Corn Hoe

 

 

Welcome to Oscar’s Tavern. 

 I’m benchmarking in the Louisville area today and tomorrow.  Big Bourbon country here. I’m round the corner from the home of Jim Beam, Knob Creek and Makers Mark Bourbon.

Charlene tells me we have Italian Hot Dog’s for our special today.  And of course we are highlighting Bourbon’s. But we also have Draft Coors Lite for a buck.

Belinda is with me this trip.  We went to lunch with some local folk here and enjoyed very much thier hospitality.  We went to a simple place called the Country Kitchen.  Great food! 

We chatted about stuff and talked about the past weekend. One of our group spoke about enjoying themselves at a picnic and having a “Corn Hoe” contest.

Belinda and I almost spit out our Sweet Tea after hearing this from the country accented gentleman.  The rest of the table just got quiet and there were some giggles.

“What?”  Belinda asked?  (I’m in hysterics)

“Corn Hoe”

Still confused, and blaming his accent for what we thought he was saying, he responded.

“yeah, you stand back and throw the bag in a hole”.    Well our twisted ears made this worse.

He further explains. “Well you have two wooden angled boxes, you place them ’bout 30 feet apart and take turns tossing the bean bag into the hole for points” 

OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Bean bag toss!!!

“yeah, I guess. Here we call it Corn Hoe”

 

 

Well let me go.  We fly out of here at 4:50.

Ciao!

Happy Independence Day

Welcome to Oscar’s Tavern!

We’re taking a little extended weekend.  So relax, sit down, have a beer and celebrate with us! 

Hot Dogs and Cheeseburgers are available today for Free!

All drafts $1.00!     Nice Huh!

We here at the Tavern hope you all have a great weekend.

Oscars is Traveling Tuesday and Wednesday so we’ll see what happens. Doing some…”benchmarking” in  Kentucky!   (Hi Sue)  See you there!

Willy and Charlene will be here to serve you!

Enjoy!

Ciao!

visit Conditionallysatisfactory

 

 

 

 

Another Monday -4

Welcome to Oscar’s Tavern!

Happy Monday!   >yay wha- freakin’ whooo<

Willy here.  Oscar had to run over to the bar supply store for some new tap inserts.

How are you?  What can I get you?

” A  rum and coke”?  Sure.  Comin right up!

Today lunch special is Open faced roast beef sandwiches!  MMmmm nice.   Lisa is in the kitchen today. Charlene should be back tomorrow from Florida.

So how do ya like all this news about celebrity deaths?  Geeze!  Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and Billy Mays. They say stuff happens in three’s.  Uh-oh!   Only problem is MJ is taking up all the press. Poor Ed and Farrah aren’t getting thier respects paid.  Billy, forget it.  Guess we’ll miss his shouting on infomercials!  Me, I was a fan of Farrah Fawcett. She was a cutie!  I used to look at Charlie’s Angels when it was on TV.  Guess it may come bck on old TV channels like Nick at night. We’ll see.  I also used to watch Johnny Carson. Ed McMahon was a staple on that show. Guess time makes people forget ya.   “Hi-yo”.

Michael Jackson… eh.  Never was a big fan, but he sure was popular. We hear a lot of his stuff on the Jukebox.  Surrounded by contravercy, he still made popular music.

+  ” Maybe Billy Mays can sell himself a place in heaven”.

 

Hey we got a new paperless toilet!

 

 

 

 

 

LOL  Well have a nice day!  Oscar should be in later.

I’m tired.

Ciao – as Oscar would say,

6/25/09 Oscar’s Tavern is One Year Old!

Welcome to Oscar’s Tavern!

  Today is our Anniversary! 

We have been open for a full year now!  Whoo-hoo!  We have served you all kinds of shi   stuff!  We’re all here today for the party! Charlene, Willy, Leo, Vinny, Lisa, Sally and Kim. From what started out as a simple blog for Charlene, Willy and I about the goings on here at the Tavern, has become a platform from which we have made and met many new friends here and in blogland.  We owe a lot to my good friend Jen, who introduced me to blogging. She set up the Oscar’s Tavern blog for me.  We have grown and learned all the new gadgets we use here. Somewhat limited, but hey, we’re busy pouring you drinks and serving you things like Cuban sandwiches or BLT’s. We actually keep track of what YOU order and like. We have grown. We even have another blog.

We talked about a lot of silly stuff, important stuff, and stuff just for the hell of it. We talk about our customers, bloggers and what happens behind the scenes here at this fine establishment. We love to point out stupid stuff.

We’ve had 3 guest posts, posts written on planes, written at other bars, written while drunk, written in the Caribbean, written… there too.

Let’s see which customers are here today….

Oh look here’s our buddy Cute~Ella! She  brought along Batgirl and Taudrey McEvel !  She is my chat buddy!  Willy, get her a Jack and Ginger!! Tell her Florida is where she should be.

 

We have a fresh keg of Coors Light for you know who….  Weaselmomma.  Hopefully Mr. W will watch the Weasels so she can come by!  She always cracks us up here.

 

A case of Mich Ultra for The Girl.  But she’ll want Willy to make her a Rocky Mountain mofo!  She guest posted for us recently. It was very…different, but great!  She’s welcome to guest post anytime! I’ll bet that was her Shamrock! She is awesome!

 

A seat is put aside for Terri Terri, one of our best customers!  She only drinks a little –  except when she bowls with her buddy. We have some cold Ultra’s for you too!  She gave the Tavern props by Highlighting us in her “Get Blogged By Terri” Series.  Got us a lot more readers!  Thanks Terri!  We Luv ya!  Those your running shoes under the bar?

Hoo Boy! Here she is… Meleah !  Been with us from the start! Come on over and sit down my dear!  Willy, get this fine woman a drink!  I owe this woman a lunch!  We actually live near each other!

Mrs. 4444 may pop by so we will have a diet coke. If she gets a little wild, we mixed up a strawberry margarita with a looooooong thin straw.  She may dance in a hula skirt for us.   As Rodney says..”Call me sometime when you got no class”. 

 

Hopefully Mike from Unraveling Life’s Mysteries will stop by for a snifter of brandy. We’ll let him smoke his cigar today too!

 

Suprizedmom is here, she wants a cold Miller Lite – Says its too hot where she is! She’s new to the tavern!

Maybe we can have Heather from OSBP bring us one of her Tasty Tuesday treats!  We have featured some of her dishes here at the Tavern! She’s been a friend of the tavern for a long time too! Thanks Heather! We won a really cool CD of a band named War Stories from one of her contests!  Thanks again!

We’re hoping we can spring Sue Henry from Peducah and come on down to have a couple with us!  She can see the beautiful picture framed and hung here which we won from her Photography blog!  Thanks again Sue!

Holly is so darned busy, we wish she could be here.  She’s another one who never fails to make us laugh!

Wendy will come here and make sure I’m not using plastic cups!  No worries my friend! C’mon by!  Bring Blog Harbor! We tune in!

Lori is here!  She always makes me look at things in a good way!

Wow we have a lot of new friends since we opened our virtual door.  Some of you may still be confused with the staff here so I will give you a brief rundown of the folks here at the Tavern:

Oscar – Me.  Ex-corporate guy who hung it all up to run a Tavern.

Charlene – A very pretty Co-Owner and best buddy of Oscar.  From the same corporate world. Creator of most of OT’s best lunches, and the “real” boss.

Willy – Oscar’s Uncle – A seasoned bartender.

Vinnie – A Staten Island native - Bartender and bouncer.

Lisa – A Jersey girl. Part time bartender and kitchen staff. An old friend of Oscar’s.

Leo – Oscar’s buddy from Long Island, part time bartender – hell raiser.

Sally - Vinnie’s sweetheart.  She’s our bar fly.

Kim -Mmmm!  A perty lady Oscar is VERY fond of…..(but keeps a secret about it) His “long cool woman”.

Belinda – A close friend of Oscar’s from the corporate world.

Doxie – A very close distant friend of Oscar’s!   (HWhat?)

Almalee – The Queen of shoes and a buddy of Oscar.

Betty – Oscar’s photographer friend. (actually a blogger)

Jeannie – A woman Oscar went crazy for……………………………………………….

Jack and Twinkle – Jack and Oscar take business road trips. Twinkle does paperwork for Oscar and is Jack’s wife. They are both great people and regulars at Oscars.  Where’d all the Vodka go?

Eddie – Oscar’s buddy in the corporate world.

And a cast of others….

Bloggers become staff members or assume names we come up with.  Depends on how much you comment and get behind the scenes.

Oscar travels a lot and at times can’t find time to post so the staff takes turns sometimes.  We welcome guest posts! I think Meleah is next.

Only Oscar writes “Conditionally Satisfactory“.  A more personal view of Oscars life outside the tavern.

Well its time for todays joke.

1. A woman walks into a bar and the bartender says “Hey where’d you get the pig?”
The women says “This isn’t a pig it’s a duck”
and the bartender says “No, I was talking to the duck!”

2. A man walks into a bar and asks, ‘Do you serve women in this bar?’
‘No,’ replies the barman, ‘you have to bring your own.’

 3. A horse walks into a bar, he sits down and the bartender asks him, “Why the long face?”
Then a second horse walks in with jumper cables attached to it’s head, he sits down, and the bartender says, “I don’t mind the long face, but don’t you go and try to start anything!”

4. So this guy walks into a bar and notices there’s a bunch of meat hanging from the ceiling. the guy says ” hey bartender, I’ll bet you a $100 bucks I can jump up and grab some meat from that ceiling”. The bartender says, “I don’t know man, them steaks are pretty high”.

5. A guy runs in a bar and he asks the bartender for 24 shots of his finest whisky. When the bartender has poured the shots the guy drinks them down as fast as possible. The bartender says “wow I’ve never seen anyone drink that fast before” and the guy says “You would to if you had what I had” and the bartender says “What is it you have?” And the guy says “25 cents” and runs out of the bar.

6. Two penguins walk into a bar…a third penguin says “You’d have thought the second one would have seen it.”

7.There is this bear, right, and he walks into a bar. He goes up to the bartender and says “Can I have a large Gin and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tonic Please?”

The Barman replies “Yeah sure, but what’s with the big pause?”

The bear holds up his paws and says “I’m a bear!!”

8. A rabbi, a priest, and a bishop walk into a bar.

The bartender says, “What is this, some kind of joke?”

9. A ducks walks into a bar and asks, “Got any grapes?”

The bartender, confused, tells the ducks that no, his bar doesn’t serve grapes. The duck thanks him and leaves.

The next day, the duck returns and says, “Got any grapes?”

Again, the bartender tells him that, no, the bar does not serve grapes, has never served grapes, and, furthermore, will never serve grapes. The duck, a little ruffled, thanks him and leaves.

The next day, the duck returns, but before he can say anything, the bartender begins to yell: ”Listen, duck! This is a bar! We do not serve grapes! If you ever ask for grapes again, I will nail your stupid duck beak to the bar!”

The duck is silent for a moment, and then asks, ”Got any nails?”

Confused, the bartender says no.

”Good!” says the duck. ”Got any grapes?”

10. The Grand Finale…the best of both worlds…A bar joke with a pirate!

So, this pirate walks into a bar with a captain’s wheel crammed down the front of his pants and the bartender says, ‘why have you got a captain’s wheel crammed down the front of your pants?’ And the pirate says, ‘arrgh! It’s driving me nuts!

DOH!

Well I want to thank my Buddy Jennifer again for introducing me to blogland, and to all of the folks who read and comment.  Its fun.  Oscar’s Tavern lets me tell a lot of real stories, through a different window.  Most of the tales told here are true. Like at any bar……

The Snoopy?   The Cupcakes?      Hmmmm.  Lot’s of things are sprinkled in the posts as little “hello’s” to certain people.  Look for yours!

Oscar

Ciao!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have some Shiner-Bock for our dear friend Doxie!

Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun! Home:Rain…

Hey Everyone!   How are you!   Welcome to Oscar’s Tavern!

Yes, I already used this picture, but it fits for today too.  I’m back here at the Tavern. Its a rainy Saturday here. Just me. Looks like the Tavern did well this past week. Must have been the rain bringing everyone in and not going to the beach.  I have to give props to “The Girl” for running the place. Looks like we had a big night while I was gone. Brought in some real cash!  Moved a lot of Michelob Ultra I see.  I’ll have to order more.  The kitchen looks like it was never used. Boy she really cleaned it up.  Not a lot for me to do today because everything is in order.  Something on the bar must have come loose as I see there’s some new wood on it and the ceiling was touched up. Maybe a bottle burst or something.  Some glitter on the floor. Must have been some young girls here. There’s this sticky shamrock on the bar near the taps.  LOL  They must have had an Irish night or something. Can’t wait to ask her! Maybe i should put her on part time to help with business.

Sun sun sun sun…  Thats all we had in Florida. Every day!  80-90 degrees every day!   We LOVED it!  Charlene loved it so much she decided to stay another week.  We had a great time. I finally broke out the golf clubs. Realized I still suck, but had fun.   Maybe I’ll open up that southern Tavern on the Gulf Coast.  Somewhere between Sarasota and Tampa.  Hmmmm.   Yeah big dreams.   Out  from behind the bar you’ll see that scene to the left. I took that picture at a place caled “Anamarie Island”, near Bradenton Beach.

So Belinda tells me it has rained the whole time I was away.  Looks like more through this weekend into next week.  Augh, I feel sorry for all you who have had this. Guess it’s my turn. I did get too much sun.

Well we’ll be back in full swing on Tuesday.  May post Monday.. We’ll see how it goes.

Great being back.

Ciao!

Misssed all of you!

Oscar

Meow

Welcome to Oscar’s Tavern!

Hey everyone!   It’s “The Girl” here from Searching for a New Tomorrow.  Oscar is currently sunning himself with his entire staff in Florida, yes – Again.  This man gets around more than anyone else I know.  He asked me to come and take care of the Bar today.  Oopps, his fault.
 
Now I’m not sure of how much of a good idea it was leaving me in charge of the bar.  Don’t tell him, but I’ve already drank an entire case of Mich Ultra and have been mixing my Rocky Mountain MoFos all day.
 
I certainly hope no one pops in for food.  Believe you me, you do not want me cooking.  So on the menu we have on special Amstel Light, Grey Goose Vodka, and Chips.  Maybe just maybe I could cook a hotdog if need be.
 
So tonight, I’ve decided to spice up Oscar’s Tavern.  I’ve invited all my stripper friends from Delilah’s and they are coming over wearing their Shamrock pasties !  I’ve temporarily installed a pole on the bar, hope Oscar doesn’t notice the hole I had to cut.  I purchased a smoke machine and hired a kick ass DJ to play the songs for the girls.     And don’t worry, I’ve told them to leave their pasties on so Oscar doesn’t get fined for indecent exposure without a license.  Lap dances will be half price for all men with tattoos and free for guys who drive Harleys.
 
We are also preparing for mud wrestling.  I went to Wal-Mart and purchased a plastic baby pool which were are currently, as I write this, filling with Chocolate pudding.  All men are required to wear tightly whities or nothing at all in order to get in the ring.  I hear a few of Philadelphia’s finest will be there.  Hot Philly Cop has already signed up to be the first one in the pool.
 
So sorry about the food folks, but we will have lots of misbehaving, naughty activities at the Tavern tonight.  You know the old saying “When the Cat’s Away, the Mice will Play.”   I’m predicting that Oscar’s will have its best night ever. 
 
And don’t worry, if you leave your underwear behind, I’ll make sure to clean up so no one gets in trouble !!!!!!
 
Adios Friends of the Tavern, I must go slip into my pasties and thong – and get ready to bar tend!  And remember, don’t tell Oscar, sssshhhhh – it’s our little secret.
 
See you all tonight -  The Girl XXXOOO

Resume Normal Safe Operation

Welcome to Oscar’s Tavern.

We’re all in Florida this week.  We saw this sign and thought this says it all.

Havin a great time down here. 

What? My turn to buy again!

 

Ciao!

Off Again

Hi  Welcome to Oscar’s Tavern!

We’re all in Florida for a few days!   We’ll try to write soon!

Enjoying the Gulf Coast! 

Love to you all!

Oscar – Charlene – Leo – Willy – Kim – Lisa – Vinnie

Busy Busy Busy

Welcome To Oscar’s Tavern!   Yes, remember us?

Sorry – we’ve all been so darned busy lately we haven’t had time to bathe.  Ok well we  did that.   A whole lot going on right now.  I had company from Colorado through the weekend. And “business” has just kept me overloaded. A good thing I guess.

Lunch Special is Eggplant Parmesan with spaghetti.   Nice!   We provide Beringer Merlot with it!   Meanwhile we have draft specials on Coors and Miller Lite.

 

It had been so damned hard to find time to post. We here apologize for not keeping you up to speed on all the “gossip” and goings on here. A lot happening too. Also I have been traveling for “business” a lot lately. And THEN next week I’m off to Florida for a week. 

We feel bad!     Hopefully tomorrow I can get a complete Tavern post. I may ask Kim or someone else to guest post for us.

Getting our fishing gear ready….

Gotta run -

sorry for the lame post.  Busy Busy Busy

Love you all!

Ciao

Rainshine

Welcome to Oscar’s Tavern!

How are you today? – I’m reporting in from Puerto Rico where the sky looks like this today.

Specials today Include Arroz con habichuelas and baked chicken.  Let’s have a Miller Lite with that.  SuprisedMom stopped by and thats her brew of choice.

Well its always the same for me here. When I’m busy, it is a sunny day. When I’m free to enjoy the sun, it clouds up or rains.  We finished up a bit early today and decided to have some “free time” at the hotel today.  Eddie left today, but I am here with Jack and Twinkle.  We sat and watched the boats cruise around in the ocean from thier 14th floor room while I tried to get Twinkles laptop to connect.  Hopefully they got to get out a bit.  I stayed in to get some work done. I must be crazy because it was nice out and I didn’t go out. I worked. What the hell is wrong with me?  I’m inside looking out at the pool area and thinking about having some pie. I better go to the bar.

Glad TGYDBHTM is smiling today.  Cheers honey!

Lemme go – a beer is waiting, and maybe a bonita chicka!  (no Kim, I’m behaving)

Ciao

What? No Champaigne?

Welcome to Oscar’s Tavern!  

I’m in Puerto Rico this week. Flew down yesterday. Eddie and I – A “business” trip.

Charlene tells me that today’s special is BLT with Fries!  MMmm that sounds good!   Lets wash that down with Medalla, a Puerto Rican Beer. Its good, its light and has a good taste.

 

Eddie and I flew down here yesterday.  We sat in first class.  We have this game which we see who you get stuck with in the seat next to you.  Well with this flight I won the game.

As I got onto the plane, a very pretty 4F was being asked for her pre-flight drink. She asked for champaigne. The flight attendant replied they didn’t have any. 4F asked for sangria.  >eh<  So she opted for nothing. I sat down in 4E and got myself all situated.  I ordered a scotch.

During taxiing(sp) they ran the safety video.  I nudged her and said, “I’ve heard the reviews for this weren’t so good“.  That broke the ice and we chatted the entire 3hour 45 minute flight.  Eddie would look over every once in while and snicker.  4F was very interesting and had lot of interesting things to say. She spoke of how her husband was home with his mother as she was ill, and he was supposed to be on the trip. She decided to stay at her mom’s outside of San Juan.

Well the lunch time came, and the flight attendant gave us a choice of salmon and shrimp, or salmon and shrimp.  Yes, thats what happens when you sit in the back section of first class.  (poor us  LOL)   Well after some thought be both decided to have the salmon and shrimp.  Meanwhile we had some red wine and chatted more.  Our meals came. The flight attendant brought her salmon and shrimp, then came back and looked at me with a puzzled look. “um sir we are out of Salmon and Shrimp”.  4F sweetly suggested we share her meal.  The flight attendant said, “we do have a beef meal”.  I said to her and 4F, “Hmmm, beer or beef…um I’ll take the beef.  We all laughed.

A few wines later and some nice conversation, we landed in San Juan.   Thanks 4F for your kind company!

From a Southwest Airlines employee: “There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only 4 ways out of this aircraft…”

Pilot says: “Folks, we have reached our cruising altitude now, so I am going to switch the seat belt sign off. Feel free to move about as you wish, but please stay inside the plane till we land…it’s a bit cold outside, and if you walk on the wings it affects the flight pattern.”

After landing: “Thank you for flying Delta Business Express. We hope you enjoyed giving us the business as much as we enjoyed taking you for a ride.

As the plane landed and was coming to a stop at Washington National, a lone voice comes over the loudspeaker: “Whoa, big fella. WHOA!”

Feel better Jake.

Well let me get back to Eddie. He’s waiting on me.

Have a great day!

Ciao!

Thirsty Thursday on Monday

Hi Everyone!  Welcome to Oscar’s Tavern!          Hola  4F

Well its been a busy few days. Sorry I haven’t gotten to the blog.  Was a nice weekend in the NorthEast.  Spent the past 3 days down the shore.  (the beach for you west coasters)  Had a nice lunch with Jack and Twinkle on Friday.  I went to a horse racetrack on Saturday. First time I’ve ever been to one. Went as a guest of a chiropractor with my lawyer. Will have to write about that on CS.  Ended up running back to the shore yesterday for a nice dinner with my daughter and her BF. I didn’t feel like cooking. 

So!   Todays Specials are different.  First we have Corndogs!   Cute~Ella said recently that she wanted corndogs.  TGYDBHTM says she wanted a change in menu’s.  So we are having Philly Cheese steaks also , in her honor.  The drink special is Michelob Ultra.  So…

What can I get you?

Late one day last week maybe about 7 pm we had a bunch of women come in and have a dinner and some drinks. They sat at a table near the bar. There were 3  of them. Willy and I were working, Lisa was in the kitchen.  They all ordered a bar pie. Each one had one. They had a few beers, one was drinking Chardonay.  They had a bunch of little pads and were figuring out stuff.  I brought over thier second round of drinks and asked “So are the ladies figuring out how to fix the economy?”  he chuckled and on replied. “No, we’re calculating how many points this dinner is.   “Oh, ok, I’ll tell the cook, use les oil”.   We hear them talking.  “Brownies are 2 points”.  Willy chimes in, “brownies are 20 years”.      They didn’t like that.   LOL

Well let me go. Still busy as heck!

Ciao!

Detours and Detox

Welcome to Oscar’s Tavern!

How are you today?  Overcast here in the Northeast.  A ho hum day.

Special today is from Heather (OSBP) It’s Chicken – sausage and veggie stir fry!  We’re gonna add Monkey Bay Savignon Blanc to that dish to make it just right!

Right Charlene?    

“Thaaats Right!”

 

Well the Memorial Day weekend went by without a hitch. I had a plate full of things to do. Got Some of them done. Had a Barbeque on Sunday, got the pool all set.  During this 4 day mini vacation I believe I killed a lot of Mexican soldiers. Corona Beer. Over a case I’m sure, I lost count.  I was never goofy or drunk.  I bent the 11:30 rule on Monday, started at 11:15.  I have a rule where I won’t drink before 11:30 am.  Keeps me in check. But on holidays and vacations I bend it.  Now yesterday and today I put myself on what I call detox.  Charlene does this too. If we have a “heavy” weekend, we stop completely for a few days.  We’re normally not “heavy hitters”.   Again, a way to keep ourselves in check. But man those cold ones sure go down nice on a warm sunny day don’t they?

A nice couple came in yesterday. Eric and Eli.  Eli is a short for Elizabeth. I’ve never heard that used like that. He was a middle aged gentleman, she was a bit younger, very pretty and petite.  They sat together at the table in the corner by the jukebox.  And quietly chatted.  They drank wine.  I could see the smiles on both of them, they truly enjoyed each other’s company.  That was nice.  It was refreshing to see a couple enjoying themselves.  It was the first time I can think of they have been here.  Ain’t love neat!

Still enjoying Miranda Lamberts “Dead Flowers”.  Had it on repeat yesterday and drove Willy nuts. Charlene likes it too.

Well let me stop yakking and get to work.

Yes, we replaced the seat in the Ladies room!

Hi Kimmy!

Ciao.

Dead Flowers

Welcome to Oscar’s Tavern!

It’s a Thirsty Thursday.  Is that like Tasty Tuesday?

Its a nice day here in the NorthEast.   mid 80’s, sunny, light breeze.  I love it! Now this is Oscar weaather. Business is good today, a little extra from the workforce still satisfying Spring Fever.  Tuna and Shrimp Salad Wraps are todays special.  Draft beers are $2.00.  Come on in and enjoy yourself.

I s’pose you wonder why this post is called “dead flowers”. I did have the Stones song in my head. But it made me think of something else. I was going to write about long weekends and realized it is Memorial Day on Monday.  Well with Willy being a vet, and personally knowing a few. I thought of talking about that instead.  We all know Memorial Day is the day we remember our fallen heroes who fought for our freedom and help us maintain our lifestyle.  It’s all relative. I may have it better than a poor family in the Blue ridge Mountains. Well they do have a nicer view.  All in all this is the best place to live, and we owe it to these men and women.

Dead Flowers just hit me. Fresh flowers are usually placed on graves or given in rememberance. They are beautiful, full of color and hope. After a while they will wilt and die, bowing thier heads to the ground.  I ‘m thinking thats what we do.  We will celebrate Memorial Day. Many people look at it as the beginning of Summer. Here the boardwalks at the beach start the summer off full time.  A lot of us have picnics, maybe visit the grave of a relative who died in service, or like my dad, didn’t die in service but was stationed in Europe during the Korean Conflict (war) . And thats great we acknowledge.

Actually I’ll bet a lot of people look at it as a day off, don’t even fly the flag.

Then Tuesday we forget about it.  Until next year. And we should hang our heads down. Like the flowers.

 

 

 

 

I can’t find a link to the Stones “dead Flower’s” song so I’ll share the lyrics. Has nothing to do with today’s thought, but I like it anyway.

When you’re sitting there
In your silk, upholstered chair,
Talkin’ to some rich folks that you know.
And you won’t see me,
In my ragged company.
And you know I could never be alone.

Take me down, little Suzy, take me down.
I know you think you’re the Queen of the underground.
And you can
Send me dead flowers in the morning.
Send me dead flowers by the mail.
Send me dead flowers to my wedding.
And I won’t forget to put roses on your grave.

When you’re sittin’ back in your rose-pink cadillac,
Makin’ bets on Kentucky Derby Day.
And I’ll be in my basement room,
With a needle and a spoon
And another girl to take my pains away.

Take me down, little Suzy, won’t you take me down.
I know you think you’re the Queen of the underground.
And you can
Send me dead flowers every morning.
Send me dead flowers by the mail.
Send me dead flowers to my wedding.
And I won’t forget to put roses on your grave.

(instrumental break, courtesy Mick Taylor)

Take me down, little Suzy, won’t you take me down.
I know you think you’re the Queen of the underground.
And you can
Send me dead flowers every morning.
Send me dead flowers by the US mail.
Say it with dead flowers to my wedding.
And I won’t forget to put roses on your grave.

I like Miranda Lamberts “Dead Flowers” song too. She’s a lot better lookin than Mick Jagger .  LOL

No jokes today.   Enjoy the weekend!  We’ll be back on Tuesday.

   

Ciao!

 

More dead flowers

Bubba’s

Hello There!   Welcome to Oscar’s Tavern!  

Well its a Monday.  Yeah, yeah, yeah….   Not a bad day, not a great day.  But thats ok, we’re here to please !

Today we have the Sandwich and A beer Special.   Deli Sandwich of your choice, and a draft beer, both for $4.50.  Not bad huh?  I’m gonna have a Ham and swiss on a roll with mustard and mayonaise. I’m gonna wash it down with a Corona.  How about you?

 

Well it was a busy weekend. I went up to New York State to visit some friends and celebrate thier child’s birthday. They weren’t far from Woodstock. Well the original place the festival took place. We went to a resturant/bar called Bubba’s. It was about 20 minutes from thier house.  We went downstairs where there was a bar and a pool table. There was an outdoor section that overlooked a nice lake. Good place. They specialized in Barbeque.  I had a BBQ sandwich and a piece of chicken. It was pretty good.  They have a slogan there, its on the shirt!  The visit was fun. We allhad a good time so here’s to Bubba and his BBQ resturant. 

The pool is ready to go. Just need the water to warm up along with the weather. I’m ahead of schedule this year.

Not a whole lot happening at the Tavern today. Our regulars are here. Willy is coming in at 3:00.  Charlene, Lisa and I are your hosts.  

Joan went to a psychiatrist. “Doc,” she said, “I’ve got big troubles. Every time I get into bed, I think there’s somebody under it. Am I going crazy?”

“Just put yourself in my hands for one year,” said the shrink, “Come to me three times a week, and I’ll cure your fears.”

“How much do you charge?”
“A hundred dollars per visit.”

“I’ll sleep on it,” said Joan. six months later the doctor met Joan on the street.
“Why didn’t you ever come to see me again?” asked the psychiatrist.

“For a hundred bucks a visit? No way! Instead, I went on one of those ‘Dude Ranch’ vacations, and an old cowboy cured me for the price of a bottle of whiskey.”

“Is that so! How?”

“He told me to cut the legs off the bed!

Ain’t nobody under there now!!!”

Well let me get some stuff done!

Have a great day!

Oh, Kim sent me this beautiful picture of herself.  Made me crazy!

Ciao