If I win please donate the money to Mel's new wheelchair and a replinished supply of Depends.

French or regular braid?

Good gawd, I'll have to use turpentine to get all that freakin aquanet out of it.

Mammy Yokum!

You people have issues!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> But, I did answer your little poll, Pep, of course I am 30 today! **snort** <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

30 what?

30 inches?

30 miles?

30 IQ?

30 inch tall hair! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

committed

Mel's 50? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Howdy classmate!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> But u iz older 'den me.

L.

And just why does Mel's age matter? I think it is mahvelous that the world has been graced by the magnificent presence of the stupendously fahbulous Melody of all melodies.

It doesn't unless, she is proud of her 1/2 century mark. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Besides, there's a few of us around her tree age also. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

L.

It doesn't really, it's just that in the two years that I've been here her signature line has said that she is 48...Who knows, it may have said that ever since she got here...Hmmm, how old would that make her??? JUSTUSS DO YOU KNOW??? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Thing is, I've seen her in person, UP CLOSE, and I still can't tell...She looks VERY young, and acts it too...Who knows the answer to the Great Mel Mystery??? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Oh yeah, and Happy "July Fool's Day" Mel! ENJOY!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Mrs. W <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

July Fool's Day

[b]LMAO

[color:"blue"]liar <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> liar <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> pants on fire [/color]

Consider this the official forming of the MB Oldies Club!

So far the only ones old enough to join though are Mel and JL! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

heehee <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

Just kidding!!! There are actually several of here that are "oldies" in word and deed:
FaithfulWifeCJ (I'm 45yo!!)
Orchid (celebrating anniversaries of her 39th birthday- <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> )
BrambleRose
ThornedRose
Pep
newbeginning
LetsTry

Gee...I think even 2long and bobPure are getting up there!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

Congrats Mel!! Light ALL FIFTY CANDLES and I'll hold the fire extinguisher <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I wanted to count the candles but the HEAT drove me back!


::::running for my life:::::

JinGA

She's been 48 and holding for so long that I thought she must be at least 80 by now.

****also running for cover*****

I think that at 53 I qualify for the MB oldies club.

Happy Birthday Mel!

ZING! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

Well, I hope you wiseacres are happy now, I changed my AGE!! SO THERE!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

And thankee for the nice birthday wishes, y'all! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Mel<---stranded in the Dallas Airport <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/teary.gif" alt="" />

INDEED!!! The solution to your birthdays Mel is NOT more lying, but TRUTH...Is your signature line a representation of "your truth"? Seriously, though I think you really ought to learn to live "authentically"!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Mrs. W

P.S. Hey, y'all don't think bullets can make it from Texas to Michigan do ya? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

shaddup, MrsW! That be my "truth!" <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

authentically yours,

Mel the youngster <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Why? What's going on there?

For some reason I can hear Jon Lovitz' voice...

"Yeah, that's the ticket!"

JinGA

We are trying to fly back from my mother's and they cancelled all the flights in Dallas [our connection to Houston] this afternoon because of the RAIN. The rain seems to have moved on now, so they are playing catch up. This place is a MAD HOUSE of wall to wall chilluns!

It stinks when planes get delayed - because of the way routes are set up - a delay or cancellation on the other side of the country can have a serious ripple effect everywhere else <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

Hope you get where you're going soon, Melody. Stinky way to spend a b'day - stuck with crazy young'uns at an airport..

JinGA

Does this thread qualify as "exposure" ?

this thread qualifies you as a DIRTY DAWG! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

Thanks GinJa, I think I just scared the beejezuz out of this bratty 4 yr old with my EVIL EYE. He got real quiet alla sudden! bwahahahaha

Be glad you aren't stuck there with one of my client's kids. I was within a hair's breadth of committing child abuse (or seriously throttling the parent) yesterday.

One of them even climbed inside the cabinet of a new aquarium I had on display - almost as bad as a kid climbing into a china cabinet in a furniture store! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

After they left, XH shook his head - he said he remembers me telling him once, a long time ago, that those two were brats - but he dismissed what I'd said because I don't have much patience with unruly kids. After all that I said, "Am I validated?" and he said, "OMG - and then some!"

Those two in an airport would be borderline terrorists. They are most certainly terrors!

Hard to be mad at them stuck in an airport - tired, hungry, BORED... but still, parents have to respect others' quiet enjoyment - or quiet patience, or quiet frustration...

Never underestimate the power of a good STINK-EYE!

JinGA

[color:"red"]OK ... some of you are SLACKERS .... you need to VOTE on my polls .... not just lurk !!! [/color] <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

I think that this may qualify as some type of grandmotherly dereliction of duty at your age Mel! Somebody call Dallas CPS!!! Mel you should invite that chile to cuddle up in your lap where you will read him a nice story and feed him milk and cookies...Do we need to send you to Grandma University? SHEESH! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Mrs. W <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

She needs some granny glasses too... or she's dyslexic <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

NOT GinJa (that sounds too much like an illicit substance or some kind of herb you take when you're... *cough* OLD.)

I did vote in your polls, Pep, does the winner need to be present!? *g*


J "in" GA

ganja

Great minds, Pep...

<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I voted before I ever posted...Below are my answers-I'm tellin' cuz I'm so authentic!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


*She's young at heart and as beautiful as a Big-haired-Texan-gal ought to be. (I'm a suck up, what can I say? Plus, I've seen her, and it is the TRUTH! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />)

*An all-expenses paid vacation with Mel herself (Mel be FUN...I hope I win! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />)

*vultures (actually it was buzzards, but I suppose vultures are the next best thang! Wait, are buzzards just country vultures? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />)

*50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 (<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />)

Mrs. W

Happy B-day Mel. I hope you have a big ole Texas Hurah to bring in another candle on your b-day cake. I have to say with your birthday being so close to independence day no wonder you had a problem with independent behavior. It is your birth rite. LOL.<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I hope you have a good one.

Your girl DIG.

Happy Birthday Mel. Looks 30ish *snort*

Hey Mel,

Your sig line states: BS - Looks 30ish [me] <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Is that 30ish B4 or after the 50? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> (ducking 4 cover)..... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

I no gotta worry.... I'm 2 far away for her to throw anything that can hurt. LOL!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Aloha,
L.

that boy is lucky he didn't get pistol whipped in the airport today! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

shaddup, BigK! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

No worries Mel....we'al will still luv ya' even when u r 63 or something like that. LOL!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Have a safe trip!

L.

A simple Happy Birthday wish from one ol' geezer to ano...er...well,

Happy Birthday, Melody....

Anyone up for a MB Shuffle Board tourney in Fort Lauderdale?

Georgia

Can you add one more option to the list of options? The one I want to vote for isn't there. Please add:

Must be verified by carbon dating.

<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

Thanks Orchid, Thanks GG! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> sorry, but I am too young for shuffleboard, grandpa! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

A BIG HUGE BIRTHDAY GREETING FROM ONE TEXAN GAL TO 'NOTHER!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

If you're still stuck at the airport, I'll come pick you up in my car (errr...um, canoe...).

That boy needs to be pistol whipped bad!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

MAZ, thanks for the birthday wishes and the kind offer. We did escape Dallas around 7:00 and have made it back to Houston. Sounds like y'all have had more than your fair share of rain this week. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Happy Birthday, Mel!!!!!!

As far as voting, I voted

Old as dirt
"Get out of jail free card", from Melodies 2x4's
50 50 50 50 50

Don't give your age another thought, you age marvelllllooooooooously, just like fine wine. EXCEPT, for those days where you taste more like vinegar than wine.

Hey, everybody is allowed a few of those days.

quote from the movie "Annie"

<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Happy Belated Birthday, Mel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't vote, as I didn't want the answers to someday come back to haunt me.

All this talk about Texas reminds me of a time I was riding a bus from Atlanta to eastern NC. Sitting in the bus terminal is ALWAYS fun in Atlanta, but this time was real interesting. Whenever I took the bus, I always made sure I had no money on me, and was as scruffy as possible to avoid interest from people.

So, sitting in the McD's there in the terminal, a guy comes up to use my table...the place is packed. I'm reading and eating, so sure. We strike up a conversation, he's headed out on the same bus I am...cool.

We get on the bus, he asks if he can borrow a book for the ride, I'm happy to oblige.

We get to talking, I let him know I'm in the service on leave, headed to see my wife. He tells me that he was just released from prison in Tx. I think about it for a minute, and ask what he was in for. He replies, "Murder. And before you ask, yes I did it. I came home, and found my wife in bed with another man. I shot him, he died a few days later.". I thought about it for a minute, and said "OK, can understand that. Doesn't look like I'm in any danger.", and I laugh.

He replies, "Nope, not unless you happen to know my wife.".

I laugh, and ask where he's headed.

He tells me, "Florida...that's where my wife's at now."

I told him that I'd heard enough, he could keep the book, and good luck to him!!!

True story...happened back in 1988. Says a lot about Texans too! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Which would help explain perhaps why I avoided the polls? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />