The skies are rumbly and flinging down rain, so no walkies this morning. We’ll see if I can get out later.
At least my plants are getting a drink!
There are 5 roller coasters there – The Raven, The Legend, The Voyage, Thunderbird and Howler.
That’s actually really smart!
DOTS oh, I am sooo glad you poked back in, and jeebus no, silly goose, you did not disappoint us! We just were worried if maybe aliens abducted you.
Do fill us in, when you feel up to the task, about your post-horsepital routines. We’re a nosy bunch of nosies.
Wait, you have a snuggle-kitty IIRC have you been reunited with your cat?
… speaking of snuggle-kitties, mine started barfing like an overserved frat boy while still cuddled in bed with me so I went from “unconscious and dreaming” to “OMG GET OFF!!” in 0.2 seconds, and now I’m awake a lot earlier than I wanted to be.
At least I booted her from the tangled blankets in time.
Note to self: find hidden barf in kitchen BEFORE stepping into it.
… aaaaaand as I was typing all that, the power went out. 
Considering my plans to do laundry (and my deep attachment to my A/C) this may merit wandering over to the BBQ Pit for some good old-fashioned swearing.
Morning all. Need to start making myself presentable here in a bit so I can go get my eyes checked. Then come home and depending on the weather, try to get the lawn mowed before the rain checks in this evening (supposed to stick around through Saturday). Oh joy.
Cats, I was going to ask if the snake was OK, but I guess Irishdad took care of that…hope he keeps doing well.
DOTS!! I’d give you the traditional MMP tackle-hug, but after your description of the last few weeks, I’ll be gentle. Keep getting well, let us know how things are going, and put a few pounds back on (if it was possible, I’d loan you some…)
To everyone else, have a good and safe Thorsday and I’ll send more when I wake up further.
OK, if we all chip in, we can buy this and turn it into MumperLand!! Whaddaya think?
Definately have to study up on my roller coasters. Was there one at Aksarben in Omaha? That got torn down before I ever lived in the big O.
Don’t we all have that 6th sense and hyper hearing re cat barfing? Nothing gets me moving faster. The only thing worse than stepping on cat barf in the morning is stepping on that freshly mangled dead mousie proudly deposited outside your bedroom door.
It is definitely smart! I could never pull it off though. If I so much as see a snake I fall over in a dead faint. Somebody else would have to be in charge of catching, killing and bagging said snake. So basically, I always stay on the cement. That’s not much of a plan, but it’s a plan.
I hope so too. Timber rattlers were the big worry where I grew up, but dang! those copperheads be even nastier. I outgrew swimming in the river for just that reason. Well that and how gross the mud squishing between my toes was.
Wake up? I have wake up?! _________________Oh, yeah, hafta pick up the resident teenager from Day One of 7th grade at 1:50.
Checked it out, I’m. 10 bedrooms, 8 garage stall? Mumperland in wrought iron over the main gate? we ought to be able to make it work. I have always wanted a library with those wheelie ladders.
Mornin ‘all.
Boo
I thought that we weren’t supposed to do that, just in case the snake wasn’t completely dead. The antivenin for all US vipers is the same.
Filling that library would be a challenge. You got to have a hobby…
That’s one helluva hut MOOooooommm kinda run-down looking in some of the pictures, though.
I can contribute - checks pockets - two quatloos to our Mumperland acquisition.
So I wandered outside to see if I can hear anyone else’s A/C or if I’m the only one without power. Turns out, nope, the whole 'hood is about to lose charge on their phones!
Wandered around a bit, met several of my new neighbors … which was quite lovely, in fact, as I’m a bit starved for social interaction outside irk or my parentals.
Plus, I got to play with not one, but TWO puppies!
Nikki gave me a thorough and very suspicious sniffing when I returned.
Now I’m gonna … well, shit, I dunno. Not watch T.V. I can tell you that!
We all bring books and share ‘em. Wheeee!! The never-ending book club.
Me too. Two quatloos, but I’d have check the pockets in my 2nd pants and the bottom of the washing machine.
To be fair, the previous owner died 7 years ago, so it probably needs some dusting at least. 
Still raining, but the worst seems to have passed… for now. Can’t believe it’s closing in on lunch time! (Hush - I ate 4 hours ago, so I’s gettin’ hongree!!!)
OMG - did anyone else notice the old-timey CRT TV in the home gym?? That certainly should be a bargaining chip on the offer. Sheesh.
On RCDB (Roller Coaster Database), I found a Peony Park on Cass Street in Omaha that closed in 1993 and had 2 small steel coasters. Could that have been it?
Isn’t that what Da Jungle is for? 
Yes, that would have been it. Sure never rode on either of them. My loss-I think we all thought those kind of things were always going to be there forever, like drive in movies. “…
paved paradise and put up a parking lot…”.
Dang, you are faassstt on roller coaster research! Guessing you practice a lot.
Not really, I’m just familiar with some good resources. The info on Holiday World came from their website.
If you find yourself out this way, I’ll be happy to take you to my local park, Kennywood.
My kid went to Pitt for 6 years. He really liked Pittsburgh but the only ride he ever took me on was this one: Monongahela Incline at Lower Station. Has wheels on tracks, goes up really high, but, alas, does it slowly. The view from the top is great though.
If I come that way again, you have a deal. Or maybe we can all meet, a gang of Mumpers, somewhere in the middle. Realizing that when you’re talking about 4 continents and 6 time zones that ‘the middle’ is a moving target and all relative.
I haven’t ridden either one in years but I’m quite familiar with the inclines. We used to have a lot more of them, including ones with larger cars that could take vehicles.
Maybe we could just throw a dart at a world map and that’s where we all meet? I have a passport! But I have to go to Georgia and meet Swampykins first. 
All we need is for one of us to win a mega-jackpot - you’re all buying lottery tickets, right??
Frankly, I think the perfect MumperFest would be aboard a cruise ship - that way, no one could escape! 
Well. I don’t have a passport, so the throwing a dart may not work for me (there is the whole issue of funds-I so hate reality and adulting), but I sure like the Georgia and Swampie idea.