Have a waffle with Carol

[Jack Hargreaves]

Hello People, I've been following the chat on here for some time, and finaly decided to register so that I can correct some peoples notion about David Watkins. I met David, briefly, in the Boat House restaurant in Castara in January. Indeed He has got waist length blonde hair, that waves provocatively in the Caribbean breeze. He's well over 6ft tall, well built. (almost muscular) debonair, sophisticated and witty. The rumour that he carries a bottle of White Oak Rum arround with him in a plastic bag is a damn lie. I hope this puts the record straight for all you doubters.

[David Watkins]

Thank you Jack,reputation retrieved
David

[Jack Hargreaves]

Glad to oblige David, maybe see you again in Jan. 2009. Regards Jack

[David Watkins]

You bet!!!!!

[Carol Townsend]

Aha! A new recruit!
A warm welcome to the Waffle thread Jack!
I think you'll fit in just fine. Thank you for confirming my fantasies about David; that is just how I imagined him to be!

Have you ever considered taking up modelling David?
In anticipation of seeing you on the catwalk,
Noe
xxx

[Jack Hargreaves]

Thanks for the welcome Noe, Do you mean the Tom catwalk?

[Carol Townsend]

Miaow!

[SandraK]

David
What reputation ?

Jack
Welcome.

Sandra

[David Watkins]

Prexactly

[Bill B]

Hello Tony and all the other old rockers,

Thanks for being brave enough to post your picture.

You and some others really had a totally different young adulthood than I did. Being just a few year older (born 1945) got me there a few years ahead of the free-spirited souls of the peace and love movement. Met Mary Lou (both 16), graduated high school and got jobs (18), got married (20), had our first son (22) and bought our first house (24). Never travelled outside the US, except for a couple of day trips across the border to Canada and Mexico, until our first cruise in 1998. We've loosened up a lot in the last ten years but still have that 'protestant' work ethic.

Welcome aboard Jack. After reading your description of David it's obvious that your as off balance as the rest of us loonies who inhabit the 'Waffle'

Bill

[Bill B]

And now for something completely different

Boat rides and tubing. Cooking pizza and apple pies over a campfire. Swimming off our dock. Water balloon fights. Playing dominoes during a rainy afternoon. A quiet nightcap with our neighbors, on our deck over the water, under a starlit sky with a show of lightening off in the distance from a passing summer storm.

The past two weekends we've had our two youngest grandkids (cousins) down to our cottage. Morgan is 12 going on 20, like most young ladies her age, and Jon is 12 acting like 5 quite often as most young men his age.

After reading the recent postings and reflecting back I realize that the most important blessings in my life have been my family and friends. Not that I haven't been the recipient of a lot of material blessings as well.

Peace to all

Bill

[GillMathews]

Hello Jack,
So U were lurking for a while and still chose to join us in the box of frogs.Brave man And you appear to have ready made street cred having made the aquaintence of our very own roving reporter and adviser on anything ( honeymoons a speciality ):- the lovely David . Welcome and happy waffling.
Carol,
Lovely picture.It has a birthday feel about it ?
I am so looking foreward to the forum holiday union when it happens. Cant wait to meet the debonair chap with the flowing locks Ooh just had a thought Gisella has'nt already sent you a picture of him has she
Bill
Your cottage by the lake sounds wonderfull.Clearly you have lots of life's good stuff.
Night everyone
Gill x x x
Ps You mentioned a venue David, how intriguing

[Carol Townsend]

Welcome aboard Jack. After reading your description of David it's obvious that your as off balance as the rest of us loonies who inhabit the 'Waffle'

Bill

Greetings Bill!
I hope you're not suggesting that Jack's description of David is less than accurate....

Thank goodness for you and David having a coventional youth; I was feeling the odd one out amongst these free spirits!

Your weekend sounds perfect, and you are clearly a very contented man. What, however is "tubing"?

Gill,
No Gisela hasn't sent me a photo of David unforunately.

I'm not sure about my photo being a birthday one as my mum always dressed me in pretty dresses with ribbons in my hair; which I hated and would pull off whenever she wasn't looking! I know it was taken in our house as I recognise the wallpaper. I have another photo taken a couple of years later of myself and my cousin, by the river. She is wearing the everyday clothes of the era, whereas I have curly hair and what could be a party dress, but I hadn't been to a party, and it certainly wasn't the kind of thing you wear for a stroll on the riverbank!

I'm intrigued by David's mention of a venue; maybe its Bude, if we can drag Bill across the pond!
See ya!
Noe

[SandraK]

Noe
Just sat down to lunch and there you are. Hope you are having a good day, blowing a gale here so have abandoned garden for a detangle.
Sandra

[Dianne K]

Like Jack, I have also been a bit of a cypber stalker on this forum. Having limed with David on both our trips to Tobago, I am wondering if Jack met Fabio rather than David (David is much more stunning:)

I can answer the question regarding "tubing" as I am also from midwest US. Tubing typically refers to sitting/lying in an inner tube and being dragged around the lake via a water skiing rope attached to a speed boat. However, some may consider tubing sitting in the tube with beverage of choice in hand while floating aimlessly in the water. Both are enjoyable.

Actually, Bill, I am surpised to hear that you actually can "use" your lakes in Illinois. With all the recent rains/flooding in Wisconsin, we have a "slow, no wake" order in place and the township is even considering not allowing any watercrafts on the water-which will cancel our daily cocktail sunset pontoon boat cruises.

Dianne

[Carol Townsend]

Hey another new recruit!
Welcome Dianne to what seems to be the "David Watkins Fan Club Thread"!

David, I didn't realise you had such a following. As you seem to be a celeb I suppose I'd better try and be a bit respectful towards you!

Dianne, I couldn't remember exactly who Fabio was so googled his name, and must say I think he would look better with short hair! I looked at his fan site and thought the pictures of him posing on the covers of romantic novels were absolutely....HILARIOUS! Sorry Fabio, I daresay you make a good living out of it, but honestly....!!

Thanks for explaining "tubing".
Noe (still giggling)

[SandraK]

Bill
Sounds like you are having a ball, total envy. At present it's foul here - think we may have had our summer ( one week last month ). Will have to sort out a suunny spot to fly off to and sod my carbon footprint.
Sandra

[Bill B]

Welcome Dianne,

It's good to have someone from this side of the pond 'waffling' who understands some of the terms and idioms I use. The tubing I was referring to was pulling the kids behind our pontoon boat although we have done the other version. The lake we are on was formed by damming a river and just about every year we will get a group together (as many as twenty tubers), drive past the dam and then float for a few hours on a hot afternoon. We usually take a small inflatable dinghy or two to hold the beverage coolers and assorted snacks and lunch items .

Where are you located in Wisconsin? The Chain of Lakes area near us has had a no boating rule in effect for the last several days. We live in the Chicago area but our summer home is on a lake in northwest Indiana so has not been affected by the flooding. We can still take our cocktail and night time cruises. There is a large amusement park located at the other end of the lake that does a fireworks display from a barge in the water every Friday and Saturday during the summer and boating down to see it is always a favorite way to spend an evening.

Having met Mr. Watkins I can only assume that his alien "Reality Perception Distorter" was malfunctioning at that time as I saw what he really looks like

Bill

[Jill M]

Bill,

Having met Mr. Watkins I can only assume that his alien "Reality Perception Distorter" was malfunctioning at that time as I saw what he really looks like

But was it his or yours that was malfunctioning ??????? Maybe THEY saw the real one !!!!!

Jill

[Bill B]

Jill,

If David looked as they have described him why does he refuse to post a current picture of himself?

Bill