Ken, Norton is my nickname given to me back in the late 60s. I was given it by my then father in law, he got it from the old tv show "The Honeymooners ". Bulldog was given to me by a complete stranger,when I tried to buy something from him that wasn't for sale. He said I was like a Bulldog, because when I sunk my teeth in I wouldn't let go. I liked the name so I kept it.

 

I told cha Ken, He's Trixie's husband

 

Too bad I can't apply fer de job Jamesbo just a little too fer to commute daily.

 

You laugh, but we have a lady buried up here from Warner Robins. We're the only State regulated perpetual care Green Cemetery in Ga.

I just got off the phone with a gentleman in Buford who was going to be buried in the one in Bibb County that never got opened.

 

Wow, very interesting. Good luck finding the right person for the job, someone will come along for you.

 

Jamesbo...... I'll gladly ship Nicole out to ya, and you can put her a$$ to work, lol!

 

Sandy,

Although pics are allways appreciated.

I think we done been down dis road befo.
It's like deja vu all over again.

She can take her place in line with all the unqualified kids call'in me up w/o even look'in at my web site saying, AHHHHHHHHHH, Could you tell me about de job.

Besides, I don't text.......................I hate it.


Beam me up Scotty, I've had enough of this place.

 

Nice to be back in town again. Had a customer's plant go down last Tuesday in Galt, CA. A large outdoor pad mount transformer failed. Had to order parts and catch a plane down to the plant. Worked 15-17 hour days with one of my electricians who was on site for another project and got the plant back up and running on Saturday afternoon. Caught a plane home Sunday morning at 6:00 am. Now trying to catch up with my regular work.

So much goes on here when I am gone its hard to catch up.

Happy belated birthday Bulldog may you have many more.

Sandy, sometimes it takes years for a kid to grow up and accept responsibility. You just have to let it go and let her fail until she gets the picture.

Jamsbo,

I know what you mean. a lot of this generation wants to start at the top and go up from there. I can't tell you how many times I have heard "pay me more and I will work harder". I am glad to be nearing retirement. When I retire how about I move down there and work for you. Don't need much just grocery money. and a place to build a nice house and shop

 

Hope you find something soon. Here in the oil patch they are talking about hiring Americans workers before hiring foreign workers...(we don't consider Americans foreign....strange...but certainly not foreign )

There seems to be another labour shortage on the way. A couple of years ago you'd pull into a fast food driv-thru and a sign would ask you to come in due to the shortage of staff, or it would only be open three days a week.

Now they are looking at hiring Americans ahead of other nationalities if there are no Canadians to fill the jobs. They feel that Americans would fit in better with language, culture and quality of work. I guess there might have been incidents with the Chinese, Filipino and Mexican workers from a few years ago.

 

nawton!

 

Thanks 442much. It is completely different now looking for a job than it was 15 years ago. Now they have a test you take at the Technical School called the work ready program and most require to have at least a bronze level to apply. Well I scored platinum on two tests and gold on one, so that put me at the gold level overall and still no job due to no one hiring. Oh well I keep my chin up and my eyes open, something will come up sooner or later.

Good to have you back Citcapp

 

Thats right, RALPHY BOY.

Hang in there GAOldsman, So long as your not down to dog food for diner then your laughing. As you said something will come along sooner or later.

Thank you all for the birthday wishes.

citcapp, I do plan on having at least one or two more birthdays for sure. But you know the old saying Man plans and God laughs. And as far as retirment goes, your going to find that you'll have more to do than you ever did.

 

Thanks Bulldawg. I am fortunate to have unemployment that pays some bills and a beautiful wife that is a civil servant that helps with the rest. It's a struggle but we'll make due.

 

I told my Super Model yesterday I had to get back today fer sum'in. When I got home I didn't see anything on my calander zo, I jes thought I had had anutter Senior Moment.

'Bout 3:00 dis guy calls and say's 'Whar de heck are you? You're spose to be at de clos'in."

OOOOOOPS , Zo I jump in my car and beat feet about 20 miles sign a bunch of crap and now after 40+ Years. I do not own one single piece of rental property.

HURRAY, It took me a few years to get rid of de constant headaches but it's all gone...............lock, stock and tomahawk.

When de prices were go'in up, I guess it was Ok to hang on but when de started dropp'in, I said, Dis is de time to get out and I did.

What a releif

 

congrats Jamesbo, It's almost like the prison warden took the chains off isn't it.

 

Norton,

I'm hear to tell ya. I don't know if you recall de last tenant in de house sued me cause she found mold in de bathroom. Duh, Can we all say " personal Hygene?

Well Lookie ere. My ole buddy Pat's back from werk'in in Missippi.

Hey Pat, Can ya loan me sum money? Mycredit is Outstand'in

 

Is it Norton the bulldog or just Norton or Bulldog? Just curious

Never owned rental property and from what I hear I did not miss anything


Jamsbo,

bought some nice pork loins and cut them up into some fat pork chops for the grill cooked up a few on the BQ last night with some penzy's southwest spice used it like a rub, added a little garlic pepper. Turned out great.

http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penze...ml?id=8QUWrk4m

Sure I'll loan you some money just as long as I have your drop top title for a little backup. You know I trust you

 

Jamesbo, I do recall that problem you had and if I recall that was the beginning of the end for your landlord days.

citcapp, Norton has been my nickname for most of my life, everyone I know calls me by that name including my wife. Bulldog is the name I use on this site only. So I guess just call me what you'd like.

 

Ken, we also know how to say, "eh?"

 

Just make sure you use it in the right context...eh? I was watchin' some 50's Oldsmobile commercials and the guy is obviously American, but he speaks Canadian. He says to the woman "Pretty nice car, eh?" I thought, if he can use "eh", then I can use "y'all".

 

Still a little chili dog down ere dis mawn'in. Jes a few sprinkles Jes enough to keep your feet wet in the grass.

Pat,

Glad your back my friend, We miss your sage wisdom.

Tanks,but I'll pass on de loan, it would take me a month to find the title to de drop top in my pile of Oldsmobile papers.

De poke chops sounded really good, I'm gonna have to go to de stow today, I may give dem a try. Obviously you know how to get good chops. [cut up a whole loin]

Have you ever cooked what we used to call poke back bone?

Norton, I'm gonna call ya Norton insted of Bulldog cause I was drug up watch'in de Honeymooners. "Alice, One day POW, right in the kisser"

Ken/Don,

I'm not real sho I fully understand dis "Eh" stuff. I only been to de great white north twist. Once above Montreal [whar everyone spoke French] and once to Vancooover whar I went to an Expo wit a bunch of tourist.

I ain't much of a traveler no mo. Fly'in has gotten to be a PITA. I used to love it but, I guess I gett'in to be a home body.

Scot,

Keep a hunt'in and you'll find de right job. Ya jes gotta kiss alota frogs to meet a Prince. I sho am glad I don't have to go take no mo test, I'd be sell'in pencils from a tin cup.

Sandy,

Like I told ya de utter day. I'm not real sho der is any more Ohio. From de news it's all washed down de mighty Missippi. And it's gonna ruin Crawfish season.

I was think'in 'bout Nicole de utter day. When I was a pup, I did a little wander'in befo I settled down. I went fish'in in de Bahamas fer about a year, Got on a mail boat [cause it was dirt cheap] and jes went from one island to another. I would of made a great rummy [as Papa Hemmingway used to say] But when I got a job, I had it fer 40 years.

Why don't cha PM me Blue's # I'll call him and see what's up. De worst he can do is hang up on me and dat's happend befo [a few thousand times]

Speak'in of de Bahamas and Chalk's airlines, I wonder how my ole bud Jeffery is fair'in. Sho do miss him.

Darn, Now I gots my mind a wonder'in 'bout food [as usual] Can't decide if I want to cook up sum poke or conch fritters.

Ya'll have a wonderful day......... "Eh" [was dat right er not?] I gotta werk on my language skills

 

Morning All, Eh!

Another dreary day in the 40's. If I don't see the friggin sun pretty soon, I'm gonna go postal!!!!! My God, how much can a body take of this depressing crap! If I wanted to be surrounded by rain and gray, I'd move to the Left Coast, lol! That's probably where Blue is.... still hibernating! We're supposed to get in the 70's later in the week, there better be some sun with it! Heck, it can stay cold, just give us some sun!!! Ok, whining over.... for now, lol!

Citcapp.... Welcome back! We missed you! Glad all is well with you!

Jamesbo..... after that comment in the other thread about Teepo, I don't know if I'm speakin to ya, lol! You're really bein a **** now!!!! I'm happy to hear you got rid of your rental properties! That's a wonderful thing!! We're hoping the people in our rental house will come through with buying it in 2 years. If they back out of the deal, Larry said he's just gonna try to sell it for what's owed on it instead of trying to make a profit. Rentals are just a PITA!!!!

As for my child....... I just don't understand her at all. I guess she's job hunting. I'm not saying anything to Larry about her losing this job already - I'm getting tired of hearing him say "I told you she will never amount to anything". At least she's not living at home any longer, so he won't know. I don't know what she'll do - not my problem. She needs to listen to me. As the saying goes:

"If at first you don't succeed, do it like your mother told you"

Oh Lord..... Brian is wound up today. Over on the phone talking to whoever will listen! It's gonna be a looonnng day! Some days it would just be easier to put a bullet in his head, than to listen to him whine and complain about everything! As Clay says, "He whines worse than a woman", lol!!

Got all Linda's various doctor tests done yesterday. She has to have an echo test done on her heart this Thursday, so Nicole is taking her. Then as we get back to her place around 4:00, one of her useless daughters shows up. The one that doesn't work, that told me she couldn't take Linda yesterday... but it's ok for me to take a half day off work to take her mother. I truly don't understand kids. No matter what age they are. Whatever.

Well have a good day all and stay dry if that's possible!

 

Never met a woman I could P.O.

Sandy,

If you'd just move to Arizona and not tell Larry and Nicole, all of your problems would be over. Course we'd miss ya whin'in 'bout de weather.

Jes think Sun shine big clear skies Cacti bloom'in. Nutt'in to worry 'bout sept gila monsters and rattlesnakes

 

Ya'll are now an accepted Southerner!

 

Jamesbo..... you make me laugh!!! I'd love to sneak off to Arizona, believe me! God, I just can't imagine having sun 360 days out of the year, lol. I would be lovin me sum sun! Then I could tell you all how beautiful and hot it is every day! Some day.........

 

Hold de bus....................not until he learns to spell it correctly and can say it wit a mouth full of grits.

Sorry Ken, We got sum rules down ere.

Well Lookie ere, Bulldog done got his self a new Avatar. I luv it.

 

Morning all, Well I would complain about the crappy weather,but Sandy has already done that.
Jamesbo, Sandy already has a bounty on your head, and now your going to have the state of Arizona put one on you too just for telling Sandy to move there. I did change my aviator, just because I know you have a tendency to forget things. It will help you remember my name change.
Ken, If they allow you to become American , can you sponser me so I can move to Nevada.

 

Like the new you, Norton, Kinda fitting, your bailing Jamsbo out just like Norton bailed Ralf out of trouble. Sandy is to young to see the parallel I'm guessing.

Jamsbo,

I also cut up a beef tenderloin into nice fillet's for the BQ as well. Save a lot of $$ doing it myself. There is a wholesale market not far from me that will sale to the public, but all of there meat is in bulk. I also have some rib-eye's
that a cut up a week or so ago.

Sandy,

We are having better weather then you guys for a change. Supposed to be sunny and in the mid to high sixties starting today and last for a while. Sure am looking forward to it.

Ken,

how are the plans for your car show coming along ? Have many entries signed up yet?

Have a great day all. I will check in later.

 

Pat,

I hate to be the Joe P. of cook'in BUT ya don't BQ streaks.
Ya BQ ribs, poke butts, and maybe chicken. But cha grill steaks.

I'd like one of yours Pittsburg Blue iff'in ya don't mind. Jes knock de horns off and send it on over. If it ain't moo'in, I'll eat it.

Reminds me of when de girl from NY first moved in de neighborhood when I was 6. She went home and said.

"Mommy, I need sum Tennis shoes" [cause all of poor southern white trash call sneekers tennis shoes]

Jes like yous guys call Grills BQ.

Norton,

I'm gonna pronouce tomorrow as the CO offical day of not complain'in 'bout de weather. I don't care if a sunami hits Kansas. NO complain'in 'bout de weather on Hump day. [Let's see if Sandy gets the DT's]

 

Why don't you just ask her to stop breathing. [ Just a thought], Lets have everyone stop mentioning the weather until Sandy cracks and has to complain. You know we could start a friendly pool and see who can guess how long before she takes to whine about it.

 

Ok.... don't look for me to be on tomorrow, lol!

 

Norton, they won't let me become American even though I can sound like a southerner, New Yawker or a Buckeye. Besides, there are too many of you people (Canadian) there already, so take off eh? But it's summer-like here, and the universe is unfolding as it should.


I see that our two car shows are on the same date this year. Too bad. Our registrations are slower than last year. We only have 20 cars signed up and paid for at the moment, however on the positive side, none of the regulars that I know will be going, have signed up yet and we've had a couple of non-members pre-register as well. Usually the non-members just pay at the door an the day of the show. So far long distance is 445 miles. I estimate 60-70 cars.

How's your show shaping up?

 

Ken,

i will find out how thing are going with the car show on June 3rd. I'll let you know. Hope it is better than last year. Ben working with the local Pontiac and Buick club and maybe will have a BOP show next year. We'll see how that pans out later this year.

Jamsbo,

Yeah I know the difference between grilling an BQ, just to lazy to separate the terms. Grilled a couple of those fillets tonight they sure were great just a little garlic pepper and sea salt is all it takes for these fine cuts

Sandy,

Sunny and warm here. Think warm thoughts and the weather will get better ok

Norton,

Take the top down and the sun will come out. Well at least you can try

 

Mawn'in all

Happy no whin'in 'bout de weather day.

Pat,

I like my steaks wit a poop of Maitre d'hotel butter. And a side of gratin dauphiois. Julie has a variation where you use beef stock insted of cream. It is absolutely fabulous with beuf.

I can't bermember if I told you about steak paint or not so I'll tell ya again.
From your handy dandy butcher shop, Get ya sum beef fat trim''in. Toss em in a pan and reduce to heat and save the liquids, toss in sum garlic salt, garlic salt. Voila Steak paint. Keep it warm while your grill'in de steaks. When ya pull them off de grill brush with the steak paint and searve.


Bye de bye. I made your chicken chili last nite and it was wonderful.

What's de over/under on Sandy show'in up today and not whin'in 'bout de weather.

Maybe, We should start a pool.

Dag nabbit. Now, I'm hungry again.

 

G'Mawnin All! It's a mite nippy here.

Jamesbo you making me hungry. I have the best steak recipe that I grill at least once a week. Take some Chuck-eye steaks (po mans ribeye) and matronade them in a zip lock bag getting as much air out of the bag as possible. Marinade: 2 tablespoons Dale's sauce, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce, 3 tablespoons A-1, 1 tablespoon Lawry's seasoning salt, fresh ground peppercorn to taste and 1 half cup Italian dressing. Stir well and matronade dem steaks fer about 30 mins in de fridge or cooler (LOL) Sooo good you don't need anything else but some taters an salad. Enjoy

Sandy don't pay them no mind, they are just pickin' so just post away all you want young lady. Just next time you see them you can act like Ralphy Boy does to Alice.. One of these days, POW! straight to the moon!

Anyhoo I hope everyone does have a most beautimus day.

 

Scot,

That sound yummy and kinda like what I use fer a shish kabob. But folks with MSG problems should not try it.

Ole Joe Dale has gone home to glory but he made the best salad.[along with his Dale's Marinade]

1 cup Mayo [No not Miracle whip Sandy]
2 oz Shreaded Provolone cheese
1/2 tsp granulated garlic
2 Tsp Red wine vinegar
2 Tsp minced stuffed green olives
1 Tsp minced Black Olives
2 Tsp Graded Parmesan Cheese
1/2 tsp Fresh graded Black pepper
1/2 tsp. Cajun Seasoning
1 head of shreaded Iceberg lettuce
Croutons

It's yumy but you can not make The dressing ahead of time.

 

Reading the posts, I have to agree with Pat on the BBQing steaks. Now, unless we are using different terminology, I will go on my deck, start the propane BBQ and then throw a few steaks on it. Maybe you call this a grill and a BBQ is something different?

Maybe it's a western/eastern thing. I went to a car show in Idaho years back (with the Seattle gang as a matter of fact) and got to talking to a couple of locals. I remembering them telling me that the Canada/US border was drawn wrong on the maps. They said that the border should run north/south and not east/west. I never mentioned that I was born in the east.

Heck, here it's not unusual to see someone dressed in winter clothes standing outside on their deck BBQing chicken or steaks in -25 degree weather. Maybe, we are meaning the samething but using different names for a BBQ/grill.

 

Morning All!

Late start today, lol! Steve is back and Brian is off today so it's been a little busy. Which I like!!

Lord you guys make me hungry! Those eggs and sausage look delicious Jamesbo! I had my usual english muffin and yogurt. And I don't whine about the weather, I bitch!! There's a difference, lol!

Ken..... people also call the grill a BBQ around here. I call it the grill. Larry has a charcoal grill and I have a gas grill. I use the gas one mostly. My ex bro in law in Michigan says he's going to barbeque, and he takes meat out and puts it on the grill! So I think it's the same thing. Did you hear from Tim the clothman yet?? I forgot to look on my card at home.

We had an unidentified phenomenon in the sky this morning for just a few minutes!! People were calling into the radio stations, as no one knew what it was! Scientists are looking into it, I understand. Whatever it was, we liked it, as it gave off a warm feeling and a beautiful yellow glow!!! It didn't last long, though.

Well have a great day all!

 

Sandy,

Ya missed de Grits. Like Adrian said, They're jes a conduit for delivering tons of butter.

I give up try'in to edumacate ya'll on speak'in de Kings English proper when talk'in 'bout BBQ'in.

If ya look careful at the CO threads thars about 15 different ways yous guys spell YA'LL. I think I give up on dat one too.


p.s. I knew she could go a whole day wit out weather talk.

 

Morning all, Well I see Sandy managed to slip the forcast in through the side door .
Sandy can explain the difference between whine and bitch. Might help me at home if I knew the difference.

Ken, This is how I understand the BBQ / Grill issue.

If it is Charcoal then its a BBQ.

If it is propane then its a Grill.

Hmmm, Sausage and Eggs, Time for a late breakfast.