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dustthouart

long on wind, short on interest

Jan 19, 2015 23:32

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she knows that first strike you're out in the kitchen. klausnick January 20 2015, 07:48:55 UTC

Does this mean that you go away to the kitchen, when the child disobeys you?

Re: she knows that first strike you're out in the kitchen. dustthouart January 20 2015, 18:57:56 UTC

That means if she misbehaves at all in the kitchen, including even touching something without permission, she has to leave the kitchen and stay out until cooking is over. Like if she picks up something I haven't told her to pick up. This is because I don't want her to touch something sharp or hot. So she has to know it's very serious that she can only touch things I tell her to touch.

Re: she knows that first strike you're out in the kitchen. klausnick January 21 2015, 14:14:24 UTC

Thanks for your answer.

Re: she knows that first strike you're out in the kitchen. dustthouart January 21 2015, 22:04:13 UTC

Regarding the question you had before you edited your comment, I can see how it would be confusing.

I can reword the sentence like this:

She knows that when she is in the kitchen, it's "first strike you're out".

"First strike you're out" is a phrase which alludes to baseball. In baseball you get three strikes before you're out. "First strike you're out" means that it's even more strict than baseball, you are gone at the first mistake you make.

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kiwiria January 20 2015, 10:17:13 UTC

Lightning flash: knitting is baking and crochet is cooking, in terms of my attitudes towards them. I know you can be really creative and free in both knitting and baking but I could never see how to get there.

Ha! Nice comparison. I totally get what you mean, but the funny thing is that I'm the exact opposite! For me knitting is cooking and crocheting is baking! I guess it all depends on how much experience you have with either craft.

akcipitrokulo January 24 2015, 21:00:30 UTC

I know what you mean about LJ.. I started using FB for more than a glorified address book in the run-up to the independence referendum when I was using it a LOT for campaigning :-) and somehow haven't got back into the habit of opening LJ automatically first! This has reminded me I really should try...