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krazykitkatThe tv out here kinda exploded this afternoon. Well, a little explosion/pop, the screen and the little green power light disappeared, and there was a smell.
Called dad to find out where the spare little tv was (he's up Coonabarabran with my sister for 5 days). Much better little tv except for the fact the speakers are on the side.
The other tv served us well. Walls have been bending on it for a while and the remote was a pain in the arse (try to turn up the volume and it would often go to the sleep timer instead). I think the munchkin coroner needs to pronounce.
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Marked 15 essays today, though most of them tonight. Need to get over the daytime laziness. 46 to go.
Am amused that a student who's struggling with English as a second language knows how to use possessives while so many native speakers can't.
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Have been naughty on ebay lately. A scrapbook of Margaret O'Brien clippings (many dating back to the 1940s) arrived today. Spent too much, but I so love her.
Called dad to find out where the spare little tv was (he's up Coonabarabran with my sister for 5 days). Much better little tv except for the fact the speakers are on the side.
The other tv served us well. Walls have been bending on it for a while and the remote was a pain in the arse (try to turn up the volume and it would often go to the sleep timer instead). I think the munchkin coroner needs to pronounce.
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Marked 15 essays today, though most of them tonight. Need to get over the daytime laziness. 46 to go.
Am amused that a student who's struggling with English as a second language knows how to use possessives while so many native speakers can't.
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Have been naughty on ebay lately. A scrapbook of Margaret O'Brien clippings (many dating back to the 1940s) arrived today. Spent too much, but I so love her.
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Date: 2005-05-27 03:28 pm (UTC)I had a weird flashback when I saw Coonabarabran. Do you remember that Coon ad that they showed years ago listing all the 'Coon' towns you could eat the cheese in?
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Date: 2005-05-27 03:38 pm (UTC)Kinda recall the ad.
They hit a kangaroo tonight, both survived.
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Date: 2005-05-27 05:56 pm (UTC)The most important thing is did the car surive the encounter?
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Date: 2005-05-28 04:53 am (UTC)Dad had put these whistle things on the car that are supposed to keep roos away...but maybe they only work at high speed.
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Date: 2005-05-27 08:34 pm (UTC)The Munchkin coroner just wrote a book. CNN had a feature the other day.
And non-native speakers actually have more of a grammatical background for the tricky things like possessives.