Comments on: Tall Poppies http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/ Artist Writer Curious Dreamer Thu, 17 May 2012 09:59:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Garden Jools http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/comment-page-1/#comment-1918 Garden Jools Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:36:09 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/#comment-1918 Its not the actual punch...but how and where it is delivered - hey Elinor!!! Lol! I once worked ina shearing team of 8 shearers, a wool classer, a wool packer and another "rouse-about" (that was my job too - picking up sheep fleeces and throwing them onto a table all in one piece and flat on the table, sweeping up around the shearer and then "penning up" more sheep from the yards..it was HARD work!) the first week I was there they (all men!) gave me a terrrible time - really crude jokes and many, many jibes about being a girl!!! But...once I showed them I could keep up and tell jokes back - I was treated just like I was their little sister and an important part of "their" team!, Lol!!!! It was a great time actually, I loved it and have many fond memories! Its not the actual punch…but how and where it is delivered – hey Elinor!!! Lol! I once worked ina shearing team of 8 shearers, a wool classer, a wool packer and another “rouse-about” (that was my job too – picking up sheep fleeces and throwing them onto a table all in one piece and flat on the table, sweeping up around the shearer and then “penning up” more sheep from the yards..it was HARD work!) the first week I was there they (all men!) gave me a terrrible time – really crude jokes and many, many jibes about being a girl!!! But…once I showed them I could keep up and tell jokes back – I was treated just like I was their little sister and an important part of “their” team!, Lol!!!! It was a great time actually, I loved it and have many fond memories!

]]> By: Elinor McCartney http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/comment-page-1/#comment-1916 Elinor McCartney Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:15:09 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/#comment-1916 Oh Mary these days are gone.......haven't the energy in the first place and have taken the road less travelled . I think ? Oh Mary these days are gone…….haven’t the energy in the first place and have
taken the road less travelled . I think ?

]]> By: Mary http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/comment-page-1/#comment-1915 Mary Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:16:52 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/#comment-1915 Ouch Elinor! I felt that one half way across the world! Maybe we should hire you to take on our American Paparazzi! Ouch Elinor! I felt that one half way across the world! Maybe we should hire you to take on our American Paparazzi!

]]> By: Elinor McCartney http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/comment-page-1/#comment-1914 Elinor McCartney Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:26:33 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/#comment-1914 I agree and am glad most of my early knocks were on a learning curve towards street cred. The first job where the Drawing office were all males I was told NOT to let them know if I understood their chatter . One day they were on about rugby ...scrums and hookers, so I asked what they were talking about and they just HAD to demonstrate ....all hunkered down and the boss came in . Was I wrong to snigger ? Another time I pretended to punch a colleague and tht started them on re lassie slaps SO another education on howto punch DO NOT enclose your thumb it could fracture and put your weight behind it and follow through aahemm! right got it .......and PUNCH hehehe I am a right nasty berger when I try I agree and am glad most of my early knocks were on a learning curve towards street cred. The first job where the Drawing office were all males I was told NOT to let them know if I understood their chatter . One day they were on about rugby …scrums and hookers, so I asked what they were talking about and they just HAD to demonstrate ….all hunkered down and the boss came in . Was I wrong to snigger ? Another time I pretended to punch a colleague and tht started them on re lassie slaps SO another education on howto punch DO NOT enclose your thumb it could fracture and put your weight behind it and follow through aahemm! right got it …….and PUNCH hehehe I am a right nasty berger when I try

]]> By: Garden Jools http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/comment-page-1/#comment-1912 Garden Jools Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:54:47 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/#comment-1912 It certainly is! It certainly is!

]]> By: Jean Burman http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/comment-page-1/#comment-1911 Jean Burman Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:24:06 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/#comment-1911 Hey Ellie! So glad you found us! You might have to refresh the page each time you visit to get the new topic. I usually try to post around once a week or so... that gives us time to have a nice long discussion afterwards (as you can see from this! LOL) So sorry Ashleigh has suffered too... but it sounds as though she's a very smart girl... and by the time our gorgeous girls get to college they can usually handle most situations. It doesn't mean it won't still hurt though... it's just that they'll know it for what it is and hopefully be able to deal with it. [I almost went crazy watching that Mean Girls movie... but my girls insisted... they wanted me to know what was out there!] LOL Also sorry to hear about her commission rejection... gosh that's a tough call for one so young. But it sounds as though she took it well and could laugh about it after. That's so great to hear. :-) Hey Ellie! So glad you found us! You might have to refresh the page each time you visit to get the new topic. I usually try to post around once a week or so… that gives us time to have a nice long discussion afterwards (as you can see from this! LOL)

So sorry Ashleigh has suffered too… but it sounds as though she’s a very smart girl… and by the time our gorgeous girls get to college they can usually handle most situations. It doesn’t mean it won’t still hurt though… it’s just that they’ll know it for what it is and hopefully be able to deal with it. [I almost went crazy watching that Mean Girls movie... but my girls insisted... they wanted me to know what was out there!] LOL

Also sorry to hear about her commission rejection… gosh that’s a tough call for one so young. But it sounds as though she took it well and could laugh about it after. That’s so great to hear. :-)

]]> By: Ellie http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/comment-page-1/#comment-1910 Ellie Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:10:06 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/#comment-1910 Here you are!! I was at the old page and thought that I had ended the conversation. Talk about feeling on the outside lol. I have read this with great interest because my grand daughter, Ashleigh, went through a hard time in High School. A friend of hers since childhood "shined her on" because Ashleigh is shy around boys and thought that she must not be one of the "cool" ones. This girl joined a group of friends that were like the girls in that "Mean Girl" movie. They were so awful to Ashleigh. I hear that they are pretty wild and I am very glad that Ashleigh did not go in that direction. She is a very beautiful girl and a wonderful artist. She is in college now and LOVES it. She has so many true friends now. She looks forward to school every day. Jean and Elinor, I am shocked that adults would be so thoughtless. Especially adults who deal with youngsters. I guess that it takes all kinds. Ellie ps. Ashleigh got her first rejection as an artist. Someone who had Ashleigh do portraits of her children together told her that her children were much prettier and started making suggestions on how to change the drawing (charcoal). Ashleigh decided not to do more on it and told her mom (my daughter) that maybe she shouldn't have removed the little girl's unibrow. If she had left it in, it might have looked more like her. At least she can laugh at things like that now. Here you are!! I was at the old page and thought that I had ended the conversation. Talk about feeling on the outside lol. I have read this with great interest because my grand daughter, Ashleigh, went through a hard time in High School. A friend of hers since childhood “shined her on” because Ashleigh is shy around boys and thought that she must not be one of the “cool” ones. This girl joined a group of friends that were like the girls in that “Mean Girl” movie. They were so awful to Ashleigh. I hear that they are pretty wild and I am very glad that Ashleigh did not go in that direction. She is a very beautiful girl and a wonderful artist. She is in college now and LOVES it. She has so many true friends now. She looks forward to school every day. Jean and Elinor, I am shocked that adults would be so thoughtless. Especially adults who deal with youngsters. I guess that it takes all kinds.
Ellie
ps. Ashleigh got her first rejection as an artist. Someone who had Ashleigh do portraits of her children together told her that her children were much prettier and started making suggestions on how to change the drawing (charcoal). Ashleigh decided not to do more on it and told her mom (my daughter) that maybe she shouldn’t have removed the little girl’s unibrow. If she had left it in, it might have looked more like her. At least she can laugh at things like that now.

]]> By: Garden Jools http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/comment-page-1/#comment-1907 Garden Jools Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:08:18 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/#comment-1907 Group hug!!!!! Group hug!!!!!

]]> By: Jean Burman http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/comment-page-1/#comment-1902 Jean Burman Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:06:43 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/#comment-1902 Oh good... here comes the sun... and here comes that (((hug)))!!! :-) Oh good… here comes the sun… and here comes that (((hug)))!!! :-)

]]> By: Elinor McCartney http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/comment-page-1/#comment-1900 Elinor McCartney Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:08:15 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2008/02/07/tall-poppies/#comment-1900 A cyber one or even two if I am greedy will do fine Sun is shining and all is golden. A cyber one or even two if I am greedy will do fine Sun is shining and all is golden.

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