It’s four months until “Talk Like a Pirate Day,” so I thought it might be a good time for this oldie from ten years ago this spring. I’m back at my desk and easing into the routine again. I’m going to look around and see if I can’t find something different to show you in the next few days. I figure I owe it to you. Meanwhile, at least the doors are open! Come on in.
Personal Touché
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242 responses to “Personal Touché”
Speaking of surveillance video, in most of those you see on the news, one couldn’t tell the holdup guy from Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman or Cowardly Lion. Well, perhaps the Cowardly Lion wouldn’t have the guts to try it, but not having a heart would likely be a plus for a career in armed robbery, and not having a brain certainly wouldn’t be disqualifying.
Being only a semi-football fan, I don’t keep up with the rules, but the wearing of long dreadlocks seems to be the in thing now. My question is, is it illegal to tackle someone by grabbing their hair? This would probably fall under “clotheslineing”, grabbing the facemask, and other rules designed to avoid neck injuries. I have never seen a replay where it was done. It would certainly be a deterrent to the wearing of such a hairstyle.
Jerry in FL, given that they are wearing helmets, would there be enough showing to grab? I don’t know either, because I don’t watch the game myself.
Last I heard, the NFL had ruled that long hair had the same status as outer uniform items such as jerseys, and therefore was legal to grab when tacking. And yes, I’ve seen dreads hanging down to the waist in back.
cute and fun to watch: http://explore.org/live-cams/player/kitten-rescue-cam
I don’t like the new money because of the colors or the fraud-prevention features, but because it looks too much like Monopoly™ money to me.
My favorite place to swim when I was stationed in Hawaii: http://explore.org/live-cams/player/hawaii-waimea-bay-cam
While cleaning up from making a batch of marinara sauce last night, I broke the tempered glass lid to my favorite Calphalon cooking pot. (It had sentimental value as well…it was a birthday present from my all-female staff.)
So I found a company online from which I could order a replacement lid and did so early today. Tonight I got an email from them that included some recipes. I checked out the breakfast category, as I’m always looking for a way to kick up the day’s “most important” but usually least interesting meal a notch. I found one for Bacon-Banana Buttermilk Pancakes with Bourbon Syrup.
Perhaps that’s a notch too far.
Debbe 😉 What’s your favorite breakfast (when you’re not in rush to get to work), hon?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5utW2K0RFE
26. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.*
GR6
you should have been 15 seconds earlier with the last post.
27. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.
I actually worked with a guy that would go to a restaurant and eat dessert first. He’s the same guy that actually has two original and signed Pogo strips on his living room wall.
Note to self: Self, don’t use the word “actually” twice in the same comment.
Gary, you don’t make blocks of ice that big, you buy them. One of the advantages of doing it that way is that you get a nice, clean, clear block to work with. Of course, you still need a freezer to keep it in when you’re not using it, and it’s only good for a few uses. Still, the bragging rights must be enormous.
I’ve heard that one reason that the USA hasn’t gone to different colors for different denominations of currency is that they’re afraid that too many people will pay more attention to the color than the printing, making it easier for counterfeiters to make something that “looks right.”
Good morning Villagers….
Kudos to my locally owned phone company. We had some problems at work (the hen house is part of the co-op) and here at home. Do you know they were here within the same hour that I called??? You would never get that from any other phone company…they’d say they would be out within a couple of days….phone fixed, new outlet put in, short fixed at the hen house and we’re back in business. Plus we get royalty checks once a year. They are also my ISP.
Denise…I love Ben Franklin. When mom had her bridal shop, the owners were downsizing their store footage. They built a room for us…with only one drawback, we share a bathroom. I would go out the back door into their store to use the restroom and would not return for several minutes. They carry so much ‘stuff’ The owners are also good friends of mine. I went to high school with the wife. She’s as crazy as me…her father was also our milkman when we were growing up. We would get milk delivered to us on the days we put out the empty bottle on the back porch. He would replace them with full bottles of milk with cream on the top….gosh that goes back.
I’m like you GR 😉 …love my debit card. Rarely carry change as I would have to go to bank in town to ATM. I try to keep change out of my pay check. What I like, is I can go online and see my balance. I can’t remember the last time I saw a $100 bill. Mine is twenties and on down.
I’ll tell you one thing GR;) ….it ain’t beans 🙂 .My breakfast varies. A banana every day, than maybe a P&J sandwich. Or a couple pieces of toast with apricot preserves or some apple butter on the toast. Then I fix a sandwich, right now it’s a deli rotisserie chicken and swiss cheese with real mayonnaise on it. Munchies us usually graham crackers.
Have any of you drank Almond milk? I love the stuff. Last night I had three chocolate chip cookies and a big glass of almond milk before I hit the pillow. I’m really trying to put some weight on, I’ve also been on this Frito chip kick lately too….before supper I’ll pig out on some…maybe it’s the salt I crave.
And it’s PAYDAY…
ya’ll have a blessed day
=^..^=
Old Bear…I like your #26, gonna copy it down, and put it on the wall at work where I stand at the end of the take away conveyor belt. I’ll see it several times a day. Think subliminal…
Sandcastler….glad you like 🙂 I say the more the merrier.
Maybe I should have posted this first…
http://cheezburger.com/8495838464
I’m with you Ursen on the movie…loved the ending
My son, when he was losing he baby teeth and believed in the tooth fairy, asked me one time what the tooth fairy did with all those teeth. My reply: all the stars in the sky at night are baby teeth 🙂
…and right now on my front porch, it’s 43.2 degrees, with a forecast of sunny rays, and a projected high of 72.2 degrees.
later…………….
Awww, Debbe, the stars in the sky…baby teeth…you could write children’s books! Almond milk is okay, but I like vanilla soy more. On Ben Franklin: my first apartment was on the banks of a beautiful river with miles of walking paths and some good areas for exploring (including a wild raspberry patch that no one else seemed to know about). Within easy walking distance was a small shopping center with a Ben Franklin, a grocery store, and a Stroh’s Ice Cream Parlor (where I had a large cone for dinner every two weeks on payday). I didn’t know it at the time, but I was in heaven.
Ghost, one of the wonders of the Internet is being able to get replacement parts easily.
Debbe may be the new Village weatherperson!
Can’t recall Ben Franklins in the Houston area, we had T,G &Y and a regional chain called Wackers, where I remember the little post office window being next to the goldfish tank with always at least a few dead ones. And I never had Tinker Toys or Lincoln Logs but I got all my Crazy Ikes there, my Parents always made sure I had plenty
I remember Duckwalls and Oklahoma Tire & Supply. Will either score points in this memory lane game?
Have a safe holiday weekend.
How about Western Auto and Auto-Lec? Kress, Grant’s, G. C. Murphy and Woolworth’s? Tas-T-Freeze with free comics for kids?
There was a Ben Franklin in Alvin (near Houston) when I was a kid. Still was one in Woodland Park, CO when we moved away from there in 2006.
Rusty