Decoder? Decoding?

 

Bob, what's the yellow stuff that falls out of our trees and makes us sneeze called? " Huh?" he says

I say, you know the stuff floating on top of the pool that had you grouching all day yesterday, and it is running in rivers of yellow down the sides to the road.  He says What about it?

I say in a LOUD voice, WHAT IS IT CALLED?   He says "Pollen?"   "POLLEN!"I yell. 

I was typing a story and I said to Bob, what is the long thing with a handle, hanging in the kitchen, that we kill flies with?     he thinks a minute and says Fly Swat?   FLY SWAT, I say

Again, while answering an email, I said Bob, what are sliced potatoes and onions cooked in a frying pan called?  I don't know he says, I describe again and again he says I don't know.  A few minutes later, I yell out HASH BROWNS!   He looks away from the TV and says WHAT? 

I said we need a decoder. I need a decoder. He says What is a decoder. OMG! I say, Someone who breaks the code in the war, so people know what the hidden words means.

Pondering, I type in to Google Search

What is a decoder?

Up comes this answer, Decoding phonics is the process of working out how to say (''sounding out'') an unfamiliar written word . I found this in Decoding Phonics teaching Guide

Further down I see this picture.

The Enigma machine is a cipher device developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic, and military communication. It was employed extensively by Nazi Germany during World War II, in all branches of the German military.

I type   What do you call a person who breaks secret codes?

These people are cryptanalysts, also known as code breakers. Binary code is the basis for many modern ciphers. A person who communicates through secret writing is called a cryptographer. Cryptographers might use codes, ciphers or a combination of both to keep messages safe from others.

I still don't have an answer.

 If I can't remember the word I want to use, what is the person called that answers me with the word, OR says I DON"T KNOW?    Do you know?

I typed, cryptanalysts keeping messages safe in Bing AI

To be continued

Time Travel Redux Feb 10, 2010

 

Time travel with me back to Feb 10, 2010. to find out The Difference Between Men and Women.

this is one of my fun posts about Bob and I under the label Spouse Speak!

Leave your comment there, please. 

PS you should know, the photo of bob, I was sitting in a swing when I took the photo.

Spouse Speak and a new old blouse

Some of you expressed a 'burning' desire to see my new ONE DOLLAR blouse.... OOPS! I tried to take a picture in the bathroom mirror... Then  i moved to the full length in the bedroom and here you are..... I am down from 220 to 166... woo hoo. yes I said my weight, and my age is 73. Shocking, right? saying these things to the world will help with my accountability...

I came home with two blouses, paid one dollar each for them. Walked out with this blouse on and Bob said

"I like it, I like it a lot" and You look great in it.

I came out in the other one that i bought to match capris I have and he said

"well, it matches the pants really well"

that blouse went in the donate pile on the bed.

Plus it jogged a memory. My son Dan is turning 51 in a few days. When he was 13, I came out dressed for some event, and he said

"mom, are you wearing THAT dress?"

it was new, I wore it out the door and never put it on again.

  Can I get two thumbs up? or even just one?

Scale of 1 to 10

Can you guess what this is before the bottom of the post?

On the Muleheaded Stubborn scale of 1 to 10, Hubby and I are both an  11...

My personal opinion is he is a 12, but since he doesn't agree, we will go with both at 11.

I am the prodder of the proddee for his  Doctor appointments for Master Muleheaded. I make the appointments and drag him there at gunpoint nag-point.

That said, he needs a new hearing aid, and will not go, prodded or not... Hearing loss from his job, has been in our lives for years. (remember this info)

Wait, Wait for IT... I AM going somewhere with this....

We were in the back yard and I spied a brown spot behind his left ear and said.

" you need to see Doctor Neff about this spot, it is definitely a skin cancer.'

HE made a nasty scoffing face and shrugged his shoulders which in Spouse Speak is Not on your life.

Diet Cherry Seven Up in my kitchen window, do  NOT ask WHY

I said,
"you know, these things can go deep, they can get in your blood stream.and even KILL you.. besides it could cause loss of hearing.
He said,
Loss of hearing? that's not a threat! and

We both went into silly laughing mode and could not stop. The more we laughed the more we laughed.

do you do silly laughing with your spouse? over nothing or everything?

How She does it...Tutorial

I bought WHITE bread (shudder) and was allowed to buy it because ER nurse said White and Bland only for a few days to give your tummy time to adjust to GB removal.

NO grains NO nuts Bland ONLY...  I had Bob hold a gun on me to make me buy the loaf above.... The reason for the photo is The Price of $2.25

I saw the price and thought I used to buy this for .99 cents a loaf in the 80's and before that 4 for 1.00 when my kids were small, Way Before.... SNAP!!!! Snap!!!

 Bob and I were in the produce dept and  I spied these grapes, I waved to get his attention and pointed at the small box of grapes that was marked 3.99 and raised my eyebrows?

Since he is hard of hearing, this is sign language known as  spouse speak for Do I dare pay 4 bucks for that? He laughed and nodded OK.

Bronze Scuppernongs are hard to find, expensive and only show up once a year. He knows I LOVE THEM... as I have told him many times in the past the story of standing in my Dad's arbor in Savannah GA and pigging out on them until he made me stop before I made myself sick.

After reading the label on the inside that they are a powerhouse of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory benefits, WOULD I have pigged out on them if I had KNOWN?

They are grown in Georgia, as was I......

 If you are having problems with finding material for a post.... here is a short Tutorial on how MadSnapper finds material to create a post like this one....

.READY? on the edge of your seat???? Here You Go

1. Keep camera close  by and snap a shot of anything/everything you beg/borrow/steal  that comes in your house

2. If you think it, write it... and to facilitate this important step, Keep pad/pen in every room to write it ON. Do Not depend on your memory because you WILL forget.

Ready, Get Set, Snap and POST

Do You Hear What I Hear???? Huh??? Do you???

Mr and Mrs Claus frequently have conversations that make no sense at all.
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Sandra Claus is watching HGTV..Santa Claus comes home, SandraC stands up lays remote on table by SantaC walks towards Kitchen.
SandraC: "I made another half pot of coffee if you want it"
SantaC: "nothing on this time of day I want to watch"

(translation: because I laid the remote close to his hand and he hates HGTV, he THOUGHT I said, you can have the remote, watch what you want, which is what I DO say sometimes)

Driving to gym, early AM and it is still dark and I am admiring Christmas lights.

Sandra: "look at that pretty door"
Bob: "flags are on the pole"
Sandra:" WHAT is cold?"
Bob:" Flags..are..on..the..pole!!!"

  (we talk like that when we are repeating what we said, Translation of  his comment- he said in spouse speak "I can fly my RC planes today, no wind)
PS, my comment mean look at the pretty door all decorted in white lights with a big wreath

coming back from the Y, as we got out of the car in the garage....
Bob: " Bi-Plane"
Sandra:" What about it?"
Bob:" stuff to make it fly"
(Translates to: he builit a new bi plane from scratch, it is SITTING ON THE DRYER and he needs ME to order HIM parts for it.... more spouse speak.)

I say "come look at my post for today?" he looks and says "HUH!"
He says "come look at the bi-plane I built." I look and say" ummm."

Marriage is an institution in which a man loses his Bachelor's Degree and the woman gets her Masters (Ho Ho Ho on HIM)
 It is true that love is blind but marriage is definitely an eye-opener ( Ha Ha Ha on him)

HO HO HO from Sandra Claus a JOKE.... imagine that.
3 retirees playing golf.
One: "windy isn't it?"
Two: "no, it's Thursday"
Three: :So, am I, let's have a beer"

What's That in the kitchen sink?

when I typed What's that in the sink, I flipped way back in time (45 years) and remembered bathing my 2 boys in the kitchen sink. (sink baths, cloth diapers, YIKES). Of course none of you remember that.

OK, how many of you have already thought

"Why-Would-She-Do-That?"

Not the cleaning it in the sink but the purchase of it in the first place.

Is it ugly? Yes

Is it a pain to keep clean" YES

So Why?

I found one painted in a flea market for 50.00, wanted it but refused to pay that much. 2 months later found it in a craft store unpainted for 15.00. Bought it, spent HOURS hand rubbing antique paint into each and every crevice.

Here is the answer. This is Hubby Bob and Myself the year we got married. Look carefully at the HAIR.

now do you know WHY?

My son Daniel was 17 when I met Bob, I pointed him out to Daniel accross a parking lot. his comment is still the family joke.

"Why him Mom, he looks like a Salty Old Sea Dog to me"

           

                           And he was and IS a Salty Old Sea Dog.
One of these days I will put him in the goodwill box. (the statue NOT the Hubby)

if you want to see what hubby looks like 25 years later.......

CLICK HERE

PS... I think the bust is Leonardo da Vinci

Digital Fun

I love photography and I love digital cameras. I also love what I call Digital Fun. that would be using software to digitaly change the photos I take. I use both Microsoft Digital Image 9 and Photoshop 7. Several people commented or asked questions about the header.

these two photos are what I used to create the header. I used Digital Image 9 to merge the two photos into one. Below are a few of my favorites.

these 3 photos were taken in 2004 using my point and shoot Kodak Easy Share. that is when I purchased my first software and spent many hours teaching myself to use it.

You can tell nothing is safe from my image fun. to see my favorite one of all go to my archive Spouse Speak

Difference Between Men & Women

My camera and I love to Stalk my husband Bob. Since we just had our 25th Anniversary last week and the past two days the subject has been Valentines, I thought I would share a few comments I found about men and women and a few of my photos from Stalking (stalking means taking photos against his will)

                 All Comments are from Dictionary of Womanese

Women always have the last word in an argument. Anything a man adds after that is the beginning of a new argument.

A woman will dress up when she goes shopping, empties the garbage, answers the phone, waters the plants, gets the mail and reads a book.

A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.

A woman knows all about her children. She knows about their best friends, romances, secret hopes and dreams, favorite foods, fears and dental appointments.


A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house

Men can play with toys all their life.

Men can wear shorts no matter what their legs look like.

Men have one wallet and one pair of shoes which are good for every season.

Men can choose whether or not to grow a mustache.

For men, wrinkles add character.

Men can go on a week's vacation and pack only one suitcase.

Men have one mood all the time.

Men can open all their own jars.

See more photos but only if you want to at    Spouse Speak!

Spouse Speak!

This is my husband Bob, born and raised in Perkasie Pa. He moved to Florida in 1970 and never returned to PA. He is a died-in-the-wool southerner now. When we got married in 1985, he had never eaten grits or collard, turnip, mustard greens. Mother introduced him to the greens, he loves them now. I introduced him to grits and he loves that to.
Now for “The Point of this story”.
He cooks grits better than I do. 10 years ago, I had surgery and he learned to cook or go hungry, grits was one of the things he learned. His tasted better than mine, so since then, when I want grits he cooks it. Note I said IT, he still calls grits THEM, but that is another story.
Last night I said,” I want grits for dinner”, since I knew he did not want to cook, I said “why don’t you tell me how you do yours, I will do it the same way and see if it comes out the same”.
First he is sitting at the bar and telling me how to measure, before I can even get the measuring cup out, he comes to the stove and says let me show you how, he measures the water, puts butter in the water, measures the grits and pours it in the water when it starts to boil, then he starts stirring and says stirring is the secret. By this time I am laughing out loud. He says WHAT? I say “I feel like Tom Sawyer”, he says WHAT? I say “ you know like he got everyone to paint the fence for him while he sat back and watched.” He still did not GET IT, do you?

He loves dogs, planes, beaches, swimming pools, fishing and COOKING!

Since he refuses to let me take his photo, I have several Hundred of Him, most are grabbed when he is not looking. Note the Scowl in the above.