Chetspeak on Sunday
“If I’m such a moron,” Frenchie said, “how come I got fourteen hundred on my SATs?”
“You took the SATs?” Bernie said.
“Manner of speaking,” said Frenchie. “My kid brother Ralph took them for me, so it’s basically me, DNA-wise.”
– from THE SOUND AND THE FURRY.
Yesterday, Indie bookseller for the day (actually two hours) at Eight Cousins, Falmouth Mass.:
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7:00 am on November 30th, 2014
Good morning, and Happy Egg Day. We love how Frenchie took those SATs. Good on Frenchie!
8:43 am on November 30th, 2014
Good morning, OH and everyone! Happy Chetspeak, DNA wise, heh, heh, heh. Happy Egg Day, Happy Sunday. Great foto of OFA! Happy Auction day, too!
Got to go check the bids.
Have a scrumptdiddledeeumtious sundae this Sunday (heck all diets are off this week, anyway).
9:36 am on November 30th, 2014
I wonder how many books Spence sold.
Good morning all.
10:07 am on November 30th, 2014
Hello All and a Happy Egg Day.
I had forgotten the exchange above, but actually, Frenchie’s remark–“It’s basically me DNA-wise” does betray some logical thinking, however compromised in its implications.
I have to go back to school tomorrow. (Sigh) It was sooo nice to have some time off.
Have a wonderful Sunday with whatever kind of weather will make you happiest.
Head bumps and tummies to all companions.
10:12 am on November 30th, 2014
Spencer!…I wonder how many books Spencer read “on the job”…heh!heh!
Auction!…Over-night and early morning bidding!…..Yeeeep!…Where’s my cawfee? Where’s my swimming trunks?…snort!
10:20 am on November 30th, 2014
Good Sunday morning to all of you.
Wonder how Alice Johnson is tolerating her new kids? Will she accept them? Will she team up with Abbie to stuff them into a quilt? The people (and the Wrotten Kats) want to know.
Basil has taken to stalking the CubKat. Hoping it is just a phase.
10:25 am on November 30th, 2014
Tupper’s Mama, didn’t Basil stalk Rio, too?
10:56 am on November 30th, 2014
What is Basil’s end game? Does he just stalk, or does he pounce and roll Cubby around on the floor?
Icky day ere,. but at least the temps are moderate and all the snow has melted.
Barb is excusing herself to the garage to take advantage of the 45 degrees, before temps drop later today. She has another DIY project going. Bought a used pine farm table and is going to paint it. Also redoing two ladder back chairs that she bought in 1966. They have been painted green, blue, tan and white. Now they will be black. Will take a before and after pic, in case anyone is interested.
Rio, did your friend’s maw leave the turkey in the brine or did she interfere?
Going to go check on some auction items. BBL
11:09 am on November 30th, 2014
B&M&L, mom had some ladderback chairs. Sh thought they were tippy back to front if anyone wiggled. Is that a ladderback trait or did she just have wonky chairs?
11:15 am on November 30th, 2014
What a Treat for Customers at Eight Cousins yesterday!
AUCTION! OMD, tODAY is the LAST DAY and my treatie jar is not looking as flush as I’d hoped.
Basi: NO!
11:28 am on November 30th, 2014
cAlice is still spending most of her time in the closet. I put her special pillow with the soft cuddle fleece fabric on it and maybe I made it too comfy for her. She doesn’t come out very often although once the little ones are closed in their night time room she will deign to make an appearance.
She isn’t eating very well but in the middle of last night she was eating like a trooper. So we are not too worried. Yet.
Off to check the auctions. When are they ending again? I have to teach a class this afternoon.
Yeep
11:31 am on November 30th, 2014
At this point Basil seems content to merely stalk and stare – usually with Cubby crunched up in a corner. We are trying to correct Basil with kindness, picking him up and removing him from the situation, or distracting him when we see stalk mode starting.
Hobbit – when you have snow in Anchorage, does that usually mean the same amount in the Willow area?
Barb – are you painting the pine table top, or leaving exposed wood grain?
11:34 am on November 30th, 2014
I looked up 1400 and that is a below average test score for the SAT’s. I had no idea what a good score was. Now I see that Spence was saying that Frenchie was not so very smart at all if even his ‘smarter’ brother only got a 1400.
12:06 pm on November 30th, 2014
T & G’s Mama, My original plan was to leave the top stained wood and paint the legs. However, I have an occasional table and a coffee table that both have painted legs and a wood top. They are in the adjoining room. I think it would be redundant to do the dining table the same way, so it will all be painted black. Also, it is one of those inexpensive tables that is constructed with wood strips on the top, and I think those would show up if stained, but not painted.
I am making a big pot of turkey vegetable barley soup. Sounds good to this sickie, and especially so on this dark, damp day. The Jewel had leftover Butterball precooked turkeys for .99 per lb, originally $2.59, so I picked up a 10+lb. bird yesterday.
12:16 pm on November 30th, 2014
Turkey!…My friends turkey was left to brine for the allotted amount of time deemed necessary. That is the only reason I am able to be here swimming in a big Vat O’ Beer and in control of Auction Central…heh!heh!
Item #3!….The only lonely item who does not have a bid yet…grunt!….I guess this group is not into collecting coins…sniff! …This reminds me, I need to order “The Bishops Wife” thru Netflix….yeeep!
12:28 pm on November 30th, 2014
For Golinka’s brother — a final tribute (with thanks to Frank Sinatra):
And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, I’ll say it clear,
I’ll state my case, of which I’m certain.
I’ve lived a life that’s full.
I’ve traveled each and ev’ry highway;
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Regrets, I’ve had a few;
But then again, too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.
I planned each charted course;
Each careful step along the byway,
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Yes, there were times, I’m sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew.
But through it all, when there was doubt,
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood tall;
And did it my way.
I’ve loved, I’ve laughed and cried.
I’ve had my fill; my share of losing.
And now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing.
To think I did all that;
And may I say – not in a shy way,
“Oh no, oh no not me,
I did it my way”.
For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught.
To say the things he truly feels;
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows –
And did it my way!
Yes, it was my way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljrFQyE1hAg
12:36 pm on November 30th, 2014
That is totally apropo for the bro.
12:41 pm on November 30th, 2014
Staff: I don’t know how old Frenchie is but at some point the SAT test and scoring changed significantly. The high score I got when I took them would now be considered poor.
Rio: I wish I knew someone who was born in 1940 and I’d bid on the coin set. It could be a gift to the person born in 1940 or to a grandchild of a person born in 1940.
Off to paint today so I may be outbid in the final moments of the auction. So be it.
I can’t figure out why my radio alarm didn’t go off today–I overslept by an hour. I checked everything and it should have gone off like it does every morning.
12:57 pm on November 30th, 2014
We just emptied a wagon of hay. Now we have enough hay stacked to hopefully lastthe winter. Time for fun! Riding? Walking? Or will they leave us to ride those damn bikes?
1:13 pm on November 30th, 2014
W & T’s Dad, PERFECT!
1:28 pm on November 30th, 2014
C.Hobbit: Sleeping in on a Sunday morn…it’s the way it should be…even your alarm clock agrees.
Like you, we may be Outbid, but Paws Are Crossed.
The Coin Set would make a Nice Gift and not only for those born in that particular year.
Wookie&Teddy’sDad: Can’t beat Old Blue Eyes. sniff.
1:28 pm on November 30th, 2014
Here is the table with the two ladder backs.
HOH, These chairs are still very sturdy after almost 50 years. Not wobbly at all.
1:29 pm on November 30th, 2014
The auction makes us nerviosa. We prefer the boutique, then if’n we aren’t quick we lose. Hope the rest of the day goes well.
1:31 pm on November 30th, 2014
We here are awaiting time to take Darah to behavior class (ha, ha, ha)
Barb, your chairs look sturdier than ours did.
We will see what had happened when Darah and mom get home 🙁
1:54 pm on November 30th, 2014
Remember!…The Auction will close right at 4:00pm Eastern, 2:00pm Mountain and Noon Alaskan time….snort!…Plan accordingly and remember there is only ONE of me and I have two left paws…heh!
1:54 pm on November 30th, 2014
BooBear!….Check your SDD – there is trouble in paradise….sniffle!
1:56 pm on November 30th, 2014
OH, RIO, ARE THE OTHER 2 PAWS IN THE VAT O’ BEER WITH YOUR TRUNKS?
2:00 pm on November 30th, 2014
Good Luck, Darah!
2:03 pm on November 30th, 2014
2 Hours!…A little less than 2 hours to go!…snort!….Just enough time for a SPLAAAASH!!
2:03 pm on November 30th, 2014
Closing is approximately 2 hours away.
2:14 pm on November 30th, 2014
Thank you, Rio.
Thanksgiving company just left and I have been catching up. Glad the send off for Brother was just what he wanted. He sounds like he was a colorful character.
SiberH, prayers for your Dad. Hang in there, buddy.
Guess what! The basset rescue has contacted Mom and this morning, one of the members brought their dog over so everyone could see how all the cats would react. Everything went well, so Mom is going to go for it. Just needs to meet some of the dogs and see who is the best fit. She is considering Finley, Bertha, and Howie.
Back to the auction.
2:14 pm on November 30th, 2014
Whole lotta Couch Chewing going on!
2:33 pm on November 30th, 2014
Wookie and Teddy’s Dad – that was perfect. It’s as if you knew him.
Barb – nice set. Hope your soup makes you feel better.
Dara Thea – HEEL! Good doggie
Off to see what is going on at Auction Central.
2:36 pm on November 30th, 2014
Our Lady had the caterers deliver black bean nachos to Auction Central today. As a thank you to Rio, she ordered extra cheese and extra beans. Before she left on a beer run for Rio, she open all the windows at AC. We have no idea why.
2:47 pm on November 30th, 2014
Thieves! I will hazard a guess (paw over nose) ^..^
2:47 pm on November 30th, 2014
Tupper’s Mama: We are getting snow in Willow as is Anchorage. However, we can have very different weather than Anchorage. There are times when we have snow and Anchorage does not. Last week, we had freezing rain when Anchorage was clear. A couple of weeks ago there was an 18 degree difference between Willow and Anchorage when our Lady arrived to work.
3:24 pm on November 30th, 2014
We are coming down to the auction wire. Our Lady is standing by with the fire-putter-outer in case the Bid Tracker or Rio start smoking.
3:31 pm on November 30th, 2014
Yeeeep!….My paws are shaking….gasp!
3:34 pm on November 30th, 2014
Riö! Steady as she goes. ^..^
3:49 pm on November 30th, 2014
Rio – don’t shake – you know what happens when you get too excited and AC is all out of gas masks.
Come on folks – get your bids in….there’s bears needing new homes!
3:59 pm on November 30th, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-0lV5qs1Qw
It’s Closing Time.
4:00 pm on November 30th, 2014
Now we wait with baity breath.
4:03 pm on November 30th, 2014
Masquers – have you been hanging out in HOH sushi pond again?
4:03 pm on November 30th, 2014
And when does the Boutique open?
4:07 pm on November 30th, 2014
Gasp!…Well The Auction closed and nothing blew-up….grunt!…I will be notifying the winners once I check and re-check my figures…snort!…Maybe I will take a little SPLAAASH! first!….WOOOOOO!
4:13 pm on November 30th, 2014
T&G: It’s what’s for dinner.
4:15 pm on November 30th, 2014
Royals: Don’t you be worried about Those Bears!
4:15 pm on November 30th, 2014
Got home for a break but too late to do any final bidding. Thank you Rio for all your hard work. I hope you were able to watch some football games as you manned the AC. Thank you again for flying solo on this.
4:17 pm on November 30th, 2014
Ditto to what CHobbiti just said. Riö, You’re the dawg.
4:17 pm on November 30th, 2014
Let’s here it everyone –
Ri OOOO
Ri OOOO
Ri OOOO!!!!
4:18 pm on November 30th, 2014
Oh sheesh – Bee is gonna smack us. Let’s HEAR it….
4:18 pm on November 30th, 2014
Carpola. I came home to meet a young couple who were picking up their 2 kittens they adopted yesterday. They just texted me that they are going to stop to buy some things so they are running 45-60 minutes late. I don’t think I will be getting my painting done unless I paint to midnight. Phooey.
4:19 pm on November 30th, 2014
Harrah for Rio!!!
4:25 pm on November 30th, 2014
T&G: SMACK! (Not really.)
Thank you Rio–excellent job.
4:34 pm on November 30th, 2014
AROOOOOOO…ARIO…AROOOOOOOO! From Lucy.
Thank you Rio for all of your hard work.
4:36 pm on November 30th, 2014
Magpie! There you are…Up Top!
4:45 pm on November 30th, 2014
Carpola! The ‘rents just got off their horses, too late for bidding. They made us go along with them, so we couldn’t have bid even if we had the iPaw. We doubt any of our bids from yesterday would have held. Kat is going to be very upset.
4:45 pm on November 30th, 2014
Bee – we will take the smack as a big kiss on our fuzzy little noses. tee hee
4:48 pm on November 30th, 2014
Callie sends Rio a smack too
4:59 pm on November 30th, 2014
Thank you, Rio!
5:06 pm on November 30th, 2014
Thank you, Rio and Snowhook!
5:08 pm on November 30th, 2014
(DARAH THEA THE EDUCATED NEWFIE) HOME FROM CLASS AND I DID GOOD. DON’T LIKE STAY, BUT I’M WORKING ON IT. OOPS, MUST HAVE PUT A BIG OLE PAW ON A WRONG KEY SINCE EVERYTHING IS CAPITALIZED AND I CAN’T FIX IT 🙁
5:10 pm on November 30th, 2014
RIO, YOU DA DAWG!
5:34 pm on November 30th, 2014
Gasp: 1 of my 5 bids was the highest. Yay! Sniff. It was the thing I was really hoping for even though the pug part of me wanted it all.
5:40 pm on November 30th, 2014
WooHoo! Kat did not get what she wanted, but Mom got what she wanted. All’s well.
Thanks to all of you who donated…the items in this auction were superb. And thanks to all of you who bid. Thanks to Rio for single-pawedly pugging AC. A good time was had by all (‘cept Kat).
5:47 pm on November 30th, 2014
I’m the highest bidder on the ARC. Yes!!!
5:57 pm on November 30th, 2014
Rio: do we have a total for money raised for Snowhook?
Off to paint. Taking Sadie with me which may be a good or bad idea. I’ll let you know later. I have to come home in 3 hours for a kitten thing and then I’ll return to painting.
5:57 pm on November 30th, 2014
Stover!….Really awesome! Congratulations! Your bidding strategy was brilliant!…heh!heh!
Winners!…All the winners have been notified. Let me know via SDD if something is wrong….grunt!
6:01 pm on November 30th, 2014
There were several things we wanted but got out of our gift price range. Good for Snowhook, bad for us. One of the items we liked was the Galileo thermometer. What a neat gift idea. And we loved the necklaces. And the ARC.
6:08 pm on November 30th, 2014
Yea! My Christmas shopping is nearly complete. Amazing auction. Thank you, Rio and Snowhook.
6:10 pm on November 30th, 2014
ARC?
6:15 pm on November 30th, 2014
HOH – Woof.
6:20 pm on November 30th, 2014
And the portrait certificate, we had an eye on that one too.
6:26 pm on November 30th, 2014
Congratulations on winning the ARC, Bee.
We won the color portrait!
6:31 pm on November 30th, 2014
Wheeze!….Thank you so much to all the generous Donors. Without youse guys Auction Central would cease to be!..snort!….Now for a swim in the Vat O Beer! I’m not coming up for a long, long time!….SPLAAAASH!!
6:48 pm on November 30th, 2014
We had some excitement today. When the ‘rents were out on their bikes, a neighbor stopped in their car to ask them if they had seen their 2 missing English Bulldogs. We don’t know these neighbors well, but Mom fretted over this news, and after she got off her bike and then rode her horse, she drove over there to get whatever information they would like posted on facebook. Mom has lots of friends on facebook, and many of them live nearby. So those friends began sharing what Mom posted, and before you know it, a friend of a friend posted that a facebook friend of hers had posted about 2 bulldogs they found along the road nearby. Voila! Reunited! We love those kind of stories.
6:49 pm on November 30th, 2014
Great job Rio. Teddy and I got two items — the black howling husky (that’s a gift from Teddy to you know who) and the red funky chicken. Got beat out though on the picture of Tenzing in the sled.
6:52 pm on November 30th, 2014
Donations!….The total in Donations over the last 2 plus days has tallied up to $1895.00….snort!….Not too shabby for a small(ish) Auction….chuffle!…Our guy Joe Erickson did not show up this time. I sure hope he is okay….wuffle!
6:55 pm on November 30th, 2014
Teddy…sob. I wanted both of those huskies. The bidding sure was hot and heavy on that black and white one. But I am happy that it is going to a pretty black Sibe.
Wonder who got the red husky? I think it is something my godmom would have wanted.
6:57 pm on November 30th, 2014
Howlers, Nice ending to your networking story. Those bullys can’t handle the cold with their short coats. Glad they were not out all night.
Teddy, what a great gift for you know who.
6:59 pm on November 30th, 2014
Mama is dancing with delight over the success on the auction. And we know where the two chickens are going, and are so happy about that. We love those chickens.
Howlers – we saw the post about the bulldogs. Thank Dawg your post went viral and the pups have been found. Breathing a big sigh of relief for all involved, and giving you the applause you deserve – clap, clap, clap
Bee – congrats on Woof. We can’t wait to read it – we know we are going to enjoy it, just based on what OFA has told us about it.
7:33 pm on November 30th, 2014
Watching the end of the original Lassie Come Home. This movie is even older than Barb!
7:41 pm on November 30th, 2014
But what is ARC?
7:45 pm on November 30th, 2014
Martha!…ARC stands for our Authors Really Cool book…snort!
7:46 pm on November 30th, 2014
Stover!…We are in a Gilmore Girl marathon tonight because we have to watch all the episodes before tomorrow or they will be GONE!….yeeeep!
7:52 pm on November 30th, 2014
Martha, Don’t mind Rio. ARC means Advanced Reader’s Copy. This way, you get to read it before the publishing date.
7:57 pm on November 30th, 2014
I like both! Thank you.
8:13 pm on November 30th, 2014
Teddy RR, Mom beat you out of the picture of Tenzing in the old sled. She had me send a last bid in 2 minutes before the auction closed. Mom also got the black and white drawing certificate and the White Mountain package. Mom really wanted that since that is the checkpoint Mom and Dad have sponsored the last few years. Mom’s sister got the cute dog/ home plaque. Mom was bidding pretty hard on the arc but backed out of that when some of the other items got up there. She also had to stop bidding on the duck basket.
8:15 pm on November 30th, 2014
I’m back from another day of moving. This for three days was all the stuff that the movers don’t take. I was fortunate because family was home and we didn’t have a workday to contend with. Sam’s boy was here and Sam’s girl was home from college. They were great! Today Loulou went to Sam’s house for a sleepover. Tomorrow the movers come. Then in the afternoon I pick up Loulou and bring her to her new home. It will have all the furniture and everything she was used to, her toys will be there, her bed and her food dishes.
8:46 pm on November 30th, 2014
MPM, Best of luck with the move. Loulou should do fine when she arrives, with all of the furniture and other stuff she is used to.
We love hearing what everyone was bidding on and what everybody won,
8:54 pm on November 30th, 2014
MPM, We will need pictures when you are settled.
9:02 pm on November 30th, 2014
Here’s a picture:
9:04 pm on November 30th, 2014
It’s dark because the lamps are packed too. I do have light coming from the kitchen area and that’s it.
9:17 pm on November 30th, 2014
I don’t know who “you know who” stands for.
Sadie didn’t want to be with me painting so retired to the car for 2 hours until I drove her home. I will go back tonight. Not ideal but it can’t be helped.
Got another person coming to look at a kitten (my favorite one. The one I would have kept if I hadn’t come to my senses). {{{sigh}}}
9:28 pm on November 30th, 2014
Hobbit, that would be Zeta.
What have you been painting? I must have fallen asleep and missed it.
9:46 pm on November 30th, 2014
C Hobbit, If you are talking about my you know who, or Teddy’s, it refers to Teddy’s husky friend.
9:54 pm on November 30th, 2014
Moving!…stinks….grunt!
10:31 pm on November 30th, 2014
MPM the picture of your new home made me laugh. Of course that could be the old home with the stuff waiting for the movers but that would make me laugh too. It was the ‘when you are settled’ part that was funny.
I can’t believe I was stiffed on everything on the auction. Grump. My class lasted until 4 and although I thought I had a good chance on one item it was not to be. Well, I guess I will just have to use that money for booties because the bootie fund is stalled. sigh. Oh well. Almost 1900 dollars in the auction and the boutique is to come. I can understand why there are no bootie bids lately.
So it was Teddy and Wookies Dad and Mom who were bidding on the Black Howling Husky. I wondered since Nikki is busy with other more important things right now. I sure hope those ‘things’ are turning hopeful for Siber-H’s family.
10:53 pm on November 30th, 2014
Staff, Are you saying you don’t think MPM is totally settled yet?
BTW. we saw in Green Prints that you were the winner of a prize for finding a typo. Way to go!
We are saying good night. Hoping to feel better tomorrow.
11:03 pm on November 30th, 2014
Zeta….of course. I am brain dead right now. Going back to paint again for 3+ hours. I am painting an empty office suite that my nephew manages (it is part of a family business). The original scheme wasn’t going to work so I’ve had to come up with a new plan. I’ve been working in the building by myself all day but now that it is late and dark, I am not liking this.
See you in the morning. Go Snowhook.
11:05 pm on November 30th, 2014
As usual, I didn’t get anything in the auction that I wanted. That Damn Pixie says it is because I’m not allowed to bid. Grump!
11:07 pm on November 30th, 2014
Rio: Pucker up! If I can’t have all the auction items I want, I should get my slurpy pug kiss.
11:13 pm on November 30th, 2014
CHobbit!…Please don’t stay in the lonely building…sniff!…Put yer paint brushes away and drive home. I’m sure Sadie is wondering where you are and where her extra snacks are gonna come from…snorkel!
Bellie!…Did you clean Auction Central like you were supposed to?…sniff!…I do not see any slurpy pug-kisses in your future little Missy!…grunt!…Not while Luna is looking anyways…yeeep!
2:05 am on December 1st, 2014
Rio: waiting for paint to dry so I can do a second coat. Hope to be gone in an hour. There are security lights where I am parked so it is not dark outside. Tired. I got more calls about kitten adoptions…
3:06 am on December 1st, 2014
Home sweet home. Kitten time, Sadie time. Clean up and then bed.
4:11 pm on December 27th, 2014
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12:23 am on December 31st, 2014
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