Anybody still awake?

[Aristus]

Just got back from a long dinner with my brother and his girlfriend. I asked them out 'cause I couldn't stand this damned empty house anymore.

Anyway...anybody still in a sociable mood?

Ask me anything... B-)

[Hippo_Tron]

1. Plenty are still awake, come join the party

And if anybody says "You're not my type" just scroll through the past few threads and you'll see what's going on pretty quickly.

[yewberry]

2. Got fog?

It's rolled in, thick and not at all on little cats' feet here.

Where'd you go for dinner?

[Aristus]

5. The Ram on the Ruston Way waterfront.

I had the Total Disorder Porter Burger. I'll never have that again. It was delicious, but messy! It was like my burger pooped on my hands...

Yeah, it was foggy out there.

I love visting my brother. He's even further to the left than I am, if that were possible. We watched a repeat of the inauguration celebrations. We're ecstatic. B-)

[yewberry]

10. Sounds good.

It's nice that you get to visit family--I miss seeing my brothers.

(And the "burger pooped in my hands" image...:rofl:)

[DFW]

3. It's 9:50 AM here. I'm wide awake!

[Aristus]

6. Hey, man! How are things in Dallas?

Ready to have W. as a neighbor? :+

[DFW]

11. As we say back home, "there goes the neighborhood"

But although the house is still there (not too far away, either),
and we share it with friends who live there full time, I have been
stationed overseas for decades now, and don't get back to TX except
for very short stretches. Bush Lite's stench will not extend to
the Rheinland except on days when the Gulf Stream is feeling
particularly ornery.

[Aristus]

12. Oh man, then you're in Germany. How I envy you.

Where are you stationed? I did a hitch in Kitzingen, a long time ago...

[DFW]

23. I am indeed in Germany

Kitzingen is down south. I'm in the Rheinland, near Düsseldorf,
which used to be BAOR territory. We don't wear uniforms in my line
of work--there's nothing like having a target painted on your back.
I am often over in Brussels, and in a lot of the neighboring
countries of NATO-land as well as Switzerland. It's tiring, but
the scenery and food are good, and I'll die (or retire) before I
get tied back down to a desk job Stateside.

[Aristus]

25. I miss it over there. Beautiful country, great beer, wonderful people.

Enjoy!

[DFW]

31. I wouldn't know about the beer

I don't do alcohol, but as for the rest of it, you got that right!

I married one of the friendly natives:


Haven't regretted it for a second!

[Aristus]

35. Beautiful. I miss the Germans. I made so many friends while I was over there.

It helps to speak German... B-)

[DFW]

41. Definitely!

Helps with the friendly natives, too.........

[elshiva]

4. Hello, handsome. Why does the porridge bird lay its eggs in the air?

:)

[Aristus]

7. I dunno; why does the porridge bird lay its eggs in the air?

:shrug:

[elshiva]

9. I dunno either, that's why I asked you.

Also what is the meaning of life? ;)

[Aristus]

13. 42.

(Look it up...) B-)

[elshiva]

17. YES! It is 42.

Thank you.

[Aristus]

18. The problem is not with the answer. The problem is that no one ever

really decided what the question should be. The Ultimate Question to the Ultimate Answer of Life, The Universe, And Everything...

[elshiva]

22. How many roads must a man walk down?

(That was one of the questions they thought it could be.)

[Aristus]

24. 42? No, too ambiguous. But it does have a nice ring to it...

B-)

[kentauros]

8. Did Frank Morris survive the swim from Alcatraz to Angel Island?

I just finished watching "Escape From Alcatraz" :D

[Aristus]

14. Nobody knows. He and the Anglin Brothers were never seen again.

A few years ago, Discovery, or one of those channels, hired a professional long-distance swimmer to make the swim from Alcatraz to the mainland under the same conditions: night, tide and temperature. She struggled and suffered terribly, and was eventually plucked from the waters by her safety crew.

Alcatraz historians say Morris and the Anglins drowned, and their bodies were carried out to sea.

[kentauros]

20. I never heard about a swimmer attempting it

but it makes sense that they likely didn't make it.

Patrick McGoohan was quite the bastard in the movie, too
(He played the warden.)

[Aristus]

21. Yeah. I hated seeing him in that role. I had only ever seen him as a good guy

at that point: The Prisoner, Dr. Syn, alias The Scarecrow. I didn't see his 'Columbo' murders until many years later.

I also remember thinking how very handsome he was, which is a weird thing for a straight pre-teen boy to think...

[kentauros]

28. I think it's the "presence" he exudes

that could make anyone see how handsome he is, too ;)

[MissHoneychurch]

15. I am

except the still ... it is 10.15am here and I am at work

:hi:

[Aristus]

16. Ooh! Hey, sexy!

How are you? :hi::loveya:

[MissHoneychurch]

26. Welll .... uh ....

:blush:

Doing fine. Pretending to work.

:hi: :loveya:

[Aristus]

27. I don't work anymore. I'm in school. So now I have to sit there in class all day, pretending

to be learning... B-):hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

29. Oh cool

what do you learn?

[Aristus]

30. I'm studying to be a Physician Assistant. I don't think you have them

in Germany yet, do you? If they do, I'll be on the first plane over once I graduate.

[MissHoneychurch]

32. Not that I know of

I think the AIPs (medicine students in internship) do this jobs. Maybe you need to come over and invent it :D

[Aristus]

34. We probably will. The Physician Assistant profession was created in America.

We are now in Canada, Australia and England, too. Maybe I'll be the first P.A. to practice in Germany... B-)

[MissHoneychurch]

37. You better start studying your German then

if you need help ... :evilgrin:

[Aristus]

38. Die Deutsche sprache ist ganz einfach fur mich.

Und Sie?... B-)

[MissHoneychurch]

39. Ich glaube

ich habe sie mal gelernt .... ein paar Brocken kann ich noch :rofl:

[harmonicon]

19. just woke up

does that count as still awake? *yawn* need coffee.

[Skittles]

33. I stay awake all night every night

yes INDEED

[Aristus]

36. Hey, sweetie! Thanks for staying up with me!

:hi:

[Aristus]

40. Well, I'm going to hit it, now.

Good night, everyone. :hi:

:boring: