chit and chat

[bboop480]

hey biker, getting any rain???????????.........there is pouring going on in like tempe and mesa

[Bikerbettyboop]

No rain here yet.. but it is starting to get dark and thundering overhead.... hope it's not a bad storm.. sounds like it could be!

[Bikerbettyboop]

I hope it's not a bad storm for you folks in the south!!!

[Bikerbettyboop]

Can you believe it's the last week in August? Less than 4 months and it will be Christmas!

[lowellahoward]

Can you believe it's the last week in August? Less than 4 months and it will be Christmas!

O M G !

[richard kolasch]

i had some cake and ice cream last night.
watching big brothers.

will be back on later today.:D :D :D :D :D

[lowellahoward]

i had some cake and ice cream last night.
watching big brothers.

will be back on later today.:D :D :D :D :D
HEY, Richard.

[Bikerbettyboop]

That's a pretty scarey thought!

[lowellahoward]

scarey? ?

[Bikerbettyboop]

Hey Richard... I got your phone message... glad to see you're back on with us!

[Bikerbettyboop]

The scarey post referred to the holidays being so close!

[lowellahoward]

The scarey post referred to the holidays being so close!

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Bikerbettyboop]

I know it's not scarey for you but it is for me. I have so much stuff that needs to be done between now and the holiday rush... whew... hope I survive! LOL!!

[bboop480]

You Will!!!!!!!!!!!

[lowellahoward]

Much better than having nothing to do.

[Neckless]

BRING on SANTA!!

[lowellahoward]

Don't rush it!

[bboop480]

BRING on SANTA!!
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[lowellahoward]

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[lowellahoward]

Judi, your skating santa is very neat!

[Bikerbettyboop]

Thanks for your support!! Love the skating Santa and enjoyed seeing the photo of Lowell in his Santa's cap! Very cute!!!

[bboop480]

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you look "FABULOUS"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Neckless]

Errr...I forgot. Is that General Richard or Lowell?

[Bikerbettyboop]

I believe it is Lowell because he is the one who posted it.

[Bikerbettyboop]

Yes it's Lowell... I went back and checked his bio.. and it's him in his Santa Cap!!

[bboop480]

oh its lowell alright....you cant forget a face like that...oh you cutie pie you!

[lowellahoward]

It's the cap.........

[bboop480]

Subject: Enjoy the coffee


A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.

Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.

What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other's cups.

Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live.

Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us."

God brews the coffee, not the cups.......... Enjoy your coffee.


"The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything."

[lowellahoward]

Subject: Enjoy the coffee


A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.

Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.

What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other's cups.

Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live.

Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us."

God brews the coffee, not the cups.......... Enjoy your coffee.


"The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything."

Well said, judi. So true! I really enjoy my early morning coffee no matter the cup (as long as it's my BB one)

[bboop480]

Well said, judi. So true! I really enjoy my early morning coffee no matter the cup (as long as it's my BB one)
me too!!!!!!!

[Bikerbettyboop]

One cup of morning coffee hits the spot with me too!

[Neckless]

Well...I do 2 or even 3 cups...but my thing is it has to be morning.
After that...break the cup!!!


Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live.
LOve this!

Awwww...that's a cute Lowell in the santa cap photie!

[Bikerbettyboop]

For me it's one cup in the morning and put the Betty Boop cup in the dishwasher. None the rest of the day. After that it's water or juice.

Lowell can I use your Santa cap photo on my website for the holidays?

[bboop480]

For me it's one cup in the morning and put the Betty Boop cup in the dishwasher. None the rest of the day. After that it's water or juice.

Lowell can I use your Santa cap photo on my website for the holidays?
i think he should always put it on every year...i vote yes!!!!!

[shauvaun]

for me its one cup in the morning cream and sugar...

[Bikerbettyboop]

Yep.. me too.. but it has to be strong.. I don't like weak coffee...

[bboop480]

Yep.. me too.. but it has to be strong.. I don't like weak coffee...
strong here too!!!!!!!!!!!

[bboop480]

TO ALL THE KIDS
WHO SURVIVED the
1920's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!

[bboop480]

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.


They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.


Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.




We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we
rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.




As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.

Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and


NO ONE actually died from this.




We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank koolaid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because


WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!








We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.




No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.




We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms.......
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!




We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no
lawsuits from these accidents.




We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.




We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays
made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.




We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!






Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!



The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.




They actually sided with the law!




These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!




The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.




We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned




HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT ALL!




If YOU are one of them . . . CONGRATULATIONS!

[bboop480]

sorry about the length of this
its was so interesting to me.....

[Neckless]

WoW!! That is interesting BB480.

[bboop480]

i thought so too....so much of that is true...and we survived!!!!!

[Neckless]

I agree!!

Gotta go for a minute!

[lowellahoward]

i thought so too....so much of that is true...and we survived!!!!!

I'm not sure I survived.

[Neckless]

Why aren;t you sure you survived Lowell??

[lowellahoward]

Why aren;t you sure you survived Lowell??

I was mostly Tongue in Cheeking it.

[bettyboop0398]

Hi,Lowell!It's been awhile.How are you?

[lowellahoward]

Hi,Lowell!It's been awhile.How are you?

I have been quite super actually. Where have you been? You've popped in a couple of short moments recently.

[lowellahoward]

I could say my fellow New Yorker......

[bettyboop0398]

That's good to hear!Me;I'm just busy with the boys.When I do get on;I go straight to ebay and I check my email.Than I get off.My computer is acting up;so I sometimes ignore the machine.But;all is good.Thanks to the man upstairs!

[lowellahoward]

That's good to hear!Me;I'm just busy with the boys.When I do get on;I go straight to ebay and I check my email.Than I get off.My computer is acting up;so I sometimes ignore the machine.But;all is good.Thanks to the man upstairs!

A lot of us have had problems with their computer the last couple of weeks.
INCLUDING yours truly.

[bettyboop0398]

Computer can't live with them; can' tlive without them!We had a hurricane scare.Thank God;it stayed a tropical storm.I really beginning to hate living here in Florida.I'm hoping we go back up north.

[lowellahoward]

Computer can't live with them; can' tlive without them!We had a hurricane scare.Thank God;it stayed a tropical storm.I really beginning to hate living here in Florida.I'm hoping we go back up north.

Let me assure you I'm no that fond of Florida myself. Miami is mostly awful (My parents retired there) and Miami Beach is anything but the nice place it was years ago.(Much higher crime). The weather is way too humid. The more Northern part of the state is much nicer but I much much prefer CA. I tried to get my parents to retire out her but nooooo, New Yorkers tend to go to Florida.

[bettyboop0398]

That is so true!We do tend to come down here.I really miss the changing of seasons.

[lowellahoward]

That is so true!We do tend to come down here.I really miss the changing of seasons.

I understand that.

[Neckless]

Miami Beach is anything but the nice place it was years ago.(Much higher crime).

I've heard this quite a few times Lowell.
Scary...eh?

[Bikerbettyboop]

I've heard this quite a few times Lowell.
Scary...eh?

That's what my Florida friends say too.

[bboop480]

I'm not sure I survived.
YOU DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lowellahoward]

YOU DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now, let me look. Golly I'm here and happy and content and with self esteem intact. Hmmmmm, guess I survived at that.

[Neckless]

Attaboylowell!! hahahah!

[lowellahoward]

I got an ataboy. Wow!

[Neckless]

Hahahah~~~

[Bikerbettyboop]

Did you know there is a company called ATTABOY and they make Betty Boop items?

[lowellahoward]

Did you know there is a company called ATTABOY and they make Betty Boop items?

I sure didn't. I think they should have been called 'ATTAGIRL'

[Bikerbettyboop]

ha.. very funny.. actually I didn't spell it right.. it's Ataboy.

[richard kolasch]

i like my new Betty Boop chevy car from danbury mint.
its so cool.

[bboop480]

i like my new Betty Boop chevy car from danbury mint.
its so cool.
right on!!!!!!!!!!!! how fabulous is that!!!!!!!!

[Bikerbettyboop]

i like my new Betty Boop chevy car from danbury mint.
its so cool.

I'm glad you like your new collectible Richard! That is great!

[bboop480]

hey theresa,
i just got off the phone with my brother.....boy my sister really hates us all....lol...i told her she had better start praying.....

[bboop480]

i think she really needs to get rid of that deamon in her house!!!

[Bikerbettyboop]

hey theresa,
i just got off the phone with my brother.....boy my sister really hates us all....lol...i told her she had better start praying.....

Why does your sister hate us? Why does she need to start praying? :confused:

[bboop480]

Why does your sister hate us? Why does she need to start praying? :confused:
she hates us (me, my sis and my brother.).....she needs to pray cause she has so much hatred in her!!!! its so sad!!!

[Bikerbettyboop]

You mean she "really" hates you... I thought you were being literal and meant that your sis hated me and you.

I'm sorry to hear that she feels that way.

[bboop480]

You mean she "really" hates you... I thought you were being literal and meant that your sis hated me and you.

I'm sorry to hear that she feels that way.
oh gosh no...she dont even know you sweetie.....no she has something against the family and we dont know what...she is such a sad person....i wish i could talk to her....everything has been said and done to try but to no avail....she is just that way....worse since mom passed....

[Bikerbettyboop]

That's a shame but we have similar situations in my family too. Haven't spoken to my son since I got my motorcycle (he said he'd disown me if I got it and not give the money to him instead) and my brother and I haven't spoken in years either.. we've had several big blow ups... So I don't know anything about either my son or my brother.

[bboop480]

That's a shame but we have similar situations in my family too. Haven't spoken to my son since I got my motorcycle (he said he'd disown me if I got it and not give the money to him instead) and my brother and I haven't spoken in years either.. we've had several big blow ups... So I don't know anything about either my son or my brother.
GEEZE...THATS AWFUL...IM SORRY.....

[Bikerbettyboop]

I'm not sorry... actually it's less grief in my life and less heartache and I have more money in the bank now that I don't give it to either of them anymore! LOL!

[bboop480]

I'm not sorry... actually it's less grief in my life and less heartache and I have more money in the bank now that I don't give it to either of them anymore! LOL!
OK..........IF ITS GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU .....WELL THEN....ITS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME GIRLFRIEND!!!!!!!!!!

[Bikerbettyboop]

Yes, I'm fine with it.. had to learn "tough love" a few years ago... in order to save my own sanity and my savings too! Thankfully my husband always supported me and never said a word as I doled out thousands and thousands of dollars to my son. But it'll never happen again. His idea of a loan is spelled "gift".

[bboop480]

Yes, I'm fine with it.. had to learn "tough love" a few years ago... in order to save my own sanity and my savings too! Thankfully my husband always supported me and never said a word as I doled out thousands and thousands of dollars to my son. But it'll never happen again. His idea of a loan is spelled "gift".
OH IM SORRY SWEETIE....IM GLAD EVERYTHING IS OK NOW....WE ALL LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES.....

[Bikerbettyboop]

Everything is fine...not to worry.

[lowellahoward]

Nah..... history keeps repeating itself!!!!!! It really does!

[bboop480]

Nah..... history keeps repeating itself!!!!!! It really does!
sad...........but ...........true................

[lowellahoward]

sad...........but ...........true................

I find it VERY sad.

[bboop480]

I find it VERY sad.
BUT LIFE GOES ON MY DEAR......

[lowellahoward]

BUT LIFE GOES ON MY DEAR......

I hope so.

[bboop480]

I hope so.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE CROCK HUNTER?

[lowellahoward]

DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE CROCK HUNTER?

How could I not. I watch the news a lot AND read newspapers EVERYDAY.

[bboop480]

How could I not. I watch the news a lot AND read newspapers EVERYDAY.
HOW UNREAL.....BUT I AM NOT SURPRISED...HE HANDLED ALOT OF WEIRD DEADLY ANIMALS...JUST SOME BAD LUCK THERE....

[lowellahoward]

HOW UNREAL.....BUT I AM NOT SURPRISED...HE HANDLED ALOT OF WEIRD DEADLY ANIMALS...JUST SOME BAD LUCK THERE....

Just about as bad as can be!!!!!

[Bikerbettyboop]

It is rather sad about Steve the crocodile hunter... but when you swim with the sharks, you risk getting killed.

[lowellahoward]

And we all have human sharks amongst us.

[Bikerbettyboop]

Sadly I have to agree with you. Phoenix has been plagued with some serial killers in the last year or so and recently they arrested two men in connection with some of them and another was just arrested last evening. The neighbors all claim these were "nice" men... just like a shark... beautiful to look at but potentially lethal to be around!

[Neckless]

when you swim with the sharks, you risk getting killed.

Sadly true.
He died doing what he loved!

[lowellahoward]

.

Sadly true.
He died doing what he loved!

and that's got to count for a LOT!

[Bikerbettyboop]

Is anyone going to watch "Survivor" or "The Amazing Race" ?

[lowellahoward]

Is anyone going to watch "Survivor" or "The Amazing Race" ?

Marsha is looking forward to both. I will watch neither.

[Bikerbettyboop]

Don doesn't care for Amazing Race either. He says it's stupid but I think it's exciting! I love both those shows.

[lowellahoward]

Don doesn't care for Amazing Race either. He says it's stupid but I think it's exciting! I love both those shows.

I caught a couple of episodes of Amazing Race ib past and it seemed quite good. Survivor just irritates me the way people treat each other.

[bboop480]

i came to chat.........but only chitted....

[MrsBoopster]

I seen that some of you were talking about the big brother, survivor and those other shows and was wondering if anyone watches Grey's Anatomy, or E.R. or Law and Order?? Those are the shows that I am into. I watch Big Brither every now and then.

[bboop480]

I seen that some of you were talking about the big brother, survivor and those other shows and was wondering if anyone watches Grey's Anatomy, or E.R. or Law and Order?? Those are the shows that I am into. I watch Big Brither every now and then.
i absobooply love Grey's Anatomy and i do watch Er but only on my days off in the morning....i like the old er not the new....i love to watch hospital programs...life in the er is good....trauma in the er is good too....all those kinda movies...do you watch Bones?

[MrsBoopster]

No I haven't got to see it yet. What time does it come on?
Grey's Anatomy is my favorite. I like watching all the shows that involve drs and cops.

[bboop480]

No I haven't got to see it yet. What time does it come on?
Grey's Anatomy is my favorite. I like watching all the shows that involve drs and cops.
they changed the day i think its now on thursday at 7pm....

[Bikerbettyboop]

We like to watch the real life COPS shows... my dog goes nuts when they bring out the K-9's!

[MrsBoopster]

HaHaHa My dog just raises her ears then lays back down. She has gotten lazy, she is also fixing to have puppies :D

[Neckless]

My dog just raises her ears then lays back down. She has gotten lazy, she is also fixing to have puppies Oh...that's a true sign of about to be a mommy.

[MrsBoopster]

I know it. You want a puppy?

[Neckless]

HahA!! Virtually...Yes!!!

[bboop480]

HaHaHa My dog just raises her ears then lays back down. She has gotten lazy, she is also fixing to have puppies :D
WHAT KINDA DOGGIE IS SHE?

[Bikerbettyboop]

Yes, I want to know too.. what kind of dog is it Mrs. B?

[Neckless]

Hey! I was going to ask that!

[bboop480]

and that makes three!

[Neckless]

You got that right!

[Bikerbettyboop]

Well looks like we'll have to wait to find out, won't we?

[Neckless]

Guess so.
ISTILL want a virtual puppy~should be quite interesting.

[Bikerbettyboop]

We have a few virtual pets here on the forum already don't we?

[bboop480]

We have a few virtual pets here on the forum already don't we?
we do??????????

[Bikerbettyboop]

sure... just go back to some of the earlier posts.. there are photos of kittens and puppies and bears and birds and all kinds of animals.... so I consider them our virtual pets. LOL.

[Neckless]

Yes, I want to know too.. what kind of dog is it Mrs. B?


Hmmmm. curiously awaiting.

[Bikerbettyboop]

Hard to believe it's nearly the middle of September already. I'm wondering ... Is it beginning to feel like fall in your part of the U.S.?

[Neckless]

HaHaHa My dog just raises her ears then lays back down. She has gotten lazy, she is also fixing to have puppies :D

Has your doggie had her puppies yet?

[Neckless]

WHen is fall there BBB??

[Bikerbettyboop]

Ohio State University takes on Cincinnati tomorrow! Go Buckeyes!