2003/11/27
Hello, Wednesday. The temperature is -10 deg C. that is about q1 on the thermodynamic temperature scale for all you southern dwelling tree huggers out there.
So, Gary and Carol did not want to stay at Toad Suck State park. See their Blog at:
SEE ABOVE
I guess that they did not realize that toad sucking is a great southern US regalement down there. There are professional toad sucks down there and there is even a "Toad Suck Hall of Fame"........Its right near the "Pig Trail Scenic Parkway". Here is the story of Toad suck lifted from a web page.
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Conway, AR - Toad Suck
Yes, that story about rivermen sucking on bottles and swelling up like toads is the story that keeps getting reprinted in the Arkansas history books and keeps getting repeated. The story first appeared in a "history" written by a guy named Alsopp, who had some pretty soft standards, scholastically speaking. In the absence of evidence, he would simply report whatever bogus story he had on hand.
Here's what I do know about the origins of the name Toad Suck: Today there is a park by the Arkansas river named "Toad Suck Park." At this point there was once a ferryboat called the "Toad Suck Ferry" which would carry a couple of cars across the river on each trip. The ferry was named for a public house, a shack of sorts which might have served as a saloon, hotel, storage shed or any number of purposes. The structure was called "Toad Suck," and one or another structure was in that spot at least back into the nineteenth century.
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Yeah, I remember swelling up like a toad once or twice by sucking on bottles. WooHoo.
Catherine went out for lunch with a woman she used to teach with. They went to "Crackers", a restaurant run by students from a High School in Louis Riel SD. Suzie and I stayed home and made Solstice decorations.
Later we are going for a work-out. We were remiss, lax, neglegent for not going for a work-out yesterday, because we were too busy. Yesterday morning I took Mom to the 'Pacemaker Clinic' for her first check-up....a thousand mile check-up, I believe. Her pace-maker is working fine, everything is doing what it should. I went into the room with her and the doctor( just to get the story straight) and Mom surprised me by pulling out a list of questions that she wanted to ask.....now I have told her to do that before but she never does.....this time she did! Amazing. I made sure that the doctor had the right info on Mom's meds and then I left, not wanting to be there for the physical examination; you know what I mean...! She got out earlier than we thought so Mom and I went to Kelekis Restaurant for lunch....do you know that they are the Royal Purveyors of the burger and fries to the Queen? Its true, the Queen and Prince Philip went there for Chili dawgs n' fries when they were in town. I'm pretty sure that it is true...well could be, Eh? Then I had to go to the world famous Western Canada Aviation Museum for the rest of the day to help set up the winter solstice tree and decorate it. But first we had to hunt around the hanger for an hour to find the damn stuff.
Looks like December will be a busy month. There is the WCAM xmas party and the Diabetes research xmas party and the Manitoba Humanist's Solstice party on Dec. 21... and then there is the annual xmas party at Paul and Pat's place on the last Saturday before Xmas on Dec 20. they have a tree decorating party every year, and have had one since we first met Pat about ten years ago. Pat makes these wonderful cherry winks that are irresistible and I have to stop just on the sunny side of Diabetic Shock. I temper my glucose levels by drinking large rums, as you know booze brings down your glucose...so it is a wash....and I am awash. Last year the party was great...all I can remeber is me on the floor, looking up and a guy in a white coat saying CLEAR! CLEAR!...just kidding, I am very careful. Here is a joke:
A guy took an over-dose of pills. He calls the suicide hot-line and says," I just took an over-dose of pills." The woman on the other end says," What kind of pill did you take?" He says, "VIAGRA".......the womans says, "What the hell do you want me to do about that?".............He says," Well, what are you wearing?"
Well mesamis, AVOIR DUPOIS.
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So, Gary and Carol did not want to stay at Toad Suck State park. See their Blog at:
SEE ABOVE
I guess that they did not realize that toad sucking is a great southern US regalement down there. There are professional toad sucks down there and there is even a "Toad Suck Hall of Fame"........Its right near the "Pig Trail Scenic Parkway". Here is the story of Toad suck lifted from a web page.
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Conway, AR - Toad Suck
Yes, that story about rivermen sucking on bottles and swelling up like toads is the story that keeps getting reprinted in the Arkansas history books and keeps getting repeated. The story first appeared in a "history" written by a guy named Alsopp, who had some pretty soft standards, scholastically speaking. In the absence of evidence, he would simply report whatever bogus story he had on hand.
Here's what I do know about the origins of the name Toad Suck: Today there is a park by the Arkansas river named "Toad Suck Park." At this point there was once a ferryboat called the "Toad Suck Ferry" which would carry a couple of cars across the river on each trip. The ferry was named for a public house, a shack of sorts which might have served as a saloon, hotel, storage shed or any number of purposes. The structure was called "Toad Suck," and one or another structure was in that spot at least back into the nineteenth century.
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Yeah, I remember swelling up like a toad once or twice by sucking on bottles. WooHoo.
Catherine went out for lunch with a woman she used to teach with. They went to "Crackers", a restaurant run by students from a High School in Louis Riel SD. Suzie and I stayed home and made Solstice decorations.
Later we are going for a work-out. We were remiss, lax, neglegent for not going for a work-out yesterday, because we were too busy. Yesterday morning I took Mom to the 'Pacemaker Clinic' for her first check-up....a thousand mile check-up, I believe. Her pace-maker is working fine, everything is doing what it should. I went into the room with her and the doctor( just to get the story straight) and Mom surprised me by pulling out a list of questions that she wanted to ask.....now I have told her to do that before but she never does.....this time she did! Amazing. I made sure that the doctor had the right info on Mom's meds and then I left, not wanting to be there for the physical examination; you know what I mean...! She got out earlier than we thought so Mom and I went to Kelekis Restaurant for lunch....do you know that they are the Royal Purveyors of the burger and fries to the Queen? Its true, the Queen and Prince Philip went there for Chili dawgs n' fries when they were in town. I'm pretty sure that it is true...well could be, Eh? Then I had to go to the world famous Western Canada Aviation Museum for the rest of the day to help set up the winter solstice tree and decorate it. But first we had to hunt around the hanger for an hour to find the damn stuff.
Looks like December will be a busy month. There is the WCAM xmas party and the Diabetes research xmas party and the Manitoba Humanist's Solstice party on Dec. 21... and then there is the annual xmas party at Paul and Pat's place on the last Saturday before Xmas on Dec 20. they have a tree decorating party every year, and have had one since we first met Pat about ten years ago. Pat makes these wonderful cherry winks that are irresistible and I have to stop just on the sunny side of Diabetic Shock. I temper my glucose levels by drinking large rums, as you know booze brings down your glucose...so it is a wash....and I am awash. Last year the party was great...all I can remeber is me on the floor, looking up and a guy in a white coat saying CLEAR! CLEAR!...just kidding, I am very careful. Here is a joke:
A guy took an over-dose of pills. He calls the suicide hot-line and says," I just took an over-dose of pills." The woman on the other end says," What kind of pill did you take?" He says, "VIAGRA".......the womans says, "What the hell do you want me to do about that?".............He says," Well, what are you wearing?"
Well mesamis, AVOIR DUPOIS.
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