Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Life Is Tough
Yeah, my fellow Counters, life is tough. While the economy seems to be improving, although at a glacier's pace, world peace seems to be a bit closer, a couple good friends haven't been back in touch with me in quite some time and my social life is virtually nonexistant. Not only that, due to my financial situation, this longrooffan has been forced to get a roommate. And it really sucks. He's super popular, all the girls think he's adorable and he is certainly much better prepared for the cold weather we have been experiencing than I am.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Merry Christmas To All
Well Counters, this olelongrooffan finally got out of the Turkey Day duldrums and got my Christmas decorations set up for the 2011 Holiday Season.
But I have this to say about that. Painting that twelve foot tall ceiling next week is going to be a real b*tch using a couple milk crates and an extension pole on that paint roller.
Anyway, wishing all of those of you Counting Along With Me a continued pleasant Christmas and Holiday Season.
But I have this to say about that. Painting that twelve foot tall ceiling next week is going to be a real b*tch using a couple milk crates and an extension pole on that paint roller.
Anyway, wishing all of those of you Counting Along With Me a continued pleasant Christmas and Holiday Season.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Sunday, September 4, 2011
On The Road Denver Edition: The 16th Street Mall Addendum
Dateline The Birthplace of Speed, Florida: September 4, 2011
On the last full day this olelongrooffan was in the Mile High City it occurred to me that I had picked up no Denver, Colorado souvenirs to return to the Sunshine State with me. (Well other than the cool orange thing I got during this adventure.)
So I asked cribbs where I could find a cool ball cap or t shirt to snatch before this olelongrooffan vacated the Mile High City, possibly forever.
He suggested I take the nearby pedestrian bridge over to the 16th street mall in downtown Denver.
And I did.
In downtown Denver, and I am sure other cities as well, they have these rent a bike stations all over. You can rent a bike and ride it all over downtown and drop it at any of the 16 or so rental stations such as this one which are dispersed around the downtown business district. It's pretty cool.
Outside the JET Hotel, a cool old piece of architecture, one of many around the downtown area, I spotted the dress code for entry on the front window of this night spot.
And as always, another big *ss animal following me around.
The 16th Street Mall is a sweet outdoor mall that was bustling during that Tuesday lunch hour. It is closed to all vehicles except the free buses that traverse the 17 blocks that make up the mall.
It begins at the Platte River and extends to the State Capitol Building.
And in that 17 block stretch, there were no fewer than seven Starbucks, none of which were visited by this olelongrooffan that day.
I did, however, make it to this cool park I had driven around several times early on in my visit.
I also spotted this facility and it, along with the JET Hotel, reminded me of thejeepjunkie and I stopped to text him to remind him to pick me up at the airport the next day.
Out in front of the Sheraton Hotel were these
odd looking ballerina statuettes and I had to capture a couple images to share with those of you Counting Along With Me.
And, again, another large animal following me around.
There also were several old school pianos scattered around the mall and anyone with, or without, any piano playing skills were welcome to have a seat at those keyboards and do your best Ray Charles impression.
The is the marker on the 13th step on the west side of the Colorado State Capitol Building marking exactly 5,280 feet above sea level. I did wonder if that was at low or high tide but no one was around to answer my inquiry.
And this is the view looking to the west from 5,286 feet above sea level.
That park I mentioned I drove around several times earlier? There was a beautiful flower garden in the center of it along with some huge brass statues of a cowboy and and Indian, each on their own horse. Lousy images though so they aren't included.
Do you think this olelongrooffan could do a blog without a reference to an automobile? Me neither. I spotted this Nissan Ford Transit fighter leaving an alley in the mall area. I had earlier blogged about this truck and it can be seen here.
More large animals following me around, once again.
As I was crossing over one of the bridges back to Filmore, I crossed over some active railroad tracks filled with coal laden train cars.
This is an image of the park between downtown and the Platte River. Incidentally, the building just to the left houses the McLaughlin House, one of the places frequented by cribbs and this olelongrooffan later that evening.
Just outside of it was this pretty cool sculpture that looked even cooler at nite with uplights illuminating it.
I gathered an image or two of some rapids on the Platte River as well as
a self portrait of this olelongrooffan standing on that bridge.
I also got this image as I was crossing Eisenhower's Highway System number 25. I wonder if it will be featured by Hemmings 50 years from now?
Now by this time this olelongrooffan would suspect those of you Counting Along With Me are wondering if I was able to locate a souvenir on the 16th Street Mall that day.
I can confirm a Denver, Colorado ball cap is resting comfortably on the front seat of the Indian awaiting its journey to Palm Beach Gardens later this afternoon.
But even better, if all ya'll remember the tragedy that was described here,
you will be happy to know this olelongrooffan got the Deal Of The Day on my replacement sandals and please join me and my new sandals as we
Celebrate Life.
On the last full day this olelongrooffan was in the Mile High City it occurred to me that I had picked up no Denver, Colorado souvenirs to return to the Sunshine State with me. (Well other than the cool orange thing I got during this adventure.)
So I asked cribbs where I could find a cool ball cap or t shirt to snatch before this olelongrooffan vacated the Mile High City, possibly forever.
He suggested I take the nearby pedestrian bridge over to the 16th street mall in downtown Denver.
And I did.
In downtown Denver, and I am sure other cities as well, they have these rent a bike stations all over. You can rent a bike and ride it all over downtown and drop it at any of the 16 or so rental stations such as this one which are dispersed around the downtown business district. It's pretty cool.
Outside the JET Hotel, a cool old piece of architecture, one of many around the downtown area, I spotted the dress code for entry on the front window of this night spot.
And as always, another big *ss animal following me around.
The 16th Street Mall is a sweet outdoor mall that was bustling during that Tuesday lunch hour. It is closed to all vehicles except the free buses that traverse the 17 blocks that make up the mall.
It begins at the Platte River and extends to the State Capitol Building.
And in that 17 block stretch, there were no fewer than seven Starbucks, none of which were visited by this olelongrooffan that day.
I did, however, make it to this cool park I had driven around several times early on in my visit.
I also spotted this facility and it, along with the JET Hotel, reminded me of thejeepjunkie and I stopped to text him to remind him to pick me up at the airport the next day.
Out in front of the Sheraton Hotel were these
odd looking ballerina statuettes and I had to capture a couple images to share with those of you Counting Along With Me.
And, again, another large animal following me around.
There also were several old school pianos scattered around the mall and anyone with, or without, any piano playing skills were welcome to have a seat at those keyboards and do your best Ray Charles impression.
The is the marker on the 13th step on the west side of the Colorado State Capitol Building marking exactly 5,280 feet above sea level. I did wonder if that was at low or high tide but no one was around to answer my inquiry.
And this is the view looking to the west from 5,286 feet above sea level.
That park I mentioned I drove around several times earlier? There was a beautiful flower garden in the center of it along with some huge brass statues of a cowboy and and Indian, each on their own horse. Lousy images though so they aren't included.
Do you think this olelongrooffan could do a blog without a reference to an automobile? Me neither. I spotted this Nissan Ford Transit fighter leaving an alley in the mall area. I had earlier blogged about this truck and it can be seen here.
More large animals following me around, once again.
As I was crossing over one of the bridges back to Filmore, I crossed over some active railroad tracks filled with coal laden train cars.
This is an image of the park between downtown and the Platte River. Incidentally, the building just to the left houses the McLaughlin House, one of the places frequented by cribbs and this olelongrooffan later that evening.
Just outside of it was this pretty cool sculpture that looked even cooler at nite with uplights illuminating it.
I gathered an image or two of some rapids on the Platte River as well as
a self portrait of this olelongrooffan standing on that bridge.
I also got this image as I was crossing Eisenhower's Highway System number 25. I wonder if it will be featured by Hemmings 50 years from now?
Now by this time this olelongrooffan would suspect those of you Counting Along With Me are wondering if I was able to locate a souvenir on the 16th Street Mall that day.
I can confirm a Denver, Colorado ball cap is resting comfortably on the front seat of the Indian awaiting its journey to Palm Beach Gardens later this afternoon.
But even better, if all ya'll remember the tragedy that was described here,
you will be happy to know this olelongrooffan got the Deal Of The Day on my replacement sandals and please join me and my new sandals as we
Celebrate Life.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
On The Road Denver Edition: The Blowout Edition
Dateline Denver, Colorado: August 14, 2011
As those of you who are Counting Along With this olelongrooffan may recall, I have spent that past few weeks out here in the Mile High City helping Big J and his girl renovate their new to them 110 year old home.
While out here I have been able to do some pretty cool stuff and see a boat load of cool old cars and trucks,
some of them are even topless. In addition to seeing all that stuff, touring Coors Brewery, seeing Tim Tebow in action, hitting up a great concert, this olelongrooffan has been
hanging with Tripod, a really cool mellow little puppy dog. While I'm not a huge house dog fan, this one is extra special and a fun companion.
Not only that but I have also been tearing a bunch of cr*p up and filling that mini dumpster to capacity.
I also removed a bunch of windows and
installed some new ones. Big J is finishing up the electrical phase of this project and Girlie is cleaning up the remainder of the fence and helping fill that dumpster as this olelongrooffan is taking a break and getting this up for your, hopefully, enjoyment.
Life hasn't been all fun and games though. A serious tragedy occurred yeasterday and this olelongrooffan is still pretty bummed out about it.
See that Teva sandal in the fence filled dumpster? This olelongrooffan has been wearing those suckers for nearly 15 years and yesterday while picking up the drywall for this project at the big box retailer who loves Jimmy Johnson, this olelongrooffan suffered
a serious blowout on the strap of one of them and no amount of duct tape would repair it.
Those beloved Tevas will be spending the remainder of their days in the Denver county municipal dump and this olelongrooffan will miss them dearly.
However, the fact that Filmore, my mobile Taj Mahal here in Denver, was parked just outside the door of that big box retailer and contained a back up pair of shoes for this olelongrooffan allows me to really
Celebrate Life.
As those of you who are Counting Along With this olelongrooffan may recall, I have spent that past few weeks out here in the Mile High City helping Big J and his girl renovate their new to them 110 year old home.
While out here I have been able to do some pretty cool stuff and see a boat load of cool old cars and trucks,
some of them are even topless. In addition to seeing all that stuff, touring Coors Brewery, seeing Tim Tebow in action, hitting up a great concert, this olelongrooffan has been
hanging with Tripod, a really cool mellow little puppy dog. While I'm not a huge house dog fan, this one is extra special and a fun companion.
Not only that but I have also been tearing a bunch of cr*p up and filling that mini dumpster to capacity.
I also removed a bunch of windows and
installed some new ones. Big J is finishing up the electrical phase of this project and Girlie is cleaning up the remainder of the fence and helping fill that dumpster as this olelongrooffan is taking a break and getting this up for your, hopefully, enjoyment.
Life hasn't been all fun and games though. A serious tragedy occurred yeasterday and this olelongrooffan is still pretty bummed out about it.
See that Teva sandal in the fence filled dumpster? This olelongrooffan has been wearing those suckers for nearly 15 years and yesterday while picking up the drywall for this project at the big box retailer who loves Jimmy Johnson, this olelongrooffan suffered
a serious blowout on the strap of one of them and no amount of duct tape would repair it.
Those beloved Tevas will be spending the remainder of their days in the Denver county municipal dump and this olelongrooffan will miss them dearly.
However, the fact that Filmore, my mobile Taj Mahal here in Denver, was parked just outside the door of that big box retailer and contained a back up pair of shoes for this olelongrooffan allows me to really
Celebrate Life.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
I Blame thejeepjunkie For This
This olelongrooffan has previously shared with those of you Counting Along With Me about my acquiring a few Tonka Corvettes the day my Comanche decided it had driven enough.
Well, since those Vettes, on ebay, brought in more than four times what this olelongrooffan paid for them, thejeepjunkie thought I might be on a roll and gave me a set of air suspension bags for a Ford E-350 van to ebay for some cash for shop supplies.
He acquired these when one of his customers, who races car in the feeder series for ALMS, wanted to upgrade the hauling capacity of his box E350. Alas, these were not big enough for him and he had thejeepjunkie order yet another larger set. thejeepjunkie was the kind recepient of these and they are being listed this evening, although the images of it were taken a couple days ago.
Why the delay in listing these, probably $150 bags I can hear you Counters out there asking?
Sometimes this olelongrooffan thinks I could live on this road. I captured this image on my Road Trip for Mom someplace between the Birthplace of Speed and the Queen City of the Ozarks a couple years ago. I captured this image as a couple days previous this olelongrooffan had cut the sh*t out of my forehead on an overhead door on my, then, storage unit.
Well Counters, Monday evening as this olelongrooffan was carrying that box of bags back into the Taj Mahal, the screen door at the front door caught some wind and
caught me right on the forehead, just above my left eyebrow. It hurt like h*ll on Monday and Tuesday morning I woke up to this face in the mirror! The swollen knot where the door hit me is almost gone but it is still tender. I wonder how long this olelongrooffan is going to look like I received the business end of Mohammad Ali's right hook?
And why does this olelongrooffan blame thejeepjunkie? Well, if he had shown up for Happy Hour on Monday, he could have held that door open while I carried his box of bags back into the Taj Mahal.
But ya know what? Having a fruitful day in the flea market and on ebay, having a box of bags to ebay, and still having those Japanese tin cars to ebay sure helps this olelongrooffan to
Celebrate Life.
Well, since those Vettes, on ebay, brought in more than four times what this olelongrooffan paid for them, thejeepjunkie thought I might be on a roll and gave me a set of air suspension bags for a Ford E-350 van to ebay for some cash for shop supplies.
He acquired these when one of his customers, who races car in the feeder series for ALMS, wanted to upgrade the hauling capacity of his box E350. Alas, these were not big enough for him and he had thejeepjunkie order yet another larger set. thejeepjunkie was the kind recepient of these and they are being listed this evening, although the images of it were taken a couple days ago.
Why the delay in listing these, probably $150 bags I can hear you Counters out there asking?
Sometimes this olelongrooffan thinks I could live on this road. I captured this image on my Road Trip for Mom someplace between the Birthplace of Speed and the Queen City of the Ozarks a couple years ago. I captured this image as a couple days previous this olelongrooffan had cut the sh*t out of my forehead on an overhead door on my, then, storage unit.
Well Counters, Monday evening as this olelongrooffan was carrying that box of bags back into the Taj Mahal, the screen door at the front door caught some wind and
caught me right on the forehead, just above my left eyebrow. It hurt like h*ll on Monday and Tuesday morning I woke up to this face in the mirror! The swollen knot where the door hit me is almost gone but it is still tender. I wonder how long this olelongrooffan is going to look like I received the business end of Mohammad Ali's right hook?
And why does this olelongrooffan blame thejeepjunkie? Well, if he had shown up for Happy Hour on Monday, he could have held that door open while I carried his box of bags back into the Taj Mahal.
But ya know what? Having a fruitful day in the flea market and on ebay, having a box of bags to ebay, and still having those Japanese tin cars to ebay sure helps this olelongrooffan to
Celebrate Life.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Just A Quick Weather Comment
Even though there is a "freeze warning" down here in the Birthplace of Speed for overnite on Wednesday, this olelongrooffan is proud to note that the Sunshine State was the only State in the Union, including Hawaii, not to have received any snow during the last couple days!
You Counters out there stay safe and warm.
BTW, horsefarmer this is the image I was asking you about last year.
And know this about that...pointing out cr*p like this is how this olelongrooffan continues to
Celebrate Life.
You Counters out there stay safe and warm.
BTW, horsefarmer this is the image I was asking you about last year.
And know this about that...pointing out cr*p like this is how this olelongrooffan continues to
Celebrate Life.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Yeah, It's A Little Chilly At The Taj Mahal Tonite
Celebrate Life.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
My New Title
My buddy, Justin, whom I have referred to several times around this blog, contacted me via facebook, yeah and this olelongrooffan is now texting also, rebranded my current career's title.
"Longroof, you are not a dishwasher, you are a "Ceramic Sanitation Technician."
I guess I do deserve that desk.
But yeah, that dude who, a long time ago when both of us were kids, listening to "Swap Shop, You're On The Air" on those Saturday morning really helps this olelongrooffan to
Celebrate Life.
"Longroof, you are not a dishwasher, you are a "Ceramic Sanitation Technician."
I guess I do deserve that desk.
But yeah, that dude who, a long time ago when both of us were kids, listening to "Swap Shop, You're On The Air" on those Saturday morning really helps this olelongrooffan to
Celebrate Life.
Another Random Image From The Library
So, a couple of blogposts ago, this olelongrooffan mentioned that I have gotten a new job and, almost immediately, gotten promoted to supervisor.
Well, I figured that promotion to dishroom supervisor enabled this olelongrooffan to get me a new desk. This is the one I decided on. What do You Counters think?
Well, I figured that promotion to dishroom supervisor enabled this olelongrooffan to get me a new desk. This is the one I decided on. What do You Counters think?
Yeah, right. But I did find this image in my library and I think it is the Coolest. Desk. Ever.
And it is having that opinion that lets this olelongrooffan.
Celebrate Life.
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