Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for January 12, 2013

Alex needs an attitude adjustment…

Especially, since they got rid of their yowling cat !

Alex is trying to launch his career as shoe sailsman (sic).

Where would she like them hurled?

I’m too pooped to pop, tonight and have a very early work day tomorrow, so I’m headed for the poop deck.Actually, I’m navigating my way to the Captain’s Quarters. Talk to you all later from rainy New Orleans. Yes, I’m “on the road” again this weekend !

I have a gut feline it did !

There I was … obliviously posting … AGAIN ….to Bri, and Bev… and the Linguist….even drinking on Ess’s tab…..

.. after the turn…

Man, it’s thick in here…gotta shoe all those puns away to even shoehorn my way in.

Alex needs to do a little sole searching and figure out why he wants to be such a heel.

Mabel cannot condone many more of his missteps….he’d better start to toe the line.

Bev…

I suppose I don’t need to catch the culprit now…cos it wasn’t my suit.

But yes… that suit is precious…fits me like a second-banana skin.

EEK… Bev….are you sure that’s BatPug and not an EWOK?

Well, I’m at the Tiki, but nobody else has been here for an hour….though somebody always shows up….that’s why it never closes.

For now, though….the Monkey is sleeping…. Fenton’s doing fine. He can use one of the smaller grinders if he needs it…I just cleaned the big one.

Dimitri will be in soon to do the floors.

I was waiting for Red to show up, but I’m falling asleep.I guess I’ll be like Bev and Ling and Brian and Essex, and go home to bed…. since I can’t be like the Monkey and sleep in the chandelier….

Red, when you do show up, have a nice Scotch on me….just put it on Essex60’s tab!LOL…..

G’night, Ballard Street.

I’ll assume that’s a ‘rope spring’ since there’s no counter weight. .

@Bailey

Bailey said, about 12 hours ago

“wavy hair” I think… this one looks like a sparkly bundle of lights…?.Much love,99

I was on the left hand side of the lights… But you had to look really closely to see me properly.

Sorry about that.

My Avatar has changed to a Kitty Cat now. Which is pretty cute.

I hope you’re doing OK.

Ya know,i would have figured Alex would have bin more of a Trebuchet kind of guy.

@Happy, this IS very similar in style to some “trebuchets” I’ve seen. Not all have the same mechanisms. Rather a waste of shoes, tho’ unless he or she have many they no longer wear.

The first email that Alex read this morning was this:

The neihbor’s pug will pay………………

Relax, Astaire, It’s jest Alex’ soft-shoe routine . . . . .☻

But I like hurling shoes into the neighboring yards!

hey he can hurl a few of hers my way…I am shoe shopping….since when did it get so difficult to find a comfortable black flat casual shoe?….

oh and Essex, I hope the bar tab at the Tiki doesnt break your wallet….oh wait, yes I hope it does!!…lol…its always so nice to see a man squirm….

His cousins will help while he finds his jacket

email to: Essex60from: StelBel and Mel O’Dell Real Estate

Hrumphhh!!!!…..I do believe that your new house, which certainly has that “down-home” look to it, is outside the Ballard County line. Ballard County does NOT have any property that is of such small scale.

This one struck me – couldn’t stop laughing.

Pictures of animals in clothes really freak me out. Animals are fluffy enough without them. Bears don’t wear pullovers or cardigans. My dogs were happy enough in the snowy midwinter.

Onager?

… why do I suspect that Alex’s favorite composer was Schubert…???

… “Boy, have I learned my lesson.”-Good thing, that.…… though, the second house does look a bit like mine…! Yikes.

Ess, you might want to check out the uesd previously owned house mart held every weekend at the old drive theater and feed lot.I sure you can find something in your price range.

I guess you’ll want to remodel that downstairs sky light and perhaps a plumbing upgrade.

I’d LOVE to have that second house Essex found …. the one Bailey says looks like hers.

Dilapidated or not!It’s huge!

Essex….

Pretty fancy…are you sure you can afford it?

Maybe we didn’t spend enough……

We had a couple of days of heavy snow and today (Sat) it’s cleared up.I spent hours shoveling snow, but it was nice to see blue sky for the first time in weeks. We get wintertime temperature inversions here, so the sky is usually overcast, grey and bleak. I have a big bathtub and some epsom salts. I’m going to soak my aching bones for an hour or so.

""and he buys all his books from Simon and Schuster."

-No doubt about that!

Oh, Essex, I am so sorry…I will return one of the Lamborgini’s immediately…maybe that will allow you to purchase the barn on Stormy’s lot…it has its own outhouse….and a seperate shower, if you can lift the barrel of rain water on yourself…

there is no help for Essex on his housing situation…but its what he deserves…..but then maybe I am being too hard hearted….he does at least deserve a bedroom along with his outhouse and shower….

Wow this is weird!

Essex — when I was here a couple of hours ago, I read your comment from an hour before, about the two story house, and I was surprised you didn’t show us a picture….There was no indication that an image was missing.

So I found one…. and I posted it….

Coming back to Ballard St now, at 7-ish …. your earlier post DOES have a picture in it…the exact same one I found.

(Yeah yeah….great minds and all that…)You probably wondered why I re-posted it!

Essex,You are always welcome to stay at my house on Ballard Street or utilize one of the Officer’s Quarters on my galleon. My home is quite spacious ( see Stel for pictures ) and is always adequately supplied with good food, fine wines and liquors and entertainment.The Irish Rover, is a bit more quaint but still, as you know, boasts a fine board of food and drink. Entertainment aboard the galleon is a bit more Irish/Scots Folk music and Zydeco but still great.

Take your choice. No charge !

Is that a reflection on your persona as a swinger ?

Essex…. aha….maybe so, but it still fights the good fight…. LOL….

Be sure to check your stores (or the galleon’s) of safety equipment before you… er….explore your new neighborhood.

@SusanSunshineTrust me Miss Sunshine. My galleon, The Irish Rover, is equipped with the latest and finest in safety equipment, and excellent ship’s doctor – Dr. Takum Zuseinfellgut !Essex has no worries around my crew of ship and will be a most welcome addition, should he so choose.Local sightseeing is perfectly save for someone who knows how take proper precautions, as I’m sure Ess is perfectly capable of doing.. Besides, I have a very protective crew. No guest of mine has ever come to harm !

The Irish Rover is my ideal of a ship that is bound to sail over high and low seas….sail on dear rover, sail on…

Fenton, you are off now arent you sugar?….Lets go home and leave the little monkeys to man the daquiri blender….they can handle it quite well, until Susan comes to man them….bless thier little hearts, they all so try thier hardest…I have a fire ready in the fireplace and we can chillax in front of it and have a milk bony and popcornish time while we relax in front of the fire…..be still my heart and Fenton….we all need to feed our fires….

No lie, I have a rubber duckie. I named him Duncan.

Oooh… Bri…. I guess spoiled Californians can’t complain….

We’re having an unusually sustained cold snap….Tonight is forecast to be 25º…but that’s probably spring in Utah!

The problem is, we usually get rain, which is missing this year.We’re not prepared for so many clear, cold nights …. I don’t even own winter clothes.

Places aren’t well insulated…. they’re often drafty, like mine…. and we’re just not acclimated to the cold.

So we shiver in weather that would probably make you throw off your jacket. :)

Linguist…. you do know I meant very specific safety equipment?

I thought so…. ;)

Bev…. you can’t see either picture of that 2-story place?

The site might be blocking views.I think I can fix that….though it might mean some people see it three times….

Here ya go….

Linda made me want popcorn.

Bev …. I think you probably know… but that picture is the one that was in BOTH the posts you quoted.

Essex and I coincidentally found and posted the same picture…. which I think is funny.

I couldn’t see his at first, but when I came back later they were both there. But when you couldn’t see either of them, I put a copy on a different host.

The house you gave him the paint for is the one Bailey said looks like hers.Ess posted it cos he thought it looked decrepit…. but I said I’d love to have it.

I’d also love to have some popcorn….

sigh….

Didn’t give in before…. but now I would, except it’s after midnight.

Redkaycei…. I’d left the order for you with Fenton last night on my tab…. I shouldn’t have made a silly joke about charging it to Essex…..

So I was going to buy you one tonight, instead. when you came in….I figure it’s my turn by now…. you’ve been so kind.

But I have to leave soon, cos I have a long day tomorrow.

Fenton is off tonight, so if you want to use that credit, just tell the little guys… it’s fun to watch them write with a pen, anyway.

I’m staying overnight on Ballard Street, so I’m just going to walk back to the salon…. maybe I’ll pass you on the street.

As I recall you have central heating in your yurt.

“This Swarovski one looks like it could belong to DAZZ.”-That I could believe! LOL. Truly! .That’s one very sparkly duck.

@Linda Dean

“comfortable black flat casual shoe?….” It seems most flats in the stores are little more comfortable than heels, so I never buy them (make my own “turned shoe” flats and use foam liners inside). They are supremely comfortable and last forever (downside is 2 weeks of work).This red one is not black, only my second pair so far; I have dark brown with me now.

When these “heraldic” ones are done (or even before) I’ll make another simple modern pair in the red pigskin uppers; I have plans for a white pair next.

I want to thank all those who contributed to Essex’s real estate problems and solutions for thoroughly confusing the resident real estate agents, StelBel and Mel O’Dell .

Mel still doesn’t know if he should start scheduling the “This Old House” renovation crew or not….

@Essex

You are too kind, sir. We’re modest people with simple tastes. The “This Old House” renovation crew works miracles!

@Essex from StelBelYou are too kind, sir. We’re modest people with simple tastes. The “This Old House” renovation crew works miracles!

Yes, in just a short time we can have your modest two story looking like a story and a half.

You guys are all marvelous! Both in your fantasies and your artistic natures. Man, thank you once again for allowing me to bask in your talent and artistry!

Waiting for the change over. I relly need to get a life.

Just how drunk can one architect get?++++++++++One?Check the corner table. The one with all the empties. That’s the daily meeting of the Ballard St. Structural Paperclip Architects Drinking Society.

They design from whatever position they find themselves in the morning.

Bri…. you mean there’s more to life than comics??

Wow…. I wonder what it is…….

BTW …. Duncan was one of the nicknames I had for my little dog…..cos when I was standing in one spot, holding her leash, she’d start jumping impatiently.

She’d bounce so high her head would hit my hand…. and I’d start playing like she was a yo-yo on a string.

Ess….place?

Gee….. what place?…. ohh….that place.

X_Tech….That remodel IS a story and a half.In fact….it’s a whole novel.

er…. I mean, it’s rather novel.Yeah, that’s what I meant.

Do you love good movies? – Well… But still worth watching.

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