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Post by billhammond on Dec 31, 2022 19:41:09 GMT -5
Apparently it takes until the end of December for people to forget weeds, mosquitos, and deer flies. I've been delivering seed catalogs all week. Dar got tired of turkey, cranberry, mashed potatos, etc .... leftovers. So she experimented with the turkey and came up with a nice turkey tetrazzini. Upon nearly emptying the 'fridge she uncovered a toasted bock I didn't know I had left. Life is good. A most marvelous sighting. Out by the Martin's farm on 875W there's a flock of pigeons. Maybe 15 or 20. Just about half of them are mostly white. The other half, mostly dark grey. For the past few days there's been almost no color out in the country. The sky is a pale grey. The tree lines are a charcoal-grey. The fields below of muted gold. I happened to be driving by while the pigeons were flying across the fields in loose formation. Sometimes looping upwards. Sometimes making a circle 8. But whenever they flew upwards, the white pigeons disappeared against the pale sky background but the charcoal grey ones suddenly appeared. Then the flock would dip below the treeline. Just as suddenly, the white pigeons appeared and the grey receded into the treeline grey. It was remarkably beautiful to witness.  Such beautiful observations, such beautiful writing. |
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Post by t-bob on Dec 31, 2022 20:56:42 GMT -5
It's always a day - New Year Eve - I went to a coffee place with my friends and to some music - Treble Makers Band. There's another band Zyedco Flames Rancho Nicasio Marin county - for 20 minutes where I live but I don't think I'm going to do it because there's already too many people drunk on the roads.
I went outside the planet to see how bad….. it wasn’t good..... There were tons of bags with alcohol….. too many drunkards late afternoon New Year Eve’s idiots…….
I've got plenty of movies and I've got chicken soup, chocolate and gummies (not a rubberized woman - in odd internet company)
You should get a visual picture in your mind (roaring fireplace, cushy chair/ottoman, farting dog, swirly brandy, silent scantily woman, cigar etc etc)
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Post by John B on Dec 31, 2022 22:25:59 GMT -5
The eggnog has been made, with about 1/2 the alcohol recommended by the recipe. Still pretty strong, though, or maybe I'm overly sensitive to the taste of bourbon and rum. I must say I don't think I've ever had a better eggnog, though. Practically foamy/creamy enough to eat with a spoon. And since my wife and I are the only ones partaking, I will probably be a little tipsy in a while.
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Post by Dub on Dec 31, 2022 22:33:52 GMT -5
We had our egg nog too. A couple of hours ago so as not to impact sleep later.
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Post by Village Idiot on Dec 31, 2022 23:40:30 GMT -5
Two brother-in-laws and their wives were here, all ate Casey's pizza and some wings I made. It was fun but the house emptied some time ago so we can meet our usual bedtimes. I've been up about 45 minutes longer than usual; off to bed now.
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Post by John B on Jan 1, 2023 0:03:15 GMT -5
The ball has dropped. Happy New Year's.
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Post by Dub on Jan 1, 2023 1:02:46 GMT -5
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year.
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Post by epaul on Jan 1, 2023 2:17:14 GMT -5
Happy New Years!
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Post by coachdoc on Jan 1, 2023 9:06:17 GMT -5
Happy New Year to all and to all a good night.
Enjoying the Bubinga OOO. What a pretty guitar both in appearance and sound. The neck width is slightly wider than I usually play. It is a minor distraction as I start playing, but I don’t notice it after 10 minutes or so.
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Post by howard lee on Jan 1, 2023 10:16:28 GMT -5
My FIL turned 95 yesterday —w e took him and my MIL out for lunch at a great little Italian restaurant, and we brought a cake and candles (not 95). They are both doing pretty well for 95.
Looks like the kind of place where there might be a pistol stashed above the toilet tank in the men's room. 
IN a crazy coincidence, the name of the restaurant was Gino's. Check the logos on the wait-people's tee shirts.
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Post by billhammond on Jan 1, 2023 10:28:17 GMT -5
IN a crazy coincidence, the name of the restaurant was Gino's. Check the logos on the wait-people's tee shirts.
Not a crazy coincidence -- I did my due diligence research with the Google Maps machine. |
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Post by howard lee on Jan 1, 2023 10:39:45 GMT -5
IN a crazy coincidence, the name of the restaurant was Gino's. Check the logos on the wait-people's tee shirts.
Not a crazy coincidence -- I did my due diligence research with the Google Maps machine.
Bless and keep the researchers! (Different Gino's, though).
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Post by billhammond on Jan 1, 2023 10:48:57 GMT -5
Bless and keep the researchers! (Different Gino's, though). For theirs is the Kingdom of Truth. (Or not, in this case.) |
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