I see skillet logged in but nary a word ...?

Doc, you are the only person I know glad to get a vacuum cleaner as a gift. More power to 'ya.

Hi All...All of you back east, take care, you are getting some nasty weather.

Marine - I've enjoyed your posts about your new orchard. Reminds me of when I was a kid. My uncle had 1000's of acres of peach, cherry, almond and who knows what else...Also some onion fields and corn...Since there were 47 nieces and nephews to help out, guess who manned the fields and the fruit stand every summer? We loved it though. Although, that peach fuzz gets very itchy after handling peaches all day...Would have to run and jump in the pond clothes and all, just to get the peach fuzz off. Very happy memories. Would eat cherries till my teeth turned red!

Red Bird - How is that vacation planning coming?
Pie - When is the next camping trip?

Pegatha - any more discussions as to the possible "big relocation"?

Heart - ?

Sorry Snuffy - It seemed to was an excellent season though.

Everybody else - So whatcha doing?

skillet

Although 'tis probably a great piece of equipment I didn't like the Rainbow we have 'cause 'tis a pain to set up and heavy, but the Eureka I got's light enough I can easily pick it up to reach high when I'm

I understand from my spy network my Valentine's gift has to do with

Them same sources tell me my birthday might bring me somethin' for

Very, but methinks like all things 'twill pass. I'd hate to live and/or work in Boston though, they take a week or more to dig that place out after a storm, eh?

What's this? Not a word 'bout any fun you've been havin', eh?

Sure, now that I got back to here, I forgot what I was going to say. Can you tell I didn't get a nap, besides the fact that I got #500 after I said I wouldn't?

OH! I know, one more post and I tie Snuff for the lead for the day.

Hi all - I have been out shoveling snow and now my back hurts. Times like these make me wish my son were home - I'm too old for this - he can shovel. My golden retriever went crazy in the snow - rolling all over the place, eating it, diggin it up, frolicing in it. The other two just looked on. Had to get out and start the job because tomorrow I'm going to need an ice pick if I want to move any of it - it will freeze into ice tonight. Got about 10 inches at my house. Outer suburbs received anywhere from 10 - 16 inches. Westchester got 18, and its just now snowing up in Williamstown. Street got plowed - that's somewhat of a help, but really isn't when they push the snow into my driveway and I then have to remove three feet of it. Heavy lifting time.

Yep - they've heard the rumor that you like to cook!


As Doc said, I've been sticking my big toe in a couple of other forums. I was just about to decide that I might be able to hang at TOP, when a mod there allowed a former resident of CGCS to pull a really crappy stunt there. I filed protest, not that it'll do any good.

And, Doc, you know perfectly well which Marie I was referring to.

I haven't gotten Christmas or birthday presents in years. My dog is very, very cheap.

We'll have to see about that. When's your birthday?

Hi !

My husband is speeding up my computer...that worked, but now he has to retrieve eveything that I had saved on my desktop... Last time he fooled with my computer, I lost EVERYTHING.....
he promised me he can transfer all my saved stuff, but he'll have to work on it later...he's doing some more clothes shopping with our son.....
Yikes, I wish I were more computer saavy...I'm trying but it's a slooow process...
Snuffy....sorry about Williams' loss....close games though and there's next year....
Yes, it's great when our children reach the age they can do some serious shoveling like my son did this AM before he went out with my husband....
Be careful you don't do some serious injury to your back...isn't it the pits when the plows pile the snow at the bottom of the driveway.....geez, you would think they would have a big shovel thingy that could scoop it up and throw it in the back of their trucks....how thoughtless....really...
Magic (Skillet) Dating? Good for you....whoever they are, they better treat you well, or else!
Pie.. How's the camper?

In December.

Remind me again, is TOP, Dems08?

My planning is done. Mr. C. just realized we're leaving next week and has now decided that perhaps he needs to go shopping.


nifty emos - do you cook too?


Yes, but apparently he's pretty cheap too.


Interesting you should bring up cyberstalking - I was thinking the same thing. Not sure what you're referring to but I have a couple of people in mind. They crossed the line of decency a very long time ago.

HI Pie

'Twould seem that's another reason our Katrina evacuees that're still here in little Rhody are surprised, eh? Here, as long as they've taken an accredited driver's ed classroom course (offered free through all the local schools and the two main public community colleges), they can get a learners permit on their 16th birthday and take the road test for a provisional license six months later. We got two licensed 16 year olds in our home now, my youngest daughter and Tran's oldest son.

'Course Tran now realizes just how high RI auto insurance rates are too, I already knew. That's why both are now workin', to pay their own auto insurance. 'Tis only 'bout $90 a month now, but if they're ever designated the primary driver of any of our vehicles it goes up even more.You go girl! At least methinks you realize he'll hafta pass muster here amongst our hard hearted denizens, eh?Why's your butt draggin', didn't we get up at exactly the same time even though you're an hour behind us? Did you shovel out five times already today? Maybe 'tis 'cause you use one of them there MACs, eh?

I know! 'Tis the Reminyl that gives me the edge, eh? Now if I could only remember why I take it!Y'all oughta get a plow for that humongous SUV thingee you drive.Tryin' to rehabilitate the bad boyz, eh? Methinks even you can't be liberal enough to think that'd ever work. IMHO opinion they live in an entirely different reality than the rest of the civilized world!How? I mean what'd he do and how well did it work?Immodium AD? A little
Doubt they have any idea what the concept of decency is, eh?

Well, 'twould seem the heavy snow's gone and winds've died down to only 'bout 25mph. Here in the valley they say we got maybe 20" of snow, and will see another 3" to 4" by the mornin' commute. We got drifts coverin' almost 1/3 of our front windows, the bottoms of which're 6' above the ground, eh? Looks like I'll be up early diggin' out again.

Hi, Redbird.

Trailerman keeps interrupting me, so I can't remember all the posts I just read here. Seems he forgot to put distilled water in the marine battery on his new toy. Now, can anyone explain to me why I am 'not allowed' to buy distilled water for myself to drink, but the trailer battery has to have it ? That was just a vent- I really do not want to know....

Glad to see Sandra is busy with the boys. And the first few weeks of the teen driving thing is tense for sure- then you just have to put it out of your mind or you will go nuts. One good rule: no more than one friend in the car for the first couple of months.

Fly cleans and noonan & IH cook... :cupid:

Amy did you get my PM about the history of Bing ? It's in one of Livyjr's threads- Jefff made it.

Snuff- maybe an investment in one of those snow blower things would be wise. Of course, I have no idea whether that incurs the national debt or not- just concerned about you shoveling.

Good luck to skillet.

And I forgot whatever else.... except joe posted some really funny cartoons in the cartoon thread.

Oh, and where is vet ?

Dang! Posted the above after overlooking Pie's comment whihc I qoute below:



Well, now Pie has no choice but to know.

Wow, Des, we are in deep poopop with our Pepsi, huh ?
And here I thought Trailerman denied me distilled water due to it's cost.
Well, it is good to know I am not drinking it after reading that info. Might want to imbibe a bit after seeing the dentist or something like, though...

C- Teen transferred my stuff from my dying old Imac to his "old"/new mini and lost all my stickie notes. He's been home from college many times since, but never has the time to retrieve them. It is very frustrating, isn't it ?

So, Des, when in December ? You know -P will not give up until she knows.

I drink a two liter bottle a day and with the way i eat (like a teenager), that might explain why i feel so wore out and ache all the time.

Look on the bright side, Trailerman apparently wants you around for awhile because if he didn't, he would have given you all the distilled water to drink that you wanted.

Des -- I wouldn't worry too much about distilled water acidity. All the acidity is pretty well mitigated by other food intake and kidneys. Too much may not be too good for your choppers--esp if it is sugared soda.

I know you are a relative youngster, Des, but this is not good. Don'cha remember our discussion in chat about eating properly ? We were all encouraging a couple of the gals to
do right by themselves... little did we know you were being mischievous ! I am bad but I did give up the Pepsi & soft drinks, except for special occasions. (everyday is no longer a 'special occasion')It's the that is my biggest weakness.

Avoiding that day in December ?

edit: Brookie, I think Des was talking about drinking a lot of Pepsi - I think.

True. If pop was a serious hazzard to one's health, one would think they'd have some kind of warning label on the container. Also have never heard of anyone biting the bullet because of drinking an excess amount of pop.

I remember that night at chat but if i was being mischievous on purpose, I didn't clue myself in on it.

No, what i meant was that you were trying to help but were yourself not eating properly. ie, not following your own advice- just like me.

He made me a new user and it's working great, so far.....why it's working, I have absolutely no idea...He didn't know what was wrong, so he tried that....

I never think to try that when my wife complains about the computer running slow. Thanks for reminding me, much less of a headache than reinstalling the OS (not a clean install).

How long will it be before we see cartoons with a theme of 'Shotgun Dickey?'

Hi all. Good to see you again Gunny. Go get 'em Skillet... joe e

I haven't been there in months, too many anti-social types.

Peg, are you shrinking somebody's head again?

WOW....200 trees in one day! Amazing.....guess you'll be doing a lot of this over the next few years while the trees are young....a peach orchard...just great!

Funny, funny toon! Bush and bikes....Cheney and buckshot....they really ought to give up "sporting" activities....
Like your new avatar, Joe....

Good Night !

NEW YORK (AP) The National Weather Service says a snowfall record has been set for New York City, with 26.9 inches measured in Central Park.

Oh, man, I google searched shrunken heads, and the images that came up were far too gross to post.










I tried to find an image of King Kong sliding around on the frozen pond in Manhattan, but this was the best I could do.

Was watching the History Channel tonight and there was a show about Hitler's family. I didn't know that Hitler had a nephew who died in a Soviet POW camp a few months after being captured by the Russians nor did I know that he had another nephew who came to the US, went on public speaking tours denouncing his uncle and voluntereed to join the military to fight Nazi Germany. The nephew who came to the US had three sons who are still alive and are American citizens.

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

Looks like the snowin's over, but them winds are still blowin' and the drifts are mostly gone. Unfortunately them drifts've gone into my driveway, so I got a foot or more of snow to go clear out, again. Seems like I mighta shoveled some of this same snow before.If you've still got the old IMac you can probably have your young one mount the hard drive from it in an external hard drive enclosure and hook it up to what ever computer you want through a USB port. Methinks them HD external enclosures might set you back as much as $20 to $30 though.That's such an easy way out y'all oughta consider it cheatin', eh? Guess the fact it worked is what's important though.

Well here's hopin' the weather's good where ever y'all are at. Enjoy the day, be safe, stay well, take care shovelin' out and remember to play nice!

I do have the old iMac sitting on the floor, awaiting Teen's retrieval of those stickies. And, yep, he has several of those external drive thingys. Someday I will have to take a picture of his duffel bag- it is huge- and full of cables and drives and whatever all it is that one needs to keep computers running. He's a real geek and fixes computers for his friends and many of my friends, too- but "Mom" is always at the bottom of that list. I think maybe -P would call it a control issue.

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Looks like the snowin's over, but them winds are still blowin' and the drifts are mostly gone. Unfortunately them drifts've gone into my driveway, so I got a foot or more of snow to go clear out, again. Seems like I mighta shoveled some of this same snow before.

Kind of discouraging to shovel the same snow again and again, eh ? But it seems you were smart to keep after it and not let it build up too much. I saw some pictures on TV where others were not as smart. Heck of a storm, esp with the winds and surges and all. I am glad it has passed.


BTW- lots of folks are coming up with some very nice pictures around here. I am impressed.

Every snowflake is different and unique. We should not be saying they all look the same because that is racist, sexist and probably a whole range of others 'ists'.

I remember as a kid learning about how each snowflake is unique- I found it fascinating.

interesting story about snowflakes: http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0124/p18s02-hfks.html

A bit of nostalgia for Pie...

Couldn't find a blond....

Psychedelic camper



Still relevent....





Psychedelic Van for around town

I watched it, too...apparently,there was some mental illness in his family (other than himself)....
one of his female kin was euthanized as part of a "cleansing" program, along with many others of course........Hitler and the Nazis were definitely on the lowest rung of the food chain....I didn't catch whether or not his relatives go by the name Hitler...I would assume not....

Aw, thanks, Amy ! Love it !

:valentine:

Sure does bring back some memories....






I wasn't at Woodstock, but I knew several people who did go...interesting times...

Have a good vacation. We have a gazillion repairs to do in the house this month.

Can I borrow Mr Wonderful while you are snorkeling?

Break from work

Productivity plummets

So much for global warming -- 18" in my area yesterday

I remember reading someplace he had a half brother, Alois Hitler, who ran a tavern or bar in Berlin. Seems it was a major embarassment to der Fuhrer.

Yes, that was mentioned on the program.....any "peculiararities" among his family would contradict the idea that he and "his" could be a member of the "ideal Aryan" race....apparently, his father was a cruel disciplinarian....makes me wonder if the harshness of his upbringing drove an already fragile genetic inheritance over the edge.....

Marine...Your trees are thirsty.....






Can't you set up a line of soaker hoses? Or maybe that's what you're going to do....

Enjoy... joe e

If this doesn't cause the laugh button to go off then nothing will


Pocket Taser Stun Gun, a great gift for the wife.
This was submitted by a guy who purchased his lovely
wife a "pocket taser" for their anniversary.

Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol &
PawnShop that sparked my interest. The occasion was
our 22nd anniversary and I was looking for a little
something extra for my wife Toni. What I came across
was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized taser. The
effects of the taser were suppose to be short lived,
with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant,
allowing her adequate time to retreat to safety*WAY
TOO COOL!


Long story short, I bought the device and brought it
home. I loaded two triple-A batteries in the darn
thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was
disappointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed
the button AND pressed it against a metal surface at
the same time; I'd get the blue arch of electricity
darting back and forth between the prongs. Awesome!!!
Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to Toni what
that burn spot is on the face of her microwave.

Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking
to myself that it couldn't be all that bad with only
two triple-A batteries, right?!?

There I sat in my recliner, my cat Gracie looking on
intently (trusting little soul) while I was reading
the directions and thinking that I really needed to
try this thing out on a flesh and blood moving target.
I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie (for a
fraction of a second) and thought better of it. She
is such a sweet cat. But, if I was going to give this
thing to my wife to protect herself against a mugger,
I did want some assurance that it would work as
advertised. Am I wrong?

So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top
with my reading glasses perched delicately on the
bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, taser in
another. The directions said that a one-second burst
would shock and disorient your assailant; a
two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms
and a major loss of bodily control; a three-second
burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on
the ground like a fish out of water. Any burst longer
than three seconds would be wasting the batteries.

All the while I'm looking at this little device
measuring about 5" long, less than ? inch in
circumference; pretty cute really and loaded with two
itsy, bitsy triple-A batteries thinking to myself, "no
possible way!"


What happened next is almost beyond description, but
I'll do my best*

I'm sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her
head cocked to one side as to say, "don't do it
master," reasoning that a one-second burst from such a
tiny little 'ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad. I
decided to give myself a one-second burst just for the
heck of it. I touched the prongs to my naked thigh,
pushed the button, and HOLY MOTHER, WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION!!#*&^#$^#@@

I'm pretty sure Jessie Ventura ran in through the side
door, picked me up in the recliner, then body slammed
us both on the carpet, over and over and over again.
I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal
position, with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet,
both nipples on fire, testicles nowhere to be found,
with my left arm tucked under my body in the oddest
position, and tingling in my legs. The cat was
standing over me making meowing sounds I had never
heard before, licking my face, undoubtedly thinking
to herself, "do it again, do it again!"

Note: If you ever feel compelled to "mug" yourself
with a taser, one note of caution: there is not such
thing as a one-second burst when you zap yourself.
You will not let go of that thing until it is
dislodged from your hand by a violent thrashing about
on the floor. A three-second burst would be
considered conservative.


SON-OF-A-*that hurt like heck!!! A minute or so later
(I can't be sure, as time was a relative thing at
that point), I collected my wits (what little I had
left), sat up and surveyed the landscape. My bent
reading glasses were on the mantel of the fireplace.
How did they get there???? My triceps, right thigh
and both nipples were still twitching. My face felt
like it had been shot up with Novocain, and my bottom
lip weighed 88 lbs.

I'm still looking for my testicles. I'm offering a
significant reward for their safe return.

Still in shock,

Tommy

You know Pie, I have one except I loaned it to my next door neighbor who managed to burn out one of the ball bearings. And it was just a small electric one, not a big humongous one. The people who plowed my street really annoyed me because I wound up with a sizeable mound blocking my driveway and by the time I got to it, it was half ice. Snow melt today is not much because the temperature is below freezing. I'm told we will warm up later in the week - so a lot will melt then.

Some years ago, there were two guys I knew who got into a long running spat. One winter day, while one was at work, the other went to his place and proceeded to plug up the long driveway with as much snow as he could using the plow on his pickup. When the man returned from work and saw that, he figured out right away who must have done the dirty deed and went off to his house and beat him up.

Up here in the boonies, some days there isn't much to do but fill up people's driveways and then get beaten up for it.