ALMOST HAPPY NEW YEAR1

January 1, 2009 @ 2:15 am · Filed under Philippines Internet Koi Society

I keep getting page load errors But the name sounds familiar. I have drifted away from the magic part and more into the balloon art stuff in the last few years. I have been doing balloon art for 30 years, but only seriously the last 3-4. By the way, I did a goldfish in a bowl a while back, I need to do another one and post a photo of it. My “ponds” are still indoor and 35-45 gallons at this point, and without dynamite I am doubtful that I could dig a hole deep enough to put water in…besides, this time of year, outdoor water is generally hard…and not chemically! You could make a building from it! It is actually fairly warm today, it was 21 degrees! yikes! Where are m thermal undies! On a practical matter, you had best PLAN your rest stops. when you have to unbutton, un zip and unbuckle about 3-4 layers of stuff just to get access to the necessary part of your body in question, it is simply a matter of WHEN you will misjudge things. It is comical to hear a guy running toward the bog with parts of his outer garments flapping around him, and hear him close the door and thrash around…..Ah the gentle humor of the great white north!
mark
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 12:00 AM, Bill Dowden wrote:
> — In Ponds-Koi@yahoogroups.com, “Mark Garvey” wrote: > > > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Bill Dowden wrote: > > > > > OK, MR. MARK!! PANSY, HUH!! I’LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT I, A GENUINE > > > SENIOR CITIZEN, PEDALED, MANUALLY (OR IS THAT FOOTALLY) UPHILL AND > > > DOWNDALE, THRU THE SUBDIVISION, ACROSS THE WIDE INTERSECTION, PAST THE > > > SCAREY CHURCH WITH THE BIG LAWN, UNDER THE TREES HEAVILY LADEN WITH > > > MISTLETOE, PAST THE HOME OF THE DREADED GIRL SCOUT LEADER, SHOWING NO > > > FEAR AS I PUMPED PAST THE STOP SIGNS, FIGHTING EXHAUSTION, STARVING > > > AND WITH NO WATER, THRU THE BITTER COOL, UP THE DALE AND DOWN THE > > > HILL, ACROSS THE CULVERT, DARING TO NOT STOP AT SAM’S CLUB, WHIZZING > > > BY THE MANHOLE COVERS, GRINDING EVER ONWARD, HUFFING, PUFFING, BRING > > > PRIDE AND HONOR TO THE GREAT AMERICAN WAY AS I GLIDED THE LAST FEW > > > FEET TO MY DESTINATION - A GLORIOUS ADVENTURE - ALL 10,560 FEET OF IT. > > > > > > > > > YUP, ALMOST A FULL MARATHON - TWO FULL MILES! FOR MY COMMUTE. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (Yeh, your motorcycle wouldn’t like it - not even far enough to warm > > > it up. But, it was 15 degrees warmer than normal today…. And the > > > new Fuji hybrid rides like a dream. And all of that reliving the epic > > > adventure - think I’ll have a few more Christmas cookies….) > > > > > > HAPPY NEW YEAR, Y’ALL!! > > > > > > > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > HAH@! I love it! Yep, I know! but you can’t help being soft > there in > > flora die. (How did Flora die boys, how did flora die, she died in > > Missouri! HAR! old song I remember from my mis spent youth!) > > > > Actually, I managed to put about 2000 miles on my BICYCLE this last year > > before the weather turned too cold. the little Honda gets deployed > when the > > weather is iffy or when I really NEED speed! Typically my Bike gets > 1500 > > -2000 miles a year, my motorcycle about half that, my car about 2000 > also > > and my WIFE’s car about 5000. My current car is an ancient rusted > out Ford > > Ex-Coca Cola Cargo van with about 385000 miles on it (yeah, 3hundred and > > eighty five thousand miles! She won’t ride a bicycle and the 125cc > HOnda > > won’t carry both our fat…uh …full size, selves. My dialy commute is > > about 7 miles each way. and I often ride my bicycle with my ENTIRE > Balloon > > and magic show aboard! My part time business is children’s > entertainment, > > which is why the two cars are a cargo van and a passenger van. I can > HAUL > > stuff in either of them, but the dirty stuff goes into the three > quarter ton > > cargo van. > > > > Basically the cargo van gets used when I am hauling stuff during good > > weather and when the weather is too cruddy for riding on 2 wheels. > There > > are super advantages to a bike. Last summer I spent maybe $25 on gas > > (filled the little Honda something like 5 or 6 times @ about $4 each > time) > > for MY transport, while wife went through about $15 a week. But My > bicycle > > got a LOT of use. > > > > Oh, and I am not a fully acredited senior, but I am a…well, Junior > senior > > citizen. with my grey mustasch and baldy head, I look old enough to buy > > alcohol without an ID check despite my youthful 55 years. > > > > To make this somewhat Pond related, I have transported fish on my > bicycle > > too! I adopted a large goldie from a Petco that had been threatened > by the > > flooding last summer. A terrible thing. We had about 8 feet of > water in > > our downtown area. some 4000 homes were badly damaged and aobut > 400-500 of > > them will have to be destroyed. a large part of the city (about 20-30 > > THOUSAND people) were flooded out of their business, their home or > both. > > Only one life lost to the flooding thank God, but the devistation was > > unbelievable. this wan’t a Hurricane, but for about a week we had a > lake > > where the middle of our city was supposed to be. Getting from my > home on > > one side of town to my Daughter’s home (and the grand children) on > the far > > west side of town, went from a 20 minute drive to about an hour > ordeal! All > > the east west traffic in the city which normally flows on 4 or 5 > multi land > > bridges was funneled into an interstate overpass that is normally > heavily > > traveled in any case. > > > > Ugly > > > > anyway, this is far too long, my apologies! > > > > Papa Mark > > — > > “I just like to blow things up!” > > > > Papa Balloon > > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Mark, > Since you may know something about the finer arts of magic and digital > manipulation, etc., I thought that I might mention that we had one of > our friends (who is also a customer)(and his wife - who is a GREAT > HUG!) who dabbles in magic and stuff put on a show for our staff at > the company Christmas party at a local restaurant. He did OK. You > might know of him - if not, try the old google thing - his name is > Bill Clary. > > > > Happy New Year, oh thee who is in MUCH better shape than me. > > Bill > > > ———————————— > > HEY PONDS ARE GREAT! > > > Immortality border=”0″>Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >