It's Coming......

[Mike Landi]

It is coming....

[Judy G. Russell]

And not a day too soon?

[Dan in Saint Louis]

Thank goodness, I've been waiting so long!

[Mike Landi]

And not a day too soon?

Some things happen at there own schedule.



Just checking......


Yep, it's coming!

[Mike Landi]

Thank goodness, I've been waiting so long!

Some more than others!


Still...., still coming.

[Mike Landi]

It is coming....

Closer....

[Dan in Saint Louis]

Closer....
But 3 April is still weeks away.....

[Mike Landi]

But 3 April is still weeks away.....

True....

...irrelevant.



It's closer!

[Judy G. Russell]

Okay, so if it ain't the start of the baseball season, it's got to be vacation!

[Mike Landi]

...much closer, it is!

[Judy G. Russell]

So? Where are you going this year?

[Mike Landi]

So? Where are you going this year?

Here and there. Florida to see my mother. The Great Cathedral in the Bronx in mid-July (White Sox game). Would you believe Wildwood Crest later in August? <g>

...just checking...


yep...


It's coming, it's closer...... :eek:

[lensue]

>Would you believe Wildwood Crest later in August?<

Mike, I believe you--we stay down there when we go to Cape May--usually after Labor Day when it's less crowded and motel prices go down--you can still catch great weather and the hawk counts take place for the birdwatchers. Regards, Len

[Mike Landi]

I hope I can find lots of picture taking opportunities.

[Judy G. Russell]

Hmmm... those all sound like fun, and none of that explains the :eek: !

[Dan in Saint Louis]

Hmmm... those all sound like fun, and none of that explains the :eek: !
That may be the face people make when they turn 40.

[Mike Landi]

That may be the face people make when they turn 40.

That was the look on my face when I turned forty and had to start hearing fun words like "Cholesterol" from doctors.

[ndebord]

That was the look on my face when I turned forty and had to start hearing fun words like "Cholesterol" from doctors.

Mike,

Just wait until you turn 60!

<g>

[ndebord]

It is coming....

Mike,

It's comin' and no thanks to World Baseball. (Johnny now has tendenitis in his already weak throwing arm thanks to doing this "thing" during Spring Training.)

The good news is the U.S. lost and the players can come home and get healthy.

[Mike Landi]

Gawd......


I don't want to know what that has in store for me!

[Mike Landi]

Mike,

It's comin' and no thanks to World Baseball. (Johnny now has tendenitis in his already weak throwing arm thanks to doing this "thing" during Spring Training.)

The good news is the U.S. lost and the players can come home and get healthy.

F#$@! this 'classic'. I 100% agree with the Boss Nut.

No good, worth zip. Nothing but an opportunity for good players to get hurt.

[Mike Landi]

Wow!

I just got back from a business trip and checked....

Today is the 17th....

Past the "ides of March"....

It is CLOSE.

[Judy G. Russell]

Ulp... now you're makin' me nervous...

[lensue]

>I hope I can find lots of picture taking opportunities.<

Mike, I'm sure you can--all those Victoriana houses that have been converted to snazzy looking bed and breakfasts in Cape May. Maybe you'll make it up to Atlantic City and see Lucy the elephant--http://www.lucytheelephant.org/indexhi.html ! Regards, Len [g]

[Mike Landi]

<wink>

[Mike Landi]

It's here!!!! :eek: :eek:







Happy Birthday, Judy!

:D :D :D

[Dan in Saint Louis]

It's here!!!!
Finally! http://landiss.com/birthday.htm

[Judy G. Russell]

Thank you, thank you!

(Whew... that's a relief!)

[Judy G. Russell]

Thanks, Dan! Virtual cake is exactly what I need (she says, gazing mournfully at the excess pounds...)

[ndebord]

It's here!!!! :eek: :eek:







Happy Birthday, Judy!

:D :D :D


Geez and I was thinking about Opening Day in Yankee Stadium. Well, Judy. Happy Birthday and I think I'll not sing the refrain to that ditty.

<VBG>

[lensue]

>Thank you, thank you!<

Judy, Happy Birthday! Regards, Len [your fellow New Jerseyite!]

[Judy G. Russell]

Thanks, Len!

[Judy G. Russell]

Thanks, Nick! (Both for the birthday wishes and for staying away from the refrain!)

[Mike Landi]

Thank you, thank you!

(Whew... that's a relief!)


What? You were thinking of something else?

[Mike Landi]

Virtual chocolate covered cheesecake and a glass of Bailey's for you!

[Dan in Saint Louis]

Virtual cake
Hope you had the volume up!

[ktinkel]

(Whew... that's a relief!)I’ll say! I was damned if I would break down and ask, but am glad to know. ;)

Born on St. Joseph’s Day, huh? Probably auspicious. Not only is he the patron saint against doubt and hesitation but of confectioners, a field I know is close to your heart!

Happy Birthday!

[Pats]

(Whew... that's a relief!)


Happy birthday, Judy!

Pats

[Lindsey]

Oh, of course! How could I forget that you and March Madness go hand in hand! Happy birthday, gal!

--Lindsey

[Judy G. Russell]

But of course! At least yours wasn't doing the "how old are you now" bit!

[Judy G. Russell]

What? You were thinking of something else?It's all those things I was afraid of, y'see...

[Judy G. Russell]

Born on St. Joseph’s Day, huh? Probably auspicious. Not only is he the patron saint against doubt and hesitation but of confectioners, a field I know is close to your heart!Oooh! I didn't know he was patron saint of confectioners! How apt!

Happy Birthday!Thanks, pal!

[Judy G. Russell]

Thanks indeed! Now I have to check my brackets and see if maybe I'll win the office pool!

[Judy G. Russell]

Thanks, Pats! It's been a good day!

[Judy G. Russell]

Oooooh... that's nice! Errr... can we drop the "virtual" part???

[Mike Landi]

Like candles? <g>

[Mike Landi]

Sure! I have a Bronx cheesecake we are serving tonight.

I figure, you can be here in about, what, three to four hours? <g>

[Peter Creasey]

(Whew... that's a relief!)

Judy, Considering the alternatives, it is always a relief to have another birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

[Judy G. Russell]

At my age, I am a bit concerned about setting off the smoke detectors...

[Judy G. Russell]

Thanks, Pete!

[Judy G. Russell]

Sure! I have a Bronx cheesecake we are serving tonight. I figure, you can be here in about, what, three to four hours? <g>Waaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!

[Mike Landi]

I guess mentioning the cheese, bread, wine and cookies from Buhr Avenue does not help, huh? <gd&r>

[Mike Landi]

...as long as it is not enough to worry Homeland Security.... <g>

[Judy G. Russell]

Ha! I'm sure I'd worry Homeland Security regardless of my age!

[Judy G. Russell]

I guess mentioning the cheese, bread, wine and cookies from Buhr Avenue does not help, huh? <gd&r><sniff> <sniff> WAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!

[Wayne Scott]

On April 5, I'm flying from LAX to Ft. Lauderdale. The next morning I get aboard the RSSC Navigator and head for Canaveral, Savannah, Charleston, Bermuda, Nassau, back to Lauderdale and 3 days later head across the Atlantic to Madeira, Casablance, Malaga, Barcelona, Carcasonne, and end up in Monte Carlo. Then fly home from Nice via London.
Then on June 22 I join my son's choral on a trip to Vienna, Salzburg and fly home from Venice.
Then I just sit around the house until late August when I visit the Inland Passage in Alaska.

Stodgy in Sweden

[Wayne Scott]

Mike,

Just wait until you turn 60!

<g>
Just wait until you turn 80!

[Wayne Scott]

I'm so ashamed that I didn't congratulate you on your great day.

Apologetic in Avalon

[Judy G. Russell]

You're just such a stay-at-home type, Wayne...

Make sure you takes lots and lots and LOTS of pictures!!!!

-- Jealous in Jersey

[Judy G. Russell]

No apology needed! Getting more birthday greetings today just extends the celebration another day!

[Judy G. Russell]

Just wait until you turn 80!Frankly, I'm looking forward to that. And I just got all the results of my last batch of tests, and the doc says I should be good to go at least to that point!

[Lindsey]

On April 5, I'm flying from LAX to Ft. Lauderdale. The next morning I get aboard the RSSC Navigator and head for Canaveral, Savannah, Charleston, Bermuda, Nassau, back to Lauderdale and 3 days later head across the Atlantic to Madeira, Casablance, Malaga, Barcelona, Carcasonne, and end up in Monte Carlo. Then fly home from Nice via London.
Then on June 22 I join my son's choral on a trip to Vienna, Salzburg and fly home from Venice.
Then I just sit around the house until late August when I visit the Inland Passage in Alaska.
Oooooh, I am so jealous! What a fabulous travel schedule!!

--Lindsey

[Lindsey]

Frankly, I'm looking forward to that. And I just got all the results of my last batch of tests, and the doc says I should be good to go at least to that point!
Hooray!!

http://www.scodp.co.uk/images/Champagne.jpg

--Lindsey

[ndebord]

Frankly, I'm looking forward to that. And I just got all the results of my last batch of tests, and the doc says I should be good to go at least to that point!

Judy,

YES! What good news. A nice birthday present!

[ktinkel]

Frankly, I'm looking forward to that. And I just got all the results of my last batch of tests, and the doc says I should be good to go at least to that point!What nice news to receive. Congrats.

I am sure you have calculated to a nicety just how much chocolate you can consume between now and then!

[Judy G. Russell]

Thank'ee, ma'am. I kinda liked that report myself.

[Judy G. Russell]

To say it surely extended my birthday celebration in a BIG way would be a BIG understatement! Even when your brain tells you it's exceedingly unlikely to be any kind of a problem, your gut rarely agrees...

[Judy G. Russell]

What nice news to receive. Congrats.Thank you!

I am sure you have calculated to a nicety just how much chocolate you can consume between now and then!Sigh... yeah, but my doctors tell me, very seriously, that (sob!) there's a fairly big difference between "can" and "should"!

[Mike]

Yay! It's about time!

[Judy G. Russell]

I'll drink to that!

[Mike Landi]

Ha! I'm sure I'd worry Homeland Security regardless of my age!

A lawyer in a bad mood.....


...that would worry anyone with a brain. <g>

[Mike Landi]

<sniff> <sniff> WAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!

Is that for the food, or Mike Musina's performance in Florida?

[fhaber]

Quiet question: what was coming? The start of ze beezebol season (excluding the world whateveritwas), or Judy's Bday?

And happy Bday, btw, JGR.

[Mike Landi]

Judy's Bday

[Judy G. Russell]

Yeah, but Homeland Security ain't got a brain... or a heart...

[Judy G. Russell]

Is that for the food, or Mike Musina's performance in Florida?Yes. And then some.

[Judy G. Russell]

And happy Bday, btw, JGR.Thanks, Frank!

[Mike Landi]

Yeah, but Homeland Security ain't got a brain... or a heart...

...or a clue. Keystone Kops.

[Judy G. Russell]

The real problem is that it's just too damned big an organization to be manageable, and the guy at the top has virtually NO management experience. Talk about a baaaaaaad mix...

[Mike Landi]

The real problem is that it's just too damned big an organization to be manageable,

Amen, sister, amen. Too big, too many levels of bureaucracy, too much under one roof.


...and too important a responsibility for bureaucrats.

[Judy G. Russell]

I understand all too well the difficulties and dangers of having responsibility spread too thin. I remember sitting at a meeting of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force that I directed, telling representatives of a bunch of different law enforcement agencies that they were all acting like turf-protective two-year-olds ("mine!" "no, mine!"). But there has to be something better, somewhere between total turf-protection and total "everything under one roof".

[Mike Landi]

there has to be something better, somewhere between total turf-protection and total "everything under one roof".

There is, but to get there, America will have to accept either military control over travel and trade (a bad idea) or accept more intrusions into their personal business (as in searcing all packages, containers, luggage, and shipments) which is contrary to the expectations that most of us have.

Absent those two, the only solution is a big dog and pony show with the hope that the bad guys remain dumb and unlucky. Not a great choice....