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“Old Men & Coffee Shops” Hey—It’s Friday, Feb. 16, 2007 (…and you know what that means)

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Services for Real Estate Pros with Noted Curmudgeons

Today's episode has been modified at 4:50pm CST due to our inability to find a consistent layout for our trademark graphics. We removed our usual Cyber Cafe banner and our "advertising."
We begin with our cast of characters already in the coffee shop:

 

 “Hey Molly,” Medford called, “please bring us another round of
that fantastic organically & shade-grown, fair trade, French-Roast
coffee.”

 

 “Yeah, Molly,” Jay added, “our Collectible Codger™ porcelain
(not REAL china, but made in China) Mugs need refilling!”

 

 

 “KEEP YER BRITCHES ON,” Molly yelled in her usual outdoor
voice, “I’LL BE THERE IN A MINUTE!”

 

 

 “So exactly why are we here so early?” Carl asked, looking into
his now empty mug.

 

 

 

“It’s Friday!” Medford exclaimed.

 

 

 “You gotta know what THAT means, Carl,” Jay added, helpfully.

 

 

 

 “I’m RETIRED,” Carl replied, “it means pretty much the same as
any other day of the week.”

 

 

 “It means,” Medford said, as Molly FINALLY came by with the
coffee re-fills, “it’s deadline day.”

 

 

 “Deadline?” Carl asked, “deadline for what?”

 

 

 

 “It’s the deadline for submissions to the ‘CODGER™ CARNIVAL
of CURB APPEAL
,’ tonight at midnight,” Jay replied.

 

 

 “Oh sure,” Carl said, just a little derisively, “exactly which one of
you two will stay up that late to close the contest?”

 

 

 “Good point,” Jay replied, “I guess the deadline will be
submissions received before I fire up my computer on Saturday
morning.”

 

 

 “NICE TO SEE YOU STICK TO YOUR OWN RULES!” Molly
said, as quietly as she can, thus ending this episode.

 

 

 

Jay & Medford

Maureen McCabe
HER Realtors - Columbus, OH
Columbus Ohio Real Estate

Good luck on the contesst Codgers.  Isn't today the 16th?  I should send this offlist... I usually do but I really have nothing else to say this morning....

Elderberry?

Feb 15, 2007 10:05 PM
Boomer Jack Boardman & Carl McIntyre, the Codgers
Noted Curmudgeons - Saint Paul, MN

Maureen M: Date miscue corrected! Thank you. I appreciate that you made me aware here, because I won't be check email 'til later.

Jay 

Feb 15, 2007 10:08 PM
Maureen McCabe
HER Realtors - Columbus, OH
Columbus Ohio Real Estate
 Blog Comment by Cyber Café & Back Porch Conversations Jay Merton & Medford Ambrose-The Codgers: On ""Old Men & Coffee Shops" Hey-It's Friday, Feb. 16, 2007 (...and you know what that means)" 02/16/2007 06:08 AM
 You commented on: ""Old Men & Coffee Shops" Hey-It's Friday, Feb. 15, 2007 (...and you know what that means)"

 

And look I now have a limited edition Codger correction.  If you could make more errors I could start a collection.  How would that look on eBay?  A limited edition Codger correction collection... I bet Linda Davis would buy it to go with her mugs. 

Have a great day Jay and crew ...... ( I think that is a retailer too...  J. Crew? so you are a natural for selling chips, mugs, etc. )

Feb 15, 2007 10:33 PM
Boomer Jack Boardman & Carl McIntyre, the Codgers
Noted Curmudgeons - Saint Paul, MN

Maureen M: Yes you do! Hey, I'm on a different computer and our post looks horrible. What's up with that?

Jay

Feb 15, 2007 10:49 PM
Maureen Francis
Coldwell Banker Weir Manuel - Bloomfield Hills, MI
Coldwell Banker Weir Manuel
Post looks good from here.  I am glad you reminded me.  I need to figure out what to enter...
Feb 15, 2007 10:56 PM
Maureen McCabe
HER Realtors - Columbus, OH
Columbus Ohio Real Estate

Jay are you say your post looks ugly?  Or I look ugly...  I am a little cross this AM. 

I think you need to move your ad down to below the other graphic and put it on the left because the two side by side are too wide.  Then I see a big band of white between that and the Codgers conversation.  I thought it was a band of St. Paul snow.

Feb 15, 2007 11:02 PM
Rick & Ines - Miami Beach Real Estate
Majestic Properties - Miami Beach, FL

Leave it to Maureen to help you correct your layout!  I thought you guys would stay up 'till midnight to receive entries.....NOT! 

Ines

Feb 16, 2007 05:55 AM
Boomer Jack Boardman & Carl McIntyre, the Codgers
Noted Curmudgeons - Saint Paul, MN

Maureen M: I take great pains to edit may posts for appearance, but this template is most difficult to work with. What you see is not what you get! It looked fine when I left home, but later viewing it from another computer in another location it had the first two graphics side by side. And now in your first comment, I see notes from my home  page here on AR displayed in the comment!

Ines: Quite correct.

Jay 

Feb 16, 2007 07:34 AM
Bryant Tutas
Tutas Towne Realty, Inc and Garden Views Realty, LLC - Winter Garden, FL
Selling Florida one home at a time
 OK, I am really late today. Work has really been interfering with my AR time lately. Where do I submit my entries? Can I just enter them here? I'll try to e-mail them to you first.
Feb 16, 2007 11:13 AM
Bryant Tutas
Tutas Towne Realty, Inc and Garden Views Realty, LLC - Winter Garden, FL
Selling Florida one home at a time

Sorry, couldn't do the e-mail so here goes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are actual listings of mine. I guess you can figure out which one is good and which one is not so good.

Feb 16, 2007 11:20 AM
Boomer Jack Boardman & Carl McIntyre, the Codgers
Noted Curmudgeons - Saint Paul, MN

BB: House # 2 seems to be missing a few parts??? Thank you for your entry!

Jay 

Feb 16, 2007 11:45 AM
Linda Davis
RE/MAX Home Team - Gales Ferry, CT
My photos have been sent.  I went for big ugly.  Bryant went for little ugly.  May the best woman...umm I mean person win!   :-)
Feb 16, 2007 12:14 PM
Boomer Jack Boardman & Carl McIntyre, the Codgers
Noted Curmudgeons - Saint Paul, MN

Linda: You—and that “BloggoddessBroker” Teresa—busted the “No Mansions” rule all to pieces! OK-Fine! We now have a new category to consider. Oh, and by the way, your smaller home is also cheating—because it appeals way too much! I was waiting with great anticipation for your submission—and absolutely am NOT disappointed, thank you!

Jay
Feb 16, 2007 07:42 PM