<p>^^^ That ad was the revenge for the “wardrobe malfunction”, LOL!</p>
<p>Wow, when you run the numbers football and baseball sound a lot like the amount of action you see at a swim meet, gymnastics meet, trak meet, etc. Spending an entire weekend to watch your kid compete for 2 minutes total time!</p>
<p>bringing up from page 2…way too many political threads!! Someone come up with a new spicy topic!!!</p>
<p>Spicey topics? Let’s throw this spaghetti against the wall and see what sticks:
- My favorite spice and why
- Tools and gadgets I have loved
- if I could rearrange the keyboard, here’s what I’d do
- funeral costs (my H is on the phone and that’s the topic; don’t worry he’s
clergy, this is normal talk around here) - wedding costs (that’s happier)
- reading other peoples’ body language and why your life depends on it</p>
<p>My favorite spice–these days it’s cumin. Adds a bit of exotica to almost anything.</p>
<p>Here’s my two-cents from the Hurricane/Fema discussions around #9870:
(only human animals involved here!)</p>
<p>DH, an architect, went to NOLA to assist with some new building, etc. as a volunteer for two weeks. H asks this displaced homeowner, “Now sir, what type of foundation was your home on?” (since DH sees no evidence of footers, or even concrete blocks) </p>
<p>Homeowner dude: “Why mister Arktekky, we put our house on the encyclopedia my wife inherited from her mother. No problems at all except for the rot in ‘M’.” My DH almost collapsed! A house supported by Encyclopedia Brittanica. </p>
<p>BTW: how’d ya like my southern accent? Pretty far stretch from my upper midwestern turned Pittsburgese.</p>
<p>“A house supported by Encyclopedia Brittanica cannot stand” Mr. Arktekky channeling A. Lincoln?</p>
<p>They havn’t heard of building codes down there? :eek:</p>
<p>Here in the Midwest we’ve been having spring…or something…unseasonably warm, heavy rain, loud thunderstorms. Sure hope it gets back to normal soon.</p>
<p>Now, I have had a hurricane or two (wow - potent!), but as I recall, these were some really old houses in a swampy area… too bad my brain in on hold after that hurricane or I might be able to remember more. </p>
<p>BTW: Spot was VERY interested in this drink. I think we should bottle it as a dog “catnip” and then we can all go on a cruise with the profits.</p>
<p>As Mardi Gras comes to a close I hope everyone has had their quota of pancakes for the day…and hurricanes & other assorted N’Awlins drinks.</p>
<p>In band today we played our arrangement of “Just a Closer Walk with Thee”–a little Dixieland in honor of the season!</p>
<p>fencersmother, hmmm… Our dog snarls and growls at ANY, any drink that has alcohol in it! So funny to watch his reaction when we let him sniff at a beer bottle or a wineglass! I’ll have to try the hurricane recipie on him someday!</p>
<p>OK, Ivoryk…time for a Mardi Gras update from D-of-ivoryk…!!!</p>
<p>funny you should ask… I just sauntered through the swinging doors to post just such an update. </p>
<p>Are we all sitting down?</p>
<p>“Actually, I think it was kind of over-hyped.”</p>
<p>Now that doesn’t mean she didn’t participate and partake! But… I texted her at about noon yesterday, saying “Have Fun. Be Safe. Text us so we know you’re alive.”</p>
<p>10 minutes later she texted back: “It’s all over. I’m napping. Call you later.”</p>
<p>I guess the last parade starts at 6AM on Fat Tuesday – they started early, and were back in bed napping by noon. </p>
<p>Granted, she did spell napping with only one ‘p’ so she may have been sleeping off a morning hurricane… but she’s always been a bad speller.</p>
<p>She sent a photo with about 100 strands of beads around her neck. No – I didn’t ask her how she got them, only what she was going to do with them all.</p>
<p>“Send them to my friends for birthday presents.”</p>
<p>I suspect Mardi Gras is one of those events that gains legendary status as we grow older… not necessarily when we’re in the midst of it. I mean, who really enjoyed all that rain at Woodstock, right?</p>
<p>Well good for your D. Who is to say what is more of a display of what makes America America, Mardi Gras in New Orleans or Super Tuesday in California?</p>
<p>And we didn’t get beads for voting, just little stickers. Maybe we can up the voting percentage by giving out beads?</p>
<p>Bars were closed for poll day. Guess we are back open for business…</p>
<p>ivoryk, don’t you love texting and the immediate gratification it provides???</p>
<p>I wondered about that Alu – could the bars be closed on Fat Tuesday? I suspect in NOLA they long ago gave up on buying votes. Thanks for casting yours… Here in PA, we have to wait until April. It’s the first time in forever (that I can remember) when our primary votes may actually mean something. It’s certainly a more interesting race than we’ve had in as long as I can remember…</p>
<p>Now we just have to look forward to Spring Break stories. What I remember from my college days (waaay back when!), this was about the time some of my friends started making plans for their trip to sunny Florida</p>
<p>Yeah. I never did go on Spring Break. One summer though I went to my roommates debutante parties in Houston. This was during the oil price rise. Can you say largest private collection of Pre-Columbian gold in the world and a P***arro by the bathroom? I went to a dance wearing a long dress and it was a halter and I actually had a wardrobe malfunction ala Janet Jackson. How mortifying. I think the Texans got some funny ideas about Californians that night.</p>
<p>I remember feeling like I was visiting a different world. I kept worrying that I might leap to my feet and say something impolite. Or even a little bit too direct. Or that my hair would curl wrong. At that age the two things were close together in emotional resonance…</p>
<p>LOL Alu! A ****aro by the bathroom!</p>
<p>(love the way this is going to come out) :D</p>
<p>Over in the Senioritis thread some newbie is having major problem with his asterisks. I Think he’s lost. ;)</p>
<p>Oh dear, he was hoping to spam this board - not so fast mister, we’ve got mighty asterisks! Wrong kind of “senioritis”! :D</p>