Good Morning Board & Globe!!! 10/09/00

[Sparky Kronkite]

And what a glorius morning it is too. How 'bout this potential Subway Series - huh???!!! And those Redskin's pulling it off for the second week in a row with a nail biter!! Even the Giants won and how 'bout them Steeler's too???!!!

Sunny, windy, cold and parades w/politician's out the ass and not many Jews - anywhere - everybody off but us real worker's - the news never sleeps.

Keep posted for my strange dream story comming later today.

Sparky.

 

[Purple Haze]

Good morning Sparky, nice to see you on time today, I was movin' big appliances around all weekend, didn't get to check in on the sporting world. Did you say my Redskins did OK yesterday? I'll check the papers. Tonight ought to be an epic battle, Vikes and Bucs, gonna be a good one.

It's sunny and cold in the northern plains today, traffic is easy as always, and the leaves are dead and droppin' like flies. Fucking cold is on it's way. Good morning all.

 

[R Nitelight]

Mornin', Sparky.

 

[Naked Hunny]

Morning Sparky!!

Well here in Southeast PA its fuckin cold, damn windy and theres rumors of snow!! Isnt it fucking October?

Anyone know who won the NASCAR race yesterday im too lazy to look it up.

 

[Renee]

Good Morning Sparky, hope your day goes well.

We have the same thing happening here Hunny. I am not ready for the damn snow, I didn't even get my Halloween candy yet!




[Edited by Renee on 10-09-2000 at 08:39 AM]

 

[KillerMuffin]

Interestingly enough, the news gets plenty of rest here. We do downtime in our little corner of the planet. You'd probably scream and do a long, lengthy, oscar, emmy, tony, and bugs bunny award winning melodramatic death scene if you had to be here. We have silence at night. Grass too. People don't lock their doors. You can take a stroll by yourself at 2 in the morning and not get mugged.

Unless, of course, it's time for Charlie Rock to play. Then silence is a thing of the past and the earthshaking, thunder rocking begins.

By the way, its a balmy 55 here, very lovely, and there is a gorgeous coat of frost on the grass that makes the morning sparkle brilliantly.

Of course, the downside is that the frost makes the stupid chihuahua try to take a leak twolegged so he pees all over himself. Familiar with that sensation? Somehow, I'm not surprised.

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

Ya know KM.......

NYC gets a bad rap. It's really not nearly as bad as most would think. It's statistically super safe and statistically beautiful in a forward thinking way. Imagine (cause it's hard to, I'll explain in a minute) 400 families, about 1200 hundred people (give or take a hundred) living vertically in one apartment building. One apartment building that makes a footprint on the earth about the size of a quarter of a football field. Then imaging 4 or 5 of those buildings on one block. Then imagine block after block of that. Think of the condensation of life. Think of the stuff - the food, the garbage, the money - think of the fucking McDonald's on my block - probably one of the biggest cash cows in the whole damn company.

Had some folks up from Nashville for a visit recently - they hear sirens, they see and hear the garbage trucks, the witness the traffic, they see lots of cops (our cops outnumber most of the planets armies) - and again remind yourself of the density. If you took those 400 families mentioned above and put them all in small, quarter acre lots - one family each - 400 small homes with lawns right? They'd spread out for miles. But we live vertically - pretty much straight up. People die, they get sick, they have heart attacks and domestic violence - just like everywhere else - same amount - with this many people here it's no fucking wonder you hear sirens all the time - you hear trash trucks all the time and you see the cops around - all the time. They gotta be here - it's simply math, a per capita thing.

And what's really, really amazing is that - it fucking works and it works pretty damn well - well enough that hordes of people actually want to live here. Certainly you don't think that people are forced to live here - hell no - they want to live here. Believe it or not life is very easy here - if you can swing it. Best food, best veggies and fruit. Everything's easy to get. Story: I quit making coffee - threw my coffee maker away - I can get out of bed, put a robe on (no shit, I don't care) go down my stairs, waling 20 yards to my deli and get great coffee and be back upstairs in about 2 minutes. Now that's easy livin'.

No it's not for everyone but I really ain't as bad as most folks think. And no matter what you may think of it - NYC is freakin' amazing - by the simple fact that it works.

We just don't have those ice encrusted, beautiful, quite mornings you do that's all.

 

[KillerMuffin]

I live in the middle of farmer land and I still have to buy crap from a grocery store, kinda hacks my happy ass off. Lived in Monterey CA and had fresh stuff fer sale every tuesday straight from the farmer boucoup miles away. Here, zip, nada, nutting.

One thing lovely about city living.

I just got Charlie Rock here, and heheh you don't. Ord! Ord! We want ord!

You're right, thats not exactly a plus is it...

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

What the heck is a......

Charlie Rock? A dirt clod from North Nam? A bad perfume that turns you to stone? The CD to the sound trak - Charlie's Angels? Chuck E's in Love-uv. Oh... I get in chuck/rock - chuck a rock upside yo haid. Chuck Rock new ation figure for you no haired boys.

And as far as produce here goes - I still find it hard to believe - it's fucking great. It's the people - we got'em you out there don't - they are shipped your produce here to Manhattan - in a matter of hours and we snap all the shit up at premium (but they really aren't that bad) prices. Meat too. I'm telling yah - I find it difficult to find a great steak in KC or Indy - why? It all comes here where I can pick one up just about anywhere in short order. If you can get it home without some kid with a box cutter tryin' to take it from you.

 

[KillerMuffin]

Charlie Rock? You dunno what Charlie Rock is? Good gawd Spark. I was in the NAVY for gawdssakes and even I know what Charlie Rock is. (Just teasin ya big guy)

Charlie Rock is mechanized infantry heavy artillery. Its their nickname. Because they seem to have Charlie Company all over them. Boom boom boom. There is even a comic book out by some rinky dink prolly outta business publisher.

The people you call when you really need your ass bailed out and the helicopter pilots are on coffee break. Huah. Go Army. Rah rah. And all that.

 

[libra-2]

http://www.charlierock.com

See if you find any army there. And a belated good morning to everyone - from England.

 

[Sammyjo]

You are not following the rules...PAY ATTENTION DAMN IT!!!

Only kidding...I've never addressed you Sparky, hello. Your name reminds me of someone I went to school with.

Hope you have had a great day.

 

[Guest]

which of his names: sparky, purple or nitelite?

 

[Cheyenne]

Hey, I didn't see Siren post to this thread!

 

[SimplySouthern]

Morning....this morning.

Or evening as the case may be now.

OK...I can admit it...I missed you guys and just wanted to post something.

So Sue Me. *grin*

 

[Wizard]

Naked Hunny.........Bobby LaBonte won ....Best race yet this year.......43 lead changes.............And we had snow flakes for a bit down on this end of the state today hail too............and rain............I had to work outside today IT SUCKED.................

 

[KillerMuffin]

http://www.charlierock.com

See if you find any army there. And a belated good morning to everyone - from England.

Whatscher point?

Just cause heavy artillery don't have a website? So? Not all slang has a website sweetie But, since you're a disbeliever, lets see how many tax preparers you find here.
http://192.153.150.25/11th/2-11inf/organization & cadre/organization.htm
or here
http://192.153.150.25/bctb/2-47bn/c_co/c-cc.html
(this is just one post, I could go on, but you get the point neh?)

Charlie rock has been the historical nickname of charlie companies in the US Army. Due to the activities of various artillery commands, and the fact that artillery rocks the earth, charlie rock has become associated with the US Army artillery units.

Good morning back to you Well, night here, morning there.