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Liquor advent calendar, day number 15!
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Vague associations…
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No, it’s the Duquesne Club, Pgh. About the right price!
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Nye, this is very interesting, angelic and devilish all in one bottle!!!
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Morning Nye.
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Mornin’ sir!
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Nyet, you’re raising a board of booze dependents, perhaps you could teach to distill and we will drink for life 😀
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Enquirin’ minds ‘n all that…..
http://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2014/07/is-absinthe-legal-in-the-us.html
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Thank you Ms.WeeWeed. If I have too “Lawyer Up” , giving you a call!
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So true, so true…..
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Some food for thought here, IMO:
Has Reality Come to Stay?
http://thoughtsfromfrankandfern.blogspot.com/2015/12/has-reality-come-to-stay.html
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Morning Mary.
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“Good morning” this evening, Col !
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Greetings, MfM!
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Once again, glad to be here.
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Mornin’!
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Mornin’ Taqiy!
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Morning taqi
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Good morning Taq 🙂
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Mornin’ taqiyyologist!
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Top o’ the mornin’!
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“Over-the-top…” etc, Monsieur le taqiyyologiste.
[Don’t ask why the partial-French phraseology. There’s no real reason except that I like to mix things up a bit.]
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LMAO,Mary. That’s the sweetest sounding thing I’ve ever been called.
Then again, you could read the French instruction manual of operations for a garbage truck, and it would sound sweet.
11:58 am is pretty much the Haut de la matinée. Yeah, I keep odd hours.
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And no, I don’t know French. I know Google Translate.
I went to a ghetto-country school. We had English and Ebonics.
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I am very familiar with Google Translate. My last French class was loooooooong ago.
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Mornin’ sportsfans!
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Mornin’ Miss Wee. I’m lookin’ fer my coffee pot and should have it up and runnin’ momentarily. “Slept in” til 5:00. 🙄
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Mornin’ T! Don’t up an convert to musloid or somethin’ whilst yer out today….. 🙄
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aaaaaahhhhhh salami i likem!!! 😆
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I just got my coffee, now you make me spit it out. Morning Tex, hold fast to your bacon.
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Menagerie, repent, repent, repent, never, never, never, spit out coffee!!! Is that slab bacon? Smoked slab bacon?
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Tex made me do it, sir! Yes, indeed, and it might be a two slab day. I think I need smoked bacon on my salad instead of turkey.
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I’ve been actively memorizing this all day, Tex.
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Some guy at a gas station/convenience store said that Musloid greeting to me a couple of years ago when I said “hey how you doin’ today?” like I tend to do with most people I meet.
I do not have a quick wit. That’s probably a good thing.
20 minutes later I thought, “I should have responded with, ‘Shalom'”
I really should have. It didn’t cross my mind until the event was gone.
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Morning Tex, enjoying the warmth of the fire, don’t worry, when your ready, your ready!
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Mornin’ Wee.
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Mornin’ Michelle!
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Morning michellc.
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Good morning.
Pig finished delivering the bacon, so I’ll have my two bacons.
She either has to go to the sale or in the freezer. Her litters are just too small to warrant keeping her around. We have a golden rule around here, you can stay if you’re a good mom, don’t go crazy and want to eat us, have at least 6 piglets as a gilt and at least 8 as a sow. She made the cut until this litter. She had 7 as a gilt and only 6 this time.
We get to do the fun things this afternoon; ear notching, clip eye teeth, oral iron. We’ll check at that time how many gilts and boars and then in about 3 or 4 weeks we’ll finish the fun jobs and turn the boars into barrows.
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I’m reading your post, just realized there are some people who haven’t the faintest, or they may have fainted, idea what you are talking about. I have 18.5 lb ham smoking. Applewood with oak .
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I’m sure there are some and trust me I’ve met some who want to hang me for being so cruel.lol
We’re doing two hams this Christmas, one traditional and one apple and cherry wood smoked.
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I have repeatedly hinted to my husband that I want a little smoke house built. He grew up with one, I don’t know why he won’t build me one. I got the plans for one, in case he didn’t remember, but of course he knew all about the firebox, etc. Now I just have to convince him I need that smokehouse.
The man will build anything you want with steel, metal, or iron, but he sure balks at wood.
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Tell him it will double as a cigar and whisky lounge.
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Tell him it will double as a cigar and whisky lounge.
No place like a smokehouse for cigars.
As for the whiskey:
http://www.lifedaily.com/the-6-smokiest-scotch-whiskies-you-can-buy/
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Nyet, and a maple sugar shack.
No reason it couldn’t be done.
Ever had maple syrup straight from the tap, after days of reduction?
OMG.
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Mornin’ michellc!
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Mornin’, meet any frying pans this morning?
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No. However I’ve noticed a lead crystal bowl that normally holds about a pound of roasted mixed nuts is missing from the dinning room table. I will assume moths carried it away and will return it once empty. I only assume this since the lid was left on the table.
Getting back to your question, if I were to even jokingly imply some party other than the moths could have been in any way involved, then quite possibly there could be a very quick escalation of hostilities to the point frying pans are involved.
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Nye!!! Arm yourself, may I suggest 2 bottles of Stollies vodka!!!!
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Good morning WeeWeed and all 🙂
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Mornin’ Lovely!
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Morning Lovely, Nye does distill, the Master of distilling is Tex!
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Good morning Col 🙂
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Mornin’ lovely!
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Morning Ms.WeeWeed. The rain, wind has passed. Now the temps are seasonal.
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Mornin’ Colonel!
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Mornin’ WeeWeed!
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Mornin’ Boris!
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It’s not Monday boys and girls. Coffee’s up. 🙂
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Garcias!
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Back at ya’z ma’am. 😉
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Mornin’ Tex! Coffee is just what I need.
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Good morning Stella 🙂
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Good morning, lovely.
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Morning Stella, thanks for the rain, has passed. My pasture grass, is looking good.
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Good morning, colonel!
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Mornin’ stella!
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Mornin’ nyet!
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Good morning Tex 🙂
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Now this is great coffee! Thank you! Sir!
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Them civet cats can pop out some surprisingly good beans!
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Only $80.00 for a pot of coffee?
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I would try it. Ain’t got the cash.
I bought enough Jamaican Blue Mountain to brew a pot.
It was not good coffee. I tried to bill Quentin Tarantino for that $45.00.
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Thank you, and good morning texan59!
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I know this may be a bit presumptuous, but could you also consider putting on a pot of water for tea? Not in place of, mind you. Just in addition to…?
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The tree has neglected the tea-drinkers.
Not presumtuous at all; true, And T-party, at that.
Chai lattes. Mmmmmmm.
Constant Comment, by Bigelow. Named for Taq.
So much good tea. More variety than Coffee. And as far as I know, there isn’t a tea known for being shat by a wild animal before being served. BONUS!
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/Trump voice off
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With all due respect, that is presumptuous, and as I am one of the few people in the great state of Texas who doesn’t drink tea, hot or cold, so I would graciously ask you to be a dear and host the tea time. 😉
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I like iced tea, no sugar. I vote for Mary to be in charge of the tea concession.
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It takes a lot of people to row a big boat. 😉
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Well, it’s just as well that I didn’t buy a new stove yet. The washing machine just crapped out (the spin cycle anyway). I guess I shouldn’t be surprised – it’s old and came through the basement flood last year.
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THAT might actually only be a belt – been there on that a few times, too. 🙄 Merry Christmas, Stella. 😦
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Probably is. But here’s the thing – do I pay someone to fix it (I’m not doing it), or do I buy a new washer? It’s old. I could even buy a reconditioned washer at the local used appliance store. As it is, I hand wrung the clothes and threw them in the dryer. The pump-out works.
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The belt isn’t much – call the repairman. If it’s something really expensive, he’ll tell you and you can go from there. 😦
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With my experience of a new washer, I’ll never buy new again. If it was me I’d fix it if it can be fixed. Most repairmen you can call them and tell them brand and model number and what it’s doing and they can give you an estimate of worst case scenario.
I don’t know about your area but around here old washers are fairly easy to find through CL, FB online garage sales groups, newspaper classifieds, etc.
I’d avoid new unless you’re left with no choice.
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Do you have a friend for this kind of thing? My washer stopped doing anything but filling with water and it turned out that the little pokey thing that should depress something when you close the door had come dislodged. Anyhow my handyman friend came over and figured it out right away. Sometimes it is an easy fix for people who like to do this kind of stuff.
If it is a belt then that shouldn’t be hard to fix and the washer might last a good while longer. My mom had a 25 year old working washing machine when they finally sold their house with appliances included.
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No, I don’t have a handy friend, but I do have the number of a good appliance repair company. That should do it!
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I hope you don’t have my luck because if you do one more thing is gonna tear up soon. Maybe toss around some holy water?
Morning Stella.
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Mornin’ Menage! Don’t they say that bad things come in threes? I hope “they” are wrong. Maybe I can find a repair person who can fix both the washer and the stove.
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Yeah – throw some on the hot water heater – that’s usually next…..
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The water heater got replaced last fall after the basement flood, so I hope not!
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Mornin’ Menagerie!
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Good afternoon nyet.
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Appliance repair! Come an get it!
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Beautiful, Nyet. Simply beautiful.
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Okay, I have to admit that checks the bacon-per-plate quota. Barely.
Are those two different types of flapjacks on the plate?
You missed your calling a cyber short order cook. 😉
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Mornin’ ytz4mee!
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Actually, for me it’s mid-afternoon. Still feeling beyond rotten. Its not getting betterer. I have a half-dozen posts pending that I can’t even summon the energy to edit and spell check. At least today I shuffled down the sun room and pathetically propped myself up on the lounger, where I could continue to feel sorry for myself in the sun, surrounding by a mountain of tissues and empty gingerale bottles while watching nonsensical garbage on teh U-Tube.
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Hope you feel better in the AM. If not take 2 shots of Rock and Rye, then call a real doctor………
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But that would mean getting out of my PJ’s …. err, “loungewear” and actually looking presentable. Who wants to do THAT when they feel like road pizza?
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Watch sensible garbage instead, ytz.
https://www.youtube.com/user/JoeBonamassaTV
Glad to see you here! Stella’s place is a nice branch.
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Thanks Taqi. And yes, Miss Stella is a very gracious hostess. I am sure more and more interesting and witty people will find their way here soon.
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Nye an afternoon snack!! Thank you Sir Like,Like,Like!!!
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More Illegal Aliens – Texas
Texas Governor Greg Abbott – Says “Texas will not sit idle in the face of this challenge,” Abbott said. “We will not be victimized as a state by a federal government’s apathetic response to border security.”
Texas Extends National Guard Deployment Due To Spike in Unaccompanied Minors At Mexico Border
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday extended the deployment of National Guard troops at the Mexico border due to a spike in the number of unaccompanied minors entering the country.
The order comes in the wake of U.S. Border Patrol figures that show more than 10,000 unaccompanied children crossed into the U.S. in October and November. That is double the number of crossings in the same two months last year.
The uptick has already prompted Border Patrol to open two shelters in Texas and one in California.
“Texas will not sit idle in the face of this challenge,” Abbott said. “We will not be victimized as a state by a federal government’s apathetic response to border security.”
Full Story Dec-15-2015:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/texas-extends-national-guard-order-amid-border-crossings-35780216
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If there is any hope for the Republic, a deep reservoir of it lies within Texas.
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And Alaska. And Montana.
The Republic of Texas may be the first sovereign nation to secede.
And God bless ’em.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMk208Op1Jc
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There’s that T again, at the end.
Texas. It’s tempting.
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Here is the “empty chair beer commercial” by Guinness,
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rx0MRawkrj4
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Dear Jesus, Col…
Amen.
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