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Title: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 12:13:08 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes went back to the eighth grade where they belong, and now it is time for you to post until the eighth grade cows come home.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 12:13:57 AM
And the word of the day is: INTERPOLATE!
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 04:00:59 AM
Good morning, friends.
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 04:01:25 AM
Thanks for the video link, DR George. I'll have to make time to watch the whole thing.
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 04:01:47 AM
Glad you survived opening night!
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 04:02:39 AM
DR Ron Pulliam - that gal really makes me want to purchase some Indiana Farm Bureau insurance!
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 04:03:47 AM
I could really go for a plate of old-school squash and onions right about now.
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 04:04:11 AM
Or this:
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 04:23:42 AM
Or a nice fluffy lemon roll.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 27, 2023, 04:43:54 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 27, 2023, 04:44:20 AM
It was too chilly to get out of bed this morning, and I needed an excuse to sleep in.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 27, 2023, 04:44:52 AM
It's time for a new computer. I had to reboot this one three times yesterday.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 27, 2023, 04:45:24 AM
Good news about your opening night, DR George! How was the audience response?
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 27, 2023, 04:46:33 AM
I loved The List of Adrian Messenger, but I remember almost nothing about it now. I do remember that I saw it at the long-gone Paramount Theater in middletown, OH.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 27, 2023, 04:55:34 AM
Last night I finished off the first season of The Goes Wrong Show, by the creators of The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, and A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong. It contains six plays performed by the ever-bumbling Cornley Polytechnic Dramatic Society. Severa; were hit or miss, but the horror play, the Victorian melodrama, and the murder trial play were very funny, with outrageous puns and doubles entendres, slapstick, pratfalls, and over-the-top emoting that I found very funny.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 27, 2023, 04:57:27 AM
I hope to finish ballet No. 19 of Act One today. The goal for the long weekend is to finish another number as well.
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 05:10:40 AM
Oh fur cute...
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2023, 05:23:18 AM
Working vibes for DR ELMORE.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2023, 05:23:53 AM
The sun is shining and I am waiting for the Xfinity man to arrive....to do whatever....
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2023, 05:27:34 AM
I missed the first part of the Mary Tyler Moore documentary.....when i started it, the DVD show had just ended and everyone was moving on.

It is a very interesting show the moves right along.

TOD:
Ordinary People
Thoroughly Modern Millie

Chuckles Bites the Dust

I liked almost all of the episodes of the MTM Show.  The only ones that annoyed me were the ones the concentrated on Phyllis or Murray.  I liked them in small doses - but I didn't want to spend 30 minutes with them at the expense of Mary, Lou, Rhoda, and Ted.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2023, 05:28:00 AM
Slow day at HHW.....but it's early yet.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2023, 05:28:14 AM
Nice weather for a car race....tomorrow.
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 06:08:19 AM
I would like to be festooned.
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 06:09:13 AM
Wouldn't you like to be festooned?
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 06:09:26 AM
And that ain't a euphemism.
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Post by: KevinH on May 27, 2023, 06:12:18 AM
Good morning!
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Post by: KevinH on May 27, 2023, 06:12:27 AM
Wordle:  4/6
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 06:34:08 AM
Wordle:  4/6
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 06:34:27 AM
Let's get off this page.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 06:34:37 AM
In one...
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 06:34:47 AM
TWO
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 06:43:35 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 06:44:23 AM
I slept 8 hours and I am still tired.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 07:23:36 AM
I want to get up and do, but I feel the need to rest.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 07:24:14 AM
I may start the day with the new version of Tom Jones.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2023, 07:28:41 AM
Well the Xfinity man never showed up or texted.

I confirmed the appt. by a text they sent me yesterday.....maybe I accidentally canceled it....who knows?
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Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 07:33:21 AM
Good morning
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Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 07:34:10 AM
I had a dream that someone I was working with was leaving our law firm.
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Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 07:34:39 AM
He had been getting all his personal mail delivered to the office
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Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 07:36:06 AM
He was telling me that he was going to put in a address forwarding card to the post office so all mail woukd go to his new address
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Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 07:39:01 AM
I was trying to explain that all the office mail would be forwarded too and that he needed to reach out to all his creditors individually to change his address
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Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 07:39:12 AM
But he wouldn’t listen..
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Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 07:39:32 AM
I woke myself up explain it over and over
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Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 07:39:54 AM
I have no idea who the guy was.
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Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 07:40:23 AM
Guess I’ll Wordle
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Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 07:42:55 AM
Wordle 707 4/6

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Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 07:43:24 AM
I should have guessed this earlier considering I just caught up
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 27, 2023, 07:50:30 AM
TOD:

I really enjoyed MTM in "Thoroughly Modern Millie".

I thought "Ordinary People" extraordinary, but Timothy Hutton was the real star of the film, IMO, alongside Moore and Sutherland -- ALL of whom deserved nominations for Oscars. 
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 27, 2023, 07:52:22 AM
I loved The List of Adrian Messenger, but I remember almost nothing about it now. I do remember that I saw it at the long-gone Paramount Theater in middletown, OH.

I saw this on television.  Once.   I remember loving it until the ending when the actors "de-masked".  I already knew who was who, and that was fine, but when Kirk Douglas de-masked, he had this smarmy look on his face that said to me, "You didn't know it was ME, did you?"  I hated that, and it left a bad memory of the film for me.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 27, 2023, 07:57:25 AM
(http://)A film I saw twice in a theater was Larry Peerce's "A Separate Peace".  I had read and enjoyed the John Knowles book, so I was hoping the film would be good, too.  I thought it was -- even though most critics did not.

This is the film with Parker Stevenson's acting debut.  He was good as Gene.  But the best of everyone in the cast was the one-film wonder John Heyl as Finney.  Mr. Heyl's performance was dead-on perfect for that character.  Oddly enough, he had zero interest in acting.  I think he had been spotted somewhere in New England, at school maybe, and was asked to test for the role.  It was likely a lark for him, but he didn't take to it at all as a potential career.

The film has a very nice, if sparse, score by Charles Fox.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 27, 2023, 08:11:28 AM
Color me opinionated! 8)
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 08:13:18 AM
Color me opinionated! 8)

What color?
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 08:21:30 AM
Did you hear about the Italian chef who died?
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 08:21:39 AM
He pasta away
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 08:33:11 AM
Battling Butler really is hilarious Keaton. The choreography is a real joy.
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 08:33:17 AM
Oy!
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 08:33:23 AM
 ;D
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 08:33:56 AM
  What color?

Why, chartreuse!
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 08:34:54 AM
Listening to Aaron Copland's opera, The Tender Land, and reminiscing about when I sang it in college.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2023, 08:35:12 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 08:35:30 AM
Some say it was the culmination of his "Americana" period.
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 08:35:46 AM
THREE.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2023, 08:36:16 AM
Bacon's cooking!
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2023, 08:38:22 AM
Saturday, and it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2023, 08:38:59 AM
My biggest chore for today is thinking up what I should bring to my friend's annual Sunday-of-Memorial-Day-Weekend par-tay tomorrow.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 08:42:51 AM
Battling Butler in full.

https://youtu.be/i7D575W_z6Q
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 08:59:05 AM
The Battle of the Butlers, starring Gerard Butler and Kerry Butler.
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 08:59:38 AM
My money's on Kerry.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2023, 09:09:56 AM
I really need to go out and do some "yard work" - i.e., brush cutting, cleaning up fallen branches and whatnot from the winter/spring storms, that kind of thing.

Okay, maybe a little later.  :)
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 09:12:40 AM
My money's on Kerry.

Mine too
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 09:15:02 AM
Starting Tom Jones. I haven’t read the book in 45 years, but I remember loving it
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 09:16:20 AM
For a teenager it was just bawdy enough to make you want to read the classics.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2023, 09:18:38 AM
I started thinking about my eighth grade. It gets kind of conflated with the ninth, because my seventh grade was in a school district we only lived in for one year, then eighth and ninth were in a school I immediately loved more for various reasons. This, of course, was when we had "junior high" - grades 7 through 9 - as opposed to "middle" school, a seemingly arbitrary change that to this day still makes no sense to me.

No drama teachers in my case, so my favorites were the choral directors - who were not only pretty good ones, themselves, but they were very supportive of my own musical interests in addition to the accompanying I was doing for them.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 27, 2023, 09:23:52 AM
Color me opinionated! 8)

What color?

Sometimes vermilion.  Other times, cobalt blue.
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 09:28:32 AM
Thanks for the video link, DR George. I'll have to make time to watch the whole thing.

My pleasure, Singdaw!  I didn't know anything about that, but I'm actually not that surprised that it was on YouTube. :)
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 09:28:48 AM
It looks like there may have been two different film adaptions of A Separate Peace, with different actors, both from 1972. Is that possible?
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 09:29:29 AM
  Sometimes vermilion. 

His trousers were vermillion.
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 09:29:49 AM
Glad you survived opening night!

Thanks, Singdaw!
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 09:31:01 AM
Or this:

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7244.0;attach=17500)

;D
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 27, 2023, 09:33:20 AM
And now I'm thinking about my 8th Grade.

Homeroom, for math and science, was Mrs. Bee Dalton.  Did not much like her.  She did have us create and update notebooks when NASA began launching astronauts into space for rotations around the earth.   I had Mrs. Smith for English and history. She was a sweet lady.

However...the 8th grade was when my love of film music and films solidifed and became a lifelong obsession.  The catalyst was my best friend Jim Whaley.  Early on, we connected with a love of films and talked about Saturday Night at the Movies.  What connected us was that we both loved the music scores of the films.  Between us, we scoured our city library for information about films, studios and composers.  Jim made this his life's passion.  His parents relocated to Stone Mountain GA from Greenville SC.  While he was in high school, Jim wrangled himself into a public broadcasting radio show featuring film soundtracks.  He also made contacts with composers, including Alfred Newman, and conducted on-air interviews via telephone.

After college, Jim broadened his horizons by hosting a PBS TV show (WABE out of Stone Mountain GA)  called "Cinema Showcase."  Stone Mountain is a suburb of Atlanta, and Atlanta was the hub of the southeast where everyone associated with film came to promote their films.  Jim got them on his show.  And also touring companies came through and he got to interview some theatrical celebs, as well.  Jim also went on press junkets and travelled to MGM for the "That's Entertainment" junket.  There is feature on one of the discs in that film set showing media touring the back lot.  Jim is visible in these scenes.

The shows are archived at UGA (the University of Georgia) and some may be viewed here:

https://bmac.libs.uga.edu/index.php/Detail/collections/2
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 09:34:11 AM
The other one, not the one mentioned by DR Ron Pulliam, was directed by Peter Yates, and is rated R.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2023, 09:34:51 AM
Listened to this podcast yesterday, and assuming it's all factual, I learned some more incredible stuff about one of my favorite subjects:  Trude Rittman.

https://www.broadway-nation.com/encore-episode-trude-rittmann-the-women-who-invented-broadway/

It's an "encore episode" so you might have heard it. I'm just catching up with these.
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 09:35:54 AM
Great, DR ChasSmith. Thank you.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 27, 2023, 09:36:02 AM
It looks like there may have been two different film adaptions of A Separate Peace, with different actors, both from 1972. Is that possible?

No, that was a 2004 TV movie.
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 09:36:17 AM
Or a nice fluffy lemon roll.

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7244.0;attach=17501)

Oh, my!  That looks good!
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 09:37:56 AM
Good news about your opening night, DR George! How was the audience response?

Thanks, Larry!  They really enjoyed it!  There were appropriate laughs and applause, and talking to friends afterward, a good time was had by all!
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 09:39:23 AM
Oh fur cute...

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7244.0;attach=17504)

So cute!! ;D
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 27, 2023, 09:40:17 AM
DR Ron, Jim Whaley was a great interviewer! And as Steve Martin once said to him, he had the best eyes in show business. Each eye was like a little smile. What a loss it was when he left too soon.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 27, 2023, 09:40:31 AM
Good news about your opening night, DR George! How was the audience response?

Thanks, Larry!  They really enjoyed it!  There were appropriate laughs and applause, and talking to friends afterward, a good time was had by all!

Funny memory here:  There was always one cast member we dubbed, privately, as "good time".
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 09:44:55 AM
Wordle:  4/6

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7244.0;attach=17505)

:))
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 27, 2023, 09:45:25 AM
DR Ron, Jim Whaley was a great interviewer! And as Steve Martin once said to him, he had the best eyes in show business. Each eye was like a little smile. What a loss it was when he left too soon.

One of the worst days of my life came in August 1992.   Jim and I wrote all the time, regardless of where in the world I was or where he traveled.  He would always tell me what he was doing, who he interviewed, whether they were good interviews or bad (and his memory of Carol Channing was abysmal), and he would pass on some "dirt" as well.

I had written him in late July.  When I got my letter in mid August, it was a thick envelope, and I was anticipating a great read.   (At that time, I was station manager of the AFRTS-TV affiliate in Naples, Italy).  I remember walking into my office, sitting down,  opening the envelope for a long read...and then being puzzled:  Inside was my last letter to him, unopened, and another letter from his father.  He explained that Jim had suffered a heart attack, but died in the ambulance en route to a hospital.  He enclosed the obituary.

I must have read that letter a dozen times before it sank in.

It was the first major loss in my life: My best friend of nearly 40 years was gone.
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 09:45:46 AM
Oh, my!  There just were a couple of loud thunder claps! :o
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 09:48:28 AM
Wordle 707 6/6

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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 09:49:31 AM
DR Ron, Jim Whaley was a great interviewer! And as Steve Martin once said to him, he had the best eyes in show business. Each eye was like a little smile. What a loss it was when he left too soon.

One of the worst days of my life came in August 1972.   Jim and I wrote all the time, regardless of where in the world I was or where he traveled.  He would always tell me what he was doing, who he interviewed, whether they were good interviews or bad (and his memory of Carol Channing was abysmal), and he would pass on some "dirt" as well.

I had written him in late July.  When I got my letter in mid August, it was a thick envelope, and I was anticipating a great read.   (At that time, I was station manager of the AFRTS-TV affiliate in Naples, Italy).  I remember opening the envelope and being puzzled:  Inside was my last letter to him, unopened, and another letter from his father.  He explained that Jim had suffered a heart attack, but died in the ambulance en route to a hospital.  He enclosed the obituary.

I must have read that letter a dozen times before it sank in.

It was the first major loss in my life: My best friend of nearly 40 years was gone.

Hugs, Ron.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 09:49:58 AM
This is brilliant

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2023/5/26/2171586/-There-isn-t-a-masculinity-crisis-Conservative-men-are-just-babies
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 27, 2023, 09:50:15 AM
DR Rodzinski:  Thanks for the anecdote about Steve Martin.  Another I can share was by Susan Hayward:  "You know more about my career than I do". She said it with amazement and appreciation. 

As I said, we scoured a library to learn about movies, and it was habit Jim went through before every interview.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 27, 2023, 09:58:57 AM
This is brilliant

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2023/5/26/2171586/-There-isn-t-a-masculinity-crisis-Conservative-men-are-just-babies

It certainly gives me a chuckle.   Conservative men (apologies to any and all who read this), a portion of them, (actually, a LARGE portion of them), are, indeed, WHINY, simpering, pouting fools.  They do whatever they can to attain enough power to dictate to the rest of us how we should think, live and act.

It doesn't matter to them that this country and its constitution were created to declare freedom of choice, freedom of speech, freedom of/from religion, etc.  It only matters that they get to tell us what we can say and believe.

How they have managed to corrupt Congress with this is nearly unbelievable.  Let's look at Matt Gaetz from Florida, for instance.  Outside of his consistent rule-breaking and grandstanding, has he ever, for one time, done anything constructive for the country?  I say no, just as Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz and Kevin Mc Carthy (and before him Paul Ryan), and the newer batch like Boebert and Taylor-Greene have no idea how to "serve" the country.  They only exist to upset and break rules and create havoc.  That is how the conservatives gain power - by deflecting attention from real issues by creating non-issues, hate and distrust.

Gosh, my soap box is wobbling
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 27, 2023, 10:00:02 AM
Enough out of me for now.  It's lunch time.
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Post by: Ginny on May 27, 2023, 10:09:12 AM
Saturday afternoon greetings!  We are heading north again today.  This time to Findlay for great nephew Nathan’s party.  He graduated from Findlay High School this morning and we watched on live stream.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 10:14:24 AM
From Ron:

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When I lived in Indianapolis way back when I always enjoyed watching the start of IU basketball games on TV.   Not for the game, mind you, but for this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpgI8BMuNhw

I did not expect a woman pushing a oversized dust mop ;D
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 10:17:19 AM
From George:

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Last night, we finished the show at about 10:30 after starting around 7:35.

I didn't realize how long it is.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 10:25:46 AM
Giving Japanese nutritionists the willies since 2023...
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 10:28:00 AM
George, thanks for the link last night.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 10:43:54 AM
Battling Butler in full.

https://youtu.be/i7D575W_z6Q

Thanks for the link!  I'll have to watch it sometime soon. :)
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 10:47:42 AM
Good news about your opening night, DR George! How was the audience response?

Thanks, Larry!  They really enjoyed it!  There were appropriate laughs and applause, and talking to friends afterward, a good time was had by all!

Funny memory here:  There was always one cast member we dubbed, privately, as "good time".

:o
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 10:48:01 AM
:))
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 10:49:17 AM
DR Ron, Jim Whaley was a great interviewer! And as Steve Martin once said to him, he had the best eyes in show business. Each eye was like a little smile. What a loss it was when he left too soon.

One of the worst days of my life came in August 1972.   Jim and I wrote all the time, regardless of where in the world I was or where he traveled.  He would always tell me what he was doing, who he interviewed, whether they were good interviews or bad (and his memory of Carol Channing was abysmal), and he would pass on some "dirt" as well.

I had written him in late July.  When I got my letter in mid August, it was a thick envelope, and I was anticipating a great read.   (At that time, I was station manager of the AFRTS-TV affiliate in Naples, Italy).  I remember walking into my office, sitting down,  opening the envelope for a long read...and then being puzzled:  Inside was my last letter to him, unopened, and another letter from his father.  He explained that Jim had suffered a heart attack, but died in the ambulance en route to a hospital.  He enclosed the obituary.

I must have read that letter a dozen times before it sank in.

It was the first major loss in my life: My best friend of nearly 40 years was gone.

That's so sad. :(
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 10:50:31 AM
I have never seen Ted Lasso, but Hannah Waddingham is perfect in Tom Jones.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 10:53:09 AM
I heard she was also an amazing host of Eurovision.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 10:54:08 AM
This is brilliant

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2023/5/26/2171586/-There-isn-t-a-masculinity-crisis-Conservative-men-are-just-babies

It is! ;D
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 10:55:34 AM
This is brilliant

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2023/5/26/2171586/-There-isn-t-a-masculinity-crisis-Conservative-men-are-just-babies

It certainly gives me a chuckle.   Conservative men (apologies to any and all who read this), a portion of them, (actually, a LARGE portion of them), are, indeed, WHINY, simpering, pouting fools.  They do whatever they can to attain enough power to dictate to the rest of us how we should think, live and act.

It doesn't matter to them that this country and its constitution were created to declare freedom of choice, freedom of speech, freedom of/from religion, etc.  It only matters that they get to tell us what we can say and believe.

How they have managed to corrupt Congress with this is nearly unbelievable.  Let's look at Matt Gaetz from Florida, for instance.  Outside of his consistent rule-breaking and grandstanding, has he ever, for one time, done anything constructive for the country?  I say no, just as Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz and Kevin Mc Carthy (and before him Paul Ryan), and the newer batch like Boebert and Taylor-Greene have no idea how to "serve" the country.  They only exist to upset and break rules and create havoc.  That is how the conservatives gain power - by deflecting attention from real issues by creating non-issues, hate and distrust.

Gosh, my soap box is wobbling

Very well put, Ron!
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 10:56:35 AM
Saturday afternoon greetings!  We are heading north again today.  This time to Findlay for great nephew Nathan’s party.  He graduated from Findlay High School this morning and we watched on live stream.

Congrats on your great nephew Nathan's graduation, Ginny!
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Ginny on May 27, 2023, 10:57:43 AM
Saturday afternoon greetings!  We are heading north again today.  This time to Findlay for great nephew Nathan’s party.  He graduated from Findlay High School this morning and we watched on live stream.

Congrats on your great nephew Nathan's graduation, Ginny!

Thanks, DR George, and same to you on your opening night!
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 10:58:47 AM
From George:

Quote
Last night, we finished the show at about 10:30 after starting around 7:35.

I didn't realize how long it is.

The video for the original Broadway production is 147 minutes (2 hours and 27 minutes), so we're not too far off.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 10:59:10 AM
George, thanks for the link last night.

Anytime!
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 11:00:01 AM
Saturday afternoon greetings!  We are heading north again today.  This time to Findlay for great nephew Nathan’s party.  He graduated from Findlay High School this morning and we watched on live stream.

Congrats on your great nephew Nathan's graduation, Ginny!

Thanks, DR George, and same to you on your opening night!

Thanks, Ginny!
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 11:06:30 AM
I want to get up and do, but I feel the need to rest.

Wise decision.  Pain is exhausting.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 11:07:11 AM
I have no idea who the guy was.

;D
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 11:08:04 AM
And so my day of inactivity is leading me to a nap.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 11:10:02 AM
I'm up, I'm up - almost eight hours of sleep.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 11:10:46 AM
I started thinking about my eighth grade. It gets kind of conflated with the ninth, because my seventh grade was in a school district we only lived in for one year, then eighth and ninth were in a school I immediately loved more for various reasons. This, of course, was when we had "junior high" - grades 7 through 9 - as opposed to "middle" school, a seemingly arbitrary change that to this day still makes no sense to me.

No drama teachers in my case, so my favorites were the choral directors - who were not only pretty good ones, themselves, but they were very supportive of my own musical interests in addition to the accompanying I was doing for them.

The change still makes no sense to me.  I think the age separation was better as it was. 
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 11:12:13 AM
DR George, I am very pleased you had a good evening.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 11:14:21 AM
DR George, I am very pleased you had a good evening.

Thanks, Jane!  So am I. :)
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 11:14:24 AM
DR Ron, Jim Whaley was a great interviewer! And as Steve Martin once said to him, he had the best eyes in show business. Each eye was like a little smile. What a loss it was when he left too soon.

One of the worst days of my life came in August 1972.   Jim and I wrote all the time, regardless of where in the world I was or where he traveled.  He would always tell me what he was doing, who he interviewed, whether they were good interviews or bad (and his memory of Carol Channing was abysmal), and he would pass on some "dirt" as well.

I had written him in late July.  When I got my letter in mid August, it was a thick envelope, and I was anticipating a great read.   (At that time, I was station manager of the AFRTS-TV affiliate in Naples, Italy).  I remember walking into my office, sitting down,  opening the envelope for a long read...and then being puzzled:  Inside was my last letter to him, unopened, and another letter from his father.  He explained that Jim had suffered a heart attack, but died in the ambulance en route to a hospital.  He enclosed the obituary.

I must have read that letter a dozen times before it sank in.

It was the first major loss in my life: My best friend of nearly 40 years was gone.

I cried reading this.  You must still miss him :(
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 11:14:58 AM
I really need to go out and do some "yard work" - i.e., brush cutting, cleaning up fallen branches and whatnot from the winter/spring storms, that kind of thing.

Okay, maybe a little later.  :)

When you’re done there , my bestest friend Chas, wanna have a go at the vibes that seemed to have overtaken my hostas?
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 11:15:20 AM
Jane, I asked Jed about lunch next Friday, and both he and Ann are working.  I'm here in Tumwater, so it's not any trouble for me to meet you. 
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 11:16:04 AM
My biggest chore for today is thinking up what I should bring to my friend's annual Sunday-of-Memorial-Day-Weekend par-tay tomorrow.

I vote for a mixed berry pie
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 11:16:42 AM
Not to get political, but OMG!  Jack Smith’s SECRET WITNESS against Trump finally Revealed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyRUDn4E96I)!

Michael Popok of Legal AF reports on breaking developments in the fast moving jack smith mar a Lago criminal investigation of Trump, including new testimony and cooperation by an unnamed Mar a Lago maintenance worker who with photos and new facts shows that Trump orchestrated a scheme to hide classified documents from the FBI and DOJ.

:D
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 11:17:17 AM
Saturday afternoon greetings!  We are heading north again today.  This time to Findlay for great nephew Nathan’s party.  He graduated from Findlay High School this morning and we watched on live stream.

Have fun.  Congratulations to great nephew Nathan.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 11:18:43 AM
I have never seen Ted Lasso, but Hannah Waddingham is perfect in Tom Jones.

I am not surprised as she is wonderful in Ted Lasso.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 11:20:01 AM
From George:

Quote
Last night, we finished the show at about 10:30 after starting around 7:35.

I didn't realize how long it is.

The video for the original Broadway production is 147 minutes (2 hours and 27 minutes), so we're not too far off.

If you say so ;D
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 11:21:11 AM
Jane, I asked Jed about lunch next Friday, and both he and Ann are working.  I'm here in Tumwater, so it's not any trouble for me to meet you. 

Thanks for asking.  Did you offer dinner as an option?  Of course we are open for whichever is best for you. 
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 11:25:04 AM
Not to get political, but OMG!  Jack Smith’s SECRET WITNESS against Trump finally Revealed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyRUDn4E96I)!

Michael Popok of Legal AF reports on breaking developments in the fast moving jack smith mar a Lago criminal investigation of Trump, including new testimony and cooperation by an unnamed Mar a Lago maintenance worker who with photos and new facts shows that Trump orchestrated a scheme to hide classified documents from the FBI and DOJ.

:D

Wow, thanks for this.  Vibes the maintenance worker stays safe and healthy!
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2023, 11:44:14 AM
I really need to go out and do some "yard work" - i.e., brush cutting, cleaning up fallen branches and whatnot from the winter/spring storms, that kind of thing.

Okay, maybe a little later.  :)

When you’re done there , my bestest friend Chas, wanna have a go at the vibes that seemed to have overtaken my hostas?

KILLER VIBES!!!
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: elmore3003 on May 27, 2023, 11:48:32 AM
Starting Tom Jones. I haven’t read the book in 45 years, but I remember loving it

I'm a bit worried about this "woke" BBC version. I liked the one the BBC did around 30- years ago, but the Albert Finney remains my favorite.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 11:53:00 AM
Jane, I asked Jed about lunch next Friday, and both he and Ann are working.  I'm here in Tumwater, so it's not any trouble for me to meet you. 

Thanks for asking.  Did you offer dinner as an option?  Of course we are open for whichever is best for you. 

He had mentioned that he works until 4:30 or 5:00, so that's probably not enough time for them to get down here and enjoy a meal before our call time.  And with kids, they probably wouldn't want to go out after the show.  Just a guess, though.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: elmore3003 on May 27, 2023, 11:56:09 AM
I finished Ni. 19, then I had a nice telephonic conversation with Joshie, who s arranging Paul McCartney songs for the Irish Rep Gala. I got an email from his brother Jeremy, who's illustrating Annabelle & Thatch, and he's got some pictures to show me. I think our publication date is drawing nigh, so I cc'd my reply to our publisher..
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: elmore3003 on May 27, 2023, 11:57:38 AM
Jane, I asked Jed about lunch next Friday, and both he and Ann are working.  I'm here in Tumwater, so it's not any trouble for me to meet you. 

Thanks for asking.  Did you offer dinner as an option?  Of course we are open for whichever is best for you. 

He had mentioned that he works until 4:30 or 5:00, so that's probably not enough time for them to get down here and enjoy a meal before our call time.  And with kids, they probably wouldn't want to go out after the show.  Just a guess, though.

If Ann came to the show, they'd have to dump the kids on a sitter or family, so why couldn't they go out after?
\
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 12:10:23 PM
I shall now be on my way to lunch with dear reader Jeanne.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 12:14:41 PM
Jane, I asked Jed about lunch next Friday, and both he and Ann are working.  I'm here in Tumwater, so it's not any trouble for me to meet you. 

Thanks for asking.  Did you offer dinner as an option?  Of course we are open for whichever is best for you. 

He had mentioned that he works until 4:30 or 5:00, so that's probably not enough time for them to get down here and enjoy a meal before our call time.  And with kids, they probably wouldn't want to go out after the show.  Just a guess, though.

If Ann came to the show, they'd have to dump the kids on a sitter or family, so why couldn't they go out after?
\

Only assuming here, but they live in Tacoma, which is at least a half hour north of here, so after a long day, they may not want to stay out even longer...but it's just a guess. 
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 12:14:53 PM
I can ask him if they'd be interested, assuming Jane and Keith want to stay out late, too.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2023, 12:19:36 PM
I'ved lazed around just about enough today. Time to get up off my ASS and get some things done.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 12:28:05 PM
Jane, I asked Jed about lunch next Friday, and both he and Ann are working.  I'm here in Tumwater, so it's not any trouble for me to meet you. 

Thanks for asking.  Did you offer dinner as an option?  Of course we are open for whichever is best for you. 

He had mentioned that he works until 4:30 or 5:00, so that's probably not enough time for them to get down here and enjoy a meal before our call time.  And with kids, they probably wouldn't want to go out after the show.  Just a guess, though.

Thanks.  We will let you name the time and place that is best for you.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 12:29:25 PM
Jane, I asked Jed about lunch next Friday, and both he and Ann are working.  I'm here in Tumwater, so it's not any trouble for me to meet you. 

Thanks for asking.  Did you offer dinner as an option?  Of course we are open for whichever is best for you. 

He had mentioned that he works until 4:30 or 5:00, so that's probably not enough time for them to get down here and enjoy a meal before our call time.  And with kids, they probably wouldn't want to go out after the show.  Just a guess, though.

If Ann came to the show, they'd have to dump the kids on a sitter or family, so why couldn't they go out after?
\

Only assuming here, but they live in Tacoma, which is at least a half hour north of here, so after a long day, they may not want to stay out even longer...but it's just a guess. 

We will be heading home early in the morning and will need to go to sleep.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 12:44:43 PM
We need to get back home as we are leaving again on June 5th.  That is the start of 6 weeks worth of 3.5 hour trips to Bend, Oregon.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 12:45:05 PM

The new dermatologist, whom we will not be returning to, did two biopsies on Keith's nose.  Then for two weeks he heard nothing before he finally called for his results and was informed he has two different skin cancers (not melanoma).  Two weeks the doctor sat with that information, not good.

She then, supposedly, sent a request to a local doctor to do Mohs.  Supposedly since we have not heard from the office to set up an appointment for his Mohs surgeries.

Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 12:45:13 PM
In the meantime Keith found a better treatment, longer process but a faster healing time with less chance of needing plastic surgery once completed. It is called IG-SRT treatment and uses low levels of radiation to kill the cancer cells.  It has been around a long time.  The office we are traveling to Bend for has a way to measure the cancer cells and know exactly how much of an area to treat.

Unfortunately there currently aren't any offices that do this in Portland or Vancouver.  Soon, but not yet. There is one in Tacoma, however, it doesn't have the more accurate machine.

 
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 12:45:51 PM
We will be spending three nights a week in Bend and four nights home until the process is completed.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 12:46:51 PM
There will be a total of twenty treatments.  Two the first week, with three each following week if all goes well.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 12:47:15 PM
I can ask him if they'd be interested, assuming Jane and Keith want to stay out late, too.

I guess I already answered that.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 12:47:44 PM
I shall now be on my way to lunch with dear reader Jeanne.

Have a nice lunch. 
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 01:29:02 PM
That sounds grueling, DR Jane, but glad that there is a treatment option available.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2023, 02:05:44 PM
Oh my DR JANE.

It sounds like you have a bad situation well in hand.

Vibes for you both.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2023, 02:06:20 PM
Such wonderful posts & links today.

I have certainly been kept busy.

I also loved A SEPARATE PEACE - book & first movie.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2023, 02:06:36 PM
I hope DR JEANNE & MR BK are having a nice lunch.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2023, 02:06:49 PM
It's prolly over by now.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2023, 02:07:35 PM
XFINITY man came 45 minutes late....worked outside for about twenty minutes and proclaimed himself DONE!

I don't notice a difference, but then again I hadn't noticed anything wrong before.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2023, 02:07:53 PM
DR GINNY's nephew graduated from Maude Findlay High School?
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2023, 02:08:13 PM
I enjoyed reading DR RON PULLIAM's posts today - as always.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2023, 02:09:15 PM
And DR CHAS SMITH's as well.

Our junior high had grades 7 & 8. 

My 8th grade year included the day when President Kennedy was shot....and I just realized this November will be the 70th anniversary of that event.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jrand74 on May 27, 2023, 02:10:39 PM
Still nice weather here.

I may mow the lawn tomorrow - we shall see.

Remember you can use a Grabber to pick up small sticks and debris in your yard and you don't have to keep bending over.  If you wear a florescent green shirt your neighbors will think you are doing your community service.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2023, 02:29:13 PM
That sounds grueling, DR Jane, but glad that there is a treatment option available.

Boy, it sure does.

Could he still just choose MOHS plus the plastic surgery if needed?
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2023, 02:30:08 PM
Out in El Lay, a nice luncheon has been had. We'll need some details, of course.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2023, 02:34:57 PM
And DR CHAS SMITH's as well.

Our junior high had grades 7 & 8. 

My 8th grade year included the day when President Kennedy was shot....and I just realized this November will be the 70th anniversary of that event.

That was one of the first things I thought about, because the JFK news was coming to us as we were lined up to board the school buses in that school's front driveway that afternoon. That was my 9th grade. I think? November of the 1963-64 school year?

(Okay, wait a minute... 10th grade was 64-65, 11th was 65-66, and 12th was 66-67. So yes, that's right, it was my 9th grade.)
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 02:35:49 PM
XFINITY man came 45 minutes late....worked outside for about twenty minutes and proclaimed himself DONE!

I don't notice a difference, but then again I hadn't noticed anything wrong before.

;D
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2023, 02:36:14 PM
(I'm terrible at doing year-oriented math in my head.)
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 02:37:07 PM
And DR CHAS SMITH's as well.

Our junior high had grades 7 & 8. 

My 8th grade year included the day when President Kennedy was shot....and I just realized this November will be the 70th anniversary of that event.

Only 7th & 8th, did you like that?  It seems like the two classes would have been close.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 02:37:20 PM
I was in 9th grade when Kennedy was shot.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 02:38:25 PM
That sounds grueling, DR Jane, but glad that there is a treatment option available.

Boy, it sure does.

Could he still just choose MOHS plus the plastic surgery if needed?

Yes, but this is not only better, it has a slightly higher success rate than Mohs.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 02:41:38 PM
And DR CHAS SMITH's as well.

Our junior high had grades 7 & 8. 

My 8th grade year included the day when President Kennedy was shot....and I just realized this November will be the 70th anniversary of that event.

That was one of the first things I thought about, because the JFK news was coming to us as we were lined up to board the school buses in that school's front driveway that afternoon. That was my 9th grade. I think? November of the 1963-64 school year?

(Okay, wait a minute... 10th grade was 64-65, 11th was 65-66, and 12th was 66-67. So yes, that's right, it was my 9th grade.)

At first I was thinking you heard rather late in the day, then remembered the time difference.

I graduated in February of '67.  Did you graduate in June or February?
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 02:42:32 PM
That sounds grueling, DR Jane, but glad that there is a treatment option available.

Thank you.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 02:42:42 PM
Oh my DR JANE.

It sounds like you have a bad situation well in hand.

Vibes for you both.

Thank you.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 02:43:10 PM
Still nice weather here.

I may mow the lawn tomorrow - we shall see.

Remember you can use a Grabber to pick up small sticks and debris in your yard and you don't have to keep bending over.  If you wear a florescent green shirt your neighbors will think you are doing your community service.

;D
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jeanne on May 27, 2023, 02:53:30 PM
Hello, everyone.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: ChasSmith on May 27, 2023, 02:55:34 PM
And DR CHAS SMITH's as well.

Our junior high had grades 7 & 8. 

My 8th grade year included the day when President Kennedy was shot....and I just realized this November will be the 70th anniversary of that event.

That was one of the first things I thought about, because the JFK news was coming to us as we were lined up to board the school buses in that school's front driveway that afternoon. That was my 9th grade. I think? November of the 1963-64 school year?

(Okay, wait a minute... 10th grade was 64-65, 11th was 65-66, and 12th was 66-67. So yes, that's right, it was my 9th grade.)

At first I was thinking you heard rather late in the day, then remembered the time difference.

I graduated in February of '67.  Did you graduate in June or February?

Right, we were living in Florida.

I graduated in June '67.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jeanne on May 27, 2023, 02:57:15 PM
Bruce and I had a lovely lunch — luncheon, if you prefer. Good food, interesting conversation, and the fellow at the next booth bought our meal! Everyone singing Happy Birthday was a bit of a giveaway, but still very kind and unexpected.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jeanne on May 27, 2023, 02:58:29 PM
I now have my copy of Preview Harvey to read and review.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jeanne on May 27, 2023, 03:01:00 PM
I just wish I had had a normal night’s sleep. I’m definitely not with it today!
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jeanne on May 27, 2023, 03:02:29 PM
Jane, mega vibes to Keith for the skin cancer treatment.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jeanne on May 27, 2023, 03:07:17 PM
Hugs to all of us missing those who’ve passed on.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Jeanne on May 27, 2023, 03:09:15 PM
Now, I need a nap!

TTFN.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: DR Iris on May 27, 2023, 03:12:23 PM
DR Jeanne, what a lovely gift from a fellow diner.
That sort of gesture restores my faith in humanity.
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Post by: DR Iris on May 27, 2023, 03:15:55 PM
DR Jane, am sorry to hear about Keith’s diagnosis and the upcoming ordeal.
Basal and squamous cell skin cancers have very successful cure rates when caught early, so I am optimistic.

Not impressed with the dermatologist who didn’t notify you immediately.
Shameful.

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Post by: DR Iris on May 27, 2023, 03:17:02 PM
I think your decision to choose radiation is wise.
High cure rate, no scarring or pain.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 03:17:12 PM
DR Jeanne, what a lovely gift from a fellow diner.
That sort of gesture restores my faith in humanity.

My thoughts exactly.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 03:18:03 PM
The Texas House voting to impeach the criminal Paxton also restores my faith in humanity.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 03:18:18 PM
I’m getting up from my nap.
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Post by: DR Iris on May 27, 2023, 03:19:35 PM
DR Chas, I watched The Conversation for the first time right after Cindy Williams passed away.
I,too, found the film very powerful and well executed.
No pun intended.
Or maybe it was? 😊
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 03:20:43 PM
Elmore, this Tom Jones is pleasant enough, but it has shown no reason to be four hours long. Each episode seems padded by about 10 minutes apiece.
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Post by: DR Iris on May 27, 2023, 03:20:54 PM
Now, whenever I hear the song 🎵 When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin’ Along, i only hear it in Cindy’s voice.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 03:20:59 PM
But I shall finish it
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Post by: DR Iris on May 27, 2023, 03:25:14 PM
I agree, John G., about Paxton’s impeachment.
A good day for our system of justice.
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 03:25:51 PM
I do not care for page seven.
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 03:29:20 PM
Lunch was really fun - when the bill came, I left my cc to pay, then went and used the loo. When I came back the cc was still there so I asked told our server he could go run it and pay the check. And he said, it's already paid for and he pointed to these two super nice fellows who'd sung happy birthday. I couldn't believe it. And as dear reader Iris said, it restores one's faith in humanity. And other than an obnoxious text in the morning, this day has been very nice. A check I wasn't expecting for another two weeks arrived and that's helpful. No traffic anywhere.
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 03:29:49 PM
Paxton is a jerk but what was the straw that made it happen?
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 27, 2023, 03:36:06 PM
DR Jeanne, what a lovely gift from a fellow diner.
That sort of gesture restores my faith in humanity.

My thoughts exactly.

Ditto!
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 03:50:09 PM
Bruce and I had a lovely lunch — luncheon, if you prefer. Good food, interesting conversation, and the fellow at the next booth bought our meal! Everyone singing Happy Birthday was a bit of a giveaway, but still very kind and unexpected.

Very kind and unexpected :)

I like that they sung happy birthday to you.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 03:51:07 PM
Jane, mega vibes to Keith for the skin cancer treatment.

Thank you.  Having two at once motivated him want to find an alternative to surgery.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 03:51:35 PM
Hugs to all of us missing those who’ve passed on.

I will second that!
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 03:52:27 PM
DR Jane, am sorry to hear about Keith’s diagnosis and the upcoming ordeal.
Basal and squamous cell skin cancers have very successful cure rates when caught early, so I am optimistic.

Not impressed with the dermatologist who didn’t notify you immediately.
Shameful.



Thank you.  We both have had plenty of those.  The issue this time are the locations.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 03:55:20 PM
We agree it was shameful for her not to contact him.

She had told him to make another appointment in five weeks to go over his issues.  I suspected he was going to get his results then but he didn't believe me since that was not the reason she made the appointment.  Sure enough, the assistant asked if he wanted to cancel his follow up visit since that was to give him the results of the biopsy.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 03:57:14 PM
Who waits five weeks to tell you there is cancer!  With all my positive diagnosis, if the margins have not all been removed, they got me back into the office as soon as possible.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 03:57:40 PM
I think your decision to choose radiation is wise.
High cure rate, no scarring or pain.

Did you just look it up or were you familiar with it?
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 03:58:14 PM
The Texas House voting to impeach the criminal Paxton also restores my faith in humanity.

Congratulations!
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 03:59:25 PM
Lunch was really fun - when the bill came, I left my cc to pay, then went and used the loo. When I came back the cc was still there so I asked told our server he could go run it and pay the check. And he said, it's already paid for and he pointed to these two super nice fellows who'd sung happy birthday. I couldn't believe it. And as dear reader Iris said, it restores one's faith in humanity. And other than an obnoxious text in the morning, this day has been very nice. A check I wasn't expecting for another two weeks arrived and that's helpful. No traffic anywhere.

Overall, it was a good day.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 04:05:22 PM
Paxton is a jerk but what was the straw that made it happen?


Trying to make Republicans pay a $3 million bill to cover his deceit.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 04:07:02 PM
Vibes for Keith. And for competent treatment.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 04:09:25 PM
Shirley Henderson is an underused talent. She’s fun in Tom Jones.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 04:13:52 PM
Just figured out this Tom Jones. And sorry I am slow. It’s written and directed by women and is largely told from their point of view. What happens to women with and without money.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 04:14:22 PM
Uno mas
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 04:14:28 PM
Eight
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 04:27:28 PM
Vibes for Keith. And for competent treatment.

Thanks.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 04:29:41 PM
Just figured out this Tom Jones. And sorry I am slow. It’s written and directed by women and is largely told from their point of view. What happens to women with and without money.

Interesting.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 04:36:35 PM
I can't think of a favorite episode of The Mary Tyler Moore show.


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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 04:36:57 PM
Ordinary People
Thoroughly Modern Millie
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 04:44:27 PM
Page eight.
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 04:44:41 PM
Doing a vinyl transfer.
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 04:44:47 PM
Why not?
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 04:45:33 PM
An old mono Decca classical album I was very fond of as a kid - Copland's The Red Pony and Virgil Thomson's Acadian Songs and Dances.
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 04:46:48 PM
While I was driving to lunch, they were playing an opera on the radio - a new-fangled opera about a boxer, with a score by Terence Blanchard. I sure enjoyed what I heard - jazzy at times, even a bit of rock, but mostly traditional opera but very tuneful.
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 04:47:10 PM
It was at the Met. I'll see if it's on YouTube as I'd like to hear the entire thing.
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 04:47:24 PM
I doubt it's been recorded, at least yet.
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 04:51:08 PM
The opera is called Champion.
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Post by: DR Iris on May 27, 2023, 05:06:34 PM
That opera is based on a true story, Bruce.
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Post by: DR Iris on May 27, 2023, 05:07:48 PM
https://youtu.be/0WTRzqCxSx0

Here’s a little bit of it on YouTube.
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Post by: DR Iris on May 27, 2023, 05:13:00 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn1xjAnm0YU

Washington National Opera
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Post by: DR Iris on May 27, 2023, 05:14:28 PM
Jane, I was married to a radiation oncologist for 22 years, so it was always a topic of conversation in our house.
We are still good friends.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 05:14:34 PM
Doing a 180. The feature now is The Strangler starring Victor Buono. Looks deliciously sordid.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 05:14:34 PM
I am reading an article that begins with "The Joe Biden administration has been accused of “stonewalling” a legal bid to uncover details of Prince Harry’s US visa application using Freedom of Information laws."

Really, as if this is a good reason to be angry at the Biden administration ;D

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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 05:14:51 PM
A Washington-based think-tank believes it is outrageous that Harry's request to have his application fast-tracked on the grounds of exceptional public interest was turned down.

Really, people can get their applications fast tracked because the public is interested in them :o

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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 05:15:41 PM

The new dermatologist, whom we will not be returning to, did two biopsies on Keith's nose.  Then for two weeks he heard nothing before he finally called for his results and was informed he has two different skin cancers (not melanoma).  Two weeks the doctor sat with that information, not good.

She then, supposedly, sent a request to a local doctor to do Mohs.  Supposedly since we have not heard from the office to set up an appointment for his Mohs surgeries.


Oh, my goodness! :o
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 05:15:47 PM
This is the full article is anyone is interested.  https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-government-accused-stonewalling-legal-173008598.html.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 05:16:12 PM
Champion sounds interesting. Thanks for the link, Iris.
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 05:16:20 PM
In the meantime Keith found a better treatment, longer process but a faster healing time with less chance of needing plastic surgery once completed. It is called IG-SRT treatment and uses low levels of radiation to kill the cancer cells.  It has been around a long time.  The office we are traveling to Bend for has a way to measure the cancer cells and know exactly how much of an area to treat.

Unfortunately there currently aren't any offices that do this in Portland or Vancouver.  Soon, but not yet. There is one in Tacoma, however, it doesn't have the more accurate machine.


Very good news!
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 05:16:54 PM
Jane, I was married to a radiation oncologist for 22 years, so it was always a topic of conversation in our house.
We are still good friends.

I did not know, or remember this.  I think it is an interesting subject.
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 05:17:51 PM
I can ask him if they'd be interested, assuming Jane and Keith want to stay out late, too.

I guess I already answered that.

Yup.  And not a problem. :)
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 05:18:12 PM
More and more offices are opening and they are training and hiring people to do this.  If I were much, much younger I would be very interested in training for this job. 
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 05:19:19 PM
DR GINNY's nephew graduated from Maude Findlay High School?

;D
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 05:21:31 PM
Ellen Corby of The Waltons is the horrible mother in The Strangler. She’s perfect.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 05:21:44 PM
Uno mas.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 05:21:51 PM
Nine.
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 05:22:02 PM
Bruce and I had a lovely lunch — luncheon, if you prefer. Good food, interesting conversation, and the fellow at the next booth bought our meal! Everyone singing Happy Birthday was a bit of a giveaway, but still very kind and unexpected.

That's so sweet!
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 05:22:57 PM
https://youtu.be/0WTRzqCxSx0

Here’s a little bit of it on YouTube.

That was very moving.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 05:23:17 PM
And interesting.
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 05:25:38 PM
The Texas House voting to impeach the criminal Paxton also restores my faith in humanity.

For me, not entirely...but a bit. ::)
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 05:27:10 PM
Now, whenever I hear the song  When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin’ Along, i only hear it in Cindy’s voice.

Nice.  I always hear Guy Haines' voice. :)
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 05:27:40 PM
It would've been cool if they could've done a duet.
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 05:28:14 PM
Paxton is a jerk but what was the straw that made it happen?

Exactly.
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 05:30:23 PM
Vibes for Keith. And for competent treatment.

~~~SUPER DITTO!!~~~
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 05:31:19 PM
Doing a vinyl transfer.

I've done a few Mahattan Transfer vinyl transfers. :D
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 05:32:54 PM
Vibes for Keith. And for competent treatment.

~~~SUPER DITTO!!~~~

Thank you.
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Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 05:33:58 PM
And now, I must be off to pick up a fellow cast member, then off to the theater.

Until later!
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 05:34:47 PM
Have another great evening!
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 05:41:07 PM
Remember, George!
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 05:41:24 PM
Oh, that’s not your line.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 05:44:40 PM
Had watermelon for dinner. Good stuff. Very juicy.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 05:46:35 PM
Read a review of the new Dr Pepper Float ice cream. They liked the product overall, but said it lacked the “peppery” taste of the soda. Huh? Dr Pepper doesn’t taste of pepper.
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Post by: DR Iris on May 27, 2023, 05:54:37 PM
John G. I think you mentioned reading the new book by Tom Hanks.
He did a great interview with Ari Melber about it.
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Post by: DR Iris on May 27, 2023, 05:55:52 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXDxV2YU3OY

I think this is the whole interview.
I really like Tom Hanks.
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Post by: DR Iris on May 27, 2023, 05:58:55 PM
DR Jane, I forgot to tell you how much I enjoyed reading about Keith’s Williamsburg birthday surprise for you in the holiday letter.
Very cute and clever!
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 06:14:41 PM
Had watermelon for dinner. Good stuff. Very juicy.

I was looking for watermelon to help my loosen my cough.  I haven't seen any.  Fortunately my cough has loosened up a bit.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 06:14:59 PM
Read a review of the new Dr Pepper Float ice cream. They liked the product overall, but said it lacked the “peppery” taste of the soda. Huh? Dr Pepper doesn’t taste of pepper.

:))
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 06:15:31 PM
While I don't care for Dr. Pepper, I know it does not taste peppery.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 06:17:17 PM
DR Jane, I forgot to tell you how much I enjoyed reading about Keith’s Williamsburg birthday surprise for you in the holiday letter.
Very cute and clever!

Thank you.  It was a wonderful birthday as Williamsburg turned on the Christmas lights just for me ;)
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 06:18:07 PM
I had been pestering Keith to go see the lights after friends invited us to meet them there and we couldn't go.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 06:20:02 PM
It was freezing cold that night.  They had bonfires set up and hot apple cider to help people warm up.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 06:22:11 PM
Having made last minute hotel reservations Keith couldn't find any place nice.  His assistant, who had once been a travel agent, was unhappy with where we were staying and found us a nice inn to stay at.  Bless her.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 06:23:53 PM
Of course I wanted to eat at the Williamsburg Inn except they, and just about every other restaurant were booked.  I must have called about 20 times to check if they had a cancellation, when to my surprise they did.  To eat there we missed the exact moment the lights went on.  Dinner was delicious and the inn a special place to dine.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 06:25:07 PM
After living in Ashland, I know that as exciting as it is to see the lights go on, it was worth missing standing in the freezing cold to have a special birthday dinner.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 06:25:26 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXDxV2YU3OY

I think this is the whole interview.
I really like Tom Hanks.

I also like him.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 06:26:15 PM
Ten!
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 06:33:15 PM
The Strangler was B-movie fun.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 06:33:50 PM
Now to start the new All Quiet on the Western Front.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 06:34:23 PM
2.5 hours of battles and bloodshed
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 06:36:29 PM
I don’t think I had ever seen the original title before. It translates as Nothing New on the Western Front. A little uglier, a little more cynical.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 06:40:12 PM
For years I could not eat popcorn very often, and certainly not at night. 
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 06:41:17 PM
Now when I say Keith is popping corn I can't express how much I appreciate the fact I no longer have to watch him eat it with sad eyes.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 06:41:30 PM
Keith is popping corn ;) :)
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 06:42:34 PM
I don’t think I had ever seen the original title before. It translates as Nothing New on the Western Front. A little uglier, a little more cynical.

We haven't watched it yet, not sure I want to.
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Post by: Jane on May 27, 2023, 06:43:02 PM
'night
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 06:53:10 PM
Good night, Jane.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 06:53:52 PM
I just remembered I have to play bells in the morning. If I am up for it.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 06:54:44 PM
One of my fellow ringers fell this week and broke her jaw. Her surgery is scheduled for the same time as the service.
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 06:58:22 PM
Sorry about your colleague, DR John G. But don't let this happen to you:
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 06:58:41 PM
First of all, the complete opera is on YouTube - just audio. But the person who uploaded it also includes a link to the complete video - I started watching and it looks great but it's wildly out of sync and that's just not the way to watch anything. So, I'm trying to download the video via Clip Grab but it's just not working - taking over two hours with no  progress in sight. I'm going to try another way and see if that works. If I can get it on the computer then I can give it to Marshall and he can fix the sync and give it back to me.
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 06:58:54 PM
DR John G., I do hope that you are feeling well enough to participate.
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 06:59:48 PM
There have been a lot of interesting write-ups about Champion.
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 07:01:40 PM
Tomorrow is Pentecost, so we are all encouraged to wear red.
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 07:05:03 PM
I wonder if this would do:
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 07:06:30 PM
 ;D
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 07:07:29 PM
When I was a kid, my parents would always say, "Excuse my French" after uttering a swear word.
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 07:07:55 PM
I'll never forget my first day at school when my teacher asked if any of us knew any French...
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 07:08:34 PM
 :)
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 07:10:35 PM
The news is reporting that a debt deal agreement has been struck. But will it get through Congress?
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 07:10:59 PM
And will the Texas Senate convict Paxton?
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 07:11:08 PM
Stay tuned.
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 07:12:57 PM
 :)
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 07:13:12 PM
3...
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 07:13:18 PM
2...
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 07:13:25 PM
1...
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 07:13:37 PM
ELEVEN!
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Post by: singdaw on May 27, 2023, 07:13:50 PM
Good night, friends.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 07:21:41 PM
I wonder if this would do:

Depends on your church.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 07:45:57 PM
The war scenes are brutal. The scenes of the politicians and generals are no less horrifying.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 07:47:01 PM
And I am only halfway through.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 07:49:40 PM
JB doesn’t like the sound of the battle scenes.
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Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 08:06:51 PM
Watching a four-part documentary about Armie Hammer and his grotesque family.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 08:26:24 PM
Watching a four-part documentary about Armie Hammer and his grotesque family.

San Antonio connection there. His very nice ex-wife has a bakery here.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 08:26:48 PM
I’m fading.
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Post by: John G. on May 27, 2023, 08:26:59 PM
Good night, all.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:12:21 PM
Just caught up
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Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:12:44 PM
Sending hugs to Ron, your story made my heart hurt
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 27, 2023, 09:15:35 PM
Still nice weather here.

I may mow the lawn tomorrow - we shall see.

Remember you can use a Grabber to pick up small sticks and debris in your yard and you don't have to keep bending over.  If you wear a florescent green shirt your neighbors will think you are doing your community service.

So...we should make our neighbors believe we have been assigned community service by a judge?
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 27, 2023, 09:16:34 PM
Sending hugs to Ron, your story made my heart hurt

Am assuming you meant the one about my best friend.

Correction to all who read it and commented.  I must have had 1972 on my brain when I wrote it.  My friend died in August 1992. 
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:17:13 PM
I also agree 100% with your opinion of the Republicans in Congress
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:17:59 PM
Sending hugs to Ron, your story made my heart hurt

Am assuming you meant the one about my best friend.

Correction to all who read it and commented.  I must have had 1972 on my brain when I wrote it.  My friend died in August 1992. 

Yes.  How very sad.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:20:27 PM
Jack , I believe this year is the 60th anniversary of JFKs assassination.

I was in first grade but still remember my teacher being called out to the hallway by another teacher and then coming back in crying.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:21:45 PM
Back then kids , even in kindergarten, were let to walk home on their own, so school,was dismissed early.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:22:20 PM
I arrived home to find that my mother was watching TV and crying too,
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 27, 2023, 09:23:17 PM
I am reading an article that begins with "The Joe Biden administration has been accused of “stonewalling” a legal bid to uncover details of Prince Harry’s US visa application using Freedom of Information laws."

Really, as if this is a good reason to be angry at the Biden administration ;D



It's just another deflection by conservativism...create a "hot topic" to get people stirred up over yet another non-national item that has no bearing on anything.

Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:24:31 PM
Re school divisions , in the town where I lived until I was 9, K-6 were in elementary then 7-12 were in the high school
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:25:34 PM
When we moved the schools were k-4 in elementary, 5-9 in middle school and 10-12 in high school
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:26:33 PM
But now ( same school district) the schools are K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:28:02 PM
Vixdad and I went out to brunch at IHOP where I had their new bourbon bacon jam eggs Benedict , which I highly recommend
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:28:55 PM
Then we went shopping for an air conditioner for the bedroom
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:29:11 PM
Which we found and purchased
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Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:29:25 PM
Vixdad is going to install it on Monday
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Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:30:05 PM
I was mildly surprised when we got home to find the vines were still overrunning the hostas
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 27, 2023, 09:30:28 PM
Jane: Tell Keith I am sure he will lick this cancer and hold up to the treatments very well.  Optimism is the key...that and a positive outlook.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:30:54 PM
But then I found my typo , so the misunderstanding is  entirely my fault
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 27, 2023, 09:31:19 PM
DR JackRandallEarles:  Thank you for your lovely comment about my posts.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:36:33 PM
Speaking of vibes, I send my strongest successful treatment  and recovery vibes to Keith.

That dermatologist is a disgrace.  Keith should have been called immediately, personally by the doctor, as soon as the pathology results were received.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:38:03 PM
Well I had better get to sleep since I need to get up early and iron my red dress before Pentecost services tomorrow….ooops I mean later today .
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:38:14 PM
It already is tomorrow
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:38:38 PM
At least on this side of the continent
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: vixmom on May 27, 2023, 09:39:19 PM
Good night
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 10:02:05 PM
Finished with my viewing. The Hammer family is about as vile gets and just shows you the power of money. Finally got Champion onto the computer and a thumb drive and will give it to Marshall, who'll be able to fix the sync - they I can watch it.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 11:33:01 PM
No posts in ninety minutes?
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 11:33:16 PM
Did George go out and eat with his fellow players?
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 11:33:26 PM
Because he certainly isn't here.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 11:33:49 PM
We've been on this damn page for two damn HOURS.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 11:33:58 PM
Well, it happens.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 11:34:12 PM
Listening to the Terence Blanchard opera.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 11:34:18 PM
I'm enjoying it.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 11:34:36 PM
I am.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 11:34:47 PM
And I don't care who knows it.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 11:35:18 PM
When did opera audiences start behaving like whopping and hollering theater audiences. It's embarrassing.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 11:35:25 PM
What?
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 11:35:39 PM
I can't hear you.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 27, 2023, 11:35:56 PM
The sounds of silence.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 11:48:21 PM
Have another great evening!

Thanks, Jane!  I did!
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 11:49:00 PM
Ann was there with either friends and/or family.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 11:50:59 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXDxV2YU3OY

I think this is the whole interview.
I really like Tom Hanks.

Cool!  I also really like Ari Melber.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 11:51:50 PM
It was freezing cold that night.  They had bonfires set up and hot apple cider to help people warm up.

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7244.0;attach=17510)

Nice picture, Jane!
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 11:53:50 PM
One of my fellow ringers fell this week and broke her jaw. Her surgery is scheduled for the same time as the service.

Oh, no!

~~~Quick Recovery Vibes For John's Fellow Ringer!!~~~
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 11:55:39 PM
Tomorrow is Pentecost, so we are all encouraged to wear red.
I wonder if this would do:

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7244.0;attach=17513)

Well, if they don't specify, red is red. ;)
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 11:56:20 PM
;D

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7244.0;attach=17515)

:))
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 11:57:04 PM
The news is reporting that a debt deal agreement has been struck. But will it get through Congress?

But the question is what services have been cut? :-\
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 11:57:43 PM
Watching a four-part documentary about Armie Hammer and his grotesque family.

Yikes! :o
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 11:59:16 PM
But now ( same school district) the schools are K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Interesting.  The schools here are K-6, 7-8, 9-12.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 27, 2023, 11:59:31 PM
PAGE 13 DANCE!!
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 28, 2023, 12:00:33 AM
Vixdad and I went out to brunch at IHOP where I had their new bourbon bacon jam eggs Benedict , which I highly recommend

Boozin' in the afternoon, are we??
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:01:19 AM
I miss our Ann.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:01:25 AM
I just do.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:02:03 AM
Better turn the heat on - got a little chilly - the day was hot.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:02:09 AM
But the night is cold.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:02:17 AM
Now I want soup.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 28, 2023, 12:02:20 AM
Did George go out and eat with his fellow players?

No, but I drove through Burger King just as it was closing and I got an absolutely freshly cooked bacon and Swiss chicken sandwich.
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Post by: George on May 28, 2023, 12:02:30 AM
It was quite delish.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:02:54 AM
I suppose I could do a late-night run to Ralph's and get my Diet Cokes and also some Campbell's soup, but I don't think I will.
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Post by: George on May 28, 2023, 12:03:13 AM
I also ordered the 4-piece mozzarella sticks, but I guess since they were closing, I got seven sticks!
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:03:34 AM
I didn't love Burger King when I recently had it, but maybe I should try a chicken sandwich.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 28, 2023, 12:03:47 AM
AND they gave me some fresh French fries and I didn't even ask or pay for those.
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Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:03:53 AM
Seven mozzarella sticks are always preferable to four.
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Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:04:28 AM
That happens sometimes at the California Chicken Cafe - I'll order a breast and wing and they'll thrown two or three extra wings.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:04:38 AM
Now I want wings.
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Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:04:45 AM
Wings and soup.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 28, 2023, 12:04:46 AM
BUT, the diet Coke that I got had no ice, was kind of warm and totally flat. :P
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Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:04:50 AM
Soup and wings.
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Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:05:00 AM
And other things.
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Post by: George on May 28, 2023, 12:05:01 AM
I hate it when that happens! >:(
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Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:05:21 AM
New notes are up.
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Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:05:31 AM
Up are new notes.
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Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:05:38 AM
I've seen them.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:05:44 AM
I've read them.
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Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:05:50 AM
I wrote them.
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Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:06:01 AM
They're fun.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:06:09 AM
They really are fun.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:06:16 AM
Well, not that much fun.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 28, 2023, 12:06:23 AM
But, after I saw that I got fries and extra mozzarella sticks (and they had turned off all their lights), I didn't even ask for ice...it's fine.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:06:39 AM
I need to turn on the heat, but when has the heat ever turned ME on, that's what I'd like to know?
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 28, 2023, 12:06:43 AM
PAGE FOURTEEN DANCE!!
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:06:46 AM
Page fourteen.
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Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:06:56 AM
I could use some wings and soup.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:07:27 AM
And heat.
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Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:07:35 AM
And soup.
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Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:07:40 AM
And wings.
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 28, 2023, 12:07:50 AM
But the really good news is that the new Broadway cast recording to Parade finally arrived in my mail box!  Whew! 
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:07:55 AM
And flings.
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Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:08:28 AM
We is very close to 400 posts.
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Post by: George on May 28, 2023, 12:08:35 AM
Gratuitous Post #400!!
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Post by: bk on May 28, 2023, 12:08:36 AM
So close that we're there.
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Post by: George on May 28, 2023, 12:08:57 AM
I had also (separately) ordered a DVD and a book and both I those arrived today, too!
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Post by: George on May 28, 2023, 12:09:08 AM
So close that we're there.

And then some!
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Post by: George on May 28, 2023, 12:09:19 AM
Who'da thunk it??
Title: Re: BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE
Post by: George on May 28, 2023, 12:10:02 AM
I still have some ketchuping to do.