The Bar

Post by **AntiM** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 6:47 am

hey M-sky, I went to bootcamp in Orlando too, in 1979. Did you hear any of the "haunted compartment" stories?

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:39 am

I went in '87.
Nope, I didn't hear any haunting stories!
DO TELL, please!

Grabs a cup of coffee and settles in a chair near the fire.

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:26 am

**Monkeypoo peeks head through window and waves**

Is it safe to come out and play??

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:56 am

Hmmm...cool...the place is empty. In that case, I'll help myself to a banana daquiri! And while I'm at it...

**Monkeypoo opens up magical mojo bag, pulls out smudge stick, lights it with her new blow torch and proceeds to wander about the eplaya...the smell of burning pine, sage and cedar fill the air, banishing the bad energy and negative vibes**

Be gone! So mote it be!

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 9:39 am

I was around the other side of the bar...didn't hear you come in Donita!
Oh, I love the smell of sage! *SNIFF* AHHH......

Hafta run out for a while...later!

Magikal · Post by **Magikal** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 9:42 am

Ye cats, we're almost at 2000 already...

*sniffs* But it sure smells nice in here...

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 9:43 am

Hey kids how's it going today,.. I'm having a hard time getting going today, so I gave up and came here...

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 9:45 am

Hiya Z!
I'm waiting for my mom so we can go to Maynerds. She has "projects" for me.....yay.
All dressed up and waiting to go. Think I'll buy some conduit for my dome while we're there.

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 9:59 am

have you checked all your calculations twice, dido you need any blades or bits or anything, ?... just trying to help you out here

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 10:02 am

Well, I'm going to build a 2V dome. I think the lengths should be 5'4" and 4'8". Pretty sure. I think my biggest step is going and buying the conduit.

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 10:20 am

**Monkeypoo comes in, guzzles a big drink of banana daquiri, exhales deeply, and flops her monkeybutt down on barstool**

Whew. Banishing bad energy is tough work. Monkeypoo has been busy. Went through at least 7 smudge sticks. 7 is a good number. Now I'm ready for a rest. Shelters, eh? Oy-vay. Mine was a nightmare last year. Blew down 2 times. Damn near blew away at one point. I'm either investingin or creating a dome or one of those car port thingies or I'm taking an RV next time.

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 10:22 am

What kind of shelter did you have that blew down, Donita?

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 10:57 am

Martiansky wrote:What kind of shelter did you have that blew down, Donita?

**Busting up laughing**

I am almost embarrassed to say! I mean, it was pathetic. Now, mind you, 2003 wasn't a bad year (IMO) for bad winds. So, somebody gave me one of those $29.95 patio covers for 2004. Mom and I set it up first thing. The 4 skinny aluminum poles that came with it may have well been toothpicks, for all they were worth. During the night when the big winds came, it snapped. A bicycle fell on top of me in my tent. The next morning in Center Camp I found a friend from last year, happened to mention our shelter, and he said for me to come by and get some plastic tubes. We fixed the shelter again and my camping neighbor let us tie our ropes to his sturdy car port shelter. But all week long I was fixing ropes. Never again. Bleh.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 12:00 pm

Hi all. I'm back home and back to normal, sorta.

Just had coffee and kahlua. Need something stronger. Whatcha got?

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 12:08 pm

**Monkeypoo wipes off the top of the bar**

Name your poison, Sputnik. The bar is stocked and ready for a party. By the way, you're in Detroit? I was there about 4.5 years ago. I have relatives in Brooklyn and up near Mackinac Island. Nice place, that Grand Hotel.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 12:13 pm

Donita wrote:Name your poison, Sputnik. The bar is stocked and ready for a party. By the way, you're in Detroit? I was there about 4.5 years ago. I have relatives in Brooklyn and up near Mackinac Island. Nice place, that Grand Hotel.

Cool. Then I want Johnny Walker Blue Label

We've spent way too much money over the years at that hotel.

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 12:34 pm

Here ya go. Here's to Saturdays!!

I fell in love with the Grand Hotel and the island when the movie "Somewhere In Time" came out. Never thought in a bazillion years I'd actually have the chance to go there, but I did. A dream come true. It gives me goosebumpies thinking about it. Truly amazing, it is.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 1:11 pm

Quite a different way to spend a vacation. I remember the first time I went there and we walked into the dining room and I thought I had stepped into 1950. All the waiters were black and all thee guests were white. I know now that these waiters are professionals from Jamaica, and the clientele has diversified too, but that was a shock. I hear that this year new visa rules are making it hard for tourist areas to hire foreign nationals to fill summer jobs, so the Grand had to plan to open early in order to satisfy the visa rules. I think they are opening in March, which is 2 months early.

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 1:18 pm

Ooops, I gotta run over to the Confessions thread. Just remembered something I did at the Grand Hotel.

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 1:22 pm

Sure it shouldn't be under "Youthful Indiscretions?"

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 1:28 pm

Come watch the Chinese New Year parade with us! We will be at the corner of Sutter and Kearney in San Francisco.

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 1:47 pm

OK. I'm back. I feel better now. I confessed that I stole something from the Grand Hotel.

Ranger Genius wrote:Sure it shouldn't be under "Youthful Indiscretions?"

Well, Gerry and I did act mighty youthful that weekend. <evil grin> And all discretion went out the window, I might add.

Post by **AntiM** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 1:50 pm

I'll have to wait and tell the haunting stories in person, M-sky. They're better that way, that and RG mocks me so ... heh. Or maybe the storeis were just better in a drunken stupor ... hmm.

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 3:50 pm

Oooh, don't put yerself in a position to be poo-pooed on by the Logic Police. Yikes!

I think a toasty warm Peppermint Annie (guinie, I need you! I forget, does that have whipped cream?) Oh whatever, extra extra whipped cream! That's what I want.

I thought of you all today as I wove my shaman webs! Here, an EXTRA BIG one for hte bar, maybe to catch some of these bad dreams floating around here.

{hangs a large dreamcatcher above the bar, obviously handmade and unmistakable in its Intention of promoting a peaceful easy feeling; waxed sinew web woven around twisted grapevine wreath, dotted with white wooden beads like dew, and a turkey feather totem dangling from below.}

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 3:57 pm

Nighty-night, folks. It's been swell. I had a great day. Nice dreamcatcher!! I'm going home to play with my blow torch, bottle caps, peace signs, flowers, sunglasses, resin and seashells. It's a strange project, but it's gonna be cool. Hug-a-roonies all around!! **smooches**

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 3:59 pm

Bye Donita! Enjoy yerself, you damn hippie! *smooch*

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 6:37 pm

HEEEEELLLLLLOOOOOOOO!!!!!

I'm apparently alone on the ePlaya. So this is not different than RL tonight. Time for a drink and then a movie

mixes up a martini and heads out

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 6:50 pm

Hey I'm here kind of. Developing some photos. First time in the dark room in 8 months. It's nice to have a muse. Beers on heli.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 6:50 pm

(After a long day, black cat drags in and parks his self under neath the NEB, after grabbing a beer in a sippy cup so that it won't spill)

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 6:52 pm

Thanks for the warm beer heli...

What did you photograph?