flowers

[MORTARDUDE]

I went grocery shopping this afternoon at Kroger. The selections, prices, and folks that work there are still better than anywhere else around here. I noticed most of the folks in the store appeared to be over 70....I broke my all-time personal rercord of $ 423 worth of food and non-food items in one grocery cart. Needless to say, it took two carts to wheel it out. This will last us a month or so...I also got a dozen roses of mixed colors and some gladiolas for a grand total of $ 14 + tax !! My wife was well pleased. I am going to crank up the old crock pot and try to do laundry... That is one chore I really dislike..not sure why...if you have any good crock pot recipes ( or soup recipes of any kind ), please post them for me..I need all the help I can get. LOL ..I plan on freezing a good portion of what I cook, so I don't have to buy prepared meals ( also called TV dinners ) any more...and how was your day ??

Larry

P.S. : I can't believe I have been retired almost a week now.....

[Dragon Lady]

I am going to crank up the old crock pot and try to do laundry... That is one chore I really dislike..not sure why...

I can see why you need some recipies!!
Just a hint Larry...you usually do the laundry in the washing machine. This is why men shouldnt do the laundry. Another reason...they always seem to find the most expensive piece of DRY CLEAN ONLY in the closet and throw that in on hot.

My husband took the pants of his brand new wool suit (cost me over $300 for that suit!) and tossed them in on hot wash and high dry. They did measure 30" waist x 36" inseam. When he was done they fit a fat leprechaun!


I'll dig through my recipe book and send you a few juicy ones.

DL

Flowers:

For the life of me I just never have been able to figure out why some women want a man to go out and chop off the sexual organs of a plant and present them to her.I've been told that they consider this romantic.This may be so but I'm convinced that romance and the mutiation of sexual organs are two activities that should never be combined.I'm not the only one who feels this way.Fella name a Bobbit agrees with me.

Larry-

Please be advised that the crockpot is NOT the reccomended machine for use in doing laundry.Sure can see why you'd hate doing it that way,that's gotta take forever.Besides, left over soap film doesn't do a whole lot for the flavor of a stew,although it will help keep you regular.Been a long time fan of slow cookin-I'll see if I can't give you some tips that'll help at the rally.

Thanks for your help in gettin back on here!Owe ya one.

[BLUEHAWK]

There's a way to find out about flower language, especially rose language, on internet... real interesting.

About laundry... there's darks, and lights alright, but its them in-between colors that throw me... so I just don't do them. I don't know where women get the knowledge about which kind of water to put on clothes either.

Larry, since you helped Doc get back on, then I'm talking to ya again

HI DOC! I MISSED YA!

[revwardoc]

When I was working at a company in Concord, MA there was a guy who used to sell flowers near the Concord rotary. I'd stop every payday and get my wife a bouquet. One day a co-worker asked why I did this so I gave him one of those "wink-wink-nudge-nudge" looks and said, "Flowers aren't a gift...they're an investment!" He took the hint and got some for his wife. The following Monday he returned the "look" and said, "Man, were you ever right!" After that, the flower-guy's business almost doubled just from guys in my company.

[DMZ-LT]

Like Larry I noticed everyone in the store was really old but then I realized it was Senior night and they got 5% off. Got my items and left. When I got home I looked at my receipt and I had gottin the 5% off. They had become me !

[MORTARDUDE]

Mike :

OK !

Larry

[Dragon Lady]

Ahhh LT that's one of the perks of becoming an Opa!

As for the laundry and sortin and water and detergent....its simple, women read the directions FIRST and then do the task. Men only read them AFTER its broke. Saw my dad and my husband do this many times. That's why I call them destructions instead of instructions.


If you look at the tags on your clothes it tells you quite plainly how to care for them. You know the ones that say DRY CLEAN ONLY? They are usually the most expensive ones in the closet...like long velvet formal gowns or hand washed like lingerie.

DL

[Dragon Lady]

Now as for the flowers...

Red Roses are love
Yellow Roses are envy (you know that whole thou shalt not covet thing)
White is for friendship
Pink is for sweetheart (teen love, puppy love)

Daisies are what my husband buys me because I can't fathom spending $70 on a dozen roses that never open and just die on the stem. Besides I like the ones on my antique rose bush in the garden much better than any hibred tea rose that doesn't even smell nice.

Doc,
I suppose I would rather have handed to me the reproductive organs from a plant as opposed to a human. :P
Yuck!

C Ya Fellas!

DL

[revwardoc]

As I'm sure most of you remember, GI's didn't make a lot of money back in the 60's. Since I learned early in life that women love getting flowers, I had to come up with some way to procure some and still have enough cash to take a gal on a date. Inspiration struck me as I was sitting in traffic waiting for a funeral procession to pass by. After the hearse came...the flower car! At that point I came to the logical conclusion that flowers had no meaning to the deceased so I followed the cars to the cemetery and waited for all the mourners to leave, then helped myself to a very lovely bouquet which, incidentely, was a big hit with my date. With that success under my belt, it became a regular routine to stop at the nearest boneyard before a potentially romantic rendezvous and gather an armful of "investement" off of a freshly planted "contributor". I was once briefly tempted to grab one of those big round jobbers with a ribbon banner that said, "To Papa, We'll Miss You", but decided that it would be tacky. Hey, I may have been cheap, but I still had a bit of class!