The Koffee Klatch #24

[Kami]

Time to start fresh again.

[Kami]

Anna, just read about your furbabies. Glad everything went okay with them. :love0085:

[Louise]

Hi Kami :love0085:

[Bayou Lass]

Wow!!! Stopped storming and the sun is out for a change. Sent my BAD weather on over to Pat and Roamy.:0t31:

[Bayou Lass]

Time to start fresh again.

Hello Kami....good to see you.:friends3:

[Kami]

Hi Kami :love0085:

Hello Louise!! :11_2_104:

Hello Kami....good to see you.:friends3:


Bayou, I just read about your ordeal. Holy crap woman!!! :eek: Seen the pics too. That is one big ass tree, I couldn't believe the roots on that sucker. Did it hit just the porch or further in?

[texanne]

Rain gone, sun shining, Texanne smiling.
Grins: now you KNOW I just ate the cupcake......heeeee. Actually, there is something about piled up icing that I do not like.

[annalyzer]

Neighbors all out mowing yards :eyebrow1qb: so I got my mower out and got it started and mowed the small section down by the street and then quit. :blondblush113268230

[annalyzer]

Hello Louise!! :11_2_104:




Bayou, I just read about your ordeal. Holy crap woman!!! :eek: Seen the pics too. That is one big ass tree, I couldn't believe the roots on that sucker. Did it hit just the porch or further in?


Ditto what she said :shock:

[Roamer]

Wow!!! Stopped storming and the sun is out for a change. Sent my BAD weather on over to Pat and Roamy.:0t31:


Thank you so much, my friend. NOT!!!!

[Grins]

Rain gone, sun shining, Texanne smiling.
Grins: now you KNOW I just ate the cupcake......heeeee. Actually, there is something about piled up icing that I do not like.
yup yup=gets up yer nose ^
Because icing is so messy, for office parties we used giant choco chip cookies. Everyone loved them & no mess. I got the leavins~

[Grins]

Lightning=reminds me=turn off puter and all electronics.
ok
time for look at homeowners' policy= =====>
Come back here missy!
Is you lose all of them do you have replacement cost or fair market value? hmmmmm?

My daughter while away at college had her camera stolen.
HO covered it. Consider various deductibles.
[originally wrote this as:
My daughter had her camera stolen away at college=but her camera did not go to college that year.] {:o)

"Substantial property damage in 2008? You may be able to deduct a portion of uninsured losses from your taxes."
Good site:
http://www.iii.org/individuals/about/

http://www.iii.org/individuals/homei/

[Bayou Lass]

Hello Louise!! :11_2_104:




Bayou, I just read about your ordeal. Holy crap woman!!! :eek: Seen the pics too. That is one big ass tree, I couldn't believe the roots on that sucker. Did it hit just the porch or further in?

It was a big tree wasn't it? It damaged the whole left side of the house.....roof (which is metal), fireplace, and all the eaves on that side. Tore up my flower beds and a bunch of new plants. To make matters worse, the insurance adjuster isn't coming until the 14th! I am soooooo ready to get everything back like it was. There was damage inside the house too from the rain coming in from the chimney where the flashing was knocked off and my hardwood floors are not looking like they are buckling. The saving grace is that it was not closer to the house or there would have been really severe damage and thankfully both my son and I were not hurt. His favorite place to sit is next to the fireplace and he was sitting there when the tree fell. I was in the bedroom ironing because I just knew we were going to lose power and I had to get some things pressed for work FGS! Lights went out just before the tree was uprooted and that was that for the ironing!:girl_haha: Needless to say it was all in vane because I did not make it into work for the rest of the week.....power was off for about 20 hours.

[Bayou Lass]

Neighbors all out mowing yards :eyebrow1qb: so I got my mower out and got it started and mowed the small section down by the street and then quit. :blondblush113268230

Industrious aren't ya? Can't mow anything around our house until we get all the trash from that darn tree picked up. Have lots more limbs that have fallen down close to the road we need to take care of too. Oh well, it's supposed to be pretty here for the rest of the week so we might be able to get some major work done in the yard.

[texanne]

Why is it that in insurance salesman will be over collecting your check like rocket man when you sign up, but forget your address when you need them to pay up? My cousin in Galveston has just completed her repairs from Hurrican Ike...which was many months ago. She did temporary repairs, then waited for adjusters....then waited for them to pay off. She had purchased one of the old victorian style houses there and spent a lot of money fixing it up (took several years). Galveston is just now coming back from the hurricane.

[PatC]

Bayou Lass, Roamy and I'd like to have a word with you, Missy. :zm1: I was in WalMart when the tornado sirens went off.... they herded everyone into the center of the store and would let them leave for a while. Turned out it touched down about 11 miles NE of town from what I hear. Like you though, it has now stopped storming and the sun is out.


Grins, we used to get those giant CC cookies too. We could get Happy Birthday greetings (or whatever the occasion was) put on them.... I'd forgotten about that.

"candy store for $327.50" == :faintTHUD:

Bayou Lass, did you mean what you typed, " my hardwood floors are not looking like they are buckling" or is that a typo? If you meant it, that's good news indeed.

Your adjuster slipped his date to the 14th? I thought he said 11th. Was there a lot of other damage in the area?

[Kami]

It was a big tree wasn't it? It damaged the whole left side of the house.....roof (which is metal), fireplace, and all the eaves on that side. Tore up my flower beds and a bunch of new plants. To make matters worse, the insurance adjuster isn't coming until the 14th! I am soooooo ready to get everything back like it was. There was damage inside the house too from the rain coming in from the chimney where the flashing was knocked off and my hardwood floors are not looking like they are buckling. The saving grace is that it was not closer to the house or there would have been really severe damage and thankfully both my son and I were not hurt. His favorite place to sit is next to the fireplace and he was sitting there when the tree fell. I was in the bedroom ironing because I just knew we were going to lose power and I had to get some things pressed for work FGS! Lights went out just before the tree was uprooted and that was that for the ironing!:girl_haha: Needless to say it was all in vane because I did not make it into work for the rest of the week.....power was off for about 20 hours.


That was gonna be my next question. Who was all there when it happened. Thank god no one was hurt. And how scary that your son was sitting right were it hit. Just glad you are okay. That stuff can be replaced, you can't be. :love0085:

Kinda crappy it's takin' that long to get out to you? I would be callin them everyday. :67302:

[Roamer]

Storms are now in Alabama, guys. I have none yet, but they're coming this way. It may be time to shut down for awhile.

[Alibar]

I don't think I said hello yet today to everyone, but, now I am. :0012:

Another front coming in an it has my ole bod nearly refusing to move. The pain, the pain, said the midget shrinking woman as she pointed to the sky...

Bayou, I'll be looking for your answers to PatC's questions...

Most of the games in the Arcade have reverted to no high scores or low ones either. If all the high scores have been wiped out, then all the times a game was played should also be deleted.

[Grins]

"The pain, the pain, said the midget shrinking woman as she pointed to the sky..."
lol
groannnnn

[Bayou Lass]

Bayou Lass, Roamy and I'd like to have a word with you, Missy. :zm1: I was in WalMart when the tornado sirens went off.... they herded everyone into the center of the store and would let them leave for a while. Turned out it touched down about 11 miles NE of town from what I hear. Like you though, it has now stopped storming and the sun is out.


Grins, we used to get those giant CC cookies too. We could get Happy Birthday greetings (or whatever the occasion was) put on them.... I'd forgotten about that.

"candy store for $327.50" == :faintTHUD:

Bayou Lass, did you mean what you typed, " my hardwood floors are not looking like they are buckling" or is that a typo? If you meant it, that's good news indeed.

Your adjuster slipped his date to the 14th? I thought he said 11th. Was there a lot of other damage in the area?


Typo.....now look like they are buckling.

I had to laugh about the WalMart experience. I can just picture you being herded to the center of the store with a bunch of shoppers. Bet that was fun huh? Just be glad that it didn't touch down closer......I'd hate to be in one of those big stores if it hit. Glad you are safe.

Nope, I guess my hissy-fit worked. He's coming sometime tomorrow so I will not be here to chat and visit. Will let you know what happened on Monday. My new computer came in and hopefully I can get it set up and will be able to talk to ya'll during the weekend.

[PatC]

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g258/PatC_pics/smilies/happy_dance.gif Happy Dance for BLass getting the adjuster faster. Wishing you luck with the results. Don't forget.... landscaping can be a loss too.

Sorry about the hardwood floors though.

What kind of 'puter did you get? My "new" one (a year old now) is an HP Pavilion Slimline and I like it pretty well. My only complaint is it came with Vista but I didn't really have a choice on that back then.

[Bayou Lass]

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g258/PatC_pics/smilies/happy_dance.gif Happy Dance for BLass getting the adjuster faster. Wishing you luck with the results. Don't forget.... landscaping can be a loss too.

Sorry about the hardwood floors though.

What kind of 'puter did you get? My "new" one (a year old now) is an HP Pavilion Slimline and I like it pretty well. My only complaint is it came with Vista but I didn't really have a choice on that back then.

Thanks you my friend....love the happy dance. I got a Dell Inspiron 1545 (got a good company discount). I don't have the room in my little house for a big computer and this suits me just fine as I can go into my bedroom, shut the door and surf the net to my little heart's desire and ........ talk to my friends from home. My ex bought me a computer a few years ago and decided that he needed it back for some reason - so I have been without a home computer for quite a while. I really didn't miss it until I started posting with ya'll. Now I can still work and chat and go home and work and chat.:grin:

[Grins]

ok so I am still using Windows 98
hmph
what should I get to update?

[Grins]

Look at the beautiful

Volunteer Wall of Fame!

http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/showthread.php?t=8764

[Alibar]

Look at the beautiful

Volunteer Wall of Fame!

http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/showthread.php?t=8764

You hang with a great group of people, Grins!

[Alibar]

ok so I am still using Windows 98
hmph
what should I get to update?

Maybe try bay windows...


:INhouseReading04:

[DRJAN]

Well Hello kids!!!! I am doing just great no pain if I type wrong letters please forgive me. I hope everyone is safe from the torandos I don't miss them for nothing we don't have any of those out here in Las Vegas. I remember being in a tornado when I was in Chicago took the roller rink two blocks from my house. I was so scared. I will never forget the sound. Please all of you be safe.

[Grins]

You hang with a great group of people, Grins!
This is one of the high points of my life.
I shall remember
I shall treasure
every moment

[Grins]

Maybe try bay windows...


:INhouseReading04:(((((((( :s1gyahoo: _____ I have one and my belt gets in the way of posting

+++++++DRJAN=Good news!! Happy for you and recover soon.

~~~~coffee is ready \\ it is even in a liquid form

[Roamer]

You work very hard for us, dear friend. You deserve all the honors you get. :kissyface4:

Good morning, everyone! :happy0207:

[packy]

Well Hello kids!!!! I am doing just great no pain if I type wrong letters please forgive me. I hope everyone is safe from the torandos I don't miss them for nothing we don't have any of those out here in Las Vegas. I remember being in a tornado when I was in Chicago took the roller rink two blocks from my house. I was so scared. I will never forget the sound. Please all of you be safe.

I remember that one. It took a big part of Oak Lawn and covered a wide path.

Bayou Lass so glad your son wasn't in his chair when all that happened. Hope the adjuster does good by you. Keep track of how long it took everyone to help clean up any mess inside or out.

Hope everyone is free of storms today.

[Grins]

Thanks and hi Roamer and Packy=hope we all get a break now=still drought in Texas=GA got some needed rain.

Something lovely to start your day~

http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/picture.php?albumid=187&pictureid=1968

[nicky]

Thanks and hi Roamer and Packy=hope we all get a break now=still drought in Texas=GA got some needed rain.

Something lovely to start your day~

http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/picture.php?albumid=187&pictureid=1968

Who's the maker of the pretty lady?

[Kami]

Good Friday Mornin'!!! :cool:

[nicky]

Morning everyone! I'm kind of excited, after everyone leaves for work and school this morning I'm going to take my laptop and go to our local coffee shop. They put cafe au lait on their menu last week. A little taste of New Orleans in Alabama. I can't wait, I haven't had it yet and I haven't had it from new orleans in about 10 years. Yippie

[texanne]

Morning All! Grins...that is one of those pics that makes you stop and look at all the details....and make up a story in your mind to go with the painting.

[nicky]

Grins, You ever check out Nenne(sp)Thomas and her fairies and angels and Doreen Virtue's angels? They are gorgeous! I've got a perpetual flip calander from Doreen.

[Grins]

Nicky! Hiya=we been missin ya ~ I forget the artist darn it =hope someone can help me out=
I will check out the pics you mentioned and pass them on to a friend who likes those kind of beauties a lot.

Kami you artist you=always a treat to see you like the heavenly
Little Debbie
Chocolate Fudge Swirls
ooooooeeeee ifn you like choco..

Texanne=I do the same thing!!!!! It is why I liked the pic above=what is she thinking and feeling=is she wistful=why did she dress so beautifully with a flower in her hair=her best dress ...did the artist love her?

Same with my favorite=Norman Rockwell=
every one of his tells a story=you have to look at it a while and see all the details large and small=every time I look at one I see more>

[nicky]

Nicky! Hiya=we been missin ya ~ I forget the artist darn it =hope someone can help me out=
I will check out the pics you mentioned and pass them on to a friend who likes those kind of beauties a lot.

Kami you artist you=always a treat to see you like the heavenly
Little Debbie
Chocolate Fudge Swirls
ooooooeeeee ifn you like choco..

Texanne=I do the same thing!!!!! It is why I liked the pic above=what is she thinking and feeling=is she wistful=why did she dress so beautifully with a flower in her hair=her best dress ...did the artist love her?

Same with my favorite=Norman Rockwell=
every one of his tells a story=you have to look at it a while and see all the details large and small=every time I look at one I see more>


Did you notice the Raven in the background?

[PatC]

http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu115/tistelblomst/good_morning_puppies.jpg

Good morning my wonderful Klatchers.


DRJAN = so glad you were pain free. Stay that way ....as much as you can. I remember tornado sounds from my years in Oklahoma. I remember the unique color of the sky as well.

Grins - we may have a slightly different opinion of what constitutes coffee being in "liquid form". When the spoon attempts to stand on its own ....


Roamer = Good morning. Have you gotten a replacement camera yet? I'm not going to be able to put it off much longer. The LED screen on mine has now quit working. WHAAAAAaaaaa

packy = Good morning, I join you in your hope that everyone is free of storms today.

Grins = If you recall, I tried to get Bayou Lass to send yesterdays storms toward Texas... they could have used the rain... we have flood warnings. Some of the homes in Slidell (between me and New Orleans over in LA) are in serious danger of flooding right now.

"Something lovely to start your day~"

Beautiful picture.

nicky, Kami, texanne and anybody who joined us while I was typing this post == Morning All!

texanne, I'm glad to know someone else's mind works like mine. I too frequently make up stories to go with pictures. When I used to have to travel a lot, along with a book to read (which is never far from me) I always had a notebook of some kind because when I was stuck in an airport waiting area I'd make up scenarios about other travelers. LOL

[nicky]

http://www.nenethomas.com/always.shtml

Grins,
I tried to put this picture up, but my computer won't let me. If I ever get another tattoo, I'm going to get this picture modified some and have it done. Her pictures are beautiful!

[PatC]

Did you notice the Raven in the background?

I did Nicky. She looks forlorn to me. At first I thought perhaps she was waiting for someone (a lover) who had failed to show up. Then when I noticed the flower over her ear matches those at her feet I decided the lover had been there, picked her the flower and possibly placed it over her ear and left.

[Roamer]

Roamer = Good morning. Have you gotten a replacement camera yet? I'm not going to be able to put it off much longer. The LED screen on mine has now quit working. WHAAAAAaaaaa

No, and I may not, Pat. Can't afford it right now, and usually don't remember to use it, anyway. :hide:

[Kami]

Nicky! Hiya=we been missin ya ~ I forget the artist darn it =hope someone can help me out=
I will check out the pics you mentioned and pass them on to a friend who likes those kind of beauties a lot.

Kami you artist you=always a treat to see you like the heavenly
Little Debbie
Chocolate Fudge Swirls
ooooooeeeee ifn you like choco..

Texanne=I do the same thing!!!!! It is why I liked the pic above=what is she thinking and feeling=is she wistful=why did she dress so beautifully with a flower in her hair=her best dress ...did the artist love her?

Same with my favorite=Norman Rockwell=
every one of his tells a story=you have to look at it a while and see all the details large and small=every time I look at one I see more>

Grins, you have such a way with words. :girl_haha:

Good Mornin' my friend!!:11_2_104:

[Grins]

Artful Afternoon

On a sunny afternoon
too long since I had done something
just for me you see I was reading a book
asked me to list ten things
I have always wanted to do
too busy

So I stopped and got a pen
....blank
Back to the book:
"Ok then, three."
laughing I determined to do one
for fun

To the art museum next afternoon
wonder if they have a Monet
daylight streams in from skylight
I enter turn right
there it is
lit from within and without
such colors cascade

No one else there
walking around I see a story in every painting
love and mystery is that a glove I see
perhaps she will come back to retrieve it
we may stroll together looking stories traded
romance in every frame
perhaps a coffee after to review our new
feelings

Ending my journey of art joy art ploy
to meet her of my dream
enjoy the day I reflect
suspect she may come next week
we will discuss fate

This week she is
merely
late~

Loving it all
as I did then,
Grins

[PatC]

Roamer = Good morning. Have you gotten a replacement camera yet? I'm not going to be able to put it off much longer. The LED screen on mine has now quit working. WHAAAAAaaaaa

No, and I may not, Pat. Can't afford it right now, and usually don't remember to use it, anyway. :hide:

Oh, I use mine all the time and carry it in my purse. I was looking in WalMart yesterday and they have a Sony... I think it was S780 for "only" $129 and I'd probably have bought one but they didn't have it in stock and it may be a good thing. I looked on line and found that it's discontinued and I had failed to notice until my very smart DH asked me about it, there was no view finder. You HAVE to sight with the LED screen. *sigh* I did some checking and found that to get another Sony WITH a view finder I have to move up to the $300 range. That's not a range I'm prepared to graze in right now. :girl_haha:

[Grins]

Grins, you have such a way with words. :girl_haha:

Good Mornin' my friend!!:11_2_104:
dang rite
runs innna fambly

[PatC]

"Artful Afternoon" == beautiful, grins. As usual, your poetry plucks at my heart strings.

[Grins]

Pat & Roamer look here! Sony 10X zoom
$199 Office Max
"Sony DSC-H10 8.1 Megapixel 10x Zoom Black Digital Camera
Reg: $279.99
Save 29% :$80.00
Your Price: $199.99

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http://www.officemax.com/catalog/sku.jsp?productId=prod1450007&freeText=cameras10X&_requestid=1588284

[Grins]

Dpreview magazine=good site for all cameras

"SAN DIEGO, Jan. 23, 2008 – Sony today unveiled its high-zoom Cyber-shot® DSC-H10 digital camera, a compact model that is ideal for parents looking to capture their families’ memories.

With its small dimensions (only 4-1/4-inches wide by 2-3/4-inches tall by 2-inches deep), the new model combines the performance of much larger cameras in a more convenient size. Small enough for a pocket or purse, the 8-megapixel camera is perfect for sporting events, school recitals and vacations, helping you easily capture close-ups, even from a distance.

Designed to replace the current DSC-H3 model, the DSC-H10 camera features a wider 3-inch Clear Photo LCD Plus™ screen for easy playback viewing and menu navigation.

Great Photos Made Easy
The new model has a powerful Carl Zeiss® 10x optical zoom lens and a long-range flash to help you capture details from afar. Its face detection technology can identify and focus on up to eight faces in a frame, and automatically adjusts the focus for correctly exposed photos.

The high-zoom camera includes Sony’s advanced sports shooting mode, which combines high shutter speed and continuous auto-focusing to help you capture fast-action shots. This intelligent technology allows the camera to quickly focus on fast-moving subjects by predicting where they will be in the frame – and ultimately reducing shutter lag.

To help you capture well-exposed, natural-looking photos – even in challenging low-light conditions – the new model features high sensitivity shooting (up to ISO 3200). It also incorporates Super Steady Shot® optical image stabilization to reduce blur caused by shaky hands.

The DSC-H10 camera incorporates Sony’s D-Range Optimizer (DRO) to help you capture balanced images when shooting in high-contrast or backlit scenes. DRO modifies the range from highlights to shadows through its in-camera hardware processing – ultimately producing more natural, evenly exposed images.
The camera also has helpful functions to manually correct images immediately after capturing them, including in-camera red-eye correction and photo retouching.

Fast and Fun Playback
For fun playback of family photos, the unit’s built-in slideshow function helps create slideshows set to your favorite music choices. Up to eight songs can be uploaded via the camera’s USB port. To view your favorite images and slideshows just like you view your favorite TV shows – in full 1080 high definition resolution – you can connect the camera to a compatible HDTV set.

Pricing and Availability
The Cyber-Shot DSC-H10 digital camera will ship in May for about $300. Additional accessories will include wide and telephoto conversion lenses, filters, batteries, travel chargers, sports packs and cases. The new model and accessories can be purchased online at www.sonystyle.com, at Sony Style® retail stores, at military base exchanges, and at authorized dealers nationwide. Pre-orders begin on Jan. 31 at www.sonystyle.com.
Sony DSC-H10 specifications..."

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08012305sonyh10.asp

[Grins]

Did you notice the Raven in the background?

No I missed it=sheesh just as we were discussing....

[Grins]

http://www.nenethomas.com/always.shtml

Grins,
I tried to put this picture up, but my computer won't let me. If I ever get another tattoo, I'm going to get this picture modified some and have it done. Her pictures are beautiful!WOW! Her hair along with the branches =a wild feeling=stormy

[Grins]

"Artful Afternoon" == beautiful, grins. As usual, your poetry plucks at my heart strings.```````` :love0085:.......we are in tune,,,,,

==Beautiful Lady picture=he will be back
surprise her in his best uniform shiny black stallion
he brings a mantilla of fine golden lace~

swoops her up for a wild ride to the castle
to dance and in the garden kneels and
says...

[texanne]

Oh, you just had to post about a new camera coming out. Now I will "need" one. I love the digital cameras, yet miss the days of my old beat up Pentax K-mount and struggling to set the right F-stop and depth of field. My eyes lost their ability to match with the camera....and "automatic" mode just does not get the unusual shots you want. People used to stare at me as I lay on the beach trying to get a sunset with a pc. of driftwood in the foreground. Now I buy cameras and they stay in the closet till my daughter borrows them.

[Grins]

Many struggles I had with my Minolta 101 SLR =always overexposed! No more I gave up=the Sony is the best camera I have seen and the price is amazing for a 10X=taking a pic at a kids game you have press photographer capability on up-close.
Same with on-stage performers.
Image stability means no blurred images as used to be with my 200 mm lens.

[Grins]

Oh, you just had to post about a new camera coming out. Now I will "need" one. I love the digital cameras, yet miss the days of my old beat up Pentax K-mount and struggling to set the right F-stop and depth of field. My eyes lost their ability to match with the camera....and "automatic" mode just does not get the unusual shots you want. People used to stare at me as I lay on the beach trying to get a sunset with a pc. of driftwood in the foreground. Now I buy cameras and they stay in the closet till my daughter borrows them.Get one & try it=ya have 30 day return most places=you will love it=esp kids faces=the best of the best b/c you can stand way back and get em up close.

[PatC]

I never leave my house without my camera. I guess I use mine different than a lot of people. For example. If I see something in a store that I MIGHT like to have but want to think about.... I take a picture of it --including the price tag-- then I can call it up and discuss it with DH without having to drag him to a store... I hate that 'cause he leaves those nasty black heel marks on their floors.

I've taken pictures of people, animals, accidents, plants, stores/restaurants, ...

It was good at Christmas to take pictures of toys at one place and another and compare prices.

Camera.... m-u-s-t have camera..... :happy0158:

[texanne]

Now you see there....you made me "need" one. It is a nice idea for my daughter's birthday gift. She is turning out to be the new camera bug in the family. Funny story....she took a photo of the 12 yr. old grandsons at a luau last year. The little goofs were barefoot, in cutoff jeans, wearing leis...and holding giant plastic fish as if they were guitars. So, they took a pic of Brooks & Dunn off the web and placed themselves in it with the luau get ups. They hand it to people and tell them they met Brooks & Dunn...and even got to play their guitars with them. You would be surprised how long it takes some people to realize they are holding fish and not guitars.

[annalyzer]

Look at my "new" laptop bag I got from ebay. Isn't it nice? I hope my laptop fits in it as the description didn't say measurements but it's leather and made from Dell. And only paid $25.50 total. :)

http://i16.ebayimg.com/03/i/001/3d/4b/204e_1.JPG

I'm returning the one I just bought at walmart. My laptop just barely can squeeze into the foam sleeve.

[Orchid Corsage]

:mornincoffee:Good Morning Klatchers!

All this camera talk makes me feel guilty. Dh is always buying a new camera, and I have trouble keeping up what to do with what. :0009: We had a garden tour here a few years ago, I wanted to use the camera with the film, asked DH to set it up for me so I could take pics of all the gardens, and the many guests who were here touring. The best group was a club of the Red Hat Ladies all dressed in their best of the best Red attire.

Later I went to take the film out to have it developed. Guess what NO FILM in the camera! :madranting94dp: So did ya read about the DH who was 'almost' murdered! :67302:

BLass, your tree looks similar to ours, especially the roots! They were the worst to remove. Took lots and lots of backaching work to dig them out.

I wasn't here yesterday so I missed a lot. PatC, I would be scared in one of those buildings with the flat roofs. Around here it always seems those shell buildings always have their roofs collapse from the heavy rains. I am happy to hear you were safe.

My Mom's birthday is next week, so I was busy out shopping. It is hard to know what sizes she wears, so I bought her a new spring purse, one of those SAC purses because they are light-weight and easy to carry around. It has pretty flowers on it, so she should love it. She really doesn't go anywhere, but she still always carrys her purse around all day. Years ago the older people were told, to never go anywhere with out their social security card, so
if one goes to the kitchen or the bedroom, or the living room, the purse goes too ensuring the social security card is with her! :shrug1:

I also packed in some chocolates, a cute hanging doorknob bunny, a Easter Pillow, a small vase of artificial violets (she loves violets), and the most darling Easter Bunny, who looks to have been made from Chenille bedspread material! He is so so so darling.

Mom is in a Residence in Henderson NV, so so far away from me. We are going to visit her tho, real soon.:kissyface4: It is a real shame tho, cause she doesn't know where she is. Mom is happy tho, and that is what counts! :kissyface4: When I call her, she always says to me, how did you know where I was to call, because we have been camping and stopped here for the night. I don't know what that is about, because she never went camping in her life! :tender:

[Orchid Corsage]

Anna, wow, it really looks nice!

I love Ebay! One can find just about anything there! woohoo!

[annalyzer]

LOL Orchid at carrying around her social security card. :67302:

[texanne]

Aw, Orchid, your mom sounds so sweet. I am sure she will be thrilled at the gifts. We had an elderly gentleman that we sort of adopted into our family. I would take the window clings for each holiday and put them on his windows at the nursing home. He fussed when I took them down once, so I had to start placing flowers, little animals, etc there all the time. He was happier when his room was colorful and bright.

[annalyzer]

Anna, wow, it really looks nice!

I love Ebay! One can find just about anything there! woohoo!

Oh I hope my laptop fits! Here is a look at the inside

http://i3.ebayimg.com/04/i/001/3d/4b/242a_1.JPG

[Orchid Corsage]

LOL Orchid at carrying around her social security card. :67302:

I know, and her mother did the same thing! LOL Hope that doesn't mean I will do the same someday! :s1gyahoo:

Aw, Orchid, your mom sounds so sweet. I am sure she will be thrilled at the gifts. We had an elderly gentleman that we sort of adopted into our family. I would take the window clings for each holiday and put them on his windows at the nursing home. He fussed when I took them down once, so I had to start placing flowers, little animals, etc there all the time. He was happier when his room was colorful and bright.

Awe that is so sweet! I had an Auntie who was in a residence here, and I use to decorate her room for her, she loved it too! I also use to buy things at the science store for her, games, puzzles and all kind of stuff. So she would carry all that around, and she was very popular as all the others there loved to play with her toys! It takes very little to make them happy and feel loved and cared for. :friends3:

I have been thinking about volunteering at a local 'home' not far from here. I need to do it! I need to get going with it!

[texanne]

We took "toys" too. He was a lifelong fisherman, and had to have his length of rope to practice his knots. He would sit for hours showing the aides, etc how to tie different knots. He finally got to the point that we had to get realistic looking toy tools so he could "build" things. He just could not let his hands be idle even when he had no idea where he was and who we were half the time.

[PatC]

Those are great ideas for the elderly. OC, I wish you could find a pretty, lacy hanky to put in Mom's new purse. I bet anything she used to carry a pretty hanky everywhere she went.

[texanne]

Those are great ideas for the elderly. OC, I wish you could find a pretty, lacy hanky to put in Mom's new purse. I bet anything she used to carry a pretty hanky everywhere she went.


It is hard to find the nice hankies, especially those made from cotton or linen. My mom started carrying little kleenex packs everywhere. She takes extra paper napkins when we eat out and puts them in my car. I am a neat freak when it comes to a car, so we battle over them. At 91 yrs. old, I guess she does pretty good, so I try not to let things get to me. I draw the line at the little packs with plastic forks, etc in them. Has anyone ever been driving down the road and actually needed one of those?

[Grins]

Now you see there....you made me "need" one. It is a nice idea for my daughter's birthday gift. She is turning out to be the new camera bug in the family. Funny story....she took a photo of the 12 yr. old grandsons at a luau last year. The little goofs were barefoot, in cutoff jeans, wearing leis...and holding giant plastic fish as if they were guitars. So, they took a pic of Brooks & Dunn off the web and placed themselves in it with the luau get ups. They hand it to people and tell them they met Brooks & Dunn...and even got to play their guitars with them. You would be surprised how long it takes some people to realize they are holding fish and not guitars.It is a treasure to have pictures=all mine from years ago surely are=so mebbe try that Sony above=good price for 10X camera that is small too=many 3Xs are same price.
My fish is a little out of tune.
Scales are ok tho~

[Grins]

Super bargain for that leather bag Anna=eBay is fun too=I have bought a few film star autographed pix=I collect since I was in grade school=
Have some really ool ones=Lional Barrymore=Burt Lancaster=Bob Hope=Mime Marcel Marceau wrote me a letter!

Who else has a hobby?
Tell tell!

[Alibar]

Good afternoon, everyone!

"Artful Afternoon," is beeeeutiful, Grins. Also the lady painting...

Nicky, you're not going to have the dead limbs of all those trees included in the tattoo, are ya? :sad0119:

It would be helpful for me if my Kodak digital camera would mess up, but, it takes great photos. It's just larger than those currently available and my kids make fun of it. LOL

[PatC]

Hi, y'all. Just taking a break from doing my tax return and watched CTV a few minutes. Some lady on trial for the 3rd time for her husband's murder. Ashley just asked a guest lawyer why they weren't seeking the death penalty this time and the atty. said maybe they thought since they'd swung and missed twice before ....

I thought that once a person was tried and the death penalty was the penalty sought that jeopardy had been attached and she couldn't be up for it again... Grinsy???

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g258/PatC_pics/smilies/Anyonehere.gif

Are you out there? What about it? Or does it depend on the state?

:happy0158:

[Trailblazer]

I got this email today and thought I'd share....

Carrots, Eggs, & Coffee

A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up, She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.

In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl.. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, ' Tell me what you see.'

'Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied.

Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.

Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, 'What does it mean, mother?'

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.

'Which are you?' she asked her daughter. 'When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.

Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

You might want to send this message to those people who mean something to you (I JUST DID); to those who have touched your life in one way or another; to those who make you smile when you really need it; to those who make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down; to those whose friendship you appreciate; to those who are so meaningful in your life.

If you don't send it, you will just miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone's day with this message!

May we all be COFFEE!!!!!!!

[PatC]

For you, Trailblazer, and all my other cyber friends.


http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo347/elizajayn/love_coffee.jpg

[annalyzer]

Poor Caleb. I found that he has been licking his stitiches so I ran to the vets just now and got him one of those plastic cones that go over his head. Talk about adding insult to injury....... :girl_sad:

this is an example http://farm1.static.flickr.com/80/213222530_b8fd8f5d8c_m.jpg

[Alibar]

Poor Caleb. I found that he has been licking his stitiches so I ran to the vets just now and got him one of those plastic cones that go over his head. Talk about adding insult to injury....... :girl_sad:

this is an example http://farm1.static.flickr.com/80/213222530_b8fd8f5d8c_m.jpg

Wow, Anna! I'm just imagining what it would be like to have one o those around my neck! :love0084:

[Grins]

Hi, y'all. Just taking a break from doing my tax return and watched CTV a few minutes. Some lady on trial for the 3rd time for her husband's murder. Ashley just asked a guest lawyer why they weren't seeking the death penalty this time and the atty. said maybe they thought since they'd swung and missed twice before ....

I thought that once a person was tried and the death penalty was the penalty sought that jeopardy had been attached and she couldn't be up for it again... Grinsy???

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g258/PatC_pics/smilies/Anyonehere.gif

Are you out there? What about it? Or does it depend on the state?

:happy0158:Not when there is a successful appeal by a defendant. DP is still available but they see in this case that is may be a block to a guilty verdict and that is easier to get w/ DP off the table. Same with Casey A case.

[PatC]

Thanks for the clarification, Grins.

Oh, Anna, poor Caleb.... and to add insult to injury you post his picture. :67302:

That reminds me of years ago when we had a dog, Sandy, and when she was "fixed" she kept licking at stitches and had to have the cone.

Poor dear, she was so horrible embarrassed by it and the worst part was when she'd hang her head in misery the cone would go flat on the floor and she'd be stuck temporarily and, of course, it was so hard not to laugh at her.

At the time, DH could take her to work with him so he did. She'd curl up under his workbench and everytime she'd start licking all he had to do was say, "AAAANH, I'll have to put That Thing on your head." and she'd stop.

Years later if she started licking or scratching or something obnoxious all you had to do was tell her if she didn't stop we'd "...put That Thing on your head." and she'd stop immediately. :67302:


ETA: Good news, we don't owe the feds after all. Just a wee refund, but better than owing. I was able to take advantage of deducting General Sales Tax instead of state tax.

[Grins]

Beautiful lesson Trail~
will pass on
=LOL@Sandy =knows the language=even slanguage
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cool site
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[annalyzer]

That's not his picture Pat. Caleb is a Rottie. And he has a sadder looking face. :(

[Grins]

"Toes taste better than thumbs Mum!"

http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/picture.php?albumid=187&pictureid=2415

[Grins]

````````the above is a reason to have a good camera ready at all times.........
LOL
i wanna scrunch him huggamugga fine boy
wheeeeeeee up inna air wahhhooooo
baby lap sit read
Dr Seuss
gigglin
me & him

[texanne]

And I'm baaaack. Someday I will really retire and not do any quick errands for the family bizniz. For some reason they think that if I am on the computer that I need something else to do. Some good posts (and pics) since this a.m. PatC: funny story about the doggie cone collar. They are smarter than we give them credit for being.
Oh, hip hoooray...the cleaning lady is over her illness and showed up to clean while I was gone. Life is good.

[Grins]

Seeeeeee Texanne=
you done good and got a reward~
always works that way
well
sometimes

[texanne]

Yeah,it helps to count small things as rewards and blessings. I spent quite a bit of time in ERs and hospital rooms this week, so this house needed that sweet lady. (and all the hospital visits came out good...so..see...more good luck)

[PatC]

Like my DS would undoubtedly say, "It's all good." http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g258/PatC_pics/smilies/bwahaha.gif

[texanne]

Sometimes we laugh to keep from crying....but I gues that's all good too. LOL

[Alibar]

Grins, is that darling little toe boy your grandbaby?

[Grins]

Ali=no but mine is just as cute!

Pics of a cute court house by H H Richardson

"
The Current Allegheny County Courthouse
Following the destruction of the second courthouse, Allegheny County Commissioners decided to hold a competition to design a replacement. The winner of the competition was Boston architect H.H. Richardson and construction of the buildings was begun by the Norcross Brothers, Richardson's construction firm of choice, in 1884. The jail portion of the complex was completed in 1886, the year of Richardson's death and the entire court house was finished in 1886 by Sheply, Rutan and Coolidge, Richardson's successor firm. The total cost of the project up to that time was over two and a quarter million dollars.

The design of the main building, which Richardson considered to be his finest, was innovative in that the building is built around an interior courtyard, thus allowing natural light and fresh air to reach most of the building. The courtyard is surrounded by four stories in three sides. A tower rises five stories from the courtyard's open side. As was usually the case with Richardson's buildings, the roof is steep with dormers placed at all the corners.

The prison is connected to the main building by the "Bridge of Sighs." The entire complex was built of large rusticated blocks of granite, with the entrance ways and windows toped with wide arches. This gives the building a heavy, stable and dignified appearance.

The design of the Allegheny County Courthouse has influenced buildings in many cities across America.

In 1974, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places."
===the year I started and I was named one too.
{:o)
http://www.american-architecture.info/USA/USA-Northeast/NT-009.htm

[texanne]

That is a very large courthouse for the era it was built...and magnificent. I love to look in the old courthouses, etc. There is one (much smaller) in New Braunfels,TX that has so many old details that you never see any more.

[Grins]

It is fascinating to stand at the jury rail and imagine 123 years of lawyers standing right here arguing life and death to juries.

This is the Court House featured in the fact-based film "Mrs Soffel" with Diane Keaton.

[Grins]

One hot hot Summer day I walked toward the garage and at the intersection turned left toward the Jail~
suddenly
.....it was snowing...a horse and wagon passed by....people were wearing clothing from 1900...

I need to change my meds....

yes
they were filming a scene from Mrs Soffel and I had not heard about it.

whew```

[texanne]

Can you just imagine what a building of that detail and quality would cost if built today? We really should appreciate the fact that they used to consider character and beauty when building public bldgs.

[annalyzer]

That is a very large courthouse for the era it was built...and magnificent. I love to look in the old courthouses, etc. There is one (much smaller) in New Braunfels,TX that has so many old details that you never see any more.


Wow it is magnificent.

[Alibar]

Wow it is magnificent.


Yes, it is. Amazing. )))))

[Orchid Corsage]

It is fascinating to stand at the jury rail and imagine 123 years of lawyers standing right here arguing life and death to juries.

This is the Court House featured in the fact-based film "Mrs Soffel" with Diane Keaton.


Grins~~Great post and pics of the courthouse!

It never ceases to amaze me when driving into the city and seeing the old courthouse! I love it! I think it was just one time, we visited the morgue post Prom! Gowns and all, we would go trouping in to see whatever!

Found this on the net. Just to make sure ya'll don't think I was the only nut!:67302:
~~~
Allegheny County Courthouse and Morgue
The Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail is widely considered an architectural masterpiece. It is a monumental stone bldg designed by Boston architect Henry Hobson Richardson in the 1880's. A tour of the interior reveals some of the impressive construction features, and workers give their impressions of this remarkable building.

:basic44:The morgue is also a popular attraction downtown. Workers talk about the old custom of teenagers visiting the morgue on prom night! Workers also give perspective on the building of the new morgue. :basic44:

I did that! :0t31:

[Orchid Corsage]

That is a very large courthouse for the era it was built...and magnificent. I love to look in the old courthouses, etc. There is one (much smaller) in New Braunfels,TX that has so many old details that you never see any more.

Anne, Pittsburgh, spelled Pittsburg way back when was a very rich city. There were families, of the Mellons, Carnegie, Scaife, Benedum and among others. Also we have a few of their beautiful mansions still standing.


I was able to live in one for a year when I was a student. The Benedum family had lived there and donated it to the hospital. Then the Benedum family paid a full scholarship for each student. The school at the hospital was also called the Benedum School of Medical Technology. The mansion was gorgeous! I think there were 10 of living there, plus our house mother. lol plus 1 cat!

[Orchid Corsage]

One hot hot Summer day I walked toward the garage and at the intersection turned left toward the Jail~
suddenly
.....it was snowing...a horse and wagon passed by....people were wearing clothing from 1900...

I need to change my meds....

yes
they were filming a scene from Mrs Soffel and I had not heard about it.

whew```

Grins, that would have been a sight to behold!

Reminds me, I have a trunk of old clothes from the 1800's! A few times on halloween, I have dressed up and visited a few friends. :blondblush113268230

[AmyE]

That is a very large courthouse for the era it was built...and magnificent. I love to look in the old courthouses, etc. There is one (much smaller) in New Braunfels,TX that has so many old details that you never see any more.

I went there last summer to Natural Bridge Caverns.

[Orchid Corsage]

Anna, I never saw a collar like that before, what a great idea.

PatC, wish I would have read your hanky idea earlier, :thud2: I already mailed the package.

Trailblazer, thanks for the Carrots, Eggs, and Coffee post. :friends3:

[PatC]

Grins, in comparison.... or I should say in contrast... here's an Oklahoma building from the era.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2287/2167230527_65f2a55078.jpg?v=0

"This Gothic Victorian structure once served as the Chickasaw National Capitol when it was originally built in 1896. It was designed to overlook the town on a grand hill by architect J. A. Shannon. In 1910, Johnston County purchased the structure for $15,000 and it served as the county courthouse until 1992 when the Chickasaw Nation bought in back for $575,000. Johnston County finished its current courthouse, down the hill from this one in 1993. Because this courthouse was built in 1896, this is one of the oldest structures in the state that has served as a county courthouse."

another view:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2113/2167230537_3f33c97663.jpg?v=0

Source (http://www.flickr.com/photos/99491151@N00/2167230537)

DH and I had our picture taken in front of this building on one trip back to OK.

There's a photo of this courthouse in the Red River Prosecutor, but not as clear as these are.

[texanne]

I love the old structures. When I was a child, we made numerous moves due to my dad's job. My favorite place was a victorian style house in Tyler, TX. It had been beautifully kept. The windows were leaded, etc. To top it off, it was on a brick street. They just do not make houses with that much character any more. I think that is where my love for antiques developed.

[annalyzer]

Here is the courthouse in my town. Nothing like Grins posted but I still think pretty neat.

http://pcj.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/19/parkersburg_wv_county_courthouse.jpg

[PatC]

I love the old structures. When I was a child, we made numerous moves due to my dad's job. My favorite place was a victorian style house in Tyler, TX. It had been beautifully kept. The windows were leaded, etc. To top it off, it was on a brick street. They just do not make houses with that much character any more. I think that is where my love for antiques developed.

That sounds like the old house my paternal grandmother lived in in Parsons, Kansas (that also had some brick streets although this house was not on one). The place where she lived must have, at its prime, been something to behold and it was still striking from the outside. However, it had been cut into a 4-plex (although I don't recall it being called that back then). There were two "apartments" downstairs that shared a bathroom. I used to visit them in the summers when I was a kid.... I'm talking early-mid '50s.

The house sat on a tree shaded street only a short way from town. Which was a good thing since neither my grandmother nor my grandfather ever drove and we walked everywhere. "Pop" worked for the Katy railroad and was gone for days at a time so it was usually just me and my GM there. No air conditioning in that old house (which wasn't really that unusual back then), but there was an exhaust fan set up in the kitchen window and it would pull a nice breeze through the place. Also, on really hot nights I got to sleep out on the porch on the porch swing. No one even considered it might be a dangerous thing to do back then. I loved the "gingerbread" around that porch. At night when the streetlight came on the shadows on the walls looked like dark gray lace.

Thanks for the memory. :friends3:

[PatC]

Oh, Anna, it is. Really neat. Any idea when it was built?

[PatC]

When I was looking for a good photo of the courthouse in Tishomingo I ran across this website: (WARNING: I give you fair warning before you click and go there... you'll have trouble getting away for a while till you browse A LOT of pictures.)


COURTHOUSELOVERS PHOTOSTREAM (http://www.flickr.com/photos/99491151@N00/)


Now that I've given you something to spend the rest of the night on.... I think I'll hit the sack.


:022:

[Alibar]

Anna, I love it! It's a fabulous building. I'm also enthralled by the one in Pittsburgh.

I KNOW I've seen those PatC posted and talked about. Tishomingo OK (Johnson County) is 12 miles from Madill, where I grew up.

OC, there is talk here about having high schoolers and prom night going through a death and dying program to maybe prevent a prom night disaster which seems to happen regularly. I've never visited a morgue and it's fine with me not to... :francis:

[nanabillie]

http://www.sciway.net/photos/upstate-sc/laurens-county-courthouse.html

Here is MY Courthouse. Just had to jump in and show it off.

[PatC]

Anna, I love it! It's a fabulous building. I'm also enthralled by the one in Pittsburgh.

I KNOW I've seen those PatC posted and talked about. Tishomingo OK (Johnson County) is 12 miles from Madill, where I grew up.

OC, there is talk here about having high schoolers and prom night going through a death and dying program to maybe prevent a prom night disaster which seems to happen regularly. I've never visited a morgue and it's fine with me not to... :francis:

Ali, my kids were already out of school when it started and I think they still do it, ...they stage a fatality accident for the kids to be exposed to. I've seen photos in the newspaper and it's very realistic looking...

Billie, very pretty courthouse. Picayune has a very pretty City Hall building but the courthouse is north further in the county. I'm not sure what the city hall is used for to be honest.

http://www.geocities.com/picayunecwc/cityhall.jpg

[nanabillie]

http://www.shutterfly.com/progal/slideshow.jsp?auto=1&aid=768a5498cf3d7ef7ef69
With snow.

[nanabillie]

It isn't big and regal as the ones in Texas.

[nanabillie]

I guess I better do what needs to be done in case the internet goes down again. Made me so upset last night. Just posting away. No internet until this evening. Y'all have a good night.

[Grins]

Grins~~Great post and pics of the courthouse!

It never ceases to amaze me when driving into the city and seeing the old courthouse! I love it! I think it was just one time, we visited the morgue post Prom! Gowns and all, we would go trouping in to see whatever!

Found this on the net. Just to make sure ya'll don't think I was the only nut!:67302:
~~~
Allegheny County Courthouse and Morgue
The Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail is widely considered an architectural masterpiece. It is a monumental stone bldg designed by Boston architect Henry Hobson Richardson in the 1880's. A tour of the interior reveals some of the impressive construction features, and workers give their impressions of this remarkable building.

:basic44:The morgue is also a popular attraction downtown. Workers talk about the old custom of teenagers visiting the morgue on prom night! Workers also give perspective on the building of the new morgue. :basic44:

I did that! :0t31:
SO DID I.....of course we only got to the lobby=who started that dumb idea?
.....hmmmm...
hey Dad.....


Interesting that these huge structures were made of large granite blocks shipped from Indiana!

[Grins]

wooh0^0==I love to see these court house pics and stories=have always collected them and practiced in many other counties so I could see them.
One was so old that the marble steps were worn down from countless feet over the years. It was 117 years old and the tipstaff was too.

Pat=notice the size and color of the stone and arches over entrances look like the HH Richardson in Pgh.

Anna=same design features but smaller stones. Interesting how elegant and beautiful they all are.

Texanne=you are right=the cost today would make it impossible to build these masterpieces.
What would be two and a quarter million 1883 dollars today?

Everyone=be great if you all would post a pic of county court houses you like=anywhere in the country.
= you do not have to say where=that is ok.

Amy=what were the Natural Bridge Caverns like?

[Grins]

Anne, Pittsburgh, spelled Pittsburg way back when was a very rich city. There were families, of the Mellons, Carnegie, Scaife, Benedum and among others. Also we have a few of their beautiful mansions still standing.


I was able to live in one for a year when I was a student. The Benedum family had lived there and donated it to the hospital. Then the Benedum family paid a full scholarship for each student. The school at the hospital was also called the Benedum School of Medical Technology. The mansion was gorgeous! I think there were 10 of living there, plus our house mother. lol plus 1 cat!That was a real gift for the future and benefited so many students and then the community, Orchid.
They did all that many years ago I am sure. Be so cool living in a mansion at that age.
Got a pic ??

[Grins]

With Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth we can go and see all our old homes and stuff.
Which one is more user friendly?
Is there a charge?

Amy=found this http://www.naturalbridgecaverns.com/

[packy]

G'morning, Klatchers.

Wow, PatC was right if you start looking at these historic bldgs. you can't take yourself away. At least I was hooked.

[Grins]

You would be Packster=for many years you have studied and probed the why and how of criminal conduct, are very well informed and have a natural insight into the human mind and its functions ; healthy and unhealthy; always we say --yes but why?=we had some good discussions I recall well my friend.

[Grins]

Hard Times Happy Times

My final fee as a private lawyer was $100,000.
Then I lost everything~my own fault entirely.
Homeless, broke and suicidal, I had a miracle as many of you know on September 23, 1996.

But I had to do my part and work hard to recover.

During my recovery from depression and alcoholism I was on welfare for four years=1996 to 2000.
$205 per month plus food stamps. Paid $185 rent at the MH/MR residence so I had $20 per month for tooth paste and soap and paper products. Had no car so took the bus. Four hours on four buses to a doctor. Coming back had to walk a mile. It was the worst of times and the best of times.

But I had a home and food and my Healer.

Each day I thank God for all I have today. Living solely on my Social Security I am debt free and have a nice car and savings built up.
Peace and happiness are mine; all a gift for giving my heart to God and listening to and doing what he tells me. All for my own good!
God actually has a perfect plan for my life right now. I didn't know that. So I ask him each day for guidance and wisdom for each step and decision.
I know sadly where my own wisdom got me.

Later, he has prepared a special place just for me~
wonder what wonders he has prepared;
he tells me!
"Delight yourself in me and I will give you the desires of your heart."

What are the desires of yor heart?

[packy]

You would be Packster=for many years you have studied and probed the why and how of criminal conduct, are very well informed and have a natural insight into the human mind and its functions ; healthy and unhealthy; always we say --yes but why?=we had some good discussions I recall well my friend.

Yes I remember quite well, but for how long the memory is questionable now since oldtimer's has set in. Hahaaa.

You talk of the desire of the heart. Doesn't it seem the quest for the desire is more rewarding than the desire itself at times anyway? Such a joy!

[PatC]

Good Morning All. It's a glorious day here in S. Mississippi. I think the ground may dry out enough to get some mowing done today and hopefully even finish clearing out my boat/garden.

Oh, dear, Grins, packy.... "the desires of my heart...." now you're going to make me start actually THINKING, aren't you? I think I'll take the Scarlett O'Hara approach to that today and "think about it tomorrow". .. too much else to do today.

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww19/davidmcqueeny/head_in_the_sand.jpg

Orchid Corsage - we had some clothes in an old trunk from my grandmother's family when I was in high school. I wore one of the dresses from that trunk when I played one of the aunts in "Arsenic and Old Lace" in the 'senior play'.

"One teaspoon of arsenic, a half teaspoon of strychnine and just a pinch of cyanide."

BTW, OC, keep an eye out for one of those pretty hankies and give it to your mom to "keep in her purse" for the next gift occasion.

AmyE, I used to stop at every place along the road that advertised caves. I even did some spelunking with a group when in college. I was stunned when DH and I went to Colorado years ago to find he'd never been in a cave but then I had to realize where he grew up (down here in S. MS.) the water table is so high anything that MIGHT have been a cave would be an under ground LAKE. :0t31:

Grins, I don't think the Oklahoma buildings would have needed to ship granite in from Indiana. See, Granite, Oklahoma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite,_Oklahoma), about 25 miles North of Altus (the town famous as the birthplace of PatC.... MOI). I don't really know for sure if they did major mining there though, maybe some of my other Okie pals here can answer that.

I remember going and climbing on the "big rocks" with my parents on Granite Mountain.

http://www.summitpost.org/images/original/61322.jpg

I'll have to make a trip over to Poplarville and take some pictures of the court house over there. I think I remember worn steps like you mentioned, Grins. I like that idea of all of us sharing our court houses. Grins did you check out that court house photo link I posted last night?

I've used Google Earth, but never tried Microsoft Virtual Earth. no charge that I've encountered. There are varying results... some of the more major cities have closer resolution than the more remote, more sparcely populated areas, at least that's my experience. You can get neat 'bird's eye views' just using Google or Yahoo maps and selecting "satellite view".

Well, DH is up and dressed so I guess we'll start with some yard work. DS just called and said not to plan anything, he had bought crawfish and was having a boil this afternoon. YUM!

Everybody have a really good day today. :kissyface4:

[Grins]

Yes I remember quite well, but for how long the memory is questionable now since oldtimer's has set in. Hahaaa.

You talk of the desire of the heart. Doesn't it seem the quest for the desire is more rewarding than the desire itself at times anyway? Such a joy!Once again, you have plucked a gem=the quest is rewarding and can be a joy=but for me=the quest was always thinking I could fix anything.
Not so.
I needed a wiser person to take me to a different source of wisdom.

[Grins]

When I was looking for a good photo of the courthouse in Tishomingo I ran across this website: (WARNING: I give you fair warning before you click and go there... you'll have trouble getting away for a while till you browse A LOT of pictures.)


COURTHOUSELOVERS PHOTOSTREAM (http://www.flickr.com/photos/99491151@N00/)


Now that I've given you something to spend the rest of the night on.... I think I'll hit the sack.


:022:HUGE! I am in heaven=
excuse me for six weeks~~~~~
:6u8ky2o::6u8ky2o::6u8ky2o:
:INhouseReading04:

__________oh would I love to see you as one of the zany aunts is Arsenic and Old Lace! Talk about a perfect role for your talents Pat... I have seen that movie a hundred times and still love it=what a cast!
But Hollywood needs PatC for the remake=I of course will have the romantic lead......ok==the scary tall guy with scars====

[Orchid Corsage]

Good Morning!

Today is not a good morning to awake to here. Early this morn, a domestic call to police in Stanton Heights, has risen to two police officers being killed and I believe another two are wounded. A 23 yr old man is still holed up in his house with a AK47 rifle. This is devastating. Not confirmed yet, but he may have surrendered.

[texanne]

Good morning Klatchers! I hope all of you are enjoying nice spring weather. We have opening day for LIttle League here, and the weather is beautiful. So, it is BBQ, baseball, and boys for me this afternoon. I bought several of the fold up chairs that have backs all the way up and a hood so my mom can go without being exposed to the sun. The only dreary thing is that I have to run out for a little shopping and I HATE SHOPPING! It used to be fun. Why is it that walking a mile through an antique fair is easy, but a trip through Dillards or Walmart wears me out?

PatC: I loved your description of you granny's house. I was struck by the fact that you mentioned he worked for the Katy railroad. My dad was a railroad man also. He developed the habit of finding houses near town because during WWII gasoline was rationed and the men often walked to work. It was 1953 before he moved us out on a farm/ranch where we could learn to ride horses, grow veggies, etc. When people ask me if I am a country girl or a city girl, or where I am from....It takes me a while to decide how to answer.

Oh, Orchid ...I just read your post. That is horrible. Our good friend and neighbor is a state law enforcement officer, and I pray for his safety. He is a wonderful family man and neighbor. People do not appreciate what they face day in and day out.

[Roamer]

More on the story in Breaking News, Orchid.

[Orchid Corsage]

The actor has been taken into custody, no word about the other person in the home. Now, 3 officers killed and possibly 2 to 5 injured. They are saying there were 80 to 90 rounds of fire this am, the actor may have an injured leg. Little info is being given, there will be a news conference at 3:00 pm.

My heart goes out to the police officer's families. This is so sad. It breaks my heart.

[Orchid Corsage]

More on the story in Breaking News, Orchid.

Thanks roamer, I looked there before posting here, and there was nothing at the time.

[packy]

That big rock, wow!

Texanne, it seems you've had the best of both worlds. Heard you, Grins. Glad you found the ONE!

How horrible to wake up to another shooting situation. What are people thinking or not thinking. So sad.

[AmyE]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2373/2436281601_9b863e1736.jpg?v=0&SSImageQuality=Full
This lovely classical revival courthouse was built in 1901. It is one of few surviving Oklahoma courthouses with a clock tower or dome.

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This is my courthouse. Good ole Love County!

[Grins]

Amy that is classical in every way. Pillars on more than one side is unusual.
It is kept so beautifully too.

[AmyE]

Amy that is classical in every way. Pillars on more than one side is unusual.
It is kept so beautifully too.

There is actually a 3rd side with pillars as well. For a very small town they do take care of the courthouse here.

[packy]

Very nice, Amy. Love how they did the pillars.

[Grins]

Officers killed so often on routine stops and calls. Even SWAT officers died recently. Now more today and in jeopardy yesterday=it is usually pride when you boil it down. Ego and sick pride.

[PatC]

Oh, AmyE, that's a beautiful courthouse!

Wow, I searched and I guess I don't have to take a trip to Poplarville after all.

Pearl River County, MS, Courthouse

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2314/2217286759_453bf40230.jpg?v=0

http://www.da15thdistrict.org/popcourt.jpg

It was built in 1918.

NEW SUBJECT:

We owe so much to our law enforcement officers. My heart goes out to the families of the slain LEOs. It's sad that so many people latch on to stories of the relatively few bad apples and don't give enough credit to the larger body of men and women who literally put their lives on the line day in and day out.

:1222423:

[annalyzer]

Oh, Anna, it is. Really neat. Any idea when it was built?


I'm searching but found an earlier pic of the courthouse. I guess there were other courthouses before this one, (I didn't know that) and I know this one had been renovated at one time.

[annalyzer]

Here is the courthouse in my town. Nothing like Grins posted but I still think pretty neat.

http://pcj.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/19/parkersburg_wv_county_courthouse.jpg

Going to post together so I can compare photos....

http://www.electricearl.com/parkersburg/courthouse2.jpg

[annalyzer]

Oh, Anna, it is. Really neat. Any idea when it was built?

1899

http://www.electricearl.com/parkersburg/wood.html

[texanne]

Grins: You are absolutely right about our Law enforcement officers. Some prefer to concentrate on the few bad apples in the barrel. But who do they call on when things go wrong? I feel bad today because I found out that our neighbor LEO was home resting yesterday and that my grandson (who was home because he had a fever in the a.m.) had his amp in the window and was blasting out on his guitar. This was in the short while that I ran to the bank to make a deposit for the family biz. The boy knows better, and now we are deciding what nice little thing he can do to make up for it. I'm thinking mow the yard next time they need it. Ours is such a quiet neighborhood, so that makes it worse. I am dreading when all 5 are teenagers, because this one is only 12 and is seldom in trouble. So far the neighbor is his hero, as he should be.

[PatC]

Oh dear, texanne. I'm sure the boy just wanted to "share" his music. :0t31:

I'm sorry for laughing but that is such a typical thing for a boy that age to have done. I think at that age their brains are so consumed with trying to figure out what's happening to them... not yet a "grown up" and don't want to be a "boy"... their bodies seem to have turned on them... hair growing in strange places, "disturbing" dreams at night... even their voices betray them by changing pitch at the most embarrassing times... that they lose sight of the rest of the world.

I love the idea of having him "make it up" to the neighbor though. What a meaningful way of making a point! Kudos to you, texanne. :give_rose:

[Tam5115]

Hello everyone!

Quick fly by post. Today is hubby's birthday and tomorrow is my daughter's birthday. We've already gotten the DQ ice cream cake and will be celebrating both today since Jess has to work tomorrow.

[Alibar]

Speaking of Granite... One of the threats I heard from mother while in my teens was, "If you don't behave, I'm sending you to Granite!"

Had I only known that never in her wildest dreams would she have done such a thing... for one reason, whatever I did wasn't all that 'bad,' but, was only a great aggravation to her........... which may have been my intention, I don't recall exactly. I'm sure all of it wasn't for that reason.

I wanted to get a job in summer and Christmas vacation the way some of my girlfriends did, but, they wouldn't hear of it. Preferably, I would read and draw. (And think up stuff to do and then be threatened with a trip to Granite. LOL) But, certainly, don't work. Mother had to work in cotton fields when she was growing up and her daughter was not going to work.

So far as the mountain and also the rock formations on Arbuckle Mountains... my dad often pointed out the whys and wherefores of all that... which I very much enjoyed hearing.

[Alibar]

Hello everyone!

Quick fly by post. Today is hubby's birthday and tomorrow is my daughter's birthday. We've already gotten the DQ ice cream cake and will be celebrating both today since Jess has to work tomorrow.

Hey, Tamtam! I want some o that cake! There's no DQ here. :hifive:

[Orchid Corsage]

Amy, Anna, and PatC love the pics of the courthousses.

PatC, that was some link for courthouses. One could spend all day there.

Westmoreland County Courthouses

The first courthouse~

http://www.co.westmoreland.pa.us/westmoreland/lib/westmoreland/history/live/common/images/hist05.gif

Built in 1773 in Hannastown, it was burned down by the Indians. This kind of look like my house! We have built on tho, have to have a lot of room.


http://www.co.westmoreland.pa.us/westmoreland/lib/westmoreland/history/live/common/images/hist01.gif

Later, in Greensburg, a new courthouse was built. (2nd courthouse)



http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~classicpostcards/Parent%20Directory/usa/pennsylvania/penns/westmoreland.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3127/2700955746_7725692885.jpg

I cannot find the year for our current courthouse. It is absolutely gorgeous inside and outside. We have had a lot of problems with the gold dome due to polution problems, but it has been restored.

[Alibar]

The gold dome really sets it off, OC! Gorgeous building. I'm also enjoying the courthouses. Who knew they were so memorable?

Anna, in one pic it looks like it was later sandblasted.

[Grins]

Hello everyone!

Quick fly by post. Today is hubby's birthday and tomorrow is my daughter's birthday. We've already gotten the DQ ice cream cake and will be celebrating both today since Jess has to work tomorrow.
Tam
Best wishes to hub and daughter!
Will eat extra fudge :zm10: to celebrate wif ya=====>
=====
Ali
Funny about Granite=and we don't wonder exactly why parents say certain stuff=work she surely explained=cannot imagine working in a field all hot day=
====
Orchid=had many cases in your court house=always liked it sitting high on a hill which you do not get the sense of from the pics=lots of similarities to Pgh too=arched entry ways and one floor of huge arched windows=set back sections each side=and just stunning to see! The newer annex as usual most places is boring....
Entering all these court houses, you get a sense of the majesty of the law and how important it that we have such a place for our protection. Tyrants do not have court houses.

[Steelers train nearby at St Vincent College and my aunt taught down the road!]

[Tam5115]

I couldn't find any information on our courthouse, but it's been around a loooong time. The best view I found on an old postcard. A few years ago, they built onto the back in the same style for a new cop shop and jail.

http://www.cardcow.com/images/douglas-county-court-house-superior-us-state-town-views-wisconsin-superior-40482.jpg

[Tam5115]

Best wishes to hub and daughter!
Will eat extra fudge :zm10: to celebrate wif ya=====>

Sending you and ali pieces of ice cream cake! :kissyface4:

[Alibar]

Sending you and ali pieces of ice cream cake! :kissyface4:

TAMTAM!! Gonna go sit on the porch as it should be here any minute! Thanks!

EDIT: Yum yum... ice cream cake running down my arm... it's sooooo good!

[Alibar]

Grins, mom tended to put it all into the word WORK... it didn't penetrate my ignorant brain and when the town school was dismissed for 2 weeks so country kids could pick cotton, I pouted because I couldn't since lived in town. My dad arranged for my older bro and me to go pick cotton.......... Wheeeeeeeee... I was so excited. I got to go pick cotton!

Welllllllll... you mean I pull that heavy scratchy block-long sack behind me? Sure. Put the sling over yer shoulder and head down that way, Ali, you'll get the hang of it... Uhhh... ok.

Also learned the bolls have sharply pointed places all around that stick into fingers as the cotton is pulled off and put into the bag, which, has yet to show any cotton in it, although, I've put quite a bit in.........

Never been so glad to see my dad's car coming up the road. I turned around and by then it was really hard to pull the sack... The farmer gave me 50 cents and I heard mother say it was too much.

Now, THAT got through to me what it meant to work in cotton fields.

Now that I've typed all this, it seems to me I've told it on here before... mebbe it will be new to some. LOL

[PatC]

TamTam, Happy Birthday to all.... and still waiting for my ice cream, I know you sent me some too, not mentioning it was just an over sight, right?

Ali, I think my early introduction to those granite mountains started my lifelong love of rock formations and to my taking some courses in college in geology even though it had nothing to do with my course of study.

Grins, when Ali's mom threatened to send her to Granite it was because that's where the state Reformatory was. :0t31: I don't think either of us mentioned that before.

I know what you mean about the feelings you get when you enter one of those old court houses. There is just an aura about them that it's hard to explain. It's more than the super high ceilings and marble floors and slightly echoing sounds as you walk about.

Nice turn of phrase, "... a sense of the majesty of the law ...." Very apt.

Ali, picking cotton was never anything I ever aspired to do. I heard for years my paternal grandmother whine about how hard picking cotton was and the bloody fingers at the end of the day and the soar shoulder from dragging the sack, wahhh, wahhh, wahhh. Then I found out that if she ever picked cotton it wasn't for more than an hour or so at a time. My Dad ratted her out.

Very entertaining way to tell your experience though, you have an excellent way with words too.


BIG NEWS -- I bought a camera!!!! I couldn't stand it any longer and I'm gonna go read the book on it and start playing with it as soon as I finish this post. I ended up getting a Canon PowerShot A590.

More abaut it later. :0012:

[Grins]

LOL@Tam & Ali

Mailman is smiling and has chocolate on his chin,,,

TAM=notice the unique window treatment=columns of old Rome and windows more vertical to the eye than usual!

Pickin cotton=horror story!

[Grins]

Congrats Pat on the new camera!!
Interested to hear all about it; has great popularity I know.

LOL @ ratting out Gram
ahhh Granite=reformatory
we called ours Juvie=or worse the one called
Thorne Hill=ugh

Birthday==for Tracian!
http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/showthread.php?p=570343#post570343

[Grins]

Learner's Dictionary= just discovered it=
~example

"non se·qui·tur
Pronounced:
/ˈnɑ:nˈsɛkwətɚ/Listen to audio
Function:
noun
Inflected forms:
plural non se·qui·turs
Meaning:
[count] : a statement that is not connected in a logical or clear way to anything said before it ▪ We were talking about the new restaurant when she threw in some non sequitur about her dog. ◊Non sequitur is a Latin phrase that literally means “it does not follow.”
Share this entry: Share this word with digg Share this word with reddit Share this word with technorati Share this word with del.icio.us Share this word with furl Share this word with stumbleupon Share this word with google Share this word with blinklist Share this word with newsvine Share this word with facebook Share this word with myspace

Link to this page: "

,,,,i do dat a lot
wonder ifn theres a
sequitur?

http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/non+sequitur

[DRJAN]

Hello Everyone! I am making sure that everyone is doing well. Grins I hope that you are able to get the Series The No1 Ladies Detective Agency. It is a series for a short time to see how it goes over with the viewers. PatC i hope you are not working too hard. See you soon.

[Naia]

Hi everyone. I'm Naia the newbie. :happy0207:
I'm a follower of true crime with my biggest concernment being the missing. I posted at Modbee and the old CTV forum for the last few months of Laci and Conner Peterson's murder trial.
There are many cases here I'm interested in. I will probably do much reading before jumping into case discussion.

Thanks for having me.

[Roamer]

Everyone please welcome our new member, Naia.

People are very nice here at the Klatch, but they're nicly nutz, too (especially our Grins).

Have fun (but keep it clean).

[annalyzer]

Welcome Naia! :)

[Alibar]

Everyone please welcome our new member, Naia.

People are very nice here at the Klatch, but they're nicly nutz, too (especially our Grins).

Have fun (but keep it clean).

Roamy!! Grins goes outta the way keeping this place clean! He sweeps up nightly and if ya wish ya can drop a few coins in his tip tub. Say that 10 times quickly... tip tub tip tub tip tub tip tub............

By the way, PatC, I really really like that ostrich painting.

[Scampi]

Welcome Newbies!!

[DRJAN]

Welcome Nania I hope you find this site they way that I did a wonderful place. It is the best. Pauli You are the best. I wish all moderators were as nice as you are. By the way I soft deleted some messages. Thank you for taking care of it.

[Roamer]

Well, hi there Scampi! It's great to see you back!

[Naia]

Everyone please welcome our new member, Naia.

People are very nice here at the Klatch, but they're nicly nutz, too (especially our Grins).

Have fun (but keep it clean).


Thank you Roamer and I will keep it clean.

[Naia]

Welcome Naia! :)


:basic45: Thank you annalyzer.

[Alibar]

Here's a little prezzie for all: Ali Baba Bound
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHmKl0cAV7U

[Grins]

Hello Everyone! I am making sure that everyone is doing well. Grins I hope that you are able to get the Series The No1 Ladies Detective Agency. It is a series for a short time to see how it goes over with the viewers. PatC i hope you are not working too hard. See you soon.My favorite book and CD series DRJAN! Warm and witty with characters we care about. Refreshing new locus.
Yup I will get HBO just for that series=hope it becomes a regular.

[Grins]

Hi everyone. I'm Naia the newbie. :happy0207:
I'm a follower of true crime with my biggest concernment being the missing. I posted at Modbee and the old CTV forum for the last few months of Laci and Conner Peterson's murder trial.
There are many cases here I'm interested in. I will probably do much reading before jumping into case discussion.

Thanks for having me.

HELLO AND A THOUSAND WELCOMES NAIA!!!!
,,,,,, :11_2_104: ,,,,,, :give_rose: ,,,,,,,, :happy0158:
We relax and have coffee and treats; put up our feets and talk of many things as we are free of a limiting subject!
Family friendly here so you can bring everyone to join the fun.

I am your devoted Hat Check Boy and will guard what my Mom called "your wraps."
[she taught third grade]

~~~~ :howdy:

[Grins]

SCAMPI SCAMPI!!!! Good to see you!
===in fact
it is good to be seen~
{:O)
==ALI! That cartoon with Porky was such fun=reminds me of me youth=Saturday morning at the movies=17 cartoons! Then Serials like Flash Gordon then 2 cowboy movies....so.....pack a lunch and a supper--
:s1gyahoo:
lookee i found some oldies
[many old radio and movie programs are at the library]

http://www.vintagelibrary.com/CliffhangerSerials/index.php

http://www.vintagelibrary.com/OldMovies/Cartoon-Classics.php

My favorites:Bowery Boys
I had a Muggsy hat
http://www.vintagelibrary.com/OldMovies/EastSideKids-BoweryBoys.php

[PatC]

:67302: @ Mailman with smile and chocolate on his chin,,,

Learner's Dictionary= Good find, Grins. I always like a good dictionary. I used to have a collection of dictionaries. All three of my little puppers rode in the little trailer behind the mower with me today.

:girl_haha:

DRJAN == Yep, we is doing darn good. Were you talking about a TV Series of The No1 Ladies Detective Agency???? Oh goodOH!!! What network is it on???? I wanna see it too!!! :s1gyahoo:

Yes! I'm working WAAAAY too hard, DH is trying to kill me.... tell him I can't come haul branches he cuts out of our fence line.... too hard for li'l ol' me, I need to rest (and learn all about the new camera) You tell 'em for me, K?


Naia===http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g258/PatC_pics/smilies/welcome.gif

Welcome, welcome, welcome. Good to have a new cyber friend. I think pretty much all of us are true crime fans. Sometimes the true crime scenarios can get bone chilling and start to infringe on your personal life, but before that happens come here to the Koffee Klatch for some coffee, tea, cocoa, soda and snacks. Someone usually fixes us a cyber-breakie and drinks are always available. We just ask that if you take the last cup of coffee please make a fresh pot. :girl_haha:

This is a great message board and has so much material it'll make your head spin so when you get "brain overload" come on over here for friendship and foolishness to lighten the mood.

Ali, I like that ostrich painting too, not to mention it reminds me of how I spent waaaaay to many years of my life.[/QUOTE]

Scampi!!! Woohoo!!! Lookee eberbody, Scampi's here!!!!! :11_2_104:

[DRJAN]

Grins, It is going to be a series for the summer. They first show was great. Can't wait for the second one tonite.

[Grins]

Oh good=then it has a chance & wil be a hit=thanks for letting us know!!

==see yinz all tamarra

[DRJAN]

I just would like to know if everyone would please say a prayer for the three slain officers that you killed in the line of duty to day. This makes 7 in the last two weeks. I was a former police officer and I can tell you it is a rewarding career but we always know there is a chance that we could not be coming home. PLEASE SAY PRAYERS FOR ALL THESE OFFICERS AND THERE FAMILY

[nanabillie]

Hard Times Happy Times

My final fee as a private lawyer was $100,000.
Then I lost everything~my own fault entirely.
Homeless, broke and suicidal, I had a miracle as many of you know on September 23, 1996.

But I had to do my part and work hard to recover.

During my recovery from depression and alcoholism I was on welfare for four years=1996 to 2000.
$205 per month plus food stamps. Paid $185 rent at the MH/MR residence so I had $20 per month for tooth paste and soap and paper products. Had no car so took the bus. Four hours on four buses to a doctor. Coming back had to walk a mile. It was the worst of times and the best of times.

But I had a home and food and my Healer.

Each day I thank God for all I have today. Living solely on my Social Security I am debt free and have a nice car and savings built up.
Peace and happiness are mine; all a gift for giving my heart to God and listening to and doing what he tells me. All for my own good!
God actually has a perfect plan for my life right now. I didn't know that. So I ask him each day for guidance and wisdom for each step and decision.
I know sadly where my own wisdom got me.

Later, he has prepared a special place just for me~
wonder what wonders he has prepared;
he tells me!
"Delight yourself in me and I will give you the desires of your heart."

What are the desires of yor heart?

Grins, you make my heart smile.:)

[Orchid Corsage]

Naia WELCOME to the Klatchers! :friends3: You will love love love it here! :yes2:

[Orchid Corsage]

I just would like to know if everyone would please say a prayer for the three slain officers that you killed in the line of duty to day. This makes 7 in the last two weeks. I was a former police officer and I can tell you it is a rewarding career but we always know there is a chance that we could not be coming home. PLEASE SAY PRAYERS FOR ALL THESE OFFICERS AND THERE FAMILY

DRJAN, it truly is a very sad day here. I believe everyone is praying for the officers and their families. Talk radio was burning up today with Pittsburghers totally in shock at the way these killings transpired and offering their concern, sympathy, and prayers for the downed officers and their families.

[AmyE]

:howdy: Howdy Naia and a big WELCOME! :0012:

[Orchid Corsage]

Hi above to AMY! :kissyface4: Is this the last day of your Spring Break? Hope it was a good one! I miss you! :kissyface4:

PatC, yes I can still find Mom a pretty lacy hanky and mail it to her, you are right she will love it! Mom had a hanky drawer. It was the top left vanity drawer! :yes2: I would love to have seen you all dressed up in the 'old' clothes. Our youngest daughter and a friend of hers use to put them on and play in the gardens, they were a real hoot with the big hats and all! That was when video cameras were all the rage, so I have those pics, but none of me LOL

Grins, so nice to hear you are familiar with our courthouse. It is as if walking back in time. I was called for jury duty several times, never picked because I know too many of the judges and attorneys there, but I was there long enough to sit and admire the wonderful settings. The old courtrooms are so beautiful with the old mahogony wood decor.

Tam, Happy Birthdays to your loved ones! I want some Dairy Queen Cake too! :kissyface4: p l e s e :11_2_104:

Ali, what did you think was going to happen to you at Granite? :0t31: That was so funny! Then picking cotton, LOL what a job! My dad didn't want me to work either, he said I would have enough time in my life to work. However, he made me work at the drugstore every Sunday morning after church at the soda fountain and when some of the other clerks were on vaca. I guess he didn't let me work somewhere because then he wouldn't have me to cover the vaca's and be a soda jerk on Sunday. :0t31:

One day a lady ordered an Ice Cream Soda. I put some ice in it and she yelled at me~~~hey I didn't know ice didn't go in there! I still remember her! :45024:

DRJAN, so glad to hear you are doing so well! :kissyface4:

"That's All Folks" (that I can remember)

[PatC]

The Granite Reformatory was/is(?) a tough place. My maternal grandfather worked there as a guard for a while when I was very young.

DOC identifies inmates killed in Granite melee (http://www.news9.com/Global/story.asp?S=8347700)

May 19, 2008 2:15 PM CDT May 20, 2008 6:09 PM CDT
FEATURED VIDEO

* Prison Riot: 10 p.m. update
* Prison Riot: 6 p.m. update

Associated Press

GRANITE, Okla. - An exercise yard melee that left two prison inmates dead and a dozen injured was a battle between blacks and American Indians and was sparked by one inmate spitting on another, a prison official said Tuesday.

http://kwtv.images.worldnow.com/images/8347700_BG1.jpg

[Alibar]

OC, I was clueless as to what might happen to me at Granite and later, as an adult, learned it was a BOYS reformatory. LOL LOL
During the time my 2 children were growing up, I kept waiting for them to do some of what I'd done, but, they didn't... at least I didn't know about it. My daughter was an angel and the only argument we had she was 15 and later, neither of us could remember what it was about. Our son was a bit more of a hassle... LOL... but, nothing serious. I was fortunate and still am. )))))))

By the way, I have a dear longtime cyber-friend in Pittsburgh. She and I have at time burned up the email lines between here and there. LOL

[Alibar]

The Granite Reformatory was/is(?) a tough place. My maternal grandfather worked there as a guard for a while when I was very young.

DOC identifies inmates killed in Granite melee (http://www.news9.com/Global/story.asp?S=8347700)

May 19, 2008 2:15 PM CDT May 20, 2008 6:09 PM CDT
FEATURED VIDEO

* Prison Riot: 10 p.m. update
* Prison Riot: 6 p.m. update

Associated Press

GRANITE, Okla. - An exercise yard melee that left two prison inmates dead and a dozen injured was a battle between blacks and American Indians and was sparked by one inmate spitting on another, a prison official said Tuesday.

http://kwtv.images.worldnow.com/images/8347700_BG1.jpg

Oh, wow, PatC! It looks fierce and scary! In high school 2 boys younger than me... I was probably 16 and they were 13/14... they were caught stealing gasoline from county equipment. Maybe they had prior trouble, but, they were sent to a reformatory. I'm not sure if it was Granite.

[PatC]

Oh, wow, PatC! It looks fierce and scary! In high school 2 boys younger than me... I was probably 16 and they were 13/14... they were caught stealing gasoline from county equipment. Maybe they had prior trouble, but, they were sent to a reformatory. I'm not sure if it was Granite.

I always believed Granite was pretty tough. It was no "honor farm" that's for sure.

[Grins]

Prayers for all slain officers and loved ones and fellow officers. Prayers for all those planning evil; change their hearts Lord or strike them down as of old.

Many years working with police officers and fire fighters taught me they are subject to more than even death each day.

Rotating shifts, sleep problems, marriage difficulties, missed family days of importance, long hours investigating scenes of crime; outside in extreme weather with no place to go for relief from cold or heat or rain; calls in the middle of the night, disrespect from citizens and some lawyers who attack them during a trial as incompetent and biased and more~

When my father died, they arrived at the funeral home to pay respects and support me and my family.
Often, my case homicide detectives would just come off night shift and be at my side in the courtroom prepared to testify or take care of some concern for me. They would stay all day without complaint.

When I received death threats during a trial, two detectives went with me everywhere. They were prepared to die to protect me.

There is no greater love ~

[Scampi]

Amen, Grinnie. Good morning everyone, very sad things happening in our world recently.

[AmyE]

OC- My spring break has been over, lol. I worked all last week, the week before was spring break. I was off friday, optional snow day and will be off this coming friday too. I have been planning going to the lake this weekend, so I haven't been on much. I have to run to walmart today to get a few items.

Wednesday and Thursday is my GED testing dates. The only thing I am really nervous about is the essay. I have wote one in class and that was it. I need all the prayers I can get. I really need this.

[Roamer]

I believe in you, Amy. You'll do just fine! :yes2:

[AmyE]

Thank you Roamer. I don't think it really hit me until now. I am really nervous, lol. I want to pass this the first go round ya know. I have plans on going back to school and getting my early education and maybe going further with that to elementary education, but I have to have this GED before I can get any further. My grandparents have always been the one's to say that I would never do this (long story), but I so bad want this for myself and to prove to them and everyone, I can do this.

[Roamer]

You CAN do this, Amy. And you will!

[AmyE]

You CAN do this, Amy. And you will!

Oh thank you! I am going straight ahead and not turning back now, lol. :hifive:

[AmyE]

OK...off to walmart I go. Be back in a little bit!

[PatC]

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g258/PatC_pics/smilies/mornings/sprinkle_sunshine.gif

Grins, I join you in your prayers for our LEOs. "There is no greater love ~" You said it all right there.

AmyE, is that Lake Murry you're going to? BTW, try not to end a sentence with a preposition like that in yur essay. I'm sure you'll do great. After all the writing you do here, you're a shoo in. :11_2_104:

Scampi, Roamer, and anyone who slipped in whilst I was typing this post --- and sipping on my coffee -- and anyone who comes after.... Good morning to you.

I saw an interview with Keith Urban the other day and discovered that he and his wife, Nicole, and their daughter now live most of the year in Nashville. He was teasing about combining their Australian accents with the southern ones around them and said his little girl will end up saying, "G'day, Y'all". :0t31:

[Grins]

Thank you Roamer. I don't think it really hit me until now. I am really nervous, lol. I want to pass this the first go round ya know. I have plans on going back to school and getting my early education and maybe going further with that to elementary education, but I have to have this GED before I can get any further. My grandparents have always been the one's to say that I would never do this (long story), but I so bad want this for myself and to prove to them and everyone, I can do this.
Just tell a story, as to a friend, about an event or person in your life and how it taught you something.

[Alibar]

I join all in prayers for our police. When I hear criticism, I always chime in to remind about what they do and the few who cause problems are a very small minority.

Driving to Isabella's 4th birthday party afterwhile. She is into jewelry, so, as an extra, I'm taking her a box of items I don't wear. Future days of 'dress-up' will be enhanced. lol Years ago, I bought several 'lots' on Ebay... much as been in boxes in my junk room/sewing room.

I didn't even think about Lake Murray... just assumed Lake Texoma! So, Amy, which lake? )))))

BYW, I was 12 during the picking cotton incident. I was older when threatened with Granite... lol... which most usually was brought about when I was insolent to mother. I don't remember knowing how to push her buttons, but, back then, I must have known.

[PatC]

Ali, "The Lake" always meant Texoma to me too, but in reading about Granite Lake Murray popped up so I wondered????

My mother loved costume jewelry and had some nice stuff but I never wear it myself so back when the twins were little I gave them each a box of it to play "dress up" with. They also loved to play "dress up" with my scarves.

Take yur camera to the party... we want to see birfday pics.

[Orchid Corsage]

Good Morning! :mornincoffee:

Senility that must be where I am headed :girl_haha:

Anyhoo, Ali I didn't realize there was a prison in Granite. Thot she was going to abandon you to the rocks! :s1gyahoo: I clicked PatC's link and obviously didn't read it in its entirety. Then I have Amy having an extra week of Spring Break, which I am sure she would have loved! :tender:

Grins, I also join you in Prayers for our police officers! May our recent fallen officers rest in PEACE.

Amy, good luck this week, I know you can do it! Just relax and take your time!

Ali, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to dear little Isabella! Oh she will love the jewelry. When my ganddaughters were here last summer, I gave them a lot of my Mom's jewelry to take home, and they are still dressing up in it. Their eyes lit up and were so thrilled, they thought they had a goldmine!

PatC, great new camera huh? I hate having to learn a new one, which is alaways happening here. Then I get them all mixed up.

It is going to be a beautiful day here, a high of 60, then snow and freezing weather for tomorrow, go figure! He is golfing today, but not tomorrow!

Our youngest daughter and her DH have been skiing all this past week in Steamboat, it snowed everyday they have been there, so they are so pleased. They head back to FL tomorrow!

[StavrosK]

Good morning all.My name is Steve and I am new to the forum.I am starting a blog(slowly) meant to help spread information on endangered and missing individuals as well as the many unidentified throughout the country.Please feel free to post any information you would like spread there at your leisure.Though I have never gone through this terrible ordeal myself, I cannot imagine how it must feel.The link is http://thestavrossentinel.blogspot.com/.I am a first time blogger so bear with me and any minor advertising profits that were to come in will be donated,100%,to a cause related to the topic.Thanks for the opportunity to speak.

[texanne]

Welcome, Steve. We are all concerned for the missing here. The posters here share a lot of worry, tears, and smiles. Any way that word of the missing gets out is a good thing to make more people aware. There are never enough eyes on the lookout.

[Roamer]

Good idea, Steve, and best of luck!

[PatC]

Steve! nice name.... (I named my son Steve)

Welcome, welcome, welcome to HFTM in general and to the Koffee Klatch specifically.

You have chosen a topic for your blog that is near and dear to the hearts of us all. "Enough" can never be done to further the cause. Many thanks for whatever you can do along those lines.

It can, however, be a daunting and depressing task so we here at the Koffee Klatch are a merry band of mischief makers who attempt to lighten the load with friendship, a place to discuss ANY topic of interest to our members, and in general "decompress" with each other. Many wonderful and close friendships have been forged here and we accept you with open arms to our group.

You will find fun and foolishness as well as compassion and concern for each other here. We hope you come back often and enjoy the experience both here and in the other forums at HFTM.

:happy0158:

[PatC]

The weather here is beautiful right now but apparently going to change. DH said he heard that a cold front was on it's way and we can expect it to get back down to mid-30s :zm1: Whhhaaaaa.

OC, I've been scanning the book that came with the new camera... after I took a bunch of pictures yesterday. :yes2:

I'm amazed at what it's capable of at the price. Fortunately, it has an "Auto" setting that pretty much makes it "idiot-proof"... until I make a bigger idiot of myself...

It does, however, allow you to set the shutter speed and the aperture (something I haven't attempted since my 35mm SLR days back in the late 60s) and it also has the capability of accepting additional lens (a optional accessories). If I'd noticed all that I might have been too skeert to get it. :0t31:

The biggest plus to me was it has a View Finder. My old Sony Cyber-Shot had one and we didn't give it a second thought. DH bought himself a digital camera to carry with him on the job and neither of us noticed it didn't have a View Finder till he started having trouble in bright daylight seeing the image to be taken on the LCD screen.

When I started looking around I found you have to pay a lot more $$$ (over $350 it seemed) to get one with a view finder any more but this Canon was under $130.00.

You can bet I'll be posting pics soon. :basic44:

[AmyE]

Back from walmart... LOL! I spent way too much. Well, we are going to Lake Murray! Oh my lord...I think I bought way too much snacks...lol. Anyways, I hope it doesn't rain or I will be stuck at the house.

Oh, I am trying to stay on topic here but ya know...my brain is running wild today. So much to think about and to get done. No prepositions in essay.... jotted that down in my books! LOL! Sorry folks...I was just thinking Lake Murray, totally forgot that we do have another Lake...duh...LMAO.

Oh shucks...I know what I forgot at walmart...urgg... I was gonna buy the stuff to make edible play doh for the kids. Looks like I will have to make another trip this week. I always forget something.

[Roamer]

I hate going there, Amy. I always spend too much! Luckily, since I can't walk too far these days, DH (sweetheart) does my shopping for me on the weekends.

Any certain subject for your essay? If not, sit down and think about something you really enjoyed and write about it. I'm pretty good at English if you want me to preread it when you're done (if you're doing it on the computer).

[PatC]

NO, no, Amy. I didn't say "no prepositions!!!!" You're just not supposed to end a sentence with one. Of course to adhere to that strictly we'd end up saying something stilted like, "That is something up with which I will not put."

:022:




:s1gyahoo:

Have fun at "The Lake"....

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g258/PatC_pics/smilies/sun_bunny.jpg

[AmyE]

I hate going there, Amy. I always spend too much! Luckily, since I can't walk too far these days, DH (sweetheart) does my shopping for me on the weekends.

Any certain subject for your essay? If not, sit down and think about something you really enjoyed and write about it. I'm pretty good at English if you want me to preread it when you're done (if you're doing it on the computer).

They give us a topic the day of testing and we have 40 minutes to write on that topic.

[AmyE]

NO, no, Amy. I didn't say "no prepositions!!!!" You're just not supposed to end a sentence with one. Of course to adhere to that strictly we'd end up saying something stilted like, "That is something up with which I will not put."

:022:




:s1gyahoo:

Have fun at "The Lake"....

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g258/PatC_pics/smilies/sun_bunny.jpg


LOL, oh ok. :duh:

That is exactly what I hope to be doing, relaxing in the sun, but knowing my luck it will decide to snow...lmao.

[TeeOne]

I could live at WalMart, so much to look at there ....lol

[Grins]

Good morning all.My name is Steve and I am new to the forum.I am starting a blog(slowly) meant to help spread information on endangered and missing individuals as well as the many unidentified throughout the country.Please feel free to post any information you would like spread there at your leisure.Though I have never gone through this terrible ordeal myself, I cannot imagine how it must feel.The link is http://thestavrossentinel.blogspot.com/.I am a first time blogger so bear with me and any minor advertising profits that were to come in will be donated,100%,to a cause related to the topic.Thanks for the opportunity to speak.
HELLO AND A THOUSAND WELCOMES STEVE!!!

,,,,,,,,,, :happy0207: ,,,,,, :hifive: ,,,,,,,,, :howdy:

Noble work~use your imagination and create something to prevent the problem! No problem locating missing vehicles; how about our kids?
Enjoy coming here; we all do and are glad to have you and all who come with a caring heart~~

[Grins]

TeeOne=I live in the Fudge Aisle

Amy=when you get your subject imagine telling a story to a friend about it. Trial lawyers tell juries a story; we all love stories!

PatC=excellent welcome post! May I swipe it?

Roamer=you show how willing we are to help each other; I am proud of you.

I am proud of us all~

[Orchid Corsage]

I could live at WalMart, so much to look at there ....lol

I could kill at Wal-Mart! :67302:

TeeOne, somewhere here at the Klatch, we had some posts about WM! :groan: Too many family reunions! :groan:

I had to stop there the other day for some frozen yogurt, they do have the best around here. I zip in and zip out faster than you could turn around! :francis: Never no looky around for me. LOL

Amy, good luck again on your test and enjoy the lake. When are you going? Enough time to visit Wal-Mart Again? How about I give you my list? :67302:

PatC, I have to have DH read your camera post! I know what he will say, "hang out with her more often"! :friends3: He always want me to get with it with the cameras, but I have a mental block with them. not :cool:

By the way if interested, I posted some articles in BN about the shootings in Pgh yesterday. The shooter was one very (s)ick person. My heart is breaking for the slain police officers and their families.

[annalyzer]

Has everyone done their taxes already? I was going to start on mine and then got sidetracked on mowing part of the yard. Oh well there is always tomorrow. Geesh I'm a procrastinator. :serious:

[PatC]

I did everyone's tax returns BUT ours.... suddenly last Wed. I remembered. :frustratedf:

I got it finished now I have to assemble everything and send it off. Hope I remember to do that tomorrow morning before the mail runs.

:g:

[PatC]

Thanks, Grins. Swipe it? You may have written it.... PatC reading back....:INhouseReading04:

[Tam5115]

Welcome to our new Klatchers! Good friends, good fun for everyone!

Now, I sent all of you some DQ ice cream cake. If you didn't get yours, give your mail carrier one of these. :eyebrow1qb:

I woke up with the entire left side of my head plugged up solid. Weirdest feeling ever. Kind of like when you get water in your ear. I've taken some guaifenesin that I had left from the tail end of my bout with bronchitis. It's helped some but I'm almost out so I'll have to get some more. It's probably allergies kicking in now that spring is here. (Kind of spring anyway)

All this talk about courthouses had hubby and I discussing ours last night. It's such a unique place to be in. All this marble and wide open up to the ceiling. I swear you could walk in the door, whisper, and be heard on the top floor. The echo is unbelievable! I always want to take my shoes off and walk in my socks so I don't make so much noise. :0t31:

Prayers going out for all slain LE and their families! :innocent0001:

[AmyE]

Thanks everyone! I am praying all goes well on my test. I am just gonna tell my story and hope they like it. If I pass, I should know Thursday (I think). So, I will let you all know how it goes before heading off to the Lake.

OC- We are heading out there (Lake Murray) Friday and coming back Sunday. My uncle and his wife and 2 kids are going with us. We are gonna have a great Easter. We are gonna let the kids decorate their eggs out there and have many easter games for them to play and win prizes. We have it all planned to keep their whole weekend busy and much fun too. I can't wait to play pin the tail on the bunny...LOL!

[TeeOne]

Has everyone done their taxes already? I was going to start on mine and then got sidetracked on mowing part of the yard. Oh well there is always tomorrow. Geesh I'm a procrastinator. :serious:

Our refund is long gone, all of it....:yes2:

[TeeOne]

I could kill at Wal-Mart! :67302:

TeeOne, somewhere here at the Klatch, we had some posts about WM! :groan: Too many family reunions! :groan:

I had to stop there the other day for some frozen yogurt, they do have the best around here. I zip in and zip out faster than you could turn around! :francis: Never no looky around for me. LOL

Amy, good luck again on your test and enjoy the lake. When are you going? Enough time to visit Wal-Mart Again? How about I give you my list? :67302:

PatC, I have to have DH read your camera post! I know what he will say, "hang out with her more often"! :friends3: He always want me to get with it with the cameras, but I have a mental block with them. not :cool:

By the way if interested, I posted some articles in BN about the shootings in Pgh yesterday. The shooter was one very (s)ick person. My heart is breaking for the slain police officers and their families.

What do you mean family reunions at WalMart? I think I'm just not getting the joke.......:shrug1:

[annalyzer]

Now, I sent all of you some DQ ice cream cake. If you didn't get yours, give your mail carrier one of these. :eyebrow1qb:



I didn't get mine. :zm1:

[annalyzer]

Our refund is long gone, all of it....:yes2:

Ah yes and I do need the money. When are we supposed to get the stimulus check or are we?

[Tam5115]

What do you mean family reunions at WalMart? I think I'm just not getting the joke.......:shrug1:

Well I know that here, especially around the holidays, you find clogs of people in the aisles chatting it up as if they were at a family reunion. Enough already, buy some cookies and go on to someone's house and make coffee, ya know?

I didn't get mine. :zm1:

Your mail carrier ate it.

[TeeOne]

Well I know that here, especially around the holidays, you find clogs of people in the aisles chatting it up as if they were at a family reunion. Enough already, buy some cookies and go on to someone's house and make coffee, ya know?

Oh, they use it as a meeting place, I get it. :hifive:



Your mail carrier ate it.

[PatC]

Ah yes and I do need the money. When are we supposed to get the stimulus check or are we?

No stinulus check like last year, anna. Employeed folks will be 'stimulatead' by having lower amounts as withholding out of their check starting this month (and owing less for this year). People on Social Security, VA benefits, etc. will be getting a one time increase this month ($250 I think), and self employeed will get their stimulation by not having as much tax to pay for their Tax Year 2009 taxes.

Tee, the "family reunion" comment referred to what irks so many of us with people doing a "meet and greet" in the aisles and blocking them while they catch up on the latest news of their respective families.

A while back we were discussing the phenomon ... it happens here all the time. People block the aisles and pay no attention to the back up they're causing.

:howdy:

[TeeOne]

lol, I was gonna call my sil and have her meet me at Starbucks tomorrow, but heck maybe I'll switch and meet her at WalMart. Naw, I'm lazy I like to sit down when I want to visit.

[look4u]

lol, I was gonna call my sil and have her meet me at Starbucks tomorrow, but heck maybe I'll switch and meet her at WalMart. Naw, I'm lazy I like to sit down when I want to visit.
IMO. Can we go back to the Rotary phone so that we don't have to dial one to proceed in English?
These are your options
If you would like to read this and English press – ONE
If you would like to read this in Spanish press -- DOS
If you would like to read this in French press -- TWA
If we don’t want to read this press-- I AM OUT OF HERE

Can we get that printed on a dollar bill
IN FOX WE TRUST

[TeeOne]

These are your options
If you would like to read this and English press – ONE
If you would like to read this in Spanish press -- DOS
If you would like to read this in French press -- TWA
If we don’t want to read this press-- I AM OUT OF HERE


Probably not. Last I heard they were trying to remove 'In God We Trust.'

[annalyzer]

No stinulus check like last year, anna. Employeed folks will be 'stimulatead' by having lower amounts as withholding out of their check starting this month (and owing less for this year). People on Social Security, VA benefits, etc. will be getting a one time increase this month ($250 I think), and self employeed will get their stimulation by not having as much tax to pay for their Tax Year 2009 taxes.



Well that sucks. For me anyway. :serious:

[TeeOne]

Well, I get a bonus on my unemployment of $25 per week, plus I don't pay taxes on the first $2,400 and I found out today, I can collect for 77 weeks. Well, actually I haven't gotten my first check yet, but my mom told me all that.

[PatC]

Well, I get a bonus on my unemployment of $25 per week, plus I don't pay taxes on the first $2,400 and I found out today, I can collect for 77 weeks. Well, actually I haven't gotten my first check yet, but my mom told me all that.

I don't know about the $25 bonus but the no tax on the first $2400 is true.

[look4u]

got a full pot of coffee in the recreational vehicle off to go get some help the liquid petroleum gas so that my generator will work. some nephews, neighbors , and neighbors with children all want to go somewhere this summer. It's almost like having a truck and someone needs to move, but I love it. So much for the gardening this year ? Maybe I can get the nephews and the neighbors to help me . Thank god we've got crates for the two cats and two dogs plus , the neighbors two dogs and cat. Good thing have one of the neighbors watching the fish, could you imagine that in a recreational vehicle ? I'm sure they would go into a depression if any recognized a boat behind the recreational vehicle . :smiley_aasg:

[PatC]

Goodness, Dave, good morning. Are we the only ones here this morning??? Did everyone else stow away in your RV?

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g258/PatC_pics/smilies/camper.gif

[TeeOne]

I don't know about the $25 bonus but the no tax on the first $2400 is true.

In MI the $25 bonus per week is true too.:happy0158:

[texanne]

That is a lot of animals in one RV. Ever considered building an ark?

[Bayou Lass]

Mornin' Pat, Dave and Tee! Beautiful day but a little chilly. Ins. adjuster was at my house Friday afternoon and I was really impressed with this young man. Very personable, knowlegeable, and I think is going to be very fair with all the damage done. On Saturday the contractor (he built my house) came out to give me a quote and had his estimate back to me on Sunday afternoon. I had another recommended to me by a friend that also came out gave me an on the spot quote ....... $3,000 for all damage inside and out.:rolleye0001: I thought there is no way that this is just $3,000 worth of damage. When I received the estimate from my contractor, guess what? Almost $20,000 in damage and this is just what he can see for now. Will have to check the integrity of the chimney when he gets the cedar down to look. Do you think I should go with the $3,000 guy? He was very confident that he would do me a great job! NOT!!!!!!! :0t31:

[Bayou Lass]

and, good mornin' Texanne. Didn't see you before I posted.:kissyface4:

[TeeOne]

Morning BL, yeah I would pass on the low guy too.

[PatC]

That is a lot of animals in one RV. Ever considered building an ark?

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g258/PatC_pics/smilies/bwahaha.gif Good one, texanne!!! :0t31:

Mornin' Pat, Dave and Tee! Beautiful day but a little chilly. Ins. adjuster was at my house Friday afternoon and I was really impressed with this young man. Very personable, knowlegeable, and I think is going to be very fair with all the damage done. On Saturday the contractor (he built my house) came out to give me a quote and had his estimate back to me on Sunday afternoon. I had another recommended to me by a friend that also came out gave me an on the spot quote ....... $3,000 for all damage inside and out.:rolleye0001: I thought there is no way that this is just $3,000 worth of damage. When I received the estimate from my contractor, guess what? Almost $20,000 in damage and this is just what he can see for now. Will have to check the integrity of the chimney when he gets the cedar down to look. Do you think I should go with the $3,000 guy? He was very confident that he would do me a great job! NOT!!!!!!! :0t31:

BLass.... Did your $3000 contractor arrive in his Tonka truck?

He may be one of those a lot of folks from New Orleans are looking for right now.... shotguns at the ready. :67302:

I gathered that your contractor gave you an estimate broken down by what had to be done with a price by each element? Will you still have to find another "real" estimate?

[Tam5115]

Mornin' all! :0012:

[PatC]

G'morning Tam. How are you feeling this morning?

[Tam5115]

I'm a Debbie Downer today, Pat. Stooopid allergies and I couldn't sleep. I got maybe an hour and a half.

I'm having some coffee and hoping that'll help some.

[Orchid Corsage]

Good Morning! :mornincoffee:

BLass, $3,000 to $20,000 yikes! Something wrong here!

Well it is near 60 today and snow forecast for tomorrow, bummer!

I have to run off to get the hairs cut this morning! Can't be late as she refuses to do one's hair if ever late. And that means forever! :biggrin:

[texanne]

Watching a Wall street pillow fight. It looks hilarious....but I would not want to join in. We used to have pillow fights as kids and my big brother would try to knock my head off. I will give him credit for teaching me to stand my ground an defend myself.

Tam....allergy outbreaks here too. I normally do not have allergic reactions to anything, but something "new" seems to have blown in.

[annalyzer]

I'm a Debbie Downer today, Pat. Stooopid allergies and I couldn't sleep. I got maybe an hour and a half.

I'm having some coffee and hoping that'll help some.

"Debbie Downer" :girl_haha: My new nickname

Hope you're feeling better today :give_rose:

[PatC]

Allergies - my remedy == Nettles & Eyebright. Preferably from locally grown herbs.

Gotta go for a while folks.

[texanne]

Never heard of them. I brought this on myself by throwing open the windows for several days.....plus I was near the chemical plants for several days in a row.

[Bayou Lass]

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g258/PatC_pics/smilies/bwahaha.gif Good one, texanne!!! :0t31:



BLass.... Did your $3000 contractor arrive in his Tonka truck?

He may be one of those a lot of folks from New Orleans are looking for right now.... shotguns at the ready. :67302:

I gathered that your contractor gave you an estimate broken down by what had to be done with a price by each element? Will you still have to find another "real" estimate?

No he had his daughter drive him up in her pink Barbie Mustang!:girl_haha: Yes he did break out the estimate for me, but the bozo with the $3,000 bid did not.....just spent a h*ll of a lot of time lookie-looking and just said he would charge $3,000 for whole job ... inside and out! I was like :waitasec: where did this alien come from? I talked to the adjuster this a.m. and he said if I felt confident with the contractor that built my house I would not have to have another bid.

[PatC]

No he had his daughter drive him up in her pink Barbie Mustang!:girl_haha: Yes he did break out the estimate for me, but the bozo with the $3,000 bid did not.....just spent a h*ll of a lot of time lookie-looking and just said he would charge $3,000 for whole job ... inside and out! I was like :waitasec: where did this alien come from? I talked to the adjuster this a.m. and he said if I felt confident with the contractor that built my house I would not have to have another bid.

WOW You did luck out with that adjuster. That sounds like the guy who worked with me over the pool damage last year.

[Bayou Lass]

WOW You did luck out with that adjuster. That sounds like the guy who worked with me over the pool damage last year.

Are you in "Good Hands" too?

[annalyzer]

Never heard of them. I brought this on myself by throwing open the windows for several days.....plus I was near the chemical plants for several days in a row.


My poor momma had bad allergies. I feel for ya.

[Alibar]

Bayou, do ya need an official something between the Ins Co and the man who built your house?

[Bayou Lass]

Bayou, do ya need an official something between the Ins Co and the man who built your house?

I'll submit his estimate and the insurance company will go from there I guess.

[Alibar]

I'll submit his estimate and the insurance company will go from there I guess.

Sounds right to me... I just wondered how it was done. )))))