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Dave
Groan!! I decided to avoid the 'raising the roof' and the 'marbleous' jokes, but I hadn't considered an occasional table. I've still lost my sound on this daft machine, not to mention my bank account and other trivialities.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 21, 2006 at 10:38 AM
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Have we had the joke about you "raising the roof" with this one yet?
Re the table: perhaps it IS sometimes a dog when you're not looking - ie it is an occasional table.
Hope this helps.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on September 21, 2006 at 10:05 AM
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John
Oh My! This will be a big job. I would have liked to watch those marbles roll. I haven't even thought about my old marbles in years.. now I want to find them and roll shoot some. I wonder what my neighbors would say ~ if I invited them over for a game of marbles..
posted by
BrightIrish
on September 19, 2006 at 9:10 PM
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jacenta
I reckon that it will stop me staggering about the house, jacenta, but when it does get leveled, I won't have an excuse.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 19, 2006 at 6:53 PM
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johnmcnab...
Interesting post.
Sounds like an excellent idea to have your house leveled a bit.
posted by
jacentaOld
on September 19, 2006 at 7:32 AM
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Blanche
I think we'll pass on the numerologist, Blanche. There are enough things in this world that confuse me without going down that road.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 18, 2006 at 5:54 PM
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JohnMcnab, I hope your house is getting settled
and, that is eerie. We'll have to talk to a numerologist about those numbers, but I'm not sure I want to know.
posted by
Blanche.
on September 18, 2006 at 12:11 PM
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Azur
The house is just a small house. A couple of years ago, we had a tourist who stopped and gushed about our saltbox house. She took photographs and came in for a coffee. Later she sent us a thank-you card and a photograph of Samantha. Ell assures me it is just a small house and has nothing to do with any condiment. As for the other curiosity, I'm just me - colour me bland.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 17, 2006 at 3:42 PM
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Now I am really curious
and wish I could see the house, oh and the other curiosity - you
posted by
Azur
on September 17, 2006 at 12:29 PM
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Whacky
I'm hoping that one day sightseers will come to see it because
'johnmab, the famous author lived here.'
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 17, 2006 at 5:02 AM
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Blanche
Tha'ts quite eerie, Blanche. 7.28 is when I got up, which means it must have been 4.28 in Seattle. He did ring that number eventually.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 17, 2006 at 5:00 AM
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So did you lose all your marbles?
Maybe your house could become a tourist attraction like that tower in Pisa.
posted by
Whacky
on September 17, 2006 at 12:35 AM
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JohnMcNab, carrying a hip flask sounds like an answer to a
questionairre about drinking problems, "If yo uor someone you know, carries a hip flask to "spice up" their morning tea, call this number".
No, it's only 7:28 pm here, so for anyone it's not yet bedrime for anyone over 3 feet (1m) high. Have fun if you do decide to drop by the pub.
posted by
Blanche.
on September 16, 2006 at 7:33 PM
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Blanche
Surprisingly enough, he did have a problem. I found out soon that he was desperately lonely man who used to carry a hip flask. I like the play on words as well, Blanche, and You've given me an idea. There's a pub about a mile away along he river. Tomorrow who knows. Tonight it's bedtime. Sleep tight Blanche.....oops, I forgot you are at Pacific time which is......em....not yet bedtime?
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 16, 2006 at 7:28 PM
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LOL, John, if your boss had to have two beers and two shots before even
asking for a drink, and the barman already had them set up before he walked in, I think he might have a little bit of a problem..
Last night, I just felt like taking a walk and getting a glass of red wine at the Beveridge Place Pub, (I like the play on words of Beveridge Pub), which is on Beveridge St. I went in and ordered the house red wine and enjoyed it as a rare treat.
posted by
Blanche.
on September 16, 2006 at 7:19 PM
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Blanche
Ell drinks red wine as well. Many years ago, a boss of mine asked me out for a drink just after we finished work. We strolled round the corner to a pub in the High Street in Edinburgh, walked in and climbed up onto stools at the bar. There was already a half pint of lager and a whisky sitting on the bar for my boss. He picked up the whisky and downed it as he was sitting down. The barman put his hand under the bar and brought up another already poured whisky and gave it to him. He downed that in a oner. He did the same with another one and then another one. Then he sighed, took a sip of the lager and said, "Let's have a drink. What would you like?" I've tried to never get like that, which is one of the reasons I'm quite happy with the beer.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 16, 2006 at 7:08 PM
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JohnMcnab, I'm not a serious beer drinker
it's not my first choice, I prefer red wine. But it sounds like the Scots know how to get the job done, beer with whiskey chaser.
posted by
Blanche.
on September 16, 2006 at 6:52 PM
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Blanche
The favourite drink in Scotland is a 'pint and a hauf.' That would be a pint and a half (a chaser of a glass of whisky). It is usually drunk to ward off the miserable bloody weather. Here, beer is drunk for fun and to ward off the heat, and is therefore drunk almost all day. I find it amazing. But, I have hardly had a whisky since I came here and I'm perfectly happy with lager at only 4.7% alcohol.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 16, 2006 at 6:50 PM
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JohnMcnab, I know we here in N. America are sadly deprived in the pints
dept. I had a Rogue ale yesterday, and even light weight that I am, I barely felt anything. It tasted good though. And yes, I'll be back for Part 2: The Cottage Restored
posted by
Blanche.
on September 16, 2006 at 6:39 PM
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Blanche
Scottish beer is a lot stronger, Blanche, (it is brewed from forged steel), and we tend to drink pints of beer, not bottles. Tune in tomorrow for part 2 - perhaps.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 16, 2006 at 6:37 PM
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JohnMcnab, I'm with Ell, if you're taking the coffee table for a walk,
you must not be used to Canadian beer (does it beat the Scottish variety?). I hope Ell's ruse works, and you get the starlings out and the floor leveled! Character, or no character.
posted by
Blanche.
on September 16, 2006 at 6:32 PM
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