Who left the dimensional door open? - Thread 019

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THREAD 019

Dregs and Flakes

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[andysandmikesmom]

Cowboy cooking....

When BigDom and I were packing up mom and dads house to move up to Washington, one of my cousins and his friend were coming down to help us, as lots of the stuff dad had stored up, I did not want to haul up to Washington(nails, wood, screws etc) and I figured my cousin who was building some animal pens could use that stuff...

So when my cousin and his friend arrived to help, I was set to get busy making them a big breakfast to get them off to a good start...

However, my cousin announced that we would be having a 'cowboy' breakfast, which they brought with...my cousin and his friend each arrived with a six pack of beer under each arm...apparently to them, a 'cowboy' breakfast, meant downing a full six pack of beer, before commencing work...

I was leary of this, however, all the work got done, and we continued on with the same sort of 'cowboy' lunch and 'cowboy' dinner, supplemented by merely snacking on a few foodstuffs...

When BigDom begins to envision his retirement, he looks forward to the day, when he can safely have a 'cowboy' breakfast and camp toast, whenever he so chooses...

[habs4ever]

You are so far gone now that you are taking pics of the food you eat at fish stands??? Gawd...alert the kids to check you into Shady Acres sooner than you thought....by about 20 yrs ;-)

[habs4ever]

Scrambled eggs too makes a nice alternative to the fried egg filling...so does an omlette, hell...anything works for me!!

[habs4ever]

Nice thing about Mendocino would be all that available California produce to make the world's best salads.I think Dom has the right idea...nothing better than a great salad a day.

I liked the wrestling tales too...I spent many a Saturday afternoon watching the Sheik, Sweet Daddy Siiki, Whipper Billy Watson, Lord Athol Layton and the rest of the '60's riff raff make like they were killing each other.Even the midgets were fun ;-)

[lodwick]

Back for a cool-down break - man, it's hot out there!
Why do guys wait until the heat of the day to begin
these outdoor projects? Stupid, or what?

Your dad and BigDom are providing me with some wonderful
reading - I can just see dad wearing his pork & beans to
shop.

Were I to start drinking that early in the day, I assure
you that things would end very badly for me and my work.
Although there's those that can apparently do OK with their
CowboyBreakfasts - more power to 'em, I guess. ;-)

[grannie9]

I think I'm Blue lately... lol

[habs4ever]

Those are very pretty pics, for a witch....


Any word from ACe on the regatta, or you think he's passed out on some alleyway from drinking too much cheap Sangria?

[grannie9]

Witches have caudrons you know.. They can stir up a lot of things with them.. Some are not pretty at all.. <)%^)

I think AC/e is fully involved with Regatta, and Sangria.. He will fall in some day soon...hopefully not on his arse...

[grannie9]

I'm trying to decide where to eat tonight, Loddy.. More seafood, as in Lobster or Haddock, Fried clams or Shrimp Scampi on Linquine. Or Mama D's.. with the best Chicken Parm on the planet, that we eat for three days.. Oh dear.. what a conundrum...

[habs4ever]

I've heard about some of those things you make in the cauldron.....Al doesn't like your soup, he told me ;-)

[grannie9]

Yes, it could be true.. That's because he is usually in it..

He's not fond of Newts... Says they're a little slimy... Of course I say, "shut up and eat it, it will put hair on your chest or lead in your pencil..." ;)

[palo verde]

I vote for Mama D's.. with the best Chicken Parm on the planet

[grannie9]

That's the way I'm swaying too Palo.. Plus their salad is to die for.. That's why we usually bring so much food home..other than the fact that the dinner consists of four half breasts.. lol

I'm half way to cable.. They have excepted my account number, but now it seems I have to call them because there is a problem with my service box.. Oh my.. on and on we go..

[andysandmikesmom]

What is really funny, is that this Cousin, is Aunt Helens younger boy...now you remember, Aunt Helen will buy no alcohol for anyone, even tho she is handed the money....and her son, is quite the drinker...

This cousin is an interesting character...as a young child, he had very bad claustrophobia, and even in school, the teachers had to leave the classroom door open, so he would not freak out....most times, he never slept in the house...he slept on the roof...over the years, his claustrophobia has lessened somewhat, as he can tolerate sleeping in the house....

But he loves being out of doors as much as is humanly possible...he lives on 9 acres, way up on a hill, which has only one rotten accessible road to it...hes not a hermit, but he loves his privacy, and does not encourage outsiders to visit...tho friends and family are always encouraged to come and stay, and drink...keeps an old metal washtub filled with ice, and beer, perpetually on the front porch...

He works in the woods when weather permits, riding the crummy with the other loggers....when sheep shearing time comes around, all the locals bring their sheep to him for shearing...he makes do with just the basics, tho he does have a wife who works in a doctors office(She considers herself more civilized than he, but she loves him anyway)....she provides the love and the few luxuries they have...

By contrast, Aunt Helens other son, has his doctorate, teaches at University of Louisville, in Kentucky...his wife is also a teacher...they have a huge custom built huge log cabin, have antiques, and many other luxuries, and are in the social set in their area...

Yet, the son with the doctorate, often states, that the hermit like son, is the one, who has truly found his niche in life, and is probably one of the happiest men hes ever known...

A great contrast in two brothers, just a few years apart, raised by the same two parents...

[lodwick]

Decisions, decisions - what's a girl to do?

I'd chose the one that had the best GinTonics,
and allowed smoking. ;-)

Enjoy your evening. Cheers.

[lodwick]

;-) I truly hope you're writing all this down and saving it. You have either a best selling book, a screenplay, or both.

Free spirits, like your hermit-cousin, Oscar & Marion, Uncle Johnny, and our palo, are very special people. It's a blessing for me to read about them and see how some folks live life on their terms - not those of others.

Until I met Mrs.lodwick at age 32, my plan was to be one of those free spirits who answered to no one, and went my own way like a leaf in the breeze. But committment turned my life in a different, not better and not worse, just different direction, and I've tried to do the best I can with this new course that's been set for me.

[andysandmikesmom]

Slowly I have been writing down my memories of the family, and their stories...I was just blessed to have been born into this family, and their lives and their antics, have always enthralled and amused me...There are indeed, so many free spirits among them....

Many of these stories actually sound made up, I know...yet, they are all true...life is often more interesting than fiction, at least in my family, so it seems...

Having been raised in such a family, I always just assumed everyone elses family was like mine...growing up, I never considered any of them odd, or quirky, or eccentic...they were just 'family'....

It was not until I got older, that I realized just how colorful my family was...when my dad died, and I was speaking to one of my childhood friends, who grew up considering my mom and dad as his own 'ma and pa', I metioned that I never really fully realized how eccentric my whole family was...this friend said to me, that was the reason all my friends congregated at my house....my parents were so different, so odd, so colorful, and so much fun, as was the rest of our family that they knew...

My son also knows all these stories, and finds them so funny....he will often tell me, when he meets family of his friends, he finds them, in his words, 'boring', simply because they do conform in the main, to what is considered 'normal'....

I really am blessed to have grown up among such grand characters...and blessed that they were all great talkers as well, so that even when I may not know a family member in the flesh, so to speak, I know them by reputation...

[grannie9]

I guess it's the fish place.. Al misses the girls, lol. The drinks are the same in both places, and a good smoking area in both.. Soooo.. off we go, and I have no idea if the Fried Lobster will turn me on tonight or not.. I think I'm in a Pasta mood.. See you later..

[palo verde]

lovely pic chickie
I haven't had a chance to read the posts
first I must pay my bills then I can return and have fun
I see there are lotsa wonderful posts for me to enjoy when I return
Love, Palo

[andysandmikesmom]

Yuck...bill paying chores....they have to be done, but I hate doing it...tomorrow, when BigDom gets up, we will sit and write up the bills together...I do the writing, he inspects what I have done....

I am watching QVC, and their Christmas in July show...every year they have a Christmas in July show, which actually goes on for about 24 hours, or so...lots of pre-holiday shopping....

So I am making a list of things, perhaps I will order...need to sneak those checks in, among all the checks made out for regular bills....