Idle-off-topic-chit chat - Part 2

I'm semi- serious all the time, even when joking or being sarcastic, but you'll know when I'm really serious. Or annoyed <- Doesn't happen often but once in awhile.
Everyone - well, there are exceptions - are pretty well behaved here and most have pretty good senses of humor.

Does it bother him to start a sentence with "Like..."?

How about "YO"?

Shouldn't that be... Whaszup?

How old do you think we are ChanW?

Storms are over here. I started cleaning up the tree limbs last night and I slept well. Almost ready to get back at it again this morning. 60 mph winds from the northwest tear up my hard maple tree every time. 

larrygon said:

Well it is going to be 120 degrees in Phoenix this weekend so I am sure a lot of people will be huddled around their air conditioners. Being a few miles north, few more feet above sea level and 30 degrees cooler here in Flagstaff, all those silly people from the valley come and invade my space!

But, Larry, I stay out of your space in the winter...I leave the Midwest to escape the cold, not to find more cold!

Ericnliz and Sandi and I are planing to meet for lunch sometime in the near future. If your are in or around the Spokane WA. area and would like to join us. No date has been set. Probably on a Sat. or Sun. If interested add your name to the reply, and stay tuned.

Sean, kind of a long drive for lunch. I would like to put together something in the NW for next year. I am thinking Farragut state park near Athol Idaho. Early summer.

We hope to be able to travel more next year, health issues and having a new house built this year has kept traveling to a minimum.

Ericnliz, thanks. Still working on my health issues. For now, I am still on the green side of the grass and hope to keep it that way!    

Yesterday while doing my "tips & tricks" on the fridge door, I lifted the glass stove top cover to place screws, bolts, tools & washers inside for easy reach while working. Not paying too much attention to the inside of the stove while doing so, I reached into  collect the washer for the bottom side of the fridge door hinge, and to my astonishment, it was Stuck to the bottom of the inside of the stove. Scratching my head, and wondering why it was stuck, I continued on, and to my further amazement, EVERY bolt,  washer and screw was stuck. I continued on with my endeavor, and upon completion, Liz had come out to check it out to make sure that was the way she wanted the door. After she agreed with the installation, I asked her "Do you know why it is so sticky in here?" [The sheepish grin should have told the whole story, but I calmly waited for the explanation.] The explanation started out as "Remember when we were camping with the kids, and I went to make Mango Margaritas"? Oh boy, here we go! She then said " I started the blender and was changing my shoes when the lid blew off the blender, and it went EVERYWHERE!" Holy Mango Margarita!!!! To give her kudos at this point, actually she did a really good job of cleaning everything up because I had NO idea at the time [nor did she tell me what had happened as I was over at the kids campsite at the time] what had happened. At this point [another sheepish grin from her], she said "I didn't even think about looking in there because I thought I got all of it." My reply...."Put your hand in there, just touch the bottom. ". When she did, her finger stuck to the bottom, and we both cracked up! Her reply, "Oops" as she reached below the sink for the cleaner and paper towels! The upside to the story is that, after cleaning the Mango "stick" from the bottom, I removed the stove top to make sure none had leaked below, and found a loose propane connection at the thermocoupler. 1 1/2 turns loose, no mess, and I still really DO love my wife!

Wise move :-)

I can honestly say, I was NOT present at the alcohol abuse moment!

Ratkity, H ow did I KNOW that sooner, or later you'd chime in too?
By the way, you must have REALLY small hands! There is NO WAY I could even fit 1/2 my big mitts into the area you did your hose repair in! I was lucky I didn't drop the flash light!