Annie by Jay Maeder and Alan Kupperberg for May 31, 2010

Good Evening ALL……Happy Memorial Day. Thanks to all who have served our great country, and to all who are serving. :-))

This story is too good for us not to be able to see the conclusion. :-((

Good morning everyone!

Yes, thanks to all our servicemen and women!

Leaky they’re giving us the Shaft! (Cue music here.)

Good morning one and All.

LS, I like to banter myself. Been playing those word games since I was a kid.

‘Morning VistaBill and Slim!

You got it Marg.

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G’Morning, LS, Marg, MLady, VBill, LordD, WW, S Slim, Davidf42 and everyone.

Happy Memorial day to all!

Howdie Wolfie. :-))

You were missed last night.

I wish to apologize if I seemed a little over the top yesterday but, that devonshade guy really ticked me off. I was hoping he would check for responses to his little rant. I wanted to do a different kind of bantering with him. I have a strong distaste for selfrighteous, I’m better than you are arrogajnce. I would have been very polite and if he tried to olay the game i’d have had him so mad he’d want to know who I was and where I lived!

Sorry, still some leftover venom.

Slim………….He is not worth your effort.

Love that Isaac Hayes……..

Slim his main joy in life is trying to pick a fight with other commenters.

Good Morning to one and all. I agree that I too will miss Annie, and the conclusion to this story line. As for Devonshade, well I can’t put it any better than Shirttail Slim did, well done sir, and should you need a Second I’ll gladly hold your coat.

Is anyone in favor of Brenda Starr??

Aw, wouldn’t have been any effort LS. Why I would have enjoyed it. Puncturing egos like his is FUN!

Anyhow, everybody have a great Memorial Day!!

Hi, Leaky. It was a late night last night! I was tired from pool league play-offfs and we lost to boot! But it was fun. :^) Thanks for thinking about me, sir.

Sorry about the loss wolfie…………Ya see, if you would be in spades………..you might have made it to no.1 ……like a certain person I wont mention. :-))))))))))))

Go listen to Marg sing her song in Brenda Starr yesterday.

BOLO in “cop Speak” it means “Be On Look Out” (from and ex-cop)

leakysqueaky712 said, “Is anyone in favor of Brenda Starr??”

I like that idea, leaky!

Joe-Allen “Joe” Doty said,

“BOLO?”

“Is that an acronym for something?” ————————————————————————

From the Urban Dictionary:

“police slang for Be On the Lookout”

Well, thats 1 vote VistaBill :-))

LoneWolf, we have something in common, sir. I, too, am a pool player. Don’t have the game I once did, eyes and arthritis, but I played league pool back in the late 60s and early 70s. I still play, but not league, just for fun.

leakysqueaky712 said, “Well, thats 1 vote VistaBill :-))”

Do I have to read Brenda Starr?

*BUTTTTTTTTTTTTT do either of you play “Pocket Pool”?? Huh, do ya?? Huh??

LS< I will follow the herd, but off to the side so I don’t have to eat dust! :-)))

Give us a vote Slim……..What say you??

I’d go with Brenda, too.

Goodnight, all!

Brenda Starr sounds fine. Not too crowed. I’ll follow if I’m welcome, thank you.

Leaky & Marg, funny song. LOL

VistaBill……….you dont like Brenda??

Wolfie………whaddya mean ” If I’m welcome”?? You’re part of the group. Thats a given.

Slim, I have a lot of fun playing. Sometimes enough fun that I don’t concentrate like the other players on the team think I should. I’m their high skill level player and they think I should be more serious. They knew who I was when they asked me to be captain. :^)

Leaky, I love to play spades, too. But since I left the Army, I haven’t been able to find any regular players around these parts.

I know LordDogmore will go there also.

We will have to play online sometimes wolf.

Ok guys, I’m gonna call it a night……..see all you good people tomorrow.

Okay, LS, I go with Brenda Starr. I used to deliver the Call Bulletin in the mid-late 40s. I was reading the strip in that paper then. San Francisco paper, long defunct.

G’Night, Leaky. Thank you.

LoneWolfe. I was never a team captain, but the last game was always mine just in case it was a 7-7 tie.

I also play spades, but don’t know any other players. I prefer cut-throat to playing partners.

Play dominos, too.

Slim - Oooooooo, Bones is a fave of mine, too!

leakysqueaky712 said, “VistaBill……….you dont like Brenda??”

I like it! Wasn’t on my nightly “must read list”… but I can easily add it especially since I won’t be reading Annie anymore.

LW. Back in the early-mid 50s we used to play a game called moom with doninos. Kinda like spades in a way. You bid how many tricks you would take and named trump. Or you could shoot the moon which meant you were taking all the tricks Shooting the moon is also a phrase in hearts meaning you took all the points and everybody else gor stuck with 26 poimts against themm.

Slim, I understand all of what you are saying. I’ve played that variation and I know of “Shoot The Moon!” both in spades and hearts.

My dear Mr. Squeaky. On the subject of “Pocket Pool” I can only answer for myself. I used to play it regularly, up until my cue stick got so old it would droop whenever I tried to play the real thing, so I just gave the gsme up.

A REAL good morning, to all the sock puppets…….

9 a.m. here in NC…….already hot and humid! But, the fireflies are out at nite and are really fun to watch. Had an awesome thunderstorm Saturday nite. No wonder everything is so green out here!

Leaky……I’ll vote for Brenda Starr too.

Happy Memorial Day to all…………and a HUGE thank you to all our Vets!!

MontanaLady said:

“A REAL good morning to all the sock puppets.”

You forgot the nightowls and groupies, ML?

Thunder Storms. One of the most awesome ones I ever saw was in Montana, I was contracting for bringing in hay bales near Conrad. The storm was SW of where we were, actually. Theere was so much lightning and the clouds looked like they would drop a tornado any minute!

It’s almost 1 P.M. here in the ATL, and our heroine’s swan is in two weeks. After that, I’ll fill my slot here with gas…Gasoline Alley., that is. Happy Memorial Day, everyone.

Shirttail Slim said, about 10 hours ago

My dear Mr. Squeaky. On the subject of “Pocket Pool” I can only answer for myself. I used to play it regularly, up until my cue stick got so old it would droop whenever I tried to play the real thing, so I just gave the gsme up

Slim, try a little chalk on the tip of your stick. It does wonders. ;-)……..It’ll be just like new again.

I can not find a chalk that will strengthen the cue. Niether brand V or C seem to heip. I fear my cue is beyond being playable. Oh, woe……

A BELATED TOAST TO THOSE WHO SERVE AND,

MY THANKFUL PRAYERS TO THOSE WHO FELL….

AND TO THOSE WHO LOST THEM!

Floyd H./Shirttail Slim

God bless them all!

You are all going over to Brenda Starr? Well, there goes the neighborhood. ;-)

Morning, Anniephans!