16. March - in like a Lion .. (Hey we have a few here)
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16. March - in like a Lion .. (Hey we have a few here) John Palmer 23:01 Wed Mar 1/23 23 lines Just turned 60 in December and I don't know where the hell the last 20-30 years went. I can't beleive its already March, but here it is. I wanted to do some winter stuff this year but lazy me didn't move quick enough for the calendar. So March. The 1st is "meteorological spring". Real spring comes on the 20th. The big celebration this month is the green celebration of St. Paddies Day. Irish Whiskey (and anything else that is alchoholic - dyed green of course). So will you make it a point to eat corned beef and cabbage at least once? How drunk will you get on the 17th (lets see - its a FRIDAY this year - a rare time that it doesn't interfere with the work week (or vice versa). Planning for anything spring-like? I'll be decorating my condo with green stuff, mini-lights, celtic themes etc. I may get a bottle of Jameson's as well. |
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16/1. Siobhan Medbhb O'Roarke 23:08 Wed Mar 1/23 3 lines
I closed the January and Feb discussions. Use this one while the Month of Green lasts. Also no drunk-posting :-))) |
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16/2. Siobhan Medbhb O'Roarke 23:26 Wed Mar 1/23 36 lines
A bit about my Irish Persona: Siobhan was born Medhbh O'Roarke in Connacht in Ireland in about 1050; since the Normans Conquested in 1066 she was eventually re-baptised into Norman Catholicism, given a good Norman-Celticized Christian name. Thought she was considered a spinster when she was not married by age 19, eventually she found a second son of a Good Norman Family (Argawald Woodwulf) to wed. Being landless, the squire to whom she was married took service in Vienna and took Siobhan with him, a common thing to do. About 1075 her lord took service with Robert Guiscard to conquer Southern Italy, leaving Siobhan and their child in Vienna. (Many wives, widows, and women of those who went to fight in the crusades ended up left behind when this particular Crusade began, leaving an economic pocket of uncertainty for the women left unsupported.) A pestilential fever took the lives of the Jarl and Jarla who had sheltered her when he departed; their son, who inherited, was not inclined to support two more mouths. Siobhan took service with a prosperous innkeeper; as she was literate, skilled in accounts, and well acquainted with feeding and housing vast numbers of people on a moment's notice, she soon was virtually running the inn. When the innkeeper died, two or three years later, Siobhan bought the inn from his widow, whom she pensioned off and allowed to stay at the inn for local color. Her Norman lord never reappeared; Siobhan assumed he either died or found a nice Tuscan girl and settled down. A short time later Syr Aldric Northmark, a Scoti who immigrated before the i-Viking blight, and an elder son with estates of his own, paid court to her. They spent 15 years together before going their separate ways. Siobhan took her settlement from him and moved to live near Rosslyn in Scotland. |
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16/3. David MKDevGroup 00:08 Thu Mar 2/23 10 lines
March is a nice month to start thinking about that bathroom remod. So, the paste took off the soap scum from the tiles and tub, and you can get the mildew off the grout with a tootbrush. Yah - the tub is fine, a little new caulking and some brushed nickel finishes. But, you need new tile, new vanities and those medicine cabs have to go. Slap on a fresh coatt of paint and you're in business. |
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16/4. John Palmer 00:20 Thu Mar 2/23 3 lines
I *MAY* be calling you. Will be search for all options, starting with LuxeHome in the Mdse. Mart.... |
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16/5. Louis Sequin 10:47 Thu Mar 2/23 10 lines
Spent many a St. Patrick's Day here at The Ivanhoe Cafe in Hamtramck. Not Irish, but we could give themm a run for their money on the drinking front. They have the best perch in the world (just to show you that I don't just eat Chaddar Milts). The Ivanhoe Cafe, Detroit, is home to the world famous Polish Yacht Club, Just outside the border of beautiful Hamtramck, Michigan! A great place to meet for lunch, dinner or drinks. 5249 Jos Campau (Corner of Frederick) |
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16/6. Victor Davis Hanson 11:08 Thu Mar 2/23 17 lines
St. Patricks day around Selma can be hazerdous to your health. We have a mixture of about 65% Hispanics (mostly undocumented, here illegally) and the children of the Oklahoma Diaspora. Needless to say, the income level isn't very high and no one needs an excuse to drink heavily to drown out life's challenges around here, but they seem to go over the top on March 17th. Just stay off the road for two days. Get enough provisions to survive about 3-4 days. There are more spectacular wrecks and wild parties during this time than I have ever seen, even during my undergraduate days at Stanford. |
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16/7. Joanne Stenquist 12:47 Thu Mar 2/23 3 lines
I don't drink. Never needed to because my normal state is the same as if I drank a bottle of vodka, so I get to save money. |
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16/8. Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldJTrump) 09:49 Mon Mar 6/23 2 lines
Poor you. Sounds like my brother who died from drinking. That's why I never touch the stuff. |
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16/9. Giglio Gregorio Giraldi 18:57 Wed Mar 8/23 2 lines
Dovreste provare tutti Strega - un po' dolce, ma ha sentori di liquirizia |
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16/10. John Palmer 20:49 Wed Mar 8/23 1 line
Piace Strega! |
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16/11. Aye AAAAye 14:41 Sat Mar 11/23 1 line
Che sara sara |
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16/12. John Palmer 14:41 Sat Mar 11/23 3 lines
I just got ready for St. Pats - couldn't decide if I wanted a bottle of Jameson's or Bushmill's so I got one of each... :-))) |
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16/13. Aye AAAAye 15:41 Sat Mar 11/23 3 lines
Are you going to drink it all next weekend? If its spread out over three days, thats kind of average, many have done much better. :-> |
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16/14. John Palmer 19:43 Sat Mar 11/23 3 lines
Some now, some later. Can't drink it all in one weekend (or even 5 or 6) - getting too old for that. |
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16/15. Tomas Nemecke-Baxter 23:03 Sun Mar 12/23 4 lines
Oh all of you lite weights! Let me show you real mans drink - Slivovitz - Slovak plumb brandy - you can double it as a paint remover - Thats what make Slovak boys into Slovak Men !!!! |
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16/16. Trevor and Sinclair 07:52 Wed Mar 15/23 7 lines
It was already crazy at the Cell Block last week at Addison and Halsted. Wait until Friday/Saturday. So many nice boys in leather pairing off and doing so many fun things. Problem is that you won't even be able to get within a block of that place on Friday (not just night, but starting at noon or 1pm). |
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16/17. Lucky Larry 10:16 Mon Mar 20/23 6 lines
Bellagio hosted a huge St. Paddy's dinner for all of us regulars with 20oz dry aged steaks. Lots of Irish whiskey and anything else you would want. Hope everyone else had a nice day / night / early morning and without too many hangovers... |
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16/18. John Palmer 10:22 Mon Mar 20/23 22 lines
I had a date with a bottle of Bushmill's. Was so-so. Next day wasn't too bad - just have to stay hydrated. So, today is the first day of Spring - none of this book-keeping bs called "meteorlogical spring". According to the Farmer's Almanac, it starts at 5:24pm Eastern, so thats 4:24pm in Chicago. Looks like it will top out in the lower 50's this week before getting colder again this weekend. We still have had almost no sticking snow downtown this year - the biggest one was that mini polar vortex right before Xmas - on Dec 22 I think. I was worried that it would cause my flight to Austin to be cancelled, but it was fine. Chicago has some strange force field that pushes nasty thunderstorms and big snows either to the north of us in Wisconsin or to the south suburbs and Northwest Indiana. Doesn't always work, but so far its held this winter. Knock on wood - because we could still get nailed. |
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16/19. Tod Levitan 15:02 Tue Mar 21/23 1 line
Jack and Diet Vernors - don't need anything else. |
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16/20. Elizabeth Lane 17:59 Tue Mar 21/23 5 lines
Sapcicles - those shards of frozen sap that hang from broken branches of sugar maples, red maples, sweet birches, black walnuts, box elders and butternuts seem made for consumption for kids and kids-at-heart. If you concentrate, you can taste the coming spring. |
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16/21. Tod Levitan 19:27 Tue Mar 21/23 2 lines
Welcome to MTS Ms. Lane! Say "hi" to Uncle Felix and Macushla. |
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16/22. Lion Kitty 00:23 Wed Mar 22/23 2 lines
I remember Macushla - probably 1k lbs of meat there.... |
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16/23. John Palmer 00:26 Wed Mar 22/23 4 lines
You need Macushla's boyfriend - a big 2k bull with some serious roasts on his ass. If I lived in a home with a separate freezer, I'd order one of those steers butchered up into the parts. |
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16/24. Tod Levitan 00:38 Wed Mar 22/23 1 line
I'm thinking of beef short ribs now (mmmm...) |
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16/25. John Palmer 00:40 Wed Mar 22/23 2 lines
With that real good dark gravy (at least when they're done right...) |
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16/26. John Palmer 14:46 Sun Mar 26/23 17 lines
So, OK - St. Paddies is done, the REAL first day of Spring is here (none of the bs weatherman version). What are you guys doing in the last week of March - last day is Friday. I'll be doing the painful job of seeing how much I need to fork over to the IRS and state. I do my taxes in stages - I get a thumbnail of how much I will owe. Then, I fill out the schedules and carry the numbers onto the main 1040 form. I'm not sending them till the very last moment (Fri Apr 14th). Anyways, as this is a month-item, it will probably be closed at the end of March, so give your farewell to March before its too late. |
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16/27. Siobhan Medbhb O'Roarke 15:26 Sun Mar 26/23 20 lines
Let me extend my welcome to Elizabeth Lane. I look forward to your wise home suggestions. Yes - I will start an April item when we finally finish this month. If I don't get to it till later, someone feel free to create the April item, but please wait till April 1st. Hmm, not sure I have a lot scheduled for this week involving March-style stuff. My Mom's b'day is March 28th (Tues), so there is that. Payday is Friday (yaey) but that happens every month. Usually, I can start seeing some buds getting swollen on the trees, waiting to burst forth, but not so far this year. Sometimes you can even see the tulip leafs peek out from the soil, but it hasn't been quite that warm yet. |
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16/28. Paul O'Leary 15:46 Sun Mar 26/23 18 lines
Jeese - sounds like we need an AA item in April to assist all of the drinkers on the March Item :-) I too am amazed at how fast things go compared to when I was young. I think you need to slow down and meditate on where you are in life. I like to practice what I call awake seasonality. That means paying attention to the changing of the seasons, the holidays and such. This seeme to get me to slow down and things don't seem to move so fast. March - lets see: A transition month from Winter to Spring. I like to see snow this month, but I also like to see the signs of the transition. I don't see the tulip shoots yet, but I also see the buds getting larger on the trees, getting ready to burst open. |
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16/29. Jifma . 23:24 Sun Mar 26/23 6 lines
Almost 2/3rds along my way. I think we are getting used to '2 - 0 - 2 - 3'. One segment (and 5 days to go). Onward! |
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16/30. John Palmer 23:46 Sun Mar 26/23 5 lines
We need the last segment for sure, so I can get taxes done and not have any of the old year left. You know how your successor gets an attitude about anything related to "then" or "later".... |
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16/31. Jifma . 08:22 Mon Mar 27/23 3 lines
I know, he's so sensitive about that. Lets get the old stuff wrapped up so he doesn't get triggered. |
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16/32. Tomas Nemecke-Baxter 07:01 Thu Mar 30/23 1 line
April is almost arrived. Will Shioban make a new item? |
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16/33. Siobhan Medbhb O'Roarke 07:28 Thu Mar 30/23 3 lines
Indeed I will, Tomas. I'll post a new item on Saturday and freeze this one. I like the idea of having monthly items. We did something like that in HBK5:Muse. |
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16/34. Louis Sequin 22:28 Thu Mar 30/23 3 lines
Hopefully with the additional sunlight, my Poinsettia's will get better. One is sick and probably done for, but its 9 1/4 years old |
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16/35. Siobhan Medbhb O'Roarke 01:16 Sat Apr 1/23 6 lines
OK - So March is out like a Lion - see all of the nasty tornados today - not nice. Best left behind for posterity - Item is now closed - See new April item. See you next year, March, old Baily Building and Load buddy, old pal :-) (I know, a Christmas reference in March...) |
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