The Green Dragon Message Board Part II

Don't every one thank me at once!

;o)

You know, I have a cable connection, and that page was taking a while to load, so you folks on dial-up have my heartfelt sympathies.

Woohoo! New thread! Time to soil it!

*shifty*

Anywho... here's to the Green Dragon! *raises his glass of water*

But what if I'd LIKE a whuppin'?

#3

Well, morphiadae... then call me up. ;)

* angelic smile *

#1

A whuppin reminder meant especially for me... while far from it for me to turn such a gracious offer down, I think as a gentleman, I'll let you have the last post on the thread.

>4 JPB:

*flirts*

And you thought the religion & politics thread/s offensive!?!?!?
;-)

*pours what everyone wants*

I'm drinking some coffeee, myself.

Here's to the Green Dragon!!!

Oh, morphidae you can start a "whup me" thread, if you wish! Hmmm, on second though, maybe that belongs in another group. ;o)

Edit: Wow look at all those posts that showed up while I was typing this, and letting the dog out and then back in again, and dithering about! ;o)

Well, I'll have a orange juice, thanks!
I'm supposed to post and ad to sell our (last, I hope) pram, I'll just have to edit the pic's first...

I'll take a black coffee please, Clam, then I'll take up the spot by the fire.

Well, I'll snuggle up in the corner with my laptop, editing pictures and sipping OJ :-)

*pours one tall cool OJ for Busifer*

*reheats cold coffee*

*makes fresh pot for Tane*
:o)

*adds fresh logs, too*

Blarg to the heat.

*opens up a window into the tavern and basks in the wintery weather*

>6 Busifer: Yeah, but I was like... joking? You know... humor? ;)

Besides, I never said it was offensive, just that it wasn't topical for this group. And in general, "discussion" (debate) isn't my cup of tea.

Speaking of... how about some wild strawberry tea over here for me?

P.S. A pub isn't a pub without some bawdy humor.

#15 Agreed entirely.

* sits down at a table with morphidae *

* notices a loop of rope hung by a nail in the corner *

* looks a morphidae *

* winks *

#15 - Agreed!

One Wild Strawberry Tea coming up!

#7 dithering about

LOL! Care to tell us what that means to a Connecticut “Yankette?”

>16 JPB: Your toy box or mine? *wink*

>18 JPB: It's putzing with a bit of angst.

#18 - Exactly what #19 said.

I would have been merely puttering, but I'd had coffee.

OH MY!!! In the last thread clamairy was "girding" her "loins" and now she's threatening (or promising) to "whup" people! morphidae is winking at everyone. I don't even want to know what JPB is up to! I think I'll sit over here very quietly in the corner and enjoy a cup of tea. I certainly don't want to attract attention! And, NO, I'm NOT looking over the top of my book to watch. :))

*Note to self - Before inviting people to join the Green Dragon see what's going on in the pub!*

#19.... I have a nice closet of items to share.... but I think, right now, I would prefer **censors self**.

* cough *

>22 JPB: ROTFLMAO!!!

Okay, that was good. Thankfully I wasn't drinking anything at that moment, else I would have needed to clean the spray off my monitor.

(Edited to add: Hee hee. Saw it before you edited it!)

GeorgiaDawn, I'll join you! Let's huddle behind our books and have some literary discussion . .

I'm sorry, though, but I just might have to peak over my book at least once!

If I wasn't confused about cricket before, I sure am now.

#1

Clam, I'll thank you! It wasn't the messages, it was those little pencil graphics loading. :-0

Paging back through the X-rated stuff --- never been in a pub where so many people drank water and coffee, but were into S&M. What is the world coming to? :-) . . .

I'd heard that "he left in a Snit" meant "he drove off in a small British sports car."

I'm just trying to hide myself in the corner with my drink, behind my TBR pile since I made a fool of myself "outside"....

#26

That wasn't you around back, flirting with the Ent?! ;-)

hobbitprincess - Sounds good to me and safe! :)

I've been to a basketball game so I didn't read much at all tonight. I'll try to read a few pages before I go to sleep. Of course, I could just stay in my corner and watch the excitment here!

#15 - Only to get things straight - I know you was joking, and I sort of joked back. Hope you understand!

>29 Busifer: You winked, I winked, everybody winked. All is good. :)

#30 I know, I just felt that jokes sometimes have a hard time travelling language barriers :-)

Have anyone seen any cinnamon rolls around here? I'd like one or two with my coffee and I thought that I had brought some... But I seem to have mislaid them.

*my, this is developing into café/coffeeshop, but right now I don't even want an imaginery ale, I have too much work ahead of me!*

*serves hot goodies*

*sniffing the air...*

Wow, those smells like straight from the owen! Thank you so much, just what I needed!

And now, back to work... working from home today, so as to get things done, but this far it's been slow going...

>27 myshelves: I admit nothing! LOL

Golly, those buns look delicious...

They do... *must resist, must resist*

Happy Hump Day, by the way. ;)

But bookmaster, these virtual cinnamon buns are calorie free!!!!

*sips tea*

Edit: Happy Hump Day, back at you. :o)

Call me Ishmael Justin.

And.. well.. hmmm... okay, okay... *takes one* Thanks. :D

Thanks clamairy! Now how can I sneak one of those cinnamon buns without my students knowing?

#38 - Just stuff the whole thing into your mouth at once!
;o)
Okay, maybe not...

#39 - LOL!! I'm picturing this - trying to teach Algebra with a mouth full of cinnamon bun. I hope no one has any questions!

#40 - You could pretend you have a rare case of the Mumps. That would explain the bulges in your cheeks. ;o) Or maybe laryngitis... to explain your inability to speak.

I'm being silly, of course. :o)

LOL, man you guys are having a lot of fun today. I will take a bottle of water and one of those delicious smelling things!! As long as there are no calories or fat involved I am all for it. =) If only that were the case outside this pub.

I guess all the excess energy I have had from working out has scared my husband, he bought us half and half coffee for this week. LOL

*pours water for NA*
*serves up a yummy bun*

That reminds me. I need some coffee. I can't keep sitting here staring at this screen. I need to mop some floors!

clamairy - That picture is great! Sort of made me feel warm all over. Now I can go face my boys in German language learning. What would the German words be for cinnamon rolls?

*dreamily heading off to do battle*

Cinnamon rolls! I miss Cinnabun!!!! they were so yummy!

Oh, did they go out of business? Or do you just not have one near you now?

Cinnamon (anything). No thanks. If this was a British pub it would have little bags of pork scratchings hanging up behind the bar next to the peanuts.

mmm..... gimme that high cal. saturated fat NOW.

Pork scratchings?
0.0
Dare I ask?
It sounds like something a pig would dig up in the sty!!

Is that like pork rinds here in the states, by any chance?

*serves darrow a varied selection of scratchings*

Yumm, I like pork rinds too.

I have never had the US version but I expect they are similar. It's crispy pieces of pork fat. It's called "crackling" when it forms on the outside of a hunk of roast pork. Guaranteed jaw breaker.

uummm....my "Grand Daddy" used to make crackling bread! Of course, in South Georgia we would call it crakl'n bread. It was SO good. Like clam's cinnamon rolls up there...absolutely no fat or calories. :)

GRITS! I want GRITS!

IS this a restaurant or a pub?!

BEER that's what we need. MORE BEER.

of course while we're at it I'll have some scratchings to go with it ;-)

GRITS!! YUUMMMMM!! How about cheese grits? Double yum!

#50 What impresses me is the nearly invisble little smlie of the pig, hidden in the ‘photo’ portion of the bag labelling. He sure is happy to give of him (her)self.

And here I was thinking pork scratchings were the portions of the pig that he(she) scratched a lot. Silly me.

GREEN DRAGON PART II ROCKS, WOOO-HOOOOOO!!!

I'll have a Franzikaner Hefeweissen with some sharp white Vermont cheddar and Triscuits!

*Leans back, pulls a book off the wall and chills*

#22 & #23

(Edited to add: Hee hee. Saw it before you edited it!)

Awww, I always miss those pre-edited JPB posts!!! I heaer at KiKn he's responsible for a fistful of gray hairs, heee heeeeee!!!

Oh, JPB! I don't think I ever thanked you possible for The Prancing Pony... :>o

Not sure I'd like those pork things, but I'll definitely have some pretzel twists if you've got 'em. :)

And while you're at it, I'll take a Diet Coke. Looooooong day at work today.

*pours Diet Coke into a tall frosted mug*
*serves pretzel twists*
*adds one helping of sympathy, too*
:o)

:)

It's amazing how co-workers, some days, can be worse than the public.

#60 - :o/

So, you work with cut-throat librarians?

We have a cut-throat librarian where I work. (Actually, she is referred to as the media nazi.)

GRITS!!! CINNAMON BUNS!!! DIET COKE!!!!

All is right with the world!

#61 - Not really cut-throat librarians, just lazy arse people who don't work the desk. Most days, like today, I spend all 8 hours up at the service desk as my co-workers gossip in the back.

XD

Early morning here, but I could join in on some Walkers salt'n vinegar crisps... I don't know how well they work with my coffee though ;-)

We had this wonderful english shop close to where we lived before. It was full of goodies anyone can like, as snacks and candy and tea and cookies and cakes and cereals and..., but they also sold what I call bizarre stuff... english style sausages and such, mint sauce, and condiments normally only seen at the pub tables at the back ;-)

And yes, they had porks scratchings...

I still go there sometimes, but it's a 40 minute ride instead of a 5 minute walk, so...

Walkers crisps! - made in my home town and the world's finest, IMO.

They go with anything, Busifer - except with fried eggs ... maybe.

We need a picture! :D

#65 - really? I would have thought crisps would go with eggs, after all chips do, and they are nearly the same thing!

Salt and Vinegar are the best definately. You know there are some countries in the world where they don't have SnV flavour! (you get some strange looks even putting vinegar on your chips!

I had some cheese and onion crisps in Ireland and think they are wonderful! There isn't anything like that around here - the closest I can find is cheese and sour cream Ruffles. I too like salt and vinegar crisps (chips).

#67 - And Sweden is one of them. That's why "The English Shop" can make money from importing them :-)
Apparently there is a big british expat colony here in Stockholm, there is at least one pub where both staff and guests have english as their first language.

#66 - I couldn't manage a pic with crisps'n eggs, but here's one with Walker Salt & Vinegar ;-)

#69 - I don't think I saw the Stockholm one but I was in Odense, and staggered to find a Shepard Neame* pub! you can't find those in the UK! Horrified at the price of the beer though.

*A truly excellant small english brewery, most famous for its Spitfire ale, but brews many a decent beer.

Well, it's not cheaper in Sweden... a pint of something imported goes at around *consulting my currency converter...* £3-4.

Close to where we used to live there was this nice pub specializing in imported beers. Well, actually there's quite a few around, but this one's really good. One of the few places where you could get Newcastle, Bishops Finger, Spitfire and a lot of others on draft (most places serve bottles). They also have a good selection of US beers like Anchor Steam and such.
Mind you, this is not one of the expat pubs, it's managed by two swedish blokes who happens to love real ale.

Also they have a good selection of Belgian and German beers, if your inclined that way (which I'm not).

Ahhh, there's nothing like a tasty pint. Except maybe a tasty pint with a fine cheese.... ;o)

I always keep some Newcastle on hand. It was harder to find in Illinois, but it appears to be a staple here in New England. I also see a lot more Samuel Smith four packs, here. It's a tad pricier, though, but it's oh so flavorful.

I think need to start sampling some Belgian brews.

You'd better watch out for those Belgium beers though - they don't seem to brew much weaker than 6% and many are 8% plus. We have a Belgium Bar fairly close to us, it has menus with all the different beers it currently has in stock and waitress service and all. Its only when you go to stand up that realise just what you've been drinking.!!!

besides some of them taste like a mixture of tar and treacle. An aquired taste. That said the some of the fruit beers can't be beaten on a warm summer night.

Bwaa haa haa... tar & treacle! With a splash of soda water, no doubt? Funny, I wasn't all that impressed with Guinness Stout the first time I tried it, either. (Speaking of acquired tastes.)

#70 Thanks, Busifer!! :D

#76 - You're welcome!

I hate to break in on the party, but I didn't know where else to put this. This link was posted in the Inklings group, and I thought it might be of interest to some of you here as well. It is a society which is trying to carry on the tradition of the Inklings and their focus on (crud, I've forgotten the ten dollar word) using myth in stories. Take your choice: mythopoeia, mythologize, mythographer or mythologist.
It is an interesting site which lists all the Inkling author's works and also has a yearly magazine which takes story contributions and illustrations.

http://www.mythsoc.org/

Not sure what happend to them Clam, but the cinnabun in southampton, england has up and disappeared :(

however, in its place we did get a baskinrobins and Milly's Cookies which are nice ;D

Ack! Are we foisting the word 'cookie' on you now?

I looked it up yesterday, and the nearest Cinnabon (which is what they are called here) is 55 miles away from me. Good thing, too.

There's nothing like finally getting to visit the "old world" and see the places you've always dreamt of seeing . . . and find the Golden Arches, Burger King, . . .

That reminds me of my visit to Stonehenge. After seeing the henge we ate in Glastonbury, at some nice old inn, while the couple we were with went across the street to eat at Pizza Hut. :oS

#67 The reason I said that maybe Walkers Crisps don't go with eggs is because when you cook eggs you sometimes get a small piece of egg shell in them. It crunches and it's horrible. It would be like there was lots of shell in the eggs. I would hate that.

Maybe if there were a whole bunch of crunchy bits in your eggs you wouldn't notice a random shell fragment, darrow.

#84 Yuck. That's like living near a slaughterhouse just so you don't have to smell your partner's smelly feet. :D

#78 - MrsLee

Thanks for the link to the Mythopoeic Society. I've always felt a little "undereducated" for a place with such a lofty name. Are you a member/regular participant? Would you recommend them for the Green Dragon crowd? I like the casuality here (as opposed to causality, which belongs to the physics/natural philosophy-types!)

Ha ha. Is there a decent single-malt scotch at the bar? It's been a long week, and I could use an 18 yo Macallan...

*pours some mature scotch for Sabarade*

Oh, this scotch is old enough to vote!!! ;o)

#85 Yuck. That's like living near a slaughterhouse just so you don't have to smell your partner's smelly feet.

I sooo agree with you there, JPB, I'll never do THAT again...

#86 Sabarade, I think from the quality of my previous post you can see I am not "overlyeducated" ;) I know there are some here who like to write, and I thought they might want to check it out. I'm allergic to membership fees as a rule, so no, I don't belong, though I thought it would be fun to read one of their magazines and see what kind of stories they are getting up.

#85 I know someone whose feet smell so bad that the slaughterhouse would move.

#90.
BWAAAH-HAAAH-HAAAAAH-HAAAAAAAH!!! Lord Darrow, I intend to use THAT one, that is too funny!

Just for you, a little Paul McCartney...

I was walking down the street the other day.

Who did I meet?

I met a friend of mine and he did say:

"Man, I can smell your feet a mile away."

Smile away, smile away, smile away, yeah, smile away...

LOL! What album was that one on?

It's from RAM, an underrated early pre-Wings Solo album/

This link http://www.amazon.com/Ram-Paul-Linda-McCartney/dp/B000002UC7 may let you listen to a sample.

Is anyone else out there watching the Westminster Dog Show? I'm a huge fan of it and have been for years, but WHY DO THEY ALWAYS PICK THE POODLES??????

I'm off to bed to contemplate that thought.

>#94

Urm... It's a conspiracy?

...Goblins?

I got nothing, here.

>94 hobbitprincess: We watched part of it because one of my teen's classmates had a Mastiff in the competition. Unfortunately he didn't make it but I think he got an award of merit.

Both my sons laughed hysterically at the "mop" dog (can't remember the breed name).

#95 - I like that explanation!

My computer here is doing something funky. I tried a message earlier, and it never showed up, so if this seems redundant, that's why.

#96, Is the MOP dog the one that, when it runs, looks sort of like a fluffy hovercraft?

Lhasa Apso?

Kommandore, maybe? It has a corded coat and is white. (I'm not sure about the spelling, and I'm too lazy to look it up. The computer I am on won't allow me to open different browser windows. It's a pain.)

Komondor

Yes, it was the Komondor that the kids were laughing at. It was quite a sight to see LOL Watched a bit more last night but I missed the toy group. It always amazed me the way they lift the dogs by their front and their tail.

Ah, a hungarian sheepdog! They use to say I look like one... Adults are more kind than kids - last winter when I left my son at the day care a kid said "Look, she's got a sheep on her head" :-)
Well, that's what I call a bad hair day!
The parent blushed to the ears, but honestly - it's not that I don't know what I look like some days, and I actually thought it very funny :-)

/I got grey kind of curly hair, quite thick.../

*edited typo*

I'm glad the poodles didn't win.

We have mutt dogs at our house. The purebreds can be cute, but mine are cuter!

One day, though, I want a Novia Scotia Duck-Trolling Spaniel. I think the name's fun to say. No one else around here has one of those!

Cookies are all over the uk the british term buiscuit is tightly regulate by the EU. requireing all sorts of manufaturiibg conditions , cookies avoide thes so home bakers such as the WI who sell their produce. call their product cookies.

Pickled eggs are the usually eaten with walkers crisps. the bloke behind the bar will happily slip one in the bag for you.

>requireing all sorts of manufaturiibg conditions , cookies avoide thes

Watch it, Simon's been in the booze again.

;)

(Edited to add: Or maybe it's just too many pickled eggs.)

#107 - Naw he's been reading Chaucer again. That Middle English will kill yah.
;o)

"Whanne that Aprille with his shoures sote
The droughte of March hath perced to the rote...."

Hmm...

When that April with his showers sought

The drought of March has pierced to the root?

Something like that...

Call me Ishmael.
Just don't call me late for dinner.

Try

When that April with his showers soft

The drought of March has pierced to the root?

Actually, it is "sweet" not soft or sought.

Call me a besserwisser, and butter my buns. ;o)

BISCUIT!

Hmm, I'm afraid I enjoy mixing metaphors AND figures of speech!

But it sounds better this way:

Butter my buns and call me a besserwisser!!

:o)

Heh, talk about tone not coming across in text.

That's wasn't a "You idiot, it's biscuit!"

It was a, "Oh look, a biscuit! Wheee!"

:)

Oh, I knew your tone was jocular. You've never been anything but good fun in here! :o)

Did somebody mention Chaucer? Oh no!

Sire clerk of oxenford, oure hooste sayde,
Ye ryde as coy and stille as dooth a mayde
Were newe spoused, sittynge at the bord;
This day ne herde I of youre tonge a word.
I trowe ye studie aboute som sophyme;
But salomon seith -- every thyng hath tyme. --
For goddes sake, as beth of bettre cheere!
It is no tyme for to studien heere.

Or, to put it another way:

I have no idea ;-)

Never could take to Chaucer...

*ducks the spray of beans as Tane elucidates*

LOL! Damnit, I thought no one would notice ;-)

*Looks round at the litter of beans, cookies and buscuit crumbs and wonders how sucha quiet night at the Green Dragon can leave such a mess behind it*

finds a quiet corner by the fire pulls a pint, and settles down to continue Stranger in a Strange land a title seemingly apt for the GD.

Oh my!! What has been going on? I don't visit the Green Dragon for a day or so (been at basketball games) and I walk into this mess!

reading_fox - What went on here? I'm afraid to ask anyone else!

*steps carefully over the beans, cookies, and biscuits to the only clean table in the room*

I really don't know GeorgiaDawn, just don't visit the No more Harry thread. Its a war in there. I think Tane's bean there before he came here.

Someone let some dogs in here earlier, there's hair all over the place.

I think its mostly cleaned up now... ...

Thanks for the warning!

*carefully follows the "spray of beans" over to the No More Harry thread*

Cheers everyone! In Sweden it's 4:30 PM - I'll stay here for another hour and then it's off for the weekend! Yesssss!
I hope I get to finish a bit earlier - then I could nip in at some café to read a bit before I have to coach the football team/training session.
:-)

Hoists pint towards Busifer. Cheers.

I've another hour and half before I get to cycle home in the rain...
And an instrument that thinks its funny to break on friday afternoons. grrr.
*has more beer* that'll fix it.

Hoists my pint towards Reading_fox in answer!

Know the feeling... had to uninstall some vital software just to get the computer running a couple of hours ago :-(
Hopefully you either a) get it running soon, or b) quit trying and decide it's time for a break ;-)

Got it running. For now.

*Finishes beer* time to go!

Someone let some dogs in here earlier

You aren't telling me that pubs don't welcome dogs any more?!!

(exits left, muttering about the possibility of England going to hell in a handbasket)

*sings*

Who let the dog's out?

(woof, woof, woof, woof)

Go Dawgs! Sic 'em!

(GeorgiaDawn, that was especially for you!)

**comes in from the Wonky Tang thread with Sprite-Tang-alcohol concoction in hand, steps over the beans, etc. and makes herself at home**

LOL!! Thanks hobbitprincess!

*running to put on my Univeristy of Georgia sweater and grabbing the red and black pompoms*

Whoa! The place is empty! (Climbs behind bar, pours some Scrumpy.)

When y'all get back from wherever (munch --- mmm, those Walker's crisps are tasty) can someone please tell me how you shut off italics that someone left running?

Here boy! Want a crisp? (Guess I let the dogs in again.)

#132 - You stop them by typing but you don't leave spaces between the .
Oh, and you start them with a , again, with no spaces.

#133

That works fine to close my own italics. But when someone hasn't closed his/hers, and all later messages are showing up in italics, how can someone else close them?

I tried starting a message with (even tried typing it twice), tried opening and closing, tried all sorts of stuff. I see people on various threads saying they took care of such a problem, but they never say HOW!

The same command works to close other peoples' italics. Sometimes you have to put more than one in, if they put more than one open-italics in. If just one doesn't work, try two, or even three, etc.

#135

Well, I tried two. Can overkill hurt? Just start off a new message with typed 6 times in a row? :-)Leave a space between them?

As long as they're typed right, it couldn't hurt ;) No reason to leave a space between them, either.

Thanks! If I find that again, I'll give it another try.

Later: A new message (in italics) popped up on that thread, and I tried 6 in a row. It worked!! The drinks are on me. :-)

I miss all the parties!

My goodness... I have sooooo many posts to catch up on... I haven't checked, but we MUST be close to surpassing the Recommended Site Improvements group...

Very close indeed! Where you been, Tane? I mean, um... I've seen you somewhere else, but not in here. LOL

*hugs*

I kinda got that drowning feeling... I missed a couple of days of chatty chatting, and all of a sudden there were hundreds of posts to get through... I'm swimming back to the surface now, only a couple more threads to check out and I'll be right back in the game :-)

And all fo sudden its quiet and peaceful again.

*Works out how to turn lights on over the comfy sofa. Goes to bar pours self a pint of Taylor's Landlord settles back down in said comfy sofa with Invader*

*Almost forgets pint so engrossed in the detailed story*

Quiet LT means more reading time. This is a good thing!

Yes, you're right. I really didn't like coming in and finding so many posts that I actually had to skim. *blush*

*pours coffee and curls up with Thirteen Moons*

I have to confess that it was nice to come here after a day away and not go, "Holy cow!" over the number of posts.

Oh, wait, I'm posting, making work for others . . .

Oh, well.

still, we're not in the Holy Cow! Stage yet, so it's ok ;-)

I guess it's just a result of our success. I wonder, now that we've beaten off the competition, whether our post count will slow up?

I am sure it will since most of it was just posts to raise the numbers LOL.

#146 & 147 - Are you kidding? This group is full of compulsive posters. Chatty Cathy and Charlies. Talkative Tammy and Tims. Messaging Melba and Merlins. O.K., I quit.

Hehe... I suspect you're right, MrsLee, but now that we've taken over the LT world... what's next?

Chatty Chatting just isn't the same without a goal LOL...

#148 ROFL! Messaging Melbas!!! Oh great... now I'm back to thinking about FOOD again!
;o)

Thats ok Clam, I am eating my midday snack, Trail mix. =O)

And so another peaceful day passes in the Green Dragon.

*Looks hard at work, honest gov,*
tends the fire tries not to read fiction at work, and watches the tumbleweeds blow past the door.

Is no-body here at all today?

I'm here, feeling deserted...

Sits in a corner, trying hard to focus on adjusting a report to the clients' needs but finds it... boring.

Listens to the rain tapping at the windowsills, waiting for this godforsaken week to end (all projetcs are put on hold).
At least I've started keeping a small notebook in which to list all the books I'd like to acquire ;-)

Sorry, I have workmen here running around like busy bees.
:o)

*serves beverages and snacks*

Well have a pint wit h me then. I had all that rain yesterday and the day before. Along with a very gusty wind that made cycling somewhat interesting. hence I was somewhat startled this morning to find a still sunny day with frost instead.

Anything must be preferable to the tornados in the states though.

I've got the fire good and cosy, strech your legs out and feel comfortable.

Back inside... I've been to a "last day at work"-coffee break; I'll have one of those pints, thanks!

It seems like the rain never stops, but at least the fog has lifted - I now can see across the strait to my home ;-)

The office is deader than the tomb of a pharao, all quiet in a scary way, and the last of the bosses left just after lunch.

Why is it, that the Friday before a vacation can somehow time-warp itself so that every hour feels like four? ...perhaps five.

5 o'clock is so very far away, and there are so many patients to see...
gastroenteritises be gone!

I risked life and limb to drive to work in sleet and freezing rain so I could post here....err, I mean, so I could do my job.

#158 - It's just horrid outside, isn't it demonlover?

#157 - Can't you give them Pepto-Bismol and send them on their merry way, drsol? Yes, nothing drags out time like unpleasant things to take care of. :o(

#156 - *keeps pouring*

yes, that's basically what i do. But everyone first must describe to me in great detail the color, texture, and odor of their various excrements.

now I need the pepto.

5 hours until a full week off. Hurrah!!

Luckily, I only have to do that for my two kids.
I don't get paid, though.
:oS
And sometimes I have to clean up said substances. Like, for instance, last night, when my youngest lost his dinner on his bedroom carpet, on the hall carpet and all over the just painted bathroom.

lol drsol, just what a person must want to hear all about!!!!! ;-)

I've started a notebook too Busifer, another influence of LT. It's a lovely little book with pages for a wishlist, books read, books lent and borrowed. I've been enjoying filling it out (the wish list already has more than 100 on it!!) and I write a little review with date finished and rating about each book read.

"#162 I write a little review with date finished and rating about each book read.
"

But isn't that what LTs for?!!!

Yes reading_fox, but I don't have a cell phone, so can't access my LT catalogue when at the bookstore, so this is a handy thing. And there's something to be said for little books, handwriting, looking mysterious in the bookstore scribbling in my little book...people wonder....hmmmm.....

>159 clamairy: Totally horrid. At lunch I spent my time puddle/slush jumping. Good thing I wrapped my feet in plastic bags inside my shoes since I couldn't find my boots this morning. Also good that I keep a second set of shoes to wear in the office!

#161 - I feel for you clamairy, it's been awhile since I had to do that for my children, but I have to say, when they get sick, there is a part of me inside that says, "Oh, please, just make it to the toilet." Outside I say, "Oh, you poor thing, what can I get for you?"

Has anyone written a book called, "The Secret Thoughts of Mom" ? Probably Erma Bombeck got close, if not with that title.

#166 - I always thought "Secret thoughts of Mom" is "what have I done do deserve this?!"
;-)

This morning when I read the paper I saw a small notice about the tornadoes in southern and midwest US... It got me worrying, and I hope those of you who lives there are OK!?

A new picture to celebrate Spring? I can't remember before Christmas, is this the same Green Dragon, or did you find another?

This is the same GD, but I think it's a slightly different shot.
:o)
The snow piccie was pretty, but I was getting sick of it.

If anyone finds any really great pub pictures please post the link(s).

Thanks.

Anyone know if roombas work on dogs? She's short haired so maybe she wouldn't clog up the works. And she wouldn't squirm too much. How can one little (ok, not so little, she's a medium sized lab) short haired dog produce so much fluff :op

They aren't very good on non-flat surfaces so I dont think you could Roomba the dog. But they are amazingly good at picking hair out of carpets. Really really surprisingly good.

Of course you then have to remove all the hair from the carpet brush, but thats WAY easier than getting it out of the carpet first.

I lied. She would squirm. I've seen her with my son's remote control car. No way would she sit still for a roomba to roam over her :o)
It's still tempting to try though ;o)

Anybody here? Anybody serving - far more important question! I need a pint, I've spent the morning wrestling with combining Arthur Doyle's works and I'm as dry as a vulture's armpit. Still lots more to be done.

*looks round at the deafening silence, shrugs, helps self to pint and goes back to "work"*

I'd like to join in on a pint or two but after two days grounded with migraine my workload don't allow for lingering at the Green Dragon during working hours!

*looks over shoulder, takes a swig anyway, and runs*

that's alright, I'll ahve another on your behalf. Combining is definetly better after a couple of pints!

I'm still working on the coffee, or I'd join you as well.
:o)

*pours whatever people ask for*

*chugs coffee*

Good morning! It's almost noon here, but it must be morning somewhere.

I could use another cup of coffee, clam.

Good morning, it's around 10:30 here, so I'm still working on my coffee, slow start this morning. I'm sorry to hear about your migraines Busifer, I hope you'll feel better for the weekend. They sure are a pain aren't they?

Thanks Katy. I'm much better now. I guess it was a fast change in air pressures that brought that one to me... When my husband came home yesterday evening he was astonished that I hadn't turned the computer on at all...
Home whole day without even checking my mail or LT? Then he KNEW it was bad ;-)

Ahhh, a pint of Guinness, please! OOOOooooOOOOooooh, is that Burratta Cheese on Clam's cheeseboard? Did JPB give that to you?

I'll have to try a bit!

There is a member who has one book cataloged and is posting left and right, basically advertising that book. So far I've counted 8 posts in 4 different groups (none here, I'm just asking this question here because you're smart people). The posts are often irrelevent to the topic they're in.

I'm basically looking for validation - these posts should be flagged, right?

I've seen some postings in various places that are also blatant attempts to market their own book(s). That bothers me because to me, that's not the spirit of LT. I have noticed, however, that these postings are basically ignored, which says a lot about those who post here! Maybe there should be an "authors promoting their own books" forum.

As for flagging it, I think that's appropriate.

I'd flag it. That is spamming. It would be one thing for an active member to say "Hey! i wrote a book!" and quite another for you r only reason to be here to be to travel from group to group posting about yourself. That's uncool.

I decided not to. It would just draw more attention to it, and for the most part everyone was ignoring them anyway. It looks like she had no clue that what she was doing was inappropriate (or, frankly, stupid) and several people decided to set her straight.

Hopefully it worked...she seems to have stopped posting.

Ok will somebody please pour me a long, long drink? It's been a VERY long day. My son (10) broke both his arms yesterday and now has both arms in casts from shoulders to fingers (one red cast one blue cast sounds like a Dr Seuss story doesn't it!). I think I might become a regular customer over the next 4 to 6 weeks :)

I am SOOO sorry Sodapop, here's a long tall cool one. Want a back rub too?

Ohhhh MAN! BOTH ARMS!!! The poor guy! How did it happen?

*pours sodapop one of each, just to be sure*

Sodapop - I'm so sorry to hear that! Must have been agonizing to him. Hope you didn't have to wait too long at the ER...

Wow, Sodapop! Poor fella! I hope you're holding up. Pull up a chair and sit a spell!

* Knocks back all drinks proffered*
Thanks. I needed that.
MrGroo he was riding his scooter and hit a metal bar sticking up out of the sidewalk, Went straight over the front of the scooter.
Bus we got to the ER around 6pm and left around 3.30am. It was a very long night. He broke both bones in the right forearm and one in the left forearm.
He's in really good spirits considering everything but I think boredom is going to set in fast.
Somebody set aside a bottle of Baileys for me I'm sure I'll be needing it :-)

OUCH! Time to get the poor chap a really thick audio book - no turning the pages!

Sympathies all round.

#192 That's what I was going to do. I posted a message over on the audiobooks group asking for suggestions.
Now I know, this being The Green Dragon, that you are all biased about this but do you think that at 10 he's too young for The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings on audiobook?
He reads at a 7th grade level and loves Harry Potter and Artemis Fowl.

Certainly not too young for the hobbit. Lord of the rings might be a bit more challenging, I don't think I finished it when I first started it around that age, but it might be easier on audiobook. Tricky to think of suitably long books that will be appreciated that young.

If he's read all the way through Order of Pheonix then I guess Lord of the Rings wouldn't be too much of a step up for him.

Sodapop - I am so sorry about your son's accident. Will he be able to return to school soon or will he sit it out at home for the entire 4-6 weeks?

Has your son read the Lemony Snicket books? I read some and listened to some. The audio versions were really good.

While you're taking care of him don't forget to take care of yourself!

#193 - I listened to The Hobbit on the radio when I was seven - that was what got me hooked on sf/fantasy in the first place.
My dad started reading Lord of the Rings right after that, and I absolutely LOVED it! So no, I definitely don't think he's too young!

Good to hear he's OK, considering the circumstances...

*edited some grammar etc...*

My son loved LOTR after he saw the movies, he was 10 at the time. He listened with a blanket over his head, he felt safer that way.
My daughter and many other kids loved The Redwall books by Brian Jacques. They also loved books by Sigmund Brouwer, but he is a Christian author in case that bothers you. He wrote a series called The Mars Diaries, a medieval series, a time traveler series and a sports centered mystery series. Very good writing.

Sodapop I'm so sorry to hear about your son :-( - sounds like he was lucky not to have been more badly hurt? But both arms, it'll be a long recovery (have the extra large bottle of Bailey's).

I recommend The Bartimaeus Trilogy audio books, they're wonderful, good go-alongs with Harry Potter and Artemis Fowl. The narrator, Simon Jones, gives a wonderful inflection to his characters and the stories are great. Thank goodness for audio books!

>186 Sodapop: Sorry to hear about your son! I'll add my 2 cents about audio book suggestions. Brenden Fraser did an awsome reading of the Dragon Rider book by Cornelia Funke if you wanted to try that one out as well. Also, my co-worker highly (frequently and repeatedly LOL) recommends the Artemis Fowl and the Golden Compass books as well.

Sorry to hear this. You might want to try the Tiffanny Aching series by Terry Pratchett starting with The wee Free Men

*Takes a slug from the bottle of Bailey's*
Well my son is still in good spirits and we got a couple of audiobooks from the library today, though their selection was pitiful.
I'll definitely look for some of your suggestions on audible.
#200 we have Artemis Fowl on audiobook. We listened to it during a long drive (14hrs) at Christmas. It really was awesome. The narrator did a fantastic job switching back and forth between 3 or 4 different accents.

#195 We went to the school today to talk to the nurse and my son's teacher. The doctors only gave him a note for 2 days off school but he can't feed himself, can't go to the bathroom by himself, can't carry a bookbag etc. We have decided that he will go to school until lunchtime each day and then I will pick him up. That way he only misses an hour of science or social studies and "specials" (Art, PE, Music) which he wouldn't be able to do anyway. And we have brought home a set of textbooks so he won't have to carry a bookbag. Everyone at the school was so nice and so concerned for him and to think that when we moved him to that school in January I was worried he would get "lost in the mix" because it was such a big school.

#202 -It sounds like you have it all worked out and the school is working with you. That's great!

I hope your son is much better soon.

Oh man, i feel so bad for your son Sodapop. I remember when i broke only one of my arms...and i hated it.

#197-MrsLee LOL at your son, that was hillarious ;P

Ah...i feel so young compared to you all :( im only 19 and definately NOT married with NO kids. Well the best of luck to all of you ;D

I have question and I hope this is the right place to ask it. When I was a child my mother had a book of short stories of both science fiction and fantasy by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore. The stories were very imaginative and to my ten year old mind well crafted. One of the stories was about a family of wizards who lived way back in a holler in Tennessee of Kentucky. They could fly, they kept the local sheriff in a jar in the basement, and were just full of hi-jinks. My question is does anyone know the name of this family (I think they were a recurring element in several stories) and were the stories featuring this family ever compiled?

#193 - He's the PERFECT age for The Hobbit. If he likes it enough, he might enjoy LOTR but some of it may be tough to get through. Still, audiowise it shouldn't be as bad as trying to read all of those elvish and dwarvish words, heee heeeee!

I highly recommend the BBC Radio version of LOTR with Ian Holme reading.

Well, I recommend the LoTR version narrated by Rob Inglis - it's awesome!

yes Its usual to be able to listen to and enjoy books above ones reading age but I think I would look at something a bit shorter.

hmm
Escape pod do a child safe version of their SF short story podcasts here

http://classic.escapepod.org/

Well, yes, it took my dad some three years to read all of LoTR to me but I thoroughly enjoyed it even if I'm now aware that part of it was a bonding experience with my else not so present dad (as my mom stayed home when I grew up he worked a lot during that period/economical reasons)...

Listening to the Rob Inglis narrated version did take a lot less time, though ;-)

I read the Hobbit out loud to my three kids (4,6 and 10 at the time) We lost the 4 year old at some points but I hooked them with the illustrated version so he kept waiting for that next picture. I haven't read LOTR to them but when we go hiking the kids ask me to tell strories and being the unimaginative fellow that I am I started telling the LOTR story from memory. My kids are now convinced that Rivendale is somewhere in the Great Woods of MN.

#210 - When I grew up I imagined that every wood we went to or through was the Mirkwood and I think my dad really enjoyed playing along :-)
Later on I really wanted to visit different mines as I wanted to know what Moria was like... Again my parents was happy to oblige as they're big on visiting historical places, museums and the lot. My sister wasn't as happy, she never liked The Hobbit and dropped out of LoTR somewhere around Brie if I remembers it right. But she was only five at the time so I think she's excused ;-)
(she's 39 now and still don't get it...)

#211 - (she's 39 now and still don't get it...)

Isn't it amazing? I don't know how you and your sister are toward each other, but I love mine dearly and we have a lot in common. However, she doesn't get my humor or my love of fantasy, etc. I never recommend movies to her unless they are chick flicks, and I rarely like her recommendations. Books, we both read, but rarely the same types of books. So close, and yet worlds away.

#212 - I usually say that we wouldn't know each other if it wasn't for the fact that we have the same mum and dad. We are both very like and VERY unlike each other.
Of course I love her anyway, she's my little sister, but she cares more about what people think of her than just about anything else, and while I care a lot for other people I think I'm in my right to be who I am without making any excuses... I won't chose my furniture etc. based on what others think.
She also thinks LT is sheer idiocy.
And so we don't socialize that much.

I'm glad you seem to have a better relationship with your sister than I have with mine :-)

Well, she lives 350 miles away....

We do talk on the phone a lot though. We connect on the mom, wife, daughter and friend issues, which are very important.

I'll be true with you - we do speak a lot with each other, my sister and I.

Particularily on parenting and stuff. But she's living quite close to us, it's only a 30 minute ride, and she sincerely wishes us to socialize more than we do. And I don't. So sometimes when she has called me for the gazilionth time and asked what we're doing tomorrow I just feel "arrgh!"...

But if someone attacks her I'll come out for her and defend her. She's my sister, after all.

Happy Birthday Busifer!!

*groan* I have this great picture of a birthday cake I wanted to put here, but I don't know how!! :-(

Anyways, it's gorgeous, three tiers, lots of BIG candles. Hope you're having a great day (or have had a great day - 'cause of the time difference!)

Try using this tag -

(img src="PUT URL HERE")

Only replace the parentheses with greater than and less than signs...

side carrots? I'm such a dimwit with this stuff :(

Woooo Hooooo!! THANK YOU Dressagegrrrl!!!!!!! It's great to learn something new! *Very big grin on my face* :-D

(such little things make some people so happy) ;-)

Now that it's a bigger picture I see the "3" on the side - this was unintentional - I just thought it was a gorgeous cake! This will make you feel younger Busifer!

She's um... 3 in dog years?

lol - That MUST be it :-D

Well done!

I knew side carrots sounded weird and I tried to use them to show what they looked like, but LT wouldn't show them. So I edited to be greater than less than.

Thanks again, I really appreciate your help. Been too chicken (shy?) to ask before, but there's just something special here in our pub isn't there? :-D

Thanks for the cake katylit, it looks great!
Or maybe having decreased by 38 years has something to do with it? ;-)

I had a great day yesterday - today everyone's at work, so we celebrated yesterday instead :-)
Loads of waffles with whipped cream and raspberries!
And as mentioned on some other thread I got some interesting books as well.

Happy Birthday, Busifer! Hope it's full of joy... and books!

Thanks Clam, that was almost too cute!

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Busifer, Happy Birthday to you! (Please don't imagine me singing. It's not pretty.)

I hope you have a wonderful day!

I have! Thanks!
*handing plates loaded with waffles dressed in whipped cream and fresh berries*
Here, here, it's enough for everyone!

YAY! Happy Birthday....

Bus...

for-four :D

KONGRATULATIONS, Busifer!

Oops wrong forum.

Happy Birthday Busifer!

Thanks everyone!!!
Have some waffles while they're still crispy and fresh...
Ops! Forgot - virtual waffles stay fresh forever!

Ha ha. Nothing says "Happy Birthday" like a Cookie Puss ice cream cake from Carvel.

Happy Birthday Busifer!!!



ENJOY!!!

What a great party! You deserve it Busifer, Happy Birthday, wish we could eat like this every day. :D

Thank you everyone! I'm overwhelmed!
...thinking now I would have to eat cake for breakfast, lunch and dinner, hehe, I'd really liked that as a kid!

Is there a Green Dragon message board III? Is it time for one yet?

I found a cool site that makes anagrams out of your name. This is mine.

Oh dear me! Insane know-it-all.

I was a besserweisser (sp?) all the time and didn't know it!

Well... share the link!
:o)

Here it is, but the Green Dragon one isn't very flattering!

http://www.anagramgenius.com/server.html

'Joy! Inaner rompishness.' is what I get using my maiden name.
I didn't know inaner was a word!

Sodapop - I'm trying to picture a rompish person who interrupts with rude comments (that's the definition I got when I looked up inaner), it sounds like someone who should be in the wacky story on our thread. Right along with Kirk, Dr. Spock, Santa and Lassie.

Now I'll be a a true besserwisser, MrsLee, because this is how it's spelled ;-)
*couldn't resist the urge, hehe*

Mine's cool...

Tranquil Sound

Lucky you, I got an error message - "word too short, must be at least 7 characters" - when I tried with my name.

mine is : "perky, lethal problem" I like it.

Mine is 'Hell! American.'

"Lie on job" :D

"Joy! Handler or nerd". mmm tough choice

"An ok, toothier hen"

...

Well...at least I'm "ok" !

LOL

This IS fun

Well I have finally plucked up enough courage to admit.

'Now, I'm a stinks.'

My real name:
Hell! Bananas younger.

My username:
Arm laudableness.

*cough* Message board part III *cough*

;)

Okay, I won't post on this thread!

You're welcome!