Monday - Failed Challenge

I'm embarrassed to say, I give up. Last night I executed the penultimate in
raucous disregard for my neighbor's right to peace, quiet and privacy (the
ultimate being creative placement of C4). There is no more I can do, or
imagine doing, to wake these zombies. I've played music in an array of
styles at volumes that even annoyed me. I've cavorted in near nakedness
around the initial conflagration of starter fluid overkill in my trusty
table top grill. I've rendered the entire community redolent of sizzling of
meats to tempt all tastes. Week after week I've created midnight madness
that would startle any normal person from the deepest depths of morpheus and
send them running to their bedroom windows with shouts of outrage. All to no
avail. They sleep on like the sleep of the dead. I think I must concede....
the ritual is over. I have failed miserably.

However (and more to the point), I'm tired of spending 30 or 40 bucks on
stuff to eat and drink for just one night, by myself, when I can go out to a
restaurant, bitch till I get the perfect steak, ogle the waitresses and get
to wear my favorite tie (the wide one with the hula girl on it).... all for
about the same price.

Alas, John

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On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:37:57 GMT, "johnniemccoy@"
<johnniemccoy@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:

>I'm embarrassed to say, I give up. Last night I executed the penultimate in
>raucous disregard for my neighbor's right to peace, quiet and privacy (the
>ultimate being creative placement of C4). There is no more I can do, or
>imagine doing, to wake these zombies. I've played music in an array of
>styles at volumes that even annoyed me. I've cavorted in near nakedness
>around the initial conflagration of starter fluid overkill in my trusty
>table top grill. I've rendered the entire community redolent of sizzling of
>meats to tempt all tastes. Week after week I've created midnight madness
>that would startle any normal person from the deepest depths of morpheus and
>send them running to their bedroom windows with shouts of outrage. All to no
>avail. They sleep on like the sleep of the dead. I think I must concede....
>the ritual is over. I have failed miserably.
>
>However (and more to the point), I'm tired of spending 30 or 40 bucks on
>stuff to eat and drink for just one night, by myself, when I can go out to a
>restaurant, bitch till I get the perfect steak, ogle the waitresses and get
>to wear my favorite tie (the wide one with the hula girl on it).... all for
>about the same price.
>
>Alas, John

G'day G'day John,

What a pleasant surprise.

For the last few weeks I've had to deal with stuff you wouldn't want
to know about. Let's just call it unpleasant stuff while having more
than enough on my plate to contend with and leave it at that. Thought
I'd come back to asd and see what is happening.

WOW. I love the style, totally captivating and I get the point.
Dining is about something more than food. There is the connection
with other people, something that is too easily forgotten.

When people discuss HEALTHY diets they most often only consider the
food forgetting that dining is part of something greater. Only by
taking that into consideration can healthy changes be made. Dining by
yourself has the potential to be unhealthy. IMHO you capture that
aspect beautifully with all the references to rumbling the
neighbourhood in attempts to connect. I wonder how many people will
get it.

Here's hoping when you dine out that chance will bring you
companionship, people with whom to share your wit and fluent
conversational style. From a zillion miles away it seems not only
would you benefit but more to the point you have a gift that would
benefit others.

Best wishes,

--
Quentin Grady ^ ^ /
New Zealand, >#,#< [
/ \ /\
"... and the blind dog was leading."

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/quentin

Have you yelled "fire" yet?

"johnniemccoy@" <johnniemccoy@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm embarrassed to say, I give up. Last night I executed the penultimate
> in raucous disregard for my neighbor's right to peace, quiet and privacy
> (the

Or simply, "Police bust" !



"Ozgirl" <are_we_there_yet@maccas.com> a écrit ...
> Have you yelled "fire" yet?
>
> "johnniemccoy@" <johnniemccoy@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote ...
>> I'm embarrassed to say, I give up. Last night I executed the penultimate
>> in raucous disregard for my neighbor's right to peace, quiet and privacy
>> (the
>
>

" Frank t2" <a@b.c> wrote in message
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> Or simply, "Police bust" !

Or just start up a portable siren and some <insert regional colour> flashing
lights. The neighbours won't be able to resist checking that out.

"Quentin Grady" <quentin@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
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> This post not CC'd by email
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:37:57 GMT, "johnniemccoy@"
> <johnniemccoy@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm embarrassed to say, I give up. Last night I executed the penultimate
>>in
>>raucous disregard for my neighbor's right to peace, quiet and privacy (the
>>ultimate being creative placement of C4). There is no more I can do, or
>>imagine doing, to wake these zombies. I've played music in an array of
>>styles at volumes that even annoyed me. I've cavorted in near nakedness
>>around the initial conflagration of starter fluid overkill in my trusty
>>table top grill. I've rendered the entire community redolent of sizzling
>>of
>>meats to tempt all tastes. Week after week I've created midnight madness
>>that would startle any normal person from the deepest depths of morpheus
>>and
>>send them running to their bedroom windows with shouts of outrage. All to
>>no
>>avail. They sleep on like the sleep of the dead. I think I must
>>concede....
>>the ritual is over. I have failed miserably.
>>
>>However (and more to the point), I'm tired of spending 30 or 40 bucks on
>>stuff to eat and drink for just one night, by myself, when I can go out to
>>a
>>restaurant, bitch till I get the perfect steak, ogle the waitresses and
>>get
>>to wear my favorite tie (the wide one with the hula girl on it).... all
>>for
>>about the same price.
>>
>>Alas, John
>
> G'day G'day John,
>
> What a pleasant surprise.
>
> For the last few weeks I've had to deal with stuff you wouldn't want
> to know about. Let's just call it unpleasant stuff while having more
> than enough on my plate to contend with and leave it at that. Thought
> I'd come back to asd and see what is happening.
>
Sounds like you've been having a rough time. I hope your presence here now
means you've gained control of things.
>
> WOW. I love the style, totally captivating and I get the point.
> Dining is about something more than food. There is the connection
> with other people, something that is too easily forgotten.
..
> When people discuss HEALTHY diets they most often only consider the
> food forgetting that dining is part of something greater. Only by
> taking that into consideration can healthy changes be made. Dining by
> yourself has the potential to be unhealthy. IMHO you capture that
> aspect beautifully with all the references to rumbling the
> neighbourhood in attempts to connect. I wonder how many people will
> get it.
>
Actually, it's not the neighbors I'm attempting to connect with. God forbid
I would, actually, bother anybody at that time of night. I've very careful
about that. I'll confess, since I probably won't be doing the midnight
grilling anymore, my "attempt to connect" is more an "attempt to share" my
little private parties with members of the group.... kind of like having
friends there (plus the added bonus of freaking out newbies that don't know
me...lol).
>
> Here's hoping when you dine out that chance will bring you
> companionship, people with whom to share your wit and fluent
> conversational style. From a zillion miles away it seems not only
> would you benefit but more to the point you have a gift that would
> benefit others.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Quentin Grady
>
Thanks

John

"Ozgirl" <are_we_there_yet@maccas.com> wrote in message
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> Have you yelled "fire" yet?
>
That would be too obvious.... I've hoped that casual inconsiderance would
work....hehe

John

"Ozgirl" <are_we_there_yet@maccas.com> wrote in message
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>
> " Frank t2" <a@b.c> wrote in message
> news:46cbdba2$0$15608$79c14f64@nan-newsreader-07.noos.net...
>> Or simply, "Police bust" !
>
> Or just start up a portable siren and some <insert regional colour>
> flashing lights. The neighbours won't be able to resist checking that out.
>
That will probably... eventually, be a result rather than an effort....haha.

John

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:37:57 GMT, "johnniemccoy@"
<johnniemccoy@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:

>However (and more to the point), I'm tired of spending 30 or 40 bucks on
>stuff to eat and drink for just one night, by myself, when I can go out to a
>restaurant, bitch till I get the perfect steak, ogle the waitresses and get
>to wear my favorite tie (the wide one with the hula girl on it).... all for
>about the same price.

Hmmm. Well, you could try to liven the restaurant up? Semi-nakedness
and lighter fluid is a good start, and you could always take a
boom-box? :P

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 100ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.6% BMI 25

Nicky wrote in message ...
>
>Hmmm. Well, you could try to liven the restaurant up? Semi-nakedness
>and lighter fluid is a good start, and you could always take a
>boom-box? :P


Hell, they probably wouldn't even notice in Florida. :-)

Cheri

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:51:57 -0700, "Cheri" <gserviceatinreachdotcom>
wrote:

>
>Nicky wrote in message ...
>>
>>Hmmm. Well, you could try to liven the restaurant up? Semi-nakedness
>>and lighter fluid is a good start, and you could always take a
>>boom-box? :P
>
>
>Hell, they probably wouldn't even notice in Florida. :-)
>
>Cheri
>
In Key West I believe it is a requirement - at least at sunset

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:57:45 GMT, Laura@notmy.com wrote:

>On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:51:57 -0700, "Cheri" <gserviceatinreachdotcom>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>Nicky wrote in message ...
>>>
>>>Hmmm. Well, you could try to liven the restaurant up? Semi-nakedness
>>>and lighter fluid is a good start, and you could always take a
>>>boom-box? :P
>>
>>
>>Hell, they probably wouldn't even notice in Florida. :-)
>>
>>Cheri
>>
>In Key West I believe it is a requirement - at least at sunset

In Key West, cats are unfashionable, unless they have six toes on each
foot...

Maybe, John could shanghai some cats from Key West, and then make a
spectacle... a kind of feline corrida grande, of lopping off the extra
toes ;-)

The howling and screeching would surely generate some unrest among the
neighbors.

Will, T2

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:08:37 -0400, "Will, T2" <wmmckee@cox.net>
wrote:

>On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:57:45 GMT, Laura@notmy.com wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:51:57 -0700, "Cheri" <gserviceatinreachdotcom>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Nicky wrote in message ...
>>>>
>>>>Hmmm. Well, you could try to liven the restaurant up? Semi-nakedness
>>>>and lighter fluid is a good start, and you could always take a
>>>>boom-box? :P
>>>
>>>
>>>Hell, they probably wouldn't even notice in Florida. :-)
>>>
>>>Cheri
>>>
>>In Key West I believe it is a requirement - at least at sunset
>
>In Key West, cats are unfashionable, unless they have six toes on each
>foot...
>
>Maybe, John could shanghai some cats from Key West, and then make a
>spectacle... a kind of feline corrida grande, of lopping off the extra
>toes ;-)
>
>The howling and screeching would surely generate some unrest among the
>neighbors.
>
>Will, T2

You know, the animal rights folks are closely scrutinizing the
Hemingway Cats. If John were to make off with any of those particular
felines there would be more folks howling than just the
neighbors....and as for lopping of toes! WILL! I know yer just
kidding... (right?) ;>

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:12:54 GMT, Laura@notmy.com wrote:

>On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:08:37 -0400, "Will, T2" <wmmckee@cox.net>
>wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:57:45 GMT, Laura@notmy.com wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:51:57 -0700, "Cheri" <gserviceatinreachdotcom>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Nicky wrote in message ...
>>>>>
>>>>>Hmmm. Well, you could try to liven the restaurant up? Semi-nakedness
>>>>>and lighter fluid is a good start, and you could always take a
>>>>>boom-box? :P
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Hell, they probably wouldn't even notice in Florida. :-)
>>>>
>>>>Cheri
>>>>
>>>In Key West I believe it is a requirement - at least at sunset
>>
>>In Key West, cats are unfashionable, unless they have six toes on each
>>foot...
>>
>>Maybe, John could shanghai some cats from Key West, and then make a
>>spectacle... a kind of feline corrida grande, of lopping off the extra
>>toes ;-)
>>
>>The howling and screeching would surely generate some unrest among the
>>neighbors.
>>
>>Will, T2
>
>You know, the animal rights folks are closely scrutinizing the
>Hemingway Cats. If John were to make off with any of those particular
>felines there would be more folks howling than just the
>neighbors....and as for lopping of toes! WILL! I know yer just
>kidding... (right?) ;>


Uh, right... As one of my favorite characters, Foghorn Leghorn would
say.... "That's a joke!, I say.... that's a joke!"

Will, T2

Will, T2 wrote in message ...
>On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:12:54 GMT, Laura@notmy.com wrote:

>>You know, the animal rights folks are closely scrutinizing the
>>Hemingway Cats. If John were to make off with any of those
particular
>>felines there would be more folks howling than just the
>>neighbors....and as for lopping of toes! WILL! I know yer just
>>kidding... (right?) ;>
>
>
>Uh, right... As one of my favorite characters, Foghorn Leghorn would
>say.... "That's a joke!, I say.... that's a joke!"
>
>Will, T2

Love that Foghorn Leghorn. I miss Baby Huey too. :-)

Cheri

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:36:38 -0700, "Cheri" <gserviceatinreachdotcom>
wrote:

>Love that Foghorn Leghorn. I miss Baby Huey too. :-)
>
>Cheri


Hi Cheri,

I always knew you were a gal after my own heart...

We should have known each other as kids.

Will, T2

On Aug 21, 10:37 pm, "johnniemccoy@" <johnniemc...@NOSPAMhotmail.com>
wrote:
> I'm embarrassed to say, I give up. Last night I executed the penultimate in
> raucous disregard for my neighbor's right to peace, quiet and privacy (the
> ultimate being creative placement of C4). There is no more I can do, or
> imagine doing, to wake these zombies. I've played music in an array of
> styles at volumes that even annoyed me. I've cavorted in near nakedness
> around the initial conflagration of starter fluid overkill in my trusty
> table top grill. I've rendered the entire community redolent of sizzling of
> meats to tempt all tastes. Week after week I've created midnight madness
> that would startle any normal person from the deepest depths of morpheus and
> send them running to their bedroom windows with shouts of outrage. All to no
> avail. They sleep on like the sleep of the dead. I think I must concede....
> the ritual is over. I have failed miserably.
>
> However (and more to the point), I'm tired of spending 30 or 40 bucks on
> stuff to eat and drink for just one night, by myself, when I can go out to a
> restaurant, bitch till I get the perfect steak, ogle the waitresses and get
> to wear my favorite tie (the wide one with the hula girl on it).... all for
> about the same price.
>
> Alas, John

John, I know you have probably already done this to your
neighbors...but perhaps you haven't. I bet you would love to do this:
put some dog poopy in a zip lock bag with paper on top of it.
strategically place that lovely arrangement on your neighbors front
door step at midnight, and finally Ignite the paper. Then you yell
fire! And your neighbor gets into a frenzy, throws open the front
door, and stomps on the fire only to find out what really happens
when their foot goes "squishee" into the poop-filled zip lock bag.

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:16:18 -0400, "Will, T2" <wmmckee@cox.net>
wrote:

>Uh, right... As one of my favorite characters, Foghorn Leghorn would
>say.... "That's a joke!, I say.... that's a joke!"

I knew dat

>
>Will, T2

Ah....Good Ole Foghorn Leghorn. An American Classic. I had as much
fun watching my dad watching those cartoons as I did watching them
myself.

"Will, T2" <wmmckee@cox.net> wrote in message
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: On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:36:38 -0700, "Cheri" <gserviceatinreachdotcom>
: wrote:
:
: >Love that Foghorn Leghorn. I miss Baby Huey too. :-)
: >
: >Cheri
:
:
: Hi Cheri,
:
: I always knew you were a gal after my own heart...
:
: We should have known each other as kids.
:
: Will, T2

I thought you *were* still kids.

Billie

Will, T2 wrote in message ...
>On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:36:38 -0700, "Cheri" <gserviceatinreachdotcom>
>wrote:
>
>>Love that Foghorn Leghorn. I miss Baby Huey too. :-)
>>
>>Cheri
>
>
>Hi Cheri,
>
>I always knew you were a gal after my own heart...
>
>We should have known each other as kids.
>
>Will, T2

You bet. I'm older than you, but I have a feeling you could have
always helped me with my homework. :-)

Cheri

On Aug 21, 10:37 pm, "johnniemccoy@" <johnniemc...@NOSPAMhotmail.com>
wrote:
> I'm embarrassed to say, I give up. Last night I executed the penultimate in
> raucous disregard for my neighbor's right to peace, quiet and privacy (the
> ultimate being creative placement of C4). There is no more I can do, or
> imagine doing, to wake these zombies. I've played music in an array of
> styles at volumes that even annoyed me. I've cavorted in near nakedness
> around the initial conflagration of starter fluid overkill in my trusty
> table top grill. I've rendered the entire community redolent of sizzling of
> meats to tempt all tastes. Week after week I've created midnight madness
> that would startle any normal person from the deepest depths of morpheus and
> send them running to their bedroom windows with shouts of outrage. All to no
> avail. They sleep on like the sleep of the dead. I think I must concede....
> the ritual is over. I have failed miserably.
>
> However (and more to the point), I'm tired of spending 30 or 40 bucks on
> stuff to eat and drink for just one night, by myself, when I can go out to a
> restaurant, bitch till I get the perfect steak, ogle the waitresses and get
> to wear my favorite tie (the wide one with the hula girl on it).... all for
> about the same price.
>
> Alas, John

A long time ago when we were teenagers, my friend stormed into the
shipping-receiving area ot Keebler Company and started shouting
"Where's the little men! Where's the little men!" You should have seen
the looks that generated. Then we ran.

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:46:45 GMT, "Billie" <mynewsaccount@swbell.net>
wrote:

>
>
>
>"Will, T2" <wmmckee@cox.net> wrote in message
>news1ipc3l7dsmq8gdvj3b3parmnohv36qb36@4ax.com.. .
>: On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:36:38 -0700, "Cheri" <gserviceatinreachdotcom>
>: wrote:
>:
>: >Love that Foghorn Leghorn. I miss Baby Huey too. :-)
>: >
>: >Cheri
>:
>:
>: Hi Cheri,
>:
>: I always knew you were a gal after my own heart...
>:
>: We should have known each other as kids.
>:
>: Will, T2
>
>I thought you *were* still kids.
>
>Billie

Hello Billie,

How are you? There is not a single day that goes by that I do not
think of you... I was wondering how you made out a couple of nights
ago with that music threat ;-) Aside from my children, music is the
main joy of living for me, in case you have not realized.

Yes, we are all "kids", if we stop to think and reflect... All it
takes, in the words of J.M. Barrie, is to "Think of the most wonderful
things..."

Hope you are doing better this evening...

Will, T2

John, I personally think you are making the right decision. You want to
really get to them, kill them with kindness. It will drive them nuts

Loretta

"Will, T2" <wmmckee@cox.net> wrote in message
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: On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:46:45 GMT, "Billie" <mynewsaccount@swbell.net>
: wrote:
:
: >
: >
: >
: >"Will, T2" <wmmckee@cox.net> wrote in message
: >news1ipc3l7dsmq8gdvj3b3parmnohv36qb36@4ax.com.. .
: >: On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:36:38 -0700, "Cheri" <gserviceatinreachdotcom>
: >: wrote:
: >:
: >: >Love that Foghorn Leghorn. I miss Baby Huey too. :-)
: >: >
: >: >Cheri
: >:
: >:
: >: Hi Cheri,
: >:
: >: I always knew you were a gal after my own heart...
: >:
: >: We should have known each other as kids.
: >:
: >: Will, T2
: >
: >I thought you *were* still kids.
: >
: >Billie
:
: Hello Billie,
:
: How are you? There is not a single day that goes by that I do not
: think of you... I was wondering how you made out a couple of nights
: ago with that music threat ;-) Aside from my children, music is the
: main joy of living for me, in case you have not realized.
:
: Yes, we are all "kids", if we stop to think and reflect... All it
: takes, in the words of J.M. Barrie, is to "Think of the most wonderful
: things..."
:
: Hope you are doing better this evening...
:
: Will, T2
:
Hello Will, dear friend.

Thank you for your words of love and caring. Agree about those children! I
do so enjoy your music posts, for music has always been such an important
part of my life. Not being able to play has been the one thing that has
been the hardest for me to accept losing, but I continue the "but if"
attitude of "but if I regain the use of my arms and back once again" I
might be able to play. The last time I played, at least more than six years
ago, was so horribly painful, that I just cannot imagine being able to sit
on the bench, stretching my arms out to the keyboard, and using my fingers,
even minimally. While I could accept slowed typing, it is just beyond me to
see how I could handle *just barely* being able to play. Consider yourself
dropped to one octave (at most , and a *scratchy* one at that. You know
the frustration it would cause you. Only other performers, or those whose
music is their soul can fully understand. When I talked of getting rid of
my piano for more space, Ashley was the one who said no, that who knew, one
day I might be able to play again, and then it would be here. So, here it
still sits........waiting. Sometimes it makes me cry to see it; I miss the
music I create. Sometimes I'd like to just go over, and bang on it. It's
like, Will, if you opened your mouth to sing, and either nothing came out,
or something totally far from the expected came out. It's horrible!!

I am still getting over the IVIG, and I keep messing with that as Ashley and
I take care of things for the baby or her diabetes. Saturday we went to
Jonesboro to the mall just to go, no agenda. We found a children's shop and
bought the cutest little outfit for Ashton, one that, so far, I plan to have
his picture made in it. I was wiped out Sunday from that excursion even
though I did nothing strenuous. Late yesterday evening I took her to
Wal-Mart for shopping for diabetic food as she begins Jennifer's test, test,
test. It is hard to guide her with her not in the house with me. Today has
been a bad mg day, after a hard night's sleep. The Home Health aide was
here today, and I felt truly like a patient, and was able to let her be in
charge..... lol..... hard for me to do. She's excellent, though, and it
felt so good when she was finished. An added bonus, she had time, and she
sat and visited with me. It was WONDERFUL to have someone to talk to!!!!!
Today is her birthday, and she is 20 years younger than I am, but it didn't
seem that way. We decided I was her age and she was 20 years younger. That
fit us both perfectly. She really lifted my spirits.

There are several posts that I have been trying to reply to, but keep
falling asleep or one thing or another, but do hope I can complete them
tonight. Wish I could find my music cds. I'd buy me some new ones if I
knew what I'd really enjoy. Oh, btw, thank you for the Andre Rieu piece.
We watched him at Christmas and he had Akim on that program then. So
good!!! I went on and found some more of his. They are just too short,
though. I'd love to have a cd of his. Just not sure where to find it,
though.

Well, I've talked your ear off now. Could keep on talking. ;o)
It is HOT here; temps in the 100s; how is Virginia?

Billie

johnniemccoy@ wrote:
> "Ozgirl" <are_we_there_yet@maccas.com> wrote in message
> news:13cnm1j9t2tsmac@news.supernews.com...
>> Have you yelled "fire" yet?
>>
> That would be too obvious.... I've hoped that casual inconsiderance would
> work....hehe
>
> John
>
>
Try yelling "dinner's ready!" <g>

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

"Nicky" <ukc802466929@btconnect.com> wrote in message
news:gi6pc3lamo34gqb7pnt612hnfvhmvvakja@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:37:57 GMT, "johnniemccoy@"
> <johnniemccoy@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>However (and more to the point), I'm tired of spending 30 or 40 bucks on
>>stuff to eat and drink for just one night, by myself, when I can go out to
>>a
>>restaurant, bitch till I get the perfect steak, ogle the waitresses and
>>get
>>to wear my favorite tie (the wide one with the hula girl on it).... all
>>for
>>about the same price.
>
> Hmmm. Well, you could try to liven the restaurant up? Semi-nakedness
> and lighter fluid is a good start, and you could always take a
> boom-box? :P
>
> Nicky.
>
...... and have the chef spit on my steak.... no thanks :-)

John

"Cheri" <gserviceatinreachdotcom> wrote in message
news:ZLKdndnb9LuTMlHbnZ2dnUVZ_uuqnZ2d@inreach.com. ..
>
> Nicky wrote in message ...
>>
>>Hmmm. Well, you could try to liven the restaurant up? Semi-nakedness
>>and lighter fluid is a good start, and you could always take a
>>boom-box? :P
>
>
> Hell, they probably wouldn't even notice in Florida. :-)
>
> Cheri
>
Hey!

John

"Will, T2" <wmmckee@cox.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:57:45 GMT, Laura@notmy.com wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:51:57 -0700, "Cheri" <gserviceatinreachdotcom>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Nicky wrote in message ...
>>>>
>>>>Hmmm. Well, you could try to liven the restaurant up? Semi-nakedness
>>>>and lighter fluid is a good start, and you could always take a
>>>>boom-box? :P
>>>
>>>
>>>Hell, they probably wouldn't even notice in Florida. :-)
>>>
>>>Cheri
>>>
>>In Key West I believe it is a requirement - at least at sunset
>
> In Key West, cats are unfashionable, unless they have six toes on each
> foot...
>
> Maybe, John could shanghai some cats from Key West, and then make a
> spectacle... a kind of feline corrida grande, of lopping off the extra
> toes ;-)
>
> The howling and screeching would surely generate some unrest among the
> neighbors.
>
> Will, T2
>
I think I'm getting a bad reputation.

John

"Wingmask" <mugtechnician@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Aug 21, 10:37 pm, "johnniemccoy@" <johnniemc...@NOSPAMhotmail.com>
> wrote:
>> I'm embarrassed to say, I give up. Last night I executed the penultimate
>> in
>> raucous disregard for my neighbor's right to peace, quiet and privacy
>> (the
>> ultimate being creative placement of C4). There is no more I can do, or
>> imagine doing, to wake these zombies. I've played music in an array of
>> styles at volumes that even annoyed me. I've cavorted in near nakedness
>> around the initial conflagration of starter fluid overkill in my trusty
>> table top grill. I've rendered the entire community redolent of sizzling
>> of
>> meats to tempt all tastes. Week after week I've created midnight madness
>> that would startle any normal person from the deepest depths of morpheus
>> and
>> send them running to their bedroom windows with shouts of outrage. All to
>> no
>> avail. They sleep on like the sleep of the dead. I think I must
>> concede....
>> the ritual is over. I have failed miserably.
>>
>> However (and more to the point), I'm tired of spending 30 or 40 bucks on
>> stuff to eat and drink for just one night, by myself, when I can go out
>> to a
>> restaurant, bitch till I get the perfect steak, ogle the waitresses and
>> get
>> to wear my favorite tie (the wide one with the hula girl on it).... all
>> for
>> about the same price.
>>
>> Alas, John
>
> John, I know you have probably already done this to your
> neighbors...but perhaps you haven't. I bet you would love to do this:
> put some dog poopy in a zip lock bag with paper on top of it.
> strategically place that lovely arrangement on your neighbors front
> door step at midnight, and finally Ignite the paper. Then you yell
> fire! And your neighbor gets into a frenzy, throws open the front
> door, and stomps on the fire only to find out what really happens
> when their foot goes "squishee" into the poop-filled zip lock bag.
>
Jeez, wing, I'm cooking out there. No squishees while I'm cooking :-)

John

"Loretta Eisenberg" <sassybklynlady@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> John, I personally think you are making the right decision. You want to
> really get to them, kill them with kindness. It will drive them nuts
>
> Loretta
>
Right! They'll miss me.... subconscienciously

John

"Janet Wilder" <kelliepoodle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> johnniemccoy@ wrote:
>> "Ozgirl" <are_we_there_yet@maccas.com> wrote in message
>> news:13cnm1j9t2tsmac@news.supernews.com...
>>> Have you yelled "fire" yet?
>>>
>> That would be too obvious.... I've hoped that casual inconsiderance would
>> work....hehe
>>
>> John
> Try yelling "dinner's ready!" <g>
>
> --
> Janet Wilder
>
I don't know...... that brings up the possibility of them running over and
grabbing my steak.

John

"johnniemccoy@" <johnniemccoy@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Janet Wilder" <kelliepoodle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:46cce693$0$2190$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
>> johnniemccoy@ wrote:
>>> "Ozgirl" <are_we_there_yet@maccas.com> wrote in message
>>> news:13cnm1j9t2tsmac@news.supernews.com...
>>>> Have you yelled "fire" yet?
>>>>
>>> That would be too obvious.... I've hoped that casual inconsiderance
>>> would work....hehe
>>>
>>> John
>> Try yelling "dinner's ready!" <g>
>>
>> --
>> Janet Wilder
>>
> I don't know...... that brings up the possibility of them running over and
> grabbing my steak.

No food would get me out of bed at midnight. Maybe you should skip 2-3
Monday night bbq's, give the neighbours a chance to breathe a sigh of
relief, then... you know, shatter their false sense of security If it
makes you feel any better, I would be suitably pissed off with your midnight
noise if you were my neighbour

"Ozgirl" <are_we_there_yet@maccas.com> wrote in message
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>
> If it makes you feel any better, I would be suitably pissed off with your
> midnight noise if you were my neighbour
It does make me feel better. You can't know how much I appreciate it.
Listen, are there any houses for sale near you.. say, within 100 feet, or
so?

John

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:37:57 GMT, "johnniemccoy@"
<johnniemccoy@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:

>I'm embarrassed to say, I give up. Last night I executed the penultimate in
>raucous disregard for my neighbor's right to peace, quiet and privacy (the
>ultimate being creative placement of C4). There is no more I can do, or
>imagine doing, to wake these zombies. I've played music in an array of
>styles at volumes that even annoyed me. I've cavorted in near nakedness
>around the initial conflagration of starter fluid overkill in my trusty
>table top grill.

Possibly you should keep checking Youtube over the next few
weeks to see when you are on. Your neighbours have probably
been inviting paying guests to sit in the dark at their
windows. watching...

>I've rendered the entire community redolent of sizzling of
>meats to tempt all tastes. Week after week I've created midnight madness
>that would startle any normal person from the deepest depths of morpheus and
>send them running to their bedroom windows with shouts of outrage. All to no
>avail. They sleep on like the sleep of the dead. I think I must concede....
>the ritual is over. I have failed miserably.
>

>However (and more to the point), I'm tired of spending 30 or 40 bucks on
>stuff to eat and drink for just one night, by myself, when I can go out to a
>restaurant, bitch till I get the perfect steak, ogle the waitresses and get
>to wear my favorite tie (the wide one with the hula girl on it).... all for
>about the same price.
>
>Alas, John
>

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
--
http://loraltraveloz.blogspot.com/
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http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/
latest: Self-Testing and Type 2 Management

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:57:52 +1200, Quentin Grady
<quentin@paradise.net.nz> wrote:

>For the last few weeks I've had to deal with stuff you wouldn't want
>to know about.

We've been wondering and worrying. Good to see you back.


Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
--
http://loraltraveloz.blogspot.com/
latest: Mossman Gorge in the Daintree Rainforest
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/
latest: Self-Testing and Type 2 Management