Big Top by Rob Harrell for June 16, 2009

A poodle Simon, how appropriate.

AAAAAARRRRRRR, I be first? Then we be havin’ Davey Jones omelets…..yer choice o’ seafood & cheese wi’ plenty o’ pirate coffee!

Hi all. hows it going?

Blast it all, I be second? I be still servin’ brerakfast! Mornin’ ta ye, tabby!

Hi Tabby! Pirate, I’ll gladly have one of those omelets.

I be havin’ yer breakfast pirate.

so it has been awhile since i’ve had time to post. as you see being its 12:26am. It has been a long day. i was supposed to have 1 kid today ended up with 3. i had 4 for an hour… always fun had to be at lunch time when i was cooking. after lunch the one year old took a bath, then nap and when he woke up later his big brother (the middle kid) tosses the baby/tolder off the sofa… how nice… he landed on his head. cut it not bad Thank God. and all 3 start crying. the baby… well you know why, the oldest bc his brother is hurt and he dosent want him to die. the middle bc hes going to get in trouble. what is a girl to do? i handled it well used to blood it dosent bother me and i had Ana bust her head open already so i knew what to do.

Hey marg, pirate, and cleo how are you guys?

Wow, Tabby you did have quite a day. Hope tomorrow is a lot better for you. Thanks, Pirate for the breakfast! Even if you were second ;-) I’ll be dreaming about books and country music tonight. Anyone else get half way through a book only to realize that you’ve read it before but can’t remember how it ends? Sleep well Tribe

dawn hi how are u? i hope it goes alot better tomorrow. sigh. i do the book thing all the time. but i enjoy it sometimes.

okay it is 5 till one… i need sleep. good night. i will try to be on some time today. peace and love all. night. and hi to all the late comers.

akenta i gave my scaner a reason not to work i spilt water on it. lol tottaly not my fault. night.

Good night, my lovelies.

AAARRRRRRRR, me secret plan is beginnin’ ta come together!! http://images.chron.com/apps/comics/images/2009/6/16/Dilbert.553.g.gif

Good morning and Happy Tuesday!! (Last Tuesday, I forgot to say that, and it wasn’t very happy).

Wink as the sweet Paula Abdul. I’m beginning to wonder if he’s OK - between playing a wood nymph & being a Paula he could be permanently scared. See Shika, you don’t have to wonder about me as much as you thought! tee-hee

Mornin’ y’all! Brought some fresh juice to the table before I make my rounds. Hope all is well with everyone. Making a deposit of strength & hope to the bank today. I realize it can never run dry, but don’t want to take any chances. See everyone around toontown!

I hate those realty shows!

Mornin’ all!

Good Morning Yappy Nuts! I’m on my way to get groceries. I’ll catch up later. comic, thank for breakfast. dcguys, thanks for the juice. Akenta, Happy Tuesday! Tabby, Hope you have a much better day today. :)

DAAAH STRIP Dusty, I’ll believe it when I see it! I believe you are all bark and no bite. Remember your date with Paris?

Morning tribe! It was a wild night we experienced, but (I think) we made it through okay. You know the wind is strong when you can see the house moving, and the windows flexing. I heard there were “several small tornadoes” in my county, but so far, only tree damage reported. Further to the west, a historic building lost its roof. More than one semi-truck got blown over while driving. We lost our internet, then our power for about and hour. I figured the internet wouldn’t be back this morning, but amazingly, it is!

RRAmom - Glad you made it through the storm okay.

I see the pirate is attacking the corporate world.

GOOD MORNING ALL!!!

Thanks Cleo!

Dawn - I have the same trouble, even when I KNOW I’ve read the book before.

OH NO, DOC! You have to protect cute little ole me!

tabby - I hope today goes better for you!

Well then, I guess I’ll have to do something about that! Of course, maybe if I make enough noise, the cats will get scared and run and hide!

Will be scarce next 2 days! No search parties….Dry

We have some cute little bunnies in our neighbourhood - they and the deer are hated about equally by the gardners! One of the neighbours actually feeds them but luckily, unlike in Victoria, the predators are around enough to keep the numbers down. RMom I don’t know if I could live in tornado country but we on the west coast are always concerned about the big earthquake.

@tabby, hope you catch a break one of these days to recover. (and the baby too!)

and, all you pirates, glad to see that someone caught the Dilbert strip! Reminded me of that opening sequence in Monty Python’s “The Meaning of Life”!

Take care JFri.

All of our cute little bunnies have not shown up this year. Owls and coyotes, I do believe, have been busy.

The suburb I grew up in once passed a cat leash law. Within a few years, the squirrels and rabbits were going crazy. Dad had to get a little air pistol (.17 cal) to keep them down to reasonable numbers. That’s the problem when there are no natural predators.

We have a similar problem in our local National Park (Teddy Roosevelt) with the elk herd.

JFri, stay safe. BBL, making my rounds.

Dawn - At least to get away from a tornado, all I have to do is head to the basement. Plus, we have enough warning in time to take cover. The biggest advantage of tornadoes compared to earthquakes & hurricanes, is that the damage is limited to a fairly small area. Two nights ago, a house got hit, but their workshop that was close by didn’t. Therefore, people who weren’t affected by the storm are quick to offer help. I’ve never had a family member or a friend get their house destroyed by a tornado, but I know two families who have experienced significant damage due to hurricanes. (They lived in FL at the time.) It is a really small number of homes that get damaged due to storms in KS, unless you count hail storms, and that is usually confined to the exterior of a house. It is just that you don’t want to be above ground, if you happen to be in the path of a tornado, so we take cover. Death rates are quite low now that the meterologists & the media get the warnings out in sufficient time, and most of the population know what they’re supposed to do in the case of a tornado. (Most deaths occur because they think “it won’t happen to me”.)

@johnnydoc, caught your comment yesterday on the weather. You can use the cheap weather indicator I’ve seen sometimes: a piece of twine.

When it’s wet, it’s raining.

When it’s icy, it’s cold.

When it sways, it’s windy.

When it’s gone, it’s a tornado (or hurricane, etc.)

on my way to babysit. only have the baby today and he is fine. i walked with her last night and she told me it was not my fault bc she knows me and that i feel like C r a p for it happening. she says she loves me and it was not me. she chewed the middle boy up and spit him out. thing was in trouble. the baby was doing okay, he has a headache, but that is to be expected. the older two are gone for the week to spend time with there dad. oh and the kids mom also didnt blame me. so i am babysitting for the best people in the world. well i have to get going they are waiting for me. peace and love all.

Akenta happy Tuesday cleo wanna come water my yard? we have been rain free for three weeks this week. :(

bmonk - One of the “windy” jokes about KS is that the airports don’t use windsocks - they use wind chains. A piece of twine swaying would be considered a calm day here.

You know it was windy… When the flag pole at the fire station points north. (Actually happened - twice! The 2nd time, they replaced the pole with a much larger diameter pole.)

@cleo, yestre you spoke about the guy who invented the intermittent circuit for windshield wipers; just last month I met his divorced wife. The court case was a farce: the lawyers for Ford or Crysler (I forget which) argued that the circuit was just electronic components, none of which were new and so not patentable. In response, the inventor’s lawyer began reading from Tale of Two Cities, asking which word was new and therefore copyrightable.

We have a local municipal airport, errr, a grassy strip with two tie-downs and a windsock. Once a year, they put up a new windsock. That, plus the annual rent, makes for a cheap airport. And the owner gets to grow hay on it to boot!

bmonk We’ve got one of those in our housing development. The owner flies too frequently, to let the prairie grass grow enough to bale, but it could if he didn’t keep it mowed. There are a lot of grass airstrips around Wichita - many of the airplane employee clubs give members highly discounted flying lessons. Coupled with a lot of treeless flat ground, it isn’t difficult for a private pilot to have his/her own runway.

bmonk Now that is a smart lawyer!

Hi Joy! Hope you have a nice cruise. I’ll be back much later. 2 hour treatment today. RRAmom and Tabby, glad everything worked out for the both of you.

tabby - If I had the time I’d be glad to water your yard, but I just keep moving around my own.

bmonk - How interesting about you meeting Robert Kearns ex- wife. Does she live in your area?

Well, crud, now who can I pick on for the next 2 days??? Hurry back, JFri! Be good!! Or at least be careful!!

Hey Joy!!

Morning all! The Tribe still beats American Idol. Or Canadian Idol for that matter.

Davely Jones omelette sounds good commic, and some of your “pirate’s” coffee, wink, with an added something.

@cleo, no, actually she lives in or near Payson, AZ, where my dad lives.

Hi Joy! Have a good cruise with Pirate.

DRY You can pick on me and Cleo! But I’ll be gone after Wednesday for a few days to vist my mom and sister. My sister’s B-day was May 22nd. Just a tad late in getting my gift to her and taking her out for dinner! Between her schedule and mine, even our emails take forever. Her’s is worse though.

TOOT!

TABBY - Take care of yourself and baby! Jeepers, what kids won’t do to their little siblings.

Dawn I often read books twice. Sometimes intentionally! : )

JFri: We’ll miss you! Safe travelling. And no texting and driving! (Opps sorry Dry! That’s your line!) =D

I realize I’m late today. If I’m gone when anyone comes back, I’ll be at my appointment for the afternoon. I have one tomorrow afternoon too. Always something thesse days, but not a lot at the same time.

dcguys I think I’m still worried about you. Did you mean to type “scared” or “scarred for life? I guess either would be bad for Wink.

Since I don’t watch any TV, who is Simon Cowell. I think I’ve at least heard of Randy and Paula.

Happy Tuesday Akenta!! Hope it’s a good one!

Morning Margueritem: sorry I missed you last night.

Guess I’ll make my rounds before heading off. Hope to catch everyone later.

BBHL

Howdy, a rare afternoon visit from me. I was out trimming cactus, and helped my neighbor plant two little red yuccas from our yard.

Tabby: I’m glad that you’re baby sitting for a nice family.

*JFRI: * Be safe.

Dry and Joy: I like your new avatars.

Carmy: I hope that you’re not feeling too wrung out from the chemo.

Marg are you still around? the lady i was babysitting for, knows her kids and that they are always trying to kill one another. lol she is my best friend. the lady i was chicken sitting for. she understands and she loves me still and im not band from her kids. :D

I’ve been so busy lately it is crazy. just realized that i have several friends birthdays this week. and im going crazy.

doc, dry, and Joy i like your new pics. just getting around to saying so now. sorry.

Just so nobody needs worry, yes, there is a tornado spotted not too far from us here in Real Life–but it is heading more or less away from us, with a little bit of English to the side. Oddly, it’s heading northwest, not towards the east like a well behaved tornado…

has anyone else realized we have two eyes on here and an ear? whats next? we are making a face. lol

i have 30 more min till i have to do anything. is anyone on?

going take a short nap, since noone is on.

Oh, just missed you tabby, but you prolly need some rest too. Gotta keep ahead of babies and chickens!

I did change to a dramatic “anvil” thunderhead–although right now, we are just under a gray sky of various darknesses. Still, we do get some nice views of thunderboomers at times.

Dry I am stationary sooooo :-P Hi, Joy! I had to borrow a BB to send this! You & that pirate!!!

bmonk - Keep informed and safe!!! The meterologists here are saying that now hot weather has arrived (100+ tomorrow), that the tornado risk is heading north. Since you live north of me, I guess you’ll start having the bad weather now, instead of me. I hope you have a basement?

Good afternoon everyone! bmonk, that is the way I check the weather. Making rounds, BBS.

JFri - Dry (along with the rest of us) will be relieved to know you’re stationary while texting.

Tabby: I need a nap, but my husband is taking apart the kitchen sink and lifting it out in preparation for a new sink, so I think I’d better stay awake until that is done.

bmonk: Are tornados common in your area? CO has been getting tham lately, and I thought that they were an unusual occurrence there.

We get some every year, but not as many as, say, Kansas-Nebraska, or Texas. It’s from the cool Canadan air meeting the warm, wet Gulf Coast air. Most storms head east: Northeast or Southeast. Every so often we get one going backwards, towards the west. A few years back, the Bismarck-Mandan area had 5 or 6 tornados going northwest on November 2nd!

Yeh, we have basements, loads of them.

@margueritem, if your hubby works as fast as some contractors, and you want to stay awake until he’s done, you could be up all week! doc has some coffee that might help… :-)

Hey JFri! :-P back at ‘cha! What cha’ doin? you’ll be happy to know I had to work today! LOL

I think JFri is driving, or stopping to text and check the weather.

Awww…we’re down to just a generic “hazardous weather outlook” over most of West Dakota.

bmonk, he’s already got it out, and it’s in the garage. We’ll take it to Habitat for Humanity, along with the old counter tops. It’s wonderful to have a husband that’s handy.

No, Margueritem, the real question is how long it will take to get the new sink in…

OTOH, the longer it takes, the longer he gets to do the dishes?

Tornados were common in IL, but rare here, thank goodness.

bmonk, cool avatar! I’ve always been fascinated with the weather! Of course, if I lived in tornado territory, I’m sure I’d feel different. My dad was in one when he was a little boy, his dad was a traveling preacher (and a newspaper editor and… you name it) They were in Oklahoma, I believe. They went into their cellar and it passed right over them!

Hi Marg!!

JFri, you had to borrow aBB? What did you do, break yours again?

Naah, tornados are fascinating even when you live up here. As RRAmom said 6 eventful hours ago, there’s really no need for people to die, unless they have inadequate shelter, because they get warnings out quite well, with plenty of time to get under cover. More people die these days, I think, when they try to get videos of the weather, or think, “It’s not coming here.” Maybe if we had more tornados, we’d get more tired of them.

Besides, I agree with Rmom: it’s not like a wildfire or hurricane or earthquake that hits such a wide swath of territory. A tornado is quite limited in its effect.

@Margueritem, I remember a few in Chicagoland too. Tinley Park, about 1986?

Just looked it up: On 4/21/1967, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 6.9 miles away from the village center killed 33 people and injured 500 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

I was a young boy then; when we went to see the debris some days later, it was still quite impressive…

heading home, bbl!

For anyone interested, this map gives a pretty good idea of where tornadoes are most common in the lower 48: http://www.isws.illinois.edu/atmos/statecli/Tornado/us-1950-2004.gif (It gives the tracks of recorded tornados from 1950 to 2004, so 55 years.)

Interesting, tornadoes are not that common in Michigan, to my knowledge.

bmonk, it hit Oak Lawn. I was a sophomore in college at the time, and one of our friends lived in Oak Lawn. His parents and his house were OK, fortunately. I believe that the day was a Friday.

Hi DRY!

Hello Everyone! I’ve been catching up on the comics and news. We’re about to get a thunderstorm. I think it’s that time of the year when we get one almost every afternoon. Marg, I’m not too wrung out yet. Maybe by Thursday it will hit me. I was in Chicago when we had a bad storm hit downtown, I think it was in ‘92. They had the big celebration in the park, Taste of Chicago (?). Anyway, everyone had to run for cover at the park. I was on the 9th floor of a building and when I saw my co-workers standing at the windows, I told them they needed to stay away because a window might bust out. They thought I was crazy until at that moment a window (or two) busted out across the street. Papers were flying all over the place. Also, the Sears Tower which was also across the street lost 2 or 3 windows too. Glass and papers flying everywhere.

bmonk: The new sink and counter tops are coming at 8:30 tomorrow morning. I just helped him take the old counter top off. We did the tear down ourselves and saved $250.

Hi Carmy! Glad you don’t feel too bad. Those storms in Chicago can be doozies.

I’m not surprised I got some details wrong–I was just a young tad back then, about 6 1/2?

Here’s another comment. 90 I think,

Hi carmy! I too am glad you don’t feel too bad!

Carmy, I’ve not been in a tornadic storm when near windows, but I remember being in one near the Missouri River. The plate glass windows were flexing in the storm winds, and we all hurried to a more protected place. Luckily, none of the windows cracked, but elsewhere some roof rocks (about 1-2 inch diam.) were sent through windows, and a cinder-block wall around a air-conditioning plant was torn down. Still, it was exciting to see!

bmonk: That’s a great map. I see that the eastern part of CO gets a lot of tornados, and that they even get some in CA. The western states don’t get that many compared to the rest of the country.

Tinley Park is close to Oak lawn, so it may have done some damage there, too.

I think it’s interesting how altitude affects tornadoes. Note how the Appalachians and the Ozarks are lighter, and the similar pattern when you hit the Rockies, as in Colorado and Wyoming.

bmonk said: Yeh, we have basements, loads of them.

That’s where you keep all the wine, right?

I found that interesting too, bmonk. I have only been in one tornado, and it was a “straight-line” tornado. The wind speed was mild, compared to some, (80mph) I think. Gusts were stronger.

I slept right through it.

When I was in high school, we were sitting in the living room of some friends of my parents. They had one of those 1950s modern houses with the picture window that went all the way down to the floor. I looked out the window and the top of a small tree in their front yard was going in a circle. Next lawn chairs and garbage cans started flying down the street. My Mom said, “Look at the car!” Our car was parked next to the house, and it was lifted off of the driveway a foot or two. Our ears popped. We all just sat there stunned and it was over. The car windows had scratches in them caused by flying gravel, and a neighbors garage was moved two feet off of its foundation. A huge oak tree was torn up in the local park. It was referred to as a ‘big wind’, because no one saw a funnel cloud. I still say it was a tornado.

Marg, I agree, that was a tornado all right. Dry, thank you. I came home from chemo starving and I had a little snack. It made me feel better.

Thank you, Carmy, for backing me up! ;-)

BBL

Marg That sounds like the tornado going through my home town in Iowa in the late 60s. We lived at one of the highest points in town so it skipped right over us, but rooted trees down 1st Av (the main drag) for miles. Very little other property damage though.

Shika “Scarred” is what I meant but I agree…either will work. And you probably should be worried about me, but not for the reasons you may think. giggle

Dry, if you look back at Joy’s comment she “borrowed” my BB! And, yes, I am stationary!!

Well, I spent the day in town with the major goal of my trip to stop chipmunks, squirrels and raccoons from emptying my bird feeders of all the expensive seed. they have been tearing them down or just plain scarfing up the food overnight and with the squirrels and chipmunks, all day long. We’ll see it all the expensive additions hinder them even in the slightest.

AAARRRRRR, Joy, me luv I be there ta pick ye up any minute now!

Blast yer scurvy hides! I come aboard th’ site an’ thar be no one to greet me? I be back to me ship ta sail off ta me fair Joy!

Sitting down with a cocktail, glad the day in town is over. I have dealt with my new additions for the bird feeders. Time to relax with Le Tribe.

If you and Joy sail by my way pirate stop by for a cocktail. You are probably heading south though to tropical climes.

Probably too late posting this, but when I was working as Head Teller, (don’t know what they are called now!) on Ft. Bragg Army Base, they had storm warnings out and a tornado warning as well. It was a military pay day so you can imagine HOW BUSY we were!! The teller lines were stacked up out the door! Anyway, when we closed the doors at 12 noon for the lunch break, we discovered a tornado had landed across the street and blown the roof off our competitive bank rival First Citizens Bank. No one was hurt thank goodness! We didn’t even notice or hear it because we were so busy!!!

Dry……….

*JFri *

Where the heck are you dude????

Waiting for the factory guy so we can go to dinner! Did you see Joy’s comment about the BB?

cleo, what are you compaining about? I put up a rabbit proof wire round “thingy” around my last remaining cauliflowers and the little B A S T A R D S (rabbits) still got in there and chewed one off. And it had to have been a baby one because those cages were wound tight! I want to plant beans, but I think that will be a losing battle! LOL

JFri, yea but I just glanced quick at all the comments since I was at work! You know, the job I get paid for while I’m on here!!!! I’ll go back quick and check!

That is one of the advantages of dogs, they really put the Kibash on those pesky mooches.

JFri, the one and only one!

Where are you going for dinner? It’s 9:15 here, so 6:15 out there? Eat some for me, I haven’t had supper (dinner) yet and I’m starving! Something hot and spicy please!

doc, I thought I’d let you sleep!!! REMEMBER THAT!!!! Because that was my one and only break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL

BTW JFri, glad you are stationary!!!

johnnydoc, yeah if the rabbits are afraid of your dog! Before we lost our Charlie Girl, she would bark at them and they’d leave, but she wasn’t outside alll the time and somehow they figured that out! I think my rabbits are overthrows from Overboard! Me and Charlie are fighting the same battle, but my rabbits aren’t near as BIG!! LOL! And I’m still losing the battle!

Hi Dry! Sounds like everyone but us gals are in tornado land now that RRAmom is safe and sound orm one.

Hi Doc You really think those expensive contaptions will work? Not if those rodents are anything like toon rodents. Since you are DoctorToon, I’d bet on it.

dcguys: Now I’m not worried about you, I scared! What on earth do you do that I should worry about??

Poor Wink is scared for life too!

Good night everyone. My friend has come back to my game for a month to visit me, so I’ll probably switch my addiction back to there until his visit is over.

I’ll check in here in the mornings and evenings to make sure everyone is ok.

Keep on yapping!!

Akenta: Have a good time with your game. Don’t leave us completely. Keep visiting your nutty pals from Le Tribe.

Tabby Sorry I missed you. Don’t have any more mishaps1 Good thing you don’t mind mayhem, because mayhem sure likes you!

Cleo Have you relaxed so much that you’ve fallen asleep already?

Pirate I’m glad you dropped in before heading off to get Joy. Thanks for the breakfast this morning. It was delicious.

He sure sounds like that Doc! Does he look like the cat in your avatar? He’s the one who opens the door, right?

Do you get hit on the head with pianos and avils still, now that you are real? It must hurt!

Shika - no, I am here. I got involved in some yard work and a conversation with a buddy in LA. My dog does a good job of keeping the ground animals away. It is tough though with ones that can hop from tree to tree. I swear though, when we came home from Seattle after leaving the garage doors open, that cleo was in the garage with the raccoon eating the dog food the raccoon had tipped over.

Oh doc! You make me laugh!! I have one cat like that, she will run and jump and chase after crazy things, one that’s a normal cat, and one that thinks she’s the Queen Bee!

I thought the severe weather was supposed to be over for my area! I was just sitting in the living room, minding my own business and the weather alarm radio went off for a tornado warning. Right now the rotation is 15-20 miles south of us. But earlier, they said it was moving SE, now they say NW, so I guess I can’t get complacent.

doc - When I was growing up, we had a tom cat we named “Crazy Cat” - C.C. for short. I hadn’t thought of that cat in a long time, until you mentioned yours.

RRAmom - For goodness sake you just can’t catch a break. Hang on and stay safe.

Doc et al with cats I swear that cats can hang in the air shifting their position to land on their feet. I saw a documentary showing falling cats. They twist in the air and always land on their feet.

I had a book before my big book purge (see AAH for definition). It was all photographs of cats DANCING with the writer of the book. They really are quite musical it seems.

Sounds like Boots is the stuff legends aare made of. Or words to that effect.

Cleo Did your LA friend just call you while you were outside?

RRAmom You give us more than enough reasons to worry about you, but for better reasons than why I worry about dcguys.Stay low and safe.

Alright, I must head to bed, good night all.

RRAmom Your mention of Crazy Cat, C.C. for short reminds me of “Black Cat”, B.C. for short. She wasn’t really ours, because we had Stormy then, and that’s all dad would allow. But we fed (well I fed her) out back. She had one litter of kittens after another. One fell down a pipe and we had the fire department get it out with a lasso. Caused quite a sensation in the area, and one parishioner told us it was our fault for encouraging the mother to stick around. She had a point. Of course, I wasn’t supposed to feed her.

Good night Johnnydoc: Have a good sleep.

@ Doc. Eating moths is better than being moth-eaten!

Doc, my kitty Molly, the one who chases anything and bounces around, has the softest hair! She’s a short hair. All black except for a FEW very white hairs on her chest! she is so sweet and loving and goofy! Her previous owners decided they wanted a dog instead and she was pregnant so they called ROFF and said if they didn’t come get her they were going to set her outside and let her fend for herself, in the dead of winter! I saw her kitties photos, 3 of tehm all black, they were so cute! Anyway, she came home with us from ROFF! Of our three cats she has the closest personality to my Hannah, my first avatar. I’m not trying to replace Hannah but I think Molly came to us for a reason, if you get my drift! AND I THINK I TOLD YOU ALL THIS BEFORE, didn’t I?

shika - Yes, I was winding up my activities when he called. My friend in LA is married to my cousin, but he and I are closer. We talk almost every day.

Off to dinner.

Have a nice dinner. I’ll likely see you tomorrow, unless you eat super fast, which I doubt.

Funny how you are closer to him than your cousin, but I guess that makes sense.

All this talk of cats reminds me of Derek Tangye who wrote a whole series of books about the flower farm he and his wife Jeannie ran after the war in Cornwall England.

I just loved his books. H e wrote about his cats as they came along, Monty, Lama, Ambrose and Cherry- orange, black, orange, black cats respectively. He could spend a page or two just desribing their antics.

There must have been about 12 books in the series- thelast one was the saddest- his wife died prematurely of cancer, I believe.

doc, are you off tonight?

Oh and thanks for the link to the new Corey Pandolph strip. I wonder if he’ll keep up Barkeater Lake? I hope so!!

“Sunny” sounds lovely. Only eight toes?

JFri, hope your dinner went well!

((((((((((((((((Night carmy)))))))))))))))))

I’m nodding off and signing off now.

Good night Dry, Doc, Cleo, Jfri, Carmy and backseat drivers, you know who you are.

Pieces of loaves to all!

Dry it was GREAT!! Had veal parmigana! MMMMMMMMMM

AND NOW,

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Dry, I was just catching up on all the comments here and I saw your hugs. Thank you!! You must have had your radar on. I think I spoke too soon earlier. I’m not feeling so well now. Tummy is turning too much. I think I’m going to relax and probably fall asleep. I should be feeling much better in the morning. Also, I get this blasted pump off tomorrow too. That’s a big yea!! RRAmom, Stay safe! Goodnight Everyone!

Skika & Dry - Goodnight.

doctortoon- hello.

I will be watching a movie soon. If it goes like last night, I will be back soon, if not, later.

I think Cache missed me today!

JFri - You mentioned that you were going to be scarce. I take it you are on the road?

I’m working with a factory rep. Today was around town, tomorrow we troubleshoot a problem down at the coast.

Doc P & L!!

Well … goodbye doctortoon and good luck JFri.

JFri, veal parm, love it!! Did you eat anything hot and spicy for me too? I ended up with a roast beef, mayo, tomato, lettuce sandwich, (roast beef from Sunday dinner) and a couple of dill pickles! Not quite as exciting but good enough, and some kosher dill pickle chips and a glass of white wine.

I’ll bet your buddy missed you too!

Night cleo, and anyone else left!

Night JFri! Remember, no driving and texting!! Or watching planes in the sky! Have a great day tmr.!

I read some news headlines quick before I turned in. I can’t believe this… . some teenager won a texting contest! Didn’t read the story it’s on Yahoo,* but guess who I thought of???? :=D*

now, nite all!

night dry i miss you all so much but have no time…. i have to go to work and the ortho tomorrow for my braces. :(

Shika if my life was nice a quite and nothing going on… you would have to worry about me, bc something is probably wrong. i live in crazyness. i have missed a chat with a dear friend i think 2 possibly 3 nights in a row. :( im very sad about that. i dont get to talk to her much and i enjoy the times i do… i just hope she knows im sorry and i will try harder the next couple of days. It is sad how busy my life is… i am supposed to be cleaning the dishes right now… went for a walk/run tonight and now on here. so im not catching up…. have to leave for work at 7am so i need to get off and do my work. night. peace and love all.

Hang in there tabby. You do have a busy involved life. Just keep in mind how much all of us care for you. We make do with what we have got and go on from there.