Which Reminds me

Yes, I vaguely remember that someone was telling me about their experience of being a.collector of the offering, passing the bucket around at some campaign held by some major campaign evangelist, perhaps Benny Hinn although I am not sure which one, and they were bothered by the strict controls that were placed upon the bucket holders, they were to immediately hand over the bucket of money so that the buckets could be locked away and the money counted in seclusion. Yes, it sort of makes sense that they would want to have strict controls, and that volunteers would not be allowed to just carry away wads of unrecorded ash in their pockets. After all, they need that money to fund who knows what lifestyle, and the bucket passer is just a stupid slave. Shut up, you stupid slave.  

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Yes, I am fortunate to have zero connection whatever to Jennie's Care-Us program. To found a non-profit requires something more than just a profit motive, but anyway, Jennie's program is so completely uninteresting to me, I cannot imagine ever going there. I hope they were not expecting me to do something to assist their funding, because anyway I could not care less about that. Sociology majors. I could say something about sociology majors but I would rather not involve myself, I would not want to make myself the issue iin some weird argument that was not my problem.  In contrast to Jennie's Kerus Global, there is Heidi's Iris Global, both operational in Africa, and both of these founders having attended my college. So what about that? Why are you asking? Why am I getting all of this mail? Weird that I would sort of get something about that. 

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Yes, I vaguely remember that the Mediterranean diet is often touted as a healthy alternative. You probably would not starve to death living there, even if the logistics would be impossibly expensive, similar to something I read in gossip magazines about Palm Springs, a place for rich people to retire, but  too many water restrictio9ns for comfort. We have no water restrictions in Florida, we have plenty of water not living in a desert. If there were a specific job to discuss that would be one thing, but just to speculate would be an exercise in futility.  

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Yes, and there is also the question of whether Jeff Campbell is related to Ann Campbell, and how can that be so, why would they be so shy about explaining each other, and also why should I care? Is not Jeff a fat, ugly slob with all of the personality of a cardboard box, notwithstanding Dauna's crush on him? Why should I care about Jeff's personal life? Why should I care about his Argentine angle on that as contrasted to the Chilean angle of the Buenos? Either way, Coneheads are notoriously weird, so why should I care what they do in terms of regional slang words? Already, the standard dictionary contains more words than I could ever possibly retain in memory. 

Just the word for such a common household word as dishpan is represented by a variety of regional words. In El Salvador it was a 'guacal,' but ChatGPT fails to list that in its explanation:

The English word “dishpan” can be translated into Spanish in several ways depending on the region and the exact kind of container meant (wash basin, plastic tub, dishwashing bowl, etc.). Common Spanish words include:

• palangana — basin, washbowl, dishpan
• barreño — tub, wash basin, dishpan (common in Spain)
• palancana — variant of palangana in some regions
• batea — shallow basin or tray, sometimes used for dishwashing
• lebrillo — large earthenware basin (traditional Spain)
• ponchera — plastic basin/tub (common in parts of Latin America)
• tina — tub or basin
• cubeta — bucket/tub; sometimes used for dishpans
• lavacazuelas — literally “dishwashing basin” (rare/literal)
• recipiente para lavar platos — descriptive phrase: “container for washing dishes”
• artesa — trough/basin (older or rural usage)
• fuente — basin/tray in some contexts
• lavadero portátil — portable wash basin

Regional preferences:

• In Spain, barreño and palangana are most common.
• In Mexico, cubeta, ponchera, or tina may be used.
• In the Caribbean and parts of South America, ponchera is frequent.
• Older or literary Spanish may use lebrillo or artesa.

If you want, I can also list:

• archaic/historical terms,
• dialect-specific words by country,
• or words specifically for a rubber/plastic kitchen dishpan versus a metal wash basin.

 

 

 

 

 

Which Reminds Me

Yes, I vaguely remember that when Jennie Cerullo was in town, she gave a special speech expecially for the Italiana, but the rest of us white people were not invited so I have no idea what that was about. 

Which Reminds Me

Yes, I vaguely remember hearing that the five clique went camping, and they were all sleeping in one tent, and it sounded sort of miserable. I was glad that I was not there to share the miserable experience of being stuck in there with orrible Rosanne, such a worthless chatterbox Drama Queen with really nothing to say. Her entire shtick is just making other people feel guilty about something, even if who knows what that might actually mean, 

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Yes, it is true that it was not unusual for me to hit home runs at softball, and also I did well at volleyball. They were often applauding my sports success with slogans of carrot-top slugger (although my hair is not that carroty of shade) and also "Chiquita Pero Matona." Oh, thanks Joan. So ridiculous. How can I regulate my reputation while people are screaming all this crazy stuff? It gets very confusing, and I should not push my luck that far, people don't really care that much about me and what happens to me. Only I seem to be worried and how to get through high school without further mishaps.