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Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on April 28, 2021, 12:07:34 AM

Title: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 28, 2021, 12:07:34 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were stressed and were a test, and now it is time for you to post until the stressed cows come home.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 28, 2021, 12:08:25 AM
And the word of the day is: HERALD!
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Post by: George on April 28, 2021, 12:13:31 AM
I was literally just about to post this last night, but the day got locked.  Timing...it's all in the timing. ;)

I don't remember...have you been to Red Wagon, here in Tumwater?  I really like their burgers. :)


Do they have hot dogs?

I don't think so.  Eagan's, just a couple of blocks away, has hot dogs.  They're the ones that are grilled and not boiled.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: George on April 28, 2021, 12:20:42 AM
~~~Continued Strongest Most Excellent Vibes and Xylophones for BK's Move!!~~~
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Post by: TCB on April 28, 2021, 12:34:32 AM
BK, Billy Porter is directing his first feature film this summer.  It is about a transgender youth and the film is called WHAT IF?
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Post by: bk on April 28, 2021, 12:51:51 AM
Well, we always knew it was a good title :) Maybe he saw our revue :)
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: elmore3003 on April 28, 2021, 04:01:24 AM
Good morning, all!
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: elmore3003 on April 28, 2021, 04:03:55 AM
This morning, twelve days after being dropped in the post box, my rent and health insurance checks finally cleared the bank. I do not know if Trump's idiot "slow down the mail" postmaster is to blame or inept clerks in two different offices. but that is a huge weight off my chest.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: elmore3003 on April 28, 2021, 04:09:15 AM
After my ordeal yesterday morning of crawling about the floor, moving furniture to re-plug a power cable, and the painful effort of getting my body off the floor, I spent the remainder of the day in serious pain that no amount of Advil wanted to alleviate. I feel much better today, although my right hip joint is very tender this morning and my mobility is still shaky.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: elmore3003 on April 28, 2021, 04:10:01 AM
I drugged myself heavily last night and slept much better than I ever expected.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: elmore3003 on April 28, 2021, 04:14:10 AM
I've been reading Howard Keel's autobiography. It's very entertaining but he sure needed a proofreader and an editor.  I like his sense of humor and I assume he's being reasonably honest about his infidelity. He went through three marriages and screwed around on the first two wives.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 28, 2021, 04:53:45 AM
BK, you enjoyed Christopher Wheeldon's Alice in Wonderland. Did you know that he had choreographed Prokofiev's Cinderella?
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: elmore3003 on April 28, 2021, 04:54:51 AM
~~~Continued Strongest Most Excellent Vibes and Xylophones for BK's Move!!~~~

Ditto!
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: singdaw on April 28, 2021, 04:57:50 AM
Good morning, friends.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: singdaw on April 28, 2021, 04:58:19 AM
Glad you are feeling somewhat better this morning, DR elmore3003.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: singdaw on April 28, 2021, 04:59:00 AM
~~~DE-STRESSIFYING VIBES~~~ for bk~~~~
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: singdaw on April 28, 2021, 05:00:02 AM
And, of course,

~~~STRONGEST MOST EXCELLENT VIBES & XYLOPHONES~~~ regarding the impending big move!!!!
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: singdaw on April 28, 2021, 05:01:26 AM
I listened to Anna Kuzina's "Breath of Life."  I liked it.  I would like to hear it with real strings instead of synthesized voices.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: singdaw on April 28, 2021, 05:05:10 AM
I got a discount offer email on the Ormandy box set a few weeks ago and meant to post about it here, but forgot. Sorry, bk. I'm not purchasing it myself, but I do hope you get it when it becomes available again. It sounds great!

I don't understand why the record labels can't restock these things when they sell out. There's obviously demand.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: John G. on April 28, 2021, 05:35:37 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: elmore3003 on April 28, 2021, 05:36:28 AM
People so goddamned stupid should not be allowed in education./
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56905752
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: ChasSmith on April 28, 2021, 05:39:45 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: ChasSmith on April 28, 2021, 05:44:08 AM
It's a summer day today, getting up to around 80. For me, that's summer.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: ChasSmith on April 28, 2021, 05:46:59 AM
~~~Continued Strongest Most Excellent Vibes and Xylophones for BK's Move!!~~~

Ditto!

And more!
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: singdaw on April 28, 2021, 06:06:14 AM
That is quite an unbelievable news report, DR elmore3003. It sickens me that the former president has unleashed the powers of the ignorant on us all.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: John G. on April 28, 2021, 07:07:08 AM
~~~Continued Strongest Most Excellent Vibes and Xylophones for BK's Move!!~~~

Ditto!

And more!

And more moving vibes.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: John G. on April 28, 2021, 07:08:17 AM
That is quite an unbelievable news report, DR elmore3003. It sickens me that the former president has unleashed the powers of the ignorant on us all.

Whatever accreditation the school has should be revoked
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jrand74 on April 28, 2021, 07:48:06 AM
Stress Free Vibes for MR BK.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jrand74 on April 28, 2021, 07:49:58 AM
I am watching some episodes of The Donna Reed Show.  I had forgotten how much I really like the chemistry between Donna and Carl Betz as Dr. Alex.  And Paul Peterson and Shelley Fabares are both really good as their kids.

They are all so attractive and actually look like a family.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jrand74 on April 28, 2021, 07:50:24 AM
Rain and thunderstorms today.  And that's okay.  My next rehearsal is not until Monday - and that is okay, too.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jrand74 on April 28, 2021, 07:51:19 AM
No one else in The Hunchback of Notre Dame is using a French accent, so I was thinking with my five lines as King Louis XI, I might try one.....but I keep sounding like Pepe LePew - and he has been canceled.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jrand74 on April 28, 2021, 07:53:18 AM
My question for ASK BK DAY.

I have noticed on The Donna Reed Show and a few other older shows that there is a lot of sibilant "sssss" from actors.

Is that from the way it was recorded or is it in the reproduction?  Shouldn't the sound engineer have noticed that and taken care of it?
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jrand74 on April 28, 2021, 07:54:09 AM
Even an established and professional actress like Allison Hayes is afflicted with the problem in the big budget spectacular Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: KevinH on April 28, 2021, 08:05:44 AM
Good morning!
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Ginny on April 28, 2021, 09:16:24 AM
Wednesday morning greetings!  Yesterday I had a nice Zoom get-together with the book group sponsored by the library where my career began.  We discussed Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and the new Ken Burns series about the author.

Then I spent a couple of hours sitting outside Starbucks with my friend Rebecca, who is still having a very hard time following the death of her husband last fall.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jane on April 28, 2021, 09:30:07 AM
That is quite an unbelievable news report, DR elmore3003. It sickens me that the former president has unleashed the powers of the ignorant on us all.

Whatever accreditation the school has should be revoked

Right, like that is going to happen.  I read the story yesterday.  Shocking enough was that they didn't want their teachers vaccinated.  Incredibly shocking is the statement vaccinated people harm those who are not vaccinated  ::) >:( ::)
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jane on April 28, 2021, 09:32:29 AM
I am watching some episodes of The Donna Reed Show.  I had forgotten how much I really like the chemistry between Donna and Carl Betz as Dr. Alex.  And Paul Peterson and Shelley Fabares are both really good as their kids.

They are all so attractive and actually look like a family.

True, but boy was that episode with Susan medically stupid.  Really, they knocked her out to do a few stitches in her arm ;D
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jane on April 28, 2021, 09:32:54 AM
No one else in The Hunchback of Notre Dame is using a French accent, so I was thinking with my five lines as King Louis XI, I might try one.....but I keep sounding like Pepe LePew - and he has been canceled.

;D
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jane on April 28, 2021, 09:35:10 AM

Then I spent a couple of hours sitting outside Starbucks with my friend Rebecca, who is still having a very hard time following the death of her husband last fall.

Vibes of comfort for Rebecca.  It really hasn't been very long.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jane on April 28, 2021, 09:36:27 AM
MOVING VIBES FOR BRUCE!
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 28, 2021, 09:39:21 AM
I'm up, I'm up - six hours of sleep.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 28, 2021, 09:40:12 AM
Most of those older TV shows are videotapes of 16mm prints and the sound frequently will do that. Not the fault of the recordist.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 28, 2021, 09:40:54 AM
Singdaw, there should be a version of Breath of Life with strings on YouTube - that's where I grabbed it from.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jrand74 on April 28, 2021, 09:54:50 AM
Yes it was DR JANE......I don't think they ever ran their scripts past a medical man.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jrand74 on April 28, 2021, 09:55:11 AM
Ah - I never thought of that MR BK. 
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jrand74 on April 28, 2021, 09:55:22 AM
I hope DR VIXMOM is feeling better.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jane on April 28, 2021, 10:12:24 AM
Yes it was DR JANE......I don't think they ever ran their scripts past a medical man.

I still recall my father watching an episode from a medical show and laughing out loud.  The x-ray was upside down.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jane on April 28, 2021, 10:12:47 AM
I hope DR VIXMOM is feeling better.

I was just about to ask how she is feeling.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 28, 2021, 10:56:08 AM
Helper's mom has come and gone and we had a nice chat.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: John G. on April 28, 2021, 11:17:55 AM
Blood work this morning. Barbecue for lunch: rib tips and brisket
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: George on April 28, 2021, 11:40:50 AM
This morning, twelve days after being dropped in the post box, my rent and health insurance checks finally cleared the bank. I do not know if Trump's idiot "slow down the mail" postmaster is to blame or inept clerks in two different offices. but that is a huge weight off my chest.

Great news!!
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: George on April 28, 2021, 11:44:16 AM
People so goddamned stupid should not be allowed in education./
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56905752

W.T.F.?? :o
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: George on April 28, 2021, 11:48:19 AM
That is quite an unbelievable news report, DR elmore3003. It sickens me that the former president has unleashed the powers of the ignorant on us all.

Whatever accreditation the school has should be revoked

It's an "Academy," so it could be a private school and might not even accredited. ::)
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: elmore3003 on April 28, 2021, 01:15:31 PM
Between Annabelle's refusal to eat, the microwave, no help around the apartment, amnd the usual aches, it's been another lousy difficult day.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: John G. on April 28, 2021, 01:52:26 PM
Wednesday morning greetings!  Yesterday I had a nice Zoom get-together with the book group sponsored by the library where my career began.  We discussed Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and the new Ken Burns series about the author.

Then I spent a couple of hours sitting outside Starbucks with my friend Rebecca, who is still having a very hard time following the death of her husband last fall.

Had to read that book four times for different classes. Never liked it, but I grew to dislike it more with each reading.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jane on April 28, 2021, 01:58:58 PM
Having to read a book you dislike once is bad enough. 
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 02:00:28 PM
Hello, everyone.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 02:03:40 PM
This morning, twelve days after being dropped in the post box, my rent and health insurance checks finally cleared the bank. I do not know if Trump's idiot "slow down the mail" postmaster is to blame or inept clerks in two different offices. but that is a huge weight off my chest.

Glad that's solved.

I sent a donation to a charity in Chicago last December and noticed that the check hadn't cleared the bank. In March it finally did. I suspect that was a slow mail problem and not carelessness on the charity's behalf.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 02:06:23 PM
After my ordeal yesterday morning of crawling about the floor, moving furniture to re-plug a power cable, and the painful effort of getting my body off the floor, I spent the remainder of the day in serious pain that no amount of Advil wanted to alleviate. I feel much better today, although my right hip joint is very tender this morning and my mobility is still shaky.

Pleased that you're doing better. You might want to talk to your pharmacist. When you're pushing the envelope with one pain med you can alternate with a different one, so that you're not taking too much of either one. But you should know which are complementary.

Vibes for continued relief.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 02:06:58 PM
~~~DE-STRESSIFYING VIBES~~~ for bk~~~~

Ditto!
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 02:07:51 PM
And, of course,

~~~STRONGEST MOST EXCELLENT VIBES & XYLOPHONES~~~ regarding the impending big move!!!!

Ditto again!

Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: John G. on April 28, 2021, 02:16:06 PM
Having to read a book you dislike once is bad enough. 

Amen.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 02:16:39 PM
I'm taking a semi-Me day. I think four years of a horrible presidency, a year of Covid, and then a little surgery have caught up with me. I am long overdue for a vacation. But that just isn't in the cards right now. Me days will have to suffice. And they usually do.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 02:16:58 PM
Hi, John G.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 02:17:14 PM
TTFN.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: John G. on April 28, 2021, 02:17:31 PM
I'm taking a semi-Me day. I think four years of a horrible presidency, a year of Covid, and then a little surgery have caught up with me. I am long overdue for a vacation. But that just isn't in the cards right now. Me days will have to suffice. And they usually do.

Happy Me-Days. I’m taking one or two in the near future.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: John G. on April 28, 2021, 02:18:49 PM
Hi, John G.

Hi, Jeanne! What will you do on a Me Day? I’d love a massage. Maybe it’s time for that haircut.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jane on April 28, 2021, 02:21:15 PM
This morning, twelve days after being dropped in the post box, my rent and health insurance checks finally cleared the bank. I do not know if Trump's idiot "slow down the mail" postmaster is to blame or inept clerks in two different offices. but that is a huge weight off my chest.

Glad that's solved.

I sent a donation to a charity in Chicago last December and noticed that the check hadn't cleared the bank. In March it finally did. I suspect that was a slow mail problem and not carelessness on the charity's behalf.

Between covid and protests the Chicago post office shut down for several weeks and continued to be weeks behind deliveries during the holidays.  When we were visiting Bryan said it is still bad.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jane on April 28, 2021, 02:23:09 PM
Hi, John G.

Hi, Jeanne! What will you do on a Me Day? I’d love a massage. Maybe it’s time for that haircut.

Yes, what do you consider a nice Me Day?
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jennifer on April 28, 2021, 02:32:38 PM
Feel better vibes for DR Elmore!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: singdaw on April 28, 2021, 02:41:11 PM
   Blood work this morning. Barbecue for lunch   

That is the correct order to do it!   :)
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Ginny on April 28, 2021, 03:05:29 PM

Then I spent a couple of hours sitting outside Starbucks with my friend Rebecca, who is still having a very hard time following the death of her husband last fall.

Vibes of comfort for Rebecca.  It really hasn't been very long.

Thank you, DR Jane.  It’s coming up on 6 months, which is a nanosecond compared to their 41 years of marriage.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Ginny on April 28, 2021, 03:10:05 PM
DR John G, this was my third reading of The Sun Also Rises and I liked it most this time.  It helped that, since reading it last, we’ve been to Paris 3 times and I knew most of the places where the characters walked and drank.  Also, Ken Burns’ new Hemingway series helped a lot.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: singdaw on April 28, 2021, 03:22:33 PM
I got a fraudulent email.

I said, What is it, Phish?
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: singdaw on April 28, 2021, 03:23:29 PM
DR Ginny, I am glad that you were able to be there for your friend Rebecca.

What a horrible thing to have to go through, and especially during COVID.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jrand74 on April 28, 2021, 03:35:49 PM
Vibes for Rebecca.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jrand74 on April 28, 2021, 03:37:18 PM
Pluto in retrograde in Capricorn.....good for business.....

What are you willing to do to get what you want in life? This is the question Pluto asks now that it’s positioned in methodical, businesslike, no-BS Capricorn. We all have unpleasant aspects to our personalities that we might not like or want to admit to, but this transit won’t let you hide from the truth.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Ginny on April 28, 2021, 03:48:44 PM
Thank you, DRs Singdaw and JRand. 
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Ginny on April 28, 2021, 03:51:15 PM
This afternoon I watched the Met’s “The Merry Widow” and now I can’t get that waltz out of my head.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 04:15:47 PM
I went to the bank, then bought some falafel take-out. This branch of the bank has a machine that gives you a ticket and another machine that later reads your ticket and tells you how much you must pay. It's $2.50 per 15 minutes. Just as I was about to put my flimsy paper ticket into the slot a gust of wind came up and blew it out of my hand! I looked all over for it, but didn't see it. I reluctantly pressed the LOST TICKET button on the screen, then when nothing happened, the HELP button. Nothing continued to happen. Of course, by this time cars were stacking up behind me and they couldn't get out until I did, and the barrier was blocking my way. Most annoying! Then the welcome sight of a young parking attendant. She was very understanding and did some magic so I could leave WITHOUT having to pay some outrageous lost ticket fee. Yay!
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: George on April 28, 2021, 04:16:23 PM
DR Ginny, I am glad that you were able to be there for your friend Rebecca.

What a horrible thing to have to go through, and especially during COVID.

Ditto and ditto. :(
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 04:16:56 PM
This morning, twelve days after being dropped in the post box, my rent and health insurance checks finally cleared the bank. I do not know if Trump's idiot "slow down the mail" postmaster is to blame or inept clerks in two different offices. but that is a huge weight off my chest.

Glad that's solved.

I sent a donation to a charity in Chicago last December and noticed that the check hadn't cleared the bank. In March it finally did. I suspect that was a slow mail problem and not carelessness on the charity's behalf.

Between covid and protests the Chicago post office shut down for several weeks and continued to be weeks behind deliveries during the holidays.  When we were visiting Bryan said it is still bad.

I hadn't heard that. The charity may not have been surprised to have so much late, late mail.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 04:21:26 PM
Hi, John G.

Hi, Jeanne! What will you do on a Me Day? I’d love a massage. Maybe it’s time for that haircut.

Yes, what do you consider a nice Me Day?

I try to take Sundays as Me days. My needs are simple. I meditate, wash my hair, go out for take-out, then relax at home with a movie. I also love fiction and look forward to time with a good book. Most of all I like to not have to do laundry, cleaning, or errands, and just do whatever I like. Of course, it doesn't always work out that way.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 04:27:03 PM
I scheduled a hair appointment for next week, much needed. I, too, would like a massage, but am still sutured. She could work around that, though. I'd love to have lunch with a friend, but just don't feel comfortable with that yet. I'd love to spend a few days at a spa, but don't want to fly, and my allergies are making food choices very limited. No spas for a while methinks. Too bad I don't like camping. I'm not looking for adventure -- I just want to relax and recharge.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 04:28:15 PM
I got a fraudulent email.

I said, What is it, Phish?

 ;D ;D Very clever.

Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 04:28:58 PM
Vibes for Rebecca.


Ditto. I'm glad you two were able to talk.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 04:30:28 PM
Pluto in retrograde in Capricorn.....good for business.....

What are you willing to do to get what you want in life? This is the question Pluto asks now that it’s positioned in methodical, businesslike, no-BS Capricorn. We all have unpleasant aspects to our personalities that we might not like or want to admit to, but this transit won’t let you hide from the truth.

Good for business, you say. That may be very welcome to countless businesses around the world who have really beens struggling.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jane on April 28, 2021, 04:33:00 PM
I went to the bank, then bought some falafel take-out. This branch of the bank has a machine that gives you a ticket and another machine that later reads your ticket and tells you how much you must pay. It's $2.50 per 15 minutes. Just as I was about to put my flimsy paper ticket into the slot a gust of wind came up and blew it out of my hand! I looked all over for it, but didn't see it. I reluctantly pressed the LOST TICKET button on the screen, then when nothing happened, the HELP button. Nothing continued to happen. Of course, by this time cars were stacking up behind me and they couldn't get out until I did, and the barrier was blocking my way. Most annoying! Then the welcome sight of a young parking attendant. She was very understanding and did some magic so I could leave WITHOUT having to pay some outrageous lost ticket fee. Yay!

Except for the falafel it sounds like you need another Me Day to make up for this one.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jane on April 28, 2021, 04:33:55 PM
This morning, twelve days after being dropped in the post box, my rent and health insurance checks finally cleared the bank. I do not know if Trump's idiot "slow down the mail" postmaster is to blame or inept clerks in two different offices. but that is a huge weight off my chest.

Glad that's solved.

I sent a donation to a charity in Chicago last December and noticed that the check hadn't cleared the bank. In March it finally did. I suspect that was a slow mail problem and not carelessness on the charity's behalf.

Between covid and protests the Chicago post office shut down for several weeks and continued to be weeks behind deliveries during the holidays.  When we were visiting Bryan said it is still bad.

I hadn't heard that. The charity may not have been surprised to have so much late, late mail.

I doubt they were surprised.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 04:38:34 PM
I've been watching a Swedish series, THE RESTAURANT, set in Stockholm in 1945. The ad compares it to DOWNTON ABBEY, but A PLACE TO CALL HOME is a better comparison. Very well done, really solid acting, sets, and so on. It's on Amazon Prime Video, but "leaves" on April 30. I suspect it'll still be there, but with ads or $. Right now it's free. Worth watching.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jane on April 28, 2021, 04:39:32 PM
I scheduled a hair appointment for next week, much needed. I, too, would like a massage, but am still sutured. She could work around that, though. I'd love to have lunch with a friend, but just don't feel comfortable with that yet. I'd love to spend a few days at a spa, but don't want to fly, and my allergies are making food choices very limited. No spas for a while methinks. Too bad I don't like camping. I'm not looking for adventure -- I just want to relax and recharge.

What about meeting up with a vaccinated friend and lunching outside in their back yard.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jane on April 28, 2021, 04:41:10 PM
I've been watching a Swedish series, THE RESTAURANT, set in Stockholm in 1945. The ad compares it to DOWNTON ABBEY, but A PLACE TO CALL HOME is a better comparison. Very well done, really solid acting, sets, and so on. It's on Amazon Prime Video, but "leaves" on April 30. I suspect it'll still be there, but with ads or $. Right now it's free. Worth watching.

Does it have subtitles?
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 04:42:22 PM
I went to the bank, then bought some falafel take-out. This branch of the bank has a machine that gives you a ticket and another machine that later reads your ticket and tells you how much you must pay. It's $2.50 per 15 minutes. Just as I was about to put my flimsy paper ticket into the slot a gust of wind came up and blew it out of my hand! I looked all over for it, but didn't see it. I reluctantly pressed the LOST TICKET button on the screen, then when nothing happened, the HELP button. Nothing continued to happen. Of course, by this time cars were stacking up behind me and they couldn't get out until I did, and the barrier was blocking my way. Most annoying! Then the welcome sight of a young parking attendant. She was very understanding and did some magic so I could leave WITHOUT having to pay some outrageous lost ticket fee. Yay!

Except for the falafel it sounds like you need another Me Day to make up for this one.

No, the cooperative parking attendant saved me from that. But I do think I need more Me days than I take.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 04:44:42 PM
I've been watching a Swedish series, THE RESTAURANT, set in Stockholm in 1945. The ad compares it to DOWNTON ABBEY, but A PLACE TO CALL HOME is a better comparison. Very well done, really solid acting, sets, and so on. It's on Amazon Prime Video, but "leaves" on April 30. I suspect it'll still be there, but with ads or $. Right now it's free. Worth watching.

Does it have subtitles?

Yes. It's in Swedish, but parts are in French. My French is very limited. The subtitles are quite adequate, in my view.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 04:47:37 PM
I scheduled a hair appointment for next week, much needed. I, too, would like a massage, but am still sutured. She could work around that, though. I'd love to have lunch with a friend, but just don't feel comfortable with that yet. I'd love to spend a few days at a spa, but don't want to fly, and my allergies are making food choices very limited. No spas for a while methinks. Too bad I don't like camping. I'm not looking for adventure -- I just want to relax and recharge.

What about meeting up with a vaccinated friend and lunching outside in their back yard.

I've thought about something like that. I was thinking take-out, then going to a park with large tables for distancing.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Ginny on April 28, 2021, 04:51:04 PM
Thank you, DRs George and Jeanne.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 04:52:43 PM
TTFN.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jane on April 28, 2021, 05:08:36 PM
I went to the bank, then bought some falafel take-out. This branch of the bank has a machine that gives you a ticket and another machine that later reads your ticket and tells you how much you must pay. It's $2.50 per 15 minutes. Just as I was about to put my flimsy paper ticket into the slot a gust of wind came up and blew it out of my hand! I looked all over for it, but didn't see it. I reluctantly pressed the LOST TICKET button on the screen, then when nothing happened, the HELP button. Nothing continued to happen. Of course, by this time cars were stacking up behind me and they couldn't get out until I did, and the barrier was blocking my way. Most annoying! Then the welcome sight of a young parking attendant. She was very understanding and did some magic so I could leave WITHOUT having to pay some outrageous lost ticket fee. Yay!

Except for the falafel it sounds like you need another Me Day to make up for this one.

No, the cooperative parking attendant saved me from that. But I do think I need more Me days than I take.

Yes, try taking more Me Days.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jane on April 28, 2021, 05:08:52 PM
I've been watching a Swedish series, THE RESTAURANT, set in Stockholm in 1945. The ad compares it to DOWNTON ABBEY, but A PLACE TO CALL HOME is a better comparison. Very well done, really solid acting, sets, and so on. It's on Amazon Prime Video, but "leaves" on April 30. I suspect it'll still be there, but with ads or $. Right now it's free. Worth watching.

Does it have subtitles?

Yes. It's in Swedish, but parts are in French. My French is very limited. The subtitles are quite adequate, in my view.

Thanks.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jane on April 28, 2021, 05:09:56 PM
I scheduled a hair appointment for next week, much needed. I, too, would like a massage, but am still sutured. She could work around that, though. I'd love to have lunch with a friend, but just don't feel comfortable with that yet. I'd love to spend a few days at a spa, but don't want to fly, and my allergies are making food choices very limited. No spas for a while methinks. Too bad I don't like camping. I'm not looking for adventure -- I just want to relax and recharge.

What about meeting up with a vaccinated friend and lunching outside in their back yard.

I've thought about something like that. I was thinking take-out, then going to a park with large tables for distancing.

I went with back yard as you might not be able to control the number of people at a park. 
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: George on April 28, 2021, 05:26:03 PM
Gratuitous Post #100!
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: George on April 28, 2021, 05:26:28 PM
I went to the bank, then bought some falafel take-out. This branch of the bank has a machine that gives you a ticket and another machine that later reads your ticket and tells you how much you must pay. It's $2.50 per 15 minutes. Just as I was about to put my flimsy paper ticket into the slot a gust of wind came up and blew it out of my hand! I looked all over for it, but didn't see it. I reluctantly pressed the LOST TICKET button on the screen, then when nothing happened, the HELP button. Nothing continued to happen. Of course, by this time cars were stacking up behind me and they couldn't get out until I did, and the barrier was blocking my way. Most annoying! Then the welcome sight of a young parking attendant. She was very understanding and did some magic so I could leave WITHOUT having to pay some outrageous lost ticket fee. Yay!

Nice! 
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: John G. on April 28, 2021, 05:43:54 PM
This afternoon I watched the Met’s “The Merry Widow” and now I can’t get that waltz out of my head.
I just saw that it was on and feel the same way. Earworm alert!
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: John G. on April 28, 2021, 05:47:09 PM
Tornado warning and watch both in effect in the area. I don’t know exactly where my house fits.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: ChasSmith on April 28, 2021, 06:02:50 PM
I got a fraudulent email.

I said, What is it, Phish?

Others might ask, What is it, ghoti?
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 28, 2021, 06:26:43 PM
Not much of a day. Had the Stanley's chopped salad, which I picked up, and that was pretty good. Did a few things on the computer, too. Watched a movie.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: singdaw on April 28, 2021, 06:31:28 PM
We have been watching The Restaurant, thanks to DR Jeanne's suggestion. I like it, but not nearly as much as Downton Abbey. I think we'll just be able to finish the last episode by April 30.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 06:31:29 PM
For BK and others:

the marketing behind THE FATHER.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/movies/the-father-anthony-hopkins-oscars.html
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: singdaw on April 28, 2021, 06:32:22 PM
In case you weren't sure how to pronounce each town in Wisconsin, an interactive map:
https://maps.sco.wisc.edu/pronouncewi/ (https://maps.sco.wisc.edu/pronouncewi/)
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: singdaw on April 28, 2021, 06:33:34 PM
 :)
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jeanne on April 28, 2021, 06:34:15 PM
We have been watching The Restaurant, thanks to DR Jeanne's suggestion. I like it, but not nearly as much as Downton Abbey. I think we'll just be able to finish the last episode by April 30.

But how often does a DOWNTON ABBEY come along?
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: Jane on April 28, 2021, 06:37:30 PM
Tornado warning and watch both in effect in the area. I don’t know exactly where my house fits.

I hope all is well there.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: singdaw on April 28, 2021, 06:43:43 PM
True, DR Jeanne.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: singdaw on April 28, 2021, 06:44:59 PM
Good night, friends.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: John G. on April 28, 2021, 06:47:27 PM
I got a fraudulent email.

I said, What is it, Phish?

Others might ask, What is it, ghoti?

Thank you, Mr. Shaw.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: John G. on April 28, 2021, 06:48:05 PM
I think hail is falling out there. Sounds like it hitting the windows.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: George on April 28, 2021, 07:14:54 PM
I got a fraudulent email.

I said, What is it, Phish?

Others might ask, What is it, ghoti?

:))
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: George on April 28, 2021, 07:15:16 PM
In case you weren't sure how to pronounce each town in Wisconsin, an interactive map:
https://maps.sco.wisc.edu/pronouncewi/ (https://maps.sco.wisc.edu/pronouncewi/)

That's pretty cool.  I think that Washington state needs something like that!
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: George on April 28, 2021, 07:15:56 PM
And now, it's time for me to leave work.  My mom wants me to come over for a bit, then I'll do a little shopping for my sister, then I'll go home.

Be back later.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: George on April 28, 2021, 07:16:06 PM
But before I go...
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: George on April 28, 2021, 07:16:43 PM
 
5ive!!!!!
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: John G. on April 28, 2021, 08:46:37 PM
The power is out. Sat in the center of the house with JB when everything went quiet. Thankfully nothing happened here. The rains eventually came back with more thunder. Don’t know what’s what. But we now have flash flood warnings added to everything else.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 28, 2021, 09:39:27 PM
Finished with my viewing.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 28, 2021, 09:39:35 PM
With my viewing I'm finished.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 28, 2021, 09:40:15 PM
I made a bacon and cheese omelet and I must say it came out really well save for the fact that I could have used much more cheese - who knew?
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: TCB on April 28, 2021, 11:46:36 PM
I've been watching a Swedish series, THE RESTAURANT, set in Stockholm in 1945. The ad compares it to DOWNTON ABBEY, but A PLACE TO CALL HOME is a better comparison. Very well done, really solid acting, sets, and so on. It's on Amazon Prime Video, but "leaves" on April 30. I suspect it'll still be there, but with ads or $. Right now it's free. Worth watching.


Is it in Swedish, or is it dubbed?
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: John G. on April 28, 2021, 11:49:53 PM
Power finally back on as a new thunderstorm has rolled in.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: TCB on April 28, 2021, 11:53:27 PM
I scheduled a hair appointment for next week, much needed. I, too, would like a massage, but am still sutured. She could work around that, though. I'd love to have lunch with a friend, but just don't feel comfortable with that yet. I'd love to spend a few days at a spa, but don't want to fly, and my allergies are making food choices very limited. No spas for a while methinks. Too bad I don't like camping. I'm not looking for adventure -- I just want to relax and recharge.


Why not pack up some mindless entertaining books, pack up a cooler with personal food favorites, and check into a nice motel, preferably one with a swimming pool, and enjoy yourself for 24 or 48 hours.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: TCB on April 29, 2021, 12:01:32 AM
Tornado warning and watch both in effect in the area. I don’t know exactly where my house fits.


Let’s hope your house still fits in the morning.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: George on April 29, 2021, 12:09:24 AM
Tornado warning and watch both in effect in the area. I don’t know exactly where my house fits.


Let’s hope your house still fits in the morning.

;D
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: George on April 29, 2021, 12:10:15 AM
I got distracted by videos on Facebook.  The last one I just watched was from the original Match Game.  Still funny stuff!
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 29, 2021, 12:12:07 AM
So, you got distracted, eh? Then perhaps you should get distracted here and make a few posts? :)
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 29, 2021, 12:12:16 AM
We need a few posts, no?
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 29, 2021, 12:12:28 AM
But you're off being distracted again.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 29, 2021, 12:12:41 AM
We should be distraction enough.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 29, 2021, 12:12:52 AM
Or, enough distraction.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 29, 2021, 12:13:54 AM
I gotta tell you.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: TCB on April 29, 2021, 12:13:54 AM
The power is out. Sat in the center of the house with JB when everything went quiet. Thankfully nothing happened here. The rains eventually came back with more thunder. Don’t know what’s what. But we now have flash flood warnings added to everything else.


You are in my prayers tonight, John.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 29, 2021, 12:14:17 AM
I really don't want to go out, but if this allergy attack doesn't abate soon, I'll have to.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 29, 2021, 12:14:26 AM
Even though I don't want to.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 29, 2021, 12:14:34 AM
I really don't want to.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: bk on April 29, 2021, 12:14:47 AM
Dear reader George is distracted, clearly.
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: TCB on April 29, 2021, 12:15:11 AM
Four posts in almost four hours.  Wow!
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: George on April 29, 2021, 12:15:47 AM
We need a few posts, no?

Here's a post:

(https://almatcboykin.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_4204.jpg)
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: George on April 29, 2021, 12:16:04 AM
Dear reader George is distracted, clearly.

And easily. ::)
Title: Re: STRESS TEST
Post by: George on April 29, 2021, 12:16:15 AM
;)