A Different Path Part Three
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Join Date: Jan 2013
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PJ, what do you mean, "pierce" the shells? Do you mean right after they've molted and have the new, soft shells?
We deep-fry soft-shell crabs here and eat them in sandwiches.
Inside the steamed blue crabs yesterday there was a brownish-black film on both sides of the body (it is edible, but easier to scrape away with the gills). That was the beginnings of a new shell that would have eventually replaced the old.
We deep-fry soft-shell crabs here and eat them in sandwiches.
Inside the steamed blue crabs yesterday there was a brownish-black film on both sides of the body (it is edible, but easier to scrape away with the gills). That was the beginnings of a new shell that would have eventually replaced the old.
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Hi, Shenzy! I love the Westie in your avatar!
There's a lady in the March 2013 thread who has both a Westie and a Scottie! What fun that must be!
When I was a little kid I used to dream of having a Westie, a Scottie, and a Cairn all at the same time! I enjoy feisty!
They're too fast and energetic for me now, though.
Once I dog-sat a Cairn and he loved to escape and run just out of my reach. Then I'd lunge--then he'd step away farther and pant at me like he was laughing in my face--then he'd take off for an hour!
Finally when he was hungry he'd come back and bark to be let in.
What a great time I had watching that crazy dog!
He would bark whenever he saw another dog on TV!
I just wrote more about him on the Weekender Thread.
There's a lady in the March 2013 thread who has both a Westie and a Scottie! What fun that must be!
When I was a little kid I used to dream of having a Westie, a Scottie, and a Cairn all at the same time! I enjoy feisty!
They're too fast and energetic for me now, though.
Once I dog-sat a Cairn and he loved to escape and run just out of my reach. Then I'd lunge--then he'd step away farther and pant at me like he was laughing in my face--then he'd take off for an hour!
Finally when he was hungry he'd come back and bark to be let in.
What a great time I had watching that crazy dog!
He would bark whenever he saw another dog on TV!
I just wrote more about him on the Weekender Thread.
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Vman, I did suffer no pain yesterday or so far today.
I did have a minor pang after I ate the pizza last night, but that was just one of those things that would have happened any old time. It was nothing at all cancer-related.
I felt free as a bird yesterday, and do today, too.
I believe your prayers assisted considerably in that, so thank you again very much.
I did have a minor pang after I ate the pizza last night, but that was just one of those things that would have happened any old time. It was nothing at all cancer-related.
I felt free as a bird yesterday, and do today, too.
I believe your prayers assisted considerably in that, so thank you again very much.
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Today my oldest son comes up for a visit.
We'll have our mother-son bucket list day tomorrow.
He is bringing some sort of ultra-fancy Spanish coffee press to make me extra-special coffee.
I deeply appreciate the effort, but I'm the kind who can drink any old black coffee of any kind, even if it is hours old and burnt, or days old and reheated in the microwave (I draw the line at lily pads)!
I do not have a cultured and sensitive palate. (Nor did I have one with wine. Total Philistine!).
But anyway, he's rolling out the red carpet for me with the special coffee. Even though I'm like a block of wood, we will discuss the subtleties of flavor and the superiority to the pedestrian Keurig I have.
I should offer him a cup of instant!
That's the classy part of the day.
Then we'll dine at my favorite bare-bones Mexican restaurant, because he knows he can make me very happy there on the cheap!
Then we'll come home and explore cinematic treasures of the late twentieth century.
Back to back Jackass movies!
I bought plenty of microwave popcorn for the occasion!
This is the son who was laughing out loud at one week old!
He is the one whom I am always threatening to slap upside his head.
We are a very weird mother-and-son combo!
Plenty of cigar smoking will ensue with this one, too.
He is the one who had a drinking problem at the same time I did (I used to buy him a big bottle of ale on his visits to match mine). I was always a quiet, grinning, nodding drunk; however, he apparently used to get argumentative with his brothers and dad. Eventually he quit, soon after I did.
Last year his brother told me he had decided to resume drinking "a beer or two, socially."
I was distraught at the prospect of an alcoholic attempting to "moderate," my son falling into a trap that would be doubly hard to extricate himself from in the future.
I asked him about it, and he said that his good church friends, who are his main companions, would keep an eye on him, and if they felt he was getting out of hand, they would tell him and he would remain accountable and stop again.
Hmm. Ok...
I have not discussed it with him since. His brother, though, says that he does drink only moderately, true to his word, and doesn't get drunk these days.
His brother quoted him as saying that the heavy drinking occurred at a time in his life when he felt very discouraged, like a total screw-up. Now, though, he feels content and at peace, so he doesn't feel the need to obliterate himself.
I hope that is true. I will probe gently during our visit. I hope he does not ask to have a drink in front of me. He knows I'm an alcoholic, because we made a big deal of quitting together. He knows how concerned I am that he's gone back to drinking.
For him to ask me for permission to have a drink would tell me that he HAS to have it!
But I'm probably borrowing trouble. My other son says he's true to his word, and does only drink a beer or two now and then--thus, he will not try to drink while he's here in my house, on a trip to honor me.
I hope not!
We'll have our mother-son bucket list day tomorrow.
He is bringing some sort of ultra-fancy Spanish coffee press to make me extra-special coffee.
I deeply appreciate the effort, but I'm the kind who can drink any old black coffee of any kind, even if it is hours old and burnt, or days old and reheated in the microwave (I draw the line at lily pads)!
I do not have a cultured and sensitive palate. (Nor did I have one with wine. Total Philistine!).
But anyway, he's rolling out the red carpet for me with the special coffee. Even though I'm like a block of wood, we will discuss the subtleties of flavor and the superiority to the pedestrian Keurig I have.
I should offer him a cup of instant!
That's the classy part of the day.
Then we'll dine at my favorite bare-bones Mexican restaurant, because he knows he can make me very happy there on the cheap!
Then we'll come home and explore cinematic treasures of the late twentieth century.
Back to back Jackass movies!
I bought plenty of microwave popcorn for the occasion!
This is the son who was laughing out loud at one week old!
He is the one whom I am always threatening to slap upside his head.
We are a very weird mother-and-son combo!
Plenty of cigar smoking will ensue with this one, too.
He is the one who had a drinking problem at the same time I did (I used to buy him a big bottle of ale on his visits to match mine). I was always a quiet, grinning, nodding drunk; however, he apparently used to get argumentative with his brothers and dad. Eventually he quit, soon after I did.
Last year his brother told me he had decided to resume drinking "a beer or two, socially."
I was distraught at the prospect of an alcoholic attempting to "moderate," my son falling into a trap that would be doubly hard to extricate himself from in the future.
I asked him about it, and he said that his good church friends, who are his main companions, would keep an eye on him, and if they felt he was getting out of hand, they would tell him and he would remain accountable and stop again.
Hmm. Ok...
I have not discussed it with him since. His brother, though, says that he does drink only moderately, true to his word, and doesn't get drunk these days.
His brother quoted him as saying that the heavy drinking occurred at a time in his life when he felt very discouraged, like a total screw-up. Now, though, he feels content and at peace, so he doesn't feel the need to obliterate himself.
I hope that is true. I will probe gently during our visit. I hope he does not ask to have a drink in front of me. He knows I'm an alcoholic, because we made a big deal of quitting together. He knows how concerned I am that he's gone back to drinking.
For him to ask me for permission to have a drink would tell me that he HAS to have it!
But I'm probably borrowing trouble. My other son says he's true to his word, and does only drink a beer or two now and then--thus, he will not try to drink while he's here in my house, on a trip to honor me.
I hope not!
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Kathy, I am so pleased to hear you have such a terrific, thoughtful family! The cigars are a hoot
For me, crab cakes can be awesome but eating shellfish, not so much. And we won’t even mention raw oysters - or even the word “oyster”.
Have a lovely day!
For me, crab cakes can be awesome but eating shellfish, not so much. And we won’t even mention raw oysters - or even the word “oyster”.
Have a lovely day!
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What a nice couple of stories for me as I check back in! Nothing I'd rather read about that dogs and kids.!
Your dog sounds like he was amazing. I have had a ton of dogs in my life. One was like you describe. She was very fun and loyal. i mean all dog are loyal but this one made the others look like slackers.
Your kid sounds great too. Laughing at 1 week old! Amazing.
Tough to moderate though after being a heavy drinker. I've tried that. I did stick to two beers a day max. However, it became two beers a day that I had to have and I mean every day. A real habit.
Then when I'd have a really bad day or be tempted socially, I might have three. Three I learned was the damage point. I'd feel it the next day.
So I always tried to stick to two. Pretty soon I started to feel it with even two. I finally decided two was not tolerable as a habit. So I'm back to zero.
Glad to hear you are feeling no pain. I know you will have fun with the son. Can't wait to hear about that.
Your dog sounds like he was amazing. I have had a ton of dogs in my life. One was like you describe. She was very fun and loyal. i mean all dog are loyal but this one made the others look like slackers.
Your kid sounds great too. Laughing at 1 week old! Amazing.
Tough to moderate though after being a heavy drinker. I've tried that. I did stick to two beers a day max. However, it became two beers a day that I had to have and I mean every day. A real habit.
Then when I'd have a really bad day or be tempted socially, I might have three. Three I learned was the damage point. I'd feel it the next day.
So I always tried to stick to two. Pretty soon I started to feel it with even two. I finally decided two was not tolerable as a habit. So I'm back to zero.
Glad to hear you are feeling no pain. I know you will have fun with the son. Can't wait to hear about that.
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Location: Georgia
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Originally Posted by Gilmer 
Thanks, Trach.
Random thoughts...soft-shelled crab sandwiches YUM!... little legs sticking out of the bun...I like a large, flathead screwdriver for shucking oysters...fried oyster po-boys with remoulade...now, I'm hungry...I need to break out my dehydrator and make some okra crisps...
Now everyone will be confused, because trach loves okra.
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I can see great now, Trach! No more eyestrain!
I am back on my computer. Everything is 100 x easier: posting pictures, doing bold and italics, reading the entire screen at a time--and, of course, simple visibility!
Nobody's fooled, Bim!
I am back on my computer. Everything is 100 x easier: posting pictures, doing bold and italics, reading the entire screen at a time--and, of course, simple visibility!
Nobody's fooled, Bim!
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Originally Posted by Gilmer
I can see great now, Trach! No more eyestrain!
I am back on my computer. Everything is 100 x easier: posting pictures, doing bold and italics, reading the entire screen at a time--and, of course, simple visibility!
Nobody's fooled, Bim!:
I am back on my computer. Everything is 100 x easier: posting pictures, doing bold and italics, reading the entire screen at a time--and, of course, simple visibility!
Nobody's fooled, Bim!
: Except you, apparently. 
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Location: North East Scotland
Posts: 487
Originally Posted by Gilmer
Hi, Shenzy! I love the Westie in your avatar!
There's a lady in the March 2013 thread who has both a Westie and a Scottie! What fun that must be!
When I was a little kid I used to dream of having a Westie, a Scottie, and a Cairn all at the same time! I enjoy feisty!
They're too fast and energetic for me now, though.
Once I dog-sat a Cairn and he loved to escape and run just out of my reach. Then I'd lunge--then he'd step away farther and pant at me like he was laughing in my face--then he'd take off for an hour!
Finally when he was hungry he'd come back and bark to be let in.
What a great time I had watching that crazy dog!
He would bark whenever he saw another dog on TV!
I just wrote more about him on the Weekender Thread.
There's a lady in the March 2013 thread who has both a Westie and a Scottie! What fun that must be!
When I was a little kid I used to dream of having a Westie, a Scottie, and a Cairn all at the same time! I enjoy feisty!
They're too fast and energetic for me now, though.
Once I dog-sat a Cairn and he loved to escape and run just out of my reach. Then I'd lunge--then he'd step away farther and pant at me like he was laughing in my face--then he'd take off for an hour!
Finally when he was hungry he'd come back and bark to be let in.
What a great time I had watching that crazy dog!
He would bark whenever he saw another dog on TV!
I just wrote more about him on the Weekender Thread.
We love Westies, Scotties & Cairns....they have crazy personalities. The kids are desperate for a friend for our Westie and they want a Scottie aswell.
Our last Westie was a TV watcher.....he especially loved the Disney movie "Homeward Bound" …..
Ours is continually on the lookout for food (or birds - he likes to chase the birds - never caught one yet though lol).
You have a good day...…
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