A Tribute to abra a collection of her comments

[hrossa]

I wonder if this was the same son who's been in touch with us here?

[LLapp]

Another snippet of autobiography...

"Life should not be estimated exclusively by the standard of dollars and cents." — Charles Goodyear

abra
July 26, 2021, 1:52 am
Long, long ago, when we lived in Ca, we woke up one morning to a strange sound. The Goodyear blimp was tethered across the hills from us. It was there for about 3 days. It went out each night with lights flashing messages. We never knew that it did that. It made a huge enthusiast of my then four or five year old son. Good memories.

[hrossa]

"False modesty can be worse than arrogance." — David Mitchell

abra
November 21, 2019, 10:11 pm
You'd think that, (OK, it's me that'd think that, but then you spend a few minutes with one of THOSE people who can't stop telling you virtuous they are, and you (I"m) begging for a tad of modesty. Fake it if you have to.

[Synonymous]

Eureka, that's a gem! Thank you for keeping abra alive and well on this site.

[Eureka]

"Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure." — Somerset Maugham

LittleReg1
January 15, 2021, 1:09 pm
What do women seek?

DrCryptell
May 6, 2021, 8:32 am
Women seek a recipe for apple strudel.

hrossa
May 9, 2021, 12:59 pm
DrCryptell, your sample set apparently is too small. Talk to more women.

abra
June 14, 2022, 11:02 pm
We've discussed it before. Women (SOME) want a footrub and chocolate, a bottle of nice wine, a stack of good books, nice music candlelight, a screen porch with a lovely view. Pick and choose, but put some thought into it.

[LLapp]

"It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date." — George Bernard Shaw

abra
November 1, 2021, 1:46 am
I was texting with my older grandson this afternoon and evening. It was nothing special just about Halloween etc. It all left me with warm huggy feelings about what a really nice person he is. Happy Halloween, although now it's November 1st.

hrossa
August 18, 2022, 1:25 am
Nice, Abra

[Eureka]

(Another example of abra's encouraging words. Kgun5 continues to hold the record at 14 seconds.)


"Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth." — French Proverb

abra
July 7, 2015, 9:59 am
Wow, Kgun5, good job. I've done this one before, but I didn't recognize it. It always takes me a long time.

Kgun5
January 28, 2016, 4:14 am
Thanks, abra. You'll be happy to know that it took me 386 seconds this time around.

abra
July 1, 2020, 8:28 pm
It does,make me happy, kgun, it does. )

abra
October 26, 2022, 9:45 pm
And after 9 years, Kgun still has that record.

[Eureka]

(Another obscure comment from WRQ9 followed by abra's funny response.)

"If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it." — Brendan Francis

WRQ9
December 9, 2013, 5:43 am
This is typical "power side" logic, cynically translated into ersatz disciplinary language.

abra
August 23, 2015, 11:09 am
WRQ9, that's just what I was going to say :0).

[Eureka]

"Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic." — Bull Durham

abra
July 27, 2018, 1:34 pm
One of my son's favorite movies. He rarely posts on FB and yet when he does, it seems like he can find a Bull Durham quote for any occasion.

[Synonymous]

kb83 Nice. Congratulations. I think LLapp said it best.

[kb83]

Thanks, Llapp, I guess I was thinking of this abra forum thread as a safe space to disclose, based on her reflected kindness and humanity. Of course, the anonymity is nice too!

[LLapp]

Kb83, I think if abra were still at her computer, she would be the first to say: Congratulations on being 6+ years sober. That is a wonderful accomplishment.

[kb83]

A martini is a very elegant drink, (as fondue is to food), and was my drink of choice when I was abusing alcohol. (I'm now more than 6 years sober.) It is also a very deceptive drink because vodka is such an innocent looking form of alcohol, and because the martini glass outlines a geometric solid known as a cone, which means that the volume of alcohol goes up as the cube (3rd power!) of the height of the liquid in the glass. This means that if you increase the height by a mere 15%, you increase the volume by a factor of 1.15**3 = 1.52, i.e. 52% more! In my drinking days, some bartenders would fill up the martini glass for me, and this may have been about double a normal sized drink. Of course, since I am an alcoholic, I never complained.

[Eureka]

"Fondue sets, martini shakers and juicing machines: three things the world could live completely without." — Douglas Coupland

abra
August 24, 2018, 6:31 pm
We were invited to a fondue party on a long ago New Year's Eve. It was very enjoyable. I bought a fondue pot that sat unused for 30 years until I gave it to my kids, who may or may not have ever used it. We have a really pretty martini set that was a wedding present. We've never used it. This is my second martini quote in two days.

abra
February 18, 2020, 8:10 pm
This the second time today I've had a martini quote.

rasbury
June 22, 2022, 12:28 pm
I think we need to do an intervention with abra. She seems to repeatedly overdo it with the martinis.

[LLapp]

Another bit of biography...

"Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them." — Anne Sophie Swetchine

LLapp
July 11, 2017, 3:28 pm
The quote that launched a thousand Cracker Jack Boxes.

abra
June 29, 2022, 12:27 am
I can't remember which Cracker Jack prizes I liked. Once in Girl Scouts we went through an M&M Mars/ Cracker Jack/ Campfire Marshmallow factory, and they gave us goodies from all three, Including a bag of Cracker Jack prizes.