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PolarBear: I have Elaine Keller's address. Check my personal profile for my email address and zip me a note and I'll give you contact info. Jardinero

Happiest of birthdays, Star Gazer. Love you! Jardinero

Thanks Dottie! Loved your post. Your loving honesty always provides a great perspective. Thanks for being you! J.

I read recently that Walter (Dr. Crinnion) recently moved to Tempe, AZ and is now heading up the Environmental Medicine Center of Excellence for the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Sciences. Those of you in AZ might want to know that in case you or someone you know ever need some good holistic treatment. Here's the press announcement: http://www.scnm.edu/news/article_7.php

Nika: I learned how to cook just throwing things in the pot and tasting, so don't use recipes - - and I make tamales the same way. But I think I do have a recipe somewhere. If I can find it, I'll email it to you. Alfie: I love you the mostest of the sick kork also (Bullinger). ;)--> XXXOOOXXX J.

GTTTGTP Hey Tomas, mis abuelos were from Chihuahua tambien! That's where I learned to cook! Menudo at your suegra's restaurante??? Muy bien! Nothing better for a hangover. I can still make the enchiladas and sounds like seestor Nika has the warm chips and salsa. Cold mug, lime and salt rimmed...Negra Modelo...mmmmmmmmmmm TGIF...sounds like party time!!! Arriba! Jardinero

Ohbehave, Well, I just happen to make the best chicken enchiladas this side of the Rio Grande...so even though I'm in Indy now, feel free to stop in any time for some. No XX here - - my fav is Negra Modelo....mmmmm. And you all DO clean up pretty nice Happy Friday. Party on. J.

Well, I wondered where everyone was today! Slow 9th corps news day, eh? I was going to bring some nice Mexican beer to the party, is that O.K. Dot???? J.

Hey! My two california teams are out and now I have to pray for an east coast team??? What's up with that? Well, O.K. just cuz I love Mstar and see he's signed up for every shift (what a doulos!) ;)-->, I'll do my shift (sigh).... Jardinero :D-->

Alfie ~ thank you for leading this keeds today with your humor...they were just having a little trouble getting started today (more coffee, please)... Much better! Carry on! :D--> J.

Hey! It's 2:15 here and you 9th corpse slackers only have 2 posts today. I haven't had my laugh over coffee today! Get to crackin! Respectfully, Jardinero XXXOOOXXX

Paw, Bluesman, Sudo!!! I love it!!!!! Watch out HBO!!! Here comes prime times best!!!!! The Roasters! Missed the first 2 seasons???? Now on video at a store near you! Well, on second thought, better make that latetime AFTER the Sopranos. Those dancers on that show ain't got nuttin on dear Sudo! Stay tuned for season 3!!! Woo hoo! Jardinero

Hey Tessa, Wasn't trying to be historically accurate or anything, but the man Oen and I spoke with WAS a park ranger and though I didn't do a search to see if the county is officially dry or not, we did have to leave the county to buy a bottle of wine. I know what the signs said on the park entrance - - I was just teasing Mikey in fun, "spinning a yarn" - - certainly not being critical of where we stayed or anyone's planning. The park was great. Just was jokin, that's all. J.

oops, sorry, Bowtwi, was typing while you were postin..... J.

Steve! Well, unbeknownst to most of us, Tim's Ford State Park has a no alcohol rule. And, although I don't understand why, but sometimes when when 12 loud children and 12 louder, moonshine-tasting adults are having a good time in a very crowded camping area well past the 10:00 p.m. quiet time curfew, some people, in the adjoining campsites, who weren't smart enough to bring their soundproof tents had a little trouble sleeping, called the park ranger, rustled him out of bed and had him join our weenie roast! Imagine our surprise, when he didn't come to put a dollar in Sudo's g-string, but asked that we empty all the liqqer into the ground and that he could cite residents of the great state of Tennessee, however for the out of staters, he couldn't write citations, but would be happy to put us up for the nite in the local jail if we didn't comply. :o--> oops! And we couldn't understand why he had trouble believing Rascal, whose blood-pressure at an all time high, fresh from the snipe-hunting incident (see above) had her first beer of the day in her hand while calming her nerves, and innocently and wide-eyed told the nice ranger, "I don't drink" (honest officer ). So, needless to say, we will be looking for another site for the 3rd annual southern comfort weenie roast that's not in a dry county (hey, good planning, Mr. Benevolant Dictator ;)-->). Hawk's offered his 26 acres within spittin distance of 5 local distilleries, just in case we get a wild hair and need to make a quick run for re-enforcements! :P--> And that's our story.... ...and we're stickin to it! J.

PAWVIO I LOVE it!!!!!!!! :D-->

Woo hoo! :D-->

Just a side note. You guys gotta know that the 14th tribe is one of the nicest families to be around! Rascal and Mr. Rascal - - you two are awesome. What a beautiful tribe you have given birth to. From the eldest to the youngest (well, except maybe for that one boy in the middle who tried to stow away with me ;)-->) - - you have raised such sweet, kind, generous and rowdy kids! Wish you greasespotters could have watched how great these brothers and sisters take care of each other and chipped in to take such good care of us all. What a delite to be with them. My Jardinerito so enjoyed them all (along with Hawk, Jr.). Rascal is so very funny how her internal alarm goes off about every 30 minutes or so and she does role call - - but what a mom! She not only cared well for her own tribe, but adopted all us "adult" kids under her generous wings too! Thank you dear lady. Miss you already! And Mr. Rascal is the most mellow dad of 7 I've ever met! What a involved, incredible father you are. And thanks for the hugs! You are such a dear! XXOOOXXXOOO to all of you! Jardinero

Suz: you should have seen the look on his face! The normally quick witted Paw stuttered trying to get out a response! Bowtwi's inadvertent funny was the best line of the entire weekend! Wish I had thought of it ;)--> ;)-->...hmmmmmmmmmmmmm... J.

Exxie, Was gone roasting weenies this weekend and missed your humor. Had to stop by and say hi. Mwah! Carry on. Jardinero

Well, Rascal - - I had no problem identifying Paw. When the Fabio look alike walked in the door with muscles rippling and the sparkle glistening off his million dollar smile, I could only think.....Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... J.

Hey, good job, Bowtwi! Ya musta left off the scenic tour of TN this time, girl! good for you! Glad you and the princess made it home safe and sound. Bet you are really READY for a little shut eye! Love you! Jardinero

The Picture Laleo: Herbal is the invisible one in the pic. (as usual, back at the cabin napping!) (speaking of reincarnation, Herbal was a cat in a former life!) Ala: we missed you too! Glad to connect tonight! Radar: we're giggling about Herbal being out of the pic (on one of many naps!) (and thanks for the compliment - - xoxoxo) Suz: thanks for the jokes! funny, but not as near as funny as Sudo! Tessa: thanks for supplying the line up. any questions????

The Weenies Are Roasted... Hello all. We just got in from Tennessee and had a wonderful weekend together. The weather couldn't have been more perfect. Tennessee was gorgeous, the greasespotters couldn't have been more fun (and funny!) and the food (of course) was great! About half the crew stayed in cabins where we all gathered Friday night for some of Sudo's world famous stew (and a few adult beverages) and all of us tried to put names and faces together. Once most of us were in, we moved from cabin to cabin and ended up on the balcony of one til the wee hours of the morning talking, laughing, smoking (cigarettes and cigars) and listening to Simon & Garfunkle. The other half (the 14th Tribe in their RV and tent and LittleHawk and son in a tent and Jardinero and son in a tent) were at the camping area where we all gathered for pretty much the rest of the weekend. Navy cook and camping specialist extrordinaire, LittleHawk, had all the campfire wood, burners and enough pots and pans to cook for a fleet. Rascal brought enough food, tables, cooking gear to feed the 14th Tribe and about 50 more people, so needless to say, most of the entire weekend revolved around some kick a** food! The children (12 of them) had enough older and younger aged groupings to have lots of fun swimming, boating, playing volleyball, badmitton, eating and joking around the campfire and, of course, the obligatory snipe hunt (more on that from another poster). While they kept each other amused, the adults had a marvelous time gabbing and joking and getting acquainted (and entertaining each other!). We all wished the time could have been longer together and there was a lot of hugging as we said our goodbyes. We're already planning next year's gather (we figured we'd try for one in which HerbieJuan even stayed awake for!) :D--> There are a lot of funny stories that we'll all post over the next week. Oakspear was our recording secretary of funny things that were done and said, so stay tuned. It was so great to have Paw join us and, as you can see, he and Sudo were able to find probably the only cyber cafe in Tennesee to post the picture above (and the rest of us managed to handle our online Greasespot withdrawals) Finally, Shellon is no longer shirtless and we are all officially Greasespot T-Shirt wearers (thanks Paw)!!!!! Thank you, fellow Roasters. Jardinerito and I had such a great time meeting all of you. He hugged me when we got home and thanked me for taking him to such a fun weekend event! More later... Jardinero P.S. If you ever need a good dentist, it would be worth the drive to go to Memphis to see Dr. Sudo. Believe me, you will not need laughing gas - - this guy is funnier than any of us could have ever imagined!!!!!

Weenie Roaster Travel Day O.K. Oakspear left yesterday and the rest of us are traveling today to "them thar hills" of Tennessee. We're taking pictures, have our own videographer (gee, that's scary) and will start posting about our gathering when we get back on Sunday and Monday. The 2nd Annual Southern Comfort Reunion n Weenie Roast is about to begin.... Be back in 3 days fellow greasespotters. Travel safely, fellow roasters. J. :D--> :D--> :D--> :D-->