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Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on December 10, 2018, 12:14:50 AM

Title: OH, CISCO! OH, PANCHO!
Post by: bk on December 10, 2018, 12:14:50 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes were like Cisco and Pancho, and now it is time for you to post until the Cisco and Pancho cows come home.
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Post by: bk on December 10, 2018, 12:15:19 AM: And the word of the day is: REPARTEE!
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 12:19:06 AM: Oh joy! My line notes have arrived!!
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 12:23:56 AM: The audience count for yesterday was 132.
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 12:26:41 AM: Quote from: TCB on December 10, 2018, 12:19:06 AM
Oh joy! My line notes have arrived!!

I think you know what to do with them. ;)
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 12:27:00 AM: Quote from: TCB on December 10, 2018, 12:23:56 AM
The audience count for yesterday was 132.

Very nice!
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 12:42:55 AM: Goodnight, George.
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 12:52:39 AM: Good night, Tom. Enjoy your time off from your show! I won't get another break until my show is completely over.
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 12:52:56 AM: Well, I'm off to bed, too.

Have a good day, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 10, 2018, 04:17:39 AM: Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 10, 2018, 04:18:34 AM: DR JohnG, Annabelle and Thatch loved the story about your friend Donna's cat. I did, too.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 10, 2018, 04:19:44 AM: I am home today, so I hope to make up for my lost time at the vet yesterday. I must do the laundry as well.
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Post by: FJL on December 10, 2018, 04:28:40 AM: To Jeanne and to Amy, thanks for giving that detail on the show!
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Post by: FJL on December 10, 2018, 04:30:15 AM: Great to hear about yesterday, TCB!
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Post by: FJL on December 10, 2018, 04:31:47 AM: vixmom, please send vibes and love to the Vixter from us.
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Post by: Laura on December 10, 2018, 04:31:49 AM: Good morning.
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Post by: Laura on December 10, 2018, 04:34:45 AM: I had a very strange dream last night.

Elmore couldn't take care of his cats any more, so he shipped them all to me -- Thatch, Annabelle, and Nancy.

Thatch hid, Nancy roamed around, and Annabelle was all over my DH.

So, Elmore, I guess if you happen to find a mostly black tortie with a brown paw and chin -- she is meant for you. Her name is Nancy.
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Post by: Laura on December 10, 2018, 04:35:14 AM: By the way, Leonard was so happy to have more kitties here to play with. Rex just growled.
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Post by: FJL on December 10, 2018, 04:36:40 AM: TOD: besides BK's story, I'd love to see a documentary about the Callaway sisters.
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Post by: Druxy on December 10, 2018, 05:19:11 AM: Fred Ziv, of ZIV TV, produced "The Cisco Kid" series. He was my 2nd cousin.

He retired and moved to Cincinnati before I moved to Hollywood, so he was no help to me in the business.

I finally met him very briefly years later when I did a publicity event in his city.
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Post by: Druxy on December 10, 2018, 05:23:14 AM: T.O.D.

The problem with doing documentaries (or even writing books) about people from Hollywood's Golden Years is that there are few, if any, folks still around who knew your subject, so all your sources are 2nd or 3rd hand.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 10, 2018, 05:36:11 AM: Quote from: Laura on December 10, 2018, 04:34:45 AM
I had a very strange dream last night.

Elmore couldn't take care of his cats any more, so he shipped them all to me -- Thatch, Annabelle, and Nancy.

Thatch hid, Nancy roamed around, and Annabelle was all over my DH.

So, Elmore, I guess if you happen to find a mostly black tortie with a brown paw and chin -- she is meant for you. Her name is Nancy.

I have already packed their bags and purchased their Greyhound Bus tickets for AZ! They should be at your door by the end of next week. Annabelle expects her own room.

I will send Nancy as soon as she shows up.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 10, 2018, 05:37:59 AM: I must step out this morning and pick up some recommended drugs for Annabelle, who sounds this morning just as she did yesterday. So much for an air purifier and a humidifier!
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 10, 2018, 06:40:47 AM: Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 10, 2018, 06:43:35 AM: I hope TCB has all of the line notes properly cataloged and archived for eventual publication in the Memoirs.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 10, 2018, 06:45:48 AM: So ... Monday.

Thus begins another whirlwind week.

At least I have this entire day to devote to the music for Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 10, 2018, 06:46:33 AM: I just ate a delicious slice of rye toast. I pretended it was an English Breakfast.

Probably have another soon.
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Post by: John G. on December 10, 2018, 07:11:00 AM: Good morning, all.
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Post by: Jane on December 10, 2018, 08:27:30 AM: Quote from: George on December 10, 2018, 12:26:41 AM
Quote from: TCB on December 10, 2018, 12:19:06 AM
Oh joy! My line notes have arrived!!

I think you know what to do with them. ;)

;D
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Post by: Jane on December 10, 2018, 08:29:04 AM: Quote from: Laura on December 10, 2018, 04:35:14 AM
By the way, Leonard was so happy to have more kitties here to play with. Rex just growled.

Good for Leonard. Maybe you need to get that calico for him.
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Post by: Jane on December 10, 2018, 08:31:01 AM: Vibes for Annabelle.
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 10, 2018, 08:55:08 AM: Lovely cat story from DR JOHN G.

DR JEANNE thanks for the on the spot show report!
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 10, 2018, 08:55:17 AM: Vibes for Annabelle.
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 10, 2018, 08:57:03 AM: Well I will be directing PICNIC for September in 2019. But my dear talented cousin got the shaft for the second year in a row and will not be directing SHREK.

Loyalty and reward and appreciation for years of service are not particularly valued.....especially by some who think the OTHER guy will cast them in roles in the production....which is exactly why they voted for him......sad....sad....sad....
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 10, 2018, 08:58:15 AM: Congrats on your matinee DR TCB!!!

Rehearsal vibes forever for DR GEORGE.

December - 5 Saturdays, 5 Sundays, and 5 Mondays.....
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 10, 2018, 08:59:06 AM: I enjoyed the Harold & Lillian documentary....

TOD:

Miss Allison Hayes and her struggle against the medical community...
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 10, 2018, 08:59:58 AM: I loved the ZIV logo DR DRUXY....and in fact I think HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER from AIP was filmed on the ZIV lot - they put up a sign at the gate.....but AIP didn't have a lot....
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 10, 2018, 09:00:25 AM: CISCO KID cd ordered! What a treat!
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 10, 2018, 09:03:40 AM: DR GINNY if Nancy James is three years younger than I am - I am a covered wagon wheel.....
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Post by: Jane on December 10, 2018, 09:47:29 AM: I like the covers, especially The Cisco Kid.
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Post by: John G. on December 10, 2018, 10:00:26 AM: TOD:

Edward Everett Horton, from his Fred and Ginger days to Fractured Fairy Tales
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Post by: John G. on December 10, 2018, 10:00:42 AM: Quote from: Jane on December 10, 2018, 09:47:29 AM
I like the covers, especially The Cisco Kid.

Me, too.
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Post by: John G. on December 10, 2018, 10:02:44 AM: Quote from: Jrand68 on December 10, 2018, 08:57:03 AM
Well I will be directing PICNIC for September in 2019. But my dear talented cousin got the shaft for the second year in a row and will not be directing SHREK.

Loyalty and reward and appreciation for years of service are not particularly valued.....especially by some who think the OTHER guy will cast them in roles in the production....which is exactly why they voted for him......sad....sad....sad....

Congratulations, JRAND.

I’m sorry for your cousin. And yet I’m not. Shrek is a ghastly show. Not having to direct it is a blessing in my book.
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Post by: Druxy on December 10, 2018, 10:18:42 AM: Quote from: Jrand68 on December 10, 2018, 08:59:58 AM
I loved the ZIV logo DR DRUXY....and in fact I think HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER from AIP was filmed on the ZIV lot - they put up a sign at the gate.....but AIP didn't have a lot....

ZIV was located at the Goldwyn Studios on Santa Monica Blvd.

When I was in high school, my father and I went to Los Angeles (from Seattle) for a week, and Fed Ziv arranged for us to get onto the lot and watch them film an AIP film with John Ashley. It was a teen-age thing. I never saw it and don't recall the title.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 10, 2018, 10:37:24 AM: Quote from: John G. on December 10, 2018, 10:02:44 AM
Quote from: Jrand68 on December 10, 2018, 08:57:03 AM
Well I will be directing PICNIC for September in 2019. But my dear talented cousin got the shaft for the second year in a row and will not be directing SHREK.

Loyalty and reward and appreciation for years of service are not particularly valued.....especially by some who think the OTHER guy will cast them in roles in the production....which is exactly why they voted for him......sad....sad....sad....

Congratulations, JRAND.

I’m sorry for your cousin. And yet I’m not. Shrek is a ghastly show. Not having to direct it is a blessing in my book.

I have neither seen the movie nor heard one note of this ghastly musical, but I'm playing it in the spring, for two weeks.

For the MONEY. :)

I always "assumed" it was a piece o' crap, or at the very least simply wasn't my type of material. So I was disappointed to hear that this group had chosen it. But when they did, I thought, optimistically, that maybe my assumptions were a bit unjust and that it might have some things going for it.

It doesn't sound like DR John G. is offering any hope in that regard.
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 10:39:16 AM: CDs have been ordered!
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 10:39:37 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on December 10, 2018, 05:37:59 AM
I must step out this morning and pick up some recommended drugs for Annabelle, who sounds this morning just as she did yesterday. So much for an air purifier and a humidifier!

~~~Continued Vibes for Annabelle!!~~~
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 10:44:11 AM: Quote from: Jrand68 on December 10, 2018, 08:58:15 AM
Rehearsal vibes forever for DR GEORGE.

Thanks, Jrand!
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 10:44:33 AM: Quote from: Jrand68 on December 10, 2018, 08:57:03 AM
Well I will be directing PICNIC for September in 2019. But my dear talented cousin got the shaft for the second year in a row and will not be directing SHREK.

Loyalty and reward and appreciation for years of service are not particularly valued.....especially by some who think the OTHER guy will cast them in roles in the production....which is exactly why they voted for him......sad....sad....sad....

Congrats to you, Jrand, but that's too bad for your cousin. :-\
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 10:52:59 AM: Quote from: John G. on December 10, 2018, 10:00:42 AM
Quote from: Jane on December 10, 2018, 09:47:29 AM
I like the covers, especially The Cisco Kid.

Me, too.

BK, did you notice that on the Kritzerland front page (http://www.kritzerland.com/), the link to the Rodgers and Hart CD is spelled "Bagley's RODERS AND HART REVISTED"? Everything else is spelled correctly, but that one place has the typo.
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 10, 2018, 11:13:49 AM: Well.....I was reticent about SHREK....oh yes, I was reticent.....but I watched the Broadway Show DVD - and it was pretty funny....and even liked some of the music even though I didn't like Tesori's work in TMMILLIE....I guess it's the difference between Disney and Dreamworks.....
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 10, 2018, 11:15:11 AM: DR DRUXY you must have watched Ashley filming his number in HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER.....singing You Gotta Have OOOO-EEEE as recorded by MR BK on a recent CD.
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 10, 2018, 11:16:34 AM: And:

The sight of an airplane in the sky on Monday makes you wistful, and it also makes you think, 'OK, what about me? Where do I want to go?' Time to make travel plans -- big or small, it doesn't matter, just go somewhere with a friend or even by yourself (great soul-searching opportunity). Work stuff has you occupied Tuesday and Wednesday (cross as many things off your list as possible, be careful when communicating, focus on the details). Thursday and Friday are family days. Saturday is packed to the gills with plans and people, as is Sunday. Be open-minded and flexible.
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Post by: bk on December 10, 2018, 11:30:15 AM: I'm up, I'm up - eight hours of sleep.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 10, 2018, 11:37:38 AM: DR Jrand68, I didn't know about that Broadway DVD. I'll watch it.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 10, 2018, 12:08:05 PM: On Saturday night, I decided to contact the NYC ACC to see if I could obtain some information about Annabelle's stay there: health issues, behavior, etc. I just received this reply to my email:
Annabelle was found as a stray from 2007 surf avenue Brooklyn NY 11224 on 9-19-17. The admissions counselor who processed her intake stated she was very friendly and affectionate. During her time here she was relaxed and solicited attention from passerbys by rubbing her cheeks on the cage and sticking her paws out. When she was handled she would purr and brush up against the person handling her and she appeared to be healthy when she came in.

She's a Brooklyn girl!
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Post by: Ginny on December 10, 2018, 12:18:21 PM: Quote from: Jrand68 on December 10, 2018, 09:03:40 AM
DR GINNY if Nancy James is three years younger than I am - I am a covered wagon wheel.....

LOL, DR JRand!

My math was based on the info she gave, so who knows. I will say at the end of the show she looked considerably older than she had at the beginning.
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Post by: Ginny on December 10, 2018, 12:20:53 PM: With lots of help from Rob, I have finally completed decorating our living room, dining room, and kitchen for Christmas. With each thing I get done I feel a little more festive.
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Post by: Ginny on December 10, 2018, 12:22:26 PM: This evening Richard is going with me to the December AAUW meeting. We’re meeting at the newly-renovated Middletown High School and having a tour.
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Post by: Jane on December 10, 2018, 12:34:57 PM: Quote from: John G. on December 10, 2018, 10:02:44 AM
Quote from: Jrand68 on December 10, 2018, 08:57:03 AM
Well I will be directing PICNIC for September in 2019. But my dear talented cousin got the shaft for the second year in a row and will not be directing SHREK.

Loyalty and reward and appreciation for years of service are not particularly valued.....especially by some who think the OTHER guy will cast them in roles in the production....which is exactly why they voted for him......sad....sad....sad....

Congratulations, JRAND.

I’m sorry for your cousin. And yet I’m not. Shrek is a ghastly show. Not having to direct it is a blessing in my book.

:D
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Post by: Jane on December 10, 2018, 12:36:42 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on December 10, 2018, 12:08:05 PM
On Saturday night, I decided to contact the NYC ACC to see if I could obtain some information about Annabelle's stay there: health issues, behavior, etc. I just received this reply to my email:
Annabelle was found as a stray from 2007 surf avenue Brooklyn NY 11224 on 9-19-17. The admissions counselor who processed her intake stated she was very friendly and affectionate. During her time here she was relaxed and solicited attention from passerbys by rubbing her cheeks on the cage and sticking her paws out. When she was handled she would purr and brush up against the person handling her and she appeared to be healthy when she came in.

She's a Brooklyn girl!

Awww, but nothing about breathing issues.
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Post by: Druxy on December 10, 2018, 01:28:45 PM: Quote from: Jrand68 on December 10, 2018, 11:15:11 AM
DR DRUXY you must have watched Ashley filming his number in HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER.....singing You Gotta Have OOOO-EEEE as recorded by MR BK on a recent CD.

It was HOT ROD GANG.

Played drive-ins.
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Post by: Druxy on December 10, 2018, 01:44:07 PM: Shame on Home Depot.

http://www.wfmj.com/story/16518324/home-depot-employees-fired-for-pursuing-shoplifting-suspects?clienttype=printable
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 10, 2018, 02:05:52 PM: Ahhh.....HOT ROD GANG.....another classic.
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 10, 2018, 02:06:10 PM: LOL DR GINNY....that happens to a lot of us....even in the audience.
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 10, 2018, 02:06:40 PM: Lovely paragraph about Annabelle.....
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Post by: FJL on December 10, 2018, 02:17:02 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on December 10, 2018, 12:08:05 PM
On Saturday night, I decided to contact the NYC ACC to see if I could obtain some information about Annabelle's stay there: health issues, behavior, etc. I just received this reply to my email:
Annabelle was found as a stray from 2007 surf avenue Brooklyn NY 11224 on 9-19-17. The admissions counselor who processed her intake stated she was very friendly and affectionate. During her time here she was relaxed and solicited attention from passerbys by rubbing her cheeks on the cage and sticking her paws out. When she was handled she would purr and brush up against the person handling her and she appeared to be healthy when she came in.

She's a Brooklyn girl!

And 11224 was my zip code in Luna Park.
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Post by: KevinH on December 10, 2018, 03:32:15 PM: Good evening!
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Post by: bk on December 10, 2018, 03:42:10 PM: Back from a nice breakfast burrito and picking up one package - another should have been there but the usual Amazon delivery person was still six stops away so I'll get that tomorrow. Ridic.
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Post by: Jane on December 10, 2018, 04:32:23 PM: Quote from: Druxy on December 10, 2018, 01:44:07 PM
Shame on Home Depot.

http://www.wfmj.com/story/16518324/home-depot-employees-fired-for-pursuing-shoplifting-suspects?clienttype=printable

I don't believe they are the only store with that policy.
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Post by: Jane on December 10, 2018, 05:10:44 PM: I am doing laundry. While not an exciting post it is a post ;)
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Post by: Jennifer on December 10, 2018, 05:45:48 PM: Cat vibes for Annabelle and Vixcat!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 06:25:34 PM: Time to head to the theater.

Until later.
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Post by: bk on December 10, 2018, 06:30:19 PM: Nodded off for about thirty minutes. Finishing up listening to the last of that big set of British music - 24 CDs - it's quite a great set.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 10, 2018, 07:36:02 PM: 102!

SPARTACUS!

Yesterday, actually.
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Post by: Druxy on December 10, 2018, 07:46:15 PM: Quote from: Jane on December 10, 2018, 04:32:23 PM
Quote from: Druxy on December 10, 2018, 01:44:07 PM
Shame on Home Depot.

http://www.wfmj.com/story/16518324/home-depot-employees-fired-for-pursuing-shoplifting-suspects?clienttype=printable

I don't believe they are the only store with that policy.

Unfortunately, they are not.

According to a news report I heard today, businesses lose 30 million dollars every year from this kind of theft.

>:( >:( >:(
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Post by: bk on December 10, 2018, 08:24:44 PM: Page three? Really?
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Post by: bk on December 10, 2018, 08:24:49 PM: REALLY?
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Post by: John G. on December 10, 2018, 09:03:10 PM: I lost my phone tonight. Really the day before I leave. I can't believe it.
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Post by: John G. on December 10, 2018, 09:03:24 PM: Anyway, I'm headed to bed.
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Post by: John G. on December 10, 2018, 09:03:33 PM: Tomorrow is another day.
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Post by: Jane on December 10, 2018, 09:52:23 PM: Oh no.
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Post by: Jane on December 10, 2018, 09:53:14 PM: VIBES YOU FIND YOUR PHONE BEFORE YOU LEAVE!
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Post by: Matthew on December 10, 2018, 10:59:41 PM: Good evening. Just home from playing a rehearsal for a production of Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street it's nice to be able to play some real music theatre, not some of the drek I've been playing the last 3 months. I played Keys 2 in a production of The Addams Family-The Musical after which I swore I'd never go near that crap again. After that, I played for a production of Disaster-The Musical which was fun, but mindless and silly. I then played and conducted a high school production of Beauty and the Beast which was magical and a lot of fun. I do love that score from beginning to end. I finished up my "school tour of 2018" with covering the harp/percussion 2 part for a high school production of Sweeney Todd the school edition. That was great to be able to make music with some really talented students and to play that wonderful Sondheim score - AND I'm happy the kids were exposed to this musical. I'm finishing up the year playing for a production of the Menken/Ahrens A Christmas Carol - The Musical = for that experience, you'll have to wait for the memoirs.

Everything else is fine. My DD Ben (mini schnauzer) turns 8 today, and my little guy, Leo will be 3 in May, how the time flies. They are good DD"s, and they love each other (FINALLY), at the moment, they are cuddled on the couch together.

As for me, well, nothing much has changed.
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Post by: bk on December 10, 2018, 11:20:05 PM: Um, page THREE??? Still???
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Post by: bk on December 10, 2018, 11:20:40 PM: Listening to music - watched a bit of Crazy Rich Asians and fell asleep twenty minutes in - thus far its charm is kind of eluding me.
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:22:03 PM: Good evening.
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:22:29 PM: Page 3? Really?
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:22:47 PM: What is going on?
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:23:05 PM: One more post.
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:23:37 PM: Page 4
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Post by: bk on December 10, 2018, 11:24:03 PM: Listening to a five-CD set of Charles Mackerras-conducted music. Fantastic sound, fantastic performances - found this in the garage still sealed - heaven knows when I got it. I'm not all that for Mr. Mozart, but I really enjoyed Symphony 40 as performed here - of course the main tune is instantly recognizable. I'd never heard the Dvorak 7th and that was pleasant and in beautiful sound. Then we had the Sullivan/Mackerras cello concerto - delightful. Then the Janacek Sifonietta for Strings - nice piece. And now a rather excellent performance of The Rite of Spring, again in superb sound. It's amazing how different every performance of this work is.
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:24:19 PM: Where is everybody?
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:25:01 PM: Is everyone on vacation?
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:25:26 PM: Christmas shopping?
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:25:46 PM: Hitting the bars?
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 11:26:08 PM: Quote from: John G. on December 10, 2018, 09:03:10 PM
I lost my phone tonight. Really the day before I leave. I can't believe it.

:o NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:26:50 PM: Bed hopping?
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Post by: bk on December 10, 2018, 11:26:58 PM: Prior to that I'd listened to Mackerras doing Mahler's sixth (not part of this set) - it was a freebie with BBC Music Magazine in the 90s - I have many of those discs. It's a live performance, and it's undone by horrible sound - dynamically all over the place so that one has to constantly adjust one's volume level, and it's mastered very low to start with. The performance is certainly interesting - not my fave but I heard things in the orchestration I've never heard before. It's the second recording in two days that puts the andante second - Mahler was on the fence about it - my feeling is the andante is so emotional and gorgeous that it hasn't been earned in second position. For me, it's much more affecting in third position, which is how most of the recordings have it.
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 11:27:00 PM: Quote from: Jane on December 10, 2018, 09:53:14 PM
VIBES YOU FIND YOUR PHONE BEFORE YOU LEAVE!

~~~SUPER DITTO!!~~~
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Post by: bk on December 10, 2018, 11:27:12 PM: Page four? Really????
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Post by: bk on December 10, 2018, 11:27:24 PM: Okay, whoever had JohnG's phone give it back.
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:27:48 PM: For purposes of sleep (wink wink) only.
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 11:29:22 PM: Quote from: bk on December 10, 2018, 11:20:05 PM
Um, page THREE??? Still???

I don't know about anyone else, but I was at rehearsal. ::)

;D
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:30:31 PM: Somebody should call his phone and ask them to return it.
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:31:35 PM: Quote from: George on December 10, 2018, 11:29:22 PM
Quote from: bk on December 10, 2018, 11:20:05 PM
Um, page THREE??? Still???

I don't know about anyone else, but I was at rehearsal. ::)

;D

Rehearsal at 11:00 p.m.?
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 11:32:15 PM: Quote from: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:31:35 PM
Quote from: George on December 10, 2018, 11:29:22 PM
Quote from: bk on December 10, 2018, 11:20:05 PM
Um, page THREE??? Still???

I don't know about anyone else, but I was at rehearsal. ::)

;D

Rehearsal at 11:00 p.m.?

After rehearsal, I went shopping for stuff for my work's holiday potluck party tomorrow.
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:33:39 PM: A friend who saw YES VIRGINIA said that the play would have been more enjoyable if I had not been in it.
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:35:01 PM: The reason, they said, was that I was so much better than everybody else that it made them look even worse.
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:36:06 PM: I guess that is supposed to be a compliment.
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 11:37:14 PM: Quote from: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:36:06 PM
I guess that is supposed to be a compliment.

A back-handed compliment?? :-\
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 11:40:00 PM: The main food item that I'm going to bring to the potluck are meatballs in Yoshida sauce (http://www.mryoshidas.com/Products/Original%20Gourmet%20Sauce%20Sweet%20and%20Savory_86%20oz). Yummy!
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 11:40:18 PM: I also got some mini croissants and spreadable cream cheese for the morning break.
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:42:20 PM: That all sounds good to me.
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 11:43:10 PM: And when I got home, I had to wrap the gift that I got for our gift exchange...a (plastic) bottle filled with individually wrapped Belgian chocolates.
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 11:43:26 PM: Quote from: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:42:20 PM
That all sounds good to me.

I know, right? :D
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Post by: jan on December 10, 2018, 11:44:19 PM: I hate Christmas! I'm exhausted, broke and have a permanent headache! I wish it were January! I hope everyone else is doing better and happier than me!
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:50:35 PM: George, do you normally expect to get any work done on this day?
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 11:51:06 PM: Quote from: jan on December 10, 2018, 11:44:19 PM
I hate Christmas! I'm exhausted, broke and have a permanent headache! I wish it were January! I hope everyone else is doing better and happier than me!

Oh, no!

~~~Vibes of All Kinds for Jan!!~~~
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:52:34 PM: I can’t believe that Christmas is 15 days away!
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:53:21 PM: Page 5
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:55:19 PM: ~~~~~~~~~~~Holiday cheer for DR jan!~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:56:28 PM: I really enjoyed SHREK, THE MUSICAL.
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 11:56:37 PM: Quote from: TCB on December 10, 2018, 11:50:35 PM
George, do you normally expect to get any work done on this day?

Not in the morning. We have the morning break and gift exchange at 10:00 am, then the main lunch at 1:00 pm. Once that's over, we can settle down and get some work done.
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Post by: George on December 10, 2018, 11:57:05 PM: The whole event, though, is voluntary. There are a coupe of people who take the day off, and a few other people come to work but don't participate in the partying.
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Post by: TCB on December 11, 2018, 12:02:57 AM: Religious reasons?
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Post by: George on December 11, 2018, 12:05:33 AM: Quote from: TCB on December 11, 2018, 12:02:57 AM
Religious reasons?

I don't know. It could be, or maybe people can't afford (or just don't want) to contribute to the potluck or gift exchange.
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Post by: TCB on December 11, 2018, 12:06:50 AM: Yes, I suppose that could be.
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Post by: George on December 11, 2018, 12:08:47 AM: But no one is expected to participate. It's totally okay for anyone to be there and just work instead of partying.
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Post by: TCB on December 11, 2018, 12:11:05 AM: Could someone eat if they didn’t contribute?
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Post by: bk on December 11, 2018, 12:13:55 AM: Yoshida Sauce - that's the title of my next novel.
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Post by: bk on December 11, 2018, 12:14:06 AM: Where in tarnation IS everyone?
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Post by: bk on December 11, 2018, 12:14:12 AM: Most unseemly.
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Post by: bk on December 11, 2018, 12:14:19 AM: I gotta tell you.
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Post by: bk on December 11, 2018, 12:14:36 AM: Listening to Elgar's Enigma Variations - they're an enigma.
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Post by: bk on December 11, 2018, 12:14:50 AM: But oh that Nimrod - what a stunning thing that is.
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Post by: TCB on December 11, 2018, 12:15:13 AM: Goodnight, BK.
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Post by: TCB on December 11, 2018, 12:15:40 AM: Goodnight, George.
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Post by: George on December 11, 2018, 12:16:36 AM: Quote from: TCB on December 11, 2018, 12:11:05 AM
Could someone eat if they didn’t contribute?

Most people who normally work there wouldn't, but sometimes others are there for meetings and if there aren't too many others, they can partake, but I do'nt think that that's happened in a long time.