This is the thread that will never die.

Paul in Cannon Beach

Trust me.

HRinNH

yep...Paul has been heard repeating "Yippee it's Friday" since Wednesday.

I can think of a cure that involves a car, picnic basket and road map.

Paul in Cannon Beach

Sounds good to me. My weekend plan is slightly different but just as promising. Six great friends, no wives or children, alot of golf, basketball, games, and trash talking.

Bring it.

ray a

No wives, just girlfriends?

HRinNH

>Sounds good to me. My weekend plan is slightly
>different but just as promising. Six great
>friends, no wives or children, alot of golf,
>basketball, games, and trash talking.
>
>Bring it.


Oh I'm jealous!!! But my plans would read "six great friends, no husbands, children or pets, alot of pampering (i.e. manicure, pedicure, massage), condo at the beach with chick flicks, chocolate and miles of sand to walk on.

Oh, and trash talking.

Cheers!

Whirlwind

I'm in! When do we leave?

LarryC

I'm not having a good day today, but I am looking forward to getting together with six of my closest friends tonight also. Funny thing about MY friends .....they're all held together by this little plastic thingy.

Cheers!!!

HRinNH

your t.v. remote???

HRinNH

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 03-31-06 AT 03:44PM (CST)[/font][br][br]Hey, Whirl, I get off in 12 minutes. How long will it take you to pack ???

Whirlwind

That's the great thing about a girls' weekend -- you don't have to care how you look so packing's quick and easy! I can be ready by 6 pm east coast time.

(I think Larry meant a six-pack, but you probably knew that.)

HRinNH

Oops, no I didn't think of that. x:-8

LarryC

It's now Monday morning and my six friends are long gone!

Whirlwind

Some friends are like that. But I predict that six of their relatives will visit you next weekend.

HRinNH

The trouble with weekends is that they're too short. One day for church, family and friends. One day for chores. I need more!!!

Paul in Cannon Beach

Well, I am back from my weekend. We were up until 4:30 am on Friday night and 1:30 am on Saturday night. Losing an hour to daylight savings was just plain cruel.

Events included ping pong, foosball, basketball, video games, Texas Holdem poker, more video games, nerf war, more video games, and finally a round of golf.

I resisted the peer pressure to drink something called a "Rock Star Energy Drink" which apparently is liquified sugar and caffeine.

I had a great time but came in dead last in the overall competition mostly due to the video games. I did finish second in poker.

We stayed in a swedish furniture showroom owned by one of the guys. Nothing like playing poker sitting in $600 chairs.

LarryC

Speaking of death, here are some good quotes to live, or die, by:

1. In every culture there is a need for murder.

2. Everyone is put on this earth condemned to die....time and place of execution unknown.

3. We are all travelers. The trip starts in a place called Birth and ends in a lonely town called Death.

4. We each owe a death. There are no exceptions.


There. Hope that cheers everybody up. Have a good day!!

ray a

Yes Larry, I feel much better now.

LarryC

Glad I could help, Ray. Did you recognize which quotes came from Rod Serling?

NaeNae55

I didn't recognize any of the quotes, though they are all good (if a bit depressing). Please name your sources. x}>

LarryC

Ok Nae, here you go:

1. The Dillards. They are a bluegrass bunch who toured around in the 60's and 70's and appeared occasionally on the Andy Grffith Show. The quote comes from their concert album.

2. Rod Serling

3. Rod Serling

4. Stephen King, from the Green Mile. The rest of the quote is, "I know that, but, Oh God, the Green Mile can be so long."


Speaking of Rod Serling, her are some more. Especially for you, Ray.

"How thin a line separates that which we assume to be real with that manufactured inside of a mind."

"An observation as to the psychological nature of man: He is a frightened breed."

ray a

I often wonder if you people are real or just something I've manufactured in my head.

Whirlwind

#'s 2 and 3 have a Serling-like quality, but I'm strictly guessing.

ray a

I agree, 2 and 3 are Serling. BTW, Rod Serling was a native of Binghamton, NY. He lived within 5 miles of where I live now. I'm sure you're all impressed by that piece of minutiae.

Paul in Cannon Beach

I always thought Ray lived in the Twilight Zone.

Ok, you walked into that one.

jitrbug

I went to New Orleans last week to visit a friend. It's still sad...plenty of jobs, every place has a "hiring now" sign but even if they could get the workers back, housing is an issue. The restaraunts that have reopened have to close at 7 or 8 each night because they don't have enough employees. Every street you pass has FEMA trailers sitting on the front lawns of houses. As you fly in, you see blue tarps on roofs. So many places outside of the quarter or the square have not reopened yet...not enough workers or money. So many shopping/strip centers are dark at night because no stores are open. BUT the city and people are coming back to life...the quarter is open and very alive so if anybody wants to go to Nawlins...it is open for business and they need the business.

Paul in Cannon Beach

I read somewhere that Burger King was paying $3,000 signing bonuses for employees in that area.

The night Katrina hit, I stayed up until about 2 am watching Louisiana tv online. It was unbelievable. We should have been more prepared.

ray a

"Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once."

Is this thread dying?

Paul in Cannon Beach

No, its back again.

LarryC

I don't remember Rod Serling saying that.

ray a

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 04-12-06 AT 02:53PM (CST)[/font][br][br]Shakespeare - Julius Caesar

HRinNH

"When a good man dies,
For years beyond his ken,
The light he leaves behind him shines
Along the path of men."