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[paulywogg]

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Mae everybody,PQ,I'm with you,,only know of the beans that come in a can of chilli haha,tired black beans on a salad once but the bottom of the salad looked like someone had spilled motor oil in it,very dark and creepy-tasted good though Lav,you're not a bad chicken mom,I think you just got a rebellious batch of hers this go round,Det,I wanna see a pic too,,a few years ago my dad was dating this rich lady from here,although she had a huge,beautiful home she lived practically full time in a trailer pulled by a truck cuz her grown kids were driving her nuts! I spent the night a couple of times in it with them back in my heavy drinking days(before I knew I had a problem) we had a lot of fun,shed hitch it up in an RV park in North Las Vegas and wed eat at the restaurant,drink,watch movies,listen to music and b.s,even tho those were booze ridden times it was still nice memories I have with my dad I think I could live like that,,,minus the booze of course,woke up at 12:30 slept til 5:30 but I don't want the middle of the night wake up it's annoying,much love to all and wishes for a great AF Saturday

[Pie]

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"Newborns aren't for sissies!" Pauly, that's just too funny. I never had an urge to find out for myself, but enjoy hearing the stories. Love seeing your pics, Det. Hope you post one of the trailer. PQ, I finally settled on a bean recipe that isn't bland. Takes a lot of bacon though. No advice for you on the chicken front, Lav, but hope they quit disappearing. Could it be that it's just "their time," and they walk off into the wilderness?

I'm hoping to nail down a condo sale that I'm working on, and determined to knock out a bunch of paperwork for Dad that I've been procrastinating on.

Greetings to all. Enjoy your break, Mick.

[porqoui]

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MAE ALL...

Pauly...that's quite the description of your black bean salad. Motor Oil. LOL That middle of the night wake up is the pits. I consider myself lucky if I 5 hours straight.

Pi...I could live with bacon. LOL I've got a couple of "foodie" coworkers so I'm going to get some recipe suggestions from them.

Mick...thinking of you and hope you got the cooker fixed. Hope the things you and Julie have to address are getting sorted.

Woke up to 1F with snow in the forecast so I think I'm just going to hibernate today. I'll be popping in and out....:smile:PPQP

[Mick]

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hello everyone ,firstly thanks for your wishes,I said I would jump in ..in fact Ive looked in a few times...Cooker is fixed,other little jobs done too..we have an ongoing issue to deal with but it is ongoing..sad but to be daelt with ..anyways ...as promised ..

Nelson at Trafalgar


Nelson: 'Order the signal, Hardy.'

Hardy: 'Aye, aye sir.'

Nelson: 'Hold on, that's not what I dictated to Flags. What's the meaning of this?'

Hardy: 'Sorry sir?'

Nelson (reading aloud): '''England expects every person to do his or her duty, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious persuasion, age or disability" - What gobbledegook is this?'

Hardy: 'Admiralty policy, I'm afraid, sir. We're an Equal Opportunities employer now. We had the devil's own job getting 'England' past the censors, lest it be considered racist.'

Nelson: 'Gadzooks, Hardy. Hand me my pipe and tobacco.'

Hardy: 'Sorry sir. All naval vessels have now been designated smoke-free working environments.'

Nelson: 'In that case, break open the rum ration. Let us splice the main-brace to steel the men before battle.'

Hardy: 'The rum ration has been abolished, Admiral. It's part of the Government's policy on binge drinking.'

Nelson: 'Good heavens, Hardy. I suppose we'd better get on with it ....... full speed ahead.'

Hardy: 'I think you'll find that there's a 4-knot speed limit in this stretch of water.'

Nelson: 'Damn it man! We are on the eve of the greatest sea battle in history. We must advance with all dispatch. Report from the crow's nest please.'

Hardy: 'That won't be possible, sir.'

Nelson: 'What?'

Hardy: 'Health and Safety have closed the crow's nest, sir - no harness. And they said that rope ladders don't meet regulations. They won't let anyone up there until a proper scaffolding can be erected.'

Nelson: 'Then get me the ship's carpenter without delay, Hardy.'

Hardy: 'He's busy knocking up a wheelchair access to the foredeck, Admiral.'

Nelson: 'Wheelchair access? I've never heard anything so absurd.'

Hardy: 'Health and Safety again, sir. We have to provide a barrier-free environment for the differently-abled.'

Nelson: 'Differently-abled? I've only one arm and one eye and I refuse even to hear mention of the word. I didn't rise to the rank of Admiral by playing the disability card.'

Hardy: 'Actually, sir, you did. The Royal Navy is under-represented in the areas of visual impairment and limb deficiency.'

Nelson: 'Whatever next? Break out the cannon and tell the men to stand by to engage the enemy.'

Hardy: 'The men are a bit worried about shooting at anyone, Admiral.

They're afraid of being charged with murder if they actually kill anyone. There's a couple of legal-aid lawyers on board, watching everyone like hawks.'

Nelson: 'Then how are we to sink the Frenchies and the Spanish?'

Hardy: 'Actually, sir, we're not.'

Nelson: 'We're not?'

Hardy: 'No, sir.. The French and the Spanish are our European partners now. According to the Common Fisheries Policy, we shouldn't even be in this stretch of water. We could get hit with a claim for compensation.'

Nelson: 'But you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil?'

Hardy: 'I wouldn't let the ship's Diversity Co-Ordinator hear you saying that, sir. You'll be up on a disciplinary report.'

Nelson: 'You must consider every man an enemy, who speaks ill of your King.'

Hardy: 'Not any more, sir. We must be inclusive in this multicultural age. Now put on your Kevlar vest - it's the rules. It could save your life.'

Nelson: 'Don't tell me - health and safety. Whatever happened to rum, sodomy and the lash?'

Hardy: As I explained, sir, rum is off the menu. And there's a ban on corporal punishment.'

Nelson: 'What about sodomy?'

Hardy: 'I believe that is now legal, sir.'

Nelson: 'In that case..... kiss me, Hardy.'

Little Johnny's teacher was giving a lesson in developing logical thinking.

"This is the scene", said the teacher.

"A man is standing up in a boat in the middle of a river, fishing. He loses his balance, falls in, and begins splashing and yelling for help.

His wife hears the commotion, knows he can't swim, and runs down to the bank. Why do you think she ran to the bank"?

Little Johnny raised his hand and asked, "To draw out all his savings"?

The Internet: where men are men, women are men, and children are FBI agents.

A nun, badly needing to use the restroom, walked into a local Hooters.

The place was hopping with music and loud conversation and every once in a while the lights would turn off.

Each time the lights would go out, the place would erupt into cheers.

However, when the revelers saw the nun, the room went dead silent.

She walked up to the bartender, and asked, "May I please use the restroom"?

The bartender replied, "OK, but I should warn you that there is a statue of a naked man in there wearing only a fig leaf".

"Well, in that case, I'll just look the other way", said the nun.

So the bartender showed the nun to the back of the restaurant.

After a few minutes, she came back out, and the whole place stopped just long enough to give the nun a loud round of applause !

She went to the bartender and said, "Sir, I don't understand. Why did they applaud for me just because I went to the restroom"?

"Well, now they know you're one of us", said the bartender, "Would you like a drink"?

"No thank you, but, I still don't understand", said the puzzled nun.

"You see," laughed the bartender, "every time someone lifts the fig leaf on that statue, the lights go out".

Alex had a terrible day fishing on the lake, sitting in the blazing sun all day without catching a single one. On his way home, he stopped at the fishmonger and ordered four rainbow trout. He told the fishmonger, "Pick four large ones out and throw them at me, will you"?

"Why do you want me to throw them at you?" Asked the fishmonger?

"So that I am able to tell my wife, in all honesty, that I caught them." said Alex.

"Okay, but I suggest that you take the salmon."

"Why’s that?"

"Because your wife came in earlier today and said that if you came by, I should tell you to take salmon. That's what she'd like for supper tonight." replied the fishmonger with a grin.


A pedestrian stepped off the curb and into the road without looking and promptly gets knocked flat by a passing cyclist.

"You were really lucky there," said the cyclist.

"What on earth are you talking about! That really hurt!" said the pedestrian, still on the pavement, rubbing his head.

"Well, usually I drive a bus!" the cyclist replied."

[porqoui]

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Hiya Mick...thanks for the jokes, just what I needed on a cold Saturday morning. Glad the cooker got fixed and sounds like you've been productive. Hope you get things sorted soon....:smile:PPQP

[Lavande]

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Good evening Abbers,

Looks like there's been a change on our weather forecast. Now we are to get rain tomorrow & snow Monday afternoon into Tuesday, ugh.
We had another chicken nabbed today despite my best efforts to keep an eye on them. I know it's a fox doing the dirty work

Mick, good to see you.
I hope everything stays fixed for a while so you can give yourself some time to relax.

PQ, we may be weather sharing after all, oh well. Enjoy your cozy weekend!

Pie, good luck on the real estate deal - hope it goes through.
My chickens are young so this definitely is not a geriatric suicide thing going on. It just makes me sad.

Det, I hope your truck gets all the care it needs so you can hook up to your trailer when it's time

Pauly, I have tons of bean recipes but if you don't like beans how about lentils? I have lots of lentil recipes too & they make a great sub for meat. Lentil meatballs are awesome!!

SK messaged me today & said her computer crashed & she misses us.

Have a nice night y'all1

Lav

[Determinator]

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Happy Sat ABeroooos!

just got a quick cell phone pic of trailer in low light... better pics to come.

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Beans? how funny... just made beans today which is a bit rare. They aren't the easiest to digest and are far from a complete protein but I like them
now and again. Put them in a homemade chicken stock with bay, onion, garlic, thyme and let them go a loooong time to break down the lectin content.
Came out quite tasty. I'd recommend soaking dried beans overnight in water and rinsing before cooking.

Mick, sorry to hear you're dealing with something sad. Great so see you.

sunny and cool today with zero chance of booze working on setting up new laptop which is optimized for photo/video editing... always a slow frustrating process
to get it all set up, but we're getting there.

still no truck! tomorrow morn... this ought to cost a small fortune. oh well. such is life. Not going to break my stride.

gnight loves!

[Determinator]

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awww crap. that didn't work. trying again Imgur: The magic of the Internet

[paulywogg]

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Its cute Det really nice

[Pie]

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Lav, I just logged on for an update, and am sad to hear that you've lost another chicken. Is there anyway to keep chickens inside, like in a garage or something? I fear the fox won't move on until his food supply disappears.

Real estate deal is still alive, but took a sudden and unexpected turn this evening. In that moment my thoughts made a bee line for the calming effects of alcohol. I guess during all those drinking years I never built up much tolerance for feeling uncomfortable. Too easy to just let drink smooth over the rough spots. The difference now is the realization of the high price to be paid for all that smoothing. I would be mortified to become a drunk again. So that's the deal it seems. Feeling discomfort sometimes is the trade off for not living with the horrendous consequences of being an active addict.

[Pie]

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Yo, Det! it took so long to type my thoughts, I nearly missed your pic. Mobile happy funtime house? What's not to love?

[paulywogg]

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Lav, I just logged on for an update, and am sad to hear that you've lost another chicken. Is there anyway to keep chickens inside, like in a garage or something? I fear the fox won't move on until his food supply disappears.

Real estate deal is still alive, but took a sudden and unexpected turn this evening. In that moment my thoughts made a bee line for the calming effects of alcohol. I guess during all those drinking years I never built up much tolerance for feeling uncomfortable. Too easy to just let drink smooth over the rough spots. The difference now is the realization of the high price to be paid for all that smoothing. I would be mortified to become a drunk again. So that's the deal it seems. Feeling discomfort sometimes is the trade off for not living with the horrendous consequences of being an active addict.

Love this Pie,if I'd have sat through discomfort that goes away usually the next day instead of thinking I had to drink to get through it I'd be a helluva lot further than I am now,nope nobody wants to be a drunk,I'll take short term discomfort over long term I'm thinking now.