Subj : Re: Millikan's was: Wegman's To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Nov 01 2019 01:01:16 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 27-Oct-2019 09:30 <=- BM>>> She's too young to be assigned a science fair project. NB>>> Give her just a couple years...... ;) BM>> Right. At this point she's very interested in animals - not just cats BM>> and dogs but birds, butterflies, insects.... More the veterinarian BM>> side of things than the common house pet side. We'll see how that BM>> progresses; encourage but not push. NB>> Could be interesting... :) As you say, one doesn't want to push, but NB>> there are certainly ways to encourage... :) BM> Right: encouraging (IMO) is a much better way -- explore and maybe BM> find something you didn't know you liked. I even sort of encourage BM> doing things the wrong way (up to a point!): I know from experience BM> it's going to come out wrong but she doesn't, and for sometimes BM> personal experience is the best teacher. Also sometimes can be used to BM> emphasize I/we know so go by what we say. One does tend to learn how not to do things better by experience than by just being told, for many things.... BM>>>> NB>>>> As I did... BM>>> And glad you did! NB>>> And for once, saved to its own file, to make it easier to locate... NB>>> also made it easier to forward back to you... ;) BM>> And that's how I ran low on hard drive space over the years: this BM>> looks interesting, this is worthwhile to have handy.... NB>> Yup... a little file here, a slightly larger one there... sooner NB>> or later, they all add up... :) BM> And thus the need for multi-terabyte drives! Or at least lots of zipdisks... ;) And/or a periodic winnowing out of the saved stuff.... ;) BM>> And now Daryl has additional Arkansas Square Dancing duties.... NB>> Mostly only himself to blame... ;) Not a bad thing to keep busy, NB>> though.... :) BM> I don't think I'd use 'blame'. :) Keeping busy is a good thing! And BM> something enjoyable even better. I was using it in the semi-jocular sense... And as long as it is enjoyable, probably not too much of a burden... :) BM>>> ... We specialize in precision guesswork. NB>>> I've seen some projects that looked to exemplify that method.... ;) BM>> When were you here??!! NB>> Never.... ....you mean that tag was from personal experience...?? BM> Umm, no? Just not going to admit it, eh...? ttyl neb .... Multigrain cereals: boxes full of small cookies with oat bran added. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .