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Comment on The Green Paper Fiasco by Shannon L.

Shannon L. — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:00:14 +0000

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Comment on Are you a Television Watcher? by Urquart Veitch

Urquart Veitch — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:51:42 +0000

A very interesting blog post. What would you say was the most common problem?

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Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:58:48 +0000

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Comment on Are you a Television Watcher? by Jennifer @ Doing the Next Thing

Jennifer @ Doing the Next Thing — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:51:44 +0000

Hi, there! I think we have some mutual friends (my Mom, Dianne T, and Wendy S.) Anyway, my Mom directed me to your blog. This post is so true! I HATE those kinds of moms. Also the ones who say they don’t have cable -ugh! Don’t they know that there’s more decent programming on cable than on broadcast tv? (Not that we don’t occasionally enjoy The Soup!) One Mom even told me she was worried about her teens turning on MTV. As a mom of a 14yo, I don’t worry b/c there is this little thing called … tell your kids what they’re allowed to do and teach them to do it….
Loved your Wonder Woman post, too. Though I was Chris from the Angels - I didn’t like Sabrina’s haircut, LOL.
Blessings!

Comment on The Making of a Resourceful Young Woman by GG

GG — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:29:30 +0000

This is a really moving story that I can relate too! Wow… So true how others who appear to be “characters” can really influence and impact our lives.

Sometimes I feel like I am walking over the pages of a Novel. Life is sureal at times!
gg
http://www.kidsculinaryadventures.com

Comment on The Making of a Resourceful Young Woman by Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:28:36 +0000

Does anyone know if the Barkmans are still living?

Comment on And the Award goes to… by Me

Me — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:37:20 +0000

This post made me laugh out loud for a long time!
I can just see you standing there with your arms up shouting Yeaaaaaa Me, and i can see the bus driver laughing all the way back to the school!!!
all i have to say is YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAA YOU!

Comment on Just Some Minavelins by Evelyn Cochran

Evelyn Cochran — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:35:43 +0000

After reading this piece about the minavelins, it makes me wonder if it was a word rooted in the Dutch. So many of our slang words came from the strong Dutch influence in our family and our area. You could just do as your Uncle Don did…simply refer to the minavelins as “afterdregs” and then watch the expressions.

Comment on Just Some Minavelins by Alison

Alison — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:34:54 +0000

‘minavelins’ - the little pieces left when you carve a joint of meat, cut a cake, etc.

Used in our family in SE England - my mothers word; she was born in London 1903; no US connections, as far as we know. Have never met anyone who knows this word!

Comment on Just Some Minavelins by Tim Adam

Tim Adam — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:33:25 +0000

Do you have a connection to the Cayman Islands? The word “minavelins” (or perhaps it should be spelled “manavelins”) is well known and still used amongst those of us who grew up here in Cayman - at least up to the period when “turtling” was still in its heyday. Turtling was a local seafaring industry based on catching and butchering green sea turtles for human consumption (** see more on the turtling industry below).

The first I heard it, the usage of the word “manavelins” referred to the various “bits and pieces” of the turtles that were eaten, and typically included in a “lot” which was how the meat was typically sold here i.e. a selection of various parts of the turtle. “Manavelins” now is also used to refer to the side dishes to a meal - especially when it’s a local dish. It’s also occasionally used to mean generally “bits and pieces in addition to the main thing” which sounds very similar to how the word is used in your family.

** Most of the turtles were caught near the Miskito Cays off the coast of Nicaragua; some were sold in the local “meat market” in Grand Cayman, but many turtles were carried live directly or trans-shipped to Florida where they were used especially in making the delicacy turtle soup, and in making “tortioseshell” which in those days was desirable for decorating many personal or household objects and jewellery. Nowadays CITES treaties ban international trade in green turtles as it is considered an endangered species, but turtle meat is still a sought-after delicacy available in the Cayman Islands thanks to the now world-famous Turtle Farm, recently integrated into a more comprehensive tourist attraction named Boatswain’s Beach located in NorthWest Point, West Bay, Grand Cayman, in the Cayman Islands.

So somehow we’re connected! Come visit us in Cayman & See our country’s website http://www.caymanislands.ky and a little bit about my family’s history on the website http://www.kaikotch.com.

Here are some more “bits and pieces” about “manavelins”:

manavelins. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved November 25, 2007, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/manavelins
ma”nav”el”ins
plural noun Nautical Slang. miscellaneous pieces of gear and material. Also, ma”nav”il”ins.
[Origin: 186065; orig. uncert.]

In Nantucket whaling culture “Fancy victuals were known as manavelins.” (see http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/pfp.asp?ean=9780141001821&z=y
re the book “In the Heart of the Sea” by Nathaniel Philbrick).

“manavelins” is cited as “apparently a naval term which means miscellaneous gear” in an article about a pub in Ottawa (see http://www.accountingfortaste.ca/wine/showarticle.php?anumber=84)