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Comment on: Peppermints Place

Life In The Fast Lane

72 Comments

Welcome back


Pep,

I'm sure I speak for the community when I say that we await your next entry with bated breath (somebody somewhere posted that the correct spelling of this particular term is "bated", not "baited" which is what I always thought--go figure).

Anyway, I for one am glad to see you've posted again.

Girl

It be about time you got The Place back in action. Looking forward to your big surprises.

BTW, the water in The Swamp has been running a bit warm lately. Can I help it if some people have just managed to get me started?

Paulie...it IS B-A-I-T-E-D.

Pep

Great to hear things are shaping up. I hope your son is better. I've been too busy to post lately too but everything's ok. This subprime lending problem hit at a time when I was already doing a complete makeover of my marketing. On the other hand, there hasn't been much to write about with the candidates "walking" for president with their hand in their pockets.

So...are you living in a barn now? LOL.

All

My 40 kilogram English teachers dictionary says it's 'bated' breath.
But, that's is neither here nor there. That was a baited post if ever there was one. Big doing in Peppermint's life above and beyond moving. Hmmmm, I do wonder what's going on over there.

Paulie

Good to hear from you too. Now really, did someone correct your spelling? That's just too much. I always let the spelling mistakes fly by. Who cares?

Yes, I will be posting my new article once I am up and running again after the move. Pretty soon here I will have to shut down, but not until the 8th of Sept.

Crawfish

Good to hear from you too. Yes, I imagine you have the place "warmed" up. PurpleGimp told me you have some good plans posted over at her blog. So I took a look at your plans for the ME. Good ideas and too bad you're not the POTUS. We would be out of danger by now.

I'll have to take a look at your blog and see what's up over at your place. I may get some free time here over the next couple of days as I am almost finished packing.

When I'm back up and running at the farm, I will be coming back with a vengeance. LOL

LOL, Pepp

Looking forward to the next one.......

You know how to BAIT the hook. I, too, await with BATED breath.

(Sorry, Craw, it's "bated", as in (a)bated, or shortened).

PPhil

Right now I'm living in a distribution warehouse it would seem. My condo is full of boxes everywhere packed up. So, am I living in a barn right now? No, but it feels like it.

Last night there was a mix up. My agent did not let me know someone was coming by to look at the place and I was in here with the kitchen completely torn up. The place was tornado alley. Embarrassing to say the least. The wife of the couple who came in was terrified of dogs and was screaming, "get that dog away from me". When they came through the door, I was otherwise disposed. Talk about mortified.

I didn't know you were not posting lately as I have not been making the rounds.

Good luck with your business.

PG

Long time no see. LOL
I checked out your article. It is a very good one and certainly hits the nail on the head with the insanity we are experiencing in this country. I have to say I have no TV right now and have had very little time to read, so I am way behind on the news.
If certain friends don't let me know what's going on with verbal updates I have no clue what is happening right now in the world.

Thanks for the plug at your place.

Brian

I hope to be back and running strong soon, in a couple of weeks. Things are hectic as he!! here to say the least. Utter chaos is going on. I hate feeling so out of control.

I'm glad people are stopping by right now. It feels good to talk to my ole friends at TH again.

Craw:


I didn't mean to start a bait-fest here, but, what the heck...

I think it might have been a post of BrianR's that corrected someone else (not me) aboot (as they say in Canada) the bait.

I'd always assumed it was "bait the hook, bait the breath", but Brian's explanation makes more sense.

But I digress...Pep: any hints aboot the big news?

All

I think it's a safe bet that knowing Pepp as we do that her news is going to be equivalent to setting off an A bomb here at TH. That woman doesn't mess around. Things are going to get very very interesting when she gets settled at the farm!

Yo Pepp

Glad to see you are making progress. Check your E-mail.

PG

Are we talking about a "revolution?" Uh-oh...better git saddled up, boys and gals. Weapons ready, words or metal! Woo-hoo! Bring it on, Pepp!

Paulie

Now you know better than that. I can't drop any hints and give away the big secret of the surprise. That would ruin the bait. LOL!

PG

Yep, things should be "very" interesting indeed. Now would I drop an A bomb? Uh, er, yes I would. LOL

Wili Beaux

Yes, progress is commencing in order. It's been a haul to be sure. So much going on. i can barely keep my wits about me. My senior moments have risen with all there is to accomplish. I have lists all over the house trying to remember everything I need to do to make this move.
Good to hear from you again.

Hi Nee

Yes, it's something comparable to a Revolution using the latest technology available to man. LOL

Saddles ready? Words or metal? Too funny. Anyone with a heart problem should take their meds before dropping by.

Prepare for shock,stunned,being speechless, and uproarious laughter. :-D

Hello, Pepp! :)

It will be nice to have you back here on a more frequent basis and I hope the move goes well. A farm house sounds nice (as long as it has indoor plumbing)!

I will check back to hear your big news and I hope your son is doing well.

Welcome back

Good to see you back. Farm huh? Any carrots or horses? I'll take good care of them for you!

SquiddyPopPerkyJean

Hey woman, were you not about to have a baby? I suspect that baby is here by now. Congrats in retrospect since I can't say advance. LOL

Thanks for coming by. Good to see you here too. Yes, the farm has indoor plumbing and electricity too. I won't need to use candles to read by. Yippee!

Scottie

Glad you came by. Thanks for the blessing. I'll need it.

RB

No the farm has cows, not horses. No carrots but plenty of soy beans and tobacco.

Of course I imagine you were making reference to carrot and a stick perhaps. Use a carrot to get a horse what you want it to do? Ha, ha! You are quite funny with those cryptic messages.

Faithful fellow posters

Thing huge, humongous, giant, biggest ever, never been one like it celebration and get your party pretties ready! This one is going to be bigger than any you've ever seen. Times Square on New Years Eve will look like a failed block party in comparison.

Ooops

Think, not thing. I have a note from my doctor on the issue of typos.

Purplegimp

You're cracking me up as usual.

Hey, Pep


How about a picture of your new place, now that you know how to post them and all?

Being from the big city, I'm not used to seeing cows and pastures and things of that nature.

Watch where you step...

Paulie

Just for you, a picture of the area. Sorry don't have an actual digital pic yet to scan for publishing. Will do that after the move and put pictures up.

Yep, gotta watch where one steps that is for sure as there will be plenty of cow pies. LOL

Paulie

your old thoughts on that phrase are exactly what my country kin folk said as well. But what do I know about proper speakin'? I live in a Swamp!

Pepp

Have pleanty of experience with not only carrots and horses but cows too..only a few things you need to remember....

1. When feeding, a book of hay and a bucket of grain go only so far.

2. 4 not 1...when milking...(grain and hay come in handy here)

3. In the winter..make sure your hands are warm before milking.

4. All cows are demodummies...you can't really tell a bull from a cow by the horns. (ie. Billys' wife Hill)

5. Get a good horse and a REALLY good cow dog...it saves on you looking like a fool and can save several pairs of boots. (That and I know of a couple people who can get you a REALLY good horse)

6. Get a boot scraper...nuff said.

7. When bottle feeding calves...always cute when they suck your fingers...just watch your zippers.

8. If the cows get out....just laugh and tell your "city folk" neighbors you'll send them the bill for the fertilizer.



Follow this and you'll go far.

Good luck on your next adventure in life (adventure..sometimes nightmare). I can tell you now as long as ole' Reid stays away from your water you'll have a million and one tales that will outlive you. I know I do.

RB

Well, I already have a built in cattle herder with my corgi, Dakota. He loves bullying those cows around and getting them into their place.

The farm house has a "mud room" as do all the farms there for the general purpose of removing any and all forms of "dirtied" clothing.

I hope to get to bottle feed the calves. I know my friends who own the farm are specifically breeding the cows on that farm and will need plenty of help with that.

Won't be milking as that is done by machine. Yippie for that one.

Good advice, RB, and I'll be sure to let you and everyone know all the comedies there will be. I'm sure there will be nightmares too. I don't want to be around when a cow delivers a dead calf.

Pepp

Auto milkers? Just for kicks you have to milk one by hand....a real "farm" experience. Nothing but you, a bucket and an impatient cow.

Deal calf..yeah hard to handle but it happens. Not fun but the moms can make good nurse cows. Life goes on.

Mud rooms need to be cleaned too...just remember..anything you track in you still have to clean....Moms rule number 1!

Have fun and please let us know. Farming is so much fun and a learnig experience. It's born, you feed it, then eat it...circle of life ;D

RB

What no advice for *cow pokes*?
I think Pepp might need a Complete Guide On The Feeding And Handling Of A Cow Poke. You write it, I'll edit!

RB

Oh, I like that, "it's born, you feed it, then you eat it". Now that is profound.

In my former life I lived next to a farm, and one of my cats kept going over to the farm coming home with cow pies on him. Of course, he didn't want to clean that up himself. Sooooooo, I had to take that dude down into the stationary tubs and scrub that little Garfield up. Talk about fun!

I will definitely keep the mud room scrubbed and a shoe scruffer on the outside door.

PG

Cow Poke? What is a cow poke? Is that one of those instruments you poke cows with like a branding iron or what? Care and feeding of a cow poke? Hmmmm......You are quite mysterious with your comments. I can't wait to see this manual you and RB will be writing on cowpokes. Evility is thy name!

Pepp,

I could be wrong here, but I was using it as a synonym for cow boy!
Do I really have to spell out who the proverbial cow is in this scene?

rolls into shelter and closes blast doors just in case

Purplegimp

I'm sorry, I must be dense. It must be that I'm overworked and exhausted these days, but, no, I don't know who the proverbial "cow" is.

And, a cow poke is a cow boy? Who ever heard of a cow boy on a cow farm? I mean don't cowboys work on ranches, not farms?

You had better roll into a shelter, Miss Evility, and cover your head. You're beginning to get more evil by the day. Or should I say by the hour?

Hey, there's a root cellar near the house where the walls are caving in. Perhaps you could roll right into that root cellar and never be seen or heard from again. Also there is the silo and the tobacco drying barn. You could get in there and be in heaven chewing on all that tobacco. Oh, yeah, I almost forgot about the lagoon. You know what they are for don't you? Ha, ha, ha!

"Cow poke"?

Hmmmm.......

Well, in "Lonesome Dove", we know what Gus meant when he talked about a "poke".

Someone wants to "poke" a cow?

How lewd.....

Brian

Having never watched "Lonesome Dove" I have no idea who Gus is or what he meant by "poke". So, this is all lost on me. Like I said I am very uninformed on these matters. And, what is lewd about cowpoke? Please advise.

Cow Pokes

Cowpokes are the boys who poked and prodded the cows down the trails. Heh, PG said cowpoke. ;D

My best

... to you and your son, and to a smooth move. If you don’t call everyone Yankees on your return, I'll be waiting. Just think, the hype could be bigger than the Mooresteria. (I know it’s a tough job, moving)

RB

Thanks for clearing that up for me about cowpokes.
I'm not real familiar with the lingo.

xpressit

Hey, good seeing you again. Thanks for the support. Yeah, moving is a tough job, and I'm sick of all of the packing etc. When I get there those boxes are going to sit for a long time before I bother getting into them.

No Moore hysteria here. Hopefully he's gone to Cuba where he can get good medical care for his mental condition, grand delusions, that is.

Wow. Nice. Picturesque...

...nice place to write that novel that will one day be on the NYT best seller list. Don't forget us when that happens, Pep. DD

Hey DD

Nice to see ya. I've not been around much but I have not forgotten you all. Yep, I'm going to write my novel at the farm, quiet and peaceful place to concentrate on my writing. I doubt I'd ever make the NYT best seller list, but I'd like to get something going.

Thanks for coming by. I'm glad you're back too. It seemed I didn't see you around here too much over the past several months.

Pepp, RB, BrianR

Boy oh boy did we fall into a well 'laid' plan. We were well and truly set up by 'herself' and I for one, have every intention of exposing her in all her lewdity! Our not so innocent Ms. Peppermint got it the first time.
I suggest we "poke" as much fun at her as we can until her real life cowpoke gets there and can take over!

Well, Pepp

In Lonesome Dove, (which you should watch, as it's excellent), the character Gus is always trying to talk the town whore into giving him a free "poke".

Purplegimp

We all know you are insane as most Mossad agents go around the bend at one time or another. Having to recall and remember all the EVIL things they did to those poor victims of theirs is entirely too much to bear. Thus, these agents end up committed for life to a mental institution.

As everyone knows PG is in one of these Mossad Agent Asylums and is kept in a strait jacket on thorazine. Apparently, she has humongous hallucinations and horrendous flash backs to the times when she "poked" so many victims with her crutches and cane. Just recall what she did in Juliet's Diary.


BrianR

How truly instructive and enlightening your comment is! I'm glad someone has finally filled me in on just what a "poke" is.

Sometime, in the future, when I ever get some free time, I will have to watch Lonesome Dove since you say it is excellent.

Pepp

Glad you're still hanging tough, can't wait to hear what the big news is.....and hoping your son is ok..

davecatbone

Yep, still hanging in there. Thanks for coming by and your well wishes. I hope to be back into things in the TH community as soon as I'm settled after the move. Hey, you know we women are tough when we have to be. What else is there to do? :-)

Pepp.

Never in my whole life have I denied being insane. I've always been rather proud of it, hallucinations and all.
In fact, I've been a member of group known as the Virtual Asylum.
Then there's my medically documented brain damage.And the wishful thinking and the projection. Not to mention intermittent dumbness.

YAY!!

BIG NEWS BIG NEWS!! Can't wait!

Purplegimp

Well said. I couldn't have done better myself.

SC

Thanks for coming by. Good to hear from you. I'm doing last minute preparation for the move right now. What a mess!

I saw where you made the What's Hot List. Congrats.
Keep it rockin!

Pepp.

Yup, Never ever denied it. And after 55 years I guess I've to know myself fairly well, even though I can still surprise myself!
Would you please hurry up and tell us all the big news so I can quit making up strange scenarios in my murky damaged mind?

Pepp


Shameless plug time. I have a new essay up at the Island. Swing on by.

Pep

My prayers for you, your son and your family. Looking forward to the big news !

Pappy

El rancho

Nice spread, but obviously not located in the Lone Star.

Best wishes to you and yours from Alvin, Texas.

A "moving" article

Pepp it's so good to know that you'll be treating all us pepp-heads with some new posts. I can only pray that the move to new environs will bring you more than you hope for, and less than you fear!

Oh, Pepp!

Your e-mail has changed, hasn't it. everything I send gets returned. Send me the new address.

Oh, and liberal bashing is underway at The Swamp. Some lefty named Manx doesn't like me wanting Americans to speak English.

Pepp

Come on, girl. How long does it take to get interweb put in on that farm? We're all standing around in our adult dress up finery waiting for the party to start.

Peppermint

Guess Who’s Back?! See My Blog :)!

well, Gimp

dress up finery? Maybe adult undressed finery.

Dang, see what happens when the wife's away for a while...my mind goes straight to the gutter and stays there.

Best Wishes, Pepp!

Good luck with the move and with all the other difficulties that have come your way recently.

Your enthusiasm, spirit & tenacity come through in your words - so, I have no doubt that you will succeed in all your endeavors.

Crawfish

I don't know about you, but, this is one party I'm going to fully dressed!

voice of reason

She certainly has been through a lot recently, and thankfully her indomitable spirit has helped her with all the bad. If I'm correct, it is now time for good things to start happening. I also think that one of the best things that could happen is for her to get back on line so the festivities can begin.

Pepp

Wishing you the best, and waiting breathlessly to hear what's up.

I, for one


will not be holding my breath.

Because I'm confident that all good things will happen for Pep and hers, and we can all breathe easy.

Paulie

I'm with you all the way on that. I just wish she'd get back on line already so we can start celebrating!