winter is officially over....

[asadi]

....I threw out all of the thanksgiving day leftovers yesterday....

john

[FlyCaughtInTree]

asadi wrote:
> ...I threw out all of the thanksgiving day leftovers yesterday....
>
> john

How can winter be over??? We haven't had Groundhog Day to find out if
we have six more weeks of basketball!

--Steve
(who just had his first subfreezing day. Now it's rip out the garden
and plan the next one.)

[asadi]

"FlyCaughtInTree" > wrote in message
ups.com...
>
> asadi wrote:
>> ...I threw out all of the thanksgiving day leftovers yesterday....
>>
>> john
>
> How can winter be over??? We haven't had Groundhog Day to find out if
> we have six more weeks of basketball!
>
> --Steve
> (who just had his first subfreezing day. Now it's rip out the garden
> and plan the next one.)
>

I 'meant' top say "fall" was officially over and I was thinking that winter
had officially begun and well, one thing lead to another and than I typed.

john

[Mike Connor]

"Tom Nakashima" > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
<SNIP>
> Punxsutawney Phil,
> just can't imagine waking up to "I Got You Babe" every morning.
> -tom

I can, depends on the babe! :)

TL
MC

[Tom Nakashima]

"Mike Connor" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Tom Nakashima" > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> ...
> <SNIP>
>> Punxsutawney Phil,
>> just can't imagine waking up to "I Got You Babe" every morning.
>> -tom
>
> I can, depends on the babe! :)
>
> TL
> MC
>

Take your pick:
http://edgefactory.com/Sonny%20and%20Cher%20-%20Betty%20Achison.jpg
-tom

[Jeff Taylor]

"Tom Nakashima" > wrote in message
...

> Punxsutawney Phil,
> just can't imagine waking up to "I Got You Babe" every morning.
> -tom

We (the family and I) watched Groundhog Day for about the 10 time the other
night... Gotta love Bill Murray...

JT

[Wolfgang]

"Jeff Taylor" > wrote in message
...
>
> We (the family and I) watched Groundhog Day for about the 10 time the
> other night... Gotta love Bill Murray...

Now, THAT is funny! :)

Wolfgang

[Wolfgang]

"Wolfgang" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Jeff Taylor" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> We (the family and I) watched Groundhog Day for about the 10 time the
>> other night... Gotta love Bill Murray...
>
> Now, THAT is funny! :)
>
> Wolfgang

Now, THAT is funny! :)

Wolfgang

[Wolfgang]

"Wolfgang" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Wolfgang" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Jeff Taylor" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> We (the family and I) watched Groundhog Day for about the 10 time the
>>> other night... Gotta love Bill Murray...
>>
>> Now, THAT is funny! :)
>>
>> Wolfgang
>
> Now, THAT is funny! :)
>
> Wolfgang

Now, THAT is fu........uh oh. :(

Wolfgang

[Mike Connor]

"Tom Nakashima" > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
>
> "Mike Connor" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Tom Nakashima" > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>> ...
>> <SNIP>
>>> Punxsutawney Phil,
>>> just can't imagine waking up to "I Got You Babe" every morning.
>>> -tom
>>
>> I can, depends on the babe! :)
>>
>> TL
>> MC
>>
>
> Take your pick:
> http://edgefactory.com/Sonny%20and%20Cher%20-%20Betty%20Achison.jpg
> -tom
>

Very kind of you, but I am in the meantime somewhat averse to Grandmas. A
very good friend of mine, who is indeed somewhat older than I, recently
deigned to provide me with the following, incidentally, completely
unsolicited, ( One might even presume to maintain "Unwanted"), nugget of
wisdom, namely, " The worse thing about getting old, is that you are then
obliged to sleep with old women".

Of course the ladies have the same problem, which explains a lot ( Or not?).

Apart from which, no matter how much one may desire it, it is absolutely
exhausting sleeping with someone, ( assuming of course that you do then
actually eventually sleep at all), thirty years younger. It is a wonderful
experience of course, but has remarkable similarities with an overly
prominent predilection for single malt. You just start to relax enough to
actually enjoy it, and you have a heart attack, you slip a disc, suffer
from a rupture, or even more mortifying, you fall off the ****ing chair! Or
out of bed, as the case may be, or you just fall asleep. None of these
alternatives are particularly attractive, believe me!

Far better to get out the old trusty guitar, play melancoly lovesongs for
nobody in partcular, apart from yourself, relieve yourself in whatever
manner you deem appropriate, and **** off to bed without becoming a nuisance
to anybody. At least then nobody notices!

Considerable rumination on this very subject, has, after many troubles and
tribulations, accompanied occasionally by the ever rarer oppotunity for
field trials, forced me ( of course I only read about it, mainly in second
rate romantic novels, and it was my frend that read them anyway), to the
rather more than depressing conclusion, that it is wonderful, but I dont
particularly wish to die of it. ( Or perhaps that is indeed the solution?)

And, as I said, it "depends on the babe"

****, I think I´ll just get drunk! Cheaper in the long run, and the worst
that can happen is a headache!

TL
MC

PS. Could you really arrange it? You know my e-mail! Just rememeber I am
not Rothsschild!

[Wolfgang]

"Mike Connor" > wrote in message
...
>
> ...PS. Could you really arrange it? You know my e-mail! Just rememeber I
> am not Rothsschild!


Well, one of them has been dead for a long time and.......um......well, I
guess it's getting to be a pretty long time for Sonny too.

Wolfgang
who, if tom can pull this one off, is going to have to learn to be VERY nice
to him. :)

[Tom Nakashima]

"Mike Connor" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Tom Nakashima" > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> ...
>>
>> "Mike Connor" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> "Tom Nakashima" > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>>> ...
>>> <SNIP>
>>>> Punxsutawney Phil,
>>>> just can't imagine waking up to "I Got You Babe" every morning.
>>>> -tom
>>>
>>> I can, depends on the babe! :)
>>>
>>> TL
>>> MC
>>>
>>
>> Take your pick:
>> http://edgefactory.com/Sonny%20and%20Cher%20-%20Betty%20Achison.jpg
>> -tom
>>
>
> Very kind of you, but I am in the meantime somewhat averse to Grandmas. A
> very good friend of mine, who is indeed somewhat older than I, recently
> deigned to provide me with the following, incidentally, completely
> unsolicited, ( One might even presume to maintain "Unwanted"), nugget of
> wisdom, namely, " The worse thing about getting old, is that you are then
> obliged to sleep with old women".
>
> Of course the ladies have the same problem, which explains a lot ( Or
> not?).
>
> Apart from which, no matter how much one may desire it, it is absolutely
> exhausting sleeping with someone, ( assuming of course that you do then
> actually eventually sleep at all), thirty years younger. It is a wonderful
> experience of course, but has remarkable similarities with an overly
> prominent predilection for single malt. You just start to relax enough to
> actually enjoy it, and you have a heart attack, you slip a disc, suffer
> from a rupture, or even more mortifying, you fall off the ****ing chair!
> Or out of bed, as the case may be, or you just fall asleep. None of these
> alternatives are particularly attractive, believe me!
>
> Far better to get out the old trusty guitar, play melancoly lovesongs for
> nobody in partcular, apart from yourself, relieve yourself in whatever
> manner you deem appropriate, and **** off to bed without becoming a
> nuisance to anybody. At least then nobody notices!
>
> Considerable rumination on this very subject, has, after many troubles
> and tribulations, accompanied occasionally by the ever rarer oppotunity
> for field trials, forced me ( of course I only read about it, mainly in
> second rate romantic novels, and it was my frend that read them anyway),
> to the rather more than depressing conclusion, that it is wonderful, but I
> dont particularly wish to die of it. ( Or perhaps that is indeed the
> solution?)
>
> And, as I said, it "depends on the babe"
>
> ****, I think I´ll just get drunk! Cheaper in the long run, and the worst
> that can happen is a headache!
>
> TL
> MC
>
> PS. Could you really arrange it? You know my e-mail! Just rememeber I am
> not Rothsschild!
>

Mike, I'm sure glad you didn't make any irrational decision when I sent you
the "take your pick" link of Sonny & Cher clones. That old saying; "What
happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" holds true...Sonny is actually a woman and
Cher is a man. I sometimes think God's punishment to humans is growing old.
I once been with a woman thirty years young my age....then I woke up.
-tom

[Mike Connor]

"Wolfgang" > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
>
> "Mike Connor" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> ...PS. Could you really arrange it? You know my e-mail! Just rememeber I
>> am not Rothsschild!
>
>
> Well, one of them has been dead for a long time and.......um......well, I
> guess it's getting to be a pretty long time for Sonny too.
>
> Wolfgang
> who, if tom can pull this one off, is going to have to learn to be VERY
> nice to him. :)
>

Yeah well, that should have read "melancholy" anyway. Quite indistinct from
any other apparent postpostal errors which may or may not have obtained.

Dont know whether to get the guitar out, or just **** off to bed? Decisions,
decisions!

TL
MC

[Mike Connor]

>
> Mike, I'm sure glad you didn't make any irrational decision when I sent
> you the "take your pick" link of Sonny & Cher clones. That old saying;
> "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" holds true...Sonny is actually a
> woman and Cher is a man. I sometimes think God's punishment to humans is
> growing old. I once been with a woman thirty years young my age....then I
> woke up.
> -tom
>

Yeah well, I was awake, ( for most of the time!). At least until I fell
off the ****ing chair! ( Of course it was really my friend who fell off the
****ing chair. I can´t afford a "****ing chair",´I have to make do with a
perfectly ordinary run of the mill, garden or dining chair. Mind you, you
would not believe how attractive such a chair may become, when garnished
with the appropriate twentyfiveyearold, ( May one do that in English?
Woldfgang?) I don´t mean the twenty five year old, I mean the
concatenation? ) Of course you knew that?

Unfortunately, it seems that "****ing chairs" are reserved for members of
the medical profession, and similar perverts. ( No idea about Lawyers, they
are probably also perverts, but have no idea what one micht accomplish on a
chair) they know all about briefs of course. ( Look it up Wayno!:))

Apropos perverts, what strange and perverse satisfaction is to be gained in
using this word in public.There are doubtless few who would dare to mention
"twentyfiveyearolds" ( **** Wolfgang, I need help here!) and
´"****ingchairs" in the same sentence, and I am proud to be one of those
stalwart few, ( at least my friend is!). This is doubtless why "the
establishment". "the powers that be", and "all the other ******s", ( Excuse
my French, or poetic licence).´, are decidedly upset when one does so.

You realise of course that you have;

Destroyed my illusions.

Probably prevented my further development.

Seriously damaged any further relations I may have had with the opposite
sex. ( whichever that may be. ****, I´m losing count! Apparently it does not
have to be exactly opposite, perhaps I am just too particular?).

I was never "In Vegas", that sounds almost as bad as "In Vitro", "In Vegans"
I was ( smells of carrots),n "In virgins" I also was,. ( vastly overrated)

****, time for another whisky! Think I may well even fly a few ties!

TL
MC

[Wolfgang]

"Mike Connor" > wrote in message
...
> >
>> ...you
> would not believe how attractive such a chair may become, when garnished
> with the appropriate twentyfiveyearold, ( May one do that in English?
> Woldfgang?) I don´t mean the twenty five year old, I mean the
> concatenation? )

Here in the colonies, one may do either.......but the concatenation is
almost certainly considerably less hazardous.

> Of course you knew that?

I suspected it, but was hoping I was wrong. Hazards be damned! :)

> Unfortunately, it seems that "****ing chairs" are reserved for members
> of the medical profession, and similar perverts. ( No idea about Lawyers,
> they are probably also perverts, but have no idea what one micht
> accomplish on a chair) they know all about briefs of course. ( Look it up
> Wayno!:))
>
> Apropos perverts, what strange and perverse satisfaction is to be gained
> in using this word in public.There are doubtless few who would dare to
> mention "twentyfiveyearolds" ( **** Wolfgang, I need help here!)

****, don't we all?! :(

Under the circumstances (and ever mindful of delicacy), I think I'll forego
the oft abused observation that the Lord helps those who help themselves.
:)

> ...****, time for another whisky!

It's really not fair, you know. You've got about a five to eight hour jump
on most of us.

> Think I may well even fly a few ties!

I'd go easy on that if I were you. It could be profoundly embarrassing (not
to mention possibly debilitating) to wake up on the floor in the morning,
semi-suspended by a wayward finger wrapped tightly to a hook shank. :(

Wolfgang
who holds firmly to the view that the bottle itself is the only machinery
one should operate while drinking in earnest.

[Tom Nakashima]

"Mike Connor" > wrote in message
...
> >
>> Mike, I'm sure glad you didn't make any irrational decision when I sent
>> you the "take your pick" link of Sonny & Cher clones. That old saying;
>> "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" holds true...Sonny is actually a
>> woman and Cher is a man. I sometimes think God's punishment to humans is
>> growing old. I once been with a woman thirty years young my age....then I
>> woke up.
>> -tom
>>
>
> Yeah well, I was awake, ( for most of the time!). At least until I fell
> off the ****ing chair! ( Of course it was really my friend who fell off
> the ****ing chair. I can´t afford a "****ing chair",´I have to make do
> with a perfectly ordinary run of the mill, garden or dining chair. Mind
> you, you would not believe how attractive such a chair may become, when
> garnished with the appropriate twentyfiveyearold, ( May one do that in
> English? Woldfgang?) I don´t mean the twenty five year old, I mean the
> concatenation? ) Of course you knew that?
>
> Unfortunately, it seems that "****ing chairs" are reserved for members
> of the medical profession, and similar perverts. ( No idea about Lawyers,
> they are probably also perverts, but have no idea what one micht
> accomplish on a chair) they know all about briefs of course. ( Look it up
> Wayno!:))
>
> Apropos perverts, what strange and perverse satisfaction is to be gained
> in using this word in public.There are doubtless few who would dare to
> mention "twentyfiveyearolds" ( **** Wolfgang, I need help here!) and
> ´"****ingchairs" in the same sentence, and I am proud to be one of those
> stalwart few, ( at least my friend is!). This is doubtless why "the
> establishment". "the powers that be", and "all the other ******s", (
> Excuse my French, or poetic licence).´, are decidedly upset when one does
> so.
>
> You realise of course that you have;
>
> Destroyed my illusions.
>
> Probably prevented my further development.
>
> Seriously damaged any further relations I may have had with the opposite
> sex. ( whichever that may be. ****, I´m losing count! Apparently it does
> not have to be exactly opposite, perhaps I am just too particular?).
>
> I was never "In Vegas", that sounds almost as bad as "In Vitro", "In
> Vegans" I was ( smells of carrots),n "In virgins" I also was,. ( vastly
> overrated)
>
> ****, time for another whisky! Think I may well even fly a few ties!
>
> TL
> MC
>

Hey Mike, didn't mean to destroy any illusions, it's fun to fantasize, just
that you have to be careful sometimes. I do think Cher is a very attractive
woman, but I'll be thinking like the Dundee the next time I'm approached by
a beautiful woman at this age Mate.
btw: Sonny's last hit was "Alpine Tree"
-tom

[Conan The Librarian]

Wolfgang wrote:

> "Mike Connor" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>would not believe how attractive such a chair may become, when garnished
>>with the appropriate twentyfiveyearold, ( May one do that in English?
>>Woldfgang?) I don´t mean the twenty five year old, I mean the
>>concatenation? )
>
> Here in the colonies, one may do either.......but the concatenation is
> almost certainly considerably less hazardous.

I dunno ... I've seen scarier things done with the mother tongue (if
you'll pardon the expression) around here.

>>...****, time for another whisky!
>
> It's really not fair, you know. You've got about a five to eight hour jump
> on most of us.
>
>>Think I may well even fly a few ties!
>
> I'd go easy on that if I were you. It could be profoundly embarrassing (not
> to mention possibly debilitating) to wake up on the floor in the morning,
> semi-suspended by a wayward finger wrapped tightly to a hook shank. :(

Are you speaking from experience here? :-)

> Wolfgang
> who holds firmly to the view that the bottle itself is the only machinery
> one should operate while drinking in earnest.

Well, that and a cigarette lighter.


Chuck Vance (and perhaps a musical instrument)

[Wolfgang]

"Conan The Librarian" > wrote in message
...
> Wolfgang wrote:
>
>> "Mike Connor" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>>would not believe how attractive such a chair may become, when garnished
>>>with the appropriate twentyfiveyearold, ( May one do that in English?
>>>Woldfgang?) I don´t mean the twenty five year old, I mean the
>>>concatenation? )
>>
>> Here in the colonies, one may do either.......but the concatenation is
>> almost certainly considerably less hazardous.
>
> I dunno ... I've seen scarier things done with the mother tongue (if
> you'll pardon the expression) around here.

And a few wittier ones as well. :)

>>>...****, time for another whisky!
>> It's really not fair, you know. You've got about a five to eight hour
>> jump on most of us.
>>
>>>Think I may well even fly a few ties!
>>
>> I'd go easy on that if I were you. It could be profoundly embarrassing
>> (not to mention possibly debilitating) to wake up on the floor in the
>> morning, semi-suspended by a wayward finger wrapped tightly to a hook
>> shank. :(
>
> Are you speaking from experience here? :-)

Let's just say that I always stand up slowly and cautiously after a tying
session. :(

>> Wolfgang
>> who holds firmly to the view that the bottle itself is the only machinery
>> one should operate while drinking in earnest.
>
> Well, that and a cigarette lighter.

I think of that more as an appendage than a tool. :)

> Chuck Vance (and perhaps a musical instrument)

Reminds me......I've been meaning to send you an update on that........it
just keeps getting worse and worse.*

Wolfgang
*not only because it keeps getting more and more expensive.

[Conan The Librarian]

Wolfgang wrote:

> "Conan The Librarian" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> Are you speaking from experience here? :-)
>
> Let's just say that I always stand up slowly and cautiously after a tying
> session. :(

Reminds me of the ROFFian (asadi?) who posted a link to a pic where
he really put "a lot of himself" into the fly.

>>>Wolfgang
>>>who holds firmly to the view that the bottle itself is the only machinery
>>>one should operate while drinking in earnest.
>>
>> Well, that and a cigarette lighter.
>
> I think of that more as an appendage than a tool. :)

Speaking of digits. :-)

>> Chuck Vance (and perhaps a musical instrument)
>
> Reminds me......I've been meaning to send you an update on that........it
> just keeps getting worse and worse.*
>
> Wolfgang
> *not only because it keeps getting more and more expensive.

Well, that in-and-of-itself isn't necessarily a bad thing. :-)

So, did you ever get the theory help that you were looking for?


Chuck Vance (and are you becoming a musical gear-whore?)

[Wolfgang]

"Conan The Librarian" > wrote in message
...

> ...So, did you ever get the theory help that you were looking for?

Well, I appreciate your efforts......and I did get Becky's colleague to go
over the mystery passages I outlined to you. Unfortunately, I am none the
wiser.

> Chuck Vance (and are you becoming a musical gear-whore?)

It's a sad story.......the kind you read about years later in Reader's
Digest (assuming an as yet unfulfilled happy ending). Not one to fill a
dedicated newsgroup with off topic tripe, I'll tell you all about it in an
email I hope to get out later today. :(

Wolfgang

[Conan The Librarian]

Wolfgang wrote:

> "Conan The Librarian" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> ...So, did you ever get the theory help that you were looking for?
>
> Well, I appreciate your efforts......and I did get Becky's colleague to go
> over the mystery passages I outlined to you. Unfortunately, I am none the
> wiser.

FWIW, and IIRC the passages in question, your best bet would be to
read up on the tritone or "devil's interval". It may seem like a
nonsensical concept when taken at face value, but it's been a part of
music theory since medieval times.

>> Chuck Vance (and are you becoming a musical gear-whore?)
>
> It's a sad story.......the kind you read about years later in Reader's
> Digest (assuming an as yet unfulfilled happy ending). Not one to fill a
> dedicated newsgroup with off topic tripe, I'll tell you all about it in an
> email I hope to get out later today. :(

Sounds good to me. Heaven knows we wouldn't want any offtopic tripe
on *this* group. :-)


Chuck Vance (of course, if we *didn't* have any, ROFF would
probably cease to exist)