Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for February 18, 2014

“Mind the gap.”(Between your ears.)

He has also de-railed.

Stel has a whole issue devoted to Porch Disasters. This will be added as well.We had some trouble with shoddy workmanship in half the houses in Ballard if you recall. Had to call Mike Holmes in. This is Rogers fault, he didn’t want to spend the money to have it inspected.

It’s just little left-over Olympic Fever. And our panel of judges likes his classic style of “de-porch”ing…

There’s far too much deporchery going on around here.

@ Susan and Sherrif Munkey!I just scored this on Craigs List, it would look cool over the entrance don’t you think?

Roger and Neal might consider getting together with Andy and his Uncle Freddy, who certainly know what pure enjoyment their porches provide. Of course, it helps to keep the porches in good repair…

Hullo all…. wow… is it so late already?…I…uh…. think I missed some of the conversation… you see, I had to do some very important…..um…. research … yeah…. research…. that’s what it was…. in that back booth with my laptop…. and I was concentrating so hard I had to keep…my… eyes closed….. yawn…

Wait… StelBel was just here?What time is it?I’m very confused…..Stel!Are you still up… or already up?

Is it tomorrow?Fenton! Help!

2Old…. I’m sure that’s a light fixture….

I think with some good strong chains to hang it from the ceiling, it would be perfect for over the new salad bar… but we gotta ask the Monkey.

He’ll have to decide about the aesthetics… and also test whether it’s sturdy enough on top to support his weight…. and maybe Sid’s, as well, (Sid’s a gorilla) on his breaks.

Cos you know if it’s hanging there… well, monkeys will be monkeys.

OMG look at Roger.Not again.That look is sooo last century….sooo very deporché.

And Uncle Freddy…need I say…is wasting his time on inland Ballard Street….Down at the docks is a better place to get results with that come-hither look and that “Hey sailor!”

Essex….

I was happy to rise to your challenge on Saturday evening….

And I’m glad you and the Monkey enjoyed reliving a nice bit of your history….

But…. while I do enjoy basking in your appreciation of my detective skills…. I’m afraid I must complain that you gave a false or misleading clue…

That, or, I have to point out that said history must have included a fair number of pleasant but amnesia-inducing libations, enough to cause you to believe the clue in question truthful.

TO WIT:

“CLUE: It was the first time I talked to MonkeyBlues.”

Because, you see… if you follow the very first link you posted tonight, you will find yourself travelling back in time to precisely four days before the conversation I unearthed….

and watching yourself converse with that very same Monkey.

Ok…. time to go home… (I promise!)

Will you be OK, Fenton?Yeah, I know… last night was way busier…

I do the books on Mondays, and I also just ran an X tape.Of course, the Monkey was on today… and you know about him and cash registers…. was anything in there when you came in tonight?

Really? And a $20 IOU on a banana peel?Oh Monkey.

Anyhow… Washington Eagle, I’m glad you came back. Hope you learned all about the Tiki, and that we’ll see you again!

G’night, all….

The real problem comes when Roger decides to defenestrate from the second floor.

“I predict mine will be the next post after Susan.”.and I shall verify that it was.

Has Johnny Diego given up or has he assumed a new ID?

"""!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MAN OVERBOARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!""""""!!!ALL ENGINES….STOP….AWAY ALL BOATS!!!!Oh wait…….on second thought just chunk him a wintergreen life saver…..

Today’s The Boobiehatch at Sherpa.

The decision came upon him rather suddenly.“I meant to do that!”

@Happy,Your boobyhatch link is broken

@Essex,I loved the items that your memory managed to locate.

I’ve got to go up and make my breakfast- so many CHOICES now. I loved having that sunnyside egg WITH my vegetarian pasta yesterday. I have a revised menu for my Valentine dinner this Saturday.

I de-porch quite a lot. I de-light in de-livering a de-licate de-porching for de-levery guys…..

Did you see The creeps today?

@ DazzYou need to be able to tell if people are joking or not! I’ve been married for 51 years and my husband is fighting cancer. I most certainly am not looking for another man! Sheesh

Have you not explored the Ballard Knitwear, Cheese and Prosthetics Outlet?

Ballard County Airport has a car wash now? It used to have a podiatry clinic and a sand pit.

“It would appear that Uncle Freddy buys his shirts at the same place as Francis.”++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++As a matter of fact, they do! It specializes in the latest in fancy shirts, with all the trendy colors, and ….I believe that’s where the Sheriff gets his wood chips for the big smoker in the rear of the Tiki patio. I’ve heard they’re the best to be had in town!

(Click on the picture to see where this store is located on the east side of Ballard St.)

And, if you CLICK HERE, you’ll see the rest of “Shop Row”. (Makes No Sense being to the left of Storage Lockers & Dental Work )

Sorry, gals! It IS true that I often find myself overly credulous because I always speak sincerely, myself.

I never mean to offend and like to be helpful. Sorry if Bev thinks I’m a nut case for finding my man the way I did, but he makes me VERY happy. I just emailed him about the Valentine dinner menu that I finalized this morning with more things we both like. His play was running through Sunday so next weekend will be Valentines (he did write me a nice E-CARD though) ;-D

night all…

Nice to see you back, ESSEX. SUSAN, you are in fine form tonight. Everyone is. Roger set the stage when he exited stage right instead of stage left. De-porching should not be confused with de-Porsche-ing. Roger tried to do that once, but it was a Voltswagon. He bugged everyone by claiming it was a Porsche. Then he De-porched and said he was de-railing, which, as HAPPY pointed out, he did.

Roger needs to find a better hobby.

Is any one here?

Good night HAPPY.Good night BALLARDEERS.

Good night all.

An excellent routine.

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Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!