@Shield: to my knowledge, a /lot/ of people do that.

@hobbit: You know that I wish I could, but moving to a pet-friendly abode does not appear to be on my agenda at this time. 🙁

Shield, that is odd and I'd never before thought about that but now I am. We shorten both to "roast" however if it is so cooked. And if it's cooked in the crock pot it's beef roast. Hm. Interesting thoughts. I shall ponder this oddity.

And sorry Hobbit. I'm allergic to cats and ever since we got a dog Mom's realized that she doesn't like cats any more, especially unfixed males 🙁

@Hobbi: I wish I could. 🙁 I walked up to my mom and was like, "So Hobbi has this other cat..." and she was like "We are not getting a third cat. 😯 " 😕

@Hobbit: I wish I could! We have a male cat, he's fixed but does not like intact males. :/

So, I get to make my own assignments for my German class: watching movies, reading books, all that sort of stuff. It's gonna be great!

@Ela: 😯
Whoa, how cool is that?!

Wow, Elanorell! Cool! I would like to do that, But I am not really learning a lot of it right now.

Wow! Hans, you must have a lot on your hands during this season!

Despite rumours to the contrary, I am not Father Christmas.

Perhaps I should make that "despite any possible rumours to the contrary". Not sure there are any.

Hahahaha! That's an excellent answer, hansgeorg! Might have to use that sometime....

Feel free to do so!

Haha, thanks!

I am, as an author, perhaps just a bit too prone to take quotes as flattery.

All right, Hans. That's fine. 😀

Hey, that's normal (at least, I think it is). 🙂

Thank you! *bows like Reepicheep*

Writers' group in 20 minutes in the chat room, if anyone's interested in checking it out! Even if you don't have a story to share, you're always welcome to come!