Archive through August 29, 2003
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Archive through August 29, 2003
Mware | Monday, August 25, 2003 - 10:22 am     I want a penguin. A real one. Bad. Oops. Wrong thread. Never mind. |
Heyltslori | Monday, August 25, 2003 - 10:26 am     Me too! |
Hippyt | Monday, August 25, 2003 - 10:40 am     Those are awesome photos Tess. Just beautiful,thanks for sharing! |
Ginger1218 | Monday, August 25, 2003 - 11:23 am     Bob, I am just letting you know that I am back from my little excursion into Connecticut (had a great time) and wanted to let you know that I am going on Jury Duty tomorrow. I expect to not be on Jury Duty on Friday (keeping my fingers crossed) so that we can meet for dinner (presuming you all are still interested and available). I will know by Wednesday or Thursday. Hopefully I will not be sequestered. (been there, done that) LOL |
Twiggyish | Monday, August 25, 2003 - 04:16 pm     These are all great!! |
Tess | Monday, August 25, 2003 - 05:30 pm     Thanks everyone. We really did have a good time. Juju, I blew up the bottom right corner of Seal Rock as you suggested and you'll have to be the judge. As far as seeing sea lions at Pier 39, not only did we see dozens and dozens of them lounging about but we SMELLED them also. Miss Sarah was not impressed with their odor.
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Tess | Monday, August 25, 2003 - 05:51 pm     Mware, take a look in your folder in a few minutes. In the meantime, Miss Eggie has requested a certain photo be posted in this thread. Now you'll see just whose behind Mr. Weiner was squeezing.
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Jmm | Monday, August 25, 2003 - 06:36 pm     Ok, I found a Spy Doll that might work
However, you have to speak Japanese to order it. LOL SpyDoll |
Weinermr | Monday, August 25, 2003 - 06:37 pm     It was my pressure! Uh I mean pleasure! |
Spygirl | Monday, August 25, 2003 - 08:57 pm     hahahahaha JMM!!! How are we gonna order it?? |
Jmm | Monday, August 25, 2003 - 09:03 pm     Hey, I found the doll, how you order it is your problem. LOL |
Tess | Monday, August 25, 2003 - 09:23 pm     Hey Spy, that's the perfect jetski suit....especially for that one day when it was really choppy. Can't think of any other reason for a spygirl to be dressed all in rubber. |
Weinermr | Monday, August 25, 2003 - 09:26 pm     Didn't I just hear Glenn's cue?....... |
Egbok | Monday, August 25, 2003 - 09:43 pm     Awww Tess, thanks for posting the Big Dog picture!! Isn't it too cute??!! And Spy, that's the SpyDoll is I ever saw one....but the Spy vs. Spy doll was a good choice too. I'm going to have to find that one at Toys'R'Us! |
Tess | Monday, August 25, 2003 - 09:43 pm      |
Bob2112 | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 10:21 pm     Hi All! Just wanted to pop in and let everyone know that the Sponge family and Mware had a great meeting this evening. Mware's a great guy and 3 hours flew by before we knew it. I'll post more when we are back home on Sunday, since we are pretty busy the next few days. Friday's meeting with Ginger in NYC is currently in a holding pattern and won't be confirmed until sometime tomorrow during the day. Halfunit can't make a Sunday morning meeting, so we are currently trying to work out the details of meeting on Saturday night. Unfortunately, our schedule does not match up with Babyruth's, so we will just wave as we pass by Michigan. See you all in a few days!  |
Juju2bigdog | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 10:37 pm     Yay Spongie!!! |
Tess | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 10:58 pm     Whoohooo, Spongie's on his way home......finally! Keeping fingers crossed for Ginger and Halfunit. Kinda figured Mware would be a great guy. |
Mware | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 06:42 am     Awwww, back at ya' Bob! (and Tess ) I'll post my take on things now, and then Bob can give you his version when he gets home. We had made plans to meet at a restaurant nearby my home which has been around about 50 years, and has earned a reputation for having the best cheeseburgers in Connecticut. It's kind of a throwback to the 50s, with the waiters and waitresses in crisp pastel-colored uniforms, paper hats bobby-pinned to their hair, with a soda fountain feel to it. While it's not specifically 50s themed (no records on the walls, no posters of cars, James Dean, or Elvis), this place wouldn't have been out of place during that era. We had spoken by cell phone about an hour before our meeting, so I knew to recognize their vehicle. When they arrived, I got out of my car, I walked tentatively over toward theirs. (This being my first TVCH meeting ever and all, I wanted time to check for any sign of axe marks or blood stains on the windows. ) Spongette was the first out of the car, then Mrs. Sponge, then Sponge Jr., and lastly, our very own Spongeman himself. They seemed safe enough, so after introductions and handshakes, we went inside. The largest tables in this place will seat four, so we had a small wait until 2 adjacent tables became available. Once we sat down and ordered, the fun began. The Sponge family is a great group of people - highly recommended meeting if you get the chance. The Spongelets are bright, well-mannered, and very obviously through their demeanor "chips off the old sponge." Mrs. Sponge is smart, kind, very pretty, and extremely patient and tolerant. (She kind of has to be to drive around the country meeting strangers and listening to them talk about other strangers. ) And Bob himself is exactly as those who love him around here would expect. Extremely witty, brilliant, and an all-around great guy. Lest it sound like I'm talking about the Cunningham family from Happy Days, I will say that the design Sponge Jr. made in Spongette's hair with some accidentally dripped ice cream proved that these were, in fact, real kids. (Really nice kids, in my opinion.) The 3 hours we spent together flew by, as we talked about their trip, about reality shows, and about the TVCH and our friends here. We also spent lots of time telling and solving riddles, which was how Bob and I first met last year. Whoami's riddles thread was a source of a lot of fun last year for both of us, and we enjoyed it all summer long. After lots of laughs, lots of french fries (you can never have too many french fries, right Bob?), and lots of fun, the lights were being turned off, and we knew it was time to go. We said our goodbyes, and the Sponge family went on their way to their next stop. What a great night! What a great family! Who's next? |
Heyltslori | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 07:54 am     Yay!! Sounds like another great TVCH meeting! Thanks for sharing it with us.  |
Egbok | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 08:07 am     Mware, what a great report on your first TVCHer meeting! Sounds like all went well and I'm glad to learn that you didn't see any axes or splattered blood in or around the SpongeMobile...whew! I'm hoping to meet TheSponges when they head out West next year! |
Kady | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 08:46 am     I loved the part about MsSponge being driven around the country meeting strangers and talking about strangers. I hope the Sponge post some pics later. I can't wait to see Mware's butt shot.  |
Weinermr | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 09:14 am     Great meeting, Mware and Sponge family. So glad it went so well. |
Squaredsc | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 09:33 am     kady i was rofl'g at that too. |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 09:39 am     Awwww, that is so sweet, Mware. Thanks. Y'all spent THREE hours in a burger joint? Hahahahaha!!! |
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