Collector's Picture Emporium

[wizardsrainbow]

Because so many of us collectors have a one-track mind (like Calvin Tower) and rarely venture beyond the confines of Calvin's Corner, I wanted to start our own picture thread so that our "family" can share and enjoy little slices of life posted by members who reside here.

With that I will start off with a couple of my own:

I call this one: Autumn (leaf raking) Nightmare, or my back yard.
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/519/Leaf_Raking_Nightmare.JPG

[wizardsrainbow]

One of my leaf slaves

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/519/medium/Leaf_Slave.JPG

[wizardsrainbow]

Learning science at home...the fun way
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/519/medium/Learning_Science_At_Home.JPG

[Matt]

:rofl:

Your leaf slave looks very enthusiastic.

[Storyslinger]

Very cool

[wizardsrainbow]

:rofl:

Your leaf slave looks very enthusiastic.


Yes indeedy, in full scowl!

[super sam]

:rofl:

Your leaf slave looks very enthusiastic.

My first thought too. :lol:

[jhanic]

I'm sure he's a willing participant (give the right incentive!).

John

[Daghain]

Yeah, I love that look on his face:

"You want me to do what???" :lol:

[Patrick]

Holy crap, your backyard is huge! And look at all those leaves. Poor kid.

[Nerak]

love the pics!!!

thanks for sharing..I will put some up when I am not so tired....

[wizardsrainbow]

Holy crap, your backyard is huge! And look at all those leaves. Poor kid.

My property is 1 1/3 acres and it slopes steeply in the back after you get into the woods so it will never be developed. Lots of seer, wild turkeys, hawks etc. The wildlife is great, except when my oldest son got "skunked" when he took the food scraps out to the compost in the dark!

[Patrick]

Holy crap, your backyard is huge! And look at all those leaves. Poor kid.

My property is 1 1/3 acres and it slopes steeply in the back after you get into the woods so it will never be developed. Lots of seer, wild turkeys, hawks etc. The wildlife is great, except when my oldest son got "skunked" when he took the food scraps out to the compost in the dark!
:o That suuuuuuucks. :(

[Randall Flagg]

So did you buy 5 gallons of tomato juice to dunk him in?

[wizardsrainbow]

So did you buy 5 gallons of tomato juice to dunk him in?

Naw, we just told him he had to go live with the squirrels for three weeks!

Truely, I do not know. I was in Switzerland at the time. Will have to ask my wife what she did. I know she threw his shirt away and washed the hell out of his other clothes that took less of a direct hit.

[Patrick]

You were out of the country? Nice timing, my friend! :lol:

[wizardsrainbow]

Anybody else got pictures they would like to share?

[Randall Flagg]

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/8513/p1010335jt5.jpg

[Storyslinger]

What is that tree/bush behind you. I love the color

[CRinVA]

Sure I got a few backyard pictures!

Backyard Pool
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/500/medium/Pool8.JPG

A view showing the new stone wall
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/500/medium/Pool3.JPG

The patio
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/500/medium/Yard9.JPG

Another view of the pool from above
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/500/medium/Pool19.JPG

[Storyslinger]

That is a pretty sweet backyard

[Randall Flagg]

What is that tree/bush behind you. I love the color
It's a Japanese maple. It does turn a gorgeous shade in the Fall.

[wizardsrainbow]

Just look at that handsome devil!!!

Lookin' good Jerome...for an old guy!

Yes, that is a pot calling the kettle black :P

[wizardsrainbow]

That is a pretty sweet backyard


Sure is! No leaves!!!! (see pic top of page :cry: )

[Matt]

:rofl:

I always wondered what it would be like to have a pool

[Ari_Racing]

Pools are something very common here in Argentina.
I'll post pictures tonight of my apartment. It isn't too big, but I love it :)

[Patrick]

Holy moly, Jerome! You've lost a lot of weight. Looking great!

CR, I assume by posting your fabulous backyard pool, you're offering to host the 2008 collectors' summer convention? :D

[wizardsrainbow]

Holy moly, Jerome! You've lost a lot of weight. Looking great!

CR, I assume by posting your fabulous backyard pool, you're offering to host the 2008 collectors' summer convention? :D


Yeah Bob, what about that? A little collectors' love-in at the homestead?

[Nerak]

Looking good, Jerome!!!!!!

[NeedfulKings]

Looks good, everyone!!!

I got tired of raking, so just had 2 trees cut down!! ;) I actually DID have them removed, but it was for safety reasons...and they were sick.

[CRinVA]

I could deal with that - not sure how the wife feels but what the heck!

[NeedfulKings]

I agree! What the heck!!!

We'll take Patrick's chartered plane too! Right, Patrick!!??!! ;)

[Patrick]

Yeeeeah, we'll take my private jet, that's the ticket!

http://images.blazersedge.com/images/admin/flanagan.jpg

[Daghain]

AHAHAAHHAHHAHH!!!!!!!!!!

[NeedfulKings]

:rofl:

I love that SNL is an institution here!!!! :thumbsup:

[NeedfulKings]

Here's me (in the rain!) waiting to see SK in Portland last year.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/bookking/SK/SK008.jpg

[Patrick]

Ya handsome bastard! Now where's that beautiful wife of yours run off to?

[NeedfulKings]

Ya handsome bastard! Now where's that beautiful wife of yours run off to?

She's behind that camera!!! :P

[Patrick]

:lol:
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Jerome and I before going to see Stephen King in San Francisco (30 Oct 2006):

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/JHPatrick/Books/103006-RFandMe1-1.jpg


Jerome and I before going to see Joe Hill in Berkeley (10 Mar 2007):

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/JHPatrick/Books/Barclays1b.jpg

[Nerak]

WOW!! Jerome, you have lost weight!!! Looking good...now if I weren't married....

[Patrick]

What about me? I've lost weight too! :P


:lol:

[Nerak]

oh, um, Hey Patrick!

Um. how U doin??? LOL

[Daghain]

It's the incredible shrinking collectors! :lol:

Lookin' good, guys!

[Patrick]

It's the incredible shrinking collectors! :lol:

Lookin' good, guys!

:lol: That about sums it up. I've lost 30 pounds since last August 2006 and Jerome has lost, what, about 50 pounds since this past summer?

:nana:

[Daghain]

Yeah, you guys are making me look bad. :lol:

[Patrick]

Yeah, you guys are making me look bad. :lol:

Having just finishing perusing the fottergrafs thread, I can say with certainty that that is a patently false statement, Irish Dawn.

[Daghain]

Well, in that case, I totally love you. :lol:

[Patrick]

:blush:


:nana:

[wizardsrainbow]

Man, I just got invited to go see The Mist movie with Michael Whelan and two of his friends that were the models he used for Eddie and Randy Flagg, but I am single parenting for 10 days.:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Randall Flagg]

I think I would have left the kids at home alone.:nope:

[Brice]

Well, damn! man. Can't you find someone to babysit the kids long enough to go?

[wizardsrainbow]

Well, damn! man. Can't you find someone to babysit the kids long enough to go?

Brice...wish I could, but I have 2 kids with activities that night so I have to do the drop off pick up routine etc. It would be too complicated to ask someone to take over all that.

[NeedfulKings]

Wow, wiz!!!! What a great offer--too bad you couldn't go.

[Brice]

Well, damn! man. Can't you find someone to babysit the kids long enough to go?

Brice...wish I could, but I have 2 kids with activities that night so I have to do the drop off pick up routine etc. It would be too complicated to ask someone to take over all that.

Ughh. I can understand that.

I'm sorry you won't be able to go. :(

[wizardsrainbow]

ok, after stating this thread with a "before" picture, here is the "after" picture. I actually got the whole family to help.:grouphug:

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/519/medium/Autumn4.JPG


Too bad it's already covered again

[wizardsrainbow]

Here are a couple pictures of my dogan. I too have a couple of Japanese maple trees like others from the first page of this thread.

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/519/medium/Autumn.JPG

[wizardsrainbow]

From the back yard

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/519/medium/Autumn3.JPG

[wizardsrainbow]

one more

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/519/Autumn2.JPG

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Beautiful trees, my favourites. I cannot grow Japanese Maples where I live though.

[Randall Flagg]

Nice domicile Wiz. I love the Japanese Maples.

[Daghain]

Those maples are gorgeous!

[Patrick]

You have a beautiful property, Wiz.


You know, if you're willing to pay a babysitter enough, you can find one who is ok with the complicated transporting of the kids everywhere...

[Randall Flagg]

My Daughter Crystal graduated Friday from San Jose State University with a degree in Child Development.

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/5411/p1010297xd9.jpg

[Nerak]

Nice Jerome!

Wiz..I can be a live in domestic..as lons as I can bring my three and Hubby! :lol:

And I would have told the kids that all activitites were cancelled that day and gone with Michael!!! Priorities Man!!!!

[carlosdetweiller]

Congratulations, Jerome, to you and your family. Great accomplishment.

[jhanic]

Congratulations, Jerome! And Crystal, of course!

John

[shibus]

Congratulations Jerome. Way to go Crystal.
I'm leaving in an hour to pick my Daughter Megan up at the airport. She just finished her 4-1/2 years and got her degree in Infectious Disease at Hawaii Pacific Univ.

[Matt]

Beautiful family Jerome, congrats to your Daughter. :rock:

[Patrick]

Congratulations to your daughter, Jerome, and to yours as well, Shibus

Jerome, I cannot believe how much thinner you are!

[herbertwest]

Congrats for all those (former) students!

[NeedfulKings]

Congrats, Jerome!!! You do look great as does your family. :)

Wiz, have all the leaves turned to snow yet??? :D

[shibus]

Hi all, Very cool pictures. Finally got some rain here in Southern Calif so the Fire Season should be behind us. Gives me a little free time to post a couple shots of my own. These are from my Backyard and Bedroom. We're into Gargoyles and The Haunted Mansion. Should explain my interest in Stephen King. You guys are the only people who would understand that. Be Safe.

http://usera.imagecave.com/shibus/by1.JPG

http://usera.imagecave.com/shibus/br.JPG

[Matt]

Absolutely beautiful Shibus.

[Daghain]

Wow, that bedroom is awesome!

[jhanic]

You can actually sleep in that bedroom!?!

Very, very nice!

John

[Patrick]

Wow, Shibus, what a home! Could you post a closer-up pic of the scene behind the headboard of the house/castle (?) on the hill?

[shibus]

Sure.
My wife put this together. She's very much into crafts. Lucky for me as I have trouble just screwing the cap back on a bottle. Hopefully I haven't overwhelmed with the images. Thanx for the kind words. I'll pass them along to her. You guys have a safe and happy holidays.


http://usera.imagecave.com/shibus/hb.JPG


http://usera.imagecave.com/shibus/hb5.JPG


http://usera.imagecave.com/shibus/hb1.JPG


http://usera.imagecave.com/shibus/hb2.JPG


http://usera.imagecave.com/shibus/hb3.JPG


http://usera.imagecave.com/shibus/hb4.JPG

[Patrick]

Wow! Very cool. Your wife is very talented. I especially love the skeletons for fence posts. And is it correct to assume that the couple out in front of the house on the hill represent the two of you?

[NeedfulKings]

LOL, I'd be a little freaked out in that bed, but it IS awesome!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for sharing!!!!! :D

[Daghain]

Oh. My. God. THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!!!

[Ari_Racing]

Very very cool! :)

[Brice]

Dude, that room is just incredible. :D

[Room 217 Caretaker]

You can actually sleep in that bedroom!?!

Very, very nice!

John

Shibus Bed and Breakfast

$1200 a night. But wait, it includes free use of an awesome Stephen King collection (only during stay of course) Must return all items slept with :cyclops:

[Nerak]

You can actually sleep in that bedroom!?!

Very, very nice!

John

Shibus Bed and Breakfast

$1200 a night. But wait, it includes free use of an awesome Stephen King collection (only during stay of course) Must return all items slept with :cyclops:


Including spouse? :lol:

[Randall Flagg]

You can actually sleep in that bedroom!?!

Very, very nice!

John

Shibus Bed and Breakfast

$1200 a night. But wait, it includes free use of an awesome Stephen King collection (only during stay of course) Must return all items slept with :cyclops:


Including spouse? :lol:

A true collector would only be interested in the books.:orely:

[jhanic]

You can actually sleep in that bedroom!?!

Very, very nice!

John

Shibus Bed and Breakfast

$1200 a night. But wait, it includes free use of an awesome Stephen King collection (only during stay of course) Must return all items slept with :cyclops:


Including spouse? :lol:

A true collector would only be interested in the books.:orely:

It all depends on what they're collecting!

John

[Nerak]

You can actually sleep in that bedroom!?!

Very, very nice!

John

Shibus Bed and Breakfast

$1200 a night. But wait, it includes free use of an awesome Stephen King collection (only during stay of course) Must return all items slept with :cyclops:


Including spouse? :lol:

A true collector would only be interested in the books.:orely:

you sleep with your books?? :scared:

[Matt]

You can actually sleep in that bedroom!?!

Very, very nice!

John

Shibus Bed and Breakfast

$1200 a night. But wait, it includes free use of an awesome Stephen King collection (only during stay of course) Must return all items slept with :cyclops:


Including spouse? :lol:

A true collector would only be interested in the books.:orely:

It all depends on what they're collecting!

John

:o

It puts the lotion on its skin. :lol:

[wizardsrainbow]

You can actually sleep in that bedroom!?!

Very, very nice!

John

Shibus Bed and Breakfast

$1200 a night. But wait, it includes free use of an awesome Stephen King collection (only during stay of course) Must return all items slept with :cyclops:


Including spouse? :lol:

A true collector would only be interested in the books.:orely:

you sleep with your books?? :scared:

uhhhh, yeah I do. Why, is that weird?

[Nerak]

uhhhh, yeah I do. Why, is that weird?


just a mite babe!!! :lol:

[jhanic]

uhhhh, yeah I do. Why, is that weird?


just a mite babe!!! :lol:

But...doesn't everyone??

John

[Nerak]

um, no...

[Patrick]

Those midnight paper cuts can really hurt. :ninja:

[Daghain]

:scared: OMG! :lol:

[wizardsrainbow]

OK, got some new material to share with you all. Some may bore you but what the hey...

Me tonight taken in front of the fireplace

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/500/medium/Download1_032.jpg

[wizardsrainbow]

We have a tradition in my family in that we celebrate the Summer and Winter Solstices and Spring and Fall Equinoxes.

Our Winter Solstice tradition is to lay out sleeping bags before the fireplace on the longest night of the year, tell stories, play games etc as a family, keep the fire buring all night long. Then in the morning we head down to the beach and welcome the sun back into the sky with rattles/noisemakers. This year, unfortunately, it was raining, so we did not see the return of the sun, but last year.....was phenomenal. Here are some pictures from last year's Winter Solstice so you get the idea.

Just seconds before the sun rises over the water on the horizon...

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/519/medium/IMG_1285.JPG

[wizardsrainbow]

The sun shows itself...

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/519/medium/IMG_1286.JPG

[wizardsrainbow]

so incredibly beautiful...

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/519/medium/IMG_1284.JPG

[Nerak]

OK, got some new material to share with you all. Some may bore you but what the hey...

Me tonight taken in front of the fireplace

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/500/medium/Download1_032.jpg

:wub:

[wizardsrainbow]

:huglove: to nerak

[Brice]

Those pics are totally beautiful man. I can't see anybody being bored by them at all. That's a pretty cool tradition y'all have.

[Nerak]

I have one problem...where are the "stocking hung by the chimney with care"???? :orely:


And it is pretty cool the you celebrate my birthday in such a cool way! I was born on the summer solstice!

[Patrick]

Yes, beautiful pics, Wiz, and a very cool family tradition!

[Randall Flagg]

This was in the Christmas collage:

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/6914/radallflaggxmastl3.jpg

[Nerak]

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/4900/dscn4150zr5.jpgMy babies with Santa...I love Josiah looking at him like who the hell are you?? :lol:

[jhanic]

Christmas is for kids! And yours are adorable.

John

[Ari_Racing]

hahaha
Awesome!

Jerome, you look great! Do you still have all that over you? hahaha

[NeedfulKings]

Good picture, Jerome!!! :lol:

And the Santa picture with the kids IS cute!!! :D

[Randall Flagg]

The wife and Mary opening up a gift on Christmas day:

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/126/p1010412zw6.jpg

[jhanic]

Very nice, Jerome. But why the coconut?

John

[Matt]

Looks like she is prepared to brain someone with it if the need arises. :lol:

Beautiful family Jerome.

[Randall Flagg]

Very nice, Jerome. But why the coconut?

John
Trip to Hawaii for the family. I wanted the box with the itinerary to have weight, and rattle when shook.

[Matt]

Wow! What a great gift

You were a busy little Santa this year Jerome. :couple:

[Nerak]

Very nice, Jerome. But why the coconut?

John
Trip to Hawaii for the family. I wanted the box with the itinerary to have weight, and rattle when shook.



Daddy!!!!!

[William50]

Mmmm, coconut. Is that a TV behind them?

[Randall Flagg]

Yes. It's a Mitsubishi 65" HDTV.

[William50]

It's huge!

[NeedfulKings]

Nice gift, Jerome!!! Where ya goin'??? Jeanne and I will be on Kauai in about 3 weeks. :) We spent 10 days on Maui a few years ago. Love it!

[NeedfulKings]

Here's me in some new shades. :lol: Actually, these were pretty cool--when you look at Christmas lights, they all have an aura surrounding them shaped like a heart. Wierd!

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/bookking/dt_com/Chr025.jpg

[Randall Flagg]

Nice gift, Jerome!!! Where ya goin'??? Jeanne and I will be on Kauai in about 3 weeks. :) We spent 10 days on Maui a few years ago. Love it!
3 days on the big island (Hawaii), and 4 on Maui. I prefer Maui. but want my youngest to go to Volcano National Park, so therefore we go to the big island for a bit. I love the "Grand Canyon" on Kauai. The wife and I rode a Harley Davidson up there 5 years ago.

[NeedfulKings]

Cool! The couple we're going with are "motivated" sightsee'ers, so I bet we see the Grand Canyon you talk about. Maui is great and if you set me up with some mai tai's and snorkel gear, I'm good for a looooooong time!!!

[wizardsrainbow]

I have one problem...where are the "stocking hung by the chimney with care"???? :orely:


And it is pretty cool the you celebrate my birthday in such a cool way! I was born on the summer solstice!


Uhhh, those would be by the other fireplace where we have the tree.

Jerome...nice family, nice gifts and nice family room.

Patrick...cool glasses, my daughter would love em.

[Ari_Racing]

Alright...can I be adopted by you, Jerome? hahaha. I wanna visit all those places and watch tv in that 65' ! :D

[Nerak]

Alright...can I be adopted by you, Jerome? hahaha. I wanna visit all those places and watch tv in that 65' ! :D


I asked first!!!! :shoot:

[CRinVA]

I was stationed in Hawaii in the 70's. Spent a week on Kauai - its awesome. Wiamea (sp?) Canyon is pretty cool! Also on the northern shore is a beach - the most photographed beach in the world - it's where they filmed Elvis' Blue Hawaii.

If you follow the trail along the coast line - to the left as you look out to sea - you meander through the neatest Tropical Rainforest and the most awesome water falls you will ever see. I had to take three pictures to get it all in. Top third, middle and bottom. It's really big I tell ya. Just be prepared to perhaps see a hiker or two going au natural! There is a family nudist beach if you folow the trail far enough! And if yer hungry on teh trail just pick a banana or a passion furit or mango - they are everywhere as I recall.

I met Warren Zevon in a bar at our hotel when I was tehre - it was way cool - before his became famous.

I have also been on the Big Island - there is actaully a snocapped mountain there! I was there on an operation for 30 days and froze my ass off the whole time. Also experienced an earthquake that was centered about 200 miles out to sea. Knocked me right out of my cot at 3 in the morning!

[Patrick]

Jerome, great pics, and what a vacation you have planned!


... Patrick...cool glasses, my daughter would love em.
I'm glad you like them, but that's not me, it's Bill. :lol:


... I met Warren Zevon in a bar at our hotel when I was tehre - it was way cool - before his became famous. ...
Now how cool is that?! :rock:

[wizardsrainbow]

... Patrick...cool glasses, my daughter would love em.
I'm glad you like them, but that's not me, it's Bill. :lol:

What? <Wiz runs back to check his error> :doh:

[CRinVA]

Jerome, great pics, and what a vacation you have planned!



... I met Warren Zevon in a bar at our hotel when I was tehre - it was way cool - before his became famous. ...
Now how cool is that?! :rock:

I was way way cool! Drank beers with him 'till the wee hours of the morning!

He was jsut at the bar - there was a three piece combo playing - piano, drums and bass. The Bass player got a phone call emergency and had to leave. WZ stepped up and said he could fill in on the Bass. After two songs the other members aid he was pretty good. WZ said "well I really am more comfortable on the keys" - so the piano player switched with him. He was awesome. He said he was a songwriter currently just having finished a few songs for Linda Rondstadt. He played Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me - a Rondstadt hit - he said the song wasn't yet released and he could get in trouble but since this was Kauai probably no one would ever know he played it. Then he launched into Thompson the Headless Machine Gunner and Werewolves of London. I heard all these before they hit the airwaves for the first time.

[Patrick]

Damn, that's a great story!

[Randall Flagg]

Joseph happy to have his own HDTV




http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/535/p1010385ph3.jpg

[NeedfulKings]

Adopt me.











:rofl:

[Daghain]

No, adopt me! I clean house! :lol:

[Ari_Racing]

Adopt me!! I clean house and won't borrow your car. :)

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Typed 1st line of my address in Google and found someone had posted a picture of my hoose! http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/5241/jerkitpa4.gif

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/4835/myhoosebp6.jpg

[wizardsrainbow]

Typed 1st line of my address in Google and found someone had posted a picture of my hoose! http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/5241/jerkitpa4.gif

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/4835/myhoosebp6.jpg

Well, that is kinda cool but also a bit scary! They must be after the Collection!

Nice property by the way. Lots of open space.

[jhanic]

To me, that's VERY scary!

John

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

That "road" to my house was the only way to Aberdeen from the south of Scotland. William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and King Edward's English army all walked along that road to get to the Battle of Bannochburn. Ahhhh! Hundreds of years of history. :nana:

[Nerak]

That "road" to my house was the only way to Aberdeen from the south of Scotland. William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and King Edward's English army all walked along that road to get to the Battle of Bannochburn. Ahhhh! Hundreds of years of history. :nana:

That's pretty cool!

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Not quite so scary from the air...

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/4627/hooseairul0.jpg

[Brice]

Wow! That is impressive. The scenery is lovely.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

To the right of that picture is the sea...

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/8029/leftho5.jpg

[Brice]

Amazing! May I ask, is all that land we see yours?

[Matt]

That stuff about William Wallace made me all :excited:

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

That stuff about William Wallace made me all :excited:

The Founding Fathers of your great country (the Scottish ones at least), would have walked along that road.

[Matt]

The story itself is one of my most favorite and I love the movie (even though it was no where near historically correct)

I might find myself out there kissing the road a little more than would be considered socially acceptable.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Amazing! May I ask, is all that land we see yours?

Only up to the field with the sheep.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

To me, that's VERY scary!

John

I checked a bit further into the picure. It's one of dozens posted of the area. There's lots of pages of history too, stuff I didn't know about. I can sleep better now. :scared:

[herbertwest]

I am currently only couple of hours away from there..

It have been snowing quite a lot those last few days.. but now everythings is melting, is becoming disgusting lol

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

I am currently only couple of hours away from there..

It have been snowing quite a lot those last few days.. but now everythings is melting, is becoming disgusting lol

We've got rain and cold winds. Bloody freezing!

[Patrick]

I think I'm going to go live on Mr. RT's farm. But I'm taking Jerome's kid's new TV with me.

[Randall Flagg]

I think I'm going to go live on Mr. RT's farm. But I'm taking Jerome's kid's new TV with me.

His 42" is nice, but the 65" is better (though certainly more bulky).

[Sir_Boomme]

I think I'm going to go live on Mr. RT's farm. But I'm taking Jerome's kid's new TV with me.

His 42" is nice, but the 65" is better (though certainly more bulky).

i got my girlfriend a 50 inch flat screen plus surround sound for christmas. she was expecting a small portable heater.... so she looked like => :excited:

(now i can watch football at her house ha ha)

YIPPEE!!!!!:clap:

as of today.... I am 100% debt free
all credit cards, the harley,cars, boat,trucks, all christmas, a couple of thousand $'s of vet bills, and even the doubleday collection are all paid off... all bills paid!
completely free and money in the bank to boot!

had to ban myself from ebay, betts, etc. with almost no SK purchases for the past 6 months... but retired 20+ grand worth of debt in 5 1/2 months.

yeehaaa... feels good.:nana:

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

as of today.... I am 100% debt free
all credit cards, the harley,cars, boat,trucks, all christmas, a couple of thousand $'s of vet bills, and even the doubleday collection are all paid off... all bills paid!
completely free and money in the bank to boot!

had to ban myself from ebay, betts, etc. with almost no SK purchases for the past 6 months... but retired 20+ grand worth of debt in 5 1/2 months.

yeehaaa... feels good.:nana:

Congratulations Sir_Boomme. :clap: It's a great feeling to be debt free.

[Matt]

Hell yeah man, congratulations.

Its going to be a long time before I can make that post

[jhanic]

Congratulations, Terry! That's a real accomplishment! (And you get to watch football at your girlfriend's too! WOW!)

John

[wizardsrainbow]

Congrats man!!! That's fantastic.

Watch out world, sir_boomme is back in the collecting game. The hunt is on!

[William50]

Good job man. A debt free life is a happy life!

[Ari_Racing]

Congratulations Terry!! I'm very happy for you!!

[Fsmdr]

Congrats, Terry!. That is one hell of an achievement!. Very impressed.

[artan]

Perfect!!!|

So you can pay something to drink for everyone!!!!

Congrats !

:D

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Perfect!!!|
So you can pay something to drink for everyone!!!!
Congrats !
:D

Woohoo!

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3498/imagesva3.jpg

[herbertwest]

Freedom :-)

[Nerak]

Terry,

Buy me somethin!! :lol:

J/k congrats, that's awsome. I don't think I will EVER get to make that statement! leh sigh

[CRinVA]

Congrats Terry! I will also never be able to make that financial statement. But then I have 4 kids and a wife! Terry has his dog! I am not complaining - I am sure that your dog is as much a part of your family as my kids are to me - my dog means the same to me too! But you don't have to send your dog to college and buy him a car or a Wii or whatever! Unless of course he is a really really smart dog and has you bamboosled :-) You just get unconditional love from him/her! Right!!!!

We all make choices in life and have to live with them. If I had made the choices that Terry made I am sure that my financial situation would be different too! I dont' regret the choices I made - I love my family dearly and would do anything for any one of them!

Now if you want to adopt someone Terry let me be first in line! :-) I can take care of your collection for you, so that you can spend more quality time with your dog! :-)

[Sir_Boomme]

Congrats Terry! I will also never be able to make that financial statement. But then I have 4 kids and a wife! Terry has his dog! I am not complaining - I am sure that your dog is as much a part of your family as my kids are to me - my dog means the same to me too! But you don't have to send your dog to college and buy him a car or a Wii or whatever! Unless of course he is a really really smart dog and has you bamboosled :-) You just get unconditional love from him/her! Right!!!!

We all make choices in life and have to live with them. If I had made the choices that Terry made I am sure that my financial situation would be different too! I dont' regret the choices I made - I love my family dearly and would do anything for any one of them!

Now if you want to adopt someone Terry let me be first in line! :-) I can take care of your collection for you, so that you can spend more quality time with your dog! :-)

just for the record.... i have two dogs... though they haven't gone to college, both are very smart- but accident prone. like i said... almost 2 grand in vet bills , just because they play a little rough.
then you can throw in the cost of redoing the floor, window sill, armoir, walls, etc. that these pups chewed up when i first got them (thank goodness they're out of that stage)... 15 hundred in new fencing (for a rental property that ain't mine).... because one of the pups can jump a 6 foot fence flat footed, a 1000 dollar kennel to house them when i am gone from home.... about a hundred socks...
well.... might as well have kids.
then there's the girlfriend that i have to entertain (wives you can eat with at home and just take out once every couple of months - girlfriends are a lot higher maintenance).
oh yeah... and there's the over 100 grand a year(48 year old single white male-no kid-no spouse- no house- to deduct)-tax bracket-thingy... that's possibly worth at least 2 kiddos in college i think.
yeah - i'm the one that will be paying for everyone else's health care when hillary gets elected.:arg:

anyway... i think i'll still take my 2 pups over your 4 kids in college - at least my puppies keep my feet warm and protect my book collection.:lol:

thanks for the :thumbsup: guys.
not planning on making any big purchases anytime soon...just gonna build on the bank account for a while.

[Brice]

...for even BIGGER book purchases later, right? :lol:

[NeedfulKings]

Awesome narrative on the puppies, Terry!! :lol:

I'm glad they protect your books and don't eat them!!! :P

[wizardsrainbow]

(wives you can eat at home with and just take out once every couple of months - girlfriends are a lot higher maintenance).



I just gotta do this....you can do that to your wife outside the house as well, my friend! The risk of getting caught you know.

<Wiz pulls mind out of gutter>

[Sir_Boomme]

(wives you can eat at home with and just take out once every couple of months - girlfriends are a lot higher maintenance).



I just gotta do this....you can do that to your wife outside the house as well, my friend! The risk of getting caught you know.

<Wiz pulls mind out of gutter>

damn.... i thought i caught/corrected that freudian typo before anyone saw it.
shoulda known you'd see that.
yes....but even getting caught can sometimes be fun. (now we're both showing our naughty sides)

[Room 217 Caretaker]

(wives you can eat at home with and just take out once every couple of months - girlfriends are a lot higher maintenance).



I just gotta do this....you can do that to your wife outside the house as well, my friend! The risk of getting caught you know.

<Wiz pulls mind out of gutter>

damn.... i thought i caught/corrected that freudian typo before anyone saw it.
shoulda known you'd see that.
yes....but even getting caught can sometimes be fun. (now we're both showing our naughty sides)

:cool: I had to change my mood over this. Thanks guys.

[Matt]

I've eaten my wife all over the place!! :lol:

Sorry, if there is a sex innuendo going on, I must be a part of it.

[William50]

I like sex!:evil:

[Scoogs]

Boome, congrats on being debt free. I did the same thing before I bought my place and my mortgage remains the only debt I currently have. Granted, that's more than enough.
Are you planning to build a house, or buy an existing home?

[Scoogs]

Despite the fact that I've rarely had time to work in the studio over the last few years, I managed to make it into a national print show that opens up this weekend.
My old print professor has been running the show for over 20 years. Every fall he brings in a well established printmaker or museum/gallery curator to jury the show. This year just under 1,000 prints were entered and about 100 made it into the show.
I entered a print I made last fall, which was the first relief print I had made in at least 6 years.

[Patrick]

Regarding the conversation above: :thumbsup:


Despite the fact that I've rarely had time to work in the studio over the last few years, I managed to make it into a national print show that opens up this weekend.
My old print professor has been running the show for over 20 years. Every fall he brings in a well established printmaker or museum/gallery curator to jury the show. This year just under 1,000 prints were entered and about 100 made it into the show.
I entered a print I made last fall, which was the first relief print I had made in at least 6 years.
So let's see some of your prints! :excited:

[Dolan]

So who here lives in the UK?

I am going to London from Feb 2-9 and then Paris from Feb 9-12!

I will be staying in Chiswick (?) and working some in Soho. Really do need cool places to check out ;-)

How far is that stonehenge thing anyway?

[herbertwest]

according to wikipedia, Stonehenge is by Salisbury (you can make a research on google map to have a look..)

I am in the UK, but in Scotland, so quite far awar... and will go back to Paris by march/april...

so.... :-s
What are you doing in London?

[CRinVA]

Ceri (Calla_Wolf) lives in the UK! If i were going I would want to meet him!

[CRinVA]

Why oh why did I drive all the way to work today! Take a look at the pic below taken 10 minutes ago from my office window! The commute home is gonna be bad! Its a small pic taken from my cell phone! :-)

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/500/thumbs/snow.jpg

[Brice]

Wow! That is amazing. I am jealous a little. All we got is slush. :(

[CRinVA]

Wow! That is amazing. I am jealous a little. All we got is slush. :(


I only like the snow if it falls in significant amounts. 1 - 3 inches just effs up traffic big time! :arg:

[Brice]

Wow! That is amazing. I am jealous a little. All we got is slush. :(


I only like the snow if it falls in significant amounts. 1 - 3 inches just effs up traffic big time! :arg:

Oh, here at least that isn't a concern. If more than one snowflake sticks to the ground they close the schools and call in the national guard. :lol: It's not quite that bad, but they are ridiculous here about snow. After about an inch the local schools really do close, and people rush to the store to stock up on groceries, batteries, flashlights, etcetera. :panic: When they are done the roads are desolate.


And I agree wholeheartedly with your statement regarding snow in significant amounts. I'll even go one step furthur and say that the only excuse for cold weather is snow. What part of VA is that you're in?

[CRinVA]

Wow! That is amazing. I am jealous a little. All we got is slush. :(


I only like the snow if it falls in significant amounts. 1 - 3 inches just effs up traffic big time! :arg:

Oh, here at least that isn't a concern. If more than one snowflake sticks to the ground they close the schools and call in the national guard. :lol: It's not quite that bad, but they are ridiculous here about snow. After about an inch the local schools really do close, and people rush to the store to stock up on groceries, batteries, flashlights, etcetera. :panic: When they are done the roads are desolate.


And I agree wholeheartedly with your statement regarding snow in significant amounts. I'll even go one step furthur and say that the only excuse for cold weather is snow. What part of VA is that you're in?

They close the schools here very early too! I just feel obligated to go to work - sometimes I work from home - I just need to pick and choose when I do that so as to not become too obvious and take too much advantage. You don't want to mess up a good thing once you got it!

I am in Prince William County which is about 30 miles south of Washington, DC. Right off I-95!

[Brice]

Wow! That is amazing. I am jealous a little. All we got is slush. :(


I only like the snow if it falls in significant amounts. 1 - 3 inches just effs up traffic big time! :arg:

Oh, here at least that isn't a concern. If more than one snowflake sticks to the ground they close the schools and call in the national guard. :lol: It's not quite that bad, but they are ridiculous here about snow. After about an inch the local schools really do close, and people rush to the store to stock up on groceries, batteries, flashlights, etcetera. :panic: When they are done the roads are desolate.


And I agree wholeheartedly with your statement regarding snow in significant amounts. I'll even go one step furthur and say that the only excuse for cold weather is snow. What part of VA is that you're in?

They close the schools here very early too! I just feel obligated to go to work - sometimes I work from home - I just need to pick and choose when I do that so as to not become too obvious and take too much advantage. You don't want to mess up a good thing once you got it!

I am in Prince William County which is about 30 miles south of Washington, DC. Right off I-95!


I know exactly where that is. I used to have family near there, and I lived about half my life in various parts of VA.

[Nerak]

Be here in New England. They have to forcast at least 4 inches of snow before they will close school! LOL

Which is forecast tomorrow, so I will probably be home with the kids! UGH!

[Daghain]

You bunch of wussies. :lol:

Last Christmas:

http://home.comcast.net/~sellers66/Snow_01.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~sellers66/Snow_02.jpg

And that was HALFWAY through the storm. I was snowed in for 2 days.

[Randall Flagg]

It looks pretty good outside my window today.

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/8458/080117t104403fo6.jpg

[TerribleT]

You bunch of wussies. :lol:

Last Christmas:

And that was HALFWAY through the storm. I was snowed in for 2 days.

I remember it soooo well!!!!!

Brice: Where is "here".

[Brice]

You bunch of wussies. :lol:

Last Christmas:

And that was HALFWAY through the storm. I was snowed in for 2 days.

I remember it soooo well!!!!!

Brice: Where is "here".

Do you not know where you are? :unsure: :P



I am in North Carolina.

[Randall Flagg]

Me and my daughter MaryTaylor:
(I am the one with a beard)

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/1217/p1010441zm3.jpg

[jhanic]

At lsast she must have gotten her good looks from her mother! :P

John

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

At lsast she must have gotten her good looks from her mother! :P
John

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Patrick]

Cute kid, Jerome. :)

[herbertwest]

Hey DOLAN, you'll soon go to London, right?

If you see some advertising stuff (such as posters, cabs..) could you try to get some pictureS?
i'd like to see what the new UK advertising looks like :-)

[Darkthoughts]

So who here lives in the UK?

I am going to London from Feb 2-9 and then Paris from Feb 9-12!

I will be staying in Chiswick (?) and working some in Soho. Really do need cool places to check out ;-)

How far is that stonehenge thing anyway?

Never been to Chiswick (pronounced Chiz-ick) myself, but heres a local site with things to do and restaurants and stuff:
http://www.chiswickw4.com/

Soho is cool, well London in general is pretty ace - theres so much to see in London, you're best to concentrate on a certain area each day.
Camden Market is a must imo, the British Museum is fantastic, as is the Natural History Museum. If you like chinese food you have to eat in China Town...what else...I dunno, best thing to do is buy this book:
Amazon.co.uk: The Rough Guide to London (Rough Guide Travel Guides): Books: Rob Humphreys
because it lists everything in London, so you can plan your own itinery (sp?).

Salisbury (Stonehenge site) is a lovely town, its roughly (very roughly) 80 miles from London and near to other really cool areas like Bath (old Roman city, said to be Terry Pratchett's inspiration for Ankh Morpork), Avebury (another stone circle site). Alot of this area (mainly comprising of Wiltshire and Gloucestershire) is known as the Cotswolds, its where I live too - theres alot of Roman and pagan sites not to mention awesome pubs :thumbsup:

Oxford is not too far out of this area either, and if its books you're after you have to go there to visit Blackwells, the most amazing bookshop in the world. It houses the Norrington Room, which is the largest single display of books for sale in one room anywhere in the world (over 160,000 volumes in 10,000 square feet).

Have I rambled on enough? :lol:

[Patrick]

Now I want to go back to jolly old England!

[NeedfulKings]

Me.

King.

Kauai.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/bookking/Kauai/Kauai136.jpg

Here's me at the airport. I feel overdressed. :P

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/bookking/Kauai/Kauai162.jpg

[wizardsrainbow]

Wow! Nice holiday....relaxed, King, beach, waves, bikinis, but what is this no alcohol crapola. Just ruined my mental picture!

[Darkthoughts]

I loved the way you were sat behind the "No alcohol beyond this point" sign ;) :lol:

[Randall Flagg]

Very cool-or should I say warm Needful.

[meggmopp]

Hi Darkthoughts - I grew up in Weybridge, Surrey.
& NeedfulKings - I am beyond jealous. We went to Maui & I want to live there.
Our next trip will be to Kauai. find a lil piece of property. start a lil business. grab a lil sunshine. oops, my dream is showing!
nice pic!
Aloha

[NeedfulKings]

:D Yeah, you see where I am in relation to the "No Alcohol" sign!!! :lol:

It was nice and Kauai was a different pace than Maui, but the beauty was amazing! We took a trip up the Na' Pali coast and aside from whales and dolphins, we saw the coast!!! :)

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/bookking/Kauai/Kauai092.jpg

We'd love to live on the islands for a while. The weather is great!!!!

[CRinVA]

:D Yeah, you see where I am in relation to the "No Alcohol" sign!!! :lol:

It was nice and Kauai was a different pace than Maui, but the beauty was amazing! We took a trip up the Na' Pali coast and aside from whales and dolphins, we saw the coast!!! :)

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/bookking/Kauai/Kauai092.jpg

We'd love to live on the islands for a while. The weather is great!!!!

Bill

Awesome. I was stationed in Hawaii for two years back in the '70's. My favorite side trip was Kauai! Did you trek into the Waimea Canyon? Did you hike into the rain forest at all. Simply awesome. As a bonus I met Warren Zevon in a bar while I was there last time! He wasn't famous back then!

I'd love to go back.

[William50]

That picture does look pretty cool! I would love to go there!

[NeedfulKings]

Bill

Awesome. I was stationed in Hawaii for two years back in the '70's. My favorite side trip was Kauai! Did you trek into the Waimea Canyon? Did you hike into the rain forest at all. Simply awesome. As a bonus I met Warren Zevon in a bar while I was there last time! He wasn't famous back then!

I'd love to go back.

Yes, we did drive up into Waimea Canyon. We didn't hike much, due to time constraints, but this was spectacular!!!! These pictures don't come close to showing the true splendor. Cool about you meeting Zevon!!! :D

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/bookking/Kauai/Kauai113.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/bookking/Kauai/Kauai121.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/bookking/Kauai/Kauai115.jpg

[Patrick]

Beautiful scenery, Bill. What a great trip!







(SIDE NOTE: I've moved the Umney's Last Case discussion over to the Pride & Joy thread. :))

[meggmopp]

Beautiful pics. I love the shadows.
Here's a couple of my favorites.
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x108/cyberroots/_MG_0628.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x108/cyberroots/IMG_0555.jpg

[wizardsrainbow]

My apologies for being absent the past days...my wife is in Chicago so am single parenting...late into work, then madness to try to cram 11 hours of work into 6 then home to do the evening routine. I should be back next week more regularly but then I am off on holiday skiing on Feb 15-24.

[Matt]

Its great to see you Wiz, I was wondering where you were off too.

Kids are the whole reason I am hardly here in the evening. :lol:

[Nerak]

How's everything going, Wiz? How's your father-in-law doing?

Hope to chat soon. Sorry I missed your call the other day. If you are still looking for cookies. I can probably get you some after they come in at the end of the month. They won't help Kyra, so if that's the only reason to buy them, you can get them closer! LOL

Huggles

Karen

[Sir_Boomme]

My apologies for being absent the past days...my wife is in Chicago so am single parenting...late into work, then madness to try to cram 11 hours of work into 6 then home to do the evening routine. I should be back next week more regularly but then I am off on holiday skiing on Feb 15-24.

wife's in chicago? darn dude.... you should have said something sooner.

i've got the beer and hoochie girls... who's got the chips and dip?

PARTY at David's!:clap: :rock::nana: :excited: :panic: :P :dance: :cool:

[Sir_Boomme]

Macarena time!

:nana: :nana: :nana: :nana: :nana: :nana: :nana:

sorry...it's the DJ in me coming out...

[wizardsrainbow]

Father-in-law not doing so well now (leukemia). Just brought the kids back from Chicago and a big change since we saw him in October. Nurses say he is in the end stages (but in September they gave him only a month to live). We'll just have to see. I miss this place. Hope to be back more fully soon.

[Matt]

We sure miss you my friend, I hope everything comes out ok on your front. :couple:

[Randall Flagg]

Don't have much time, (using the daughter's laptop PC), but wanted to say Aloha!

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/500/P1010055.JPG

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2171

[Darkthoughts]

RF - you bastard! :lol:

Wiz - big hugs to you and yours, hope things go as well as they can! :huglove:

[Ari_Racing]

You seem to have a bad time there.
Let's do an exchange. You came here and enjoy my office and I'll go there to suffer that pool :D

[midnightrambler34]

Nice...he's drinking pool side and this what I have to look at in my back yard today! Lucky Bastard! :P :angry:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2370/2253575077_944df0d9bf.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2027/2253574979_87c8cda6d4.jpg

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

At least there are no leaves to pick up. :thumbsup:

[Calla_Wolf]

Father-in-law not doing so well now (leukemia). Just brought the kids back from Chicago and a big change since we saw him in October. Nurses say he is in the end stages (but in September they gave him only a month to live). We'll just have to see. I miss this place. Hope to be back more fully soon.

Love ya man - thinking of ya

[Daghain]

I hate you, RF. :lol:

[Dolan]

Hey kids...

So here I am...been vacationing a lot lately. Work and fun - really. I do think about you guys a lot and hope all is well. Wiz - sorry to hear about your troubles but hope all goes well.

Here are some of me - must I tell you where I am? =)


http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e351/bookcollectors/mebpal.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e351/bookcollectors/bpal.jpg

[Daghain]

Yeah, where is that again?

Just kidding. :)

[Darkthoughts]

Woo!! How you enjoying England, Dolan?

[Randall Flagg]

Sunset Saturday. The wife and I.
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/500/medium/P1010088.JPG

[Storyslinger]

Looks awesome there RF, hope your having fun.

[Daghain]

Aww, you guys are cute!

[Nerak]

Jerome....I hate you :(

It's FREEZING here with the possibility of a foot of snow tomorrow!!!

[Matt]

Everyone is looking so damn good!

Nice to see you Dolan--Jerome, you and your wife, stunning as usual.

[NeedfulKings]

Wiz, our thoughts are with you. Vibes are heading your way.


Sunset Saturday. The wife and I.
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/500/medium/P1010088.JPG

Great picture, RF! Is that Maui? More specifically the Dragon's Teeth area? It's amazing how we can never miss a sunset when you're on the islands. :D

[Ari_Racing]

Wiz, I'm sorry to hear that. :(

[Matt]

Looking at the pic again, it is amazing how skinny Jerome is. Like, really amazing.

[Randall Flagg]

Great picture, RF! Is that Maui? More specifically the Dragon's Teeth area?
This was taken at the beach in Wailea at the Fairmont Kea Lani.

[Randall Flagg]

Crater (Caldera) at Volcano National park. The steam is venting of sulphur-one can actually see the yellow near the vent openings.

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/500/P1010041.JPG

[Daghain]

That is totally cool.

[Scoogs]

I'm sick of snow. Got buried under 18 inches last Wednesday, a couple more over the weekend and another 5 or so on the way tonight. I'll post some photos just as soon as I set up a photobucket account...

[Scoogs]

The view outside my door last Wednesday (the storm wasn't quite done yet).

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2076/2259794752_b599ddab57_o.jpg

The mailbox is back there somewhere...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2211/2258997265_86a4484998_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2015/2259795442_411311ef3e_o.jpg

[Daghain]

Scoogs, where do you live? That snow is pretty, but I'll bet it's a major PITA. :)

[Sir_Boomme]

so....

that's what snow looks like.:cowboy:


i think i saw it here once.... it was 1966...or was it 1967? to young to remember

[wizardsrainbow]

so....

that's what snow looks like.:cowboy:


i think i saw it here once.... it was 1966...or was it 1967? to young to remember

You're an old Texan prairie dog, or is it armadillo. Never seen one of those ugly rascals, so guess we are about even.

[wizardsrainbow]

Great pictures everyone...RF and Scoogs

and thank you ever so much for your thoughts regarding my father-in-law.

My life is a whirling dervish these days...a couple "normal" days in the office this week but then this Friday nite, our once-in-a-lifetime ski trip here:

Wengen Switzerland

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/519/Wengen_Ski.JPG

We will return Sunday the 24th, so I will be missing all of you some more it seems...but, our family could use a little togetherness time, so don't begrudge us that.

[Sir_Boomme]

wow...what a shame.... someone scribbled lines all over your nice mountain picture. now you can't hang it on yer wall.

that would be armadillos here in austin.... lots of them... and possums. no prairies around cental texas, it's the hill country... you'd have to turn to bob for texas prairie doggies.

have fun skiing, you deserve a break (don't break anything)...and send me some snow. ha ha

[oy-the-brave]

For Wiz, here is a pic of the common armadillo New Mexico:

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj291/dvhammon/P1000017.jpg

Here is a pic of the common armadillo Texas:

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj291/dvhammon/P1000018.jpg

[Randall Flagg]

Here is a picture of the typical Armadillo I have seen (Warning-road kill)
photo.monkey.net/images/20060519031143_rkill.jpg

[Scoogs]

Scoogs, where do you live? That snow is pretty, but I'll bet it's a major PITA. :)

Kenosha, WI. As far South East as you can go in the state. Basically right between Milwaukee and Chicago.
Crazy winter so far. We went from getting hit by multiple tornados and a few days of almost 70 degree weather in eary January to being buried under snow every few days. I'm officially ready for Spring...

Wiz and RF, looks like you both planned some great vacations! Have fun!

SB, I'll have some snow shipped down to you ASAP.

[wizardsrainbow]

For Wiz, here is a pic of the common armadillo New Mexico:

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj291/dvhammon/P1000017.jpg

Here is a pic of the common armadillo Texas:

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj291/dvhammon/P1000018.jpg


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Dave, that's priceless! New Mexico looks fast on the draw. Roland, watch out!

[Daghain]

I grew up in Saginaw, MI and my mom still lives there. They're having a similar winter. Don't miss that one bit! :)



Scoogs, where do you live? That snow is pretty, but I'll bet it's a major PITA. :)

Kenosha, WI. As far South East as you can go in the state. Basically right between Milwaukee and Chicago.
Crazy winter so far. We went from getting hit by multiple tornados and a few days of almost 70 degree weather in eary January to being buried under snow every few days. I'm officially ready for Spring...

Wiz and RF, looks like you both planned some great vacations! Have fun!

SB, I'll have some snow shipped down to you ASAP.

[Nerak]

Wiz, hurry back, we miss you!
Huggles to the family!

[Randall Flagg]

Last night prior to dinner.

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/341/p1010104mc5.jpg

[Storyslinger]

Nice :thumbsup: