Other: I’ll gladly accept any IRKs that happen to be there but not included in the #s when they went up for sale. I’d hate for them to be sitting around feeling rejected. Also, as the mom of 2 teen girls, I have tons of experience in cleaning up tons of stuff, by myself, after birthday parties, sleepovers, random meals, days of the week, etc. without bitching out loud or holding grudges!
@2many2no I loved her voice and style from when she was relatively new on the national scene. Unfortunately, the last time I saw her perform on TV, she was pretty much definitely “under the influence” of some substance and gave a fairly crappy performance, not even up to meh standards.
@2many2no As a folk singer, most of her hits were pretty serious songs, such as “Look what they done to my song ma”, “Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)”, and her covers of the Bob Dylan song “Mr Tambourine Man” and the Stones’ “Ruby Tuesday”. But she also had some fun songs, such as “Brand New Key” (my personal favorite from her) and the irreverent parody “Psychotherapy”. She now has grandchildren, and according to her website, still goes on tours. Some relatively obscure facts about Melanie:
She was the first female performer to have three Top 40 hits concurrently; she performed at the original Woodstock Festival (Lay Down… was based on this); she was a UNICEF ambassador; she wrote the lyrics for the love song on the TV show Beauty and the Beast. I think my old crush from when I was a young adult has done quite well with her life.
@2many2no Actually she was still fairly young then, probably around 25 at the time I was talking about, and just seemed to be acting immaturely. But now she is still going strong and actually doesn’t look too bad for someone older than I am. :>)
@phendrick I have a couple of her CD’s around here somewhere, back in the day we wore the 8-track out. Never got to see her live, but I heard she was kinda flaky. I guess she’s grown out of it. Lots of good songs there though.
@2many2no@phendrick Yeah, similar to Martha Davis (of the Motels). Here she is as a young pop start on MTV:
[1]:
And here she is now:
[2]:
Not bad for 68 - and it looks like she has a fairly busy tour calendar for this summer.
She lives just down the road and I sometimes hear them jamming in her barn.
In all seriousness - I’d be happy to kick in a $20 or so for pizza and beer for the staff - it’s bound to be a long week in the warehouse. I’ll OK the credit card charge, let me know.
@therealjrn@tinamarie1974@moonhat@carl669 - I’m asking the Meh folks if there’s some way we can get this going officially, but if not, I’d still love to do it if I can figure out the logistics - any help welcome! Anyone have any ideas - know any recommended Carrollton take-out, etc?
And as @therealjrn has thoughtfully created a thread - Pizza & Beer - shall we chat over there?
@llangley thank you, my parents never explained that and we didn’t have health class. I am wondering who notifies the stork of the high 5 at the start so he knows to come at the kiss at the end.
I’ll cancel my membership, since $60 a year for “free” shipping really isn’t worth it, and I had confused it with VMP and missed out on the meh stickers.
@j37hr0 You do not appear to have a universal membership at this time. No action is needed on your part. Keep an eye out for your complimentary parting stickers at your mailbox.
Sorry…I have to be…um…at that…uh…thing. Good Luck!
I’ll drink the wine but then I gotta go… I have to … um … wash my hair.
I’ll use the leaf blower to clear out the confetti and glitter.
@Pony You’ll have glitter on you for decades!
@juststephen This is normal for me.
What you need, I will help
@tinamarie1974
/giphy kiss ass
@cinoclav
@cinoclav @tinamarie1974
@cinoclav @DrLysergic the Dr is a person of few words
I’ll make my own 12 pack from the random beers left in the cooler.
I’ll plot the revenge of all those who brought gifts that were found wanting!
Fire hose. Be done with it quickly.
I’ll walk the dogs, cats, pigs, and hamsters.
Other: I’ll gladly accept any IRKs that happen to be there but not included in the #s when they went up for sale. I’d hate for them to be sitting around feeling rejected. Also, as the mom of 2 teen girls, I have tons of experience in cleaning up tons of stuff, by myself, after birthday parties, sleepovers, random meals, days of the week, etc. without bitching out loud or holding grudges!
I’ll burn the evidence
I will wipe down and perform needed maintenance on mediocrebot.
@mfladd You probably ought to soak it in water for a while. Perhaps put some honey in there too.
@Kidsandliz @mfladd and the robot, too
feigns unconsciousness
I’ll deskunk the foyer.
/youtube drink the wine
/youtube leftover wine
@2many2no I loved her voice and style from when she was relatively new on the national scene. Unfortunately, the last time I saw her perform on TV, she was pretty much definitely “under the influence” of some substance and gave a fairly crappy performance, not even up to meh standards.
@phendrick Yeah, it’s like fish… Some things don’t age well.
@2many2no As a folk singer, most of her hits were pretty serious songs, such as “Look what they done to my song ma”, “Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)”, and her covers of the Bob Dylan song “Mr Tambourine Man” and the Stones’ “Ruby Tuesday”. But she also had some fun songs, such as “Brand New Key” (my personal favorite from her) and the irreverent parody “Psychotherapy”. She now has grandchildren, and according to her website, still goes on tours. Some relatively obscure facts about Melanie:
She was the first female performer to have three Top 40 hits concurrently; she performed at the original Woodstock Festival (Lay Down… was based on this); she was a UNICEF ambassador; she wrote the lyrics for the love song on the TV show Beauty and the Beast. I think my old crush from when I was a young adult has done quite well with her life.
@2many2no Actually she was still fairly young then, probably around 25 at the time I was talking about, and just seemed to be acting immaturely. But now she is still going strong and actually doesn’t look too bad for someone older than I am. :>)
@phendrick I have a couple of her CD’s around here somewhere, back in the day we wore the 8-track out. Never got to see her live, but I heard she was kinda flaky. I guess she’s grown out of it. Lots of good songs there though.
@2many2no @phendrick Yeah, similar to Martha Davis (of the Motels). Here she is as a young pop start on MTV:
[1]:
And here she is now:
[2]:
Not bad for 68 - and it looks like she has a fairly busy tour calendar for this summer.
She lives just down the road and I sometimes hear them jamming in her barn.
@macromeh Well that is kind of cool you can get a free sort of concert.
I’ll supervise.
I’ll spackle the den
@gilby722 “spackle” is nearly my favorite transitive verb.
I’ll drunkenly clean it all with bleach
In all seriousness - I’d be happy to kick in a $20 or so for pizza and beer for the staff - it’s bound to be a long week in the warehouse. I’ll OK the credit card charge, let me know.
@aetris $20? Not for nothing but have you bought pizza and beer for a crowd lately?
@therealjrn - I was thinking a bunch of us could get together on it - interested in matching amounts?
@aetris I will chip in if we are doing this!
/giphy pizza
@aetris @tinamarie1974 Sure! I can do popmoney, PayPal, CreditCard, Cash…put me down for a Jackson.
@therealjrn @tinamarie1974 @moonhat @carl669 - I’m asking the Meh folks if there’s some way we can get this going officially, but if not, I’d still love to do it if I can figure out the logistics - any help welcome! Anyone have any ideas - know any recommended Carrollton take-out, etc?
And as @therealjrn has thoughtfully created a thread - Pizza & Beer - shall we chat over there?
Don’t stop celebrating now! It’s still your birth month - that’s license for continued partying!
(Too scared to giphy anything with birth in it …)
@chuegen
/giphy birth month
@llangley thank you, my parents never explained that and we didn’t have health class. I am wondering who notifies the stork of the high 5 at the start so he knows to come at the kiss at the end.
…or…
equip the offices with…
/youtube flush me jay
As the goat I’ll deal with the police.
@cinoclav but I thought I saw you in handcuffs already? Oh that was unrelated? My bad.
@tinamarie1974 Don’t you mean ‘your good?’
@cinoclav
I left about 5 minutes before the party ended just to avoid this sort of thing.
I’ll cancel my membership, since $60 a year for “free” shipping really isn’t worth it, and I had confused it with VMP and missed out on the meh stickers.
@j37hr0 You do not appear to have a universal membership at this time. No action is needed on your part. Keep an eye out for your complimentary parting stickers at your mailbox.
I’ll take a nap.
I’ll go play golf.