Dear MM, You mean to tell me that peacocks drink all that stuff? No wonder they are so mean and act crazily. Tom Marilynn Masten wrote: > Don't tell me you Armstrongs wouldn't like to try this Peacock recipe! > > Oriental Peacock recipeA delicious recipe for Oriental Peacock, with vodka, hard cider, lychee liqueur and melon liqueur. Also lists similar drink recipes. > > >

Dear MM, Somehow, I am not surprised about GB. My Pryors are also McLeods and and my mother is a Bruce descendant. I was in Edinbugh one night and haggis was served. I did not eat it, but my wife did and she thought it was good. She is a person born north of the Line. Who knows what they eat? Tom Marilynn Masten wrote: > I DID play Right Guard for the Green Bay Packers. You must have missed it. > Could you concoct a recipe for Peacock Haggis? My daughter was once married > to a Scotsman (didn't take. Irish tempers and Scottish tempers are a > volatile mixture) But he didn't like Haggis either. They have something here > in Shelby, NC, which they think they invented but it is only Philadelphia > Scrapple made south of Philly. NO, I don't eat that either. And don't > anybody write and tell me how good it was when mama made it for breakfast > and served it with maple syrup. I'll take your word for it. > > I have a problem about where my loyalties lay. I am a MacAteer, a > MacIntyre, a Lamont (pronounced Lammit, dammit which became McClymont) an > O'Cleirigh and a Loftus, plus an Irish Armstrong who probably wandered over > the border. They all want me to wear THEIR pins etc. And who knows what > Pryors are? Are my Gardners really Gordons? Very confusing. > Marilynn > IBSSG > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas S. Fiske" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:59 AM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] chosen occupations? > > > >> Dear RR, >> >> >> In >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Of course you were accepted. Fully qualified women in your field must be hard to find. Make the most of it. Your employer is lucky. Women don't do some things the same way men do. Yet they get their tasks completed, and sometimes better. Tom [email protected] wrote: > Tom > > These days they want the engineers to have an MBA too. That sure helps to > get ahead around here. I never invested the time to pursue that avenue yet. > > I'm fortunate and very thankful for the position I have. This job came open > and I thought I would apply for practice sake. I never expected to be accepted > for the position. It was like oh my God what do I do now. When I was > accepted I had a very hard decision to make.To leave where I was and go to the > unknown or stay. I figured it would have been career suicide to not accept. So > here I am. I still miss all of my friends at my old location but I get to see > them every now and then. > > Ronda >

Thanks Tom Sorry for the delay in writing. I'm a bit behind in reading e-mails as usual. You are right. There aren't many women in my profession. Off hand I can think of 3 others besides myself in my company of 4000 employees. There may be some I don't know. It's interesting to say the least. It's also a bit uncomfortable traveling to meetings and being the only female present. In my new job I have to travel to attend a quarterly meeting and I am the only female there. Oh well such is life... haha.... I'm used to it by now. It sure doesn't feel like I've been doing this for 20 years. Oh by the way. I loved Math when I was in school. But it wasn't until High School when I had an excellent Math teacher who took the time with me before it actually sunk in. I remember my 7th grade math teacher telling me I would never be any good at math and how it hurt because Math was my favorite subject. Well I struggled through it some how and earned my degree in spite of his prediction. Ronda Dear RondaRed Good for you! As a teacher in my second career (and as a one time radio ham), I know that about 90% of engineering students are men. Yet, I have taught math and science to many brilliant girls who could have become outstanding engineers. But, somehow they never got there. I suppose they became sociology majors or communication majors. I have often wondered why. It think it is cultural, because after WWII when many millions of Russian men were killed, Russian women became the engineers and scientists. Tom the bewildered

Dear RR, I am firmly convinced that women can do anything except play right guard for the Green Bay Packers, and most men can't do that, either. Look at all that Marilyn Masten has done. Having hired and trained men and women for industry, I can make this broad claim based on experience. In schools, I never let girls in math classes get away with, "I don't need this; I am a girl," or "I can't do Algebra; girls have a hard time with math." Having been employed in large companies for years, such as GE, I know that they hire and promote /engineers/. English majors may spell correctly, but they have the wrong background for such companies. I was an engineer by trade only, not education, so I had to leave GE for smaller companies to get ahead. My education was MBA. Tom [email protected] wrote: > > Thanks Tom > > Sorry for the delay in writing. I'm a bit behind in reading e-mails as > usual. You are right. There aren't many women in my profession. Off hand I can > think of 3 others besides myself in my company of 4000 employees. There may be > some I don't know. It's interesting to say the least. It's also a bit > uncomfortable traveling to meetings and being the only female present. In my new job > I have to travel to attend a quarterly meeting and I am the only female > there. Oh well such is life... haha.... I'm used to it by now. It sure doesn't > feel like I've been doing this for 20 years. > > Oh by the way. I loved Math when I was in school. But it wasn't until High > School when I had an excellent Math teacher who took the time with me before it > actually sunk in. I remember my 7th grade math teacher telling me I would > never be any good at math and how it hurt because Math was my favorite subject. > Well I struggled through it some how and earned my degree in spite of his > prediction. > > Ronda > > Dear RondaRed > > Good for you! > > As a teacher in my second career (and as a one time radio ham), I know > that about 90% of engineering students are men. Yet, I have taught math > and science to many brilliant girls who could have become outstanding > engineers. But, somehow they never got there. I suppose they became > sociology majors or communication majors. I have often wondered why. > It think it is cultural, because after WWII when many millions of > Russian men were killed, Russian women became the engineers and scientists. > > Tom the bewildered > >

Hi, Jill, Well, you know, by "real career" I meant a career where one learns a certain skill or degree of knowledge in a pursuit and follows that through the lifetime...as a physician or a lawyer or a real teacher. I never did that and was really more of a Jack...er, Jane... of all trades. That was fine, once I realized that I'd chosen my life path by getting married right out of college (as so many of us did in those days of the 50s and early 60s when the common professions for women were teacher, secretary or nurse) and had 3 kids in short order. There were fewer opportunities for childcare outside the home then and most of us who had kids stayed home and took care of them, husband, the house and garden, and any assorted other things that needed attention. It was a full-time job that lasted from dawn until about 10 p.m. so I never felt that I wasn't working. When the kids were in school I had part-time jobs so I could be home when they got home. I never had the urge to go back to teaching full-time although I did substitute for several years. Women have more opportunities now and the glass ceiling is a lot higher than it was a generation ago. It's easier for a woman to get a job in professions, business, etc. than it was then. If I were a young woman now I probably would not have been married or had children so young, would have gone to graduate school, would have pursued a career, had children later, maybe put them in daycare and gone back to work. Because I didn't work outside the home full-time we never had as much money as we would have had if we had two full incomes, so we lived frugally and I had the huge vegetable garden, made clothes for the kids and myself, cooked nutritious but inexpensive meals, and generally made do. We had a nice home but no extra money for frills whereas now young couples and families where both parents work seem to live a more upscale kind of life than we could then. I'm not sure this is better, just different. I don't regret at all the path my life has taken and don't think I would have been happier or more fulfilled if I'd had a profession or career, although it's interesting to wonder what it would have been like. I was always there for my kids and my husband, still am, and I'm really glad the kids had everything they needed and got a good start in life and are now successful and, I hope, happy adults. But I still don't think that most people in a younger generation would think of what I've done as a real career! But thanks! I bet you were and are a great teacher...my heart was never in it and I think I was probably just adequate at teaching. Cheers, Cousin Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill Johnston" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 11:39 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] occupations > My gosh, Marilyn! Never had a 'real career'?! You've done more different > kinds of things that I've ever imagined! What a broad spectrum of > experience > you've had! I, on the other hand, went to school, babysat (teaching), > trained my dog (teaching); went to college, married, taught, raised kids > (teaching), went to college, taught, went to the Marshalls and taught, > taught, trained a couple of foals (teaching again), back to college, > taught.... you get the drift. > > Don't get me wrong- I'm not complaining about teaching; I believe it's > what > I was born to do. BUT, having said that, it IS a lot of the same kind of > activity. You've had an incredible range of experiences from which you've > developed many skills. That has many of the earmarks of a 'real career' to > me. I think THAT'S exciting! > > Jill in Washington state > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 5:24 AM > Subject: [ARMSTRONG] occupations > > > I wish I had something exciting to add...I never had a real "career" > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

problem is who has most of it. we are the biggest DEBTOR nation in the world. our debt is higher than it has ever been. Say hello to your grandchildren. Patti ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim & Sue Allen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 4:31 AM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] occupations > Jill. > > It's not produced outside of the US. > That which is produced in the US is in world circulation... lots of it. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Jill Johnston > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 11:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] occupations > > > Jim, > So you were a little like the Catch Me If You Can guy, Frank Abagnale, Jr? > That sounds really fascinating! And I had no clue that ANY of our U.S. > moneys were produced outside the U.S.! > Very interesting!!! > > Jill in Washington state > > "Gypsy gold does not chink and glitter. It gleams in the sun and neighs > in the dark." Gypsy saying > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim & Sue Allen" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 8:12 AM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] occupations > > > > > > I spent a year as an authorized forger ... > > > > (Don't worry, none of it got into circulation). > > > > When color copiers came onto the market, my company worked briefly with > > the > > Secret Service and Bureau of Engraving making copies of currency, work > > documents and stamps. My fondest memory is going to a conference and > > educating the money makers that color copiers can add different numbers to > > each bill - it was called automatic page numbering (duh). I got calls > > from > > banks all over the world. 1-bill, 1-number has been the staple for > > determining counterfeit bills for years and this worried them. Our work > > was > > taken other countries who incorrectly figured that color was good enough > > to > > secure their currency. I got to hold the prototypes for our new $20 bill > > (there were only a few of them made... sure wish I had one). My favorite > > currency was the clear plastic AUS currency. I got my bills before they > > discovered the ink ran. We got to work on inventing all kinds of > > anti-copy > > methods. Cool stuff. Sure was fun going to work. > > > > Anyone want to guess how much % of the printed and coined US Currency was > > outside of the US borders 15 years ago? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Marilyn Otterson > > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 8:24 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [ARMSTRONG] occupations > > > > > > It's fun to read all the interesting occupations and various life > > experiences of other Armstrong researchers. I wish I had something > > exciting > > to add...I never had a real "career" as such and have had a lot of > > part-time > > jobs while raising our family, taking care of husband, kids, home, keeping > > a > > big garden, etc. > > I was fired from my first job, working in a coffee shop and bakery in a > > summer community in Maine. It was a tough, hurry-up job behind the > > counter, > > with low pay and tiny tips, but I was happy to have my first (other than > > baby-sitting) job. Unfortunately, after 3 of my days on the job, an > > experienced worker returned to the area and needed the job so I lost it to > > her. I hadn't done anything wrong and was a good worker and really took > > losing that job hard! I still remember how unhappily surprised I was > > because I thought I was doing well (I probably was) and at 15 years old I > > took it hard. That gave me my last summer of leisure, reading books, > > having > > fun with pals and going to the beach. > > The next summer, and every summer through college, I worked in an > > insurance company in Boston, doing menial jobs like filing and sorting. I > > rode to the city on the train and tried to think of ways to keep from > > going > > nuts from boredom on such a dumb job where the days seemed interminable. > > During the high school year I worked part-time after school for holiday > > seasons: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, and Mother's > > Day > > in a candy shop. That was probably a kid's dream job...we were allowed to > > eat as many fancy chocolates and nuts as we wanted, the theory being that > > workers would soon get sick of the stuff. Since I only worked part-time > > during holidays I never got sick of it! > > I had aspirations to go to medical school but had a younger brother and > > my dad said that there was not enough money for me to plan on graduate > > school with him coming along. I knew I was smart enough to go to medical > > school but not smart enough to go to medical school and work at the same > > time, so off I went to the state U. and took teacher training along with > > my > > major. > > After college and marriage I had a short stint teaching in a high > > school. A difficult pregnancy ended that brief career. When my two older > > kids were in school and I had just one baby at home I got a job as an Avon > > lady in the small town where we lived. This was a pretty good job as I > > met > > all the neighbors and friends and somehow fell into giving make-up and > > skin > > care lectures and demonstrations for local women's clubs. With all the > > kids > > in school I made money editing and typing research papers for local > > college > > students, had a party-plan business, worked off and on, part-time for the > > U.S. Census bureau as an enumerator and supervisor on their various > > surveys, > > and did substitute teaching. > > Somewhere along the way I took some art courses and started painting. > > I > > found that people would actually buy my paintings, so I made money that > > way, > > and also got into crafts...batik, stained glass, pottery, etc., and sell > > my > > items through a craft co-op. I began writing local news for the town > > paper > > and that led to writing human-interest stories about local residents. > > Somehow, about 12 years ago, I fell into restaurant reviewing and for the > > last 12-15 years have been writing freelance articles for papers and > > magazines, concentrating most recently on reviewing eateries. I also have > > written short stories and a novel with little success, although I have won > > a > > couple of small poetry contests with very small prizes. > > I guess I'd have to say my "career" has been as a stay at home wife and > > mother but besides having a big garden and freezing tons of vegetables I > > had > > a bunch of different jobs and found various ways to make money to add to > > the > > family coffers. We saved money by doing our own painting, redecorating > > and > > repairing around the house ourselves, so I suppose that was money > > saved-money earned, too! > > I think my career is like that of many women of my generation. We > > raised our families, took care of our husband, our home, our gardens, > > volunteered, got involved in town and community activities, and tried to > > contribute monetarily through part-time paid work while still being > > "stay-at-home" wives. I don't feel deprived because I never had a "real > > career" although I think I could have been successful if my life had led > > that way. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.11/460 - Release Date: 10/1/06 > >

For those of us not "in the know". What is Baha'i? Patti ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Phillips" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 8:53 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] occupations > Allah-u-Abha, > I live in Hattiesburg MS. I'm originally from Oklahoma. I met my wife on the Baha'i singles lists ran by the BCCA. I moved to MS and married her. Since MS is the next best thing to a 3rd world country in the USA, I tell everyone that I am here as a Pioneer. > The closest thing I've met to another Baha'i doing genealogy research was someon researching his gr-grandfather. He was probably the first Baha'i in San Diego CA. He was in Chicago in the early 1900s and became a Baha'i there. He later moved to San Diego. > > > Gene > > At 08:39 PM 10/2/2006, you wrote: > >Allah-u-Abha!!!!! > >What a TERRIFIC surprise!!!! > >Where are you located? > > > >Jill in Washington state > > > >"Gypsy gold does not chink and glitter. It gleams in the sun and neighs > >in the dark." Gypsy saying > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Gene Phillips" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 6:21 PM > >Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] occupations > > > > > >> Hi Jill, > >> Are you a Baha'i. If so that makes at least two of us on the Armstrong > >> list. > >> > >> Gene > >> > >> > >> At 01:50 PM 9/30/2006, Jill Johnston wrote: > >>>John, > >>>I was on Majuro from Dec.1985 til Feb. 1988. Went to assist the local > >>>Baha'i > >>>community and to teach school in a private, non-parochial cooperative > >>>school > >>>begun some years earlier by former Peace Corps people who had married > >>>locals > >>>and wanted a U.S. grade education for their kids. > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.11/460 - Release Date: 10/1/06 > >

Jill. It's not produced outside of the US. That which is produced in the US is in world circulation... lots of it. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Jill Johnston Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 11:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] occupations Jim, So you were a little like the Catch Me If You Can guy, Frank Abagnale, Jr? That sounds really fascinating! And I had no clue that ANY of our U.S. moneys were produced outside the U.S.! Very interesting!!! Jill in Washington state "Gypsy gold does not chink and glitter. It gleams in the sun and neighs in the dark." Gypsy saying ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim & Sue Allen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 8:12 AM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] occupations > > I spent a year as an authorized forger ... > > (Don't worry, none of it got into circulation). > > When color copiers came onto the market, my company worked briefly with > the > Secret Service and Bureau of Engraving making copies of currency, work > documents and stamps. My fondest memory is going to a conference and > educating the money makers that color copiers can add different numbers to > each bill - it was called automatic page numbering (duh). I got calls > from > banks all over the world. 1-bill, 1-number has been the staple for > determining counterfeit bills for years and this worried them. Our work > was > taken other countries who incorrectly figured that color was good enough > to > secure their currency. I got to hold the prototypes for our new $20 bill > (there were only a few of them made... sure wish I had one). My favorite > currency was the clear plastic AUS currency. I got my bills before they > discovered the ink ran. We got to work on inventing all kinds of > anti-copy > methods. Cool stuff. Sure was fun going to work. > > Anyone want to guess how much % of the printed and coined US Currency was > outside of the US borders 15 years ago? > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Marilyn Otterson > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 8:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ARMSTRONG] occupations > > > It's fun to read all the interesting occupations and various life > experiences of other Armstrong researchers. I wish I had something > exciting > to add...I never had a real "career" as such and have had a lot of > part-time > jobs while raising our family, taking care of husband, kids, home, keeping > a > big garden, etc. > I was fired from my first job, working in a coffee shop and bakery in a > summer community in Maine. It was a tough, hurry-up job behind the > counter, > with low pay and tiny tips, but I was happy to have my first (other than > baby-sitting) job. Unfortunately, after 3 of my days on the job, an > experienced worker returned to the area and needed the job so I lost it to > her. I hadn't done anything wrong and was a good worker and really took > losing that job hard! I still remember how unhappily surprised I was > because I thought I was doing well (I probably was) and at 15 years old I > took it hard. That gave me my last summer of leisure, reading books, > having > fun with pals and going to the beach. > The next summer, and every summer through college, I worked in an > insurance company in Boston, doing menial jobs like filing and sorting. I > rode to the city on the train and tried to think of ways to keep from > going > nuts from boredom on such a dumb job where the days seemed interminable. > During the high school year I worked part-time after school for holiday > seasons: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, and Mother's > Day > in a candy shop. That was probably a kid's dream job...we were allowed to > eat as many fancy chocolates and nuts as we wanted, the theory being that > workers would soon get sick of the stuff. Since I only worked part-time > during holidays I never got sick of it! > I had aspirations to go to medical school but had a younger brother and > my dad said that there was not enough money for me to plan on graduate > school with him coming along. I knew I was smart enough to go to medical > school but not smart enough to go to medical school and work at the same > time, so off I went to the state U. and took teacher training along with > my > major. > After college and marriage I had a short stint teaching in a high > school. A difficult pregnancy ended that brief career. When my two older > kids were in school and I had just one baby at home I got a job as an Avon > lady in the small town where we lived. This was a pretty good job as I > met > all the neighbors and friends and somehow fell into giving make-up and > skin > care lectures and demonstrations for local women's clubs. With all the > kids > in school I made money editing and typing research papers for local > college > students, had a party-plan business, worked off and on, part-time for the > U.S. Census bureau as an enumerator and supervisor on their various > surveys, > and did substitute teaching. > Somewhere along the way I took some art courses and started painting. > I > found that people would actually buy my paintings, so I made money that > way, > and also got into crafts...batik, stained glass, pottery, etc., and sell > my > items through a craft co-op. I began writing local news for the town > paper > and that led to writing human-interest stories about local residents. > Somehow, about 12 years ago, I fell into restaurant reviewing and for the > last 12-15 years have been writing freelance articles for papers and > magazines, concentrating most recently on reviewing eateries. I also have > written short stories and a novel with little success, although I have won > a > couple of small poetry contests with very small prizes. > I guess I'd have to say my "career" has been as a stay at home wife and > mother but besides having a big garden and freezing tons of vegetables I > had > a bunch of different jobs and found various ways to make money to add to > the > family coffers. We saved money by doing our own painting, redecorating > and > repairing around the house ourselves, so I suppose that was money > saved-money earned, too! > I think my career is like that of many women of my generation. We > raised our families, took care of our husband, our home, our gardens, > volunteered, got involved in town and community activities, and tried to > contribute monetarily through part-time paid work while still being > "stay-at-home" wives. I don't feel deprived because I never had a "real > career" although I think I could have been successful if my life had led > that way. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you Marilynn. My father is 83 and my mother is 72 and I will be 58 when I retire. I might get some part time odd job to learn something else but nothing serious. Deloris

Glad you asked. http://www.bahai.org/ Gene At 11:18 PM 10/2/2006, you wrote: >What is a "Baha'i ........... > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gene Phillips" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 10:53 PM >Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] occupations > > >> Allah-u-Abha, >> I live in Hattiesburg MS. I'm originally from Oklahoma. I met my wife on >> the Baha'i singles lists ran by the BCCA. I moved to MS and married her. >> Since MS is the next best thing to a 3rd world country in the USA, I tell >> everyone that I am here as a Pioneer. >> The closest thing I've met to another Baha'i doing genealogy research was >> someon researching his gr-grandfather. He was probably the first Baha'i in >> San Diego CA. He was in Chicago in the early 1900s and became a Baha'i >> there. He later moved to San Diego. >> >> >> Gene >> >> At 08:39 PM 10/2/2006, you wrote: >>>Allah-u-Abha!!!!! >>>What a TERRIFIC surprise!!!! >>>Where are you located? >>> >>>Jill in Washington state >>> >>>"Gypsy gold does not chink and glitter. It gleams in the sun and neighs >>>in the dark." Gypsy saying >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Gene Phillips" <[email protected]> >>>To: <[email protected]> >>>Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 6:21 PM >>>Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] occupations >>> >>> >>>> Hi Jill, >>>> Are you a Baha'i. If so that makes at least two of us on the Armstrong >>>> list. >>>> >>>> Gene >>>> >>>> >>>> At 01:50 PM 9/30/2006, Jill Johnston wrote: >>>>>John, >>>>>I was on Majuro from Dec.1985 til Feb. 1988. Went to assist the local >>>>>Baha'i >>>>>community and to teach school in a private, non-parochial cooperative >>>>>school >>>>>begun some years earlier by former Peace Corps people who had married >>>>>locals >>>>>and wanted a U.S. grade education for their kids. >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> >>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

What is a "Baha'i ........... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Phillips" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] occupations > Allah-u-Abha, > I live in Hattiesburg MS. I'm originally from Oklahoma. I met my wife on > the Baha'i singles lists ran by the BCCA. I moved to MS and married her. > Since MS is the next best thing to a 3rd world country in the USA, I tell > everyone that I am here as a Pioneer. > The closest thing I've met to another Baha'i doing genealogy research was > someon researching his gr-grandfather. He was probably the first Baha'i in > San Diego CA. He was in Chicago in the early 1900s and became a Baha'i > there. He later moved to San Diego. > > > Gene > > At 08:39 PM 10/2/2006, you wrote: >>Allah-u-Abha!!!!! >>What a TERRIFIC surprise!!!! >>Where are you located? >> >>Jill in Washington state >> >>"Gypsy gold does not chink and glitter. It gleams in the sun and neighs >>in the dark." Gypsy saying >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Gene Phillips" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 6:21 PM >>Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] occupations >> >> >>> Hi Jill, >>> Are you a Baha'i. If so that makes at least two of us on the Armstrong >>> list. >>> >>> Gene >>> >>> >>> At 01:50 PM 9/30/2006, Jill Johnston wrote: >>>>John, >>>>I was on Majuro from Dec.1985 til Feb. 1988. Went to assist the local >>>>Baha'i >>>>community and to teach school in a private, non-parochial cooperative >>>>school >>>>begun some years earlier by former Peace Corps people who had married >>>>locals >>>>and wanted a U.S. grade education for their kids. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Allah-u-Abha, I live in Hattiesburg MS. I'm originally from Oklahoma. I met my wife on the Baha'i singles lists ran by the BCCA. I moved to MS and married her. Since MS is the next best thing to a 3rd world country in the USA, I tell everyone that I am here as a Pioneer. The closest thing I've met to another Baha'i doing genealogy research was someon researching his gr-grandfather. He was probably the first Baha'i in San Diego CA. He was in Chicago in the early 1900s and became a Baha'i there. He later moved to San Diego. Gene At 08:39 PM 10/2/2006, you wrote: >Allah-u-Abha!!!!! >What a TERRIFIC surprise!!!! >Where are you located? > >Jill in Washington state > >"Gypsy gold does not chink and glitter. It gleams in the sun and neighs >in the dark." Gypsy saying >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gene Phillips" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 6:21 PM >Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] occupations > > >> Hi Jill, >> Are you a Baha'i. If so that makes at least two of us on the Armstrong >> list. >> >> Gene >> >> >> At 01:50 PM 9/30/2006, Jill Johnston wrote: >>>John, >>>I was on Majuro from Dec.1985 til Feb. 1988. Went to assist the local >>>Baha'i >>>community and to teach school in a private, non-parochial cooperative >>>school >>>begun some years earlier by former Peace Corps people who had married >>>locals >>>and wanted a U.S. grade education for their kids. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I looked at it, once, as the chef proudly explained what care he had ordered in having it sent from Scotland. Then he told me what it was. I figured the sheep was better off with it, than with me. Peacocks are great watchbirds - did you ever see one of those on the highway - (watchbirds, I mean) This is a watch bird watching this list. I think we are all a little goofy. Do you salute Scotland, when you face it. Good night you birds. Mary

Well now, As, the couple of times that I have had haggis, I have to admit that I liked it. Even had seconds. Does this make me a true Scot--which I surely am in part? Ben in North-central Maine where the leaves have changed and I am facing Scotland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas S. Fiske" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 12:07 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Peacock recipes > Dear Listers, > > "There is surprisingly little data on recipes for Peacock on the web." > > Surprisingly? Not for the folks who live in Arcadia, CA. > > I have not looked into the number of funeral dirges written for peacocks, > but there should be many more of those than recipes. > > Tom, formerly of Arcadia, CA > > > > > > Jim & Sue Allen wrote: >> There is surprisingly little data on recipes for Peacock on the web. >> This email exchange was interesting and slightly amusing. >> >> >> http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MEATS/peacocks-msg.html >> >> Maybe, at the next gathering.... Heck, it has to be better than Haggis. >> >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

My gosh, Marilyn! Never had a 'real career'?! You've done more different kinds of things that I've ever imagined! What a broad spectrum of experience you've had! I, on the other hand, went to school, babysat (teaching), trained my dog (teaching); went to college, married, taught, raised kids (teaching), went to college, taught, went to the Marshalls and taught, taught, trained a couple of foals (teaching again), back to college, taught.... you get the drift. Don't get me wrong- I'm not complaining about teaching; I believe it's what I was born to do. BUT, having said that, it IS a lot of the same kind of activity. You've had an incredible range of experiences from which you've developed many skills. That has many of the earmarks of a 'real career' to me. I think THAT'S exciting! Jill in Washington state ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 5:24 AM Subject: [ARMSTRONG] occupations I wish I had something exciting to add...I never had a real "career"

Jim, So you were a little like the Catch Me If You Can guy, Frank Abagnale, Jr? That sounds really fascinating! And I had no clue that ANY of our U.S. moneys were produced outside the U.S.! Very interesting!!! Jill in Washington state "Gypsy gold does not chink and glitter. It gleams in the sun and neighs in the dark." Gypsy saying ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim & Sue Allen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 8:12 AM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] occupations > > I spent a year as an authorized forger ... > > (Don't worry, none of it got into circulation). > > When color copiers came onto the market, my company worked briefly with > the > Secret Service and Bureau of Engraving making copies of currency, work > documents and stamps. My fondest memory is going to a conference and > educating the money makers that color copiers can add different numbers to > each bill - it was called automatic page numbering (duh). I got calls > from > banks all over the world. 1-bill, 1-number has been the staple for > determining counterfeit bills for years and this worried them. Our work > was > taken other countries who incorrectly figured that color was good enough > to > secure their currency. I got to hold the prototypes for our new $20 bill > (there were only a few of them made... sure wish I had one). My favorite > currency was the clear plastic AUS currency. I got my bills before they > discovered the ink ran. We got to work on inventing all kinds of > anti-copy > methods. Cool stuff. Sure was fun going to work. > > Anyone want to guess how much % of the printed and coined US Currency was > outside of the US borders 15 years ago? > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Marilyn Otterson > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 8:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ARMSTRONG] occupations > > > It's fun to read all the interesting occupations and various life > experiences of other Armstrong researchers. I wish I had something > exciting > to add...I never had a real "career" as such and have had a lot of > part-time > jobs while raising our family, taking care of husband, kids, home, keeping > a > big garden, etc. > I was fired from my first job, working in a coffee shop and bakery in a > summer community in Maine. It was a tough, hurry-up job behind the > counter, > with low pay and tiny tips, but I was happy to have my first (other than > baby-sitting) job. Unfortunately, after 3 of my days on the job, an > experienced worker returned to the area and needed the job so I lost it to > her. I hadn't done anything wrong and was a good worker and really took > losing that job hard! I still remember how unhappily surprised I was > because I thought I was doing well (I probably was) and at 15 years old I > took it hard. That gave me my last summer of leisure, reading books, > having > fun with pals and going to the beach. > The next summer, and every summer through college, I worked in an > insurance company in Boston, doing menial jobs like filing and sorting. I > rode to the city on the train and tried to think of ways to keep from > going > nuts from boredom on such a dumb job where the days seemed interminable. > During the high school year I worked part-time after school for holiday > seasons: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, and Mother's > Day > in a candy shop. That was probably a kid's dream job...we were allowed to > eat as many fancy chocolates and nuts as we wanted, the theory being that > workers would soon get sick of the stuff. Since I only worked part-time > during holidays I never got sick of it! > I had aspirations to go to medical school but had a younger brother and > my dad said that there was not enough money for me to plan on graduate > school with him coming along. I knew I was smart enough to go to medical > school but not smart enough to go to medical school and work at the same > time, so off I went to the state U. and took teacher training along with > my > major. > After college and marriage I had a short stint teaching in a high > school. A difficult pregnancy ended that brief career. When my two older > kids were in school and I had just one baby at home I got a job as an Avon > lady in the small town where we lived. This was a pretty good job as I > met > all the neighbors and friends and somehow fell into giving make-up and > skin > care lectures and demonstrations for local women's clubs. With all the > kids > in school I made money editing and typing research papers for local > college > students, had a party-plan business, worked off and on, part-time for the > U.S. Census bureau as an enumerator and supervisor on their various > surveys, > and did substitute teaching. > Somewhere along the way I took some art courses and started painting. > I > found that people would actually buy my paintings, so I made money that > way, > and also got into crafts...batik, stained glass, pottery, etc., and sell > my > items through a craft co-op. I began writing local news for the town > paper > and that led to writing human-interest stories about local residents. > Somehow, about 12 years ago, I fell into restaurant reviewing and for the > last 12-15 years have been writing freelance articles for papers and > magazines, concentrating most recently on reviewing eateries. I also have > written short stories and a novel with little success, although I have won > a > couple of small poetry contests with very small prizes. > I guess I'd have to say my "career" has been as a stay at home wife and > mother but besides having a big garden and freezing tons of vegetables I > had > a bunch of different jobs and found various ways to make money to add to > the > family coffers. We saved money by doing our own painting, redecorating > and > repairing around the house ourselves, so I suppose that was money > saved-money earned, too! > I think my career is like that of many women of my generation. We > raised our families, took care of our husband, our home, our gardens, > volunteered, got involved in town and community activities, and tried to > contribute monetarily through part-time paid work while still being > "stay-at-home" wives. I don't feel deprived because I never had a "real > career" although I think I could have been successful if my life had led > that way. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Jill, Are you a Baha'i. If so that makes at least two of us on the Armstrong list. Gene At 01:50 PM 9/30/2006, Jill Johnston wrote: >John, >I was on Majuro from Dec.1985 til Feb. 1988. Went to assist the local Baha'i >community and to teach school in a private, non-parochial cooperative school >begun some years earlier by former Peace Corps people who had married locals >and wanted a U.S. grade education for their kids.

Will it come with complimentary poster of postures conducive to chanting? :-) Jill in Washington state From: "Thomas S. Fiske" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 7:20 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Peacock recipes > Wait until you read my next book--"A Thousand Favorite Curses for > Peacocks that Can Be Chanted by Anybody." > > Tom > > Jill Johnston wrote: >> Tom, >> I laughed so hard I threw myself into a coughing spell!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-D >> >> Jill in Washington state >> >> >> >>> I have not looked into the number of funeral dirges written for >>> peacocks, >>> but there should be many more of those than recipes. >>> >>> Tom, formerly of Arcadia, CA >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Wait until you read my next book--"A Thousand Favorite Curses for Peacocks that Can Be Chanted by Anybody." Tom Jill Johnston wrote: > Tom, > I laughed so hard I threw myself into a coughing spell!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-D > > Jill in Washington state > > > >> I have not looked into the number of funeral dirges written for peacocks, >> but there should be many more of those than recipes. >> >> Tom, formerly of Arcadia, CA >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]web.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >