Sunday, May 3, 2009

Radio Silence

I'll be offline for a few days, as Mrs. Paco and I make our way to the outer banks to visit Ma Paco (with a couple of stops on the way to buy books and ammunition). I'll leave you with a couple more photos of spring at the Paco Command Center.

We don't have much of a backyard - just 12 feet to the next lot line. But what there is is filled with azaleas and rhododendrons.






See you soon, and be vigilant in upholding the doctrines of paquismo.
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  1. AnonymousMay 4, 2009 at 7:05 AM

    Have fun Paco, you deserve it.
    A.M.
    Laranapelúa.

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  2. Mercurius AulicusMay 4, 2009 at 7:55 AM

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  3. Mercurius AulicusMay 4, 2009 at 7:57 AM

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  4. Mercurius AulicusMay 4, 2009 at 7:59 AM

    I'll be offline for a few days, as Mrs. Paco and I make our way to the outer banks to visit Ma Paco (with a couple of stops on the way to buy books and ammunition)
    Just what will you be doing when you get there?

    (Sorry for the deletions - damn blogger formatting)

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  5. JeffSMay 4, 2009 at 9:04 AM

    Have a good vacation, Paco!

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  6. PacoMay 4, 2009 at 9:22 AM

    MCB: I have a theory about hollow points and The Brothers Karamazov.

    Thanks Jeff and Laranapelua.

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  7. MehaulMay 4, 2009 at 9:32 AM

    Have a great break. Safe travel.

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  8. richard mcenroeMay 4, 2009 at 9:53 AM

    Sounds like someone needs to bleg a satphone for offshore internet.

    Have a save trip and keep the pointy end off the brown bits of the chart.

    And you know what this means, don't you, Blairites? OPEN THREAD!

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  9. AnonymousMay 4, 2009 at 10:05 AM

    Enjoy Paco & Mrs. Paco. Spring is a nice time for a road trip, and visiting mom for Mother's Day ought to get you some points ;)

    Ship a little sunshine up my way if you find it, please.

    Retread

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  10. IsophoroneMay 4, 2009 at 10:12 AM

    Safe travels, and have a good time.

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  11. RebeccaHMay 4, 2009 at 10:42 AM

    Say hello to Ma Paco for us! Enjoy!

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  12. richard mcenroeMay 4, 2009 at 11:33 AM

    All right, I've got the keg. Someone give me a hand with the sawhorses and 2x4's.

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  13. Mercurius AulicusMay 4, 2009 at 2:17 PM

    Vaya con Díos, Señor Paco

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  14. AnonymousMay 4, 2009 at 3:54 PM

    Richard, I've got the ice and the scotch, and burgers and charcoal. Or does Paco have a gas grill?

    Retread

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  15. WimpyMay 4, 2009 at 7:51 PM

    Paco, how can you allow people, humans for G**** sake! live within eyeshot of you!

    Anyway enjoy! I'll be here all alone working ....

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  16. richard mcenroeMay 4, 2009 at 8:18 PM

    The Band's Here!retread -- I'm not sure if that was the gas grill or the water heater. Check when it comes back down.

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  17. richard mcenroeMay 4, 2009 at 9:49 PM

    Carol -- Sorry, I just realized my post to you a couple threads back didn't take.

    You should be able to post on my blog using either 'anonymous' or 'name/url', since you have your own blog, yes? Just click the carat next to
    Post As and scroll down...

    And never mind the open page, Carter is partying without us!

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  18. AnonymousMay 5, 2009 at 4:09 AM

    I'll make the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxv2hOlFav4&feature=related beer run. Dean Martin

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  19. AnonymousMay 5, 2009 at 4:12 AM

    Oops my truck broke.
    capizipi=Italian for screwup.

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  20. kcMay 5, 2009 at 9:09 AM

    I stopped by to see if we'd do the same thing during Paco's absence that we do when Tim's out...and am pleasantly surprised to see it's EXACTLY what we do.

    I'll make any beer runs or trips out for other essentials, since I don't drink anything but coca-cola and sweet tea at these little flings!

    And I make a pretty mean potato salad, too.

    Paco, you and the Mrs and Ma Paco have a wonderful time, we'll clean up before you get back...promise!

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  21. yojimboMay 5, 2009 at 10:56 AM

    Hmm

    Paco announces a trip to the outer BANKS on the same day that Obama urges a crackdown on OFFSHORE BANKING.

    I think there are some dots to be connected here.

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  22. richard mcenroeMay 5, 2009 at 11:16 AM

    Yojimbo -- EVERYBODY who's ANYBODY knows that Paco's idea of offshore banking involves the vault on the Andrea Dorea.

    Why do you think wronwright got that Diver Dan helmet for Xmas?

    the dancers are here!

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  23. AnonymousMay 5, 2009 at 11:39 AM

    Richard, looks like it was the water heater, not because I can recognize the pieces that came through the porch roof and cracked the floor, but just because the water heater is missing and nothing else would explain that hole through the second floor and roof.

    More scotch anybody?

    Retread

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  24. YojimboMay 5, 2009 at 11:45 AM

    Richard: Ha! My bad, what was I thinking?

    KC potato salad
    Retread burgers
    Yojimbo Che burgers & bean dip

    Sounds like Blairistan is back in business!

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  25. S.loganMay 5, 2009 at 12:25 PM

    Enjoy the time away! Thanks for more pretty flower pictures. Love 'em. You should take beach photos at the OBX. That way, those of us who don't have the good fortune of vacationing on the beach can live vicariously through you...

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  26. richard mcenroeMay 5, 2009 at 4:01 PM

    retread -- Then this must be the grill

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  27. RebeccaHMay 5, 2009 at 4:17 PM

    If that's Paco's dog, then he thinks you're both nuts.

    Burgers with a lighter fluid tang, mm-mmm!

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  28. kaeMay 5, 2009 at 6:10 PM

    I'm here!

    (How long's this party been goin' on?)

    WV: lutch
    close to lunch

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  29. JeffSMay 5, 2009 at 7:56 PM

    What, no meade? Darn it, wronwright, leave some for us!!!!

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  30. richard mcenroeMay 5, 2009 at 8:41 PM

    Found the wine cellar!

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  31. AnonymousMay 5, 2009 at 8:48 PM

    Paco has a well-stocked fridge, kae. Pick out whatever strikes your fancy. Save room for dinner, though. Mr. Bingley has some steaks.

    Retread

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  32. cacMay 5, 2009 at 8:54 PM

    I believe there's also a fairly well stocked library should we run out of fuel to cook things on. Burgers cooked over the pages of the adventures of Flashman or Jack Aubrey, who could ask for more?

    Is Spurgeon still in residence or are things self serve?

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  33. kcMay 5, 2009 at 9:25 PM

    Personally, I'm hoping Spurgeon has gone with Paco - he makes my knees go wobbly.

    Now I've got to clean up part of the mess in my kitchen & get some rest. Y'all enjoy, I'll be back tomorrow morning with coffee!

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  34. IrobotMay 6, 2009 at 1:57 AM

    For some reason one of those shrubs always reminds me of The Man With Two Brains.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085894/quotes

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  35. richard mcenroeMay 6, 2009 at 3:14 AM

    Now that the ladies have retired to leave the gentlemen to their cigars and port, it's time for the evening's entertainment

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  36. SkeeterMay 6, 2009 at 3:38 AM

    I'm watching you lot and I am appalled at the mess.
    If you have looked closely at Paco's library photos, you will be aware that Mrs Paco likes a clean house. What may be news to you is that she is also a good shot and she has never had to dirty the second barrel of her 410.
    If you want to avoid leaky skins, right now is a good time to start repairing your damage, restocking the bar and giving the place a really good clean up.

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  37. kaeMay 6, 2009 at 4:42 AM

    But Skeets, it's only early!

    (mutter mumble, party pooper)

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  38. PogriaMay 6, 2009 at 6:14 AM

    Wait!

    Have none of you noticed there's something wrong here?!?

    Where's wronwright?

    Oh my God, NO!!!!!!!

    We've slipped into a parallel universe!!!

    This is NOT the real Paco blog!!!

    Stay where you are, I'll get help!!

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  39. richard mcenroeMay 6, 2009 at 9:45 AM

    wronwright? He's taking care of Paco's offshore banking

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  40. YojimboMay 6, 2009 at 11:31 AM

    Obviously Wron didn't read the revisions dealing with the changes revising the suplemental draft to changes revising the changes to the previous revision of the supplemental. I would rather not say typical so I will just leave it at that for the moment.

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  41. YojimboMay 6, 2009 at 11:40 AM

    I sure hope Paco comes up with some new outlines for his Lost Diaries episodes. I have unionized indigenous people hand transcribe those onto my placemats at all of my Che Burger franchises. They form a perfect compliment to my free range cotton tablecloths.

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  42. MikaelMay 6, 2009 at 1:19 PM

    Hope I'm not to late for the party. Then again, these thing ought to take several days.

    Tell you what, I'll bring a bottle of a Danish specialty "Gammel Dansk." I'll be the first to admit it tastes like dead mice dissolved in battery acid, but it makes for a surprisingly great hair of the dog with the morning coffee.

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  43. richard mcenroeMay 6, 2009 at 3:14 PM

    The party livens up..., even as wronwright seeks unlikely help to get in...

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  44. RebeccaHMay 6, 2009 at 7:34 PM

    All right, I've searched Paco Command Center from top to bottom and all the floors in between, and I've yet to find the mead cellar. Don't tell me there's no mead cellar. What self-respecting RWDB and Captain of Industry would be without one?

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  45. AnonymousMay 6, 2009 at 7:44 PM

    Paco is sneaky, RebeccaH, look under the front porch.

    Retread

    be careful, TW: mines

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  46. richard mcenroeMay 6, 2009 at 7:52 PM

    I found the mead cellar...butI lost the directions. I think there's only enough in this flask for me...

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