A Tribute to abra a collection of her comments

[LLapp]

After we all tried, abra put Kierkegaard into plain English so anyone could get it.
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"Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearances." — Soren Kierkegaard

LLapp
September 18, 2016, 8:42 pm
Kierkegaard never makes any sense to me.

marnita
January 7, 2018, 3:26 pm
This particular quote sounds like gibberish to me.

MissKitty
March 3, 2018, 11:15 am
lost in translation. Kilroy 43

blueladyblue
June 27, 2018, 10:03 am
Yeah, it's puzzling. I think the outward appearance of any dead person is anything but transparent.

imsoeasy
February 20, 2019, 9:36 pm
Most people deal with death only at solemn occasions and pontificate on its meaning. Other people deal with the decaying corpse and unforgettable stench.

MDPSY19
January 5, 2020, 9:10 am
Death makes us aware of the most profound possible meanings of people's actions, and helps us to see the underlying intentions and forces within a person (passions) that may have driven those actions.

imported_bees
December 11, 2020, 12:43 pm
Gatherings of families after a death do provoke great passions . Anger is always a guest.

blueladyblue
December 19, 2020, 4:16 pm
Death is the great equalizer and revealer.

abra
August 25, 2021, 1:28 am
After our older sister died, my other sisters and I were together for the first time in two or three years. We saw a stupid commercial on TV about these balls that you could put hamsters in and let them run around the house. It was one of those times where the laughter becomes hysterical. We couldn't stop. I think my grandfather was shocked and offended, but it was involuntary. It was grieving as much as crying.

318WOZ
April 4, 2022, 10:04 pm
I can understand that, Abra.

[LLapp]

Here's one of those times when abra claimed to be non-exceptional. I'm posting this one if only to get my comment on the record.
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"Success is best measured by how far you've come with the talents you've been given." — Unattributed

abra
June 16, 2019, 3:03 am
I'm kind of a dabbler. I'm a little bit good at a few things. I have no real talent at anything. Oh, Unattributed how would you measure my success?

puffybob
December 23, 2019, 9:17 pm
This quote doesn't help much, since there's no way to measure the talents you've been given.

LLapp
December 3, 2020, 4:23 pm
Abra, you have talents that are evident in your comments!! For one thing, you are a peacemaker with a talent for fairness and compassionate candor. Also, you're a natural writer.

Synonymous
June 13, 2022, 5:27 pm
A little inheritance doesn't hurt either.

[Synonymous]

Nice. Thanks for this snippet LLapp. It's good to keep our past players in our memory. They all live on here in Cryptoland thank goodness.

[LLapp]

A note for abra's family: Marnita is a Harvard-educated, retired legal secretary who loves bike-riding, reading ancient classics in the original Greek, and supporting liberal politics. She and abra engaged in honest, careful, and mutually respectful dialogue through many threads over the years. This is a tiny snippet.
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"The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower your class." — Paul Fussell

marnita
July 21, 2016, 11:13 am
Football is my favorite, so I guess that puts me in my place.

abra
September 5, 2016, 9:46 am
After baseball (Go Cubbies!!!) I watch figure skating, and gymnastics. I'll be having tea on the veranda.

[LLapp]

"It's hard to be responsible, adult and sensible all the time. How good it is to have a sister whose heart is as young as your own." — Pam Brown

LLapp
May 21, 2015, 10:38 am
I'm starting to wonder who this woman's sister is.

abra
March 1, 2019, 2:40 am
She must be a gem. But if you saw the things my sister posts on FB you'd think I was one too. :O)

blueladyblue
September 7, 2019, 5:09 pm
I love being with my sisters, although, frankly I wouldn't want to live with them.

hrossa
February 13, 2021, 8:19 pm
I love my sisters as much as anyone in this world, and I so miss the one who is no longer with us.

abra
April 26, 2022, 2:47 am
I feel that very same thing, hrossa.

[Synonymous]

Nice sentiment Eureka! Wonderful tribute.

[LLapp]

"History is never antiquated, because humanity is always fundamentally the same." — Walter Rauschenbusch

Andy451
July 8, 2015, 6:42 am
Which of you would be proud to walk down the street in the style of your grandmother or grandfather? Who would like to wear spats, a bowler hat, a stove pipe hat, or any of the hats currently worn by Queen Elizabeth? And I mean Elizabeth II, not Elizabeth I. Just because history is occasionally relevant, doesn't mean it isn't antiquated. The houses or apartments you live in today, are nicer in many respects than all of King Henry VIIIs castles and palaces. Hey, he didn't have air conditioning, central heating, the internet, or a microwave oven. Also, your car is much faster and more comfortable than his best horse. Also, show we a horse, any horse that has a kick ass stereo system as good as your Bose or Harmon Kardon with bluetooth and Wifi? There are not many horses that can do that. History is antiquated Walter. Alas!

marnita
September 10, 2015, 6:15 am
Andy, you are just talking about material things. This quote is about basic human nature - ethics, morality, relationships, desires, etc.

Eureka
November 15, 2018, 6:12 am
This is why the ancient quotes we solve here are still relevant to us. And I would like to wear Queen Elizabeth's hats, Andy. If you've got any, send them my way.

badbob
December 12, 2018, 8:45 am
when my daughter got married , the groomsmen wore spats. very classy, andy

Eureka
February 18, 2020, 11:24 am
Drat. Still waiting for those hats.

abra
July 12, 2020, 1:23 am
All we have to do is ask? Eureka, I want some of those hats. Let me know when you get them.

Elephino
October 14, 2023, 1:58 pm
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way–in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. ~ A Tale of Two Cities

Eureka
March 17, 2024, 1:13 am
I'd like to think that abra and Queen Elizabeth II are sharing hats and having a nice chat somewhere in the great beyond.

[Synonymous]

Abra in a truly humorous moment…gotta’ love it.

"Some dying men are the most tyrannical; and certainly, since they will shortly trouble us so little for evermore, the poor fellows ought to be indulged. "
— Herman Melville

Comments on this Puzzle:
sonofcarc
May 11, 2009, 7:54 pm
One "n" in Herman, I think.

nevadasmith68
August 26, 2013, 3:31 pm
Melville went on to write the song "Ahab The Arab".

wshanley@sbcglobal
August 24, 2015, 11:22 am
Screw 'em.

Abra
July 20, 2017, 6:44 pm
Who knew? I thought it was Ray Stevens. Let me tell you about Ahab the Arab The sheik of the burning sand He had emeralds and rubies just drippin' off 'a him And a ring on every finger of his hand

minimalistmarmoset
December 16, 2024, 3:40 pm
Sure, but what if they recover?

(Comments cut short due to political commentary afterwards)

[LLapp]

"A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores." — Terry Pratchett

JenDiaz72
May 15, 2015, 10:32 am
Oh not with me. Both my husband and myself snore a great deal. He just snores louder.

marnita
November 3, 2015, 5:00 pm
The one who falls asleep first always snores louder.

abra
December 9, 2015, 6:51 pm
Last night, my husband's side of the bed, sounded like there were 3 separate snorers, sleeping there.

marnita
January 28, 2018, 3:52 am
I find my husband's snores comforting, just to know he is there and alive and breathing. Sometimes I get nervous when I don't hear it.

abra
October 28, 2020, 10:45 pm
I do that too, marnita. All of a sudden I'll realize that he's not snoring and I will hold my breath quietly until I hear him again.

[LLapp]

(From a much longer thread...)

"I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine." — Fritz Perls

rasbury
February 23, 2023, 5:12 pm
See his book, 'What Not to Expect When You're Not Expecting".

Eureka
March 6, 2024, 8:04 pm
This is for abra, in case she can see this from wherever she went: Fritz knits. Fritz Perls.

[LLapp]

(In the spirit of this thread, I've replaced political sniping with the trumpet voice from "Peanuts." Also, note the date stamps at the end -- abra's encouragement lives on.)
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"Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice." — John Greenleaf Whittier

WRQ9
June 27, 2013, 9:56 am
All my deeds are done and ignored. I can barely care enough now to remain articulate.

JJ20paws
October 19, 2015, 6:23 pm
Nobody listens anymore anyway

abra
April 17, 2016, 6:24 pm
OMgosh, you guys, let's do something fun! Shake it off, it's spring time. WRQ9, articulate for us. JJ20paws, we're listening. Shall we have a beer bust? A slumber party? Tacos at my house? This is way too sad, cheer up.

universalmom
April 30, 2016, 8:13 am
Tacos!! I'm there, abra

lainecap
November 18, 2016, 2:30 pm
Can't just talk the talk; gotta walk the walk.

maradnu
February 6, 2017, 2:33 pm
Wah wah wah wah wonald, wahwah wah wah.

skeeter
July 30, 2017, 11:43 am
abra, universalmom, I'm on the way over for those tacos. I'll bring the guac. Woo-hoooo!

Eureka
November 24, 2018, 12:26 pm
Am I too late? I've got beer!

imsoeasy
May 15, 2019, 2:26 am
Maradnu, wahwah wah wah wavery wah wawawawah wah wawah wah wawah wump, wawah wah wah? Wah weft wah wah wawahly wah, wahwah wah wawah wocialist wawahs wah wahd wah wump's wawection wawah wah wah waaawah wawah who wahnt wah wah wah wah wah.

abra
April 21, 2021, 6:02 pm
Tacos, beer, and Guacamole, no politics. Let's party.

gracefulghost
December 18, 2021, 12:38 pm
That reminds me, I bought some (too expensive) avocados yesterday--I need to go make my special guac. I'll think of you all while I eat it.

abra
April 29, 2022, 2:35 am
gracefulghost, why not come and bring your avocados with you? Beer, guacamole, tacos, should be good.

Wordigo
January 6, 2023, 6:29 pm
Time to party. I’ll bring the chips.

TPaineRedux
October 23, 2023, 11:06 am
Talk is cheap, but I have Hatch chiles.

hrossa
October 29, 2024, 8:52 pm
Yes!! Spontaneous party in the comments! I'll contribute Miss Vicky's Ketchup chips--they are dynamite with quac. They were introduced to me by my Victoria niece as her favorite! So far I haven't found them in the US but I keep hoping.

[Eureka]

(I love that we have collectively decided that Unattributed is one person.)

"Politicians should never put themselves first: governments should put people first and all of us should put our country first. " — Unattributed

Queethebean
November 15, 2017, 11:33 am
Unattributed for President!

abra
April 26, 2018, 1:12 pm
Nah, he might have something here, but the body of his work disqualifies him.

imsoeasy
July 9, 2019, 12:11 am
Unattributed is most likely an Independent. Other quotes indicate that Unattributed is a gardener who owns a flower shop that a daughter works at. If you have more information, please help identity Unattributed.

LLapp
May 23, 2020, 2:52 am
Abra - that made me laugh.

[hrossa]

"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded. "
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

pootie49
March 26, 2009, 2:59 pm
modest and chaste-like, sounds just like me
QuexUl
December 2, 2014, 2:23 pm
Now THAT sarcasm I got, and in less than 285 seconds.
abra
April 4, 2015, 9:26 am
I didn't, my kitchen timer went off, by the time I was through, it took me 331 seconds.
LLapp
June 13, 2018, 4:23 pm
Whoa, you use a kitchen timer for these things?
celticbum
September 5, 2018, 5:46 am
You still use a kitchen timer?
abra
July 7, 2021, 1:40 am
Pretty sure that my kitchen timer went off and I had to attend to whatever. I let the Baron time me.
gracefulghost
October 4, 2021, 2:03 pm
You still use a kitchen?
Sleepyshirley
September 7, 2023, 1:25 am
Ha!

[LLapp]

So, abra does seem to be a time traveler somehow. first the premonitory comment about glassguy, (Or did he have the record time for the quote?) and then an early stop to a comment, knowing (?) sh'ed be there 2 minutes later to finish the comment?!

I think glassguy must have had the record when abra first commented. Her 1/5/21 return a few minutes later was on purpose, after she (I assume) hit the "Submit" button by accident. There's a comment thread somewhere where abra first figured out how to come back and post a second comment. The return comment said something like, "I just want to try something here...".

[kb83]

So, abra does seem to be a time traveler somehow. first the premonitory comment about glassguy, (Or did he have the record time for the quote?) and then an early stop to a comment, knowing (?) sh'ed be there 2 minutes later to finish the comment?!