So ... there we were ... once again, a meeting of minds having a spot of lunch.
This time, my tab ... for reasons about to be revealed below.
"Belated Birthday Wishes, Bro ... sorry I couldn't be there. I trust that you found my greeting card, not only appropriate (it was this one here) ... but, humorous as well?"
At this point I had to take a moment out of our conversation to retrieve the paper straw covering from his straw that *caedes had blow-darted my way and had ended up in my hair. That guy, I tell ya ... back to the conversation.
"You know, you must be getting older ... apart from the obvious chronological advancement in years."
"How so, Les?", asked *caedes.
"You're slipping a bit ... every now and then. Perhaps, the ol' grey matter ain't what it used to be", I kidded.
He chuckled good-naturedly in response.
"Seriously though, did you not notice the, and I am guessing here ... inadvertent slip and release of some pertinent information on your own profile page?"
"What do you mean?"
"Wellllll ... for a long time, the membership has been trying to pry your birthdate out of you ... and to no avail. That is, until you updated the look of the membership profile pages and now ... you offered up at least the month."
You should have seen his face at that point. Something akin to ... this ...
O.O
No worries, though ... as we were distracted at that point by the arrival of our meals. He was having the special of the day, which was Faranaci (risotto with chicken and mushrooms) and I was having toast. (Unbuttered, of course ... in anticipation of a hefty tab.)
Lunch finished pleasantly and we went back to our respective work places. So ...
I got to thinking, been some time since we showed our beloved eye in the sky some appreciation ... and what better occasion than that of a birthday. Belated as it may be. But ... to kick things up a notch ... since none of you know the actual date ... had the thought to initiate a membership challenge. Contest, if you will and unofficial, that is. Here is the theme:
Submit an image in your respective creative genre that depicts a number between one (1) and thirty (30) (the number of days in September) and note in your accompanying narrative that you are doing so.
Then, whoever gets the date/number corrects ... is the unofficial, official winner.
Judging will be easy, methinks. As *caedes will be the only 'judge'. Which will come down to that of the corresponding and correct date of his birthday.
If a couple of members get it right ... ok, two 'winners' then. And so on.
Creativity still enter the picture as always.
Since 'you' could take a photo of a street assigned number as your guess. Composed pleasantly and interestingly.
Figuratively, could be a 'twenty-one gun salute'. A cat has nine lives, etc..
Representative in your image could be simply that of a number of like objects summed to the guesstimate on your part (repetitive shapes and form can be a strong element in a well-composed image). And so on.
Or, if things are a tad busy in your neck of the world, perhaps ... this discussion thread can become our birthday (belated) greeting card to *caedes. Post some words here as your gift of thanks for the site that he maintains for all of our enjoyment.
In fact, on that latter note ... I'll start us off ...
!! ** Happy (belated) Birthday, *caedes ** !!
Here's to many more years ... and best wishes for continued success in all that you do. Hope your day was kind to you. :o)
... ...
... ...
Why, yes ... I see that you recognize "Lucille" (my fourteen-pronged cake fork). Old habits die hard, you know ... 'always be prepared' ... for cake, I say.
This time, my tab ... for reasons about to be revealed below.
"Belated Birthday Wishes, Bro ... sorry I couldn't be there. I trust that you found my greeting card, not only appropriate (it was this one here) ... but, humorous as well?"
At this point I had to take a moment out of our conversation to retrieve the paper straw covering from his straw that *caedes had blow-darted my way and had ended up in my hair. That guy, I tell ya ... back to the conversation.
"You know, you must be getting older ... apart from the obvious chronological advancement in years."
"How so, Les?", asked *caedes.
"You're slipping a bit ... every now and then. Perhaps, the ol' grey matter ain't what it used to be", I kidded.
He chuckled good-naturedly in response.
"Seriously though, did you not notice the, and I am guessing here ... inadvertent slip and release of some pertinent information on your own profile page?"
"What do you mean?"
"Wellllll ... for a long time, the membership has been trying to pry your birthdate out of you ... and to no avail. That is, until you updated the look of the membership profile pages and now ... you offered up at least the month."
You should have seen his face at that point. Something akin to ... this ...
O.O
No worries, though ... as we were distracted at that point by the arrival of our meals. He was having the special of the day, which was Faranaci (risotto with chicken and mushrooms) and I was having toast. (Unbuttered, of course ... in anticipation of a hefty tab.)
Lunch finished pleasantly and we went back to our respective work places. So ...
I got to thinking, been some time since we showed our beloved eye in the sky some appreciation ... and what better occasion than that of a birthday. Belated as it may be. But ... to kick things up a notch ... since none of you know the actual date ... had the thought to initiate a membership challenge. Contest, if you will and unofficial, that is. Here is the theme:
Submit an image in your respective creative genre that depicts a number between one (1) and thirty (30) (the number of days in September) and note in your accompanying narrative that you are doing so.
Then, whoever gets the date/number corrects ... is the unofficial, official winner.
Judging will be easy, methinks. As *caedes will be the only 'judge'. Which will come down to that of the corresponding and correct date of his birthday.
If a couple of members get it right ... ok, two 'winners' then. And so on.
Creativity still enter the picture as always.
Since 'you' could take a photo of a street assigned number as your guess. Composed pleasantly and interestingly.
Figuratively, could be a 'twenty-one gun salute'. A cat has nine lives, etc..
Representative in your image could be simply that of a number of like objects summed to the guesstimate on your part (repetitive shapes and form can be a strong element in a well-composed image). And so on.
Or, if things are a tad busy in your neck of the world, perhaps ... this discussion thread can become our birthday (belated) greeting card to *caedes. Post some words here as your gift of thanks for the site that he maintains for all of our enjoyment.
In fact, on that latter note ... I'll start us off ...
!! ** Happy (belated) Birthday, *caedes ** !!
Here's to many more years ... and best wishes for continued success in all that you do. Hope your day was kind to you. :o)
... ...
... ...
Why, yes ... I see that you recognize "Lucille" (my fourteen-pronged cake fork). Old habits die hard, you know ... 'always be prepared' ... for cake, I say.
:oD