November 16, 2017 - Msg 108539: Hey folks, I've been gone awhile. Thought you might get a kick out of this I wrote today. Hope it brings a chuckle to you. John Masters

Top 10 ways you are addicted to TAGS

10. Every question you ask someone is followed with “Huh? Huh? Huh?”
9. You drive the wife nuts by having random trouble checks around the household
8. Police pick you up for heisting money from an ATM while shouting “Tuscaroarah!”
7. You refer to your three kids as number 1, number 2 and number 3.
6. You call into the local country radio station and ask them if they can play “Don’t hit your Grandma with a great big stick.”
5. The wife is mad you’re late getting home from work. You desperately explain the supervisor sent you to look for a spindle wrench.
4. You obsessively vow to catch Ol’ Sam on every fishing trip!
3. You verbally admonish your kids with “You beat everything, you know that?!”
2. Keep trying to set up your divorced sister with Luke Taft
1. You profoundly apologize to neighbors for “Glenn Fording” all over town



November 16, 2017 - Msg 108540: Hey...how 'bout that? I managed to sweep for ya' too!

John Masters
November 16, 2017 - Msg 108541: Hey John Masters! Yer a hoot! Funny stuff!

Oh,and good sweepin' too! Welcome back to the Porch-have a wonderful day!

Hey to everybody!

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possum u.a.r.
November 16, 2017 - Msg 108542: Hey John..Good ones!...I always have to explain to people what “Glen Ford’in means...

MDC....HEARTACHES NOTHIN BUT HEARTACHES and now backaches...Sorry Buddy I feel for ya Buddy...
We will continue to keep you guys in out prayers..

Oh BTW John, since you did such a good job sweeping, how are ya on leaves 🍁....lol...G-F
November 16, 2017 - Msg 108543: Happy Thursday porch, hope everyone is having a great day.

I haven't been by to rock lately but have been checking in to see how everyone is doing. been busy with first one thing and then the other. I understand how ole Bert felt.

been colder here lately and getting dark by the time I leave work. the leaves sure are pretty colors but falling fast. Mr. Maude will have his work cut out for himself when he starts getting them up.

Patrick, Beth and Daysie are all doing well. Beth is still looking for a job where she can actually use her college degree but remains at Food Lion. Patrick and Daysie are settling in to their house and experiencing the joys and woes of owning rather than renting.

Thanksgiving dinner will be at our house with me doing the cooking. Daysie has to work at 2pm and
Beth may have to work part of the day. won't have a lot of people so it should be manageable.

MDC: hope your back gets better

Hey to everyone around the porch .

Supper menu will be: fried chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, biscuits, green beans, SLAW.
peach cobbler with ice cream for dessert. tea or lemonade to drink.

Better get back to work.
Prayers and blessings to all
Big Maude
November 16, 2017 - Msg 108544: Hi Here.
THIS IS st. Andy here looking for bad joker to
full the Room i the BIG HOUSE.

ST. ANDY
November 16, 2017 - Msg 108545: Hi everyone. I'm still without a computer and WiFi is spotty at best but checking in. I hope you are all well and blessed. I think of all of you daily.

I can't remember when I have been busier. Seems like since the hurricane life has just ramped up as far as activity. I am working more trying to help pay for a big tractor repair and the upcoming holidays. I still have a job but things are looking rather glum at the facility and census is low. We are working one nurse per shift on most days but I don't mind it. I am planning on taking one of my artificial trees up there to decorate the nurses station and raise spirits a bit.

We are hosting the family for thanksgiving and will have a crowd as usual. Expecting some family from out of town, in town, and even good friends. I just love it but had lots of work to do. St Susan and I went to town and got our thanksgiving shopping done today, so that helps.

Erin is doing really well and is on the basketball team and loving it. Sean has his challenges but keeps going. Bruce is working alot.

Well, hope all of you have a terrific rest of the week.

Love,
Boo
November 17, 2017 - Msg 108546: ASA--I looked online for those Hall's lozenges, and
sure enough, they discontinued them, but I found a similar thing, just a different brand...check out this link:
https://www.vitaminshoppe.com/p/nature-way-zinc-lozenges-echinacea-vitamin-c-60-lozenges/nw-2366
How is the cold coming along?
ST. Andy, are you TOM in disguise?? ha (You're incognito)
Maudie, good to hear from you. For some reason I thought you just had two
kids. For some reason I dont recall a Daysie, but I am obviously wrong! :)
I'm sure you will have a great Thanksgiving spread after all those delicious lunches you have served us here on the porch!
BOO--good to see you too. Sounds like you have your hands full. How goes the vegan thing? That is nice that you will bring a tree to work. Glad Erin is back in school.
Hope all the damage is fixed up.
JOHN, very funny stuff! Thanks for sharing. I especially like number 3! ha
Keep warm all!
MDC

November 17, 2017 - Msg 108547: MDC..You’re On TOM’s radar now!...As for Asa & I we are trying harder this year to keep from getting only a lump of coal. But then again, coal ain’t so bad...It keeps ya warm in the cold weather...

Boo & Maude good to have you pop in for a visit, Maude shoot for the Good Feeling...The Meet-Up is only 8 months away!...

John Masters, PH, Sterling, that goes for you guys too!...Don’t be stranger’s!..”Now is the Season for ALL good Porchsters to come to the aide of their friends!”...

Also, a Public Service Announcement Reminder... MeTV is showing “Return to Mayberry” Tuesday November 21st @ 8:00ET..So the rest of you guys West of the Mississippi will have to adjust to your time zone...

G-F
November 17, 2017 - Msg 108548: Good morning, porch! John Masters, it's good to hear from you. Funny stuff in that post, very creative. Boo, glad to hear from you, too. I've been wondering how you were getting along. Looks like it's just going to take a while to recover from the storm. My cousin in Houston tells me that they're still trying to get past it, and some folks are still without homes. He was fortunate, he's located where he didn't get any water damage.

G-F, by Sunday I'll be able to get MeTV too! I've been considering getting one of those OTA antennas so I could get those channels, and guess what. Last night my primary dishbox failed, and at the moment, I have no TV at all. I called and set up an appointment for Sunday afternoon to get that box replaced with a new upgrade (no charge). Then my son called this morning, and I told him, and he said - Mom, call them back and tell them to bring an OTA antenna as well. That reminded me of an email I had gotten from them, I went back and found it on my computer, and I will be getting the OTA antenna along with my new Dish box, all at no charge and no monthly service charge, and it will remove the $10 a month charge that I've been paying to have the local network channels. Also, the OTA will be interfaced with my new remote control, and will function with my surround-sound system and anything else that the Dish box works with. It seems that the local networks charge the cable and satellite providers a huge amount of money for the privilege of carrying their channels! They keep going up on it, to the point that Dish finally had to start charging the customers that $10 to help offset what they were paying the networks. Finally, they decided it would be cheaper to provide everyone with an OTA antenna for free, and tell the networks to go up an alley and holler fish! I love it. I'm going to have better service for $10 less a month! Can't beat a deal like that.

I have some very good news on the "short of breath" thing. I saw the doctor who manages my pacemaker on Tuesday morning, and we went over all the factors that could be involved. We came up with reducing my dosage of Atenolol. That drug slows the heart rate, which for me helps to keep me from going into A-fib. My pacer readings show that I have A-fib about 2% of the time, and the episodes are very brief, usually about five minutes. We cut the dose in half, hoping it will be enough to continue to control the A-fib, but it lets my heart rate move up from about 76 to an average of 88-92. It's faster because my heart is trying to compensate for the decreased lung capacity. So here's the result. On the usual dose, my resting heart rate was around 74-76, and my O2 sat would be 89-91%. Therefore, I was tired all the time, just no energy to do anything. After just three nights on the reduced dose, this morning, my resting heart rate is 92, my O2 sat is 95-96%, and I'm actually looking forward to working in the yard. I'll see the doc again in three months, and he'll let the pacer readout tell him whether I've had an increase in A-fib episodes, but so far, I haven't felt any at all. Of course, I don't always feel them, so the readout will be the key. I'm very, very optimistic, however. God is good!

Well, my friend Joe is coming in a little while and we'll get some work done in the yard. I've got bulbs to plant and there are several volunteer trees that have gotten beyond the "pull up" stage and will have to be dug out. With pecan trees, that time begins when they're about a foot tall, and some of these are over three feet! When a squirrel's buried pecan sprouts, the little tree grows upward toward the surface, and one single root begins heading straight down, and is usually longer than the little tree. Plus, the pecan is still firmly attached, and you're trying to pull it up through the ground as well. Annoying things.

Blessings, friends! --Romeena
November 17, 2017 - Msg 108549: Joe has been here and gone, worked for about three hours, and I worked right alongside! I pulled a big pile of weeds, planted six amaryllis, and hauled some trash to the street. Got a lot of dirt under my fingernails, and boy, did it ever feel good! I did have to stop and rest for a minute about four times, but I was just tired, not really short of breath. I've been doing practically nothing for so long that I think I've gotten de-conditioned. It will take a while to build my strength back up. What I did today, I absolutely could not have done last week. I think we're definitely on the right track. God is good. --Romeena
November 17, 2017 - Msg 108550: Evening porch,hoping everyone is having a Good Friday .

It’s been a nice day on my end of the porch. Weather was beautiful. Sunny blue skies and 60 degrees . I took a 3 mile walk and enjoyed being outside. Probably won’t have too many of those days left this year.

MDC: Daysie is our lovely daughter in law. She and Patrick were married in June 2016.

Romeena: glad they are finding a solution to your shortness of breath issues

Boo: it’s good to hear from you . I have missed you.

G-F: i am shooting for the good feeling and the Mayberry meet up next summer. I am looking forward to seeing everyone again .

Hope everyone has a good week end.
Prayers and blessings to all
Big Maude
November 18, 2017 - Msg 108551: Maudie, thanks for the clarification. Good to know that I'm not as crazy as i thought! ha
RO--so glad the new med protocol, etc is working so well. I admit i was a bit worried about ya!
Also glad you will be getting ME-TV. Here is a link to there website so you can check out the program schedule in your area: http://metv.com
You should be able to get many OTA stations with that antenna.
God is indeed GOOD! :)
All- I was browsing youtube and found a thing called "song sequels." Eg: Leslie Gore's "It's My Party," followed by "It's Judy's Turn to Cry." Royal Guardsmen's "Snoopy vs the Red Baron," followed by "Snoopy's Christmas." And one of my favs, Marty Robbins's "El Paso," followed by "El Paso City." Anyway, just kinda cool.
I cannot believe that Thanksgiving is almost here already!
I hope you all have a super weekend, maybe enjoy a concert in the park, give Jesus a shout-out. :)
MDC
November 18, 2017 - Msg 108552: If anyone is interested, Floyd was on a episode of The Joey Bishop Show As Mr. Cooper on the episode “Charity Begins at Home” https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MjGG83OEzVI

G-F
November 18, 2017 - Msg 108553: So glad you're feeling better Romeena! May it continue.

Yes, MDC, I'm still vegan and feeling well. Weight loss is steady but not quick. Boos pressure is good and energy level is up.i had my labs drawn yesterday, so I am anxious to see the results.

Thanks for missing me, everyone. Hooe you have a terrific weekend. I'm working but happy to do it.

Boo
November 18, 2017 - Msg 108554: Blood pressure, not Boos pressure. Lol
November 18, 2017 - Msg 108555: Morning all.

Thanks for the link for that stuff MDC. I might have to give it a try. This thing has settled down into my chest and has resulted in a big old ugly barking cough. Not unusual for me. I can get a hang nail and it will end up with bronchitis. Oh well, could be worse.

So good to see you posting Boo and Big Maude. Glad you are doing so well with your health Boo. And Maude, I bet your Thanksgiving dinners are a big hit.

I am out to deal with some leaves GF, But I will watch that link later on for sure.

Hey John Masters. Good to see you and PH also. Y'all need to stick around.

Well I better get. These leaves won't pick themselves up.

Asa
November 18, 2017 - Msg 108556: Well today is one of those Ohio days where we see all 4 seasons in one day...High winds and snow by tonight!.
G-F
November 18, 2017 - Msg 108557: Just a quick hello tonight. Still have to drive my wife around, but it has been a good experience for us both to be shopping together once again. (When we were just married, we only had one "working" car, so
shopped together a lot those first few years.)
GF-thanks for the link; and ASA, as Tanna used to say, "Make like a tree and get out of here!" ha (Back to the Future)
Prayers,
MDC
November 19, 2017 - Msg 108558: Wow looks like some good archive reading...sorry been so busy gang...storm moved through last night..just got home from wk...will read when I get up...prayers...SPOT
November 19, 2017 - Msg 108559: Hi folks,

Thanks ASA. Appreciate the sentiment. Life has been rough for me and the wife. Kinda upside down. We lost one of our dogs of ten years to kidney disease. She was daignosed and was gone three weeks later. Wife and I did home IV treatments to save her but she QUICKLY developed neurological problems, like walking sideways and falling on her face. We put her down feeling like we had been robbed. We have had TONS of sentiment thru Facebook that our vet instructed us to give her way more fluid than she needed and it went to her brain. She was cremated and is in a beautiful pine box wit her name burned onto the top of the box. We are terribly heartbroken and the space she leaves is enormous.
Sorry, folks. Didnt mean to vent, it just kinda poured out.
My best to each and every one of you!

John Masters
November 19, 2017 - Msg 108560: Oh my goodness, John Masters. I'm so glad you came here to "vent", because we understand. We've all done it. You weren't here when I lost my precious Sugarplum, or when Asa lost his Sammy. My son's Bentley left us much too soon, and he just belonged to our whole family. Others have lost beloved pets as well, and we understand the pain, believe me. Sugarplum has been gone for ten years, and I still can't look at certain pictures of her without the tears coming. Never, ever feel you should apologize for sharing your feelings, especially your grief. That's what a family is for, and we are your porch family.

You mentioned the space she left, and how it is so big. I know what you mean. Sugarplum left a big hole in my life, because I knew I couldn't replace her. I did get Toye Starr, but she didn't replace Sugarplum. She just came in and made her own place, and settled right down next to that empty spot. The warmth and light she brought to me has helped to make that empty spot more tolerable. I know Sugarplum would approve. She always wanted me to be happy, and would be thrilled that I have another beloved companion.

Blessings! --Romeena
November 20, 2017 - Msg 108561: Yes indeed John, RO is right; This is the place.
I feel and KNOW your pain as we lost our precious Christy the cat in August 2016. We had her for 18 years. In fact, just the other day, a quite friendly stray has decided to 'adopt' our back yard. So far, we have left her to her/his own devices.
We'll see what happens.
SPOT--check in when you can. Good to see you
Well, you all have a blessed Monday!
MDC
November 20, 2017 - Msg 108562: Good Morning Gang ! Freezing here in Ga...but gona be sunny..im ready to head home and hit the sack...Breakfast Menu: eggs your way,grits,bacon (limp for Romeena),Country ham,sausage links,hashbrowns ,bisquits and Gravy,fried apples...coffie Milk and Oj...Prayers to this fine Porch...SPOT
November 20, 2017 - Msg 108563: Hey, SPOT, have you tried the brown sugar and flour on the bacon yet? Check it out at your own risk. Once you taste it cooked that way, you may never eat plain bacon again. It's just ridiculously good. --Romeena
November 20, 2017 - Msg 108564: MDC, I'm hoping you'll make some overtures toward that friendly little stray, and maybe you already have. You never know how a kitty becomes homeless. Maybe her person died and there was no one to take her. Maybe her family moved away and just left her. Yes, people do that. How, I'll never understand, but they do. A friendly little cat suddenly appeared at my daughter's home, hung around the porch a lot, and finally had three kittens under the porch steps. They found homes for the kittens, and kept the little mama cat, whom they named Kitty Mama. Had her spayed, bathed her (she allowed it) and brought her in the house. She's an absolute delight. She's a tiny thing, very prim and proper, and so affectionate. She also gets along very well with all the dogs, and when our family is all together, there can be at least five dogs. You just might have a little gift, right there in your back yard. --Romeena
November 20, 2017 - Msg 108565: Well Asa...My yard is Done & Done As Briscoe says....Unless we get a Strong wind from the South, then I’ll get my neighbors yard full of leaves. So I’m thinking holding off taking the battery out of the mower quite yet...10-4?....

G-F
November 20, 2017 - Msg 108566: Dog-gone-it Romeena I forgot...tell me how to do that good bacon again please...SPOT
November 21, 2017 - Msg 108567: "Dog-gone"...good one SPOT!
RO--as barney would say, that's EXACTLY what I've been thinking, as it has been tame, and it lets me get to within about 5 feet before it runs off. On the other hand it may actually belong to someone in
the neighborhood, and just likes some 'quiet time' at our place. ha
With all in the news lately, I'm going to risk a "dumb dora" joke. I think it's cute...warning...here goes: Dumb dora was SO dumb, that she forgot the lyrics to the Batman TV show's theme song. (rim shot)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSaDPc1Cs5U
My wife's recovery is going good still. She gets to take off the sling permanently when I take her to the first PT on Wed.
It appears like everyone has a good Thanksgiving planned.
Prayers,
MDC
November 21, 2017 - Msg 108568: Sure thing, SPOT. If you'll go back to the last archive, to message 108513, you'll find it. However, I'll add a bit to it, based on some experimenting I did this morning. It's easy to get too much brown sugar on the bacon, if you press the bacon into the sugar the way I described in that first post. If you get too much, you'll have a hard crust of sugar, and it's just a bit much. This morning, I just very lightly pressed some of the strips in the sugar, then pressed them into the flour. They were still very good, and didn't have that hard shell of sugar. Then I mixed some sugar into the flour, and just pressed the bacon firmly into that combination, and that worked well also. Once you get the idea, you'll figure out what suits you best. This I can guarantee - good bacon with a light brown sugar and flour crust will leave you looking forward to breakfast. I had mine with a toasted English muffin with cream cheese on it, and a handful of little cherry tomatoes. Good!

Have a good night, everyone. Say your prayers! --Romeena
November 21, 2017 - Msg 108569: Morning all.
Romeena, I declare, I think I gained 2 pounds just reading about your bacon cooking. I have got to give that a whirl. I have a 4 day weekend coming up.

John Masters, I do feel your pain at the loss of your friend. As Ro mentioned, we lost our Doxie Sammy 14 years ago. And just a couple of months ago we lost Barney. Very hard to lose a cherished friend and companion for sure. Prayers my friend.

GF, Glad you got her done. We are supposed to have nice warm temps here all week. So I figure I will get mine all finished up over the holiday. I fired up the snow blower last Saturday. It didn't want to start at first. But it finally fired up. This stinking gas they sell anymore is a joke. I treat it with stabilizer, but it still seems to have issues. Hondas in particular seem to not like it to much. I am thinking next year I will buy some ethanol free gas for everything.

Well off to a staff meeting to the big city today. They are feeding us lunch even.

Prayers for all.

Asa
November 21, 2017 - Msg 108570: Asa, that is exactly the reason I went with my “Snow Joe” electric blower. After much research I decided to go that route, instead of the gas one. Half of my driveway is gravel so unless I get one of the big two stage ones, so far the electric one has worked fine!.. 🤞🏼

Romeena, I’ll have my bacon between two slices of bacon and topped with bacon..Man does not live with “fake” alone...lol

TOM..You Ok Buddy?..Hopefully you are staying warm...

MDC....Pow...Bam! ...Oooof...Sock...Oh..I almost forgot...Biff!
My Son got to meet Adam West at a car show in Cleveland when he was small. Adam was so nice to him he asked if he wanted to sit in the Batmobile, which he did grinning cheek to cheek!..He also gave him a autograph (which he still has) Yep, one of those “Good Stuff” moments...

John Masters, your story was much like mine when we had to put our cat down, I made a wooden box to bury her in and my GrandDaughter and neighbor kids had a graveside service for her... It was much like the scene from “Everyone Loves Raymond” when they buried the pet hamster Pumpernickel..
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3d6hmf

G-F
November 21, 2017 - Msg 108571: ** “Fake bacon” alone that is...lol
November 21, 2017 - Msg 108572: Good morning, porch. I see I'm not alone in my opinion of fake bacon. The way I see it, turkey is turkey and bacon is bacon, and never the twain shall meet. It's kinda like sugar is sugar, and chemicals are chemicals. All those artificial sweeteners just taste awful, and they give me headaches. I don't touch them anymore. Stevia is a plant derivative, not so much chemical like the other stuff, and it tastes a wee bit better, but it still has that whangy, metallic kick at the end, and I won't touch it. Americans have become so brain-washed by some doctors, and especially by the Madison Avenue crowd who are always telling us how we should look, feel, eat, smell and think that we fall for anything. So, we find ourselves eating fat-free sour cream (an oxymoron if ever I heard one) - did you ever read the ingredients on a carton of that stuff? And that's supposed to be better for us? We eat "bacon" made from turkey meat and infused with a bunch of chemicals to make it taste like bacon, but it doesn't. Many doctors no longer recommend the fake sugars, and there have been credible studies done that have proven that the fake stuff doesn't really help with weight loss, and in many cases, people gain weight when using it.

I know a lady at my church who weighs over 300 pounds, and at our monthly dinners, you can see her packing the food in like a field hand. She will sit next to a skinny person and if they don't seem interested in their dessert, she'll ask them if they're going to eat it. If they say no, she'll ask them if she can have it, and proceed to eat that second dessert, while putting Splenda in her tea! She's a sweet, dear soul, but for her, it's all about the food, and her concession to weight control is a little packet of Splenda. Go figure. I've learned to read labels, and on all the low-fat, low-sugar stuff, you will find things you can't even pronounce, let alone know what it is. Some of it I DO know what it is, and I don't want to ask my body to deal with it. Try it sometime, it'll scare you to death!

Well, enough of that little rant. Got places to go, and things to do, so better get busy. Blessings, friends! --Romeena
November 21, 2017 - Msg 108573: All you bacon lovers-WATCH THIS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtMVMNST_g4&feature=youtu.be

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possum u.a.r.
November 21, 2017 - Msg 108574: Oh yeaahhh! I know the feeling, kid. --Romeena
November 22, 2017 - Msg 108575: Gotta share my favorite new dumb joke.

Why did the blind man fall down the well?
He didn't see that well!

: rimshot :

I tell ya, I got a million of em. And Howard Sprague has nothing on me as a joke teller.

Billy Ray the Postman
November 22, 2017 - Msg 108576: And for those who haven't had enough:

What should you do if you break your arm in two places?

Quit going to those places!

: rimshot :

Billy Ray the Postman
November 22, 2017 - Msg 108577: We shall see if those jokes get past our Sgt. TOM...G-F (Wonder if they have Turkey in prison?)...
November 22, 2017 - Msg 108578: I've been reading this great book on glue, and I can't seem to put it down!

Asa
November 22, 2017 - Msg 108579: TOM...Take note...G-F did not chime in....I hear there Ain’t no Turkey in prison, and I kinda want a peanut butter sammich before I go to bed tonight....G-F
November 23, 2017 - Msg 108580: OH, but they DO serve turkey in prison, at least they
did in the Mayberry jail on Christmas eve to old Ben! ha
Good ones ASA and BILLY...and here's an oldie...
why did the guy tip toe past the medicine cabinet? So he wouldnt wake up the sleeping pills! ha, boo :)
HAPPY THANKS-GIVING TO ALL YOU WONDERFUL PORCHSTERS!
Thank you Jesus,
MDC
November 23, 2017 - Msg 108581: Looks like we've got our very own "Three Stooges" on the Porch- ha! (Tom is gonna get y'all!)

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

possum again
November 23, 2017 - Msg 108582: Happy Thanksgiving Gang ! SPOT

November 23, 2017 - Msg 108583: 3 Stooges or Frick and Frack?

What do you call a boomerang that won't come back?

A stick!

:rimshot:

Billy Ray the Postman
November 23, 2017 - Msg 108584: This fellow might get arrested these days. How far this country has fallen, alas:

http://apologeticspress.org/APContent.aspx?category=7&article=5486

Many thanks to God for all His blessings!

Billy Ray the Postman
November 24, 2017 - Msg 108585: Happy Thanksgiving Porch!
Frankie

November 24, 2017 - Msg 108586: Very cool Billy Ray, thanks for the link!
We had a great family gathering at my youngest bother's place today. His family cooked up a splendid feast of our Lord's bounty!
God is good indeed.
MDC
November 24, 2017 - Msg 108587: Happy Black Friday.
No shopping for this feller. I figure to stay as far away from stores today as I can. I hope everyone had themselves a great Thanksgiving. We did here. Ate way yonder to much. But it was sure good eating. Spent some time talking and reminiscing. We have much to be thankful for.

Well GF, off to deal with the last of my leaves I hope. I am just happy the weather has stayed nice. We hit a record high of almost 70 here yesterday. Yea baby!

Well I hope everyone survived their turkey comma's from yesterday. Now it's on to Christmas. Boo needs to get back on here so we can do our annual Christmas movie quoteathon.

Prayers for all for a nice day.

Asa

besuretodrinkyourovaltine
November 24, 2017 - Msg 108588: A CRUMMY COMMERCIAL!!....
November 24, 2017 - Msg 108589: lol..Asa, I am here at work and had a minute and thought about how I needed to check in and get the christmas movie quotes going, and low and behold, there you are saying the same thing. Great (or troubled) minds think alike. ;) PS-great weather you are having! Its been great here, too.

I tried to check in yesterday but for some reason I couldnt get on the site. I hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving. We certainly did. I didnt have to work so had the day to do thanksgiving with family and a couple of friends who didnt have any family to go to this year. We really had a wonderful time without family drama, since mother in law was in the nursing home up near her eldest son. Hate to sound that way, but there it is. We will go up for a visit and see her the week after christmas. Anyway, I stuck to my vegan diet except for one piece of my favorite banana, blueberry, cream cheese pie. I made the usual foods for the family, though, and they all enjoyed it.

I am doing well and feeling 10 years younger with plenty of energy these days. I finally got my first set of labs done and I have apparently reversed my diabetes. I used to have an A1C of 6.6 on Metformin, and now it is 5.6, which is perfectly normal. My fasting blood sugar is now 90. I also corrected my anemia on a meat-free diet. I now have a great hemoglobin and hematocrit. So much for the idea that someone has to eat meat to get their iron. I take a daily dose of greens in combination with a food containing vit C and it did the trick. I also have normal B12 levels and normal blood calcium levels, even without consuming dairy. I still have some bad cholesterol levels but improving. My liver enzymes are still elevated, but that should improve in time, too. So, I am forging on and very thankful to the Lord for showing me the way to take my health back. Oh, and I am down 45 pounds.

Enough of that..we have been really slow at work so I have been decorating the heck outta this place. It looks like Christmas had diarrhea in here. lol...sorry, but sums it up. They wanted us to make the place more kid-friendly, and buddy, I did. :) Lights and tinsel everywhere!

Will start on my christmas decorating at home tomorrow. I am hosting a few parties this year since I have had so much energy, I am in the mood to party...well, with Baptists, so not really partying...more like "fellowshipping". haha

I better get finished up here before shift change.

OK..let me see..

Movie quote: "...do yourself a favor...just let him finish".

Boo

November 25, 2017 - Msg 108590: I got home and read back a little ways. I wanted to say how sorry I am, John Masters. I know it is very hard to lose a beloved pet. I hope you and your wife are finding some comfort during this time.

Boo
November 25, 2017 - Msg 108591: HELLO ALL! I too stayed away from the stores, but my three
old college buddies and I and our wives did a nice walk around parts of Ariz St. Univ. here in Tempe, az. We all graduated from there in 1971, and talked of the changes, new buildings, etc, as we
strolled the grounds. (no classes today, of course, so it was pretty quiet there) Then we walked to a small restaurant in nearby downtown Tempe, and that was followed by an electric light parade.
Saturday is the big rivalry game between ASU and U of A.
I'm sure that many of you will be having left over "turkey everything" for a while! ha
ASA--two cuts of pie is my high water mark." lol
Have a great weekend everyone.
The blessings of Jesus,
MDC
"No man is a failure who has friends." :)
November 25, 2017 - Msg 108592: Oh, I almost forgot, BOO, that is so cool that you are doing so
well with your health!! You deserve a lot of credit, especially as we go thru the Christmas season! You have"sticktoitiveness!" :) mdc
November 25, 2017 - Msg 108593: Morning all.

Boo, how wonderful to hear from you! You go girl! It sounds like your lifestyle change is doing wonders for you. I am glad you are feeling so well. You didn't make one of those tofu turkeys like Marie on Everybody Loves Raymond, did you? I'll be dogged if I can think of where your quote is from. I hope your family is well.

Sounds like a nice afternoon MDC. My alma-mater is hosting it's first ever play-off game today Weber State University. We have never been that good in football, so it is kind of neat to be playing post season. They have always excelled in basketball though. I wanted to go but I knew sitting on those bleachers with no back support wasn't a good idea. Is yours a Christmas quote?

Well for whatever reason I just "fell awake" at about three o'clock this morning. Decided just to go ahead and get up and do something instead of just laying there and get frustrated. Maybe I'll do some laundry. That's always fun.

Asa
November 25, 2017 - Msg 108594: Ooop's. I forgot my quote.
"Harry, I'm coming in!

Asa
November 25, 2017 - Msg 108595: Cousin Eddie Christmas Vacation, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Home Alone are the three answers I believe?...That is one of my favorite lines, what Clarence the Angel told George! Oh, BTW Asa...Christmas Story on your first one Buddy..A lot of good ones in that one!...

God Bless Us Everyone! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kSyx6DaUwxA

G-F
November 25, 2017 - Msg 108596: LOL GF. Now I remember Cousin Eddy. He was talking about Snots, that Mississippi leg hound! :)

Asa
November 25, 2017 - Msg 108597: Here's my fave Christmas movie quote-I hope it will squeak past the Censor! (Nope,had to get clever & replace an "s" with a "$")

" I don't feel like a pis$ant."

Good going, Boo-proud of ya,girlie!

Hey to all!

***********
possum u.a.r.
November 25, 2017 - Msg 108598: Good day porch
November 25, 2017 - Msg 108599: Cousin Eddy oh my ..love it..My Bulldogs are gettin it done ! Hot Wings are on the way..what a football day !...SPOT
November 25, 2017 - Msg 108600: Wow, living here in Canada, I did not realize your thanksgiving was two days ago. We celebrate it on the second Monday in October.

Billy Ray, I love your jokes. Please keep them coming.

Boo, congratulations on your improving blood profile and weight loss. I guess it is time for you to start shopping for some smaller size clothing.

I know that yesterday was black friday for shoppers in th USA. But Canada is carrying that a little further. Although yesterday was black friday for Canadian shoppers as well, stores here celebrate the day before with red thursday sales.

Possum, speaking of the Three Stooges, I am an avid fan and somewhat of an expert. I even got to meet them in person way back in 1961 and received personalized autographed photographs of all three.

From Poor Horatio
November 25, 2017 - Msg 108601: That is Cool PH...Did they sign it..Yuck,Yuck, wise Guys?..lol....G-F
November 25, 2017 - Msg 108602: G F no your little buddy not doing ok
has a bad mo
November 25, 2017 - Msg 108603: RIP Rance Howard...Passed away at 89 today...G-F
November 25, 2017 - Msg 108604: I'm not sure if encouragement from Poor Horatio counts as a full or only half encouragement, but in any event:

When does the moon stop eating?

When it's full!

:rimshot:

Billy Ray the Postman

"You say you hate Christmas and people treat you like you're a leper."
November 25, 2017 - Msg 108605: I am really sorry to hear that about Rance Howard GF. Here is a little clip from the Howard family "behind the scenes" you may like if you have not seen it before.

https://youtu.be/NxtI2ethK58

Asa
November 25, 2017 - Msg 108606: Since Billy Ray started this, and since I am not good at movie quotes, did you folks here about the kidnapping at a Texas school?
He's ok now after he woke up.
Rimshot...pa ding.

G-F, back in 1961, the Stooges were touring the country promoting one of their feature length movies. They appeared at a local carnival near our home and performed some of their routines in a large outdoor tent. After they finished, my family and I met up with them outside the tent as they took a break. They were gracious enough to chat with us for a little while. They had studio publicity photos of scenes from their movie. Each photo had their stamped signatures. But we asked them to please sign each photo and personalize them by addressing us by our names. My dad took polaroid photographs of them doing the signings. I still have those personalized signed photos and polaroids.

From Poor Horatio
November 25, 2017 - Msg 108607: Cool story PH...
November 25, 2017 - Msg 108608: Cool story PH...
November 26, 2017 - Msg 108609: What's ET short for?

Because he's got little legs!

:rimshot:

Billy Ray the Postman
November 26, 2017 - Msg 108610: Oh boy, the one-liners are flyin'! :)
PH--good to see you posting.
Very cool about the Stooges photos, bet they are worth something, but I'm sure they are priceless to you.
ASA--thanks for that link, cool to see the behind the scenes shots in color.
Sorry tho to hear of Rance's passing.
TOM--do you have a cold? Take lots of vitamin C.
Good nite all,
MDC