It's friday.

[piece-itpete]

Lol!

In keeping with a current thought:

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Lol!

In keeping with a current thought:

Mmmmm. Bacon.

[d-ray657]

It seems like the "It's Friday" thread has also become the how was your weekend thread. It couldn't have been better. The younger son came home for the weekend, not for food or laundry, but because he wanted to see us. He still got plenty of food of course - some of my homemade bean soup, King crab at the restaurant, ribs at his girlfriend's house, and groceries to take home. But the best part is, for the first time in quite awhile, we had time just to visit and spend time doing things together. We listened to a CD he brought me; played with the Buckyball magnets (those things are addictive); watched the KU game, and watched the movie Inception. There were plenty of dangling threads in that one to try and tie up - good discussion piece - there was plenty of conversation all weekend (Except when the crab legs came).

The kid who had zero respect for us when he left for college is now a man who is valued at his job and committed to his education. You would be amazed at how much smarter his mother and I have become over the last couple of years. Now even his girlfriend tells us that she was looking forward to seeing us.

Every once in awhile, we're lucky enough to have just the weekend we needed.

Regards,

D-Ray

[piece-itpete]

Congrats D, you sound happy and proud. As the years have past I'm come more and more to realise the value of my own parents, and speak with my dad much more as a friend. It's a gift. It sounds like your son knows it too.

Me, it was a redecorating weekend. Ug.

Deb did most of the painting already but I had to try to install the 4" high bar code around a 50" high x 107" long twin window.

I've used these decor stickers before, but for some reason these just didn't work, unlike bandaids they only stuck where they weren't supposed to As the kids would say, fail.

I did paint my AR9s black (sacriledge!!). I wouldn't usually do something like that, but they did have some cosmetic issues and getting them closer into the SOs decor has other advantages

They look pretty cool, like monoliths. (I had already removed the chrome trim around the woofer grills)

Pete

[Charles]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

It seems like the "It's Friday" thread has also become the how was your weekend thread. It couldn't have been better. The younger son came home for the weekend, not for food or laundry, but because he wanted to see us. He still got plenty of food of course - some of my homemade bean soup, King crab at the restaurant, ribs at his girlfriend's house, and groceries to take home. But the best part is, for the first time in quite awhile, we had time just to visit and spend time doing things together. We listened to a CD he brought me; played with the Buckyball magnets (those things are addictive); watched the KU game, and watched the movie Inception. There were plenty of dangling threads in that one to try and tie up - good discussion piece - there was plenty of conversation all weekend (Except when the crab legs came).

The kid who had zero respect for us when he left for college is now a man who is valued at his job and committed to his education. You would be amazed at how much smarter his mother and I have become over the last couple of years. Now even his girlfriend tells us that she was looking forward to seeing us.

Every once in awhile, we're lucky enough to have just the weekend we needed.

Regards,

D-Ray

Don, it's good to hear that your wife and yourself are getting smarter, as I keep getting dumber as the years progress.

Chas

[d-ray657]

Pete, if it helps you feel better about the AR9s, I had to paint my AR93s black, because the markings on the cap went below the veneer. I was going to say it didn't affect the sound, but I couldn't say. When I got them they were trashed, and I had to refoam and replace the electronics. They do make a cool looking monolith - - uh - - dualith?

Regards,

D-Ray

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Lol!

In keeping with a current thought:

I prefer my brain scrambled-----with a side order of bacon.

Dave

[piece-itpete]

Monoli?

Blue, which drug for the scrambling? lol.

For you old guys... (I turned the text up a little for ya )

$5.37! That's what the kid behind the counter at Taco Bell said to me.

I dug into my pocket and pulled out some lint and two dimes and something that used to be a Jolly Rancher. Having already handed the kid a five-spot, I started to head back out to the truck to grab some change when the kid with the Elmo hairdo said the hardest thing anyone has ever said to me. He said, "It's OK. I'll just give you the senior citizen discount."


I turned to see who he was talking to and then heard the sound of change hitting the counter in front of me. "Only $4.68" he said cheerfully.


I stood there stupefied. I am 56, not even 60 yet? A mere child! Senior citizen?


I took my burrito and walked out to the truck wondering what was wrong with Elmo. Was he blind? As I sat in the truck, my blood began to boil. Old? Me?


I'll show him, I thought. I opened the door and headed back inside. I strode to the counter, and there he was waiting with a smile.


Before I could say a word, he held up something and jingled it in front of me, like I could be that easily distracted! What am I now? A toddler?


"Dude! Can't get too far without your car keys, eh?" I stared with utter disdain at the keys. I began to rationalize in my mind.


"Leaving keys behind hardly makes a man elderly! It could happen to anyone!"


I turned and headed back to the truck. I slipped the key into the ignition, but it wouldn't turn. What now? I checked my keys and tried another. Still nothing.


That's when I noticed the purple beads hanging from my rear view mirror. I had no purple beads hanging from my rear view mirror.


Then, a few other objects came into focus. The car seat in the back seat. Happy Meal toys spread all over the floorboard. A partially eaten doughnut on the dashboard.


Faster than you can say ginkgo biloba, I flew out of the alien vehicle.


Moments later I was speeding out of the parking lot, relieved to finally be leaving this nightmarish stop in my life. That is when I felt it, deep in the bowels of my stomach: hunger! My stomach growled and churned, and I reached to grab my burrito, only it was nowhere to be found.


I swung the truck around, gathered my courage, and strode back into the restaurant one final time. There Elmo stood, draped in youth and black nail polish. All I could think was, "What is the world coming to?"


All I could say was, "Did I leave my food and drink in here"? At this point I was ready to ask a Boy Scout to help me back to my vehicle, and then go straight home and apply for Social Security benefits.


Elmo had no clue. I walked back out to the truck, and suddenly a young lad came up and tugged on my jeans to get my attention. He was holding up a drink and a bag. His mother explained, "I think you left this in my truck by mistake."


I took the food and drink from the little boy and sheepishly apologized.


She offered these kind words: "It's OK. My grandfather does stuff like this all the time."


All of this is to explain how I got a ticket doing 85 in a 40. Yes, I was racing some punk kid in a Toyota Prius. And no, I told the officer, I'm not too old to be driving this fast.


As I walked in the front door, my wife met me halfway down the hall. I handed her a bag of cold food and a $300 speeding ticket. I promptly sat in my rocking chair and covered up my legs with a blankey.


The good news was (drum roll please):





I had successfully found my way home...


.

[finnbow]

[BlueStreak]

"What's this then?"

"A liver donors card."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aclS1pGHp8o

Dave