Last Day

Well today was my last day of employment after 27 years .... I am sad ... and wish I was working ... YES, working!!! I am not ready to become a PC slug yet ... because I know that is what will happen!!! Deep breath ... it could be worse ... good-bye Lockheed, and me, and VH71!

Foto Friday!! No coments can be made!!

Pictures I have taken!

Benson The Carp

Do fish feel pain??

OK forgive me if this seems silly, but did anyone read about Benson the Carp?? Seems that Benson was a catch-and-release attraction in Bluebell Lakes, a private fishing complex in Tansor, England. Anglers came from all over to catch Benson, a 16 year old, 64 pound Carp. BUT ... After Benson was caught the agreement was that she would be released back into the lake, after each moron got their picture taken with her that is!! Yes, it was a catch and release agreement made by the owner of the complex. She was a money maker!! She was a plus-size phenomenon. Fishermen from as far as Germany trekked to this lake hoping to hook a fish the size of a family dog. It is beleived that Benson was caught and put back in the lake 63 times, hitting a high weight of 64 pounds two years ago

Sadly Benson turned up floating ... yes folks, her stardom days have come to an end. Can you imagine 63 times fighting for your life, with a hook caught in your lip, or gill, or what-not!!! Only to be thrown back in ... the stories she must have told at dinner .....

Benson was also big business, and Bluebell Lakes was already suffering in the recession. The owner estimates around 40% of Bluebell Lakes' anglers came to try to catch the leviathan fish. LETS ALL SAY AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH for the poor owners of this complex!!

OK, call me crazy, I feel sorry for this dam fish, am I nuts, or just an old sappy lady!!!!

Well here's to Benson, may she be dusted regularly on who evers mantle she hangs above!!!

Dinner

You guys missed dinner tonight ... the best dam corn all season!!! YUM!!!!!

Foto Friday!

I thought I would copy my daughters blog and do a Foto-Friday each week!!
Hmmmmm now which picture to choose ....

Here is a pic I took on the back roads of PA ... you can see the little guy peeking out the window ...beautiful horse ....


Here I zoomed in so you can see him ... neat silos in the background too!

Is It Friday YET??

Renaissance Faire

"Good Morrow", "Good Day", "Good Eve", "How Now" or "Well Met" ..... these are all good replacements for hello in conversation.

I spent Sunday at a Renaissance Faire way upstate N.Y.. near Oswego, N.Y. in a wee town called Fair Haven. This festival gets more grand ever year, it is like being in a live "play" all day long, actors and artisans all are back from days long ago, and speak the tongue of the day, by the end of the day you find yourself cheering HAZAR!!!



Fear not, it does not take long to pick up the basics ...
anon (until later), morrow (day), e'en (even/evening), fare-thee-well (goodbye), aye/yea (yes), nay (no), ne'r (never), oft (often), wherefore (why), mayhap/perchance/belike (maybe), enow (enough), aroint (away), verily (very/truly), prithee/pray (please), and you never want any of the Lords or Ladys to place a Fie on you!!! a fie (a curse), grammarcy (thank you)



















There was even some Elizabethan Cursing going on!
"You poor, base rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate!" "You bottle-ale rascal!" "Away, you scullion! You rampallion! You fustalarion!" "Standest thou there the lyingest knave in Christendom." "Thou art a boil, a plague-sore, or embossed carbuncle." "Whoreson cullionly barbermonger!" "Thou art...the son and heir of a mongrel bitch!"

For some name calling you could always you these nice verses!
You are fat:
By my trowth, thou dost make the millstone seem as a feather what widst thy lard-bloated footfall!

You've got a big mouth:
In sooth, thy dank cavernous tooth-hole consumes all truth and reason!

You are ugly:
Thy vile canker-blossom'd countenance curdles milk and sours beer.

OK back to modern day vocab .... Here are a few snaps of the day ...

I thank thee for visiting my blog!!