Who left the dimensional door open? - Thread 017

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THREAD 017

Dregs and Flakes

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[Kathleen]

Have a safe and wonderful trip, Mom. I'll miss reading your posts and I look forward to reading all about your adventures upon your return.

[lodwick]

The Market was born in 1907 from citizen outrage at the high cost of produce. The retail price of onions rose from 10 cents to $1 per pound between 1906 and 1907, and Seattle City Councilman Thomas Revelle called for an investigation. Farmers told of being cheated by middlemen and receiving late commissions, or no commissions at all. As a solution, Revelle proposed a public street market.

On opening day August 17, 1907, eight farmers brought their wagons to the corner of First and Pike — and were overwhelmed by an estimated 10,000 eager shoppers. By 11 a.m., they were sold out. Thousands of shoppers went home empty-handed, but the chaos held promise.

[Kathleen]

Oh Loddy, it's 4:19 out here on the right coast and your lasagna is making my tummy sing. :)

[palo verde]

I kiss your toes
what lovely posts
the first on the bassety ears is rofl
''the practical uses of a basset's ears''
how to block out light for deep snoozin' plus splish splash your owner when you're in the mood
I like your ode to seattle even better than edna st vincent millay's poem bout her ferry ride
(''we were tired, we were merry,
we had rode all night on the ferry'')

the high point was when you and BigDom got up and waltzed
there is nothing like a waltz
(I guess this was after he almost got smacked in face with fish from market)
thank you for these wonderful posts andysmom
Love, Palo

[palo verde]

that lasagna made with marinara sauce looks good

heads up loddy, tomorrow is chrissie's birthday
I remember cause she said it is 7/11
and those are lucky numbers

[lodwick]

;-)

[lodwick]

Man! Thanks for the reminder - I knew that, but there's no way in this life I would have remembered.

We'll have to bake a cake and stuff. Thank you so much. JL

[lodwick]

Barf Photos of the Day

FOF!

[palo verde]

lol loddy ''7/11'' was name of card trick I used to know as little girl
7 is also a number for Heaven (I think 11 is too)
last month I got post 711, so naturally I posted ''7/11, good luck''
chrissie posted right after me that it is her birthday
so when we hit July I knew it would roll around :)
Love, Palo

[andysandmikesmom]

Thank you, one and all...I was just in rambling mood, in my mind, and my fingers took over...I will still be around, intermittently, until Friday afternoon, when we take off for our great adventure...and will return late Monday afternoon....full of booze, food, and souvenirs, and hopefully full of tales to tell...

But I am like this about any place that I live for any length of time...every single place has some good in it, and our family always looks for that good...

Chicago, of course, is a place I could write a book on, and all my adventures there...sure there is crime, and slums, and heat and frigid temps, and leftists running the city, and whatnot...but there are also the museums, the zoos, the theatre, the opera, the ballet, the clubs, the music, and the foods...there is the lakefront, the Cubs, the White Sox, the Bulls, the BlackHawks, da Bears...there is McCormick Place, Soldiers Field, Wrigley Park and Comiskey Park....every nationality know to man, has various local clubs, and street fairs, touting their food...

We lived in North Carolina, such a dramatic change from Chicago...but North Carolina, in particular, and the whole south, was such an enjoyable change from Chicago...of course, there is oppressive heat, oppressive poverty, still some traces of racial strife, and problems often in job market skills for the mass of people...but there is also the wonderful southern accent, the southern foods, the absolute friendliness of southern folk...There are the beaches at the ocean, there is Biltmore Mansion, there is a visit to the USS North Carolina, there is deep history there, from the foundations of this country, there is deep history from the Civil War...

And on and on...one can look only to the bad, where one lives, or one can look for and see the good...

We always chose to look for the good, ever realizing that some bad exists....

That is one great benefit of military life...they brought us to Ft. Bragg N.C., and then onto Ft. Lewis, Washington (BigDom was also in Germany, me and the boys stayed behind in N.C.)...

But in military life, there is the pleasant side benefit, of getting to live in so many places, ,that you may not have thought to visit....

Eegaads....I am running off at the mouth(fingers)...I suppose this is in anticipation of being offline for three whole days...Freeper withdrawal can be an ugly thing...

[andysandmikesmom]

I did not know that the Pike Place Market had a website, so am really appreciative of your finding it...I went on there, for a brief time, will have to investigate it later...

I notice that they have tours of the Market, which actually takes people to some places even those of us who reguarly visit the market might miss...we wont have time for it this time, but its nice to know it exists, should we want to take a tour...

They mention, that there is a Tattoo Parlor in the Market...Now, should I come home sporting a tattoo?

I could get a basset hound tattoo on one arm, and a Himalayn kitty on the other(I was going to say one tattoo on each butt cheek, but thought better of it, as if I went to the pain and trouble of getting a tattoo, I would want everyone to see it, and dropping my undies to anyone wanting to see my tattoos would not be in good taste)

[palo verde]

LOL
a basset hound and himalayan kittie tattoo are indicated for you
fofl your cheeks is where they'd prolly look best
but only your hubby and other gals in shower room would see it
your climate is not really a shorts and halter climate
even if you had one done small and cute on your back at each shoulder blade
how often do you wear a dress slashed to the waist in back
habs is fashion designer
he'll have idea
Love, Palo

[andysandmikesmom]

This is all too funny...I have never had a tattoo...BigDom will probably make a face at me...doubt we will have time for me to get a tattoo, this weekend, but it surely is something to keep in mind for later reference...

Its beginning to warm up here...pretty soon, I will have to turn on the ceiling fan...Dizzy likes that ceiling fan...when its on, he likes to lay in his personal big chair, because its near where the breeze comes down...he likes that, being as he is always dressed in his big Himalayn fur coat...but he sure is shedding...

When I brush him, his fur really comes out...pretty soon I will have enough fur, to knit another kitty...

[lodwick]

I am typing with laughing tears running down my face!

Mom, do NOT go to the Tattoo Parlor - send Andy or Big D, or a stranger. You don't need any accessorizing. Just keep being you.

If you find out how to get fish and things thrown down my way, please let me know. I cannot find seafood seller's links. Maybe they don't know about algore's internet yet.

[andysandmikesmom]

Loddy, I will investigate 'fish throwing' to other states...I do know, when you buy stuff in the market, you can have it packed in dry ice, if you need it...

I also seems to me, that I have seen some of the fishmongers, advertising that they will ship anywhere...

So I will certainly make inquiries...

I probably will not get a tattoo...I am not one for enduring pain...but its nice to know that there is such a convenient spot to go to for a nice tattoo...who knows, in my more elderly years, when perhaps infirmities prohibit me from doing fun things I like, sporting a tattoo, would be fun...so only time will tell what I might do...

Fun at the market, one never knows what they will do, or what they will find...

Whenever my parents came to visit, when they were still alive, and doing pretty well, they always loved to go to the Pike Market...my dad loved scounging through many of the second hand stores, and buying odd and assorted items from our area...he always bought himself a few pieces of choice Mt. Helens Glass...Mom and Dad both loved sampling all the foods from around the world...

Dads other favorite place to visit was 'Ernst' stores...I dont know if you know what these stores are...actually, I think they went out of business years ago, as we no longer have them around...but when they were here, they were like giant Hardware stores....

Now dad was a machinist by trade(working the famous Browne and Sharpe 'screw' machines at Sunbeam)...but when retired, he had a railroad container in the back yard, and there he installed himself with his private tool and machine shop, purely for his own enjoyment...

Now mom and dad lived in a small rural area, and so the hardware stores there what dad called just 'adequate'...but he loved our big Ernst hardware stores, located in one of Olympias malls...whenever he visited, he always asked, 'Can we go to Ernst now?'...it was his favorite place to shop...

So, we took him over there, and mom and I went into Mervyns to shop...when we came out, we saw Dad across the parking lot, coming out of Ernst...he was pushing a shopping cart in front of himself, and pulling another behind...and on his face, was a big glorious grin...he had apparently found numerous tools and machines, which would be his new playthings...

Now dad did not believe in having one of anything...not just one hammer, but 10 or 15 of them...not just one saw, ,but 20 of them...he had to have numerous numbers of any given tool, in all shapes, sizes, colors and variations...we have inherited them all...we could open our own machine and tool shop, should we wish...but we give them good use...

[lodwick]

What a tremendous story about your dad. Thanks so much. More tools are the key to happiness for some of us. Whether we ever use them, or not, is another story. But we HAVE them at the ready.

How many are still in their original boxes?

You could be sitting on a small fortune of toolz!

[palo verde]

let's not be hasty loddy
maybe himalayan kitty and basset on her tushy are ambitious for her first tattoo
girls usually start with a butterfly (or rose)
goody was planning to get bumblebee for her second tattoo
let's see what habs says
where is chickie
is she at the new libertarian forum posting passionate posts bout libertarians
let's keep it simple chickie
no income tax and stop the war on drugs
your idea to get rid of all laws altogether is premature
Love, Palo

[palo verde]

hi andysmom
I just found your post saying you're not getting himalayan kitty and basset hound tattoos for your tush
I didn't want to be discouragin' but it was too ambitious for first tattoo
Love, Palo

[palo verde]

he loves tools
it's interesting he bought one in every size
it must be luxurious when doin' a job to have exactly the right tool for it on hand

that is cute story andysmom
your dad's favorite place to visit in seattle was ernst's

[habs4ever]

You are bad tonight ;-)

I do think the tush, or just on the side of her belly are the best sposts for her tattoo....we have to see the basset legs move when Mom moves her tummy, so.....