Joe - CONGRATULATIONS ON POST #100...

I have to start to get ready to go to work.. :cold: God, I don't want to go today..it has been snowing and snowing and snowing...cold, wet, heavy snow....oh well..a gal's gotta do what a gal's gotta do.... :snowflake:

OOPS...on edit..sheesh..I can't even count right...

Sorry Joe..I take it back....

CONGRATULATIONS WINSTON SMITH ON NAILING POST #100...!!!!

I have a very long list of low-life friends, (like me) who for the most-part are Navy retirees. We sorta have too much time on our hands so we try to keep each other laughing, at least until something better happens (like a trip to the fridge for another cold one).

I can't count better than you can't count, Magic...

Seeya tonight on chat, skillet

For the cat lovers in our house. THIS, and THIS will give you a (cat) laugh...

Both are animated with audio.

Good Neighbors...

"Hello, is this the Sheriff's Office?"
"Yes,. What can I do for you?"

"I'm calling to report about my neighbor Virgil Smith. He is hiding marijuana inside his firewood!"
"Thank you very much for the call, sir."

The next day, the Sheriff's Deputies descend on Virgil's house.
They search the shed where the firewood is kept. Using axes, they bust open every piece of wood, but find no marijuana. They sneer at Virgil and leave.

The phone rings at Virgil's house. "Hey, Virgil! This here's
Floyd. Did the Sheriff come?"
"Yeah!"
"Did they chop your firewood?"
"Yep."
"Happy Birthday, buddy!"

(Who says rednecks aren't real bright!)

Well now, 'twould seem ol' Winston snagged another milestone post, eh? Congratulations! But 'twould seem someone blamed the Bosun for it, eh?

Where is everyone? Methinks they must all be playin' in the chat sand box, eh?

Gosh, what a job catching up again on all the posts.
And what do I find?! Even Winston making blonde jokes now.

Checked a few minutes ago and no one in chat. But the first couple of pages o f this March thread were veeeeeery similar to chat. Was not able to do the links... using TeenPie's laptop, still in Tally in the trailer. MrPie is trying to sleep and I have a light on in an attempt to type...

BTW: yep, Teen & Mr were at the big FSU victory over Duke and were thrilled. They did not rush onto the court but Teen had never seen anything like that before and he loved watching it ! MrPie's best friend was in charge of the facility and was not too thrilled with all the bad press the court rush brought about, however.

How did Mardi Gras turn out- did not see much here on this thread and it is so hard to catch up to the whole board. Very strange to not be checking in every day...

Congrat to Doc on the river thingy... and skillet on the Sinatra thingy... and everyone for everything else that I cannot remember (not because it is not important but because I am very tired and my memory is so poor).

Buddy and I will be around this weekend- have computer and Trailerman is doing sporting events.

Oh, and Arlo was here this week and I did not even know it ! So was Garrison Kellior.

Noonan needs to check in after his Arlo experience!

The Arizona Diamond Backs won again tonight...

Guess they gotta win some some ah the time, huh?

Better start than last year's...

'Tis time to start walking home so I can turn in for the night...

I see i forgot to log off here before leaving for a couple of jobs at about 10. Got back a little while ago and if I stay up for another 11 minutes, I'll have been awake for 24 hours.

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

'Twas brisk out there at 0530 when I took the two kids to work. At least we'll get some sun and back up into the low 30s today here in the valley, eh?Ah ha! Another fan of baseball where the players, who ain't makin' obscene amounts of money, are out there playin' their hearts out day after day, eh?

'Course, besides bein' the smallest city in AAA baseball, we've got the braggin' rights to one other thing, eh?

And a couple years ago methinks we showed the AAA world a pretty good time.

At least there was an earlier bird than me here this mornin', eh? Y'all musta ate all the worms 'cause I can't find any.

Well, here's hopin' the weather's good where ever y'all are at! Enjoy the day, be safe, stay well, watch out for gulls over head and remember to play nice!


p.s. Did I just miss somethin' since steerin' clear of the Café threads, or has it really been a while since anyone took at shot at us RA denizens?

Great concert. Loved the new stuff as much as the old. Two hours really flew by. Picked up a poster and a bumper sticker for my classroom. It's funny hearing his voice live after so many years of listening to it through the stereo.

YEA, Sandra for the great blonde joke ! Bet mosta the guys won't even get the full extent of it.

Poopop needs some sleep ! 24 hours awake, even at his tender age, is tough. We missed 'ya at chat, Des, but skillet told us you had important work to do. Did miss the echo effect when someone popped in and out, though.

wunder was hilarious in chat last night- had this clever play on words thing going.
Small but fun group last night.

Glad Noonan also enjoyed Arlo.

Beautiful day here in Tally. Mr is off with best friend taking a serious bike ride. Then he is off to watch others do their thing in track & baseball. Buddy and I are going to have a lazy day. TeenPie is at home alone -

Still looking for the now infamous picture of Condi's posterior from yesterday's NYTimes.... and found the above. Seemed humorous to me, as I read where he has already made a fool of himself in Pakistan by calling it an Arab nation.

Crashed out at 7 and got my first call this morning at about 8:30. I asked the guy if he could hold out till about 11 so i could get a couple more hours of sleep and he said he could. Got another page at a little after 9:30 so I thought hte hell with trying to sleep and went out on the two jobs.

My eyes hurt, my head hursts and I'm feeling mean but am to tired to really give a damn.

Ah, here 'ya go Pop :

That's the problem having your own business- "feast or famine". Busy or bored. All the stuff seems to hit the fan at once. But 'tis better to have the work than not...

Ah, spoken like a true daughter of the South. Only a true Southerner appreciates the utterance of the three sylables Damned YanKee in one breath. It's like a fine wine to the taste as that is to hear.

It took a while...

Top 12 reasons the vice president waited 18 hours to reveal he shot a 78 year-old man in the face.

12. Still looking for the bird at which he had aimed.

11. Hoping war with Iran would break-out and nobody would notice.

10. Didn't want to upstage Condi on "Meet the Press."

9. Sober enough to shoot, not sober enough to place a phone call.

8. With 50 to 80 units of bird shot in his face, it was difficult to know if the victim was Whittington or a terrorist.

7. Waiting for the story to get leaked, then demand an investigation of the so-called "Secret Service."

6. Ironically, Whittington was the designated "let's get our story straight" guy on the trip.

5. "Queer Eye" marathon on Bravo Saturday night.

4. Erasing Whittington's existence prior to the shooting proved more difficult than expected.

3. Incident occurred minutes after post office closed for the weekend.

2. Scope and type of wounds would reveal Cheney's sources and methods and leave him vulnerable to Al Quail-da.

1. He just didn't care.

Benny hill will never be the SAME again. Animated with audio...

I post this picture at the request of Dylan Garcia, who said to say thanks to all in this house who helped him find "his angel," after Katrina, and that he never forgets his friends.

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She's beautiful, eh?

Yep!

It's 4:30 in the morning. Where are the rest of you people? Sleeping?

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

Heat wave here, 'tis almost 20 degrees already! Methinks we might even see the high 30s today, eh?Seein's I didn't even get up 'til 0430, and just got back from droppin' the kids off at work, and 'tis Sunday mornin' and all, methinks I ain't so surprised at the dearth of folks here. Just the same we'll post the question in a form methinks all can identify with.


Tran's oldest is thinkin' 'bout stayin' up here to finish high school. He's finishin' up his junior year and the charter school we got him in to has arranged for him to take a three course semester at Brown under a full scholorship durin' the summer break. He also seems to think he's learnin' more'n better up here than he would back in LA. Methinks there may also be a bit of a love interest involved.

'Tis fine with me, and so it looks like it'll happen. Actually, with the lack of progress in recoverin' from Katrina in that part of LA they're from, 'twouldn't surprise me if all the kids were stayin' with us through next year. Both parents and the dogs'll be goin' back down there soon enough to get their home and lives on track. Looks like they'll buy an RV to travel down and stay in while they over see the rebuildin', eh?

Will probably be gone most of the day whilst Tran and I go look at some RVs. Gonna go places like Hartford, CT and Springfield, MA to see some of 'em. Wish us luck.

Methinks the initial note in this thread was really meant for some here. Check it out!

Here's hopin' the weather's good where ever y'all are at, and that Red Bird, KT and the other RA denizens we ain't heard from in a while check in soon. Enjoy the day, be safe, stay well and remember to play nice!

Beautiful picture, Doc- I want to be there.

Wonderful news about Tran and his kids. I hope that Tran has success in rebuilding- wow, tough road ahead. And it is wonderful that the kids can stay with you and finish school. Especially cool news about Brown- a foot in the door for college ? Good luck with the RV search- check the bluebook on them- (depreciation big time once they are used.)

Pop's clock is still off, huh ?

Thanks for picture of youngster, -P. Wunder did the yoeman's work here at CGCS in the frantic search. If memory serves me, I think he pulled at least one all-nighter searching and posting at every available site on the web. Tomhye and IH were in on it, too. It is nice when all the web sites can pull together and work in unison on important matters.

MrPie and I are trying to decide whether to head home today. Seems FSU had a good day in track and baseball yesterday and he is out of sporting events to see here. And we got a note from TeenPie indicating that he is not managing the homefront with full acumen. Buddy is ready to roll- oops now MrPie says it is too late to start prep to leave. Will check back to see how everyone if faring later... from wherever I am, whenever...

Hi Honey, I'm home.

Actually arrived yesterday but I slept most of the day - too pooped to plop a keystroke. Not sure if it was the cumulative effect of the R&R or the plane trip.

I see we have a new regular contributor.

As Aynuld says, "I'll be back."

Later folks -

WELCOME HOME!

Good morning!

To offer a perspective to all those female and blonde jokes:

MEN

~ They say women talk too much.  If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.  ~Clare Booth Luce

~ If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties?  How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?  ~Linda Ellerbee

~ Can you imagine a world without men?  No crime and lots of happy fat women.  ~Attributed to both Marion Smith and Nicole Hollander

~ Women are never disarmed by compliments; men always are.  ~Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband, 1899

~ You [men] are not our protectors.... If you were, who would there be to protect us from?  ~Mary Edwards Walker

~ Men were made for war.  Without it they wandered greyly about, getting under the feet of the women, who were trying to organize the really important things of life.  ~Alice Thomas Ellis

~ If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.  ~Rita MaeBrown

~ The old theory was "Marry an older man, because they're more mature."  But the new theory is:  "Men don't mature.  Marry a younger one."  ~Rita Rudner

~ Some men have a den in their home, while others just growl all over the house.  ~Author Unknown

~ What's the matter with you guys?  The sight of blonde hair knocks you three rungs down on the evolutionary ladder.  ~From the television show Civil Wars (Pie's revenge!)


~ All men are not slimy warthogs.  Some men are silly giraffes, some woebegone puppies, some insecure frogs.  But if one is not careful, those slimy warthogs can ruin it for all the others.  ~Cynthia Heimel

~ A retired husband is often a wife's full-time job.  ~Ella Harris

~ There are much easier things in life than finding a good man.  Nailing Jell-O to a tree, for instance.  ~Author Unknown

~ All women become like their mothers.  That is their tragedy.  No man does.  That's his.  ~Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895

~Three wise men - are you serious?  ~Author Unknown

Great Amy !!!!!! My favs, of course, are:

~ What's the matter with you guys? The sight of blonde hair knocks you three rungs down on the evolutionary ladder.

~ A retired husband is often a wife's full-time job.



Welcome home, Cardinal ! Sounds like you are so relaxed that you are having trouble getting all wound up again. That's a good thing ! Looking forward to hearing about your adventures.

Welcome home RedBird --You were missed. Looking forward to hearing all about your trip.

skillet

WELCOME HOME!!!!!!!!!

It is a beautiful sunny day in Southern California!

I am wishing you all our blue skies!

KT

Dio Vindice (God Vindicates). The slogan for the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which by the way presented my wife the Winnie Davis (daughter
of Jefferson Davis) Award for exceptional service this weekend.



Children like this are why I'll fight for this country and embrace the
peace movement. I find no argument in this position.

I finished the ground preparation for my vegetable garden (40X40)
this weekend. Tomorrow I'll lime it (for Ph) and next weekend fertilize
it. I'm tired...turning ground with a shovel and tilling it with a
gas/2-cycle oil Troy-Built wore my ancient a*s*s out. I envy Marine
his tractor. There will be corn, tomatos, okra, bell peppers and
squash put in on the 25th...and God willing...and no hurricanes...
fresh veggies in August and September. Funny how a small patch
and a little work can produce so much. I'll turn on some of the
housing project too...as karma is part of an old hippie's making do.
We should labor for the micro as well as politic for the macro.

Welcome back Cardinal...your cousins show up every morning
when it put the sunflower seeds on my driveway. They are beautiful.

Wow, another person planting around here. We have about 1' of snow on the ground, with more coming tonight. It's a nice change from the brown ground and cold wind we've had most of this winter.

Sure has been quiet around here today.

I'll trade fresh tomatos for cheese in August.
Barter is another old hippie standard.

Sure has. Tried to work for awhile earlier today but couldn't hold up so I crashed for the afternoon. Just came back from one job and returned home to get some materials for another I ought to do tonight if the people are home. Stopped in to see what's going on and it appears most everyone is busy with various projects.

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Looks like fearless leader himself is getting into the cow craze.

I got to see of the beauty of the old south today. MrPie, Buddy and I went for a long drive NE and E out of Tally. We were just south of the GA state line most of the time-
MrsIH country. The majestic live oaks with Spanish moss hanging from the limbs.... the Sugar Maples with red leaves still alive with their fire... the bright red clay of the Ga soil was just as brilliant as the Red Rocks out in Sedona, joe. We drove out on Miccosukee Road, an old Indian trail which is now a canopied road still ripe with beauty. This area, in the wee foothills, is just gorgeous.



I wish I had taken the camera. The pictures above I found on the web and they are of the areas
we traveled through... but I could not find a picture of the incredible contrast of the Georgia red clay with the trees overhanging...

arte@oddpeople.dk


I just got scammed by a spam from the above address that I wanted to warn y'all about. It said that I had an e-card waiting at the site. Should have realized that a legit site would have said who the card was from. It turned out to be a site selling soft-tab Viagra. So if any of you are in the market for such, now you know where to go!

Just hope that I didn't pick up any bad bugs there.

Looks like that cow has eyes for 'Dubya.'

You were in temple today...that's how I see it.
Ain't a church anywhere that compares. Thank You Lord.
If it all goes away tomorrow...I thank You for today.

Odd people do sometimes have some real odd (bad) bugs...

I'll be back there with another caption

"

I love a dude who clears brush"




A good cow would know that, wouldn't it???

Good night, all. Gotta head homebefore it gets dark...

Hey Red Bird - It looks pretty pleasant, but from personal experience methinks most places like that have large populations of vicious biting insects that carry deadly tropical diseases. It kinda sorta ruins the peace and quiet atmosphere.

They're pretty resilient, and methinks are lookin' at this as an opportunity to better their lot rather than as a set back. 'Tis doubtful Tran will get back into shrimping, but is lookin' at this as a way to do somethin' else. 'Tis regular college courses he's bein' offered and would really help him make the transition. My youngest daughter, who's just completin' her junior year in HS, has just about completed her freshman college curriculum through this program havin' taken courses at Brown, Providence College and Rhode Island School of Design, eh?All we looked at were used, and saw a couple with real potential at reasonable prices. 'Twas better than we expected, and now he knows how to find his way back to them places so he can go talk in earnest with money in hand.