tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post1593594262348088991..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Merit Badges FourJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-24775136868834932582009-09-30T20:50:12.765-04:002009-09-30T20:50:12.765-04:00Sorry for not responding sooner. I've just had...Sorry for not responding sooner. I've just had a 30-hour computer outage courtesy of our phone company, who didn't tell our internet provider that they had rerouted our telephone line.<br /><br />I think the volunteer thing hits all of us.<br /><br />If the purple ink wasn't a mimeograph machine, perhaps it was a Gestetner? (That spelling may be way off, but if you sound it out, it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-18379906897161127092009-09-30T18:03:51.767-04:002009-09-30T18:03:51.767-04:00I love the badges! Ah, yes, the mimeo. Loved the...I love the badges! Ah, yes, the mimeo. Loved the smell when I was a kid. Hated typing contracts on them when a few years later. Argh! Great minds think alike--the opening paragraph of my blog from the 29th also includes a nod to the typewriter eraser. Some things make a very strong impression on us.<br /><br />So, how do I collect my badge?Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00696725323601926389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-75856365816796395472009-09-30T05:42:54.979-04:002009-09-30T05:42:54.979-04:00I remember mimeo machines; got purple hands for ye...I remember mimeo machines; got purple hands for years. Oh, so grateful for computers and printers and email and attachments of documents.<br />I do volunteer; it's part of my life but I have boundaries. When I'm done, I'm done no matter who is talking about what for next week. I do not run around, I do things within my neighborhood. I worship phones and computers...great kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-25151577707941782342009-09-30T05:19:08.711-04:002009-09-30T05:19:08.711-04:00I qualify for all three badges. Kinda scary.
My B...I qualify for all three badges. Kinda scary.<br /><br />My Burlesque name is Sugar Wyoming.<br /><br />Thanks for the pre-dawn laugh.<br /><br />SuzanneSuzanne Adairhttp://www.suzanneadair.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-40869392891262511912009-09-30T00:27:33.283-04:002009-09-30T00:27:33.283-04:00I love your awards. They do hit home, don't t...I love your awards. They do hit home, don't they.<br /><br />I believe it was another process that left your fingers purple. You wrote with a pen on a gel surface, then took the result and just laid the paper on the top. You got purple fingers from touching the wet pages or the gel.<br /><br />Mimeograph ink was the color you were going to print. Mimeograph looked nicer, but was harder toMarilynnehttp://marilynnesmith.com/loggingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-75871033713351337012009-09-29T15:09:02.414-04:002009-09-29T15:09:02.414-04:00The hardest thing for me to learn was that when I ...The hardest thing for me to learn was that when I volunteer for something new, I have to give up something old -- or maybe several somethings. I've had to choose the one volunteer post I care about the most and surrender the others. Not always easy -- when you've been doing a job for a while, the people who have to find your replacement don't want you to go! <br /><br />I do think it&Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-41585778639741053742009-09-29T14:06:19.144-04:002009-09-29T14:06:19.144-04:00Wow, I get all three.
Are you sure that's a M...Wow, I get all three.<br /><br />Are you sure that's a Mardi Gras mask? I thought it was a bodice. As in you-know-what.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Rattles BeechSusan Dhttp://www.susandaly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-34986946504374017812009-09-29T11:03:16.270-04:002009-09-29T11:03:16.270-04:00I think we can all relate to the Stop Me Before I ...I think we can all relate to the Stop Me Before I Volunteer one. No, Elizabeth, once you earn a badge, it's yours.<br /><br />Here's you're coursework for the volunteering badge. One sentence.<br /><br />"Let me think about it for 24 hours."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-7884682728845701592009-09-29T10:52:04.283-04:002009-09-29T10:52:04.283-04:00I qualify for Writers of A Certain Age, and I migh...I qualify for Writers of A Certain Age, and I might need a do-over of the coursework for Stop Me from Volunteering. I recently broke my vow not to volunteer, accepting a post on the board of a certain organization--and within ONE MINUTE of my saying Yes, they asked me to be recording secretary. (I managed to say No, but...Sharon, do you take badges away for backsliding?)Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-58543545353675945012009-09-29T10:18:49.412-04:002009-09-29T10:18:49.412-04:00I love the "Stop Me from Volunteering" o...I love the "Stop Me from Volunteering" one! I'll take that. Thanks!<br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><a href="http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Writing is Murder</a>Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.com