As of 12:00 tomorrow, I am "Batchin' It" for 2 weeks. Ask me anything.

[Richard Steele]

FAQ:
"Batchin' It" is a rural colloquial euphamism derived
from the word 'Bachelor'.
It is used almost exclusively by Males of the 'Steele' surname,
to denote those RARE periods of time when our womenfolk
are forced, against their better judgement,
to leave an adult male STEELE at home without Supervision.
EXAMPLE; Cell Phone:
"Hey Dad, what's up?
Well Dick, yer step-mom is off teaching one of her 3-day art seminars,
so I'm batchin' it this weekend."



My SweetieDarlingOneTrueLoveOfMyLifeAndMyOnlyReasonToExist
leaves tomorrow for her yearly family vacation in the South Seas,
so be consider yerself warned:

If you see any of my posts for the next 2 weeks, bear this in mind:
A: I am posting wearing yesterdays boxer shorts.
B: My last meal was probably "LaSierra" brand beans, eaten out of the can...
C: No, I didn't lift the seat.


FREEEEEEEEDOM!

[BikeWriter]

1. .

[Richard Steele]

2. Hi, BikeWriter! Long time no flame!

IIRC, the last time we spoke here on Du,
I was 3 sheets to the wind and I
totally went nuts on you for no good reason...

Something about cats, wasn't it?

But I think I actually came to my senses and apologized to you
before I logged off and passed out.
At least I LIKE to think I did.
If not, I apologize.

Anyway...how you doin'?

[BikeWriter]

3. Cats? If so, I don't recall it. Ihope you enjoy your time of freedom.

[Richard Steele]

4. I make big manly macho noises about how I enjoy my freedom...

...But I try to make the noises SILLY enough,
that the REAL message comes through to intelligent people.

I REALLY love my sweetie gal, and I miss her when she is far away.

Truth be told, I would trade all the unwashed underwear I ever wore
for an extra day with her back home.

But she is gonna be gone for awhile, and that's just the way it is.
So I post an extra-large portion of my nonsense here,
to keep me distracted from missing her.

BTW: Very kind of you to 'not remember it'.
I owe you one.

[BikeWriter]

5. I know what you mean about missing your Lady.

Here's to many more years of your happiness.

[Richard Steele]

6. KICKING my own thread, 'Do-over' style!!!

BikeWriter took me down the very path I was trying to avoid;
we started discussing things in a serious, mature fashion.

That is exactly what I was hoping y'all would DISTRACT me from
when I started this thread!

So, please, all you lounge-liberals:
Help me out here.

Love me or FLAME me, just please keep me occupied!

I am completely alone here, without Adult supervision...
And i can assure you, that this sort of situation has almost always ended BADLY.

[struggle4progress]

7. Yer darlin actually chose the South Seas over guzzlin beer with ..

.. us DUers? What's with that?

[Richard Steele]

8. What can I say? Wealthy people is CRAZY!

They just aren't living in the same world as us regular folks.

I have been watching them VERY CLOSELY for over 6 years now...
and that's the best answer I have, after all that time.

The more EVIDENCE I accumulate, the less I understand.
I finally came to the conclusion that I was never gonna understand it....
I have made my peace with it, as best I am able.

In their defense, they probably think I'm crazy, too...

Every time I decline their latest offer of an all-expenses-paid week at
some uber-exclusive hotel in some faraway timezone,
I can see in their eyes that they just DON'T understand my reasons.

Rangaroa? I never even heard of it before,
so why would I possibly want to spend a week there?
I'm 37 years old, I'm a big boy.

I WANTED to go a few places in my life, so I WENT.
And if I start WANTING to go somewhere else, I'll just GO.

But this crazy notion that 'TRAVEL' has some sort of value
in it's own right;
that the word 'faraway' somehow implies 'better'?
PFFT!

As my Grandpa Junior used to say, "That place? I never lost anything there."

[struggle4progress]

9. Well, maybe you'll come guzzle beer with us ...

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