Big Top by Rob Harrell for November 30, 2010

Good Morning, Tribeandall

Good Morning ♠Lonewolf♠!

Breakfast Menu:

Three egg omelets. Rib-eye steak & eggs, your choice Hash brown casserole Sausage patties or links Smoked bacon Texas or wheat toast Blueberry pancakes with fresh blueberries French toast w/strawberries & whipped cream Assorted pastries Pop Tarts Selected ice creams & ice cream floats! Cold KFC Root beer or PEPSI Assorted juices Bloody Mary’s COKEY COLA Johanan’s CocoMocha Doc’s World Famous Nuclear Coffee Chocolate/White milk Chocolate cake

Enjoy!

Good Morning, Sojo

I’ll have French toast w/strawberries & wipped cream and a piece of chocolate cake please.

Good Evening, Everyone,

I’m having a “salt” craving…..so, could I select some smoked bacon, and a piece of KFC white meat? That should do it!

We’re almost home……we’ve made it to St. George, UT, and back to the Mountain time zone……..2 more days….woohoo!!!!!

Good Morning Montana Lady - Thanks for the update.

Good morning, Sojo and LoneWolf. Traveling takes a lot out of me…..so I’m not able to see y’all for more than a minute or two. :))))))

Your order is up, Sojo. Excellent choice!

Good Morning, Montana Lady! We’ll be happy when your home, safe and sound!

Your order is up. Enjoy!

Thank you ♠Lonewolf♠.

Time for my zzzzzz’s.

♪ P&L ♪ ≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

That’s what I REALLY like about this comic commentors………. you all make everyone feel soooooo good!!!! Thanks, Lonewolf

Thanks ♠Lonewolf♠. I’ve got to sleep soon, so no coffee tonight, but I will have an omelet and some milk.

Your welcome Montana Lady & Sojo

Good Morning, Woodeye. Enjoy your selection, sir! Your welcome.

Just saying a quick hello to everyone, and grabbing myself a Pepsi.

Hello, how are you? Enjoy your Pepsi.

And with that I am lights out for the night.

Good Night All

P&L

Pop ARRGH!!!!

@$#$%^%$%&& !!!!!!!!!

Great mendasock day!!! The ramp to the freeway was closed…. had to find the detour….. hit every mendasock red light on it. Missed the turn to get on… Needed Dusty’s map to find the mendasock thing. Parked the car and there’s someone standing outside the door handing me a computer…”There’s a virus on this, can you fix it?” Sat down at my desk, knock knock…ANOTHER broken mendasock computer!!!!

Morning TRIBEANDALL

grumblemumblegrumble

ARRRRgh!!!!

Coffee!

POOF!

did I mention the 200+ emails left from being off?

PIFFLE!

Hi Doc

Good Morning, Tribe!

Good Morning, RwB & Doc.

RwB, it looks like a miserable day out there.

It’s a little slick in spots, but because of the oil build up mixing with water, not ice.

That doesn’t sound good, RwB, but I don’t think I’ll be having to deal with any of that today.

It was awful windy here too, Doc. We had quite a bit of rain to go with it, too.

I do need to get moving this morning as I didn’t get hardly anything done yesterday. Catch y’all a little later.

Have a great day everyone!

P&L

Later Terry

Good Morning All!

Morning Doc Toon, Digital Frog, RunswBeer, Lonewolf, and Montana Lady too

There is something about being in your own timezone that’s encouraging when you’ve been gone.Doc is that your cat? Beautiful.

Hi, tribe! I think I promised some fresh banana muffins, so I’d better head off to the kitchen… BBL.

I am just helping myself to some Whole Wheat Toast and a cup of my very own Yorkshire Gold tea this cold, windy, morning. Thanks, Lonewolf for your menu. Take Care.

RunswB Your oratory on the nettlesome problems of driving and computer have released me from any anxiety I may have this morning.

Doc What a name! A special name for her highness.

Rmom See you soon.

Mutts is good this morning in a cranky way.

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡ ♪ Good Morning TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

Hello all at BT just a short stay then back to work. Yesterday I also was effected by GC I could not access at all. Semister is about to wrap up one text has shorter chapters and just two left on another text. Place I work at hugh area spread out already sent warning to ones who do payroll to watch the hours as vacation is nearing the end. Whats a vacation? Pttimers don’t get any. As long as I don’t go over my time, if I use all up I am then done for year. This happened a few years ago I filled in for secretary and I should have taken a whole week off. Back to studies all.

Good morning, Hope&Joy! Banana muffins are now in the oven. In less than 20 minutes, they should be ready.

Hi and Bye Kab!

Hello Rmom!

Hi, Sojo! - Have you been to the eye doc yet, or is that later?

Hi Sojo! Muffins sound good, Rmom! Hope you have a pleasant day as possible, Kab

Hi, Doc & Kab!

Number 50??

Good Morning, All!

Especially: HopeandJoy, Sojo, Kab Buch, Rmom, & DoctT

That was quick, DocT!

Good Morning Doctor Toon, HopeandJoy and bmonk!

Rmom - I leave in about 1/2 hour. Probably won/t be on-line afterwards for a while as it will be hard to see.

Hi, bmonk! Anyone want a fresh, hot banana muffin? Just don’t burn your mouth - they’re hot!

Thanks Rmom - They smell great!

Sojo - I understand. Either my cataracts are getting worse, or I need to buy some more contacts and change them. But at almost $50 a box, I try to hold off as long as possible.

Sojo - Thanks!

BBL

POOF!

Hi bmonkThe trees are a-rocking here in the wind…brrr

Sleep fast Doc Glad I could start your day off right HopeandJoy. Heaven knows mine didn’t. Right now I have 4 computers in front of me. this one works… Morning bmonk

Sleep well, Doc!

Hi, Runs! I’m glad you found at least one computer that works.

Did someone say bedtime? Yay!

Hi, Luv! Are you going to bed, or getting up?

I’ve been up for over an hour, isn’t that long enough?

So, time to crawl back into bed? Don’t tempt me, that sounds a lot better than doing the stuff I need to do.

@LuvH8, and, going by most of Western America, it’s still before noon!

LOL!

Good Morning Rmom

It is rainy and gloomy, but at least we have no poisonous snakes. A couple of poisonous spiders, but no slithering snakes.

At least gocomics seems to be a bit faster today.

@LuvH8, we have rattlers nearby, and brown recluse spiders, but I think that’s about all the venomous beasties I’m aware of.

Hi Bmonk, it is already ten!

Are poisonous snakes and spiders venoms poisonous if you swallow them instead of having them injected into your blood stream?

Some would be–it depends on how well the venom resists the digestive process.

I wouldn’t like to take the chance.

Nope! No poisonous snakes! I am convinced I would just see one and be dead on the spot. At the very least, I would pass out and land on the mendasock thing getting myself bitten.

I once saw a rattler that must have just hatched–it was only about 1 or 2 inches long (3-5 cm), and sooooo cute. But dangerous.

Pop

rumblegrumblemumble…. Maybe tomorrow will be better…. Got one almost ready….. another almost, almost ready…. last one. not so much. it’s a rebuild….. so

PlayNice - StaySafe ((((TRIBE))))

Back tomorrow

POOPH!

Did you spray it with Raid?

That’s one good thing about it being colder, the snakes are in hibernation. Well, time to go supervise my son on fixing my PT…

  Play Nice? Play Nice?!?

Have a Good Day Runs With Beer

I have complete faith that you can play nice LuvH8

Strange, but nice.

Good afternoon, Tribe.

Just a quick fly-by on my lunch break.

Aww Shucks!

POP!

Hello All!

I may be gone for several hours - I think we got the wrong parts for my PT.

Rmom - Hope you can get the right ones if you need to.

Good afternoon Tribeandall!

Late lunch, but I won’t be done until about 6-6:30, so I’ve got some time left yet. Then it’s off to pool tonight. If I don’t show up once in a while they might boot me off the team!

Good Afternoon ♠Lonewolf♠ - Hope you makle it pool and have a good night!

Hi, Sojo. I’ll make it to pool. I just hope I don’t feel like bleeep afterward. That has happened lately.

Back to the rock pile! Catch y’all Later.

P&L

Good afternoon Grog and Luv No snake or spider talk, or the poisonous kind, please!!

**Hi again Sojo and Lonewolf & Rmom too (if she’s back) Last Tuesday rehearsal before C’mas concert.

Runs with Beer…you have to find a way to look at Mutts today. I get them on Seattle PI site. It will make you smile!

Sorry, I didn’t mean to shout the whole comment.

That’s fine HopeandJoy - I don’t think hardly anyone is here to hear it, :-)

OH MY EYES! DID YOU HAVE TO SHOUT SO MUCH!?!?!?!

(snickering giggles)

Hello LuvH8!

Greetings TRIBE. Just a quick zip through to say hi.

What’s this about playing nice? We could but what fun is that?

Snakes? I found a garter snake in one of my boxes during one of our [many, many, many] moves. I’m not afraid of snakes but that was kind of startling. We just took it outside and turned it loose.

BBL. Probably.

Good to hear from you serenasakitty!

Mutts at Seattle pi, recommended by HopeandJoy to

Runs With Beer!

HopeandJoy, I luvved it! Maybe I will find a way to wear it for the holiday season.

Great thank you Serenasakitty, now I will be looking for snakes everywhere again. I saw a garter snake on the back deck less than two feet from the sliding glass door. I now have to thoroughly check the bathroom for snakes before using it.

Hello Sojo, Serenasakitty and HopeandJoy

You’re welcome LuvH8. Always glad to bring a little excitement to someone’s life. [evil snickering]

Now I really am gone for awhile.

Ooops! Sorry HopeandJoy. Ummm………  

What is going on LuvH8? Hi SKitty

Glad you liked the Mutts cartoon. It is always one of my favorites along with Cats with Hands. I wish GC had them.

We had a black snake in our hall once. Golferman swept it outside. We think it came in during a mowing session when the garage doors were left open downstairs…..They are always closed now.

LuvH8…are your eyes o.k. now?

I really enjoy your sense of humor. So many here have one.

Not sure if I will be back due to Chorus etc. Take care.

Good Evening, Tribe

Glad that work day is done. Tomorrow promises to be worse.

There, There, Grog Have a good evening.

I will HopeandJoy. I’ve got a few good movies to watch this week, so I’ll forget about my days and get lost in the movies.

Good evening Tribesters!

Just got home. I am running late for pool. BBL

P&L

I’m back!

Good news! Even though we didn’t have the right parts, it appears that the problem was just a loose connector for the fluid sensor. We drove it about 30 miles, and there wasn’t a peep from the annoying brake problem indicator.

Glad to hear it, Rmom

Grog - Me too! Especially since we’re short one vehicle from our normal fleet.

How are things going with the insurance?

We got the first offer today. Of course, it is pretty low, but at least they are accepting 75% blame. I think my hubby is going to do the haggling, at least I hope he is.

Only 75%. Are they saying the other 25% blame is your son’s?

I think so, although that 25% could be split between my son & the woman who was behind him, I guess. Unfortunately, none of the drivers received a citation. KS has a “no fault” law, which I’m not sure exactly how that works. The KHP said they wanted to give the tow truck driver a citation, but couldn’t find an acceptable reason. The tow truck had a burnt out tail light and no reflective material, so it was put out of service (a cop followed the tow truck from the scene). The truck driver claimed that the vehicles (my son and the woman behind him) were racing and never slowed down. However, the woman said that my son slammed his brakes on, and who has heard of a 43 year old woman racing in a SUV, behind another car? Granted, my son accelerated quickly, but I could and did accelerate as quickly with my PT. (Had the opportunity a few days later driving at the same location.) Not what I’d consider racing.

Interesting the different accounts that came out of this.

It was interesting. I had to pay $3.50 to the state to get a copy of the report, including the 3 drivers’ statements. There was a diagram of the scene at the point the KHP showed up, but no pictures are yet available But the KHP states that the tow truck’s end was in the left lane, the street was dark, and so it was impossible to see the part of the truck that stuck out into the lane.

Interesting.

Well, I’m calling it a night. Good Night, Rmom & all

Good night, Grog!

Bmonk,

Do you (or anyone else here) speak German? If you do, has it changed much in the last hundred years?

Rmom, how exactly does the tow truck driver explain that he knew they were racing? Did he see someone drop a flag? Was there an obvious finish line? Is he psychotic?

HopeandJoy! No Cookie For You!!! It has been over two years since I saw the snake on the deck. I still have to check the bathroom! Now, you are talking SNAKES IN THE HOUSE!!!

(thoroughly shakes out and searches blanket, wraps up self, leans against wall with clear view of possibly approaching snakes, starts sucking thumb and rocking)

It looks like I came back just in time to say goodnight to everyone.

SorryLuvH8 but I just remembered the incident with the snake because some people were talking about snakes. [now may I have a cookie?]

You may have a cookie Serenasakitty, they are still hot from the oven. Do you want a scoop of ice cream on your chocolate chip cookie? I luv how it melts into the cookie!

POP! (again)

Hi Sojo, did you smell the cookies?

LuvH8 - Of course!

Help yourself, ummm…….. just don’t eat more than twenty? Please?

I’ll … ah … try.

awwwh, LuvH8 I didn’t say I was Happy about the “You know what” in our hall…I was practically paralyzed! Anyway, I am realllllllly in need of a chocolate chip cookie to settle my recalled anxiety. I imagine Sojo agrees that a cookie would help…….Pleeeaaase?

HopeandJoy - How was Chorus?

Rather brutal actually. We were seated as we will stand felt strange all jumbled up but it will be fine when we get to the church where we sing and can practice coming in “2x2” just like Noah, you know. We had bell group and a celloist to work with and a man who plays a wooden recorder to run through his piece with us.

It was amazing, but we did get through all the music with the instructions to watch our consonants, watch how we say “our” no midwest twang, you know. We know the music…just need to sing it as she wants. We are really lucky to have the director and organist/pianist we have.

Thanks for asking, Sojo…..and I guess I don’t get a cookie….(sigh)

HopeandJoy, of course you can have cookies. Did no one tell you saying no is the part of being a mom I am really bad at?

I feel so blessed…and I’m the same way! Delicious and still warm!! (a smile on my face as I turn out the Christmas lights and head to bed)

See you sometime tomorrow. * Nite LuvH8 and Sojo and friendly lurkers.*

Are you going to record it and play it for us all? (I don’t have a clue how.)

Are you going to sing Nuttin’ For Christmas?

Good Night HopeandJoy

Good Night HopeandJoy.

Tee hee…We will record it and I will buy the cd for $10 but I don’t have any idea how to get it where you can hear it…so just imagine. We do a mix of fun, popular, and classical Christmas. I think I told you about a song entitled *Thirty-second fa-la-la.” It is so fast and so much fun to sing.

…now, I must tuck myself into bed….(yawn) Driving over Columbia, MO way to meet friends for lunch and visiting.