Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Sexy cows know how to accept an appolgy.


It has come to my attention that some dimwitted arrogant douchenozzles are trying to start trouble again over what happened between Allie and me that caused a big ruckus. As you might recall Allie had posted some comments about her daughter and I was mean to her because I didn't believe her. It got pretty heated and we went back and forth about it. The only reason why I mentioned her daughter was because Allie brought it up. We mixed it up pretty good but Allie was woman enough to reach out to me to explain that I was wrong.

I was wrong. And I apologized to her. She has become a valued part of the gang here and her contributions are highly valued here. I was complete wrong in not believing her and I apologize to her and she has graciously accepted it.

So any scumbuckets who want to rehash it and start more trouble should go fuck themselves with Andrew Sullivan's dick.

I had previously had some very nasty fights with hdhouse in the same vein. We went at it tooth and nail and called each other really nasty hurtful stuff. I don't know how this shit happens. Some days I might not be feeling well or I am pissed off and something rubs me the wrong way and I go nuclear. But the funny thing is that both hd and Allie are valuable commenter's here because we share something. We are all reasonable and dare I say it "nice" people. We are not arrogant pompous dimwitted douchenozzles who would not appolgize if they ran over a blind nun who was crossing with the light. I think we have a genuineness and a humanity that is sorely lacking in some people who think their shit don't stink.

As John Lennon once famously said "Insta-Karma" is gonna get you. What goes around comes around. The emperor has no clothes. They are all pink on the inside.

I just want to say that I am very happy that Allie accepted my apology and that we are good.

And for those of you who want to stir up more shit because of your misunderstanding of the facts....do me a favor.....eat shit and die.

141 comments:

The Dude said...

Illness, injury, exhaustion - they all take a toll. Allie has a big heart.

Hdhouse has a tiny brain and can go fuck himself. Oh, did I just type that? Yes, yes I did.

chickelit said...

I recall once calling Allie a "party organelle" but that was because she used to go by a different handle. I don't know if I ever said anything mean to her about her daughter but if I did I'm sorry for that, Allie. I respect and honor all those who serve.

But I won't apologize for the party organelle thing because I suspect that Allie is a pinko inside.:) But any Trooper York tent not big enough for Allie is too small for me, or something like that.

Trooper York said...

I want to say that I do not include Chip S as someone stirring the shit as I think his motives were honest and above board. I don't know if I made that clear in my text.

I think Chip S is a good guy and he was only motivated to help and do a good thing.

But some things can't be fixed.

Trooper York said...

Many new and exciting things will be happening here in the months to come and all of this nonsense will be just a bad memory.

Just wait and see.

Darcy said...

Okay. Now I have to go find this stuff. lol

And apologies are the topic of the week, I guess.

windbag said...

Andrew Sullivan has a dick?

windbag said...

I missed that fight. I thought she disappeared to visit with her daughter. That or else she and one of the regulars went on a three-day bender together. Then I was afraid that maybe the new maid picked up the clutter, thinking she was helping out. This innertube drama stuff is confusing and exhausting.

Trooper York said...

He does. It is what in his dick that should be shared.

That is very mean but what I mean if you know what I mean?

windbag said...

Hey, that chick better be careful underneath that cow or she might be the victim of an EBL.

Trooper York said...

What happened windbag was that Allie was talking about her daughter who she said was in the military and was a big liberal. I said I didn't believe and was very nasty to her. It was totally uncalled for and I apologized to her and she graciously accepted it. I can admit when I am wrong. I was wrong and I am sorry.

Fred4Pres said...

I miss all this stuff (and in this case I am glad I did). Allie has been posting some pretty good stuff lately.

I can shit stir with the best of them, but I generally focus it on someone who is acting like a dickhead. That is definitely not Allie.

Trooper York said...

Some people will never admit that they are wrong. They are so arrogant and self-adsorbed that nothing will ever penetrate their bubble of self-esteem.

That is what makes them worthless sacks of shit. Just sayn'

blake said...

Awww. I'm not the only slut here... Y'ole softie.

I have no idea what you're talking about or who's stirring things up, but we all screw up, and--well, "forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us" I think is how it goes.

Trooper York said...

Fred this all happened at a place we don't go to talk anymore.

It's water under the bridge and best put in the past and not regurgitated like a hairball from a peckish rare clumber.

windbag said...

Hey, no explanations needed or requested. Everyone has trash that needs to get kicked to the curb from time to time. Everyone is trash that is kicked to the curb from time to time.

...where does Andrew Sullivan keep his dick, btw?

windbag said...

We could road trip to Allie's and sing Christmas carols, if that would help smooth things over.

Fred4Pres said...

Hey look, EBL!

Okay, that is a bit of shit stirring.

Darcy said...

Oh, I gave up reading all that over there.

I'm sorry. Too boring.

I trust that it was shit-stirring. And Chip S. is a champ.

Fred4Pres said...

Darcy, you can safely click that one. No traffic will be directed to EBL.

ricpic said...

OT - Sixty, you mentioned planting a whole slew of trees in a recent post. Purely out of curiosity, do you have a big spread, landwise? Personal question so if you don't want to answer I understand. The reason I ask is that I have 2 1/2 acres and everytime I come home it stuns me that I'm a landowner. I realize that 2 1/2 acres is small potatoes landwise, very small potatoes. But still, 2 1/2 acres? me? And to top it off there's a farm field in front of me and a forest behind. Can't believe my luck. Anyway, that's my question.

Darcy said...

LOL, Fred. I clicked. :)

windbag said...

This is the EBL I was referencing.

AllenS said...

Looks like somebody likes raw milk. Good way to skip the middleman. Hell, you don't even need the farmer. Plus, it's good practice, if you know what I mean.

AllenS said...

2 and 1/2 acres is a lot of land. Acre = 43,500 square feet. A football field with the end zones is about 1 and 1/3 acre.

Trooper York said...

I know what you mean and I like the way you think.

The Dude said...

I have an acre. It is more than enough to mow and maintain. My Border Collie patrols the, well border, so that part of the job is well done.

My other house is about a third of an acre and almost completely wooded. Less mowing, more tree work. The good news is that the trees I plant, should they sprout, won't be anything more than saplings in my lifetime. Lookin' out for future woodworkers, don't you know.

The Dude said...

In addition to planting (I hope) trees, I also started building a stone wall today. I do stone work at every place I reside, going back 50 years. At my other place I built a cobble stone driveway out of found stone. Also built some low walls there which I back filled with 30 cubic yards of top soil, then I planted Meta Sequoias and some Eucalyptus that can tolerate NC winters. The trees are enormous now. It is amazing how fast those things grow.

Shanna said...

Hey look, EBL!

Awww. I have a fondness for that EBL since I went to Scotland!

I feel like I have to go look for the shit stirring but I just decorated put up a baby silver tree and that seems like it would ruin the mood.

The Dude said...

Over at the other place this afternoon I dug out the sewer clean out line, sawed off the access pipe way below grade, put on a sleeve then reattached the clean out access piece. Then I built a bridge over the whole excavation so that I can get a one ton truck and trailer around behind the shop. Then I can start hauling the sheds to my new place - I need the storage here (NC houses are usually basement-free) and it will help the resale value of my other place. All good, if a lot of effort.

AllenS said...

Did someone say stonework?

The start.

The wall.

Top of wall with blue rug junipers and a fence made from rebar.

The end.

The Dude said...

Very impressive, AllenS. I tend to build a bit simpler, lower walls, just big enough to hide behind so I can shoot Y*nkees. D'oh!

The Dude said...

Man, you have some nice raw materials to work with up there in glacier country. You made the most of those rocks, too, I must say.

AllenS said...

Another view.

Farther away.

Fred4Pres said...

AllenS, very nice wall. How high is it? It seemed pretty high, but then the last picture made it seem about four or five feet tall. I was wondering if you needed any tie backs on it or drainage to keep it from toppling.

The Dude said...

That is a great looking homestead you have there, AllenS. Sure, that amount of firewood would be a lifetime supply down here, but you have really done it up right.

Fred4Pres said...

I love the stone work. It looks great.

ricpic said...

Thanks for the thorough answer. Like many of my neighbors you're constantly making improvements on your place(s). My catty corner neighbor (across the road and one house down) has a huge spread, 14 acres. His compound, 2 houses and 2 or 3 outbuildings, is set way back from the road, maybe 1 1/2 football fields. And when I came here the field in front was empty. I loved that. Then he put up a perimeter fence and then a fence within the perimeter fence and next thing there were horses in the field, 4 fullgrown and a colt. He also dug out a pond and planted trees around it. Anyway he literally has to go out every day and shovel the horseshit. God knows what his feedbill is. I just stand and marvel.

AllenS said...

The last two pictures came out too dark. Taken with my digital camera. The others were taken with a throw away camera, but when I scan them I'm at least able to use image editor and lighten them up. Haven't figured out the new camera yet.

The glaciers ended a couple of miles south of me. I picked all of those rocks out of my fields.

AllenS said...

At the tallest spot is about 6' 6". 105 feet long.

chickelit said...

My masonry project from a couple years back

The Dude said...

Wow! Even though we had volcanoes here a long time ago rocks are hard to find on the surface. I scavenge mine from road construction sites. The glaciers stopped several states north of here. No u-shaped valleys, no moraines, few rocks. C'est la vie.

AllenS said...

Looks like a nice place to have a fire and some adult beverages, chickenlittle.

The Dude said...

No picture when I clicked on the link. I do not have a twitter account.

chickelit said...

Exactly AllenS. And Oceanside has no anti-burning laws (unlike other parts of California) so we dispose of lots of burnable trash that way.

Titus said...

Would you all mind if I submitted a link to a pic of my latest loaf?

AllenS said...

Fred, it's curved so it won't be following over. If you look at the first picture you can see that there is rebar on the bottom, then as I went up I added more horizontal pieces of rebar and wire mesh.

chickelit said...

@Titus: Only if you're holding it in your hands. This is show-and-tell for handmade items only.

chickelit said...

@Titus: You probably have tons of photos of your dad's farm. Why not link one of those instead?

Titus said...

I do but none on line.

I don't have any photo albums on line.

The farm has been in the family over 100 years and they got some award a couple of years ago.

chickelit said...

So are you the err apparent for the farm?

Shanna said...

AllenS, your place looks lovely!

AllenS said...

Thank you, Shanna.

ndspinelli said...

Trooper, I think the professor is ubriaco. She's cwu[commenting while ubriaco]. And, as I said to her, I always suspected she was a nasty drunk.

The Dude said...

I think she's a nasty sober.

Anonymous said...

Wow, I've been so busy the last two days and had some bad news about a family member, not my daughter, It looks like I missed something, what the heck has happened?

Thanks guys for sticking up for me, I really appreciate it, I never thought I could like conservatives so much, bi big hugs to youse guys and gals.

Anonymous said...

Chickie, I am a pinko and a paisley too. Although the last couple days have been blue.

Anonymous said...

Big hugs, not bi hugs, cause I am not a lesbian.

ndspinelli said...

Allie, EBL wants to chat w/ you and tell you what a woman hating man Trooper is. You have to read it..in the restroom thread. I suggested she should delete it but she's so fucking arrogant she probably won't.

Trooper York said...

Thanks for alerting me to the latest lie from our former friend.

Allie you know the true poop. We were all deleted because of what was "termed" clutter. Not anything that had to do with our fight about your daughter which have apologized for and which you have so generously forgiven me for. You know the real deal and not the scenario that crazy people are making up in their addled dimwitted head.

I am more than happy to let you decide. I have faith in your intelligence and humanity.

As far as the photo here, if it is wrong to show hot women sucking on cow teats....well I don't want to be right.

You make the call.

Anonymous said...

WTF?! I'm going over there to read, she wants to talk to me the boring insipid liberal?

Trooper York said...

You have to realize something....some people are just not that bright. They don't get it. They never have.

I bet Allie can tell you about Alzhiemer patients who have lost it but smile and play along but have no idea what is going on. Then they fustrated and violent and lash out at everyone. It is very sad.

The Dude said...

But the drunken feminist said it was demeaning!

Oh, and hey Meade - how you doin' this evening? Box wine doin' it's job?

Trooper York said...

I am sorry to hear about your bad news. It seems like bad stuff always happens during the holidays.

There were two deaths in the family of Carroll Gardens. The Mom of the two brothers who own "Good Food" passed away last week. They are my local butchers and Italian salumeria and one brother is the President of the local Barese club. It was very sad.

Then today I found out that one of the bakes at "Court Pastry" had passed away. He was younger than me and died of a massive heart attack. So sad when it was right before the holidays.

It kind of puts thing in perspective. This back and forth is kind of silly.

Don't get me wrong. I won't back down. But they have to get over it. If they want to be tight ass control freaks don't keep coming back to me. I am not the first to leave and I won't be the last.

Trooper York said...

And the shot that she took at Sippican was really unfair.

But that is par for the course.

The Dude said...

I checked on the burn barrel a bit before 10 this evening. I could see the moon rise through the thin clouds. It was very pleasant.

Fred4Pres said...

Allie, I am sorry for what you are dealing with.

Titus said...

Can I ask what fun apps/games you all have on your Ipod/Iphone/Ipad?

I am going home for the holidays next week and I want to have some fun stuff to play with my niece.

Tits.

Anonymous said...

Thanks guys for your concern, I'm going to be taking care of a very ill family member, it isnt something I wanted or needed at this point in my life, but life seems to always kick you in the ass just when it starts getting really good. But I can't abandon this family member , I wouldn't be able to live with myself.

I posted a comment in the Althouse bitch thread. I need to catch up on what has happened, I'm not quite getting what transpired yet.

Trooper York said...

You should download angry mo's.

I hear it is really popular.

Trooper York said...

I think you figured it out exactly right by your comment.

But don't get drawn into this nonsense. Take of your family member. That is what is most important.

We will be here to make you laugh.

Shanna said...

Good luck with everything, Allie.

Anonymous said...

I won't, Trooper , that is the last comment I will ever post there. I don't like being talked down to by the Professor, who the hell does she think she is trying to fool?

Thanks Shanna, I'm going to have help, there will be nurses coming in during the day, that will be a huge help. I really didn't want to ever have to nurse anyone ever again, but sometimes one isn't given a choice on can live with.

Titus said...

Thinking of you Allie.

Life is tough sometimes.

Anonymous said...

Thanks Titus.

Meade said...

Trooper York said...
"We will be here to make you laugh."

Trooper is good at that - making people laugh. Just be aware, Allie: While you laugh at Trooper's jokes, chances are Trooper York laughs at you. Look at that cow. Look at the woman. Get it? It's a joke. Just sayin'. Just bustin' some balls. NTTAWWT.

Think again.

Now take a look over to your right. Do you see Trooper's labels? Scroll down. Count the number of labels that have something to do with Ann Althouse. Take a look at all of Trooper York's commenters. Where do you think each and every one came from? Trooper has been sucking that tit for years now. Why? Some might say it's because he's nothing but a big baby. And they just might be right.

Here is a comment Allie left at the Althouse blog that Sunday that Trooper likes to call "Bloody Sunday":

Mitochondri-Allie said...
BJM, no I am not a CANCO volunteer. I am a mother of a Corpsman who is serving in Afghanistan to keep your sorry asses safe. I stand by my observation of the level of hate I have had hurled at myself and my daughter today by some of Althouse's loyal commenters.Same on you, as the protesters would say shame, shame , shame.
10/9/11 7:40 PM


Allie, Ann Althouse is not there to protect you or Trooper York or anyone else. Grow up. Protect yourself. Don't post information about your friends and family on the internet. The internet is not a safe place. Protect yourself. Protect your family. Be careful who you trust to be your "friends" online.

Trooper says he apologized to you. I doubt it. I doubt that Trooper knows what an authentic apology looks like. Don't be fooled. A true apology has four elements. Trooper knows less than one.

Anonymous said...

Good lord Meade, who do you think you are speaking to? How dare you speak down to me. Who the hell are you to try to tell me what to believe? I generally have good instincts about people. I can see through what you and Ann are trying to do here and it's not working.

windbag said...

Allie, sorry to hear your news. Stepping up like that is nothing short of heroic. We had a similar situation the past year. It was draining, to say the least.

Anonymous said...

Thanks Windbag, it's not heroic, I selfishly wish I didn't have to do it, the family member and I have had a very rocky relationship, but maybe these circumstances can be a chance to put closure and forgiveness on our relationship.

Fred4Pres said...

Meade, now you are showing yourself to be a real dick. Seriously, I understand you defending Ann, but commenting after you sampled a few too many Trapist Ales is generally a bad idea.

windbag said...

Wow, Meade, just when I don't think you could come across any shallower than you have in the past, you drain the swamp some more. Careful, when you nose dive, you'll want something left to soften the landing. The poo you're flinging may not be enough. Following someone over to another blog to lecture them can be described by several adjectives, none of which I'd be proud of.

Anonymous said...

Just in case Meade deletes this comment I lef, I'm posting it here. I won't be dragged in any further, I'm done there.
------------------------------------------------------
Me, or my daughter, whatever. Ann was not trying to PROTECT either of us, that is such bull. She didn't like the "clutter". Why don't you two admit you screwed up royally by allowing commenters like J to spew his psychotic crap and deleting or threatening to delete what you deem " boring" or clutter.

Ann didn't like the "flirting" , she said that herself. The silly flirting episode was at most 10 comments in all, hardly derailing the thread, which was BORING. Every blog post I ever commented on created a lot of traffic, lots of hits for Althouse, you should have thanked me.

You are fooling no one here.

12/14/11 11:17 PM

chickelit said...

Meade said: Don't post information about your friends and family on the internet.

Meade,
I have a rule regarding living relatives, but I did post about my late father--one of many about his time in Korea.

That vaunted commenter on Ann's blog, "J" made a pointed reference to my dad in your wife's blog: here.

It seemed obvious to me that "J" had been following my blog to have made that reference,

I don't know if you or Ann knows this but she inspired that whole series link which her protected commenter J saw fit to reference (and defile) on her blog. I don't normally complain about much but her continued protection of "J" bugs me.

I appended some comments regarding J's behavior and the Althouse blog at the end of my first link and I intend to let them stand.

windbag said...

You're cute when you're angry, Allie.

Anonymous said...

Windbag, good thing you can't see the snarl on my face.

Trooper York said...

Wow Meade, just wow.

Look how about this. I won't go on your wife's blog to tell commenters what to do if you don't come on mine to lecture us.

I know you have a lot more commenters than me. I don't know why you have to chase them down here to tell them what to do. I guess you have to have everyone. Nice that they all came to you spontaneously and not from Instapundit. But how about this. You can be in total control freak mode there but not here.

By the way I will not delete you. I will let everyone make up their own mind based on what has gone on here. No emails. No private messages. Just the clean light of day.

You might want to rethink it a little. Just sayn'

The Dude said...

A couple of days ago Troop, you wrote that a man should defend his wife. I disagreed, but said nothing then. One's wife can be wrong. This is a perfect example of that case. Meade and EBC deserve each other.

Fred4Pres said...

Sixty, Wives are often wrong. Husbands have to defend them. But sometimes it is wiser to say nothing.

The Dude said...

That's where we disagree. A wife can defend her own positions or learn to be right. A husband doesn't have to defend bullshit.

Then again, I am divorced...

Fred4Pres said...

Sixty, That's when he needs to say nuthin.

The Dude said...

Yeah, taking the opportunity to shut up is probably the hardest thing to learn.

Fred4Pres said...

Yeah, I know. I think you know too.

Life would be easier if we were born with that wisdom.

But sometimes we just can't help ourselves.

Roger J. said...

Meade: I served with General Creighton Abrams--he led the breakout at St Lo--his advice to junior officers was never miss an opportunity to keep you mouth shut.
Dont squander that advice.

Your post was not in good taste.

AllenS said...

Roger, I don't think that either of them has ever been in a position where they had to work with others towards a common objective.

Roger J. said...

AllenS--life simply too short to get involved in this trivial shit--As we have both noted, nothing finer in the day to see a sunrise and know you made it to the next day--btw--loved your stone work--great job. If I didnt have my teaching gig at the University, I would probably move to Arkansas- GREAT stone there--most of the houses in the farmsteads are of arkansas field stone--Stone work is real honest labor.

Darcy said...

Meade doesn't know Trooper. What horseshit.

Shanna said...

Meade doesn't know Trooper.

This whole thing feels way more personal to me than just random internet commenters.

Fred4Pres said...

Meade is angry with Trooper because Ann is flipping out about commentators leaving and Trooper calling her the EBL. EBL and Meade will never admit fault. It is much easier to attack Trooper.

And I think alcohol played a role last night.

Trooper York said...

Well it is kind of personal Shanna. Many of us have been talking about J and how he has stalked us back to our blogs and attacked us personally at our personal space. We were ignored and scoffed at. Not just me. Several other people who have mentioned it here several times.

Then there suddenly was a mass deletion and a "new policy." Where a bunch of people where dissed who didn't deserve it. Don't get me wrong. I deserved it. I always do. But people like RogerJ, Allie and AllenS didn't.

Now they are trashing around like a salmon in a net trying to justify what happened and coming up with one excuse or another. Even when people who are not invovled like ScottM and Pastafarian try to tell them about the problem they are lectured and told that they have to speificily point out every infraction and do all the work for them or they are not smart enough or good enough commenters.

As so many of you have said it is high school bullshit.

I am tired of it. I am going to try to let it go. It's very hard to do because when you see Margaret Dumont slipping on a banana peel every morning you just have to make a joke. But I am going to try to be strong and move on.

I hope we can all do the same.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

No apologies!

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

Does anyone have a salt block I can lick?

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

I need my milk boy/gardener to come home. My utters are bursting.

The Dude said...

Nice try, Titus, but your illiteracy has uncloseted your attempt at humor.

TTBurnett said...

"My utters are bursting."

Not quite worthy of James Joyce, but not utterly bad.

TTBurnett said...

And as for the salt, I'll leave it to Chickelit to say just what kind of salt he recommends.

TTBurnett said...

Meade's performance also met every expectation I've had of him.

Bravo! Seldom have I seen such udder clarity.

ndspinelli said...

Wow...I just read the Meade screed. I think it was Ghetto Mojito Night @ their casa.

TTBurnett said...

Sorry if the previous comments are a bit lame.

You know how it is when you really want to express something, but you know it wouldn't be good to say it out loud, especially for your own quiet and peace of mind. You grit your teeth and make a few halfhearted jokes to get yourself back to normal, and then quietly move on.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

I do know that TTB. I want to just sit in the field, smell the flowers, and chew cud. I want to be good.

I want you all to join my herd. We will all be nice to one another.

Moo.

Trooper York said...

Meade is entitled to be mad. I don't take offense.

I don't think calling people boring and insipid and clutter is exactly the way to get them on your side but then I am not such a big deal in the blogosphere.

Meade is just channeling Joe Guidice. I just hope he doesn't chip his tooth as he shows us how to do his gymnastics.

Trooper York said...

That preacher guy seems to like to mix it up. Doesn't he have to make turkey dinners for the poor or something during Christmas time?

Or does he just spend his time on fund raising appeals on TV to swindle the social security checks out of shut ins so he can go to Vegas with Jessica Hahn?

chickelit said...

And as for the salt, I'll leave it to Chickelit to say just what kind of salt he recommends.

It may be pouring salt on a wound but I'd recommend a big salty Blocker of natrium chloride.

And Tim should "steer" clear of oxalates.

chickelit said...

My utters are bursting.

Good one EBL. That one was worthy of MamaM.

chickelit said...

Sixty Grit said...
Nice try, Titus, but your illiteracy has uncloseted your attempt at humor.

Much like his attempts at hummer.
(not quite homophonic, I know)

TTBurnett said...

And Tim should "steer" clear of oxalates.

True enough. From the recent X-ray, looks like I've got maybe 4 small stones, 2 on each side. No biggie, thank God. I passed one the other day and hardly noticed. But, as someone who has passed an 8.5mm stone (about the size and texture of a 3/8" carbide burr), I can tell you Chickelit's advice is good: No spinach. And plenty of water.

From experience, I'd say my former life in EBL-land was about as painful as passing a 5mm stone.

Okay, 6mm. Sorry, I always try to put a happy face on things.

TTBurnett said...

Meade should use that to attract people to his wife's arena:

"Become part of the commenter community here on the Althouse blog. It's no more painful than a medium-size kidney stone."

Anonymous said...

If you have phosphorous kidney stones, you would be wise to avoid soda.

chickelit said...

Tim, You probably know better than I after just a cursory look on wikipedia but some vegetables look like they'de be toxic for you--e.g., rhubarb. Of course rhubarb leaves could kill mere mortals due to their oxylate content.

Also, I never heard of vitamin C being a causative factor for kidney stones. Wiki makes it as "controversial." What a choice: kidney stones or scurvy.

AllenS said...

Ever since I was a little kid, I've found rhubarb to be overrated.

chickelit said...

True enough. From the recent X-ray, looks like I've got maybe 4 small stones, 2 on each side.

I'll bet they show as little glinting diffractors. X-rays make shawdow pictures but give them a crystal and they almost glow. Check out this monster.

Anonymous said...

Well at least it didn't have any sharp edges.

TTBurnett said...

Chickelit: Oh. My. God.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

Wow chickenlittle, that looks harder to pass than than when I calved. And correct me if I am wrong, but a kidney stone for a guy does not go through a birth canal does it?

Are you sure you are not an ostrich?

chickelit said...

And correct me if I am wrong, but a kidney stone for a guy does not go through a birth canal does it?

Nor does it for a woman. Ouchies all around.

TTBurnett said...

Chickelit: AllenS could have worked that stone into his retaining wall, and no one would have noticed.

Stuff of nightmares, at least for us stone-formers.

I don't know about he vitamin C business on Wikipedia. I've had doctors with differing opinions. But, as Allie says, I've been warned off phosphoric-acid containing soda, Coke being the most common. That and spinach, rhubarb, etc. "Eat plenty of green, leafy vegetables." Uh, no, thanks.

AllenS said...

You're better off drinking beer, than soda. Beer is one of the food groups.

TTBurnett said...

A female colleague at the school where I teach is also a stone-former. She's had had three kids. She says a large kidney stone produces pain just like giving birth, only worse.

Apparently, the same nerves are involved. I haven't investigated it too closely, however, wishing to avoid anything that smacks of hypochondria. I'm very science and tech-minded, but I draw the line at medicine. Creeps me out. Congrats to Allie for the fortitude to go into that profession.

AllenS said...

Well, if you were going to pass a kidney stone, who better to encourage you than Allie.

TTBurnett said...

AllenS: Yes, I'd love beer, except the nitrites give me headaches. When I go to Germany, Holland or Belgium (not often enough, and then only on business), I try to subsist on a beer-only diet. The beer over there doesn't have the crap that we commonly put in ours. You can avoid nitrites here if you buy overpriced, exquisite micro-brews, which usually suck by the standards of plain, everyday European beer. And, amazingly good beer in Germany, etc., is literally cheaper than either gasoline or bottled water.

There may not be a Heaven, but there is the old Duchy of Limburg.

TTBurnett said...

It's amazing the amount of beer you can drink in Germany, and you feel GREAT. I try the same thing here, and I'm hanging my head for three days and subsisting on aspirin.

Anonymous said...

I had a 10 pound baby, my third daughter, never had a kidney stone thank God. How would you guys like having a 10 pounder jump on your bladder ? We women are tough.

chickelit said...

Good German beer is vitamin rich, like liquid bread--flüssiges Brot

Fred4Pres said...

TTBurnett, you are drinking the wrong beer. Any decent American microbrew craft beer should not have preservatives. Most imported beers (especially Heiniken) are full of them. Most crappy mass produced beers either have preservatives or have crappy ingredients. They give you a head ache.

When I drink home brew, I almost never get a head ache.

chickelit said...

Most imported beers (especially Heiniken)

Heineken? Fuck that shit!
Pabst.Blue.Ribbon!

chickelit said...

Allie or Tim may find this chuckle-worthy (but not Titus).

MamaM said...

That one was worthy of MamaM.

So it was chickenlittle! But MamaM is eggs ahead and is now having a good cluck over a Yak as an avatar. Especially one with an abundance of luxuriant blond hair, teats aplenty (2 exponentitiated to the 2nd power!), mammaries sure to produce rich creamy milk, a saucy moo and a good farm hand!

But then she enjoys a creative story that hangs together and withstands the tests of time.

This new EBL sighting makes her laugh as it brings to mind the 1st story the Good Doctor Seuss ever wrote. It was rejected 43 times before publication in 1937 under the title, And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street.

The orignal title? The Story that No One Can Beat

When I leave home to walk to school,
Dad always says to me,
"Marco, keep your eyelids up
And see what you can see."

But when I tell him where I've been
And what I think I've seen,
He looks at me and sternly says,
"Your eyesight's much too keen."

"Stop telling such outlandish tales.
Stop turning minnows into whales."

Now, what can I say
When I get home today?


Of course by the end of the tale, all the things seen and heard were the result of a plain horse and wagon.

Who can tell where horseshit lies?
Who knows without a doubt which cow delivered the largest calf?
Or which one pisses a larger stream?

In the end, humans are different and beyond all other animals in their ability to use language, laugh, create, and love.

windbag said...

The Gilmer Dairy Farm Christmas Song

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

MamaM, I am not a yak. I am a Scottish Highland cow, but I am pretty sure there is some old German stock in my background. But thank you for noticing my luxurious hair. I am proud of it.

But I sense you are bovine too. I am guessing you are a feed lot meat cow. They bred the brains and common sense out of your kind. It is sort of sad.

chickelit said...

Why the animalosity?

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

I hate when they try to dumb us down chickenlittle. I get the feeling that is going on at certain sites (not this one).

MamaM said...

Moooo Nooooo! MamaM is a spotted free range Holstein-Friesian. A laughing cow. Spiced cheese is one of her special end products.

There've been a few who've tried to capture her essence, lock her up in small boxes and call her Anathema. She leaps over moons to get away from this kind of hay diddle diddle from cats and fiddles. Which makes little dogs laugh to see such a sport.

But only in some versions, in others:

The little dog laugh'd to see such Craft,
To which the Dish kicked the Spoon.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

Then again, there are people who think Veleeta is the good stuff.