jewels

I dunno, where the hell are we?

Does ring know?

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uncle phil

sunday mornin' coming down...

tully?

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you both get dirty;
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Tully Mars

Yep, with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt.

Jewels?

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BadNick

here I sit sipping my coffee and eating some cream of wheat wondering who will come in here for us to meet...mostly likely "rhymie" would be amonkie

jewels

It could be ...

Unca Phil.

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Tully Mars

Me...

Then Phil

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uncle phil

then jewels?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

she'll probably be next

jewels

so where's fly?

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BadNick

He must be busy up there in the beautiful Northwest. I'm not so busy down here in the beautiful Northeast.

unc, how's it down there in the beautiful Southeast?

Tully Mars

I'm basically bored today down here south of the border.

Nick again?

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jewels

The southeast here is slightly warmer now that the rain's stopped.

How's yours, Unc?

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uncle phil

mine's fine..

tully?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

well overnight here it snowed about 2" aka ~ 50mm but by the time I woke up ~6:30am it was raining but still below freezing air temp, so it turned into a thick sheet of ice. As I was having my coffee (in my den on my favorite chair) the rain melted some of the snow so it was already turning into slush...rain all morning so more slush. I think they're predicting more snow tonight. That suggests I should predict snowy but since she rarely shows up here I'll go with Tully since they both end in "y"

Tully Mars

Good guess, still no snow here.

OCM?

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Ourcrazymodern?

Yes, hello? Brief hiatus from the snow here, but it's very cold.

BadNick, what's the temperature there?

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BadNick

Right now it's 35F and predicted to creep up to 39F by 6pm, then back down to 37F through tomorrow. Thursday & Friday are supposed to be in the low 30F's and Saturday & Sunday in the low 20F's. Pretty much normal winter weather for around here.

Ocm?, for me the upper midwest has a lot of nice things about it but the Winter is not one of them.

Tully Mars

I feel the same way about summer down here. It's just too freaking HOT. I keep thinking I'll get used to it. I wonder if I'll stop thinking that after 5, 10 or even 20 years?

Phil's got the right idea. Migration.

Right Phil?

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BadNick

So then who's smarter, humans or ducks? I bet phil would know...quack quack


(Tul, maybe it make sense to slowly creep in a more temperate direction until you stop having thoughts about it being too hot or cold. I suggest trying southern Peru or nothern Chile.)

Tully Mars

Oh, I can't leave all the plants would die.

Now Phil?

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BadNick

maybe phil would agree with my advice, I know Fly would: smoke the plants and just leave. Get new plants when you resettle.

right, phil?

Tully Mars

No one smoking the plants I have. Ok, maybe that one crazy lady down the street but not me or anyone else.

Back to Nick?

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BadNick

truer words have never been spoken

good morning, unc. Hope you had a restful sleep.

jewels

Just because ...

Unc Tully?

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Tully Mars

Unle Phil next.

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uncle phil

i be here...

fly?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

dammit! It's still winter around here.

early to rise, unc?

bagatelle

early bird here caught the worDs first

tully?

Tully Mars

Yep

Morning Phil.

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uncle phil

so happy it's thursday...

fly?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Fly

you got me baby..........


stab in the dark here........


Tophat?

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jewels

Nahh.

How 'bout OCM?

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Mark Twain

uncle phil

nope, it's me..

tully?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Tully Mars

Yep it's me.

Jewels?

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jewels

Good morning TFP.

Nicky?

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BadNick

I like it when you say that

I'm going with my usual guess: Ocm?

Ourcrazymodern?

I like it when you say that, too.

-15F this morning...

I'd like one of my usuals, uncle phil.

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Fly

sorry buddy.......c'mon back and we'll discuss it.

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Ourcrazymodern?

You silver-tongued devil, I assume you were talking to me...

Was he, Tully?

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BadNick

Tully, when you do show up, please let us all know the answer to that. Thank you, kind sir.