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Title: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 12:22:12 AM
Well, you've read the notes, you now want some cherry-chip, and now it is time for you to post until the cherry-chip chipper cows come home.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 12:25:10 AM
And the word of the day is: PRUDENCE!
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 12:30:09 AM
Notes spied. Contemplated.
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Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 12:38:26 AM
Cherry-chip envied.
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 12:43:57 AM
I found the composer Joaquín Turina because I saw a nice album cover of a record by Alicia de Larrocha playing Turina compositions. I found another Spanish composer, Falla, that way too, when I liked an album cover for The Three-Cornered Hat.
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 12:45:13 AM
Pre-internet,I discovered a remarkable amount of music just by enjoying the LP artwork.
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Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 12:49:34 AM
I took chances on tons of album because of the covers. The most notable of which was Bill Evans Conversations With Myself. A life-changer that I never would have bought if I hadn't fallen in love with the cover.
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 12:55:46 AM
I bought Evans’ Waltz for Debby off a record shop wall strictly because I loved the cover!
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 12:57:43 AM
I’ve never found an inexpensive “Undercurrent” but that’s an all-time great Evans cover too.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 08, 2023, 04:09:23 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 08, 2023, 04:12:55 AM
I slept rather well, but the neuropathy is bad and it's very difficult to get comfortable. I went to bed around 8:30 amd woke two hours later to find Thatch settled in beside me. He stayed most of the night. Annabelle has returned to her bookcase aerie, from which she descended around 3:30 or so. Stella spent most of the night sleeping on the floor.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: elmore3003 on May 08, 2023, 04:15:36 AM
Cherry chip ice cream sounds wonderful. When I was working at Goodspeed in 1998, there was an ice cream shop right across the parking lot from the place where I was housed. They had the most delicious flavors. My favorites were ginger and peppermint stick. I've never seen either flavor offered by any ice cream manufacturer.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 08, 2023, 04:16:30 AM
I did not accomplish my ballet ambitions over the weekend, so today I will finish No. 16, and if there's time, I will begin the fixes I want to make in Act One.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 04:56:47 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 04:57:44 AM
Slept well. Work dreams. But not stressful.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 05:20:31 AM
Good morning, friends.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 05:20:46 AM
A very fitful night of sleep.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 05:20:58 AM
I am not ready for the work week.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 05:21:11 AM
But it's ready for me.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 05:24:09 AM
I didn't know that BK was born in Idaho.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 05:24:43 AM
By the way, there are four Margaret Rutherford Miss Marple movies.
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Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 05:25:51 AM
I had much todo this weekend and I did much but there was even more much not accomplished
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Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 05:26:10 AM
At least the laundry is done
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Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 05:26:31 AM
Mostly
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Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 05:27:01 AM
Better Wordle and get to work
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Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 05:30:02 AM
Wordle 688 5/6

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Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 05:31:24 AM
~~~CONTINUED SMALL MIRACLE VIBES~~~ for the likes of BK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 05:31:39 AM
In other news...
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 05:31:58 AM
I have so many questions...
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 05:32:19 AM
One more...
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 05:32:26 AM
TWO.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 05:34:20 AM
Governor Greg Abbott's response to all the Texas mass shootings:  "Everyone should buy more guns."
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 05:34:46 AM
I wish that evil man ill.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 05:35:09 AM
Miracle vibes for MR BK.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 05:35:11 AM
And I mean ill.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 05:35:42 AM
DR MBARNUM says hello.  He remembers DR TCB with fondness.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: ChasSmith on May 08, 2023, 05:39:07 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: ChasSmith on May 08, 2023, 05:43:53 AM
Starting off another insane week, I have to be out of here at noon to run an errand on my way to a rehearsal in Trumbull, Connecticut. At 4:30 I have to rush out of there to get to a second round of auditions in New Milford, Connecticut.

It's actually kind of like this throughout this week and half of next week. After next Wednesday, life returns to more of a normal.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: ChasSmith on May 08, 2023, 05:49:46 AM
Is that authentic Thrifty ice cream at a Rite Aid counter? I guess it would have to be. What I know it won't be is 25 cents a scoop.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 08, 2023, 05:51:42 AM
What I wish someone would also bring back is Howard Johnson's ice cream.

Which won't be two bucks a pint, either.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 05:56:26 AM
Between DR ChasSmith and DR vixmom, I'm not sure who has the more demanding schedule.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 05:56:36 AM
I'm just glad that it's not me.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 05:56:45 AM
I couldn't cope.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 05:57:10 AM
DR Jrand72, thanks for the greetings from former DR MBarnum. I miss him a lot.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 06:10:22 AM
I give you: the Coronation quiche.
https://www.royal.uk/the-coronation-quiche
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:37:51 AM
By the way, there are four Margaret Rutherford Miss Marple movies.

Thank you. I thought I remembered four.
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Post by: KevinH on May 08, 2023, 06:37:59 AM
Good morning!
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Post by: KevinH on May 08, 2023, 06:38:14 AM
Wordle:  5/6
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:38:56 AM
Wordle 3, Phoodle 2
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:39:28 AM
Governor Greg Abbott's response to all the Texas mass shootings:  "Everyone should buy more guns."


Oy.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: elmore3003 on May 08, 2023, 07:22:21 AM
I wish that evil man ill.

Abbott is only one of the more stupid GOP assholes I'd like to see executed for terminal stupidity and incompetence. As long as these evil, dangerous jerks are allowed to live, they are a threat to mankind.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 07:35:04 AM
I'd like a serving of cherry-chip, please, with a side of cherry-ripe.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 07:35:51 AM
What if you were served cherry-ripe that wasn't ripe?
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 07:35:59 AM
What then?
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 08, 2023, 07:38:48 AM
DR ChasSmith, your friend Robin will be starring in The Little Shop of Horrors at the St Louis Muny.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: ChasSmith on May 08, 2023, 08:08:22 AM
DR ChasSmith, your friend Robin will be starring in The Little Shop of Horrors at the St Louis Muny.

Ah, that's a surprise! Wish I could see it.

I didn't have time to say more than hi to him the other night. But I get other times to see him. He's a rock star when he goes back and visits the high school, and the kids were all over him.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 09:04:37 AM
I have so many questions...

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7225.0;attach=17283)

:o
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Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 09:04:47 AM
:))
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 09:14:59 AM
DR ChasSmith, your friend Robin will be starring in The Little Shop of Horrors at the St Louis Muny.

That looks promising.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 09:15:49 AM
Uno mas.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 09:15:56 AM
Three!
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 09:17:52 AM
John Malkovitch is coming to the Tobin in a show called The Music Critic. Sounds like fun:

Schumann fancies himself a “composer”, while Brahms is a “giftless bastard” and Claude Debussy is simply ugly. Aleksey Igudesman has created a sardonic mix of the most evil music critiques of the last centuries written about some of the greatest works of music. Equipped with a frivolous potpourri of musical insults, John Malkovich slips into the role of the evil critic who believes the music of Beethoven, Chopin, Prokofiev and the likes to be weary and dreary.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 09:29:31 AM
That does sound fun, DR John G.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 08, 2023, 09:33:46 AM
TOD:  Funny thing, Rodzinski.  In one of my commercial flights to an overseas duty station, I was listening to classical music with the headphones they gave me, and I heard The Three-Cornered Hat and enjoyed it a lot.  Before I could wonder who it was by, the announcer told me the title and the composer!

One of the great classical discoveries in my life was the music of Edward Elgar.  Like most people, I knew about Pomp and Circumstance and who wrote it (having played clarinet in band from 5th grade on).  When I saw "Young Winston" is the early 70s, I was struck by a piece of music that played as Winston and his mother were getting into a carriage following his father's funeral.  The piece was part of the Nimrod suite from "Enigma Variations" by Elgar.  Less than a year later, I was in London over Thanksgiving and found Sir John Barbirolli's recording of the piece.  I was hooked and remain so.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 08, 2023, 09:36:04 AM
It is Monday, May 8th, in Johnston SC.

I trust it's the same where all y'all are!

Nothing important on my agenda for today.  I was hit hard by a head cold on Sunday, but I slept well last night and feel much better today.

Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 10:00:04 AM
Glad to hear you are feeling better, DR Ron Pulliam.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 10:00:22 AM
Feeling sick is no fun.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 10:00:36 AM
And we are all about fun.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 10:01:25 AM
The opening track of the new cast album of Sweeney Todd (with Josh Groban) has been released. It sounds pretty good.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 10:02:07 AM
Same-sized band and same orchestrations as the original.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 10:27:19 AM
Same-sized band and same orchestrations as the original.

This ain’t yo mama’s Teeny Todd!
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 10:29:45 AM
These are the days of wine and roses.

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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 10:29:55 AM
But I'm all out of roses.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 11:45:29 AM
Lines......once in my head - I wish they stayed there.
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Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 12:13:13 PM
Same-sized band and same orchestrations as the original.

I'm looking forward to hearing that!
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 12:20:33 PM
Lines......once in my head - I wish they stayed there.

My laugh lines and wrinkle lines are pretty permanent.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 12:20:56 PM
Oh. You meant the other kind of lines.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 12:21:19 PM
Wish I had me some cherry-chip right about now.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 12:22:49 PM
I am seeing Seth Rudetsky on Thursday night, accompanying Andrea Burns in a Bernstein program.

Bernstein's daughter, Jaime, will also be on hand to autograph copies of her new book about her father.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 12:24:43 PM
DR George, I am glad you enjoyed the play.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 12:25:03 PM
I'm leaving on Wednesday.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 12:26:01 PM
I downloaded an Uber app.  To our surprise it was linked to Keith so he had to add me as a family member using his phone.  Oddly, I have never had an Uber app before.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 12:26:21 PM
I had a Lyft app I had never used so I downloaded that.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 12:26:38 PM
It is in my name, not Keith's ;D
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 12:27:00 PM
I had to add a credit card and now I can order a Lyft car if needed.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 12:27:33 PM
I suppose it is time I learned how to do this.  It will take me forever trying to see what to do on my little phone.
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Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 12:27:45 PM
I'm up, I'm up - eight and a half hours of sleep.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 08, 2023, 12:28:20 PM
This day has been much more difficult than I ever guessed. That's all I'm saying.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 12:29:06 PM
~~~SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES~~~ for DR Jane!!!!!
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 12:29:36 PM
~~~BETTER DAY VIBES~~~ for DR elmore3003!!!!!!
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 12:29:48 PM
FOUR!
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 12:33:20 PM
From DR Rodzinski:

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Is that the version with the gal you hate who used to own my house? Or a newer reboot?

LOL, it is.  She was better at the end of the series.

She was also in season three of my beloved The Mandalorian.  She was tolerable in that.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 12:34:04 PM
I will say, unlike the original, the reboot was not boring.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 12:36:45 PM
CONTINUED REMODELING VIBES FOR DR RODZINSKI!
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Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 12:36:58 PM
DR George, I am glad you enjoyed the play.

Thanks, Jane.  I am, too. :)
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Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 12:37:33 PM
~~~SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES~~~ for DR Jane!!!!!

~~~DITTO!!~~~
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Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 12:37:52 PM
~~~BETTER DAY VIBES~~~ for DR elmore3003!!!!!!

~~~DITTO, TWO!!~~~
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Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 12:38:11 PM
CONTINUED REMODELING VIBES FOR DR RODZINSKI!

~~~DITTO, ALSO!!~~~
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Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 12:39:04 PM
I will say, unlike the original, the reboot was not boring.

I really liked the BG reboot.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 12:39:16 PM
From Rodzinski:
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Literally the heaviest book I ever attempted to read

It isn't as heavy as Les Misérables ;)
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 12:42:41 PM
Hmmm, I looked it up to read 1246.  1,336 pages is still fewer than 1,376 for Les Misérables.  As you mentioned, the type can make a book seem smaller or larger.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 08, 2023, 12:43:32 PM
And dumber than a box of rocks.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 12:47:51 PM
Hmmm, all of the McMenamins I know of are located in Oregon and Washington.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 12:53:45 PM
The only possibility I could find in NY was Mac Menamin's Pub on a yelp link.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/mac-menamins-pub-new-york
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 12:56:40 PM
~~~SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES~~~ for DR Jane!!!!!

Thank you.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 12:56:59 PM
~~~SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES~~~ for DR Jane!!!!!

~~~DITTO!!~~~

Thanks.
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 01:12:42 PM
The only possibility I could find in NY was Mac Menamin's Pub on a yelp link.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/mac-menamins-pub-new-york

Long story short, my brain is utterly confused. Schnippers was the place in the NY Times building. I knew a completely unrelated McMenamins from my time near Philly.
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 01:13:41 PM
CONTINUED REMODELING VIBES FOR DR RODZINSKI!

Thank you! And George too!
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 01:14:10 PM
Better-day vibes for DR Elmore!
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 01:14:30 PM
And travel vibes to DR Jane. Why Milwaukee?
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 01:35:00 PM
I am seeing Seth Rudetsky on Thursday night, accompanying Andrea Burns in a Bernstein program.

Bernstein's daughter, Jaime, will also be on hand to autograph copies of her new book about her father.

I wonder if he’ll play that odd clip of Cher singing all the parts of Tonight from West Side Story.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 01:35:54 PM
And dumber than a box of rocks.

That’s an unwarranted slam at rocks.
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Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 01:36:35 PM
And dumber than a box of rocks.

That’s an unwarranted slam at rocks.

Mustn't offend the rocks!!

;D
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Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 01:36:52 PM
Wordle 688 4/6

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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 01:36:53 PM
Proust’s In Search of Lost Time is more than 3,500 pages.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 01:38:47 PM
And here’s Cher. As Maria, Tony, Bernardo, Anita and all

https://youtu.be/qLq6k6Ckafg
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 01:39:05 PM
Fasten your seatbelts.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 01:39:39 PM
You know, they just don’t make ‘em like thst anymore.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 01:39:51 PM
For good reason.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 01:40:02 PM
Onward!
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 01:40:10 PM
Five!
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 01:42:53 PM
From Rodzinski:
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Literally the heaviest book I ever attempted to read

It isn't as heavy as Les Misérables ;)

Never attempted to read that one.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 02:03:48 PM
Some of Trollope’s novels top 1,000 pages. Tolstoy and Balzac, too.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 02:03:59 PM
All good fun.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 02:12:29 PM
That sounds like a fun event DR singdaw.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 02:12:38 PM
Vibes for DR ELMORE.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 02:16:49 PM
That sounds like a fun play DR GEORGE.

In our meeting yesterday - of the program committee - which has WAY too many people on it - several of the folks were recommending shows ONLY because they want to be in them.

I kept saying SUGAR is not a well known name and our audiences might not be familiar with it - not the real reason I kept saying no....but because of the two fools who have been in the show at some horrible theatre one county over and want to repeat their roles....which they were awful in to begin with.

Hopefully we will be able to secure the rights to the two shows we chose and we don't have to add SUGAR instead.....it's a dog of a show.....although I was instructed that if I promote it as "the stage version of Some Like It Hot" people will be fighting to get tickets.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 02:18:03 PM
Not starring those two losers.  And how do they know the director would even cast them?  They were only cast at the other theatre because there were no other choices.

Both of my musical choices were of course squashed.....two little unknown shows titled Nunsense II and My Fair Lady.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 02:19:27 PM
I shall now be on my way to rehearsal.....where I will still be "on book" and told to use my facial expressions more and handle my props more carefully - with a book in my hand.

And we are missing one person......
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 02:22:01 PM
I guess the first composer I was aware of was Mr. Tchaikovsky because of Mr. Van Cliburn's trip to Russian where he beat the Russkies at their own game.  We read all about it in our Weekly Reader magazine in the second grade.

He was on the Ed Sullivan Show.....and at my request, I was purchased the extended 45 rpm records of his version of the First Piano Concerto in B Flat Minor.

Up until then my exposure to classical music had been via Bugs Bunny....and the Lone Ranger.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 02:22:13 PM
And I'm off.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 02:22:33 PM
DR VIXMOM's up coming New York Adventure sounds most excellent!
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Post by: Ginny on May 08, 2023, 02:22:42 PM
Monday afternoon greetings!

Another day, another ladies’ end-of-year event.  Tonight’s the AAUW scholarship (indoor) picnic.  This is the last one on my calendar, thank goodness.
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Post by: Ginny on May 08, 2023, 02:23:19 PM
And here’s Cher. As Maria, Tony, Bernardo, Anita and all

https://youtu.be/qLq6k6Ckafg

Oh. My.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 02:23:22 PM
Oh and my brother decided we would go get my new lawn mower tomorrow.

The more I read about self-propelled mowers, the less I want one.....

If any DR has an opinion to share it would be most appreciated.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 02:29:13 PM
And here’s Cher. As Maria, Tony, Bernardo, Anita and all

https://youtu.be/qLq6k6Ckafg

Oh. My.

Exactly.
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Post by: Ginny on May 08, 2023, 02:30:36 PM
And here’s Cher. As Maria, Tony, Bernardo, Anita and all

https://youtu.be/qLq6k6Ckafg

Oh. My.

Exactly.

Some of the viewer comments are hilarious.  My favorite: “Now this is a theatre kid when you leave them home alone.”
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 02:33:07 PM
On This Day in 1886, Coca-Cola was invented. According to legend, Dr. John Styth Pemberton, an Atlanta pharmacist, produced the syrup in a brass pot in his backyard. It was first intended as a patent medicine. Today, Coca-Cola is one of the world's most popular soft drinks and one of the most recognized trademarks.
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Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 02:51:03 PM
Tuna sandwiches for lunch.
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Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 02:51:08 PM
Very good.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 08, 2023, 02:58:03 PM
That sounds like a fun event DR singdaw.

Seth Rudetsky and Jamie Bernstein? Two of my least favorite people.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 08, 2023, 03:02:01 PM
Better DR singdaw than me.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 08, 2023, 03:07:04 PM
Last night I watched most of the new DVD of one of my favorite operas, The Turn of the Screw. It's well conducted by my friend John Wilson, but the production had two problems: the concept and the fact it wasn't scary.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 03:16:24 PM
The only possibility I could find in NY was Mac Menamin's Pub on a yelp link.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/mac-menamins-pub-new-york

Long story short, my brain is utterly confused. Schnippers was the place in the NY Times building. I knew a completely unrelated McMenamins from my time near Philly.

That happens ;D
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 03:17:49 PM
I easily found the unrelated to the West Coast McMenamin's in Germantown Philadelphia.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 03:18:01 PM
It is about 35 minutes from where we lived.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 03:18:29 PM
And travel vibes to DR Jane. Why Milwaukee?

Our granddaughter lives there :)
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 03:19:20 PM
The only reason to go.  The city is nice, but not the fact we cannot fly nonstop to Milwaukee.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 03:20:02 PM
From Rodzinski:
Quote
Literally the heaviest book I ever attempted to read

It isn't as heavy as Les Misérables ;)

Never attempted to read that one.

The first time I read it I was in 9th grade.  I couldn't put it down and read it in two days.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 03:24:58 PM
Oh and my brother decided we would go get my new lawn mower tomorrow.

The more I read about self-propelled mowers, the less I want one.....

If any DR has an opinion to share it would be most appreciated.

I asked Keith.  I can't imagine I would ever have been able to push one that wasn't self-propelled.  He said all of our gas mowers were self-propelled.  What did your old one look like?
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 03:28:53 PM
Our last lawn mower was a tractor, it is very likely they have changed since we used one.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 03:29:19 PM
DR Jrand, do you know someone that might let you try their mower to see if you like it?
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 03:41:37 PM
How big is your lawn, JRand? And how flat is it? These are key questions. Today I wished I had a self-propelled mower on our slope out front.

I do love having a battery-powered mower though. Not dealing with gas is worth it!
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 03:45:48 PM
I wonder what band vixmom had planned to see!
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 03:47:16 PM
That sounds like a fun event DR singdaw.

Seth Rudetsky and Jamie Bernstein? Two of my least favorite people.

I agree with you 50%. And I don’t know who Jamie Bernstein is. Draw your own conclusions.
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 03:50:47 PM
We sort of inherited a lady who mowed the lawn here when the house was vacant. She also mows the empty lots across the street. She asked if we wanted her to continue. I said yes. She keeps coming. But I can’t get her to invoice us. I walked outside with cash once, she was like, “no I need to invoice you. That’s on me.” I literally can’t pay this person!
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 03:52:20 PM
Certain sloped sections she won’t mow, so I go touch up.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 04:21:54 PM
Went to Tuesday Morning. Different store from last week. The sale is still only 10% off, but the place looked picked through.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 04:22:07 PM
I got a planter.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 04:25:32 PM
I was surprised at the Pulitzer handing out the fiction award to two books, both of which I had read. Loved Demon Copperfield. Respected Trust.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 04:36:02 PM
Just grabbed a cold Italian sub at a favorite pizza joint. They still had one of my reviews up on the wall. Nice.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 04:54:45 PM
We sort of inherited a lady who mowed the lawn here when the house was vacant. She also mows the empty lots across the street. She asked if we wanted her to continue. I said yes. She keeps coming. But I can’t get her to invoice us. I walked outside with cash once, she was like, “no I need to invoice you. That’s on me.” I literally can’t pay this person!

 :o

Maybe there is something she would rather have than cash.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 05:15:23 PM
I was surprised at the Pulitzer handing out the fiction award to two books, both of which I had read. Loved Demon Copperfield. Respected Trust.

You mean Copperhead ;)  It took me awhile to find it.  Was it depressing?
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 05:20:36 PM
Is "respected" your opinion of Trust?
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 05:20:56 PM
Just grabbed a cold Italian sub at a favorite pizza joint. They still had one of my reviews up on the wall. Nice.

Nice indeed.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:12:52 PM
I was surprised at the Pulitzer handing out the fiction award to two books, both of which I had read. Loved Demon Copperfield. Respected Trust.

You mean Copperhead ;)  It took me awhile to find it.  Was it depressing?

Copperhead. Do you find Dickens depressing?
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:13:46 PM
Is "respected" your opinion of Trust?

Yes. Great idea. Some of it beautifully executed. Some of it still needed work.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:14:17 PM
The last plant is in a pot.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:18:57 PM
Got all of the plants watered in time for the thunderstorms tonight.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 06:21:20 PM
I was surprised at the Pulitzer handing out the fiction award to two books, both of which I had read. Loved Demon Copperfield. Respected Trust.

You mean Copperhead ;)  It took me awhile to find it.  Was it depressing?

Copperhead. Do you find Dickens depressing?

No, but I do find the author can be.
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Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 06:21:51 PM
I hired Seth on a couple of early Bay Cities things - Anastasia Affaire and Classical Broadway. He was very nice and fun to work with. At some point, that changed as he got his Sirius show and began his descent into pure ego.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:35:08 PM
I was surprised at the Pulitzer handing out the fiction award to two books, both of which I had read. Loved Demon Copperfield. Respected Trust.

You mean Copperhead ;)  It took me awhile to find it.  Was it depressing?

Copperhead. Do you find Dickens depressing?

No, but I do find the author can be.

Can’t help you there. I love BK. The other BK, that is.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:36:46 PM
I interviewed her years ago. She was a delight. And she was surprised I knew all of her work including her poetry and her book on the mining strike.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:38:37 PM
I’m now watching Living. Bill Nighy was robbed of the Oscar. As good as Fraser was, and he was excellent, Nighy is better.

Makes me want to watch Ikiru again.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:39:44 PM
Where is Singdaw?
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:40:13 PM
We should be deep in the despair of page seven by now.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:40:35 PM
Instead, we can’t get off six.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:40:50 PM
At least not soon enough.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:41:58 PM
Two
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:42:04 PM
One
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:42:12 PM
Seven!
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:42:32 PM
What is this page seven malarkey?
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:42:51 PM
Hello, 0 guests!
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:43:29 PM
What’s your favorite Bill Nighy performance?
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:46:21 PM
TOD:

I discovered Florence Price recently when a CD of her first and third symphonies came in at the library. So I checked it out and loved her music.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 06:48:55 PM
I interviewed her years ago. She was a delight. And she was surprised I knew all of her work including her poetry and her book on the mining strike.

I am glad she is delightful.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 06:49:58 PM
I’m now watching Living. Bill Nighy was robbed of the Oscar. As good as Fraser was, and he was excellent, Nighy is better.

Makes me want to watch Ikiru again.

I would not have been disappointed if Nighy won, still I wanted Fraser to win.
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Post by: Jane on May 08, 2023, 06:50:14 PM
'night
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:51:03 PM
TOD 2:
I discovered George Anthiel when reading about his work with Hedy Lamarr on the engineering marvel that eventually made cellphones technology possible.

I then heard some of his orchestral work and eventually his soundtracks, including those BK has released.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 06:51:32 PM
Good night, Jane.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 07:06:53 PM
I wonder what band vixmom had planned to see!

Princess Goes ( FKA Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum)
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 07:08:40 PM
We sort of inherited a lady who mowed the lawn here when the house was vacant. She also mows the empty lots across the street. She asked if we wanted her to continue. I said yes. She keeps coming. But I can’t get her to invoice us. I walked outside with cash once, she was like, “no I need to invoice you. That’s on me.” I literally can’t pay this person!

 :o

Maybe there is something she would rather have than cash.



Mrs. R might have something to say about that
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Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 07:10:45 PM
What’s your favorite Bill Nighy performance?

I immediately thought of Love, Actually
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Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 07:13:01 PM
Stopped and visited with WFO on the way home from work
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Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 07:14:21 PM
He climbed up his stairs and back down today which I am very pleased to report
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Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 07:16:06 PM
We’re still in the dreaded page seven
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Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 07:16:28 PM
I hear tell Bruce has an aversion to this page
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Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 07:16:47 PM
Poor page seven
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Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 07:16:57 PM
To be so maligned
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Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 07:17:09 PM
It’s just sitting here quietly
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Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 07:17:29 PM
Allowing access between pages six and eight
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Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 07:21:08 PM
Seven sits silently
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:21:50 PM
DR JANE it is just a regular gas push mower....20" cut, I think. 

DR RODZINSKI -  my house is on a corner....my yard measured by the houses across the street is as wide as a driveway, a front yard, and second driveway, another front yard, a THIRD driveway and about 1/4 of that front yard.....and then a side yard - to say nothing of the back yard which is average size.

It is not hilly but there is an incline toward the house from the street.....

I have to say that my brother in law almost always mows the front/side with his riding mower.  I only do it myself once or twice a year and the backyard has a small storage barn and clothesline poles and a rock garden and a deck and flowers and the Pet Semetary.....so I am not sure that a self propelled mower would be easy to use around all of those obstacles.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:22:37 PM
I have avoided an electric mower because most of the batteries last an hour - and it takes me more than an hour to do the job.....

We shall see what we shall see.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:23:02 PM
Obviously what I need is the neighbor of DR RODZINSKI.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 07:23:16 PM
I would like to get us off this page
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Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 07:23:26 PM
But I have little to say
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:23:26 PM
Rehearsal was okay tonight.  We are off tomorrow night....

GREASE is dancing along.....
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Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 07:23:38 PM
And lots of laundry to do
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:24:01 PM
DR VIXMOM what do you look forward to most on your NYC jaunt?
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Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 07:24:02 PM
I would like to try some cherry chip ice cream though
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Post by: vixmom on May 08, 2023, 07:24:11 PM
Page eight!
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:24:20 PM
Descent Into Pure Ego is the title of the third volume of my memoirs.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:25:04 PM
We are predicted to have temps in the 30's on Wednesday and Thursday night.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:26:16 PM
One of my stage directions is that I have to sit on a fellow actor as he reclines pretending to be dead.

The directions are that I sit on his crotch.  I get up and sit back down two or three times.  And he can't stop laughing.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:26:35 PM
It's the closest I've been to a date since 2017.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:26:59 PM
Congrats to DR GINNY on clearing the calendar!
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:28:01 PM
So I'm not sure I need a self-propelled mower since I don't do the BIG section of the lawn with any regularity.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:28:18 PM
It's just us DR VIXMOM.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:28:35 PM
My blood sugar is doing very well this week.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:29:35 PM
Since the self propelled kind of mower costs $150 or more than the push mower.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:29:53 PM
But it's only money.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:30:18 PM
Did you hear about the guy who stole his neighbor's painting?
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:30:36 PM
He was always after Other People's Monet.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:31:00 PM
What did the buffalo say when he let his little boy off at school?
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:31:06 PM
Bison.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:31:31 PM
I am not nearly as amusing as the regular evening crowd here at HHW.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:34:05 PM
How many channels did everyone have when they were growing up....before cable?

We had four channels and then five when PBS showed up in the late sixties.

WLWI was ABC, WFBM was NBC, WISH was CBS, and WTTV was an independent station.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:35:39 PM
One time our goat got out on the road in front of the school bus.  It was very embarrassing.  My mother came out in her housecoat and got it back inside the fence.

It was the talk of school that day.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:37:13 PM
Since we were the first ones on the bus and the last ones off - sometimes the driver let me put out the stop sign when he stopped to pick up kids.  That was very exciting as well....although not GOAT level excitement.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:39:28 PM
I did not see a color photograph of Van Cliburn until he was on the cover of LIFE magazine - when I discovered he had RED hair.

I was sure that we would be married and live a lovely life in Texas, his home state.  And as I have written before I thought Van Cliburn was his last name, so I searched in vain to discover what his first name might be.

I decided that I would just call him Tex Van Cliburn when we were out on a date.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:39:49 PM
Oh dear, I drove DR VIXMOM away.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:39:59 PM
Story of my life.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:40:08 PM
DR VIXMOM and Tex.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:41:32 PM
We had an Edsel at one time.

The first time we drove around in it, I started to roll my window down in the back seat and the handle came off in my hand.

That was just the beginning of the troubles with the car.....in fact it was so bad and caused such friction between my parents that.....
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:42:06 PM
My mother handed my father her keys and said that she was done driving and henceforth he could tote her everywhere.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:42:33 PM
And she never got behind the wheel of a car again.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:42:59 PM
But that didn't stop her from giving a lot of driving advice from the passenger seat.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:43:12 PM
Most of which my father ignored.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:43:46 PM
We traded in the 1959 Edsel for a 1962 Mercury which was a beautiful car.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:44:08 PM
And we kept that until we got a 1964 Ford Fairlane which was very fast.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 07:44:24 PM
Page Nine.....South America, take it away!
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 08:03:18 PM
From the sublime to the sitcom. I’m now starting 80 for Brady.
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Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 08:05:31 PM
The cast is great. The rest is, well, uncomfortable.
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 08:08:17 PM
I had multiple laughs courtesy JRand. You did great!
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 08:08:41 PM
I'd splurge and get the self-propelled. You can always shut off that function for detail work.
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 08:09:51 PM
Or get battery powered that comes with two battery slots. One dies after an hour and the other kicks right on.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 08:11:07 PM
Our lawn lady is not even a neighbor. I don't know from where she comes.
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 08:12:47 PM
80 For Brady seemed like a throwback to some time that may never have existed. Not that I'd ever watch it.
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Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 08:16:20 PM
This has been a difficult day for the most part. I do not care for difficult days. Obnoxious text to wake up to, ubiquitous computer freeze, the restart that takes time for everything to load properly, Finder freezing and having to reload THAT, never left the house, which is beginning to really annoy me, and other irritants.
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 08:17:19 PM
Growing up in Chicagoland we had on the VHF Band
ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, WGN the big local with Bozo's Circus.

UHF had
Spanish Channel 26, WFLD Channel 32 reruns and old movies, Channel 44 reruns, cartoons and old movies until it was taken over and turned into a wavy pay-movie channel.
Channel 60 and 66. Interchangeable. One started out as a music-video channel.
And Channel 50, run out of a local high school in St. John, Indiana.
Maybe one other Spanish channel.
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Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 08:17:35 PM
On the other hand, at the Big Apple Film Festival they're screening episode one of Sami in the Greenwich Village. I'll put the details in but I'd love someone to attend and film so I can hear the reaction. We're trying to get Sami to attend as there'll be a brief Q&A afterwards.
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Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 08:17:50 PM
And the tuna sandwiches were good.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 08:18:12 PM
I watched parts of a movie - the parts where I wasn't asleep.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 08:18:25 PM
This has been a difficult day for the most part. I do not care for difficult days. Obnoxious text to wake up to, ubiquitous computer freeze, the restart that takes time for everything to load properly, Finder freezing and having to reload THAT, never left the house, which is beginning to really annoy me, and other irritants.

I'm sorry to hear all this.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 08:18:31 PM
And that's about it.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:24:01 PM
It's the closest I've been to a date since 2017.

 ;D
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:26:30 PM
You seem to get a lot of irritating morning texts, BK.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:26:40 PM
I think I'd change my number.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:26:55 PM
And not tell anyone.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:27:20 PM
DR Jrand72 was most entertaining this evening.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:27:28 PM
As he always is.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:27:47 PM
Hearty guffaws.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:28:00 PM
And hefty mitts.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:28:32 PM
I was attending a dress rehearsal this evening.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:28:40 PM
For a concert.
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:28:54 PM
As an observer, not as a performer.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:29:09 PM
They have a few things to work out before tomorrow night.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 08:29:12 PM
We are predicted to have temps in the 30's on Wednesday and Thursday night.

And I had to turn the AC on for the first time.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:29:22 PM
Like sound, lighting, and logistics.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:29:37 PM
But other than that, Mrs. Lincoln...
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Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:29:44 PM
TEN.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 08:30:41 PM
Congratulations on your rehearsed date, JRand.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:30:53 PM
Ten-ty ten ten.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:31:53 PM
Congratulations on your rehearsed date, JRand.

Jrand is the sitter, and the other guy the sittee, I guess.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:32:26 PM
I thought the sittee was going to say to DR Jrand72, "Usually, they buy me dinner first."
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:33:51 PM
I am up WAY WAY past my normal conk-out time.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:34:09 PM
And I just had a very late supper, as well.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:34:26 PM
So I'm fairly discombobulated.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: Jrand74 on May 08, 2023, 08:34:38 PM
Thanks all. :)

I did not know that you could disengage the self propel apparatus....thanks for the heads up DR RODZINSKI.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:35:11 PM
And now, I am going to bed.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: singdaw on May 08, 2023, 08:35:44 PM
Good night, friends.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 08:49:21 PM
Thanks all. :)

I did not know that you could disengage the self propel apparatus....thanks for the heads up DR RODZINSKI.

The rub is, when you do, you find out how much more a self-propelled weighs than a regular mower.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 09:01:08 PM
BK, sorry for all the frustration of the day.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: John G. on May 08, 2023, 09:37:35 PM
Good night, all.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 09:54:36 PM
And then there was ten.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 09:54:49 PM
An Agatha Christie Novel.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 09:55:32 PM
I started watching some Japanese kaiju movie and got about forty seconds in after the titles and went out like a light for an hour.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 09:56:14 PM
Gonna get a snack of some sort shortly. DoorDash has a five-dollar off late-night deal so why not.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 09:56:45 PM
The biggest savings would be Fat Sal's - 40% off whatever item AND five bucks more.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 10:23:11 PM
From Rodzinski:
Quote
Literally the heaviest book I ever attempted to read

It isn't as heavy as Les Misérables ;)

Never attempted to read that one.

I remember the musical coming out when I was in college and I bought the paperback edition of the unedited version. 
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 10:23:34 PM
It was over 1500 pages long. 
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Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 10:23:41 PM
I never actually read it, though. ::)
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 10:24:06 PM
But I have a whole bunch of various cast recordings of the musical. ;)
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Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 10:47:36 PM
That sounds like a fun play DR GEORGE.

In our meeting yesterday - of the program committee - which has WAY too many people on it - several of the folks were recommending shows ONLY because they want to be in them.

I kept saying SUGAR is not a well known name and our audiences might not be familiar with it - not the real reason I kept saying no....but because of the two fools who have been in the show at some horrible theatre one county over and want to repeat their roles....which they were awful in to begin with.

Hopefully we will be able to secure the rights to the two shows we chose and we don't have to add SUGAR instead.....it's a dog of a show.....although I was instructed that if I promote it as "the stage version of Some Like It Hot" people will be fighting to get tickets.

My friend pug usually won't cast someone in a role that they've already played, especially if she had directed them in the role previously.  She wants to see something different from them.
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Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 10:48:26 PM
Even if they specifically say that they want to play the same role, she most likely won't cast them in that role...she'll cast them in the show, but not in the same role.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 10:49:18 PM
And here’s Cher. As Maria, Tony, Bernardo, Anita and all

https://youtu.be/qLq6k6Ckafg

Oh. My.

That's one way to put it. ;)
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 10:50:16 PM
Oh and my brother decided we would go get my new lawn mower tomorrow.

The more I read about self-propelled mowers, the less I want one.....

If any DR has an opinion to share it would be most appreciated.

My mom has one and she loves it. 
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 10:50:29 PM
I've used it and actually like it, too...you just have to get used to it and learn how to control the speed.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 10:50:39 PM
And now that we're so close...
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: Rodzinski on May 08, 2023, 10:52:14 PM
But I have a whole bunch of various cast recordings of the musical. ;)

Reminds me of when Beaver Cleaver had to do a book report on The Three Musketeers and rather than read the book, he watched the Don Ameche-Ritz Brothers movie instead.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 10:53:32 PM
 
PAGE ELEVEN POST #301 DANCE!!
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 10:56:35 PM
Last night I watched most of the new DVD of one of my favorite operas, The Turn of the Screw. It's well conducted by my friend John Wilson, but the production had two problems: the concept and the fact it wasn't scary.

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7225.0;attach=17286)

Oh, my! :o
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 10:56:44 PM
So, what's the concept? ???

Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 10:59:29 PM
Just grabbed a cold Italian sub at a favorite pizza joint. They still had one of my reviews up on the wall. Nice.

That's pretty cool!
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:01:50 PM
What’s your favorite Bill Nighy performance?

His monologue/scene in the Vincent Van Gogh episode of Doctor Who
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:03:04 PM
We sort of inherited a lady who mowed the lawn here when the house was vacant. She also mows the empty lots across the street. She asked if we wanted her to continue. I said yes. She keeps coming. But I can’t get her to invoice us. I walked outside with cash once, she was like, “no I need to invoice you. That’s on me.” I literally can’t pay this person!

 :o

Maybe there is something she would rather have than cash.



Mrs. R might have something to say about that

::)
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Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:03:10 PM
:))
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:03:32 PM
He climbed up his stairs and back down today which I am very pleased to report

Very good news!
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Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:03:51 PM
I hear tell Bruce has an aversion to this page

But why?? 
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:05:29 PM
DR JANE it is just a regular gas push mower....20" cut, I think. 

DR RODZINSKI -  my house is on a corner....my yard measured by the houses across the street is as wide as a driveway, a front yard, and second driveway, another front yard, a THIRD driveway and about 1/4 of that front yard.....and then a side yard - to say nothing of the back yard which is average size.

It is not hilly but there is an incline toward the house from the street.....

I have to say that my brother in law almost always mows the front/side with his riding mower.  I only do it myself once or twice a year and the backyard has a small storage barn and clothesline poles and a rock garden and a deck and flowers and the Pet Semetary.....so I am not sure that a self propelled mower would be easy to use around all of those obstacles.

My mom has very oddly shaped lawn areas, not only in the front on either side of the driveway, but in the back, as well.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:06:17 PM
It's not difficult to navigate around the odd shapes and areas. 
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:06:23 PM
That shouldn't prevent you from considering a self-propelled mower.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:07:32 PM
I have avoided an electric mower because most of the batteries last an hour - and it takes me more than an hour to do the job.....

We shall see what we shall see.

My sister has an electric mower and she has two batteries...when the first one has run down, the second is ready to go. 
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:08:18 PM
The two batteries last more than long enough to mow her lawn, which is much larger than our mom's.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:10:50 PM
And lots of laundry to do

Instantly, the tune from Bye Bye Birdie popped into my head:  "I got a lot of laundry...to do." :)

Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:13:01 PM
How many channels did everyone have when they were growing up....before cable?

We had four channels and then five when PBS showed up in the late sixties.

WLWI was ABC, WFBM was NBC, WISH was CBS, and WTTV was an independent station.

I remember us having less than 13 channels, just the ones on the actual dial, but I don't remember exactly how many there were, or what they were.

Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:17:08 PM
I did not see a color photograph of Van Cliburn until he was on the cover of LIFE magazine - when I discovered he had RED hair.

I was sure that we would be married and live a lovely life in Texas, his home state.  And as I have written before I thought Van Cliburn was his last name, so I searched in vain to discover what his first name might be.

I decided that I would just call him Tex Van Cliburn when we were out on a date.

That's a great story, Jrand! ;D
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:19:41 PM
Growing up in Chicagoland we had on the VHF Band
ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, WGN the big local with Bozo's Circus.

UHF had
Spanish Channel 26, WFLD Channel 32 reruns and old movies, Channel 44 reruns, cartoons and old movies until it was taken over and turned into a wavy pay-movie channel.
Channel 60 and 66. Interchangeable. One started out as a music-video channel.
And Channel 50, run out of a local high school in St. John, Indiana.
Maybe one other Spanish channel.

I don't remember ever having or watching UHF channels. 
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:20:00 PM
We never had any higher numbered channels until we got cable after we moved here to Washington.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:20:21 PM
On the other hand, at the Big Apple Film Festival they're screening episode one of Sami in the Greenwich Village. I'll put the details in but I'd love someone to attend and film so I can hear the reaction. We're trying to get Sami to attend as there'll be a brief Q&A afterwards.

That would be cool.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:21:45 PM
Congratulations on your rehearsed date, JRand.

Jrand is the sitter, and the other guy the sittee, I guess.

Could this be the beginnings of a show-mance?? ;)
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 11:35:02 PM
Guess I should write some damn notes.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 11:35:21 PM
Had a late-night burger from Fat Sal's.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 11:36:03 PM
The 40% off always works but the five-dollar coupon code didn't, so I called  - they had no idea why so the just gave me a credit.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:36:13 PM
But I have a whole bunch of various cast recordings of the musical. ;)

Reminds me of when Beaver Cleaver had to do a book report on The Three Musketeers and rather than read the book, he watched the Don Ameche-Ritz Brothers movie instead.

That's funny! :))
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 11:36:20 PM
So, the cost was about five bucks less than if I'd gone there.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 11:36:58 PM
I think there might be a page twelve lurking nearby.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 11:37:06 PM
It is my intuition.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 11:37:22 PM
Is there gaslighting going on?
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Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 11:37:35 PM
Gaslighting 101.
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Post by: bk on May 08, 2023, 11:37:40 PM
See?
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:38:26 PM
The 40% off always works but the five-dollar coupon code didn't, so I called  - they had no idea why so the just gave me a credit.

That's very nice of them.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:38:34 PM
Gratuitous Post #333!!
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:39:16 PM
Is there gaslighting going on?

I don't know nothin' about no gaslighting!
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 08, 2023, 11:59:33 PM
Oh, no...Grace Bumbry, 1st Black singer at Bayreuth, dies at 86 (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/grace-bumbry-1st-black-singer-at-bayreuth-dies-at-86/ar-AA1aUHPf?OCID=ansmsnnews11).
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: George on May 09, 2023, 12:00:12 AM
I'd first heard some of her recordings when I was in college and enjoyed them very much.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 09, 2023, 12:38:12 AM
New notes are up.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 09, 2023, 12:38:18 AM
Up are new notes.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 09, 2023, 12:38:25 AM
I've seen them.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 09, 2023, 12:38:31 AM
I've read them.
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Post by: bk on May 09, 2023, 12:38:37 AM
I wrote them.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: bk on May 09, 2023, 12:38:46 AM
And now, you can read them.
Title: Re: CHERRY-CHIP
Post by: Rodzinski on May 09, 2023, 12:39:57 AM
Notes!