Today is Mrs. Nott’s Poshmark sale day, so she’s holed up in the back room showing purses and such to the camera. Supper is pre-made in the fridge, in case it runs long. Maybe I’ll take a walk.
I always heard that as “BF Egypt”, here in Indiana. I guess it depends on your point of view. I once searched a Nat Geo map of Egypt for the legendary town. The closest I could find was Buqbuk. Transliteration from Arabic is dodgy at best.
The weatherfolk called for rain today. It didn’t turn out that way, but I left the house closed up with the A/C on anyway.
From the time I was 17 'til I was 21, I looked old enough to buy beer at any grocery in town. Then, from the day I turned 21 until I was 30, I got carded everywhere I went..Now, I’m 75, and I might look younger, but it doesn’t do me any good.
I’ve never lived anywhere that long. We lived in Wabash until I was ~3, then the house I grew up in and Dad still lives in until I got out of HS. After that, I moved around quite a bit until I settled in with one guy for nine years. The only places I’ve lived that long since are my last apartment (12 years) and nearly as long at this one.
I’ve heard it as BF (or the actual words) Indiana, Tennessee, Missouri, Texas, Egypt, etc depending upon the speaker. The military folk of my acquaintance tend to go with Egypt.
As I was going through the parking lot to the street to take Nelson to the dog park, the bug guy backed into me. There was no damage to my car that the car wash won’t take care of, but I did call the apartment manager to come out to take a look. It didn’t hurt that the lawn guy was right there too. We all agreed that there wasn’t any reportable damage to either vehicle, I recommended that the bug company put a backup camera on the truck (compact truck with a topper, limited visibility) and the manager is making the call to the company itself.
Nelson had a good time playing with a couple of his buds at the dog park. After, we went to the drive up blue box to mail the cards and then on to the BBQ place for a sandwich and a pup cup of turkey for him.
Howdy Y’all! Laundry got laundered and put where it lives until it gets dirty again. Much RDOS sloth then ensued. Nappage was achieved and we day drank under the gazebo out at the cee-mint pond. Sup got nuked and et.
I have been in da cave for 29 years. This is by far the longest I have lived anywhere. I reckon I’ll be here until I am carted off either to the home or the undertaker.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NELSON!!!
I was buyin’ beer without an ID check when I was fifteen. Not anywhere near the home place cause that would not have worked, but I could go a couple miles away and get away with it. When I turned sixteen and could drive I would sometimes go to the closet likker sto’, which was about forty miles away (grew up in a dry county where likker buyin’ was a nono, but beer and wine was fine) and buy likker with no ID cause I looked older. Maybe I looked older cause of all the illicit beer and likker I bought and drank.
Those of you who listen to country music may remember a song by Alan Jackson called “Way Down Yonder On The Chattahoochee.” I did indeed grow up way down yonder on the Chattahoochee and spent many Firday and Sattidy nights down by the river drinkin’ and bakin’ with homies.
I had the best fake ID when I was in college. My older brother gave me his expired DL, I took it to the DMV and they issued me a replacement. My pic on his info. He already had his own renewed license. I was shocked that it worked, and that I actually tried.
And, huzzah, the [ower just went out. Sorry it’s tough totype by only thw lihgt of the screen.
I didn’t drink or smoke til I went to collitch, and the drinking age for beer in Urbana was 18 and 19 in Champaign. I know I drank hard liquor when I was under 21 but I don’t remember being carded.
Ariel has had a watery eye for a few days and today she was squinting. Fortunately the vet was at the barn seeing another horse. Ariel has a small ulcer, treatable with antibiotic ointment twice a day for a week. She also got an IV shot of Banamine. She was feeling much better by the time I left.
Hey everyone. I’m probably going to be short, and I’m sorry cause everyone has been doing noteworthy stuff.
Our stitching session went very well. Three stitchers and Boss Lady’s oldest son showed up. Son had a note from his mom saying that he was allowed to drink one small glass of mead. I laughed at that and gave him one small glass.
He brought his spinning, he uses one of those drop shuttle things and his hands seemed to know what he was doing.
I was happy that he was there, that meant I could give him the keys and let him deal with Martha who wanted to buy tomatoes after the store was closed.
We will be doing this again next week.
The stitchers were very impressed with my bottle of mead. Many folks have never had such a thing and seem to expect it to be honey sweet.
We had a good time stitching and chatting. I’ve missed that.
Then I came home and saw that the boycotts are working. Bezo caved and is going to list the amount of trump tariffs each product costs. trump has been losing his mind since that was announced and spent a whole bunch of time in his 100 day report crying over the injustice.
When we last saw our heroine she had applied for a job at the Clubhouse Today we bring you up to date and propose a question to you, the reader. It’s been approximately three weeks since I emailed my resume and relevant credentials to the top two people. My therapist and I have been talking this through all along and she suggested that I wait until two weeks had passed before I followed up. In the meantime, I was there for a group activity and interacted, as part of the group, with one of the people that I had contacted. She had nothing to say to me about it.
Thus, after two weeks I sent a short message along with some suggestions for a possible new activity. I have not been back since then. So, here were are again on the eve of another Wednesday - the day that I usually attend. Given that these people know me seeing as I led a group activity for about 6 months, went on a field trip with them, etc. I feel that the least that they could do is to tell me to go fly a kite. Here’s my question, if it was you, what would you do tomorrow? Go there and say nothing? Go there and say something? Don’t go? Etc.
Just curious.
In the meantime, I have finally contacted my doctor about my hearing. I’ve been struggling to hear lower tones for awhile and now I’m ready to (hopefully) do something about it.
Sixteen hundred miles southeast, it was 88F / 31C.
Got all but the book plates done on this year’s family cookbook edition done. Now, I’m doing clean up and scrap sorting for the borders / backgrounds for next year and likely some bookmarks for a couple of the non-profits that I donate to. Sometimes, that’s the fun part.
Good evening all. Sweating at the gym and outside with the soccer kids ha been completed, and the usual Mac-n-Cheese has been devoured, along with two pudding cups for dessert. Just realized that I went vegetarian today, no meat at all in my eating…tempted to fix some bacon as a late-night snack but think I will forbear..there’s plenty of meat on the menu tomorrow…
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red, happy birthday and many scritches to Nelson. However, the honeycrisp apples don’t taste as good to me as my usual Cosmic Crisp/Red Delicious/Gala apples, but I’ll finish them this week and maybe they’ll grow on me…and glad there was no damage to the car.
wet one, conga-rats, been in this house 24 years, figure I have 3-4 more to go. And glad the vet could help Ariel out.
Cat Glove, looked up the Sign of the Beefcarver, checked the menu and it sure looks good. Presumed you enjoyed it.
FCM, glad the new John Deere is meeting your expectations.
Oopsie, sounds like you have one of the best seats in the house.
Had no doubt you would get it; I really enjoyed that musical.
Knots, hope the Mrs. sale went well.
No opinion on the whereabouts of BF; have heard about it in many places.
{{flyboy}}; hope the news isn’t to bad.
Piper, down here in N. Ali-bama we’re wait for the first day to break 90F…
JtC, glad the stitching went well, expect you’ll have more attendees as the word get around.
Sticky Buns, I would just simply ask them “hey, any news on the job front?” and see what the reaction is and go from there. And good move on the hearing, it’s been about a year now since I got my hearing aids and the difference is palpable.
Little_Nemo (or maybe Captain as your MMP name?), thanks for the info, I hadn’t a clue either and now i know.
And it’s past 9pm so need to finish my internettin’ and perpare for slumberland time. Catch y’all on Himp Day.
Watching Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom. I said, ‘I should be wearing my hat [fedora] while we watch this.’ The Spousal Unit said, ‘That’s only if you don’t have a wife.’ *sigh* Sometimes I think she’s too grown up for me.
