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Wow, I hadn't heard that story! I knew about the children getting injured in the thread-winding machines in the early 1900s and how that led to child-labor laws, but I've never heard that one-- fascinating!
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
Shorty looks so much like my Ringo, right down to the facial expression!
Surgery: RNY on 12/18/2013 with Jay M. Snow, MD "Don't mistake my kindness for weakness." - Robert Herjavec, quoting Al Capone
My mother was born with a port wine stain birthmark which covered half of her face. When she was a child in the '30s, her father took her for treatment where they used radium in an attempt to remove the birthmark. Didn't help her complexion or affect the birthmark.
Weird science.
"Oderint Dum Metuant" Discover the joys of the Five Day Meat Test!
Height: 5'-7" HW: 449 SW: 392 GW: 179 CW: 220
on 4/17/14 9:56 am
Anne won't care as we are doing #1,4,5,6, and 20 of her thirty things
And for those who want the experience of a busy hummingbird feeder, check out this video!
Edited to add a second video...I've never seen so many hummingbirds in the same place at the same time.
Surgery: RNY on 12/18/2013 with Jay M. Snow, MD "Don't mistake my kindness for weakness." - Robert Herjavec, quoting Al Capone
That's actually a violet-tailed sylph, one of my favorites:
This is a rufous-crested coquette. Totally different, but still adorable!
Sorry to hijack Anne's thread, but I freaking love hummingbirds. They're tiny, buzzing, flying jewels. I blame the hummer who decided to investigate whether my ear had any nectar when I was ten years old with my fascination.
Surgery: RNY on 12/18/2013 with Jay M. Snow, MD "Don't mistake my kindness for weakness." - Robert Herjavec, quoting Al Capone
"Oderint Dum Metuant" Discover the joys of the Five Day Meat Test!
Height: 5'-7" HW: 449 SW: 392 GW: 179 CW: 220
on 4/17/14 9:17 am
Here is a news article about bullying advice.. left the school apologizing for a lot of things how to react to a bully
