Happy (Lesser)Holidays - A Festive MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I hope her memories bring you more happiness than sorrow.

I just got a notice that we’re going to have Internet outages. I think the power outages are worse, but I’m not sure.

flyboy I’m glad you got the MGB out for a spin. Does it have a manual carb? I don’t know much about them.

Boo I was looking at your article and thinking about how late the corn and crop were going in when we lived in Missouri; then I noticed the date. Yes, that’s when we lived in Columbia.

I had a different username when I joined the Dope. Mumpers gave me the nickname Sunny. I took that as a great aspiration to have, and changed my username to Sunny_Daze (puns and whatnot).

What… you’re gay???

(Ha - got there before Moooommmm)

If they could get it to Shasta, we could handle it from there.

I spent the day doing more mortgage stuff, this time for the next house. If I go to hell, I will spend my time doing mortgage stuff. It’s like taxes but worse. I also asked the design center added the closet organizer back to the master closet in the new house. The price was very reasonable and I think it will be very nice to have.

In celebration of being done with mortgage stuff, I have opened a Blind Pig IPA from Russian River Brewing Company. The plan is to have salmon with pesto butter and some steak for dinner, with rice or mashed potatoes (depending on the diner) and broccoli.

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If this don’t do it, nothing will! :wink:
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Taken at his other grandma’s house. He never looks that adorable when I aim my camera at him.

We went to Salsa’s for supper. Boy, have their prices gone up! And yet the place was packed!! Had we arrived 10 minutes later, we’d have had to wait for a table.

But now we’re home and in for the night. Chillage shall ensue.

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Eons ago I had a job where we were encouraged to use several chat rooms (all on a classified network) to interact with folks from other agencies. I started out just using my name, and one of the guys referred to me as FairyChatMother. But we were limited to 12 characters, so…

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wordy, the story behind missred was once upon a time, I got up to leave for work, but neither of my vehicles would start. I called a friend of mine (6’5", solid muscle, long hair, beard and a voice like Bob Seger with a cold) and he swung by on his hog named Mabel (after his mama) and a guest helmet to take me to work. Well, the folks who I worked with always saw me as a somewhat quiet, schoolteacherish type, so this was a surprise to them. One of my cow-orkers made the remark Boy, have I mis-read you. Given my red hair (at the time), it stuck and I used it as a handle online for several chatrooms and message boards.

Nelson passed his checkup with flying colors, but I need to schedule him for a teeth cleaning. Those have gone up $100+ since his last one. :open_mouth:

I’m waiting for the next storm to come again and hope that it won’t be storming when Nelson needs to go out again.

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Dual SU carburettors, like these (not my car):

(Gotta click on it for the text.)

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I’m guessing this is a corollary to Murphy’s Law, and it will be raining. Good thing he has his little ducky suit!

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@overlyverbose

My father in law did not like me. He never referred to me by name. He just called me “that longhaired S.O.B my daughter is dating” and later “That longhaired SOB my daughter married” I married her in 1975. When I signed into AOL for the first time and needed to concoct a screen name, longhair75 was just the thing. I have used that sn everywhere ever since.

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@FairyChatMom ……Taken at his other grandma’s house. He never looks that adorable when I aim my camera at him.

He just looks like a different, yet equally adorable at your house. Here, he looks so suave and debonair. Utterly charming.

Just what I needed! Thank you.

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My real name is Paula. My nephew couldn’t pronounce Paula, it came out Peedin. I’ve been Peedin for 45 years. Like Cher or Elvis, single name.

Swampy’s gay???

I sidled out of work crying. Had a minor anxiety attack. My stomach is still wonky but soon it is time for beddie bye mother’s little helper.

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Evening all in Puget Sound heading north. It was a bit of an adventure this morning, first I had trouble with the wi-fi in hooking up with Uber, and then the driver went the wrong direction away from us (my pal and roomie Chip was with me) and finally cancelled as his GPS was broken. Lucky for us there was a yellow cab right there at the hotel, so we grabbed it and got to the port on-time…

And then the real fun started. They had had me fill in a health check on-line on the 5th, and while I had said no to most everything I did mention I had a cough (you’re in the Northwest in rain and 50F temperatures, you might cough now and then). To the cruise folks, this meant an interview with a nurse (I think she was a nurse) and then ANOTHER COVID test, which they said would take 20 minutes but took an hour. Fortunately, I was in the early boarding so Chip and I were on-board by 1:15pm, plenty of time to get to our room…and find the keys didn’t work. The room steward let us put our carry-ons inside, then we ate and got new keys…that also didn’t work. So back down to Customer Relations, had them make a third set, because third times the charm, right? Nope, still couldn’t get in. So I’m in the room now while Chip is out taking pictures. Will be calling Guest relations myself with several comments in a bit. At least lunch was filling and good, but dinner won’t be until 8:30pm (our cruise planner is a saint, but he likes eating real late…). At least the Wi-fi is free and reasonably fast.

Ok, enough whining, I’m on a ship and heading away from worries with a lot of friends I haven’t seen in many a year, so all in all I’ll put up with the headaches.

talkie, there is/was a Science Fiction writer named Harry Harrison who wrote a series of SF Humor novels featuring a future-age crook/rogue named James Bolivar “Slippery Jim” DeGriz, who was known by the Moniker “The Stainless Steel Rat”. So that is where mine came from.

red, good news on Nelson.

FCM, cute pictures, either from you or other Grandma.

flyboy, quite an adventure with the MG, hope it stays running good for you.

Rebo, best wishes for your grandkids…as you close by?

Cookie, that’s a good idea on the house; I may have to pull my records and do something similar (one of these days…)

Oopsie, {{hugs}} in memory of your Mom.

OK, need to yell at the people and get them to quit messing around with our keys and let us get in and out like people do. All y’all take care.

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I hauled my reluctant body to the gym and had a long workout. Then I sloshed home again.

Yes, and I’ve regretted it ever since, not because I don’t admire Nellie Bly–I do, and that’s why I took the username–but because it seems so presumptuous of me. I should have changed it when we moved to Discourse, but I was too focused on not wandering off into internet oblivion.

How did you decide on “overlyverbose”? To me you seem like “just the right amount of verbose,” but I suppose that’s too long a handle. :slight_smile:

What? Swampy’s hairy? :astonished:

FCM, they should make an Adorable Grandson doll for those of us without grandkids, and use that perfect little face as the model.

red, I love your username. Is your hair no longer red? Please say it’s plaid. I’ve always wanted to know someone with plaid hair.

MetalMouse, hope the cruise is smooth sailing from here on out.

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Made salmon with brown rice and mushrooms with Fox Point seasoning cauliflower for dinner.

Mine is my sole function in life(according to my dog)

swampy’s gay?!? :open_mouth:
(that never gets old).

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I had checkered hair once. My niece, the aspiring beautician was horrified. I thought it was hysterical (checkered hair wasn’t very common 40 years ago and the sideways looks I got made me laugh so much) and refused to let her fix it for over a month.

Plaid hair would be pretty cool too, but I don’t think that could happen without a plan. Who was that presidential candidate who claimed to have invented plaid? It was back when Al Gore was claiming credit for inventing the internet…my google fu is failing, but Lamar something? I would have totally voted for him just because he lied so good. If I’m gonna pay someone to lie, I want them to be good at it fer crying out loud.

Yesterday a junkyard 20 miles away caught fire and the high winds blew the smelly smoke right at us. The soot and chemical smell put me to bed with a horrible spiky headache and hubs closed the catio door to keep the cats inside with our filtered air.

I am tired of the wind. I am tired of sneezing. I am tired of headaches.

My online persona was Slave to the Phone until I retired. By that time I was so sick of sitting in front of a computer that I took about a year long break from doing anything but checking my email every couple of days.

Once I was able to form a new relationship with my computer screen, I followed @Seanette here from Customers Suck cause she had mentioned there were some nice folks.

I didn’t want to use Slave because that part of my life was over, but I couldn’t find a way to use Magenta (my Rocky Horror persona-unseen but I see all) without making it unusable for me, so went for Jane Doe because it’s almost the same if you are really stoned and frustrated.

By the time I was signed up here and the board moved to Discord, it was too much bother for the mods to change my name to Slave and there was still the Magenta name issue.

I’m pretty happy with Jane the Cane, so I guess that’s going to stick :slight_smile:

(About that, the abusive jerk did get bailed out and is going through Anger Management classes which his Public Defender is hoping will show that he’s trying to change. The victim who had changed jobs and moved towns once before said something like FTS and moved out of state. I wish her well.)

These short stories are well worth reading if only for Angelina. I kinda liked her better before she got brainwashed into not killing people all the time but she was still pretty amazing afterwards. I carried a duct tape covered roll of dimes for years after reading the series.

Swampy’s gay??? Orders pearls from the jungle so I has somethings to clutch!!!

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SO cool! Look at you, all cutting edge in the Eighties! There was a woman on the bus to Seattle who had flowers dyed into her hair. They were Sixties style daisies in green, pink, yellow, and blue.

Lamar Alexander?? I don’t recall him saying he invented plaid, though that sounds like him. I just remember he wore plaid shirts.

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YES!!! But it wasn’t plaid, it was flannel!!! That’s why I couldn’t find it. Thank you so much, it was driving me crazy because I could remember laughing my ass off when he stood up in front of camera and said that with such a straight and sincere face.

Thank you again, I’m going to be able to sleep tonight.

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And a little showing off. Corner of my current piece. Not only can I count to 73, I can count to 4!!!

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And a kitty pic for those who don’t look at the pet pic thread.

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Up,caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. It’s my Firday!

ELBOW SEX! ELBOW SEX!

Awwwwwwww

Nifty!

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We’ve been getting lots of rain. I hope it doesn’t wash all my grass seed and clover seed away. FCD said there were t-boomers and lightning overnight - I slept thru it all.

I’ve been going crazy trying to find the garage door clicker from my car (I know I took it out before we turned it over to the body shop.) Then last night, I thought it might be in FCD’s passenger side door pocket, so I need to ask my daughter to look, since she has his car. I hope it is there - a replacement will cost $31!!! Yoiks!!

I’ve got a little time to kill till I have to pack sammiches for today. Apart from the nearby restaurants being stupid $$$, it’ll likely be raining, and who needs that?? So we’ll sit in the classroom and brown bag it.

Getting closer to the drive to Indy - I am so dreading the long ride back, listening to the same stories over and over again. I sure hope they sleep a lot.

Onward. Happy Saturday!!

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 62 Amurrkin out and N.O.S., with a predicted high of 85 and N.O.S. for the day. This mornin’ I must betake myself over to the church house to deal with candles and make the dreaded run to :astonished:Wally*World :astonished:. After that, I foresee some quality cee-mint pond time and nappage. Sup shall be burgers 'n fixin’s with fries.

I know it is a shock, but I am, in fact, gay. I wasn’t sure for a while but what with OYKW bein’ gay and all, and the fact that we do ummm… gay men stuff to each other, I concluded that I must be gay as well.

Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, alas, alack, and bother of bothers I suppose I shall purtify and don acceptable bein’ amongst the public attire. Life is so hard!

Happy Sattidy Y’all!

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Congratulations wet one! Enjoy your well-earned retirement!

My work laptop’s wallpaper is a picture of Snoqualmie Falls. I only realized last year that my husband has never seen them, even though he’s been to Seattle (visiting me and then visiting my parents) many times. Probably should visit next time. Miss their brunch - that was amazing.

Yesterday was the first dinner with coworkers since Before. We used to get together every other month for wine, nibbles, and then dinner at a restaurant. Nice to get back to socializing, now that more people are in the office.

This morning we went to the garden store and bought some bulbs, plants, etc. Then I had to go to the grocery store, make lunch, and now that part’s done, so it’s raining. Might not get the plants in the planters and bulbs in the ground today.

We thought we might want to take a short walk. The last few weeks were getting a bit crazy, so we need to get into a new routine. Until it clears up a bit, we will neither go for a walk or work on the plants. So there will be some slothage.

Happy Saturday!