No.
Don’t go. 
Aww! we’ll be thinking of you a lot, I suspect, Beebs, especially the Night Crew! So please be good and come back to us.
Back from the grocery store; it’s already hot and humid so am glad to get back inside. Tomorrow’s visit to the Farmer’s Market will be early in the AM, with a stop at the local Aldi on the way home. Should be back inside by noon tomorrow. Hopefully. 
Booooooo, you can’t go, beebs. :: Grabs beebs (by the hand…what were you thinking?) and drags him back into the MMP ::
Nava: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: 
Got up early and planted up a bunch of stuff. Yay! Also, deadheaded daylilies and watered.
I’m home from a couple of hours of daylily shopping. Didn’t buy any, but I have a list. I’m going back next week when I’ve decided how to move around my existing daylilies. It started to pour while we were out in the sales garden, but not till we’d looked at everything. Personally, I’d like one of each. I’m always happy when the ones I like turn out to be affordable ($10-$20). The most expensive ones are $100. I figure I’ll wait until there are more of those and they’re cheaper.
Now I’m going to go work on my room… We’ll see if I can get to the point where I’m painting today. I’d like to have everything done by the end of the day tomorrow…
Back after a bit, hopefully with accomplishments.
GT
You know, sometimes you just have to say, what the _____. I’m going downtown to the Art Institute and let the weather go hang. Daughter is going with me, but we are NOT going to see any Japanese armor. (we hate the Japanese armor)
We are going to see the new Graphic Arts exhibit and the photo gallery, have some lunch and enjoy ourselves.
Later!
*runs down train platform alongside train taking **beebs *away
takes TMI crown away from chaotic, hands to Nava
Here’s something that’ll get the taste of TMI out of our thread:
Awesome link. Thanks.
That was jake Spaz.
See ya beebs. Y’all come back now ya heah?
If you want a new toy and the folks at the new toy store (AT&T store, I’ll leave it up to y’all to guess the new toy) can’t program/whatever your phone because of a website crashin’, I cannot help you. I am not responsible for you. I had that conversation with a friend a while ago. I warned him to wait til the hoopla died down in a couple of weeks. I am not the least bit concerned that he thinks he won’t be able to get back to the toy store anytime soon and thus does not have a workin’ cellphone. Boo. Hoo. Hoo. :rolleyes:
-swampbear (resident meanie)
I’ve been watching random Youtube videos.
My God, but this boy was hot! 
Rebo I sometimes watch random YouTube videos too.
rigs I hope you and your daughter have a good time.
CutiePie I put my .02 of opinion in your thread. Slap me with a wet trout if’n ya want.
Nah, we’re cool.
I think I’ll probably show it to him later on today, but then my cover will be blown. 
We just came back from buying a toaster oven in order to help reduce the heat around here.
English please!
[grumbling about furriners. . I couldn’t find it in google 
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I wasn’t sure if this applied to me, so I revised it a little.
There. Fixed it.
OK, now as to chocolate ice cream, I’m fortunately allergic to chocolate, so make mine vanilla please. And I’m lactose intolerant, so make that tofu ice cream. . .a little on the melty side in a big long cone, but not too pointy at the tip, thankyouverymuch.
OK wait! You could not have meant this. You can’t go. You have to come back and explain what this means. Did you mean to type least for the word most or did you mean to say usually instead of rarely? Which one?
~waving to beebs~
Whoa, that’s cold! One could die without a cellphone. He could be cut off from the world, never to return again. . . or miss a text message!
I think I’ll just call you swampy the mean man from now on.
Taters, you aren’t missing a darned thing–Del Taco is a pale shadow of Taco Hell fergossakes! Bland, boring, pricey. Try it if you must but do NOT stand in line!
Nava, I feel much better about your g-parents–considering their ages, they were pretty ahead o’the curve on premaritals for their time! I was just thinking of how horrible it would have been for a “real” virgin to get that kind of an introduction and shuddering a bit. My parents took about three months to get their marriage consummated because my mom had a particularly persistent case of hysterical vaginismus but once she got over it they had a pretty good sex life and then when she got together with my stepdad it was Katy bar the door!
Rigs, you need one of those electric scooter thingies for going to museums–less stress on your feet and legs and if somebody’s in your way you can run 'em over because hey, getting old has to have SOME perks!
I am VERY DISAPPOINTED this morning because we went out to my favorite coffeeshop that I’ve patronized at LEAST once a week for twelve years only to find that they’ve decided to stop using Alpenrose chocolate milk to make mochas and have substituted that horrible Ghirardelli syrup instead! It tastes like rotten opossum ass with dick sauce and apparently the new owner doesn’t care a bit about what the patrons think because he ain’t gonna change it back. The barista was very sympathetic to me and another lady who was complaining about the same thing, says the reaction has been overwhelmingly negative but the owner is obdurate. Asshole. Hope the place goes tits up and has to be sold to somebody SMART who will FIX IT. Now I have to go find another coffee place or go without. That sux! :mad:
Did I mention I had to go get a new stove yesterday? My beloved old Westinghouse blew the second oven element out and an extensive internet search revealed that the thing is so old that the model number isn’t even Google-able, let alone any parts being available for it–I did find one site that had a picture of the exact element with a “discontinued by manufacturer, we don’t know anywhere else to find it” notice. I got it ten or so years ago from the Union Gospel Mission thrift store (where they pray every day to find out what the discounts will be) for sixty bucks–it’s 40" wide with two ovens, a regular size one and a smaller 14" wide oven next to it that was perfect for baking a pie while dinner was cooking in the big oven. It has two auxiliary outlets on the top and enough room to put a big crockpot in the middle of the cooktop surface. In a kitchen with minimal counter space and the electrical service of your average porta-potty this thing has been the greatest boon ever. I am really gonna miss it, sniff…
I’ve been wanting to run a gas line into the kitchen to convert over to a gas range but the death of Old Faithful took me by surprise and I’m not in a place to afford that work just yet. I didn’t want to buy a brand new electric range, so I went out to the local used appliance store (I bought my fridge there, too–they have six month warranties and they deliver and take away your old stuff for free) and scored a pretty decent Kenmore stainless/black unit that self cleans and has the bottom stove element built into the oven floor for easy cleaning, and also one of those nice little warmer drawers underneath. Cost me $260 and it’ll take me through until I’m ready to remodel the kitchen. I should be able to get back most of what I paid for it–it was probably a $600-800 range when it was new.
I’ll tell you one thing for free, they made a killing on the salvage value of the old range–miscellaneous metal is running over $200/ton right now and that thing probably weighed 3-400 lbs! Poor delivery guy damned near broke his lift getting it into the truck… The new one looks like a Playskool stove in comparison.
beebs, you dork, get back in here! You don’t really believe this place is gonna go free post, do you? TPTB have the internet savvy and management skills of a retarded geoduck and they’ll never be able to make it make money without us forking over–which keeps the vast majority of the trolls and idiots out. It’s worth the money not to have to deal with those fools–ever been to the average high traffic message board? shudder
swampy, stop drooling on yourself! Have a little dignity, mister! And on that note, you would’ve loved the appliance delivery guy–very beary with a shaved head and goatee, kept his shirt on, though. Ah well!
Actually, Smarty, even when it was free this board was a definite cut above the rest. The trolls and idiots either were driven out or else they mended their ways. I know exactly what you mean about a lot of high-traffic boards, but this has never been one of them.
If I didn’t have my cell I’d actually have a bit of trouble on my hands, because I don’t have another phone. Why pay for a landline when I have a working cell and internet?
nava, I am very impressed with your grandparents. I’m glad I don’t know that sort of detail about my grandparents’ sex lives, though.
You didn’t miss much. They’re maybe half a pinto bean better than Taco Bell, and they’re the only fast-food taco place I know of that serves up french fries with the combos.
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo]
English please!
[grumbling about furriners. . I couldn’t find it in google ]
Ken- English transliteration of the Hebrew word for “yes”
Ma cherie- French for “M’dear”
In the previous post I had told him, essentially, to “shut up (really- more like “Be quiet”)” in Hebrew, “please” in French.
I’ve been sick most of the afternoon. Migraine, upset stomach. Getting out of bed has been rough.
The day started all right-- busy, busy and the WHAM. I feel gross.
I’m going to return to bed, read some poetry and some scifi short stories and TRY to feel better.
We quit for the day. It doesn’t look like we did anything, but we really did! Most of it electrical. Plus we ran the phone line to my studio and took out 2 dead phone lines (one from the bathroom :eek: and one that I think went to the garage. We also figured out where to put the sconces in the bathroom. And we cleaned. And I did laundry. So it doesn’t look too different, for all the hours we spent down there. Oh well.
Awaiting a call from daughter to let us know she’s on her way. We ate some leftover stroganoff over rice - not bad. I need a shower. I’ve got a load of whites in the dryer that’ll need folding. Other than that, it’s a chill evening. Aaaahhhhhhh!
Beebs, don’t go!!!
I can tell you all about your grandparents’ sex lives, snowbunny, if you really want to know. This is before my father became impotent and somewhat demented from his Parkinson’s and tried to grope his nurse, L., regularly. :eek: Among other things, they chose every Wednesday night. Why Wednesday I have no idea. This is a detail that, frankly, I would have preferred not to learn. Along with the many other details my mother told me that were totally in the TMI range. You know, I prefer to think that I was spontaneously conceived from a twinkle in my father’s eye rather than knowing the gritty details of previous generations’ sex lives. But my mother insisted on telling me anyway.
I won’t do that to you, kid. Promise. :eek:
It’s been a dull and boring afternoon. Work, not work, veg, that’s about it. The dogs have been totally sacked out after their adventures at the dog beach; Rusty had the fun of teaching a young black lab how to swim whilst fetching. Everyone at the beach thinks Rusty’s the smartest dog there because he greets everyone joyfully, collects all the abandoned toys, and teaches the newcomers what the beach is all about, all the while actually acting like a <gasp> dog and fetching tennis balls. Yes, he’s now fetching tennis balls, even ones thrown with the ball-throwing thingy that go well out past the breakwater! :eek: Little do people know he’s the dumbest canine to ever stand on four legs.
I also just wasted a half hour over at FreeRice.com expanding my vocabulary. Oh, and I learned about another website started a few months ago by a 10-year-old girl in Oregon, FreeKibble.com (and its companion, FreeKibbleKats.com) where you can go donate kibble to animals in shelters. Kids are so creative and generous! I loved your story, Spaz. What a super kid!
Okay. Back to doing not much. I guess. (Can’t you tell how eager and excited I am to be working on a Saturday?)
SmartiePants you should have helped the man take his shirt off so he wouldn’t get it all dirty while messin’ with your old stove. The [del]scenery[/del] gentlemen workin’ next door have called it quits for the day. I wonder if they work on Sunday… 
CutiePie I’m glad we’re cool. I think you should show TVMan the thread. Or at least use what you’re learnin’ from it to let him know how bad an idea this is.
Roo I prefer meanie pants.
Thanks for the links, Spaz and Rebo.
Feel better, Soapy.
Condolences on your old stove, SmartiePants. Sounds like it was a rather cool one.
Break!!! Went out to get a better screwdriver to take the last recalcitrant screw out of the window frame (from a bracket originally used for blinds, I think). Also stopped by the grocery to get a couple items and a new Home Depot gift card. (I get cents off of gas for it; I should be almost to $3/gallon off on my next fill-up.
I left the house to run errands without my phone and the world didn’t end.
I’ve taken down the ceiling fan blades and am about to vacuum, clean the floor and then start sanding the trim around the window. Then I need to decide whether to sand the door. And then it’ll be time to sand the floor. Envy me.
Back with more progress, I hope.
GT