Hobo Jungle

[AG]

MUrph
after your description I can feel it.
Dirt and Hev are real hobos!
I believe it was a gorgeous experience.
Andre.

[Mitch]

Murph, just what in the hell are you talking about?

[webenda]

No, I won't rant, Wayne...

Err.... I was referring to me ranting, but it was a joke.

I guess that's why we... ...experience misunderstandings at times.

Back in 1977 NOVA did a two part series on, "Tongues of Men." (Original broadcast dates: 05/11/77 and 05/18/77.)
I remember a sub-title, "Man the Great Communicator." I immediately recognized that as a "True Lie." They should
have said, "Man the Great Mis-communicator."

Now, to quote the famous author of "Automotive 101," just what in the hell are you talking about Murph?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Wayne, you and Mitch, you be trippin' . yep. Wild boys. i can see clearly,now. You're nuts. t'anxgod, for the like o' ya'. I woldn't have it any other way. Jus' tell me i get to meet you two characters in the flesh, so to speak, at least some time befo' i croak.
Stay cool and remember to wash behnd yer ears.
(Yeegods, I canbe corny. )
(I'm sittin' here, chuckling, gut a-heaving up n down.) Thanks for the amusement park!

If a guy says something alone in a forest and no woman is around, is he still wrong? (Man, I love that one, still.)

[MurphOnMillerAve]

No, I won't rant, Wayne...

Err.... I was referring to me ranting...

oh.

ooops.

[rogruth]

Murph,

I think I know what you are talking about but don't ask me to explain.My words aren't good enough.

[webenda]

Sound of Murph croaking: http://www.californiaherps.com/sounds/scouchiisinglecall.mp3

[rogruth]

Ohhh kaay.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Aawwlawdee, you gots some serious issues,bub, Mr. Wayne, but I jus' kaint think of what they'd be. Oh well, whatthe hay,jus' a nuther day out here at the unrest home.
(If you actually went outside yer house somewhere in Arizona [Do they have bigass-frogs/toads in Arizizonee?] and held a microphone....oh never mind....goodforyou, ya' creative li'l bugger....by the way, that sounded more like a part on a human I heard slowly opening, once upon a time, but that's a story for...nevah mind....)
(A fella never has a "trunk monkey" when he needs one.)
Haaaappy traaails, toooo yoooou....

[The Dirt]

Hev struggled to get a mechanical contraption(my word for it) to working, and never gave up, all the while making me feel welcome and not awkward at all. There's a gentle smile that consistently emerges from his heroic stature which invites friendship with ease. I was glad for his company.

Yeah, Murph, Hev's the real deal. What you see is what you get, no guile or pretense. Him and Patty both. As gracious as hosts can be, (if you don't mind getting your chops busted on a regular basis! ) I love them both, and to think it was through this forum that I met them!

Hev was replacing the drive-belt on his old JD riding mower, an unnecessary task at that time except that the adults use it to pull a trailer with seats that all the kids ride in. Back pain regardless, he would not let the kids go without. He paid the price, too, but that's him.

Here's a pic with him pulling two of the kids...





Murph, glad you showed up. We'll have to arrange it better next time. You maybe saw a tenth of the whole thing, if even that. You up to doing it again next year?

There's a gentle smile that consistently emerges ...

Oh, and don't get fooled by that! Behind that 'gentle smile' is a wicked sense of humor and a brain that's thinking twisted thoughts.

[webenda]

(If you actually went outside yer house somewhere in Arizona [Do they have bigass-frogs/toads in Arizizonee?] and held a microphone....

Murph,

Yes. I took that photo in my back yard. The Spade Footed toads spend most of their life buried in the ground in aestivation. If you accidently dig one up, it apperars dried up and long dead. But, put it in water and it swells up and comes back to life. This awakening process occurrs automatically with the first summer rains. In Tucson, it is impossible to not notice that the spadefoots have emerged, as their calls sound like a flock of sheep outside your bedroom window!

[webenda]

(A fella never has a "trunk monkey" when he needs one.)

Oh yeah! You need a trunk monkey Murph.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

(If you actually went outside yer house somewhere in Arizona [Do they have bigass-frogs/toads in Arizizonee?] and held a microphone....

Murph,

Yes. I took that photo in my back yard. The Spade Footed toads spend most of their life buried in the ground in aestivation. ...!

You wanna rethink that spelling? I looked it up, to learn something new,and I can't find it. Typo?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

MUrph
after your description I can feel it.
Dirt and Hev are real hobos!
I believe it was a gorgeous experience.
Andre.

Yes, indeed, Andre, you are right - it was. And I look forward to going back there again, provided Hev and Dirt say it's a go.

[The Dirt]

Murph, I gave you an invite about 5 posts ago!