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Offline Madam Firecracker

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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #25 on: July 02, 2010, 06:40:46 PM »
Whoo hoo Chris! My parents live in the Olive Branch/Southaven area. I told you to wave at them LOL!  :lmao:

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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #26 on: July 02, 2010, 06:44:13 PM »
Ya'll need some bookstores or something.  I almost got stuck watching hotel TV.

Did I mention how bad the roads are over there?  I think I'm going to need therapy.
If you want to worship an orange pile of garbage with a reckless disregard for everything, get on down to Arbys & try our loaded curly fries.

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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #27 on: July 02, 2010, 06:53:09 PM »
Today: mounted a flag on my patio, replaced my range hood, bought some lights to upgrade the pack patio but found I need a new charger for my cordless drill, cut the grass

Tomorrow: buying a new charger, looking at corded drills, replacing those lights, may replace the kitchen sink

Sunday: Picking up the daughter from the airport, heading to the VFW to celebrate Independence Day

Monday: not yet determined


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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #28 on: July 02, 2010, 07:05:05 PM »
We have decided to go to Lake Las Vegas on Sunday.
If you want to worship an orange pile of garbage with a reckless disregard for everything, get on down to Arbys & try our loaded curly fries.

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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #29 on: July 02, 2010, 09:35:33 PM »
Ya'll need some bookstores or something.  I almost got stuck watching hotel TV.

Did I mention how bad the roads are over there?  I think I'm going to need therapy.
:lmao: yeah some of the roads do suck.

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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #30 on: July 02, 2010, 09:41:50 PM »
Today....did 2 reports, swam laps, negated all lap swimming with several Skyy and tonics tonight with friends.

Tomorrow....mani/pedi, swim and lay in sun.

Sunday....swim. lay in sun, have people over.

Monday's a holiday? yippeeeeeee
Just hand over the chocolate...back away slowly...far away....and you won't get hurt....

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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #31 on: July 02, 2010, 10:17:02 PM »
I took today (Friday) off and did a brake job on the minivan. It's nice to have brakes that don't shimmy.

Took the dogs to the dog park (It's a 40-minute drive one-way, so it ain't no hop, skip, and a jump away). The dogs LOVE the dog park. Lexie, our alpha dog, became the non-alpha dog at the park. Interesting to see that dynamic.

Belle, our golden retriever, was diagnosed with cataracts. She's a little over 2 years old. She's got an appointment to see a veterinary opthamologist week after next. That's another $100 shot in the ass, with the promise of more to come....

Weather was absolutely gorgeous today.

Tomorrow - I have to edit a recording of Harmonium Brass. Oh, btw, we had some professional-quality pics done recently. Here's a pic of the whole mob:



And here's one of just me:

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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #32 on: July 02, 2010, 10:22:49 PM »
Nice picture, Eupher.  You're a handsome fella, too.

Had polo tonight and dinner tonight.  Polo tomorrow.  Church (since I'm finally home on a weekend) and fireworks with a tailgate party Sunday.  Short workday Monday and some fishing after.

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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #33 on: July 02, 2010, 10:31:42 PM »
Nice picture, Eupher.  You're a handsome fella, too.

Had polo tonight and dinner tonight.  Polo tomorrow.  Church (since I'm finally home on a weekend) and fireworks with a tailgate party Sunday.  Short workday Monday and some fishing after.

Thanks, LV! Very gracious of you.
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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #34 on: July 03, 2010, 09:11:54 AM »
Euph....you are such a cutie!!  :hi5:

So sorry to hear about Belle....she seems awfully young for cataracts. Did the vet have any idea why she has them?
Just hand over the chocolate...back away slowly...far away....and you won't get hurt....

Save the Earth... it's the only planet with chocolate.

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A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands.

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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #35 on: July 03, 2010, 11:01:07 AM »
Remnants of Hurricane Alex will be dampening any outdoor activities here. Gonna go watch the UFC fights tonight and chill indoors tomorrow, I guess.
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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #36 on: July 03, 2010, 12:32:15 PM »
Today is Saturday , got up and around 9AM the police and ambulances got into high gear heading down RT 1.

What the Heck is going on I asked Hubby, and then noticed the month or two forgotten Scanner--tripple trunk sitting lost in the corner.

I moved it into the kitchen where my PC lives and as I did some cooking--Cabbage rolls with Napa cabage as Hubby is not a big fan of regular cabbage got to listen in on the crazy world out there.

So far the most interesting one was a local police department got a call from people complaining about a homeless person selling Bibles door to door.

Seems these were Gideon Bibles that are left in motels and hotels.  Problem was that some how this man had gotten a hold of a few dozen and had no license to sell them.

It was funny to listen to the patrol cops asking headquarters if they could arrest him.    Who for instance owned these Bibles, the Hotel or the Gideon Society.?

The debate has gone on, off and on for a few hours as different cops are calling in to find out the answer.

As the carnage on the roads goes up, the domestic fights, and kids vandalising and getting drunk, the tourists running bare Ass naked at the beach and the usual street crimes occurring 50 fold from the usual, no one knows what to charge this guy with other then not having a peddlers license.

I hate Hollidays in the summer months, the unacoustomed heat + booze and drugs, As the Brits say, people become as mad as a dog in the noon day sun.

When the temperture goes into the 90ies big city police, hospitals and the fire department need all hands on deck.  One or two days of the heat not much problem but when the heat lasts day and night for a week or so, people get freaken wierd.





 





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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #37 on: July 03, 2010, 01:29:24 PM »
Euph....you are such a cutie!!  :hi5:

So sorry to hear about Belle....she seems awfully young for cataracts. Did the vet have any idea why she has them?

She's only a little over 2, so it's probably a congenital condition. Goldens are prone to all kinds of conditions. Last year we went through the whole battery of allergy testing. ($$$$$$)

Sometimes cataracts are caused by diabetes, but I think they've ruled that out. We'll see what the doc says.

Oh, you ain't so bad yourself there, dahlin'....  :naughty:
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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #38 on: July 03, 2010, 01:37:25 PM »
Whoo hoo Chris! My parents live in the Olive Branch/Southaven area. I told you to wave at them LOL!  :lmao:

I have family in that area! Nice area. I am not too terribly far from there.

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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #39 on: July 03, 2010, 02:24:53 PM »
Nice picture, Eupher.  You're a handsome fella, too.

Had polo tonight and dinner tonight.  Polo tomorrow.  Church (since I'm finally home on a weekend) and fireworks with a tailgate party Sunday.  Short workday Monday and some fishing after.

But ........... he's short !!..........   :stirpot:   :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

Just kidding Euph!!

Someday, I would love to be able to sit in with y'all, if even just for a practice session.
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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #40 on: July 04, 2010, 10:42:22 AM »
No boating today  :(  Have a house to clean since it is a mess after the birthday party...OH well, but I still get to enjoy the barbeque later.

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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #41 on: July 04, 2010, 11:09:30 AM »
Oh Holy Shit!!!

Went out to pick up some pool towels off of a chair, and scared a BIG ****ING SNAKE, that was curled up in the sun 2 feet away on the concrete, into the grass.

I, however, was not scared....just had to change me undies..    :o :o :o

Heartbeat is still at Mach 1.
Just hand over the chocolate...back away slowly...far away....and you won't get hurt....

Save the Earth... it's the only planet with chocolate.

"My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far I've finished two bags of M&M's and a chocolate cake. I feel better already." – Dave Barry

A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands.

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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #42 on: July 04, 2010, 11:11:17 AM »
Oh Holy Shit!!!

Went out to pick up some pool towels off of a chair, and scared a BIG ****ING SNAKE, that was curled up in the sun 2 feet away on the concrete, into the grass.

I, however, was not scared....just had to change me undies..    :o :o :o

Heartbeat is still at Mach 1.

LOL...yeah, I'd FREAK.  I hate long, slimy, spineless creatures.

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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #43 on: July 04, 2010, 11:12:04 AM »
My, my.

Such language.
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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #44 on: July 04, 2010, 11:24:28 AM »
LOL...yeah, I'd FREAK.  I hate long, slimy, spineless creatures.

We're not supposed to talk politics in the lounge, leave your feelings about Democrats at the door.








P.S. Snakes have spines, and are not slimy. 

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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #45 on: July 04, 2010, 11:30:01 AM »
My, my.

Such language.


Sorry, Frank....but snakes absolutely terrify me... I didn't see it until it was rapidly slithering away. I was barefoot and in shorts. Lot's of space to get bitten.
Just hand over the chocolate...back away slowly...far away....and you won't get hurt....

Save the Earth... it's the only planet with chocolate.

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A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands.

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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #46 on: July 04, 2010, 11:34:20 AM »
Sorry, Frank....but snakes absolutely terrify me... I didn't see it until it was rapidly slithering away. I was barefoot and in shorts. Lots of space to get bitten.

Well, admittedly it can be discombobulating, and most especially if one isn't expecting it.

That's why you need 12-18 cats there, to keep these unpleasant surprises from showing up.
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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #47 on: July 04, 2010, 06:48:22 PM »
It's actually the 5th, which is the "official" holiday day this year but when I was very young, I did think the parade and fireworks were sorta for me!  :-)

Your weekend sounds fun!!

I see we share a birthday. Not sure what I'll be doing, but it'll be just me, as usual.
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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #48 on: July 04, 2010, 08:06:19 PM »
I see we share a birthday. Not sure what I'll be doing, but it'll be just me, as usual.

Watching the Washing DC program on PBS, lots of entertainment, but one thing made me wonder WTF.

They had an Asian Piano player that has been thought of as a genius.  His choice of music was kind of odd, for 5 minutes he played that marching song that as kids we used to sing to as "  Be kind to your webbed footed friend as a duck may be somebody's mother."     If Liberace    [ Spelling?] were still alive, he would have put him to shame. 


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Re: Fourth of July Weekend
« Reply #49 on: July 04, 2010, 08:24:07 PM »
Watching the Washing DC program on PBS, lots of entertainment, but one thing made me wonder WTF.

They had an Asian Piano player that has been thought of as a genius.  His choice of music was kind of odd, for 5 minutes he played that marching song that as kids we used to sing to as "  Be kind to your webbed footed friend as a duck may be somebody's mother."     If Liberace    [ Spelling?] were still alive, he would have put him to shame. 

Tune for the "web-footed" song was originally for "Hurray for the Red, White and Blue..."  Darn duck really stole it's thunder.