EL, I guess every restaurant in town will be looking for a calypso red beemer convertible.

I don't care how old it is - if you show up at Daniel's in a BMW, they're going to beat the crap out of you. Or so I assume.

jl,
If you're looking for something to do this weekend, there's always

Thunder Beach

Damn...once again Big John has led with what I assume to be a You Tube video that is being blocked by the content filters here where I work.

(Which department is the bigger pain-in-the-butt at your place of employment: HR or IT?)

Can someone tell me what's in that big blank space? I won't get home to see it until very late tonight. I can't wait.

John: You didn't get rid of your bike did you? (That's how my life's decline started...I sold the bike and bought a convertible. Later I got rid of the convertible and bought an SUV. Now I've gotten rid of the SUV and I'm driving a 40-mpg Corolla. The "Sport" model Corolla, as if that makes it any less depressing. The end is near, I'm afraid.)

I never promised you duck fries. Your steer is fattening up nicely. Don't start the Ornish diet.

Bucky,
At my company, HR and IT run neck and neck as the biggest PITAs

The video is just some dude (jl himself maybe?) driving up to the camera in the car and stops. Then he peals wheels and goes down the street. Just demonstrating the car's get-up-and-go. The video quality isn't all that. I believe the rest of the post is describing the updates he wants to make to the car.

while he waits on the steer, why not send him some of that killer salsa!

thanks again - by the way! I might visit her site online and order some.

It is a nice car by the way. My old roommate just sold his (in black) because he bought a silver BMW M series roadster. I believe he is in his midlife crisis - he's 49, dating a girl about 15 years younger and goes by the name of Spike.

PCB Rob asked: why not send him some of that killer salsa!

Because he didn't win the contest, that's why.

An M series roadster is a serious mid-life crisis.

And 15 years isn't so bad...when he's 105, she'll be 90. That seems reasonable.

Bucky, sorry. Forgot about your blockage. Nope. Still got the bikes. The Corolla's the wise move, so it was out of the question for me.
The vid's just some dupa driving a beemer convert of roughly the same vintage as mine.
Yeah, I know, no duck fries. Thought I might be able to shame you into 'em.
Piano! Thunder Beach! I have to decline. Other commitments. The good news, I've been to a couple bike rallies. That tends to hold you for a few years. Food's good though, if you like big dogs, funnel cakes and giant pretzels. And flies, let's not forget the flies.
TS1, I showed up there Sunday in the back of a '78 VW bug convertible. Didn't get beat up. But nobody talked to us and we had to wait 47 minutes to get our burgers.

John's car is BITCHIN', but then I've always lusted after ragtops; hot red just ups the ante...drool.....

dupa...

haven't heard that one in a LONG time!

Anyone every heard the old riddle

What's the differece between a BMW and a porcupine?

With the porcupine, the prick is on the outside. My girlfriend told that to my uncle (who just bought one) at wedding once. The reaction was funnier than the joke.

In honor of Thunder Beach, Hue reminds me of the old riddle:

What is the difference between a Harley-Davidson and a Hoover?

The location of the dirt bag.

Big John Lindner - THIS is where you should take your new convertible.

I'm always lookin' out for ya, jl.

Bucky, I've been to the Heart Attack Grill in Tempe, Arizona. It is a cross between McDonalds and Hooters. It is great.

Bob - I'll be flying there next weekend to try it out. Too bad we can't post picstures on here...I understand it's a place where a picture is better than a 1,000 words.

If you e-mail them to me I can post them. EL

I f you e-mail them to me I can post them. EL

'Bucky at Large'. Our traveling correspondent from the Big Rectangular State.

Speaking of which, since you've spent so much time in Hawaii, what are your thoughts on Poi? (Personally, I think it makes a fine wallpaper paste. But I find taro chips quite tasty.)

Poi is on the same scale as Vegamite. If you don't start eating it as a little kid who doesn't know better, you will not acquire a taste for it.

As the missionary said to his little boy at the cannibal feast when told that the food paste they were eating was from their recent conquest, "One man's meat is another man's poi, son."

Cheese Girl asked what are your thoughts on Poi?

How do I put this? GAAAAAACK!

I'm not Hawai'ian. I'm what they call a ha'ole, meaning (charitably) a non-islander. Poi sucks. It really sucks when they eat it with Spam, which is very popular there.

There's a huge cattle ranch, the Parker Ranch, on the Big Island. They raise GREAT beef. (I believe it's partially pineapple-fed, which gives it a very exotic flavor.)