Good Monday Morning, Everybody!

[Clintmax]

:donut::hi:
How are you today? Captain Clintmax with you now welcoming you to the Early Morning Crew and the start of a brand new work week! I hope you had a good time over the weekend! We had a relaxing two days here at the Clintmax & Greekspeak house, but we didn't get done nearly as much as we'd planned, and, let me just say for the record...weekends off go by WAAAY too fast. I hope you're ready for a new week because...it's here...ready or not!

Song Of The Day: "Kiss You All Over" by Exile

[Clintmax]

1. CURRENT EARLY MORNING CREW MEMBERS

• AirmensMom
• AussieDave
• Bigwillq
• Billyskank
• Buddhamama
• BuffyTheFundieSlayer
• Bzzzz
• CallMeWesley
• Cannikin
• DanCa
• FoxMulder
• GalleryGod
• Heidi
• Jamastiene
• Joan_Alpern
• Khashka
• KitchenWitch
• LizzieGrace
• Mdmc
• MissHoneychurch
• MrsGrumpy
• Mutley_r_us
• Newyawker99
• OhioBlues
• Redwitch
• Robeson
• Scooter24
• SeattleGirl
• SimplyFugue
• Southlandshari
• SugarSmack
• Swimboy
• Tjwmason
• Wetzelbill
• Whoa_Nelly
• WildHorses
• XemaSab

[bridgit]

203. uh hum, Mr. max? any thoughts for the other 85,337 or so...

:shrug: :rofl:

[Robeson]

2. Clint! I've been wondering about you!!....

...how did the car search go!!...

[Clintmax]

5. Hail, Robeson!

:hi:
The car search was one of the things I didn't get done, Man. As far as actually going to the lots and test driving each of them. I HAVE done a lot of research on the car makers websites and others, though. I just need to actually put my hands on each of them still.

How are YOU doing? Anything exciting going on?

[Robeson]

10. What about antiquing?....

...or were you just taking it easy this weekend?

[Clintmax]

41. We didn't do that either...

We ended up having a lot to do around here...and so we did stuff around the house and took it easy. I probably sound like a lazy ass now, huh? :rofl:

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

3. Uh, Hi! I'm a Late Night person, not an Early Morning one...

:donut: ... do I still get a noPrize?

Here's a cuppa for each of you... :donut: :donut:

[Clintmax]

12. Morning, Darkmoon!

:hi:
You're certainly welcome in the Early Morning Crew! They're the people who come in most mornings and get the days started with me. How are ya today?

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

24. Welcome to my night...

... and thanks for the welcome to this morning!

I only get to go online late, since (at present) I've no comp of my own, and in fact, am couch-surfing for the next week or so (I hope!) So, I was already here when you came in...

I must say, however, that this place and these people have made a very nasty time in my life one HELL of a lot better! It's good to see people who are walkin' the walk, not just talkin' the talk! :yourock:

[Clintmax]

44. Well thank you...

And I'm glad you're doing better! While you can...come in and join the Crew...we always have a lot of fun! :bounce:

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. Good morning Clintmax!

I hope all is well with you! I agree...weekends go by too fast. But my kids have next week (the week after this one) off for midwinter break, so I am looking forward to that!

I was going to get a bunch done too. It appears all I got done was a bunch of posting on DU. :hi: Hope you have a wonderful week! :hi:

[billyskank]

9. Hi MrsG!

:loveya:

Good grief, look how many hearts you have! Well deserved though. :)

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Hi billy! That's sweet of you...but I don't think so.

I am hoping that everyone ends up with a heart today. I am going to be in huge trouble when MrG sees the bank statement this time around. It's Skinner's good luck, but I went over budget on my DU donation. :hi: :hug: :loveya:

I wish I could give you 50 instead of 1! :hug: Thanks so much for your friendship!

[billyskank]

27. I *knew* one of mine came from you...!

There is no need to thank me for being your friend. How could I not be? :hug:

[Clintmax]

16. Morning, MrsG!

:hi::hug:
See...I knew I wouldn't be the only one who didn't get everything done! It's good to see you today, my dear! I hope you have a great week also! :bounce:

[ScreamingMeemie]

20. As long as I am around, you'll never have to fear being in that category

alone. :) :loveya:

[Clintmax]

45. *smile* We're a pair then, you and I!

:loveya::loveya:

[ScreamingMeemie]

71. You bet!!!

Always something for me to look forward to in the morning! Clintmax's thread! :loveya:

[Clintmax]

73. Well thank you...

And I always look forward to having you here with me, my dear! :loveya:

[MissHoneychurch]

6. Good morning Clint

I took today off, with the intention to get my apt in order (how long am I saying this now?). Anyway, so far all I did was finally takin a shower and watching the Olympic Games. For some reason Curling is fascintating :eyes: In half an hour Biathlon is on, after that I will get ahead with my apt. I promise :)

[Clintmax]

19. Morning, Miss Honey!

:hi::hug:
I know how you feel about the apartment cleaning thing. I got a couple things done with that too..but not nearly enough. I haven't watched any of the Games yet...Greekspeak doesn't like them.

[MissHoneychurch]

28. I am not interested in everything

but I enjoy Biathlon.

I am planning on doing the kitchen this afternoon.

On Saturday I tried baking brownies. They came out really good. So I will bake more on Thursday and take them to work Friday to my b-day.

[Clintmax]

46. WooHoo!

I LOVE brownies! I wish I could have some! :bounce::loveya:

[MissHoneychurch]

61. I made them with chocolate

not with cacao :9

[Clintmax]

64. Sounds delicious!

I'm going to have to go make some now. They just sound great!

[MissHoneychurch]

66. I made them from the scratch

soft, wet, just delicious ..... :9

[Clintmax]

68. Yes...the more I hear about them...

the more I want some! I can just see it now...brownies for breakfast! :woohoo: :rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

77. Why not?

nothing wrong with that :rofl:

[Clintmax]

78. I don't think so either!

:rofl:
Thanks for the breakfast idea, Miss Honey! :bounce::loveya:

[MissHoneychurch]

82. You're welcome

I just had my lunch .... pasta :rofl:

[Clintmax]

84. Oooo! I love pasta too!

YUMMY! :loveya:

[MissHoneychurch]

87. Oh yes

my favorite food. And you can vary with the sauces. So it never gets boring :bounce:

[Clintmax]

90. That's SO true!

Pasta is one of my favorites too. You know what even sounds good right now is Fettuccine Alfredo! YUUUMMMM! :bounce:

[MissHoneychurch]

98. how about Spaghetti Carbonara

or a yummy homemade Bolognese?

:bounce:

[Clintmax]

100. Yes, yes, yes!

All yummy dishes! Now quit it! You're making me SO hungry! :rofl:

[swimboy]

199. I like the way you think.

Brownies--the breakfast of champions!

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

50. Happy be-earlyed (not belated!) bday, Miss Honey!

:loveya: :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

63. thanks

you are welcome to congratulate again on Friday :P

[Callalily]

114. Morning MissH

Ahahaha, so you're doing a little procrastinating? Can't blame you. Sometimes I take a "sick" day, with the intention of just going nothing. Well, reading and drinking tea that is.
I haven't watched much of the Olympics, but had a chance to catch part of the cross-country skiers.

[MissHoneychurch]

206. Hey SimplyF

we think alike, don't we? I just couldn't find an excuse for being sick, so I took the day off. Is at least more honest.
For you watching the Olympics is kinda hard since you are six hours or more behind. Makes it difficult. For me it is difficult to watch since I have to work durig the day. Good thing it is going into the evening every day.

[swimboy]

196. Hello, MissHoneychurch!

:hi: I am copying my message to you from Friday--I didn't get to finish it and send it until too late. It is from right after you administered to TJ a Carmen-related spanking!

Here it is below.

Hello! I am just peeking out from under my rock now, and there is so much fertile ground for discussion in this thread that I can NOT catch up!

Elektra is probably like a cup of medicinal tea. When I saw it, I think they got some aspects of the production just right for my appreciation. The performers were in Greek style dress and the set was fashioned after a Greek temple that was part ruinous, part contorted perspective that helped convey the madness. What really carried it though, was the performance of the singer in the Elektra role. She was just arresting and when she danced her dance (which was alien and primitive, but not distracting from the purpose) you were convinced she was quite mad.

My other favorite madness scenes (and they are often fatal, to the character, not the audience!) are in Lucia di Lammermoor and for extreme creepiness the gypsy holding the straw baby in Il Trovatore.

(Someone came in my office and prevented my finishing this for quite a while. I may have missed you entirely, but we will catch up soon. Have a great weekend. )

[MissHoneychurch]

207. Hello swimboy

:hi:

no, I didn't catch your answer Friday. So thank you for posting it again. I would rather had the performance also in Greek costumes. But no, it was modern with a big hint to Guantanamo. And they had to pull up "corpses" with cut off limbs. Why? I am just not a fan to put classic topics into modernism. Gives me a bad taste in the mouth. Elektra sang really good. Her "crazy" dance wasn't really crazy. Orest sang very good too. It was good to finally hear male voices after most of the opera is sung by females.
Alltogether it was a good performance at least by the singers. But as I told tj already, I am not so much into the un-harmonic music. Even though Richard Strauss is harmonic compared to Arrnold Schönberg. :)

[billyskank]

7. Hi Clint!

I am really bored here at work. :hi:

[Clintmax]

22. Hail, Billy!

:hi:
I'm sorry, Man. Being bored at work sucks. x( I hope it picks up for you soon, Man! Did you have a good weekend?

[billyskank]

30. Yeah pretty good thanks

I went and stayed with a couple of friends. It was nice. :)

[Clintmax]

49. That's good!

I'm glad you had a good time! I hope the week ahead is good for you also, Man! :bounce:

[tjwmason]

8. Good morning Clint.

:hi:

Or maybe 'good' morning.

I'm on the Bach Brandenburg Concerti here (current on the second one).

:hug:

[Clintmax]

23. Hail, TJ!

:hi::hug:
Sounds like a regular work day for you!

[tjwmason]

35. A day filled with ghastly people.

Hence my misanthropy.

Hope that you're doing well today.

[Clintmax]

51. I certainly am!

But I'm sorry to hear you're having to deal with ghastly people today! Tell them I said to leave you the hells alone! :rofl:

[tjwmason]

55. They're not doing anything intentionally....

But I'm always very easily irritated in the mornings (especially Mondays), if I'm left alone all is fine - but even offering to make my morning coffee gets me vexed...

[Clintmax]

58. Awww...

Try not to feel that way, TJ. But I know how Monday's can MAKE one feel like that. :hug:

[tjwmason]

60. I'm just ignoring them

and shooting positively toxic evils at anybody who gets close to me - it seems to be working.

[Clintmax]

65. LOL! Wow...

I didn't realize you were such a meany pants on Monday mornings. :rofl:

[Clintmax]

67. Thank you to whoever gave me a heart!

:loveya::hug::loveya:

[tjwmason]

79. I'm positively horrific when I'm not in a good mood.

But I'm usually discriminating - so I'll still be nice to you, of course. :hug:

[Clintmax]

83. I'm glad of THAT!

:hug:
Still...for your co-workers sakes...I hope your mood turns around soon, TJ. :loveya:

[tjwmason]

95. As long as they don't bug me there's no problem.

I've turned east European now and gone onto Shostakovich.

[Clintmax]

101. Well then OK!

Hopefully your music will charm the savage beast! :rofl:

[tjwmason]

103. I chose it because it's likely to feed the savage beast.

Which will get it through the system more quickly.

[Clintmax]

104. Well there you go!

:loveya::hug:

[tjwmason]

127. Time for lunch now methinks.

:hug:

[Clintmax]

129. I was thinking it was getting close to lunch time for you!

What did you bring today?

[tjwmason]

142. Just the same as usual.

The soup for this week is cream of fennel, and cheese today was camenbert - all very yummy indeed.

[Clintmax]

145. Mmmm...

I'm sure I'll have my regular also...PB&J sandwich. YUMMY! :bounce:

[tjwmason]

148. PB&J?

Am I being completely dense?

[Clintmax]

151. No...

You may just have not ever heard it called that before: Peanut Butter and Jelly.

[tjwmason]

164. Oh I see.

I've never tried one.

[Clintmax]

172. I love them.

You should try one to see if you like it!

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

11. Hi there, BS!

... Grump, Honey! Have a nice wakeup! :donut: :donut: :donut:

[billyskank]

17. Hi!

I was going to say, welcome to DU, but you've been here a little while actually...! :hi:

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

29. yeah... on and off since August...

... still, greetings are always nice! I feel like such a newbie!

[Fox Mulder]

13. Hey Clintmax!

Nice to see you on this Monday morning. :)

Right now, I'm currently in the "ba hum bug" mood because Valentine's Day is tomorrow, and I'm single, once again, for the fourth year in a row. :(

But other than that, I guess I'm doing fine.

[Clintmax]

25. Morning, FoxM!

:hi::hug:
It's always good to see you too! I'm sorry that you're in a mood like that, but hey, maybe you'll get a "secret admirer" valentine this year! :bounce: You never know!

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

31. Join the club, Fox!

but being single is far form the worst thing that can happen to you... :shrug:

[Fox Mulder]

38. Tru dat!

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

52. ... and I have no idea who...

... but some "Secret Admirer" sent ME a heart just before midnigh (PST)... can't imagine who, since I've only just really arrived on the scene, but around this place, it seems, ya never know!

[NMMNG]

14. Good morning Clint!

What I had over the weekend was a pile of snow. Then I got into it with my lovely co-worker because she refused to do any of the shoveling for the incredibly long sidewalk and two driveways. (though she had no problem standing in the doorway staring at me while I did it) Stupid . So much for her "Christian values". Needless to say I promptly reported her to the boss. :evilgrin:


"Kiss You All Over". I love that song. :-)

[Clintmax]

32. Good Morning, Miss Buffy!

:hi::hug:
Yes, I know there was a LOT of snow around the country over the weekend. How much did you get? We only got a lot of rain on Saturday, but it was sunny and chilly on Sunday.

I hate people who think they are too good to do their part of the work like that. x( I would have reported her too!

I love that song also! :bounce:

[NMMNG]

48. About 9 or 10 inches

Yeah, she's a piece of work. I came in after doing the huge sidewalk to take a break. She asked if there was anything she could do and I said, "Shovel the driveway--not the whole thing, but just enough for a car to get in". She started hemming and hawing (a bunch of "oh, oh no, oh, I have no snow shoes", etc) then just closed the front door. (I had a cold, cramps and wet sneakers but that didn't stop me from shoveling) Then she asks if I can just move my car out of where I'm parked so the next staff can get in. I said, "Well yes, but that doesn't mean the other driveway won't need to be cleared out anyway, it only fixes the situation for this morning." She said nothing, and I ended up going out to clear out the mess from behind and around my car, with her staring at me the whole time. I called the supervisor from my cell while sitting in my car (while it was still covered with snow) and she told me to write up an incident report to document it, and that she'd speak to the co-worker about it the next day.

Asinine people!

[Clintmax]

53. GRRR!

:grr::mad:
People like that piss me off! Write that shit up and I hope she gets her butt in trouble! :rofl:

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

56. awwww, Poor Buffy!

:hug: :hug: :hug: does this help? "Kiss You All Over"... VERY cool tune!

[NMMNG]

212. Thank you DarkmoonIkonoklast

And yes, that does help. :grouphug:

[SeattleGirl]

15. Good morning, Clintmax!

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

Always nice to see you!

[Clintmax]

33. Morning, Miss Seattle!

:loveya::hi:
It's always good to see you too, my dear! Did you have a good weekend?

[SeattleGirl]

34. Yes, I did.

Nice and relaxing! :loveya:

[Clintmax]

54. That's good!

That's what weekends are supposed to be! :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

57. Mine often involve working

But this weekend, I decided to just not touch any of it. One of the perils of working from home. The work is always there! :loveya:

[Clintmax]

59. I think it would be GREAT to work from home!

I know I'd have the greatest boss! :bounce::bounce:

[SeattleGirl]

69. Overall, I really like it.

My commute is walking down the stairs! :bounce: :bounce:

[Clintmax]

75. Yeah! That's one of the positives!

Now if I could just figure out what I could DO from home...

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

85. I've always said: the downside to working at home...

... is knowing when the work-day is really over! :dilemma: :shrug:

I mean, a "day's work" has a whole different meaning when it's YOUR name on the letterhead!

[Clintmax]

88. That's true.

But I think I would know. At least I HOPE I would.

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

36. Hey, SG! Good morning, gorgeous!

:loveya: Good to see you again! :hug:

[SeattleGirl]

42. Hey Darkmoon!

:loveya: :hi:

[TheProphetess]

21. Just popping in to say hello before I'm back to bed

I've just had the worst week of my life (pain, pain, pain) but now I am on some amazing drugs and ready for more of the lovely slumber I just experienced. (I hadn't slept more than 3 hours at once in a LONG time!)

Enjoy your day! Mine is looking up...:)

[Clintmax]

37. Morning, Prophetess!

:hi:
I'm glad to hear you're feeling better! If you've got some good drugs that will keep that pain away, that's even better! I hope you get some more good rest! :bounce:

[TheProphetess]

209. Hi there, Clintmax

It's morning again for me - I've been asleep off and on all day, but then again, I suppose that's what "bedrest" means. :)

Thanks for the kind words! :pals:

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

40. I light a candle for The Prophetess...

... and send some healing :hug: your way!

[TheProphetess]

210. Thank you very much, DI

I truly appreciate the good vibes! You're very sweet. :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

47. Hey Prophetess!

I hope you are feeling better! :hi: :hug:

[TheProphetess]

211. I am feeling much better than before

Thanks for asking. It's been rough for awhile and I am very hopeful that physical therapy will be good for me. Things are looking up, indeed. :hi:

(Although I'm not going to try this, I'll let a smiley express how I'm feeling...) :bounce:

[hfojvt]

26. now that you are here

it is definitely time for me to goto bed.

I, however, only have one more night of work before the weekend.

[Clintmax]

39. Morning, Hfo!

:hi:
I'm assuming that you're a Nighthawk and when you see the early morning crew arrive...you know it's time to go to bed. :rofl: Have a good rest!

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

43. I'll keep the pot on the stove... it's a 40 cupper...

... so everyone :donut: drink up :donut: and have a great start :donut: to the day!

:donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut:
:donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut:
:donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut:
:donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut:

[Clintmax]

62. We all appreciate it, Dark Moon!

:donut:
Thanks for sharing!

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

72. I'm a Caffeine-based, solar-powered, nocturnal life-form...

... and a disciple of Caffeina :donut:, "She Who stimulates Life and Thought"...:donut: of COURSE I keep folks supplied with the Elixer of Life! :donut:

and Buffy, THIS one :donut: has a couple of scrapes of cinammon, a shave or three of cocoa and a dollop of good whipped Irish cream, just for snow-thrower's muscles!

[Clintmax]

76. I drink coffee all day long too.

Just because I love it so much!

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

86. yeah...

:donut: I just had to break to go upstairs and get a refill...

[Clintmax]

91. I need one too...

Be right back!

[AussieDave]

70. Good morning to you Clint, and all the Crew !!!

Glad you and Greekspeak had a good weekend, and don't worry about not getting everything done. Trust me, it'll NEVER happen - there ain't enough hours in the day or days in the week.

And thank you thank you thank you for adding me to the Crew list - I'm truly honored........

(great song of the day too - but have you seen the clip - SOOOOO '70s)

:hug: :grouphug:

[Clintmax]

74. Hail, Dave!

:hi::hug:
You're welcome! You're part of the Crew, yes, so you have you're place in it! It sounds like you are RIGHT about everything NEVER getting done. Whenever I have a weekend off, I always plan to get several things done, but they never all do. :shrug:

I havent' seen the video to that song in a long time...but I can imagine it being very 70's. :rofl:

[Bzzzz]

80. Top Of The Morning...

to everyone!! :hi: It's colder than a witch's tit here and I'm not looking forward to going outside. It was a good weekend...got my house cleaned and laundry caught up.

[Clintmax]

81. Morning, Bzzz!

:hi:
Good to see you again today! I got laundry and grocery shopping done too. And as far as temp goes...I live down here in Florida and it's 30 degrees out there right now! :scared: I guess it's cold all over the country right now!

[Bzzzz]

107. My son lives in Brownsville, TX...

and he said it was 30 something there yesterday morning. :crazy:

[Clintmax]

108. Yes...freezing everywhere!

I'll be so glad when summer gets back in swing! I hate winter. x(

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

89. Hey! Some of my "sisters" are witches!

;) ... and I can guarantee you, none of THEIR tits are typically cold!

[Clintmax]

92. ROFL!

:rofl:

[Bzzzz]

105. Oppps...

sorry. I didn't mean to offend...me bad.:evilfrown:

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

93. and just where are all you "Frozen Chosen" at, anyway?

Buffy? 9-10 inches of snow...

Bzzzz? colder than Condi's heart...

[Bzzzz]

106. Indiana...

No where could be colder than Condi's heart...

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

112. True, that... unless it's somewhere in the soul of Karl "The Beast" Rove!!

... am I the only one who always sees him with horns and a tail?

[buddhamama]

94. Good Morning, Clintmax!

I am feeling fine this morning-thanks. Good to hear that you enjoyed your weekend off. And although you might not have gotten done everything you had planned, you relaxed which is important. Personally, I don't think people put enough time aside for relaxed, unhurried, quiet time... oh boy, I am chatty one this morning. :hi:

almost forgot :donut:

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

96. We used to call it "mental health time"... way back in the Pleistocene...

... now I guess it's called "me time"... still the same concept; you are SO right, buddhamamma!

Oh, and here :donut: is your cup!

[buddhamama]

111. funny-

"...way back in the Pleistocene..."

Good Morning to You, DarkmoonIkonoklast ! And thank you for the coffee ;)

Have a wonderful day!

[Clintmax]

99. Morning, Mama!

:hi:
It's good to see you today! I certainly had my relaxed, unhurried quiet time this weekend, that's for sure! I hope you had some too! :bounce:

[buddhamama]

113. My weekend was relaxed

and unhurried. It was wonderful.

Have a Great Day, Clintmax! :hi:

[Clintmax]

115. I hope you have a great day too, Mama!

:hi:

[Scooter24]

97. Good morning Clint.

:hug:

I'm glad you two boys had a great weekend.

My living and dining rooms are cluttered with flowers, balloons, and other various valentines gifts my friends got for us. I hope we don't get much more, or we'll have to declare an allergy alert for this place. lol

I, however, am lacking a DU valentine :cry:
:P

[Clintmax]

102. Hail, Scooter!

Sounds like you have lots of loving friends out there if you've got a houseful of gifts! I don't have even one gift here at my house yet. :cry:

Worry not about the hearts, Mister. It's only a matter of time. ;)

[Callalily]

109. Good Morning Clint - all!

Wow a lot of people have checked into here already!
First off, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your tax suggestion. Got my taxes done in record time, and with such ease I was just giddy. And of course the refund is a nice incentive.
Additionally, I got my cleaning done and tried my new recipes. Oh btw Clint, I saved you a bowl of chili. Now you don't have to worry about what to have for lunch!

[Clintmax]

110. Morning, SimplyF!

:hi::hug:
Yes, it's been a BUSY Monday morning in here today! I'm glad you got the taxes thing done and you're welcome! glad I could help you!

The chili looks fantastic! I wish I really had that here with me for lunch! :bounce:

[Politically_Wrong]

133. Hey!

Long time no seen! Sorry I haven't been on the last couple of...months! I have been super busy for obvious reasons (school work, school work, and school work). I hope to jump back into "posting mode." Me and a couple of the guys from SOCOM wanted to play this weekend (SOCOM 2). I will e-mail you later this week. Talk to you later Goldie! :hi:

[Callalily]

144. Jor 'ol bud!

Exceedingly good to hear from you! Was just thinking about you the other day. Would LOVE to play with you and the other guys again! I'm going to listen to jazz on Friday night, so I'd be logging on late that night, and I've got a birthday party to go to Saturday, but I could cut that short just to play with you and the rest again. Keep me appraised as to what's going on.

[KitchenWitch]

116. Hail and good morning Sir!

:hi:

We had a fairly low key weekend here at the Witchhouse. Son had a basketball game on Saturday (I am the team scorekeeper). Yesterday I spent much of the day trying to figure out my son's graphing calculator (I have a TI-85, which is SIMPLE compared to his TI-89 Titanium). I still have not figured his out, so I gave him mine to use for programming.

[Clintmax]

117. Good morning, Miss Kitchen!

:hi:
Yes, those calculators are HARD to figure out! When I worked for OfficeMax, I had customers all the time asking me if I knew how to work them so I could teach the customers how. I could have made a fortune giving TI-85 classes! :rofl:

[KitchenWitch]

119. I could handle giving the TI-85 class

the 89 Titanium is a whole 'nother thing...

[Clintmax]

120. I'm sure...but I've never had any dealings with the TI-89...

It must be a new model.

[KitchenWitch]

121. It is

It has AMAZING functionality, but damn, if one can figure out how to DO everything!

[Clintmax]

122. LOL!

Yep...that's the thing, isn't it? :rofl:

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

118. KW!!! THERE you are!

:donut: :hug: Good to see you this fine morning! uh, it's not snowing too badly there, is it?

[KitchenWitch]

126. Not snowing at all!

New England seems to have gotten our February dose!

:hug:

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

166. well, I'm glad... of course, not having friends in New England...

... (that I know of, anyway), makes it easier to not worry (much) about those being dumped upon there! :blush: I was sweating it out for my friends in upstate NY (nr Buffalo) and out on Long Island, but just about everyone else I know is either in the southeast (Tampa, and central Alabama), in West-Central PA, in the Tex-ahoma region, or out here on the Left Coast... except for one small group in the Idaho mountains and they winter camp in the heights darn near every year anyway!

[In_The_Wind]

123. Good Morning Captain!

I lovelovelove today's song!

[Clintmax]

124. Good Morning, Miss Joan!

:hi::hug:
So do I, my dear! It's good to see you today! Did you have a good weekend?

[In_The_Wind]

130. The weatherman was wrong so it turned out better than I expected.

We only got 2 inches of snow instead of the predicted 5 to 10 inches. Proving that once again sometimes ~ smaller is better.

Another reason for my good weekend is: after my second phone call to the contractor on Friday, he got back to me with an estimate and an apology. I'm happier now, the pressure to find the correct person for the job is over. :) I can go back to dreaming about the summer.

[Clintmax]

131. I'm dreaming about the summer too.

It's freezing even down here in Florida. I hate this. x( But, I'm glad you didn't get as much snow as they said you would! :bounce:

[In_The_Wind]

134. Will the cold hurt any of the citrus crops?

Maddy MaCall ran a thread about tangelos over the weekend. I couldn't resist having the sweet juice dripping off my fingertips so I ordered a few.

[Clintmax]

138. I don't know...

I'm not sure of the temps down where those crops are. I'll have to check that out. I saw that tangelo thread. One of my co-workers gave me one of them once, but it went bad before I could eat it. x(

[In_The_Wind]

146. It's tangelo season. You should try one. *warning~eat it over the sink!*

They grow east of Orlando toward the Banana River. It's probably the most expensive piece of fruit I've ever eaten but it's a nice treat.

Are you expecting the return of warm weather soon?

[Clintmax]

150. They're juicy, huh?

Sounds good to me! I wish it WOULD warm up!

[In_The_Wind]

157. Yep!

[Clintmax]

160. I wish I would have eaten it before it went bad!

Alas, I did not. :cry: I wonder why they are so expensive...:shrug:

[In_The_Wind]

179. That's a good question. The hybrid has been around for a while.

A bit of reasearch in the past few minutes shows the tangelo to be a hardy tree in warm climates.
I'm still now sure why the price is sky high.

Here is what one man thought about the price :http://www.sicklesmarket.com/Newsletter/Archives/FN_194_February_1_2003.htm " While at the market I noticed that Mineola Tangelos were available from both Florida and Arizona. Those from Florida were decidedly more expensive. Being curious I bought some of the Florida ones and compared them to the Arizona tangelos that we had back at the market. There was a marked difference, thus justifying the high price difference. The flesh was more tender, the fragrance more intense, and the juice just ran down my chin! In fact, Mineolas make the best orange juice you will ever have (despite the fact that it becomes a relatively expensive juice). "

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

132. Good Morning, Miss Joan!

Have a cup :donut: and a warm welcome!

[In_The_Wind]

137. Good Morning, DarkmoonIkonoklast !

I'd like to sip a cuppa coffee and chat with you a bit.

How was your weekend?

[AirmensMom]

159. Good morning, Miss Joan!

:donut: :hi: :hug:

[In_The_Wind]

184. Good morning, AirmensMom!

[newyawker99]

125. Good morning everyone!

:donut: :hi:

[Clintmax]

128. Good Morning, MissNewYawker!

:hi::hug:
I hope you're doing OK up there with all the snow you received!

[newyawker99]

153. It looks like it will be gone by the end of the week.

Have a great day!!


:hi:


:hug:

[Clintmax]

155. Well at least that's something!

I hope you have a great day too! :loveya::hi:

[AirmensMom]

135. Good morning, Clintmax!

:donut: :hi: :hug:

I see you have hearts this morning! :bounce: Someone loves you. :loveya:

[Clintmax]

136. Morning, Miss Airmens!

:hi::hug:
It's good to see you today! :bounce: Yes, and I have no idea who gave them to me! I love them for it though! :loveya: How are you today? Is it all cold down there?

[AirmensMom]

139. Yes, it's ccccold.

45 degrees. We have the heat on and the kitties are all fluffed up.

I love the hearts -- great idea from the admins. I don't know who gave mine, either. :loveya:

[Clintmax]

141. It's freezing up here too.

31 degrees! :scared: BRRRRR!

Some people don't like the hearts. I like the idea too! :loveya:

[AirmensMom]

143. Oh, that is cold.

I'd better get used to it, though, don't you think?

You can't please everyone. :shrug:

So how did I manage to catch you at such a late hour this morning?

[Clintmax]

147. Yes, it will be a lot colder where you're going.

And no...you can't please everyone. And you set yourself up to fail if you try. I don't have to be to work until this afternoon, so I'm still here. :bounce: i'm glad I am too...since that means I can chat with you for a little bit! :loveya:

[AirmensMom]

152. That was a bit of luck.

I had trouble sleeping last night, so I slept in this morning. I was sure I'd miss you ... and so glad I didn't! :loveya:

Yes, it'll be cold where we're going. So I'll sit in the sunny window with a big fire going in the fireplace. We didn't close on the land on Friday like we were supposed to. The realtor and title company got things a little confused and no one sent us the papers to sign. They'll be here today. We just learned from the realtor, who learned from the owner, that there is a spring on our property that feeds the neighbor's cattle pond. So we might be able to have a little stream in the woods. How cool would that be?
:bounce:

[Clintmax]

156. I'm glad you did too!

Having a spring on the property IS nice! You'll have to take some pictures so I can see it! :bounce:

[AirmensMom]

158. I'll post some pics after we close.

Don't want to jinx it, you know ... not like I'm superstitious or anything. :rofl:

Where are those updated pictures of Tony that you're supposed to be showing us? We want baby pictures! :bounce:

[Clintmax]

161. Yes, I still need to do that don't I?

He's getting so big now! Growning like a weed! He's going to be a big boy when he gets all grown up!

[AirmensMom]

162. Yeah, and we will have missed all the in-between pics.

:cry: I love puppies and kitties. I probably won't ever get another puppy, though, because harleydad doesn't really like dogs. Pets should be in a home where everyone loves them. He does love the kitties. :loveya:

[Clintmax]

163. I know, and I'm sorry...

I had intended to post lots of pictures of him...but it just never happened. I promise I'll take some more. And I agree with you about pets being in a home where they're loved. Neglected pets just break my heart. :cry::loveya:

[AirmensMom]

167. Oh, Sundance was never neglected.

But harleydad didn't like him very much, so Sundance intentionally annoyed him. For instance, harleydad would say, "Come here, Sundance!" And Sundance would just ignore him ... and then come when I called. Animals can tell when you don't like them. It's bad for their self-esteem. :D

I'll be waiting for those pics and I accept your apology. :hug: :pals: :loveya:

[Clintmax]

175. I'm glad, thank you!

:loveya::pals:

[AirmensMom]

182. Teehee!

:pals:

The papers just came from the title company ... guess I'd better go read them! I'll be back when I'm done. :hi:

[AirmensMom]

169. Here's my Sundance, when he was a pup.

:loveya: How could anyone not love that face?

[Clintmax]

176. AWWWWW!!!

Oh my GODS he's ADORABLE! What a cutie!

[AirmensMom]

180. Yeah, he was a doll.

:loveya: I miss him. :cry: But he had a good, long life with plenty of kitties to play with.

[Clintmax]

187. That's great!

I'm sure he was a happy doggy! I'm off now to get this day going! Good luck with everything and hopefully I'll see you again tomorrow! :bounce:
:loveya::pals:

[Sugar Smack]

140. Good morning, Captain!

:hi:

How are you today, luv? Glad you had a good weeekend!

[Clintmax]

149. Morning, MissSugar!

:hi:
I'm doing just fine! Thank you! You doing OK today?

[Sugar Smack]

165. Yeah! I had "a great night" last night! LOL!

:D :rofl:

[Clintmax]

177. That's good to hear!

Now what am I missing here?:rofl:

[Sugar Smack]

195. Sorry, I'm spending so much time in GD & LBN,

where people are reacting to the news spin of Cheney's hunting buddy.

Who not only had a "great night" after being shot in the face, but is also "very stable"

And a resounding "HAH" to the msm.

And a big ol' hug for you.


:hug:

[Clintmax]

197. Yes, I saw the story...

Add a resounding "HAH" from me too! Big ol hugs to you too, my dear! :hug::hug:

[In_The_Wind]

154. There You Are!

My morning just got way better!

[Sugar Smack]

168. My darling Joani! And that little dancer's mezmerizing!

You are too good to me. How was the weekend?

:loveya: :hug: :hi:

[In_The_Wind]

189. The best thing about this weekend was playing with DU ... and ~

We are winning the battle against winter! Think Spring!
Think about taking a train west and ride east with me to meet merh.

[Sugar Smack]

198. Oh, that would be so great, can you imagine?

I'm so PISSED; I don't have any vacation days until May.

:-(

[In_The_Wind]

201. That's perfect!

You do know that I'm talking about early August ~ right ?

Darn. You won't have any extra time off while I'm visiting you this Spring.
I'll just have to look for ways to amuse myself while you're at work.

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

205. Think spring, indeed!!!

In fact, if I might be pardoned a bit of seeming trivia: My Mariners have Pitchers and Catchers reporting this week!!!!

It's GOTTA be Spring! IT'LL SOON BE BASEBALL TIME!!!

See, I'm not a total political animal... I play, too!

[In_The_Wind]

208. Indeed ~ Play Ball!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

170. Good morning to you, my dear Clintmax!

I'm not normally up this early but since I couldn't sleep any more, I decided to get up and find out what DU is up to at this ungodly hour!

It is so nice to see you today!

I LIKE your song of the day.....:blush:


:loveya: :hug:

[Clintmax]

173. Well Good Morning, MissPeggy!

:hi::hug:
I'm VERY happy you stopped in this morning! I hope you're staying warm today! I am up and around here on DU at around 5:30 every morning. That means 2:30 your time!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

178. Good morning back atcha!

Right this minute, it is 6:20 am......I would never be getting up at 2:30 am!

I am quite pleasantly warm, thanks.....And I can see the setting moon in the west.....

The sun isn't up just yet either.....I've seen your threads, but always too late to talk to you!

Today is getting off to a terrific start!

:hug: :hi:

[Clintmax]

183. I'm glad!

But, alas, I need to get away and get this work day started! I'm glad we had a chance to say Hello to each other today though! :bounce: You take care of yourself and I'll see you again soon! :loveya:

[redwitch]

171. good morning to you too

Had a wonderful weekend myself, thanks for asking! My oldest son came home from college with his three bandmates who are totally adorable. I saw "Iron Jawed Angels" and I got to here a Valentine performance of a CD with music written by a dear friend and sung by an amazing young woman who is also a friend. And some kind soul on DU gave me a heart. I am a happy woman. Off to work in a minute, but I had to check in.

[Clintmax]

174. Morning, Miss Red!

I'm glad you did! Sounds like you had a great weekend! Have a good day at work! :loveya:

[Clintmax]

181. I'm off to go get this work day started, Folks!

It was a lot of fun this morning and I'm glad each of you stopped by today! :bounce: I'll be looking forward to tomorrow also, so I'll see you then!

Until then...

Clint

[swimboy]

185. Maybe it's not too late for me to say hello?

Good morning, Captain! I had an excellent weekend and I hope you did too! :hi: :hug: :hi:

[tjwmason]

186. Good morning swimboy.

Glad to hear that you had a wonderful time over the week-end. :hi: :hug: :loveya:

[swimboy]

193. Yes, thank you very much!

:loveya: I had a lot to smile about! ;-)

[tjwmason]

200. I'm sure you deserved everything which you got.

Certainly you deserve the things I know you got. :D

[Clintmax]

188. Hail, Swimboy!

No, you just caught me! :hi::hug:
I had a good weekend too, Man!

[swimboy]

190. Excellent!

:loveya: :party:

You made Monday morning better!

[Clintmax]

192. Well thank you, Man!

You made mine better too! :bounce::loveya: How was the swim today? Chilly? :rofl:

[benburch]

191. We Interrupt This Thread For An Important Announcement!!!

[Clintmax]

194. ROFL!

:rofl:

[In_The_Wind]

202. Darn ~ How will I survive!?!?

www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4685195#top
I'll feel totally nekkid!

[Patiod]

204. Song of the day brings back happy lasivious memories

That was my #1 make-out (etc) song in college.

Good time, good times.....

:loveya: