The Bar, Volume #4

[graidawg]

Thank you BB!

I have loquats. And I'm about to have some chicken soup. Yumm

loquats really sound like a painful condition that needs antibiotices to me.

did you manage to get in the hot tub at the sands? i failed (again) in spite of wanting to see you in your not quite a bikini. well there is always next year

[burner von braun]

*starts ECM*

Have a great week folks!

..and bon voyage Felix Baumgartner.. safety third!!

[AntiM]

Mmm, coffee. Although I think I have a snuffly headcold.

Loquats are okay, but I prefer kumquats. (really do)
Ramble on: My maternal grandfather used to own a fruit stall in the LA Farmer's Market and mom worked there as a teenager. Early 1940s, prewar. She'd tell about the Hollywood stars who shopped there, Boris Karloff really did have a scary voice, Jack Benny gave her dad a gold watch one Christmas (wonder what became of that?), and Gene Kelly's wife would buy big baskets of kumquats to make homemade kumquat marmalade, Gene's favorite. Apparently my grandfather sold the best kumquats in LA!

[pink]

*Looks for coffee after not much of a night's sleep*
I like kumquats better too, but the house came with loquats. And plums & pears, figs, lemons and more.

I think everyone in the world has this crappy cold. My sister in DC has it. A college friend in Mumbai has it.

Grai: Alice, Tiedye & I did indeed get into the hot tub in the morning before we left. You wanted to see me in my bathing suit? What, wandering around naked for a week wasn't good enough? You have some kind of a weird clothes fetish?

[theCryptofishist]

Apparently my grandfather sold the best kumquats in LA!

If you ever get tired of your current sig line...

[MyDearFriend]

Good morning good morning! Thanks for the coffee, BVB, and yes indeed all best wishes to Felix Baumgartner. What a cool thing to do, even if it kills him.

[littleflower]

good morning!

something to go with the coffee:


great story, AntiM! believe it or not, the hollywood farmer's market is still a great place to visit. i used to walk through there all the time, sigh, i miss it. LA in the 40's, wow, i believe there were orchards all over the LA basin then. hard to imagine ......

can't wait to hear some SF decom stories !!!!

[Ugly Dougly]

I'll have one of those with my coffee, littleflower, thank you very much!

[pink]

Oh....yum!

[knowmad]

Rum in the Cup; Shanty's on the radio.

"Oh Maggie, Maggie May
They have taken her away
To slave upon Van Dieman's cruel shore.
Oh, you robbed so many whalers,
And dosed so many sailors
But you'll never cruise 'round
Peter Street no more."

[knowmad]

"Ехали на тройке с бубенцами,
А вдали мелькали огоньки...
Эх, когда бы мне теперь за вами,
Душу бы развеять от тоски!"
для вас рыбий!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KODZtjOIPg

Gawd, what happened to this place?
Must Be Decomp in SanFran.
Well, as they say, when the Mouse is away the Cat's do play.

[ygmir]

*wanders in, starts ECM*

Hi gang!
What fun the decom was!! it was great seeing so many folks......lots of nice costumes and few MV's........music.......
got to sit at the Black Hole for quite a while with Fishy......heckling strangers and watching "the show".
and with Fleet Week happening, the jets going over added a very surreal aspect.

*makes CCCP, heads for ROS*

[AntiM]

Rum in the Cup; Shanty's on the radio.

"Oh Maggie, Maggie May
They have taken her away
To slave upon Van Dieman's cruel shore.
Oh, you robbed so many whalers,
And dosed so many sailors
But you'll never cruise 'round
Peter Street no more."

Ahem.

[Patsh]

*wanders in, starts ECM*

Hi gang!
What fun the decom was!! it was great seeing so many folks......lots of nice costumes and few MV's........music.......
got to sit at the Black Hole for quite a while with Fishy......heckling strangers and watching "the show".
and with Fleet Week happening, the jets going over added a very surreal aspect.

*makes CCCP, heads for ROS*

AAaaaaaahhhh.....
Yggy's back!
All's well with the world!

Did you get pictures?
Our AZ decom is in a couple of days, from the 11th to the 14th.
Can't wait!

[trilobyte]

*stumbles in, pre-caffeine* Good morning, bar!

Sorry to have missed all the people and the things at decom, I was feeling poorly (wobbly stomach) and we missed the event altogether. Still not feeling great, but better today than the last two and a half days, hopefully all will be right heading into the weekend when we drive down to LA. Now to find some caffeine!

[ygmir]

HI Triken!!
y'know....I always take my camera, and forget to take pics..........I'd love to see any from there, or with me in them, though, if anyone has any.
it was fun, though.......Fishy is even funnier in person than on line!!!

[magicmarty]

Good time at the Decomp. Good visit with YG & Looneytune, Fishy and Jackass. Missed you Trilo and hope you're feeling better. Costumes and art were really wonderful this year. My MnG was very lightly attended, despite my sign.

Coffee!

Have a great week, kids

(((LF)))

[Ugly Dougly]

LA in the 40's, wow, i believe there were orchards all over the LA basin then. hard to imagine ......

Yep, littleflower, I remember So Cal in the '60's. There was a fair bit of agriculture remaining even then.
Took the train from SD to Disneyland when I was a cub. Countless orange groves, for instance...

[Nipple]

LA in the 40's, wow, i believe there were orchards all over the LA basin then. hard to imagine ......

Yep, littleflower, I remember So Cal in the '60's. There was a fair bit of agriculture remaining even then.
Took the train from SD to Disneyland when I was a cub. Countless orange groves, for instance...

It's for exactly that reason that I take in reruns of old "road" shows like Route 66 every so often. Nostalgia for an United States I never saw.

[knowmad]

MoinMoin!
I have love for all you who were at DeComp give them decaf
Sorry you are feeling down Trillo. decaf for him too
and yeah AntiM, That song made me laugh. decaf for me too

Rum in the Cup; Shanty's on the radio.

"Oh Maggie, Maggie May
They have taken her away
To slave upon Van Dieman's cruel shore.
Oh, you robbed so many whalers,
And dosed so many sailors
But you'll never cruise 'round
Peter Street no more."

Ahem.

[graidawg]

damm all the tickets for London decom have sold out 3 days before my payday. *sigh* guess I will have to wait till next year

[Savannah]

Aw!

Well . . . maybe contact your local group in case someone gets left holding an extra, Grai?

[AntiM]

Our decom is being held in a private club in SLC. I'm thrilled, uh-huh.

[ygmir]

Aw!

Well . . . maybe contact your local group in case someone gets left holding an extra, Grai?

is there and extra Grai? I'm sort of ambivalent with that notion.

[theCryptofishist]

LA in the 40's, wow, i believe there were orchards all over the LA basin then. hard to imagine ......

Yep, littleflower, I remember So Cal in the '60's. There was a fair bit of agriculture remaining even then.
Took the train from SD to Disneyland when I was a cub. Countless orange groves, for instance...

It's for exactly that reason that I take in reruns of old "road" shows like Route 66 every so often. Nostalgia for an United States I never saw.

The poetic center of Kim Stanley Robinson's The Gold Coast is a description of the loss of the orange orchards in Orange County. I have not read it in years, but this is one of those books that gave me a piece of my soul.

[5280MeV]

Hey everyone,

Happy 50th anniversary of the practical visible LED!

Have some cake:

led_cake.jpg

[Ugly Dougly]

Inventive pastry you have there.

[MyDearFriend]

Goodmorninggoodmorning *smooch*

*starts ECM*

Just dashing through to say how much I have missed you all and how excited I am that Misa is coming here tonight!

Sounds like the SF Decom was great fun. Sorry about the London sell-out Grai. DC is not even having one, to my knowledge, please don't get me started on the lame-itudity of my regional.

[AntiM]

Mmm, coffee, thanks. And so exciting to see Misa!

I remember orange groves when we lived at Point Mugu.

My problem with Decompression is not knowing if Larry will be home so we can go, or if he's only home for the evening, is it worth it to drive down to SLC for a couple hours? Ogden does a kickass unofficial live music regional with camping, but we couldn't go. Screw it, we're going to Cancun.

[ygmir]

*wanders in*
ah,.........dear coffee........and from MDF.........thanks pal.
*fills nekkid"

yeah, S.F.decom was fun....not the same "flavor" as TTITD........but helpful in "grounding" for seeing familiar faces.
MDF: Don't lead poor, innocent and shy Misa astray while she's there.....we all worry about her naivete............