Congratulations Bob! August Friend of the Month
The random number generator (invented by Fermat when he wasn’t mulling his Last Theorem) has spoken! And here’s Bob, Chet’s August Friend of the Month. He’ll be occupying the special place over on the right for the whole month, and as soon as Bob’s human companion sends a postal address to spence.quinn@gmail.com, a signed copy of The Dog Who Knew Too Much will be on its way. You, too, could be in the happy position of Bob’s human companion. Just upload a photo to the Friends of Chet gallery. Fermat does the rest!
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Tags: Fermat, Friend of the Month, Friends of Chet, The Dog Who Knew Too Much
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8:03 am on August 1st, 2012
Congratulations to Bob. Hope to get to see a lot of you this month; you’ll be there, but will I ?
As promised, here is August.
8:05 am on August 1st, 2012
Sorry about the double down. I guess my dad thought he was playing black jack.
8:17 am on August 1st, 2012
Good morning, Tyb and All. What double-down?
Congrats to Bob? “What about Bob?” We like the look of him. And is he delivering that newspaper, or eating it?
Siber in his Rockies hat to our right!
8:37 am on August 1st, 2012
Hi Tyb and OHs:
Tyb, your avatar is missing! Thanks for the calendar page for August. That is a very nice picture of Blou….
Sending kisses to the lovely, redheaded Kat.
Belle Starr, do you really have a Harry Potter lightning bolt on your tongue? I didn’t notice on Monday. You are the best BFF!
Hey, congratulations Bob!!!!
8:58 am on August 1st, 2012
Congratulations to Bob. Rio may be disappointed, however.
Barb is a Pain! She is only letting me out on a long lead tied to the front porch. This went on all day yesterday, and today is starting the same way. Something to do with these 4 baby barn swallows that are nesting by the back patio light. They are getting ready to fledge and I have been patiently waiting to greet them as they make their initial flight. Barb says NOT!
8:59 am on August 1st, 2012
Good early morning all! I got mom up early so that I could attend to my necessaries, but ack, the sprinkler had just finished an my grass was all wet!
Howlers, I think that Tyb was referring to the fact that there were two calendars.
9:05 am on August 1st, 2012
I was. I just want to remind Rio that it may be a long time before he’s comes up as FOM because maybe even a random selector has heard something about saving the best for last, and he’s one of the best.
9:06 am on August 1st, 2012
Congratulations Bob! (I think he’s going to read the paper.)
Howlers: “Double down” is a term used when playing Blackjack. You double your bet and then receive one more card. The best time to do this is if your two cards equal 10 because you know you won’t go over 21 with the third card.
Good morning all.
9:10 am on August 1st, 2012
Congratulations Bob! (I think he’s going to read the paper.)
I have a comment in moderation. I was explaining the Blackjack term “double down.” (Why moderate it?)
Good morning all.
9:11 am on August 1st, 2012
Good morning all. (I have to comments in moderation so I give up.)
9:22 am on August 1st, 2012
Nice to see TYB here again. Greetings! Love the calendar.
Oley, Our local meat locker said pork has already gone up. Beef, not yet, as a lot of beef producers are selling early. They said hay prices have almost doubled, due to the drought.
9:25 am on August 1st, 2012
(Yawning here) Good morning everyone! Yesterday dun tuckered me out! Don’t think I’ll be doing much today. Thank Dog, I don’t have to pack up a house!
10:03 am on August 1st, 2012
Grump!…
10:07 am on August 1st, 2012
So another month and I didn’t get picked. Mommy says I have to congratulate Bob so Congratulations Bob! Grump.
B., I think you got moderated because of the name of the gamboling game.
10:15 am on August 1st, 2012
Tyb: Thank you for the August calendar. We can always count on you.
Congrats to Bob.
Sammie and Riö: Sure you didn’t get picked (again) but did you really want to be FOTM before September?
Good morning everyone.
10:45 am on August 1st, 2012
Tyb, we love the calendars (both!). They were not showing up on our page when it first came up, which is why we didn’t understand the double down comment.
Barb, let Maggie loose already! And tell her Thanks on the news on pork prices. We need to order more, so maybe we need to do that fast.
10:50 am on August 1st, 2012
Morning all. We had to wait to post until we had stopped laughing. Our dear Prof Bee of the White Tower who asks things like “who is Seals and Croft” and “what are Swedish Fish” comes up with a most expert and informed answer to a less well known term used in gamboling.
Now we get it – the White Tower is on the Vegas Strip and she is called the Professor because of her expertise at counting cards. And we wonder what “baking pies” is code for in Sin City…..
(tee hee)
10:56 am on August 1st, 2012
R.I.P. Gore Vidal.
10:58 am on August 1st, 2012
T&G: You shouldn’t post things like that when I have just taken a sip of coffee.
11:28 am on August 1st, 2012
Congratulations Bob!!
Thanks TYB for the calender and for reminding me it is a new month.
Wolfie, Thanks for the update on Gus last night. We are wishing him a speedy recovery.
The big pet stores carry soft cones for dogs, but I have no idea how well they work of if they are an improvement over the old style.
Masquers, Have you downloaded any books to your Kindle yet?
Maggie, Barb is stifling your true nature.
11:29 am on August 1st, 2012
(whispering) Mommy just called and told me that while we are on vacation, she and Daddy and I are going on a cruise! She sounded very excited, but truthfully, I don’t know what being on vacation means (MamaMeash and Dima say it is a fun time with Mommy and Daddy). I also don’t know what a cruise is but Mommy mentioned water. I love to drink water, but I sure didn’t like that swimming hole Mommy nudged me in to on our trip.
Anyways, don’t tell the rest of the Howlers, because they may be jealous and you know that means more tackling dummy for me.
xxx to Wose !
11:33 am on August 1st, 2012
Rio, Reports this morning are that Dan O’Dowd has been fired as the Rockies general manager. I don’t know if this is one of the answers to the Rockies problems, but SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.
11:38 am on August 1st, 2012
A water vacation? You have got to be kidding me, Kat.
11:43 am on August 1st, 2012
Sammy, Sorry you didn’t make it either as FOM, but we did see your picture up above earlier. Does that make you feel better?
Oley, Barb says NYET on the “free as a bird” issue. As soon as they take off she will release me from my confinement. She bird watches so hows come I can’t?
11:45 am on August 1st, 2012
Siber – does that mean that a cruise is not on the horizon as a honeymoon for a certain upcoming “Russian-themed” wedding?
11:51 am on August 1st, 2012
T&G There will be no vedding, but if there were, the honeymoon would be on frozen water…sleds maybe, but no cruise ships.
12:17 pm on August 1st, 2012
Cruise!… My friend says if anyone needs a roommate on an Alaskan Cruise she is available after September…grunt!…I’m always available for a vacation…snorkel!sneeze!
12:19 pm on August 1st, 2012
Siber, should I be scared?
Mommy says that I will get to practice my lie-under-the-table-at-an-outdoor-cafe skill twice that day.
12:34 pm on August 1st, 2012
Kat, No, You shouldn’t be scared..disgust is maybe my first reaction. gah
But, chin up girl, you might have a really good time.
12:47 pm on August 1st, 2012
Niece Kat is very good at the lie-under-the-table stuff for such a young child.
12:53 pm on August 1st, 2012
Silly Kat! Doesn’t she get that we can go back and read her posts? Time to take her down again!
We just saw this on our local news. What is wrong with 2-leggeds? (present company excluded)
http://www.ohmidog.com/2012/08/01/new-hope-becomes-less-dog-friendly/
12:54 pm on August 1st, 2012
Water!…Look! She’s even lying in a puddle of something under the table…heh!heh!
12:58 pm on August 1st, 2012
Rio! Shame! It’s not what you think. The guys at that there restaurant gave me a paper bowl of water. Aunt MollysMom knows all about my weakness for paper.
1:06 pm on August 1st, 2012
Niece Kat can get a job as a confetti maker!
1:16 pm on August 1st, 2012
Or a quiller! 🙂
1:23 pm on August 1st, 2012
She can shred the sensitive documents that you don’t want to fall into the wrong hands.
1:29 pm on August 1st, 2012
Quiller!…I don’t think my friend would let Kat near her work area downstairs…sniff!…It would be a lot of fun to watch, but then someone would wind up with a cone on her head…grunt!
1:38 pm on August 1st, 2012
T&G — I had exactly the same reaction to Professor B’s expert explanation of double down. I bet she is pretty wicked when it comes to drawing to an inside straight too. Wookie
1:45 pm on August 1st, 2012
Laughing here. Kat is now the official Plunderer secret paper shredder. I’m taking B.Stover with me to Las Vegas. We are such a talented crew.
Speaking of talented. I’ve had one nap, had lunch, did shots for the Pack, and now it’s time for another nap!
1:46 pm on August 1st, 2012
Why do they call B the Professor? Because she takes the House to school.
1:49 pm on August 1st, 2012
I’ve heard that B. is not allowed at certain c a s i n os because she can count cards at
b l a c k j a c k.
1:49 pm on August 1st, 2012
Wookie: LOL! I never played poker in Vegas…..
1:51 pm on August 1st, 2012
You guys are cracking me up. And Mollypop’s Mom–as I recall, a s h o e holds eight packs of cards……
2:04 pm on August 1st, 2012
Given a choice, I’d take the cruise over a trip to Vegas and I’m scared to death of water. If possible I even walk around puddles in the rain.
2:08 pm on August 1st, 2012
Rebecca, Stover is a Professor of English…retired now. She taught at a college.
I can’t believe the poor lady puts up with me.
Cute photo of Kat.
2:11 pm on August 1st, 2012
Wookie – she never played poker in Vegas, but in Texas, they know her as Bee-ware the Ace!
2:11 pm on August 1st, 2012
Masquers? You are leaving tomorrow? Have a great trip and we will miss you.
(whispering) Are you going to see Trigger?
2:13 pm on August 1st, 2012
And in Stovernia….well, lets just say that there is no deficit budget in Stovernia. Not when you have a Queen holding all the cards.
2:18 pm on August 1st, 2012
Bee-Ware!…heh!snort!heh!… My friends family used to play poker all the time before they all died…grunt!
2:32 pm on August 1st, 2012
Siber: Yes, Mom downloaded some books to her (our) Kindle. It is super easy and FAST. You just say the word and poof it is here. The magic marvels of technology never cease to amaze me.
Trigger will be there. Heh! How did you guess? Hopefully I will have a minute or two to post. As you know his counter-surfing skills can be quite a challenge. And, now a black lab puppy has been added to the mix.
2:33 pm on August 1st, 2012
Okay, the next lecture is “When to Split your Hand.”
2:37 pm on August 1st, 2012
Masquers, tee hee I think you are going to have some stories to tell us. Please give Trigger my very best.
3:17 pm on August 1st, 2012
B.Stover, that sounds like it would hurt.
Masquers and BSD, have a great time!
For those of us with any food allergies what so ever . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9QbC41oQRo&feature=youtu.be
3:20 pm on August 1st, 2012
That is a very nice picture of Kat.
Masquers, my dear friend have a wonderful vacation! ARe you taking BSD with you?
3:21 pm on August 1st, 2012
Whew, back out to switch the hoses for watering.
Getting humid again. This morning was nice.
Bella, please check SDD
Golinka, please check SDD
3:59 pm on August 1st, 2012
Melanie – Great video. I think I want what that girl was putting into her oat milk.
I loved, loved, loved the gluten-free dinner at Amalia’s. Her lasagna and Melanie’s stellar cheesecake were beyond belief! (I mean that in a good way.)
4:16 pm on August 1st, 2012
Wose: BSD has offered to be The Guard Dog here at home. He may drop in from time to time, otherwise he will be a Lurker.
Of course, you know I am always on standby and can be at your side with the Smoochers in the flip of a tail. BSD can take over for me here if need be.
Melanie & Mollys Mom: Those gluten-free recipes don’t sound half bad.
4:35 pm on August 1st, 2012
B: We are looking forward to the new lectures.
4:54 pm on August 1st, 2012
Masquers: Safe travels and have fun!
Kat: I’m to tell you, according to Belle Starr, you can borrow my water wings and my swim cap for your cruise.
5:10 pm on August 1st, 2012
Cappie!…Don’t take it Kat! Rebecca is trying to get rid of her dorky flowered swim cappie so she can wear the stylish black one Melanie posted the other night…grunt!
5:29 pm on August 1st, 2012
Have a great time Masquers.
5:33 pm on August 1st, 2012
Rio: It is Belle Starr who is trying to put some distance between me and my cappy. I think she is embarrassed by it. Apparently, I’m not cool like Wose.
5:34 pm on August 1st, 2012
Masquers, have a wonderful time!
6:12 pm on August 1st, 2012
Wose – I think you should change your screen name.
6:35 pm on August 1st, 2012
Masquers, Golinka’s lasagna is out of this world! And for a first attempt my cheesecake was good.
Now, not sure how long I’m going to be able to stay awake. I have had 4 naps today and still vewy, vewy tired.
I’m with many, I also think Wose should change her avatar’s name.
6:38 pm on August 1st, 2012
Here for a brief hello. Got some more things packed and cleaned today. Melanie, you are right, trying to pack an entire household mostly alone is hard work. Thank dog for Kim. Not sure how it would be coming together without her.
Tomorrow is the next-to-the-last day at Crazy Land. We will be soooo happy. Someone jokingly asked Barb if she is going to have an expensive going away Party thrown by Pat. Haa, haa, haa.
The other day Pat told Barb that “Everyone” said the MOST inportant skill to have in a new employee is good Word and Excell skills. She then said in the next breath “Remember, YOU didn’t know how to do those when you started”. Barb was going to say, What about professionalism, realibility, great people skills, etc, but she decided why bother.
6:49 pm on August 1st, 2012
Hey, y’all! Mom actually got home early from work today, so I’m here early, too!
B&M: Mom and Dad were lucky that the Army paid for them to have movers come and pack them up and move them out! Twice, though, Mom and Dad did a DITY move (Do It Yourself). After the first one they said they’d never do it again, but then the second time was when Dad was retiring, and he had to be down here by a certain date, but the Army wasn’t going to be able to move them by then. Mom BEGGED Dad to just let her stay behind and wait for the movers while he moved with what he needed for a few weeks, but he insisted that they needed to all be down here at the same time. She gave in, and regreted it immediately!
6:53 pm on August 1st, 2012
B&M: The beat piece of recruiting advice I received early in my career was: hire friendly and train technically. And, now about a party for you…
MPM: Doesn’t it just seem like thirty days ago—give or take—that the Howlers’ mom wished out lout that she would like Kat to be the kind of dog she could take to outdoor cafes? Kat is amazing!
6:54 pm on August 1st, 2012
Barb and magPie, I am so glad you are getting away from a crazy lady who has no idea how to relate to people.
Jeez Louise, She doesn’t even do with one hand give and the other take away. She just takes away with both hands.
7:01 pm on August 1st, 2012
Masquers, Have fun !!! Bon Voyage (that part is from Kat).
Barb, we can’t imagine how hard it would be to pack up all of our stuff.
Aunt MollysMom, You can say that again!!! Mom said the lasagna was outstanding, and the cheesecake was oo la la ! Melanie, she can’t believe that was your first attempt at the cheesecake.
7:04 pm on August 1st, 2012
Nope, I can’t do it. TTFN
7:14 pm on August 1st, 2012
Masquers: Mom was interested to see that you lived in Huntington Beach. She lived there, too, only it was much, much, much (I threw that last one in there!) earlier than the 80s! She went to second through fifth grade there, at Wardlow Elementary School. She and her brothers used to walk to school, and they had to cross a footbridge that went over a drainage ditch. Each spring, the baby frogs from that ditch would come hop-hop-hopping into the school yard. One day when Grandma and Grandpa took Mom and her brothers out for dinner, my Uncle Chris reached into his pocket and brought out some dessicated frogs! He had found the baby froggies on the playground and stuck them in his pocket to keep as pets, but they didn’t quite make it. YUCK!!!
7:49 pm on August 1st, 2012
Squashed frog, yuck!
8:14 pm on August 1st, 2012
Ha ha Wose
8:35 pm on August 1st, 2012
Woses are wed,
Violets are blue,
Dainty licks and pug kisses
to each of you.
Snort!
8:40 pm on August 1st, 2012
For anyone lucky enough to travel:
8:47 pm on August 1st, 2012
Macy, You always have such awesome pictures! And those little froggies. Icky!
We are fading fast and mentally preparing for the next 2 work days. Going to go watch some diving. Night all.
8:53 pm on August 1st, 2012
We just noticed the University of Texas tag on the cake handle. Hook ’em Horns!
8:53 pm on August 1st, 2012
Packed!… All of my friends stuff is already packed up and sitting down here in the basement in boxes…snort!… They are using her furniture upstairs. We have My TV and her Lazy-down-boy Chair in the basement for our relaxing times…heh!…Guess where we are right now?…snort!…The Rockies are losing. (((sigh)))
8:56 pm on August 1st, 2012
Pissed!…My friend is very angry right now…sniff!…she says tomorrow would have been the first day of her vacation in the Cabin in the mountains by the river…sniff!
9:12 pm on August 1st, 2012
Rio: The only thing worse than no vacation is a should-have-been vacation!!!
9:18 pm on August 1st, 2012
Kirby!…Get this, her mother is planning a “vacation”…snort!…A bus trip to Iowa to see her grand daughter and her great grand daughter who is only a month old right now…heh!…Her mother expects my friend to use the last bit of vacation time she has to stay home while she is away. Apparently, we guys have to have a baby sitter while her mother is away….grunt! ….My friend is not happy but with her mother gone, it might be the best vacation she can hope for this year…heh!heh!
9:38 pm on August 1st, 2012
Diving!…I doubt anyone could get the swimming suit that China is wearing over my butt….grunt!…It is sooo very tiny…snort!
10:16 pm on August 1st, 2012
Rio- is there a hole for a curly tail to go through?
Barb – we think you should put a whoopie cushion inside the CL’s chair right before you leave for the last time.
10:18 pm on August 1st, 2012
Mom just finished paying some bills online. Paws crossed that there’s still something left in my treat budget!
Rio: At least your friend doesn’t have to accompany her mother to Iowa again! And no stomping around on the weekends!!!
Mom’s trying to figure out how those suits don’t pop right off when the divers hit the water! If it was up to Mom, she’d be wearing one of those suits with the tights and the dress and the parasol, although she’d probably have to leave the parasol on the diving board so it wouldn’t thunk her on the head!
And did you hear about the female Chinese diver whose parents finally told her — right after she won her gold medal — that her grandparents died a year ago and her mother has breast cancer. They didn’t want to tell her earlier and shift her focus away from her training! 🙁
10:26 pm on August 1st, 2012
Wheeze!…We are back from our walk….grunt!…Beau out did himself tonight in the poop dept. Someone was lucky she took extra bags with us…heh!…What has he been eating that I have not gotten to first, I ask you??…snort!
News!…The fact that the Chinese girl didn’t see her grandparents for over a year is sad enough, but to not tell her they died…yeep!…As for her mother having cancer, that is very sad and what a thing to keep from your grown child…wheeze!…Is a medal really worth all that deceit? …grunt!
10:27 pm on August 1st, 2012
Kirby – wasn’t that amazing about the diver? Jeez, guess priorities are different.
And now:
Woses are pink
And sparkly too
Beloved of Smoochers
And the rest of the crew
Puggies are fawn
And we’ve seen them in black
But don’t mess with their Rockies
Or they’re sure to attack.
10:29 pm on August 1st, 2012
HEY! Give us back our adorable avatar!
10:29 pm on August 1st, 2012
That’s better
10:33 pm on August 1st, 2012
Tupper!…There isn’t room to cut a hole in that itty bitty swimsuit…snort!…It is a happy suit because it won Gold…snort!
10:34 pm on August 1st, 2012
Mom was living in Korea when her great-grandmother died. Grandma knew Mom wouldn’t be able to come back for the funeral, so instead of calling Mom or writing her a letter right away, she decided to wait until after the funeral, so she could write her all about the service. If that wasn’t bad enough, when Grandma finally did send the letter, it got delayed in getting to Mom. So by the time Mom found out that her great-grandmother had died, she had already been gone for more than a month! Mom said she felt really strange that such a momentous thing had happened without her knowing about it. And Grandma learned her lesson and said she’d never do that to her again! A month was bad enough — I can’t imagine getting that kind of news a YEAR after it happened!
10:35 pm on August 1st, 2012
T&G: Tee hee!!!
11:16 pm on August 1st, 2012
Gymnastics!….My pug lips are sealed Rebecca….mmmmmphf!
11:18 pm on August 1st, 2012
I want to bite that Chinese guys ankles….grunt!…His hair is irritating.
11:21 pm on August 1st, 2012
Lucky towel is working tonight…sneeze!
11:35 pm on August 1st, 2012
That wasnt planned, I bet…sneeze!…Dismounts are dismal…gurgle!burp!….Back to swimming. bugger.
12:36 am on August 2nd, 2012
Beau: Great to see you on this here blog.
Rio: Did I read that correctly? Your friend is away from the busy place starting tomorrow? Sometimes home alone vacations are the best.
10:54 am on August 2nd, 2012
Hey!
Where is everyone?
11:00 am on August 2nd, 2012
Hi Dawson – we’re here in this big empty room too. Is it April 1st already???
11:05 am on August 2nd, 2012
Rebecca!…No!
Tupper!!
11:08 am on August 2nd, 2012
Hi Guys, did someone let the cat out of the bag, and Admin is playing a joke on us?
Speaking of cats, does anyone think that a husky would handle a catfight this way?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi3TQTlWJ-A&feature=youtube_gdata_player))
11:22 am on August 2nd, 2012
Howlers – when our two Wrotten Kats start picking on each other, we grab a bag of popcorn and sit on the sidelines cheering them on.
Then we start getting the box and the packing tape ready….just in case.
11:23 am on August 2nd, 2012
11:29 am on August 2nd, 2012
We can’t do it as nicely as the Howlers – but you should see today’s Close to Home comic trip –
http://www.gocomics.com/closetohome
11:58 am on August 2nd, 2012
Ha Ha ! Good one T&G !
12:00 pm on August 2nd, 2012
Wow Spence is definitely late today.
12:13 pm on August 2nd, 2012
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/31/rep-steve-king-defends-the-right-to-watch-dog-fighting/
this guy needs to hear from all us dog lovers. What a jerk.
2:05 pm on August 2nd, 2012
Hi Chet. My human is reading your books. They make her laugh out loud. That is weird. Here is a picture of me at Sandy Neck Beach.
11:05 am on May 24th, 2013
Neat blog! Is your theme custom made or did you download it from somewhere?
A design like yours with a few simple adjustements would really make my blog jump out.
Please let me know where you got your design.
Thanks
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You might want to have this checked.