The Bar 2014 Edition

lucky420 · Post by **lucky420** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:41 am

snowing here in Reno right now and for the last 1/2 hour or so

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 11:16 am

*wanders in, makes CCC*
Hi Lucky!!
Hi Trilo!!
Hi Elorrum!!

just rain here, but cold rain. snow level must be fairly low.

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 12:57 pm

Afternoon All !!
Last day of a three day weekend. Took the dog for a walk to the Frisbee park a few blocks away. The dog ran around while I scrounged for aluminum cans. Found about a pound. They don't pay anything here like they do in California but in the end it's still a few dollars extra.
Lucky says it's snowing in Reno. Just been gloomy here in Dayton with occasional light rain/wet snow mix at about 40 degrees. Wish we had at least a pellet stove.

Hope everybody has a nice day

sadie · Post by **sadie** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 1:04 pm

It's great having Elorrum here for a visit. She is out exploring Abilene today while I am stuck at work.
She will probably learn more things about Abilene than I have in the last 9 years!

Happy Monday!

^Rhino! · Post by **^Rhino!** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:29 pm

sadie wrote:It's great having Elorrum here for a visit. She is out exploring Abilene today while I am stuck at work.
She will probably learn more things about Abilene than I have in the last 9 years!

Happy Monday!

Happy Monday back at ya, Sadie! Glad Elorrum is with ya. Before she departs, will you teach her the words from "Abilene"?

"Abilene, Abilene, prettiest town I ever seen....
Women there don't treat you mean in Abilene, Abilene......"

George Hamilton, Buck Owens, and Willie Nelson all had that as a hit at one time or another....

You could also give her the heads-up on Cross Plains. That's the birthplace of Robert E. Howard, the author and creator of 'Conan, the Barbarian'. The library there is THE repository for Howard's works. And no, Conan never did look like Ahhhnold.......though in the first movie they DID stay pretty close to the intent of the stories.

And, if she gets down towards Brownsville, clue her in on the final battle of the Civil War at Palmito Ranch. Fought three days after Lee surrendered at Appomattox, it was a Confederate victory.

In all of my experiences with the people of Texas and things Texan, I've found the people to be fiercely independent and charming. The rest of the country wants to know, though, why all of your oil wells are registered with.....the Railroad Commission, and why, in the tradition of the greatest oil well firefighter of all time, Texan "Red" Adair, you put out oil well fires with dynamite.........

Tin Halo · Post by **Tin Halo** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:53 pm

I suppose that would collapse the ground around the well so that the flow is cut off.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:42 pm

AntiM wrote:
theCryptofishist wrote:I don't seem to care about eplaya today.
I've been skimming. Slow season. It will pick up as ticket sales approach, oh, and the drinking. Eplaya and the drinking are always good for a few WTF moments.

I dunno. I was able to read it today, but I don't think I posted as much as I used to. Look upon my mighty works and tremble...

robbidobbs · Post by **robbidobbs** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:37 pm

Yep, we have a bit of a respite. Normal. Rest up campers, for next month is seagull season again.
I'm still investigating wine. Got Chardonnay in the works for the next week or so.

gaminwench · Post by **gaminwench** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:45 pm

Well, tonight I find myself in Lubbock, Texas ...mom had a hair -raising emergency trip to the Heart Hospital over the weekend and I am here to help her settle in when she comes home tomorrow. Sadie, I've not had the pleasure of meeting Elorrum, but a West Texas welcome is available to her (and anyone else eplaya) that finds themselves up this way in the next week. Lubbock ain't interesting, gawd knows, but the hospitality can't be beat!

Bushmills all around, y'all!

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:07 pm

Daing, I drove right thru Lubbock just over two weeks ago, and didn't know to wave to your mom. Please give her my best wishes for a speedy recovery!

moonrise · Post by **moonrise** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 3:24 am

Merry Twistmas and a Hempy New year! ---<--<--@

Tanx fer the Sunday cartoon, yg!

For the past two nights we watched the meteor showers streaking over Lake Tahoe from my front deck...15 per minute!

Took a diabetes "holiday" and drank some lost and found fine liqueurs...utterly smashed & the coffee we used to concoct the drinks didn't help slobber me up, lol!

Much love n hugs, from Moonie, Da Kidd & all the freakin' dogs.

PS I ain't dead yet... Looking forward to relocating closer to the ocean...time will tell...

PPS Miss you all! Until next time... Peace!

Ratty · Post by **Ratty** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 5:18 am

Boldly crawls in and sidles up to the bar. Hey there cowboy. Wanta go to heaven for a buck? Oh my stars it's Moonrise. Great to see ya.Just stopped in for a snort on the way to work. Don't be such a stranger. Ta, ta. Crawls quickly away.

^Rhino! · Post by **^Rhino!** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 5:49 am

Ratty wrote:Boldly crawls in and sidles up to the bar. Hey there cowboy. Wanta go to heaven for a buck? Oh my stars it's Moonrise. Great to see ya.Just stopped in for a snort on the way to work. Don't be such a stranger. Ta, ta. Crawls quickly away.

**Rhino helps the lady up......**

You don't need to crawl here. Wanna go cook chicken pot pies?

Yo, tin halo, the reason they use dynamite to put out oil well fires is that the size of the explosion robs the oil fire of its oxygen, and without oxygen it goes out. It works well, but there is a small problem of getting it close enough to do the job. Nowadays, they use a liquid nitrogen-filled recirculating pipe to place the explosives. "Red" Adair came up with that method in the Gassi Touil fire in the '60s. that fire was known as the 'Devil's Cigarette Lighter', shot flames 450' in the air, and burned up about 550 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. It made Crude Awakening look small; John Glenn was able to see it from space aboard the Mercury mission Friendship 7 That particular fire took only 550 pounds of dynamite to put out. Five months of setup time.

'Red' Adair had a reputation of having big brass balls that clanked when he walked after THAT job. A true American-style hero.

lucky420 · Post by **lucky420** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 6:59 am

Morning Bar!

Hope ya'll have a glorious day.

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:00 am

lucky420 · Post by **lucky420** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:31 am

Frosty McFrost

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:33 am

Best picture ever

MyDearFriend · Post by **MyDearFriend** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:37 am

Wish I was there! Thanks (((Figjam))) !!!

*returns to her regularly scheduled overworkload*

Battle of The Five Armies tonight!

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:43 am

MyDearFriend wrote:Wish I was there! Thanks (((Figjam))) !!!

*returns to her regularly scheduled overworkload*

Battle of The Five Armies tonight!

Oh, I wish I could see you get dwarvish for that. Have a good time. I'm excited I will meet Lillian today. Nice weather here and Sadie has been a tremendous hostess and good friend to me here. Texas has been very good to me all around. Getting ready for the next leg of the journey. I don't want it to end.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:05 am

*wanders in, starts ECM*
Elorrum: I guess this is the "great Texas adventure" chapter in your saga? sounds fun! yay!
Hey there Moooon!!
wow, you got clear skies. I can see the mountains around Tahoe from here, but we were overcast. dang. meteor showers FTW.

Hi Lucky!
Hi MDF!

*heads for ROS*

MyDearFriend · Post by **MyDearFriend** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 12:01 pm

moonrise wrote:Merry Twistmas and a Hempy New year! ---<--<--@

For the past two nights we watched the meteor showers streaking over Lake Tahoe from my front deck...

Wow!!!

Wish I could be there with you (((Moon))) miss you lots!

moonrise · Post by **moonrise** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 1:28 pm

Thanks everyone!

I'm hanging in there and miss the eplaya crowd

peace, moon

Patsh · Post by **Patsh** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 6:47 pm

Good to see you back around here, moonrise!

Hoping things go well for you there.

Another 'missing person' is Box Burner...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Box Burner, wherever you are!

More weather coming into Arizona, and just as welcome as ever, unless it keeps us from being able to ride the trike when Elorrum gets here. Anxiously awaiting word on when that'll be. (secretly hoping there's another stop or two on the way, so the sun will be back by then...)

Meanwhile, a glass of wine is in order, since I can't eat anything. Lost a molar at the dentist's today, and the novocaine has finally worn off. It was a gold crown, (heavy, too,) and I get to keep that, at least. So, I guess all is not lost.

^Rhino! · Post by **^Rhino!** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:56 pm

Patsch, dental gold is something you hang on to until the price gets to be above $1300/oz. again. And it's 18-karat purity. Just giving you the lowdown, sweetie.

HUGS!!!!

in fact, to all who feel in need:

RHINOHUGGLESNUGGLECUDDLES!

Patsh · Post by **Patsh** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:14 pm

^Rhino! wrote:Patsch, dental gold is something you hang on to until the price gets to be above $1300/oz. again. And it's 18-karat purity. Just giving you the lowdown, sweetie.

HUGS!!!!

in fact, to all who feel in need:

RHINOHUGGLESNUGGLECUDDLES!

zamaddafak, this is not my first 'lost' gold crown. I have now 2 of my own, and one I found decades ago at the laundromat.

oh, and, thanks for the HUG!!!

tatonka · Post by **tatonka** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:50 pm

my mothers family left Germany cause of the Nazi's , she would always tell me not to get gold for my teeth. They pulled it out of all the captives dead or alive.

Tin Halo · Post by **Tin Halo** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:40 pm

^Rhino! wrote:
Yo, tin halo, the reason they use dynamite to put out oil well fires is that the size of the explosion robs the oil fire of its oxygen.

OK, you probably won't believe me but that is exactly the second idea I had originally typed, but thought it over and realized that I wasn't sure if the explosion would consume enough oxygen to kill the fire, so I deleted it.

fernley1 · Post by **fernley1** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:49 pm

Playa covered with snow yesterday, picture by Charlie Lenk.

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ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:02 am

Tin Halo wrote:
^Rhino! wrote:
Yo, tin halo, the reason they use dynamite to put out oil well fires is that the size of the explosion robs the oil fire of its oxygen.
OK, you probably won't believe me but that is exactly the second idea I had originally typed, but thought it over and realized that I wasn't sure if the explosion would consume enough oxygen to kill the fire, so I deleted it.

I don't think it "consumes" it, so much as the expansion/concussion evacuates it, as in creates a momentary partial vacuum in an area around the actual blast.

MyDearFriend · Post by **MyDearFriend** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 6:23 am

fernley1 wrote:Playa covered with snow yesterday...

+heart pounding*

So lovely!!!

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