General Discussion, Monday, December 23, 2019

St Stephen’s Basilica, Budapest, Hungary

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  1. czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:

    Hanukkah Sameach, y’all!

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    • lovely's avatar lovely says:

      Morning Czar 🙂 !

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    • Col.(R) Ken's avatar Col.(R) Ken says:

      Czar, Merry Christmas, is the mess prepared for Christmas Dinner? Or did the cooks eat all of the Shrimp again.
      You FedX comment is spot on, here in PA. The driver who has this territory, Army Vet, 05 shot through knee cap, upper thigh. Wears a brace to support knee. Good young man, FedX up is a franchise, drivers buy their trucks off of FedX, bid on routs, some expensive are paid, most are not.
      When this driver is done in “rural areas “ he heads back, reloads and goes into Pittsburgh area….that’s is where the population/money is.

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      • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:

        Did you just come up with the shrimp or did you remember my Vietnam Christmas-shrimp story?

        Anyway, for alla youse da long voishunn:

        T’was the night before Christmas
        and all thru the tent
        was the odor of diesel
        since the stovepipe was bent.
        The stockings were hung
        rather close to the fire
        in hopes that by morning
        they’d be somewhat drier.

        The squad was asleep
        bundled up in their sacks
        and dreaming of goodies
        like cookies and snacks,

        Like crispy fried chicken
        straight out of the South
        and a midwestern steak
        that would melt in your mouth.

        When out on the hill
        there arose such a clatter..
        a Commie machine gun
        had started to chatter,

        The Sgt. Grabowski
        appeared at the door
        “People”, he yelled,
        “get your feet on the floor,

        Grab rifles and flares
        and bring me a BAR,
        you’re climbing that hill
        but you ain’t goin’ far,

        Let everyman here
        take along a grenade,
        and when you get back
        don’t expect a parade,

        I’ve had it to here
        with this damn nightly riot,
        So we’re gonna make sure
        that tomorrow it’s quiet”.

        Then off we went hunting,
        Us seven through snow
        On a night where the wind
        made it twenty below.

        Now, Allen and Russell
        and Clyde McElroy
        had the privilege of being
        our only decoy.

        They got some attention
        with the Hell they did raise
        I suppose I’ll remember
        for the rest of my days,

        While Sutton and Smitty
        and Connor and me
        provided surprises
        that was ugly to see.

        It was over in minutes
        and when it was done
        there were four bloody bodies
        and a busted up gun.

        Grabowski was waiting
        as ‘ere we came in,
        and that tough weathered face
        had managed a grin,

        “People,” he said,
        “I think you done good
        by striking a blow
        for our brotherhood,

        So, let everyman here
        get back in his sack,
        go back to his dreams,
        and forget the attack.

        It’s now Christmas morning,
        so be of good cheer.
        Merry Xmas to all,
        May you live till next year!”

        –Bob Hammond, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Division, Korea,
        1950

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      • Stella's avatar stella says:

        Hi Ken! I’m having shrimp scampi fettucine for my Christmas dinner!

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      • Stella's avatar stella says:

        Did you see this UPS driver?

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  2. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:

    Stellars…

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  3. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:

    CHRISTMAS BENCHES….

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  4. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:

    Cody Webb Performs “Out Of This World” | After The Show | Huckabee

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  5. nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:

    Mornin’ stella! (Smiter of those that ought to be smote) 😎 🍸 (Long Island Iced Tea)
    Mornin’ WeeWeed! (Master Mixologist Extrodinare) 😎 🍸 (Old Fashioned)
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    Mornin’ Ad rem! (Queen Felis catus) 🐱 🍸 (Flaming Lamborghini)
    Mornin’ Sharon! 😎 🍸 🍸 (earthquake)
    Mornin’ ytz4mee! 😎 🍸 (cosmopolitan)
    Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (white wine and perrier)
    Mornin’ partyzantski! 🙂 |_| (Tom Collins)
    Mornin’ texan59! 🙂 |_| (Black & Tan)
    Mornin’ ZurichMike! 🙂 🍸 (fuzzy navel)
    Mornin’ Col.(R) Ken! (hand salute) 🙂 |_| (Boilermaker)
    Mornin’ czarina33! (aka czarina) 🙂 🍸 (Lynchburg Lemonade)
    Mornin’ czarowniczy! 🙂 |_| (Wild Turkey Rare Breed)
    Mornin’ letjusticeprevail2014! 🙂 |_| (Irish Car Bomb)
    Mornin’ Patriot1783-ctdar! (aka “ctdar”) 🙂 🍸 (grasshopper)
    Mornin’ tessa50! 🙂 🍸 (flaming volcano)
    Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (sidecar)
    Mornin’ varsityward! 🙂 |_| (Godfather)
    Mornin’ MaryfromMarin! 😀 |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| (Mortlach)
    Mornin’ Wooly Covfefe! (aka “Wooly Phlox” aka “taqiyyologist”) 🙂 |_| (Roy Rogers)
    Mornin’ Howie! (aka “doodahdaze”) 🙂 |_| (Classic Daiquiri)
    Mornin’ TwoLaine! 🙂 |_| (Gin & Tonic)
    Mornin’ Sha! 🙂 🍸 (Lemon Drop)
    Mornin’ BigMamaTEA! 🙂 🍸 (Harvey Wallbanger)
    Mornin’ cetera5! (aka “Cetera”) 🙂 |_| (Blackberry wine)
    Mornin’ The Tundra PA! 🙂 🍸 (Gentleman Jack Whiskey Sling)
    Mornin’ lovely! 🙂 |_| (Backdraft)
    Mornin’ michellc! 🙂 🍸 (Salty dog)
    Mornin’ auscitizenmom! 🙂 🍸 (Kiss on the Lips)
    Mornin’ Margaret-Ann! 🙂 🍸 (White Russian)
    Mornin’ Auntie Lib! 🙂 🍸 (Tom and Jerry)
    Mornin’ holly100! 🙂 🍸 (Jack & Coke)
    Mornin’ Pam! 🙂 (Not even water)
    Mornin’ Ms.Tee! 🙂 🍸 (Mojito)
    Mornin’ koolkosherkitchen! 🙂 🍸 🍸 (Cuba Libre)
    Mornin’ ImpeachEmAll 🙂 |_| (Flaming Dr. Pepper)
    Mornin’ Monroe! 🙂 |_| (Stinger)
    Mornin’ Les! 🙂 |_| (Rusty Nail)
    Mornin’ shiloh1973! 🙂 |_| (Jack Daniels)
    Mornin’ TexasRanger! 🙂 |_| (Whiskey Smash)
    Mornin’ Ziiggii! 🙂 |_| (B52)
    Mornin’ oldiadguy! 🙂 |_| (Rum & Coke)
    Mornin’ smiley! (“stuck in spambucket”) 🙂 🍸 (Spanish coffee)
    Mornin’ derk! (“Stellars”) 🙂 🍸 (Kamikaze)
    Mornin’ Jacqueline Taylor Robson 🙂 🍸 (Shirley Temple)
    Mornin’ facebkwallflower! 🙂 |_| (Night Train Express)
    Mornin’ Ms. Cindy! (aka “Ms Cynlynn” aka “ms cynlynn”) 🙂 🍸 (1970 ducru beaucaillou)
    Mornin’ sandandsea2015! 🙂 🍸 (1961 Château Montrose)
    Mornin’ amwick! 🙂 🍸 (Blue motorcycle)
    Mornin’ hocuspocus13! 🙂 🍸 (1970 Chateau Latour)
    Mornin’ Sloth1963! 🙂 🍸 (1971 Moulin Touchais)
    Mornin’ MTeresa! (Ex-lurker) 🙂 |_| (Albanian Raki Moskat)
    Mornin’ rheavolans! (aka “Rhea Salacia Volans”) 🙂 |_| (Hot Buttered Rum)
    Mornin’ joshua! 🙂 |_| (Mudslide)
    Mornin’ John Denney! 🙂 |_| (RumChata)
    Mornin’ litenmaus! 🙂 |_| (Stolichnaya elit, no ice)
    Mornin’ kinthenorthwest! 🙂 🍸 (A Lonely Island Lost in the Middle of a Foggy Sea)
    Mornin’ TwoLaine! 🙂 |_| (Smoking Bishop)
    Mornin’ patternpuzzler! 🙂 🍸 (Old Lady)
    Mornin’ Senatssekretär FREISTAAT DANZIG! 🙂 |_| (Red Russian)
    Mornin’ G-d&Country! 🙂 🍸 (Blind Russian)
    Mornin’ Gary! 🙂 |_| (Yuengling)
    Mornin’ valeriecurren! 🙂 🍸 (Flaming Sambuca)
    Mornin’ Lucille! 🙂 🍸 (Peach Schnapps)
    Mornin’ Lburg! 🙂 🍸 (Lburg lemonade)
    Mornin’ davidhuntpe! 🙂 |_| (Baileys Irish Cream on the rocks)
    Mornin’ skipper1961! 🙂 |_| (Brompton’s Cocktail – No cherry, no umbrella, no plastic monkey)
    Mornin’ mightyconservative! 🙂 |_| (Benjamin Franklin’s clarified milk punch)
    Mornin’ NC Nana! 🙂 🍸 (Beautiful)
    Mornin’ bjosz! 🙂 |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| (Some of Menagerie’s Jack Daniels – Shhhhhh)
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    Mornin’ just stevie! 🙂 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 (Chateau Pape Clement Blanc Pessac, 2014)
    Mornin’ Sam Felton 🙂 |_| (Seventhree Cucumber Vodka, Fever Tree Tonic with a slice of cucumber)
    Mornin’ whiners and complainers! 😛 (No drink for you!)
    Mornin’ to people posting that I missed. 😳
    Mornin’ to all you lurkers! 😕

    Also just in case someday; mornin’ to Elvis Chupacabra, F.D.R. in Hell and sundance! :mrgreen:

    Breakfast!

    NEW and IMPROVED breakfast with extra bacon for ZurichMike!

    Christmas Donuts

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    • Lucille's avatar Lucille says:

      Good morning, Nyet! I’ll be eating hearty before my trip to Tokyo to see the STAR WARS Christmas 2019 display in Tokyo’s Marunouchi district…

      …the STAR WARS Christmas tree located on the Marunouchi Building’s 1st floor is called the “Rise Crystal.” According to the press release, it features a light show depicting “the struggle between the ‘light side’ and the ‘dark side’.”

      I saw the original STAR WARS in 1977 at a film industry showing. Industry crowds are usually rather blase and attend screenings often times to criticize everything from the sets to the costumes to the directing and the dialogue. This time it was different. From that first shot of the underside of the space ship, viewers were enthralled and everyone raved about it for days afterward…you really can’t get the feel of it on a small screen, but here it is anyway…

      …great fun and a great memory…

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      • czarina33's avatar czarina33 says:

        I saw it the first time from a convertable sitting at an outdoor drive-in movie. You cannot imagine the amazement at that very scene (and all the in-space shots) coming out of the sky on that huge screen! PS, I watched the movie just yesterday on our 55″ flatscreen in the living room, and I still LOVE IT!!!

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        • Lucille's avatar Lucille says:

          One of the fun things also at an industry film screening is that the audience never gets up and leaves during the closing credits. They want to see the names of who did what for the production. And you especially don’t leave if you’re with someone who will have his name up there in big letters for all to see. If you go out for drinks afterwards at a well known watering hole, you get to bask in the congratulations coming his way, too. LOL! It’s all such a enticing game.

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      • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:

        The Japanese do so love science fiction and pornography.

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    • lovely's avatar lovely says:

      Good morning Nye 🙂 !

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    • Col.(R) Ken's avatar Col.(R) Ken says:

      Nye!!!!! Very timely…….I trust Natasha is well. Thank you…

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    • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:

      I’ll take the steak and eggs and pout a candy cane in my Irish coffee.

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  6. lovely's avatar lovely says:

    Have a beautiful day……..

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  7. WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:

    Mornin’ kids!

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  8. Stella's avatar stella says:

    Just can’t save this for Doggityday.

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    • The Tundra PA's avatar The Tundra PA says:

      Oh, what a sweetie! Pretty cold and dark this time of year in Ester, Alaska. Not above-the-Arctic-Circle dark, it’s just west of Fairbanks, but only about 3 hours a day of sunlight. And 40-60 below zero (though not today, it’s only about 10 below at the moment). Hope this sweet pup has a sweater to wear for outside trips!

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    • czarina33's avatar czarina33 says:

      Aaaawww!

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