)
Callahans has a new regular in chat as of late...
Fuzzy96 - we're not sure how fuzzy he is but he's
a funny guy nonetheless..:)<g> Henontic
also found Callahans for the first time this month and after
a bit of explanation about the joint he fit right in...
Questions arose about setting up a tab. It is a good thing we
still have Ken's tab running. Over the
past ten years there have been many many strange drinks served
in Callahans but Henontic's request for a glass of pigmentally
challenged milk had us all wondering... We later learned
it's the "blue" 0% fat stuff! <g>
'tender Walt said we accept Canadian, US, British, French and
Toast as payment.. Hey - it's all money but the Toast makes for
easier payment! After some complained of hunger, Walt was
magnificently provided bologna and whipped cream sandwiches
to all. It's a good thing the four food groups are (according
to Walt anyway) salt, sugar, alcohol, and pork rinds.
The toast of the evening (and for Friendship Month!) was very well
presented by RobMagnus...
** To Friendships**
**** Smash ****
And from bits:
Work and travel plans resulted in a bit of a shuffle of Conference
‘Tenders this month. Thanks to Carol for covering "The Outpost"
while Bits took a road trip!
Chat: February 7, 2003:
JayJ,
HiAndrea, and Mauser commiserated
about the snowy weather, Bits recorded in the Book O’Rumors
Mauser’s report of Therm’S escape from a
Great Fall’s Zoo, Fuzzy96 imbibed ‘Fuzzy
Navels’, solarisbound observed the wandering
conversations, Mauser perpetrated the pun "adding hot
sauce to Guiness gives you a goodness Guiness", and
Caneguru lamented, "how do you tell
your employer that you have an Internet chat commitment?
"
Valentine's Dance, Chat, February 14 2003:
It may have been ‘Valentines Day’ but Tim, Mauser, and Therm
had the Blarney flying prior to the scheduled chat. Tim
announced he may be visiting Amsterdam, they spoke of
assorted military planes, and Therm received a lava with
sulphur shooter from Tim, to which Mauser replied: "Tim,
why do you want Therm to sulfur so?" Mauser also blessed
us with these toasts:
"Over the lips and dust to dust!
If the Guinness won't get you then the Peelers must!"
And the Curmudgeon's Valentine's Day Greeting:
"Here's to you and here's to me
And may we never disagree
But just in case we ever do
Here's to me and to H__L with you!"
Bits inserted herself into this arena with
the greeting "Drink, Dance and be Merry, you are all
Sweethearts" and proceeded to hand out dancing shoes
to everyone who entered. Mauser played Rodgers and
Hammerstien tunes on his tin whistle for the dancers.
Jennielyn preferred red ruby slippers and
Val preferred no shoes at all.
JayJ was the first to attempt to learn belly dancing
from Val…but others soon joined them. Jennie and Tim
developed a new pastime; Peanut Darts, and then Fuzzy
and his spouse joined JayJ, Jennie, Dusty
and Bits doing the Macarena.
The dancing finally gave way to boas, stilettos, and ‘the box’.
Ankh advised Fuzzy on ways to retaliate
against ‘the box’, but poor Fuzzy did end up with his legs
being waxed. The denizens in this chat outdid themselves on
Valentines Day!
Message Board News
Bits and Pieces, February 2003
Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon-10 Years on Delphi Forums,
February 2003 Theme: Lady Sally, the Ultimate Hostess
"One of the things this version of "Callahan's
Crosstime Saloon" has tried to do over the last 10 years
is to be a place where "All Creatures are Welcome."
So, February seemed to be a good time to take a look at Mike
Callahan's wife, the ultimate hostess, Lady Sally McGee."
"Lady Sally's Law: Shared despair is squared;
shared hope is cubed (or better:
Raised to the power of infinity?)."
This post included links to chat announcements and online
versions of some "Lady Sally" stories provided by
Carol (LADYLAUGHING)
Bits (LBT1), Callahans News-The Ultimate Hostess
A Recently Released Movie….
"I went to see Chicago today.."
"I'm speechless... not only did the actors do all
of their own singing and dancing, and EXTREMELY WELL,
I might add, but it was well played, brilliantly edited
and just an INCREDIBLE film."
Books, Movies, and Music Folder, Oh....My.... by BooBooBob
About Love….
What is "true love"?
Is "true love" blind?
Is there such a thing as "true love"
at first sight?
Is "true love" different from love?
And last but not least:
What does "true love" *feel* like?"
Lou (ROSE8364) True Love in the General Folder
Many places in the US received record snowfalls during the month,
but Ivori had a remedy.
Happiness Grows.....
...in all things growing.
Ivoriluv asks: What is your favorite spring flower?
General Discussion-Happiness Grows...
Unease about Terrorist Threats and War Continued to
Spark Discussions…
noigileR & seussI ,scitiloP-Duct tape and plastic sheeting???
From: Sandy (MISSS)
"I guess I have two questions, are any of you preparing
as advised?
And, really, is duct tape and plastic sheeting really going
to make a difference or is the government just trying to give
us something to do to help us all take these things
seriously?"
"I guess I'm in a quandary over all this. I was somewhat
paralyzed after 9/11. I wouldn't even go to the mall for a
while. One day I realized that I was being ridiculous and
decided that life had to go on and that I had no control
over anything that might happen. Now I feel like I'm being
pushed back into my protective basement again. There are
no answers. I know that but it does help to talk about my
fears."
Sylphidine Wordsmith (LIBRARYLION):
"I know that feeling. I had to fight utter and complete
panic to go into Boston a few weeks ago, when I started my
job-scouting mission. It used to be that the worst thing
would be a delay on the "T" due to track fires.
Now I have visions of nerve gas attacks."
Adam (LIMO_DRIVER):
I'm half-a-world-away from the centre of the turmoil but, as
the terrorist bombings in Bali have shown, not completely immune.
Sue (SUEMO:)I think if I lived in D.C.
or New York City, Chicago, or maybe even St. Louis or K.C.
I would probably go out and get the duct tape and plastic
sheeting
At the end of February 2003, Carol (LADYLAUGHING)
revived a thread started by Cortland in February
2002;
Thoughts on Peace
Cortland:
"There is no pacifist like a veteran. The soldier who has seen
war is devoted to seeing that it is as short, and as far away, and
as rare as possible. That soldier knows there is a difference between
"no war," and peace. But the unintended victims of war
can’t make such distinctions. They don’t have time to be pacifists;
they have enough immediate trouble with war, and not in the abstract,
either! They want war to go away, even if real peace is not an
option."
Mark (QUIRC): "I did very much appreciate
the first and last paragraphs in your post #36 of this thread. Your
line, "What must we do to make peace a reality".
Help Us Keep this Thread going, and Add to the
Book Quotes
page of the “Off the Wall” Section of our Website!
Carol (LADYLAUGHING) started
Book Quotes - We all love them on 31 December 2002:
"There is just something about a great book and the great
quotes that stay with us even after the book has long been put
away...."
"We have a few already and with so many book lovers here
we can continue to add to this list all year long."
“Mine -
"I don't mind being bone and feathers, Mom. I just want to know
what I can do in the air and what I can't, Thats all. I just want
to know. - Jonathan Livingston Seagull"
The following quotes were ALSO added to the discussion during
February 2003:
"...I have never been outside of my own land before. And
if I had known what the world outside was like, I don't think I
should have had the heart to leave it." >- Meriadoc
Brandybuck, Fellowship of the Ring. - ALOUZON
"What can the harvest hope for, if not for the care of the
reaper man?" Death appeals to Azrael "Reaper Man,"
by Terry Pratchett - Seanachai (LADYSEANA)
Editor's Note: What bits forgot to mention is that her daughter,
Amanda, graduated from technical school in February. bits attended
the graduation ceremony in in Mississippi and they spent time
together driving back home. Wouldn't you have liked to be a fly
on the wall during *that* journey? :)
Birthdays Last Month
Birthday Greetings were heartily extended to:
| Jim |
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JIMBEAUX |
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February 06 |
| JP |
|
JP8 |
|
February 07 |
| Elizabeth Kate |
|
ELIZABETHKAT |
|
February 11 |
| Plex |
|
PLEXA |
|
February 15 |
| Clur |
|
CLURICHAUN |
|
February 19 |
| Wild |
|
WLDTHG |
|
February 26 |
| Harold |
|
HAROLD628 |
|
February 26 |
Calliversaries Last Month
| Lily LADYLILLY99 |
|
February 02, 2001 |
| Sherry CAFEPHILOSPH |
|
February 06, 2000 |
| Didi LABOHEMIA |
|
February 14, 2001 |
| Tracey TACALVERT |
|
February 14, 2001 |
| Luddite FREDERIC13 |
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February 24, 2001 |
| JP JP8 |
|
February 27, 1999 |
Joke of The Month
A guy goes into a restaurant/lounge wearing a shirt open
at the collar and is met by a bouncer who tells him he
must wear a necktie to gain admission.
So the guy goes out to his car and he looks around for
a necktie and discovers that he just doesn't have one. He
sees a set of jumper cables in his trunk.
In desperation he ties these around his neck, manages to
fashion a fairly acceptable looking knot and lets the ends
dangle free. He returns to the restaurant and the bouncer
carefully looks him over for a few minutes and then says,
"Well, OK, I guess you can come in - just don't start
anything."
- Sylph's friend Jeffums February 3, 2003
Pun of the Month
A fellow received a mouse for his birthday and he loved it
so much that he never parted with it. He took this mouse
everywhere, to work, to parties, to the opera...
One day, a good friend of his died and so he went to pay
his respects at the funeral parlor. Naturally, he took the
mouse, which was perched on his shoulder.
On his way home, he suddenly realized that the mouse was
gone! He retraced all his moves for the day and realized
that the last place he had seen the mouse was at the funeral
parlor. He raced back across town, but it was too late.
His little friend was nowhere to be found.
He surmised the mouse must have jumped off his shoulder
onto the casket. Probably frightened, the mouse must have
sought shelter in the closed casket! The body had been
removed and was already being transported to the cemetery
in the hearse - along with his friend. It was too late...
the mouse was being buried alive.
Filled with grief, he remembered an old adage his mother
had told him time and time again as a kid......
"Never lock a gift mouse in the hearse!""
- Sue (SUEMO)
Poem of the Month -
"Pipes"
Fractured winds,
both, and sudden bent
to their needs.
Among the reeds, she rests.
The complaint of her breath
completes the sylvan's sigh,
sweetly. He stains his lips
with air.
-Mikel (PEWTERPOT) February 19, 2003
Closing Quote
"Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom
with a good one.
"
– Lord Halifax, with thanks to Sue (SUEMO)
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