Big Top by Rob Harrell for December 04, 2009

Good Morning Tribe!

Breakfast follows…………………………………..

Hoo Haw, let me be Dusty.

Ooh boy a *Lonewolf * special, my taste buds are salivating.

BLTE’s@ on toast with a fresh fruit salad, V8, Orange juice, red grapefruit juice, english muffins with peach jam or strawberry jam, rice pudding, Earl Grey or English Breakfast Tea, Doc’s coffee, Rakkav’s mocha, and home fries with ketchup or tabasco!

@Bacon, lettuce, tomato and over easy egg on toast

Breakfast Menu.

1) Huevos Rancheros 2) Egg omelette with ham mushrooms and cheese. 3) Beans w/cheese. 4) Rice. 5) Hash browns w/ onions & bell peppers. 6) Bacon, Sausage or Ham. 7) Salsa, hot, med or mild . 8) Asst Falvored Teas. 9) Asst Flavored Juices. 10) Regular, Decaf, or Doc’s coffee.

OMG Is that Dusty? Come here you hunk!

HI MARG, HI CARMY, HI JFRI!

Huevos Rancheros with beans and cheese plus hot salsa and a fresh fruit salad.

Way to go Dry. Excuse me!

Cleo, one order coming your way!

I was first! No fair Terry, saving your menu and pasting it in! I spent the time to type mine out! :-)

Good Morning Marg

Good Night Cleo, JFri & Dry!

Good Night All

Peace & Love Tribe!

I’ve been doing it that way since the first time I did breakfast!!! I do that because everybody runs off or gets ansy after the first post!!

Show me the written rules! **:o)

Didn’t think anyone could do as good a job as the Bee Gees on this one, but she does a good job!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-7WQTc8VwU

HI, MARG, CARMY & DRY!!

Oh Dusty! You are one crazy poodle!!

Good Morning Terry, Cleo, Dry, Marg and JFri!

Run, Rudolph, Run

**Good morning to you Good morning to you! We’re all in our places with bright shining faces…**

Howdy Terry, Cleo, Dry Carmy and JFRI!

Dry, I love rice pudding! I make my own and I think I just might make some this weekend. Oh yeah!

Dry, I’ll have some of that rice pudding and fries with Tobasco! Terry, I’ll have Irish Breakfast tea.

YAY, Carmy!! It’s CHUCK BERRY!!!

Hail, Hail Rock and Roll!

I am the Snowman…coo coo ca chew

Nice avatar carmy!

Carmy, I posted that Feist version of the Bee Gees song for you. My son has a better version on his cd which I just heard today, but I couldn’t find that particular version on you tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTiovEwBZu4

Carmy, that is a great avatar! Good night, all!

Okay this little FHIG needs to get some sleep!

I SERIOUSLY HAVE TO STOP THIS! 2:04? GEEZ!

Me too, I’m going to sleep right now!

Goodnight Dry, Marg, JFri, Cleo and Terry

Dry and Marg, Thank you!

Every dog has it’s fantasy.

Yes, but does it have to cross species lines?

Who’s Jennifer Gardner? I’ll have to look her up on Wikipedia or IMDB. The name is familiar but it’s not registering…I must say she translates well into toonage.

(P.S.: Born in Houston, where I live now? Not bad!)

Good morning, Tribe! For those not already supplied by Lonewolf, stand by for the next delivery of CocoMocha!

Johana, it’s Jennifer Garner and she starred in Alias plus a couple of movies.

Good morning and Happy FRIDAY!! Dry and lonewolf thanks for the breakfasts. JFri you almost made it up late enough to join the morning tribe.

Quick LONEWOLF, give me the juice. I have to rehydrate after that dream.

Good morning. Hope your week ends well.

Good Morning Akenta, Mopar, Lewreader, Dcguys, Johanan, Carmy and any others I might have missed.

Good Morning Doc!

hey all im at school and i have FOOD. and a final today and i just found out waht finals stand for. when i remember i will tell u lol. :D

Doc you changed your pic early this time?

Doc i have learned that when the speed limit sign says 55 it means 75 for some and 65 for others all passing curssing. for me it means 58. :D

also learned that if you have braces there is no such thing as being “lady like” LOL

so what have YOU learned today?

doc i didn’t know Bmonk did that either. LOL

got to go to class now is the time to ……….

PRAY MAN PRAY

over and out peace and love fingers crossed all the things i can think of bye guys bye

got to go to class now is the time to ……….

PRAY MAN PRAY

over and out peace and love fingers crossed all the things i can think of bye guys bye

Good Morning Tabby

Good luck with the final exam!! I’m praying for you kiddo!

Doc, I can remember that first link from when I had a cat. You wouldn’t think that could keep you awake at night, but it does!

Good Morning Akenta, MoPar, Lewreader, dcguys, Terry, Doc and Tabby! Good luck with your exam, Tabby-girl!

Good Morning Carmy!

Sorry I missed you last night! No wonder I didn’t sleep well!

;o)

Doc, that’s another good one!

Left you a message(or two or three) at 2C&C!

Good morning all!

Dry - you should have just gone back and edited your first post to put your menu in!

Is anyone else having issues with the avatars? mine haven’t displayed for the last couple of days…

Jfri, Dry, or Carmy

okay one of you have got to answer that reply. you guys are killing me.

out of class. :D test done on 4th floor inseted of 5th bc no internet on 5th. so at 855 i have to go.

Terry, sorry about that! I slept too well, I overslept :0 ! Good Morning DF, I can see your avatar just fine!

Good Morning DFrog!

My avatar has been fine.

Dfrog its on your side i can see yuor pic.

Doc well you better get going on that learning something if yuo want me to learn you best be learning too bud.

DFrog, I’ve done that with me first post too. :-)

Good Morning all. Terry I will have the omelette, hash browns and a large beaker of nuclear coffee please.

MMMMM rice pudding. Dry rice pudding sounds great with my beaker.

so i was doing good only 50 questions then all of a suden we get to the 35th question and its pics i have never seen before it was wacky i sware i was going crazy i wanted to scream!!!! there was about 10 pics that i never saw before.

class is at 9 so since its one floor up and it takes me 2 mins to climb 5 im going to leave at 55 still bc i need to get my seat. haha. my tummy hurts i ate tomuch and then we are having lunch me and my buddy weeza after this class its crazy man crazy

Good Morning Cleo!

One breakfast order coming your way sir!

i dont want to go to history class someone go for me.

okay i have to run up some stairs. peace out dudes. LOL i know im crazy but yuo all love me inspite of it. hehe i had sugar!!!!

okay im going now…. oh and Carmy how dare u stay up so late last night bad girl. okay is 56 ahhh got to run bye bye dont make me go.

Doc, glad you mentioned something burning. I thought it was my incense! LOL

thanks Terry, that now makes two breakfasts that you have fixed me in about 9 hours. You must be a good cook. :-)

Cleo, I learned from my childhood not to let anyone go hungry if I could help it!

Good Morning Mopar!

Check out Ziggy!

Morning MoPar.

Doc when you go over to Wildcheetah’s, do your cats go with you on play dates?

Good morning all! Doc, I got to see that, and man how true is it! I still haven’t learned all the important stuff! For the cat owners out there, my Aunt’s cat just died, and that was really a surprise to us, because we didn’t know he was sick, apparently he was throwing clots. Is that a frequent occurrence?

MoPar, that was the weather here a couple of days ago, my shoes are still wet, but now it is sunny here… and bitterly cold.

Good Morning Johnny.

Sorry to hear about your Aunt’s cat. Hang on to the memories!

Good morning! Doc, I learned I shouldn’t stay up until 2 AM!

Ready for SNOW over here ! 27 degrees but too dry so far !! Gotta think ~~~~~~~~ Wetttttttttttttttttttttt !!!

Yeah Johnny, it’s really gotten cold in this area in the last few days. Just Monday it was fairly warm and now this!

Good Morning RedHatt & Dry

Thanks Terry, I kinda glad I was over there the past weekend. While I am not particularly a cat person, he was a fun cat, and me and my brothers enjoyed playing with him.

Same here RedHatt. Snow flurries but too dry. :-(

I was hoping for some snow, because I have not really been in the Christmas spirit, but no such luck. I forgot how much I actually enjoy the sight of snow, from the inside.

Johnny–I’m not a cat person either, but I had a cat that acted just like a dog. We had a lot of fun with her too! I think of her quite a bit!

johnny never heard of throwing clots? Doc,???

All the cats I’ve lost all died from liver disease. My last cat, before these rescue cats, Hannah, died of liver disease also, but she made it to 16 years and 4 days. I stopped using Frontine for cats on her about 9 years before she died. I blame the frontline, don’t need it on these cats, and probably wouldn’t use it if I did.

Dry are you sure your cats weren’t getting into your Booker’s. Good Morning to you dear and to johhnyd. Sorry about your aunt’s cat.

It is something I have never had to really deal with, there were a couple of pets from when I was really young, but he was the first pet, (three more dogs) that we played with as we got a little older. Me and my brothers were “part of the pack.” Those were some good times.

cleo, not funny, man! I loved my cats, especially Hannah, but I’ll forgive you!

I know you did Dry, just giving you a hard time. It is always tough losing your pets. They give you love with no conditions.

Cleo, Pretty much everybody on here are animal “lovers”!

Pets are so precious when you need them the most. People can be conditional for sure, but not pets!

Well, nostalgia can wait, I’ve got to get to class. bbl.

pets are unconditional, of course I have one cat that’s very sweet, until you try to do anything to her. My vet said in order to trim her long hair, I would have to sedate her. Yup, that about covers it! LOL! She had ear mites and he gave me ligiud to put in her ear, I said, “Your’re kidding right?” He did it, but he had to grab her by the scruff of her neck so she couldn’t move in order to do it!

Morning Tribe!

Hi Dry, JFri, Terry, Doc, Marg, Carmy, Johnnydoc, Tabby, Cleo, Akenta

and anyone else I may have missed.

It’s my deoderant, isn’t it Doc? LOL You are avoiding me!

Well, if it is for Wildcheetah, that’s okay.

I may be scarce today. We have talent show and dinner/dance at the college. Choirpractice is at 3:00p.m. I have llots to do before I leave.

BBML

Hi and bye Shika. Doc be careful on that ladder you don’t want to be like Adam@Home. Terry & Dry yes pets are the best. They are so comforting and so full of love. No how boneheaded I may be on any given day, my dogs never held it against me.

((((((((((((((((johnny’s aunt))))))))))))))))

I tear up when I think of losing my pet. I know how the family feels.

Way to go Dusty. Now you are dreaming!

Shika’d

BBML

Good Morning/Afternoon Shika!

See you later Shika

Good morning, Tribe

Reading of all the pet deaths make me miss Jeket, Sweetheart, Janie & Vasquez, sniff But good memories.

Trying to get my order in at Angel Food Ministries. The other day there was a church right down the road and I contacted them via email and received a very prompt, gracious reply. Today I went to do the order….and the church isn’t listed as a host site. I called, and they’re checking to see what happened. Sigh

Trying to clean my desk and make potato soup in my new crock pot. Yeah, I invested in a new appliance, but my last soup I made I scraped about 3 cups of burnt soup from the bottom of the pots. This should pay for itself in salvaged food.

Good Morning Quaby

Good morning to all. Last day of vacation…time flies when you’re having fun. And I can’t get online at work for 2 reasons

1) I’m always updating, clearing, booking, emailing, etc. 2) The company has disclaimers all over saying they can and will monitor internet activity. A drop to the bank here and mapquest there is sorta ok, but I know one girl who got fired for surfing the net when she should have been working.

Doc, I second that feeling! Be careful on the ladder man!

Good Night Doc

See you later!

Good Night, Doc

I need to get some more work done on these computer projects. Need the $$ for sure. BBL

Quaby–Have a good day for your last day of vacation!!

Doc If I’d known you were going to pull a Shika, I’d have stuck around.

The only way to deal with a phobia, is one step at a time: Up, Up, Up, Up, Up…………

:-D

Enjoy the rest of you vacation Quaby. I’ll bet the soup tastes good.

cleo LOL Good avatar. But Santa better not dress like that Christmas Eve, or the police will arrest him.

Have a great day!

BBL

@DocT, does learning again something you forgot count? If so, I’m usually good.

If not, I’m in trouble…

home home home home home. :D

bbs going walk dog and put in shop. its cooling off fast its 46 now was 58 when i left.

hello anybody out there? hello?

okay i am all caught up on todays now for last night after i went to bed. hummmm. and just where are those 3 i mentoned earler???

LET IT SNOW LET SNOW LET SNOW.

Doc wow i relate to Calvin poor guy.

raining…. no snow :0(

caught up from last night also… i see a problem with this music thing….. they get stuck in my head!!!! right now Funky Music is playing over and over and over in my head.

well since no one is here ill be back latter i am not talking to myself today. peace and love all. over and out…… oh and how do i make it snow?? its still to hot needs to get cooler come on temp drop so ana and me can play in the snow.

MARCO*

Just got back from the church I’ll be getting my Angel Food at, there are online problems they’re trying to resolve.

I’m on my own self determined break for the moment! I need something to eat anywho!

Back! miss me?

Quaby i didn’t say Marco that time, haha u know me well i see. :D

I find it funny that the more clothes i put on the colder i get….. worries about self

Apparently the snow flurries that I saw here today didn’t mean anything; they didn’t stick. Back home, they got seventeen inches+ of snow. It’s bone dry here right now.

jdoc i think we both need to head to your home… lol

i am thinking about running to the store to get some ice cream yes its raining and cold and i want ice cream. :D

Hey there Johnny.

Back home? Where are you now? I thought you were in MI.

terry he is at school hehe home is not school its blah

He sounds like he’s many miles apart.

think so. :0( poor him and hes a family guy u can tell

terry what you up to?

Same o, same o!

And u?

so sent u somehting in reply to something

well b4 it gets worse im headding to the store i want ice cream i shouldnt but i am bbl

I was working on those two computer projects, but I need some info from the customers and I haven’t been able to reach them.

Ice cream sure sounds good!

How is your day going Quaby?

Talkin’ about me while my back is turned eh? Home is in West Michigan, school is in Ann Arbor. Two very different climates, one’s wet and cold the other is dry and very cold.

Day is going ok, Lonewolf Thanks for asking.

Haven’t done much on my desk, I’m so ticked at myself about that, but I did make potato soup.

Hang in there Quaby. Enjoy the last day of your vacation, dear!

Gotcha Johnny.

I was not aware that you were that far from school. I thought you going from home each morning. :-)

Jdoc sorry man wont happen again.

BACK AND I GOT ICE CREAM!!! ONCE AGAIN ROCKY ROAD

My teeth can protest i dont give a d a n g

That would be a five hour daily commute. Effectively doubling the cost of going here. lol

that sure would double the cost if not more. phew!

hello? what is this? tabby gets on and yuo all run off. are we not talking to me? did i do something wrong? do i smell funny? is it because im crazy? is it bc i have ice cream? what is it people

i may or may not be dead.

I AM DEAD!

(sniff, sniff)

Tabby, Nope, you dunt smell funny! LOL

terry then what is it?

That would be expensive Johnny!

My bad!

You said ice cream, and then I wanted some ice cream, but now I have to do some homework, bbl

Tabby, I dunno. I didn’t think there was anything wrong with you. You’re too sweet!

Dooo-ooohhhh, rocky road (drool)

Oh yeah, I second Rocky Road! Woo-Hoo!

jdoc lol sorry man. :( we still cool?

quaby yes indeed drool

terry thanks. blush

okay okay i may not be dead after all, but it is a very very very close call here and there is going to have to be ALOT of prayers going up these next few days.

No worries, we’re all cool Tabby!

Don’t forget the Karma Bank. Dipping some out may assist as well.

Hmmm, the last thing I did it went well…..(angel food) So…here’s a deposit to the bank.

You should all be cool, you’re eating ice cream!

quaby what all did they put in the box, if I may ask?

I cant feel my face….. i went next door to leave something on the door for walking Buddy and its cold and raining it has to be colder then 46 this thing is broken i tell u

Dry did u see something RED up there???? about to add to it.

Dry, Jfri, and Carmy

added more to the thing i sent before….. whats going on people…. please tell me i may not have the computer with me tonight.

Dry, and all you other hunters, ever use these sort of techniques?

“There’s nothing more dangerous than a wounded mosquito…”

I have about 30 mins before i leave for the night. so i need to go back ill bbs

want an answer you three dry you are here so come on fess up

tabby

how’s the ice cream? Have any more left?

Dry

It was good. i ate it all. lol now im hot bc i was running around getting ready. now just need to get permison to call her and tell her to come get us.

Tabby, have a good weekend. We’ll miss ya girl!

Hopefully you’ll have your ‘puter!

Hello Dry

How about some Rocky Road?

I shall bring it with me it is MINE I PAYED FOR IT. so i dont care what he says im taking it. i spent MY money on it. and i will be back saturday morning but have plans for my godchilds birthday party and will have Ana all day. also i have babysitting to do. so i will be off alot.

Any rocky Road left? I could eat the virtual stuff - the real stuff plays havoc with my diet!

Terry I didn’t know you also set up computers. Don’t you work on cars and trucks - or is that a hobby?

ALL IT IS NOW 36 DEGREES

MOM IS ON THE WAY

Tabby what do you do for Internet? Do you have a stick on your laptop or do you go through a router?

Dawn here you go have some ice cream.

and for CARMY Latter there is vanile(sp) bean.

got to run peace and love all

Have a good weekend, Tabby

dawn its a router im to cheep to buy the stick thing i will later on. thanks u also. may be back toniht.

Hello Dawn

Auto Mechanic/Techician is my #1 profession. Computers is my 2nd profession. I prefer the mechanic but computers supplements it.

I’ve got Rocky Road left for whoever wants it! Dry hasn’t said anything yet. She was offered! ;-)

Aha! Terry, Got it! For a minute there I thought I was wrong. It’s a very good combination.

Yummmm Here they have bear Claw (Super dark, dark and lighter chocolate with big pieces of chocolate) and Moose Tracks (a combination of chocolate and light with caramel) Love them both!

Dry Let me see if I remember.

The regular box has some steaks, chicken fajitas, center cut ham slice, french fries, hamburger meat, a pork roast, fish sticks, lima beans, green beans, apples, chicken nuggets, burrito wraps, shelf stable milk, a dozen eggs and a dessert item. I figured it out at my usual prices and $30 was a good deal.

Then I got the $20 poultry box, 10 lbs of chicken in various forms and such. Even 2.5 lbs of chicken tenders! This was a marvelous buy.

These boxes will help me stretch out the $$. It’s what I get in a week for doing the plasma gig.

Just plug in Angel Food Ministries into your search engine and it’ll pop up. Put in your zip code and it will show where the local host sites are. Mine is less than a mile away, literally right up the road.

Quaby That sounds great! They really are doing a wonderful service and is sounds like what they give is generally healthy.

Well, friends, it’s time to accomplish something. Cy’all l8tr

I’m also popping out for a while, going to try and straighten up my room/jewelry shelves

quaby sounds like you got a good deal! Just checking in quick, not much going on.

Dry, don’t you like Rocky Road?

I go away to take care of errands and to make some chocolate chip chili and you guys just keep posting away. I have heard of napster, maybe we should copyright this site as yapster.

Hello Mr Cleo, how are you? Care for any Rocky road ice cream? I can’t seem to give it away! And I’ve had enough for sure!

Thanks Terry but about the only sweet items I eat these days are bittersweet chocolate and licorice, neither particularly sweet, but good all the same. I did a radical switch in the way I eat back in July, I believe, and have reaped the benefits in returning to my optimum weight and staying there. Unfortunately, I have had to start buying new clothes. DANG BLASTED CLOTHING ANYWAYS!!!!!

Well, congratulations Cleo. My compliments to you on maintaining what you started. I have never had a problem with weight control until my present situation. And unfortunately, I have no control over this. If this is ever taken care of, they say I will be back to my normal weight.

Man! I wish that ice cream was real! Or more specifically, really accessible to me. Oh well, I ‘ll have to get some at the store. Well, now we continue in the playoffs, accept we are shorthanded now. Wish me luck! bbl

Terry thanks. The funny thing is most people would not have thought that I was overweight. I have lost 26 pounds and most people don’t even notice that I have lost anything at all. Some will say “hay your looking good” and some don’t even notice at all. I though feel much more comfortable.

It to me is odd that a person can weigh 189 pounds and lose 26 pounds without people even noticing.

Good Luck Johnny!

Hope you win man!

Cleo–You’re mentioning the same numbers that I’m messing with. I’ve always been 150-160, same as I was at 18 yrs old in the military. Now I have added 25lbs that needs to go. At least it stopped there! LOL I am lucky to have a high metabolism rate and regardless of what I eat, I would never gain!

Good Night Doc

That was a quick fly by!

Doc was here and gone so fast that I am not even sure if he was actually here. LOL

Got that right Cleo!

So *Terry is your pool tournament still going on?

Cleo, Pool league runs approximately 14 weeks. Each night of the week is a seperate division. Currently, I shoot Monday(9ball), Tuesday(8ball) & Saturday(8ball). Tournaments are either one day events or weekend events(Friday night, all day Saturday & Sunday till about 4PM). The tournaments I enter at least once a month(they cost money. The bigger the event, the more to enter)sometimes more. I usually break even at the worst and most times take home some winnings. The leagues are just like bowling leagues with 8 players per team and 5 play per night!

If the team in the league setup does good during the “regular season”, you get to the playoffs were you start winning money.

Does that ‘splain it?

Terry it does. It sounds fun. I wish that I could still play pool like I did in the 70s. I play so seldom now that I truly suck especially on the long straight shots.

You’d be fine Cleo. It doesn’t take long for it to come back.

Success! We won by default. No one showed up for the other team, so we move on, and, better yet, our next game is inside. That will be worlds nicer.

Johnny

Sounds good! Congratulations. Why wouldn’t the other team show?

Congrats johnnyd, a win is a win.

They were ex-marines, and had some sort of event to be at, and the league we were in wouldn’t reschedule it. It was unfortunate for them, but oh well, it’s only flag football.

Wow, Terry, that pool league sounds like fun, but I haven’t played since I was a lot younger.

Johnny

Like I told Cleo, it comes back quicker than you think. When I got out of the army, I didn’t really shoot pool for a year and a half. Within three tournaments, I was right back in the flow of the matches. And at your age, it’s even easier due to better eyes! LOL

I imagine that would help, yes. I did enjoy pool too.

I think it’s going to be a quiet evening?

I think so, I am heading out soon, and no one else appears to be around…

Have a good time Johnny.

I’m watching Ghost Adventures with James.

Somebody is bound to show up………………………………….

And here is that somebody. I am awaiting my wife to watch a movie, but she is on the phone to her mother and still has to brew tea. :-)

Tea sounds good, Cleo.

Wolfangil is whipping up some Root-beer floats for us!

Awfully quiet here, where is everybody? Just as well I guess, have things to do before Christmas! Hi all, bye all! I’ll try to check back later.

Hello Dry

Hi gang.

I just got back from my Advent Carol Concert/Dinner and talent show. Was it ever good. Lots of great talent, including a 12 year old violinist who plays like he could be doing the concert tour. Wow.

I’m all ready for bed now, just saying hello.

egad it is quiet around here. *Terry, the one really good thing about living in the land of many brew pubs is that most of them make root beer and they are so superior to any commercially bottled root beer. They are like throwbacks to what you would find in years gone by. Very tasty.

Santa has put on some clothes today, I see. Is that pizza he’s eating? What’s the sign say?

Hi cleo. Hi Terry

Bye Tabby

Sorry I missed you Johnny, Dawn, bmonk, and anyone else-

I haven’t read all the posts.

I love root beer cleo.

I’d love to try the good stuff. I think that the best I had was Barques’ or A and W root beer.

Hello Shika

Well, if no one is answering, I’m off to bed. Another long day ahead, lots to do.

Hi Terry

How are you?

Cleo, I have tasted many root beer that is made on spot. It is good, but like Shika mentioned, A&W is pretty d a r n good too.

Shika my dear, how are you. Yes he is eating pizza and the root beer out here makes A&W or Barques seem like just another soda pop. I am not trying to be detrimental, it is just unbelievable how good root beer can be when you look at it as a brew as opposed to a soda. Nice to see you by the way. Have you got a weekend of some relaxation, or is it a weekend of homework?

Root beer floats I can keep on eating/drinking until Wolfangil tells me to stop or I get a stomach ache! LOL

Since I’ve never tasted local root beer, I am glad I can get the A & W. But I wish they’d bring back bottles. I think that cans ruin the taste.

I’m doing good Shika. Just relaxing tonight. I have a pool league to soot at tomorrow.

And how about you? I’m glad you had fun tonight!

cleo It is always a weekend of homework with an Master’s program. :-(

Just to keep up. But I am going out tomorrow for non-college stuff with friends. And tonight was a great break, even if it was at the college. They do a wonderful dinner when they want to, with great wine and dessert too.

I’m glad I went out tonight too. I sang in the choir, which was nice after not being in a choir for a few months.

cleo Send me some homemade root beer, will you? I have to say though, when A and W had it on tap, it had a nice head to it that you don’t get with regular pop.

Do you win at pool Terry?

My community is a typical NW microbrew environment so we can get root beer from a spigot at the bar and it has all the nuances of a good beer or wine. You guys are just going to have to come out to visit me.

I love root beer floats, but I have to make them. If you get them at a restaurant they don’t give you enough root beer, so you are stuck with ice cream and not enough root beer to wash it down.

It’s midnight here. sorry to start a conversation and leave, but my eyes are closing.

I’ll try to catch you guys tomorrow.

Good Night guys.

Peace and Love.

Just send me a ticket cleo! Thought I’d left, didn’t you?

I don’t go for floats much though. I’m not a big ice cream fan, although I’ll eat it if it is offered to me.

Maybe I just haven’t had a float with real root beer.

And so, once again, good night, unless you have something to add. :)

Good night Shika. I miss you already. :-)

Shika, yes I win at pool.

Good Night (((((Shika!)))))

Good luck tomorrow Terry. I am sure that you will destroy the competition.

(Thanks cleo!)

Good Night Terry. Good luck!

Aw, I wouldn’t go that far Cleo. Besides I don’t talk smack when it comes to shooting pool. I believe in table etiquette when it comes to Pool Leagues and Tounaments.

Shika- Terry is our resident Minnesota Fats, although we call him Big Top Thin.

Cleo

Thanks buddy! Although I’m not all too thin these days!

Terry you must not sleep a lot. You are one of the last to bed and one of the first to rise.

Cleo

My sleeping habits are all screwed up with this stuff they have me on. To be honest, the side effects suck!

I normally don’t need a lot of sleep(Army did it to me)but this is rediculous. I still sleep the same amount(5 hours a day) but I can’t do it all at once. It just won’t let me. It’s very aggravating!

I figure one of these days I’ll just fall on my face and they can put me out in the back forty next to the pipeline! LOL

If it is near the nuclear coffee pipeline then you will never sleep. I am sorry for all of your uncertainty and misery. Hopefully it will come to an end soon buddy.

Hey Cleo, don’t run off. It’s not like I’m feeling sorry for myself or something. I have it better than many people in the world. I’m good man!

Heh, heh! I just hope it’s the good type of **come to an end!

I know that you aren’t. You go on with your life and that is a good thing.

Hey, Wolfangil, Grasshopper and the two daughters are depending on me. I’ve got a rep to live up to ya know!

Yep, kids will add that certain responsibility alright.

Cleo, I love it and wouldn’t have it any other way my friend!

Good for you buddy. I always knew that I was not cut out to be a dad. Fortunately I realized this way ahead of the game.

Cleo, With the way you talk and carry yourself, I would bet that you are selling yourself short! Sorry, but that’s my opinion!

All my friends said that I would be a good dad, but my reply was yes, but what if I am not. No, I love kids but I knew that I was to transient to be a dad and to selfish as well. I wanted to travel and be able to come and go as I pleased. Children do not present that option.

I actually am very good with kids. I treat them as if they were anybody else that I was talking to. I do not talk in baby talk, I just talk to them like I would talk to you. They seem to respond to this. Cats like me too. Go figure.

Cleo–I guess I am lucky in that I never felt a lack of freedom to come and go as I please. I guess I consider re-arranging things to fit my schedule no different than “being required to spend “x” amount of hours sleeping” or “being required to work so much time out of the day”. Those items are can be just as restraining as having children.

I’ve always treated my kids older than their age. Like you the response has always been positive. James tries to act as old as I at times as he tries to emulate me in everything! But it still has more pros than cons.

Terry I can tell that you would be a good dad. You seem like a mellow sort of person. The key is to be mellow without being an easy target. Which is how I see you.

Oh Cleo, how I wish that were true buddy. Wolfangil would be splitting a gut right now if she heard that!

But I am strict, yet patient with children and I have the patience to teach whether it be children or older folks as in mechanics or computers. So it all works with the kids. And as much as I would not allow my children to ever expect it, we as parents owe it to the kids at least until they are adults. They were not consulted before being brought into this world.

A lot of people tell me I am easy going and much fun unless someone messes with my family or me. I don’t see it.

Cleo, I am sorry.

Now I am rambling too much, sir! I need a shot of something, but not sure what.

Cleo

Alright, do you have any Silver Patron?

I can tell you would be good with kids just by the conversations we’ve had. You would be a good father, too!