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Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
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Subject: From: alison Date: 10 Aug 99 - 08:30 AM It appears to be trivia night...... This has got to win for "which thread has been going on the longest?" (apart from the catspaw ones maybe)
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: bbc Date: 10 Aug 99 - 09:03 AM Congratulations on a successful establishment, Lonesome! I think the Mudcat Tavern will have a special place in Mudcat lore. And it's a pleasure to be working with you! Thanks for the lift, alison. You know, boss, when I clicked my heels together, I think I got the last cockroach! Good riddance to that!!! Hey, Roger, good deal on the new truck! Should make you feel a little safer on the roads. And don't worry about those deep thoughts. As long as you keep up deliveries & I wipe the tables & bring drinks, we can let the other guys think & dream. There's a worthy place for us, too. Well, good morning! Roger was too modest to mention it, but he brought us a great new toy--a plexiglass coffee express machine. It grinds, mixes, & delivers your fresh-brew, expresso, cappacino, latte *AND* tells your fortune, to boot! Step right up & give 'er a try! Some of those fortunes get a little more interesting if you add a few words at the end. Catch my drift? No special pastries today, but I do have some of those frozen waffles in the back, if you're hungry. How can I help you? |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: catspaw49 Date: 10 Aug 99 - 10:16 AM Yes...Yes....Yes.......... bbc my dear, set me up with a nice exotic coffee, something with a splash of rum..........It's a great day! The Fair One there beat me to it, but I've been watching the "Tavern" here with hope in my heart and wishing for it's success...........and WHY you ask? Well it is a nice, fun, thread that's helped us get past a recent unpleasantness, but for me, it NOW officially goes even one better. Total postings have now surpassed those on the "Catspaw's About to Belly Up" threads!!! Now don't get me wrong here, no one could be more thankful for the overwhelming support, prayers, and outpouring of love that was shown to me, and indeed showed to most of us what this village and it's citizens can be and often is. A wonderful place.............. But do you have any idea what it's like to be the "subject" of such a......uh,I dunno.....an EVENT? It is a relief not to hold such a dubious record as "most postings on one subject." I will be eternally grateful and thankful to all of you, but bless you all for making the "Tavern" a "happening." Interesting that both threads started as a result of a crisis...........ah, hell, let the sociologists figure it out...... Set'em up for everyone who comes in today on me!!! I feel like a weight has been lifted.........Drink up friends......... Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Lady McMoo Date: 10 Aug 99 - 10:40 AM Well many thanks Spaw, I'll take some of the black Irish stuff! Cheers |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Art Thieme Date: 10 Aug 99 - 10:41 AM What a sleazy hole in the wall place this is! These people can't be up to anything wholesome. I just stopped in here to refill the condom machine. (The only job I can get lately.)
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Lady McMoo Date: 10 Aug 99 - 10:53 AM And can't you put something a bit tastier in there this time. The last batch was too chewy by half! mcmoo |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Roger the zimmer Date: 10 Aug 99 - 10:54 AM bbc,shh! I told you to keep quiet about the coffee machine, the boss doesn't know about it, I was moonlighting, it fell off the back of a white van, know what I mean? Love the scarf and earrings,Art, are you doing the fortune telling? BTW, "Jim", that was the chewing gum machine you were filling, the condom machine is over there, looks like you need a coffee, have a dash of Metaxas in it on me. When Llanfair gets here we'll try to get our tongues round Sospan Fach [ oh, Gawd, have I given Catspaw an opening there?]. Next time Mick lifts his head above the black stuff tell him there are some good socialist songs on the Liberator site, but then he probably knows them all. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: MMario Date: 10 Aug 99 - 10:56 AM Hey WOW! Y'know, I just popped into the mensroom? They have these really neat balloon dispensers in there! Is the magic caffiene machine self serve? It's got more buttons and controls on it then my nephews videogame center, not sure I can figure it out....wait, yup, that's it...nope, maybe this one....okay, quadruple expresso-mocha comin' up! yesssssss.... I'm just gonna sit over here for a while. Will it bother anyone if I rehearse a few lyrics? Got a big audition coming up Saturday. MMario |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: catspaw49 Date: 10 Aug 99 - 11:03 AM Hey Mario....nobody cares...go ahead and rehearse those lyrics..........just none of that jumpin' shit....the gold coins are nice, but you're tearin' the hell out of concrete blocks around here and Leej is pitchin' a fit! ....Balloons???.....BALLOONS?????..........Well damn, no wonder...I thought that was about the WORST chewing gum I ever tasted!!! ... Lasted a long while though................. Balloons,huh?.......guess that joke was on me. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Rick Fielding Date: 10 Aug 99 - 11:22 AM This is why I stopped singing in bars. I think I'll join the Unitarian Church! Rick |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: MMario Date: 10 Aug 99 - 11:25 AM I was a jolly sailor and I fell into the sea And when I reached the bottom the ship was far away *gotta remember that's "sae" not "see"* I was a jolly sailor and I fell into the sea And when I reached the bottom the ship was far away I lost my nerve completely. and by god i'd not be here if a decent little seahorse hadn't whispered in my ear Swim out, O' Grad-y you have no time to spare You're standed on the billow twenty miles from anywhere! If you don't mind your manners there will be one vacant chair So swim out, O' Grady, swim out! *need more caffiene* |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Roger the zimmer Date: 10 Aug 99 - 11:30 AM Give that man some pusser's rum! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: bbc Date: 10 Aug 99 - 12:15 PM Well, I see you're all settling in nicely. See, as you've seen, the new super-machine *is* self-serve. Knock yourselves out! (Sorry, Roger!) I'm still glad to do table service for those who need a little extra attention. anybody seen Doug lately? catspaw, I second your thoughts on the thread numbers. I'd rather be in the Tavern than the hospital anyday! BTW, make sure you don't swallow that stuff from the vending machines or you may end up there!!! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: catspaw49 Date: 10 Aug 99 - 12:17 PM Uh-Oh................ Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: MMario Date: 10 Aug 99 - 12:38 PM *walking the long way around 'Spaw to get to the magical caffiene machine* Did you realize that if you punch enough buttons this stuff comes out almost like caffiene fudge? bbc? could I have one of those frozen waffles? I'm gonna make me a frozen mocha cappachino sandwich!
As downward I was sinking to old ocean's coral caves
Oh Swim out O'Grady, before I run yer in |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: bbc Date: 10 Aug 99 - 02:04 PM Hey, MM, would you make me one, too? That's sounds good & I'm pretty hungry! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: MMario Date: 10 Aug 99 - 02:29 PM I'd do anything, for you, dear, anything, for you mean... ooops! sorry, wrong song! Here's your deluxe frozen mocha capachino waffle sandwich, bbc! *garnished with just a wee teensy bit of brandied whip cream (on the side)*
I met a whale out walking, he was fat and full of fun
Oh swim out, O'Grady, you take me for a flat?
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: MMario Date: 10 Aug 99 - 04:33 PM Oh when I reached the bottom where the pearls were growing thick What should loom up before me but another shipwrecked Mick? She was a short and fiery red-head and a tear was in her eye But when I reached an oyster she had strength enout to cry
Oh swim out, O'Grady, this is no place for ye! I'd just like another one of those waffle/caffiene sannnnwiches pleese! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: bbc Date: 10 Aug 99 - 05:12 PM Mmmmmmmm...that tasted great, MM! I think I've got enough energy for the rest of my shift now! I think you'd better stop at two, though. Something between the caffeine & that brandy whipped cream makes for a pretty potent combo! Hey, guys, you oughta try these!!! Whip up your own creations in our spiffy new machine & don't forget to pick up your fortune! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Lonesome EJ Date: 10 Aug 99 - 05:14 PM Psst...bbc... better start de-caffeinating MMario's mochas. He said he's got over 200 verses to that song, and plans to increase the tempo on each one. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Llanfair Date: 10 Aug 99 - 05:21 PM Hi, how are you all? I've seen the words to Sospan Fach, and I can tell you how to pronounce them, but I'm not 100% sure what they mean. I'll have a frothy coffee from the new machine, please (os gwelwch yn dda). What exactly is latte, I don't think we have it here. Anybody singing yet? I've just been looking at the photos, what a good looking, jolly bunch of people I get to talk to these days. Is Max very young, or does he go to the gym a lot, with a plastic surgeon as a close personal friend? Iwish I could meet everyone, and if I hear of ANYONE being in Wales and not visiting me, Ishall be very, very cross. Hwyl, Bron. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Bill D Date: 10 Aug 99 - 05:45 PM well, llanfair..we DID have a Mudcatter visiting Wales just last month..Lorriane doesn't post often, and I think her family's whirlwind tour kept them from searching out folk..*smile*..(but we DID get a grand report on the beauty of the country...and some WOWs about the roads with stone walls on each side, leaving only inches of room when passing trucks/lorries) and while I'm here, I'll have a Welsh beer!.St. David's Porter from Felinfoel brewery..yum!....and maybe belt out a verse of "Old Time Religion" thet Art's post reminded me of..
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: catspaw49 Date: 10 Aug 99 - 11:25 PM Oh Gawd...whadda' day........bbc ain't around is she? She's after my ass....wants to beat the tar out of me in the jello pit......and I'm still all stove up from Jeri and that damn catapult. Just left that 100 Best thread and I'm really losin' it......Man I hate those things........Ineed a monster brew here Leej...don't matter what.....Hey Bill, glad to see you, you old curmudgeon....I'm lookin' forward to the FSGW man...........GREAT BREW LEEJ.......it's what??? Look I'll check you all later.........Do I hear bbc????.......Whoa Mama...gotta' go guys......... Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Jeri Date: 10 Aug 99 - 11:40 PM Don't blame me, you're the one that put your butt in that catapult - I just thought it would be fun to send you for a loop for a change! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: catspaw49 Date: 10 Aug 99 - 11:54 PM Just wait til DC.......we're gonna' do some loops alright...oh,yeah...you can bet some old whizzed in Army boots on that!!!!! Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: ddw Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:20 AM Did anybody notice that right after the name of this thread in the REPLY thingy it says HELP. Wonder why..... :-) ddw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: bbc Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:31 AM Hey, Bron! Nice to see you! Rumor has it Max is 27. I'm not sure about latte, but I think it's coffee & milk mixed together. Can someone field that question? Is catspaw hiding around here somewhere? You can come out, spaw. I couldn't stay mad at you. Let's just sit down at a corner table & have a comparative chat about parenting. I'm sure, after enough time, we can see eye-to-eye or at least glass to glass. Hey, folks, last call for me tonight! Anybody need anything? That new machine sure is fun! LEJ, I guess it helped to limit MM's caffeine intake, although that song was pretty fun! See y'all tomorrow! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Lonesome EJ Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:42 AM OK, a latte is a shot of espresso mixed with steamed milk (no foam). A cappucino is a shot of espresso mixed with steamed milk about 1/3 to 1/2 foam. An Americano is 1 or 2 espresso shots on top of a cup of hot water. Flavorings (amaretto, vanilla, chocolate, hazelnut etc) are often added to caps and lattes. Yes it's true. I own the world's only combination Radioshack/Coffee bar. I'm not kidding, Catspaw. LEJ |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 11 Aug 99 - 02:39 AM Then what in the hell is a mocha? --seed |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Roger the zimmer Date: 11 Aug 99 - 03:51 AM Mornin' all. Tanker load of (can this be correct? That's what it says on the docket), amaretto latte flavour jello? I don't suppose the machine does Greek coffee ( the sort you have to chew at the end)? No? Well I'll have a zesto Nes sketo with a drop of 3-star in it. My God,I can't see anything,it's right , too much alcohol does make you go blind! What eclipse? Oh, that's better, what a shock . I better have a large one to recover.
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Jeri Date: 11 Aug 99 - 08:33 AM BSeed, mocha is chocolate flavored coffee. You can dump some chocolate syrup into a cuppa, or use hot chocolate mix instead of creamer. I'm mildly addicted to iced mocha, with whipped cream on top. Catspaw, was that a threat? Should I tremble in fear? Should I bring my banjo to the Getaway for self-defense? I can't play it very well, which makes it even more dangerous. Maybe I'll just buy a bodhran - I hear there's no waiting period in NH. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: MMario Date: 11 Aug 99 - 09:24 AM Gee, sorry I didn't do the other 196 verses, but I fell asleep right after the second waffle caffiene sandwich... Limiting my caffiene usually puts me into a coma - all brain functions shut down...which is dangerous as I only have a 1/27th share of the communal brain cell as it is... and NOW I find I've forgotten the middle verses to Old Maui....drat! Learn one, forget two...I'd say old age was galloping up on me, except I been this way since I was twelve... MMario |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: catspaw49 Date: 11 Aug 99 - 09:35 AM Morning All........... Yeah, give me one your exotic coffee blends there ... your choice ... not one of the frothy ones though, something stronger ..... Just push the button on the left huh? Okay......this machine's kinda' noisy........HEY, there we go....looks great, smells great........(sip)...(THWUMP)......Hey Zim, help me off the floor here...damn I can't focus..just steady me a minute.........yeah, that's better. LEEJ, What IS this stuff???? Label above the button is awful small.......uh, ..Pan something or 'nother.......PANTHER PISS???? ARE YOU HUFFIN'ME???........Do you serve this up at Radio Shack too? Probably makes the customers ignore the 36/36 warraanty, 36 Feet from the store or 36 Seconds of Operation--Whichever domes first.......Can I just have a glass of grapefruit juice maybe?........So another state with no Bodhran waiting period......It's a tough lobby they've got, but something's got to be done.....All those senseless accidental drummings every year....not to mention the Drive-Bys........Kids are carrying bodhrans to school..........and those bumper stickers drive me nuts...."You Can Have My Bodhran Only After You Pull It From My Cold, Stiff Drunken Fingers"........say what?....we sell them HERE???......figures....... Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Lady McMoo Date: 11 Aug 99 - 10:57 AM Not to mention that modern innovation ... the tuneable bodhran. Hey ...isn't that a contradiction in terms? mcmoo (OK I admit it ...I own one too but homemade and non-tuneable ...but I swear I don't play it ...honest...) |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: bbc Date: 11 Aug 99 - 11:01 AM Hey, catspaw, you already heard about my surprise? Harpgirl & moonchild got together & sent us a couple of cases of grade A Florida grapefruit. We can halve them or squeeze 'em for you! Guess you want yours juiced. Comin' right up! Then, you & I are going to sit down & hash out this mothering business. It's either a chat in the corner or a roll in Roger's amaretto latte (and that's an offer I don't make to just anyone!!!). Which'll it be? LEJ & Jeri, thanks for those detailed coffee definitions. LEJ, how does your Radio Shack coffee machine compare to our new one here? I'd be curious to drop by sometime. Yes, Roger, you got that order right. Our wrestlers' tastes are becoming rather refined around here. Yeah, I heard about that eclipse; you're ok! And, yes, believe it or not, the machine does Greek, Turkish--you name it! Truly incredible what technology will do for you these days! OH, MM, I'm sorry! I didn't realize you had a medical challenge! In future, we'll keep that caffeine coming. We want that 1/27th fully functional! Well, am I up-to-date? OK, who needs help? |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: MMario Date: 11 Aug 99 - 11:24 AM Who needs help? You dare to ask that HERE? There's enough here to keep a psych... Oh, you meant.....*never mind* Cold caffiene, hot caffiene, solid or fluid, with or without carbonation. Caffiene, it's a food group! now, what WAS that parting song I wanted to learn? *mumble*
Silently, silently, see the leaves falling
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Jeri Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:03 PM MM, where's that song from, and what's the tune? The song doesn't appear to be in the database. Bbc, you probably ought to take it easy on 'Spaw - I don't think he can take any more physical exertion, frail and dainty flower that he is. Even the coffee's beating him up now. Folks, I didn't mean to imply bodhrans were inherently evil. "Bodhrans don't kill sessions, people kill sessions." In the hands of the skilled, like our own Barry Finn, they are magnificent, and serve to keep the peace as well as - BAM - kick the music up a notch. In untrained and irresponsible hands such as mine, they are havok-wreaking implements of destruction. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Bert Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:14 PM bbc, gimme a half grapefruit with a slurp of Grand Marnier on it and a Sunday Morning Coffee. Ah! just what I needed. Bert. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: bbc Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:20 PM Hey, Bert, what was that--Sunday morning coffee? Have I missed something? I thought it was Wednesday! Maybe Lonesome'll know. Jeri, I just talked to spaw & he seems to be recovering nicely. He'll love that dainty flower stuff, I'm sure! Yes, MM, I knew I was asking for trouble, but someone had to say it! LEJ, do you have Grand Marnier for Bert? Hey, has anybody seen Big Mick lately? I think he's working too hard again! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Bert Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:26 PM A Sunday morning coffee is coffee with lots of sugar, usually with cream and with a generous slurp of Jim Beam. I know it's Wednesday but I need one NOW! I think Big Mick is on Vacation. Bert. (The greatfroop was delicious) |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: bbc Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:34 PM Gotcha, Bert. Comin' right up! Sure sorry you can't make it to anna's Saturday. I was hoping to see you there! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: MMario Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:38 PM Which song would that be Jeri? Take one of them grapefruit halves, a pinch of brown sugar, some marischino cherries and run it under the broiler until....THAT's just right! Anyone want one while I got the broiler fired up? MMario |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Rick Fielding Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:38 PM Hi there folks. Mornin' MS. Beebs, can I get 2 gallons of caffeine before I start teachin' autoharp and dulcimer? Thank you. Rick |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Jeri Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:51 PM MM, the song you were just singing, that went: "Silently, silently, see the leaves falling Overhead as they fly, hear the geese calling Summer is past, and the warmth ebbs away As light leaves the sky, at the end of the day"
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: MMario Date: 11 Aug 99 - 01:00 PM oh - THAT one.....sorry, it's one I wrote last year. October 6th to be exact... tune not available unless someone is willing to transcribe by ear.... it's not that I'm unwilling to share - I just don't know what notes I'm singing, which makes it very difficult to write down what I'm doing....)(and the only way *I* can transcribe is to count lines on sheet music) which is why it isn't in the DT db. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: bbc Date: 11 Aug 99 - 01:24 PM Hey, Rick! Any special form you want that caffeine in? And is it for here or to go? Hope your day goes well. I hear you're a heck of a good teacher! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Bert Date: 11 Aug 99 - 01:34 PM bbc, I know I'm going to miss you all but I can't get out of this Company picnic. I got 'volunteered' to run a paper aeroplane competition. Sing a song for me out on the dock. Bert. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: bbc Date: 11 Aug 99 - 01:56 PM Wiil do, Bert. Catch you next time! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Jeri Date: 11 Aug 99 - 02:05 PM MM - AHA!!! Absolutely beautiful song! If you had a microphone and a .wav recorder on your computer, you could e-mail me (my address is on bbc's page) a file of you singing or playing the tune, and I could transcribe it in ABC and try to figure out how to do a MIDI. I'd love to learn this! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Rick Fielding Date: 11 Aug 99 - 02:51 PM To Go Beebs, and I appreciate the compliment, but I think I just have great students. Rick |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: MMario Date: 11 Aug 99 - 03:24 PM jeri - if I get a chance will do. have the mic; well - have it around here SOMEWHERE... have the recorder, and should be able to do this.... if you can create the abc I can get a midi out of it.... And if you don't like the tune I made for it, feel free to use another... MMario |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Margo Date: 11 Aug 99 - 04:29 PM Hey 'Spaw, you're supposed to be able to keep the deer out of the garden with panther piss. some people like efficiency, don't want to waste anything! There's a guy in the south selling manure from his sheep as fertilizer for gardening. He packaged it real nice and called it "Baa Baa Doo", and is doing quite nicely thank you. Some gardeners put manure on their strawberries, I use cream and sugar. I yi yi. I do need a double espresso..... Margarita |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: MMario Date: 11 Aug 99 - 04:30 PM Jeri - It's done and according to your pet Daemon you've recieved it. Pardon the quality. Hope you enjoy. Yikes! I'm late for rehearsal! Gotta run! *shakes head**she has a daemon answering her mail?*
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Jeri Date: 11 Aug 99 - 05:35 PM I didn't know there was a daemon there, but it seems a common name for internet machines. Maybe because of the way they act. You think that's funny, my news server is named 'ratbert.' I like the tune, it's got a kind of sing-song quality, as if you're sitting on a front porch swing or in a rocking chair, gazing out at the end of summer and feeling sad and hopeful at the same time. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Dave Swan Date: 11 Aug 99 - 07:20 PM Lordy, lordy, I have been gone too long. I hardly recognize the place. It's going to take hours to unroll this ball of thread. What's that bottle with the faint blue tint and the nice picture of Queen Victoria ? Oh, yes please, some of that, a mere whisper of vermouth and two of those onions, please. I'm hungy. Now, if there's anything like a quite corner I'll attempt to repair my shattered nerves. Cheers, E.S. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Dave Swan Date: 11 Aug 99 - 07:21 PM uh...that's quiet. QUIET! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: DougR Date: 11 Aug 99 - 07:28 PM bbc: I checked out the pictures taken at your get-together. It appears everyone is having a great time and it would have been fun to be there. Since the shadows are lengthening out here on the desert cocktail time is drawing near. A nice Vodka Martini without Vermouth on the rocks would fill the bill nicely, thank you. DougR |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: katlaughing Date: 11 Aug 99 - 08:03 PM MMario: if you take 15 minutes to download Mediaring, you can sing it, directly into your computer, and send it to her in an email, whether she has the program or not. See this thread for a link and more. It is a piece of cake to do. Really easy. If you read my last posting on that thread, you will see how easy. The person receiving does NOT have to have the program to receive your singing email! Just think of it! Mudders everywhere sending their voices to one another, rising up in song and camaraderie!Whoo-Hoo!! YeeeeHaw! katlaughingzealously! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Jeri Date: 11 Aug 99 - 08:18 PM Kat the program looks like it might be fun. I got MMario's tune just fine. I shouldn't have any problems with the actual notes, but time signatures always mess me up. Too bad there wasn't some sort of internet conference call where we could share tunes & songs real time. I wonder if NetMeeting does that. I've got it on my computer, but I've never used it. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: jon a Date: 11 Aug 99 - 08:33 PM Hi folks, Missed a few days as I've just had nearly a week living in a field in Cornwall,came back yesterday to avoid all the traffic caused by the total eclipse today, boy do I NEED a drink! Whoever's doing the bar right now, I'll have some of that nice mead, cornish or moniac castle please; don't bother with the little glass, a pint one will do... Oh, and you can leave the bottle if you would! Gotta make the best of tonight,probably the last time I'll be around for a couple of weeks as I am off to Ireland tommorrow night, first to Boyle where I hope to go to some big cehli to commemorate the battle of the curlius 400 years ago, as well as the battle on the sunday, then it,s a holiday for a few days, that will be a novelty. Think I better have another drink, I am sore afraid that after tommorrow, people are going to start trying to force black liquid down my throat, never did like it! "Oh Danny boyyy! etc. etc. This second bottle seems to have relaxed me so, Boingggg! "Time for bed" said Zebedee. I'll be back at the tavern when I return, if its still open, meanwhile have a drink on me folks! Jon |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: katlaughing Date: 11 Aug 99 - 09:01 PM Jeri, I think it might be possible with Mediaring. I just haven't explored all of the possibilities, yet. Maybe Alison knows. Jon A. have a good time! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Bill D Date: 11 Aug 99 - 10:02 PM Mediaring...one MORE reason to get into WIN95-98 finally..*sigh*...I guess this fall. Put this old machine in the auction as an antique!! *grin*... But it will STILL do tricks for me when I beg it.. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: katlaughing Date: 11 Aug 99 - 10:10 PM Oh, BillD. that is so pathetic....how many hamsters died just so you could make a purty picture?**BIG GRIN** Don't you think it is time to let them outta that cage, anyway?? Go for the new rig...think of all the hamsters who won't die of heart failure just to keep you on line! Oh, well, it was still a pretty picture!*smile* katlaughing&kidding, really! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Bill D Date: 11 Aug 99 - 10:22 PM kat...*grin*..those hamsters are bony-fide volun-teers! Any who die on the job get a hero's burial in a Pringles can...with a 21 kazoo salute. Those who are still with me after the BIG transition will be put out to pasture (or stud, whichever they prefer!), performing only an 'occasional' Hamster dance when clicked by a Mudcat Mouse...(that oughta get the taxonimists working overtime!) (the silly colors are just a javascript generated program I found WAY back in storage on my drive...you type the message, choose font size and color or B&W, and it spits out a piece of HTML to cut & paste!)...could be VERY deadly in the wrong hands, huh? *eyes gleaming* |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: katlaughing Date: 11 Aug 99 - 10:38 PM Okay, Bill, I guess I won't call out the PETA-Patrol! Sounds like a neat program. kat |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Susan A-R Date: 11 Aug 99 - 10:57 PM Got a nice dark draft up there, Sam Adams or something? I'm headed into a Dim Sum sampler tomorrow, lots of food, long hours, fun, but exhausting. Say, how was that eclipse? Did anyone step out of the tavern to look? Well, have to get back and print out some work related stuff. Say, I'm doing a column on food and music for a newsletter here in Vermont. Anyone got any good food and music stories? Also, anyone mind if I use the Tavern as an exampe of the mixed obsessions with food/drink/music? (I guess I'd best not mention possum obsessions.) Well, off to the work side of the computer. Susan |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: MMario Date: 11 Aug 99 - 11:09 PM I'll have to look into the mediaring....was assuming it was similair to some of the other programs that don't work behind my "educational" firewall and content filter,(known affectionately by me as "Evil Queen Bess") but if it can be e-mailed to anyone with an address.... the wav file got through though...
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: alison Date: 11 Aug 99 - 11:23 PM it works fine for voice mail....talking one on one is good too.... don't think it can conference though.... |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Big Mick Date: 11 Aug 99 - 11:24 PM Door flies open and the big fella strolls in............Hello folks, sorry I been away, on vacation this week and next and I am day tripping and doing all kinds of stuff. bbc, me love, could I get an order of be bim bop (korean version of mulligan stew) and a jar of Uncle Arthur's finest???? And start the second one as soon as you deliver the first.........it has to have time to boil, don't ya know?.........What??..........I have six little girls in the house driving me nuts, just got done with a bonfire and s'mores and me singing and playing the Baby Taylor...........Yes, the little urchins made me sing The *^&%$#@#^&*^&%% Unicorn Song.......Love those girls, but I hate it when they make me sing that damn song.......Huh, Blessings Barbara???........Oh, yeah, the Baby Taylor is fine. My luthier at Elderly, one Scott Gierman, glued her back together for a lousy $24.00 as good as new...............And haven't I had a helluva night and day......Started out last night at The Fenian Pub in Conklin, MI.......Huh????????.......that is the question isn't it?........Where the hell is Conklin, MI???.....Well, you just drive North and west out of Grand Rapids until you see the Grain Elevator and there you are. Three streets, a grain elevator, general store and the Fenians Pub.........Who was playing?.......Sit down folks, but the Black Family came in and wasn't Francis Black in fine voice? And Shay, Martin and Michael as well. Today the five of us paid a call to Elderly Instruments and played about every instrument in the joint. Fiddles, Lowdens, Octave Mandolins, bodhrans, low whistles......and the lads bought about 15 CD's.............I gotta tell ya, these are fine people, and what talent..........Hey Dan Milner, they are headed your way. They are at The Ark tonight, then to Virgina, then Long Island. Francis has a gig at the Lincoln Center with Doc Watson...........Been a good day....now I got to get back to these 7 year old women, I don't know if I will survive this.......One song before I go??.......OK........ Where, oh where is our James Connolly? Where, oh where is that gallant man? He's gone to organize the Union, That working men, they might yet be free. Then who, oh who, will lead the van Then who, then who, will lead the van? Who, but our James Connolly, The hero of the working man Who will carry high the burning flag? Who will carry high the burning flag? Who but our James Connolly Will carry high the burning flag. Oh they carried him, up to the jail Oh they carried him up to the jail And they shot him down on a bright May morning And quickly laid him in his gore |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Big Mick Date: 11 Aug 99 - 11:37 PM Oh, jazus, but I almost left without paying homage to THE FAIR ONE. How you doin', object of my cyber dreams??? I am still pursuing this lovely woman across the cyber hills and dales, now that I am off that damn velcro wall.......and Koko has repaired to the woods.......maybe she's back after Fielding, with any luck.........now THE FAIR ONE I am trying out this new technique called LISTENING. Go ahead and give it a try, ...........oh yeah, I will be irrestible to you, right DougR????........OK, I am all ears.........did I tell you the one about......OK, OK, I will shut up..........bbc, another order of be bim bop........yeah, I will shut up and listen.........mind if I play the bodhran while you talk......no, no, I will hear every word you say...........Put that griddle down, THE FAIR ONE, and take those hands off your hips........shite, run for your life boys, DougR, help, .............I need help........Oh no, she's gone for her uillean pipes..........we are all screwed now.......shit.......... |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: catspaw49 Date: 11 Aug 99 - 11:44 PM Well Hi Group.........I guess I missed Susan huh? I see that El Swanno was in earlier too! I got myself tied up on that "Confused of Beccles" thread and thought I'd never get away...........Then again, this place is getting to be like a Chamber of Horrors for me anymore...............Jeri and that damn catapult liked to killed me.....bbc beat the crap outta' me in the jello pit, just 'cause I was trying to help David a bit......and is that Liberian Lager still on tap? The stuff made me drive the porcelain bus for hours last night..........THEN that panther piss coffee this morning..........How about a nice Jack and Coke tonight...and hold the Coke....Hey, know how to sink a Liberian Tanker.....yeah, you got it....Put it in the WATER!!!....... So Bill, what are the hamsters gonna' do if you buy a new one?.......A hamster STUD SERVCE??? .....Yeah, I could see that.......I could see it better if I was a hamster........I sent Rita a message but I don't know if she got it,,,,,,,,Does your message gizmo thing on the 'Cat work???..Well anyway....... Seen Jeri?............Nice crack about the flower...Actually maybe if I was a flower....hhmmmm....I think I'd be a thistle.........beautiful bloom, but generally a sharp edged pain in the ass.......... Think I'll amble home for awhile......the Possum wants me to post a thread for him.........Seems as though bbc's son David said he can't have his own picture page unless he's a member...and he wants a picture page of his own....but how do you get him a membership...Hell, he's an icon of the Mudcat........Well.... See y'all later..........I can't believe it.....I'm getting outta' here without being hur... (THWUMP).......can I get a hand here?.............I knew it was too good to be true.....ALRIGHT, WHO LEFT THE FREAKIN' BODHRAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AISLE HERE????..........gawd, whadda' place........... Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Dave Swan Date: 11 Aug 99 - 11:46 PM bbc, may I please have the same as Big Mick ? I've been thinking about the velcro wall, and I think there's a money maker here. If two people are launched simultaneously, the possibilities beome really interesting. Bidding for spots on the tandem catapult? Wagering on outcomes once two are on the wall? Buying time on the wall as the target? Hmmmmm. E. S. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: catspaw49 Date: 11 Aug 99 - 11:51 PM ........How'd I miss Mick slippin' in.....Damn, I get to talkin' an...........well, at least that explains the stupid Bodhran........night Mick, but man watch where you leave that thing.......Beccles thread seems to have me rambling a lot tonight..........Later, Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Dave Swan Date: 11 Aug 99 - 11:55 PM So here I am bumping my gums while ol' buddy 'spaw is getting whumped by a bodhran. O. K. pal, do this: Get disentangled, turn the drum skin side up, now slip just a little bit as you stand, falling hard enough to drive your knee through the head,apologizing for your clumsy stupidity just as your knee makes contact with the floor. They'll think it's an accident every single time. I know. I'm married to a bodhran player. E. S. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: bbc Date: 12 Aug 99 - 12:16 AM Oh, Dave, you're a bad one! PJ'll get you for that! Hey, Mick, good to see you! I didn't know you liked Korean food! I'll bring your bibim bap right over. Like a little kimchi on the side? Did you know I lived in Korea for a year? Come over to my house sometime & I'll make you my homestyle bulgogi & kim bap. Just let me know when. Better get your second lesson from Doug on listening, Mick. That didn't go too well w/ alison! Is catspaw still in here? I guess I need to have another word with him. There were no witnesses to that supposed jello pit encounter. It's his word against mine. Who're you going to believe? OK, that's a free drink for MM & Dave. How about the rest of you? Oh, & about that 'possum, I guess he just needs a name & maybe an email address to join? What do you think? Boy, tough day! LEJ had me in the back room, going through inventory. It's a real hassle to keep track of stuff, when you keep as large a stock of food & drink as we do here! Yep, Mick, your second order of bibim bap is coming right out. For you non-Korean folks, "bap" means rice. Everybody ok? I'm about to go off-shift. See you tomorrow! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Lonesome EJ Date: 12 Aug 99 - 01:00 AM Hey Big Mick, I saw a Roger Smith epic the other day that made me think of you. You remember Roger? He's the guy that did the movie about GM shutting down the plant in Flint Michigan that put thousands out of work. He specializes in confronting the management of mega corporations with the actual impact of their "profit maximization" schemes. Very much a Union Man. Anyhow, try this one. Storming Heaven
Jacob (A) El-(G)der (D) is my (A) name
Gray-suited man from American Coal
Took my wife and our baby son
CHO: You're close to (D) Hell
So here's a toast to the Working Man, and a round for everyone on the house.
LEJ |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: alison Date: 12 Aug 99 - 01:35 AM Hi Mick, Nice to see you back... good news on the pipe front... my pipemaker has got them all fixed up and soon as I pay him.. I'll get them back... he says they sound great....... he hasn't heard me play them though...... I'll have some of that korean stew please... and a dollop of champ on the side. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Roger the zimmer Date: 12 Aug 99 - 04:06 AM Lively crowd you had in there yesterday, LEJ/bbc, I suspect caffeine intake was too high so in tribute to harpgirl & moonchild the boss sent me over with a tanker full of grapefruit jello, thinks it'll calm everyone down.Little does he know. No more deliveries till Monday so I've brought a double load. Baps means rice eh? In parts of Wales and W.Midlands it means a round bread roll (like a hamburger bun in shape), otherwise called barm cakes in the North West (Coronation St country) and cobs in other parts of the Midlands ....[this thread is creeping in seriously silly directions, Roger, drink your coffee & get on with the deliveries] OK, I'll have a Greek frappe, sketo with a 3 star on the side. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: alison Date: 12 Aug 99 - 07:48 AM Roger, They're baps in Belfast too...... really confuses the Aussies when you ask what they want in their bap, or better still in their "piece"...... |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Roger the zimmer Date: 12 Aug 99 - 09:13 AM Just before I check into the Neal Young home for my weekend rehab make sure there's a six-pack of ice cold Fosters for John of Brisbane for all those tunes he's been posting, from those of a technical and musical bent who can understand them, and those who can't like me but just applaud the work load. [jeez, Rog, almost got serious there, you definitely need the therapy. Well at least I'm not talking to myself. Well, I am but I'm not listening]. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: bbc Date: 12 Aug 99 - 09:57 AM 'Morning, folks! Let's see, Roger, were we s'posed to eat that grapefruit jello or roll around in it? Oh, I see, we have enough to do both! Good for the pores I think, Jeri. We need something fairly bland as an accompaniment to that. Do we have anyone able & willing to step into the kitchen & whip up a batch of scones or maybe some of those baps? Lower your voice when you talk about caffeine, Rog. Some of the folks are kind of sensitive on that subject. MM has *needs*, you know? Thanks for everything; we'll see you on Monday. OK, who needs something? What's that from the little guy in the corner? 'Possum feed? Don't get much call for that. I'll have to check in the back. Hold on. (Somebody keep an eye on him! There's been talk of a rabies outbreak locally.) |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: MMario Date: 12 Aug 99 - 11:31 AM Someone mentioned caffiene? It's okay, I had a couple quarts before I came in...and have another pot perking now. Did anyone notice the little lever on the lower right of the miracle-machine? you twist it to the left and push down and it delivers chocolate covered expresso beans!!! [yum! go great on top of hot fudge sundae with coffee ice cream] But be careful! When it's twisted to the right before pushing down it serves something that APPEARS to be asphalt-covered possum pellets. Odd - last night I kept dreaming about this little old lady and a mine full of ghosts....and this possum-ghost all dressed up in a little possum-tux playing the wedding march on a fiddle.... must be because I skipped my bedtime cup of coffee...
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: bbc Date: 12 Aug 99 - 12:29 PM Yeah, MM, would you help me keep an eye on that short customer in the corner booth? I don't want any complaints about 'possum pellets in the grapefruit jello. catspaw, *is* he house-trained?!!! Yes, MM, I notice, lately, that I'm having Mudcat dreams, too. Unfortunately, mine aren't all that interesting. I was trying to put together photo pages for alison & Big Mick, but I didn't have a good picture of Mick. Cap't Bob, can you help me w/ that one? Boy, you'd think I could, at least, be in the Tavern! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Lonesome EJ Date: 12 Aug 99 - 01:28 PM Man this thread is moving along. Round 6 is already nearly filled. It must be the espresso. Thank goodness we got the bathroom in Round 5! We did acquire another Beatnik for Round 6. Let's have a big round of applause for Mr Lawrence Ferlinghetti, as he performs the introduction to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales .
" Whan that Aprill with his shoures sote Actually, we've got so many Beats now there's no room in their booth, and they keep dragging additional tables and chairs over there. This is creeping out some of the patrons, since they are invisible to everyone but me, Neil, and possibly Art. Maybe we can add a small adjoining room for them when we get to Round 7. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: MMario Date: 12 Aug 99 - 02:10 PM Ah silly pug, wert thou so sore afraid? Morn not my wit, nor be thou so dismayed It passeth fickle fortunes pow'r and skill To force my heart to see thee any ill
No fortune base, thou say'st shall alter thee
Fortune I know, sometimes doth conquer Kings [with gratitude to Her Most Gracious Majesty Elizabeth Tudor,Regina] Just found out I cannot and probably will not ever be able to use MediaRing. Drat. Double Drat! I'll take a double Scotch Heather Slushy with a side of chocolate expresso beans and a frozen waffle cappachinno sandwich, please. oh. And a grapefruit jello.
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Bert Date: 12 Aug 99 - 02:37 PM And bathed every veyne in swich licour |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: bbc Date: 12 Aug 99 - 02:53 PM Well, MM, here's your order, but I added some Tums on the side. I don't see how you can eat a combo like that & survive! Oh, well, drown your sorrows in these chocolate-covered coffee beans. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: DougR Date: 12 Aug 99 - 03:24 PM Big Mick: I just read your post from yesterday. You ARE having a time of it, aren't you? Well, it appears you are heeding my admonition to "listen" (sort of) but you also have got to accept that "Some Days are Diamonds..." DougR |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: MAG (inactive) Date: 12 Aug 99 - 03:38 PM Real grapefruit doesn't jell; must be that stuffthat comes outta the box. bc, I'll rooch around and have one of them tree-ripened Florida grapefruits -- that, and just-ripe mangoes are about hte only thing I miss about the 3 years in Miami. Is there a side room where I can practice my (Andean) kena? I love it, and am learning off a video - I can get a tone out of it, and that's about it. Tight curl, upper lip, over the notch. MA |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: bbc Date: 12 Aug 99 - 03:57 PM MAG, you just make yourself at home! You can practice in that room we're getting ready for the boss' literary cronies. We're soundproofing it, just to be safe. Hi, Doug! Can I get you something? If you're around long enough, I may stop by for some fatherly advice on my break. OK? |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: DougR Date: 12 Aug 99 - 04:33 PM bbc: As you see by my message to Big Mick, I'm quick on the trigger when it comes to fatherly advice. I'll just have a cup of black coffee for now, bbc, I've got a little work to do this afternoon and need my wits about me. Later I'll order the harder stuff. DougR |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: bbc Date: 12 Aug 99 - 04:38 PM Coffee it is, my friend. Comin' right up. I'll be by later for the advice! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: alison Date: 12 Aug 99 - 09:51 PM exactly what sort of photos of Mick and I are you looking for? jelly wrestling? |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Susan A-R Date: 12 Aug 99 - 09:52 PM Hmmm, loks like it's a bit quiet in here, Say, what's that possum doing eating bibmibap?? Ah well, at least he has taste. I'm ready for a beer and a burger, oh and some of those hot spicy fries please while you are at it. If I see a steamed dumpling, baked chinese bun, spicy green bean or peanut noodle, I shall completely lose my appetite. Oh, and is there anyone who wants to start a song? I'm in that usual end of the day state where I can't think of one, but I'd sure love to sing along on harmony on one.
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: bbc Date: 12 Aug 99 - 09:56 PM Sorry to be disappointing, alison. They were individual photos. The problem was, I was looking, but I couldn't find one of Mick. You, of course, looked lovely! Can I get you something? |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: alison Date: 12 Aug 99 - 11:36 PM I'll have a tea thanks.. weak and white... like my men *grin* what's wrong with the photo of him you already have? |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: bbc Date: 13 Aug 99 - 12:26 AM Tea comin' up, alison! The photo I have of Mick in real life is just fine. It was only in the dream that I was frustrated. I kept looking & looking & couldn't find what I needed. Ever have that experience? |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: katlaughing Date: 13 Aug 99 - 12:41 AM MMario...was it really a dream? I heard there's a pretty lonesome old lady and a phanton phiddler over in some story thread, and some girl who walked through a wall and now is in pitch black mine innardsshe said with a plaintive sigh for the orphan thread.:-) Ah, well.....back to the ol' amaretto and sour, please, bbc, Thanks. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: MMario Date: 13 Aug 99 - 09:12 AM What is life but a waking dream? And what be dreams but our lives as our other selves have lived? For if you do not dream, then live you shall not, but only exist. I hear the little girl has left the mine. I am tantilized by the scent of lily-of-the valley and wonder wherefrom doth it issue? Mayhaps one or more of the old-timers whose grand-daddies worked the mine will tell us - over in that there thread.
I seem to be suffering from personality overlap this morn. Perchance would a gentle hereabout have a potion that would clear my wit and straighten my...*ouch!* Hey! MIND! I was going to say MIND! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: Neil Lowe Date: 13 Aug 99 - 10:09 AM MM...care to join Kerouac, Cassady, Ferlinghetti and me for a little taste? On me. Sounds like you'd fit right in with us - that may be more of a liability than an asset; depends on your point of view....bbc, when you get a moment, please? Thank you. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6 From: MMario Date: 13 Aug 99 - 03:06 PM nIEL - BE GLAD TO JOIN YOU! wAIT A MINUTE, okay, that's better! However, I'm on the run - hiding out from the Queen's Guards, so meet me at the new tavern location Everyone grab on and here we gooooooo................! |
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