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Ok, ok, now I KNOW we've often kidded around about a myriad of fun and zany ways we could all get together. Remember afgrey and I came up with the plan of riding her tractor, adding a big trailer and ALL of us heading to G-mom's to sit in her gazebo? We thought about doggie roasts and earning money mowing along the way, if I recall.
There've been some other good plans, too, I think.
But now really, everyone...I don't think a reunion would ever really work for us.
Just picture this:
We'd all be sitting around the table either talking a mile a minute and absentmindedly reaching for a mouse to click "Add Reply"
OR
We'd all be sitting there in abject silence 'coz there was nary a keyboard to be had!
Well, I know I'd be trying to discretely look at Afgrey and Weezie's hands to get a glimpse of the kind of knuckle triceps it takes to type over 10,000 posts! "And what kind of mighty pinky is that to have hit 'enter' so many times?" is what I'd be thinking.
What about the rest of you? Any thoughts on how peculiar a real face-to-face party might be?
Merme
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quote: What about the rest of you? Any thoughts on how peculiar a real face-to-face party might be?
Well, there is NO WAY I could ever do this, unless I could get graemlins to pop out of the top of my head as I was talking. Then, I'd lose track of the maximum 8 count because I wouldn't have that "Preview Post" button to fall back on.
But, I guess I could just draw the graemlins on posters and hold them up as I was talking...
Cindy Faye
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We could make "personalized graemlin flash cards"!!!
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Let's see now...Cindy would be on the ground rolling with laughter with G-mom standing over her with a whip? Guess the whip"pers" are made with feathers!
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Ohmygosh you guys had me cracking UP with this!
I didn't even remember about graemlins and you've already thought about graemlin posters and flash cards!
I'd be really lost without my spell check as I wouldn't wanna say something if I was spelling it wrong in my head.
But I'd truly like to see G-mom and that whip...
Merme
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quote: you'd certainly have to have the graphic with the WHIP!
NUH UH!
I'd have to get me a real whip for that occasion........
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gosh, G-mom, I thought you already had one!
*insert merme hiding down behind couch graemlin here*
Merme
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I wouldn't want to use the same one on Cindy that I use on George...........
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We would have to meet in secret- can you see the news cameras taking pics of G Mom and her whip- Merme and her auto dictionary - the flashcards going up and down- the table collapsing--- LORD! Meg flash going off - the scrapbook would be 3 ft thick.... or we could just sell tickets! Nana
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Yeah....tickets! Instead of Monty Python's Circus we could be
The Garden Forum Freaky Friends.
I bet it would make a ton of money! I could be the canned laughter!
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All I can say is, I can picture Cindy showing up with her bottle of Jim Beam.... And Lola sitting on one shoulder yelling at her!!!!
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And of course Nana would be there with about a million kidlets crawling all over her... sorta like the graemlins that were running up Weezie's arms during the Olympics....
and duckie with her very dry sense of humor slaying all and sundry... (how can such a wet woman duckie have such a dry humor? is what I'd like to know)
Merme
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Thornius and Nana were so right, Meg: you'd have to be our photo historian!
and wouldn't that be sumpin?
Merme
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You all are a riot. It would be an absolute blast!
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We will have to start a list of what everyone can/can't eat and likes/dis-likes
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Oh I'm easy enough to please. What is there to ever complain about good food well prepared? Even if it is "different" or something untried before?
AND, I eat anything at any time of day, so I'm not fussy.
People complain about eating with me, though, coz I eat very small amounts and I eat very slowly coz I'm too interested in socializing...
But I guarantee if you put on a feast, I would try to have at least one bite of everything you made.
Just load them tables up!
Merme
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EXCELLENT THAT'S WHAT I LOVE TO HEAR !!!!!! I'll do 3-4 of my most requested dishes and...well heck I'll do 3-4 of everything I have ever made and ones I have yet to attempt
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It REALLY breaks my heart that it's impossible for all of us to get together. I would like for nothing more that to be around you all (physically) and cook for you. I love to cook. Jeff wants to open a restaurant and have me incharge of the kitchen. He would handle the wait staff. I can see it now...phoenix...part-time chef/full-time florist
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About 2 years ago we made our way up to Ogunquit. We are planning,at some point,to make another trip.
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Ogunquit is really close to where I live, Phoenix. Just about a 40 minute drive straight up the highway. Ya can't miss us.
and...I've got a tiny, tiny grill with a dome top just aching for somebody to fire it up....
In the off season, when the rates go down all over the state, we love it when people come up, have dinner, and then sit around outside while we just keep adding wood to the fire and sweaters on our shoulders and listen to the night unfold, particularly if there is a breeze blowing in from the sea...
Merme
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Well then,That sounds GREAT 40m min up the highway you say. I will definately let you know when we are planning the trip to Ogunquit. If you don't mind us stopping by,I will definately cook for you
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Oh I'd let you cook to your hearts content, Phoenix then turn you loose to go walking on the beach for a bit while I cleaned up. We are only about 4 blocks from the sand...
The kid 'n I are always ready for a good time, truth to tell. You guys would be most welcome.
Merme
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So if I have my small grill, and you have a similar one, that would be Grills #1 and #2 for the wild reunion to go with all those picnic tables we are collecting. Now...where to drum up some more?
And I just solved the issue of not being able to communicate without our 'puters in front of us.
Afgrey could paint table cloths to look like a computer at each place mat setting. So we'd all still have that technological feel to the converstaion!
Howz that?
Merme
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quote: The kid 'n I are always ready for a good time, truth to tell. You guys would be most welcome.
P-E-R-F-E-C-T!!!!!!! I think It will be a BLAST!!!
And the computer like place settings is a great idea!!
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I don't know if I would be able to let you clean up by yourself though.
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Oh, people...I've had a rough day, and needed to sign in to the forum have have a good laugh.
This made me roll in the floor...
quote: And of course Meg would take a picture of everyone and submit it with the caption, "Who are these People?"
Thank you, Thornius. THAT made my day! (...at poor Meg's expense!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
quote: And Lola sitting on one shoulder yelling at her!!!!
...that's the first thing I got when I returned from Lexington today...Lola was MAD because when I left (she had to go to her cage) I told her I'd be right back. I returned 6 hours later to a mad parrot! First words out of her mouth when I walked through the door were... "Cindy! Come here!" Then..."I'll be right back!!! Huh!"
Ahhh...gotta love Meg and those Common Mystery Thing posts!
Cindy
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You know families move all over the world and get together every once in a while for family reunions. I just don't see why we cannot seriously plan one! Given enough time, we could accomplish anything. Of course it would have to be in the fall when our gardens don't need as much daily work.
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well, i think merme started this to make me feel guilty. see, i'm going through sc (going to catch dixie angel) then stopping in maryland (can you say loz?) and ending up in pa at my mil's (uh, hisgal...) and she is trying to shame me in to hitting ny (weezie) then going on up to maine to see her and the kid
anyway, wish i could... nice pipe dream...
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I've got George's "Super-Deluxe" grill...it would count as #3 AND #4... I've also got 3 tables to use.
I'll help you out with the cooking,Phoenix. I cook for a large group of people every 2 weeks and have been head cook/manager of quite a few restaurants I LUV to cook!
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Oh G-mom, I was HOPING you'd volunteer to cook also, using that Splendid High-Tech Top O' The Line Grill That Probably Even Rocks Babies To Sleep While Washing Dishes! And what dya mean, it would be Grill #3 and #4? I'm thinking it is probably more like Grill #3 through #10.
Hot diggity!!!
And Dianna, the entertainment value of having our very own KJ on the scene would be a gift beyond words.
I for one would like to hear G-mom & Afgrey sing that theme song, among other things.
I'm guessing many of us here have good voices although a few have claimed not to have one. But we could get 'em going just fine.
Merme
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Meg, not knowing HOW to sing is very different than not being ABLE to sing!
In all my years of teaching music, I only met one person who truly could NOT sing. He spoke. I could not get him past speaking into singing. He'd learn the words and the rhythm but could only SAY them and not SING them, no matter what.
He really COULDN'T hear the differences in pitch...it all sounded monotone to him and so that is what he repeated.
That's true "tone deafness".
Fortunately, the majority of people can hear a simple tune and recognize it again later. If you can do that, you can sing.
Merme
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Believe me, any music teacher would have thier hands full with our household. Marissa speaks the words to the songs. Alex mumbles them. I lipsynch, cuz my voice is less than appealing when applied to song.. Steve probably has the best of us.. but even he has limitations.
quote: quote: --------------------------------- Originally posted by Dixie Angel: It has been my experience that EVERYONE can sing. Some just haven't found THEIR song yet.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
OMG, that's too funny! you haven't heard anyone in my family try to sing. hahahaha. I think we're all tone deaf or something.
Go sing in one of those big~metal mailboxes... You'll sound wonderful!!!!! The aucoustic's are awesome in there...
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