w/c 24th jne

[porqoui]

MAE ALL...

Lav...yesterday did not pan out as I had hoped. Waiting on others derailed some of my plans. Oh well, another long weekend coming up. I didn't know one of your chickens was sick, hope you can nurse her back to health. There's a lady here in Calgary that has 3 doctor prescribed emotional support hens. Currently the city is reviewing the bylaws as it's illegal to have chickens in the city. She has a little leash she uses when she goes for walks. Who knew.

Mick...we had a hot one here yesterday as well. Temps are back to norm today sitting around 21 degrees. That's just perfect for me. Glad Panda is doing good today and hope you can figure out what's going on. At least sir buggerlugs appears to be normal. LOL Hope your friends aren't going to St John's Newfoundland where they woke up to a temp of 5 with snow!

Even though Monday didn't go as planned I did manage to put work out of the picture. Didn't even check the email once! Big improvement for me.
Waves to the rest of the gang stopping in, have a Terrific Tuesday all....PPQP

[paulywogg]

Mae everybody,Mick you sound tired Lav,I ordered just some regular Swedish bee pollen,it may not work the same as the Relizen but its a helluva lot cheaper!(which means it probably won't work haha) PQ,snow? I can't even imagine that right now,took Winslow out at 7 pm last night and it was still somewhere between 106 and 109 the concrete wasn't hot tho I made sure with my hand,probably cuz the sun wasn't shining on it,turkey roast in the crock pot for dinner again,its become one of our faves much love to all and wishes for a fabulous booze free Tuesday!

[Mick]

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[porqoui]

OMG Mick...did Jeeves do that! Must be ticked at the second gate you put up.

Pauly...Turkey roast in the crock pot? Is it just a turkey or is the such a thing as a roast? Do give me your recipe please. We're having chicken/vegetable skewers and hashbrown casserole.

Lav...I'm sure you'll be posting soon. Will check back later.

Wow...turned around and it was 5pm. All our programs are wrapping up for the summer so tomorrow will see me pig out at the Sr Fitness Pot Luck Brunch and then the Bridge group is having a windup lunch of cold salmon, deli meat platter, cheese & fruit with cards in the afternoon. It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it. LOL

Hope Sam, Pi, Treegirl, SK, TT are all doing good and just busy. And Det I know you'll check in when you can. Have a peaceful evening all....PPQP

[Lavande]

Good evening Abbers,

Warm & sunny today, T storms due the next two days followed by a heat wave. Around here a heat wave = 3 or more days on a row of 90+ & all of the hair frizzing humidity you can possibly imagine, ha ha!!

Mick, you have to sign him up for the destruction gang, ha ha!! I've had dogs who would dig under a fence so they could go next door to visit the neighbors. Animals are crazy. My injured chicken is still alive, looking a little stronger today. I just wish I could find something she's willing to eat. I mashed up a banana this morning which she tasted twice then ignored the rest. She is standing on her own two feet though & holding her head up a bit with out help so that's a plus. I have to have my dog in the vet office by 8 am tomorrow for a dental cleaning, geez.

Pauly, I convection roasted a turkey breast today - yum Makes great leftovers for a few days.

PQ, my young chicken sustained a weird injury. I think she must have gotten her head stuck though the chicken wire fence (reaching out for some grass or something). All of the feathers on her neck are gone & her head was flopping around like she had a broken neck, ugh. The only other thing I can think of is maybe an aerial attack from a hawk? Just not sure. She's getting plenty of good attention from me
Enjoy the lunch tomorrow, sounds very nice!

Wising everyone a nice night!

Lav

[Mick]

morning all..how are you then today? wow the weather over here is yet again boiling today,..its supposed to break next week yeehah ..we arein tenerife..rabbits seem ok today ...digger is resting today ..Panda isd bimbling about eating .....so lets have a brew here ...

hiya Lav, how are you today then? hope all is well with you ...heres an idea for your chicken that isnt eating at the moment ..when any of my rabbits never used to eat ,I used to crunch up a digestive biscuit ,either dry feed or mix with water ,not a lot ,but I have never have had one yet that has refused it ,just dont feed too much.
Also that injury with the chicken ..I have seen that before ...a fox with a bird ...the fox mesmerised the bird ,and brought it up to the wire to the extent it poked its head through the wire..and bang that was it ..

hiya ppqp...Bridge group is having a windup lunch of cold salmon, deli meat platter, cheese & fruit with cards in the afternoon. It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it. LOL..sign me up!!!!!!!!!!how are you then today ? hope all is good ..with you ..Im buying some microbore pipe and a timer to water the greenhouse....I have got to work it all out yet but Im sure I will. is that the progs finished for the summer?

hiya pauly ..dont know what the temps are like ..over here it was 37 here yesterday..it was too hot ..the rabbits were sheltering ....what areyou up to today then? whatever it is have a nice day ...

hiya everyone else ..hope you are all good ...

An old owl was perched on a tree on top of a hill one very cold night. He looked down in the valley and saw a light in a window so he decided to fly down to the window ledge in hopes there was some warmth escaping. Well sure enough it was warm, so he fell fast asleep. He didn’t know that there were two vetenary students inside studying for final exams.

The two vetenary students spotted the owl and decided to use him as practice. They eased the window open and gassed him.

The first student looked down the owls throat and said he has tonsillitis, so he operated.

The other looked at his butt and announced that the owl had hemorrhoids, so he operated.

They placed the owl back out on the ledge.

The owl woke up very groggy and flew away.

The next winter that same owl was perched on the same tree on a very cold night.

A young owl landed next to him and said brrrr it sure is cold out tonight.

The old owl agreed.

The young owl noticed there was a light down in the valley and suggested they both fly down there to the window ledge and maybe find some escaping heat.

The old owl replied "no way”, last year I did the same thing, passed out, woke up drunk and for the next six weeks I couldn’t shit worth a hoot or hoot worth a shit.

The Chief noticed a new seaman one day.... and barked at him, "Get over here!" "What is your name?" was the first thing the Chief asked the new guy.

"Paul," the new guy replied.

The Chief scowled, "Look, I don't know what kind of bleeding-heart, liberal pansy stuff they're teaching Sailors in boot camp today, but I don't call anyone by their first name. It breeds familiarity and that leads to a breakdown in authority. I refer to my sailors by their last name only: Smith, Jones, Baker - that's all.. I am to be referred to only as Chief. Do I make myself clear?"

"Aye, aye, Chief!"

"Good! Now that we got that straight, what is your last name?"

The new guy sighed.... and said, "Darling. My name is Paul Darling, Chief!"

"Okay.............. Paul,........ here's what I want you to do...

An economist was leaving his office building and saw a little boy sitting on the curb with a dog. The boy yelled at the economist, "Hey, how would you like to buy a dog".

The man was intrigued by this sales approach and asked the boy, "How much do you want for your dog".

The boy told him, "Fifty thousand dollars".

"Fifty thousand dollars!" the man repeated in astonishment. "What special tricks does this dog do that he can earn enough money to be worth fifty thousand dollars"? the man asked the boy?

The boy replied, "Mister, this dog never made a nickel in his life. Matter of fact, count what he eats I guess you could say you lose money on him every year".

The economist felt this was a good time to explain economics to the young man and expounded on how an item had to produce more income than it consumed to equal a puchase price ending with he might get five dollars from someone who just wanted a companion. Feeling he had imparted a very valuable lesson to the young man, the economist went on his way.

A few weeks later, the economist came out of his office building and the small boy was again sitting on the curb minus the dog. The man said to him, "I see you took my advise and sold the dog for five dollars".

The boy said, "No, I got fifty thousand dollars for him".

The business man was completely flabbergasted. "How did you ever get fifty thousand dollars for that dog" he asked.

"It was easy", said the boy. "I traded him for two twenty five thousand dollar cats".

A woman and her son were taking a cab in New York City. It was raining and all the hookers were standing under the awnings.

"Mommy," said the little boy, "what are all those ladies doing?"

"They're waiting for their husbands to get off of work," she replied.

The cabbie turns around and says, "Geez lady, why don't you tell him the truth? Their hookers. They have sex with men for money."

The little boy's eyes get wide and he says, "Is that true, mommy?" His mother, glaring at the cabbie, answers in the affirmative.

After a few minutes, the kid asks, "Mommy what happens to the babies those ladies have?"

"They mostly become cab drivers," she replied.

Ma and Pa Were Two Hillbillies Living out on a Farm Up in the Hills.
Pa has found out that the hole under the outhouse is full. He goes into the house and tells Ma that he doesn't know what to do to empty the hole.

Ma says, "Why don't you go ask the young'n down the road? He must be smart 'cause he's a college gradjyate."

So Pa drives down to the neighbor's house and asks him, "Mr. College gradjyate, my outhouse hole is full, and I don't know what to do to empty it."

The young'n tells him, "Get yourself two sticks of dynamite, one with a short fuse and one with a long fuse. Put them both under the outhouse and light them both at the same time. The first one will go off and shoot the outhouse in the air. While it's in the air the second one will then go off and spread the poop all across your farm, fertilizing your ground. The outhouse should then come back down to the same spot atop the now-empty hole."

Pa thanks the neighbor, then drives to the hardware store and picks up two sticks of dynamite, one with a short fuse and one with a long fuse. He goes home and puts them under the outhouse. He then lights them and runs behind a tree.

All of a sudden, Ma comes running out of the house and into the outhouse! Off goes the first stick of dynamite, shooting the outhouse into the air. BOOM! Off goes the second stick of dynamite, spreading poop all over the farm. Then, WHAM! The outhouse comes crashing back down atop the hole.

Pa races to the outhouse, throws open the door and asks, "Ma, are you all right?"

As she pulls up her panties she says, "Yeah, but I'm sure glad I didn't fart in the kitchen!"

A Lonely Guy...

decided life would be more fun if he had a pet. So he went to the pet store and told the owner he wanted to buy an unusual animal. After some discussion, he finally bought a centipede, which came in a little white box to use for his house.


He took the box back home, found a good location for it, and decided he would start off by taking his new pet to the bar to have a drink.


So he asked the centipede in the box, “Would you like to go to Frank’s with me for a beer?” But there was no answer from his new pet. This bothered him a bit, but he waited a few minutes and then asked him again, “How about going to the bar and having a drink with me?”


But again there was no answer from his new pet. So he waited a few more minutes, thinking about the situation and he decided to ask him one more time. This time, he put his face up against the centipede’s little house he shouted, “HEY, IN THERE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO FRANK`S PLACE AND HAVE A DRINK WITH ME?”


A little voice came out of the box, “I HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME! I`M PUTTING ON MY SHOES!”

A handful of 7 year old children were asked "What they thought of beer". Some interesting responses, but the last one is especially touching.

"I think beer must be good. My dad says the more beer he drinks the prettier my mom gets."
--Tim, 7 years old

"Beer makes my dad sleepy and we get to watch what we want on television when he is asleep, so beer is nice."
--Melanie, 7 years old

"My Mom and Dad both like beer. My Mom gets funny when she drinks it and takes her top off at parties, but Dad doesn't think this is very funny."
--Grady, 7 years old

"'My Mom and Dad talk funny when they drink beer and the more they drink the more they give kisses to each other, which is a good thing."
--Toby, 7 years old

"My Dad gets funny on beer. He is funny. He also wets his pants sometimes, so he shouldn't have too much.
--Sarah, 7 years old

"My Dad loves beer. The more he drinks, the better he dances. One time he danced right into the pool."
--Lilly, 7 years old

"I don't like beer very much. Every time Dad drinks it, he burns the sausages on the barbecue and they taste disgusting."
--Ethan, 7 years old

"I give Dad's beer to the dog and he goes to sleep. "
--Shirley, 7 years old

"My Mom drinks beer and she says silly things and picks on my father. Whenever she drinks beer she yells at Dad and tells him to go bury his bone down the street again, but that doesn't make any sense."
--Jack, 7 years old

[paulywogg]

Mae everybody,Mick,didn't realize it got that warm over there,it's been around 110 here depending on what part of town you're in,I just go with the flow PQ,its just some kind of boneless turkey breast that I throw in the crock pot with potatoes and carrots,just like a real roast but I dump turkey gravy on it,turns out really good!Lav,poor little chicken I hadn't realized she got hurt that bad,much love to all and wishes for a great booze free Wednesday!

[porqoui]

Morning Mick and MAE to all....

Of course you'll be in tenerife when your weather breaks, any idea what the temps are like over there? Glad the rabbits seem ok today, digger is resting. LOL The bridge group will continue over the summer as a drop in program. Not as many regular participants so I get a lot of opportunity to play.

Lav...sorry to hear about your chicken. Mick may be onto something, any signs of a fox being around?

Pauly...ok I know what you're talking about and it sounds like a winner. Do you cook it on low and if so for how long? I'll be giving this a try.

Not eating breakie this morning, saving room for all the freebies. Have a great day all.....PPQP

[Lavande]

Greetings Abbers,

Busy day today but everything is under control, LOL
Delivered the dog to the vet office at 8 am for her dental cleaning. Her teeth are good, it was her gums that were inflamed. Got her home around 4pm & she's been sleeping off the anesthesia since.
My chicken looks a tiny bit better today, got her eating minced apples & crushed graham crackers. She hasn't made a sound since I brought her in on Sunday, weird. She is standing & hold her up a little better. I showed her picture to the vet & she had no idea what happened to her either. Yes, I think the fox family is still around, along with the deer family, the snake family, the raccoon family & the opossum family. Too damn much wildlife around here, haha!

Mick, I plan to stay inside when our heat wave arrives. I have no stomach for that nonsense anymore, ha ha! Glad to hear your bunnies are OK

Pauly, I'm glad your turkey dinner turned out well. I ended up making a turkey pot pie from the leftovers because YB had a wisdom tooth extracted this morning & pot pie doesn't require too much chewing.

PQ, so how was lunch? We want to hear everything, LOL

Hello to Det, Pie, SK & anyone else stopping by.
I'm watching the boys tomorrow so I'll be busy.
Have a nice night everyone!

Lav

[porqoui]

MAE ALL...if felt like a Friday all day!

Lav...I am totally stuffed! The Sr. Fitness Pot Luck was ace for breakfast and then about an hour later delicious salmon with a pile of sides. The chef even made lasagna for the staff today so that's what the boys are having for their dinner. I'm sure you're glad to have that vet trip over and done and I'm hoping your chicken continues to improve. If you ever do figure out what happened please share.

I think I'll pass on dinner tonight but I did bring home a bunch of fruit for snacking on later. Have a peaceful night all....PPQP