Comments on: It all started with the singing telegram http://thebigmamablog.com/3200/it-all-started-with-the-singing-telegram/ the big mama blog Mon, 21 May 2012 09:24:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rebecca http://thebigmamablog.com/3200/it-all-started-with-the-singing-telegram/#comment-44241 Rebecca Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:54:09 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/?p=3200#comment-44241 "Breakdance instructors are fun to date but you don’t want to marry one because there’s a good chance he might do the caterpillar at your wedding reception and there are some wounds that are too deep to overcome" That is going in my quote book... honestly one of the wittiest things I have read in a very long time you are too much! “Breakdance instructors are fun to date but you don’t want to marry one because there’s a good chance he might do the caterpillar at your wedding reception and there are some wounds that are too deep to overcome”

That is going in my quote book… honestly one of the wittiest things I have read in a very long time you are too much!

]]> By: Mary http://thebigmamablog.com/3200/it-all-started-with-the-singing-telegram/#comment-44010 Mary Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:02:12 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/?p=3200#comment-44010 We were a Nielsen family for a short time. The pressure was just huge! I made the girls watch PBS and the History channel.... of course these days I wouldn't care. We'd just watch a bunch of reality shows (me) and hunting shows (hubs). The girls? They just watch their cell phones, mostly. We were a Nielsen family for a short time. The pressure was just huge! I made the girls watch PBS and the History channel…. of course these days I wouldn’t care. We’d just watch a bunch of reality shows (me) and hunting shows (hubs). The girls? They just watch their cell phones, mostly.

]]> By: Stephanie http://thebigmamablog.com/3200/it-all-started-with-the-singing-telegram/#comment-43911 Stephanie Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:39:59 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/?p=3200#comment-43911 You watch Tori & Dean??? I think you give me a new reason to love you every day! Thank you for always making me smile :-) You watch Tori & Dean??? I think you give me a new reason to love you every day! Thank you for always making me smile :-)

]]> By: Kelly http://thebigmamablog.com/3200/it-all-started-with-the-singing-telegram/#comment-43910 Kelly Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:41:32 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/?p=3200#comment-43910 Me too on the hot rollers - I've tried to become all hip with the curling irons and flat irons but is just aint happenin. I have a Vidal Sassoon set of 5 that is just right for traveling. ALSO...a church in my town is doing Crocodile Dock and they have a huge inflatable neon green crocodile hanging from their sign - makes me want to go check out their VBS Me too on the hot rollers – I’ve tried to become all hip with the curling irons and flat irons but is just aint happenin. I have a Vidal Sassoon set of 5 that is just right for traveling. ALSO…a church in my town is doing Crocodile Dock and they have a huge inflatable neon green crocodile hanging from their sign – makes me want to go check out their VBS

]]> By: Kay http://thebigmamablog.com/3200/it-all-started-with-the-singing-telegram/#comment-43904 Kay Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:47:34 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/?p=3200#comment-43904 Congratulations on the Nielsen thing! I was thinking just the other day that I would love to have the exact super power - to control the tv ratings! And since I also watch an inordinate amount of Bravo TV (though I disdain the commercials and therefore TiVo everything on there) I am glad you will represent me well. Of course I am a sick woman and I admit it and I'm not sure we need such sickness represented any more than it already is in our society. At any rate, have fun and use your powers for good, not evil! Congratulations on the Nielsen thing! I was thinking just the other day that I would love to have the exact super power – to control the tv ratings! And since I also watch an inordinate amount of Bravo TV (though I disdain the commercials and therefore TiVo everything on there) I am glad you will represent me well. Of course I am a sick woman and I admit it and I’m not sure we need such sickness represented any more than it already is in our society. At any rate, have fun and use your powers for good, not evil!

]]> By: NancysLostandFound http://thebigmamablog.com/3200/it-all-started-with-the-singing-telegram/#comment-43894 NancysLostandFound Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:40:22 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/?p=3200#comment-43894 My dad would have NO CLUE who Kool and the Gang are. Or were. Either way, I agree on the singing card overload. My dad would have NO CLUE who Kool and the Gang are. Or were. Either way, I agree on the singing card overload.

]]> By: Nicole http://thebigmamablog.com/3200/it-all-started-with-the-singing-telegram/#comment-43883 Nicole Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:10:25 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/?p=3200#comment-43883 rock on with your powerful self! Keepin' it real! My 5 1/2 yr old HATES those singing cards but his grandma LOVES them and continues to buy them for him even after he expressed his dislike (more like fear of what unknown, loud, distorted song will come blaring out of it). What can I say, grandma thinks scaring her grandchildren is entertaining. Ah, we all find fun wherever we can, don't we? Ok, I think my basement is flooding and I'm in denial and would rather read your blog before I deal with natural disaster issues... rock on with your powerful self! Keepin’ it real!

My 5 1/2 yr old HATES those singing cards but his grandma LOVES them and continues to buy them for him even after he expressed his dislike (more like fear of what unknown, loud, distorted song will come blaring out of it). What can I say, grandma thinks scaring her grandchildren is entertaining. Ah, we all find fun wherever we can, don’t we?

Ok, I think my basement is flooding and I’m in denial and would rather read your blog before I deal with natural disaster issues…

]]> By: Staci Medendorp http://thebigmamablog.com/3200/it-all-started-with-the-singing-telegram/#comment-43880 Staci Medendorp Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:24:09 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/?p=3200#comment-43880 Such a small world! I used to work for Nielsen. I actually signed families up to participate...and then trained the membership reps and then was a supervisor. It's a pretty cool deal....you get an extra remote and a little people meter on your set. (If they're still doing it the same way they did it 5 years ago -- TIVO was messing stuff up then, so I don't know how they overcame that hurdle. They couldn't decide how to utilize the information about what people TIVOed because it hadn't actually been watched yet. But I digress....) It's all digitally transmitted in the middle of the night through your phone line. So, it's pretty neat and besides the obvious prestige and coolness factor...you get some perks and bennies as well. They try to make it worth your while. :O) But no, you weren't supposed to tell. I used to tell my families that it's okay if you tell people who come into your home (they'll see the equipment, obviously)...but don't take out a billboard to advertise your participation. In this day and age, I would probably say...don't blog it to the entire free world 'cause you wouldn't want to influence the viewing habits of everyone out there. ;o) But you never can tell...it maybe entirely different now...they've gotten chintzy if they're sending out postcards. We used to send out letters by priority mail notifying our households that they'd been chosen! Have fun with it.... Such a small world! I used to work for Nielsen. I actually signed families up to participate…and then trained the membership reps and then was a supervisor. It’s a pretty cool deal….you get an extra remote and a little people meter on your set. (If they’re still doing it the same way they did it 5 years ago — TIVO was messing stuff up then, so I don’t know how they overcame that hurdle. They couldn’t decide how to utilize the information about what people TIVOed because it hadn’t actually been watched yet. But I digress….) It’s all digitally transmitted in the middle of the night through your phone line. So, it’s pretty neat and besides the obvious prestige and coolness factor…you get some perks and bennies as well. They try to make it worth your while. :O) But no, you weren’t supposed to tell. I used to tell my families that it’s okay if you tell people who come into your home (they’ll see the equipment, obviously)…but don’t take out a billboard to advertise your participation. In this day and age, I would probably say…don’t blog it to the entire free world ’cause you wouldn’t want to influence the viewing habits of everyone out there. ;o)

But you never can tell…it maybe entirely different now…they’ve gotten chintzy if they’re sending out postcards. We used to send out letters by priority mail notifying our households that they’d been chosen!

Have fun with it….

]]> By: Kelly @ The Beauty of Sufficient Grace http://thebigmamablog.com/3200/it-all-started-with-the-singing-telegram/#comment-43833 Kelly @ The Beauty of Sufficient Grace Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:58:27 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/?p=3200#comment-43833 You are so much fun...thank you for the laughs...great way to start my day! You are so much fun…thank you for the laughs…great way to start my day!

]]> By: Shannon http://thebigmamablog.com/3200/it-all-started-with-the-singing-telegram/#comment-43829 Shannon Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:12:02 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/?p=3200#comment-43829 Oh my gosh. I have ALWAYS wanted to be one of those Nielsen families. It would be like a dream come true, (which, come to think of it, doesn't say much about my ambition, does it?) Oh my gosh. I have ALWAYS wanted to be one of those Nielsen families. It would be like a dream come true, (which, come to think of it, doesn’t say much about my ambition, does it?)

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