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Title: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 21, 2023, 12:06:21 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke of the departing dog, and now it is time for you to post until the departing cows come home.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 21, 2023, 12:06:33 AM
And the word of the day is: BETTER.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: elmore3003 on December 21, 2023, 04:18:56 AM
Good morning, all!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 04:19:24 AM
Good morning, friends.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 04:19:34 AM
I never signed out last night.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 04:19:45 AM
Oh, well.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: elmore3003 on December 21, 2023, 04:20:43 AM
I slept rather well.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: elmore3003 on December 21, 2023, 04:22:44 AM
Yesterday, when I saw my podiatrist, I tld her about my fall. She checked my ankle and sent me off for an X-ray. Nothing was broken, but I do have a sprained ankle.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 04:23:45 AM
~~~SICK ABEYANCE VIBES~~~ for all!!!!!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 04:24:04 AM
Glad it's nothing worse, DR elmore3003.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: elmore3003 on December 21, 2023, 04:24:28 AM
This morning, I have a telephonic conversation with my co-creator of Moonshine and Mistletoe. I hope it's pleasant.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: vixmom on December 21, 2023, 05:28:20 AM
Good morning
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: vixmom on December 21, 2023, 05:28:29 AM
I must get me gone
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: vixmom on December 21, 2023, 05:28:39 AM
Health vibes to BK
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: vixmom on December 21, 2023, 05:28:55 AM
Ankle vibes for Elmore
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: vixmom on December 21, 2023, 05:29:13 AM
General vibes for health and happiness to all of us
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: vixmom on December 21, 2023, 05:29:30 AM
Hmmmmm Christmas gift
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: vixmom on December 21, 2023, 05:29:41 AM
I will have to think about that
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: vixmom on December 21, 2023, 05:30:40 AM
How about a magic ticket that gets me the best seat in the house to any play or musical I care to see….that never expires and never runs out
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: vixmom on December 21, 2023, 05:31:27 AM
While I think about how pleasant such a magic gem woukd be …a quick Wordle
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: vixmom on December 21, 2023, 05:32:16 AM
Wordle 915 4/6

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Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Rodzinski on December 21, 2023, 05:37:06 AM
Notes dogged. Barked.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Rodzinski on December 21, 2023, 05:42:47 AM
Sorry about your ankle angst dear Elmore.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Rodzinski on December 21, 2023, 05:55:32 AM
Ron P, absolutely, thanks for sharing the Edmund Gwenn story on FB!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Rodzinski on December 21, 2023, 05:57:17 AM
John G, I have the LP soundtrack of The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood. One of those projects it’s hard to believe exists.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Rodzinski on December 21, 2023, 05:58:06 AM
Squishy eating vibes for DR Singdaw. That’s no fun.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 06:02:12 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 06:03:42 AM
John G, I have the LP soundtrack of The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood. One of those projects it’s hard to believe exists.

I have that too.

We wish the world a happy Yule …
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 06:04:12 AM
Because who wants a sad Yul Brenner?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 06:04:42 AM
Onward.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 06:04:50 AM
Two!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 06:05:11 AM
I like Vixmom’s wish.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 06:05:24 AM
Money to travel.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: ChasSmith on December 21, 2023, 06:07:06 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: ChasSmith on December 21, 2023, 06:07:56 AM
…as I return to a semblance of normal life.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: KevinH on December 21, 2023, 06:13:23 AM
Good morning!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: ChasSmith on December 21, 2023, 06:14:12 AM
From yesterday:

We definitely had Christmas albums, but my memory will be vague on what they all were. I’ll hazard a guess that most were from the Columbia Record Club. If Mitch Miller issued one, my dad would certainly have had it. Andy Williams, probably. Maybe that Firestone series? I don’t think we had anything as avant garde as Elvis, but who knows.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: KevinH on December 21, 2023, 06:15:35 AM
Vibes for BK
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: KevinH on December 21, 2023, 06:16:04 AM
Vibes for DR elmore
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: KevinH on December 21, 2023, 06:16:13 AM
Wordle:  4/6
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: ChasSmith on December 21, 2023, 06:16:58 AM
On a more sacred bent, I was personally enamored of Messiah and Amahl and the Night Visitors.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:17:31 AM
If logs sleep, I don't believe they could do it any better than I did last night.

I feel refreshed and alert.   Alas, I am still NOT in the Christmas spirit.

What will it take, I wonder?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:18:41 AM
I have lots to do, nowhere to be, and it's only Thursday.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:18:56 AM
Time for some coffee and a nosh.

Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:19:42 AM
With only an exception or two, this here blog has been replete with one-liners from the git-go.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: ChasSmith on December 21, 2023, 06:21:31 AM
We had the Ormandy Messiah, but I think another recording preceded it. Later I gravitated to the Robert Shaw one on RCA. The Amahl was the early 1960s one which was the production I would have seen on TV. I never had the original one till much later.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: ChasSmith on December 21, 2023, 06:25:19 AM
I loved the Nutcracker. I started with the Ansermet recording on London which is still a favorite, a second favorite being Arthur Fiedler’s excerpted version.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 06:25:50 AM
I think it's time to trot out this annual line:

If you've seen one Christmas opera, you've seen Amahl.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ginny on December 21, 2023, 06:32:55 AM
Thursday morning greetings!  We’re going over the river and through the woods today to our granddaughters’ house.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:34:14 AM
Watch out for the Big Bad Wolf, Ginny!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ginny on December 21, 2023, 06:34:27 AM
TOD - a quick, full-price, no-strings-attached offer on our old house that proceeds to a smooth closing early in 2024.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:35:11 AM
Bruce: The weather forecast for your neck of the woods looks pretty grim today.  Massive amounts of rain and flooding are expected.

Stay to the high ground, please.  Carry an umbrella.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/millions-across-southern-california-under-083703003.html
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 06:35:45 AM
TOD - a quick, full-price, no-strings-attached offer on our old house that proceeds to a smooth closing early in 2024.

Amen!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:35:48 AM
TOD:   Health.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 06:36:32 AM
  Carry an umbrella.

And Sambucol.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:36:39 AM
TOD - a quick, full-price, no-strings-attached offer on our old house that proceeds to a smooth closing early in 2024.

Amen!


It quacks!!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 06:36:53 AM
TOD:   Health.

For sure and certain.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 06:37:05 AM
What am I, Amish all of the sudden?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: elmore3003 on December 21, 2023, 06:37:06 AM
I like Vixmom’s wish.

She shoulda asked for two tickets so she could invite a friend like me.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 06:37:25 AM
Yesterday, when I saw my podiatrist, I tld her about my fall. She checked my ankle and sent me off for an X-ray. Nothing was broken, but I do have a sprained ankle.

~~~Quick Recovery Vibes for Larry!!~~~
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:37:47 AM
DR slingstraw, I hope your healing is proceeding apace.

I think you should make sure there is ice cream in your freezer to get you through the long weekend.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 06:38:49 AM
I like Vixmom’s wish.

Ditto!!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 06:39:05 AM
Christmas Eve falls on Sunday this year, so there will be plenty of time spent in church, both morning, afternoon, and evening that day.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 06:39:38 AM
  I think you should make sure there is ice cream in your freezer to get you through the long weekend.

Thank you, and a sound plan, indeed.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 06:40:29 AM
Doctor's orders, dontcha know.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: elmore3003 on December 21, 2023, 06:40:43 AM
I loved the Nutcracker. I started with the Ansermet recording on London which is still a favorite, a second favorite being Arthur Fiedler’s excerpted version.

Kapp Records recorded the complete Nutcracker with Robert Irving and the New York City Ballet Orchestra. That's never deen issued on CD, dammit! I had this and the complete Mercury recording with Antal Dorati and the Minneapolis Symphony, which was the first complete recording of the score.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 06:41:50 AM
If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, what does ice cream do?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:42:01 AM
  I think you should make sure there is ice cream in your freezer to get you through the long weekend.

Thank you, and a sound plan, indeed.

And I repeat my recommendation about the mashed potatoes.  You can buy those packs of instant what taste really good...and they have different flavors so you don't get too bored with them.

At any rate, that is how i have gotten through phases of eating only squishy foods.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: elmore3003 on December 21, 2023, 06:42:22 AM
TOD - a quick, full-price, no-strings-attached offer on our old house that proceeds to a smooth closing early in 2024.

Good luck! I prayed for 15 years for a speedy sale for that damned Ohio property.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:42:29 AM
If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, what does ice cream do?

Makes life beyootiful.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:43:15 AM
TOD - a quick, full-price, no-strings-attached offer on our old house that proceeds to a smooth closing early in 2024.

Good luck! I prayed for 15 years for a speedy sale for that damned Ohio property.

You had a hiccup on the selling side, though, didn't you? 
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Freddie on December 21, 2023, 06:44:14 AM
The recommendation of pie filling for singdaw sounded good!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 06:44:36 AM
Interesting, DR elmore3003.

Apple Music has the recording with David Zinman and that orchestra, but not the one with Robert Irving.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Freddie on December 21, 2023, 06:45:49 AM
Ginny, sending vibes that your wish for the sale of the house happens!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 06:46:15 AM
DR Ron Pulliam - you know it! Mashed potatoes is my favorite food group.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: ChasSmith on December 21, 2023, 06:46:44 AM
I loved the Nutcracker. I started with the Ansermet recording on London which is still a favorite, a second favorite being Arthur Fiedler’s excerpted version.

Kapp Records recorded the complete Nutcracker with Robert Irving and the New York City Ballet Orchestra. That's never deen issued on CD, dammit! I had this and the complete Mercury recording with Antal Dorati and the Minneapolis Symphony, which was the first complete recording of the score.

I forgot about the Dorati. Shame on me. Of course! And thank you for the reminder about that NYC one!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Freddie on December 21, 2023, 06:47:12 AM
Ankle-healing vibes for Larry!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 06:48:52 AM
Wordle 915 3/6

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Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 06:49:03 AM
:D
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Freddie on December 21, 2023, 06:49:48 AM
Money to travel.


That's a nice wish. 
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Freddie on December 21, 2023, 06:50:03 AM
Where have you wanted to travel but couldn't?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ginny on December 21, 2023, 06:51:57 AM
If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, what does ice cream do?

I have a sweatshirt that says, “There’s nothing wrong with me that a little ice cream won’t fix.”
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Freddie on December 21, 2023, 06:52:18 AM
How about a magic ticket that gets me the best seat in the house to any play or musical I care to see….that never expires and never runs out

That's such a fun wish! 
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Freddie on December 21, 2023, 06:52:29 AM
vixmom -  Does that include time travel to see shows from the past?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 06:52:35 AM
Where have you wanted to travel but couldn't?

Argentina
Australia
British Vancouver
New Zealand
Peru
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Freddie on December 21, 2023, 06:53:21 AM
If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, what does ice cream do?

I have a sweatshirt that says, “There’s nothing wrong with me that a little ice cream won’t fix.”

I really like that!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:57:04 AM
I would love to travel to Europe again.  Take a river cruise up the Danube.

Ride on the Orient Express from originating point to terminating point.

To sail the Greek Islands.

Revisit Turkey and see Ephesus.

Visit England and get a really solid tour of historical sites as well as doing some investigating of ancestry (English/Scottish/Irish and Welsh).  Yep, I'm a hyrid.  Plus a little Norwegian.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:59:46 AM
TOD:  Another Christmas wish ---  That all nations ruled by, or threated by, tyrants, demagogues and fascistic morons would WAKE UP and put them all down.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 07:00:48 AM
Is that too much to wish for?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 07:00:56 AM
I think not!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 07:01:15 AM
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Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Freddie on December 21, 2023, 07:06:40 AM
Where have you wanted to travel but couldn't?

Argentina
Australia
British Vancouver
New Zealand
Peru


It seems like a nice manageable list.  Hoping that happens!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 07:32:09 AM
Thursday!
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 07:32:23 AM
Ankle vibes for DR ELMORE.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 07:32:38 AM
Recovery vibes for MR BK.

Goodbye, Sophie!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 07:33:06 AM
I shall have to think about the TOD.

All of the comments so far have been most excellent.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 07:33:43 AM
It is 37 degrees here and will be in the 40's later today.  No rain until Saturday, they say.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 07:34:07 AM
Glad that the season has slowed down for DR CHAS SMITH so now he can stay home and count his money.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 07:34:41 AM
DR JEANNE the father in ARCHIE does not redeem himself nor make himself any more likable in the last episode.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 07:34:53 AM
What is this?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 07:35:03 AM
Oh....I can't count.  ::)
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 07:37:06 AM
I am liking Fellow Travelers.

Good acting by the leads and supporting players. Very good attention paid to costumes and cars and decor as to period....the 1950's and the 1980's.

And this is really the first film/tv show that really reveals the Cohn/Schine connection in any way close to reality.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: elmore3003 on December 21, 2023, 08:02:31 AM
Interesting, DR elmore3003.

Apple Music has the recording with David Zinman and that orchestra, but not the one with Robert Irving.

After playing it for 70 years, the City Ballet orchestra knows this score!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 21, 2023, 08:23:09 AM
I'm up, I'm up - eight hours of sleep. Not ready to be going out for over two hours and no idea where I'm supposed to go.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 21, 2023, 08:30:33 AM
The Dorati Nutcracker is fantastic and available as a two-CD set in fab Mercury stereo sound. YouTube has the Nutcracker Suites by Irving but not the complete.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 21, 2023, 08:32:00 AM
I'm out of Claritin-D now - if they'd given me what I asked for I'd still have another five, but they didn't. I'll go now and see if I can get more.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 08:37:58 AM
Thursday!

Still?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 08:39:40 AM
It's time I went to check my mail.

I believe I'll need to stop someplace for lunch, as well.

Yesterday, I treated myself by going to Mickey D's and getting a quarter pounder.  It had been a long while since I had one.  I liked it.

Today...maybe fried chicken again? 
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 08:41:04 AM
I have been watching "The Christmas Card" on one of the Hallmark channels.  It's my favorite of all their Christmas movies.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 21, 2023, 08:45:32 AM
I really don't want to go out. And do I dare go somewhere to eat?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 21, 2023, 08:45:49 AM
And if not, what will I be doing for two and a half hours.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 09:08:51 AM
From DR Ginny:

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We are deferring to the wisdom of our realtor.  I don’t like the new chandelier and sconces she put into the dining room, but she says they’re what 30-somethings like.

One would hope your realtor is more intuned to what sells.  I was just curious if you felt the staging, to your taste or not, is an improvement over an empty house.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 09:11:37 AM
From Bruce:

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Sophie the Dog has departed. I must say, I think by the end she really liked me - she licked/kissed my hand before she left, which she's never done and she gave me her paw. Couch is now shorn of all the sheets/towels and while I'm sure there's still a residual smell there, I couldn't find any hair because we wrapped everything so well, and there shouldn't be any on the wood floors because she never touched them. In fact, she would not get off the rug she was on to take the five steps to the door and I had to literally drag her and the rug to the door.

Sweet and funny.  I hope the smell won't linger long, and that all of the hair is truly gone.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 09:16:15 AM
 :)
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 09:16:52 AM
And if not, what will I be doing for two and a half hours.

At this time of year? You can join all the holiday shoppers. Not.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 09:19:03 AM
:)

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7452.0;attach=20085)

;D
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Freddie on December 21, 2023, 09:31:08 AM
And if not, what will I be doing for two and a half hours.

That's a lot of time to kill in the morning.  Do you need to be out of the house for the whole time the cleaning person is there?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 09:38:32 AM
DR Jeanne there might be comments on Amazon under the reviews regarding the difficulty of opening the tin, along with some tips.  Good luck.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 09:40:28 AM
Thursday morning greetings!  We’re going over the river and through the woods today to our granddaughters’ house.

Have a wonderful Christmas holiday with the girls.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 09:40:52 AM
TOD - a quick, full-price, no-strings-attached offer on our old house that proceeds to a smooth closing early in 2024.

VIBES IT HAPPENS!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 09:42:06 AM
Wordle 915 3/6

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Nice.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 09:42:27 AM
FIVE!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 09:45:09 AM
  I think you should make sure there is ice cream in your freezer to get you through the long weekend.

Thank you, and a sound plan, indeed.

And I repeat my recommendation about the mashed potatoes.  You can buy those packs of instant what taste really good...and they have different flavors so you don't get too bored with them.

At any rate, that is how i have gotten through phases of eating only squishy foods.

Or bake a potato, mash the inside with butter and add some milk.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 10:06:04 AM
Last night we watched an enjoyable Christmas movie, This Is Christmas.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Rodzinski on December 21, 2023, 10:10:47 AM
The New Christy Minstrels have 2 good Christmas albums. The first features a young Gene Clark, later of the Byrds.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Rodzinski on December 21, 2023, 10:11:33 AM
Last night we watched an enjoyable Christmas movie, This Is Christmas.

The kids and I watched an old fave of mine called Santa and the Three Bears.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 10:50:52 AM
Back from church. We distributed 132 meals today, but the line was so long that we gave out dozens more. Thankfully we had food.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: ChasSmith on December 21, 2023, 11:17:43 AM
Well, finally.

$2.95

Now, please keep going in that direction.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 21, 2023, 11:36:15 AM
Back from an omelet at Coral Cafe. First stopped at CVS for more Claritin-D. Of course, they were out of the twenty-four hour kind, and I'm afraid I let them have it because they're the ONLY CVS who never has it. I got the twelve-hour kind for now. But annoying. He said everyone buys up the twenty-four hour version. They can't buy it in multiples, just one at a time. Of course, I think we all know that people who read the notes go right over there to buy all of them. I suggested they order more.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 21, 2023, 11:37:02 AM
Now, it feels like a Saturday, not a Thursday.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 21, 2023, 11:37:50 AM
I do think whatever it is I had is on the way out. Not coughing as much, breathing a bit easier, and while I'm blowing my nose quite a bit, it's just all the guck trying to get out of me.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 21, 2023, 11:38:00 AM
It is pouring rain here.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 11:38:46 AM
Wordle 915 3/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Nice.

Thanks, Jane!  It still surprises me when I get it in three.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 11:39:28 AM
Well, finally.

$2.95

Now, please keep going in that direction.

Not in Washington state. ::)
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 11:40:13 AM
I do think whatever it is I had is on the way out. Not coughing as much, breathing a bit easier, and while I'm blowing my nose quite a bit, it's just all the guck trying to get out of me.

Very good news, BK!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 11:53:48 AM
This is just wrong on every level:

The police officer who searched for a book in a Great Barrington classroom also used a body camera. The ACLU has ‘deep concerns’ (https://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/southern_berkshires/great-barrington-gender-queer-book-police-ban-classroom-du-bois-middle-school-aclu-rights/article_14ba4abc-9eb9-11ee-83c9-0b3ff1c1b9dd.html)

:o
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: ChasSmith on December 21, 2023, 11:55:33 AM
Damn it to HELL.  I've just been reminded that if I want to see Maestro in the theeder, I've got only through Saturday to get to the Bedford Playhouse for it. It's been literally impossible since it opened on the 8th, and I don't want to pass up the chance to see it there. I do believe I can just pull off making either a tomorrow afternoon or Saturday afternoon showing.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 12:01:25 PM
But on a happier note (C-natural):

Statue of Henrietta Lacks to replace Robert E. Lee monument in Roanoke, Virginia (https://thegrio.com/2022/12/21/statue-of-henrietta-lacks-comign-to-roanoke/)

The Roanoke native died of cancer in 1951, but her cells lived on and helped lead to groundbreaking medical treatments.

Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 12:01:42 PM
This article was published last year, but it's still a more uplifting article than the previous one.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 12:02:07 PM
Damn it to HELL.  I've just been reminded that if I want to see Maestro in the theeder, I've got only through Saturday to get to the Bedford Playhouse for it. It's been literally impossible since it opened on the 8th, and I don't want to pass up the chance to see it there. I do believe I can just pull off making either a tomorrow afternoon or Saturday afternoon showing.

Good luck, ChasSmith!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 12:06:23 PM
Well, finally.

$2.95

Now, please keep going in that direction.

Not in Washington state. ::)

It’s $2.69 here, up 40 cents a gallon from last week.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 12:10:14 PM
On This Day in 1898, having recently discovered polonium, future Nobel Prize winners Marie and Pierre Curie discovered the radioactive chemical element radium, which has become a treatment for cancer.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 12:10:30 PM
What is Marie Curie's favorite food?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 12:10:38 PM
Fission Chips.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 12:16:05 PM
Last night we watched an enjoyable Christmas movie, This Is Christmas.

The kids and I watched an old fave of mine called Santa and the Three Bears.

Sweet.  I missed that movie.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 12:18:08 PM
Back from church. We distributed 132 meals today, but the line was so long that we gave out dozens more. Thankfully we had food.

Wow!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 12:18:21 PM
Fission Chips.

Oy.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 12:20:51 PM
Back from an omelet at Coral Cafe. First stopped at CVS for more Claritin-D. Of course, they were out of the twenty-four hour kind, and I'm afraid I let them have it because they're the ONLY CVS who never has it. I got the twelve-hour kind for now. But annoying. He said everyone buys up the twenty-four hour version. They can't buy it in multiples, just one at a time. Of course, I think we all know that people who read the notes go right over there to buy all of them. I suggested they order more.

I never understand why stores don't stock more of the items that quickly sell out.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 12:21:10 PM
Now, it feels like a Saturday, not a Thursday.

I agree since we didn't go to the gym.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 12:21:42 PM
I do think whatever it is I had is on the way out. Not coughing as much, breathing a bit easier, and while I'm blowing my nose quite a bit, it's just all the guck trying to get out of me.

Good.  Feel better fast vibes!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 12:22:30 PM
Well, finally.

$2.95

Now, please keep going in that direction.

Not in Washington state. ::)

Keith dropped my off at Trader Joe's while he filled the tank yesterday.  I have no idea what we paid.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 12:23:11 PM
Trader Joe's didn't have what I wanted so I walked over to See's Candy and purchased a few pieces of dark chocolate, chocolate buttercream.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 12:24:35 PM
SIX!


(https://santassecretshoppe.com/cdn/shop/products/84201-CCO102_1_387x_961b070a-125d-4f42-9ad0-48743596a226_387x.jpg?v=1594579839)
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Freddie on December 21, 2023, 12:26:55 PM
BK, sounds like great health news - Keep getting rid of that guck!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Freddie on December 21, 2023, 12:27:32 PM
Back from church. We distributed 132 meals today, but the line was so long that we gave out dozens more. Thankfully we had food.

That's terrific!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 12:28:20 PM
This is just wrong on every level:

The police officer who searched for a book in a Great Barrington classroom also used a body camera. The ACLU has ‘deep concerns’ (https://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/southern_berkshires/great-barrington-gender-queer-book-police-ban-classroom-du-bois-middle-school-aclu-rights/article_14ba4abc-9eb9-11ee-83c9-0b3ff1c1b9dd.html)

:o

Sigh.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: elmore3003 on December 21, 2023, 12:28:37 PM
The Dorati Nutcracker is fantastic and available as a two-CD set in fab Mercury stereo sound. YouTube has the Nutcracker Suites by Irving but not the complete.

Dorati did two recordings of The Nutcracker for Mercury; the original mono recording is only on that recent "complete Dorati" set from Mercury, which also has his complete mono Sleeping Beauty. The second recording with the London Symphony was in stereo. Mercury stole the artwork from the first recording.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: ChasSmith on December 21, 2023, 12:30:51 PM
Any preference on which was the better recording musically, DR Elmore?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 12:31:05 PM
But on a happier note (C-natural):

Statue of Henrietta Lacks to replace Robert E. Lee monument in Roanoke, Virginia (https://thegrio.com/2022/12/21/statue-of-henrietta-lacks-comign-to-roanoke/)

The Roanoke native died of cancer in 1951, but her cells lived on and helped lead to groundbreaking medical treatments.



While I think this is very nice it seems to me better choices could have been made.

Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 12:31:24 PM
This article was published last year, but it's still a more uplifting article than the previous one.

True.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: ChasSmith on December 21, 2023, 12:35:28 PM
https://tebeau.com/products/the-mushroom-man-original-broadway-cast-vinyl-lp
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 01:04:54 PM
I have watched all three parts of the Lucy Worsley Agatha Christie "Mystery Queen" series on PBS.

I have enjoyed it, for the most part, although it covered details I already knew about Christie.

That said, I took great exception to a segment in part 3:  Worsley discusses the novel "And Then There Were None".  She then went into the controversy over the play title for the same story.  That play begins "Ten Little..." but the original third word was the "N" word.  Worsley goes into detail about how horrible a word it was as a reference to black people in the U.S.  She then says that when the "N" word was changed, in the U.S. version, to "Indians", that was just as bad a slur toward Native Americans.

The thing is, she didn't really tell the "whole truth":  The "N" word is how the British colonialists referenced the natives of India.  That was the original reference for the play.  When the title was changed, it was "corrected" to refer to the natives of India.  Neither word referenced anything in "the colonies", although both were, or would become, offensive here.

A British program about a British author by a British historian, but they just couldn't state factual information on this matter.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 01:07:44 PM
Trader Joe's didn't have what I wanted so I walked over to See's Candy and purchased a few pieces of dark chocolate, chocolate buttercream.

Oh, golly!  If I had a Trader Joe's AND a See's within walking distance, I would be SO HAPPY!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Freddie on December 21, 2023, 01:24:31 PM
That's such fascinating history, Ron!  Thanks for sharing it.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 01:43:05 PM
https://tebeau.com/products/the-mushroom-man-original-broadway-cast-vinyl-lp

Ha!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 01:44:57 PM
Cedar pollen has me miserable. And I’m having Christmas dinner with friends later.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 01:46:27 PM
Listening to a cast of thousands read Surely You Can’t Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

It’s hilarious. Makes me want to see the movie again.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 01:47:30 PM
First amaryllis is starting to bloom. Second will follow in a couple of days.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 02:16:17 PM
Trader Joe's didn't have what I wanted so I walked over to See's Candy and purchased a few pieces of dark chocolate, chocolate buttercream.

Oh, golly!  If I had a Trader Joe's AND a See's within walking distance, I would be SO HAPPY!

;D  I am happy.  I would go to See's more often than TJ's.  I rarely have time to do both while Keith is filling the gas tank.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 02:16:53 PM
Cedar pollen has me miserable. And I’m having Christmas dinner with friends later.

Sorry.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 02:25:01 PM
Don't dawdle Amaryllis!

Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 02:25:47 PM
Fellow Travelers kept up the drama until the end.

I liked the show and its interpretation of the book.  Most of its success was because of the writing and the two leads.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 02:26:04 PM
A nice quiet Thursday.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 02:26:14 PM
Continued recovery vibes for MR BK.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 02:40:15 PM
That's such fascinating history, Ron!  Thanks for sharing it.

I have been involved in three productions of "Ten Little Indians".  One of them was with a mostly British cast (a NATO southern Europe production).  Most of what I related was made clear to us by both the British director and other actors in the play, all of whom knew how the terminology was used and why.  Oddy, even in the 1970s, the printed plays all bore the "N" word in the title.   We adverstished as "Indians" and the figures we were provided were Indian Raj characters.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: elmore3003 on December 21, 2023, 02:59:31 PM
Any preference on which was the better recording musically, DR Elmore?

I'm partial to his mono Minneapolis recording, which I got through the Columbia Record Club around 1963. I also like his mono Sleeping Beauty, which was stunningly produced in a spectacular packaging.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 03:01:33 PM
 :)
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: elmore3003 on December 21, 2023, 03:21:47 PM
The Perfect Date
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: elmore3003 on December 21, 2023, 03:22:27 PM
:)

LOL!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 03:34:08 PM
:)

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7452.0;attach=20093])

Funny!  I never did that to my cats, though!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 03:36:16 PM
PAGE SEVEN DANCE!!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 03:42:48 PM
According to https://www.gasbuddy.com/ (https://www.gasbuddy.com/), the price in the Tumwater area right now is:

$3.19 - Lowest
$4.10 - Average
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 04:21:41 PM
Happy Holidays!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 04:33:26 PM
I would like to be gifted with news that my children were moving close to me.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 21, 2023, 04:53:54 PM
This damn thing just won't let up. At times I feel like it's going away, then I'll have a bad coughing fit or whatever. Interestingly, that happened on the couch while watching a documentary. So, maybe dog bits are still in the air somehow. I also think the rain is part of the culprit.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 05:39:39 PM
Sorry.  Continued feel better vibes!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Freddie on December 21, 2023, 06:01:44 PM
This damn thing just won't let up. At times I feel like it's going away, then I'll have a bad coughing fit or whatever. Interestingly, that happened on the couch while watching a documentary. So, maybe dog bits are still in the air somehow. I also think the rain is part of the culprit.

Oh no!  Continued healing vibes!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:04:18 PM
Hang in there, Bruce.  Give it another overnight.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:07:12 PM
We were doing so well earlier in the day going from page to page.

Yet, here we are on Page 7 and everyone seems talked out.

I thought we "might" get to page 10,11 or 12 today.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:07:30 PM
Am I being too optimistic?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:07:38 PM
Shooting too high?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:07:50 PM
Overstepping my bounds?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 21, 2023, 06:09:36 PM
I'm at the point where I just want to put my head in the damn oven. I cannot take one more second of this. My nose, from today alone, is now raw and red, and I should go get some Vick's whatever they call it now so that I can actually breathe through my clogged right nostril but who wants to go out?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Freddie on December 21, 2023, 06:10:57 PM
Shooting too high?

Hope for page 10, accept page 8?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:29:22 PM
Happy Holidays!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:31:08 PM
That is my 2016 Christmas tree.  It's the last one I did that had icicles.

I had the same tree, decordated much the same way, but minus icicles, for 2017.

Since then, I have had zero decorations on a 5-foot flocked tree and a 7-foot regular tree...each many multi-colored lights.

However, for the past two years, NO trees.

So that photo is my Christmas tree.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:31:45 PM
That is my story, and I'm stickin' to it.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:32:57 PM
I'm at the point where I just want to put my head in the damn oven. I cannot take one more second of this. My nose, from today alone, is now raw and red, and I should go get some Vick's whatever they call it now so that I can actually breathe through my clogged right nostril but who wants to go out?

It would be better with Vicks, but try boiling water on your stove, turn the burner off and, with a towel over your head, inhale the steam.

Don't get too close, or you may burn yourself.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:33:40 PM
So sad to be here all alone at this time of night.

Hello, ZERO guests.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:34:34 PM
We could use some DR flingstraw here to get us off page 7.

I must say, it's an effort when it's just one person.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:35:23 PM
This!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:36:50 PM
Nine
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:36:56 PM
Eight
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:37:41 PM
Seven
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:38:11 PM
Six
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:38:19 PM
Five
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:38:30 PM
Four
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:38:37 PM
Three
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:38:45 PM
Two
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:38:57 PM
One
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 06:39:07 PM
Huit
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 06:53:08 PM
That is my 2016 Christmas tree.  It's the last one I did that had icicles.

I had the same tree, decordated much the same way, but minus icicles, for 2017.

Since then, I have had zero decorations on a 5-foot flocked tree and a 7-foot regular tree...each many multi-colored lights.

However, for the past two years, NO trees.

So that photo is my Christmas tree.

It is a pretty tree.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 06:53:49 PM
Well done DR Ron.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jane on December 21, 2023, 06:53:55 PM
'night
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:07:49 PM
DR Ron Pulliam - we also watched the 3-parter from Lucy Worsley on Agatha Christie. Overall, pretty good.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:08:37 PM
I must say, The Crown's episodes on Diana are very well done. Moving and innovative.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:11:04 PM
We're saving Maestro for the weekend, I think.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:11:41 PM
I have some ice cream left, and we'll get ingredients from the grocery store to make my mother's chocolate fudge sauce.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:12:17 PM
There's room for a little indulgence over the holidays, yes?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:13:42 PM
I saw a recipe today for a sheet pan coconut cream pie.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:13:51 PM
Speaking of indulgence.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:20:44 PM
Happy Solstice, everyone.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Freddie on December 21, 2023, 07:21:17 PM
Hoping you're not feeling much mouth pain, singdaw.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:22:39 PM
15 hours and 9 minutes of darkness, here.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:22:58 PM
Thanks again, DR Freddie. On the mend, I think.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:23:27 PM
Sending more ~~~RECUPERATION VIBES~~~ for BK, as well.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:29:19 PM
4...
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Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:29:27 PM
3...
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:29:34 PM
2...
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:29:41 PM
1...
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:29:49 PM
PAGE NINE
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:30:15 PM
Well. I guess I need remedial math.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:30:28 PM
Is there a Lottery drawing tonight?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:30:41 PM
Is there a doctor in the house?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:31:04 PM
Is there a chicken in every pot?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:31:27 PM
Is there sass in sassafras?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:32:00 PM
Is there an ape in apricot?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:33:02 PM
Is there a morning after?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:33:20 PM
Is there somewhere that's green?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:33:32 PM
Is there actually a page nine?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:33:41 PM
Yes. Yes, there is.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:33:50 PM
And none too soon.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:33:57 PM
For the nonce.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:34:19 PM
Good night, friends.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 07:44:14 PM
Holiday Indulgence is a must DR singdaw.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 07:44:41 PM
MR BK I am so sorry your symptoms seem to be hanging on.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 07:46:05 PM
Of course I don't use anything but the anti- whatevers that I get at the Dollar (25) Tree....which work fine.....perhaps my system is not as sophisticated as your own.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 07:46:26 PM
Watching an NBA game that is most entertaining.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 07:47:05 PM
I may drive the Smart Car to WalMart in the early morning to get a thing or two and then to get some gasoline so that I can have a Mid Western price repor.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 07:47:13 PM
We shall see.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 07:47:42 PM
Other than that - I have nothing to repor.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 07:48:24 PM
I like the Nutcracker.  I am enjoying the posts about the various recordings.
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Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:48:50 PM
U.S. Figure Skating Championships Jan 22-28.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:49:02 PM
I like the Nutcracker.  I am enjoying the posts about the various recordings.

Me, too.
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Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:49:45 PM
  ....perhaps my system is not as sophisticated as your own.

But can you feel the pea under the mattress?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:50:13 PM
I taped the Dick Van Dyke birthday tribute tonight to watch later.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Jrand74 on December 21, 2023, 07:50:52 PM
I just happened to see the TCM REMEMBERS for 2023 and was surprised about the many folks I had forgotten who were lost this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-OggxFtRLE
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Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:51:14 PM
Searching for a Patty Duke made-for-TV movie from 1990 called Always Remember I Love You.
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Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 07:51:33 PM
Watching Sun Valley Serenade on YouTube. The commercials are irritating.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:51:38 PM
Pepperidge Farm remembers, too.
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Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 07:51:55 PM
Or so the ads used to say.
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Post by: DR Iris on December 21, 2023, 08:10:38 PM
Fission Chips. Ha!
Funny, DR Singdaw!

What is Marie Curie’s favorite holiday movie?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: DR Iris on December 21, 2023, 08:11:10 PM
It’s A Wonderful Half-Life
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 08:12:07 PM
I just happened to see the TCM REMEMBERS for 2023 and was surprised about the many folks I had forgotten who were lost this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-OggxFtRLE

That leaves me in tears each time I see it.   So many people, so much talent, so much of my life watcching them...
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 08:13:10 PM
DR Singdaw, are you on a pain pill of any kind?

Your countdown happened a bit prematurely on page 8...just sayin'.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 08:13:43 PM
Only five more posts until Page 10, as it happens.
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Post by: DR Iris on December 21, 2023, 08:14:08 PM
There’s a new movie out about Marie Curie.

It’s receiving glowing reviews.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 08:14:34 PM
I think I will make a Sam's Club run tomorrow morning.

There are just a few things I need, and they should not wait beyond tomorrow to be found.
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Post by: bk on December 21, 2023, 08:14:50 PM
Bert I. Gordon died? I'm sure I knew that, right?
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 08:14:53 PM
I hope I find some ice cream I'll like.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 08:15:12 PM
One can always use ice cream!
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Post by: DR Iris on December 21, 2023, 08:15:23 PM
BK,I see 24-hour Claritin available on Amazon and Target, if that helps.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 08:16:24 PM
BK,I see 24-hour Claritin available on Amazon and Target, if that helps.

He should be able to get same-day delivery from Amazon since he's in a west coast mecca.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 08:16:58 PM
Unless they don't allow you to order drugs for delivery.
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Post by: DR Iris on December 21, 2023, 08:19:13 PM
Amazon can’t deliver it until after Christmas.

But Target says it’s available in their store, at least near me.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: DR Iris on December 21, 2023, 08:19:39 PM
I blame Jose.
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Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 08:21:31 PM
It’s A Wonderful Half-Life

Great.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 08:24:15 PM
I blame Jose.

True.
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Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 08:28:59 PM
It’s A Wonderful Half-Life

 ;D
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 08:29:57 PM
DR Singdaw, are you on a pain pill of any kind?

I was prescribed some, but never had to take anything beyond Advil/Tylenol.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 08:30:28 PM
  Your countdown happened a bit prematurely on page 8...just sayin'.

Yes, Hence, my comment about remedial math.
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Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 08:32:46 PM
Good to see you, DR DR Iris.
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Post by: singdaw on December 21, 2023, 08:32:56 PM
Good night, friends.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 08:53:12 PM
Starting A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong on YouTube.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 21, 2023, 08:53:41 PM
Amazon can’t deliver it until after Christmas.

But Target says it’s available in their store, at least near me.

I was thinking about Amazon Market, which makes same-day deliveries.
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 21, 2023, 09:18:08 PM
Last night we watched an enjoyable Christmas movie, This Is Christmas.

The kids and I watched an old fave of mine called Santa and the Three Bears.

Sweet.  I missed that movie.

Just an old animated TV special, available on the Tube of You.
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 21, 2023, 09:24:23 PM
Did Ron P actually do a countdown to advance us by a page? Now THAT’s news!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Rodzinski on December 21, 2023, 09:25:07 PM
BK, pretty sure you wrote a nice tribute to Bert Gordon at some point.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: DR Iris on December 21, 2023, 09:25:14 PM
This is the Worst. Answer. Ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgeSpculyNk
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Post by: DR Iris on December 21, 2023, 09:25:39 PM
Also, New York is 2 words.
😂
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Post by: DR Iris on December 21, 2023, 09:26:22 PM
Sorry if this has already been posted.

I’ve missed a few days, or weeks, or….😊
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Rodzinski on December 21, 2023, 09:27:30 PM
John “Dukes of Dumb” Schneider the latest to unmask himself as an insane buffoon, endorsing the public hanging of the president and his son. But no he’s saying we all misunderstood. I hope he is rendered unemployable.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: vixmom on December 21, 2023, 09:27:59 PM
vixmom -  Does that include time travel to see shows from the past?

Absolutely!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Rodzinski on December 21, 2023, 09:29:49 PM
Like BK I had a wee cold I thought I was beating but now it’s fighting back with a relentless nasal drip if I sit or stand.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Rodzinski on December 21, 2023, 09:30:41 PM
I do recommend an air purifier for BK to help clear out all the doggy dander.
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Post by: vixmom on December 21, 2023, 09:30:57 PM
Well, finally.

$2.95

Now, please keep going in that direction.

$2.87 today at BJ’s!
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Post by: vixmom on December 21, 2023, 09:31:47 PM
Back from church. We distributed 132 meals today, but the line was so long that we gave out dozens more. Thankfully we had food.

God bless you!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: Rodzinski on December 21, 2023, 09:33:54 PM
This is the Worst. Answer. Ever.

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

DeBlasio has to be sitting there laughing. “They thought I was bad?”
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: vixmom on December 21, 2023, 09:38:07 PM
Listening to a cast of thousands read Surely You Can’t Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

It’s hilarious. Makes me want to see the movie again.

That sounds like fun
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Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 09:49:23 PM
Good night, all.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: John G. on December 21, 2023, 09:49:36 PM
11!
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 21, 2023, 09:57:20 PM
The Amazon and other stores Claritin is the shelf kind. Claritin-D you have to buy in person, show a driver's license, and sign something. And then you can't buy it again for two weeks. It's completely annoying and I'm stuck with these twelve-hour things.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 21, 2023, 09:57:44 PM
Finished with my viewing - nice to be able to view stuff again - three documentaries.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 10:43:59 PM
Wow!  Gratuitous Post #303!! ;D
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Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 10:44:57 PM
Happy Holidays!

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7452.0;attach=20097)

That's funny! :D
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Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 10:46:10 PM
This damn thing just won't let up. At times I feel like it's going away, then I'll have a bad coughing fit or whatever. Interestingly, that happened on the couch while watching a documentary. So, maybe dog bits are still in the air somehow. I also think the rain is part of the culprit.

~~~Continued Feel Better Vibes!!~~~
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Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 10:47:32 PM
Happy Holidays!

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7452.0;attach=20099)

Very nice tree, Ron!
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Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 10:51:02 PM
This!

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7452.0;attach=20101)

💗
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Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 10:52:27 PM
Happy Solstice, everyone.

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7452.0;attach=20103)

Very nice!
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Post by: George on December 21, 2023, 11:53:37 PM
I just happened to see the TCM REMEMBERS for 2023 and was surprised about the many folks I had forgotten who were lost this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-OggxFtRLE

That was really good.  I agree with the comments that say the Oscars should hire whoever does TCM's in memoriam.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 22, 2023, 12:06:10 AM
New notes are up.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 22, 2023, 12:06:17 AM
Up are new notes.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 22, 2023, 12:06:24 AM
I've seen them.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 22, 2023, 12:06:31 AM
I've read them.
Title: Re: THE DOG DEPARTS
Post by: bk on December 22, 2023, 12:06:38 AM
I wrote them.