The PUB light's ON! :D

[Bobby of Tulsa]

They must have me confused with Glen, They tell me a cold glass of water and a hot... well you know, would kill me.

[David G]

What goes on in the cellar... stays in the cellar!

[Bobby of Tulsa]

How is the eye doing?

[Bobby of Tulsa]

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Hey David, I think that Lefty guy is tryin to get me in trouble.

[David G]

Hey David, I think that Lefty guy is tryin to get me in trouble.

BoT - I wonder why he thinks you need any help <G>

[Mrleft8]

The Eye's doing OK I think.... Still can't use it for up close stuff, but that may take a week or more they say.... Or it may never happen.
The Doc did say that the cataract on my left eye was so thick, and so hard, that he couldn't get it all out this time with out running the risk of popping my eye, which would be a bad thing, so they'll give it another shot after they get the right one all fixed and working properly....

[Nanoose]

Ya always were a bit thick, lefty....

Snowed in today.
Hot buttered rum, please...and a small plate of lunch, whatever that happens to be.

[Mrleft8]

Hot buttered Meyer's rum, and a bowl of beef and barley soup with a big hunk of fresh bread, and some cheeses.... There's the Talagio.... But also a nice blue cheese, and a smoked Edam....

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Ok, I am back. Had to go practice breathing. Do what the Doc tells you about those eyes. My mom, who could never do what she was told ended up all most totally blind. Just because she didn't listen.

[Mrleft8]

She didn't listen, and ended up blind?..... What'd've happened if she'd been going deaf?

[Mrleft8]

I'm putting 2 drops in 4 times a day, 3 different meds.... That's 24 drops a day.... I don't even think I drink that much water in a given day....

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Back then they did a lens transpant, they told her not to lift or strain, you know. Well she decided her garden needed to be worked that day. Seems blind people tend to trip over things. It caused the lens to move. She had already lost one eye to Glaucoma. They will not work on you with one eye. They say a little sight is better than none.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Do you have to wear a patch on your eye at night?

[Nanoose]

Lunch sounds wonderful, lefty...but can ya strain the barley outta that soup? blech...

24 drops a day?!
Good on ya doin' what the doc orders, lefty.
For how many days?

[Mrleft8]

No patch.... They said if I wanted to look like a pirate, I should have gone for the leg amputation instead....
Barley's good for you Nanner.... It's like sugar puffs w/o the sugar....... Or the puff.
In theory, I take the drops for 2 weeks.... Just in time to start taking them for another 2 weeks for the right eye.
And yeah... They told me not to lift anything, carry anything heavy, or put my head between my knees. I told them that if they wanted to carry stove wood in for me I could do the not lifting or carrying thing just fine, but if I was gonna get on an airplane, I was gonna practice putting my head between my knees anyway..... That's when they told me "No airplanes for 2 months".... Like I had anyplace warm and sunny to go this winter anyway....

[Mrleft8]

And this was a lens transplant.... I now have a plastic lens. I wanted it to go "Beeeep beep beep beep" like Steve Austin's eye.... But they said "No.... Now shut up and stop moving"

[Bobby of Tulsa]

And this was a lens transplant.... I now have a plastic lens. I wanted it to go "Beeeep beep beep beep" like Steve Austin's eye.... But they said "No.... Now shut up and stop moving"

Back then they stichted them in. If you jarred around they came loose. The patch was to keep you from rubbing your eye at night. Going upstairs to finish a war.

[Chip-skiff]

I had to tape a plastic shield over my eye for the first week. The bloody tape they gave me was so sticky that it ripped the skin off my cheek (just like the weasel). The doc said no skydiving, no bungy jumping, no ice hockey, no bull riding, etc. Seems to be working fine, a month on.

Hey, Lefty & Bobster. I'll have a Speight's Old Dark. Handful of peanuts for the doggo.

[Mrleft8]

Hot peanuts.............................. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!
Oh...... They did strap one of those plastic upside down lamp shades around my neck so I can't reach my eye with my rear paw..........

[Paul Girouard]

You came un-stickied , or is it un-stuck?? Whiskey for my horse and oats for the men!! Double rations for all hands, to help fight off the cold weather!

[Bobby of Tulsa]

I had to tape a plastic shield over my eye for the first week. The bloody tape they gave me was so sticky that it ripped the skin off my cheek (just like the weasel). The doc said no skydiving, no bungy jumping, no ice hockey, no bull riding, etc. Seems to be working fine, a month on.

Hey, Lefty & Bobster. I'll have a Speight's Old Dark. Handful of peanuts for the doggo.

Glad you came by, I have almost ate all of those peanuts, we are talkin a big bag here. Hope your dog don't bite me for that.

[Mrleft8]

We haven't had a sticky in about 4 years or so Paul...... A few months ago Glen used a stapler to try to keep us up top, but they pulled out.....

How's that storm you guys are having?
It's damned cold here right now.

[Mrleft8]

I could die a happy man if I had a lil white paper bag full of hot peanuts right now.....

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Don't they have Peanuts in that part of the country?

[Paul Girouard]

We haven't had a sticky in about 4 years or so Paul...... A few months ago Glen used a stapler to try to keep us up top, but they pulled out.....

How's that storm you guys are having?
It's damned cold here right now.

It ain't nuttin but a wee snow storm , but it's halted siding / exterior trim for a couple of days. Maybe Friday we'll get back at it, 24 degrees here with 10MPH breeze, skyrocketing up to 34 Deg. tomorrow , so maybe the shop will look more inviting that it did today, maybe,,, no guarantees


Bring me some of those peanuts to barkeep when you get a minute , please....


Yanno the service in this place ain't what it once was ,,,,

[Mrleft8]

Not good ones. When I drove up from the frozen wastelands of N. Florida a coupla few years back, I stopped in Emporia, Va. for the night...... I found a nice little motel right near the hiway, and a truck stop with hookers, and a mexican restaurant, and a little tourist shop where you could buy, among other things, proper salt cured hams, and proper peanuts. I bought a ham that could have fed a small army, and a big burlap bag of peanuts. 25Lbs. if I remember correctly. The ham lasted a long time. The peanuts were gone in about 2 weeks. The shells make an excellent garden additive.

[Mrleft8]

Service?..... You want service join the Navy!

[Bobby of Tulsa]

It ain't nuttin but a wee snow storm , but it's halted siding / exterior trim for a couple of days. Maybe Friday we'll get back at it, 24 degrees here with 10MPH breeze, skyrocketing up to 34 Deg. tomorrow , so maybe the shop will look more inviting that it did today, maybe,,, no guarantees


Bring me some of those peanuts to barkeep when you get a minute , please....


Yanno the service in this place ain't what it once was ,,,,

Want something with those peanuts? Beer, pop or coffee. I been a little under the weather but I will try to step it up.

[Paul Girouard]

Service?..... You want service join the Navy!

Ah, see I think you've got things confused Lefty , that called serving. Maybe another whiskey will straighten out your addled brain, then again maybe not!!!

[Paul Girouard]

Want something with those peanuts? Beer, pop or coffee. I been a little under the weather but I will try to step it up.

What ever you got that would go good sir, no rush.. Don't let that Lefty wear you down, make him pull his share of the load.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

I don't know yet, what you like. So if you will tell me I will get it right out to you.

[Paul Girouard]

I don't know yet, what you like. So if you will tell me I will get it right out to you.

A sack O those peanuts and a Tusker Larger will do just fine.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

I can handle that. So tell me what makes a guy want to be out on that big water?

[Paul Girouard]

I can handle that. So tell me what makes a guy want to be out on that big water?

As in a carrier? Why not? Sense of duty, wanting to change of scenery from a small NE town , young , dumb and full of , oh wait that leads to the "How does a guy get banned " thread .

Is that what you mean or are asking?

[Bobby of Tulsa]

As in a carrier? Why not? Sense of duty, wanting to change of scenery from a small NE town , young , dumb and full of , oh wait that leads to the "How does a guy get banned " thread .

Is that what you mean or are asking?

I was a just a grunt, It always seemed to me better to be on land than out in the middle of the ocean. I always thought I could walk farther than I could swim. I have always thought you guys had nerves of steel, and I have known a few of you.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Ok, Where did everyone go. The service aint that bad, is it.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Dangit, where is Glen and Chip? Bartender where are you?

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Jop if you are lookin in, Heres to you. Drink of choice.

[Spin_Drift]

Darn this house work. Can I have a cuppa coffee and a croissant. Then back to house work.

.

[Chip-skiff]

Must've been those peanuts. Ruby got that thoughtful look that means: I gotta go.

So we went. Outside. Wind howling like a banshee. The puppy bullets went rolling off across the snow, like ping-pong balls, and she got a surprised look like she'd been robbed.

Now there's a hungry Wolf Goddess on the road, so I'd better go up and start cooking.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Darn this house work. Can I have a cuppa coffee and a croissant. Then back to house work.

.

Hey Ms.Spin, Have you talked to Larry?

[Paul Girouard]

I was a just a grunt, It always seemed to me better to be on land than out in the middle of the ocean. I always thought I could walk farther than I could swim. I have always thought you guys had nerves of steel, and I have known a few of you.

They shoot at grunts , most folks we fight today can't touch a carrier at sea and if they do you'd be dead before you know it!! We'd "practice" for attacks during flight ops , mainly between launches , fire fighting or "simulated " missile attacks , etc . The Air Boss would say over the flight deck PA system ( 1MC maybe can't recall if the flight deck system was the 1MC) anyway he'd say somelike "Medium yield Nuk-lee-errr war head at 1mile , take a brace, we expect the blast to be 100 yards off the port / starboard bow!!" We where expected to crouch down and gap a "pad eye" a ( a recessed steel X brace let into the flight deck that we tied the Aircraft down to with chains when they where not being moved , (BTW the only time a jet ISN'T tied down on the deck is when it's being moved with a tractor or taxied by the pilot ) anyway he'd yell at anyone who didn't crouch down and pretend to gap the padeye like holding onto a padeye is going to help if a nuke goes off 100 years away, LOL.

Anyway you grunts got way more gronnicals than us squids had / have.

Thanks for the prompt and friendly service , maybe with a few good employees like you , you can turn the reputation Lefty's established here around , LOL!!

[Mrleft8]

Jeezz...... I leave for a few minutes to get a case of red wine from the cave, and the squid starts acting like I served him a bowl of squingeel or something....
So anyway..... Working on any interesting projects Paul? That TV cabt. came out very nice.
And speaking of fresh air returns, I just got off the phone with Mssr. Ledger. He and Tracey are doing very well, and say hello to everyone.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

They shoot at grunts , most folks we fight today can't touch a carrier at sea and if they do you'd be dead before you know it!! We'd "practice" for attacks during flight ops , mainly between launches , fire fighting or "simulated " missile attacks , etc . The Air Boss would say over the flight deck PA system ( 1MC maybe can't recall if the flight deck system was the 1MC) anyway he'd say somelike "Medium yield Nuk-lee-errr war head at 1mile , take a brace, we expect the blast to be 100 yards off the port / starboard bow!!" We where expected to crouch down and gap a "pad eye" a ( a recessed steel X brace let into the flight deck that we tied the Aircraft down to with chains when they where not being moved , (BTW the only time a jet ISN'T tied down on the deck is when it's being moved with a tractor or taxied by the pilot ) anyway he'd yell at anyone who didn't crouch down and pretend to gap the padeye like holding onto a padeye is going to help if a nuke goes off 100 years away, LOL.

Anyway you grunts got way more gronnicals than us squids had / have.

Thanks for the prompt and friendly service , maybe with a few good employees like you , you can turn the reputation Lefty's established here around , LOL!!

Sounds like its kinda the same everywhere. Dig in boys, Well a mortar round don't know the difference between High ground and a fox hole.

[Mrleft8]

I always figured it'd be better to fight a war with beer instead of bullets.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

I always figured it'd be better to fight a war with beer instead of bullets.

You got that right. When you coming to see me Lefty.

[Mrleft8]

Carter threatened to send me out there last week, but I told her I needed to get my eyes fixed first so I could oggle all the wimmin folk...
And now they want to hook me up to an IV for a month, so that'll put a delay on things too..... Then you guys get tomato season, when all the high winds start up..... Then we have the EBS, which we're doing unless I'm dead this year..... Yer coming to that, right?..... So that leaves next autumn after the hot weather down there cools off enough to breathe...

[Mrleft8]

[Paul Pless]

Then we have the EBS. . .

I heard Bobby and Glen were riding out to the EBS with Phillip this year.