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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were in the home stretch, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently in the home stretch, too.
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And the word of the day is: DEUCEDLY!
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good early morn to all
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Good morning, all! Today I am back to Encores! to help Joshie finish up MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG for Monday's orchestra reading. Before I arrive there, I have stops at the bank and the post office.
After that, I've got plenty of work here. Yesterday I adapted Roy Webb's 1926 orchestration for "The Pipes of Pansy," which he scored for PEGGY-ANN, for the DEAREST ENEMY orchestra, and I'd like to finish up my perusal and revisions for the score over the weekend.
Ths morning, around 6am, I had a ghostly experience: a woman's voice spoke German - I think it was German - into my ear. This is the second occurrence of my hearing a person speaking close to my ear in the past two weeks. Since no one living has spoken into my ear in the past fifteen or so years, it has to be a ghost. While it freaked me out at the time, I can't say I'm frightened. Curious, yes.
More coffee.
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Morning all.
That is all.
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Slept late again but I'm here at the office now.
I am part of a conference call from 11am to 12:30pm today. Ugh!
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Last night we watched Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier frolic in Pride and Prejudice and then we started watching a short which was also on the disc, Eyes of the Navy. We didn't finish watching it. So much for 1940s war propaganda films.
We did, however, enjoy P & P.
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DR ELMORE it's probably a former residence of your address.....maybe not even your building....but your address.
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Conference call vibes for DR BEN.
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DR TCB - no one needs to be out in the weather you are describing.....not even that little bird in that tree.
We are expecting major ice storms - but not until after 7 o'clock this evening - I hope.
I finished transferring the box of videos.....and then I realized that I didn't have SHOWBOAT or PICNIC or our original DON'T DRINK THE WATER.....all of which I included on my excerpts Video from about ten years ago. That means of course that I have those videos.....there must be another box of tapes somewhere in the closet.
I shall look for it on Sunday.
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TOD:
DVD - nothing
CD - Beethoven's Moonlight.....
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Off to work. Oh well.
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Good morning, all.
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TOD:
DVD: Moneyball (if I get to the library)
MP3: Beethoven's 4th, Company
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Little sleep again last night, thanks to the cedar. Sneezed most of the night.
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To answer your question from last night, JMK: "Scrooge" is on regular DVD. I don't have a Blu-Ray player yet.
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Really nice story in today's Filichia on Friday.
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DR ELMORE it's probably a former residence of your address.....maybe not even your building....but your address.
DR JRand61, I just checked my daily horoscope online and it told me I'd have psychic experiences today!
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We didn't have the predicted snowfall last night. I was looking forward to it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Good weekend Vibes for one and all! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mega Super Vibes to our DR TCB for some medical resolutions for his health in the near future! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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It's time to make a new CD for the car, So I'll be choosing songs later tonight. For some reason, "1900 Yesterday" has popped up a lot on Cd's and Ipod lately.
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Friday morning greetings! It's ver-r-r-ry cold in SW Ohio this morning and we're waiting for the ice storm.
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Stay safe and warm, all you people in cold country!
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Stay safe and warm, all you people in cold country!
Ditto.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'll be heading back to NYC in about eight hours.
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*Thankfully - and hopefully - the wintry mix due this afternoon should not be enough to delay my flight.
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**However, as for tomorrow's forecast for two inches of snow in NYC... :)
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TOD:
MONEYBALL
THE IDES OF MARCH
BOARDWALK EMPIRE, Season 1
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***I just hope tomorrow's wintry weather does not get in the way of DR vixmom's FOLLIES plans.
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And now... Time for some breakfast before I check out.
Laters...
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**However, as for tomorrow's forecast for two inches of snow in NYC... :)
Hmmm, should we maybe stick to the Marriott Marquis building where vixmom has to be before dinner and where you have to be after dinner, so that neither of you risks more rough sledding than you need to do?
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Safe travels, Jose.
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Travel vibes for DR Jose - wave when you fly over Ohio!
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Betsy's very elderly grandmother (I think she was pushing 100 at the time) used to tell us she heard voices "from the other side" in her nursing home before she died. We didn't have the heart to tell her it was the people in the room next door. :)
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This is the same woman who, upon meeting me for the first time, asked if I could help her brush her teeth. I said, "Sure," at which point she popped out her dentures and handed them to me. :)
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She was really a very sweet woman, though. She was the only one in her entire, huge family (11 children plus parents IIRC) who survived the Holocaust.
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I've been spending ages today trying to figure out why, all of a sudden, eBay is not accepting my photo uploads. Browsing on Google I see that many people have had the same trouble after installing Internet Explorer 9. And what have I done recently? Yes - I installed Explorer 9! I've now gone onto a different browser - problem solved. Why do they do this to me?
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One of my Facebook friends just posted this photo, taken from the Dayton Racquet Club dining room. The building in the lower right, with the adjacent park, is the library where I used to work:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s320x320/404283_10150615205098755_611378754_11240939_1503757080_n.jpg)
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An article in The Times today says that vinyl records are making a big comeback. I do hope not. I can live without all that snap, crackle and pop.
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Sounds like a feisty gal, JMK.
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An article in The Times today says that vinyl records are making a big comeback. I do hope not. I can live without all that snap, crackle and pop.
I loved my vinyl, though. Hisses and all. Opening a new album was a rush that CDs just don't have. I remember the OBC of "Merrily We Roll Along with its cutout center picture of Sondheim or the "Do Re Mi" cover with its cutout. Or all the pictures that you could see and lyrics you could read.
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I loves me my LPs.
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Me, too. LOVE LPs.
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Dayton's purdy.
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LOL, DR JMK - this photo is very flattering to Dayton!
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To Kill a Mockingbird (http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird-Blu-ray/34352/#Review)
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I just received two emails at exactly the same time, one from the Jewish Federation of Portland and the other from Christian Mingle. Is it any wonder I'm confused? (A quasi-Krupke reference).
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And the word of the day is: DEUCEDLY!
And The Song Of The Day Is: IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD
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An article in The Times today says that vinyl records are making a big comeback. I do hope not. I can live without all that snap, crackle and pop.
I loved my vinyl, though. Hisses and all. Opening a new album was a rush that CDs just don't have. I remember the OBC of "Merrily We Roll Along with its cutout center picture of Sondheim or the "Do Re Mi" cover with its cutout. Or all the pictures that you could see and lyrics you could read.
It was a revelation when, a few years ago, I played the original A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC and PACIFIC OVERTURES vinyl ocrs on my turntable. I didn't realize the warmth and texture that was missing from CDs. Perhaps it's just some kind of sublimal, underlaying noise of the stylus as it rides the record groove, but there is a fuller richer ambiance in the music filling the room.
I probably sound like one of those posers on the DVD boards that BK and DRs JMK and Ron post on who talk about picture grain, but I do hear a difference.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird-Blu-ray/34352/#Review)
Yikes! Does the cover really have those bright blue stripes running at the top and bottom? Makes for gaudy packaging.
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Really looking forward to an entirely lazy weekend. They are expecting a couple of inches of snow tomorrow morning, but if the forecast holds out, it will turn to rain by the afternoon and there will be no need for me to go out and shovel.
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And, as expected, the armchair experts who insist there's DNR where there isn't any are out in force already. I just need to stop reading the forums. :)
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Maybe I'll break out a few more vinyl recordings tomorrow:
Leonard Bernstein's MASS
Michael Tilson Thomas conducting RHAPSODY IN BLUE (with Gershwin on the piano roll)
Bernstein conducting Copland's RODEO and BILLY THE KID
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Sing it, Etta... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADDigK8LwyE)
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An article in The Times today says that vinyl records are making a big comeback. I do hope not. I can live without all that snap, crackle and pop.
I loved my vinyl, though. Hisses and all. Opening a new album was a rush that CDs just don't have. I remember the OBC of "Merrily We Roll Along with its cutout center picture of Sondheim or the "Do Re Mi" cover with its cutout. Or all the pictures that you could see and lyrics you could read.
It was a revelation when, a few years ago, I played the original A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC and PACIFIC OVERTURES vinyl ocrs on my turntable. I didn't realize the warmth and texture that was missing from CDs. Perhaps it's just some kind of sublimal, underlaying noise of the stylus as it rides the record groove, but there is a fuller richer ambiance in the music filling the room.
I probably sound like one of those posers on the DVD boards that BK and DRs JMK and Ron post on who talk about picture grain, but I do hear a difference.
The problem with the two CDs mentioned above was/is simple - bad mastering. Mastering by idiots. When something is mastered well and when the goal is specifically to get what's on the master tape to sound like what's on the master tape the CD will be better than the LP. Listen to Promises or Sugar or any title we've done. From the very first CD we ever did that was my goal - to not lose the analog warmth. But most mastering engineers don't know what they're doing.
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I'm up, later than planned, but I needed a good night's sleep and got one.
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One thing I can't stand about CDs is the incessant use of DNR. There, I've said it and I'm glad. ;)
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Of course, everyone knows UMG CDs are the worst. :)
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LOL, DR JMK - this photo is very flattering to Dayton!
I don't remember Dayton ever being that nice.
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An article in The Times today says that vinyl records are making a big comeback. I do hope not. I can live without all that snap, crackle and pop.
I loved my vinyl, though. Hisses and all. Opening a new album was a rush that CDs just don't have. I remember the OBC of "Merrily We Roll Along with its cutout center picture of Sondheim or the "Do Re Mi" cover with its cutout. Or all the pictures that you could see and lyrics you could read.
It was a revelation when, a few years ago, I played the original A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC and PACIFIC OVERTURES vinyl ocrs on my turntable. I didn't realize the warmth and texture that was missing from CDs. Perhaps it's just some kind of sublimal, underlaying noise of the stylus as it rides the record groove, but there is a fuller richer ambiance in the music filling the room.
I probably sound like one of those posers on the DVD boards that BK and DRs JMK and Ron post on who talk about picture grain, but I do hear a difference.
The problem with the two CDs mentioned above was/is simple - bad mastering. Mastering by idiots. When something is mastered well and when the goal is specifically to get what's on the master tape to sound like what's on the master tape the CD will be better than the LP. Listen to Promises or Sugar or any title we've done. From the very first CD we ever did that was my goal - to not lose the analog warmth. But most mastering engineers don't know what they're doing.
Add "On the 20th Century" to the list. On vinyl, the music of that overture gets under your skin and just tingles, building through some incredible pieces. On CD, even though they added music that didn't fit the LP, the sound throughout is flat and dead.
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One more.
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Page three!
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Good news from one doctor today. Blood sugar is much better and over an extended period of time. And if I would get off my butt and exercise more, it would improve even more, she said.
The thought of surgery in a few weeks doesn't make me want to exercise though. Maybe after the surgery.
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Today's Bizarre Swag Department: Accompanying the new horror film "Woman" the PR firm has kindly included a small rubber heart covered with fake blood. Why am I dreading watching this? :)
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I loves me my LPs.
So Do I. The One Thing That Is Not Mentioned About LP's Vs CD's
Is:
When A Performer Or Producer(Or Both) Planned An LP There Usually Was A Distinct Sequence Planned. (How One Should Listen To The Complete Work)
Today ,We Can Randomly Program A CD To Play In Any Order We Choose. I believe We Miss A Great Deal When That Becomes A Possibility.
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LOL, DR JMK - this photo is very flattering to Dayton!
I don't remember Dayton ever being that nice.
I didn't see a speck of the dirtiness that I remember Dayton to be.
I'm back from Encores! We are ready for Monday's orchestra reading.
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LOL, DR JMK - this photo is very flattering to Dayton!
I don't remember Dayton ever being that nice.
I didn't see a speck of the dirtiness that I remember Dayton to be.
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The snow makes it look clean!
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From DR John G:
Found the Albert Finney "Scrooge" tonight at Big Lots. Christmas may be over, but I can't wait to watch it.
:)
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Good morning, all! Today I am back to Encores! to help Joshie finish up MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG for Monday's orchestra reading. Before I arrive there, I have stops at the bank and the post office.
After that, I've got plenty of work here. Yesterday I adapted Roy Webb's 1926 orchestration for "The Pipes of Pansy," which he scored for PEGGY-ANN, for the DEAREST ENEMY orchestra, and I'd like to finish up my perusal and revisions for the score over the weekend.
Ths morning, around 6am, I had a ghostly experience: a woman's voice spoke German - I think it was German - into my ear. This is the second occurrence of my hearing a person speaking close to my ear in the past two weeks. Since no one living has spoken into my ear in the past fifteen or so years, it has to be a ghost. While it freaked me out at the time, I can't say I'm frightened. Curious, yes.
More coffee.
Were you sleeping at the time?
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DR ELMORE it's probably a former residence of your address.....maybe not even your building....but your address.
DR JRand61, I just checked my daily horoscope online and it told me I'd have psychic experiences today!
:)
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Safe travels, Jose.
This is the same woman who, upon meeting me for the first time, asked if I could help her brush her teeth. I said, "Sure," at which point she popped out her dentures and handed them to me. :)
;D
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She was really a very sweet woman, though. She was the only one in her entire, huge family (11 children plus parents IIRC) who survived the Holocaust.
Did she survive the camps or with help from someone?
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An article in The Times today says that vinyl records are making a big comeback. I do hope not. I can live without all that snap, crackle and pop.
Bryan & Craig have taken most of my LP's. Since Keith dismantled our record player I have no way to listen to them so I'm glad most of my favorites found good homes.
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Sing it, Etta... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADDigK8LwyE)
Thank you.
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Good news from one doctor today. Blood sugar is much better and over an extended period of time. And if I would get off my butt and exercise more, it would improve even more, she said.
The thought of surgery in a few weeks doesn't make me want to exercise though. Maybe after the surgery.
How about light exercise. It should help you feel stronger following the surgery.
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Safe travel vibes for DR Jose!
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Good news from one doctor today. Blood sugar is much better and over an extended period of time. And if I would get off my butt and exercise more, it would improve even more, she said.
The thought of surgery in a few weeks doesn't make me want to exercise though. Maybe after the surgery.
How about light exercise. It should help you feel stronger following the surgery.
My favorite kind of light exercise, lifting fork or glass to mouth.
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Safe travel vibes for DR Jose!
DITTO!!!!!
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Good morning, all! Today I am back to Encores! to help Joshie finish up MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG for Monday's orchestra reading. Before I arrive there, I have stops at the bank and the post office.
After that, I've got plenty of work here. Yesterday I adapted Roy Webb's 1926 orchestration for "The Pipes of Pansy," which he scored for PEGGY-ANN, for the DEAREST ENEMY orchestra, and I'd like to finish up my perusal and revisions for the score over the weekend.
Ths morning, around 6am, I had a ghostly experience: a woman's voice spoke German - I think it was German - into my ear. This is the second occurrence of my hearing a person speaking close to my ear in the past two weeks. Since no one living has spoken into my ear in the past fifteen or so years, it has to be a ghost. While it freaked me out at the time, I can't say I'm frightened. Curious, yes.
More coffee.
Were you sleeping at the time?
No.
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Our snow has stopped and we are experiencing rain, but suddenly fog as descended on my neighborhood.
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Our snow has stopped and we are experiencing rain, but suddenly fog as descended on my neighborhood.
Very eerie!
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Good Afternoon!
Greetings from STL!
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She was really a very sweet woman, though. She was the only one in her entire, huge family (11 children plus parents IIRC) who survived the Holocaust.
Did she survive the camps or with help from someone?
She was the youngest, and her parents pooled whatever little money they had and got her out of Poland or Hungary or wherever they were (can't recall right now). the rest of the family ended up in the camps and perished.
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Right now, my flight on Delta back to LGA is still listed as "On Time". However, I did notice that the American Airlines flight to LGA scheduled around the same time was cancelled. Additionally, my friend, Brendan, the pilot/violinist, is currently dealing with a 2-hour delay out of Newark to St. Louis for some unspecified reason.
In other words, your Travel Vibes are much appreciated.
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Just be glad that you aren't trying to fly out of Seattle.
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Otherwise...
I currently have about three pounds of chocolates from various vendors in my carry-on. ::)
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She was really a very sweet woman, though. She was the only one in her entire, huge family (11 children plus parents IIRC) who survived the Holocaust.
Did she survive the camps or with help from someone?
She was the youngest, and her parents pooled whatever little money they had and got her out of Poland or Hungary or wherever they were (can't recall right now). the rest of the family ended up in the camps and perished.
Wow!
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Otherwise...
I currently have about three pounds of chocolates from various vendors in my carry-on. ::)
;D
VIBES YOUR PLANE TAKES OFF ON TIME!!!!
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**However, as for tomorrow's forecast for two inches of snow in NYC... :)
Hmmm, should we maybe stick to the Marriott Marquis building where vixmom has to be before dinner and where you have to be after dinner, so that neither of you risks more rough sledding than you need to do?
That sounds like a good alternate. Why don't we see just how much snow we have on the ground in the morning and take it from there?
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She was really a very sweet woman, though. She was the only one in her entire, huge family (11 children plus parents IIRC) who survived the Holocaust.
Did she survive the camps or with help from someone?
She was the youngest, and her parents pooled whatever little money they had and got her out of Poland or Hungary or wherever they were (can't recall right now). the rest of the family ended up in the camps and perished.
Wow!
Thank you for your response, Jane. I couldn't think of a single thing to say.
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Theater, weather, driving, and dinner vibes for Vixmom!
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Otherwise...
I currently have about three pounds of chocolates from various vendors in my carry-on. ::)
;D
VIBES YOUR PLANE TAKES OFF ON TIME!!!!
The gate agent just announced that our plane has landed, and once they finish the turnaround, they will start boarding. I have a feeling that if all the booked passengers are on board before the scheduled departure, we're going to go ahead and start the journey back to NYC ASAP.
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PAGE FOUR!!!!
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She was really a very sweet woman, though. She was the only one in her entire, huge family (11 children plus parents IIRC) who survived the Holocaust.
Did she survive the camps or with help from someone?
She was the youngest, and her parents pooled whatever little money they had and got her out of Poland or Hungary or wherever they were (can't recall right now). the rest of the family ended up in the camps and perished.
Wow!
Thank you for your response, Jane. I couldn't think of a single thing to say.
When it came down to it that expressed it the best.
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Just be glad that you aren't trying to fly out of Seattle.
When we lived in Seattle, the one thing we never got was a proper snowfall. Just lots and lots of rain.
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We are on day three of pouring rain. Poor Sherlock expressed his desire to go hiking my standing and staring at my car. Poor boy, I rarely used to let the rain stop me from hiking. Hopefully we can get him out tomorrow.
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Travel vibes for Jose
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getting to and from Follies vibes for vixmom
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And...
We're boarding.
Laters...
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We had regular snowfall every year for the four years I lived in Seattle, but of course that was back in the Dark Ages. :)
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Just be glad that you aren't trying to fly out of Seattle.
When we lived in Seattle, the one thing we never got was a proper snowfall. Just lots and lots of rain.
Before anyone is allowed to move out of the Seattle-Tacoma area, they are forced to go through a reprogramming where all sunny days and snowy days are removed from their memory.
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We had regular snowfall every year for the four years I lived in Seattle, but of course that was back in the Dark Ages. :)
JMK, I am going to have to report you!
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Right now, my flight on Delta back to LGA is still listed as "On Time". However, I did notice that the American Airlines flight to LGA scheduled around the same time was cancelled. Additionally, my friend, Brendan, the pilot/violinist, is currently dealing with a 2-hour delay out of Newark to St. Louis for some unspecified reason.
In other words, your Travel Vibes are much appreciated.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Travel Vibes for Our DR Jose! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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getting to and from Follies vibes for vixmom
Ditto!
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We're expecting a "wintry mix." I hope it won't be bad in the morning since I have to pick up a package at UPS.
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Travel vibes for DR Jose!
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Greetings from somewhere over the State of Illinois!
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My plane did pull away from the gate a few minutes early, but, then as a precaution, had some de-icing (-iceing(b)) done. So, that meant sitting on the tarmac for about 20 minutes before we started taxiing for takeoff.
But we're in the air now, and should arrive at LGA just a few minutes past our scheduled arrival time.
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Not bad. I find it strange you are posting from up in the sky. :)
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I remember when phones were first installed in planes and Keith called just because he could. :D
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I should ask Craig & Bryan if they remember the phone call. At the time it was very exciting.
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I love this one!
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We're expecting a "wintry mix." I hope it won't be bad in the morning since I have to pick up a package at UPS.
Hmmm, that sounds interesting!
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Come on people! Page Four!
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We're expecting a "wintry mix." I hope it won't be bad in the morning since I have to pick up a package at UPS.
Hmmm, that sounds interesting!
Wintery. Mix. Words that make me shudder...
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Oh... I forgot to wave! ;)
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And we should be landing in about 20 minutes.
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And... I just watched the pilot for "Smash". Very interesting, entertaining. Alas, from the way everything has been set up, and each way each character has been introduced, I can already see some of the twists and turns that will be coming up. Or, hopefully, not.
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Not bad. I find it strange you are posting from up in the sky. :)
Love me some in-flight wifi!
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Still a million people in the dark in Washington. The two Narrows Bridges have been closed to traffic due to falling ice.
And a good time was had by all.
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OK... Time to power down.
Laters...
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Page five.
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OK... Time to power down.
Laters...
Power down? I hope you aren't the pilot!
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And... I just watched the pilot for "Smash". Very interesting, entertaining. Alas, from the way everything has been set up, and each way each character has been introduced, I can already see some of the twists and turns that will be coming up. Or, hopefully, not.
The more previews I see of that show, the less I want to watch it.
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OK... Time to power down.
Laters...
Power down? I hope you aren't the pilot!
;D
You have the photo you posted on your brain.
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I apparently have wine in my brain as I can't remember what I was about to post.
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OK... Time to power down.
Laters...
Power down? I hope you aren't the pilot!
;D
You have the photo you posted on your brain.
No! There is absolutely nothing on my brain!
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DR Jane, guess what i am currently reading on my kindle? An advanced reader's copy of CATCH ME. So far it is good!
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I definitely want to watch SMASH. Does anyone know what time is it going to be on at? I know it is on Mondays on NBC. I think I might have some conflicts.
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I saw the scariest thing today. I saw someone biking on a very busy road.
It was 5pm (so it was going to be dark very soon). ANd there has been snow and ice here. And the sidewalks are clear but not at all clear (you can walk but there is still ice, snow and slush). I was so nervous watching this guy. It made me feel sick. He was going on the sidewalk on his bike. He seemed to be doing well. But what on earth was he thinking?!?
This road is very busy. And it was very icy. And he was going up a hill and somehow he made it down (i saw that much). But i literally couldn't watch. IT was so dangerous. I just don't know what this guy was thinking.
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DR Jane, guess what i am currently reading on my kindle? An advanced reader's copy of CATCH ME. So far it is good!
How did you get that!?!?!?!?!
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I saw the scariest thing today. I saw someone biking on a very busy road.
It was 5pm (so it was going to be dark very soon). ANd there has been snow and ice here. And the sidewalks are clear but not at all clear (you can walk but there is still ice, snow and slush). I was so nervous watching this guy. It made me feel sick. He was going on the sidewalk on his bike. He seemed to be doing well. But what on earth was he thinking?!?
This road is very busy. And it was very icy. And he was going up a hill and somehow he made it down (i saw that much). But i literally couldn't watch. IT was so dangerous. I just don't know what this guy was thinking.
I suppose he was also wearing dark close? Did he at least have a light on his bike & a helmet?
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Interesting! Cruises Only sent an e-mail about a sale on Princess Cruises. I saw one that looked interesting, so just for the fun of it, I submitted a price request based on a single passenger. I expected the price to come back at 200%, typical of a single supplement. Instead, the price for one person came back at 240%. In other words, not only were they not offering a break on the single supplement, but they weren't even offering the sale price for that cruise for one person.
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Now you aren't tempted. ;)
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Yesterday JOSE SAID
Plan A) When you leave the Marquis Theatre, head west to 8th Avenue. When you get to 8th Avenue, turn right (north) and walk 13 blocks to 59th Street which will put you at Columbus Circle and the Time-Warner Center.
Plan B) Hail a cab, and tell the driver to take you to the Time-Warner Center at Columbus Circle.
Plan C) I can meet you at The Marquis around 4:45, and escort you to the Time-Warner Center.
A will work for me if we get the bad weather I do not need you do extra walking in the snow- I can walk back with you after dinner as I plan to park in the neighborhood
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'll be heading back to NYC in about eight hours.
SAFE TRAVEL VIBES FOR JOSE
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***I just hope tomorrow's wintry weather does not get in the way of DR vixmom's FOLLIES plans.
I second that wish!!!
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**However, as for tomorrow's forecast for two inches of snow in NYC... :)
Hmmm, should we maybe stick to the Marriott Marquis building where vixmom has to be before dinner and where you have to be after dinner, so that neither of you risks more rough sledding than you need to do?
we can see what the weather looks like in the morning and revise plans decide then if necessary
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She was really a very sweet woman, though. She was the only one in her entire, huge family (11 children plus parents IIRC) who survived the Holocaust.
Did she survive the camps or with help from someone?
She was the youngest, and her parents pooled whatever little money they had and got her out of Poland or Hungary or wherever they were (can't recall right now). the rest of the family ended up in the camps and perished.
Wow!
Even all these decades later, such stories just move me beyond words.
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Interesting! Cruises Only sent an e-mail about a sale on Princess Cruises. I saw one that looked interesting, so just for the fun of it, I submitted a price request based on a single passenger. I expected the price to come back at 200%, typical of a single supplement. Instead, the price for one person came back at 240%. In other words, not only were they not offering a break on the single supplement, but they weren't even offering the sale price for that cruise for one person.
How pathetic.
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'night
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Jennifer if I can get the preview for my Nook please email me how to do so. Thanks.
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I got home late and put together a casserole that I had read the recipe for a while ago. It looks really good with pork chops layered with homemade sauerkraut, apples. onions and stewed tomatoes. There's only one problem. I forgot the part where it says it will take 2 hours to cook. It'll be way late before I get dinner.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird-Blu-ray/34352/#Review)
sure, but did you like it?
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;D
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This is the same woman who, upon meeting me for the first time, asked if I could help her brush her teeth. I said, "Sure," at which point she popped out her dentures and handed them to me. :)
I LIKE her!!!
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The doctor prescribed a new type of lancet to take my blood sugar with. Walgreens forgot to apply the insurance discount and charged me $112. They had to ring up a refund because I was only supposed to pay $35. It just makes me hate the power of insurance companies even more. These are not necessarily prescription items, so you can know that the price is even higher for those just buying them off the shelf.
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One thing I can't stand about CDs is the incessant use of DNR. There, I've said it and I'm glad. ;)
Do not resuscitate?
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Today's Bizarre Swag Department: Accompanying the new horror film "Woman" the PR firm has kindly included a small rubber heart covered with fake blood. Why am I dreading watching this? :)
oh dear
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Now you aren't tempted. ;)
Not in a wheelchair.
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**However, as for tomorrow's forecast for two inches of snow in NYC... :)
Hmmm, should we maybe stick to the Marriott Marquis building where vixmom has to be before dinner and where you have to be after dinner, so that neither of you risks more rough sledding than you need to do?
That sounds like a good alternate. Why don't we see just how much snow we have on the ground in the morning and take it from there?
I should proabbly read all the posts before commenting LOL
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Theater, weather, driving, and dinner vibes for Vixmom!
thank you!!
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She was really a very sweet woman, though. She was the only one in her entire, huge family (11 children plus parents IIRC) who survived the Holocaust.
Did she survive the camps or with help from someone?
She was the youngest, and her parents pooled whatever little money they had and got her out of Poland or Hungary or wherever they were (can't recall right now). the rest of the family ended up in the camps and perished.
Wow!
Even all these decades later, such stories just move me beyond words.
Indeed.
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getting to and from Follies vibes for vixmom
thank you
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I love this one!
I think I may have to make this my screensaver!
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Did I miss Druxy's review of NUDE NUNS WITH BIG GUNS?
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getting to and from Follies vibes for vixmom
thank you
Does the Vixter know that she is missing a mini-HHW gathering tomorrow?
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>:(
The doctor prescribed a new type of lancet to take my blood sugar with. Walgreens forgot to apply the insurance discount and charged me $112. They had to ring up a refund because I was only supposed to pay $35. It just makes me hate the power of insurance companies even more. These are not necessarily prescription items, so you can know that the price is even higher for those just buying them off the shelf.
>:(
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OK... Time to power down.
Laters...
Power down? I hope you aren't the pilot!
;D
You have the photo you posted on your brain.
No! There is absolutely nothing on my brain!
That reminds me of something one of the kids posted on FB that made me laugh
"I can't brain today, I have the dumb"
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She was really a very sweet woman, though. She was the only one in her entire, huge family (11 children plus parents IIRC) who survived the Holocaust.
Did she survive the camps or with help from someone?
She was the youngest, and her parents pooled whatever little money they had and got her out of Poland or Hungary or wherever they were (can't recall right now). the rest of the family ended up in the camps and perished.
Wow!
Even all these decades later, such stories just move me beyond words.
Indeed.
It makes me realize how incredibly lucky I am to have been born when and where as I was
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getting to and from Follies vibes for vixmom
thank you
Does the Vixter know that she is missing a mini-HHW gathering tomorrow?
shhhhhh.... no
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Did I miss Druxy's review of NUDE NUNS WITH BIG GUNS?
:D :D :D :D
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:Did I miss Druxy's review of NUDE NUNS WITH BIG GUNS?
:D :D :D :D
I, for one, am waiting.
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Theater, weather, driving, and dinner vibes for Vixmom!
thank you!!
Vibes on all fronts there, Vixmom.
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Theater, weather, driving, and dinner vibes for Vixmom!
thank you!!
Vibes on all fronts there, Vixmom.
thank you !
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Your pork chop dish sounds like one I like to make - I like to throw some caraway seeds and rice in there as well
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Your pork chop dish sounds like one I like to make - I like to throw some caraway seeds and rice in there as well
Both sound pretty good. Two hours to bake? At what temperature?
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375 --- but the last few times I actually cooked it in a skillet on the stove top
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Your pork chop dish sounds like one I like to make - I like to throw some caraway seeds and rice in there as well
Both sound pretty good. Two hours to bake? At what temperature?
It's baking at 350 degrees. I was talking with a friend earlier and she wanted to add caraway, too. And she wanted sweet potatoes in there. The original recipe calls for potatoes, but I can't have those. Nor sweet potatoes.
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Am watching an early Hitchcock called "Young and Innocent." Based on a Josephine Tey novel. It's a lot of fun.
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and I like to mix some sour cream in in the sauerkraut when I eat it
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it sounds awful b ut it is delicious
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Sounds very German to me. No wonder you're Lutheran, Vixmom.
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The meat cooked in 90 minutes, according to the thermometer. So, it's suppa-suppa-suppa-time, as Snoopy would sing.
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and I like to mix some sour cream in in the sauerkraut when I eat it
Do you rinse the sauerkraut first before baking?
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vixmom, do you realize this is the longest we have been on line together in many many months?
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Weather vibes for everyone
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And now, Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins:
(http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/lifeline-live/2012/01/20/deppx-wide-community.jpg)
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DR Vixmom - I hope you are able to get into the city tomorrow without too much interference from the weather. I'd love to be there for the show and for the dinner gathering - please take some pictures!
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Sounds very German to me. No wonder you're Lutheran, Vixmom.
actually its my "translation" of Kapusta, a dish my Hungarian grandfather used to make with ham hocks
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The meat cooked in 90 minutes, according to the thermometer. So, it's suppa-suppa-suppa-time, as Snoopy would sing.
very best time of day!!!
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and I like to mix some sour cream in in the sauerkraut when I eat it
Do you rinse the sauerkraut first before baking?
yes -
I actually have preferred th stove top method recently
in a very heavy covered skillet i brown the port chops
remove from pan the put sauerkraut , quick cooking rice caraway seeds and a can of "golden pork gravy" in pan mix togther then layer the pork chops in there so they are surrounded cover and cook over med heat until rive and chops are cooked through -- serve with a dollop of sour cream
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vixmom, do you realize this is the longest we have been on line together in many many months?
I know! Has your internal clock reset since you do nothave to fo =go to work before dawn?
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DR Vixmom - I hope you are able to get into the city tomorrow without too much interference from the weather. I'd love to be there for the show and for the dinner gathering - please take some pictures!
yes I was thinking that today! MUst get pictures ---
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And now, Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins:
(http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/lifeline-live/2012/01/20/deppx-wide-community.jpg)
Eeek.
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And now, Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins:
(http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/lifeline-live/2012/01/20/deppx-wide-community.jpg)
Eeek.
hmmmm a little different that what I am used to
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Sitting here at my desk, I can hear the crunchy rain on the windows. According to the TV, we're supposed to get about two-tenths of an inch of ice in the next several hours :P
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Sitting here at my desk, I can hear the crunchy rain on the windows. According to the TV, we're supposed to get about two-tenths of an inch of ice in the next several hours :P
did you remember to buy 18 gallons of milk and 40 loaves of bread?
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Sitting here at my desk, I can hear the crunchy rain on the windows. According to the TV, we're supposed to get about two-tenths of an inch of ice in the next several hours :P
did you remember to buy 18 gallons of milk and 40 loaves of bread?
LOL! It's supposed to be in the high 40s by Sunday...
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It'll be 55 degrees here on Monday.
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but how will you ever make it through Saturday? !
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It'll be 55 degrees here on Monday.
of course - I'll be back inthe office on Monday
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On Monday I told the girls at the office that we were due for a snow storm on Saturday - long range forecast they asked? Nope - I have a hard to get theatre ticket
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My co-workers used to ask me toward the end of the week if Rob's Scout troop was going camping that weekend. If so, they'd make indoor plans because a Scout camp-out guaranteed that it would rain!
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I'm going to go to bed and try not to think about the fact that Paramedic Rob has to be at work at 5am to drive a medical transport vehicle in hilly Cincinnati...'night!
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My co-workers used to ask me toward the end of the week if Rob's Scout troop was going camping that weekend. If so, they'd make indoor plans because a Scout camp-out guaranteed that it would rain!
LOL!!!
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I'm going to go to bed and try not to think about the fact that Paramedic Rob has to be at work at 5am to drive a medical transport vehicle in hilly Cincinnati...'night!
SAfe and Sound Vibes for Rob!!!
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Health Vibes for TCB
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well off to bed - more tomorrow!!
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Good Evening!
My plane landed at LGA right on time, and then it was just a 15-minute cab ride back to the UES. :)
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When I got out of the cab, the smell of Thai food was in the air courtesy of the Thai restaurant down the block. So, I dumped my bags at the apartment then headed right back downstairs and over to Tiny Thai for a late dinner of Chicken Panang Curry. Yummy!
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And now I'm watching "Anna Bolena" on PBS, and getting ready for bed. The day has caught up with me.
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DR vixmom - See you tomorrow. -And there's no extra walking for me if I meet you at the theatre since I have to be in Times Square tomorrow afternoon anyway for a meeting. We shall all coordinate in the morning. *And it looks like the snow will be done falling by tomorrow afternoon, so, hopefully,it won't cause too much "trouble".
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And...
Goodnight.
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Health Vibes for TCB
Definitely.
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Night, all.
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I've written about twenty-five pages and what I thought was going to happen has happened - I am flying through the first year of the new record label. I talk about all the albums briefly and I spent quite a bit of time on how it all came to be, but I'm fast approaching the end of that section, which will lead us into the final two sections. I now know that the book will not be longer than There's Mel - in fact, I suppose it could be a few pages shorter now that I see the lay of the land. We shall see. I'm sure I'll also add stuff in when I finesse tomorrow.
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I've written about twenty-five pages and what I thought was going to happen has happened - I am flying through the first year of the new record label. I talk about all the albums briefly and I spent quite a bit of time on how it all came to be, but I'm fast approaching the end of that section, which will lead us into the final two sections. I now know that the book will not be longer than There's Mel - in fact, I suppose it could be a few pages shorter now that I see the lay of the land. We shall see. I'm sure I'll also add stuff in when I finesse tomorrow.
I certainly hope no DNR was applied to these pages.
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It's all DNR - that's what memory books are :)
I've responded in your thread about Mockingbird. Those people on that board are the most insufferable twits ever.
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As Betsy commented when she was reading Mel to us on our cross-country trip, you have about the most "fine detail" memory known to Man. :)