Topic: BRASS TACKS (Read 32753 times)

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #150 on:** May 19, 2007, 10:48:51 AM »

Quote from: Ginny on May 19, 2007, 10:44:05 AM

So, is the person on your right dealing drugs and the one on your left looking at porn? That's what a woman complained about to one of my co-workers the other night.

WE get porn peakers every once in awhile at the main library at NDSU and I have had to ask them to leave for that is not acceptable on state property.

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #151 on:** May 19, 2007, 10:50:13 AM »

page 6 dance!

Ginny · « **Reply #152 on:** May 19, 2007, 10:51:15 AM »

Quote from: DakotaCelt on May 19, 2007, 10:48:51 AM

WE get porn peakers every once in awhile at the main library at NDSU and I have had to ask them to leave for that is not acceptable on state property.

It's grounds for banishment from the public library, too.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #153 on:** May 19, 2007, 10:57:23 AM »

Quote from: Ginny on May 19, 2007, 10:33:55 AM

Whew, what a relief!

Not so fast - notice that Jose put "museum" in quotes - becasue it was really a Library decked-out to look like a museum.

der Brucer

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #154 on:** May 19, 2007, 10:58:24 AM »

Quote from: Ginny on May 19, 2007, 10:51:15 AM

It's grounds for banishment from the public library, too.

And do you then get put on the TSA watch list?

der Brucer

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #155 on:** May 19, 2007, 11:09:09 AM »

Hmm... Sesame Tofu and Cucumbers from Zabar's... Pretty good... Who knew??

Ginny · « **Reply #156 on:** May 19, 2007, 11:11:43 AM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on May 19, 2007, 10:58:24 AM

And do you then get put on the TSA watch list?

der Brucer

Many of these folks are already on some sort of other watch list

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #157 on:** May 19, 2007, 11:18:35 AM »

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COMPLETE disbelief is usually the first reaction to flash across someone's face when you confess, usually in whispered tones, to being a member of the Really Terrible Orchestra. This is swiftly followed by a loud chortle when you assure them that yes, that really is the name and yes, we really are quite terrible. Indeed the RTO website proudly states that the main ethos of the orchestra is a commitment to lowering standards wherever possible. As RTO co-founder Alexander McCall Smith points out, "the only thing people can say is that you're not as useless as you say you are".
The involvement of one of Scotland's best-loved authors - who generously plugs the RTO on his globe-trotting book tours - has raised the profile of the orchestra considerably, making it arguably one of the best known amateur orchestras in the world. At the last rehearsal, Canadians Beryl and Michael Corber turned up to see if the RTO really did exist. Beryl had just read one of McCall Smith's books, checked the website and decided to call in while on holiday in Edinburgh. After bravely hiding their disappointment that the Professor, as McCall Smith is referred to, was absent from the bassoon section - he rarely turns up to rehearsals, just to keep his standards down - they were delighted to be included in the mandatory RTO audience participation experience.
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JoseSPiano · « **Reply #158 on:** May 19, 2007, 11:34:50 AM »

Well... It looks like I'm off to Chinatown...

Laters...

François · « **Reply #159 on:** May 19, 2007, 11:44:23 AM »

ME? A French Pastry?

"If I Were A St Honoré
I'd Be Splashing My Chantilly!"

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Thank you one and all, and all and one for the wishes and the cheers!

Being terribly French I say:

You can all have a slice of me today!

P.S. Strictly entre nous, I don't look a day older than yesterday! Now, I won't say that I am the crême de la crême, but let's all eat cake!

François · « **Reply #160 on:** May 19, 2007, 11:47:51 AM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on May 19, 2007, 12:12:24 AM

Happy Birthday François

Lovely! Un Château for my horse!

François · « **Reply #161 on:** May 19, 2007, 11:48:43 AM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on May 19, 2007, 12:23:39 AM

I'm about to feed the dogs and then leave to visit friends for the evening.
We may watch Val Kilmer. Val is Moses.

You should feed Val to the dogs!!

TCB · « **Reply #162 on:** May 19, 2007, 11:49:52 AM »

Congratulations, Ron, for passing your milestone!

François · « **Reply #163 on:** May 19, 2007, 11:52:54 AM »

Quote from: Miss Karen on May 19, 2007, 07:08:56 AM

Bon Anniversaire, Francois! And many more!

May it be a Mad Hatter Tea Party kind of day for you -- whimsical, nonsensical, entertaining and most wild!

Well, it seems that's what every single day is for me!

Wild? Must be the Oscar in me!!

François · « **Reply #164 on:** May 19, 2007, 11:56:29 AM »

Quote from: Miss Karen on May 19, 2007, 07:40:40 AM

Oooh-la-laaaaah, Francois ~ Pepe

"He can call me a Flower if he wants to!".....

François · « **Reply #165 on:** May 19, 2007, 11:59:33 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 19, 2007, 08:18:45 AM

DR JMK - What was the question again, s'il vois plait?

It IS a long story, Jose, of religious connection!

And I am, and I am NOT "l'élu" of the day!

François · « **Reply #166 on:** May 19, 2007, 12:01:41 PM »

Quote from: JMK on May 19, 2007, 08:51:19 AM

Francois was helping me with a colloquialism that had no good French equivalent (for a book I'm writing). I finally had to sit down with the head of the French American School here in Portland and she figured out what would be best.

We both had thought of "l'élu" if I remember well!

Mr Sarkozy is the recent "élu" here! $:-\$

François · « **Reply #167 on:** May 19, 2007, 12:02:41 PM »

Quote from: MBarnum on May 19, 2007, 09:16:48 AM

A happy birthday to HHWs own little French boy!!!

We Joined The Navy To See The World
And What Did We See?

François · « **Reply #168 on:** May 19, 2007, 12:03:50 PM »

Quote from: bk on May 19, 2007, 09:17:20 AM

I was awakened by the sound of the doorbell, and now I'm late and she of the Evil Eye is here and I must get crackin'.

I wonder if that sweet lady KNOWS you call her that way here!

François · « **Reply #169 on:** May 19, 2007, 12:05:52 PM »

Quote from: vixmom on May 19, 2007, 10:30:41 AM

El más feliz de cumpleaños a Francois

Gracias! I love your French btw!

Cillaliz · « **Reply #170 on:** May 19, 2007, 12:07:08 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 19, 2007, 09:53:41 AM

Good Afternoon!

Dishes are washed. Counters are wiped down. Lotto tickets have been checked - I won $5.00! -Hey, it's something. I've been washed and brushed and burnished. And now I'm just waiting for my sister-in-law to call me when she gets done with her ride around the harbor. -I hope she brought her umbrella with her.

Wow! Jose, you won the lottery!

François · « **Reply #171 on:** May 19, 2007, 12:07:39 PM »

Quote from: vixmom on May 19, 2007, 10:31:59 AM

Le plus heureux des anniversaires à Francois

Su Espanol es maravilloso! Danke!

Cillaliz · « **Reply #172 on:** May 19, 2007, 12:08:11 PM »

Quote from: vixmom on May 19, 2007, 10:29:03 AM

I just had a long phone conversation with Danise, would that it had been longer but it was interupted by a cellphone battery which went flat without warning.

Since I cleverly store ALL of my important phone numbers in the cell phone, I can't call her back

I sent her an IM but I don't know that she has her laptop on...if anyone speaks to her please let her know what happened!! I apparently have a 3 hour wait to access my phone directory again

Vixmom, can't you use your phone while it charges? I do that all the time

François · « **Reply #173 on:** May 19, 2007, 12:08:21 PM »

Quote from: vixmom on May 19, 2007, 10:33:32 AM

Am glücklichsten von den Geburtstagen zu Francois

Bless you!

Cillaliz · « **Reply #174 on:** May 19, 2007, 12:11:33 PM »

HAPPY BIRTHDAY François!!!!!!!

TCB · « **Reply #175 on:** May 19, 2007, 12:13:29 PM »

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Cillaliz · « **Reply #176 on:** May 19, 2007, 12:18:23 PM »

I am sleepy. I went out for breakfast with Paul and stupidly ordered potato pancakes at IHOP. I was thinking about the potato pancakes we used to make out of left over mashed potatoes, these were like McDonalds potato thingies with onion and some herbs in it. Yuck.

Then I went to the Orange City Tulip Festival. The tulips have pretty much all died already. Between the very hot weather and a couple nights of below freezing weather right at the wrong time for tulips, it was a wash out on flowers, but it is a fun Dutch festival and since I'm at least 1/2 Dutch, I enjoy seeing the costumes.

It's also fun to hear people sing and speak in Dutch. My grandfather used to sing to me and tell me funny Dutch sayings. Luckily, when I was a kid I got him to say them into my new cassette recorder, so I still have them.

I ate a bratwurst and a "Dutch Fudge Puppy" Lol....it's a strip of waffle on a stick dipped in fudge and then topped with whip cream. It sounded better than it tasted.

I did make it to the butcher shop and picked up some of their wonderful dried beef and home made ring bologna.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #177 on:** May 19, 2007, 12:20:23 PM »

It was getting very hot and crowded. So i left before the street washing and the parade. I did see the bicycle singers and a really cool very old portable organ that played music similar to a player piano but it was in books....I'll post some photos later.

I feel like I need to rest....I feel sick....I will not eat junk food ever again...

Cillaliz · « **Reply #178 on:** May 19, 2007, 12:23:54 PM »

Oh yeah, and the main stage morning music was from Bruele, a really enjoyable Native American band.

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #179 on:** May 19, 2007, 12:38:12 PM »

Quote from: Ginny on May 19, 2007, 10:51:15 AM

It's grounds for banishment from the public library, too.

We had an incident at the library about a year and a half ago and it was a minor. Him, his brother and his little sister would come almost every night to the library until their mother was off work.

I caught him once and he was warned. I caught him again a few days later doing it and I called campus security. THey called his mother and she came from work and yelled at him in Spanish. I got the impression that this was not hte first time he had gotten kicked out of a library. All three were requested to leave and the minor was told not to return to the library.

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