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Title: THE CHRISTMAS DAY THAT WAS
Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 12:11:28 AM
Well, you're read the notes, the notes were, and now it is time for you to post until the Christmas Day that was cows come home.
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 12:12:22 AM
And the word of the day is: JOLLIFICATION!
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Post by: George on December 26, 2016, 12:34:32 AM
First post after BK!
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Post by: George on December 26, 2016, 12:34:59 AM
Happy Day After Christmas, everyone!
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 03:23:52 AM
Happy Boxing Day!
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 03:24:44 AM
Tonight we are meeting with my brothers and their families at my Mom's
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 03:26:11 AM
I wonder if my chiropractor will be open today...my back feels like a crumpled up piece of paper . I need to be straightened out
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 03:28:19 AM
Well I shall be paying a visit to the New City of York on  February  26th.  Vixdad bought me a ticket to see Book of Mormon
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Post by: Michael on December 26, 2016, 05:01:30 AM
Good morning with my first post as I march towards 15,000.
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Post by: Laura on December 26, 2016, 05:29:14 AM
Good morning.
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Post by: Druxy on December 26, 2016, 05:30:08 AM
TOD:

I like a good action thriller.  The first two DIE HARD moves come immediately to mind.
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Post by: Druxy on December 26, 2016, 05:58:05 AM
BK,

You watched COMPULSION on Christmas Day?

Okay....

 ::)

 ;D



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Post by: elmore3003 on December 26, 2016, 05:59:25 AM
Good morning, all! 
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 26, 2016, 06:01:17 AM
I slept very well, woke at 7, had a panic-anziety attack and went back to bed for another hour and a half.  God knows its source, but it's over.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 26, 2016, 06:03:20 AM
DR Jane, yes! I called Randy later in the dy and he picked up.  He said he must have been out in the garage when I called earlier/  We had a nice talk, selling the the property being am unexpected part of it, and all seems good.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 26, 2016, 06:04:59 AM
Today, I will finish up "Love for Sale" and hopefully proofread "Say It With Gin."  When those are finished, I can jump back to Guys & Dolls.
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 06:27:22 AM
DR Jane, yes! I called Randy later in the dy and he picked up.  He said he must have been out in the garage when I called earlier/  We had a nice talk, selling the the property being am unexpected part of it, and all seems good.

The property sold?!
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Post by: Jane on December 26, 2016, 06:31:40 AM
TOD:

I like a good action thriller.  The first two DIE HARD moves come immediately to mind.

They were good.
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Post by: Jane on December 26, 2016, 06:32:35 AM
DR Jane, yes! I called Randy later in the dy and he picked up.  He said he must have been out in the garage when I called earlier/  We had a nice talk, selling the the property being am unexpected part of it, and all seems good.

FINGERS crossed you shall soon have money from the property!
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 26, 2016, 06:37:42 AM
DR Jane, yes! I called Randy later in the dy and he picked up.  He said he must have been out in the garage when I called earlier/  We had a nice talk, selling the the property being am unexpected part of it, and all seems good.

The property sold?!

No. Not yet.
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Post by: Jennifer on December 26, 2016, 06:42:13 AM
Happy Boxing Day!

I am hoping that I will feel okay to go Boxing Day shopping for at least 1-2 hours. I have not been to the mall in a while.  The only problem is the stores only open at 1pm. But you have to be there much earlier to get parking.
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Post by: Jane on December 26, 2016, 07:06:56 AM
Finally, the Alamo today.  I still recall the sadness and shock I felt as a child when I learned that Crockett and Bowie died there.  ;D
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Post by: Jane on December 26, 2016, 07:07:36 AM
Fingers crossed we find t-shirts to wear in this heat wave :)
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Post by: John G. on December 26, 2016, 07:34:52 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on December 26, 2016, 07:35:18 AM
Enjoy the Alamo, Jane. I have yet to tour it.
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Post by: John G. on December 26, 2016, 07:41:56 AM
TOD:

A few that come to mind:
Wages of Fear
Seven Samurai
Road Warrior
Marathon Man
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 26, 2016, 07:48:32 AM
BK, did you see this?  The staff of Joe allen's posted their holiday photo.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 26, 2016, 07:49:22 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 26, 2016, 07:50:57 AM
Time for cleaning some things up, then some music listening and movie watching.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 26, 2016, 07:54:54 AM
TOD:

I like a good action thriller.  The first two DIE HARD moves come immediately to mind.

Something yesterday evening reminded me of the first film, which I truly believe I have only seen twice -- at the theater when it came out (summer of 1988? - and I have no idea where I saw it), and on laserdisc or cable or whatever a year or two later.  I never even saw the second film.  But thinking about that last night made me want to see these.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 26, 2016, 07:56:41 AM
Never saw BULLET TRAIN.

I do love thrill ride kind of movies, but there are either too many to name or I'm just brain dead on thinking of them this morning.

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Post by: Jrand74 on December 26, 2016, 07:59:07 AM
Sixty two degrees here.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 26, 2016, 07:59:26 AM
Like MR BK I have been eating too TOO much.....but that will stop.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 26, 2016, 08:00:27 AM
TOD:

North by Northwest

I'm sure I will think of others as DR's post their lists.
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Post by: Ginny on December 26, 2016, 08:09:39 AM
Monday morning greetings!  We had a very quiet Christmas Day that concluded with a visit with Mom.  Not the most upbeat way to spend the holiday, but there it is.
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Post by: Ginny on December 26, 2016, 08:11:22 AM
I out-slept our entire household, including Paramedic Rob who worked until midnight.  We're all taking it easy today, Richard and I watching the Miami Redhawks in the St. Petersburg Bowl - Love & Honor!
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 26, 2016, 09:20:43 AM
Like MR BK I have been eating too TOO much.....but that will stop.


Likewise here. 
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 26, 2016, 10:38:19 AM
Yes this is a nice Take It Easy Day.   No mail delivery.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 26, 2016, 12:15:13 PM
Chrlotte and I are trying to find a time this week to see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 26, 2016, 12:41:07 PM
And we are set for Thursday at 3:30!
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 26, 2016, 12:42:52 PM
The actor George S. Irving has died.  I saw him backstage at Encores! last spring, and he was rather crabby.  I felt bad because I'v worked on and off wth him since around 1982.
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Post by: Jane on December 26, 2016, 01:21:01 PM
Enjoy the Alamo, Jane. I have yet to tour it.
I did.  It is free.  It is knowing the history that makes it special.
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Post by: Jane on December 26, 2016, 01:24:49 PM
We finally found shirts we like.  We went for a long gone walk along the section where the original. US Armory was.  There weren't any tourist and it felt like a long narrow park with nice homes along the water.
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Post by: Jane on December 26, 2016, 01:30:04 PM
I should have purchased shorts to go with the t-shirt,  not complaining though.  I am happy it is not cold 
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Post by: George on December 26, 2016, 01:43:40 PM
The actor George S. Irving has died.  I saw him backstage at Encores! last spring, and he was rather crabby.  I felt bad because I'v worked on and off wth him since around 1982.

Wow.  He was 94 years old.  I'm sure he had quite the life!

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Post by: John G. on December 26, 2016, 02:16:11 PM
Pork tamales smothered in chili. Yum.
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Post by: John G. on December 26, 2016, 02:17:26 PM
We watched Florence Foster Jenkins. Great acting, story very well told.
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Post by: John G. on December 26, 2016, 02:18:14 PM
Hello, 0 guests. Did you take everyone else away?
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 02:55:57 PM
I'm up, I'm up.  Got up literally five minutes before the morning visit/meeting happened after almost eight hours of sleep.
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 02:57:26 PM
Morning meeting lasted about an hour, then I tried to go to Jerry's Deli for food but the parking lot was full and I knew it would be an ordeal because everyone in Studio City, despite the leftovers they must have, all have to go out and eat.  I went to Du-Par's, also really crowded where there's never anyone there at lunch.  It took about ten minutes but I got a booth and had bacon and eggs. 
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 02:57:54 PM
I don't ever recall a year in which the day after Christmas was a bank and mail holiday - EVER.  And yet...
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 26, 2016, 03:25:38 PM
Today it is.....
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 03:29:12 PM
But who decided that without consulting this board?
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 26, 2016, 04:43:10 PM
LOL.....that is a good question!
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 04:44:17 PM
We were not consulted.  Let's write an angry letter to the right people.
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 04:44:25 PM
Page two?  Really?
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 04:46:12 PM
Yes, I went through the top portion of the hall closet again and pulled out about thirty CDs to transfer into iTunes - most of them just selections not entire CDs.  As I'm doing this, listening to the wonderfully tuneful Robert Russell Bennett violin concerto with Louis Kaufman soloing.  We issued this on Bay Cities and I became very friendly with Mr. Kaufman - he was a wonderful man.  The conductor of this is someone called Bernard Herrmann.
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 04:46:23 PM
Really?  Page two?
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 04:46:41 PM
I had a little cherry loaf.  No more "real" food today, though.
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Post by: John G. on December 26, 2016, 04:55:01 PM
Back from nap time, which is emit pan spelled backwards.
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Post by: John G. on December 26, 2016, 04:55:11 PM
Three!
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Post by: John G. on December 26, 2016, 04:55:30 PM
Page three? Really?
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 04:56:27 PM
Listening to Norman Dello Joio - one of my favorite American composers.
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 04:57:39 PM
And I'm pulling out CDs that, over the past month, I've seen five or six times and I find the original pressing on Chandos of the Doreen Carwithen CD I just rebought in its reissued form (different cover) - I'm surprised I had it and didn't pull it out.  Will now sell the one I got recently.
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Post by: Jane on December 26, 2016, 05:27:13 PM
I don't ever recall a year in which the day after Christmas was a bank and mail holiday - EVER.  And yet...

No wonder it is sooooo busy here.
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Post by: Jane on December 26, 2016, 05:29:30 PM
We were clever to go for an early dinner.  We got lucky snagging a table at a nice spot on the river walk.  Breakfast and dinner were enjoyable, both at different Mexican restaurants.
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Post by: John G. on December 26, 2016, 05:36:03 PM
Names, Jane?
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Post by: John G. on December 26, 2016, 06:35:11 PM
Fire going in the fire place. Nice and toasty.
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Post by: Jane on December 26, 2016, 06:38:32 PM
Breakfast was at Rio Rio.  We had scrambled eggs with red and yelow crispy tortilla strips and melted cheese.  I passed on the refried beans and they gave me double the diced potatoes.
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Post by: Jane on December 26, 2016, 06:45:30 PM
Dinner was at Casa Rio.  I was bad and had what I call chicken taquitos but are actually crispy corn flautas with guacamole and a poblano sauce I have never had before.  While not LA Fonda I enjoyed it.  The ducks & Cormorant in the river entertained us while we ate.
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Post by: Jane on December 26, 2016, 06:46:43 PM
Fire going in the fire place. Nice and toasty.

Nice.
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Post by: Jane on December 26, 2016, 06:49:00 PM
After dinner we took a long walk past the lock and 0.5 miles before the Pearl.  We like getting away from the crowds and enjoyed the scenery.  In total we walked 12.5 miles today.
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Post by: John G. on December 26, 2016, 07:49:51 PM
Nice walk. You probably walked past the bar I took you to.
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 07:53:54 PM
Listening to all kinds o' stuff - some Charles Ives - I run hot and cold on Ives - I like the second symphony and a few other things, but there's lots that's just noise to me.
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 07:54:28 PM
Now listening to Khachaturian violin rhapsody and then concerto.  Very attractive music.  Then more Dello Joio.
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Post by: Jane on December 26, 2016, 08:34:19 PM
Nice walk. You probably walked past the bar I took you to.

Really 😮 ;D
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Post by: Jane on December 26, 2016, 08:34:58 PM
I could have had another wonderful old fashioned
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 09:11:23 PM
We were not consulted.  Let's write an angry letter to the right people.

I told them it was ok. If the banks and post office were open I would have been at work as well
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 09:14:11 PM
Instead i had a lovelier than lovely Boxing Day.
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 09:18:16 PM
Every time someone else dies we now get the new Facebook cliche: 2016 stop it already.  Be over already.  Like people won't be dying in 2017, just as people have been dying in every year since time began. 
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 09:22:13 PM
My brothers their wives my nieces both my brothers Inlaws and two of niece's boyfriends were at my mom's the third Bruce's girlfriend had to stay home in Virginia as she had to Siri in the morning and we were missing get Vixter and her Charles but none the less a fun time was had
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 09:23:04 PM
The girls loved their presents which made me very happy
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 09:23:58 PM
I brought some more Christmas crackers which the boyfriends had never experienced before so  was fun
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 09:25:28 PM
One of my coworkers had installed a game on my phone for me when I had mentioned. Was trying to think of something fun we found all play it is called heads up
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 09:27:02 PM
It's kind of like the old password game. You put your phone on your forehead do you cant see your screen but everyone lose Dan. Then they sout out clues while you try to guess the word or phrase on your screen
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 09:27:51 PM
There was a holiday edition which was perfect for a group ranging in age 18 to 84
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 09:28:21 PM
We were all shouting and laughing it was a lot of fun
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 09:31:00 PM
We didn't really keep score just passed  the phone around so that everyone had a chance to guess
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 09:31:42 PM
I know are only at oag three but I am exhausted bits and girls
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 09:32:51 PM
Yesterday I did all the cooking and clEaning at moms today my brothers and I stared the tasks but still it is after midnight and tomorrow will be a busy day at work...
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 09:33:12 PM
I wish you all joy
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 09:33:59 PM
And leave it to you all to get us off of page four
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 09:34:23 PM
(Where I just found myself)
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 09:34:40 PM
So long
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 09:34:46 PM
Farewell
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 09:35:04 PM
Good evening!
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 09:38:28 PM
Auf weidershehen
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Post by: vixmom on December 26, 2016, 09:38:48 PM
Goodnight
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 09:47:03 PM
Good night, Vixmom!
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 09:48:09 PM
Now rediscovering the wonderful music of the American composer David Diamond - just grand stuff.  I've got days of listening ahead of me.  I've been going through all the American composers I have - I don't love them all but I do love some of them a whole bunch.
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 09:48:24 PM
Page four?  Really?
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 09:48:44 PM
Almost ten o'clock???  Really?  Time flies when you listen to long symphonic works.
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 09:59:20 PM
Funny how things work.  I have been putting off for weeks doing some research that has to be done for the new book.  And even though I had fun writing a couple of paragraphs for it, I haven't had the buzz about actually beginning it next Sunday - that's happened before and the minute I start I get the buzz right away.  But yesterday something came into my head, a title really, a title I came up with about fifteen years ago and that David Wechter and I tried to come up with a film for - we did - pitched - came close - but no cigar.  But the title is really good and it's kind of shocking no one's ever used it, at least to the best of my knowledge.  And last night I started to think about what kind of story I could tell to go with the title.  Tonight I began free associating on a blank Word doc and came up with something I thought could really be fun if I can figure out enough plot machinations and how to kick the story off and what it actually would be.  But there's a germ of a really fun idea there and I'm going to spend the next few days making notes and if that has the buzz come the weekend, I'm just gonna go with it.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 09:59:45 PM
I am watching HAIRSPRAY-LIVE again.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:00:09 PM
Somehow that doesn't sound right!
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:02:28 PM
Page 5 isn't too far away.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:02:48 PM
Today was football day.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:03:08 PM
I watched two college bowl games.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:04:20 PM
And then Monday Night Football.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:05:05 PM
Well, most of Monday Night Football.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:06:30 PM
The game was pretty much decided by the end of the third quarter.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:15:43 PM
So HAIRSPRAY sounded better than reruns of bad comedies.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:16:46 PM
Tomorrow I need to get back to "the book."
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:17:40 PM
Originally planned on finishing the first draft by the end of January.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:18:04 PM
I still might reach that goal.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:18:47 PM
I am already half way through the book.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:19:09 PM
We will see what happens.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:19:43 PM
I would rather miss the deadline than screw up the end of the story.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:22:02 PM
I have four weeks to go before the first rehearsal of the new SECOND SAMUEL.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:26:00 PM
One more post.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:26:36 PM
Page Five!
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:27:10 PM
FINALLY
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:29:50 PM
It is only ten thirty.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:30:13 PM
Or thereabouts.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:33:24 PM
They are advertising a new John Lithgow comedy that doesn't start until March.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:33:54 PM
TRIAL AND ERROR I think it is called.
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Post by: George on December 26, 2016, 10:35:17 PM
TRIAL AND ERROR I think it is called.

I just saw that commercial and liked it.  What do you think, Tom? 
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Post by: George on December 26, 2016, 10:35:29 PM
Funny how things work.  I have been putting off for weeks doing some research that has to be done for the new book.  And even though I had fun writing a couple of paragraphs for it, I haven't had the buzz about actually beginning it next Sunday - that's happened before and the minute I start I get the buzz right away.  But yesterday something came into my head, a title really, a title I came up with about fifteen years ago and that David Wechter and I tried to come up with a film for - we did - pitched - came close - but no cigar.  But the title is really good and it's kind of shocking no one's ever used it, at least to the best of my knowledge.  And last night I started to think about what kind of story I could tell to go with the title.  Tonight I began free associating on a blank Word doc and came up with something I thought could really be fun if I can figure out enough plot machinations and how to kick the story off and what it actually would be.  But there's a germ of a really fun idea there and I'm going to spend the next few days making notes and if that has the buzz come the weekend, I'm just gonna go with it.

That sounds exciting, BK!
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Post by: George on December 26, 2016, 10:35:50 PM
I am watching HAIRSPRAY-LIVE again.

I've got my TV on that channel, but I'm also watching other shows that are recorded on my DVR.
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Post by: George on December 26, 2016, 10:37:21 PM
I am already half way through the book.

That's great, Tom!
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Post by: John G. on December 26, 2016, 10:43:38 PM
Just finished the relatively new And Then There Were None with Aiden Turner's hair. Quite enjoyable.
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Post by: John G. on December 26, 2016, 10:44:05 PM
Good news on the book, BK.
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Post by: John G. on December 26, 2016, 10:44:51 PM
My phone battery is getting ready to die.
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Post by: John G. on December 26, 2016, 10:45:11 PM
So, good night, all.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:50:58 PM
TRIAL AND ERROR I think it is called.

I just saw that commercial and liked it.  What do you think, Tom? 


It looks pretty funny.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 10:52:58 PM
I wonder if I would like the movie version of HAIRSPRAY?
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 11:01:19 PM
Why would NBC pick BYE BYE BIRDIE as next December's musical?
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 11:02:14 PM
Page five?  Really?
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Post by: bk on December 26, 2016, 11:03:40 PM
Listening to a composer I don't know at all - Samuel Jones - I don't think I ever played this CD and wonder why I got it, unless it was recommended to me.  It's a symphonic piece based on James Agee/Walker Evans' Let Us Now Praise Famous Men - it's tonal and very nice music.  I took a long shower and thought of some more ideas, which I've already jotted down.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 11:12:37 PM
I need to change computers and use the Men's Room.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 11:12:59 PM
I shall return.
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Post by: George on December 26, 2016, 11:16:12 PM
I need to change computers and use the Men's Room.

You specified the men's room...you have a separate women's room in your house??

;)
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Post by: George on December 26, 2016, 11:19:10 PM
Just finished the relatively new And Then There Were None with Aiden Turner's hair. Quite enjoyable.

I have this in my wishlist at Amazon.co.uk.  It's interesting...Amazon.com lists the US release (https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01A9IV54W/), and it says that it's 177 minutes.  Then, they list the region-2 UK release (https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01936Q0IM/), but it's 180 minutes.  And they also have the region-4 Australian release (https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01FR3808I/), and that says it's 214 minutes!  I wonder what the differences are.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 11:25:09 PM
I need to change computers and use the Men's Room.

You specified the men's room...you have a separate women's room in your house??

;)


No, but there are only men living here.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 11:26:24 PM
Who is Aiden Turner and what is wrong with his hair?
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 11:35:00 PM
We may get a little snow to start out the new year!
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 11:40:41 PM
Tonight, the last e-mail to post on AOL was at 7:30 p.m.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 11:41:26 PM
And that is on all of my computers.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 11:42:41 PM
Maybe AOL can no longer afford to run their e-mail 24 hours a day.
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 11:43:36 PM
BK, is your mail functioning?
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 11:44:19 PM
SIX
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Post by: George on December 26, 2016, 11:52:18 PM
Who is Aiden Turner and what is wrong with his hair?

Nothing is wrong with his hair. (https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=800&q=Aidan+Turner%27s+hair&oq=Aidan+Turner%27s+hair&gs_l=img.3...6268.13721.0.14726.8.5.0.3.0.0.127.413.4j1.5.0....0...1ac.1j2j4.64.img..0.4.345...0j0i30k1.qSJ0zY-MPVY) 

;)
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Post by: TCB on December 26, 2016, 11:54:55 PM
Oh, yes, him.  I think we had this discussion before.
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Post by: George on December 27, 2016, 12:04:25 AM
Oh, yes, him.  I think we had this discussion before.

Yes, he was drooled over before...by some of us.