Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for February 13, 2014

Oh yeah……

sometimes you just gotta slip away….

Those must be the Ballard Beat headphones.

Myself, I gotta slip away to the Tiki….

I left Fenton alone for a while … time to get back and make one last batch of banana daks before I clean the big grinder.

The little monkeys got very exuberant last night about peeling extra bananas for me for tonight…They left about…oh…. 100 pounds. I think I’ll be making banana cream pies tonight too.

Hi 2Old…. sure….. a double dak now, and a banana cream pie in the morning.

X …are you about?

Would you like a beer?

Just got in some hand-picked darks…. the Monkey chose ’em…. and not a banana one in the lot.

He wanted to prove he’s over that. LOL

Thanks Susan. I’ll have a bottle of Guinness Extra Stout, Fenton, if you please.

LOL…Yeah, sometimes the tried and true is best.

“Cicil”……. is he from S Africa?

Bev…Almost forgot to thank you for sending Sonja to my salon this afternoon..

I did my best …. but of course there is some damage from a burning toast landing that just can’t be repaired till the hair grows.

I wish she’d let me color it..but she’s stubborn.

In fact I’m thinking I’ll mostly only see her for cuts, and she’ll go back to her DIY roller sets….

But for now…

Meanwhile, how’s 1:42 for your nails?

If that’s too early I can give you 1:57 or even 2:19.

Cicil is one of the co-founders of the American Mediation Center; his is the Ballard Street division, no surprise there. But what is surprising is how quickly he accelerated through the seven branches of contemplation, as they have become to be known by the members. In the beginning Shirley was somewhat concerned, but now she sees he probably won’t make it out of the driveway, a comforting thought for her. Peg, Mark and Trooper just don’t get it, they have strongly suggested he stay in the basement, but branch seven requires a public appearance and as you can see Cicil is lost but safe, joyful and serene, life is good on Ballard Street.

wow…!!!czek out awl tehse nanner creem pyes…!!!!way ta go SuSun…!!!!To bad CiCil cant seas or smell’um…heed hit teh ejekt buttin on his ate trak an hed over to teh TIKI…Maui-nanner-mochas an’ nanner creem pyes…!!!(’til 10 am)

Is that pronounced “Sick-ill”?

SNOW! We have snow here! And Ice!! We don’t get snow much. 7 inches plus ice. We’re doomed…………….I CAN’T GET OUT!! …………whimper………….

Thanks, Lefty, for yet another marvelous back-story. The name Cecil never fails to bring back an image of Beanie Boy and the sea serpent. Speaking of old times, I’m glad that I bought my collection of Sid and Imogene routines last year. Now that he’s passed too they may become hard to find. Here’s a GOOD ONE I found to share.

Essex!Great to see you! Welcome home! And don’t go running away!I’m writing this on my phone and it’s messing up… but I’ll be back.

And Stel… you must have posted while I was typing and I didn’t see it… it was very late so maybe I didn’t refresh.

But good morning… and you’re welcome!

Monkey…. I hope a FEW go to the customers.LOL

HI!Good to see you!

sumbuddy call mah name…????

ESS!!!!!!!Bin savin sum prime Terdmunkistan yak ribs fer ya…!!!Dry aged back behind teh TIKI, hangin from teh terd third cocnut tree on teh left… outta reach from skooter an teh utters…Nanner daks fer everywun…!!!!!Pull uppa chare an tellus how ya bin buddy!!!

SuSun orta bee round here sumtyme soon…hay BeV… looky hoos here!!!!Wares StEL at…????STEEEEEEELLLLLLL!!!!!

Ah thinkx taht Ex went onna beer run….0..o

♫♫♪♪Bee dubble E dubble are you in…. Beer run… ♫♫Bee dubble E dubble are you in…. Beer run… ♫♫♪♪ Awl we need is a 10 and a five♪♪♫♫a car an a key an a sober driver….Bee dubble E dubble are you in…. Beer run… ♫♫

My goodness, Ess!One good thing about knowing you have a garage like that…It oughta keep you in town for a …oh…. a couple of months anyway, whether in one chunk of days or separate bits.

No way you’d move away permanently and leave any of that behind.

Nice ventilation…

Night all…

No fair showing up on the one day I’ve been scarce! Oh, well…..anytime you can stop by is great! Sorry I missed you earlier, but I sure hope you’ll stick around awhile to visit.

By the way, I just know that Scooter must be dreading the possibility that someone will find his favorite magazine in all that rubble over at the Thompson’s. You know…the one that he reads while fantasizing about Little Miss Millie High Maintenance…?

We kept power thankfully. I want Spring!

Watch your beads!

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Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!