Subj : PING Question To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Apr 08 2020 08:36:00 Hi Nancy! BM>>> Accolades to that teacher! My only 'quirkie' assignment request was BM>>> asking two of my professors if I could use one paper for both of their BM>>> assigments. Fairly certain one was for English and the other a BM>>> natural science. Both knew who I was, both had experiences with my BM>>> skills in research and language, etc., so they agreed. ...I did well. NB>>> Nice. :) BM>> Probably worked out better for all of us; on the surface me as "one BM>> paper instead of two" but the three of us essentially knew by getting BM>> rid of one assignement I'd throw myself into the other. NB>> And this way you'd be in a good position for whatever came next from NB>> either teacher... ;) BM> Probably true: no other recollections of special requests. Maybe they BM> corroborated so I couldn't combine. Doubt it. NB> You mean collaborated....? Probably there just weren't two NB> topics assigned at the same time that lended so well to NB> dovetailing them together.... ;) (Yes.) And quite possibly not on the topic joining. As you indicated, I think it just happened the two assignments had the possibilty of being combined -- LIS I don't even remember what the classes were much less the topic, BM> NB>>>> Richard is also taking it to slow his heartbeat... BM>>> Both of us have 'hummingbird hearts'?! NB>>> Controlled Afib, in his case.... ;) BM>> If the medication cuts out the low-level heartbeats, leaving only full BM>> level ones, could see that to control irregular beating. (I know: BM>> really sloppy concept!) NB>> It doesn't really change the irregularity of the heartbeats, but NB>> it does keep them from being so fast as to be ineffective... BM> Right: mine was closer to every other beat being a partial contraction BM> so effectively got rid of the half-level contractions. NB> Ah... a little different, then... Just slightly, depending on the cause of the fast beating. As long as it works! BM>>> ...Sort of with misplaced BM>>> letters and assignments, I did one where I typed 'equiptment' -- this BM>>> was in the days of typewriters and simple four-banger desktop BM>>> calculators. The professor commented to me every time she read that BM>>> in my paper her brain read it with a bit of a backfire! NB>>> You used it multiple times in the same paper, then... when did NB>>> you catch on to your creative spelling...? ;) BM>> When the instructor told me! Abbreviation was "eqpt" and I guess BM>> instead of thinking the 't' was the final letter I thought it was at BM>> the end of the first half. Maybe heard something like "the car is BM>> equipped with" as 'equipted'.... NB>> That sounds like a plausible explanation.... ;) And if you'd not NB>> (or at least often) seen it written out..... ;) BM> It looked right to me. Not that I'm a fantastic speller, but didn't BM> look wrong. ...Of course can't prove that based on some of my typos! BM> (Though there is a difference between typing casually here and typing BM> for school or work.) NB> More likely to check it against a dictionary when for school or NB> work... although I do often check, especially if after I've typed NB> it, it looks wrong.... sometimes that's all it is, that it LOOKS NB> wrong... But 'equiptment' looked right! ...One thing I disliked about dictionaries was I already knew the word was probably spelt wrong but now I have to know the correct spelling to look it up! BM>> ...She's off from school so far through April 10th. NB>> So, spending more time with you...? Around here, I think they may NB>> have gone to online learning and virtual schoolrooms... and possibly NB>> for the rest of the school year.... I know the colleges have been NB>> doing this semester online now... BM> Schools (and just about everything else) have been closed for some BM> time, doing everything on-line. The good news (of sorts) is her mother BM> works for a college and they have closed down so she can take care of BM> Autumn plus do schoolwork and her Dad does recess. NB> That works out for her, then... :) Yes. Public schools are now closed though April 30th. The 'good news' is the college where her mother works is also closed until then. BM> We more or less go BM> with the flow: Autumn will sometimes want to play school - sometimes BM> with us, sometimes with the stuffed animals. She seems (briefly) BM> fascinated by the 'hard math' she will throw at me: "one hundred and BM> three plus one hundred and three?!" "Two hundred six!" (Thinks - not BM> sure if she calculates or just assumes I'm right.) And yes, does help BM> to do the add-left-to-right trick! NB> She might actually be adding it... and doing the trick, for that NB> matter... ;) Just have to picture it in one's head... ;) The smaller single-digit additions she has done in her head - there is a bit of a delay as the 'math table' hasn't been fully constructed up there. The beginnings of the two-digit table has also started: 12+5, 32+2 types of additions has also started, though with less confidence. BM> I have forwarded a few posts I've received on things like virtual BM> tours of museums (dinosaurs have some interest), Shedd Aquarium, they BM> listed the one in Boston plus panda bears in China. No idea if Autumn BM> has seen; they have a huge TV so would be almost like being there! NB> Those could be an interesting sidelight to home lessons... :) That's what I was thinking, or a trigger for another option ==> that aquarium picture looks like we're in a cave -- hey! let's see what virtual cave tours are available! 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