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Title: TALL TALES AND TALL TAILS
Post by: bk on August 22, 2014, 12:12:59 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes had tall tales and tall heads and tails, and now it is time for you to post until the tall cows come home.
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Post by: bk on August 22, 2014, 12:13:58 AM
And the word of the day is: PUISSANCE!
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Post by: Druxy on August 22, 2014, 03:48:43 AM
The best thing about the movie version of DAMN YANKEES is that it preserves Gwen Verdon's magnificent performance forever.
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Post by: Druxy on August 22, 2014, 03:50:06 AM
TOD:

BOARDWALK EMPIRE, Season 4
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Post by: singdaw on August 22, 2014, 04:16:30 AM
I hope folks will not take this as a criticism, because I do not mean it as such. But I am curious about something. I notice quite that quite a few fellow DRs are writing "lightening" when referring to a meteorological event.


I had always thought that it was "thunder and lightning," but "I am lightening the color of my jeans by adding bleach to the wash."


Perhaps it is a regional thing?
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Post by: Ben on August 22, 2014, 04:30:28 AM
Morning all.

That is all.
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Post by: Michael on August 22, 2014, 05:09:48 AM
good morning to all
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Post by: Michael on August 22, 2014, 05:13:49 AM
i work for true next three days so i have no time to watch anything with the exception watching the season premier of Doctor Who which I will DVR
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Post by: Kerry on August 22, 2014, 05:45:27 AM
TOD:  Music:  Pat Suzuki, Don Cornell and Brave Combo
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Post by: FJL on August 22, 2014, 05:49:08 AM
Hoping to start catching up on the weekend.  One unusual thing about the September 15 - October 15 tax season at this place is that while we will put in more hours on a regular weekday, weekend work seems not to be expected.  This is very different from other places I've been. 
Title: Re: TALL TALES AND TALL TAILS
Post by: elmore3003 on August 22, 2014, 05:49:10 AM
Good morning, all! The ghosts were in a frenzy last night: about 11:15 or so my computer turned on, and twice, in about the period of an hour, I felt that someone was pushing my legs, perhaps to force me out of bed. That was followed by a very sleepless night and i am quite groggy at the moment.

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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on August 22, 2014, 06:04:37 AM
And the word of the day is: PUISSANCE!

And The Song Of The Day Is:  THE POWER OF LOVE
Title: Re: TALL TALES AND TALL TAILS
Post by: singdaw on August 22, 2014, 06:08:13 AM
DR elmore3003 - it seems as if your next physical therapist is a ghost!
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 22, 2014, 06:24:22 AM
And I find online that I am overdrawn by $400 for two unauthorized debit card charges. So, I'm off to the bank to fight this mess.  I knew there was some weird hankypanky going on with this computer. So, I now have no debit card for 4-7 days, which is bad but it's worse that I have no access to whatever small amount of mney I have in the bank, thanks to these damned crooks.
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Post by: Laura on August 22, 2014, 06:27:36 AM
*Checks old posts to see if she wrote "lightening."*
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Post by: Laura on August 22, 2014, 06:27:46 AM
Good morning.
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Post by: Laura on August 22, 2014, 06:28:21 AM
Elmore, I hope your debit disaster is quickly solved.
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Post by: Laura on August 22, 2014, 06:29:30 AM
Guilty!
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Post by: Laura on August 22, 2014, 06:29:57 AM
In my case it is not regional; it is stupidity.
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 22, 2014, 06:30:25 AM
Good morning, all.

Slept in a bit, which was desperately needed, but at the expense of back and neck aches which are beginning to subside.

 Coffee!  And plenty of it!
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Post by: FJL on August 22, 2014, 06:31:40 AM
Debit resolution vibes to Larry!!!
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 22, 2014, 06:33:25 AM
Debit Disaster Be Gone vibes to DR Elmore!
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Post by: John G. on August 22, 2014, 06:46:01 AM
Good morning, all.

Financial vibes for Elmore.

Kerry, I love me some Brave Combo. Best punk polka band I've ever seen. Their cha-cha version of "O Holy Night" is a permanent fixture on my iTunes.
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Post by: John G. on August 22, 2014, 06:47:18 AM
The new Fosse bio says that Stanley Donen found Gwen Verdon ugly and his way of dealing with that was to shoot as few closeups of her as possible and try to get the camera far away when she wasn't dancing. I need to go back and watch the movie again with that thought in mind. (I always thought she was the best thing in the movie.)
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 22, 2014, 06:51:15 AM
I think we all need to watch the movie now.  I haven't seen it in years. 
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Post by: John G. on August 22, 2014, 06:59:25 AM
Today is National Hug Your Boss Day.

I ain't doing that. And it's because I like my boss. And I know he doesn't like hugs.
Title: Re: TALL TALES AND TALL TAILS
Post by: singdaw on August 22, 2014, 07:48:21 AM
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/food_zps220d8a02.jpg)
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Post by: Jrand74 on August 22, 2014, 08:01:30 AM
Lightning.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 22, 2014, 08:02:28 AM
I was over to my bank branch for an hour. These asses made about five charges to my debit card, but only two were posted, in total of $488.00.  The bank has issued a new debit card and given me the name of the company  that placed the charges. I just spoke to them and they are issuing credit.

Do I think the nightmare is over? Not by a long shot.
Title: Re: TALL TALES AND TALL TAILS
Post by: singdaw on August 22, 2014, 08:02:38 AM
DR John G. might appreciate the state fair foods, blogged:
http://goo.gl/wOqouO
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Post by: singdaw on August 22, 2014, 08:03:25 AM
TWO!!
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Post by: Ginny on August 22, 2014, 08:03:50 AM
Friday morning greetings!  I've been up for 4 hours and all I have to show for it is sliced strawberries for breakfast, pre-baked pizza crusts for dinner, and a shower.  Must get some AAUW work done today in preparation for Monday's board meeting.
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Post by: Jrand74 on August 22, 2014, 08:04:06 AM
Well I enjoy the movie DAMN YANKEES, and I have directed/choreographed it once....it's always a lot of fun, if you can get enough men for the show.

I don't like Ray Walston either....in ANYTHING....he annoys me so much - as he did in his tv show MY FAVORITE MARTIAN - I can't watch SOUTH PACIFIC because of him.

THEN he did a great job in a film version of OF MICE AND MEN which I liked....but I can't really watch anything else he is in.
Title: Re: TALL TALES AND TALL TAILS
Post by: singdaw on August 22, 2014, 08:05:06 AM
Well, I guess that's a good start, DR elmore3003. Sorry for your inconvenience!
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Post by: Ginny on August 22, 2014, 08:09:18 AM
Vibes for DR Elmore - if it's not one thing, it's another!
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Post by: Ginny on August 22, 2014, 08:13:23 AM
I hope folks will not take this as a criticism, because I do not mean it as such. But I am curious about something. I notice quite that quite a few fellow DRs are writing "lightening" when referring to a meteorological event.


I had always thought that it was "thunder and lightning," but "I am lightening the color of my jeans by adding bleach to the wash."


Perhaps it is a regional thing?

Guilty as charged, and auto-correct is no help in this situation!
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Post by: singdaw on August 22, 2014, 08:16:58 AM
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/sisyphus_zpsb832f1a0.jpg)
Title: Re: TALL TALES AND TALL TAILS
Post by: elmore3003 on August 22, 2014, 08:36:09 AM
I hope folks will not take this as a criticism, because I do not mean it as such. But I am curious about something. I notice quite that quite a few fellow DRs are writing "lightening" when referring to a meteorological event.


I had always thought that it was "thunder and lightning," but "I am lightening the color of my jeans by adding bleach to the wash."


Perhaps it is a regional thing?

In my case, I have a keyboard that sticks on O, so often I will end up with "to" when I thought i had typed "too." Some of it is auto-crrect, that only seems to care that the word is correctly spelled whether it makes sense or not, and some of it, I regret to say, is poor education.
Title: Re: TALL TALES AND TALL TAILS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 22, 2014, 08:40:36 AM
Well I enjoy the movie DAMN YANKEES, and I have directed/choreographed it once....it's always a lot of fun, if you can get enough men for the show.

I don't like Ray Walston either....in ANYTHING....he annoys me so much - as he did in his tv show MY FAVORITE MARTIAN - I can't watch SOUTH PACIFIC because of him.

THEN he did a great job in a film version of OF MICE AND MEN which I liked....but I can't really watch anything else he is in.

I hated him in "South Pacific" for years and years.  Then I saw "the roadshow version"...and found him rather charming....they cut all the nuance out of his performance and left all the ham on the theatrical "cut" (when they shortened the heck out of it).  He's far more tolerable, IMO, in the roadshow version.

Just sayin', in case you haven't watched that version...


;)
Title: Re: TALL TALES AND TALL TAILS
Post by: ChasSmith on August 22, 2014, 08:48:15 AM
I hope folks will not take this as a criticism, because I do not mean it as such. But I am curious about something. I notice quite that quite a few fellow DRs are writing "lightening" when referring to a meteorological event.


I had always thought that it was "thunder and lightning," but "I am lightening the color of my jeans by adding bleach to the wash."


Perhaps it is a regional thing?

In my case, I have a keyboard that sticks on O, so often I will end up with "to" when I thought i had typed "too." Some of it is auto-crrect, that only seems to care that the word is correctly spelled whether it makes sense or not, and some of it, I regret to say, is poor education.

I think I recall seeing some "God morning" and "God luck" type of things in a few posts.  Those must have been DR Elmore's!
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Post by: Kate on August 22, 2014, 08:51:29 AM
Hello All:


TOD:   


DVD PLAYER:  MRS MINIVER

CD PLAYER:  PEACE OF MIND, SPIRITUAL COUNSEL, FROM FRANCIS DE SALES
Title: Re: TALL TALES AND TALL TAILS
Post by: Kate on August 22, 2014, 08:56:25 AM
Well, I FINALLY finished the book LOVING FRANK.

A story about Frank Lloyd Wright and his affair with Mamah Cheney.


WHAT A STUNNING CONCLUSION to this story.


If any DR"S have read this, please tell me what you thought, especially the Ending!



Title: Re: TALL TALES AND TALL TAILS
Post by: elmore3003 on August 22, 2014, 08:56:32 AM
I hope folks will not take this as a criticism, because I do not mean it as such. But I am curious about something. I notice quite that quite a few fellow DRs are writing "lightening" when referring to a meteorological event.


I had always thought that it was "thunder and lightning," but "I am lightening the color of my jeans by adding bleach to the wash."


Perhaps it is a regional thing?

In my case, I have a keyboard that sticks on O, so often I will end up with "to" when I thought i had typed "too." Some of it is auto-crrect, that only seems to care that the word is correctly spelled whether it makes sense or not, and some of it, I regret to say, is poor education.

I think I recall seeing some "God morning" and "God luck" type of things in a few posts.  Those must have been DR Elmore's!

Yep! It's got my O problems all over those posts!

I notice a lot of "there" when posters mean "their," "your" for "you're" and some of it comes from a poor education. I'm truly appalled to find the nominative case used instead of objective in scripts and in broadcast news; I like to think the writers are educated, although God knows many of the speakers are not.

It won't even begin on transitive and intransitive verbs.
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Post by: Kate on August 22, 2014, 08:58:36 AM
My next book to read is:


THE BEACH HOUSE, by MARY ALICE MONROE.


Both this, and LOVING FRANK were recommeded by my Friend  Judy, a retired English Teacher.

Have any DR"S read THE BEACH HOUSE, and if so, what did they think of it?
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Post by: Kate on August 22, 2014, 08:59:02 AM
Goodbye for now :-* ;) :-*
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 22, 2014, 09:17:19 AM
I do not believe most folks are minding their p's and q's when posting to this forum...or anywhere else on the internet.  We're just pounding out "stream-of-consciousness" thoughts based on something we've read, something that is being discussed, or -- in the case of one Hainsie-Kimlet -- things extracted from the whims of his imagination.  That's not a criticism, by the way, DR soremaw.

Most of us probably get it right, more often than not, and don't bother to proofread before we post.  I often do this and later correct some typo or dyslexic something-or-other.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 22, 2014, 09:18:01 AM
Mary, Marry, Merry!


We haven't done THAT in a long time.
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Post by: singdaw on August 22, 2014, 09:18:55 AM
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/conductor1_zps8f275c7f.jpg)
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Post by: singdaw on August 22, 2014, 09:20:00 AM
Shipoopi!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 22, 2014, 09:20:44 AM
BALZAC!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 22, 2014, 09:27:17 AM
And, oh!  By the way... 


Super Doody!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 22, 2014, 09:27:52 AM
Gosh!  That felt good!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 22, 2014, 09:28:33 AM
It's me and zero guests.

It's so sad to be all alone in the world.
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Post by: John G. on August 22, 2014, 10:24:50 AM
Well I enjoy the movie DAMN YANKEES, and I have directed/choreographed it once....it's always a lot of fun, if you can get enough men for the show.

I don't like Ray Walston either....in ANYTHING....he annoys me so much - as he did in his tv show MY FAVORITE MARTIAN - I can't watch SOUTH PACIFIC because of him.

THEN he did a great job in a film version of OF MICE AND MEN which I liked....but I can't really watch anything else he is in.
He was one of Pauline Kael's least favorite performers and she penned some deliciously awful reviews of his work. He personified everything she hated about Broadway artificiality.
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Post by: John G. on August 22, 2014, 10:28:54 AM
TOD: The Book Thief

CD: Fred Astaire, The Merry Widow

Car CD: Cooked, an autobiography of a former crack dealer turned chef.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 22, 2014, 10:58:23 AM
Gosh!  We seem to be getting nowhere very slowly...
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 22, 2014, 10:58:37 AM
I thought for sure we would be upon page 3 now.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 22, 2014, 10:58:53 AM
I'm really rather wanting to get there.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 22, 2014, 10:59:15 AM
Let us proceed post-haste to page 3.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 22, 2014, 10:59:39 AM
(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh119/RonPulliam/Keepontruckin.jpg)
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 22, 2014, 10:59:53 AM
Page 3.
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Post by: bk on August 22, 2014, 11:01:54 AM
I'm up, I'm up - ten hours of glorious sleep.
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Post by: bk on August 22, 2014, 11:02:06 AM
All that and page three, too.
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Post by: singdaw on August 22, 2014, 11:02:33 AM
We seem to be getting nowhere very slowly...

Oh, I wouldn't say your posts are nothing, DR Ron Pulliam.       :)
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Post by: George on August 22, 2014, 11:03:42 AM
I was over to my bank branch for an hour. These asses made about five charges to my debit card, but only two were posted, in total of $488.00.  The bank has issued a new debit card and given me the name of the company  that placed the charges. I just spoke to them and they are issuing credit.

Do I think the nightmare is over? Not by a long shot.

And I find online that I am overdrawn by $400 for two unauthorized debit card charges. So, I'm off to the bank to fight this mess.  I knew there was some weird hankypanky going on with this computer. So, I now have no debit card for 4-7 days, which is bad but it's worse that I have no access to whatever small amount of mney I have in the bank, thanks to these damned crooks.

~~~CONTINUED FINANCIAL RESOLUTION VIBES FOR DR LARRY!!~~~
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Post by: George on August 22, 2014, 11:04:18 AM
I hope folks will not take this as a criticism, because I do not mean it as such. But I am curious about something. I notice quite that quite a few fellow DRs are writing "lightening" when referring to a meteorological event.


I had always thought that it was "thunder and lightning," but "I am lightening the color of my jeans by adding bleach to the wash."


Perhaps it is a regional thing?

Perhaps spellcheck can't correct incorrect usage.

;)
Title: Re: TALL TALES AND TALL TAILS
Post by: ChasSmith on August 22, 2014, 11:15:41 AM
We seem to be getting nowhere very slowly...

Oh, I wouldn't say your posts are nothing, DR Ron Pulliam.       :)

We could, nevertheless, stand having a few tall tales to help move things along...
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 22, 2014, 11:17:20 AM
In the meantime, the TOD.

CD:  I don't know.

BD:  TWIN PEAKS.
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Post by: George on August 22, 2014, 11:20:33 AM
DR John G. might appreciate the state fair foods, blogged:
http://goo.gl/wOqouO

Oh, my! :-\

There are several things on that list that I'd be willing to eat, but quite a bit that I won't even try. :P
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Post by: John G. on August 22, 2014, 11:51:05 AM
DR John G. might appreciate the state fair foods, blogged:
http://goo.gl/wOqouO

Oh, my! :-\

There are several things on that list that I'd be willing to eat, but quite a bit that I won't even try. :P

I've eaten most of those things before. Just not all at once. And the sickest sounding to me? The Jello Salad Ice Cream.
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Post by: bk on August 22, 2014, 12:25:49 PM
Page three?  Really?
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Post by: bk on August 22, 2014, 12:26:02 PM
Work session in forty-five minutes.
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Post by: George on August 22, 2014, 12:51:14 PM
Just received from Amazon (and hoping that I didn't already buy it), "The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BR1ZFC4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)!"  I just searched HHW and found that I posted last year about it being available for purchase from Amazon, but I don't know why I didn't (or wouldn't) buy it. 
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 22, 2014, 12:51:38 PM
We seem to be getting nowhere very slowly...

Oh, I wouldn't say your posts are nothing, DR Ron Pulliam.       :)


Nor did I say anything of the kind, DR squeezeCharmin. 
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Post by: George on August 22, 2014, 12:52:54 PM
Anyway, I really won't have time to watch it this weekend, until maybe Sunday afternoon.  I have a union meeting tonight, then I must hurry down to the theater for the end of "An Improbable Peck of Plays 3D," so that I can pick up the money from any ticket sales.  Tomorrow, I have to help my sister with some stuff before the show, and on Sunday, I'm working concessions for the Washington Center for the Performing Arts.  We have no show at all this Sunday, so after working concessions, I should have time to watch the new "Doctor Who" season premiere and "Johnny X."
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Post by: Ginny on August 22, 2014, 12:58:24 PM
Back from delivering some foodstuffs to Mom and doing some banking and phoning for her.

Looks like it's going to rain again...
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Post by: singdaw on August 22, 2014, 01:32:43 PM
Broadway's current Phantom, Norm Lewis, renders "The Music of the Night:"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCAdkACAH78#t=72
Title: Re: TALL TALES AND TALL TAILS
Post by: TCB on August 22, 2014, 01:38:40 PM
I hope folks will not take this as a criticism, because I do not mean it as such. But I am curious about something. I notice quite that quite a few fellow DRs are writing "lightening" when referring to a meteorological event.


I had always thought that it was "thunder and lightning," but "I am lightening the color of my jeans by adding bleach to the wash."


Perhaps it is a regional thing?


Nope, it is probably me.  Not regional, just stupid.
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Post by: singdaw on August 22, 2014, 01:39:32 PM
Glacier National Park:


(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/glacier3_zps80de8019.jpg)
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Post by: TCB on August 22, 2014, 01:39:40 PM
And I find online that I am overdrawn by $400 for two unauthorized debit card charges. So, I'm off to the bank to fight this mess.  I knew there was some weird hankypanky going on with this computer. So, I now have no debit card for 4-7 days, which is bad but it's worse that I have no access to whatever small amount of mney I have in the bank, thanks to these damned crooks.


Oh no!
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Post by: TCB on August 22, 2014, 01:44:09 PM
The new Fosse bio says that Stanley Donen found Gwen Verdon ugly and his way of dealing with that was to shoot as few closeups of her as possible and try to get the camera far away when she wasn't dancing. I need to go back and watch the movie again with that thought in mind. (I always thought she was the best thing in the movie.)


I love DAMN YANKEES.  I told my mother I was going to see Dam - n Yankees.

I love Gwen Verdon and I really enjoy Ray Walston.  But I really really love Tab Hunter!
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Post by: TCB on August 22, 2014, 01:46:30 PM
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/food_zps220d8a02.jpg)


Okay, Singalong, I will be food.
Title: Re: TALL TALES AND TALL TAILS
Post by: TCB on August 22, 2014, 01:48:33 PM
I was over to my bank branch for an hour. These asses made about five charges to my debit card, but only two were posted, in total of $488.00.  The bank has issued a new debit card and given me the name of the company  that placed the charges. I just spoke to them and they are issuing credit.

Do I think the nightmare is over? Not by a long shot.


Were they able to issue you the debit card right then, or do you have to wait for a week or two?
Title: Re: TALL TALES AND TALL TAILS
Post by: Jrand74 on August 22, 2014, 01:51:09 PM
Oh dear DR JOHN G - you mean there is finally something I can agree with Pauline Kael on?

I have seen the RoadShow version of SOUTH PACIFIC DR RLP......Ray still seems the same to me, but maybe I should watch it again.

Yes DR TCB - I think Mr Tab Hunter is very good in DAMN YANKEES, but when I was small, I wondered why he would hang around with someone old enough to be his mother....or so it seemed.
Title: Re: TALL TALES AND TALL TAILS
Post by: elmore3003 on August 22, 2014, 01:57:21 PM
I was over to my bank branch for an hour. These asses made about five charges to my debit card, but only two were posted, in total of $488.00.  The bank has issued a new debit card and given me the name of the company  that placed the charges. I just spoke to them and they are issuing credit.

Do I think the nightmare is over? Not by a long shot.


Were they able to issue you the debit card right then, or do you have to wait for a week or two?

Nope. 5-7 days.
Title: Re: TALL TALES AND TALL TAILS
Post by: TCB on August 22, 2014, 02:03:07 PM
Oh my gosh!  Somebody blew up Texas!

(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/Texas_zpscfa66549.jpg) (http://s170.photobucket.com/user/actr2000/media/Texas_zpscfa66549.jpg.html)
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Post by: John G. on August 22, 2014, 02:04:05 PM
Elmore, listening to Songs of New York at work. Love the Joseph Papp version of Please Don't Monkey With Broadway. Forgot he'd recorded it.
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Post by: John G. on August 22, 2014, 02:04:32 PM
Eerie photo, TCB.
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Post by: bk on August 22, 2014, 02:09:03 PM
Work session was fast and a breeze thanks to the always on top of it John Boswell.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 22, 2014, 02:30:42 PM
Elmore, listening to Songs of New York at work. Love the Joseph Papp version of Please Don't Monkey With Broadway. Forgot he'd recorded it.

I had to do that chart at the last minute, since Papp wouldn't commit. I think we had nearly finished the sessions when he agreed to do it and that I was never paid for the chart since the money was pretty much gone by then.

My memory is that he committed on Thursday, McGlinn rehearsed with Stanley Silverman on Friday since Joe was out of town and they set the key. I scored it on Saturday, Stanley Silverman called McGlinn and suggested it be copied up or down one-half step (I forget now), which I did.  On Monday, Papp showed up like a mafia don surrounded by a lot of yesmen, was very unpleasant to one and all, we did several takes and then he decided it was too high or too low and the musicians had to sightread it in the key I originally wrote it. In the instrumental break there's a missing chromatic piano line because the pianist couldn't figure it out fast enough and Papp was unpleasant and impatient. He was a complete pig.

I think Judy Sherman told me later that there were around 40 splices on that track to make him sound as good as he does.  Thank you, Stanley and Joe!

I do like my chart, though.
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Post by: John G. on August 22, 2014, 02:35:14 PM
Isn't that how they got Renee Zellweger and Marlon Brando to sing? Splicing it all together?
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Post by: John G. on August 22, 2014, 02:35:54 PM
Four!
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 22, 2014, 02:55:40 PM
I hope that wasn't a TALL TALE in keeping with today's theme, DR Elmore -- because it's a helluva story!   :)
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 22, 2014, 02:58:08 PM
I hope that wasn't a TALL TALE in keeping with today's theme, DR Elmore -- because it's a helluva story!   :)

I speak only the truth as I remember it.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 22, 2014, 03:00:53 PM
I had worked at the Drama Book Shop with a play reader for the Public theatre, and she thought Joe Papp was god. I was looking forward to meeting him, and hoping he'd like the chart and ask me to work on a show at the Public. He was a pig to everyone, although he told me he liked my chart, and I never heard from him again.
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Post by: Jane on August 22, 2014, 03:23:42 PM
I hope folks will not take this as a criticism, because I do not mean it as such. But I am curious about something. I notice quite that quite a few fellow DRs are writing "lightening" when referring to a meteorological event.


I had always thought that it was "thunder and lightning," but "I am lightening the color of my jeans by adding bleach to the wash."


Perhaps it is a regional thing?

It is lightning and if I have written lightening I was simply wrong ;D
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Post by: Jane on August 22, 2014, 03:25:20 PM
Hoping to start catching up on the weekend.  One unusual thing about the September 15 - October 15 tax season at this place is that while we will put in more hours on a regular weekday, weekend work seems not to be expected.  This is very different from other places I've been. 

That sounds like a good thing, unless you were paid extra for the weekend work.
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Post by: Jane on August 22, 2014, 03:27:10 PM
Today is National Hug Your Boss Day.

I ain't doing that. And it's because I like my boss. And I know he doesn't like hugs.

;D
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Post by: Jeanne on August 22, 2014, 03:58:00 PM
Hello, everyone.
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Post by: Jeanne on August 22, 2014, 03:59:12 PM
Larry, sorry to hear about the identity theft. It's always so galling! I hope it's resolved quickly and without any more inconvenience.
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Post by: Jeanne on August 22, 2014, 04:02:44 PM
For a day and a half every time I tried to access Gmail I received the error message screen that says that the server was having problems and that's all they know. That's a long time for a server to be down. Then, this morning, I clicked on an old Google link and Whoa! It wasn't down at all!! ARRRGGHHH! I know what happened, but Google really ought to give accurate error messages! Damn programmers!
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Post by: Jane on August 22, 2014, 04:08:21 PM
Sorry Jeanne.  We haven't had any problems with gmail.
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Post by: Jeanne on August 22, 2014, 04:09:11 PM
TOD:

I've been watching the British thriller HAPPY VALLEY, available on Netflix streaming. Very good, IMO, but definitely gritty and dark. It's written by Sally Wainwright, whose work I admire.

Bruce, I know you didn't think much of the American version of THE KILLING. I think you'd like this. The characters are all flawed, but come across stronger somehow. I'd be interested in your take.

BTW, one of the actresses had a familiar voice and mouth. Who is that? Then it dawned on me. I'm used to her in a very different context. Many DRs will know her, too.
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Post by: Jeanne on August 22, 2014, 04:12:37 PM
Sorry Jeanne.  We haven't had any problems with gmail.

No, it was the URL for my menu bar that was incorrect. But Google's error message was VERY misleading. I don't have a lot of patience with poor software.
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Post by: Jeanne on August 22, 2014, 04:17:56 PM
DR Ginny, you've mentioned that you have blood tests on a regular basis to accompany your blood thinning medication. I've heard that there's a device for home use that involves just a finger prick. Have you tried it? Know anything about it? It tests the INR.
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Post by: Jeanne on August 22, 2014, 04:18:52 PM
I think I need a little chocolate.

TTFN.
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Post by: Jeanne on August 22, 2014, 04:19:32 PM
Chocolate for blood thinning.   ;)
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Post by: John G. on August 22, 2014, 04:27:36 PM
This is all so enlightning.
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Post by: Jane on August 22, 2014, 04:28:58 PM
Sorry Jeanne.  We haven't had any problems with gmail.

No, it was the URL for my menu bar that was incorrect. But Google's error message was VERY misleading. I don't have a lot of patience with poor software.

I don't either.  I'm lucky I can yell "Keith!", not that he appreciates my calling for help-lol
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Post by: John G. on August 22, 2014, 04:29:41 PM
TCB, just caught with last night's posts. Meet Me in Las Vegas is a light and breezy musical with DanDailey, a gorgeous Cyd Charisse and some fun musical numbers.
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Post by: Jane on August 22, 2014, 04:30:08 PM
I think I need a little chocolate.

TTFN.

I went to See's today while I was waiting for the oil & power steering fluid changes.
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Post by: Ginny on August 22, 2014, 04:30:10 PM
DR Ginny, you've mentioned that you have blood tests on a regular basis to accompany your blood thinning medication. I've heard that there's a device for home use that involves just a finger prick. Have you tried it? Know anything about it? It tests the INR.

DR Jeanne, I used to have those tests when I was on Coumadin and, yes, my doctor tried to get me a home testing device.  The geniuses at the insurance company wouldn't approve paying for it, though.  When I switched from Coumadin to Xarelto last winter, they told me I don't need the tests anymore and there are no dietary restrictions.
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Post by: Jane on August 22, 2014, 04:31:02 PM
DR Ginny, you've mentioned that you have blood tests on a regular basis to accompany your blood thinning medication. I've heard that there's a device for home use that involves just a finger prick. Have you tried it? Know anything about it? It tests the INR.

DR Jeanne, I used to have those tests when I was on Coumadin and, yes, my doctor tried to get me a home testing device.  The geniuses at the insurance company wouldn't approve paying for it, though.  When I switched from Coumadin to Xarelto last winter, they told me I don't need the tests anymore and there are no dietary restrictions.

I didn't realize this.  NO dietary restrictions-WONDERFUL!!!
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Post by: Ginny on August 22, 2014, 04:31:25 PM
Chocolate for blood thinning.   ;)

I'd buy that...
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Post by: Ginny on August 22, 2014, 04:31:53 PM
DR Ginny, you've mentioned that you have blood tests on a regular basis to accompany your blood thinning medication. I've heard that there's a device for home use that involves just a finger prick. Have you tried it? Know anything about it? It tests the INR.

DR Jeanne, I used to have those tests when I was on Coumadin and, yes, my doctor tried to get me a home testing device.  The geniuses at the insurance company wouldn't approve paying for it, though.  When I switched from Coumadin to Xarelto last winter, they told me I don't need the tests anymore and there are no dietary restrictions.

I didn't realize this.  NO dietary restrictions-WONDERFUL!!!

Bring on the broccoli!
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 22, 2014, 04:43:18 PM
Larry, sorry to hear about the identity theft. It's always so galling! I hope it's resolved quickly and without any more inconvenience.

I hadn't thought any further than the credit card thefy. If they want the rest of my lousy life, I hope it brings them the same joy it's brought me for the last year.

I had a scare tonight: I thought my Mac, which is due to be replaced, had finally died, and i was wondering how fast turning on the gas would take to finish me off.

This run of shitty luck has got to end before it kills me.
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Post by: Jane on August 22, 2014, 04:46:34 PM
DR Ginny, you've mentioned that you have blood tests on a regular basis to accompany your blood thinning medication. I've heard that there's a device for home use that involves just a finger prick. Have you tried it? Know anything about it? It tests the INR.

DR Jeanne, I used to have those tests when I was on Coumadin and, yes, my doctor tried to get me a home testing device.  The geniuses at the insurance company wouldn't approve paying for it, though.  When I switched from Coumadin to Xarelto last winter, they told me I don't need the tests anymore and there are no dietary restrictions.

I didn't realize this.  NO dietary restrictions-WONDERFUL!!!

Bring on the broccoli!

:)
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Post by: John G. on August 22, 2014, 04:48:06 PM
{{{{{{Elmore}}}}}
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Post by: Jane on August 22, 2014, 04:53:43 PM
DR elmore,

(http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/10700000/Kitty-Hugs-cute-kittens-10796547-198-182.gif)
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Post by: Cillaliz on August 22, 2014, 05:34:17 PM
I hope folks will not take this as a criticism, because I do not mean it as such. But I am curious about something. I notice quite that quite a few fellow DRs are writing "lightening" when referring to a meteorological event.


I had always thought that it was "thunder and lightning," but "I am lightening the color of my jeans by adding bleach to the wash."


Perhaps it is a regional thing?

Or we just don't know how to spell it :)
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Post by: Cillaliz on August 22, 2014, 05:34:50 PM
Hoping to start catching up on the weekend.  One unusual thing about the September 15 - October 15 tax season at this place is that while we will put in more hours on a regular weekday, weekend work seems not to be expected.  This is very different from other places I've been. 

But not a bad thing
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Post by: Jane on August 22, 2014, 05:40:27 PM
I googled lightening and the first thing to come up was...
"Did you mean: lightning"
 ;D


I also found this...
Lightening vs Lightning | e Learn English Language
www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/blog/english.../lightening-vs-lightning/
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Post by: Jane on August 22, 2014, 05:41:44 PM
Interesting was the option to "find more images for lightening".
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Post by: George on August 22, 2014, 06:14:26 PM
Well, it's time to leave for my union meeting, then I'll head to the theater for what's left of tonight's show.  I'm sure that it'll be fine...really, I am. :)

Be back later!
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Post by: bk on August 22, 2014, 06:21:37 PM
Had a very good rehearsal with Juliana and then had an early dinner meeting at Hugo's.  I had pasta papa and a tiny Caesar salad, which gets smaller each time I have it.
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Post by: bk on August 22, 2014, 06:21:59 PM
Not sure I'm up for a jog today, but in the morning I'll do an extra mile or two.
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Post by: TCB on August 22, 2014, 06:23:06 PM
Here is a photo of my youngest great nephew.  His name is Xavier and he is a sophmore in high school (and a jock).

(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/Xav_zpsecb31ea8.jpg) (http://s170.photobucket.com/user/actr2000/media/Xav_zpsecb31ea8.jpg.html)
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Post by: Jane on August 22, 2014, 06:49:17 PM
Nic pic DR TCB!  Is your sister much older than you are or did she have children young?
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Post by: John G. on August 22, 2014, 06:50:12 PM
Great photo, Uncle TCB.
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Post by: KevinH on August 22, 2014, 07:14:36 PM
Yes. Great photo, TCB!
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Post by: Druxy on August 22, 2014, 07:43:49 PM
TOD:  Music:  Pat Suzuki, Don Cornell and Brave Combo

Don Cornell was one of my very first publicity clients.
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Post by: Druxy on August 22, 2014, 07:48:15 PM
Well I enjoy the movie DAMN YANKEES, and I have directed/choreographed it once....it's always a lot of fun, if you can get enough men for the show.

I don't like Ray Walston either....in ANYTHING....he annoys me so much - as he did in his tv show MY FAVORITE MARTIAN - I can't watch SOUTH PACIFIC because of him.

THEN he did a great job in a film version of OF MICE AND MEN which I liked....but I can't really watch anything else he is in.
He was one of Pauline Kael's least favorite performers and she penned some deliciously awful reviews of his work. He personified everything she hated about Broadway artificiality.

I recall that, when I was doing my book on musicals, I interviewed him for the DAMN YANKEES chapter...and he didn't seem to be that friendly.
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Post by: Cillaliz on August 22, 2014, 07:54:48 PM
Great Photo TCB
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Post by: Druxy on August 22, 2014, 08:04:17 PM
I remember seeing (when I was a kid)  the national company of DAMN YANKEES at the Moore Theater in Seattle.

Burlesque comic Bobby Clark played Applegate.
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Post by: John G. on August 22, 2014, 08:23:10 PM
I remember seeing (when I was a kid)  the national company of DAMN YANKEES at the Moore Theater in Seattle.

Burlesque comic Bobby Clark played Applegate.

That I would have loved to have seen.
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Post by: TCB on August 22, 2014, 08:26:39 PM
Isn't that how they got Renee Zellweger and Marlon Brando to sing? Splicing it all together?


What song did they sing together?
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Post by: TCB on August 22, 2014, 08:47:29 PM
Larry, sorry to hear about the identity theft. It's always so galling! I hope it's resolved quickly and without any more inconvenience.

I hadn't thought any further than the credit card thefy. If they want the rest of my lousy life, I hope it brings them the same joy it's brought me for the last year.

I had a scare tonight: I thought my Mac, which is due to be replaced, had finally died, and i was wondering how fast turning on the gas would take to finish me off.

This run of shitty luck has got to end before it kills me.


Elmore, whenever life gets you down, remember you always have MBarnum.



Seriously, you have lot of people who care a great deal about you!
 
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Post by: TCB on August 22, 2014, 08:53:00 PM
Nic pic DR TCB!  Is your sister much older than you are or did she have children young?


Not really.  My sister is three years older.  She was, I think, 22 when my niece was born.  My niece turns 44 in November.
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Post by: TCB on August 22, 2014, 08:56:11 PM
I remember seeing (when I was a kid)  the national company of DAMN YANKEES at the Moore Theater in Seattle.

Burlesque comic Bobby Clark played Applegate.

That I would have loved to have seen.

I would still rather see Ray Walston in the role, than Jerry Lewis.
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Post by: John G. on August 22, 2014, 09:35:16 PM
Isn't that how they got Renee Zellweger and Marlon Brando to sing? Splicing it all together?


What song did they sing together?

:)
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Post by: bk on August 22, 2014, 09:58:49 PM
Finished with my viewing for the evening.  I did end up doing a jog.
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Post by: John G. on August 22, 2014, 10:04:41 PM
Just watched a rather tired Esther Williams flick called "On an Island With You." Best part of it was a dance Cyd Charisse had with Ricardo Montalban.
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Post by: John G. on August 22, 2014, 10:05:00 PM
Good night, all.
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Post by: bk on August 22, 2014, 10:08:51 PM
Page five?  Really?
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Post by: bk on August 22, 2014, 10:09:00 PM
Goodnight?  Really?
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Post by: vixmom on August 22, 2014, 10:42:39 PM
Well my bags are packed , I 'm ready to go
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Post by: vixmom on August 22, 2014, 10:42:53 PM
leaving on a jet plane...............
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Post by: vixmom on August 22, 2014, 10:43:19 PM
don't know if I'll have  internet access
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Post by: vixmom on August 22, 2014, 10:44:09 PM
TOD 

In the car _ The Magician's Nephew,  read by Kenneth Branagh
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Post by: vixmom on August 22, 2014, 10:44:26 PM
I generally spell it lihjyijujpcxg
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Post by: vixmom on August 22, 2014, 10:45:55 PM
mosy people here on LI seem to pronounce  it as lightening ..


As in  Oh Man its really thundering and lightening out there
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Post by: vixmom on August 22, 2014, 10:46:19 PM
PAGE SIX!!!!!!!!
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Post by: vixmom on August 22, 2014, 10:46:26 PM
T a DA!!!!
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Post by: vixmom on August 22, 2014, 10:47:02 PM
((((Elmore))))
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Post by: vixmom on August 22, 2014, 10:56:51 PM

Elmore I am sorry to hear about your theft -  you need to get  your computer checked put by an expert you trust -  and I suggest you completely shut down your computer and turn off the power source to prevent it being used from a remote location



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Post by: vixmom on August 22, 2014, 11:07:04 PM
someone has stolen the firms info for one of our checking accounts and is using it in a couple of different scams

this being one of them : http://www.scamsurvivors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1312



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Post by: vixmom on August 22, 2014, 11:13:12 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89njTVw9NKM
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Post by: vixmom on August 22, 2014, 11:14:02 PM
well boys and girls   the car will by to get us soon so I am signing off



 I will check in  if I can  and if ai canlt well....


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Post by: vixmom on August 22, 2014, 11:14:17 PM
See you in september.......