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Mawia A big Happy Birthday wish to Spacey! Hope you've had a wonderful day and I hope the year ahead is great! Thanks Wowa and Madonna! I do wish I could celebrate my birthday with the Barkeep one of these years! -Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 00:19:56 (MST) MAD4TDN Best wishes to my friend, Maria too! What an honor to share a birthday with the Barkeep! Hope yours was full of all the things you love! -Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 14:48:46 (MST) MAD4TDN The Birthday guy got the best chocolate birthday cake in Lancaster, PA and the worst offkey version of "Happy Birthday" I've ever heard -- but he seemed to enjoy it anyway! Great concert, great weather, great friends all around! Life is GOOD! -Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 14:45:20 (MST) Wowa Happy belated birthday to the Barkep and Mawia! Hope you both had a wonderful day!Sorry I am late, computer issues again. I'm using my old one, and it is slooooooooow. -Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at 20:02:31 (MST) Andwa, again Rob: Yeah, we've discovered already that no hotel rooms are available in Huron that weekend. We're already looking at Mitchell. 'Course, it would be a lot more fun if Mikey would let us wimmins bunk with him. (wink-wink, nudge-nudge) Happy belated birthday to the Honey Bear!! Andra -Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at 14:45:14 (MST) Nyukel Head With respect to the Barkeep, I'm definitely a Nyukel Head. I forgot to order my drink. I'll have Jack on the rocks, please. BL -Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at 13:46:20 (MST) Nyukel Head Happy Birthday Michael. Sorry I am a day late and a dollar short. Always have liked your work. Hope to see you at a show some day. BL -Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at 13:42:06 (MST) Famous Rob As "he" (Robbo) lifts his head off the bar and looks around, hair mussed, eye's red, he lets out a moan followed by belch and says, "Wow, Barkeep that washa great party, I can't wait for you birt-day till next year. Is's a like reeeeaaal close to the Honeybear's (March5th). All you March britdays a bit "fishy" If ya know what I mean. is yer sign ya know. HOkay, tiem for another round on me and happy brtday once again." Nuy-hicK! Andwa: Ain't hotel availabe around Huron for miles during that week, one might be in Mitchell, 60 miles south. maybe the guy would let sleep in the "possum belly" of the tour bus. (Where they haul the luggage!)! Well, I thin it's time to put a quarter juke box , I wonder if they got the train song where Barkeep keeps chasing the ghost of robert Johnson, I jus love dat song!....nyuk! Point me to da door at closing time, Robbo ( thawing out and watching the water run here in the Minnesota flatlands.... -Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at 13:03:27 (MST) Mawia Thank you all for your birthday wishes. They mean a lot. Debbie, Tinky is holding her own right now even though she isn't improving as much as I'd hoped she would. Her latest red cell count on Monday was 27.5, down from 28 ten days ago. Her energy level is pretty good, though, so that's a good sign. We just keep plugging along with her and hoping and praying for a full recovery. The waiting to see what's going to happen is the tough part, and it could take another few months to find out. -Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at 02:38:18 (MST) Soaring Nancy MICHAEL - ah, I am making it under the wire to wish you a happy birthday. Thanks for all the great music and laughs through the years. You do know how to brighten people's day. May your year be filled with laughter, great health, all that your heart desires, and lots of in-person visits with southern CA fans who post here (hey as long as I am sending out wishes, might as well include one for myself!) (((((MARIA))))) happy birthday! Peace, love, harmony, abundance, good health. These I so deeply wish for you. Soaring Nancy -Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at 00:44:16 (MST) Spacey He nick named it "Puppy"? -Monday, March 08, 2010 at 23:08:24 (MST) starwight Happy Birthday, Mawia. Hope you enjoyed your day. How is your puppy doing? Debbie -Monday, March 08, 2010 at 20:41:13 (MST) Steve Hey Barkeep, I hope you had one hell of a great birthday. At only 29, I don't see much of a problem there. ;-) Chef Smartass -Monday, March 08, 2010 at 20:19:11 (MST) Danny Tawd HAPPY BIRTHDAY to MICHAEL! I hope you have (had) the best birthday and continue to keep on rockin'us TDN fans. When you throw the "Liar" solo down on the DVD...WOW!. Gives me goosebumps every time I watch it. My computer is being worked on at the moment so I'm using Susan's to type this. Happy Birthday also to Mawia. My Facebook friend. See you around...give Tinky a hug for me. Take care everyone! Danny -Monday, March 08, 2010 at 18:46:10 (MST) Andwa, again Oh, the foibles of being a medical transciptionist. (sigh) -Monday, March 08, 2010 at 16:46:57 (MST) spacey happybiwfday to mawia 2 -Monday, March 08, 2010 at 14:40:23 (MST) Colleen X(X(X(X(X(X(X( MIKEY )X)X)X)X)X)X) Love ya, Colleen -Monday, March 08, 2010 at 13:15:20 (MST) Ligress Happy Happy Joy Joy to Michael and Maria! Best wishes to both of you. Enjoy. Cindy -Monday, March 08, 2010 at 12:53:52 (MST) Mawia Happy Birthday, Michael! Hope you're having a wonderful day and I hope the year ahead is full of all your heart's desires! Thanks for all the b-day wishes! Donna, thanks for coming to my party on Saturday. It was fun having you there and at my house. I tried to post this a few hours ago but it wouldn't let me so here goes..... -Monday, March 08, 2010 at 11:33:27 (MST) Barkeepster My goodness at the well wishes!! Thank you one and all. Vewy, vewy, vewy sweet of youz to stop by and leave a birthday hewwo. Tiffin Karen: What a flatterer you are. Thanks. Di: Fanny pack or just glad? Hmmmmm, no comment. They do make for a nice cover ... a pretty much, that is! Nyuk. Donna, Andwa, Mrs. Spacey A.,Debbie, Susan one and all. Thank you. MAWIA: Happy B to you, womaine. -Michael- -Monday, March 08, 2010 at 09:30:39 (MST) Susan (Colorado) Greetings - Happy Birthday Michael & Maria. May your day be filled with wonder and delight. Best wishes! -Monday, March 08, 2010 at 06:51:41 (MST) starwight Happy Birthday to Michael. Hope your day is as special as you are. Love ya, Debbie -Monday, March 08, 2010 at 04:55:04 (MST) Di Yeah, what they said. Mostly. Just minus one 'e' :) Have a wonderful day! -Monday, March 08, 2010 at 03:08:25 (MST) A MESSAGE FROM SPACE CADET CENTRAL HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Love, Spacey -Monday, March 08, 2010 at 01:27:42 (MST) Andwa, again Happy birthday to both Michael and Maria!! May your day be filled with warm hugs and big bowels of ice cream and cake! :-D XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX -Monday, March 08, 2010 at 00:49:52 (MST) Di Michael, was that a fanny pack you were wearing in Pat's photo from the bus, or were you just happy to see us? :::blinks::: -Sunday, March 07, 2010 at 15:18:05 (MST) karen I saw you tonight in the backwater town of Tiffin Ohio-you were the best part of the show. It was great! -Saturday, March 06, 2010 at 20:51:42 (MST) OhDonna Happy Birthday Michael!!! Hope you are enjoying a great birthday weekend. I know I'm 2 days early, but I'll be out of town for a few days with limited computer access ~~ so I wanted to be sure and get my birthday greetings in! Many birthday blessings to you! Maria -- I'll be wishing you a Happy Birthday in person in a few hours, but know that I am wishing the best for you in the year ahead. You are one of my dearest long-time friends -- 39 or 40 years now [depending on which part of Freshman year in high school we met.] Hope that everyone else is having a good weekend. Looking forward to seeing who wins what Oscars tomorrow night. Donna -Saturday, March 06, 2010 at 15:57:51 (MST) Andwa, again Was checking Priceline for hotel rooms for upcoming shows I hope to attend and found that there are NO rooms available in Huron, SD, for that weekend!!! Hmmm. Might have to camp out in my car. Hey, Mike, you mind if a few of us wimmins bunk with you?? We promise to be naughty!! My sister is home from the hospital and is recovering at home now. I think she is regretting having both knees done at once, but it's too late now. She's in a lot of pain, but that will pass with time. Says it's weird having pain everywhere BUT her knees. Thanks to all of you for your prayers and well wishes. You're all a great bunch of people. Anyone ever tell you that? -Thursday, March 04, 2010 at 22:17:55 (MST) OhDonna Lorna: I will indeed keep Johnny Maestro in my prayers. Thank you for letting us know. I never knew the lead singer's name of this group before. The only Brooklyn Bridge song I remember is "The Worst that Could Happen" -- which I always called, "Girl, I heard you're getting married." Man does that tune trigger some memories. I remember being in 8th grade and listening to that song with my neighbor Kathy in her room. I loved Johnny's voice on that song, and would really belt it out myself over and over (if I was alone.) Michael -- Neat that you got to visit with him last year. Take care everyone. Donna -Thursday, March 04, 2010 at 19:59:23 (MST) White Indian, Hi Barkeep, ya, his fans are talking about it on his site, all wishing him the best, and praying. I wanted to see him in Pa. when I go to NJ next week, but unforunately he is not performing right now, someone else is for him. His band manager spoke to the fans about it. I know all baby boomers couldn't have ever missed his music when we were young. I will get to see, Larry Chance and the Earls and several other Groups at the Dupont Theater in Wilminton DE. If I don't get lost or my Navagation doesn't get me lost. lol Here's a BIG squeeze from me to you Mikey !! Lorna -Thursday, March 04, 2010 at 18:49:25 (MST) Barkeep Damn, that's too bad. It was just last year when we played in the "House of Le Bron" in Cleveland that I saw Johnny backstage. What an icon of a voice for all us, eh? I do, indeed wish him the best. -M- -Thursday, March 04, 2010 at 17:02:41 (MST) White Indian, Hey ya all !! eight day's and countin, Atlantic City here we come !! Doo Wop show and lovin it. Swampsters, keep Johnny Maestro of the Brookyn Bridge in your prayers, he has Cancer and is in treatment. All who remember " Sixteen Candles" and all his beautiful ballads and love songs he has given us, when we were courtin and dating, with our boyfriends and girlfriends, Johnny has given us many enjoyable times singing along with his songs. There is alot of Video's on you tube also. I hope all of you have a great day tomorrow, talk to ya soon , Lorna -Wednesday, March 03, 2010 at 20:54:34 (MST) White Indian, Hey ya all !! eight day's and countin, Atlantic City here we come !! Doo Wop show and lovin it. Swampsters, keep Johnny Maestro of the Brookyn Bridge in your prayers, he has Cancer and is in treatment. All who remember " Sixteen Candles" and all his beautiful ballads and love songs he has given us, when we were courtin and dating, with our boyfriends and girlfriends, Johnny has given us many enjoyable times singing along with his songs. There is alot of Video's on you tube also. I hope all of you have a great day tomorrow, talk to ya soon , Lorna -Wednesday, March 03, 2010 at 20:54:19 (MST) Famous Rob Greetings again: Like Mdaonna we ahve been traveling and missed a lot here, so I hope everyone has taken a step in the postive direction in life. We did a few days in COOL Flordia and I mean cool, one day it got up to 65 so we hopped ona shipped and did the exact same route that many of us took on the Famous 3DN "Tuna Tour" Two years ago. This time it was on MSC Poesia, new ship, medicre food, but the weather was fabulous and the sea calm. San Juan... I found a run down htel on side street that said San Juan Hotel and Casino...off course I thought of Barkeep and his El San Juan Hotel and Casino song on the "Some Women album. Tortola and St Martin had not changed much but we saw other things than we did the last time so all in all it was great get away for the Honey bear and myself. We ahda concert on the cruise by the ocuntry group, The Bellamy Brothers, nice show. Just wish now we had a 3DN show coming up. Came home and found not much snow had melted but it has been above freezing last few days to I guess that's a plus! So I hope you are all fine and God Bless ya. Drinks on me. I gotta say this a trip like that leaves ya broke, busted and relusted! Nyuk! Robbo -Wednesday, March 03, 2010 at 16:28:44 (MST) MAD4TDN I've been out of town again and sure missed alot lately ... hope everyone's loved ones are doing better. I remember when doctor's could be trusted and were your best friend when illness struck. Those were the days! -Tuesday, March 02, 2010 at 15:36:17 (MST) Misses Dis Just saw this on the Internet. 'We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.'-Winston Churchill Ain't it the truth! -Tuesday, March 02, 2010 at 08:21:17 (MST) Andwa, again Yahoo! New shows listed. Potentially 5 shows to see this year (so far)! -Monday, March 01, 2010 at 15:40:24 (MST) Dis Michael, You didn't make it over to the House of the Rising Son did you? I was there (in New Orleans) 15 years ago with my boys and we took a carriage ride from Jackson Square, just across the street from the Cafe du Monde. The driver pointed out the "House" so we went to check it out after the ride. At the time it was a Best Western Hotel. Before becoming the "House" it was an auxiliary Corondolet Convent. Enjoyed the Las Vegas Concerts (especially "Eli"). See you in St. Louis. Dis -Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 18:49:58 (MST) Barkeep Hewwo from Gwover in Marksville, LA. You should have seen the gowns these women were wearing tonight. Way gorgeous. Deeze louisiana women know how to put on the dawg ... so to speak. Only thing missing was Mrs. Pamela LeBlanc ... swamp womaine extraordinare. She had a "moms birthday" thang that was a higher priority, and rightfully so. Will see her next time. Cafe' DuMonde and all dat stuff in N'Awlins (i.e. Tom White. Must give credit on spelling) -M- -Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 22:14:37 (MST) Misses Dis Donna and Maria, Thanks. She is doing better and will be more careful from now on. She has always been a dynamo. She juggles kids, hubby, full-time job, and basketball mom, while faithfully doing the gym thing to keep her weight in check. For a while she was also going to school fulltime. Crazy schedule. Her first sentence was, "Me do it!". I should have seen it coming. I think something pink and frothy would be nice? Right now I'd take almost anything. Been a long day. Goodnight, Everyone. mD -Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 20:44:59 (MST) OhDonna Rosalee: Glad to hear that they pinpointed what your daughter has, and that she is receiving proper treatment. I'm sure that is such a relief to you. Donna -Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 16:20:32 (MST) OhDonna Lorna: Sure -- all you do (at least from my computer) is do a Google Search on his name -- Carlfred Broderick -- and the Wikipedia page should be the first result that comes up. Or one of the first. You should be able to open it from there. Maria -- Got your note -- thanks. I'll be in touch soon. It's been a sad couple of days, and I have many e-mails to answer -- but maybe for your birthday we can get together. Liz -- Sorry I missed your birthday yesterday! Neat that your share the special day with my brother Don. Hope you have a very special weekend! Don and his wife and little girl Mikiko are on Maui right now -- they were safe from the Tsunami last I heard. Riding it out in their hotel from the 8th floor. What a way to celebrate his 50th birthday! They are about to have their 2nd child in a few months. He's either brave or nuts having a baby at age 50! Needed something funny to watch last night, so we watched "Ghost Town" with Ricky Gervais and Tea Leoni. It is cute and mostly lighthearted, and Ricky Gervais always makes me laugh. It's been playing on HBO the past few weeks. Have a safe weekend everyone, wherever you are. Donna -Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 16:18:42 (MST) Mawia Rosalee, I'm thinking any and all likker will work! Glad your daughter finally got diagnosed and treated. What a nightmare. Hospitalization is dangerous to your health. -Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 13:31:38 (MST) Misses Dis Thank you, Donna, Lorna, and Maria, others who have been praying. Melissa sounds better. They did an ultrasound and found an infection, finally and she is being treated for it. She has been ordered to bed until Friday. I told her to stay there this time. You know, they just send you home too early now. When I had my hysterectomy I was in the hospital for 5 days, and even then had to go back. These hospitals and doctors are not doing you any favors when you go home the day after major surgery. You really need to rest, IV fluids help the shock to your system, and the antibiotics delivered throuh IV's get to your system much faster and better. I have a sister that went home 12 hours after a C-section! E-Gads! What's next, drive through surgery in your car while you wait? Anyway, on to more pleasant things. We have dozens of daffodils 6 inches high and almost ready to bloom, despite the fact that my crocus have not come up yet. Can't figure that one out, except the crocus were planted last fall and the daffodils are naturalized. Probably closer to the surface. This fall Lowe's, Ace Hardware, and Home Depot had a huge sale on Spring bulbs so I bought hundreds. Can't wait to see the gardens bloom with them. I bought some potted hyacinths yesterday at the supermarket. They smell marvelous. I just love spring here in Oklahoma. The redbuds, crabapples, dogwoods, and other flowering trees just burst with color and beauty, everyone has loads of spring flowers in our neighborhood so walking here is a sheer joy. Every one of our neighbors have dozens of azaleas that all bloom at the same time and it's a real treat just to go out and do yardwork. Today I am in the house doing housework because it's frosty outside, but I'm looking forward to a week or two from now when it's time to start cleaning the patio for barbeque dinners and sitting out at night. I can't wait to turn on the fountain on the patio. I hope everyone is well and happy today. hey, shouldn't we be planning a Spring Fling party for the Swamp? What kind of likker do you serve at one of those things? MD -Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 07:51:19 (MST) White Indian, Donna I found the page, what a wonderful History of him. I read where he is buried, in the same cemetary as all my Moms family, in Long Beach Ca. thank you for your info. He was quite an accomplished man. It was a treat to see his picture, he alway's reminded me of the actor who played in the Wizard Of Oz, the one that was the scare a crow, thin and narrow face. Carlfred had red hair and blue eyes. take care, Lorna -Friday, February 26, 2010 at 22:54:43 (MST) White Indian, thank you Donna, for filling me in on Carlfred, I knew he had Stomach Cancer, but since I did not know him as well as I knew his Mother, which she was one of the sweetest women alive. He was a bit older than myself and siblings. My Mom knew him more than I. He was a very religious man, Mormon. He lectured quite abit, at Church and everywhere. I would love to look up where you found him , If you could let me know exactly how too. thank you kindly, Lorna -Friday, February 26, 2010 at 22:28:33 (MST) Mawia Rosalee, So sorry to hear about your daughter. You definitely don't need that. Of course you have my prayers and good thoughts for her. I hope she gets better quickly! Donna, sorry about your friend in Arkansas, too. I hope she improves quickly, too. Hope you're all having a good week and have a good weekend! -Friday, February 26, 2010 at 21:33:13 (MST) OhDonna Rosalee: Prayers being sent your daughter's way for healing. I do hope that she will be free of her ailments very soon. One of my dear friends and healer colleagues is also currently in Arkansas -- she has been ailing with a heart condition. So lots of prayers and healing energy being sent to Arkansas! Lorna: Yes -- USC is my Alma Mater and that is where I earned my Bachelor's Degree in Sociology. Egads -- nearly 32 years ago in 1978! I looked up your cousin Carlfred Broderick -- there is a page on Wikipedia on him. Although his name rang a bell -- I can't say with certainty that I took one of his classes, because his face does not look familiar to me. He seems to have been a very learned and good man, and a shame that he passed on relatively early in life from cancer. Interesting that he had 8 children -- 4 boys & 4 girls -- just like my family. Hope that everyone has a very nice weekend here in the Swamp. Donna -Friday, February 26, 2010 at 16:41:33 (MST) White Indian, Sorry me again lol, hey Donna, I noticed on your FB Page you studied Sociology, I probably spelled that one wrong , well did you ever hear of or have as a teacher Professor Carlfred Brodrick , I may have spelled his last name wrong too, oh my. He taught either in USC or UCLA . But he was a very smart man gratuated from High School when he was twelve. He was one of the councelor's on the show for years, called Family Portrait on TV. Well to make a long story shorter,lol, he is my cousin and just wondered if he had been your teacher in that study. Have a great evening. Lorna -Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 21:52:11 (MST) White Indian, Hey Miss Dis, glad your back safe and sound, and that you had a wonderful trip! I will diffently keep your daughter in my thoughts and prayers also. I always thought fever ment infection, but sometimes I think you can run a low grade one after surgery. Not to sure on that. Well I'll be looking forward to all your pictures of concert and travels, I can't wait until I go to Atlantic City in a couple of weeks, I am taking my ole childhood friend again from Ca. Ashley decided she didn't want to go, so my galfriend and I will go and have a blast, we've decided to act like teenagers while we are there . I bought tickets to a Doo Wop Concert at the Dupont Theater in Wilmington DE. It's only eighty-eight miles from Atlantic City so it will be worth the drive. The groups singing there are the Duprees, not the Originals, but fairly good, Larry Chance and the Earls, and a few more great groups. We also will have the time of our lives going to a Restaurant where my favorite Lead Singer of the Duprees, Richie Rosato, not original , but was the lead for twenty-five or so years, has a wonderful voice, he is now with the Inferno's Band a New Jersey based band. I wish TDN would have been in Atlantic City , but unfortunetly not then. Swampsters hope all is well with everyone, stay safe and well , Lorna -Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 21:32:55 (MST) Misses Dis Hey, All! Dis and I barely got back from Vegas when I had to travel to Arkansas. My daughter had a hysterectomy while we were gone. Things are not going well, so prayers are requested and appreciated. She spent most of last night in the emergency room but they sent her home. Told her to go to her surgeon today. I have NO confidence in these people. She has been weak and running a fever for 2 weeks. He has seen her 3 times and said fevers were "normal" after surgery and she just needs to rest more. Last night they said she might have a virus. BS! Mom's instinct to protect is up and I'm ready to pounce. She is having friends stay with her while hubby is gone to work today and tomorrow. I'm really worried about her. On to happier things, Wowa and those I missed, hope your BD was great. Glad the puppy and kitten are better. Michael, the concert was a blast. Sorry we didn't see you at the meeting after Saturday's concert, but perfectly understandable. Next time. We really enjoyed talking and visiting to the other guys in the band and appreciate the time they give us fans after a long day and exhausting concert. We had a really great time. That's why I am such a fan. These guys give 110% to the fans, on and off stage. It's so great to hear everyone talking about how much they enjoyed the concert when they are leaving the area. Not a grumpy one in the bunch, either concert. In fact, we have never heard anyone say a disparaging word after hearing the guys play. We hear a lot of them saying, "Wow! I haven't seen them in concert since '69 and they are even better!" I can't tell you how many times we have heard that same exact phrase, verbatim. Loved seeing Joy4You and Brenda for the first time, lots of other new faces, to connect with names on the Board here. Gail, I was especially happy to see you. You have been such a good friend online. You are a real treasure. Being able to stand up close to the stage was a blast. First time for me. Another first was seeing "Eli" in concert. We have been to 30-40 concerts and I have never seen "Eli" performed in concert. What a blast! You could have knocked me over with a feather. I do have lots of pictures but haven't had the time to download and edit them. I took over 400 of Saturday's concert, and as many Sunday as well, so obviously they have to be edited so you won't be looking at the same thing, over and over. I'll try to categorize the travel ones in events and places of the trip. Those of you who are not on the photo list, please send me your email at rosalee2662@aol.com if you want to see the concert photos or travel pictures. I love to share. So, it is after 10:30 a.m. here and I slept in until an hour ago. First day without an alarm in a over a week so I luxuriated in nothing to do this morning but emails, Facebook, and Swamp. Well, now it's time for work. I have a house to clean, meals to plan, Life to get back to. We are planning a Happy Birthday trip Dis is giving me to Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Lichtenstein, and the Czech Republic in April/May. Got to investigate what I want to do while there in case of bad weather or if the mountains are covered with clouds. All I can say is Castles, Castles, Castles! Well, I hear they have some fantastic churches also. Anyone have any suggestions I am on Facebook, or you can email me. Joy and Love to all. Have a great day! MD -Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 09:25:30 (MST) Andwa, again Donna: Thanks, sweetie. Sent you a FB msg. I just got back from seeing Ortho myself. Seems my options are fairly limited. I chose a cortisone injection as it seemed to offer the greatest chance of pain relief with the fewest side effects, hvr, surgery is inevitible. Just trying to postpone it for as long as possible. Will have to see how this injection works out. No word on my sis yet. I hope everything goes well!!! Andra -Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 16:43:55 (MST) OhDonna Andra -- Got the info - thanks! Consider it done! Donna -Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 16:43:19 (MST) OhDonna Andra: Sure thing! I do hope your sister's surgery went very well today, and prayers for expedited healing. Since I am a Reiki practitioner -- it helps if I can have her first & last name and city / state to direct the energy more properly. [If you want to send me that info in a message on FB -- I can send some focused healing her way!] Spent most the day yesterday at the hospital doing healing for my friend Liane, who is making good progress from her stomach / hernia surgery. She's been at the hospital since last Thursday and is itching to get out! Take care everyone. Donna -Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 15:46:30 (MST) Andwa, again Sister is going under the knife today to have both knees replaced. Any healing vibes would be appreciated. Thank you! Andra -Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 11:13:22 (MST) Susan (Colorado) Greetings - Great hockey game last night. Beautiful gold medal win for Canada tonight in Ice Dancing. -Monday, February 22, 2010 at 23:18:06 (MST) Spacey on Team USA: Nice goalie, wrong score. You can see Burton Cummings perform at the Olympic medal ceremony on Thursday night, on NBC. They will be showing 2 of his songs from the performance. In Canada, the concert will be broadcast entirely on Much. I wonder if he'll be doing American Woman? -Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 20:24:22 (MST) OhDonna Maria: So glad to hear of Tinky's continued improvement. I thought of your family this week ~ and of Chris ~ as I remembered that this week waws the one year anniversary of his passing. You have my prayers! On my way to the hospital to visit a friend who had emergency surgery for complications with a hernia and stomach obstruction this morning, and to do some Reiki healing for her while there. Second friend in one week to have surgery -- the other for heart issues / angiogram. I've been kept busy with lots of healing work for my friends! We are going to see "Shutter Island" later tonight -- Leonardo DiCaprio usually does not disappoint! Hope everyone has a nice weekend. Donna -Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 15:47:14 (MST) Mawia Andwa, congrats to your g-niece and g-nephew! Wonderful for your whole family! Thanks, Donna. I think it might be working! Along with the 1% increase in Tinky's red cells from yesterday's test, the reticulocyte (they are the immature red cells) test came back really, really good! When she had her first test for them 3 weeks ago there were 0 in her bloodstream (normal is around 60,000). Now there are over 240,000!! The vet thinks she may have finally turned a corner and the specialist said her little body is doing everything it's supposed to do to get better! We're waiting on the results from yet another test that will tell us what the toxicity level of her meds is. Because her condition is so rare they had to send the test off to a university back east so it takes a week. We should get the results back on Monday. I'm starting to feel good about this, just trying not to get my hopes up too high. We definitley needed some good news this week. It's been kind of a hard week because the first anniversary of my brother's death was on Tuesday. It was tough but we made it through. Now we just need Tinky to recover completey! Take it easy, ya'll! -Friday, February 19, 2010 at 22:29:36 (MST) OhDonna Wonderful news about the new baby Andra! So precious! Maria -- Continued blessings for little Tinky. I was surprised to see an advertisement in the local Pasadena paper today about the La Mirada Performing Arts Centre events -- and there was a great picture of TDN for the March 26th show! Looking forward to being there for a spectacular show! Have a nice weekend everyone. Donna -Friday, February 19, 2010 at 13:46:56 (MST) White Indian Andwa, looks like you and your family have lots to Celebrate !!! Congrat's !! Hey to all you Swampsters!! hope you all have a great week-end. it's going to be in the fifty's here today and tomorrow Yahoo !!!! Lorna -Friday, February 19, 2010 at 08:55:34 (MST) Andwa, again New baby born to family. My g-nephew Justin is pleased to announce Grace Lynn Church was born today, Feb. 16, at 6:55 p.m. @ Lapeer Medical Center in Lapeer, MI. She's 21.5" long and weighed 11 (yes, 11) lbs. She has a head of black curly hair. Grace was delivered C-section. She and mom are both well. Congrats to Justin and Autumn on their first baby. Yea! Justin's sister, Marisa, is due in April with her second daughter, Sierra. Big sis is Dakota. -Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 23:23:42 (MST) Andwa, again Well, my grand-niece just put in an offer for her first house which was accepted. Yea! She is a full-time student, is also working full time, and just bought her first house. All at the ripe old age of 19!!! What were you doing at 19 years of age? I wasn't buying a house, that's for sure! Go, Jessica! -Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 19:42:00 (MST) MAD4TDN Gail, it was so fun to stand next to you enjoying those great concerts! Can you believe we got "Eli" ... Barbara was so excited when Cory said it was for her! I haven't danced that good since the last TDN concert ... I love our band! -Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 15:08:58 (MST) JOY4U Just got back from Vegas.Whew...long drive but beautiful and nice weather. Hope you got back ok Michael. You were awesome!!!! I can never stop being amazed at how you work your magic on that guitar!! Oh yeah!! Gail -Monday, February 15, 2010 at 21:56:50 (MST) Wowa Thank you for the birthday greetings, Spacey, Andwa, Soaring Nancy and Mawia. I appreciate your thinking of me. Had a great day, went to work in the morning, but went to dinner after, and did some shopping also. At the end of the day, my "other" son stopped by for a visit. Sweet kid, I love him to pieces. He brought me a bottle of "Jeremiah Weed" for my birthday. Anyone from the south probably knows what it is (sweet tea with vodka and bourbon). One sis found a tiny bottle of the same for me during her travels, and Snoflake made me a necklace with my birthstone, initial and teeny wittle frog on it. Susie-belated birthday wishes to you! Hope you had a wonderful day :~) Later taters -Monday, February 15, 2010 at 18:40:03 (MST) Famous Rob Andwa, we were hope this weekend and I have been faihtfully using my snow blower...to clean the drive. I goota tell, I gave HB an a new bigger Ipod of V-day...and she in reurn presented me wihther old one and has relaod it with music she picked for me.. The first song up was Michael doing Some WOMEN! They Make ya wanna loose your mind! That song woudl be a supoer hit on Country today..NO doubt! yeah baby! Barkeep Jaegerbombs for everyone! Robbo -Monday, February 15, 2010 at 13:56:04 (MST) Soaring Nancy Happy Birthday (a bit late) to Susie and Wova. -Monday, February 15, 2010 at 13:49:08 (MST) JRWolfe Didn't make it to Vegas,but see there is a CO date this summmer. Still stuck here in Mesa,Az in this 80 degree weather...gotta go suffer by the pool. -Monday, February 15, 2010 at 12:34:15 (MST) Andwa, again Rob: If you're in Vegas, just know that you'll be coming home to more snow. Again. Seems whenever you leave town we get snow. You must have an "in" with the weather man, right? -Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 21:00:23 (MST) JOY4U Having a wonderful time in Vegas!!! Great to see so many here in Vegas from Swampsville....about 12-15 of us!!! Great show last night Michael!! Looking forward to another one tonight!! -Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 14:08:28 (MST) Mawia Happy Birthday, Wowa! Hope it's a great one! Gretchen, sorry about your kitty. I guess I'm really lucky that I don't have to try to shove Tinky's pills down her throat. I just hide them in her food and she usually gobbles it up. Occasionally, I have to hand feed her to make sure she gets the pills, especially the cyclosporine one since it's big, but it's not very often. Good luck to you and I hope kitty gets better soon. Nice weather we're having this weekend....sunny and in the 70s! -Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 17:01:01 (MST) SPACEy HAPPY BIRTHDAY WOWA! -Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 11:10:29 (MST) FogBrat Yay Tinky! It's a move in the right direction, at least. I had to bump up the cat's next metronidazole pulse a few weeks because she seemed to be having some inflammation stuff going on, so we're having two pills a day and being an absolute monster about it (plus, she has a broken lower incisor from a fall last month, and it's right where I usually put my finger in her mouth to open it, so it's made life interesting). Pets...gotta love 'em. -Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 10:21:19 (MST) Andwa, again Yeah, sorry about that, Rob, and all other FB friends. Don't know how to send those out to just friends who play and not to those who don't. I'll just stop sending out invites altogether so's not to bother anyone. But I do enjoy Mob Wars and have just started a new gang in Mafia Wars. Continuing to build my criminal empire. Mwahahaha! Happy birthday, Susie! Have a great day! I think Jean's birthday is tomorrow. Am I right, Jean? If so, happy birthday to you, too! I'll be going out tomorrow night with some friends. We're going to go to Friday's for appetizers and then on to the Plummer House for a murder mystery. Never been to one of those before. Sounds like fun. Y'all take care! Andra PS: Mike, how's your lovely Linda doing? Been thinking of her lately. -Friday, February 12, 2010 at 21:14:51 (MST) Misses Dis OOPS! Forgot to send out BD wishes to Susie, Cory, and all others. Sorry. Don't know where my head is at lately. Hope the celebrations were all great. And Happy Valentine's Day to all. MD -Friday, February 12, 2010 at 20:30:19 (MST) Misses Dis Hey, all Swampsters. We are in Williams, AZ tonight after leaving Tulsa on Monday, a day early due to a snowstorm there. Got packed up and headed out in about an hour after the big white flakes started sticking to the ground. Dis drove through it all like a real trouper and low and behold, we got Holiday Inn to change our reservations and everything has turned out great. An extra day on the road trip afforded us an opportunity to see Old Town Albuquerque where we purchased a BD gift for Spooner, travel through Monument Valley, a real treat, and really spend a lot of time today at the Grand Canyon. The only thing that was really somewhat disappointing was not getting to visit Santa Fe again. No matter, this has been a great trip and the snow even made it more beautiful, despite a little ice here and there. I never had any desire to spend much time here before this trip. After the last few days I can't wait to get back. Next time we are doing Arches and some places we didn't quite enjoy too the fullest this time. Those of you who use I-40 to get from point A to point B are making a BIG mistake. And winter is a lovely time to be here! No crowds, no lines, snow white against dark red and gold canyons and snowcovered mountains with blue skies overhead. I'm telling you, if you don't drive through here in winter, it's a mistake. Lovely people, too the Navajos. Not a cranky one in the bunch. Smiles and good feelings, not in a hurry for anything, seem really happy and spiritual. I bought handmade beaded necklaces, all kinds of stuff on the roadsides. It's been a blast. Dis got me an early Valentine's gift of a beautiful copper sculpture of moutains and sky in Albuquerque's Old Town. Hard to describe but I'll send photos. Tomorrow we meet Chuck and Sally, our friends we met on the TDN cruise, and we spend 2 days with them enjoying the band and the sites in Las Vegas. Then we travel on to see Carlsbad, Roswell, and other sites on our way back to sanity. I'm glad to see the cajun theme caught on. I love those fried pies they serve in southern Louisiana. I do want to ask for prayers for my niece and her husband. His mother died this morning of stage 4 bone cancer. She was 50. She was a really fine wife, mother, and grandmother. Her husband of 30 years, 2 children and 3 grandchildren will need all the strength they can get to survive the next few days. We are all deeply saddened by our loss. She will be missed. Okay, time to get to settled down for a long winter's nap so we can get up bright and early for our trip to Vegas and listen to The Boys. Woo Hoo! Take care and God Bless! I'll answer emails when we return home. Mostly we travel all day and try and get ready for the next at night when we are on the road. Love to you all! Rosalee -Friday, February 12, 2010 at 20:26:02 (MST) Famous Rob Andwa: Thanks for the invites to paly all those games on Facebook, but I don't do games like that Nyuk Nyuk, acutally, I am lucky I figured out how to log in. I hting I got some youse other approved as friends, if I mised anybody who invited me, give time, I will figure it out....RALLLY! DARLINK RALLY. I WILL FIND A PIX TO POST ONE OF THESE DAYS, BUT I HAVEN'T FOUND EXACTLY THE RIGHT ONE! -Friday, February 12, 2010 at 16:21:50 (MST) Mawia Happy birthday, Susie! Hope you've had a great day and that you have a wonderful year ahead! Tinky had a blood test the other day that showed that her red cell count went up 2.5 to 22.5. We got kind of excited till the vet said that wasn't a very big jump but it was going in the right direction. The test also showed that her bone marrow is working overtime trying to make new blood cells, including the white ones which are extraordinarily high right now. Poor little dog, this fight is hard on her. She's tired all the time but she tries to be perky in the early afternoons and she eats well. The vet thinks that she'll win the battle eventually and I pray he's right. She deserves it. Hope you're all having a good week. -Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 21:47:40 (MST) Susan (Colorado) Greetings ! Best thing about the new dates listed... they are booking into 2011. YEAH !!!! I hope the Show Must Go On forever !! -Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 18:50:33 (MST) Andwa, again New shows listed in Pollstar! Whoo-hoo! -Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 22:19:52 (MST) MAD4TDN Thanks to all who contributed to the 40th Anniversary Edition! What fun!!! Glad you are enjoying it. (Note to Pam T ... a "before" and "after" picture on the same page ... I must be nuts!) -Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 13:24:01 (MST) JRWolfe OUCH ! Feeling sunburned from laying out by the pool too long yesteraday. Hey Susan..my neighbor currently towards the north. Will see you here in arizona next month. -Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 11:25:51 (MST) Spacey Steve, since when did you change your name to "SNOW"? -Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 00:17:20 (MST) Famous Rob Well, we come home from a weekend junket to Las vegas and we are snowed out of our driveway! Had to walk in and get the snowlower cranked up and spent and hour snow blowing out the drive to get in last night. Lickily the Rochester Airport got us in. had tow other flights that they cnaceled and diverted. Got up this morning and the snow it is blown the drive back shut and 3 foot of snow drifted accross the road for 50 yards. Got out at 4 PM when the plow went through and,well it's supposed to stop blowing by dawn. So out with the snow blower again. Winter! Bah! We also took in a comedy show with some guys from Comedy Central cabel Cheannel, Urachy yes! Funny, OMGOSH! Any body here ever watch Pawn Stars? It on History and Discoery or Travel Channel. We stopped by that Pawn Shop and got our pictures taken with Chumley! LoL Fun! So that is the price we paid to go to SIN City! MADONNA!!!!!!!!!!!Barb and the King of Proof Readers, Sir Paul!...What a fabulous new letter! Super Salute. Now I gotta tell all of you going to Vegas for the Dog Shows this weekend... if you be looking for something to do on Sunday night after the "Joy" settles youse all gotta go see "Jersey Boy" at the Palazzo. It was fabulous. Staging was superb, music was superb. I got tears in my eyes a couple times, Poigninat but funstory about ROck a nd Roll (Frankie Valli 7 Four Seasons) so if you are going this weekend, that would be the frostingon the cake! So all of you have a great time and rock! Oh didn't win squat! Famous Robbo -Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 21:16:49 (MST) Pam T. Andwa- I hear ya! We picked up an additional 8 inches of snow with the latest round. We hope to go back to school tomorrow- we have now missed ten days SO FAR. The way it's blowing around, it may be Thursday. And there is measureable snow predicted for this weekend! ENOUGH ALREADY! Hope it's beautiful in Las Vegas...sure wish I were going. Outstanding newsletter. Thank you so much for all the hard work that goes into putting Dog Bytes together. Really liked the 1997 pic of Madonna, Cory, and Danny...super cute! -Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 20:02:36 (MST) Steve I know where you can find a good snow blower, cheap.... -Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 19:38:25 (MST) Danny Tawd Snow sucks! -Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 19:15:42 (MST) Andwa, again Three straight days of snow. I've had ENOUGH! -Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 12:53:34 (MST) Wowa Mo-great newsletter! Loved all the old and new pics of the guys. Pat yourself on the back for me, you deserve it! Thanks to all you folks who submitted reviews and photos, I really enjoyed all of them. Happy birthday to Cory, Spooner, and "Chef Gettinold" (welcome to the club, sonny!) I feel bad for the all folks who are snowed in, here comes another storm-hang on to your cookies! We'll be catching up to a foot of the white stuff from the storm, but I know that pales in comparison to what many others have. Hang in there people! Mr Wowa went back to work on the first-yay! Doin my happy dance on the desk, woohoo! Later taters-stay safe -Monday, February 08, 2010 at 20:45:56 (MST) Spacey That's to give everybdoy some time ot take up a collection and then the barkeep can order a cake and strippers. I just saw the Olympic torch relay. A very proud Canadian moment for me. I am VERY PROUD to be Canadian. -Monday, February 08, 2010 at 19:26:51 (MST) Steve Thank ya, Spacey! Very thoughtful. :-) But it's actually Wed. the 10th. ;-) Chef Gettinold -Monday, February 08, 2010 at 18:42:59 (MST) A Message From Space Cadet Central HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHEF STEVE, tommorrow. end of transmission -Monday, February 08, 2010 at 17:19:21 (MST) MAD4TDN Happy Birthday Spooner! That was nice of them to have a Super bowl on your SUPER DAY! Congratulations on 25 years of sobriety ... thank you for saving your life and staying with us because we love you! -Monday, February 08, 2010 at 08:39:10 (MST) Soaring Nancy Happy Birthday to musical and jokester extraordinaire SPOONER. Hope your day has been wonderful, and that the coming year brings all you want. Soaring Nancy -Monday, February 08, 2010 at 00:03:09 (MST) Mawia Happy Birthday to Jimmy, keyboardist extraordinaire! Hope you had a SUPER day! Yeah, Saints! What a great game! I didn't think the commercials weren't all that, though. Hope those of you who are all snowed in are okay. -Sunday, February 07, 2010 at 23:53:43 (MST) Steve Who's ready for a shrimp po' boy or a big bowl of gumbo? YEAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way to geaux, SAINTS!!!! Chef WHODAT -Sunday, February 07, 2010 at 22:13:10 (MST) NORTHERN LIGHT WHO DAT !!!! WHO DAT !!!! THEY-HAVE-GONE-ALL-THE-WAY !!!! Saint's an't "Aints" no more baby !!! Yea you right. Come join da WHO DAT nation everyone !!!!! The Swamp is having a Fais do do as we speak. The Barkeep is pouring drinks literally. The Swamp has gone balistic beezirk. WHO DAT !!! Funny that the Barkeep is not wearing pants. The Chef is shoveling the shrimp on the grill. New rule in the Swamp. Please obay or you will get 86ed out. NO DAMN CHIP DIP IN THE SWAMP. CAJUN FOOD ONLY. Bring on the PO Boys,Beignet,Gumbo, Crawfish, Dirty Rice, Jambalaya Muffuletta's and buckets of hot sauce. OH YEA!!! AYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! The Barkeep's gonna play the geetar later on TO JOUR !!! WHO DAT !!! "Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez Baby" WHO DAT !!! Nyuk Nyukity !!! Your late local news starts right NOW !!!! NL (Norm) -Sunday, February 07, 2010 at 20:19:40 (MST) starwight Happy Birthday to Jimmy. Hope you had a fun day. Debbie -Sunday, February 07, 2010 at 15:47:53 (MST) Andwa, again Barkeep: Just curious. Have you ever come across a bad audience? If so, what was bad? Would like to add happy birthday wishes to Jimmy and Cory! Whoo-hoo! PamT: That'll learn ya, dern ya! Hope your boo-boos are better soon. -Sunday, February 07, 2010 at 15:30:30 (MST) Barkeep Susan: Yes, it did hit as a bit strange (audience on both sides of an arena and about 15 yards deep in the front ... other than that, the entire ICE was covered and equipment parked in the middle. No people), but I guess it was due to it being a hockey arena and they didn't want to fockwitdeIce ... or sumpin. I enjoyed the gig, though. Nice audience. -M- -Sunday, February 07, 2010 at 11:33:39 (MST) Susan (Colorado) Greetings ! Hey Michael - great seeing you & the guys in South Dakota. Was that not one of the weirdest set ups you've ever seen though? Sure glad I had the tickets I did. Whew! Happy Weekend all - -Saturday, February 06, 2010 at 23:56:53 (MST) Pam T., again Meant to wish Cory and Jimmy happy birthdays. -Saturday, February 06, 2010 at 21:11:39 (MST) Pam T. Greetings from my glacier as the snow continues to pile up. ARRRGGGHHHH!!!! I am so tired of all this white stuff. Shouldn't complain- know the East is really getting hit this weekend. I'm walking wounded, and of course, it's my own stupid fault. Couldn't resist sliding down the "snow mountain" one recess and ended up with some nasty bruises on my backside- every time I lean against the counter in the classroom I am reminded that maybe I should resist those urges to go sliding. I also wrenched my ankle walking on the ice. We'll be cheering on the Colts in the Super Bowl tomorrow. Dallas Clark (#44)is our hometown boy, so we always cheer for Indianapolis. Dallas made the pro-bowl this year but couldn't particpate because of the upcoming Super Bowl. The Who will rock halftime... BTW, how was the show in South Dakota, Mikey? Hope you had your fur-lined guitar. Hugs to all Swampsters. Stay warm and stay well. -Saturday, February 06, 2010 at 21:08:19 (MST) FogBrat Maria, just hang in there...you'll second-guess yourself for a while, but eventually you learn when to panic and when to wait-and-see. Paw-pats to you and Tinky. One step at a time. We're having some little vet issues too just now...Miz Cat is throwing me a few mystery curve balls, not quite sure what's up. Managed to take a run up to Mt. Washington the other day. Neither of us was dressed for it, so we just did a quick walk up the very bottom of the Tuckerman's Ravine trail. We're probably going up in April/May for the spring ski insanity...since I took away Mr. Brat's skis (torn meniscus in both knees), he's *really* missing spring skiing at Tuck's (he used to love to telemark the headwall...psycho freak). I figure he'll enjoy it, plus the hike back down will remind him WHY I took his skis away. -Saturday, February 06, 2010 at 15:50:15 (MST) Mawia Happy Birthday, Cory! Thanks for all the years of great music. Hope you had a great day! Thanks for all the well wishes for Tinky. When you look at her it's hard to believe she's so sick. She seems to be getting more perky, but I really hope that I'm not seeing something that's not there. Gretchen, Tinky is on cyclosporine (Atopica, 25 mg twice a day) as well as the prednisone (5mg in the morning, 10mg at night). She also gets doxycycline and Pepcid twice a day. I'm lucky she's a good eater since I'm the pill giver and I hide them in her food. Well, it's been raining like crazy here tonight. We even had a little thunder and lightning earlier. I hope those of you stuck in the big snow are doing okay. Have a good weekend, everyone! -Saturday, February 06, 2010 at 00:37:00 (MST) Soaring Nancy Happy Birthday, CORY. Here's wishing you lots more number one hits, love, fun, and wonderful memories. (((MARIA)))) ANDRA the old Hollywood Squares was so funny. Thanks for the walk down memory lane. -Friday, February 05, 2010 at 16:08:23 (MST) MAD4TDN RAPPY BIRTHDAY TO POOP DOG!!!! -Friday, February 05, 2010 at 12:22:49 (MST) Dis We are fixed up for The Boys and Marvin Hamlisch on St. Patrick's Day. Think Danny's wearing green? -Friday, February 05, 2010 at 11:36:56 (MST) Dis Arlington June 26th . . . yeah! Outdoors . . . we'll have to buy some battery powered fans! Steve's breakfast sausage was only good for six weeks! -Friday, February 05, 2010 at 07:56:12 (MST) FogBrat Maria, hang in there...there may be a different medicine that might work better than (I'm assuming) prednisone. It's really tough having a chronically ill pet, but it's manageable, once you get past the crisis phase at the beginning. Keep us updated, okay? Di: Try Firefox and the DownloadHelper extension...video capture problem solved. :-) -Friday, February 05, 2010 at 07:14:30 (MST) Dis Arlington June 26th . . . yeah! We'll have to buy some of those battery powered fans. I think Steve's breakfast sausage was only good for six weeks! -Friday, February 05, 2010 at 06:56:24 (MST) Wowa Great video! That brought back some fond memories. Not just teh Dogs, but of watching Laugh In. Was an all time great show. I used to watch Hollywood Squares also. I remember the Paul Lynde remark about the chiffon. Heehee! What a bunch of characters they had. Later taters -Friday, February 05, 2010 at 06:53:05 (MST) starwight Happy Birthday to Cory. Wishing you much happiness and good health. Debbie -Friday, February 05, 2010 at 04:50:27 (MST) Di LOVE the Classic Squares - Paul Lynde, Charlie Weaver, Wally Cox, Rose Marie, et al. (((((((Tinky)))))))) sending lots of love and good wishes. You GO girl! :) Three cheers for whomever posted those videos. Too bad I can't get them captured, because they never last long online. We need another DVD set :D Happy Birthday Cory!! *smooshie hug* Michael -Friday, February 05, 2010 at 03:17:12 (MST) Mawia Those are great, Andra! When my aunt first got married back in the mid 60s, she lived next door to Charlie Weaver in North Hollywood. A few years later, she was a contestant on Hollywood Squares and we went to watch the taping. It was one of the funniest things I ever saw. I got to meet Paul Lynde and still have his autograph around here somewhere. He was a very nice guy. Di, thanks for the link to the TDN YouTube channel. Very cool. Thought I'd thank you before I watched the video of them doing "Woman". I might not be able to function after that! ;o) Tinkerbell news: Her last blood test, on Wednesday, wasn't what we had hoped for. After her transfusion, her red cell count was 24. On Wednesday it was 20. It doesn't necessarily mean anything bad, but we just don't know yet. She's having another, more detailed, test on Monday. Keep praying that the count goes up, okay? That will mean that the treatment is working. That little dog is a real trouper. She is chock full of meds but keeps trying to act normal even when she's tired out. She is such a sweetheart. Hope you all are coping with the weather alright. We've had pretty good weather but it's supposed to rain again on Friday and Saturday. That's the extent of our "bad" weather, I'm afraid. =O) -Friday, February 05, 2010 at 02:21:40 (MST) Andwa, again I may have passed this list along to some of you. If so, read and enjoy once again. If not, prepare for laughter: These great questions and answers are from the days when 'Hollywood Squares' gameshow responses were spontaneous, not scripted as they are now. Peter Marshall was the host asking the questions, of course... Q. Paul, what is a good reason for pounding meat? A. Paul Lynde: Loneliness! (The audience laughed so long and so hard it took up almost 15 minutes of the show!) Q. Do female frogs croak? A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough. Q. If you're going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be? A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it... Q. True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years. A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes. Q. You've been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man or a woman? A. Don Knotts: That's what's been keeping me awake. Q. According to Cosmopolitan, if you meet a stranger at a party and you think that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask him if he's married? A. Rose Marie: No wait until morning. Q. Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older? A. Charley Weaver: My sense of decency. Q. In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say 'I Love You'? A. Vincent Price: No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty. Q. What are 'Do It,' 'I Can Help,' and 'I Can't Get Enough'? A. George Gobel: I don't know, but it's coming from the next apartment. Q. As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your hands while talking? A. Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing old question, Peter, and I'll give you a gesture you'll never forget. Q. Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather? A. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily. Q. Charley, you've just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any during the first year? A. Charley Weaver: Of course not, I'm too busy growing strawberries. Q. In bowling, what's a perfect score? A. Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy. Q. It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist camps. One is politics, what is the other? A. Paul Lynde: Tape measures. Q. During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet? A. Rose Marie: Unfortunately, Peter, I'm always safe in the bedroom. Q. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls? A. Marty Allen: Only after lights out. Q. When you pat a dog on its head he will wag his tail. What will a goose do? A. Paul Lynde: Make him bark? Q. If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to? A. Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark. Q. According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people? A. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army. Q. It is the most abused and neglected part of your body, what is it? A. Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused, but it certainly isn't neglected. Q. Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do? A. George Gobel: Get it in his mouth. Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant? A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant? Q. When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex? A. Charley Weaver: I'll lend him the car, the rest is up to him. Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they? A. Charley Weaver: His feet. Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed? A. Paul Lynde: Point and laugh. :-D -Thursday, February 04, 2010 at 22:19:30 (MST) Di Did I say set something on fire if you have to? LOTS of not-seen-in-a-coon's-age videos up. OMG it really is Christmas. For awhile :) -Thursday, February 04, 2010 at 16:02:44 (MST) Di http://www.youtube.com/user/3DogsLive?blend=2&ob=1&rclk=cti#p/a/u/1/8zFkohUKqXY Run screaming, and knock people down to get to the link above ASAP before it disappears!!! TDN on Laugh-In!! A bit of repartee with Dick and Dan and even MICHAEL SPEAKS! *swoon* Is it Christmas again already?? -Thursday, February 04, 2010 at 15:13:10 (MST) Northern Light Ya see Lil Mikey I told you not to drink the two buckets of "Chock" back in da Swamp. Nyuk. Now hunker down in your nest before you get snizzeled on !!! Nyuity NL (Norm) -Wednesday, February 03, 2010 at 23:22:26 (MST) Steve Oh geez, Barkeep! You're as bad as I am. Just more experienced at it...nyuk Anyone for fish tacos? El Cook-O -Wednesday, February 03, 2010 at 14:44:30 (MST) MAD4TDN That post from the barkeep ees making eet vewy hard for me to stay focused! What was I doing? Oh yeah, here it is: Tickets are going on sale Friday, Feb. 5th at 10 a.m. for the March 17, 2 p.m. taping of "Marvin Hamlisch Presents: The '70's, The Way We Were" at the Bezemes Family theatre at Lindenwood University's Scheidegger Center for the Arts in Stl. Charles, MO. All tickets will be $42.50 at the the theater's box office 636-949-4433, at Telecharge.com or by calling 800-447-7400. Those who attend the taping must realize this is a television taping and not a typical concert. It could last three hours or longer and might have stop downs and song restarts to get the camera angles right. The audience also needs to know they might be videotaped and photographed and included in shots within the special. The audience will not be permitted to take photos, use cell phones or shoot personal video within the theatre property. -Wednesday, February 03, 2010 at 13:06:40 (MST) Barkeep So WHAT came out of his shadow ... and saw his HOLE ... therefore we have 6 more weeks of what? whew!! I'm going back to sarsaparilla. -M- -Wednesday, February 03, 2010 at 11:07:22 (MST) Northern Light Robbo average high's in the low 60's and average lows in low 40's. A light jacket may be needed. Check your web forcasts for more up to date weather but that is what it has been for part of the week. If you are flying Aligiant it was nice to know you and can I contact you for more personal information that I will need for the insurance policy. Nyuk Donnie & Marie come on now you can do better than that. It's way overpriced. Marie is still worth a look. Go to those ticket selling joints that can give you a deal but then again nothing is cheap on the strip. Off the Strip is where you can get a good show for a good price. Food is a better buy again off the Strip. Some off the strip places to checkout Eastside Cannery on Boulder Hwy, Sam's Place next door and the best The Orleans in the other direction. Good restaurants and their buffet has folks in long lines. It not fancy smancy but good basic food at a great price. Before you eat sign up for their B Connect card (Free) show it when you pay for your supper and get another $2 off the price. A buck off for Lunch. Like I say the Orleans is a hit with the locals and it seems with alot of visitors. Enjoy your stay. I am bummed as when TDN was announced at the Silverton they had no prices so I thought our budget could not handle it. I changed shifts at my second job and am working the Saturday for a guy, then the prices come out and it's not that bad. In anycase my love of my life is also working extra shits on Sat and Sunday is a no go. Valintines Day is our day and no offense but we have plans that don't include any bands. Sorry folks that just the way it is. Speaking of last Sat Heart was just AMAZING. That Ann Wilson is something else. Talk about singing Wow what a voice. Had dinner after the show with Nancy, Craig (Geetar player) and Debbie (Organ player) we all had a hoot!!! Keri said it was the best show yet and I would say she is right there. Like I said if Heart is comming to a place near you GO !!! nuff said. Okay I hear Lil Mikey came out of his hole and did not see his shadow. Nyuk Yuk six more weeks of snizzel. Nyuk nyukity !!!! NL (Norm) -Wednesday, February 03, 2010 at 01:53:17 (MST) Steve Yeah, I'd love to grind that hog alright. 6 more weeks of winter my butt! All the below requests shall be fulfilled. Barkeep, we's outta ta-kill-ya! Have a great night all! the hog grinder -Tuesday, February 02, 2010 at 21:38:44 (MST) Famous Rob I got da waffle house idea coz ya gotta have a place to eat when da bar closes and I been listening to da barkeep singing about the attributes of all dem Sourthern Fried ladies down at da waffle house in the Delta, trying to "keep ya up all night long", Nyuk nyuk! Oh ya! and we gonna substitues fresh made mini donuts for them benigne's or what ever they are! Beside we got all these gals here to help entertaina nd do the serving and a we got all the guys to do they cooking and then we just got a good palce for socializing. Probalby paly all lot of BLue on the old Juke... I also been thinking about talking to Michael aobut buying a bull riding machine to go along with the Fire hosue/dnacing pole and running the concession at the Swamp on party nights. I want to so some of those wild wimmens up on that mechanical bull whooping it up! Who saays you can't have fun.. Now the question of the day, if you can't see the Dogs when in Vegas waht would you do? Jeresey Boys or Donny and marie? Me and the honey bear gonna be thre this weekend. Norm what kind of clothes to bring? Gonna visit the Pawn star pawn shop too. Snow flurries and cold here again man this is stink, stank stunk. Anyway the word as spoken by Hoyt and sung y Micheal is truth. "Some Women, make you wanna lose your mind!" This weekend is the Big Winter Dance Party at the Surf Ballroom, Clear lake Iowa, commeorating Buddy, Bopper and Ritchie. It's the aslt venue to played at. Saw 3DN there about years ago. When ya coming back Barkeep? OH yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Robbo OH hey put some beer brats on for Barkeep andlets get the front door of the -Tuesday, February 02, 2010 at 20:49:54 (MST) Spacey can't serve groudhogs at the swamp, they'are all underage -Tuesday, February 02, 2010 at 17:16:26 (MST) Dis Steve, How about that Pennsylvania ground hog who saw his shadow today . . . fix him any way you like! Dis -Tuesday, February 02, 2010 at 16:14:44 (MST) MAD4TDN Steve, I've always loved eggs benedict! Can we have that? It could be a birthday brunch in honor of Pammie's birthday!!! -Tuesday, February 02, 2010 at 12:36:00 (MST) Jill Happy Birthday to Pam L. -Tuesday, February 02, 2010 at 11:10:35 (MST) Misses Dis Steve, how about a Cajun restaurant? Goes with swamp atmosphere just right. Instead of the funnel cakes we could serve Beniets and strong coffee! Went to the place in New Orleans that is famous for that. Can't remember the name. They were great. Got a mix to bring home but it's still in the cupboard. Guess it't time to through it out. It's been 3 years. That's my suggestion. Anyone else got one? MD -Tuesday, February 02, 2010 at 08:01:15 (MST) spacey Burton just aced his Amerinca citizenship test. Are you ready for him to join your nation? -Tuesday, February 02, 2010 at 00:09:44 (MST) Steve WAFFLE HOUSE in conjunction with the Saloon?? O dios mio...noooooooo I use their waffles as placemats! And the rest of the vittles to lube my Jeep. Nuthin' but the best fer the Saloon. What's everyone want? Flapjack Slim -Monday, February 01, 2010 at 17:19:37 (MST) Spacey JR, sorry to hear the news if you're friends with Aunt Peg. Suprised to hear she was 71. -Monday, February 01, 2010 at 14:02:38 (MST) Misses Dis Michael, Glad to hear you are flying. Vegas wouldn't be the same with out the band. The Dis's and youngest child ventured out to the movies yesterday and watched Crazy Heart. We were in Santa Fe while it was being filmed and met Robert Duval. We have been waiting for the movie to come out. Unfortunately, we didn't know about the concert by Jeff Bridges and Colin Farrel and left the day it was performed. :( In any event it was a good movie, but kind of depressing. Great music. If you get a chance, go. You guitarists will love it. MD -Monday, February 01, 2010 at 08:44:34 (MST) Northern Light I wonder if Lil Mikey is getting those frequent flyer miles on Northwest/Delta? Or as I call it Northworst. Nyuk Hey Robbo will your waffel house have flashing pulsating lights and loud audio system along with greasy food ? Watch it Wowa you spilt some of your drink on me. Nyuk hick Nyuk !!!! Just waring my Pokerface y'all !!! NL (Norm) -Monday, February 01, 2010 at 00:14:48 (MST) spacey but you enjoyed that trian ride through Austrailia, correct? -Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 15:56:38 (MST) Barkeep Waffle House in tandem with the BSSaloon? Hmmmmmm, sounds like a promising venture ... if we don't eat up all the profits. I say, lets chance it! Nyuk. Tour bus from Birmingham? I think not. Si, twas muy cool in the old days and I was 21. At 62 and (pushing) it just ain't quite the same. I always enjoy the performing. Always, but the traveling just doesn't do it for amymore like it used to. Old guy. Whining old guy. Nyuk Nyuk. Air travel it will be. -M- -Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 15:04:58 (MST) Andwa, again Rob: Yep. Have read them both. Actually just recently finshed the one about the cruise ship. I'm currently working on two more, Lost City and Sacred Stone. His books are just pure entertainment. Much easier reads that Tom Clancy and Robert Lundlum, though I do still enjoy both those authors. Sadly, though, Mr. Ludlum passed away a few years ago. Really enjoyed his books, except for the "road" books. Just too silly for me. Mawia: Glad to read that Tink is getting better. Hang in there! I, unfortunately, will have to make an appointment in Orthopedics soon as the DJD in my knee has taken a turn for the worse since the beginning of the new year. Walking has become seriously painful. Not sure what can be done short of a total knee arthroplasty (which my sister will be facing in February), but will have to go and find out. It's severely limiting me in my ADLs. The only time it doesn't hurt is when I'm sitting, and it's hard to do housework and such while sitting down. But I'm starting to whine, and you guys don't need to hear that, so I'll shut up now. Take it easy all of you in the path of that nasty ice storm! Bye for now. Andra (aka Gimp) -Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 22:29:38 (MST) Wowa OhDonna-yep, forgive the typo. I must remember to not tip my bottle before typing, nyuk! -Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 21:28:01 (MST) Famous Rob Yikes you come home from vaction and its nuttin but alligators nippin at my A$$. I am thinkin about puttin up a waffle house on that bog in front of the swamp. After listening to Barkepp sing about those SOuthern Fried Women or what ever it qs, I was to give some youse wild wimmens a chanc to show your abilities in da waffle house. OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA We needa pelase to go to when the swamp closes in the wee morning hours. Yep Where ya been and what you been doin....Who ya been seein and what you been brewing....Ntuk Love those lyrics....Hoyt's lyric Rocks and Barkeep's singin it really is great. Girls when the bar closes come over to da waffle huse and entertain all those dirty old men... Andwa you will be proud to know read 2 Clive Cussler Novels in Mexico, one as about the earth quake in Frisco and the train fallin off the ferry. Loved it, the others as about this Cusie ship that everybody cracked on and then they ran around on this disquised tramp freighter. Okay reads, but was too loaded to remember the titles. NYUK That's all Robbo live i his own mind tonightQ -Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 21:21:47 (MST) Dis Michael, We are looking forward to seeing you guys on the 13th and 14th in Vegas but are a bit concerned since ya'll be performing in Birmingham on the 12th. I may be out of line here, and I know you are fond of tour busses, but I recommend you fly the 1900 miles. Dis -Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 10:26:10 (MST) Dis Conifer, CO August 7th is a real possibility. Grand Island, NE and Wendover, NV don't look that promising for the Disses. -Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 08:39:56 (MST) Misses Dis Marie, Glad Tinky is home and you are enjoying her company. I know when we are away from Sammy and Sadie, even on vacation, we miss them. Well, we survived the snowstorm here in Tulsa intact. Lights flickered but did not go out. We got about 8 inches of snow, but nothing broke. Dis and I weathered the cold for a few minutes and cut off some limbs we were worried were going to break. The tree needed it anyway. It was a constant vigil to keep the birds fed and watered. I have one of those water heaters for birdbaths. They work! But keeping the feeders full was a chore. Even if you are in an apartment and have a balcony you can feed and water birds, Folks. It's a kindness to nature and you will get lots of enjoyment watching those beautiful creatures fly in and out of your feeding space. They have seed now for patios and places you don't want shells everywhere. In the last couple of weeks we have had new species we had never seen before, a ruby crowned kinglet and a blue grey gnatcatcher. We also have a huge variety of sparrows, (some that sing beautiful songs), chickadees, wrens, titmouse, American Kestral, various hawks, finches, thrashers, all kinds of woodpeckers, American Goldfinch, dark eyed juncos, bluejays, cardinals, robins, and of course, grackles. And we are smack dab in the city, with a back yard that is probably 100X50 feet. We do have three trellises covered in honeysuckle, some trees and crepe myrtle around the perimeter of the yard that provide cover and housing but our yard is pretty typical of other people's yards except we have 3 birdfeeding stations and some water bowls. It is amazing to me how little effort it takes to atract birds. Of course, we went through 8 dollars of birdfeed yesterday and the day before and I made 3 trips out to keep them full, but it was well worth it to see those little critters flutter about. The other day I finally got brave and made apple cider doughnuts from a mix we got at Cold Cider Mill near Stowe, Vermont last Fall so we ate doughnuts for breakfast. I have tried several recipes from scratch online. I ended up throwing them all away, though. These were really good. I'd get a small doughnut cutter, though. Mine was too big and the outside cooked longer than it should have. You guys have a great day. Susan, nice to hear from you. Take care and God bless. MD -Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 08:37:33 (MST) Mawia Tinky's home! But she is one tired puppy after everything she's been through the last few days. Her transfusion only upped her red cell count to 24 which is about half what it should be. However, it's more than double what it was before and it's where the doctors want it to be while the immunosuppressive drugs do what they're supposed to do, hopefully, and her bone marrow churns out some new cells. I am so happy she's home. She's so sweet and she makes home a better place just by being here. -Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 02:26:16 (MST) Susan (Colorado) Greetings - Hugs for Tinky Anybody else watching the X Games?? Those athletes are amazing!! The things those guys were doing on snowmobiles are incredible - and Shaun White a bit later. OMG !!! -Friday, January 29, 2010 at 20:16:50 (MST) FogBrat Maria, that's good news. I was rooting for parasites or autoimmune instead of the other choices. Still sending good thoughts. Not staying long tonight, only had energy to fire up the handheld to check on Tinkerbell after working outside all day at about 15 below windchill. I am beat, so g'night all. -Friday, January 29, 2010 at 20:11:28 (MST) OhDonna Maria: Wonderful that Tinky gets to come home tonight, and the prayers will continue for her recovery. What a little sweetie she is and I know what she means to you & Kathleen, and your mother too. Blessings! Wowa: Thank you dearie! (I think you meant to say that you are glad I was NOT hurt! Hah!) Donna -Friday, January 29, 2010 at 15:24:24 (MST) MAwia Boy, it looks like my proofreading abilities have totally gone out the window! That was supposed to read thanK you all and I guess you can figure out what that first line was supposed to be! -Friday, January 29, 2010 at 11:19:20 (MST) Mawia Hi, everyone. Well, we got a little bit of good news today so your it looks like your prayers are working (than you all!!). Tinky's bone marrow IS making red blood cells but she has an autoimmune disease which is attacking them before they become mature and get released into her bloodstream. We get to bring her home today but she's going to be heavily medicated with stuff that will suppress her immune system. Hopefully, she'll respond to this treatment and then we can wean her off the drugs. It's going to take a long time and she still only has a 1/3 chance of a complete recovery, but with your continued prayers maybe we can pull it off. It was a sad place here last night without her sweet face looking at us and I am SO glad she'll be back here tonight. I'll keep you all updated. Thanks again for your prayers, epecially you, Colleen (it made me cry). -Friday, January 29, 2010 at 11:16:37 (MST) MAD4TDN Sure hope Tinky is doing better. My heart hurts for you. Last spring when both of our dogs ate or drank something that made them extremely ill, we had to go to the emergency animal hospital on a holiday weekend. We were scared out of our wits when they both had to stay for a couple of days with IV's in their paws. Our house was so gloomy without them! Thankfully they both recovered and when we picked them up, the vet came out and said: "You have two of the sweetest animals we've ever seen in here!" That didn't surprise us -- we already knew it was true. -Friday, January 29, 2010 at 09:26:03 (MST) Wowa Mawia-I hope your Tinky will be ok. I know how doggies become members of the family, and it's difficult when they get ill. Snoflake's own Tinkerbell passed away last fall (cancer). She was still fairly young, and firmly entrenched as a member of the family. I taught her how to have a pillow fight, which was really funny. They're talking about getting a new puppy soon. We are doggy-sitting my daughter's chocolate lab, they had to move and could not take her with them. So, she's here until they get their housing situation figured out. My sympathies to all you who are dealing withn the snow and ice storm. Rough stuff. And the bitter cold too. I remember getting -50 wind chills here, but that was a number of years ago. Your nose hairs freeze instantly when you step outside. Miserable stuff. We've been lucky, yesterday it was 12 degrees with a wind chill of -3, which is bad enough, but tolerable if you bundle up really well. So stay warm, guys! Looking for some good news when the mister gets home. He's been laid off for a year and a half now, and his boss called in him to the office today. Got my fingers and toes crossed,I hope he is going back to work! OhDonna-glad you are hurt. Hiya Barkeep-glad the site is back up. Later taters -Friday, January 29, 2010 at 07:58:52 (MST) Mawia Thanks Donna, Rosalee, and Gretchen. The vet called us early this morning and told us the blood test looked pretty bad so we rushed Tinky to a specialty animal hospital. They admitted her and gave her the transfusion this afternoon. They also ran another type of blood test which confirmed that her body isn't making red blood cells. So, tonight they did a bone marrow aspiration to try to find out why. We have to wait till morning for the results, but the odds aren't really in her favor. She probably has about a 1/3 chance of recovering completely, which IS better than nothing. We're hanging on tight to that right now. The timing of this really sucks since the 1st anniversary of my brother's death is coming up in about 2 1/2 weeks, and this is bringing up really bad memories and feelings. Tinkerbell is the sweetest little dog (I always call her "the little dog") we've ever seen. She just loves everyone and has never been aggressive to anyone, human or animal. My sister said she doesn't have a mean bone in her body, and it is so true. Even the specialist said he really wants to save her because she was so friendly when they took her in and her tail was wagging at everyone even when she was so weak, and especially so after the transfusion perked her up. So, everyone, I would really appreciate it if you could pray that Tinky survives this. Please. If you want to see some pictures of Tinky, I put some up on my Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/#/profile.php?ref=profile&id=1119817628 Thanks, everyone. -Friday, January 29, 2010 at 02:07:58 (MST) FogBrat Maria, bestest thoughts going out for Tinkerbell (and her family, of course). It's scariest when you have a symptom like anemia and you don't know what's causing it...once you pin it down, it's a lot easier to deal with (at least on a practical level). I remember my cat having a wildly elevated liver enzyme when she first got sick, and I was absolutely insane until we figured out what was really going on. One tip I have: ask your vet for a copy of every single lab test they do on Tinkerbell. I keep ours in a 4" binder, newest stuff on top...it's really helpful to be able to flip back and see patterns or trends (plus, if you ever need to use an emergency vet, you'll have excellent info to take with you). Today: Worst. Installation. Ever. Mr. Brat and I damn near ripped each others' faces off fighting over how to do stuff (usually we're a good team, but not today!) And again, as soon as we started working, the snow came (I'm getting a complex). And then the cold. Supposed to be colder tomorrow, and we have more stuff to do...NOT looking forward to getting out of that truck tomorrow morning. But for now, I gotta go help load up so we don't have to do it at 5AM. -Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 17:17:51 (MST) OhDonna Maria: Oh -- I'm so sorry to hear about little Tinkerbell. She is such a sweetie-pie and I always love seeing her. I will of course have her in my prayers and send some healing energy her way ~~ and your way too for your foot. By the way I fell again a few days ago when I was dog-sitting. It was wet from the rain and all 3 dogs were underfoot trying to get out the door at the same time. They got right under me and down I went. Mighty sore on the right arm and leg, but thankfully nothing broken. Rosalee -- I have long-time friends who live in Tulsa, and from the looks of it they are hunkering down as well. Hope the ice/snow storm passes over your area very quickly with minimal damage. Sounds like you are well-prepared! Take care all. Donna -Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 16:33:41 (MST) Misses Dis Well, it ain't "Never Been to Spain" but it's pretty creative, anyway. Oklahoma is changing the words to the State Song. It now goes like this: SNOOOOW.......klahoma Where the cold front's sweepin' down the plain And the piles of sleet, beneath your feet, follow right behind the freezing rain. SNOW.......klahoma Ev'ry night my honey lamb and I Travel home from work and hope some jerk Doesn't wreck our car in passing by! We know we belong to the land But it could use some salt and more sand That's why we say.....WHOA! We're sliding all the way.......YIKES! We're only sayin' “You're slick as snot, SNOWklahoma” SNOWklahoma, SNOW-K-L-A-H-O-M-A SNOWklahoma, SNOW-K! -Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 16:21:14 (MST) Misses Dis Sorry Maria, That's what I get for 'boarding' while half asleep and doing a grocery list at the same time. Northern Light, I'll serve ice cream and set an extra place at the table for you. Lunch will be served in an hour. Be there or be square. You are in for a treat. MD -Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 10:05:39 (MST) Misses Dis Andwa, How terrible! I'm really sorry. I know when Sammy and Sadie get sick I am beside myself, and I do have children. Your little puppy will be im my prayers. Surely there is a place in God's heart for all creatures, great and small. The Bible says a bird doesn't lose a feather without him knowing about it. I'll pray for you, too. Take heart. Rosalee -Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 07:48:47 (MST) Mawia Hey, ya'll. My sister and I got some pretty devastating news today about our little 2 1/2-year-old dog, Tinkerbell. She has severe anemia which is a life-threatening condition. It came on so slowly that we didn't realize that something was wrong till the other day, and then we thought she had some kind of gastro problem. We noticed that her tongue was pale but didn't know how serious that is. We took her to the vet on Tuesday, along with the cat, Kujee (who's sick, too), for blood tests and found out today that the tech put Kujee's name on both of them! So we had to redo Tinky's today and that's when we got the bad news. I'm pretty sure she's going to have to have a transfusion tomorrow because her red blood cell count is terribly low, like 10 or 11 when it should be between 30 and 50. I wanted to let you all know so that you could maybe say a little prayer for her so she'll survive this and also to warn you that if your dog ever gets a little lethargic and has a pale tongue and gums don't hesitate to see the vet. If we had known sooner what her symptoms really meant she may not have gotten this bad. My sister and I never had any kids and this little dog is like a kid to us so this is really hard on us. Hope all of you in the path of bad weather get through it safe and sound. -Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 23:49:40 (MST) Northern Light Miss Dis would you be serving ice cream with the peach pie ??? Save a place for me at the table. Your a fair distance from me so I will be there in ten minutes. Nyuk Andra with temperatures like that where do you live, the Artic ??? Nyuk Keep warm everyone. Barkeep pour shots for the house. NL (Norm) -Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 23:40:15 (MST) Andwa, again Good luck Dises!!! Sounds seriously nasty. We've gotten back to below zero temps again with wind chills down to the -20 to -35 range. Ain't we got fun! Y'all take care. -Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 21:54:26 (MST) White Indian Andwa are you sure, there were a couple of men that did different commercial's I thought they had said his name once and I was shocked it was Pernell Roberts, but who knows my dear, I've been wrong many times. lol Hey Rosalee, we are suppose to get it Friday, so were getting ready, I for one will not drive in it and people here do not know how to drive in snow or ice. Tons of wrecks when it's bad. So I'll keep ya all posted. take care and sweet dreams this one is off to bed, Lorna -Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 21:08:53 (MST) Misses Dis Now we all know how generous and sweet you all are and eager to share. Well, some of you have decided to share your sleet and snow with us Oklahomans for the next few days. Thank you very much but we could have down without the ice. Dis and I, along with 95% of the state have been shopping and preparing for no electricity and lots of bad weather. Everyone is nervous. Our schools are closed. Our governor has already declared a state of emergency. We are stocked up at the highway department with hundreds of thousands of pounds of sand and salt for the roads. The stores were full to bursting with customers. Some folks already had coats on. Well, that was ridiculous, but when we get an inch of ice with 4 inches of snow, the world in Oklahoma as we know it stops. Our power lines fall down, our streets are impassable, our businesses shut down. Funny thing is, nary a raindrop has fallen as of this minute. In fact, it was a balmy, sunny 65 degrees today while I was out and 59 degrees a few hours ago. Beautiful. Didn't even need a jacket, just a light sweater. On the other hand, I have seen it 82 in the morning and 4 inches of snow at nightfall in the same day here. I've also seem many predictions and doomsday warnings be completely wrong. We'll see. Well Guys, I'll let you know how things are going down here tomorrow if we still have power. As for me, I'll be cooking up a storm from morning to night so ya'll come over. For lunch we are serving chicken in wine and cream sauce, jasmine rice, mixed veggies, and fresh peach pie. Might as well enjoy being cooped up if we have to be cooped up. Besides, as I pointed out to Dis, you can eat cold chicken, you can't eat raw chicken. So I'm cooking it up, hoping we have electricity to heat up the leftovers. Lorna, we may be passing this on to you. Get ready. I'll keep you posted. Mr. Roberts, what a class act. God bless him. Did I ever tell you I met Hoyt at a party in Nashville? He was so sweet to me. His smile could light up a room quicker than a lightbulb. What a great guy. Ya'll take care, be careful and God bless. Password was A ray U. Ray is the hubby, Barkeep. MD -Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 18:50:20 (MST) FogBrat Okay...I guess the image issue is a Firefox + Forcefield thing. IE and Safari are both fine. Never mind...it IS just me. -Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 04:50:13 (MST) Andwa, again Sorry, Lorna. That guy was Alan Sader NOT Pernell Roberts. -Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 21:40:47 (MST) White Indian, Oh my , didn't know about Pernell Roberts passing, I was just telling a friend the other day that it was Mr. Roberts that was on all those tv adds for helping starving children in a third world country. He didn't know it was him, he had changed in his looks after all these years, ( who hasn't) but still seemed so nice and sweet. I had a crush on him to as a teenager. RIP Pernell it seems like all the oldies but goodies are all going to the Big Ponderosa in the sky ! Boy I wish I had know earlier about the show in MO. what a great program it will be......... I will be in Atlantic City that week, and then to see some shows in New Jersey and New York. darn I would rather be in MO. with TDN. Take care Swampsters and have a great week ! Lorna -Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 20:22:55 (MST) Pam T. Barkeep- A squeeze right back atcha. It's been far too long since I've non-cyber squeezed you. Probably since last August in Minnesota. -Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 19:23:01 (MST) FogBrat Really odd. The header image appears on my handheld, but not my laptop. Spacey....anytime, hope all's okay. -Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 19:04:16 (MST) Spacey Dearest Fogbrat, I owe you an email. Thanks. Hi Brakeep. -Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 18:53:03 (MST) FogBrat Wait...so everyone can see the "Saloon in the mist" at the top of the page except me? I have a broken image link, and even trying to open the image itself, I get a 404 not found. Weird. But not unlike my day. Scheduled a rooftop install for this morning because it was supposed to be nice. As soon as I got out of the truck, it started snowing and sleeting, soaked to the skin. As soon as we finished, the sky turned blue and sunny for the drive home. Grumph. -Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 18:17:25 (MST) Barkeep Andwa: Which book of Clive Cussler? DEEP SIX. Chef Steve: I ALWAYS carry my prilosec! FogBrat: No, the header image link is not broken. Wonder what the problem was? Steve: Finish of the Cabo Wabo?(Burp!) I know nuttink. JoyGAIL: Thank you, dearie. Wonderful seeing you. It's been awhile. Yes, I got home safely, but had to get up at 4:30 a.m. to make it happen. Heck of travel weekend, although it didn't look like much on paper. Ended up being a 15 hr. tour bus ride from Reno to Lancaster. Don't ask why. ANDWA AGAIN: PERNELL ROBERTS DIED? DAMN! One handsome guy that we all grew up with. Bummer. The entire cast is gone now. I was watching an old Bonanza while eating breakfast at home one morning and there was Hoyt (Axton) when he was really young and trim. Made me smile. Pam/Susan: (squeeze squeeze) to you bof. Over and out for now. -M- -Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 17:55:35 (MST) Pam T. Adam was my favorite of the Cartwright boys too! Always so handsome and sensible. Nasty blizzard yesterday....so we are home AGAIN today. We have now missed eight days of school...out on June 4th. Parts of Interstate 35 are still closed and travel is not advised around most of Iowa. -Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 07:34:58 (MST) Susan (Colorado) Oh, so did I. He was one of those guys that got more sexy as he got older. -Monday, January 25, 2010 at 22:47:31 (MST) Andwa, again RIP Pernell Roberts, aged 81 years. Had a mjor crush on him when I was a kid. -Monday, January 25, 2010 at 22:03:36 (MST) JOY4U Hey Michael......Great show Saturday night! Hope you got home safely!!! Gail -Monday, January 25, 2010 at 19:45:58 (MST) Steve I always have been and always will be a 49er fan. But since they're in the category of "ain'ts" this year, I think it's wonderful that Nawlins finally made it to the Super Bowl. It's a great thing for the city too, a real spirit-lifter. Speaking of spirits- Hey Barkeep, did you kill off the rest of the Cabo Wabo? Good, ain't it? ;-) Chef Gumbo -Monday, January 25, 2010 at 13:55:20 (MST) FogBrat Steve, that goes double for me. Actually, it goes super-double, lotsa ice, with a twist and a teensy green umbrella. Almost wish I was a Saints fan. But this was almost as gratifying. Harf. We're finally getting the rain and wind, so we'll probably have some fair road flooding tomorrow because there's nowhere for the water to go. Lucky me, we're doing outdoor installs all week...have to wear my big boots, I guess. Psst...Barkeep: is the header image link broken? -Monday, January 25, 2010 at 12:38:42 (MST) Steve WHO DAT??? GEAUX SAINTS!!! I think a cajun meal is in order. Bring your Prilosec! Steve -Monday, January 25, 2010 at 10:07:55 (MST) Misses Dis Greetings, Swampsters! Hey, I have called the police after seeing people parked in the handicapped zones. Now, Tulsa is a fairly sedate city, so they pay particular attention when you call in traffic violations. I get the license number, make and model of the car, call 911 from a location where the person illegally parked can see me, and then I report them to the sheriff's department. They assure me it will be taken care of. You don't have to do more than that. They will take care of the rest. It helps to take a picture of the car in the parking place with your cell phone. Tell the police you have that if they need it. They usually go the perps house and give them a ticket. In other words, you don't have to endanger yourself. The b*&*^%$d usually learns his lesson. If everyone did this, we wuld have an end to the inconsiderate creeps in the world, I think. Community watch. I learned this in Sociology class many years ago. If people think they are being watched, they'll behave. On another note, we have had the loveiest weather you can imagine this week and last. 60's or just about every day. Our weeping cherry and crab apple trees are budding. Our forsythia are budding and the daffodils and crocus are about 3 inches up. The bad news? It's going to be a sorry week for weather. Temps down to 6 degrees, rain turning to snow and ice. Oh, well. Oklahoma weather. You all take care and God bless. I'll drop in again soon. Barkeep, thanks for the round. I can't wait to see you guys in Vegas. What a great Valentine's Day this is going to be!!!! MD -Monday, January 25, 2010 at 09:14:34 (MST) Northern Light HOW BOUT DEM SAINTS !!!!!!!!! AH YES !!!!!! All the gumbo and Po Boys you can shove in ya for da Swamp peoples. If you are really good you may get a Muffaletta !!!! Nyuk To quote Michael R. Allsup (Lil Mikey)...."Save Money Live Good". THEY MAY GO ALL THE WAY !!!!!! Breakout the Lady Ga Ga, Box Car Willie, Slim Whitman music and let the good times roll. Lets Dance and remember NO pokerface here. Nyuk Good eaten in the neighbourhood. Nyuk Nyukity Nyuk !!!!! Your late local news starts NOW !!!!! NL (Norm) -Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 22:55:25 (MST) Andwa, again Cussler's books are a bit outrageous in their situations and are mainly "just for fun" reads. Nothing deep or anything like that, but I find them enjoyable. I've read just about all his books. He's in the same genre as Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum, but less technical and a lot more fun. Pure entertainment. If you want to try his books, check out your local used bookstore. Pam: We've had a few days of relatively warm temps, so much of our ice has melted off, too. We're getting just a very light dusting of snow tonight. Just a couple more months, and then we'll start to see a warmup. C'mon spring!! -Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 20:13:48 (MST) Pam T. Another good author is Ken Follett. My favorite book of his is Pillars of the Earth. I read it in 1991, and I still consider it one of the best books I've ever read. I adore Jane Austen too, but I doubt that would be Michael's cup of tea. Too girly. I will have to check into Clive Cussler. A lot of our icy mess melted yesterday. We don't even have the fog today! Hope things are improving in CA. Would love to be in Colorado Springs...40's and 50's would be a treat. -Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 16:43:49 (MST) Spacey there's only one buke in the Modesto library. -Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 16:22:05 (MST) Andwa, again Cool, Mike! Which book? -Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 15:51:32 (MST) Barkeep I read one Clive Cussler book and liked it. -M- -Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 00:23:01 (MST) Andwa, again Clive Cussler!? I love Clive Cussler. Picked up two more of his books at the used bookstore today. And glad to hear you're doing more than just drinking, Rob. That must be the teatotler side of me coming out. I've never had a drink in my life and I never will. Just never saw the point. Well, I'm sure you've all heard enough from me tonight so I'll shut up and sogn off now. G'night! -Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 19:17:53 (MST) Famous Rob Senorita Andwa I have read 2 clive Cussler books, about to start a 3rd, listen to 3 Dn music on an IPOD, walked the beach walked the road inot the vilagea few times, dog paddled aroudn the pool...I would say I have been falling down drunk, just happy. You have to be happy to havea conversation with Manatees and Dolphins, not to mention Beach Dogs. don't worry on MOnday Iwill be home in whatever the weatherman sneds our way like the rest of you... ALso people parking in Handicap zone PO's me as well. I am glad you glowered, only other suggestion I can think of is standing behind his car, call for the cops and hope he doesn't run you over. Adios El Vagabondo Roberto -Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 18:45:09 (MST) Andwa, again Hope you guys don't mind, but I need to air a gripe. Pulled into a Kwik Trip tonight to get a few things when I saw a car pull into the handicap parking slot. An able-bodied young man hopped out of the driver's side and entered the store right behind me. When I pointed out that he had parked in the handicap slot, he flippantly said, "I know," smiled and walked on. I HATE it when people do that! I have several disabled family members in wheelchairs, so it always irks me when I see able-bodied people using those spaces just because they're closer to the door. I just stood there and glowered at him the whole time he was in the store and stared at him as he drove away. I don't care what he thinks of me, but I wanted to get my point across. It may be a small thing in the grand scheme of life, but it could be important to the disabled person who has to park at the other end of the lot because of some jerk. Okay. Griping over. Thanks for letting me vent. And now, back to our regularly scheduled program... How's the foot, Mawia? Feeling better, I hope! -Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 17:28:28 (MST) Susan (Colorado) Greetings - Weather here is lovely. Been in the high 40s & 50s along the Front Range of the Rockies but the Western Slope is being hammered by those storms moving east from CA. I heard Durango & the southwest mountains got over 30 inches in 48 hours & it was still dropping about 2 inches an hour. Great for the skiers -if you can get there. Me- I'll stay on this side & enjoy the sunshine! Take care & be safe all. -Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 08:05:50 (MST) Andwa, again Rob: Weather here--fog, fog, icy fog, rain, freezing rain/sleet, freezing drizzle, ice, ice, baby! Is the only thing you do on vacation in Mexico is get drunk???? -Friday, January 22, 2010 at 18:47:31 (MST) Famous Rob South of Cacun about 60 miles is a bit of heaven called Puerto Aventuras. They train Dolphins here and the Honey bear and I had a few drinks with them last night, on the way home to the hotel we ran in a Manatee family. Rahteer Ponderous folks! But great drinkers! 3 Dos Equi later we made the hotel bar and had a pitcher of Margarita's. Today it was sunny beaches. I think if we do tequila shots I could conjour up 3 dog night right here on the beach. SO waht was that Andwa about the weather back home? I think I hear a Mariachi band playing. Talk about chit faced, I vote for that! Wasting away in Marguaritaville, south of cancun. La Dam y el Vagabondo! Aka Cabo Robbo opps I am on the wrong coast! Famouso Roberto y Honeyb Bear -Friday, January 22, 2010 at 17:09:45 (MST) OhDonna Maria & Nancy -- Glad you're both safe & dry! The few clients I had scheduled this week postponed due to the rain. Can't say I blame them -- but this weather is tough on business. I am not partial to thunder / lightening either -- hope that part is over for now! Maria -- I'll wave to you as I drive past San Clemente on Saturday. Going to Fallbrook again for my nephew Sawyer's 2nd birthday! Have a nice weekend everyone! Donna -Friday, January 22, 2010 at 16:25:13 (MST) Soaring Nancy Other than my tendency to scream (sometimes for my mother!) when there is LOUD thunder or lighting, I am doing ok here. There has been some not so cool things happening here related to the weather that I didn't even know about until I read the paper, and to be truthful, I am glad I didn't know. I was staying safe inside anyway. Donna, I agree - we need rain, but not so darn much all at once. Soaring Nancy -Friday, January 22, 2010 at 02:05:30 (MST) Northern Light Barkeep we are out of beer in the swamp. So to tide things over I made a few buckets of "Chock" till the beer guy comes by. Chef ya better get what ever is hanging in the back room on the grill. There are things on it that are wiggling and moving around. Get on it son !!! Okay help yourself to the "Chock" and it's two for one Wabo Cabo's. You on your own when it comes to Maui Wowie. Lil Mikey what is that a water slide or sumpin ????? Nyuk. NL (Norm) -Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 23:23:32 (MST) Mawia Yep, Round 5 is upon us. It looks and sounds like another hurricane out there! -Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 22:54:24 (MST) Mawia Safe and dry here, Donna. Made me miss my doctor's appointment for my foot today, though, because it was raining so hard and we weren't about to make the trek to Anaheim and back in that! But then it stopped. Too bad my appointment wasn't a little later in the day. Now I have to wait till next Wednesday. I haven't seen rain and wind like we've had the last few days in years! It looked like a hurricane yesterday. Actually kind of fun when you don't have to go out in it. Can't wait to see the snow on the mountains when it's all over. I think Round 5 is about to start since I just looked out and saw BIG raindrops and my sister thought she saw lightning. Hope all ya'll are doing okay and staying warm and dry. -Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 22:45:47 (MST) Andwa, again Is anyone having nice weather??? -Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 20:26:59 (MST) OhDonna Oh man -- we are being hammered here in Southern California! Even a few tornadoes in OC yesterday, and flooding / mudslides in the burn areas. 5 days straight is about enough of this El Nino rain / hail system. We do need the rain -- just not all at once and not so heavy! Deferring certain things so as to stay off the road as much as possible. Hopefully the worst will be over tonight and we will see the sun again on Friday. Maria, Nancy and anyone else living here ~~ hope you're all safe and dry. Donna -Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 18:36:18 (MST) Andwa, again Now if I can just get this post to go thru. Danged code hasn't let me pass for the last several tries. Been starting to think I'd been banned from the swamp. Would break my heart. So here goes... Pam: I hear that Iowa got hit pretty hard with the ice the other day. How you doing? We got it last night. Took a lot of scraping to get the car windows cleared. The parking and sidewalk at home were a lumpy skating rink, so I threw some salt down when I got home. Gonna have to buy another bag, almost out. I went out a few minutes ago to let the car warm up and melt some of the ice off the windows before I go back to work. The whole car is encased in a sheet of ice. Come on spring!!! Looks like Rob chose a good week to go to Mexico. ;-) Gotta go check on the car. Y'all have a good day! Andra -Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 13:28:19 (MST) Barkeep Ahhhhh, and another day in paradise without the WHITE OUT monster getting us. A round of Cabo Wabo on the house ... for anybody who can crawl up to the bar. -M- -Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 12:39:50 (MST) Steve Barkeep, Cabo Wabo is quite different from Maui Wowie, but will still get you s-faced. It's a superb tequila, the company is owned by Sammy Hagar. Some of the best ta-kill-ya I've ever had. *the more you know.....* Chef Cuervo -Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 08:41:46 (MST) Northern Light Nice to see things up and running. I think the mice that power this place just needed a rest. Thanks Lil Mikey !!! Nyuk Hi Dis !!! NL (Norm) -Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 02:52:33 (MST) Dis Madonna, Thanks for the info. We have been concentrating on trying to get tickets for the boys on the 17th, but we may want to go all four days. We can stay at the Holiday Inn 20 miles south of there free (5000 points per night). Ray -Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 16:50:55 (MST) MAD4TDN I hope some of the fans will make it to St. Louis for this PBS taping! PRESS RELEASE Marvin Hamlisch Presents: The ‘70s, The Way We Were Premiering Nationally: PBS, August 2010 Marvin Hamlisch is host of “Marvin Hamlisch Presents: The ‘70s, The Way We Were,” a PBS national television fundraising special focusing on the music and pop culture happenings of the decade of the 1970s. The fundraising special will be taped March 15-18, 2010 at The Bezemes Family Theatre at Lindenwood University’s Scheidegger Center for the Arts in St. Charles, Missouri. The program will air nationally on public television stations beginning August 2010 (check local listings.) This particular PBS national television special is a nostalgia program featuring the great songs and happy times of the 1970s. It is heavy in performance, but also includes “vignette pop-outs” featuring the pop culture happenings of each year in the decade…these brief, nostalgic pop-outs with voice-over will lead into live stage performances by various stars in the special. “Marvin Hamlisch Presents: The 70s” will also be augmented by film clips and photographs about “The Way We Were” during that beautiful and romantic period when our lives were simpler and inspirational. This special hopes to touch the “nostalgic hearts” of every “baby boomer” who lived in the 1970s…viewers will reminisce about where they were when they hear each song in this show, or view the pop culture reminders from the films, television, theatres, sports or fashions of that era. This show will feature about four or five performers per act, for four acts, for a two (2) hour special with 80 minutes of content. The special will be produced in 4/3 Digital. Featured performers (through live performance) include: Marvin Hamlisch - The Way We Were (1973) / Nobody Does It Better (1977); BJ Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head (1970) / (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song (1975); Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life (1977); TRIBUTE TO THE CARPENTERS: Close to You (1970) Three Dog Night - Joy to the World (1971); Shambala (1973); Mama Told Me Not to Come (1971); I've Never Been to Spain (1970); Ray Stevens - Everything is Beautiful (1970)--GROUP NUMBER; Misty (1975); The Streak (1974); Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr., - You Don’t Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show) (1976); Last Night I Didn’t Get to Sleep at All (1970); Freda Payne - Band of Gold (1970); Bring the Boys Home (1971); Billy Joe Royal - Cherry Hill Park (1970); Under the Boardwalk (1978); Bobby Goldsboro - Watching Scotty Grow (1971); Summer (The First Time) (1973); Guy & Ralna - Put Your Hand In The Hand (1973); You Needed Me (1978) / Lean On Me (1972); Just An Old Fashioned Love Song (1971) Peaches and Herb - Reunited (1979); Shake Your Groove Thing (1978); Jonathan Edwards - Sunshine (1971); That’s What Our Life Is (1974); Vicki Lawrence – The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1973); Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive (1979). PBS is a private, nonprofit media enterprise that serves the nation's 348 public television stations, reaching nearly 90 million people each week through on-air and online content. Bringing diverse viewpoints to television and the Internet, PBS provides high-quality documentary and dramatic entertainment, and consistently dominates the most prestigious award competitions. -Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 12:23:08 (MST) Barkeep PAM: Indeed, I am wearing my cardigan goodie. As the years pass ... I seem to need more props to pull off my regular B.S. Drag gettin' old, eh? I may even add a pipe to give it that 50s "mature, and someone you can trust" look. Nahhhhhhhh. Just wouldn't be Gwover. Hope we're not celebrating too soon about not getting the WHITE OUT page this morning. A good sign, though. Maybe I'll do a back up of yalls genius so far, just in case. Out here in California we have the wind from hell going on, accompanied by rain ... big time. It's taking a major talking to to get my animals to go out in the backyard into a huge pond from the rain ... and do their business. So far so good. Flooding and such. On the news I see southern Cal is getting an unusual heavy rain/storm. Fortunately, Digger O'Dell and family live up in Laurel Canyon on top of a mountain. (I'm keeping an eye out on him about getting lofty due to geographical location. Nyuk) Stuff to do. Later on, all. -M- -Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 11:30:41 (MST) Pam T. Hey, the Swamp is up and running this AM! The gremlin has been apprehended or just taken the night off. Home today- big ice storm in progress so no school. So far we have to make up five days which will be tacked on at the end of May. Andwa- The hoar frost covering the trees was gorgeous! Kind of like being surrounded by flocked Christmas trees for days. The fog is now gone and we have a coating of ice building up from the rain. Hasn't this been a tough winter? Driving has been an adventure- I will be glad to see bare pavement again. We actually have five seasons in the midwest: almost winter, winter, still winter, road construction, and "It's Hot!" (Thank you Jeff Foxworthy) Hello Barkeep! Wearing the Mr. Rogers cardigan sweater today? -Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 09:15:27 (MST) Andwa, again Ditto, Steve! Actually, the whiteness of the board looked very similar to what I see out my window--a white icy fog. Makes very pretty hoar frost, tho, on the tree branches. Ok, break's over. Must get back to work. :-\ -Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 21:44:17 (MST) Barkeep Cabo Wabo? Is that a derivitive of Maui Wowie? No? (sigh) Showing my roots, I suppose. Shameful at my age. bye all. -M- -Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 20:04:21 (MST) Steve again.. Seriously..we Saloon patrons appreciate the work you put into this place for us. Sorry it's such a pain in the ass at times. But on the other hand, we're worth it. LOL OK...a shot of Cabo Wabo all around! Steve -Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 16:36:01 (MST) Steve tickle...tickle.... -Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 16:31:37 (MST) Barkeep As you can all see ... IT HAPPENED AGAIN LAST NIGHT. Yes, this web page was completely stripped of it's text, as well as all fields and links. Soooooo, I will upload a new one everyday until it is fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience. -M- -Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 16:00:46 (MST) Barkeep All recent posts have been lost, trashed, or something. Hold on a minute. -M-

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