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Morning everybody ! On my third and final cup this AM, the big tom cat having wakened me at 5AM. It's really funny to watch him try to get one of us up to feed him. The other two just wait their respective turn if he fails. He usually gets his way, as he starts out just tapping my wife's lips very gently, as if to tickle her. If she snores back - a frequent and loud occurrance - he jumps in fright usually right on top of her, and scares the daylights out of her, and the other two cats, which are always camped out somewhere on the bed. He is a 24 pound Norwegian Forest Cat, and the other tom is a 17 pound American Shorthair, and the little female is a Maine Coon growing bigger by the day. It's quite a show when they all are hungry - which is about three times a day. The little female will start throwing body blocks on the passive & tubby 24 pounder, until he tips over. Then he covers up his face as she bats at him, until he's had enough, and kicks her off the bed, or rolls on top of her. And my wife sleeps, or pretends to, thru all of this! Re: tea - in the South they mostly seem to drink it as iced-tea and very, very sweet.. When you ask for hot tea you almost get a "why?", and will usually get an off-brand and very weak tea bag, and a warm - not hot - small pot of water. And it's often a pain to get a refill (and another bag), although iced-tea refills are a piece of cake. Iced-tea is either "sweet tea" or "unsweetened tea", and you are an instant giveaway as a Yankee if you order just "tea" and ask for some sugar ! Not unlike when you're in NYC and order coffee, and the waitress or waiter asks if you want it "regular", and if you respond "huh?", or "no, I want it w/ cream (really milk or half and half) and sugar" ("Regular" coffee will normally get you a cup w/ a lot of milk and a lot of sugar in it. . .) I remember my Dad only using "heavy cream" in his coffee - one of the very few luxuries he ever allowed himself - except for tools, that is. Having coffee was a sacred ritual in our home when I was growing up. I used to have a cup of tea - or three - late every nite in high school along w/ a grilled cheese and sweet pickle sandwich on rye bread. Didn't start drinking coffee until I dated a real foxy (they still use that BLOCKED EXPRESSION Italian girl in my senior year who drank coffee and smoked, in an attempt to either look sophisticated, or to keep her body trim. Wonder what she looks like now? ! How did I get off on that subject? Tom - I did get your email. Thanks for getting the G Scale list out to your club's members. I sold quite a bit this weekend, but hardly made a dent in the pile. I'll email you back about visiting your layout. Look forward to the visit. And Teffy - would like the opportunity to meet you when you visit out this way. Let me know when you're coming out. Chuckled over your comment that "your son gets the shakes when he's not seen the Pacific Ocean for a week". That's how I used to recharge my interest in remaining in Orange County, CA when I lived there, as well as how some must feel that live in Orlando, except they have either the Atlantic or the Gulf to lure them. . . Heading downstairs now to install a new door, and to make some clamp and lumber storage racks in the shop, so I better get off of here. Have a great day everyone. BILL
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