If I post, will I move the topic to first on the list?
der Brucer
(Sung to the melody of John Brown's Body)
The Pink Porpoise song....
As one pink porpoise popped up the pole
The other pink porpoise popped down (x4)
Chorus
Glory, glory how peculiar!
Glory, glory how peculiar!
Glory, glory how peculiar!
As one pink porpoise popped up the pole
The other pink porpoise popped down!!
Players- A team must have at least six players: goalie, right and left defense, center, and right and left wing. A maximum of fourteen players, including goalies, may dress and play in a game.
That's one way to drive all the single men to IOWA!
der Brucer
The earnings data were broken out not only among 20 broad industry sectors but also among 22 major occupational groups. Within "legal occupations," men had a median income of $102,272, but women earned slightly less than half that amount, making law the field with the widest income disparity between men and women.
"As with so many other fields, support staff in law tend to be more populated by women than by men, and those numbers bring down the statistical information on women's earnings," said Karen Mathis, president of the American Bar Association, in a statement. "That said, the ABA is aware that there are discrepancies between the earnings of women and men functioning at the same level in the legal profession." Ms. Mathis pointed out that full-time male lawyers were paid a median weekly salary of $1,748 last year, according to the Labor Department. Their female counterparts made $1,354.
The Offical Broomball rules state:I presume an unlimited may un-dress and join in!
Actually, the stats that you posted late last night about the ratios of men to women in Nevada, North Dakota and Alaska would be incentive enough to consider moving to those places! ;D
I 'spect wigwams are cheaper than condos!
der Brucer
Far cheaper and not as attractive...
The accommodations or the women? ::)
der Brucer
Good luck on the meeting George!!Thanks!
George: make sure the seller provides you with a "Bat-Free" certification (or at least a butterfly net).I will! There are bats around the neighborhood where I live now!
der Brucer
I also recommend do not watch Money Pit before you meet tomorow!
I have no intentions of watching that movie any time soon! ;)
Dont have too many batty dreams... Only good dreams for tomorrow!!
Sadly, ND is one of the worst paying states in the US... Not far behind certain southern states
ND is 38th in household income ($41.030)
BUT: ND had fewer people below the poverty level than most states.
der Brucer
My father's dog is VERY attached to him and I fear she will have a difficult time after my father passes on. Any ideas to help ease her pain?
It is unlikely that pets actually grieve, since it is doubtful that dogs and cats have a concept of death........
It is unlikely that pets actually grieve, since it is doubtful that dogs and cats have a concept of death. However, in the absence of a person or other animal to which the dog or cat had a strong attachment, there are stages of behavioural changes that are similar to what we know as grief.
It is more appropriate to call grieving a prolonged state of separation anxiety.
What are the signs of grief?
The first stage is called activation, when the dog barks and continually patrols the property as if looking for the absent person or animal, and lasts for a few days. This is followed by depression with reduced activity, and loss of appetite. This period may last for several weeks. Eventually, periods of normal behaviour are seen between times of depression, until behaviour finally returns to normal.
Is there any treatment for a grieving pet?
Anti-anxiety drugs will help in the stages of separation anxiety (or grieving), especially if they are affecting the health of the dog and/or the owner. Show the cat or dog lots of love and attention, giving favourite foods, and engaging in pleasurable activities. Provide the animal with a den a small, dark, quiet and comfortable area that has the features of a nest, and provide dogs with lots of off-leash exercise. With time, the stages will pass, and your pet will return to normal behaviour.
Question:
What are your favorite Wacky seasonal songs?
A Christmas Carol
One very familiar type of song is the Christmas carol. Although it is perhaps a bit out of season at this time. However, I'm informed by my "disk jockey" friends - of whom I have none, that in order to get a song popular by Christmas time, you have to start plugging it well in advance. So here goes. It has always seemed to me after all. That Christmas, with its spirit of giving, offers us all a wonderful opportunity each year to reflect on what we all most sincerely and deeply believe in. I refer of course, to money. And yet none of the Christmas carols that you hear on the radio or in the street, even attempt to capture the true spirit of Christmas as we celebrate it in the United States. That is to say the commercial spirit. So I should like to offer the following Christmas carol for next year, as being perhaps a bit more appropriate.
Christmas time is here, by golly,
Disapproval would be folly,
Deck the halls with hunks of holly,
Fill the cup and don't say "when."
Kill the turkeys, ducks and chickens,
Mix the punch, drag out the Dickens,
Even though the prospect sickens,
Brother, here we go again.
On Christmas Day you can't get sore,
Your fellow man you must adore,
There's time to rob him all the more
The other three hundred and sixty-four.
Relations, sparing no expense'll
Send some useless old utensil,
Or a matching pen and pencil.
"Just the thing I need! How nice!"
It doesn't matter how sincere it
Is, nor how heartfelt the spirit,
Sentiment will not endear it,
What's important is the price.
Hark the Herald Tribune sings,
Advertising wondrous things.
God rest ye merry, merchants,
May you make the Yuletide pay.
Angels we have heard on high
Tell us to go out and buy!
So let the raucous sleigh bells jingle,
Hail our dear old friend Kris Kringle,
Driving his reindeer across the sky.
Don't stand underneath when they fly by.
Actually I did rather well myself, this last Christmas. The nicest present I received was a gift certificate "good at any hospital for a lobotomy". Rather thoughtful.
And the word of the day is: FRIABLE!Unlike the radioactive spider bite that turned Peter Parker into Spiderman, or the chemical spill that transformed Barry Allen into the Flash, the LAB FIRE that trapped Horatio Quimby merely made his body extremely FRIABLE. Oh, well, that's the way the cookie crumbles.
I 'spect wigwams are cheaper than condos!I'd still rather live in a yurt.
der Brucer
And so to bed, with echoes of Dr Dimento swirling thru my head!At nearly two o'clock, Left Coast Time, which makes it five o'clock Right Coast Time.
der Brucer
That's one way to drive all the single men to IOWA!
der Brucer
The Offical Broomball rules state:I presume an unlimited may un-dress and join in!
I will! There are bats around the neighborhood where I live now!
Jingle Bells
BAtman Bells
Robin laid an egg!
ND is 38th in household income ($41.030)
BUT: ND had fewer people below the poverty level than most states.
der Brucer
I'm at home this morning waiting to have the house bat-proofed. I do have several things to do before he gets here, so I better get going.Hiding the bustiers and teddys?
Good morning, all! I'm working on the Nun show today: first band rehearsal tomorrow at 1 PM.
DR MattH, that wasn't Glenn Headly as the evil stepmother; it was Theresa Russell.
GRRRRRRRRR.....I forgot NIP/TUCK came back on last night.....hopefully I can catch it on a rerun...maybe Saturday or Sunday night.
Tonight is PWOJECT WUNWAY!!!
Good morning!
It was cool last night, so I was able to have windows open and sleep with fresh air circulating through the house. It's going to heat back up during the days, but at least the nights are supposed to be very cool for the next four or five days, and that helps.
Oddly, I received several "too many connections" alerts the last few times I tried to log on (one might well ask why I bothered to log off....but I had other fish to fry at other internet locations).
Fish....ugh.
Mine is Grandma got ran over my a reindeer...
Fingers crossed for the inspection today, George!
TOD - Mr BK - what is your favorite "answer" song?
Dear Esteemed BK:
We've all been seeing a lot of new people registered here at the board, but they never post.
Is there a lot of personal messaging going on between them?
BK, re the photo of you from 1971, are those FRENCH FRIES in your hand?
All these newly regisered people is happening because of pinging - I don't know what pinging means, but it has something to do with the software we use for the board - every night when I post the notes it pings to other sites. I used to sometimes see acknowledgments of said pings when I'd look to see who was searching for what.
So, people come, register (don't know why), and then never come back. I will say, however, this has only started happening four weeks ago.What caught my attention was the number of new registrants that have e-mail addresses with Middle Eastern companies. That's why I was asking about possible personal messages, as a way of people sending each other notes without using their own e-mail accounts.
Thought it was Batman smells ???
Hiding the bustiers and teddys?
:o
:-*
Donatella Arpaia, one of the owners of the restaurant David Burke & Donatella, told a disturbing story about an altercation with a diner there who really, really liked the miniature silver stoves on which petit fours are served.
The diner, a woman, expressed interest in having one. A server told her that these silver vessels cost more than $300 each and were simply too expensive to give away. The woman reiterated her interest and expressed disappointment. The restaurant sent her a free dessert.
Then the server noticed that the silver object had migrated from the table to a spot below the woman’s chair, Arpaia said. And then it migrated into the woman’s evening bag, which was really too small to conceal it wholly. A manager confronted the woman, whose husband became irate, saying the couple had, after all, spent $600 in the restaurant.
The couple left furious, Arpaia said. But the restaurant managed to hold on to the valuable object.
I just read on Playbill.com that Andrew Lloyd Webber to Receive Kennedy Center Honors (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/101850.html):
Joining Lloyd Webber for the 29th Annual Kennedy Center Honors are conductor Zubin Mehta, country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton, singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson and film director Steven Spielberg. The 2006 Honorees will be saluted in a gala performance at the Kennedy Center's Opera House Dec. 3. President and Mrs. Bush will receive the Honorees at the White House prior to the performance. The evening — which will be filmed for TV broadcast — will air on CBS-TV in December.
DALLAS (AP) — Wondering what they'll fry next for the State Fair of Texas? Start imagining fried pralines and fried Coca-Cola.
Judges today for the second annual Big Tex Choice Awards Contest chose Shirley London's Fried Praline Perfection as the tastiest fried delicacy. Abel Gonzales Junior's Fried Coke took the creativity award.
The two won out among 26 entries such as fried macaroni and cheese and a deep-fried cosmopolitan.
London says she came up with the fried pralines idea after buying pralines at the fair last year. She plans to sell the pralines alongside fried marshmallows.
Gonzales says the Fried Coke came about just from thinking aloud. The concoction includes Coca-Cola flavored batter that is deep-fried and with Coke fountain syrup drizzled on it. That's topped with whipped cream, cinnamon sugar and a cherry.
What the heck were you doing up at that hour? Pretending you are a vampire?
Sheesh!!! :-\
Thats because there are fewer people who live there
I don't know what an answer song is.
List of answer songs
This is an incomplete list of songs, which can or may never satisfy any subjective standard for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.
This is a list of answer songs, songs that refer directly to another song or that are meant as a reply to another song.
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"Achy Breaky Song" by "Weird Al" Yankovic is a song-length rant about Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart".
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division was written in response to Neil Sedaka's "Love Will Keep Us Together"
"Yarra Song" by Billy Bragg contains a short section from Jean Kenbrovin and John Kellette's "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles".
One more sterling example of the dumbing down of America!
Howdy, folks!
Cat brought me a breakfast mouse a few minutes ago - Gee, thanks. ...Next time, unbuttered whole wheat toast, kitty...
So I am hoping there will be no scratching in the walls tonight, which would mean we still have bats.
TOD - Mr BK - what is your favorite "answer" song?
It is a lower percentage of folks below the poverty line.
der Brucer
George and DakotaCelt came out to play (and bk was not in to play recess monitor).
I also recommend do not watch Money Pit before you meet tomorow!
Back from the casting session, which took a surprising turn at the end. First off, in addition to Mr. Kevin Spirtas, I'm bringing back Lauren Rubin to play his wife - she played it in the reading and was faboo - she's from NY and has done a few shows there. But, I'm also going to bring in someone to do the role of the female alien - a terrific part with a really good number. I'm making a wish list now and it's get some pretty wonderful people on it.
TOnight are new episodes of BONES and JUSTICE. PBS is also reshowing that marvelous American Masters' special on Leonard Bernstein's life and times.Does the special cover ALL aspects of LB's life? Or would that be too honest?
A bit like our first experience in Michigan.
I hope you have also seen MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE, the original and classier film.
Oh George - best of luck with the inspection and everything....but a house is a money pit....of course you have something to show for it and a place to live that is your very own. To me it's definitely worth it.
I haven't seen this...should I really?? :-\
;)
ABSOLUTELY!!!!! Cary Grant and Myrna Loy.
George-The seller should fix the problem and the home inspector should return to check it has been done correctly. They don’t always, and if they do it doesn’t mean it was fixed correctly.
How old is the toilet? It is very possible the toilet is leaking under the floor. If needed, now would be the best time to replace it.
The building was built in 1987, so it's almost 20 years old...and the toilets might be, also. The outside certainly looks that old. The inspector did say that he'd come back and check for moisture after it's fixed. I have to wait to see if the seller will actually get it fixed or lower the asking price, or make some other offer.
Sorry, I'm not letting go of this. I'm just speaking from experience. Please make sure someone, preferably a plumber (speak to the house inspector), makes sure it is not the toilet causing the problem. Do ask how old the toilets are. Even if the leak isn't from the toilet you might, considering the condition of said toilet, might want to replace it.
Just got back from delivering my aunt to the local sleep analysis center, where she has to spend the night hooked up to 18 wires. I have to retrieve her at 6:45am tomorrow, take her home, and proceed to Columbus, OH, where I have a meeting that starts at 10:30.
DR George - Sounds like the inspection went as well as could be expected.
Of course (about the inspection), it could've gone better if the guy didn't find any problems because there weren't any. ::)
;D
George, true, however, the reason the condo didn’t sell could have been due to the current owners not fixing that water damage in the first place…..so it worked to your advantage.
There rarely "aren't any problems."
Cillaliz-Sleep well & bat free tonight.
Don't know the title,
Now I know a little ditty. It's as crazy as can be.
The guy who wrote it said he wanted it and he handed it to me.
I found I couldn't use it because it sounded blue,
And that's the very reason why I'm handing it to you.
CHORUS: Oh, ain't we crazy? Oh, ain't we crazy?
This is the way we pass the time away (away, away).
Oh, ain't we crazy? Oh, ain't we crazy?
We're gonna sing this song all night today.
It's the song the alligators sing while coming though the rye
As they serenade the elephants up in the trees so high.
The iceman hums this ditty as he shovels in the coal,
And the monkeys join the chorus up around the northern pole.
It was midnight on the ocean. Not a streetcar was in sight.
The sun was shining brightly and it rained all day that night.
It was a summer's day in winter and the rain was snowing fast,
And a barefoot boy with shoes on stood sitting in the grass.
And the cows were making cowslips, and the bells were ringing wet.
The bumblebees were making bums and smoking cigarettes.
A man went in a stable and came out a little hoarse.
He jumped upon his golf stick and rode all around the course.
While the organ peeled potatoes, lard was rendered by the choir.
The sexton rang a dishrag. Someone set the church on fire.
"Holy smokes!" the preacher shouted. In the rain, he lost his hair.
Now his head resembles heaven 'cause there ain't no partin' there.
It was midnight on the ocean. Not a horse cart was in sight.
I went into a drugstore to get myself a light.
The man behind the counter was a lady old and gray
Who used to peddle shoestrings on the road to Mandelay.
"My husband's dead," the lady said. Her eyes were dry with tears.
She put her head between her feet and stood that way for years.
Her children six were orphans except one tiny tot
Who lived in a house across the street above a vacant lot.
It was midnight and the rising sun was setting in the west.
The little fishies in the trees were huddled in their nests.
It was a dark and stormy night and the sun was shining bright,
And everything that you could see was hidden out of sight.
Speaking of ex-posters, I had a nice note from sometime poster/lurker Mr Kaplan yesterday. His birthday was acknowledged by BK the other day.
from some reason I keep thinking of the tune "I am looking over a four-leaf clover that I overlooked before!!"