Big Top by Rob Harrell for October 22, 2010

Good Morning Peoples Under The Big Top!

Good Morning LuvH8 and EIDo Disc Golf!

I’ll have Count Chocula Cereal, German Chocolate Cake and Apple Cider with Cinnamon Sticks please.

Good Morning Sojo and ElDo Disc Golf

Here you go Sojo, enjoy.

ElDo Disc, let us know when it is ready?

Good Night Everyone! Help yourselves to the buffet!

Thank you LuvH8 - Sleep well!

Time for my zzzzzz’s.

♪ P&L ♪ ≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

Make out? With a dog? Someone’s been reading too many of the Adventures of Dean in Liberty Meadows.

And now that I’ve been made sick for the day, you can skip breakfast for me, LuvH8. Just some of the Galaxy Famous CocoMocha for me at the usual time.

Good Friday morning, TRIBEANDALL and

GROG!

Sorry Dusty, but Eww.

Update: Daughter is feeling well enough to work a few hours a day. She’s being referred to a teaching hospital for further testing.

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Good Morning Tribeandall

TGIF!!

Good Morning, RwB. Glad to hear that she feels like working some. More prayers and thoughts headed your way, my friend.

Good Morning, LuvH8, ElDo, Sojourner, Johanan, ♠Lonewolf♠ and…….

Runs with Beer!

Good Morning,

Grog!

Thanks Terry…. we’ll see what the tests bring… hopefully good news Back to the tour and flagging

I hope you have a good day, RwB.

Good Morning, Doc.

Good Morning, Doctor Toon

Good Morning *Lonewolf, Little Sister, LuvH8/BBS,Grog,Doctor Toon, RwB, Doc, MontanaLady, Woodeye, hopeandjoy2, Johanan Rakkav, Rmom, IstClassPeon , Digital Frog, The Sojourner,Bmonk, serenasakitty,Ladyhawk*

Good Morning, Kab

RwB My thoughts and prayers are with you I have been thinking of you and your daughter. With modern medical technology and specialist updating with change they should come up with something medically with her.

Good Morning, Kab.

Morning All!

Morning, Digital Frog

Good Morning, DFrog

Good morning all. Luv, can I get some scrambled eggs and bacon, and some of that wondrous food of the gods, Count Chocula, please. (At Halloween time a few years back they made Count Chocula with Scooby-Doo marshmallows. Ahhh such ecstacy.

Good Morning, MisngNOLA

Good morning, Tribeandall…..

Couldn’t get on at all last night. I guess it was my turn to be locked out.

I’ll have a simple meal this a.m……scrambled with bacon, please. Oh. and red tobasco sauce!

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡ ♪ Good Morning TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

Good Morning, MisngNOLA & MontanaLady.

Good Morning Grog.

Good Morning, Sojourner

Good Morning Doctor Toon.

Good Morning, MontanaLady and Sojo.

Good Morning ♠LoneWerewolf♠.

I need to get ready as I have a doctor’s appointment at 1pm.

Have a great day everyone. I’ll catch y’all later. It’s pizza night!!

P&L

Have a good day also ♠LoneWerewolf♠.

Have a good nap Doctor Toon.

Hi, tribe! Sojo - Did you see we’re in for some rough weather today? There’s a good-sized storm system moving in from the SW. They haven’t issued any watches yet, but said it could be severe.

I’m heading out here shortly, I thought I’d see if I could get enrolled at the same college my sons go to, so I could start taking a class next semester.

Sleep well, Doc

Hello Rmom - I didn’t know that but will keep a watch out for it. Thank you, have a good day.

Hello Ladybat - Thank you. At lunch time if it’s stll posted I’ll choose something.

POP

Now a lunch menu? I’m getting virtually fat just reading these.

Thanks Ladybat! Nice one!

I’ll just stick with the World Famous Nuclear Coffee if you don’t mind.

Got some last minute emergency Geek stuff to do, but I’ll check back in before I go home…

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Hello RwB.

Hi Ladybat

I think I’ll have the Caesar salad and the mixed meat platter and some sourdough with Monterey Jack and mustard please.

You got it GROG

RwB - I’m glad your daughter is feeling a bit better. She and your family are still in my prayers. Thanks for keeping us posted.

Excellent. Thanks, Ladybat

Ladybat - Great menu!

I’ll have Mini Spring Rolls, Tom Kha Kai, Gang Massaman Kai, Pad Hin Ma Pan Kai, and Pad Pak - Thank you!

POP

Emergency geek duties have been covered, the drab routine stuff is done for this week.

My child is on her feet again and doing better.

I can’t thank you all enough for your support, thoughts, prayers and karma deposits.

((((TRIBE))))

FOR NOW—

PLAY NICE, PLEASE STAY SAFE. POOF!

Thanks RwB - My prayers are still with you and your daughter.

Same here, RwB

Have a Good Weekend Runs With Beer, Luv to you and yours.

What exactly does play nice mean?

Hello LuvH8.

Ladybat, Your menu looks fabulous, maybe we should switch to lunch? Hmm…. someone must have been offended that I put in the tabasco sauce.

May I please have: Penne Rigati Pasta with a Fresh Pesto Cream Sauce Meatless Lasagna with Fresh Tomato, Ricotta and Mozzarella Cheeses Homemade Focaccia Pizza Topped with Mozzarella Cheese and Diced Tomatoes

Hi Sojo

I finally got my virus software updated. I am still wondering why it wanted to disable the update it was already running but whatever.

Any thoughts on a Halloween costume? I think GoodWitchesCat would like some more friendlies. We seem to be lacking zombies. You do make an excellent Super Hero.

Hi LuvH8

Playing nice might involve might involve nothing getting blown up, nuclear coffee-riddled or any of that stuff.

I think I’m getting out of here early today. YAY!!!

I thought that was part of the safe.

So I can squirt people with my grape jelly filled squirt gun? (starts draining out the fountain pond, and begins scrubbing it)

Now’s as good a time as any to call it a day.

See ya’ later alligators

(Woooooosh)

Hope everyone is enjoying the lunch (don’t get used to it from me though….) Virtual servers are on hand as I’m supposed to be busy working. ☺

Luv - I’ve noticed the breakfast menu’s seem to disappear at some point, I was just disappointed that it was gone before I got in today and it was only 10am my time.

Alligators?!?!?

See you later Grog.

Haven’t been ignoring you LuvH8 - Been paying bills. :-(

Sojo

Bills? — Ewwww!!!

LadyBat, I suppose we will eventually find out why the menus are disappearing, and whether or not we will be allowed to keep them.

There are people in this world who are unhappy and make themselves feel better by making others unhappy also. I have a feeling that some of the unhappy people have taken to complaining about the breakfast menu to the powers that be. (I’d say more but I have to work hard sometimes not to be one of the people who makes myself feel better by making others feel worse.)

Good Afternoon, ALL!

@LuvH8 (She’s baaaack!), there are also people who complained about the “boilerplate” at Pibgorn, which had (and has) lots of useful information. It seems that, if it bothers someone that much, then either (1) scroll past it, or (2) don’t read the comments!

Good Afternoon boo-monk.

@Sojo, I don’t envy you the bills!

I’m not saying nothing. Not one word! But if I were to say something I’d say…………

Hi Boo-Monk!

Finished now, good thing I did it today, one was changed from due the 25 to the 23, just made it! :-)

Good afternoon Tribeandall!

Great menu, Ladybat!

Can I please have some chicken fried rice and a Pepsi?

Why don’t witches like to ride their brooms when they’re angry?

They’re afraid of flying off the handle!

Why wasn’t there any food left after the monster party?

Because everyone was a goblin!

Why were there screams coming from the kitchen ?

The cook was beating the eggs.

Hi, Ladybat, Grog, Sojo, Rmom, BooBoo-Monk, LuvH8 & RwB(sorry I missed ya firend!)

No bad news from the doctor, so I can’t complain really. :^)

LoneWerewolf, you can always complain! Especially if you do it in an entertaining manner. Did they give you a long enough wait time to count all of the little holes in the ceiling tiles? Were the magazines the same ones you have been reading for 8 years? Hmmm……… is it really sanitary to read magazine’s in a waiting room? Ewww! What if someone sneezed on it? Or didn’t………… ummmm………… never you mind!

(Drags out the hose and thoroughly rinses the fountain and pond. Then begins filling it with fresh water.)

Thanks sooooo much, LuvH8! LOL

LUVH8 You’re back!! The DemonBaby didn’t get you and I really love your new halloween avatar

Good p.m. to Lonewerewolf, Batlady, Boo-monk, (Bill-paying Sojo, GROG, Doc Toon, ML,Rmom and Kab et all

RwB if you look in you will find me happy that your daughter is headed for a teaching hospital and feeling better. Thanks for your update.

@LuvH8–don’t forget that the cook was also whipping the cream!

*Lonewerewolf * Hope all was well with you and glad you are out of the doctor’s office… My husband is now at the dentist and then maybe we will be finished with the medical people for a while.

Hi, Goodwitchescat! Everything is pretty much in limbo yet, but nothing added to it at least. :^)

< : ) Good, just Keep carrying your candle, LoneWerewolf

LadyBat That assorted bread with crunchy crusts sounds delightful. Thanks for your efforts.

♪♫ Carry your candle, into the darkness…….a thoughtful song that gives hope.♪♫♫ I like the image of it.

Thanks, Goodwitchescat. Very sweet.

Hi, Everyone,

Love your lunch menu, LadyBat I’ll just nibble on some sweet and sour chicken. I don’t want to spoil pizza night!

Enjoy your Friday night, LoneWereWolf, Goodwitchescat, LadyBat, Sojo, BooMonk, RwB, LuvH8, Grog, Rmom.

The cook was whipping the cream?????!!!! Oh No……!!!

Hello Goodwitchescat and MontanaLady.

Check out Rubes and Bound and Gagged for all cat people and Halloween afficianados (sp?)

Hi, MontanaLady. I hope you stop by later.

The cook whipped the cream? I’m glad he didn’t see me eating it first!

Pr-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r!

This joke would only make sense to a diehard Irish music lover:

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? A: To play with The Chieftains!

(the point bein’ that said group famously will jam with anybody who’ll stand still long enough…)

Thank you GoodWitchesCat.

You are welcome LoneWerewolf

(Turns off water, puts hose away and turns on fountain. Looks around carefully and starts pouring the powder into the fountain near the the suction part.)

Now what is that LuvH8 up to….I know making a new kind of jello….I think I will slink quietly away for now….paddy-paw-paddy-paw ….shhhhh

Hi Johanan with his Irish Joke

[Is that blue jello?]

Greetings Tribe. I just had to drop in and say hi.

Blue jello??? Surely not.

By the way Sojourner since you’re in the mood to pay some bills, may I sneak some of mine too? They aren’t TOO big, juat seems like a lot of them.

Hi, Serena!

Good to see you. You should stop by more often. :^)

Yes, blue jello–and it looks artificial. Not a nice, friendly blue at all. More an Argon blue.

Oh dear, oh dear…..what is happening….better hang around Serena and see

Hello Johanan.

Hello serenasakitty - As I wasn’t in the mood but just had to pay them - NO is the answer. :-)

Hi, I’m back! For a little while anyway. Sojo - I guess it rained while I was in Wal-Mart - there were puddles and wet pavement when I came out. I’m not sad to have missed the chance to get rained on or worse. I am now officially admitted to the college! It went pretty easy, didn’t have to take any tests, get anything like ACT scores or college transcripts sent to them, or even pay any money - yet. Of course, if I wanted to get a degree, I would have had to do more. The advisor even took a photocopy of my unofficial transcript I had from one college, which showed I’d taken English Comp and Bus. Math, just in case I need either one for a prerequisite.

Well, off to supper! BBL

Well my hour at the library computer seems to be up so I guess I’ll have to leave now. I can’t wait until I can get my own computer online.

Way to go Rmom

Hi Rmom - Had a little rain but cleared up then. May have more rain from now until about 2:00 am. Have been watching a course on probability and have learned what a 30% chance of rain means. The offical weather bureau definition is by definition not right! Hopefully they will change it to mean what it really means. But since it’s the government what is the probability of that? :-)

Bye serenasakitty - Sorry I didn’t feel like paying your bills.

See you later Rmom.

Glad you dropped by Serena.

So far our rain chances are just hissing and spitting about in our area but suppose to get more serious tonight. Our University homecoming parade is tomorrow, so hope there is a pause so we can hear the bands, see the floats, and the kidlets can get all the candy from the candidates.

Rmom Cheers for you. It is great and a good example.

TRIBE

What do you get when you cross a vampire with a snowman?

Frostbite!!

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What do ghosts add to their morning cereal? Booberries! ——————————————————————————

(and finally) why did the vampire go to the Orthodontist?

He wanted to improve his BITE!

(paddy-paw, paddy-paw, paddy-paw into the night)

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Hi and Bye Doctor Toon.

Hello everybody :-)

Good to see you Little Sister

Hi, Doc & Lil’ Sister

Good night, Doc.

Hello Little Sister.

Hello all! How is everyone today?

I am doing fine today Little Sister - How has your week been?

I don’t know what happened to RWB’s daughter but I’m glad that the news is good. I’ll Add my prayers and good wishes to him and his family.

It has rained here in Southern California off and on, and it’s still cloudy.

Also there was a report on the news that some parts of Texas had received hail the size of tennis balls. OUCH!

My week was okay Though I hate studying because it takes me away from you all.

Do you have much studying for the weekend?

No but surprisingly I do have to work. Pulling weeds at my grandparents house.

They’re paying me 75 dollars to help them.

I’m sure they will appreciate that! It’s good to be able to help out.

I did look at their yard today and said that it needs cleaning up or some mold will set in and possibly ruin their soil. If that happens and it spreads it can kill their plants.

Hopefully the weather will help out and be nice.

Well if it rains then I can’t help them. The weather has been kind of weird lately. I just hope that it is at least sunny tomorrow.

Hi, Sojo, Lil’ Sis, and anyone else hanging around… Sojo - I’ve found unless the weather bureau puts 0% or 100%, don’t count on the forecast to be what you think they’re telling you.

Why is a mummy so tense? Because he’s all wound up!

Something tells me that I should find a halloween avatar. But what can I pick that isn’t already taken?

Ah ha! I know just the one to use……..Be right back.

A haunted house of course.

Good Eveneing, Tribeandall

Johanan, Some years ago a fried of mine made me listen to The Chieftans. I’m half Irish but I think I’d rather listen to Sammy Davis Jr. Singing Tura Lura

LuvH8, you funny!!!

Hi Grog :-)

Hello Little Sister

How’s it going?

Hi, Grog! Luv - I noticed the last few times I went to my doctor’s office that they had removed all the magazines in the waiting and exam rooms. There must have been some study about passing germs that way. If I can remember, I always try to bring a book or a magazine anyway, whenever I think I might have to wait some place, and have done that for years.

Hi, Grog. I’m watching Ghost Adventures at the present time. Are you watching a movie?

♠LoneWerewolf♠, I just finished watching The Avengers 1966. I’m now watching DD&D

So Grog, did any hail come your way?

Hi, Rmom

Not a drop…a very little rain though. Our chances for rain increase throughout the week-end.

A good week-end for Football as is Any Given Sunday

What the bleeep is up with Yahoo. I can’t sign in again!

Hello Tribe

Hold on while I make a huge deposit to the Karma bank. It was a very good week at work, I was working the ‘cleanup’ email box, which means I chase after required documents, cancel bookings with no activity, etc. I kept on top of it all week and today, the worst/busiest day of all, I got all my documents in….not one email advising my office is missing documents. Really an impressive effort.

And to top it off, I feel bleeep good today. I haven’t felt this good in months. I sure hope it lasts!!

We resume our regular comments.

Runswithbeer, I, like Little Sister don’t know what happened with your daughter, but now that I know they are needed you have my prayers. There’s some high quality Karma in the bank you may want to tap into.

To everyone else, have a great evening! I’ll be lurking and/or popping in here and there.

Hi, Rmom. How are you doing, lady?

Hello, Quaby. Good to see you!

Hi, Quaby. Long time no see.

Hi Quaby

Good to here from you Quaby.

Hi, Quaby! - Always great to have a day when things go right for a change! Wolfie - I’m doing well. Only 2 headaches this month so far, no dizziness or anything like what I had this summer. Hurray! Hubby’s having to work the wee hours of the morning, since he has a skill only one other person at his plant has, and that person isn’t fast enough to get the work done with the machine in the time it needs to get done. But that shift should only last through next week, and we’ve been anticipating this would happen sooner or later. It does play havoc with our plans for our son’s birthday tomorrow. But at least we’re not inviting any guests, so we can be flexible with the schedule.

Glad to hear your symptoms are lessening, (((Rmom))).

Wolfie - Me too! I feel like I can finally start making plans like taking college, working, etc. I hope my health holds up - I’d like to think it was the change in med dosage that helped, but my gut feeling is that it was already going away before that. Either way though, I’m feeling better!

Rmom, I too am glad that you seem to be feeling better.

Thanks, Grog! I don’t know what was causing the problems, but I’m glad it isn’t anymore. Wolfie - Doesn’t James have football games on Friday nights? Or is that just a KS high school tradition?

My comment got bleeped!!! It’s a common phrase ‘so d ar n good. But then I gather this is the same outfit that removed the menu.

I can’t remember coming on to chatter last weekend. I had the craft fair. First thing that happened was when I was putting the final items into the back of the wagon. I dropped my key w/o realizing it until I went to open the other doors. It is the only key I have for the Saturn, the alarm doesn’t work it’s all ‘manually’ locked now. Not thinking there was much hope I called AAA, figuring at least they could recommend a locksmith. Lo and behold less than 45 minutes later the gentleman was there with his official coathanger. He couldn’t get enough pressure to trigger the door unlock, but he managed to snag the lever that opens the trunk from inside the car. Relief was overwhelming, ALL my bead items were locked in the car, I couldn’t even just take the other car because I had NOTHING to sell.

Not that it mattered. The table cost $15 and I sold 2 earrings at $5 a pop. But I got more than $5 worth of reward from it, my snowflakes are back in the shop on display, hoping some will sell this year. And I can display my necklaces (not the chunky ones, but the seed bead ones) in the first quarter.

And Non-Con is tomorrow from 7pm to 7am, so I may be scarce Sunday. So I’ve got to get a lot done before I leave so It’s back to lurking. Peace.

 darn, darn, darn,

LOL

A Hey to you Rmom,(glad you’re feeling better) ….Quaby (good days are great)…..LoneWerewolf,(Hope James has good game & thought you “pool” on Fridays)….. Grog (being 1/2 Irish means you have a lovely country in your heritage & maybe auburn hair!),…… Sojourner,…..(glad you’re through paying bills);……Little Sister (hope you can do the weed work. It’s nice you help out.)

I am going to turn in early, read a bit, and get ready for the homecoming parade. No rain here yet and it feels like Spring.

Quaby - The “nannybot” is the reason Luv has coined the word ”mendasock!” Deleting the breakfast posts has to be done by a human, as far as I know. But anything that gets bleeped instantly is done automatically by a computer program. As Wolfie has illustrated, we’ve noticed that punctuation marks right next to the normally bleeped word, does seem to help it get past the nannybot. Now, if it is offensive enough, it could get flagged, and then whatever action the mods deem appropriate will happen.

Here’s to a good breakfast menu that stays around until I can see it!

paddy-paw-paddy-paw to bed.

Good to see you, Goodwitchescat! - Okay, I know I’m lazy, but I think GWC is going to have to suffice for me. If I’m not confused, you live in the KC area? If so, it looks like scattered rain is heading in your direction.

Goodwitchescat., no auburn in the hair but there was a little red in the beard back in my younger days when I had one. I’m afraid that if I allow myself to grow facial hair now it would be gray. Yet, my hair is (still @ 50) naturally brown with a few gray strands.

I am very capable of doing the weed work. And I have a good back, so hopefully I can get a lot done, depends on the weathers co-operation.

Grog - From the sounds of what our hair is like, we could be related! At 51, I have brown hair with only a few strands of silver. (Doesn’t silver sound SO much better?) My father, and 2 of my 3 brothers had red whiskers. We always suspected the 3rd brother got mixed up at the hospital. Black whiskers, and allergic to poison ivy, which as far as I know, no one else in our family is allergic to.

Have a good night Goodwitchescat.

Rmom - I am glad you are feeling better!

Thanks, Sojo! About all I can complain about healthwise now, has to do with aging, so I don’t think complaining going to help me get better. (Although, I do remind my kids I’m an old lady, so they need to do more of the work!)

Good night Goodwitchescat.

Grog, I too, am lucky to have only a few strands of gray in my mop! LOL

Rmom, I didn’t mean to show the punctuation marks as the reason for the allowance of certain words.

 darn  darn  darn

Back from brushing my teeth, Rmom Yes, an hour SEof KC but our weather varies from KC and it goes north of us…I-70 seems like a dividing line sometimes. Yes, Little Sister,I don’t doubt you can do the work but am hoping the weather cooperates there as well as here so you can. * : )

GrogI used to have auburn hair but it quickly started turning when I was 30, 40 and I am mostly white with dark on my neckline. Ahhh time.

Wolfie & Grog - At least you’re doing better than the male members of my family. Most of their hairs turned loose instead of turning silver. I tell my sons they are doomed to have male pattern baldness - every male in the last two generations on both my side and my hubby’s is bald. I’m noticing receding hairlines starting to happen on them, but they won’t admit it yet.

I am lucky, Rmom. My Dad had dark hair at 51 when he passed on.

Okay, Wolfie, I think I know how you snuck those past the nannybot, but I won’t tell your secret!

Lonewerewolf It is amazing how heredity affects us…My sister who is 7 years older than I has a lot of dark hair left, yet my mom and I with the reddish hair both followed similar patterns. I had mine dyed for a few years and then left it alone.

That is funny, Rmom. I’m glad to no that some cousins of mine had similar traits to me, but being 5 years older than me, who knows now, and I haven’t seen them since my mother’s funeral in ‘05.

Grog and Rmom My son is following the same pattern of my dad with the receding hairline in front and thinning some in the back it seems.

Grog - It is interesting to note that although male pattern baldness is supposed to be inherited from the mother’s side, I guess the women in the family had bald fathers and married bald men or something. I’ve got a fair number of cousins on both side of the family and all the males are balding that I can think of right now. Guess I ought to go look at pictures taken at my parents’ funerals and family reunions, to do a survey.

I must admit, my mop has thinned out a bit, but I don’t look like Rene Levesque or my first boss who had these few strands of hair combed over a cue-ball head from one side to the other.

What do I know about silver hair?

Well let’s see?

Silver hair represents knowledge, and with that knowledge comes compassion.

By the way, my first boss was in his early thirties when I started.

Grog - It is quite amusing the things guys with balding pates will do that they think will fool others. My oldest brother has had a toupee for about 40 years, I think. He convinced my other two brothers to get toupees. The middle brother doesn’t have the resources or the fashion sense to keep getting a new one to look appropriate. The youngest took my advice after a few years of wearing a rug, to just let his head look “honest.” He now shaves his head for the cue ball look. But the other two have never been married. The youngest has been married twice (both very short marriages, unfortunately) which tells me that I’m not the only woman who is more attracted to an honest head, than a falsely haired one.

The Rangers are going to the World Series!! Who would of thunk it?

The World Series? I thought baseball season was over by now.

The Rangers won! Well, that explains thr reason why I hear my dad cheering in the living room.

Yep, they beat the Yankees!

I forgot to watch that…but I’m glad they did. No title for the Yanks this year.

Good Night, ♠LoneWerewolf,♠ Rmom, Little Sister, LuvH8, Goodwitchescat & everone else

Three Cheers for the RANGERS!!!

Good night, Grog!

Good Night Grog.

I don’t follow baseball, but surely any team that beats the Yankees, have got to be the favorites to win the the World Series.

I need to head to bed, too. Good night!

Good Night Grog & Rmom. Rest well!

Good Night Rmom.

CHEER! CHEER! CHEER!

Good Night Serenasakitty, GoodWitchesCat, Grog, Rmom and Quaby

Good Evening Little Sister, LoneWerewolf & Sojo

Hi, LuvH8

Hi Big Sister :-)

Hello Eldo Disc Golf

Little Sister!

ElDo Disc Golf Turnover happens at 1:10am your time from the sound of it.

Confoozled!

Must vanish to drive.

Phffft!

20 minutes until turnover? Well, I think I can make it that long.

Good luck Quaby I hope you can make it.

Where the @#$% is my MP3 at?

found it :-)