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Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: olddude
Date: 19 Jan 11 - 10:13 AM

Forget it man, in the immortal words of Spaw "Hemi Cuda"

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Rapparee
Date: 19 Jan 11 - 09:49 AM

You're not suggesting...misbrandanation...are you?

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 11:32 PM

Well, hell...at least they're both Chevys ain't they?

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Amos
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 10:32 PM

Yeah that's mine, '57 Corvette, slicks, mags,390 v-8 under the hood with Hooker Headers and a suicide clutch. Real chick magnet,lethal as a loaded pistol. I'm headed to the beach to check the surf out....later...

Hey man, ya know the penalty for two-timing a Duesenberg? Horsing around on your Mustang? Being bad with your Bugatti?

You is cruisin' fer a bruisin', Lonesome. It's not my say-so. It's car-car-car-Karma!


A

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 09:13 PM

I...I just can't express...the emotion...overcome...must...must go to the bathroom....

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: olddude
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 06:52 PM

LH your song
sniff sniff Just beautiful , Just beautiful ... makes me hug my wiener dogs ... sniff

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Bill D
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 06:48 PM

Poig-nant, man...way poig-nant

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Little Hawk
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 06:21 PM

Time for that great old song, "I'll Give You a Dachsie a Day, Dear"

A Dachsie a Day

He remembers the first time he met her
He remembers the first thing she said
He remembers the first time he sniffed her behind
And the night they sneaked under Dad's bed

He remembers her sweet way of waggin' her tail
Sayin' "Honey, has somethin' gone wrong?"
He remembers the fun knockin' garbage cans over
And the reason he wrote her this song

I'll give you a Dachsie a day, dear
I'll give you a Dachsie a day
I'll love you until the rivers run still
And the four winds we know blow away

They would trot down the street in the evenin'
And for years I would see them go by
And their love that was more than the dog tags they wore
Could be seen in the gleam of their eyes

As a kid they would take me grave robbin'
And I loved to go taggin' along
We'd find road kill to roll in and shit to disturb
And the old dog would sing her his song

I'll give you a Dachsie a day, dear
I'll give you a Dachsie a day
I'll love you until the rivers run still
And the four winds we know blow away

Now he walks down the street in the evenin'
And he stops by the old butcher store
And I somehow believe he's believin'
That they're sharin' a sausage once more

For he feels like she's walkin' beside him
And he smiles at the things she might say
Then the old dog walks up to the hydrant and pees
And he gives her a Dachsie a day

I'll give you a Dachsie a day, dear
I'll give you a Dachsie a day
I'll love you until the rivers run still
And the four winds we know blow away


Oh, and here's the human version:

A Daisy A Day

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 06:07 PM

...We had been sitting in this crouching manner for some time, when all at once I thought I would open my eyes; for when between sheets, whether by day or by night, and whether asleep or awake, I have a way of always keeping my eyes shut, in order the more to concentrate the snugness of being in bed, especially with Queequeg. Because no man can ever feel his own identity aright except his eyes be closed; as if darkness were indeed the proper element of our essences, though light be more congenial to our clayey part. Upon opening my eyes then, and coming out of my own pleasant and self-created darkness into the imposed and coarse outer gloom of the unilluminated twelve-o'clock-at-night, I experienced a disagreeable revulsion about myself and what I had just done. Nor did I at all object to the hint from Queequeg that perhaps it were best to strike a light, seeing that we were so wide awake; and besides he felt a strong desire to have a few quiet puffs from his Tomahawk. Be it said, that though I had felt such a strong repugnance to his smoking in the bed the night before, yet see how elastic our stiff prejudices grow when love once comes to bend them. For now I liked nothing better than to have Queequeg smoking by me, even in bed, because he seemed to be full of such serene household joy then, as if we were a long-married couple. I no more felt unduly concerned for the landlord's policy of insurance. I was only alive to the condensed confidential comfortableness of sharing a pipe and a blanket with a real friend. With our shaggy jackets drawn about our shoulders, we now passed the Tomahawk from one to the other, till slowly there grew over us a blue hanging tester of smoke, illuminated by the flame of the new-lit lamp and an odor redulant of smoldering hemp.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: gnu
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 04:41 PM

Ebbie... "Spaw, they say it is the sick child in a family that makes the tightest bonds- well, hey, from time to time you are our child. :)"

Geeze oh eh?... had to get a tissue.

Dan... block out the porn on the parental controls eh. As for a password, brokedick49?

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: katlaughing
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 04:10 PM

Watch it there, Blondie, that's just the kinda thing he'd knock over Lazarus to get his hands on...talk about a challenge! Ya better be ready when he's got it all souped up...he'll call ya out!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 03:34 PM

Or if Dave has an old Oldsmobile Cutlass with knocking rods and a rusted out floor board that has been used to haul hay bails and manure, I know a certain guy who is currently hospitalized but loves a challenge. I guarantee he would have the engine overhauled and spitting blue flame, but he would likely fix the floor board with a piece of cardboard.
Not to mention any names.
Like Greaseball...

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: katlaughing
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 03:20 PM

That is truly sick, LH! Besides, his dog at home would prefer not, I am sure, as well as the cats who are already planning the demise of any "cutesy intruders."

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Little Hawk
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 03:09 PM

We could threaten to send him "a Dachshund a day" until he comes home.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: olddude
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 03:03 PM

I think we need to give him an incentive to stay out of the hospital. Next time we should tell him ... OK .. you scare us again we are going to take stuff away ... like your car .... your guitar .. LOL some kinda incentive to stop doing the hospital gigs ... maybe that will work huh

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Little Hawk
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 02:45 PM

We have to all chip in and get Spaw a Dachshund as a homecoming gift when he returns from the medical facilities. Better that it should be a purebred miniature Dachshund, because they have really buggy little eyes and sharp noses and they're mostly a bit nuts. Very entertaining. ;-) I can't imagine what could put him in a better mood and hasten his recovery more effectively. Perhaps the dog could even be brought to his bedside now if the nurses are agreeable. Dachshunds do not mind strong odours. In fact, they seek them out. The more I tbink about it, the better this idea sounds.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: katlaughing
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 02:40 PM

That, or maybe LeeJ has changed his TASTES:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 02:24 PM

Sounds like the line on Car Talk when they run the Puzzler.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: olddude
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 02:21 PM

LOL, ok EJ will do ... LOL ...

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 01:44 PM

Olddude, would you mind letting Dave know that I have recently been experiencing some significant post-holiday depression which could easily be alleviated with a 1968 Malibu convertible with a 396 ci engine in excellent running condition? Preferably metallic royal blue, white top. Rolled and pleated white leather interior and a Hurst shifter would also be very kind, but not necessary, as I am a man of simple tastes. Chrome wheels, white sidewalls nice, but not a deal-breaker.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 01:33 PM

Yeah, and there ain't no sicker child than you-know-who.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Ebbie
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 12:52 PM

How absolutely lovely it is to be speaking post crisis. Spaw, they say it is the sick child in a family that makes the tightest bonds- well, hey, from time to time you are our child. :)

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 10:02 AM

Looks like Spaw had a Secret Santa this year after all!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: olddude
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 09:06 AM

One of the great NFL linebackers started a charity for spinal chord injury after he broke his neck in a playoff game in the 1990's. His wife asked me if I could help with getting some drink boxes fruit snacks and stuff for the kids during their fundraiser walk. I called Dave, 200 cases of very expensive product was delivered all the way to Seattle. One other time I sold my signed Superbowl football to raise money for an autistic child. I was 500 bucks short of what I wanted to give the family ... bam a personal check shows up at my mailbox .. Dave again. That is the way he is made, always there to help. He was a CEO, worked his way up from nothing .. and never forgot .. he gives back all the time. He bought this for his wife but she really wanted a mac .. and he got her a mac, so it is perfect. When I told him what I needed it for, 2 seconds later, I will ship it right out to ya ... That is Dave. God Bless him

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: mouldy
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 08:01 AM

Ah! Faith in humankind upheld well and truly. What a saint your friend is!

Spaw, your fighting spirit is a true example to us all. You have a phenomenal wife and family, and all I can offer is my love and admiration to you all. Don't beat yourself up if you feel your progress is slow. Better that than none at all. We all want you to mend properly. I think it is going to take you several days to get through reading all the posts, let alone being able to reply, so just take your time. We'll all still be here.

Andrea xx

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: maeve
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 06:14 AM

Thank you, Dan, Dave, and Rapparee...and those so eager to pitch in.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: KT
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 04:42 AM

Old Dude, you are somethin' else!! And how good it is to hear about Dave and his kindness to a stranger! So glad you could make this happen!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: katlaughing
Date: 18 Jan 11 - 12:06 AM

Pandora is free. He just has to log in on his computer. That Sansa is what we bought the grandkids this year. Have to see how they do.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 11:56 PM

My goodness! I made that suggestion yesterday, figuring I'd toss it out and see who saluted. And come back today and offer to accumulate cash and make the purchase. But this is even better, and thank you Dan, to the rescue again! Is there anything else this computer needs? A percussion pad for sitting on Spaw's lap, or do you suppose he'd blow his own - er - first - anyway, will he destroy the computer without having a barrier? ;)

mp3 players are all over the place these days. My last two or three phones could act like mp3 players. The last dedicated players I bought were for my son and myself, replacing a couple we'd bought 2 years earlier. He managed to wear his out then kill mine when I gave it to him. He wore out the new one in one semester and I didn't give him mine again, having learned my lesson. I offer this story only as a way to suggest that the SansaFuze 8 gig player sounds good, but it doesn't hold up as well as others might. Any suggestions on other players, or perhaps we can make sure to send mp3 files on something like a flash drive and a good set of earphones to use with the computer? Or a Pandora account for his computer? I have heard good things about those, but have never tried it.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Rapparee
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 11:53 PM

Yeah. PM me the addy.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: olddude
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 11:15 PM

anybody got an extra pair of headphones they can send spaw so he can listen to music and watch youtube on the notebook?

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 09:17 PM

"Peaches?" (It's who he was in an old story thread and I named my dulcimer after his character 'cause he found me a good one and recommended it.)

That sounds fantastic, Dan! Please be sure to let your friend, Dave, know how much we appreciate his and your generosity.

Don't forget, folks, it may be a while before we actually see him posting. I am sure the spirit will be willing and the PT folks will assist, but it's just going to take some time from what Karen said, today. We'll have to keep the home fires burning.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Rapparee
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 09:15 PM

Why does he need a password?

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Janie
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 08:51 PM

No words. Just smiles.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: ClaireBear
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 08:28 PM

How about jadrool49?

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: olddude
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 08:13 PM

Ok you folks can help me with the password, what should I put on it when I get this? i was thinking "numbnuts' but I am sure you folks can come up with a better one than that.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: olddude
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 08:05 PM

And even the best part, the machine is 2 years old ... way cool , way cool , Now we need to get him an MP3 players so he can listen to some music while he is stuck in that place ...

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: olddude
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 07:54 PM

Dave (my friend) just told me what it has in it .. Holy Cow what a great machine. He also tossed in a leather carrying case a docking station and a wireless mouse if he chooses to use those .. My friend
Dave is always helping others, that is the way he is made. All I had to do was ask and he was right there. I can't thank him enough. It will be good to get some insults again from our brother Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 07:50 PM

great! I'm looking forward to spaw's first post

Sending hugs to him & his family (including Kat) & the wonderful folks looking after him

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 07:31 PM

Way to go, Olddude!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Bill D
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 07:24 PM

naaawww,,,THIS is a blivet.

"authoritative source"

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Maryrrf
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 07:21 PM

Great news!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Fortunato
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 07:11 PM

I'm glad to hear you're getting better 'Spaw.

Some of us are about fed up with speaking civilly to/about you.

I'm worried about Kendall, a blivet can only hold so much.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=blivet

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Bill D
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 06:46 PM

If "Morbid Dick" doesn't ruin a new laptop, all will be well....

It is good to have friends....

Take your time, Pat...we'll all be here when you are better. You need to GET better so you can resume a full life with that great wife & kids......and besides, Rita & I want to visit the Columbus zoo with you 'someday'.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: Rapparee
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 06:36 PM

...No man prefers to sleep two in a bed unless it be with a woman. In fact, you would a good deal rather not sleep with your own brother, especially were he younger and prone to dampening the mattress at night. I don't know how it is, but people like to be private when they are sleeping alone. And when it comes to sleeping with an unknown stranger, in a strange inn, in a strange town, and that stranger a harpooneer, then your objections indefinitely multiply. Nor was there any earthly reason why I as a sailor should sleep two in a bed, more than anybody else; for sailors no more sleep two in a bed at sea, than bachelor Kings do ashore, which isn't saying much when you think about it. To be sure they all sleep together in one apartment, but you have your own hammock, and cover yourself with your own blanket, and sleep in your own skin, unless the cabin boy be comely.

The more I pondered over this harpooneer, the more I abominated the thought of sleeping with him. It was fair to presume that being a harpooneer, his linen or woollen, as the case might be, would not be of the tidiest, certainly none of the finest, wore he any at all. I began to twitch all over. Besides, it was getting late, and my decent harpooneer ought to be home and going bedwards, especially as I would be sharing him. Suppose now, he should tumble in upon me at midnight - how could I tell from what vile hole he had been coming?

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 06:31 PM

Dan, you are incredible. I just sent someone a reply PM that I didn't have the energy to handle fundraising if we all decided to purchase one via you or what SRS had posted, for which they had pledged a very generous donation, and here you are! Thank you, thank you! I am sure that will lift both their spirits.

Much love to you all,

kat

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: olddude
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 06:25 PM

Kat will you please let Karen know so she does not buy anything. normally I would not have posted this but i don't want anyone buying one since it already has been taken care of. ... non issue.

Dan

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: olddude
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 06:03 PM

Kat
within the next week or so Spaw will have a loaded Toshiba notebook with carrying case and two batteries. The retired CEO of a major company is a friend of mine and said he will ship it right out to me. It was his old one (better than the one I have LOL) ... so Spaw and Karen will be all set and we can get the old goat back online

Love Dan

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: SINSULL
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 04:28 PM

What about our monumental effort in reading through that nonsense?
SINS

Glad the news keeps getting better.
M

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw - Change of Plan - UPDATE 17 Jan 2010
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 Jan 11 - 04:15 PM

I told her of your monumental efforts and of my own preference for same...she was going to be sure to tell Pat...most impressive, Rapparee!:-)