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05 Jul 05 - 11:14 AM (#1515393) Subject: Lobster at SINSULL's by reservation! From: SINSULL July 30th 6PM although anyone experienced in killing the little buggers is welcome as early as possible. I need you to PM me by July 10th if you plan on attending. Tami's friend is giving us the lobsters at boat cost and I have to get the order in IN ADVANCE. If you do not eat lobster (like me), there will be steaks on the grill. $10 per lobster charge - I can't afford this one. There will be a jar to drop your cash in. Let me know how many you want. Kendall can have mine. SINS |
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05 Jul 05 - 11:18 AM (#1515398) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: jacqui.c We'll be there. Can't keep Kendall away from lobster. He's also very good at hypnotising the little dears before they go in the pot so we'll get there early to help out. |
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05 Jul 05 - 11:31 AM (#1515418) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: GUEST,MMario an Ice pick right at the joint of the body and the shell works well - but most experts say it is really just as quick to pop them in the pot of boiling water. |
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05 Jul 05 - 11:37 AM (#1515426) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: Leadfingers But the Humane way is to put em in the freezer before boilng , or so i am informed ! Supposed to make the meat a bit more tender too ! And Sorry , but I cant make it !! |
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05 Jul 05 - 11:46 AM (#1515433) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: GUEST,guest on/in the way 1 for me, please. Only, I've never done it before, so I'll need a little help. ;) |
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05 Jul 05 - 11:53 AM (#1515439) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: GUEST,MMario Afriend I used to vacation with always swaid that watching someone eat a boiled lobaster was one of the most entertaining floor shows you could get at a restauraunt. |
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05 Jul 05 - 12:15 PM (#1515448) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: jacqui.c It's certainly not for the faint hearted and those plastic aprons really are necessary! Think we'll have to get in some practice before the 30th..... |
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05 Jul 05 - 12:17 PM (#1515450) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: GUEST,MMario Almost off topic, but not quite...Mother's Day my B-I-L and I were making lobster Thermidor for dinner - and trying to get the meat out of all those little legs is a major pain in the a***!!!! We found a rolling pin would squeeze it out quite nicely! Next time we're going to see if the Pasta Machine will work - it would be even faster! |
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05 Jul 05 - 12:20 PM (#1515454) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: ranger1 Put us down for one lobstah, for Jason. You heard the story of my childhood trauma. |
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05 Jul 05 - 08:17 PM (#1515604) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: kendall It's easy to hypnotize them. Just hold it in one hand and hub its back with the other. They will go from trying to snap your fingers off to standing on their heads if you do it right.Then, while they are still out, you just pop them into the boiling water and they don't feel a thing. They don't have the same kind of nervous system as we have, and they only react to dangerous stimuli. In other words, they don't feel pain as we do. |
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05 Jul 05 - 08:27 PM (#1515609) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: Charley Noble I've actually done this kind of thing on a regular basis and would be happy to execute the little buggers in the traditional Maine style. My preference is to stick them in the bathtub where they get drunk on the fresh water. Of course if someone wants to use the bathtub for bathing, the lobsters are probably incompatible. It looks like JudyD and I are both available to come. Should we bring an extra stainless steel pot? Are you doing corn on the cob as well? That will take another large pot. Do you want a pickup truck full of seaweed and a tarp? Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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05 Jul 05 - 09:10 PM (#1515638) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: Joe Offer Gee, the last time I was at Mt. Desert Island, my host offered me FOUR lobsters, but I insisted I needed only three. Wish I had asked for that fourth one... and I wish I could be at the Sinsull lobster fest. Have a good time. -Joe Offer- |
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05 Jul 05 - 10:18 PM (#1515676) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: Alaska Mike Having eaten Lobster at Sinsull's house in the past, I truly wish we could join in the gastronomic pleasures. But its too far away and I'm performing at a festival that day. I guess I'll have to take a rain-check. Bon appetite!! Mike |
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05 Jul 05 - 10:27 PM (#1515683) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: SINSULL All pots are welcome. Corn would be good too. I haven't figured out the logistics yet - depends on how many plan to attend. Kendall, just how does one "hub" a lobster in polite company? And how does the llama feel about this? For that matter, how does Jacqui feel about this? SINS, ducking for cover. |
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05 Jul 05 - 10:43 PM (#1515691) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: jacqui.c The llama got thrown to Seamus. The lobster will be boiled. Any further questions? |
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05 Jul 05 - 10:46 PM (#1515696) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: LilyFestre I'm in need of a roadtrip...where in Maine are you? Down towards Kittery or more north towards Houlton? Hmmmmmmmmm? Michelle |
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06 Jul 05 - 07:36 AM (#1515975) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: gnu MMario... rolling pin? I find the best for getting the meat out of the little legs for making such culinary delights is a can opener. Just don't tell anyone. And, you can always put a bandaid on your thumb to really sell it. Minds me... SINS... sounds like you might have a few novices at the boil. Best have some peroxide, polysporin and bandages on hand. Nothing will fester faster than a lobster "wound". Nasty little buggers; even after ya b'il 'em. Ahhh, lobster and crackers and beer. Mmmmm. Now, lobster and corn and beer? Hmmmm. Better add a surcharge for some portable outhouses. |
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06 Jul 05 - 07:58 AM (#1515994) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: Bat Goddess Hmmm . . . we'll never be able to explain to a newbie how to extract the meat from the little claws and the body -- so they'll just have to give them to me and I'll demonstrate so they'll know how to do it the next time! ;-) What's REALLY fun to watch is when a tourist is confronted by a whole lobster on the plate -- beady eyes staring straight up into theirs. I've been very fortunate to be in the vicinity several times (back when I was living in Cape Porpoise) and ended up with the lobster (gratis) after the said tourists ordered a cheeseburger or maybe broiled bluefish. Charley -- if you're doing it RIGHT, there's no room left for corn on the cob (or even potato chips). Lobster -- butter -- drop cloth -- what more do you need?!? Linn |
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06 Jul 05 - 07:58 AM (#1515998) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: gnu Beer. |
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06 Jul 05 - 08:00 AM (#1516004) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: gnu Or, is that a given? |
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06 Jul 05 - 09:24 AM (#1516099) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: Charley Noble "Lobster -- butter -- drop cloth -- what more do you need?!?" Why homemade mayonaise, of course! Melted butter, indeed! This discussion reminds me of one of Jon Campbell's immortal lines from his "Winnebago" song: Watch a mobster eat a lobster, are you feeling sad? My family also traditionally boils up a big bowl of potatos, which no one eats but it's there if needed. Of course, the best way to cook lobsters is to build a big bonfire on the beach from drift wood, toss in some stones, let everything burn down to coals, add layers of seaweed and lobsters, corn, and whatevers, cover the whole thing with an old CANVAS tarp, and then dig in after everything has steamed for 20 minutes. YUM! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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06 Jul 05 - 09:42 AM (#1516115) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: catspaw49 ............drool................ Spaw---Lobsterless in Ohio |
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06 Jul 05 - 09:53 AM (#1516120) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: GUEST,MMario there's always that lobster claw harmonica I gave your kids.... |
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06 Jul 05 - 10:26 AM (#1516149) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: ranger1 Reason #2 why this little ranger doesn't eat lobster: My first summer job was at Small Bros. Wharf in New Harbor, Maine. I was kitchen help/busperson. The decor included a wooden mallet and cutting board on each table. Nowhere in the restaurant was there a poster or placemat with directions for eating the lobster (who knew that food needs instructions?). David also didn't hand out crackers with the lobsters, you had to know to ask for them. Now, picture some poor tourist who has never seen a lobster before trying to figure out how to get into this thing on their plate. They reach across, grab the mallet and start swinging. VERY funny, as long as you aren't standing or sitting anywhere in the vicinity. However, as the busgirl, I got covered in lobster guts too many times to mention. I also had to scrub the walls with steel wool every night at closing. It took weeks to get the smell of dead lobster out of my clothes and pores after I quit. Ick! |
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06 Jul 05 - 10:51 AM (#1516180) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: SINSULL Lily. I am in South Portland about a half hour north of Kittery. It would be great to see you! 12 definites as of last night. SINS |
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06 Jul 05 - 11:04 AM (#1516195) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: GUEST,MMario want to talk decadence? Some friends and I would go to the Cape each fall for years - we would swing by the fish mart and get some fresh steamed and picked tails and clws - then go down to the shore and watch the tide while breakfasting on lobster and armenian string cheese wrapped with bacon. |
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06 Jul 05 - 11:06 AM (#1516196) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: Charley Noble Another novel way to get into a lobster is with armor-piercing shears. We first saw this being done, by the waiter, at a small place at Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia; the manager confessed it was the only way he could get the diners in and out in a timely fashion and without a mess. Of course, you could always try a Sawsall. Let's send Spaw a virtual claw! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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06 Jul 05 - 12:13 PM (#1516257) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: SINSULL refresh |
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06 Jul 05 - 12:24 PM (#1516267) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: SINSULL How did this end up in BS? It's a Song Cicle with lobster on the side. SINS |
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06 Jul 05 - 12:28 PM (#1516272) Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's From: gnu Yeah... I had to filter it to find it today. But... the first post really doesn't make that clear. Must have taken you longer than Monday to "recover". |
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06 Jul 05 - 06:39 PM (#1516527) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Bat Goddess Well, if we start posting the repertoire for the singaround (which will be held right after we sluice off all the buttuh, and lobstuh juice, etcet etcet), then maybe it will get back up amongst the music threads where it belongs. Tom will sing "The Lobster" of course. And Charley, I think, knows "The Old She-Crab" or another variant. I certainly hope I'll have recovered from this cold by then!!! (Shoulda drunk the Bushmill's Saturday night.) Ah well. Linn |
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06 Jul 05 - 07:26 PM (#1516547) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: SINSULL Lobster boilin' in a pot Bluefish on the hook They're sufferin' long But it's nothin' like The ache I bear for you my dear, Maryanne. |
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07 Jul 05 - 01:07 AM (#1516648) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: karen k Darn, Sins. I really thought that I could do it this time. However, I forgot that I have to work that weekend. It's a swap so I can have the following Th. and Fri. off. I'm going to vocal week at the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, WV and will be leaving on Fri. the 5th. I'm really disappointed. Lobster is my favorite. Enjoy the evening, all you lucky people. karen |
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07 Jul 05 - 09:20 AM (#1516925) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Charley Noble Then there's the ballad of Lobster Barbie which goes on for 368 verses. "There are strange tales true..." However, the thread title is still confusing. I doubt if the lobsters will be leading any songs, although they may join in the refrains. Anyone know the tune to "The Lobster Quadrille"? Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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08 Jul 05 - 11:33 AM (#1518076) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: SINSULL No dancing around the pots of boiling water! FINAL CALL! If you want a lobster (or two) let me know. I will place order on Sunday PM. Mary |
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08 Jul 05 - 07:29 PM (#1518470) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: SINSULL refresh! |
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09 Jul 05 - 05:30 PM (#1519156) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Genie A lobster sing at Sinsull's? I didn't know the little critters COULD! Genie ;-) |
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09 Jul 05 - 06:14 PM (#1519179) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: jacqui.c Well, once Kendall hypnotises them you'd be surprised what they can do...... |
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09 Jul 05 - 06:26 PM (#1519185) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Sorcha Wish I could be there! |
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10 Jul 05 - 12:10 AM (#1519307) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Dani Does anyone remember the Muppet Show where the little lobster banditos came to rescue their pot-bound brethren from the Swedish chef's kitchen? Dani |
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10 Jul 05 - 01:57 AM (#1519341) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Naemanson Sins! You're supposed to do this when I am in town!!!! I am so jealous. So envious. So... hungry! I think I'll go warm up the shrimp and rice casserole that Wakana made for lunch today. |
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10 Jul 05 - 09:31 AM (#1519487) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: ranger1 Refresh, absolute last call! |
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10 Jul 05 - 06:44 PM (#1519560) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: SINSULL Order will be placed tomorrow. I expect the lobsters to be in the 2-2.5 pound range - for those who asked. Kendall & Jacqui Charley and Judy Jason Linn & Tom Joe (jets) + Maureen(?name DOH!) Brian & Ann (name DOH!)? LilyFestre? KarenK? Special Guest? I don't remeber the Muppets' episode but I do remember some silliness on Saturday Night Live with John Ballucci walking around in a lobster costume. |
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10 Jul 05 - 06:58 PM (#1519573) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: jacqui.c Two each for the Morse contingent please. Kendall's doing his Homer Simpson impression - not 'donuts' but LOBSTERRRR!!!!!! |
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10 Jul 05 - 09:56 PM (#1519665) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: karen k Sorry Mary, couldn't rearrange my schedule. Rats. Hope you'll do it again. k |
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10 Jul 05 - 10:02 PM (#1519672) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Charley Noble Mary- 2 lb lobsters are really huge. 1.5 lbers are generally more than enough for mere mortals. However, my family once sat down to a 5 lb lobster feast. Whatever! Just didn't want you to go overboard. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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10 Jul 05 - 11:19 PM (#1519704) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: ranger1 Not to mention the fact that the going boat price for lobster is $6.50 per pound, which gets kind of pricey after the first 1.5 pounds. |
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11 Jul 05 - 10:24 AM (#1519921) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: bbc I'm due for a visit to my sister's in Yarmouth, but I just got back from one trip & am headed out Friday for a 2nd one. I don't know if I can get dates tied down in time to RSVP. I guess I can let you know as soon as I do & "content" myself w/ steak, if necessary. :) It would be fun to see you all. Barbara |
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12 Jul 05 - 09:43 PM (#1520911) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: SINSULL I am ordering extra. Rest easy bbc (and Kendall). |
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12 Jul 05 - 09:49 PM (#1520913) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: SINSULL 1.5 lb lobsters have been ordered, for anyone interested. SINS |
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12 Jul 05 - 10:00 PM (#1520918) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Charley Noble YUM! ;~) |
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12 Jul 05 - 11:43 PM (#1520951) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: bbc I'm afraid I will probably not make it that weekend, but maybe in early August. Sure would enjoy those lobster, though. I'll let you know if I *can* come. Thanks, Barbara |
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13 Jul 05 - 10:15 AM (#1521098) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: GUEST,Bigchuck at work Dang, Sins. You managed to pick the only day that week I couldn't get off work. Please do better in the future. Sandy |
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13 Jul 05 - 01:15 PM (#1521179) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: SINSULL Sorry Sandy. But you are welcome any time for lobster. Just call and make sure I am here andKendall is available for his Hypnosis act. SINS |
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13 Jul 05 - 05:16 PM (#1521258) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: kendall I think I'll just hypnotize the people into thinking lobsters are not good to eat, then....Syonara! |
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13 Jul 05 - 06:39 PM (#1521350) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: gnu Charley!! A pound and a half? It's lobster. To heck with the diet! I mean, golly gosh, there IS breakfast to consider. I wish I was able to attend.... a 4 pounder with black claws and lots of brewskies. Of course, I would promise to take breakfast at the edge of the yard... NNWW. Absolutely nothing worse than lobster after. But... no flights. Driving down would just take too much time. SOG!! Have a great time... like I need to say that. |
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14 Jul 05 - 03:37 AM (#1521613) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Celtaddict Hard to say which is the more amusing mental picture, hubbing lobsters or running them through a pasta maker. Dave Barry, in "Dave Barry Is From Mars and Venus," gives a vivid description of trying not to eat lobster. Somewhere he also makes the point that humans are born with three instinctive fears: fear of falling, fear of loud noises, and fear of lobsters. So of course the ultimate fear is making a loud noise because of falling on a lobster. Personally, I am merely babbling in envy. Enjoy! |
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16 Jul 05 - 12:17 AM (#1522453) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: SINSULL Lobster boilin' in a pot Bluefish on a hook They're sufferin' long but it's nothin' like The ache i bear for you my dear Maryanne..." |
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16 Jul 05 - 10:55 AM (#1522499) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Charley Noble There are strange tales true, I'm a-telling you, In the waves off Mt. Desert Isle; Where the ocean's roar, Meets the rock-bound shore, And the weather's something vile; Where them lobsters grow, In the depths below, And men cast their lot to the sea, But there's no tale told, On that shore so bold, Like the tale of Lobster Barbie! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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16 Jul 05 - 12:03 PM (#1522536) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: JennyO I hope freda underhill doesn't mind me putting her Lobster Barbie song here. It seems a suitable time... The Tale of Barbie Ellen.. In scarlet shell, with pincers swell, there was a lobster dwelling Made every fisherman drool and sigh Her name was Barbie Ellen Sweet William on the sea shore walked He saw her slender talons Blushed rosy pink with Barbie shoes White flesh like tiny melons Young William called out Barbie love I think my heart you're breakin' Your gingham top, your beady eyes Have sent my thighs a achin' But slowly slowly she crawled off And waggled her tail right at 'im She slid into the frothy sea That hard hearted pink crustacean 'Twas in the merry month of May When green seas were a swellin' Sweet William on his death-bed lay For the love of Barbie Ellen. He sent his servant to the shore, To the rocks where she was a-dwellin', Cried, "Master bids you come to him, If your name be Barbie Ellen." Then slowly, slowly she crawled back, And slowly went she did eye him, And when she pulled the curtains back Said, "Young man, I think you're lyin'. "Oh, yes, I'm sick, I'm very very sick, I'm craving soft crustaceans, my mouth is watering at the sight Of the fleshy Barbie Ellen." "Oh, Ken, where are you, Ken my love Where are you when I need you? Sick William wants to fondle me He's of a different breed dear." And Ken he came in his hiking boots Beside young William lyin', He said William, leave my Barbie love For she's mine for this evenin's fryin' And Barbie's heart did snap in two That both men would deceive her While both men tried to flatter her Her heart was like a cleaver Then lightly crawled she down the stairs, While Ken was in the kitchen 'Tis neither of you will get me now, if my name be Barbie Ellen. She wandered to the wide green seas with never a glance behind her And plunged into the ocean deep Where nary a man could find her and sometimes by the soft moon's light when fisherman are a sleepin' she sits upon the lonely rocks a wailin' and a weepin' will nea man love me for myself they only want to eat me I'll ne'er surrender to their tongues They'll never yet defeat me From William's grave hung a fisherman's line, And from Ken's a copper griddle, While Barbie Ellen e'er does dwell Where nae man dares to meddle.. freda |
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17 Jul 05 - 08:22 PM (#1523036) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Charley Noble Judy and I drove down to Five Islands and had a lobster dinner on the wharf there, just to keep in practice. Now the view includes traditional fishing boats, the other four islands (you're standing on the 5th one if you're wondering), black-headed seagulls, a few very hungry mosquitoes, and a view of the Sheepscot River. However, Mary's backyard's not bad, especially after several bottles of Guiness, rum, or bourbon. Still, there's something to be said about eating lobsters on the wharf in Five Islands, while sipping our Australian chardonay. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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17 Jul 05 - 08:46 PM (#1523048) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: ranger1 Probably served or cooked by a member of my crew (who also works there when he's not park rangering), and caught by the lobsterman who'll be supplying the lobsters for the feast at Sinsull's. So, Charley, you'll get the exact same lobsters, just without the view! It's a very small world, indeed. |
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26 Jul 05 - 08:48 PM (#1528852) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: curmudgeon The day draws nigh and we need to know if we should bring two medium-large pots or one LARGE pot or all of the above, and at what time should we arrive. It can take a looong time to boil enoughh water for a multitude of lobsters. And, will you be needing / wanting anything else? See you Saturday -- Tom |
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27 Jul 05 - 08:40 AM (#1529143) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: SINSULL Large pot and yourselves. There will be salads and desserts and probably some hot dogs and hamburgers to fill out the feast. Could use some extra crackers (metal not Ritz) too. Looks like the weather will be perfect! SINS |
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27 Jul 05 - 08:46 AM (#1529151) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: MMario wow. Metal crackers will make sure you're getting enough iron in your diet! *grin* |
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27 Jul 05 - 08:57 AM (#1529159) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Charley Noble We'll bring our Mini-Sawzall! Should we plan to come early to help boil water? Cheerily, Charley and JudyB |
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27 Jul 05 - 09:50 AM (#1529195) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: ranger1 The curly-haired Jay-boy and I will be fashionably late, we both have to work, me until 6:00, and Jason until 7:00. Please leave something edible for us! |
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27 Jul 05 - 10:26 AM (#1529228) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: SINSULL UHOHHHHHH Tami, I thought you were bringing the lobsters? Or did we ever plan that? SINS |
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28 Jul 05 - 12:58 PM (#1530188) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: curmudgeon Arrival time still unclear...please advise - Tom |
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28 Jul 05 - 04:07 PM (#1530435) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: bbc Sorry to say I definitely can't come; my sister is stressed out & won't have me. I'll be thinkin' of you, though. Have a great time! Barbara |
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28 Jul 05 - 10:56 PM (#1530860) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: jacqui.c AS a run up to this momentous event we've just spent a great evening at SINSULL's. What Kendall didn't know was that Dani was travelling up with Tinker - the look on his face when she walked in was a picture. He's spent the whole evening with a total of five women (Ranger 1 turned up as well) Pics will be available soon. |
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29 Jul 05 - 12:09 AM (#1530906) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: karen k Boy, I sure wish that I had been there! Hello Dani and Tinker. Have a great weekend. karen |
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29 Jul 05 - 06:46 AM (#1531048) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: SINSULL Tom, Come any time. There are always last minute details and if we are to eat at 6PM (I'm hungry!) the water will need to be boiling and the grill heating up. The party has already started with the arrival of Dani and Tinker. Remember to return my cooler - we'll need it. Mary See you Saturday. Mary |
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29 Jul 05 - 07:27 AM (#1531060) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: kendall What a way to go...women and lobsters! (Notice my priorities) Mick, you poor sod, too bad you couldn't make it, I'll be spread pretty thin! LOL |
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29 Jul 05 - 08:06 AM (#1531079) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Tinker Now Kendall, my love, no gloating.... Dani and I did try to get Mick to join us on this ramble but the only time he could spare from that overbooked schedule was dinner and a few tunes. ( Now that I think about it, he was more interested in impressing Bubba than Dani and I...but that's another story.) Despite a bit of a traffic tangle in and around Waterbury Dani and I had a great ride up and are already scheduled for loster pick up duty. Feels like home. Tinker |
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29 Jul 05 - 09:00 AM (#1531106) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: MMario It's not easy being green..... ribbit |
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29 Jul 05 - 09:43 AM (#1531150) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Big Mick If there was any way in hell I would have been there to man the ramparts with ye, Cap'n. But alas, it was not meant to be. But rest easy, old friend. Should you go down in the fight, I will be here to sing your song around the campfire. You are a lucky man, Morse........... Mick |
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29 Jul 05 - 10:23 AM (#1531179) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: kendall Ah, the lonliness of being the only male... |
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29 Jul 05 - 10:24 AM (#1531182) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: MMario So - the truth is you don't get locked in the cellar - you retreat there to build up your strength? |
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29 Jul 05 - 10:47 AM (#1531205) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Tinker Like a fine wine, somethings just improve with age...... I'm thinking it's the wine cellar.... |
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29 Jul 05 - 03:06 PM (#1531396) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: gnu No need to gravel, er, grovel, yeah, grovel, eh Cap'n? I wish youse all a bon fête. And say "Yo Yo" to my Homards, eh. Green Mario? I am red!! Darn, I wish I could be there. Have fun kids!!! Gary |
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29 Jul 05 - 05:41 PM (#1531466) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Micca Just hang in there Cap'n, in October reinforcements are coming!!, but I envy you an evening with Dani, Jacqui, Tinker and Sinsull, such charming ladies!! and a chance to show off your new-found ability to jump through hoops!!! |
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30 Jul 05 - 12:30 PM (#1531565) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: SINSULL He started a food fight at a restaurant last night much to the horror of a nearby 6 year old and a table of fuddy duddies. You can take our captain anywhere twice - the second to apologize for the first. Mary |
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30 Jul 05 - 03:22 PM (#1531648) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: JudyB Julia Lane and Fred Gosbie are planning to come. Charley Noble |
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30 Jul 05 - 04:36 PM (#1531699) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: jacqui.c Kendall started the food fight because SINS was very cheeky to him. She just won't treat him with the respect he reckons he deserves! |
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30 Jul 05 - 06:06 PM (#1531755) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: KT Sounds like a grand time!! I wish I could be there......but alas, I'm saving my travel time for October! I'll just crack open a few King Crab legs (one will do, actually) and pretend it's lobster!! Here's to y'all!! Have fun!! Pass the drawn butter, please.... xoxo KT |
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31 Jul 05 - 12:21 AM (#1531877) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: GUEST,Dani God, that stuff is good. Sludged in butter, slurped with wine, in Sinsull's lovely backyard, and finished off with music in the living room. A lovely time, worth every one of the 1300 miles to get here. Thanks to all, and please post some songs: like the Getaway, I heard so many good ones, and will never remember if you don't. Dani |
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31 Jul 05 - 12:32 AM (#1531880) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: jacqui.c What a great evening. We're cooking the last two lobsters before going to bed - SINS reckoned she was going to set them free in the morning and kept singing 'Born Free' all night, but Kendall reckoned that they would do better as lobster rolls for lunch. Plenty of good food, copious amounts of falling down water and such good company and music. What more could a girl want? |
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31 Jul 05 - 12:32 AM (#1531881) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: GUEST,Tinker Wait til the pictures come to tempt the rest of you to this oasis in the South of Maine. Now I'm not quite sure how it came to be that Kendall was being hand fed peeled shrimp and surrounded by half a dozen women while he waited for his lobster to be delivered to the table....but he never complained about it. Exactly what we needed so very, very badly, provided in exactly the right way with wine, whiskey and song. Dripping with butter and absolutely succulent. ( The lobster boys, the lobster) Oh and there has to be a song in the lobster that escaped being mesmerized by Kendall (Ever see a lobster stand on it's head???) The poor soul that escaped boiling only to keep jumping out of the refrigerator trying to escape each time an unsuspecting soul opened the door. Life is good Tinker |
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31 Jul 05 - 12:40 AM (#1531888) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: GUEST,Tinker Whoops... Just found the second cooler with another dozen lobsters...any takers for lobster roll tommorrow. |
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31 Jul 05 - 12:46 AM (#1531891) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: jacqui.c And we've just had a phone call to be told about it - with the strains of 'Born Free' in the background! What a wonderful life! |
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31 Jul 05 - 06:08 AM (#1531940) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: gnu HOW ARE YOUSE FEELING THIS MORNING??!! hehehe. |
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31 Jul 05 - 08:31 AM (#1531987) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: kendall Don't ask, don't shout... |
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31 Jul 05 - 08:35 AM (#1531990) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: jacqui.c Well, I'm feeling pretty good. No hangover, but we did stop drinking around midnight..... Looking forward to lobster for lunch. |
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31 Jul 05 - 08:39 AM (#1531992) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: gnu Got the windows open WIDE? (For those who have never eaten copious quantities of lobster and such and washed it all down with falling down water, be apprised that adequate ventilation is a necessity of the utmost importance.) |
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31 Jul 05 - 08:41 AM (#1531994) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: jacqui.c Blow the wind southerly......... |
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31 Jul 05 - 08:44 AM (#1531996) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: gnu ... in case you break the wind suddenly. |
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31 Jul 05 - 11:41 AM (#1532067) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Charley Noble Thanks, Sinsull, for a lovely lobster boil. We certainly had a great time consuming mussels, shrimps, cheese and hardtack, and lobsters fresh from the ocean. There was also cheesecake, apple crisp, ice cream, and a box of chocolate truffles. Someone else has to describe the wines, beer, and harder liquors. I think there was singing afterwards but my last conscious memory was of a lobster standing on it's head, or maybe it was of the large one I was waltzing around with in the back yard. I do hope there were more survivors! JudyD and I have just finished up our lobster omelettes. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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31 Jul 05 - 11:44 AM (#1532069) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: GUEST Is this really 100? |
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31 Jul 05 - 11:52 AM (#1532078) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: JudyB We had a wonderful time - now to see if our new little recorder actually recorded the song session - marvelous songs! I only have one question.... Charley, who is JudyD??? JudyB |
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31 Jul 05 - 12:34 PM (#1532102) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: jacqui.c Probably that oversized lobster! |
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31 Jul 05 - 01:21 PM (#1532123) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: gnu "...oversized lobster!" No such thing... urp!! |
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31 Jul 05 - 04:20 PM (#1532204) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: jacqui.c Wait 'til you see the picture! |
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31 Jul 05 - 10:03 PM (#1532345) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: ranger1 One of the crustaceans got a pardon and was set free after midnight. I hear Kendall has been spotted searching Willard Beach for it, just in case it wanders back ashore. And no, it wasn't the one that kept leaping out of the fridge. That's the one that should have been freed, it certainly tried to free itself enough times! |
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01 Aug 05 - 07:09 AM (#1532514) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: gnu Is this the one? |
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01 Aug 05 - 08:09 AM (#1532538) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Bat Goddess Great evening/morning all around! Even managed to sleep until 6:30 (after getting to bed at an early 1:30 -- right after boiling up that last almost forgotten cache of lobsters. Stopped off in Portsmouth on the way home to tour the Gazela -- Gazela Then ambled home to rip the meat out of 5 lobsters. Nope, we didn't let these get away! Lobster salad on toast for dinner -- more lobster salad in our future. More later -- gotta run away to work. Linn |
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01 Aug 05 - 08:14 AM (#1532541) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: JennyO You call that BIG? Why downunder here in Australia, we have LOTS of Big Seafood, including The Big Lobster. We also have The Big Prawn, The Big Oyster, The Big Octopus, The Big Barramundi, The Big Murray Cod and The Big Trout. Rumour has it that there is a Big Yabby somewhere in NSW or Victoria, but nobody has a picture of it. As well as all these, we have lots of other Big Things here, here, here and here. |
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01 Aug 05 - 08:24 AM (#1532546) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: gnu hehehe... with claws that small, my lobster could take your lobster anyday. BTW, are your lobsters really red? We get the odd blue one, even a white one rarely, but never red. |
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01 Aug 05 - 08:24 AM (#1532547) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: bbc Wow! |
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01 Aug 05 - 08:29 AM (#1532550) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: kendall You call that a lobster? Doesn't even have claws! |
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01 Aug 05 - 10:24 AM (#1532617) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: ranger1 Funny you mention blue, Gnu. The one we set free had bluish tints. We do occasionally have red variants in the live population. Also yellow, and a mix of any of the above colors, referred to as "calico". My best friend's dad used to work at a marine research center that was doing a study on color variations in lobsters, so I know waaaaay too much on the subject. |
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01 Aug 05 - 11:30 AM (#1532660) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: SINSULL The last of the house guests left this AM. I had to go to work. Late night supper ar the Olive Garden where he once again misbehaved but no food fight. Flying coasters at 20 paces. What a great weekend. Lots of food (although I no longer consider mussels as food), lots of drink, and lots of music shared by a laughing rowdy crowd. Jets' wife Frances was a pleasant surprise - I believe she even made Tinker blush. No small feat! Something about Frances "going up" and jets "going down"????? Jacqui's desserts were delicious and just right after a seafood feast. Can't say I was pleased to find a cooler full of live lobsters about midnight. Did I really call Kendall at 1 AM to complain? Dani's poem to kendall - I remember some of it- needs to be posted here for posterity. As does Julia's Lewiston Working Girl song. Thank you all for a memorable evening. Love, SINS I had quite a bit of wine and something else in a bottle. |
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01 Aug 05 - 11:33 AM (#1532664) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: gnu Yeah, well, when the one you sent to me gets back there, you're gonna see your first chocolate one. Hmmm, you could tell Kendall it's a dessert lobster and save on the rotten fish. Just boil it an extra few minutes. |
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01 Aug 05 - 11:37 AM (#1532668) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: gnu Oh.. all done and gone? We have New Brunswick Day here today. You Yanks should really consider becoming a province. Glad to hear all had a good time, especially you SINS. |
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01 Aug 05 - 11:48 AM (#1532676) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: ranger1 Yes, SINS, you really did call Kendall and jacqui that late (early?) to grouse about the hidden cache of lobsters. The look on your face was priceless when you realized Jay-boy was sitting at your table talking to one of them. That's the one that was sent, on its own recognizance, to Gnu, via the Atlantic. And yes, we did take the bands off its claws first! Picture Dani's face when she realizes that she's not giving us a ride home, but to the beach to liberate a lobster. She's a good sport, that's for sure. |
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01 Aug 05 - 07:27 PM (#1532981) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Tinker Yes, sending off Dani and the Lobster Liberation Brigade will be one of my clear memories of the evening. I'm pretty sure someone snapped a photo of Jason will the lobster up on his shoulder being gently stroked and calmed.... Dani and I enjoyed the Captn's chowder the next day along with a side of lobster....Now Kendall I can't judge your chowder against Rudy's (diner) since you "suggested" we add a bit of lobster to yours they were clearly two very different experiences. We'll have to have a retry next time. Although Mary typed "he" I have to admit we ladies (Dani, SINSULL and I) were playing coaster hockey on our own and Kendall had nothing to do with it..... Well, he did set the example by starting the food fight earlier.... but.... Dani and I had a great ride down the coast today and and I am clearly suffering from a bit of culture shock as I move back into major Mama mode. But life is very good. |
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01 Aug 05 - 08:57 PM (#1533044) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: karen k Sure wish I could have been there. Pictures soon, PLEASE! k |
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01 Aug 05 - 09:25 PM (#1533053) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Charley Noble Tomorrow, it's on to Lunenburg for the Folk Harbour Festival! I wonder if they have any lobsters left in Nova Scotia... Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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01 Aug 05 - 09:43 PM (#1533061) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: jacqui.c Pictures have been sent to Jeff but I think he is waiting to add them until they have got the bugs out of the system. Kendall had the last of the lobsters, includung the fridge escapee, in lobster rolls at the hospital after he came round from the biopsy. I don't think the nurses there had ever seen anyone eating that particular delicacy as a 'recovery' food. |
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02 Aug 05 - 05:24 AM (#1533211) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: gnu This heeah lobstah thread has come to the attention of PETA - People for the Eating of Tasty Animals. Your commendation is in the mail. |
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02 Aug 05 - 08:08 AM (#1533257) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Bat Goddess Sent my (film) photos off yesterday, so will prolly have them available on-line before the end of the week. I don't have anywhere other than Mudcat to post them to, so they won't be available for general consumption until the bugs (and I don't mean lobsters!) are out of the system. Jeff still hasn't put up my photos from the May Sinsull Sing and I haven't sent along the June ones yet, because he's not doing anything until all the necessary work on Mudcat is taken care of. Don't forget the uninvited guest -- how DID that elegant looking slug get in the middle of the livingroom floor anywho? Linn |
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02 Aug 05 - 08:11 AM (#1533259) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: jacqui.c Maybe that's what the escaping lobster was after - Dinner! |
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06 Sep 05 - 10:40 AM (#1557507) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Dani This is the song I wrote about being the 'surprise' visitor at Sinsull's. I don't think I've ever written a song before! It sure was fun to sing it with you all. It's taken me this long to figure out how to get it off my laptop ; ) Dani (To Molly Malone or Cockles and Mussels) In South Portland city where the lobsters are pretty Our setting's the home of the lovely Sinsull She had wine and chili and cats that were silly She cried, come in and see Him Alive, alive-oh Alive, alive-oh Alive, alive-oh Crying come in and see Him Alive, alive-oh Despite Tinker's patience and calm navigation The journey was longer than either had hoped but through singing and chatting and general Mudcatting They had finally, Oh finally Arrived, arrived-oh Arrived, arrived-oh Arrived, arrived-oh They had finally, Oh finally Arrived, arrived-oh Sweet Kendall was quiet Not for this man a riot But wide-eyed and startled it's quite clear he had Expected a Big Mick But instead of the big man With Tinker is Dani Surprise, surprise-oh Surprise, surprise-oh Surprise, surprise-oh With Tinker is Dani Surprise, surprise-oh Big Mick would have been here But swinging in full gear With golden cape waving he's saving the world Squashing foes with his right hand Way down there in Maryland Crying take that, you bastards Organize, organize-oh! Organize, organize-oh! Organize, organize-oh! Crying take that, you bastards Organize, organize-oh! Left at home was poor Janie, who, equally zany, Would quite have fit into this glorious romp But next time she'll be here With a cold glass of near-beer 'Cause singing means feeling Alive, alive-oh Alive, alive-oh Alive, alive-oh 'Cause singing means feeling Alive, alive-oh From Jacqui a sweet kiss And warm fluffy soft gifts and laughter: who's dafter? Herself or The Sins? They're plotting and making and wise men are quaking Crying help us, and keep us Alive, alive-oh Alive, alive-oh Alive, alive-oh Crying help us, and keep us Alive, alive-oh To Max be the glory for starting this story with Greenhaus and others who gave us this gift Here's a glass we drink to you May all good be with you For keeping tradition Alive alive-oh Alive, alive-oh Alive, alive-oh For keeping tradition Alive, alive-oh Alive, alive-oh Alive, alive-oh For keeping tradition Alive, alive-oh |
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06 Sep 05 - 11:56 AM (#1557578) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: kendall I was standing there thinking There'll be joking and drinking Looking forward to seeing that big Irish sod, When in through the front door Stepped "Gorgeous Glore" And all I could think of was "HEY, oh my God!" Mick, my friend, I still missed you, but not as much as I might have LOL |
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06 Sep 05 - 07:53 PM (#1558040) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: karen k Pictures, oh, where are the pictures? |
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06 Sep 05 - 08:18 PM (#1558054) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: GUEST,Dani I've got a couple, not many. I can email 'em to you (can we no longer post photos here?). Send me a PM with your email, Karen. And anyone else who wants to know what Kendall REALLY did to the lobster ;) Dani |
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06 Sep 05 - 08:29 PM (#1558062) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: kendall That reminds me of the not so bright farmer who heard that hog futures was going way up in price, so he planted 300 pounds of salt pork. |
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06 Sep 05 - 08:39 PM (#1558076) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: curmudgeon Jeff (Pene Azul) has been holding off posting new photos until the "doubling" mess is straightened out - Tom |
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06 Sep 05 - 08:42 PM (#1558084) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Tinker Well I scanned Mick the photo of Kendall entertaining four ladies on the couch the night we arrived. He didn't feel missed at all. BG Thanks for sharing the song Dani. Can I have the photo's too ?? Pretty Please ??? I'm really hoping for a copy of Kendall at the head of the table leading the lobster feast. What a great time. Two mom's running AWOL One short and one tall Braving the traffic jams Northbound and South Worries and sorrows Were left for tommorow And just for today they're alive alive oh.... |
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10 Sep 05 - 05:23 PM (#1560637) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: GUEST,Skittles This really has nothing to do with the thread but more about tinker.... Are you tinker of the Tinker shop at CBB? If so that's so exciting!! |
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11 Sep 05 - 09:36 AM (#1560988) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: SINSULL I doubt it but I swear when Tinker is around there is usually a lot of excitement. |
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11 Sep 05 - 12:47 PM (#1561109) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: jacqui.c I'll second that! |
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11 Sep 05 - 09:45 PM (#1561425) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Tinker I did get my name at CBB in Massachusetts back in 1973 as a CIT. But I never worked in the Tinker's shop.... I hope you become a member and tell me more about who you are skittles. Tinker Of course life around we Mudcat Ladies is always exciting... |
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12 Sep 05 - 04:26 AM (#1561539) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: kendall HOOOEEE I'll say! |
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12 Sep 05 - 06:39 AM (#1561593) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: Tinker Kendall you love every minute .... |
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12 Sep 05 - 07:42 AM (#1561631) Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's From: John MacKenzie Romantic poet Gerard de Nerval (1808-1855) who, to justify his taking a lobster on a walk--on a blue silk leash--in the gardens of the Palais Royal, expostulated: "Why should a lobster be any more ridiculous than a dog...or any other animal that one chooses to take for a walk? I have a liking for lobsters. They are peaceful, serious creatures. They know the secrets of the sea, they don't bark, and they don't gnaw upon one's monadic privacy like dogs do. And Goethe had an aversion to dogs, and he wasn't mad." Bet he didn't know they could sing though! Giok |