Comments on: Small talk http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/ Family life commentary by Amy Scott. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:14:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Scribblings by Blair http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-38205 Scribblings by Blair Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:12:00 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-38205 <strong>The Envelope Please</strong> The Envelope Please

]]> By: Renee http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-38203 Renee Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:35:13 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-38203 I too am a HUGE - Anne of Green Gables fan (not the third movie though - ick). I'm not a huge coffee drinker - though I love the aroma of it all! Blessings! I too am a HUGE - Anne of Green Gables fan (not the third movie though - ick). I’m not a huge coffee drinker - though I love the aroma of it all!
Blessings!

]]> By: Mrs Blythe http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-38139 Mrs Blythe Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:48:20 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-38139 Lol, I just had to giggle. You think you've got it bad! Here in the UK we get our diesel cheap because my hubby works at a haulage firm. Anyway I've just worked out (rates of dollars to £ and litres to gallons) that we pay $6.30 per gallon of diesel (diesel is around the same as petrol (gas) prices). 80% of that is tax. Do you think that the USA people would put up with that? Lol. Count your blessings America :o) Lol, I just had to giggle. You think you’ve got it bad! Here in the UK we get our diesel cheap because my hubby works at a haulage firm. Anyway I’ve just worked out (rates of dollars to £ and litres to gallons) that we pay $6.30 per gallon of diesel (diesel is around the same as petrol (gas) prices). 80% of that is tax. Do you think that the USA people would put up with that? Lol.

Count your blessings America :o)

]]> By: ruth http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-37943 ruth Mon, 17 Jul 2006 19:31:24 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-37943 Our family went for a hike up along a waterfall in a gorge last weekend, and I thought about "World War III" as I drank in the scenery, and I wondered how it could be so peaceful and beautiful where I was and so horrible in the middle east. I wished everyone in the world could just stop and spend some time alone in front of a waterfall with the spray on their faces and the ferns growing out of the rock at their elbows. I was glad to have a chance to contemplate the goodness and beauty of God. Our faith will need fortifying if things go the way it looks like they might--gas prices will be the least of our worries. But God is in control. Our family went for a hike up along a waterfall in a gorge last weekend, and I thought about “World War III” as I drank in the scenery, and I wondered how it could be so peaceful and beautiful where I was and so horrible in the middle east. I wished everyone in the world could just stop and spend some time alone in front of a waterfall with the spray on their faces and the ferns growing out of the rock at their elbows. I was glad to have a chance to contemplate the goodness and beauty of God. Our faith will need fortifying if things go the way it looks like they might–gas prices will be the least of our worries. But God is in control.

]]> By: OreoSouza http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-37927 OreoSouza Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:40:53 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-37927 Overpriced coffee and small talk...I know the former but only vaguely remember the latter. Oh wait. I believe I participated in some small talk with the chickens the other day. I'll have to bring some overpriced coffee out there with me next time and see if it enhances the conversation. We live more or less in the country. Your town sounds nice. Like the town I grew up in. I love atmosphere. There's a little town not to far from us that I love to go to a few times a year just for the atmosphere. I always leave with a feeling of well-being. Overpriced coffee and small talk…I know the former but only vaguely remember the latter. Oh wait. I believe I participated in some small talk with the chickens the other day. I’ll have to bring some overpriced coffee out there with me next time and see if it enhances the conversation.

We live more or less in the country. Your town sounds nice. Like the town I grew up in. I love atmosphere. There’s a little town not to far from us that I love to go to a few times a year just for the atmosphere. I always leave with a feeling of well-being.

]]> By: Leslie http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-37915 Leslie Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:47:19 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-37915 If you moved into the center of the city then you could walk to a dozen coffee shops--none of which would be a starbucks! But they do close at around 6:00 in the evening because after that everyone gathers at pubs. Living a few minutes from my husbands work has been a treat, but I have to admit I look forward to suburban living. I think I'm the only mother of two young children living in what is called the central business district. The good thing about it is that in the Aussie suburbs, people do walk to the butcher and the baker. Their kids talk about having morning tea. And people convene on corners to take buses into the city. It sounds very appealing to me right now. If you moved into the center of the city then you could walk to a dozen coffee shops–none of which would be a starbucks! But they do close at around 6:00 in the evening because after that everyone gathers at pubs.

Living a few minutes from my husbands work has been a treat, but I have to admit I look forward to suburban living. I think I’m the only mother of two young children living in what is called the central business district.

The good thing about it is that in the Aussie suburbs, people do walk to the butcher and the baker. Their kids talk about having morning tea. And people convene on corners to take buses into the city. It sounds very appealing to me right now.

]]> By: Broken Messenger http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-37889 Broken Messenger Mon, 17 Jul 2006 03:02:40 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-37889 Nothing like coffee and a quiet place to think while contemplating the end of the world... ;o) Brad Nothing like coffee and a quiet place to think while contemplating the end of the world… ;o)

Brad

]]> By: Brenda http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-37841 Brenda Sun, 16 Jul 2006 15:23:39 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-37841 Exactly the mini-vacation I used to take when my kids were small. It was the only time I could find a few minutes to think, read, write... Now I get a chuckle when I talk to my daughter and she can't finish a sentence due to a house full of little (wonderful) children. Yes, when I heard that great evangelical prophet, Bill O'Reilly (sp?) say we had entered WWIII, it made me stop and think. Exactly the mini-vacation I used to take when my kids were small. It was the only time I could find a few minutes to think, read, write… Now I get a chuckle when I talk to my daughter and she can’t finish a sentence due to a house full of little (wonderful) children.

Yes, when I heard that great evangelical prophet, Bill O’Reilly (sp?) say we had entered WWIII, it made me stop and think.

]]> By: Maggie Ann http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-37766 Maggie Ann Sun, 16 Jul 2006 03:01:13 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-37766 Just visiting tonight...I love Anne of Green Gables ...and am enjoying lots of iced hazelnut coffee here at home. Sooo much cheaper ..but I do love Barnes & Noble...just to browse. Just visiting tonight…I love Anne of Green Gables …and am enjoying lots of iced hazelnut coffee here at home. Sooo much cheaper ..but I do love Barnes & Noble…just to browse.

]]> By: Holly http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-37761 Holly Sun, 16 Jul 2006 01:41:10 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/07/14/small-talk/#comment-37761 Oh goodness. *I* live in Mayberry. Truly! We even have a little noon whistle that blows (right while my husband is preaching every Sunday) and coming right up at the end of July is Bologna Festival. Yes! It's true. We celebrate the fact that our town makes ring bologna, and have an entire weekend festival. It is a great place to live. Everything you imagine about it is true...both the good, and the bad. :) Oh goodness. *I* live in Mayberry. Truly! We even have a little noon whistle that blows (right while my husband is preaching every Sunday) and coming right up at the end of July is Bologna Festival. Yes! It’s true. We celebrate the fact that our town makes ring bologna, and have an entire weekend festival.

It is a great place to live. Everything you imagine about it is true…both the good, and the bad. :)

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