Time to Reopen the Whine Bar!
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We’ve had so many heavy topics lately, I thought that it was time to open the old establishment back up. Whew, what a run!
I asked Mom to paint a picture to put up on the wall and this is what she came up with:
I, of course, told her that it was a perfect representation of our attitude here.
Now…belly up to the bar and tell me what is on your mind. Whine anyone??
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Tags: Corky, People, Whine Bar
Poke me in the ‘eye’, just don’t break my yoke! I will need that to develope my next thought! Chicken or the egg? We forgot about the need for the “rooster”?
I’ve accumulated wonderful “stuff” through the years. I didn’t use it because I was using, wearing my old “stuff.”
Don’t say give it away. My kids don’t want it because they have their own “stuff”. I didn’t store it, take care of it, to give away. I don’t have a lot of years left & I want to take it with me. I know you can’t arrange that but give me some words of consolation.
First, here is a poke to Mayanrd – pass it along to my schoolmate Maynard!
bikehikebabe, I can empathize – or, I can do something much better for you! This is my chance to show you why Vonnegut’s religious invention is so important. I make up a belief, a foma, that we know is a lie, but will make you feel better if you will just allow yourself to believe it. The new foma that I am making up is that through our religion, not only do you get a resurrection of the body, we are going to resurrect whatever “stuff” you designate.
Now, I need for you to say this after me, “I can take my stuff, I can take my stuff, I can take my stuff…”, close your eyes, click your heels three times – the one’s on the Whine Bar slippers that you put on when you entered – and it will be so!
Now, as yer old bartender I’m asking, doesn’t that make it all better??
BHB, Yes, Conrad cannot arrange that, but I can. What’s in it for me? If it is attractive enough, I shall give you the secret about how I can arrange that.
Conrad, Maynard is busy thinking up mischief with paleolithic creatures. He is being very creative. Just see the wonderful play on words – breaking his yoke!
My whine is this. Serious stuff but the whine is not. Please read http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/08/AR2009060803500.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter
The entire article and the comments thereof talk about China only. There are other countries involved too and as an Indian I am deeply offended that Geithner did not give us Indians, to use BHB’s phrase some words of consolation.
Our egg yolks are also getting broken! For us it is not a laughing mater.
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So China’s (& every other country’s) exports are going down–sob, sob
Stimulating Consumption is the message now.
Wait world!!! One can only use so much “STUFF”!
We’re told to Recycle. What now?
BHB.
I’ve never seen a law that says you have to USE all of your STUFF, HAVE YOU? Keep what you want and have the most glorious garage sale anyone on this earth has ever seen……you will bring joy to the world. One woman’s junk is another woman’s treasure.
Corky
Problem is I want it ALL. (I’m greedy.) I think I’m called a “pack rat”.
I know I’m not supposed to drink while on duty, but this evening, I just feel like having a fine whine with my friends.
The government in the name of safeguarding all of us, has decided to turn full airline checkin ticket security – or something like that – over to the TSA. I sincerely hope that a guy on the radio was wrong. He said that even for domestic flight in America, you need to have a couple of forms of identification to get onto a flight and must give them my birthdate. Now, I don’t mind giving them my birthdate, since I only have one of those. However, on both forms of ID, the name is supposed to be identical!
Conrad is my middle name. Joseph is my first name. I was raised with my middle name, so my signature is J. Conrad Hake. That is what is on my credit cards. That is on everything except my driver’s license, which has Joseph Conrad Hake. This guy said that a guy like me might have to carry my passport to travel place to place in my own country.
Why oh why did I disconnect that crap detector??
bikehikebabe, when it is your time, I found a place that will let you turn your body into legal mulch for plants! How’s that for recycling??
Yes, I’ll be recycled that way. But I want to be transported with all my “Stuff” intact, & I want you & all my friends sent too.
Bike—, does that include me?– that’s right– we are one in the same! That means I can enjoy your stuff also! COOL!!!!
BHB, now we all have a vested interest in keeping you healthy!!!
Your mother has quite a talent, if I may say so. First visit and I am already glad to be here. Thank you for your comments on my blog as well.
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Looks like the wine is finished. Give us something to whine about!
I like Red!
Not having wine is something to whine about! I go off and write reports for a week, and look at all the activity while I’m gone! Granted, some of it I would prefer NOT to have happened. Thank you, Corky, for sharing your story.
Conrad, why don’t you whine about how you & your family hid out until a murderer was apprehended that you feared.
I was taking off my wetsuit in the bushes after a horrendous kayak run, when a bullet went whizzing by. I wasn’t afraid also when I went for a moonlit walk at our 10,000 ft. cabin, at night & mountain lion raised it’s back & hissed nearby. I left & stopped not far away to lie on my back & look at the stars. (Very clear up there.) My head wasn’t clear now that I think back about it.
I forgot. I WAS AFRAID after the bullet. I made my oldest son hide with me for a long time. He wanted to get back in the river. The river was flooded very high. My husband saved a guy from Europe’s life, kayaking down the river 1/2 mile. The guy was out of his kayak–not good & our other son was unable to rescue him.
Memorable but not fun for a whimpy female.
Ashok, your presence is a delight to me. I love what you are doing with your blog and encourage all my readers … er, both my readers … to go visit Ashok’s blog. He is a bright new light!
bikehikebabe, I appreciate the sentiment and Ramana has suggested it also. However, it is tragic and I don’t wish to air something involving so many that are so close. The murder was not only of a family member, but by a family member. I hope you understand.
BHB, I do not think of you as a wimpy female. I don’t want you to become macha, if that is a word.
My mother has saved at least two lives that I know of in her existence on this Earth. She really is the Queen, isn’t she??
Gail, what is Red’s last name?
SAVED!
Who mentioned that word? I am forever being stopped on the street by total strangers who tell me I need to be saved or born again in order to be saved.
I have one big problem…. How do I get back in the womb?
PS, my mother died years ago.
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Grannymar, that was good
Conrad, if I told you that , I would have to leave BHB’s body!
I’m still waiting for a “miracle” from my 10 buddies!
Thank you for those very nice words sir. And I am as much delighted to be here. Looking forward to more of your posts.
Grannymar, send me another vodka and I’ll save you! Or, at least I’ll feel like I could…