About Meribeth...

Werekitty · Post by **Werekitty** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 11:21 pm

I can not help but wonder why a girl like Meribeth, who has rich reletives, works in a tavern.

Her auntie is a nob in Sanctuary, after all. Why is she a waitress in a small pub in Freman Downs?

StrangeWulf13 · Post by **StrangeWulf13** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 11:50 pm

Maybe because she has a bit of that old independent spirit... living with rich relatives means you have to abide by their rules, and that's something that a few cannot stand. She herself admitted she wasn't used to fancy parties. I think she traded the easy life for one in which she can set her own path and have her own money, not borrow it from stuffy relatives.

Sometimes it's not so much who you know as where you live. And some people would rather earn their living than have it handed to them on a silver platter.

I'm one of 'em, but I have little bit of spoiled brat in me that's proving very hard to rub out...

Madmoonie · Post by **Madmoonie** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 1:02 am

StrangeWulf13 wrote:Maybe because she has a bit of that old independent spirit... living with rich relatives means you have to abide by their rules, and that's something that a few cannot stand. She herself admitted she wasn't used to fancy parties. I think she traded the easy life for one in which she can set her own path and have her own money, not borrow it from stuffy relatives.

Sometimes it's not so much who you know as where you live. And some people would rather earn their living than have it handed to them on a silver platter.

I'm one of 'em, but I have little bit of spoiled brat in me that's proving very hard to rub out...

Yeah, Maribeth seems like the kind of person that doesn't want to sit on her duff allday. I think she would much rather work hard and earn her keep. Or maybe she can't the "nob" life.

Maxgoof · Post by **Maxgoof** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 1:05 am

Or maybe she just needed to get outside the big city.

Goes down to Freeman Downs, gets a job as a barmaid....and likes it! Likes the friendly company, the occasional flirt, the down home folk, rather than the stuffy upper crust of society.

Any one of a number of reasons.

CasVeg · Post by **CasVeg** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 1:32 am

Alternatively, being one of several hundred great-grandchildren may mean she doesn't get that big a slice of the pie in the first place.

RHJunior · Post by **RHJunior** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 3:29 pm

CasVeg has it the closest.

You gotta realize, they got some seriously BIG, sprawling family trees. Quentyn's family-- two parents and one child--- is, historically, very unusual (for humans OR Racconans.) Meribeth is basically one of MANY nieces and nephews for the grand old dame at the party, and not from one of the richer family lines.... but she happened to be in town, the dowager aunt happened to be throwing a party.... and oh do let's invite that niece of ours, what's her name, from Freeman Downs, such a nice family....

Labrusca · Post by **Labrusca** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 3:32 pm

If nothing else, Meribeth is spathic. (look it up)

Tom Mazanec · Post by **Tom Mazanec** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 5:02 pm

Not often I come across a word I have to look up on one of these forums.

Werekitty · Post by **Werekitty** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 8:34 pm

labrusca wrote:If nothing else, Meribeth is spathic. (look it up)

Isn't that a geology term? Meaning "having good cleavage"?

Thank you Spider Robinson.

Labrusca · Post by **Labrusca** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 8:56 pm

Werekitty wrote:
labrusca wrote:If nothing else, Meribeth is spathic. (look it up)
Isn't that a geology term? Meaning "having good cleavage"?

Thank you Spider Robinson.

"What do we have for our winner, Johnny?"

"A WONDERFul can of "Fancy Feast! Congratulations!"

Werekitty · Post by **Werekitty** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:22 pm

labrusca wrote:
Werekitty wrote:
labrusca wrote:If nothing else, Meribeth is spathic. (look it up)
Isn't that a geology term? Meaning "having good cleavage"?

Thank you Spider Robinson.
"What do we have for our winner, Johnny?"

"A WONDERFul can of "Fancy Feast! Congratulations!"

Gee... Thanks... I guess.

Now can YOU tell me who Spider Robinson is, and where I would have read about someone being spathic?

For some reason I get the feeling you've read some of the same books I have.

Capnregex · Post by **Capnregex** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 11:24 pm

Zorro · Post by **Zorro** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 11:29 pm

So? I still like Her.
8)

Bobcat · Post by **Bobcat** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 12:23 am

*hee hee*

'Spathic'...

Gawd I needed that giggle...

Kerry Skydancer · Post by **Kerry Skydancer** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 1:07 am

Could be worse. I majored in geology and physics back in college - when I ran across the word again in Spider's ouvre, I didn't need the explanation...

8)

The JAM · Post by **The JAM** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:36 pm

[...unWARP!]

Good evening.

[quote="Dictionary.com]Having good cleavage. Used in geology.[/quote]

WordWeb Dictionary wrote:Like spar; foliated or lamellar. (botanical term referring to a leaf that grows close to the bloom)

Allwords.com wrote:Said of a mineral: having the qualities of a spar.

Ah, we're getting closer...

SPAR:

Allwords.com wrote:1a. Any of various translucent non-metallic minerals, such as feldspar and fluorspar, that can be easily split into layers;
1b. A particle or fragment of one of these minerals.

More than "cleavage", I think "spathic" means it has discernable layers, not segments/sections, like Meribeth, he he he.

There's "spathic iron", "spathic test data", and "spathic guitar tabs" according to Google.

And that is our new vocabulary word for today, class. Now use it in a sentence:

"The spathic sediment layers allowed the archeologist to identify the composition of each."

Now, can anyone, without looking up a search engine or a dictionary or thesaurus, give the meaning of the verb "oscitate"?

?Zacatep?ngolas!

Until next time, remember:

I

AM

THE

J.A.M. (a.k.a. Numbuh i: "Just because I'm imaginary doesn't mean I don't exist")

Good evening.

[WARP!]

The JAM · Post by **The JAM** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:38 pm

[...unWARP!]

Good evening.

Dictionary.com wrote:Having good cleavage. Used in geology.

WordWeb Dictionary wrote:Like spar; foliated or lamellar. (botanical term referring to a leaf that grows close to the bloom)

Allwords.com wrote:Said of a mineral: having the qualities of a spar.

Ah, we're getting closer...

SPAR:

Allwords.com wrote:1a. Any of various translucent non-metallic minerals, such as feldspar and fluorspar, that can be easily split into layers;
1b. A particle or fragment of one of these minerals.

More than "cleavage", I think "spathic" means it has discernable layers, not segments/sections, like Meribeth, he he he.

There's "spathic iron", "spathic test data", and "spathic guitar tabs" according to Google.

And that is our new vocabulary word for today, class. Now use it in a sentence:

The spathic sediment layers allowed the archeologist to identify the composition of each.

Now, can anyone, without looking up a search engine or a dictionary or thesaurus, give the meaning of the verb "oscitate"?

Zacatepongolas!

Until next time, remember:

I

AM

THE

J.A.M. (a.k.a. Numbuh i: "Just because I'm imaginary doesn't mean I don't exist")

Good evening.

[WARP!]

LeiraHoward · Post by **LeiraHoward** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:25 pm

The JAM wrote: Now, can anyone, without looking up a search engine or a dictionary or thesaurus, give the meaning of the verb "oscitate"?

Hmm... something about that word just makes me want to yawn...