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Title: AT THE BALLET
Post by: bk on March 17, 2013, 11:59:50 PM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes were ballet-like, and now it is time for you to post until the balletic cows come home.
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Post by: bk on March 18, 2013, 12:02:27 AM: And the word of the day is: PHILLUMENIST!
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Post by: Ben on March 18, 2013, 02:21:38 AM: Morning all.

That is all.
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Post by: FJL on March 18, 2013, 02:40:54 AM: Was Ben up early, or still up late from last night? :)
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Post by: FJL on March 18, 2013, 02:42:57 AM: Great weather vibes for BK's trip!
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Post by: Ben on March 18, 2013, 02:47:47 AM: Hmm, good question.

I'm up early.

What's your excuse :D
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Post by: FJL on March 18, 2013, 03:20:47 AM: LOL, also up early.

Actually, I got to sleep early last night for some reason, so i got a full night's sleep - and anyway, Dylan decided he'd like breakfast and when he saw me stirring, placed his and Toby's food order. (He must be on an early schedule anticipating BK's very early morning flight tomorrow.)

Lucky Dylan and Toby got right back to sleep even after having a full breakfast. :)
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Post by: Ben on March 18, 2013, 03:35:25 AM: I had my full breakfast also.

Oatmeal, walnuts, dried cherries and cinnamon and coffee.

Now I'm at the office about to begin another day, another dollar.
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Post by: Ben on March 18, 2013, 03:36:02 AM: If I had my druthers I would crawl back under the sheets.

It's 28 degrees in New York City. Be careful out there.
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Post by: Ben on March 18, 2013, 03:52:13 AM: I was hoping to listen to Larry's Eileen interview today since I was unable to do it yesterday. I don't think that's gonna happen. I've been all over both Dress Circle's blog and WWFM and I don't see the program in any kind of archive. Perhaps it will be up later in the week but it's not up now. I don't know that they archive this one because I can't find any WWFM Sunday Opera broadcasts on the Web site. That's the program title for Larry's interview. The only shows listed at the Dress Circle page at WWFM are from January of 2013

Dress Circle (http://www.wwfm.org/webcasts_dress_circle.shtml)

The regular Dress Circle Blog has nothing related to Eileen other than what Larry posted yesterday. There is no link to the Eileen interview/broadcast.
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Post by: Michael on March 18, 2013, 03:54:28 AM: good morning to all
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Post by: Michael on March 18, 2013, 03:55:06 AM: hope everyone has a great day
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Post by: Michael on March 18, 2013, 04:00:04 AM: tod

The Nutcracker (my 1st)

and my favorite:

The Who's Tommy. This is before the movie or any other stage version of the show. It was one of Le Grand Ballet Canadien most popular productions and they brought it back several times over the years until they 'retired' the production.
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Post by: KevinH on March 18, 2013, 04:17:12 AM: Good morning!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 04:38:19 AM: Good morning, all! The neighbor above me did not arrive home until around 7am this morning. That means that once I turned out the lights at 10 at night, i slept quite well. Frankly, i wish he preferred to spend most of his time at his lady friend's apartment.

This morning, I am off to Toyland. I don't know if any scores have come in to be proofed, but we're three weeks behind the schedule I set, and I am not very happy about it. I'll accomplish what I can - if I have nothing to proof, I'll unpack more cartons and put them away - and then head home.

My first memories of ballet are on tv in the early 1950s: either the broadcast of the Royal Ballet's SLEEPING BEAUTY or CINDERELLA, both with Margot Fonteyn. Two of my favorites - CAKEWALK and PINEAPPLE POLL - are hardly performed these days, and I was lucky to see the Joffrey Ballet Company perform CAKEWALK, which is a lot of fun. City Ballet keeps Robbins' and Balanchine's choreography going strong, thank God, and I think they - and Royal Ballet's Frederick Ashton - are the best. Robbins' DANCES AT A GATHERING is one of the most amazing and heartbreaking things I've ever seen, and I'm still waiting to catch Balanchine's macabre LA VALSE.
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Post by: Sam on March 18, 2013, 05:01:47 AM: ;D
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Post by: Sam on March 18, 2013, 05:02:17 AM: Good morning.

Good week ahead.

;D
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Post by: Sam on March 18, 2013, 05:02:43 AM: Most excellent vibes.

;D
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 18, 2013, 05:24:58 AM: DR VIXTER"s tire picked up a nail.

That's in case anyone didn't get a chance to read all of the posts from yesterday.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 18, 2013, 05:29:13 AM: I love ballet.....although I haven't seen A LOT of it in person.

I did enjoy the Houston Ballet when they brought their SWAN LAKE to I.U. in Bloomington many years ago. And I have seen the Butler University Nutcracker a couple of times....most enjoyable.

Of course I also enjoy dance on film and video..... I like the Maurice Bejert BOLERO in LES UNS ET LES AUTRES.

And DR ELMORE recommended a terrific film that I highly recommend to dance lovers here - it's a modern ballet set in Paris.....if DR ELMORE can't remember the name, I will have to find the DVD....somewhere around here.....

AND The Car Man by the guy by Matthew Bourne.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek5kT8Zt300
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 18, 2013, 05:29:30 AM: Off to do some shopping and banking.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 18, 2013, 05:30:44 AM: Good morning, all.

Decent sleep. Time for coffee.
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Post by: Kerry on March 18, 2013, 05:43:57 AM: Aw geez-- is it Monday again already?
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Post by: John G. on March 18, 2013, 06:51:14 AM: Good morning, all. And happy Monday.
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Post by: John G. on March 18, 2013, 06:55:10 AM: TOD:

The Nutcracker was the first ballet I saw. An evening with Barishnikov (sp?) and Patricia McBride was the second. I was in ninth grade when he came to perform with the Louisville Ballet. Really wonderful evening, including a Balanchine pas de deuze and "Patroushka," although the Stravinsky music was very strange to me.

Among favorites of mine was seeing Suzanne Ferrell and McBride in their farewell performance with NYC Ballet doing "Jewels," which Balanchine had created for them.

I haven't had the time I would have liked to study dance more and I don't really know what I'm watching, but I do enjoy it, especially 20th century works by Balanchine, Robbins and the like.
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Post by: Druxy on March 18, 2013, 07:23:50 AM: Travel vibes for BK.

I guess you won't be touring the White House.

::)
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 07:30:58 AM: Greetings from Toyland! I believe my conductor dilemma is all settled now. On to other issues.
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Post by: Jennifer on March 18, 2013, 07:34:17 AM: I wore shoes outside yesterday since the ground was completely bare (the streets not the grass). There are still large mounds of snow from where the snow removal companies piled snow.

I was so hoping we'd get Spring weather soon. The bike path looked clear.

But that said we are supposed to get a huge storm tonight/tues/wed. I guess the chance that the weather will stay warm enough to turn to rain is probably too much to hope for. :(

I want Spring!
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Post by: Charles Pogue on March 18, 2013, 07:44:50 AM: I've never seen a ballet in the theatre unless it was part of a musical. I've seen some on TV but don't remember watching any all the way through. I admire the discipline and find some of it incredibly beautiful, but not really where I choose to spend my entertainment dollar or time.
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Post by: MBarnum on March 18, 2013, 07:58:09 AM: TOD:

Basically what DR Charles Pogue just said
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 18, 2013, 08:18:24 AM: Let's get off of Page 1, shall we?
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 18, 2013, 08:18:36 AM: That's much better.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 18, 2013, 08:24:21 AM: BK: I still won't know till at least tomorrow if I can get to DC later in the week. Does the East Coast Singer have a show every night, or just on Friday? What part of town will you be staying in?
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 18, 2013, 08:30:41 AM: DR ELMORE didn't give me the title. Travel vibes for MR BK.
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Post by: Ginny on March 18, 2013, 08:46:12 AM: Monday morning greetings! Just got that in under the wire, before noon. I slept late today and have been puttering all morning.
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Post by: Ginny on March 18, 2013, 08:46:31 AM: Travel vibes for BK - wave when you fly over Ohio!
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 18, 2013, 08:47:49 AM: Well I can't find my DVD or find it in my Amazon purchase history.....
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 18, 2013, 08:49:43 AM: HA! Here it is.... It is a most enjoyable romp with lovely music and imaginative staging....highly recommended by the likes of me.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517jE3V9CWL._SY300_.jpg)
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 18, 2013, 08:50:41 AM: I guess it's more of an opera than a ballet....though...
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Post by: Ginny on March 18, 2013, 08:55:18 AM: TOD - Didn't really see any ballet until I moved to Ohio. My earliest memories are 1) going to Dayton with a co-worker to see Edward Villella in recital at Memorial Hall, and 2) seeing Columbus, Ohio's, BalletMet in concert at the local Miami University campus, where I worked in the library. That performance was one of my first dates with Richard, who at the time was a fifth grade teacher. I went to the ladies' room at intermission and when I rejoined him in the lobby he was surrounded by adoring 5th-grade girls. It was very sweet.

In December 1980, right before we were married in January 1981, Richard and I took his nieces to see THE NUTCRACKER in Cincinnati. They were 6 and 8 and, after the performance, the lady behind us complimented us on our well-behaved daughters. We just said, "Oh, thank you!"

Of course, once DS Rob started dating Mary Linda, we saw quite a bit of ballet at the University of Cincinnati. My favorite was their full-length SWAN LAKE, in the spring of 2008.
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Post by: bk on March 18, 2013, 09:03:31 AM: I'm up, after only about five hours of sleep, if that - just couldn't fall asleep.
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Post by: bk on March 18, 2013, 09:04:23 AM: Chas, I think I'm near Chevy Chase or something like that. I actually think I'm seeing Sandy's show on Thursday - let me know if you want to come.
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Post by: Matthew on March 18, 2013, 09:24:40 AM: Good morning
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Post by: Matthew on March 18, 2013, 09:25:14 AM: Hope everyone had a lovely weekend. My weekend was fine. Work and some play. Mostly work.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 09:32:58 AM: Quote from: Jrand62 on March 18, 2013, 08:30:41 AM
DR ELMORE didn't give me the title. Travel vibes for MR BK.

It's because I don't know what it is, DR JRand62!

I've looked over some edits, unpacked four carton of scores and orchestra parts, dealt with some McGlinn estate business, and I'm about to head back uptown.
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Post by: Doug R on March 18, 2013, 10:07:22 AM: Yesterday was a very slow, boring day, and it rained constantly. I thought it would never end - both the rian and the day!

Today I'm back from a pleasant leisurely lunch with friends.
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 10:07:28 AM: Good morning.
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 10:09:05 AM: From DR MBarnum:

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It wasn't as good as it sounds, either.

;D ;D ;D

It must have been truly horrible.
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 10:11:32 AM: From DR TCB:
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They just interviewed this woman on the news that was a passenger on one of the recent Carnival ship hiccups. She was screaming about bringing her lawyer into the arguments. She had better go back and reread the Terms she signed before she boarded the ship.

Hmm, you mean the small print I never read?
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 18, 2013, 10:34:56 AM: LOL DR ELMORE - it was the Offenbach Opera that you recommended to me....La Vie Parissienne.
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Post by: bk on March 18, 2013, 10:41:18 AM: Back from a three-mile jog. I didn't receive my airline e-mail to check in so I went to the site and did so. Then I called them and asked them why the e-mail hadn't arrived. I talked to one of the most ignorant people ever, and pity the people who try to make a reservation with her. I asked and she looked at my file and said I'd received the e-mail on March 6. I explained that was the confirmation e-mail and I was talking about the check-in e-mail for my flight. Then she said they don't send those e-mails, that we're just supposed to go to the site to do that. I expressed disbelief and said I have never not gotten that e-mail before a flight. She then asked if it had gone into my spam folder at which point I should have asked for a supervisor. I said I don't have a spam folder for that account. Then she asked if it had arrived while we were talking - I told her no, at which point she said again that they don't send them out. I thought I was hearing a Pinter play by that point. Of course, when I got home from the jog, there it was.
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Post by: bk on March 18, 2013, 10:41:36 AM: Shortly, I shall shut down the computer and take it to the Apple Store.
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Post by: FJL on March 18, 2013, 10:52:33 AM: Was the lady from the U.S. BK?
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 11:06:15 AM: I am home from Toyland, Not a bad day, so far!
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 18, 2013, 11:28:33 AM: Have I reached the party to whom I am speaking?
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Post by: Ginny on March 18, 2013, 11:29:55 AM: I have had a 30-minute walk around the basement, followed by lunch with Richard. Enjoying a day at home after my 5 busy days in a row.
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Post by: Ginny on March 18, 2013, 11:31:25 AM: Oh, I forgot to tell you:

Proceeds from the book sale = $10, 867.05!

Even after expenses, that will mean a lot of scholarships!
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Post by: MBarnum on March 18, 2013, 11:39:11 AM: That is wonderful, DR Ginny!
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Post by: FJL on March 18, 2013, 11:54:42 AM: Quote from: Ginny on March 18, 2013, 11:31:25 AM
Oh, I forgot to tell you:

Proceeds from the book sale = $10, 867.05!

Even after expenses, that will mean a lot of scholarships!

Excellent!
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Post by: Ginny on March 18, 2013, 12:11:53 PM: Thanks, DRs MBarnum and FJL!
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Post by: George on March 18, 2013, 12:23:48 PM: Quote from: Ginny on March 18, 2013, 11:31:25 AM
Oh, I forgot to tell you:

Proceeds from the book sale = $10, 867.05!

Even after expenses, that will mean a lot of scholarships!

Congrats, Ginny! That's great!
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Post by: MBarnum on March 18, 2013, 12:32:36 PM: Oh, FJL, I am so sorry for the difficulties you have been going through. I knew you were going through something, but did not know what it was. Vibes for you to keep your sanity and health!

And glad you are back posting more regularly, also!
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Post by: George on March 18, 2013, 12:33:50 PM: Topic of the Day:

I'm not a particular fan of ballet on its own, so I haven't seen many ballets live. My sister's boyfriend had tickets for Pacific Ballet Northwest (http://www.pnb.org/) in Seattle, and my sister couldn't go, so I went. It was very good. It was three different short ballets, but I don't remember more than that.

Several ballet/dance groups have come to Olympia on tour that I've ushered for...all have been very, very good:

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (http://www.alvinailey.org/)
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (http://www.trockadero.org/)
Mark Morris Dance Group (http://markmorrisdancegroup.org/)
Pilobolus (http://www.pilobolus.com/home.jsp)

These are the ones that I can specifically remember seeing and very muchly enjoying. :D
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Post by: MBarnum on March 18, 2013, 12:35:37 PM: Page 3 Ward Ramsey for now good reason other then he is a hottie dance!

(http://i1010.photobucket.com/albums/af222/shawncamp/BOS3/BOS-1217/img0086A.jpg)
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Post by: MBarnum on March 18, 2013, 12:36:03 PM: ....and he wears a shiney shirt.
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Post by: MBarnum on March 18, 2013, 12:40:17 PM: Very sorry to hear that ARE YOU BEING SERVED?'s Frank Thornton has passed away :(

I think the entire original cast is gone now.

(http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mvFassztrNwLq0wNUS5LqhA.jpg)
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 18, 2013, 12:53:16 PM: Great news DR GINNY.....that means people still want books!
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Post by: bk on March 18, 2013, 12:53:23 PM: Yes, the airline person was most assuredly from the US
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Post by: bk on March 18, 2013, 12:55:47 PM: Back from the Apple Store with not great news. New hard drive because there was a recall on mine nine months ago and no one at any point has ever let me know that. This is very scary to me because that will completely empty my computer of all data. Then when I get back I have to start it up and click restore from Time Machine and if Time Machine has been doing its backups properly then everything should be just as it was. But I'll be very nervous until I do that next Sunday.
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Post by: bk on March 18, 2013, 12:56:20 PM: Now I'm trying to get my printer on this laptop but it says it's been configuring for ten minutes and that can't be right.
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Post by: Ginny on March 18, 2013, 12:58:31 PM: Thank you, DRs George and JRand! Yes, it's good news for people who care about books...
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 01:02:25 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 04:38:19 AM
Good morning, all! The neighbor above me did not arrive home until around 7am this morning. That means that once I turned out the lights at 10 at night, i slept quite well.

That's great!

VIBES YOUR NEIGHBOR SPENDS MANY MORE EVENINGS AT HIS LADY FRIEND'S PLACE!
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on March 18, 2013, 01:03:53 PM: Quote from: bk on March 18, 2013, 12:02:27 AM
And the word of the day is: PHILLUMENIST!

And The Song Of The Day Is: SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 01:07:42 PM: Quote from: bk on March 18, 2013, 10:41:18 AM
Back from a three-mile jog. I didn't receive my airline e-mail to check in so I went to the site and did so. Then I called them and asked them why the e-mail hadn't arrived. I talked to one of the most ignorant people ever, and pity the people who try to make a reservation with her. I asked and she looked at my file and said I'd received the e-mail on March 6. I explained that was the confirmation e-mail and I was talking about the check-in e-mail for my flight. Then she said they don't send those e-mails, that we're just supposed to go to the site to do that. I expressed disbelief and said I have never not gotten that e-mail before a flight. She then asked if it had gone into my spam folder at which point I should have asked for a supervisor. I said I don't have a spam folder for that account. Then she asked if it had arrived while we were talking - I told her no, at which point she said again that they don't send them out. I thought I was hearing a Pinter play by that point. Of course, when I got home from the jog, there it was.

This sounds like a comedy routine.
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 01:11:48 PM: Quote from: Ginny on March 18, 2013, 11:31:25 AM
Oh, I forgot to tell you:

Proceeds from the book sale = $10, 867.05!

Even after expenses, that will mean a lot of scholarships!

Well done!!!
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Post by: Matthew on March 18, 2013, 01:12:28 PM: Bike ride completed - the day can now commence.
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 18, 2013, 01:12:57 PM: Great results on the book sale GInny!
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 01:13:54 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on March 18, 2013, 12:36:03 PM
....and he wears a shiney shirt.

;D
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Post by: Ginny on March 18, 2013, 01:15:01 PM: Thanks, DRs Jane and Cillaliz - wish you both could have been here!
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Post by: John G. on March 18, 2013, 01:16:00 PM: Quote from: Ginny on March 18, 2013, 11:31:25 AM
Oh, I forgot to tell you:

Proceeds from the book sale = $10, 867.05!

Even after expenses, that will mean a lot of scholarships!
Spectacular.
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 01:16:02 PM: Quote from: bk on March 18, 2013, 12:55:47 PM
Back from the Apple Store with not great news. New hard drive because there was a recall on mine nine months ago and no one at any point has ever let me know that. This is very scary to me because that will completely empty my computer of all data. Then when I get back I have to start it up and click restore from Time Machine and if Time Machine has been doing its backups properly then everything should be just as it was. But I'll be very nervous until I do that next Sunday.

:(

VIBES ALL WILL BE OK!
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 01:17:10 PM: Quote from: Ginny on March 18, 2013, 01:15:01 PM
Thanks, DRs Jane and Cillaliz - wish you both could have been here!

I miss browsing for books. It would have been fun.
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Post by: Matthew on March 18, 2013, 01:18:29 PM: Quote from: Jane on March 18, 2013, 01:17:10 PM
Quote from: Ginny on March 18, 2013, 01:15:01 PM
Thanks, DRs Jane and Cillaliz - wish you both could have been here!

I miss browsing for books. It would have been fun.

I went to Amoeba Records last night in SF, found some cool stuff, but I, too, miss browsing through CD's, records, etc... the art is lost :(
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Post by: George on March 18, 2013, 01:19:23 PM: And now for something completely different...Tony Awards to Head Back to Radio City Music Hall (http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/tv/2013/03/18/tony-awards-to-head-back-to-radio-city-music-hall/).

Discuss.
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 01:19:50 PM: Bruce,

Strongest most excellent vibes and xylophones for a safe, secure, and on-time flight and good weather both going and then coming home!!!!
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 18, 2013, 01:27:21 PM: COMPUTER VIBES and MOST EXCELLENT TRAVEL VIBES for BK!
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Post by: Matthew on March 18, 2013, 01:33:11 PM: Quote from: George on March 18, 2013, 01:19:23 PM
And now for something completely different...Tony Awards to Head Back to Radio City Music Hall (http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/tv/2013/03/18/tony-awards-to-head-back-to-radio-city-music-hall/).

Discuss.

That's nice...
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 01:53:57 PM: To all DR's with dogs....

In the last two days there have been tons of various dog food & dog treat recalls I suggest whatever you feed your dog, check if it has been recalled.
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 02:06:30 PM: Brands being recalled include:

EVO
Innova
California Natural
HealthWise
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Post by: FJL on March 18, 2013, 02:19:27 PM: Thanks for the alert, Jane
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Post by: Ginny on March 18, 2013, 02:32:46 PM: Quote from: John G. on March 18, 2013, 01:16:00 PM
Quote from: Ginny on March 18, 2013, 11:31:25 AM
Oh, I forgot to tell you:

Proceeds from the book sale = $10, 867.05!

Even after expenses, that will mean a lot of scholarships!
Spectacular.

Thanks, DR John G!
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Post by: MBarnum on March 18, 2013, 02:32:55 PM: Amoeba is the BEST place to browse for CDs! I spend an awful lot of money at the one in Hollywood, whenever I am visiting.
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Post by: MBarnum on March 18, 2013, 02:33:22 PM: Of course, I spend an awful lot of money browsing for CDs on Amazon.com, as well.
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Post by: MBarnum on March 18, 2013, 02:37:25 PM: RIP Bobbie Smith, lead singer of THE SPINNERS :'(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMVSiLfJdmw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMVSiLfJdmw)

Love so many of their songs.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 18, 2013, 02:41:30 PM: I'd heard a lot about Amoeba and when I finally got into the Hollywood store last fall, it turned out to be all that and more. You can't do the whole store in one visit or you'll be seeing double.

Did I buy anything? No, because I was traveling as light as possible. Next time, though...
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Post by: bk on March 18, 2013, 02:56:29 PM: Contractor two has come and gone. And I must stop and just relax now because I haven't stopped since I got up at nine. I spent an hour trying to get the printer configured with the laptop - that's finally done.
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 03:13:58 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on March 18, 2013, 02:37:25 PM
RIP Bobbie Smith, lead singer of THE SPINNERS :'(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMVSiLfJdmw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMVSiLfJdmw)

Love so many of their songs.

Thanks for the link.

I wonder if I noticed back then how good looking he was.
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 03:17:02 PM: Quote from: FJL on March 18, 2013, 02:19:27 PM
Thanks for the alert, Jane

You are welcome. What do you feed your boys?
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 03:20:33 PM: http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/03-2013/once-announces-new-casting_64621.html

My friend Ben Hope is taking over Steve Kazee's role on ONCE. I have to go back to see it.
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Post by: KevinH on March 18, 2013, 03:21:40 PM: Good evening.

BK: I'm afraid it's going to be a cool visit, weatherwise. We actually had a little snow this morning. It's going to be in the mid-fifties tomorrow but back down to around 50 Wednesday and in the 40's later in the week.
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Post by: KevinH on March 18, 2013, 03:22:08 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 03:20:33 PM
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/03-2013/once-announces-new-casting_64621.html

My friend Ben Hope is taking over Steve Kazee's role on ONCE. I have to go back to see it.

At first I thought I read "My friend Bob Hope."
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 18, 2013, 03:35:30 PM: Sister of Spanish beauty Kay Serrah.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 03:40:39 PM: I've been to the market, and the weather is not at all pleasant. I don't know if the snow will stick but it's making for slippery mobility.

I'm going to have some dinner, then watch tv and read the new Jane Austen biography.
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 03:52:52 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 03:40:39 PM
I've been to the market, and the weather is not at all pleasant. I don't know if the snow will stick but it's making for slippery mobility.

I'm going to have some dinner, then watch tv and read the new Jane Austen biography.

DR elmore have you read LADY SUSAN?
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Post by: John G. on March 18, 2013, 04:11:00 PM: Quote from: Matthew on March 18, 2013, 01:18:29 PM
Quote from: Jane on March 18, 2013, 01:17:10 PM
Quote from: Ginny on March 18, 2013, 01:15:01 PM
Thanks, DRs Jane and Cillaliz - wish you both could have been here!

I miss browsing for books. It would have been fun.

I went to Amoeba Records last night in SF, found some cool stuff, but I, too, miss browsing through CD's, records, etc... the art is lost :(
I do, too. I really miss record stores. The used CD/DVD stores here are OK, but not great.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 04:13:25 PM: Quote from: Jane on March 18, 2013, 03:52:52 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 03:40:39 PM
I've been to the market, and the weather is not at all pleasant. I don't know if the snow will stick but it's making for slippery mobility.

I'm going to have some dinner, then watch tv and read the new Jane Austen biography.

DR elmore have you read LADY SUSAN?

No. I haven't read much of the Austen juvenilia. I have it here somewhere. I believe that her cousin (?)Eliza who was the widow of a French nobleman and who later married one of Jane's brothers, was the model for Lady Susan.
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Post by: Matthew on March 18, 2013, 04:25:50 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 03:20:33 PM
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/03-2013/once-announces-new-casting_64621.html

My friend Ben Hope is taking over Steve Kazee's role on ONCE. I have to go back to see it.

At least you like the show :)
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 04:34:38 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 04:13:25 PM
Quote from: Jane on March 18, 2013, 03:52:52 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 03:40:39 PM
I've been to the market, and the weather is not at all pleasant. I don't know if the snow will stick but it's making for slippery mobility.

I'm going to have some dinner, then watch tv and read the new Jane Austen biography.

DR elmore have you read LADY SUSAN?

No.

(http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1328864949l/91582.jpg)

Look at the first pages. It is very different from anything else she wrote, which might be why it wasn't published until after her death yet it was written when she was 19.
http://www.amazon.com/Lady-Susan-Jane-Austen/dp/0486444074
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 04:36:56 PM: I revised my earlier comment about he novel.
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 04:45:51 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 04:13:25 PM
Quote from: Jane on March 18, 2013, 03:52:52 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 03:40:39 PM
I've been to the market, and the weather is not at all pleasant. I don't know if the snow will stick but it's making for slippery mobility.

I'm going to have some dinner, then watch tv and read the new Jane Austen biography.

DR elmore have you read LADY SUSAN?

No. I haven't read much of the Austen juvenilia. I have it here somewhere. I believe that her cousin (?)Eliza who was the widow of a French nobleman and who later married one of Jane's brothers, was the model for Lady Susan.

If so Jane did not like her sister in-law at all.
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 04:49:16 PM: It may also explain why Jane didn't revisit this novel and improve the writing.
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Post by: George on March 18, 2013, 04:51:54 PM: Quote from: Jane on March 18, 2013, 01:19:50 PM
Bruce,
Strongest most excellent vibes and xylophones for a safe, secure, and on-time flight and good weather both going and then coming home!!!!

Quote from: ChasSmith on March 18, 2013, 01:27:21 PM
COMPUTER VIBES and MOST EXCELLENT TRAVEL VIBES for BK!

~~~DITTO!!~~~
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 04:53:28 PM: The more I read the more engrossed I became in the story. Jane obviously didn't know how to wrap up the story, not so much the telling of it but the style of her writing.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 04:54:18 PM: Her cousin Eliza married a French nobleman who was beheaded during the Revolution, and Eliza barely escaped France with her life. My memory is that she and Jane were close before her marriage but that Jane disapproved of her putting moves on Jane's brother, who was younger than Eliza. This is all residual memory from the Tomalin biography pf Austen that I read over 15 years ago.

I have the 6-volume Oxford edition of Austen. LADY SUSAN is in it, along with the unfinished THE WATSONS and SANDITON and her juvenilia, like her History of England.
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 05:02:07 PM: DR elmore, thanks for the interesting background on this. I'm glad her cousin wasn't as horrible as Lady Susan was. Please let me know what/if your new biography you are reading has anything to say about Eliza & Jane.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 18, 2013, 05:02:14 PM: Quote from: John G. on March 18, 2013, 04:11:00 PM
Quote from: Matthew on March 18, 2013, 01:18:29 PM
Quote from: Jane on March 18, 2013, 01:17:10 PM
Quote from: Ginny on March 18, 2013, 01:15:01 PM
Thanks, DRs Jane and Cillaliz - wish you both could have been here!

I miss browsing for books. It would have been fun.

I went to Amoeba Records last night in SF, found some cool stuff, but I, too, miss browsing through CD's, records, etc... the art is lost :(
I do, too. I really miss record stores. The used CD/DVD stores here are OK, but not great.

Are you speaking of just San Antonio? Isn't Austin supposed to have some great stores?
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Post by: bk on March 18, 2013, 05:13:54 PM: I'm okay with the cold, just need it to be nice and rain and snow-less the day I arrive and the day I leave.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 18, 2013, 05:14:56 PM: BK, don't read this post.

Actually, it doesn't even apply to the DC area.

SNOWING!
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 05:26:38 PM: Quote from: bk on March 18, 2013, 05:13:54 PM
I'm okay with the cold, just need it to be nice and rain and snow-less the day I arrive and the day I leave.

Craig lives just over the border from DC and his weather is looking clear through the weekend, for now anyway.

GOOD WEATHER VIBES!!!
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 18, 2013, 05:27:40 PM: Quote from: Jane on March 18, 2013, 05:26:38 PM
Quote from: bk on March 18, 2013, 05:13:54 PM
I'm okay with the cold, just need it to be nice and rain and snow-less the day I arrive and the day I leave.

Craig lives just over the border from DC and his weather is looking clear through the weekend, for now anyway.

GOOD WEATHER VIBES!!!

Yes, I think it's all fine down there for the week. What's weird is that they were expecting some of this tonight. Or so I was told by someone there. But it all stayed to the north.
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Post by: George on March 18, 2013, 06:35:57 PM: PAGE FIVE DANCE!!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 06:50:44 PM: Jane Austen's cousin Eliza de Feuillide was over 10 years older than Jane. When Eliza's husband was guillotined in 1792, Jane was around 16.

And to bed!
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Post by: TCB on March 18, 2013, 06:59:53 PM: Safe travel vibes for BK!
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 07:00:31 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on March 18, 2013, 06:50:44 PM
Jane Austen's cousin Eliza de Feuillide was over 10 years older than Jane. When Eliza's husband was guillotined in 1792, Jane was around 16.

Jane should have written this story. Wow!
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Post by: Jane on March 18, 2013, 07:00:38 PM: 'night
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Post by: FJL on March 18, 2013, 07:27:01 PM: Jane - We have special-diet food from the vet for their main meals. but we usually just buy off the store shelf for the various little snacks, so I checked what we have; luckily none of those brands. Thanks again!
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Post by: FJL on March 18, 2013, 07:27:34 PM: Quote from: TCB on March 18, 2013, 06:59:53 PM
Safe travel vibes for BK!

From us, too!
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Post by: vixmom on March 18, 2013, 07:53:34 PM: Quote from: Jrand62 on March 18, 2013, 05:24:58 AM
DR VIXTER"s tire picked up a nail.

That's in case anyone didn't get a chance to read all of the posts from yesterday.

Thanks JRand!!
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Post by: John G. on March 18, 2013, 07:57:30 PM: Quote from: ChasSmith on March 18, 2013, 05:02:14 PM
Quote from: John G. on March 18, 2013, 04:11:00 PM
Quote from: Matthew on March 18, 2013, 01:18:29 PM
Quote from: Jane on March 18, 2013, 01:17:10 PM
Quote from: Ginny on March 18, 2013, 01:15:01 PM
Thanks, DRs Jane and Cillaliz - wish you both could have been here!

I miss browsing for books. It would have been fun.

I went to Amoeba Records last night in SF, found some cool stuff, but I, too, miss browsing through CD's, records, etc... the art is lost :(
I do, too. I really miss record stores. The used CD/DVD stores here are OK, but not great.

Are you speaking of just San Antonio? Isn't Austin supposed to have some great stores?
My favorite went out of business last year.
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Post by: John G. on March 18, 2013, 07:57:55 PM: Quote from: FJL on March 18, 2013, 07:27:34 PM
Quote from: TCB on March 18, 2013, 06:59:53 PM
Safe travel vibes for BK!

From us, too!
An extra helping.
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Post by: John G. on March 18, 2013, 07:59:32 PM: Nice quickstep class tonight. PLenty of exercise.
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Post by: vixmom on March 18, 2013, 08:13:20 PM: i stayed at work unti 9 and was quite shocked to discovered an inch of snow on my car when I came outside
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Post by: vixmom on March 18, 2013, 08:13:26 PM: blech!
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Post by: vixmom on March 18, 2013, 08:13:35 PM: and bah!
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Post by: vixmom on March 18, 2013, 08:13:52 PM: I am ready for Spring
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Post by: John G. on March 18, 2013, 08:21:07 PM: Quote from: vixmom on March 18, 2013, 08:13:52 PM
I am ready for Spring

Come south, my friend. It was close to 90 today.
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Post by: TCB on March 18, 2013, 08:31:18 PM: Quote from: Jane on March 18, 2013, 10:11:32 AM
From DR TCB:
Quote
They just interviewed this woman on the news that was a passenger on one of the recent Carnival ship hiccups. She was screaming about bringing her lawyer into the arguments. She had better go back and reread the Terms she signed before she boarded the ship.

Hmm, you mean the small print I never read?

Not really all that small, but yes, those are the parts she should have read (and you, too).
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Post by: vixmom on March 18, 2013, 08:39:55 PM: Quote from: John G. on March 18, 2013, 08:21:07 PM
Quote from: vixmom on March 18, 2013, 08:13:52 PM
I am ready for Spring

Come south, my friend. It was close to 90 today.

oh that sounds lovely!
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Post by: TCB on March 18, 2013, 08:50:29 PM: Congratulations, Ginny!
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Post by: bk on March 18, 2013, 08:55:42 PM: Notes going up early - in about thirty minutes.
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Post by: John G. on March 18, 2013, 08:57:29 PM: Watching Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson in a production of "Look Back in Anger." Not as good as it should have been. I think it's because Branagh is not as irresistible as he is irritating. I don't understand the character's magnetic hold on the people around him.
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Post by: TCB on March 18, 2013, 09:03:45 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on March 18, 2013, 12:40:17 PM
Very sorry to hear that ARE YOU BEING SERVED?'s Frank Thornton has passed away :(

I think the entire original cast is gone now.

(http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mvFassztrNwLq0wNUS5LqhA.jpg)

Just in time for you to date.
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Post by: vixmom on March 18, 2013, 09:11:13 PM: TRAVEL VIBES FOR BK!!!
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Post by: vixmom on March 18, 2013, 09:12:02 PM: well another long day starts in 6 hours
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Post by: vixmom on March 18, 2013, 09:12:09 PM: good night !!
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Post by: John G. on March 18, 2013, 09:12:30 PM: Night, all.
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Post by: Sam on March 18, 2013, 09:35:27 PM: MEGA MEGA MEGA VIBES.

;D
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Post by: TCB on March 18, 2013, 09:35:31 PM: Quote from: George on March 18, 2013, 01:19:23 PM
And now for something completely different...Tony Awards to Head Back to Radio City Music Hall (http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/tv/2013/03/18/tony-awards-to-head-back-to-radio-city-music-hall/).

Discuss.

That's a pity.