HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

I SURE HOPE IT GETS BETTER

Pegatha: Hope your trip is going well. I just got back from Baltimore. If anyone knows how to make a messed up story a really nuttier story it would have to be me! I'm still speaking to you sillly! I'm just speechless and feel like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. I keep clicking my red shoes together, but nothing happens. Where is that "Glenda the Good Witch" anyway? I'm going to hit her over the head with my red shoes and see what happens.

Thanks for the Chanukah wishes everyone! I think the kids will remember this one for a long time. I brought two skateboards back from my trip for them and Mr. Heart could not say a word because I had "company" in tow LOL! Ah....life is so strange.

Luv to everyone!
heart

Good morning everyone!
(or what ever 'tis where ever you is, eh?)

Woke up to a layer of ice 'n' snow coverin' everything. Whatta way to start a day, much less a new year, eh? At least 'twould seem to give the illusion of a virginal beginnin' for the new year.I made it to midnight, lifted an O'Doul's in toastin' the New Year, reset the clocks and went to bed, eh?

Methinks y'all probably forgot to reset your clocks, didn't you?Methinks 'tis hardly an "extravaganza, just a little somethin' different. Hope you ain't disappointed.And to you! Methinks folks'll be very glad you stopped by, eh?

Here's hopin' the weather's good where ever y'all are at. Enjoy the day, be safe, stay well and remember to play nice!

And now here 'tis, eh? Had to do it in seperate parts.


2005 Has sped by


Now, we need to face 2006

There may be risks involved


We may need to face roadblocks


So stay alert


Share time with friends


Jump over obstacles


With care


And caution

Face challenges


Remember to laugh


Cooperate



Discover


Make new friends

Above all...be ready for adventure


Stick together


And you will be able to go far


Very far....


Well, not quite that far....

Always take time to smell the flowers


Don't forget to relax and enjoy


And never forget to love those dearest to you


May God Bless You in 2006!

Very nice extravaganza - baby animals are always adorable or at least I think so.
Why are we setting the clocks back?

Heart - you made it here - Happy New Year to you - Hope we see more of you this year, miss those long dissertations. The Duck is back (although maybe now we'll have to refer to him as The Hammer).

'Twas a leap second supposed to be added at midnight, y'all didn't get the word?

'Twould seem everyone's sleepin' in today, eh? I know Amy was online earlier, but she never dropped by here. Wonder why...

I been up strirrin' a pot or two this mornin', but methinks this place was pretty dead. Hope I didn't make any messes.

Not quite as dead as TOP though, but I wouldn't know 'bout that there "other" other place, eh?

Have a nice day!

Oh yes, the leap second. I did forget all about that. The leap second - a shim of time.

Don't know where everyone is today. Either too much or too little partying last night.

Love the extravaganza, Doc ! Nice work.

heart: good to hear from you. Thanks for stopping by- you hang tough !

Very quiet day around here. Football on the TV for Mr & Teen, of course. And lots of exhaustion just from the end of the season, I guess.

Still no word from skillet- imagine she is beyond exhaustion but do hope the drunks and crazies made it worth her while. And Waldo, whoops, Des must be into football today.

While watching the ball drop in Times Square last night, I had this sense of disconnect... like, wow, I used to get all 'hepped' up like that on New Year's Eve... but no more. Odd.

At any rate, let us all hope that '06 is a good year for All here at the forum.

Hi All! Well, I made it. Power was knocked out from morning till when I left for work yesterday...don't know what time it came back on...Weather making things a mess...mudslides on 50 and 80 and road closures galore. Party goers weren't detered, but it was smaller then the predicted 65,000 in a five block span. I'm sooo tired...worked 4 to 4...got home about 5 this morning and I head back to work at 3...Hey I'm in the middle of a "day-mare"...The C's and D's were most definitely out last night. Do I have stories!!!!But yes the money was good, and I'm not dead yet!!!

I've been really busy today trying to get my hubby to help me clear unnecessary 'stuff" from the basement! He's been willing so no time like the present! Now, it's time to cook dinner....I'll be back later when i can settle and relax for a while...Yes Doc, you were tending to those "simmering pots" for a bit today, ... I'm still keeping my New Years promise to "be cool", "lay low" and stay out of the line of fire...It's the new me! We'll see how long I can abide by my new rules...maybe til after dinner? See ya all later...Btw, how did you adjust your clocks?

Thanks, but methinks I can't really say 'twas all my idea. My brother-in-law in St Pete sent me an e-mail that gave me the idea, I just finessed it a bit and used a few cute pictures, eh?Yeah, here too, eh? With the ice and snow fallin' from the sky 'twas like demolition derby on our roads.

Aimee, Tran and their kids decided to do Providence's First Night festivities, methinks they call it "Bright Night" now. Took the train in rather than drive, smart move! 'Cept for the fireworks methinks most everything was indoors this year, so they didn't have to contend with the bad weather and when they came home this mornin' said they really had a great time, eh? That's great! Hope your financial good luck holds!!!

After you get rested up, maybe in the next couple days or so, you can share some of them good stories, eh? Seems like the rest of us old fogies were stay at homes and ain't got none to share, 'cept maybe the southern belle travelin' the wilds of Vermont, and she'll probably never tell.Oh? You got them customs and traditions too? Does he vacuum and do laundry?

I got to do a few things today the better half found I'd missed the last couple days. Thought white glove inspections was gonna end for me when I left the service, eh?Just tryin' to help keep complacency at bay, eh? You gotta admit, I played nice, even if some of them respondin' didn't. You and Red Bird? Methinks life 'round CGCS's gonna get dull. At exactly midnight we just set 'em back one second. 'Twas pretty simple!

What with all the NFL games today might be this one is just the ticket, eh?

Super Bowl Humor

A man had 50 yard line tickets for the Eagles-Patriots Super Bowl Game in Jacksonville, Florida.

As he sat down, a man approached him and asked him if the seat next to him was available.

"Yes," he said sadly, "the seat is empty".

"This is incredible", exclaimed the man. "Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Super Bowl, the biggest sports event in the world, and not use it ?"

Somberly, the man replied, "Well... the seat actually belongs to me.
I was supposed to come here with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first Super Bowl we have not been together since we got married in 1967."

"Oh I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find someone
else - a friend or relative or even a neighbor to take the seat?"

Shaking his head he replied, "No. They're all at her funeral."

Not bein' a big pro football fan methinks I'm havin' a problem figurin' it all out. Them playoffs is pretty much set, 'cept if Washington loses, which 'twould seem they're tryin' awful hard to do right now, and then Dallas beats the Cleveland - oops, I mean Los Angeles - oops again, I mean St Louis Rams then the Cowboys are in? Guess that means someone's payin' attention to the tube tonight, eh?

Geez, was just tryin' to post this note and found the topic "locked", eh? What happened??? Somebody called a locksmith? Good thing I saved it to a text file as I worked on it!

I got to slow down, I tore up my new tractor this afternoon and don't even know how I did it. I was going around the fence line making sure I had the dirt well disked to serve as a fire break when the right side of the harrow dropped, I stopped, got off, and looked. Somehow I bent the right pickup arm on the three point almost double. It took me about an hour to nurse a lame tractor back to the barn.

What a way to start off a new year.

I really like your New Years Day Kitten Journal! Thanks for taking the time to put it together..
Of course, i always look forward to your daily "Good Morning" announcements...they are missed by us all when you're late with them..
Does my hubby do laundry and vacuuming? Uh, no. But he's a good and decent man in spite of his domestic flaws.. This is how we clean out the basement: he is sitting at his computer, I bring the "items" before him to inspect...he says "Keep or toss", while simultaneously communicating with his computer.....a sight to behold, for sure...that's why it has taken us 12 years to clean out the "stuff"...patience was never one of my virtues...it is now...

I stuck a toe in the political waters tonight....I think I did alright...you did just fine...what a diplomat you have become!

Good morning everyone!
(or what ever 'tis where ever you is, eh?)
Not sure why, maybe I just never got the word, but 'twas a surprise to me that today's a holiday, eh?

Looks like we got a new winter storm comin' in later today, another noreaster. At least 'twould seem we won't get much over a foot of new snow.Coulda been worse. Had you got your wife the cow she wanted, then accidently run over it with the tractor methinks 'twould've been much worse, eh?Oh joy, now I gotta go look at what I wrote, eh? Methinks diplomacy was never my strong suit.

Too bad the Cowboys missed the playoffs.

Here's hopin' the weather's good where ever y'all are at. Enjoy the day, be safe, stay well and remember to play nice!

Have a really really nice day!

Rough first day back at work. Required viewing: Press conference where the Packers announced they were firing Sherman, now the Badgers tearing apart Auburn (so far). Give the kids worksheets to finish for tomorrow as they watch.

I just hope we don't hear from Favre for a while - no news is good news as far as I'm concerned. It was great hearing the stadium chant "1 (or 4) more year(s)" during the 2nd half yesterday.

Hello to all from the old ...

Just wanted to see how you all are doin'. Talk with you later!

joe e

On edit for MS. -P: HI!

Just checking in - this time from Williamstown Mass. I have had one horrendous cold for at least the past 10 days and can't seem to shake it. I don't like colds because I think they make me feel old. Life goes on, as does basketball. Am here for a tournament. Son might even get some pt tonight. We shall see. Hope all goes well for all for the start of 2006. Sorry about the lame tractor. That story got to me. The Snuff

Don't make any suggestions, the way things have been going what's fixing to happen to this fellow will happen to me by the end of this week.

I went out to start up the old tractor since the new one is lame and guess what when I turn the key. NOTHING!

I checked the battery, it was ok, I checked the starter it was ok, and I finally narrowed done to a safety switch which prevents you from engaging the starter unless the clutch pedal is depressed. BINGO. It only took the better part of the afternoon to find it.

I thought farming was working the soil, here recently I've been a full time mechanic.

Knew some folks in the Navy thought a hammer was the most important tool. Methinks they thought that with the right size hammer you could fix anything, eh?

Think your day was bad? Methinks this guy's day is 'bout to really get bad!

Just checking in after a long day of cleaning up after another tenant. Simply put, the gal will never see a dime of her deposit back. Why is it that the younger generation (sadly including my own son), thinks they can just make a mess, leave it for someone else to clean up, and they never care if they have put their work onto someone else ?

Amy: had to giggle about the sorting of the junk/stuff. It sounded all too familiar !

Sorry to hear about more tractor problems, Marine. Hope you get some of that rain that is flooding the west and that fires subside. '06 is not starting out well weather-wise for sure. Upside down and inside out.

Guess the football is not going much better for most folks, huh ? Well, TB won, I think- amazing,
as I am not wild about Chuckie. Dungy built our Super Bowl team and he is still much loved around these parts. Seems to me (talking from little actual knowledge), that the NFL owners are too greedy and impatient these days... kind of a reflection of society ? MrPie has been watching every single game for days and claims that he is now sick of football- HA ! That will be the day.

Noonan- I was wondering how the teachers could stand to be back at school with all the Bowl Games going on- now I know.

Snuff, hope your son has some good games. What a nice treat for you to be able to be there !
Bummer about the cold, though. I hear people around here saying it last for weeks and weeks.
Do hope yours goes away soon.

Wonder if skillet's day-a-thon continues through the week ? She's going to need some good
rest after all the D's & C's.

I have made my New Years resolution:
I am going to try to slip into low gear and . MrPie, too- or so I have ordered. Wonder how long that will last.......

Hi Pegatha! Hope you had a great time in Vermont.....

End of the Year - - - Thank You



I just wanted to thank everyone for taking the time and trouble to send me

"forwards" and "important" news over the past 12 months.



Extra thanks to whoever sent me the one about rat crap in the glue on

envelopes, because I now have to go get a wet towel every time I need

to seal an envelope.



Also, I have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason.



I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove toilet stains. I no

longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper, since the people who make these

products are atheists who refuse to put "Under God" on their cans.



I no longer use Saran wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.



I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I could be

pricked with a needle infected with AIDS.



I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants, even though I smell like a

water buffalo on a hot day.



I no longer go to shopping malls because someone might drug me with a

cologne sample and rob me.



I no longer receive packages from, nor send packages by, UPS or FedEx

since they are actually Al Qaeda in disguise.



I no longer answer the phone, because someone will ask me to dial a

number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica, Uganda,

Singapore and Uzbekistan.



I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant

freaks with no eyes or feathers.



I no longer have any sneakers -- but that will change once I receive my

free replacement pair from Nike.



I no longer have to buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I

now have their recipe.



I no longer worry about my soul because at last count I have 363,214

angels looking out for me.



Thanks to you,



I have learned that God only answers my prayers if I forward an e-mail

to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes.



I no longer have any money because I gave it to a sick girl who is

about to die in the hospital (for the 258th time) but that will change once I

receive the $15,000 that Microsoft and AOL are sending me for

participating in their special email program.



Yes, I want to thank you so much for looking out for me that I will now

return the favor!.



If you don't send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in the

next 7 minutes, a large pigeon with a wicked case of diarrhea will land on

your head at 6:00 p.m. Minneapolis time this very evening. I know this will

occur because it actually happened to a friend of my next door neighbor's

ex-mother-in-law's second husband's cousin's beautician.


[B]


Happy New Year, everybody!

I'm having temperature shock right now. Yesterday, it got down to six degrees in Stowe, today, Auburn set a record for this day, reaching 81 degrees. Weird!

Vermont was incredibly beautiful, prettier than I've ever seen it. We were really lucky with the weather. We went up the gondola yesterday to the top of the slopes of Mt. Mansfield, and I have to admit to feeling like a dork, as one of the few non-skiiers up there. Oh, well.

So glad that Heart stopped by. Baltimore? Hmmmmm.

Redbird and Amy has apparently made resolutions that they will be less fiery in their disputes. Boooooring! And Doc, tactful?

Hope Joe is well and happy. Suspect that Pie will have mixed emotions when Teen Pie goes back to school.

Sorry, Snuff, about your illness. It sucks to be sick like that for so long.

Sorry, too, Top, about your tractor troubles.

Now I have to go back and catch up with the archived RA thread to see what else I've missed.

Nope, I'll never tell what I got up to in the Green Mountains. But I'll give you a hint: it involved New Zealanders, a Brit, and an English pub. And nobody got hurt!



edit: Hi, sweet Amy!

I had a very quiet and peaceful day. No tv, no newspaper, no telephone calls - not even one errant telemarketer. So I said to papabird how about a shrimp dinner tonight. And he brought home farm raised catfish fillets. I'll be very happy to get back to work tomorrow. I need dysfunction in my life and the catfish just didn't do it.

Glad to see you back -P.

Thanks, you guys! Sorry about your boys, Sandra.

RB, what's your prob with catfish? It makes great bait!

Good morning everyone!
(or what ever 'tis where ever you is, eh?)
Greeted by a truly nasty wet, slushy windy day this mornin', and 'twould seem 'twill only get worse, eh? Methinks by the time this one ends tomorrow mornin' we could end up with 16" of winter delight. Then a day of respite, followed by storms early Thursday, then late Friday. Methinks the weather could screw up our fishin' plans again this week. Bummer!Fun to play with too!


BTW




Hope the weather's good where ever y'all are at. Enjoy the day, be safe, stay well and remember to play nice!

Have a nice day!

Good morning all... My family and I had a great (safe and sober) New Year's Eve, followed by a slow-and-easy New Years Day. Had more than enough to eat, and plenty of family fellowship.

Was surfing the web this morning looking for some good fishing places and found this... http://espn.go.com/outdoors/fishing/s/f_ma...Fish_Creek.html

...It is an espn article on the 'Lower Fish Creek' in Utah. The good looking fisherman pictured in it is my son. (Needless to say I was surprised...)

Will drop in from time-to-time to see how you all are doin'.

Have a great new year, and above all be happy!!!

joe e

Humor from the Chief's Mess... joe e

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN GUILTY OF LOOKING AT OTHERS YOUR OWN AGE AND THINKING, "SURELY I CAN'T LOOK THAT OLD?" WELL... YOU'LL LOVE THIS ONE!

I do believe this lady does...
>
> I WAS SITTING IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR MY FIRST APPOINTMENT WITH A NEW DENTIST. I NOTICED HIS DDS DIPLOMA, WHICH BORE HIS FULL NAME.
>
> SUDDENLY, I REMEMBERED A TALL, HANDSOME, DARK-HAIRED BOY WITH THE SAME NAME HAD BEEN IN MY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS SOME 40-ODD YEARS AGO. COULD HE BE THE SAME
> GUY THAT I HAD A SECRET CRUSH ON, WAY BACK THEN??
>
> UPON SEEING HIM, HOWEVER, I QUICKLY DISCARDED ANY SUCH THOUGHT THIS BALDING, GRAY-HAIRED MAN WITH THE DEEPLY LINED FACE WAS WAY TOO OLD TO HAVE BEEN MY CLASSMATE. HMMM, OR COULD HE???
>
> AFTER HE EXAMINED MY TEETH, I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ATTENDED MORGAN PARK HIGH SCHOOL.
>
> "YES. YES, I DID. I'M A MUSTANG," HE GLEAMED WITH PRIDE.
>
> "WHEN DID YOU GRADUATE?" I ASKED.
>
> HE ANSWERED, ! "IN 1959. WHY DO YOU ASK?"
>
> "YOU WERE IN MY CLASS!" I EXCLAIMED.
>
> HE LOOKED AT ME CLOSELY. THEN, THAT UGLY, OLD, WRINKLED PERVERT ASKED, "WHAT DID YOU TEACH?"


A young man was searching for a special present for his wife in a pet store. The clerk showed him a parrot named Chet that he thought would fill the bill. He explained that if you held heat under Chet's feet he would sing Christmas songs. By way of demonstration he lit a match, held it under Chet's right foot and immediately Chet began to sing: Silent Night, Holy Night. He then held a match under the left foot and Chet began to sing: Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells.
The young man was impressed, bought the parrot and took it home to his wife. She too was impressed with Chet's ability but asked what would happen if they held a match between his legs. Not knowing and curious, they tried it. After a few seconds they could see the bird was becoming very uncomfortable. Chet shook himself, opened his beak and out came: Chet's nuts roasting on an open fire...

Hi Guys - Must admit that I have been watching the weather channel in between basketball games. Dodged a major snow event which landed in Connecticut and not in the Berkshires. Was fully expecting to have to dig out my car this morning, but didn't happen. I watched a great game last night, and even my son got some pt - about 7 minutes, and managed to score a basket within his first six seconds in the game. The Freshman guys on this team are quite a group of kids and get along very well. Seems to transcend the usual highschool basketball jock mentality. I suspect their friendships are going to follow them the rest of their lives. I've met some of their parents, and they seem really nice as well. The boys are all planning to room together next year. And spend their off time playing Halo from different rooms around their dorms, or watching Band of Brothers. And they are still "boys" - just on the verge of becoming men. But not there yet. Three of the boys are from California; one from Colorado; one from southern Jersey; my son from DC; and one from New Hampshire. Guess we got the country covered.

Oh somehow I was under the impression they were walleye fillets until I took the first bite. It didn't taste like chicken, it had more of a bullhead flavor. Yuk - some sense of humor.


I see he resembles you Joe - Happy New Year and do stop in from time-to-time.


Somehow that seems to fit . . . everything was just a little too late.

Doc, are you practicing your diplomacy again today? Gunny won't recognize your posts before long.

Skillet - thanks for sending the weather this way. It's supposed to hit us tomorrow or at least the remnants of the storm are.

Master Guns - you still okay down there, looks like some people have lost their homes because of the wildfires. How far away from you are they.

Got this message from Stephen:

A little old lady is walking down the street, dragging two
plastic garbage bags with her, one in each hand. There's a hole
in one of the bags, and every once in a while a $20 bill is
flying out of it onto the pavement.

Noticing this, a policeman stops her...."Ma'am, there are $20
bills falling out of that bag..." "Damn!" says the little old
lady....."I'd better go back and see if I can still find them. Thanks for the
warning!"

"Well, now, not so fast," says the cop.
"How did you get all that money?" " Did you steal it?"

"Oh, no", says the little old lady. "You see, my back yard
backs up to the parking lot of the football stadium.Each time
there's a game, a lot of fans come and pee in the bushes, right into my
flower beds!"
"So, I go and stand behind the bushes with a big hedge
clipper, and each time someone sticks his little thingie
through the bushes, I say: $20 or off it comes!"

"Hey, not a bad idea!" laughs the cop."OK, good luck! By the
way, what's in the other bag?"

"Well", says the little old lady, "not all of them pay up"....

There are still fires springing up all around the area. I don't feel threatened because I keep the bush and high grass cleaned up on my place.

We had to go to town and see my lawyer yesterday(updating my will) and he said a kid was burning trash and burned up 40 acres of the woods on the back of his place. I went to Fort Worth day before yesterday and I passed at least three or four places where fires had charred everything black.

A whole lot of the homes getting burned up could be avoided. If they would just mow back the tall grass from there house and clean up the fire would not get to them. Over on the Farm to Market there is a colony of mobile home dwellers, about a dozen in all, if there was a fire over there I know for sure that two of them would burn to the ground. All but two of them keep there homes neat and clean but two of them have waist deep grass right up to there trailers. I bet if there was a fire they would be perplexed how they burned down and nobody else did.

Good morning everyone!
(or what ever 'tis where ever you is, eh?)
Today's gonna be a boring day! No snow, no icy rain, no high winds, no power outages, temps in the 30s, sun's gonna shine, no extensive honey do list ...boring!That was great!I try, but methinks 'tis not always well received. Judgin' by the remarks Jason made to Desron yesterday methinks I ain't the only one whose efforts at diplomacy ain't taken too well, eh?

Ever wonder what happens to the luggage the airlines lose? They eat it!

HUMOR IN UNIFORM

As a group of soldiers stood in formation at an Army Base, the Drill Sergeant said, "All right! All you idiots fall out."
As the rest of the squad wandered away, one soldier remained at attention.
The Drill Instructor walked over until he was eye-to-eye with him, and then raised a single eyebrow. The soldier smiled and said, "Sure was a lot of 'em, huh, sir?"


MILITARY TIME

On some air bases the Air Force is on one side of the field and civilian aircraft use the other side of the field, with the control tower in the middle. One day the tower received a call from an aircraft asking, "What time is it?"

The tower responded, "Who is calling?"

The aircraft replied, "What difference does it make?"

The tower replied, "It makes a lot of difference. If it is an American Airlines Flight, it is 3 o'clock. If it is Air Force, it is 1500 hours. If it is a Navy aircraft, it is 6 bells. If it is an Army aircraft, the big hand is on the 12 and the little hand is on the 3."


Here's hopin' the weather's good where ever y'all are at. Be safe, stay well and remember to play nice!

Have a nice day!

Okay, today is the 4th of Jan. and it's raining here in Upper Michigan where I live.

Really slow here today, eh?Yeah, we got to enjoy it too, eh? Was a truly delightful event!

Methinks 'tis a good thing you missed it. Otherwise you'd still be diggin' your SUV out. 'Bout the size of an Abrams tank, ain't it?

Your cold any better?Next thing you know your tulips'll get fooled into thinkin' 'tis spring. Y'all know what happens then, eh?

Well, I gotta go get stuff for my Girl Scout meetin' tonight. Oughta be a real joy, 'cause we're handin' out the cookie sale stuff, and can you guess who's our troop's official "Cookie Mom"?

Evening all. Found this and just had to share it with you... joe e

Ole staggered home very late after another evening with his drinking buddy, Swen. He took off his shoes to avoid waking his wife, Lena. He tiptoed quietly toward the stairs leading to their upstairs bedroom, but misjudged the bottom step. As he caught himself by grabbing the banister, his body swung around and he landed heavily on his rump. A whiskey bottle in each back pocket broke and made the landing especially painful. Managing not to yell, Ole sprung up, pulled down his pants, and looked in the hall mirror to see that his butt cheeks were cut and bleeding.
He managed to quietly find a full box of Band-Aids and began putting a Band-Aid as best he could on each place he saw blood. He then hid the now almost empty box and shuffled and stumbled his way to bed. In the morning, Ole woke up with searing pain in his head and butt and Lena staring at him from across the room.

She said, "You were drunk again last night weren't you Ole?"

Ole said, "Why you say such a mean ting?"

"Well," Lena said, "it could be the open front door, it could be the broken glass at the bottom of the stairs, it could be the drops of blood trailing through the house, it could be your bloodshot eyes, but mostly it's all those Band-Aids stuck on the downstairs mirror.

Currently 63 and fair here in Florida, Pop. I have to gloat when I can- the window of opportunity gets smaller each year. BTW, tell Stephen that I said "Hi" back.




I'm worse than Redbird: I live surrounded by water and do not like fish at all.
For me, it's Maine lobster or nothing.

Got this joke from Stephen in the e-mail today:

Sadly, Eugeenie informs me, as he may have others of you, that he'll not be back. Not sure if this decision is final or not, but it sounds as if it is.

He is a smart, smart man, who is passionate in his beliefs and defense of same.

There are certain members here who really get under his skin and have been doing so for a very long time.

you for got one southern democrat BANG BANG

I had thought that maybe a Southern Democrats response would be about the same as the Southern Republicans response.

So sad. I'm still clueless as to what is going on, but work is keeping me busy and the wife is sick - female stuff - and the doctor hasn't figured out what's wrong. Too much to go into in public, but most of the really scary stuff has been dismissed already.

It's too warm here too. We should have over a foot of new snow after the past three days, instead we have less than an inch left from what was on the ground.

Glad that most of the scary stuff has been ruled out, but sorry for her troubles, Noonan.

OPEN LETTER TO ACEBASS:

I've heard a rumor that you and Brendan have had to clean house a bit at PS. Your place will be the better for it, IMNSHO. This is not meant as a gloat, by the way. We've all been fooled by folks.

Take care!

-P

Hope that the doctors figure out what is wrong with your wife and she gets well soon. The good news though is that most of the scary stuff has been determined not to be the cause.

Hope your wife is feeling better,soon...glad to know the serious stuff has been ruled out...
warm here, too...rain,rain, rain and a few snow showers..weird for this time of year...

Are you trying to be sneaky Amy by signing in as Anonymous?