You haven't seen Torn Curtain? The Americanization of Emily? Both very much worth seeing.
Where's Jane when you need her?
Gas here is $1.36 a gallon.
Now I’m ready for a nap.
Strawberry and Loquats.......I think I saw them in concert back in the 1970's.
My sister and I have been harvesting the hay.....well....I mean mowing the front/side lawn and the back yard. 90 minutes.....she is doing the weed eating now.....
I woke up yesterday morning freezing. According to the thermostat the apartment was SIX degrees cooler than what I'd set the thermometer at. I went online to schedule an appointment with a Gas Company serviceperson. It said that they were no longer doing that due to Covid. I tried phoning and got through to someone quickly. He didn't ask the usual questions to determine if it was urgent or not, just asked me if anyone here had symptoms of Covid. No. Someone came out just a couple hours later. He asked the same thing before he'd enter.
He found a small gas leak (!), which he fixed. He said that they are rather common (!). He couldn't replace the thermostat because he hadn't seen it fail, but jiggled it to dislodge any dust or lint that might have built up inside. Last night it was fine.
When I phoned the manager she was unusually cooperative. I have to think that most landlords are worrying that some of their tenants won't be able to pay their rent very soon.
DR JANE I am doing fine. A bit tired.....but that's to be expected.
I woke up yesterday morning freezing. According to the thermostat the apartment was SIX degrees cooler than what I'd set the thermometer at. I went online to schedule an appointment with a Gas Company serviceperson. It said that they were no longer doing that due to Covid. I tried phoning and got through to someone quickly. He didn't ask the usual questions to determine if it was urgent or not, just asked me if anyone here had symptoms of Covid. No. Someone came out just a couple hours later. He asked the same thing before he'd enter.
The questions make sense. Did he wear a mask?
When I phoned the manager she was unusually cooperative. I have to think that most landlords are worrying that some of their tenants won't be able to pay their rent very soon.
Was their something she needed to do for this?
I woke up yesterday morning freezing. According to the thermostat the apartment was SIX degrees cooler than what I'd set the thermometer at. I went online to schedule an appointment with a Gas Company serviceperson. It said that they were no longer doing that due to Covid. I tried phoning and got through to someone quickly. He didn't ask the usual questions to determine if it was urgent or not, just asked me if anyone here had symptoms of Covid. No. Someone came out just a couple hours later. He asked the same thing before he'd enter.
The questions make sense. Did he wear a mask?
Yes, the questions do make sense, but no, he did not wear a mask. He remarked, "Six feet" when I let him in. I put on my mask to make him more comfortable. I was very glad he could come at all, much less so quickly. This building has zero insulation and I have to run the heat constantly during cold or wet weather. And that was BEFORE I learned about the gas leak!
When I phoned the manager she was unusually cooperative. I have to think that most landlords are worrying that some of their tenants won't be able to pay their rent very soon.
Was their something she needed to do for this?
I called her as soon as I scheduled the gas company. She would have preferred to use her own contractor, but the guy she used to use was an idiot and I didn't want him, plus it would have been several days before he'd get here, whereas I've had good experiences with the gas company. But she has a new contractor now, who installed an expensive thermostat in her apartment, and she offered to have one of those installed in my unit! Because of Covid I'd rahter not have anyone in here who isn't absolutely necessary. So as long as my not-that-old thermostat continues to work, I'm happy. For the gas company to replace the thermostat it's $100, which she'd have to reimburse me for. I don't know what the other thermostat would cost.
DR Jeanne, unless something has changed, DR John's sister has pneumonia.
Saturday evening greetings! Our Easter preparations included something I never thought we’d have to do: setting up our dining room as a Zoom broadcast studio for Fr. Richard to celebrate Easter Sunday mass. I will take a photo tomorrow morning of him at the altar of “Holy Angels Chapel.”
Saturday evening greetings! Our Easter preparations included something I never thought we’d have to do: setting up our dining room as a Zoom broadcast studio for Fr. Richard to celebrate Easter Sunday mass. I will take a photo tomorrow morning of him at the altar of “Holy Angels Chapel.”
The journalists who are working from their homes ALWAYS have a bookcase of some sort behind them. I imagine your "backdrop" will be a bit different. Good luck with it!
I thought I'd caught up on the posts, but I missed the part about John G's sister. She's positive? Vibes to her and all of John G's family.
He found a small gas leak (!), which he fixed. He said that they are rather common (!). He couldn't replace the thermostat because he hadn't seen it fail, but jiggled it to dislodge any dust or lint that might have built up inside. Last night it was fine.
I have a framed, signed by Julie Andrews (to me), lobby card on my wall from VICTOR VICTORIA.
Gas here is $1.36 a gallon.
Back from a drive - lowest gas price in the City of Studio? A new low of 3.65. Lowest price two miles away in the Oaks of Sherman? 2.99. First time under three bucks in years and years. The Studio City stations sit completely empty and I hope their gouging puts them out of business - there is zero excuse for it other than they think they can get away with it. At the 2.99 station - filled up with cars filling up.
I know someone shot Hit Song and I have never seen a frame of it. I'd like to see it, too, as I was proud of the production and the cast, no matter how bad the show itself still was, book-wise. I was able to mitigate some of that - the reading in my living room of the original book had people screaming as if they were in a horror movie. And in the end, the author turned on me - AFTER the fact - DURING the process he loved everything we did - EVERY single thing, and so did his wife who co-wrote. But when alcoholics sit alone they get nuts and that's what happened. Everyone apologized on his behalf, and he mad a half-assed attempt to do so, but that's why the show has gone nowhere and will never go anywhere ever.
He found a small gas leak (!), which he fixed. He said that they are rather common (!). He couldn't replace the thermostat because he hadn't seen it fail, but jiggled it to dislodge any dust or lint that might have built up inside. Last night it was fine.
When my friend Carol got back to Catskill this week, she discovered that she had a gas leak and that it killed her house plants. The guy who keeps her property for her while she's gone said he didn't smell anything.
George, how was the meatloaf from the other night?
Has anyone read The Topeka School? I have to say, it's the only fiction I've read in some time that has used forms of the word "glossolalia" several times.
I can barely move my shoulder and arm so goodnight
After dinner with my parents, we played a couple of games of Phase 10, and I won both games! That hasn't happened in quite a while!
What's the haps?
I have been sick in bed for the last two days. I totally missed Good Friday.
Still, law enforcement officials worry about a surge of unreported domestic violence, and what happens when restrictions lift - or go on too long.
Here's actually some good news because of all the stay-at-home orders:
Crime drops around the world as coronavirus keeps people inside (https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/world/crime-drops-around-the-world-as-coronavirus-keeps-people-inside/ar-BB12uljW). ;D