BK you would HATE my neighborhood:
the trash trucks are here before 6:30 AM, the lawn maintenance guys start by 7 AM, my house is the bu stop where kids start gathering by 7 AM , and the sound of people going out to work start by 6:30 as people rush out to catch trans into the city for work or to start their commute
In the winter when people have to clear the snow before they leave snowblowers will start as early as 5 or 5:30 AM and snow plows will run all night long
Since everyone needs to be at work by 9 7 am phone calls are commonplace
Tonight is opening night for Little Shop of Horrors, so I will be working selling tickets and popcorn and cleaning up.
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So BK , just out of curiosity, at what time of the morning do you believe it is acceptable to begin phoning and making outside noises... (tree trimming , lawn mowing, conversations etc) and at what time of night do you believe all such activity should cease?
Tonight is opening night for Little Shop of Horrors, so I will be working selling tickets and popcorn and cleaning up.
If I did not like the taste of alcoholic beverages I would not have any interest in them. I only drink what I like passing on everything else. To me Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry or a good scotch or bourbon is like a quality piece of chocolate. Red wines make me sick which is fine as I don't like them at all. I also enjoy white wine.
My favorite mixed drinks:
A proper Old Fashioned
Mai Tai
Margarita with an extra shot of tequila, no salt, on the rocks
Fortunately I have more control when drinking than I do when eating chocolate.
DR Jane, I am curious about sherry. Do you drink it plain, or should it be mixed with something?
DR Ginny, Keith agrees that is a nice photo.
DR ELMORE - maybe he is color blind.
DR Ginny, that is way cool! Plus you look so retro-cute!
Congrats to BK on post #77,000.
Tonight is opening night for Little Shop of Horrors, so I will be working selling tickets and popcorn and cleaning up.
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Here is today's Throwback Thursday photo. I'm on the right, chatting with James Roosevelt, Eleanor and Franklin's eldest son, and my friends Stefanie and Jenny:
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TOD - when I was approaching drinking age my Dad said, "If you're going to drink, do it right," and introduced me to the simplicity of Scotch and soda. That remains my mixed drink of choice, along with an occasional Margarita, Manhattan, or one of our friend Doug's Cosmos. I like most wine and a few swallows of beer once in a while. All that said, I am not a frequent drinker and less now that I take several heart meds.
Dad also taught Mom to drink Scotch, a habit that I think has not done her any favors. I blame her severe osteoporosis and, maybe, her macular degeneration in part on 70 or so years of what I consider heavy alcohol consumption.
Lovely photo and story from DR GINNY.
Never pass up the opportunity to have a photo taken with someone well known!!! Lesson learned.
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Anti-stress vibes to DR Elmore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You cannot control what that idiot guy does, so as long as you get your paycheck, just let it slide off.
Plus you look so retro-cute!
TOD - when I was approaching drinking age my Dad said, "If you're going to drink, do it right," and introduced me to the simplicity of Scotch and soda. That remains my mixed drink of choice, along with an occasional Margarita, Manhattan, or one of our friend Doug's Cosmos. I like most wine and a few swallows of beer once in a while. All that said, I am not a frequent drinker and less now that I take several heart meds.
Dad also taught Mom to drink Scotch, a habit that I think has not done her any favors. I blame her severe osteoporosis and, maybe, her macular degeneration in part on 70 or so years of what I consider heavy alcohol consumption.
DR Jane, by soda I mean plain club soda, not something like ginger ale or 7-Up. Scotch 'n' soda is very good for indigestion.
And there's a Kingston Trio song with that title.
Last night, I got out of tap class and needed an ice cream, so I headed for the Sonic behind the studio. When I got to the window to pay, the clerk told me that the car ahead of me had picked up my tab. That was really nice of the driver.
I don't understand vodka. It's flavorless, odorless and just alcohol. When you add stuff to it, it just tastes like whatever you add to it. So, why add the vodka?
I think part of my hatred of liquor is having visited the bars my father owned - the people in them, the awful smell - even at his upscale steak house, the bar stuff made me sick, aroma-wise. And the handful of occasions where I've let liquor brush against my lips, especially scotch and bourbon - well, I just don't understand how taste buds can like that, but that's just me.
I don't understand vodka. It's flavorless, odorless and just alcohol. When you add stuff to it, it just tastes like whatever you add to it. So, why add the vodka?
Because it's alcohol
I don't understand vodka. It's flavorless, odorless and just alcohol. When you add stuff to it, it just tastes like whatever you add to it. So, why add the vodka?
Because it's alcohol
I didn't know it was tasteless cuz to me it doesn't taste very good. Same goes for gin.
The only drink that I've gotten more than once is The Rock Wood Fired Kitchen's Lava Lamp drink. You get to keep the glass (made of plastic) and you can flip a switch under the base and it lights up! What I like about is most is that you get to keep the (plastic) glass...and I can barely taste the alcohol AND I've never even gotten a buzz from it. I don't remember what's in it, but here's a picture:
I used to drink a lot in my younger days. I don't drink very often at all anymore, although baseball and beer jut seem to go together. I like a cosmo, or a margarita, or a white wine, or a peach fizz, or ...it totally depends on my mood. I had a scotch phase, but I'm not much interested anymore. I do think a good Vodka on the rocks is nice. It does have a taste. I used to keep a bottle of Stolie in my freezer.
Oh, yes, DR ChasSmith, Mom has Scotch every night and I have to admit that I'm her enabler. In fact, one of the reasons she's dragging her feet over moving to assisted living is that she's afraid they'll take it away from her.
I'm trying to decide if I want to go to the casino tonight. The Hard Rock just opened downtown last week. I went in for lunch and had a really good burger, but I haven't been there at night. They have a blues singer tonight, Carlos someone. the ad says he's the model for the blues brothers. I'm not really into gambling. I think I only went to the riverboat casino once or twice in the last 15 years. They do have some fun rock memorabilia and the place has been packed with people every day. It's weird to go in and you feel like you're in Vegas and then you walk out and you're in Iowa, lol
Oh, yes, DR ChasSmith, Mom has Scotch every night and I have to admit that I'm her enabler. In fact, one of the reasons she's dragging her feet over moving to assisted living is that she's afraid they'll take it away from her.
DR Ginny--this made me think of my late Mom's best friend. DR Kate and I visited her at the nursing home last Christmas. She was visiting with her granddaughter and her family in the reception room and drinking her beer. Her daughter told DR Kate that the staff keeps her beer for her and gives her some every day.
DR Jane, by soda I mean plain club soda, not something like ginger ale or 7-Up. Scotch 'n' soda is very good for indigestion.
And there's a Kingston Trio song with that title.
Well, the TV service has been out for at least 23 hours today. Thank you, Time Warner!
But before I go...DR Jane, by soda I mean plain club soda, not something like ginger ale or 7-Up. Scotch 'n' soda is very good for indigestion.
And there's a Kingston Trio song with that title.
The Manhattan Transfer recorded Scotch and Soda (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8iwSFsO2os) when Laurel Massé was their soprano.
Well, the TV service has been out for at least 23 hours today. Thank you, Time Warner!
Larry, HERE (http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c38fb80a0d/comcast-doesn-t-give-a-f-ck) is a message from Comcast about their merger with Time Warner.
(It's actually from Funny or Die (http://www.funnyordie.com), so it's not really from Comcast. FYI: this is the uncensored version.)
:))
Oh, yes, DR ChasSmith, Mom has Scotch every night and I have to admit that I'm her enabler. In fact, one of the reasons she's dragging her feet over moving to assisted living is that she's afraid they'll take it away from her.
DR John G, your book arrived today.Wow. Thank you for letting me know. I hope you enjoy it.
Maybe if everyone had a few drinks...
Oh, yes, DR ChasSmith, Mom has Scotch every night and I have to admit that I'm her enabler. In fact, one of the reasons she's dragging her feet over moving to assisted living is that she's afraid they'll take it away from her.
At her age, that's not enabling. I have a Facebook friend whose mother is past 100 and he posts pictures of her every week enjoying a fried shrimp plate. At her age, it's one of the joys of her life.
That was fun.I used to drink a lot in my younger days. I don't drink very often at all anymore, although baseball and beer jut seem to go together. I like a cosmo, or a margarita, or a white wine, or a peach fizz, or ...it totally depends on my mood. I had a scotch phase, but I'm not much interested anymore. I do think a good Vodka on the rocks is nice. It does have a taste. I used to keep a bottle of Stolie in my freezer.
I want to return to the Algonquin with you and have their Algonquin cocktail.
I'm trying to decide if I want to go to the casino tonight. The Hard Rock just opened downtown last week. I went in for lunch and had a really good burger, but I haven't been there at night. They have a blues singer tonight, Carlos someone. the ad says he's the model for the blues brothers. I'm not really into gambling. I think I only went to the riverboat casino once or twice in the last 15 years. They do have some fun rock memorabilia and the place has been packed with people every day. It's weird to go in and you feel like you're in Vegas and then you walk out and you're in Iowa, lol
But you MUST go! We want a picture of the carpet!
DR Vixmom I would not want to live in your neighborhood. Not that I like noise at 7:30 in the morning, on a weekday, it is the time I consider acceptable. Keith said 8:00. I like noise to stop by 9:30 at night.
Gosh I like living in the country. It will be difficult to adapt when we move.
DR Vixmom I would not want to live in your neighborhood. Not that I like noise at 7:30 in the morning, on a weekday, it is the time I consider acceptable. Keith said 8:00. I like noise to stop by 9:30 at night.
Gosh I like living in the country. It will be difficult to adapt when we move.
TOD:
I don't drink often, so my knowledge of liquor is limited. I do not care for beer or wine. If I am going to drink I usually tend towards a simple Scotch/Bourbon on the rocks. I have tried a number of martinis, but find I don't really like them all that much...however, I always had vodka martinis. Recently I had one made with gin and enjoyed it much better.
I have had some colorful, fruity drinks that I liked, but I could not tell you what was in them/. I just know they tasted really, really yummy!
Back in my youth, when I would go out to special interest nightclubs and/or partying with co-workers, a Long Island Ice Tea was my drink of choice...mainly because it got me drunk good and fast! LOL! Now, I don't like even getting tipsy.
Here is today's Throwback Thursday photo. I'm on the right, chatting with James Roosevelt, Eleanor and Franklin's eldest son, and my friends Stefanie and Jenny:
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DR Vixmom I would not want to live in your neighborhood. Not that I like noise at 7:30 in the morning, on a weekday, it is the time I consider acceptable. Keith said 8:00. I like noise to stop by 9:30 at night.
Gosh I like living in the country. It will be difficult to adapt when we move.
When are you going to move?
I do like the taste of beer - but mostly I drink non alcoholic beer because I want the taste without the buzz
O'Doul's Amber is my favorite