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in reply to a message by Terri
Hi Terri..I'm really new too (2 months). I started out pretty cautiously, but no one's been mean to me yet, so I'm getting braver. I'm from the west coast of Vancouver Island and, oh yeah, I'm Mike C's mom. (maybe that's why no one's been mean to me)
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Wow :) You deserve a "Mom of the Millennium Award: :)))
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Wow! thanks, Nanaea! :)
I'm honoured! I'm not a real librarian (my degree was actually in mathematics) but I work part-time in our tiny (1 staff at a time) branch of the Regional Library which covers most of Vancouver Island.I also work as a teaching assistant in our elementary school. I started checking out Mike's message board a couple of months ago when he passed on his old computer to us, replacing our archaic, internet-useless one. The board was so fascinating that I just couldn't help piping up from time to time! I'm amazed at the wealth of knowledge that some of you regulars have. I love your humour and the way you defend the site!
I'm honoured! I'm not a real librarian (my degree was actually in mathematics) but I work part-time in our tiny (1 staff at a time) branch of the Regional Library which covers most of Vancouver Island.I also work as a teaching assistant in our elementary school. I started checking out Mike's message board a couple of months ago when he passed on his old computer to us, replacing our archaic, internet-useless one. The board was so fascinating that I just couldn't help piping up from time to time! I'm amazed at the wealth of knowledge that some of you regulars have. I love your humour and the way you defend the site!
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Hi, there from a fellow teaching assistant in Milwaukee. :wave:
Concerning you not being a real librarian, just because you don't have the sheepskin in Information/Library Science doesn't preclude you from being a library assistant (my mother was one herself back in 1973-1976 and helped start up/run the tiny library she helped found), and as Nanaea would probably tell you, a library couldn't run without the LAs. Heck, when I was able to get over to the tiny library where I grew up (a suburb of Pittsburgh), I used to help them out, too (I started at the age of 7 and continued until I was 10). I also helped in the elementary school library (spent quite a bit of time with books. ;) ).
Bud blagosloven (blessed be in Russian/Ukrainian)
Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
Concerning you not being a real librarian, just because you don't have the sheepskin in Information/Library Science doesn't preclude you from being a library assistant (my mother was one herself back in 1973-1976 and helped start up/run the tiny library she helped found), and as Nanaea would probably tell you, a library couldn't run without the LAs. Heck, when I was able to get over to the tiny library where I grew up (a suburb of Pittsburgh), I used to help them out, too (I started at the age of 7 and continued until I was 10). I also helped in the elementary school library (spent quite a bit of time with books. ;) ).
Bud blagosloven (blessed be in Russian/Ukrainian)
Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
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Good to meet you Phyllis...
..I know us unqualified librarians are important, I just sometimes wish I'd chosen that field of study. I see you & I have three things in common...library experience, teaching assistant work and btn!
..I know us unqualified librarians are important, I just sometimes wish I'd chosen that field of study. I see you & I have three things in common...library experience, teaching assistant work and btn!
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Hmmm....
Tail lashing......tuna salad....Ah, I've got it! You too were a cat in your previous lifetime? Or perhaps you too live in a household ruled without mercy by at least one cat? (Three in my case)
Tail lashing......tuna salad....Ah, I've got it! You too were a cat in your previous lifetime? Or perhaps you too live in a household ruled without mercy by at least one cat? (Three in my case)
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I was "raised" by cats and I have to visit the Humane Society within the next 2 months for a prescription refill (Shadow Kibblesbane, my last feline companion, is now in the feline version of the Summerlands. Kidney failure and uncontrolled diabetes. He was two or three years older than either the people at the Humane Society or I thought. :shrug:). I probably was a feline in a previous life (if I was reincarnated, but I don't know one way or another.) :)
Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
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Sadly, our last cat, Genelle, met the same fate as Shadow Kibblesbane.Nimbo moved in shortly afterwards, followed by our little black beach orphan, Oliver. A few years later a big stray bruiser, Bruno, knocked on our door and took over, much to Nimbo's dismay. The three of them have more or less worked things out now....the tufts of cat fur in the air seem to be settling.
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So sorry to hear of Shadow Kibblesbane's passing, Phyllis. He sounded like a fine cat.
On a cheerier note... Here are some anagram aliases for Barb's crew:
Nimbo C. = Bebop McMillan
Bruno C. = Burnell Mobcap
Oliver C. = Belloc Primeval
-- Nanaea
On a cheerier note... Here are some anagram aliases for Barb's crew:
Nimbo C. = Bebop McMillan
Bruno C. = Burnell Mobcap
Oliver C. = Belloc Primeval
-- Nanaea
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