The New Porch Annex

[Portia]

OK, with HSM, Kachoo, Jaded (TinCan), and the multi-named BossHoss (Epona, Wronglead, etc.), it's time we started building a new Porch Annex over here, not to replace the original Porch, but in addition to it. It can be The Porch South (or East, or West, or North - dang, I can't tell direction in cyberspace)

For those who don't know, The Porch is a creation of the E-search H/J board posters, created long before I started posting there. The Porch belongs to Schoolmarm, one of the original posters there. It is a very large virtual porch with lots of rocking chairs and a cider still in the back. Only the older posters (at least 30 I think, with a few exceptions) are actually allowed to sit on the porch, but there is room for all. Older teens and twenties can sit on the stairs leading to the porch, while the kids are welcome on the lawn, where they take care of the ponies and sheep that roam the property. Becca and Kellybird are two of the original lawn kids, so we allow them to sit on the stairs occasionally.

The Porch also has arts and crafts and entertainment. There is lots of baling twine knitting and manure scupting. The Chippendales dancers stop by when someone has a birthday. And the still, of course.

So what do you say, gang, do we have enough baling twine to start building another Porch over here?

[Portia]

OK, with HSM, Kachoo, Jaded (TinCan), and the multi-named BossHoss (Epona, Wronglead, etc.), it's time we started building a new Porch Annex over here, not to replace the original Porch, but in addition to it. It can be The Porch South (or East, or West, or North - dang, I can't tell direction in cyberspace)

For those who don't know, The Porch is a creation of the E-search H/J board posters, created long before I started posting there. The Porch belongs to Schoolmarm, one of the original posters there. It is a very large virtual porch with lots of rocking chairs and a cider still in the back. Only the older posters (at least 30 I think, with a few exceptions) are actually allowed to sit on the porch, but there is room for all. Older teens and twenties can sit on the stairs leading to the porch, while the kids are welcome on the lawn, where they take care of the ponies and sheep that roam the property. Becca and Kellybird are two of the original lawn kids, so we allow them to sit on the stairs occasionally.

The Porch also has arts and crafts and entertainment. There is lots of baling twine knitting and manure scupting. The Chippendales dancers stop by when someone has a birthday. And the still, of course.

So what do you say, gang, do we have enough baling twine to start building another Porch over here?

[ErinB]

I was a lawn-sitter on E-search, as hunteruler. I'll be the first to say that I want us to keep the porch running at least until I'm admitted to the stairs!

[Jaded]

Great idea!!!! I'll bring the duct tape and round up the dancers... here Chippendales, Chippendales, Chippendales! Darn the ponies got into the cider again, start up a new batch... oh and I call first dibs on the top stair! STAY OFF MY TOP STAIR!!!

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[Portia]

Oh my goodness, you're right - how could I forget about the duct tape.

Just a warning to the uninitiated, if we start talking about "the pink pills" it doesn't mean anything!

[Jaded]

Portia NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! How could you forget about the duct tape....I'm oh so worried about you /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif Take another pink pill LMAO

[HuntJumpSC]

***SUZ pulls up her chair, plunks down and props her muck covered Ariats up on the porch rail*** I'm here, guys, pass the cider! Just one teenie question, how much for a virtual lap dance from one of the Chippies??? I need a thrill! LOL /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif SUZ

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[Jaded]

For you SUZ? It's on the house, as soon as we can find them....here chippie!, chippie!, chippie! O.k who unlocked their cage...oh, I mean luxory room, we don't keep our chippies in cages..no, we like to let them roam free, you know free range chipps /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[HSM]

Sorry Suz, but did you forget? The chippies haven't been seen nor heard from since we had that big party on the porch for JOH's birthday. http://www.chronofhorse.com/ubb/eek.gif Hmmmm....maybe we need to ask HER where they went...oh JOH!?!

Awesome idea, Portia - a porch annex(although I'm not sure how I feel about being referred to as one of the "older" posters /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif ). I just hope that all the other COTH residents feel free to come on up 'n set a spell too! /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Jaded]

So thats where they went!!! I wondered where they were for my birthday, I bet JOH took off with them on the pink ponies....

[stop4]

I call the second step! I will sit on same side as Jaded! Yeah! I wil bring my climing goat and lab puppy for the little kids to play with in the yard. lol

[Louise]

Well, I for one would welcome the chance to set a spell, even if I never got a chance to do so on equisearch. May I join you? And, I'm old, so I was wondering if there was a rocker left for me?

[OnyxThePony]

Well count me in, out of the rain and snow, I'll be the first to admit anything can be built and roofed with a bit of ducttape and manure patching, but someone musta taken too many pink pills when they did that repair, cos I think the annex is cozier, dryer, and has a better view to the lawn, not to mention closer to the bathtub still, and a railing (best to knock them lawnkids off the annex rail with a broom, easier than sweeping em off the porch once in a while).

[Bertie]

I'm old...would like the rocker over there by the cider keg if it's not taken.

This would be umm, let's see--Mandy/Sabra/now Jaime Lynn. Where's BobO? Thought he said he might be over here--has he been changing identities as well, or just lurking? JB found some new purple pills that I like better than the pink especially for the migranes es has been giving me. Hey, I was told that here, I could bring in some KJ Chard, or is that only allowed out behind the shed??? JB better not bring those nasty hamsters over here, or everyone had better get updated on their rabies shots! Hope the Annex is a success!!! I'm terrible with a hammer, but can I make some cookies? Or Zucchini bread even!!!LOLOL ROTFL

[Jaded]

purple pills??? Pass them over, quit hogging!

Sandstone> I personally invite you to share my top stair with me, hey if we sprawl out enough we'll block the Porchers from getting onto the porch then maybe the 20 year olds can sneak into a rocking chair /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Good plan as long as BossHoss doesn't chase us off with the broom, and believe me a broom is a weapon in her hands!!! lol

[Snowbird]

Since I'm the oldest by far I get the center rocking chair!

I like it much better here already--much quieter-no kids getting in your face. Brought my pillow-Tin get outta my way, I need a rest. Please pass the cider.

[Flash44]

Although I barely squeak in with enough birthdays to get onto the porch, I can rock with the best of you. Just make sure I have a rocker with expandable sides, since I've given up on my youthful svelte figure. Anyone ever taste homemade scrumpy? It's related to cider, only more vile and intoxicating.

[ClemsonGraduateRider]

I call a step . . I am against the torturous pressing of apples to make cider however . . .


JUST KIDDING!!! or am I??

But I will bring the apple butter . . .hmmm

sorry all I have been at a horse show since 5 am !! YIPEEE (translates to me being very loopy)

[Regalmeans]

Okay, I was never at the other board but I've been at COTH for along time........and I know you all love me.. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif...so Portia - am I proclaimed step worthy?

sarah

[N&B&T]

An open air porch will naturally accomodate smokers downwind of the prevailing breezes (seem to dwell there generally anyway /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif), won't it?

"Puffin' a Winston, sippin' a cider-- It's Bennett's mom, and she's right beside ya..."

Do members of the O/F Clique automatically get cushions or what?

[Louise]

Fortunately or unfortunately, as the case may be Nancey, this member of the O/F clique comes with her own, built in cushion. Gotta be careful of what that cider can do to you!

[stop4]

If we sit just so, we can not only block the unworthy porchers, but maybe save the second step for our feet and cup of (hard!?!) cider.

Don't worry about the brooms, I am pretty good at either end of those. I have little brothers and they like to hit me with what ever is near by.....

[Becca]

I am reclaiming my originol porch kid status. Though I think it requires a friendly reminder that when the cookies came out, i got to sneak into an actual porch corner and comeone would throw me one, refering to me as rufus, or other such "codenames"

And only if theres Long island Lemonade (or iced tea? darn- I forget!!)

I hereby reclaim my seat with that big dog on the lawn (dog, or was it Kelly?? its beena while..)

[N&B&T]

Louise, you know I don't foment or ferment... /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

I will be more careful of how my questions are phrased from now on! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[JRG]

Hey Guys, as JR_Greener comes up on the porch tripping over all the coloured helmets. Pass the cider, its great to talk to all of you again.

[J. Turner]

Hey Portia -- I turn 30 next month ... does that mean I graduate from the steps to a rocking chair?

BTW -- a friend of mine is naming her new horse Portia (if she vets) since (my old) her horse is Merchant of Venice!

[JOH]

(JOH drops her tack trunk on the porch floor, dusts off her rocker, digs out baling twine and knitting needles, settles in...) Oh yes, the Chippendale guys...(JOH motions to incoming horse trailer) Sorry guys, didn't know you'd miss them so much - I sure enjoyed them!

Thanks for inviting me here!

[RodeoGirl]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Becca:
I am reclaiming my originol porch kid status. Though I think it requires a friendly reminder that when the cookies came out, i got to sneak into an actual porch corner and comeone would throw me one, refering to me as rufus, or other such "codenames"

And only if theres Long island Lemonade (or iced tea? darn- I forget!!)

I hereby reclaim my seat with that big dog on the lawn (dog, or was it Kelly?? its beena while..)
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I'll take a step, if there's any room left. However, I must warn against the Long Island Iced Tea. In an effort to keep anyone from falling off the ol' porch let's stick to hard cider and lemonade!

[Jaded]

Bad JOH! BAD! *quickly unloads the Chippies from the trailer*

[Lil]

Hey, everybody! It's me - Abby - aka Rosie - I was looking for you, Suz!

[JB]

Wow, JOH, how on earth did you manage to wrestle those Chippies from Wendi? She took them to Barcelona with her (along with the remaining contents of the still). What? You say you wrestled Wendi for them? Hmm, what a sight that must have been!!!

Jaded, hurry and get those guys outta there before they get dirty! We'll have to hose them off if they do - oh, wait, that's the whole idea, right? Good one!

Becca, I thought you were in charge of organizing all those helmets so we don't trip over them getting to our rockers.

Regalmeans - you are welcome to the steps, but you have to help keep the ponies and sheep in line. Those lawn kids get disracted at time. You may even have to step in and round them back up when the kids let them wander.

Jaime Lynn (mandy, sabra, you're giving me almost the headache wronglead was) - I am saving the hampsters for the right moment, so watch yourself! However, glad you liked the purple pills - I'll remember that next time you get all migrainy!

Portia - thanks for whipping together this annex - all these new folks will certainly add character to the porch.

[DMK]

Do y'all mind if I come on up and rock a spell? I'll bring some pinot noir, if'n y'all don't mind - not particularly fond of hard cider (or should I say, it's not particularly fond of me?) I could certainly use a good rocker, since I've been the lone barn person for the last 3 days, and I have mowed (grass AND bramble, no less), drug the ring, set up combinations and jumped said combinations, until my middle aged bones feel like dreadfully old bones... and we won't even talk about my back...

Becca, I thought you were going to move those helmets?

Bring on the Chippies!

PS - the one in chaps is mine...

If you don't mind, can we share the Pinot? The cider makes me have to go out behind the shed for long periods of time, and I can't appreciate the view very much!!!LOL

[Portia]

Louise and all other non-e-searchers -- The Porch, Steps, and Lawn are for Everybody! We'll put Snowbird in the rocker right next to Schoolmarm, where we can dust them both off conveniently. That is, if JOH and JB can be kept from turning Schoolie into a manure sculpture again.

As for BobO, he's been around before, but hasn't stuck his head in recently. I'll have to give him a nudge. We need our token male, don't we?

[OldMare]

Well, here I am gang! With the Patches man and the cute pilot in tow! glad to see much of the old gang in tact. I do finally have some pix of Patches, but have yet to figure out how to post them. Pass the cider please. It is a bit chilly up here in Canuck land today!

[DMK]

Jamie Lynn, no problem on the Pinot, plenty for all...

BTW, does the porch come with a really nice heater, fireplace, or hot tub? Those of us in the south are somewhat fragile when it comes to cold... /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Becca]

I was going to, but us younguns get such a kick out of watching you "chippie-obsessed' fogies trip over them, I decided to let it be for a while *G* Once you all start coordinating your shoes to the rest of your outfit, I'll reconsider...(mind you, if your wearing your approved helmet (as the USPC book says, you should at any time near horses) then you'd be fine, so whats the fuss about?)

[stop4]

DMK~I am sure you could find a Chipie to keep you warm. I know what you mean about us being fragilein the cold... school is cancelled if there is a small chance of snow...it never does so I go ride in what usually turns out to be 65 degree wether!

Well, I hapen to like hard cider or lemonade or anything else. Pass me some. I still have a bitter taste in my mouth from the little Biltmore grapes.... Kendall Jackson anyone?

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[Portia]

DMK, there is a hot tub at the old Porch, I'm sure we could rig one up here with enough duct tape. The problem is keeping JOH and BossHoss and JB from giving the dogs their baths in it. http://www.chronofhorse.com/ubb/tongue.gif

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[stop4]

Duck tape will save the world someday....that and a good long drink of hard cider to keep us all sane....

[DMK]

Duct tape is like the force, it has a light side and a dark side and it holds the universe together.

words of wisdom for the porch...

[AHC]

DMK, don't drink all the pinot noir and save a rocker for me!!!

[Cougar2]

Ahh Sandstone! You come up here and rock next to me! As one of the original Porchers (actually I think it was something I was torturing Schoolmarm about that even made the darn Porch up..LOL)

Now as the local Southern California native of the Porch, it is MY job to give you the weather report here during the winter..(the Candians like umm JOH JOH will tell you how much I love doing this..LOL)

Todays weather: slight breeze, clear and 73 degrees outside~ Actually may have to wear a t-shirt tonight instead of a tank top, going to drop to at least 65 this evening ...brrrrrrrrrr

So tell me JOH~ are your bays covered in frost yet??? LOLOL *g*

HEY,

Did you find the bottle I hid out behind the shed? I put it there before C2 went through the shed with a can of Raid--be careful! It may contain toxins!!! Besides, the baby spiders may have crawled into the cork-holes to hide!!!!

[HSM]

Ok, now the porch is almost complete ... welcome JOH! /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Glad you could find us here.

Portia, you're right.. we need to be on the lookout for BobO and Seb. And then there's Bailey, right Suz? Who else am I forgetting?

And Snowbird, don't get scared if that mysterious figure in the rocker next to you starts to move a bit....we may just wake up Schoolmarm yet. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Jenn]

Wow! I guess everyone hates the new E-search format as much as me. The Junior forum is practically non-existant, and I just hate that orange! I've been a lurker here for about a year, and I think I'm gonna stay here and leave E-Search.

Before you finish the porch, you should probably set off a bug bomb to get rid of those nasty black widows, or C2 will be scared to go in the corners (or look through a tack trunk)!

And while you're building stuff, could you pleeease build a shed for us on the lawn (the West Lawn?) because every time it snows or rains we get cold and wet because we get shoved off the porch with brooms. You can even make it out of some of Schoolie's old baling twine sweaters.

Ther IS a shed, but it's only for storing well aged grape juice. I started stocking once C2 fumigated it with Raid (it's OK to go in now C2--I even swept it out--crunch,crunch)--keep out unless you're legal--some of that stuff is expensive, by the way, did JB bring the still back from her horse show? Maybe you could get the Chippies to help with the kiddie-shed construction. I'm sure we have a spare roll of duct tape around here...

[Regalmeans]

Well,the porch roof extends over the steps.....right? And besides it doesn't rain much anyway. So pass the hard cider (or lemonade or whatever it is) and the cookes, I'm settling in! And JB sure I'll help keep the ponies and sheep inline - or else I'll have my minions do it. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Sarah

[stop4]

I am sure that a shed can be fashioned with ease out of duck tape and bailing twine sweaters!

Wow I am haveing so much fun! Great idea Portia, this board needs to have some fun again after everything that has come about in the past weeks....

Heidi~no we won't have to widen the drive way for my fleet of beamers....

[stop4]

Jaime~I am not legal but I will replace whatever I drink... I only go for the good stuff anyway.

I am now calling the second-from-the-top step for Kelsy, I think that she deserves a nice spot to be part of the adult conversation. She can sit on my side.

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[Kelsy]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Sandstone:
I am not legal but I will replace whatever I drink... I only go for the good stuff anyway.

I am now calling the second-from-the-top step for Kelsy, I think that she deserves a nice spot to be part of the adult conversation. She can sit on my side.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thanks Marion babe! Good thing I'm sittin' next to you... you can stop me from sayen totally inappropriate things! lolol.

Haha yeah and don't worry, Marion & I will replace everything we drink /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Regalmeans]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Sandstone:
Jaime~I am not legal but I will replace whatever I drink... I only go for the good stuff anyway.

I am now calling the second-from-the-top step for Kelsy, I think that she deserves a nice spot to be part of the adult conversation. She can sit on my side.

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I second Marion's replacing the drink rule /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif LOL. And I jsut wanted to point out that I already have a place on one of the top two steps both those things are wide and I'm happy to share.

Sarah

[stop4]

So it is me and Jaded on the top step and one the second~ kelsy, on my side and Sarah across from her! We will have so much fun together! and scince it sounds like the four of us will be drinking so much, maybe we can make our own cooler to put beside us?!

And we will definatly be happy to share with all but the lawn children and the goats... drunk goats would be kinda funny though don't you think?

[Portia]

Now now, juniors, we follow strict rules on the drinking age for alcoholic beverages -- don't want the Porch being raided, now do we? HSM (which, in case you don't know, stands for Horse Show MOM), will get after you with her broom if she catches you breaking into the hard stuff. http://www.chronofhorse.com/ubb/tongue.gif

You should also know that step-sitters are required to help the lawn kids with the sheep and ponies, including mucking up after them. (Nope, no grooms here!) /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif http://www.chronofhorse.com/ubb/tongue.gif

However, we have been known to make the occasional exception and let a step-sitter have a sip of something from the still on her/his birthday or other special occasions. And we always have the plain cider and lemonade, and we share the cookies whenever anyone gets around to baking them. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Jaded]

I'm 20 (just turned it on sunday! Come here Chippies) I'm legal!!!!! Pass the cider, and I'll keep the kiddies away *down kiddies, down! My cider*

Sandstone> Erin's gonna squeeze between us on the top step, that way NO ONE can get to the cider without a fight! *evil laugh*

Good plan: set Quebec laws, drinking age is 18! (guess where we all headed once we were 18 or had a fake I.D....uh-oh I'm mean no never fake I.D...... um, ... DO AS I SAY, NOT WHAT I DO!!!)

[stop4]

Portia~sorry! I guess us junoirs need to be kept in line at times. We promise to help keep the lawn kids and animals in line....

No gurentees that we will never sneak out behind the barn.... or across state lines with our fake IDs Jaded is such a bad role model!(How did that word fake make it's way into that sentance?)


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[heelsdown]

Hey Ladies,

I just "found" a case of KJ, it fell off the truck, nothing broken though. Do y'all have enough ice (to chill) and glasses? The same truck also dumped tequila, should I bring it too? My black Lab insists on tagging along, I don't why, he isn't really a wine drinker, more of a beer hound.

[Jaded]

Tequila is definatly welcome, expecially the brands with those cool hulisinating (sp?) worms ;-) I bring my shot glass! Better drink fast before they stop supplying it.

Crazy story, I went to a bar the other night and someone ordered a shot of tequila and it cost $9.00!!!! Ah!!!!!! And it was a cheap brand, nothing special!
Moral of that story: Don't drink under age (you just don't have enough money for the good stuff LOL; opps shouldn't have added that part..)

[stop4]

Heelsdown~can the juniors havea bottle to stash in their "secret" hiding place out back or would we be beaten swiftly about the head with a broom by HSM?!? On second thought maybe we will just ask nicely on our birthdays (or maybe present to you a *real* ID fashioned from bailing twine, ducktape, and one of those fading black markers that seem to pile up in tops of trunks?)

[Jaded]

Tequila is definatly welcome, expecially the brands with those cool hulisinating (sp?) worms ;-) I bring my shot glass! Better drink fast before they stop supplying it.

Crazy story, I went to a bar the other night and someone ordered a shot of tequila and it cost $9.00!!!! Ah!!!!!! And it was a cheap brand, nothing special!
Moral of that story: Don't drink under age (you just don't have enough money for the good stuff LOL; opps should have added that part..)

[Portia]

Heelsdown, dogs are welcome, especially on the cold nights when we old folks with bad circulation need our feet warmed. Your black lab can sit with BossHoss's dogs - let's see, she has some kind of big fluffy dog and a rottweiller pup and I don't know what else...

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[stop4]

Jaded~It is awsome if Erin squeses (I butchered that spelling didn't I!) in the middle of us. By the way is she good with a broom? I have a feeling we will need to be good at both ends of it... shoving the little ones off the stairs and defending the blows from HSM as we try to sneak the hard cider instead of the plain!

[Regalmeans]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Sandstone:
Jaded~It is awsome if Erin squeses (I butchered that spelling didn't I!) in the middle of us. By the way is she good with a broom? I have a feeling we will need to be good at both ends of it... shoving the little ones off the stairs and defending the blows from HSM as we try to sneak the hard cider instead of the plain!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Sandstone I'm with you /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif BTW what country is the porch in....b/c if it's like say Canada some of us are pratically legal /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif LOL. We'll all fit on the steps....don't worry. As long as my horse doesn't decide he wants as step there's plenty of room.....but darn that cooler was good idea!!

Sarah

[Regalmeans]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Portia:
Now now, juniors, we follow strict rules on the drinking age for alcoholic beverages -- don't want the Porch being raided, now do we? HSM (which, in case you don't know, stands for Horse Show MOM), will get after you with her broom if she catches you breaking into the hard stuff. http://www.chronofhorse.com/ubb/tongue.gif
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Hmm....since we were talking about saving the carrots and all shouldn't horseshowmom be ashamed of all the wood and straw that was killed to make her broom??? /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif hm....the rights of wood group = ROW...????? LOL Never mind!

And Sandstone's right - we'll stay in line...really if only we didn't have such um..... interesting<?> role models.... (bring on the cidar...um....please?)

Sarah

[stop4]

I thought that we really ahd it made for a minute there.... But I am sure that because the porch is in no particular state, we can asume that it is in one with a drinking age of 18. And we are practically legal...

But htis won't efect me, my 21 Birthday is tommarow.... can i have a chippie of my own? Just kidding but 4 years, 7 months and counting...

[Regalmeans]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Sandstone:
I thought that we really ahd it made for a minute there.... But I am sure that because the porch is in no particular state, we can asume that it is in one with a drinking age of 18. And we are practically legal...

But htis won't efect me, my 21 Birthday is tommarow.... can i have a chippie of my own? Just kidding but 4 years, 7 months and counting...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I like the way you think.

[RodeoGirl]

The porch is getting pretty rowdy!! Tequilla shots??? Things will be LOUD soon!! (I'll bring the salt and the lime!)

[heelsdown]

I'm here, got the tequila and the KJ. I'll start pouring... someone keep an eye on my Lab, if gets near the pond he's liable to jump in after those ducks and then we'll all have a wet and muddy labrador on our laps.

HSM get the broom ready, I can see those darn juniors eyeing the tequila already.

Ahhhh, time to rest my weary bones. Yikes! what was that I just sat on? As if my butt wasn't sore enough, silly OTTB dumped me yesterday and it still hurts! Alright, which one of you jrs. left your spurs on the my rocker? Portia, I thought you had them under control! Where is that broom? What does my Labrador have in his mouth? Oh no! It's a Jack Russel......

[Regalmeans]

Broom???? Did you say broom? Sandstone? Kelsy? Erin? HELP!!!!

Okay, okay....I'll stop eyeing the tequila (how many times do I have to point out that what i REALLY want is the cidar, eh?) as long as you pass those fresh cookies over here. And will someone please getthose sheep away from the steps? Please? I don't wanna get up /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Sarah

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[JOH]

Hey OldMare!

Nice to 'see' you again! Wanna pair of knitting needles? We need some pony blankets right quick! My barn hose was froze this morning and there was a skin of ice on the pasture trough. C2 will be happy to hear of our frost, that is, if we can find her through all that smog *BEG*

[CAH]

Well, I hate to admit it but I definately qualify for a place on the porch!
Just give me the quiet corner...near the still...and I am a wiz with baling twine.

[Schoolmarm]

(*Grumble, grumble, grumble . . .thud*)

Okay. (*SM picks herself up off the new porch step . . . throws a huge ball of twine at Portia*) You wanted twine? You got twine! Now step aside and let me drag my rocker up here into the shade. . .

[ClemsonGraduateRider]

NO tequila for RodeoGrl!!!! And Lets make sure that I am up there with you guys, (sandstone, regal, erin) so I can beat away Rodeo as she fights to get to the good stuff!!

So does this mean in April I will get a huge 21st party??? OOH I can't wait . . .

Long live the Peeps

[SoEasy]

Hi there /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif ...... make room for my rocker please /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif and DMK ... can I have some of that nice red? I will bring fudge ... chocolate mixes well with everything, right?

[Regalmeans]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ClemsonRider:
NO tequila for RodeoGrl!!!! And Lets make sure that I am up there with you guys, (sandstone, regal, erin) so I can beat away Rodeo as she fights to get to the good stuff!!

So does this mean in April I will get a huge 21st party??? OOH I can't wait . . .

Long live the Peeps<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Of course you get a party - as long as I get one for my 18th /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif But please, let's not get any blood on the steps /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif And don't be to loud or the adults come after us with the broom. But it's all good. Peeps forever!

Ag! This isaddicting- I'm supposed to be researching my vietnam paper here! gotta wonder what my teacher would say if he saw this LOL

Sarah

[Portia]

OH MY GAWD it's Schoolmarm!

Schoolie, your rocker is the real big one with the softest cushion, right there in the middle. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Now you kids really need to behave yourselves, because Schoolie lives up to her name. She's the owner of the original porch and she's even quicker with the broom than HSM!

[Cougar2]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Schoolmarm:
(*Grumble, grumble, grumble . . .thud*)

Okay. (*SM picks herself up off the new porch step . . . throws a huge ball of twine at Portia*) You wanted twine? You got twine! Now step aside and let me drag my rocker up here into the shade. . .<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hey there Missy? Not even gonna say "HI" after all it was ME who adored torturing you on a daily basis....How the heck are ya????

Funny thing we've been torturing you without you even being around for the past two years! No lie......

So shall we begin darling Marmie? Point score perhaps? I have had no one to spar with in such a very long time~ Not since your friend Bonnie was posting....... So c'mon baby been waiting for this for a loooooong time

Missed ya lots!

[DMK]

SoEasy,

happy to share that red with you - today we are trying a lovely willamette valley brand - Sokol Blosser - it is widely known as simply the BEST red to go with fudge, BTW /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Whew, I noticed while the old farts were gone, the "step" children took over for a while... did anyone clean up the mess?

[CTT]

Man I got caught http://www.chronofhorse.com/ubb/tongue.gif . Thanks cugar2 for remembering me. you might want to pull out that real nice rocker of yours so that I can sit in it while I catch you up to date on my abduction by a UFO saucar. Glad to see two families come together. Sad to say it but this baby is not a baby anylonger. Ill be legal to drink in a fue months. Ah the horor of thinking I will be drinking nice fine wine on the poarch with all the ones who remember me when I was still in dypers crawling up the steps to only get kicked off when I would steel a drink not knowing what it was but only knowing it tasted good.

[stop4]

Yes,we did take over but don't worry, we threw away all of the empty bottles when we finished.... Watch out, now 6 of us on the top 2 steps since Clemson is here!

Hey Schoolmarm! I have heard so much about you. It is great to finally meet you.

[HuntJumpSC]

Well, guys, looks like I'm here to stay...been insulted one time too many by the ES Trolls~ so, here I is! Heard the Chippies have been found, bring 'em on! I'll drag Bailey & Sox over here too~ but warning! Bailey's allergic to Tequila~ she just found out the hard way, so it's just a double shot of cider for her! As for me, I'm sending a big virtual loaf of homemade banana bread as a "porchwarming" gift~ dig in!! http://www.chronofhorse.com/ubb/tongue.gif SUZ

[Schoolmarm]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Cougar2:
Hey there Missy? Not even gonna say "HI" after all it was ME who adored torturing you on a daily basis....How the heck are ya????

Funny thing we've been torturing you without you even being around for the past two years! No lie......

So shall we begin darling Marmie? Point score perhaps? I have had no one to spar with in such a very long time~ Not since your friend Bonnie was posting....... So c'mon baby been waiting for this for a loooooong time

Missed ya lots!

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

(*YAWN . . . *)

Okay, C2, have at me. I'm armed and dangerous . . . and PMS-ing like crazy! *LOL* Missed you, too! Now get the heck out of my space before I rock right over your custom-made boots.

[Cougar2]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Schoolmarm:
(*YAWN . . . *)

Okay, C2, have at me. I'm armed and dangerous . . . and PMS-ing like crazy!

**PMS'ING eh? So what you are telling is that you are still the same ol Schoolie? *LOL*


Missed you, too!
thanks {{{{{ HUGS}}}}}

Now get the heck out of my space before I rock right over your custom-made boots.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

** Now now sweetie don't be jealous, I know you are still trying to find a company to custom make you pair in 42 in calf width...

BTW~ I'm coming to your neck of the woods in the Spring~ perhaps we can go for a real ride???? And gallop around the woods behind yer little Ozarky shack?

[Finzean]

DMK, are you still on the porch?! Thought I'd cruise by on my turbo powered holiday inspired broomstick and see what was cooking - glad to see everyone is still fairly sober!

Just curious, where's Duffy & Inverness? I was sure once the hard cider was mulling, they'd come round the corner anxious to claim their spots on the porch.

Vroom, vroom...I'm kick starting my broomstick and riding off into lurking land!! Ya'll behave now, ya' hear!!!

[DMK]

hang on Finz... I drank too much Pinot Noir, and stuffed myself on fudge.. guess Imust have fallen off the back and snoozed fer a spell... you KNOW how us Southerners are prone to that type of behavior!!

Quit that Lurking Behavior!!! What do we have to do to drag you back? Discuss Chain Nosebands?

[RodeoGirl]

No Tequilla for you Finzean!! I knew you would be back once you heard about the good time being had by all on the porch!! Grab a spot near the steps...we have some catching up to do.

[JB]

Oh my GAWD, Schoolie lives!!! Gosh, I am SOOO sorry I forgot to hose you off for a while, and you got all dried out and stuff. Forgive me??

*clump, stomp, drag, ooomph* - Hey, someone give me a hand here with this danged still! Drug this thing all around the horse show with me so I'd remember to bring it back. *crash* - ooops, sorry Portia, didn't mean to drop it on your toes. /infopop/emoticons/icon_redface.gif

Jaded, since it was just your bday, you can have a SIP of the cider, no more. You ain't legal yet here in the States missy! ;-)

C2, Suz, whoever else I missed - glad to see you here. This big ol' porch is gonna be hard to keep up with! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[shiloh]

Hey, Portia - glad to see you revived the Porch over here. Missed you guys - I think you last saw me under the porch - sopping up the spilled cider with chocolate chip cookies. I guess I'll come out now and bring the cookies with - I promise they don't have too much hay or horsehair in them. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Portia]

I'll forgive JB for dropping the still on my foot, but only because I was wearing the custom boots with the steel toes.

Wow, we really do have most of the old gang here now!

CTT came over quite awhile ago, after the anti-dyslexia trolls at e-search got to her, but everyone of you e-searchers knows and remembers her. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif She's doing some very good work out in the real world. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Do y'all remember Kim? Check out the thread on the great new horse book. I'm pretty sure it's the same Kim from E-search long ago.

JB has been visiting regularly for awhile, as have JTurner and JenniferS. Becca and Jo and Kellybird have been here, all well representing the younger contingent. And now C-2, BossHoss, JOH, HSM, Kachoo, langshaw, HuntJumpSC, and the rest -- even Schoolie!!! Too many to name. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Now, who else are we missing? Sebastian, of course (C-2, she's your responsibility). And Tree, Dianna, Spotted Pony. BobO has been here before but we need to let him know where we all are. Geno, but nobody's heard from him in a coon's age. I think we drove him off by making him dance that day when the Chippies were missing. Who am I forgetting?

[This message has been edited by Portia (edited 10-17-2000).]

[BobO]

Hi gang, I'll take a rocker next to schooly and C2. It took me two days just to read the posts, its great that Portia got the porch going again.
Hey Portia, the new Springer spaniel is perfect for warm laps and the Dalmation is a toe warmer. However, when do you need either in Texas?

Hi Suz, HSM, C2 JB and schooly. As for dancing with you girls I never say No either alone or in groups. As we noted before I LIKE GIRLS /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif . So far though, Portia is the only one here that I've kissed (in front of the Misses http://www.chronofhorse.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif ).


I'm working on a Porch design coming soon.

[This message has been edited by BobO (edited 10-17-2000).]

[Portia]

BobO! Yea! Yes, gang, get jealous now -- I have in fact been kissed on the cheek by BobO (even if it was in front of Mrs. Bob.)

Now Bob, you know how hot it was when you and Mrs. Bob visited the barn in August. (Yep, Jo, Langshaw, CTT and the other Texans, Bob and the missus dared visit Houston in August.) We get so used to the heat that when it drops below 70 we start breaking out the winter woolies. http://www.chronofhorse.com/ubb/tongue.gif

[HSM]

Yippee, Schoolmarm is here! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif JOH, we did it - we woke her up!!! Thank goodness you're here, Schoolie - Portia's been telling everybody that I'm in charge of keeping the young 'uns in line. Don't know quite where THAT came from since I've been pretty quiet here on COTH most of the time. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif Anyhow, make sure you stick around, ok?

Oh, and look there...it's BobO too - hey Bob! Wow, this is getting to be quite the gang. JB, maybe if C2 can get Seb to join us, JOH can send out a lifeline to Geno.

Anyone else still out there in the black hole that used to be esearch?? Maybe we should let some of the "porch newcomers" over there in on this?

[Lori]

Where do we mid 30's type fit in??
Does anyone get to ride the ponies if we fit them???

[ClemsonGraduateRider]

Sarah . .Sandstone . . .Kelsy . . . . Erin . . . Becca (?) And uh I forget who else is on the step with us but anyhow we will all have to throw big birthday parties . . Anyone heard of a FIELD PARTY???

hehe after all I imagine that the lawn is quite large . . . .

[RodeoGirl]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ClemsonRider:
Sarah . .Sandstone . . .Kelsy . . . . Erin . . . Becca (?) And uh I forget who else is on the step with us but anyhow we will all have to throw big birthday parties . . Anyone heard of a FIELD PARTY???

hehe after all I imagine that the lawn is quite large . . . .<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I wonder if those who are actually rocking on the porch would appreciate a good bonfire...don't worry we'll keep the dogs and llamas away.

Anyone have marshallows?

[dbtoo]

Hey! Me too! I've been here for a while but don't post as much.

Glad to see ALL of you here!!

[stop4]

Hey Clemson~ maybve the adulats can have their "lawn party" on the lawn and we can have ours out back...

[Regalmeans]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ClemsonRider:
Sarah . .Sandstone . . .Kelsy . . . . Erin . . . Becca (?) And uh I forget who else is on the step with us but anyhow we will all have to throw big birthday parties . . Anyone heard of a FIELD PARTY???

There are alot of us on the steps. Yes..... I have heard of field parties..... LOL!

Sarah
hehe after all I imagine that the lawn is quite large . . . .<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

[Schoolmarm]

Well, well, well. . . seems as if some things just never change! HSM, I was counting on you and Portia to keep me clean while I was . . uh . . . hibernating. And NOW look at me!

(*SM picks a chunk of manure out of her left ear . . .*)

C2, I didn't know you could count to 42! Congratulations! Coming out in the spring? Hmmm. . . seems I've heard THAT one before. *LOL* I'll saddle up a couple of horses just in case. Here in the twigs we're big on horse-pitality. And manure.

As for the rest of the Porch Sitters, I'm glad to see you all. You're gonna have to fill me in on all the shenanigans y'all have been at for the past two years.

[FirstCry]

Hello all, Do have any room for an over 30 on that there porch. I badly need a rocker and a foot rest and maybe a nice back rub from a chippie. After a wild ride from a greenie who hasnst quite figured out he has 4 legs not 8.

[FirstCry]

Hello all, got any room for an over 30, on that there porch? I could use a rocker, foot rest and a back rub from a chippie (not necessaryily in that order hehe).

[Portia]

Lori, I believe the official age for Porch sitting is 30, so you'd fit right in. Yes, 30 is pretty young, but "it ain't the years. it's the mileage." /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

And it's a VERY big Porch, with lots of steps and a big lawn. We can always count on BobO to build on when necessary. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Schoolie, you'll have to ask C-2 about the spiders, and ask BossHoss (Epona from way back when) about the ghost. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Chief2]

I brought my flotation device...uhh...I mean seat cushion...so I hope there's a rocking chair up there for me! I won't be able to stay awake for all the festivities, but I'll give it a try! Sooo...where's the cider?

[Regalmeans]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Portia:

And it's a VERY big Porch, with lots of steps and a big lawn. We can always count on BobO to build on when necessary. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes, there are lots and lots of steps /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif And lots and lots of fun and the steps.....
and I think I'm here wayyyy to often!

Sarah

[JOH]

Now look here, BobO, you can only build onto the addition if I design it first! /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Schoolie already has me redesigning her house, so after I get the jacuzzi/wild parties/orgy room design done, I'll whip up some Porch addition drawings. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Schoolie - sorry about the manure sculpture on your rocker. We DID try to wake you up first! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Thanks, JB, for the smilie tips.

[Schoolmarm]

http://www.chronofhorse.com/ubb/eek.gif Spiders and ghosts, huh? C2? BossHoss? Fess up, you two. You've been hitting the cider a bit hard since I've been gone, haven't you?

Anyone care to clue me in as to what befell the old esearch bb? As someone mentioned, I haven't been there in a couple of years. Just curious. Did the porch sitters finally take on the lawn kids in a teen-tossing contest and get ousted by the Powers That Be ( . . . or is that "That Were"?) for Cruel and Unusual Use of Duct Tape? Did BobO get rowdy and get you guys pitched off the porch? Inquiring Minds Want to Know!

[HSM]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Schoolmarm:
Anyone care to clue me in as to what befell the old esearch bb? As someone mentioned, I haven't been there in a couple of years. Just curious. Did the porch sitters finally take on the lawn kids in a teen-tossing contest and get ousted by the Powers That Be ( . . . or is that "That Were"?) for Cruel and Unusual Use of Duct Tape? Did BobO get rowdy and get you guys pitched off the porch? Inquiring Minds Want to Know!

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


Well, Schoolie, there may have been some rowdiness, but you know that never stopped most of us porchers before! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

The problem, I think, was that the esearch bb powers-to-be (henceforth known as "the PTB") got a little too big for their britches and a little too confident that their patrons would stick with them no matter what. Sooo, they kept on making change after change in the format, for no apparent reason. People would plead with the PTB to please leave well enough alone, but the PTB never listened. They kept tweaking and changing, and each time posts got lost, names got changed, and the size of the advertising on each page grew.

With the most recent change, things were really a mess for a while - people couldn't get on, names had to be changed AGAIN, etc. Then, even after the PTB changed a few things back, the bb remained sooooooo slow that it's hardly worth the wait for each ad-laden page to open up. I mean, paint could dry and he** could freeze over while you wait for each page of a post to open. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

So, everybody got bored and annoyed, and decided to re-group over here, where the PTB {1} have a name (Hi Erin! /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif ){2} have a brain (a considerable one at that) {3} listen when their patrons talk & {4} know a good thing when they see one.

JMHO, of course. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Portia]

HSM you're right about all that. But you're forgetting that little problem we had when BobO gambled the rent money away while he was in Vegas for the World Cup.....

[Schoolmarm]

Aaaaah . . . now I get it. HSM, what you're saying is that without me to ride herd on you-all, the PTB felt it necessary to up the advertising revenue to fund the pending defamation of character lawsuits you guys were racking up. Is that about it? ;-)

I can't say I'm sorry I missed the festivities. My long ride into the sunset was probably a lot calmer and less annoying, and my horse doesn't throw me nearly as often as that dratted rocking chair did! Then again, there's nothing like a good shot of "'shine" and one of C2's rants to get the old blood flowing. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif And that old hunk, Geno, gave those Chippies a run for their money! Speaking of Chippies . . .

(*SM reaches for her specs, adjusts her girdle, launches herself off the porch after a suspected Chip . . . *)

[JOH]

Ah, 'marmie, I've missed this SO much!
(JOH slouches down into rocker with mug of hot cider, watches SM wrestling with teens on lawn for posession of Chippies)
*BG*

[Schoolmarm]

(*SM dusts off a Chippie, drags him kicking and screaming onto the porch . . .*)

That's better now! Think me and this Chip will just hunker down over here in the corner and . . .uhhhh . . . talk politics. http://www.chronofhorse.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif

So (*grunt . . .scuffle . . .hold still you sucker! . . . *), you guys ever talk about horses anymore? Still have 'em, or have you shot 'em all and moved on to bigger and better things. . . like buffalo, maybe.

(*Chippie escapes into the crowd . . . SM straightens her wig and picks up a cattle prod . . . *)

[JOH]

Can't let the Porch get lost on the back pages, now can we? Hey Portia! (JOH shoves Chippie off Portia's lap) Think you could lasso Schoolie off the lawn and get her back up here on the porch? I mean, she's scaring the Chippies - look at her hobbling after them: Dentures sitting in a cup on the porch rail, wig half off, bloomers torn and grass-stained, bifocals held together with duct tape! Not to mention that the lawn sitters STILL haven't hosed all that manure off of her. Besides, /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif I haven't had MY turn with the Chippies yet!

[Cougar2]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Schoolmarm:
(*SM dusts off a Chippie, drags him kicking and screaming onto the porch . . .*)

That's better now! Think me and this Chip will just hunker down over here in the corner and . . .uhhhh . . . talk politics. http://www.chronofhorse.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif

So (*grunt . . .scuffle . . .hold still you sucker! . . . *), you guys ever talk about horses anymore? Still have 'em, or have you shot 'em all and moved on to bigger and better things. . . like buffalo, maybe.

(*Chippie escapes into the crowd . . . SM straightens her wig and picks up a cattle prod . . . *)
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


Hunker????? What the heck is hunker??

[OnyxThePony]

*saunters on up to porch and flops into well padded rocking chair*
Well it's been a while. Lots gone on. Had Ginny in a haunted barn, or was it maybe the drunk idiots who ran the place? You know, horses were acting severly freaked out, the place (including brand new arena) were literaly falling apart.. that's the work of ghosts, right, and not barn owners who sit around all afternoon drinking beer and wondering why their place isn't flourishing, right? *takes out large broom and swats all the stepkids across the head in one large sweep* Learn a lesson anbout alcohol there kiddies?
Lady I ride for is getting rid of her alcoholic partner *another whap to the step kids in case they didn't learn it the first time* and most of her horses.
TwoSox the 18 hh Han/TB has been dead and deadly lame the last three years but I gave him a ride Wednesday and will pick myself off the rocker long enough to ride him again today.
A certain vet who has raised most of Canada's top dollar horses (or however that should be worded) is looking to buy the pink pony.
Big fluffy white Beauty the Samoyed is cuddled at my feet, Issy the Rotti pup at my back, and life is looking fine, except for Gin, who may have to "go". Oh well, can't save em all.
Now excuse me for another few weeks while I go find a new horse.

[Squirt]

*Squirt sneaks on to the porch carrying some curevo gold under one arm and some spiked lemonade under the other* Pulls up a cushion hugs the dogs and pours everyone a shot. Welcome to COTH everybody!

I hadn't been to the e-search boards in about a year, but I used to sneak onto the porch occasionaly to get some cider and leave the baling twine in it's place. But hey I'm old enough now to be at least on the top steps!
Can I stay on the porch, PLEASE? I promise I'll bring everybody stuff from work, remeber it's a BAR! I'll make cookies? I can hold the ball of twine while you guys knit! PLEASE?
OK, I'll stop sounding desparate. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Schoolmarm]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Squirt:
*Squirt sneaks on to the porch carrying some curevo gold under one arm and some spiked lemonade under the other* Pulls up a cushion hugs the dogs and pours everyone a shot. Welcome to COTH everybody!

I hadn't been to the e-search boards in about a year, but I used to sneak onto the porch occasionaly to get some cider and leave the baling twine in it's place. But hey I'm old enough now to be at least on the top steps!
Can I stay on the porch, PLEASE? I promise I'll bring everybody stuff from work, remeber it's a BAR! I'll make cookies? I can hold the ball of twine while you guys knit! PLEASE?
OK, I'll stop sounding desparate. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


(*SM puts down the Chippie long enough to grab the bottle and boot Squirt off the porch. . .*)

Sorry, kid! You can't drink it till you learn to spell it!

C2, haven't I taught you anything? You know darned well what a "hunker" is. If you get two handsome farm boys side by side, chances are one is "hunker" than the other. That's the one you take home. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

(*SM takes a swig of Cuervo. . . dissolves into lunatic laughter . . . *)

So tell me . . . is there any way to make the last posts come up first when I log on? I still don't quite have the hang of this site.

[JOH]

(JOH rolls on Porch floor, being impaled on rusty nails, collecting straw and manure in her hair, laughing until her sides ache)
Oh, BossHoss....whap the step kids just ONE more time for me! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Love this place!
(JOH crawls back up onto rocker, adjusts support hose, snaps 18 hr. bra back into place and grabs at Schoolmarm's Chippie) How come YOU always get the 'hunker'iest ones, SM? HMMMMMMMM?

[HSM]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Schoolmarm:

(*SM puts down the Chippie long enough to grab the bottle and boot Squirt off the porch. . .*)

Sorry, kid! You can't drink it till you learn to spell it!

C2, haven't I taught you anything? You know darned well what a "hunker" is. If you get two handsome farm boys side by side, chances are one is "hunker" than the other. That's the one you take home. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

(*SM takes a swig of Cuervo. . . dissolves into lunatic laughter . . . *)

So tell me . . . is there any way to make the last posts come up first when I log on? I still don't quite have the hang of this site.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Who're you kidding Schoolie? You've got this place figured inside and out!!! http://www.chronofhorse.com/ubb/eek.gif

(PS - the most recently-acted-on thread will always be at the top of the main page. When I open a thread, I hit "end" right away on my keyboard to get to the bottom, or if it's a multi-page thread, click on the last page # right away, at the top of the main page, then hit "end". That's the best you can do, I think /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif)

(*HSM grabs a quilt, "hunkers" down in her rocker, & settles in for the night*)

"hunkers"? YOU be the judge!! LOL!

[Schoolmarm]

Okay, okay . . . I get it. There ISN'T an easier way. I can live with that.

(*SM flips the Chippie over her hip . . . he lands in the dust next to HSM . . .SM rises from her rocker, puts a foot on his rump . . . *)

So, JOH, you haven't figured out yet why I get the "hunker" ones, huh? /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif Why, I'd've thunk by now you'd have noticed my incredible charisma . . .
my femme fatale quality . . .
my gun pointed at his head . . .

[BobO]

Can Snappy sit on the Lawn by the proch? He really wants to be a Golden Retriever Lap puppy. http://people.ne.mediaone.net/orkin/ssnapsit2.jpg

[This message has been edited by BobO (edited 10-22-2000).]

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[Portia]

Mmmmm, OK Bob. But if he starts climbing into Schoolies' lap, you're the one who has to pull him off!

[BobO]

He just wants his ear scratched.
(it did get the trhead back to page one).