Archive through August 26, 2003
TV ClubHouse: ARCHIVES: Big Brother USA 2003 General Discussions Part 1:
** Quick Q&A (Short q's that don't need a whole thread) ** (ARCHIVES):
Archive through August 26, 2003
Gina8642 | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 10:13 am     I think every HG is reverting to their natural eating habits understress. Erika, a naturally thin person, reacts to stress by not eating. Jun, a naturally overweight person, reacts to stress by eating. Jack, who's said he's always had trouble keeping weight on, has reacted by losing weight. Personally, as a naturally overweight person, I know I could gain weight on a PB&J diet. BTW - I do think Jack looks like he's lost. I think it is mostly muscle, but that is still weight. The weight you least want to lose too. |
Beruthiel | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 10:27 am     LOL, Justalittlebean, I didn't remember that, about Dave! Gina, you're probably right, and I'm feeling so sorry for Jack right now. At least when he leaves he will have been the most honest and honourable HG ever. |
Beruthiel | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 10:29 am     Why I clicked here was to ask something I was wondering about days ago, and forgot about. In the live feeds they mention going for their meds every day. Is that vitamins, or are they on various meds for other reasons, does anyone know? |
Gina8642 | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 10:45 am     It's whatever they take. It may be vitamins, it may be perscribed drugs. Depends on the HG. Sounds like there's also a limited amount of over the counter pain medication inside the house like Advil and Pamprin where they don't have to request each and every pill. Personally I'm glad they dispense the med.s. These folks have no privacy. If they had their med.s - say like prozac - in their basket in the bathroom. The other HGs would gossip about it, and we on the internet would hear about it. Let them have some privacy. |
Gina8642 | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 10:48 am     I forgot to ask my question - totally off topic BTW. Why is Hurrican Ignacio, currently hitting Baja California, called a HURRICANE? I thought if one of these types of storms was in the Pacific it was called a TYPHOON. |
Kitt | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 11:18 am     A hurricane is in the northern hemisphere, and typhoon is in the southern hemisphere. Most of the storms in the pacific are typhoons as they are down near Aus, not up here near the BB house . |
Gina8642 | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 11:28 am     Thank You Kitt!!! - I thought it was a East/West thing not a North/South thing. LOL (I hope I'm not getting as muddled as Jack in my old age...) |
Jan | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 11:38 am     Who knew! I have wondered about that for years. Thanks Kitt  |
Csnog | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 11:39 am     "Hurricane" and "typhoon" are two names for the same thing, namely, a tropical cyclone with winds of 65 knots (75 m.p.h.) or more. When these storms occur in the Western Hemisphere (in the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico), we call them hurricanes. When they occur in the North Pacific Ocean west of the International Date Line, we call them typhoons. Names of Pacific hurricanes, Atlantic hurricanes, and typhoons are all derived from separate lists. There are climatological differences between hurricanes and typhoons. In order for tropical cyclones to form, sea surface temperatures are usually at least 26 degrees Celsius (79 degrees Fahrenheit). The warmer the water, the greater the energy potentially available to the tropical cyclone. Because the sea surface temperature is about 2 degrees Celsius warmer in the western tropical Pacific than all other places tropical cyclones form, and the layer of warm water is thicker and more extensive there, typhoons tend to be more vigorous and numerous than hurricanes. Whereas the hurricane season lasts from June to November, the typhoon season lasts from May through December. In fact, typhoons can occur in every month of the year. |
Chy | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 11:58 am     Great that Csnog could explain it so well. LOL, I just thought the word Ty-phoon is Chinese. Well, two words. |
Beruthiel | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 12:19 pm     It is, Chy. My Mum-in-law is partly Chinese, and Typhoon means "Big Wind", but it's spelled differently, of course. |
Chy | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 12:24 pm     Why would anyone think Jee is here illegally? I've never look into it, but I believed the rule would only say American Residency required. I'm a Permanent Resident just like Jee. I have a Green card(It's really pink in color.), and a Social Security card which I show every time I apply for a job. I've own and sold a restaurant, paid a lot of Fedral and State tax, able to have liquor license and if I wanted to, I'm allowed to have a gun, too. The only thing I can't do as a non-citizen is that I can't vote or work for certain government offices. BTW, when I was still in college, I once was declined to visit an airplane hanger on a Navy base(Willirby Island??) where my then BF's brother served. |
Kalekona | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 12:28 pm     Widbey Island... (i live right across the water. We also have many non-citizens who serve in our military. So i think appearing on BB is a non issue. |
Chy | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 12:28 pm     Thanks, Beruth..., I was commenting on how great that Cs. could get a lot more solid information for us than just the few-word answer I would have supplied. |
Beruthiel | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 12:42 pm     Sorry, Chy. Csnog's answer is marvellous. I was just thinking about it all because my husband was born in Hong Kong. Aren't the words 'tai fung'? There was that epic novel called Taipan, which I was told meant something like Big Boss, which also made me think about it. My mind roams about when something triggers a memory. |
Snogrl | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 01:25 pm     When does Jun get her McDonalds? I thought it was for lunch. How pathetic is it that I'm waiting to go on my errands so I won't miss her eat! I need help. |
Crazydog | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 02:20 pm     Yes, Beruthiel, in Cantonese, "big wind" is pronounced "die foong", so I can see how it has been anglicized into "typhoon". Not sure of the Mandarin pronunciation. |
Marej | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 03:00 pm     Way off topic, but did anyone watch the Warren Zevon special on VH1 the other night? |
Beruthiel | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 03:03 pm     Hey, thanks Crazydog! My mother-in-law speaks Cantonese, so I don't think I've heard Mandarin except maybe in movies with subtitles. One of her sayings was something like Fai tee ah, which I was told meant "hurry up!" Hope she wasn't saying something else, LOL! She's in her nineties now, living in Spain, a great old lady. |
Kellirippa | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 03:21 pm     was there a vote today or not? |
Lexie_Girl | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 06:31 pm     I need some help here. This is my third season watching BB and I've constantly seen references to possible penalty nominations because a houseguest broke one rule or another but I've never seen a penalty nomination happen. What exactly would happen if someone got a penalty nomination, i.e. Jee for revealing that he took the deal for POV and put the house on PB&J for a week even though Julie specifically told him not to tell anyone of the deal until after the eviction nominations took place? Would Jee have lost his HOH status, would the POV deal become null and void, etc. etc.? Much thankage... |
Kc103 | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 06:33 pm     Hi everyone! Not sure if this was addressed here already....but what did they mean by the "twist" and two houseguests leaving tomorrow night? Has there been more word on that? I haven't gotten a chance to watch the feeds too often the last few days. Thanks to anyone who answers! |
Crossfire | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 06:35 pm     Come meet us over here , we have a big discussion on it underway. |
Kc103 | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 06:40 pm     Sorry, just saw the "Someone's Leaving" thread now. I see it being discussed there. |
Chy | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 06:54 pm     Beruthiel, sorry I was out and never came back until now. Crazydog is right about the pronunciation. The Mandarin actually sounds like Tai Fung as Beru... said. The word Fung is the same word in Fang-swei. It means wind. In Taiwanese, they say Hon-Tai. Isn't that funny? <My mother was burn in ShangHai but ran to HK. My father was born in Nanking but ran to Taiwan. They were refuges when Mao went in power. I was born in Taipei. So I do Mandarin as it was official Chinese taught in schools, Nanking to communicate with grandma who raised me, Taiwanese with playmates and a little Cantonese when my ma's parents come visit us.> |
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