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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,994

    acb said:

    I guess the barbeque for the birthday party with hundreds of friends needs to be huge?

    Ah, that could be it. Off to do another render... 

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,994

    background said:

    barbult said:

    Richard Haseltine said:

    Happy Birthday! 

    (and don't blame me for any infernos)

    Gosh I hope that's not Ron's apartment building! 

    Now THAT'S what I call embarrassing flatulence. 

    EEEWWWW. 

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 110,453

    barbult said:

    Richard Haseltine said:

    Happy Birthday! 

    (and don't blame me for any infernos)

    Gosh I hope that's not Ron's apartment building! 

    See, I am nowhere near - and facing the wrong way to have been fleeing the scene. No idea where the cake is.

  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,605
    edited March 22

    Oh thank you.

    I'm overwhelmed with conflicting feelings of titillation (chocolate) and dread (sirens)!

    Thanks again for your wonderful story. Now please be gentle?smiley

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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,994
    edited March 23

    Birthday BBQ

    In honor of his 76th birthday, Ron held a BBQ for 75 of his closest friends from his apartment building. That's 76 people to cook for, including himself. He rounded up a bunch of grills and friends to help cook. The fancy tables were set and the cake from Richard sat on a table of honor. All was going well that evening...until...

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  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,605

    Oh my! You have me clinging to the edge of my seat.

    And one of the ladies is squeezing my..

    arm.

  • acbacb Posts: 774
    edited May 4

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  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,730
    edited March 23

    What a story! My imagination carried me away again.
    Happy Birthday Ron!

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  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,605
    edited March 23

    Thank you so much for the Birthday wishes.

    And I wait with great anticipation and dread for the next page.

     

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  • backgroundbackground Posts: 878
    edited March 23

    The cake is a lie. ( Fairly obvious Portal reference )

     

    'A few minutes earlier...'

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 110,453

    I am easily confused, and there is overlap between a candle in a bottle, a birthday cocktail, and a Molotov cocktail - but I think I would get them right. Probably.

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,994

    acb said:

    I would think it goes like this:

    All was going well that evening...until...

    until everyone simultaneously placed their greasy steaks on their grills. The fat dripping into the embers caused massive bursts of flame, which combined to create an inferno that soon subsided. The firefighters present had activated their sirens as a warning and to provide an acoustic backdrop to the spectacle.

    And so Richard knew that dinner would soon be ready.

     

    But of course I could be wrong. smiley

    I like your interpretation. That does sound quite plausible, but you could be wrong, of course.

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,994

    @Artini your imagination always captures all the details: the sirens, the guests, the grills, the 76, the apartment building, the firefighters, but the cake should be chocolate with chocolate frosting. Ron loves chocolate. Richard is looking kind of chubby there. Did he already eat a triple helping of BBQ?

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,994

    background said:

    The cake is a lie. ( Fairly obvious Portal reference )

    'A few minutes earlier...'

    I'm pop-culture-challenged. What is this thing about a portal? It must be Sci-Fi. I'm allergic to Sci-Fi. 

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,994
    edited March 23

    Richard Haseltine said:

    I am easily confused, and there is overlap between a candle in a bottle, a birthday cocktail, and a Molotov cocktail - but I think I would get them right. Probably.

    Hmmm. And here I thought you were completely innocent for once in this life. As acb would say, "of course I could be wrong". 

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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,994

    Well, my husband is scheduled for surgery at 7:00 AM tomorrow, and I will be his caregiver when he gets home. So either he will have me running ragged at his beck and call (like last time) or he will sleep all the time and I will have hours free to render. So, it you don't see the next step in the story for a few days, you will know which way it went.wink

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 110,453

    barbult said:

    Well, my husband is scheduled for surgery at 7:00 AM tomorrow, and I will be his caregiver when he gets home. So either he will have me running ragged at his beck and call (like last time) or he will sleep all the time and I will have hours free to render. So, it you don't see the next step in the story for a few days, you will know which way it went.wink

    Good luck to him.

  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,605
    edited March 24

    barbult you and your husband are the priority here.

    I can sympathize. One of my friends is 90. He just had surgery Friday. He's not feeling well. His girlfriend is likely taking care of him.

    We normally gather with our other neighbors about an hour before lunch. The lobby is pretty quiet without them.

     

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  • backgroundbackground Posts: 878
    edited March 24

    barbult said:

    background said:

    The cake is a lie. ( Fairly obvious Portal reference )

    'A few minutes earlier...'

    I'm pop-culture-challenged. What is this thing about a portal? It must be Sci-Fi. I'm allergic to Sci-Fi. 

    Portal is a computer game where the player is asked to perform increasingly dangerous tasks, and is encouraged to to so by the promise "There will be cake" if they suceed. In various hidden corners a message is scrawled "The cake is a lie". 'The cake is a lie' became such a huge meme on the Internet that the developers  deliberately omitted it from the game sequel because they were tired of seeing references to it.

    I hope the surgery goes well, I'm sure it will. My brother -in-law recently had surgery which temporarily affected his right arm, and he was upset because that's the hand he uses to hold the TV remote.

    My Best Wishes

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  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,730
    edited March 24

    Another trial. What do you think about it?

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  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,730

    barbult said:

    Well, my husband is scheduled for surgery at 7:00 AM tomorrow, and I will be his caregiver when he gets home. So either he will have me running ragged at his beck and call (like last time) or he will sleep all the time and I will have hours free to render. So, it you don't see the next step in the story for a few days, you will know which way it went.wink

    All the best for you both. Hope it will be better for your husband.

     

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,730
    edited March 24

    Just one more version...

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  • backgroundbackground Posts: 878
    edited March 24

    Richard Haseltine said:

    I am easily confused, and there is overlap between a candle in a bottle, a birthday cocktail, and a Molotov cocktail - but I think I would get them right. Probably.

    It's the finest that AI could create. I asked for an 'Orange cat pushing a black forest gateau with 76 candles underneath a propane gas cylinder with "Highly Inflammable"'written on it' and this is what I got, so that's what it must be.  Notice that AI inventad a new word 'influmable' not quite sure what being 'highly influmable' does, 'easliy flumed' I guess.

    It's probably a good thing I didn't ask for "No naked flames to be brought near this tank", who knows what NSFW image might have resulted

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  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,605

    artini, that's fantastic work.

    Hey, this afternoon we're having one birthday for everyone born in the month of March

    Wonder what will happen?!

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 110,453

    Ron Knights said:

    artini, that's fantastic work.

    Hey, this afternoon we're having one birthday for everyone born in the month of March

    Wonder what will happen?!

    Probably a crowd. When i was at school we needed to be split into four groups, so the teacher asked us to split by calendar quarters. Jan-Mar was twice the size of the next two groups, and Oct-Dec was smaller still. This puzzled the teacher until a chorus of voices pointed out that Jan-Mar is nine months after spring. I gather this effect is much less noticeable these days.

  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,605

    You might know things are different for older people. I can't remember the exact answer.

    There are less of us?

    In our building, the women outnumber the men. That could be a blessing or a curse.

    Fortunately I tend to look for friends, rather than potential romantic pursuits.

    I experience more success on the "Friend Ship!"

    Now barbult got me going. I'm planning a 3D version of one of my nightmares:

    "The Co-Ed Bathroom." (tastefully done, of course.)

    Picture the Rest Room set up as some sort of amusement park. Women and their children run around playing and getting in the way.

    And I'm desperately looking for some privacy.

    Eventually I run around the building complaining about Co-Ed Restrooms. I'm informed that co-ed Restrooms are mandated by "State Law."

    Like I said a nightmare.

     

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,730

    Thanks, Ron.

    Have fun at the birthday meeting.

     

  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,605
    edited March 24

    Thanks. We had our combined birthday party.

    That's my walker in the foreground. I sat with the same ladies I sit with at lunch.

     

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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,994

    David is home and doing well, but keeping me busy caring for him.

  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 7,730
    Look after him, but remember in this situation you are actually the most important one. The carer needs to care for themselves at least as much as for the patient, because if the carer goes down, you both go down. Just be aware we're rooting for you and don't want you to over do it. Regards, Richard.
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