Good Thursday Morning, Everybody!

[Clintmax]

:donut::hi:
How are you today? I hope all you Nighthawks have had a great night, and those of you on the Morning Crew just coming on had a good rest! I see we've been discussing affairs in a few threads. Tch, tch, tch. :rofl: Interesting subject matter, to say the LEAST. :)

Counting today, 3 days remain in 2005! Greekspeak and I haven't decided what we are going to do on Saturday, but I had a couple of really good suggestions posted yesterday, so I'll let you know what we decide on. I'm leaning towards pulling out all the board games and having a board game night leading up to midnight. I think we'd have to have more than just the two of us to make it even "funner", so we'll see what finally ends up happening.

[In_The_Wind]

1. Good Morning!

I wasn't up discussing affairs in threads.

I save that information for PMs. :silly:

[Clintmax]

2. Hello, Miss Joan!

:hi::hug:
I don't blame you. I wouldn't either. :rofl: You doing OK today? Anything exciting going on?

[In_The_Wind]

3. well

exciting ...



nah ...

[Clintmax]

4. Me either.

Work, work, work. :shrug:

[In_The_Wind]

5. It's too early for cabin fever.

When that hits ~ I have an invitation to visit Sugar Smack.
I'll be traveling south in a month or two.

[Clintmax]

8. It IS a little early...

But I have a feeling some people get cabin fever a lot quicker than others. Move down here to Florida, Miss Joan. You'd never have to worry about cabin fever again!

[In_The_Wind]

10. I'll only be able to do that if I win the lottery.

You're right ~ I would NEVER get cabin fever down there!

[Clintmax]

13. Winning the lottery would be AWESOME

wouldn't it? Think what you could DO if you didn't have to worry about money ever again! :bounce:

[In_The_Wind]

16. Yes, it would be great!

And ~ like lots of people ...

I do daydream about all the things I'd do if money was plentiful.

[Clintmax]

21. So do I!

I can tell you I would NOT go buy 9 or 10 cars, a huge mansion or any other crazy thing some lottery winners have purchased immediately. I WOULD buy a nice house, TWO cars (one for me, one for Greekspeak), furnish it nicely, and then just live. Travel.

[In_The_Wind]

23. I have enough stuff!

I would like to travel.
I'd also like to have a modest home in a warm climate.
Glitz and glamor doesn't interest me. I'm not the partying type.

I do have a very few good friends that I would share my fortune with.
The best supper is only made better by the company of those you love.

[Clintmax]

25. I totally agree with you!

I want to go see Rome again! That trip was by far, the best time of my life!

[In_The_Wind]

26. I've never traveled that far.

I've stayed on the east coast. I haven't even made it into Canada.
But I'd sure like to see more of the USA.

[Clintmax]

29. Yes...I'd like to see the Grand Canyon...

I bet THAT is a sight to behold!

[In_The_Wind]

31. I want to see the Painted Desert and Alaska.

Hell ~ I want to see everything west of the Rockies.
If I take Frodo with me I might never return home again.

[Clintmax]

33. LOL! I know the feeling.

Actually...I'd like to LIVE in Rome for a year or so. Boy THAT would be exciting!

[In_The_Wind]

39. I'm staying stateside unless I hire a translator.

I hate feeling helpless.

[Clintmax]

40. Good point.

The language barrier was the WORST part of that trip! It was hard as hells to make people understand what we wanted. After a few days though...I was getting pretty good at Italian...but I'd have to get a LOT better if we were to LIVE there.

[Scooter24]

6. Good Morning!

Oh do I love a good board game! I get the car if we're playing monopoly. :)

:hug:

If you have several over, you could try getting a Quiji board. :D

[Clintmax]

7. Hello, hello, Scooter!

:hi::hug:
A Ouija board! Good gods I haven't used a Ouija board in YEARS! I don't know about that one...I always thought they were the stupidest damned things. I think I'll stay with Scrabble. Or maybe Life. :rofl:

[swimboy]

44. Monopoly!

I get to be the Scottie dog! :hi:

[Clintmax]

48. I get the horse and rider!

:bounce:

[tjwmason]

59. No you get to be the horse

Some other lucky person gets to be the rider :evilgrin:



Sorry to drag down the level of conversation here.

[Clintmax]

63. LOL!

Hey, now! I am the rider around here. *me* the horse! Sheesh! :spank:

[NMMNG]

9. Now now, it's only an affair if one or more of the parties is cheating on

somebody. Otherwise it's innocent fun.

May I suggest some strip-Monopoly for Saturday night? :rofl: That will make things "funner".

[In_The_Wind]

11. Buffy

I don't know how innocent it is.
But I think that it can be called an affair even if nobody is cheating.

[NMMNG]

17. I myself never use the term except for when cheating is involved

And most often for actual adultery. I would never have a regular relationship with an otherwise uninvolved person and call it an affair, even though it may be a perfectly valid use of the word. To me it just has that negative connotation to it.

[In_The_Wind]

20. Interesting.

I've called several of my relationships affairs when neither of us were involved with anyone else so it's just a matter of how you look at it.

[Clintmax]

12. Hello, Miss Buffy!

:hi:
Strip Monopoly! Now THAT'S an idea! But that would be a game only we two could play...I don't think any of my friends would be comfortable playing that with me. All my friends are straight, you see. I could just see it now. Two gay boys playing strip monopoly with a bunch of straight dudes! :rofl:

[NMMNG]

15. It would certainly give them something to talk about, if nothing else

:rofl:

But you're right--probably not the right thing for a "guys night". Bring a few girls over though, and I'm sure they'd be all for it...

[Clintmax]

19. Yeah, probably so!

:rofl:
It would be interesting to see, that's for sure.

[newyawker99]

14. Good morning everyone!

:donut: :hi:

[Clintmax]

18. Good Morning, Miss NewYawker!

:hi::hug:

[newyawker99]

47. Good morning Clintmax!

:hi: :hug:

[LaurenG]

22. Good Morning Clintmax

I hope your day goes well. We are down to the end of the year and for me that means payroll TAXES. I am determined to get all the reports done and out by tomorrow. I think there are about 7 diiferent forms not including all the W-2s and 1099-R's. Ok Have a great day. (BTW I think affairs are great unless you're in a committed relationship and then it turns out to be VERY painful).:( :hi: :hug:

[Clintmax]

24. Hello, OhioB!

:hi:
Are you a CPA or something? Or are you just talking about your normal year end taxes calculations for you personally? I don't even want to THINK of taxes right now. x(

If one is in a comitted relationship, affairs are the WORST thing that could happen and usually means the relationship is over. In my opinion, it is THE worst way to tell someone who loves you that you are done with them.

[LaurenG]

27. No I'm not a CPA

I only wish. Then these silly things would be simple. No, I manage a fairly large medical practice and I get to do lots of things. One is the payroll for all the employees and then about this time the government wants a bunch of numbers to prove that the business as well as the employees are paying everything they should. Next year we are talking about a bookkeeper to do this. Yeah!!!! Have a great day Clintmax.:bounce:

[Clintmax]

28. Oh, I get it.

Yes, I can imagine you're going to have your hands full! I hope it all goes well for ya! Have a great day too, OhioB!

[billyskank]

30. Morning Clint!

I just can't stop thinking about mambo!

[Clintmax]

32. Heya, Billy!

:hi::bounce:
Mambo?? Where'd THAT come from? :rofl: I didn't know you were a mambo fan!

[billyskank]

35. From the TV

The Channel 4 cricket coverage uses "Mambo No. 5" (the original version) as its theme music. :)

I wouldn't say I was a real mambo fan, though. ;)

[Clintmax]

36. Oh, Ok...I see.

:rofl:
I'm not either...but I kinda liked the remade version of Mambo No. 5. :hide:

[billyskank]

38. You should check out the original

It's by Perez "Prez" Prado. It rocks!

[Clintmax]

41. I'll pull that up on Rhapsody and give it a listen.

Thanks for the author info! :hi:

[Callalily]

34. Morning' all!

Ah, just have to work today then I'm off again for another four days, yippee!

Yes Clint, board games are more fun with multiple people. For our gatherings, everyone brings what they have to the party and we just play one right after the other. It's a lot of fun. And of course everyone brings food too.

Wishing all a good Thursday!

[Clintmax]

37. Hello, SimplyF!

:hi:
That's what I think we're going to try. If we can't get anyone to come over, or everyone else has plans, then we'll just do the Scrabble/Life thing! :rofl: I hope YOU have a good Thursday too!

[grateful581]

42. Good morning!

I woke up at 3:30 am MT for work.
I hate early morning
Glad this is not my normal shift!
At least I can surf DU while working

[Clintmax]

45. Good Morning, Grateful!

:hi:
3:30! Good gods! I get up around 5 every morning and that is plenty early. I work retail, so there's no chance of ME surfing DU while I'm there, so the morning crew is MY DU time. I hope you have an easy day today!

[grateful581]

52. Ouch

5 am every day would be hard on me. Today I Am just filling in for someone. i couldn't wake up early every day. My normal shift is 11am to 6pm.
Have a good day!

[Clintmax]

56. Naw...it's actually a great time to get up.

It's quiet. You can have breakfast, read the paper, watch the sun come up...all in peace and before the craziness of the day gets started.

Have a great day!:hi:

[swimboy]

43. Good morning, Clintmax!

How are ya? :hi: We have telephone service again so we are back on the internets. I didn't want to miss you this morning, even though I have had no coffee yet. :scared:

What board games do you have? I have been wanting to play RISK for quite a while but can't find any willing Conquerors of the World to oblige me. :rofl:

Have an excellent day! :hug:

[Clintmax]

46. Hello, Swimboy!

:hi::bounce::hug:
This is going to sound funny...but I'm not sure which ones we have in there. :rofl: We don't play them very much, so I can't remember. I KNOW we have scrabble, life, monopoly...and there are some others I just can't remember. Maybe we'll even play Candyland. :rofl: I've never played Risk. I'd be willing to learn, though.

I'm glad you came in to say Hi! Why did you not have phone service? I'd suggest getting cable internet service. High speed, don'tcha know!

[tjwmason]

62. Good morning swimboy.

:hi:

No coffee sounds rather dangerous, I've just finished mine - wasn't quite up with the lark this morning I have to confess. :hug:

[Cannikin]

49. Woah, Swimboy beat me in here this morning

[Clintmax]

50. Morning, Cannikin!

:hi:
How's it hangin', Dude?

[Cannikin]

53. A little to the right today!

:evilgrin:

[Clintmax]

55. *grin* OK, Mr. Tease.

:evilgrin:

[tjwmason]

64. Good morning Cannikin.

You managed to beat me here, and I'm at least 5 hours ahead on the time-difference - I guess it helps that I'm a lazy sod.

:hi: :hug:

[Cannikin]

71. I'm sure you had more important things to do than to wake up to DU!

Hope you're doing great! I'm off to work.

[Clintmax]

73. Have a great day, Cannikin!

:hi:

[tjwmason]

75. The more important thing was not waking up.

The joys of being off work :bounce:

[Clintmax]

76. OK, rub it in some more!

:spank: :rofl:

[wildhorses]

51. Good Morning Clintmax

that sounds like a fun way to spend NYE...

[Clintmax]

54. Hello, WildH!

:hi:
That's what I was thinking. What are YOU going to do?

[wildhorses]

58. I do not know....

:hi:
I see my Mom weekly so that in and of itself is no big deal. I have until Saturday to make a decision...I am leaning towards going to the big city with my girlfriends although it really holds no special appeal...:shrug:

[Clintmax]

60. I know how you feel...

When we first got together, Greekspeak and I used to go to the bar every new years eve and do the countdown and everything...danced a little too.

[wildhorses]

67. you are lucky to have someone special

to stay home with on NYE....BTW my first wedding was on NYE. A good time was had by all:woohoo:

[Clintmax]

68. I'm sure you'll have fun too!

:bounce:
I will probably log on to DU right after midnight to wish everyone here a good 2006, so stop by if you can!

[wildhorses]

72. I am sure I will have fun and if I can get to a computer I will

stop by join in the festivities :party:

[Clintmax]

74. Cool!

I'll look forward to seeing you then! :party:

[tjwmason]

57. Good afternoon Clint.

:hi:

Hope that all's stupendously wonderful for you today.
:hug:

[Clintmax]

61. There you are!

:hi::hug:
I'm doing just fine, thank you! I missed you yesterday, Mister. :spank: Everything going OK for you today?

[tjwmason]

65. I was there

Just not quite in time to see you.

I'm not at work, and so my body really doesn't get going until the early afternoon.

All's good here, it looks like I'm going to get a quiet day, which is a very good thing. :pals:

[Clintmax]

66. I forgot you were off!

That explains it then. I hope you have a GREAT quiet day today then! You deserve it! :pals:

[tjwmason]

69. I doubt that I do.

I'm a very bad boy most of the time. But your good wishes are very gratefully received. :loveya:

But as for your comments above, they show that your mind is in the gutter (right alongside mine). :spank:

[Clintmax]

70. LOL! Yes, I know...

They are sometimes. Ok...MOST of the time. :rofl:

[lizziegrace]

77. Good morning from the land of Diebold!

I work NYE day and may or may not go over to neighbors for martinis at midnight. Otherwise, it's just pretty low-key for me and my daughter.

:hi:

[Clintmax]

78. Morning, Lizzie!

:hi:
A relaxing night at home is sometimes the best NYE you can have! I hope you enjoy it and have a good time!

[lizziegrace]

79. Haven't read the entire thread

Obviously I've missed the good stuff??

:shrug: