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Blanche
I wasn't blaming you for being terse, Blanche. It was only a comment, honest. If anything, I started it with my "I assume so," remark.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 18, 2006 at 8:10 PM
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TAPS
Has it been that long, TAPS? We've been babysitting and variously being exhausted for a few days. I have a blog half finished, and with any luck I may get it finished tomorrow morning before church - if I'm up in time, that is. Thanks for missing me, TAPS.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 18, 2006 at 8:08 PM
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I was on the phone, John, and in work mode. I get terse then.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 18, 2006 at 7:38 PM
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Did you leave the neighborhood, Johnmacnab. Haven't seen hide nor hair of you for several days now.
posted by
TAPS.
on November 18, 2006 at 7:27 PM
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Pat
She certainly is, Pat. She doesn't believe in pulling punches.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 18, 2006 at 4:32 PM
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I love the punch line. The daughter is a peach!
posted by
Pat_B
on November 18, 2006 at 9:30 AM
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Blanche
LOL, Blanche. The previous three comments became terser and terser, or in today's terminology - more terser.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 17, 2006 at 2:44 PM
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good
posted by
Blanche.
on November 17, 2006 at 12:22 PM
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Blanche
I assume so, Blanche.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 17, 2006 at 12:17 PM
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So does this mean that your Blogit email address works now, JohnMcnab?
posted by
Blanche.
on November 17, 2006 at 11:39 AM
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jacenta
I'm glad as well, jacenta. Isn't it strange how you never really know anybody?
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 17, 2006 at 11:33 AM
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johnmacnab...
Interesting read. Glad no shots were fired. We never really know what the neighbors may be up to in any neighborhood.
posted by
jacentaOld
on November 17, 2006 at 7:31 AM
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.Dave,
Aw shucks, Dave. I am so chuffed that you think of me before nodding off.
Seriously, folks. Do you remember when you and some other bloggers tried to send me an email via Blogit and it bounced back? My machine had crashed way back in April, and once it recovered, I no longer had the John McNab email address. Every time I or Ell tried to get it back, we were told that it belonged to someone and it was not available. It didn't matter how often they were told 'Yes, it belongs to someone, It belongs to me," they were adamant.
Eventually, I just ignored the problem (as is my wont), and it wasn't until I wanted to use the name again and tried again, that Ell had a stunning idea. What if the name was spelled differently with the ISP? She phoned and was told that the name was not available and it was spelled John MacNab and it belonged to me....Duh!!! How it happened we have no idea.
Problem solved. The irony being that John Buchan's heroes did use the pseudonym of John MacNab, and not John McNab, so I was wrong again, surprise, surprise.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 16, 2006 at 4:14 PM
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John, my last thought tonight before bedtime...
... don't know why it just came to me, but what's with the extra 'a' ?
Meant to ask you the other day and forgot.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on November 16, 2006 at 3:30 PM
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TAPS
Thank you TAPS. We have since discovered that the police cars had been there much earlier and dragged the occupant and his mate into the cars and taken them off to jail. The arrival we noticed was them coming back to check for more drugs, guns and smuggled ciggies.
In the newspaper today, it reports that their arrest was part of a 14 month ongoing operation stretching from the East Coast to the Great lakes.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 15, 2006 at 8:15 PM
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Blanche
I know what you mean about confusing times, Blanche. Our 11 year old grandson knows more than I did when I was 21. We were talking to a teacher on Sunday and he said he felt sorry for the kids - they think they can do anything and that they rule the world.
I can still remember the heady experience of my first half pint of beer in the 'Commercial Inn.' I'd hate to tell you what age I was - but the sex was slightly earlier....er....so I'm told. Happy birthday to you when it comes, auld yin.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 15, 2006 at 8:11 PM
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Johnmcnab, It was entertaining enough without bullets flying.
posted by
TAPS.
on November 15, 2006 at 5:40 PM
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JohnMcnab, I just turned 46 last week, I recall the halcyon days of my
youth, when a little pot was de rigeur and cocaine was the worst thing on the market, (not that I would know, cough cough). I feel sorry for this generation, these are confusing times: the drugs are so much harder and the sex is kinkier, not to mention the whole internet/camera thing. I am glad I'm so much older and wiser now, and my wild oats well sown.
Next time, step away from the window, Ell's right, that's another thing that has changed (and not for the better): more efficient and more prevalent guns. You can thank American enterprise for that, too.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 15, 2006 at 5:33 PM
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TAPS
It would have made a more entertaining story, Taps, that's for sure.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 15, 2006 at 5:11 PM
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Johnmcnab, That sort of thing happens everywhere these days. I'm glad no shots were fired during the police business (although that would have been a lot more exciting.)
posted by
TAPS.
on November 15, 2006 at 2:25 PM
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:) you're welcome.
posted by
mneme
on November 15, 2006 at 2:23 PM
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mneme
Good evening, mneme. Shucks, blush. blush.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 15, 2006 at 2:17 PM
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Good morning johnmacnab,
that's even more romantic. A flower for you both. Well, why not a bunch of them..
posted by
mneme
on November 15, 2006 at 1:09 PM
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mneme
We get curious looks and have to do lot of explaining to do when we make a remark that doesn't gel with what others think they know, mneme especially when I say 'third marriage, first wife.' That really gets people confused. We were married for 20 years in the UK and 5 years - so far - in North America.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 15, 2006 at 9:46 AM
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.Dave
LOL. Grass on brown bread and hold the mayo? Sounds hilarious, Dave.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 15, 2006 at 9:33 AM
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johnmacnab
I'll mind my own business. But I thought it was cute.
posted by
mneme
on November 15, 2006 at 6:41 AM
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John, I think you were outnumbered in the end.
You always seem to get outnumbered by your loved ones, even when it's just one on one.
Maybe the cops were friends of the family and had turned up to collect some sandwiches kindly made for their lunch.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on November 15, 2006 at 6:25 AM
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strat
It has certainly wakened up the neighbourhood, strat. Next? We aren't sure, but we haven't seen the occupant since the cops were there. We are debating whether he has move, or dropped down dead for want of grass and booze. Mind you, our dog has been sniffing the air a lot recently so you never know.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 15, 2006 at 6:18 AM
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mneme
What's sauce for the goose......and etc,mneme. I do check out the policewomen but only in a historical and factual way. For instance, I cannot understand why they have all the battle dress on and their butts are so tight and......er....em.....vulnerable. Aye lass, they weren't like that in my day - come to think of it there weren't any policewomen in my day.
Would that be the first time around or the present time around when it comes to marriages?
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 15, 2006 at 6:15 AM
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Far out! What next?
posted by
strat
on November 15, 2006 at 5:41 AM
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johnmacnab
don't tell me you aren't checking out the policewomen too. What you say here is both tolerant and loving and paints an amusing picture. How long did you say you two had been married?
posted by
mneme
on November 15, 2006 at 5:39 AM
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mneme
I used to live in a street like that, in fact one of my homes had windows on only one side and the gable end and garage looked onto the street. There could have been gang fights going on for all I knew.
As for the policemen! Where we go for the fitness and aqua fitness, there are always a lot of policemen, and when we are having coffee in the same place afterwards, Ell has to sit where she can see the policemen's butts. I've noticed that she has a habit of bumping into them, 'accidentally' as well.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 15, 2006 at 5:25 AM
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and in our street, it is dead quiet but nobody sees anything - everybody has a front parlour but lives out the back. It's the way houses are designed - family rooms at the back, formal rooms at the front. No wonder a burglar alarm is a necessity - no one would see anything unless they were actually outside.
posted by
mneme
on November 15, 2006 at 5:05 AM
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johmnacnab,
I won't tell if you won't tell. That was the big 4. I've had another since then (Now I'm going to deny I ever said that). They say you know you're getting old when policeman start looking young, and I've been noticing that for longer than I realised..!
posted by
mneme
on November 15, 2006 at 5:02 AM
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mneme
I thought there was only one 'big' one, mneme? Are you sure you aren't riddled with arthritis coming up to 40? Isn't it amazing how a street can be dead quiet but everybody sees everything?
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 15, 2006 at 4:56 AM
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johnmacnab
another enjoyable cameo.. and at least they weren't knocking on your door! even if they only asked directions your neighbours would be very curious. My one brush with the law was when two very nice policemen came to my house to take a statement, the day after I was robbed at an ATM. They took great delight, seemingly, in noticing that it was only three days to my birthday, and only one year and three days before the "big one" (no I am not saying which big one..).
posted by
mneme
on November 15, 2006 at 4:17 AM
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Ginnie
Haggis sounds good, ginnie. On Saturday night we had a yearning for fish and chips, which we bought at the local pub, and this morning, Ell made some porridge (porage:oatmeal), and it was scrummy. Ye can take the Scotsman out of Scotland and etc, etc,
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 13, 2006 at 8:31 PM
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Blanche
I hear and read about all these drugs, and their odd names, but I don't understand any of them. I think I was lucky enough to live in a generation where drugs were unheard of - except drink and cigarettes, that is, and I have never felt the need to try them.
The other day someone suggested I should try smoking marijuana - just so I could say I'd tried it. I could also try jumping out of a plane without a chute, just so I could say I'd tried it. Neither idea strikes me as being a sensible one.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 13, 2006 at 8:26 PM
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Whacky
A brilliant idea, Whacky, but please don't mention it to Ell, or I'll have to take courses on window fitting.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 13, 2006 at 8:22 PM
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LOL Mac!
Almost as dangerous as the haggis!
posted by
ginnieb
on November 13, 2006 at 8:18 PM
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those damned meth labs are everywhere, JohnMcnab, even in the best of
neighborhoods, it's an evil, evil insidious drug, not just for trailer parks anymore.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 13, 2006 at 7:23 PM
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What you need is bullet proof glass!
posted by
Whacky
on November 13, 2006 at 7:11 PM
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ladychardonnay
I'll look into it, ladychardonnay. Thanks for the suggestion.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 13, 2006 at 6:40 PM
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ginnie
Ach, lass, I brought the auld blunderbus with the auld claymore as back up.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 13, 2006 at 6:39 PM
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you need to rent "life stinks" by mel brooks
posted by
ladychardonnay
on November 13, 2006 at 4:06 PM
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And Mac...
..if you're blamed for everything then throw in that you probably brought the guns with you from Scotland!
As if!!
posted by
ginnieb
on November 13, 2006 at 2:30 PM
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