July 19, 2005

::whuf::whuf::tap::tap:: ::ahem:: "HELLO!"

Well, good morning to you all!

I managed to survive an entire weekend, drive to Cullman, sell a van, be polite for an inordinate amount of time, teach Catherine's Bible class, be polite AGAIN for an inordinate amount of time, lead singing without coughing, sit through an interminable lecture in which the main pedagogical technique was to recite passages of the ASHRAE code for hours on end, AND made another trip to the junkyard for some pretty shiny stuff for a certain Volvo! You know what they say, "it don't mean a thing if you ain't got that bling." Even if it does require a huge amount of elbow grease and sweat. Sometimes bling is covered with a fine layer of blech, you know.

ANYway, more in-depth recitation of that mess later on this morning--I have a day and a half worth of stupid work stuff to catch up on, so I need in the most urgent way to get that done and disposed of as soon as possible.

Posted by Terry Oglesby at July 19, 2005 08:17 AM
Comments

Nice to have disposable work like that. Did you wear cargo pants to the junkyard this time? More pockets, you know.

Posted by: skinnydan at July 19, 2005 08:50 AM

How about cargo pants and a nice Hawaiian shirt to the continuing ed event?

Posted by: jim at July 19, 2005 09:00 AM

My apparel for both the seminar and the junkyard stroll were the same--blue jeans, Rockport boat shoes, and my favorite blue checkered shirt that makes me look like a little boy. I was somewhat underdressed for the seminar, and somewhat overdressed for the junkyard.

AS FOR POCKET CAPACITY, just what it normal for blue jeans. Enough to hold three tiny plastic blanks that go in the center dashboard panel. The original owner had some kind of weird knob for the radio that the installer stuck in one of the blanks. The knob looks like crap, and I wanted to take it out, but didn't want to leave a hole, so a spare managed to hide in my pocket on the way out.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at July 19, 2005 09:06 AM

stop the presses
Pod people have taken over the body of our favorite blogging possum! The evidence?? Terry goes out in public—not just to the foot of the hill—without a tie!!! Unless he wore a tie with his jeans and blue “little boy” shirt.

Posted by: jim at July 19, 2005 09:27 AM

Oh, come on now--you should see me in my nasty overalls, brogans, and ball cap! Of course, I never wear that to my day job...

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at July 19, 2005 09:40 AM

You mean you dress like me?

Posted by: DaveH at July 19, 2005 09:57 AM

Sometimes.

But, before anyone asks, I never dress like a lumberjack.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at July 19, 2005 10:01 AM

And he's ok.

Posted by: Sarah G. at July 19, 2005 10:41 AM

JUST LIKE DEAR PA-PAAAAAAAAAH!

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at July 19, 2005 10:43 AM

No! I’ll not be sucked into the time wasting vortex of Monty Python. Especially the Lyrics: Lumberjack Song. I have work to do so that I can screw around this afternoon. I can’t waste my screw off time now.

Posted by: jim at July 19, 2005 10:43 AM

Wink-wink, nudge-nudge!

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at July 19, 2005 10:48 AM

BURMA

Posted by: jim at July 19, 2005 10:55 AM

I'm beginning to think the name of this blog should be Pythonblog.

Posted by: Stan at July 19, 2005 11:02 AM

There are some who call it...Tim!

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at July 19, 2005 11:21 AM

And here is a picture of one that you can have.

Posted by: Sarah G. at July 19, 2005 11:54 AM

Say--I LIKE that!

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at July 19, 2005 12:26 PM

dunno why, but I just can't picture you in bib overalls...

I keep seeing Junior Samples instead.

Posted by: DaveH at July 19, 2005 02:40 PM

Oddly enough, that is exactly what I told our estimable Dr. Smith I looked like when I have them on. Except Junior always wore clean ones.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at July 19, 2005 02:45 PM

mine are generally so filthy and disreputable that my bride says I look like an orphan.

Oddly enough, my mom says the same thing... that may be the reason that I recieved two pairs of libertys and two pairs of carharts for my b'day.

Posted by: DaveH at July 19, 2005 02:52 PM

Just be sure and wash those Liberties first--as Jerry Clower says, if you just bust open the package and put 'em on, they'll blue you up pretty good.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at July 19, 2005 03:22 PM

Hmmm...Junior Samples, Jerry Clower, and Monty Python. What a combination: HeeHawPythonBlog?

Posted by: Stan at July 19, 2005 03:29 PM

Can't we also work in a reference to Andy Griffith?

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at July 19, 2005 03:31 PM