The SWAMP! - Volume One

[Sonnie]

Now what kind of music is Swamp Zombies and Flogging Molly?

Is there band with a genre similar to theirs that maybe I've heard of?

[Fincave]

Good morning! Have actually no idea what either band sounds like, JCD will have to let us know. I read somewhere that Flogging Molly is a punk band with Irish roots, have always had a soft spot for punk music (my rebellious youth perhaps?).

[Sonnie]

Good morning!

Well maybe he can shed some light on it for us.

Gotta hit the sack...

[Fincave]

Good morning all. Here are a couple of funny things that were sent to me, I got a chuckle out of some of them:

One day, a man came home and was greeted by his wife dressed
in a very sexy nightie. "Tie me up," she purred, "and you can do
anything you want."
So he tied her up and went golfing.


A woman came home, screeching her car into the driveway, and
ran into the house. She slammed the door and shouted at the
top of her lungs, "Honey, pack your bags. I won the lottery!"
The husband said, "Oh my, wow! What should I pack, beach stuff
or mountain stuff?"
"Doesn't matter," she said. "Just get out."


Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right, and
the other is a husband.


A Polish immigrant went to the DMV to apply for a driver's license.
First, of course, he had to take an eye sight test.
The optician showed him a card with the letters:
'C Z W I X N O S T A C Z.' "Can you read this?" the optician asked.
"Read it?" the Polish guy replied, "I know the guy."



Mother Superior called all the nuns together and said to them,
"I must tell you all something. We have a case of gonorrhea in
the convent."
"Thank God," said an elderly nun at the back. "I'm so tired of
chardonnay."


A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband.
Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen. "Careful," he said,
"CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! You're cooking
too many at once. TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW!
We need more butter. Oh my ***! WHERE are we going to get
MORE BUTTER? They're going to STICK! Careful ... CAREFUL! I
said be CAREFUL! You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking!
Never! Turn them! Hurry up! Are you CRAZY? Have you LOST your
mind? Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt
them. Use the salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!"
The wife stared at him. "What in the world is wrong with you? You
think I don't know how to
fry a couple of eggs?"
The husband calmly replied, "I wanted to show you what it feels
like when I m driving."


Fifty-one years ago, Herman James, a North Carolina mountain man,
was drafted by the Army. On his first day in basic training, the Army
issued him a comb. That afternoon the Army barber sheared off all
his hair.
On his second day, the Army issued Herman a toothbrush. That
afternoon the Army dentist yanked seven of his teeth.
On the third day, the Army issued him a jock strap. The Army has
been looking for Herman for 51 years.


One day my housework-challenged husband decided to wash his Sweatshirt.
Seconds after he stepped into the laundry room, he shouted to me, "What setting do I use on the washing machine?"
"It depends," I replied. "What does it say on your shirt?"
He yelled back, "University of Oklahoma."
And they say blondes are dumb...


A couple is lying in bed. The man
says, "I am going to make you the happiest woman in the world." The woman replies, "I'll miss you..."


"It's just too hot to wear clothes today," Jack says as he stepped out of the shower, "honey, what do you think the neighbors would think if I mowed the lawn like this?"
"Probably that I married you for your money," she replied.


He said - Shall we try swapping positions tonight? She said - That's a good idea... you stand by the ironing board while I sit on the sofa and watch tv.


Q: What do you call an intelligent, good looking, sensitive man?
A: A rumor


Q: What do you call a handcuffed man?
A: Trustworthy.


Q: What does it mean when a man is in your bed gasping for breath and calling your name?
A: You did not hold the pillow down long enough.


Q: Why do female black widow spiders kill their males after mating?

A: To stop the snoring before it starts.


Q: What is the difference between men and women?
A: A woman wants one man to satisfy her every need. A man wants every woman to satisfy his one need.


Q: How do you keep your husband from reading your e-mail?
A: Rename the mail folder "Instruction Manuals"

[Sonnie]

Hilarious!

[JCD]

Sonnie wrote:

Now what kind of music is Swamp Zombies and Flogging Molly?

Is there band with a genre similar to theirs that maybe I've heard of?

The best way I can describe the Swamp Zombies is to say they're kind of a beatnik rock band. If you watch a movie from the late sixties where the actors are in a beatnik bar with music in the backround, it'll give you an idea of the SZ. In one description someone likened them a bit to the Violent Femmes -- which I can see. It's not exact, but it's about as close as I can come to a similar band right now. They do a good rendition of Crawfish. I didn't realize it was a cover, but Elvis sang the song in one of his movies.

Flogging Molly is punkish, but not like the Sex Pistols or Dead Kennedys.. hmm, more like Green Day I guess. And the lead singer definitely has an Irish brogue. I've heard them compared to the Dropkick Murphys. My friend likes DM better. I like FM better. They typically start off with a traditional folk irish sound, then kick it up a notch or three. Some of their songs are acapella though.

JCD

[Fincave]

Evening all! Flogging Molly similar to Green Day?? A bit of a disappointment, kind of hoping more for a Pogues/Popes type thing. Oh well, should get the album within a day or two and will then have a listen for myself.

[JCD]

Fincave wrote:

Evening all! Flogging Molly similar to Green Day?? A bit of a disappointment, kind of hoping more for a Pogues/Popes type thing. Oh well, should get the album within a day or two and will then have a listen for myself.

I actually haven't heard the Pogues/Popes.. so that may be more in line with their sound. I was only trying to emphasize that they are just thrashing around on their instruments.

I just took a listen to a coupl of samples of the Pogues on Amazon.. much better comparison than Green Day. Of course, you still might not like it..

Now I think I'll have to find a Pogues album for myself. Looks like they've got a handful of Best of CD's to choose from.

JCD

[Sonnie]

I guess I need to sample some of this on Amazon or CDNow huh?

[Fincave]

If they sound anything like the Pogues I will be sold on them!! Can hardly wait, it is always great to hear something new, find a new band to get into (possibly). 'Rum, sodomy and the lash' is probably the best Pogues album, well on a par with 'If I should fall from grace with God' The Popes came after the Pogues and is also great music. Come to think of it, I think Elvis Costello has produced some of the Pogues albums, the late great Joe Strummer as well?

[Sonnie]

What a day! And so much more to do... does it ever end? Seems like there is 24 hours in everyday...

[Fincave]

Hi Sonnie. Sometimes it really seems as though 24 hours in a day is just not enough! It would seem as though this place is keeping you busy enough, nevermind the other things you must have to take care of.

[Sonnie]

Time here has slowed a bit other than posting. Most of the code is good. I've actually been helping Don over at www.forsaleortrade.net get his site going. Plus we are in the process of purchasing some land to build a fourplex office building (we close Friday morning) and getting the survey, working with the city, laying out the lot and building design, etc. Then the business itself and home things have to be done. And I seem to be seeing all 24 hours in the day. Sleep depravation...

[Sonnie]

Good morning!

[NorwegianDawg]

Hey There Shacksters!

Just working on some bids and a design...and desiring a much needed break so thought I'd drop in and say "hi!"

It's great to see this place taking off like it is, congrats to everyone!

We're off to our cabin this weekend...and I'm excited because for the first time in I can't remember when...I will have NOTHING to do! YAHOOO...I can't wait. So please pray that I can just relax and take advantage, because come Monday I'm back at the madness! Yep, I have an install that day...but the weekend will be great!!!!

You folks have any plans for the weekend?

E

[Sonnie]

We've got a little small group of folks coming over to have a little cookout. Cook up some ribbies and sausage and some more tasty stuff.

Sounds like fun goin' to a cabin and relaxing.

[Steve Williamson]

Packing , viewed the rental house today that we are staying in whilst we are buildiing and at least it has satellite and video cabling throughout the property. I can still play with most of my toys for the duration, and buy new ones.

[Sonnie]

Steve Williamson wrote:

and buy new ones.

Hmmm... can I come play at Steve's house...

I wanna go shopping for HT gear!

[JCD]

Fincave wrote:

If they sound anything like the Pogues I will be sold on them!! Can hardly wait, it is always great to hear something new, find a new band to get into (possibly).

So have you recieved the CD yet?
I wanna know if I owe you an apology or if you liked it.

JCD

[Fincave]

JCD wrote:

So have you recieved the CD yet?
I wanna know if I owe you an apology or if you liked it.

JCD

Unfortunately my order has not arrived yet, had hoped it would come Fri but no luck, am sure it will come Mon and will then let you know what I think. No apologies needed even if I do not like it!

[Sonnie]

We got a house full of company and I had to take just a minute break to cool off. Been cooking for the last 2 hours over two hot grills. Man it is a scorcher here today... 98 degrees.

[Jeff Aguilar]

Wow, Sonnie, sounds like nice weather. Here in the NW we have on and off rain showers and a scorching 64 degrees! Yeah, pretty cold. Of course I am at work, not entertaining anyone.

I will get tomorrow off, so I will hang with the family. I think it is suppose to be around 70! That is tanning weather here in the NW!

Fincave, I really enjoyed the jokes! A few had me laughing out loud.

Jeff

[Sonnie]

I was another scorcher today... but after worship I came home and crashed. I was soooo tired from yesterday. We just got back from our singing night and now about to head over to some friends to eat.

Tomorrow will be a day spent in the HT room doing some more testing and watching a movie or two... hopefully.

[Fincave]

Good evening all!

JCD: You are causing me to spend money! Am currently listening to Flogging Molly and must say I really like it! Musically very similar to Pogues/Popes, have not really paid much attention to the lyrics yet but the music is good. I may well have to order some more of their stuff. Let me know what you think of the Pogues stuff if you happen to order something.

Here is something quite amusing that was sent to me. It got me chuckling.

INSTALLING HUSBAND 1.0

Dear Tech Support,

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slowdown in overall system performance -- particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.

In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as NFL 5.0, NBA 3.0. and Golf Clubs 4.1.

Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.5 simply crashes the system. I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.

What can I do?

Signed,
Desperate




Dear Desperate:

First keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an Operating System. Please enter the command: "http: I Thought You Loved Me.htm" and try to download Tears 6.2 and don't forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update.

If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.

But remember, over use of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5 Whatever you do, DO NOT install Mother-in-law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background, that will eventually seize control of all your system resources).

Also, do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and
cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Hot Food 3.0 and Lingerie 7.7

Good Luck,
Tech Support

[Jeff Aguilar]

Fincave,

Good joke! (or is it reality?) I had to read that to my wife.

Jeff