Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning

Subject: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Peter T.
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 05:28 PM

In the nearby glen the Morris Dancers are practicing, the redwing blackbirds are staking out new territory, and the sun is peeking out to see if all is ready. Perhaps it is time to clean out the Mudcat Tavern from the winter blahs, and prepare it for a frolicksome springtime. Well, let us get our little pail of water and our brushes, and quietly open the door to our friendly little home away from home.....
AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

well, not too bad considering.... Anyone for a drink before we roll up the old sleevaroonies?
yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Sorcha
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 05:31 PM

I think we better just get to work scrubbing, and save the hooch for later. I'm scrubbing the Jello Pit, as personal penance. Somebody find the rubber gloves?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: wysiwyg
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 05:37 PM

Can't clean worth a damn, but cook for the crew? You bet!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Mbo
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 05:39 PM

Tune time! Tune time!

Kylebrack Rambler...here I come!

YEAH!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Homeless
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 05:41 PM

I've got a shovel and broom in the back of my van... I'll bring them in and give a hand here for a few minutes. Say, is that nickelodeon still around and working? I think I'd like to hear a Wild Asparagus song to get my energy up.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Sorcha
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 05:42 PM

Mbo is not allowed in here! He has to go pack and get ready to go to Raliegh tomorrow, bright and early, with maps and compasses and directions and garb and money and MUSIC! All together now: OUT MBO!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: roopoo
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 05:43 PM

I got a set of drain rods. Can I be of use?

mouldy

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Sorcha
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 05:45 PM

Drain rods, YES! Git on down here in the Pit, my man, and rod this thing out!Are you a creative rodder????And Mbo, I'll play all the waltzes you want, AFTER we get a report on the Faire!!!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Peter T.
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 05:48 PM

Did I mention how much easier it is to clean when you get out of your wet clothes?
yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: wysiwyg
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 05:52 PM

OK, gang, hold the door for me.... here's tonight's feed... all you can eat, set to keep warm, help yourselves and last one wash the pot.

Black bean chili with smoked peppers and fresh 'maters (your choice, meatless or with ground venison)

Jalapeno corn bread with cheese sauce on the side

Spinach and mixed greens salad with honey-poppyseed dressing

And... all the fresh, cold Pennsyltucky spring water you care for.

Mbo, one serving for you and OUTTA here!! Take pictures PLEEEEZE!!!!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Barky
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 05:54 PM

Tall, beautiful 34-but-looks-15 year old walks in with her case... "Any one want some trumpet music, or should I get to work cleaning?"

~Barky

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Kara
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 05:55 PM

the grub sounds great but the spring water sounds a bit fresh.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Homeless
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 05:57 PM

Fix me a double of the Pennsyltucky water, but I'll have to have it to go... Got some cleaning of my own to do tonight. I may stop back later to reclaim my broom.
Mbo - take care, have fun, learn things.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: wysiwyg
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 05:57 PM

Kara,

Yepp-er, just fetched it. Goes down tickling!!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Mbo
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 05:58 PM

Hey, it's still early! I wanna play MUSIC! Sorry, no garb...I ain't got any! And it's too late to worry about that now! I wonder if they'd accept a Highland pipe chanter...it sounds medieval-y!

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Kara
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 06:02 PM

What do you clean with a highland pipe chanter

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Mbo
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 06:05 PM

Oooh, hey Barky girl! Leave the scrubbing to us drudges! Talent shouldn't be wasted....can ye play "Rockin' In Rhythm"? (My favorite Duke Ellington tune!)

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Barky
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 06:09 PM

"No prob" *takes out old felt bowler hat that mysteriously appeared after last night's tavern run, and takes it with her to the stool like thing that was left there last night and sits*.

~Barky

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: catspaw49
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 06:13 PM

hey...The joints lookin' better already!!!......Think I can get a Jack and ..THWAPP......geeziz Sorcha, I was just wantin' a little one an...FFWWUUUMMMMMP.........Damn Praise..........Now look here...Y'all are doin' a great job and Meebo's packin' and if I might have a taste of Jack I cou...KKAAAWWWWWHHHAAAMMMMMMMMMM...........peter?...can you get me up off the floor here so I can.......What's this?.....A scrubbrush? ......Peter I can't use a brush to stand up and these women keep knockin' the hell outta' me........Say what? ........I need to be helpin' huh??........What if I'm tired and I don't want to be cleanin' right now?.....TTHHHWWWWUUMMPPP...FFWWAAAPPP...POW.....WWHHAAMMMMOOOO....................got a bucket?................

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: skarpi
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 06:15 PM

Hallo all who´s cleaning who? The man from the land of Ice and fire walks in to the Tavern. Komið þið sæl og blessuð, hvernig væri að fá einn Guinnes????.OH I forgot to speak English, how about one Guinnes is there a dust on it? Well folks the spring is coming here In Iceland and my band is on the track again and I am happy. Oh if you find Icelandic Brennivín bottle let know it should be from sometime in the winter, dusty. I am having some fun tonight at my home listing to folk music and some blues a good mix. All the best skarpi Iceland.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: wysiwyg
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 06:15 PM

Hey Spaw, food first!!!!!

Gotta keep BODY and soul together now...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Mbo
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 06:18 PM

And do you maybe possibly know "South Rampart Street Parade." I love Dixieland Jazz...

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: katlaughing
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 06:39 PM

Hey, Spaw! Come help me clean up all the litter we kicked up out back in the garden, willya? There, now, look at these gorgeous daffodils I found. Mmmmmm, they smell SO good and look so cheerful. Plenty of 'em...let's see, I'll put some in this old Guinness bottle over here on the bar, some back there behind it against the mirror, oh, yeah, and the ladies room, too. You gents want any posies in your water closet?

Keep the windows open and let's get some of that fresh air and sunshine in here. Nice breeze that...I can just smell the salt on the air. Anyone know if the Mudcat ship/sloop/barque(?) is coming in soon? Won't they be surprised!?

PeterT, don't you have a birthday sometime soon? I know Shambles does.

Oh this is looking lovely. Now, Spaw, don't forget..the Prom is tomorrow night and nobody is gonna notice that we're old enough to be chaperones! We are dancing, darlin' and we can start practising right here! C'mon everybody, dig into the eats, then work it off with a rollicking dance!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Bradypus
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 06:48 PM

Chanter, nothing. for this job, you need a full set of pipes. Only difference is, instead of blowing, you suck. Three tubes all cleaning at once - or four, if you can keep your fingers on the chanter holes. Keep sucking, Mbo, and we'll soon have this place cleaned up. Who needs an electric vacuum cleaner ???

Bradypus

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Mbo
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 06:58 PM

OH nO! I've become Matt the Human Vacuum Cleaner! kat, there's gonna be a PROM here tomorrow night?! I'm gonna need to find a partner! HELP, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DANCE!!

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 07:21 PM

LEJ pulls up with a load of lumber on the trailer behind his Four-Runner Alright then! I've been talking about adding this deck for outdoor dining pleasure, and by golly I am ready to start! I'll need some help on these post holes... and if any of you are handy with a hammer and a circular saw, sign up here. I got Cedar because I love the way it smells when you cut it, and when the sun warms it after a Spring rain. But before we start.. just one Monopolowa Vodka and Seven Up, please!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Mbo
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 07:29 PM

You got it, EJ! I'm pretty handy with wood construction! Hmmm..I've ripped down a deck once, it'll be fun to put one up! Is there any possible use for a reciprocating saw (SAWZALL!!)? I'm addicted to Sawzalls! Hand me that framing hammer! Now who's gonna play us some DECK RAISIN' music?

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 07:45 PM

Yeah, Mbo, I've got a use for a Sawzall. See that piece of rusted sheet metal? That used to be the fender of the trailer...cut it off before somebody gashes a leg on it. Now, if you'll notice those six empty beer cans...NO DON'T PICK EM UP!...those are the spots for the postholes. We'll need them 24 inches deep, and about 10 inches in diameter. I'll let you start while I finish this... oh, it's gone. One more, bartender, if you please.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Mbo
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 07:52 PM

Can do EJ! Cutting metal RULES!

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 08:22 PM

Sweet Mother of all that is Holy, did I really give that boy a power tool?! Better make the next one a double, my good man. How are the post holes coming? You hit a rock at 17 inches? Well, why did you think I brought the C-4? Here, put on this helmet and stand back...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Barky
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 08:56 PM

I'll tell ya what, Mbo. I'll be your prom partner... I mean, us bein' the youngn's and all... Or maybe Caitrin would be your date, she is older than me...

~Barky

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Mbo
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 09:01 PM

Oh dear...

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 09:28 PM

Lonesome pass me a bloody hammer and I'll give you a hand there mate... Oh thanks for the rum too. Aye, this place will look like a royal palace when its finished... Hmm jello pit looks fresh and ready for filling too; but you'll never get me in there Girls, you would beat me in a flash with just one of yer smiles.(I just turn into jello when they smile at me mates)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: wysiwyg
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 09:31 PM

Oh, Barky, Mbo will have ALL the girls on his arm... let's see, can't forget Ceit, Kate, Chocolate Pi, who am I leaving out? You can be the captain of the Mbo Team! A coterie is better than a girlfriend, Mbo! There's safety in numbers!!!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Mbo
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 09:39 PM

Don't ferget Kelida and Youngest Bob Fan. Maybe the collective Mbo Team can get an ounce of dancing knowledge in this big galoot! But Barky's first chair, all the way!

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: catspaw49
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 09:57 PM

Thank gawd you showed up Leej....I been cleaning for hours and those women are on my ass and beating the hell out of me.......How about a drink?.......Hammer? What kind of a drink is that?.......OKOKOK...I'll work on the deck....just gimmee a beer huh?..thanks........(glug..glug..glug) .....uh,Leej.....like what the hell is this stuff........Wiedemann's?.....They still make this shit? Tastes like Ohio River water with a splash of sewage........uh,hey man, the fockin' cans rusty too..........How the hell long have you had this stuff???...............TWENTY THREE YEARS???? TWENTY THREE GAWDDAMN YEARS??????YOU GIVE ME 23 YEAR OLD FOCKIN' BEER???..........(chugaluggaglugga).........aw ta hell with it, gimmee another one and that box of nails over there................Hey Leej, you goin' to the prom? Got myself all lined up with kat ........I'm going to polish the car tomorrow, oughta' be a top down kinda' nite.......She made me clean up litter for the date, but it'll be worth it.......I figure that's a good time for alison and Mick to get back together too....Cut about 3 inches off the end of this one wouldja'?...........Hey man this has been a great year, captain of the football team and a date with the Prom Queen........couldn't be better, 'cept for these fockin' beers you brought.....Gimmee another one huh..........Thanks.........................

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: wysiwyg
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 10:00 PM

Mbo darlin',

My step-daughter had a whole HS basketball team devoted to her one year. (No leering please, it was just sweet.) Wherever she went, they went. It was so cute. None of them would let any of the others hit on her. She felt totally loved and never pressured-- she just was the sweetheart of the team. That's what I wish for you, Mbo-- a whole gaggle of gal pals. With Ms. Barky the captain.

~Susan~

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Mbo
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 10:09 PM

Man, I'm gonna have to bring the Wizzard records for the Prom! Barky, if you thought "Are You Ready To Rock?" was cool, wait till you hear Roy Wood's (former leader of Wizzard) Big Band '93! Yes! Rockin' '50's-esque numbers with a whole marching brass band on backup! Like...

SEE MY BABY JIVE!

Dance practice starts NOW! Oops..let me unplug my Sawzall...

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Willie-O
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 10:39 PM

I don't actually think that's what Meebo has in mind...what the hell do I know.

Cedar is clearly the best choice for any deck and I've built lots of them. I'm burning cedar slab under a panful of sap right now. Gotta go fire it again. This syruping business is getting pretty old, week 4 or thereabouts--this weekend'll be it fer me.

But for cutting metal (other than nails) I much prefer a metal-cutting wheel in an old skilsaw to shaking my brains out with a sawzall. Might as well use a chainsaw...

Ssprig cleaning, sorry but all I know is how to stay out of the way of it and take stuff to the dump...

Willie-O Still Chained To Boiler...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Mbo
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 10:54 PM

Ah, but nothing equals the raw power of a Sawzall--ease has not much to do with it, it's all the bone-rattling hacking that makes it fun! Especially on nasty little shrubs!

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 11:01 PM

Spew, I mean Spaw, you're not drinking that stuff are you? No, man, that's what we use to seal the deck! Here, have one of these Falls Citys.

Well, Mbo, you are quite the lad. Look at those fine postholes! All uniform (well, except the hole I used the C-4 on...I'll need a much longer post for that one...is that oil down in there?) Now, Davey Lad, you man the saw and cut me two 4x4x36" for the joist centers, and four 4x4x68' for the corner posts and rail supports. And wear a mask...that stuff's treated with Wiedemann's Beer for weather resistance, and is highly toxic to most humans except Catspaw.

Now, one more small Vodka Seven and...WOOOPS. Hey Willie-o gimme a hand up outta this posthole...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 24 Mar 00 - 11:06 PM

Aye Aye Sir, sawing away like mad....Dont worry me lungs are shagged anyway.. asbestos damaged so at least they wont burn LOL....

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Willie-O
Date: 25 Mar 00 - 12:02 AM

Upsy daisy Leej. Considered putting on some weight?

Ever tried one of those two-person posthole digging augers? They're fun as long as you're the one with the throttle control--when your partner goes spinning off into the distance, you've hit a rock and its time to ease off on the throttle.

Now what's this about Weedman's Beer?

Maybe I just don't think big enough, but sixty-eight feet seems a tad excessive for corner posts...forty feet would be plenty. You from Texas er sumthin?

Time to check the neverending boil...

W-O

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: catspaw49
Date: 25 Mar 00 - 12:02 AM

Aw geeziz I'm gonna hurl.......and with the prom coming up, I guess I'll be in practice huh?.........Glad you found a good use for the Wiedemann's..........so give me one of those others ove...uh........FALLS CITY???? Fer chrissakes are you trying to kill me? Damn Leej, that stuff is MADE from creosote!!!...........ah, who cares......I drank a lot of Carlings too.......Are we ready to start with the flooring yet?....Lookin' good so far..............Geeeziz this is BAD beer................

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Mbo
Date: 25 Mar 00 - 12:09 AM

Spaw, I think I have a can of SKUNKY BEER that some person gave me...

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: WyoWoman
Date: 25 Mar 00 - 01:16 AM

I missed the prom announcement. When is it, where is it, and do I have to have a date or can I come trolling for likely suspects? I'm thinking of resurrecting the bubblewrap gown ... which, of course, could pose problems if, say, Catspaw were to try to pin a corsage on it. Someone might start writing dispatches from the front...

"We're here in the war-torn Mudcat Tavern, recently wracked by a series of small explosions ...."

WW Pansy Rue Twidgett

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: GUEST,JenEllen
Date: 25 Mar 00 - 01:18 AM

Skunky beer? Have to be the case of "Lucky Lager" we found when remodeling the barn. "Grampa's Stash of Nasty" we called it, and damn fine carpenter lubricant too!

I'll back the truck 'round with the quick-dry. Try filling those post-holes with jello and we'll ALL learn a new dance step come party time.

Allright....level and chalk-line ready to go. Promise not to bend any nails and I'll owe ya a dance.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 25 Mar 00 - 02:02 AM

Ok,pieces of flagstone in the bottom of the postholes, posts plumb, pour in the cement. Cut those beam timbers to 14 feet, block em and nail em,praise the Lord and pass the Falls City Beer. SHHEEEE-ooooWWW that stuff bites back! Davey, sixteen 14 ft 2x8's for the joists (yeah you can drink and saw when you're doing virtual carpentry), nail em up and we're ready to screw down the planks! Damn! We'll be using this for the Prom Dance floor in no time!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 25 Mar 00 - 07:52 AM

Skipper Lonesome, I'll be done shortly. Spaw old mate lets try a glass of that stuff, it looks like Guiness but the aroma is somewhat akin to a midden with preservative added. Maybe we should get Elle to check it under her microscope.... on second thought maybe you and I dont want to know.. might put us off drinking it....Aye

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Spring Cleaning
From: Caitrin
Date: 25 Mar 00 - 10:18 AM

Prom? Neat! Now I just need a dress and a date. (Actually, I'm going prom dress shopping in the physical world today.)
Any of you guys know how to swing? I can teach, if not. If we're going to try any aerials, though, I need someone pretty tall and strong. (I'm not overweight, but I'm 5'10"...not exactly a lightweight.) I can also teach waltz, samba, cha-cha, and a bit of salsa and mambo. I love dancing!
The Mudcat Prom should definitely have better music than the one I went to last year...way to much hip-hop. (Hmmm...Mudcat Prom...sounds like the name of the next thread, once this one gets filled up.)