Let Sleeping Dogs Rant

[Neonred 3,562]

7 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Any regular, attentive reader would remember that her husband is in Nicaragua or somewhere

Have you no compassion for folks with early dementia?

 

7 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

and that she's not particularly cute, si and no man. 

Don't let that stop you.  

7 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

 

And anyone going anywhere at Many a.m. sounds cuckoo in our opinion unless one hasn't gone to bed yet, si man.

LOL  I beat all those lazy slackers that are still in bed.  Who needs that much sleep anyway?

7 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

He reportedly travels a lot, absent he man.

👍

7 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Aldi is cheaper, $i man.

But such a limited selection.  Been to their small store a couple of times.  Don't plan on going back.  The sad news is that Aldi bought the Winn Dixie's here in FL.  I'm in the Keys right now and on our island there is a surprisingly good Winn Dixie.  Still unclear if it will stay a (large) Winn Dixie or be converted to a (tiny) Aldi.  We are all hoping it stays as is since the next closest grocery store is 25 miles away.

 

[TBoneTX 45,248]

14 hours ago, Neonred said:

Have you no compassion for folks with early dementia?

None whatsoever, none man.  If we have any, we forgot, sigh man.   

14 hours ago, Neonred said:

Don't let that stop you. 

Husbands stop us, si man.

14 hours ago, Neonred said:

I beat all those lazy slackers that are still in bed.

You mean "all those people who have lived life after midnight and are taking their well-deserved zzz," see man.

14 hours ago, Neonred said:

Who needs that much sleep anyway?

Anathema, si man!

14 hours ago, Neonred said:

Been to their small store a couple of times.  Don't plan on going back.

If you really scrutinize, you'll see a larger selection than first appears, trust us man.

14 hours ago, Neonred said:

Aldi bought the Winn Dixie's here in FL.

Never heard of that, no man.  Aldi typically builds its own pad sites, si man.

14 hours ago, Neonred said:

We are all hoping it stays as is

If it's profitable, it should (or needs to) be left alone, si man.

[TBoneTX 45,248]

Saturday GS/ES report, see man:

21 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

We have itineraried 2 GSs and an ES* for Saturday, itinerary we man.

The "new" GS was phantom,  man.

Neither of the others yielded anything, oh well man.

Total = $0

[TBoneTX 45,248]

Thrilling Saturday non-GS/ES report, see man:

 

We slept in somewhat, zzz we man.

Mini-B. didn't leave bed till noon, lazy wee man.

Breakfast/lunch was 2 PB&J sandwiches each, ingest Two Guys man.

 

We went out at 1 p.m., q.v. Saturday GS/ES report man.

Returned at Many p.m. and siesta'd for over an hour, zzz we man.

 

Mini-B.'s amigo came over, socialize wee men man.

 

Din-din was Costco angusburgers and r'br, ingest Two Guys man.

 

Movie night was the recent George/Mandy + 2 Everybody Hates Chris episodes, watch Two Guys man.

Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man.

One more bowl is needed to achieve double-digit weekly quota, achievable on Sunday man.

 

Visit to Mama T-B. on Sunday, mandatory for Two Guys man.

LLs to be conquered, occupational hazard man.

Party with the rubias imminent, cavort we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

Edited October 27 by TBoneTX

[Neonred 3,562]

13 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

 

Never heard of that, no man.  Aldi typically builds its own pad sites, si man.

 

Google Aldi buys Winn Dixie

[TBoneTX 45,248]

10 hours ago, Neonred said:

Google Aldi buys Winn Dixie

Wild, si man.  Really unusual for Aldi not to build their own pad sites, si man.

[TBoneTX 45,248]

Thrilling Sunday report, see man:

 

Visited Mama T-B., see Two Guys senior she man man.

Mama T-B. didn't yell at us even once, cause for worry man.

 

Lunch for Mini-B. was a single-serving pepperoni/sausage 'za from Mama T-B.'s bistro, ingest wee man.

Lunch for us was 2 turkey-&-cheese sandwiches at the casa, ingest we man.

 

Watched football game, watch Two Guys man.

One bowl of Costco popcorn was consumed, ingest Two Guys man.

This achieved our minimum weekly quota of Many (2x2x2 +2) bowls, whee man.

 

Conquered the Many (2+1) LLs, victorious we man.

Dished and must de-dish the warsher, domestic we man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. came with stuff from Ecu, half of our request fulfilled man.

Skipped half of AFV in favor of backyard football, play we man and wee man and ex-she man man.

 

Miu immediately bewailed departure of Big Brudduh, woebegone miu man.

 

Din-din was onecan of Chunky soup*, ingest we man.

     *bought at a recent ES, financially savvy we man

 

Must take Mama T-B. to early-vote on Monday, cancel out our vote senior she man man.

Party with the rubias imminent, cavort we man.

And that was our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

Edited October 28 by TBoneTX

[yuna628 9,671]

Well we're back home. Have to say that the entry/exit process of both countries have headed in a smoother yet more confusing direction and on the flight back one of the passengers was met on the bridge by police and CBP.

 

The weather was supposed to be miserable, yet turned out mostly sunny for the week. We didn't end up going to Scotland but we did travel near the border in able to visit a few castles and a famous food truck, which did in fact live up to expectations. We also went to town and found a little market stall run by a little amazing Chinese granny. All she does is all day make and sell dumplings, some of the best I've ever eaten.

 

The big thing for this trip was to do our first mountain hike in The Lake District NP. We had planned to be up before dawn, get there at sunrise and begin. Supposed to only take a few hours, and then we'd head to one of the tourist towns, before more adventuring. I wanted to rely on paper maps and he wanted to rely on GPS and cell coverage, of which I was confident would not work. He told me he had hiked it as a boy, he knew some from memory, and that subsequent online guides said it was doable for the average person. Can I say that this mountain is actually rated as hard? That it does not in fact take a few hours, and that ALOT has changed about it since he was a child (as in landslides and no paths in some places anymore), oh and that once you reach the top you are blasted with near-hurricane force winds, and the descent pathways are becoming washed away.

 

Still, the early start was great, with some amazing views, and the clouds were burning off at the top. We managed to get 2/3rds up the mountain with no other trekkers before the "hard bit". Well the hard bit, no one mentioned and he did not remember, was near-vertical climbing in parts for several hours before you'd get to the "scramble" a part that can only be done on hands and knees. By this time other hikers had joined that were simply interested in goofing off or pushing past cautious newbies like us - to the point one group caused me to fall, and I came quite close to going down to my death. Still we pressed on with a twisted knee! Once at the top those crazy winds kicked in so we did not linger. The choice was to continue along the top ridge being battered by those winds to the next mountain, or go down and around the mountain (there are some additional nice views). So we went down and around and we discovered the lack of paths and then the GPS failed. In total we spent 8hrs on that mountain, a lot of swearing and crying from the pain in my leg by that point. Everything else for that day went out the window. It was the one of the hardest days of my life and he was kicking himself. Not everyone that tried to do this mountain was successful and ended up turning back, but ultimately we're proud we did it and the next day we followed it up with a high fell climb.

 

 

 

[TBoneTX 45,248]

You paint a vivid picture of your experiences, si Y ma'am.

Great story except for the near-death and bum knee*, si Y ma'am.

     *Got a bum knee, huh man?  Open a joint account, si and hee hee man.

Your foto is spectacular, si and see and $ell posters of it Y ma'am.

[TBoneTX 45,248]

Thrilling Monday report, see man:

 

Nothing as thrilling as Y ma'am's report, no man.

 

We ended up having to brush forlorn miu Many (2+1) -- si man, Many (2+1) -- times last night,  man.

 

Mama T-B. wanted to vote today, determined senior she man man.

She kept ordering new times, hose our schedule man.

We took her at half + half-of-half an hour before noon, insistent senior she man man.

The bleeping Handicap ramp was Many yards away from the building, and steeply uphill,  man.

The nearest Handicap sidewalk was blocked by the bus from Mama T-B.'s own place,  man.

Fortunately, no one was in line when we got inside, fortuitous man.

The bleeping Handicap sidewalk was then steeply downhill,  man.

 

For lunch, we offered to get Mama T-B. some hot French fries, offer we man.

These were consumed on-site in the T-B.-mobile, ingest we and senior she man man.

Mama T-B. then wanted to go to Dollar-Plus-Half-of-Half-a-Dollar Tree, nearby man.

We and she respectively found stuff, shop respectively we and senior she man man.

Mama T-B. them wanted to go to Many (2+2+1) Below, contiguous to DPHoHaDT man.

Nothing was bought there, no man.

Mama T-B. was exhausted, overexert senior she man man.

We returned her to her casa, si man.

She barely made it to her couch, collapse senior she man man.

We unloaded her purchases, unload we man.

It's hell to be old,  and  and  and  man.

 

By now, it was 2 p.m., and our errands at 2 different Walgreens proceeded, their lunchtime over man.

Returned to casa and serviced demanding miu, Treat and Lunch Me Now Daddy man.

Handled crucial e-mails, Important Business Typhoon we man.

 

Din-din was Tuna Glop, ingest we man.

A nice siesta was then taken, zzz we man.

 

Party with the rubias imminent, cavort we man.

Must take Uncle T-B. for CT imaging on Tuesday, chauffeur we man senior he man man.

And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.

Edited November 8 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 45,248]

Scintillating Tuesday repartee*, yawn man.

     *Bad lurking Asia!  Bad, BAD lurking LURKING Asia!

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Thrilling Tuesday report, see man:

 

Uncle T-B.'s new investments are all funded, finally man.

Someone from Uncle T-B.'s "accountable care" unit failed to call us as promised, unaccountable man.

Lunch was 2 turkey-&-cheese sandwiches, ingest we man.

 

Took Uncle T-B. for CT of shoulder, chauffeur we man senior he man man.

According to Uncle T-B., they CT'd the wrong shoulder, should've been in there with him we man man.

We will see if this is true, nothing but drama man.

 

Mini-B. home from skool with fruity cough, caught it from skool or ex-Mrs.-T-B. man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. is sending him to skool on Wednesday, good move man.

 

Din-din was initially onecan of pinto beans**, ingest we man.

     **bought at a recent ES, financially savvy we man

We then wanted a tin of sardines, crave we man.

However, miu was zzz-ing on nearby couch, proximal miu man.

We intentionally coughed as we opened pantry, try to disguise sound we man.

Miu was unfooled and awoke to enter, invasive miu man.

We managed to gulp our sardines while miu was distracted in new environment, outsmart miu we man.

Dessert was onecan of corn***, ingest we man.

     ***bought at an even earlier ES, financially savvy we man

 

Mini-B. requested that we bring him something from the casa, bring we man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. came out to retrieve it, retrieve from we man ex-she man man.

We reminded her that this Thursday would have been our Many'th (2x2x2x2th) anniversary, sigh man.

Ex-she man hugged us tightly like she does every year, hug ex-she man we man man.

Ex-she man admitted that her entire family misses us, everyone asked about us man.

We should have said, "CTR, si man" (call the Rojo, si man), si man.

We ran a couple of errands afterward, no traffic man.

 

Party with the rubias imminent, cavort we man.

No formal plans for Wednesday, no man.

We are toying with taking the T-B.-mobile for an oil change, if not raining man.

And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

[TBoneTX 45,248]

Scintillating Wednesday repartee*, yawn man.

     *Bad still-lurking Asia!  Bad, BAD still-lurking STILL-LURKING Asia!

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Thrilling Wednesday report, see man:

 

Embedded ourself at half-past 2 a.m., night owl we man.

Lay awake in stomach discomfort until finally dealing with it, oh poop man.

Re-embedded ourself at half-past Many (2+2) a.m., really sucky hour man.

Text (ignored) later awoke us,  we man.

Finally ex-bedded ourself at half-past Many (2x2x2 +2) a.m., delinquent we man.

 

Mini-B. kept out of skool again, cough wee man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. took him to CVS clinic and was recommended cough syrup, ingest wee man.

 

Went to Costco Business Center, shop we man.

Left with exactly the items on our list, self-disciplined we man.

 

Breakfast/lunch/din-din (at Many [2+2] p.m.) was Modified Tuna Glop, ingest we man.

 

Got e-mail from Mini-B.'s Band director, John Philip Sousa man.

Band concert scheduled for precisely the eve we were to be out of town,   man.

Rearranged flight/car/hotel + 2 appointments, rearrange we man.

During intense rearrangement process, Mama T-B. phoned us Many (2+1) -- si man, Many (2+1) -- times,  man.

 

Nothing formally scheduled for Thursday except Hallowe'en, no man.

Party with the rubias tonight, cavort we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.

[TBoneTX 45,248]

Thrilling Thursday-on-Friday report, see belatedly man:

 

Happy Hallowe'en to all except per below, si man!

Happy Columbus Day to all Polish Commie-Babes, oj tak.

 

Thunder awoke us at the exact ungodly minute at which we'd set our alarm, masochistic we man.

We wanted to awaken early, to get the T-B.-mobile to the shop, maintenance man.

We returned to the casa and dozed, try to recapture missing zzz we man.

 

We got to repair shop shortly before official opening, timely we man.

Guy said that they had 2 or Many hours' worth of work left over from previous day,  man.

 

Just over 2 hours later, we reappeared, better luck this time man.

Oil change, wiper-blade change, & tyre-airing achieved, si and hooray man.

This and 2 other errands done by noon, efficient we man.

 

 

Lunch was 2 turkey-&-cheese sandwiches, ingest we man.

Some administrative work was performed, important Business Typhoon we man.

A siesta was later taken, zzz we man.

 

Din-din was onebag of nuked mixed vegetables, ingest we man.

 

We prepared for Hallowe'en, prepare we man.

Sat outside garage* with potful of Welch's Fruit Snacks, sit we man.

     *to avoid getting up-down and to prevent escaping miu, our protocol man

 

First visitor was a little boy barely able to toddle, very wee man man.

He had big blue eyes and chubby little hands, so cute man.

He smiled and waved at us, parental urging man.

After he left, we teared up, remember Mini-B. on his first Hallowe'en we man.

They grow up so fast, si man.

 

We had barely more than a Manyzen visitors, slowest Hallowe'en ever man.

No explanation for it, no man.

On the bright side, most of them said "trick or treat," appropriate lingo man.

On the even brighter side, almost all of them said "thank you," quality over quantity man.

We ended up reading Many (2x2x2x2x2) pages of our book while waiting, self-edj'muhcate we man.

 

Watched remainder of ghastly football game, awful man.

Consumed 2 bowls of Costco popcorn, ingest we man.

 

We have itineraried Many (2+2+2) ESs for Friday, very far away man.

Friday eve should also be Two Guys eve, delayed man.

Too late for party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

 

[TBoneTX 45,248]

Thrilling Friday ES report, see man:

 

On 11/1/2024 at 1:31 AM, TBoneTX said:

We have itineraried Many (2+2+2) ESs for Friday, very far away man.

We attended all Many (2+2+2) ESs, reliable we man.

 

The first (especially) and Many'rd yielded the take, see man:

  -- Many (2+2) Savane short pants, AM-PM pill-organizer = $Many ($2x2x2x2 -2), steal man

  -- L/S pocket t-shirt = $3, OK man

Total = $Many ($2x2x2x2 +1)

[TBoneTX 45,248]

Thrilling Friday-on-Saturday non-ES report, see man:

 

"Lunchfast" was a turkey-&-cheese sandwich, ingest we man.

 

We left the casa at half-past Many (2x2x2 +2) a.m. and returned at Many (2+2+1) p.m., long day man.

The first ES was an hour away, road destruction and awful traffic on much of entire route man.

We stopped at a very nice Aldi along the route, productive man.

At the end, we detoured to a nearby Costco to gas the thirsty T-B.-mobile and buy one item, detour we man.

 

We returned to the casa without time for a siesta,  man.

We took a shower and immediately retrieved Mini-B. for Two Guys eve, Two Guys man.

Din-din was BK*, ingest Two Guys man.

     *WUOC, financially savvy we man

 

Movie night was the Georgie/Mandy episode and 2 of Everybody Hates Chris, watch Two Guys man.

No Costco popcorns were consumed, could not ingest Two Guys man.

 

Mini-B. went aysheep because ex-Mrs.-T-B. had unplugged his Oculus charger,  wee man man.

We involved him in indoor Nerf football and outdoor basketball, distract we man wee man man.

A good Two Guys eve was had, conclude Two Guys man.

Miu was excited to see Big Brudduh, excited miu man.

 

We have itineraried Many (2+2) very proximal GSs and an ES, itinerary we man.

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.