Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on May 12, 2022, 12:23:33 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes both wondered and wandered, and now it is time for you to post until the wondering and wandering cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: FLOURISHING!
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Topic of the Day: Idiocracy ::)
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Good morning, all!
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I had a relatively nice sleep and a couple of nice dreams that I wanted to remember and did not.
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My neighbor Ann came by around 4:30, and we hjad a nice visit. Scaredy-cat Thatch has now gotten used to her, so he's no longer in hiding when she appears.
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Ann's effort to include Annabelle, who was lounging on the computer table, was not so successful.
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I have some work this morning on the recordig project, which is moving slowly but still floundering like a beached whale most of the time. I need as well to do some printing of that ballet score and a few bills I need to pay.
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DR George, yes. It was time to change the avatar.
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Three years ago today, Stella came to live with us.
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Good morning, all.
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Nice photos, Elmore.
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Miracle vibes for BK. And for us all.
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TOD:
Idiocracy
Metropolis
Blade Runner
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Wordle 327 4/6
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Good morning, all.
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Those pictures are wonderful, DR Elmore. And I still can't believe how Thatch climbs up on you and lets you hold him like that.
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Three years ago today, Stella came to live with us.
HAPPY GOTCHA ANNIVERSARY TO DEAR STELLA!
Even if she did more or less snub me -- ME! :) -- on that last visit, preferring to hang back with those other animals.
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Continuing miraclesssss for BK!
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Wordle 327 3/6
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It is just after 9 a.m., and there is a siren in the distance. Maybe an ambulance or maybe a police chase?
it is a rare thing in this little town, although observing local behaviors, one might suppose it happened several times a day.
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I watched two versions of "Persuasion" last evening. First up was the version with Sally Hawkins as Ann Elliot, Ruper Penry-Jones as Captain Wentworth and Anthony Head as Ann's foppish father. This was from 2007 and is a really excellent film.
The second was from 1995 with Amanda Root as Ann Elliot, Ciaran Hinds as Captain Wentworth and Corin Redgrave as Ann's foppish father.
They are both excellent films, with terrific supporting casts and production values, but I believe I prefer the 2007 version.
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What shall I do with today?
Around noon-ish, my porch man will return to repair a panel of screen that blew loose in last week's storm. That should not have happened if it had been done properly.
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Travel slides:
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Good morning, friends.
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I see that I forgot how to count last night.
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Love all the photos, DR elmore3003! Thatch is a very handsome boy.
I really like your new avatar as well.
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I watched two versions of "Persuasion" last evening. First up was the version with Sally Hawkins as Ann Elliot, Ruper Penry-Jones as Captain Wentworth and Anthony Head as Ann's foppish father. This was from 2007 and is a really excellent film.
The second was from 1995 with Amanda Root as Ann Elliot, Ciaran Hinds as Captain Wentworth and Corin Redgrave as Ann's foppish father.
They are both excellent films, with terrific supporting casts and production values, but I believe I prefer the 2007 version.
And I think the 1995 production is truer in tone to the novel, but I'm still waiting for a better, longer miniseries to capture Miss Austen's bittersweet book. I think it's my favorite of her novels.
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I watched two versions of "Persuasion" last evening. First up was the version with Sally Hawkins as Ann Elliot, Ruper Penry-Jones as Captain Wentworth and Anthony Head as Ann's foppish father. This was from 2007 and is a really excellent film.
The second was from 1995 with Amanda Root as Ann Elliot, Ciaran Hinds as Captain Wentworth and Corin Redgrave as Ann's foppish father.
They are both excellent films, with terrific supporting casts and production values, but I believe I prefer the 2007 version.
And I think the 1995 production is truer in tone to the novel, but I'm still waiting for a better, longer miniseries to capture Miss Austen's bittersweet book. I think it's my favorite of her novels.
There is a 2022 version in the offing, but it's not streaming yet. Possibly it will hit the theaters first.
There definitely is a lot of tone in the 1995 version, especially from Ann's sisters. I truly mentally bitch-slap both of them throughout the film.
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Good morning, friends.
Romans, and Countrymen.
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I watched two versions of "Persuasion" last evening. First up was the version with Sally Hawkins as Ann Elliot, Ruper Penry-Jones as Captain Wentworth and Anthony Head as Ann's foppish father. This was from 2007 and is a really excellent film.
The second was from 1995 with Amanda Root as Ann Elliot, Ciaran Hinds as Captain Wentworth and Corin Redgrave as Ann's foppish father.
They are both excellent films, with terrific supporting casts and production values, but I believe I prefer the 2007 version.
Amanda Root was excellent in The Forsyte Saga. I really enjoy her work. I have that Persuasion. May need to watch it again.
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Two!
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The simple folk, eh?
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"Persuasion" sounds like it should be the title of a Hitchcock movie.
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TOD:
A Face In The Crowd
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
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Nice notes......continued vibes for MR BK.
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Thatch is one handsome Kat!
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I found a nice carrying bag that I can use for CLUE. Right now it just has my rehearsal schedule and some pencils in it, but after tonight it will have my SCRIPT as well.
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I had a dream (or two?) that's haunting me. I was involved in some kind of musical gig, but the director had me playing in some position or other in a game of football, and I tried to convince the guy who actually should be playing that position to step up and do it. Don't ask. I can't even find a way to describe it to myself, let alone anyone else. It was one of those superbly annoying dreams that grabs hold and doesn't let you go.
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Happy Gotcha Day, Stella!
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Thursday morning greetings! I'm enjoying a slow morning after having to be outta here before 9am yesterday. Met up with 5 DAR friends for a field trip to Springfield, OH, and a nice lunch at First Watch on the way home.
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From Singdaw:
Some excitement around here tonight. We had to huddle together in the church basement after choir rehearsal until the sirens stopped and the tornado warning had passed. Ironically, we were singing "Wizard of Oz" songs at the time.
I thought about you last night when a friend posted on FB that she was headed down to her basement. I knew you were ok once I read her update. I don't think she had as much fun as you did.
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I do not miss the days of hiding in my basement.
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What shall I do with today?
Around noon-ish, my porch man will return to repair a panel of screen that blew loose in last week's storm. That should not have happened if it had been done properly.
True but be glad he is addressing his mistake and not ignoring you. Will he double check the other panels are secure?
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Back from Shop Rite and Petco, measurably poorer.
Speaking of which, we haven't posted our gasoline price observations in quite a while. Well, it's pretty sickening here, and I know we're far from the worst. Following our first Putin-inspired increases which took the discount places (Costco & BJ's) up to about the four-dollar mark, the state implemented a three-month gas tax relief program which lowered prices across the board by approx. 25-cents per gallon. So, those $4 places instantly went down to $3.75. And then for a couple of weeks the prices fell further until we were at $3.61.
Fast-forward to a couple of weeks later when suddenly they began shooting up again, right up to the former $4.00 level and beyond. Today BJ's is at $4.19. Gee, um, thanks for the tax break Mr. Governor, sir.
Like I said, I know we ain't the worst. I'm scared to ask what it is in Southern California now.
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What shall I do with today?
Around noon-ish, my porch man will return to repair a panel of screen that blew loose in last week's storm. That should not have happened if it had been done properly.
True but be glad he is addressing his mistake and not ignoring you. Will he double check the other panels are secure?
He did.
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It's been a busy morning, with emails and a Thatch Cat demanding constant affection, something new to both him and me.
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I suddenly remembered one of my dreams last night. I was acting as a guide-company manager for The English Opera Group, minus Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. We were all dsittign at a large roud table in a restaurant talking about Gilbert and sullivan and ordering dinner.
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My neighbor Ann came by around 4:30, and we hjad a nice visit. Scaredy-cat Thatch has now gotten used to her, so he's no longer in hiding when she appears.
Love the pictures, Larry!
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And the new avatar!
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I am most curious about this new film of Persuasion, although I am concerned about what appears to be non-traditional casting in such a drama of early 19th century families.
I think I rember correctly two things:
Jane Austen did not title the book; it was done by her family when they submitted to a publisher after her death.
In Stella Gibbons' wonderful Cold Comfort Farm, Flora Poste would like to write a novel as perfect as Persuasion.
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DR George, yes. It was time to change the avatar.
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Three years ago today, Stella came to live with us.
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6864.0;attach=14585)
Sweet!
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I have stopped reading the Obituaries. They keep listing the wrong names.
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~~~MOST EXCELLENT VIBES AND XYLOPHONES FOR A DAMN MIRACLE~~~ for bk!!!!
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What shall I do with today?
Around noon-ish, my porch man will return to repair a panel of screen that blew loose in last week's storm. That should not have happened if it had been done properly.
True but be glad he is addressing his mistake and not ignoring you. Will he double check the other panels are secure?
He did.
Very good.
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I suddenly remembered one of my dreams last night. I was acting as a guide-company manager for The English Opera Group, minus Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. We were all dsittign at a large roud table in a restaurant talking about Gilbert and sullivan and ordering dinner.
That’s twice this week you have equated Gilbert and Sullivan with food.
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I am most curious about this new film of Persuasion, although I am concerned about what appears to be non-traditional casting in such a drama of early 19th century families.
I think I rember correctly two things:
Jane Austen did not title the book; it was done by her family when they submitted to a publisher after her death.
In Stella Gibbons' wonderful Cold Comfort Farm, Flora Poste would like to write a novel as perfect as Persuasion.
It was Barbara Pym’s favorite among Austen novels.
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I'm up, I'm up - eight hours of sleep.
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I would like the day to end. It’s hot and I’m irritable and irritating both.
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We've had some really nice days, and in fact it's only 77 degrees now. But this is the first day that it's truly felt like summer. And it's TOO DAMN HUMID.
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I suddenly remembered one of my dreams last night. I was acting as a guide-company manager for The English Opera Group, minus Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. We were all dsittign at a large roud table in a restaurant talking about Gilbert and sullivan and ordering dinner.
That’s twice this week you have equated Gilbert and Sullivan with food.
Well, I like Gilbert and Sullivan, and I like food, so . . .
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I suddenly remembered one of my dreams last night. I was acting as a guide-company manager for The English Opera Group, minus Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. We were all dsittign at a large roud table in a restaurant talking about Gilbert and sullivan and ordering dinner.
That’s twice this week you have equated Gilbert and Sullivan with food.
Well, I like Gilbert and Sullivan, and I like food, so . . .
Sounds like a healthy, balanced diet to me.
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I suddenly remembered one of my dreams last night. I was acting as a guide-company manager for The English Opera Group, minus Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. We were all dsittign at a large roud table in a restaurant talking about Gilbert and sullivan and ordering dinner.
That’s twice this week you have equated Gilbert and Sullivan with food.
Well, I like Gilbert and Sullivan, and I like food, so . . .
Sounds like a healthy, balanced diet to me.
Sounds like a very model of a modern maitre'd!
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Since I had an order for blood work from one doctor, I called my primary to find what else he wanted to order prior to my yearly exam next month.
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The first doctor always mails me the order to take to whatever lab I want to go to. My primary had his order faxed directly to the lab. I asked for a copy in the mail since, for some crazy reason, I have a history of orders not making it to labs with the correct info. He warned me their mailing system was slow but I never imagined it was that slow. I didn't receive it until after I returned home from my appointment today.
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Guess what was never faxed over, or not received, even though the copy in the mail shows the correct fax number. As a result it took at least half an hour just to get that issue corrected.
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Between the two doctors there were a lot of tubes to be filled. The first tube filled fine and then the pace slowed down considerably.
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Knowing she should, I asked the phlebotomist if removing the tourniquet would help. She said "no". Instead she kept pressing on my arm, above the needle, to force more blood out. Finally she removed the tourniquet which helped some. Sometimes this can cause test results to be compromised.
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UGH!
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Thinking about food. Could go out and get something, I suppose. I'm a bit bored or ordering in, frankly.
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A couple woke up with a strange dog sleeping in bed with them.. (https://www.yahoo.com/news/strange-dog-mysteriously-ended-bed-181638056.html)
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Good evening!
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I shall now be on my way to my first CLUE rehearsal.
Birdy Barnum will be by himself for the first time. I always leave a light and the television on for him.....I'm sure he remembers from last year.....
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He's such a good boy.
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I shall now be on my way to my first CLUE rehearsal.
Birdy Barnum will be by himself for the first time. I always leave a light and the television on for him.....I'm sure he remembers from last year.....
Have fun, Chief!
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Hello, everyone.
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Larry, I think your new avatar is perfect. Just the right amount of impishness.
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You'd think Thatch loves to have his picture taken. What a change! They're great photos.
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Happy gotcha day to both Stella and her daddy.
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Glad to hear that Singdaw is tornado-free.
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Back from Shop Rite and Petco, measurably poorer.
Speaking of which, we haven't posted our gasoline price observations in quite a while. Well, it's pretty sickening here, and I know we're far from the worst. Following our first Putin-inspired increases which took the discount places (Costco & BJ's) up to about the four-dollar mark, the state implemented a three-month gas tax relief program which lowered prices across the board by approx. 25-cents per gallon. So, those $4 places instantly went down to $3.75. And then for a couple of weeks the prices fell further until we were at $3.61.
Fast-forward to a couple of weeks later when suddenly they began shooting up again, right up to the former $4.00 level and beyond. Today BJ's is at $4.19. Gee, um, thanks for the tax break Mr. Governor, sir.
Like I said, I know we ain't the worst. I'm scared to ask what it is in Southern California now.
Just under $7 for premium in my 'hood and they're been at that level for a while.
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Guess what was never faxed over, or not received, even though the copy in the mail shows the correct fax number. As a result it took at least half an hour just to get that issue corrected.
I find these sorts of problems very common. Are the admin people overworked or just not completely with it? A friend in the Bay Area experiences all the same admin screw-ups that I experience here. Which medical group doesn't seem to matter. I expect the staff are not well paid and good ones don't stick around.
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Knowing she should, I asked the phlebotomist if removing the tourniquet would help. She said "no". Instead she kept pressing on my arm, above the needle, to force more blood out. Finally she removed the tourniquet which helped some. Sometimes this can cause test results to be compromised.
Jane, maybe it'd be best to not try to draw so much blood in one day. Blood draws are just tolerable at best and you could end up dehydrated.
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I shall now be on my way to my first CLUE rehearsal.
Birdy Barnum will be by himself for the first time. I always leave a light and the television on for him.....I'm sure he remembers from last year.....
Does Birdy Barnum enjoy TV? Does he have a favorite show? Does he let you know?
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I listened to a webinar today and was thinking about taking the day as a Me Day, but when I saw how the laundry had piled up I decided to get that done. I'm also looking for things that can be tossed. Too much stuff!
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TTFN.
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Guess what was never faxed over, or not received, even though the copy in the mail shows the correct fax number. As a result it took at least half an hour just to get that issue corrected.
I find these sorts of problems very common. Are the admin people overworked or just not completely with it? A friend in the Bay Area experiences all the same admin screw-ups that I experience here. Which medical group doesn't seem to matter. I expect the staff are not well paid and good ones don't stick around.
I first encountered the problem about 24 years ago. Now I always try to have my own copy of the tests ordered.
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Knowing she should, I asked the phlebotomist if removing the tourniquet would help. She said "no". Instead she kept pressing on my arm, above the needle, to force more blood out. Finally she removed the tourniquet which helped some. Sometimes this can cause test results to be compromised.
Jane, maybe it'd be best to not try to draw so much blood in one day. Blood draws are just tolerable at best and you could end up dehydrated.
I thought of that, except the only other time I had this problem was when the tourniquet was not released around my arm after the blood began to flow. I know it is important to drink water before getting blood drawn. Today I made sure to drink water after returning to the car.
Next time I will insist it be released sooner, if it isn't done, and then I will know if the problem is the tourniquet or not.
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I did ask if she needed to switch arms and she said no.
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PAGE FOUR TONIGHT'S-SHOW-HAS-BEEN-CANCELLED DANCE!!
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I just got a message from our stage manager:
In case you don’t see the post on our page before you head down to Centralia: We have decided to cancel tonight’s show and move it to next Thursday. We had some cast have cold symptoms pop up and we just want to be super cautious.
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Fortunately, tonight's show was a pay-what-you-can. I don't know, however, if people can pre-purchase tickets online, or if they're only available at the door.
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Knowing she should, I asked the phlebotomist if removing the tourniquet would help. She said "no". Instead she kept pressing on my arm, above the needle, to force more blood out. Finally she removed the tourniquet which helped some. Sometimes this can cause test results to be compromised.
Yikes! :o
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A couple woke up with a strange dog sleeping in bed with them.. (https://www.yahoo.com/news/strange-dog-mysteriously-ended-bed-181638056.html)
;D
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A Spinal Tap sequel is in the works.
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I just got a message from our stage manager:
In case you don’t see the post on our page before you head down to Centralia: We have decided to cancel tonight’s show and move it to next Thursday. We had some cast have cold symptoms pop up and we just want to be super cautious.
Sorry though understandable.
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We have plans on Saturday to take our 13 year old friend out to lunch. I made reservations for the perfect restaurant. It is now closed until the 19th due to covid.
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I am trying to find a substitute restaurant and haven't so far.
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The restaurant we were going to go to, not only has excellent food and a large menu, but booths and is not as difficult for me to hear as in other restaurants.
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I gotta tell you.
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Small light at end of tunnel. I'll take it!
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Good :)
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Good news, bk. May it continue.
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Good night, friends.
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'night
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Good news, BK. May the light grow brighter.
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Dancing was fun again.
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Knowing she should, I asked the phlebotomist if removing the tourniquet would help. She said "no". Instead she kept pressing on my arm, above the needle, to force more blood out. Finally she removed the tourniquet which helped some. Sometimes this can cause test results to be compromised.
Have they ever suggested to you that drink lots of water before your labs? That plumps the veins and makes the blood flow more easily.
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Playbill.com finally wrote an obit of Bruce Pomohac.
https://www.playbill.com/article/musician-bruce-pomahac-dies-at-73
And castrecl today in an item on Bruce had a very nice mention of Elmore.
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I'm trying to finish Book Woman's Daughter tonight.
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Good night, all.
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Every time there's a little light, some other bit of nasty business rears its head. I had to respond very strongly to a very annoying and very incorrect e-mail that had to do with the show. People just hear what they want to hear instead of what was clearly being said to them. It's unbelievable, really.
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We have plans on Saturday to take our 13 year old friend out to lunch. I made reservations for the perfect restaurant. It is now closed until the 19th due to covid.
Darn. :-\ That's too bad. Hopefully, you can make other arrangements.
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Good news, bk. May it continue.
Ditto and Ditto!
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An hour without a post?
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That will not do.
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But I guess it will do, because nothing can be done with now.
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I can’t believe that no one stopped by in an hour to offer a post or two.
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Last post.
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Page five
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It is a shame that no one bothered to get us, at least, to page five!
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Last night I was looking at a host of different programs, mostly documentaries.
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I came across an episode of 20/20 from a couple of years ago.
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It was an update on how we were dealing with the pandemic.
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DavidMuir started off the broadcast with the very sobering news that as of that day, our CoVid death toll in the United States was 3,000 individuals!!
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There was also a clip from a speech by that former ***t-head warning us that the pandemic was probably going to last for another 30 days.
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DavidMuir started off the broadcast with the very sobering news that as of that day, our CoVid death toll in the United States was 3,000 individuals!!
Wow...probably no one at the time could've expected that so many more people would die from Covid19.
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Then,of course the newest total….
1,000,000 Americans
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There was also a clip from a speech by that former ***t-head warning us that the pandemic was probably going to last for another 30 days.
It could've. If dumbass hadn't been such such a **** (fill in with your favorite expletive). >:(
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Then,of course the newest total….
1,000,000 Americans
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That was followed on the local news, with the story of Seattle-area firefighters who were demanding their jobs back, just because they were fired for not getting the required vaccines for COVID.
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One woman was sobbing that she and her babies were starving because of this outrage.
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Gee, hubby could have had two shots, two weeks apart, and he would still have his high-paying job.
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One woman was sobbing that she and her babies were starving because of this outrage.
What?? :o
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Gee, hubby could have had two shots, two weeks apart, and he would still have his high-paying job.
You make your choices, and her husband made his! ::)
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I guess I will never understand this refusal to get a vaccine.
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I guess that makes me part of a nation of sheep.
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I guess that makes me part of a nation of sheep.
Me, too.
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A vaccine is found, it appears to have minimal side effects, and it given out free of charge.
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I just don’t get it.
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Sorry that you had to read all of my rants tonight. Good night.
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A co-worker of mine (our lead worker, actually), was going to refuse the vaccine and quit. She only had less than two years till her retirement, so she wasn't too concerned financially, but she decided that she didn't want to leave us under those conditions.
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Her feelings about refusing came from learning that some vaccines were developed from aborted fetus cells in the 1980s (and her religious beliefs are that life begins at conception), but the vaccines now have no fetus cells at all, so she was able to make the decision to get the vaccine.
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New notes are up.
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