Sorry ShibbOleth… or should I be doing a happy dance for being incoherent? Need more caffiene… except I can’t OD on caffiene until after the newest munchkin is born!
The munchkin of the first part being the stale donut treat was a bad pairing with the munchkin of the second part being my lovely daughter who is at this very moment trying to find new and unusual ways to bruise herself using foam snakes, a rocking horse and an exercise bike.
FairyChatMom that is soooo jake! Rue would love one of those I bet. Maybe you should get him one as a housewarming present. Hours of fun for Soupo and Katcha. Think how the neighbors will be so delighted to be saturation bombed. 
Ellen Cherry, your newly inherited BVM should have a bathtub so that She may have a decent grotto. I think some lit up pink flamingoes around the bathtub grotto would be just the perfect finishing touch. You could put wings and halos on the flamingoes and make them lit up pink flamingo angels adoring the BVM. You’d be the envy of your neighborhood. Does your Bird Girl statue really look like the one on the cover of “Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil?” (stupid book btw) Of course that Bird Girl statue is in a cemetary. There’s a St. Francis isasissy (my sister, brothers and me called him that as kids) statue in a flower garden at my church. If I ever have a flower garden I’d like a St. Francis isasissy statue in it cause I think He looks good in a flower garden.
welby guess I shoulda checked all the footnotes.
Why swampy I oughtta spank your snout! Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is one of my favorite books of all time! That’s why I’m so thrilled to have the statue. I’d been beguiled by Savannah long before Berendt showed up there, and was further delighted by the wickedness he uncovered. But yes, my Bird Girl does indeed look like the original from Bonaventure Cemetery, though she’s standing on a simple stone rather than one bearing the inscription, like on the original. And … the original statue is no longer in the cemetery, but on display in the Telfair Museum. 
Mama Hijack Alert – Tanookie, when are you due? How are you feeling? Unless it offends you, here is a :::virtual tummy pat:::
Ellen Cherry … virtual people can pat away! It’s those real life people who can get kind of creepy I’m due Nov 9 but will be having the baby early… although I hope it is no earlier than mid october as I do not want to have to come home from the hospital without the baby!!! I’m feeling pretty good, tired mostly, and am not on any blood pressure medication yet… Yay me
’nookie: Congrats on the upcoming bundle of joy! Hope you’ll keep us updated as the big day nears!
If I may presume to suggest a name: I hope you’ll consider calling the new munchkin Scooter.
tanookie congrats on the impending sprout.
And now for the latest update on swampy/Angel Pants pool saga: (Oh like y’all ain’t just livin’ to know every detail! :D)
The tree guys are finished! YAAAAAAAAAAY! I’m gonna have to rake up some stuff, but I expected that. It’ll be the last time I ever have to rake anything having to do with pine trees, tho. YIIIIIIIIIIIIIPEEEEEE! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAA! Storage building guy says he’ll be here Friday afternoon. So, sometime next week, I’ll get a big hole dug in my backyard.
My kids just built a time machine in the basement. I know because they came upstairs looking for batteries.
That’s all for now.
The pool party is on!!!
I’m bring the double-walled insulated plastic tumbers, the BIG bottle of Tanqueray London Dry Gin (and a small bottle of Tanqueray Malacca Gin, if anybody asks nicely), my biggest cooler, a case of Saranac Pale Ale for our host (unless he would prefer Black Forest Lager, you never know with Angel Pants), and eight Tiki Torches with the citronella oil to keep the 'skeeters at bay.
I’m also making the shrimp dip, the vegetable dip, and I’ll get lobsters (currently $7.99/pound) for those interested. Not chix, either, big ones. Somebody else has to provide the drawn (clarified) butter.
Time machines take D-Cells, Shibb? Dang, my design is all wrong. Let me consult with FairyChatMom and get back to you.
I don’t think they were Ds, just whatever they could find. They appropriated a flashlight, a Buzz Lightyear and an AA they found in the living room. Then they disappeared into the basement again. The machine seems to have worked because when they came back up it was past their bedtime.
swampbear woo hoo!! I take back the snout-smack and replace it with a wet smack! I’m whirring up the pina coladas and hunting around for my swim suit! Woo hoo!
Oh, Georgia … that’s not around here is it? :mad:
It’s about damn time the men showed up and started talking about manly stuff instead of all this junk about babies. After all, I pointed out in the OP the only really signifigant thing about a baby: They fill up diapers.
Other than that, useless!
Hmmm, pool party. That means bathing suits. That means bare legs. That means I need to shave. Where did the practice of shaving one’s legs originate? And why does it persist? Sharp metal against delicate skin - how wrong is that?? All in the name of vanity. Maybe I’ll buck the trend. Yeah, that’ll show 'em!
And that’s what I think of manly hijacks… 
So Swampy, need any help hanging up drywall? I’d be happy to come over and help out, just make sure there’s beer.
Exgineer, how the hell can you drink gin? If I want something that tastes like pine cones I’ll eat a tree. I’ll bring some genuine straight from the father-in-law’s secret stash Russian moonshine for those of you, um manly enough to try it.
I think you’d get better performance for the time machine out of a Marine battery. I’ve got a couple I can loan you, plus a charger, if you’re still going over your power needs.
You’re going to send a battery of Marines over? All hopped up on Russian moonshine? I’d better hide the women and children and lock up the barnyard animals.
And I agree 100% on the gin thing… blecch! Only alcohol I can absolutely not drink.
Ellen Cherry that’s ok. I know how easy it is for someone who has no literary taste to get upset.
Ex, Angel Pants turns down no beer. And gin… yum! Gin and tonic, the official drink of the Episcopal Church. It’s not just for cocktail hour anymore. No lobster for me please. I know, it’s just heresy, but I really don’t like it. Now crabs and shrimp, hmm… maybe we need to have a low country boil!
FairyChatMom don’t worry about the legs. If FairyChatDad doesn’t care then nobody else should either. Just bring a big batch of homemade cookies. 
Shibb if the Olethlings[sup]TM[/sup] get that time machine perfected, I’d like to go back to 1972 and slap my then self for ever thinking that a powder blue tux was jake.
welby now just why would a pool need drywall? I will, however, have a swing and a pool bar to put together when the pool gets finished. They won’t involve hammers, but you would get to use screw drivers and allen wrenches. There will be beer but be forewarned: if you decide that the swing would look good on bar stool legs, or that the bar would look good hanging from the swing, I’m cuttin’ ya off.
Well you want a wild party don’t you? Take it from me, there’s nothing to make a party wilder than a bunch of drunk marines.
Don’t worry about Exgineer and his gin. We’ll find a way to instill him with some sort of taste and style. One day.
Should have previewed, then I’d have answered swampy too. And FCM for get the cookies, you can go without shaving for years if you bring some more of that chocolate cake. MMMMM.
I have no idea why a pool would need drywall, swampbear, but I was offering my services because that’s what I’m good at: offering services. The service itself sucks, but it’s free!
And how could you ever imagine that I’d think the swing would look good on bar stool legs? The swing would look best if you took the barstool seats and swapped them with the seats for the swings. See? Taste and style, that’s what I’m full of.
Can we put the swing close enough to the pool that we can launch ourselves out of it and into the water?
I think we’re gonna have to get some floaties for welby to keep him from drowning himself. As for launching yourself into the pool, remember that it’s only gonna be 5 1/2 ’ deep at the deep end. This is a pool for lounging not diving.
Ok, the swing seat is one long seat. So, if we put that on the swivel legs for the bar stools, we could have four people on it all trying to pivot at the same time. That sounds like fun. Drunk marines by the pool… woof! Maybe we could put some drywall around the neighbors weiner dogs. Damn things never shut up!
That’s not exactly what you’re mostly full of my friend.
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Then it must be steak and beer. Anything else would be inconceivable.
And don’t worry about the swing seat being one long seat. I just got a new chainsaw. I’ll make sure to bring it.