pkondz
Oh dear, I've got the silly thing in reverse
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First of all, the comment wasn't poorly worded. The only thing that was poor was my attempt at humour. I may not know much about horses (Not like the poor fellow below) but I do know that!
But... 3 feet of chain!!! 
A cowboy walks up to the city slicker who's leaning against a fence, staring into a field.
Cowboy, "Whatcha doin' pardner?"
City boy, "Well, I may not be fully educated in the farming industry and it's relevant attachments, but something has me puzzled."
Cowboy, "What's that?"
City boy, "Well, I'm looking at that cow over there and it doesn't have any horns. I thought all cows had horns."
Cowboy, "Some cows don't have horns, some cows are born without horns and some cows have their horns removed. But the reason this particular cow doesn't have horns is because it's a horse."
Ba dum bum
What a great chapter!
Thanks!
Funny, I read that line about,," I discovered I scream the same way,,,,," a few months ago myself and forgot about it, that's a great line!
So tell me, is that the Aussie guy you mentioned posing with your kids or the German guy?
German guy, once removed.
Actually, the second I looked at the pic, I thought,
"Uh oh, uh oh I can't believe it, you gotta be kidding me!"
I knew it was inevitable that somebody would compare us, I'm surprised it made it all the way down to Thumperman. But Smidgy says you don't have the big, round German nose that I've been blessed with.
Nope, but I make up for it with the ears.
Again, great report, thanks for sharing!
Thanks again!
Thanks... but the day's not over yet!
No problem. Great pics! Up here, we only got 60% coverage... and I was stuck inside all day working anyway.
Both our fathers were born in Germany... at least I think that's the case with Nebo.
I see you Pkondz!!!
Where!? Did I leave the laptop camera on again?
Seriously, when I saw the chapter title I thought you were using "surfing with sharks" as a euphemism.
Like "Jump the shark"? Nah, this TR did that a long time ago.
The terror and excitement of you actually doing it hit me pretty quickly though. I like watching sharks on Discovery or reading about them in books, and yes, I even like watching Jaws. But in the water with them. No way Jose!
There are some people that do it without a cage... back in 2008 an Austrian tourist was killed while swimming with sharks in open water. There's adventure and there's dumb.
I like the way you casually inserted the picture as well Pkondz. Sharks, sharks, completely cool video of sharks, Pkondz picture.....hey, wait a second....PKONDZ!!!!
I thought about how I was going to do it, then decided the surreptitious way was the way to go.
In the spirit of all the baked goods discussed in the TR, I have a cute little story to share with you guys. My mom likes to bake but within the last few years she has taken to trying to make her baked goodies "healthy". If I want healthy I will purposefully eat veggies or fruit, but if I want something home made, I want it decidedly unhealthy.
My mom brought some strawberry muffins by tonight. They looked great, but she had mentioned that she used wheat flour and "just a smidgen" of sugar. Before I could say anything, DD's hand shot out to take a muffin, but before she could bite into it my mom left. I'm glad she did because I wouldn't have wanted to hurt her feelings, but DD made a "yuck" face and promptly put it back in the bag!To be honest, it was a little on the dry side with minimal strawberry flavor, so I can't blame DD.
Lest you think I am a bad parent, I must remind you that four year old DD is the culprit of the cream-less Oreos in the package for the rest of her unsuspecting family. Thus she learned an important lesson tonight.... bad things can come in good packages!!!
My DDs know that if it comes from my DMIL that it's probably going to be horrible... unless it's her apple pie. That's good. Almost everything else? "The recipe called for 1 cup of sugar but that sounded like a lot so I only put in a tablespoon and it called for 1/2 cup of brown sugar but I didn't have any so I just didn't put it in and it called for milk chocolate chips but all I had was a square of bittersweet chocolate so I chopped that up and used it instead and it called for 2 sticks of butter but I don't know how much that is and I didn't have much butter so I used 2 cups of lard... want some?"
oh puhleeasse!! you made me say "gack!" (ok, not about ponzi), but dana, we have to live with these guys, you know!!!
Oh, that's okay. I'd say "gack" too if I had to live with Nebo.:
ponzi, you guys do kinda look alike. except for the nose. oh, and the ears. but your eyes are alike (oops, you have sunglasses on) but you are both wearing hats, and you both have mustaches!!!but you have hairy legs.
Quit looking at my legs, Smidgy.
ok ok everyone, they do resemble each other. but not as much as they are alikein their humour or writing style or personalities, it seems.
Yeah, we're both dumb and kinda weird... at least I am.
ponzi, great chapter.. I don't know if I would be that brave. even in a cage, you saw what the shark in Jaws did to that cage!
1. That's just a movie... oh wait...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAf60KKPwC0
and I, too, am amazed that you got 2 teen girls to get ready in 10 minutes!!!
You're amazed!
