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Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :

Once again I am in SoCal, hanging out with Hatrackers: LadyDove, saxon and his GORGEOUS wife, Moose and Rivka.

You all SO wish you were me.

Totally.

[Taunt]

Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :

Get in parachat, woman! [Evil Laugh]

Posted by Emperor Palpatine (Member # 3544) on :

get in parachat!

Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :

Can you truthfully say that there is anyone in the world who WOULDN'T want to be Ralphie? [Confused]

I'm so confused. Why do you state that which is an obvious, proven, universally accepted fact?

You just like the GLOATING, don't you! [Mad]

Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :

Just to be clear, my gorgeous wife and Moose are two entirely different people.

Posted by Feyd Baron (Member # 1407) on :

Glad you clarified that Saxon, I was lost there for a moment.

Feyd Baron, DoC

Posted by Mama Squirrel (Member # 4155) on :

Saxon, I am glad you clarified that. I was beginning to wonder if there was something Papa Moose hadn't told me...

Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :

Well Ralphie, I'd love to stay and prove that I'm cooler than you, but I've got to go hang out with twinky, Pod, Jaiden, Ophelia and perhaps Thalia.

[Embarrassed]

<--- Sometimes that face doesn't look embarrassed enough!

[ August 02, 2003, 10:21 AM: Message edited by: Bob the Lawyer ]

Posted by EllenM (Member # 5447) on :

Ralphie, in the word association game your name came up. The previous post by me was "rack" and Feyd Baron responded with:

quote:
Ralphie (sorry, it's 3:15 and I couldn't resist)

Posted by flyby (Member # 3630) on :

Well, I'll admit that I'm jealous. Oh well, life goes on.

Posted by Pixie (Member # 4043) on :

Like I said in the smilie thread, this one was made for Ralphie:

[Hail]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Wait, wait, wait.

If Ralphie is cool for hanging out with a group that included me [Wave]

, then does that make all of us cool for hanging out with her?

[The Wave]

Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :

Shinda II was great!

rivka came by for a little while and gave a very interesting lesson on her religion. She was also a great sport about Paul's "who's on first" creative hearing.

Mike and Julliette (saxon and wife) were wonderful. Oddly enough, Mike is working at the same company as one of my favorite people. Julliette is sweet, gutsy, articulate and beautiful. She really should be on Hatrack.(Hint/Nudge) [Smile]

Papa Moose, Ralphie and Dan just feel like family.
Everyone knows Moose is brilliant and a terrific father who thinks that his wife it just about the most amazing person in the world. I didn't know he also has a wickedly subtle and hillarious sense of humor. Between, Papa, Ralphie and Dan, I had to hold my sides because they hurt from laughing so much.

Dan is also amazing. Charismatic, articulate and funny, he and Ralphie are the definition of the perfect couple. They are completely "in love" and "in like" with each other.

Ralphie.. well, what can I say. Her intelligence, common sense and sense of fairness, along with her ability to look for the best in people, has always inspired me through her posting style and content. Ralphie in person is all of that and more.

Love ya Toni. I just wish you and Dan lived closer.

[ August 03, 2003, 03:16 AM: Message edited by: LadyDove ]

Posted by Snood (Member # 5483) on :

Lesson? [Wink]

Must be that teacher part of me . . . starts answering a question, gets carried away. [Big Grin]

Creative hearing? Hmm, I'm trying to remember what you could mean . . .

Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :

Can't believe I missed this. For some reason I thought it was on Friday.

I just got home from a very long "friend's departure" BBQ in T.O.

darnit.

[Frown]

Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :

quote:
Dan is also amazing. Charismatic, articulate and funny, he and Ralphie are the definition of the perfect couple.

Dan is charismatic.

He and Ralphie are the perfect couple.

I feel a cult coming on.

:mesmerized:

Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :

quote:
Can you truthfully say that there is anyone in the world who WOULDN'T want to be Ralphie?

Alas, that is unfortunately not the case, Zotto. In fact, I'm more than positive that when this guy sits down and contemplates his lot in life he thinks, "Well, damn, at least I'm not Ralphie."

Bob t. Lawyer - Okay. We tie for cool.

Pixie - You're right. I frequently AM prostrate. Very appropriate.

The SoCal Hatrackers - You guys ROCK. LadyDove - Thank you guys again for being so amazing hospitable. For letting us fiesta and siesta at your pad. We appreciate and love you guys. [Smile]

Scott - The Cult of Dan and Ralphie is built on a foundation of faith, spiritual enlightenment and sending us money. Lots and lots of money.

Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :

rivka- [Smile]

flish- it was on Friday. Sorry you couldn't make it.

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

Ralphie, while you were napping, ladydove drew on you with a sharpie. [Wink]

Posted by Juliette (Member # 5484) on :

Hi, I am saxon75's wife, Juliette, formerly known to some as jsaxon.
Just wanted to say that Shinda II was a blast. Thank you LadyDove and Paul for your hospitality! It was wonderful to meet all of you that were there.
Toni, I had such a great time with you on the slide, thanks for the peer pressure!
[Party]

Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :

Yay! Juliette posted!

Dare I hope this is only the beginning...?

Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

You should have joined us here in Canada.

We had myself, Pod, Jaiden, Ophelia, and Bob the Lawyer (as he's mentioned already).

[Smile]

Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :

twinky - Hopefully, at some point I will. [Smile]

mack - You're right. She wrote your name on my right buttcheek with a big heart around it.

Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

[Smile]

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

--I--

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

*jealous of both groups* [Cool]

Glad you had a good time. [Big Grin]

**Ela**

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

I hope ot visit the SoCal clump in October.

and if things get worse here in the US, we may all be visiting the Canada clump!

By the way, Ralphie, while meeting them is nearly the pinacle of cool. How cool is this? Papa Moose & Mama Squirrel in OSC's new book!!!

Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :

::wishes there was a happy dance icon::

Bob that is so cool! We definitely have to do something.

Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :

Uh, you mean like this happy dance icon?

[Party]

Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :

Kinda- I just want that one guy in the back with the red mohawk [Smile]

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

We know. You just want a red mohawk. [Wink]

Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :

*sigh*

LD, I'll have to pay closer attention next time. I hadn't realized you were out so far, then, didn't realize I'd practically be in your backyard. (those wiffle balls might have been mine)

[Razz]

flish

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

I'll be in SoCal the weekend of the 23rd of August. Hmm...

maybe start own thread.

Ralphie needs a swirlie for coming to SoCal too early. [Cry]

Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :

I got some pretty good post-waterslide photos of Ralphie at the Shinda. I'll put them, along with the other Shinda pics, on foobonic as soon as I can get off my lazy butt and do it, but for now, you'll just have to make do with this.

Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :

I have to admit, I love seeing my wife in print. Although I do love just seeing her; she's real purty. [Smile]

Posted by Juliette (Member # 5484) on :

Thank you. I love seeing you too. I think this is a little too mushy though. We don't want to make people sick. And besides you're making me blush. [Blushing]

Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :

[Kiss]

There, how's that for mushy?

[Big Grin]

Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :

Newlyweds! Just toooo cute.

Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :

Is there a barfing smiley? You two are making me sick.

Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :

It's really amazing to me how your jealousy can follow me over multiple BBs.

Here, Juanito, just so you don't feel left out:
[Kiss]

[ August 04, 2003, 05:09 PM: Message edited by: saxon75 ]

Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :

Saxon needs to turn on his Irony-o-Meter™.

Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :

[Roll Eyes]

Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :

[Kiss]

Right back atcha, big guy.

Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :

You know, it's times like this that make me glad my wife doesn't spend much time at Hatrack.

Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :

quote:
I've got some pretty good post-waterslide photos of Ralphie at the Shinda. I'll put them, along with the other Shinda pics, on foobonic...

Mike - I seriously need to screen those shots before you start posting them all willy-nilly.

Jebus help you if you post a bad pic of me.

[ August 04, 2003, 05:51 PM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]

Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :

I should probably check with Juliette, too, now that I think of it. I don't think any of them are particularly scandalous, but I suppose it would be best to get the OK first.

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

quote:
Once Again I Am Cooler Than You

So, we're still starting threads to state the obvious, are we? [Kiss]

Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :

Kayla needs a smiley that combines 00 and [Kiss]

Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :

There's not a snowball's chance in hell I'm linking it, but there is a VERY horrific pic of me in the SoCal Hatracker's Get-together album that has an extremely funny "story behind" it. [Smile]

Just remember to look at all the other Ralphie approved pics at least twenty times after to brillo-pad the image from your mind.

[ August 04, 2003, 06:10 PM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]

Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :

You know, Toni, I can't, for the life of me, even begin to figure out which picture you're talking about. I mean, there's one where there's something weird happening behind you, and there's one that includes your behind in the title, but I'd hardly call either of them "horrific."

Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :

The one with Emily Card strangling herself in the background.

I should make a link, but I can't do it. I just can't.

Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :

OK, so it ain't the best picture of you, but I still wouldn't use the word "horrific" to describe it.

::muses to self::

«What could I possibly gain by posting this link?»

::realization strikes::

«Oh, dear Lord, what could I lose?!»

Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :

[Angst]

Quick! Post good ones!

AHHHHHHHHHHHH

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

Like this?

Or this?

Or this?

Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :

I was hoping more like this.

[Big Grin]

Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :

Better?

Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :

Brettly - The "background story" was simply Emily strangling herself.

And here are the pics of the Shinda II that we have so far. (Christine - have yours come out yet? Lemme know. [Smile]

)

Enjoy.

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

I didn't know Christine's were in the closet!

Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :

yowza!

Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :

Ralphie- I haven't liberated them yet. Thanks for the nudge. I'll drop them off today, probably have them back on Wednesday.
Looking at your pics reminds me of how much fun we had. I'm looking forward to Kat coming out, but it won't quite be a Shinda without you.

Kayla- Sshhh, they don't know they're in the closet. They think that WE are in denial. [Wink]

Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :

I know, Christine. I'm really sorry I'm going to miss it. I'm almost tempted to try and figure out some way to get down there, but if it's the last weekend in August (it is, isn't it?) that's our OFFICIAL anniversary weekend.

She'll have a blast, though. But if she falls madly in love with you guys (which she undoubtedly will) you'll have to remind her that I have dibs on the extra bedroom when I finally move in. [Kiss]

Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :

::looks up hopefully::
Technically, Thursday Aug 21nd is not the last weekend in August. [Wink]

[ August 11, 2003, 11:48 PM: Message edited by: LadyDove ]

Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :

Ralphie, if by some unbelievable stretch of hope you do make it a true "Shinda" by virtue of your presence, be sure to bring some _____-ainyo, ok?