Haines His Way

I have some good news re: the question i posed a few weeks ago about trading in foreign currency that no longer exists (i.e., french francs ...)


I wish i could remember which DRs were also interested in knowing whether you could still exhange your money. But hopefully anyone interested will see this.

I went to the Exchange place I always use when exchanging foreign currencies and i happened to notice a large book with pictures of bills in it.

So I asked the woman if you could still exchange foreign currencies that no longer existed. And she said that you could as long as their picture was in her book.

Now i have no idea if the rate they give is lower or what. But she said for every 6.7 french francs i could get $1 Cdn.

So i'm at least happy that i can now do this.

Okay that magic eight ball thing is freaking me out.

Can someone spill the beans about how this is done.

LOL. Where else but HHW?

The Virgin Megastore, Border's, etc.

I like the series of magnets and stickers done in association with those "Bad Cat" and "Bad Dog" books too.

Good Afternoon!

Well, I'm clean, the bathroom is clean, and even the living room is clean.  OH!  And I even managed to do some tidying up in my bedroom.  -Ya know, just in case some nosey guests decided to peek in my room during the party.

And now...

DR Jose - say HI to all those Brainiacs for me!

-Ya know, just in case some nosey guests decided to peek in my room during the party.

What a joy to see someone spell "p-e-e-k" correctly when used to describe someone taking a quick look at something.  I can't tell you how many times I see "p-e-a-k" (top of a mountain!!!) used instead.

I imagine most DRs have seen this little item about Leona Helmsley's will!

And its companion piece on CNN

Harry Helmsley came to Sleepy Hollow, 14 miles north of New York City, last year after Leona engaged in an ugly battle with Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, where the real estate magnate was originally buried in 1997.
    
The expansive family mausoleum at Woodlawn was memorably described as a "tomb with a view," but the sweeping vista disappeared when a public mausoleum -- potentially filled with those "little people" who paid taxes -- went up nearby three years ago.

An irate Leona called the new construction "a disgrace," and resolved to relocate the remains of her husband and her son, Jay Panzirer.

I'm sure Edisaurus felt her pain.

der Brucer

My mother has been in the hospital for the last week or so (this time around anyway), and i was there at 4 this morning because she finally passed.   Painlessly, I think.  I tell you all this because you are one of the most genuinely caring groups i know.   My mother had many holes in her lungs (which restricted her quite a bit-although she still managed to get to the grocery store and what not).  She passed away more or less how she wanted: her body, mind and money all gave out more or less at the same time (unlike many in the family).  

So I guess I'm an "orphling' (Margaret O'Brien in "Meet Me in St. Louis"?)

If asked to say anything at the memorial service, my only words will be, "This is Mrs. Norman Maine."  My mother (and maybe even Judy Garland) would get a kick out of it; I think.


Thank you all for just being there.

DR Kerry - I am so very sorry.  My thoughts and sympathies are with you and all you love.

the John McGlinn, the conductor for the concert, had promised me a cassette of the number for over 15 years and never delivered, so it's nice to have finally obtained a copy from a more reliable and generous source.

I'm sure you'll forgive your favorite Maestro his small lapse.

der Brucer

I know how it works, but don't want to spoil the fun for anyone who wants to play...

 

I'm sure you'll shower and shave and dress to the nines before you tell us!

der Brucer

Deepest sympathy, DR Kerry.

Sorry to hear about your loss Kerry.

(((((Kerry)))))

Regarding Monday nights Closer:

From Edi:

Well, I think it wasn't so much flirting as that you could see he was attracted to Gabriel, who seems a bit flustered by it.

Matt H & Edi, Same sex, different sex, I totally missed that as flirting.