tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post5370075918287195219..comments2024-03-26T13:17:29.405-04:00Comments on Outlandish Observations: Quotes relating to the current financial crisisKaren Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07635855088490793965noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-13589156456365338982008-10-14T23:46:00.000-04:002008-10-14T23:46:00.000-04:00Verra insightful, Karen. Just catching up tonight...Verra insightful, Karen. Just catching up tonight -- CathyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-49543883742760757582008-10-11T14:28:00.000-04:002008-10-11T14:28:00.000-04:00Alice:Blame the Scottish influence for that one! ...Alice:<BR/><BR/>Blame the Scottish influence for that one! (No, really.) "Might could" is supposedly a Scots construct, brought over by the early settlers of North Carolina and other southern colonies.<BR/><BR/>I know there's at least one place in the books where Duncan Innes uses "might could" or a similar expression. Pretty sure it was Duncan, anyway.<BR/><BR/>KarenKaren Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635855088490793965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-26641168665061486092008-10-11T13:57:00.000-04:002008-10-11T13:57:00.000-04:00At least your fortune cookie didn't use that uniqu...At least your fortune cookie didn't use that unique homegrown NC modal, "might could"...<BR/><BR/>AliceUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07105913872631665883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-38605792330834166272008-10-11T06:37:00.000-04:002008-10-11T06:37:00.000-04:00Midge:Well, collecting those quotes and thinking a...Midge:<BR/><BR/>Well, collecting those quotes and thinking about the situation that way did provide a nice distraction for me from the awful news about the markets. Which is more or less why I put that together. <g><BR/><BR/>I certainly hope you come through this all right. A lot of people are hurting, and millions more just like you are scared. All we can do is hope and pray that everything will work out. Personally, I'm not convinced that anybody, in government or outside it, really has a way out of this mess.<BR/><BR/>Why anyone would <I>want</I> to be president at a time like this, with the country in such a mess, is beyond me.Karen Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635855088490793965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-71999554176905935462008-10-10T11:23:00.000-04:002008-10-10T11:23:00.000-04:00Karen~Your ingenuity at finding links between real...Karen~<BR/><BR/>Your ingenuity at finding links between real life and fiction are rather fascinating and truly wondrous. I would never have thought to write a blog about our current financial disasters and link it to Diana's characters. <BR/><BR/>However poignant, it doesn't lessen the fear I have in what's going on. My husband is a Landscape Architect, self-employed; I am a "virtual" assistant to two Speech Pathologists. My husband sees only a few jobs ahead, from repeat clients of great wealth, that will maybe get us through the winter. My job is part time, 30 to 40 hours every two weeks. I am terrified. We were hit very hard with taxes last year and expect that again this year (my DH hasn't yet incorporated his business). We have paid our mortgage on time, the first of every month, for the 11 years we've lived in our house, with extra paid on the principal every month -- it is our hope to endow the house to our autistic son. If the financial crisis is enduring (which I believe it will be), and if we get into financial straights, then I hope our mortgage company will work with us on making payments. We have been exemplary and are not risk takers. I can only pray that we will be seen as such by the bankers.<BR/><BR/>MidgeMerrymagshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03067685823930927536noreply@blogger.com