CSE-- Pg. 74 SATAN'S HAMMER, Ch.18, pg.160 "Goodnight Sweetheart" epilogue

[shan23877]

Great chapter Nebo (and Smidgy). I've never driven through Birmingham at rush hour, but I've got to assume that it's not fun.



Smidgy-I'm with you. Just got home from work. I'll be up until 2:30 at least.

 

[winkers]

My mom used to always say "and we're off like a herd of turtles" after we'd back out of the drive way at the start of any road trip...so of course I say the same thing now but my kids turned it into a "terd of hurtles".

I would love to be the back seat passenger on one of your road trips....I can just imagine the conversations you two have! Ok...and I'd love to hear Smidgy yelling at you to "get left"!!


You asked about funeral potatoes........they are like mana from heaven. Everyone I know calls them funeral potatoes because, well....the church always serves them when we have a dinner for the family after a funeral. Ham and funeral potatoes....you could almost say it's to die for. ok....I'll stop. But I guess I should explain what they are.......little chuncks of boiled potatoes mixed with sour cream, cream of mushroom soup, cheddar cheese....sometimes cream cheese too...and baked till it's bubbly and a little crispy on top.

 

[Self_resqing_princz]

Who you kiddin' , you only come to these reports to see a Nebo crash!
Well, you get your wish this time, in spades!

While that is true... I never hope you really get hurt... you know like schtick comedy. Where it's funny because you know they're not really hurt.

 

[Self_resqing_princz]

Besides, Rebecca or Marie never invited us for a nice steak lunch in Indy, their treat of course, and we have freinds that live in Little Louie that if we had mentioned we are going throught there, heck, we'd probably STILL be sitting in a gin mill somewhere there, drinking.

Lies lies lies! Darn You Nebo... If I knew your full name I'd be yelling that! I invited you and Smidgy to come through Indy and I said I'd be happy to take you out for lunch! I said that about 2 weeks before you left... If I can find the post, I'll be happy to repost it.... and then I think you owe me...
An appology! My feelings are hurt!

 

[Self_resqing_princz]

I gotta say, I'm sad you're not coming thru Indy on your trip down... they put up new traffic signs all the way around 465, and like 1 or 2 on 65 in the Metro area that gives you the time till the next interstate... it says "8 miles until 65 South- __ minutes until 65".
That... and it would have been and awesome Dismeet! Just sayin!

See!

 

[pkondz]

Lies lies lies! Darn You Nebo... If I knew your full name I'd be yelling that! I invited you and Smidgy to come through Indy and I said I'd be happy to take you out for lunch! I said that about 2 weeks before you left... If I can find the post, I'll be happy to repost it.... and then I think you owe me...
An appology! My feelings are hurt!

You mean this one?

I gotta say, I'm sad you're not coming thru Indy on your trip down... they put up new traffic signs all the way around 465, and like 1 or 2 on 65 in the Metro area that gives you the time till the next interstate... it says "8 miles until 65 South- __ minutes until 65".
That... and it would have been and awesome Dismeet! Just sayin!

 

[pkondz]

As Albert told us, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

Believe it or not. I say this all the time...


... and always get the same reaction.

The only times that actually works,,,,,,,

is when they count the election votes in Florida!

So, is it odd that I'm not American and yet I know exactly what you're talking about?

So what happens when on the 21st trip, what you have done for the previous 20 trips now turns around and bites you?

Simple. You bite back.

Or is it an example of constantly, consistently getting lucky,,,

Way to go!

Oh, not that kind of lucky... disregard.

taking a midnight stroll in the dark and always turning back just two steps away from an unknown cliff edge?

Is dangerous and should be considered unlawful.

Is it possible that the famous fist of fate was always right around the corner, waiting to clutch, only to have you unknowingly change directions just as it was pouncing?

Oh, come on. You talk about fate as if it was a living, breathing...

aaahhhhh!!!!!!

Can you still be repeatedly lucky, even if you are unaware of it in the first place?

I think the days of knocking her out first, went out with the cavemen, dude.

The Methuselah effect, if you will?

Eh? What's that sonny?

Couldn't we all just have pictures a la Dorian Gray?

Carpentersville, Il. Sunday, July 29

Cue foreboding music?

Wed thru Friday, AKL, Jambo House, a standard studio we rented points for, just like our last trip driving down where many of you will remember, everything in the world went wrong.

So glad that didn't happen this time!

Oh, wait...

if I'm driving all the way down,,, it's going to be for more than just seven nights, that's just not long enough for the work involved in this rapidly aging body.

True story. I was actually contemplating driving down for 4 days. That would involve 34 hours of driving... one way!

Didn't do it. Ergo, still alive.

Seriously, I'm a good driver, no accidents or tickets in the last Milennia,

Every man on this planet who has driven a car knows in his gut that he can win the Indianapolis 500.

or since they had a clever idea for the Imagination Pavillion,

Wow! We're talking a looooong time!

And nightime driving is pretty much out, now, which really hurts when you are going from north of Chicago to middle Florida.

I hear ya. I was thinking of leaving somewhere around 4am and driving until midnight or so.

But you can't even think it if you can't drive it.

For those of you numerically challenged, that comes to 133.3333333333 bucks a night, Ponzi, again, and no tax, how do you pass that up?

I don't get it. You have to pay with one and a third of a deer?

Actually, that's pretty impressive.

After Jambo, we then move on to Pop Century for a seven night stay with Todd, Kim, and our grandson, Jackson, who is not quite seven himself.

But not with points, right?

We have both been waiting a long time to finally have a trip with actual family members whose names don't sound like Nebo or Smidgy.

Does that mean you're going to adopt? Or just look for long lost cousins from the bayou?

Now, the only problem with this plan is that: even though neither of us have any plans for Sunday, and it can be nice to take it easy driving down instead of killing yourself, each night on the road translates into about 50 bucks for a motel, on average.

?50? I always seem to wind up with at least $100/night. Then again, with 4 of us, I'm usually looking for a suite with a pullout sofa.

Saturday, the night before, she had to work, and she basically told me that she doesn't know when she'll be readyn to go, so "Just be ready."
Right.Don't you love that?

I'm not touching that with a 10 foot pole! (His name's Yablonski... but that's another story) I've already read Smidgy's correction. You're on your own there dude.

I slept downstairs on the couch so as not to distoib "She", but I was actually up at 3:15, waiting.

That's the worst, isn't it? The waiting? It's not the 'being awake' it's the 'how much longer' part.

And my back was starting to get to me from the couch.
Muscular Degeneration along with the Macular Degeneration?

And, of course, my mind was fixed on the drive and Disney!

Mousecular Degeneration?

Proof positive. I always knew you were a degenerate.

Then I had a sneezing fit and my nose kept running:

Ok,,,, I'll stop now.
(Damn, it's good to be back!)

And then there are those of us who must suffer.

You know what comes next:join me

ANNNNNNNND,, WE'RE OFFFFFFFF!

Always the start of a good TR!

Ah, it felt so good to yell that out in the ol Santa Fe again this trip, they frown on you when you yell that out just as the plane is leaving the tarmac.

Always like that word, didn't Johnny Carson use that as an alterego, fortunetelling?

Johnny Carson. The best late night host...

ever.

(and a Lucifer's Hammer reference)

What the heck was I talking about?

How should I know? I lost track back at line 1.

Who needs drugs when I have this glob of gray matter jammed between my ears?
But I only have 40 shades, should I be ashamed?

Oh, all right. I'll spot you 10 but then you'll owe me.

On second thought, considering the subject, you can keep them, gratis.

They have magical lanes going through Atlanta that can just dissappear at a moments notice on you.

Yay! I love a good magic trick! Can I play?

You can be going along just fine, when suddenly your lane vanishes and now you are trying to fit inside the glove box of a Cadillac Expedition that was next to you.

Hmmm.... Santa Fe....

Yup. You'd fit.

And then all 4 lanes to the right of me will drop off the edge of the planet and now I'm suddenly in the far right lane, with her screaming to "get left, get left like I said, Damn it, get left!"

Oh yes, you can't help but laugh.

I did!

and it's kind of nice to not have to worry about any Cities until Nashville.

I guess having been as many times as you, that makes sense. I'm the opposite. Going through a city for me is part of playing tourist on the drive. Ever been to Nashville?

Yup! Drove through on the way to Florida!

Besides, Rebecca or Marie never invited us for a nice steak lunch in Indy, their treat of course, and we have freinds that live in Little Louie that if we had mentioned we are going throught there, heck, we'd probably STILL be sitting in a gin mill somewhere there, drinking.

No good can come of this.

Just sayin'...

Not sure why, but we had a lot of fun with Patrick and his family from Newnan when we met them all 5 years ago, but I can't get him to call me back now.

Hmmm... let's see.
You met people in person.
Now they won't return your calls.

Do I really need to spell it out to you? No? Yes?

There were some demons that we wanted to exorcise though,

We have a dog that we have to take for walks so she can get some exorcise. You have demons.

Wait, you're not referring to Diane, are you??

Smidgy, are you going to let him get away with that??

and, when I mean exorcise them, I'm not talking about getting them to do some " Sweatin' to the Oldies" with Rich Simmons.

And now you're saying she's an 'oldy'. Wouldn't want to be you right now.

Smidgy you have my permission to smack him.

Not that you need permission.

How about we replace 'permission' with 'encouragement'?

( shudder) ya think I could have the new and improved Linda Blair back instead of Richard?

Well that would be an improvement...

I can also do without the split pea soup from a Super Soaker, also! But again, if the alternative is Richard,,,,

I used to hate pea soup when I was a kid. Now I like it. The strangest thing I saw was in Hanover, Germany where there was a sidewalk vendor who was selling bowls of pea soup with a wiener sticking out of the soup.

No lie.

It was good, though.

(Isn't it amazing that the Old, old, priest, that played the main priest that dies of a heart attack in that movie that was made 40 years ago, is just now playing the roles of an older man? He had to bbe about 30 years old playing that part where he looked like he was in his 80's!
I don't know who was more amazing, Max von Sydow, or the make-up team!

You're right! Geez! I never even thought of that. Max von Sydow? Oh, yeah. He's old. He's been old for over 120 years now.

Oh, and on movie sets like "The Exorcist" you probably don't want to talk anytime about having "make-up sex" anywhere near there. I'll let you take it from there.

Declined. But thanks for the invite.

Our first fill up was needed at just about the same area as the last trip down, a tiny little town named Ina in Illinois, where we stopped last time,,,,

Ila in Inanois. Check.

Wasn't hissing this time though. And it wasn't raining either, right there it was a great mood builder, felt like things were really back to normal, FINALLY.

Breathed a sigh of relief valve there, huh?

Since the tank was now filled, no tires were leaking and things were still on solid ground, Diane ran back into the attatched McDonalds and grabbed us each a small fry to enjoy some, "Meals on Wheels".

McDonalds fries = best food on earth
McDonalds everything else =

Oh yes, it was a "Funday that Sunday in the Hyundai"!

So how long were you waiting to use that one?





Over the river and through the woods...

Through Kentucky we go,

What?

We took leaks, no, not the tires, our bladders,,,

There's the hissing sound!

I got a bag of S and M's, ( melt in your mouth, not in your handcuffs)

disembarkationbackingoutandpullingaueee,

well said.

VAROOOM!
Smooth,
and quiet.

Wonderfull.

One more sigh of relieved yourselves.

Bama,,,, ain't cheap!

Then you shouldn't have elected him!

I normally alot 50 bucks a night for travel stays down and back.
Only 2 or 3 times tops, have we passed the 50 threshold, and that has to include tax, too.

Still amazes me.

So we're talking approximately 45 nights or so on the road under a 50 buck total,,, with 3 nights just over,,,, I remember once in Effinghame Ill.. it came to 55,,,

Is that why you call it Effingham instead of Ham? :

THis is where we talked to other tourists that night in the hot tub who were really pissed at us cuz they had to spend 99 a night to stay there, not sure why, all I could tell them was it was a time we booked it 3 months ago.

Don't you love doing that?

( I believe for every drop of rain, that falls, a flower grow)
( and I believe for everyone who goes astray, a candle glow)

Wait! Umm... Andrew Dice Clay?

It was in a town in Northern "Bama, Franklin, I think it was, well before Birmingham. It would have been nice to gtet past B'ham and onto rt. 20 before rush hour tomorrow, but hey,,,,, it's Birmingham Alabama for gosh sakes,,,,,,,,,,

how bad can rush hour be?

Now cue foreboding music??

With that we'll call it quits tonight,,, yeas,,, still working on pics, just don't need them up to this point,,, which is why a babbled so much this chap.

Babble away, dude. We all love it! Thanks for the chapter!

 

[Self_resqing_princz]

You mean this one?

Yes... that's exactly what I meant! (I think we are teaching Nebo a lesson here....)

 

[CoolMom2112]

ANNNNNNNND,, WE'RE OFFFFFFFF!

Yesssss!!!

 

[CoolMom2112]

I normally alot 50 bucks a night for travel stays down and back.
Only 2 or 3 times tops, have we passed the 50 threshold, and that has to include tax, too. So we're talking approximately 45 nights or so on the road under a 50 buck total,,, with 3 nights just over,,,,

I usually alot...allot...a lot... allow $100 per night... I'm in awe (awwww) of how cheaply just 2 can 'co-habit' on the road!!

Of course we're a family of 5....

 

[laura74]

So what happens when on the 21st trip, what you have done for the previous 20 trips now turns around and bites you? .

Wait. You weren’t getting bitten on all those other trips? Outrunning tornados, having your car break down and suffering numerous injuries is the ideal. Check.

Or is it an example of constantly, consistently getting lucky,,,

Can you still be repeatedly lucky, even if you are unaware of it in the first place?

When were you lucky again? Did I miss a trip report?

The thing is, we really don't have anywhere to go until Wednsday, when we check into Animal Kingdom Lodge. The only workday for Diane was Monday this week, and she was taking that off anyway, and I'd much rather drive in sunshing than rainshine.

Nothing worse than rainshine.

Our 3 nights are costing us 50 points, DVC points are high for this time of year, total cost is 400 smackers right on the nose, plus z-e-r-o- tax! For those of you numerically challenged, that comes to 133.3333333333 bucks a night, Ponzi, again, and no tax, how do you pass that up?

Great deal!

Saturday, the night before, she had to work, and she basically told me that she doesn't know when she'll be readyn to go, so "Just be ready."
Right.Don't you love that?

What’s wrong with that? Right, Smidgy?

Mousecular Degeneration?

Good one!

Who needs drugs when I have this glob of gray matter jammed between my ears?
But I only have 40 shades, should I be ashamed?

Maybe Ponzi will lend you 10.

.... for the first time I believe,, we are staying at a Best Western. They are usually more expensive, and usually have interior corridors. Well,,, the price is cheap for a Best Western,,, and they actually had outside hallways, so what the heck, we took it.

50 dollah, PLUS tax and other crap,,, think it came to a nice round number like 63. 47 and one half cent.

Still a pretty good deal. Why are hotels with interior corridors so much more expensive?

It was in a town in Northern "Bama, Franklin, I think it was, well before Birmingham. It would have been nice to gtet past B'ham and onto rt. 20 before rush hour tomorrow, but hey,,,,, it's Birmingham Alabama for gosh sakes,,,,,,,,,,

how bad can rush hour be?

Do I sense some foreshadowing?

Great chapter Nebo!

 

[jakeybake]

Great chapter and love the cliff hanger!! Your ride down couldn't possibly be any worse than your last trip could it........................

We leave on Wednesday for our annual Beach Club trip but I will be following along all week for sure!!

Hope things are great!

Jay

 

[cp'ersmom]

Just booked our stay at AOA Lion King Suite. Excited! sorry just wanted to share

 

[Heluvsme]

Thanks for the update.... now.... we're still waiting for THE update!!!



(that's my scared face)


~~Dawn

 

[monymony3471]

As Albert told us, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

The only times that actually works,,,,,,,

is when they count the election votes in Florida!

So what happens when on the 21st trip, what you have done for the previous 20 trips now turns around and bites you? Or is it an example of constantly, consistently getting lucky,,, taking a midnight stroll in the dark and always turning back just two steps away from an unknown cliff edge?

Mr. Magoo!

Is it possible that the famous fist of fate was always right around the corner, waiting to clutch, only to have you unknowingly change directions just as it was pouncing?

Grim Reaper? Nope not this time!


Can you still be repeatedly lucky, even if you are unaware of it in the first place?

You are proof of that!

The thing is, we really don't have anywhere to go until Wednsday, when we check into Animal Kingdom Lodge. The only workday for Diane was Monday this week, and she was taking that off anyway, and I'd much rather drive in sunshing than rainshine.

Sunshing tells me he doesn't like rain.......


Seriously, I'm a good driver,

Just not a good walker, maybe next trip it is time to rent a scooter, on second thought, maybe not.

no accidents or tickets in the last Milennia,

That only proves you are lucky as you descirbed before in paragraph 4 sub scetion 2.

or since they had a clever idea for the Imagination Pavillion, but I'm not as good as I used to be, due the my macular degeneration.

and the occasional fuzzy drinks and vikes cocktails

And nightime driving is pretty much out, now, which really hurts when you are going from north of Chicago to middle Florida.

After Jambo, we then move on to Pop Century for a seven night stay with Todd, Kim, and our grandson, Jackson, who is not quite seven himself. We have both been waiting a long time to finally have a trip with actual family members whose names don't sound like Nebo or Smidgy.




Oh well, I'd rather take it easy than have to drive in storms this trip, I've/we've been playing that game a lot lately, and we'd really rather sit this one out, thank you very much!

Twice we got hit with torrential downpours in which I was afraid that I was going to hit someone at a standstill going about 20 mph, I know what you mean here.

Saturday, the night before, she had to work, and she basically told me that she doesn't know when she'll be readyn to go, so "Just be ready."
Right.Don't you love that?

Makes perfect sense to me.

We usually leave around 3 in the morning, but those days are pretty much gone thanks to macular degeneration, but dawn is at 5, and I was ready to leave at quarter to 5.

And at quarter after 5.
And at quarter to six.
And at quarter after six.

So on.

I slept downstairs on the couch so as not to distoib "She", but I was actually up at 3:15, waiting.
And my back was starting to get to me from the couch.
Muscular Degeneration along with the Macular Degeneration?

And, of course, my mind was fixed on the drive and Disney!

Mousecular Degeneration?

Then I had a sneezing fit and my nose kept running:

Ok,,,, I'll stop now.
(Damn, it's good to be back!)

She got up, packed the cooler, and we said our " please Lord guide us safely on our journey and don't let us end up in the Macon County Jail", prayer.
You know what comes next:join me

ANNNNNNNND,, WE'RE OFFFFFFFF!

I thought this upon our departure!



Since we didn't leave the house until 9:22, I can tell I'm not going to make Birmingham before dark, so at the 'Bama welcome center, (apostrophe trademarked) Sniffy grabbed some hotel coupon books, and she was seriously looking for a place not too far down the road.


I didn't know you picked up hitch hikers??

I thought of a slogan that suits you just fine. You could even be their poster chi........., ah, model.

Takes a lickin' but keeps on tickin'!

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Takes a lickin' but keeps on tickin'!

I love that Mony!

 

[orangecats2]

Great start Nebo. Can't wait for the luau chapter.

So what do you think about us meeting up with ponzi in Minneapolis?

 

[nebo]

I shout you shout we all shout for shout outs!
( I really am still a child, aren't I?)

Carnac the Magnificent! Miss Johnny.

Oh, have mercy-- I'd much rather drive TO Atlanta just to get in their rush-hour, than to go thru Bham at rush-hour!! Bless your hearts.

Yeah Bama Cindy, I ruther doubt we will be going that way again soon. That's just it, always trade offs,, No, B-Ham isn't as bad as Atlanta, but now we can't take the Briley Pkwy through Nashville either, so that's back to being a hassle again. Throw in the 'state road" factor instead of the interstate, and well,,,just suck it up and drive through Atlanta.

Why can't Atalnta be in a more convenient place, like northern Maine? Let Stephen King write some horror stories of clowns from "the evil hearts in the suburbs of Atlanta, Maine". And we'll just change Derry, to Perry.

You know, I'm starting to think i have an idea why my shout outs take so long!

Does that come with fuzzy cups?

You won't believe the final talley on fuzzy cups, little bottles and Sunny D's this trip, I don't want to give it away just yet, but it was totally, totally, amazing!

That was a great chapter! You are back!!!

Well thank you very much,, and yeah, it did feel good, only thing missing was I didn't get Ponzi to say gack or anybody to spit on the monitor.

Is the baddest part of town
And if you go down there
You better just beware
Of a man named Leroy Brown


Always hated that song


I don't think I am going to like this answer.

No, but it won't be boring.

Yep,I think vikes and Sunny D are just what the doctor ordered for you, throw in some of those brats you like and you might be in convalescent heaven!

Convalescent heaven? Enough vikes and "My" Sunny D's, and I'll maybe be in "Convulsion Hell!"

well, you can, but you won't sleep for a couple hours.

so, we left a little early than the previously agreed upon time of 9:30. (the possiblility of leaving earlier was always a longshot)


and oh yeah!!! I have had it noted in my atlas for years now, where the splits are in atlanta, and whether we need to get right or left. so there!!!!

Did you notice now it's "My Atlas"?
That's all she reads now, and never goes anywhere without it.

We go out to dinner and she asks to see the Atlas.
She checks the Atlas to see if there's anything good on tonight.
She wants to start a bible study again and this time they's study the book of Kentucky.
Both first AND second!

(same thing with Indianapolis,and when we took that route a year or so ago, and my notes said to stay left, but this stupid GPS he borrowed from his friend said to get right. I told him to listed to me, NOT the stupid lady with the british accent. guess who was right??? ME!!! the snobby sounding british lady was trying to get us back on the original path SHE wanted us to take, the bypass, when we chose to drive straight through. no wonder it was so easy to get our independance back in the 1770s .. sorry to all you UKers)

Have you ever seen Smidgy get it on with a disembodied very Brittish woman's voice like Judi Dench on a GPS?

It's not pretty!
Once Diane started with the swear words and name calling, well, I didn't know Miss Dench could talk like she was in Reservoir Dogs. They would have named her Miss Blue!



........)

Great chapter Nebo (and Smidgy). I've never driven through Birmingham at rush hour, but I've got to assume that it's not fun.



Smidgy-I'm with you. Just got home from work. I'll be up until 2:30 at least.

Shannon, where are you working at? You're waitressing, right? Maybe we can make a road trip.

My mom used to always say "and we're off like a herd of turtles" after we'd back out of the drive way at the start of any road trip...so of course I say the same thing now but my kids turned it into a "terd of hurtles".

I would love to be the back seat passenger on one of your road trips....I can just imagine the conversations you two have!

Nebo: Oh look, a bunch of turtles on the side of the road.

Smidgy: Not bunch, herd.

Nebo: Heard of what?

Smidgy: Herd of turtles!

Nebo: Of course I've heard of turtles.

Smidgy: No, no, not heard of turtles, a turtle herd.

Nebo: What do I care what a turtle heard, I've got no secrets from a turtle!

Hey, you asked for it.


You asked about funeral potatoes........they are like mana from heaven. Everyone I know calls them funeral potatoes because, well....the church always serves them when we have a dinner for the family after a funeral. Ham and funeral potatoes....you could almost say it's to die for. ok....I'll stop. But I guess I should explain what they are.......little chuncks of boiled potatoes mixed with sour cream, cream of mushroom soup, cheddar cheese....sometimes cream cheese too...and baked till it's bubbly and a little crispy on top.

Yes, no bout a doubt it, they sound terrific.

Lies lies lies! Darn You Nebo... If I knew your full name I'd be yelling that! I invited you and Smidgy to come through Indy and I said I'd be happy to take you out for lunch! I said that about 2 weeks before you left... If I can find the post, I'll be happy to repost it.... and then I think you owe me...
An appology! My feelings are hurt!

Yes my dear Rebecca from Gonnashoot Farm, you are right, I was only teasin. We haven't gone the 65 route lately,,, been hearing that there's real bad backups on and near the bridge going into Louisville.
We used to always stay in a town just south of Louis, Shepherdsvill, that had a real homey type restaurant out in front, but last time there, the Days Inin had gone downhill fast, the cockroaches it appeared to have won, and the eatery had now closed.

We were even morose.
so, again, you are right, I am wrong.

And if I even tried to bs my way out of it,,, there's my Good, good buddy Ponzi to be right there for me, the guy who makes you want to throw up from all his fake flattering and sucking up to all the women,,,but when it comes to backing up a brother? Nope, he's just as soon throw you under the bus!
Again.

I've got "Mears" stamped on my forehead!

 

[pkondz]

And if I even tried to bs my way out of it,,, there's my Good, good buddy Ponzi to be right there for me, the guy who makes you want to throw up from all his fake flattering and sucking up to all the women,,,but when it comes to backing up a brother? Nope, he's just as soon throw you under the bus!
Again.

I've got "Mears" stamped on my forehead!

I don't have to throw you under the bus. You fall under them all on your own.

 

[nebo]

You mean this one?

Ah yes, so nice t see yu again, Brutus

Believe it or not. I say this all the time...


... and always get the same reaction.

you know, that was, I guess, kind of clever. But I'm just not in the mood tonight to honor you, and/or clever, sorry , just how it is tonight. I think you can understand.
But if Laura or Monica had said it, well,,,

So, is it odd that I'm not American and yet I know exactly what you're talking about?

Um no, I don't think so at all. To me, Canadians are as American as we are, but instead of green cards, they use hockey pucks.



no, I don't know what it means either,,, like I said, read above.

Is dangerous and should be considered unlawful.

I forgot, what should, oh, State Fair Corn dogs/ you can put your eye out.

Oh, come on. You talk about fate as if it was a living, breathing...

aaahhhhh!!!!!!

Rowan and Martin's Fickle Finger of Fate!


Couldn't we all just have pictures a la Dorian Gray?

Absolutely, great idea. I have one, and I think Laura has the other 49!

Cue foreboding music?



True story. I was actually contemplating driving down for 4 days. That would involve 34 hours of driving... one way!

Didn't do it. Ergo, still alive.

Atthe risk of repeating myself, allow me to repeat myself:
It was going without sleep working extra jobs and shifts that caused my first retinal detatchment when I was 21 years old.

Every man on this planet who has driven a car knows in his gut that he can win the Indianapolis 500.

I can see your thoughts on that, but no, not me, I never felt that way. I know I would end up being bored to death going in a circle the whle time and sooner or later, i'd do something stupid just to liven things up!

Wow! We're talking a looooong time!

Pre, EO.






Actually, that's pretty impressive.



But not with points, right?

No, and the FIRST night at POP, which we got the kids to take on,,, they were only going to stay for six nights and we knew that wasn't enough,,, so we offered to pay for them that very first night,,,, well,,,,

the first night is,, a Saturday,,, ka-ching,,, and it's still summer season,,, ka-ching, ka-ching, Chiang Kai-shek.
that first night actually came to 143 bucks for a standard room at Pop, that includes tax.

Alltogether now,,,,


GEESH!
The Studio at Jambo House with a pool view was cheaper!
Always the start of a good TR!



I still love saying that;
I still love reading that I said that!



Johnny Carson. The best late night host...

ever.

no arugments from this corner.


Oh, all right. I'll spot you 10 but then you'll owe me.

On second thought, considering the subject, you can keep them, gratis.

I lost track, are we still talking about the 40 shades of Dorian Gray? Hey, could be used in the Imagination Pavillion, replacing Honey I Shrunk and Captain EIEIO,,, Yah, 40 Shades of Gray, and they can even keep the "Sponsored by Kodak".

Yay! I love a good magic trick! Can I play?

Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat.
"No, leave Thumper Man in there, please!"[
And now you're saying she's an 'oldy'. Wouldn't want to be you right now.

Smidgy you have my permission to smack him.

Not that you need permission.

And once again, everybody, my best friend, Ponzi!

I used to hate pea soup when I was a kid. Now I like it. The strangest thing I saw was in Hanover, Germany where there was a sidewalk vendor who was selling bowls of pea soup with a wiener sticking out of the soup.

No lie.

It was good, though.

Well, here we go again.
when I was a youngun', I hated most everything except hot dogs, and Pee soup was on the top of the list, or at least near the top.

Oh, ok, ok,,, no wonder I hated it.
Anyway, Pea Soup was something I detested.
Despised.
Hated.
Loathed.
And I didn't like it.

AND , I have no idea when it happened, but it can well be my favorite kind of soup now.
Diane makes a great homemade version.

But I also really like the Campbell's Chunky Style Split Pea and Ham, it is just wonderful.
The thing is:

When making the Campbell's Chunky in a small soup pot,,,

I will cut up some good hot dogs in little pieces, boil them first, then add them to my split pea and ham soup!
Yep,, the weenies really add substance to the soup, and Diane looks at me like I'm nuts when I do this.

Maybe she's right,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

but I'm doing MUCH bet ter,,,,,,,,
now.



You're right! Geez! I never even thought of that. Max von Sydow? Oh, yeah. He's old. He's been old for over 120 years now.

To me, ol' Max and Linda Blair stil get the credit for scaring me more than any other movie ever did.
And then when Linda Blair got older and made more movies, they were still just as scary, even if they weren't supposed to be.
Declined. But thanks for the invite.

McDonalds fries = best food on earth
McDonalds everything else =

For some reason though,,, it started about 3 years ago;;;;
McDonald's fries, as much as I love them, give me chest grabbing, I'm going to die hearburn and I have no idea why!
By the time I get half way through a small order,, that's when it starts, and I will actually chew, swallow and moan in pain, chew, swallow, and really moan in pain.
Repeat.

So how long were you waiting to use that one?


really, not long at all,, for once a title hit me without too much work, but believe me,,, I have sat nd stared at the monitor for what seems like forever at times,,,,yelling at the cats to give me an idear.

well said.

Still amazes me.


Don't you love doing that?

You know, I tried really hard,,, but I don't know what you are talking about.





Now cue foreboding music??

No, not yet.
And I can't tell you what day "Hot Fudge Sundae" falls on this year, stil too early

Babble away, dude. We all love it! Thanks for the chapter!

this I remember,, you still love the babbling.

For those interested, I still mean it, I think 7 chapters will wind this report up, cuz there's really now much to talk about after "Hot Fudge Sundae".

Guess I'm going to have to explain that just a wee bit before we get to it.
That's ok. I won't bore you to tears.

Yes... that's exactly what I meant! (I think we are teaching Nebo a lesson here....)