Good Thursday Morning, Everybody!

[Clintmax]

:donut::hi:
How the heck are you today!? I hope you had a good nights sleep! Two more days of work until the weekend! :woohoo: I have to work all weekend this week, and I have to work a split shift on Sunday. Inventory, don't you know. x(

The weather down here has been fantastic! Yesterday it was 75 degrees and today we're looking for a high of 78! :bounce: I love it down here in Florida!

[MissHoneychurch]

1. Good morning Clintmax

how was your cleaning orgy yesterday? :rofl:

[Clintmax]

3. Hello, Miss Honey!

:hi::hug:
Well, I got SOME things done...but not all of it. I just wasn't in the mood. :rofl: How are you today, my friend?

[MissHoneychurch]

6. I am doing just fine

I am off tomorrow, so it is my last day of work for this week. I have someone to read of my water or energy use from last year. They come between 11am and 12.30pm. Great time, huh?
So I decided to take the day off and have an early start to drive to my mom.

[Clintmax]

9. I'm glad you have a three day weekend!

Even better that you can leave for your Mom's early! Are you wanting to be there to watch them as they take the reading or something?

[MissHoneychurch]

11. I have to let them into my apt

so I better be there :)

And I can sleep in a bit :bounce:
And I might be able to avoid the weekend traffic :bounce:

[Clintmax]

22. Oh, I see.

I didn't know they had to come inside, so it all makes sense now! And yes, it would be good to avoid all that traffic! :bounce:

[MissHoneychurch]

27. sometimes I just put the numbers on a paper

and leave it on the door. But this time I am not 100% sure what they come to check, so I decided to be there. Reminds me to clean up the kitchen and bathroom a bit :rofl:

[Clintmax]

29. Wow! That would NEVER go over here in the US.

Leaving a piece of paper on the door? You could make up any numbers you wanted. I had the cab;e guy over here yesterday to check my cable modem so that was another reason I had to clean up this place somewhat too. :rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

34. I think it would be noticed if the numbes are too small

and they trust people to be fair.

Actually I have no idea why they are coming. I thought it was done already. :shrug:

[Clintmax]

38. Oh, ok.

If you don't know why they are coming, then it's probably best that you be there this time anyway.

[MissHoneychurch]

45. yes

normally they come in the morning. Oh well, a day off. I don't mind

[Clintmax]

48. I wouldn't either.

Let them come in the morning and then have the rest of the day to yourself. :woohoo:

[MissHoneychurch]

53. That way isn't as bad either

I can sleep in as I said before :woohoo:

[Clintmax]

55. True!

Extra sleep is good sometimes.

[MissHoneychurch]

58. for sure

I have troubles getting out of bed. I wake up when my alarm clock starts playing music. Then I hit the snooze button doze a bit getting more and more awake. And then I come to a point were I fall asleep again for a short moment. And when I reached that point it is hell getting out of bed. It takes me about an hour now to move my ass from underneath the warm covers in the cold air

[Clintmax]

60. I think we ALL have that problem sometimes.

It happens to the best of us. It took me FOREVER to get out of bed this morning.

[MissHoneychurch]

62. maybe

but you still are up way earlier than I am :)

[Clintmax]

67. Yes, but there's a big time difference.

And plus, not everyone needs to get up at 5 am.

[MissHoneychurch]

70. I didn't count the time difference

there is always a morning for us no matter where we live.
And I definitely don't need to get up at 5 am :)
But I am glad you do, because that way we can talk a bit :hug:

[Clintmax]

72. I am too!

My mornings wouldn't be the same if we didn't! :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

79. and starting 11.30am MY time

I can't wait to read your "Good Morning" thread I look at my watch and tell myself "It is about time Clintmax shows up" :D

[Clintmax]

85. *smile*

That's so sweet of you! I look forward to it too! :)

[Robeson]

2. Morning Clintmax.....

...glad all is good!

[Clintmax]

4. Hello, Robeson!

:hi:
Thank you, Sir! I hope you are doing good too!

[MissHoneychurch]

8. Hello Robeson

:hi: good morning

[Robeson]

17. Hey MissHoneychurch.....

...do you mind if I give you a big mornin' hug...:hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

20. not at all

:hug:

[Robeson]

26. Hey, you're getting pretty good with those smileys.......

....looks like you're going to give Buffy and Joan a run for their money....:bounce:

[MissHoneychurch]

30. wanna see my favorite one?

(not that I give you a chance not to see it :rofl: ):





and I could never be as good as Buffy or Joani. They are the queens of the smilies

[Clintmax]

33. Awww...that one is so sad!

Poor thing.

[MissHoneychurch]

36. I know

Oediptus Rex and I keep posting it to each other :rofl:

[Mutley]

5. Morning Clint!

I just found out I'm a socialist. :D :rofl: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4569387&mesg_id=4576373

[Clintmax]

7. Morning, Miss Mutley!

:hi:
A socialist, huh? Let me see about this...:rofl:

[Clintmax]

24. I took the test...

it says I'm a Social Liberal and an Economic Liberal. :bounce: How in the name of all the gods did you get Socialist? :rofl:

[Mutley]

32. Who knows?

I've only taken one of these tests that actually put me where I'm supposed to be. I gotta find that thing again. :D

[Clintmax]

35. Yes, something was definately wrong with THAT one.

You have any big plans for the upcoming weekend?

[Mutley]

41. Just having lunch with my sister.

Next weekend will be bigger. The SOs birthday is the 20th, but we're going to celebrate it on the 22nd since he has to work all day that Friday. He wants to go out to eat at a nice restaurant and a Yankees baseball cap -- and that's it. I like to make a bigger deal out of my birthday than he does. :D

How about you?

[Clintmax]

44. Naw...if I can just have some cake...

I'm fine with that. Greekspeaks birthday is the day after mine, so we share a birthday together. It's cool.

How old is he going to be?

[Mutley]

46. 37.

He's just a little older than me. :hide:

[Clintmax]

50. Oh, OK...

I was thinking both of you were in your early 20's.

[Mutley]

56. Nah, I'm 26.

But sometimes I act like I'm in my early twenties.

[Clintmax]

61. Me too.

I feel like I'm 23 or 24, so that's how I act.

[Mutley]

64. Better than feeling 83 or 84.

:D

[Clintmax]

68. True dat!

:rofl:
(I hate that saying)
Along with: "Git er done" :grr::mad::eyes:

[Mutley]

80. Oh "git er done" kills me!

What does it mean?! :eyes:

[Clintmax]

83. I don't know...

It could mean several things. I've heard it used in so many contexts the meaning is blurred.

[Mutley]

87. Yeah, you're fairly close to Daytona, aren't you?

I'm so sorry, man! :hug:

[Clintmax]

94. Daytona is a ways away from me.

I'm in North Florida. Daytona is further south.

[Mutley]

97. Okay. My FL geography is not what it should be.

:crazy:

[Clintmax]

100. It's OK...

I don't know a lot of geography either, so we're even. :hug:

[billyskank]

73. Hi mutley!

:hi:

[Clintmax]

76. Hail, Billy!

:hi:
It's damned good to see you again! :hug:

[billyskank]

88. Hi there clinticles

:hug:

[Clintmax]

96. Clinticles!

I miss that, Dude! You're going to have to stay around from now on!

[Mutley]

82. billy!

:hi:

How've you been? I haven't seen you around much for months!

[billyskank]

90. I stopped posting in the new year

I thought things were getting a bit out of hand. I miss you, though. :hug:

[Mutley]

103. I miss you, too.

:hug:

[Callalily]

10. Morning Clint!

Sheesh, you certainly have quite the schedule. I thought mine was bad, at least lately.
Your weather sounds great, and here in Wisconsin we're experiencing record mild temps. It's supposed to get up to 45 today. No need for long underwear this winter.

[Clintmax]

16. Hello, SimplyF!

:hi:
Retail schedules sucks sometimes. :rofl: I'm glad it's warmer than usual up there for ya!

[tjwmason]

12. Good morning Clint.

:hi:

Not quite 75 here, in fact there was quite some frost and ice this morning.

As I was getting up (or rather as I was being a lazy sod in bed) this morning, they played some music which was written in Tallahasse (by a chap called Ernö Dohnányi) - I thought of you.

At the moment I'm listening to Jehan Alain, quite a tragic story he was killed at the very young age of 29 defending France during the Nazi invasion in 1940.

:hug:

[Clintmax]

18. Morning, TJ!

:hi::hug:
I've never heard of that person. He wrote it in Tallahassee, huh? Interesting. Maybe I need to go check out the song myself.

[tjwmason]

23. He was Hungarian

but moved to Tallahassee to avoid the Nazis - he was a professor of music at Florida State University.

To be honest, I hadn't heard of him until today. The piece they played was his Concertino for harp and chamber orchestra (Op.45).

One doesn't really think of Tallahassee as a great centre for composition - but folk do spring up from the oddest places now and then.

[Clintmax]

25. Yes, I guess they do!

I'll see if he has any music available on Rhapsody.

[tjwmason]

28. I find it fascinating to hear about muscians caught up in world events

Carl Orff had a very ambiguous relationship with the Nazis. Several French organists were severely affected by the war. Olivier Messiaen wrote one of his most wonderful pieces of music whilst actually being held as a P.o.W. by the Nazis (Quator pour le fin de temps).

Shostakovich and the whole episode of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, the 4th and 5th Symphonies due to the very public run-in with Stalin in the pages of Pravda.

Going back a few hundred years - William Byrd managing to be very close to Queen Elizabeth I despite being Roman Catholic.

[Clintmax]

31. That's true now, as then.

Just look at Bono (of U2)...there are many others also.

[tjwmason]

49. Thankfully they don't normally have the threat of death hanging over them

at least.

[Clintmax]

52. That's true.

It was a bad time back then.

[tjwmason]

59. And we mustn't forget it

or we're bound to repeat it.

Bloody hell, I'm sounding morbid today. Shall we have a quick round of "Bring me sunshine" to raise the mood a bit. :rolleyes:

[Clintmax]

63. You're not being morbid.

At all. I've never heard of "Bring Me Sunshine". How's it played? Or is it a song?

[tjwmason]

71. It's a gloriously naff song.

Bring me sunshine in your smile, bring me laughter all a while
In this world where we live there should be more happiness
So much joy you can give to each brand new bright tomorrow
Make me happy through the years never bring me any tears
Let your arms be as warm as the sun from up above
Bring me fun bring me sunshine and bring me love

You can listen to a sample of it at http://www.web2txt.co.uk/mp3-full-track-download-morcombe_and_wise-bring_me_sunshine-50707.html

[Clintmax]

74. OK...what does "naff" mean? n/t

[tjwmason]

86. Dictionary.com says

Unstylish, clichéd, or outmoded (chiefly British slang). I never knew it was only used over here.

Increasingly there a slight ironic useage, along the lines of "so bad it's good" - hence my description of it as "gloriously naff".

[Clintmax]

95. Ah, OK...

"So bad it's good" there are lots of songs out there like that.

[tjwmason]

99. It's one of those perpetual happiness songs

Which are relentless in their jollity.

[Clintmax]

102. It sure looks like it!

I haven't heard the clip yet, but I can just imagine.

[Cannikin]

13. Good morning, gang! Hope you all are well.

Going in to work at 7 this morning, so I gotta get goin! Have a great day!

[tjwmason]

15. Good morning Cannikin.

The very idea of work at 7 sounds makes me :scared:

Hope you have a splendid day. :hug:

[Clintmax]

19. Morning, Cannikin!

:hi:
I hope you have a GREAT day, Dude!

[Scooter24]

14. Heya buddy.

:hug:

Going good here. Just got my starbucks and am about to write these checks for the bills.

I noticed a considerable reduction in flies last night. Did you get that place of yours clean? :rofl:

[Clintmax]

21. Hail, Scooter!

:hug:
It's going fine here too! Why don't you just pay your bills online? No stamps, no trips to the post office...that's the way I pay our bills now.

I got some things done around here, but not all. I just was not in the mood. :rofl:

[Scooter24]

39. I actually do pay most of my bills online...

these checks are for things like *looks at pile* charity givings, my ACLU membership, a check for a fundraiser I pledged at, and a loan to a friend.

I have to use online software planning because of all the different banks I use for different purposes, like business, personal, and stocks. It's a mess, trust me, but thank god for Quicken and the helpful people at Deutsche Bank. lol.

Anyways, maybe if you weren't doing you know what, you would have gotten that place cleaned! Mmmhmm, and here I thought it was a mild earthquake! :D

[Clintmax]

42. LOL!

Shhhh...not EVERYBODY needs to know, Dude! :rofl:

I love doing the online bill pay thing. It's SO much easier. I only have to write two checks a month now. Rent and our water bill.

[Scooter24]

51. Oh Clint...

you shy bastard...

Did you really think people wouldn't notice when you walked out of the store with a bucket of grease, a magazine, and a male aerobics video?

:rofl:

[Clintmax]

54. DUDE!

:rofl:

[Scooter24]

57. good times, good times

I could not find the appropriate "flashback" smiley so I'll settle for this- :toast:

[Clintmax]

65. Good times is right!

Fun stuff between you and I this morning! :hug:

[Scooter24]

77. :D

:hug:
Have a great day dude. Keep it real, yo! :rofl:

Until next time :hi:

[Clintmax]

81. Leaving?

Don't go yet, Man. Hang out for a while with me!

[AirmensMom]

37. Good morning, Clintmax!

:donut: :hi: :hug:

Yessirreee, the weather is beautiful ... and we're headed up to TN tonight to get a taste of some cold weather. It was a chamber of commerce day here yesterday. :)

[Clintmax]

40. Good Morning, Miss Airmens!

:hi::hug:
I'm glad you're having some good weather down there too! Are you going to drive or fly up to TN?

[AirmensMom]

43. We're driving.

Santa gave us a DVD player for the car and I'm taking 32 movies, CDs, magazines, books, iPod, camera, refrigerator full of snacks (I'm a TERRIBLE traveler). harleydad is the chauffeur. :) We'll be on the road for 14-16 hours.

[Clintmax]

47. Wow...that's a lot of stuff!

Sounds like a LONG drive to me! It's almost 17 hours to Missouri when we drive back to visit family once a year, so I know what that kind of drive is like. x( You're going to break it into two days aren't you? Or are you going to drive straight through?

[newyawker99]

66. Good morning everyone!

:donut:

[Clintmax]

69. Good Morning, Miss NewYawker!

:hi::hug: I hope you're having a fantastic day so far!

[newyawker99]

104. It has been good so far. I hope your day is great!

:hi:

[billyskank]

75. Hi clint

Just stealing a sneaky one during my lunch break. :hi:

[Clintmax]

78. Hail, Billy!

I've missed you, Dude! Good to see you again!

[billyskank]

91. Well met

Nice to see you too!

[MissHoneychurch]

84. Hey billy

:hi:

[billyskank]

92. Hi MissH!

:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

101. How are you doing today?

it is good to see you around :hug:

[tjwmason]

89. Hurrah - here's a billy.

Good to see you're bending the rules there.

Hope you're having a wonderful day, and didn't have any trouble driving on the icy roads this morning.

:hi:

[billyskank]

93. Yes, not THE billy, just A billy

I come in six packs. :)

No trouble on the roads today. I just swore a little at having to de-ice the car again after the mild weather we'd been having lately. :hi:

[tjwmason]

98. Really - I'll have to see if my local off-licence has some then

:P

Glad to hear it - one of my office-mate passes Chequers on the way to work, there's a very tight corner and the entrance and somebody had skidded into the gates. I'm sure that made for a fun encounter with the police at first.....