I hate my coworkers. That can be frustrating.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
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I hate my coworkers. That can be frustrating.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
deer munching the young day lilies are unimpressed with my scare technique.
I thought this was what dogs were for?Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
she's resting, union rules, just had pizza crust in Stowe..Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Crispy skin pork shoulder.
Buzzard be cruising.
My 25 pounds of fluff routinely puts the fear of god in 'em. Some dark recess of those deer brains goes "Wolf! Wolf!"Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I figure I'm just giving them a workout after the suburban buffet.
-jk
They gotta eat, just like worms.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
When I'm in that situation, I generally seek employment elsewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I became their boss instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Pigs have shoulders?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
By a ghillie suit and hide among the lillies. When they arrive and have been munching fir some time, jump up and yell “I prefer mooses”.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
That means their problems are now your problems.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Only to cry on.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Yes. I am interested to see how this goes.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Which means they oink on our knuckles.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I fried up the skin and it was delicious!
I thought the plural was meese. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Took my mother to see my 92-yo godmother (1.5 hours away) at her assisted living facility. First time we've seen her in over 1.5 years. Really good visit.
Awesome!Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Moosi?Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
Very nice. We got to see my 90 y/o grandma last week and let her interact with her great grandson. Precious moments.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
A Møøse once bit my sister... No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink"...
Is that you, Ralph the Wonder LLama?Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
That’s a very fancy trick with your ‘o’sQuote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Tøø right it is.
Jason's podcast got me wondering about a few other Duke players. I knew Andre Dawkins had a podcast; looks like he's also gotten into real estate.
Zoubek got out of the bakery business and is also in real estate --- and in my neck of the woods.
Josh McRoberts just started coaching at his old school.
It's snowing.
It was only 40 in the disputed Northwest North Carolina region this morning. Also who knew that Northwest North Carolina would be the Kashmir of North Carolina?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
Vermont issuing 100 moose hunting permits this Fall, better sign up fast!Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
Speaking of shoulders, I hate rabbit shoulders in a Quebec restaurant, had never really thought about rabbits having shoulders.
Holly the Dog is back on the job, deer be gone!
p.s. snowing here too, but I'm ignoring it.
Why would I go to Vermont if there will be 100 moose with hunting licenses? Sounds dangerous tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
they don't like old guys like us, meat's too tough.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Carl Sandburg argued that Chicago had shoulders. Big ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I know it was a typo but I like to think you have strong negative feelings about them.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Moose don’t need hunting licenses, they’re ornery enough. If they could hunt, they’d definitely just be the type of hunter that sat around in the woods drinking molson’s all day until it go bored and drunk and started shooting anything that moved.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
I have been chased down a trail by a moose. A**holes.
guilty: too much coffee, too little thought...they were actually delicious, but we can't go there any more cuz of The Corvid.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Honestly I was trying to leave this for someone else, but the obvious joke here is he hates shoulders but not hips. Because Hips Don't Lie.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
...go onQuote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
No it isn't!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
Pretty sure moose are cervids, not corvids!Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
36 degrees in (probably undisputed) western North Carolina. Brrr. Dogwood Winter?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Your heart will?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Western NC is like the rap group Onyx, heavyweight and still undisputed.Quote:
Originally Posted by grad_devil
Are we talking about Western NC, “Western” NC or Western NC?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Or (taps nose) WESTERN North Carolina.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Hmmm. I’m not implying western North Carolina does cocaine here but I can see how that might be viewed as the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Oh it definitely does.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
somebody was doing something when they drew NC's boundaries...
I'm only on this thread because it seems like the likeliest place to talk about my twin loves of gangster rap and poetry. I don't get to drop as many poetry references as you would think when I speak to doctors but I get to drop more rap lyrics than you might think.
Just remember there was no effective Western boundary to North Carolina as originally conceived and the theoretical border hit the Pacific Ocean. And they knew this body of water existed but not where or how to get there.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
A sorority sister worked in Yellowstone one summer. She told a story about being followed by a moose - there may have been some level of a lack of clothing involved. She said they typically have more moose attacks than bear attacks each year. Guess they relocated to Vermont?Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
years ago my wife and I went on a tour(our own private tour, no one else involved), the exclusive point of which was to see moose in the wild. We went in fall rutting season, when the moose get randy...we spotted a huge bull moose a safe distance away, he was snorting and carrying on, and only then did we see, emerging from behind a hill which was MUCH closer to us, snorting bull moose number two...we bolted out of there.Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
One of the main issues with moose is that their eyesight is crappy, so when they're rutting, they don't know or care that you're a human, you're just more competition. A famous moose researcher from Quebec met her demise in just such a fashion.
Now bundaberg thinks you're talking dirty.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
(Taps nose).Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
Okay, they may have bad eyesight but I stand by my theory that moose are also a**h****.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
You left out Jay Bilas. He will be very disappointed.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
He’s a gangster poet so covered.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
At least someone gets it.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
But he’s not a gangsta poet.
My mom isn't a gangsta, nor a poet. She did always have this saying she would recite whenever I inadvertently made a phrase rhyme.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Something like: "You're a poet, but didn't know it. But your feet show it. They're Longfellows".
My mom is kooky. In a good way.
Such a mom-joke!Quote:
Originally Posted by grad_devil
My mom has a song for EVERY occasion.
If I ever meet your mother I will try to affect an occasion to challenge that assertion!Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
You really think he would be happy with a passing reference? You don't know Jay!Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
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Originally Posted by aimo
Even for a moose attack?Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
We could be related - that phrase was uttered in my family, as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by grad_devil
Scary stuff. One once bit my sister and she could never type “o” the same way again.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Full circle.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
No, it’s not. It’s a circle with a slash in it. Pay attention, push-ups.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Gladly!Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I guarantee it! It would probably involve Mr. Moose from Captain Kangaroo, but still . . .Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Never watch a movie with Scottish characters with Scottish in-laws.
Not appreciative of the stereotypes?Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Not fans of Trainspotting?Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Oooh good movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Vikings?
The Poochie episode is on.
Tonight's reunion event was much better. Also, Google Chrome worked.
They spent half the movie googling all the Scottish and English people (based on real events) and asking one another whether they remembered them. One of them is hard of hearing -and the movie was on - so the exchanges were loud and Scottish. There was a sex scene and father in law yelled, “You’re missing the tits and bums, dear!” to his wife who was in the kitchen. He also burps with his mouth open and every time he does, his wife says “more tea vicker?” They ruined the climax of the movie by asking each other if they remembered x, y and z before x, y, and zed had happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
My wife is about to lose her mind. Speaking of stereotypes, I think they share a few qualities with the So I Married an Axe Murderer parents.
They wouldn’t be able to handle it. We did watch Killer Joe with my mom a few weeks ago and we have agreed to never speak of it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
I have been vaccinated. Can I come? I am chortling.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Who turned off the heat?
That sounds highly entertaining. From the outside and at a safe distance.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
You live in Texas. Could be a long list.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Lol, yeah, fallout from the February mess is going to take a while to work it's way through. But the local utility did send a note that they were going to refund the electricity availability fee of $8.75 for the month of February.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
I’ve got a triceratops sized pile of mulch to shovel today.
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Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Attachment 12985
Yikes!
a friend of mine bought Captain Kangaroo's house.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
I am meeting another DBR poster for lunch and a beer exchange today. He is in for a real treat, obviously. Aimo, I will let you know if he punches me in the nose so you can send him a gift basket.
I just got delivery of seven cubic yards...not prepared to deal with it until at least Monday, my excuse is that it's too wet now...i've got a love/hate relationship with mulch...hemlock!Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Sherlock Hemlock is on the case!Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Attachment 12986
That’s about what I have. Shoveled out about 1.5 so far. Stopping for a homemade bacon egg cheese biscuit, which should get me through a few more.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I am at the age where I limit myself to 1-1.5 hours/day of mulching, since it follows a five mile walk...want to keep my back happy...bacon egg cheese biscuit sounds like perfect fuel.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Maybe not quite that size but definitely Jurassic Park, "that is one big pile of s***" triceratops stuff!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Probably got slightly more than half out, all the front yard is taken care of. Think I'm going to save the backyard for tomorrow and do a few other things today. It is satisfying to see the pile slowly get smaller but boy, it's manual. Usually my wife spreads while I cart but I'm on double duty this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Are you saying she is lazy?Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I shovel my mulch into a wheel barrow, then spread it by hand, which is time consuming but allows me to be pretty precise...I'm glad I only have to do this once a year, but it looks great when it's done.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
When I tell her that, she starts yammering on about gestating a baby and I'm all, "yeah, I gest-ate a sandwich and I'm still working!"Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Yep. I shovel into a wheel barrow and then spread by rake in the big spots and by hands in the tight ones. Front yard looks nice. Back yard looms but tomorrow. Now I'm going to go fill a hole in the gap filler in my shed that a mouse burrowed through. Turd.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
We do pine needles but I like mulch much more.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Bob Keeshan was a US MarineQuote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Did he make it to Captain?Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueTeuf
A few years ago, I was in my front yard watering plants with a garden hose. My neighbor (a great guy) was using your technique for spreading mulch. Suddenly, he came running into my yard yelling "spray me, spray me". At first, I thought he was joking, until he frantically told me that fire ants were in his mulch and had gotten all over him. So, I dutifully sprayed him down while he proceeded to strip down to absolute necessities in my front yard, with other neighbors watching in shock. Took some 'splaining.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
So, check your mulch before using this method. Just saying.
I have to use Amdro for fire ant nests a couple times a year.
Did it come with Grandfather Clock?Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I will be interested to know if you are truly punchworthy.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
He did refrain from fetching me a good one, but I'm not sure if it's because I wasn't offensive or because he is too nice a guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Definitely the former.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
But also because I cannot do 500 push-ups and you can. I ain't crazy. :D
Hahaha! I'm mild mannered. Had a good time man.Quote:
Originally Posted by richardjackson199
Super Fun. Looking forward to doing it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
LOL at our waiter at place called HOPS when I asked him for recs from a nice draft list and he said, "I don't really like beer." Great waiter though. Just funny.
I have noted that for some time on the Duke campus, seems nice...and then a week or so ago the NY Times had a big article on pine needles becoming a big cash crop in NC...I also prefer the look of hemlock mulch, but hey, if nature is going to drop free mulch all around you, why not use it?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I like that I don’t have to mulch under my pine trees.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
RJ is good people.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Correct. He comes from good stock too. I've known his dad for 30 plus years.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
I gotta know - what was the movie!?!Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Rush. They spoiled the crash.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
It's better than the band for certain.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Different crash in that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
We’re going to try a documentary tonight. See how that goes with the in-laws.
https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cu...-films-1479855
Some options you might enjoy...
Try Braveheart.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
And record everyone yelling "FREEEEEEDOMMMMMM!" Hang on. I'm on the way.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Rage Against the Machine?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
You know how I feel about them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
I do?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Rally round the family...
Pocket full of shells
Well now you do. HUGE fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Twitter's got a thing going around - here's my entry.
Being vaccinated does not mean you can invite yourself over to your friend's house, eat all their honey, then get stuck in their front door for a month.
But can I hug strangers?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
Asking for a friend.
I got bros in different area codes.
That might have been a thing back in the day...Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Now you thought I was just 770, or 404?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I’m worldwide, Clem, act like you don’t know.
That's some fine Ludacris OPK. Fine Ludacris.
My knowledge in that genre is really hit and (more) miss tbh. I’m better at old blues songs.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Ludacris is absolutely a personal favorite. He is so witty and fun to listen to.
I am painting and listening to Dre and Snoop right now. Sometimes it is important to rap all the lyrics and remind everyone in my family just who they are messing with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
I only rap along with my headphones in mowing the lawn.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
More like me:
https://youtu.be/uaz8A9Bu-pA
You're taking your life into your own hands...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Preparing to do battle with the remaining mulch. Back definitely sore but not unpleasantly so.
You may win the battle, the mulch will win the war.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
This is true. People will be mulching long after I am through.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
You will, in fact become mulch. Eventually.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night,Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
So to recap: we have hit Ludacris and William Cullen Bryant this morning.
the Scottish English people story reminds me of Martin Freeman's father in the FX series Breeders, he's immensely entertaining...
https://youtu.be/fxvkI9MTQw4
The Breeders.
Hey, now. I plan to have myself stuffed and mounted in a bundaberg mausoleum mid-shovel so future generations can see what their ancestors looked like and the ridiculous things they did.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Sausage egg and cheese biscuit for fortification.
Beautiful morning here. That’s a plus.
Edit: egg yolk is very satisfying
Every now and then I sea an egg white omelet on the menu and I think to myself how much I would prefer an egg yellow omelet.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Quite an amusing show with moments of surprising sincerity.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Yeah. Egg yolks are a gift. We’re very lucky to have the creativity and intellect to make and enjoy wonderful flavors.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Oh, man. I put so much whole clove roast garlic on the pizzas last night...
Did this induce bouts of burping? I hope it did.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Ummm, yeah, burping...Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
It really is, they sure hit some of the highs and lows of parenting...Martin's father is a real trip, no filter on him whatsoever...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Martin Freeman had a pretty sharp resume.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
The mulch pile is no more.
To celebrate, I took my shovel to the end of the driveway and pumped it above my head and yelled like a Tusken sand person at my neighbors.
wow, I'm impressed...I'm going to assume that either you're younger than I am, or your back is younger. I begin Mulching 2021 tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
"But Lord, during the hardest trials of my life, why was there only one set of footprints?Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Because, said the Lord, Sandpeople always ride single file to hide their numbers."
Young enough to do it but old enough to feel it.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Alleve taken.
Bahahaha. Is that an original? That’s really good.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I may have cut the Mexican Olive tree down prematurely.
Not original. But superb.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I generally don’t like artificial flavors aping the real thing. Coconut is an exception.
I put real Stilton on one of my pizzas.
I’m joining my first board. It’s a “junior” board but I’m still excited.
Still burned by that vanilla thing?Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
You joined this board years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
This is true —- and I’ll forever be a junior member here, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I figure you can’t call yourself a DBR old timer unless Jumbo put you in your place at least once.
Yes. And this is like a gang; bleed in, bleed out.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Aimo puts me in my place.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
She’s a puncher.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
No cookie left behind...
Even oatmeal?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Not left behind...Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I could leave an oatmeal behind without too much sadness. Peanut butter cookie, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
and yet ticklish at the same time!Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
We're going to miss you!Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Someone somewhere is working on real life flubber.
Not I, I was Mech. E.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Working on mechagodzilla?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Relatively, I'm not that great with my hands. I think the key is not being afraid to break things.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Like hearts?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
7:30 am Monday presentation. Blech.
Fortunately, those on the receiving end are in very different time zones so they weren’t asked to listen at this time.
Weekly Serenity Now, Serenity Now...
And that put the thread to sleep.
I let you down. Flying to Little Rock.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Trying to think of something special to do for Niece Elizabeth for Memorial Day weekend. She was going to be getting married that weekend but idiot Max broke it off. Definitely his loss! She will be ok and, eventually, find someone worthy of her but that is easy for me to say. She is getting there.
She may be going somewhere with friends (fingers crossed) but am thinking about some kind of surprise when I know where they are going and what they are doing.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I am too busy these days to get on here enough to take care of business.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Is everyone fully vaccinated? BTW, that is my go question these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
I don't know about her friends but Niece Elizabeth is very cautious about Covid. She is working with the Minnesota Dept of Health but the CDC is her actual employer. She should have her 2nd shot already in her arm - her first was about a week before my first one. She is currently working on a project for mobile vaccination clinics to go out to underserved neighborhoods to get people vaccinated. The Metro Transit Authority donated 6 buses to be turned into these clinics.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I know. I am trying not to take advantage of your absence.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Hiking? Is it cool enough in the evenings for a fire? I love those types of things that you can do outside.Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
I appreciate that! I would hate to think that things are flying right by me with no retaliation!Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
It simply wouldn't be fair.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
I am in hiding, and almost certainly regret what I've said...Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
I'm really, truly not that scary. Or ticklish.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
She's not likely to fall for a Candygram...Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
https://youtu.be/p_NS2H55dxI
My initial thought was to say nothing like an in-person visit particularly since tax time would also be mostly over, but that may get complicated. So, are you looking for something to send? Or alongs Clemmons comment an activity?
Plus you seem like a nice guy. I think I'm in need of a good punching and I'm me.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
If she is doing something with friends, I was thinking about a spa day or renting kayaks or a nice meal/wine for them but that would depend on where they go/what they do. If she isn't doing something with friends, her Aunt Anne & I will look at either a trip up there or having Nephew Mike bring her down here for the weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I guess the first step will be determining which friends and if they are really doing something that weekend.
Did you manage to find serenity?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Question for the ages.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I could probably be of some assistance. I have probably taken care of at least 15 babies named Serenity.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
But how many had the last name of Now?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil