Dave's Cookout - Come On Down!
4 p.m. on the 4th of July. Come on. The more the merrier! Just follow the map to McDaniel Farm Park in Duluth, GA. We’ll be a little less than a mile along the trail, to the left. The spot will be nice and shady. I’ll be the guy at the grill. There is no promise of good food. But the conversation will be great.
T-mail me for directions. Or just Google it, and come on down!
My plans- a cookout for about a half-dozen. Even though a grilling neophyte, I could handle that. I found a great deal on some disposable grills. I have a spatula and a fork. So, no problem.
I’m not sure how matters developed from there… We invited another couple, or two. And some more. Word got around. The phone started ringing. And now we have twenty five people coming to the cookout.
What to do….What to do…
The only grilling I can do is with a disposable grill. I light the match, let it sit for awhile, and cook the hamburger. Sometimes it’s burned, or raw, and sometimes it’s good. These grills are about the size of a big book. I’m going to have to buy some more. Lots more.
The parks around here are a beehive for the holidays. Especially the Internationals pack the parks, squeezing into every available space with children and loud music. I was thinking McDaniel Farm would be a place with a good chance of securing a picnic table. It’s basically a walking and nature park. It does not have playgrounds or grills. So my idea was to use a table located about three quarters of a mile inside the park. It was a good plan for the few of us. But now….we’ve 25 or more guests, and some have not walked a mile in many years.
What to do…What to do…
I’ll simply go with the flow. No need to worry this thing to death. It’s for fun. I’ll roll a portable grill in there. Everybody else will pitch in, and we will have a great time. Right?
So come on! Dave’s Cookout begins at 4. I’ll bring some extra grills, you bring a spatula, and we’ll have a good time.
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surrogate (
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07.02.07 (8:35 am)
Have a great time. Would that I could.
posted by:
PastorDave (
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07.02.07 (9:50 am)
Reply to: surrogate
I've got it all figured out. You leave home at 1:00 a.m. on July 4th. Average 60 mph. Even take two 30-minute-breaks along the way. You should arrive at the cookout an hour ahead of time. Hang around. Eat a few burgers. Then head on back home. If you make decent time, you will be home in time for work next morning. Sound good?
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LadyG (
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07.02.07 (10:08 am)
I will be there PD, I will bring the dessert and the lemonade, I have a large cooler.
posted by:
bawdy (
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07.02.07 (11:12 am)
I'll bring 500 of my closest friends.
posted by:
auntconi (
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07.02.07 (12:57 pm)
The people should each bring their own chair ... have food set up on a table ... an they can balance their food/drink on their lap, or just mingle around.
Sounds like a terrific day and if I could just hitch a ride with surrogate, I'll be glad to join ~ we could bring some chips and salsa!
Hehehehe ~ now I'll go rattle surrogate's chain and see what he says ~ *giggle
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auntconi (
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07.02.07 (12:59 pm)
~ hehehe ~ I am so silly!
posted by:
auntconi (
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07.02.07 (2:38 pm)
surrogate? ~ you there yet?
~ got a request, if'n you don't mind
~ i promise not to sing, does that help at all?
~ please? ~ pretty, please?
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PastorDave (
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07.02.07 (2:48 pm)
Reply to: LadyG
You just bring the flowers. And a big smile. Uhh, and the lemonade. Come to think about it, the cooler would be nice, too. You want cheese on your hamburgers?
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PastorDave (
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07.02.07 (2:50 pm)
Reply to: bawdy
500? Seems I remember a story about a man who kept breaking & breaking the hamburgers, and next thing you know, he fed a crowd of 500 with 5 humburgers and 2 dill pickles. Something like that.
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PastorDave (
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07.02.07 (2:55 pm)
Reply to: auntconi
Gonna ride with surrogate? Great. There's a few more you need to give a ride, if you don't mind. Just a friend in Indiana. One in Iowa. Oh, and Knoxville. Any chance your route might take you through Florida?
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LadyG (
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07.02.07 (3:04 pm)
Reply to: PastorDave,
Pd, silly me didn't think about flowers, I will bring a big beautiful design with sunflowers along with extra lemonade now that I know that bawdy is bringing 25 extra people, I would love some cheese on my hamburger with onions and jalepeno.
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mimi (
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07.02.07 (3:24 pm)
i wish i could, but i have instructions that i am to help april in the kitchen and hang out at her pool : ) so, we all know where i will be but my heart will certainly stop by to visit you'all! xoxox
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auntconi (
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07.02.07 (3:55 pm)
i'm still trying to get surrogate to answer ~ he is so busy these days ~ but he has such a big heart i'll bet he would be glad to pick up a few more of your friends ~ yep, bet he would!
buzz ` buzz ~ surrogate, you there yet?
*giggle
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scubadiva (
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07.02.07 (4:17 pm)
I could be quite amusing and spread the word to some rather 'colorful' individuals to show up. But, like me, they don't venture OTP. If I wasn't at the fish tank, I'd do it and then just sit in the distance watching the hilarity begin.
You're going to have a long day after running the Peachtree and then cooking burgers...
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LadyG (
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07.02.07 (5:57 pm)
Pd you better start cooking them burgers early, I just noticed that bawdy is bring 500, I will also be bringing extra guest that's visitng from out of state.
posted by:
Intricategirl (
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07.02.07 (7:07 pm)
Hey, pastors aren't supposed to be OFFERING the temptations!!! lol
I'm reminded of a joke a friend told me once. A teacher asked that all of her students bring in an article that their faith uses in their worship. The first little girl gets up for her report and says, "I'm Jewish, this is a menorah, and we use it to celebrate the miracle of light." The next little boy got up and said, "I'm Catholic, this is a rosary, and we use it in prayer." Another child gets up and says, "I'm Baptist, this is my casserole dish, and we use it at every celebration." :D
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PastorDave (
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07.03.07 (6:38 am)
Reply to: mimi
So, you absolutely MUST hang out at the pool. That's quite a cross to have to bear. You & April and the gang, and your sweetheart, have a great time.
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PastorDave (
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07.03.07 (6:40 am)
Reply to: scubadiva
Colorful individuals? Now you know, even as I am a pastor, one cannot live around here without getting to know a few colorful individuals. Perhaps we even have the same acquaintances. Uhh, perhaps not. But I'd love to meet these interesting persons.
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PastorDave (
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07.03.07 (6:42 am)
Reply to: LadyG
Bring em on, I've no worry. Once the guest roll jumped from 5 to 25, an extra hundred or so will be no problem. We'll just cut the burgers in half, and water down the ketsup. Nobody will even notice.
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PastorDave (
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07.03.07 (6:46 am)
Reply to: Intricategirl
An oldie and a goodie!
Here's another old joke:
Pastor goes to the nursing home to visit an elderly member. As he enters the room, he finds she is "occupied" at the moment. So he sits down and casually begins to eat peanuts from a bowl on the nightstand. He eats another and another, and ends up eating them all. She returns from attending to her necessities. The pastor apologizes for eating all of her peanuts. She says, "Oh, pastor, that's no problem. My son brought those the other day, and I can't eat peanuts anyhow. So I just sucked the chocolate off of 'em."
posted by:
scubadiva (
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07.03.07 (7:40 am)
ITP Colorful people are generally a lot more colorful than OTP colorful.
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PastorDave (
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07.03.07 (4:18 pm)
Reply to: scubadiva
Resulting from my weekend at the Omni, I guess I agree.
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auntconi (
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07.03.07 (8:59 pm)
Hope you have a nice time at your party!
~ unfortunately surrogate said he would not be able to follow your plan (as you so nicely posted) as he has guests from *someplace (forgot just where) and can't get away ~ so then that makes it unable for him to pick up your friends along the way.
So, perhaps another time ~ thanks for the invite!~and sporks would be good for eating coleslaw (imho)
*giggle
The best to you and yours!
posted by:
seochris (
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07.04.07 (9:23 pm)
Oh! I'm gonna miss this Dave very much.
posted by:
almsthvn (
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07.05.07 (4:53 pm)
SPORKS!
They like cookies. I learned that from Veggie Tales.
posted by:
auntconi (
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07.05.07 (8:41 pm)
Reply to: almsthvn
~ what? ~ sporks eat cookies?
~ oh no, look out cookie monster!
~ beware of the sporks!
alms and i will help you with the cookies
~ you know ~ so the sporks don't get them ~ deal?
posted by:
heavyarms (
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07.06.07 (10:17 am)
I can't tell you how disappointed I am that you, a heterosexual (I'm assuming) MAN (I'm pretty sure) from the SOUTH (I'm quite certain) would call himself a "grilling neophyte" and dare to show his face in public.
Go to Wal-Mart, or Target, or Home Depot and buy yourself the following:
Weber One-Touch Grill (probably the best simple charcoal grill ever made)
One grill length (at least 14 inches) turner, some people erroneously call this a 'spatula'
One grill length set of tongs
A pair of grilling or welder's gloves
A chimney-style charcoal starter
A big 'ol bag of charcoal
Now, go out in the woods and spend the next few days throwing hunks of various pieces of meat on the grate (with the fire lit, of course) and don't come back until you can bring me something edible and I'll give you your "Man" chit back.
Come on Dave, the ability to cook meat over open flame is what separates us from the monkeys. And the women.
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auntconi (
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07.09.07 (3:51 pm)
Reply to: heavyarms
~ now if I wasn't positive I'd think this was my deceased hubby speaking (about grilling, I mean) ~ "Men, we grill over open fire!" ~ Oh how he loved to grill; as did I ...
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heavyarms (
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07.10.07 (9:40 am)
Reply to: auntconi
Sounds like he was a pretty ok guy...
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auntconi (
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07.10.07 (12:34 pm)
Reply to: heavyarms
~ and that he was; he is missed, 'specially when it comes to grillin' time! (and that ain't all, either)
