Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for December 27, 2012

He’s a man on a mission ! He better not let Monkey catch him driving an unauthorized motor vehicle in the city limits.

Bev…. have you had a LOT of Margaritas??

I don’t see a cruiser OR a license number…. maybe it’s me….

Stew forgot about that brake thingy…

Meanwhile…. it doesn’t look like ol’ Stew knows HOW to stop at all….

I bet there’s a tree with his name on it.

Come to think of it…. I believe I have a can of Dinty Moore with his name on it….

Whoa….. Bev… were you looking at Essex’s comment???Cos for me it posted a few minutes AFTER yours!

Anyway…. you guys…it’s a special day…or at least I HOPE I have the right day…

And if I don’t, I hope he’ll forgive my inaccurate sleuthing….

SURPRISE!!

Hope you’re at the Tiki, Red… this is coming your way…..

Ess… glad you liked the tap dancer….

I was reminded of her when I saw the photo of her brother looking so at home on the range.

Bev… yeah…. I posted it came after yours for me….now refresh and see Red’s cake!

Oh — Essex… I need a barstoolmobile for traveling haircuts!

Happy Birthday, Red, wherever you are!

I’ll buy you a scotch when I see you!

And if I have the wrong day…. um…. oops….but last week you said “next Thursday.”

Linguist …. well, last week when he posted about having to work Thursday or Friday so he couldn’t go away forChristmas,

he said he also had to work next Thursday on his birthday….

I file that sort of thing in my memory bank…but it’s getting rusty, I’ll admit…. LOLso he’ll either be surprised cos we remembered….or surprised cos I’m (oops) ….wrong.

I’ll be right back….

I’ll stick around for a bit to see if he shows, then I’m off to the home for a little shut eye. If I don’t post back at you, have a good night, y’all… I’ll catch you in a few….

If he’s working tomorrow…. er… I mean today…. (cough) he COULD be having an early night…Though he often shows up for a nightcap…

It’s early still…well, in my time zone, .. not Red’s or yours!

He and I are night owls though.

Gosh.. I was just thinking….hard to believe Christmas is so….so…. over, somehow…

Gosh.. I was just thinking….hard to believe Christmas is so….so…. over, somehow…So much planning, thinking, cooking, shopping, spending….I mean, I didn’t do all of those this year…but … poof…. it’s done.

Gosh.. I was just thinking….hard to believe Christmas is so….so…. over, somehow…So much planning, thinking, cooking, shopping, spending….I mean, I didn’t do all of those this year…but … poof…. it’s done.

LOL… if I would read a little more carefully…A while before the turn, Red posted in almost exactly the same words I used as a surmise…that he had to have an early night cos he’s working…we even both stumbled over the “today/tomorrow” thing….that’s funny.

So no point in waiting up… i fact I need to have an earlier than usual night myself… I’m really tired.

But I think it’s still better to post our wishes early than AFTER he shows up and leaves again!

Over the sound of his engine Stew can be heard singing this song

X …. not THIS one?

Happy Birthday Red

Ever since Stew got stopped by veteran driving that Hot Rod Lincoln he’s sticking with Sidewalk Surfin

X … That’s a great clip of “Sidewalk Surfin”…. funny!

Innocent times…. ooooh….they can ride a surfboard?

Pre-surfer Jan and Dean…

I hate to admit it, but I was in junior high, and I loved it… LOL

That Stew; he could stir things up.

Segue – NASCAR style!

Problem is, Stew is stewed.

All you ‘regulars’ in the comment column are like club members… You all seem to know (and mostly like) each other and make reading the comics strips much more fun.Thanks, and a Happy New Year to you all.

@Redkaycei Repoc

Runaround (Blues Traveler)

(funny story: Ernie saw “Redkaycei Repoc” on the calendar this morning and thought we’d been hacked!! Well, I guess you had to be there! Happy Birthday, my friend, from me, Max and Ernie!!)

…and here’s a little something to save and savor for yourself long after the party is over (which will be quite a while yet!)

“Not surprisingly, Stew rarely stops to chat…”

…but when he does, it’s with Lola…two blocks up the street…

(Stay on Ballard St., my friends!)

For Red from Me, Vince and the little guys at the Tiki

Let me chime in and add my Birthday wishes! Always rough for a little kid with a birthday this near Christmas, but now it’s just another day/reason for your friends to lift a glass. .Next year will be my man’s 75 (he’s caught up with me for 3 months of every year (July through September) as I was born 9 months earlier. He has noone to take over his business (only son died young).

Happy B day Repoc. Listen to good tunes.That photo of the PD car is scary.Put one of our DPS black and whites there.Now that will strike fear into the hearts of the blatant violator of the laws of Ballard Street.Oh and we will catch Stew. On the sidewalk none the less. How blatant!But that will have to wait. Coffee and donuts first.We all know where Stew lives anyway.(I would issue a warning anyway. He needs one of those tall flags and a horn or bell to warn folks he’s a coming.)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RED ! ( And if it’s not your birthday, have a great day anyway !!)

I was gonna post about how that contraption would just dump Stew on his butt when he tried to take off, cartoon physics or not. Then I noticed that he’d adopted, albeit subtly, the partly blue hair style so popular with Ballard women.It’s a Red letter day! Happy Birthday!

They have lap dances at the lounge!!? Ooops, i misread the post

I do hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. I did. Oh yes, I did. Then came the 26th. Very very bad virus. Will be back soon. I actually survived yesterday. Stomach pains that actually made me moan out loud. I pray none of you get it. Back to bed!

Stew (man of invenshun an retired enjuneer at X_tech Industries) ahlways a tinkerer bent on improving teknologies… yew member his near fatal attempt at designing remote control lawn darts…. thot taht teh Segway wuz just too slow whe he needed to aprehend crimnals wile on BS nayberhood watch dooty…. took it uhpon hemsef to desine hiz own pursoot vehikle….. gas/nitro boost powerd no less… problum is he needs a liesents to operate it on teh street/sydwalk…. ah warned him….. gess ahl have ta givem a tiket… Ah hate ta dew thet tho…. heez bin pretty suksesful in teechin persoot an manoovering taktiks to BS Depyutys at the Jr High Skool parkin lot…. Veteren fills in fer him when cawled upon…..

“Stew (man of invenshun an retired enjuneer at X_tech Industries) ahlways a tinkerer bent on improving teknologies…”-———————————————————Heres Stew’s tempt at reducin’ his carbon footsprint on the envirenmint…. manuel powerd sagway….. purty cool huh..!!!

Nothing worse then a four-stroke fogey

terrorizing the sidewalk..

Im late.Happy, happy, happy Dude.

Whew…. hope I haven’t missed everybody…

You’re very welcome, RED…and Happy Birthday!

Been trying to get back here but GOComics was locking me out!

Couldn’t get to my page or the alphabetical list or even an error message…. just a blank window.

Got to the site about an hour ago…. but still couldn’t get on Ballard Street.

Anybody else have a problem?

I thought maybe somebody at GoComics didn’t like cake…

Wow…. the comment I made much earlier, about Christmas being over, has mysteriously multiplied itself!

The first few lines repeat, then the whole thing repeats again!I didn’t do that!

Last night, Bev responded to a post from Essex, and I had time to respond to her,before his post showed up for me.This afternoon, the whole site disappears…Somebody call Ghostbusters!

I think, seeing its my birthday we should all have a great night, get down and Boogie!!!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Thirsty Thursday at the Tiki is always a great day to celebrate a birthday – particularly yours !I brought in an extra case of Glenfiddich but for you I have a special present – more suited to your “aging” but refined palate ! The cask strength 16-year old NÃ durra positively sings!Sláinte and “Guid forder!”—

Lá breithe sona duit ! ( Happy Birthday !)and also:Go maire tú an lá. “Many happy returns of the day.” literally “may you live the day”.Go maire tú an céad. “May you live to be a hundred.”Go maire tú i bhfad ! “Long life to you!” "

Carl (not his real name) is one upping Stew with his All-Terrain Mono Wheel.

Back in the 40’s some people could only afford one tire.

Just getting worse with this darned cold, nosebleed too, just from blowing a little hard (need some vitamin E oil)- going up for a short soak (until the water cools). I hope my lover is doing better than I!

I do believe that we’ve just seen the answer to the Sedgeway…

Oh … Had to go out….did I get back i time to say happy birthday again, Red?

If not, I guess you’ll see it tomorrow…

Cheers!

Naw, Red… yer OK…. I think it won’t be “tomorrow” till later tonight….today is todaytonight is tomorrowtomorrow is tomorrow….Oh heck…I just need some cake.

Oh… hi Red!

Glad I caught you…. and glad you enjoyed your day!

And g’night, if that’s where you’re headed.

Another Scotch first?

A Big thanks, Bev! I brought along an almost empty one in my luggage (because worry over TSA) but it is at my lover’s home. He’s picking me up today ;-D so that problem is solved. Daughter did not have even a single capsule of that vitamin type. I generally mix some of that with aloe, rosewater, glycerin etc in a St Ives or other inexpensive hand and body cream (helps my dry skin even heels).

And Susan’s cake was lovely, but I was not in a mindset to enjoy a party; I managed to eat 1/2 of a lovely tenderloin at the restaurant, but I’ll enjoy the other 1/2 more for breakfast, mixed into our scrambled eggs with some mushrooms and more seasonings.

Stew would keel over if he tried – maybe he should take a day off:

https://cleoandcompany.net/december-27-2022/

Those little scooters are everywhere.

Good morning Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan.