2008/2009 Presidential Campaign

This is a story that is going around about the Republican "presumptive" nominee.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/McCain_temper_boiled_over_in_92_0407.html

Thoughts on 2008/09 Election

Obama gave a really inspiring speech on March 18. I want to keep this link and possibly make a scrapbook layout about it. I really wanted Hilary Clinton to get the nomination, but Barack Obama will also make a great president. I can't remember when we've had two good choices!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/18/obama-race-speech-read-t_n_92077.html

Some people took umbrage on the above speech, so on March 20, he spoke in a radio call-in show, and actually made it worse, although I don't really think he meant it the way it was taken. I wonder how long it will be held against him.

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/21/ferraro-offended-by-comparison-to-pastor-wright/

Another Boomer Get-Together

Nebug reported that a get-together was held the past Sunday at Harolds Deli in Edison. Neil, Marsha, Steve, Donna, Barry, and Bruce and Joan were in attendance. Nebug (Neil) said they had a blast - enough food for 30 and dessert for 50. Hope more can attend next time.

I love the idea of these small local get-togethers as well as the big ones.

May 9 Boomer Chat Party

Hey, whadayaknow - It's Friday again! Hope you had a great week and feel like talking about it tonight in Ye Olde Boomer Roome. And if your week was not so great - come & vent with us there.

I started sending out these emails and recaps to try to revive the fun of our old boomer room, and now we usually have a good sized group of former and new regulars who show up on Friday nites. The recaps have been fun to do, but I think their time is over. It's getting too hard to get them out, and I think they've served their purpose. (Though I may still send out something similar every once in awhile when the muse visits me.) Something I'd like to do in the future is to write little life stories about individual boomers and send them out to you via email and the boomer blog. Obviously, each boomer would have to give me permission for this, but do you think there might be some interest in something like this? I know it's been said a lot, but it bears repeating that we have become like a family, and the more I get to know the Boomer Family, the more I would like to know about them.

In lieu of the recap, here's something funny I found to share with you. See ya tonight!

You're Lost Between Baby Boomer & Generation X If
...Submitted by CRE 43

You remember when Jordache jeans with a flat-handle comb in the back pocket was cool.
Any photograph of you shows you wearing an Izod shirt with the collar turned up.
You know any "Weird Al" Yankovic songs by heart.
You've ever rung someone's doorbell and said "Landshark!"
You were once bowled over by the technological excellence of such products as Atari, IntelliVision, TelStar and Coleco.
You remember the premier of MTV -- or worse yet, you remember its predecessor, "Friday Night Videos."
You and your friends ever discussed having a reunion at the end of the century and playing Prince's "1999" until you passed out partying.
A predominant color in your childhood photos is plaid.
You remember when music that was labeled "alternative" really was alternative, and when "alternative comedy" was really funny.
You took family trips BEFORE the invention of the minivan.
You rode in the back of the station wagon facing the cars behind you.
You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following phrases: "You know, back when...," "When I was your age...," or "When I was younger..."
Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you learned things like grammar, math and history. (A big hint here is if the only way you can recite the Preamble to the Constitution is by singing it.)
You ever dressed to look like someone in a Madonna, Cyndi Lauper or Duran Duran video.
You remember your first kiss with someone having happened while either "Leather and Lace" or "Crazy for You" was playing.
You remember with pain the day the Green Machine hit the streets (or the sidewalks), instantly making your Big Wheel obsolete.
The age-old question "Where's the beef?" still makes you laugh.
You remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever possibly have more advanced special effects than "TRON."
You had a crush on Ted the photographer on "Love Boat," Gage from "Emergency," or Ponch from "CHIPS."
Your hair at some point in time in the '80s could only be described by saying "I was experimenting."
You've ever shopped at Benetton.
You're starting to believe that having the kids in school year-round wouldn't be such a bad idea after all.
You're currently employed doing something that has absolutely nothing to do with your college major.
U2 is too popular and mainstream for you now.
You remember trying to guess which episode of "The Brady Bunch" it was by the first scene.
You had a front-row seat (i.e., blew off one or more classes) for Luke and Laura's wedding on "GH."
Your parents wanted you to attend medical school, but you decided it was pointless since Quincy got all the babes anyway.
You know who shot J.R.
You recall when Love's Baby Soft was in every girl's Christmas stocking.
This rings a bell: "My name is Charlie, and they work for me."
You were unsure if Diet Coke would ever catch on. (Related item: you were sure that "New Coke" would NEVER catch on.)
You know all the words to the double-album set of the "Grease" soundtrack.
You've ever had a Dorothy Hamill haircut.
You sat with your friends on any given Friday night circa 1982 and dialed 867-5309 to see if Jenny was actually there.
"All skate, change directions" means something to you.
You've ever owned a pair of rainbow suspenders like the ones Mork used to wear.
You bought a pair of Vanns and wanted to order a pizza in history class so you could be just like Jeff Spicoli. (Related item: if you've ever smacked yourself in the head with a shoe and exclaimed, "I'm so wasted!")
You owned a Preppy Handbook.
You were too young to see "Blue Lagoon," so you just had to settle for the second-hand reports.
You remember when movies were only PG and R.
You learned to swim at about the same time "Jaws" came out....and still carry the emotional scars to prove it.
You remember when your cable TV box had a sliding selector switch... and your "cable remote" was connected to the TV by CORD!
Your jaw would ache by the time you finished one of those brick-sized packages of Bazooka.
You remember Bo and Luke Duke, Daisy, Boss Hogg, or-worst of all-what Sheriff Roscoe's full name was.
Your parents paid $2,000 for a top-loading VCR that was almost the size of a coffee table.
You found nothing strange about Bert and Ernie living together.
You remember having a rotary phone.
You actually believed that Mikey, famed kid on the Life cereal commercials, died after eating Pop Rocks and drinking a Coke.
"Members Only" jackets...say no more.
And lastly, I'll make a song stick in your head for the rest of the day: ...you actually remember the words to the theme song of "The Greatest American Hero." ("BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'M WALKIN' ON AIR...I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD FEEL SO FREE-EE-EE...")

Author: Michelle Waugh at ATISSI51

the boomer formerly known as dydrmLindahttp://babyboomersforever.blogspot.com/http://dydrmlinda-thesagacontinues.blogspot.com/

PREVIOUSLY, IN THE APRIL 25 BOOMER ROOM

VEGAS TALK
The room was still full of talk about the great time had in Vegas. One of the best pictures sent back was the one of Steve and Fred, with the accompanying picture of the muppet codgers, Statler and Waldorf. The picture on the right is DoggyNites(Steve) and Manofunn (Fred).

LaNeita reported that she successfully rescued ElvisP19 (Rick) from the aliens. Rick, still a little shaken, begged Laneita not to talk about it too much - he felt the aliens were still watching him. Laneita reassured him that he is still in her custody. WittDNites (Marsha) bragged that she has met a majority of the boomers, Linda and Rick being the next she hopes to meet. (She’s getting the best last.)

People are still talking about the mirror also. No one would really come out and explain, so I just have to guess that it’s one of those mirrors that say “objects in mirror are larger than actual size.”

CHICOPEE:
The Vegas party is still being rehashed, and already plans are being made for one to be held in Chicopee, Massachusetts, to be held Aug 22, 23, and 24. Ruberlegs (Dan) is planning on blocking out 15 rooms at the hotel this coming week. Doggy (Steve) asked Dan to let him know when it’s set up, and he would get the information out to people so they can start making reservations. WineOWitz asked for the honeymoon suite.

Dan indicated he hoped to get the hall at the American Legion and has begun looking for a caterer. Bluesy1234 (Les) asked how near Chicopee is to Arlington, and Dan indicated it was about an hour away. Les indicated he will be in Boston this summer, so he’s thinking of arranging for it to be in August so he could attend the Chicopee party.

BOOMER KIDS/GRANDKIDS
Bornsons (Richard) reported that his daughter was married March 22. Congratulations, Richard!
HEALTH
Skieluv (Steve) shared with us the good news that he had received a transfusion on Tuesday, which perked him up. BIGHOW10 advised Skie that Viagra would perk him up too.

THIS & THAT
Bluesy1234 (Les) asked people how they were planning to spend their rebate check. Bighow reported that it was spent already; and Funnybunny asked, “What rebate check?” Most of us are probably like Howie.

Marnee stopped in visit with us. She actually gave up some of her packrattin' time for us! Desarae417, in Florida, also stopped by to chat. It was great seeing her again.
Frigid wom (Ali) asked ElvisP19 to add her the list of people he sends Wavs to. She also invited Theobears (Ellyn) to visit her. Ellyn replied that she would visit her, fortified with her allergy pills. (She’s allergic to cats, and Ali has a houseful of beautiful Siamest cats.)

REMEMBER WHEN…?

Want to feel seven years old again? Check this out:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xt3au_tom-terrific-captain-kidney-bean_shortfilms


And now…
TH-TH-TH-TH-THAT’S ALL FOLKS!

PREVIOUSLY ON APRIL 18 2008

Following is the recap of last week’s room party. Sorry it has taken me so long to get it to you. I want to reiterate that you can read the recap here and/or in the boomer blog, located at http://babyboomersforever.blogspot.com/. If you have any comments on anything in the recap, there is a place at the end of each recap in the blog that gives you a prompt to make your comment. (In order to do this, you must sign up for a google account, which is easy and free.) This eliminates the necessity of piling up emails in people’s in-baskets. (You don’t need a google account to just read the blog, but you do need one to comment on it.)

AND NOW…

PREVIOUSLY, ON FRIDAY NITE BOOMER PARTY
April 18, 2008
WHAT HAPPENED IN VEGAS
Thanks to Ullery2 (Helen) and Manofunn (Fred), a bunch of boomer friends gathered in Vegas last week and had a wonderful time. No arguing, no bickering, just a wonderful time. Everyone agreed that it was the best boomer bash ever.

First of all, Redheadtxn (Julia) reported that she won about $200, Rosco54(John) and Deb hit about $450; and Frigid Wom (Ali) won about $400. And Ray also had fun at the slots, cashing in $500, $250, $100, and $125. (Copy of this newsletter will be sent to the IRS.) Ha ha, just kidding.

However, as Marnee115 (Marcia) pointed out, Donna won the biggest prize of all. And so did Barry; he waited a long time for his True Love. The story of his proposal to Donna will live forever in the annals of Baby Boomers. In case any readers haven’t heard, he asked for the floor at the Saturday night dinner and thanked everyone for their support during his and Donna’s ongoing love story. Then, amidst a sea of tears and flashing cameras, he went down on one knee and asked Donna to marry him. Donna’s answering yes and his presentation of her ring was also chronicled in pictures. Julia made an online scrapbook of the proposal. If you haven’t seen it, I’m sure she will email it to you upon request.

Barry IM’d me this morning to ask me to convey to everyone his and Donna’s thanks for all the well wishes and congratulations. They are with family tonight, but will try to come online to the room if at all possible. He said no date or place has yet been decided on for the big event.

Other Vegas stories that did NOT stay in Vegas include:

Julia’s picture of Suzequ3 as she came out of the shower. She did have a towel wrapped strategically around her, but she laughed and gave Julia permission to send it out with other Vegas pictures. Sue did look great, and as Julia says, nothing bothers Suz.

Another great picture was one of Manofunn (Fred) and DoggyNites (Steve) sitting together at a table, solving the world’s problems. Steve pointed out that they looked like the two old codgers who used to sit in the balcony on The Muppet Movie. And Mawort (Marcia) found a picture of the Muppet codgers and placed them side-to-side with the boomer codgers. Marcia, I’d really like a copy of that for the blog!

There were no naked pictures, although Julia almost talked Doggie into posing with a red thong. However, since WittDNites (Marsha) wasn’t there at the time, he declined. Steve is a good husband, and there were quite a few good husbands present, Eric (MrTheobears), John (Rosco54) Les, and husband-to-be Blomba (Barry).

There were many references to a mysterious mirror of Steve’s (I counted 19 mentions in the log.) No one would relate the story, but it has something to do with DoggyNites. All he would say was “Read between the lines,” so I’ll only ask one question about that mirror: Do objects in it appear larger than actual size?

ElvisP19 (Rick) was unable to attend the festivities; due to unforeseen circumstances. According to LaNeita, he was captured by aliens and released in the desert to her. Rick is presently updating his memoirs to include this frightening experience. Several people were, however, able to talk to Rick by phone, and Julia reported that he appears to have come out of the incident as sweet as ever. Although WittDNites (Marsha) pouted that she was not able to get a real Elvis hug, she and all of us still want him to get his butt back into the room.

The next boomer bash is scheduled for August at Chicopee, Massachusetts. Steve asked for a show of paws as to how many would be interested in attending. Suggar and Space (Kris) said she’d like to go, but was feeling a little shy about that. Steve urged everyone to “say yes… you know you want to.” (I wonder how many boomer ladies heard that line on their prom night.)

Dutch6104 suggested a boomer cruise, which would also be a lot of fun.

BOOMER KIDS/GRANDKIDS
Suzeq3 became a grandmother during the boomer bash. Her grandaughter, Colleen Mara McDonough. arrived April 13th @ 10:20 am weighing in @ 7 lbs 13 ounces. Congratulations, Sue, to you and your family. The picture of baby Colleen and her proud papa is in the Boomer blog.

OldeeBaaat2 reported that she is a Granny Baat now. Her grandchild was born October 16, 2006.

THIS & THAT
Bluesy1234 (Les) stopped in to chat. He told us he had been to San Antonio on business. Julia asked him if he had been to the river walk, and replied that he had, and that he enjoyed it very much.

The room was visited (attacked) by someone named bulldogShari, who entered an illegal program that caused the room to go crazy. Frogie told us to select the name of this idiot and hit ignore and it would stop. In the future, block that person and have your smileys disabled (have them displayed as art in chat preferences) and shut off your chat room sounds.

HAS ANYONE SEEN THIS PERSON?
People were asking about Jopeach58, who appeared later in the room, announcing that she was, in fact, not dead, but alive and well. Good to see you, Jo, please come in again.


And now…


TH-TH-TH-TH-THAT’S ALL FOLKS!

IT HAPPENED IN VEGAGS

PREVIOUSLY IN APRIL 11 CHAT ROOM

VEGAS
It was a thin crowd tonight, since so many boomers were at Vegas for the boomer reunion. Those of us who stayed at home missed them, and we talked about the newsletters we had received from Redhdtexn (Julia). Skieluv (Steve) said he hadn’t read them yet-I told him he should read them right away, they were great! Especially the pictures! SuzeQ, I can’t believe what Julia did to you! FrogieArno (Joan) actually popped in for a few minutes. She was getting ready for the dinner, and stopped in to say hi, and to tell us how great of a time they were having. (Rubbing it in!) CirceUK (Jacs) mentioned that she had talked to Doggie Night (Steve) earlier, and he also rubbed it in about the fab time they were having. (Wonder if he used that word “fab” - if so, it’s been a long time since I’ve heard that word used in normal conversation.)
The biggest news coming from Vegas was the news of Blombaone’s (Barry’s) proposal to Wtink (Donna). He actually got down on his knees in front of everyone to pop the question. According to Redhdtexn (Julia), there were not many dry eyes in the room after she accepted. Congratulations and best wishes to the both of you, Barry and Donna.
SuzeQ also got some great news: her first grandchild, Colleen Mara McDonough. arrived April 13th at 10:20 am weighing in at 7 lbs 13 ounces. Congratulations, Suze, being a grandparent is the best!

THIS & THAT
Circe recommended that we check out the following link for some great eye-candy and a a hot tune:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KED1t0H2igw)

CONFESSIONS OF A PACKRAT ADDICT
I have an addiction to Packrat now. It’s an Internet game and I suck at it, but can’t stop playing. I’m sure Betty Ford has a 12-step program to stop. In the meantime, I promised Doors Open (Marty) and Hughes (David) that I would invite them to join in. (I get credits for the game for people I invite.) Marnee suggested that 3 or 4 glasses of wine would help me play better. Don’t know if Betty Ford would agree with that, but hey-it’s worth a try!

SPORTS
Skieluv (Steve) and BigHow10 are NOT Yankee fans. I, of course, am still waiting in longsuffering patience for the Cubbies to go all the way. Skieluv thinks that will be a long wait; however, he does love going all the way. Bornsons (Rich) says he roots for both Mets and Yankees, giving him a better hope for a win.

Can’t wait to see everyone next Friday. In the meantime,

TH-TH-TH-TH-THAT’S ALL FOLKS!

Vegas Update from FrogieArno April 10, 2008

so far...

Wed we got here around 3PM, by 5 we were in the room, to to discover the toilet didn't flush... got that fixed, unpacked.
Called Fred, he said he worked till 7 might pop around later.
Suzeq was here. Tink and Blombo were here from the morning, and had eaten so much they just kept us company for dinner. After dinner, went to gamble a bit, split up to look around. Went out to Freemont street, watched 3 crazy motorcycles riding inside a 15 - 20 foot diameter globe. Wineo & I found Tink and Blombo at slots in one of the casino (hmmmm thought they were gonna look at the lights OUTside). 3 hr time diff was making me sleepy by 11, went upstairs, asleep by midnite.

Thurs 8:15 AM. Blomba calls, meeting downstairs for breakfast at 9:30. Wineo goes down around 9:15 for slots before coffee. I get there 9:30 and they were already getting served (damned early birds) .. Fred, SugarnSPace show up around 10 with the Wineo... Good breakfase, lots of cell phone pics. Harthorn has joined us now

After food Suz goes to sun. Tink & Blomba go to tour the strip. At noon I get my room switched to one with a functional toilet. Harthorn gets hers switched to a non smoking room. We wander around a bit, make spa reservations for later in the week. Theo & Hubby arrive (spoke to them but havent seen tem yet) Sugar and I go shopping for more clothes for her and souvenirs to take home for her family. Bump into Harthorn on Freemont street. Lose Wineo in the casino. Back to the room for a rest and some computer time (damn vegas charging me 12 dollars per 24 hrs for access).

I think we are meeting around 8 PM for dinner.

We booked spa time on Mon, when most of the others will have left. Wineo is looking at another Helicopter trip to the Grand Canyon, this time landing. Couple of ladies are gonna see the local eye candy (Chip & Dale were named for them). Theo has tickets for Love.

Weather has been sunny, windy, around 70. The pool looks fantastic, with that damn slide tube going thru the shark tank (yes I AM going to ride it and Wineo says he will take pics).

So now its 6 here, and 9 in NY and I am 'chillin' for a bit. Wineo is out making copies of his wine tasting papers for Sat nite. More boomers arriving tonite.

To Be Continued.

Check out my Slide Show!

PREVIOUSLY IN THE APRIL 4 BOOMER ROOM PARTY

April 4, 2008

BOOMER ACHIEVEMENTS:
Dutch6104 has great pictures of his Russian trip - check out his profile. He went there with some friends of his a few years back.

HEALTH
Skieluv (Steve) is down to 135 pounds, but he’s eating again, which is good news. The radiation treatments had made him so sick that he lost his appetite for awhile. He reported he had just had 20 Oreos. He’s feeling better, but will have to go back to chemo on Monday. You are our hero, Skie - hang in there, okay?

THIS & THAT
Theobears (Ellyn) managed to tear herself away from Packrat, a game on Facebook in which she terrorizes the rest of us trying to play against her. She kicks mucho butt at this game!

Dutch6104: <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YOUR BOOMER PRESIDENT HAS JUST LEFT THE ROOM lol LOL
LPoindext: we haven't decided who to vote for - Dutch or Stella!
CirceUK: excuse me Linda... but you obviusly haven't heard of the recent
coup... I am actually president.

When Stella entered the room, she didn't comment on the above, but she ordered DoggyNites (Steve) to rip off his britches and dance around a pole for her. (She said she needed a laugh.) Joan questioned that Doggy was doing pole dances now - she thought dogs did something entirely different to poles.

FrogieArno (Joan) reminded Stella of the time she (Stella) and Circe (Jacs) wrestled on the lawn in fron of the yankee candle factory over some pastry! Joan said she even has pictures of the event!

NEW REVISED LOFT
Someone asked if anyone still did any lofting nowadays. A few of us admitted to this practice, and described how different the loft is now:

LPoindext: It's got an escalator now - easier to get there
CirceUK: LOL
LPoindext: And Rick decorated it with Elvis posters
LPoindext: And I put some Beatles stuff there
Theobears: Rick should add music to the loft, too
LPoindext: There's some love letters from Doggie to Witt that I think they forgot
FrogieArno: Poloriod pics
ElvisP19: Ellyn, I installed a jukebox in the loft
WittDNites: roflmao............too funny LOVE LETTERS??????????? hahaha
Theobears: oh goody, rick, it's gonna be so much nicer there now

VEGAS
April 11 is when most boomers will begin arriving in Vegas, so Steve reminded the unlucky ones not going that they won’t be in the chat room that night. Redhdtexn (Julia) seconded that, and asserted that none of them would stop their revels to come to the Boomer Room.

Sigh…such is life.

Theobears (Ellyn) and mrtheobears(Eric) will be going to cirque du soleil on Monday evening. They didn’t want to go during the reunion, so that left only Sunday and Monday. Marsha and Steve will be leaving Vegas Sunday at 12:45.

I’m planning on trying to do a digital scrapbook of the reunion. I’ve never done one, but it would be something all the boomers could share, and would make it seem like we were all there.
ManoFunn (Fred) will be there Thursday through Sunday. Hopefully, he won’t have to serve jury duty during that time. He reported that the weather has been great so far, in the 70s, not too hot or too cold. Harthorn (Charlotte) said that her daughter told her to be sure to go on the hotel’s water slide. Fred assured her that the temperature of the water should be fine and try not to let a shark get her toe. But Charlotte has scuba dived with sharks, so they don’t scare her. Fred warned her, though, that the hotel starves the sharks for two days, and then release them into the pool. If you survive, you get a free dinner. (Probably roasted shark.) Charlotte laughed and assured Fred that was her kind of challen

Nothing more to say, except have a wonderful time, bring us back some souvenirs, and …


TH-TH-TH-TH-THAT’S ALL FOLKS!

PREVIOUSLY ON THE MARCH 28 ROOM PARTY...

FRIDAY NITE BOOMER CHAT PARTY
March 28, 2008

CONDOLENCES
A boomer named mje lost her husband on March 27, 2008. Woody and Dutch were good friends of his. Sincere condolences to mje and her husband.

HEALTH
Zabarini was in the room, and she told us that she’s been back in Oregon for over four years. She told us she had had lung cancer, but was happy to announce that she was fine now. She had lung surgery a year ago, when they cut out 1/3 of her right lung. She kidded about being afraid she would lose a boob, but she also was very thankful that medical science is so amazing, , and vowed no more cigarettes or cigars. We all were very happy to congratulate her on beating cancer.

THIS & THAT
How many boomers are into texting? Not me, I confess, although I hate to miss out on a “fad.” It seems some people would rather text than call. Redhdtexn (Julia) said that her son does up to 6000 text messages per month! She says that her son can text with his phone in his pocket. (Hmm, are you sure that’s what he’s doing in his pocket, Julia? LOL - My bad?) H20sfine says texting does come in handy - you can get the point without interrupting work, so she plans on getting a phone with a “keyboard” next time she goes phone-shopping.

Dutch6104: <~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE STAND YOUR BOOMER PRESIDENT HAS JUST
ENTERED THE ROOM
Elvscountry1: standin
Dutch6104: YOU MAY ALL BE SEATED NOW LOL LOL
Wbkwoody53: all rise
Dutch6104: same here
Dutch6104: woodyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Elvscountry1: kewl dutch
LPoindext: dutch - stella is running for boomer president too
Dutch6104: stella is my vp of boobs

Elvscountry1: well how are the guys stacked?
Dutch6104: :- $
Wbkwoody53: sad here
Dutch6104: what?
Elvscountry1: woody
LPoindext: yeah, what size shoes do you wear?
Dutch6104: woody same here
Wbkwoody53: 4 and a half
Dutch6104: <~~~~~~~~~ size 15
Elvscountry1: rofl
LPoindext: hmmm -- this HAS to go in the blog!

LadyAnnne (Anne) stopped in. She said her wedding plans are going slowly, but she’s not in a hurry. She and Earthwinds exchanged delighted greetings - they apparently hadn’t seen each other in quite some time.

Ylady1154 told us that she was getting ready to go to a Harley Davidson shop for a band and food and music.

NICKKER: <----never gets mentioned in linda's recap....sigh
NICKKER: ok, i ran thru the room naked and nobody noticed....

Billcobby announced that he had won 500 on one slot machine last week, and Charlotte told us that her son went to Atlantic City in early February and won $15000.

VEGAS
WittDNites was counting down the days until Vegas. She told Helen she couldn’t believe that two weeks from March 28, they would be seeing each other in Vegas. MsKimerald (like me) said she wanted to go so bad! But remember everyone - take lots of pictures! I want to try my hand at doing a digital scrapbook of the event, since I won’t be there in person. That way, we can share the experiences with everyone. As DoggyNites told BigHow, this time, what happens in Vegas will NOT stay in Vegas - “we gonna tell all.”

Plans include the brownies and karaoke. (If people get feeling good enough from the brownies, everyone will be brave enough to do karaoke.

DoGGyNites: Me and Barry are sending Marsha and Donna to a show so we can go to one of
those cowboy ranches
WittDNites: oh no you aren't
Redhdtexn: barry leave donna for a minute??? i think not
ULLERY2: lolol they have a strip club right across the street from the hotel
DoGGyNites: she'll be with Marsha
WittDNites: oh great
DoGGyNites: we be at the Ranch
Earthwinds: What? Doggy?..Witt?
DoGGyNites: cowboy stuff, ya know
Ruberlegs3: Ranch??
ULLERY2: Chicken Ranch?
ULLERY2: my husband can't go ;-)
DoGGyNites: sure he can
WittDNites: <~~~~~~~~NOT gonna type what I'm thinking
DoGGyNites: trust me
DoGGyNites: its a male bonding thing
MsKimerald: Witt LOL
ULLERY2: lmao .... bond this
Earthwinds: Rofl

MsKimerald said she must might fly to Vegas to meet some of the Boomers - she’s been wanting an excuse to gamble anyway. Go for it, Kim!

ElvisP19: {{{{{{{{{{{{Marsha & Steve}}}}}}}}}}}}}Ihc4900: thanks Elvis
WittDNites: ~~~~~~~~collecting REAL hug from Rick in 2 weeks !
ElvisP19 (Rick) will be giving LaNeita a ride to and from Vegas.

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS PERSON?
Ruberlegs3 (Dan) asked if anyone had ever heard from Dunabug. PrecBey2 (Barb) said she had seen her in Florida years ago, but that she had heard Dunabug might be sick. If anyone has heard of her, please let us know.

PrecBey2 also asked if anyone has heard from Texzanne.


TH-TH-TH-TH-THAT’S ALL FOLKS!

FRIDAY NITE BOOMER CHAT PARTY
March 21, 2008

CONDOLENCES

Bluesy1234 (Les) lost his father last week. We are so sorry for your loss, Les.

HEALTH

Suggar n Space (Kris) had to take a GI test consisting of lying on a hard table and moving in different positions. And once while changing positions, she pushed off with her hands and in the process pulled a muscle and possibly broke a rib! Imagine - getting hurt at a doctor’s office! So now she has to wear a rib belt, which wraps around and attaches with Velcro. Poor Kris, hope you’re feeling better.

LaNeita is contemplating a knuckle transplant. When she first mentioned it, I waited for the punch line - but she was serious. She explained that it wasn’t exactly a transplant, they would just put a new knuckle in on her ring finger. Another consequence of her accident. Good news about her legs, though; she is walking with a cane and a lot of times, even without the cane!

THIS & THAT

ElvisP19 (Rick) recommended using a free program called Irfanview. It plays Wavs and MP3s and views pictures and animations and movies. It’s also a picture editor. Go to http://www.irfanview.com/ to check it out. There are a lot of other interesting programs found at http://www.filehippo.com/.

There used to be an old saying back in the Midwest: Rain on Easter Sunday, Rain Seven more Sundays. No one but Marnee115 (Marcia) and myself seems to have heard it, though. As Marcia said, it’s an old wives’ tale that just happens to usually work out that way.

LaNeita noted that sunset was at 7:04 p.m.

DoggyNites (Steve) bragged about his ability to do the huckaback, and ElvisP19 (Rick) promptly played Chubby Checker’s “The Hucklebuck.” WTG, Rick!

POLITICAL TALK

Vote for Stella for President! She promises to put stilettos in every closet.


SPORTS TALK

BigHow10 (Howie) asked if everyone was ready for baseball season. Nebug2022 (Neil) said he plans to go to the Yankees or Mets opener. Ruberlegs3 (Dan) announced that the Red Sox would be doing it again, and BigHow countered that the Yankees are rebuildings. Woody held out for the Pirates. Switching to another sport, Laneita related that she liked to watch the Lakers, because Jordan Farmer was one of her students. Ruberlegs3 (Dan) said he still hoped to get to Taladega. Nebug2022 (Neil) enthused about how he loved Nascar, saying he had a lot of favorite drivers. Dan stated that someone is thinking of building a domed track in New York, near the Jersey border.

COUNTDWN TO VEGAS

Plans are being firmed out for the Vegas bash. ElvisP19 (Rick) will be driving LaNeita to Vegas, leaving California on Friday, April 11th. FrogieArno (Joan) and her husband plan to be there a week and celebrate their anniversary at that time. Congratulations, Joan and hubbie! And to all you lucky people who plan to be there, please take lots of pictures! I want to try to do my first digital scrapbook. That way, everyone can enjoy the fun and festivities. And what happens in Vegas will stay in my scrapbook.

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS PERSON?

CirceUK (Jacs) asked Sonya50 (Pat) if she had ever heard from Lori.

Someone had recently asked about Jamie. I received the following note from her this week:

"Thank you for the recap and sorry I missed it. I had to fly to Chicago from Az. Thursday morning to help my mom, who is having some serious health issues. Sorry I missed to get-together. This is the first chance I've had to read my mail. I'd love to stay on the list, I'm just a little busy right now. I don't know how long I will be in Chicago. I grew up here and almost forgot what the cold weather was like. I sure do remember it now! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Anyway, thanks again and tell all my boomer buds I said howdy. Hopefully, I'll get to pop into Vegas to see some old friends and meet some new ones...
ITZJamie55"


TH-TH-TH-TH-THAT’S ALL FOLKS!

March 14, 2008 Friday Nite Chat Party

FRIDAY NITE BOOMER PARTY
March 14, 2008

BOOMER ACHIEVEMENTS:

Our Laneita was voted class flirt for the Class of 66. She happened to be in the class of 1968 at the time, but they all thought she was a senior.

DUTCH6104 FOR PRESIDENT!! He’s looking for a hot chick to be hisVP, in case anyone is interested. (Hillary Clinton is busy.)

Pinkysproud (Victoria) divulged a long-held secret about women: we have the ability to withhold farts. Skie (Steve) is so jealous!)

PrecBay (Barb) has moved back to Reno to be near her grandkids.

Pinky announced she gets her snazzy new drum kit next week, but DoggyNites (Steve) insisted that snazzy new drum kit is British slang for high-tech vibrating dildo. Skie, not to be outdone, related that he had just bought a new set of drums today, which gives him something else to bang. (Sound of rimshot.)

CONDOLENCES

Redhdtexn (Julia) lost her newborn great-niece this past week. Our thoughts are with you, Julia, in this difficult time. Also with Ali, who is still grieving over the loss of her father, but hanging in there.

Did anyone know MSOIGGAL? She passed away yesterday from acute respiratory distress due to pneumonia. She will be cremated and funeral will be Monday in California, Pennsylvania. Our condolences to her friends and family.
BOOMER KIDS/GRANDKIDS

PrecBay (Barb) proudly announced that her step-grandson won the millennium scholarship. Wonderful news, Barb.

CirceUK (Jacs) was feeling a little sad. Her gorgeous son left the nest and moved into his own apartment this week, and she misses him already. (Jacs, if it’s any consolation, they usually move back once or twice before the move “takes.”)

FACEBOOK

I started a new Boomer Group in Facebook and tried to invite all the boomers on my mail list, but I may have missed some of you. If you’d like to “jine up,” let me know. It’s a fun blog site although I have to admit a little confusing to navigate. Theobears (Ellyn) and Laneita both have said they’ve been able to contact former students of theirs after joining Facebook, and FrogieArno has amazed and impressed her daughter by having a face book account. Who knows, maybe someone will locate a long lost love. Ellen and Marnee115 (Marcia) have really going at the Packrat game found on Facebook.

BAWDY HUMOR

Skieluv: There we were, standing on the side of the bed, our lips softly grazing each other, our arms wrapped around each other. Skie, she said, you leave me breathless! PLEASE stop farting, okay honey?

HEALTH

BlombaONE (Barry) reported that WTink45488 (Donna) is still under the weather. Poor girl has had it for about four weeks now. I said sympathetically, “I hope she gets better soon, Les.” He replied, “This is Barry, Linda.”

RATS! I’ve been so proud of myself, learning all the Boomers’ names. Sorry about that, Les and Barry.

LaNeita reported that she’s doing much better. She went to the surgeon yesterday and got a good report. (Anyone see the picture of her car on her face book account? Wow!)

Ruberlegs (Dan) will be having surgery on his bursa. The doctor thinks there will be a 70 to 80 percent improvement after the surgery. Let us know how it goes, Dan.

Pusskitt (Jeannie) reported she’s feeling much better after her recent fall. Good to hear, I know a lot of people are looking forward to meeting her in Vegas.

OldeeBaaat2 (Kathy) recently had a shot of Sumedrol, which she described as a sort of a steroid to help “open her up.” She said she has COPD and a cold, which can be dangerous. She recently had to have a firefighter (her sister) help her during an attack, and she was taken to the ER and given the sumedrol and a scrip for Combivent. Scary stuff, Kathy. Take care of you, okay?

Skieluv: I NEED A CIGARETTE NOW DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ruberlegs: SKI no way bud.
Skieluv: grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Ruberlegs: SKI have sex instead.
Skieluv: Nah, too tired.
Skieluv: Good night, live, laugh, love, forgive, forget.

We love you, Steve.

THIS & THAT

Dutch told us about his first love, a girl named Cindy. He said they were together all through high school, but broke up when he wanted to finish college and she wanted to get married. It’s a bittersweet story that probably all of us have lived through. Hugs to you, Dutch.

Pusskitt (Jeannie) reported that her basset hound was horny. Poor guy hadn’t had any for 17 years. Hmmm, won’t even go there….

DoggyNites (Steve) told us that Pusskitt (Jeannie) is going to take a scrimmage with the OU Sooners this fall. Jeannie says she can’t wait!

A possible record: 3 Oregonians in the room at once: NavyTeam1 (Michael), Billcobby (Bill), and Lpoindext (Linda). Bill remarked that he used to live in the boomer room. He did all our dusting and vacuuming. (Sound of rim shot.) Nice to see you back in the room, Bill. Don’t be such a stranger.

Michael, Our Poet laureate: “The starlight was all that was visible between the candlelit branches of the tree limb where she sat watching for Peter’s return.”

Sigh…don’t know what that means, but it sure was purty…

We may have an additional poet laureteate, though. Laneita, who has been living a “Rear Window” life since her accident, described the view of the sunset from her window:

“Here comes the sun in the window blinding me
Get such beautiful sunsets
Getting blinded by the sun
Darn I keep moving over and the sun is following me
Wish the sun would go down already!
Don't want to hobble in there to close the blinds
Sun keeps moving north each night as it sets
“Ooooooooo the sun finally got really pretty!

Big huge orange ball setiing into the mountain!
Magic Mountain!
I love this time, sky gets ablaze with color.
Each night something different.
So pretty,
Half way down now-
Last of sun just went down.
Yeah.
Now, just a beautiful sky…
“Sky is still light, though.
Pink is gone and it is salmon now;
Clouds are blue gray…
I love how fast the colors change.
God paints beautiful pictures.
Sky still has color
But it is getting dark now.
I love watching sunsets…

Dern purty, Laneita

“Looks like beer time,” declared Wbkwoody53 (Woody).

Harthorn (Charlotte) told Billcobby that she was back in Houston now, following the recent death of her husband. She had even bought a house in Houston, but did plan to visit Singapore soon, and may live there again and just rent out her new house.

ElvisP19 (Rick) assured Rdnck641213 that he is, in fact, NOT dead. Whew, that’s a relief, Rick! Replying to Pixie, Rick said, no, he’s not from Vegas, he’s from Graceland. He didn’t answer whether he really called Ann-Margaret from a pay phone in South Dakota. Rick takes a lot of teasing about his screen name, but he’s a good sport about it; after all, people STILL love Elvis.

There’s no way I could “recap” the following, so I’m typing it as it was said. The following is as it was then, except - YOU ARE THERE. *

WittDNites: poor pup has a toof ache
Ruberlegs3: percs here
Theobears: marsha, either punch him to knock the tooth out,
or knock him out
Ruberlegs3: aw which pup
MarshaWittDNites: lol Ellyn
Dutch6104: <~~~~~~~~~endocet
BLombaONE: Donna is going to take a nap. She said nite all
DoGGyNites: does she have your permission Barry?
Theobears: she doesn't need anybody's permission, especially not a
man's!
DoGGyNites: oh Ellyn!
BLombaONE: She said to tell you that all who are going to Vegas, we'll see
you there
Ruberlegs3: Marsha just grab him by the unit and run to the other side of
the room
Theobears: the unit?
DoGGyNites: She'd have to run down the stairs and out the back yard before it hurt
Dutch6104: <~~ doing the air drums lol
WittDNites: <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~laughin like crazy
TINK 24: LOLOLOL Dogg
Theobears: roflmao
WittDNites: oh SURE!
OnlineHost: Mawort has entered the room.
Ruberlegs3: Steve like a rock
DoGGyNites: nite Barry
TINK 24: Witt, can you make a lasso out of it?
WittDNites: nite Barry**************you take care too
WittDNites: Hi Marcia**********
Mawort: Dutch!!
DoGGyNites: pussy whipped
Theobears: marcia!!!
Wbkwoody53: FOUND ENOUGH FOR A GOOD BOWL FUL
Mawort: WittyM!!!!
TINK 24: hiya Mawort!
DoGGyNites: ooops
Mawort: Hey Theo
WittDNites: hmmmmmmmmm Nancy...........mebbe I shoud TRY that !!!
Dutch6104: wort how are youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Mawort: Hiya TINK
TINK 24: hahaha
Mawort: Dutch, kewl. You?
TINK 24: or maybe he should
Mawort: Stevie!!**!!**!!**
TINK 24: he could lasso you LOL
Theobears: maybe that's how he really caught marsha
WittDNites: yikes...what a VISUAL !!!

REMEMBER WHEN…?

* Remember the old TV show, You Are There, with Walter Cronkite? There would be some historical drama presented, and he would start it out with, “all things are now as they were then, except: you are there.” I always loved that!

VEGAS TALK

The boomer reunion is getting closer! From April 10-14, the boomers will descend on Vegas. Will it ever be the same? Ullery2 (Helen) is a chairperson, and you can get information from her. Billcobby (Bill) regretted that he would be in Boise during that time. Helen promised to bring one of her sons’ CDs to her when she gets to Vegas. NavyTeam (Michael) and Bill Cobby and I are going to try and organize a reunion in beautiful Oregon next time. How about it, everyone? Michael reminded us that at the last boomer reunion he went to, he gave away the bride - to DoggyNites (Steve)!

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS PERSON?

* Chet44
* Texanne
* Jamie

And now...

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Replies to Recap

Received the following in reply to March 7 Recap:

From Skieluv:

“mass” removed from his kidney on Tuesday

Linda, the "mass" was removed from my bladder!
- Sorry, Skie - always get bladder/kidney mixed up. Hope your week is good. Take care.

From OldBaaaat (Kathy)

SWEETCHEEKS(TRACY) AND HER FRIEND WAITED OVER 3 HOURS TO BE SEEN. BOTH TAYLOR AND I TOLD HER SHE SHOULD'VE CALLED THE MEDICS AND SHE WOULD'VE BEEN SEEN SOONER, BUT THEY LEFT. SHE SAYS SHE'S FEELIN BETTER AND THE VOMITING HAS STOPPED BUT SHE STILL HAS HEADACHES. WE TOLD HER TO GO BACK TO THE HOSPITAL,IN THE MEANTIME HER CAR IS TOTALED, AND THE TRUCKING COMPANY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF THINGS FOR SWEETCHEEKS AND THE OTHER CAR THAT HIT HER AS SHE WAS SPINNING OUTTA CONTROL. I'LL KEEP YA POSTED WHEN I HEAR SOMETHING MOREJUST KEEP HER IN YOUR PRAYERS FOR NOW THANKS BUT I STILL THINK SHE NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE HOSPITALBAAATY

PS, I AM SORRY I MISSED NICKKER WOULD'VE BEEN GLAD TO SEE HIM AS WELL AS OXFORDDOG TOO

Kathy, thanks for keeping us posted. Hope Tracy will follow up on her injuries and go back to the hospital.

-Lpoindexter

MARCH 7 FRIDAY NITE BOOMER PARTY

BOOMER ACHIEVEMENTS:

Stella2592 (Stella) is taking ballroom dances, including the West Coast Swing and the Cha Cha. Stella says the West Coast Swing is a very sexy dance, especially when you are dipped. That will probably help Stella get over her shyness. (wink). Redhdtexn (Julia) remarked that she loves to waltz; she waltzed with Buckinchute in Nashville once.

CirceUK (Jacs) said she is attempting to write a country song. The first verse is as follows:

My old dog yeller got hit by a truck
And my ole lady just don’t give a damn
(she claims she couldn’t find a rhyme to truck.)
Pinky suggested she say, “My ole lady I can f***.”
Nickker, shaking head, “well, there goes the room.”

Sonya50 (Pat) proudly announced she’s been smoke-free for 21 days. That’s wonderful, Pat. Big round of applause to you.

Geezluiz advised us that she officially has her California driver’s license. Congrats to you, Geez.

Suggar n Space (Kris) blew out 53 candles. She said her brother and his wife are taking her and her mama to dinner to celebrate.

Geezluiz led us in singing:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR KRIS
HAPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
Geez then added, “Gawd, to see 53 again.”

ElvisP19 (Rick) has been sighted working at El Monte now. He played us a song to commemorate his new position.

Harthorn (Charlotte) bought herself a new house in Houston near her son this week, which makes two homes she now owns, free and clear. What a wonderful achievement. Congrats, Charlotte!

BOOMER HEALTH

FrogieArno (Joan) reported that she had spent this week coughing and sneezing. She was ordered to work from home or take off sick. Theobears (Ellyn) sent her a germ-free hug. OldeeBaaat2 (Kathy) suggested to Joan that she try putting a halls mentholyptus cherry cough drop in her tea and let it melt. She said that should help soothe her cough. Joanie, let us know if it worked for you!

DoGGyNites (Steve) told us that his Marsha is under the weather and asked for our good wishes. Marsha also is coughing and has lost her voice. She said that her little kindergarten students were lucky this week, they didn’t have to listen to her, since she had laryngitis.

Skieluv (Steve?) confided that after his first week of radiation, he feels very tired. Frogie (Joan) encouraged him by telling him that he’ll get used to it eventually. Skie laughingly asked “when?” Redhdtxn (Julia) agreed with Frogie (Joan) and reminded him that he needed to STOP SMOKING. Skie agreed, and told us that he had had a “mass” removed from his kidney on Tuesday. They will proceed with a treatment of chemo and radiation and possibly another operation if all goes well. He said the doctors THINK he has “dead cancer cells” on top of his lungs. We all agreed that the only good cancer cell is a dead cancer cell. Skie said is wife is hanging in there with him. Kudos and hugs to Skie and his wife! Skie even reported proudly that even with a catheter in his PETER, he was getting an erection. And with that, he produced 6 farts. LOL, no wonder we love you, Steve.

Ullery2 (Helen) said she is recuperating from a week of physical therapy. Suggar & Space (Kris) is also feeling better, after having some digestive problems. Great news!

OldeeBaaat2 (Kathy) had some bad news about Sweetcheeks. She had been involved in an accident involving an 18-wheeler, which sent her out of control and caused her to be hit by another car. She had a concussion and was sent home. When she got worse, the doctor told her to lie down, but Sweetcheeks had a friend take her to the hospital. That’s all Kathy knew, and she asked us to keep Sweetcheeks in our prayers.

BOOMER CONDOLENCES

Frigid Wom (Ali) stopped in to say hello. The room offered her condolences on the passing of her father. Ali said that services would be Sunday and he will be interred in a wall at Fort Rosecrans, a military cemetery. Ali was having trouble believing he was gone, but he had been very ill, and we reminded her what a good daughter she had been to him and how much he had loved her. Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Ali, in this difficult time.

BOOMER KIDS AND GRANDKIDS

Redhdtexn (Julia) was sending out photos of her new grandson to Funnybunny and Theobears (Ellyn). Funnybunny admired Julia’s cute little grandson, saying she couldn’t believe he was only 7 weeks old.

THIS & THAT

Ruberlegs (Dan) said he may take a trip to Nam with some guys from his unit this year, although his wife doesn’t really want him to.

Bears Babe (Paige) announced she and her sister will be traveling to New Zealand in 2009.

Mawort (Marcia) related new and obnoxious behaviors of Daisy: tearing up paper! She particularly loves to shred paper plates and envelopes. She even tore up a card Marcia had just received from her brother. (By the way, Daisy is her pup.)

Mawort(Marcia) had a joke for us: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Answer: The one smoking the cigarette. (Groannnn)

SuzEq3 happily told us she was supposed to be working, but she cancelled her due to “low census.” She works in a hospital, delivering babies. She said she gets them when they are wet and slimy. Redhdtexn (Julia) said the nurse almost delivered Austin-doc was on the way but not there yet. Suz replied that she’s hoping that will happen in April when her grandchild comes. She can’t officially do anything but coach, BUT - the regular nurse can’t be in the room all the time. (Wink Wink)

Wbkwoody53 stopped in after everyone had gone. He had been having trouble with AOL, and said he’d be back earlier next time. I warned him if it happened again, his tardiness would be put on his “permanent record card,” but we let it go this time. Woody, don’t forget to try to re-send that picture of you that you promised me, okay? It never came through the first time.

LET IT SNOW/MAKE IT STOP

March is certainly coming in like a lion this year. Suggar and Space (Kris), Nebug (Neil), Theobears (Ellyn), and DoggyNites (Steve) reported rain, rain, rain. While in Rosco54 (John) reported getting six inches of snow. (Six inches is usually a good thing - but not when it’s snow.)

NEW/OLD FACES

CollieFarmer, entering the room, stated, “Bravely I enter this room, knees shakin’. Does 52 make me a boomer? When told she definitely qualified as a boomer, she told us she lives in Washington State with the trees where she belongs, but she has a Texan heart. She further advised she is “female, female, female,” and that she is looking for a crazy man to call her own. (I offered to give her the address of my ex, but she only laughed.) When she left the room, she told us if a crazy man showed up, to stick a pin in him and hold him for her. Collie, come back soon!

Remember Oxfordog? He goes by Pleaerl nowadays, and he stopped in to see us. He said, “Hi everyone…It’s so nice to see such familiar familiar names. Yippee!” We gave him a group room hug and encouraged him to come back next Friday! Great to see you again, Oxford/Pleaerl.

VEGAS PLANS

FrogieArno (Joan) is planning a wine-tasting, and anyone who would like to join in is asked to contribute $5. Frogie related that she will be flying in on the 9th and staying until the 15th. They will be celebrating their 35th anniversary on the 14th! SuzEq3 will be flying back on the 14th, taking the red-eye. Others like ElvisP19(Rick) and Awaytakeme (Linda) will be driving. Rick challenged Linda to a race! Yikes!

REMEMBER WHEN…?

Remember some of our crazy topics? Here’s one, and I’m going to copy verbatim, to get the full effect:

LPoindext: I liked that thread on the board where people were telling how they were told about "it"
Bornsons: I didn’t see that LP
DoGGyNites: it???????????
LaNeita: it ha ha
CirceUK: it being?
Mawort: I was never told about "it". I don't think my mom knows even now and she had 7 kids
DoGGyNites: what's IT ?
LPoindext: It was one of the ones that Julia started, I think
LaNeita: c'mere dog
DoGGyNites: the little man in the boat?
FrogieArno: damnit maw , don’t make me laugh/cough/choke
LaNeita: I read "it" in a kids book in the library ha ha
LPoindext: hmmm, Lan's been homebound too long -- she's getting "frisky"
LaNeita: grabbed my sister and took the book and her to the adult section to
show her
LaNeita: ha ha
DoGGyNites: what book?
DoGGyNites: what's it?
LaNeita: no Linda was gonna explain it to him
DoGGyNites: dammit tell me?
LaNeita: I told you come over here I will tell you
FrogieArno: the Kama sutra
CirceUK: I found out when some lads at the part were poking a nodder with sticks... I asked em why it was so funny... so they told me... I SAID' YOU LIARS MY DAD HAS THOSE ...HE USES THEM FOR FISHIN
CirceUK: PART=PARK
LPoindext: LOL CIRCE
LPoindext: nodder?
LaNeita: what is a nodder?
CirceUK: nodder = condom

And another crazy topic:

Chicken Dance

Redhdtexn: chicken dance ~
MARNEE115: buck buck
MARNEE115: {S chickendance
Honeybunchs42: lol red
LaNeita: buck buck
Awaytakeme: LaNeita. 10 bans chickens
MARNEE115: I used to have that wav
Honeybunchs42: I only have the ones that come with the puter
Theobears: I had a girl in my class one year who was an expert chicken dancer
LaNeita: I miss my chicken he went to live with Linda
FrogieArno: cluck cluck
Awaytakeme: LaNeita, I had chicken soup for dinner tonite
NICKKER: only good chicken comes from kfc
Theobears: kentucky friend gerbil, yummy
Honeybunchs42: we had chicken boobs for dinner
Suggar n Space: love kfc. gramma's was better though
LaNeita: gonna have a chicken boob later with the spaghetti
Redhdtexn: I just used it twice, Geez
LaNeita: is that the chicken singing marn???

POLITICAL TALK

Pinkysproud (Victoria) entered the room, yelling GO HILARY! She wanted to know why Yanks don’t like Hilary. But that’s getting into political talk, and your humble editor wants to keep this room FRIENDLY.

WAV FILES

ElvisP19, our resident music expert, offered to send music to Theobears in MP3 form.

And…

TH-TH-TH-TH-THAT’S ALL FOLKS!

FEBRUARY 29 FRIDAY NITE BOOMER PARTY

WELCOME BACK, SKIELUV

A happy room of Boomers welcomed Skieluv back. He had contracted pneumonia, and when he went to the hospital to be treated, they found cancer. His chemo/radiation treatments will start Monday, and the prognosis is very good, since it hasn’t spread.

Skieisms:

-DAMN, I want a cigarette!
-(after people told him no, and smacked his hand) Smackin’ makes me horny!
-{S 6farts
-SOMEONE GIVE ME A SMOKE NOW!!!
-Chocolate makes me horny!
- --waving behind back…farted.
-Ladies & Gentlemen,DION! Here’s a story true but sad
-About a gal that made me a dad
- I took my money, ran out of town
- You know damn well I won’t be found.

- DoGGyNites (Steve) - I can’t help it if I’m upper crust.
- WittDNites (Marsha) - You mean crusty?
- GypsyRd56 (Janice) - I guess I’m under crust.
- Skieluv (Steve) - Has crust on underwear (sound of rim shot)

Consensus of the room: There’s a lot of Boomerluv for Skiluv.

BOOMER KIDS/GRANDKIDS

-Nixon’s (Kim’s) daughter starts college this year.

-Bornson (Richard) - eldest daughter getting married in 3 weeks.

BOOMER HEALTH

- Laneita is walking with a cane now. WAY TO GO!

- Kppromo asked that Boomers remember Vickie in their prayers. She has cancer,
and she knows that our prayers are helping her.

- WittDNites (Marsha) asked that we remember Skieluv and OKAYOKAY in our prayers also.

-GpsyRd56 (Janice) was recovering from the flu. Steve suggested taking 2000 mg of vitamin C
every hour to totally shut down cold and flu.

-Rick said he has been smoking less now, which is a great start. WTG, Rick!

- Marnee115 (Marcia) went to the doctor last week and was diagnosed with
hyperbillirubinemina, a form of jaundice. So she and all he kids and siblings are going to have to
have blood tests. Keep us posted, Marnee.

-Mawort (Marcia) reported that (facetiously) she suffers from dementia and old age.

THIS & THAT

In the spirit of Leap Year Day, Mr.Theobears (Eric) visited the room. Eric, hope you don’t wait another four years to come in. Remember, you promised us some Ellyn stories next time!

Theobears (Ellyn)’s nephew gave a shout-out to Lpoindext and her nephew, Dylan, on his radio show. They seemed impress that Dylan was giving up an episode of Blue’s Clues to listen to the radio show. Too bad they didn’t know that Oregon is pronounced OR a gun, NOT or e GONE. But anyway, it was fun, and could possibly be counted as 15 minutes of fame for Linda and Dylan.

A lot of boomers are fans of the TV show, Monk. Laneita, one of the fans, reported that many of the episodes are filmed at her school. Remember the episode where Monk had to coach a basketball team? (One of my favorites!) That episode was filmed at Lan’s school! The students hit him up for autographs whenever they can. Lan said that her neighbor’s house was in the background of the Monk episode this week. If they had just shot higher, you would have been able to see her house. Nip & Tuck is also filmed at LaNeita’s school, along with many commercials and movies, such as Charlie’s Angels 2.

Laneita’s cousin will be on Jeopardy on May 21. How cool is that?
Skie: Almost got into jeopardy once, but escaped just before her hubby came home.

LaNeita said there was some base jumping in San Diego, which is parachuting off of tall buildings.

LaNeita suggested that Redhdtxn (Julia) send the picture of themselves in a big white Cracker Barrel rocking chair. Check this week’s blog - it’s included in the slide show.

NixonJ described a fight between two girls at her workplace (a call center). She said they were really going at it. She found out later that the slang for this activity (head-banging and hair-pulling) is called banging.

ElvisP19 (Rick) reported for jury duty Friday. Rick, hope you didn’t hang anyone! Skieluv related that he got kicked off of a jury duty once for making nooses.

Mawort was disgusted with CBS for not putting the sexy vampire on and putting Drew Carey on in his place. The sexy vampire is MUCH better than Drew Carey. She left briefly to eat dinner and promised to return after she called the police. She had just killed a grizzly bear and a robber. Because of all this excitement, it became necessary for her to change her drawers too.
Doggy was wondering if he could get President Bush’s special tax rebate, if he could get it in Euro dollars…

Rattaford (Rob), sipping on some yuppie wine, asked PrecBay what her name meant. She replied, “Earth Fine.”

Redhdtxn (Julia) reported that in January, they had 6 snowflakes, which was their winter. Of course, the entire town shut down for those 6 snowflakes!

NavyTeam1: Through friendships we build bridges between our hearts over which we send the care and compassion that eases tension and reassures the soul of those we love.

WAV FILES

Still trying to figure them out. Marnee promised to send Lpoindext precise directions (with pictures) on how to download and save them. YAAY Marnee!!

TH-TH-TH-TH-THAT’S ALL FOLKS!

Friday Nite Party Recap February 22

BOOMER ACHIEVEMENTS:

SHIRDOG announced that he and his wife will be celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary on July 7, and 7 couples will be flying to Honolulu and doing a ten-day cruise of the islands, staying an extra 3 days when they get back to port.

Joan (FrogieArno) and her husband will be celebrating their 35th anniversary in Vegas.

Ali (Frigid Wom) said she and Randy will celebrate their 20th on 11/1/88, which is a dead man’s hand in poker.

Pat (Sonya50) and her husband will celebrate their 39th anniversary on May 10.

Steve (DoggyNites), not to be outdone, announced that he will be 97 when he and Marsha (WittDNites) celebrate their 45th anniversary. He promised to take Marsha to Hawaii at that that time.

LaNeita is adopting some African children in the near future. She adopted one of her own students a few years back.

Charlotte (Harthorn) just bought a brand car, a 2008 Toyota Highlander, pearl white. (Ed. Note: Congrats, Charlotte!)

The BoomersForever Blog is up and running. There’s a slide show, featuring pictures of boomers. The pictures are labeled so you can put names with faces if you haven’t met them in real life. I’ve gotten permission before I’ve posted any of them, and received permission to put out some more pictures while in the room Friday night. Permission was granted by:

- LaNeita, who gave permission to post any pics of her.

- Ellyn (Theobears), who gave permission for posting a pic, as long as it only had
herself and her husband.

- Marcia (MARNEE), who said she would send me one to post.

- Marsha (WittDNites), who said she would send me some to post.

So look for some new pictures in the blog soon. (Link to the blog is at the end of this recap.)

BOOMER HEALTH

Shirdog broke his ankle in 3 places the week before Christmas and has had two surgeries on it. He just began wearing regular shoes yesterday.

LaNeita can now put full weight on her feet now, though still very painful.

Pat (Sonya50) has had back surgeries.

Get Well soon everybody!

CONDOLENCES

Ali’s father is seriously ill, and everyone in the room offered their support to Ali.

Wtink lost her mother this past week, and Carole’s (Cijionbrdwy) mother passed away just a few days ago also.

Our condolences to all of you in this difficult time you are going through.

THIS & THAT

Ever wondered how to test whether an egg is “good?” LaNeita says to put them in cold water. If they float, throw them away. If they sink, they’re still good. (Ed. Note: Isn’t that kind of how, in medieval times, they would test if you’re a witch? They would tie the “suspect” up, throw them in the river. If they floated, they were a witch, so they got burned at the stake. If they sunk and drowned, they were not witches.)

LaNeita further instructed us to spin them to see if they are hard-cooked or raw. If they stay in one place, they are hard cooked.

I mentioned the “spring Equinox” test on eggs, whereby on the fist day of Spring, at high noon, you can stand an egg up on its end. LaNeita and Julia (Redhdtxn) didn’t believe it. Checking Snopes, I found out that Laneita and Julia were right. The article said that every year, TV announcers will bring this up, and take you to a park where they watch people standing eggs up - but they don’t mention that it can be done any day. Is that yet another reason to distrust the media? You be the judge.

Joan (FrogieArno) reported that her recent vacation was very restful. They went whale watching, SHOPPING, drinking…

Laneita mentioned that she teaches at the school where Desi Arnaz had his affair with the nurse that finally caused Lucy and Desi to divorce.

And then:

“ooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooo
Do do do do do
Oooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooo
Well well
Do do do do do
And woman
Please let me explain
I never meant to cause you sorrow or pain…”

The preceding was Laneita bursting into song to John Lennon’s “Woman.” Big round of applause for Laneita!

Joan (FrogieArno) mentioned that she’s going to see Clapton at the garden next week.

A poem by Wwildpoet:

“Where does God exist?
Dancing at the smooth edge of creation, where ancient waters sweep and transform timeless sand, there moves a solitary bird.
…”

REMEMBER WHEN…?

Remember the Mashed Potatoes (dance)? Julia (Redhdtexn) told us that she demonstrated this dance to her grandson and got a big laugh from him. (Ed. Note: Challenge to you people going to Vegas: See how many people can still do it. And be sure to get pics!)

Wwildpoet asked for the names of the girl and boy in the first grade reader.
Answer: Dick and Jane. And their Dog Spot and their cat Puff. And their mother, Mother.

“See Spot. Run spot, run.”

Wwildpoet remarked that he could hardly wait to read more of the story to see where Spot was running to.

BoomerGer recited: “See Jane run. See Dick run. Why is Jane running? She doesn’t want Dick.”

Remember the party in Rochester, New York, and then Niagara Falls? It was a wonderful day, and Steve (DoGGyNites) and Pat (Sonya50) got wet together. Sounds fun, Steve. As usual, everyone had a wonderful time being together.

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS PERSON?

Someone said Skieluv had been sent to hospital in White Plains, New York, with pneumonia about a week ago, but no one knows how to find out how he's doing. If anyone hears anything, please let us know. Skie, if you read this, please reply soon. We miss you and worry about you.


TH-TH-TH-TH-THAT’S ALL FOLKS!

BRIT DELACASIES

My description of English delacasies was a little off, so CirceUK (Jacs) sent me pictures of the three foods, along with her correction.

NO NO NO!!!! you got it all wrong silly girl... Spotted Dick is a suet pudding with raisins... Black pudding (referred to as blood pudding in Yank land) Is a large black sausage made from congealed ox or pig blood with lumps of delicious lard scattered in it. Faggots are large balls made mainly of offal and grains, encased in stomach membranes.... YUMMY!!!

Will you lot ever get this straight???? hahhaa

Pinky had this to say:

Corrections, love! I am back from N.Y! I love Cities-but I think the only cities I like are Birmingham and Coventry U.K. (Actually I went to Coventry last night on my little bike to go shopping)! Blood Sausage is actually called Black Pudding and that is dried pigs blood and fat.Faggots are minced liver and onions and other spices-but yes they are meatballs.Blood pudding is not a bloody pudding! lol! What you described was spotted dick-there is no sweet here, with blood in it! (eeeeewwwww)!Hope that's cleared it up for you! :)Love la vixsta*******

Thanks for the Link, Judykay1229

http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-walt-babyboomers-blurb,0,1036393.blurb

FRIDAY NITE PARTY FEBRUARY 15, 2008

BOOMERS VISITING BOOMERS

(Victoria) Pinkysproud is back in New York. She said New York wasn’t quite what she had expected--so small. (Small?) She also said she hates London - guess it’s too big for her. We teased her about all the bad things about London, and she just laughed.

ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
A terrible death to die, a terrible death to die,
A terrible death to be talked to death,
A terrible death to die.
Announcements, Announcements, Announcements

Julia (Redhdtexn) is making a Three Sisters Quilt. What a great project, even though it does sound like the name of a Chick Flick. She said she and her sisters have been quilting all their lives, but never had been close enough or had time enough to do one together. (Ed. Note: Julia, I’d love to see a picture of it when it’s done.)

Neil (Nebug22) said he walked 3 miles on the Coney Island Boardwalk. Did you do it for a Camel, Neil? (Remember the old commercial?) Bad joke, Neil, that’s a great achievement.
Jacs (CirceUK) announced that she had just bought her first business: an English shop, selling English foods and gifts. Congratulations, Jacs!

Jacs also has a published column. Check out:

http://www.kenilworthweeklynews.co.uk/CustomPages/CustomPage.aspx?PageID=66155.

Jacs discusses something that all of us have known for years: British people do not speak English. Remember the song in My Fair Lady?
Set a good example
To people whose English is painful to your ears
the Scots and the Irish leave you close to tears
There even are places where English completely disappears
In America they haven't used it for years

Arabians learn Arabian
With the speed of summer lightning
And the Hebrews learn it backwards
Which is absolutely frightening
But use proper English, you're regarded as a freak
Oh why can't the English
Why can't the English Learn to speak!

Which led us to a discussion of the strange words Brits use. A British delicacy is called Spotted Dick. (Ed. Note: I think that can be cured with penicillin.) Jacs said the current owners of the shop sell TONS of spotted Dick; they hear the university kids tittering behind the shelves, and have an idea it’s probably sitting on dorm shelves all over Virginia. Then of course there are the faggotts, which also have an entirely different name in England. Jacs explained that faggotts are large meatballs made mostly with dried pig’s blood in a sausage. Another delicacy is something called blood pudding, which is a suet pudding with raisins. (Ed. Note: No wonder we beat the Brits 230 years ago!)

Linda (Lpoindext), your humble editor, announced that she might be going to Vegas, planning on standing on the entrance ramp of I-5 with a sign “Will work for Vegas trip.” Jeannie (Pusskitt) suggested a street corner might be more fun.

Marcia (Marnee115) is knocked up! Hahaha, just a joke in the room which your humble editor promised would be in the recap. Repeat: JOKE!!!

Richard (Bornsons) proudly announced that he has been married for 35 years!

BAWDY HUMOR

Anyone know the name of the Bond girl in Moonrakers? Answer: Holly Goodhead. (Ed. Note: I had never realized that all the Bond girls had risqué names. The only one I remember is Pussy Galore.)

BOOMER HEALTH

Kathy (OldeeBaaat2) told us that she had been taken to the ER the other night with breathing problems. She said she was treated and released and is feeling much better now-which is great news.

Laneita’s leg was giving her some pain; sure hope you’re feeling better, Lan.

THIS & THAT

Michael (NavyTeam) visited us, and asked what time we usually come in to the room. Answers:

“bout now.
“Later.
“whenever Lpoindext can drag people, kicking and screaming, into the room.

Your editor humbly apologized once more for the jhoos incident; an accident-’nuff said. (Ed. Note: Sigh…my 80-year-old aunt got an invite…how embarrassing.)

Ellyn (Theobears) wanted to know how you get to chat rooms if you don’t pay for AOL. No one seemed to really know, just as no one really knows how TV shows get to us. Answers, anyone?

Kris (Suggar n Space) wanted to know how many fur babies were in this room.
- Marsha (WittDNites) 2 dogs and 1 kitty
- Jacs (CirceUK) 4 kitties
- Rick (ElvisP19) 1 rabbit
- Ellyn (Theobears) 2 bichons
- Ellyn (Theobears) 2 nephew dogs in Virginia

Kris (Suggar n Space) shared with us that her brother grew up with Elvis Presley. He went to Humes High School with him, and Elvis actually came over and played football with him. And Kris’ grandmother was invited to Elvis’ wedding. (Ed. Note: Correct me if I got that wrong, Kris.) How exciting!

WAV FILES

Still don’t understand the bloody things! (Ed. Note: I’ve been talking to Pinky and Circe too much!)


TH-TH-TH-TH-THAT’S ALL FOLKS!

FRIDAY NITE PARTY FEBRUARY 8, 2008

THE FEBRUARY 8 FRIDAY NITE BOOMER PARTY

Good turnout on Friday night; there was a steady run of people who stopped by, and everyone seemed to have a general TGIF attitude.

One person who wasn’t able to make it, however, sent me a Letter of Excuse:

...aww I Missed it again? Have a good Please Be Excused Note: She has a Ear infection this evening and today. please Excuse her Absence!!!
Sincerely, The One Who Missed Out Again....
.... with Sadness!! (Cowgirl 1153)

So what do you think, Gang? Should we keep it in her Permanent Record, or excuse her? I say, excuse her and thanks for the note, Cowgirl. See you next time.

Boomers Visiting Boomers

Frogie told us that Pinky had returned to the UK on Tuesday. She said she hadn’t heard from her since then, but she was “still recovering from the M&M store.” Didn’t get an explanation of why someone needs to recover from an M&M store; just one of life’s mysteries, I guess. Steve asked Pinky if she had some room for two Japanese travelers to spend the night. Her reply was typically Pinky, but probably shouldn’t be repeated here. BTW, Pinky celebrated her birthday while in the USofA - happy birthday, Pinkster!

Marsha related that she and Steve saw Frogie, Wineo, Wtink, Blomard, Pinky and Pinky’s sister on Sunday. She said everyone looked great and had a great time.

Julia invited everyone to a Boomer party at her house. And she promised NOT to make potato salad. (Another Boomer private joke, I’m assuming.)

Wilma asked if it would be “appropriate” to give a party to celebrate the publishing of her book. Silly girl! Of COURSE she should have a party - and invite all the boomers to a book-signing!

Bashful Stella announced she would be driving to Florida to see Deserae and Dencities (Diana and Ron).

Boomer Achievements:

Judykay1229 got a new nursing position (in Chicago, I think) and was offered another one after she took the first one. Never rains but it pours, huh? Congrats, Judy! Be sure to keep us updated on your job duties, new supervisor stories, etc.

Oma via direct finished his Master’s Degree and is now a Doctoral candidate. Congratulations, Oma!

Boomer Kids/Grandkids

Julia’s grandson Austin is a month old now.

I went to a Grandparents’ Day event at my grandaughter’s school; it was a lot of fun. The principal welcomed us by saying that our grandkids at this age were proud and excited at having us at their school; by the time they’re in middle school, they’ll greet us with “What are YOU doing here?” Oh well, we went through that with our own kids too, right?

OldeeBaaat2 became GrannieBaaat2 last October 16, named Cassidy Jeannette.
AntoRed is grandmother to 5-year-old Sammie and 3-year-old Jonathan.

Doggy Door

You know that little pet door that people put in their doors so that the pets can go in & out? Well, someone seemed to be having trouble with that door - it kept slamming open and close. Wonder who was responsible for that, hmmm, Steve?

Coke Blaq

Bad news - a favorite beverage of some Boomers is being discontinued. A mixture of coke and coffee. Steve remarked that that was almost as bad as the removal of the Sponge. (No matter what happens in life, there is always a Seinfeld reference for it.)

Bawdy Humor

Skie had something to say about an Amsterdam dyke. Anybody want to know what?

You can lead a horticulture but you can’t make her think.

T-shirt Humor:

- I’m not a gynecologist but I’ll take a look.
- I’m not a gynecologist but I play one when I cheat on my wife.
- Biker T-shirt: If you can read this, the bitch fell off.
- Other Biker T-shirt: This bitch doesn’t fall off.

Do you know what happened to the guy who had a penis transplant?
His hand rejected it.

And then there’s BoomerGer’s joke having something to do with Flies…

LaNeita’s Progress

LaNeita’s surgeon has given her permission to put her full weight on her leg now. That’s really great progress, and due a lot, I’m sure, to LaNeita’s courage and determination.

Name Game - Places

Noonday, Texas
Boring, Oregon
Normal, Illinois
Intercourse, Pennsylvania
Purple Pig, Texas
Cut & Shoot, Texas
Buck Snort, Texas
Farmer City, Illinois
Climax, Michigan (you get off at I-94)

Name Game - People

Manager named Dick Rash - when promoted, Company Newsletter read “Company promotes Dick Rash.”

A friend married a man named Hairy Palms.

Customer service rep with long Indian first name, and last name of “Dickshit.”

Do You Remember?

Going steady? And wearing your boyfriend’s class ring the minute he got it? The rings were wrapped with angora that you brushed with a toothbrush And wearing your boyfriend’s letter jacket more than he did?

Political Talk

As usual, your editor takes the cowardly way out and refuses to go there. Except to say, Vote for Dutch!

Have You Seen This Person?

Stormy
HypnoDoc
Dawitchelena

Pogo, Anyone?

Pogo is an Internet game site that some of the Boomers go to. It has word games like Scrabble, and card games like euchre (my favorite). Oldbaat2 plays Payday, Freecell, and Scrabble. Some of the games are free, and you can buy a subscription for more games. The following people go there:

Cleifker
OldBaaat2 (Mickie on Pogo)
Lpoindexter
BoomerGer
Anyone else? What are your favorite games?

WAV files:

ElvisP19 has been our resident DJ and sent some great Wav songs. Sometimes I can hear them, and sometimes I can’t. LaNeita was having the same problem. Our question: where are you supposed to put the files once he sends them to you? I always download the file and then save it to wherever option gives you. I can always hear them when I download then and they are with other documents. But sometimes I can’t hear hem when he plays them in the room. Any ideas?

Survey: Why Did You Leave the Boomer Room?
- Too much contention.
- Stopped coming in because it was MY all the time.
- Pain in the butts.
- Nothing stopped me; kept coming in until it was always empty.
- At a boomer luncheon, all boomers sat in cliques and ignored wife and me.
- Rumors said one person caused it to be empty.
- There was a time when AOL tried to control room with a “baby sitter.”

TH-TH-TH-TH-THAT’S ALL FOLKS!

February 1, 2008 Boomer Nite Party

The Friday Nite Groundhog Eve party was held as usual in the Boomer Room. Woody offered to shoot the groundhogs because they shoot groundhogs in Pennsylvania for fun. Is that why they always have the groundhog day party in that town in Pennsylvania with the impossible-to-spell name?

Rockin’ Room:People were coming in to the room really fast--making it hard to follow for old Boomer Eyes, but well worth the trouble seeing everyone again. Of course, compared to the way the room used to be, it wasn’t going that fast. But who is as fast as we were a few years ago, hmm? Of course, as LaNeita said, it would nice to get up to 54 people in the room like the old days…

Attention all you Newbies and Oldees but Goodies: Please come back soon. And you don’t have to wait until Friday nite, our special party nite. Just go to the room and IM your online buddies to the room. If you IM them, they will come!

Removal Requests:Please remove the following from your email list for this group:

Vicki39630

LINDA’S FAMOUS RECAP

Amenities:"hi" "hi" "hello" "etc."

Boomers Talking the Talk:

Did you know that in 1900 the average person ate 5-8 pounds of sugar each year? And do you know how much the average person eats today? If you’d like to know, ask Laneita - she had just watched a news show with that very information! Woody wanted to know how many pizzas a person ate in 1900, but Laneita couldn’t answer that. (Okay, okay, I’ll tell you - today, the average person eats 160 pounds of sugar! No wonder diabetes is so rampant!)

Sonya (Pat) told us that in 4 more days (from Friday), Barry and Donna would be visiting her. That’s great, boomers meeting boomers.

Weather Talk: Woody had to shovel ice! Can you believe it? Marnee said weather sucked in her stomping grounds too. Steve said they closed 80, 15, and 10, which I assume are interstates - just like in Woodstock! Probably more fun at Woodstock, though.

Sad News:Marnee sadly related that they had had to put Lady to sleep. She hadn’t been eating or moving for two days. She was part lab and part german shepherd, and she just gave up the ghost. So sorry, Les and Marcia - it’s so hard to lose a beloved pet.

Superbowl Talk:-
Bad Ray666: Giants will beat the Patriots. Well, if he’s right, remember you read it here first!- Bluesy (Les): Giants 38 Patriots 35-
Woody: “Bluesy, I hope I got the giants and only 10 points.”
- Doggy (Steve): Giants in the playoffs beat everyone who beat them during the season.
- Green Bay, Dallas - now it’s New England’s turn … and everyone will say the lesser team
won.
- Ruberlegs: It’s gonna be a close game.
- Woody: Dog, you are dreaming.

TV and Movies:
Sonya had seen the Bucket List with Jack Nicholas, and she said it was fantastic. Mawort said she had just finished watching Ghost Whisperer, and Jennifer Love Hewett and her cleavage saved the day once again. I personally think her cleavage should get billing. Richard (Bornson) agreed that cleavage always saves the day. But you can keep your cleavage, guys, Mawort and I will settle for the sexy bloodsucker on Moonlight.

When will the writer’s strike end? We’re all getting sick of it. To quote Richard (Bornsons) “tired of watching Dancing With the Celebrity Reality Show Stars.”

Pinky is here:Pinky is crossing the big pond next week and will be in New York. (Actually, I think she’s here already - some of gthe Boomer surprised and embarrassed her with a birthday cake at one of the NY restaurants.)


Family/Grandkids:
TigsMom announced that her baby is 27 and gonna give her her first grand. Congrats, Tigs! Julia was sending out pics of her Austin. He is cute, but no one will want to play poker or billiards with him - because of the old saying that you should never play cards or pool with someone named for a city! (I.e., Minnesota Fats, other examples I can’t think of.) Theobears’nephew broadcast his first from Chicago Thursday nite.

Marcia, Marcia, Marsha:
Kris helped us settle the question: which is which:

Marcia - Mawort
Marcia - Marnee
Marsha - WittDNites

Steve’s 20-year-plan:
Steve announced that he has decided that in 20 years, his plan is to still be coming into the Boomer Room and be annoying. He wondered if that would be in the newsletter. Guess what? It is!

Which reminds me: As you know, I log the Boomer room on Friday nites so I can do the Recap. So if there’s anything you don’t want mentioned in the recap, please say so in the room before I write the recap.

Politics:
Lots of political talk--not having a death wish, I’m not going to go there…

Bots:
What are they, and why do they want us to look at their pictures? Or were they snerts?
Bot: Robot.
Snert: Human Snot Nosed Egotistical Rude Teenager
Elvis: “What’s it all a bot, Alfie?”
They sure attacked us Friday nite!

Birthdays:Marnee: I turned double nickels last month. So did Geno.
-Bluesy (Les): my dog turned 5 this year.
-Bluesy (Les) I turned 44.
-Bluesy (Les) I lied. I will be 59 next month. Good to be above ground.

Laneita’s Progress:-
- Gonna transition from walker to cane on Thursday.
- Right leg is a little shorter than left, so have to learn to walk differently.
- Leg is very heavy now with all the metal.- The pin in my hip kills me.- PT says I’m way ahead
of the game.
- Thanks for all your support.

Teeth Survey- Got Yours?:
Laneita: Yes.
Theobears: Yes.
Rsecretary: Yes.
BeaconJoanie: Yes.
Patch996: Yes, bought and paid for.
Lpoindext: Yes.

Smoke Survey:
LaNeita: Never smoked. Can’t live in California and smoke. LOL.
WittDNites: Quit 3 years ago.
Theobears: Never smoked.
Sweetcheeks429: Trying to quit now. (Damn things cost $5 now.)
BeaconJoanie: Trying to quit. Four bucks in Ohio.
ElvisP19: Smoke.
Hughesdeh: Cigs can be as low as $3 in Kansas.
Lpoindexter: Never smoked.


TH-TH-TH-TH-TH-THAT'S ALL FOLKS!

the boomer formerly known as dydrmLinda