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Joyce (AnnieLee) · January 20, 2005, 02:56:03 PM

Hee hee hee, okie, how about a pair of Vice Grips?

AnnieLee, who had those long before she had a truck

Silver Creek Slim · January 20, 2005, 02:57:11 PM

Good job, Cuz.

Joyce (AnnieLee) · January 20, 2005, 03:00:16 PM

Thank you, Slim! And Del thinks you're the only member of the family who can post pics. HA!

AnnieLee

Delmonico · January 20, 2005, 03:09:51 PM

Good Job.

Meanwhile back at the ranch the wagons with the furniture are comin' round Hornet's Nest Hill.

Joyce (AnnieLee) · January 20, 2005, 06:39:37 PM

With a bark, Duke takes off to escort the wagons to the house.

Delmonico · January 20, 2005, 07:54:35 PM

Well there is stuff for everyone, just grab it and take it in.

Joyce (AnnieLee) · January 20, 2005, 08:00:38 PM

"No Bohunks to help tote? What, do you expect me to do, wave some kind of magic wand and waft the heavy stuff into the house?"

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother tsks.

Trinity · January 20, 2005, 08:18:46 PM

Trinity looks up from his beans and stares at Janet, er uh Joyce.

"Hey! That girl aint got her shirt buttoned up. Hmmmm. She must be a new employ-ee from that that there wagon what saved me from my ordeal. Ah think Ah'll go over an' in-tro-duce mahself afore Ah help move the stuff inside.

...Mebbe Ah can start the movin' with the baid."

Joyce (AnnieLee) · January 20, 2005, 08:40:23 PM

"Whoops! I do have a magic wand!"

With a sheepish grin, the Frumpy Fairy Godmother waves her wand and the furniture starts to float on air to the house.

gophergrease · January 20, 2005, 09:25:24 PM

Gopher Grease scraches his head, trying to figer what happened to all the feather beds that was coming. As he looks all over and none in site.

The cuppola! Looking up there he finds them all in a stack.

He thinks, that the FFg aint to move furishings any more.

After putting one in each bed room, he starts the oven warming. After looking in the old Sicilan cook book, he whips out a big batch of "Biscotti del fig". Now Del can have some with his expresso.

Joyce (AnnieLee) · January 20, 2005, 09:52:05 PM

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother humphs. "I wasn't going to assume; different people like different ticking. With them stacked, they could choose what they wanted."

She swipes a biscotti and heads off to her rocking chair.

gophergrease · January 20, 2005, 11:03:10 PM

Gopher grease cant help smileing cus them fig bar are much beter after being frosted.

And, they are just now cooled.

gophergrease · January 20, 2005, 11:27:12 PM

Del, you did order the Expresso make with the new house.

side note, is expresso truly Italian?
When was the first "expresso maker invented?

Russ T Chambers · January 21, 2005, 10:22:50 AM

Quote from: gophergrease on January 20, 2005, 11:27:12 PM
Del, you did order the Expresso make with the new house.

side note, is expresso truly Italian?
When was the first "expresso maker invented?

Del probably can confirm this, but I belive the first espresso machine was made in France around 1822.

Delmonico · January 21, 2005, 10:59:24 AM

I am pretty sure that is right, it is an improvement on the French Press coffee maker. The machines to make it were quite large and elaborate. It did not become popular in this country till retunin' GI's brought it back from WWII. My Dictionarrrry says the word became part of the American version of the English laungage durin' WWII.

Now I've reviled one of the best sources for documentation, the Dictionarrry, I always figgered if folks where talkin' 'bout it, it must have existed.

Silver Creek Slim · January 21, 2005, 05:56:08 PM

I picked up my "new" N. R. Davis mule-ear last night. I took it apart and cleaned the years of crud out of it. Got down at 11:30 PM. Then, I had to tend the fire cause it didn't want to keep going. So, I didn't get to bed until after midnight. I work with a headache so decided to sleep it off and telegraphed in sick to verk. After I got up, I went out and cut two loads of firewood before the snowstorm started. Suppose ta get about 6" tonight.

gophergrease · January 21, 2005, 06:00:42 PM

I cant find a pic of it, but one very near to the ones you can get at the 'yu###' camping store came avalable in europe about 1860. 1822 was the first one and in France.

Trinity · January 21, 2005, 07:05:06 PM

Trinity sees the FFG sitting alone with a frown and sits next to her. "Don' you pay no attention ta Gophergrease, Ma'am. He ain' no southerner. He don' know how ta treat a lady. Ah must say, the baid he chose fer me is kinda itchy.

Just then, Trinity sniff the air: "What the... is that a fig biscotti?

?" Trinity grabs the FFG's biscotti and throws it as far away from him as he can. "Ah just can't stand figs, no matter how trendy ya make it! Here, try this" Trinity offers a half empty bottle of a strong smelling clear liquid to the FFG.

Joyce (AnnieLee) · January 21, 2005, 07:18:35 PM

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother gives a start as her biscotti is taken, but she listens to Trinity. She's not a drinker, but out of politeness, she takes a miniscule sip from the bottle with a small smile. "I hope it isn't castor oil."

Trinity · January 21, 2005, 10:23:48 PM

"Ain't no worries about that ma'am. Ah make it mahself.

Ah done and built five stills to throw Delmonico off, just in case he might wanna con-taminate mah Korn squeezins. The real still is very well hidden."

Here's a tin-type of still number one. Ah get an old timer from town ta tend it fer me. Ah drink only after ah see that he aint got sick.