Ti'was 22 years ago , happenned on Easter week-end . I was gonna be a bran-spankin-new-dad in about a month or so . We where havin a good time, nice weather , the girls ( wify and SIL ) out takin in da sun yappin about what ever wimine yap about ;D
Da wify gets a craven ... ::) for some orange flavored pop-sickles , me , da brave one , is sent out on da mission of finding said pop-sickles . I looked into every store there was that was opened this Easter sunday ... but ya think that they would of had a pop-sickle , one orange pop-sickle for me to buy and bring home da prise for the cravin very much pregnant wify ... no , none .
Well , being sent on a mission ya got to look at all available options .. right . :P
Border is real close , North Troy is a nice little town in north Vermont , so off I go headed for the border. Get to the man , Where are you from son ...dat one was easy, ;D What will you be doing in Da USofA?? this is when I found out that from that day on , I would only ever be going to get gas.... Dont ever , here I must stress the word ever , tell da border patrol dat your going to get an orange pop-sickle . Trust me .. he aint gonna beleive you .... It took 2 hours at that border crossing to explane to this guy that I was truly going to get a dam pop-sickle for my very very pregnant wife , and that by now it would not matter cause her craving would be long gone and that I would just as well turn around and go home.
He , after looking into my car from the front bumper to the rear bumper .. and what was in between da two , told me where the store was and have a nice day ... ::)
I did finally get the orange flavored pop-sickle and I sure did not tell the border officer coming back into Canada that I had bought a pop-sickle ... Gas , tis all I got ..
:D
Feeling nostalgic today Marcel? :D
I donn know ... :-\ Mannnnn its snowin again .... more ... still ... encore .... Its not letting up ... :'( :'( :'( :'(
I thought all you Northreners just LOVED that white stuff ::) ::) ::)
says the man from New Jersey... ;)
BUT, I woke up and moved, 34 years ago. :) :) :)
Yea, but it took ya until you were 50 ta do it! ;) :D
(As the old man from new jersey kicks my butt...) :D
Guess they teach a different kinda Math up der, EH ??? ::) ::) ;D ;D
Well it took a turn for the better here since yesterday afternoon. Was about 50 today and rain tomorrow and rain and............. well not a torrent but more like showers. :D And here I was gonna snow shoe into another lot to mark out some more thinning. Oh, about 50 acres worth. ;D How boring eh? ;)
Dont git me wrong , I love da snow :-* But this year in particular, is really, really filled , I got no time to spare and dis snow is taking eating chewing away at the little time I have to spare . :-\
And it has lasted long enough .... let spring get on with it , so that summer can come around to give us fall so I can go back to hunting . ;D :D
Relax Marcel. Like my uncle always says, "don't rush your life away." Or was that "don't sleep your life away". ;D smiley_headscratch
Relax... you are telling me to relax ... Thats all I have to do is relax , what I want is to be able to get out and do do things dat need get done before I leave for da Arctic ...
How do ya tell da Arctic from the rest, wit all dat white stuff ::) ::)
Your not helpin Harold ..... :-\
OK, Marcel
Today, I was buildin new fence, wearing cut off Jeans and work boots. Got REAL hot, and had to take a nap. Finished the fence and now I have a reddish color skin. Not burnt, just pinkish.
Got the fan running on me as I type, to keep the sweat from formin and leakin inta da keyboard.
That better, marcel ??? ::) ::) :D :D
Harold Just for your sweat ;)
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I had to open da door a while ago to let in some nice cool air in ... fire was a little hot , :)
Marcel, I've posted these stories before, so I won't go into all the details, but I agree with you 100%! ;D
NEVER tell the border agent the real reason you are crossing if it is anything other then a vacation.
Trying to explain the reason why you are crossing at 12 am (or whatever it was) is to try and buy a fishing license, just takes forever and they truly belive you are NUTS.
Or trying to explain to the agent searching your veicle why you have a live black bird in a paper sack behind your seat.
I think the only reason they let me through was because they thought I was too crazy to hurt anyone. :D :D :D
a live black bird in a paper sack?
:D :D :D
You are crazy! :D
smiley_big-grin2
He could have had me arrested. :o
No wonder there isn't as many black birds this spring. Furby is bird napping. :o But, of course it could have something to do with the snow. No, not Furby's bird napping caper. :D :D ;D
Quote from: Fla._Deadheader on April 15, 2007, 09:20:39 PM
OK, Marcel
Today, I was buildin new fence, wearing cut off Jeans and work boots. Got REAL hot, and had to take a nap. Finished the fence and now I have a reddish color skin. Not burnt, just pinkish.
Got the fan running on me as I type, to keep the sweat from formin and leakin inta da keyboard.
That better, marcel ??? ::) ::) :D :D
We had a nice tropical breeze here, middle 70's still too cold for shorts though. When will winter end this cold weather is very harsh on my suntan. smiley_daisy