Comments on: Panic

By: Injun

Injun — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:36:02 +0000

I heard a new way to help relax people is to put some snoring sound on in the airplane: will really help! (until you know where it comes from)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7635169.stm

By: irene

irene — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:30:59 +0000

mmm… at least you got save back 🙂 now you can prepare for the flight in october…. interesting to see the list above, especially to see that dawnell knows the right dutch words like winkelen well done!!

Since we are talking about winkelen, can you ask Dawnell to explain where there is an UGG store in Florida to my mother, she will get a shop list from me when they are going to knuffle the cats (or something like that). I started at the ING, but they are very into knowing everything from your employee (read: they will look into your mail), but i can be reached on my hotmail ihelfferich@hotmail.com

I say lot’s of love to dawnell and to you….. gr irene

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:14:52 +0000

I’ll let the grammar go, but for our non southern-states friends I feel I have to explain that ‘tho’ and ‘prolly’ stand for ‘though’ and ‘probably’ respectively.

Other words you may encounter in Dawnell’s comments:

winder = window
pazacally = exactly (don’t ask!)
horsepital = hospital
the clydimicator = Clyde (our cat)
a somebody = animals in the wild (Look: there is a somebody in the tree)
I feel quilty = screw work: I’m gonna work a bit on a bed covering composed of a quilt top, a layer of batting, and a layer of fabric for backing, generally combined using the technique of quilting.
drinkey-pooh = you have to ask? It involves Vodka (if I recalll correctly)
hubbeke = that would be me
winkelen = that’s actually correct word-use … in Dutch
I can’t work = there is a slightly overweight red but soft cat on my desk
Dinner’s ready! = the pizza delivery boy came
skim’n dip = puddling around in the pool and getting the bugs off the surface of the water
doing my yoghurt = doing her yoga
Spiffy = her car
The Great White = my car
that stupid game = the game she plays every night for HOURS
‘be very careful or you will get the pineapple (or: the blue mouse)’ = uhm..well… something to do with our cats.
naner = banana
asel = donkey
“I’m ready” (as for going on a trip) = 30 minute warning call
koeien! = on spotting cows somewhere
tickees = lottery tickets
lootery = lottery
piller = pillow
Annsday = the Wednesday that Ann, our domestic aid worker comes
gonna have a knuffle = grabbing the nearest cat and hauling him or her off to the bedroom
hungees = hungry
cannot go sweepies = I cannot sleep

(Okay, I admit .. we both share a lot of this typical Claessen residence dialect: the above is only a selection of the more comprehensible expressions)

By: Dawnell

Dawnell — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:18:25 +0000

And don’t get me started on grammar …. I KNOW it is 3 gins and tonic! But it is late, and I don’t feel well.

By: Dawnell

Dawnell — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:17:29 +0000

Good grief. He came to San Antonio, drank beer, bought 254 books, drank margaritas and had 3 gin and tonics on the plane coming back home. He could bareley wait for the plane to take off so he could place his drink order! He is now out of free drink coupons, tho. He prolly won’t fly again till we go to San Juan (Puerto Rico) in October.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:06:23 +0000

I know, I know .. I was just trying to justify my phobia. Which, I maintain, is still easier to do than to justify a fear of plesiosaurs in lakes!

A fear of plesiosaurs? Peter .. really!

I live in Florida and if I go swimming in the nearby Indian river (intracoastal) I run the risk of being attacked by sharks and alligators simultaneously!
And here you are, worrying about … PLESIOSAURS?
You’re such an interesting fellow, Peter!

By: Peter W.

Peter W. — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:44:05 +0000

Nah, there’s no such thing as risk-free behaviour. It’s always (ALWAYS) just a matter of mitigating risks to a certain level, and then proceeding. Walking, bicycling, and driving in my city each have their own level of jeopardy. Flying, the same.

Each time you cross through an intersection, each time you drive near a propane plant, each time you travel near high-voltage lines, the odds could catch up with you. But if we all allow ourselves to be paralyzed, we miss out with certainty the joy to which we are travelling… against the slim chance of accident.

Of course, I know logic doesn’t actually affect phobia. (Said the man who is thoroughly horrified by the image of the plesiosaur that lives in any given lake).

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:58:31 +0000

I’d be more interested in a book about completely eliminating plane crashes!
And beer with friends certainly makes being in San Antonio very appealing.
The trip over there, … not so much.
However, that I’d risk my life for it shows how much I care about my friends!

(Honey… It’s Deannie’s fault .. SHE told me to go to Half Price Books… really! Else I wouldn’t have THUNK of it)

By: deannie

deannie — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:08:09 +0000

I hear there are books that deal with this phobia…maybe you can find one at the Half Price Book stores? 🙂

And I thought it was beer with friends that would make a trip to San Antonio so appealing!