The Old Folks Home

[chickadoodles]

Cute bunny vehve.

 

[bamadude]

I would go, but I'm afraid y'all would get me in trouble and I wouldn't have a job to come back to.  It would be fun, though!

It wont work with just me and beer can. We both refuse to be designated driver.

 

[dsqard]

vehve that bunny is just adorable!

 

[bamadude]

Is that a birdhouse in that rabbit pen?

 

[dsqard]

I would go, but I'm afraid y'all would get me in trouble and I wouldn't have a job to come back to.  It would be fun, though!

It wont work with just me and beer can. We both refuse to be designated driver.

I could be hired out to drive but I am warning you my fees are astronomical!

 

[bamadude]

We dont want to go to space. Just Alaska
Maybe make your fee Alaskanomical

 

[dsqard]

OK OK astronomical would be a bajillion dollars plus sharks with lasers. Alastronomical is only the money

 

[Sswanee48]

I used to read Dean Koontz books all the time. I haven't read anything for ages. Another good author is Sidney Sheldon! I read every one of his books. Couldn't put them down.

 

[Alaskan]

OK OK astronomical would be a bajillion dollars plus sharks with lasers. Alastronomical is only the money

yep, I would love you all!

We have sharks! We have beer! We have 'stuff' that is illegal elsewhere but legal here!

We have FISH CAMPS!!!!! (kind of like college spring beak, but with grown-ups)

 

[ChickenCanoe]

@ChickenCanoe Is she old? I don't think it has anything to do with religion, some people are just set in their ways. My grandfather on moms side was very racist. Awhile before he died he was telling me how great Obama was, I was shocked! after hearing all sorts of racist remarks coming from him all while I grew up. But he was a democrat, in a very conservative upstate ny.

I'm sure it has nothing to do with religion. More so region.
They're older but I'm sure it has more to do with where they grew up. About 100 miles south of St. Louis and all white.
Another weird thing, my brother (oldest of 4) and my sister (#3 of 4) are both very prejudice. My other sister (2nd of 4) isn't.
There was a guy in my army unit from upstate NY that had never even seen a black person before he joined the army.
My parents were very prejudice and said things as I was growing up that just didn't make sense.
Funny thing, a few years after my mom died, my dad had a black girlfriend.

dont aplogize

you can talk basketball all you want

Had a cricket in our house one night, couldn't sleep with that thing chirping! Took a couple hours to find it, it would only chirp once in awhile, drove me nuts!

Having a single cricket in the house is a good thing. Did you know you can use a cricket as a thermometer?

To convert cricket chirps to degrees Fahrenheit, count number of chirps in 14 seconds then add 40 to get temperature. For example: 30 chirps + 40 = 70° F
To convert cricket chirps to degrees Celsius, count number of chirps in 25 seconds, divide by 3, then add 4 to get temperature. For example: 48 chirps / 3 + 4 = 20° C

It's that weird Celsius thing. It's complicated unless you're working with the freezing or boiling point of water so I guess it has some value.

Surprising to see Afgjanastan doing so well. Although I did hear their goalie was the bomb

Hats off to the Afghani team for qualifying.

The ICB is hoping that the US may qualify in the next 8 years. With its population advantage over most countries they should be able to field a team - most likely it will be immigrant based.

Basically cricket is big in countries that were part of the British colonies - well except Canada. The Caribbean Islands play under one team - the West Indies. They were a huge force in the 80s but the lure of money in baseball has shifted focus.

Back in the early days, most professional soccer (futbol) players in the US were from St. Louis and New York. The St. Louisans were Italian or German.
Our first professional indoor soccer team was made up of almost all hometown talent.

I have that problem with smoke detectors and about to die batteries!!

takes forever to figure which one is yelling!!

Isn't that the truth.

I would be surprised if the US qualifies in that time frame.
I have never watched cricket live. Here we have 5yr olds playing baseball, football, softball, basketball, volleyball, tennis, and soccer. That may just be in my neck of the woods Idk. Cricket isnt popular here

Same in our neck of the woods plus lacrosse at the high end schools. Girls also play field hockey.
Oh, and hockey for boys.

Scg:
Its a noise machine. It has: tropical forest, thunderstorm, summer night, ocean waves, white noise, heartbeat, songbirds, waterfall, running stream, or rainfall noises. Its really loud and soothing. It drowns out anything including roosters at your door step. I had never had a proper nights sleep until I invested this $15. I highly recommend it

That's awesome.

I believe if you think old you become old.

I remember a guy I worked with in college. I was turning 21 at the time and I thought this guy had to be in his 50's (which was old to a college student) and I found out that he was only 33

. He walked hunched over, always complaining about aches and pains --- I just could not believe he was that young by his behavior.

On the flip side, I work in a nursing home and some of the folks there are quite inspiring. We just admitted a lady this week who is 102. She just couldn't live by herself any more. Mind is still sharp and just a neat lady.

I go about my day always feeling and thinking like I'm in my 20s or 30s and then I'm startled when I look in the mirror.

I had the same experience. I was 37 at the time and worked with a really cool guy from Alabama and I always assumed he was around 60. Then one day he said something that didn't jibe. I asked him how old he was. He was 36. He either had a really rough life or his well water was catching effluent from the Sheffield castings plant.

Getting older is over rated by the very young !

I can't remember the movie (Alzheimer's) but there was a line in a 60's movie where there was a youth rebellion. "Don't trust anyone over 30".

I don't understand Alaskan. I always wondered what you guys were referring to gender unknown. The more I read Alaskans comments I get more confused, I think we all need to go up and visit him, her, Alaskan, and figure this out, Alaskan says bring food, I nominate you to bring some good bama barbeque! I'll bring the napkins, ROAD TRIP!

I'm still convinced AL is male.

I could be hired out to drive but I am warning you my fees are astronomical!

High fees here too since I couldn't join Bama's and Beer Can's imbibing.
Actually, that's too long of a drive. Not that I wouldn't enjoy it but no one to watch the chickens that long.