January 2023 chitchat

[agate]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[Virginia]

Thank you Agate for starting the January chitchat thread. I am wondering what everyone else is doing today. I just finished showering and doing my hair. I am going to fix supper which will consist of a small piece of pork loin, collards and black eyed peas. This is what we are suppose to eat, at least in the South. Do any others of you have such traditions? It would be nice to know what they are. I've got to go put my collards on and let them steam a while.

HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone here!!!

[agate]

Is that a variant of hoppin-john? I have a recipe for that but can't recall if I ever made it. When living in the south, I heard about it as a New Year's tradition.

I don't know of any other New Year's traditions except for "first footing." When I was still married, my husband had a friend who had Scottish ancestry and he would always drop in fairly early on New Year's Day because he said that as a tall, dark-haired man he would bring the best kind of luck if he was your first visitor on New Year's.

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[Virginia]

Very interesting. Now where can I get a tall dark haired man lined up for next New Years?

The black eyed peas are just plain peas. I use to get hoppin johns at other people's houses when I was out all the time and being more sociable, but now I just eat the peas since I am fixing them myself. I am looking forward to leftovers tonight.

[Howie]

Now where can I get a tall dark haired man lined up for next New Years?

(To the tune of Mighty Mouse) Here I come to save the day, tall dark Howie is on the way!

[Virginia]

Howie, I always thought you had medium to dark blonde hair, pulled back in your ponytail. That's how I have you pictured.

[agate]

You're all set, Virginia. Howie to the rescue! And if you have any teeth you need to have taken out, I believe he always travels with a pliers.

[Howie]

You're right Agate, I keep one pair in my back pocket, and a pair in the car. You never know when someone has a pesky bad tooth that needs pulling.

[agate]

Have you thought about branching out and doing cats' teeth? I have a friend who recently had to put her poor kitty through quite an ordeal just having a tooth extracted at the vet's. It took the kitty several days to recover, with meds for pain.

Howie's easy-pull method--is that what it's called?--might have been easier.

I heard of a dental practice called Dewey, Pullham, and Howe. Maybe that last name should have been Howie.

[Howie]

Cat's teeth? As Dirty Harry said, "A man has got to know his limitations".

[Virginia]

Would you pull a dogs tooth Howie? You might want to consider adding cleaning when it comes to dogs. They have to go to the vet and get theirs cleaned.

[agate]

Howie is branching out into dogs? That is so impressive. Alligators and crocodiles have teeth that look pretty interesting too.

Today I received a jury summons. People over a certain age can be exempt, and so I'm taking that exemption. I noticed that if I had opted to serve on the jury, I'd have been required to wear a mask.

[Howie]

I'm only doing human teeth. Less chance of being bitten, but I never rule that possibility out.

[agate]

Maybe you should outfit yourself with a suit of armor.

[Howie]

Or at least the glove from that suit!