In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.
Raoul Vaneigem
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TOP 10 SIGNS SOMEONE PLAYS TOO MANY VIDEO GAMES


10. They ask for all their money in quarters.

9. They're not sure what season, or year it is.

8. They're best friends names are Super Mario, Pac-man, and Sonic (if they have real-life friends).

7. The electric company and the toy store sends them birthday cards.

6. Big falling blocks and hot lava pits haunt their dreams.

5. Their fingers twitch all the time.

4. When they are sick at home the change clerk at the arcade calls to see if they are all right.

3. They can play 2 player games by themselves.

2. Everyone at the arcade knows them by name.

1. Someone is reading this to them, 'cause they're too busy getting a new high score and can not be bothered.
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TOP TEN SONG TITLES ON THE POPE'S NEW ALBUM


10. Girls Just Want To Be Nuns

9. Wind Beneath My Vestments

8. Pretty Fly (For A Celibate Guy)

7. A Whiter Shade Of Robe

6. Exactly Like A Virgin

5. Sistine Candles

4. Take This Job And Read It

3. Gettin' Popey Wit It

2. God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On Me

1. Papa's Got A Brand New Encyclical
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TOP TEN BAD THINGS ABOUT HAVING A SUMMER TIME SHARE WITH DARTH VADER


10. Claims those long-distance calls to the Death Star aren't his.

9. Uses Jedi powers to shake up your root beer right before you open it.

8. He's always accusing you of hiding his asthma inhaler.

7. Claims he paid you the rent "a long, long time ago."

6. Dances around in nothing but cape and cowboy hat while doing "Darth Brooks" routine.

5. For once he could use Force to lift his wet towel off the couch.

4. That scary music that plays when he enters a room gets old real fast.

3. You feel like an idiot saying, "No, Darth isn't here. He's on the ice planet Hoth."

2. Not easy cleaning burnt Ewok fur off the barbecue grill.

1. Constantly doing his lame James Earl Jones impression.
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TOP TEN REASONS WHY TRICK OR TREATING IS BETTER THAN SEX.....


10. You are guaranteed to get at least a little something in the sack.

9. If you get tired, you can wait 10 minutes and go at it again.

8. The uglier you look, the easier it is to get some.

7. You don't have to compliment the person who gives you so me.

6. It's O.K. when the person you're with fantasizes you're someone else, because you are.

5. Forty years from now you'll still enjoy candy.

4. If you don't like what you get, you can always go next door.

3. It doesn't matter if the kids hear you moaning and groaning.

2. Less guilt the morning after.

1. You can do the whole neighborhood.
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Good morning everyboomie.


Welcome to Joe's Bar & Grill!


Chief cook and bottle washer here.


I had a great weekend, but now it's back to the salt mine.


I sure hope that someday I can escape that dreaded pit forever.


I never could stand working underground, but everyone in this place is a company man, working in the mines, and living in Saline City. You buy all your goods at the company store, and go to the company doctor for your yearly exam.


I may as well just sign my check and give it back to the company.


At least I don't have to pay for my salt.


I scrape it off of my boots each night.


If your ever get buried in a mine collapse, your body will be preserved forever, just like the pharaohs of old.

I think it's important to preserve my body for science, so that might not be a bad way to go.


At least I have the diner, and you guys, to add a little sunshine to this dreary life.


Have a happy day everyone.



joe

Joe, I am also glad I have you to look forward to every day.
Have a wonderful day.

Have a great day all! I'll be in the corner except for some major backyard lawn work for my neighbor and a run at the park with the dogs.

Ana

Have a great day Joe, Ana and all my fellow Boomers.

You too SpaceQ!

Glad you had a great weekend, Joe. Hope work goes well.

with your project and lawn work, Ana. Have fun at the park.

Have a great day, too, Space Quest.

Once again, it's late Tuesday night for me. It's a bit easier for me to get my posts in this way when I have to work the next morning. Today was a busy day at work, but I got a lot accomplished. Should be busy tomorrow as well. As for now, I'm off to sleep.

Have a great Wednesday, everyone.

Have a great day Joe, Ana, venus, SpaceQ. and
all who follow later.

Good Morning Joe, Ana, spaceQ, venus and Haroula. Coffee is ready for all you early birds. Joe I hope there's a little "pepper" in your day too! Ana sounds like a full day ahead for you. SpaceQ enjoy your day. Venus don't work to hard. Haroula hope the sun shines on your day. Happy Day All!

Good Morning Boomers:

Joe, thanks for brightening up my day every morning.

Ana, wishing you an easy corner and fun day.

Space, have a great day!

Haroula, happy day wishes.

Venus, have a good workday.

Gerry, coffee is most needed this morning. Thanks!

Another hot day. Possible thunder showers later. Not sure what's on the agenda for the day. Happy day wishes to All!

Good morning everyone. Fed Ex forgot to put the pump on the truck yesterday, so Robert had to go to Sanford to pick it up when he got home from work. It's all ready to go except for the Silica sand, Pinch a Penny was already closed. Robert will pick it up after work today. To all here and all who follow, have a Great Hump day. Danish, Bacon Sandwiches, and French Toast in the NC.

Wonderful Wednesday ya'll

Hubby and I were up and out early. I so did not want to get up...tired, tired, tired, but hubby bailed out so I did too. Not so cool out there this morning as yesterday, but we got our exercise in.

Running out in a few minutes to mail a package to daughter. She has not yet gotten anything we've mailed her

Then up to the kitchen to make up a salve for son's hands. He was working with some kind of solvent yesterday and his hands are a mess!

Bread did not happen yesterday so it might happen today, but not unless my coffee kicks in. Right now all I want to do is lay down and go "ohhhhhhhhhhhm"

I also need to make Seagy some new chicken broth. She got picky immediately after her treatment this time.

Taking Skymonkey to the vet for a confirmation that his ear infection is gone is also on "the list", but.........

Hope your day is wonderful!

Howdy ho, sweet Joe! Thanks for the openers and thank you for opening the Diner each day! Hope your Hump Day is easy peasy.

Good morning, sweet 'Boomies!

Three-day weekend's almost here...

Alrighty, gotta skoosh! See you later!

Joe hope work goes well and they appreciate all you do! Thanks for always starting our days with a smile. Have a lovely day!

Ana good luck with the neighbor project! May the corner be kind and the puzzles be solvable!! Have a lovely day!

Space have a lovely day!!

venus may work go well and you have a lovely day!!

Gerry thanks for the coffee and have a lovely day!

Gail enjoy what ever pops up to do today and have a lovely day!

Oh Connie that wan't nice of FedEx. Thanks for the danish and have a lovely day!

L4l poor son. Hope they heal fast! Sounds like you have a busy day! Hope Seagan starts eating soonest and the Skymonkey's ears are A-Okay!! Have a lovely day!

Darlene almost here!!! May work go smoothly and you have a lovely day!


Nan

Good afternoon Boomers. Anything good planned for the holiday?

Afternoon, Space We are taking the family to a ball game, and the weather is even supposed to cooperate....high is forecast for 91 as opposed to 100. Do you have plans?

Really want to take a nap but instead will take Sky to the vet. I'm sure his ears are fine, but want to be positive and can only be that with a smear. I need to go to vet school.

Will also get the tail light on the van fixed whilst at the vet...they are right next door to each other.

Boys will be here right after I get back.

Salve for son's hands came out greasier than I wanted but it will be very effective, I think. It has a very nice aroma though. First time for that recipe so now I have a starting point to tweak. Made notes as I for sure won't remember. Son will just need to rub it in well and wait a bit before touching anything. Might melt some more beeswax into it to see if that will improve the texture. Hubby has been needing something for his dry elbows too and this should work just fine for him. So fun to play chemist in the kitchen. Not so fun to clean it up. I need some kitchen fairies.

L4L, home remedies are the best and you know what's really in the stuff and you can be fussy about ingredient quality. I bet there's a ton of herbs etc in my pasture -I've let it grow wild on it's own all these years (24) different wildflowers each year. Bottle up something that will make us smarter and prettier and you are a rich lady.

Any Penelope news today? Will the fireworks scare her?

Weather forecast: Hot, sunny and few clouds = summer's here.

I finished Wolfenstein yesterday and plan to replay maybe on a more difficult level which would be on hard -it would be an accomplishment.

Take care of your pets everybody and give the wildbeasts a helping hand too.

Good afternoon boomies! I finished the neighbors yard. I had to cover myself head to foot to keep from being eaten alive from mosquitoes. Standing water all over the place and had to move a ton of stuff just to start cutting the foot high grass and two-5 foot weeds. Ugh. It looks good now so I'm happy. Hopefully they'll start taking care of it themselves soon.

Merlin couldn't walk on one leg today and I gave him his pain meds and now he wants to go running. I'm going to go with my better judgement and keep him home.

I have to jump in the shower now, I feel like I have ticks crawling all over me. Then it's back to work for me.

Hope you are all enjoying hump day.

Hi all. Enjoying my day off. Worked life a crazy person in my apartment this morning. My place shines now. Then watched an old movie...The High and the Mighty. Excellent. I love John Wayne. I also love the theme song.

Ana you are such a good neighbor but you work way too hard.

Midgie

Happy Wednesday everyone

Midgy, that is such a good feeling!

Ana, that was a very nice thing to do.

Hi ya Manx

L4L, did you make your own laundry detergent and if so how do you like it?

Midgie, want to come do mine? I have a party here on Saturday and not sure when I will time to clean it.

It's raining here again....what a summer.

Ana, I use Charlie's Powder but plan to make my own as soon as I run out of what I have on hand. I do make my own dishwasher detergent,and like it just fine.

Is this your annual family gathering? I thought that was later in the year.

No, I missed holding my Memorial Day gathering because of my race weekends and seeing my Indiana sister on other weekends we canceled my usual get together. My niece is holding a 4th of July party so we are all going there and I am having a non-family friends party on the 5th. I can let my hair down with my friends.

Let me know how you like detergent when you make it, I'd be interested in that. Can you share your dishwasher detergent recipe?

Ana

Ana I'll be happy to go to your place to help clean it, but I don't do windows. Can I come to your non-family friends party pleaseandthankyou? I'll bring my camera

Midgie

No cameras or FB posts, and that really is one of our rules since one of my friends holds an extremely high position for an extremely large world wide company but you can still come! We do plenty of shenanigans. I grew up with them since grade school so we tend to regress when we gather on the weekends. Bring your guitar!

Forgot to post. Penelope wasn't at breakfast. She ate a 'late' supper and left at 8:04 after emptying the dish of grapes and blueberries. This morning I drove to the store and saw her standing on the sidewalk in front of the 'compound' where a million young men live renting rooms. They are the ones who seem to claim the peacock is theirs. So there she was looking at a car at the curb as if they might be feeding her something. When I came back from the store, I was unloading the car and she walked right up behind me, she wasn't there when I drove up so she is now 'stalking me' and hiding until I appear. Maybe she thought I'd gone out to get more red grapes. I tossed her some on the roof and she was happy.

FOUND at the thrift store. I pretty frosted green glass 'powder box' with a figural English Bulldog on the lid. Really cute. I figured a buck was OK to spend on it. So I get it home and find out it's from the 1930's by a well-known company. Nice. Very cute and it will go into my cabinet with all the other powder boxes, music boxes, perfume bottles, etc.

Off to clean out my fridge. Found some stuff that expired 6 months ago. Ohhhhhh!