Also, WB montana, i hope you are healing. I know the prednisone really screws with a body. Take care of YOU!!!

Wll howdy Housely! So you arent on a honeymoon i take it? *L*
Welcome back!

We tried not to digress, but (hurry up john, what was the excuse we agreed to use)…….oh ya, we were just being us! You know how it is! *L*

Adam put up a new thread.

ready for my all time favorite joke?

a wife was looking to get her husband something special for his birthday, she thought new golf clubs would be nice, but after digging them out of the garage and looking at them, she realized they were barely used…that would never work.

so then she thought maybe some new tools, she looked at those and she realized they were all new, he didn’t need those.

Then she remembered he loved Bridgette Bardot, so she thought and thought and thought and finally came up with the perfect gift, she would buy some very sexy lingerie, get a tattoo of BB (for bridgette bardot) on her arse and surprise him when he got home.

she runs down down to the Tattoo parlor, and the lingerie store and races back home to surprise her hubby.

but she is too late, the hubby is sitting there in shock, she asks what wrong and he says “why are my clubs and tools out?”

in all the years of the marriage she had never touched his golf clubs or tools and here they were, all out.

he was jumping to conclusions

she immediately stripped off her clothes to show him the new lingerie and cheer him up, but he was already thinking the worse, they had always been conservative and she had never worn anything like that for him…he was fuming now.

she was getting desperate to calm him down, so she knew the Tattoo would cheer him up, she dropped her knickers and bent over to show him the Tattoo.

her husband dizzy with disbelief, staggered back and all he could say is…

“that tears it….who the he!! is BOB??????”

Welcome back, Adam Housley, and congratulations on the web traffic!

@All

breaking story off the FOXNews Urgent Queue:

http://www.foxnews.com/urgent_queue/index.html#53314695,2008-06-10

McCain to visit Colombia, show support.

Adam,

Aren’t you going to use any of Susan’s “excuses” for being late?

But the number one excuse for being late for work is…….” My girlfriend said her headache was gone “

Susan……….lol.

#10 though may be a sad but true scenario. I heard an interview with a pawn shop owner on the radio this morning. He said that he’s seen a definite increase in people coming in to pawn their stuff in the last few months. What’s scary is, he said, is that people are coming in pawning rings, bracelets, watches, etc because they need money for gas.

Another good one is: While driving to work I ran into a guy I’d never met before……..boy, was he pissed.

@ the new bloggers–

Adam use to play ball too!

Kathy Texas–

it was sweet tea– You did pay attention!

John– for you!

If you’re sitting in a traffic jam watching the minutes tick away and you’ve decided honesty isn’t the best policy for you, think of a believable and acceptable reason you’re walking in late. After all, if you were a hiring manager who heard any of these 10 real-life excuses for being late, you’d be suspicious, too.

1. While rowing across the river to work, I got lost in the fog.

2. Someone stole all my daffodils.

3. I had to go audition for American Idol.

4. My ex- stole my car so I couldn’t drive to work.

5. My route to work was shut down by a presidential motorcade.

6. I have transient amnesia and couldn’t remember my job.

7. I was indicted for securities fraud this morning.

8. The line was too long at Starbucks.

9. I was trying to get my gun back from the police.

10. I didn’t have money for gas because all of the pawnshops were closed.

Feeling a bit better today and looking forward to posting again.

Montana

Sylvia: I normally come on later once it’s no longer quiet

Sylvia………I agree, kudos to Ken Griffey Jr……….it’s nice to see that there are still some players that earn their place in the record books without cheating. I was always a big fan of Cal Ripken Jr for the same reasons.

Check this out:

very interesting…..

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/06/10/obamas-panama/

John,

Funny….as long as it’s not a true story!!!!!!

This guy’s wife asks her husband, ” Honey, if I died would you remarry? ”

He replies, ” Well, after a considerable period of grieving, we all need companionship, so I guess I would. ”

She asks, ” If I died and you remarried, would she live in this house? ”

” We spent a lot of money getting this house just right “, he says, ” So I wouldn’t want to move out. ”

” If I died and you remarried and you lived in this house, would she sleep in our bed. “, the wife asks.

The husband replies, ” We just bought that bed for $2500.00. so I wouldn’t be interrested in spending money for a new one. ”

The wife asks, ” If I died and you remarried and she lived in this house and slept in our bed, would she use my golf clubs? ”

” Oh no, that would be impossible ” the husband replies, ” she’s left handed “

Adam,
Since you are a big baseball fan you must be happy to hear that Griffey jr hit his 600 homer WITHOUT the help of steroids. A good thing for baseball.

Sylvia

Here’s an interesting concept……

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D917466O0&show_article=1&catnum=1

Maybe we can get our Congress and Senate to follow suit……..

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f1c3c588-3696-11dd-8bb8-0000779fd2ac.html

Terrorist : 1 Israel : -10

13:34 Kibbutz Nahal Oz residents told to stay indoors due to attacks from Gaza (Haaretz)

12:28 Ten mortar shells hit near Kibbutz Nahal Oz; no casualties (Haaretz)

Good Morning All,

Guess it’s way too early for most of you to be up and blogging….except maybe Avi, Max and LDG.

missed this with all the hoohah this last weekend…

O. North on D-Day rememberence

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,363864,00.html

note the comparison with what political leaders said and did then, vs. now.

Susan I thought it was sweet tea! Not green tea, I should have paid attention;D

Patty–

I think learning German would be easier than Japanese! LOL I would just have to remember all the consonants!

Avi– kosemec!

Sylvia–

SOS-

dot dot dot
dash dash dash
dot dot dot

(LDG’s teachings) LOL

Adam dear–

Lay off the sweetened green tea, chocolates, and wine and come and pay us a visit! LOL

Betty–

I have been around the escargot and frog legs too– I will pass on these too! And caviar! LOL
What is that cooking show which that guy travels all over the world and tries the food and more than ninety percent of the time, I am about ready to throw up! LOL
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Speaking of throwing up– whatever happened to Robert Shaffer?

Patty–

I hope Jen and hubbie made it back safe and sound! I bet they are tired! Jen had a great tan!

oh, i skimmed by the frog legs! Now those i will eat! Fresh from the pond. Did ya know when you fry them they jump? *L* nope, not kidding, they really do. So there, thats as exotic as we get!
Spent many a nights trapsing around the edge of the pond in the dark “be veeery veeery quiet” just like elmer fudd!

Patty and Kathy,…we had grilled shrimp last night. Sure beats raw food….other than salad and fruit.

Tamera Snuck a look at your site. Okay I took a long look. I love the picture of you and your sis on her wedding day, very sweet. I also love the picture on your about you page of you and Adam, very nice of both of you.

Patty I vote grilled shrimp!

We are having sandwiches and choc chip cookies! Daddy is working shift work. Our good dinner was at 2.

Humm, i haven’t decided if you all made me hungry, or whether i want to pass on supper now!
I’m with the burgers, steak, grilled shrimp, and instead of beer, make mine a mountain dew! I’m not one to try “new things”, sorta like to stick to the ones i know. uugh, nothing raw, thats for sure!!!

We don’t have so much gas theft here, our biggest problem is copper theft! They are stealing copper wire from work sites, etc, because the “cash it in” pay is so high. That and ammonia theft for the small time “crack” betty crockers. Although i would guess that is a “rural” problem, not much call for ammonia tanks in the city.

wow, adam must have really relaxed! Getting a new slide show ready for us adam?

Susan,

ur having to much fun with those smilies :O :O :O

I’ll be back in a bit…but wanted to get my name in on the list for about 100 gals of that gas john! *LOL*

Susan….schnitzel…..look at all the consonants (sp?)! ha ha ha ha and go figure, its “german”!

What a touching story!

We need to do more of this for our military & their families!

Made Me Cry!

Susan Az

You’re talking haute cuisine! Snails are escargot and frog legs sauteed in garlic butter, um what can I say? ✈ ✈ ✈ ✈ ✈

@All

Time to rest for me. Thanks for the fun digressions. Be well and safe!
((departs))

@John

Thanks for the info on fuel thefts. More current a problem than I had thought.

“…Could be a, litteraly, explosive situation.”

I’d claim that as a Darwin Award candidate, except they have a rule against nominating any case where innocents are as endangered as the perpetrator.

Yuck.

Avi,

I like taboule, hummus, and other food that I’m sure you must get in Israel. I do not like donuts. Maybe we should trade places.

I will leave the horsemeat and other exotic stuff to more adventurous bloggers.

LDG………There have been a few instances here on the east coast where tanker trucks were stolen from construction sites. They were recovered within a day with their fuel ( diesel fuel in most cases ) syphoned out. Authorities do not think it’s an organized criminal element, just soem desperate truckers or other heavy machinery operators.
What’s becoming somewhat of a concern to authorities is the apparent hoarding of gasoline by individuals. These people are thinking that the gas situation is going to get much worse, so they are storing the gasoline inside their homes/garages, usually in containers that are not designed to hold fuel. Could be a, litteraly, explosive situation.

[...] I like baseball. Yes, despite the miserable, selfish, egotistical players and the player’s union. I like the game of baseball. And every now and then, you get some real good news from the sport, where you see support for “Mom, Apple Pie, and Baseball.” Like here. [...]

@John

Another Chavez thread would be good, lots going with that (including the story you mentioned).

as to gasoline smuggling…

while it happens in a lot of the world, I bet you have already thought of the issue with the sheer tonnage involved to get any appreciable value in the North American market from international smuggling, though. The U.S. in particular is not a good target market as most of the import of petroleum to the ‘States is crude oil and there are controls on what refined products enter the market stream. I could sure see it being a good business (crime) in other places though.

If I recall correctly though, there was a period where hijacking tanker trucks inside the U.S. and sneaking off into another state to sell to an unscrupulous distributor happened. 1970’s?

From Reena Ninan

Schalit family receives letter from captive son, gilad

ATLANTA — Representatives of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivered today a handwritten letter from Cpl. Gilad Schalit, held in Hamas captivity for two years, to his parents, Noam and Aviva.

At their Damascus meeting in April Hamas leader Khaled Mashal committed to President Carter to transfer the letter, and it was received at the Carter Centers office in Ramallah on Sunday.

President Carter and his staff will attempt to arrange for a return letter from Schalits parents to their son and hope that an arrangement enabling Gilad Schalits release will be reached soon.

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Urgent Queue

Avi: yeah, in Israel schnitzle is normally chicken or turkey, but in Germany it’s normally beef or pork.

@Avi

Ah ok, defaults to the German borrow-word. Got you now. Thanks!

My guess for a topic would be on our “friend” Chavez. He apparently told FARC to give up their fight in Columbia in a speech this weekend…………yeah right.

I wonder how long before the drug cartels will engage in smuggling gasoline into the US to supplement their drug running operations. Maybe they can offer free gifts with every fill up like ths old days here in the states. Free bag of weed with every 20 gallons………

re: “…any guess what will be up next?”

Max’s reply:

“a guess, something about strange foods ”

@Max

if so, we’ll have to digress, of course. ((grin))

Max Ldg,

schnitzel
n. thin meat cutlet (usually breaded and fried)

a guess, something about strange foods

I had raw prok the other week. Tasted like caviar.

Avi: schnitzel is german for cutlet. So it just means a peice of meat i guess.

@Susan-AZ

go well!

@John

What, no Head Cheese for you? hehheh.

Clearly we are all just passing the time here waiting for a new thread topic…

…any guess what will be up next?

@Avi

“shintzel” — I think of that as a kind of sesame chicken… is it just the generic term for chicken you hear now?

@Susan-AZ

Yes, that is the idea. Eat to survive in that case.

@ John

Hey, you guys see where Southern Californians are streaming across the border to Mexico to buy gas at $2.75/gallon………..Is this the start of “reverse illegal immigration”?

LOL ;(

@LDG—

Once again I learned something from you— thank you!

Ken’s prescription is ready– and off I go–

oyasumi nasai–

and @ all–

Have a good day!

Horse meat? Seaweed? Sea Urchin Roe?…………Yuck! Give me a good ‘ole all American hotdog made from pig intestines and cow brains any day. Wash that down with a luke warm rancid Budweiser and I’m good to go.

Hey, you guys see where Southern Californians are streaming across the border to Mexico to buy gas at $2.75/gallon………..Is this the start of “reverse illegal immigration”?

LDG–

uni– I had looked it up on the internet– and I didn’t type in the right clues– so I asked you– but I just typed it in again and found about the same description as yours-

sea urchin roe is more frequently called “Uni”, and it is actually not roe at all; rather it is the organs that produce the roe. In other words, the gonads.

Seige cuisine–

reminds me of Papillon—

where he was eating roaches and anything else that crawled!!!

Henri Charrière was my hero for many years! LOL

LDG,

yah chicken is big here its called ” shintzel” here lol…. having ” shintzel” for dinner…

I dont like israeli food lol

@Susan-AZ

“What is uni?”

sea urchin. Look here:

Comment by LDG June 9th, 2008 at 1:51 pm : third item mentioned.

@Susan-AZ

“Thinly sliced raw horsemeat? oh Lordy!!!”

…I was waiting for that to ring home. Yeah, probably *not* on your menu, ever. I confess to prefering to ride them rather than eat them as well. It brings to mind “siege cuisine”.

(siege cuisine = things you only eat when some enemy has besieged your fortress and you are all starving. Snails, frogs, rats, horses that you don’t want to feed…)

Dottie–

Tamera Mowry– Adam’s girlfriend– she and her twin sister starred in Sister Sister– a family show-

cute show– I watched a few episodes after I found out what Tamera did– and she and her twin are definitely very cute!

LDG–

What is uni?

Dottie–

I checked out the tomatoes on the internet the other night as 16 states have had incidents with the e- coli– grape tomatoes- on the vine- and roma were still safe– so I took the chance and ate grape tomatoes yesterday– so far, so good!

have a good day at work!

@Susan-AZ

heh, nori, which is just shredded seaweed pressed into sheets, is pretty darn tasty stuff. But I have a suspicion that you would like uni as well.

Sorry to hear Ken is less than well, and I hope it passes quickly. I am sure your care will help that.

LDG–

Thinly sliced raw horsemeat? oh Lordy!!!

My steak yesterday was grilled to well done– no blood!!! I have always been like this– all my life– my mom use to order steak tartar– and it made me so sick to watch her eat it as a kid, I never got over raw meat!! LOL

I see raw tomotoes is off the menues lately… All veges and fruit need to be washed thoroughly.

Dottie

Susan, thanks for the picture of Jen and Hubby, I hope Ken is feeling better.
Now tell me who is Tamera?

Sylvia, I never lie, I heard you are a sweetie. Thanks for your nice compliment

Did you speak to Montana? Is she OK?

Off to work soon.

Dottie

@Avi

What, you tired of chicken already? ((remembers chicken or eggs as 99% of all protein courses in Israel, back when))

Oh LDG–

I will eat the seaweed and do all the sauces!!! yum!

Patty–

thanks about Ken– he has a cough so I just had his doctor call in a prescription– His blood sugar was good at one point yesterday but now it is totally out of whack and he has been coughing for the last two hours!!! I think the excitement got to him a bit yesterday– he was around all these nice people so he was up with us– LOL

LDG-

I thought I was adventuresome when it came to trying out different foods– I will skip on the horse meat, the venison– the sea urchin sounds like a maybe– I would rather eat it than step on one as I have!! LOL

@Susan-AZ

I saw your menu, YUM! You all had a great feast!

@Patty

I’m so glad to hear the weather let up for you. The reports we see from here make it sound like everywhere from the Plains to the upper Ohio River got hammered.

speaking of food… i cant wait to eat american food especially ducken doughnuts

Patty–

I just talked to Jen a bit ago- she was waiting for the shuttle– I am trying to talk them into to staying at the property in Guayabitos (off of Puerto Vallarta) this November when they possibly take a vacation– They like the sun, outdoors, and of course the ocean– and we talked about if they ever come back here to stay with me– and all of us would go to Greer and stay at the cabin– LOL

I will reiterate– a an absolutley adorable couple– the prettiest smiles– Jen is very pretty– very natural– and her husband is way cool! Boy is he in shape! prettiest blue eyes– so peaceful!

anyhow– enough of that– I will start crying– waaaaaaaaaa!

What story do you have about my friend Rob? Is he wanted in your state? LOL

@Max

right then, taking a guess or three at “exciting” = uncommon + interesting taste, with a focus of flavorful items:

Living as I do in the Northeast, I have to mention basashi which is simply thinly sliced raw horsemeat. Serves well in small portions with a side of daikon oroshi (grated Japanese radish) that is flavored with a touch of soy sauce.

The other superb choice for flavorful meat is deer venison, but that is not exactly uncommon to you. Serving it as shikasashi, which is raw (like the horsemeat in the example above), or as a lightly blanched addition to o-nabe (a stewpot of vegetables) as a cold weather dish is how I have seen it here.

One addition, from the seafood side, is uni, which is sea urchin “roe” (actually all the insides). That is available as “adventurous food” at many sushi restaurants, served in small rolls of seaweed. It has a texture unlike most anything else.

echo echo echo…*L* Susan, you and i answered at the same time!

Sylvia–

Jen lives in Kentucky–

xxx

‘morning, or afternoon for some!

KC…have had rain everyday, but the last couple weren’t severe, and nothing like all the mess a little farther east or south or all the way around for that matter. We are fortunate where I am.

Kansas gas (NE corner) is $3.97 (so far).

Susan & Jen…I’m so glad you all had a great time!!!! *still happy dancing* *L*
Hope Ken is getting over his sniffles. I have a story to tell you about “your” Rob Susan!

Tamera….you girls are so d*ng pretty! but I’m sure you hear that all the time. Just as much fun to watch you “grow up”, since my girls used to watch you two. Awesome web-page….and ya…I missed the comments too!?
Inspirational speaker hu? any particular subjects?

Sylvia…Jen lives in Kentucky. When she isn’t gallivanting around! *L*

Max–

Jen will probably post a slide show– I Love London should be in one picture! She has a picture too of I Love London– I have worn it twice and I thought I had washed it with my clothes the other day and I found it with another pile– so I took the t-shirt out and Jen and I each displayed it in front of us! LOL

Instant posting back?

Well now I know why Adam was missing in action– he was relaxing in paradise with Tamera!

Tamera— great site- I love the pictures– My perception of you– through your pictures and writings–

You, indeed, have a happy soul and you are a free spirit– You love life! Your beauty is radiated through your internal as well as the external!!!! (this is an sincere comment)

LDG–

Your dinner sounds great! Ours was pretty cool too–

xxx

i meant nice***

LDG

Well, now you have made me hungry and it is only 10am- your dinner sounded very good indeed

Tamera – also tried to say hello, but could not find where to post a comment. I also get some kind of pop-up. Hope you and Adam are enjoying your stay (rest) in Napa. You both deserve some time off.

Patty – your weather doing OK and how are you today??

LDG: Yes, and i prefer savory to sweet as well.

Tamara ,

next site…. btw nice car ….

@Max

maybe you had best define “exciting” for this context…

Also, you are more interested in meat courses than seafood than vegetables, if I recall, yes?

@KC-Fresno

Yes, glad to be done moving and just fixed the first dinner this last evening for Foxy and her mum. Was just a joy to work in that kitchen. (before someone chimes in with guesses as to the menu: it was a spinach saute with onions and thick bacon minced in; pork-beef meatballs done Swedish-style in a cream sauce with celery and sliced mushrooms; and Fettuccine. store-bought chocolate mousse cake and fresh cherries for dessert)

and yay, posts are now clearing realtime… I wonder where my previous test posts went, though.

finally this works

testing

KC: here’s it’s about $13 a gallon.

LDG: have you any suggestions for exciting Japanese foods i could try?

@Darvette Mowry

((applaudes))
Nice website! I gave you a “unique” from a foreign ISP, if you wonder where the heck that visit was from.

side note: your site tries to install an Active X function (a media player maybe?), and that is blocked by high security settings, just FYI.

my comment went right through.

Tamera: your blog doesn’t allow comments

@Max

Sounds delicious, dumplings and all!

“…who may have eatten something similar.” — heh. yeah well, variety in diet is a good thing. (says the guy who used to joke about a “Panama Picnic” = a live iguana and a six-pack of Cerveza Panama)

Good morning everyone -

Adam – wonderful video, as with almost everyone else, hubby and I shed a few tears also. Love those types of reunions

Just paid $4.50 per gallon of gas – regular unleaded – What are you guys paying in your states???? Thank goodness I do not have to drive to work. Love being retired more and more!!

LDG – congrats on your move into your new home. Bet you are glad that “little” chore is over. Have you fixed your first meal on your new stove in that beautiful kitchen??

Hey Guys, I got permission from Adam to plug in my new Website. If you all have kids and have loved SISTER, SISTER, Twitches and want to learn what Ill be up to next. Check it out. You have to come and visit. It’s TameraMowry.net

xoxo
Tamera

Dottie,…thanks for the nice comments. How much money do I owe you?!!!!!!

You are a special person….very kind.

Sylvia

Susan,…sounds like you had a wonderful time. Nice picture. Hope to see more.

Where does Jen live? I’m new around here so I don’t know where most bloggers live.

LDG: i made something like it on saturday, but i used corn instead of jalepinos.
You were the only person i could think of who may have eatten something similar.
It’s far more filling that i expected. I also had bone marrow dumplings from Germany, which were delicious.

Susan: i hope they have photos with you in.

Well Adam is missing in action– the posts don’t post instantly– Jen is headed back to Kentucky–

the world is falling apart! waaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good morning – almost afternoon!

Is the west coast of the U.S. of A. still around? Loss of communication? ✈ ✈ ✈ ✈ ✈ Send an SOS if you need help from Florida!

Instant posting gone now, Adam?

Well– hopefully my last one went through–

Adam– you have nice bloggers– I hope you get the chance to meet Jen and her husband– they are awesome!! truly so!

xxx