Field trip Thursday-229!

[RICHARD]

How's about a field trip to a "pick your own" fruit farm?

It's almost time to pick apples, pumpkins and ????

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Grab your gloves, your hats and sunscreen.....

I'll pull the bus around to the front and everyone pile in!


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Got the Orc to load up some sandwiches and beer in the coolers!


Yes,
Mario, you can work the bus door.... :D

[lbaker]

CORN!!! SWEET WHITE SILVER QUEEN CORN!! Plenty of butter with a smidge of salt & pepper :D Thanks RICHARD

[davidpizzica]

OOOOOOH! Apple picking!! I love apples! I'll also be on the lookout for the biggest pumpkin that anyone has ever seen!

[RICHARD]

Did I mention some fresh pressed apple juice...

OH OH OH! APPLETINI TIME! :D

[Killearn Kitties]

Sounds great! I have my sunscreen, hat, and thick gloves for prickly fruit. I'm all set!

[RICHARD]

Sounds great! I have my sunscreen, hat, and thick gloves for prickly fruit. I'm all set!


OH,

Have you ever had a prickly pear?

IT's not a pear, but the fruit of a cactus......delicious! We'll have to look for some!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prickly_pear

[Sevaede]

Woohoo! I love this time of year.

I wonder if there are any berries left on the blackberry and raspberry bushes. Raspberries are my fave! :D

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Thank goodness you are driving, not Mario!!! :D

Apples for me!!! I love apple pie, apple cider, apple juice, apple crisp, apple butter and plain apples!!! I want a window seat!!! :D

Mario has his staw hat on!!! Looks good with your diaper, Mario!!! ;)

[Killearn Kitties]

Have you ever had a prickly pear?
Never! Happy to go prickly pear picking, but you will have to put up with me singing The Bear Necessities while I do that. :D

[lvpets2002]

:) MMmm yum yum.. Hey Richard LIT please with some of that fruit.. Hey hey you over there Mario do not be driving to get this.. Just walk over for my corn & LIT.. :D
CORN!!! SWEET WHITE SILVER QUEEN CORN!! Plenty of butter with a smidge of salt & pepper :D Thanks RICHARD

[RICHARD]

:) MMmm yum yum.. Hey Richard LIT please with some of that fruit.. Hey hey you over there Mario do not be driving to get this.. Just walk over for my corn & LIT.. :D

One LIT with a fresh fruit garnish!

DONE!

KK,

Oh...Think of a Kiwi fruit...except blood red with seeds that crunch! It has a citrus-y tang to it...... They are wonderful!

I think some singing would be quite allright!

A prickly pear slushy would work!

DONE!

MOFF,

A window seat and plenty of apples!

DONE!

WR,
At Thursdays you can have both!

DONE!

David,
You ain't picking up any large pumpkin....That's why I brought the Orc!

DONE!


LB,

There are vendors that sell "Mexican corn" from push carts....They slather it in mayonaisse and shake parmesan cheese over it.....interested?

DONE?


Yes mario, the wheels on the bus go round and round! :D

[davidpizzica]

RICHARD, when I see one, I'll point it out to Orc then HE can pick it up and put it in the back of the bus. I hope it doesn't weigh too much or else the bus will be doing wheelies!

[RedHedd]

Persimmons! Such fond memories of when I was a kid, we'd go up to my Aunt's farm in Shasta County to help her with the fall harvest on her farm and then we'd go to the persimmon farms. It was such fun. I remember one year we came home with so many, my mom spread them all out on the rumpus room (remember those?) floor to ripen and then we'd have persimmon bread, cookies, pies, bread pudding, and just plain eating them out of the skin that God gave them. Whenever I see persimmons in the store it brings back such wonderful memories of mom cooking up a storm and the wonderful smells coming out of the kitchen.

So, a cuppa hot cocoa with extra marshies and a slab of persimmon bread hot from the oven. Yumm! I'm in heaven! :D

[DrKym]

All I want is a warm Blankie and a corner to hold my Nekkid Kitty.........20 yrs waiting...........finally a Shpynx....I promise to tend bar if one of you are willing to hold the DIVA???????

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Gosh we can open persimmon seeds and see what sort of winter we are going to have. That's what our weathermen use, I swear! (moff crosses fingers)

Let's see: a spoon shape means, snow, a knife shape means a cold winter, and a fork means a mild one. (I think) :D

[DrKym]

Spoon is wet winter....Knife is Ice.....Fork is cold and windy.......................ooooops the witchy is coming out

[Cinder & Smoke]

There are vendors that sell "Mexican style corn" from push carts ...
They slather it in mayonaisse and shake parmesan cheese over it ...
Interested?

Now, iffin you leave the Salt off ...
that "Mexican Style Corn" is A-OK and Heart Healthy, right?

Thought so ... load mine and pour on the Pepper! ... (No photos, please!)

:D

[Lady's Human]

Last time I was anywhere near a prickly pear I was picking spines out of my derriere. Please keep Mario away from them!

I'll take a LIIT, then another, then another, then another.......

My actual Thursday is going to be spent being nominated for a union office. :eek:


Now that I think about it, make that another, and another........

[RICHARD]

Now, iffin you leave the Salt off ...
that "Mexican Corn" is A-OK and Heart Healthy, right?

Thought so ... load mine and pour on the Pepper! ... (No photos, please!)

:D


I think I may have left out "style" between the Mex and Corn! :eek:

No, no salt on the corn when served!! They take a stick like you find on a candy apple and shove it into the cob......a napkin and you are set!

One MSC? DONE!

LH,

LOL, you are supposed to peel and eat them! Not pocket them for later!

One LIIT and another and another and another and another and another.

By the way, do you have an approval rating? ;) -

DONE!

Dr. G,
Nope, you have to sit with your kitty-Come on, you waited that long....

How's about a scritchie for the kitty?

DONE!

MOFF, I had never heard that one!

WOW!

REDD,

Persimmons....hadn't thought about one of those in a while!!!

David, I think we can weld a wheelie bar to the rear!

DONE!

[Lady's Human]

Anyone for a little skateboarding?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6968585.stm

LOH won't LET ME!!!!!! :(

[Karen]

Anyone for a little skateboarding?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6968585.stm

LOH won't LET ME!!!!!! :(

Oh, like if she let you, Axel wouldn't be trying the minute her back was turned? ;)

[Lady's Human]

And the issue with that would be?

Don't think for a minute MJ wouldn't be there too! :p

[Killearn Kitties]

Anyone for a little skateboarding?
:eek: That looks a bit too exciting for this time in the morning. Why don't I just stand here with the first aid kit?

[lbaker]

Don't you have to wait for the first frost to harvest persimmons? Well it's probably first frost somewhere, it's five o'clock somewhere and it's Thursdays so "bring er on" ;) Mayo on corn? That's rather like mayo on french fries - blech. Jeepers creepers... guess I'll try anything once *twice if I like it* :p

[cassiesmom]

Corn with mayonnaise and parmesan? I'm not sure yet whether that sounds good or not. Just a little olive oil and black pepper on mine, please.

Can this be a bee-free apple picking expedition? I'm allergic to insect stings.

lbaker, I LOVE mayo on French fries! I worked with a nurse who grew up in Wyoming and she got me started on that. Also mayo with just a little catsup mixed in. I don't eat French fries too often anymore, with or without the mayo.

[Lady'sOtherHuman]

And the issue with that would be?

Don't think for a minute MJ wouldn't be there too! :p

They have to be able to stay on it first. I can just see you starting that thing up and them hanging off the end for dear life.

[lbaker]

C'sMom.. saw a lot of the mayo w/ fries in The Netherlands but never tried it myself. I'll stick to fries with vinager (boardwalk style). And don't worry about the bees - I always have my bee kit (deadly allergic myself). Besides, this is Thursdays and no bugs allowed ;) Well, Mario sometimes tries to bug people but that's just when he's feeling extra foolish.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Spoon is wet winter....Knife is Ice.....Fork is cold and windy.......................ooooops the witchy is coming out
Well, here in KS one of them means snow, I just don't remember which for sure. ;) I'm not up on my persimmonology! :D

[cassiesmom]

Spoon is wet winter....Knife is Ice.....Fork is cold and windy.......................ooooops the witchy is coming out

I heard on the news that the Old Farmers' Almanac is saying that 2008 is going to be a warmer than average winter -- so I wonder what that translates to in persimmon seed-speak?

[Edwina's Secretary]

My actual Thursday is going to be spent being nominated for a union office. :eek:


Everyone! Join me in the chorus.... :D :D

Lyrics:

Look for the union label
when you are buying that coat, dress or blouse.Remember somewhere our union's sewing,
our wages going to feed the kids, and run the house.We work hard, but who's complaining?
Thanks to the I.L.G. we're paying our way!So always look for the union label,
it says we're able to make it in the U.S.A.!


substitute the union of your choice! :D :D

[cyber-sibes]

Too late to join the picking party? I hope not - I just got done working!
I'd like a prickly-pear, persimmon & pumpkin smoothie, please!
I don't know about persimmons, but the huskies' winter coats don't seem to be in any hurry to grow. Maybe it won't be too cold this year. I've noticed when they grow a dense coat, you better plan to throw extras logs on the fire!

[lbaker]

Originally Posted by Lady's Human
My actual Thursday is going to be spent being nominated for a union office.

A tip 'o the hat and hoist of a glass in honor of Mother Jones!

[Lady's Human]

Correction: Nominationi turned into election, as I am running unopposed.

My first official act? Putting a LARGE bottle of motrin into the desk in the union office.

Too bad I can't put some of Slick's Bailey's in the desk, too.

[Cinder & Smoke]

Correction: Nominationi turned into election, as I am running unopposed.


CONGRATZ!!

Give that boy a Beer! ;)

So ... what ARE you?? ... King, Head Turkey, First Assistant to the Grand PoohBah,
or First Stop in the B!tch Line?

:D

[lbaker]

I like Grand PoohBah. Do you get to wear a funny hat like Ralph Kramden?

[Lady's Human]

Worse, I'm the guy the first stop in the bitch line goes to talk to.

Craft Director.....the stewards "theoretically" work for/with me.

[lvpets2002]

Worse, I'm the guy the first stop in the bitch line goes to talk to.

Craft Director.....the stewards "theoretically" work for/with me.

Yup better get out the Motrin = Hey Many Congrats

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b335/lvpets2002/prod_344_16523.gif

[gini]

Hello, I am here to see the Grand PoohBah - I brought him some Baileys so we can toast to his success.

[Randi]

You need not worry anymore, the apples are picked - enough for everyone. I just made a huge apple crumble, so grab your plates! You have the choice of Creme Fraice on it or whipped cream. :D

In the meantime, I'll go and look up "persimmon" - have no idea what that is! :o

Edit* Well, I found them, but still not sure I ever tried them.

How about we make some plum snapps? That must be healthy! :D

Only another month, and the walnuts are ripe! :)

[DrKym]

Congrats LH!!! Couldn't have happened to a more deserving fella!!;)

[Cinder & Smoke]

I'm the guy the First Stop In The Bitch Line goes to talk to.

"Craft Director" ...

"Craft Director" ?? :confused:

Explain how THAT title is descriptive of the Union job! :rolleyes:

First Assistant to the Grand PoohBah sound a lil classier yet still doesn't give anything away!

You throwing a Victory Party?

[lbaker]

Somehow I have trouble picturing a bunch of union guys sitting around making gymp lanyards or weaving potholders... must be something else :rolleyes: Baileys and apple crumble... yumm-o

[Lady'sOtherHuman]

oooo apple crumble, I'll have some please. I brought vanilla ice cream and some apple crisp too. this is my favorite time of year, when everyone starts baking, mmmmmm!

[cassiesmom]

September is Subliminal Communication Month (Honest! I read it here: http://scrapbooking.families.com/blog/calendar-of-strange-holidays-and-other-events-to-scrapbook-in-september)

so ... here is my (not-so-subliminal) request: Barkeep, it's summery in Chicago today, got any iced tea?

[davidpizzica]

I'll second that! It's summery in Pittsburgh having hit 80 degrees today. I havs a nonsublimal request for a VERY large cherry slushie!

[RedHedd]

Isn't it time for Thursday 230?

[slick]

I heard on the radio this morning that today is Talk like a Pirate day!!!

Aaaarrrrrr matey. Have yer seen the treasure chest???

:D

[gini]

Aye - got me eye patch on the wrong eye - no wonder everything looks
fuzzy!

Me thinks the bartender has a day job - well when he started to sing we told him not to give it up - so our service stinks!!

#230 is sitting right next to us..................

[RICHARD]

Aye - got me eye patch on the wrong eye - no wonder everything looks
fuzzy!

Me thinks the bartender has a day job - well when he started to sing we told him not to give it up - so our service stinks!!


Seen what you get when you laugh at people?