if you swallow an orange pit, an orange tree..LOL

• what 'stories' were you told as a child that you - believed?
  • This is going to sound terrible - Margaret
  • If you go outside in the cold with a wet head you'd get sick...sm - Just thought of another...
    • my mom said same thing about wet head... - and my entire life I go out with wet head! LOL..s
  • When our rich uncle got out of the poor house we'd be rich...sm - KCGaltoo
  • My mom had this thing about CAVES. She would always tell me - (sm) - Unruly Julie
    • And here's another funny one for 'ya...... (sm) - Unruly Julie
      • LOL that is so funny- I used to think - Margaret
  • if you swallow an orange pit, an orange tree..LOL - grows in your stomach (among other tales told)
  • Can only remember 1 thing - we would go to the Jersey - sm - Laura E.
    • Well I guess that would explain the rotten egg smell! - sm
  • Eat your bread crust and it will make your hair curly! nm - jinx
    • LOL! I was told it made your hair shiny and grow faster! - Margaret
    • OMG! My mom told me that too! I ate the crusts and still have poker straight hair. nm - Jersey Girl
  • If you whistle, it makes the Virgin Mary Cry - Speed Queen
  • "when my ship comes in" - maam1
  • My dad told me that I got the chicken pox from playing in the chicken coop. I believed him for years - NC Newbie
  • I once asked my mom why we hadn't - Misha
  • My dad used to tell me sm - Glo
  • If I looked in the mirror too much . . . - Mimi
  • My brother told me that he watched my Mom - tear up the "divorce tickets" they got
    • This is actually a sweet one- - Margaret
  • If you swallow a watermelon pit - sm
    • We were told it'd give you appendicitis. - Georgia Gal
    • LOL, me too, also that gum would all congeal and stop you up. - tnmt
      • No,no. I know from reliable sourse that gum makes - your insides stick together. nm
        • reliable source? Want to prove it here please... - I think it's pure bunk about gum......NM
  • The Jersey Devil! - Jersey Girl
    • oooh, the Pine Barrens. Is that near Burlington? (grew up in North J) - Meadow
      • Yep. Burlington County is a big part of the Pines. nm - Jersey Girl
  • If you cross your eyes, they'll freeze! - sm
  • My uncle told me each teat on a cow gave different kinds of milk (sm) - tnmt
    • Or if you step on a crack - Margaret

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Is it a male or a female?  If you add up all the orange tabbies I have had in my life, living on the farm when I was a kid and also as an adult, there must have been at least 20 or 25, and all  but 1 were male.  I had actually come to believe that orange tabbies must always be male, kinda like calicos are always female.  But that rare female orange tabby was the sweetest cat I have ever known.  She was an absolute darling.  I named her Precious. 

I was just curious. 

How about one of those old Evergleam aluminum trees with a color wheel?  Wish mommy hadn't gotten rid of ours, darn it. 

Copy and paste this link into your browser and enjoy!  Cat

My Christmas tree won't go up till way closer to Christmas. We always get a real one. I know some people love to put theirs up right after Thanksgiving day! Some of us wait it out a bit longer.

When do you put your tree up?
Real or Fake?

Please post yours.

It's way too small for the space, but we got it when we were in a smaller house with lower ceilings.  I still like it though.  Took this before I got all the presents wrapped.

http://forum.mtstars.com/misc/images/g7BP-g7BP.JPG

I like tall and thin, but DH likes big and fat.  This year, it's kinda tall and fat.

What kind do you get and how tall do you get?  We redid our living room over the summer and since then, at least once a month, I've walked around asking where we are going to put our tree (a big boxed tree that is a pain in the rear to put together and sheds about as many pine needles as a real one).  I've decided (yesterday - haven't approached DH yet) that I'd like to try one of those tall skinny ones so I think that buying a real one this year would be better to try out before making the investment in a fake one that I might not care for. 

One more question - any problems with your pets and a real tree??  Years and years ago, the guy at the tree lot swore up and down to me a specific tree (can't remember what kind now) that cats will stay out of - yeah right!! My cats still managed to drag that tree halfway through my apartment! LOL