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Title: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on October 20, 2007, 08:52:55 pm
Can you put diet coke in the microwave and make diet crack?
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Phillip Dampier on October 20, 2007, 09:02:18 pm
Oh boy... one more like that and I take the blog away. ;D
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on October 20, 2007, 09:17:13 pm
Too over the top, I give you free reign to deleat any post you think is too much.
I asked a chemist today and they didn;t know.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Phillip Dampier on October 20, 2007, 09:34:46 pm
Too over the top, I give you free reign to deleat any post you think is too much.
I asked a chemist today and they didn;t know.
:)
Here's a better one... not politically correct, but familiar. This clip brought back memories of a certain women in the parking lot at the Banff Boundary Lodge who felt the need to tell me her life story and her happiness to be free of those nasty mudbugs down south, but she was out of her element up in Alberta too.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on October 20, 2007, 10:58:02 pm
Here's a better one... not politically correct, but familiar. This clip brought back memories of a certain women in the parking lot at the Banff Boundary Lodge who felt the need to tell me her life story and her happiness to be free of those nasty mudbugs down south, but she was out of her element up in Alberta too.
My head is spinning.......
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on October 21, 2007, 11:27:12 am
Here's a better one... not politically correct, but familiar. This clip brought back memories of a certain women in the parking lot at the Banff Boundary Lodge who felt the need to tell me her life story and her happiness to be free of those nasty mudbugs down south, but she was out of her element up in Alberta too.
Is Amy Winehouse the British equivalent of Anna Nicole, or her replacement?
I would say Amy Winehouse is more a British and modern version of Janis Joplin than she is of Anna Nicole Smith. Both talented singers and heroin addicts. The thing is, from what I have read Amy actually enjoys doing drugs. She doesn't seem to see it as a problem. And I believe, Janis didn't either.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on October 23, 2007, 11:55:56 am
I would say Amy Winehouse is more a British and modern version of Janis Joplin than she is of Anna Nicole Smith. Both talented singers and heroin addicts. The thing is, from what I have read Amy actually enjoys doing drugs. She doesn't seem to see it as a problem. And I believe, Janis didn't either.
I think your right Natali, both of them a raving, talented mess.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on October 25, 2007, 12:09:32 pm
Thought for the day:
My neice will be 5 this weekend and has not yet learned to read. I think it would be the perfect opportunity to get rid of this card I have that says "Congradulations on becoming a Citizen of the United States".
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: karen1129 on October 25, 2007, 12:11:17 pm
My neice will be 5 this weekend and has not yet learned to read. I think it would be the perfect opportunity to get rid of this card I have that says "Congradulations on becoming a Citizen of the United States".
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D you are bad ! :laugh:
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on October 26, 2007, 08:48:21 am
Inspite of what the woman at the conveinence store told me, feeding dog food to a cat will not make its fur fall out.
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Post by: CellarDweller on October 26, 2007, 08:53:43 am
give it time................ ;D
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on October 26, 2007, 01:39:06 pm
My cat loves dog food, but it is making him fat...So we have started making him eat cat food. I am sure he has gained over two pounds...Thats a lot on a cat. But his hair is fine.!
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Post by: Ellemeno on October 27, 2007, 03:21:02 am
I've been researching homeschooling. One homeschooling group, with a sense of humor, I guess, was selling T shirts that said "Homeskooled sinse burth."
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: ifyoucantfixit on October 28, 2007, 05:28:42 pm
I love that Clarissa.!!!
very funny
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Post by: Shasta542 on October 28, 2007, 07:46:22 pm
Cat food has something in it that is essential to a cat's digestive system. Dog food lacks that ingredient. I don't know if that's true or not, but I've always heard it. :P Too tired to look it up right now.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: notBastet on October 28, 2007, 08:36:27 pm
Cat food has something in it that is essential to a cat's digestive system. Dog food lacks that ingredient. I don't know if that's true or not, but I've always heard it. :P Too tired to look it up right now.
It's more than one thing Shasta - cats need a diet quite different from a dog - and it's important for their overall survival, not just their digestive system. Cats have to eat meat (true carnivores), dogs do eat meat, but they can actually live without it. Dogs can make certain amino acids that cats can't. Cats need to get them from their diet. It's okay for cats to eat some dog food, as long as it's not the bulk of their diet, just like we can't eat only french fries.
'kay. public service annoucement from resident veterinarian is over with. ;)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on October 28, 2007, 11:44:22 pm
You know, a lot of people can read Braille, but I've never met anyone who could speak it.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: notBastet on October 29, 2007, 12:05:56 am
You know, a lot of people can read Braille, but I've never met anyone who could speak it.
Oh, that made me laugh... thank you.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: ifyoucantfixit on October 29, 2007, 03:16:36 am
We supplement both the dog and the cats food with meat scraps from the house Kelly. We would never let the cat get sick...he is doing very well..He is a three legged foundling. Our dog is a foundling too...So they are both spoiled rotten....just like our kids.... ;D
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Post by: CellarDweller on October 29, 2007, 06:22:58 am
It's more than one thing Shasta - cat's need a diet quite different from a dog - and it's important for their overall survival, not just their digestive system. Cat's have to eat meat (true carnivores), dogs do eat meat, but they can actually live without it. Dogs can make certain amino acids that cats can't. Cat's need to get them from their diet. It's okay for cats to eat some dog food, as long as it's not the bulk of their diet, just like we can't eat only french fries.
'kay. public service annoucement from resident veterinarian is over with. ;)
Are you really a veterinarian or are you just saying that? It's always good to have one with the group in case any of us need advice :) I have never fed my cat dog food. He would probably eat it, but he likes his cat food just fine, especially his Ocean Seafood Cocktail with Sauce and Tuna with Mussels Sheba. He also like Hot Wings and Pizza from Dominos and Pizza Hut or at least he did when he was a kitten. I haven't given him that since then though and then he only got some tiny pieces. Now the other night when I brought in a Supersonic Cheesburger and Onion Rings he went wild thinking they were for him ;) He didn't get any though. He got his cat food instead.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on October 29, 2007, 08:24:14 pm
What did the Shakers invent:
A. The Milkshake
B. The Hand shake
C. DT's
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: opinionista on October 30, 2007, 11:04:42 am
Possum...now there's some good eating Will we have that on our menu at our B&B Truman?
You should at least have squirrel on the menu.
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on October 30, 2007, 12:46:11 pm
Yes Jack: I even went to meet up with the beautiful girl, while she was in Seattle, when she was taking her First set of tests..... And of course she passed...we knew she would... :-*
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: notBastet on October 30, 2007, 02:01:02 pm
(You haven't really eaten guinea pig have you?)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on October 30, 2007, 02:42:21 pm
One day when I am rich, I am going to hire have a cook out and hire and attorney just to flip the hamburgers.
I have an attorney at home who flips the burgers and does all the food. My dad. He loves cooking and always shoos everyone out of the kitchen when it's cooking time. Maybe you could hire him ;D His buffalo wings are delicious!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: notBastet on October 31, 2007, 11:57:24 pm
I have an attorney at home who flips the burgers and does all the food. My dad. He loves cooking and always shoos everyone out of the kitchen when it's cooking time. Maybe you could hire him ;D His buffalo wings are delicious!
That is a sweet thought for me. Natali's Dad flipping burgers for Truman.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Brokeback_Dev on November 01, 2007, 01:11:40 am
It's more than one thing Shasta - cats need a diet quite different from a dog - and it's important for their overall survival, not just their digestive system. Cats have to eat meat (true carnivores), dogs do eat meat, but they can actually live without it. Dogs can make certain amino acids that cats can't. Cats need to get them from their diet. It's okay for cats to eat some dog food, as long as it's not the bulk of their diet, just like we can't eat only french fries.
'kay. public service annoucement from resident veterinarian is over with. ;)
thank you Kelly!!
I was just gonna post the same thing!
You can feed a dog cat food but not the other way...not for long at least..
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 05, 2007, 08:33:52 am
Do redneck vegeterians eat potted plants as opposed to potted meat?
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on November 05, 2007, 09:23:19 am
Remember Rosanne Rosanna-Dana on Saturday Night Live wondering why people were complaining about "violins" and "whirled peas" on tv?
I think you mean Emily Litella: "What's this I hear about President Ford wanting to make Puerto Rico a steak? The next thing you know, they'll want a baked potato!"
Rosanne Rosanna-Danna: "Hey Dr. Joyce Brothers, flick that sweat ball off of your nose. What are you tryin' to do, make me sick?"
"Hey Bo Derek, you got a big hair comin' out of your nose. What are you tryin' to do, make me sick? I want to go up there, pull down two more, braid 'em and stick a bead on the end!"
Anyway, it's all Gilda Radner Goodness. :-*
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on November 07, 2007, 04:18:26 pm
I think you mean Emily Litella: "What's this I hear about President Ford wanting to make Puerto Rico a steak? The next thing you know, they'll want a baked potato!"
Rosanne Rosanna-Danna: "Hey Dr. Joyce Brothers, flick that sweat ball off of your nose. What are you tryin' to do, make me sick?"
"Hey Bo Derek, you got a big hair comin' out of your nose. What are you tryin' to do, make me sick? I want to go up there, pull down two more, braid 'em and stick a bead on the end!"
Anyway, it's all Gilda Radner Goodness. :-*
I loved Roseanne Rosanna-Danna. I used to have a poster of her hanging over the toilet in the bathroom. The poster is still around somewhere. She WAS GREAT!!! And Gilda Radner was always great. Who played Baba WaWa?
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 07, 2007, 04:22:15 pm
That was Gilda too. She did those characters and Lisa Lupner (?sp), and a little girl who played with her dolls, I'm not sure she had a name.
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on November 07, 2007, 04:36:30 pm
Of all those great people to come out of SNL. She was right at the top...Her and John Belushi and Bill Murray.
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Post by: southendmd on November 07, 2007, 04:45:30 pm
I loved Roseanne Rosanna-Danna. I used to have a poster of her hanging over the toilet in the bathroom. The poster is still around somewhere. She WAS GREAT!!! And Gilda Radner was always great. Who played Baba WaWa?
My favorite Baba Wawa was when she interviewed Marwene Dietwich (Madeline Kahn) and they both had the same speech pattern.
Ok Jeff, I'll bite....what is this dang Filene's ????
The Bostonians are better equipped to answer this than me, but basically, as I understand it, Filene's was a famous old Boston department store, and Filene's Basement was kind of like its bargain place.
I think Scott's reference to hiding under the bargain wedding gowns refers to when Filene's put its stock of wedding gowns on sale, and they would open the doors to women looking for wedding gowns in what was known as "the Running of the Brides." ;D
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Lynne on November 09, 2007, 01:42:27 am
I think Scott's reference to hiding under the bargain wedding gowns refers to when Filene's put its stock of wedding gowns on sale, and they would open the doors to women looking for wedding gowns in what was known as "the Running of the Brides." ;D
You got it, Jeff! One wanted to stay far far away from Downtown Crossing on that day! :D
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 09, 2007, 09:04:44 am
A note to those who did not make it to the 21st century:
For those of you that didn't make it:
The continued calling it Twentieth Century Fox. The year after, when it officially began, was called Two Thousand and One. The general consensus is forming to bring back "Twenty", When we hit "Ten".
Oh yeah, the Y2K thing. It was over rated, but a lot went into heading it off. And we are gradually back to using two digits for the year, again.
The world didn't end, But damn it changed. Things happened we never imagined, But should have.
The summers got hotter and longer, The price of gas went out of control, Reagan finally died, But I saw Carol Channing on TV the other night.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 09, 2007, 10:29:55 am
Son...I don't know how often I have to say this...I DON'T DO DRAG!
Tell you what, that's too bad. On my way to the grocery store this evening, I saw a lovely little black velvet number in a shop window that would be just darlin' on you, especially when you give a concert. ...
And black is so slimming. ...
I know that only too well. ... :-\
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Post by: CellarDweller on November 10, 2007, 12:42:57 am
(Just wait'll Scott sees I suggested a black velvet dress for him. Then the merde will hit the fan. ... ;D )
Oh yeah, it sure will!
you better run quick!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 10, 2007, 03:03:42 pm
If you meet someone, and things go well, and you all think maybe you should give it a go and see if you can make something happen, one good question to always ask is: Do you keep a gun under your bed?
Conversely, if you are in the habit of keeping a firearm under your bed, disclosure of such would be a good idea at the earliest possible opportunity before using said bed.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: ifyoucantfixit on November 10, 2007, 08:28:58 pm
Wow what have you been thinking about while you have been at them gutters? that sounds ominous..... :-\
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 10, 2007, 10:46:40 pm
If you meet someone, and things go well, and you all think maybe you should give it a go and see if you can make something happen, one good question to always ask is: Do you keep a gun under your bed?
Conversely, if you are in the habit of keeping a firearm under your bed, disclosure of such would be a good idea at the earliest possible opportunity before using said bed.
Are we talking a handgun here, or a rifle? ;D
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 11, 2007, 09:08:01 am
Karen, we have had this discussion before, and they HEARD you in Oakland.
Did not ! ::)
**snort**
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on November 11, 2007, 10:54:09 pm
only thing under my bed is shoes and dust bunnies.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: ifyoucantfixit on November 11, 2007, 11:03:31 pm
I love dust bunnies...They taste good cooked with root vegetables and brown rice.....yummm
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 12, 2007, 09:32:27 am
This morning I am thinking of one of my favorite movies: Woody Allen's Purple Rose of Cairo, a wonderfultale of possibility and the way people react to it:
Thank you, Artiste, that makes me smile. ;D I guess I did something right today.
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Post by: BelAir on November 12, 2007, 11:42:14 pm
is there a forum-wide 'thought for the day' thread somewhere? maybe there should be one.
well, dying to type my own thought of the day, but not yet ready to have a 'blog of my own'....
hope you don't mind...
"There are no burdens we must bear alone."
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: ifyoucantfixit on November 13, 2007, 12:00:03 am
No BelAir there is no Thought for the Day thread or forum..Maybe you could start one..but i doubt the mr Shakes would mind you putting one here...it doesnt say my thought for the day...
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Post by: Lynne on November 13, 2007, 01:42:35 am
If you meet someone, and things go well, and you all think maybe you should give it a go and see if you can make something happen, one good question to always ask is: Do you keep a gun under your bed?
Conversely, if you are in the habit of keeping a firearm under your bed, disclosure of such would be a good idea at the earliest possible opportunity before using said bed.
Shit. :-\ :-X
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 13, 2007, 08:56:24 am
Lynne, you so funny, and my mind is so funny too, I can almost hear you say that with a Boston accent! ;)
BelAir, welcome, make yourself at home, feel free to post anything you like here and if you want to start your own thread, it is easy to do!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 13, 2007, 09:00:01 am
My thought for today is with some hesitancy, but I will move forward with it, I being only a vessel.
Last night I was watching an episode of Torchwood. I really like Torchwood and its strange immortal gay character whose name I have yet to learn. Last night one of the characters fell for a woman from 1953, and they admitted their love for one another and after he fell asleap she looked at him and said something like:
"Funny thing about love, you are always at its mercy."
Well, it ramped it up a notch for me. :-\
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on November 13, 2007, 09:30:42 am
"Funny thing about love, you are always at its mercy."
The closest we can come to divinity, in my opinion, is to be able to say that we love another human being, without reservation, and without expectation of love being a gift that is returned to us. I know you have great difficulty with the concept of "expectation", but in my heart, I know that the dark side of love loses all of it's hurting power when we can allow ourselves to love, and to lose, and to be hurt, yet still not begrudge the gift of love we have made to another human being. That certainly does not mean that anyone should keep a person in their lives that is an impediment to our continuing down our own path of growth and learning. We can love those people, but leave them. If we do leave them behind, and have done our best to love them as we are able, then we come closer to the divine. That isn't placing expectations on them. It's just a keen sense of what our souls need to flourish.
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Post by: CellarDweller on November 13, 2007, 10:26:42 am
Just wait till you have a lover die on you. ... :-\ For your sake, Friend, I sure hope that never happens.
I'm sure it will.
Unless there is a tragedy where both die at once, with any couple that has made a lifetime commitment, one is left behind to mourn when the other goes on to continue the next part of their journey. So no matter what my future holds, I'll either be the one on my journey, or the one left to mourn.
Why worry about what I have no control over?
When I said you can look as a positive or negative, it was more along the lines of hating the feelings, reactions, or experiences that come along with being love, or reveling in it.
When I was in love, I reveled in it, experienced it, and loved it.
When he left me, it hurt like hell, I won't lie about that. But I made it through, rebounded, and found out how strong I truly am.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 13, 2007, 02:43:04 pm
My thought for today is with some hesitancy, but I will move forward with it, I being only a vessel.
Last night I was watching an episode of Torchwood. I really like Torchwood and its strange immortal gay character whose name I have yet to learn. Last night one of the characters fell for a woman from 1953, and they admitted their love for one another and after he fell asleap she looked at him and said something like:
"Funny thing about love, you are always at its mercy."
Well, it ramped it up a notch for me. :-\
John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness *shivers*
sexy lead man and a good show!!!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 13, 2007, 03:34:10 pm
He certainly is. Yowzer! :o
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Post by: Artiste on November 13, 2007, 05:20:32 pm
Mother is back from along trip down south. Her and I just watched two great daily soaps on a French TV. In one, there is a subject; women are different from men: you as a man, do not only have to prove that you love them, but also have to show it!
What do you think?
Hugs!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 13, 2007, 05:55:50 pm
Mother is back from along trip down south. Her and I just watched two great daily soaps on a French TV. In one, there is a subject; women are different from men: you as a man, do not only have to prove that you love them, but also have to show it!
What do you think?
Hugs!
Friend, just show me some love, it is all the proof I need. ;D
Hugs!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 13, 2007, 07:34:02 pm
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Artiste on November 13, 2007, 07:52:13 pm
Thanks Shakestheground! You are right!
Love comes in different ways, wondrous ones!! Let it be shown... often!
Just saw an hour ago Falling Star likely was its title, of the series on TV called Touched By An Angel, in which the child had Tourrette's syndrom, unfortunately! His father killed a young man and therefore blames badly his son's ways with that maladie, and only realises that he has trouble like his own dad had: that of bad control and blaming!! But the son with Tourrettes blames unfortunately himself now too since his dad had yelled in rage bad words at him for being so sick !! Finally, the two, the grand-son and father meet Christmas day in prison, and that is a scene for many tears, believe me!!
Anyone saw that? It reminds me somehow of the BM movie!! To you too??
Hugs!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 13, 2007, 10:20:51 pm
I had Touretts right bad when I was a kid. The other kids called me Dr. Blinky because I was always blinking my eyes, forcefully enough they stayed red. That was followed by throat clearing and noise making. Thankfully I never sucumbed to yelling profanity. It is a weird thing. Today I mostly grit my terth and run my tongue along my incisors. It drives me nuts sometimes and I slow down and relax.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 13, 2007, 10:50:21 pm
In syncronized swimming, if one drowns, do they all drown?
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Artiste on November 13, 2007, 10:57:14 pm
Thanks shakestheground!
Maybe all or many humans have some form of Tourettes? Any causes found??
I wonder if we do when we get older?
May I ask? Are there many answers... in order to help?
Hugs!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on November 13, 2007, 11:11:19 pm
John Barrowman, actor-singer. Here is a link to his website, where there are pics of he and his partner, Scott Gill, and some of the people who attended. John is the one in the kilt.
Well, mariconera, is not what you think it is. That's 'maricón'. Mariconera, at least in Puerto Rico and Spain, refers to a type of purse. Something like this:
It could mean a effeminate gay man in other Spanish speaking countries but not in Puerto Rico or Spain, that I know of.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 15, 2007, 09:24:19 am
Cool, Chuck said a Hispanic woman in the NYC area called his bag a mariconera, he calls it a Fag Bag and I was picturing a fanny pouch. Maybe he will model it for us.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: opinionista on November 15, 2007, 09:41:25 am
Cool, Chuck said a Hispanic woman in the NYC area called his bag a mariconera, he calls it a Fag Bag and I was picturing a fanny pouch. Maybe he will model it for us.
Fag bag? LOL
BTW, besos y abrazos para ti también! :-*
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on November 15, 2007, 09:42:54 am
Cool, Chuck said a Hispanic woman in the NYC area called his bag a mariconera, he calls it a Fag Bag and I was picturing a fanny pouch. Maybe he will model it for us.
That's exactly it. lmao! I have a fanny pouch, but hate that term....so as a joke, I've always called it my "fag bag". Well, I told the Spanish speaking women that, and they said they also call it "fag bag", but in spanish, which is "Mariconera". To me, that word just sounded so funny, and rolled off the tongue, so that's what I call it now, my mariconera.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 15, 2007, 09:52:40 am
That's exactly it. lmao! I have a fanny pouch, but hate that term....so as a joke, I've always called it my "fag bag". Well, I told the Spanish speaking women that, and they said they also call it "fag bag", but in spanish, which is "Mariconera". To me, that word just sounded so funny, and rolled off the tongue, so that's what I call it now, my mariconera.
Lord Help! Please don't bring that to Floyd! :laugh:
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on November 15, 2007, 11:08:30 am
Hee Hee! I can hear the banjo's now off inthe distance.....
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 15, 2007, 11:12:07 am
I went to this innertubing place on the new rive last summer and they were selling stickers with this guy in a canoe saying "Paddle faster, I hear banjos"
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on November 15, 2007, 11:18:09 am
Hace frio in Fieldale. Madrid=Boston en latitude (o latitude?)?
It is: "en la misma latitud" (I'm not sure what you are asking. The spelling or how to say it?). Anyway, I don't know if Boston and Madrid are in the same latitude. Madrid is at the top of a mountain. The weather here is quite weird. Sometimes it is warm in February and cold in June. And it seldom snows. But today is cold! Over the weekend it was quite warm, but today it is freaking cold.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: ifyoucantfixit on November 15, 2007, 02:02:36 pm
Ahh there you are. I wondered where you were. I read your letter to Rich, and his in response. So much love and schmoopyness around today...Makes me want to just cuddly by the fire, and take a nap. Dang trash trucks...woke me up.... >:( Mabe a nap later... :-\
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 15, 2007, 02:58:09 pm
It is: "en la misma latitud" (I'm not sure what you are asking. The spelling or how to say it?). Anyway, I don't know if Boston and Madrid are in the same latitude. Madrid is at the top of a mountain. The weather here is quite weird. Sometimes it is warm in February and cold in June. And it seldom snows. But today is cold! Over the weekend it was quite warm, but today it is freaking cold.
Well I went into the living room and got my cowboy carona off the globe and checked, Midrid is about where NYC/Boston would be in the US. I think the weather here can be as unpredictable. Yesterday it was warm and sunny and today cold and wet. Mi gata was screaming to come inside when I came home for lunch.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 15, 2007, 02:59:58 pm
Ahh there you are. I wondered where you were. I read your letter to Rich, and his in response. So much love and schmoopyness around today...Makes me want to just cuddly by the fire, and take a nap. Dang trash trucks...woke me up.... >:( Mabe a nap later... :-\
Yeah, maybe it is overkill, but too much is better than not enough don;t you think? Slide over, I'll join you for a nap. I have dump trucks going by my house.
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on November 15, 2007, 03:07:17 pm
Never enough schmoopyness never enough... Lifts the blanket.... :)
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Post by: opinionista on November 15, 2007, 03:31:38 pm
Mi gata was screaming to come inside when I came home for lunch.
¿Tu gata? So, crybaby is a girl?
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 15, 2007, 08:44:44 pm
Have mercy yes. And wild, if I leave the front door open, she sees her reflection in the glass of the storm door, and does this insane sideways gallop toward it, flicking her tail, like se will scare away her reflection, which only grows closer, and she takes off running.
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on November 15, 2007, 09:30:36 pm
Sounds like fun Truman..She is very aware and interested..At least she isnt latching onto you....
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Post by: BelAir on November 15, 2007, 10:55:47 pm
I went to this innertubing place on the new rive last summer and they were selling stickers with this guy in a canoe saying "Paddle faster, I hear banjos"
Have mercy yes. And wild, if I leave the front door open, she sees her reflection in the glass of the storm door, and does this insane sideways gallop toward it, flicking her tail, like se will scare away her reflection, which only grows closer, and she takes off running.
I had a crazy dog once. My mother's apartment in Puerto Rico has a large corridor, with a glass wall in one of the ends. So that dog which we called Whiskey because of his color, would run fast, then slide all the way through corridor, until he hit the glass wall. He'd do it over and over again. It was a strong glass wall so there was no way he would break it, but my mother grew worried anyway, and gave Whiskey to my uncle who had a house with a yard for the dog to run free. At least he was close by and we could visit him anytime. Whiskey died a few years ago :-\ He was always a crazy dog.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 16, 2007, 09:09:49 am
Todays thought:
Nostalgia don't take as long as it used to.
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Post by: CellarDweller on November 16, 2007, 09:41:31 am
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 16, 2007, 02:02:57 pm
I see them kelly green counter tops in a house and think: That is so 90s.
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Post by: jstephens9 on November 16, 2007, 03:54:32 pm
And do you remember when the 90s seemed like yesterday and here it is almost 2008. The year 2000 seemed so far and distant and all these things were going to happen. Wow, time flies by very, very quickly. I guess that is something to think about during Thanksgiving and that is to appreciate and cherish whatever you do have now. Who knows what you might have tomorrow.
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on November 16, 2007, 07:47:16 pm
I have just give up on retro. I just seem to get them in twenties now days....That is so scary...does that mean we are going downhill, and according to the theory of relativity,,,the time warp is puling us and time faster over the fabric of time...?
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 16, 2007, 08:18:59 pm
Something is moving faster, and it ain;t me. ;D
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Post by: CellarDweller on November 16, 2007, 08:24:12 pm
And do you remember when the 90s seemed like yesterday and here it is almost 2008. The year 2000 seemed so far and distant and all these things were going to happen. Wow, time flies by very, very quickly. I guess that is something to think about during Thanksgiving and that is to appreciate and cherish whatever you do have now. Who knows what you might have tomorrow.
Lord I know! This quote sums it up for me "The days drag on but the years fly by!" Sometimes getting through the day can be a chore then the next thing you know, it's the new year!
"I'm gonna live my life............like every days' the last,without a simple goodbye it all goes by so fast"
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on November 16, 2007, 11:47:01 pm
Well what no one is talking about during this election year...The inflation that is eating up our incomes.. Naturally it is going down...It happened just the same during the Viet Nam war...printing of funny money, makes the real money worthless. For instance if you get 1000 dollars a week, and your neighbor gets the same. But he has a machine in the basement that copies his 1000 then he has twice as much money as you.. So your paycheck is worth only half as much as his. even though you both earn the same amount. That is what the government is doing to us.. Follow that with the fact that commodities are increasing in price for whatever reason...Then you have the money you earn, only able to purchase 1/3 of what it did before this whole thing started...
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Post by: CellarDweller on November 17, 2007, 12:03:24 am
and now that you're gone, I can't cry hard enough, no I can't cry hard enough, for you to hear me now....
There it goes up in the sky there it goes beyond the clouds for no reason why and I can't cry hard enough No, I can't cry hard enoug for you to hear me now.
God, I love that song!!
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 17, 2007, 12:15:26 am
My, aren't we all in a melancholy mood this evening.
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Post by: loneleeb3 on November 17, 2007, 12:16:34 am
There it goes up in the sky there it goes beyond the clouds for no reason why and I can't cry hard enough No, I can't cry hard enoug for you to hear me now.
God, I love that song!!
and what version do you know? The one I know is by Victoria Williams.
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Post by: loneleeb3 on November 17, 2007, 12:39:55 am
...Wow, time flies by very, very quickly. I guess that is something to think about during Thanksgiving and that is to appreciate and cherish whatever you do have now. Who knows what you might have tomorrow.
A very profound thought, Jack....if you don't mind, I'll quote you at Thanksgiving dinner next week, bud.
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Post by: jstephens9 on November 17, 2007, 09:48:32 am
Lord I know! This quote sums it up for me "The days drag on but the years fly by!" Sometimes getting through the day can be a chore then the next thing you know, it's the new year!
"I'm gonna live my life............like every days' the last,without a simple goodbye it all goes by so fast"
I sure do agree with that, it seems that at work the days go by so slow and I just wish for the end of the day and the end of the week. Then suddenly it's the end of a month and it all speeds up and it is time for another year. Sometimes I just want to put the brakes on and say ok we are gonna stop here for awhile, but oh well it doesn't work that way. So, even though it truly is hard to look at each day as the last you have I think it is so important to try, but it sure does seem hard for me to do.
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Post by: jstephens9 on November 17, 2007, 09:54:38 am
A very profound thought, Jack....if you don't mind, I'll quote you at Thanksgiving dinner next week, bud.
Well, thanks Lynne. That makes me feel honored and what a great way to start a Saturday morning :)
And I too love that song "Can't Cry Hard Enough" by the Williams Brothers. Have any of you seen the video someone did of Ennis and Jack where that song is used? Now, that is truly a tearjerker.
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Post by: Front-Ranger on November 17, 2007, 10:29:05 am
Um, a meteorologist is one who studies the weather, not meteors. I'll have to ask our resident meteorologist, EDelMar, this question. He might say, "Ain't never give it no thought" though. But, I'll report back!
I am having trouble keeping up with the thought of the day! I know there's a thought for today in here somewheres!!...
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Post by: loneleeb3 on November 17, 2007, 10:37:26 am
Mornin Cowboy! Hope your feelin better this AM and the sniffles are gone!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 17, 2007, 11:11:46 am
The thought for today, comes from Crosby, Stills and Nash, and a good friend who reminded me of it this week:
If you can't be with the one(s) you love, love the one your with.
Yeah.
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Post by: jstephens9 on November 17, 2007, 11:17:11 am
;D I remember that song. Or like the song that is playing right now "I want to love somebody, somebody like you" by Keith Urban. That's a great song too. It just happened to be on TV.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 17, 2007, 12:50:47 pm
Mornin Cowboy! Hope your feelin better this AM and the sniffles are gone!
Mornin', good lookin'.
Tell you what, I wish I had the sniffles. I'd probably feel better. Instead my head is just stuffed up. Feels like I need a load of black powder to open it. :-\ ;D
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Post by: Shasta542 on November 17, 2007, 12:55:13 pm
Tell you what, I wish I had the sniffles. I'd probably feel better. Instead my head is just stuffed up. Feels like I need a load of black powder to open it. :-\ ;D
I'm in the boat with ya, Jeff. Dang, my head feels near ta bustin'!! Miserable, ain't it? I've taken all kinds of OTC stuff and it hasn't helped. Usually Alka-Seltzer does, but not this time. May we both get relief soon!
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Post by: loneleeb3 on November 17, 2007, 12:57:50 pm
Tell you what, I wish I had the sniffles. I'd probably feel better. Instead my head is just stuffed up. Feels like I need a load of black powder to open it. :-\ ;D
Try Mucinex! That stuff works wonders!
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 17, 2007, 01:11:51 pm
I'm in the boat with ya, Jeff. Dang, my head feels near ta bustin'!! Miserable, ain't it? I've taken all kinds of OTC stuff and it hasn't helped. Usually Alka-Seltzer does, but not this time. May we both get relief soon!
Amen, sister!
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Post by: Shasta542 on November 17, 2007, 03:53:07 pm
Well, Lee, I went to get the Mucinex at the drugstore, (see how ya'll influence me?) but the only kind they had said for chest congestion -- I have head congestion, so the pharmacist suggested a sudafed like pill that I had to get from behind the counter and sign for because, as the pharmacist put it, "It's the kind the meth-heads use and we have to keep track of anyone who buys it." :P (We have our fair share of meth users around these parts -- it's the redneck crack, ya know.) Anyway, Jeff, I'll let you know if it works. I'm skeptical. I think we'll probably just have to ride it out! :-\
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Post by: jstephens9 on November 17, 2007, 03:57:33 pm
That Sudafed type stuff makes me feel like I am in another world for some reason. Guess I better not do meth ;D Anyway, I hope it makes you feel better. Give some to Jeff too :)
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Post by: McNell on November 17, 2007, 04:09:50 pm
Hi ya'll...a newbie over here... ;D
Speaking of drugs....for colds that is..I tried that Walgreens brand for Sudafed...yuck,didn't do squat...felt like a fish looking thru a bowl. Just drank lots of green tea and some hot toddie's...awesome...that worked. Cold almost gone now ::)
AG
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Post by: CellarDweller on November 17, 2007, 04:12:27 pm
Is it cold, or allergy?
If it's allergies, Chlor Trimeton works for me.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 17, 2007, 05:57:45 pm
The pharmacist suggested a sudafed like pill that I had to get from behind the counter and sign for because, as the pharmacist put it, "It's the kind the meth-heads use and we have to keep track of anyone who buys it." :P ... Anyway, Jeff, I'll let you know if it works. I'm skeptical. I think we'll probably just have to ride it out! :-\
Whatever the drugstore was, that was almost certainly a generic brand of Sudafed, that is, the same drug, just not the brand name. That's what I generally use for a sinus headache. One or two doses usually opens me up, but I'm wary of taking it for a cold--I mean several times a day--because it might "hop me up" and keep me from sleeping. It is, after all, "pseudo-ephedrine," and ephedrine is the same thing as adrenaline. I've been taking a dose of it in the mornings, and for the rest of the day, I've just been toughing it out. :-\
No, this is definitely a cold. In me it started, as a cold usually does in me, with a sore throat on Wednesday. The throat was sore for about 24 hours, now I have the nasal symptoms. It's all depressingly familiar. :-\
A lot of people have colds around here right now. My houseguest last weekend was recovering from a cold, and I was in crowds of people for the events surrounding the Mr. Philadelphia Leather contest, so the only wonder is that it took until Wednesday for me to get sick. :-\
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Post by: Shasta542 on November 17, 2007, 06:34:00 pm
Whatever the drugstore was, that was almost certainly a generic brand of Sudafed, that is, the same drug, just not the brand name. That's what I generally use for a sinus headache. One or two doses usually opens me up, but I'm wary of taking it for a cold--I mean several times a day--because it might "hop me up" and keep me from sleeping. It is, after all, "pseudo-ephedrine," and ephedrine is the same thing as adrenaline. I've been taking a dose of it in the mornings, and for the rest of the day, I've just been toughing it out. :-\
No, this is definitely a cold. In me it started, as a cold usually does in me, with a sore throat on Wednesday. The throat was sore for about 24 hours, now I have the nasal symptoms. It's all depressingly familiar. :-\
A lot of people have colds around here right now. My houseguest last weekend was recovering from a cold, and I was in crowds of people for the events surrounding the Mr. Philadelphia Leather contest, so the only wonder is that it took until Wednesday for me to get sick. :-\
Yeah -- it was. But the Sudafed was on the shelf. I don't know why the one I got was behind the counter. It cost only $1.97. :P Anyway, my headache feels a little better. Probably just from time passed.
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Post by: CellarDweller on November 17, 2007, 06:37:26 pm
A lot of people have colds around here right now. My houseguest last weekend was recovering from a cold, and I was in crowds of people for the events surrounding the Mr. Philadelphia Leather contest, so the only wonder is that it took until Wednesday for me to get sick. :-\
wow......hoping that you feel better soon!
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Post by: Front-Ranger on November 17, 2007, 06:38:37 pm
What always works for me is...whiskey! (When I'm feeling fine, I never drink the stuff!) In fact, a pediatrician once advised me to give my infant son a teaspoon of whiskey for his bronchitis. "You're kidding," I said. "Aren't you?" She wasn't.
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Post by: Shasta542 on November 17, 2007, 07:12:13 pm
Yee-Haw FrontRanger!! That's my favorite advice so far! :P ;D
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Post by: loneleeb3 on November 17, 2007, 09:54:48 pm
I remember my nannie giving me warm whiskey with melted butter and sugar for a bad cough when I was wee tiny. I'll have to ask my mom about that.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 17, 2007, 10:39:49 pm
Yeah -- it was. But the Sudafed was on the shelf. I don't know why the one I got was behind the counter. It cost only $1.97. :P Anyway, my headache feels a little better. Probably just from time passed.
When the law went into effect that made it more restrictive to get pseudoephedrine, the manufacturer "reformulated" Sudafed, essentially taking out of it the pseudoephedrine, creating a new drug that could still be sold over the counter without making people sign for it, and they still kept the Sudafed name, even though it no longer has pseudoephedrine in it. Go figure. ... ???
Years ago I started reading the labels on over-the-counter medications. I haven't bought brand-name Sudafed, Tylenol (acetaminophen), or Advil (ibuprofen) since.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 17, 2007, 10:46:13 pm
I remember my nannie giving me warm whiskey with melted butter and sugar for a bad cough when I was wee tiny. I'll have to ask my mom about that.
And that is what you call a toddy. :D
When I had a bad cough as kid, my mother had two remedies. First was something she had learned from her grandmother (my great-grandmother): She would give me a couple of spoonsful of brown sugar mixed with butter. Tasted awful good, but my colds and bronchitis were always so bad that it never worked. The next thing she would try would be about a shot of whiskey mixed with warm water and sugar. That usually helped settle a cough so I could get to sleep.
These days, when I have a cough, at bedtime I will take about three "fingers" of port in a juice glass, get into bed, and sip the port slowly. Port is red wine fortified with brandy. It works just as well as Nyquil to settle a cough so you can get to sleep, and it tastes a whole lot better! :D
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Post by: loneleeb3 on November 17, 2007, 10:47:44 pm
Hey Jeff, I hope your feelin better! If not you can always try ya some Jewish penicillin! Matzo ball soup! LOL One of my best friends is Jewish and If I sneeze her bubbie runs to the kitchen and whips up some! LOL I don't know if it helps withthe cold butit sure tastes good! ;D
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 17, 2007, 10:53:53 pm
Hey Jeff, I hope your feelin better! If not you can always try ya some Jewish penicillin! Matzo ball soup! LOL One of my best friends is Jewish and If I sneeze her bubbie runs to the kitchen and whips up some! LOL I don't know if it helps withthe cold butit sure tastes good! ;D
Oh, God, I had matzo ball soup once. It was so greasy it made me sick to my stomach. :P
I'll stick with Campbell's chicken noodle, thank you very much. ;D
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Post by: Front-Ranger on November 17, 2007, 11:05:10 pm
When the law went into effect that made it more restrictive to get pseudoephedrine, the manufacturer "reformulated" Sudafed, essentially taking out of it the pseudoephedrine, creating a new drug that could still be sold over the counter without making people sign for it, and they still kept the Sudafed name, even though it no longer has pseudoephedrine in it. Go figure. ... ???
The REAL ephedrine is in ephedra, a bush that grows in the Rocky Mountains. It's also called Mormon Tea bush. I saw many of these bushes in my recent visit to Chaco canyon in the Four Corners area of northern New Mexico. There was a highly-advertised cold medicine called Ephidac in the ?80s? ?90s? made from ephedra, but it was taken off the market because it could cause heart attacks and all sorts of negative reactions. Pseudoephedrene was then developed, but I think it was also proven to be harmful.
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on November 18, 2007, 12:29:36 am
Speaking of drugs....for colds that is..I tried that Walgreens brand for Sudafed...yuck,didn't do squat...felt like a fish looking thru a bowl. Just drank lots of green tea and some hot toddie's...awesome...that worked. Cold almost gone now ::)
AG
Everyone has a particular favorite brand I think. Some work for one person, others for someone else. I guess thats why there are so many out on the market....
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Post by: jstephens9 on November 18, 2007, 12:48:39 am
I remember my nannie giving me warm whiskey with melted butter and sugar for a bad cough when I was wee tiny. I'll have to ask my mom about that.
Hey that sounds good! Whiskey does do a great job and warmed with melted butter and sugar sounds even better. Can we have that if we don't have a cough... :)
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Post by: jstephens9 on November 18, 2007, 12:52:16 am
Has anybody ever head of the thing where you put a big onion slice with sugar which causes a broth which you then inhale and it clears you out?
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Post by: BelAir on November 18, 2007, 11:55:37 am
Nope.
;D
My treatment of choice for colds is lots of Tylenol and orange juice. But that probably don't help so much with the stuffiness.
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Post by: jstephens9 on November 18, 2007, 01:17:44 pm
I was getting ready to say, what happened to the chicken soup? But I see Jeff already had some of that
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 18, 2007, 01:53:14 pm
The REAL ephedrine is in ephedra, a bush that grows in the Rocky Mountains. It's also called Mormon Tea bush. I saw many of these bushes in my recent visit to Chaco canyon in the Four Corners area of northern New Mexico. There was a highly-advertised cold medicine called Ephidac in the ?80s? ?90s? made from ephedra, but it was taken off the market because it could cause heart attacks and all sorts of negative reactions. Pseudoephedrene was then developed, but I think it was also proven to be harmful.
I think the real problem with pseudoephedrine is that it can be used to cook crystal meth. :P
I wonder if you're thinking of that thing that was in some diet drug that they had to take off the market because it caused heart problems? I can't remember what that was called. ???
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 18, 2007, 01:54:42 pm
Has anybody ever head of the thing where you put a big onion slice with sugar which causes a broth which you then inhale and it clears you out?
No, but I heard that if you're having a baby, if you put a knife under the bed, it cuts the pain in two. ;D
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Post by: jstephens9 on November 18, 2007, 02:02:20 pm
I will remember that Jeff although I am not planning on having a baby anytime soon :D
And by the way I said you inhale the broth when I meant to say you drink the broth. The broth would be quite difficult to inhale and if you were able to I think you would end up more stuffed up and sicker.
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Post by: McNell on November 18, 2007, 04:43:44 pm
Has anybody ever head of the thing where you put a big onion slice with sugar which causes a broth which you then inhale and it clears you out?
Hmmm...I can sure use that today....this cold is "coming out"...yuck...I'll cry like a baby inhaling that big 'ole union ;D
Mod...oh wait...just saw that you're suppose to drink it...okay.. ::)
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Post by: jstephens9 on November 18, 2007, 05:17:21 pm
Yes, please don't inhale the onion. Then you will be in a real mess cause it will get stuck in your nose, but it will make you forget about the cold. Would you believe that when I was a little kid I really did stuff a big piece of onion up my nose? I really did for some reason. I don't remember it, but my parents had to rush me to the doctor to get it out.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 18, 2007, 05:19:38 pm
Yes, please don't inhale the onion. Then you will be in a real mess cause it will get stuck in your nose, but it will make you forget about the cold. Would you believe that when I was a little kid I really did stuff a big piece of onion up my nose? I really did for some reason. I don't remember it, but my parents had to rush me to the doctor to get it out.
I can believe it. Apparently it's quite a common occurrence among small children. Peanuts, popcorn, shit like that.
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on November 18, 2007, 05:25:26 pm
My oldest son, stuck a bean up there...We had to take him to the doctor too. It was a dried bean, which could have sprouted in that environment..Holy cats what kids think to do.
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Post by: jstephens9 on November 18, 2007, 05:31:41 pm
I'm glad that is common since I was thinking I was just weird.......well, that is probably true too ;D Wonder why kids would want to stick something up their nose? Yes a dried bean could sprout there. I bet that was hard to get out. By the way Janice, how is your daughter?
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Post by: BelAir on November 18, 2007, 05:36:02 pm
god knows why, but when I was in 1st grade I stuck a piece of masking tape up my nose ... to impress a boy!!!
(Had I seen him stick something up his nose? I sure don't remember. But I panicked for days that the tape would be permanently lost in my brain... I was too embarrassed to tell anyone what I had done... or they could've reassured me that I wouldn't suffer permanent damage, lol...)
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Post by: injest on November 18, 2007, 05:43:55 pm
you saying you didn't????
;D ;D
I had a great uncle that put a pea in his brothers ear when he was a young boy and his brother was a toddler...the boy died. :(
(my great uncle was scared to tell what he had done til too late.)
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on November 18, 2007, 05:44:27 pm
she is fine other than this dang cold everyone is discussing.. i didnt mention the dream thanks for asking..
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Post by: BelAir on November 18, 2007, 05:45:12 pm
why did a pea in the ear cause the boy to die?
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Post by: injest on November 18, 2007, 06:00:24 pm
well my uncle thought it caused his brother to die...he tried to pry it out himself but couldn't..the boy got an ear infection that got so bad the infection fed over into his brain...so he died from a brain infection according to the doctor.
they were poor and didn't go to the doctor until the boy was too far gone to help.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 18, 2007, 06:35:12 pm
I think the real problem with pseudoephedrine is that it can be used to cook crystal meth. :P
I wonder if you're thinking of that thing that was in some diet drug that they had to take off the market because it caused heart problems? I can't remember what that was called. ???
Was it Fin-Fin?
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Post by: CellarDweller on November 18, 2007, 06:49:58 pm
well my uncle thought it caused his brother to die...he tried to pry it out himself but couldn't..the boy got an ear infection that got so bad the infection fed over into his brain...so he died from a brain infection according to the doctor.
they were poor and didn't go to the doctor until the boy was too far gone to help.
ah, okay.
:(
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Post by: injest on November 18, 2007, 07:07:29 pm
actually that was pretty depressing wasn't it?? Truman you can delete it if you want to...sorry...
:P :P :P
Naw honey, the written word is sacred. You have sanctified both your uncles experences here and I am honored to have it in my blog.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 18, 2007, 07:58:19 pm
Back in 1999 I was working in a furniture factory putting springs in dining room chairs and all the guys on my line were taking some kind of over the counter ephedrine thing and I tried it one time, I was plumb nuts for two days. Went out to a restaurant that night and a kid across the room was running around acting a fool and if he had got in reach I would probably knocked his ass on the floor. Won;t ever do that again.
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Post by: CellarDweller on November 18, 2007, 08:01:31 pm
That's it, that's what I was trying to think of. It was a combination of Phentermine and Ephedra.
Thanks, Chuck! :D
You're welcome, buddy. :-*
I remember that, because a few years ago, I tried that shit. It made me feel like I was in the middle of a panic attack, and after 2 days, I threw the pills out.
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Post by: Shasta542 on November 18, 2007, 08:05:15 pm
Back in 1999 I was working in a furniture factory putting springs in dining room chairs and all the guys on my line were taking some kind of over the counter ephedrine thing and I tried it one time, I was plumb nuts for two days. Went out to a restaurant that night and a kid across the room was running around acting a fool and if he had got in reach I would probably knocked his ass on the floor. Won;t ever do that again.
:laugh: :laugh: That woulda been funny - you could've clotheslined him and acted like it was an accident. I know, I know -- ya can't do that. But MAN sometimes I REALLY, REALLY want to!!
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on November 18, 2007, 08:07:16 pm
The name of that drug that was so strong ,over the counter was Mahuang.It was a chinese herb legal speed.. They have since taken it off the market. But i have heard it is still available in Canada..i took it for strength a few times, when I was playing in tournaments that lasted for 18 hours, and my butt was draggin...I had no idea at the time how bad it was... :( :(
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 18, 2007, 08:12:30 pm
The name of that drug that was so strong over the counter was Mahuang. It was basically legal speed.. They have since taken it off the market. But i have heard it is still available in Canada..i took it for strength a few times, when I was playing in tournaments that lasted for 18 hours, and my butt was draggin...I had no idea at the time how bad it was... :( :(
poker tournaments?
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on November 18, 2007, 08:15:42 pm
Pool tournaments.
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on November 18, 2007, 08:20:07 pm
I played pool tournaments for years until i tore up my leg. Then I played poker until I couldnt sit for those long periods anylonger... dammit... >:( >:(
Being older isnt for sissies, as they say......
By the way,,, where you bin today...you go to church?? Missed you..
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 18, 2007, 08:21:52 pm
I am finding that out. I have deffinatly descided I will pass on Chute Doggin'.
I would love to learn how to play poker. God that sounds so gay. :laugh:
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on November 18, 2007, 08:24:33 pm
Always happy to provide you with amusement, Jeff! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
It doesn't take much. :-\ :laugh:
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 19, 2007, 03:13:51 pm
Hey Janice! :D
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on November 19, 2007, 03:13:51 pm
The thing I dont get...Why is his butt gonna be sore?? When you get your surgery...oh never mind \ Just took me a while......................lordie...
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 19, 2007, 03:16:50 pm
Whaddaya think Lynne, should we spil the beans or let 'em simmer? ;) ;D :) :D :-* 8) ::) ??? :laugh:
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: ifyoucantfixit on November 19, 2007, 03:18:12 pm
Hey what? ???
I started to call you last night with a question I was going over..But I decided it was too late...you had probably gone to bed...So I called Lynne instead..You are probably glad I didnt call you for sure..We talked for a couple of hours....fun as always.... :D
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on November 19, 2007, 03:23:45 pm
Oh by the way Chuckie, how well do you know this RoyandRonnie...person...Evidently she won the bid, for dinner with Jakie. poo.
Do tell! :D
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on November 19, 2007, 03:40:41 pm
Roy&Ronnie is a sweet woman, she was in Colorado with us, and is a mod on DCF.
she gave me a very sweet gift in Estes Park.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: ifyoucantfixit on November 19, 2007, 04:02:59 pm
I remember seeing her there..but and here i am going to be kind of catty...she didnt mix with us Bettermost folks, just the DC people. Most of them did only talk to each other....ok now im ducking...............................under the tables. Please throw only smallish boulders....dont want to break any of Trumans stuff.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 19, 2007, 04:08:32 pm
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Post by: CellarDweller on November 19, 2007, 08:29:08 pm
Nope, two adult men.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 19, 2007, 09:48:10 pm
The other night I was watching Eureka on the SciFi chanel. It was an episode where the whole town turns into asses except of course the cute sherrif and his daughter. Seems there is this plant blooming nearby causing all the fuss.
In on scene this female character, torn between two men, is eating lunch with a counsellor and telling her problems to the woman and the councellor, fed up finally puts down her sandwich and tells her:
"Look, just make a decision, pick one and go for it and live with the consequences."
And I thought damn, how much wisdom have I accumulated from TV shows?
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on November 19, 2007, 10:41:33 pm
I played pool tournaments for years until i tore up my leg. Then I played poker until I couldnt sit for those long periods anylonger... dammit... >:( >:(
Being older isnt for sissies, as they say......
By the way,,, where you bin today...you go to church?? Missed you..
Janice you always surprise me when you tell things you did in the past :) You sound sometimes like you were a real wild one :) Well, I guess you still are ;)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on November 20, 2007, 11:17:24 am
The thing I dont get...Why is his butt gonna be sore?? When you get your surgery...oh never mind \ Just took me a while......................lordie...
Isn't it Truman who is gonna have the sore butt? Or is it Truman having the sex change? I'm confused I thought Lynne was getting the sex change and Truman was having the sore butt ???
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on November 20, 2007, 11:19:55 am
I remember seeing her there..but and here i am going to be kind of catty...she didnt mix with us Bettermost folks, just the DC people. Most of them did only talk to each other....ok now im ducking...............................under the tables. Please throw only smallish boulders....dont want to break any of Trumans stuff.
I was EnnisJack so everybody talked and mixed with me ;D
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 20, 2007, 11:28:28 am
I recognize them new SF rodeo boots of yours. Are they all broken in and comfy?
Yes Paul and Chuck, I made sure I got a toe in. I love these boots, they broke in very easily and I wear them every day. I love pounding the floor with them.
Now Jack, I am very happy with my gender, I have no plans on changing it. ;D
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: ifyoucantfixit on November 20, 2007, 11:41:33 am
Truman you are a living wonder...thank you so much.
the sex change is a joke. Jack the funny part is, i was never wild. I just did different things than most women of my generation..I have always been one to go against the norm, i guess...Never wild though. I had too many responsibiities to be wild.
.
Truman........
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 20, 2007, 12:14:28 pm
Jack the funny part is, i was never wild. I just did different things than most women of my generation..I have always been one to go against the norm, i guess...Never wild though. I had too many responsibiities to be wild.
I don't know. ... Pool shark. ... Poker player. ... Sounds kinda wild to me. ;D :-*
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 20, 2007, 12:24:37 pm
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 20, 2007, 04:41:34 pm
You know that is about the best picture I have ever seen of her, bless her heart. The only first lady more homely than here was eleanor Roosevelt.
Bess Truman shunned the spotlight. As her husband became more involved in politics she was practically paralyzed with fear that the public would find out her father had committed suicide. Even in later years she worked hard to conceal it and it did not come out until after her death.
But naw I couldn't live without my penis I think I will just stay my birth gender.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: loneleeb3 on November 20, 2007, 05:05:49 pm
Me too! Ewwwww! I like things the way they are ;D
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 20, 2007, 05:18:06 pm
Pay no attention to the hype. "Objects in the mirror appear larger than they are." ;D
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Post by: CellarDweller on November 20, 2007, 07:16:50 pm
lol
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Post by: Artiste on November 20, 2007, 07:43:23 pm
I was in Montreal two days ago for a two day exhibition of my paintings I created; I thought that since that building had 500 persons (men and women) of elders, maybe 50 gay men might come to see it?
What do you all think?
Hugs!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 20, 2007, 08:30:25 pm
Well the demographics would indicate so, but say there was another event that might attract those 50, like an exhibition of male nude charcoal drawings.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 21, 2007, 09:26:13 am
Do something good for the world today.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on November 21, 2007, 09:38:02 am
Yes Paul and Chuck, I made sure I got a toe in. I love these boots, they broke in very easily and I wear them every day. I love pounding the floor with them.
Now Jack, I am very happy with my gender, I have no plans on changing it. ;D
I know Truman, I am happy with your gender too ;D
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on November 21, 2007, 12:58:04 pm
I don't know. ... Pool shark. ... Poker player. ... Sounds kinda wild to me. ;D :-*
;D Well, I was thinking the same. I think Janice is holding back on us. Maybe we should say that Janice was and is unconventional and I like that trait in a person ;)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Artiste on November 22, 2007, 12:13:02 pm
Hi all!!
Hey, say did Ennis and Jack play pool??
Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!
Hugs!!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 22, 2007, 06:19:20 pm
Ennis in Jack never plaed pool in the story or movie, but pool figured into the birth of the story, as Proulx saw the unknown man watching a game of pool.
Now, for the thought for the day, from an interview with Amy Winehouse:
Q: "Ms. Winehouse do you consider yourself a sex symbol?"
A: "Only to gay men."
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on November 22, 2007, 08:38:02 pm
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 23, 2007, 08:58:03 am
Hey Chuck, I couldn;t get the first one, can you post the url? I liked the second one, very true, I think as a society we have gotten used to having someone to watch train wreck. Sad really, I saw a youtube vid where she was on this really crude British show and they were making fun of someone and she stood up for them. She also spit her coffee out......she wild.
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Post by: CellarDweller on November 23, 2007, 09:22:46 am
she's a mess, bless her heart!
here's a link to the original.....
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Post by: Brokeback_Dev on November 23, 2007, 10:26:31 am
I so love Amy Winehouse too! I first saw her on a Yahoo Music video unplugged and it was just her singing Rehab with a guitar player.. I wore out that video.. Still love it. I tried to post the link but its not from YouTube. Maybe someone else can post it?
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Post by: CellarDweller on November 23, 2007, 10:55:31 am
*sings*
I got booze on my face......
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 23, 2007, 12:08:55 pm
I think they might be Bobs Big Boy where you are or Kips Coffe House. Different name same restaurant.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Artiste on November 29, 2007, 11:35:09 am
Thanks all studs!!!
Not one of you studs was in my truck to sleep in the cold in my sleeping bag with moi, yes with me, unfortunately! Maybe one day? I did sleep twice in my truck but with one or two blankets, for only a few hours at a time as the frost awakes you! As I find my sleeping bag too cold, but it is OK if to top me. Yes, I did have my longjohns on too!
My trip was 3 days and nice with many good roads, except for my return last might which was dangerous in a snow storm. I am glad that I had my Dodge Ram truck and not an japanese car which could not advance!! I was nearly going twice in the ditch because the road was so slippery! In Southern Ontario, some roads were OK at the begginning of my trip, but one was blocked! And coming back to Northern Ontario, the storm started again!
Be glad to travel with another gay guy, with you? Or you come to create a snowman? (With a jockstrap on?)
Hugs!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on November 29, 2007, 11:06:11 pm
Chuck, I can't believe you've never heard of Shoney's. I love Shoney's too. Like Richard was saying they are called different things in different places so maybe you were at one and didn't know it. Their breakfast buffet is good too!!! And their cheeseburgers!!! And their desserts!!! :)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on November 29, 2007, 11:12:56 pm
Not one of you studs was in my truck to sleep in the cold in my sleeping bag with moi, yes with me, unfortunately! Maybe one day? I did sleep twice in my truck but with one or two blankets, for only a few hours at a time as the frost awakes you! As I find my sleeping bag too cold, but it is OK if to top me. Yes, I did have my longjohns on too!
My trip was 3 days and nice with many good roads, except for my return last might which was dangerous in a snow storm. I am glad that I had my Dodge Ram truck and not an japanese car which could not advance!! I was nearly going twice in the ditch because the road was so slippery! In Southern Ontario, some roads were OK at the begginning of my trip, but one was blocked! And coming back to Northern Ontario, the storm started again!
Be glad to travel with another gay guy, with you? Or you come to create a snowman? (With a jockstrap on?)
Hugs!
Artiste, you are wild! I see you have a problem causing the other, you need an expensive truch to travel in the bad weather, and that keep you from having money for a motel room!
Hugs!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Artiste on November 30, 2007, 10:29:04 am
Thanks Shakestheground!
You say this: Artiste, you are wild! I see you have a problem causing the other, you need an expensive truch to travel in the bad weather, and that keep you from having money for a motel room!
May I reply that I have a good truck even if it is a bit old! Yes, I sleep in it, in the cold. Why? I have no choice! Since my gay lover/chum/pal was murdered in the hospital by a muslim doctor because my pal was gay and not of his religion nor race, I have no place to stay when I go down south, since my pal's house was sold by his brother and sister!! Because the gay suana I stay in is now owned by another but in a different city, it now closes Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays at one in the morning, kicking everyone out before that time even, instead of being opened 24 on 24 hours like it used to do! Would I go to a straight motel and get killed? No!
You want me to explain more?
Welcome...
hugs!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 30, 2007, 11:22:43 am
Dang, Artiste, I am sorry to hear about your lover being murdered.
Maybe Quebec is such a different country than the US, but I never think in terms of gay hotels or straight ones, I just get a room and see what is on TV.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Brokeback_Dev on November 30, 2007, 11:50:18 am
Oh no Artiste. Your lover was murdered? Thats just the worst thing. You will be in my thoughts and prayers dear. I hope you find a place to live soon.. Are there any other Brokies near you in Cananda? Maybe you could get a hot shower and some home cooked food. Oh you poor dear.
{{{{{Artiste}}}}
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Kelda on November 30, 2007, 02:28:49 pm
You say this: Artiste, you are wild! I see you have a problem causing the other, you need an expensive truch to travel in the bad weather, and that keep you from having money for a motel room!
May I reply that I have a good truck even if it is a bit old! Yes, I sleep in it, in the cold. Why? I have no choice! Since my gay lover/chum/pal was murdered in the hospital by a muslim doctor because my pal was gay and not of his religion nor race, I have no place to stay when I go down south, since my pal's house was sold by his brother and sister!! Because the gay suana I stay in is now owned by another but in a different city, it now closes Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays at one in the morning, kicking everyone out before that time even, instead of being opened 24 on 24 hours like it used to do! Would I go to a straight motel and get killed? No!
You want me to explain more?
Welcome...
hugs!
I'm sorry to hear about your partner Artiste, but I thought I should say - that I am a straight person. And I would never think about murdering you! Yes - they are bad people in every religion, in every country, in evry sexual orientation. But not everyone is bad. Why would you think living in a hotel run by 'straights' would kill you? And how do you know every hotel in the area you stay is run by straight people? And straight people that would murder you?
I think staying in a hotel or hostel is far safer than sleeping in your car.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Artiste on November 30, 2007, 03:24:11 pm
Thanks all!!
Yes, I do think that being in a straight hotel would increase strongly my chances of being murdered because I am a gay man! That is likely data!
As for not being able to live anymore in my former lover house, where I was in as I had my own bedroom there for many years, straights do kick you out when your lover dies! There are many cases like that, too much!
Two gay men lived for over 50 years together in their house, but when one died, his relatives kicked out his partner RIGHT AWAY on the street!
Facts are facts.
Any other such real stories?
Hugs!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: loneleeb3 on November 30, 2007, 03:35:08 pm
Chuck, I can't believe you've never heard of Shoney's. I love Shoney's too. Like Richard was saying they are called different things in different places so maybe you were at one and didn't know it. Their breakfast buffet is good too!!! And their cheeseburgers!!! And their desserts!!! :)
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! Hot Fudge Cake!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D I love the Breakfast Bar!! Specially if I had a few the night before!!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 30, 2007, 04:00:06 pm
As for not being able to live anymore in my former lover house, where I was in as I had my own bedroom there for many years, straights do kick you out when your lover dies! There are many cases like that, too much!
Two gay men lived for over 50 years together in their house, but when one died, his relatives kicked out his partner RIGHT AWAY on the street!
Facts are facts.
Any other such real stories?
I know some people that had that happen as well. Sad.
Honey, if you are fat. I hate to think what that makes the rest of us.....covers eyes.........and runs screaming.................................. :P
I didn't say I was fat, I just said I was gettin' there. ... :-\
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 30, 2007, 10:01:18 pm
Jeff, you are skinny. Really. :)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 30, 2007, 10:02:42 pm
Okay, thought for the day: What if the Howells actually owned that island and had a way of getting on and off of it without Gilligan or the rest knowing about it. How else could they have all that stuff?
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 30, 2007, 11:25:43 pm
Okay, thought for the day: What if the Howells actually owned that island and had a way of getting on and off of it without Gilligan or the rest knowing about it. How else could they have all that stuff?
Ginger must have been in on it. How else could she have had all those different evening gowns? ;D
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on December 01, 2007, 12:04:34 am
Dang, Artiste, I am sorry to hear about your lover being murdered.
Maybe Quebec is such a different country than the US, but I never think in terms of gay hotels or straight ones, I just get a room and see what is on TV.
I never think of hotels as being gay or straight either. I don't guess I have ever stayed at a gay hotel. One of my things is staying at a nice hotel. For some reason I have always loved staying at hotels. I never really see anyone else at the hotel. I just go to the room, fix a good drink, watch TV, figure out what I am going to have for dinner, and things like that. Sometimes I might go to the hotel bar and have a drink. I could have moved into the hotel I stayed at in New York City. It was so nice having that wonderful room and being able to go out and walk around the city. When I would get tired of the crowd I would retreat to my room and have this wonderful view of the city. In that case I didn't hardly need TV cause of all I could see from the windows. And now I have reservations at that same hotel from the 20th of the month and checking out on Christmas Day. I'm not sure yet if I will keep those reservations, but I got such a good deal on them a couple of months ago that I had to grab them up. I'm just not sure if my family would be too happy about me taking off then :( even though I would come back on Christmas day :)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 01, 2007, 09:38:49 am
You should go, bring the family back some fancy chocolate and they'll be happy. ;)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: karen1129 on December 01, 2007, 10:33:04 am
I never think of hotels as being gay or straight either. I don't guess I have ever stayed at a gay hotel. One of my things is staying at a nice hotel. For some reason I have always loved staying at hotels. I never really see anyone else at the hotel. I just go to the room, fix a good drink, watch TV, figure out what I am going to have for dinner, and things like that. Sometimes I might go to the hotel bar and have a drink. I could have moved into the hotel I stayed at in New York City. It was so nice having that wonderful room and being able to go out and walk around the city. When I would get tired of the crowd I would retreat to my room and have this wonderful view of the city. In that case I didn't hardly need TV cause of all I could see from the windows. And now I have reservations at that same hotel from the 20th of the month and checking out on Christmas Day. I'm not sure yet if I will keep those reservations, but I got such a good deal on them a couple of months ago that I had to grab them up. I'm just not sure if my family would be too happy about me taking off then :( even though I would come back on Christmas day :)
New York City is great like that Jack. You can wander around the city by yourself, go to a boradway show, then walk back to your room when your tired. Lots of sights to see there. Places within walking distance to eat. Plus, I love to people watch !!!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on December 01, 2007, 01:16:20 pm
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! Hot Fudge Cake!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D I love the Breakfast Bar!! Specially if I had a few the night before!!
I sure do agree with that Richard. The breakfast bar is the place to be if you have had a few the night before. There is still a couple of Shoney's around here, one out near the airport. Oh yeah, the Hot Fudge Cake ;D
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on December 01, 2007, 01:19:00 pm
I've never heard of a Schoney either. Must be a Southern or so eastern phenom....
That logo is what used to be, called Bobs Big Boys in Calif. Back in the day.
It's the same place Janice with a different name. For some reason they called them different things in different places. Do they not have Bobs Big Boy anymore?
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on December 01, 2007, 01:20:33 pm
Okay, thought for the day: What if the Howells actually owned that island and had a way of getting on and off of it without Gilligan or the rest knowing about it. How else could they have all that stuff?
Well they did Truman :) They just didn't tell anyone but Ginger ;)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on December 01, 2007, 01:21:37 pm
New York City is great like that Jack. You can wander around the city by yourself, go to a boradway show, then walk back to your room when your tired. Lots of sights to see there. Places within walking distance to eat. Plus, I love to people watch !!!
Yes it sure is a GREAT city and all you mentioned are the things I love about it!!! Somebody the other day asked me about hotel prices and said guess you stay in New Jersey like everybody else. I said absolutely not. If I am going to NYC I will stay right in the middle of things or I will stay at home. I'm not going to stay in New Jersey. Nothing against NJ, but part of the fun of NYC is being able to wander around the city ;)
And hey Truman, that's an idea, come back with fancy chocolate for all of them and then they can't be mad ;D
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 01, 2007, 02:34:07 pm
And hey Truman, that's an idea, come back with fancy chocolate for all of them and then they can't be mad ;D
....and a hickey on your neck! ;D
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Artiste on December 01, 2007, 03:44:49 pm
Thanks jstephens, and thanks Shakestheground!!
Jstephens you say: Re: Thoughts for the day « Reply #454 on: Yesterday at 11:04:34 PM »
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote from: Shakestheground on Yesterday at 10:22:43 AM Dang, Artiste, I am sorry to hear about your lover being murdered.
Maybe Quebec is such a different country than the US, but I never think in terms of gay hotels or straight ones, I just get a room and see what is on TV.
I never think of hotels as being gay or straight either. I don't guess I have ever stayed at a gay hotel. One of my things is staying at a nice hotel. For some reason I have always loved staying at hotels. I never really see anyone else at the hotel. I just go to the room, fix a good drink, watch TV, figure out what I am going to have for dinner, and things like that. Sometimes I might go to the hotel bar and have a drink. I could have moved into the hotel I stayed at in New York City. It was so nice having that wonderful room and being able to go out and walk around the city. When I would get tired of the crowd I would retreat to my room and have this wonderful view of the city. In that case I didn't hardly need TV cause of all I could see from the windows. And now I have reservations at that same hotel from the 20th of the month and checking out on Christmas Day. I'm not sure yet if I will keep those reservations, but I got such a good deal on them a couple of months ago that I had to grab them up. I'm just not sure if my family would be too happy about me taking off then even though I would come back on Christmas day
[ /i] ...
Guys, I do not know where you get your sex activites, but I assure you for myself that I do not go to straight hotels to get sexual times as I would indeed find that dangerous since straights are mainly there!
So, I did go to gay hotels in San Francisco, as one example! Safer! Besides why waste time with straight men ( as well as their times too)??
Good idea?
Hugs!!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 01, 2007, 03:54:41 pm
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, now I understand.
Yes, stay away from straight guys if you are looking for sex. Good idea.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: opinionista on December 01, 2007, 03:56:21 pm
Yes it sure is a GREAT city and all you mentioned are the things I love about it!!! Somebody the other day asked me about hotel prices and said guess you stay in New Jersey like everybody else. I said absolutely not. If I am going to NYC I will stay right in the middle of things or I will stay at home. I'm not going to stay in New Jersey. Nothing against NJ, but part of the fun of NYC is being able to wander around the city ;)
And hey Truman, that's an idea, come back with fancy chocolate for all of them and then they can't be mad ;D
There's really no need to go over to New Jersey to find an affordable hotel. There are several in Manhattan and they're not bad.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Artiste on December 01, 2007, 04:05:20 pm
Thanks Shakestheground!
You say: Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, now I understand.
Yes, stay away from straight guys if you are looking for sex. Good idea. ...
Shakestheground: You are right. Staying away from straight men is good! For many reasons! Why should I waste my time and health with them! Some are even dangerous, in many ways! I do not break a marriage of a straight man if he is married to a lady or a woman!
Too many married men with women did come to me, in the past! Too many were not happy with their woman, but I did not fool around with them anyway. If a married straight man wants a separation or divorse, that is his choice, not mine! Not only an Ennis nor a Jack get married, even straight men who do not want to get married!!
Looking for sex is wonderful when such a gay man as I, find another gay man! A gay place for that is best! Yes?
Hugs!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: opinionista on December 01, 2007, 04:07:00 pm
I never think of hotels as being gay or straight either. I don't guess I have ever stayed at a gay hotel. One of my things is staying at a nice hotel.
There are gays hotels in Madrid but anyone can stay. They are mostly in the gay zone: Chueca, that it is also one of the nicest places in town. Great restaurants, bars, stores and such. To give you an idea:
There's really no need to go over to New Jersey to find an affordable hotel. There are several in Manhattan and they're not bad.
I would be interested in hearing of some of the hotels you are talking about in Manhattan for future reference.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on December 01, 2007, 11:24:06 pm
Artiste I think we are talking about different things in considering a hotel. I've never gone to a hotel looking for sex so I guess if you were looking for that a gay hotel would work out better. I tend to look for things like nice rooms with good views and a good location. So sex doesn't end up being a consideration :laugh:
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: karen1129 on December 02, 2007, 12:51:37 am
I would be interested in hearing of some of the hotels you are talking about in Manhattan for future reference.
Jack, I have stayed at a couple of different hotels in NYC. The prices aren't bad, depending on when you go. I am going first week of January, and the rates are good then. Also, when I was there over Labor Day, I think I only paid $200 a night at the Park Central. The 3 star hotels are more reasonable. Rooms are fine , but small, but that is to be expected in NYC. All I need is a clean bed. I ain't in the room that much ! :D
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on December 02, 2007, 01:23:03 am
Thanks for the advice Karen. I remember Park Central and from what I remember it was very nice. It does depend on when you go. The deal I found for around Christmas is a great price. That has to do with the time of the year I guess and that I had stayed there before. They actually sent me the special rates. It was the Westin which is quite nice. Now the hotel next door to it could be a different story. It is called the Hotel Carter and I believe it might be way past run down :) I actually walked into the lobby of it when I was there and it had some kind of weird disco lights going. You could tell that at one time in history it was nice since it had those big fancy chandiliers in it. Anyway, I believe the sign said $99 a night. It also had quite an odor ::) I read later in the newspaper that a body wrapped in plastic had been found under a bed at a Times Square hotel and guess where it was. The Hotel Carter :o So that is one where you do not get the clean bed or clean anything :laugh:
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: opinionista on December 02, 2007, 08:57:48 am
I would be interested in hearing of some of the hotels you are talking about in Manhattan for future reference.
I usually stay with friends and family when I visit but my friends stayed at the Union Square Inn the last time I went. They said it was nice. It is an affordable hotel for NYC standards. Rates range around $160 per night. My friends didn't think that was cheap because in Europe you can find nicer hotels at lower rates. But this is NYC we're talking about! Here's their website: http://www.nyinns.com/union.html (http://www.nyinns.com/union.html)
Also, you can find great special rates in January at great hotels. My mother and her husband stayed at the Waldorf Astoria for $200 a night in January 2004. Look up special rates during low seasons. You might find interesting offers.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on December 02, 2007, 11:37:58 am
I usually stay with friends and family when I visit but my friends stayed at the Union Square Inn the last time I went. They said it was nice. It is an affordable hotel for NYC standards. Rates range around $160 per night. My friends didn't think that was cheap because in Europe you can find nicer hotels at lower rates. But this is NYC we're talking about! Here's their website: http://www.nyinns.com/union.html (http://www.nyinns.com/union.html)
Also, you can find great special rates in January at great hotels. My mother and her husband stayed at the Waldorf Astoria for $200 a night in January 2004. Look up special rates during low seasons. You might find interesting offers.
That is incredibly cheap for the Waldorf Astoria!!! That is a beautiful hotel. I got off the tour bus there last time and went inside. I would have never thought you could ever stay there for $200 a night. I will check out the link you gave me for the Union Square Inn. Thanks for letting me know about these places. I think with NYC you find out more and more about it as you become more familiar with things. I finally found the non toursit type, non Times Square restaurants, just as I was leaving last time. However, I did find Junior's diner which is a great and unique place near the theatre district. I also saw their original diner in Brooklyn when I was on the Gray Line bus. By the way that is a great and cheap way to see lots and lots of places in the city. You can get off the bus pretty much anywhere you want, then explore that area and catch the next bus.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: opinionista on December 02, 2007, 01:18:29 pm
That is incredibly cheap for the Waldorf Astoria!!! That is a beautiful hotel. I got off the tour bus there last time and went inside. I would have never thought you could ever stay there for $200 a night. I will check out the link you gave me for the Union Square Inn. Thanks for letting me know about these places. I think with NYC you find out more and more about it as you become more familiar with things. I finally found the non toursit type, non Times Square restaurants, just as I was leaving last time. However, I did find Junior's diner which is a great and unique place near the theatre district. I also saw their original diner in Brooklyn when I was on the Gray Line bus. By the way that is a great and cheap way to see lots and lots of places in the city. You can get off the bus pretty much anywhere you want, then explore that area and catch the next bus.
My mom said they didn't give them the best room of course, but they were thrilled anyway. As for non tourist restaurants, I lived in NY two years a long time ago. I didn't have much money then so I didn't eat out much (Rent is sooo high in NYC). But I did find nice places at reasonable prices in Brooklyn. Brooklyn Heights for example is very, very nice. A great place to explore. I always recommend everyone to cross the Brooklyn Bridge on foot, from Brooklyn to Manhattan. You get wonderful views! Also around the East Village you can find great places to eat, and rather cheap, unlike the West Village that's mostly quite pricey.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: LauraGigs on December 02, 2007, 03:24:09 pm
Man, when's the next NYC Brokie gathering?? I want to go — I've never been to NY! We should get a block of rooms or something at one of those cool places.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on December 02, 2007, 03:31:50 pm
Man, when's the next NYC Brokie gathering?? I want to go — I've never been to NY! We should get a block of rooms or something at one of those cool places.
Now that would be fun!!! And next time I am there I do want to walk over the Brooklyn Bridge. Some people on the bus got off and did that, but I was running out of time. One of the reasons why I am thinking about moving my next visit from Christmas is because I want to explore a lot of areas and I'm not so sure that would be as good in the cold. I've never been there in the winter.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on December 02, 2007, 03:49:52 pm
Karen1129 will be coming up just after New Years. Jan 5th, I believe.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on December 02, 2007, 05:26:40 pm
My mom said they didn't give them the best room of course, but they were thrilled anyway. As for non tourist restaurants, I lived in NY two years a long time ago. I didn't have much money then so I didn't eat out much (Rent is sooo high in NYC). But I did find nice places at reasonable prices in Brooklyn. Brooklyn Heights for example is very, very nice. A great place to explore. I always recommend everyone to cross the Brooklyn Bridge on foot, from Brooklyn to Manhattan. You get wonderful views! Also around the East Village you can find great places to eat, and rather cheap, unlike the West Village that's mostly quite pricey.
Nat,
I am going to have to remember to book you as my travel advisor the next time I plan a trip to NYC!
:)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: opinionista on December 03, 2007, 05:53:36 am
Thanks for the advice Karen. I remember Park Central and from what I remember it was very nice. It does depend on when you go. The deal I found for around Christmas is a great price. That has to do with the time of the year I guess and that I had stayed there before. They actually sent me the special rates. It was the Westin which is quite nice. Now the hotel next door to it could be a different story. It is called the Hotel Carter and I believe it might be way past run down :) I actually walked into the lobby of it when I was there and it had some kind of weird disco lights going. You could tell that at one time in history it was nice since it had those big fancy chandiliers in it. Anyway, I believe the sign said $99 a night. It also had quite an odor ::) I read later in the newspaper that a body wrapped in plastic had been found under a bed at a Times Square hotel and guess where it was. The Hotel Carter :o So that is one where you do not get the clean bed or clean anything :laugh:
When I went to NYC in '03 i stayed at park central. I loved it. It was in a great location and was a fine hotel.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 03, 2007, 10:41:47 am
Um...they could get any more white bread of a group if you tried...LOL
I seem to rememory Kools predating the Cool and the Gang....
"Oh yes it ladies night, And the feelings right"
And no it never was!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 04, 2007, 10:00:11 pm
I think it is really cool to send Xmess cards to your far flung friends and at the same time, put their address into google earth and see where they live.
The only time to be afraid is after dark, and then only because you might trip over a broken stone and fall and break something.
Seen that happen. In College they thought it would be fun to get the pledges drunk and drop us off in the Graveyard of Christ Church on St Simons Island. One of my pledge brothers tripped over a foot stone and hit his head on ,oddly enough, a headstone. He was ok but it scared us sober!!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 05, 2007, 11:41:31 am
Seen that happen. In College they thought it would be fun to get the pledges drunk and drop us off in the Graveyard of Christ Church on St Simons Island. One of my pledge brothers tripped over a foot stone and hit his head on ,oddly enough, a headstone. He was ok but it scared us sober!!
I know where St. Simon's Island is.
Where'd you go to school, Baby Bro'?
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 05, 2007, 11:43:45 am
Lord, I'd starve to death and be homeless if I had to do that!
Heck, they'd be biddin' on you at auction, Little Darlin'! ;)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 05, 2007, 05:53:02 pm
In Virginia we have this town called Emporia. I have realtives who live there and I recently told them the reason Emporia exosts is to make Martinsville (my general area) look better.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: loneleeb3 on December 05, 2007, 09:39:16 pm
Contrary to what you seem to think, based on your little animation, you are the only one who carries a purse around here! I think Jeff'd just punch ya! :laugh:
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Scott6373 on December 06, 2007, 10:48:21 am
Contrary to what you seem to think, based on your little animation, you are the only one who carries a purse around here! I think Jeff'd just punch ya! :laugh:
Y'all leave Chuck alone...or you'll have ta deal with me :laugh:
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 06, 2007, 10:56:29 am
Here's the link. http://www.clayscorner.com/new-years-eve.shtml The last one I went to Was so cold I didn't make it till midnight. I had a little too much antifreeze LOL! Some one brought a Mason Jar of shine to the "family" event. It don't take much of that stuff to sneak up and kick you arse!!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on December 07, 2007, 11:31:33 am
Oh shit!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 07, 2007, 11:35:57 am
Here's the link. http://www.clayscorner.com/new-years-eve.shtml The last one I went to Was so cold I didn't make it till midnight. I had a little too much antifreeze LOL! Some one brought a Mason Jar of shine to the "family" event. It don't take much of that stuff to sneak up and kick you arse!!
Yeehaw! I love it! Clay's Corner, the Opossum Capital of the World! :laugh:
I love those t-shirts, "It's a Southern Thang" and "Possum--the Other White Meat"! :laugh:
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 07, 2007, 11:36:48 am
I heard the same thing...LOL...don't believe it...and don't even think about it brutha...you and me are cut fromt he same cloth...even if yours is leather and mine is cotton. LOL
I didn't say anything about usin' it, bud. I just said I heard it was cute! ;D
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 07, 2007, 12:33:50 pm
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Artiste on December 07, 2007, 01:05:19 pm
Hi all!!
Is it not AIDS week, or was it one day?
Was it mentioned on this site, on Bettermost??
Sad is the thought of such difficulties when one lives with that, just the mention of AIDS is scary even!! Since we are gay men, we can help somehow?? How??
Hugs!!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 07, 2007, 02:28:39 pm
That is certainly an interesting question Artiste, one I will have to take inside my head for a while and study on. Certainly it seems that way. A life without love would be very bleak. A lot of our life is taken up with love, certainly in this generation and time. I am not sure about past times.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on December 12, 2007, 07:34:26 am
That depends on how you mean the question, Artiste.
There are matters that I have discovered that need attention, that love has no bearing on.
However, there are matters where love plays a definite role in.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 12, 2007, 08:36:46 am
That is the thing with Artiste's questions, owing to the difference in language and the mode of translation, they come out a bit escew, a bit poetic, like an archer firing off a frisbee at a deer and hitting a watermellon insted.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Scott6373 on December 12, 2007, 08:58:48 am
That is certainly an interesting question Artiste, one I will have to take inside my head for a while and study on. Certainly it seems that way. A life without love would be very bleak. A lot of our life is taken up with love, certainly in this generation and time. I am not sure about past times.
I think, and more to the point, a lot of our lives are taken up with our perceptions of love. I think it was on Gary's thread that the discussion about politics in relationships took place. I think it's the same with the whole concept of love. Far too many people approach this very ethereal of human states from a "what's in it for me" perspective; from a position of power and dominance. I don't happen to think that real love is quantifiable or qualifiable. It simply is, and you take whatever gifts it brings into your life without asking "why can't it be more?" or "what will I get out of this?"
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 14, 2007, 10:45:44 am
So my thought for the day is in responce to Artiste's question earlier,
Not always.... ;)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Artiste on December 15, 2007, 10:29:50 am
Thanks very much Shakestheground, Scott, CellarDweller!!!
Devoir accompli? (Task of life accomplished?, might be those two words translated from French to English?). There is a force which drives one to live. Certainly for me. Is is Love? Is is that for you too? What OTHER forces associates with Love??
Life is always a question of Love?
may I repeat that. Since, I feel that one can NOT live without [more]LOVE, LOVE BEING WHAT MOTIVATES US TO LIVE EVERYDAY[/move][/b]??
Hugs!!! Hugs!!! Hugs!!!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 16, 2007, 09:18:05 am
Well since you put it tha way, I would say from my experence it is not Love that motivates me, that is the driving force of my life. It is Joy. Love can certainly breing joy, but I have seen it and experenced it with out love at all.
And example is the story I told the other day on my ramblings thread about Sarah Carter and Coy Bayes. That story is like a stitch that binds me to reality, connects me with the eternal. It was their love, but it gave me joy to know they over came their obsticles.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on December 16, 2007, 01:24:01 pm
Tell you what, somebody oughta start a thread or a forum just for travel tips! :D
That is a GREAT idea!!! It seems that many of us are learning a lot about travel and places. What is funny is that our gatherings have made many of us travel much more than we used to. Bettermost and the Brokies have helped the tourism industry. We should get our own discount rate for flights, hotels and the like for belonging to Bettermost :)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on December 16, 2007, 01:25:52 pm
Thanks Kelda!!! And everybody please excuse me for being so behind on the thread. I had to confine myself to studying for awhile there so I am just now getting caught up ;)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 16, 2007, 01:35:48 pm
We should get our own discount rate for flights, hotels and the like for belonging to Bettermost :)
Jack, we DO have discounts on rental cars through Enterprise...PM me if you want the details. And I am planning to work out a deal with Frontier Airlines for Roundup travel next year.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on December 16, 2007, 01:46:50 pm
Jack, we DO have discounts on rental cars through Enterprise...PM me if you want the details. And I am planning to work out a deal with Frontier Airlines for Roundup travel next year.
Really? I sure didn't know that. Unfortunately we don't have Frontier airlines here, but I was on one from Denver to Houston. It was a very nice plane. I liked the screen that showed you where the place was at as well as how fast you were flying and at what altitude. I couldn't hardly believe we were flying 500 and something miles per hour. I wish we got discounts for Continental and Northwest airlines. And while I am at it I will say I wish we also got discounts for Westin hotels. I love their hotels and their heavenly beds.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 17, 2007, 01:24:55 pm
The reason the Lincoln Memorial looks like a cage is in case the statue of Abraham Lincoln comes to life, he will be unable to excape and terrorize Washington.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on December 17, 2007, 03:32:54 pm
Geez! There's a pleasant thought! ;D
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on December 17, 2007, 05:25:14 pm
That is quite a scary thought Truman. It sounds like one of those late night horror movies :laugh:
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: ifyoucantfixit on December 18, 2007, 02:00:35 am
Michelle was tickled that you guys thought about her and sent her good wishes. She said she thinks of you "sweet friends" often.. I thank you for that too....... :-* :-*
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on December 18, 2007, 07:34:52 am
Michelle was tickled that you guys thought about her and sent her good wishes. She said she thinks of you "sweet friends" often.. I thank you for that too....... :-* :-*
awww! I think of her too!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 19, 2007, 10:13:27 am
Cats are House Elves.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on December 19, 2007, 12:25:52 pm
that's scary!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on December 19, 2007, 12:47:16 pm
You know why all the trees in GA lean to the west? Cause Alabama SUCKS!!!
You sure are right about that. Alabama has to be one of the most boring states to drive through. When my sister lived in Houston we used to go through miles and miles of it. Most all of it was scrubby pines trees next to the interstate which had a fence all along it. It was always good to see Mobile since things there changed so much in appearance.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 19, 2007, 01:31:32 pm
This morning I was trying to pick a sock up off the floor of my bathroom and this furry arm reached under the door and grabbed it, I was like awe hell! A house elf!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 19, 2007, 02:28:54 pm
This morning I was trying to pick a sock up off the floor of my bathroom and this furry arm reached under the door and grabbed it, I was like awe hell! A house elf!
Now, that would be scary, a hairy arm reaching out and grabbing something from right in front of you. :o
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: southendmd on December 19, 2007, 02:31:50 pm
Its doby from Harry Potter.. Ugly little creature.. and leave cats alone! they're furry little cute critters
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 19, 2007, 02:38:13 pm
I will see if I can recreate the scene tonight. Never a dull moment with that cat.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on December 19, 2007, 03:54:44 pm
My cat Midnight used to do that too.
1 time, I was in the bathroom with the door closed, and I dropped a roll of toilet paper. as it rolled by, his paw came from under the door, and grabbed it.
Well, I pulled it away gently, and he reached further in, and I put my hand on top of his paw......he tried to pull away, and couldn't and started to growl and hiss.
:laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on December 19, 2007, 05:11:33 pm
I'll have to not agree with you on that one Jeff since I love my big black cat and I bet you would too :)
Individually I might, depending on the personality of the cat in question. As a class of critters, however, I don't have much use for them. Who would want a pet that's standoffish and thinks it owns you?
At least I'm not as bad as my father. I haven't much use for cats, but my father hates them. ... :(
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on December 21, 2007, 12:46:58 am
Jeff you would love the personality of the cat in question ;)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 21, 2007, 09:47:24 am
"Some people are like a Slinky ... not really good for anything, but youstill can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs."
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Scott6373 on December 21, 2007, 09:48:10 am
"All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism."
How true! How Tru! ;D
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Artiste on December 25, 2007, 04:30:25 pm
CellarDweller, may I say that had I known where you were, maybe I could have told my gay brother about you, since he and his chum left Toronto this afternoon at 2 p.m. for New York! You know guys in NYC? I am looking for 2 but no more communications since that infamous sept. 11th!
Merry Christmas to uyou and to all too!!
Hugs too!!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on December 25, 2007, 08:16:41 pm
CellarDweller, may I say that had I known where you were, maybe I could have told my gay brother about you, since he and his chum left Toronto this afternoon at 2 p.m. for New York! You know guys in NYC? I am looking for 2 but no more communications since that infamous sept. 11th!
Merry Christmas to uyou and to all too!!
Hugs too!!
Even though I'm close to NYC, I don't go very often, so I don't know many people there at all.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on December 26, 2007, 12:57:46 am
Even though I'm close to NYC, I don't go very often, so I don't know many people there at all.
You know I bet there are many people who live as close as you do to NYC that hardly ever go there. I know the people I knew who lived in Bloomfield and now Barnegat hardly ever go there. They have 3 kids and nobody in the family has been to the top of the Empire State Building.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 26, 2007, 09:17:04 am
"Don't get a smoked ham when you are trying to quit cigaretts."
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Scott6373 on December 26, 2007, 09:21:14 am
"Don't get a smoked ham when you are trying to quit cigaretts."
:laugh:
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Artiste on December 26, 2007, 01:02:04 pm
Hi studs!
Any of you like Duke Ellington music?
My art studio in NYC was on that street named after him. But , one day, when I asked the bus driver (or what it a streetcar?) to remind me by yelling it out loud that name, he said that there were no such street... so I watched myself since it was packed, and near it I made sure to get out in front and told that driver: Look it Duke Ellington Street!!
Hugs!!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 26, 2007, 06:52:45 pm
My art studio in NYC was on that street named after him. But , one day, when I asked the bus driver (or what it a streetcar?) to remind me by yelling it out loud that name, he said that there were no such street... so I watched myself since it was packed, and near it I made sure to get out in front and told that driver: Look it Duke Ellington Street!!
Hugs!!
Sometimes I think they give street alternate names to commorate something, like the Avenue of the Americas, which is acturally something else, so I guess the bus driver just chose which reality he liked.
I like Duke Ellington, I can't imagine anyone not liking him. Does your gay brother and his partner like Duke Ellington? I love Take the A Train.
Oh yeah, there is that song "But You Know I Love You".......I know what you mean though Truman
Dolly Parton! My girlfriend in high school used to play that on the guitar. I had not thought of that in years. I should see if she came home this year.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on December 27, 2007, 12:09:07 am
Yep, that's it. One of my favorite songs of all time. There's also a version of it by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 27, 2007, 11:32:13 am
"Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing. "
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Scott6373 on December 27, 2007, 11:35:06 am
"Running is not a good exercise. If God meant us to run, He would have put us lower on the food chain."
I used to have a tshirt that said "Eat right, exercise, die anyway."
:laugh:
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 27, 2007, 11:46:24 am
If Dr. Atkins had tied his shoes......
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 27, 2007, 12:02:28 pm
Maybe people who lead so-called healthy lifestyles don't actually live longer. It just seems that way because of all the stuff they deny themselves. :-\
While I was visiting my dad for Christmas, the hometown newspaper had a story on a local woman who was turning 100 years old. Her secret to longevity was to eat lots of garlic and onions. :laugh:
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: terwilliger on December 27, 2007, 12:13:55 pm
screw healthy living. we all end up at the same dead end.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: loneleeb3 on December 27, 2007, 12:40:03 pm
i try to get down there as often as i can to see my gran but lately its been tough. feel like if i leave here there won't be anything when i get back.
Well, I don't know where here is for you friend ( Literally or figuratively speaking) but I'm sure it will be. I can speak from experience though my gran was killed in a car wreck and looking back, there are so many times I wish I could have gone back and made those visits. I don't know your situation Joe and I sure don't mean to overstep my boundries here. We just never know what tomorrow will bring so we need to make the most out of today! You let me know if I can do anything to help! ya hear?
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Post by: terwilliger on December 27, 2007, 01:35:41 pm
thanks lee. im not sure this is the best place for me. i posted my sorry ass story in that safe haven thing. not that its much to read.
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Post by: Shasta542 on December 27, 2007, 01:35:52 pm
You know when I first heard about the guy running for president Ron Paul I kept thinking they were saying Ru Paul. I couldn't quite figure that one out until I saw it was somebody completely different.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 29, 2007, 02:12:02 pm
You know when I first heard about the guy running for president Ron Paul I kept thinking they were saying Ru Paul. I couldn't quite figure that one out until I saw it was somebody completely different.
He could be the mystical connection betwixt RuPaul and John Paul II
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Post by: CellarDweller on December 29, 2007, 03:08:12 pm
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Post by: jstephens9 on December 29, 2007, 05:45:03 pm
OH NO, she has reproduced. Now there are 12 of her. What if she is planning an attack on the people of Earth :o Everybody run for cover!!!!!!!!!! This could be the end of life as we know it.
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Post by: CellarDweller on December 29, 2007, 06:02:58 pm
OH NO, she has reproduced. Now there are 12 of her. What if she is planning an attack on the people of Earth :o Everybody run for cover!!!!!!!!!! This could be the end of life as we know it.
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Post by: jstephens9 on December 30, 2007, 02:13:11 am
Can you only imagine a whole troop of those after you :laugh:
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Post by: Artiste on December 30, 2007, 04:56:00 pm
May I change the subject??
Oliver Jones is on TV right now on Radio-Canada Television, channel 12 here from 3 p.m. this Sunday December 30th, playing his jazz tunes... at the piano. He plays too some tunes created by Oscar Peterson who passed away this last week. Both were born in Montreal.
Oliver Jones came to view my paintings I created, at my Montreal exhibition, last year. And this year, he visited again my Fall Salon exhibition and noted again the painting of mine that he wanted to compose a jazz tune with!!
So, if anyone is interested in jazz...
hugs!!
May you have all the jazztimes you desire this year and next ones!!
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Post by: Lynne on December 30, 2007, 05:21:36 pm
Hi there, Artiste,
I am not familiar with Oliver Jones nor Oscar Peterson, though I do love jazz. I bought a Miles Davis John Coltrane ::) CD this week with a gift certificate I received for the holiday. I think that is awesome that Oliver Jones came to your exhibits and that one of your paintings is inspiring him to compose - what a fabulous compliment!! Congratulations!!!
Hugs, Lynne
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Post by: jstephens9 on December 30, 2007, 08:52:51 pm
Artiste, do you go to the Montreal Jazz Festival? I have a good friend who was telling me all about it when I was in San Francisco. He has sent me a couple DVDs of when he was there. It looks great. I may go with him next time he goes which could be this coming year. Montreal looks like a beautiful city as well.
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Post by: jstephens9 on December 30, 2007, 09:19:51 pm
Oh also this is an international Jazz festival so there are performers from all over the world. I believe Jim, that is who was telling me about this, said there were videos of it on the web too. If you are not familiar with it you should check them out. And by the way he was at the event in SF, but I believe he only posts on DC so you wouldn't know him.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 31, 2007, 12:34:27 am
"Damn, did I miss Kwanzaa?"
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on December 31, 2007, 12:49:41 am
It isnt just one day is it?
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Post by: jstephens9 on December 31, 2007, 12:54:42 am
Yes you did Truman. Do you come to Asheville for that? They have a big celebration.
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Post by: Lynne on December 31, 2007, 01:44:35 am
One of the saddest of all household chores is taking down a Christmas tree. :(
Oh yeah! Undecorating! It stinks! I need to do that today at work!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 02, 2008, 09:27:50 am
My house stayes decorated all the time, a few Christmas decoration mixed in with all kinds of other crap, so the feeling is one of consistancy. It is also constantly needing to be dusted.
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on January 02, 2008, 09:50:07 am
Hows that cat.........kitty ?
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 02, 2008, 09:59:03 am
Welll I wondered if she was pregnant, but I think she is just fat. She likes the idea of going outside but there is a dog a cross the road she is afraid of so she stays inside 95% of the time. Wild as can be. Loves when I ball up paper for her to play with but if I spend money to buy her a ball she is not that interested.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on January 02, 2008, 10:46:37 am
My house stayes decorated all the time, a few Christmas decoration mixed in with all kinds of other crap, so the feeling is one of consistancy. It is also constantly needing to be dusted.
Mine, too. It's a hopeless battle. By the time you get to the end of a room, the beginning of it needs dusting again. :-\
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Post by: Lynne on January 02, 2008, 01:25:01 pm
My house stayes decorated all the time, a few Christmas decoration mixed in with all kinds of other crap, so the feeling is one of consistancy. It is also constantly needing to be dusted.
That stuff is NOT crap - those are cherished momentos! Your house has character. :-* :-*
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Post by: jstephens9 on January 02, 2008, 01:38:53 pm
Taking decorations down is very sad and it takes me forever to do it too. Some do end staying up all year like these on the mantle that have had a two year run now. This year I didn't put up a live tree. I just have this fiber optic tree and a fiber optic wreath. Last year I did have a live tree so when I took it town I put it outside. It didn't have roots, but I just stuck it down in the ground anyway so it looked a real tree growing outside. It was out in the flower bed where nothing was growing anyway. It stayed pretty and green all the way to Spring so it got to live out its greenness and pretend it was a still a live tree. I do have three trees outside that were originally Christmas trees with roots from many years ago - a norway spruce, a blue spruce, and a frasier fir - they are big trees now.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 02, 2008, 03:56:21 pm
The other morning I was listening to NPR. They have an ocassional feature where they share a conversation or monolgue recorded by the Library of Congress for thei oral history project.
One day last week they featured a woman named Cindy White of Omaha who in 1990 met the love of her life. Two weeks after they got together her x-husband told he rhe had tested positive for HIV.
She went thru the story of her test, and her lovers subsequest test, they were both positive. Both he and the x-husband have since died but she continues to do okay. She and her love had a wonderful life together, and she made it sound like she was at peace with it. She concluded her tale with the following statement:
"Falling in love does not save us from the bad things in the world."
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Post by: Scott6373 on January 02, 2008, 03:57:48 pm
We fall in love with all sorts of people for all sorts of reason, some, and in fact most are not good reasons. The act of loving someone is usually always complicated by our own preconceived (and media-sized) notions of what loving another human being means, but, despite that, we focus on the "act of loving" someone, and what we receive in return rather than the real gift, which is the knowledge that we are capable of truly loving another human being unconditionally and without reservation. Apply that, which is, for all you Christians out there, Jesus' "Golden Rule" as a test to all those failed romances and see how they stand up. It gives us the chance to view our concept of love (as it pertains to romantic love) in a different way.
If I love someome, I don't stop loving them because I didn't get what I want from them. To deny that reality of what we announced as "love" by saying that we no longer love that person, or that we "made a mistake" is to say that we are not capable of truly loving someone.
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Post by: CellarDweller on January 02, 2008, 04:17:59 pm
I disagree. I think the ability to do so opens us up to them. :-\
I disagree with this.
Life is going to always have both joy and pain in it. The act of falling in love will not bring you pain or bad things. The actions you (or others) take and your reactions to that will bring pain or bad things.
If you close yourself off to love, you will still have bad things happen. Bad things happen to EVERYONE.
but if you open yourself to love, you allow yourself to feel the joy there, and in the process find a partner to help you through the bad things when they happen.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on January 02, 2008, 04:25:15 pm
We fall in love with all sorts of people for all sorts of reason, some, and in fact most are not good reasons. The act of loving someone is usually always complicated by our own preconceived (and media-sized) notions of what loving another human being means, but, despite that, we focus on the "act of loving" someone, and what we receive in return rather than the real gift, which is the knowledge that we are capable of truly loving another human being unconditionally and without reservation. Apply that, which is, for all you Christians out there, Jesus' "Golden Rule" as a test to all those failed romances and see how they stand up.
I don't think I would disagree, but I don't see how that saves or protects us from the bad things that happen to good people in life all the time. But let be, let be. ...
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 02, 2008, 04:27:51 pm
I disagree. I think the ability to do so opens us up to them. :-\
I think it opens you up, to all sorts of possibilities, good and bad. And one thing I have learned in life, nothing will ever be completely good or completely bad, but will have a mixture of both.
It is like a universal law, you take gold for instance, it is a very soft metal and if you try to make something out of it it will crumple. You need to make an alloy with a stronger, less desirable metal like copper, to give it strength.
That is why the things that don;t kill us make us strong. It becomes part of us if we let it, and we can gain strenght from that force that crashed into us.
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Post by: loneleeb3 on January 02, 2008, 04:40:50 pm
I did, too, bud. It was Scott's comment I didn't get.
He disagreed with my statement that our ability to love is what eventually saves and protects us. If we didn't have that ability, we would never survive. That's all I was saying.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 02, 2008, 05:03:51 pm
He disagreed with my statement that our ability to love is what eventually saves and protects us. If we didn't ahve that ability, we would never survive. That's all I was saying.
It is the ability, then, to open yourself up to love and be vunerable that saves us, because otherwize we would be dead. I take it that is the consensus.
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Post by: Scott6373 on January 02, 2008, 05:04:56 pm
It is the ability, then, to open yourself up to love and be vunerable that saves us, because otherwize we would be dead. I take it that is the consensus.
Exactly. It's what makes us real, and alive, and worth loving back. Loving unconditionally and without reservation is the only real way to love.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 02, 2008, 05:11:09 pm
And maybe we need to remind oursleves or that more often. ;)
Not as long as you have me around. I'll remind ya!
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Post by: twistedude on January 02, 2008, 05:19:12 pm
But one finds oneself in the most ridiculous emotional sitautions, allowing oneself to love unconditionally. Sometimes it's nonsense! non-sense.
Give me the arrow, you take the bow --to me it's ernest, to you it's jest- I have pulled the bowstring taut You aim, so it his the heart. (Clemens Brentano).
NONSENSE....
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Post by: Scott6373 on January 02, 2008, 05:22:57 pm
But one finds oneself in the most ridiculous emotional sitautions, allowing oneself to love unconditionally. Sometimes it's nonsense! non-sense.
Give me the arrow, you take the bow --to me it's ernest, to you it's jest- I have pulled the bowstring taut You aim, so it his the heart. (Clemens Brentano).
NONSENSE....
But those are situations. We react to situations and those reactions are what cause us pain. If we truly love someone, we do so without thought of what we will recieve in return. Unfortunately for most of us, that is how we love, but as you so eloguently pointed out...the love poetry biz would suffer greatly if we learned how to love correctly.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 02, 2008, 05:28:17 pm
But one finds oneself in the most ridiculous emotional sitautions, allowing oneself to love unconditionally. Sometimes it's nonsense! non-sense.
Give me the arrow, you take the bow --to me it's ernest, to you it's jest- I have pulled the bowstring taut You aim, so it his the heart. (Clemens Brentano).
NONSENSE....
For me that has happened when I try to think with my heart instead of my head. When I love someone because I am needing something from them, which I inevitible realize I can only give myself.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on January 02, 2008, 05:31:25 pm
He disagreed with my statement that our ability to love is what eventually saves and protects us. If we didn't have that ability, we would never survive. That's all I was saying.
OK.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 02, 2008, 07:38:36 pm
You know I am struck by how I heard this woman say these words, and I scribbled them down on a scrap of paper covered with notes and phone numbers, and how it fell into the ocean of paper in the back seat of my car, for days, in the cold, and today I grabbed it when I was going inside and posted it, started a remarkable dialogue, and learned further what it ment.
Hey Scott, little bit of paradise, ya think?
;)
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Post by: Scott6373 on January 02, 2008, 08:13:57 pm
You know I am struck by how I heard this woman say these words, and I scribbled them down on a scrap of paper covered with notes and phone numbers, and how it fell into the ocean of paper in the back seat of my car, for days, in the cold, and today I grabbed it when I was going inside and posted it, started a remarkable dialogue, and learned further what it ment.
Hey Scott, little bit of paradise, ya think?
;)
The only kind of paradise!
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Post by: BelAir on January 02, 2008, 08:23:36 pm
My mother used to take a bare tree branch and make and easter egg tree.
;D
(happy new year all)
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Post by: Scott6373 on January 02, 2008, 08:28:17 pm
Because of the puppy, we didn't decorate at all, except for Xmas cards, which come down faster than you can blink and eye. It bothered Rick that we didn't put the tree up and do the whole nine yards, but I was kind of happy, because while I don;t mind putting it up, I hate taking it down.
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Post by: Scott6373 on January 02, 2008, 08:28:52 pm
"I wonder if anyone has ever been assaulted because they were heterosexual....." O0
I don't know....but my knee jerk is yes, domestic violence would be heterosexual assault.
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on January 02, 2008, 09:22:38 pm
jESS you are always thinking.
Happy New Year to you too darlin. Bel Air.....
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 03, 2008, 10:23:16 am
Okay, I heard this second hand, so I am going to parahraise here.
Yesterday someone told me about staying up late and watching CNN and seeing an interview with Kinky Friedman. Now not everybody will know who he is, so here is the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinky_Friedman
He is probably best know for his second musical group: Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys.
I was told he said: "You should never say the word fuck around a C-H-I-L-D".
Well, I thought it was funny, and glad the kids were in bed asleap.
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on January 03, 2008, 11:10:29 am
;D heh
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Post by: Scott6373 on January 03, 2008, 11:12:34 am
I was told he said: "You should never say the word fuck around a C-H-I-L-D".
The things I have heard adults say to children pale in comparison to that one word.
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on January 03, 2008, 11:24:28 am
I read that profile you put up...That guy is a total iconoclast... very irrereverant and funny... I had never heard of him before.
So true Scott. Kids can take hearing foul language, it doesnt hurt them in the long run...Its the hateful and derrogatory remarks to them as a person that injures them.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 03, 2008, 11:38:11 am
I don't know....but my knee jerk is yes, domestic violence would be heterosexual assault.
Yes, I agree it would be, but I can't see a person assaulting their spouce because they are hetero, that is a side detail. I was thinking along the lines of a hetero finding themselves in a gay neighborhood and being attacked for who they are. I am certainly not advocating anytype of violent behavior, it is just that thinking about that as a possibilty sort of opens my mind up a tad more. Hard to 'spalin.
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Post by: Scott6373 on January 03, 2008, 11:42:22 am
So true Scott. Kids can take hearing foul language, it doesnt hurt them in the long run...Its the hateful and derrogatory remarks to them as a person that injures them.
I find the older I get, the less tolerant of foul language I am, mostly in public places. Privately I use it quite a bit...I'm a big under my breath grumbler. LOL
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on January 03, 2008, 12:04:10 pm
So true Scott. Kids can take hearing foul language, it doesnt hurt them in the long run...Its the hateful and derrogatory remarks to them as a person that injures them.
It might not hurt them, but I'd be concerned that it might coarsen them.
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on January 03, 2008, 12:05:52 pm
Ken says I cuss like a sailor sometimes. So far be it from me, to condemn anyone, for the potty mouth syndrome. But I dont usually use it in public, its more around home and him....Im not proud. But it is how I am, I guess. I think people that use it in public places show lack of intellect and the ability to use good vocabulary... again i cant say im better...im lazy.
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Post by: Shasta542 on January 03, 2008, 12:33:10 pm
I find the older I get, the less tolerant of foul language I am, mostly in public places. Privately I use it quite a bit...I'm a big under my breath grumbler. LOL
Agreed. Most of mine goes on when I'm driving alone. :P
I tell the kids that I know sometimes it just comes out really quickly -- when they get hurt or angry -- but in conversation, their vocabulary should be good enough to be able to choose better words. They agree -- whether they practice it or not?? :-\
I hate to hear people cussing at their kids. :(
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Post by: Scott6373 on January 03, 2008, 12:42:16 pm
Agreed. Most of mine goes on when I'm driving alone. :P
I tell the kids that I know sometimes it just comes out really quickly -- when they get hurt or angry -- but in conversation, their vocabulary should be good enough to be able to choose better words. They agree -- whether they practice it or not?? :-\
I hate to hear people cussing at their kids. :(
I used to live above a family of 4. Pretty much of the lower class (economically speaking), and the way I would hear those parents talking to their kids very nearly made me call DSS. There are so many factors that come into play though. The stress of never knowing where the money is going to come from not being the least of it, but I could never tolerate hearing those kids spoken to that way. It made me sad and mad.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on January 03, 2008, 01:23:50 pm
I used to live above a family of 4. Pretty much of the lower class (economically speaking), and the way I would hear those parents talking to their kids very nearly made me call DSS. There are so many factors that come into play though. The stress of never knowing where the money is going to come from not being the least of it, but I could never tolerate hearing those kids spoken to that way. It made me sad and mad.
People learn what they live with as children, and so it gets perpetuated from generation to generation.
My family background is working class, and my parents never used four-letter words around me when I was a child. And I got a good spanking from my mother when I was five or six years old and she caught me saying, "What the hell?" :laugh:
The way I see some parents speak to their kids in public--yelling and screaming at them--and treating them--jerking them around by the arms--makes me sad. :(
Do I say anything? No. If the parents act that way toward their kids, how will they act toward a middle-aged stranger who says something? :(
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Post by: HerrKaiser on January 03, 2008, 01:55:37 pm
People learn what they live with as children, and so it gets perpetuated from generation to generation.
My family background is working class, and my parents never used four-letter words around me when I was a child. And I got a good spanking from my mother when I was five or six years old and she caught me saying, "What the hell?" :laugh:
The way I see some parents speak to their kids in public--yelling and screaming at them--and treating them--jerking them around by the arms--makes me sad. :(
Do I say anything? No. If the parents act that way toward their kids, how will they act toward a middle-aged stranger who says something? :(
I actually see much of the opposite, which is equally as sad. The outrageous level of child misbehavior and kids screaming AT THEIR PARENTS and even using four letter words is all around my part of the world...and generally the parents do nothing. Kids being rude to strangers; nothing done by parents. Kids disrespecting store merchandise; nothing done by parents. Kids yelling and screaming in restaurants or airplanes; parents do nothing. And the kids appear to have about everything they want.
What a world.
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Post by: Scott6373 on January 03, 2008, 02:15:30 pm
It's all just learned behavior, whichever end of the spectrum you experience. Of course parents have the toughest job; instilling good ethics and values in their kids, but I do think to some extent we all have a responsability to raise kids, even those of us who aren't parents.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on January 03, 2008, 02:32:44 pm
It's all just learned behavior, whichever end of the spectrum you experience. Of course parents have the toughest job; instilling good ethics and values in their kids, but I do think to some extent we all have a responsability to raise kids, even those of us who aren't parents.
And what if the parents didn't have good ethics and values instilled in them in the first place? :-\
I'll never forget the time I saw a nicely dressed woman walking on the street with a small boy. She unwrapped a candy bar and just let the wrapper fall on the sidewalk. And she was standing right next to a trash container when she did it. That might be a minor matter, but is that child going to learn not to litter? I doubt it.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 03, 2008, 03:57:31 pm
Speaking of kids:
"Would you rather pack your lunch or walk to school?" :-\
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Post by: loneleeb3 on January 03, 2008, 05:01:12 pm
"Would you rather pack your lunch or walk to school?" :-\
lmao! Oh man.....
my friend Tina told me that her father said that to her once, and she thougth it was hystercial. So she asked her mother the same thing, except it was changed to "did you walk to school, or bring your lunch?"
Her mother went into a 20 minute explanation on how she did both. lmao! Bless her heart!
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Post by: injest on January 04, 2008, 12:25:06 am
It might not hurt them, but I'd be concerned that it might coarsen them.
:-* :-*
love you Jeff.
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on January 04, 2008, 03:23:37 am
O my lorty. I think as Truman says. Im goin to hell. I guess I have contributed to the harshness of many children in my time.
Probably none of the Eric Cartman imitators have any part in it either..I am a piker, and weakling comparitively. I basically have a four; four letter word vocabulary. S H D F
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Post by: jstephens9 on January 06, 2008, 09:16:47 pm
I think it opens you up, to all sorts of possibilities, good and bad. And one thing I have learned in life, nothing will ever be completely good or completely bad, but will have a mixture of both.
It is like a universal law, you take gold for instance, it is a very soft metal and if you try to make something out of it it will crumple. You need to make an alloy with a stronger, less desirable metal like copper, to give it strength.
That is why the things that don;t kill us make us strong. It becomes part of us if we let it, and we can gain strenght from that force that crashed into us.
My thought is that anything we do opens us up to both good and bad things. It's not just love that leaves us vulnerable. It's everything. It's the act of living.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 07, 2008, 09:51:09 am
Today, call your favorite cousin and say hello.
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on January 07, 2008, 10:12:35 am
Wow what a concept....I havent done that in so long I cant remember........
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on January 07, 2008, 10:21:45 am
Can't remember who is your favorite? Or where their number is? I'll have to track mine down.
Hey cousin Jeff! How was your weekend?
Better than might be expected, considering I've got a bitch of a head cold, thanks!
I got lots of stuff accomplished. All the Christmas stuff is put away, and I got a couple of drawers cleaned out, and I got the bookcase where I keep my movie collection reorganized to accommodate the DVDs I bought over the holidays. And I watched Brokeback on Saturday night. :)
How was your weekend, Cousin Tru?
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on January 07, 2008, 10:48:25 am
Truman...I am eating my new favorite grits!!! I am having the buttery flavored ones with butter and sugar....i really like it... Thanks darlin...yummyy
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Post by: Artiste on January 07, 2008, 12:10:50 pm
Hi all!!
Jeff, you say that you watched Brokeback again!!
May I ask if you found something newin or about it? Somehow, you felt different during or after??
Others can answer or add too here?? Please do!!
Hugs!!
Have a wonderful gay day Jeff and all of you!!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 07, 2008, 08:46:55 pm
Better than might be expected, considering I've got a bitch of a head cold, thanks!
I got lots of stuff accomplished. All the Christmas stuff is put away, and I got a couple of drawers cleaned out, and I got the bookcase where I keep my movie collection reorganized to accommodate the DVDs I bought over the holidays. And I watched Brokeback on Saturday night. :)
How was your weekend, Cousin Tru?
Well, I cleaned house. It was a pretty horrifying experence.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 07, 2008, 08:47:56 pm
Truman...I am eating my new favorite grits!!! I am having the buttery flavored ones with butter and sugar....i really like it... Thanks darlin...yummyy
Well, I am glad you like them. And you ain't ever had any before?
I think everthing is better with butter.
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Post by: Shasta542 on January 07, 2008, 08:50:30 pm
And mine too........that would truly be a horrifying experience :laugh: You can just travel through the south cleaning up people's houses ;)
There's your new career, Tru! :D ;D :laugh:
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: ifyoucantfixit on January 08, 2008, 09:14:22 am
My Present for you Truman.
"Words, like angels, are powers, which have invisible power over us. They are personal presences, which have whole mythologies... and their own guarding, blaspheming, creating, and annihilating effects." ~ James Hillman
You send out words: they fly like angels to all corners of our life. Thank you..... :-*
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Post by: loneleeb3 on January 08, 2008, 09:29:16 am
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You send out words: they fly like angels to all corners of our life. Thank you.....
You can say that twice and mean it!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 10, 2008, 09:43:12 am
"Are there chiropractors in Cairo, Egypt?"
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on January 10, 2008, 09:55:50 am
ok....you were talking about chiropractors in Egypt....then podiatrists and a blue ball which led to.....the Brady Bunch???
*Jess wanders off in confusion*
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 21, 2008, 11:07:28 am
You drive out U.S. 1 for a hundred miles and finally reach mile marker zero, in Key West.
You walk down the block, past the southermost everthing, and out on a concret jetty, you are at the end of the line and there on a sign that tells you not to dive in the water, is Anne Frank. ;D Smiling her endless smile, saying the eternal truth, that basically people are alright. Inspite of all, goodness will prevail .
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Post by: jstephens9 on January 21, 2008, 01:32:29 pm
What a beautiful place Truman!!! I see you have been to all 50 states by the way. That is a true accomplishment. Are you going to Oxford as well as Wyoming like Chuck?
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Post by: jstephens9 on January 21, 2008, 01:34:18 pm
ok....you were talking about chiropractors in Egypt....then podiatrists and a blue ball which led to.....the Brady Bunch???
*Jess wanders off in confusion*
I think it had to do with the fact that someone said one ball was enough which led to "Eight is Enough" which led to the "Brady Bunch." Don't forget we have a lot of creative people here :laugh:
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Post by: CellarDweller on January 21, 2008, 02:13:52 pm
I think it had to do with the fact that someone said one ball was enough which led to "Eight is Enough" which led to the "Brady Bunch." Don't forget we have a lot of creative people here :laugh:
we're good at going off on tangents.
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Post by: Kelda on January 26, 2008, 08:28:04 am
wow that first photo is amazing!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 26, 2008, 02:47:54 pm
What a beautiful place Truman!!! I see you have been to all 50 states by the way. That is a true accomplishment. Are you going to Oxford as well as Wyoming like Chuck?
I would like to go to Oxford, went there once in 1989, in January, right after the Lockerbie crash. Nice place. I deffinatly would like to see Wyoming again. Right now I am going to keep me options open. ;)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on January 26, 2008, 06:25:18 pm
This afternoon there was a guy at my gym whose head was shaped exactly like Charlie Brown's. :o
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on January 26, 2008, 06:43:28 pm
Jeff I have said it before and i'll say it again......you are nuts. !!! :laugh: :laugh:
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 27, 2008, 02:01:17 pm
I was agreeing emphatically with Truman....bless that poor momma...
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 30, 2008, 09:19:34 am
"The animals in my life come out from their hiding places and present themselves, like Mrs. Twist standing on that porch."
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on January 30, 2008, 11:37:48 am
Wonderful visual Truman.
my cat thinks i am his cuddle bunny. And bed warmer. haha he wuvs me. And just to prove it, he sometimes takes one claw and sinks it into the end of my toe. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 31, 2008, 09:23:57 am
Recently someone told me:
"...it's always beter having an orgasm with someone else in the room!"
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Post by: CellarDweller on January 31, 2008, 09:47:36 am
:laugh:
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on January 31, 2008, 10:09:01 am
Yes, 'WORD' is emphatic agreement. I wonder what the etymology(?) is though? I first heard this term it was used by educated urban black men from New York City living in Boston in the mid 1990's. In my own mind only, I believe it to be derived from the Christian/Episcopalian response 'The Word of the Lord.'
Wonder how you would look something like that up? ???
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Post by: Lynne on January 31, 2008, 02:09:26 pm
Yes, 'WORD' is emphatic agreement. I wonder what the etymology(?) is though? I first heard this term it was used by educated urban black men from New York City living in Boston in the mid 1990's. In my own mind only, I believe it to be derived from the Christian/Episcopalian response 'The Word of the Lord.'
Wonder how you would look something like that up? ???
I like the part about the "clueless suburban whites." ;D
I am not a clueless suburban white! Just clueless and mostly white, I guess, but I scoff at suburbia. The trouble is that I learnt in my 'piscopalan liberal arts school that All comes from the Judeo-Christian tradition..but now that I've been exposed to oh, say Brokeback Mountain and Ang Lee, I know better. ;)
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 31, 2008, 06:36:25 pm
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on February 01, 2008, 10:49:16 am
A fart is a chemical substance. It comes from a place called Bum. It penetrates through the trousers... and lands with a musical hum. To fart is no disgrace... for it gives the body ease. It warms the blankets on cold winter nights and suffocates all the fleas.
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Post by: Scott6373 on February 01, 2008, 10:50:15 am
A fart is a chemical substance. It comes from a place called Bum. It penetrates through the trousers... and lands with a musical hum. To fart is no disgrace... for it gives the body ease. It warms the blankets on cold winter nights and suffocates all the fleas.
Hmmm...fart poetry...a new niche market. LOL
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on February 01, 2008, 12:21:58 pm
Ya'll don't be comin' up in here a-stinkin' up my house!
No More Beans!
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Post by: jstephens9 on February 03, 2008, 01:43:00 pm
Yes I am back and I am glad to be back. One thing for sure is talking to Janice can make anybody feel good. Like I have always said she is a wonderful person!!!
Jack
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Scott6373 on February 04, 2008, 02:14:00 pm
Yes I am back and I am glad to be back. One thing for sure is talking to Janice can make anybody feel good. Like I have always said she is a wonderful person!!!
Jack
Damn straight buddy!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on February 04, 2008, 02:14:59 pm
The ground hog saw his shadow on Saturday. That means six more weeks of winter.
Of course, if you look at a calendar, regardless of of whether or not the ground hog saw his shadow, there are about six weeks from February 2 to the Vernal Equinox.
And tomorrow is Fastnacht Day. :D
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Post by: loneleeb3 on February 04, 2008, 02:29:27 pm
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And tomorrow is Fastnacht Day.
What the heck? ???
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on February 04, 2008, 02:32:25 pm
The ground hog saw his shadow on Saturday. That means six more weeks of winter.
Of course, if you look at a calendar, regardless of of whether or not the ground hog saw his shadow, there are about six weeks from February 2 to the Vernal Equinox.
And tomorrow is Fastnacht Day. :D
Fast wha?????
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Post by: Scott6373 on February 04, 2008, 02:33:38 pm
Where I come from they are usually squarish in shape, and have no holes.
I dispute Wikipedia's mention of the availability Philadelphia. They are obtainable in in some sections of the city that still have a German Catholic population, but you can't find any in Center City to save your soul. In the past I've tried checking at the Pennsylvania Dutch baked-good stands at Reading Terminal Market on the Saturday just before Shrove Tuesday, but to no avail.
And this custom is far from limited to Roman Catholics. "High-church Protestants" (Lutherans and German Reformed) observe the custom, too.
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on February 04, 2008, 02:46:46 pm
Yes I am back and I am glad to be back. One thing for sure is talking to Janice can make anybody feel good. Like I have always said she is a wonderful person!!! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Where I come from they are usually squarish in shape, and have no holes.
I dispute Wikipedia's mention of the availability Philadelphia. They are obtainable in in some sections of the city that still have a German Catholic population, but you can't find any in Center City to save your soul. In the past I've tried checking at the Pennsylvania Dutch baked-good stands at Reading Terminal Market on the Saturday just before Shrove Tuesday, but to no avail.
And this custom is far from limited to Roman Catholics. "High-church Protestants" (Lutherans and German Reformed) observe the custom, too.
I take it these Fasnachts taste good, right ??? I suppose they do or you would not be looking for them. And what is Shrove Tuesday ??? You sure do have some odd days up there. Now I understand my father better :laugh: I know we already made it through the Mummer's parade which by the way may be able to compete in some ways with the gay parades. Let's be happy that all people from Philadelphia are not thought of that way :laugh:
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Post by: loneleeb3 on February 04, 2008, 03:13:57 pm
Um...Janice...where in heaven's name did you come yup with that?
On that fastnacht linc you gave. They said eat them with regular table syrup..such as turkey syrup??? WTF. Thats ordinary? not in my world.........i cant even be sure i want to know what it is. sis I am having plain ole regular grits for breakfast. Thanks to our dear brother Truman. That seems so simple after all this new stuff. LOL
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Post by: jstephens9 on February 04, 2008, 04:15:55 pm
Yes, it was in Jeff's post and is what you put on Fasnachts. And, well, maybe it is blood. You've heard of blood pudding, right?
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 04, 2008, 04:46:55 pm
I take it these Fasnachts taste good, right ??? I suppose they do or you would not be looking for them.
That depends. I have had some that tasted like a lump of lard right out of the can. :P The ones my dad and bought on Saturday are good.
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And what is Shrove Tuesday ???
Are you pullin' my leg, Jack effen Stephens? :laugh: You know Shrove Tuesday is just an English name for Mardi Gras? 'Cause good Christians go to church and get shriven of their sins before Lent starts.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on February 04, 2008, 05:15:45 pm
(And why is Scott going to a web site called "The Voice of Women" anyway? ??? )
Perhaps because in general they are smarter than men.
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Post by: loneleeb3 on February 04, 2008, 05:19:25 pm
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Are you pullin' my leg, Jack effen Stephens? You know Shrove Tuesday is just an English name for Mardi Gras? 'Cause good Christians go to church and get shriven of their sins before Lent starts.
Ya know that is not really a Southern Baptist thing. LOL The way I understand it is that Lent and the Lenten season is mostly obseved by Catholics and Denomonations that were the first to split from the Catholic Church (Lutheran and Eoiscopal) I grew up in tha Baptist Church and later as an adult went to an Evangelical Presbyterian Church and Lent was never observed. We had Ash Wednesday but that was it. Everyone knows what Mardi Gras is but as far as there being any religous signifigance there was none for us protestants. ;D
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on February 04, 2008, 05:20:38 pm
Ya know that is not really a Southern Baptist thing. LOL The way I understand it is that Lent and the Lenten season is mostly obseved by Catholics and Denomonations that were the first to split from the Catholic Church (Lutheran and Eoiscopal) I grew up in tha Baptist Church and later as an adult went to an Evangelical Presbyterian Church and Lent was never observed. We had Ash Wednesday but that was it. Everyone knows what Mardi Gras is but as far as there being any religous signifigance there was none for us protestants. ;D
What's the point of havin' Ash Wednesday if you don't have Lent? ???
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on February 04, 2008, 05:24:39 pm
What's the point of havin' Ash Wednesday if you don't have Lent? ???
It's a time for atonement amd reflection going into the Easter season. I was raised to believe that Christs sacrifice and his grace are enough and that he paid the ultimate sacrifice so there is nothing we have or should do as far as having to do somthing or give up somthing to atone for our sins. That belief is based on the verse in Ephesians (can't remember chap and verse, I'm slippin :laugh:) Salvation comes through faith and that by grace and not of our own works so none may boast. But I never understood that because I always thought Lent wasn't done to insure salvation but just as an act of love. I could be wrong, it happens! :-\
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 04, 2008, 05:55:01 pm
What's the point of havin' Ash Wednesday if you don't have Lent? ???
The point of Ash Wednesday has always been to me the day all my Catholic friends and acquaintences remind me they are Catholic by wearing a smuged black dot on their foreheads.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 04, 2008, 05:58:43 pm
But I never understood that because I always thought Lent wasn't done to insure salvation but just as an act of love. I could be wrong, it happens! :-\
It is confusing as hell, pardon the inevitable pun. :laugh:
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Post by: jstephens9 on February 04, 2008, 07:42:55 pm
I'm confused as well. I guess if I were Catholic I would understand it better. I didn't even know that they put a smudged black mark on their foreheads for Ash Wednesday. I know that they have a party before they give up something for Lent. Right? When I was visiting some friends in New Jersey the woman of the couple saw the cross I wear that my friend from Texas sent me a few years ago. She said, "What kind of cross is that?" I said, "What do you mean?" to which she replied, "It's not a Catholic cross cause Jesus isn't laying in the middle of it." I said, "Well, that would make sense since I am not a Catholic." I think it is as common to be Catholic there as it is to be Baptist here. And I'm Methodist like Ennis :)
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Post by: jstephens9 on February 04, 2008, 07:45:31 pm
It actually looks pretty in the picture suprisingly enough. I don't think I've ever seen it blooming. It does eat people Jeff especially if you lay around in it long enough ;D And did you know that some people around here eat it?
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on February 04, 2008, 07:54:20 pm
It's a time for atonement amd reflection going into the Easter season. ...
But I never understood that because I always thought Lent wasn't done to insure salvation but just as an act of love. I could be wrong, it happens! :-\
Here is from the Ash Wednesday liturgy from the Book of Common Prayer:
"Dear People of God: The first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord's passion and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church to prepare for them by a season of penitence and fasting. This season of Lent provided a time in which converts to the faith were prepared for Holy Baptism. It was also a time when those who, because of notorious sins, had been separated from the body of the faithful were reconciled by penitence and forgiveness, and restored to the fellowship of the Church. Thereby, the whole congregation was put in mind of the message of pardon and absolution set forth in the Gospel of our Savior, and of the need which all Christians continually have to renew their repentance and faith."
Around my church they always say that observing Lent makes Easter seem all that more special. :D
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Post by: injest on February 04, 2008, 09:24:10 pm
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on February 05, 2008, 05:26:33 am
Well somebody should oughta figure out how to make something outta that weed. If it grows a foot a day. maybe they should make viagra out of it....... ;D
Oh dear the devil made me do that..........i swear
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: injest on February 05, 2008, 09:12:44 am
Well somebody should oughta figure out how to make something outta that weed. If it grows a foot a day. maybe they should make viagra out of it....... ;D
Oh dear the devil made me do that..........i swear
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: loneleeb3 on February 05, 2008, 01:46:27 pm
Well somebody should oughta figure out how to make something outta that weed. If it grows a foot a day. maybe they should make viagra out of it....... ;D
Oh dear the devil made me do that..........i swear
Well, I think it's a marvelous Idea!!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 05, 2008, 02:11:16 pm
I think I will be pondering this one for a while:
"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- myth is more potent than history -- dreams are more powerful than facts -- hope always triumphs over experience -- laughter is the cure for grief -- love is stronger than death."
Robert Fulgum
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 06, 2008, 09:29:07 am
Do No Harm
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: southendmd on February 06, 2008, 09:34:03 am
I don't think anyone starts out to cause other people harm...I think they either think what they do don't matter or that it doesn't effect other people...
(well, unless they are sociopaths...and they are few and far between...unfortunately they seem to appear in powerful positions where they can cause the most damage...Hitler, Pol Pot, etc..)
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 06, 2008, 09:47:07 am
Yeah, all we can do is to try and control that littl space betwixt our ears! :)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on February 06, 2008, 10:01:29 am
Well somebody should oughta figure out how to make something outta that weed. If it grows a foot a day. maybe they should make viagra out of it....... ;D
Oh dear the devil made me do that..........i swear
Just occurred to me to wonder. Can you smoke it?
(And I don't mean like a ham. ...)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: loneleeb3 on February 06, 2008, 10:07:25 am
Ok Jeff honey, this obviously begs the question. WHY would he do that.?
I'm sure I don't know. But since I've never smoked anything, I have no idea why anyone smokes, really. :-\
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 07, 2008, 05:22:39 pm
"Money's a good point."
Totally off base responce to what Jeff siad, but it was on me mind. 8)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on February 07, 2008, 07:54:44 pm
Well, I guess I'm gonna get in trouble for making a personal attack.
Over on the "Heath ... Grieving" thread, I just pretty much told RossInIllinois to take his groundless and hurtful harping that Heath was a "drug abuser" and stick it where the sun don't shine. ...
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 07, 2008, 08:00:08 pm
Well you know Jeff I will stand with you on that. Even if he did abuse, he is dead now and speaking unkindly of the dead is no good. Hell, there but for the grace of whatever go I. 8)
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Post by: injest on February 07, 2008, 08:10:03 pm
Well, I guess I'm gonna get in trouble for making a personal attack.
Over on the "Heath ... Grieving" thread, I just pretty much told RossInIllinois to take his groundless and hurtful harping that Heath was a "drug abuser" and stick it where the sun don't shine. ...
ok. Come to chat so I can give you a spanking.....
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on February 07, 2008, 09:42:28 pm
Well you know Jeff I will stand with you on that. Even if he did abuse, he is dead now and speaking unkindly of the dead is no good. Hell, there but for the grace of whatever go I. 8)
Thanks, Friend. I have not personally seen any reliable evidence that Heath had a "habit," and that's what RossInIllinois is implying.
All it takes is one time with two many different medications mixed together. ... :-\
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on February 07, 2008, 09:43:13 pm
Well, I guess I'm gonna get in trouble for making a personal attack.
Over on the "Heath ... Grieving" thread, I just pretty much told RossInIllinois to take his groundless and hurtful harping that Heath was a "drug abuser" and stick it where the sun don't shine. ...
Good for you!! I got yer back so if anything goes down..... Look out! ;D
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on February 07, 2008, 11:00:57 pm
Good for you!! I got yer back so if anything goes down..... Look out! ;D
T'anks, Pal! ;D
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: ifyoucantfixit on February 07, 2008, 11:17:03 pm
I think he has his own issues. I also think he is as i am watching this whole grieving turn odd in a way. i We have so many repetitive statements by the same people over and over. I think that every possible thing that can be said has been said already. At this point it is restating the same things over and over and over. It is getting unhealthy in my opinion. All the me ssages of how we cant believe it. We cant understand why he had so many drugs in his possession. Wherther or not he was a drug abuser. Wherether or not he was depressed. Or simple fatigued and thus depressed. All of that has been argued repetitively. ad nauseum. We have to stand it. we cant fix it. So now its time to move forward. Or this place is going to get too depressing to be in. I for one cant take it much longer. That coupled with some peoples insatiable desire to be right and have the last word on every issue. They wont listen to anything more than their own voices rattling around inside their own head. therefor the rest of us have to listen as well. Unproductive and self flagillating. I am sick to death of it all. To tell the truth. I have appealed for calm. And it is not going to be allowed to happen.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on February 07, 2008, 11:45:22 pm
Well, I think you're right, Honey. And I think you're right about the rest of what you said, too. Buried safely here in this blog, I'll say plainly I was over Heath's death in about two days. I'm sorry he's dead, I feel for his little girl, but. ... Come on, people. ...
But however unhealthy this protracted carrying on is, it still struck me that RossInIllinois was being deliberately provocative of people who are hurting--even if it's an unhealthy hurting at this point. And that made me mad. >:(
Maybe he just has issues become some of us felt his idea of sending condolences to Jake Gyllenhaal was inappropriate. Sour grapes, in other words.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: injest on February 08, 2008, 12:44:58 am
I agree that some people are getting too fixated on the weeping and wailing....it is taking on a life of its own...
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on February 08, 2008, 10:11:39 am
Who invented peanut butter?
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Post by: loneleeb3 on February 08, 2008, 10:12:29 am
Well, I guess I'm gonna get in trouble for making a personal attack.
Over on the "Heath ... Grieving" thread, I just pretty much told RossInIllinois to take his groundless and hurtful harping that Heath was a "drug abuser" and stick it where the sun don't shine. ...
Yeah, I'm quoting myself.
I just put RossInIllinois on "Ignore." I'm tired of his bullshit.
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Post by: southendmd on February 08, 2008, 01:29:09 pm
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on February 10, 2008, 01:29:34 pm
Mr Jiffy the clown? Mrs Peanut. She was tired of all her lazy kids sitting around and the good for nuttin lazy behavior. She was tired of them and wanted them to be good for something. So she decided to put them in a grinder. Waa Laa.......Peanut Butter.........shhh she is wanted by the goober police. She told them they all went off and got jobs. either in the carnival, or in a movie theatre. Some went to work for hersheys...??????
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Post by: CellarDweller on February 11, 2008, 08:02:11 am
Glad you liked it, Kelda! Those movies scared the shit out of me, and the pic cracked me up. Although, I suppose it's not a nice thought to have about friends, tripping them for your own self preservation!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 11, 2008, 03:16:39 pm
Why oh why oh why did I know this existed and I should google it?
http://www.jewtube.com/
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on February 11, 2008, 03:21:55 pm
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 19, 2008, 08:17:11 pm
Okay here is a thought.
I think that the Clingons are actually speaking Welsh. Here is a video featuring Ioan Griffudd and Matthew Rhys reciting poetry to one another. Whaddya think?
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 20, 2008, 09:58:33 am
That was funny. I was real impressed that she was able to sing the name of that place, but then she sang Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch which I had never heard anyone speak before.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch, which in Welsh mean: "The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave" was for many years recognized by the Guiness Book of World Records as the longest place name, but has since been replaced by:
which I understand is the official name of Bangkok in Thai.
With thanks to: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/name.html
Good Ole Stephen Sondheim.
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Post by: southendmd on February 20, 2008, 10:36:58 am
That's a mouthful.
If you like songs where the singer sings very quickly, I can think of a few. Here's a gem: it's a parody of Gilbert and Sullivan's famous song from Pirates of Penzance, called "I am the very model of a modern homosexual", lyrics by Tom Orr.
Be patient with the video; it's worth it. He sings it at double time at the end.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 20, 2008, 10:39:52 am
Congradulations Paul on being the 1000th poster to this thread!
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Post by: southendmd on February 20, 2008, 10:46:44 am
I'm so honored!
Here are the lyrics to the song, as some are hard to follow.
THE MODERN HOMOSEXUAL to the tune of "I Am The Very Model of A Modern Major General" from The Pirates of Penzance music by Sir Arthur Sullivan * original lyrics by Sir William S. Gilbert parody lyrics by Tom Orr from Dirty Little Showtunes! NOTE: Lyrics below vary slightly from text in video, as song has now been rewritten & improved.
I AM THE VERY MODEL OF A MODERN HOMOSEXUAL: I'M STYLISH, GOOD AT COOKING, A GOOD-LOOKING INTELLECTUAL! AT PASSING LEGISLATION, THOUGH, I'M LARGELY INEFFECTUAL ... I'M SOMETIMES INTO S&M, AS LONG AS IT'S CONSENSUAL! I'M CLEVER WITH THE CRUDITÉS, ESPECIALLY ASPARAGUS ... AND I IGNORE REPUBLICANS WHENEVER THEY DISPARAGE US! I THINK ABOUT ADOPTION WHEN I SHOP FOR BABY CARRIAGES ... WHILE PLANNING OUT MY BOSTON TRIP AND DREAMING OF GAY MARRIAGES! Chorus: WHILE PLANNING OUT HIS BOSTON TRIP AND DREAMING OF GAY MARRIAGES! WHILE PLANNING OUT HIS BOSTON TRIP AND DREAMING OF GAY MARRIAGES! WHILE PLANNING OUT HIS BOSTON TRIP AND DREAMING OF GAY MARY MARRIAGES! I DECORATE WITH TASTEFUL SPRAYS OF FLOWERS AND DRIED EARS OF CORN AND I WOULD NOT BE CAUGHT DEAD IN AN OUTFIT I'VE ALREADY WORN ... FOR ESOTERIC SEX ACTS THAT ARE HIGHLY UNCONVENTIONAL, I AM THE VERY MODEL OF A MODERN HOMOSEXUAL! 2nd Verse; I LOVE TO MAKE AN ENTRANCE AT A PARTY, SO I DASH IN LATE ... I'M JUST AN INTERNATIONAL MALE CALVIN KLEIN SALE FASHION PLATE! I'VE DONE SO MANY DRUGS THAT MY COMPLEXION'S IN AN ASHEN STATE ... BUT UNDERNEATH IT ALL, I REALLY TRY TO BE "COMPASSION-ATE"! I LOVE MY GIN & TONICS, HIGH COLONICS AND OLD PIAF SONGS ... I LOVE "THE WOMEN," "ALL ABOUT EVE" AND "THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG"! MY LAST TRIP TO NEW YORK, I SHOPPED UNTIL I DROPPED AT BLOOMINGDALES ... FROM MENSWEAR DOWN TO FRAGRANCES, THEY NEVER HAD SUCH BOOMING SALES! Chorus: FROM MENSWEAR DOWN TO FRAGRANCES, THEY NEVER HAD SUCH BOOMING SALES! FROM MENSWEAR DOWN TO FRAGRANCES, THEY NEVER HAD SUCH BOOMING SALES! FROM MENSWEAR DOWN TO FRAGRANCES, THEY NEVER HAD SUCH BOOMING BOOMING SALES! WHEN I AM IN A GAY BAR, I KNOW I'M THE BIGGEST BITCH IN THERE ... AND I THROW DINNER PARTIES JUST TO SHOW OFF MY NEW KITCHENWARE! BUT STILL IN FASHION, FILM, FINE ART AND ANYTHING COLLECTIBLE, I AM THE VERY MODEL OF A MODERN HOMOSEXUAL! 3rd Verse: WHEN I CAN DIFFERENTIATE 'TWIXT "FABULOUS" AND "EXQUISITE" ... WHEN I SEE SOME ANDROGYNOUS CLUB KID AND KNOW WHICH SEX IS IT ... WHEN I KNOW EVERY DETAIL OF MISS MARTHA STEWART'S LIVING ROOM ... WHEN I KNOW HOW MUCH -- RETAIL -- EVERY WHAT EACH WHO IS GIVING WHOM! WHEN I HAVE LEARNED WHAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN MODERN SODOMY ... WHEN I KNOW MORE OF BRAINLESS BOYS THAN DOCTORS OF LOBOTOMY ... IN SHORT, WITH JUST A SMATTERING OF GOOD COSMETIC SURGERY, I'LL SIDESTEP HOW UNFLATTERING I'D LOOK FROM "BINGE AND PERJURY"! Chorus: HE'LL SIDESTEP HOW UNFLATTERING HE'D LOOK FROM "BINGE AND PERJURY"! HE'LL SIDESTEP HOW UNFLATTERING HE'D LOOK FROM "BINGE AND PERJURY"! HE'LL SIDESTEP HOW UNFLATTERING HE'D LOOK FROM "BINGE AND PURGER PERJURY"! MY FANCY FOR THE NANCY DREW AND HARDY BOYS KIDS' MYSTERY BOOKS AND HOW I THROW A PARTY SURELY PUTS ME IN THE HISTORY BOOKS! BUT STILL AS A GOOD-LOOKING, GOOD-AT-COOKING INTELLECTUAL, I AM THE VERY MODEL OF A MODERN HOMOSEXUAL! Chorus: BUT STILL AS A GOOD-LOOKING, GOOD-AT-COOKING INTELLECTUAL, HE IS THE VERY MODEL OF A MODERN HOMOSEXUAL!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 20, 2008, 10:47:58 am
That clip puts me in mind of auciences I see on Logo, it would be so cool to be in a room full fo gay people with a gay person on stage camping it up. ;)
OMG, look at them lyrics!
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on February 20, 2008, 11:37:12 am
THE MODERN HOMOSEXUAL to the tune of "I Am The Very Model of A Modern Major General" from The Pirates of Penzance music by Sir Arthur Sullivan * original lyrics by Sir William S. Gilbert parody lyrics by Tom Orr from Dirty Little Showtunes! NOTE: Lyrics below vary slightly from text in video, as song has now been rewritten & improved.
Hysterical! Genius! Hysterical genius! Where did you find this? Is "Dirty Little Showtunes" a review of some kind, a la "Forbidden Broadway"?
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Post by: southendmd on February 20, 2008, 02:09:33 pm
Hysterical! Genius! Hysterical genius! Where did you find this? Is "Dirty Little Showtunes" a review of some kind, a la "Forbidden Broadway"?
Glad you liked it, Jeff and Gary. I simply searched on youtube and found it. I always liked Forbidden Broadway (whose creator went to the same Catholic boys high school as I.)
Here's an article about Orr and the theatre group:
Dirty Little Showtunes! - Unplugged at Thumpers
In the late 1990s, a frisky Seattle Times theatre critic at large by the name of Tom Orr wowed the Seattle Fringe theatre scene with his bawdy Broadway parody revue Dirty Little Showtunes! in two sold-out runs at Rebar. Though the show actually originated (and was similarly successful) in San Francisco, and subsequently played other cities, Orr himself was especially fond of the Seattle versions, and Puget Sound audiences have been clamoring for a new edition.
Gaydar Theatre company’s version of the show Dirty Little Showtunes! - Unplugged at Thumpers Oak Room is not a new collection of Orrified Broadway musical numbers. Content wise, it recycles many of the biggest crowd pleasers from the earlier editions, plus perhaps a couple not heard locally before. Director/cast member Marc Willis and a troupe of (mostly) Gaydar veterans exuberantly sell Orr’s lyrics, which stand up well nearly a decade after Seattle originally heard them. The show is truly a team effort, punctuated by stand out solos and duets. Sassy Jay Irwin takes a winning Rex Harrison meets Noel Coward approach to "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Homosexual" and steals the spotlight in the process. The cast’s strongest vocalist Buddy Mahoney, though oddly deprived of a solo number of his own, stands out in a pair of duets "Bossy Bottoms" (otherwise known as "Bosom Buddies" from Mame), in which he is paired with Gaydar newcomer Dan Duwe, and in the well-crafted "Unworthy of Your Sons" ("Unworthy of Your Love") with the charmingly campy Greg Bowman. Bowman shines brightly in his solo "Somewhere That’s Pink" (derived from a certain Little Shop of Horrors classic), and the sweet-faced Jacob Mahoney offers a vivacious, wide-eyed version of "Daddy is A Boy’s Best Friend", in striking contrast to Orr’s own randier original cast performance. And, happily, pianist/musical director Mikel Poulsen is allowed a moment away from the ivories to deliver a priceless "I’m So Over the Rainbow."
The ensemble numbers really take off, from a phone sex version of a Bye Bye Birdie camp classic, here called "The Telephone Minute," to the just plain fun of "Showqueens" (to the tune of Lerner and Loewe’s "Show Me") and the anthem "Stonewall" ("Ragtime"). Orr errs a bit with an overly earnest re-write of the Sideshow ballad "Who Will Love Me As I Am" performed with sincerity by Marc Willis, and though Willis, Bowman, and Duwe have the right take on "At the Bathhouse" ("At the Ballet") it is perhaps the number from the original show that hasn’t aged very well.
The Thumpers stage is tiny, especially for a cast of seven, so there isn’t much in the way of choreography, and the same goes for costuming, which was apparently not a Gaydar budgetary consideration. The show is just about an hour, and that feels too short, despite the old adage about leaving your audience wanting more. But the sell-out crowds are loving Orr's affectionate, ribald humor, and many of those in attendance may well not have seen the '90s versions. Still, it would be nice to see an all-new DLST in town. Seussical, The Full Monty, Wicked and so many other shows are just crying for a sprinkling of Orr’s lyrical fairy-dust.
Dirty Little Showtunes! - Unplugged runs Sunday only at Thumpers, 1500 East Madison Street on Capitol Hill. All seats are $12, with pre-show dining. cocktails and desserts available. For reservations call (206) 328-3800.
See the list of this season's theatre offerings in the Seattle area.
- David-Edward Hughes
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 22, 2008, 10:53:27 am
So if you eat pasta and antipasto, will you still be hungry?
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Post by: southendmd on February 22, 2008, 12:14:20 pm
...Dirty Little Showtunes! - Unplugged runs Sunday only at Thumpers, 1500 East Madison Street on Capitol Hill. All seats are $12, with pre-show dining. cocktails and desserts available. For reservations call (206) 328-3800. ...
Thanks for posting about this, Paul! Maybe it's something to be done one Sunday here if ever I'm not working again ;) :-*.
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Post by: CellarDweller on February 27, 2008, 08:05:12 am
If chocolalte chip cookies are made with chocolate chips, and peanut butter cookies are made with peanut butter, what are girl scout cookies made with?
:o
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 27, 2008, 08:57:31 am
I don't think Smores are made out of Smurfs.
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Post by: CellarDweller on February 27, 2008, 09:05:59 am
If corn oil is made of corn, and olive oil of olives, what is baby oil made of?
:o
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on February 27, 2008, 09:51:07 am
Well it was in the late 1950 Filet Mignon craze, Grandaddy got a bunch of the boneless wonders and turned them out in his pasture and hadn;t even got back to the house before the neightbors had called they were starting to get out and were wandering thru peoples yards eating their flowers.
Faced with having to encircle the whole pasture with a chainlink fence he ended up letting the nightbors keep them as pets.
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Post by: Lynne on February 27, 2008, 10:15:25 am
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Post by: Lynne on February 27, 2008, 10:29:16 am
That's a better story than my Aunt Cereath, who decided to raise minks. She had a whole chicken house full of minks because she wouldn't kill them (or have them killed) for their fur. And the minks kept doing what minks will do...I think Uncle Warner eventually put his foot down and sold the whole lot of them...must have been thousands (of minks)..no clue how much $$$$.
I used to love going to Aunt Cereath's house. She was Grandma Mamie's youngest sister and spoiled rotten by all accounts. They raised milk goats too, and that's why we'd go - to get goat's milk, which Granny loved. The whole house reeked of animals and piled up newspapers though. Pretty sure the goats had the run of the house.
And then there's my Uncle Herman who raised emus...he still has a couple. For awhile he was convinced that the emu burger would be available through every McDonald's drive thru because of the lower fat and cholesterol. They were mean and ugly and I'm still not sure how he managed to get rid of most of his stock - probably gave them away. ???
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 27, 2008, 10:56:54 am
There are some emus around here, I think the people had the same idea as you r uncle Herman. I always thought they reminded me of Dr. Doolittle's Pushmepullyous.
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Post by: Lynne on February 27, 2008, 11:17:26 am
Having no clue what you were talking about, I had to do research :D :D .
There are some emus around here, I think the people had the same idea as you r uncle Herman. I always thought they reminded me of Dr. Doolittle's Pushmepullyous.
No, Emu's are birds and Pushmepullyou's were like two Llamas joined in the middle with heads facing different directions! Silly boy!
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Post by: southendmd on February 28, 2008, 01:14:19 pm
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on March 02, 2008, 07:25:41 pm
I had a peculiar and disturbing dream last night.
I dreamed about Johnny Depp! :o
He was dressed like I've seen in still shots from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, except that in my dream he was a vampire! :o
What could it possibly mean? ???
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Post by: jstephens9 on March 02, 2008, 07:57:55 pm
I don't know what that dream would mean, but I sure did have a strange dream the night before last. I even wrote down the details of it as soon as I woke up so I could try to figure out what it meant. I will recount the details at a later time. Don't we have a "dream" thread here somewhere? Anyway, the basic jist of it was that I was at a Brokie gathering, but we were playing some kind of military game that I did not understand. It seemed everybody knew what they were doing but me.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on March 02, 2008, 10:30:16 pm
I don't know what that dream would mean, but I sure did have a strange dream the night before last. I even wrote down the details of it as soon as I woke up so I could try to figure out what it meant. I will recount the details at a later time. Don't we have a "dream" thread here somewhere? Anyway, the basic jist of it was that I was at a Brokie gathering, but we were playing some kind of military game that I did not understand. It seemed everybody knew what they were doing but me.
I've had that sort of "dream experience," too, where everybody but me seems to know what's going on. It's always very upsetting.
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Post by: injest on March 02, 2008, 10:31:15 pm
I've had that sort of "dream experience," too, where everybody but me seems to know what's going on. It's always very upsetting.
I have had it in real life....and it IS quite upsetting... :)
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on March 03, 2008, 08:14:16 am
I have been thinking a bit about your dream Jeff, off and on when I was awake. I slept 15 hours yesterday.
Could it be Johnny Depp represents something you are attracted to, but preceive as dangerous? I am not sure.
I had crazy dreams, it was mostly centered around visiting places I had been earlier in life and seeing how they had changed. Crazy stuff like seeing strip mall from a distance and I was like there is is susch and such and so and so and I wake up this morning and Lynne and Rayn have called 3x.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on March 03, 2008, 09:49:14 am
He was dressed like I've seen in still shots from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, except that in my dream he was a vampire! :o
What could it possibly mean? ???
Vampires usually mean that someone or something in your waking life is sucking the life out of you and you ned to get away. I have no I dea about the Johnny Depp part! LOL
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on March 03, 2008, 10:20:52 am
Vampires usually mean that someone or something in your waking life is sucking the life out of you and you ned to get away. I have no I dea about the Johnny Depp part! LOL
I didn't notice any puncture wounds when I shaved this morning. ;D
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Post by: injest on March 03, 2008, 10:27:31 am
Speaking of Brad Pitt, check out Anne Rice's son: :P
ain't bad....can you imagine growing up with her as your mom??!! :o :o
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on March 03, 2008, 08:33:51 pm
Oh I got lots of book like that, in 2006 I was reading everything by Annie Proulx and I was telling someone on the phone and looked up on the shelf and there was a copy of Postcards I forgot I had.
I later got her to sign it.
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Post by: injest on March 03, 2008, 08:36:21 pm
I think my favorite of her books is "Cry To Heaven"
I like that phrase...don't let people see how badly you are hurt, cry to heaven...(they dont' care either but they can't hurt you )
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Post by: injest on March 03, 2008, 09:16:57 pm
nice...nice... ;D
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on March 03, 2008, 10:46:43 pm
A lot to measure up to, IMO. She is a genius, albeit an eccentric one. Her historical fictions are fantastic - The Feast of all Saints, Cry to Heaven. I have waited in sone long lines for her to sign my books.
I have only ever read Interview with the Vampire (also saw the film), and I'm afraid her style was too, well, Gothic and overheated for my taste. I'm not familiar at all with her historical fictions. What are they about?
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on March 04, 2008, 11:32:58 am
Thanks, Susie! (For both of the above. ;D )
(Mick should take his shirt off more often. ;D At least when he doesn't he often wears those form-fitting knit pullover shirts. ;D)
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on March 04, 2008, 01:21:58 pm
Jeff if you ever need mouth to mouth, just let me know. ;D
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on March 04, 2008, 02:44:55 pm
I have only ever read Interview with the Vampire (also saw the film), and I'm afraid her style was too, well, Gothic and overheated for my taste. I'm not familiar at all with her historical fictions. What are they about?
I would recommend Cry to Heaven. I think you would like it Jeff. A young aristicrat from Venice is kidnapped and castrated by his older brother after the older one is passed over for the inheretance. He is taken to Florence? where he became a famous singer...his brother feared he would reveal what happened and attempted to have him murdered..there are a lot of twists and turns in the plot and castrati or no, our hero had a lot of sex, and was NO pushover...the final few pages? You won't put it down.
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Post by: injest on March 04, 2008, 02:46:37 pm
I would recommend Cry to Heaven. I think you would like it Jeff. A young aristicrat from Venice is kidnapped and castrated by his older brother after the older one is passed over for the inheretance. He is taken to Florence? where he became a famous singer...his brother feared he would reveal what happened and attempted to have him murdered..there are a lot of twists and turns in the plot and castrati or no, our hero had a lot of sex, and was NO pushover...the final few pages? You won't put it down.
Thanks, Jess, that does sound like an interesting story. Wouldn't be the first novel I've read with a castrated central character, either. That would be Mary Renault's The Persian Boy.
I take it he's castrated so he can't have any offspring to inherit?
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on March 04, 2008, 03:01:01 pm
I would recommend Cry to Heaven. I think you would like it Jeff. A young aristicrat from Venice is kidnapped and castrated by his older brother after the older one is passed over for the inheretance. He is taken to Florence? where he became a famous singer...his brother feared he would reveal what happened and attempted to have him murdered..there are a lot of twists and turns in the plot and castrati or no, our hero had a lot of sex, and was NO pushover...the final few pages? You won't put it down.
You know castration is alful far to take it, I would be better had he just lived a good life, that is the best revenge.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on March 04, 2008, 03:02:52 pm
The singers were castrated to keep their voices boyish and high pitched. Some price to pay for art!
Yes, there was a film about one of them back in the '90s, I think. I forget what it was called and I never got around to seeing it. :-\
Jess seemed to be suggesting that in the plot of the Anne Rice novel the character was castrated for some reason connected with the inheritance. That's why I was asking.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on March 04, 2008, 03:38:53 pm
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Post by: southendmd on March 04, 2008, 04:26:56 pm
Here's a youtube clip of Farinelli singing "Laschia ch'io pianga", my favorite Handel aria. Apparently, they digitally combined the voice of a countertenor and a soprano to "create" the castrato voice, as no one really knows what it would sound like.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on March 04, 2008, 04:35:11 pm
Here is what purports to be the only recording of a castrato, recorded at the Sistine Chapel in 1902. His name was Alessandro Moreschi. He lived 1858-1922 and was apparently castrated close to birth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Moreschi
Thanks, Jess, that does sound like an interesting story. Wouldn't be the first novel I've read with a castrated central character, either. That would be Mary Renault's The Persian Boy.
I take it he's castrated so he can't have any offspring to inherit?
partly, His brother didn't want to KILL him for fear of how his mother would react (she was not the mother of the older brother). The boy, Tonio, liked to wander the streets at night with his friends singing and was very good....so the brother hatched this idea that he could have the boy castrated and tell the mother that Tonio did it to himself to keep his voice from changing...that Tonio dreamed of being a singer (which of course was not true) Tonio was too old to be castrated and was very traumatized....but he had no choice and dealt with things as best he could.
(I LOVE Bagoas from The Persian Boy....but Tonio is not like Bagoas at all...Tonio is a warrior at heart)
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on March 04, 2008, 07:46:21 pm
partly, His brother didn't want to KILL him for fear of how his mother would react (she was not the mother of the older brother). The boy, Tonio, liked to wander the streets at night with his friends singing and was very good....so the brother hatched this idea that he could have the boy castrated and tell the mother that Tonio did it to himself to keep his voice from changing...that Tonio dreamed of being a singer (which of course was not true) Tonio was too old to be castrated and was very traumatized....but he had no choice and dealt with things as best he could.
(I LOVE Bagoas from The Persian Boy....but Tonio is not like Bagoas at all...Tonio is a warrior at heart)
Thanks, Jess. Oooo, Tonio. That's a hot name. ... ;D
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Post by: injest on March 04, 2008, 07:49:05 pm
Not just you! She has gone from being my favorite author to one whose new books just sit on my shelf. I think the turning point came with Violin, if that was the one that starts off with the protagonist being unable to part with the body of her dead husband lying in the bed. Whatever that one was, I couldn't get through it and I don't think I've read an Anne Rice book since.
I did enjoy some of her writings under the pseudonyms Anne Rampling and A.N. Roquelaure. Have you read any of those?
who??!! me?? I am an innocent country girl I dont know nothing about none of that stuff...
what books?
Look!! a Squirrel!! *Jess trying to distract Susie*
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Post by: injest on March 05, 2008, 07:42:52 pm
Don't you dare shoot Rocky. Everyone from Bullwinkle through Boris and Natasha all the way to Capt. Peachfuzz will be on you like a duck on a junebug. >:(
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Post by: injest on March 05, 2008, 11:55:58 pm
Don't you dare shoot Rocky. Everyone from Bullwinkle through Boris and Natasha all the way to Capt. Peachfuzz will be on you like a duck on a junebug. >:(
I wasn't gonna shoot it...TRUMAN was gonna...I was just gonna COOK it for him...
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on March 06, 2008, 09:02:12 am
I once shot a woodpecker, but it was an accident.
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Post by: CellarDweller on March 06, 2008, 09:58:24 am
the postcard below describes what I would say if I saw Truman and Rich standing next to each other on a street coner, and I approached them........
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/CellarDweller115/EP8228L1.jpg) *runs from my big brothers, really quickly!*
I'm getting visions of th ewhole pot and kettle conversation. ::)
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Post by: loneleeb3 on March 14, 2008, 01:28:26 pm
I should probably post this under jacks song lyrics thread but I was here so...
Got a date a week from Friday with the Preacher's son, Everybody says he's crazy, I'll have to see I finally moved to Jackson when the summer came, I won't have to pay that boy to rake my leaves I'm probably going on and on it seems I'm doing more of that these days
(Chorus:) I probably wouldn't be this way I probably wouldn't hurt so bad I never pictured every minute without you in it, Oh you left so fast, Sometimes I see you standing there Sometimes it's like I'm losing touch Sometimes I feel I'm so lucky to have had the chance to love this much God give me moments grace Cause if I'd nevber seen your face I probably wouldn't be this way
Momma says that I just shouldn't speak to you, Susan says that I should just move on, You oughta see the way these people look at me, When they see me 'round here talking to this stone, Everybody thinks I've lost my mind but I just take it day by day
(Chorus)
I probably wouldn't be this way, I probably wouldn't hurt so bad, I never pictured every minute without you in it, Oh you left so fast, Sometimes I see you standing there, Sometimes I feel an angels touch Sometimes I feel that I'm so lucky to have had the chance to love this much God give me a moments grace Cause if I'd never see your face I probably woudln't be this way I probably wouldn't be this way
Got a date a week from a Friday with the Preacher's son, Everybody says I'm crazy, guess I'll have to see
I love it. Makes me sad but I love it none the less!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on March 14, 2008, 01:34:50 pm
Like Elton John says:
Guess there are times when we all need to share a little pain And ironing out the rough spots Is the hardest part when memories remain And it's times like these when we all need to hear the radio `Cause from the lips of some old singer We can share the troubles we already know
Turn them on, turn them on Turn on those sad songs When all hope is gone Why don't you tune in and turn them on
They reach into your room Just feel their gentle touch When all hope is gone Sad songs say so much
If someone else is suffering enough to write it down When every single word makes sense Then it's easier to have those songs around The kick inside is in the line that finally gets to you and it feels so good to hurt so bad And suffer just enough to sing the blues
Sad songs, they say Sad songs, they say Sad songs, they say Sad songs, they say so much
My homophobic college room mate loved this song, He said Elton John was a fag, but he loved his music. He is an idoit now living in a one room house from what I hear.
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Post by: CellarDweller on March 14, 2008, 02:08:27 pm
Guess there are times when we all need to share a little pain And ironing out the rough spots Is the hardest part when memories remain And it's times like these when we all need to hear the radio `Cause from the lips of some old singer We can share the troubles we already know
Turn them on, turn them on Turn on those sad songs When all hope is gone Why don't you tune in and turn them on
They reach into your room Just feel their gentle touch When all hope is gone Sad songs say so much
If someone else is suffering enough to write it down When every single word makes sense Then it's easier to have those songs around The kick inside is in the line that finally gets to you and it feels so good to hurt so bad And suffer just enough to sing the blues
Sad songs, they say Sad songs, they say Sad songs, they say Sad songs, they say so much
My homophobic college room mate loved this song, He said Elton John was a fag, but he loved his music. He is an idoit now living in a one room house from what I hear.
yes
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Post by: jstephens9 on March 16, 2008, 12:31:27 pm
That's right, song lyrics are supposed to go on my thread ;D, but I will forgive you this one time only :)
Thank you kind sir! :laugh:
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Post by: jstephens9 on March 28, 2008, 03:39:29 pm
You're welcome ;D
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Post by: loneleeb3 on April 01, 2008, 09:31:13 am
So here is a thought that got me a wonderin? Well heck, maybe more of a question. But why do we park on a driveway and drive on a parkway? And why do they say "don't cross that bridge till ya git there"? How can ya if ya ain't there yet? And who the hell is they anyway?
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Post by: CellarDweller on April 01, 2008, 09:47:19 am
those are some heavy thoughts you're having!
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Post by: jstephens9 on April 01, 2008, 02:12:34 pm
They sure are heavy...........what have you been smokin' anyway ???
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Post by: loneleeb3 on April 01, 2008, 02:44:31 pm
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on April 04, 2008, 06:29:22 pm
Wow Dan/Lynne, that is a wonderful song to have in my head now, I have had a touch of the Candy Man syndrome all week. And John Barrowman is singing, well hell whaddya know about that?
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Post by: Lynne on April 04, 2008, 06:35:38 pm
I am always happy to help. :D
I always wondered what kinda rancher let his cows roam around anyhow...now we know it was a 'Cows be damned' sorta thing. :laugh: :laugh:
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on April 21, 2008, 02:18:23 pm
WWSD
What Would Scooby Do?
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Post by: southendmd on April 21, 2008, 02:23:56 pm
Man I remember how much distain my mother had for Cher, I always thought she was so cool.
But man her daughter is as big as all outdoors! (Bless Her Heart= BHH)
And she was such a beautiful little girl! Welll, I am sure she is still beautiful in her own way. But a far cry form the little girl with blonde ringlets on the Sonny and Cher Show!
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on April 24, 2008, 08:56:12 am
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Post by: loneleeb3 on April 24, 2008, 03:49:06 pm
Well,
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2006/2141913801_ecd6b42d32.jpg?v=0) What would Cindy Lou Who Do?
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Post by: southendmd on April 24, 2008, 03:50:42 pm
Hmm,
(http://www.stuff.co.nz/images/717131.jpg)
What would Horton Hears a Who Do?
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Post by: loneleeb3 on April 24, 2008, 03:55:38 pm
(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTefeO5RBI_lMBtFKjzbkF/SIG=12pqav0nk/EXP=1209153294/**http%3A//poly.chromatic.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/booboo1.jpg) What Would Boo Boo Do?
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Post by: southendmd on April 24, 2008, 03:59:07 pm
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Post by: loneleeb3 on April 25, 2008, 01:50:19 pm
(http://profileimages.spock.com/600x400%2F92697011_600x400.jpg?Signature=M9jgdhf1gI%2FzztZGCa5w%2BjrgWm4%3D&AWSAccessKeyId=0NH6HF7KK7HYHXVQN482&Expires=1222326000&) What would Shabba Doo Do?
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Post by: southendmd on April 25, 2008, 01:55:54 pm
Well, not all. I am reading a chapter book of Pooh to my 4 year old daughter nightly. She loves it. She hasn't discovered Hannah yet, and hopefully won't for a looooong time!
thank you.
I thought he was talking about SULU.... ::)
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Post by: injest on April 28, 2008, 10:10:48 pm
I threatened to do an Annie Leibovitz on you earlier if you didn't come up with some photos for the calendar (since you were the one who started the calendar thread!). But you didn't reply. Guess I need to start packing my camera bags!!! Don't know how Annie manages to get her subjects to unclothe for the portraits...but I seem to have her gift!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on April 29, 2008, 10:44:49 am
I threatened to do an Annie Leibovitz on you earlier if you didn't come up with some photos for the calendar (since you were the one who started the calendar thread!). But you didn't reply. Guess I need to start packing my camera bags!!! Don't know how Annie manages to get her subjects to unclothe for the portraits...but I seem to have her gift!
Honey I'll take off my clothes, all you gotta do is ask! :laugh:
But seriously, that is a good example of how I talk a big game while ignoring rl and then it comes and grabs me by the under toe.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on April 29, 2008, 10:56:08 am
Exactly. In addition to all the fuss that's already been made over these photos, I smell a double standard. Imagine the screeching if a gay male photographer had taken a similar photo of a 15-year-old boy.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on April 29, 2008, 11:23:32 am
Exactly. In addition to all the fuss that's already been made over these photos, I smell a double standard. Imagine the screeching if a gay male photographer had taken a similar photo of a 15-year-old boy.
I smell that too, the media is reporting her parents were there and everyone was in agreement it was fine. I have not seen the actual photos, so I can only comment in general. But a 15 year old boy photographed by Les Krims or Lucas Samaris, as Ennis would say: "No Way!"
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on April 29, 2008, 11:37:19 am
I smell that too, the media is reporting her parents were there and everyone was in agreement it was fine. I have not seen the actual photos, so I can only comment in general. But a 15 year old boy photographed by Les Krims or Lucas Samaris, as Ennis would say: "No Way!"
Questions have been raised about the propriety of a photo of her and Billy Ray, too.
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Post by: loneleeb3 on April 29, 2008, 11:41:43 am
It kills me. The double standard and the fact that the media is always ready and waiting to tear someone apart. Ecspecially someone that portrays themselves as wholsome. It's like a bunch of Pirannah. They're saying look loook, she just as sleazy as we are. I saw the pictures. I really don't see what all the fuss is about. She is completely covered except for her back. Heck, if she was at the pool you could expect to see somthing like that. I don't think I would want my daughters picture taken like that but it's not like she is doing a spread in penthouse! A little perepective and common sense could go a long way here. I think she is a good kid and her Dad is a good guy and they probably got caught up in themoment being with a famous photographer. I mean you talk to some celebs and they are like " you aren't famous till Annie Lebowitz takes you pic". The media needs to Cut the kid and her family some slack.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on April 29, 2008, 01:54:29 pm
I mean you talk to some celebs and they are like " you aren't famous till Annie Lebowitz takes you pic". The media needs to Cut the kid and her family some slack.
Boy, howdy, ain't that the truth?
Thing is, though, Billy Ray has been around the business long enough to know better. The whole situation, from the pictures to the uproar, stinks like three-day-old fish.
But I still think this isn't nothin' compared to what it would have been if some gay male photographer had taken suggestive pictures of a 15-year-old boy.
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Post by: loneleeb3 on April 29, 2008, 02:32:19 pm
Thing is, though, Billy Ray has been around the business long enough to know better. The whole situation, from the pictures to the uproar, stinks like three-day-old fish.
But I still think this isn't nothin' compared to what it would have been if some gay male photographer had taken suggestive pictures of a 15-year-old boy.
I agree. The poop would have hit the preverbial fan! Also, I do like Billy Ray but lets face it, he just ain't the brightest crayon in the box! I don't know, I would think he should know better but ya never know!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on April 29, 2008, 03:24:53 pm
OMG, is this it?
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on April 29, 2008, 06:49:10 pm
I hope your aim is better than that of the Titanic's captain.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on May 02, 2008, 09:40:23 am
"May we all live our remaining days with out eyes as open as our hearts!"
;)
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Post by: CellarDweller on May 02, 2008, 09:41:18 am
Oh, I like that, Truman!
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on May 09, 2008, 09:06:23 am
Umbrellas ain't worth shit in a big city.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on May 09, 2008, 09:24:07 am
Oddly enough I am still using an umbrella I purchased in 1995 in a CVS in Camden, New Jersey. It is on its last legs, but I am determined to get my $9.99 plus tax out of it.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on May 09, 2008, 09:42:17 am
Oddly enough I am still using an umbrella I purchased in 1995 in a CVS in Camden, New Jersey. It is on its last legs, but I am determined to get my $9.99 plus tax out of it.
Waste not, want not. :)
Probably wouldn't have lasted a week if you lived where the wind whipped around tall buildings so you never know which direction it's coming from. :-\
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Post by: Artiste on May 09, 2008, 10:08:54 am
I like huge ones that can cover my derriere !
Or should I say, my jewels ??
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Post by: CellarDweller on May 13, 2008, 12:33:04 pm
When the sun shines, we’ll shine together Told you I'll be here forever Said I'll always be a friend Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end Now that it's raining more than ever Know that we'll still have each other You can stand under my umbrella You can stand under my umbrella
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Post by: loneleeb3 on May 13, 2008, 12:36:27 pm
When the sun shines, we’ll shine together Told you I'll be here forever Said I'll always be a friend Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end Now that it's raining more than ever Know that we'll still have each other You can stand under my umbrella You can stand under my umbrella
Did you write that?
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Post by: CellarDweller on May 13, 2008, 12:42:32 pm
I wish. #1, because I love it, and #2. because I'd be rich!
Those are lyrics to the song "Umbrella" by Rihanna. It was considered the most popular song in the world for 2007. It spent 11 weeks at #1 in the UK, and was the #2 song of 2007 in the US.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on May 15, 2008, 01:29:49 pm
Somedays, I feel suspended, somewhere between having Downs Syndrome and being a porn star. :laugh:
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Post by: loneleeb3 on May 15, 2008, 01:33:37 pm
Thanks, Jack. You and Jeff will have a great time. Don't forget to bring a flask!
I was getting ready to say who is going to be carrying the flask around if you aren't there. And who is going to be falling through the floor :) Actually we would be sure we would not let you fall through this time. That old place might not even be safe to go in at all by now.....course I got lots of pictures last time.
Jeff and I will have a great time, but we are kind of like the only remaining ones from last year......I guess we are going to have to make big toasts to all of you......
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Post by: southendmd on May 19, 2008, 03:56:10 pm
I was getting ready to say who is going to be carrying the flask around if you aren't there. And who is going to be falling through the floor :) Actually we would be sure we would not let you fall through this time. That old place might not even be safe to go in at all by now.....course I got lots of pictures last time.
Jeff and I will have a great time, but we are kind of like the only remaining ones from last year......I guess we are going to have to make big toasts to all of you......
I'm sure I don't know what you mean. :-X :)
Don't forget Chrissi and RouxB. They are surviving veterans too!
And, this year, you have Chuck to entertain you. ::)
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Post by: loneleeb3 on May 19, 2008, 04:18:04 pm
I was getting ready to say who is going to be carrying the flask around if you aren't there. And who is going to be falling through the floor :) Actually we would be sure we would not let you fall through this time. That old place might not even be safe to go in at all by now.....course I got lots of pictures last time.
Jeff and I will have a great time, but we are kind of like the only remaining ones from last year......I guess we are going to have to make big toasts to all of you......
Please do! I sure would love a post card from Wyoming with all my Brokie friends signing it! ;D One day I'll be there.
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Post by: southendmd on May 19, 2008, 04:19:23 pm
Please do! I sure would love a post card from Wyoming with all my Brokie friends signing it! ;D One day I'll be there.
Plenty of toasts!
I'd love a Wyo postcard too...
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Post by: ifyoucantfixit on May 19, 2008, 11:57:00 pm
I hope you guys have the greatest time.. I wisaih i could be there too...have one for me too, on top of the top of the mountainI will be thinking of you..
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on May 20, 2008, 07:43:42 am
I was getting ready to say who is going to be carrying the flask around if you aren't there. And who is going to be falling through the floor :) Actually we would be sure we would not let you fall through this time. That old place might not even be safe to go in at all by now.....course I got lots of pictures last time.
Jeff and I will have a great time, but we are kind of like the only remaining ones from last year......I guess we are going to have to make big toasts to all of you......
I'll be raising a glass to you all, thinking of that blanket of stars you are going to see.
You and Jeff and Chuck will have to recreate me and Wayne's drunken dance under the stars. ;D
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on May 20, 2008, 09:43:29 am
If we're not careful about all these toasts, we're gonna fall off that mountain. ... :P
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Post by: CellarDweller on May 20, 2008, 07:55:45 pm
Richard :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Be kind now ;D But actually you are right and 110 is giving him credit :D Are you sure he is still alive Truman? What kind of TV show was he on?
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Post by: southendmd on May 23, 2008, 08:44:03 am
That photo looks like he's speaking at the Royal Order of the Golden Squirrel.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on May 23, 2008, 08:48:53 am
Richard :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Be kind now ;D But actually you are right and 110 is giving him credit :D Are you sure he is still alive Truman? What kind of TV show was he on?
I remember Art Linklater from his own talk show. He used to interview kids, and I believe he wrote a book called Kids Say the Darndest Things.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on May 23, 2008, 08:49:46 am
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you a car.--Billy Sunday
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on May 23, 2008, 11:28:36 am
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on May 23, 2008, 03:49:57 pm
I love these quotes from that article:
“I've had direct contact with the old bastard (Art Linkletter) on three separate, one-on-one occasions, and he is -- without a single doubt -- the most obnoxious, disgusting, miserable and hateful SOB I have ever encountered in my 52 years on this Earth. As the flight attendant in tears told me as I opened the door of the aircraft on which he arrived during my O'Hare days: ‘No wonder his daughter jumped out of the window.’ And, he was every bit as miserable when I paged a curtain for him backstage in 1992. "
AND
"“It was 1968, a year before his daughter's suicide, I was 13 years old and discovered Art Linkletter sunning himself in front of the famous Royal Hawaiian Hotel. He was reading Variety. I was nervous, shy and had only the best of intentions. I got a pen and paper and said: "Excuse me, Mr. Linkletter, would you PLEASE sign my autograph?"
“‘FUCK OFF!’ was his reply.”
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Post by: Brokeback_Dev on May 23, 2008, 03:54:30 pm
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on May 23, 2008, 04:41:01 pm
Reminds me of a few years ago when someone passed away my uncle told my mother "You know only the good die young" and then involked the name of one of their hated school teachers who was 98 at the time.
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Post by: Artiste on May 23, 2008, 10:29:53 pm
So the criminals die late ? Unfortunately !
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on May 24, 2008, 09:53:07 am
Artiste, didn't you tell me you were 169? :laugh:
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Post by: injest on May 24, 2008, 10:01:27 am
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on May 26, 2008, 10:59:43 am
Today is Memorial Day. Take a minute to think of all the men and women who have given so much to our country--and think about how much their families gave, too. If you're a praying kind of person, say a prayer, if not just think about all those people who served and gave so much, even to the ultimate sacrifice.
And don't forget those who still serve, and their families, friends, and loved ones, too.
:)
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Post by: loneleeb3 on May 26, 2008, 03:05:53 pm
This is a picture of my Grandfather, Carl S Bishop Sr. He served in the Army Air Corps (later called the Air Force) in WWII. He was in the South Pacific. He retired from the Air Force in 1963 after over 20 yrs of service. He died March 11,1997. He was my hero!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on May 26, 2008, 03:15:23 pm
Wow that is so cool, I have been to his grave, and now I know what he looks like.
I think you favor him.
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Post by: loneleeb3 on May 26, 2008, 03:50:03 pm
Naw I was so worked up when I wrote that this morning, I was thinking "if I were a smoker I could go outside and smoke one." O-well, I gave my friend a ride to the airport this afternoon and she told me she is goingg to quit because the savings would amount to two trips to London a year.
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Post by: injest on June 12, 2008, 07:40:15 pm
Naw I was so worked up when I wrote that this morning, I was thinking "if I were a smoker I could go outside and smoke one." O-well, I gave my friend a ride to the airport this afternoon and she told me she is goingg to quit because the savings would amount to two trips to London a year.
they HAVE gotten awfully expensive...
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on June 13, 2008, 08:58:27 am
Last night I came to the realization that practically every white person I know in real life knows of, (no better than second hand) the twins Orangejello and Lemonjello. What I don't know is anyone who has actually seen them or knows where they live.
Orangejello and Lemonjello live either in Columbia, South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, Atlanta, Georgia, New Orleans, Nashville, Charlotte, they are either new born or 20 years old, are either high school seniors or in Head Start. They are most often describe as both being male, but occasionally male and female. The implication is always that they are African American, and if you ask me, I suspect they have a lot of parents. 8)
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Post by: loneleeb3 on June 13, 2008, 09:16:29 am
My friend Maribeth's sister is a nurse in New York, she had a mother name her daughter Formica Dinette. She said she saw that name in the paper somewhere and just thought it sang!
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Post by: CellarDweller on June 13, 2008, 10:24:24 am
My friend had a picture of a little girl in a local newspaper at a town carival, and the girl's name was Charisma LaFontenelle.
:o
She also had seen a girl that was named Crystal Chandelier.
::)
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on June 13, 2008, 11:39:19 am
When I worked at the hospital there was a baby named November Rain.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on June 13, 2008, 12:02:16 pm
I suppose everyone has heard of Mr. and Mrs. Showers, who named their baby girl April?
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on June 13, 2008, 01:29:50 pm
A friend of mine knew this couple who married late in life and between them they had daughters named April, Fay and June.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on June 13, 2008, 01:37:12 pm
8 out of 10 Rocky Mountian and Burlington High School Students do not smoke cigarettes in a typical month.
??? ??? ??? ???
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on June 14, 2008, 08:54:04 am
Oh that is weird Chuck, I got one of those in my town too.
Its a conspiracy! :laugh:
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on June 17, 2008, 09:42:13 pm
I should start carrying a small notebook with me so I can record the event when I notice a particularly attractive guy. Like the beauteous young man I saw at the train station on my way to visit my dad last Saturday.
He might have been about 5-8 or 5-9. He wasn't terribly tall, and he was very young, looked to be college age to me. He had slightly bushy light brown hair. I couldn't see the color of his eyes, but I'm betting they were blue. He was clean-shaven, and he had full lips and a rather longish, aristocratic-looking nose. He was wearing a yellow short-sleeved polo shirt, untucked, baggy jeans, and flip-flops. He had a back pack, and he was carrying a duffel and one of those clothing bags like you carry a suit in. He was clearly athletic; his pecs swelled the bosom of his shirt in a manly way, and his biceps filled the sleeve openings completely, in a way that always makes me take notice.
I all-too-soon lost sight of him in the crowd, so imagine my surprise when I saw him again in the Lancaster train station. I more-or-less followed this attractive vision of young manhood down to the sidewalk in front of the station; I was headed there anyway to wait for my dad to pick me up. I positioned myself where I could observe him more closely. I noticed that his duffel was a Nike bag, blue with a silver "Swoosh" logo, and on the logo was hand printed the name Kreider, a very common Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, surname.
As I watched, an older woman in a red Toyota drove up and got out of the car. The young man kissed her, and I heard him call her "Mom," though to my eyes she looked old enough to be his grandmother; perhaps the young man was the baby of a family of several children. They loaded his luggage in the car, then they got in and drove off. Soon thereafter my dad arrived to pick me up.
A beauteous, athletic young man. ... :)
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Post by: injest on June 18, 2008, 12:01:45 am
Jeff that was a beautiful description...
thank you for sharing it with us. Makes me smile.
:-*
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Post by: loneleeb3 on June 18, 2008, 08:11:25 am
Jeff, that was beautiful. I feel like i was there with you. I love watching people, thinking about their lives where they are going what they are doing. Just brief moments of interaction in someone elses life even if they are unaware.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on June 18, 2008, 08:41:04 am
Jeff, that was beautiful. I feel like i was there with you. I love watching people, thinking about their lives where they are going what they are doing. Just brief moments of interaction in someone elses life even if they are unaware.
Thanks! Seeing the young man made me smile, too. Like a beautiful work of art. :)
"For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels." :)
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on June 20, 2008, 09:08:01 am
On my way to work this morning, I passed a young construction worker who looked just like the actor Josh Duhamel! :o
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Post by: Shasta542 on June 20, 2008, 11:13:26 am
You shoulda faked a flat! :P 8)
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on June 20, 2008, 11:49:10 am
I should start carrying a small notebook with me so I can record the event when I notice a particularly attractive guy. Like the beauteous young man I saw at the train station on my way to visit my dad last Saturday.
You should take pictures too and then you could create a scrapbook on here ;) You could call it "Jeff's Finds" ;D
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Post by: jstephens9 on June 21, 2008, 01:08:59 pm
Jeff, that was beautiful. I feel like i was there with you. I love watching people, thinking about their lives where they are going what they are doing. Just brief moments of interaction in someone elses life even if they are unaware.
Same here Richard!!! I love watching people too and wondering what they are thinking about, what they are doing, etc. I am actually also very good at talking and interacting with people who I don't know. I have met some very interesting people that way. It's funny that I can do that since I consider myself to be "shy" :D or as someone told me "reserved"
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on June 23, 2008, 03:05:29 pm
Q: What do you call an Irish Lesbian?
A: A Lassbian.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on June 25, 2008, 08:31:21 am
So when they were testing Metamucil, did they call it Betamucil?
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on June 25, 2008, 07:09:14 pm
Q: What soft drink do people at the end of their rope drink?
A: Exasperilla!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on June 30, 2008, 04:08:06 pm
How come there are no rap stars named Rapunzel? :-X
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on July 01, 2008, 01:48:26 pm
In the final analysis, just how many memorial services will Jackie have?
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Post by: loneleeb3 on July 01, 2008, 02:32:12 pm
In the final analysis, just how many memorial services will Jackie have?
Ya know! I hope she has hunnerds! What a testament to a life lived that people continue to want to memorialize her! I think it's cool! However I don't want that big a fuss made. LOL :laugh:
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Post by: injest on July 01, 2008, 06:51:48 pm
In the final analysis, just how many memorial services will Jackie have?
I wonder if it is Jackie that is being memorialized...or has she been lost in the symbolism and rituals?
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on July 01, 2008, 07:16:49 pm
We all do, it is part of the same institution that religion springs from.
But it is a good thing. Even after 2000 years people still commemorate Jesus of Nazareth's passing. It connects us with all them things we don't know......
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Post by: injest on July 01, 2008, 07:21:50 pm
We all do, it is part of the same institution that religion springs from.
But it is a good thing. Even after 2000 years people still commemorate Jesus of Nazareth's passing. It connects us with all them things we don't know......
pfft! I already know everything..
;D ;D
actually I DID think of a religious question for Wayne...was Nehemiah(??) gay?
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on July 01, 2008, 07:42:37 pm
Yeah, that would deffinatly be a Wayne question, the only thing I know about him is his name is difficult to spel.
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Post by: injest on July 01, 2008, 08:16:11 pm
Talk about shit hittin the fan!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on July 08, 2008, 01:43:46 pm
I don't ordinarily care for Mohawk haircuts, but I would make an exception for the young man I saw yesterday.
I saw him on the subway platform when I was on my way home from work. He may well have been not out of his teens, as he was carrying a gym bag with the logo from a soccer camp held at a suburban college. He was perhaps 5'8" tall, and very lean, though not skinny. He was wearing a nicely fitting black t-shirt and baggy jeans. His Mohawk looked like soft, dark-brown velvet; the rest of his head was shaved.
I believe he was Hispanic, as he had a smooth, flawless, caramel complexion; I'd say pure-blood Castilian if he was Hispanic. The features of his face, his nose and his mouth, were very finely formed, almost delicate. And he had those huge, wet brown eyes that always make my knees weak.
A beautiful young man--even with that Mohawk. ...
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on July 08, 2008, 04:50:13 pm
I saw an interesting mohawk recently too, this was on a teenaged kid, there was not an attraction involved but he was hard to miss. The sides of his head was close cropped and were natural brown but the mohawk part was bleached blond, it was quite stunning. All the young girls were giggling over him. ;D
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on July 08, 2008, 04:58:55 pm
So would a spirit filled, consevative, politically active, Muslim cleric living in southern United States be an Imamgelical?
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Post by: injest on July 08, 2008, 11:14:57 pm
I don't ordinarily care for Mohawk haircuts, but I would make an exception for the young man I saw yesterday.
I saw him on the subway platform when I was on my way home from work. He may well have been not out of his teens, as he was carrying a gym bag with the logo from a soccer camp held at a suburban college. He was perhaps 5'8" tall, and very lean, though not skinny. He was wearing a nicely fitting black t-shirt and baggy jeans. His Mohawk looked like soft, dark-brown velvet; the rest of his head was shaved.
I believe he was Hispanic, as he had a smooth, flawless, caramel complexion; I'd say pure-blood Castilian if he was Hispanic. The features of his face, his nose and his mouth, were very finely formed, almost delicate. And he had those huge, wet brown eyes that always make my knees weak.
A beautiful young man--even with that Mohawk. ...
I see a bunch of very attractive men when I do my scorekeeping for the various organizations around here.
There is one here that is not classically handsome, but he is so unselfconscient of himself....full of energy and big boned, not yet grown all the way into those long arms and legs...he can't sit down...he THROWS himself into a chair...making as much noise as he can...bright eyes and wide smile, legs spread and boots on the nearest table, full of "Yes, Maam"s. Stiving to be a man..
I stopped at a road side vegetable stand....the old man was being assisted by a striking young blond teenager, white straight teeth and dimples, baseball cap and tight jeans, blue eyes, perfect skin
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Post by: CellarDweller on July 09, 2008, 09:38:18 am
I see a bunch of very attractive men when I do my scorekeeping for the various organizations around here.
There is one here that is not classically handsome, but he is so unselfconscient of himself....full of energy and big boned, not yet grown all the way into those long arms and legs...he can't sit down...he THROWS himself into a chair...making as much noise as he can...bright eyes and wide smile, legs spread and boots on the nearest table, full of "Yes, Maam"s. Stiving to be a man..
Sigh. :)
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I stopped at a road side vegetable stand....the old man was being assisted by a striking young blond teenager, white straight teeth and dimples, baseball cap and tight jeans, blue eyes, perfect skin.
Double sigh. :)
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on July 09, 2008, 02:08:59 pm
You know Jeff you have helped me recall a memory that got wiped out of my consciousness:
I was on a cramped little plane flying back from Atlanta to Roanoke in January, the Steward was a handsome looking man in his early to mid 30s, total beefcake, receding hairline masked by a buzz cut. He was very irreverent in his cabin announcements, flirted openly with a woman up front having a birthday and carried on something with most everyone on the plane. wide face, handsome smile, a total dream boat.
Then I stepped off the boat telling him I had enjoyed my flight "Thank you, come again" he smiled back.
To the bagage claim, to the car and out on to the interstate, click on NPR: "The body of actor Heath Ledger was found in his apartment in lower Manhattan this afternoon......" and until now the memory of that Steward was buried behind tragedy.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on July 09, 2008, 06:25:53 pm
I was on a cramped little plane flying back from Atlanta to Roanoke in January, the Steward was a handsome looking man in his early to mid 30s, total beefcake, receding hairline masked by a buzz cut. He was very irreverent in his cabin announcements, flirted openly with a woman up front having a birthday and carried on something with most everyone on the plane. Wide face, handsome smile, a total dream boat.
I think he's got a brother or a cousin works as an Amtrak ticket agent in Philadelphia. :-\
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Post by: injest on July 09, 2008, 06:37:21 pm
if you lived down here I would invite you to come watch the events with me...they are more fun then rodeos because they last longer so you can look longer!!
I love a man on a horse...that v in the saddle there....their legs spread out, half wearing chaps to frame their....
(ok I am an old married woman I will stop...)
but DANG ;D ;D
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Post by: injest on July 09, 2008, 06:40:21 pm
and LORT, when they are riding up and down the arena all I can think is "Must be all that time in the saddle makes it so good"
especially that LOPING......
I need a cool drink....
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on July 09, 2008, 08:11:51 pm
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on July 10, 2008, 12:23:20 pm
Medicare won't pay for a Pedicure.
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Post by: southendmd on July 10, 2008, 12:50:51 pm
Will Medicaid pay for a Bandaid?
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on July 10, 2008, 01:22:01 pm
Some Aphorisms of G. K. Chesterton
(From an article about him in the July 7 & 14 New Yorker)
"Americans are the people who describe their use of alcohol and tobacco as vices."
"'My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no true patriot would think of saying. It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober.'"
"Blasphemy depends on belief and is fading with it. If anyone doubts this, let him sit down seriously and try to think blasphemous thoughts about Thor."
"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered."
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Post by: loneleeb3 on July 11, 2008, 08:10:15 am
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered."
I love this one!!
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on July 11, 2008, 08:21:34 am
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on July 11, 2008, 08:32:33 am
Man what an adventure today will be! ;D
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on July 11, 2008, 12:12:39 pm
"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered."
Oh boy, I saw my next adventure this morning as I was pulling out of the driveway.
Last year the highway department brought in some fill dirt to shore up an embankment next to my house that had eroded. Said dirt contained KUDZU and this morning as I pulled out into the road I glanced over and there it was!
Well of course this means war. I called the highway department, got transfered three times and left a message with the area director who was supervising a job down the road from me. His secretary said if he did not call back today he would call Monday. I am not waiting till Monday. My trip home this evening will include a stop by Lowe's to purchase a large volume of Roundup and once I locate my snake proof boots I am going to battle.
If I let this stuff alone, by the end of the summer it will engulf the trees beside the road, by this time next year the woods next to my house will be engulfed with it. It will become a convenient cover for snakes and rats. I have seen the stuff overrun an abandoned house. I am angry. eighteen years of keeping an eye on a patch around the curve and here the highway department brings it right to my door in responce to my tell then their road was about to cave it.
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Post by: injest on July 11, 2008, 12:21:51 pm
some adventures are just more exciting than others aren't they? :laugh: :P
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on July 11, 2008, 12:23:19 pm
"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered."
Oh boy, I saw my next adventure this morning as I was pulling out of the driveway.
Last year the highway department brought in some fill dirt to shore up an embankment next to my house that had eroded. Said dirt contained KUDZU and this morning as I pulled out into the road I glanced over and there it was!
Well of course this means war. I called the highway department, got transfered three times and left a message with the area director who was supervising a job down the road from me. His secretary said if he did not call back today he would call Monday. I am not waiting till Monday. My trip home this evening will include a stop by Lowe's to purchase a large volume of Roundup and once I locate my snake proof boots I am going to battle.
If I let this stuff alone, by the end of the summer it will engulf the trees beside the road, by this time next year the woods next to my house will be engulfed with it. It will become a convenient cover for snakes and rats. I have seen the stuff overrun an abandoned house. I am angry. eighteen years of keeping an eye on a patch around the curve and here the highway department brings it right to my door in responce to my tell then their road was about to cave it.
Why don't you just use it to make jelly? ???
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on July 11, 2008, 12:31:04 pm
Because: If I let this stuff alone, by the end of the summer it will engulf the trees beside the road, by this time next year the woods next to my house will be engulfed with it. It will become a convenient cover for snakes and rats. I have seen the stuff overrun an abandoned house.
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Post by: Front-Ranger on July 11, 2008, 12:36:19 pm
It's so much fun to just read every 10th post on this thread!!!!!!!
:laugh:
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Post by: injest on July 11, 2008, 12:36:51 pm
Because: If I let this stuff alone, by the end of the summer it will engulf the trees beside the road, by this time next year the woods next to my house will be engulfed with it. It will become a convenient cover for snakes and rats. I have seen the stuff overrun an abandoned house.
reminds me of wisteria...but it doesnt' even have the 'benefit' of being pretty every spring...
there are areas here so over run with wisteria that in the spring you cant' see the trees it is on...
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Post by: loneleeb3 on July 11, 2008, 02:30:00 pm
reminds me of wisteria...but it doesnt' even have the 'benefit' of being pretty every spring...
there are areas here so over run with wisteria that in the spring you cant' see the trees it is on...
Actually it has a beautiful purple flower much like Wysteria and it has a really nice smell. Almost like a grape smell. I actually like the smell of the Kudzu Blossom!
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Post by: injest on July 11, 2008, 05:58:35 pm
Actually it has a beautiful purple flower much like Wysteria and it has a really nice smell. Almost like a grape smell. I actually like the smell of the Kudzu Blossom!
really? I have never seen the blooms I dont' guess
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on July 11, 2008, 06:49:49 pm
Actually it has a beautiful purple flower much like Wysteria and it has a really nice smell. Almost like a grape smell. I actually like the smell of the Kudzu Blossom!
Maybe they use the blossoms to make the jam?
I've heard of making some kind of jam or jelly out of violets.
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Post by: Lynne on July 11, 2008, 07:23:07 pm
You're right on, Jeff. I went over to wikipedia to check it out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudzu
The purple flowers of Kudzu are also used to make a sweet jelly. This jelly is well known in the southern United States. This jelly has been described as tasting like either a cross between apple jelly and peach jelly or bubblegum.[citation needed] The viscous substance has a golden yellow color.
Still, tho, that stuff uncontained destroys all in its path. Truman, let us know how your quest goes!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on July 14, 2008, 10:40:57 am
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Post by: Brokeback_Dev on July 14, 2008, 10:58:23 am
Portguese Man-o-war's
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Post by: CellarDweller on July 14, 2008, 11:11:39 am
I never understood why they're just called "jellyfish"......they sure look like jellyfish to me, with the exception of the dome tht floats atop the water....
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on July 14, 2008, 12:25:36 pm
You're right on, Jeff. I went over to wikipedia to check it out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudzu
The purple flowers of Kudzu are also used to make a sweet jelly. This jelly is well known in the southern United States. This jelly has been described as tasting like either a cross between apple jelly and peach jelly or bubblegum.[citation needed] The viscous substance has a golden yellow color.
Still, tho, that stuff uncontained destroys all in its path. Truman, let us know how your quest goes!
At least the flowers are pretty, though the jelly sounds a little too sweet for my taste.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on July 14, 2008, 03:43:18 pm
I never saw Moonlighting, Twin Peaks, Oz or Six Feet Under.
It took 20 years for me to see ET, it was okay.
You didn't miss all that much! Doogie Houser typed too slowly, he's now gay, Moonlighting had that annoying Bruce Willis, Twin Peaks I don't know, Oz isn't that where Kerry lives, and Six Ft Under, the first episode says it all.
ET was overrated. Wall-E rules.
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Post by: injest on August 14, 2008, 12:00:33 am
You didn't miss all that much! Doogie Houser typed too slowly, he's now gay, Moonlighting had that annoying Bruce Willis, Twin Peaks I don't know, Oz isn't that where Kerry lives, and Six Ft Under, the first episode says it all.
ET was overrated. Wall-E rules.
I saw ET
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Post by: loneleeb3 on August 14, 2008, 08:27:56 am
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Six Ft Under, the first episode says it all.
I don;t know, I loved the last Episode! I thought that was so cool and some of the imagery was really good. The very end where they were playing Sia's Breathe me while the showing how the characters met their demise I thought was great! I got left with the impression that the whole series had been claires memories as she lay dying.
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Post by: CellarDweller on August 14, 2008, 08:34:20 am
In honor and memory of Elvis, The King of Rock and Roll, who fell off the toilet 31 years ago tomorrow, I give you.....
Poor old Elvis. That is a terrible way to die. You know his music and the other music of that time period is actually pretty good. I had heard it before of course, but I gained a new appreciation for the 50s music when I saw a live band that was performing it in LA. The groups name was King Creole and I believe their sign said they are dedicated to the music of the 50s rebels or something like that. They were performing at Pershing Square which is in the downtown area for free. This was actually just a few minutes after the earthquake. Anyway they were quite good.
Downtown LA is really quite a cool place. It is very clean and it seems that you will just all of a sudden can come up on some band playing for free. I was coming back another day from walking around and exploring the city (actually I think that was the day I rode the subway to Hollywood and to Union Station) and this Latin Jazz band was performing on the patio between two bank skyscrapers. There were tables set up where people were serving two different kinds of fresh lemonade and a variety of snacks, cookies, fudge, etc. all for free. The band was very good.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on August 15, 2008, 03:33:41 pm
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on August 15, 2008, 06:51:24 pm
Amen, no more drama! If your having problems, deal with them. If your addicted to trying to make your life a soap opera, go embezzle someone else's time! ;)
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Post by: injest on August 15, 2008, 07:06:29 pm
Amen, no more drama! If your having problems, deal with them. If your addicted to trying to make your life a soap opera, go embezzle someone else's time! ;)
Shakestheground: somehow this is funny: If your addicted to trying to make your life a soap opera, go embezzle someone else's time!
he DOES have a way with words....a real old world story teller...I can imagine Truman a couple of hundred years ago holding a crowd in thrall at a festival...
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Post by: Artiste on August 15, 2008, 07:14:34 pm
Merci injest!
He is talented!
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Post by: injest on August 15, 2008, 11:06:34 pm
I just have to quote one of my fave Trumanisms....."Bless Her heart"
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Post by: CellarDweller on August 15, 2008, 11:09:06 pm
*gets paper towels to wipe spring water off of monitor*
"God love her!"
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Post by: injest on August 15, 2008, 11:10:40 pm
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Post by: jstephens9 on August 15, 2008, 11:34:05 pm
Why are there so many videos on youtube anymore that don't work ??? I was afraid that would happen when they were bought by whoever bought them. I guess the record labels or whoever is afraid of copyright infringement. Remember the days when people used to be able to record cassettes, VCR tapes, etc. and nobody said anything?
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Post by: injest on August 15, 2008, 11:37:52 pm
Why are there so many videos on youtube anymore that don't work ??? I was afraid that would happen when they were bought by whoever bought them. I guess the record labels or whoever is afraid of copyright infringement. Remember the days when people used to be able to record cassettes, VCR tapes, etc. and nobody said anything?
are you getting a message saying that video is no longer available?
I think that is a glitch in the system...try clicking on this
Turns out they're connected to the Northeast Rottweiler Rescue.
You gotta be kiddin'. Rottweilers need rescuing? Racing greyhounds to be sure, but Rottweilers? I gotta Google that one.
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Really? I would think it would attract dog-lovers.
Perhaps if you're walking a dog when you're wearing the t-shirt. ...
Trust me on this one. A big hunky guy like Rich wears a t-shirt like that, especially in a butch-gay atmoshere like a gay rodeo, the men will be barking at him right and left--and they won't be interested in learning whether he prefers Labs or Golden Retrievers.
Undoubtedly that would be the undertone of the t-shirt even in the context of the Rottweiler Rescue.
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Post by: CellarDweller on August 21, 2008, 03:24:27 pm
You gotta be kiddin'. Rottweilers need rescuing? Racing greyhounds to be sure, but Rottweilers? I gotta Google that one.
Perhaps if you're walking a dog when you're wearing the t-shirt. ...
Trust me on this one. A big hunky guy like Rich wears a t-shirt like that, especially in a butch-gay atmoshere like a gay rodeo, the men will be barking at him right and left--and they won't be interested in learning whether he prefers Labs or Golden Retrievers.
Undoubtedly that would be the undertone of the t-shirt even in the context of the Rottweiler Rescue.
LOL! Lord, Jeff! You are far too kind. I doubt id get a yip much less a bark! :laugh:
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Post by: injest on August 21, 2008, 06:55:44 pm
"Periodical pains"? What a quaint way to phrase it!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
LMAO! Isn't it though? The picture of her all made up, double strand of pearls, and the line "and by looking my best, I do my husband credit." all of them combined just make me crack up!
It's all just so.........wrong.... :laugh: :laugh:
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on August 22, 2008, 12:24:10 pm
LMAO! Isn't it though? The picture of her all made up, double strand of pearls, and the line "and by looking my best, I do my husband credit." all of them combined just make me crack up!
It's all just so.........wrong.... :laugh: :laugh:
Oh, I don't know. I think pearls are always "correct." ;D ;)
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Post by: injest on August 24, 2008, 01:13:35 pm
Law have mercy, this whole forum is becoming about the election, all of it, all the time.
Let's just say that if you were running for president I would definitely vote for you. And as much as I try to see some positive something in the ones who are running now it just doesn't seem to happen for me ;) I think you would make a wonderful president Truman!!!
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Post by: southendmd on August 29, 2008, 05:14:58 pm
Hey Truman, have you chosen your running mate??
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on August 29, 2008, 06:53:15 pm
Sorry Lee, having met you, I have to say that you are neither fat, nor old. As for an "office drone"......you may work in an office, but your heart is out in the wild.
Therefore, the poster doesnt' pertain to you!
;D
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Post by: loneleeb3 on September 21, 2008, 09:12:07 am
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Sorry Lee, having met you, I have to say that you are neither fat, nor old. As for an "office drone"......you may work in an office, but your heart is out in the wild.
Therefore, the poster doesnt' pertain to you!
Here here!! I concur whole heartedly! How can the "Front Ranger" be an office drone? Perish the thought!!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on September 21, 2008, 10:47:33 am
Wow, you all are really sitting on top of the world. I would love to do something like that.
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Post by: CellarDweller on September 21, 2008, 03:38:41 pm
When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Fix yourself a Margarita!
Have a good day Tru and everyone else. :D
I love that one!! ;D
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 06, 2008, 10:40:45 pm
Oh, have you heard tell of sweet Billy from Pike, who crossed the wide prairie with his lover, Ike, with two yoke of cattle and one spotted hog, a tall Shanghai rooster and an old yeller dog. ...
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Post by: jstephens9 on November 09, 2008, 11:55:05 am
Oh, have you heard tell of sweet Billy from Pike, who crossed the wide prairie with his lover, Ike, with two yoke of cattle and one spotted hog, a tall Shanghai rooster and an old yeller dog. ...
This sounds like a Chuck poem Jeff. Is it? It sounds very familiar.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 10, 2008, 12:58:42 pm
I am going to tell her she need to talk louder, but the gist of it is she invested in the "self cooling beer" thingy a long time ago and now she wants her $$ back.
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Post by: CellarDweller on November 18, 2008, 10:02:28 pm
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I've never even heard of that!
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Post by: Lynne on November 18, 2008, 10:25:39 pm
...I am going to tell her she need to talk louder, but the gist of it is she invested in the "self cooling beer" thingy a long time ago and now she wants her $$ back.
:laugh:
Sounds like that would violate a law or two of thermodynamics. ;)
I bought shares in Annie's Macaroni and Cheese (http://www.annies.com/) way back when, but then they never did go public. They sent me my money back.
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Post by: injest on November 19, 2008, 12:24:22 am
I am going to tell her she need to talk louder, but the gist of it is she invested in the "self cooling beer" thingy a long time ago and now she wants her $$ back.
that woman done lost her mind, Truman, I would sit with my back against the wall if I were you!
8)
I bought a automatic can cooler...works like a charm! I love it. it is shaped like a little bathtub and on one end there is a suction cup. You put the bottom of the can on that suction cup and put ice around in the tub...then you hit the switch and it spins that can around real fast and one minute later, your Coke is cold!
I love it not cause it is all that useful but because I think it is cool that it spins like that and it is COLD but not shaken up... :laugh: :laugh:
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 19, 2008, 09:29:30 am
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 24, 2008, 11:57:42 am
"Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2009, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere . And without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee. By accepting these greetings you are accepting these terms. This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for herself or himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher."
"Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2009, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere . And without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee. By accepting these greetings you are accepting these terms. This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for herself or himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher."
I liked this picture because it looks like something we might do one day...cross-country skiing on the Blue Ridge Parkway, anyone?
I hope you and Bob and your families have a wonderful holiday season, Friend. There just aren't adequate words for what you've come to mean to me these past years. Thank you for letting me be a part of your world.
Much love, as always. Lynne :-*
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Post by: CellarDweller on December 28, 2008, 02:55:22 pm
"Friends are angels following you through life"
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 28, 2008, 03:16:11 pm
Good morning Truman. Happy New year's eve. Got any fun plans for tonight to bring 2009 in right?! :D
Naw, I ain't got no plans, I am hoping to be liberated from this office, I should have done left but while I was out earlier someone volunteered me to meet someone here at one pm, which is now, and where the hell are they? I am going to give them 15 min and I am out of here.
I will probably end up in front of the TV watching a bunch of no talent nobodies with singular names sing some alful crap and act like their cool or something. How I wish I was in a small room with a few people singing auld lyng sine and sipping some egg nog.
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Post by: Lynne on December 31, 2008, 09:22:32 pm
Hey Friend,
I hear you loud and clear. Next time...
I took a long walk on the beach at sunset; now I'm across from where I started at Lynch's Irish Pub having a Guinness.
I expect to be tucked into bed (with my laptop) long before midnight.
'Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?...'
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Post by: CellarDweller on January 01, 2009, 02:42:55 pm
I will probably end up in front of the TV watching a bunch of no talent nobodies with singular names sing some alful crap and act like their cool or something. How I wish I was in a small room with a few people singing auld lyng sine and sipping some egg nog.
Well I done tried to call last night, but your phone was off! ;D
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Post by: Kelda on January 04, 2009, 09:09:19 am
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 26, 2009, 01:54:52 pm
Dear Editor,
In the interest of correcting the historical record I would like to address the error in the obituary for my uncle published in yesterday's Martinsville Bulletin.
Among the pall bearers listed as carrying my uncle to his final rest was one Freeman Adkins. Since no doubt years from now my uncles four grandchildren will be scratching their heads wondering who Freeman Adkins was, there should be a foot note to explain that there is no such person. Additionally said non existant person should not be confused with myself. I was in fact offered the honor of being a pall bearer but had to decline due to extenuating circumstances. Exactly how this Freeman Adkins came to be is beyond my willingness to speculate.
But feel free to assign this newly created identity, to all the unattributed predilections of various relatives whose names you cannot quite recall. Welcome Freeman as the catchall relative with the vague facial features, the trickster who is always lurking to drop some ice down grandmas back when the group photo is taken, the one who failed to pick up Junior from ball practice and he had to walk home. No need for him to go to waste.
Sincerely,
Truman Adkins Fieldale, Virginia
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Post by: Meryl on February 26, 2009, 02:23:56 pm
I hope you really sent that to the paper. ;D
I'm so sorry to hear your uncle died, Truman. Sincere condolences, bud. :(
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 26, 2009, 10:09:32 pm
Thank kew Meryl, he had a stroke last summer and never regained much after that. He is in a better place.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 27, 2009, 02:04:30 pm
While at lunch today I had two revelations:
1. Xenoniphobia is a fear of inert gasses, and;
2. I saw a car with a handicapped sticker on it parked in a regular parking spot. I called a friend of mine who was having lunch with her policeman husband and told her I wanted to report it.
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Post by: Lynne on February 28, 2009, 10:10:15 am
2. I saw a car with a handicapped sticker on it parked in a regular parking spot. I called a friend of mine who was having lunch with her policeman husband and told her I wanted to report it.
:laugh: :laugh:
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Post by: loneleeb3 on March 02, 2009, 05:27:26 pm
In the interest of correcting the historical record I would like to address the error in the obituary for my uncle published in yesterday's Martinsville Bulletin.
Among the pall bearers listed as carrying my uncle to his final rest was one Freeman Adkins. Since no doubt years from now my uncles four grandchildren will be scratching their heads wondering who Freeman Adkins was, there should be a foot note to explain that there is no such person. Additionally said non existant person should not be confused with myself. I was in fact offered the honor of being a pall bearer but had to decline due to extenuating circumstances. Exactly how this Freeman Adkins came to be is beyond my willingness to speculate.
But feel free to assign this newly created identity, to all the unattributed predilections of various relatives whose names you cannot quite recall. Welcome Freeman as the catchall relative with the vague facial features, the trickster who is always lurking to drop some ice down grandmas back when the group photo is taken, the one who failed to pick up Junior from ball practice and he had to walk home. No need for him to go to waste.
Sincerely,
Truman Adkins Fieldale, Virginia
Truman, you are a genius! I think you need to write a book! However, I am truly sorry about your uncle. Been meaning to tell you. :(
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Post by: Brokeback_Dev on March 02, 2009, 07:30:56 pm
Yes, Truman you are truly a gifted writer. Im sorry to hear about the sad news of the passing of your uncle. But yes definitely that in to the editor. they should correct it.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on March 03, 2009, 12:03:03 pm
Well I have sent it but have not checked today.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on March 03, 2009, 02:09:55 pm
So, then, is Xenaphobia fear of Warrior Princesses or just fear of Lucy Lawless? ???
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on March 03, 2009, 02:12:39 pm
After eight years of the Bush Administration, with its crabby and crabby-looking old men, it's a relief and a pleasure to have some hotties running things in Washington. Makes it a lot more pleasant to watch the TV news.
There is, of course, the President himself. Then there is his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. Also Attorney General Eric Holder (how hot is he--an African American man with a name like a Viking?).
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on March 03, 2009, 02:21:23 pm
After eight years of the Bush Administration, with its crabby and crabby-looking old men, it's a relief and a pleasure to have some hotties running things in Washington. Makes it a lot more pleasant to watch the TV news.
There is, of course, the President himself. Then there is his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. Also Attorney General Eric Holder (how hot is he--an African American man with a name like a Viking?).
I would want them to protect me from Xena.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on March 03, 2009, 02:32:14 pm
In the interest of correcting the historical record I would like to address the error in the obituary for my uncle published in yesterday's Martinsville Bulletin.
Among the pall bearers listed as carrying my uncle to his final rest was one Freeman Adkins. Since no doubt years from now my uncles four grandchildren will be scratching their heads wondering who Freeman Adkins was, there should be a foot note to explain that there is no such person. Additionally said non existant person should not be confused with myself. I was in fact offered the honor of being a pall bearer but had to decline due to extenuating circumstances. Exactly how this Freeman Adkins came to be is beyond my willingness to speculate.
But feel free to assign this newly created identity, to all the unattributed predilections of various relatives whose names you cannot quite recall. Welcome Freeman as the catchall relative with the vague facial features, the trickster who is always lurking to drop some ice down grandmas back when the group photo is taken, the one who failed to pick up Junior from ball practice and he had to walk home. No need for him to go to waste.
Sincerely,
Truman Adkins Fieldale, Virginia
Okay, I just hear from the editor of the newspaper and she said they couldn't run it because no onw would understand it. I said that was cool, I had fun writing it.
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Post by: Meryl on March 03, 2009, 02:54:29 pm
Okay, I just hear from the editor of the newspaper and she said they couldn't run it because no one would understand it. I said that was cool, I had fun writing it.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Post by: Brokeback_Dev on March 03, 2009, 02:54:52 pm
Okay, I just hear from the editor of the newspaper and she said they couldn't run it because no onw would understand it. I said that was cool, I had fun writing it.
Cool
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on March 03, 2009, 04:49:46 pm
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Post by: Kelda on March 08, 2009, 10:53:13 am
Heh, I wonder hat the story was there - the lifes of other people eh, Id love to be a fly on peoples wall sometimes!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on March 09, 2009, 07:14:28 pm
"An old man sleeps with his conscience at night A young man sleeps with his dreams While the mentally ill sit perfectly still And live through life's in-betweens"
--John Prine, from "The Late John Garlfield Blues"
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Post by: Lynne on March 09, 2009, 10:20:09 pm
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on March 13, 2009, 12:34:49 pm
I think I would like to see Don Knotts' movies remade starring Harry Conick, Jr. in the rolls Knotts played. Not as the sappy slapstick originals, but as a more uptodate Gump-esque treatment:
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on March 16, 2009, 05:00:16 pm
Last night I attended a service at the Memorial Spiritualist Church in Norfolk, Virginia where eseffjoe's partner Jim was the visiting pastor. It was a wonderful sermon and he closed by reciting the owrds of the Beatles from nearly 40 years ago. It brought me back to our boys, made me see Jack's acceptance of reality in the trail head parking lot:
When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.
And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be. For though they may be parted there is still a chance that they will see, there will be an answer. let it be. Let it be, let it be, .....
And when the night is cloudy, there is still a light, that shines on me, shine until tomorrow, let it be. I wake up to the sound of music, mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be, .....
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Post by: CellarDweller on March 17, 2009, 08:36:48 am
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on March 26, 2009, 09:34:43 am
Watching Don Knotts movies it is amazing how many of them are so similar to episodes of the Andy Griffith show, same story lines, same sets, same wardrobe...... :o
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Post by: Brokeback_Dev on March 27, 2009, 08:46:07 am
It was so good spending a couple days with you. Love you Tru. :-*
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Post by: CellarDweller on March 28, 2009, 04:28:53 pm
Hiya Truman!
Thinkin' of ya today!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on March 29, 2009, 02:55:59 pm
Today would have been Billy Carter's 72nd birthday.
"You can either try to live a normal life or lock yourself in a closet....."
Rick James wrote a song about her: Shes a Bad mamma Jammarosannadanna
And Barry Manilow wrote Copa Cabanarosannadanna.
Rich, don't you live around Atlantarosannadanna? (Or was it Savannahrosannadanna?)
Do people in gay bars still wear colored bandanarosannadannas?
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Post by: CellarDweller on April 02, 2009, 07:11:39 am
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
OMG, do you know what this reminds me of?
Do you remember when we were all posting pics and saying "what would xxx do"?
lmao!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on April 09, 2009, 01:26:04 pm
Sadness abounds.
Tomorrow morning the Virginia Department of Transportation will begin demolition on the "Old" Fieldale Bridge. This is not the "new' one, built in 1970, but the old iron suspension bridge built in 1931 to replace an earlier one that literally fell down.
It is narrow, and when you are waiting in traffic on it and a car inches past in the other direction the whole thing shakes. Still, it has been there all my life, adding character to the town. The "Silver Gate" my friend Georgia said last night when I told her about it, comparing it to San Francisco's Golden Gate. I cannot imagine the millions of times it has been crossed by hundreds of thousands of people. I have crossed it in a car, on foot, on the back of trucks. I can count 6 generations of my people who have used it. It is hard to let it go. So much in life to be sentimental about.
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Post by: southendmd on April 09, 2009, 01:30:12 pm
I think it's beautiful. Even more so, for your words. Sorry for your loss.
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Post by: Meryl on April 09, 2009, 01:51:13 pm
Tomorrow morning the Virginia Department of Transportation will begin demolition on the "Old" Fieldale Bridge. This is not the "new' one, built in 1970, but the old iron suspension bridge built in 1931 to replace an earlier one that literally fell down.
It is narrow, and when you are waiting in traffic on it and a car inches past in the other direction the whole thing shakes. Still, it has been there all my life, adding character to the town. The "Silver Gate" my friend Georgia said last night when I told her about it, comparing it to San Francisco's Golden Gate. I cannot imagine the millions of times it has been crossed by hundreds of thousands of people. I have crossed it in a car, on foot, on the back of trucks. I can count 6 generations of my people who have used it. It is hard to let it go. So much in life to be sentimental about.
Aw, damn. Hate to see the past dissolving, especially things like this beloved old bridge. If people like me had their way, the world would be filled with crumbling structures, never mind their safety rating.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on April 10, 2009, 04:43:19 pm
If you are looking for a good movie to watch over the long weekend, I would suggest The Priest
This 1994 drama features Linus Roache and the very handsome Robert Carlyle. It is very well written and acted and has a nice coming out subplot. The entire movie seems to be on youtube.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on April 15, 2009, 02:10:52 pm
Here is the intro to my new favorite TV show: Trailer Park Boys. It is a Canadian TV series that has a John Paul Trenbley as one of its peeps, I wonder if he is related to Pierre?
If you are looking for a good movie to watch over the long weekend, I would suggest The Priest
This 1994 drama features Linus Roache and the very handsome Robert Carlyle. It is very well written and acted and has a nice coming out subplot. The entire movie seems to be on youtube.
I think Americans should watch more BBC because if they see the British as a racially intergrated society they will feel better about being one too.
whatcha you being watchin on BBC?
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on April 27, 2009, 04:11:00 pm
I was think that the other day while watching youtube clips of Susan Boyle, and then the little boy who started out singing Amy Wonehouse and simon made him switch to Michael Jackson and this dance group that was all of African descent and I got to thinking it *seems* like the British society is fairly well integrated and people get along well. I think if American see the "mother country" doing this it will catch on here.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on May 01, 2009, 10:55:17 am
Mrs. Twist Irises are about to bloom.
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Post by: Front-Ranger on May 01, 2009, 11:34:02 am
Yay! Wyomen has some of those too...I wonder how close his are to blooming? Happy Mayday, friend!
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Post by: Kelda on May 01, 2009, 02:48:57 pm
I was think that the other day while watching youtube clips of Susan Boyle, and then the little boy who started out singing Amy Wonehouse and simon made him switch to Michael Jackson and this dance group that was all of African descent and I got to thinking it *seems* like the British society is fairly well integrated and people get along well. I think if American see the "mother country" doing this it will catch on here.
:) :-*
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Post by: CellarDweller on May 05, 2009, 06:55:22 am
Hiya Big brother!
;D
Just stopping by to say "howdy"!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on May 06, 2009, 11:33:14 am
The sun can come out any time now.
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Post by: CellarDweller on May 06, 2009, 02:37:03 pm
I know! It's been raining here since Saturday evening. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! >:(
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Post by: Brokeback_Dev on May 06, 2009, 06:58:46 pm
Its sunny here. Wanna come for a visit? Fi will be here next weekend. We can have a brokie gathering! ;)
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Post by: Brokeback_Dev on May 06, 2009, 07:03:55 pm
Hey Truman, I love the book you gave me. Thank you so much. It was very thoughtful of you. I just havent read much of it. I have really good intentions though, really good. Im not much of a reader. Have to have a dictionary right by me. Its probably from lack of reading books. Well I read maybe one or two a year. I know its terrible. My mom read a book every couple days, so does my brother. Ashley loves to read too. I dont know what my problem is. Ill try to finish reading To Kill a MockingBird. ;)
xxoo dev
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Post by: CellarDweller on May 06, 2009, 07:29:49 pm
Hey Truman, I love the book you gave me. Thank you so much. It was very thoughtful of you. I just havent read much of it. I have really good intentions though, really good. Im not much of a reader. Have to have a dictionary right by me. Its probably from lack of reading books. Well I read maybe one or two a year. I know its terrible. My mom read a book every couple days, so does my brother. Ashley loves to read too. I dont know what my problem is. Ill try to finish reading To Kill a MockingBird. ;)
xxoo dev
You can just watch the movie. :D
Just kidding---the book goes into great detail that you don't get in the movie. Read, then watch! ;)
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Post by: Brokeback_Dev on May 09, 2009, 07:22:56 am
Just kidding---the book goes into great detail that you don't get in the movie. Read, then watch! ;)
No Way. Im really going to read the book, eventually!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on May 09, 2009, 03:59:13 pm
"Forever and a day, and the blood of man stained the red dirt of the Mississippi land, and this journey we go but this place we'll stay, if only in the heart where memory of love eternally remains"
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Post by: CellarDweller on May 11, 2009, 06:14:13 am
*waves*
Hiya Truman!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on May 12, 2009, 10:43:57 am
Ok so, why are red headed people called "carrot top" when the tops of carrots are green?
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Post by: Lynne on May 12, 2009, 11:07:01 am
Another idea is to listen to an unabridged audio version of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. It is nice to be read to.
Tru - I really like Eudora Welty.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on May 12, 2009, 01:16:24 pm
I am going to try and read a short story per day of Eudora's. Yesterday I read "Why I live at the P.O."
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Post by: Brokeback_Dev on May 17, 2009, 03:30:30 am
Good Idea Lynne. I'll check it out at the library. Im sure they have it. IF not there's always Barnes and Nobles :)
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Post by: Kelda on May 17, 2009, 07:12:31 am
Re: the carrot tops.. you got some really fun answers to that on facebook! :P
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on May 18, 2009, 03:01:08 pm
Something nice always happens to me when I go to the gym. :)
Maybe I'll run into an old friend I haven't seen in a long while, or the friend from church who has been waging an on-again off-again battle with leukemia for a year and a half (it always makes me happy to see him feeling well enough to work out), or maybe it's just getting to see some of the incredibly beautiful young personal trainers. But whatever it is, something nice always happens to make me feel good about having gone to the gym. :)
The exercise can't hurt, either. ;D
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on May 19, 2009, 10:18:32 am
I need to exercize.
On the other hand conspicious consumption can be fun. Last Friday my gaydar went off at the Little Caesars' and this nice young man carried my pizzas out to the car for me. Made my moment.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on May 19, 2009, 10:42:40 am
On the other hand conspicious consumption can be fun. Last Friday my gaydar went off at the Little Caesars' and this nice young man carried my pizzas out to the car for me. Made my moment.
:D I'm glad for you.
If a nice young man offered to carry anything anywhere for me, it would just make me feel old. :-\
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Post by: Lynne on May 20, 2009, 09:39:31 pm
I saw her last year in Berkeley; great show with amazing telegraphic connection with the audience.
Dollywood is on the agenda in May (I admit it!).
I hope you have a great time in my home state, HK. Although I've never been to Dollywood myself, I've explored those mountains, and it's a beautiful part of our country. You couldn't have my mother and not be a Dolly fan. I think she's doing her best work now. I especially liked Travelin' Thru, which she wrote and performed for Transamerica, a worthy film, IMO.
Good mornin Chuckie, I'm listenin for a change. Tell me how you are farin in this here world. (sorry, after I write in Brokeback slang for awhile, I can't seem to use word Endins!)
Mornin to you too Truman . . . I see you changed your name. What's up with that, darlin?
Something tells me that the holiday is over and I should be getting to work. bye till later! Judy
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on May 26, 2009, 04:13:00 pm
It is because I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo broke I am shaking that coffee can, hoping to find $24.00.
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Post by: Brokeback_Dev on May 26, 2009, 06:48:49 pm
It is because I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo broke I am shaking that coffee can, hoping to find $24.00.
I know what you mean Tru. ;)
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Post by: Katie77 on May 26, 2009, 07:04:22 pm
It is because I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo broke I am shaking that coffee can, hoping to find $24.00.
Been there done that Tru.......I remember years ago searching on the floor of the car looking for some coin to put in a electricity meter, and another time, running out of petrol, and being greatful for some lawn mower petrol.
Hang in there......it doesn't last forever.
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Post by: injest on May 26, 2009, 07:08:00 pm
Been there done that Tru.......I remember years ago searching on the floor of the car looking for some coin to put in a electricity meter, and another time, running out of petrol, and being greatful for some lawn mower petrol.
Hang in there......it doesn't last forever.
my mother said something about the change on the floor of my car...I told her it was my retirement fund..
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Post by: ohiomyown on May 26, 2009, 07:35:53 pm
It is because I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo broke I am shaking that coffee can, hoping to find $24.00.
Ah. Makes perfect sense to me then.
I always thought we should have put $24 in the coffee can and left it in the stash up on Brokenback Mountain. Times like this, most of us would be running up there, shaking that coffee can.
How much would $24 (in 1957 dollars when Ennis was orphaned) be worth today. . . In 2009 Dollars? Do we have any actuarial types on board tonight? Judy
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Post by: Brokeback_Dev on May 26, 2009, 07:42:24 pm
I always thought we should have put $24 in the coffee can and left it in the stash up on Brokenback Mountain. Times like this, most of us would be running up there, shaking that coffee can.
How much would $24 (in 1957 dollars when Ennis was orphaned) be worth today. . . In 2009 Dollars? Do we have any actuarial types on board tonight? Judy
Judy you're on the right track.
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Post by: Lynne on May 28, 2009, 12:46:51 pm
I think that whoever said 'If it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger" was full of bullsh*t.
Sometimes, if it doesn't kill you, it just sucks.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on May 28, 2009, 01:53:39 pm
I think that whoever said 'If it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger" was full of bullsh*t.
Sometimes, if it doesn't kill you, it just sucks.
What Truman said. :(
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on May 29, 2009, 02:23:40 pm
People are such assholes.
I have spent three days cleaning a house, buying area rugs, pulling staples out of a hard wood floor, replacing a toilet seat, cleaning the refrigerator, painting the trim and this morning I was moping the ceiling. The 20 minutes before I am supposed to meet this asshole at the house to do a walk thru he shows up saying he is not going to rent the house because the oil tank has no cover on it. Oh I got mad. I told him he better leave and leave now. He did.
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Post by: Lynne on May 29, 2009, 02:36:22 pm
I have spent three days cleaning a house, buying area rugs, pulling staples out of a hard wood floor, replacing a toilet seat, cleaning the refrigerator, painting the trim and this morning I was moping the ceiling. The 20 minutes before I am supposed to meet this asshole at the house to do a walk thru he shows up saying he is not going to rent the house because the oil tank has no cover on it. Oh I got mad. I told him he better leave and leave now. He did.
>:( >:( >:(
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on June 01, 2009, 12:48:10 pm
Last night I watched Brokeback Mountain.
It has been a while since I typed such a thing. It has been a while since I saw it, probably back in the fall, well over six months.
I found myself still remembering what I was thinking or feeling the first time I saw it. Like touchstones necessary for an obsessive compulsive to quantify enjoyment. Looked for all the bloomers, the missing log on the chopping block, the whiskey bottle that disappears from Jack's hand and then reappears.
I found myself looking at the two fights Jack and Ennis engage in, one when they leave the mountain and the other in the trail head parking lot, where Ennis, exhausted, says "I can't stand it anymore". Both times it seems, he is blaming Jack for what he feels.
But what soothed me, what was balm was two things:
The music, the wonderful pathos of the soundtrack, summing up the unspoken feeling, and;
The memory, of having been to a number of those places, what the sun and the wind felt like, what my heart felt like beating in those wonderful places, the memories of friends made o that trip.
I had to pull out Refinding Brokeback and watching it too. ;D
There is still magic, it can still be accessed, and you can still count on the phone to ring just when Ennis climbs the stairs (Hey Chuck!)
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Post by: Meryl on June 01, 2009, 02:52:03 pm
Thanks, Truman. Brought it all back to me, too, a much-needed pause for reflection. :-*
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Post by: Brokeback_Dev on June 05, 2009, 12:48:20 pm
Wow, Truman it must have been so awesome for you to be there in those exact locations with other Brokies to share the magic with
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on June 05, 2009, 03:22:41 pm
Between Plato on the one hand and St. Paul on the other, we learn that real love is not selfish. It seeks the good of the one who is loved, not the good of the one who loves.
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Post by: Lynne on June 05, 2009, 03:31:02 pm
It has been a while since I typed such a thing. It has been a while since I saw it, probably back in the fall, well over six months.
I found myself still remembering what I was thinking or feeling the first time I saw it. Like touchstones necessary for an obsessive compulsive to quantify enjoyment. Looked for all the bloomers, the missing log on the chopping block, the whiskey bottle that disappears from Jack's hand and then reappears.
I found myself looking at the two fights Jack and Ennis engage in, one when they leave the mountain and the other in the trail head parking lot, where Ennis, exhausted, says "I can't stand it anymore". Both times it seems, he is blaming Jack for what he feels.
But what soothed me, what was balm was two things:
The music, the wonderful pathos of the soundtrack, summing up the unspoken feeling, and;
The memory, of having been to a number of those places, what the sun and the wind felt like, what my heart felt like beating in those wonderful places, the memories of friends made o that trip.
I had to pull out Refinding Brokeback and watching it too. ;D
There is still magic, it can still be accessed, and you can still count on the phone to ring just when Ennis climbs the stairs (Hey Chuck!)
You bring it back for me too. I haven't watched it in a long time - since maybe Christmas at Fiona's gathering? Ron wants me to watch it with him next time. He's turned into a fine Brokie for someone who only saw the film once!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Lynne on June 05, 2009, 03:33:07 pm
Between Plato on the one hand and St. Paul on the other, we learn that real love is not selfish. It seeks the good of the one who is loved, not the good of the one who loves.
I like.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on June 05, 2009, 04:16:11 pm
Does Bisexual mean you only have sex twice?
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shasta542 on June 05, 2009, 04:17:04 pm
Twice a day. ;)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on June 05, 2009, 10:47:11 pm
"When people ask me about my sexuality, I tell them I'm bisexual....if I want sex, I have to buy it."
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I love Boy George!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on June 09, 2009, 04:13:32 pm
The other day my friend Vickie LaVern told me that her blind aent Norma Jean, who lives by herself in East Tennessee, went out to feed her pet Donkey and found something animal like laying on the ground. Unable to tell what it was she called a neighbor who came over and informed her her donkey had had a baby.
Now Norma Jean has had this Donkey about a year. When Vickie Lavern's mamma visited her a few months ago she took a picture of her kissing the Donkey on the snoot and asked her how she could be sure she had the right end. Norma Jean said: "I ain't that blind". Apparently the gestation period for donkeys is about a year so who ever gave her this animal knew it was knocked up when they pawned it off on her.
Vickie LaVern told her daughter, age 11, all this and she matter of factly summed it up: "People really shouldn't give pregnant donkeys to blind people."
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on June 09, 2009, 06:11:48 pm
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Kelda on June 10, 2009, 06:48:09 am
I love your thoughts for the day!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on June 10, 2009, 07:12:24 am
I just can't imagine being pregnant for a year.
damn!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on June 17, 2009, 11:32:04 am
Yo!! Big Brother!
What you thinkin' today?
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Front-Ranger on June 17, 2009, 11:54:36 am
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on July 09, 2009, 02:52:04 pm
I manage this decrepit, old house next door to a church that is owned by said church. I told them I doubted anyone would rent it, well a year later along comes Mr. One Tooth, we call him that because he has one lower incisor and that is all the teeth he has.
Mr. One Tooth is about 67 and has a wife that is about 27, he has a mentally challenged adult step son he inherited from his first wife who is deceased, and he and his current wife have at least 6, if not more children. Did I mention I have never seen the mother? She does not live with him. She just comes and goes and produces children who immediately receive Social Security because her husband, the assumed father, is retired. She apparently comes around and collects the checks and takes off and he is left to raise this family on his check, and cannot ever come up with the $350 a month rent. He'll bring in $200, $100, and then nothing for a couple of months.
The Trustees have taken him to court onetime and read him the riot act about providing a home for his children. Looks like we will be headed back to court. He came by the office yesterday when I was out and said he'd be back to talk to me at 3 pm, but he never came back. He has no phone and no transportation, he has to walk 2.5 miles round trip to get here. It is a pitiful situation.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: ifyoucantfixit on July 09, 2009, 03:48:30 pm
All I can think of to say is!! Those poor poor kids. What kind of an environment is that to grow up in?
They need some kind of an investigation by DHS.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Kelda on July 09, 2009, 05:08:54 pm
I manage this decrepit, old house next door to a church that is owned by said church. I told them I doubted anyone would rent it, well a year later along comes Mr. One Tooth, we call him that because he has one lower incisor and that is all the teeth he has.
Mr. One Tooth is about 67 and has a wife that is about 27, he has a mentally challenged adult step son he inherited from his first wife who is deceased, and he and his current wife have at least 6, if not more children. Did I mention I have never seen the mother? She does not live with him. She just comes and goes and produces children who immediately receive Social Security because her husband, the assumed father, is retired. She apparently comes around and collects the checks and takes off and he is left to raise this family on his check, and cannot ever come up with the $350 a month rent. He'll bring in $200, $100, and then nothing for a couple of months.
The Trustees have taken him to court onetime and read him the riot act about providing a home for his children. Looks like we will be headed back to court. He came by the office yesterday when I was out and said he'd be back to talk to me at 3 pm, but he never came back. He has no phone and no transportation, he has to walk 2.5 miles round trip to get here. It is a pitiful situation.
Oh dear.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on July 09, 2009, 07:28:11 pm
Damn Tru.....what a sad situation.
:-\
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Penthesilea on July 13, 2009, 07:03:54 am
Hi Tuman, I got your card today. Love it and PMed you. Mille grazie e mille baci! :)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on July 13, 2009, 07:11:32 am
Hiya Big brother!
Hope you are well!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on July 13, 2009, 10:43:07 am
;D
I am happy to report over the weekend nothing of any substantial relevance occured.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on July 13, 2009, 10:47:18 am
good to hear! ;D
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Kelda on July 13, 2009, 01:04:35 pm
I believe everyone should be given a chance. Even Mr. One Tooth
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on July 18, 2009, 10:55:09 am
Poor Mr. One Tooth
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on July 23, 2009, 01:38:32 pm
My mothers has taken up stained glass in the past year or so. This was all well and good until her supplier moved from town to a cheaper place, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay the hell out in the country.
For the past several months she has negotiated the purchase of glass to go into a fireplace screen long distance, the owner of the shop bringing it to town when she made the trip in. The pieces came together first on a folding table in the garage and then on the dining room table.
Then it had to be placed in the frame and fastened there, something akin to welding I understand. This would mean a trip waaaaaaaaaaaaaay the hell out in the country and my sister, for reasons as indecipherable as the rain, volunteered for the job.
She called me on her cell phone from outside the shop: "He said it would be just a few minutes, that was Four Hours Ago!" I rolled my eyes. She had fallen into the Mamma quagmire of good intentions. It did not end there. She called again when she got home to tell me all that drama they had to leave the piece there because the adhesive material was not dry and it would have to be lay down on the ride back and they had gone unprepared, without a blanket to wrap it in. I could feel lightening coming thru the phone.
I volunteered to go the screen. Mamma called up and said she had called and told them we would be there at 6 pm on Thursday, after I got off work at 5. I rolled my eyes. She still thinks I live in a 9-5 world of regularity that is a decade behind me. I asked her to bring me a blank check to the office and the woman's phone number. I would just go up there in the country and get the damn thing and bring it to her first thing in the morning. I learned they opened at 8:30 AM, and that was what time I arrived.
Encountering the "Him" who had told my sister it would take him "only a few minutes" I could hear the devils on my shoulder urging me to tell him I did not have all day to wait on him, his last few brush stokes of faux finish paint being applied to this hall table taking entirely too long, nearly a whole minute. The owner of the shop arrived, full of apologies and no coffee and tallied up the bill: $169.71. I filled in the check as it was gingerly placed in the back seat on a blanket I will never ever be able to get all the clinging hay out of.
It was 5 minutes till nine as I started back down Rt. toward Stuart and on Morning Edition Diana Krall was being interviewed, she was playing a grand piano in the lobby of a hotel in Washington, D.C. and singing with a cold and she said: "I finally came up with a character to sing Joni Mitchell's 'Case of You'" and it was like the road went silent.
Just then mention of it and I was no longer in Virginia, I was no longer driving a Nissan, I was in a Yaris headed for Dead Man's Flats on a summer night with the moon lighting my way. I listened to the end of the story to see if she was going to sing any of it, and when she didn't I opened the console and pulled out a CD Juan had made me and slipped it in.
Soon, I was singing King of the Road, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Moon River, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, down thru the country, back into my reality, back on to the highway and as I reached my exit the tinee guitar began:
"Just before our love got lost you said I am as constant as a northern star"
The truck down the road too far tow worry about I pulled out and gained speed.
"constant in the darkness Wheres that at? If you want me Ill be in the bar"
Around the curves headed toward my destination, a pencil in the minds hand:
"On the back of a cartoon coaster In the blue tv screen light I drew a map of Canada"
And pulled up to the stop sign:
"OH! CANADA!" I wailed with all my might, like I could keep up with Joni Mitchell.
The fireplace screen was put in front of the prefab fireplace so my niece can see it when she comes this weekend. The reminder/invitation/guilt trip about having lunch with her at the arts council issued and acknowledged, and still needing coffee.
That night, I was happy. And a couple of times since then too. I still feel I could drink a case of that night, of the love of those sweet souls gathered in a dark parking lot by a lake, and still be on my feet, perhaps, even lifted off those feet into some other place.
I keep that CD close by to remind me.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: southendmd on July 23, 2009, 02:38:49 pm
Not really. I was wearing shorts and sitting in a leather chair. I don't have air conditioning in my house. Getting up from the chair can get quite painful if you've parked yourself too long!!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Kelda on July 27, 2009, 02:53:25 pm
He is quite intrigued by this since he is talking about it on Facebook too. Tru do you think maybe you would like to teach a chicken to walk backward too?
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on July 27, 2009, 03:29:55 pm
I can't imagine what would be involved in such an enterprize..... ;D
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: jstephens9 on July 27, 2009, 03:33:49 pm
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on August 04, 2009, 11:32:52 am
I had a preemptory revelation from my guardian angel, but actually drank no alcohol on my birthday. In fact, the bit of mead I had for Lughnasa the day before was about the first I had in a month.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Wayne on August 05, 2009, 04:06:37 pm
Chuck Norris says Have a Kick Ass Belated Birthday Truman!! :D :-* :-*
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on August 05, 2009, 04:34:05 pm
For some reason I have been thinking about Mayonnaise a lot today.
My cousin Michel in Florida, who is very opinionated but a good person, thinks Man-aise shouldn't even exist, she won't even let it come in her house.
When I was in college my friend Johnny Puke proposed to have a punk bank called Mayonnaise Popsicle. But like most of his plans it never came to anything.
There is actually very little you can do with man-aise, put it on bread or a tortilla with some other stuff. When I was a kid I would have man-aise sandwiches which were just that. The strangest use of mayo I have seen is in conjunction with mashed potato's on hot dogs.
And large amounts of man-aise is out of the question in an situation. You also cannot mix man-aise with alcohol, particularly vodka. I have heard of mixing it with mustard and Worcestershire SASE to make a sauce however it seems that doing so just makes it a ticking time bomb of salmonella.
When I think of man-aise I think of a narrow window of opportunity that can slam shut quickly.
And it won't freeze.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on August 05, 2009, 06:32:16 pm
Recipes Using Mayonnaise
• American Shepherd's Pie • Anchovy Dip • Apple Chicken Salad • Apple Salad • Asparagus Potato Salad • Avocado Crab Grapefruit Salad • Avocado Shrimp Boats • Avocado Yoghurt Dip • Bacon and Double Cheeseburger Loaf • Bacon Ranch Potato Salad • Baked Bluefish in Mayonnaise • Baloney Sandwich Spread • Batter-Dipped Fondue Meatballs • Best Deviled Eggs • Broccoli Sunflower Seed Salad • Caviar Cream Pie • Caviar Mold • Caviar Torte with Champagne Onions • Chicken Deviled Eggs • Chicken Broccoli Amandine • Chicken Broccoli Stuffed Bread • Clam Meringues • Coleslaw with Sweet and Sour Creamy Dressing • Crab and Asparagus Salad • Crab Cakes • Crab Stuffed Mushrooms • Crab Mousse • Crawfish-Stuffed Artichokes with Lagniappe • Creamy Mustard-Dill Sauce • Curried Turkey Salad in Brioche • Deviled Crab • Deviled Crabby Patties • Deviled Deviled Eggs • Deviled Eggs with Caviar • Dill Potato Salad • East Norwalk Coleslaw • Easy Herb Biscuits • Easy Herbed Grilled Salmon • Egg Salad with Capers and Olives • Flavored Mayonnaises • Frozen Fruit Salad • Garlic Herb-Crusted Prime Rib Roast Recipe • Green Goddess Dressing • Ham and Swiss Cheese Spread • Haricots Verts (Green Beans) and Horseradish Salad • Herb Dressing • Herbed Oxtail Terrine • Horseradish Slaw • Hot Mayonnaise Glazed Scallops • Imitation Crab Salad • Lemon, Blueberry and Chicken (or Turkey) Salad • Lobster Asparagus Mousse • Lobster Spread • Mango Jalapeno Aioli • Mashed Potato Salad • Mediterranean Feta Cheese Dip • Monte Cristo Sandwiches • Mozzarella Dip • Mushrooms Stuffed with Whole Clams • Mustard Potato Salad • Ooey Gooey Rolls • Orange-Rosemary Mayonnaise • Orange Tarragon Mayonnaise • Pineapple Grape Coleslaw • Raspberry Cream Fruit Salad Dressing or Dip • Red, White, & Blue Potato Salad • Russian Potato Salad • Salmon Cakes • Salmon Shell Salad • Salmon Stuffed Eggs with Herb Dressing • Shrimp Stuffed Papayas • Slim Potato Salad • Smoked Turkey Bites • Spicy Roast Beef & Brie Panini • Spinach and Artichokes in Puff Pastry • Stove-top Smoked Salmon • Tilapia with Lime Caper Sauce • Tuna Spooks • Turkey-Pomegranate Salad • Turkey Salad with Cranberry Balsamic Vinaigrette • Turkey Salad in Mango Chutney Mayo • Turkey with Tuna Sauce • Upscale Cuban Panini Sandwiches • Vegetable Egg Spread Sandwich
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: southendmd on August 05, 2009, 10:04:12 pm
Tuna spooks?
I prolly don't wanna know...
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on August 05, 2009, 10:09:15 pm
I never said I've tried those dishes.
LOL
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Meryl on August 05, 2009, 11:49:21 pm
I love mayonnaise and have the hips to prove it. ;D
It makes grilled cheese sandwiches extra good. Use it on the outside of the bread instead of butter or margarine. You can also use it in a devil's food cake recipe for extra moistness. And it makes a killer hot party dip when blended with parmesan cheese and artichoke hearts.
I have yet to mix it with vodka. ;)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Kelda on August 06, 2009, 04:55:55 am
big fat chips (french fries) dipped in mayo...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on August 06, 2009, 06:46:06 am
A French Revelation, or The Burning Bush JAMES A. HAUGHT Incredibly, President George W. Bush told French President Jacques Chirac in early 2003 that Iraq must be invaded to thwart Gog and Magog, the Bible’s satanic agents of the Apocalypse.
Honest. This isn’t a joke. The president of the United States, in a top-secret phone call to a major European ally, asked for French troops to join American soldiers in attacking Iraq as a mission from God.
Now out of office, Chirac recounts that the American leader appealed to their “common faith” (Christianity) and told him: “Gog and Magog are at work in the Middle East…. The biblical prophecies are being fulfilled…. This confrontation is willed by God, who wants to use this conflict to erase his people’s enemies before a New Age begins.”
This bizarre episode occurred while the White House was assembling its “coalition of the willing” to unleash the Iraq invasion. Chirac says he was boggled by Bush’s call and “wondered how someone could be so superficial and fanatical in their beliefs.”
After the 2003 call, the puzzled French leader didn’t comply with Bush’s request. Instead, his staff asked Thomas Romer, a theologian at the University of Lausanne, to analyze the weird appeal. Dr. Romer explained that the Old Testament book of Ezekiel contains two chapters (38 and 39) in which God rages against Gog and Magog, sinister and mysterious forces menacing Israel. Jehovah vows to smite them savagely, to “turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,” and slaughter them ruthlessly. In the New Testament, the mystical book of Revelation envisions Gog and Magog gathering nations for battle, “and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.”
In 2007, Dr. Romer recounted Bush’s strange behavior in Lausanne University’s review, Allez Savoir. A French-language Swiss newspaper, Le Matin Dimanche, printed a sarcastic account titled: “When President George W. Bush Saw the Prophesies of the Bible Coming to Pass.” France’s La Liberte likewise spoofed it under the headline “A Small Scoop on Bush, Chirac, God, Gog and Magog.” But other news media missed the amazing report.
Subsequently, ex-President Chirac confirmed the nutty event in a long interview with French journalist Jean-Claude Maurice, who tells the tale in his new book, Si Vous le Répétez, Je Démentirai (If You Repeat it, I Will Deny), released in March by the publisher Plon.
Oddly, mainstream media are ignoring this alarming revelation that Bush may have been half-cracked when he started his Iraq war. My own paper, The Charleston Gazette in West Virginia, is the only U.S. newspaper to report it so far. Canada’s Toronto Star recounted the story, calling it a “stranger-than-fiction disclosure … which suggests that apocalyptic fervor may have held sway within the walls of the White House.” Fortunately, online commentary sites are spreading the news, filling the press void.
The French revelation jibes with other known aspects of Bush’s renowned evangelical certitude. For example, a few months after his phone call to Chirac, Bush attended a 2003 summit in Egypt. The Palestinian foreign minister later said the American president told him he was “on a mission from God” to defeat Iraq. At that time, the White House called this claim “absurd.”
Recently, GQ magazine revealed that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld attached warlike Bible verses and Iraq battle photos to war reports he hand-delivered to Bush. One declared: “Put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground.”
It’s awkward to say openly, but now-departed President Bush is a religious crackpot, an ex-drunk of small intellect who “got saved.” He never should have been entrusted with the power to start wars.
For six years, Americans really haven’t known why he launched the unnecessary Iraq attack. Official pretexts turned out to be baseless. Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction after all, and wasn’t in league with terrorists, as the White House alleged. Collapse of his asserted reasons led to speculation about hidden motives: Was the invasion loosed to gain control of Iraq’s oil—or to protect Israel—or to complete Bush’s father’s vendetta against the late dictator Saddam Hussein? Nobody ever found an answer.
Now, added to the other suspicions, comes the goofy possibility that abstruse, supernatural, idiotic, laughable Bible prophecies were a factor. This casts an ominous pall over the needless war that has killed more than four thousand young Americans and cost U.S. taxpayers perhaps $1 trillion.
James A. Haught is the editor of the Charleston Gazette (West Virginia) and a Free Inquiry senior editor.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Meryl on August 07, 2009, 11:40:26 am
A French Revelation, or The Burning Bush JAMES A. HAUGHT Incredibly, President George W. Bush told French President Jacques Chirac in early 2003 that Iraq must be invaded to thwart Gog and Magog, the Bible’s satanic agents of the Apocalypse.
Honest. This isn’t a joke. The president of the United States, in a top-secret phone call to a major European ally, asked for French troops to join American soldiers in attacking Iraq as a mission from God.
Now out of office, Chirac recounts that the American leader appealed to their “common faith” (Christianity) and told him: “Gog and Magog are at work in the Middle East…. The biblical prophecies are being fulfilled…. This confrontation is willed by God, who wants to use this conflict to erase his people’s enemies before a New Age begins.”
This bizarre episode occurred while the White House was assembling its “coalition of the willing” to unleash the Iraq invasion. Chirac says he was boggled by Bush’s call and “wondered how someone could be so superficial and fanatical in their beliefs.”
After the 2003 call, the puzzled French leader didn’t comply with Bush’s request. Instead, his staff asked Thomas Romer, a theologian at the University of Lausanne, to analyze the weird appeal. Dr. Romer explained that the Old Testament book of Ezekiel contains two chapters (38 and 39) in which God rages against Gog and Magog, sinister and mysterious forces menacing Israel. Jehovah vows to smite them savagely, to “turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,” and slaughter them ruthlessly. In the New Testament, the mystical book of Revelation envisions Gog and Magog gathering nations for battle, “and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.”
In 2007, Dr. Romer recounted Bush’s strange behavior in Lausanne University’s review, Allez Savoir. A French-language Swiss newspaper, Le Matin Dimanche, printed a sarcastic account titled: “When President George W. Bush Saw the Prophesies of the Bible Coming to Pass.” France’s La Liberte likewise spoofed it under the headline “A Small Scoop on Bush, Chirac, God, Gog and Magog.” But other news media missed the amazing report.
Subsequently, ex-President Chirac confirmed the nutty event in a long interview with French journalist Jean-Claude Maurice, who tells the tale in his new book, Si Vous le Répétez, Je Démentirai (If You Repeat it, I Will Deny), released in March by the publisher Plon.
Oddly, mainstream media are ignoring this alarming revelation that Bush may have been half-cracked when he started his Iraq war. My own paper, The Charleston Gazette in West Virginia, is the only U.S. newspaper to report it so far. Canada’s Toronto Star recounted the story, calling it a “stranger-than-fiction disclosure … which suggests that apocalyptic fervor may have held sway within the walls of the White House.” Fortunately, online commentary sites are spreading the news, filling the press void.
The French revelation jibes with other known aspects of Bush’s renowned evangelical certitude. For example, a few months after his phone call to Chirac, Bush attended a 2003 summit in Egypt. The Palestinian foreign minister later said the American president told him he was “on a mission from God” to defeat Iraq. At that time, the White House called this claim “absurd.”
Recently, GQ magazine revealed that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld attached warlike Bible verses and Iraq battle photos to war reports he hand-delivered to Bush. One declared: “Put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground.”
It’s awkward to say openly, but now-departed President Bush is a religious crackpot, an ex-drunk of small intellect who “got saved.” He never should have been entrusted with the power to start wars.
For six years, Americans really haven’t known why he launched the unnecessary Iraq attack. Official pretexts turned out to be baseless. Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction after all, and wasn’t in league with terrorists, as the White House alleged. Collapse of his asserted reasons led to speculation about hidden motives: Was the invasion loosed to gain control of Iraq’s oil—or to protect Israel—or to complete Bush’s father’s vendetta against the late dictator Saddam Hussein? Nobody ever found an answer.
Now, added to the other suspicions, comes the goofy possibility that abstruse, supernatural, idiotic, laughable Bible prophecies were a factor. This casts an ominous pall over the needless war that has killed more than four thousand young Americans and cost U.S. taxpayers perhaps $1 trillion.
James A. Haught is the editor of the Charleston Gazette (West Virginia) and a Free Inquiry senior editor.
I wouldn't be surprised at this sort of thinking from the Ayatollah Khomeini, but from the head of a secular democracy? This makes the cult of power in the top echelon of the Bush Administration even scarier than before, and that's saying something. :P
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on August 09, 2009, 12:14:30 am
An interesting piece, Truman. Kind of makes you wonder what else will be falling from the tree in years to come in regards to what went on behind closed doors during the Bush Admin.
I've thought of that as well.
However, I'm sure every administration has stuff they hope never gets found out.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on August 11, 2009, 10:29:12 am
I saw this on John Stewart last night and liked to have fell out.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Kelda on August 12, 2009, 04:14:39 am
Yeah it looks like the cat would be outta there if it had a chance!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: CellarDweller on August 12, 2009, 06:04:24 am
:laugh:
those two vids are tooooo much!
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on August 19, 2009, 11:49:44 am
"She sat looking out the window like a doll someone had left behind."
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on August 19, 2009, 11:54:54 am
I just heard an ad on the radio with this woman saying "I wish I had know about Hospice sooner."
Damn.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on August 19, 2009, 09:41:23 pm
The 27th of May, 1983:
Ennis was mucking out the stalls in Stoudimier's barn, the old mans grandson had turned the radio to a rock station in Cheyenne, away from the country station Ennis usually listened to. He had slipped off with his buddies earlier and Ennis thought about marking over to change it back, but he had just a little left to do before he could call it a day, go get a beer. After the commercial for the local savings and loan ended and the flashy into faded, Bad Company came across the airwaves to fill his mind:
"Baby, when I think about you, I think about love.
Darling, can't live without you, and your love."
The lyrics hit Ennis in the stomach, he wondered if there was anyway he could convince Jack to meet him again.
Driving down a zig zag road away from Lightning Flat, Jack Twist adjusted the tuner on his truck's radio. Some preaching, a farm report, and then the Cheyenne station came in loud and clear.
"And if I had those golden dreams Of my yesterdaaaaaaaaaaaays,
I would wrap you in the heaven til I'm dyin' on the way."
Jack thought of strong arms encircling him, and a face came up in his mind. He snapped out of it, he cut the radio off. He was looking forward now. He would leave Ennis Del Mar be.
Ennis was mucking out the stalls in Stoudimier's barn, the old mans grandson had turned the radio to a rock station in Cheyenne, away from the country station Ennis usually listened to. He had slipped off with his buddies earlier and Ennis thought about marking over to change it back, but he had just a little left to do before he could call it a day, go get a beer. After the commercial for the local savings and loan ended and the flashy into faded, Bad Company came across the airwaves to fill his mind:
"Baby, when I think about you, I think about love.
Darling, can't live without you, and your love."
The lyrics hit Ennis in the stomach, he wondered if there was anyway he could convince Jack to meet him again.
Driving down a zig zag road away from Lightning Flat, Jack Twist adjusted the tuner on his truck's radio. Some preaching, a farm report, and then the Cheyenne station came in loud and clear.
"And if I had those golden dreams Of my yesterdaaaaaaaaaaaays,
I would wrap you in the heaven til I'm dyin' on the way."
Jack thought of strong arms encircling him, and a face came up in his mind. He snapped out of it, he cut the radio off. He was looking forward now. He would leave Ennis Del Mar be.
I LOVE this. Days like today ecspecially! We all need a reminder of what brought us here in the first place!
;)
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on August 26, 2009, 01:27:07 pm
"There will be no unnecessary drama in my world" :laugh:
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on August 26, 2009, 04:05:49 pm
Okay so Debby Boone who sang "You Light Up My Life" back in the 1970s, is the daughter of Pat Boone and the Granddaughter of Country Music pioneer Red Foley. She is married to Gabriel Ferrer, the son of Jose Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney and the cousin of George Coolney.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on August 26, 2009, 04:15:16 pm
The story my father told me was that his paternal grandmother told him this happened three yers prior to her marriage.
The sun grew dark one day and the next morning it did not rise. The only conclusion they could reach was that the end of the world had arrived and they went to the church house. They stayed there for three days as it filled up, people begging to be let it.
On the fourth day the sun began to return and they all drifted home and got back to their daily routines.
I knew she has been married in 1886, that would have made this event in 1883, and I knew what happened then, on this day in fact. The eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia, it blocked out the sun all over the world. My great grandmother witnessed it and never knew what it was.
The story my father told me was that his paternal grandmother told him this happened three yers prior to her marriage.
The sun grew dark one day and the next morning it did not rise. The only conclusion they could reach was that the end of the world had arrived and they went to the church house. They stayed there for three days as it filled up, people begging to be let it.
On the fourth day the sun began to return and they all drifted home and got back to their daily routines.
I knew she has been married in 1886, that would have made this event in 1883, and I knew what happened then, on this day in fact. The eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia, it blocked out the sun all over the world. My great grandmother witnessed it and never knew what it was.
What a great family story! 8)
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on August 27, 2009, 09:54:10 pm
"An now A da gii oona a nyew chaage. Oona mus love one noda. Same fashion A beena lobe oona, oona mus lobe one noda. Ef oona da lobe one noda, ebrybody gwine know dat oona me ciple dem."
John 13:34-35, De Good Nyews bout Jedus Christ wa John Write, published by Wycliffe Bible Translators
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Post by: Meryl on August 27, 2009, 10:03:58 pm
"An now A da gii oona a nyew chaage. Oona mus love one noda. Same fashion A beena lobe oona, oona mus lobe one noda. Ef oona da lobe one noda, ebrybody gwine know dat oona me ciple dem."
John 13:34-35, De Good Nyews bout Jedus Christ wa John Write, published by Wycliffe Bible Translators
How do you come up with these things? Don't answer that. :laugh:
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on August 27, 2009, 10:27:23 pm
"An now A da gii oona a nyew chaage. Oona mus love one noda. Same fashion A beena lobe oona, oona mus lobe one noda. Ef oona da lobe one noda, ebrybody gwine know dat oona me ciple dem."
John 13:34-35, De Good Nyews bout Jedus Christ wa John Write, published by Wycliffe Bible Translators
Is that Gullah?
I know it isn't Klingon. ;D
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on August 27, 2009, 11:28:50 pm
It sure is Gullah, I bought a copy of the New Testament in Gullah last week and have been howin' ever since.
This Jedus dude is da bomb.
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Post by: loneleeb3 on August 28, 2009, 06:41:42 am
My family lives in Charleston. There are ladies att he market that have carried down the tradition of making beautiful baskets out of sweet grass. They sit there and holler back at one another in gullah. There is also geechee(sp) which I think is a local dialect of the gullah language. It's really a trip to sit and listen to that.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on September 04, 2009, 02:25:50 pm
I was just in line at Subway and the woman behind me was ordering and the woman behind the counter was flying thru the choices of cheese. One of them was "White American". :laugh:
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Post by: CellarDweller on September 04, 2009, 05:40:53 pm
I was just in line at Subway and the woman behind me was ordering and the woman behind the counter was flying thru the choices of cheese. One of them was "White American". :laugh:
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on September 14, 2009, 01:11:12 pm
So Friday night I got to see one of my all time favorite musical groups in concert: ZZ Top.
We had tickets on the main floor, third row, it was perfect. The music was not too loud, the crowd not too big and by the end of the show we were 10 feet away from them, so stylish and effortless in their playing.
Then Saturday I go by the office and see the ad for the Sunday paper announcing our open houses. The one I had signed up for was completely wrong. Wrong house and everything and it was too late to change it. They managed to get a "Cancelled" banner across it, but no way to get the right one in. The poor sellers are facing forclosure so I went ahead and did it anyway.
Two sets of people showed up from the signs and balloons. One set was neighbors and the other was an elderly couple with sever osteoporosis. They had been looking at the house next door that was for sale and wanted to compare it to this one. They told me they had a house AND a farm they would have to sell before they bought anything and the wife was so sentimentally attached to the farm she had been paying taxes on it for 10 years. I did not see anything working out on it.
So I mention this to the seller as I am leaving and he wants to know all about them, wants to go see what they might have and trade houses with them. I cannot see how that would work, as their loan is not assumable. Plus, I don't know who these people are, they didn't sign the sign in sheet and I don't feellike staking out the AARP meeting.
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Post by: Lumière on September 15, 2009, 03:17:38 pm
Hey Truman! :)
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Post by: Kelda on September 16, 2009, 03:49:24 am
The story my father told me was that his paternal grandmother told him this happened three yers prior to her marriage.
The sun grew dark one day and the next morning it did not rise. The only conclusion they could reach was that the end of the world had arrived and they went to the church house. They stayed there for three days as it filled up, people begging to be let it.
On the fourth day the sun began to return and they all drifted home and got back to their daily routines.
I knew she has been married in 1886, that would have made this event in 1883, and I knew what happened then, on this day in fact. The eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia, it blocked out the sun all over the world. My great grandmother witnessed it and never knew what it was.
Wow, thats really interesting..and like Meryl says a great family story. How did you come to find out what it was? To think of 116 years ago them thiinking it was the end of the world...
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Post by: Penthesilea on September 16, 2009, 09:20:05 am
Wow, thats really interesting..and like Meryl says a great family story. How did you come to find out what it was? To think of 116 years ago them thiinking it was the end of the world...
Yeah, I also loved the story (even if I didn't comment).
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them thiinking it was the end of the world...
Strange at first, eh? But then you get into thinking: they had no telephone, radio, no exposure to science (which was on an altogether different level anyway) and scientific thinking - but lots of priests and preachers of all kinds, and so on. This makes it better understandable - theoretically.
But what brings understanding and empathy truly home for me is the complete eclipse we witnessed a couple of years ago. Remember that one?
We knew (more or less) everything about it beforehand, we had followed TV and newspaper reports, we were prepared with specific foils for our eyes, and so on. At the day of the event I was at my friends' house. We followed the reports from England, where people were gathered on an open field. It was indeed creepy to see the crowd and the reporter disappear into darkness right before our eyes, and we laughed when they returned. Motto: ok, the sun came back in England, thus it will come back for us, too. Of course, it was only a joke, but still.
A few minutes later the eclipse reached our area. We were on the terrace. It got not only dark, but also quiet. Very quiet, everything was silent, really everything. The birds were silent, no cars, no phones, no radio, no chatting from neighbours, no barking dogs - nothing. We only spoke in hushed tones together, if at all (like everybody else within a hundred kilometers, lol). It was darker than we had expected. And damn, it was reverential, but also a bit creepy.
If we well-informed know-it-alls found it creepy, what else should people hundreds of years ago have felt but utter horror?
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Post by: Meryl on September 16, 2009, 10:01:17 am
If we well-informed know-it-alls found it creepy, what else should people hundreds of years ago have felt but utter horror?
Very true, Chrissi! It's easy to chuckle at the primitive tribes in the movies when they tremble during an eclipse, but something as enormous as the sun being extinguished is nothing anyone can take lightly. In a similar vein, a few years ago I was staying in a country home's guest house in Virginia while I did a job there. We were far from city lights, and the road was blocked by forested land. At night it was so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, and it was totally quiet. I felt completely isolated, and I could see why all the superstitious tales about The Forest had sprung up in ancient and medieval times. It seemed that anything could have been lurking in those woods, and I felt very uneasy and vulnerable, being a city girl all these years. :P
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on September 16, 2009, 10:04:33 am
Wow, thats really interesting..and like Meryl says a great family story. How did you come to find out what it was? To think of 116 years ago them thiinking it was the end of the world...
It all sort of clicked in my head, I had read about the explosion not long before and knew when she and my great grandfather were married, so when my father said it was three years before that I knew it was in 1883. I was like OMG< that was Krakatoa! And I proceeded to tell him about it and he took it in politely but probably thought I was upstaging him. :laugh:
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on September 16, 2009, 10:06:20 am
And perhaps we've never got much further than that, when you hear people cry and carry on about the President of a country wanting to exterminate the old people...... ;D
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Post by: Kelda on September 16, 2009, 10:13:55 am
Very true, Chrissi! It's easy to chuckle at the primitive tribes in the movies when they tremble during an eclipse, but something as enormous as the sun being extinguished is nothing anyone can take lightly. In a similar vein, a few years ago I was staying in a country home's guest house in Virginia while I did a job there. We were far from city lights, and the road was blocked by forested land. At night it was so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, and it was totally quiet. I felt completely isolated, and I could see why all the superstitious tales about The Forest had sprung up in ancient and medieval times. It seemed that anything could have been lurking in those woods, and I felt very uneasy and vulnerable, being a city girl all these years. :P
:D
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on September 16, 2009, 10:17:46 am
Okay a little off subject, but this is important:
When learning Spanish,
Años means Years.
Anos means Anus.
So, use your Eneya "ñ"!
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on September 16, 2009, 10:41:42 am
And perhaps we've never got much further than that, when you hear people cry and carry on about the President of a country wanting to exterminate the old people...... ;D
I still want to know where I sign up for one of those "death panels." ... 8)
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on September 16, 2009, 10:43:06 am
That reminds me of a time that a DCF member (Nellie) came in and wished us "Happy New Year" in Spanish. She's Latina, but didn't know now to do the "~" thing, so she put "Felice Anos Nuveau" (that may be spelled wrong).
Someone came in and said "Did Nellie just wish us "happy new asshole?"
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on September 30, 2009, 03:32:50 pm
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Post by: loneleeb3 on October 14, 2009, 10:59:43 pm
Man, I can't watch that without breaking up! That has got to be one of the most beautiful scenes in all of cinema! Actually I finally watched the movie again for the first time since December of 07. Thats was when I watched it with you Tru! This time I watched it with my partner. It was still gut wrenching and i did cry through most of the movie. Partly because it is so moving and partly because I knew the train wreck that was coming but was unable to turn away. This time however was different. I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that even if I do wind up alone in trailer 17, I will be suffused in the knowledge that I had the courage to finally live the life I was meant to live. That I allowed myself to love and be loved. That, I think ,is the meaning behind the story. We have but one life. We can live it to the fullest taking chances and livng outloud or we can live it all folded up in a small box we put ourselves in. One way it ends fully realized and regret free the other way winds up filled with bitterness and regret never being fully realized. I'm glad I changed the way I was going! Thank you Ennis for showing me the way! Thank you my friends for helping me along! :-*
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on October 14, 2009, 11:27:31 pm
Never will there be anything quite like the love of Jack and Ennis, and our love for them.
Let Be.
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Post by: loneleeb3 on October 15, 2009, 06:40:45 am
Monika and Sonja standing on the pole bridge at Campsite 2.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on October 15, 2009, 10:06:25 am
I think when I look back on my life from some point more distant that the point I am at now, the words "artless, charmed" and "happiness" will come to mind. It remains in my mind that way too, which I think is one of the beauties of the story. The timelessness of it.
The dozy embrace scene is one everyone can relate to, it is what we all want, to be held, to feel safe with another person. Add to that the beauty of nature of the long ago pathos of two young lovers long gone.
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Post by: retropian on October 15, 2009, 11:51:58 am
Man, I can't watch that without breaking up! That has got to be one of the most beautiful scenes in all of cinema! Actually I finally watched the movie again for the first time since December of 07. Thats was when I watched it with you Tru! This time I watched it with my partner. It was still gut wrenching and i did cry through most of the movie. Partly because it is so moving and partly because I knew the train wreck that was coming but was unable to turn away. This time however was different. I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that even if I do wind up alone in trailer 17, I will be suffused in the knowledge that I had the courage to finally live the life I was meant to live. That I allowed myself to love and be loved. That, I think ,is the meaning behind the story. We have but one life. We can live it to the fullest taking chances and livng outloud or we can live it all folded up in a small box we put ourselves in. One way it ends fully realized and regret free the other way winds up filled with bitterness and regret never being fully realized. I'm glad I changed the way I was going! Thank you Ennis for showing me the way! Thank you my friends for helping me along! :-*
Well said. Thanks for sharing your journey with us.
The experience of Eternity in a moment. This one scene evokes the feeling I had upon 1st viewing the movie. Sad, but grateful for the experience, and happy it's part of my life.
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Post by: loneleeb3 on October 16, 2009, 06:20:21 am
I think when I look back on my life from some point more distant that the point I am at now, the words "artless, charmed" and "happiness" will come to mind. It remains in my mind that way too, which I think is one of the beauties of the story. The timelessness of it.
The dozy embrace scene is one everyone can relate to, it is what we all want, to be held, to feel safe with another person. Add to that the beauty of nature of the long ago pathos of two young lovers long gone.
Dang truman! You have a way. One of the greatest beauties of this story is it brought me you!
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Post by: CellarDweller on October 16, 2009, 10:13:51 pm
The dozy embrace scene is one everyone can relate to, it is what we all want, to be held, to feel safe with another person.
Sure is! I've had people ask me how at 40 I can still be hopeful about love? I tell them it's because I know my dozy embrace is still out there waiting for me.
;D
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Post by: loneleeb3 on October 17, 2009, 09:04:19 am
Sure is! I've had people ask me how at 40 I can still be hopeful about love? I tell them it's because I know my dozy embrace is still out there waiting for me.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 28, 2010, 08:49:27 pm
Here is a thought that comes from the last post GarryLH made here on Bettermost back in October of 2007:
"I guess I too believe that that the closer a theatrical experience comes to the reality of our own lives, the more potential it has to move us far beyond what we could have imagined before we experienced it. Even as, such a masterpiece will touch the hearts of all who are at a place in their own lives where they will allow it's Spirit to touch their souls. What ever Brokeback Mountain is, it is a gift from Spirit for those that are ready to see, hear, and feel its power in their own lives. It is for me nothing less than sacred."
Rest In Peace.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on June 10, 2010, 08:40:23 am
"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." --Mark Twain
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Post by: CellarDweller on June 10, 2010, 09:30:47 pm
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Post by: jstephens9 on August 28, 2010, 06:58:43 pm
What's wrong with Philadelphia? I know what's wrong with Camden. That's a scary looking place.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on August 28, 2010, 10:47:58 pm
Camden is just.....ik!
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on October 11, 2010, 06:43:21 pm
Montgomery Cliff's parents once lived in a boarding house run by a family of deaf mutes.
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Post by: Sophia on October 11, 2010, 07:03:32 pm
The UK punkband The Clash did a song about Montgomery Cliff and his last days in New York. :)
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 03, 2010, 07:52:37 pm
"Love is power and strength The people a person love, the things love to do or be can give stronger desire and power to do good and better."
--The Epistle to Mrs. Joyce
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 05, 2010, 09:51:57 am
From the Bristol Herald Courier in Bristol, Virginia-Tennessee:
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Bristol Virginia Police Department Nov. 1
* A guy was “acting suspicious” on Overlake Drive. The caller told police he was “ringing doorbells but is not trying to sell anything.” * An old man in a Chevy Caprice lurks around a Euclid Avenue restaurant “every morning between 7:45 and 8.” The caller told police that he parks “in the back of the lot” which was “making employees nervous.”
Nov. 2
* A tall man and a short woman were reportedly “running around somewhere on Piedmont Avenue screaming about getting ripped off when they bought drugs.” * Somebody wanted police to check on “a 3- or 4-year-old child running about with no supervision” on Oakcrest Circle. * A “slim” and “suspicious” man, driving a blue Chevy Caprice, was “causing a disturbance” on Magnolia Drive by being “out of the car, walking around.” * Someone called from State Street to report a man and a woman “arguing, drinking and fighting.”
Bristol Tennessee Police Department Nov. 1
* Police went to a McSherry Lane trailer park and met a man “who stated that his wife was intoxicated and started arguing with him over something that happened 11 years ago.” When it got heated, he called 911 and “she ran out and was hiding somewhere because she was afraid she had an arrest warrant.” The wife didn’t have any active warrants so police told the man “to call us back if his wife returned and started with him again.” * A car parked in a King College freshmen parking lot developed “a large dent in the roof” overnight. It was reported as a vandalism, though police have “no suspect information or witnesses to the vandalism at this time.”
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Post by: Meryl on November 06, 2010, 01:44:50 am
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From the Bristol Herald Courier in Bristol, Virginia-Tennessee
Clearly this paper has its finger on the pulse. And what a pulse! ;D
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 15, 2010, 07:47:54 pm
Crybaby does not have diabetes. ;D
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Post by: Meryl on November 15, 2010, 08:35:52 pm
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 06, 2010, 02:22:26 pm
I hate folding bed linens, especially fitted sheets--but I'm too stupid to make a bed without a fitted sheet. I guess the way to avoid folding bed linens is to have only one pair of sheets. Take 'em off the bed, launder 'em, and put 'em right back on the bed. No folding necessary.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 06, 2010, 02:30:43 pm
Oh I know, folding a fitted sheet is one of the most absurd things one can attempt.
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Post by: Lynne on December 06, 2010, 02:41:27 pm
Thanks to that crazy mother-in-law I had, I know how to fold a fitted sheet. I'll demonstrate for you sometime. If you take a new one out of the package very carefully, you can reverse engineer it.
:)
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 06, 2010, 03:01:54 pm
Thanks to that crazy mother-in-law I had, I know how to fold a fitted sheet. I'll demonstrate for you sometime. If you take a new one out of the package very carefully, you can reverse engineer it.
:)
Now, there's a clever thought! :D
I bet you can do "hospital corners," too.
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Post by: Penthesilea on December 06, 2010, 03:03:45 pm
I can halfways fold them. Of course, there's still one side higher than the other. So I just put them alternating in the closet: one sheet with higher side to the left, next sheet higher side to the right, and so on. Problem solved. And if the still half crumpled look bothers you, close the closet door very quickly. Ta-da! ;D
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Post by: Sason on December 06, 2010, 03:53:49 pm
Fitted sheets are not very common in Sweden, I only have one.
There's room enough in my closet, so I don't really worry about how it gets folded. I just fold it! :D
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 06, 2010, 04:13:56 pm
I wonder whether there will be any events in the coming year to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War? ???
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 07, 2010, 12:21:57 am
I have no doubt they will do something in Charleston SC this month, I have heard of a few commissions, but everybody is so broke it is not getting much press.
There is a commission in Virginia to commemorate the War of 1812 Bicentennial coming up.
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Post by: Meryl on December 07, 2010, 01:07:10 am
I hate folding bed linens, especially fitted sheets--but I'm too stupid to make a bed without a fitted sheet. I guess the way to avoid folding bed linens is to have only one pair of sheets. Take 'em off the bed, launder 'em, and put 'em right back on the bed. No folding necessary.
Predictably, youtube has pages of videos explaining how to fold a fitted sheet. Good luck! :)
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 30, 2010, 02:57:12 pm
I think bears have the right idea: sleep all winter, wake up in the spring.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 30, 2010, 03:19:08 pm
For real. Not missing much in winter time.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 03, 2011, 05:18:35 pm
According to http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312172/cousins.html
Andrew Jackson, James k. Polk, Andrew Johnson, Chester A. Arthur, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were related no other U.S. President.
Carter was however, related to Elvis Presley.
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Post by: Sason on January 03, 2011, 05:21:04 pm
So, not related to a president, but to a king?
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 03, 2011, 06:43:54 pm
My thoughts for the day, I'm missing my big brothers, Truman and Paul. ;D :-*
Miss you too, little brother Chuckie and big brother Truman (by four weeks!)
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on April 14, 2011, 02:41:56 pm
I miss you all too! FWIW, I don't remember those 4 weeks being particularly remarkable.
Well today I decided to stick my nose where it didn't belong and I called a friend of mine at work. She and her father have been estranged for several months now because he got remarried and didn't tell anyone about it until it was all said and done and it (and the bride) rubbed her the wrong way.
I told her I was sticking my nose where it didn't belong but I shared with her a story and encouraged her to mend fences. She said that in fact they had talked the other night for 2 hours. I was glad they did.
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Post by: Kelda on April 15, 2011, 02:39:34 pm
Go tru! xx
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on May 17, 2011, 11:14:19 am
If you can walk thru the storm door on your house, you might be a redneck.
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Post by: Front-Ranger on May 17, 2011, 01:15:53 pm
Well in my case I took the glass out a week ago to work on the hinge (I probably need to replace the whole thing) and it is still leaning against the house and I am still stepping thru the door.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on May 18, 2011, 10:57:41 am
Well in my case I took the glass out a week ago to work on the hinge (I probably need to replace the whole thing) and it is still leaning against the house and I am still stepping thru the door.
You should be using the handle or doorknob to open the door like a proper gentleman.
And don't forget to close it behind you. ;D
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Post by: Penthesilea on May 18, 2011, 11:32:25 am
"Good health is just the slowest possible rate at which you can die."
:(
Reminds me of something animal rights activists always say about turtles, especially advising parents not to buy them for the children: "Turtels are not easy to keep, they just die very slowly."
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on June 10, 2011, 03:19:03 pm
"Turtles are not easy to keep, they just die very slowly."
They have giant tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo that are said to be more than a hundred years old. A few years ago the organization I work for had its "summer picnic" at the zoo. Two of those ancient tortoises were having sex right out in public. :o
At least, it looked like they were at least trying to have sex. ::)
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on August 15, 2011, 10:46:59 am
I had no idea there was a squeal to Donnie Darko.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on August 15, 2011, 11:10:37 am
Doughnuts are very helpful on a gloomy day.
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Post by: Front-Ranger on August 15, 2011, 11:23:14 am
Maybe that's why doughnuts don't sell well in Denver...not enuff gloomy days!!
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Post by: CellarDweller on August 15, 2011, 11:39:40 am
in 1864 or 65, while at a train station in Jersey City, New Jersey, he was nearly killed by a train, he wrote in 1909:
"The incident occurred while a group of passengers were late at night purchasing their sleeping car places from the conductor who stood on the station platform at the entrance of the car. The platform was about the height of the car floor, and there was of course a narrow space between the platform and the car body. There was some crowding, and I happened to be pressed by it against the car body while waiting my turn. In this situation the train began to move, and by the motion I was twisted off my feet, and had dropped somewhat, with feet downward, into the open space, and was personally helpless, when my coat collar was vigorously seized and I was quickly pulled up and out to a secure footing on the platform. Upon turning to thank my rescuer I saw it was Edwin Booth, whose face was of course well known to me, and I expressed my gratitude to him, and in doing so, called him by name."
Yes, Edwin Booth, who's brother, John Wilkes Booth, would in 1865 murder his father. It was said that Edwin took some comfort in the fact he had saved the President's son in the years following the assassination.
Robert Lincoln went on to have a long political career, serving as Secretary of War under President Grant and later Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
In 1881 he was present at the Assassination of President James Garfield.
In 1901 he was present at the Assassination of President William McKinley.
After McKinley's assassination he declined to appear with a President in public.
In 1922 he was present at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial. Also present was President Warren G. Harding, who died a few month later.
Bless their hearts. I hope someone observed that. They had a hard time.
I'll tell you something really strange. I did not know until shortly before I posted the above that this September was the fiftieth anniversary of the Hills' alleged abduction, but during that month I got a powerful hankerin' to try to reread a couple of books on alleged alien abductions that I was unable to read almost 25 years ago because then the topic frightened me too badly.
Coincidence? Some people say there are no coincidences. ???
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on January 03, 2012, 11:01:04 am
A mom is somebody who knows how to get the knot out of your shoelace when you can't.
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Post by: Kelda on January 03, 2012, 12:35:31 pm
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 09, 2012, 12:29:34 pm
My Granny was a Smash Hand in the cotton mill. When a string would break in a loom, she would climb in or under and find it and tie it together in a tiny knot so they could get back at it.
Title: Re: Thoughts for the day
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on July 13, 2012, 12:26:43 pm
"Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with Windows."
;D
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Post by: Front-Ranger on August 14, 2012, 02:16:00 pm
If you married John Trudell, would your name be Tru Trudell? And would you have Peter Cook of The Princess Bride officiate?
That's pretty cool, Truman. I'm still working on it. I want my $24 to be in Wyoming quarters, so it's slow going, and I'm not going to cheat and just order them.