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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: MMario Date: 17 Apr 03 - 10:38 AM I was having a bad hair day. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Stilly River Sage Date: 17 Apr 03 - 10:40 AM You caught that fast! I only just sent it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Alba Date: 17 Apr 03 - 07:19 PM *BG* Thank you for the fun Sage:>)The scrap book is really enjoyable. I have to say that Mr Dylan does not look any better or worse for the "blonde do" he is sporting on another thread! Now if I could just look as good as Joan Id be a happy woman..she looks great!.... Nice to put faces to some Mudcat names as well. This hammock is just too comfy! May I have another Smoothie please and hold the umbrella, Ill recycle. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Rustic Rebel Date: 18 Apr 03 - 04:11 PM Hey Sage, what about Tiny Tim? He was, after all, a visitor to the tavern earlier! Well, I have to say those strawberry margaritas sure are going down nicely. So much song and dance makes me want to play some horsehoes so I set some up outside, through the western door if anyone wants to play. I was out there practicing so I can almost hit the pit but those damn things keep rolling out in the tall grass and hard to find, I think I need to paint the shoes bright fluorescent pink and yellow. Yeah that's what I'm going to do, gotta go to the paint store. In the meantime have at 'em! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Allan C. Date: 18 Apr 03 - 04:33 PM Yeah, I hate it when they "cartwheel" RR. The paint is probably a good idea. There is nothing quite like the ring of the well-thrown horseshoe when it hooks the post. I'd be glad to join in a round or two with you once the pain dries. I think I'll switch to Kentucky iced tea for a while... |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Stilly River Sage Date: 19 Apr 03 - 01:57 AM Ok, Rustic, but he's visiting from "Beyond." I'm not going to include the photo from his casket (but it's online and you'll find it on the search page. Geez Louise, but some people don't know when to stop!). I found a couple of other odd icons of the '60's to include also. Tiny Tim and the rest of the Google Search. Pat Paulson. Ted Lynch as Lurch and a later photo. And if you're tired of looking at odd people, here's Sean Connery (and a great "rest of the search"). SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: GUEST,CLETUS Date: 19 Apr 03 - 02:27 AM Scuze us yall but me an Paw an Buford an the Reg Boyz wuzza wundrin iffen we mite git uz sum reespite heer oursels? Miz kat allus bin purty nice an all an we hadduz a kinda bad nite. Thingz bin goin rite poorly fer uz an tonite we thot wud be purty gud but our last porta potty dun got blowd up an set the condom factree on fire. I dunno whut weer gonna do now but mebbee iffen we git ta thinkin on it weel git it figgered out. So mebbee yall cud see yer way cleer ta mebbee giv uz one uv them Smooties and 6 straws and weel jus sit over thair in thet corner and mind our own bizniz or tha fact thet now we got no bizniz. Much Obliged. CLETUS HARDINGER |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Stilly River Sage Date: 19 Apr 03 - 11:59 AM For the Cletus narrative part of this scrap book visit Here and here. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: catspaw49 Date: 19 Apr 03 - 12:54 PM And if...gawd help you.....you want to read more of the adventures of Cletus, Paw, Buford, and the Reg Boys, they are all over at Tweed's Place where they are known as The Chronicles of Cletus Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: katlaughing Date: 19 Apr 03 - 01:36 PM Oh boy! The Reg boyz, Paw, Cletus, Spaw...who else?! That was something what you boyz did with those dollies, alright. Ya'll just set yer little bums down over there and we'll get you mellowed out in no time. Not YOU, Spaw! You and me have some litter to clean up. Didja bring that dump truck I toldya to? Hmmmmm...there's goes the respite!**bg** |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: MAG Date: 20 Apr 03 - 03:45 AM Well, I'm ready for some respite. Just got home from the monthly dance where I doodle along in the contra band and my calluses have had a great workout. I needed it. Before that it was a stinky day, what with my boss creating major grief for me for not good reason other than that she's a military brat control freak. I haven't gone blotto for many many years; cut that out in my twenties after friends filled me in on what I did at parties I couldn't remember. Now I'm ready for a virtual bender. the whole blenderful, friend ... that's right, a giant strawberry daquiri and the spare barcolounger ... and both my kitties on my lap Thanks, all, I'll just nod out here quietly. After church tomorrow (that's right, Susan, I am a practicing UU) I'm going to put all my flats out into the garden; the most sacred thing I know. Turn my weekend around ... ah, yes; the first hit is reaching my brain ... |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Stilly River Sage Date: 21 Apr 03 - 01:38 AM Better slide a smoothie my way with a little something alcoholish in it--my muscles are aching after lurching through my proposed garden patch behind a borrowed tiller! Gardens are sacred, and are a great source of community pride! My neighbors all know that they'll be dining on the proceeds of my garden, and I'm pleased to know that they're looking forward to it. But for now my shoulders ache and I don't have anything to offer AllanC to add to his blender. Well, unless you count the bugs that the grackles think are MARVELOUS now that I've been disturbing the yard! They didn't wait for me to turn off the machine and walk away from it. They seem to know I won't challenge them for whatever those wiggling brown bugs are. Move over snat, I need to stretch out on the recliner for a few minutes. . . (Sage is heard to be be breathing evenly, head turned to the side, not quite drooling in her sleep, her smoothie sitting neglected on a side table, forming a ring of condensation on the faux wood) |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: MMario Date: 21 Apr 03 - 08:21 AM Currently on the buffet table (just east of the bar and west of the jello pit) We got egg salad, curried eggs, pickled eggs, mustard eggs, dill eggs, and about umpty-billion flavours of jelly beans. feel free to indulge. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: artbrooks Date: 21 Apr 03 - 08:45 AM The snat crawls quickly over to the buffet table and ingests 3 curried eggs and 4 pickled ones. (Don't know how a snat eats? You're probably better off.) He then goes up the wall, over the ceiling and down the opposite side, taking up a position right over the heads of Cletus and the boys. Pausing for another moment to complete his digestion, he lets loose a terrific eggy miasma. After the nature of snat farts, it is strictly limited to a defined space, so it settles over Cletus, Reg, Paw and all but doesn't spread beyond the immediate vicinity. "Aww," says Cletus, as a satisfied, if bemused, smile spreads over his bewhiskered face. "Thet's whut I calls reel horsepitalicity! Yuns is gud peepul." |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Allan C. Date: 21 Apr 03 - 09:14 AM Perfect, Mario. This is, after all, National Boiled Egg Week. I'm not kidding! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Liz the Squeak Date: 21 Apr 03 - 05:54 PM Ah, thanks for that picture of Sean.... Dancing - vertical expression of a horizontal desire... think I'll stay on the couch with that picture of Sean..... Snat - I have trained you well, the fart is strong within you. National Boiled Egg week.... Hmmmmmmmmmm I'll see what I can do, but there are only 8 left after the pancake and omelette feast we had earlier. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Stilly River Sage Date: 22 Apr 03 - 10:03 AM Lest a future reader stumble upon this retired thread and think I've pulled a Rip Van Winkle, I guess it's time to end this nap! Setting aside a sleeping cat and the comforter in one move, so the cat remains in the same position and still nestled in the folds of the comforter, Sage surveys the room. National Boiled Egg week, indeed! I see there are no deviled eggs on the bar, so I'll contribute a batch I made yesterday. Topped with a sprinkling of paprika, of course! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: MMario Date: 22 Apr 03 - 10:15 AM y'know - you used to be able to get pullet eggs during the period before Easter - haven't seen them in the stores for ages. "pee-wee" sized. I actually liked them for making hors-doevres etc any time of year. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Allan C. Date: 22 Apr 03 - 10:48 AM Hope nobody minds, but I'm in the mood to put "Four Women" on the CD player. It is one of Nina Simone's best works. After that, I'm wanting something a bit more "up" like Buddy Guy doing "She's Nineteen Years Old" or Taj Mahal's "Farther On Down the Road". (Am I the only one who hears "further" rather than "farther"?) I believe I'll try a couple of those deviled eggs. I've got a small dish full of Thai pepper sauce to dip them in. Anyone else want some? |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Stilly River Sage Date: 22 Apr 03 - 10:21 PM There's a hint of tobasco in there already, just enough to give it a little zing. Plus some (as we fondly refer to it around here) "What's-It-Shit" sauce. A friend always used to call in "Winchester" sauce. And mustard, mayo, a little salt. Paprika on top, I suppose you could use cayenne (sp?) if you wanted to jolt the diners at your table. Or offer Thai sauce. . . I think the respite has done the trick, and it's time to load up the pickup truck and trundle on into spring. I'll be looking for a summer doldrums event, when we can kick back with the ceiling fans and a shady room and enjoy the fruits of our gardens in nice salads and other dishes. Unless, of course, any of us enter from the southern hemisphere door, and shake off snow as they step into our humid environs. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Matt_R Date: 23 Apr 03 - 12:43 AM Oi, what's all this, then? |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: MMario Date: 23 Apr 03 - 08:21 AM Matt! You've missed some good parties, buddy! And some incredible songs - have you had a gander at the MudCat Rainbow Collection? Pull up a stool - pour yourself a drink of whatever it is you want - and open that throat of yours and give us some tunes!!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Matt_R Date: 23 Apr 03 - 10:26 PM Thanks. Not sure what I've been working on recently is stardard fare 'round here though... |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Allan C. Date: 14 Mar 04 - 12:00 PM I know it is a bit early in the year to resurrect this thread. Even here in Texas the new leaves of the trees are just starting to appear. The redbud is leading them with a burst of violet. Seeing that reminded me of this thread in connection with what some folks have said about "the good old days" of the Mudcat and what others have mentioned with regard to what they like about the Mudcat. I think this thread certainly shows that those good days aren't really gone. There are still a lot of wonderfully creative folks and good times yet to be had here. This thread is certainly on my list of what I like about the Mudcat. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Liz the Squeak Date: 14 Mar 04 - 06:48 PM And strangely enough, we have 8 eggs left in the fridge. And I'm 2 stones lighter than I was when I posted that information originally! Spring is sprung, der grass is ris. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: katlaughing Date: 15 Mar 04 - 12:18 AM Well, I've got a volunteer tulip coming up and my French irises are also showing up green. Thanks, Allan, for the reminder of this thread. :-) Oh, also saw and heard my first meadowlark of the season! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Rustic Rebel Date: 15 Mar 04 - 12:26 AM Allen C., my son, your living in the past. Should we resurrect an old drunk, is what I must ask? Are you a lazy sort that won't clean up our act from last year and begin anew? Are you trying to re-hire an old barkeep that has given' up the job for lent? Do you think I'm going to climb into a lime jello pit that has fermented and molded with a years time? Not to mention the boiled eggs that have sat for a year and by now quite rancid and now requiring infectious material removal. I think I require a clean slate. A new atmosphere Maybe I've just drunk too many tequilas and that's why I'm here. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Amos Date: 15 Mar 04 - 10:48 AM Well, all apearances to the contrary notwithstanding I am glad this Respite Tavern is here; I need respite in the worst way. But maybe just exercise will do? Ya never know! A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: GUEST,MMario Date: 15 Mar 04 - 10:55 AM hmmmm - ever notice that re-spite and respite would be almost identical if re-spite were a word? though why anyone would wish to spite again I have no idea. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Allan C. Date: 15 Mar 04 - 11:07 AM Yeah, Mario. It would be recipe, too, if it were spelled differently. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: GUEST,MMario Date: 15 Mar 04 - 11:18 AM okay - so I'm lousy at humour. *sheepish grin* and my brain works in strange directions. I blame it on the sub-space hyperganglionic connnections. Stick the caffiene IV in my vein and let me collapse on a couch somewhere. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Amos Date: 15 Mar 04 - 11:58 AM Just don't give him the carving knife from behind the bar. Why not? The mood he's in he just might re-cut off his re-nose just to re-spite his re-face! And that would relieve him looking ridiculous! A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: MAG Date: 15 Mar 04 - 01:34 PM well, we just truck in the giant conduit sized hose and spritz the place out good. maybe put a glass wall in over here to bring in some natural light. and a picnic patio. my bulbs are all up, I could use a virtual cognac, and how many oiunds in a stone, Liz? I have stopped dragging around one extra size, myself. about time. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Liz the Squeak Date: 15 Mar 04 - 05:27 PM English stones have 14 English pounds in them. English Pounds have 100 new pence in them or 16 English ounces. I reiterate English because I know they are different in the States.... 2 stones work out to about 112 cups, if a cup is 4 ounces. That's 28 packs of butter. Yum. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Allan C. Date: 15 Mar 04 - 06:21 PM It works out to 14 pounds per stone, Liz. It appears that the avoirdupois measurement of pounds is used on both sides of the Atlantic for some odd reason. Why the colonies rid themselves of stones is something about which I can only offer conjecture. It is my belief that the stones were used as ballast for the return trip of the ships that brought us across. Otherwise, without the weight of the former passengers the ships would have bobbed erratically and most certainly would have capsized. Napoleon used a similar tactic when he first crossed the Rockies. History as told by Allan... |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Liz the Squeak Date: 15 Mar 04 - 06:28 PM Napoleon crossed the Rockies in boats? Wow!! I thought he used elephants! Or was that in his retreat across the Mississippi? LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: MMario Date: 15 Mar 04 - 06:33 PM The first Surgeon General reccomended the removal of stones as posing a health problem as our Founding Fathers grew older. Stones can cause many problems among older men. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Matt_R Date: 15 Mar 04 - 07:25 PM Ah! I smell all a' horse piss! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Stilly River Sage Date: 15 Mar 04 - 09:33 PM [stage whisper: Fortunately, Ashcroft is recovering from his stone-removal surgery far away from here!] My daffodils are popping up now, several have opened. Fill me a nice glass of shiraz, please! I'll sit out on the porch and sip it while I admire the field beside the tavern. Wildflowers are blooming, and it'll keep all of MAG's remodeling dust from stirring up my allergies. (If you'll recall, over the last holidays we got rid of the jello pit altogether and put in a hot tub). What ever happened to that tree that was suspended in the harness we rigged up for catsPHiddle--is that it, stacked in the woodpile? Is she ready to trip the light fantastic in here yet? (Diagram that next to last sentence!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Stilly River Sage Date: 16 Mar 04 - 12:29 AM |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Liz the Squeak Date: 16 Mar 04 - 03:25 AM Khats is still doing her flamingo impression, although it seems to be getting easier for her to sit without taking up the entire sofa. However, I'm available, if you'll forgive the panda eyes from another sleepless night, even WITH the sleeping pills! Got 9 different flowers out in my garden, mostly purple ones. My bay tree is doing strange things and there are blue tits trying to nest in a clematis. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: GUEST,MMario Date: 16 Mar 04 - 10:48 AM WOBH! I just checked the smoker and the slow-cooked shad AREN'T DONE YET!!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Allan C. Date: 16 Mar 04 - 12:11 PM It shouldn't be much longer, though, Mario. Once those thousands of tiny bones are limp enough to swallow, they are ready! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Liz the Squeak Date: 16 Mar 04 - 06:28 PM Well, today I spent a very restful half hour sitting in my garden, in the sunshine, contemplating my pussy willow. It's about to burst into fluff, my favourite part of Spring. It's been so warm and damp recently that I appear to be cultivating a grand crop of some fungus, although it's where the cats "go" so I suspect it's not very nice. Will dispose of it in traditional manner as soon as I can find the trowel. It's a curious looking thing nonetheless.... LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Tinker Date: 16 Mar 04 - 07:40 PM If I leave the boots at the door can I come on in ??? There's a nor'easter here and I need one of those fruity drinks with lots of rum and a view of the flowers and sunshine... The calendar says spring is quickly approaching I'm just rambling in an attempt to find it... |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: MMario Date: 16 Mar 04 - 09:37 PM we have about 8 inches of snow on the ground so far today - and still 6 hours to go before the storm is suppossed to pass over us. Gimmee somthin' HOT please. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: matai Date: 17 Mar 04 - 06:37 AM 'well he walked in the joint i could see he was a man of distinction a real big spender good lookin so refined wouldn't you like to see whats goin on in my mind......'and she slowly drew off her glove... but i guess you dont mean that kind of hot |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 17 Mar 04 - 01:03 PM Well, today I spent a very restful half hour sitting in my garden, in the sunshine, contemplating my pussy willow. It's about to burst into fluff, my favourite part of Spring. Damn, Liz! You must have lost some weight if you can contemplate your own pussy willow! Taken up a little contortionism on the side as well, have we? Please don't tell me you cheated and used a mirror. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: GUEST,MMario Date: 17 Mar 04 - 01:12 PM I'll take that kind of HOT! (But then I'll need a cold shower - again - self defeating...) |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Respite Tavern - Spring on in From: Liz the Squeak Date: 17 Mar 04 - 08:26 PM Ah, BeeDub - if only! however, with some judicious pulling and craning my neck, it is possible to see my pussy willow. It just depends on which part of the pond you sit on. Sit in the wrong place and the plant pot gets in the way. LTS |
