ADVISORY TO TRAVELERS IN BEIJING

Do not carry pork.

(Thanks to Stevie, who we believe is different from the previous Steve, whichever one that was)

Comments

[Betsy]

Mini-bus careens after pork loaded motorcycle...
There's definitely an action movie here...

Oh...and I believe this is a trifecta.

[Betsy]

...although the Comments log regards my previous post as "zero".

Sheesh. Once you're on the geezer bus, you get invisible.

[KDF]

Well, who can blame 'em, really.

PORK!!!

Yes, Stevie/Stevie W./(w)stevie(w)/sw is, most definitely, "different." :)

[Jeff Meyerson]

I guess this guy really better not go to China.

[CTProf]

That's only $1.45/lb... if they think that's expensive they should try buying it here. Geez... whiners!

[Jeff Meyerson]

Hey, K. How's the biking going?

[Jazzzz]

Four guys and 275 lbs of pork on a motor cycle. What tipped the law off?

[Jazzzz]

RE: Jeff's story.....So someone stabbed HIS penis.. I thought he stabbed someone with his. Poor headline.

[KDF]

Jeff, thanks, it's going great and keeping me sane. And thanks, as always, for tossing out references to the stuff I write about over at my place (which is linked to my name, below, as if y'all didn't already know that.)

check's in the mail

*snork*

[Meditrina]

Jeff - Thx for the update. I suspected that the victim was hispanic. Poor guy needed to work, gets stuck with a hospital bill and humiliation over it, then fired.

Reality bites! Or in this case, stabs.

[Eleanor]

So they caught the guys, but where's the pork? My guess: The cops confiscated it for evidence!

BBQ at the Chief's house tonight!

[Jeff Meyerson]

*snork*

I bet they bring the pot from the evidence room!

[Siouxie]

Hmm...can I still take my kielbasa??

and YAY to Stevie! (or "notThatSteve" or "Another Steve", but definitely NOT "The Amazing Steve" - who, btw, is "Steve (the 24 Guy}")

uh..where was I??

[Meditrina]

Siouxie, is Kielbasa a Cuban name for it or your pet name?

[CJrun]

CT, I find I can get pork off of motorcycles for less than $2/pound; it's a bit more if wrapped and refrigerated....

Soooo, I had fun learning how to use this Mac, but my laptop is being released from the hospital and I need to go get some flowers and a box of chocolates....

[Jazzzz]

i think i'm on the wrong thread.....story of my life

[Siouxie]

CJ, did you see my post concerning the (much hated by me) Mac???

Med..shhhh! ;-)

[Siouxie]

Awww CJ! don't forget my shiny shoes!!!

[Bethie]

That's China though. How could anyone be sure it was actually pork though? They may have been stealing members of their own family.

[SW]

No wonder they use cardboard in their bao. Maybe they should call it cardbaord.

(...and thanks for the validation, kdf.)

[Meanie the Blue, who's actually a Stevie, but not any of the above Stevie's, although he likes to th]

Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Pork Delivery - GNFA sequel?

[Eleanor]

hmmmm...

I thought I posted here earlier.

*uses her extra supply of *asterisks* given to her by her BFF Siouxie to wonder if she's being deleted*

[insomniac]

thief:"all your bacon are belong to us"

[SW]

...and what do you think you said, el? And do you get this feeling often?

[Siouxie (not a Stevie)]

Meanie, you are...unique (not eunuch). ;-)

[CJrun]

PC *snork*!

I missed it, Sio. I had no choice, so I spent most of the day learning how to use a MacBook.

I always thought it would be easy to use or easy to get help for, but it seems as if most people never peel back the onion and just use the basic stuff.

I discovered Tiger yesterday, by accident and wrote a note about it over on the Blogits Bot Rage thread. There is information in Tiger that I don't recall from the manual. For example, whom on earth would have thought you had to hover over the bottom right of a 'widget' to get to an 'information' menu, for adjusting settings? Find, anywhere in the manual, that 'control' plus 2 fingers on the trackpad = enlarge/reduce?

That's nowhere in the manual! Silly Cupertino people....

[SW]

thief:"all your bacon are belong to us"
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Good point, insom. There's been a rasher of this type of theft lately.

[CJrun]

BTW, any Mac people, if you try control/2 fingers, or control and the scroll wheel with a mouse, watch-out! What then happens when you move the cursor will almost make you dizzy!

[Siouxie]

TOTALLY OT, but I just got my river rafting photos and wanted to share. I'm the 3rd one from the right, in front of my oldest daughter and across my youngest. Good time was had.

Frech Broad River!

And now back to pork.

[Nurse Tammy]

really, really OT/
My offer on a house was accepted yesterday - I'm getting ready to join suburbia. Yay! I'm getting out of the ghetto soon...
/OT

*yawn*

All this talk of bacon is vastly unfair. Now I want/need a BLT. I blame the Stevies.

[Meditrina]

Speaking of pork, there was a great article and photo in the paper about the new place.

http://www.kansascity.com/199/story/183263.html

Maybe one of you professional bloglits can wrangle the text linky thingy for me, as I am not up to it today.

[Richard the Weasel-Hearted]

Med's link.

Congrats!

[CJrun]

Med's link.

Also, BTW I formerly used this for helping me with links, then just read it and now I understand html better and don't need the crutch, anymore. Good explanation....

[insomniac]

get your honda running
head out on the highway
look out for meat rustlers
they'll sell leather seats for jerky!
yeah, darling gonna make you happy
get pork grease all over your face
fire up all of our grills at once
drink beer by the case!

i like smoky bacon
shenzhen market calling!
hope it doesn't spoil
got the feelin' they're being followed!
yeah darling gonna make you happy
spend pork money all over the place
fire up all their grills at once
drink beer by the case!

but their bikes are no longer swollen
when there's pork , pork to be stolen
if the price's so high
more of us gonna try

pork to be stolen!!!

[Just Ducky]

YAY, Stevie!

*applauds insom*

Robber to motorcyclist: OK, pork it over.

[CJrun]

insom, trust me... nobody else would have gone there! However, now you're gonna get a citation (and not the good kind) for Recreational Burning!

[Eric]

Those guys are dead meat!

[SW]

Lol, insom, you inspire me. Anyone remember "Little Honda" by the Hondells?

I'm gonna get you up early cos I'm gonna take a ride with you
We're goin' down to the butcher shop I'll tell you what we're gonna do
Put on darkened ski mask, we're gonna get ourselves some good moo shu

First gear, it's alright
Second gear, twice fried
Third gear, on the side
Mustard....and fried rice...

[CJrun]

Interesting update to Sio's link from yesterday. It reads as if it wasn't the United pilot's fault after all....

[crossgirl]

siouxie, great pic! the rafting one, not the icky pig face one.

[CJrun]

Somehow, you know all is right with the world when people have time to do silly things like this.

[CJrun]

Helloooo? Is anybody here? Or is everybody digging through the couch cushions, looking for the remote?

[Meditrina]

CJ - That's not a hotel, that's a MIL Suite. *EG*

[Meditrina]

OOOoooohhhh, a CJ simul. I felt my IQ rise by at least 10 points!

[sweet & sour centrale]

kudos to insom & SW!!!

Talk about a ribbing of highway. Wait a minute, that was so bad. Chop that.

[SW]

I don't wanna know what the hand gesture for "switch to the Playboy Channel" is.

[CJrun]

WHY THE WORLD PENTHOUSE MODELS NEED (FAT) GUYS...

They're helpful.

[EB]

Bet my son wishes he HAD a sewer pipe motel at this point, he's at hour 23 in the Denver Airport.... and thanks for the really reassuring post about airports.... argghhhhh... hope he gets here..

Life, EB

[slyeyes]

A motorcycle hawling 275 pounds of meat?

Must have been a hog.

[DeskDiva]

Hey, sly! Indeed it must!

Oh, dear, EB. I'm sorry to hear that. Hope he gets outta there SOON.

[slyeyes]

Hi, DD!

EB, what's going on at the Denver Airport? The weather appears to be OK.

[Eleanor]

Yes, Stevie. I have thoughts like that all the time. Doesn't everyone?

Siouxie, great rafting pic! But I'm with lowercase cg on the pig one. I was afraid it was going to be you-know-who, but in fact it was ickier! ;)

[DeskDiva]

Nice photo, Siouxie! Looks like it was a lot of work, but LOADS of fun!

[Richard the Weasel-Hearted]

Coincidentally, I just passed three -- that's 3 -- police cars, lights flashing, surrounding a single young man getting off a small motorcycle. I'll probably go to my grave wondering what the heck that was all about -- stolen and/or speeding, I would guess, but 3 cars?

[DeskDiva]

It seems they can't do anything without multiple backups now, as a result of lawsuits, even with dashboard-mounted cameras. Or that's my presumption, anyway.

[Richard the Weasel-Hearted]

Yeah, that could be it, DD.

[Siouxie]

Thanks, ladies. It really was a lot of fun. Sorry for the pig photo ;-P

insom & Stevie! *snorks* @ you both!

[diverdowndoc]

*sporks* all around

[Jazzzz]

ddd! howdy girl! good to see ya. Hope you and all the doclings are well.

[diverdowndoc]

Doin' great, Jazzzzie! I'm in Macon this weekend working. How is OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOklahoma, where the wind comes whipping down the plain....

Sorry, middle America showtunes just carry me away!

[diverdowndoc]

'kay, well, I gotta go to bed 'cause I gotta wrestle Darwin early.

Gunite!

[Jazzzz]

ddd....Arkansas....but close enough

[pete]

When i first read this I thought,"wow, 275 lbs. is a lot of pork for a motorcycle." Then again, most biker chicks I've seen....

[pete]

It's almost 11 here, I just got in from the field so I've missed everything. Actually, I've missed everything for the past 10 days. Looking at some of the back posts I came across a scolding issued by Judi at Fivver.
[b]sorry, sarcasm sometimes sets me off.[/b]

Posted by: judi | 06:06 PM on July 13, 2007

Isn't sarcasm sort of the norm around here?

[GungaDan]

Good morning Pete, welcome back.

[DeskDiva]

pete - watch the weight comments, willya? ;-)

[cowhand214]

I see the pigs managed to slap the cuffs on them . . .

[pete]

That's really bad, cowhand.

Sorry, DD, mornin', Sweetie.

Hey, Dan, haven't blogged with you for a while.

[jec666]

Stealing pork and hogs??? Must be chubby-chasing pigs.

[crossgirl]

morning all. i'll be frying up some bacon and sausage if anyone wants breakfast.....

[cowhand214]

Pete: I apologize. The bloody mary coffee hasn't kicked in yet

[Siouxie]

Mornin' peeps!

*gets coffee started and joins cg in the blog kitchen*

I'll make the quiche and sunday brunch mimosas.

[Jazzzz]

hey Cg ....and just WHERE did you get these pork products? It would take, say, 275lbs to feed all of these bloggers

[Jazzzz]

sends *smooch* to Siouxie this fine Sunday morn.

[ScottMGS]

Good morning from the left coast, everyone. Quiche sounds great, Siouxie. I'll defy it's emasculating effects (either that or it's too late).

[Just Ducky]

Good morning, y'all--it's EARLY!

*stands in line for bacon, quiche, mimosas, and smooches*

[Siouxie]

Mornin' boys! *smooch* to both!

Scott, real men eat quiche!

[Siouxie]

Ducky!! mornin'!!!

*SMOOOOOCH* I know it's early. My oldest came home at 3:30 from a club this morning and I had to wake her up before 8 for her driving class. I need coffee!! God help those morning drivers out there with her.

[Just Ducky]

*Smooches Siouxie*

Driving class? After being in a club till 3:30? Que?

(Is that the explanation for Florida drivers?)

[ScottMGS]

Mornin' Siouxie. *Smooches* around.

So you've got a late-nighter, too, eh? I'm the first one to bed around here. Mine just hang around and giggle together until 3. Then they expect us to get them up in time and grumble at us about it! Last Sunday, my youngest (15) wanted me to get her up at seven so she could get ready before church. I told her that her cell phone has an alarm. Dang if she didn't use it (and grumble about it, but at least she didn't grumble at me!). Still working on the older one.

[ScottMGS]

Good point, Ducky!

[Just Ducky]

Good luck, Scott! I'm up because my youngest is going to Houston with friends today, and he sleeps THROUGH his alarm most of the time, so I'm the back-up alarm.

Really, really need coffee...

[Jazzzz]

and a *smooch* to Ducky as well. good mornin' sweetie

[ScottMGS]

My oldest does that, Ducky. She's like molasses in January in the morning.

[Just Ducky]

JAZZZZIE! Good morning! Haven't seen you much lately--how are things?

Scott, I love that simile. Fits my son to a T.

[Siouxie]

Ducky, that must be it. Either that or she'll be a great driver. I told her IF you can drive around Miami ,half asleep and make it home, you can drive anywhere.

Scott, she uses her cell phone alarm AND back up alarm to get up. She's already used to getting herself up in the morning at college. My youngest will be a problem as she won't have me YELLING every 5 mins.

[Just Ducky]

Siouxie, my youngest is in college, but still lives at home. I am the snooze alarm, too!

I wouldn't be so sleepy this morning, but I stayed up way too late re-reading the 5th Harry Potter book. I wanted to refresh my memory before seeing the movie. Even the second time around, I have a hard time putting it down.

[Meanie the Blue]

Speaking of the young wizard, my family has been trying to corner me into a midnight gathering in NYC for the launch of the seventh and supposedly last HP book. The hook: THIS!

They know my weak spots very well.

[Just Ducky]

Meanie! I'm so jealous! Dave was just in New York. It's not fair.

*pouts*

[Edgar Greenberg]

See thatt's what's good about Elon Weintraub. I believe there is only one in the entire world, and there are absolutely no Edgar Greenberg's, so you always know it's me.

[Edgar Greenberg]

Unless it's me.

[ScottMGS]

We saw the IMAX version of HP5 on Friday. The big brouhaha at the Department of Mysteries is in 3D. It's interesting but now I have to see it the plain way to see which I like better.

On Sunday the 22nd a bunch of us are gathering at church after services to read the first several chapters aloud. Should be loads of fun. Of course, our kids won't be there because they'll be up at camp. They're going to have some discipline problems up there because I'm *sure* that some of the kids will bring the book with them and if people start telling spoilers there'll be hell to pay! My youngest says she's going to take a bunch of bookmarks and when she sees someone reading she'll slap a bookmark in and slam the book shut.

[ScottMGS]

*pout* @ MtB

[Meanie the Blue]

Ducky - Dave will be there only on video, and the event will be webcast. Ridley and other authors will be there in person, along with an expected crowd of about 5,000 ersatz HPs, Hermiones, Dumbledores, etc. I may go as a Dementor ;)

[Just Ducky]

Scott, your girl's out of control! ;-)

Although The Attack of the Spoiler Bookmarks wbagnf something...

[Siouxie]

Dave? via video?? that'll be interesting, Meanie!

[Just Ducky]

Meanie, it still sounds like great fun. Although I don't picture you as a Dementor, really.

[Edgar Greenberg]

Meanie, maybe instead of going as a dementor, you can put on a blue shirt and convince people that Dave decided to go in person after all.

[SW]

"Dave Barry (via video) and Ridley Pearson..."

Sometimes those webcasts from Tahiti get a little staticky. On the bright side, maybe the grass-skirted cocktail waitresses will appear onscreen with him once in awhile.