I’m sorry I missed updating yesterday. I’m trying to do better about that. Actually, I was away from my lair yesterday and am again today, but Gene and Ruth resume their 1996 conversation. To be a stickler about it, it is their second conversation, and Gene’s confidence grows. However, I am going to interrupt our own conversation about adult Gene and the other coast people—and the boat—for at least a day. Thank you for coming by!
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During my stint in the USAF, keeping America safe from enemies foreign and domestic, I may have attended n (where n >1) number of parties like the one in Toby’s video, where red Solo Party Cups were a staple. We too used them for mixing and drinking, but neither epoxy nor tea were involved. They do work quite well for draft beer, as shown in the video, but nothing says “party” like Seven & Seven cocktails in a 16 ounce cup.
Safe in Tulsa in bed with Dickens. I not only need a diet cgaperone, I need a hip manipulator. I has half a bag of Famous Amos cookies, half a Diet Coke and a pain pill for a one a.m. snack.
I am here, whether I get to two doctors and a lawyer is questionable. I know I won’t make it to car service, I am in wrong vehicle. When did servicing a car become more expensive (twice) than my first car cost?
Good morning Villagers…..
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…..and that was just last night
ya’ll have a blessed day
GR š I know you didn’t see this coming, but after last night…it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzU9FgNTYrU&nohtml5=False
a pastel calico?
http://cheezburger.com/8762544640
Goodbye Travis: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/fred-grimm/article70581602.html
Probably just as well…if Trav had to deal with all the rude, ignorant, whiny, self-important people he’d encounter these days, he’d be constantly having to whoop someone’s ass.
To Debbe, who seems she could use it today…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhN_ciiCsnw
If Gene and Mary Lou haven’t yet sold the boat, they may have to in order to pay for environmental clean up of the old filling station. From the looks of today’s strip, the original gas tank is still buried beneath the station. Most older tanks leak over the years and the surrounding soil has to be dug up and removed– not an inexpensive proposition and usually the responsibility of the current property owner. Meg better start cranking up egg production to help cover the costs!
So much for rural charm. You get to pay for the history as deep as it goes.
Asbestos…the gift that keeps on giving.
My kids used to refer to their two sets of grandparents homes as the toxic waste dump.
My maternal grandparents home, built in the early 1950’s, had unusual looking shingle siding. When the house had to be torn down, it turned out that it was made with asbestos, so the destruction crew had to take a lot of extra steps.
I apologize if anyone experienced an unsettling discomfort at approximately 07:00 CDT. Our cats created a minor ripple in the time space continuum while chasing a small lizard about the house. Lizard has been safely relocated outside and felines are again at rest.
Happy it was not snake. My last bunch used to catch them alive and carry in mouth.
Well, sand, it could have been worse.
http://jokideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tumblr_m783jqGeCU1r0wqrdo1_500.jpg
GR6, vases of flowers have been known to mysteriously topple over. Houseplants which should have smooth leaf edges have been known to develop jagged edges. Odd occurances that only the felines seem to understand. occurrences.
Now have to read the Samson/Delilah bit [in Judges?] to see if there’s any mention of the barber’s orientation. Peace,
http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/
Great news, after a year and a half of procrastination I broke down and saw the cardiac sleep apnea specialust. They gave me a cancellation date next weekend. I agreed even though it meant missing my favorite boat show in Franklin, LA with days of Cajun food, music and a luxury bed and breakfast reservation. I told scheduler what I was giving up.
That sweet thing put me in someone’s broken appointment THIS Sunday! I am back going to cajunland.
Judges 16:15-22. Both NRSV and KJV say “a man”, with no ref. to his sexual orientation. Kind of ridiculous to think that the strength of a man [Samson, that is] was in his hair, and that he got it back when his hair grew back. Legends are like that. Peace,
emb, I think that the long hair symbolized Samson’s commitment to God. His strength came from God and when he broke that commitment he lost what God had given him. Judges 16:17 So he told her everything. āNo razor has ever been used on my head,ā he said, ābecause I have been a Nazirite dedicated to God from my motherās womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.āBut who can say that it did not happen as written?
Thanks for the T. McGee link, Mark. We owned, read, and reread all of them. They did not survive the move, although “The Girl, the Gold Watch, and Everything” and a few others (both sci fi I think) did.
“But who can say that it did not happen as written?” Anyone can. A story like that cannot be proven, and I personally don’t think that accepting it as literally true is particularly devout. I doubt that faith should primarily be acceptance of Biblical or other miraculous accounts as literally true, or primarily be following a prescribed set of rules supposedly handed down by divine fiat. Contra Luther, I think the outlook of the prophet Micah [Mic. 6:8] and the writer of the Letter of James [Js. 2:18] come closer to being truly faithful to Elohim. Peace,
Dear Jackie, wonderful that the appointment scheduler was so kindhearted and nice to you! I think you often are treated like this, because you are so kind and generous yourself. You also have tons of charm!
The boat show in Louisiana sounds marvelous. Hope you have a great time.
As a longtime Travis McGee fan, I was stunned that the marina did away with the plaque honoring McGee and the Busted Flush. I am afraid that his kind shall not pass our way again.