Post by: CigarBanter on October 08, 2018, 12:02:13 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 05:16:53 AM
woohoo.
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 05:20:55 AM
As of 5 a.m. Monday, Michael has maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.
Michael is moving north at 7 mph and is about 90 miles east of Cozumel, Mexico and about 100 miles south-southwest of the western tip of Cuba.
The storm developed into Tropical Depression 14 Sunday morning, then became Tropical Storm Michael around 2 p.m.
Governor Rick Scott is warning all Floridians to get ready as Michael approaches. He declared a State of Emergency in 26 counties.
"This storm has the potential to bring devastating impacts to communities across the Panhandle and Big Bend and every family must be prepared," the governor said Sunday.
"We all saw the damage Hermine did to the neighborhoods in its path just two years ago and Tropical Storm Michael is forecast to have similar impacts." Hurricane Hermine came ashore in an area of the Florida Panhandle in Sept. 2016 as a Category 1 and caused significant damage.
Officials at the National Hurricane Center say Michael could become a hurricane by Tuesday night or Wednesday.
Michael could make landfall on the northeastern Gulf Coast as a Category 2 hurricane.
"We know storms like Michael can be absolutely devastating and life threatening. That's why we all have to take this seriously," Scott said.
The governor activated 500 National Guard troops and said 5,000 more are on standby.
The state emergency operations center is at a level 2 and will be switched to a level 1 Monday morning, Scott said. That means agencies will begin to work hand-and-hand as Michael heads toward Florida.
Effects from the storm could be noticeable in the Tampa Bay area in the coming days, according to Storm Team 8.
"We could feel tropical storm force winds along our shoreline. It could be breezy with increased rain chances," said Storm Team 8 Meteorologist Leigh Spann.
Here's a summary of watches and warnings associated with Tropical Storm Michael:
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for:
The Cuban province of Pinar del Rio
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for:
The Cuban province of the Isle of Youth
The coast of Mexico from Tulum to Cabo Catoche, including Cozumel
A Storm Surge Watch is in effect for:
Navarre Florida to Anna Maria Island Florida, including Tampa Bay
A Hurricane Watch is in effect for:
Alabama-Florida border to Suwanee River Florida
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for:
Suwanee River to Anna Maria Island Florida, including Tampa Bay
Alabama-Florida border to the Mississippi-Alabama border.
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 05:38:36 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on October 08, 2018, 05:53:34 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on October 08, 2018, 06:04:09 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 06:17:25 AM
Time to get another week started. Morning, Dean. Hope the trip back was uneventful.good morning Dave.
we're not going to talk about the drive back.
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 06:17:48 AM
Good morning Dean and Dave.morning Tony.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on October 08, 2018, 06:24:08 AM
Lol, understood. Glad you made it back in one piece.Time to get another week started. Morning, Dean. Hope the trip back was uneventful.good morning Dave.
we're not going to talk about the drive back.
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 06:33:36 AM
did you hit the links over the weekend Dave?Lol, understood. Glad you made it back in one piece.Time to get another week started. Morning, Dean. Hope the trip back was uneventful.good morning Dave.
we're not going to talk about the drive back.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on October 08, 2018, 06:51:40 AM
I did not. It was a lot of on and off rain here most of the weekend, including a fairly heavy storm Saturday night.did you hit the links over the weekend Dave?Lol, understood. Glad you made it back in one piece.Time to get another week started. Morning, Dean. Hope the trip back was uneventful.good morning Dave.
we're not going to talk about the drive back.
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 06:51:53 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on October 08, 2018, 06:53:10 AM
Morning Dean, Tony and Dave.Good morning, NJDave.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on October 08, 2018, 06:54:37 AM
We got a lot more rain than forcasted too. Not heavy rain but just enough to be annoying. It made the Saturday games fun... NOT.I did not. It was a lot of on and off rain here most of the weekend, including a fairly heavy storm Saturday night.did you hit the links over the weekend Dave?Lol, understood. Glad you made it back in one piece.Time to get another week started. Morning, Dean. Hope the trip back was uneventful.good morning Dave.
we're not going to talk about the drive back.
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 06:55:06 AM
Today is Monday, Oct. 8, the 281st day of 2018. There are 84 days left in the year. Today is Columbus Day in the United States and Thanksgiving in Canada.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 8, 1998, the House triggered an open-ended impeachment inquiry against President Bill Clinton in a momentous 258-176 vote; 31 Democrats joined majority Republicans in opening the way for nationally televised impeachment hearings.
On this date:
In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire erupted; fires also broke out in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and in several communities in Michigan.
In 1918, U.S. Army Cpl. Alvin C. York led an attack that killed 25 German soldiers and resulted in the capture of 132 others in the Argonne Forest in France.
In 1934, Bruno Hauptmann was indicted by a grand jury in New Jersey for murder in the death of the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
In 1945, President Harry S. Truman told a press conference in Tiptonville, Tennessee, that the secret scientific knowledge behind the atomic bomb would be shared only with Britain and Canada.
In 1956, Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series to date as the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5, 2-0.
In 1970, Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn was named winner of the Nobel Prize for literature.
In 1981, at the White House, President Reagan greeted former Presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon, who were preparing to travel to Egypt for the funeral of Anwar Sadat.
In 1982, all labor organizations in Poland, including Solidarity, were banned.
In 2001, The United States pounded terrorist targets in Afghanistan from the air for a second night.
In 2002, A federal judge approved President George W. Bush's request to reopen West Coast ports, ending a 10-day labor lockout that was costing the U.S. economy an estimated $1 to $2 billion a day.
In 2004, thirty-four people, most of them Israelis, were killed when suicide bombers blew up the Taba Hilton Hotel in Egypt.
Monday October 8, 2018 12:01 AM
Today in History
Today in History
Written by By The Associated Press
Today in History
Today is Monday, Oct. 8, the 281st day of 2018. There are 84 days left in the year. Today is Columbus Day in the United States and Thanksgiving in Canada.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 8, 1998, the House triggered an open-ended impeachment inquiry against President Bill Clinton in a momentous 258-176 vote; 31 Democrats joined majority Republicans in opening the way for nationally televised impeachment hearings.
On this date:
In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire erupted; fires also broke out in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and in several communities in Michigan.
In 1918, U.S. Army Cpl. Alvin C. York led an attack that killed 25 German soldiers and resulted in the capture of 132 others in the Argonne Forest in France.
In 1934, Bruno Hauptmann was indicted by a grand jury in New Jersey for murder in the death of the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
In 1945, President Harry S. Truman told a press conference in Tiptonville, Tennessee, that the secret scientific knowledge behind the atomic bomb would be shared only with Britain and Canada.
In 1956, Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series to date as the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5, 2-0.
In 1970, Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn was named winner of the Nobel Prize for literature.
In 1981, at the White House, President Reagan greeted former Presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon, who were preparing to travel to Egypt for the funeral of Anwar Sadat.
In 1982, all labor organizations in Poland, including Solidarity, were banned.
In 2001, The United States pounded terrorist targets in Afghanistan from the air for a second night.
In 2002, A federal judge approved President George W. Bush's request to reopen West Coast ports, ending a 10-day labor lockout that was costing the U.S. economy an estimated $1 to $2 billion a day.
In 2004, thirty-four people, most of them Israelis, were killed when suicide bombers blew up the Taba Hilton Hotel in Egypt.
In 2005, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake flattened villages on the Pakistan-India border, killing an estimated 86,000 people.
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 06:55:50 AM
Morning Dean, Tony and Dave.good morning Dave.
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 06:56:52 AM
Five years ago: The White House said President Barack Obama would nominate Federal Reserve vice chair Janet Yellen to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairman of the nation's central bank. Britain's Peter Higgs and Belgian colleague Francois Englert won the Nobel Prize in physics for helping to explain how matter formed after the Big Bang. Phil Chevron, 56, the guitarist for the boisterous Anglo-Irish band the Pogues, died in Dublin.
One year ago: Harvey Weinstein was fired from The Weinstein Company amid allegations that he was responsible for decades of sexual harassment against actresses and employees. Vice President Mike Pence left the 49ers-Colts game in Indianapolis after about a dozen San Francisco players took a knee during the national anthem; Pence tweeted that he wouldn't "dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag or our National Anthem." President Donald Trump and Republican Sen. Bob Corker engaged in an intense round of back-and-forth bashing on social media.
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 07:00:41 AM
Entertainment reporter Rona Barrett is 82.
Actor Paul Hogan is 79.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Fred Cash (The Impressions) is 78.
Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson is 77.
Comedian Chevy Chase is 75.
Author R.L. Stine is 75.
Actor Dale Dye is 74.
Country singer Susan Raye is 74.
TV personality Sarah Purcell is 70.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Airrion Love (The Stylistics) is 69.
Actress Sigourney Weaver is 69.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool & the Gang) is 68.
Producer-director Edward Zwick is 66.
Country singer-musician Ricky Lee Phelps is 65.
Actor Michael Dudikoff is 64.
Comedian Darrell Hammond is 63.
Actress Stephanie Zimbalist is 62.
Rock musician Mitch Marine is 57.
Actress Kim Wayans is 57.
Rock singer Steve Perry (Cherry Poppin' Daddies) is 55.
Actor Ian Hart is 54.
Gospel/rhythm-and-blues singer CeCe Winans is 54.
Rock musician C.J. Ramone (The Ramones) is 53.
Actress-producer Karyn Parsons is 52.
Singer-producer Teddy Riley is 52.
Actress Emily Procter is 50.
Actor Dylan Neal is 49.
Actor-screenwriter Matt Damon is 48.
Actor-comedian Robert Kelly is 48.
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is 48.
Actor Martin Henderson is 44.
Actress Kristanna Loken is 39.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Byron Reeder (Mista) is 39.
Rock-soul singer-musician Noelle Scaggs (Fitz and the Tantrums) is 39.
Actor Nick Cannon is 38.
Actor Max Crumm is 33.
Singer-songwriter-producer Bruno Mars is 33.
Actor Angus T. Jones is 25.
Actress Molly Quinn is 25.
Actress/singer Bella Thorne is 21.
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 07:01:14 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 07:06:59 AM
1957
> Artist: The Beatles
> Top charting track: Hey Jude
> Top charting album: Abbey Road
> Albums sold: 178 million
1958
> Artist: Bee Gees
> Top charting track: How Deep Is Your Love
> Top charting album: Spirits Having Flown
> Albums sold: 28 million
1959
> Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival
> Top charting track: Proud Mary
> Top charting album: Green River
> Albums sold: 28 million
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 07:09:38 AM
> Artist: The Temptations
> Top charting track: I Can't Get Next To You
> Top charting album: All Directions
> Albums sold: 12.5 million
1961
> Artist: The Beach Boys
> Top charting track: Kokomo
> Top charting album: Endless Summer
> Albums sold: 22.5 million
1962
> Artist: The Rolling Stones
> Top charting track: Miss You
> Top charting album: Some Girls
> Albums sold: 66.5 million
1963
> Artist: Simon and Garfunkel
> Top charting track: Bridge Over Troubled Water
> Top charting album: Bridge Over Troubled Water
> Albums sold: 38.5 million
1964
> Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd
> Top charting track: Sweet Home Alabama
> Top charting album: Street Survivors
> Albums sold: 28.5 million
1965
> Artist: Pink Floyd
> Top charting track: Another Brick In The Wall (Part II)
> Top charting album: The Dark Side Of The Moon
> Albums sold: 75 million
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 07:11:30 AM
> Artist: Santana
> Top charting track: Smooth
> Top charting album: Supernatural
> Albums sold: 43.5 million
1967
> Artist: Fleetwood Mac
> Top charting track: Dreams
> Top charting album: Rumours
> Albums sold: 49.5 million
1968
> Artist: Led Zeppelin
> Top charting track: Whole Lotta Love
> Top charting album: Led Zeppelin II
> Albums sold: 111.5 million
1969
> Artist: Black Sabbath
> Top charting track: Iron Man
> Top charting album: 13
> Albums sold: 15 million
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 07:13:25 AM
> Artist: Queen
> Top charting track: Another One Bites The Dust
> Top charting album: The Game
> Albums sold: 34.5 million
1971
> Artist: Eagles
> Top charting track: Hotel California
> Top charting album: Hotel California
> Albums sold: 120 million
1972
> Artist: Van Halen
> Top charting track: Jump
> Top charting album: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
> Albums sold: 56.5 million
1973
> Artist: AC/DC
> Top charting track: Moneytalks
> Top charting album: Black Ice
> Albums sold: 72 million
1974
> Artist: Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
> Top charting track: Shame On The Moon
> Top charting album: Against The Wind
> Albums sold: 44.5 million
1975
> Artist: Iron Maiden
> Top charting track: Run To The Hills
> Top charting album: The Final Frontier
> Albums sold: 6.5 million
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 07:15:39 AM
> Artist: U2
> Top charting track: With or Without You
> Top charting album: The Joshua Tree
> Albums sold: 52 million
1977
> Artist: Def Leppard
> Top charting track: Love Bites
> Top charting album: Hysteria
> Albums sold: 35.5 million
1978
> Artist: Joy Division
> Top charting track: Love Will Tear Us Apart
> Top charting album: Unknown Pleasures
> Albums sold: N/A
1979
> Artist: Beastie Boys
> Top charting track: (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)
> Top charting album: Licensed To Ill
> Albums sold: 23 million
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 07:17:35 AM
> Artist: R.E.M.
> Top charting track: Losing My Religion
> Top charting album: Out Of Time
> Albums sold: 20 million
1981
> Artist: Metallica
> Top charting track: Until It Sleeps
> Top charting album: Metallica
> Albums sold: 63 million
1982
> Artist: ABBA
> Top charting track: Dancing Queen
> Top charting album: The Album
> Albums sold: 10.5 million
1983
> Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
> Top charting track: Under The Bridge
> Top charting album: Stadium Arcadium
> Albums sold: 25 million
1984
> Artist: Soundgarden
> Top charting track: Black Rain
> Top charting album: Superunknown
> Albums sold: 9 million
1985
> Artist: Guns N' Roses
> Top charting track: Sweet Child O' Mine
> Top charting album: Appetite For Destruction
> Albums sold: 44.5 million
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 07:19:14 AM
> Artist: No Doubt
> Top charting track: Underneath It All
> Top charting album: Tragic Kingdom
> Albums sold: 15 million
1987
> Artist: Alice in Chains
> Top charting track: Check My Brain
> Top charting album: Jar Of Flies
> Albums sold: 12.5 million
1988
> Artist: Nirvana
> Top charting track: Smells Like Teen Spirit
> Top charting album: Nevermind
> Albums sold: 25 million
1989
> Artist: Green Day
> Top charting track: Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
> Top charting album: American Idiot
> Albums sold: 24 million
1990
> Artist: Pearl Jam
> Top charting track: Last Kiss
> Top charting album: Vs.
> Albums sold: 31.5 million
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 07:21:25 AM
> Artist: Oasis
> Top charting track: Wonderwall
> Top charting album: Be Here Now
> Albums sold: 6 million
1992
> Artist: Blink-182
> Top charting track: All The Small Things
> Top charting album: Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
> Albums sold: 10 million
1993
> Artist: Korn
> Top charting track: Did My Time
> Top charting album: Follow The Leader
> Albums sold: 16.5 million
1994
> Artist: Foo Fighters
> Top charting track: Best Of You
> Top charting album: Wasting Light
> Albums sold: 7 million
1995
> Artist: Nickelback
> Top charting track: How You Remind Me
> Top charting album: All The Right Reasons
> Albums sold: 24 million
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 07:23:02 AM
> Artist: Linkin Park
> Top charting track: In The End
> Top charting album: Meteora
> Albums sold: 27 million
1997
> Artist: The White Stripes
> Top charting track: Icky Thump
> Top charting album: Icky Thump
> Albums sold: 2.5 million
1998
> Artist: The Strokes
> Top charting track: Juicebox
> Top charting album: Room On Fire
> Albums sold: 1.5 million
1999
> Artist: Gorillaz
> Top charting track: Feel Good Inc
> Top charting album: Plastic Beach
> Albums sold: 3 million
2000
> Artist: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
> Top charting track: Maps
> Top charting album: Mosquito
> Albums sold: 0.5 million
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 07:25:49 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on October 08, 2018, 07:44:42 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on October 08, 2018, 07:46:21 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 07:51:28 AM
You're a fountain of knowledge this morning, Dave.Indeed!
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 07:52:00 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on October 08, 2018, 09:03:09 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on October 08, 2018, 09:06:43 AM
Fountain of banter killing too, apparently.It's just too much to soak in...
Post by: LuvTooGolf on October 08, 2018, 09:08:44 AM
Bazinga.Fountain of banter killing too, apparently.It's just too much to soak in...
Post by: Threebean on October 08, 2018, 09:45:53 AM
That looks more like the fountain of carnal knowledge.You're a fountain of knowledge this morning, Dave.Indeed!
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 09:46:31 AM
Fountain of banter killing too, apparently.straightening out the house, getting ready to shop for groceries.
Post by: Threebean on October 08, 2018, 09:47:08 AM
You're a fountain of knowledge this morning, Dave.And post whoring the page count. Win-Win.
Post by: Threebean on October 08, 2018, 09:48:25 AM
Fascinating.Fountain of banter killing too, apparently.straightening out the house, getting ready to shop for groceries.
Post by: Threebean on October 08, 2018, 09:49:11 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 10:01:21 AM
Morning Dean, Daves, and Tony. Sounding like a mundane Monday all around.morning Mark.
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 10:19:37 AM
Fountain of banter killing too, apparently.Can't kill what never got off the ground.
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 10:20:32 AM
I do try.You're a fountain of knowledge this morning, Dave.And post whoring the page count. Win-Win.
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 10:21:31 AM
So I picked the right one then... ;DThat looks more like the fountain of carnal knowledge.You're a fountain of knowledge this morning, Dave.Indeed!
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 10:22:08 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 10:22:41 AM
Post by: Threebean on October 08, 2018, 10:31:43 AM
TNWSSI do try.You're a fountain of knowledge this morning, Dave.And post whoring the page count. Win-Win.
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 10:32:05 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 10:36:22 AM
AKA Dean's hot tub.That looks more like the fountain of carnal knowledge.You're a fountain of knowledge this morning, Dave.Indeed!
Post by: LuvTooGolf on October 08, 2018, 10:52:23 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 10:55:27 AM
Free lunch today, due to milestone celebration. Hitting 15 years next month, so they get everyone together that's hitting a round number. Back later.But no mention of that Genocidal invader Columbus?
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 10:56:09 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 11:03:54 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on October 08, 2018, 11:20:14 AM
Hahaha. What a ball buster.Fascinating.Fountain of banter killing too, apparently.straightening out the house, getting ready to shop for groceries.
Post by: razgueado on October 08, 2018, 11:21:00 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on October 08, 2018, 11:23:41 AM
Morning, muchachos.Hola Raz
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 11:28:37 AM
Morning, muchachos.RazMatazMan
Post by: razgueado on October 08, 2018, 11:32:40 AM
1980Uh, Abba was formed in 1972, not 1982. They broke up in 1982.
> Artist: R.E.M.
> Top charting track: Losing My Religion
> Top charting album: Out Of Time
> Albums sold: 20 million
1981
> Artist: Metallica
> Top charting track: Until It Sleeps
> Top charting album: Metallica
> Albums sold: 63 million
1982
> Artist: ABBA
> Top charting track: Dancing Queen
> Top charting album: The Album
> Albums sold: 10.5 million
1983
> Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
> Top charting track: Under The Bridge
> Top charting album: Stadium Arcadium
> Albums sold: 25 million
1984
> Artist: Soundgarden
> Top charting track: Black Rain
> Top charting album: Superunknown
> Albums sold: 9 million
1985
> Artist: Guns N' Roses
> Top charting track: Sweet Child O' Mine
> Top charting album: Appetite For Destruction
> Albums sold: 44.5 million
Post by: razgueado on October 08, 2018, 11:37:18 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 11:42:39 AM
baking mac and cheese for lunch. pizza delivery at 6 for dinner.mmmmm.
Post by: Threebean on October 08, 2018, 11:58:47 AM
I'm not a big mac and cheese fan, but have to admit that looks good.baking mac and cheese for lunch. pizza delivery at 6 for dinner.mmmmm.
Post by: Threebean on October 08, 2018, 12:06:25 PM
Morning, Tony and Dean. Not feeling very matazzed today. It's only 8:36 am and I've already got a splitting headache.Buck up, Nancy, you have the whole week ahead of you.
Oh, and good morning.
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 12:08:03 PM
came out pretty fucking lousy. 😡I'm not a big mac and cheese fan, but have to admit that looks good.baking mac and cheese for lunch. pizza delivery at 6 for dinner.mmmmm.
Post by: razgueado on October 08, 2018, 12:09:40 PM
Go buck yourself.Morning, Tony and Dean. Not feeling very matazzed today. It's only 8:36 am and I've already got a splitting headache.Buck up, Nancy, you have the whole week ahead of you.
Oh, and good morning.
Morning, Mark.
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 12:13:53 PM
Go buck yourself.Morning, Tony and Dean. Not feeling very matazzed today. It's only 8:36 am and I've already got a splitting headache.Buck up, Nancy, you have the whole week ahead of you.
Oh, and good morning.
Morning Raz. You know, Dean says Mondays are best!
Morning, Mark.
Post by: razgueado on October 08, 2018, 12:19:16 PM
Yeah, but we know Dean isn't right.Go buck yourself.Morning, Tony and Dean. Not feeling very matazzed today. It's only 8:36 am and I've already got a splitting headache.Buck up, Nancy, you have the whole week ahead of you.
Oh, and good morning.
Morning Raz. You know, Dean says Mondays are best!
Morning, Mark.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on October 08, 2018, 12:35:33 PM
I'm just waiting for the Tweeter-in-Chief to tell everyone what a great person he was.Free lunch today, due to milestone celebration. Hitting 15 years next month, so they get everyone together that's hitting a round number. Back later.But no mention of that Genocidal invader Columbus?
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 12:38:46 PM
hey, just remember, Monday is closer to Friday than Sunday is. 😅Yeah, but we know Dean isn't right.Go buck yourself.Morning, Tony and Dean. Not feeling very matazzed today. It's only 8:36 am and I've already got a splitting headache.Buck up, Nancy, you have the whole week ahead of you.
Oh, and good morning.
Morning Raz. You know, Dean says Mondays are best!
Morning, Mark.
Post by: Threebean on October 08, 2018, 12:54:40 PM
I'm sorry, what? Now I have a headache.hey, just remember, Monday is closer to Friday than Sunday is. 😅Yeah, but we know Dean isn't right.Go buck yourself.Morning, Tony and Dean. Not feeling very matazzed today. It's only 8:36 am and I've already got a splitting headache.Buck up, Nancy, you have the whole week ahead of you.
Oh, and good morning.
Morning Raz. You know, Dean says Mondays are best!
Morning, Mark.
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 12:56:17 PM
Post by: Threebean on October 08, 2018, 12:57:12 PM
Lunchtime lull... :PAn no flip to make it an interesting lunch lull.
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 12:57:26 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 12:58:34 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 01:00:39 PM
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Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 01:01:25 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 01:12:26 PM
2 Georgia 6-0 1496 0 2 – 2/4
3 Ohio State 6-0 1476 1 3 – 3/4
4 Clemson 6-0 1433 2 4 – 2/4
5 Notre Dame 6-0 1348 0 7 2 5/11
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 01:13:08 PM
fucking lousy mac and cheese replacement.The replacement is lousy too? Thought pizza was for dinner?
Post by: Threebean on October 08, 2018, 01:14:31 PM
I'm still trying to figure out how one f'ks up mac and cheese.fucking lousy mac and cheese replacement.The replacement is lousy too? Thought pizza was for dinner?
Post by: Threebean on October 08, 2018, 01:16:05 PM
1 Alabama 6-0 1597 61 1 – 1/1Any early playoff predictions, TigerDave?
2 Georgia 6-0 1496 0 2 – 2/4
3 Ohio State 6-0 1476 1 3 – 3/4
4 Clemson 6-0 1433 2 4 – 2/4
5 Notre Dame 6-0 1348 0 7 2 5/11
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 01:36:32 PM
called and changed the order time. I couldn't eat my own mac and cheese.fucking lousy mac and cheese replacement.The replacement is lousy too? Thought pizza was for dinner?
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 01:37:10 PM
me tooI'm still trying to figure out how one f'ks up mac and cheese.fucking lousy mac and cheese replacement.The replacement is lousy too? Thought pizza was for dinner?
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 01:39:27 PM
Well, Georgia AND Alabama can't both be undefeated. Ohio State should stumble but they have another easy schedule with only Michigan looking to challenge. Clemson has their toughest remaining test in two weeks against NCSU, and ND has only SC that should make them work. I'll say both survive.1 Alabama 6-0 1597 61 1 – 1/1Any early playoff predictions, TigerDave?
2 Georgia 6-0 1496 0 2 – 2/4
3 Ohio State 6-0 1476 1 3 – 3/4
4 Clemson 6-0 1433 2 4 – 2/4
5 Notre Dame 6-0 1348 0 7 2 5/11
Even if Bama looses to Georgia, they will probably stay in the top 4 (unless dominated, which I don't see). If Georgia looses, they're out.
So I'm thinking Bama, Clemson, ND and a surprise West Virginia.
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 01:40:06 PM
Gonna put it out for the woodland creatures?called and changed the order time. I couldn't eat my own mac and cheese.fucking lousy mac and cheese replacement.The replacement is lousy too? Thought pizza was for dinner?
Post by: LuvTooGolf on October 08, 2018, 01:48:28 PM
Is that the new name for his harem?Gonna put it out for the woodland creatures?called and changed the order time. I couldn't eat my own mac and cheese.fucking lousy mac and cheese replacement.The replacement is lousy too? Thought pizza was for dinner?
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 01:49:37 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 01:54:08 PM
Not sure. We know about the Weekie-Wachee mermaids visiting, know he was talking to BD about borrowing some maid costumes for the interviews, don't remember him ever mentioning cosplay, pony rides or such in his posts.Is that the new name for his harem?Gonna put it out for the woodland creatures?called and changed the order time. I couldn't eat my own mac and cheese.fucking lousy mac and cheese replacement.The replacement is lousy too? Thought pizza was for dinner?
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 01:54:52 PM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on October 08, 2018, 01:55:41 PM
Off for some errands then home. I'll check in later to see if we can make page 8.... :-\That's a lofty aspiration there, my friend.
Post by: Threebean on October 08, 2018, 01:57:34 PM
Agreed except for the West Virginia part. Texas or OU beats them. Ohio State beats Michigan and wins the conference title to remain undefeated.Well, Georgia AND Alabama can't both be undefeated. Ohio State should stumble but they have another easy schedule with only Michigan looking to challenge. Clemson has their toughest remaining test in two weeks against NCSU, and ND has only SC that should make them work. I'll say both survive.1 Alabama 6-0 1597 61 1 – 1/1Any early playoff predictions, TigerDave?
2 Georgia 6-0 1496 0 2 – 2/4
3 Ohio State 6-0 1476 1 3 – 3/4
4 Clemson 6-0 1433 2 4 – 2/4
5 Notre Dame 6-0 1348 0 7 2 5/11
Even if Bama looses to Georgia, they will probably stay in the top 4 (unless dominated, which I don't see). If Georgia looses, they're out.
So I'm thinking Bama, Clemson, ND and a surprise West Virginia.
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 01:59:52 PM
garbage can.Gonna put it out for the woodland creatures?called and changed the order time. I couldn't eat my own mac and cheese.fucking lousy mac and cheese replacement.The replacement is lousy too? Thought pizza was for dinner?
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 02:01:02 PM
How come Dean didn't link to the other Pete Johnson story in Halfwheel? Some of that restraining order still not lifted?I thought I got them all. Pete's not in Florida so I'm safe.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on October 08, 2018, 02:17:45 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 02:40:09 PM
A man's gotta have dreams.Off for some errands then home. I'll check in later to see if we can make page 8.... :-\That's a lofty aspiration there, my friend.
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 02:43:39 PM
Skittles,
M&M’s,
Snickers,
Reese’s cups,
Starburst,
candy corn,
Hot Tamales,
Hershey’s,
Tootsie Pops and,
rounding out the list, Jolly Ranchers.
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 02:44:05 PM
According to an 11-year study (2007-2017) of sales data compiled by Candystore.com, the top 10 Halloween candy in America are, starting from the most popular:Not my top ten for sure!
Skittles,
M&M’s,
Snickers,
Reese’s cups,
Starburst,
candy corn,
Hot Tamales,
Hershey’s,
Tootsie Pops and,
rounding out the list, Jolly Ranchers.
Post by: Threebean on October 08, 2018, 02:50:12 PM
According to an 11-year study (2007-2017) of sales data compiled by Candystore.com, the top 10 Halloween candy in America are, starting from the most popular:Kids these days, sheesh!Skittles,
M&M’s,
Snickers,
Reese’s cups,Starburst,candy corn,
Hot Tamales,
Hershey’s,
Tootsie Pops and,
rounding out the list, Jolly Ranchers.
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 03:59:33 PM
According to an 11-year study (2007-2017) of sales data compiled by Candystore.com, the top 10 Halloween candy in America are, starting from the most popular:no candy apples?
Skittles,
M&M’s,
Snickers,
Reese’s cups,
Starburst,
candy corn,
Hot Tamales,
Hershey’s,
Tootsie Pops and,
rounding out the list, Jolly Ranchers.
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 04:37:10 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 04:43:28 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 04:44:27 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on October 08, 2018, 04:48:45 PM
Mandatory evacuation for Levy County! Yankeetown by 8pm tomorrow night!!No projecting Michael as cat. 3 at landfall.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on October 08, 2018, 04:48:55 PM
Home with a San Cristobal Revelation. Amen!Nice. Nothing here. Nor anything planned.
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 05:12:25 PM
Maybe you could have a sleepover with some of your Yankeetown friends.working on it. may have my own issues being a block from the Crystal River feeding into the gulf.
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 06:58:51 PM
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 07:00:23 PM
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Cigars.com — Cohiba Blue Toro (Box of 20 + 5 Cigars and lighter, $172.65)
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JR Cigar — Todos Las Dias Mas Fuerte (Box of 10, $101.50)
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Post by: A Friend of Charlie on October 08, 2018, 07:24:25 PM
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Famous Smoke Shop — Joya de Nicaragua Antaño 1970 Gran Reserva Robusto Grande (Box of 20 + Travel Humidor, $152.99)
JR Cigar — Todos Las Dias Mas Fuerte (Box of 10, $101.50)
Lighter USA — XIKAR Verano ($54.95)
Serious Cigars — Todos Las Dias Mas Fuerte (Box of 10, $101.50)
Thompson Cigar — La Gloria Cubana Estelí Robusto + Lighter (Box of 25, $99.80)
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on October 08, 2018, 07:29:23 PM
Off for some errands then home. I'll check in later to see if we can make page 8.... :-Wow. Our very own NostraDavus.
Post by: Bad Dad on October 08, 2018, 08:46:20 PM
Dean Day ❤.Man, do I remember that feeling..!!!
woohoo.
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 08:50:12 PM
I love Mondays.Dean Day ❤.Man, do I remember that feeling..!!!
woohoo.
evening Dad.
Post by: Bad Dad on October 08, 2018, 08:58:43 PM
Most Famous Bands formed since 1957:This is fantastic...!!! DVD - Doobie Brothers Rockin' Down The Highway The Wildlife Concert made in 2004 and recorded in Dolby Digital 5.1 … Crack open a doobie, and crank the surround sound up on a 60" tv, and your back in the '70's...!!! Damn, where did I leave my John Lennon Rose Colored Glasses and my Leather Vest..?
1957
> Artist: The Beatles
> Top charting track: Hey Jude
> Top charting album: Abbey Road
> Albums sold: 178 million
1958
> Artist: Bee Gees
> Top charting track: How Deep Is Your Love
> Top charting album: Spirits Having Flown
> Albums sold: 28 million
1959
> Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival
> Top charting track: Proud Mary
> Top charting album: Green River
> Albums sold: 28 million
Post by: Bad Dad on October 08, 2018, 08:59:27 PM
Hi Dean.... (and everyone else.. mostly Dave's I bet..?)I love Mondays.Dean Day ❤.Man, do I remember that feeling..!!!
woohoo.
evening Dad.
Post by: Bad Dad on October 08, 2018, 09:13:11 PM
wow Dave. quite the music chart. I don't remember much of the 50's, 60's, or 70's and didn't care about the 80's or 90's. now I just listen.God, I remember the 50's.... Real pine Christmas Trees, Red Hot candy that came in prescription bottles, candy cigarettes (my brand was Kools), bubble gum cigars, bow and arrows with dart tips, I sat in my dads lap and he would let me drive the car. The 60's …. 1st grade, Debbie Kennily, buying cigarettes and buckets of beer and the neighborhood tavern, 5 full size candy bars for $0.25 (you have to buy 4, then one to avoid tax), and did I say Debbie Kennily…? 70's.... Army, marriage, 1st real job. 80's... kids, and I can't seem to remember after kids... haha...
Post by: Bad Dad on October 08, 2018, 09:15:42 PM
Mama Mia...!!!1980Uh, Abba was formed in 1972, not 1982. They broke up in 1982.
> Artist: R.E.M.
> Top charting track: Losing My Religion
> Top charting album: Out Of Time
> Albums sold: 20 million
1981
> Artist: Metallica
> Top charting track: Until It Sleeps
> Top charting album: Metallica
> Albums sold: 63 million
1982
> Artist: ABBA
> Top charting track: Dancing Queen
> Top charting album: The Album
> Albums sold: 10.5 million
1983
> Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
> Top charting track: Under The Bridge
> Top charting album: Stadium Arcadium
> Albums sold: 25 million
1984
> Artist: Soundgarden
> Top charting track: Black Rain
> Top charting album: Superunknown
> Albums sold: 9 million
1985
> Artist: Guns N' Roses
> Top charting track: Sweet Child O' Mine
> Top charting album: Appetite For Destruction
> Albums sold: 44.5 million
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 09:17:40 PM
Post by: Bad Dad on October 08, 2018, 09:17:41 PM
You have to use Velveeta...!I'm still trying to figure out how one f'ks up mac and cheese.fucking lousy mac and cheese replacement.The replacement is lousy too? Thought pizza was for dinner?
Post by: Bad Dad on October 08, 2018, 09:18:43 PM
good night Dad.Good night Dean..... I found some amateur burlesque on youtube, so I may have to go and watch a little tv...
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 09:23:27 PM
"Hey Dad," one of my kids asked the other day, "What was your favorite fast food when you were growing up?"
"We didn't have fast food when I was growing up," I informed him. "All the food was slow."
"C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?"
"It was a place called 'at home,'" I explained. "Grandma cooked every day and when Grandpa got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I did like it."
By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table. But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I figured his system could have handled it:
Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore Levi's, set foot on a golf course, traveled out of the country or had a credit card. In their later years they had something called a revolving charge card. The card was good only at Sears Roebuck. Or maybe it was Sears AND Roebuck. Either way, there is no Roebuck anymore. Maybe he died.
My parents never drove me to soccer practice. This was mostly because we never had heard of soccer. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed, (slow). We didn't have a television in our house until I was 15, but my grandparents had one before that. It was, of course, black and white, but they bought a piece of colored plastic to cover the screen. The top third was blue, like the sky, and the bottom third was green like grass. The middle third was red. It was perfect for programs that had scenes of fire trucks riding across someone's lawn on a sunny day. Some people had a lens taped to the front of the TV to make the picture look larger.
I was 13 before I tasted my first pizza, it was called "pizza pie." When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off, swung down, plastered itself against my chin and burned that, too. It's still the best pizza I ever had.
We didn't have a car until I was 15. Before that, the only car in our family was my grandfather's Ford. He called it a "machine."
I never had a telephone in my room. The only phone in the house was in the living room and it was on a party line. Before you could dial, you had to listen and make sure some people you didn't know weren't already using the line.
Pizzas were not delivered to our home. But milk was.
All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers. I delivered a newspaper, six days a week. It cost 7 cents a paper, of which I got to keep 2 cents. I had to get up at 4 AM every morning. On Saturday, I had to collect the 42 cents from my customers. My favorite customers were the ones who gave me 50 cents and told me to keep the change. My least favorite customers were the ones who seemed to never be home on collection day.
Movie stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they did in the movies. Touching someone else's tongue with yours was called French kissing and they didn't do that in movies. I don't know what they did in French movies. French movies were dirty and we weren't allowed to see them.
If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Just don't blame me if they bust a gut laughing.
Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?
MEMORIES from a friend:
My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died in December) and he brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it. I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a saltshaker or something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to "sprinkle" clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am old.
How many do you remember?
Head lights dimmer switches on the floor. Ignition switches in the middle of the dashboard. Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall. Real ice boxes. Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards. Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner. Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.
Older Than Dirt Quiz: Count all the ones that you remember, not the ones you were told about. Ratings at the bottom.
1. Blackjack chewing gum
2. Chewable Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
3. Candy cigarettes
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles
5. Coffee shops or diners with table side juke boxes
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
7. Party lines
8. Newsreels before the movie
9. P.F. Flyers
10. Butch wax
11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (Olive-6933)
12. Peashooters
13. Howdy Doody
14. 45 RPM records
15. S&H Green Stamps
16. Burma-Shave signs
17. Metal ice trays with lever
18. Mimeograph paper
19 Blue flashbulb
20. Packard's
21. Roller skate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-ins
24. Studebakers
25. Wash tub wringers
If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt!
I might be older than dirt but those memories are the best part of my life.
Don't forget to pass this along!! Especially to all your really OLD friends....
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on October 08, 2018, 09:24:49 PM
Good one, BD. I knew there was a good joke in there somewhere, I just wasn't as quick as you.Mama Mia...!!!1980Uh, Abba was formed in 1972, not 1982. They broke up in 1982.
> Artist: R.E.M.
> Top charting track: Losing My Religion
> Top charting album: Out Of Time
> Albums sold: 20 million
1981
> Artist: Metallica
> Top charting track: Until It Sleeps
> Top charting album: Metallica
> Albums sold: 63 million
1982
> Artist: ABBA
> Top charting track: Dancing Queen
> Top charting album: The Album
> Albums sold: 10.5 million
1983
> Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
> Top charting track: Under The Bridge
> Top charting album: Stadium Arcadium
> Albums sold: 25 million
1984
> Artist: Soundgarden
> Top charting track: Black Rain
> Top charting album: Superunknown
> Albums sold: 9 million
1985
> Artist: Guns N' Roses
> Top charting track: Sweet Child O' Mine
> Top charting album: Appetite For Destruction
> Albums sold: 44.5 million
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 09:27:51 PM
Remember When . . ??
Aahh, the memories!
Let's go back . . . Close our eyes . . .
And go back . . .
Before the Internet or the PC or MAC.
Before the drug war and crack.
Before chronic and ritalin and dysfunctional.
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo.
Before.....
Way back . . .
I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk.
Sittin' on the porch, HOT fresh from the oven bread or bisquits and butter. A time when mom or grandma would make bread and biscuits from scratch, not just scratch them out of a box of store-bought mix. (And we could snitch pieces of dough, or help push down and knead the bread, or cut the bisquits with a mason jar ring and plop them on the cooking sheet. Didn't it smell good??)
A time when the biggest thrill of the year was when Barnum and Bailey's wagons were unloaded from the train, and the Fireman's Volunteer Band came marching down the street ahead of them, on the way to the vacant lots where we watched the elephants put up the tents.
Remember . . .
Red light, Green light. Chocolate milk, Lunch tickets. Penny candy in a brown paper bag. Hopscotch, butterscotch, doubledutch, jacks, kickball, dodgeball, y'all!??
Mother May I?
Hula Hoops and Sunflower Seeds, Jolly Ranchers, blowpops, Mary Janes, Grape and Watermelon Now-Laters? (What about "Alexander the Grape," "Lemonheads"?)
When the ice cream man came jingling down the street, kids coming running from blocks around, and eatin' a 'super dooper sandwich' for a nickel.
Running through the sprinkler . . . The smell of the sun and lickin' salty lips . . .?
Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons at the Rialto, all day for 10¢. And if your allowance was a quarter, you had enough left over for 2 bags of popcorn and a soda!!
The National Anthem was played and we all stood, hands on our heart, as the curtains opened before the NewsReel and the first movie, Our Gang, the Bowery Boys, The Three Stooges.
Intermission -- for all the kids to go running for whatever they needed to do most... The best part was the cartoons, Mickey Mouse, Road Runner, Porky Pig, ------ and Bugs.
Then THE REAL DEAL -- Tarzan, Jungle Jim, Tom Mix, Gene Autry, Wild Bill Hickok, Errol Flynn, The Lone Ranger, Sky King, The Invisible Man, Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff -- OOOHHH BOY!!!
Lon Chaney in London After Midnight Lon Chaney in Phantom of the Opera
Bela Lugosi in Count Dracula Boris Karloff in Frankenstein
Do You Remember That???
And a pocket full of dried peas and a peashooter??
Catchin' lightening bugs in a jar, playin sling shot and crack the whip?
When around the corner seemed far away,
And going downtown seemed like really going somewhere?
Climbing trees and getting sticky fingers, and a million mosquito bites?
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians. Runnin till you were out of breath, then sittin on the curb and watching the stars? (You could see them then, 'cause the nearest street light was two blocks away at the trolley stop.)
Sitting in an old apple tree and eating as many green apples as you could without worrying about the green apple trots.
Going shoe skating (without real ice skates) with friends on the old slough that froze over in winter.
Bedtime . . . Jumping on the bed, pillow fights, being tickled to death, laughing so hard that your stomach hurt?
Being tired from playin'.... Remember that?
Crowding in a circle around the 'after school fight', then running when the teacher came?
What about the girl that had the big bubbly hand writing??
Do you remember each of the many loves you have had through life?
Eating Kool-aid powder with sugar - didn't that taste good?
Just to go back and say,
Yeah, I remember that!
There's nothing like the good old days! They were good then, and they're good now when we think about them. One can't be serious ALL the time, eh?
Remember . . .
When there were two types of sneakers for girls and boys (Keds & PF Flyers), and the only time you wore them at school, was for "gym?"
When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up? (How about before TV, when almost all families had a radio, usually in the living room? . . . Or tickling the crystal to find the hot spot?)
When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there?
When nobody owned a purebred dog?
When a quarter was a decent allowance, and another quarter a huge bonus? When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny?
When girls neither dated nor kissed until late high school, if then?
When your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces?
When all of your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done up, everyday?
When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, for free, every time? And, you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot!
When nobody was prettier than Mom. And scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
When laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box? When flour came in 50lb. and 100lb. printed cotton sacks for Mom to make pretty new dresses and blouses for your sisters? (And your boxer shorts?) {{frown}}
(August 2008 - Mom still has some of those flour sacks saved after all these years, more than half a century later, and she just told me she would make me some new shorts .... ARGGGGGHHHH!!! .... Mom is 95 now!!! (2008) And still beautiful and going dancing three times a week!!! )
When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him, or use him to carry groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.
When they threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed . . . and did!
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home? Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of drive by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat!!
When we were taught the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution for United States in school and knew what they meant, and we said the Pledge of Allegiance every day in the first class of the morning.
When a hobo came to your door, you'd open the door and help them, never fearing for your life....you were just helping another who was experiencing rough times.
I want to go back to the time when . . .
Decisions were made by going eeny-meeny-miney-mo and mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "Do it over!"
"Race issues" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in Monopoly.
Catching lightning bugs could happily occupy an entire evening.
It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
Being old referred to anyone over 20.
The net on a tennis court or the neighbor's fence was the perfect height to play volleyball and rules didn't matter.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
It was magic when Dad would "remove" his thumb.
Remember the before your eyes and how it made them blink when Dad would thump you on the noggin, just before you went under his thumb? (Lordy, I was under it often enough!)
It was unbelievable that dodgeball wasn't an Olympic event.
Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot.
It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides at the amusement park.
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
Grampa said "Pull my finger."
Grandma would hide cookies for you.
Abilities you didn't know you had were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare".
Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute ads for action figures.
Do you remember when . . . "Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense?
Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles?
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team?
War was a card game?
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon?
Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle?
Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin?
Home-made fresh peach or strawberry ice cream from real thick cream skimmed off the top of the bottles was considered a basic food group? (You mean it isn't???!!!?)
Your older siblings were your worst tormentors, but also your fiercest protectors?
Feeling the unrelenting love and warmth that comes from hugging a fuzzy puppy while it happily licks your face away...and all you can do is just giggle.
Being really thankful for all the good things in life that you've experienced, and having the knowledge to know that bad things were secondary and temporary, and they only came along to make you appreciate the good things more.
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!
And We, the Older Generation, have Survived!!!
Consider the changes we have witnessed ---
We were born before television, before penicillin, before polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, plastic, contact lenses, Frisbees and the Pill.
We were before radar, credit cards, split atoms, lazer beams and ball point pens, before pantyhose, dishwashers, clothes dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners, drip-dry clothes and long before man walked on the moon.
In our time, closets were for clothes, not for "coming out of." Bunnies were small rabbits, or dust balls under the bed, not Volkswagons, or Playboy girls. Designer Jeans were scheming girls named Jean or Jeanne, and having a meaningful relationship meant getting along well with our cousins.
Fast food was what you ate during Lent, and Outer Space was the balcony of the Rialto Theater.
We were before house-husbands, gay rights, computer dating, dual careers, and commuter marriages, day-care centers, group therapy and nursing homes. We never heard of FM radio, tape decks, electric typewriters, artificial hearts, word processors, yogurt, and guys wearing earrings.
For us, time-sharing meant togetherness -- not computers or condominiums, a "chip" meant a piece of wood, hardware meant hardware, and software wasn't even a word.
In our time, "Made in Japan" meant junk, and the term "making out" referred to how you did on your exams. Pizzas, MacDonalds and instant coffee were unheard of.
We hit the scene when there were 5¢ and 10¢ stores, where you bought things for 5¢ and 10¢. BiRite and Tripenys sold ice cream cones for a nickel or a dime, for a single or a double. For one nickel you could ride a bus, make a phone call, buy a Pepsi or a Coke, or enough stamps to mail one letter and two postcards. You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $600 (but who could afford one?)..and gas was 11¢ a gallon for regular and Ethyl was 13¢ a gallon.
We could recognize the "make and year" of a car from a distance, be it a Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Cadillac, LaSalle, Chevy, Pontiac, Buick, Chrysler, DeSoto, Plymouth, Dodge, Packard, Graham-Paige, Hupmobile, Cord, Auburn, Hudson, Nash, Studebaker, Willys, a host of others now gone, and of course, the Crosley. We could sit on the running boards, fenders or the bumpers. The bumpers could really withstand a bump, and an "air bag" referred to "somebody's mother-in-law," or a congressman or senator.
All the boys wanted a roadster, and if you didn't have a Duece or A-bone, you weren't "in". And the best place to be with your gal was in the rumble seat when you double dated.
You could get a FULL breakfast of coffee, juice, 2 eggs, hash browns, a slab of ham or sausage or four pieces of bacon, toast and jelly for 39¢ !!!
In our day, cigarette smoking was fashionable, GRASS was mowed, Coke was a cold drink and POT was something you cooked in. ROCK MUSIC was Grandma's lullaby and AIDS were helpers in the Principal's office.
We certainly were not before the difference between the sexes was discovered, but we surely were before the sex change, we made do with what we had. And we were probably the last generation that thought you needed a husband to have a baby... We got married first, then lived together! How quaint can you be??
It is no wonder the younger generations are so confused and there is such a generation gap today!!
But WE HAVE SURVIVED !!!!
What Better Reason To Celebrate???
Dear God,
So far today, God, I've done alright. I haven't gossiped, haven't lost my temper, haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or over-indulgent. I am very thankful for that.
Post by: razgueado on October 08, 2018, 09:30:54 PM
That would do it.You have to use Velveeta...!I'm still trying to figure out how one f'ks up mac and cheese.fucking lousy mac and cheese replacement.The replacement is lousy too? Thought pizza was for dinner?
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 09:35:04 PM
there was some of that in there too.You have to use Velveeta...!I'm still trying to figure out how one f'ks up mac and cheese.fucking lousy mac and cheese replacement.The replacement is lousy too? Thought pizza was for dinner?
Post by: FloridaDean on October 08, 2018, 09:35:28 PM
Post by: razgueado on October 08, 2018, 09:45:04 PM
There's the problem. ;-)there was some of that in there too.You have to use Velveeta...!I'm still trying to figure out how one f'ks up mac and cheese.fucking lousy mac and cheese replacement.The replacement is lousy too? Thought pizza was for dinner?
Post by: Bad Dad on October 08, 2018, 09:48:59 PM
OLDER THAN DIRTThe first time I heard the word, "Pizza," was when my older brother (10 years older than me), girlfriend came over and said she was going to make a pizza. She had a Chef Boyardee Pizza Kit. As far as for fast food. My mom and dads family lived about 100 miles south of us in the country. When we would drive down there on Saturdays, people would have wooden roadside stands selling hamburgers 10 for $1.00. Our biggest treat was stopping for a sack full of hamburgers. My uncle loved hot tamales. He would come to visit us every few months, and him and my dad would drive the streets of E. St. Louis looking for people standing on the corners with a fire barrow and selling hot tamales. Way before McDonalds, we did have a drive-in hamburger joint like you see on Happy Days. Their signature hamburger was called a, "Nightmare." It was a hamburger covered in chili. AND you always got a Chocolate Malt...!
"Hey Dad," one of my kids asked the other day, "What was your favorite fast food when you were growing up?"
"We didn't have fast food when I was growing up," I informed him. "All the food was slow."
"C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?"
"It was a place called 'at home,'" I explained. "Grandma cooked every day and when Grandpa got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I did like it."
By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table. But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I figured his system could have handled it:
Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore Levi's, set foot on a golf course, traveled out of the country or had a credit card. In their later years they had something called a revolving charge card. The card was good only at Sears Roebuck. Or maybe it was Sears AND Roebuck. Either way, there is no Roebuck anymore. Maybe he died.
My parents never drove me to soccer practice. This was mostly because we never had heard of soccer. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed, (slow). We didn't have a television in our house until I was 15, but my grandparents had one before that. It was, of course, black and white, but they bought a piece of colored plastic to cover the screen. The top third was blue, like the sky, and the bottom third was green like grass. The middle third was red. It was perfect for programs that had scenes of fire trucks riding across someone's lawn on a sunny day. Some people had a lens taped to the front of the TV to make the picture look larger.
I was 13 before I tasted my first pizza, it was called "pizza pie." When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off, swung down, plastered itself against my chin and burned that, too. It's still the best pizza I ever had.
We didn't have a car until I was 15. Before that, the only car in our family was my grandfather's Ford. He called it a "machine."
I never had a telephone in my room. The only phone in the house was in the living room and it was on a party line. Before you could dial, you had to listen and make sure some people you didn't know weren't already using the line.
Pizzas were not delivered to our home. But milk was.
All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers. I delivered a newspaper, six days a week. It cost 7 cents a paper, of which I got to keep 2 cents. I had to get up at 4 AM every morning. On Saturday, I had to collect the 42 cents from my customers. My favorite customers were the ones who gave me 50 cents and told me to keep the change. My least favorite customers were the ones who seemed to never be home on collection day.
Movie stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they did in the movies. Touching someone else's tongue with yours was called French kissing and they didn't do that in movies. I don't know what they did in French movies. French movies were dirty and we weren't allowed to see them.
If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Just don't blame me if they bust a gut laughing.
Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?
MEMORIES from a friend:
My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died in December) and he brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it. I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a saltshaker or something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to "sprinkle" clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am old.
How many do you remember?
Head lights dimmer switches on the floor. Ignition switches in the middle of the dashboard. Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall. Real ice boxes. Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards. Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner. Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.
Older Than Dirt Quiz: Count all the ones that you remember, not the ones you were told about. Ratings at the bottom.
1. Blackjack chewing gum
2. Chewable Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
3. Candy cigarettes
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles
5. Coffee shops or diners with table side juke boxes
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
7. Party lines
8. Newsreels before the movie
9. P.F. Flyers
10. Butch wax
11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (Olive-6933)
12. Peashooters
13. Howdy Doody
14. 45 RPM records
15. S&H Green Stamps
16. Burma-Shave signs
17. Metal ice trays with lever
18. Mimeograph paper
19 Blue flashbulb
20. Packard's
21. Roller skate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-ins
24. Studebakers
25. Wash tub wringers
If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt!
I might be older than dirt but those memories are the best part of my life.
Don't forget to pass this along!! Especially to all your really OLD friends....
Post by: Bad Dad on October 08, 2018, 10:14:37 PM