Subj : Re: Eat What You Like To : Daryl Stout From : George Pope Date : Fri Apr 02 2021 08:02:08 > George, > GP> Hold off on the suffering. You haven't been made acquaintance with the > GP> Holy Spirit so you can be miserable! ;) > Well, I got a surprise yesterday...apparently, there was an overpayment > to the hospice care for my late Mom. But, that money will either go into > savings, or to pay for the plumbing repair, or the taxes. It basically > covers the repair cost on the car. I have no idea when the contractor > will finish up redoing both bathrooms. But, I decided to postpone the > colonoscopy...and will get my first of 2 COVID-19 shots on Friday...then > the second one just days before the 14th anniversary of my wife's death. That's so adult & responsible. You know the tv ads/corporations want you to go wild & impulse buy/splurge, right? Oh well, I guess you were also raised to understand you don't work for tyhem, eh? > GP> "Rejoice in the Lord always, & again I say: Rejoice" (I interpret that > GP> to mean to eat dessert first, second, third, etc.) > Stressed spelled backwards is DESSERTS. But, I have to avoid the rich > food. Moderation in all things [I add, "including(or especially) moderation)"] Some things my moderatoin level is zero. (e.g. tobacco -- 18 years under that devil on my baxck was plenty -- I was freed, PTL, & I'm not going back!) > GP> It's a good deed to eat all the desserts at a pot luck (otherwise the > GP> bakers feel insulted) > It depends on what it is...I can't tolerate cheesecake anymore. How come? I love cheesecake; a friend dropped me off a duble height one when I was 20, expecting it'd last me a while; I returned her pan the next day!) > > I had IBS the morning before we went to my wife's church to the ceremony. > GP> *LOL* Did you bring your own "music" to the ceremony? Tooting out > GP> "Here comes the bride," maybe? > Not hardly. At the reception, one little kid drank too much of the > sparkling chilled grape juice, and he let out this hellacious belch!! > His grandma asked him "What do you say??", and he sheepishly said > "Excuse me". Everyone was roaring in laughter. The beverage I've liked > was Hi-C fruit punch and Ginger Ale. :) I use sparkling spring water for punches, so there's no added flavour(not even the soda water component) to change the base punch/juice flavour. I buy the 2L spring water for $99 usually. (Ginger Ale same, unless name brand name, then it's $2.35 for 500ml!) I rarely drink pop -- the occasional Coke just for the caffeine. I used to drink about 2 ounces of root beer a year & that was the only pop I drank! Now, with work & family. . . *sigh* (permatired) > Years ago, my brother and I would swig a 12 ounce bottle of Doctor > Pepper in one swig...and see who could let out the raunchiest belch. > She would always "excuse herself" beforehand...but our dachshund > beat us with the methane bombs he dropped. After one of us let one > go, it was like "that was a full grown adult yipe, and it wasn't on > disability". > One day, we were intimately occupied on the Futon, and the dachshund > was in his bed next to us. All of a sudden, this horrible stench > permeated our nostrils...the dog had dropped a methane bomb fart!! > I started gagging, and my wife was laughing, saying "You know he's > down there, going 'Hee!! Hee!! Hee!! Ignore my @$$, will you??!!". > Any "lovemaking" went right out the window...I had to get dressed > and take the stinker (pun intended) out for a walk. :P > > I said, "We're not married yet". > GP> Close enough; you're bride & groom until married then you're husband & > GP> wife. > This is true. It reminds me of where the groom was so nervous at the > altar that he asked the minister "Is it kisstomary to cuss the bride??!!". > The preacher replied "Not yet...but soon". > GP> If your fiancée pronounces it as financer, run. . . > That's what my first fiancee' was. She wanted me to always take her > to the most expensive place, always pick up the tab, and forsake ALL > hobbies, etc. outside of work, and spend every waking moment with her. > Basically, she was going to do all the taking, and I was to do all the > giving. That does NOT work in a relationship...I broke that off before > we tied the knot. And, she accused me of "using her"...go figure. > When Janice and I were looking for things like invitations, etc., > there was a deal on there with "Daryl and Pamela" (that was the name > of my first fiancee'). Janice was chuckling, while I lamented "I think > I'm going to puke". :P > Yet, Janice wanted to be part of my hobbies (we met on a local area > BBS)...and she didn't care whether we ate at McDonald's or The Olive > Garden...FOOD WAS FOOD. > GP> It's so wrong. I did my share of dishes, back when I had both hands > GP> working. > And, with living alone, I use so few dishes (most are disposable, > including the silverware), so that means no dishes to wash. I think of > the joke where this woman tells her lady friend about a special pre-wash > of the dirty dishes. Confused, her friend asked for an explanation, and > the woman shouts out two words...and two dogs bound into the kitchen. > She sets the dirty dishes on the floor, and the dogs start their pre-wash > routine. The other woman fainted dead away. > GP> Now, my wife hates shopping (as did I, so I gave her that I'd do the > GP> shopping as a bonus wedding gift); I buy it, she cooks it. > Not a bad trade off. > > I had thought of myself as a Life Member of BTR (Bachelor 'Til > > Rapture); but The Good Lord made a liar out of me on that...and I got > > voted out. > GP> Seems like this one was a mite cynical. > What's funny is that I couldn't see any need to marry before I met the > woman who'd be my wife. Now, 14 years a widower, some days, it gets awfully > lonely. But, nowadays, so many have "too much baggage" to deal with...and I > don't want or need all that "drama". The "drama" I preferred was in theatre > arts in high school and college. Long before I started dating Janice, this > one girl in the Sunday School lamented "Lord, if you don't give me a man, > I'm gonna die!!"...and that turned me off. I've known several women like > that...who basically want kids (and sex) so bad, they can taste it. Sex is > not the be all and end all of marriage...it's a fringe benefit. > > I was *NEVER* so embarrassed in all my life!! > GP> Aww -- this is what makes indelible memories. > I could feel myself blushing. :P > GP> My BIL married my sister with "take to be my awfully wedded > GP> wife"(nervous); luckily the ceremony was caught on video. . . > LOL. I nearly had another "boner moment"...I nearly said "With > this ring, I thee bed". > > the entire group roared in laughter. > GP> A happy day for all! > Her parents and her grandmother had come up from Florida for the > wedding. Janice was in the back getting dressed, and her Dad asked > where she was. When I told him where she was, he quipped "I thought > she had coppered out". He then asked me for "one last kiss from her > before we got married". I replied "While she'll be my wife...first > and foremost, she's your daughter". > > To this day, nearly 18 years later, I still can't look at the > > wedding video without crying like a baby. > GP> Nothing wrong with that -- it means you felt & felt sincerely. It's a > GP> treasure. > I do have a ton of wonderful memories that no one can take away. > We met on a BBS run by a local college, and as they say, "the rest > is history"...we truly were "Married With Modem Sysops". > > and asked "What are you doing in there??". I wish I would've had > > my wits about me...I would've replied "Playing Strip Poker". > GP> Why not, right? In the Jewish tradition marriage is consummated not by > GP> a bloody sheet hung out the window, but by the bride & groom going in > GP> to a small room in seclusion together for a half hour or so -- to "eat > GP> a small meal together, privately". > That's part of consuming, isn't it?? > GP> Yup, people assume what they wish to. . . > You know what they about assume... > > So the one from Batman is on lunch break?? > GP> He died, didn't he? > I want to say it was Caesar Romero...I think all the characters from > the original TV series are dead and gone now. The one who played Robin, > I think now advertises a special line of dog food. > > Or wrap up the toys they haven't touched in awhile, and give > > them as Christmas presents (one parent did this, and the kids > > thought they were new...but they had forgotten they hadn't played > > with them in a long time). > GP> That's a good one, but check they're still the right age for it. . . > At least it's not like the blonde who brings a crap filled diaper, saying > "it was good up to 20 pounds". :P > GP> To ground your kid, don'ty take away their devices -- take away their > GP> chargers, so they get to slowly watch the batteries get lower & lower. > GP> . . > No pressure. Or change the way to unlock the phone (i.e. the PIN). > GP> I've been thinking about adoption lately, but nobody wants to take a > GP> 12yo boy who eats like a Sumo wrestler! > He's growing...in more ways than one. > GP> & the smooth motio of the car helps get those wee bairs a-snoozing. I > GP> used to just walk around for hours with the kid in my arms (as a teen > GP> babysitting for the neighbourhood single moms) > Nowadays, most kids wouldn't think of doing such. > GP> My wife & I sing the Staples Xmas ad jingle in September: "It's the > GP> most wonderful time of the year. . ." > Yep, when they go back to school. > GP> You know, eh? How many kids do you have? > None...but that's from what I've read and heard. After having chicken > pox that went into encephalitis (I was in the hospital for a week, and > quarantined from college and work for 2 months)...then working around > and absorbing nasty solvents in silkscreen printing...as my late wife so > eloquently put it, "they wouldn't spay me...so he volunteered to get > neutered". > GP> I got a wrong number(she sounded cute) called in once asking for > GP> Heather, I said, "I can be Heather for ya; how long do you need me > GP> for?" > GP> She laughed & said, "sorry, wrong number." > At least it got a smile out of her. > Daryl > ... Can you tell me when my past due amount is due?? > === MultiMail/Win v0.52 > --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 > * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (1:19/33) Your friend, <+]:{)} Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM --- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757.2) .