Canadian Buffoon's Hi Low Vacation - South Central Musings

[pkondz]

The best tip I have for a fishing boat (in case you ever end up cod jigging of course) is to always stand up wind of the person who is seasick. You don't want to be caught down wind in the cross fire when they are leaning over the side.

How do I stand up wind
from myself?

It was great, but could have fed at least two. I ate until I was stuffed and still felt like I barely made a dent in it.

It sure looked huge.
I was wondering about that.

 

[pkondz]

Sorry...should have pointed out a potential spoiler alert.

Oh, no worries.
That's what I was going
to guess anyway.

You still get credit in my book - you knew about a zip lock bag, had one handy, and attempted to use it.

Yes!
<high fives self and looks really stupid doing it.
Jen loses all respect.>

I mean....what more can a girl ask for?

Flowers?
A ring?

I drive my hubs crazy with my picky eating habits. He HATES brussels sprouts - naturally, I'm more than happy to eat them - especially when cooked with some bacon. I had fun watching him squirm - I bartered with him to 'just try them again' since he hasn't had any since child hood (he was regretting the 'just try it' line he's said to me so many times). Ahhhh...the look of blech on his face was sooooo worth it.

That line wouldn't work on me.

"Try the boiled cockroach."
Sure.
"Try the pickled bat brains."
Sure.
"Try the Brussels sprouts."

Nope!

Smarty pants! I feel like I've barley scratched the surface of traveling through North America.

It's kind of a big place,
isn't it?

That would have been quite the shock to anyone in the lobby....um.....sir.....you seem to be missing something. Although.....it could have made an interesting story.....so.....Ruby had to spring pkondz from the pokey.

Nah. I'd never go to jail for that.
People who make others laugh
don't typically go to jail.

<cops standing around,
pointing, laughing.>

And the class says: "Thanks Mark"

Yeah!


Wait...


Hey!

 

[pkondz]

Lucky for me you haven't grown extra toes in a while.

Oh, I do...
But I just keep lopping them off.

Who needs more than seven, anyway?

I've been through a lot of those.

Ditto.

Why do you think you were invited?

Are you not entertained??

Such a great movie.

Well, I'll say it. You're good. Terrific, even. And yes, I am entertained.

You really want those bonus points, huh?

Got a point there. There's a special place in you-know-where reserved for the inventor of those systems.

I hope he can get out.

If he just is patient and presses
the right combination
of numbers.

Poor Ruby. Hindsight could have change a lot of things for her.

So could have not leaving
my iPod in the can.

On the plus side, you've easily qualified for the Iditarod.

Hey! That's right!
(Actually did that once.
Not the Iditarod, but rode
on a dogsled. Fun!)

Never go sledding without it! Unless you have a metal plate in your head.

The part in my hair
just ain't gonna look right.

1-2-3-4-5. Huh. Same combination I have on my luggage.

Safety first!

Dang. It was worth a shot.

 

[pkondz]

Okay, okay, I promise!

Thank you.

Appreciate that.

 

[Terra Nova guy]

How do I stand up wind
from myself?

Stay on the wharf?

 

[pkondz]

Stay on the wharf?

So my choices are
Wharf or Barf?

 

[QueenJen]

Flowers?

Not a huge fan of wasting money on flowers - but then you didn't indicate they would be purchased. Perhaps if a couple stems were picked from our garden or inexpensively purchased.

A ring?

Have two of those......not worn in over 10 years.

It's kind of a big place,
isn't it?

It is. We will be covering some of the Midwest-East Coast on our next trip.

 

[franandaj]

Well, you have been to Alaska.

It was a January visit to Wyoming that taught me that.

Sorry about that.

Either:
1. Sorry that I ruined your fried chicken desire. Or;
2. Sorry if you had KFC.

I will need to forget that story to want Fried chicken again. We had Mrs. Knott’s.

Interesting. Why?

I don't know. I normally only eat two meals a day, and by the time I get to dinner I'm way too tired to be looking at the computer while eating. When I read TRs I was to be able to multi quote and respond appropriately and I can't do that when I'm shoveling food in my mouth. I'm more likely to scan FB with food in front of me.

You're kidding, right?
I didn't have to look that one up.

Well that definitely confirms it. Anyone who knows that movie well enough (myself included) to get that right off is completely certifiable. And that was the thing that hit me as soon as you asked.

But then again....
it's just a chandelier.
Not a basis for a system of government.

Hilarious!

Alliteration: the occurrence of the same letter
or sound at the beginning of adjacent
or closely connected words.

Her name is definitely Betty.


(Yes. I know you know what alliteration is.)

Yes I know but you gave it away and disn't leave much room for creative license, so I just took it!

Be gentle with me.
It was my first data loss.

Yeah, I know the feeling. Several years ago we used to have "band weekend" at Disney. The band would perform on Sunday and a number of us (a dozen plus) would head down the night before and enjoy a meal at a fine establishment where we would perhaps indulge in a little extra beverages as well. I ended up back at the hotel without my phone, and it had been raining slightly that night. I suppose at least that way no one could have got my data. Not good since I was the Band Manager at the time.

Well... you could get one more
answer right than Liesa does

Yeah, but the chances of that happening are pretty slim. We saw her GPA in nursing school. I was a decent student but never studied that much. I either learned it in the lecture or didn't. Besides my eyes are bad.

 

[mustinjourney]

Ugh. I presume this is what
you're talking about:

I didn't even know about it.

not sure if that was a joke or not -- but in case it wasn't...no. That wasn't the bridge I was talking about. One of the bridges on a major highway in Atlanta caught on fire from a homeless guy and it apparently was so hot that it collapsed...obviously, utter mayhem. They arrested a homeless dude the next day, but I'm not sure if they just railroaded some dude to keep the masses at bay. Either way, it's not something you want to mess with. I can't imagine having to deal with it on a daily basis. What's kind of funny is that when I turned my rental car in, I was about 45 mins late. The dude spit out a receipt that was like $489. I was supposed to only pay $290. I was like, "um....that seems a tad on the high side." He comes back with, "well...you're an hour late." Me: " um...that whole bridge thing really screwed things up."

He didn't say another word and then just spit out another receipt for $275. I will never understand out rental car agencies work...how can you magically wipe away that much money? Needless to say I was pretty happy and went on my way.

here's a picture of the carnage.

youarerite


sort of.
In winter,
they use dog sleds
of course.

I actually did spit up some soda on my keyboard on that one. Where should I send the bill?

Okay. So you know now we didn't
eat at the Keg.

What you don't know is what we did
the next day (our last.)

Did we go back to Banff?
Did we move on to Calgary?
Something else?
Who knows!

Want to risk it?
If you still think we went back
to Banff and then to the Keg,
it'll net you 20 points.

Otherwise, if you're wrong,
you'll lose 40.

Hmmm????

I guess I'll pass on the bet. While I'm disappointed I didn't win extra points...I'm a little more disappointed for you and the wife. Not going to the Keg when you're so close is so sad. I'd take that over the glaciers. The calamari is THAT good.

 

[pkondz]

It was a January visit to Wyoming that taught me that.

Yeah, that'll do it.

I will need to forget that story to want Fried chicken again. We had Mrs. Knott’s.

Forget what story?




(See? Helpful, aren't I?)

I don't know. I normally only eat two meals a day, and by the time I get to dinner I'm way too tired to be looking at the computer while eating. When I read TRs I was to be able to multi quote and respond appropriately and I can't do that when I'm shoveling food in my mouth. I'm more likely to scan FB with food in front of me.

Scanning = food. Got it.

Well that definitely confirms it. Anyone who knows that movie well enough (myself included) to get that right off is completely certifiable. And that was the thing that hit me as soon as you asked.

Ni!

Yes I know but you gave it away and disn't leave much room for creative license, so I just took it!

That's me.
Disappointing women wherever I go.

Yeah, I know the feeling. Several years ago we used to have "band weekend" at Disney. The band would perform on Sunday and a number of us (a dozen plus) would head down the night before and enjoy a meal at a fine establishment where we would perhaps indulge in a little extra beverages as well. I ended up back at the hotel without my phone, and it had been raining slightly that night. I suppose at least that way no one could have got my data. Not good since I was the Band Manager at the time.

whoops. When you lose a phone,
you don't kid around!

Yeah, but the chances of that happening are pretty slim. We saw her GPA in nursing school. I was a decent student but never studied that much. I either learned it in the lecture or didn't. Besides my eyes are bad.

Don't need a high GPA to do well.
Just pay attention a little bit and get a bit lucky.

 

[pkondz]

not sure if that was a joke or not -- but in case it wasn't...no. That wasn't the bridge I was talking about.

I don't know what I was thinking.
I saw "bridge collapse"...
and totally missed the rest of the sentence.

I Googled for bridge collapse Banff.

Missed the whole "Masters" and
"a few months ago" parts.


sheesh.

One of the bridges on a major highway in Atlanta caught on fire from a homeless guy and it apparently was so hot that it collapsed...obviously, utter mayhem. They arrested a homeless dude the next day, but I'm not sure if they just railroaded some dude to keep the masses at bay.

How does a homeless guy start a fire like that???

What's kind of funny is that when I turned my rental car in, I was about 45 mins late. The dude spit out a receipt that was like $489. I was supposed to only pay $290. I was like, "um....that seems a tad on the high side." He comes back with, "well...you're an hour late." Me: " um...that whole bridge thing really screwed things up."

He didn't say another word and then just spit out another receipt for $275. I will never understand out rental car agencies work...how can you magically wipe away that much money? Needless to say I was pretty happy and went on my way.

Pretty balsy of them to try
for the overcharge in the first place.

here's a picture of the carnage.

Holy crap.

I actually did spit up some soda on my keyboard on that one. Where should I send the bill?

Right here.

I guess I'll pass on the bet. While I'm disappointed I didn't win extra points...I'm a little more disappointed for you and the wife. Not going to the Keg when you're so close is so sad. I'd take that over the glaciers. The calamari is THAT good.

Okay. Bet's off.
I'll let you know next post
how you would've faired.

Never tried the calamari there.
I can't not have either the
French onion soup
or the escargots.

 

[fallonkendra]

I had missed an entire post, so boo on me for missing out on possible points

Oh well, I'm here in time for this one:

1. What does Ruby do that makes her happy?
(She's done this before on our trips.)

You mean besides go to gift shops?

2. Which common fast food place
do I go to, to get breakfast?

Timmy's! Although, that place has gone downhill since Burger King bought them...

3. iPod. Found? Or lost forever?

Canadians are generally good people, but you're dealing with too many tourists at a spot like that. Lost forever.

4. Where do you want to travel to?
(Money is no object. But must be on Earth.)

I need to get back to Europe, I've only been to Germany but there's so many other countries I want to see. I always wanted to say I've spent time in every Canadian province as well - I'm only missing NFLD and Quebec (and I've been to Quebec to drive through it by bus and train, I've been to the airport, train station, etc - but I don't count it).

Did you see it?
No need to PM this one.
Just go ahead and tell the world!

Glad to see Marvin made it safely across the highway

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Oh, I do...
But I just keep lopping them off.

Who needs more than seven, anyway?

I like it. Pure, cold efficiency. Only keep what you need. Can be a little painful.

Why do you think you were invited?

I knew there was a reason you kept me around!

Such a great movie.

Agreed. I need to watch that one again.

You really want those bonus points, huh?

I just call it as I see it. Your TR's are highly entertaining, and I've greatly enjoyed reading them. And with all the time and effort you put into them, sometimes you need to hear that.

I hope he can get out.

If he just is patient and presses
the right combination
of numbers.

Perfect.

So could have not leaving
my iPod in the can.

Well, there is that.

Hey! That's right!
(Actually did that once.
Not the Iditarod, but rode
on a dogsled. Fun!)

I can't see how that would not be fun! Very cool.

The part in my hair
just ain't gonna look right.

Do you think it really matters, Eddie?

 

[juniorbugman]

Questions, next round:
1. What does Ruby do that makes her happy?
(She's done this before on our trips.)
Shopping both window and real purchases

2. Which common fast food place do I go to, to get breakfast?
Tim Hortons

3. iPod. Found? Or lost forever?
Found because we all have to hope that their are good fairies out there.

4. Where do you want to travel to?
(Money is no object. But must be on Earth.)
I would like to go back to Australia and travel the south seas. Been there back in 1991 - saw Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

I saw Marvin - I have the same pictures of those animal crossings from my Banff vacation.

 

[pkondz]

I had missed an entire post, so boo on me for missing out on possible points

What's with that???
Am I not the most important
person in your life???



(don't answer that.)

1. What does Ruby do that makes her happy?
(She's done this before on our trips.)

You mean besides go to gift shops?

2. Which common fast food place
do I go to, to get breakfast?

Timmy's! Although, that place has gone downhill since Burger King bought them...

3. iPod. Found? Or lost forever?

Canadians are generally good people, but you're dealing with too many tourists at a spot like that. Lost forever.

4. Where do you want to travel to?
(Money is no object. But must be on Earth.)

I need to get back to Europe, I've only been to Germany but there's so many other countries I want to see. I always wanted to say I've spent time in every Canadian province as well - I'm only missing NFLD and Quebec (and I've been to Quebec to drive through it by bus and train, I've been to the airport, train station, etc - but I don't count it).

Noted.
I need to get to a couple
Maritime provinces still myself.

Glad to see Marvin made it safely across the highway

Had to get to the other side.

 

[mustinjourney]

I don't know what I was thinking.
I saw "bridge collapse"...
and totally missed the rest of the sentence.

I Googled for bridge collapse Banff.

Missed the whole "Masters" and
"a few months ago" parts.

How dare you not instantly know what I was thinking in my head!

How does a homeless guy start a fire like that???

they said that there was a bunch of PVC pipes that were being stored under the bridge. The assumption is the homeless guy started a fire in a 55 gallon drum and it got out of control.

http://myfox8.com/2017/04/01/invest...-fire-that-caused-atlanta-bridge-to-collapse/

Right here.

Never tried the calamari there.
I can't not have either the
French onion soup
or the escargots.

There is a very simple solution -- you order all three.

The other thing that is really good is the wedge salad with the added steak as an option.

And I'll leave you with some pretty funny statistics...

 

[pkondz]

I like it. Pure, cold efficiency. Only keep what you need. Can be a little painful.

I laugh in the face of pain.

Or is that screaming?
So hard to tell them apart.

I knew there was a reason you kept me around!

No. There's no reason.

Agreed. I need to watch that one again.

I just call it as I see it. Your TR's are highly entertaining, and I've greatly enjoyed reading them. And with all the time and effort you put into them, sometimes you need to hear that.

Aw, shucks.


Clearly, sir. You have been drinking.

I can't see how that would not be fun! Very cool.

It was!

Do you think it really matters, Eddie?

 

[pkondz]

Sorry, Jen. Somehow I skipped over you.
Don't ask me how I could possibly
skip over you....

Temporary insanity.

Not a huge fan of wasting money on flowers - but then you didn't indicate they would be purchased. Perhaps if a couple stems were picked from our garden or inexpensively purchased.

Okay. I'll keep the flowers.

They'll make a nice salad.

Have two of those......not worn in over 10 years.

Ah. An earrings girl.

It is. We will be covering some of the Midwest-East Coast on our next trip.

Nice!
I'll be doing similarly.

 

[pkondz]

Questions, next round:
1. What does Ruby do that makes her happy?
(She's done this before on our trips.)
Shopping both window and real purchases

2. Which common fast food place do I go to, to get breakfast?
Tim Hortons

3. iPod. Found? Or lost forever?
Found because we all have to hope that their are good fairies out there.

4. Where do you want to travel to?
(Money is no object. But must be on Earth.)
I would like to go back to Australia and travel the south seas. Been there back in 1991 - saw Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

Noted.
Nice trip you had in 91!

I saw Marvin - I have the same pictures of those animal crossings from my Banff vacation.

Great minds think alike.

I don't know why I'm
thinking like your great mind, mind you.

 

[pkondz]

How dare you not instantly know what I was thinking in my head!

Mea culpa.

they said that there was a bunch of PVC pipes that were being stored under the bridge. The assumption is the homeless guy started a fire in a 55 gallon drum and it got out of control.

Yeah, I guess that would do it.
Probably trying to keep warm.

Did I not mention the sealing?

There is a very simple solution -- you order all three.

Order. All. Three.

The other thing that is really good is the wedge salad with the added steak as an option.

I had that!
About... A month ago.

And I'll leave you with some pretty funny statistics...

I don't see any statistics.


But I can read minds.

Like.... oh, about an hour,
hour and a quarter ago...
You were thinking...

"Didn't I post my answers already?"