Big Top by Rob Harrell for March 20, 2011

Good EARLY Morning, Tribe Da Eats Eggs, made to order or egg beaters Sausage, pepper bacon, Canadian bacon and/or ham (pork or turkey) Huevos Rancheros EMET’s Steak n shake Slaw dog pan fried potatoes, hash browns Kemah Boardwak Brick Oven Pizzas grits, oatmeal & Honey Nut Cheerios! Bush’s baked beans toast (white bread or wheat), bagels & cream cheese, jams & jellies assorted kolaches fresh fruit Pop Tarts ♥Little Sister♥’s Special Chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy, or the classic steak and eggs meal with a biscuit* Blues Brothers special: Jake’s 4 Fried Chickens and a coke and Elwood’s dry white toast KFC Kitty’s Breakfast platter (limited to Kitty only) Beverages Doc Toon’s WORLD FAMOUS NUCLEAR COFFEE Johanan’s Starbright’s Divine CocoMocha assorted juices & teas assorted softdrinks, especially PEPSI! selected premium beers Bloody Mary or Caesar

Sweets Selected ice creams & ice cream floats! New York Style Cheesecake Root beer, PEPSI & other floats Anything and everything Chocolate for Ooops! and other chocoholics

Eat Hearty, Tribe

I have a dollar. Can I try the ring toss too?

Excellent breakfast spread Grog. Since I have family here from out of town visiting I’ll order everything that is on your menu.

Good Morning, ♥Little Sister♥

The truck is loaded and ready to go. Let me know if you need refills.

Will do : -) Thank you very much Grog.

Good Morning Grog & Little Sister

Good morning Big Sister :-)

Good morning & good night, Ooops! Help yourself to some breakfast for yourself & Kitty

I’m not going to bed yet, but I will say see you all later.

Good night / early morning everyone :-)

Good Night Grog & Little Sister

Kitty is happy thank you Grog.

Good Morning ♠Lonewolf♠,♥♥ Little Sister♥♥,Wolfbyte LuvH8/BBS,Grog,Doctor Toon, Plodswbeer, Doc Toon, MontanaLady, ♪Hopeandjoy♫Serenasakitty,, SRmom,Bmon,Ladyhawk,,lakesnake ,Lewreader;MisngNOLA,Woodeye, Yukoneric, The Sojourner, Only Tink, pseudo,Digital Frog,Ponytail56

Warm morning 61° high 78°. East part of KS received hail. Soon be time for church. Just dropping by.

Good Morning Doc Toon of the last hour It is to be a lovely day here in the 70’s. Things look green after the rain. Glad your night crew manager is back to give you a bit of relief

Thank you Grog for breakfast selections. I will have some Toast and my Yorkshire tea today.

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡ ♪ Good Morning TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

I’ll grap a couple of strawberry Pop Tarts and a piece of chocolate cake.

Good Morning Doctor Toon!

Good Morning, Tribe!

Good Morning ♠Lonewolf♠!

CONGRATS on pool last night!

Good Morning, Sojo & Doc!

Thanks, Sojo.

45° and raining today!

I’m at work at the store, so it really doesn’t matter I guess.

65° and sunny, may reach 79°. :-)

a determined spring flower

Again good morning here. When county or state fairs happen I avoid the games I think there rigged. When state fair comes I usually have to go and don’t get to see any entertainment I and hubby get recruited helping my b-i-l and sister out at their booth selling their product.

Good Morning HopeandJoy♫! - Thanks.

Good Morning ♥Kab♥! - Hope you can enjoy today.

Good Morning, HopeandJoy♫ & ♥Kab♥!

Have a good snooze Doctor Toon.

Rest well, Doc.

Hi, Pseudo. I’m here but I am also working at the present time. Now I have lunch so I’m here for about ½ an hour.

The Fighting Illini and Kansas………………………………………

Whoa!

Good afternoon, pseudo & ♠Lonewolf♠

I just finished some yard & garage work. It was a beautiful morning to do it.

Hi, Grog. I’m actually enjoying the rain today.

Right now I’m watching an old Cowboys/Vikings game from ‘75.

Rain has prevented me from doing the yardwork up until now. Weed & feed today, and ant application tomorrow. I already have a new mound.

The season starts early down here.

I do have to say that is one thing I DON’T miss about Texas is the ant hills! I don’t have that problem here. It was murder on the dogs when I was in Texas. I was constantly putting down different things to try to control them.

If you apply the stuff early enough in the season, the fire ants should be a problem. I just didn’t have the weather for it earlier. Usually the stuff I buy is good for a year.

I hate fire ants. Especially when I am out walking my dogs.

I hate tarantulas even more.

Butterflies like thistles, if that helps.

Lonewolf Hope you get to catch the game and hope the game turns out as we would like. GO!!!

Hi, ♥Little Sister♥ & HopeandJoy♫

Hello everybody :-)

Hi, Lil’ Sister

HopeandJoy♫, I WILL be watching THAT game for sure! I like both teams, so I win either way! :^)

I need to go make a delivery. Be back in two shakes!

Hi and Bye pseudo.

Hello Grog and ♥Little Sister♥!

Just got back from getting some elderberry concentrate and errands to Target and Lowes. 80° but windy. :-)

Hello Little Sister, Grog, Sojo Elderberry concentrate? are you making wine, Sojo? back to game.

HopeandJoy♫ - Not wine. 1 to 2 teaspoons a day is supposed to prevent you from getting viruses. They say it keeps them from sticking to your cells and getting infected. Not sure if it really works but I haven’t had a cold, flu etc since I started taking it.

I’m back. Alright, it was three shakes!

Hello pseudo - Time to get them ready!

That would be great if it worked!

HopeandJoy you must be watching Duke vs. Michigan.

Ah yes March madness. I wonder who is going to win it all.

Golf - Gary Woodland originally from Kansas and a KU grad just won his first PGA tournament.

Hello those here. Sorry pseudo I didn’t word my statment from earlier about any carival games. I know those are rigged that is why I avoid them. Evan dart toss at balloon’s can be rigged. When we lived in a small town there’s this game that calls for coins our son would like to play. He would sometimes get a prize. It was a cheap game and gave him something to do. We taken advantage and sat outside for awhile enjoying the nice warm weather. After news is over I’ll go back again. Officially on spring break turned a paragraph in Basic English. Now I can read. And starting Monday for only two days my favorite reality show comes on.

For dart game with balloons, mostly spaced and size of balloons can move around. It is fun but wrong throw with dart your out. I still avoid.

Actually I’m inside right now seen the national news on abc and now local news its currently 5:32pm here in KS. Then I will back outside and enjoy. Thought I let you know on a side note your so far not on my hit list, just be nice.;) okay.

For carnival games I’ve actually heard the owner tell workers to let those prizes be one so they could get rid of them. This was said in a small town. I don’t know of others.

Got home from work about 4:30. Yesterday a new pressure washer I ordered was delivered. I assembled it and made sure it is working like it is supposed to.

All is good and now I can relax, watch a little sports, maybe some Hogan’s Heroes, eat some supper and get ready for another work week!

I remember going to the state fair with a friend and his girlfriend. He tried to win a stuffed animal for her by throwing a basketball through a hoop. A very small hoop that the ball would just fit through. I knew it almost couldn’t be done and started laughing as he kept buying balls and trying (3 for a dollor I think - a long time ago). He got mad at my laughing and challenged me to try. I don’t know why but I did and shot a ball through the hoop my first try and got a large stuffed animal.

I have had fun at carnival games in the past with my kids. I know they are made to be very hard, but it still is worth it to see the smiling faces as they try to win a prize.

Have a relaxing evening ♠Lonewolf♠!

Tossing 3 rings at the bottles: $1.00

An oversize comb: $5.40

A generic, large stuffed animal: $9.95

The adrenaline rush, even when you fail: priceless.

Good afternoon, every bodies!

Pseudo, Yes, I have the complete collection.

Hi, Bmonk!

@♠Lonewolf♠–I know no-o-o-otink!

Hello bmonk!

I gotta go sing for my supper! Bye!

Bye pseudo and bmonk.

That is how our kids felt playing with coins in slot machine. Well all news is over. There is a brand new sport area voters voted on, no I’m not going, have a March madness game. Time I go outside and read. pseudo I wanted you to have a heads up. Me and Big Sister will team up, though she will be the winner. Enjoy your remember those carivals. I only brought this carnival up because of the BT strip for today.

Visit with you all later. Almost 6pm here.

I liked the ring toss or quarter toss at school carnivals.

Sojo I went 4 years since my last set-to with a cold or some pneumonia-type thing AND I have had pneumonia and flu shots. I may take a tea or two of the elderberry as well…couldn’t hurt. Of course I have some asthma in the spring of the year to complicate matters.

Lonewolf Happy with outcome and Coach K’s 900th but as he said, *”Michigan is an unconventional team and difficult to prepare for in 1 day” * They were not a good match for Duke and I don’t want them next year for sure!!!!!

Have a good evening, Pseudo & Bmonk!

Yes pseudo :-) Ohio State did good too. They beat George Mason.

I just checked the scoreboards.

Hurray! Spring has arrived!

Spring has sprung, The grass has riz, I wonder where the robin is?

Actually, we’ve got all kinds of birds here now. I saw robins around Groundhog’s Day, which surprised me. I saw several Cardinals yesterday, but I’m not a bird expert, so when I see brown birds, I don’t usually know what kind they are.

Hello Rmom - Seems like you’ve had a good day!

Sojo - Could have been worse. My poor hubby had to go back to work yesterday morning - put in about a 14 hour day. I haven’t heard from him this evening, so I’m guessing another long day for him. But the boys & I went to church, ate lunch, and I had a good nap.

I’m with my great grandma right now. She is watching Tom, Dick, and Harry while I am on my laptop.

I’m with my great grandma right now. She is watching Tom, Dick, and Harry while I am on my laptop.

Hi, Rmom!

It is pouring again with lightning and thunder. My dogs are highly concerned! :^)

Hi, Lil’ Sis & Wolfie! Lil’ Sis - Who are “Tom, Dick & Harry?” Wolfie - I was getting worried about getting home today. The PT started smoking, but the temp gauge looked okay. I didn’t hear a belt squealing, so I don’t know if it was a hose or what, but it smoked & smelled like burnt rubber. Thankfully, once I got going at highway speed, it went away. Good thing, because I was probably 25 years from home!

I’m not really here. You don’t see me. You didn’t have the emergency brake on, did you, Rmom?

Smiley R Mom it is a movie on the TCM channel.

You’re invisible, Grog?

Hi, Grog! Nope, there’s an idiot light & warning tone for that problem.

Lil’ Sis - I figured it was probably either a movie, or else there were 3 kittens or other animals that I didn’t know about.

Wolfie - Good luck with your dogs! I’ve heard some dogs can really tear up a house during a storm. All the dogs I’ve had (or my family) were outdoors dogs, although some of them were allowed in the garage too. I know they all seemed to seek shelter indoors from the lightning, but they never destroyed anything that I remember. Our dog did tear up the insulation on one of garage doors, because he accidently got shut up in there for most of a day. His food & water were in there, so I guess he wanted to go “use the bushes”. Between B.C. today, and the Dogs of Kennel C yesterday, you’ve been well represented lately.

Glad you made it home alright, Rmom.

Thanks, Wolfie - Me too! Grog - Well, my family has dubbed the tribe as my “invisible friends”, so I guess it fits.

Wolfie - Is it a bad storm you’re getting, or just a nice rain with a little bit of lightning?

Just a thought, Rmom. some friends of mine actually did that a number of years ago. I was in the car behind. Fortunately, I was able to get their attention. That’s when they realized the emergency break was on.

OK, gone ‘til tomorrow.

9 min. into the game Kansas is ahead of Illinois 20 to 11.

Grog - No problem. Obviously, I have forgotten to release the parking brake, since I know for sure about the idiot light & warning tone. Good night!

Good Night Grog (who wasn’t here).

Sojo - Sounds like you had a good shopping trip today. It was really nice weather, if you didn’t mind the wind.

Good evening everyone. We have a two golden retrievers female and male. No female cannot be a mommy. The male is 9months old and meant to be a playmate to big sister who is 5 years old. And a reddish male cat. When a storm would come the cat goes down to lower level and hides. It gets funny here at times. The male puppy wants to play with male cat and male cat will actually come nose to nose wondering what is going on. Then the fun will start both with paw each other then the cat says enough and hisses and leaves. I’m not making it sound as funny as it is. My poor sister wants to see what happens.

I enjoyed some of the day out. At my mom’s she doesn’t have chairs to sit on front porch I did some pleasure reading.

Good Night, Invisible Man! Rest well and have a good week.

Rmom, my dogs have always been inside dogs and always will be. The two I have now don’t tear anything up nor do they even act in any manor like that. You can tell that they are worried as they try to stick close to us. Right now I am the only one home so they are upstairs with me in the same room. They’re so precious!

My chihuahuas don’t like thunder period.

I didn’t know you had two chihuahuas, Lil’ sister.

Wolfie - I think the biggest problem was when the owners weren’t home, and the dog wasn’t shut up in the bathroom. Seems an unexpected storm came through, and the dog went nuts. I guess with both of my folks growing up on farms, dogs are just expected to be outdoor dogs in our family. I don’t mind if a friend brings their dog into my house, but they take it back home when they leave. I had enough trouble toilet training my sons, I didn’t care to train a dog. However, I have thought (especially if I ever live alone again) that I’d consider getting an older dog that someone else has trained. Perhaps one whose owner died. However, we really miss our Great Pyranees/Chow/Shepherd mix dog, and that size of dog needs a lot of exercising or room to roam.

I hear you, Rmom.

Yep, and the older me and my knees get, the harder it would be to walk an energetic dog!

I do. One named Chica and a dark brown one named Cocoa.

I worked with a friend who had a friend that let his pig in his house (not a small pot-belly but full size farm pig). Once he forgot and left it in his house when he was gone. When he got home his house was destroyed. Holes in the walls the pig had gone through, the kitchen sink and plumbing taken out, etc.

What kind of dogs do you have Lonewolf Large, small, purebred, mix. I know you had wolves once but not now, if I remember correctly. (I will check here later)

* have a good night everyone*

At the half KU is only ahead 33 to 29.

Wolfie - From what I can gather, it sounds like work has been keeping you busy lately. How’s your health doing?

Hi and Bye Doctor Toon.

Have a good night HopeandJoy♫.

Time for me to fix dinner.

Hi, Doc & Hope&Joy! Doc - You might do well with a gun! I’ve done the same thing when I’ve been target shooting, although I figured it had to do more with “operator error” than the sights needed adjustment. I’ve never cared to gamble, including carnival games, I always preferred to ride the rides instead. Sojo - I don’t doubt that a regular hog could do that type of damage. My dad used to raise hogs, and I did a few for 4-H, or if they were the runt of the litter.

Good night, Hope&Joy and Lil’ Sis!

Good night, everyone!

Hanging in there, Rmom. It has been getting better but it has been taking to long for my liking.

I hear that, Wolfie! Thankfully my migraines seem to be doing much better - none at all in February! But I’ve still got plenty of other health issues that interfere with what I want to get accomplished. Getting old isn’t for wimps. Good night!

HopeandJoy♫, I have a male black and white Siberian Husky with blue eyes. Our daughter who lives with us while she goes to college has a female papillon. We have been looking for another husky, too.

Good Night. Rest well.

Good Night, Rmom. Rest well, lady!

Good Night Rmom.

It’s raining.

KU wins 73 to 59 and goes to the sweet sixteen. :-)

Time for my zzzzzz’s.

♪ P&L ♪ ≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

Good Night, Sojo. Catch you in the morrow.