AnsweredBapu's (and others) random thoughts for the day.

Bless her pointy little head.  

Does anyone owe me any tracks?  Do I owe anyone any tracks?  Am I looking at the tracks of my tears?  
 
The answers to these questions and more on our next episode--wait, there is no next episode.  Never mind.  
 
Over and out.  Good night, guys.  

Four hundred blocks of dried Battenburg and a crate of Absinthe.
 
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I could use some Absinthe tonight...

Old55

craigb
 
ARRRRRRRRRGGGGHHH!!!!!
 
My car is dead again...  Transmission this time. 

Sorry, Craig.  Good luck getting it repaired. 

Unfortunately, taking your last sentence in a sarcastic voice instead of hopeful is more correct.  A friend took me over to where I had to leave the car yesterday and, after wasting about 90 minutes trying to get the hood open (the cable to unlock the hood broke last week), we towed the car behind my friend's truck (including going onto two freeways - a bit of a white knuckle ride!).  We got it to my driveway and, while trying to tow it up the driveway, the tow-strap broke.  So, we tied it off onto the tow hitch and got it up to the flat part of the driveway where we were able to get the beast into the garage.  Another 90 minutes(!) later, we finally got the hood open - albeit terminally damaging the hood, grill, latching mechanism and grill in the process.  We checked the transmission fluid level and...  it was empty.  So we put a quart of new transmission fluid in along with some stupidly expensive transmission fix liquid but, while we were idling the car, it started to overheat and pumped coolant (NEW coolant from last week's radiator flush) all over the floor.  Turns out the coolant overflow cap hadn't been put on correctly (and the radiator fans are obviously not working either).  So, we back up the car to clean up the coolant leak only to find all the new transmission fluid was all over the garage floor in a puddle along with some new oil leak drops.  It's now 1:20am and I'm just getting inside...  *Sigh*
 
Looks like we're ready to call a priest in for last rites.  I only bought the thing two months ago and it's been pretty much undrivable for over half of that time!  What really sucks is that I had to give my custom guitar back to my luthier to get enough money to buy the car...  
 
So the next step is even more drastic.  I've pretty much resigned myself to having to sell all of my guitar gear (since I don't have any guitars left) and probably most of my recording gear as well.  Then get a decent car and a real job.  After that I'll probably begin buying everything back!   (Note that my computer and main keyboard are currently not slated to be sold, but I have a hunch I'm going to have to let a LOT of what's left go.)
 
THAT'S LIFE, EH? 
 

That's really sucks Craig, so sorry mate.

I have hope for you that it will all work out in the end Craig.

bapu
I have hope for you that it will all work out in the end Craig.

+1......no if's, ends, or butts.

Sorry to hear that, Craig.  Hang in there.  

jamesg1213
Four hundred blocks of dried Battenburg and a crate of Absinthe.
 
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Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.  Or was that fondue?  

Sorry to hear about the car.

See how much it put me off?  I didn't even post one more to get another TOP!
(And I could have used the money you get for each TOP.)

craigb
See how much it put me off?  I didn't even post one more to get another TOP!
(And I could have used the money you get for each TOP.)

I noticed that.  This must be serious.  

Oh yeah, this is going to be interesting. 

Under the circumstances, today's crayon is Bittersweet:
 

 
Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Black Dog.  (in honor of Craig.)

The interval before a new page becomes visible seems to be getting longer.  
 

Find Gary Busey.  

A weak lemon drink.
 
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jamesg1213
A weak lemon drink.
 
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The "root" of all evil?

The route of all evil?

Old55
The route of all evil?

Lemonade?

Dis fred shure seams ded.

ZOMBIE FRED!!!!
 

Define "alive." 

Is this a good time for a loop?

craigb
Define "alive." 

It consumes......
It devours..............
 
IT"S ALIVE!!!

Is this a good time for a loop?

Is this a good time for a loop?

NO no no............

*Sigh*  All that setup and Mesh gets the TOP money... 

craigb
*Sigh*  All that setup and Mesh gets the TOP money... 

Hehehehehehe........(I was frantically hitting the Submit Post button coz I gnu the competition was closing in)  

I guess I should go back to work and wait a couple of days for this page to get towards the end, ya?

craigb
I guess I should go back to work and wait a couple of days for this page to get towards the end, ya?

Unless, we get another "Bapu Gone Wild" moment....... 

Mesh

craigb
I guess I should go back to work and wait a couple of days for this page to get towards the end, ya?

Unless, we get another "Bapu Gone Wild" moment....... 

Gosh, I hope not!  I used up all the bleach for my eyes after last time! 

A Cautionary Tale of Country Life to Cheer Up Craig.
 
Earlier today - I took the back road from my job Kirkcowan to the next one in Sorbie after lunch (we're talking back of beyond, totally rural)..got about halfway qalong the 10 mile journey and came to a halt 'cos there were about 2 dozen cows and calves milling about in the road. Some idiot left a gate open I suppose.

Saw an open gate ahead on the right, thought I could maybe drive slowly and nudge 'em in that direction..well, half of the silly bastids went through it, the other half ran off down the road. Then the ones that went in the field came back out, chasing their pals..so, I now have half of 'em in front of the van, half behind.
 
Brilliant.

Pootled along for a bit, then saw a right hand turn with sign to a farm, so figured I'd go and tell the farmer, bound to be his cows.

About a mile or so uphill, single track road, eventually came to the farmyard and told (I assume) the farmer's wife who got on the phone to someone immediately.

Feeling like I'd done a good deed, I headed back down the farm track.

Got almost to the end and was confronted with the bloody cows again, running like ****, straight at me, with farmer on an ATV chasing 'em.

Oh bugger.

No way to turn round in the narrow lane, so slammed the old Fiat van into reverse and hurtled backwards up the track, cows easily keeping pace...they can't half run, them thick sods.

On and on, backwards uphill, van started overheating..whacked the fan heater on full blast to try and cool it, opened the window..sweating like a sweaty thing now..

Eventually came to stop almost back at the farmyard, and the farmer on ATV careers by and yells through the window ''that's them back in, cheers mate''

Yeah mate...no worries.
 
* There y'go, and plenty of scope for beef related puns, so get those posts in!

Must be the guy who runs the local Scottish brothel, ya?  
 
Cool story. 
 
BTW - I'm currently listening to all my Marillion albums from old to new - 16 of 'em.  Making me feel a bit better too.

craigb
I'm currently listening to all my Marillion albums from old to new - 16 of 'em.  Making me feel a bit better too.

Do you prefer Fish or Hogarth? I'm happy with either.

I prefer Fish (which is a lot nicer to say than preferring Dick - lol) to Hogarth, but I like both.  I also have a bunch of Fish albums. 

I feel like I got knocked for a loop. 
 

craigb
I prefer Fish (which is a lot nicer to say than preferring Dick - lol) to Hogarth, but I like both.  I also have a bunch of Fish albums. 

I have a couple of Jellyfish albums. 

I don't have anything from Jellyfish (any of the artists that I found with that name).  What albums do you have?  Are they any good?

I have Bellybutton and Spilt Milk.  I think they're the only releases.  They're a good pop band that are kind of like Marshal Crenshaw, Gin Blossoms, and some Beatles in style.  If you like that sort of thing.  
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish_(band)
 

Yep.  Just figured that out and listened to a song or two.  Not bad and those two albums are their only two full studio albums...
 
I've got everything (that I know of) from both the Gin Blossoms and the Beatles, but not a single album from Marshall Crenshaw though the name is familiar.  Oh well!

Marshall co-wrote "Til I Hear It From You" with the Gin Blossoms.  His first single was a cover of the Robert Gordon tune "Someday Someway":  
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sgQYHQSqjQ
 
There's not a bad song on that first eponymous release and the second one "Field Day" is almost as good.  

Cool.

A gathering of whimsical chefs.
 
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Mesh

I expect they specialize in meals with cheese.

craigb

At dinnertime does he yell Friedbird?