Mudcat Tavern - Round 10

Subject: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: alison
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 09:14 AM

Thought we could do with a shorter thread seeing as it is "radio" day tomorrow, (even if it isn't LIVE).

The Tavern has magically transported itself and if you open the side door you can step outside into... well whatever sort of scenery you like........ bit like the holodeck in TNG, (or Mr Benn... for any of you UK types around my age).......

* * * * * * * * * * * * * *

As I look out I can see mountains covered with the greens and purples of heather....... a flat grassy area complete with an ancient stone circle and a clear crystal stream winding through......

I could do with the rest after all that "hosing' with Mick... if anyone's looking for me I'll be under the big tree in the sunshine.......

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: MMario
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 09:28 AM

* a wild and lonely eagle, up in the summer sky
flies high o'er Shanagolden, where my love Lily lies...
*

that crystal clear stream is cold!

So I will just start my day off with a nice warm toddy...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Alice
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 10:41 AM

My goodness, who are all these people stumbling towards me dazzled by the morning sunlight? Oh, my, they are Mudcatters, fresh (fresh?) from the Tavern. Well, let's turn that video camera towards the doorway, son, this should be an interesting episode in your home-school documentary. Not only did we get lots of interesting travel footage and close ups of different kinds of insects, plants, and animals out here in the landscape, but now we can do some very interesting interviews of a few reprobate -I mean reputable folksingers.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: DougR
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 12:44 PM

I'll take your view, Alison. It looks grand to me. I'll join you, if I may, with my coffee cup in hand. I'm sure Mick won't mind. After all, I'm old and harmless.

DougR

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: catspaw49
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 01:21 PM

Well, I wasn't for it initially, but alison makes it sound so grand.......This door?...Okay.......What a great idea this really is........handles kinda'stiff to turn....ah, there we go..................... yeah ..................................... just as I suspected.......... ..........really great.....27 folks with clams in their toes, Zimmy wearing a thong and holding a sign saying "Young Center or Bust" ......real cute Zim, the boob painted under the word bust..nice touch...........Geezus.........and lessee....I count 41 possums and one heron dressed like Waylon Jennings playing a tiple.........El Swanno piping away in a gorilla suit..........Mick singing passionately to...uh, Koko?........damn......................Banj pickin' away ..no strings though...odd.............Leej, why the hell are you dressed like some cheap detective?.......And there's Mario, rena outfit and pelting school administators with diskettes covered in marshmallow cream.......and what's Beebs doing?.......looks like she's inspecting a line of real homely girls for some reason...and reading from a Lesson Plan book at the same time........huh, I see Duane's "at it" with the telescope again..........and Alice looking great in the long gloves, rose in her teeth, leather suspender belt and whip........WHAT? ...leather...whip......holy crap!..........................Ah, but Kat, there you are.......kinda' hazy around you, odd light too.........DOUG??!!??!!????!!....Get your "Joe the Bartender" attired ass in here and get me a drink!!!! NOW!!!...and shut the freakin' door behind you...looks like the Waylon Heron is heading in Alice's direction and Jeri just threw a clam at Zim and Beebs is heading THIS WAY with an evil look..SHUT THE DOOR DOUG!!!!! NOW!!!!.........ooboy.................stupid ass door...

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Bert
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 01:43 PM

Well just look at the view from here. I think this calls for some cool bubbly. Give me a glass of that sparkling Mosel.

Bert.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 01:48 PM

What a lovely, unspoiled vista! You know what I'm thinking... there's just enough room between the crystal stream and the stone circle for a lively game of touch football! Alright, Alison, hike the ball on three... Mmario block for the count of 5, then look for a screen pass... Alice, go to the ancient monument, cut left and look for a long pass. If everybody's covered, I'll lateral to Catspaw- Spaw, can you run with a football in one hand and a glass of Jack Daniels in the other? Doug, block for Spaw, and watch out for Katlaughing, she'll trip you when the Ref's not looking. OK...on three... break!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: MMario
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 01:48 PM

'Spaw...she DID say you get the scenery you like....*eg*

and don't try to blame it on Cleigh, it was YOU who opened the door.

Did anyone besides me ever read Heinlien's "Door into Summer" - with the cat that had to go to every door in the house before he was convinced that one didn't lead into a summer garden?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: catspaw49
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 02:41 PM

Good drink Doug......I feel better now.........Damn but that was scary though.......Door seems to be workin' for everybody else....Lemmee give it another try......... Aw geez.......WHAT THE HELL IS THE PROBLEM HERE????.......Okay Spaw, calm down.......one more time........Just jerk it open and .......Oooboy......... figures........That's it, more Jack here Doug....a lot more.....I'll be over in the corner here...........stupid ass door................

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Alice
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 03:33 PM

Gee, son, we should take some photos of this crowd and submit them to the Duckboy Cards company.... they would be a good match for the series on the inmates of the Neil Young Center.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: paddymac
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 03:53 PM

Pst, Alison- wake up! Somebody left the door open and the inmates escaped. Here, I brought you a pint to get started. It's much better than coffee - no cafein, and loaded with bioflavinoids. Hmmmmm, good tasting too. Gee, I really like this place. Is it your secret trysting place? It's nice, but it's kinda hard (sorry, no pun intended) to get in the mood with all those people screaming and shouting and throwing that funny spheroid around and running into each other down among the stones. Hey, who's that gut (sorry, meant to type "guy") sporting around in a thong - oh, shite - somebody snapped his string - looks like they broke it - damn, hope he doesn't hurt anybody with that thing. He better hope nobody trys to tackle him and grabs a convenient handle. Hey - wanna skinny dip in the little pool in the stream. Then we could, well, you know, I mean, if you want, sneak up the little glen over there and pick some wild mountain thyme. What? Jeez, Alison, you never told me you were married, before. Uh, excuse me, will you? I think I just saw Bridie down by the stream. Oh, uh, say Hi! to yer old man for me.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: MMario
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 03:53 PM

*as the strains of the raggle-taggle-mudcat waft o'er the landscape*

'SPaw, what's the matter? C'mon out and join us in the holo-view....*can't figure out why he get's such a wierd look on his face every time he opens the door...*

Come on, grab a drink, come on out into the sunshine...what, you think a headless chicken is going to chase you or sumpin?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Jeri
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 05:59 PM

I was sitting here peacefully enjoying the view and dreaming of clams, and Catspaw yells "C'mere, look at this," and when I get a look at what he's seeing throught the door, find Mike the Wonder Chicken. EEEYUUUCK! 'Spaw, some people are people are lust magnets, some attract paranormal happenings, some find warmth and love wherever they go. You are a wierdness magnet. (I like that in a person.)

Now tell me how you find these sites? Alta Vista? Type in "bizarre tasteless demented shit?" Hang on, I'm gonna try that...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Banjer
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 06:37 PM

No strings....!!!!??? No wonder it sounds better than it usually does! I'll hafto get me some strings this weekend and see kin I put 'em all in the right place. NO! I don't need any suggestions as to where the "RIGHT PLACE" may be!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: DougR
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 08:13 PM

Sorry about that door, Spaw! I'll got out and get some WD40 that does the job for most anything else. Meanwhile, don't have a stroke! Everything going to work out all right! Here! I brought you a re-fill!

DougR

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Bert
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 08:17 PM

WD40? most of us are drinking Guinness!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Cap't Bob
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 08:31 PM

Banjer....if ya need some banjo strings look no further... I have a whole drawer full of used banjo strings that I've been saving for years. Of course the first string is missing in most sets. I have this vega extra long neck banjo and whenever I tune's her ups to open "c" tuning (mainly for the Brown County Waltz) I stands a pertty good chanch of breaking the first sting.

I wish you guys & gals would stop calling my crow a heron. When that bar stool fell on him it broke both of his legs (hence the leg splints). The next time he fell he broke his neck (hence the neck brace) and whilest he was rolling around on the floor in pain, he smeared some of the left over lime jello on his feathers. It apparently reacted with his parrot paint and made him look blue. Now he just stands around in the pool rather embarrassed because everyone is calling him a heron.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: DougR
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 08:35 PM

Bert:

You never tried Guinness with a WD40 chaser? Geeze, you haven't lived yet! Try it, it's smoooooooooooooth!

DougR

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Cap't Bob
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 09:12 PM

I was just over on the "HELP: BIT WHISTLES - LITTLE FINGERS" thread that reminded me of our sixteen foot (five meters for you metrics) penny whistle. It's an 8X low "d" whistle.....well ya may be thinken 'whose got fingers big enough to play that kinda whistle' ......the answer is NO ONE....what you have to do is get someone who is really full of hot air (mostly likely someone right here in the Tavern) to blow on the thing......then you need six people to sit on the holes and spry enough to stand up and sit down at the appropriate time......bare buns seem to work the best as they make a tighter seal..... So far we have only managed slow airs...however, with the kind of folks here in the tavern we could possibly have a fast jig competition???? One slight problem, this whistle does have a tendency to backfire at times......

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Bert
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 09:15 PM

Aw! Cap't Bob, a 16 foot whistle? You're bragging again.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Susan A-R
Date: 08 Sep 99 - 11:02 PM

Wow, I caqme into the tavern from hot muggy Vermont (unusual combination in September) and find myself in such a sparkling spot, with a cold mountain stream and guinnes, and 6 naked penny whistlers playin' tunes, what more could a girl want??

Susan A-R

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: alison
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 03:45 AM

hahaha....

nude whistling... count me in....

Thanks for all the offers Paddymac.... don't worry about my hubby, he's in Australia, (God knows where I am!!!...) ... surprised Big Mick hasn't gone for you yet though... he's a bit protective....... LOL .... just checked out your link Bert....... it's dark!! Very pretty dark though!!!

and Catspaw.. you are just weird.. stay away from that door.. unless you want to join the nude whistling team...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: catspaw49
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 09:17 AM

Well Good Morning to All !!! ....How was that?...New Attitude here gang.......Had a nice, calm, uneventful evening with the family. Max and Bert called from the radio show and that was fun. I got to thinking that my problem with the door is all attitude, like in the movie "Cool Hand Luke," where the saying was, "Boy, you gotta' get your mind right." Damn good flick, except that everytime it's on national TV we get some newbie request for "Plastic Jesus" and........whoa up there Spaw, don't get upset, get your mind right.........OK, so except for a brief nightmare where Alice the Dominatrix was going after the homely girls while Leej was playing Blake saying "I got your whip right here Doll," and Jeri threw clams at Beebs while the Waylon Heron lay wimpering after a session with Alice and.........Hold it, forget that, it was brief and I'm gettin' my mind right.......just like in "Cool Hand Luke".............OK, that's better.......Now everybody else is enjoyong the "door".....I can too, I can too, I can too, I can too...got my mind right........OK...Here we go, just pull it open with a smile and ....... uh,huh .......... oy ..............DOUG!!! SHUT THE FRIGGIN' DOOR!!!...........Well just fuck a bunch of attitude changes and give me a triple Jack on the rocks.......maybe I'll go for the naked tootling idea...maybe not...Thanks Doug, nice outfit...kinda' Joe the Bartender with a toolbelt...whatever..................... stupid ass door............

Spae

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Bert
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 09:28 AM

Alison, Of course it's dark, it usually is when you open the door at night. Try again when it's light in Colorado and on a clear day (most days) you can see Pike's Peak.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: alison
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 09:43 AM

Hi Bert,

Yes it's much prettier now... and Jeri's view is lovely..... this is more what I had in mind. (ignore the writing.. just the picture *grin*)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: alison
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 09:47 AM

or this combine the two... give me a stream and a cup of tea... heaven........

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Bert
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 09:55 AM

Beautiful! But is that a black possum I see out there, just to the right of Chun Quoit?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Big Mick
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 09:55 AM

Nope, FAIR ONE, I have turned over a new leaf ever since our time out behind the last tavern......say, nice place, I love the mountains and a stream........I have decided that I shall pursue you with superior listening skills, gentleness, ....PSSST, 'Spaw, find out what kind of car he drives, sugar in the tank......you know the drill........Yep, I have turned over a new leaf. I shall read you poetry, sing you love songs, and listen to the sound of your lovely whistle playing under the tree with birds all around....Rick, tail him and let me know where he lives. T'anks, buddy.....I intend to wash windows, cook the food, your wish is my command..........Leej, give me that kneewhacker from behind the bar, all the rest of you layabouts can hold him whilst I do the deed.........Yep, a new leaf FAIR ONE, I intend to engage the field of admirers that surround you in the arena of fair play. I will pursue you through the cyber hills and dales, and win your attentions fair and square.......

heh heh heh.........

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Cap't Bob
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 02:02 PM

Anyone thinking about joining the sixteen foot recorder team should consider what note you'd be best fitted for. Look at your regular "d" pennywhistle and note the size of the holes then imagine increasing the size sixteen fold. If you are petite you may want to try out for the F# or C# holes. The XL's should consider D or E holes, and normal sized folkes would be best suited for A or B. It's your choice....

The prototype instrument was constructed from a large white pine log. As expected several team members complained of slivers in tender areas. As soon as we can hyjac....er...when our supplies come in, a special 16 foot pvc pennywhistle will be constructed and should prove less traumatic for team members....

I'll have to check over the Mudcat photo section again if you need help with your position. Any suggestions for possible tunes???????

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Bert
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 02:06 PM

Any suggestions for possible tunes???????

How's about - Swing Low Sweet Chariot

Bert.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Bert
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 02:07 PM

and how about that one Lionel Bart used in Oliver - Oompah pah.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Peter T.
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 02:18 PM

CB< How do you do the thumbhole, and the higher registers? (Let no one say I do not give out generous straight lines)......
yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: MMario
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 02:23 PM

Where are people's sense of adventure? Can "Meri-Mac" be done on a D pennywhistle?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Jeri
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 02:49 PM

How about Planxty Fanny Power?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: catspaw49
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 02:58 PM

........gawddamn, this is the worst door opening YET!!!!!!!.........Is Zim still at the Young Center?.......I was thinking maybe I could share a room with him........

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: paddymac
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 03:08 PM

Ssssweet Alison - methinks yer old man is a very luck bloke. But you better tell him to be careful lest "The New" Big Mick and I team up agin him.

Cap't Bob - if your directoral skills are up to actually coordinating all the backfire sitters, you might get that thing to sound like a back porch jug band. Why, with a bit of rehearsal, you could probably put out a single with Jeri's Planxty Fanny Power and watch is blast right to the top of the charts. Ever read Mark Twain's "1601". It ought to be required reading for any serious member of the backfire team.

When's the video due out?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Cap't Bob
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 03:30 PM

My most sincere apologizes Peter, I checked back and by golly I did let RECORDER slip in there......er...an attempt was made to build a sixteen foot recorder but for obvious reasons it wouldn't work.....seems no one could stay seated on the thumb hole.. Velcro didn't work.....and straps and safety belts couldn't hold up under the force of gravity.

If should have read PENNYWHISTLE finger holes only....that way everything is up and above board.

The tune selections were great....they are all great....and Jeri...Planxty Fanny Power seems to say it all. It'd be hard to beat that one..

paddymac....I can see it all now...*star dumb*

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: MMario
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 05:26 PM

I will not be around the next few day people, as I am off to relax and hopefully get to sing a few songs at the Maryland Renaissance Festival over this weekend. okay - will probably check in a few minutes later tonight, but friday sat and most of sunday I'll be gone....who's cheering? Hey! Not NICE!... Hope the crow manages to get out of the pool okay and the 'Spaw overcomes his fear of doorways....

It's been nice having the holodeck...makes the place seem a lot roomier...

MMario aka Mario de Lantro - wandering bard aka Mario Pyllow - stumbling dolt aka Stavros Splynteri - horse procurer often confused rarely overlooked

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: jon a
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 05:43 PM

All this outside is really pretty, where can I set up this barbecue gear? Got three grills so as any vegetarians don't need to worry about contamination, even a seperate one for fish. loads of burgers, pork steaks, mackeral and langoustines; some vegeburgers, banana's, garlic bread, all manner of good eating.

Who's on serving duty? please bring a couple of magnums of chilled champagne, Moet et Chandon i think.

come on everyone! tuck in and let's celibrate all things good on mudcat, my wife is dragging me off on holiday tommorrow - maybe for as much as two weeks, so I look forward to seeing you all when I get back.

Jon

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Big Mick
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 06:08 PM

Jon A., you are my kind of man. Let me help you set up the grills. I am a mighty cook and love to serve. And I might even have a bite or two..........or three.........or fifty.......langostines!!!!!! oh lordy, but I am in heaven..........Hey 'Spaw, Rick, Mario......get up you layabouts!!! Flip some rocks over in the creek and see if you can find some crawdads for the pot!! Cap'n Bob, I know you have a barbecue trick or two up your sleeve, give us a hand, willya?.........No, FAIR ONE, no need to help. In fact, you, beebs, WW, Alice, kat.......just enjoy yourselves. These shiffless gobshites and I will cook you up a helluva meal.........

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: jon a
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 06:38 PM

I'm with you Mick, the ladies get to put their feet up and we do the cooking. Grab a chef,s hat and let's go!

oh! dont forget the silly apron aswell - which do you want - the scantily clad woman or the "Barbecue King" one?

Shall we throw some rosemary on to add a bit of flavour? smells good too, and maybe some hickory chips? No rosemary if any of the girls are pregnant though.

Jon

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Dave Swan
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 07:14 PM

Now lemme just slip this watermelon in the crick 'til it chills, I've got some rum to pour into it when the time's right. Lovely place to be. Sign me up for the pennywhistle team. I plan to be the first to execute the seated cran whilst wearing a gorilla suit. Mick, help me wrestle the kegs into the shallows, will ya? 'spaw, I think the high diving fever is on me tonight. Thus far, no one in my family has died just after saying " Hey, y'all watch this." E.S.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: DougR
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 08:40 PM

Big Mick:

I think you may be headed for the big score! The keyword is LISTEN! I see you got that down pat, and I'm sure Alison will note the change that has come over you, and who knows, she might even stop playin' kneesies with me around the campfire if you keep this up.

Spaw, I don't know what to tell you. You sure you didn't mix some WD40 with whatever else it is you been drinkin'?

DougR

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: bbc
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 08:55 PM

Hey, jon & Mick, I can't resist the offer of a meal & some relaxation. I've been needing some TLC lately. School's off to a good start, but it's hectic. Things are a little insecure w/ a new principal & it is darn hot & humid in New York!!! MM, you have a great time in Maryland! Make sure you get your caffeine ration! jon, Duane D. will really appreciate the grill set aside for the vegetarians. So often at get-togethers, they are left in the lurch. Well, I'm just going to sit back & enjoy. Anybody want to keep me company--chat, sing for me? Doug, I think you can get away w/ letting the young sprouts do the work. You've earned a rest & you & I haven't talked enough lately. Maybe this weekend--how about it? Just keep catspaw back. He's been sounding zanier than usual lately--something about a door?!

bbc

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: alison
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 09:32 PM

sssshhhhhhh dougR... you weren't supposed to tell him *grin*

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Susan A-R
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 10:28 PM

The barbacue sounds GREAT!! Say, I have some mole sauce (don't know how to do accents. it isn't made from Cleigh's little cousin. it's that marvelous Mexican stuff) I also have some WIKED hot berbere [paste that is left over from some Ethiopian projects.

Aside from handing you boys the jars, I plan to sit back with several pintes of the black vile stuff and relax. Lots of food today (Thai sampler day) and a wedding party for thirty, and an Ethiopian sampler tomorrow. These 14 hour days in this odd, humid weather in my HOT kitchen are beginning to wear, even after a nice break in Toronto.

Say, who taught Catspaw to do blue cliskey things? For the Jesus Dance, he should have his license revoked. I nearly had perfectly good beer coming out my nose.

Perhaps we could start out our penny whistle efforts with Hot Cross Buns, a classic beginner's tune.

Susan

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Cap't Bob
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 10:37 PM

Ahoy thar Mick ~~~ well about the only barbecue trick I know involves cooking up a six legged deer. I kid you not, I counted the legs myself. The trick is to smoke the legs up real good. The night of the party ya have to have a really big bed of coals with a metal grate to hold the meat and lots of beer to drink while waiting for the meat to cook. We may have used a bit of hickory, however by the time my memory was a bit foggy. The meat ends up being a brown~red color & you just can't beat the taste. Actually it could have been an 8 legged deer. The other parts that sort of looked like leggs had Goodyear tread marks from one end to the other.

Serve it up with a big pot of hobo stew ~~ Ummmmmmmm.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: MAG (inactive)
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 11:23 PM

Well, I've just survived my annual performance evaluation, again, and I need a stiff one and some good company. I "need improvement" on clutter control, otherwise am a valuable resource.

U Utah: Don't every let ANYONE call you a valuable respource. Do you see what happens to resources in this country??

I have discoverred that if you cut up a big slab of ribs (I prefer pork) and throw 'em in the crock pot, pour over them an entire jar of your favorite BBQ sauce, do NOT add water, and leave for a good long while, you've got some tasty stuff to eat.

MA

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: MMario
Date: 09 Sep 99 - 11:40 PM

here's a right big ol' mess of crawfish from out the crick. The berbere (did I spell that right?) sauce would make a tasty marinade for some of them, the rest I'm going to do up with a little ginger and garlic. It's all I've got time for tonight, still have to pack.

and I sure will have a fine time in MD. CRAB CAKES! (Though we STILL haven't found anyone who will serve them to us for breakfast.)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: WyoWoman
Date: 10 Sep 99 - 12:55 AM

Ooooh, thanks, Big Mick, for that invitation to put my feet up and let the men do the cooking. But we ladies have put our heads together and decided that while we have these dainty little tootsies so nicely placed, it would be a lovely gesture for the fellas to do some team-relay foot massage. Cook, rub, cook, rub ... you know the drill... Anyone? Anyone?

ww

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Big Mick
Date: 10 Sep 99 - 12:58 AM

MM, you look up my old buddy Timmy Goins and he will find you crabcakes for breakfast GAROWNTEEEEEED. Come on lads, let's get busy. And would one of you run me over a proper of Uncle Arthur's, please? T'anks.

HEY............DOUG.........Let's keep those knees where I can see them..........What FAIR ONE?........Mind my what?????????????........Shit, how the hell do I compete with that suave sonofagun??...........

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: paddymac
Date: 10 Sep 99 - 01:07 AM

Hey, guys! Don't do all the langostinos the way you usually do. There's a marvelous sauce they make in Barbados that is just perfect for langos. It's a yellow mustard with a mixture of peppers diced up and mixed in. I had a jar of it that sort of got lost in the back of the fridge for a few months (well, okay, maybe it was really years),. But anyway, when I found it again and drug it out, the durn lid had rusted and collapsed into the sauce. Wonder what it does to your tummy if it eats the lids off the bottle? And when ya git reddy to start cooking them steaks, don't spend no money on hickory. Jist gitcha some cheap briquettes (durn that's a big word) and when the coals git rite fer cooking, thro on a couple seed cones from that magnolia tree in the south end of the field. Soak 'em in the crik a bit first. They'll make up a nice mess o' smoke that'l give you a steak better'n any other you ever et. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm good!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: unclenort
Date: 10 Sep 99 - 01:04 PM

christ spaw!(no pun intended)if i were you i'd keep that door shut for a while. here have another jack, mabey that'll help(works for me).Mick,MMario,Captn Bob if you guys got a handle on the cookn'.i'm gonna go join the ladies in some of that nakid wrastlin' down by the creek.
ah, my kind of view.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Bert
Date: 10 Sep 99 - 01:14 PM

Got out of sinc with the cook - rub - cook business just now WyoW, now you've got barbecue sauce on yer tootsies and there's body lotion on the ribs.
Not to worry, here comes DougR with the WD40, that should cure both problems.

Bert.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: unclenort
Date: 10 Sep 99 - 01:20 PM

bert, if that won't do it try ducttape

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: DougR
Date: 10 Sep 99 - 01:28 PM

Alison, I guess I talked when I should have been rubbin'. Just my luck for Mick to overhear what I said. I got to take my trusty old WD40 over to see if I can help Bert out with WyoWoman. She's got some kind of problem. Hold my place, though. Old Big Mick will be amblin over dripping with charm the moment I disappear.

And bbc, there's nothing I'd like better than chattin' with you come the weekend sometime. I'm glad you are gettin' those NY young'uns in line for another school year. Just don't bruise yourself doin' it.

DougR

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Jeri
Date: 10 Sep 99 - 01:48 PM

WW, maybe a nice gentelman would lick that...I mean remove that barbecue sauce for you. I've personally had a rough day digging for creek clams, and could really use a nice foot massage.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 Sep 99 - 01:53 PM

Well everybody seems to be enjoying this.........maybe I can get in on some too, huh?...........Seems like your grill's gettin' a little cold.........Here you Doug......Dump this bucket on it............there you go, nothin' like liquid oxygen...........oy......sorta' ruined the grill...ribs too... .......I'm tellin y'all this door SUCKS!!!!........I'll see about getting another grill.....SORRY!!!..............................stupid ass door.......................

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: DougR
Date: 10 Sep 99 - 03:11 PM

Durn Spaw! Now you really did it! I won't be able to fix that grill, even with WD40! Geeeezzzeee!

DougR

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Bert
Date: 10 Sep 99 - 03:22 PM

We could set fire to that hammer dulcimer. It's got it's own built in grill.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Susan A-R
Date: 10 Sep 99 - 10:38 PM

And I was just about to sit down for a nice foot rub and some salmon. RATS!! Perhaps we should just take that door off its hinges.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: DougR
Date: 10 Sep 99 - 11:26 PM

Susan A-R:

You got a point there! Spaw's gonna go crazy as long as that door is on it's hinges. WD40 just doesn't seem to get the job done. I say take it off! (The door I mean)

DougR

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: WyoWoman
Date: 11 Sep 99 - 12:13 AM

You know, Jeri, I think the barbecue-flavored body lotion was one of the best inventions we've come up with. Killing two terns with one stone...Uh, stoning two ... oh, hell. Never mind.

'Spaw, honey, don't you think you'd be a little more comfortable if you'd just set yourself down here with your back to the door? There you go... just face the stage and don't pay any attention to what's going on back there. Look, it's Alice and Mmario and, oh... for heaven's sake ... I think they've gotten their eras mixed. She's all velvet and turn-of-the century, and he's ... well, turn of an entirely different century. But, my, don't they sound nice with that harmony???

Isn't that better, 'Spaw? Catspaw? Don't .... ah, geez. He's tweakin' again .... that damned door....

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Sep 99 - 12:47 AM

Look WW, everybody else is having such a good time...........I mean, just a quick peak can't hurt and I don't like talking to you through this DOOR!!!.......Sounds like you and Alice are both lookin' fine tonight.....Fer chrissakes WW, just a little crack of opening, huh???........I mean I just want a quick look.........Geezus, maybe you're right..........I'll just sit here for a bit......................................stupid ass door.....................

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: WyoWoman
Date: 11 Sep 99 - 02:55 AM

You don't like my hair since I've done it pink, then?

ww

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: bbc
Date: 11 Sep 99 - 10:37 AM

Boy, catspaw's finally gone 'round the bend. I'm not sure that even the Neil Young Center can handle this! Oh, well, prop him up in the corner & let's get on w/ things. Everybody gather 'round. I want to stand a round of drinks for BSeed's birthday. Have a good one, Charles, & a wonderful year! Hip, hip....!

bbc

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Big Mick
Date: 11 Sep 99 - 11:51 AM

Happy birthday to one of our best!!!!!! I will stand the next round..........as long as it is the vile black stuff. Happy birthday Seed.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: DougR
Date: 11 Sep 99 - 01:19 PM

Spaw, how did you ever find those two beauties one encounters when one clicks on the blue thingy in your message? Glad I didn't pull them up and look at 'em last night before retiring, I would never have gotten to sleep!

bbc, I'll join you with a B&T even if it's only 10:00 A.M. here. Got to drink to BSeed's birthday!

DougR

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Jeri
Date: 11 Sep 99 - 05:40 PM

Doug, you can e-mail them at the address on the page. They may sell you one of those maniquins.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Bill D
Date: 11 Sep 99 - 07:41 PM

any woman comes near ME wearing an $86 'vinyl' dress..(makes me cringe to imagine!) will be greeted with a rousing version of "The Wee Cooper O' Fife"

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Sep 99 - 09:29 PM

Whadda' day!!! ........Long foster parent training session and boring as hell too............Hey, we all drinkin' to Seed?........Give me a BIG Jack tonite Dougie...in honor of our great friend Seed!!! .......Alright now a toast, uh,........Doug?.........I know it's in honor of Seed, but get the broccoli stalk outa' my glass man.........Geezus.....OK, once again now...sans the greenery....

"Here's to the Wisdom of Age, the Virtue of Tolerance, the Compassion of Kindness, and the Joy of Humor...and to the man that has them all....Mr. Kratz, here's to you!"

............Ahhhhhhh,.....and now after a day like today, it's gotta' be better tonight...So.........Let's just have a look out the door.........I'm gonna' fling that sucker open...I mean like HOW can it be worse????......Dancin' Jesus fer gawdsake...fetish dresses...........Damn, it's been the worst doors I could imagine........THERE CAN'T BE ANY WORSE DOORS.. (FLING!).......oy........(SLAM!!!).. So I was wrong.............another drink here Doug............... ............ ....................stupid ass door .................

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: catspaw49
Date: 12 Sep 99 - 10:19 PM

.........Hmmmm, nobody around.........lessee now, it's been 24 hours...........and it's been a great day!!! What the hell...........Why not?......Couldn't be any worse than last night........(FLING!) ....Uh-Huh.... just more of the same...Geezus.....Get my OWN DRINK tonight.....Take the whole friggin' bottle......................................... stupid ass door ............

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: WyoWoman
Date: 12 Sep 99 - 10:26 PM

Jim Morrison looks like he needs more roughage.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Susan A-R
Date: 12 Sep 99 - 11:06 PM

Belated BSeed (It is my role in life, but I was away!!) Anyway, have a great birth week.

Say, pour me some nice scotch, if you please. I've just spent a weekend down visiting Mom and Dad. Dad's now home, in a hospital bed, sleeping a lot, sometimes cheerful, sometimes a true grump. It's hard to watch. Mom's doing pretty well, but I wish that life permitted me to be more helpful.

Off to try to sleep. (I don't have much problem with the Doors, but those two, um, ladies may give me a few nightmares. Thanks 'Spaw)

Susan

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Sep 99 - 11:06 PM

WW, you gonna let them use that pink haired pic for your next column???**BG**!!!

Another amaretto sour for me, if ya'll please, already had my first before I got here.

Now, 'Spaw, I want you to know we had that darn door replaced. The one you're looking at is a genuine, 24 plated Safe View. See? You can look through it and you'll only see the Sweet of your Dreams, and we know that's Karen, right, so....it's OKAY now, right? She does know you're in here? Is she gonna come after you? Was it her behind the original door? Ah.....rggghhhh! Easy now, 'Spaw, we're gonna take a nice and slow, easy little walk. That's right, far away from the D-o-o-r. (Psst: WW, close it quick and pull that curtain over it! Thanks!) No, no, 'Spaw, now come on this way, darlin', there ya go, over here by Old Big Mick and Brother Fielding, Father Joebro ought to be along in a few. We'll just sit here and listen to Mick play us nice, calm tune of his whistle, okay?

Somebody got that drink for me, yet!?Whew!!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: WyoWoman
Date: 12 Sep 99 - 11:12 PM

I'm sort of liking the pink hair thing, but the vinyl dress sticks to my ...

Oh. Never mind. I thought it was just us grrrrls in here. I think 'Spaw is still bumping around in here somewhere.

WW

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Big Mick
Date: 12 Sep 99 - 11:39 PM

Never fear, Madame, there are any number of us gents here that would be more than happy to help you unstick yer dress..........Jest a bunch of full service Mudcatters of the millenium, sensitive kind of fella's..........Now, now, 'Spaw, just sit down lad......it'll be alright, lad.......don't ........no.......damn, Kat, but he's at the window.......Quick, someone get me a spud........

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: katlaughing
Date: 13 Sep 99 - 12:17 AM

I guess you had to bring up the praties again, eh, Mick!? I guess if you think it'll hold his attention. You want red russets or something in a ugh dirt brown?

Susan A-R, sorry I missed you when we came through the *door* at the same time. I am sorry about your dad. I know what you mean about not being able to help more. All last fall and winter, I felt really guilty about being four hours away from mom and my sister, bet, have the sole responsibility of dealing with her, a full time job, and a troublesome teenage son she's raising alone. My phone bills were horrendous, but at least mom was pretty lucid until just the last few days.

Here...have another one on me, just take a deep breath and blow out all that stress. Maybe one of the guys can remember to give you a good massage, with lotion, only! I'm pretty good at getting those trigger points in the shoulders, neck, and back, if they are too busy calming the 'Spaw down.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: DougR
Date: 13 Sep 99 - 12:57 AM

I'm happy to oblige with a massage, Susan. And you can trust me. I'm old and wrinkled and only think theraputic thoughts while I rub. You just need something to relax you. A spot of Bushmills might hit the spot about now. I'll join you as I massage you! Now, how's that? Mo betta?

DougR

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: WyoWoman
Date: 13 Sep 99 - 09:30 AM

"Full-service Mudcateers," huh, Mick? 'Scuse me -- my imagination was boggling again ...

ww

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: MMario
Date: 13 Sep 99 - 10:41 AM

I'm back....*yawn* - but gonna just curl up in the seat over there and...*yawn*try to catch up on the 'Cat....thank goodness...for the first time I am glad of the content filter here at work, it blocked most of 'Spaw's links....*yawn*

coffee? puh-lease?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Susan A-R
Date: 13 Sep 99 - 11:41 PM

Mmmmm, Thanks Doug. Much better. You . . . aren't using barbacue sauce are you? I've been deep-frying eggrolls today and it's hard to tell what's me and what's massage oil.

Say MMario, could we put one of those content filters on the door?

Peter T, you oughta be able to come up with something.

Well, I've got to run back down and check laundry. Say, Wo, the hair is something, but the make up is something else again.

Susan

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: MMario
Date: 14 Sep 99 - 12:18 PM

I TRIED putting a content filter on the door, but it wouldn't fit. Sorry 'bout that. Still recovering from a great weekend in Maryland and a long trip back that involved laughing our way across several states...my laugh muscles HURT! But while I was down there, not only did my normal ren-faire stuff, but even ran across a 'catter! The world she's a growin' smaller every day!

AND....I experienced my first 'possum sighting! We were in a gas station on Crownsville Road in Maryland, when we saw this small dark object skittering around in the road. It was pretty small, and though at the distance it was hard to tell, it looked mighty like the pictures I've seen of Cleigh. Complete to the the tail curving up and across the body. Whatever it was, and I'm convinced that if it wasn't Cleigh it was a near relative; it ran back and forth and 'round every time a vehicle would pass, until at last (Thank Goodness!) it safely reached the far side of the road and disappeared into a pile of brush.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: DougR
Date: 14 Sep 99 - 03:20 PM

Susan A-R:

BBQ sauce? Never! Only the best clear massaging oil for thee!

DougR

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: lamarca
Date: 14 Sep 99 - 04:35 PM

May a formerly ex-Mudcatter come in for a drink? Gosh, I hardly know anyone here, but I think I like you already. What's that? Oh, I'd like Barbincourt on ice, with a lime twist, thanks.

Loved looking at the scenery here, but I feel a lack of a certain je nais se quoi - there, that fixes it.

Where are you FROM, MMario, that you had to come all the way here to Maryland to see one of our overgrown marsupial rats(AKA possums)? The one you saw must have been an Einstein of its kind - they usually don't make it across the road...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Bert
Date: 14 Sep 99 - 05:38 PM

formerly ex! That's an oxymoron if ever I heard one, sounds as though you're right back where you belong. We remember you, though, where ya bin???

Oh Gawd, Pink Flamingos!!! They've starting fighting with the possum and the wombat already and they've eaten the bloody clam. Grab one of those thongs and tether 'em before they get into the jello. NOT the one that Mick is WEARING!!! Horror of horrors.

You can pour me a Black and Tan now you're here.

Bert.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Jeri
Date: 14 Sep 99 - 05:41 PM

Welcome back, lamarca! I'm someone who joined since you were last here. We met at Indian Neck, but you probably wouldn't remember me. (I'm "Generator Woman.")

MMario, you might try putting the content filter directly on Catspaw, if you can find him. Last time I saw him, he was going down to the basement and muttering.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Bill D
Date: 14 Sep 99 - 07:01 PM

won't work...some things just simply CLOG content filters...and then they overheat and smell AWFUL....

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Paul G.
Date: 14 Sep 99 - 07:39 PM

Boy, oh boy could I use a cold one...down here in Jacksonville my three neighbors and I have just finished boarding up our houses against Hurricane Floyd. Its cloudey, windy, rainy, and this storm's a real monster. These friendly Mudcat faces should help me to forget about it for awhile and relax! Floyd? Who names these things anyway...if I'm going to get my butt kicked by a storm it shoud at least carry a name like Bubba, or Max, or Mick, or Spaw...something intimidating. Now about that drink...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: MIKEY
Date: 14 Sep 99 - 07:53 PM

I'm lookin for lyrics to a song i believe is called Sally Ann. The refrain is: who's gonna dance with Sally Ann, Who's gonna hold her pretty little hand, when the fiddler takes the stand, who's gonna dance with Sally Ann please help me

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: DougR
Date: 14 Sep 99 - 08:04 PM

Gee Mikey, you done stumbled into the wrong place to ask a serious question! Maybe some of the more knowledgeable Mudcatters will help you out this time, but if you've searched the database already for such a song, maybe you would want to start a new thread that would capture a bit more attention. Something like, "Need lyrics to "Who's gonna dance with Sally Ann?" Then in your message write all the lyrics you know as you did in the one above. Check out the database first though. It's that space just above where all the Threads start.

DougR

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: lamarca
Date: 14 Sep 99 - 08:27 PM

Gee, Paul, I was just looking at hurricane names today, and found Bubba for you here... If you want to see the full list of what's going to be comin' at us for the next 5-6 years, NOAA has a history of hurricane names and official name list. Personally, I kind of like the idea of "Harvey Wallbanger", who's next on the list for this year after Gert. So hunker down, Paul, with a bottle o' the best, and we'll talk to you when your power comes back on...

Jeri, can you do your generator magic for Paul? I actually kindof liked the concert by candlelight without the squeals of pain from the sound system...

Bert, as a former Midwestern gal who believes flamingos are an essential part of lawn decor, I think they SHOULD get into the Jello - what's a Flamingo Party without Jello salad?

Spaw, you leave that wombat alone!!!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Paul G.
Date: 14 Sep 99 - 08:54 PM

lamarca, I love it!!! Personally I favor "Hurricane Stinky". Now let's keep the Guiness flowing please...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Bill D
Date: 14 Sep 99 - 09:42 PM

hope the power stays on HERE!...we just hooked up the new computer, and this is the first message and the first web site visited..(naturally)....

HOORAY! hamsters on part time till we get data and stuff transferred to this machine, then they will work only as consultants (at grossly inflated salaries!) as we need the old machine for various things.

So a new era dawns in the Bill D/Ferrara realm....zooooooommmm...450mghz

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: lamarca
Date: 14 Sep 99 - 09:44 PM

Is that 450 Megahamsterz?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Susan A-R
Date: 14 Sep 99 - 11:07 PM

Wouldn't they be minihamsters?? I've just stopped in for a brief round of the black file stuff, then off to my well-earned slep. If I had one of your massages tonight Dough, I'd probably wind up in the jello with the flamingo (face dowo) Whew, and it's only Tuesday. I did have a nice, although brief visit with my Dad tonight, and he soulds pretty lucid and in good form. I'll take those small gifts any time.

Hmmm, Hurricane Spaw. Has a ring to it.

Susan

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: WyoWoman
Date: 15 Sep 99 - 12:26 AM

Lamarca, Welcome back, and the flamingos are such a welcome addition to the decor,which seems these days to be much constituted of dried specks of jello and kiwi juice and stretched out thong bikinis and feather boas draped hither and yon. We could use a flamingo or two to class up the joint.

Speaking of joints -- I'll take another black and tan... and I won't inhale (it always comes right back out my nose...)

ww

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: DougR
Date: 15 Sep 99 - 12:35 AM

Susan J-R:

I'm sorry your dad is having such a difficult time, which means that you are too. My massages are intended to soothe the soul and stimulate the spirit. Despite what you may have read in other Threads, I am a positive person and I hope that this positivenes can be passed on to you. Keep the faith. You are loved.

DougR

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: catspaw49
Date: 15 Sep 99 - 12:45 AM

Hey Group.......How's the day been?.......Lots of things happening here and I just thought I'd stop by............Hey, Glad I did too...LAMARCA!!! Glad to see you've returned.......and thanks for the thread on Johnny, but I'm really happy to see you at the tavern, where we have NO heavy discussions.......probably because most of this group are so freakin' weird we can't stay on a topic, even if we possibly know what it is...and we generally don't have a clue..........But PLEASE hang around with us...gives the joint some class...............BILL!!! A NEW PUTE!!!....Great......scares the hell outa' me what you can do with more power though..............Ah, let's see...make it Jack again tonight I guess........aren't we about ready to move the Tavern to 11???.......Look...thanks for the drink Dougie...like I was saying, Look here, isn't it possible we just build a deck and put in a pond instead of that STUPID door......I said the door was a bad idea going in, but did anybody listen?............I mean, I'm willing to give it another try, but damn.....Every time I open the sucker it gets worse........Y'all get these beautiful things.......I dunno'......all I get are 2 or 3 real ECCENTRIC things every time I open it..........I mean, well hell, just watch........You want weird and eccentric??.....(FLING!).....yeah, figures.......Like I said, can't we just have a nice porch and gardens or something?.............Geezus......................... ..................... ...................stupid ass door...........

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
From: Jeri
Date: 15 Sep 99 - 01:06 AM

OK, everyone hang onto your shorts and get ready to transport...