Post #185,013
11/25/04 1:32:15 AM
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Congratulations! :)))))))))))) (really big grin)
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Post #185,014
11/25/04 1:39:38 AM
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Yup, enjoy . . .
. . . they grow up fast - in no time at all you'll be bailing him out of jail.
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Post #185,160
11/27/04 5:06:32 AM
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Thanks to one and all
And I have [link|http://www.lightweb.com/Sam/Sam-1.html|proof] of his existence! (Unfortunately that picture shows that he has a touch of jaundice. A common problem and he is already recovering nicely.)
It is amazing how refocussed my life is. I'm sure that it will get more intense as he becomes capable of more sophisticated interactions.
And since I've been asked multiple times, Estep was the maiden name of one of his great-grandmothers who was special to my wife. It has been passed along as a middle name a couple of times in my wife's family (used by his grandfather and an uncle), we're just keeping that tradition alive. Besides, it is a lovely name.
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #185,162
11/27/04 5:26:12 AM
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Next question...
...is it "Ess-tep" or "Ee-step"?
Peter
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Post #185,179
11/27/04 1:20:19 PM
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It's pronounced as ...mumbles...
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Post #185,214
11/27/04 9:01:56 PM
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You got it in one
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #185,164
11/27/04 7:47:44 AM
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And a fine looking boy he is!
Also, going by the picture, I'm glad to see he came with instructions. :)
Alex
In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet (1772-1834)
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Post #185,167
11/27/04 8:24:32 AM
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I didn't get those!
Instructions would have been handy.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #185,266
11/28/04 1:31:30 PM
8/21/07 6:03:25 AM
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Mine were a one pager of engrish
fat lot of good they did.
For the first 3 years, get a book on how to care for a chimpanzee - I think its pretty much the same drill.
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
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Post #185,215
11/27/04 9:03:15 PM
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Well you know how the manual is
Says a bunch of things that turn out to be wrong (he was past birth weight in 5 days) and leaves out important details (let's just say, "projectile poo").
But still, it is nice to have some orientation... :-)
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #185,168
11/27/04 8:25:17 AM
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He got the family eyes,
Fine looking lad. Congrats to you both again.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #185,216
11/27/04 9:06:02 PM
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We'll see
It is far too early to tell color. And I don't think that the shape is going to quite match mine. However he definitely got my eyelashes. (Family trait, boys have long eyelashes and girls have short, much to the disgust of all my female relatives...)
But it's OK if he doesn't look exactly like me, after all I'd hope that he looks something like his mother as well. ;-)
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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