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Row Robin starts Jan. 2016 All info on first post. 03 Feb 2016 15:32 #135763

dorothy.j.wolf OFFLINE Posts: 223 Thank you received: 75	still chuckling!! Dorothy
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Row Robin starts Jan. 2016 All info on first post. 03 Feb 2016 14:33 #135762

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Row Robin starts Jan. 2016 All info on first post. 03 Feb 2016 13:31 #135760

BarbCA OFFLINE Posts: 1134 Thank you received: 380	Oh my all I've done today is washed the dishes and scheduled a dishwasher service call!! Way more fun visiting here turning left or was it right, following the curb, circling the round about and petting chickens! Barb
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Row Robin starts Jan. 2016 All info on first post. 03 Feb 2016 12:59 #135759

crocus999 OFFLINE Posts: 1909 Thank you received: 149	Right Andree. But I'd have to know where to put which accents...I speak French (kinda) but there are no accents in verbal language! LOL
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Row Robin starts Jan. 2016 All info on first post. 03 Feb 2016 12:39 #135758

AndreeBergeron OFFLINE Posts: 722 Thank you received: 100	Terrie: I think you are right, it is a "regional" preference. To have the accent, you either need to setup your keyboard as French or use MS-WORD, and "insert-symbol" to find the one you need... Andrée
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Row Robin starts Jan. 2016 All info on first post. 03 Feb 2016 12:26 #135757

crocus999 OFFLINE Posts: 1909 Thank you received: 149	Thanks for the input, Andree. I thought it was the English/French thing with the difference. I guess it's the CDN/US that has the difference. I haven't learned to do accents on my keyboard yet.
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Row Robin starts Jan. 2016 All info on first post. 03 Feb 2016 12:20 #135755

AndreeBergeron OFFLINE Posts: 722 Thank you received: 100	As a French Québéker, I usually wirte the date in numbers as I would say it in words: 3 février 2016 = 3/2/2016. But I like Lotti's version as well, which makes sorting easier 2016-02-03. For the directions, I abandonned saying left/right to my husband, since it was interpreted differently depending on the hour of the day... Now I just point the direction... Andrée
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Row Robin starts Jan. 2016 All info on first post. 03 Feb 2016 12:19 #135754

twiglet OFFLINE Posts: 3849 Thank you received: 546	In you go
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Row Robin starts Jan. 2016 All info on first post. 03 Feb 2016 11:59 #135753

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Thank you, everyone!
You have brought smiles and laughter to my day. God has certainly blessed me with your friendships.
As for the directionally challenged,,,
A quote from my husband, Honey, when you say left, do you mean your left, or the one the rest of the world means? And I have stopped saying turn right here when I mean at this spot! I try to say, turn here and point in the direction I want to go.
Cuz if you're facing me, my left is your right, right? Hmm, correct?
Wendy, don't send me out to the chicken coup for my sense of humor, please,,,,

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Row Robin starts Jan. 2016 All info on first post. 03 Feb 2016 11:53 #135752

lorra OFFLINE Posts: 962 Thank you received: 122	Love that Terrie! I am always telling the grandkids: "in the olden days we..." They always think I am funny (or crazy)!
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Row Robin starts Jan. 2016 All info on first post. 03 Feb 2016 11:50 #135750

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As for dates and times, we use the British system for dates DD/MM/YYYY and the French people here use the American way MM/DD/YYYY. So confusing for a Quebeker! I like to use the 24-hour time, especially in the kitchen and the microwave. I have the 'old fashioned' watch with minute and second hands, so that's easy. BUT, apparently not for my grandchildren. And... I mentioned one day about winding my watch and my grandson looked at me like I had three heads and asked ' What is "winding" a watch mean?"

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Row Robin starts Jan. 2016 All info on first post. 03 Feb 2016 11:44 #135749

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Geneva = you have changed my life with that information and little tip! Thank you. When I was in Britain, we would come to a round-about and just keep going around and around until we figured out which way we wanted to go and then jump in, kind of like we did with skipping in the school yard. Take a hopeful flying jump and hope there isn't a crash.

Some things in life are just like that. Like love or FMQ! LOL!

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Row Robin starts Jan. 2016 All info on first post. 03 Feb 2016 11:13 #135747

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I love all this chatter!

I have a hard time with right and left. I always have to think which hand do I write with? Oh yes, this hand so that side is the right.

So, when we were in England and I was driving

the only and best way for me to figure out which way to turn was keeping this as my standard. When you make a turn and follow the curb, that is a right turn. When you make a turn and cross traffic that is a left turn. It doesn't matter which side of the road or which country you are in. So when my mom was telling me which way to turn in England I would ask "follow the curb" or "cross traffic"? And I knew exactly which way to go. This drives my husband crazy. But then again I am very good at doing that anyway.

For those of you with right/left issues you will know what I mean. It makes perfect sense to me.

Oh the stuff we learn here at TQS!!!

geneva

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Row Robin starts Jan. 2016 All info on first post. 03 Feb 2016 10:06 #135741

twiglet OFFLINE Posts: 3849 Thank you received: 546	Sorry Lois you all know the right side of the road is the wrong side of the road and the left side of the road is the right side of the road!
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