Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 23 => Topic started by: bk on May 11, 2012, 12:43:25 AM
-
Well, you've read the notes, the notes had good news about Flicks, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're also thrilled about Flicks, as well as Fizzies.
-
And the word of the day is: OBTEST!
-
Morning all.
That is all.
-
TOD
Shakespeare in Love
-
It will all turn out well
-
How so?
-
I do not know, it's a mystery
-
Good morning, all! I slept rather well, with lots of bizarre dreams; I think former friend and jerk Ethan Mordden was in one of them, and the last one involved one of the more obnoxious REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK!
First thing this morning, I have laundry. I will work at home today on ROBERTA and a few other projects before I meet an old friend for dinner and head off to see GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES. I have always loved the score, and I'm looking forward to it.
TOD:
DVD: the same old 3 Netflix and a whole pil of new things
CD: Herbert Songs, some Offenbach, Guy Haines, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Once
VCR: porn
-
I am back from the laundromat. The alarming news of the morning is that one of my neighbors posted a note in the elevator: yesterday afternoon, the door of his and his partner's apartment was spray painted. I wonder if it's a hate crime following Obama's pro-gay marriage stand? I do hope not. I'm sorry this has happened to two really wonderful and talented guys and I'm wondering if this vandalism was performed by another tenant in the building.
-
Good morning, all.
-
Good to see you, Vixmom.
-
Sorry about the vandalism in your building, Elmore. I hope it's just random. And a one-time occurrence.
-
TOD:
DVD: Three Faces of Eve
CD: Some Hugh Martin
Car CD: Italian lessons
-
Shocking news from DR ELMORE!
The Dream-O-Matic 6000 says that your dream last night indicates you sometimes feel people from your past or past actions keep your work from reaching a wider audience of both the public AND those in the profession.
-
Please deposit $35 in my PayPal account.
-
I just Googled myself to find that I am one of the busiest professional drummers in the Florida Keys. This may be why I am so tired this morning. Here I am playing drums at the Tiki Bar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Gor5LfAPQ
-
I just Googled myself to find that I am one of the busiest professional drummers in the Florida Keys. This may be why I am so tired this morning. Here I am playing drums at the Tiki Bar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Gor5LfAPQ
Please put me on your mailing list so I can come to your next gig!
-
Today is Friday. It is a work day. Oh well. And tonight after work, I am going with other family members to see my nephew's band play at a local club.
-
I just Googled myself to find that I am one of the busiest professional drummers in the Florida Keys. This may be why I am so tired this morning. Here I am playing drums at the Tiki Bar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Gor5LfAPQ
Please put me on your mailing list so I can come to your next gig!
Will do.
-
Here is our lovely cast of Clue The Musical..... ;D
-
I don't get to work on this show since my show is auditioning in a week and will be in rehearsal at the same time.....
-
Good morning all.
Car CD player: Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past" read by Neville Jason -- a crutch to actually reading the books, which I've gotten halfway through in the past few years, but not nearly fast enough. I'm committed to doing so, and not just once. Any more than I would want to get through "The Wire" just once. Or the Ring Cycle. As to Proust, this audiobook is a beautiful crutch which I was delighted to score on Amazon Marketplace for a fraction of its usual going value.
-
I don't get to work on this show since my show is auditioning in a week and will be in rehearsal at the same time.....
How is the score for CLUE? I'm sorry, DR JRand61, what show is it you are directing? I clearly missed it or forgot what you had said!
-
Good morning all.
Car CD player: Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past" read by Neville Jason -- a crutch to actually reading the books, which I've gotten halfway through in the past few years, but not nearly fast enough. I'm committed to doing so, and not just once. Any more than I would want to get through "The Wire" just once. Or the Ring Cycle. As to Proust, this audiobook is a beautiful crutch which I was delighted to score on Amazon Marketplace for a fraction of its usual going value.
It's about this . . . cookie.
-
The reviews for GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES are so good I wish now I'd bought tickets for two evenings!
-
I don't get to work on this show since my show is auditioning in a week and will be in rehearsal at the same time.....
How is the score for CLUE? I'm sorry, DR JRand61, what show is it you are directing? I clearly missed it or forgot what you had said!
Miserable.....but it has it's moments.....of course I have only heard a few YouTube clips and the midi files. I may feel differently after I hear some of the songs in a week or so.
I am directing John Patrick's THE CURIOUS SAVAGE which is one of my favorite shows. I will hopefully get a GOOD cast.
-
TOD:
DVD - Frankenstein 1970
CD - Terry Trotter COMPANY
-
I finished the CD's for the Anniversary party we are having for one sister and one brother (married to others not each other) on June 2.
Also have been working on a slide show of bios for CLUE THE MUSICAL that we can broadcast in the lobby this season.....a local store promised us some televisions.....we shall see if that happens.
-
And now I am off to work. Oh well....it is Friday, after all.
-
TOD:
I was sent a review copy of a film called MEMORIAL DAY with James Cromwell. I know nothing about it.
Also, there is a DVD waiting for me at my mail box place. No idea what it could be.
-
Good morning all.
Car CD player: Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past" read by Neville Jason -- a crutch to actually reading the books, which I've gotten halfway through in the past few years, but not nearly fast enough. I'm committed to doing so, and not just once. Any more than I would want to get through "The Wire" just once. Or the Ring Cycle. As to Proust, this audiobook is a beautiful crutch which I was delighted to score on Amazon Marketplace for a fraction of its usual going value.
It's about this . . . cookie.
:) :D
-
My screenplay, THE SUMMER FOLK, is selling a few copies on Amazon, which is nice.
-
BK, I also went on a hunt for Flicks a few years ago and ordered them. Alas, they are not the same as how I remember them from my childhood. Perhaps you will have a better experience. The ones at Ghirardelli Square are also not the same.
-
DR JMK mentioned some ABC shows that got renewed. I read yesterday that a show I love on NBC, PARENTHOOD also got renewed.
-
DR RonP mentioned some ABC shows that got renewed. I read yesterday that a show I love on NBC, PARENTHOOD also got renewed.
You know, I'm beginning to get a complex. ;D
-
Of course that's better than getting a simplex, if you catch my drift.
-
Media:
CD: Gilles Peterson, Back in Brasil (remixes of some great tunes)
Blu-ray: Hell on Wheels Season 1, which I need to review
Netflix Streaming: watched one of the old Hickson Marples last night, which was surprisingly poorly done. Still not sure who one of the culprits was, will need to poke around Wikipedia today. :)
-
DR RonP mentioned some ABC shows that got renewed. I read yesterday that a show I love on NBC, PARENTHOOD also got renewed.
You know, I'm beginning to get a complex. ;D
I went back to see why I thought he posted it. He made a comment about one of the shows right after you posted it.
At least when i comment on the same day i can use the quote feature and avoid this. :)
-
Is anybody familiar with the greeting card app on facebook? It is really bugging the crap out of me.
Someone had sent me one and now this app has my info. Which i wouldn't mind except that it has selectively decided to send some of my friends cards. This i do not like.
It sent my aunt one today. It shows 4 people on a list that have birthdays coming up in the next few weeks. Beside that it says "send them a card.". That part is blank. So i didn't think it would send them cards. But obviously it is planning on it.
And i really don't want it to do this. Their help feature is not helpful at all. There was an email feature which i used. I guess if they don't respond then i will just disable it. There should be a much easier way to do this especially since i never signed up for this app (only read a card sent to me).
Does anybody know anything about what i should do?
-
Good morning all.
Car CD player: Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past" read by Neville Jason -- a crutch to actually reading the books, which I've gotten halfway through in the past few years, but not nearly fast enough. I'm committed to doing so, and not just once. Any more than I would want to get through "The Wire" just once. Or the Ring Cycle. As to Proust, this audiobook is a beautiful crutch which I was delighted to score on Amazon Marketplace for a fraction of its usual going value.
I felt the same way about listening to Proust. Almost too musical to listen to, those magnificent swirling sentences just getting all gnarled in sounds and twisted around each other so that the meaning gets lost in the delivery.
-
I've never heard of flicks.
-
Of course that's better than getting a simplex, if you catch my drift.
No, and please don't drift it this way.
-
Family has started to arrive for the impending Reed graduation of our niece. We will be having a huge party over here on Sunday, which is of course Mother's Day. Betsy's present is getting to cook for 20 people. :)
-
Is anybody familiar with the greeting card app on facebook? It is really bugging the crap out of me.
Someone had sent me one and now this app has my info. Which i wouldn't mind except that it has selectively decided to send some of my friends cards. This i do not like.
It sent my aunt one today. It shows 4 people on a list that have birthdays coming up in the next few weeks. Beside that it says "send them a card.". That part is blank. So i didn't think it would send them cards. But obviously it is planning on it.
And i really don't want it to do this. Their help feature is not helpful at all. There was an email feature which i used. I guess if they don't respond then i will just disable it. There should be a much easier way to do this especially since i never signed up for this app (only read a card sent to me).
Does anybody know anything about what i should do?
If there is a way to "unlike" might be a way to stop it.
When someone sends me something and the app wants access to my info I refuse it.
-
Good morning to all
I've been actively updated my ITunes. I have so many cds it has been taking so long to do so.
Therefore whatever CD I chose at random to upload I usually listen to a song or two
-
Family has started to arrive for the impending Reed graduation of our niece. We will be having a huge party over here on Sunday, which is of course Mother's Day. Betsy's present is getting to cook for 20 people. :)
Is she a single Reed or a double Reed?
-
Good Morning.
TOD: A compilation CD I made for a friend of very groovy songs. It is indeed groovy.
-
Friday morning greetings! I've already been to the
vampire's blood lab, where it took 2 technicians and 3 sticks to get a vial for this month's Protime :P
-
Family has started to arrive for the impending Reed graduation of our niece. We will be having a huge party over here on Sunday, which is of course Mother's Day. Betsy's present is getting to cook for 20 people. :)
Is she a single Reed or a double Reed?
She's a biologist, which I believe makes her a Nerd. :)
-
One of the few acts (http://irom.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/live-jazz-bonnie-bowden-at-vitellos/) that can compete with the Kritzerland shows.
-
Later this afternoon I'm taking one of my friends to the University of Cincinnati to hear a reading by Haitian author Myriam Chancy (http://www.myriamchancy.com). My friend, who has done mission work in Haiti, is kind of new to the area and unfamiliar with Cincinnati.
-
Why I Love Zach Department: we had been experiencing this weird puddle of water under our refrigerator and I knew it had something to do with the auto defrost but couldn't figure it out (nor could two repairmen). Well the other day I heard the trickle of water from the defrost, got a flashlight and discovered due to the engineering prowess of Whirlpool Corporation, the little tray they have in there to catch the effluent doesn't go far back enough to be totally under the tube that discharges the water.
So today I rigged up a bent piece of cardboard, stuck it in a Ziploc bag and had Zach shove it in the tray, dangling over the back lip so that any water will fall on it then drain into the tray. I thought it was quite a brilliant lo-fi solution. Zach looked at me and said, "You know this is our most ghetto repair yet." :)
-
Revised media:
CD: Patrick Leonard "Rivers". A gorgeous chamber album by Madonna's music director which proves she may indeed have a modicum of musical taste.
-
And the word of the day is: OBTEST!
And The Song Of The Day Is: WE BOTH REACHED FOR THE GUN
-
TOD:
Blu-ray – “Despair”. I rented this because I’d not seen it before. It’s also one of the few Dirk Bogarde film I’d never seen. The only other Fassbinder film I’ve seen is “Fear Eats the Soul” which is excellent and I was really impressed with “Despair” which is a terrific, fascinating film with a remarkable free-flowing camera style. The picture quality is superb and the restoration credits at the end include complete cast and crew credits (credits are limited on the original) which is a nice touch. Maybe DNRphobes should avert their eyes at the degraining credit though!
-
TOD:
Blu-ray – “Despair”. I rented this because I’d not seen it before. It’s also one of the few Dirk Bogarde film I’d never seen. The only other Fassbinder film I’ve seen is “Fear Eats the Soul” which is excellent and I was really impressed with “Despair” which is a terrific, fascinating film with a remarkable free-flowing camera style. The picture quality is superb and the restoration credits at the end include complete cast and crew credits (credits are limited on the original) which is a nice touch. Maybe DNRphobes should avert their eyes at the degraining credit though!
What You Said (http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Despair-Blu-ray/28703/) ;D
-
From DR ChasSmith:
Seriously, I don't like this checking in only twice a day thing. I'll be back to normal at the end of the week.
I also look forward to your checking in more often.
-
I am back from the laundromat. The alarming news of the morning is that one of my neighbors posted a note in the elevator: yesterday afternoon, the door of his and his partner's apartment was spray painted. I wonder if it's a hate crime following Obama's pro-gay marriage stand? I do hope not. I'm sorry this has happened to two really wonderful and talented guys and I'm wondering if this vandalism was performed by another tenant in the building.
:(
-
I just Googled myself to find that I am one of the busiest professional drummers in the Florida Keys. This may be why I am so tired this morning.
;D
-
Is anybody familiar with the greeting card app on facebook? It is really bugging the crap out of me.
Someone had sent me one and now this app has my info. Which i wouldn't mind except that it has selectively decided to send some of my friends cards. This i do not like.
It sent my aunt one today. It shows 4 people on a list that have birthdays coming up in the next few weeks. Beside that it says "send them a card.". That part is blank. So i didn't think it would send them cards. But obviously it is planning on it.
And i really don't want it to do this. Their help feature is not helpful at all. There was an email feature which i used. I guess if they don't respond then i will just disable it. There should be a much easier way to do this especially since i never signed up for this app (only read a card sent to me).
Does anybody know anything about what i should do?
I would think if someone sent you an app you would have the option to decline it.
-
Family has started to arrive for the impending Reed graduation of our niece. We will be having a huge party over here on Sunday, which is of course Mother's Day. Betsy's present is getting to cook for 20 people. :)
Lucky Betsy. Are you supplementing any of the food with goodies from my favorite market?
-
Family has started to arrive for the impending Reed graduation of our niece. We will be having a huge party over here on Sunday, which is of course Mother's Day. Betsy's present is getting to cook for 20 people. :)
Is she a single Reed or a double Reed?
She's a biologist, which I believe makes her a Nerd. :)
;D
-
Why I Love Zach Department: we had been experiencing this weird puddle of water under our refrigerator and I knew it had something to do with the auto defrost but couldn't figure it out (nor could two repairmen). Well the other day I heard the trickle of water from the defrost, got a flashlight and discovered due to the engineering prowess of Whirlpool Corporation, the little tray they have in there to catch the effluent doesn't go far back enough to be totally under the tube that discharges the water.
So today I rigged up a bent piece of cardboard, stuck it in a Ziploc bag and had Zach shove it in the tray, dangling over the back lip so that any water will fall on it then drain into the tray. I thought it was quite a brilliant lo-fi solution. Zach looked at me and said, "You know this is our most ghetto repair yet." :)
Ghetto repair ? Where does that come from? ;D
-
Why I Love Zach Department: we had been experiencing this weird puddle of water under our refrigerator and I knew it had something to do with the auto defrost but couldn't figure it out (nor could two repairmen). Well the other day I heard the trickle of water from the defrost, got a flashlight and discovered due to the engineering prowess of Whirlpool Corporation, the little tray they have in there to catch the effluent doesn't go far back enough to be totally under the tube that discharges the water.
So today I rigged up a bent piece of cardboard, stuck it in a Ziploc bag and had Zach shove it in the tray, dangling over the back lip so that any water will fall on it then drain into the tray. I thought it was quite a brilliant lo-fi solution. Zach looked at me and said, "You know this is our most ghetto repair yet." :)
"Ghetto Repairs" -- the title of my next novel.
-
Is anybody familiar with the greeting card app on facebook? It is really bugging the crap out of me.
Someone had sent me one and now this app has my info. Which i wouldn't mind except that it has selectively decided to send some of my friends cards. This i do not like.
It sent my aunt one today. It shows 4 people on a list that have birthdays coming up in the next few weeks. Beside that it says "send them a card.". That part is blank. So i didn't think it would send them cards. But obviously it is planning on it.
And i really don't want it to do this. Their help feature is not helpful at all. There was an email feature which i used. I guess if they don't respond then i will just disable it. There should be a much easier way to do this especially since i never signed up for this app (only read a card sent to me).
Does anybody know anything about what i should do?
If there is a way to "unlike" might be a way to stop it.
When someone sends me something and the app wants access to my info I refuse it.
You can't unlike it. Normally i would also refuse an app. But it was a birthday card.
Anyhow if they don't email me back today then i will block the app. I find it really ridiculous that they would send cards without your permission.
-
Is anybody familiar with the greeting card app on facebook? It is really bugging the crap out of me.
Someone had sent me one and now this app has my info. Which i wouldn't mind except that it has selectively decided to send some of my friends cards. This i do not like.
It sent my aunt one today. It shows 4 people on a list that have birthdays coming up in the next few weeks. Beside that it says "send them a card.". That part is blank. So i didn't think it would send them cards. But obviously it is planning on it.
And i really don't want it to do this. Their help feature is not helpful at all. There was an email feature which i used. I guess if they don't respond then i will just disable it. There should be a much easier way to do this especially since i never signed up for this app (only read a card sent to me).
Does anybody know anything about what i should do?
I would think if someone sent you an app you would have the option to decline it.
It was a birthday card which i opened at the time. But now it has a list of people on my friend's list who have birthdays (not all just a few).
It should have a list but it should give you the option to send or not send the card. I feel bad because it sent my aunt a card from me and she thinks i actually sent it. But i don't want it sending cards to random people from me. So i think i will have to block the app. I find it ridiculous.
-
I'm up - guess I really needed to sleep, and thankfully I somehow sensed I should get out of bed since I have to meet Juliana in twenty-five minutes.
-
DR's with dogs are you keeping up with the latest dog food recalls?
-
Busy day. Busy, busy, busy.
-
I am back from the laundromat. The alarming news of the morning is that one of my neighbors posted a note in the elevator: yesterday afternoon, the door of his and his partner's apartment was spray painted. I wonder if it's a hate crime following Obama's pro-gay marriage stand? I do hope not. I'm sorry this has happened to two really wonderful and talented guys and I'm wondering if this vandalism was performed by another tenant in the building.
That's terrible! >:(
-
I applaud the two brave ladies who were arrested in North Carolina today for applying for a marriage license. It's bad enough that the Republicans keep throwing a White Anglo Saxon Protestant and a Catholic God into laws concerning a nation of many religions but it's sadder that so many assholes believe it should be this way.and support what I can only call a criminal state of affairs.
End of soapbox!
-
That seems drastic. Did they know they would be arrested?
-
It seems DR td's mother isn't doing well. I only know she had a bad week, not what is wrong.
FEEL BETTER VIBES FOR THE DM OF DR TD!!!
-
I loved Flicks when I was a kid. Those foil-covered tubes made the candy seem special, some how. Looking at them on line, I doubt they still would sell for ten cents a tube.
-
Good morning.
-
Has anyone here bought a car using Costco?
-
That seems drastic. Did they know they would be arrested?
I'm sure they did. I didn't say they were stupid lesbians. I'm sure it was to begin something to chllenge the stupidity of the new law.
-
I would think all they could do is turn them down for a marriage license.
-
And Fizzies were the ultimate during the summer. I don't even reember if the stores sold Fizzies all year long. I always thought that root beer was the best, because it was almost like having a real can of soda.
-
Has anyone here bought a car using Costco?
Yes! Of course, it was 14 years ago (next month) and I still have the car! :D
-
I would think all they could do is turn them down for a marriage license.
I can't imagine that the state would have any reason to actually arrest them.
-
Wow, George. I wonder if the whole procedure has changed. Did you like the way it operated back then?
-
BK, I think you should serve Fizzies at this year's Christmas Eve soiree! How retro!
-
I just Googled myself to find that I am one of the busiest professional drummers in the Florida Keys. This may be why I am so tired this morning. Here I am playing drums at the Tiki Bar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Gor5LfAPQ
Looking good, Jrand.
-
I would think all they could do is turn them down for a marriage license.
I can't imagine that the state would have any reason to actually arrest them.
They were arrested because they refused to leave the premises after they were refused the right to apply for a marriage license, and yes, they planned on doing it so they could begin the process to challenge the hateful, mean-spirited Constitutional Amendment just passed in North Carolina.
-
Wow, George. I wonder if the whole procedure has changed. Did you like the way it operated back then?
Well, I don't think that I did it the way that you were supposed to do it. My former car died and I went with my sister to a local dealer and took a test drive. I went back the next day with my mom and she mentioned that I had a Costco card. The guy said "no problem" and took care of everything. I just paid $100 over their invoice price (that was the Costco deal). Essentially, it worked out because the particular Ford dealer that I just happened to go to was a participating dealer.
I just found this link about How the Program Works (http://www.costcoauto.com/new_cars/how_the_program_works/default.aspx).
And yes, I like the way that it worked back then. ;)
-
I would think all they could do is turn them down for a marriage license.
I can't imagine that the state would have any reason to actually arrest them.
They were arrested because they refused to leave the premises after they were refused the right to apply for a marriage license, and yes, they planned on doing it so they could begin the process to challenge the hateful, mean-spirited Constitutional Amendment just passed in North Carolina.
Ahh...well, good for them! :D
-
It seems DR td's mother isn't doing well. I only know she had a bad week, not what is wrong.
FEEL BETTER VIBES FOR THE DM OF DR TD!!!
Health vibes for the dear mother of DR TD.
-
JohnG., TIME AFTER TIME is one of my top-ten all-time favorite films.
-
One more.
-
Page four!
-
Has anyone here bought a car using Costco?
No, but I buy all of my caskets from them.
-
Has anyone here bought a car using Costco?
No, but I buy all of my caskets from them.
Do you know something we don't?
-
JohnG., TIME AFTER TIME is one of my top-ten all-time favorite films.
Mine, too!
-
Has anyone here bought a car using Costco?
No, but I buy all of my caskets from them.
Do you know something we don't?
You can save about $1,000.00 over what he funeral home would charge you. Just don't buy their brass urns, because they are all made in India.
-
We hate buying cars so much that we haven't bought one since 1998.
-
JohnG., TIME AFTER TIME is one of my top-ten all-time favorite films.
Mine, too!
I'm sort of sorry that it has taken me this long to see it. But I'm also glad that I have discovered something so charming, so winsome, out of the blue.
-
It seems DR td's mother isn't doing well. I only know she had a bad week, not what is wrong.
FEEL BETTER VIBES FOR THE DM OF DR TD!!!
Prayers and vibes for DR TD's DM. And I miss TD or td or however he wants to known.
-
It seems DR td's mother isn't doing well. I only know she had a bad week, not what is wrong.
FEEL BETTER VIBES FOR THE DM OF DR TD!!!
Health vibes for the dear mother of DR TD.
~~~DITTO!!~~~
-
Is apple cider normally sweeter than apple juice? Or is it the other way around?
-
Is apple cider normally sweeter than apple juice? Or is it the other way around?
Isn't juice sweeter? It's certainly milder!
-
Elmore's reached a posting plateau!!
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/Elmores25000th.png)
;D
-
Elmore's reached a posting plateau!!
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/Elmores25000th.png)
;D
well, knock me over!
-
Elmore's reached a posting plateau!!
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/Elmores25000th.png)
;D
A thousand posts for each year! :)
-
JohnG., TIME AFTER TIME is one of my top-ten all-time favorite films.
Mine, too!
I'm sort of sorry that it has taken me this long to see it. But I'm also glad that I have discovered something so charming, so winsome, out of the blue.
I'll never forget seeing TIME AFTER TIME in 1979 because I saw it in fabulous New York on my first visit there.
-
Is apple cider normally sweeter than apple juice? Or is it the other way around?
It's actually the same, if you are talking about the non-alcoholic variety. There is no difference between the two.
-
Elmore's reached a posting plateau!!
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/Elmores25000th.png)
;D
A thousand posts for each year! :)
Congratulations!
-
Back from all sorts of things - had a good lunch meeting with Juliana, picked up some packages and an important envelope, did some banking and in a little while I'll go pick up some Xeroxing, after which, I think I'm in and done for the day.
-
Hello, everyone.
VIBES TO DR TD's DM!!
-
I am doing laundry. I know you were all just dying to know that.
-
I didn't know you could buy a car through Costco. I think that's great.
For DR Laura, I will tell one of my car-buying stories:
Many years ago, when I was living in San Diego county, I needed a new car and wanted a new Honda Prelude. Expecting the dreaded high pressure, I asked my friend Mal to accompany me. Now, Mal is no fool; he's a pretty tough cookie. I thought he'd help me negotiate a good deal. I had overlooked the fact that he is a COMPULSIVE reader. As the salesman and I haggled, Mal was TOTALLY engrossed in a magazine--not a peep from him. I kept looking over at him, thinking, "Aren't you going to say something?" No. As it turned out, I did get a good deal. My first choice of color was grey, but they would have to order one. They had a blue one--my second choice--on the lot and equipped as I wanted. By compromising on color I was able to get the price down considerably. Moral: you get the best deals on the cars on the lot.
Good luck to you, Laura!
-
Has anyone here bought a car using Costco?
Someone I hike with just did. She was pleased and said they find the best price for you. They drove several hours to pick it up.
I don't know if they did better than Keith would have. When we bought my car he priced everywhere & then got the local dealer to match it. Why he went locally I don't know since he said he never wanted to purchase a car from them again. Now he swears, and truly never will, buy a car from them.
-
We hate buying cars so much that we haven't bought one since 1998.
First you need to decide what you want, then begin the pricing process.
-
JohnG., TIME AFTER TIME is one of my top-ten all-time favorite films.
Mine, too!
I'm sort of sorry that it has taken me this long to see it. But I'm also glad that I have discovered something so charming, so winsome, out of the blue.
Now I'm in the mood to see this again.
-
Is apple cider normally sweeter than apple juice? Or is it the other way around?
Isn't juice sweeter? It's certainly milder!
Sometimes people heat cider and add spices and things to make it sweeter.
-
DR Laura, the best deals are usually at the end of the month.
-
Keith, Sherlock and I went out for an early Mother's Day lunch. We were able to sit in the corner by the window of the hotel lobby. Sherlock enjoyed the comfort of the carpets & all the attention he received from the staff and hotel guests.
-
Why I Love Zach Department: we had been experiencing this weird puddle of water under our refrigerator and I knew it had something to do with the auto defrost but couldn't figure it out (nor could two repairmen). Well the other day I heard the trickle of water from the defrost, got a flashlight and discovered due to the engineering prowess of Whirlpool Corporation, the little tray they have in there to catch the effluent doesn't go far back enough to be totally under the tube that discharges the water.
So today I rigged up a bent piece of cardboard, stuck it in a Ziploc bag and had Zach shove it in the tray, dangling over the back lip so that any water will fall on it then drain into the tray. I thought it was quite a brilliant lo-fi solution. Zach looked at me and said, "You know this is our most ghetto repair yet." :)
When Zach becomes a homeowner he may have a new appreciation for low-cost repairs.
-
TTFN.
-
Why I Love Zach Department: we had been experiencing this weird puddle of water under our refrigerator and I knew it had something to do with the auto defrost but couldn't figure it out (nor could two repairmen). Well the other day I heard the trickle of water from the defrost, got a flashlight and discovered due to the engineering prowess of Whirlpool Corporation, the little tray they have in there to catch the effluent doesn't go far back enough to be totally under the tube that discharges the water.
So today I rigged up a bent piece of cardboard, stuck it in a Ziploc bag and had Zach shove it in the tray, dangling over the back lip so that any water will fall on it then drain into the tray. I thought it was quite a brilliant lo-fi solution. Zach looked at me and said, "You know this is our most ghetto repair yet." :)
When Zach becomes a homeowner he may have a new appreciation for low-cost repairs.
And he will tell his children how much he learned from his father.
-
Congrats to DR elmore on his milestone!
-
Bruce we just received our Yankee Bugle in the mail and there is now a page called The Yankee Bookshelf you might find interesting.
-
Has anyone here bought a car using Costco?
No, but I buy all of my caskets from them.
Do you know something we don't?
You can save about $1,000.00 over what he funeral home would charge you. Just don't buy their brass urns, because they are all made in India.
And you shouldn't buy Indian brass for an urn because...what? We might come back as a cow?
-
Has anyone here bought a car using Costco?
No, but I buy all of my caskets from them.
Do you know something we don't?
You can save about $1,000.00 over what he funeral home would charge you. Just don't buy their brass urns, because they are all made in India.
And you shouldn't buy Indian brass for an urn because...what? We might come back as a cow?
:D ;D
-
Congrats on 25000 posts, Larry
-
Well, I'm off. My sister is going to make some waffles! Not going to pass up some home-made waffles! :D
Until later!
-
Sherlock's gums indicate he is a little bit anemic. The vet suggested we fry some chicken livers for him so I'm off to the market.
I would rather be headed out for waffles.
-
Bruce we just received our Yankee Bugle in the mail and there is now a page called The Yankee Bookshelf you might find interesting.
I haven't gotten an issue in ages - what's the Bookshelf deal?
-
Thinking about foodstuffs. I've only had a turkey sandwich and that was at eleven-fifteen. Choices, choices - decisions, decisions - then I'll watch the second of the Branagh Wallander series, but I've already found out that in the first one they were not faithful to the novel AT ALL. Therefore, I may stop after this one and wait for the June release of the original Swedish series of films based on the novels, with a different actor than the one who ultimately did the Swedish series one and two, which were not, save for one, based on the novels.
-
Health vibes for DR td's mother!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
Was it DR jane who asked about BODY OF PROOF.
From what i read it was renewed.
But GCB was cancelled. :(
-
Also cancelled:
Harry's Law :(
Secret Circle :(
Ringer
Pan Am
Missing
The River.
Renewed:
Nikita, gossip girl, hart of dixie (all from the CW).
-
I just Googled myself to find that I am one of the busiest professional drummers in the Florida Keys. This may be why I am so tired this morning. Here I am playing drums at the Tiki Bar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Gor5LfAPQ
perhaps you would like to turn my quartet into a quintent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSQGshVEKio (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSQGshVEKio)
-
Bruce we just received our Yankee Bugle in the mail and there is now a page called The Yankee Bookshelf you might find interesting.
I haven't gotten an issue in ages - what's the Bookshelf deal?
Maybe you need to send them money. I didn't see your name under your class.
It is books written my Hami grads. The Yankee Bugle has a FB page maybe there is something there about getting the Bugle.
-
Was it DR jane who asked about BODY OF PROOF.
From what i read it was renewed.
But GCB was cancelled. :(
Not be. Keith hated the show & I was disappointed, especially as I'm a Dana fan.
-
Also cancelled:
Harry's Law :(
Secret Circle :(
Ringer
Pan Am
Missing
The River.
Renewed:
Nikita, gossip girl, hart of dixie (all from the CW).
I don't watch any of these.
-
Sherlock has had his chicken livers & I need to clean his bowl.
'night
-
Vibes for td's mom
-
Has anyone here bought a car using Costco?
I did back in 1995
-
Wow, George. I wonder if the whole procedure has changed. Did you like the way it operated back then?
Well, I don't think that I did it the way that you were supposed to do it. My former car died and I went with my sister to a local dealer and took a test drive. I went back the next day with my mom and she mentioned that I had a Costco card. The guy said "no problem" and took care of everything. I just paid $100 over their invoice price (that was the Costco deal). Essentially, it worked out because the particular Ford dealer that I just happened to go to was a participating dealer.
I just found this link about How the Program Works (http://www.costcoauto.com/new_cars/how_the_program_works/default.aspx).
And yes, I like the way that it worked back then. ;)
I bought a Ford back in 1995 through Costco using that program and yes I still have that car now --- some 220,0000 miles (and three transmissions) later
-
Has anyone here bought a car using Costco?
No, but I buy all of my caskets from them.
i was thinking about buying the urn for my ashes there ---
-
Elmore - shocked and saddened to hear about the vandalism in your building
-
VIBES for td;s Mom
-
Vibes for Danthe Man's mom
-
Vibes for Edi's dad
-
Vibes for Sherlock
and his humans
-
I just Googled myself to find that I am one of the busiest professional drummers in the Florida Keys. This may be why I am so tired this morning. Here I am playing drums at the Tiki Bar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Gor5LfAPQ
perhaps you would like to turn my quartet into a quintent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSQGshVEKio (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSQGshVEKio)
Your version of Sabia is better. :)
-
Sabia is one of the most gorgeous songs evah.
-
Wow! You've also opened for Kevyn Lettau, longtime vocalist for Sergio.
-
My YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jeffrey+Kauffman&oq=Jeffrey+Kauffman&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=youtube-reduced.3...184817.186928.0.187288.16.15.0.1.1.0.119.1303.13j2.15.0...0.0.cTtFdPWXKQM) results include stock analysts and podiatrists. ::) ;D
-
Wow! You've also opened for Kevyn Lettau, longtime vocalist for Sergio.
I should pay better attention - I had no idea!
-
My YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jeffrey+Kauffman&oq=Jeffrey+Kauffman&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=youtube-reduced.3...184817.186928.0.187288.16.15.0.1.1.0.119.1303.13j2.15.0...0.0.cTtFdPWXKQM) results include stock analysts and podiatrists. ::) ;D
good -my feet hurt - come on over
-
BTW JMK , have you heard that Edmundo Ros will be scoring the unedited version of Downton Abbey?
I am surprised you hadn't mentioned it
-
I just stumbled across one of my favorite scenes from TV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HvmtbZzA40 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HvmtbZzA40)
-
BTW JMK , have you heard that Edmundo Ros will be scoring the unedited version of Downton Abbey?
I am surprised you hadn't mentioned it
I was too busy reading RLP's posts about ABC. ;D
-
oh and another one! And I never realized Tom Hanks was in this!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACF4XDznGEs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACF4XDznGEs)
-
BTW JMK , have you heard that Edmundo Ros will be scoring the unedited version of Downton Abbey?
I am surprised you hadn't mentioned it
I was too busy reading RLP's posts about ABC. ;D
:D :D :D
-
Elmore's reached a posting plateau!!
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/Elmores25000th.png)
;D
congratulations on your new millstone elmore!!
-
Keith, Sherlock and I went out for an early Mother's Day lunch. We were able to sit in the corner by the window of the hotel lobby. Sherlock enjoyed the comfort of the carpets & all the attention he received from the staff and hotel guests.
Sounds nice.
-
I received a mint souvenir book from the 1969 Goodbye, Mr. Chips today. Betsy came home and immediately went over and began repeatedly tapping the cover with her long, pointed fingernail, asking, "Who's that actress again?" "Well, it was Petula Clark before you obliterated her face." ;D
-
Went to the opening of a new catering venue tonight. The chef/owner has created Mexican villa in the middle of a rather unkempt part of town. In front of the house was a gorgeous koi pond with about 25 fish in it and a really nice flagstone that you could stand on to see them better. I hope there was no heron in the vicinity.
-
Nothing says San Antonio hospitality like a freshly made margarita.
(http://www.savorsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Casa-Hernan1.jpg)
-
I am ver tired and haven't caught up yet, but had to tell you all I went to a fundraiser for a local news anchor who had to have a liver transplant. I bought some raffle tickets and won the Merry Maids gift certificate. 2 merry maids for 3 hours!!! woo and hoo!! Can I ever use that. Think I'll schedule it the beginning of June so I can have them clean after I finish stripping the wall paper and painting the spare room over Memorial Day weekend. Now I know the house will be clean to start the summer.
-
I am ver tired and haven't caught up yet, but had to tell you all I went to a fundraiser for a local news anchor who had to have a liver transplant. I bought some raffle tickets and won the Merry Maids gift certificate. 2 merry maids for 3 hours!!! woo and hoo!! Can I ever use that. Think I'll schedule it the beginning of June so I can have them clean after I finish stripping the wall paper and painting the spare room over Memorial Day weekend. Now I know the house will be clean to start the summer.
As I sit in my hovel, I am quite envious. Congratulations!
-
I am back from GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, still smiling broadly from the outrageousness of it all and reveling in the fantastic score. This is one recording I am really looking forward to. There's so much cut from the OBC, especially in the Hugh Martin vocal and Trude Rittman dance arrangements, and they work beautifully with Don Walker's orchestrations. The cast is very good; I really like Rachel York, Simon Jones, Debrah Rush, and a very funny nerdish Aaron Lazar, who's a really handsome man. I'm still out on Megan Hilty, who I thought was perfect casting on paper but didn't seem outrageous enough to me in performance. She veers toward the Monroe version of Lorelei rather than Channing, but the Monroe film isn't nearly as funny as this musical's libretto, and the libretto isn't as screamingly funny or as dark as the original, absolutely brilliant novel.
The closest the musical gets to the novel is in the "Diamonds are A Girl's Best Friend" number in which she justifies herself. The brilliance of the humor in the novel, which is Lorelei's diary, comes from her lousy spelling, pretensions, off the cuff idiocy and playing the helpless baby doll combined with her survival instincts as she reaches decisions, such as leaving a man who truly loves her for another who's wealthy but repellent, and justifies her behavior. The Lorelei of the musical is not the gold digging whorish idiot of the book; she's a dizzy, rather dumb, but likeable flapper who's surrounded by gentlemen wanting to protect her, set her up in a nice apartment and hope she's faithful. Hilty has a big bosom and a sense of humor, but the clownish side of the role isn't there for me. I feel the parody or caricature of the pretty little helpless and naive blonde needing male protection is what's missing along with a full realization of Lorelei's general stupidity. In the first number, "Bye Bye Baby," Lorelei sings to Gus, her sugar daddy, "I'll be with my diary and that book by Mr Gideon." She's dumb and doesn't know it's the Bible, but Hilty sings it was an "Amen" pose that says she does know, and I think that's wrong. I did like her and Simon's "It's Delightful Down In Chile" very much, and she delivers a good "Diamonfds Are A Girl's Best Friend." I think she could have poured on the Arkansas accent a bit more/
Randy Skinner's choreography is wonderful, from the great "I Love What I'm Doing When I'm Doing It For Love" number for the barechested Olympic team and Dorothy to the wonderful ballet isetting of "Sunshine." And then, in Act Two, Randy brings down the house with "Mamie Is Mimi" for two black tap dancers and Gloria, the always precticing chorus girl. It's a wonderful show. And if you've never read the novel, you should. It's funny. Very funny.
-
I am back from GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, still smiling broadly from the outrageousness of it all and reveling in the fantastic score. This is one recording I am really looking forward to. There's so much cut from the OBC, especially in the Hugh Martin vocal and Trude Rittman dance arrangements, and they work beautifully with Don Walker's orchestrations. The cast is very good; I really like Rachel York, Simon Jones, Debrah Rush, and a very funny nerdish Aaron Lazar, who's a really handsome man. I'm still out on Megan Hilty, who I thought was perfect casting on paper but didn't seem outrageous enough to me in performance. She veers toward the Monroe version of Lorelei rather than Channing, but the Monroe film isn't nearly as funny as this musical's libretto, and the libretto isn't as screamingly funny or as dark as the original, absolutely brilliant novel.
The closest the musical gets to the novel is in the "Diamonds are A Girl's Best Friend" number in which she justifies herself. The brilliance of the humor in the novel, which is Lorelei's diary, comes from her lousy spelling, pretensions, off the cuff idiocy and playing the helpless baby doll combined with her survival instincts as she reaches decisions, such as leaving a man who truly loves her for another who's wealthy but repellent, and justifies her behavior. The Lorelei of the musical is not the gold digging whorish idiot of the book; she's a dizzy, rather dumb, but likeable flapper who's surrounded by gentlemen wanting to protect her, set her up in a nice apartment and hope she's faithful. Hilty has a big bosom and a sense of humor, but the clownish side of the role isn't there for me. I feel the parody or caricature of the pretty little helpless and naive blonde needing male protection is what's missing along with a full realization of Lorelei's general stupidity. In the first number, "Bye Bye Baby," Lorelei sings to Gus, her sugar daddy, "I'll be with my diary and that book by Mr Gideon." She's dumb and doesn't know it's the Bible, but Hilty sings it was an "Amen" pose that says she does know, and I think that's wrong. I did like her and Simon's "It's Delightful Down In Chile" very much, and she delivers a good "Diamonfds Are A Girl's Best Friend." I think she could have poured on the Arkansas accent a bit more/
Randy Skinner's choreography is wonderful, from the great "I Love What I'm Doing When I'm Doing It For Love" number for the barechested Olympic team and Dorothy to the wonderful ballet isetting of "Sunshine." And then, in Act Two, Randy brings down the house with "Mamie Is Mimi" for two black tap dancers and Gloria, the always precticing chorus girl. It's a wonderful show. And if you've never read the novel, you should. It's funny. Very funny.
Are they recording it? I would love to hear those Hugh Martin vocal arrangements.
And that book is a riot. I remember reading it years ago and loving most every word.
-
Night, all.
-
Was it DR jane who asked about BODY OF PROOF.
From what i read it was renewed.
But GCB was cancelled. :(
I watch both of these shows. :-\
-
Also cancelled:
Harry's Law :(
Secret Circle :(
Ringer
Pan Am
Missing
The River.
Renewed:
Nikita, gossip girl, hart of dixie (all from the CW).
Of these, the only ones I watched were "Harry's Law" and "Pan Am." "The River" starred Eloise Mumford who's from Olympia, Washington! I remember seeing her in local community theater productions. She still definitely has a career ahead of her.
-
I am back from GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, still smiling broadly from the outrageousness of it all and reveling in the fantastic score. This is one recording I am really looking forward to. There's so much cut from the OBC, especially in the Hugh Martin vocal and Trude Rittman dance arrangements, and they work beautifully with Don Walker's orchestrations.
And speaking of Hugh Martin and his involvement with BLONDES...have you read this article on Playbill.com by Encores! music director Rob Berman?:
Singing the Praises of Arranger Hugh Martin, Who Gave Blondes a Special Musical Curl (http://www.playbill.com/features/article/165899-Singing-the-Praises-of-Arranger-Hugh-Martin-Who-Gave-Blondes-a-Special-Musical-Curl).