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!