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Pat Brantley (Ross)

Well Beau, thanks for all the help.  I think you have the fall fling thing mixed up.  When you think you are going to fall, you fling your arms windmill style until you are straight again.  
i have played so much computer solitaire I am getting carpal tunnel syndrome.  Haven't tried Free Cell. I do this while watching basketball playoffs or British mysteries.  Did you know Mystery Science Theater is still playing?. Kind of like Twilight Zone for smart aleks.  They take the worst Hollywood had to offer in scary movies of the 50s and sit on the front row making snarky comments.  I had never seen a cable drop one side of a space ship until a few weeks ago.  The snarky guys on the front row are two robots and one guy.
I think I am bored beyond  all reason.  I have named all my deer.  I didn't even know this was supposed to be something only females do until reading an article.  The way I skip subjects some would think I am ADD.  I prefer eclectic.    
 

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Hey PAT,  I thought you were just kidding about putting a picture on the forum or I wouldnt have joked about it and sounded flip.  My apologies.   I had trouble the first 500 times I tried to put a picture on here, os Here is a tutorial on how to put a picture on the forum,   I hope...

     First you locate the top of the window, the tool bar if you will, then the 2nd box from the left, the first box says SOURCE, the 2nd box says nothing till you put the cursor on it, and then it says "image"...

Click on that box, then another window will pop up and have "BROWSE" , click on "BROWSE"...

That click will take you to another window witth all your different areas of your computer, ie  DOWNLOADS, PICTURES, DOCUMENTS ETC...

Click on where you have the picture stored, such as PICTURES,   DOWNLOADS ETC, but just click on whichever program the picture is in, then find the picture and DOUBLE CLICK ON IT, that will take you back to the screen that has the BROWSE window in it,  then hit UPLOAD...

It takes a few seconds, at least for my computer, for it to upload the picture to the forum...

If you want to resize the picture,    click on it, and it will put small squares on each corner and on all four sides....   go to one of the corners and the cursor will change into  either a twoway arrow or a four way arrow.
you have to play with it to get it to do what you want, and it seems to be touchy.  

start with the bottom right corner, and then hold the left clickbutton on the mouse down and move it to the top left  SLOWLY, SLOWLY....this feature takes a while to get use to and to master, if it can be mastered.  If you dont get the picture to the right proportions, it will be somewhat distorted.   PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT, OR NEAR PERFECT...I still have a hard time getting the picture the way I want it.   If you dont want to fool with it, then just leave the picture how it first appears.

     If you mess it up, no harm no foul, just delete it and start over.  It does take some getting use to, most especially if one is "new technology challenged" as I am, and it's especially hard if one is the aforementioned AND  belongs in the 19th century as I do.   Good luck to youse...

Your frien always   Cephus off the learning curb

Beau Wann, Jr.

     It's me again Margaret....Mayhaps some of youse youtes are wondering about that last picture I posted, "the leaning cake of cephus",    in my "uploading pictures on the forum"   tutorial.    Well, I shall enlighten youse !!!!   

    I made that cake for  one of my sons birthday.   As youse can see, it's sorta outta kilter, sorta.  Why is it outta kilter?   Dont really know, but to me, it is beautiful, in an interesting sorta way, dontchathink! ! !

 There were other cakes and desserts at the party, so most folks steered clear of the "leaning cake of cephus". Most folks didnt have the courage and or intestinal fortitude to even give it a try.   As it turned out the taste was outta this whirld, heavenly so to speak.   Hmmmm, it really was good, which brings up the old saying, "looks are deceiving".     For the life of me I cant rememmber what kind of cake it was othern maybe vanilla butter cream.

    Well no matter, the party was a goodun and the desswerts were good also too.   Let that be a lesson to youse youtes everywhere,  "NEVER JUDGE A CAKE BY IT'S LEAN" ! ! !

Beverly Hengst (Allen)

Received some sad news from Rick Strickland.  Janet, his wife, has suffered a stroke and is in the Baptist Hospital in Beaumont.  No visitors are allowed due to COVID.  Please keep Rick and Janet in your prayers.

Paige Talley (Meek)

So very sorry to hear this Rick's news about Janet. She is a delight. I always enjoy visiting with them both at our gatherings. Rick was great fun in school and still has that great sense of joy!

Leon "Skeeter" Apostolo

Rick you and Janet are in our thoughts and prayers. Praying for a speedy recovery.

Sheeter

Pat Brantley (Ross)

Pat Brantley (Ross)

Beau, the photo is for you.  This is your new weather forecasting station.  I couldn't post my note on the photo.  I thought of you when I saw it.

Teddie Jordan

Rick, so sorry to hear about Janet's stroke. I know it has been a tough and difficult last few years for you both. I pray for peace and comfort for Janet and for your family. Her little grin when we would see and talk to y'all at Fudd's always made me grin too. Thoughts and prayers for y'all at this time!

Scotty Croom

have been isolated for about 7 days w/elevator problerms...generator{?} problem..parts held up until wed. ,tech arrived late wed. , then left w/no word if elevator was working...parts were wrong and new ..now have to wait until tues or wed. for replacements....not happy campers here

Pat Brantley (Ross)

Ricky I am so sorry about Janet's stroke.  I can't imagine the pain for both of you being separated because of Covid restrictions.  I am praying for her recovery.  I had not read previous posts when I posted the photo for Beau.  I still think of you as Ricky since we met so long ago.

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Rick and Janet, you've got a lot of folks praying and thinging good thoughts for a speedy and full recovery, yes indeedy.  I'm getting the band back together for a whirld wide reunion tour, so Janet needs to get well quickly.  Since the chineese were so good to us to give us Cootie19, we're gonna give em something back,  US, with a gnu gname, KISS MY GRITS, or a facimile thereof.   We'll give em a party like we all had at the firehouse on 34th st, yeah, that's the ticket. They wont know what hitem, they'll be daincin on the table tops and everyone will be kung fu fighting...shirley not everyone will be kung fu fighintg, and dont call me shirley...

    Hey Scotty, looks like the repatriation has begun!  That's how it starts, they break your elevator so you cant leave, then they start the brainwashing...hours and hours of Gilligans Island and The Beverly Hillbillies...an aside here if I must,  Mrs Blount HATED  the Beverly hillbillies show...just socialknow...dont know where she stood on Gilligans Island or The many Loves of Dobie Gillis, but prolly along the same lines as TBHB show. Keep a stiff upper lip Scotty, we love you even if you are trapped in Mobyle Alamabama with a banjo on your gknee.

    Hye Pat, loved the "weather stone" so much, I got one for me ownself.  Yup, found one on sale too, just 19.95, you get the roape the stone, an instruction booklet, BUT WAIT, dont look now, if you order one now, we'll send an extra one for FREE FREE FREE, and we'll throw in a set of GINSU knives, FREE FREE FREE,  and shipping and handling  FREE FREE FREE for just another 29.95, but FREE FREE FREE,  so act now, cause this generous offer wont last long, soon they'll all be gone, and once that happens, that's all,.she wrote

     Ok, gotta sign off for now, but I'LL BE BACK...How'd you like my "Terminator" imitation, good huh!  I'm thinging about turning pro..

Kepp the sun at yoour six and the son in your heart, and "ride boldly ride"...

Your frien and resident kung fu fighter, Cephus R Looney Tunes esq

Wayne Lake

Welcome back to the forum to our Chapel Hill Billy Weatherman and Waltrip64 Laureate of Prose, we all missed ya’.  I like the idea of getting the band back together, maybe for the next reunion if this COVID thing breaks and allows us to reassemble.   

Pat, did you catch the Ken Burns Country Music documentary? They had a still shot of Guy Clark’s home in Nashville with Townes Van Zandt and Rodney Crowell pickin’ and grinnin’ on the front porch. Then Rodney performed the great ballad by TVZ ‘Poncho and Lefty’. Regarding watchin’ NFL, NBA, MLB etc, I will not be going to any games as when they play the Star Spangled Banner, I wouldn’t know if I should stand up, sit down, kneel, lock arms or raise a fist. With no sports on TV except for Korean Baseball (what was that all about?), I think I have been weaned off all together and no longer need it for entertainment anyway.     

 Scottie, what floor do you live on? It looks like Mustang Sally storm is gonna’ give Mobile Alabama a blow and surge. I hope all is well and you don’t lose power if still there. Ahh… life on the Gulf Coast…….

Rick and Janice, my thoughts and prayers are with you.      

I am still stuck in the North country waiting on my porch windows so I can finish my summer project and fly South. I’ve been hearing the Canada Geese honkn’ and seeing them practicing the V formation. The humming birds have been stocking up on sugar water and finches storing up for the long trek ahead. You know you’re getting old when bird watching is an important part of your life…………………

Stay safe my friends, wtl     

Beau Wann, Jr.

        Merry Christmas all...dont laff, it'll be here before you can quote Rudyard Kiplings "IF" from memory from the sainted Mrs Simpsons 5th grade class...Cept for the first line, I've plumb (or peach) forgotten it...

              Hey Wayne, you're a "daisy",  my  most favored "Texas Ranger" and "grandson of a Texas trail driver,  Good to hear from all  yall  from way yonder up noth.  Yup, youse better get to movin it, or else youll be wearing snowshoes to get to the greyhound bus station....  Been watchin the wildlife to better get a handle on the upcoming winter. The hummingbirds have been feasting since July, and now they are in a feeding frenzy.  We have about 2 or 3 dozen of the little nectar suckers and they are wired.

     Diane started with two feeders, and now we have 7 count em, 7, and she stays busy keeping them filled all day long.   Of course the hummdinkinboids get to eat before I do..."hey blondie, where's mah dinna...?"   Good thing I know how to cook, or heat up, or else I'da starved todeathe yeahs ago. 

     Threre are 4 species of hummdinkingboids, of which I know only 3 of them;  Ruby throat; ring neck; and dufus, scratch that, RUFUS not dufus...rufus, dufus, what's the dif, eh?   Dont know the 4th one, probably something, you reckon?   The dufus is a rather rotund HB, so it sticks out like a fat bird, eh what!  a little fat bird...

    There is one that is the THUG of the HB society, and that is the RUBY THROATED HB.  Biologists call it "territorial", I calls it like I sees it, "THUGERY".  It waits in the garden by one of the feeders and when another HB trys to feed, it chases it away.  We have one feeder in the rose garden, and one in the back yard, and 5 in a circle in the front.  The ones by themselves are reserved for the HB thugs, and the 5 together, well there's too many to guard, so all the rest of the HBs get a chance to eat befoere they head down to "Margaritaville".

     Another asisde heah, ahm shure you knoticed that mah typing and spelling has been rather atrocious as of late, or early whichever comes first.  Some things I spell incorectly on porpoise, and others, well....mah fangers seem to belong to someone else cause they're not cooperating with my little pea brain.   Has that happened to anyone else way out younder to any of youse all?    Seems I've lost some feeling in my hands, and it's like I have "bricks" for hands.  Oh well..... "some gotta win, some gootta lose, good tyme charlies got tha blues..."  SEE, HASNT AFFECTED MY BRAIN...yeah, that's the spirt...

      Hey Psat, my rock got wet, so it rained,  boy that thing is accurate, and it measured about 4 ounces in the ol mason jar,  or about 90ml if you are "metrically inclinded,  which for you lay people out there, is 2 inches of rain, or roundabouts thereof, henceforth notwithstanding heretofore, hither and yon, to and fro, forever and ever...

    Ok, time to deplane, disembark, desixs=te delineate distort and detox...thank goodness...

Keep the sun at your six and son in your heart and "ride boldly ride..."

UYour frien and resident bricks for hands, Cephus R Frustratingly frustrated esq

PS:   Sawr two or three movies on Netflix:    Mr Right   and Morning Glory.  Both comedies and both entertaininly good, at least for me.  Never heard of any of the people in the first movie, but still good. The main female lead in the first movie, Mr Right, does a Hilton hotel commercial, and is cute as a kitten but dont know her name, the credits move too fast for me to read.     Second movie has Diane Keaton, Harrison Ford, Rachael Macadams????  and a cast of thousands.  Give it a try if you dont have to pay for them, you can always turn it off.  Also the first movie has the "HOLY GRAIL OF CORVETTES", 1967 red convertible.  The numbers on the hood say 383, didnt know chevy had a 383 motor. 

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Hey Scotty, yall gonna be ok?   Sally's movin slow but ratatcha.      We're thinking good thoughts and sending them your way.    Good luck my friend, God be with you...

Teddie Jordan

I texted Scotty late this afternoon and he said so far so good. A lot of rain, but no power outages or flooding, at least so far. I reminded him that there are a large number of people over here Who love them and want to hear how they are doing. So far so good! 

Johnny Sheffield

Has anyone heard from Scotty this morning 

saw where hurricane sally went a shore near gulf shores 

Alabama with winds of 90 miles plus. 
prayers for those along the gulf coast

in the path of the storm.

Johnny

Beverly Hengst (Allen)

Ricky Strickland sent an email updating the status of Janet:

Janet is back in Vidor.  We are both at Cindy’ s  (oldest daughter ) house. Janet had a mild stroke and will start on blood thinners, physical exercise & other things. She is  on walker & or kane  & must walk more.  She does not hear & or see well now days but is in good spirits.

Let's keep Rick and Janet in our prayers, that she will have a full recovery.

Teddie Jordan

I checked in with Scotty and they are safe but in addition to being stranded by a broken elevator are without power. The good news is that he said it has been cooler temps so ok. I encouraged him to try to contact the power co. And let them know that they are stranded and that he is a DAV from Vietnam war and hopefully will move them up on the priority list. 

Beverly Hengst (Allen)

Lynn Wren Burkhardt's husband passed away last night.  Charlie was very active with our class and loved by all that knew him.  He had been ill for some time and in a lot of pain, and Lynn is grateful that he will not have any more pain.  Please keep Lynn, Chuck (son), Kaye (daughter), and all the grandkids in your thoughts and prayers, may God comfort all of them during this time.

Patricia Williamson (Williams)

Lynn I am so sorry for your loss  I really liked Charlie and he was so nice to my husband before he passed  my thoughts and prayers are with you  Pat Williams

Jimmie Sue Roach (Nation)

Deepest sympathy Lynn, to you, your children and grandchildren. I will always remember Charles' infectious laughter and his love of life. May God give you peace during this time. Prayers and love.

Bill Traill

My deepest sympathy Lynn for your loss. My prayers to you and your Family.

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Lynn, a loss for all of us!   Charlie was, to me, as good as it got.  Loved seeing and being with him down at the exhibit hall at the astrodome.   He never failed to hug Diane and I whenever we met.  Always had such nice things to say to us.  We've missed him at our gettogethers these last few years, now, miss him even more.  You will be in our thoughts and prayers.

Sandi Schlesinger (Stark)

Lynn, my thoughts and prayers are with you and the family during this difficult time. Charles will always be fondly remembered by us all. His smile and friendly demeanor will be missed.  Hope you and your family find comfort knowing that he is at peace and that so many were so fond of him.