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[TBoneTX 43,548]

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Sunday report, see man:

 

Mini-B. and we visited Mama T-B., we man and wee man see senior she man man.

Mama T-B. appeared to be in the best fizzicle* condition she's exhibited in a long time, boon man.

     *should be the spelling, si man

However, she didn't yell at us even once, no man.  

We are therefore deeply worried about her, uh-oh man.

 

Mama T-B. donated a lunch to Mini-B., charge on senior she man's account man.

Mini-B. consumed part of it at the casa, half-ingest wee man.

We finished it, half-ingest we man.

It was roast beef, baked potato, green beans + onions, ingest we man.

Mini-B. consumed the dessert of peach cobbler, ingest wee man.

We took an unsuccessful siesta thereafter, try-to-zzz we man.

Our back was hurting so badly that we couldn't zzz, no zzz for we and ow ow ow ow OW man.

 

After ingesting HSM, we conquered the Many (2+1) laundry loads, victorious we man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. showed up and watched AFV with us, watch AFV Two Guys and ex-she man man.

Mini-B.'s din-din was onecan of S+Ms, ingest wee man.

We all then basketballed on back patio, ballers man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. then took Mini-B. away, end of Two Guys week man.   

Our din-din was onecan of S+Ms and onecan of Costco chunk chicken**, ingest we man.

     **bought at Friday's ES, financially savvy we man

 

Miu has been wondering where Big Bruddah went, confused miu man.

Party with the rubias imminent, cavort we man.

[TBoneTX 43,548]

Scintillating Monday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Monday report, see man:

 

Uncle T-B. sent his grocery list, always a mile long man.

We got most of the stuff at Aldi, save around $Many man.

On our way to second store, it began to rain, cloudburst man.

We decided to deliver the main batch, grateful senior he man man.

 

Lunch was Subway WUOC, financially savvy we man.

A siesta was then taken, zzz we man.

 

Upon our awakening, rain was over, get rest of Uncle T-B.'s stuff we man.

Of course, it was after-skool and after-work traffic,  man.

Got stuff and delivered it, grateful senior he man man.

 

Did admin & getaway stuff before Tuesday's trip, Mexico man.

Miu suspects something and has become ultra-needy, highly interactive miu man.

We shall be gone only for the day, fly there morn fly back eve we man.

This does not matter to miu, Who Will Serve Me When Daddy's Gone man.

Mini-B. has been told Many times that he is to serve miu after skool, bet he'll forget man.

 

Din-din was toucans of store-label Beefaroni, ingest we man.

 

We must go to bed as close to midnight as possible, anathema man.

We must arise by half-past Many (2+2+1) a.m., blasphemy and  and  man.

Accordingly, no party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

Edited March 26 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 43,548]

Thrilling Tuesday/Mexico report, see man:

 

We arose at half-past Many (2+2+1) a.m.,  man.

We had to skip shaving to get out on time, oh well man.

Flight landed a few minutes early and car rental went quickly, boon man.

 

Arrived at favorite Mexican town, arrive we man.

Parking on the U.S. side was mobbed when we arrived at Many (2x2x2 +2+1) a.m., wow man.

A heavily armed Mexican soldier briefly checked our carry-bag, safety man.

 

Weather was great, whee man:  upper Manys, very low humidity, unusual man.

We needed just one sweatband, and only later man.

 

Place was mobbed with gringos, end of Winter Texan season man.

We immediately turned to walk down a parallel street, much less crowded man.

At a drugstore, got a tupac of Oral B-type teethbrushes for $2, steal man.

 

Lunched at favorite restaurant, destination for we man.

We got our usual: Many (2+2+1) strips grilled tilapia, fries, salad, rice, & chips/salsa, ingest we man.

The price has been $Many ($2x2x2 +1) for years, quite reasonable man.

This time, it was $Many ($2x2x2 +2+1), inflation man.  

 

Got our hairs cut in new barbershop, same barber as last time man.

He speaks excellent English, si man.

He's a native of this small town and lives just 2 blocks from where he works, how convenient man.

The price was $Many ($2x2x2 +2), reasonable man.

 

Only shopping was on the agenda after this, no rush man.

Weather was great, see above man.

We walked Many (2+2+2) blocks to the very end of the commercial area, explore we man.

We sat on the peel-painted bench in the town park and watched the kids play, watch they we man.

 

We then walked over to the main street and back up, explore we man.

We got tupacs of wafer crackers filled with strawberry & chocolate, one for Mini-B. one for Mama T-B. man.

We got a sign that says, roughly, "Don't worry about looking ugly; worry about its being permanent," hee hee man.

 

We visited our dentist's office to set our appointment for May Many'st, set we man.

We got our medicines at 2 different pharmacies, purchase we man.

In the U.S., one costs $Many (over $2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2x2x2), ridiculous man.

Same thing (with Spanish label) costs $Many ($2x2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2x2 + 2+2+1), better man.

We got Many (2+2+1), financially savvy we man.

 

Our leisurely loitering brought us to nearly Many (2+1) p.m., nothing more to do man.

We headed up the return footbridge, head we man.

We were startled to see dozens of pup-tents and items hanging off both railings, startled we man.

It was illegals camping out, seek U.S. entry they man.

They were of all races and nationalities, obvious man.

The wide footbridge was reduced to just one narrow path, really reduced man.

Gringos pulling carts with their Mexican purchases were struggling to get through, hard man.

We strained our body trying to carry our heavy soft bag,  man.

 

At the port, we asked our CBP agent if all the illegals were going to get in, ask she man we man.

She said, "If they have credible reason, they'll be let in, ultimately man," si man.

This brought memories of trying to get Mrs.-T-B.-to-be here and raised our blood pressure,  man.

 

We then drove to the local branch of our favorite large thrift-shop, discount day for we man.

We got Mini-B. Many (2+2+2+1) shirts, Many (2+1) pants, and Many (2+1) underwears, score we man.

Our discount was $Many-&-a-half ($2x2x2x2 + half a buck), financially savvy we man.

We ultimately paid $Many ($2x2x2x2x2 + 2+2+1), financially savvy we man.

 

We confirmed by text that Mini-B. was ministering to miu, past time for miu-lunch and treats man.

 

We then went for din-din, not too hungry but figured we'd avail ourself of good Mexican chow man.

We found the restaurant that had overcharged us in Manycember, try again we man.

We consumed 2 enchiladas, a taco, and rice/beans, ingest we man.

It was quite good, approve we man.

The cost was $Many ($2x2x2 +2+2), careful to watch menu price we man.

We were not overcharged this time, good thing for them man.

 

We still had a couple of hours to kill, too bad no earlier flights but that's the schedule man.

We gassed the rental T-B.-mobile, gas prices Many (2x2x2 +2) cents higher than at home man.

 

We returned to the airport, quite early we man.

No one was at Hertz/Dollar rental counter, very strange man.

Many (2+2+1) people were waiting to rent,  they man.

We used the Express Drop, fortunate we man.

 

With no luggage to check and return boarding pass in hand, we sauntered upstairs, saunter we man.

The TSA agents, usually illegitimate male children, actually acted normal, true surprise man.

Plane was only one-Many'rd full, surprising boon man.

Took off early and landed Many (2x2x2x2 +2+2+1) -- si man, Many (2x2x2x2 +2+2+1) -- minutes early, boon man.

We were on the parking shuttle before original "landing time" occurred, major boon man.

 

Frantic miu greeted us at the casa, Where Were You Daddy man.

We brushed and din-dinned miu, good miu-parenting by we man.

Showered, highly necessary man.

 

Would have posted Thrilling Mexico report after that, but had momentous e-mails man.

Several central African and central Asian countries want to buy POTSs, national inve$tment$ man.   

 

Our body hurt all over, HSM at bedtime we man.

We conclude that it was a pretty good day, conclude we man.

[TBoneTX 43,548]

Thrilling Wednesday report, see man:

 

We did not leave the casa all day, ensconced and groggy we man.

Our body still hurt all over, ow ow ow OW OW man.

 

Miu was needy all morning, needy miu man.

 

Before noon, we decided to lawn-mow, in dire need and chilly weather man.

We took aspirin beforehand, usually helps our pained body when we mow man.

While we mowed, Miguel the Lawn Mexican showed up, do edging for us man.

The timing was such that he leaf-blew our driveway and sidewalks, save us a dreary step man.

Yard looks magnificent, if we may modestly state we man.

 

Lunch was 2 cotto salami sandwiches, ingest we man.

A 2-hour planned siesta turned into over Many (2+1) hours, exhausted we man.

Our body felt somewhat better afterward, finally man.

 

Miu was needy all afternoon, needy miu man.

 

Din-din was tuna glop, ingest we man.

 

Miu was needy all evening, needy miu man.

 

We will probably venture out on errands on Thursday, predict we man.

[TBoneTX 43,548]

Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Thursday report, see man:

 

Our body still hurt, and the pain awoke us early, ow man.

Before we could assume comfortable position on heating-pad, miu sat on us to encourage us to produce miu-breakfast,  man.

 

Miu was active and needy all morning, active needy miu man.

 

Mama T-B. has wanted us to take her out to stores for some time, casa-bound senior she man.

We offered to take her to Walmart after lunch, offer we man.

But then, she called back to tell us to take her before lunch, conserve energy senior she man.

We had no time to eat and barely time to shower, hastily self-prep we man.

 

From pickup to return, this was almost a Many-hour process, starving we man.

Mama T-B. thoroughly searched most of the store and got $Many in items, shop senior she man.

We got 2 items, minimally shop we man.

One of these items was some croissants from bakery markdown, financially savvy we man.

Several of these became "lunch" before our hasty siesta, ingest we man.

 

We got an hourlong siesta and left to retrieve Mini-B. from skool, Two Guys eve man.

Din-din was takeout from Popeye's*, ingest Two Guys man.

     *bought WUOC, financially savvy we man

We then watched some YouTube, and Mini-B. played V.R., occupy selves Two Guys man.

 

Mini-B. has grades over Many points -- si man, Many points -- in Many (2+2+1) of his skool courses, finally and proud we man of wee man man.

 

We have itineraried Many (2+2+1) ESs, a GS, and an MS for Friday, long route man.

Party with the rubias imminent, cavort we man.

[TBoneTX 43,548]

Friday GS/MS/ES report, see man:

22 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

We have Many (2+2+1) ESs, a GS, and an MS for Friday, long route man.

The round-trip route was almost exactly Many00 miles, indeed long man.

We attended everything itineraried, reliable we man.

 

The MS was phantom,  man.

The GS was in an apartment complex with no directions,  man.

 

On the bright side, the first Many (2+2) of the Many (2+2+1) ESs yielded the take, see man:

 

 -- Many (2x2x2x2 +2+2) warshcloths*, NIP pack flat envelopes, ~full pack heavy-bond 

          typewriter paper = $2 + half a buck + half-of-half a buck, steal man

                    *to be resold to ex-Mrs.-T-B. at a profit, Bu$ine$$ Typhoon we man

 -- thick Wamsutta bath towel, ~full box Kleenex = $Many ($2+2), steal man

 -- full can Rise shaving-cream, dinner fork = $1, steal man

 -- full box Many00-watt light bulbs, 2 NIP guaifenesin (HSM) = $Many ($2+2+1), steal man

Total = $Many ($2x2x2 +2+2) + half a buck + half-of-half a buck

[TBoneTX 43,548]

Thrilling non-GS/MS/ES Friday report, see man:

 

Traffic quite heavy, everyone probably off for Good Friday man.

 

Breakfast/lunch/din-din was at 2 p.m. at a Chinese buffet at end of ES run, si man.

We consumed Many (2+1) plates heaped with beef/chicken/fish, ingest we man.

Price was exceptionally reasonable, return if again in the area we man.

 

Buffet restaurant practically right across the street from gargantuan favorite thrift store, visit we man.

We had not been there in some time, no man.

We got Mini-B. Many (2+2) shirts, tupairs socks, and an underwear, buy for wee man we man.

Total with colored-tag discounts was $Many ($2x2x2x2), deal man.

This was the least that we'd ever bought there, sigh man.

We looked at the boys' section with wistful memories, grown-past-those wee man man.   

 

Outraged miu met us in the casa at Many (2+2) p.m., Why Are My Treats And Lunch Late Daddy man.

We mollified outraged miu, mollify outraged miu we man.

We immediately went to take a siesta, zzz we man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B., Mini-B., the Rojo, and the Rojo's daughters are in San Antonio, getaway they man.

We don't know where the money for all these trips is coming from, extravagance man.

At least it isn't our funds, cheap we man.   

 

We have itineraried 2 ESs and a GS for Saturday, itinerary we man.

We may cut one of the ESs, don't know yet we man man.

The other is very near an Aldi, convenient geography man.

We haven't the foggiest clue what din-din menu to plan for Two Guys week, no man.

 

Party with the rubias imminent, cavort we man.

[TBoneTX 43,548]

Saturday GS/ES report, see man:

 

We indeed skipped one of the itineraried ESs, too far and with tolls man.

We replaced it with an Opportunity GS, neighbor 2 casas away from us man.

Neither GS yielded any take, no man.

The remaining ES was way overpriced and had nothing of interest either, no man.

Total = $0

[TBoneTX 43,548]

Thrilling Saturday non-GS/ES report, see man:

 

Last GS/ES stop was within a mile of an Aldi, grocery we man.

 

Lunch was the remaining Many (2x2x2x2 -1) Italian meatballs in the fridge, ingest we man.

Siesta'd for nearly 2 hours, zzz we man.

Went back out and finished all errands before close of business, timely we man.

 

Din-din was a cotto salami sandwich, ingest we man.

 

Watched The Many (2x2x2 +2) Commandments on TV, watch we man.

Consumed Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn during that process, ingest we man.

 

Party with the rubias in full swing, cavort we man.

Happy Easter to almost all*, si man.

     *Happy Ether to anesthesiologists, ha ha man

[Neonred 3,468]

On 3/29/2024 at 10:28 PM, TBoneTX said:

 

We consumed Many (2+1) plates heaped with beef/chicken/fish, ingest we man.

 

 

10 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

 

 

Lunch was the remaining Many (2x2x2x2 -1) Italian meatballs in the fridge, ingest we man.

 

Din-din was a cotto salami sandwich, ingest we man.

 

Consumed Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn during that process, ingest we man.

 

 

On 3/28/2024 at 12:15 AM, TBoneTX said:

 

 

Lunched at favorite restaurant, destination for we man.

We got our usual: Many (2+2+1) strips grilled tilapia, fries, salad, rice, & chips/salsa, ingest we man.

 

We consumed 2 enchiladas, a taco, and rice/beans, ingest we man.

 

 

Someone has a large capacity cast iron stomach.

[TBoneTX 43,548]

9 hours ago, Neonred said:

Someone has a large capacity cast iron stomach.

The risk is Dunlap Disease, si man -- whether our chest dunlap into our drawers, hee hee hee man.

[Neonred 3,468]

3 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

The risk is Dunlap Disease, si man -- whether our chest dunlap into our drawers, hee hee hee man.

Oh, at first I thought you were talking about tires....a spare Dunlop tire...just above the waistline.

[TBoneTX 43,548]

Thrilling Sunday report, see man:

 

We did not leave the casa all day, no man.

 

We laundered Friday's ES/thrift-store take, extra load man.

We laundered regular load, Thread Laundress we man.

We dished and de-dished the warsher, domestic we man.

 

Lunch was one double-slice cotto salami sandwich, ingest we man.

A siesta was thereafter taken, zzz we man.

Din-din was 2 single-slice cotto salami sandwiches, ingest we man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. returned from San Antonio last night, of course overdoing everything again ex-she man.

Ex-she man's stomach was ruined and she did not stay when delivering Mini-B., she'll never learn man.

 

We & Mini-B. consumed slices of "Manyple Chocolate Chunk Creme Cake" from Aldi, ingest Two Guys man.

This cake is quite good and cost only $Many, recommend we man.

 

No skool for Mini-B. on Monday, good grief man.

Party with the rubias after Mini-B. embedded, cavort we man.

[TBoneTX 43,548]

4 minutes ago, Neonred said:

tires....a spare Dunlop tire

In this thread, the British spellings "tyres" and "tyre" are used, q.v. first post in thread man.

Otherwise, no British spellings are permitted, no man, and Canadian spellings are frowned upon, too, si man.

[TBoneTX 43,548]

Thrilling Monday report, see man:

 

Took Mama T-B. to doctor, chauffeur senior she man we man.

Must take her to another on Tuesday, should charge Many pennies per 1/Many'th of a mile we man.

 

Lunch was onecan of Costco chunk chicken, ingest we man.

 

Din-din was an entire tub of Costco beef lasagna, ingest Two Guys man.

Watched several Contraband Police episodes on YouTube, watch Two Guys man.

Consumed Many (2+2) bags of Costco popcorn, ingest Two Guys man.

 

We finally did it, see man:  everything eaten = from Costco, hat trick man.

 

Miu zzz-ing on our bed, zzz-ing miu man.

Party with the rubias after Mini-B. embedded, cavort we man.