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Title: PARCHEESI
Post by: bk on October 30, 2012, 12:08:19 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke of Parcheesi, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently playing their favorite game, MOOnopoly.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2012, 12:08:55 AM: And the word of the day is: EIDOLON!
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Post by: Doug R on October 30, 2012, 01:02:41 AM: TOD:

Favorite Sinatra song: OL' MAN RIVER (amazing how he holds that last note for so long)
Favorite Film performance: THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 04:32:23 AM: I can't sleep. I was hoping to find some east coast DRs here.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 04:54:08 AM: Good morning, all.

Safe and dry vibes for all. And power for all, as well.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 04:55:16 AM: TOD:

Song: "Mind if I Make Love to You" from "High Society"
Films: "On the Town," "High Society," "Manchurian Candidate."
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 04:59:28 AM: Glad the casserole was a success, Matthew.

I'm envious of your getting to meet Clinton, DakotaCelt. That must have been cool.
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Post by: Sam on October 30, 2012, 05:27:00 AM: ;D
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Post by: Sam on October 30, 2012, 05:28:15 AM: MEGA VIBES TO EVERYONE WHO NEEDS THEM.

Goodmorning. ;D
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Post by: Sam on October 30, 2012, 05:30:10 AM: Great pictures.

I think Godzilla really did visit NY.

I do not visit facebook, much trouble to be had.

:)
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Post by: Sam on October 30, 2012, 05:31:26 AM: Staying home tonight after my meeting. To order cd's.

Off to work. Later. ;)
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Post by: Kerry on October 30, 2012, 05:34:54 AM: More vibes!
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Post by: Ginny on October 30, 2012, 05:37:13 AM: Tuesday morning greetings! Have to fire myself up to grocery shop today and to meet with the senior center director about some funding research I've done. I'd rather stay home wrapped in an afghan and read a book.
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Post by: Cillaliz on October 30, 2012, 05:44:40 AM: Ginny, are you getting snow?
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Post by: Cillaliz on October 30, 2012, 05:45:22 AM: I just stopped in to see if anyone has checked in from the East Coast. Time to get to work. I have a post conviction trial this morning and need to review a couple things before it starts
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Post by: Ginny on October 30, 2012, 05:48:15 AM: Quote from: Cillaliz on October 30, 2012, 05:44:40 AM
Ginny, are you getting snow?

Just some flurries, DR Cillaliz, and I can see a dusting on the rooftops across the street.
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Post by: Ginny on October 30, 2012, 05:56:36 AM: Of all the rooftops I can see from our house, only 1 really has significant snow accumulation. Leads me to believe that their attic isn't very well-insulated...
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Post by: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 06:03:05 AM: I had a lot of trouble sleeping. The wind was pretty bad and there were so many things outside banging around. It's funny because my sister said she didn't hear a peep. I guess it depends where your windows are facing.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 06:18:38 AM: Good morning, all. It took me a while to get to sleep, but once I passed out, I slept quite well. I guess the storm is over, because all that's on the news this morning are shots of the damage, notfications of traffic and school shutdowns, and discussions on how the cleanup will proceed.

BK, outside of the ass who posted the fake photo that I posted, the shots of the storm and the areas around and in Manhattan on Facebook, as well as the news, are real. And most of them let me know how lucky I and many others are.

Most of the people you know live above 42nd Street, because the ground rises as you move north. This is why the Battery and lower Manhattan was flooded and why the Upper West Side and areas above 42nd Street came through rather well. Riverside Park is a good 10-20 feet below West End Avenue at 82nd Street. I'm sure that the Park was flooded since all three rivers - East, Harlem, and Hudson - flooded. We were fortunate we came through as good as we did.

DR Ben may still be out of power. I don't know how the area south of 39thStreet is doing.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 06:33:03 AM: My friend Rory posted this info on Facebook this morning. It pretty much encapsulates what's going on:

The MTA Chairman just made a statement that the subway is over 108 years old and NEVER experienced the kind of damage it did last night system wide. He anticipated a minimum of 3 days but more likely from 5 to 7 days until the subways would reali
stically be up and running again.

Bloomberg warns people to NOT go DRIVING around to check things out - allow Emergency workers to do their jobs! Of course if you do be careful as there is a lot of debris in the road ways (west side highway has desks, trashcans, tree's, chairs all sorts of things in the middle of it) who KNOWs where that came from.

Power and Bridge Updates:
Con-Ed is now reporting that over 680,000 customers in all of NYC without power and they don't for see that being restored for min 1 to 3 days depending on the damage as a lot of this equipment is underground - which requires draining the water out, then drying out the equipment completely then testing and bringing it back online. A minimum of 2 days if you live in any of the cities high rise building that lost power.

Flooding still exists on the Lower East side and the waters are again rising on the West Side river banks almost a foot again and high tide begins again in an hour.

The CRANE on west 57th made it but they are still obviously concerned about it and they have another one dangling on 15 W 15th.
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Post by: Ginny on October 30, 2012, 06:40:34 AM: Thanks, DR Elmore - better reporting from you than on CNN! Isn't that 15th St. address close to DR Ben?
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 06:41:53 AM: Quote from: Ginny on October 30, 2012, 06:40:34 AM
Thanks, DR Elmore - better reporting from you than on CNN! Isn't that 15th St. address close to DR Ben?

Relatively: three avenues apart.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 06:46:07 AM: There's a news article on at the moment about evacuating 200 patients from the NYU Medical Center to other hospitals and carrying patients down stairs since there was no elevator service. Many patents were on ventilators that stopped, and they had to becareful with the newborns. I think they said 20 hospitals were taking the patients.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on October 30, 2012, 06:52:49 AM: TOD:

Recordings:

Say It (Over and Over Again)
Mind If I Make Love To You
Rain
When The Wind Was Green
Everything Happens To Me
A Sinner Kissed An Angel
Oh! Look At Me Now
Night & Day
Polka Dots and Moonbeams

FILMS:

Some Came Running
Guys & Dolls
Manchurian Candidate
Hole In The Head
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: DakotaCelt on October 30, 2012, 06:54:11 AM: Quote from: John G. on October 30, 2012, 04:59:28 AM
Glad the casserole was a success, Matthew.

I'm envious of your getting to meet Clinton, DakotaCelt. That must have been cool.

It was a fun experiences...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on October 30, 2012, 06:54:27 AM: Good morning one and all!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on October 30, 2012, 06:54:40 AM: Vibes to one and all!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on October 30, 2012, 06:55:19 AM: I saw some of the pictures of the devastation from Sandy. Amazing.... and heartbreaking.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 07:00:12 AM: Elmore, time for you to take up reporting. You're more succinct and informative than any report I've read so far.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 07:00:23 AM: One more.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 07:00:38 AM: Page two Sandy-be-gone dance!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on October 30, 2012, 07:01:27 AM: Thanks for the updates Elmore! I am glad you made it through unscathed. I hope everyone one made it through unscathed. I heard that parts of Long Island got hit with significant flooding.
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Post by: Jrand74 on October 30, 2012, 07:03:24 AM: Yes thanks to DR ELMORE and the East Coasters from last night who kept us well informed.

So scary.....

Continued vibes for all. Some scary stories from the DR's last night.....
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 07:03:47 AM: Quote from: John G. on October 30, 2012, 07:00:12 AM
Elmore, time for you to take up reporting. You're more succinct and informative than any report I've read so far.

It comes from the need to condense the text for invoices and recoding notes.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jrand74 on October 30, 2012, 07:06:34 AM: As I learned when I directed THE CURIOUS SAVAGE last summer....Parcheesi is the Royal Game of India....and really has a very interesting heritage.

Indian Royalty played the game - originally called Crosses & Circles - with live members of their harems in brightly colored costumes on huge outdoor boards.....

In its American form, it reminds me a lot of SORRY.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parcheesi
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jrand74 on October 30, 2012, 07:07:49 AM: I am sure that DR MBARNUM's photo from last night was an actual photo.....it was probably from someplace in New Jersey rather than Manhattan.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 07:31:37 AM: Quote from: Jrand62 on October 30, 2012, 07:07:49 AM
I am sure that DR MBARNUM's photo from last night was an actual photo.....it was probably from someplace in New Jersey rather than Manhattan.

Godzilla knows that we New Yorkers aren't afraid of him.

I just spoke to our DR Ben; he and Anthony have supplies, a working phone, and running water. No electricity, sothey're relying on info from the radio and seem to be coping quite well, given the mess.
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Post by: Jrand74 on October 30, 2012, 07:47:23 AM: Thanks for the Ben report DR ELMORE.
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Post by: MBarnum on October 30, 2012, 07:59:11 AM: DR Elmore, glad you didn't get swept away! Hope the fire escape is still intact.
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Post by: MBarnum on October 30, 2012, 07:59:52 AM: TOD:

I have no favorite Frank Sinatra performances, although I do like some of his films.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 08:06:47 AM: Quote from: MBarnum on October 30, 2012, 07:59:11 AM
DR Elmore, glad you didn't get swept away! Hope the fire escape is still intact.

Unfortunately. I guess I will need to unscrew it from the wall before you rnext visit.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 08:10:22 AM: My friend Tom Mizer's neighborhood in Brooklyn:

(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/530975_10151313723456015_1876192679_n.jpg)
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2012, 08:20:16 AM: I'm up, I'm up. Shortly I will go to the DMV for license renewal.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2012, 08:23:39 AM: elmore, thanks for the report. Everything was very confusing last night, and there were many more fake photos posted on Facebook than the one you posted here. The confusion stemmed from reading horrifying reports to reading a post by a woman on a theater chat board from Hell's Kitchen who said she took a nice walk over to Times Square right in the midst of what was supposed to be the worst storm in history and reading that it was calm and still, not raining, and not very windy. I'm glad you were safe uptown and I hope all our downtown friends are safe and have power restored soon. And thankfully the storm did not last anywhere near the time they said it was going to last. And that's a good thing.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 08:41:26 AM: Traffic update:
1. No subway service for 4-5 days
2. Buses running today after 5pm, full service tomorrow at No Charge, they will be packed because they'll pick up the subway crowd
3. LaGuardia still closed for extensive damage
4. I don't know anything about JFK or Newark airports at this time

BK, you're welcome!

There were a lot of morons who went out into the weather yesterday:
1. some of the fools who were told to evacuate did not, and had to be rescued during the full brouhaha at the risk of emergency workers' lives last night
2. there were people out jogging and one woman was killed by a falling limb
3. there were asses out surfing and hanging out on the beach!

I have no idea when the postal service will resume, definitely not before tomorrow or Thursday.
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Post by: Matthew on October 30, 2012, 08:52:06 AM: Thanks for keeping us informed Elmore. <hugs>
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on October 30, 2012, 08:52:46 AM: Quote from: bk on October 30, 2012, 12:08:55 AM
And the word of the day is: EIDOLON!

And The Song Of The Day Is: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
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Post by: Druxy on October 30, 2012, 08:53:22 AM: TOD:

Softly, As I Leave You
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 08:56:46 AM: Elmore, I remember the same idiots would go to the beach in Florida when the hurricanes would sweep by because the waves were perfect for surfing. Well, surfing and dying. Perhaps it is Darwinism in action.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 09:11:14 AM: Here's the 86th Street subway station:

(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/561994_465767766800148_168482397_n.jpg)
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 09:31:50 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 06:33:03 AM
My friend Rory posted this info on Facebook this morning. It pretty much encapsulates what's going on:

Thank you for the very detailed reports.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 09:34:03 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 07:31:37 AM
Quote from: Jrand62 on October 30, 2012, 07:07:49 AM
I am sure that DR MBARNUM's photo from last night was an actual photo.....it was probably from someplace in New Jersey rather than Manhattan.

Godzilla knows that we New Yorkers aren't afraid of him.

I just spoke to our DR Ben; he and Anthony have supplies, a working phone, and running water. No electricity, sothey're relying on info from the radio and seem to be coping quite well, given the mess.

Thanks. I'm glad they will be fine. Thank goodness you are able to report in.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 09:37:16 AM: I have a text message from DR Vixmom:

Turned sunny. No power
Went to work no computers
Came home lost fence shingles off house
No flood thank goodness.
Going to check on my parents
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 09:43:41 AM: They're calling this "The Storm of the Century" and there are 88 years to go.
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Post by: Michael on October 30, 2012, 09:48:07 AM: good afternoon to all
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Post by: Michael on October 30, 2012, 09:49:09 AM: TOD

I especially like Sinatra in his Tommy Dorsey days.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 09:54:26 AM: The East Village today:

(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/183960_10151072735056396_483683355_n.jpg)
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 10:01:13 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 09:43:41 AM
They're calling this "The Storm of the Century" and there are 88 years to go.

;D
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 10:01:59 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 09:54:26 AM
The East Village today:

So shocking to see this.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 10:03:46 AM: My "Irene" friend who is just fine posted this on FB.

(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/318873_4918526127733_729022892_n.jpg)
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 10:04:28 AM: A couple, walking their dog in the storm last night, were killed by a falling tree. What fools. And today they have to send rescue teams to Fire Island to rescue the twits who refused to evacuate.

This is very haunting: the amusement park in Seaside Heights:

(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/SeasideHtsamusementpark.jpg)
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 10:05:06 AM: !!! 3 !!! 3 !!! 3 !!!
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 10:07:37 AM: I find this kind of amazing....A 700ton tanker washed up onto road in Staten Island.

(http://sun-gazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/396213_465730810137177_190599842_n.jpg)
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 10:09:44 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 10:04:28 AM

This is very haunting:

Yes it is.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 10:12:14 AM: I don't know why anyone, let alone the dog, would want to be out walking in that. My dog friends did quick potty trips BEFORE the worst of the storm hit. That is if the dog would even go out. Craig was very relieved Yogi went within two minutes & that was only because he could let him off leash.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 10:23:21 AM: That shot of Seaside Hts amusement park was too tiny to see how eerie it is!

(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/599232_10151206830039099_1255553856_n.jpg)
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 10:39:40 AM: Interesting DR elmore but, to me, the photos are the same size.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 10:46:01 AM: DR Jennifer I'm glad all you experienced from Sandy was a restless night. :)
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 11:02:03 AM: Quote from: Jane on October 30, 2012, 10:39:40 AM
Interesting DR elmore but, to me, the photos are the same size.

Not to me! The first is like a postage stamp.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 11:02:52 AM: Odd.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 11:03:33 AM: Craig told me he put a photo on FB and I can't see it. He said friends chuckled over it. Beats me why I'm excluded from it.
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Post by: TCB on October 30, 2012, 11:08:32 AM: BK, did you ever play the game, Sorry? It is the same game, different name and different manufacturer.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 11:08:38 AM: I'm going out for a long walk on what just might be our last nice day.
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Post by: TCB on October 30, 2012, 11:13:18 AM: In honor of all the areas hit by Superstorm Sandy, the Pacific Northwet has put almost all of our counties under a Flood Warning. (Actually it has to do with all the rain we are expecting today and tomorrow.)
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2012, 11:16:02 AM: Sorry, never played Sorry.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2012, 11:17:47 AM: Back from the DMV and giving the motor car a bath. I arrived at the DMV at ten for my ten-fifteen appointment. There was a line of about eighty people outside, said people having not made appointments. I went in the front door, went right up to the check-in for appointments, was given my number, number was called twenty seconds later, got to the window at 10:05 and was out the door by 10:10. Fastest DMV appointment EVER.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2012, 11:32:44 AM: Am told we only have about fifty people coming so far on Sunday. I know there will be more, but all this tells me (and we've had this situation before) is that no one cares about Rodgers and Hammerstein, Irving Berlin or folks like that. They'll pack the joint for Hamlisch, anniversary shows, and the Lost in Boston kind of shows, but give 'em an old master and it's a tough sell - which means that the planned Cole Porter and Kern shows are going on a long hold.
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Post by: TCB on October 30, 2012, 11:32:56 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 10:04:28 AM
A couple, walking their dog in the storm last night, were killed by a falling tree. What fools. And today they have to send rescue teams to Fire Island to rescue the twits who refused to evacuate.

This is very haunting: the amusement park in Seaside Heights:

(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/SeasideHtsamusementpark.jpg)

What happened to the photo?
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Post by: TCB on October 30, 2012, 11:35:26 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 10:23:21 AM
That shot of Seaside Hts amusement park was too tiny to see how eerie it is!

(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/599232_10151206830039099_1255553856_n.jpg)

Okay. Thank you.
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Post by: TCB on October 30, 2012, 11:54:34 AM: It is actually unusually warm around here. It is wet, but very mild. Not quite a Pineapple Express, but close.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 11:55:46 AM: I think I will leave the apartment and wander down Broadway for a bit to see what's going on, if anything.
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Post by: TCB on October 30, 2012, 11:58:52 AM: Thank goodness for these signs.

(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/Gimmeshelter.jpg)
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Post by: Ginny on October 30, 2012, 12:06:48 PM: I just put a 3-pound pork roast in the oven and now I'm going to take a nap. Because that's the kind of day it is...
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 12:11:45 PM: Quote from: bk on October 30, 2012, 11:32:44 AM
Am told we only have about fifty people coming so far on Sunday. I know there will be more, but all this tells me (and we've had this situation before) is that no one cares about Rodgers and Hammerstein, Irving Berlin or folks like that. They'll pack the joint for Hamlisch, anniversary shows, and the Lost in Boston kind of shows, but give 'em an old master and it's a tough sell - which means that the planned Cole Porter and Kern shows are going on a long hold.

That's sad.
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Post by: Jrand74 on October 30, 2012, 12:41:38 PM: Times change.
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Post by: Jrand74 on October 30, 2012, 12:42:09 PM: Going to rehearse just the Cryers' scenes again tonight. So I should be done by 8 p.m.
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Post by: TCB on October 30, 2012, 12:49:55 PM: Is there any way we can slide about 100 of yesterday's posts and move them over to today?
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2012, 12:55:46 PM: Times do change, but great music doesn't. People baffle me sometimes.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2012, 12:57:08 PM: I didn't think it would be a good idea for me to wait until seven or later to eat the first food of the day, so I had a turkey sandwich - not too may calories and will tide me over.
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Post by: TCB on October 30, 2012, 12:57:12 PM: Quote from: bk on October 30, 2012, 12:55:46 PM
Times do change, but great music doesn't. People baffle me sometimes.

Hopefully the reservations will increase during the week.
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Post by: George on October 30, 2012, 12:57:37 PM: Quote from: Doug R on October 30, 2012, 01:02:41 AM
TOD:

Favorite Sinatra song: OL' MAN RIVER (amazing how he holds that last note for so long)
Favorite Film performance: THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

I was never specifically a fan of Sinatra's singing (I liked him, but not "fan"...but he did record Sondheim's "Good Thing Going" :)), but my favorite film performance of his is "The Manchurian Candidate" (although, I haven't seen many others).
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Post by: George on October 30, 2012, 12:59:30 PM: Quote from: Jrand62 on October 30, 2012, 07:06:34 AM
As I learned when I directed THE CURIOUS SAVAGE last summer....Parcheesi is the Royal Game of India....and really has a very interesting heritage.

Indian Royalty played the game - originally called Crosses & Circles - with live members of their harems in brightly colored costumes on huge outdoor boards.....

In its American form, it reminds me a lot of SORRY.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parcheesi

Sorry is a game that my family has played for years, but Parcheesi reminds me more of Aggravation:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-IPOBsPgL._SL500_.jpg)

My family has never played Parcheesi.
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Post by: TCB on October 30, 2012, 01:05:49 PM: Has anyone from the East Coast heard any rumblings, good or bad, about the new play, currently in previews, THE PERFORMERS, starring Cheyene Jackson?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 30, 2012, 01:12:36 PM: Quote from: bk on October 30, 2012, 11:32:44 AM
Am told we only have about fifty people coming so far on Sunday. I know there will be more, but all this tells me (and we've had this situation before) is that no one cares about Rodgers and Hammerstein, Irving Berlin or folks like that. They'll pack the joint for Hamlisch, anniversary shows, and the Lost in Boston kind of shows, but give 'em an old master and it's a tough sell - which means that the planned Cole Porter and Kern shows are going on a long hold.

I think folks would turn up for a Porter show....especially if you use original lyrics.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 01:16:04 PM: Quote from: George on October 30, 2012, 12:59:30 PM
Quote from: Jrand62 on October 30, 2012, 07:06:34 AM
As I learned when I directed THE CURIOUS SAVAGE last summer....Parcheesi is the Royal Game of India....and really has a very interesting heritage.

Indian Royalty played the game - originally called Crosses & Circles - with live members of their harems in brightly colored costumes on huge outdoor boards.....

In its American form, it reminds me a lot of SORRY.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parcheesi

Sorry is a game that my family has played for years, but Parcheesi reminds me more of Aggravation:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-IPOBsPgL._SL500_.jpg)

My family has never played Parcheesi.

We had a German version of that called Mensch ärgere dich nicht.
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Post by: TCB on October 30, 2012, 01:19:14 PM: Quote from: George on October 30, 2012, 12:59:30 PM
Quote from: Jrand62 on October 30, 2012, 07:06:34 AM
As I learned when I directed THE CURIOUS SAVAGE last summer....Parcheesi is the Royal Game of India....and really has a very interesting heritage.

Indian Royalty played the game - originally called Crosses & Circles - with live members of their harems in brightly colored costumes on huge outdoor boards.....

In its American form, it reminds me a lot of SORRY.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parcheesi

Sorry is a game that my family has played for years, but Parcheesi reminds me more of Aggravation:

My family has never played Parcheesi.

I don't know, George. Wikipedia says that Sorry is based on Parcheesi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorry!_(game)
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 01:20:45 PM: Quote from: TCB on October 30, 2012, 01:19:14 PM
Quote from: George on October 30, 2012, 12:59:30 PM
Quote from: Jrand62 on October 30, 2012, 07:06:34 AM
As I learned when I directed THE CURIOUS SAVAGE last summer....Parcheesi is the Royal Game of India....and really has a very interesting heritage.

Indian Royalty played the game - originally called Crosses & Circles - with live members of their harems in brightly colored costumes on huge outdoor boards.....

In its American form, it reminds me a lot of SORRY.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parcheesi

Sorry is a game that my family has played for years, but Parcheesi reminds me more of Aggravation:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-IPOBsPgL._SL500_.jpg)

My family has never played Parcheesi.

I don't know, George. Wikipedia says that Sorry is based on Parcheesi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorry!_(game)

But what is Debra Messing based on?
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2012, 01:25:20 PM: If they don't show up for Berlin and Rodgers and Hammerstein, they won't show up for any of the oldsters. If I were to do a damn Jason Robert Brown show they'd show up - I won't, but they would. They'd probably show up for a Michael John LaChiusa show and they'll definitely show up for our upcoming Stephen Schwartz show.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2012, 01:25:45 PM: If we did an evening of Legally Blonde, Wicked, Footloose, and Bring It On, they'd show up.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 30, 2012, 01:37:11 PM: In today's mail:

Blu Ray of "Rosemary's Baby"

VERY excited!
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: bk on October 30, 2012, 01:39:19 PM: I'm expecting Rosemary's and the Hitchcock set - all delivered via Ontrac, which means I probably won't be able to get them until the morning - really irritating! IF they arrive by two-thirty I could run and get them then, or if my rehearsal ends at five-thirty sharp I could run and get them then - but if the rehearsal goes late, then no way.
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Post by: MBarnum on October 30, 2012, 01:55:02 PM: I remember playing Parcheesi as a kid, but don't recall what the game was like.

Whenever I stop in at World Market I see reproductions of the old 1930s version of Parcheesi, and one of these days I might buy it...of course I have a closet full of board games that never see the light of day...so...it won't matter if I add one more.
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Post by: TCB on October 30, 2012, 02:00:53 PM: It is so dark outside this afternoon, that I had to turn the kitchen light on so that I didn't walk into the wall. It is getting stormy.
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Post by: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 02:02:41 PM: Hello! My electricity is back--I lost it last night at about 8.
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Post by: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 02:03:52 PM: DR George--yes, the Streisand concerts in Brooklyn were taped. There have been cameras at all of the shows, but only Brooklyn had the ones on cranes.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: TCB on October 30, 2012, 02:10:42 PM: Quote from: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 02:02:41 PM
Hello! My electricity is back--I lost it last night at about 8.

Welcome back, Kevin!
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 02:16:52 PM: I went to the market, and had a ghostly encounter on my way to the elevator. As I passed the mailboxes, there was someone standing there watching me, and then it was gone. Last week something turned my computer on in the middle of th night. It must be getting ready for Halloween.

It's raining outside.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: George on October 30, 2012, 02:22:04 PM: Quote from: TCB on October 30, 2012, 01:19:14 PM
Quote from: George on October 30, 2012, 12:59:30 PM
Quote from: Jrand62 on October 30, 2012, 07:06:34 AM
As I learned when I directed THE CURIOUS SAVAGE last summer....Parcheesi is the Royal Game of India....and really has a very interesting heritage.

Indian Royalty played the game - originally called Crosses & Circles - with live members of their harems in brightly colored costumes on huge outdoor boards.....

In its American form, it reminds me a lot of SORRY.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parcheesi

Sorry is a game that my family has played for years, but Parcheesi reminds me more of Aggravation:

My family has never played Parcheesi.

I don't know, George. Wikipedia says that Sorry is based on Parcheesi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorry!_(game) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorry!_(game))

I'm not saying that Sorry isn't based on Parcheesi, but not having played it, I don't know the similarities to that and Sorry.

I'm sure that both Sorry and Aggravation owe some part of their existence to Parcheesi...variations on a theme. :)
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: bk on October 30, 2012, 02:22:18 PM: It's hot here.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2012, 02:22:40 PM: And, of course, no Ontrac delivery yet, so the only shot is now at five-thirty.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Ginny on October 30, 2012, 02:30:17 PM: Mmmm, I slept for about an hour in my recliner and was awakened by the aroma of pork roast...
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 02:41:30 PM: Quote from: Ginny on October 30, 2012, 02:30:17 PM
Mmmm, I slept for about an hour in my recliner and was awakened by the aroma of pork roast...

That sounds quite deelish!
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: bk on October 30, 2012, 02:43:59 PM: Awaiting the arrival of musical director and first cast member.
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Post by: Laura on October 30, 2012, 02:55:29 PM: Hello. I have been out of town for a few days. Watched the storm on tv. Amazing!
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Post by: ChasSmith on October 30, 2012, 03:35:08 PM: Hello from Panera Bread and their lovely Wi-Fi. No power at home since 7:15 last night-- but no damage, either. All is basically well. Got to run...more tomorrow!
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Ginny on October 30, 2012, 03:36:55 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 02:41:30 PM
Quote from: Ginny on October 30, 2012, 02:30:17 PM
Mmmm, I slept for about an hour in my recliner and was awakened by the aroma of pork roast...

That sounds quite deelish!

Oh, it was, DR Elmore - wish you'd been here to share it with us!
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Ginny on October 30, 2012, 03:37:26 PM: Thanks for checking in, DR ChasSmith - hang in there!
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Doug R on October 30, 2012, 03:47:02 PM: Quote from: George on October 30, 2012, 12:57:37 PM
Quote from: Doug R on October 30, 2012, 01:02:41 AM
TOD:

Favorite Sinatra song: OL' MAN RIVER (amazing how he holds that last note for so long)
Favorite Film performance: THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

I was never specifically a fan of Sinatra's singing (I liked him, but not "fan"...but he did record Sondheim's "Good Thing Going" :)), but my favorite film performance of his is "The Manchurian Candidate" (although, I haven't seen many others).

I think I should add VON RYAN'S EXPRESS which I've always thoroughly enjoyed and in which I thought Sinatra did a great job.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 03:58:15 PM: Quote from: TCB on October 30, 2012, 11:13:18 AM
In honor of all the areas hit by Superstorm Sandy, the Pacific Northwet has put almost all of our counties under a Flood Warning. (Actually it has to do with all the rain we are expecting today and tomorrow.)

:(

NO FLOODING VIBES!
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 03:59:46 PM: Quote from: TCB on October 30, 2012, 11:08:32 AM
BK, did you ever play the game, Sorry? It is the same game, different name and different manufacturer.

I had no idea. I used to have it but don't recall how the game was played.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 04:00:21 PM: Quote from: bk on October 30, 2012, 11:17:47 AM
Back from the DMV and giving the motor car a bath. I arrived at the DMV at ten for my ten-fifteen appointment. There was a line of about eighty people outside, said people having not made appointments. I went in the front door, went right up to the check-in for appointments, was given my number, number was called twenty seconds later, got to the window at 10:05 and was out the door by 10:10. Fastest DMV appointment EVER.

WOW!
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 04:01:53 PM: Quote from: TCB on October 30, 2012, 12:57:12 PM
Quote from: bk on October 30, 2012, 12:55:46 PM
Times do change, but great music doesn't. People baffle me sometimes.

Hopefully the reservations will increase during the week.

DITTO!
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 04:02:44 PM: Quote from: TCB on October 30, 2012, 02:10:42 PM
Quote from: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 02:02:41 PM
Hello! My electricity is back--I lost it last night at about 8.

Welcome back, Kevin!

Thanks,TCB!
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 04:03:41 PM: Quote from: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 02:02:41 PM
Hello! My electricity is back--I lost it last night at about 8.

Welcome back!
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Ginny on October 30, 2012, 04:04:53 PM: Welcome back to the grid, DR KevinH!
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 04:05:23 PM: Quote from: Laura on October 30, 2012, 02:55:29 PM
Hello. I have been out of town for a few days. Watched the storm on tv. Amazing!

I only looked at photos, it must have been something to watch in action.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 04:06:01 PM: Quote from: ChasSmith on October 30, 2012, 03:35:08 PM
Hello from Panera Bread and their lovely Wi-Fi. No power at home since 7:15 last night-- but no damage, either. All is basically well. Got to run...more tomorrow!

Good news about the lack of damage. Thanks for letting us know you are without power.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: George on October 30, 2012, 04:09:33 PM: Quote from: Ginny on October 30, 2012, 04:04:53 PM
Welcome back to the grid, DR KevinH!

Ditto, KevinH!
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 30, 2012, 04:18:16 PM: My Hitchcock box is coming from the UK. It was supposed to be here either the end of this week or start of next week...but it is now delayed until after mid-November. No excuses were offered as to the delay.

It was already delayed for the same reasons the U.S. box was delayed, so this new delay is mysterious.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: George on October 30, 2012, 04:20:55 PM: Quote from: Jane on October 30, 2012, 03:58:15 PM
Quote from: TCB on October 30, 2012, 11:13:18 AM
In honor of all the areas hit by Superstorm Sandy, the Pacific Northwet has put almost all of our counties under a Flood Warning. (Actually it has to do with all the rain we are expecting today and tomorrow.)

:(

NO FLOODING VIBES!

Fortunately, I live in an area where it's impossible to be flooded. However, pipes can burst...but that's a different story. ;)
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Post by: DakotaCelt on October 30, 2012, 04:49:13 PM: Glad to see the east coast people checking in...
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 04:49:43 PM: Quote from: George on October 30, 2012, 04:20:55 PM
Quote from: Jane on October 30, 2012, 03:58:15 PM
Quote from: TCB on October 30, 2012, 11:13:18 AM
In honor of all the areas hit by Superstorm Sandy, the Pacific Northwet has put almost all of our counties under a Flood Warning. (Actually it has to do with all the rain we are expecting today and tomorrow.)

:(

NO FLOODING VIBES!

Fortunately, I live in an area where it's impossible to be flooded. However, pipes can burst...but that's a different story. ;)

Pipes can be a problem so keep the vibes :)
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Cillaliz on October 30, 2012, 04:54:54 PM: Quote from: John G. on October 30, 2012, 08:56:46 AM
Elmore, I remember the same idiots would go to the beach in Florida when the hurricanes would sweep by because the waves were perfect for surfing. Well, surfing and dying. Perhaps it is Darwinism in action.

They could have been different idiots....there are lots of them out there
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 04:57:39 PM: Quote from: TCB on October 30, 2012, 02:10:42 PM
Quote from: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 02:02:41 PM
Hello! My electricity is back--I lost it last night at about 8.

Welcome back, Kevin!
Welcome back!
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 04:59:41 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on October 30, 2012, 04:54:54 PM
Quote from: John G. on October 30, 2012, 08:56:46 AM
Elmore, I remember the same idiots would go to the beach in Florida when the hurricanes would sweep by because the waves were perfect for surfing. Well, surfing and dying. Perhaps it is Darwinism in action.

They could have been different idiots....there are losts of them out there
LOL.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 05:01:33 PM: Quote from: ChasSmith on October 30, 2012, 03:35:08 PM
Hello from Panera Bread and their lovely Wi-Fi. No power at home since 7:15 last night-- but no damage, either. All is basically well. Got to run...more tomorrow!
Glad to learn you're OK.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 05:02:17 PM: Just in time for Halloween: "Curse of the Demon" from the library. With Dana Andrews and Peggy Cummings. I hope it's empty-headed fun. I could use it tonight.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Dan (the Man) on October 30, 2012, 05:04:24 PM: BK, did you ever play Trouble? Parcheesi is Trouble without the Pop-O-Matic.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: DakotaCelt on October 30, 2012, 05:05:00 PM: Quote from: John G. on October 30, 2012, 04:57:39 PM
Quote from: TCB on October 30, 2012, 02:10:42 PM
Quote from: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 02:02:41 PM
Hello! My electricity is back--I lost it last night at about 8.

Welcome back, Kevin!
Welcome back!

Welcome back!
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 05:06:33 PM: Quote from: Doug R on October 30, 2012, 03:47:02 PM
Quote from: George on October 30, 2012, 12:57:37 PM
Quote from: Doug R on October 30, 2012, 01:02:41 AM
TOD:

Favorite Sinatra song: OL' MAN RIVER (amazing how he holds that last note for so long)
Favorite Film performance: THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

I was never specifically a fan of Sinatra's singing (I liked him, but not "fan"...but he did record Sondheim's "Good Thing Going" :)), but my favorite film performance of his is "The Manchurian Candidate" (although, I haven't seen many others).

I think I should add VON RYAN'S EXPRESS which I've always thoroughly enjoyed and in which I thought Sinatra did a great job.

Funny, but no one's mentioned "From Here to Eternity," which I enjoy but I guess I don't really think of it as a Frank Sinatra movie, even though he won his Oscar for it.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 05:06:54 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on October 30, 2012, 04:54:54 PM
Quote from: John G. on October 30, 2012, 08:56:46 AM
Elmore, I remember the same idiots would go to the beach in Florida when the hurricanes would sweep by because the waves were perfect for surfing. Well, surfing and dying. Perhaps it is Darwinism in action.

They could have been different idiots....there are lots of them out there
;D
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 05:13:18 PM: It was super hot here today. Something like 70F. I was wearing a t-shirt. When i went to pick up my niece at daycare they had her in pants, splash pants, a tshirt, a long sleeve sweatshirt, a jacket. And a wool hat???

I told her if she is too hot she needs to tell them. I have no idea why they would dress little kids like that when it is so hot out. But the kids are all 1-4. So they don't say anything.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 05:14:43 PM: Tonight would have been so perfect for Halloween. I think it will be warmish tomorrow. Just worried about the rain.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 05:15:46 PM: I had to find pants and tshirts for my nieces to wear under their costumes at school tomorrow.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Dan (the Man) on October 30, 2012, 05:15:59 PM: Fell asleep last night fairly quickly, lulled to sleep by the sound of the rain on the roof (pit-pitty-pat-pitty.) When I woke up, I found out that our office was open but I had already decided I was staying home. Spent the day doing work at the laptop. Took a walk around the outside of the house to check for any damage. All I found was a small branch that had broken off the dogwood tree in the front yard and an empty egg carton embedded in one of the yew shrubs.

I am considering myself darned lucky and blessed today.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Dan (the Man) on October 30, 2012, 05:22:54 PM: I got another phone message from the township this evening informing me that Trick Or Treating has been postponed until Saturday. The odd thing was that the call went on to say that it is "unlawful" for anyone over the age of fourteen to go Trick Or Treating unless they are acting as a chaperone and that they are not allowed to ask for a piece of candy! WTF?!? I have not heard of any such law being passed here in Pennsauken or anywhere else for that matter! I have half a mind to gather a bunch of senior citizens and go out on Saturday to dare them to arrest us! "Unlawful"! Ha!
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Dan (the Man) on October 30, 2012, 05:25:23 PM: I have THE UNKNOWN with Lon Chaney on TCM right now, but the score they've slapped onto it is so awful that I'm going to have to switch to something else.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on October 30, 2012, 05:27:51 PM: Those pictures of Sea Side Heights, NJ, are heartbreaking. And I can barely stand to look at the TV videos of Ocean City...
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Post by: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 05:29:30 PM: Thanks for welcoming me back, everyone!
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 05:30:50 PM: Quote from: John G. on October 30, 2012, 05:02:17 PM
Just in time for Halloween: "Curse of the Demon" from the library. With Dana Andrews and Peggy Cummings. I hope it's empty-headed fun. I could use it tonight.

It's fun, based on "Casting the Runes" by M.R. James. Does your DVD include the British cut?
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 05:31:55 PM: Quote from: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 05:29:30 PM
Thanks for welcoming me back, everyone!

Welcome back!
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 05:32:33 PM: !!!!!! 6 !!!!!!
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Post by: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 05:34:16 PM: Last night, when my lights when out, I watched "The Mirror Crack'd" on my laptop. I had seen when it was released in 1980. It was amazing to think that Angela Lansbury was only a few years older than Elizabeth Taylor, who still looked great.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 05:34:52 PM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on October 30, 2012, 05:22:54 PM
I got another phone message from the township this evening informing me that Trick Or Treating has been postponed until Saturday. The odd thing was that the call went on to say that it is "unlawful" for anyone over the age of fourteen to go Trick Or Treating unless they are acting as a chaperone and that they are not allowed to ask for a piece of candy! WTF?!? I have not heard of any such law being passed here in Pennsauken or anywhere else for that matter! I have half a mind to gather a bunch of senior citizens and go out on Saturday to dare them to arrest us! "Unlawful"! Ha!
You need to card those trick-or-treaters. If they don't have picture ID, they might grow up to commit voter fraud.
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Post by: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 05:35:15 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 05:31:55 PM
Quote from: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 05:29:30 PM
Thanks for welcoming me back, everyone!

Welcome back!

Thanks, DR elmore! So glad you have electricity!
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 05:35:45 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 05:30:50 PM
Quote from: John G. on October 30, 2012, 05:02:17 PM
Just in time for Halloween: "Curse of the Demon" from the library. With Dana Andrews and Peggy Cummings. I hope it's empty-headed fun. I could use it tonight.

It's fun, based on "Casting the Runes" by M.R. James. Does your DVD include the British cut?
Yes, actually it has both. I think I'll only watch the British version.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 05:44:44 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 05:13:18 PM
It was super hot here today. Something like 70F. I was wearing a t-shirt. When i went to pick up my niece at daycare they had her in pants, splash pants, a tshirt, a long sleeve sweatshirt, a jacket. And a wool hat???

I told her if she is too hot she needs to tell them. I have no idea why they would dress little kids like that when it is so hot out. But the kids are all 1-4. So they don't say anything.

Do they figure the children need to wear all the clothes they were dropped off with?
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 05:45:21 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 05:14:43 PM
Tonight would have been so perfect for Halloween. I think it will be warmish tomorrow. Just worried about the rain.

As long as there isn't much rain I would prefer that to freezing temps.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 05:46:29 PM: Quote from: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 05:35:15 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 05:31:55 PM
Quote from: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 05:29:30 PM
Thanks for welcoming me back, everyone!

Welcome back!

Thanks, DR elmore! So glad you have electricity!

Me, too!
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 05:47:16 PM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on October 30, 2012, 05:15:59 PM
Fell asleep last night fairly quickly, lulled to sleep by the sound of the rain on the roof (pit-pitty-pat-pitty.) When I woke up, I found out that our office was open but I had already decided I was staying home. Spent the day doing work at the laptop. Took a walk around the outside of the house to check for any damage. All I found was a small branch that had broken off the dogwood tree in the front yard and an empty egg carton embedded in one of the yew shrubs.

I am considering myself darned lucky and blessed today.

That's great. I was wondering if you had lost power. I tend to forget where you moved to so I couldn't check the news.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 05:48:09 PM: Do you all remember the lady down the hall who made my life miserable during the 2008 bed bug madness? She saw my Facebook post about the ghost in the lobby tonight and called me. I've got her all freaked out.

Revenge is sweet sometimes.
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 05:49:38 PM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on October 30, 2012, 05:22:54 PM
I got another phone message from the township this evening informing me that Trick Or Treating has been postponed until Saturday. The odd thing was that the call went on to say that it is "unlawful" for anyone over the age of fourteen to go Trick Or Treating unless they are acting as a chaperone and that they are not allowed to ask for a piece of candy! WTF?!? I have not heard of any such law being passed here in Pennsauken or anywhere else for that matter! I have half a mind to gather a bunch of senior citizens and go out on Saturday to dare them to arrest us! "Unlawful"! Ha!

Ridiculous!
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 05:50:13 PM: Quote from: John G. on October 30, 2012, 05:34:52 PM
Quote from: Dan (the Man) on October 30, 2012, 05:22:54 PM
I got another phone message from the township this evening informing me that Trick Or Treating has been postponed until Saturday. The odd thing was that the call went on to say that it is "unlawful" for anyone over the age of fourteen to go Trick Or Treating unless they are acting as a chaperone and that they are not allowed to ask for a piece of candy! WTF?!? I have not heard of any such law being passed here in Pennsauken or anywhere else for that matter! I have half a mind to gather a bunch of senior citizens and go out on Saturday to dare them to arrest us! "Unlawful"! Ha!
You need to card those trick-or-treaters. If they don't have picture ID, they might grow up to commit voter fraud.

;D
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 05:50:53 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 05:46:29 PM
Quote from: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 05:35:15 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 05:31:55 PM
Quote from: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 05:29:30 PM
Thanks for welcoming me back, everyone!

Welcome back!

Thanks, DR elmore! So glad you have electricity!

Me, too!

I'm sure. Have you been in contact with DR FJL?
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 05:51:57 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 05:48:09 PM
Do you all remember the lady down the hall who made my life miserable during the 2008 bed bug madness? She saw my Facebook post about the ghost in the lobby tonight and called me. I've got her all freaked out.

Revenge is sweet sometimes.

I LOVE IT!!
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: George on October 30, 2012, 05:55:23 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 05:48:09 PM
Do you all remember the lady down the hall who made my life miserable during the 2008 bed bug madness? She saw my Facebook post about the ghost in the lobby tonight and called me. I've got her all freaked out.

Revenge is sweet sometimes.

That's great, Larry!! :D
Title: Re: PARCHEESI
Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 06:07:52 PM: Quote from: Jane on October 30, 2012, 05:50:53 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 05:46:29 PM
Quote from: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 05:35:15 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 05:31:55 PM
Quote from: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 05:29:30 PM
Thanks for welcoming me back, everyone!

Welcome back!

Thanks, DR elmore! So glad you have electricity!

Me, too!

I'm sure. Have you been in contact with DR FJL?

No, but I'm sure he and Skip are okay since I have other friends living in that building.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 06:09:31 PM: I'm off to bed. I'll read a bit of A Good and Happy Child till it gets scary and unsettling and go to bed.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 06:24:58 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 06:07:52 PM
Quote from: Jane on October 30, 2012, 05:50:53 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 05:46:29 PM
Quote from: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 05:35:15 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 05:31:55 PM
Quote from: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 05:29:30 PM
Thanks for welcoming me back, everyone!

Welcome back!

Thanks, DR elmore! So glad you have electricity!

Me, too!

I'm sure. Have you been in contact with DR FJL?

No, but I'm sure he and Skip are okay since I have other friends living in that building.

Thanks. Are they without power?
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Post by: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 06:29:21 PM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on October 30, 2012, 05:22:54 PM
I got another phone message from the township this evening informing me that Trick Or Treating has been postponed until Saturday. The odd thing was that the call went on to say that it is "unlawful" for anyone over the age of fourteen to go Trick Or Treating unless they are acting as a chaperone and that they are not allowed to ask for a piece of candy! WTF?!? I have not heard of any such law being passed here in Pennsauken or anywhere else for that matter! I have half a mind to gather a bunch of senior citizens and go out on Saturday to dare them to arrest us! "Unlawful"! Ha!

That is funny. Why 14. I've definitely seen 16 year olds occasionally go out with their friends. Why not if they want to? One year I was 20something and since i'm only 5'3 I wore a mask and nobody knew how old i was (i got candy). There are plenty of 14 year olds taller! :)
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Post by: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 06:30:45 PM: Quote from: Jane on October 30, 2012, 05:45:21 PM
Quote from: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 05:14:43 PM
Tonight would have been so perfect for Halloween. I think it will be warmish tomorrow. Just worried about the rain.

As long as there isn't much rain I would prefer that to freezing temps.

I'm hoping it is not much rain. Won't know till tomorrow. I agree it is much better when it is warm. Hopefully it won't be too bad. Right now the high for tomorrow is supposed to be low 60s. So it could potentially be 50-60F at 6pm.
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Post by: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 06:31:51 PM: Quote from: Jane on October 30, 2012, 05:44:44 PM
Quote from: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 05:13:18 PM
It was super hot here today. Something like 70F. I was wearing a t-shirt. When i went to pick up my niece at daycare they had her in pants, splash pants, a tshirt, a long sleeve sweatshirt, a jacket. And a wool hat???

I told her if she is too hot she needs to tell them. I have no idea why they would dress little kids like that when it is so hot out. But the kids are all 1-4. So they don't say anything.

Do they figure the children need to wear all the clothes they were dropped off with?

No, I don't know what their problem is. It's so dumb. I showed up in a t-shirt and she was in 3 layers. I made her take all her stuff off right there.

I think they don't check the temps before they get them ready. It has been changing here day by day. Some days 60s some days cold.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 06:32:18 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 06:29:21 PM
Quote from: Dan (the Man) on October 30, 2012, 05:22:54 PM
I got another phone message from the township this evening informing me that Trick Or Treating has been postponed until Saturday. The odd thing was that the call went on to say that it is "unlawful" for anyone over the age of fourteen to go Trick Or Treating unless they are acting as a chaperone and that they are not allowed to ask for a piece of candy! WTF?!? I have not heard of any such law being passed here in Pennsauken or anywhere else for that matter! I have half a mind to gather a bunch of senior citizens and go out on Saturday to dare them to arrest us! "Unlawful"! Ha!

That is funny. Why 14. I've definitely seen 16 year olds occasionally go out with their friends. Why not if they want to? One year I was 20something and since i'm only 5'3 I wore a mask and nobody knew how old i was (i got candy). There are plenty of 14 year olds taller! :)

I went until I was 18.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 06:33:18 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 06:31:51 PM
Quote from: Jane on October 30, 2012, 05:44:44 PM
Quote from: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 05:13:18 PM
It was super hot here today. Something like 70F. I was wearing a t-shirt. When i went to pick up my niece at daycare they had her in pants, splash pants, a tshirt, a long sleeve sweatshirt, a jacket. And a wool hat???

I told her if she is too hot she needs to tell them. I have no idea why they would dress little kids like that when it is so hot out. But the kids are all 1-4. So they don't say anything.

Do they figure the children need to wear all the clothes they were dropped off with?
I made her take all her stuff off right there.

;D

I can't imagine all of those layers.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 06:41:36 PM: "Curse of the Demon" was fun.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 06:45:09 PM: Now onto to something for serious fun: John Cullum, Juliet Prowse and Harvey Evans in a bootleg of "Follies." Picture quality isn''t great, but it's "Follies."
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Post by: George on October 30, 2012, 07:01:53 PM: Quote from: John G. on October 30, 2012, 06:45:09 PM
Now onto to something for serious fun: John Cullum, Juliet Prowse and Harvey Evans in a bootleg of "Follies." Picture quality isn''t great, but it's "Follies."

Last week, I received (from Amazon.co.uk) the 2-CD London cast recording of Follies for only £9.95...but it was listed under the 1-CD highlights release. The seller specified in the description that it was the 2-CD release and it was! At the time that I bought it, there was only one other 2-CD recording available and it was over £20 AND that seller didn't list "International & domestic delivery rates," so I couldn't have gotten it, anyway. There's one now for £17.95, but they also specify only "Domestic delivery rates."
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Post by: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 07:06:55 PM: Quote from: Jane on October 30, 2012, 06:32:18 PM
Quote from: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 06:29:21 PM
Quote from: Dan (the Man) on October 30, 2012, 05:22:54 PM
I got another phone message from the township this evening informing me that Trick Or Treating has been postponed until Saturday. The odd thing was that the call went on to say that it is "unlawful" for anyone over the age of fourteen to go Trick Or Treating unless they are acting as a chaperone and that they are not allowed to ask for a piece of candy! WTF?!? I have not heard of any such law being passed here in Pennsauken or anywhere else for that matter! I have half a mind to gather a bunch of senior citizens and go out on Saturday to dare them to arrest us! "Unlawful"! Ha!

That is funny. Why 14. I've definitely seen 16 year olds occasionally go out with their friends. Why not if they want to? One year I was 20something and since i'm only 5'3 I wore a mask and nobody knew how old i was (i got candy). There are plenty of 14 year olds taller! :)

I went until I was 18.

I'm going tomorrow! Although I doubt i'll get any candy. But if anyone offers i won't refuse.

I asked my niece (the 3year old) if she would give me her Reese's pieces if she got any. She thought about it. And was going to say no. Then i told her it was peanut butter and her mother would not let her eat it anyways. So she agreed.

She is not allergic. But she has never eaten/tried peanut butter.
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Post by: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 07:07:48 PM: I am curious what DR Cillaliz and her mother thought of tonight's DWTS. A lot of people are saying that there should not have been an elimination this week due to the weather. I think i agree. So many people couldn't watch/vote.
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Post by: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 07:08:29 PM: No Private Practice tonight.

No Live with Kelly Halloween special tomorrow (on Monday instead). But the View said on their facebook page that they would be on live tomorrow.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 07:09:01 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 07:06:55 PM
Quote from: Jane on October 30, 2012, 06:32:18 PM
Quote from: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 06:29:21 PM
Quote from: Dan (the Man) on October 30, 2012, 05:22:54 PM
I got another phone message from the township this evening informing me that Trick Or Treating has been postponed until Saturday. The odd thing was that the call went on to say that it is "unlawful" for anyone over the age of fourteen to go Trick Or Treating unless they are acting as a chaperone and that they are not allowed to ask for a piece of candy! WTF?!? I have not heard of any such law being passed here in Pennsauken or anywhere else for that matter! I have half a mind to gather a bunch of senior citizens and go out on Saturday to dare them to arrest us! "Unlawful"! Ha!

That is funny. Why 14. I've definitely seen 16 year olds occasionally go out with their friends. Why not if they want to? One year I was 20something and since i'm only 5'3 I wore a mask and nobody knew how old i was (i got candy). There are plenty of 14 year olds taller! :)

I went until I was 18.

I'm going tomorrow! Although I doubt i'll get any candy. But if anyone offers i won't refuse.

I asked my niece (the 3year old) if she would give me her Reese's pieces if she got any. She thought about it. And was going to say no. Then i told her it was peanut butter and her mother would not let her eat it anyways. So she agreed.

She is not allergic. But she has never eaten/tried peanut butter.

People don't offer very often. Has she not tried peanut butter because of the recommended age to wait to feed it?
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2012, 07:09:15 PM: 'night
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Post by: Ginny on October 30, 2012, 07:10:44 PM: 'night!
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Post by: George on October 30, 2012, 07:26:00 PM: 'night!

Is there an echo in the house??

;)
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Post by: Matthew on October 30, 2012, 07:29:42 PM: Glad to read things are sorta shaping up on the east coast. Because I have to work at school tomorrow on Halloween -- I really hope and pray that my Wed and Fri days don't fall on the holiday, I have to dress up. I'm going as Jesus from Godspell. We'll see if the 8th grade "gets" it as they watched the DVD last year. I'm going to assemble the costume now.

More at 11:00
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 07:39:31 PM: Quote from: Jane on October 30, 2012, 06:24:58 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 06:07:52 PM
Quote from: Jane on October 30, 2012, 05:50:53 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 05:46:29 PM
Quote from: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 05:35:15 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on October 30, 2012, 05:31:55 PM
Quote from: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 05:29:30 PM
Thanks for welcoming me back, everyone!

Welcome back!

Thanks, DR elmore! So glad you have electricity!

Me, too!

I'm sure. Have you been in contact with DR FJL?

No, but I'm sure he and Skip are okay since I have other friends living in that building.

Thanks. Are they without power?

Not in the least. I thought I implied that by mentioning other friends in the same building being okay.
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Post by: MBarnum on October 30, 2012, 08:15:09 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on October 30, 2012, 04:54:54 PM
Quote from: John G. on October 30, 2012, 08:56:46 AM
Elmore, I remember the same idiots would go to the beach in Florida when the hurricanes would sweep by because the waves were perfect for surfing. Well, surfing and dying. Perhaps it is Darwinism in action.

They could have been different idiots....there are lots of them out there

It took me a few minutes...but then I got it! LOL!!!
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Post by: TCB on October 30, 2012, 08:24:48 PM: Quote from: John G. on October 30, 2012, 06:45:09 PM
Now onto to something for serious fun: John Cullum, Juliet Prowse and Harvey Evans in a bootleg of "Follies." Picture quality isn''t great, but it's "Follies."

Juliet was quite a lady. And an incredible dancer.
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Post by: Cillaliz on October 30, 2012, 08:35:59 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 07:07:48 PM
I am curious what DR Cillaliz and her mother thought of tonight's DWTS. A lot of people are saying that there should not have been an elimination this week due to the weather. I think i agree. So many people couldn't watch/vote.

I've been watching storm coverage and didn't really watch much of DWS this week. I don't think they should have postponed it. They didn't eliminate last week because of the debate. It's just a tv show. It's also a popularity contest that depends on who calls on votes. that's just how it is. I haven't talked to mom. I wasn't shocked, it happened to her the last time she was on too, so she must not have that big a fan base that would watch the show
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 08:52:44 PM: Quote from: TCB on October 30, 2012, 08:24:48 PM
Quote from: John G. on October 30, 2012, 06:45:09 PM
Now onto to something for serious fun: John Cullum, Juliet Prowse and Harvey Evans in a bootleg of "Follies." Picture quality isn''t great, but it's "Follies."

Juliet was quite a lady. And an incredible dancer.
She was very good in this show, too. Her "Story of Lucy and Jessie" was great. Except that whoever filmed it cut "Could I Leave You" and about three other numbers. Plus, the actors seemed to have been directed to improvise around the script, which didn't work too well. John Cullum was appropriately unctuous as Ben, all charm and insincerity. Harvey Evans was the heart of the show. And Marilyn Maye, well, she was the least of the cast.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 08:53:42 PM: Quote from: George on October 30, 2012, 07:01:53 PM
Quote from: John G. on October 30, 2012, 06:45:09 PM
Now onto to something for serious fun: John Cullum, Juliet Prowse and Harvey Evans in a bootleg of "Follies." Picture quality isn''t great, but it's "Follies."

Last week, I received (from Amazon.co.uk) the 2-CD London cast recording of Follies for only £9.95...but it was listed under the 1-CD highlights release. The seller specified in the description that it was the 2-CD release and it was! At the time that I bought it, there was only one other 2-CD recording available and it was over £20 AND that seller didn't list "International & domestic delivery rates," so I couldn't have gotten it, anyway. There's one now for £17.95, but they also specify only "Domestic delivery rates."
Is that the one with Diana Rigg and Daniel Massey? Or is there another London Follies out there?
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2012, 08:53:50 PM: Night, all.
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Post by: TCB on October 30, 2012, 08:55:02 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 06:31:51 PM
Quote from: Jane on October 30, 2012, 05:44:44 PM
Quote from: Jennifer on October 30, 2012, 05:13:18 PM
It was super hot here today. Something like 70F. I was wearing a t-shirt. When i went to pick up my niece at daycare they had her in pants, splash pants, a tshirt, a long sleeve sweatshirt, a jacket. And a wool hat???

I told her if she is too hot she needs to tell them. I have no idea why they would dress little kids like that when it is so hot out. But the kids are all 1-4. So they don't say anything.

Do they figure the children need to wear all the clothes they were dropped off with?

No, I don't know what their problem is. It's so dumb. I showed up in a t-shirt and she was in 3 layers. I made her take all her stuff off right there.

I think they don't check the temps before they get them ready. It has been changing here day by day. Some days 60s some days cold.

Perhaps it has something to do with the way the child arrives at the daycare. The center may have a rule that when the child leaves they have to be dressed the same way as when they arrived.
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Post by: TCB on October 30, 2012, 09:08:03 PM: I would hate to be the worker who decided the child didn't need to wear a coat when an over-protective parent decided that the child did.
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Post by: TCB on October 30, 2012, 09:16:22 PM: Well, I guess it is pointless to sit here by myself.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on October 30, 2012, 09:47:56 PM: Wandering around aimlessly...
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Post by: Sam on October 30, 2012, 10:27:27 PM: Just tried to order cd's and my paypay visa card is no longer valid, new one takes 2-3 days for 4 digit code to appear on my statement.

Such is life. :(
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Post by: Sam on October 30, 2012, 10:27:54 PM: MEGA VIBES ;D
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2012, 10:32:29 PM: Finally finished with rehearsal, birthday dinner, working with Jenna Rosen and doing an interview with her.
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Post by: George on October 30, 2012, 11:02:29 PM: Quote from: John G. on October 30, 2012, 08:53:42 PM
Quote from: George on October 30, 2012, 07:01:53 PM
Quote from: John G. on October 30, 2012, 06:45:09 PM
Now onto to something for serious fun: John Cullum, Juliet Prowse and Harvey Evans in a bootleg of "Follies." Picture quality isn''t great, but it's "Follies."

Last week, I received (from Amazon.co.uk) the 2-CD London cast recording of Follies for only £9.95...but it was listed under the 1-CD highlights release. The seller specified in the description that it was the 2-CD release and it was! At the time that I bought it, there was only one other 2-CD recording available and it was over £20 AND that seller didn't list "International & domestic delivery rates," so I couldn't have gotten it, anyway. There's one now for £17.95, but they also specify only "Domestic delivery rates."
Is that the one with Diana Rigg and Daniel Massey? Or is there another London Follies out there?

That's the one...it was one of the CDs that was stolen from my garage a few years ago. I'm very slowly replacing things and finally replaced this one. I bought the single-CD a couple of years ago, but I really wanted the whole thing, even though it only has one more track.

It's what I originally had. ;)