Raccoon

:mrgreen:

Hi!

2nd!

Raccoon skin cap that’s cute :mrgreen:

Oh so close to Rocky the Flying Squirrel

Where is everybody?

Wish List

4?

oh for fucks sake I knew that would happen. I went to make a drink so I could get reasdy and I lost

ok, 5. And I just got through making all my clever comments on Resume. My cleverosity is all used up for the evening.

Nice to see you sticking around this time. :cool:

Tooling around has other meanings?

i’d shoot it…. seriously :???:

LOLRACOONZ

“and some cookware”

Brilliant. That was short and very very sweet

Do you have a racoon?? Lol

How is gorby Marina?

:ass: hole

I hate things like that

You at least had an excuse. I was just running my mouth fingers and was not paying attention. :mad:

Homework :cool:
Very cute lesson Marina :!: :grin:
I don’t have a pet raccoon. But the are kinda cute, but they can pests!

same as mink, finnracoons ,fox’s CATS(they’re the worst)!!!!!! they’re all evil :evil: , they kill everything on their path ,but most people don’t believe that because they look so “cute” :???:

and can be really viscous, viscious mean

No raccoons here. :neutral:

Someone is going to put a link to the song so it might as well be me
Rocky Raccoon – Beatles

Nice James :-)

CATS!!! You have gone down in my books now.

they kill everything on their path

and arent you doing the same thign by killing them?

Thanks…. I love your new gravatar, Very festive…and nice…and festive…

Raccoons can be mean, but not as mean as a badger :!:
Word Request
Badger

Knew a guy who would go out in the morning and pick up road kill, he would skin the raccoons then place the hide under his table saw where the tannic acid from the redwood sawdust would cure the pelt.
He was making a winter coat.

I raised a baby raccoon, once. Found him in a chimney, abandoned. Once he was off the bottle, he was a troublemaker.
Nowadays, I just see one rogue bull that roams the neighborhood. They go after the cats, That sucker was cocky enough to poke a hole in my backporch screen and into the kitchen through the window screen. He was sitting there munching away at the cat’s food! He wasn’t afraid of me at all, until I grabbed a broom – THEN he moved!
There are no dumpsters around, so I don’t see ‘em much.

Dear HotForwords,

Hey! :shock: He looks like me! :razz: I am a Raccoon :cool:

Adopt a Raccoon :mrgreen:
ThoughtOnFire

PS I’ll remodel your kitchen like that :P

:cool: I took Capman’s advice. How do y’all like my reindeere :?:

Yeah,

How is Gorby :?:

But he’s EVIL…AHAHAHA :lol: :twisted: :cool: :mrgreen:

:cool: I must say I like Marina’s Gravatar more :!: :grin:

I used to raise raccoons. I got two when they were about five weeks old and since they were not brother and sister I would raise litters of baby raccoons every year. I kept them in a big pen in the back yard and fed them dog food. They had all of their shots from the vet and were very human friendly. I had to get rid of them after that ate my cat. So I didn’t trust them anymore and gave them to another guy who I think ate “them”. They were very cool to watch them wash there food every time they would eat. After that it was baby goats. Now THAT is a different story. :lol:

Marina, you surely remember Shakespeare’s first Sonnet?

“From fairest creatures we desire increase,
That thereby beauty’s rose might never die.”

I speak for all of us on here — we hope you happily marry and have at least 7 children that the rose of your beauty may perish from this earth.

How is your doggy doing?

Louie

I think he looks cool Cufan. :wink:

Damn, “many NOT perish.” [redfaced]

Hey #1 with a bullet! :mrgreen:
I had an idea for a song. :idea:
A rip on the Twelve Days of Christmas
.
On the first day of Christmas, Marina said to me,
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”
,
On the second day of Christmas, Marina said to me,
“Rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”
.
On the third day of Christmas, Marina said to me,
“Teacher’s pet”
“Rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”…
.
It’s just a start, but I wouldn’t mind some help :mrgreen:

Or Daniel Boone and Davy Crocket :smile:

I’ll look through my scrape book and see if I can find some pictures of them playing with people.

:cool: Thanks Cap!

No raccoons on this side of the pond, but I do have squirrels that visit me daily, and roe deer and foxes.
One day I even had a grey seal on the riverbank at the end of the lawn.

Trying to locate a photograph I once saw of raccoons standing on each others shoulders attempting to reach a backpack of food which is hanging from a rope line attached between two trees.

Hi louie! This “critter” :arrow: :oops: comes in handy when I make an OOPS! :wink:

Thanks cufan71 — I really needed to use that critter!!!

You probably wouldn’t think he was so cute if it was your house he was ripping to shreds. we dont worry about raccons around here. our problem is possums. they are the meanest ugliest looking things you could ever see in the suburbs (apart from the people) :lol: :lol: :lol:

I want everyone to see this video, it was done by a girl at my school and I think everyone should see it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E_3aoGkf1o&watch_response

I worked at a summer camp back in the ’80s. It was on the coast by Cape Fear. We had huge issues with raccoons. They would get in the dorms and just make a mess, tracking mud on the bannisters and toilet seats. Fortunately, we did not keep food in the dorms, so most of the real destruction was outside, with the trash cans and the public restrooms.

You arahkunem my back and I’ll arakunem your back :wink:

Howdy, everyone! Really neat vid, Dear Teach. Coons are great to watch. Kind of like watching monkeys. But you do NOT ever want to corner one. Little bastards will rip your face off. How is Gorby? He looks so sad in your Twitter photos, as dogs always do after going through something like this. I hope ya’ll are doing better. Always.

WORD REQUEST: COME-UPPANCE

WORD REQUEST: AT FIRST BLUSH

WORD REQUEST: BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT

On the fourth day of Christmas, Marina said to me,
“For your homework”
“Teacher’s pet”
“Rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”…

Close enough to a rodent for me.

WORD REQUEST: CAMELTOE – Yeah, we all know its meaning. I’d like to know its origin. Such a cute yet descriptive little word. I’d ask you to demonstrate, Dear Teach, but I’m way too much the gentleman.(Yeah, right!)

I think she did a great job! :cool: BTW, the Cow’s Somebody is my cousin. One thing to remember: a cow will go UPstairs but will not go DOWNstairs (Boy, did I learn that the hard way.)

Have you ever looked at a camel’s foot? There ya go.

On the fifth day of christmas, dear Marina said to me
“for your homework”
“teachers pet”
“please rate my video”
“subscribe to my YT channel”
hell-o my dear stu-dents”

Here ya are with pictures and all ! :oops:

or at least this how the Brits do it

Yeah, I know. Probably impossible to really trace its origin and all, but who coined it; how did it come to be widely accepted as that which we know it to represent? It’s such a perfectly descriptive term, and humorous to boot.

Dear совершенная Marina, No, I don’t keep raccoons. They are scavengers and pests. They will pretend to be friendly to a cat, and then kill the cat. They’ve killed small dogs, too. When I was young, my mother’s cat got into a fight with a raccoon. Raccoons make nasty noises. I rushed out, so the raccoon ran away. Luckily, our cat wasn’t seriously hurt. Don’t be friendly with a raccoon. They will turn on you if they see an advantage. You can’t trust them. :!:
Good luck on your appearance on the ‘Reilly show. Have a safe trip there and a safe return. :smile:
I hope Gorby is getting better. I think he just needs time to rest and recover. Let him sleep when he wants to, and don’t add more stress to his situation by forcing him to play when he can’t do so. Gorby will probably get better in about a week. :smile:
Your dear student, seesixcm6

Oh, those crazy Brits!

They are destructive varmints! I should know- they destroyed my attic, and I finally killed one and skinned him! But I still have a disgusting, stinky, poop-filled attic with all the insulation ruined. I wonder how one would say “poops alot with little butt” in Algonquin…

I found a picture of a Killer Raccoon. He’s killen the heck out of that beagle. :lol: :lol:

Uhhh… duuuh Where does the word “Raccoon shit” come from? :shock:
Raccoons are very clever and industrious creatures… and good fighters! I saw one take on a big dog… dog ran away “squealin’!” :lol:
They make nice coats for women… (except PETA women :wink: )

Dear Teach, can’t wait to see you on The Factor again. That’s how I was “introduced” to you.

Let me guess, your girlfriend was coming over at the time? but seriously is she really your cousin? I see the two of them around campus all the time. There so cute together.

*they’re* sorry spelling isn’t my strong suit.

:cry: I got my CALENDAR today, and it made me sad.
WHY!!? Why you ask?
Because it was not a signed copy. :evil:
By the By. It’s still good to have Teacher on my wall month to month.

Looks like the Beagle is smiling… that’s wrong!

Rude.

Also. My word request is…
CORPUS DELICTI
or maybe
MODUS OPERANDI

thanks teacher!! :wink:

WORD REQUEST: (Lord, they won’t stop popping up in my head)-RED LETTER, as in “It was a red-letter day.”

Don’t mean to be, Amigo. Just curious.

***WORD REQUESTS***
Skunk
Squirrel
Chipmunk
Ilswoot
Mowich
Ooops…my Chinook is chowing.
(Ask Cap’n Jack — he’ll know, he’s from Seattle.) :mrgreen:

Hello! i just wanted to know the word: Goggle, like what Micheal Phelps used over his eyes in the Olympics

not going to be so cute when that guy gets the bill for the drywall repair. :neutral:

Off topic, but I got my new HFW Calendar and I love it!!!

I’ve always thought they were cute, but like any other wild animal dangerous. We are intruding on their habitat so I think there has to be some sensible considerations when living and dealing with them. I love squirrels too and many other hate them.

Awesome!!!! :-)

hi Marina,
I was wondering .. :oops:
Do you have implants?

***Word Request***

Word: “Turkey”

Why: philological interest… in many languages (those I know) the name of this animal is a foreign country name or an allusion to a foreign country name:
EN: Turkey
FR: dinde (“from India”)
PT: perú
RU: индюк (-> indiok… s/t like India too)

Exception: German -> “Pute” (means nothing particular)

It would be nice if you could explain the origin in English but also find out why this “country-related” name across the cultures.

Thank you!

Hey, that’s not fair bobsully, you practically live near the distribution center in Ill. Mine is in transit via FedEx. Should be here any second now in Calif.

Very mooving.

PK, Who did you stick on your Gravatar?

funny….I got an Ermine helping with the mice….so pretty with its little black spot at the end of its tail….we stared at each other :lol: whiter than snow :grin:

Since I live on the east coast mine will probably be here about January. :lol: Nah just kidding. The email said in a few days. Can’t wait. :mrgreen:

Although some people might mistake a racoon for a big rodent, the racoon is actually more closely related to the bear family. In German the word for racoon is Waschbär, meaning “washbear” because they live near water and wash their food before eating.

Racoons, as has been mentioned below, are vicious and dangerous. They can rip a roof apart and everything else as seen in the video. The local game warden told me that if you see one out during the day, stay away, since they are likely ill and will attack. The are nocturnal and many cities are now infested with them.

This particular wiki has a ton of footnotes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon

Dayummmmm, that HD video is AWESOME! Glad that you got it to work.

Congratz Bobsully. your probably the first to get theirs. :wink:

ye im glad 2 see u got the HD thing to work and i’m doing myths for my english class so i would like to know the origin of the word myth thx!

Hi Girl,
Today someone was telling me that a group of people were in “cahoots” with each other. I know what the word means but where did it originate?
:smile: Thanks,
Frank in Hayward
(feel free to use my real name if you respond on YOUTUBE)

Here is a picture of a racoon in my backyard last year at around 8 PM climbing a tree. This was the youngster, the mom was around, but was too elusive for me to get a good photo.

looks like he can make a good warm hat to me :mrgreen:

I don’t know about the coon part, but I know who has a nice rac. :grin:

Nothing is cuter than a squirrel, either, but when they take up residence in your attic, they start exploring by chewing holes in the ceiling drywall. I thought when the neighbors cut down their walnut tree last year and the squirrels left, it was over. But yesterday a big squirrel had his head stuck out of the roof eve and chattered away at me. (It probably thought that I, as landlord, should take care of some maintenance problem he had.) Time to get out the rat poison.

Racoons are trouble at our house, they crap on the steps, steal the cat’s food & they even figured out how to open the garage door to get at the storage area, where we used to keep the cat food. When I locked the garage door they tore the insulation off the bottom. One night when I went out back to chase them away, for the umpteenth time, my wife gave me a hard time for being mean… “They’re soooo cute” she said of the babies… now the parents are teaching the kids to come & pester us. “Useless creatures” I say. Well at least some likeDaniel Boon’s contribution to fasion.
Dogs can be usefull, and serve a purpose… Never go thirsty again.

@Che
That’s supposed to be Santa Knight Klaus who joined my White Knight’s Club riding into the sunset bringing gifts of joy to certain damsels. :lol:

Good word request!

I waited for mine to download completely, the audio worked fine but the video chopped up into a series of still pics… they looked good & clear…
My eyes aren’t HD anymore so I watched in normal quality just fine. I quess what I should do is go over to my wife, kick her off her new “Mac” and boldy proclaim “Hey, I want to watch Hotforwords in HD, and NOW”

I should list my list for the holidays, so if someone feels sorry for this ole man. Nice when I am duck hunting. :smile:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp;jsessionid=VZ2QKO2HMS5VRLAQBBICCO3MCAEFCIWE?id=0033659942920a&navCount=3&podId=0033659942920&parentId=cat601753&masterpathid=&navAction=jump&cmCat=MainCatcat470076-cat601753&catalogCode=8IS&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat601753&hasJS=true&_requestid=139044&_requestid=105296

HaHaHa dang long url isn’t it. I don’t like tiny url or can’t figure it out. Tried it before but it kept messing up on me. Maybe need to practice more with it. :smile:

Ah! chivalry is not dead :cool:

You forgot moose

Hey originalistrick, Marina has already shown us the cameltoe in one of her videos.
Pause the video right away at 0:20 seconds into the clip.
Here you go, enjoy. :lol:

Homework:
I see more skunks, porcupines, opposium, pack rats, mice, bear, deer, bats, moose, and squirrel here.

I bought one of these Russian hat from a catalog I received at the house. The hat is made out of wool and has the same emblem on the front. It is warm almost to warm for our climate. But it’s a nice made hat. :smile:

Go head BillyB. I have an extra bedroom when you try to kick her off of her Mac. But you have to move to the east coast. :lol: :lol:

I was just thinking the same thing!…Extra HDish. I like it. :grin:

More of the “Raccon”, click here. :???:

I know I know, I’m the last one who should be pointing out a typo. :sad:

Very nifty, very elegant Christmas gravatar, ChaCha! Love the simple elegance of it! :grin: Gotta think up one for myself…

At least it’s fixable!!

Klaus you have a very good memory :mrgreen:

Watch out, nobody will see you in that! :wink:
Cabela’s is a great store. Between them and Bass Pro Shop anybody could survive anywhere. I could take a whole afternoon just thumbin’ through the BPS catalog. :grin:

I was looking at my user profile (Dashboard), when I saw that the Visual Editor check box was checked. It was not checked by me. Next to the box is the explanation “Use the visual editor when writing.” This is typical of programmers for some reason; the explanation does not really explain anything more than what a user might have just guessed at. It does not explain what the Visual Editor is or why you would or would not want to use it. So HotForTimeWasters decide to investigate.

It seems that with the advent of WordPress 2.0, a new WYSIWYG editor, TinyMCE, was implemented. From what I gather from many blogs, it is hated as the reason why human beings should be rounded up and ground up into raccoon food (just to relate a bit to the lesson). It is some kind of tool bar from which you click HTML features you want to use in a message instead of typing tags manually (much like you can click for smilies). At sites where much more HTML is allowed than at HFW, it does some strange things to formatting that does not endear it to users, and so many choose to disable it entirely and are happy that they did.

Since I see no traces of TineMCE here, I must assume that whoever set the site up has also chosen to disable it. So why is the Visual Editor check box visible? Clearly if the editor is off, you can’t use the check box to make it any more “off-er.” As proof, I unchecked it, but see no difference. If it is too much bother to remove the checkbox, I would think the thing to do would be to add another question to the FAQs:

• What does the Visual Editor checkbox in the Dashboard (user profile) do?
  Nothing. WordPress’ Visual Editor is not deemed desirable for the users and has been globally disabled. If users elect to use the allowed HTML tags in their posts, they should be typed manually and will behave normally.

Or alternatively, do nothing so that the next guy will also scratch his head and wonder what the heck is going on. Yeah, that’s the ticket!

Aww come on, don’t rub it in. :cry: :lol:

Yeahhhh!!! YouTube has returned the default page to MOST VIEWED videos, instead of the Most Popular videos. I guess they saw it my way. :mrgreen:

What, no llamas?

Also the annoying search bar is gone, so that Marina doesn’t get a haircut every time you freeze the vid.

oo , i can sense Gorby is getting jealous now ….
Isn’t it illegal to keep raccoons ?

When the dog first spots the other beach party, there is a dog there, too. But when it runs over to snatch a beer, there is no dog to be seen. Had their been, dog B would have barked/interacted with dog A and messed up the successful snatch. “CONTINUITY!”

It’s been over an hour and Marina has come and gone at least once. You’re still wondering, aren’t you?

Orange is my word request, because no matter the shade, Marina is an orange blossom and like tea from Ceylon.. Remember r.a.b.i.e.s. Rabies is a fatal infectious disease and is due to a specific virus which occures in saliva…latin madness—-I say this because it is a reason to kill dogs. :oops: Coons or rather raccoons transmits rabies easily to dogs. please be careful with those flesh eating animals…bats too :neutral: keep up the good work :!:

Homework: No, I don’t have any. At least not like a pet. There are some wild ones where I live, and they eat the food I put for my little squirrely buddies, but, heck they gotta eat, too. They are very cute to look at from a safe distance! Their tracks look like little human hands, almost. Pretty cool critters, but wouldn’t want to corner one or find a rabid one.

And will pass on the offer, should one be made, to remodel my kitchen. :grin:

Quote
“I don’t know why we are here, but I’m pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein

My pop taught me a rummy card game called Coon Can. You rifle the deck for 8′s 9′s and 10′s and set these cards in a stack off to the side. So now, the deck is ace, deuce, 3, 4, 6, 7, Jack, Queen, King. A run of 3 could be 7, Jack, Queen…etc., identical to rummy. Less cards makes for a quicker hand. 10 cards are dealt to both players. You can play on your opponent’s melds, and the first player to meld 11 cards on table in front of him and have no cards in his hand wins the round. The winner then turns one card off the stack of 8′s, 9′s, and 10′s onto his side of the stack to keep score. Naturally the player with the most cards turned is the winner. It’s good for lunch breaks where you have limited time. So, where did the name Coon Can come from, Marina..or anybody else?

A rip on the Twelve Days of Christmas
.
On the first day of Christmas, Marina said to me,
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”
,
On the second day of Christmas, Marina said to me,
“Rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”
.
On the third day of Christmas, Marina said to me,
“Teacher’s pet”
“Rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”…
.
(cufan71)
On the fourth day of Christmas, Marina said to me,
“For your homework”
“Teacher’s pet”
“Rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”…
,
(pagedoll)
On the fifth day of Christmas, Marina said to me
“Hello my dear students”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”
.
(We wouldn’t mind some help) :mrgreen:

So, Marina – did you get a [Foot Massage]?

Hey Marina, love all your lessons! I was wondering if you could teach a lesson on the word “scuba”. I recently heard that it is actually an acronym :shock: . So, is it still a real word? Thanks!

LOL! (he said moose and skvirrel) :mrgreen:
What? No rabbits? :grin:

On the sixth day of Christmas, Marina said to me

“Another mystery solved”

“Hello my dear students”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”

Here is something about Wittgenstein from Wiki— His severe disciplinary methods (often involving corporal punishment, not unusual at the time) — as well as a general suspicion amongst the villagers that he was somewhat mad — led to a long series of bitter disagreements with some of his students’ parents, and eventually culminated in April 1926 in the collapse of an eleven year old boy whom Wittgenstein had struck on the head.[19] The boy’s father attempted to have Wittgenstein arrested, and despite being cleared of misconduct he resigned his position and returned to Vienna, feeling that he had failed as a school teacher.

A quick check shows CA doesn’t address “keeping,” but it is illegal to transport, possess, etc. mammals except for a few exempted kinds, like normal farm animals and pets, which are specifically enumerated. Having big holes eaten in your drywall doesn’t sound like possession to me.

It came from Mexico. It’s a reversal of the syllables in the placename, Cancoon.

It’s true, I tell you.

Self Contained Underwater
Breathing Apparatus (S.C.U.B.A.)
Yup! It’s a real acronym-word :mrgreen:
Hey dude! That was a good request.
You should check out Gravatar.com
and replace that computer generated
freaky-deaky thingee. It’s real easy,
I promise. :grin:

That’s a great commercial. We had a shaker, but I didn’t feel it, due to concentrating on stuff…

{ (((((((((((((((What’s shaken?)))))))))))))))) }

Uno! :mrgreen:

Keep concentrating, mate! :wink:

A twofer! Read this and you will know all.

Looks like twitter got rattled a bit :-)

Hmmm. Like ol’ Ray Rackets said, “I’ll believe anything as long as it don’t cost me any money.”

Or better yet, this, which will work a lot better.

Spades!

someone on msn nudged you ?
BTW , how did you change your profile name ?

What you don’t realize is that that gravitar is not computer generated. He spent weeks painstakingly creating it in oil after attending prestigious European art schools for years and suffering in poverty on the mean streets of decayed urban centers to gain inspiration.

Now say you’re sorry.

Click on dashboard, go to nickname type in what you want,
then go to ‘what you want your name …publicly’ put it in the box and then I think you have to logged out then logged back in again, revised name should appear.

{ Oh No!!!! twitters down!!!! }

On the seventh day of Christmas, Marina said to me
“We have another video request”
Another mystery solved”

“Hello my dear students”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”

Go Fish!

SPEAKING of getting a Gravatar with your own unique graphic…
(Ahem and harumph) :mrgreen:
It’s about time you got yours,
being a regular an’ all.

Dos Tacos

melikeadotacos

Hearts

THAT’S ART :?: :?: :?: :?: :!:
What is it? Uh oh…
(I hope it’s not a self portrait)
[just meesin'] :mrgreen:

Well, I have unsubcribed and not interested anymore in this site. Why? Well, my complaints have been submitted with no real response. My best word suggestion is “bored” for couple of reasons. I am not the first and not the last and wish you and all well but I suspect my complaints were never heard or will taken with any serious consideration. When the subscriptions hit a plateau and then decline, my complaints will matter then, maybe. For now, I say goodbye and will go elsewhere for my entertainment and research. Good day………..

86 bucks for a green sheet? Even Martha Stewart on a good day doesn’t charge that much. Surely there has to be a more reasonably-priced suitable piece of cloth available.

My freaking tub just quit draining :evil:
The damn thing is less than a year old.
Any one know a good plumber?

call Joe

I know I posted this a few lessons back, but here it is again:

[Pear Tree In a Partridge]

pinochle

That’s a very good summary of this. I don’t mind scratching my head if it is itchy, but, sometimes I wonder if these people who do these things say amongst themselves… ” let’s see how many will shake their heads and fall for this one – Beavis and Butthead grunt! grunt!

Drano two-part catalytic drain opener.
Sometimes it takes two doses, but
one’ll usually git ‘r’ done :mrgreen:

pee-knuckle? LOL! :mrgreen:
Dos Equis aqui por favor!

If you’d like a custom gravatar… an original one of a kind design, I will offer my help. Tis the season to be of service to others… offer expires Dec 25 midnight. :smile:

It must have been easier to chew through the gyp-board than the cabinet particle board. Damn thing made three holes!
(was somebody feeding him grapes?)

ChaCha – please inspect my latest modification to the device, and let me know your thoughts…

Please find the origin of this word, you are a cute one!:

ingenue :smile: :wink:

Don’t be a sourpuss, the lady’s time is precious! (or too hot for words) :lol:

Mine looks like I’m some kind spead-eagled…meat-wad!!!

Marina and users… YouTube is Dead article

Google is now changing YouTube popularity rating system —- appealing to new advertisers more than its users/YT celebrities.

As I recall, Marina went to some lengths to rekindle your interest, carrying her explanation to you over to a new thread.
Perhaps before you leave you can review and see what was said, as we all saw it. At times, the current lesson isn’t always as motivationg as some of the previous couple hundred. You couldn’t have researched them all, so I think you may want to check some of those out, too. Sorry to hear you were bored, it happens to some, I guess. You seem unusually angry about it, from your terse commentary. If you can find a site that perfectly fits your needs, please report back to us what you have found. We would all be interested to know. Au revoir and happy trails.

Do you have an implant?? You are a silly man!! :roll:

What to do??

:?: :?:

Excellent! No matter how they try to queer it, it will remain an unexplained phenomenon to them as to how Marina continues to be the Number One Site on YouTube. With over one million views to date and continued growth past one hundred thousand subscribers (in less than a year), I am only a little surprised at these “changes”. It is sad when those who are mediocre can only puff themselves up to appear to be big, only by trying to take down those who’s hard work has made them truly successful. Piss on ‘em! :mrgreen:

There was no conversation with her. She left a one sentence response in possibly september to one of my complaints. I recall here saying being patient. what you may recall is others offering advice or suggestions but you all just do not get it. It is a one way street and that is why it gets boring. there are t.a. that never had a suggestion ever done. That is her dilemna. How can she keep interest when people leave suggestion after suggestion only to never see any response to it. How long is the list? Should I wait six months, a year, two years? That is her dilemna and I gave seven months and we had a one sentence exchange and that is it. The real conversation is with the t.a.s who are all great and I am not saying she is not great too. She is living the American dream and kudos for her. I am just being honest that I got bored and after seven months, that does not make me flakey for sure. But, that is my opinion for sure. I have not found another site but can google a search and other search engines for my answers. I am not the only one and will not be the last. That is the challenge to keep growing. there will be a plateua and a decline and part of any questions asked will be answered requests never done or seemed to ever be done. There are only so many videos one can do and you have to keep interest is other ways. that is my free advice and no time for my easy exit…ciao

2.3 The Nature of Philosophy
Accordingly, “the word ‘philosophy’ must mean something which stands above or below, but not beside the natural sciences” (TLP 4.111). Not surprisingly, then, “most of the propositions and questions to be found in philosophical works are not false but nonsensical” (TLP 4.003). Is, then, philosophy doomed to be nonsense (unsinnig), or, at best, senseless (sinnlos) when it does logic, but, in any case, meaningless? What is left for the philosopher to do, if traditional, or even revolutionary, propositions of metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, and ethics cannot be formulated in a sensical manner? The reply to these two questions is found in Wittgenstein’s characterization of philosophy: philosophy is not a theory, or a doctrine, but rather an activity. It is an activity of clarification (of thoughts), and more so, of critique (of language). Described by Wittgenstein, it should be the philosopher’s routine activity: to react or respond to the traditional philosophers’ musings by showing them where they go wrong, using the tools provided by logical analysis. In other words, by showing them that (some of) their propositions are nonsense.
From The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Homework: Nope I don’t have a RatCoon. I did own a rat that would cocoon himself in a towel.

Raccoons are smart little guys. There was a time a friend of mine was feeding a wild one in his back yard. The female would walk up to the back glass sliding door and eat out of the dog food dish. Well one day she brought the whole family. Including their pet possum. Yea this little guy would eat right along with the other raccoons. Well this was all fun but he had to stop doing it before the whole forest of critters would show up. Also raccoons are very dangerous when angry or cornered. They sometime carry the rabies virus. His little daughter was getting very interested in the raccoon and he didn’t want her or the rest of the kids get to comfortable with the animals.

Uh huh, I see – instant gratification issues.
My word request was spoon. It took six monthes. Have you even looked at that lesson? You are entitled to your opinion.
As I said, when you find the site perfectly suited for your needs, please come back and tell us all about it! The bit about the plateau and decline, which you state redundantly, is no great shakes here. We’re all about having fun learning word origins and this, apparently, is not your “cup of tea”. Asti Spumanti! :mrgreen: MeLikaDoTheChaCha, TA
[Don Ho singing Aloha Oy!] :cool:

Mistake! I should not use words I do not understand. Sorry n’stuff. I wear the dunce cap!

Raccoons:

Fairly omnivorous creatures. They look cute, but that’s as far as it goes. They’re quite willing to claw, bite, i.e. fight their way out of trouble if they deem necessary. They’re also well known vectors for the rabies virus, so do NOT get yourself bitten by one.

Excellent video and lesson, Marina, amazingly short and sweet. Keep it up.

I was asleep in the living room in Tahoe on a mattress with the porch door open (30′ in the air) and one crawled over me to get in the Kitchen. Luckily it split fast when it woke me up!

OMG, an ahem and a harumph! Oh, the pressure! How can I resist?

.-…

Sorry I didn’t get to you in time. I literally make a video every single day trying to keep up. I was interested in doing the cheapskate request, but I am having trouble making it interesting as nobody knows where skate came from. Fubar was one I wanted to do until YouTube censored me for snafu. You had a couple others I’ve been looking at, I can’t remember them off hand. I am sorry that I didn’t get to them in time.. I can assure you, I will though… but I am going as fast as I can.

I will never be a Teacher’s Pet, but I ‘m not going to cry about it.
A teacher’s pet here is a very special reward for being punctual in your attendance and following through with your homework.
Those who receive this honor are often, pleasantly surprised.
Upgraders and apple polishers are not the criteria here. The squeaky wheel does not get greased here. Only by contributions are people recognised. TA’s, like myself, do not crave the attention for themselves, as some might think.
We turn our energies towards being benefactors to as many as are willing to better themselves. Seeing others make their own way is our greatest reward. As I see it (my opinion) you are simply not up to the task, and lament like a ponsi school child, demanding more attention from Marina than you have earned. You are entitled only to my opinion (sorry, but you have earned that). You still have a choice. You can learn and grow from this experience, or not. If you decide to do some real work, and not merely complain, you are welcome and may find yourself a teacher’s pet someday. Or, you can simply quit, but you’ve got to ask yourself – what does this teach you except to be a quitter? I would be willing to help you better your opinion of us, and yourself, if you remain a student. Ok? :mrgreen:

One night a little after the sun had set, I was out camping and a raccoon walked into the fire light. He just stood there and watched me for a while. I eventually threw him a biscuit. He backed away, but eventually came forward at took the biscuit and ate it all up. I threw him another one, and this time with less backing away he ate it again. The raccoon was so pleased with my cooking that he sat up on his hind legs, and pleasured himself.
i kid you not.

Oh, Hi Marina!
(I guess the lesson is that the squeaky wheel DOES get the grease, hm’kay?) LMAO :mrgreen:

“Squeak! Squeak, I tell you!”
- Ren Hoek :mrgreen:

Question 1: No, just the opposite.
Question 2: True.

On the eighth day of Christmas,
Marina said to me
“HotForWords must investigate!”

“We have another video request”
Another mystery solved”

“Hello my dear students”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”

No, but it’s a lot more expensive nowadays.

Dear Marina Orlova,

You are the best teacher in the World! I cannot wait for your Calendar to come! And since your Birthday is almost here, I have a word request. :grin:

Word Request: Birth

Your Student,
ThoughtOnFire

nice! schmeck :mrgreen:

Marina has other aspects of life to live as well, right? Working out, playing with Gorby, Reading books, living a healthy lifestyle, etc, etc. Marina is probably one of the busiest people. Keeping up with one new video a day is incredible, I wonder how much work goes into each video, and she reads our homework and is not some overlord of the hotforwords.com community but is in active participation with our requests, comments, and etc.

It goes to show her commitment to everyone that she doesn’t ignore people when they bring up things like this, even. She really cares, and that makes her even more of an awesome teacher!

TOF

So, basically, he’s saying philosophy is a blog.

On the ninth day of Christmas,
Marina said to me
“There you go!”

“HotForWords must investigate!”
“We have another video request”
“Another mystery solved”
“Hello my dear students”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”

Screw your Neighbor.

Dog: She’s running as fast as she can. Give us a break, willya?

I was constructive criticism melik. I am not interested in receiving any attention. As I said earlier, she is living the American dream and if I was an asshole, I would not have said any constructive criticism. I am not mean spirited and if I was a business advisor, I would say the same thing in person or on the net. You dismiss my points to quickly thinking my comments are about ego. If I had a flakey, shalllow, attention needing ego, I would have been complaining in early summer when I started reading and watching the videos. It is now almost 2009 and her biggest challenge is keeping people interested and making it fun and she would be first to tell you but you missed that important point. I will say again I have the highest respect for her and all she has accomplished and I am not a child or a toxic personality trying to tear down something that someone has worked very hard to create from the sweat off their brow and the nerves or steel to take a risk like she has to make her site the success it has been. You lump me in with all the other silly, toxic people that inhabit this world called the internet. I just told her my honest impression right now and want her to have as few people feeling like I am and as many loyal fans as you. We cannot all be a steady and faithful my friend. That is the reality of the world and plenty of other interests out there on the net to pull people away with little attention span they possess. again, if I had been on for a month or two you points may be taken correct but I am going on eight months and not far from a year if you think about it. So, before you try hitting me with childish or juvenile remarks, remove your subjective opinions and look at my comments in an objective light and maybe you can take the from the soul advice I just gave for free in the hope that her dreams grows and does not plateua and diminish. You are not going to help slamming me when I am conducting myself in a civil, honest, and respectful manner. Save the childish remarks for the other jerk offs that show up but you do not need to be door man with me sir for I am already in the building and your services are not needed with such inappropriate responses.

My request is not a work but a gesture that we all use to reference a phrase. I would like to know where the middle finger or the bird comes from. I have heard a few different explanations (my favorite is one about the “Hundred Years’ War”) and I would like to know where the gesture comes from.

nakedbullwinkle is lonley and can’t get attention from an internet chick. let’s all cry for and with him.

They want your eyeballs. They want them for advertiser’s ads. Don’t give your eyeballs to them. Keep the counts low. Watch what you want to watch, not what they want you to watch. Advertisers won’t pay for low counts.

Recycle-Logical-1, Thanks for the link. There where some great videos there showing how Tubers are upset over the changes.

I have been doing some research about this new change since Marina brought it up on twitter. I notice there was very few videos with images that would offend your everyday family. Yes there is a new algorithm that screens out videos that might offend. So I have been thinking why this is. Well I’m going to tell you. I come to you with 22 years in retail sale and marketing. What I have always mention to people is if you follow the money you will find the heart of all businesses. Follow the money… Follow the money…. The changes that YT is doing is to increase revenue. Especially in this economic down turn. YT is here to make money off of us. Its all about selling ads. Pure and simple. To sell ads. Advertiser want to get the maximum value for their dollar. We get to use their service for free in exchange to view some ads. Not a bad arrangement. So to get the maximum value you have to go after the largest demographic. Sheeple! You have to appeal to sheeple tastes and you must filter the content. Why was AOL the number one Internet provider back in the day? Not necessary the free cds. Filtered content. My sister still uses AOL because she is afraid of bad things she has heard about the internet. She is now a bit wiser but still has her AOL account. So back to my point. YT no longer need partners. This program is dead. Did you watch the last video with the guy wearing dark glasses and mask? He is right on in many points. If you haven’t go watch it.

Mark my words. If YT continues this route it will be come something very similar to network tv but on the internet. And you all know how the big networks like to control what we watch. Do you already see this happing here? In time YT will be just as big as the networks. This is the path they have chosen and once this path is chosen there is no way to go back.

Welcome to ‘TheirTube’… :mrgreen:

They are not rodents. I think they are more closely related to the weasel family. They are smart as hell and they can take care of themselves. However, it is not hard to make friends with a wild raccoon. A woman I know babysits for a wild raccoon. Also, those wild raccoons adopted a kitten! They could have eaten it but instead it grew up with them and thinks it is a raccoon.

That’s really interesting, Cyther. I had no idea different languages’ words for it were also references to places. I second the recommendation.

A lot of “rodents” are cute. I’ve always wanted a ferret, which is of the weasel family; but they are illegal in California :sad:

Egyptian Ratscrew.

Not to rain on everyone’s parade or anything, but how exactly is this a parody of the Twelve Days of Christmas? The only similarity is it starts out by saying “On the __________ day of Christmas.” It’s just a bunch of phrases from Marina’s videos, nothing numerical, and if you try to sing it to the tune of Twelve Days, it sounds really awkward. Oh well, I’m just being too critical. I’ll stop talking now.

Hi Marina,
could you check out where the word toilet or toilette comes form?
Thanks a lot!

On the sixth day of Christmas, dear Marina said to me:
“Another mystery solved”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video”
“Subscribe to my YT channel”
“Hell-o my dear stu-dents”

Nakedbullwinkle, it’s all well and good that you’re not being “childish” or exhibiting a “toxic personality,” and just expressing your opinion, but I’m pretty sure most people here will agree with me in saying your opinion is way off base.

You make it sound as though our beloved teacher is some sort of philological tech support; that we should be able to randomly ask for a word origin and be able to expect a response within 24 hours. It’s incredible that Marina lives her normal life and still has the ability to come out with videos as frequently as she does. Just like most everyone else here, I’ve recommended words whose origins I think would be interesting, and none of them have yet been done. But I don’t expect them to be; I know Marina is doing her best to keep up with our piqued interests, and her best is quite exceptional.

And what’s this talk about the American Dream? Sure she’s selling a calendar and making appearances on shows like the O’Reilly factor but when it comes down to it, she imparts her knowledge to us for no cost, which is very admirable.

So if you don’t like the way Marina’s running her operation, that’s fine, as is expressing your complaints. But when your complaints so clearly have no legitimacy, you should just let the issue go, and bow out of the website quietly.

nakedbullwinkle, have you ever tried to email me on the contact page? I search my email and have not seen anything from you. Thats why Im here, to help. I don’t read all the comments posted on the site for Im busy working on other projects.
This brings up a point I been wanting to comment on. Everyone here needs to understand is Marina is a one women show. She does the work of 3 people and works on weekends. Im still stumped on how she gets it all done. About the emails. Even my emails take some time for her to respond. Just today she replied to an email I sent on the 20th of last month. You would think the TA would get priority. Nope she effectively balances her time to projects. Her replies are one line sentences. Its a very good time saving technique that I should also adhere to. The reason I volunteered my time was to help her out with some of this work load. I reply to just about every email that is sent to me. If its something I can not handle or a question that only Marina can answer then I reply and forward a copy to M.
I hope this clears up some questions I have been getting from time to time from all of you. If not you all know how to get a hold of me. :grin:

Who cares. Just play along. :mrgreen:

Hey Marina,

Yes, I think raccoons look cute. But at the same time, I understand they’re wild animals and need to be respected and treated as such. If I come across one I’m not going to pet it and take it home as a pet. And like ermines or apes, I’m pretty sure raccoons would be able to outsmart their owners and wreak all sorts of havoc. I’v actually only seen one since coming to the city where I currently live for most of the year.

And for everyone who’s been wondering about the raccoon’s place in the “tree of life,” as it were, here is their basic taxonomic classification:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordota
Class: Mammilia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Procyonidae
Genus: Procyon
Species: lotor

So, Marina, I’m not exactly sure why you’ve heard them referred to as rodents; the Procyonidae family is pretty much just raccoons and species very similar to them, it’s own “raccoon family.” I’d guess some people think of them as rodentesque simply because of their troublesome nature when they intrude on a person’s house, much like certain rodents do.

I have more racoons than You can shake a stick at! There are several racoons jumping out of My brainpan as We speak :!: I can’t eat any more of this shit,,if I try,I’ll just die.

Me and My old pal got just fuckin loaded as hell,,,then some..Racoons are for shooting,skinning,cooking,and,eating,,,,not neccessarilliy in that order.It depends on how fucked up You are. We got Coons,Rats,Coyotes,Fox,Feral Dogs,Ditch Cats,Owls,Hawks,Eagles and You frikkin name it,,we got it here.Well,no,,no polar bears or any of that shit.just Yer basic driftless area critters. Don’t worry tho,,if Ya fall down in the woods,,,they’ll eat Yer ass,,and like it..

Here is an other link commenting about the changes.
http://portal.lacaterinca.com/youtube-changes/

Where the fuck did You get You :!: “rodentesque”?!?! HORSESHIT as dear old Dad would say. I got no time.

“Esque” is just a suffix you can tack on to a noun to make it act like an adjective, like “ish.” Maybe I should’ve put a hyphen between it and rodent.

there is
one on ebay for $10

Damn, I usually find the typos

I had racoon fro dinner at a friends house once and it is not to bad. It tastes just like meat, imagine that. Any way I would like to know where the word commercial comes from. We watch them all the time so where does this word come from.

On the tenth day of Christmas,
Marina said to me
“640X360″
“There you go!”

“HotForWords must investigate!”
“We have another video request”
“Another mystery solved”
“Hello my dear students”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”

That was really very good.
A good story, told with humour, and the choice of music fitted in very well with the story.
Prettiest cows I ever saw too.

Thanx Nathan! :smile:
I hope Marina will pa attention to it!

Have a nice day!

Celebrity status Marina , you can’t please everyone all the time, all at the same time, with a process that was created for use by just a select group.

and a good eye for detail. :grin:

but funny. :lol:

New meaning for the word “‘coonass”. :lol:

I’ve had to deal with Racoons before on camp-outs. They look cute but they are actually quite vicious and unfriendly to people. Best to not try to keep a wild one as a pet. That and the wild one’s usually carry several various diseases including rabies. But that’s what I have heard, maybe our Teacher know’s otherwise. Until then, I wouldn’t try to pet one.

I haven’t even got the email yet. :sad:
Oh! Wait.
That was weird … the email arrived as I was writing the above. :smile:

Marina, how about these 2 confusing words – “TRIAL”, like in Court appearence or a Court Trial,,, then theres “TRAIL”,, like in your on a Dusty Trail,, these are both almost spelled the same using the same letters, but,,pronounced so differently as to 2 different meanings !!!! You should INVESTIGATE, Marina,, let me know on Hott for Words !!! Bye- Crazy Clown !!

CK, what are those two holes in the front of your green vest?
Did someone shoot you? :grin:

What about Guinea Fowl?
Is it the same for them?

:mrgreen:

I agree and have tried to state that there are logistic problems she will face down the road but everyone is so focused on beaing me in the ground for trying to be respectful and honest…but I am not surprised…you cannot see my faces and eyes and see I am sincere about respecting all her hard work but what else can I say……….

This racoon is so cute ! He looks like a little dog playing to get food ;-).
I have a word suggestion :
“Constitution” like in the American Constitution.

You did not read what I said…..I never suggested for a moment that my requests need to be answered and I have never demanded she respond to me at all everytime I speak. I was asked if we had a conversation and we did not. I been around since, uh, june I think and been active from late summer till recently. She has plenty of suggestions and I was thinking how can she keep everyone interested if they have a real interest in a word. You cite that I view here like tech support, I need answers now, and puzzled about the american dream comment. What planet are you from sir? She is the american dream. She created a business from scratch, from nothing, from an idea of her passion and knowledge of an important tool…words. I am beating the drum harder than you sir for

I want her to succeed sincerely. I am not telling her how to run her operation I am telling her that for long term success, she needs to keep something in mind and that is many requests that she cannot all meet and still keep all engage as best she can. do you not see that sir? Or are you just being defensive and refuse to think that I am sincere in wanting to see her succeed. I have been here since june so I am not flakey. I watch the videos and send requests like some but not all. I have an opinion and time is the ultimate test if I am near being right rather you trying to beat me down with observations that are not even close to what I said. Twenty four hours? Where did you read that? No where! Please just make your incorrect impressions and scroll up, thank you.

So , now they’re thinking that we like the ads more than the videos ?

The house is possessed by a devil raccoon, though.
Can they arrest the house? :???:

wow , the HD version is really HD !! Before that high quality and standard quality doesn’t have much difference

yes sir, thanks for not tearing my head off. I am getting some flack but that is okay. I am a big boy and we alaskans grow big. You have always been a gentleman and responsive and we had discussions. but, I would be dishonest when I say I was becoming bored. Not due to the fact that she does not work super hard for if she did not, she would not be so successful. I did not say anything to hurt, attack, make her feel insecure, or to try to stir up a dust devil since nothing is on television. I just get my subscription updates and did not have the immediate reaction to go watch them like I did in the last summer and early fall. Why? I asked myself that and thought well I have sent many suggestions but none made the list yet. I was told that some tas have never seen any of theirs and understand the list is massive. I know that for I am not a fool. but, what is different from me from most dissenters or somone as god as my witness trying to offer some constructive advice here that somehow I have not communicated properly initially is that does everyone who signs up continue to stay on? What is the retention rate? If people leave, why do they leave? I asked myself why am I becoming bored with someone I respect? I thought about it and it was not seeing any suggestions ever make the list. Am I the first guy on this site to think that way? I think not? So, how do you keep the viewer or subsriber interested and excited about the site while they view videos and make comments and suggestions? If they have sincere interest in a word or words, how long will they stay interested to find out if a word request is done? Am I the only one that asks these questions? Would someone who is a friend or advisor ask these questions to help her rather than attack her as some are suggesting. I cannot make it any clearer. She is living the american dream, creating a business from nothing, and being successful. I want all people who have small businesses to be successful for it is their dream. But, I am just being childish and impatient an want her to jump at my every comment in twenty four hours. Yea, I have displayed that comment over and over. Look time will tell if I am close to the mark to improve and strenghthen or just another toxic a hole on the internet just being hurtful. I am a good person and all reports of me being an a hole are massively incorrect. but, hey,that is my incorrect opinion right? I respect her and thank her for her response and admire her and once again I want you to own the market on word research marina. I just do not have the fire as I did before and was worried I mention it rather than not say anything and a possible problem not be noted. I make my exit as suggested by a few and wish you all a safe and happy new year and the best of success for all your family and friends. Say good night to the bad guy,,,maybe al pacino said it best, say good night to the bad guy.

Ask yourself not, “What ‘coon this song do for me?”, but rather “What ‘coon I do for this song?”
‘coon you do any better? :lol:

this response is a perfect example of not seriously reading what I am saying and rather making quicky responses meant to dazzle………………

dazzle me again with a retort and ignore my sincere wishes and hopes for her and this site. Go ahead and dazzle everyone there Carlin.

Marina, I have been a fan since early summer and am impressed with your success so far. With so many companies being hit with a sledgehammer right now and definitely in the next couple of months, I am saying from the bottom of my heart and soul that I want to help you try to get ahead of the possible problem. The world does not revolve around me and that is why I moved to alaska where no one is up tight and defensive. And, I do not mean you at all but some of your defenders, God bless them but they are really hitting me on the head but that is okay. This nation was not built upon people all agreeing on everything and the last thing you want is a bunch of yes men. I hope and pray you will continue your further success and cheapskate is a crazy word for sure. I look foward to seeing you on fox news very soon. God bless you and you will have many happy new years. You are too driven and confident to not have your dreams succeed. I have more faith in you than you best defenders. I would bet my next paycheck on that. Warmest regards, Will

And, I will stay and be quiet and keep the critics happy for I want you to succeed. I will make any suggestions privately since some will be to upset too hear any constructive criticism. Captain Jack has a good measure of where I am coming from but that is why he is the best of the bunch for sure. If he beat me down for trying to help I would be really lost. So, for all that say I am being negative, lonely, bored, impatient, I will remain and you can now throw your tomatoes at me but aim wisely for this moose can move very, very fast so take your best shot…. :smile:

raccoons remind more of dogs than rodents…especially this particular cute critter.

Marina, what are the settings now for HD, after all that time you spent telling me how to do widescreen eh! Sorry. If there is anyone who can help me on youtube its you…

well, i wouldn’t wanna have one of those to destroy my kitchen. what i don’t know…: why are those animals called “waschbär”, which means some kind of “washing bear” in german? they aren’t bears, are they? nice video, btw, thank you marina. :-)

Not really, I was trying to be clever. bsomebody and cow’s somebody: same last name. And no, my girlfriend was not coming over, my wife was home. somebody just does not know what humor is anymore

Marina, A raccoon is a raccoon, I guess their cute, I don’t have a raccoon. Thats not saying i wouldn’t have a raccoon.
I do have a mouse however that keeps getting into my stores of bread

Raccoons for sure aren’t rodents, it is their ability to be a nuisance to mankind that has garnered the moniker rodent for this native American species.

Was there or is there a similar species in Russia?
Do you since living here in America have you been able to obtain a drivers license? Curious to know must you always find someone too take you places?

Do those pointy ears go in the hat or out?

not…..

Teacher-
Thank you for another interesting lesson… The raccoon, however is NOT cute, and IS quite evil… They may not be rodents, but they are definitely considered pests… My father came from the Southern US, where raccoon meat is sold for consumption… He told me that people who sold raccoon meat had to leave one paw on (with the fur), because unscrupulous people had sold cat, claiming it was raccoon…

Also, when hunting raccoon, one had to use a pack of dogs, and a low-caliber weapon (so as not to damage the meat)… The dogs were to kill the raccoon (once the shot knocked it out of the tree), because “the raccoon will beat hell out of a couple dogs, and you, if it gets the chance”… Very interesting…

Nakedbullwinkle – You need to start your own site and call it “ALL ABOUT ME”.

AT LAST! Finally managed to log in. Marina, is there a fix for the login bug?

Whoaaaaa…!!!

That is a good description… and the end remark is very clever… ‘TheirTube’. :smile:

I think that was “tryant”, melikadothechacha

Teacher’s Pet ok guess the word game that was fun.

My washbasin quit draining about 3 days ago.

Time for someone to start a NewTube?

On the twelfth day of Christmas, dear Marina said to me:
“Floccinaucinihilipilification uh-hu”
” ”
” ”
” ”
” ”
” ”
“Another mystery solved”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video”
“Subscribe to my YT channel”
“Hell-o my dear stu-dents”

GOOD DAY! THATS MY SAYING!

Gorby is miserable. He wants to lick his wounds, but can’t because of that stupid cone on his head so he just sits there and stares at the wall.

American War department just announced it will begin hiring foreigners for language skills and medical training, etc. Would you like to work for the “Great Satan”? Осторожно :smile:

Very well done!

Raccoons? Hahaha! Raccoons eh? Muy bien señora. Let’s talk about raccoons. True, raccoons are prettily cute little fellows . They masticate all kind of food in a very cute and lovable way. But they can also be fiercely nasty little bastards when left alone in an unsupervised kitchen.

The are cuter than hamsters, serpents, pigs and chickens. But not as cute as puppies, kitties, squirrels and little flying sparrows.

Raccoon. It reminds me of some quote from some dusty-rusty geezer, the kind of scantily-brained, heavy-mouthed, sneakily-eyed weirdo you’ll find in history and science books, inside the chairman board of a global corporation or on the political stage.

Charles Quint (1500-1558) – I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, German to my horse and… English to the raccoons!!!

There is a major update coming out early next week.. so hopefully that will fix it.

Just plain WRONG :!: But also, too dang :mrgreen: :lol: :!:

Brilliant, are you going to change the layout?

1280 x 720.. you have to output your video at that.. which requires an HD camera.

But here is an HD camera that I bought recently: Flip HD as it shoots at 720P needed for the HD mode.

But I am shooting my lessons with this: Sony HVR-V1U, a bit on the expensive side.

I’d say she does. What we can see on the videos is too round, to perfect, too firm to be natural. However, let it be known that when you touch these, they don’t feel like the real ones do. They feel exactly like the poor stuff they are made of: An artificially siliconed physically sound mediocrity.

Personnally, I don’t like the feeling of it. It feels like every Hollywoodian botoxed and siliconed weird empty, void, artificial stuff.

Got sidetracked again.. What was I talking about? Oh! Artificial boobs of course. Not about Marina’s brains and balls most likely! Well.. Was I? Was I not? Anyways.. I’m cutting it short. My indomitable brain was, again, running free on its own like a wild wild flying Pegasus. I now have to leash it back like the puppy it is and get back to work!!

Arrivederci bambini

your camera is basically a televisio camera then. I will look into the flip hd ones. I am going to do a test @ 1280 x 720 just to see what it looks like anyway. I think I will have to gp hd now anyway.

No.. not going to change the layout.. though the threaded comments is native to the new version so there might be sllight changes in the comments.

Hello hot for words. I have shown my kids, 8 of them, and my husband your youtube videos. My husband isn’t interested. lol But my kids love you. Guess I better come up with some words for you. How about the word “possum”. Or the phrase “playing possum”. My grandfather was a hunter but he would never hunt possums. He called them his granddaughters. I never understood this, for I was his only granddaughter and felt like he compared the possum to me. So, if you can, where did the word “possum” come from, and the phrase “playing possum” come from? Hope hot for words can solve this mystery. The kids hope you can. Take care, Zoe

Hmm, I hope this doesn’t mean I wil have to find a new way of doing 4th level replies….

Also, What is your average file size on HD, mind you if this this is anything to go by, I will get one.

Wow! No wonder the video looks so good. How could it not with that camera! …Is it true that it takes about a gig of space per minute to edit HD? :shock:

Ugh…hate raccoons….I’m not a fan of rodents of any kind….twitchy, scrambling, snarling little creepy creatures….

Wow, Marina, you really are a pro.
It reminds me of something Sir Winston Churchill said, “I am a man of simple tastes … I satisfy myself with the best.”

Omg, what happened to him?

rodent? no…varmint? yes?…dangerous? can be…

‘specially the rabid ones…

not an animal i’d fool around with… :cool:

hmmm…gosh, should we all start posting our wish lists?…

‘course, mine is a bit more…’uh…bohemian… :cool:

I know those two are cute as hell aren’t they?

Actually I totally imagined the instrumental to the Marina Rapping video and it worked perfect for me.

Smokey Drano is a good product but read the back label. Some of it can’t be used on ABS or PVC plumbing. It’s meant for cast iron or metal P Traps. They make a chemical for PVC or ABS P Traps which you can get at most Lowes or hardware stores. Drano like ChaCha said has lye and other caustic chemicals that eat up plastic pipes. You could get a drain snake and run it down the tub over fill hole which is located under the spout. Take off the overfill cap and just run the snake down the hole and it will clean out the P Trap.

hello dear teacher, i really enjoy your lessons apart from ur sexy body it also brings alot of knowledge
i have been always been wondering who came up with the word TOILET? i hope its interesting enough for u to investigate and i hope to hear a response from you soon
Love *muAaah*
Your brand new student; Nanu

Tipees and wigwams?

Now you know where all your hair is going :mrgreen:

wild coon tales.

I have been where you are at right now Nakedbullwinkle. I felt the site at one time was not right for me either that I was being ignored by the one person that I was here for. But the people on here and Marina talking to me like friends do I decided to stay. Sure my word request has never been done, but the friendships that I have made with people all over the world means more to me that any word request. Sure the recognition would have been a feather in my cap and good feeling in my heart as we all would like to seem special to Marina for our 15 minutes of fame, but this site is more than just that. It’s fun, the members are great comrades and friends and I have learned so much from them other than lessons Marina does. The people on here are have a worth of knowledge that a person can learn from. It’s all here for the asking. I for one will never dis you or put you down when you get in a sad or in a mood like you have been left out of the party. So I know you said you would stay and I am glad, as I like conversing with you. So be cool my friend and let a kind word put a smile on your face and lift up your heart so you can once again join us in harmony.

Mike

I heard someone the other day state that they enjoy a drink but they are not a “lush”. Why is the word lush used to describe a drunkard? Thanks!

Cribbage….thus muggins.

You’ve got a catchy nickname.

Have you ever used the flip HD in a video? I am guessing you might have in the hawaii one. People may have looked if you took that massive camera on the beach.

A Georgia State trooper pulled over a pickup on I- 75. The trooper asked, ‘Got any I.D.?

The driver replied, ‘Bout whut?’

Dear Marina,

You have always told us that intelligence is sexy. Now there is scientific support for this claim. Take a peek at the article “Balls and Brains” in the Economist (December 6 p. 98) reporting on the work of Professor Rosalind Arden’s study which concludes that “intelligence is sexy.”

You are way ahead of your time!

Cheers, Q

A young man came running into the store and said to his buddy, ‘Bubba, somebody just stole your pickup truck from the parking lot!’

Bubba replied, ‘Did you see who it was?’

The young man answered, ‘I couldn’t tell, but I got his license number.’

The owner of a golf course was confused about paying an invoice, so he decided to ask his secretary for some mathematical help. He called her into his office and said, ‘You graduated from the University of Tennessee and I need some help. If I were to give you $20,000, minus 14%, how much would you take off?’

The secretary thought a moment, and then replied, ‘Everything but my earrings.’

A group of friends went deer hunting and paired off in twos for the day. That night, one of the hunters returned alone, staggering under the weight of an eight-point buck. ‘Where’s Henry?’ the others asked.

‘Henry had a stroke of some kind. He’s a couple of miles back up the trail,’ the successful hunter replied.

‘You left Henry laying out there and carried the deer back?’ they inquired.

‘A tough call,’ nodded the hunter ‘But I figured no one is going to steal Henry!’

The Sheriff pulled up next to the guy unloading garbage out of his pick-up into the ditch. The Sheriff asked, ‘Why are you dumping garbage in the ditch? Don’t you see that sign right over your head’. ‘Yep’, he replied. ‘That’s why I dumpin it here, cause it says:
‘Fine For Dumping Garbage’.

Here’s a link to the on-line version.
Balls and Brains.

Man, you are cracking me up! I’m from “Thuh South” and I still love these “thangs”.

{Sigh}
Here’s a link to the on-line version.
Balls and Brains.

:lol: :lol: Funny dude, funny. :grin:

A Georgia State Trooper pulls over a truck and asks the driver to step out of the cab. He walks round to the side of the truck, points upwards and asks, “What is the meaning of this sign?”
“Well,” says the driver, “It tells what I do. What’s wrong with it?”
“It’s not a very polite sign, is it? Shit Carter” says the trooper, “I mean, couldn’t you phrase it another way?”
“Like what?”
“Well, for example, you could call yourself a Conveyor of Faeces.”
“Goddam!” says the driver, “If I was smart enough to be able to spell faeces, I wouldn’t need to be carting shit around all day.”

Quotes:

“Science is a cemetery of dead ideas. Science says: “We must live,” and seeks the means of prolonging, increasing, facilitating and amplifying life, of making it tolerable and acceptable, Wisdom says: “We must die,” and seeks how to make us die well.”

“Man is said to be a reasoning animal. I do not know why he has not been defined as an affective or feeling animal. Perhaps that which differentiates him from other animals is feeling rather than reason. More often I have seen a cat reason than laugh or weep. Perhaps it weeps or laughs inwardly — but then perhaps, also inwardly, the crab resolves equations of the second degree.”

- Miguel de Unamuno (1864 – 1936)

My Mom grew up in South Carolina. They didn’t turn cartwheels, they turned “clearlights”. And they didn’t pick or harvest collard greens, they went “crappin’ collards”. Seriously.

Phrase Request: Bar None…

Good quotes, neuroway.
Where did the first one come from?

Dear Marina, I have a challenging word request for you :cool: What is the origin of the word:

GERONIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo

and why do people shout it when they fall off a cliff or somewhere like that?

Oh and can you do another “Guess the word game”? I kinda miss them :P

Marina! Here is my xmas request for you. It’s a bit dodgy. Sorry i think i will definatley have to get an hd camera soon

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=49ERtTK-Es8

hmmm…since my snip i have no sperm to indicate my intelligence…

since there are no lil’ annudderwigglers, does that mean i’m empty-headed?…

oh – maybe i don’t want you to answer that… :shock: :mrgreen:

Some Insane Snowboard Hits ! The music is kindda lame but the footage crazy! :twisted:

Once dressed up for Halloween:
I went in costume as a Bar Fly
My girlfriend dressed up as a Bar Nun

{ tough habit to break } :mrgreen:

Wow.. nice present.. what is it, air?

To those people who got a signed copy of the calendar:

Tell me if she dots the ‘i’ in Marina with a smiley face or a heart :???:

{ doubt if she has that much extra time on her hands }

nice present? What do you mean?

Don’t be a troublemaker troublemaker! God question though.. I must look into it!

Ok,believe it or not here’s the story;

Party at My place,chick on My lap typing as a bunch of Us all drunk were talking about various posts as she read them aloud. *If* I remember right,the reply looks to be a mixture of what different people said.When I looked around Her to see what She was doing it was too late,already sent. Later,after the crowd thinned out,passed out,or whatever it is crowds do,She apologized in the nicest of ways :cool: .I’m just here to pass that apology on to You and to say TY,because of You *I got some*!

When she wakes up hung-over and horny I’m gonna get some more.

he said “request” nog present :lol: :wink:

eau de toilette?

Water of toilet?

What’s God got to do with this? :???:

Did it get lost in trans(atlantic)ation?

I don’t see any present in your post :?:

Che Volay, Marina obviously meant good :P And sorry Marina, I didn’t mean to be such a trouble, though sometimes I can’t help it :twisted: :grin:

I’m disappointed, I didn’t get a signed copy :cry: :cry: :cry:

I said “here is my christmas request” not present.

It would have helped if i posted the link though. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=49ERtTK-Es8

Your birthday present I mentioned in my last video hasn’t come to my house yet. This is because I ordered it yesterday (bank account issues) So it will be late getting to you.

Duh! of course I know she meant good :neutral:

Funny. First time I read it, I thought it said present, too.
Could be you need some new spectacles for Christmas, Marina. :smile:

Geronimoooooooooo!!!!

:cool: :cool:

It’s one of those optical collusions, like this one:

—Paris
–In The
The Spring

Now what did that say?

Weird.. I thought it said present too… I guess it was a Freudian slip!

I’m actually doing that word on the O’Reilly show which I am taping on Monday.. to be shown perhaps the next day or a couple days later.

I know where mine went, I rubbed it off on the headboard :lol:

Are you going to explain the difference between a ‘present’ & a ‘gift’?

Great article quiggles!! See I knew it! :-)

She was probably out late partying last night with all “those pretty, pretty boys she calls friends,” and got up fashionably late. As she still has sleep in her eyes, she’s not yet firing on all cylinders, so to speak. I could come over and kiss the sleep out of your eyes and give you a tickle to wake you up, Marina.

Maybe she needs a hair of the dog that bit her. Yeah, a cup of nice, hot tea. And a half a bottle of aspirin. That’s the ticket! :lol:

CHATHURINGMES
i’ve heard that, above mentioned word is used as scientifically name for worms. le’me know how it pronounced and also the origin and meanings.
you are doing a great job for us……..

I had heard of freudian on tv before but never knew what it meant or how to use it. I guess I will find now.. I did try and all I found was it came from Sigmund Freud and that I was born on the same day as he was. Just like you were born on the same day and year as
– Sarah Chang, American violinist
– Massari, Lebanese-born Canadian singer

and 1 day after my grandfather (but he was born 63 years before you in 1917) Remiding me I still have not got him a present! :oops: arrgh!

Che you just have to save the changes at the top or bottom of the profile page then click on the name you want to show up then save it again.

Okayyyy. You die well and I’ll keep on livin’ lousy. :!:

A man from Alabama told his buddy he was going to Georgia to buy some “taters & maters”. His buddy said, ” You can’t say taters & maters in Georgia they’re more sophisticated over there! You must say Potatoes And Tomatoes!” The man practiced saying Potatoes And Tomatoes. He entered the store and told the clerk, “I want some Potatoes And Tomatoes.” The clerk said, “You must be from Alabama!” The man said, “How could you tell?” The clerk told him, “You’re in a HARDWARE STORE!”

Maybe that’s why the Civil War started there — they couldn’t figure out the language the rest of the country was using.

I thought of water closet ….

I like that one. I’ll have to remember it. :lol: :smile:

HAHA, Mum, Dad there is something I have to tell you, I can’t stay in the water closet anymore… lol

What word are you doing? Freudian Slip or present? :???:

“half a bottle of aspirin”. will kill you so much for your advice.

Che Volay said “What’s God got to do with this?” Someday you may get to find out?

the word is “dodgy”

Hey! if you’re losing your hair on the headboard you better turn around.

{think real hard about what I said there are two interpretations } :mrgreen:

I am working on your story now Marina..

On the twelfth day of Christmas, dear Marina said to me:
“Floccinaucinihilipilification uh-huh”
” ”
“HotForWords must investigate!”
“We have another video request”
“Another mystery solved”
“Hell-o my dear stu-dents”
“Another mystery solved”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video”
“Subscribe to my YT channel”

If this is considered trailer park trash then I want one :wink:

1st http://i36.tinypic.com/ixe4cg.jpg

2nd http://i34.tinypic.com/244xp1g.jpg

3rd http://i34.tinypic.com/28i98hf.jpg

WORD REQUEST: Footage
Why do people refer to something on video or film as footage?
Did it have to do with the length of the film strip in the old days?
When did it become a reference to a particular segment of film or video?

:oops: Forgot “640X360″
“There you go!”

8 kids? Well, now, we know what your husband prefers to Marina’s videos, don’t we? :mrgreen:

The correct name for the animal is Opossum. (The A thru N models of this animal have been discontinued. The improved O model sports a matt-free coat, self-sharpening claws, inherent pest resistance, odor-controlled droppings and Internet connectivity [accessory USB and Ethernet cables available at extra cost].)

FOR GODS SAKE! When I PRESS WATCH IN HD MY COMP GETS SLOWED DOWN! so.. can someone tell me what I need to upgrade now? It’s a laptop by the way

War Department? That must be a pre-1947 press release you are reading from. :lol:

In the old days you had to crank the camera with your feet :neutral:

Thats what I’m taikin’ about right there! Sweet rig. :cool:

Damn Hillbilly!

{ Where's the clothesline? }

DO STRIPPER NEXT PLEASE :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :grin:

If she has one, I wonder if her picture shows her reclining on her kitchen floor? :lol:

DMV employee: “Hey, lady! Lady! C’mon now. Get up off the floor. Seriously. Stand right there with your toes on the line. Where are you from, anyway?”

Marina: “L.A.”

DMV employee: “Oh, well, I guess that explains it.”

working now :P

How awful. Here is a model of the buses that run where I live (concidence it is the route I get on as well ) http://www.britishmodelbuses.com/Large%20Images/Creative%20Master/UKBUS5011_Mercedes%20Citaro_Wilts%20&%20Dorset_N_Final_Large.jpg

Compare that to your “fort”

So we loaded up the RV and we moved to Beverley
Hills that is. Palm trees, swimming pools & we never put a foot out the door.

{ the only plane i ever been on... sprayed crops }

The door is on the wrong side :shock:

Doce! :cool:

If you held up a mirror to the camera, we could see it (just make sure you don’t have laundry hanging up in the background :smile: ). Anyone interested might read this review. {CK rationalizes…} I wonder if I bought one, if there would be the slightest possiblity that I could tape something that I could sell to pay for it?

I just ordered some more ram for my laptop to help it out some. Maybe you have to many things running in the back ground and don’t know it. If your on a regular pc click on start then run and type in msconfig, then click on start up and look at all the programs that start up when you turn on your computer. Some of the programs don’t need to run in the background as it uses up memory. I’ll try to find the program I use to tell you what you don’t need running in the background.

You know, the message of the video just became apparent to me: don’t mingle with “those” people or you will be disappointed; stay with your own kind and be happy. Can you believe it? A college student making a video arguing against the mixing of cultures? Unprecedented!

I wonder if she realizes what she has said?

My lord!!!

Oh, that isn’t necessary. We all know that coating-removal chemicals come from Home Depot. :lol:

Nietzsche was a deek…er, uh, dick.

Yea strange last dmv picture i had taken the lady had me remove my glasses, so that i didn’t even look like myself.

Sounds like a buffet.

I was thinking the same thing.
She’s gorgeous and the HD really brings out her beauty.
Does the sound seem clearer or are those Q-Tips working?

I’ve been asking for “turkey” for a little while now.
Maybe if more ask she’ll make a show of it.
I asked back at the “Vanilla” show and a few of us had a short talk about it.

I forget which Oriental language for this, but the phrase “super-cool” is translated as cow’s vagina….. because it’s SO BIG!!! (It’s true)

That was funny- ‘cept cows don’t drink milk.

Hi Warren!

I had a look at your “Vanilla” posts. Cool! I didn’t knew (of course! I’m not English native speaker) about those expressions. Thanx!

One more reason for Marina to “talk turkey” to us ;)

So Marina, пожалуйста, TURKEY*TURKEY*TURKEY! :)

Yeah, I posted the original link yesterday, but now it has been updated with annotations.

Hey Capman911,
I’ve always been nervous of those critters since they can be very aggressive. A small herd of them suckers ate my favorite cat. A friend had a young cat make my friends backyard his own and we all fed him and liked him. We all had our own name for him and he answered to them all. This herd of Lone Ranger look alikes took over the yard one night and …
That was the coolest cat I’ve ever met and we all had a time of mourning for him- nothing left to bury.

Sweet!

Hey melikadothechacha,
Those raccoons get big too. I see some living in a drainage sewer and I don’t see how they can get in and out. Here’s a bandit- raccoon video.

I’ve seen a few racoons, they are fiesty little critters.

Back when I was stationed at Fort Knox, KY, I was just standing around talking with a co-worker if our warehouse office. And then I noticed a strange look on his face as his eyes were motioning across my lower legs, from right to left. He just took notice of a racoon coming in behind me and making its home in the front desk counter. :cool:
We had pest control set a trap overnight and they caught it.

Hello Foxbow,
I love animals, especially in good gravy.
-Freddie Starr

Animals have two functions in today’s society, to be delicious and to fit well.
-Greg Proops

Denis Leary had some funnt stuf to say about animals in one of his shows (Locked and Loaded).
Here are some good songs.

oops I meant to type “funny stuff”

Hello Marina,
I’ve read here that raccoons are not rodents but in the city they seem just like rats, except they dress up when they go out.
HD looks great. You don’t need makeup, you look fine without that stuff.

“Does someone need a hug?” :lol:

Nakedbullwinkle, your at what many of us have been at. Capman911 comments really explains what we have all gone through. He makes good point about the friendships made here. I have received two emails of people said that they where leaving. One took a break for about 30 days. The other still hasn’t really left yet but has reduced the amount of commenting he has done in the past. Many of them have returned after a short spell. Sometimes one just has to take a break. Maybe this is an option for you.

About your word requests. I searched the back end of your word request and she has acknowledged your word requests back in the Abysmal & Jeans, Denim and Dungarees lessons. You even re-requested the words which is not necessary for she never deletes requests. Marina is very thurl in doing her research which take her hours (if she is lucky) to days or weeks.

I think your a bit like some of us that like to excel at things we are involved with. I bet your saying ‘Is there not more?’ Im thinking since you mention your bored that you just need some challenges. Have you thought about helping out?

No. They need more advertisers. Videos that are just a bunch of profanity or half naked girls running around is not attractive to most big money advertisers.

Methinks only the name has changed. :???:

Hey Cyther,
Yes, let’s see if Marina will “talk turkey”.
Where are you?
What language do you speak?

A sample of advanced southern dialect, spoken mostly by wimmenfolk to their chilluns. What means: Jav nuf deet?

Well, I wanted to ask for the word, triskaidekaphobia

After reading and digesting your comments, and noting that you attribute things I did not say, to me;I must stand by my initial opinion and impression based on what you say, and how you present yourself. The things you are putting out that are your words, which you attribute to me, must be because you have heard them from someone else (not me) and that may explain much of you angry disposition with me. Sorry, I ain’t buyin’ into any of it. I can see I got it right the first time. :mrgreen:

Tsunami

I wrote it imy Dashboard but the info is not accessible to others:
“- French (Mother tongue)
- Lives in Germany since 10 yrs (fluent speaking)
- Working for a big American company (English as work language – No American/British English, rather “world” English ;) )
- Used to have a Brazilian girlfriends during many years (Portuguese BR – level “small and ‘big’ talk” ;) )
- Loved the Russian language (learned it 5 years long but has never had “real life” practice = Advanced beginner)”

that one is obvious.

tris = three
kai = and
deca = ten
phob = fear of
ia = [nothing. just makes it a noun.]

oh crap. misspelled the deka.

well, that looks nicer than my house even.

and probably more roomy too. I’m pretty sure it is.

Marina, are you getting a (Freudian)
slip for Christmas?
Wink wink nod nod
Know what I mean? – Monty Python
(It would hurt sooo good
to know your dress size) :mrgreen:

Not if it’s a little bottle :mrgreen:

Rats! You beat me to that one :mrgreen:
“Bless you, my son!”

Welcome aboard (new) dear student :mrgreen:
Be sure to check into getting a nifty Gravatar,
to go along with your name, even :cool:
If you have a YouTube site, try linking it
to your name (in the dashboard). Great
way to make new friends with the class.
See ya in class – ChaCha
(Oh yeah, the YT link turns your name
blue, like mine – click on it)

Resistance is futile – LOL
Maybe try a nice fuzzy bunny? :idea:
[I'm kidding!]
Oh! I see you have a green..umm..
(I don’t know what that is! LOL)
OK- that’s a good start :mrgreen:
How do you trap a rare rabbit?
Unique up on it! :grin:
See? That wasn’t so hard
And NOW, Marina can quickly
pick up on your comments, dude!
(It’s ALL good)

you have present on the brain syndrome:smile:

atypical?

:!:

very cute :cool:

I was going for the whole poetic
pentameter thingee, but you see
what happens with “art”.
It is what it is.
Ever see a Picasso? :mrgreen:
Too cold for rain…
[Oh look! It's knowing!]
If you wait for fun to happen,
it never does.. BUT
If you make your own fun…
it can happen all the time.
Now, it’s your turn
Make some fun and
share it, you’ll be
surprised… :cool:

They are not rodents. Rodents have front teeth that continually grow toward each other. They have to keep gnawing on things to keep them down to size, not to mention sharp.

Critters started invading my garden this summer :mad: . When I discovered that they were raccoons I gave up on trying to keep them out. They are so mischievous. But they are also so cute and adorable that I couldn’t bring myself to do any more than a halfhearted please-don’t-eat-my-plants :roll: .
At least the deer stayed out.

Here

Hello Marina,

You look like an angel in HD! love it,

anyways I was wondering where the idiom “cold turkey” came from. Like quitting something cold turkey.

any help?

thanks,

-pennhatch

Are you Greek? :P Cause that’s exactly the origin of the word :grin:

It’s the fear of the number thirteen and in Greek it’s called triskaidekaphobia which literally means “fear of the 10 + 3″ :P

I don’t have a raccoon and think of them as pests.

Hi Pennhatch!

so please stuck to the thread below about TURKEY!

Hope Marina tells us something about it :)

Have a nice day!

Hi Marina.

I’d like to request the word “History”. Is it related to the word “story”? What came first?

Thank you!

These critters are very cute but, they are ferocious and mean.

Sounds like, “Do you have enough to eat?”

I’ll bet the wife hired the raccoon, so that she could finally get her kitchen remodeled. :lol:

While knowing that Russians have fine fur hats, I wonder if there are Raccoons in Russia, and what kind of fur a Russian hat is made of?

As a young boy I sported a Coonskin cap and imagined myself a frontiersman like Davey Crockett.

Raccoons are not rodents, but are part of a wide range of small dog-like carnivores, and are actually closely related to a group of sea mammals that include sea lions.

I like raccoons

I would consider a raccoon half rat half bear
half rat where they can be annoying in your garbage or ie house as you can see and half bear where their paws are very similar and habbits as well

Yes they are cute, but they can be dangerous. When I was little a guy who lived two houses down from us had three of them as pets. They ate marshmellows out of his shirt pocket.

Thank god you are in Alaska. I hope you are miles away from anyone. You come off as some kind of psycho that would have written your comments in mag clips. All we are trying to say is get over it man. Stop taking yourself and this site so seriously. I have sent a crap load of requests that have gone unanswered but you don’t see me complaining. BTW I did read what you said but when I read it outloud I sound like my 12 year old niece complaining about a zit on her face. I’m sure if you wrote Marina a check she would answer answer your comments and request asap. Untill then just have fun.

I totally understand the pain in the arse to type html code in the reply box. I hate it with a passion.

Marina has used TinyMCE and it crashed the server. Other blog owners are experiencing the same issues. She has tried a few others and they also crashed. It’s a problem that we yet have to solve.

The ‘Use the visual editor when writing’ feature has been turned off so now its just a dummy button.

My 5th grade teacher had a Racoon and a Skunk that was de-gland. She would bring them into class ever once in a while and let them wander around the class room during school. It was awsome. The were both friendly but the racoon didn’t like to be held. The skunk would sit on your lap like a house cat. It was great!!

Raccoons are cute. They look like dogs in some ways. But they are not so cute when they start to scratch everything in your family. :???:

You are wise CampKohler and as I grow into critical philosophy; evolutionism follows and plows.

nakedbullwinkle…this web site is refreshing, just trying to keep on the bright side is the reality of fealty ..good luck and be back

Not as cute as you and that accent.

that Raccoon is soo cute lol

Yes, I had four fur-baby-coonies that I loved dearly. They like to snuggle and hold hands. I would take them as a pet over a dog or cat anyday. Why do some people confuse ‘their advance towards a raccoon and it fights back’ as the raccoon being the vicious one? They are only scared… and will run away… unless cornered. Thanks for the ‘raccoon lesson’ Marina!

(((but the racoon didn’t like to be held)))
Only if they know you well enough. ;-)

:o lol :!:

I read a little bit about the racoon. They have a word assosciated with them in german as “the washing bear”. “Waschbar”, or prokyon lotor-neo latin “before-dog washer”. Prokyons are unique as they are more or less a divergent carnivore specied from the canines and bears. This animal family, Procyonidae, lived in Europe in the late Oligocene about 25 million years ago. They eventualy crossed over the bearing land bridge and ended up in the great plains region of the united states. Racoons will dunk their food in water before they eat it, or have a facination with shiney things.

I could be wrong swampwiz, but most places and books say that racoons are most closely related to bears and dogs. There are some living reletives such as the Red Panda, Ring Tail, and a few others that live in the south american tropics, and a couple of species in south east Asia. Prokyon Lotor is unique amongst the prokyonoids. I have never heard, or read anywhere about racoons being related to any of the sea mamals.

Is it Che Volay, or Charles Manson???

Hi Marina. I know that you tery to keep thiongs clean here, but I am currious about the word origins of the most commonly used profanities, such as the “F” word and cloquial words for excrement. I think here in america, people use the “F” word too often without knowing what they are saying because what they are really saying makes absolutely no sence. It seems to have either lost its origional meaning or has become just another profanitty. If you are comforatable with this, I am sure you can offer theese words some educational service. Thanks

Gee…that sounds like a redneck joke. :roll: Does this guy who was dumping his trash under that sign walk to school with his son because he is in the same grade or something… :lol:

Hi allen78,
Yes, Marina is comfortable using those words and Marina has done the F-word many times in print and on several radio shows.

Here are ten word myths that Marina does for Ask Men magazine.
http://www.askmen.com/top_10/entertainment/top-10-word-myths.html

Marina also covers the F-word in her recently published book.
You can order the book from the link above that says “My Book”
Here is the link:
http://www.hotforwords.com/my-book/

“I was not allowed to remain quiet.”
    – Crazy Horse (1840-1877)

  Code Name “Geronimo” :-) The U.S. military used the code name “Geronimo” for the operation to execute
Osama bin Laden during the raid that
killed the al-Qaida leader in 2011; but its use upset some Native Americans.

Were you there to share the remaining quietness?   I would like to know!… 

just joshing

The two perceiving functions, sensing and intuition
The two judging functions, thinking and feeling

      Geronimo (Mescalero-Chiricahua: Goyaałé [kòjàːɬɛ́] “one who yawns”; June 16, 1829
- February 17, 1909) was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who fought against Mexico and the United States for their expansion into
Apache tribal lands for several decades during the Apache Wars. Allegedly, “Geronimo” was the name
given to him during a Mexican incident. His Chiricahua name is often rendered as
Goyathlay or Goyahkla…sourced   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geronimo   http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Geronimo_in_a_1905_Locomobile_Model_C.jpg

Raccoon? Usually this (at Lithuania wild dog) take place at the forest and is hunting. Does yuo, Marina, know English not better for me? I does not believe it!