tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post7166119577242239249..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Monday evening stuff...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-86519335596383703952012-05-21T01:29:06.282-04:002012-05-21T01:29:06.282-04:00Nathan's are even better...Nathan's are even better...J.R.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498164179579546593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65295825231642355502012-05-16T11:06:35.712-04:002012-05-16T11:06:35.712-04:00Long long ago when I was a college freshman I fell...Long long ago when I was a college freshman I fell for the "stranded traveler" scam, for $10. A week later the same guy tried the same line on me. Enlightenment can hit your brain a whole week after it hits your wallet.<br /><br />A good life lesson that was, even at the rather high price.<br /><br />In Baltimore, the Sun newspaper once ran a great article on several well known, hard working professional beggars around town - with their pictures. The paper reported about a month later on the same folk, with the finding that the publicity got them more money from the public. Go figure.mikeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66843010903927948952012-05-15T21:22:42.694-04:002012-05-15T21:22:42.694-04:00Man, that takes me back to long, lonely summer day...Man, that takes me back to long, lonely summer days spent at the base library. Heh. Read through every one of the Pern books, before working my way through Robert E. Howard (SOLOMON KANE!!!), Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, and the everpresent multiple trips through the musings of J.R.R. Tolkien. McAffery was good, but I got bored with all the "kids, cats, and telepaths" series.<br /><br />As for panhandlers, if they come up asking for cash for ____, I'll usually offer to pick up some ____ for them. Never had one yet take me up on the offer. They just want the cash for booze or drugs.RabidAlienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07035887632706442114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59270262028197683142012-05-15T10:52:05.024-04:002012-05-15T10:52:05.024-04:00Kosher chili?Kosher chili?Ed Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332424242231481277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-82974297807125949032012-05-15T09:20:19.855-04:002012-05-15T09:20:19.855-04:00I always liked the Hebrew National hot dog commerc...I always liked the Hebrew National hot dog commercial. Uncle Sam always looked so sad when the voice-over said "We answer to a higher authority..."Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-37034727678999032292012-05-15T08:50:03.486-04:002012-05-15T08:50:03.486-04:00Yah, once her son got involved he killed it. Piss...Yah, once her son got involved he killed it. Pissed me off. She shouldn't have put her name on it. If he wanted to write the stories that was fine, but really? <br /><br />I do have to agree, the original trilogy and the Harper Halls books are the best by far, but I liked most of the rest of the original set too.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11924993310937754220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69999314354578843712012-05-15T08:23:13.886-04:002012-05-15T08:23:13.886-04:00Yeah, I dunno if it's inflation or what, but I...Yeah, I dunno if it's inflation or what, but I recall a time when panhandlers asked for, y'know, change. I had one ask me for 5 bucks the other month!perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20511227782527955112012-05-15T07:38:39.148-04:002012-05-15T07:38:39.148-04:00Burning hairballs.Burning hairballs.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-70882061866302166722012-05-15T07:16:15.834-04:002012-05-15T07:16:15.834-04:00Both the first trilogy and the Harper Hall trilogy...Both the first trilogy and the Harper Hall trilogy are books I go back to every now and then when I just want to veg out and remember what it was like when I was an angsty teenager myself. Wore out my mom's paperback copies years ago, but they were among the first I snagged for my Nook a while back.DanHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74311166985198019752012-05-15T03:40:05.957-04:002012-05-15T03:40:05.957-04:00I really liked Dragonsdawn, and pretty much everyt...I really liked Dragonsdawn, and pretty much everything up until her son got on board.The original trilogy were the best though.Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-19155290539490058592012-05-15T01:58:04.430-04:002012-05-15T01:58:04.430-04:00fast, I mind the time I was having ignition proble...fast, I mind the time I was having ignition problems with my Yamaha two-stroke. A very nice guy riding an ancient Honda Dream stopped by and gave me a push start. My bike started and ran for a bit. Then it quit again. The same guy came back a bit later, going the other direction. I hopefully looked at him, but he just looked at me sadly, shook his head, and proceeded. He was right to do so.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-78630049158907576332012-05-15T01:32:54.422-04:002012-05-15T01:32:54.422-04:00Three weeks is an awfully long time to be out of g...<i>Three weeks is an awfully long time to be out of gas.</i><br /><br />And six months is a long time to be stranded in the same truck stop in Kansas City, after the company you drive for goes bankrupt. The first time I listened to his story. The second time I told him I was busy. The third time I called him on it, whereupon he quickly made tracks for the other side of the highway. I haven't been in there in a couple of years, but I wouldn't be surprised if he was still using the same story.fast richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05947715402204312013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-54250102783459254562012-05-15T01:24:08.890-04:002012-05-15T01:24:08.890-04:00Ma'am, I know I said I'd stay away from al...Ma'am, I know I said I'd stay away from all but gun-nerd posts, but it seems I just can't help m'self when it comes to SF.<br /><br />I read "The Ship who Sang" when I was a little kid, and I don't think that gal has written anything nearly as good since then.<br /><br />Blame John Philip Sousa for this comment. Every time I cue up "The Fairest of the Fair", I think of Our Tam. My recording was done by the Royal Artillery Band, conducted by Keith Brion. It has the bluster, it has the pensive thoughtfulness, the sly humor, the occasional girlishness, but at the end, in the last repeat of the trio, it has a throbbing stringendo drum part which says "Dammit, you sonsabitches, this is Serious Business!"Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-8769408197226343462012-05-15T00:54:10.295-04:002012-05-15T00:54:10.295-04:00Not to be too nit picky but they didn't have h...Not to be too nit picky but they didn't have hair. And it was ash from calcium carbide they were hawking up, not something that smells very good when it come out of my acetylene miners lamp and rather corrosive. I think the javelina problem we have down here would be solved pretty quick though.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15796886431754694105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4591288386011059232012-05-15T00:32:15.875-04:002012-05-15T00:32:15.875-04:00Um, and I enjoyed the way the dragons are re-inven...Um, and I enjoyed the way the dragons are re-invented in V.M.R. Theory, Robert Frezza. (The "Vampire Master Race" theory is the followup to the space opera/comedy McLendon's Syndrome).Brad K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18378344866487206569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-27288133047539897282012-05-15T00:29:41.497-04:002012-05-15T00:29:41.497-04:00DragonFlight/DragonQuest are OK.
My favorite is M...DragonFlight/DragonQuest are OK.<br /><br />My favorite is Menolly. DragonSong, DragonSinger, the White Dragon. And Nerilka's Story - I have a copy signed by Ms. McCaffrey.<br /><br />I think I even liked Mark of Merlin and Stitch in Snow better than DragonQuest.Brad K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18378344866487206569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49810691408969503752012-05-15T00:15:07.423-04:002012-05-15T00:15:07.423-04:00Good call on the Chili Dogs...Hebrew National is t...Good call on the Chili Dogs...Hebrew National is the only brand of hot dog I will voluntarily eat. I figure the whole 'kosher' thing should keep most of the lips and butt's out of the mix...greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10282685892329599436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-53290389584558389162012-05-14T23:23:56.604-04:002012-05-14T23:23:56.604-04:00And the author died last year...
More than a few ...And the author died last year... <br />More than a few years ago I commuted by bus between NJ and NY [one reason to move to CO]. Every few weeks the same older gent would walk up at the NY bus terminal and ask for money as he'd left his ticket and money at home. Of course, he'd turn down the offer of a ticket. We had worse in the subways. OldeForceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-17947952056686593272012-05-14T22:54:45.870-04:002012-05-14T22:54:45.870-04:00Not that I'd turn one down now, but as an adul...<i>Not that I'd turn one down now, but as an adult, all you can think of are the damned vet bills, which must be ginormous. And it probably horks up hairballs the size of VW Beetles.</i><br /><br />While the problems you cite are valid, there are <a href="http://comic.nodwick.com/?p=1449" rel="nofollow">more</a> <a href="http://comic.nodwick.com/?p=1450" rel="nofollow">immediate</a> <a href="http://comic.nodwick.com/?p=1451" rel="nofollow">problems</a> inherent in dragon ownership....AuricTechhttp://aurictech.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-27404089638960203122012-05-14T22:47:18.910-04:002012-05-14T22:47:18.910-04:00LOL on the hairballs, AND the convertibles! :-)LOL on the hairballs, AND the convertibles! :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-42113536924222485992012-05-14T22:43:05.143-04:002012-05-14T22:43:05.143-04:00horks up hairballs the size of VW Beetles.
That o...<i>horks up hairballs the size of VW Beetles.</i><br /><br />That one's going in the quotes drawer. ROTFLdavenoreply@blogger.com