Ya gotta know when to quit.

 Bob and Grrr were sitting around waiting for the rain to stop when Bob asked" ya know pal ya never tole me why you gave up being a movie star. Lot of parts you and Gretta could have and judging by the calls still  could have ? "

"Well old ape" replied Grrr the mighty T Rex, "Ya gotta know when to quit. The camera for the most part likes the young and Dont tell Gretta I said this. We were not the hot young dinos we once were."

"Interesting" said Bob. " But still I recall stars like you two going 40 50 years!  You two are greats".

"Thanks pal. Nothing a actor likes to hear more. Still the Camera does not lie and I never had Bruce's head for the deal making part of the movies . Time to go.  You were kind enough to let us be class dinos and that chance does not come often...even if the wolf children glued my feet to the desk."   

"Yeah,They let the air out of my tires and recall when one pulled the chair in the hall and I fell on my butt?" said Bob with a grin.

"yeah, and they hid me in a desk that was funny but jelly on my tail....Gretta laughed all night!"

"Yep wolfchildren are NOT for the timid." Replied Bob

 

TV AND 1984

 Grrr was rereading 1984. He had heard it when he was a class dino but had not read it. As he read it he keep looking up at the TV.  "You know old Ape Orwell was wrong. You don't need a Ministry of Truth to keep you monkey people in line. You just need a song or a TV!"

"Bah" replied Bob looking up from his history movie on the TV. We humans think for ourselves and use logic and reason"

"Sure you do," said Grrr with an evil T Rex grin. "Who was it that was telling me all the things that movie had wrong?" 

"Well,  yeah." admitted Bob " but  everyone knows  I "

"Everyone does not know pal. That is my point'. 

"Ok. so what? it is just a movie!" said Bob

"My point is made old ape. Everyone does NOT know and many of you apes will see that movie and think that serfs armed with farming tools could defeat armed knights!" replied Grrr

"Ok but it is only a movie" said Bob.

"Yeah? What about a distorted view of history and the ADS! 

Humans are told you take that powder in your drink  or wear this shirt  and a fat guy will look like he spent years in the gym. 

How about the ad before that?  You know, the one that said use this perfume and movie stars will fall at your feet? I spent years in Hollywood pal, and take my word for it; it does not work like that! "         said Grrr.

"Yeah but everyone knows a add....I" replied Bob

"What about when pols  hire other humans to use the same sort of thing to get you apes to vote for them?  You give other humans the power of life and death over you based on what some of you see on TV! 

You tell me that humans know some pols lie but you keep reelecting them based on what you apes see on TV!  Who is primitive now old ape?  Ole George was wrong..All Big Brother needs is some slick writers and TV!!'

Hum...The value of rain

 

The ladies had gone out and Grrr and Bob were looking out the window on a very rainy day in Dinotown.

"I hate rain." said Bob.

"yeah, me too. Remember when it used to rain at lunch and recess and we all had to stay in the class?" asked Grrr.

"Yeah the woffchildren hated that too" replied Bob. " I Hate the rain."

"yeah, me too." said Grrr.

Going to the icebox for a root beer Grrr said: "Hum seems the girls left us a " honey do list" ".

"What did they want us to do?" asked Bob

"Well, they want us to mow the lawn and pick up leaves and plant stuff."

replied Grrr.

"Humm...Bob looked at Grrr and the guys both looked out the window at the very wet day.

'You know pal," mused Grrr " the rain is kinda nice."

"Very true ole reptile. " replied Bob as he raised his coffee cup. "I love the rain." : )

Some guys got no kindness..said Grrr

 

Grrrr heard that they were having a pet show at the local golf club.

He wants to fit in so he called RaowRowrMeow, the Saber tooth tiger and asked her to help out...she said "sure" and came over the fence.

Now as you know Raow--Rowr is 15 feet long and 2000 pounds. Kitty size for Grrrr.

Any way they had a open lunch..lots of roasts..that did not go well as she was hungry and being a proper cat..even if a rather large one, she sat down to wash her face after dinner and the head of the local golf club tried to chase her and the kittens. She, being a proper mama cat, had of course brought the family.

Well, scaring the kittens was not wise... She is protective of her kids. She played "Mousie" with the President of the Golf Club.

She told Grrr that she had been insulted and he became angry. "some beings are just Not very kind roared Grrr.

So he and Godzilla, who was visiting from Japan, golf is big in Japan, went to the golf course and they sort of rearranged things Godzilla got kinda carried away and reenacted the part where he visited Tokyo

You think that this will effect my membership application??

Happy birthday AL !!!!

 

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(Note..Al owns a construction firm  specializing in swamp work and  has built several things for his pals Bob and Grrr.)

What do we get for Al Gator

Al's birthday was coming up and the boys had no idea what to get him.

So being wise, they asked their wives and Flower.

"Well" said Flower. "Al talks sometimes about a dish called Babute that he has when he swims down to Belize,  to visit the family for Christmas.  We could get the recipe and make it."

 "Wonderful, and you know it does get cold here of late, perhaps a nice sweater in green." said Stef.

"Yes,  and you know how Al loves his Earl Gray tea, but he was saying that it just does not taste right from a metal pot. I saw this nice Price and Kinsengton English tea pot in the mall." said Gretta.

Bowing Bob and Grrr both said "We are not worthy!!" 🙂

Well, that Thursday, it was Al's birthday. ( Ok,  if you want to be exact, Hatching Day, but it is the same thing.)

  Being a gentlegater and Southern as well as from a British family  Al was very polite.  "Thank you Y'all  ladies. "Right kind of you folks to have me over I..." Al's nose started to twitch,  "I say chaps, that cannot be!!"

"Oh but it is." said a smiling Flower, the hippy raptor and Gretta's younger sister, as she took the plate cover off a steaming bowl of babute. 

  'For those nights when it gets a bit cold in the swamp,"  Stef said handing Al a thick hand-made green sweater..

. "Really, I don't know what to say"...replied Al.

"Well, you can say that you will stop complaining  about how hard it is, "in the colonies," to find that tea you Limeys drink, " said Bob and Grrr  smiling and handing  Al the British teapot and 50 lbs of Twining Earl Gray."

Happy birthday ya bum".

Judge by actions not words

 

"You know it does seem a bit, well Odd LG." said Andre the French Rex said

"Turning from the picture that she was looking at, LG Grrr's girl replied.

"Well, a lot of the "New Art' is conceptional and the artist.."

"No, I mean Rex and Raptor being married and then having human friends." replied Andre

"Oh." said LG with a smile. "Well, mom and daddy were actors before they became Class dinos and they are, as Aunt Flower likes to say, "free souls."

As to the Humans, Uncle Bob gave Grrr the chance to be a Class -Dino and the two just hit it off. They and mom and Aunt Stef have been together for just ages."

"Still, this inter-species mingling... a bit odd don't you think? I.." Andre started to say.

"Andre let me make this clear, I was raised to judge beings by their actions, not their species. Dad says that there are only two types of beings Good and Bad". said LG, her eyes beginning to turn red rather like her father's eyes just before he goes Jurassic.

"That is rather Utopian my dear girl, but in the real world..." said Andre

"I am NOT your "dear girl" and won't be. Good Night and Good Bye Andre ".

Walking off, leaving Andre with his mouth open in surprise, LG took out her Cell phone and called her brother. Grrr Jr. "Brother, I am at the Art Museum, can you give me a ride home?"

"I am right down the block be there in two minutes sis." replied Grrr Jr.

As the dino kids were riding home on Jr.'s bike, he asked "How did it go with Andre?" After LG told him, Jr replied. "Could have told ya sis, that guy has his nose so high in the air, he needs a space helmet. You gonna tell Dad?"

"No. Momma and Aunt Stef or Aunt Flower perhaps, but not Daddy or uncle Bob." You know them." The two kids said together, in a deep voice, "Why I am going Jurassic on that maggot." The Dino kids were laughing together as they got home.

The cleaning problem.

 Bob and Grrr  cup in hand and can in claw were sitting unhappy about the garage,

"You heard the girls pal" said Bob "They said this place was a tad unkempt and we should clean it""i KNOW" replied Grrr. "But it looks fine to me what do yo think?" Looking around Bob replied "Me too" 

"Want to go in first and tell that to Stef and Gretta I mean you are a ole marine ..and Jr hi teacher. How hard can telling the girls be?" said Grrr with a sly T Rex look.

"I got a better Idea." replied Bob. How about YOU old reptile, mightly T Rex that you are go in first and tell Stef and Geretta this place if clean?

"Nope" replied Grrr..."Nope" replied Bob.

"Well pal that proves two things...we are not brave or dumb.!! " replied Bob "Still We gotta do something."  

"I got it! We turn the lights down! If the babes cannot see the mess. It is not there!" said Grrr

"Ole reptile, you are a genius!!! I take back all those cracks about T Rex brains!  " 

Bob and Grrr rushed about turning lights lower and closing the window!

 

Grrr's Bugout center

 Grrr, the mighty T Rex, was making a chart and pinning it on the wall of the Bugput room he had made when Bob, his human pal stopped by. "You know, ole reptile, this is a very nice Bug out lair you and Al made, Gretta and Stef decorated it and are even now on the NET looking for "a few nice things" I must say that climate control system and the armory and the BIG supply of eats was a nice touch.".

"Thanks pal. Happy you and Stef like it.  I cannot take full credit.  Al Gator and his crew did most of the work and Vlad flew in the power system he and Bruce found. Those guys are connected everywhere."

 "Well" said Bob. " I am not too surprised at that. Vlad does have long long connections with the big wigs in Europe and Bruce has a fin in everything. Still, I gotta ask why Fusion? Not that I dont like it, but how did you do it?"

"More like why  old ape" replied Grrr. " you know how the girls are about health and organics, and if you apes are right, I have my doubts of course, but if you are right, I did not want fuel made from dead dinos. So I asked around. I was gonna go atomic, but Gretta and Stef would NOT allow it. They saw a vid on Three Mile Island at the ladies club. 

So it had to be Fusion and like I said it helps to have friends!!!  

Dino bugout 2

 "We" said Grrr. "Me and Al  and the guys are protecting you and Stef from the nutty humans out there!

"what do ya mean you rotten reptile. We humans got bigger brains and can talk out problems  and.." replied Bob

Al Gator..drank his tea and moved his head from Bob to Grrr like a person following an interesting tennis match. 

"Listen old ape." replied Grrr. "Have you gotten your nose out of your old history books long enough to read the News? You monkey people are going Jurassic!"

"What do you mean? we humans use reason and logic and....."

Turning on Bob's TV Grrr said " Oh yeah..just look".

After seeing the mostly peaceful riots riots and the political events going on, 

Bob said " Grrr...Al I have just one thing to say.  You got an extra shovel??"

DINO BUGOUT ???

 

Bob was sitting,minding his own business, reading a history book when he heard a digging sound coming   from under his floor. Putting down his book and getting  out his 1911, he aimed in at the spot and when a shovel broke through the floor, fired a round saying" Freeze you ((**&^^$% maggot"

 He heard a voice saying  "Study on old chap. Y'll are fixin to scare mah crew" "Al" is that you?"Bob asked recognizing the voice of Al Gator  the builder. "yah! hold on old ape."  "Grrr ?  What the heck are you guys doing under my house?' "Put that thing away will ya? You are scaring Al's crew and I am paying them by the hour!!!!" Putting his 1911 in the desk. Bob saw Grrr's head, wearing  a hard hat, pop out of the hole.

"What am I doing? I do a favor for you ape and not even one lousy can of root beer!"  said Grrr or cup of earl grey! " put in Al  or  glass of sweet tea for us said  the crew" "What do we get??"?  asked  Grrr "That hand cannon of yours..good thing it was not the Mauser!!!"

"Ok..ok.." said Bob as he handed out root beer and Earl Grey and sweet tea "But you guys come diggi  ng through my floor! What is going on?

"We" said Grrr. "Me and Al  and the guys are protecting you and Stef from the nutty humans out there!

To be continued 

Someone runs that team

 TEAM PLAYER...Hum..that did not fly at Nuremberg.

The born in stay in social class

 Upon reflection I think what the USA had against slavery was the concept the one could be born into slavery and needed the permission of another to be free,

That is "classism" The idea that one is born into and must stay in a social class. Ok. For Euros perhaps; but we had said "men are born free" The very concept of born social class stank in the nose of most Americans. That is why , I think, they would not let the South leave as long as they had slaves and even if it took a war, and it did, they were going to end it. It is not that the people of the North in 1861 believed in what we call "diversity" they did not as a whole. But the nation of 1861 was not the nation of 1789. The nation was tied together by press, rail, and telegraph. People of the mid 19 century knew, and knowing,they were not having the born in your class..stay in your class system in America.

New tax??

 Alas I am not a billionaire  not even a lousy millionaire so Joe said he was gonna look after me,

Gee.. So joe? Why are prices going up while you GIVE $70.000.000.000. to foreign nations???

That is NOT what I call good looking out pal.