Who left the dimensional door open? - Thread 021

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[acnielsen guy]

THREAD 021

Dregs and Flakes

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[lodwick]

Bring on the cuties.

I've been listening and watching another 9.11 tribute - the very best I've seen and heard.

Never Forget

This file is huge - go make a ham and cheese sandwich while it loads - prepare for the monitor to mist - let us never forget that we are at war with evil. God bless you friends. JL

[lodwick]

Mom's way late by my mickey. Get off that stupid ladder Mom lest you take a tragic header.

Off to the grocer to select stuff to burn this evening. bbl

[grannie9]

Omg..Loddy.. That was terrific.. Thank you..smoooch

[palo verde]

I hear truck pulling into driveway
Lulu has returned in her red truckie

Bill just called out ''we're back, Lulu had the time of her life
but she got really tuckered out
she's gonna lose 5 pounds out of all this
at least she has the energy to drink her water''

Bill just said the man he and Lulu encountered in wash of Fort Lowell Park
told Bill he saw a mountain lion there a few days ago
''Lulu got too hot'' Bill said ''and had to be walked back to shady spot with pool
where she had nice swim and got her picture taken''
(Bill took his camera with him)
Love, Palo

[westmex]

When are you going to start posting photos??? The same day as the Rev.? Come on now, people want to know and see...
......Westy

[andysandmikesmom]

Hi gang....I have finally arrived...yes, indeed we were doing gutter cleaning, this morning, while it was still cool enough...so the gutters are all cleaned out...they werent too bad, so it did not take too long....But I like the ideas about not having any gutters at all...will mention it to BigDom, lets see what he says....

Dizzy, of course, supervised all the outside work being done, by sitting in his window and shouting 'meowing' orders, and waving his paws at us...

Took me quite a while to catch up on this thread, due to all the links and pics...thanks to one and all for making my morning viewing on DD so wonderful, and restful after all the gutter cleaning...

I have no idea what else BigDom may have in store for us today...hes talking about maybe going up to Tacoma for dinner, but I dont know if I feel like going or not...we shall see....my BigDom, always full of surprises...

[andysandmikesmom]

A very exciting Lulu report...she got to ride in her daddys truck, and got to go swimming, and have her picture taken...Now she is home all safe and sound, tho quite tuckered out...I can just hear all the noise, the sweet sound of a basset drinking her water...

She will probably sleep like a big old log, needing to rest up from her big exciting day....Bill is a sweetie for taking her out, and treating her to a walkie, a swim and a photo session...

She no doubt felt very special, and was glad to be treated like the Princess that she is...

[westmex]

Baja California

Children at San Javier Mission
......Westy....

[westmex]

Baja California>

Electric Utility at San Javier
Real up and coming village, with it's own generating plant...lol...
......Westy...

[lodwick]

Check this out... You Make Me Want to Shout .

LOL

[grannie9]

LOL.. you're full of them today... That was cute..

[palo verde]

he just got camera out of closet yesterday
it's been there 9 years
let's see if pics come out first
when is Rev Lou gonna post nother pic of his lake
I can't wait to c it
Love, Palo

[palo verde]

Dizzy, of course, supervised all the outside work being done, by sitting in his window and shouting 'meowing' orders, and waving his paws at us...

heaven, heaven, heaven
your writin' delights me

[palo verde]

thanks for pics of baja westy
I enjoy them
Love, Palo

[lodwick]

Off to linenize the bed and do some dinner prep. Chicken mignons and talapia, italian salad mix with some baby spinach leaves thrown in, and crusty french bread will be our peasant fare for the evening, with luck. bbl

Gran, I hope that you and Westy are NOT holding your breath waiting for palo, lou, and me to start posting pics. ;-)

[andysandmikesmom]

That Mr. Dizzy, hes quite the little worker boy...

Now, tho, hes all tired out from being the supervisor...hes all tuckered out, and is all curled up into a big ball, and sound asleep, sunk deep down into his quilt on his big chair...

I bet Princess Lulu is sleeping as well, all tired out from her exciting ride with her 'daddy', and her subsequent walk in the heat, her swimming exercise, and her posing for doggie 'cheesecake' pics...shes quite content, no doubt, but very tired, I will bet...

[andysandmikesmom]

Yesterday, I got a letter from Social Security, informing me of my retirement fund total, my disability totals, and other such stuff...

I am always amused by this letter for it states what I will collect at age 62, 66, and 70...now both Bigdom and I have figured out that its more worthwhile to collect beginning at age 62, even tho the numbers at age 66 and 70 are so much more inticing....

But smart Aunt Helen, long ago, advised us, that when we got such a letter, do the calculations for collecting at age 62, and then take that total and see how long it would take for us to make up for that money, if we waited until we were 66 to collect...it takes an average of 12 yrs, to make up that difference...Heck, that would take a person to age 74, and there is no guarantee that a person will or will not live to that age....

Of course, Social Security never informs anyone of that fact...they do, and rightfully so, leave it up to the individual to decide when he wants to collect...

But many people dont take the time to do the math, thinking they will just wait until 65, or 66, depending on your situation, because they will collect so much more per month...

Give me money as soon as possible, Man....I want to go out in style...

[grannie9]

Good thinking Mom.. That's the way we did it.. ;)

[andysandmikesmom]

You are on the ball, collecting at 62....I am just surprised at the number of people who want to wait until 65, or 66 or even 70, thinking that they will be so much more ahead....in fact, most people wind up behind, tho it all depends on how long you live...

But even if you live long enough to start getting ahead on you SS payments, your health may be such that all that money winds up going to a nursing home, or you just may not be well enough to enjoy the money...

Like my dad said, when offered full retirement from his company at age 59...."I'm outta here, man, I am no dummy, give me the money, and I am gone"

And mom and dad both collected their SS at age62....dad died when he was 67, and mom died when 71...so had they waited until they were 65 to collect their SS, they would have lost out...

Gran, your pics of Chloe yesterday were just divine...shes such a cutie, and she just looks like a happy, sweet contended babe....you have told us she was an unexpected, unplanned surprise, but what a sweet surprise she was...sometimes those are the best...

[grannie9]

OK Westy, you handle the south and I'll handle the north.. lol

We won't depend on Loddy, Mom, or Palo..

AC/e may come in with a few tho... ;)