Big Top by Rob Harrell for March 11, 2011

Good Morning, Tribe!

25 minutes already?!

And with that I am off to the horizontal position.

Virtual servers are on duty!

Good Night Tribesters!

P&L

Breakfast Menu:

Huevos Rancheros Huevos con Chorizo Three egg omelete with cheese Breakfast Burrito Refried Beans Rice Hash Brown Potatoes Corn/Flour tortillas Chips & Salsa Margaritas Bloody Mary Chocolate/White Milk Chocolate Cake Johanan’s CocoMocha Doc’s World Famous Nuclear Coffee

Enjoy All

Good night, ♠Lonewolf♠.

Good night, Grog

Good Night Lonewolf & Grog

Ooops, you actually have to give up something you like for lent.

Chocolate Cake, you are looking a little tired tonight. How about I whip you up some nice Nuclear Coffee Pudding to go with you?

Let’s see really big pot. You know I don’t think this coffee is strong enough, I’ll just run it through again.

Good night, Ooops!* Have fun.

(tries to look innocent) I thought you went to bed?

Somehow I think that Howard Stern is going to reject the tape

I have been known to be wrong.

Oh! Are you feeling okay? I mean have a good night’s sleep!

Good morning everyone :-)

I will just quietly slip over to the buffet table and have me some Huevos Rancheros and a glass of orange juice.

See you all later today.

Do you know anything about making pudding from scratch?

Oh well…. beat some eggs, a dozen should do. A gallon of milk, 4 cups of sugar ….. oh throw in another handful. Turn up the heat and stir, stir,stir.

bubble, bubble, bubble

Carefully, carefully with the coffee! A splash of vanilla. Oooh! Very nice!

OOOPS why is a scene fro Macbeth going through my mind? I’d better get it back to those randy librarians. Do we use “randy” this side of the pond?

Ah Lewreader Read on, McDuff…..Double, Double, Toil and Trouble, Fire Burn and Cauldron bubble…..Let’s hope not This MacBeth line was appropriate for me when I first made blackberry preserves some years ago. To save time, I DOUBLED THE RECIPE. The BERRIES (apparently cheerful) began climbing and cavorting out of the kettle and flowed over the stove and down one sideof the stove…while I tried to corral them into two pans and stir ambidextrously……I certainly had a “rolling boil that I couldn’t stir down just as the recipe said!!(Oh joy!…and with that memory, back to bed with a bloody Mary to sip) Thanks for the menu, **Lonewolf

To this day, I appreciate paper towels.

Lew Re: Randy…I have known a person who changed his name when going to the British side of the pond.

Randy is indeed part of American slang, but seems to be chiefly British.

Good morning, Little Sister, HopeandJoy, Lewreader & Johanan!

Good Morning, Tribe

Good Morning, Grog, Johanan, HopeandJoy♫ & Lewreader.

I’m off to make a buck or two. Have a great day everyone!

P&L

Hi, tribe! Anyone know if Little Sister or Oooops! live on/near the coast? Tsunami warning for Hawaii and the west coast due to an earthquake in Japan.

Good morning, Lonewolf & Rmom

Good Morning ♠Lonewolf♠,♥♥ Little Sister♥♥,Wolfbyte LuvH8/BBS,Grog,Doctor Toon, Plodswbeer, Doc Toon, MontanaLady, ♪Hopeandjoy♫Serenasakitty,, Rmom,Bmon,Ladyhawk,,lakesnake ,Digital Frog,Lewreader;MisngNOLA,Woodeye, Yukoneric,Alain Harper,bossyheifer,Simpsonfan, Only Tink, pseudo

SRMom ♥Little Sister♥ does.

I’m watching GMA what happened to Japan, national news states heading for Hawaii and West Coast. Hawaii could get wiped out I hope the island is evacuating.

I’m very slowly coming out of it. I’m foggy, hearing is improving. So the steroid shot is really working and I don’t want to use that method all the time. Slept better then I have in a while.

Hi, Grog & Kab! I hope Little Sister isn’t affected. It hasn’t hit the U.S. yet, but I hear the earthquake in Japan has caused a lot of damage and several deaths.

Big Sister I read your comment yesterday. I’ll be honest I almost didn’t mention about medical insurance change. The only reason why I did to let all new that Textron Cessna’s parent company succumbed like so many others on cost. No it will not be great. There is a cap like my hours for the year. Once this is reached I will have to cover more. In other words if I have to go to hospital for some emergency I need a lot of cash laid aside I don’t have to pay them before insurance will cover. Meds will come off that. Prescription for illness I have no choice, but meds for maintenance I can make change.

Kab - I’m glad you were able to sleep better last night. I’m not looking forward to seeing how much is the 20% of my hubby’s surgery, because BCBS only covers 80%. It seems like every year lately, he’s been needing some minor surgery or procedure that gives us a big bill, even with insurance.

Morning, Kab.

If your on the high ground in Hawaii, you’ll be ok. They are evacuating to the high ground there.

Southern California should be fine. San Francisco and points north from there to the coast of Oregon should see smaller waves. Little Sister should be fine. —————————— You’re here early, Rmom.

Grog - My son was using my computer to watch videos last night, and left it open to BT. So, instead of waiting after I finish the rest of the web sites I read, like I usually do, I started out on BT this morning.

morning all!

Hi, Digital Frog!

morning, Digital Frog!

Good morning, Everyone,

Got to sleep early last night and enjoyed every minute of it. Woke up to the news about that 8.9 earthquake in Japan! Those poor people. Our thoughts and prayers are with them all.

Haven’t heard about the tidal wave hitting Wash. and Ore. yet….hope everyone there is okay.

Morning, Montana Lady

Here’s a map showing the west coast and where are the highest risks of a tsunami.

I stepped away from GC. Grog I’m going by what the early morning news showed. Waves are picking up in Hawaii. I don’t live anywhere near that area. SRmom I don’t know what surgery your hubby is having. When I had my rt shoulder done last year that was minor. Compared to people I seen arms in slings for a long period of time. Now only pain I have is when I exercise. I have what is called a trainer of muscles very effective too. Cross country skier. I over did it and had to use a heating pad. Power full ouch. Oh for prescriptions more to point of maintenance I have to use a different one so I won’t apply to new insurance coverage. Cheaper too.

Smiley R Mom - My company self-insures, and has BCBS administer their plan. It does cover better than some policies, but, like I tell everyone who asks why I haven’t had my right knee replaced (left one done), I say Yes, I only have to play 10%, but 10% of a chunk of change is still a large amount. Especially with my hubby taking Remicade infusions every 6 weeks, at $6000 a pop.

Kab - One year he had a couple cortisone shots for neck pain, and the place it was done wasn’t in our insurance company’s network, so big bill. Then, neck surgery. Then a dental implant. Then a colonoscopy. Recently, hernia surgery. Nothing life-threatening, but all needed and expensive.

Quaby - I understand! Thankfully, we have a medical flex account that we contribute to pre-tax, that can pay for co-pays & deductibles, as those really add up. It seems like I have to get a new crown about every other year, so there’s always plenty we have to pay.

Well, according to what I have seen early this morning and read up now, people in Hawaii have evacuated to the higher grounds as waves 7 feet high have swept through the lower elevations. I have not as, yet seen calls for evacuate of the islands completely.

Our headquarters is in Japan. They report no no casualties among employees but they do report structural damage to some production facilities.

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡ ♪ Hello TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

I’ll have some Huevos con Chorizo, thank you ♠Lonewolf♠.

Sorry to hear about the earthquake in Japan. Their building codes etc. will be a big help but this was large and will damage a lot anyway.

Good morning,Tribeandall!

Just a quick shout from work.

Hello, Lonewolf & Sojourner

Hello ♠Lonewolf♠ and Grog!

Hello soon be time for me to leave. For us hubby is the only who who has dental coverage. I can’t go still paying on cc. SRmom I feel your hubby’s pain. You said he had neck surgery. I have two vertebrae fused together with brackets in front. I am limited on how far I can turn my neck. And if I have to bend down to the floor I start to get a little light headed. I don’t do it very often. At home I have someone else go that far. Hard on a tall man to go that low. Oh my prior symptoms I had before left after neck surgery.

Grog how big is the company you work for. I’m not asking what type of company is either. Dept I work for is just local here. There is a company called KOCH Industries is major. I don’t work there heard bad things about that place as a working area.

Hi and Bye pseudo!

Hello ♥Kab♥ - Glad you’re getting better!

We’ve got 68°F here now! Hurrah! I’m in the middle of baking some rolls. I’ve been wanting some, and with hubby on a low-carb diet, it would be mean if I baked them when he’s around. As soon as they’re out and we’ve “sampled” them, then we’re going to go search for those missing car parts. So, I probably won’t be on much.

Hi, Pseudo

Kab, this is a fairly large Japanese company with production facilities all over Asia with a few smaller production facilities in the U.S. Our business was recently acquired from a mid-cap U.S. Company about half the size of my present employer. It is quite large from what I can gather.

Hello Smiley R Mom - Good luck finding the car parts!

“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.” — Groucho Marx

WHOOOSH!!!

Hi and Bye Radical-Knight - Good quote!

It is a possitively gorgeous afternoon ou there today - even nicer than yesterday. I no longer want to be here.

I think I will declare that DST starts effectively immediately. That would make it 3:15 now.

wanted to get out of here by 3:30 today! I better start packing it in now.

Later, Tribe.

pseudo - Sorry to hear that. It’s 71° and sunny here. :-)

Kansas. You can see that on my profile. (Just click on my name.)

It’s getting close to T’storm season. They’ve re-opened the salt mines with tours now. I saw them when I was in grade school. For a while they were closed to the public. The Cosmosphere (Space museum) is there and growing. Don’t know if it had started when you were there. They refurbise items for space museums all over the world now.

A lot of important things are stored in the salt mine due to the enviroment. Things from all over the country, business records, film from Hollywood, etc. It’s about 600 feet underground if I remember right. Taking the elevator there was one spot about halfway down where their was a rushing sound. The operator said that was an underground river. See here

For the Cosmosphere see here.

I doubt it’s the same elevator so it might miss the river now.

Pseudo!

(Shhhh! Just regular grape jelly, it is a pain to clean that other stuff out of my gun.)

[peeks in]

[sees it’s not safe]

[ducks out for later]

Hello Ooops!

13 hours of simmering, the pudding should be almost ready.

Hmmm….. a little bit of this, a dash of that. Two pinches of cinnamon. I wonder if it is supposed to be changing colors like that?

Hi, everybodies!

Hi, pseudo, Sojo, Ooops!

Lousy weather today–rain that became ice and snow on top. Yucky!

The only randy librarian I know of is the one on Prairie Home Companion, Ruth Harrison. And she’s more of a frustrated romantic than randy.

Still, if you must be attacked by a randy mob, I suppose randy librarians would be more erudite and gentile than most mobs…

Hello Sojo & Pseudo

Would you like us to get anyone else?

[in a departing wail: It depends–is the pudding changing to livid purple, or unnatural flourescent green….]

Hello bmonk - Sorry about your weather. :-)

Ummm….. unnatural flourescent green and it seens to be sparkling?

Yup! That’s me, Sheriff Ooops! at your service.

[sneaks in the other side]

Hmmm–maybe it needs more sugar. Or even high fructose corn syrup–which just means high sugar goop.

“So who made you … the Jello Sheriff … of the house?”

[sneaks back out under the benches]

[It seems quite quiet now.]

Can I poke the pudding?

I dunno–71° seems pretty warm. I’d take 40-50° though.

I have corn syrup! Slowly pours in a bottle, watches the pudding start to glow. Hmmm…… needs some cream…. Aaaah! There that is a nice shade of brown.

Does anyone want to have some Chocolate Cake and Nuclear Coffee Pudding?

Someone is playing with the snow trebuchet.

I’ll have a nice bowl of pudding…please.

I’ll try some also Ooops! (with cake)

Here you go Bmonk and Sojo. It is very Yummy!

Hi bmonk pseudo, Ooops and Sojo No sign of Doc huh?

Hey, it is 68° Fantastic degrees for our western Missouri edge. So sorry about the earthquake and tsunami…I hope everyone is safe under the Big Top….

I have hidden my strawberry squeeze bottle for another day.

I will have the chocolate cake if it is o.k. Here are some strawberries to go with it. I might pass on the nuclear pudding for now…(watches to see what happens)

I’m not afraid of being non-yummy–I’m afraid it will be mean and crawl out of the bowl…

Hello HopeandJoy♫ - Glad it’s warming up there!

Thank you Ooops!

At least the coolth up here on the tundra will keep the flooding down. For now.

Why would it…….. Bmonk, have you always been blue?

You are welcome Sojo.

Blue? A nice shade of blue would be good.

Is bmonk really a smurf?

It got up to 74°F here today. If it weren’t for the 30 mph winds, it would have felt hotter. No luck on finding the parts. A guy from KDOT stopped while we were looking, and said they were in the area picking up debris when it was rainy not too long ago. I even went to the “yard” where they take the stuff. If it was in that pile, it probably would have been broken by the railroad ties and other heavy stuff, so I’ve given up the search.

Most smurfs are not over 5’ tall…

Hi, SRMom!

(BTW, have you tried a new avatar recently?)

Hello Smiley R Mom - Sorry to hear you didn’t find the parts.

bmonk - Not today, but I did yesterday. I also filled out the “contact us” form, so hoped they would fix the problem soon.

Yes–the parts may not be essential to how the car works–but they sure affect how it looks.

I was just wondering if I dared try to find a smurf avatar…

Guess I won’t chance it.

bmonk - Tried the avatar again. No go, so don’t switch yours. My hubby took off the driver’s side matching part (it is a grill that goes around the turn signal light on the front of the car) and straightened the piece in the middle, so it doesn’t look unbalanced now. I don’t think most people will notice.

74 too hot? Poppycock! I like temperatures up to the low- to mid-80’s - especially if there’s a breeze. I still wouldn’t use the a/c and the windows would be open most of the time.

Good evening, Tribe!

Hello Grog!

Hello, Sojourner

Yes Ooops! - That pudding was good!

I see the timing is still off. My posts posted out of order again.

I am sure glad I didn’t change any like Bmonk & Sojo did.

Hi Grog!

I have thought about it and I really cannot accept the nomination as Sheriff. It would just be too easy to catch myself in the act and I hate throwing myself in jail. I would be willing to consider the position of comedically inept deputy, as long as I never successfully arrest anyone.

How about the title of comedy relief?

Sherif, there’s a new grape jelly gun in town.

Fastest grape jelly gun in the west!

Here is my nomination for sheriff. I love this face! No one could do a dastardly deed with this sheriff!

Hi, HopeandJoy!

I know he’s not Sherif Cuddles from Citizen Dog, because cuddles is a cat, but somehow he reminds me of Cuddles.

Hello everyone. Good job Big Sister you got him good. Now you be nicer Pseusdo. You both had me laughing.

Good evening ♠Lonewolf♠,♥♥ Little Sister♥♥,Wolfbyte LuvH8/BBS,Grog,Doctor Toon, Plodswbeer, Doc Toon, MontanaLady, ♪Hopeandjoy♫Serenasakitty,, SRmom,Bmon,Ladyhawk,,lakesnake ,Digital Frog,Lewreader;MisngNOLA,Woodeye, Yukoneric,Alain Harper,bossyheifer,Simpsonfan, Only Tink, pseudo

Good evening, Kab

Wow did I miss out being in nice weather today. All bosses were gone. Office very quite.

Hello ♥Kab♥!

Good Evening, Tribsters!

Home a tad late as I had to stop and look at a customer’s car. Now I can relax and get ready for……………………………………..

HopeandJoy, that thing scares me!

Hi Kab Sister, Pseudo, promised to be nice. You will remember that people don’t always realize that what they are teasing about isn’t funny for you? They sometimes just don’t realize it is a sensitive subject? Sucks Rotten Dried Sour Grapes!   (I know.)

Still….. I enjoy shooting peoples with my grape jelly gun. Of course, now I have to figure out what to do about the Sheriff.

Hi & Bye, Doc!

Hi Lonewolf. None for me, thanks. I just finished my chili. I’ll have to make a new batch, though. I’m all out.

It was 73 and sunny here today with a gentle breeze. Not a bad get-away from highs in the 50’s & 60’s.

Welcome back, Doctor Toon!

Sorry about that, Grog. We have chili on Wed or Sundays here at the old home 20.

How was your day at work, Grog?

Not bad, Lonewolf. busy morning and a quiet afternoon to make an early getaway possible. Just perfect!

Hi and Bye Doctor Toon - Glad your back safe!

Hello ♠Lonewolf♠ - I’ll have a double cheese thin crust!

I prefer to eat chili on nights that I will allow myself to have a beer or 10.

Of course that will be from Tuesday night on through the following Tuesday. And next Thursday is St. Patrick’s Day.

Another vacation, Grog?

Hi Sojo. Your selection is in the oven as we speak!

Lonewolf I get 5 weeks and I also have one week carry forward from last year. That’s the week I am taking next week. So I still haven’t touched any of this year’s time yet.

I am trying to take most of it by the end of July, or else i will end up carrying forward a lot of time again - perhaps more than last year. I really don’t want to carry forward any - if possible.

That sounds like a good deal with all the vacation time, Grog!

Hi & Bye Doc T Did you like your picture?

Hi, LuvH8.

Back from supper… Grog - I don’t think 74° is hot. But neither my sons or my car were comfortable. Unfortunately, something’s wrong with my PT - fan, water pump, etc. and it tried to overheat, so I didn’t want to use the a/c. Oldest son’s allergies started acting up, so he didn’t want the windows open, but it was too hot in there, (especially when we weren’t going at highway speed) without a/c or the windows open a bit. Thankfully, I found a few dust masks in with our tools, so he had one of those on.

Hello everyone. :-)

Your pizza is up, Sojo. Enjoy!

Hello Lonewolf, Smiley R Mom & Little Sister

Hi, Oooops!

Hi, Rmom & Lil’ Sister

Hello, Rmom & ♥Little Sister♥

Rmom, my allergies are quite active now too, but that won’t stop me from opening the window. I will always prefer fresh air to a/c.

♠Lonewolf♠, you should probably get even more vacation time if you’ve been wth the same company for over 30 years. Of course, it does become a problem trying to take it all in my line of work. However, the first half of the year is usually quieter than the latter part of the year.

I’d prefer it the other way around so that I can take more time off during football season so that I can watch the games to their conclusion without feeling it the next day.

Hello ♥Little Sister♥!

Thank you ♠Lonewolf♠!

There are only 3 things that will make me close my car window: 1) cow pastures; 2) skunk; and 3)cold air.

Hi, Little Sister, Wolfie & Grog! Grog - I dislike having the windows open if I’m going highway speed, because my hair will blow in my eyes. The roar bothers my ears too - they’re sensitive to loud noises. If we’re only driving about 30 mph, I do like the sunroof and windows open, until it gets above 90°. So….I open the windows when I smell skunk. Because by the time the smell gets through the vents, we’re usually past the road kill, and I need fresh air to blow the smell out.

Grog Mosquitoes!!! is #4

Hi Bye Doc Toon glad you have another day off.

Hi Lonewolf I will have a celebritory pizza of my usual mushrooms thin crust and sprinkle some onions and hamburger on for fun!! Thank you so much

You’re welcome, Sojo.

Ooooops! I didn’t mean to overlook saying Hi! to you, Sojo!

Oh? And the cow pastures too? I don’t have to worry about hair. I usually wear a cap while driving….and if I didn’t I’ll soon be getting my summer buzz cut.

Hello Little Sis, KAB, Smiley Rmom and Ooops

Ooops sorry you didn’t like my puppy. I think he/she still had on a halloween costume or else is a sprite on a Midsummers night

Hello Smiley R Mom!

I really don’t have to deal with mosquitos while driving, HopeandJoy♫. Most all of my driving is daytime driving and I’ve never been bitten while driving during the day. In fact, I am most likely to be bitten at night or early morning in my yard or while taking a neighborhood walk.

♥Little Sister♥ any bad news as a result of the Japan earthquakes in your area?

I always have car windows down except when going by the icky manure part of the highway. I just don’t usually open it very far. If it is closed I get all nauseas.

It is ICE CREAM TIME!!!

Hi, Hope&Joy! Grog - If we drive past the commercial cattle feed lots, like they have in western KS, I understand. In this part of KS, most of the cattle are out in large fields eating the grass, etc. Those don’t stink hardly at all. However, if a cattle truck is nearby, those stink pretty bad most of the time. Since my Dad raised beef cattle, my nose can tell the difference between grass fed and grain fed cattle.

I hate to “post and run”, but my internet is really slow right now. (Probably has something to do with my hubby hogging bandwidth.) Plus, I’m getting tired, so hopefully I’ll be able to go to bed soon. Good night!

Rmom, I was born and raised in the big city, so my nose would find both pretty offensive. I think up north, particulary rural areas outside my home town and a good part of up-state New England is cow country - and boy do they smell bad!

Hi, HopeandJoy♫.

Your order is up and ready! Enjoy!

I don’t remember the town, it may of been Mead Ks., it was on highway 54 which has a lot of cattle truck traffic (when I had my sales job in western Ks.). A manager told be about a truck stopped at a red light when a convertable with it’s top down pulled up beside it. One of the cows filled up his back seat. Guess he shouldn’t of stopped beside it at the red light! :-)

Good Night Smiley R Mom.

I’m still here, pseudo, but not for too much longer. I, too am getting tired. Today was our big bonus payout and I just entered that into Quicken, so I’m done with the work portion of my computer time.

Just watching some DD&D and getting hungry again watching it.

Were here, it just may take awhile to reply. Ooops! made a lot so help yourself!

I wish I had some cold KFC to munch on.

I wish I could change my avatar. Winter is pretty much over here.

pseudo, yeah I am a leg man, but when it comes to chicken, I prefer the breast.

Yes, pseudo, I’m in Southeast Texas.

Hurricane country.

The warmer days should be in your area soon pseudo so take heart.

Gone for the night (I think) (yawn)

Me three. Good Night HopeandJoy♫ and pseudo.

Time for my zzzzzz’s.

♪ P&L ♪ ≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

Good night, HopeandJoy♫

Not too far from, pseudo. I was there a few weeks ago.

And which state/province are you from, pseudo?

Good night, Sojourner & pseudo. I’m not too far away. Where did you go to Little Sister & Ooops!?

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Gunite all!