Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: John MacKenzie Date: 26 May 04 - 12:58 PM Send in the Clones. JGM |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Little Hawk Date: 26 May 04 - 01:33 PM How about James Last then? |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: beardedbruce Date: 26 May 04 - 01:34 PM do I need to put another sonnet here? |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: GUEST,Flapwurter Date: 26 May 04 - 03:07 PM Go ahead. I dare you! Do your worst. |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: beardedbruce Date: 26 May 04 - 03:14 PM my worst? I cannot be so cruel, even to those I argue politics with. |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: beardedbruce Date: 26 May 04 - 03:20 PM not for a guest, anyway.... |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Blackcatter Date: 27 May 04 - 12:00 AM Keep voting! (Oops. Sorry - wrong thread). |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Ellenpoly Date: 27 May 04 - 04:28 AM Yes, please, beardedbruce. The buddha would approve more sonnets. It might only serve to keep you on this plane longer, but Samadhi can wait...we need some poetry!!..xx..e |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: 42 Date: 27 May 04 - 07:04 AM i admire anyone who admits to having questions...someone, something, somewhere somewhen... answers are there for those who know enough to ask. j |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Little Hawk Date: 27 May 04 - 08:21 AM I found out something fascinating yesterday. A new scientific study has indicated that when smokers "cut down" on the number of cigarettes they smoke daily they still end up consuming about the same amount of tar, nicotine, etc per diem. Why? Because apparently they unconsciously draw deeper on each puff and hold the smoke in longer, and get more out of each cigarette in order to satisfy the body's demands for the amount of drugs it is accustomed to. I read the article, then thought about it, and yeah...I've noticed how lovingly smokers nurse their less frequent cigarettes when they're "cutting back". They give them far more focused attention than the cavalier way they used to smoke when they were doing 2 packs a day! :-) People are extraordinary. Conclusion: You either smoke or you don't smoke. Face it. |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: GUEST,Lovechild Date: 27 May 04 - 05:12 PM aw please let me be last. I aint never been last in anything |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Blackcatter Date: 27 May 04 - 11:29 PM you got it. |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Ellenpoly Date: 28 May 04 - 10:45 AM Why on earth am I the first one to be posting here today? It looks like I've done some good thread killing lately so maybe I should quit here and give some others a chance.... or maybe not!..xx..e |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Blackcatter Date: 28 May 04 - 11:18 AM Better watch it - the Buddhist ants make be beating a trail to your door. Hmmmm - just which way are those ants going . . . |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Ellenpoly Date: 28 May 04 - 11:26 AM OOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM...(OUCH!) ;-D ..xx..e |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: beardedbruce Date: 28 May 04 - 01:44 PM Ellenpoly: Sonnet 18/05/01 DLII Might I send verse, as sweet as wine, to lead The way to pleasant dreams? I wish not tears, But I would hold you while you sonnets read, Run fingers through hair, and trace curve of ears. I offer to you only what I might: The gentle touch of fingers above eyes; The kneading of soft flesh, in passion. Night Fills with the dream of you; Heart hears but sighs. What might I tell, that you would dreams desire? Can visions in my mind reflect your smile, Or look in eye? What would you now require For hope that I might stay with you a while? Should not true love be more than one can stand That it takes two to Love's embrace withstand? |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: beardedbruce Date: 28 May 04 - 09:03 PM I know, weak rhyme on the couplet... |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: 42 Date: 29 May 04 - 12:12 AM never let them see you sweat! j |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Blackcatter Date: 29 May 04 - 03:38 PM Man, you should see the road rash on my right side. I have scrapes on the top of my shoulder, elbow, forearm, knee and back of ankle. Ya know - Aleve says not to exceed 2 tablets within 8-12 hours or 3 tablets within 24 hours. I've been taking them for 22 hours and have taken 8 already. Fun. |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: beardedbruce Date: 29 May 04 - 03:45 PM "If it hurts when you do that, DON'T do that!" Try to stay on, next time. But we are glad it is not worse. At least your sense of humor is ok. |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Peace Date: 29 May 04 - 05:24 PM But, you're OK. Bet you're back on the bike in a week. beardedbruce: Good poetry. Beyond good. |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: beardedbruce Date: 29 May 04 - 05:27 PM Thanks. Glad to see that someone tries to read it... |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Blackcatter Date: 29 May 04 - 05:37 PM I'm back on the bike tomorrow morning. Bent rim and all. |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Shanghaiceltic Date: 29 May 04 - 09:37 PM This thread has got so long people must be bored with the wait for it to load. That means that I have a better chance of being last. If I were native Shanghaiese I would probably try and find a way to jump the queue and be the first before Little Hawk who started the bloody thing...... |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Blackcatter Date: 29 May 04 - 10:22 PM On the main threads page click on the linked "Messages" numbers (to the right of the thread title) to view the thread split into pages (click "d" for chronologically descending). Hope that helps. |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: beardedbruce Date: 29 May 04 - 11:05 PM or we could just make this the last entry... |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Blackcatter Date: 29 May 04 - 11:27 PM O.K.! Oops. |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: beardedbruce Date: 30 May 04 - 12:02 AM 8-{E |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Blackcatter Date: 30 May 04 - 12:16 AM hey - I just got your emoticon. Cool. I may be a black cat, but I've got a beard too. hack! Damn hairballs. |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: beardedbruce Date: 30 May 04 - 12:26 AM Don't know about you, but I have no desire to take a knife to my secondary sexual characteristics... |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Blackcatter Date: 30 May 04 - 12:42 AM Well, my first name is Tom, so as a Tomcat - I haven't let any one mess with the primary either. |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: GUEST,noddy Date: 30 May 04 - 06:28 AM only another 2450 posts to go. |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Ellenpoly Date: 30 May 04 - 06:43 AM Having been a biker myself for mucho years, I sympathize, Blackcatter. I worked at a Motorcycle Show last year, and the one thing all the bikers seemed to have in common, were either scrapes and bruises they would gleefully exhibit, or pronounced limps.(Also a few more missing limbs than I enjoyed noting). Need to be a hardy (and fairly stupid) breed to keep getting back in the saddle. My nurse friend told me motorbikes are referred to by the medical community as "Donorcycles". I'm bikeless here in the UK and miss them dreadfully, but the weather rather precludes them for me. I've been too spoiled by riding them in Greece, and Hawaii. So, climb right back up there, Blackcatter, but do please make sure you've filled out your donor card! .xx..e PS-Thanks, beardedbruce! Reading your sonnets really make my day............ really. |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: beardedbruce Date: 30 May 04 - 06:52 AM I shall take that as a compliment, but I do have to worry about your days..... Feel free to share them with your friends- maybe someone over there knows a publisher that does not think sonnets are too old-fashioned to print. 8-{E |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Blackcatter Date: 30 May 04 - 05:04 PM OK, what's the next topic of discussion? |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: beardedbruce Date: 30 May 04 - 05:13 PM How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood? Or how many nurses can dance on the head of a pin? |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Blackcatter Date: 30 May 04 - 05:19 PM Hellllllloooooo Nurse! That's what I need right now - a nurse to tend my wounds. But I've settle for a friendly kitty cat. |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: beardedbruce Date: 30 May 04 - 05:25 PM I would settle for an eager groupie... I have the cats already. |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Ellenpoly Date: 31 May 04 - 05:31 AM Beardedbruce, I might be one of only a handful here who enjoy your sonnets, (maybe only a handful left on earth, as far as I know) but I do, and will continue to. Consider me your poetry nurse! Blackcatter, the lick of a cat is supposed to be quite stimulating to one's nervous system, and their salary is less than a nurse, and MUCH less than a nurse who's paid to perform that same service! Whoops! Sorry, are we on to other subjects? ..xx..e |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: beardedbruce Date: 31 May 04 - 07:39 AM Thank you. If you ever have insomnia, I could send you all 914... Or perhaps I should just post them all here? 8-{E |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: 42 Date: 31 May 04 - 07:44 AM 900+ sonnets would take this thread perilously close to "The Mother". are we ready to slash the apron strings? for a change of pace...I'm looking for sly/subtle/interesting takes on the phrase '52 pickup' for a song that percolating around in my head. Any ideas? j |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: beardedbruce Date: 31 May 04 - 07:49 AM one woman a week for a year? |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: beardedbruce Date: 31 May 04 - 07:52 AM or an old Dodge (or Ford) truck? |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Ellenpoly Date: 31 May 04 - 10:56 AM Beardedbruce, I have to admit that I like the way you kind of dribble them into the different posts. It allows me to recover from each one before reading the next. It would be daunting to read a host of them, so for the sake of others reading here, I suggest you continue to sprinkle, rather than pour...yes? ..xx..e |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: beardedbruce Date: 31 May 04 - 01:45 PM "It allows me to recover from each one before reading the next." I was not aware that they had so great an effect on you... I shall have to be more carefull which ones I post... The threat to put them all here was a humorous attempt to end the thread, leaving me last... |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: 42 Date: 31 May 04 - 09:10 PM bring 'em on! j |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Little Hawk Date: 31 May 04 - 09:56 PM you are getting sleepy...very sleepy... |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Blackcatter Date: 01 Jun 04 - 01:12 AM ORLANDO HISTORY BIT: The English Colony In the mid 1880s Orlando was growing, primarily from northerners and southerners moving into the area to try their luck at growing citrus and other cash crops, but not all of Orlando's new settlers were American. A significant number came from Britain including a few that would become some of Orlando's leading citizens such as Gordon Rogers and Joseph Bumby. The ex-patriot British became known as the "English Colony" which consisted of three different groups: retired businessmen, young men who would not inherit their family's property and came to Florida to become successful, and general laborers who came to serve the first two groups. Along with hard work and determination, the English brought their love of tennis, croquet, golf, and polo to the area, which eventually changed the habits of most of Orlando's inhabitants. The English Colony changed the look and feel of Orlando at a time when it was already changing from a dusty and nearly lawless cowtown to an agricultural and commercial center. As for tennis - the first courts were built around 1885. As for polo, it was discovered that the Florida scrub ponies, who were adapt at a rough life in the scrub pine and palmetto forests, made wonderful mounts for the polo games that began in 1888. In 1890 the Orlando Polo Club was formed with over 100 members. Croquet courts were also established early on. Golf began the same year with the establishment of a 9-hole course by Leslie Pell-Clarke on the shores of Lake Eola. |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: Ellenpoly Date: 02 Jun 04 - 03:43 AM Beardedbruce, please don't edit on my account. Blackcatter, thanks for more of Orlando History. Nice to know it's more than just a Mouse Town. Note: This thread is destined to last at least as long as I can still hobble my way to a computer! Quit now, everyone else. (BB, I'll find your poetry on another thread, I promise.) ..xx..e |
Subject: RE: BS: In every thread someone has to be last! From: el ted Date: 02 Jun 04 - 03:59 AM 800. I thank you. |