Kat and I get a bonus night for my
B-Day...:shocked:
We are going with Thunder Thursday...:drums:
Eddie RUKidding - 23-9-2022 at 00:54
^Have fun Plook - 24-9-2022 at 01:35
What a week of acting like teenagers, I am
exhausted but it is Friday so we will take the Ship out of the dock and head on another evening of adventure...:grin:
Plook - 27-9-2022 at 01:31
It’s a Plook on Tour Random Monday
Let’s see some highlights
Had the trees trimmed…Palm tree looks good…
The trees along the pool fence were huge, not so much now…
Went golfing Sunday morning at the butt crack of dawn it was a little crisp even though it hit 90 degrees, we are feeling fall coming…:grin:
Here is a preview of the upcoming Rodger Waters/Pink Floyd episode…:shocked:
Stay Tuned to Plook on Tour…:singer: Plook - 28-9-2022 at 01:17
It’s a Plook on Tour Random Tuesday
It’s a deuce…Birthday gifts…:grin:
Besides Kat coming over that night, the best present of all…:bouncing:
Kat refitted the Beach Bathroom with new towels, carpets, and Knick Knacks awesome…
The Daughter Plook the Younger (TDPTY) got me the California Jam concert newspaper add framed, she says I always talk about this concert…:guitar2:
This gift has already delivered raised eyebrows from more than one person just the sheer enormity of the acts that played gets people to say WOW! the
common response, all the bands were at their peek...:wow:
If you look closely advance tickets were $10 such an outrageous sum at the time we nearly did not go, concert tickets at the time between $1.50 and
$2.50…
Another gem is on the right bottom if you cut that little piece of paper put how many tickets you wanted and put it in an envelope they would send you
tickets, it would not surprise me if that is how we purchased our tickets…:shocked:
Watch your local listings for more Plook on Tour…:singer: GrayGhost - 28-9-2022 at 11:46
^^^^^ Nice ^^^^^
And somehow they made money.....
I saw Rory Gallagher for $9:50 Rory Gallagher!
We thought John Mayall and the Blue Breakers were a rip off at $14:00!
Mind blowing.....wait, who's that old guy in the mirror?
:freak:
Plook - 29-9-2022 at 00:52
^^^Well Gray when you get $10 from 200,000 people
you better make money...
Kat and I should be pretty well rested by now so we better break out the camel and get on the hump...:shocked:
GrayGhost - 29-9-2022 at 08:00
^^^^^ Aren't the GOP looking to tax or even ban hump day(s) in some
states.....:shocked:^^^^^
I always wondered if Herb was cooking Frank's books back in the day.....
Plook - 1-10-2022 at 00:52
^^^California has a no Hump Tax law…
^^^I don’t know if Herb was cooking Frank's books back in the day, but I was definitely smoking some herb…
It’s a Friday Plook on Tour…:bouncing:
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes it’s the big Charleston Contest! …:bouncy:
Jellyfish Honey Badger Wrestling is back…:roll:
Get out the Ship…:drums:
Kat is suited up, even her pussy is ready to go…Oh yeah…:shocked:
Plook is working with a dinged leg…:freak:
Enjoy your weekend everyone... Plook - 7-10-2022 at 23:49
It has been a tough week here at Plook on
Tour…:P
Kat and I have been busy at work all week with long days but Blessed Relief is here…:grin:
So, let us get some Jellyfish Honey Badger Wrestling started, queue the ship…
Time to suit up what’s the Kat got going on…oh she's kicking back fur sure...
Plook better buck it up…oh he’s working out again…:guitar2:
Everyone stay safe and have fun whenever you can… Plook - 13-10-2022 at 05:19
It's another mid-week day and I did not post,
but we are in the middle of Hump Day eve and I have Kat by my side and we want to send ya’ all a camel…The weeks are long and the load is heavy at
the salt mines but we are powering threw like a teenage combo…:bouncy:
GrayGhost - 14-10-2022 at 07:25
We we're about (aboot for the Canadians) to send out a search
party.....Plook - 15-10-2022 at 04:51
It's Friday Night Jellyfish Honey Badger
Wrestling Time Again...
What we really look like...:drums:
And what we want to look like...
Kat says she wants her booty in the booty...:shocked:
Kat picked this one for me because I look like I can open plenty of wine bottles...:guitar2:
Lets not forget the ship...:drums:
Plook - 19-10-2022 at 21:58
What Day is it?
I swear I will put up some cool stuff as soon as I get over this Hump...Plook - 19-10-2022 at 23:30
Wednesday Bonus...:shocked:
Don't Forgot to....:drums:
Plook - 22-10-2022 at 01:37
It's a Plook on Tour Friday Night Jellyfish
Honey Badger Live Special...:drums:
Sunset at Plook Palace let's start the Show....
Kat says let's get this Show on the road...:guitar2:
Plook says anchors away maties...:guitar:
Now for the transformation...:shocked:
Kat isn'y Monkeying around...
Plook as Kat says... "right before he goes full Italian Guy"...:grin:
Eddie RUKidding - 22-10-2022 at 23:35
Ship Ahoy Plook - 24-10-2022 at 17:46
Eddie how are things going in your neck of the woods?Plook - 25-10-2022 at 01:35
It’s a Monday Plook on Tour After School Special
The Big Shed Motif
I decided to take everything around the Pool down and try to get it in my shed behind the house which is the area where the pool pump and firewood is
located that has become a catch all location…:wow:
My backyard shed was a mess it is probably at least 30 years old and from what I could tell the wood floor had been repaired/patched a couple of
times. I started cleaning it out I ended up tearing out the floor and the decades of crap under it from it once being a rat’s home, I got 3/4 a big
yard waste can of crap out of there before it was clean (approximately 3 or 4 wheel barrels full) and a small pile for the dump left over…:shocked:
All my reclaimed wood I saved…:grin:
Then I tooled up and built a new floor in the shed, no recuts I still have the right stuff for framing…:bouncy:
I cleaned up the whole area…:roll:
Minnie did a full inspection…
I cleared off the deck…:bouncing:
And got everything inside with room to spare…
It was really hot when I did it and I was sweating my ass off (literally), Kat thought I was going to keel over but I survived a little soar for a
couple days but hey what the heck…
Stay tuned for our next Episode of Plook on Tour...cleaning toilets... Eddie RUKidding - 25-10-2022 at 03:02
Eddie how are things going in your neck of the woods?
Hi Plook, a bit wet here but doing fine.
Good work on the clean up Plook - 26-10-2022 at 00:56
Eddie if I remember correctly you are Down Under and in spring headed towards summer, that's good news for you!
We are feeling Fall here in NorCal and the days are growing shorter and cooler...I'm a summer guy but we need a lot of snow and rain this year
due to the drought, keeping my fingers crossed.Plook - 27-10-2022 at 00:54
Well it has been a slow moving week at Plook
Palace, but we made it to the hump, now I need to get my Fez on...
Plook - 27-10-2022 at 16:16
It's a Plook on Tour Public
Announcement...:singer:
Tonight H-Dog and I are going to the Hard Rock Casino to see...:drums:
We will be getting Close to the Edge, so I will report back later...GrayGhost - 28-10-2022 at 06:49
That sounds exciting.....Enjoy!.....Plook - 28-10-2022 at 18:30
Nice to see you Gray, this show was amazing they
stayed clear of most of the popular hits and played very complex songs at a level that really impressed me, Steve Howe was incredible and the band was
brilliant.
H-Dog who was no huge YES fan was completely amazed and enjoyed it immensely and said some songs had a Frank Zappa-esq feel!
The show was just under 3 hours with about a 20-minute break. Some songs meander for well over 10 minutes with the full Prog on display including
rock, jazz, blues, heavy metal, country, rockabilly, and surf guitar weaved in.
It reminded me of King Crimson to be honest, just top shelf.
Here is the set list
Set 1:
On the Silent Wings of Freedom
Yours Is No Disgrace
No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed
(Richie Havens cover)
Wonderous Stories
The Ice Bridge
Dare to Know
Heart of the Sunrise
Set 2 (Close to the Edge):
Close to the Edge
And You and I
Siberian Khatru
Encore:
Roundabout
Starship Trooper
More to come...:grin: Plook - 29-10-2022 at 01:35
It's Friday but Kat isn't feeling
wonderful she is stuffed up like allergies plus October is notorious rice farmers burning and farmers burning tree trimmings which can be a large fire
when you have 100 acres of rice fields or 40 acres of almond tree's or some such...:wow:
So we will keep the ship in the Harbor at anchor tonight...:umm:
Plook - 3-11-2022 at 01:56
It's a lay low Hump Day...:grin:
Kat's feeling better but her daughter-in-law has COVID and I'm getting a full back MRI tomorrow from my neck
down...:wow:GrayGhost - 3-11-2022 at 09:57
Best wishes and good luck to one and all.....
The Yes show sounded amazing, there's nothing quite like really good musicians live.....
I'm gutted that we didn't make George Thorogood, it was health
over (shot term) happiness, Covid case numbers had been surging in
the central city all week, so we stayed home, and listened to the CD.....
One of the reclusive old boys up the coast is slowly recovering from the new improved long Covid,
he went from Mister boundless-energy to Mister bed-ridden.....
The little woman in conjunction with one of the coastal cavettes
have assumed chicken soup control, he's lived alone for twenty plus years,
if the Covid doesn't get him this intense burst of extended feminine contact just might,
that coastal cavette's a clingy one too, so there could be matchmaking going on.....
On the plus side, the little woman needs the distraction right now,
it was a year yesterday that dear Cookie left us, about now it feels like it was yesterday..... Plook - 4-11-2022 at 00:30
Gray my friend thank you for posting an update on the going on's way out in the valley...To bad you didn't get to make it to the concert I
am sure he destroyed it, but better safe than sorry!
It is both sad and amazing (how quick time pass's) that it has been a year since your dear Cookie passed, she, you and the little woman are in my
thoughts.
It sounds like the long time reclusive is getting a heavy dose of Womanization and with a possibility of romance in the air, it doesn't get
better than that.
Hopefully with summer on its way the old boy has a great bounce back to his boundless energy self and hooked -up if the coastal cavette plays her soup
right.
Please post again soon and I am dying to hear what you are spinning on the old kerosene record player, keep the faith brother...Plook - 5-11-2022 at 01:38
It's Friday Night and everyone is feeling
like they are in Ship Shape...
So we will be going for the whole enchilada...:shocked:
It's a Granda Jellyfish Honey Badger Wrestling Night...:bouncy:
Lets get the Ship out...:drums:
Lets see what the Kats wearing...:bouncing:
She's ready for action but it looks like she got something in her eye...:wow:
Plook is ready to rock...:guitar2:
Dam my eyes jacked up too, between the two us we can see....Plook - 11-11-2022 at 01:08
Sorry for the long absence, we hit a bit of a
rough patch her in Plooksville…Monday was the 6 years ago that Kats husband Terry passed away, while a tough day for Kat she is strong and endures
like a trooper.
Unfortunately her daughter (My so-called adopted daughter TADP because she stayed with Terri and I almost nonstop for two years) her good friend from
childhood committed suicide. Kat new this girl well and she was in and around her house and family for 30 years so hit her hard.
The poor thing slipped down a bad road years ago and could not find her way back. TADP tried with all her heart to help her but when people get on bad
drugs (meth) sometimes you have to use caution because they get very unpredictable.
TADP had contacted my youngest daughter TDPTY about a week or so ago and had consulted with her because she was being contacted by CCPS (California
Child Protective Services) my daughter worked there over two years and told her they were most likely going to take the children (7&15 years old)
into custody because she tested dirty twice in a row.
They came and got the kids last Friday, apparently she went to her boyfriends Sunday night went in his room barricaded the door. When the boyfriend
could not get in, he called the Police and they broke down the door where they found she hung herself.
Kat, TADP, and TDPTY found out Monday it was a tuff pill to swallow on a day of mourning, the grand kids took it hard also.
We are hanging in there and going to a function at the lake where we will be setting off Candle Lanterns floating on the water. I did not know the
girl that well but had seen her at many functions over the years, I am circling the wagons for Kat and the girls.
Talk to you all soon…
BBP - 11-11-2022 at 18:21
Very sorry to hear that, those poor children having to endure all that...Eddie RUKidding - 11-11-2022 at 22:59
Sorry to hear Plook, condolences to all GrayGhost - 13-11-2022 at 02:33
Oh man, heartbreak upon heartbreak upon heartbreak.....
Keeping the family Plook in our thoughts.....Plook - 16-11-2022 at 02:25
Thank you all for your kind words and communicated them to the girls, they
did the floating lamp ceremony Friday night all the friends and relatives spoke, everyone got some closure now it is time to heel.
Plook - 16-11-2022 at 02:35
We are trying to move forward so lets get back to
some normalcy…
It’s a Plook on Tour Tuesday Randemonium…:grin:
Fall Sunset at the Palace during a thunder storm…:wow:
A huge thunderhead was lurking over Lake Tahoe…:wow:
Minnie getting costume on for the Halloween tricker treaters, she loves to hand out candy…
My granddaughter in Rohde Island after a rough day at the Pumpkin Patch…
Terri’s Rose Bushes are exploding with roses…:roll:
I had a full check-up and an MRI of my neck and lower back…:freak:
Doctor is surprised that my neck isn’t bothering me due to bulging discs between 4 & 5 and 6 & 7…:freak:
He is even more surprised my Sciatic Nerve isn’t causing me extreme pain due to the nerve pinch in my lower back at L5-S1, said he would expect me
to need surgery but since I am fine no need now…:freak:
Stay tuned to for more Plook on Tour ...:bouncy: Plook - 19-11-2022 at 05:44
It's a Plook on Tour Live Event...:singer:
Kat is sitting next to me and we are going to post our...:shocked:
Friday Night jellyfish Honey Badger Pirates...:drums:
:guitar2:Eddie RUKidding - 19-11-2022 at 22:24
^^ Must be a the Zappa tunes in your head keeping the pain at bay :devil:Plook - 21-11-2022 at 20:37
Kat and I will have a big Plook on Tour
announcement this Friday 11/25/22...:puzzled:Plook - 21-11-2022 at 20:37
:puzzled:GrayGhost - 23-11-2022 at 07:13
Do I hear Wedding
Bells…..or is that just my tinnitus…..Plook - 24-11-2022 at 01:07
That ringing you hear is from listening to LOUD
MUSIC!!!:guitar::drums::guitar2:
That's what my parents told me....Plook - 24-11-2022 at 05:44
Happy Thanksgiving to all!...
Plook - 2-12-2022 at 02:20
Hello all, sorry for being incommunicado for over
a week but we have had some sickness here and there (Kat came down with something Friday and just got better) these Grandkids are a Petri Dish of
surprises...:shocked:
Somehow I have managed to dodge everything but I better knock on some wood...
I will post the big Plook on Tour Announcement tomorrow come hell or high water...:drums:GrayGhost - 2-12-2022 at 07:47
We'll be watchin' and awaitin' hopin' for the
best.....
On another matter.....
get that yellow arrow removed, it's not doing you any
good.....
leave these two right where they are, their keeping the angry alien
on it's side of your spine.....
Aliens on the whole don't like being photographed, hence the anger,
and scarcity of photographs.....
They weren't kidding when they said aliens are living among us.....Plook - 3-12-2022 at 00:08
It is a Plook on Tour Special Announcement…:drums:
I was sailing the seas in search of ye Booty
And I came across thee
One day she came aboard My Boat Baby
To wrestle with me
And now we sail into battle together at Sea
Man we look good in that picture, definitely took that before Thanksgiving Dinner…
So, it was destined to be
That I would Take a Knee
So now we see the Ring of Destiny
The Big Event is Saturday 07/08/23 You My friends are All Welcome to Attend
More to come…
GrayGhost - 3-12-2022 at 21:36
Congratulations and Best Wishes from the Deep South.....Eddie RUKidding - 5-12-2022 at 03:10
Congratulations PlookPlook - 8-12-2022 at 04:09
Thank you all and you should book your flights soon...:grin:
In other news Kat relapsed from whatever she has and it is not COVID, here in the US we have a weird outbreak of the flu, a relentless cold, RSP in
kids, and some COVID cocktail going around it is pretty bad my younger daughter the teacher is ill also but she works in a kid petri dish...some
speculation that the long lockdown caused us to miss two flu seasons of immunity which sounds logical but will my never know the long reaching effects
of the Pandemic...:puzzled:BBP - 8-12-2022 at 11:55
Congratulations Plook!polydigm - 8-12-2022 at 21:02
Congratulations indeed!!
We had a really bad cold going around here a couple of months ago. My wife and I caught it at the same time. It was relentless and lasted a couple of
weeks. We’d both had flu vaccinations previously.Plook - 9-12-2022 at 02:12
Thanks Bonny and Poly, book your flights...:grin:
Poly this Hybrid cough & cold/Flu is hitting hard everywhere in the US several people from all over the the country I work with have had it for
weeks.
My daughter in Rhode Island had it and finally licked the relentless cough, her baby girl (preschooler) had COVID then the Flu (The strain she had is
associated with RSP another possible byproduct of the Pandemic that is hitting young children hard in the US and far to many deaths have occurred) she
needed a chest x-ray that showed inflammation, she is finally coming around but it was surprising because she is hearty stock and very resilient for
being that ill that long...not good.
My sister in the mid-west had it (cough lasted 2 weeks), Kats daughters family have all been in various phases of sickness, Kat herself had it for a
week got better then relapsed Sunday and just went back to work today.
We probably hit the JFHBW to soon...Eddie RUKidding - 9-12-2022 at 08:46
wife and I also have just has the hybrid cough & cold/Flu is nasty and has taken a week or so it get over, tested negative to Covid which we have
not had yet - touch wood :duh:Plook - 10-12-2022 at 01:37
The ship be anchored tonight mates...
and the crew below decks getting some shut eye...
ursinator2.0 - 11-12-2022 at 18:52
Congratulations to both of you!
Plook - 12-12-2022 at 18:53
LOL...
That is hilarious, thank you for your well wish's ...:grin:Plook - 15-12-2022 at 02:57
It’s the Plook on Tour Year End Clean-UP
It’s the Long-Awaited Rodger Waters/Pink Floyd Concert Recap…:singer:
We met H-Dog and E at the Green Motel near the Venue…:grin:
We tailgated in the Sacramento Old Town parking lot…:roll:
We found an awesome Mexican Restaurant in Old Town to eat at…
But I got the food picture a little late…:yawn:
When walking through the tunnel to the K-Street Mall where the Venue is I ran across some skateboarders and barrowed a skateboard and pulled off a
nice ride on it without crashing and breaking anything, they told Kat when I was riding it “that is totally old school” and when I finished they
one by one all 4 fist bumped me and said “That was awesome Sir” it was hella cool beans…Unfortunately my picture came out like this, but E
recorded it and if I get the video I will post it…
We stopped at a Micro Brew where I drank straight out of the Keg…:shocked:
The lines were packed so we hit the outside bar, I gave the Bar Tender a fat tip and she asked if I smoked pot then gave me a bag that someone gave
her as a tip, the green way is all in in California…:bouncing:
The Troup is primed and ready…:drums:
The lines never let up so we waited until the last minute to enter in this picture you can see the steps leading out of the elevated bar we had
planned out and executed our maneuver by going down those steps making a quick left and getting into a center line there that most people did not
realize was available and got in in less than 5 minutes…
We had really good seats…:bouncy:
The show was great…:guitar2:
They ended with Sheep before the intermission
Kat found her new love in the lobby during the break…
The second set started with the Pig…:guitar2:
The Big Finish…:guitar:
There was a guy playing the blues on a strat in the tunnel on the way back while another guy filmed and it sound great, Kat gave him a nice
donation…
FIN
Stay Tuned for more Plook on Tour Clean-Up…:duh:
Plook - 22-12-2022 at 00:53
What Day Is It...:puzzled:
Kat has to go to work early and I have to drive to the East Bay so the Camel sleeps tonight...Plook - 22-12-2022 at 00:57
A quick Note Friday we were posting our Friday Pirate Wrestling post when we were tipsy and accidentally deleted it before we finished and threw in
the towel and commenced with the dancing part of our program...:duh:
Plook - 24-12-2022 at 05:21
It's Friday Night the Eve of Christmas Eve
Jellyfish Honey Badger Gift Wrapping...:drums:
Plook - 25-12-2022 at 19:26
Merry Christmas from Plook and Kat to
all...:grin:
Plook - 29-12-2022 at 06:25
It's a live Event Plook and Kat are at the
Keyboard for Hump Day, Kat had a Bank Robbery at her bank today she is fine...:shocked:
Plook - 29-12-2022 at 06:25
:wow:GrayGhost - 2-1-2023 at 04:40
Oh man, as if we needed another reason to leave 2022 in the rearview mirror.....
Thank goodness Kat is okay.....
Were you aware of the huge range of Kevlar fashion accessories
available for the young go getters in the banking sector?
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Team Plook.....Plook - 7-1-2023 at 02:30
Happy New Year Mr.Ghost, the Little Lady, and all
my forum friends we tried to post live last week and I accidently deleted it after about 20 minutes of work so we threw in the proverbial towel.
We had a very active Holiday Season at Plook Palace...Kat survived the bank robbery but the other gal was pretty shook up, good thing he didn't
go to Kats window she would have introduced him to her little friend (Colt 45)...:shocked:
We had Christmas Eve dinner at the Palace The Daughter Plook the Younger made homemade spaghetti so good, then we circled back Christmas Day and I
made a Prime Rib Roast with home made mashed potatoes, and my famous green beans with the a big Caesar Salad deluxe...:grin:
Then we had a New Years Eve party with H-Dog & E and R&J, I made home made chili from scratch using the left over Rib Roast and some Italian
appetizers Kat made bacon wrapped liver with water chestnut and a cheese ball both delicious, E made Bacon wrapped dates a flavor explosion, R&J
brought some banging meatballs and we had other assorted snacks...
NYE day I was cooking all day and running around town nonstop I felt like Ray Liotta in Good Fellows minus the pound of cocaine...
I thought the whole thing would wrap-up by midnight and I would be golfing at 8 am but we danced until 3:30 am...:shocked:
We ended up cleaning up and did not get to bed until 4 am, so no golf and it has been raining nonstop here for two weeks...:freak:
Well I will post pictures hopefully tomorrow and Kat & I will try to go Pirate Live tonight if we can get our Jib Sail set and keep an even
Keel...:bouncy: Plook - 7-1-2023 at 05:44
Well, it’s Friday Night Jellyfish Honey Badger
Wrestling 2023 Addition…
Me Lady is on the Shore waiting for me Dingy…
She prepares for the Big Adventure…:drums:
I stand at the Ready…:guitar:
You can find us on Pay Per View for one slim hundred dollar bill...:shocked: GrayGhost - 7-1-2023 at 06:14
Have you reactivated your For Fans Only Plook site?! tinkamok - 7-1-2023 at 10:55
Doing a bit of catch-up here
Congratulations to Plook and Kat on the news of your engagement :bouncy::bouncing::bouncy::bouncing::bouncy:Plook - 10-1-2023 at 02:28
Gray yes I am, just send me your bank account
information...Plook - 10-1-2023 at 02:32
tinkamok thank you, you will get an invitation
when they get made...Plook - 12-1-2023 at 02:24
It's a rainy Hump Day in the Nor Cal with
wet woadways and the camel wants dryer conditions...:wow:
We are on our 7th storm in 2 weeks with 2 more on the way, I have drained my pool 8 times the last 2 weeks and never had to do it more than 4 times in
a single winter. in the past..:shocked:
We are supposed to go to San Francisco Saturday with H-Dog & E to see the King Ramses The Great & The Gold Of The Pharaohs at the De Young and
booked rooms in Fisherman's Warf with another storm scheduled to arrive Saturday...
We will have to see how it all plays out...:puzzled:Plook - 13-1-2023 at 01:43
It’s a Plook on Tour Christmas New Year’s
Holiday Special
We had quite the activities list here in Plookville let us see what happened…:drums:
We went full on this year with the blended family mash up this year we had Christmas Eve Dinner, Christmas Day Dinner, and New Years Eve at the
Palace…
Christmas Eve Dinner
The Daughter Plook the Younger (TDPY) made her homemade spaghetti, The Adopted Daughter Plook (TADP) brought her brood of girls and her Fireman
husband, her oldest daughter Ta brought her boyfriend, and Kat’s Stepdaughter Stay brought her significant other V with her to son’s.
Stay a huge Raiders fan watching the Christmas Eve NFL match up with the Stealers (Raiders lost on a last second field goal…)
TADP and the Fireman getting a picture by the tree by her youngest daughter Mack with Rosalina watching…:grin:
The boys, V, Stay, and TDPY chatting it up…:roll:
Kat grabbing her some homemade sketty…
Taa getting a pic of her boyfriend with her younger sisters Rosalina & Mack while Kat posts up by the fire to eat…
Family Photo Time
TDPY, RG Kat, & TADP…
RG Kat & Plook…:bouncing:
V & Stay…
The Fireman & TADP…
Plook with Kat’s granddaughters Taa, Mack, & Rosalina…:grin:
Christmas Day Dinner
Plenty of sweets…:bouncy:
Ta’s boyfriend chatting with Kat…:singer:
Gravy and Christmas Pizza’s, the Christmas Pizza is a recipe from Terri’s family I have been eating these things since I met her, people love them
it is an English muffin with a mix of cheese, chopped olive, diced bell pepper, diced tomatoes, assorted seasoning, and baked to perfection…:kiss:
The Au jus from the Prime Rib Roast, the giant Caesar Salad, and home-made mashed potatoes remnants…
The left-over Prime Rib comes into play latter since I made Home Made Chili out of it for NYE…
Christmas Off Ramp
After doing Christmas morning with her Izzy was flying out Christmas Day for her fathers in Colorado and TDPY was supposed to be back for dinner…She
was flying Southwest and if you did not hear they had issues and canceled many flights she never flew and they didn’t get home until midnight more
than a 12 hour day at the airport…:shocked:
But amazingly her bag got there her dad went to the airport to fetch it and they said it’s in that group your more than welcome to look for
it…:puzzled:
The Day after Christmas
I went and played golf at the freezing cold golf course in the bog next to the Sacramento River…Waterproof golf shoes, waterproof golf gloves (both
hands), waterproof pants, waterproof athletic jacket, with full under armor underneath…Ready for action I shot an amazing 78 with 1 birdie, 9 pars,
and 8 bogeys…:guitar2:
New Year’s Eve
We had H-dog & E over…:guitar:
H-Dog getting some Cheeseball, it was the bomb it is topped with walnuts…:grin:
We had great food, my all day Home Made Chili, R&J’s meat balls, E made bacon wrapped dates, Kat made bacon wrapped chicken liver with water
chestnuts, E made the chease ball, and I made the Capicola Wraps…:kiss:
Well, That’s All Folk’s…:duh: Plook - 13-1-2023 at 01:43
It’s a Plook on Tour Christmas New Year’s
Holiday Special
We had quite the activities list here in Plookville let us see what happened…:drums:
We went full on this year with the blended family mash up this year we had Christmas Eve Dinner, Christmas Day Dinner, and New Years Eve at the
Palace…
Christmas Eve Dinner
The Daughter Plook the Younger (TDPY) made her homemade spaghetti, The Adopted Daughter Plook (TADP) brought her brood of girls and her Fireman
husband, her oldest daughter Ta brought her boyfriend, and Kat’s Stepdaughter Stay brought her significant other V with her to son’s.
Stay a huge Raiders fan watching the Christmas Eve NFL match up with the Stealers (Raiders lost on a last second field goal…)
TADP and the Fireman getting a picture by the tree by her youngest daughter Mack with Rosalina watching…:grin:
The boys, V, Stay, and TDPY chatting it up…:roll:
Kat grabbing her some homemade sketty…
Taa getting a pic of her boyfriend with her younger sisters Rosalina & Mack while Kat posts up by the fire to eat…
Family Photo Time
TDPY, RG Kat, & TADP…
RG Kat & Plook…:bouncing:
V & Stay…
The Fireman & TADP…
Plook with Kat’s granddaughters Taa, Mack, & Rosalina…:grin:
Christmas Day Dinner
Plenty of sweets…:bouncy:
Ta’s boyfriend chatting with Kat…:singer:
Gravy and Christmas Pizza’s, the Christmas Pizza is a recipe from Terri’s family I have been eating these things since I met her, people love them
it is an English muffin with a mix of cheese, chopped olive, diced bell pepper, diced tomatoes, assorted seasoning, and baked to perfection…:kiss:
The Au jus from the Prime Rib Roast, the giant Caesar Salad, and home-made mashed potatoes remnants…
The left-over Prime Rib comes into play latter since I made Home Made Chili out of it for NYE…
Christmas Off Ramp
After doing Christmas morning with her Izzy was flying out Christmas Day for her fathers in Colorado and TDPY was supposed to be back for dinner…She
was flying Southwest and if you did not hear they had issues and canceled many flights she never flew and they didn’t get home until midnight more
than a 12 hour day at the airport…:shocked:
But amazingly her bag got there her dad went to the airport to fetch it and they said it’s in that group your more than welcome to look for
it…:puzzled:
The Day after Christmas
I went and played golf at the freezing cold golf course in the bog next to the Sacramento River…Waterproof golf shoes, waterproof golf gloves (both
hands), waterproof pants, waterproof athletic jacket, with full under armor underneath…Ready for action I shot an amazing 78 with 1 birdie, 9 pars,
and 4 bogeys…:guitar2:
New Year’s Eve
We had H-dog & E over…:guitar:
H-Dog getting some Cheeseball, it was the bomb it is topped with walnuts…:grin:
We had great food, my all day Home Made Chili, R&J’s meat balls, E made bacon wrapped dates, Kat made bacon wrapped chicken liver with water
chestnuts, E made the chease ball, and I made the Capicola Wraps…:kiss:
Well, That’s All Folk’s…:duh: Plook - 14-1-2023 at 17:42
Well here we go we are headed in the Bomb Cyclone
Storm to San Francisco, we bought tickets for the Ramses II exhibit at the De Young Museum and have a room in Fisherman's Warf keep your fingers
crossed this is considered a weather impact day and it could be some rough sledding driving there it's about 120
miles...:guitar2:
Plook - 16-1-2023 at 23:05
We made it home OK yesterday after our big
adventure, I have tons of pictures to go through to post...I am working today but Kat got the Holiday, those bankers get them all... Plook - 16-1-2023 at 23:05
:duh:GrayGhost - 17-1-2023 at 06:24
Here's a smiley for Wednesday…..Plook - 17-1-2023 at 22:41
It's only Tuesday here but that's what happens when you live in the future...Plook - 19-1-2023 at 00:58
It’s a Plook on Tour Miniseries...:drums:
The Bomb Cyclone San Francisco Egyptian Strut Adventure
Episode 1 – The Drive
Over the last 3 weeks we have received 500% of a normal year’s rainfall…:guitar2:
We left Plook Palace in a torrential rain storm after a short time it let up but the wet and wild adventure was just starting for the Rocking Teenage
Combo...:biggrin:
On Hwy 113 when we reached the Sutter Bypass which is normally used as farm land at 15 miles long and almost a mile wide with about a 20 foot depth it
is the overflow for the Sacramento River…
It was almost full…:shocked:
When we reached Berkley things were getting better…:grin:
The Bay Bridge Toll was unusually empty for 20 lanes…:wow:
The 10-lane bridge goes from the new side by side portion to a stacked bridge and is almost 5 miles long…:yawn:
The Streets of San Francisco were typically crowded…:freak:
We arrived at the massive Golden Gate Park where the De Young Museum is along with the Academy of Science and many other Facilities…:bouncy:
Awesome trees in the park…
We enter the concourse...
The gals got a photo op at the fountain (E & Kat)…
The Academy of Science building has a garden roof with grass…
Eyes without a face…:kiss:
Plook & Kat
H-Dog & E
Watch for our next Episode of The Bomb Cyclone San Francisco Egyptian Strut Adventure Plook - 26-1-2023 at 02:20
Sorry for no updates but we have been busy and todays Kats mom fell down and they are at the emergency room I will get back with some updates GrayGhost - 26-1-2023 at 11:33
Hang in there Plook, best wishes to Kat's mother…..Plook - 26-1-2023 at 17:34
Marg is went home yesterday evening she has a huge knot on the back of her head and she fractured her tail bone poor thing, she is the nicest woman
you can expect to meet...GrayGhost - 27-1-2023 at 07:06
Oh man that is good news, all I could think was please not a broken hip…..Plook - 27-1-2023 at 16:50
I know the hip is bad news from my past
experiences, so praise the lord and lets try to have some fun...Plook - 27-1-2023 at 17:20
Now let’s return to the Plook on Tour Miniseries
The Bomb Cyclone San Francisco Egyptian Strut Adventure
Episode 2 – The Tour
The museum was bustling…:bouncy:
The Security Guard wasn’t playing but we made it through, not everyone was so lucky…:wow:
We entered through the eye…
We were transported to 1279 b.c.
We were greeted by a Stela that told the whole story and even still has part of its gold cap
Ramses cut in diorite we took it for granite…
Ramses ruled from 31 to his death at 91 he was a Warrior King who fought campaigns against Libya, Nubians, Sherden Sea Pirates (That became his
personal guard after their defeat), and the Hittites who were his enemy during his Syrian campaign that resulted in the Battle of Kadesh the most well
recorded battle in ancient history.
Ramses was a trained fighter and lead his troops from the front a skilled Charioteer, Archer, and trained in all forms of fighting he fought side by
side with is army who were ambushed by the Hittites but he rallied his troops and drove them into Orontes River, he later signed the first known Peace
Treaty with them that all other Peace Treaties were based on (Kathy was struck by the unusual looking horse Bit she has rode her whole life and rode
competitively)
When you go before the King you get low to the ground…:freak:
The wooden box with holes was for burning incense…:kiss:
One of my favorite displays would show a ruin and what it looked like at the time Ramses built it, they know from paint flakes that everything was
painted and this is what they concluded…:drums:
I did not get the before picture for this one but it was too awesome to leave out…:guitar2:
Sennedjem was a Priest who oversaw the painting of the outer wooden caskets and inside of tombs with their magic spells and text while they do not
have Ramses which he surely oversaw, but they do have Sennedjem’s which would have been painted by his highest skilled apprentices.
Granit Ramses bust and coffin lid
The carved alabaster caught my eye the craftmanship is amazing working with such a difficult medium…:guitar:
Other stuff of interest…:roll:
The last thing I will bore you with are the mummified cats, apparently you would offer these at the temple to the gods similar to how western
religions light candles they pay for at church. Now this went on for over 1000 years and everyone did it, they have found tons of mummified cats, some
even got highly decorated coffins, my mind wonders to the inevitable cat farms at the temple ran by the priest as a cottage industry…:shocked:
Watch for our next Episode of The Bomb Cyclone San Francisco Egyptian Strut Adventure ursinator2.0 - 27-1-2023 at 23:53
Thnx for that great report! That reminds me of my vacation in egyptland a little bit more than ten years ago (when i still could afford to). I have
seen some of those historical sites and experienced this and that (including the worst diarrhea of my life). Best wishes to you and your beloved ones
and a little support for your next round on the golf course: Golf - Logan Kane Nonet feat. KatissePlook - 28-1-2023 at 05:47
ursinator2.0 that was great we laughed our ass's off...Plook - 28-1-2023 at 05:51
It's Friday Night and Kat said the ship is
Sea Worthy so we are setting sail...:grin:
Great video!! By which I mean in its entirety - I really enjoyed the music as well.Plook - 29-1-2023 at 15:45
Gray are you and the Little lady OK down in the Valley, I was reading that there is extensive flooding across New Zealand?Plook - 3-2-2023 at 03:12
A new Episodes of Plook on Tour Miniseries drops
now…
The Bomb Cyclone San Francisco Egyptian Strut Adventure
Episode 3 – The Dinner
Our storm traveler museum going quorum is famished from their adventure but a couple of drinks are in order and our cheer “Earth, Sky,
Ocean!”…:drums:
We decided to take a Lyft to Scoma’s on the wharf because it began to rain…
The Story of Scoma’s
In 1965 when brothers Al and Joe Scoma heard about a small coffee shop on the Wharf that was for sale, little did they know they were on the road to
creating a landmark restaurant. The brothers bought the tiny, six-stool coffee shop on Pier 47 that served local fishermen breakfast and burgers and
began the long and ultimately successful process of turning the hidden local hang-out into one of the nation’s highest grossing independent
restaurants.
The Doorman greeted us…
The Crew is ready to board…:guitar:
More drinks…:guitar2:
I had the classic Dirty Martini (so perfect) Kat had an Expresso Martini…
H-Dog went with the Expresso Martini and E had a Blood Orange Margarita…
The appetizers were Oysters, Calamari, & Crab Cakes…
The Entrées were Gulf Shrimp Lumachini and “Lazy Man’s” Cioppino…
H-Dog ordering desert…:biggrin:
The battle begins…:singer:
4-way split…:bouncing:
The gal’s saying adios to our wonderful waiter…:kiss:
Ready to board…:grin:
Heading back down the pier…:bouncing:
These gals got a sheet in the wind…:shocked:
Under the street light…:yawn:
Leaving Scoma’s Pier…:roll:
The street lights at night…:wow:
The World-Famous Pier 39…
The Love Bug…
H-dog is hitting on Beyonce better head back to the room…
Watch for our next Episode of The Bomb Cyclone San Francisco Egyptian Strut Adventure
Plook - 4-2-2023 at 06:59
Its supposed to be a ship...
But we found this..:guitar2:
Alevin...
And there it is...:guitar:Plook - 9-2-2023 at 02:15
We have a humdinger of a week going at
work...:freak:
Someone get we a Camel...:shocked:
Plook - 11-2-2023 at 02:53
Well we had a loss in Plooksville my oldest
daughters wonderful dog had to be put to sleep I wrote a little something for him that I will share here:
Barley’s Last Christmas
My eldest daughter and her family that live in Rhode Island had to put their dog Barley down today.
Barley was a very good dog, he was diagnosed with lymph node cancer and they threw everything they could at it to give him an extra 6 or 8 months of
good quality life, but when the time comes you know.
Barley was my buddy, when they lived in Long Beach and my daughter was finishing her Master’s Degree, I often worked in So Cal. I would stay at an
awesome hotel property on the nexus of Long Beach, Belmont Shores, and Seal Beach and see them and Barley all the time.
They had a great breakfast buffet at the hotel that included real bacon, I would wrap a piece of bacon up in a napkin to give Barley as a treat
because I would see them ever day at either my room or their modest one-bedroom flat.
I always would say how happy Barley was to see me and my daughter would say of course he is your walking around with bacon in your pockets.
My daughter and her now husband first moved to San Diego where she got her Bachelors in Clinical Psychology, they then moved to Long Beach for her to
attend Long Beach State.
They decided to get a dog and spoke with my younger daughter who had been volunteering with PAWS for years.
She encouraged them to get a rescue but was adamant that they travel to San Bernardino because the shelters near them were no kill and the one there
was not so they took the arduous drive to SBC.
When they got there they were stunned at the number of dogs and they all had a very short period of time to get saved because of the volume.
This was caused by the crash in 2008 many of the people that lived in SBC were severally hurt by the downturn and many could hardly get out with
themselves and their kids and an extraordinary amount of pets were left behind over the ensuing years.
After walking many tragic corridors of doomed dogs, they saw an extremely hairy dog with Dreadlocks and through his excessive bangs they could see his
hopeful eyes. After spending a while there they asked to see the dog in a room, he was well behaved and they choose him.
The woman at the front desk began to cry when they went up to pay the fee’s and to arrange to pick him up the next day, she was so happy to see one
of the hundreds of dogs go to a family.
When they picked him up the next day they groomed him which was awesome and not required, they said they estimated Barley was 2 or 3 and that by his
hair and paws he was on the streets for at least a year but more likely a year and a half or more which was an amazing long time to make it without
being captured there.
He got his name because they were crafting their own beer and thus, he was Barley the most important ingredient in a fine beer, he became the perfect
ingredient to establish a fine family.
Although he had some separation disorder issues for a couple of years, he grew out of it and into a wonderful companion dog.
My daughter and her husband moved to Rohde Island after they married where they are both successful professionals, they have two daughters who loved
Barley and have never known their home without him.
We had been discussing when the right time was I had a dog that also had cancer and I told her you just know when they gave it their all. She told me
a week or so ago he had really sparked up but I had to break the news to her that their bodies usually take one last swipe at beating it and throw
everything it has at it and it gives them a boost for a couple of days.
She called a couple of days ago and said she thinks I was right and it is getting close, but he still had some spunk and was not in pain, I told her
when the final turn arrives you will be able to tell and she could this morning.
Their oldest wanted to be there, she is the brains of the operation at nearly 7 and they decided to take her. She grilled the doctor on the procedure.
Obviously, she has her mother’s skill set being an assistant director for a major hospitals Institutional Review Board, they make sure everyone is
doing their research correctly, my granddaughter was checking his process.
There were tears and I myself cried when I heard the news, but Barley peacefully slipped off to that big dog house in the sky where he will have real
bacon every day.
Gods Speed Barley, Gods Speed.
We will be at anchor tonight...
Plook - 15-2-2023 at 02:22
Wishing you all a Happy Valentines Day...:grin:
Plook - 16-2-2023 at 02:19
Its Wednesday and we need some Hump Day
Humor...:drums:
Plook - 18-2-2023 at 05:53
It's Friday Night and we have a Pizza on the
way so let's get this done....:drums:
Plook - 23-2-2023 at 02:21
We had massive layoff at the salt mines worldwide,
we lost a certain percentage across the board (that's how the Social Democratic Countries like to do it) my group lost a guy we had for a long
time I was shocked.
I am not sure what the process is but it could be put everyone in a groups picture on a dart board and throw a dart it is so random.
The good news it is COB and no one called me so I guess I get up and head back in the mines tomorrow...:guitar2:
This camel is happy...:grin:
polydigm - 23-2-2023 at 06:50
Good to hear you're okay Plook.Eddie RUKidding - 23-2-2023 at 08:25
Wedding
Bells…..or is that just my tinnitus…..
