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Post by aln1982 on Nov 11, 2007 17:59:14 GMT -5
^ I agree about Amanda and Karen. I probably wouldn't learn to play tennis as I have no desire. Wouldn't learn to garden, though, either. ;D (Maybe I could hire someone to do that, though..... ;D) Mckay, you might agree with me and put in a horse barn. ;D (though zoning probably wouldn't allow it.... I don't think I'd like Watson's neighborhood, after all. ;D)
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Post by Crystal Clair on Nov 21, 2007 16:02:37 GMT -5
it does to me too. I grew up in an isolated part of New York City and I only had this girl who was three years younger than me, but we played a lot. I even started to play with her brother who was even younger than her.
I'm seventeen and one of my closest friends is my twelve year old cousin (who's a boy). Sometimes, age of your friends just doesn't matter.
edit: I actually forgot to type what I was originally going to type
The Delaneys were my favorite clients because they were so interesting and different. Sure Jacky Rodowsky and Jenny Prezzioso can entertain me and the Pike/BrewerThomas family is interesting but I guess I wanted a different kind of interesting
I have the book where Amanda moves away Karen's Goodbye but didn't get to appreciate Amanda till I started reading the BSC
btw, I always wondered what kind of house the Delaneys lived in. On the cover of Karen's Goodbye, it looks like a neo-eclectic, the kind of house you'd find in a gated community. In my mind it's a neo-eclectic only not red-brick like the one in the picture. I picture some of that nice stone and maybe some statues (knowing how ostentatious the Delaneys were)
There's also hints in one of the books that the Kormans were in that the house was old.... so I guess that disproves my theory (but then again I still say Speye er and not spear for Spier)
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Post by Penny Lane on Nov 21, 2007 16:26:04 GMT -5
^ well, we know the pluming had to be replaced... but was there something else that made us think the house was old? I picture it as one of those old, passed down through the generation New England mansions. Much the Brewers, only I think the Delaneys have more land. ... And has been remodeled recently, due to the "space age kitchen"
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Post by blossom114 on Nov 22, 2007 18:09:07 GMT -5
it makes sense that amanda and karen were friends too. i never questioned it. I grew up in a neighborhood chalk full of kids, and had many friends that were a couple of years younger than me. Across the street lived two kids that were two and four years younger. Oddly enough I didn't play much with kids that were OLDER...therew as one guy two doors down that was the middle child, i think he was about two years older, and a couple way down the street that we didn't hang out much with (they were only a year older than me as well... or at least a grade ahead). but most of the "big kids" were my baby-sitters ......or were way too old Lol. But it wasn't odd for me to hang out with kids that were a couple of years younger. any younger than that they were a younger sibling. the whole stoneybrook kids playing with kids of different ages never bothered me, cause it's what I grew up with
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Post by greer on Nov 22, 2007 23:41:19 GMT -5
wait, when did it say that the kormans ripped out the tennis court?
it kind of makes sense that they would rip it out if they don't play tennis, as i imagine it's something you have maintain/paint.
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Post by Penny Lane on Nov 23, 2007 0:30:06 GMT -5
^They had clay tennis courts, so yeah, there was maintenance. But Melony was all "I missed my garden, so I told my parents to build me a garden". It was in a Little Sister book.
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Post by aln1982 on Nov 23, 2007 1:04:10 GMT -5
Agree Greer about maintenance. It seems like it would definitely require some and wouldn't be worth the bother if you didn't want to use it. Might as well put in something you wanted to use.
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Post by Penny Lane on Nov 23, 2007 1:29:28 GMT -5
^which is why we never got a pool. My aunt and uncle have one, and they complain about it constantly. It might push their house into a good market for East, but it requires a lot of time (which everyone lacks, except me, apparently), and no one ever uses it because it is surrounded by trees and therefor rarely gets warm enough to bother.
Tennis Courts, however, would be used a lot. (by me. I HATE reserving court time). Which is why I hate the Kormans. (and they are weird and boring) They don't like tennis. Everyone should like tennis. It's the greatest game ever. (oh, but I like everyone here. I don't care if you don't like tennis. you like BSC, and don't mock me for it).
Psshaw. A Garden.
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Post by greer on Nov 23, 2007 2:40:57 GMT -5
^it seems to me like the kormans' yard should have been big enough for a tennis court AND a garden.
yeah we have a pool and it's a lot of work. you also have to pay to open and close it every year if you don't live in a climate that's warm year-round.
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Post by aln1982 on Nov 23, 2007 9:04:58 GMT -5
^ Agree about the size of the yard and about a pool. I never wanted one of those, either, since I don't like to swim. Maybe I should think nice, warm poolside thoughts right now, though, since we got the first snow of the year already. ;D Yuck!
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Post by Lauren on Nov 24, 2007 0:45:26 GMT -5
^it seems to me like the kormans' yard should have been big enough for a tennis court AND a garden. yeah we have a pool and it's a lot of work. you also have to pay to open and close it every year if you don't live in a climate that's warm year-round. Why do you have to pay to open and close your pool? My parents just put a tarp over theirs when it gets cold.
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Post by greer on Nov 24, 2007 1:19:32 GMT -5
^i think it's different if you live in a region with a lot of snow and ice. they do a lot of chemical stuff when they do it and have to empty out certain pipes &etc.
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Post by aln1982 on Nov 24, 2007 17:14:46 GMT -5
^ Snow and ice can definitely cause pipes to break.... ;D My dad is always super paranoid about "winterizing" our motor home as soon as it starts getting cold so I can imagine a pool would be the same. I never had a pool (except a wading pool ;D) but friends did and I know they had to have it drained before each winter.
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Post by greer on Nov 24, 2007 23:32:04 GMT -5
^yeah in my mind i think of michigan as colder than pennsylvania, so while we only drain the pipes your friend has to drain it completely.
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Post by Penny Lane on Nov 24, 2007 23:40:31 GMT -5
^I think it depends on the pool, and the local ordinances. I know people who drain their pools, and other people who just drain the pipes/do some crazy chemical things/pull a cover over it/etc. I have never had a pool, but I know lots of people who do. Then again, it's not a topic that really comes up, so I could be completely off. I'm basing this on my own perception of what their pool looks like in the winter (while I am inside, wearing layers of warm clothes and sweater robes, drinking hot chocolate and hoping for warmth and a way out of michigan)
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