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The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original


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curlyfries Contributor
- - had AIR CONDITIONING on in my car today ('twas 81 degrees, record-setting high) and now............am freezing.......................

BTW.......remember that whole "we should both escape as we don't like the weather where we live" thing?

......yeah......forget it. I want the warm, sunny beach and you want.......dreary, rainy, blah, blah, blah :P

......and 81 degrees is comfy for me. :D


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psawyer Proficient
POeter! Jack is well into the second installment in yer brother's first parallax......this one is Humans. We were trying to recall - - did you not say that some big movie people are in discussion with him about one of his works? This would be truly exciting. . . . .... :)

Rob has sold film rights to some of his works, although none have yet been produced. I don't recall just which ones they are.

The story is hard to put down. Jack has it easy. When he finishes a book, the next one is at the book store. I read them as they came out from the publisher (I did not get advance copies), and so had to wait about a year between books each time.

Rob was not inspired in any way by Sam in the creation of the Neanderthal trilogy. Your mileage may vary. Void where prohibited. :ph34r:

Several posts were made while I was composing this. :o

curlyfries Contributor
... . . and the reservoir end could be fashioned into a nice decorative accent . . .. . ...

Oooooh........think of the possibilities.......

You could fill it with water and add a flower or two.......it'd stay fresh all day :P

elye Community Regular
OMG! is it yer DAD calling me every day, Em, asking for "Zarina?" [or is it - Czarina? Tsarina? are they looking for the lost Duchess?

Soooozie... .. . . . . these names are Burundian.

Mygawd. . . . .what can all this mean??

:huh:

:lol:

elye Community Regular
The story is hard to put down.

Gawd, I'll say! Every time I look at Jack, he's reading the book. Walking home from school, eating supper, sitting on the toilet. . . . ...... . . .. :rolleyes:

curlyfries Contributor
Leeesa! The guy who's calling about yer nonexistent pool - - it's gotta be my dad.

Does your dad have a secret desire to be a pool boy?

Does he look good in Speedos? :P:lol:

tom Contributor

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooo :mortifiedface:

Thought I uploaded a new av but it failed and now won't upload ANY av!!!!

********* *********** **********

Oh yeah .. ...speaking of Wasilla . ..

Brother Pat's mailing addr was Wasilla, tho technically the llama ranch was a little outside of town.

It's just such an unremarkable little town. For groceries we'd head over to nearby Palmer.

Not to buy meat, tho ;)

I bet I had mooseburgers the first night there, and moose sausage the next morning. Mmmmmmmmmm :droolface:

Sausages made by a pro from moosemeat brought in by the end-user/hunter.

Oy . ...woik wearin' me brain out!

Yesterday I didn't even notice the *&*@^% pull-up resistor I should've removed before even TRYING to get valid data. <arrrrrrrrrrgh!!> :angry:

Ended up looking stupid in front of the boss. :( And so now I've got to 1st make up for that before accumulating more on the plus side. The goal is to make the boss wonder how they ever got by w/out me :lol:;) , but missing that *&^%$#@ pull-up put me in a hole.

OH! OH!! I even - for I think just the 2nd time in my LIFE - had a pen spew ink, whilst in-pocket, making a 4-5" wet spot - not just a stain, oh no. I didn't even notice until feeling wet skin.

So .. . .. ..who's got a phlipover, voodooing their way into my taking the hit??? :wacko::angry:


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Darn210 Enthusiast

Tom!!!! What in Sam Hill did you DO??????

All the samatars have been removed!!!! When I tried to reload my samatar, it eliminated the old one that had been restored and like tom, now I have none!!!! . . . Some sort of anti-Sam conspiracy . . . :unsure: . . . someone hold me, I'm askeert.

elye Community Regular

Gooood Weird Wednesday Morning, Psillies!

Mygawd. . . . .something verrrrrry odd is afoot 'round here. . . . . ... :huh::huh:

:unsure:

NONE OF THE SAMATARS are appearing .. . . . . . ...They've all vanished. . .. ...

In fact, my avatar currently displaying is a pic I had up about three weeks ago.... . . .. ..

. . ....Three or four avatars ago .. .... . ...before the onslaught into our lives of one Sam Hill Manhead. .. .... . .

Like time has compressed onto itself . ..a wrinkling, or deletion. . ... .. .. wiping out the entire documented history of S.H.

...Like he never even existed. .. . . ....

Was he ever really here????

Was it all just a dream???? :blink::unsure:

Thinking about our Al. His surgery could well be finished by now. Nik, check in!

blueeyedmanda Community Regular

Morning Sillies-

Time for my morning rant...

This mornings topic: Keeping Communication Lines Open @ your Employment Facility!

Mind you this happened yesterday but I am still pi$$ed off about it.

Let me start off by saying that the place I work leases the computers we use. They have a contract through Dell and we get new computers on 3 year leases which is how we always have pretty current computers. So our computers get switched all the time, usually depending on around the time you started your job since that was when it was typically purchased. So now the only 2 in my office that have not got the new computers are myself and my buddy next to me, we have both had our 3 yr anniversary dates last month.

So here is how it works- when the lease is running out, we get an email from the Heme office upstairs asking if one of our computers matches up to the serial number in the email. So while I was off with my dad an email went around and it didnt match either computer. Monday I come in and I get this strange message about security settings and such- I knew it was legit when it said contact the help desk and gave the ext. # for our help desk. So I called and here the whole security system turned off 10/1/08 on my system. Which was odd....and there were never any messages about it expiring nothing. The help desk was confuzzled as was I. Luckily no viruses came on this computer in the almost 2 months since the program failed. They fixed it and we went to work. At the end of Monday another email came through my office about the lease expiring on a machine...once again no matches. So i called the woman who sends the emails....she basically told me this is not a priority blah blah blah. I explained I was not in a rush but if you keep sending the emails and nothing is matching there is a problem.....She was rude to me---which only adds to the frustration and I hung up the phone.

Yesterday morning- I come in and I could no longer print from our Lab results system to the big copier. I can't use the printer on my desk since I lent my coworker the black ink cartridge....which is a different story. So I once again call the help desk where the tell me the reason things are not working is the lease expired on my computer.....in JULY!!!!! So now I have a computer which the longer it sits on my desk the more money the hospital loses since once it is not turned in after so long once the lease runs out they are obligated to buy the computer....not good. So I had IT send the email confirming the lease ran out. They had to put old versions of our lab system and other med programs we use here on since the machine is not reading the new stuff.....Mind you this computer is only 3 yrs old.....but still. I get off the phone and send an email to the rude lady, my boss and another person in the heme office....as of this morning no responses...the email was sent @ 9 am yesterday.....

When the computer broke @ lunch time again....the help desk said look we really are not obligated to help fix it now- since it is off a lease...so here I sit....with my computer working when it wants to and no help for us......

I just sent my boss another email saying look I need to sit down with you this is important....We will see!!!!

Bye sillies- off to attempt some work!

Jestgar Rising Star
Oy . ...woik wearin' me brain out!

Yesterday I didn't even notice the *&*@^% pull-up resistor I should've removed before even TRYING to get valid data. <arrrrrrrrrrgh!!> :angry:

Ended up looking stupid in front of the boss. :(

Tom, you're outta practice. When you do something like that, the proper response is "Wow that's easy to miss, I wonder how many other people totally screwed it up and never caught their mistake"

Darn210 Enthusiast
Gooood Weird Wednesday Morning, Psillies!

Mygawd. . . . .something verrrrrry odd is afoot 'round here. . . . . ... :huh::huh:

:unsure:

NONE OF THE SAMATARS are appearing .. . . . . . ...They've all vanished. . .. ...

In fact, my avatar currently displaying is a pic I had up about three weeks ago.... . . .. ..

. . ....Three or four avatars ago .. .... . ...before the onslaught into our lives of one Sam Hill Manhead. .. .... . .

Like time has compressed onto itself . ..a wrinkling, or deletion. . ... .. .. wiping out the entire documented history of S.H.

...Like he never even existed. .. . . ....

Was he ever really here????

Was it all just a dream???? :blink::unsure:

I sent a PM to Scott . . . I wasn't sure how he would find out there was a problem since MOST people on this board don't change their avatars on a daily basis . . . Hope he figures it out soon . . . I feel so . . . nekkid . . . wifout me av.

Hoping our AL is doing well today!!!

Amanda . . . Poopy Cow!!! . . . :angry:

DingoGirl Enthusiast
I sent a PM to Scott . . . I wasn't sure how he would find out there was a problem since MOST people on this board don't change their avatars on a daily basis . . . Hope he figures it out soon . . . I feel so . . . nekkid . . . wifout me av.

:o

first our emoticons............now this

HAVE OUR AVS BEEN TAKEN AWAY???????????????????????????????????

man heads are gonna roll......... :huh:

Amanda! poopy cow is right!

came on to check on any word about Alsy.....none yet..................must check phacebook now.....

Ptaughmass.......a big ink spot? gads...........and um......my brain is still too tired to figger out the REST of what you're talking aobut.........

OMG! it's my old Super Weezel av! what in hell IS going on!!!!!!!!! this has NEVER happened.............

<_<

jerseyangel Proficient

Jan-it,

Scott switched the board to another server last night, so that's probably why this happened. The change is now complete, so I'm sure if you re-post your avatar, it'll stick. :)

Darn210 Enthusiast
Jan-it,

Scott switched the board to another server last night, so that's probably why this happened. The change is now complete, so I'm sure if you re-post your avatar, it'll stick. :)

Um . . . no . . . :unsure: . . . still not working . . . :huh::(

jerseyangel Proficient

I just tried mine and it didn't work either. Hopefully Scott will be able to shed some light on this.....mine reverted to the kitty picture before on it's own. I'm wondering whether it lost some memory around the time all the Sam avs went up?

:huh:

psawyer Proficient

My avatar had regressed to one from about a week ago--the Emily & Peter photo. I have just reloaded my Samatar, so we'll see in a moment what shows up.

Edit: The reload was successful and Sam is back.

DingoGirl Enthusiast
Um . . . no . . . :unsure: . . . still not working . . . :huh::(

something's aphoot......... <_<

I just tried mine and it didn't work either. Hopefully Scott will be able to shed some light on this.....mine reverted to the kitty picture before on it's own. I'm wondering whether it lost some memory around the time all the Sam avs went up?

just re-loaded mine - did it work?

DingoGirl Enthusiast

And there he is! PHEW! :P

My mind went to the dark place :lol: Suspicions easily aroused.......conspiracy theories at-the-ready

:lol: :lol:

jerseyangel Proficient

Mine's back now too. Musta been a blip in the memory....er sumphin. :blink:

blueeyedmanda Community Regular

I need to get a new avatar. I am not sure which to go with a new Landen pic, new Silvia pic or something else....

elye Community Regular
Tom, you're outta practice. When you do something like that, the proper response is "Wow that's easy to miss, I wonder how many other people totally screwed it up and never caught their mistake"

:lol: Fantastic. Absolving oneself of all responsibility, referring to an almost-certain ineptitude in surrounding co-workers .. . ...superb deflection and channel-changing.

Jess, you're good. .. . . ..... :lol:B)

Um . . . no . . . . . . still not working . . .

I just tried mine and it didn't work either. Hopefully Scott will be able to shed some light on this.....mine reverted to the kitty picture before on it's own. I'm wondering whether it lost some memory around the time all the Sam avs went up?

And there he is! PHEW!

My mind went to the dark place :lol: Suspicions easily aroused.......conspiracy theories at-the-ready

People. .. ..... . .. .do you really, honestly think that this glitch, this sudden, odd disappearance of all avatars featuring Sam Hill Manhead, was technically generated??

ONLY those pictures of S.H.

Only his.

He's playing with us, I am sure of it. .. ...Something is angering him, causing him to wreak minor havoc into our lives... . . ...

I need to get a new avatar. I am not sure which to go with a new Landen pic, new Silvia pic or something else....

Um, Amanda....if you want an avatar that will stay safely on the board, you know whom to stay away from .. . . . . . . .

:lol:

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OMG :lol:

can hardly wait -

National Corn Chip day, Jan. 29

and then

National Molasses Bar Day in feb.

Um........do you think that we can lobby for a National Anal Glands Expression Day? :lol:

nikki-uk Enthusiast

WHAT IN SAM HILL???? :unsure:

I am Askeert NAY bereft at the loss of Burundian manatars!!!!

EDIT:...THEY'RE baaaack!!!!

Just back from the hospital - all went well with Al's leg op - many THANKS to all me sillies for your kind words and prayers :wub:

Al is STARVING!!...impatiently waiting for dinner, no pain (but holy crap!...he's had enough pain relief drugs to knock out a horse!!)

Oddly enough whereas for most the anaesthetic + drugs make them feel sleepy, Al goes the other way :huh: ....goes a bit hyper and is currently talking the hind leg off a donkey :lol:

The nurse comes out tomorrow to change his dressings and to check all is well.......NO school for at least 10 days!!!

OH, and NARY a scrap of gluten-freeness available on the day care unit......they kept trying to force a cheese sandwich on him :rolleyes: (I expected as much and took our own supplies) ...... slightly worrying nonetheless. :(

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