A cafeteria in a mall popular among…people older than I…here served food with no salt for their patrons.
Roast beef was $2.00.
“Would you like gravy with that, Sir? Mushrooms? Onions?”
$7.00.
How 
Ummm, check your rear-view mirror. :smack:
Today was my Firday. I had to leave early tomorrer, the gas tank was low & I don’t wanna fill up til NJ (as it’s about 35¢ less per gallon there). I wouldn’t need to wear the brace if I just keep my feet up at home, & it’s not that busy so why not just blow off the morning. This is the first time I’ve done that in six years! As a consultant, I only got paid for what I worked. Yes, I took vacations to go somewhere, but just blowing off a (½) day - do you realize how much that costs?
Crap. Electric company. That’s also where I didn’t get today. Also because of a flat tire. (Tony forgot to tell me that he had a doctors appointment in the city today. And then he discovered a flat on his truck. Since the little truck needs a radiator, he couldn’t really chance driving that. So he had to borrow The Boy’s new car. That did not go over well!) Anyway, Boy changed the tire - we’ll go see about a repair or replacement tomorrow. And paying the light bill.
So shopping didn’t ensue today. But Girl 2.0’s best friend came bearing gifts, as an apology for not going shopping - a milkshake and a marine snail. (Long story, connected to the biology summer project. At any rate, the snail has a name, (damned if I can remember it, though) and is temporarily housed in the cookie jar.)
Open house went fine - met teachers, got supply lists, went to office supply store and stocked up. Dinner was wraps made with a rotisserie chicken and salad and roasted tomato wraps, because that’s what looked good in the deli at the grocery store across from Office Max, and it was already 7 o’clock.
As for the early school year, most of the schools around here seem to have reduced the summer break to two months, with a few more holidays through the session. It works out. And maybe kids retain a bit more information with the shorter summer, I don’t know.
So… shopping tomorrow. And tire repair, pay electric bill, and cook a real meal. I haven’t done that all week!
Damn – I thought you said fire enhancer and packed the thermite. :smack: Oh well, if it gets out of hand we can always toss it in the ce-ment pond.
Like this Longknife.
You know, I was all set up to come in here and be first to wish swampbear a rousing Happy Birthday. Trumpets and noisemakers, you know.
But I do know one place where his heart rests, so I’ll greet him from there. We can party later. Now I need to finish the cake and find that fire extinguisher.
From the BCP, page 830.
O God, our times are in your hand: Look with favor, we pray, on your servant swampbear as he begins another year. Grant that he may grow in wisdom and grace, and strengthen his trust in your goodness all the days of his life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
¡¡¡FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS, OSO PANTANOSO!!!
Hey, in Spanish the name rhymes 
Had the yearly HOA meeting yesterday. I have a ground floor space in the same building as my apartment that’s set up with a kitchen but the door needs mighty, mighty effort, kicks and cursing in order to be opened… and that’s by men in good health. So I’m trying to get it fixed, and “since I’m doing work anyway” I want to fix the floor (it’s still the rough-poured concrete that’s supposed to get finished by the first owner) and open a window.
Against the bets of everybody who doesn’t know them, my neighbors gave me permission for the window I need to submit a document indicating the desired position, size and materials and to provide proof of having a City Hall building permit, but that’s it. Wheeeeeeeeee!
Happy Birthday Swampy!
Happy birthday, Swampy!
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Another day of work ,another day of heat.
Happy Birthday swampy!!!
HAPPY SWAMPYDAY!
Happy Swampster Day!!!
Welcome to 62!
<loads confetti cannon to the brim, stands by to light the fuse>
Last night was the weirdest in my series of weird dreams. It occurred in the future, after Obama leaves the White House, and he comes over to my house to clean my kitchen cabinets. Because we all know that when Presidents leave office, there’s nothing they want to do more than scrub sticky residue off cabinet doors. I was nice in the dream, tho - I brought him a step stool so it’d be easier to get on the counter to clean the wall cabinets.
Anyway, Happy Firday!!!
HAPPY B-DAY SWAMPY
Otherwise, just a blurfy Firday. Rained on and off yesterday with a promise of the same today. Missed my pancakes yesterday so probably will go out here in a bit and find them.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up, caffeinated, purtified, shevelled, and brekkied, so no YAWN. 'Tis 74 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 98, sunny and a heat index of around a hunnert and six! I suppose if one has a birthday on a Summer’s day it should be a for real Summer’s Day.
Thanks for the bday wishes! Y’all make an old bear’s day. No biggie plans for the day. I shall head over to the liberry in a bit and maybe have some quality cee-mint pond time a little later. Since we’ll be usin’ my bday coupon today dindin is all set.
OK that’s all I got for now. I need to go ahead to the liberry and do stuff before it gets too hawt out.
Happy Firday Y’all!
Happy Firday!
I think I’m up for reals now.
It’s a sunny 72 outside, supposed to get up to 87.
I have a big blurf since I was up half the night.
all y’all are amatuers
HAPPY SWAMPY DAY!!!
also, of course, blurf. That is all.
:smack: I apopologize; I misread that, especially given the date (& your non-traditional spelling). In honor of swampy’s b-day, & because of his admitted phobia, you were guarding the TP. What a sweet & thoughtful gift for the old geezer!
Yestidy affernoon, my throat started to burn. When I got into bed, I accidentally turned on the nose faucet. Given I didn’t even know I had a nose faucet, I didn’t know how to turn it off. Luckily, however I rolled the night, I turned it off again. The throat still burns, the head is stuffed (probably because the nose faucet is tightly turned off) , I’ve got a sprained ankle at the other end, & a still injured back in between. That’s too many temporary ailments to deal with at one time. Would one of Mumpers be willing to perform a mercy killing?..except flytrap - he’d enjoy offing me too much!
I have been to the liberry and obtained ice from the church house. Said ice is now icin’ down a cooler full of beer. More ice will be obtained in the mornin’. Apparently it’s all about the ice.
I’ve seen a truck that offers emergency ice delivery. Why would anyone need emergency ice? Doing a kidney donation at home? Swampy, you can call them if you need more ice. P.S. Hippo birdee to ewe. What kind of cake are you having for dessert?
The only reason I have for emergency ice is if your fridge dies or you have an extended power outage. Or if you’re doing a Titanic reenactment on a hot day…?
Lunch is ingested. Boss is supposed to be back any time now, which is good, because I’ve just about finished what he left me to do. TGIF and all that!