etc) are affected. It's all about moving the body in a coordinated pattern - opposition of upper and lower bodies and side to side opposition.

If your son is "clumsy," it could indeed be related to growth spurts. It can also relate to weakness in the muscles in the leg which allow us to "pick up our feet" enough to clear obstacles (and I include carpeting and other things we wouldn't normally think of as obstacles).

Unless your son is showing problems in other areas which relate to coordination of arms and legs as well as opposition of right and left...don't worry!

Hope this helps. I never know whether I should get involved with things like this. I have been in the field of PT for nearly 15 years, but sometimes people are just talking in generalizations and don't want anything other than to talk.

Dolphinschild
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06-22-2006

Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 10:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dolphinschild a private message Print Post    
Thanks Hukdonreality for jumping in, that is an aspect I don't have training in, but your very right, I did forget about it. Thanks for sharing with her too.

Kiersten_love
Member

08-03-2001

Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 4:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kiersten_love a private message Print Post    
Thank you all for answering my question, but I was looking more for a reality online game to play, just like they do on Big Brother, Survivor, American Idol, not voting stuff and things like that but a full blown game. If anyone knows how I can find them please let me know.

Weeniewhiner
Member

07-22-2005

Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 3:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Weeniewhiner a private message Print Post    
My Dumb (but serious) Question:

This is what I was wondering when I feel asleep last night.

Why does lava only spurt from mountains (volcanoes)? Why doesn't it just spew out from the ground at the corner of Main and Elm Streets?

Was the mountain there first and the lava just moved in or did the lava create the mountain by pushing up the earth?

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 3:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
don't know, wee. but, you might email someone at this site:

Volcano