Big Top by Rob Harrell for May 11, 2010

Good Morning Tribeandall!

Breakfast Menu:

Eggs, your choice Bacon Sausage, patties or links Honey Ham Grits Texas Toast English Muffins Asst Fruit Juices Asst flavored teas. Decaf, Regular Pirate or Doc’s Coffee Cinnamon Rolls w/Frosted Icing Johanan’s CocoMocha Bloody Marys

Enjoy everyone!

The Dustybot bit the dust! It was the nuclear cocomocha from down unda!!

Good Morning JFri and Marg!

Good morning, Terry. I’ll have two cinnamon rolls, please.

You’ve got it, Marg! Your order is up. Enjoy, dear lady. Thank you.

I always forget that I need to eat too. I am having two eggs sunnyside up, honey ham, Texas toast, Johanan’a CocoMocha and Doc’s Nuclear Coffee. That should do me for a while.

Evil has been thwarted yet once again. Thank you Wink.

Good morning fellow TRIBE members.

Great breakfast spread ♠Lovewolf♠.

Thank You, Ladywolf.

White cake with lemon filling? Nope, not on the menu. Do those juices include lemonade? If not, may I have some orange juice?

Good Evening and Good Morning Everyone!

Good Morning LuvH8!!

I was wondering!

Good Morning Lovewolf!

I was catching up on some other things before posting, and lost track of the time.

LuvH8, If you would like anything for breakfast please feel free to indulge. I was a little late from pool but I made it on time!

Surprise!

How did you do at pool?

This is a different setup because it is League 9Ball, but I won and the team also won. So it was a good night. And with this setup, all of the money that goes in comes back to the teams. works out nice for the players and the owners.

I haven’t even checked the previous posts. How did the evening go. How was/is your evening?

I need to catch up on yesterday’s posts also. Grog was mean to me so I blew him up.

Add: Oh, that’s right you were still here then. The rest of the evening was fine.

Okay, now I need to check the posts from yesterday. Before I check that “other” site. lol

I didn’t see anything mean, LuvH8.

Unless you are referring to the emails. Now those were funny. Even you have to admit that!

He made fun of my avatar and called me a name!

Yes, it’s just hot cocoa. Quit being a drama queen Dusty-bot.

Somehow after three times through the posts I am not finding what you are referring to.

????

Hmmm……. maybe blowing him up was a little bit too much?

Grog said:

Whitey Duck…Whitey Duck…Whitey Duck…Whitey Duck…Whitey Duck…Whitey Duck…Whitey Duck…Whitey Duck…Whitey Duck…Whitey Duck…Whitey Duck…Whitey Duck…Whitey Duck…Whitey Duck…Whitey Duck…Whitey Duck…Whitey Duck…Whitey Duck…Whitey Duck…Whitey Duck…

Gotta love that paste button…

I didn’t even know what that post was supposed to be.

I would say he was just playin’ around.

I know, so was I (for the most part). But now I don’t know what I want as my avatar.

I’m sorry I blew you up Grog.

Good Night Lonewolf, Rest In Peace

I was wondering what the avatar stood for. I have an appointment in the AM so i better hit the horizontal position.

Good Night LuvH8 and Everyone

P&L

Good Morning Lewreader.

WARNING ~ Dirty Joke Ahead

A boy came in from playing in the yard and asked his mother, “Who am I?”

Ready to play the game she said, “I don’t know! Who are you?”

“WOW!” cried the child. “The neighbor was right! She said I was so dirty, my own mother wouldn’t recognize me!”

WARNING ~ The Joke Is On Mom!

When my three-year-old son opened the birthday gift from his grandmother, he discovered a water pistol. He squealed with delight and headed for the nearest sink.

I was not so pleased. I turned to Mom and said, “I’m surprised at you. Don’t you remember how we used to drive you crazy with water guns?”

Mom smiled and then replied … “I remember.”

LUVH8 My brother and sister love me. I gave both my nephews drums. I remember being the youngest.

LONEWOLF May I please have: Bacon and eggs (over hard), an English muffin swimming in butter, and a cup of the DOC’s finest.

Morning TRIBE! I noticed eggs are available in B.C. this morning. Hurry, they’re going fast.

Good Morning Lewreader.

I would never give my nephews or nieces toys with sirens… Ooops! Did I say sirens? I meant noisy toys. (laughter)

WARNING ~ Family Car Joke!

The teenage daughter, Cathy, had just been given family car privileges.

One Friday night she returned home from a party late.

The next morning her mother went out to the driveway to get the newspaper and came back into the house frowning.

At 11:30 AM Cathy sleepily walked into the kitchen to face the question, “What time did you get in last night?”

“Not too late, Mom.”

“Then I’ll have to talk with the paperboy about putting the paper under the front tire of the car,” commented her straight-faced mother!

This week’s Joke Theme: Moms & Children True stories & incidents also welcome. Please label the jokes. Thank You Rmom

Good Morning to the Morning People

Good Morning, Doc & Everyone!

Lewreader, I trust you found your breakfast early this morning. I hope it met your expectations, sir.

Good Morning, Tribe

Good Morning, Doctor Toon & ♠Lonewolf♠!

Good Morning, Grog!

I sense more snow-a-pults.

I couldn’t resist, Doc. I know your sick of the stuff. I’m sick of winter by January.

Better make sure your intended victims down’t have snow-a-pults of their own. Snow-a-pult fights?

The weather here is so-so. Rain with temps in the upper 50s for the next two days, but then up into the 60s and 70s for the next 5 days. Not too bad.

Not a word, Doc. (Snicker, snicker)

Ruh-roh!

Cloudly & a muggy upper 80’s for the rest of the week. Then it get’s wet for the week-end.

Good Morning Grog, Doc and Cleo! Partly cloudy and 78 in FL. Winds at 18 to 28 mph. It’s really nice out there today.

Heheheh!

Grog, I think this is going to be another mild summer here once again this year. Last year was also a mild one. Very nice.

Good Morning, Carmy

Headed out for a while. Good Morning to all that have recently posted and have a good day everyone!

BBL

THAT should take care of the bot, unless it’s self-replicating (and thus, able to repair itself).

A little hot chocolate? With that kind of reaction, it’s my CocoMocha for sure.

Good Morning, Johanan

Good morning all yesterday was a little scary weather wise here in SW Kansas although S part of OK had it worst. I got stuck at work at to go to lower level as the sever weather came there where tornadoes. I work at Lake Afton pt. a tornado was also reported there but I didn’t see any damage.

Morning ALL

I’m still on the planet…. Quick hit to say hi! and off I go.

Grog Play nice with LuvH8

Don’t make me come over there.

Rac, I’ve done nothing to warrant being drowned & exploded.

Good morning, Kab.

Good Morning All. The fake Dusty has just bit the dust.

Morning, cleo

Grog - then I apologize for jumping the gun.

I don’t normally do that, sorry.

I miss the duck.

Kab - I was wondering how close the tornadoes came to you. The storm split, so some went north of us, and some went south. All we got was some rain, and a little wind. Not complaining!! Two of my brothers live in Norman, OK, but they were on the opposite side of town from where the damage was there. 5 people died in OK, 0 in KS and no serious injuries, either according to the radio this morning.

Good Morning Grog & Doc. I can say with all honesty, with your present weather, I am glad that I do not live where you do Doc. Winter is supposed to be a distant memory.

Morning Rmom. Glad you’re safe.

Morning Rmom I’ll take snow over a ‘turnader’ any day.

Good morning, Doc, Grog & rac! Rac - Where’s your sense of adventure?

Good Morning Rmom, glad that you are safe.

rac, I have to agree with you. As much as snow should be but a memory, I would rather get snow then a tornado as well.

Thanks, Cleo! We get snow in KS too, so we don’t miss out. Although, after the middle of April, we don’t get any in my part of the state. Snow I don’t mind too bad. Ice storms is what I really dislike - worse than tornadoes, because more people are affected, and it is harder to get away from the storm and the damage it causes.

Sleep well Doc.

Sleep well, Doc

Rmom and the weatherman said where in for it again. I checked the radar at work, the boss left at 4:15pm the Admin. Assist left at 4:30pm that is the end of her shift, and the strange part I was just talking about being trapped there last year only it was longer. Two weeks later Lake Afton did get it on a weekend anyone could see the trail the tornado left. Parts of KS doesn’t always see tornadoes. As for snow then turns to ice and people don’t drive very good on it drive too fast. When I finally did get home yesterday I saw no destruction but our street looked flooded. We have good drainage here. No hail. I imagine from Pratt, Kingman, especially Norwich had trouble, but no mention of Cheney, Garden Plain and Lake Afton is sandwich between south of Garden Plain and Goddard. That storm was fast.

Rmom what really surprises me though it’s been very cool here I didn’t think we would have tornadoes.

and soon it will be hurricane season (June 1st) and all that oil will wash up everywhere! @#&%!!

Good Morning Kab, Cleo, Rac and Rmom! Happy Sleepers, Doc! I’m heading outside now. See ya!

Right now it looks like it’s heading to Texas, Carmy. Unless those winds shift soon.

Carmy you have that right and that oil is already creating a major mess. How badly is the air quality with all that wasted oil? I know there is worse than air quality with the effects on land.

ni - night Doc

Rmom my sense of adventure ends when I’m flying without a plane.

Morning Cleo First agreement I’ve gotten all day. Even the voices in my head are cranky.

See you later, Carmy! Kab - At least tonight, we’re only supposed to get 2” diameter hail, and not tornadoes. On the other hand, Wednesday could be worse. Guess we’ll find out. The Hesston tornado happened in March, and I think the temperatures were around then what we’ve been having recently, so I knew it wasn’t cold enough to keep tornadoes away.

Rac - And how do you manage to fly without a plane? Been drinking Doc’s coffee and getting that super power from it?

Tornado ‘ll do it Rmom

Rac - My cousin got his 15 seconds of fame out of flying that way. I don’t know that he cares to repeat it, but he doesn’t mind talking about it.

Carmy said, about 11 aaarghs! ago

“The Dustybot bit the dust! ”

Bad pun! Bad pun!

Worse: you beat me to it! ;-)

Good afternoon, tribe.

Wink, are you sure that was hot chocolate and not Doc’s Nuclear Coffee?

Good Morning/Afternoon, Saucy & bmonk

Speaking of family jokes and such–including water pistols, drums, and other lovely gifts:

In later years, somehow my parents got a toy cement mixer truck, one of those pull-toys for ages about 2-4. This particular to was a hit because (1) the kids were all grown, so it was only used when grandchildren came over, and (2 )when it was pulled around, it had a weird voice that said things like, “Who ordered da swimming pool?” or “Where da ya want da street ta go?” It always made my mom laugh.

@DocT: Winter Storm Watch? We’ve got rain or slight showers for the next several days, but lows still above freezing. So no snow likely.

Hi, Rmom, Grog, Saucy.

I think Dustybot should have stuck with the WD-40…half of every handyman’s toolkit:

WD-40 to help things that are stuck move,

Duck Tape to help things that are moving stick.

Good Morning & Good Afternoon Everyone

Good Morning, LuvH8

Good afternoon, Bmonk, Grog & Saucy!

WD-40 might have helped repel the liquid - not a bad suggestion.

Hey LuvH8 fast sleep?

Whoops! Hi, LuvH8 & Rac!

~Little Girl Joke~

The tank of live lobsters at the seafood restaurant where I work is always popular with our younger patrons. Once, I was showing the lobsters to an angelic-looking six-year-old girl, who petted one of them and said, “Gee, I wish I could take it home with me.” “Why?” I asked. “Do you want to eat it?” “No,” she replied. “I want to feed my little brother to it.”

Good Morning Grog,Rac0308 & Rmom

Yup! Tape the head back on, spray with WD 40 and it will be as good as new.

I is awake!

Hello Tribe

Last day of my ‘vacation’, just got the stove and floor left in the kitchen.

Looks like it’s a typical day under the BT.

Doc - (whispering) perhaps a net from my place to yours, with synchronized launch and LuvH8 can wake up to the snow instead of us tomorrow… ;)

Quaby - I missed the ice cream yesterday, but I saved some of the Oh Boy for my breakfast burrito this morning…

Good thing I don’t drink coffee. Not sure how it would mix with Doc’s special blend.

Hi, Quaby! Guess I’d better warm up something & have lunch. BBL.

Hello Idyhwkd & Quaby

Ice cream on a burito? A breakfast burito at that? Interesting.

Have a Nuclear Coffee Float and light up a room just by walking into it!

Hello Idyhwkd & Quaby

Grog - no ice cream on the burrito. Just Very Hot hotsauce. I wanted the ice cream last night to cool the fire breath from the hot sauce yesterday.

Hi LuvH8. I miss your ducky (of any color).

OK, my mistake, Idyhwkd.

Okay, this is my Nice Duckie. So, I guess I have to be nice now.

I mean, I hope everyone is having a wonderful day!

YAY the ducky’s back!!!!

And you had him exorcised….

Yes, I found a group of devil worshippers who wanted their own demon. So they moved it to a different vessel. I think it is currently residing in a teddy bear.

I like it. The other one was too. ..um white… it just blended into the page.

Not what I’d call a good look for you.

I don’t usually blend in very well.

You’re unique… that’s a GOOD thing. Blending’s not always what it’s cracked up to be.

Gotta go…. there’s a traffic jam with my name on it waiting down the road.

Have a good day all….

Rac0308 ~ Good luck with traffic.

Grog ~ I am sorry for exploding you, I promise not to do it anymore. (I might drop you in the ocean again though.)

I like the yellow ducky! Good afternoon to all!

Oh! Hi Rmom!

Yeaaa! I finally found another avatar that is within the size limits of GoComics.

WARNING ~ Shame On Bmonk!

Bmonk: Mom, we played baseball today and I stole second base!

Mom: Well you march right back to school and give it back!

Quaby I like your avatar. Don’t you have a program that will let you change the size of your pictures?

LuvH8 My skills on a computer…..eh?

Lemme put it this way, 2 weeks ago I was trying to speed up my computer by deleting programs I don’t use anymore. There was an audiorack thingie that had never been used. I didn’t remember installing it so I thought Aha!! Here’s the nasty bug in my system. I gleefully pressed delete…..

…and promptly wiped out all my audio programs….I can’t hear anything on my ‘puter anymore. Not that I realized it then,,,it was only later after the computer had been off/on a few times and the recycle bin autodumped that I needed to watch a video and ooops

So I didn’t know I could resize pictures…but now I’m very wary of changing ANYTHING on my ‘puter,

I did go to the Microsoft website to try and find my audio program….but I couldn’t find anything to help. I’m screwed.

Quaby

You can save the small images by right clicking on the small ‘preview’ picture and save the picture/image/background as a jpeg on your computer. This works on both Google Images and Photobucket as well as other small images.

Quaby ~ There are a lot of people who know about computers on the Pibgorn page (a lot of chatting there too). They are really nice and will probably answer any questions you have if they can. (They like that technical stuff.)

Bmonk, Lonewolf & Ladywolf all spend time over there.

Edit to add stuff.

Yea! The Ducky is Back!!! And with pretty blue eyes, too!

Thank you everyone! It’s nice to know you like my Ducky!

The IT guy at work said it might be possible to copy the audio program from my hubby’s computer and install it on mine, since we have the same kind of computer with the same Windows program. But hubby’s started school again and it’s hard to get enough time to do it. I was thinking of the Buffalo, I used to be on his email list. And there’s Kim Kommando as well. It’s just getting the extended time to do it.

Until then, it’ll teach me to be TRIPLE CAREFUL when deleting programs.

Ah……. time and timing is always a fun thing. The above method works to save pictures with internet explorer (it probably is the same or similiar with other explorer programs).

Hi, LuvH8! Sorry, I slipped away from the computer. I had to repair some socks for my son. (He’s been patient - they’ve been waiting since before Christmas.) I need to do more of them, plus some other tasks I’ve been procrastinating on doing. I’ll be popping in & out the rest of the day.

Rmom You mean to say you d a r n socks? Too bad you can’t actually say it. (giggles)

LuvH8 said, about 2 rites ago

Yes, I found a group of devil worshipers who wanted their own demon. So they moved it to a different vessel. I think it is currently residing in a teddy bear.

Is that, by chance, Igor from Pibgorn?

And, while the ducky is being nice–and a very nice ducky it is, too–I was wondering if you shouldn’t try a penguin sometime? You know, related, being a water creature and a bird and all.

Bmonk It might be Igor. (Shhh! It’s a secret!)

A rubber penguin?

And here I thought it was Fidel from Fort Knox…

How about this penguin?  

It could be Clovis or Pooky.

Umm…… I am going to lock up all my teddy bears!

That would work–but some time in the future, when the Ducky is tired and getting irritable perhaps?

Bmonk You don’t think FatUncle / FatWolf would mind if I took his avatar?

Hello EMET, I like the stop sign. I am only cheering for the Penguins because of the dancing penguin I can put up when they are playing.

Oh man, I need some Karma. I just knocked the Brita Pitcher off the counter and managed to break it. Plastic and I broke it!! A brand new filter, too.

Somedays you just can’t win…..

Now I’m afraid to taste the potato salad I just fixed….

Busy afternoon. I spent the past couple hours doing something that’s really someone elses job. But isnce that person doesn’t even have the new SAP system, I was given access to do the task.

Hey EMET. The Habs’ll have to put up a repeat performance. Last night was probably their best game of the playoffs. They’ll need to do the same tomorrow.

LuvH8 Apology accepted. And I like seeing the yellow blue-eyed ducky back. The penguins cute, but the duck may be more representative of your local.

I think I’ll get ready to head home now.

Quaby I’m sorry. You can save the filter if it isn’t ruined by putting it in a glass half full of water until you get a new pitcher. (they are supposed to remain wet after you start using them)

Umm…. your husband or son could try the potato salad for you?

I tried it LuvH8 it’s not too bad considering I am really not fond of potato salad. And it should be cold, too, not room temp. It’s in the fridge now. I’m getting ready to finish off the kitchen cleanup of the mess (started a load of towels, including the soaking wet ones) and watch 1408.

Oh, and the filter…I dunno when I’ll be able to get a pitcher. Maybe this week if no unexpected bills crop up. But I should have at least thought of that.

Thank You Grog ~ Have a Good Evening!

Quaby, you are a very nice person. I would have conned my 82 year old Gma into trying the potato salad.

I can’t say I like most potato salads. Maybe Hot German Potato Salad if I’m in the mood, but most others are only by lack of a better alternative.

If God had wanted us to eat potatoes covered in mayonnaise, he wouldn’t have created potato chips. Or French Fries. Or baked potatoes. or–well, you get the idea.

Bmonk You could make potato salad with something else….. ranch dressing & black olives instead of mayonaise, mustard and pickles? (add in some other veggies ~ peas, celery & broccoli maybe)

bmonk - You sound like my guys. None of them will eat potato salad. French fries, potato chips, okay. Baked potatoes for my hubby, but nothing with mayonaise.

I could make it–but what about all the Pot Lucks and other dinners when I don’t get to chose the menu or make the food? As I said, I like other salads, especially the ones with vinegar-based dressings, like German Potato Salad, or even more Three bean salad, Seven bean salad, Brocolli Pasta Salad, Butterfly pasta salad, and so on. But most potato salads? Bleech!

Reminds me of a cartoon–The Born Loser* got a three bean salad: Three beans on a plate…

LONE WOLF Lo siento mucho! I forgot to thank you for your eggs, perfectly round with no bubbles. I was comic surfing and I forgot to come back.

This blankity blank computer paid off finally. The most wonderful woman on earth told me she had never been to Cirque du Soleil (or in a tent for that matter). I stepped in something. First try I got front row middle for a reasonable price (if I eat rice and beans for the next two months) I am usually smart enough to buy tickets to anything 10 minutes after they go on sale, otherwise it’s the “Will Call” window. That leads to seat shortages, like the time I saw Robert Goulet from behind my date’s hairdo. Who knew you could buy tickets for anything but the Sox beating the Yankees.

The reason I do not have an avatar is I have nothing but photos on my computer. I tried one of a bearded me but thought it too intellectual next to my childish comments.

Lewreader ~ You can use the method I described to Quaby to find different images for your avatar. No Excuses Now! (maniacal giggles)

Bmonk if you are eating at Pot Lucks, I am glad you pray before you eat. I read that a glass of wine with or before eating will help fight off possible food poisoning.

Potato salad has to be home made to even stand a chance of being good. Deli or store bought salad is indeed Blechy!

I’d rather eat straight up deli potato salad that eat peas. Peas are blechy. So are green beans.

Grog ~ canned peas ~ Blechy! / fresh or frozen peas ~ Yummy! green beans ~ depends on how they are fixed I both of them raw by themselves.

Deli Potato Salad ~ Barfy!

Grog - I agree. I’ve run across some potato salad that wasn’t great, but I’ve never eaten a pea or green bean that I enjoyed.

♫I don’t like spiders, snakes & legumes and that ain’t what it takes…♪♫

That goes for canned, fresh or frozen. No way….no how.

: ) I like spiders.

My Mom loved them Rmom. There was no escaping them until I finally moved out. Now I won’t even buy a Lean Cuisine with green beens or peas in them….what a way to ruin an otherwise perfectly good meal.

Do you like snakes, too, LuvH8?

What if the snakes are lightly sauteed in mushrooms and a white wine sauce?

I’ll also say that because of my Mom’s preferences, that’s where I picked up the habit of saving the best for last. Besides, we didn’t get desert until everything on our plate was completely finished.

Good Afternoon/Evening Everyone!

Hello, Grog, LuvH8, Rmom, Quaby, Bmonk, Lewreader, EMET & Doc!

bmonk, I think you’d have a way of making buffalo bagels sound delicious.

Welcome back, ♠Loneweolf♠. Busy day, I take it.

Grog - My mom never forced us to eat a certain food. My oldest brother & my Dad once got into a fight. Dad decided my brother WAS going to eat peas, and my brother decided he was NOT going to. (Reportedly - this happened before I was born) Dad had my brother pinned to the floor, holding his nose and tried to forcefeed him peas. My brother was smart enough to keep his teeth clenched shut, and could breathe that way, without opening his mouth. My brother won. The only way I can stand to eat peas or green beans is to cover one with some other food I like. Like a spoonful of mashed potatoes at the same time. I usually don’t eat them, unless I’m at my in-laws, and don’t think it is worth arguing about, and even then, I only take about 3. My mom said she treated all 5 of us kids the same way when it came to food, but only my oldest brother & I are finicky. The other 3 will eat almost everything. (I’m the youngest.)

Grog, I spent all day down at the VA Hospital. I am definitely wore out!

Hey—Hey!!!

The Rubber Duckie is Back!

HAPPY DANCE!

Funny thing is, Rmom, my Mom was more finicky than Petey Potterloop.

I have a pretty varied palate and will try anything new. But my Mom’s limited list of bland & boring foods she likes to eat, I considered disgusting for the most part. There were some things she ate I liked - but not much.

@Grog, like cutting off the heart of the watermelon and saving it for last? (It’s sweeter.)

@Rmom, as any mother can tell you, children are themselves from day one. They are not infinitely malleable. Each has individual likes and dislikes. (Some of their individuality is even apparent before birth! Like who kicks, and at what, and so on…)

When the monkeys were little I would tell them they had to try three bites of a new food.

The first bite they were going to hate no matter what. The second bite they would start to taste. The third bite was an honest opinion.

I was nice and didn’t make them try anything they had already hated or anything I knew they would hate before they tried it.

Got Some RL issues at the moment. BRB!

@LuvH8, we had to try every dish, but not eat a lot. And our parents didn’t fill our plates, so we had no excuse not to eat what we took. Otherwise, a similar idea to yours.

bmonk, it was more like eat the pea/green beans first, eat the dry mashed taters next and eat the meat last & hope that desert isn’t fruit salad.

Poor Grog,

We were not allowed to leave the table until all our food was gone (or apparently bed time). I remember several nights sitting at the table for 3 or 4 hours before being allowed to get up and go to bed.

Because you refused to eat what was served, LuvH8?. If we did that, my parents wouldn’t waste time. We’d be in bed early.

Yes, but Grog if we were at the table there was nothing to do, and we weren’t allowed to talk. You don’t actually think we would have stayed quietly in our beds staring at the ceiling until we fell asleep? We would have prefered going to bed early. Also, the chairs were wood, not comfortable for sitting in for extended periods of time.

Bmonk - I know that , but I wish my MIL understood that. My oldest son never cared for mushy rice cereal. We mixed it with formula at first, because he kept waking up in the middle of the night to eat (while I was still nursing him). The doctor thought he needed something that took longer to digest. My son would only swallow a small amount, and then refuse the rest. Later, when I tried to spoon feed him, (6 months old) the first bite he was eager for and opened his mouth. The second bite he kept his mouth shut and just kept shaking his head no, making it impossible for me to hit his mouth aka moving target. All other foods he would eat, some more eagerly than others, but forget the rice cereal!

My parents couldn’t do that, LuvH8. There was a 14” TV in the kitchen.

It’s true but I am laughing. It’s not really that bad, but it’s like we are having a ‘who has the worst scar contest’.

All this started with a remark about peas improving potato salad. Unbelievable!

Where’s cleo? About this time he usually tells us what he’s having for supper.

I didn’t say they would improve potato salad I just said it was an option to consider. If one does not like peas, why would they put it in the potato salad?

By the time I came along (and can remember) we were allowed to fill our own plates, but was expected to eat everything on our plate. We didn’t have to take something if we didn’t want it. Mom didn’t want us to be overweight (runs in her family) so we weren’t forced to eat everything. Seems like if we wanted dessert though, we had to eat enough to satisfy our parents’ expectations. Since one of my brothers has a huge appetite, and will eat everything except liver & brussel sprouts, they were more concerned that we weren’t hungry.

I’m just saying that that’s how this got going. Of course, I’m not going to put peas or anything else I don’t like in my potato salad - if I decide to have potato salad. I prefer most of my veggies cooked anyway.

Grog - Do you prefer your carrots cooked or raw? I can swallow them cooked, but much prefer raw.

I like most of my vegetables either way. The problem with cooking them is usually I then want some salt on them and that is a bad thing. Or it would be if I actually cut back on my salt like I am supposed to.

Speaking of salt… My oldest son loves salt, hates peas. When we were at my in-laws once, and he was ordered to eat one pea, he did. However, it was hard to see it for all the salt he drowned it in.

Rmom cooked, but not cooked to death. I like to start with steaming them and then saute in a little Smart Balance. No salt, but I will add pepper.

Well, my hubby had some of the potato salad and is still alive and didn’t come back here to tell me how awful it was. So I take it to work tomorrow.

Work tomorrow. Talk about two filthy words. I like sleeping until 10am. I like stretching and contracting and yawning as I wake up. Tomorrow I have to be up at 7am and out like a shot (I have tons of email, I’m sure).

Anyway, All I have left of the kitchen is the stove, and that can wait until after I fix Saturday’s meal. So now I have to bid adieu and go wrap things up so I can go to bed at a reasonably decent hour. Ya’ll have fun now, hear?

HaHaHA. Good one Rmom. I never did like salt that much. Pepper on the other hand is another story.

See you later, Quaby!

Grog - He heavily salts almost everything he eats, but not quite THAT heavily. The doctor said it was fine that he ate that much salt, unless he develops high blood pressure. Runs in my hubby’s family, not in mine.

7AM, Quaby? That’s sleeping in to me. I’m at work by 7AM - sometimes 6AM.

Good Night Quaby, Pleasant Dreams

Good night, Quaby

Howdy all. It was a gorgeous day here, which I took advantage of by staying out of the house.

Just like sauerkraut, the best potato salad that I have ever made had caraway seeds in it. Peas are great, but just need to be heated. If you overcook them or buy them in a can, you might as well save yourself the trouble of eating them. We had them last night in a pasta primavera with asparagus. They were frozen and I tossed them into the pasta after the heat was turned off and let the other ingredients melt them and that was that, sweet and tasty.

Hi, Cleo! We knew if we started talking about food, you’d show up. Do you like Caraway Puffs? My hubby loves them, but I can’t stand caraway seeds.

Hello Cleo

That’s pretty much how I like my peas. But once in a while I just throw some in a bowl from the freezer and munch on them.

I responded to you on Imagine This.

Hey, cleo You missed our little segment on things we hated eating when we were kids, but it’s never too late to join in.

I’m doing a King Kong double feature tonight. The 1976 version (Jessica Lange) followed by the 1933 version with Fay Wray.

On the other hand, we had some very good local Chinese takeout places, including one just four blocks from home. We always liked those veggies!

Hey, EMET. That’ll probably have to be Ladywolf and/or ♠Lonewolf♠ I only follow the Habs. When their season ends, so does mine.

No cable or satelite by choice? Or by act of nature?

Oh! Why hello there, my fellow TRIBE members. How are you all doing today? :-)

Hello, Ladywolf

Hello EMET & LadyWolf

LadyWolf it looks like you arrived just in time.

LuvH8, I will check out your comment on Imagine This.

Grog, what about the most current King Kong. In my mind, the original is best and the newest ranks ahead of the one with Jessica Lange, but, having said that, I find Jessica Lange very enticing.

Hi, EMET - Sorry, no sports reports from me.

I love her in the remake of A Postman Always Rings Twice.

Ladywolf - Nice to see you again.

On the other hand, you have different fingers.

Admittedly I haven’t seen the newest one, cleo. But I agree that the Original was the best of the ones I’ve seen. And yes, Jessica Lange is pretty much the most enticing thing about this movie. But I also like Charles Grodin’s performance.

Grog, as a kid I had a very low tolerance to salt and I also developed an ulcer. Salty foods did not agree with me. Having said this, I ate very unusual foods for a kid, like gizzards, spinach, head cheese, pickled pigs feet,etc. But I had a problem with tomato juice, side pork and ham, because they were too salty for me. At the age of 11 or 12 I discovered that I had an ulcer.

I’m glad to be here.

I always thought Lana Turner was pretty hot. But as I say that I found myself looking for Gene Tierney movies to buy.

Hi cleo,Grog,bmonk, and DDFENCE EME, It’s good to be among such fine gentlemen as yourselves.T

Do you think that’ll happen EMET? It’s always like that will cable or Satelite. I have the dish, pretty much for Sunday ticket only, but I get the premium package (without the Starz etc movie channels, just to get the few channels I like.

Hi Rmom and LuvH8 It’s a pleasure to be here with you both.

~Joke for Bmonk~

A priest is walking down the street one day when he notices a very small boy trying to press a doorbell on a house across the street. However, the boy is very small and the doorbell is too high for him to reach. After watching the boy’s efforts for some time, the priest moves closer to the boy’s position. He steps smartly across the street, walks up behind the little fellow and, placing his hand kindly on the child’s shoulder, leans over and gives the doorbell a solid ring. Crouching down to the child’s level, the priest smiles benevolently and asks, “And now what, my little man?” To which the boy turns and hollers, “Now we run!”

Well, I hope tonight’s weather doesn’t keep me awake. They’ve just called a tornado watch until 4am. I guess it keeps life from being boring!

Fun, Rmom It never bothered me until the thunderstorm actually would wake me up.

EMET this looks like a site you might want to check out. I don’t have a good enough internet connection to see all the stuff, but you might.

http://www.nhl.com/

Well, Grog, since my bedroom is on the 3rd floor, I’m not going to wait for a tornado to wake me up before I head to the basement. Sometimes storms wake me up, sometimes I sleep through them. But the weather alarm always wakes me when it goes off.

Well I didn’t have to worry about going to the basement Rmom, because I didn’t and still don’t have one. My safest bet is an interior room, which unfortunately is a 1/2 bath - or a closet that runs beneath my stairway.

Rmom I’ve never been to a state that has severe tornado warnings. I don’t think that I’d want to be either, It sounds very scary.

Hurricanes are even more fun. I high-tail it up to Dallas every time one’s confirmed to be coming through the Houston area. Talk about a destructive force.

Well I guess I’ll call it a night. My original Kong movie is on VHS, so I’ll have to watch it in a more comfortable part of the house. I’ll be turning in when that’s over

Good night Tribe P&L

Bye Grog

Good Night Grog

I think hurricanes are worse, because you have the hurricane AND tornadoes. Plus, it is such widespread devastation, that everyone in the area needs help. When a tornado comes, we have enough advance warning to make it to a storm shelter, but we usually only have to stay there for 15-30 minutes. If a tornado does hit (which the odds are really quite small), the path is generally less than a mile wide. Many times it will get the houses on one side of the street, and leave the ones on the other side untouched. With not everyone suffering at the same time, those who weren’t affected are available and usually willing to help their neighbors & friends. The motels aren’t booked full, either, if you need a temporary place to stay. The weather service is much better at giving advance warnings, and then as the storm develops & moves, they’re pretty good at pinpointing who is at risk. Last night, even though I started packing up things to take to the basement, we never needed to go. Mom lived in KS for more than 50 years before she ever saw a tornado. Going to the basement is 99.99% safe to survive a tornado (only deaths in basements that I know about are a result of the debris hitting them - which is why you want something sturdy over your head.) Even if you fear losing your house, it doesn’t happen with most tornadoes, because so much of KS is farmland. I think the odds of getting struck with lighting is higher, but it still makes sense to take precautions.

Poof! Am I all that is left here?

Good Evening ti whoever is left!

Hi, Terry! Welcome back!

Hello, Rmom & Ladywolf!

Hi & Bye EMET.

~Grandma joke~ While I was recuperating from surgery, my mother and mother-in-law both offered to help with my very active two-year-old. My mother came first. Five exhausting days later, she got in the car with my husband to drive to the airport where his mother was now due to arrive. “Where are you going?” a neighbor’s child asked. In a tired voice, Mother answered, “He’s taking a used grandma to the airport and picking up a fresh one.”

Heheh—Good one, Rmom.

“Hee, hee!” that’s a good one Rmom.

Where did LuvH8 get off to?

And those were some awesome pictures you put up Rmom.

♠Lonewolf♠ perhaps one of the monkeys needed the computer or had to use the phone.

I always use the computer when I have to type out my homework and print it.

Here I am, you called?

Thanks, Terry!. The tornado pictures were taken on June 12, 2004. I think only a barn got destroyed by that one.

Heheheh! I was hoping you were around here!

Good Evening, LuvH8!

Back from dinner momentarily before a movie. Hello all you tooniacs.

Hello cleo.

LuvH8, answered you at Imagine This.

Movie time.

Hello Rmom, Cleo, LadyWolf & Lonewolf!

The sun is just starting to come out. It should be dark in about an hour more or less. Is this a case of better late than never?

I probably need to head to bed. It might be a night with very little sleep, but I’m not going to wait up for the storms to arrive here. Good night, tribe!

Speaking of the vegetables and eating food you didn’t like when you were a child.

I don’t like peas. If they are in front of me, I swallow them without chewing them.

If I like a vegetable, I usually eat it raw except corn. What I call “normal” vegetables……..cucumbers, peppers, carrots, lettuce, radishes, popcorn, caramel corn, etc. LOL

Hello, Cleo. Enjoy your movie.

Good Night, Rmom. Sleep well, lady.

Popcorn is a vegetable? Well I guess technically, but you eat it raw?

Good Night Rmom Rest In Silence

Enjoy your movie Cleo

No, I don’t eat popcorn raw! LOL

3-0 Blackhawks after 2 periods!

The Blackhawks have zero points and you guys are cheering?

Blackhawks 3 Vancouver 0

After 2 periods.

How are you doing this evening, LuvH8? ;^)

Hee~hee~hee that was fun! Hee~hee~hahaha haaa haaaaaa!

Not a chance for Vancouver now!

Hello and very soon goodnight all. I too want to get some sleep how I wish the hail will bypass us. For potato salad I cheat a little we buy from store the small secret I micro wave potatoes to add and rinse off sweet pickles. Don’t like a lot of mayo.

LW18 (LADYWOLF) Rmom is fairly right between Tornadoes and hurricanes. Look what happened in the west coast. Yesterday’s tornados moved very fast and Wed maybe another. I was told usually happens after Mom’s Day. Well my rt shoulder is bothering me so this is very short and bed time. Wed therapy. The last of the suture is out now get muscles to losses up. Good night all pleasant dreams. I need to save for a lap top computer.

I am okay. I should call my mom but I don’t feel like it. So how bad is it when you go from really loud brake noises to it sounding like it is dragging when you are not braking? I think I will be very grateful, I don’t have to pay the bill.

I don’t like my mom’s car though. It doesn’t like to speed & the seat won’t adjust right for me. Umm….. I didn’t mean that I never speed.

Hi LadyWolf, how are you enjoying your car? I hope you are still being careful to drive safely.

Good Night Kab, I hope your shoulder doesn’t bother you too much to sleep.

LuvH8, she needs brake pads and either the rotors resurfaced or replaced.

Hi & Bye Kab!

I hope all turns out OK with the nasty weather.

Tackle that little guy!! You can get him!!

I figured about the brakes. It’s the car I drive that needs that. I started driving my Gma’s car because it seemed kind of stupid to pay full coverage on two cars for one driver. I am getting rid of my car soon.

Come on Ref! Use your eyes!!! Are you stupid?!?

We need a pitcher! Not a belly itcher!!

Ummm….. How is the game going?

B-l-a-c-k-h-a-w-k-s 3

V-a-n-c-o-u-v-e-r 1

In the third period.

Hey it’s working they scored!

Another goal for the Blackhawks! Now 4-1

EDIT!!!! 5-1

♪♫Turn out the lights, the party’s over….♫♪♫ 10 minutes and change to go.

What in the blazes is a Canuck!!!

I like the name Blackhawks better!!

Hello Tribe! Haven’t been around for a very long time and I notice a few changes. Thanks for the score, Terry..Guess the Canucks have had it. Sigh…

I think Canucks come from Johnny Canuck - a Canadian comic hero from a loooooong time ago.

Well, Good Evening, Dawn. I don’t see you much anymore. How are you doing?

I love my car and drive very carefully obeying the traffic laws.

So far so good. :-)

Not too badly, Thanks, Terry. but I have been so busy that i haven’t been able to get on the ‘puter. But reading today’s so pleasant postings, I’ll try to get back on more.

Hello Dawn

Hi Dawn.

Congrats, LadyWolf. Last time I read your posts, I think you may have been taking your licence. Or were you getting your car - it was a couple of months ago.

Hi LuvH8 I too like your little duckie.

Dawn, it would be nice to see you a little more often. I was wondering if you were just busy.

Thank you Dawn, it is nice seeing you. I like your flowers, daffodils are one of my favorite flowers.

I was getting my car. I also have a Nissan truck that was handed down to me. I use it on my job.

I humbly apologize to all people of Canadian origin who may have taken offense to my ignorance that Canuck is used as another name for Canadians. It is a very …… um interesting name.

Game over. Bye bye Vancouver see you next season. “Haa, haa!”

One more round for the Blackhawks!!!

I’m so confused! Who did I want to win?

I need COFFEE!!!!!!!!!

They play the Sharks next……..COOL!

BoooooHooooooHoooooo Ah well there’s always next year….

Wait a second!……….. That’s like putting ♠Lonewolf♠ team up against mine……………………………………..

Congrats Blackhawk fans

Yes, Congratulations Blackhawks & Fans!!

It was a good game, wasn’t it?

Thank you, Dawn & LuvH8. :^)

♠Lonewolf♠ Blackhawks against my Sharks.

I have no idea Ladywolf, I didn’t watch it.

I am sure LadyWolf & LoneWolf will handle the upcoming game with respect, dignity and maturity. (I, on the other hand…….)

Now, the Penguins are still playing tomorrow, right? I want to use my dancing penguin again!

“Hee, hee, hee!” She don’t know me very well do she?

HMMM! What do I have in my ACME Bag?

Oh I’m sure they will.

Howdy Dawn, my closest neighbor. I have missed your posts.

Hello, Cleo.

Why thank you, Cleo, kind sir. I, too, have missed our chats. Wasn’t today wonderful?

Hello Terry & Dawn.

Dawn, the last few days have been terrific. I thought that we had lost you and you were gone for good. Glad to see you around again.

When things were getting rough, I considered it, but I so enjoyed today’s banter that I realized I missed the (((((Tribe))))

LadyWolf ~ I am sure you will behave like a very nice young lady.

(Do you want me to make a link to somthing happening to Lonewolf’s avatar? Any suggestions?)

Terry, to bad that I didn’t know you about 30 years ago. I, at that time, was a good pool player, then I got out of the relationship that I was in and pool no longer was a part of my life, to my dismay. Now, I like to play, whenever I get a chance, but I suck. I am still good at angle shots, but really suck at straight shots and long, full table shots. It is to bad because I still live to play, but I have no one in my life who is interested anymore.

(I know I could make a shark lurking behind him or make his wolf cry big fat tears. Hee hee hee!)

So, Lonewolf did you have a nice dinner tonight?

Dawn did you hit a rough spot in your life? If so, you should know that we are always here for you.

Cleo, from many of your posts, I too wish the same. As far as pool goes, if you play regularly a few times straight, the game and the shots come back pretty quick. I enjoy it very much, but I too would not play, if I didn’t have someone who’s company I I enjoy, to shoot with.

I’ll behave!……It is after all just a game. I’m excited Other than my dad, I have never gone up against another wolf before in a my team vs. your team series.

Yes, LuvH8, my dinner was a good one. Wolfangil made pepper and egg sammiches. It is one of my favorite simple meals when she doesn’t feel like cooking something elaborate.

Which team are you for in this upcoming series, Ladywolf?

Thanks, Cleo I know that you have some idea from your wife’s problems. I too, used to play pool. Got quite good when I was in my twenties.

Terry, I had a girlfriend in the 70’s who liked pool and we played almost nightly. We got to be so evenly matched that you never knew who was going to win. It was so fun and we were so good, but that was a life time ago and since then I have not had one person in my life who has taken more than a passing interest (except one in Texas). He was so good that he could run the table 1 out of 4 tries. He was fun to watch, but discouraging to play. LOL

♠Lonewolf♠ I have to go with the sharks this time. They are after all West Coast just like me.

Well, of course you will behave LadyWolf, you are a very nice person.

(I like the lurking shark idea, it’s fun and not really mean. Tears might hurt his feelings.)

Heheh, Cleo. I too, can “run the table” at that rate. But if I am out having fun with a friend and my concentration is not that strong, my game becomes less competitive. And of course I don’t play friends for money. Ever!

I am the person you want to play on the opposing team. In basically every sport, including pool. Unless of course, you don’t want to win.

Go Sharks!

Well, good luck, LADYWOLF.

Oooh! Pretty!!!

Good luck to you as well ♠Lonewolf♠. I hope that it is a good series. :-)

Terry, it would be fun to watch you play my friend Bill. He never boasted, he just plays and plays well. You probably would like him.

Terry, he lives in Maine, so of course he is a Maineac.

I probably would like to play him from your description, Cleo. Even the leagues I shoot in, sometimes they are too serious for me. If I am not having fun, it is not worth it to me. There is RL after shooting pool. That’s for the tournaments and even then it must be enjoyable or I won’t return to that tournament the next time. Don’t get me wrong, I am very competitive, but I play within my skill level and try to have fun always.

Cleo - Maine is one of the few places I have not been that I would like to visit someday. i had a friend from Maine years ago. Sadly, I’ve lost contact with him and the last time I had contact with him was pre-internet and computers, so I doubt I will ever find him again.

Wait! Tomorrow is my Penguins against Grog & EMET’s Habs? Do I have to be a good sport?

Yep Terry, you have to enjoy the game.

My game is petanque and almost nobody is familiar with it. It is similar to bocce ball, but to me, much more exciting.

Cleo is this the game you are talking about?

http://www.petanqueamerica.com/game.html

LuvH8 not unless you want to be. :-)

LuvH8, indeed it is.

Well I should be………..

You know the psych people say ‘should’ causes depression and we need to try to eliminate the ‘should’ stuff.

That looks like fun Cleo.