Big Top by Rob Harrell for April 08, 2011

Good Morning Montana Lady & Everyone!

Good morning, Everyone………

I’ve really missed everyone! We are on a religious pilgrimage…. we have driven all the way from Helena to Billings to attend the semi-annual Library Book Sale in Billings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whoa!!!!!!!!!! Now, I hope to have enough new books to read by my favorite authors for the entire summer!!!! Sale starts tomorrow a.m. at 10. Let the pushing and shoving begin!!!!!

We came in this afternoon, with enough time to visit the Little Bighorn Battleground national monument this afternoon. That place is so incredible. You get a real sense of the Indian presence……..it is so uncanny! I would think it wouldn’t be so powerful after about 15 visits to this “park”……but each time I am blown away! Each time we visit, you feel the presence of the Indians. And, because they built the new Indian Memorial a few years ago, you are treated to the Indian side of the story. Most incredible!!!

Good night, Everyone, hope to see y’all tomorrow p.m. in time for the pizza party!

Thanks for the good word, Dr. Toot! Maybe someone will actually, ahem, order some… I’m not kidding, the twist is amazingly good…

Sunday Picnic!

From the Grill: Barbecued Chicken Hot Dogs Hamburgers Steak From the Kitchen: Potato Salad Deviled Eggs Jello & Whipped Cream Cantaloup Strawberries Garden Salad Pickles, Olives, Dill Carrots Various Condiments From the Freezer: Ice Cream Bars Ice Cream Sandwiches Popsicles Ice From the Cooler: Various Pepsi Products Various Coke Products Iced Coffee

World Famous Doctor Toon’s Nuclear Coffee Starbright’s Divine CocoMocha (with special twist by Johanan)

Hey there, Dr. Toot!!!

good breakfast……..I’d LOVE some Barbecued Chicken, please, and then some lemon meringue pie!!!!!

While we “travel”, I tend to eat more than normal, so go ahead and throw in some chocolate cake with the order, please!

Hi, Johanan!!

I must try your “twist”……… Does Chubby Checkers come along with it???

Good Morning Johanan

I’d like some of your special twist, do you think it is safe to give to my Gma?

Here you go Montana Lady, I wrapped the chocolate cake and included a fork so you could have it while traveling.

You are most thoughtful, Dr. Toot!

Good night, everyone!

Raga Fraga, Ricka Racka (as heard in Bedrock). My bathroom scale is broken and keeps reading bigger numbers. I guess I can only order a Doc Toon’s from DOC TOOTand hold the sugar. Hey, whipped cream hold the jello is diet food, right?

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Good Morning, Ooops! Montana Lady, Johanan & Lewreader.

Ooops! I think I’ll have a couple of hot dogs dressed with spicy brown mustard, onions and jalapenos and a side of some potato salad, please.

Good Morning, Plods

My love of Nascar actually strays into the negative side of the applause meter, taking on the wonderful sounds of booos and hisses.

Good Morning, Grog

I like road racing better (Rolex), but maybe having driven stocks, road cars and open wheeled gives me a different perspective.

Good morning all. Nothing for breakfast for me…I had a couple of poptarts toaster pastries…yum yum…dunno how they can make cardboard so delicious :-P

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

I don’t eat poptarts too fatening. I eat a healthy breakfast. I severly watch not eating fats.

Big Sister I read your stinky suggestions, I would end up suffering to. Office is an open area and sound and smells carry. That morning lady sits same place I do. That vent is over our heads and I would suffer from bad smells to.

Good morning, ?MisngNOLA & Kab!

Kab, when it’s virtual, you can eat as much as you like. It’s when it’s real that you’ve got to think twice.

Morning All

Hey Montana Lady - ever been to Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump? Based on your comments this morning, uou might find it really interesting. It’s in Southern Alberta, about 5 hours drive from Helena.

http://www.head-smashed-in.com/

Hey, Digital…….I never heard about it, but when the weather calms down, we can certainly head up that way! Thanks for the link. I find the history up here is so incredible, and sad for what the Indians had to go through. I admire their spirit!

We have an on going fight with people about the bison that leave Yellowstone Park during the winter. Some of the ranchers want them shot, and most of us want them returned to the park. Some Indian tribes are fencing in some land to they can be transported there…….5000 or more acres! This is such a nice thing…..the Indian taking care of the buffalo, where as in the past, the buffalo took care of the Indian.

Morning Digital Frog.

Plods, thanks for all the info on your grand-daughter yesterday

Ooops!, the CocoMocha is pretty intense, your GMa might get overstimulated. I may have to cut back, it’s keeping me awake too long.

Sleep well, Doctor Toon.

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡ ♪ Good Morning TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

I’ll have 2 hot dogs and some potato salad, thank you Ooops! I had decided that for breakfast before seeing your order Grog.

Johanan She has her moments like all teenagers, but all in all she’s a keeper. Her mother’s a saint. In addition to raising this “angel”, she works, keeps a home and rescues “unplaceable” dogs (currently Duchess, a doberman, Joey, a standard poodle, Ziggy, a tubby Jack Russell, Scruffy , an ailing Cairn Terrier, and Valentine, the world’s nastiest Jack Russell). There are only 4 people that I’m aware of that can touch ‘V’. Those two, mom’s roommate and me.

Good Morning Plods!

Good morning, Sojo. It’s the breakfast of ex-champions.

Good Morning Grog!

Well I have to pack it in for now. I’m heading over to the Tech Center this afternoon.

Later.

Later Grog.

I won’t be here too long since I have to leave and pay for cc durn. I know the virtual menu is suppose to be no calorie but for me I would probably gain the weight just looking at the menu. And just this early am I had a delightful dream of a lot of different foods including deserts. One type I can’t have to much of deep chocolate, cakes of different types, cheese cake, cherry cakes, mashed potatoes, chicken, cooked broccoli, and so much more. It was some type of gathering and they were wanting to finish early. Did I make anyone hungry? Sad part I couldn’t taste any of it and had a plate ful and I got full to fast:(

Well I have to be so courteous with afternoon greating then I will wait else where until time to change.

Hello ♥Kab♥ - That makes me hungry!

I want to change avatars!

Good Afternoon Peoples!

Good Afternoon Ooops! - Don’t we all.

Thanks again, Plods. No doubt “V” chooses who can touch and not the other way around. :)

Hello Johanan!

I am innocent! I was sleeping! I should be aloud to sleep? I try to do what they tell me. I am only psychotic, I don’t know everything.

Ooops! - I know it wasnt your fault. But what wasn’t?

Gma wouldn’t couldn’t swallow her meds, possibly due to her UTI. So her blood sugar went vooom then it went vrooom and now she has surgery in the morning for a fractured hip. The doctors say you look for mental confusion as a sign of UTI in elderly. Her doctor says it is just dementia. I was going to call and say….. dementia or not she has to do pills..Help! Extreme Change!, but no

I hate the News. I absolutely hate it.

I hate the News. I absolutely hate it.

Hello everyone.

Hello ♥Little Sister♥!

Ooops! - Sorry to hear that. I hope everything goes okay.

Little Sister, you hate the news a lot!

On Photobucket, I believe whenever someone uses your picture it uses bandwidth. So if someone other than you uses your picture on Facebook or GoComics or Whatever it uses your assigned bandwidth on Photobucket. To lower the amount of bandwidth being used you can move your pictures which breaks all the links so people just get the message that the image has been moved or deleted. An easy way to do that is just to change the name of the album your images are in, you can even just add a number or letter and then change it back an hour later.

Has anyone been watching the news about our Federal Government?

♥Little Sister♥ - A little bit.

I just got a letter back from Photobucket. Stating the reason that you just pointed out Big Sister.

I don’t like what I’m hearing from the news. It’s definitely not good.

Yay! I figured it out!

At least Gma is happy, she just loves all the attention. Unfortunately, she will be cranky as soon as she isn’t the center of attention.

My great GMA also loves attention. Every Friday I say to her “Gee grandma you’re going out on a date! When am I going to meet the lucky guy.”

My Gma’s response: “Oh no you don’t! You’re just going to try to steal him away from me.”

I get a good laugh out of this and so does she. :-))

Hello all ♥Little Sister♥ I sent you an email. But I can answer your question about the Federal government being idiots with taxpayers. Do you work for with the Federal Government? I don’t mean taxes being taken out of your paycheck.

Big Sister my mom’s sister has dementia. Her hubby put her in a care home assisted living. He had no choice as his health is deteriorating so much two years later he succumbed to a massive heartattacke and died on the spot and he is younger then his wife. She will be turning 87 in May.

♥Little Sister♥ the news has been buzzing on Federal goverment all week and today is the count down.

Hello ♥Kab♥!

I adventured off. The whinning lady must have left a little earlier so I felt less tension. I was dreading going in. Do you think will get bad weather?

Local station shows golf ball size hail in Cowley county and were close to that area. and Tennis balls size. Jezz I hope not.

♥Kab♥ - I think most of the bad weather is east of use moving east. We might get somthing that developes to our west but it isn’t too lickly. Of course, here you never know. I won’t bother checking it until I go to bed.

Winfield and this is futher away from here isn’t this close to SRmom location? Golf ball size hail. That is scary and depends on where that big hail hits.

Were is everyone. For me not pizza night either. We had kinda turkey soup. Tornaodo warning In Ponca City, OK around Newkirk, OK tornado down for I don’t know how long. This will miss is. But could be bad for SRmom.

I have my essay as ready as I can to full three pages. I wrote about hubby and my experience all those years ago. Due later next week for rough draft.

♥Kab♥ - I just check the radar. It is building up and moving NE but looks like it will go to the South of Rmom.

Do I really want to know the news?

Do I really want to know the news?

Which reminds me, they caught the Bronx Zoo escapee Mia (snake). Why did no one tell me it was safe?

Hello Big Sister I have been on your time zone in a while. Sounds like your GMA** and ♥Little Sister♥ grandma should get together.

♥Kab♥ - It is building up in size and new areas to the SW of current storms in Oklahoma. As it is increasing in size and may be moving a little more North than just NE it may get us or Rmom after awhile. It’s moving very fast but may be a while before what’s forming gets here if it does. As storms age the tend to move more East (or clockwise) from their current direction so it may miss us. Too early to tell if it will get to use but is worth keeping an eye on it.

I did not know anything about an escaped snake.

Big Sister that zoo used bate and when that snake, I’m so glad I was not there, came out when got hungry got her.

Ooops! - It was caught days ago. I should of told you but thought you knew. It never got out of the non-public part of the reptile house.

♥Little Sister♥ & Big Sister that was better news then what we are forced to endure from Washington DC.

♥Little Sister♥ I commented on your facebook and I emailed you. To answer your questions. I don’t think think you have anything to worry about. Now for our weather not so sure on that.

Good Evening, Tribe

Good evening ♠Lonewolf♠

Hi, ♥Kab♥. I haven’t read the comments yet. How are you doing?

♥Kab♥ - Sever T-Storm now issused for SE Sedgwick Co. and Butler Co. May get to Derby and Rmom. Area building up just into Oklahoma seems to be moving NNE so may get to us later. It is only moving 25 MPH.

Hello ♠Lonewolf♠ - Hope you’ve had a good day and are getting better!

Hi, Sojo. Still about the same. :^(

Hi Big Brother :-) Nothing but rain predicted here.

That’s too bad.

Hi, friends! Yes, the weather alarm is going off -again! I just got home from a quick trip to my hubby. We’re starting to get small hail here now. I only drove through rain to get home. I’ll check back in after the storm, assuming I have power & internet.

Hello Rmom - Hope everything goes okay where you are.

Hail! I haven’t seen hail in so long, but I remember from the last time i saw it that I didn’t like it.

Radar shows the storm is still incresing. Warning just issued to cover downtown Wichita. It looks like new build up may get to ♥Kab♥ and myself soon. Just making sever status though, golf ball size hail and 60 MPH wind.

Nice red color outside for sunset.

Sure! Severe weather! Where is my fun and games?

Hi, Lil’ Sister, Rmom & LuvH8.

Current storm missed us but looks like Rmom is getting it. Next build-up is stilll incresing and may get here in just over an hour, it is now headed for us. Next storm behind that is decresing and looks like it will soon be gone.

Storms can be fun and guessing where they will go is a game!

I guess I’m only one here. That sever weater is also west of us heading towards Cheney we used to live out there. That town is notorious for loosing power.

Temp. has gone from 85° F to 68° in short time as storm gets closser.

In tonado watch for four more hours. Looks like ♥Kab♥ will get a storm soon, maybe myself also. It may split and miss me but another cell following right behind it may get me anyway. Some hail is now baseball size.

I’m back upstairs, and cooking supper. One severe t-storm warning was over, and after I got it on the stove, another one started. As long as it is only hail and not a tornado, I think I’m staying upstairs.

I’m just glad so far no sirens blowing. Thundard is loud.

SRmom tornado starts in central and northern part of OK at Kay county. We hear the thundard. Town we used to live at is getting ready to be hit by storms. I’m gonna be off and on.

We are supposed to get thunder boomers tomorrow and Saturday.

We are getting hard rain and small to quarter size hail. Medord, OK cells for a tornado. Weather is talking about flood warnings. And in ICT some streets here are bad for flooding.

It looks like there’s a small split that’s going where I am so it looks like I’ll miss the bad part. Following cells are now starting to go East so I thing I’ll avoid everything.

Looks like I’ve got a break between storms, at least for now. I’m sure I got home before it got really bad.

♠Lonewolf♠ - Tomorrow and Saturday? We may get more tomorrow night again.

It looks like all I got was a light rain and that will be all. ♥Kab♥ and Rmom got a lot more.

Time for my zzzzzz’s.

♪ P&L ♪ ≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

Good night, Sojo!

Rain shall not put a damper on my weekend plans.