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Post by: bk on January 20, 2017, 12:06:40 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes were in the home stretch, and now it is time for you to post until the home stretch cows come home.
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Post by: bk on January 20, 2017, 12:07:35 AM: And the word of the day is: ESPERANCE!
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Post by: bk on January 20, 2017, 12:08:34 AM: And now - Dino at the piano.
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Post by: bk on January 20, 2017, 12:08:50 AM: And hopefully TCB will continue his eye story here.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 12:20:02 AM: First post after BK!
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Post by: George on January 20, 2017, 12:22:28 AM: First post after TCB!
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Post by: George on January 20, 2017, 12:23:00 AM: I was gone all day, yesterday. Sorry about that. Work interfered with my HHW reading. I hate it when that happens.

;)
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 12:23:08 AM: Since I knew the drill (excuse the expression), I silently counted along with the nurse up to the one hundred laser blasts.
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Post by: Jane on January 20, 2017, 12:24:16 AM: Quote from: bk on January 20, 2017, 12:08:50 AM
And hopefully TCB will continue his eye story here.

Yes. I am glad the all is good part was mentioned first.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 12:24:25 AM: That made the procedure go much quicker.
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Post by: Jane on January 20, 2017, 12:25:33 AM: Counting helps me when there is nothing else to do.
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Post by: George on January 20, 2017, 12:25:53 AM: Quote from: Jane on January 20, 2017, 12:24:16 AM
Quote from: bk on January 20, 2017, 12:08:50 AM
And hopefully TCB will continue his eye story here.

Yes. I am glad the all is good part was mentioned first.

I definitely have some ketchuping to do!
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 12:25:58 AM: Then it was only waiting around for 45 minutes to recheck the pressures.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 12:27:17 AM: There was a little discomfort this evening, but nothing to worry about.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 12:28:16 AM: Then I go back on February 3 to see if the procedure worked.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 12:31:46 AM: George, you really need to get your priorities straight.
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Post by: George on January 20, 2017, 12:34:17 AM: Quote from: TCB on January 20, 2017, 12:31:46 AM
George, you really need to get your priorities straight.

I know!
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 12:37:05 AM: And Jane, you should be asleep.
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Post by: George on January 20, 2017, 12:56:27 AM: From yesterday's Topic of the Day: What are your favorite historical novels?

Benjamin Kritzer
Go Set a Watchman
Les Misérables
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Novel
To Kill a Mockingbird

And deserving of a special mention:
William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope (it's a play, but it is set a long time ago... ;) )
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 12:58:31 AM: I will be having lunch with Sandy today.
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Post by: George on January 20, 2017, 01:00:27 AM: Also from yesterday: I had heard that Miguel Ferrer had died, but not Roberta Peters. :(

The first time I had heard "Una Voce Poco Fa" was her video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46WdcaQAGu4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46WdcaQAGu4)

I love this version!
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 01:17:03 AM: Well, good night, George.
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Post by: George on January 20, 2017, 01:24:24 AM: Good night, Tom. Enjoy your lunch with Sandy!
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 20, 2017, 04:20:28 AM: Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 20, 2017, 04:20:50 AM: Physical therapy in two hours.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 20, 2017, 04:21:38 AM: This will be a strange day since I will be avoiding anything to do with the inauguration of this orange buffoon.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 20, 2017, 04:27:43 AM: I have my weekend work: I brought home three scores from City Center for fixes and changes. There's no major rewriting but things I'm unhappy with and want to repair:
a. Go Into Your Dance needs half of the last chorus rescored - about 16 bars - to fit better with the dance arrangement
b. The Great Indoors needs some work on the verse; my orchestration is too polite at the moment.
c. I need to correct some sloppiness in my score for I Happen to Like New York.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 20, 2017, 04:47:28 AM: DR TCB, how are you feeling today?
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 20, 2017, 04:48:23 AM: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Good Weekend Vibes to the DRs! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: ChasSmith on January 20, 2017, 04:57:35 AM: Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on January 20, 2017, 05:01:13 AM: I shall spend most of the day avoiding the TV and working on music.
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Post by: KevinH on January 20, 2017, 05:20:02 AM: Good morning!
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Post by: KevinH on January 20, 2017, 05:21:04 AM: Quote from: ChasSmith on January 20, 2017, 05:01:13 AM
I shall spend most of the day avoiding the TV and working on music.

I'm watching TV. Game shows, old comedies.
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Post by: KevinH on January 20, 2017, 05:21:46 AM: Seeing Titanic, the Musical tomorrow. Seems appropriate.
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Post by: KevinH on January 20, 2017, 05:22:37 AM: TCB--glad the procedure seemed to go well!
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Post by: Michael on January 20, 2017, 05:53:43 AM: Good morning to all. Hope everyone has a great day and a gret weekend.
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Post by: Druxy on January 20, 2017, 06:49:25 AM: This seems like the appropriate play to plug today.

:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eoe93RgNRY
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Post by: John G. on January 20, 2017, 07:32:45 AM: Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on January 20, 2017, 07:33:20 AM: Great news on the procedure, TCB.
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Post by: John G. on January 20, 2017, 07:34:42 AM: Just found out that the medical clinics at work will do lab tests for free. That'll save some money with all those blood-sucking doctors out there.
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Post by: John G. on January 20, 2017, 07:35:36 AM: They'll also administer allergy shots for free, but I've given up hope of those working for me.
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Post by: Ginny on January 20, 2017, 07:40:46 AM: Friday morning greetings! We've been across the street to the convention center to register and scope out where I have to be tomorrow at 8:30am.
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Post by: Laura on January 20, 2017, 07:42:50 AM: Good morning. We are enjoying a lovely winter storm here.
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Post by: Ginny on January 20, 2017, 07:45:29 AM: It's always been my belief that, politics aside, Inauguration Day should be a national historic holiday. I'm having a great deal of trouble adhering to that belief today, but we are watching. Sorta like a train wreck...
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Post by: Ginny on January 20, 2017, 07:47:16 AM: I told Richard that if it gets to be more than I can stand I'd go across the street to the College Football Hall of Fame.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 20, 2017, 07:58:18 AM: Back from a good therapy session. Two of my Indian therapists, both named Dipika, are marching in tomorrow's women's march to protest Trump, and I wish I could march with them/ I might make a block but not the entire distance.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 20, 2017, 07:59:40 AM: I think I'll lie down with a heating pad on my knee for a bit, then pay some bills and get to work,
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Post by: Jane on January 20, 2017, 08:51:43 AM: Quote from: TCB on January 20, 2017, 12:27:17 AM
There was a little discomfort this evening, but nothing to worry about.

Good.
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Post by: Jane on January 20, 2017, 08:52:17 AM: Quote from: TCB on January 20, 2017, 12:37:05 AM
And Jane, you should be asleep.

I believe I was by the time you posted this.
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Post by: Jane on January 20, 2017, 08:53:05 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on January 20, 2017, 04:21:38 AM
This will be a strange day since I will be avoiding anything to do with the inauguration of this orange buffoon.

Smart move.
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Post by: Jane on January 20, 2017, 08:54:29 AM: Quote from: John G. on January 20, 2017, 07:34:42 AM
Just found out that the medical clinics at work will do lab tests for free. That'll save some money with all those blood-sucking doctors out there.

Wow, that is great!
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Post by: John G. on January 20, 2017, 09:09:59 AM: TOD:

DVD: the rest of Bingo Long, Vertigo

CD: the Hamilton Mixtape, Ravel
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Post by: Druxy on January 20, 2017, 09:22:27 AM: TOD:

Maybe I'll watch the 1951 version of SHOW BOAT.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 20, 2017, 09:50:17 AM: I have to finish A Dance to the Music of Time this weekend, and I want to watch all of Downton Abbey again. Curse that PBS marathon! It's got me hooked again and I'd prefer to watch it without the moronic hosts begging for money.
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Post by: bk on January 20, 2017, 10:06:57 AM: I'm up, I'm up - a little over eight hours of sleep.
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Post by: bk on January 20, 2017, 10:07:31 AM: It's raining, it's pouring, but the old man isn't snoring, he's trying to be coherent.
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Post by: bk on January 20, 2017, 10:07:51 AM: I'll start futzing and finessing in about thirty minutes.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 20, 2017, 11:15:48 AM: Futz & Finesse vibes for MR BK.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 20, 2017, 11:18:28 AM: It is 53 degrees here!

Thanks to DR RLP for posting the Carrollton/Susan Hayward info. My friend visited when he was in Georgia....it is very low key.

(https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/find-a-grave-prod/photos/2001/222/haywardsusan2.jpg)
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Post by: George on January 20, 2017, 11:34:09 AM: Well, since we're here...
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Post by: George on January 20, 2017, 11:34:15 AM: PAGE THREE DANCE!!
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Post by: FJL on January 20, 2017, 12:15:54 PM: Much catch up on what I've missed!
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Post by: bk on January 20, 2017, 01:24:57 PM: I futzed and finessed only half the pages from yesterday's writing because I had to smooth out a LOT of things, plus add a few things, remove a few things, and smooth out a major thing that happened that I hadn't written well at ALL.
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Post by: bk on January 20, 2017, 01:26:04 PM: Then I went and had a chili, cheese, and onion hot dog and a few fries, then came right home. And now I shall finish futzing and finessing and then try to write at least three or four new pages. It's been pouring rain here, but the sun is now trying to make an appearance. Thus LA.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 20, 2017, 02:25:07 PM: I think the virus is back.....for me not my computer.....
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Post by: Jane on January 20, 2017, 02:44:21 PM: Sorry DR Jrand. How is your uncle doing?
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Post by: Jane on January 20, 2017, 02:45:08 PM: I should have walked longer on the treadmill, it has been raining hard and Keith doesn't want to take his cold for a walk.
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Post by: bk on January 20, 2017, 02:50:19 PM: I've done three pages so far and in about ten minutes will try to do another three.
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Post by: bk on January 20, 2017, 03:29:28 PM: Five pages and time for a little break again. Then I'll try to do three more, and that will leave three to five more to do over the course of the evening. By the end of this evening I should be coming to the final sequence of the book, which I'm really looking forward to writing.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:28:59 PM: Hello, everyone.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 20, 2017, 04:29:37 PM: Quote from: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:28:59 PM
Hello, everyone.

Hello, DR Jeanne!
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Post by: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:31:42 PM: It POURED in my 'hood, too. During the night, a let-up, then it started pouring again when it was time for me to leave for acupuncture. Oy. I was pretty soaked by the time I reached the office. I came right home afterwards instead of stopping for lunch or errands.

Now the sun is out -- and BRIGHT!
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Post by: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:32:39 PM: Hi, Larry.

How are you doing?
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Post by: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:34:21 PM: I've been feeling a bit grumpy the last few days. I think it's today's Big Event. I have very, very deep concerns over what shall be happening over the coming months.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:35:53 PM: TCB, if I was about to have eye surgery and they wheeled the previous patient out on a stretcher I'd be VERY nervous indeed!

Kudos for staying calm and unruffled!
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Post by: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:36:14 PM: I hope everything is fine at your check-up.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:39:24 PM: Vixmom, I read your Verizon posts. How awful! I had Verizon in Alexandria, VA for my two landlines. I had no choice. Every time it rained one of the landlines would cease to function. I'd call and complain, they'd send someone out, said someone would caulk the cable, and then with the next rain the cycle would start all over again. They CLAIM they'd fix it once and for all, but never did.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:42:31 PM: My next-door neighbor was charged every month for EIGHT YEARS for a line at her previous residence. She went round and round with them. Her son-in-law, an attorney, couldn't be bothered to help.

My opinion of Verizon? I'll let you guess. But given some of the positive experiences posted here, I surmise that the quality of their service is largely a local matter.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:49:07 PM: I currently have T-Mobile for wireless. I'm not happy with them. I had better connectivity with AT&T, who I was anxious to leave because of high prices and sometimes-awful customer service. But T-Mobile's customer service has been just as bad as AT&T's and I only save about $10/month.

I read about some smaller companies that rent space from AT&T and Verizon, but charge less. One is Cricket. I don't recall the name of the other. Has anyone had any experience with them?
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Post by: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:50:25 PM: Jack, I hope you feel better quickly.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 20, 2017, 04:50:26 PM: Quote from: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:32:39 PM
Hi, Larry.

How are you doing?

Feeling about the same as you.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:51:48 PM: My neighbor next door, who's never sick, has bronchitis. Another neighbor has MRSA. I am thankful to only be feeling a little tired!
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Post by: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:52:33 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on January 20, 2017, 04:50:26 PM
Quote from: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:32:39 PM
Hi, Larry.

How are you doing?

Feeling about the same as you.

You mean the grumpiness?
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Post by: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:55:35 PM: I've been rewatching CALL THE MIDWIFE season 5. I do love that show. PBS isn't saying when season 6 will air.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:57:28 PM: Jane, if you're looking for another show, I liked Acorn's THE SYNDICATE: ALL OR NOTHING. Not as riveting as A PLACE TO CALL HOME, but a very good show. It's a lottery story with a twist.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 20, 2017, 04:59:20 PM: Quote from: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:52:33 PM
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Hi, Larry.

How are you doing?

Feeling about the same as you.

You mean the grumpiness?

About making the Orange Buffoon the 45th president.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 05:00:07 PM: I'm finishing SCOTT & BAILEY. Only two episodes left. I wish it wasn't ending. I don't know just what it is about the show that makes it compelling, but it is.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 05:00:29 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on January 20, 2017, 04:59:20 PM
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Hi, Larry.

How are you doing?

Feeling about the same as you.

You mean the grumpiness?

About making the Orange Buffoon the 45th president.

Exactly.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 05:05:56 PM: When I'm feeling stressed I tend toward film noir. And I'll take a good murder almost any day. I think sports is a way to release hostility and aggression for some, but it doesn't interest me. I like good drama.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 05:07:07 PM: John G, your employer has medical facilities on the premises? I'm glad you found a cheaper way to take care of some of your health care.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 05:10:49 PM: TTFN.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 20, 2017, 05:31:35 PM: Thank you DR JEANNE...time will tell.

DR JANE all surgeries for my uncle have been completed and he is on the road to recovery. I am not sure of his status, but he seems to be doing well.
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Post by: bk on January 20, 2017, 05:38:37 PM: Eight pages so far. Three more to go and then we'll see how many beyond that I'll write. I'll probably take a hot shower later and try to do an additional three then, and at that point I'll probably be in the last twenty to twenty-five pages, twenty being the more likely number.
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Post by: Jane on January 20, 2017, 05:45:53 PM: Quote from: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:57:28 PM
Jane, if you're looking for another show, I liked Acorn's THE SYNDICATE: ALL OR NOTHING. Not as riveting as A PLACE TO CALL HOME, but a very good show. It's a lottery story with a twist.

Thanks for the suggestion. I will ask Keith if he is interested.
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Post by: Jane on January 20, 2017, 05:47:16 PM: Quote from: Jrand66 on January 20, 2017, 05:31:35 PM
Thank you DR JEANNE...time will tell.

DR JANE all surgeries for my uncle have been completed and he is on the road to recovery. I am not sure of his status, but he seems to be doing well.

Good. Wishing him a speedy recovery!
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Post by: vixmom on January 20, 2017, 07:24:02 PM: Rapid recovery vibe for jacks uncle
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Post by: vixmom on January 20, 2017, 07:24:16 PM: Eye vibes for tcb
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Post by: Jane on January 20, 2017, 07:56:04 PM: Quote from: Jane on January 20, 2017, 05:45:53 PM
Quote from: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 04:57:28 PM
Jane, if you're looking for another show, I liked Acorn's THE SYNDICATE: ALL OR NOTHING. Not as riveting as A PLACE TO CALL HOME, but a very good show. It's a lottery story with a twist.

Thanks for the suggestion. I will ask Keith if he is interested.

Instead of watching the new show we are watching WAKING NED DEVINE. We do enjoy this movie which is filmed on the Isle of Man where my cousins live.
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Post by: bk on January 20, 2017, 08:05:20 PM: Page four? Really?
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Post by: bk on January 20, 2017, 08:06:38 PM: Had some cashews and low-cal ice cream for my evening snack. Motor car is in the garage and I'm listening to Ravel. At some point in the next hour I shall take a hot shower and hope some fun ideas come to me so I can do another two or three pages and head into its final section.
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Post by: Jane on January 20, 2017, 08:36:39 PM: Corrections, I believe some of the scenery shots were filmed there.
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Post by: bk on January 20, 2017, 08:47:52 PM: I did finish the eleven pages, so anything else tonight is gravy, although I would like to do more because if I do I'll really have a shot at finishing tomorrow. Although I do get a late start because she of the Evil Eye comes in the morning. I may try to futz and finesse some of it before I leave, but then I'm away until noon, which is annoying. Once I'm back, though, I will just try to start and then keep going without too many breaks. But if for whatever reason I don't finish, then Sunday morning it will be.
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Post by: John G. on January 20, 2017, 09:06:42 PM: Quote from: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 05:07:07 PM
John G, your employer has medical facilities on the premises? I'm glad you found a cheaper way to take care of some of your health care.

Yes, I just got a bill from my kidney doctor. Aetna wouldn't pay for the CT scan I had to have last fall. $500. Ugh.
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Post by: John G. on January 20, 2017, 09:08:14 PM: Also, we have a campus with about 20,000 employees on it. The main building is larger than the Pentagon and there are two other large facilities on the campus. Having a couple of clinics on site makes sense.
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Post by: John G. on January 20, 2017, 09:08:51 PM: Good news about your uncle, JRand. I hope you are feeling better, too.
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Post by: John G. on January 20, 2017, 09:21:54 PM: Dancing the woman's part again tonight in waltz and foxtrot. Very educational. Very different.
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Post by: John G. on January 20, 2017, 09:24:30 PM: Watching a Jessie Matthews oldie called Sailing Along. Just the kind of escapist nonsense I needed tonight.
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Post by: John G. on January 20, 2017, 09:29:02 PM: Hello, 1 guest!
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Post by: John G. on January 20, 2017, 09:29:56 PM: Did anyone watch the Broadway Concert for America that Seth Rudetsky arranged? It was shown over Facebook this afternoon and will be rebroadcast on Sunday night.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:31:25 PM: Good evening!
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:31:53 PM: No one is watching ADVISE AND CONSENT tonight?
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Post by: John G. on January 20, 2017, 09:32:24 PM: Interesting collection of singers and songs. Ben Vereen sang "What a Wonderful World." Lillias White knocked "Don't Rain on My Parade" out of the park. My favorite was Brian Stokes Mitchell singing "God Bless America" and "Wheels of a Dream."

The whole cast of folks gathered for a finale of "Let the Sunshine In," which Vereen sang in Hair 50 years ago.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:32:56 PM: Or THE PARALLAX VIEW?
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:33:27 PM: No lunch with Sandy today.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:33:49 PM: I woke up feeling like crap.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:34:23 PM: I thought it best not to expose Sandy to anything.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:34:46 PM: By this afternoon I was feeling fine.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:35:43 PM: I have not seen Hell cat in three days.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:36:34 PM: The outside hall door is now closed, too.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:37:22 PM: Which means putting him out of the apartment to go potty would not get him outside.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:38:17 PM: Page Five
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Post by: Jane on January 20, 2017, 09:50:57 PM: Quote from: John G. on January 20, 2017, 09:06:42 PM
Quote from: Jeanne on January 20, 2017, 05:07:07 PM
John G, your employer has medical facilities on the premises? I'm glad you found a cheaper way to take care of some of your health care.

Yes, I just got a bill from my kidney doctor. Aetna wouldn't pay for the CT scan I had to have last fall. $500. Ugh.

Will your doctor resubmit it?
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Post by: Jane on January 20, 2017, 09:51:46 PM: Quote from: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:33:49 PM
I woke up feeling like crap.

Sorry.
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Post by: Jane on January 20, 2017, 09:52:13 PM: Quote from: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:34:46 PM
By this afternoon I was feeling fine.

I am glad.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:52:15 PM: Today was a nice day.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:52:42 PM: But we are supposed to have rain most of the weekend.
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Post by: Jane on January 20, 2017, 09:52:56 PM: Quote from: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:37:22 PM
Which means putting him out of the apartment to go potty would not get him outside.

Very good.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:53:32 PM: Then starting Monday we are supposed to have some sunshine.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:55:01 PM: Quote from: Jane on January 20, 2017, 09:52:56 PM
Quote from: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:37:22 PM
Which means putting him out of the apartment to go potty would not get him outside.

Very good.

Not really. Then he just goes potty inside the hallway.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 10:12:03 PM: I guess then I will know he is still around.
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Post by: John G. on January 20, 2017, 10:13:51 PM: Quote from: Jane on January 20, 2017, 09:50:57 PM
Quote from: John G. on January 20, 2017, 09:06:42 PM
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John G, your employer has medical facilities on the premises? I'm glad you found a cheaper way to take care of some of your health care.

Yes, I just got a bill from my kidney doctor. Aetna wouldn't pay for the CT scan I had to have last fall. $500. Ugh.

Will your doctor resubmit it?

I will have to call Monday.
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Post by: John G. on January 20, 2017, 10:14:24 PM: Hope you feel better tomorrow, TCB.
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Post by: John G. on January 20, 2017, 10:14:33 PM: I'm off to bed.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 10:16:32 PM: Good night, John.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 10:17:46 PM: I'm watching Carole King and James Taylor together on PBS.
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Post by: TCB on January 20, 2017, 10:18:08 PM: What great music.
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Post by: bk on January 20, 2017, 10:20:14 PM: Took the hot shower, got four little ideas of things to add to today's pages, so I went back and added them all - probably close to two pages - so I believe I've written about thirteen or fourteen pages in all. I'm leaving the document open just in case I get inspired to finish the page I'm on or even do one more after that.
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Post by: Jane on January 20, 2017, 10:50:11 PM: Quote from: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:55:01 PM
Quote from: Jane on January 20, 2017, 09:52:56 PM
Quote from: TCB on January 20, 2017, 09:37:22 PM
Which means putting him out of the apartment to go potty would not get him outside.

Very good.

Not really. Then he just goes potty inside the hallway.

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Post by: bk on January 20, 2017, 11:35:11 PM: Notes are finished.
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Post by: bk on January 20, 2017, 11:35:21 PM: Page five is not finished.
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Post by: bk on January 20, 2017, 11:54:06 PM: No George last night, no George tonight - most unseemly and a good, healthy bitch-slapping is in order.