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MontanaLady
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

NOSE!

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

Soft serve?

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
1 year ago

The booths at my country fair were selling regular ice cream, except for one that had those frozen dots.

Might be easier to transport than heavy soft serve machines… or at least, I didn’t notice any of those.

I didn’t look that hard, though.

Maybe cos I wasn’t about to pay the going rate… 7 or 8 dollars for an ice cream cone!

Alexikakos
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1 year ago

 
I wanted to try the mustard flavour soft cone this summer, but I wasn’t paying $13.00 ($9.34 U.S today) for a standard size D.Q. cone either.
 

Arfside
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

Probably similar to Filipino diniguan. Pretty tasty.

Tigressy
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1 year ago

Or one kind of Korean hangover soup. Same.

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

Got it right!

Alexikakos
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

 
Missed again.
I’m going to be disappointed when I recognize a grown celebrity from a childhood/adult picture set; my 100% score will drop.
 

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

I got it but I think I need to recuse myself… yeah, I know that’s the wrong word but I like it😁

Anyway, the reason is that I’m pretty sure I saw that early picture recently, for some reason. It may even have been a different picture but she looked the same.

Without that I’m not sure I would have recognized her.

Later I’ll post a spoiler with her name for those of you it bothers not to know….

Which reminds me… @P51Strega…. You asked, just the other night, for someone to tell you who it was in the celebrity picture, so I did it, not much later.

But I’m not sure you ever came back to see… and now I can’t remember the date.

MontanaLady
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

i will wait, anxiously!

P51Strega
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

I don’t worry too much about trivia gone by, it was more of a “from now on” request. Thank you.

bambushie
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

Just watched her history on finding your roots, it was a repeat, but I usually watch them again, it’s a good program

bambushie
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

Thank You

SusanSunshine
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1 year ago

Okay …it you still don’t know after looking at the spoiler Nighthawks posted…

Which shows her all grown up…

Be sure you’re through guessing, and really want a reveal, before you open this, because what’s seen….

can’t be unseen

It’s Julia Roberts.

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P51Strega
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

Is this Bambushie? Happy Birthday, you look fabulous.

bambushie
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Reply to  P51Strega
1 year ago

WHAT, I don’t think so!

Arfside
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

Definitely Bluto. A much better looking and stronger looking adversary for Popeye.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Arfside
1 year ago

Bluto was the one in the Popeye comics and cartoons from their creation until the 60’s…

So it’s Bluto I grew up with.

Brutus was a name, and slightly altered character, chosen when King Features got the rights to publish Popeye, when I was already adolescent.

They erroneously believed that Paramount/Fleischer still owned the rights to Bluto.

They later found out that he could have kept his original name and appearance all along, but they didn’t want to go back.

So to me, he was Bluto when I was watching Popeye, and will always be Bluto. The name Brutus has no standing.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

Did you guys know there was a real Popeye

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From an official Coat Guard website, a bit edited by me:

“His real name was Frank “Rocky” Fiegel.

He was born in 1868, in Poland and, as a child, immigrated to the United States with his parents, to a small town in Illinois.

As a young man, he went to sea.

After a 20-year career in the Merchant Marines, he retired.

He was later hired by Wiebusch’s Tavern in Chester, Illinois as a bouncer.

Rocky quickly developed a reputation for always fighting (and usually winning). As a result, he had a deformed eye (“Pop-eye”).

He also ‘always’ smoked his pipe, so he always spoke out of one side of his mouth.

As a bouncer, Rocky would entertain the customers with stories of adventures he claimed to have had over the ‘Seven Seas.’

The creator of Popeye, Elzie Crisler Segar, grew up in Chester, and, as a young man, met Rocky at the tavern and listened to his amazing ‘sea stories.’

Years later, Segar became a cartoonist and developed a comic strip called ‘Thimble Theater.’

He honored Fiegel by asking if he could model his new comic strip character, ‘Popeye the Sailor Man,’ after him. Naturally Fiegel was flattered and agreed.

Segar claimed that ‘Olive Oyl’ was also loosely based on an actual person, Dora Paskel, owner of a grocery store in Chester.

She apparently actually looked much like the Olive Oyl character in his comics.

Through the years, Segar kept in touch with Rocky and always helped him with a small percentage of what he earned from ‘Popeye’.

One reason this was on a coast guard website is that before WWII, Popeye was portrayed as being in the Coast Guard

Alexikakos
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

 
Now that is interesting.
Thanks.
 

MontanaLady
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

yay…. polish!!

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

I saw that someplace.

Saucy1121
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

Yes and no. He did inspire Popeye, but that isn’t his picture.

Was Frank ‘Rocky’ Fiegel the Inspiration for ‘Popeye’? | Snopes.com

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Saucy1121
1 year ago

Thanks!

Since it was on a coast guard website I thought they’d have checked it out!

Still, seems like a lot of it was true except the wrong picture, and the fact that he wasn’t a sailor…

And that Segar didn’t really tell him or help him.

Sigh…

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

Buddy has such a stick in the van. He would not let it go so it went in with him. :/

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
1 year ago

It’s better than him chewing on something else, i guess.
Choosing my battles.

More_Cats_Than_Sense
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1 year ago

Branch Manager, and Assistant Branch Manager.

MontanaLady
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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
1 year ago

good one!

MontanaLady
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

2 NOSES!

happyhappyhappy
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1 year ago

Alexikakos
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1 year ago

 
I have looked and looked and looked, but all the sites that allow one to read the comic go from issue No. 18 to issue No. 20.
“Nellie the Nurse” was quite racy for its time.
 

MontanaLady
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

NOSE!

Liverlips McCracken
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1 year ago

I believe I have found all ten, though confirmation will be needed.

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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
1 year ago

Excelsior!

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1 year ago

In re: Footloose
I’m curious to know if Kevin Bacon did any of his own dancing and/or stunts. He was young enough at the time, but there are some very athletic moves in there.

Alexikakos
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1 year ago

@ —comment image    More_Cats_Than_Sense

From yesterday.
Bananarama/Bangles
My mind often neglects to tell me when it’s taking a break.
 

happyhappyhappy
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1 year ago

Been there. 🙂

SusanSunshine
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1 year ago

Gosh! I didn’t know I’d be the first one here with this….

But along with solving the puzzle, tonight we want to say

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to BAMBUSHIE!

I’ll be along soon with the puzzle solution, and the cake … meanwhile, we have snacks!

SusanSunshine
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1 year ago

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SusanSunshine
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

And more!

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bambushie
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

Doggy bags for everyone, enjoy, take

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  bambushie
1 year ago

The party goes till your birthday is over…

So there’s enough to feed lots of people for 24 hours!

bambushie
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

I’m full! I’m going to explode!!

bambushie
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

Oh my, so much

JP Steve
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

xxx

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bambushie
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Reply to  JP Steve
1 year ago

Appreciated very much

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

Point me to the most chocolate thing there.
I need some comfort food. 🙂

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
1 year ago

The cake is a light color because there’s whipped cream in the frosting… but believe me it’s very chocolatey.

Hope that helps.

Also hope Bambushie likes chocolate!

bambushie
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

More than i should

MontanaLady
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Reply to  bambushie
1 year ago

never enough CHOCOLATE!!!

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  bambushie
1 year ago

Same here. 🙂

Tigressy
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
1 year ago

What’s the matter?

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  Tigressy
1 year ago

Just a bit burned out.
I’ve been told that i have a break coming’ so i’m actually feeling a bit better.
Placebo effect? 🙂

Tigressy
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
1 year ago

Oh yes; been there just recently. Prepare to break down then for a couple of days.
Take care!

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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

Happy Day, Bambushie. Why do I feel ambusheid by this celebration?
I’ll see myself out.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
1 year ago

Possibly because you haven’t joined the birthday list, so you don’t get the email invitations?

bambushie
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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
1 year ago

Not at all, stay and eat, party, party

More_Cats_Than_Sense
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1 year ago

Happy Birthday Bambushie

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bambushie
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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
1 year ago

Thanks, don’t let those kitties get sick!

MontanaLady
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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
1 year ago

3 NOSES!!!

bambushie
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

Thank you so much

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bambushie
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

Hmm, snacks!

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  bambushie
1 year ago

See… We’re still eating them! LOL 😆

SusanSunshine
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1 year ago

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dennisinseattle
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1 year ago

Happy Birthday Bambushie!

bambushie
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1 year ago

Thank you very much

bambushie
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

Very thoughful, glad it’s a nice day out

happyhappyhappy
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1 year ago

I’ve got seven tonight. Maybe more in the morning.

SusanSunshine
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1 year ago

I have to disappear for a little while.

I’ll be back with the cake, but before I go I guess I’ll post the puzzle solution, so I don’t leave anyone in unbearable suspense.

Just in case.

….

Hey a birthday party doesn’t mean you can peek, especially if it’s not even your birthday!

Try to find them first, or you can’t have any cake!

But when you’re ready…

you can check it out HERE!

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BTW this is a very east coast looking beach, or at least unfamiliar to me as a Californian.

Is this guy, as I assume, a vendor?

When I first started looking at it, I thought there was a woman sitting in a chair behind him, facing the other way.

Took me a few minutes to notice that her “dress” was a navy blue polka dot beach ball, and the chair was an inflatable shark.

And you guys think I have good powers of observation?

At least I find the ten differences. LOL

Tigressy
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

Got nine – and the one I’ve missed was way too subtle,

JP Steve
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

Eight. 😖

P51Strega
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

Nine, not bad with only two songs.

P51Strega
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Reply to  P51Strega
1 year ago

OK, honestly, I could have taken twice as much time and I still wouldn’t have found that one.

bambushie
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

Found all Ten, wow, been a while. chocolate cake all mine!! just kidding, plenty for everyone. that tenth one took for ever and well hidden!

happyhappyhappy
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1 year ago

Hoppy, hoppy, hoppy!!! 😀

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bambushie
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
1 year ago

Yes, bunnies can have some also, thanks

Arfside
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1 year ago

Happy Birthday Bambushie.
Got here early, nobody had posted, so I thought,”Maybe I’m a day early.” Nope. Here’s one of my favorites. The inside says, “Heck, I don’t think they even carry the parts!” I love Leanin’ Tree cards, except that my little sister sent this to me, and it’s too true!

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bambushie
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1 year ago

Good thing too, lol, Thank you

SusanSunshine
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1 year ago

Ok, Cleomigos y Cleomigas… I’m baaaack!

I have to post the cake, cos I don’t know when Bambushie will be here but Happy³ needs emergency chocolate.

The candles are the special kind from XTI on Ballard Street that relight with no damage… and we can cut pieces from the back so it still looks good from the front.

Happy birthday 🎶, Bambushie, happy birthday to yooo o🎶!

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bambushie
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1 year ago

Beautiful, but is it enough for everyone! I’ll be here later, everyone enjoy and thanks to all, greatly thankful, even if I am terrible at spoilers!

SusanSunshine
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1 year ago

In case you wonder how some people get birthday parties, and advance notice of other people’s parties…

I keep a birthday list.

I send one email notice/invitation for each birthday party to everybody on the list, which is currently about 20 people, unless I need to send another as a correction, or sadly, I forget a birthday. I try not to… I just can’t promise!

We have about 12 or 15 a year.

The invitations are BCC’d, which means nobody but me sees them, unless you ask to be in the CC’s, which displays your address on top to other Cleo fans.

I only share addresses otherwise with Nighthawks and StelBel, occasionally, if they ask, but they go nowhere else unless at your request.

I have written to a few people if, say, we don’t see them for a while, and a few of us correspond a little more often, though I’m not the best at keeping up.

I don’t send spam or jokes, or sell your information.

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To get your own birthday party, you have to post on Cleo, not every day, unless you want to, but be somewhat of a regular.

You also have to be on the birthday list, and mostly show up to say happy birthday to the others.
It’s not fair to give a party to anyone who doesn’t want to do that.

I can’t promise it will happen immediately, especially if your birthday is very soon, but we’ll do our best to work you in.

….

To get on the list, email me… my address is my user name here at Gmail dot com.

PLEASE put your user name here on Cleo in the subject line so I can easily search for your email later, in case I failed to write something down or made a mistake. I honestly can’t immediately remember everybody’s other names.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Tigressy
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1 year ago

Happy Birthday Bambushie!

Sorry I’m late; my laptop acted up.

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bambushie
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1 year ago

Not at all, to me it’s early, 3:46 AM! Thanks much

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