| Name: lauren | Date: Jun 26th, 2007 9:02 PM |
that's a great idea! but my best friend/basically sister did that last year...and this year she moved *sad face* and was living in a hotel for 3 months....since i like live with this girl i went to the hotel and we swam.....i dont want to do that again it was really sad
but i do need games......i no ive asked a lot but my party is comming up and i really need some games to play ↑ |
| Name: um :) | Date: Jun 27th, 2007 2:18 PM |
| hey! where should i find by 13th birthday invitations to print them out..any ideas? ↑ |
| Name: lauren | Date: Jun 27th, 2007 3:42 PM |
Well... about the invatation what im going to do is by staitionary that is hawiian themed (because so is my party) and then type the invation on the computer and print it out on the paper. The words also rhyme...like my names lauren so the first line says:
"Come ot a party for lauren, i promise it wont be borin' " kinda cute if oyu ask me :P
I hate to keep asking but i do need games..... ↑ |
| Name: turining13 | Date: Jun 29th, 2007 2:17 PM |
| Hi. I'm about to turn 13 but I have a great Idea! Why don't you invite one trusted older friend like a 17 year-old that she is really close to. Let he be your eyes! ↑ |
| Name: c0nfUsEd[/3 | Date: Jun 29th, 2007 2:23 PM |
I have two major problems.......
1. I have no Idea what to do for my 13th birthday.. I already invited 25 people (boys and girls)
2.(This ones kinda weird but whatever) This kid I like , i want to invite him but i'm kinda afraid...should i? ↑ |
| Name: turning13 | Date: Jun 29th, 2007 2:27 PM |
| uh..I have some ideas but i dont kno wif you want them. Have a guy/girl type of thing like which is better being a guy or girl ↑ |
| Name: c0nfUsEd[/3 | Date: Jun 29th, 2007 2:28 PM |
| thanks but no thanks cause i only invited like 7 boys out of 25 kids ↑ |
| Name: sammi | Date: Jun 30th, 2007 2:44 PM |
| Name: jdourt | Date: Jun 30th, 2007 5:56 PM |
Turnip and Its Hybrid Offspring
Much confusion surrounded the origins, even the identity, of turnips and rutabagas, or "Swedes," for a long time. They are distinctly different species.
Most varieties of turnip are white-fleshed and most varieties of rutabaga are yellow-fleshed, but there are also white-fleshed rutabagas and yellow-fleshed turnips. Rutabaga leaves are smooth like cabbage leaves, while those of the turnip are somewhat rough, with sparse, stiff "hairs" over them.
The most significant difference between them, however, is in the make-up of their mechanisms of heredity, the structures of their individual cells. The turnip has 20 chromosomes, while the rutabaga has 38. And thereby hangs a tale-the tale of the origin of the rutabaga.
Study Indicates a Turnip-Cabbage Cross
Recent botanical detective work indicates that a rather rare kind of hybridization between some form of cabbage (18 chromosomes) and turnip (20 chromosomes) resulted in the new species, rutabaga (20 + 18 = 38 chromosomes).
No one knows when or where this occurred, but the new species was probably first found in Europe some time in the late Middle Ages. There was no record of it until 1620 when the Swiss botanist Caspar Bauhin described it.
Turnip (Brassica rapa) is of ancient culture, many distinct kinds having been known to the Romans at the beginning of the Christian Era. Some of those varieties bore Greek place names, indicating earlier culture and development by the ancient Greeks.
In the first century Pliny described long turnips, flat turnips, round turnips. He wrote of turnips under the names rapa and napus. In Middle English this latter term became nepe, naep in Anglo-Saxon. One of these words, together with turn ("made round"), became our common word "turnip."
Man appreciated the usefulness of the turnip during the prehistoric development of agriculture, and the plant was so easy to grow in so many places that it became widely distributed all the way from the Mediterranean across Asia to the Pacific.
The European types of turnip, our commonest kinds, developed in the Mediterranean area. The basic center of the Asiatic kinds is in middle Asia, west of the Himalayas. There are also two secondary centers-eastern Asia and Asia Minor.
The European type of turnip was grown in France for both food and stock feed at least as early as the first century after Christ.
In the England of Henry VIII, turnip roots were boiled or baked, the tops were cooked as "greens," and the young shoots were used as a salad. (In parts of our South today turnip leaves for greens are called "turnip salad.")
The turnip was brought to America by Jacques Cartier, who planted it in Canada in 1541. It was also planted in Virginia by the colonists in 1609 and in Massachusetts in the 1620's. The Indians adopted its culture from the colonists and soon grew it generally.
Since colonial times the turnip has been one of the commonest garden vegetables in America. It is primarily a cool-weather crop, suitable for summer culture only in the northernmost States or at high altitudes.
European varieties of turnips are biennial. One Oriental variety commonly grown here, however, called Shogoin, will go to seed in its first season if planted in the spring.
A few varieties of leaf turnips (no enlarged root) such as Seven Top are grown only for greens. The leaves of the turnip are usually rich in the minerals and vitamins that are essential to health, but the roots have a relatively low food value. In this country the roots are usually eaten boiled, either fresh or from pit or cellar storage. In Europe kraut is commonly made from the sliced roots.
Rutabaga Also Called "Swede"
Rutabaga (Brassica napobrassica) gets its name from Swedish rotabagge. In England and Canada it is commonly called "Swede," or "Swede turnip." The French called it navet de Suede (Swede turnip), chou de Suede (Swede cabbage), and chou navet jaune (yellow cabbage turnip). It was known in the United States about 1800 as "turnip-rooted cabbage." Although common names suggest a Scandinavian origin, this is not certain.
Rutabaga was apparently known on the Continent many years before it was grown in England. It was little known in England in 1664 when it was grown in the royal gardens. It was used for food in France and southern Europe in the 17th century. Both white and yellow-fleshed varieties have been known in Europe for more than 300 years.
The rutabaga requires a longer growing season than our turnips, but, like the turnip, it is sensitive to hot weather. Its culture is therefore confined largely to the northernmost States and Canada and to northern Europe and Asia. It is a staple crop in northern Europe, but a minor crop in America and in the Orient. It is more nutritious than the turnip, chiefly because it contains more solid matter ↑ |
| Name: TARA | Date: Jun 30th, 2007 9:57 PM |
| im 13 soon so just trust her she will be good ok believe in her nd tell her u trust her nd she will do the right thing ok!!! ↑ |
| Name: TaRa 13 SoOn | Date: Jun 30th, 2007 10:01 PM |
| what sould i do for my 13th birthday in 18 days? ↑ |
| Name: Jane | Date: Jul 2nd, 2007 3:30 PM |
| Name: Emma | Date: Jul 4th, 2007 12:08 AM |
| have her have some guys over but not to many have them play soprts go swiming or just hangout and listion to music ↑ |
| Name: Kayla | Date: Jul 11th, 2007 6:35 PM |
| where should i go for my 13 b-day? im stuck ↑ |
| Name: Frankayy | Date: Jul 14th, 2007 5:37 AM |
| My bday is july 17, 2007 im turning 13 ↑ |
| Name: lauren | Date: Jul 15th, 2007 2:31 AM |
| my bday is july 30 and i'm turning 13!! i'm sooo excited :DDD ↑ |
| Name: tiara homles | Date: Jul 17th, 2007 8:46 PM |
you could maybe rent the pool to let them really have some fun.
then you could go back home and make them vergin drinks and watch movies. ↑ |
| Name: fishy | Date: Jul 20th, 2007 3:48 AM |
| idk wat to do on my bday eithere ↑ |
| Name: Vita | Date: Jul 21st, 2007 12:00 AM |
I had my thirteenth birthday during the summer of 06 since my birthday is in january, which stinks majorly since you really can't do much, where I live, in the winter. So, we planned this all out, perfectly. We'd go to my Uncle's house while he wasn't there and have a water balloon toss. {my uncle has over an acre lot by a woods and creek}. then we vivisted the creek, but it started to pour down rain. SO, naturally, we ran around in the rain and slide in the mud puddles. But out of the blue, lightning crackled the sky, so we had to pile up in the car and head back home. Turned out a tornado storm was on it's way!!! Back at home though, we played games like who could sit with there legs in the air the longest, bingo with prizes, pictonary, watched movies, talked about boys {like we usually do} and told life stories about each other. We told jokes after the lights were out while my dod {labrador} hopped from sleeping bag to sleeping bag. Finally, by three am., we fell alseep.
My point is. Just wing it. Have some stuff planned, but not everything. That's basically what we did!!!
-Vita ↑ |
| Name: kimberly | Date: Jul 21st, 2007 1:50 AM |
| Name: big 13 | Date: Jul 23rd, 2007 5:16 AM |
| you can see how responsible she is and let her have the party she wants but make sure she understands your rules ↑ |
| Name: Lauren | Date: Jul 23rd, 2007 2:12 PM |
| I turn 13 in a week!! im so excited :D i think i'm gonna wing most of it--i already have the basics down :D thanks! ↑ |
| Name: jodie | Date: Jul 24th, 2007 9:26 AM |
1:let her have boys i mean im a mother but i let my daughter and it gave her more assurence that i trustd her
ok so what i did was let her show me all her ideas th ↑ |
| Name: brandi | Date: Jul 26th, 2007 1:36 AM |
| ok im 13 and august 21 im turning 14 and i dont know wat else to do at my swimming party im having i wudnt want n e one there to be bored and stuff so wut shud i do as games and stuff should i have bags of candy with sumthin to today with water in it please i need help or someone give me a theme ↑ |
| Name: Tigger | Date: Jul 26th, 2007 1:38 AM |
| My birthday is coming up this september i am a girl and i want to have a great party i want to have a army theme because i like the pattren and i just dont know what i should do to make it a good party p.s all girl party. ↑ |
| Name: Lauren | Date: Jul 27th, 2007 2:01 PM |
| Well, i've posted before on here but i just recently got an idea. MY party/bday is in THREE days. What i'm doing is having a few indoor games in case it rains, and a few swimming pool games. We told the guests to bring their suit. The big surprise that I'm doing is that i'm renting a big blow up slip 'n slide to put in my FRONT YARD! lol it's like the ones you have that are 30 ft long, 5 ft wide, and 8 ft high! Their a lil pricey but not too too much! Hope this helps :P ↑ |
| Name: sport man | Date: Jul 28th, 2007 10:22 PM |
| she could have a dance party like my one friend had. Or maybe a sleep ovr at ur house. Or maybe even skateing or bowling. I still need ideas for my own 13th party!!!!! ↑ |
| Name: Lauren | Date: Jul 30th, 2007 2:22 PM |
| Today is my birthday!!!!!!!!!!! :DDD ↑ |
| Name: Bronia | Date: Aug 5th, 2007 3:25 AM |
| My idea of a great 13th Birthday would be to let her invite at less 10 girls then buy her heaps of munchies to watch movies have a sleepover get makeovers like facial masks and send her and her friends owt to a spa pick them up order pizza and let them enjoy the rest of the party on there own dont forget abowt the cake and dessert!! ↑ |
| Name: casidy | Date: Aug 5th, 2007 5:43 AM |
| hey im havng a pirate pary and i am 13 i need some hot ideas and fast what should i do ↑ |
| Name: lola q | Date: Aug 5th, 2007 10:09 PM |
| just stay away from her and her friends but still stay in th house and check on them. ↑ |
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