Daggers I got bunches of but I don’t know that I have any hats left laying around. And before you ask, no hockey gear other than maybe a gear bag that I use now and then. Remind me next month and I’ll check the attic just in case. Dad and I had a thriving thing going smuggling in records, jeans and tapes and getting stuff in trade. Kept some of the kinfolk over there alive during the really lean times.
The Barqs campaign basically made them an international name. They took a couple tons of stuff from common coins and bookmarks to some medals and other things. You sent UPCs and they sent you cool crap. They acquired the stuff semi-legit (which is how some kin got involved - my relatives always were Capitalists even during Stalins years) and the TV spots were FANDAMTASTIC!!! Don’t know if YouTube has one but if it does they were real hoots.
{{{{{PICU}}}}} You will be in my thoughts and prayers the coming week and more.
Back from the speednetworking. I feel good about it. I’m hoping I’ll get some responses from it. At very least I got good food and compliments on the logos on the flyer I brought.
Well, then, just for fun I decided to jam the paper in the printer and then I ripped the piece off so I don’t think it will ever come out. I guess I’ll have to see if TVMan has an brilliant ideas the next time that he is here. :dubious:
I don’t know, but if Mom wants to do some ceramic work, she can just set them out in the back yard, rather than firing up the kiln.
I was planning on organizing the garage on my time off, but yesterday morning when the TV weather guy said it was going to be “scorching” and getting worse, I decided to stay inside where it’s a civilized 73 degrees and put heat-blocking tint film on my home office windows. Big difference - the room doesn’t get beastly hot now. Other fun-n-games in the home office was to put my two work monitors onto a dual-head stand, which gave a surprisingly large gain of clear desktop space.
Now to forage in Freezerland to see what’s for dinner.
We sailed on the Bowditch in 1998 and 1999. Just as you described. Then we had a baby and had to wait until he grew enough to be acceptable as a passenger. We sailed in 2009 on the Victory Chimes. The quarters are indeed larger but not as big as you’d think. Best thing about the Chimes (besides the Captain & crew) was the hot showers - made a world of difference in the sailing experience when you didn’t feel like a homeless bum. Give them a whirl.
Made it back to CA late last night from Norfolk as mr ems was flying out to TX. I then leave for OK on Sunday as he flys back from TX…I think we see each other next Tuesday. Yeah this job is working out real well with regards to seeing each other more. Le sigh.
Anyways…
{{picu & mr picu}}
I have to go to Wally World tonight although I am waiting until the post work rush is over in teh vain hope I can walk in and walk out.
I also need to grocery shop as mr ems apparently doesn’t believe in having groceries in when I am not here.
And swampy the guy from Albany was really good and has been referred to our second level group interview.
The weather here was celebrated on this news as “not triple digits”. So 99 degs it is!
You sailed it before the current owners bought it - they got it in '04. Was it in raggedy shape way back then, too? I certainly didn’t expect spacious cabins - we used to own a wooden boat of our own, so we knew - but doggone…
I did steaks on the grill for supper - muy yum! Ice cream later. Life is good. Except it’s not Firday…
{{{picu & spouse}}}
Last night with nephew here - tomorrow, he and daughter go to my mom’s, and he’ll get dropped at the airport on Friday for his flight home.
I got a new monitor - unfortunately, the drivers are for Vista or Windows 7, and I’ve got an XP machine, so the resolution is wonky. I’m going to ask some of my geek friends what I need to do. I hate having a huge monitor that I can’t control.
