Yes, that is how it went down. My drinking of a two liter bottle of Mountain Dew had nothing to do with me not being able to fall asleep till 6 a.m.!

I slept in until 8:30 - bad Noonan, keeping us all awake until the wee hours of the morning. But that was a great story you told even if it lasted 4 hours. I never realized how exciting the roaring 20's were.

Pie, - the world's first camper. Show this to Buddy.

I'll bet that bottle had double duty (so to speak)!


A lady bought a new Lexus. It cost a bundle. Two days later, she
brought it back, complaining that the radio was not working. "Madam",
said the sales manager, "the audio system in this car is completely
automatic. All you need to do is tell it what you want to listen to,
and you will hear exactly that!" She drives out, somewhat amazed and a
little confused.

She looked at the radio and said "Nelson." The radio responded,
"Ricky or Willie?" Soon, she was speeding down the highway to the
sounds of "On the road again." The lady was astounded. If she wanted
Beethoven, that's what she got. If she wanted Nat King Cole, she got
it.

Suddenly, at a traffic light, her light turned green and she pulled
out. Off to her right, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a small
sports utility vehicle speeding toward her. She swerved and narrowly
missed a terrible collision. ""expletive deleted"", she muttered. And, from the
radio............

"Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States...."

Most excellent Pegetha, most excellent!

Wondered what you were talking about for awhile and now I think I got it. Considering how tiny the opening is on a two liter bottle of pop, I dare say you are slandering a certain part of my body.

Love the first camper, Redbird. Note that it is parked in front of a very nice building, not at a "truck stop." Buddy can't see the computer too well- he has only one eye. Plus he got into some leftover duck and chicken and is under the weather. But, I will show it to MrPie when he wanders in from watching a b-ball game with a friend.

How late did chat go last night ? I quit at around 2:20 eastern.....
I knew Des was in trouble with the Mountain Dew- more caffeine than his usual Pepsi.

Ditto on the joke, -P. A good one for sure.

I left chat between 2:15 and 2:30 CST. Not sure how long the remaining 2 stayed.

And today I feel like this guy (when he hits the floor).

Hi Amy downthere.

Not much longer as i had already lost the ability to type.

What?

Hi Cardinal,
After I left chat my son woke up with a stomach ache...so I got to bed about 3AM...just a bit tired today....the pic of the ancient camper you posted is hilarious....

I hear it's very cold where you are.

So Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006 has been designated "Make fun of the size of Desron's WEE-WEE Day"?

Maybe Doc could put it in a sign?


No, no, I'll stop. This could get out of hand. Sorry.

Sticking to the topic of this thread, unlike some people!, here is news:


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060204/ap_on_en_tv/obit_lewis

Sheryl Crow and Lance Armstrong have split up.

http://people.monstersandcritics.com/artic...l_Crow_split_up

And I, to think



You were cooking.

Ah, is he okay today then?

I'd love to know the story behind the camper, if there is one but the site didn't give me much to work with.


I thought we agreed that we wouldn't have Doc put up signs anymore Pegatha. We'll be in the


Where's Vet - havent' seen him all day.

There he is!

READING that what it said peg you need to hide that bird i don't have that much engery

I can't please anybody! I put him away, people complained = I bring him back, and people complain.

(pouts) Whiney baby alert!

(not really, Vet, I don't have much energy today, either)

He's fine today.....it might have been the cold pizza the coach had for the boys after the game....

The leaping, dancing, high on Meth Penquin has put you in a position of which there is no way to win.

You guys are a riot on this thread!

Sounds like it was a late night around here. I went to bed early last night.

It's drizzly and cold here today. Supposed to snow tonight. A real lazy kinda day. My favorite kind...

Thanks Gabby,
I needed to hear that - much appreciated!

Its been a basketball weekend. We got killed Friday night by Amherst by 28 points. So everyone really had the glums. Michael had 4 minutes of pt at the end of the game. Today Williams rallied and beat Trinity (who had beat Amherst last weekend) by 25 points. So all the Freshman and a couple of sophomores and parents are going out to celebrate the last home game of the season. A little poignant though. Williams has a tradition of introducing the senior players who are graduating and their parents on the court at the beginning of the last home game. The moms are given a corsage of flowers. So its bittersweet for them. And I'm thinking to myself, they didn't even do this in highschool. There may be one more game if Williams gets ranked in the top four of the colleges in their conference. Seems we are tied for 4th going into today's game, but this will change. They have two more conference games next weekend up in Maine. Playoffs begin the following weekend. So don't know if I will be making the trek up one more time before Spring. Kind of hope so. And yes, he had some pt today too. The Snuff from purple cow land.

Thanks Gabby,
I needed to hear that - much appreciated!

Yahoo News Story

Karate Experts Hired to Control Parrots
Thu Feb 2, 10:17 PM ET

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Organizers of a vintage car rally have hired karate experts to protect vehicles from marauding native parrots, a media report said Friday.

Around 40 members of a local karate club have been enlisted to protect around 140 classic cars due to visit an alpine village near Mt. Cook on New Zealand's South Island on Sunday, the New Zealand Press Association reported.

The karate experts will protect the cars from Keas, sharp-beaked native parrots which have been known to damage vehicles in their search for shiny items, NZPA said.

Denis Callesen, manager of the nearby Hermitage Hotel, said bird lovers needn't be concerned that the karate experts would use martial arts moves on the parrots, which are a protected species. Their job would simply be to scare the birds away, he said.

Local wildlife ranger Ray Bellringer said the karate masters were unlikely to deter the Keas.

"They will fly around and laugh," he said.

The best method to prevent Keas from damaging vehicles was to squirt them with water pistols, he added.

thanks, cardinal

Snuff- good news about the win and son playing ! You will appreciate this one: FSU played Duke today on Duke's home court. FSU lost in overtime by one point. MrPie was ecstatic that FSU could even stay in the game with Duke. The big excitement around here today.

Glad SonAmy is feeling better after the cold pizza. Sons. We took TeenPie out to dinner last week; then he got a call from some friends about meeting up for Mexican food. He actually went and ate again ! Then wondered why he got sick in the middle of the night.

Guess we are going to have to set a time limit on chat. All the "hung-over" and tired participants is an indicator that 4-5 hours is waaaay too long. Makes some of us a bit crazy and silly.

Do love the re-engergized flipping penguin- much more cheery than the crying babe.
Flippant beats whiny any day of the week. (Even when vet and I are too tired to fully appreciate it)

Gotta love the little girl that IH posted with the squirt gun. Just look at the mischief in her eyes ! Funny story- truth stranger than fiction.

I wish I had been here for the chat last night. My 5 year old grand daughter spent the night with me. We watched the cartoon network in bed and fell asleep.

KT

Out of hand isn't a bad idea, especially if your in public or at work.

2hr nap and still feel like "poop" (ok) see what a bad influence the girls have, keeps old men up so late i know noone had us tied to the puter

I can tell how tired I am by the number of typoes that make it onto the board.

Sounds great, KT. What better way to spend an evening ?
Your granddaughter will remember the sweet times forever. (Much better cartoons, too)

Pop. Poop. This is the last few hours you can blame it on me, vet, yet you were kind enough not to do so.

Isn't this coming week Cardinal's fault ?

Noonan, I caught your couple of typos. Missed -P's play on words, however, and you caught it.
You can't be all that tired.


BTW- this is the year of the dog.

Hello everyone,
I haven't seen the board so quiet in quite some time. I guess fatigue can be transmitted via computer.

I forgot all about the Chinese New Year last week. I sitting here watching that puppy bouce the ball up and down. Its hyponotic - can't sleep - just put that up on your screen and you'll be nodding off in no time at all.

Hello all..here I am, after you're all in bed nice and snug....hope you all had a wonderful day.

vets - take a nap. Heck..too late, you are probably asleep.

See you all tomorrow...(I promise to be quiet when I shut the door and leave here).

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

Nasty weather, tough trip, but we made it, eh? Methinks Snuffy was right 'bout had it been snow rather than rain the Berkshires'd woulda been a disaster area. Gave serious consideration to turnin' 'round and headin' back when we made a pit stop in Plattsburgh, but stupidly plodded ahead instead. When we got home bleary eyed witha a van full of stuff at 2:00am this mornin' I'd probably muttered a few words y'all won't hear me say here.

Might be the trip woulda been shorter, but some idiot stuck Lake Champlain right square in the way! Since the ferries ain't runnin' this time of the year ya gotta go 'round it!At least y'all can't blame me this time, eh? BTW, who's the designated blamee this week?

Now you know why I stat away from chat, eh? Methinks I'm just not a chatty Patty.Now I'm really glad I was gone the whole day! And that's probably not even off topic, eh?Huh? No more signs? What'd I put in any to get us in trouble so far? Ain't even done anything like this so far, eh? Might be best you wasn't, notice they never mentioned what and/or who they talked 'bout, eh?

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

Added on edit: Who's gonna nail #200? Subtle hint: 'twon't be me!

Something good finally happens in Detroit...

It's Superbowl Day!



From the Bayou Buzz:

While Aaron Neville might not be returning to New Orleans right now due to asthma, his silky voice along with Dr. John’s funk will remind the world that New Orleans has been in the deepest of funks due to a most unfortunate force of nature called Katrina destroying the futures of hundreds of thousands of innocent victims. Also taking the stage from Detroit will be Aretha Franklin.

Earlier this week Neville expressed his frustration for the many social, political and logistic issues besetting the city since the hurricane. It´s still sitting there, waiting for something to happen," he said. "It´s like sitting in limbo. It´ll take them a long time to get anything done."

Still, the NFL is taking its time to pay tribute to New Orleans. Also thanks to Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, the New Orleans Saints will be playing in the Superdome next year.

Despite Neville’s observations, New Orleans is making somewhat of a comeback. Later this month, it will be hosting its famed Mardi Gras. Following that event will be the world famous New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

New Orleans has hosted more Superbowl games than any other city in the league. It is a world class gesture by the National Football League, the City of Detroit and Paul Tagliabue to remind millions that New Orleans is trying to rebuild from one of the worse tragedies in the history of the world.
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Thanks NFL...thanks...

Why is it so quiet and where did everyone go cardinal?

Are we talked out on political issues here or is everyone working on his/her taxes?

Pie, having my grand-daughter spend the night was a delight! We shopped on Saturday with mom, (her great-grandma) and what a treat that was! We have four generations of women here!

Okay you guys, break time is over! Time to get back to your posting now!

KT :valentine:

My sleeping schedule is way out of wack. I was here at 6 a.m. for awhile. Where was everyone else?

SLEEP SCHEDULE OUT OF WACK HERE TOO! What the heck is going on? I think it is the wacky weather happening everywhere! Where I live in So. CA. it is sooo unseasonably sunny, warm and dry that the darned plants got confused. Everything is growing and blooming here. La Nina is to blame. Global warming?
idk......and what is with that crazy rain rain rain in Seattle?

Everyone back inside now......RECESS IS OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

KT

For those of you watching the Super Bowl game tonight.....enjoy.....relax....and, ahead of time I offer my congratualations to those who chose the winning team, and my condoloences to those who didn't....

I was here, it was time to get some juice again.

Super Bowl snack!...It's tasty!!!

MEXICAN (7) LAYER DIP
Printed from COOKS.COM

1 (32 oz.) can refried beans
2-3 avocados
1/4 c. finely chopped onions
Garlic powder (to taste)
1/2 c. mayonnaise
1 c. sour cream
1 pkg. taco seasoning
1 can diced olives
1/2 bunch green onions, chopped
2 diced tomatoes
2 c. shredded Cheddar and Jack cheese

Mash avocados, add yellow onion and garlic powder, salt and pepper (if desired).

Mix mayonnaise, sour cream and taco seasoning.

In a 9 x 13 inch pan spread beans, avocado mixture, sour cream mixture, olives, green onions, tomatoes and sprinkle cheese.

I saw this and thought of you, Noonan....

Amy- be sure to post your dip recipe in Noonan's recipe thread.
Bet you are hosting a party at your house.

KT- too cool to have four generations ! I am envious but ever so happy for you. Enjoy to the fullest.

Doc: As for chat the other night, we talked about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness... ... with endless variations on the theme.

Awesomely cute picture of noonan at computer with kids climbing all around.

Congratulations to Pie for whatever she did here, eh?

Hmmm, is that today? Bummer! There goes tonight's TV schedule, eh?Oh? Okay, if you say so, eh?

When I ducked in to let Peg know her order was ready methinks it looked more like y'all was writin' the script for "The Jerry Springer Show" or somethin', but who'm I to judge?

Might be I was mistaken, but methinks I saw one of our herd stray into aniother thread. Did anyone else notice?

At that early in the morning, I'd probably say that the keys are in the van, the Holiday gas station a mile down the road is open and there is change on the kitchen table. Then I'd give him a lecture on it being high time that he start showing some independence and self reliance. To make it interesting I'd tell him that when i was very young, I had to slap myself on the butt when I was born, change my own diapers and when I wanted milk in my bottle, I had to go to the barn and milk the cow myself.

No party at my house....just me, hubby, son, and dog..... we used to have get togethers when my son was young....big b-day parties with all the parents invited....and a party around Xmas time....outdoor BBQs, etc.... but we just don't have the time or the energy to do that anymore....Our social life revolves around family...visits from grandkids and my son's involvement in soccer which is a huge time committment for us all.....we like it this way...