NOT a serious thread 2019 - the return

[nycwalking]

Soylent green: It’s people!

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

The book, How to Serve Humanity, it's a cookbook!!

 

[nycwalking]

The book, How to Serve Humanity, it's a cookbook!!

I’m not signing up for that spaceship ride.

 

[kirkie]

Using today-speak, nyc, what’s the back story on the new avatar?

 

[Bristle boy]

Soylent green: It’s people!
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Is it part of a finger buffet??

 

[yaying]

I can never drink black coffee. Lots of cream and a little sugar are necessary for me...now I know why!

is it because your never tempted?

 

[nycwalking]

Using today-speak, nyc, what’s the back story on the new avatar?

I like the Beatles a lot and Mary Wells of the Supremes is pictured with them.

Saw this pic on FB yesterday.

Now, my new avatar.

 

[yaying]

We purchased this bottle yesterday to share in our room as an apertif, indicative of the area. I think it is an herbal form of Galician Orujo....it tastes like a cross between Lemonchello and cough syrup! View attachment 57268

oooooopppssss sorry, just reminded me of one winter camino video shooting his pees on the snow hahahaha

 

[nycwalking]

Is it part of a finger buffet??

A Butterfinger.

 

[yaying]

yaying is the squirt

hmmmm... my little brain dont agree what mr. g is defining. please mr. @Rick of Rick and Peg let me understand what do u mean?

 

[yaying]

A Butterfinger.

i smell peanut butter.

 

[Camino Chris]

is it because your never tempted?

Yes, I am never tempted to drink black coffee, Tingy...I wish I had no temptations on anything.

 

[Camino Chris]

duende is what it is. it doesn't translate, really. It lives where there are wisps of smoke... and howls of wind, and roar of wild animals. And cute, ever so clever duendes can transmogrify into ... whatever will protect the mystery from being picked apart and made mundane. Is that the same as nisse? In Ireland, perhaps, the nearest would be one of the Little People. Beware.

Kirkie, you are one of a kind and your words are always absolutely enchanting...
Sometimes even of another world.

 

[yaying]

Yes, I am never tempted to drink black coffee, Tingy...I wish I had no temptations on anything.

hahaha,
long time ago, i was tempted on how does a coffee taste with a creamy peanut butter...
based on my own experience, i will never recommend bwahahaha

p.s.
but i loved once in a while 'pandesal' spread with peanut butter, i will crumpled it and dip on my plain dark coffee.

 

[Bristle boy]

A Butterfinger.

A Fishfinger.

 

[Camino Chris]

Well, at least you’ve yet to meet your end on a plate next to dressing and the gravy bowl.

I think I had donkey pate on one of my tapas for lunch yesterday. I wondered why I was drawn to that particular one.

 

[kirkie]

Had to look that one up just now. Never heard of it, but I could fill volumes of the things I don't know...you all know that!
Time for a new song, Chris! And an old book...

 

[Camino Chris]

A Fishfinger.

Did someone say fish...on ice? Yesterday in Santiago...

A Fishfinger.

We call them a fishstick. I suppose that's what you are saying. I ate many of them on Friday nights as a kid...no slaving in the kitchen for my mom and she loved the break.

 

[Bristle boy]

Did someone say fish...on ice? Yesterday in Santiago...

We call them a fishstick. I suppose that's what you are saying. I ate many of them on Friday nights as a kid...no slaving in the kitchen for my mom and she loved the break.

Yep...fish sticks...

 

[nycwalking]

I too ate those as a kid.

Yep...fish sticks...

 

[Bristle boy]

I too ate those as a kid.

Just noticed the “fab five”...

 

[Camino Chris]

I too ate those as a kid.

I think everyone did in our "age range". Now it's all about frozen pizzas...easy peasy.

 

[Camino Chris]

Just noticed the “fab five”...

You're slow, BB.

 

[Camino Chris]

You're slow, BB.

I just noticed one of your ears is lopped off and you only have three legs!

 

[Camino Chris]

I just noticed one of your ears is lopped off and you only have three legs!

Guess I'm slower than you, BB, cuz you've been on the forum a full year now and just noticed your avatar in detail...Happy first birthday!

 

[nycwalking]

Guess I'm slower than you cuz you've been on the forum a full year now and just noticed your avatar in detail...Happy first birthday!

You should have said something Bb.

Happy belated birthday.

 

[nycwalking]

Where’s Jeff Crawley?

 

[Camino Chris]

Where’s Jeff Crawley?

I knooow! It's a good thing we have Rick...he sort of makes up for the loss. He is a male and extremely creative...and often long winded.

 

[Bristle boy]

You should have said something Bb.

Happy belated birthday.

Thanks...didn’t realise it’s an unbirthday

 

[Annette london]

Yep...fish sticks...

Fish fingers!
Love them..could eat a box of them ...anytime ...now I feel hungry and can smell them frying on the pan!
Isn't imagination a wonderful thing?

 

[Turga]

Fish fingers

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[Rick of Rick and Peg]

hmmmm... my little brain dont agree what mr. g is defining. please mr. @Rick of Rick and Peg let me understand what do u mean?

I used squirt with the meaning of a small/short person.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I knooow! It's a good thing we have Rick...he sort of makes up for the loss. He is a male and extremely creative...and often long winded.

(Sorry for the long winded reply.)

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

We've touched on the topic of accents before. Let's do it again. Big 7 Travel had it's readers rate 50 American accents for sexiness. The results and examples of each are at https://bigseventravel.com/2019/05/50-sexiest-accents-usa-ranked/

For those who want the answers quickly they are: #1 Texas, #2 Boston, #3 New York (but not "Lawnguyland"). Hawaii came in at #7.

And I may be misremembering something I read once but for sexy Spanish accents #1 was Columbian.

 

[Camino Chris]

We've touched on the topic of accents before. Let's do it again. Big 7 Travel had it's readers rate 50 American accents for sexiness. The results and examples of each are at https://bigseventravel.com/2019/05/50-sexiest-accents-usa-ranked/

For those who want the answers quickly they are: #1 Texas, #2 Boston, #3 New York (but not "Lawnguyland"). Hawaii came in at #7.

And I may be misremembering something I read once but for sexy Spanish accents #1 was Columbian.

Well, there you are, Rick, with a semi-long winded reply. I would agree that Texans have a nice accent. My son dated a Texas gal for a year and when she came up to visit it sounded so cute. She sounded so respectful of her elders, too. Often her replies ended with a "Yes, ma'am, No, ma'am, or Thank you, ma'am". It sounded so cultured and respectful. We midwesterners never use that courtesy...but it's ingrained in Texans.
To change the subject a bit, my favorite language is French or a French accent, second and third are accents from England...think Simon Cowell and a "Wurzel" accent.

Actress Sophia Vergara is from Columbia. Although she is beautiful, her accent leaves much to be desired imo!

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

One of the Austrian Hapsburg emperors is quoted with something like "I speak Italian to women, French to men and German to my horses." Maybe this was known to the writers of A Fish Called Wanda.

PS - I don't know what language the Emperor used when he said that stuff about languages but it probably wasn't German.

 

[Turga]

PS - I don't know what language the Emperor used when he said that stuff about languages but it probably wasn't German.

It’s strange that German is so often perceived as being a ‘hard’ language or a ‘command’ language. I used to be fluent in German and I really like the language. Like in all languages, there is a rich variation of dialects; e.g. the German spoken in Berlin is very different from the German spoken in Austria.

If you want to hear how soft and intense German can be spoken, try to listen to this song by the German singer and poet Hannes Wader

 

[Annette london]

We've touched on the topic of accents before. Let's do it again. Big 7 Travel had it's readers rate 50 American accents for sexiness. The results and examples of each are at https://bigseventravel.com/2019/05/50-sexiest-accents-usa-ranked/

For those who want the answers quickly they are: #1 Texas, #2 Boston, #3 New York (but not "Lawnguyland"). Hawaii came in at #7.

And I may be misremembering something I read once but for sexy Spanish accents #1 was Columbian.

Ok folks
So I've looked up rhe most popular accents in the world!!.
British.....American.....Irish
Now of course there will be variations within these countries...

Me......I love the French and Italian ....my Italian grandsons and son in law speak with their hands ...fantastic to watch and amazing when they are argue!!!

I've been told that I have a soft Irish accent ....
Well those that say that have never heard me in a rant ..or indeed shouting at the TV ...or the grandsons...or nothing in particular
Indeed...the girls taped me in a rant once, then took the recording to school.....and I wondered why all the kids were smiling at me!!!

 

[nycwalking]

Ok folks
So I've looked up rhe most popular accents in the world!!.
British.....American.....Irish
Now of course there will be variations within these countries...

Me......I love the French and Italian ....my Italian grandsons and son in law speak with their hands ...fantastic to watch and amazing when they are argue!!!

I've been told that I have a soft Irish accent ....
Well those that say that have never heard me in a rant ..or indeed shouting at the TV ...or the grandsons...or nothing in particular
Indeed...the girls taped me in a rant once, then took the recording to school.....and I wondered why all the kids were smiling at me!!!

So, lassie you have a wee Irish brogue!

 

[Annette london]

So, lassie you have a wee Irish brogue!

Ha ha NYC
That's a Scottish take on it.!!
Where is Kirkie when we need her???

 

[nycwalking]

Ha ha NYC
That's a Scottish take on it.!!
Where is Kirkie when we need her???

Hey,

I double-checked Google said sometimes called an Irish brogue.

But, the initial meaning did refer to Scottish brogue.

 

[nycwalking]

Any other ponders know about this.

Saw on FB.

 

[Annette london]

Hey,

I double-checked Google said sometimes called an Irish brogue.

But, the initial meaning did refer to Scottish brogue.

It's the Lassie bit that's Scottish ...and brogue ...definitely Irish ......then again we're cousins!

 

[nycwalking]

Bb,

For you.

 

[Annette london]

Any other ponders know about this.

Saw on FB.
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Llandudno is in Wales
Seems like it's a rock show with sound and light effects combined with a circus act
Touring the UK at present
Everyone to its own I suppose!!

 

[kirkie]

Bb,

For you.
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irresistible!

 

[Camino Chris]

Bb,

For you.
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Adorable...His 3 sons!

 

[Camino Chris]

I'm back in the USA and on the bus heading for home. It will feel good after a month away to be back...as Dorothy said, "There's no place like home."

 

[Bristle boy]

irresistible!

Yes and look out Kirkie...one of my brood is heading your way....looks like an artist wants to get some Hibernian influences and to try his luck in the Emerald Isle.

 

[nycwalking]

I'm back in the USA and on the bus heading for home. It will feel good after a month away to be back...as Dorothy said, "There's no place like home."

Welcome home Chris.

We Americans are having an interesting time.

We’ll muddle through though, we will muddle through.

 

[yaying]

I used squirt with the meaning of a small/short person.

hehehehe i once hated being not reaching 5ft. flat at least.
what to do yani!

 

[yaying]

"There's no place like home."

but now a days, uman have more than 1 home hehehehe

 

[Camino Chris]

Welcome home Chris.

We Americans are having an interesting time.

We’ll muddle through though, we will muddle through.

Hi NYC, I haven't kept up on our news while away. Do we have some new muddling going on since my absence...or just our usual muddling!

 

[nycwalking]

Hi NYC, I haven't kept up on our news while away. Do we have some new muddling going on since my absence...or just our usual muddling!

Same old muddle in same old puddle.

 

[yaying]

I wonder how they take their coffee?

3/4 sugar of the size of the cup, a pinch of coffee then pour hot water.

 

[kirkie]

Yes and look out Kirkie...one of my brood is heading your way....looks like an artist wants to get some Hibernian influences and to try his luck in the Emerald Isle.

Tell him to ring the doorbell...

 

[kirkie]

I'm back in the USA and on the bus heading for home. It will feel good after a month away to be back...as Dorothy said, "There's no place like home."

As above, welcome back to your own back yard, Chris. When all is washed and ironed (!) and you have time, I hope you can look back over your steps to enjoy it all again...

 

[Bristle boy]

Some people can’t even muddle in puddles..

 

[nycwalking]

Night, night everyone.

 

[Camino Chris]

Well, I'm back home and jet lag has set in already. It's only 1:20am here, but my body says it's 7:20am...time to get up. So here I am alone in my living room, surfing the forum in the quiet.

 

[Camino Chris]

As above, welcome back to your own back yard, Chris. When all is washed and ironed (!) and you have time, I hope you can look back over your steps to enjoy it all again...

Thanks, Kirkie. I will definately do that. I love looking over my steps, both in my journal and going through my pictures. I sometimes pick a photo that applies to another thread and add it in. Lots of fun to search and do that. I ocassionally offer advice or an opinion, but usually others do a better job at both.

 

[Camino Chris]

Same old muddle in same old puddle.

Our puddle is usually quite dirty.

 

[Camino Chris]

* I enjoyed my meetup with several forum members for dinner in Santiago on my last night...@syates, @VNwalking, @t2andreo, and @alipilgrim.
* I also met Faith of @natefaith, who gave me a tour of Pilgrim House.
* A special highlight for me was stopping in to meet IVAR, our chief forum CEO. He is a darling and spent quite a bit of time with me, answering my questions and showing me his computer screens and software graphs. It was very interesting!

 

[Camino Chris]

hehehehe i once hated being not reaching 5ft. flat at least.
what to do yani!

Tingy, I thought you are Mari...what's yani?
I know of "Yanni" and love, love, love his one of a kind music instrumentals. We've listened to him for years and often on long road trips in the car cuz it never gets old for me. He is a genius imo. He also has some good utube videos, where he gives special notice to solo violin and drum performances in his orchestra...guess I just got carried away here, but I am often long winded, as you all know!

 

[Annette london]

* I enjoyed my meetup with several forum members for dinner in Santiago on my last night...@syates, @VNwalking, @t2andreo, and @alipilgrim.
* I also met Faith of @natefaith, who gave me a tour of Pilgrim House.
* A special highlight for me was stopping in to meet IVAR, our chief forum CEO. He is a darling and spent quite a bit of time with me, answering my questions and showing me his computer screens and software graphs. It was very interesting!
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Thanks Chris
Great photos
Everyone looks wonderful..so happy
Hope we can do the same when we arrive in Santiago on the 6th July

 

[Camino Chris]

There is a bit of truth in this...just ask your family and friends!
Me, I'm not on Pinterest, so all must be good...but just don't ask my loved ones about Ivar's forum!

 

[yaying]

what's yani

oh... that's arabic expression like saying 'well, what to do'

 

[nycwalking]

I’m older than I think.

 

[Camino Chris]

...but younger than the rest of us on this thread.
EDIT- Except for Yaying...the youngest of us all, thanks to the sharp mind of NYC noticing I missed her!

 

[nycwalking]

...but younger than the rest of us on this thread.

Except @yaying!

 

[nycwalking]

Ozy on my shoulder makes me happy!

 

[Camino Chris]

Oops! I forgot about my vdaughter, Tingy...shame on me! See, NYC, you are still young enough to remember right away that I left her out!

Except @yaying!

 

[nycwalking]

A big city cat hailing a cab.

 

[Camino Chris]

Ozy on my shoulder makes me happy!View attachment 57410

Ok, NYC, I am confused as usual. Kirkie's pet elephant is Ozy...I just googled Cersei for a little info and it's something to do with "Game of Thrones". I've never seen an episode...no wonder I don't "get it"!

 

[Camino Chris]

A big city cat hailing a cab.
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Actually I think he's climbing up on a screen, but he does live in NYC.

 

[nycwalking]

Ok, NYC, I am confused as usual. Kirkie's pet elephant is Ozy...I just googled Cersei for a little info and it's something to do with "Game of Thrones". I've never seen an episode...no wonder I don't "get it"!

I too have never seen Game of Thrones.

I tried to delete the words and go with Ozy reference.

I couldn’t but went with it anyway.

I have to binge watch Game of Thrones soon otherwise I might not know Jeopardy questions.

 

[kirkie]

 

[Camino Chris]

I have always loved this song, Kirkie! And look, it matches and sings about your avatar!

 

[Camino Chris]

I too have never seen Game of Thrones.

I tried to delete the words and go with Ozy reference.

I couldn’t but went with it anyway.

I have to binge watch Game of Thrones soon otherwise I might not know Jeopardy questions.

Two of my Camino friends love Jeopardy and they have even applied to get on the show. Now that is a vote of confidence in themselves! Rick and Turga, what are you guys waiting for? Me...I'd only be interested in applying to sit in the audience and watch.

 

[nycwalking]

Do you guys remember the TV movie Sunshine?

Sad.

I loved it though.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Two of my Camino friends love Jeopardy and they have even applied to get on the show. Now that is a vote of confidence in themselves! Rick and Turga, what are you guys waiting for? Me...I'd only be interested in applying to sit in the audience and watch.

That's not the first time I've heard this suggestion but I'll screw up the answer by not making the answer a question. Also, when playing Trivial Pursuit all our friends knew that we would miss the sports questions.

 

[Camino Chris]

That's not the first time I've heard this suggestion but I'll screw up the answer by not making the answer a question. Also, when playing Trivial Pursuit all our friends knew that we would miss the sports questions.

Really...you and Peg don't follow sports? I thought my fam were the only ones who didn't! It eliminates half the conversation opportunities in new group settings...it can be kind of a negative at times though, as they look at you like you are aliens.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

It eliminates half the conversation opportunities in new group settings...it can be kind of a negative at times though, as they look at you like you are aliens.

True. A friend who doesn't give an s about sports says he learned to scan the sports pages on the way to work to be able to ask "what do you think about ..." and earned the reputation of a sports fan and improved his likeability. I never gave an s about either. Well, there is always the other half of the conversational uppers, the weather. And that sure went downhill since our return from vacation (and we were in tornado warning areas then).

 

[nycwalking]

Really...you and Peg don't follow sports? I thought my fam were the only ones who didn't! It eliminates half the conversation opportunities in new group settings...it can be kind of a negative at times though, as they look at you like you are aliens.

E.T. DON’T go home.

 

[Camino Chris]

True. A friend who doesn't give an s about sports says he learned to scan the sports pages on the way to work to be able to ask "what do you think about ..." and earned the reputation of a sports fan and improved his likeability. I never gave an s about either. Well, there is always the other half of the conversational uppers, the weather. And that sure went downhill since our return from vacation (and we were in tornado warning areas then).

My hubby loves checking out the daily weather reports for our area because he enjoys being outdoors more than indoors. It's quite a hobby for him and a cheap one, too! I told him he should have been a meteorologist.

 

[Annette london]

My hubby loves checking out the daily weather reports for our area because he enjoys being outdoors more than indoors. It's quite a hobby for him and a cheap one, too! I told him he should have been a meteorologist.

He should come to the UK then...talking about the weather is the main topic of conversation here......apart from football
Winter.......isn't it cold!...too cold!!
Summer....isn't it hot...too hot!!
Spring, Summer, Autumn, winter.....isn't it wet....too wet

When there's no rain for a while.....the gardens need rain!!
My usual answer....get a hose then.
I do love the different seasons but hate the rain more than anything

 

[Bristle boy]

E.T. DON’T go home.

Too late...he’s gone!

 

[Bristle boy]

He should come to the UK then...talking about the weather is the main topic of conversation here......apart from football
Winter.......isn't it cold!...too cold!!
Summer....isn't it hot...too hot!!
Spring, Summer, Autumn, winter.....isn't it wet....too wet

When there's no rain for a while.....the gardens need rain!!
My usual answer....get a hose then.
I do love the different seasons but hate the rain more than anything

I’ve had to make another appointment with Doctor Zhivago...he’s told me I’ve got the worst case of “trench foot” and rising damp he’s seen for a while..hey ho!..I’m English!

Edit: my only connection with the weather and Sport is...I’ve got Athletes foot!

 

[Turga]

Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it....

 

[Camino Chris]

Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it....

Even the meteorologists are only accurate 50% of the time predicting the weather...likely because answers on their college exams were only correct "half" of the time.

 

[Bristle boy]

Even the meteorologists are only accurate 50% of the time predicting the weather...likely because answers on their college exams were only correct "half" of the time.

Yep..one thing I can confidently predict is tomorrow there is going to be....weather!

 

[Camino Chris]

I’ve had to make another appointment with Doctor Zhivago...he’s told me I’ve got the worst case of “trench foot” and rising damp he’s seen for a while..hey ho!..I’m English!

Edit: my only connection with the weather and Sport is...I’ve got Athletes foot!

And my only connection between sports and an illness is...my Tennis elbow!

 

[kirkie]

Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it....

First thing: rotate the image. Second: ignore it and turn up the heating. Pour a glass of something. Anything. Watch it through the window. Have a snooze. Buy a device that will wake you when the weather improves. Try to imitate hibernatory creatures.

 

[Turga]

Even the meteorologists are only accurate 50% of the time predicting the weather...likely because answers on their college exams were only correct "half" of the time.

Yes, I sometime regret that I didn’t take up meteorology as a career. It’s the only occupation I know of where it is perfectly right to be wrong most of the time

 

[Turga]

Try to imitate hibernatory creatures

No problems here...!

 

[Bristle boy]

No problems here...!

Nor here...not wishing to imitate..it’s my ambition!

 

[kirkie]

Bb, could this be true? That you are on the Vasco Interior?

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

One of the Austrian Hapsburg emperors is quoted with something like "I speak Italian to women, French to men and German to my horses." Maybe this was known to the writers of A Fish Called Wanda.

PS - I don't know what language the Emperor used when he said that stuff about languages but it probably wasn't German.

Got a PM from K. Attributed to the Emperor but no proof that it was actually said. Often also attributed: Spanish to God.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

So, who is going to get post 6,100?

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Me.