Yeah since I retired "diplomacy" flew out the window! I embarrass my wife a lot.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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People are usually surprised when I tell them my age, I just say that it's just my immaturity shining through. (I stole that)
Sir Paul, if your going to live in the US, please SPEAK ENGLISH, that's -11F
Canada is most certainly NOT the US.
Canada is a country led by poor politicians. The US is a country led by terrible politicians!
Edit: Our Province of Ontario is led by greedy, lying politicians.
I was always proud of them when I was young. At our age you can't trust em...they start out as a fart but they can turn on you in a nano second.Loudly passing wind in public is a thing that a lot of old people do.
Just a little jab in the wib for a good old mateCanada is most certainly NOT the US.
Canada is a country led by poor politicians. The US is a country led by terrible politicians!
Edit: Our Province of Ontario is led by greedy, lying politicians.
But wait, are you sure? Why does the honorable @agedhorse have
Davis, CA (USA) as his location? It clearly reads Davis, Cananda, USA.
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This is a very positive development in my mind - last time I gave our politicians any thought at all I would have rated them much lower than this!
I basically took the "go for it" approach on the "Medium Scale" club, but I "legitimately" took over the other two I issue numbers for when the KOTL (keeper of the list) asked for a volunteer. I have a simple system that works fine, just a quick cut'n'paste in the last line in the "database". Example: Dropbox - MS.txt
I suggest someone step forward and consider numbers to save my fragile state of mind. I'm not good at math but a couple clubs I'm in I have a respectable number. One day it would be nice to see oh, say... GOF#390. Then my number would look antiquated!
I notice everyone is frisky this morning and for me that means we spent the evening sipping non-alcoholic champagne and woke up ready to roll. I bought Carey a set of commercial quality Calphalon cookware for about half off for Christmas and she rewarded me with ham and eggs this morning.
@RoadRanger great idea. I think it's been a while since I saw the last list but if it were found we could recover. There's the Will OCD again...
@BadExample is @B-string ok? I don't know how else to ask except I used to see him around all the time. If needed sending prayers his way.
I notice everyone is frisky this morning and for me that means we spent the evening sipping non-alcoholic champagne and woke up ready to roll. I bought Carey a set of commercial quality Calphalon cookware for about half off for Christmas and she rewarded me with ham and eggs this morning.
@RoadRanger great idea. I think it's been a while since I saw the last list but if it were found we could recover. There's the Will OCD again...
@BadExample is @B-string ok? I don't know how else to ask except I used to see him around all the time. If needed sending prayers his way.
We're basking b'tween 25C- 35C.
For the the last few tears we've spent NYE at home - we're Semi Rural/Coastal/Summer Tourist ...........
read bone dry Coastal Ti Tree/Eucalypt
mixed with lots of people on holiday who don't live here so feel no responsibility.
For around 20 years there have been Dropbears having they're own personal
Fireworks Shows and as Ti Tree/Euca. both burn if you look at them sideways and our dog gets completely freaked out by the noise, so someone has to stay home.
We're on the Oceanbeach side of Mornington Peninsula, the Bayside (Port Philip) down our way in years past had like
300k > 500k drunk people milling around - it was getting very out of hand so they banned the grog about 4>5 yrs ago and this year it was pretty quiet - just a few pops and bangs in the distance and the old dog slept through it : )
It's got me completely buggered how you guys keep functioning under Snow, but then I've only seen it a couple of times so I've no experience with it!
Maurie.
For the the last few tears we've spent NYE at home - we're Semi Rural/Coastal/Summer Tourist ...........
read bone dry Coastal Ti Tree/Eucalypt
mixed with lots of people on holiday who don't live here so feel no responsibility.
For around 20 years there have been Dropbears having they're own personal
Fireworks Shows and as Ti Tree/Euca. both burn if you look at them sideways and our dog gets completely freaked out by the noise, so someone has to stay home.
We're on the Oceanbeach side of Mornington Peninsula, the Bayside (Port Philip) down our way in years past had like
300k > 500k drunk people milling around - it was getting very out of hand so they banned the grog about 4>5 yrs ago and this year it was pretty quiet - just a few pops and bangs in the distance and the old dog slept through it : )
It's got me completely buggered how you guys keep functioning under Snow, but then I've only seen it a couple of times so I've no experience with it!
Maurie.
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Just a little jab in the wib for a good old mate
But wait, are you sure? Why does the honorable @agedhorse have
Davis, CA (USA) as his location? It clearly reads Davis, Cananda, USA.
That's my wife's influence... Montreal born!
Tell her: bienvenue vers le Canada.
that’s good Apple generated French!
that’s good Apple generated French!
Up here in No. Vt. we're close enough to Quebec that many signs are in French and English. Montreal's a favorite stop for us. ...but it was -19F there this a.m.! ...so we stayed home, where it was a balmy -11F. .
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Up here in No. Vt. we're close enough to Quebec that many signs are in French and English. Montreal's a favorite stop for us. ...but it was -19F there this a.m.! ...so we stayed home, where it was a balmy -11F.
When I was young for a number of years in the 80's American rock bar bands were very sellable, although some of the greatest bands I heard were from small towns in Canada. We toured throughout a lot of B.C. and Alberta, and were nearly booked into eastern Canada until we heard of the temperatures and the distances we would have to drive. But we saw a lot of product labels in both English and French. Foolishly we accepted a gig in Yellow Knife and had to fly there in frozen weather. Played a small community by Great Slave Lake and an up and coming band had just done a concert in the school gym before us called Loverboy. Remember seeing the signs in town on store windows.
We also did gigs up and down the highway in Alberta, I forget the name, but started in Brookes and went to Lethbridge, then Calgary, Red Deer, Edmonton, and during the summer we got some dream gigs in the parks. Jasper and Banff. Both beautiful gigs. But during the winter driving the freeway was eerie-- there were mini tornadoes of snow swirling on the road. Wish I took pictures. One of the most exciting times of my life was when we were booked into our first small town warmup gig in Brookes in a hotel/pub called The Oxford. Crossing the border, driving at night, and as we pulled closer to Brooks we could see the lights like an oasis in the middle of the night, and the Canadian radio was blasting "Who's Crying Now" by Journey. That moment is etched in my memory for life, very fondly. Our Canadian tours were always the best-- we stayed at nice places, got one free drink a set and a dinner if the bar had a dining room. And done playing by midnight!
One time we were booked into a hotel in the middle of winter and the middle of nowhere north of Edmonton. We drove off the highway onto a two lane road and after half an hour found this gorgeous hotel standing nearly alone, a couple small supply stores across the street. The rooms were beautiful, we had room service, and the club was very high end with a beautiful stage. We arrived in the afternoon and checked into our rooms then off to dinner. The dining room had fine oversized wood furniture, linen and full silverware service on the tables. Linen napkins! The wine was served by a wine guy. We had some of the best steak I'd ever had in my life.
I asked the bartender why the beautiful hotel was built in the middle of nowhere. It turned out that there were oil field barons and cattle ranchers that owned a lot of land and money, and they had all gotten together to build a class hotel in the middle of nowhere so they could take their wives to a nice restaurant. We started at 8:00 every night and were done by midnight. Man, those were the days! Still love chips and gravy!
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Chips and Gravy are a staple up here.
Sadly owners got greedy when the closing time got shifted to 2AM. Typically a bar gig will start at 10PM and go through till 2. Problem is that the younger family folk will have supper out and finish about 8PM or so. Rather than sit around for two hours waiting for the band to start they go home as baby sitters have time limits too. After about 1AM all there is left is folk nursing a half empty beer. Some owners have now clued in and start the entertainment around 8:30 through to 12. It’s amazing how full they are.
Sadly owners got greedy when the closing time got shifted to 2AM. Typically a bar gig will start at 10PM and go through till 2. Problem is that the younger family folk will have supper out and finish about 8PM or so. Rather than sit around for two hours waiting for the band to start they go home as baby sitters have time limits too. After about 1AM all there is left is folk nursing a half empty beer. Some owners have now clued in and start the entertainment around 8:30 through to 12. It’s amazing how full they are.
Thank you for your support. Fortunately no flu, just some other random virus.
The Motley GOF's...there's a new sheriff in town!
Good luck in 2018!
Thanks? for the memories.
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The Motley GOF's...there's a new sheriff in town!
Good luck in 2018!
Thanks? for the memories.
Amen brudda! Here's to be best year ever for the Motley GOF's!
Attention Numberless GOF's
Calling All Cars, Calling All cars:
Be on the lookout for me.Calling All Cars, Calling All cars:
Please respond to this to get a number. If you know about when you asked for a number, that would be good. I'll start giving out numbers soon. Then we will decide who will take over the numbers and when.
So far...
Bros.:
Stumbo
biguglyman
RoadRanger
Bob Young
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