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Title: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: bk on January 15, 2024, 12:32:30 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes had Romeo but no Juliet, and now it is time for you to post until there wherefore art thou cows come home.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: bk on January 15, 2024, 12:33:42 AM
And the word of the day is: ONEIRIC!
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 12:49:31 AM
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Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 12:52:18 AM
Topic of the Day:  I think I discovered Donna Summer On the Radio (https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=KzqSH1mr1jt-qB4i&v=LIazjenRvB0). :)
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 12:53:50 AM
She was very popular in the 1970s, and I had several of her records.  She was probably my most favorite performer until I discovered The Manhattan Transfer (and then musicals).
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 03:51:17 AM
Good morning, friends.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 03:51:42 AM
Once again, DR vixmom, your "To do" list leaves me feeling exhausted.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 03:51:52 AM
Honestly, I don't know how you do it.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 03:52:05 AM
But more power to ya!
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 03:52:19 AM
I'm getting my hairs cut this morning.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 03:52:34 AM
That is the extent of my "to do" list for today.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 03:52:45 AM
And that may be pushing it.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 03:53:13 AM
~~~DENTAL VIBES~~~ for the family Rodz.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 03:53:37 AM
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Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 03:54:04 AM
Does anyone still wear a hat?
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 03:54:34 AM
That's what I'd like to know.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2024, 04:03:32 AM
Remember the other day when I said it was in the 50’s?

It’s snowing.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2024, 04:03:45 AM
Back to sleep.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2024, 04:04:34 AM
Good morning, singdaw.

Good night, singdaw.

Have a wonderful day!
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 04:06:31 AM
Take care, DR DR Iris.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 04:37:04 AM
Thanks for the heads up on Cascarino, BK.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 04:37:32 AM
Here's the bassoon sonata, with score:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHqT46ldTSQ
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2024, 05:18:44 AM
Good morning, all!
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2024, 05:20:13 AM
Around 5:00 yesterday afternoon, my toilet overflowed. I have a mess to deal with today.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2024, 05:24:04 AM
Around 4:30 I woke and could not get back to sleep. I kept running through a plan of attack for the bathroom. The temperatures really dropped in the apartment last night, and I was suddenly besieged by three cats wanting under the blankets to get warm. I finally fell asleep and woke around 7:10.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: vixmom on January 15, 2024, 05:51:13 AM
Good morning
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: vixmom on January 15, 2024, 05:51:32 AM
Holiday or no I have to go to work today
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: vixmom on January 15, 2024, 05:52:49 AM
But I'll be late because vixdad is having oral surgery and I must wait Nd drive him.home
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: vixmom on January 15, 2024, 05:54:43 AM
We're currently in the waiting room.as Vixdad  signs several thousand pages absolving the dentist of all liability
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: vixmom on January 15, 2024, 05:57:36 AM
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Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 06:02:37 AM
~~~ULTRA-STRENGTH DENTAL VIBES~~~ for the Dad of Vix!!!!!!
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 06:02:50 AM
A fine way to start PAGE TWO
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 06:03:18 AM
~~~MOPPING VIBES~~~ for DR elmore3003
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 15, 2024, 06:13:58 AM
TOD:  A strange memory came today after I read BK's question about what music I might have heard on the radio.

I was in Navy Boot Camp in Orlando FL in the summer of 1970.  I had been appointed as a squad leader and one of our "extra" leadership experiences was standing a two-hour watch, overnight, in the main entry to our barracks.

There wasn't a chance in Hades anyone would be coming in from midnight to two, or two to four, etc., but it was the experience of "standing watch" that they were instilling.

I had only one such watch, and I remember it well because a radio was playing to help keep us alert.

And what did I hear?  The very first time I ever heard The Carpenters and "Close to You" was during that watch.

I thought I had died and gone to heaven hearing Karen Carpenter's lovely voice and that wonderful Bacharach tune.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 15, 2024, 06:15:40 AM
~~~MOPPING VIBES~~~ for DR elmore3003

And MOPING VIBES for the rest of us!!!
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 15, 2024, 06:16:51 AM
Yes, today is Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, and it is a national holiday, although many businesses will remain open and having sales as is true of other "birthday" holidays on our calendars.

No mail, though, as it is a "federal" holiday.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 15, 2024, 06:17:21 AM
Heaven knows what today may bring.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 15, 2024, 06:17:48 AM
I, for one, shall remain indoors.  If anything gets brought, it will have to ring my doorbell.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 15, 2024, 06:19:16 AM
And, of course, tonight is a continuation of our study of angels as Johnston First Baptist Church.  I trust the preacher will not breach the subject of Satan or demons tonight.

The very thought of that gives me William Peter Blatty shivers.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2024, 06:22:41 AM
These photos of Semsema Mahmoud's cat's first day at the beach put the biggest smile on my face!
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2024, 07:07:40 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2024, 07:10:27 AM
Cat At The Beach is so cute!
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2024, 07:10:50 AM
Dental vibes for DR VIXMOM & the family RODZINSKI.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2024, 07:11:04 AM
Continued writing vibes for MR BK.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2024, 07:11:29 AM
It is again -3 degrees here with a 50% chance of sn*w.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2024, 07:12:28 AM
So guess what!

There was a squall line that crossed the northeast yesterday, and as per usual, there are trees down all over the place. Unfortunately, an old rotted one that was just close enough to hit the house... hit the house. Nothing catastrophic like in 2018, but certainly some damage that needs to be attended to (along with that tale).

I've submitted an insurance claim and ... thank GAWD for knowing this guy ... our contractor friend who's worked on the house before has already been out to start assessing the damage. The insurance wants him to make sure that any place that needs a tarp to keep snow and rain from entering will go up, and he'll be doing that today.

Fun, fun, fun.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2024, 07:12:40 AM
...now a 58% chance of snow.

So I will not be doing anything today.....outdoors....still single digits tomorrow but temps in the 20's starting Wednesday.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 07:12:45 AM
Once again, DR vixmom, your "To do" list leaves me feeling exhausted.

Super ditto!!
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2024, 07:13:30 AM
Oh no DR CHAS SMITH!

Tarp vibes to keep you warm and dry.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2024, 07:13:33 AM
Wow, dental vibes all around!

My next appointment is on the 31st, just a cleaning and checkup, but there's one molar that eventually needs a new crown so she'll be checking on that, too.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2024, 07:15:02 AM
Bathroom cleaning vibes for DR Elmore!

Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 07:18:54 AM
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Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2024, 07:19:02 AM
Following Friday's TOD repor, I binge-watched the rest of the PAN AM series, and damn, that was a fine show. The 1963/64 vibe is of course always great to see portrayed, but they really tackled some serious issues, and I think it was extremely well written and cast.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 07:20:53 AM
Around 5:00 yesterday afternoon, my toilet overflowed. I have a mess to deal with today.

Oh, no!  Hopefully, it wasn't too difficult to clean up! :-\
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 07:21:55 AM
~~~ULTRA-STRENGTH DENTAL VIBES~~~ for the Dad of Vix!!!!!!

~~~SUPER DITTO!!~~~
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 07:45:30 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 07:46:20 AM
Thanks for the link, Singdaw. Loving the bassoon piece before breakfast.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 07:47:27 AM
I dreamt I was a doctor aboard a cruise ship. Thankfully I had no patients. Or patience.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 07:48:01 AM
What shall today bring?
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 07:48:18 AM
A memorial service this morning.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 07:48:29 AM
Three!
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 07:48:45 AM
Dinner with friends tonight.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 07:49:12 AM
Maybe some dance practice this afternoon.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 07:52:10 AM
I want to be a cat at the beach.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 07:53:13 AM
Amen.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 07:53:46 AM
These photos of Semsema Mahmoud's cat's first day at the beach put the biggest smile on my face!

So cute!
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 07:53:48 AM
It’s 23 right now. Going down to 17 tonight!
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 07:54:21 AM
The loquat harvest is definitely lost.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 07:58:26 AM
So guess what!

There was a squall line that crossed the northeast yesterday, and as per usual, there are trees down all over the place. Unfortunately, an old rotted one that was just close enough to hit the house... hit the house. Nothing catastrophic like in 2018, but certainly some damage that needs to be attended to (along with that tale).

I've submitted an insurance claim and ... thank GAWD for knowing this guy ... our contractor friend who's worked on the house before has already been out to start assessing the damage. The insurance wants him to make sure that any place that needs a tarp to keep snow and rain from entering will go up, and he'll be doing that today.

Fun, fun, fun.

Oh, no! :o

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Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 07:58:36 AM
~~~Quick and Painless Repair Vibes!!~~~
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 08:00:51 AM
...now a 58% chance of snow.

So I will not be doing anything today.....outdoors....still single digits tomorrow but temps in the 20's starting Wednesday.

My weather app says that it's 17°F here in Tumwater right now!  Fortunately, no clouds, so no snow!
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 08:02:19 AM
Following Friday's TOD repor, I binge-watched the rest of the PAN AM series, and damn, that was a fine show. The 1963/64 vibe is of course always great to see portrayed, but they really tackled some serious issues, and I think it was extremely well written and cast.

But, sadly, not well watched.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 08:03:37 AM
The loquat harvest is definitely lost.

That's too bad. :(
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2024, 08:04:07 AM
The first half of the bathroom cleanup is accomplished. My legs are now shot, so I will do the laundry tomorrow morning.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2024, 08:05:59 AM
DR CharlesSmith, I'm sorry your home has been damaged again. I hope the repair is swift and secure.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2024, 08:09:52 AM
I dreamt I was a doctor aboard a cruise ship. Thankfully I had no patients. Or patience.

You weren't assisting that rascal Dr. Buñuel again, were you?
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2024, 08:11:12 AM
DR CharlesSmith, I'm sorry your home has been damaged again. I hope the repair is swift and secure.

Knock wood, I have a great contractor friend, and great contractors who are responsive and actually take care of things in a timely manner can be very hard to come by...just about anywhere. I am very fortunate.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2024, 08:16:28 AM
OMG, I have news -- news that must be told especially to DR Elmore!

You're simply not going to believe it.

This all happened rather suddenly right at the end of December... I never planned for it myself, it was presented to me at the last minute when the local groups were about to announce their 2024 seasons...

Don't laugh. You might cry, but try not to laugh. In November/December 2024, at one of our local 100+ seat theeders, I will be music-directing

(wait for it)

Once Upon a Mattress.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2024, 08:18:17 AM
I really hardly know it -- I mean, well enough to actually consider doing it myself. So I have much to learn in the coming months. And much planning to do, for a venue in which I can - at best - fit 6 or 7 musicians, me being one of them.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 08:18:33 AM
Sorry about your house, DR ChasSmith.

Sounds like you have things well in hand, but still...
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 08:20:45 AM
How does one kumquat greet another?

''Lo, quat."
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2024, 08:21:14 AM
My director and I will be making every effort to get to Encores! - which for me, has to be during the second week.

Hey, I should have two eyes to see out of by then!  :)
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 08:22:07 AM
Can there be such a thing as loquat jam?
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 08:22:17 AM
I am sorry there won't be any.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 08:25:18 AM
You may be sure
That deep down,
I'm demure.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2024, 08:29:07 AM
DR CharlesSmith, I'm sorry your home has been damaged again. I hope the repair is swift and secure.

Knock wood, I have a great contractor friend, and great contractors who are responsive and actually take care of things in a timely manner can be very hard to come by...just about anywhere. I am very fortunate.


Hoping it all gets fixed easily!
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2024, 08:32:43 AM
More dental vibes today for vixdad and for Rodzinski's family.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2024, 08:40:56 AM
How does one kumquat greet another?

''Lo, quat."



:)
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2024, 08:41:27 AM
I see page 4 getting closer.
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2024, 08:41:46 AM
Even closer.
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2024, 08:41:59 AM
We're on page 4!
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2024, 09:31:40 AM
I really hardly know it -- I mean, well enough to actually consider doing it myself. So I have much to learn in the coming months. And much planning to do, for a venue in which I can - at best - fit 6 or 7 musicians, me being one of them.

The original off-Broadway orchestration was (we think) 4 violas, 2 celli, bass, piano-celesta, guitar, harp, 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, 4 reeds, and percussion (1 player).
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2024, 09:33:40 AM
My director and I will be making every effort to get to Encores! - which for me, has to be during the second week.

Hey, I should have two eyes to see out of by then!  :)

Well, God knows what the revised book will be like. They've cut one song because of the book revisions. This PC approach to comedy drives me mad.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2024, 09:47:54 AM
My director and I will be making every effort to get to Encores! - which for me, has to be during the second week.

Hey, I should have two eyes to see out of by then!  :)

Well, God knows what the revised book will be like. They've cut one song because of the book revisions. This PC approach to comedy drives me mad.

Oy!  Sorry to hear.

Not to mention, I have a great director, but he's all too often dazzled by revised orchestrations, and he's already asked me to consider tweaking "Normandy" à la the Sarah Jessica Parker-cast arrangement.

Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 09:53:55 AM
OMG, I have news -- news that must be told especially to DR Elmore!

You're simply not going to believe it.

This all happened rather suddenly right at the end of December... I never planned for it myself, it was presented to me at the last minute when the local groups were about to announce their 2024 seasons...

Don't laugh. You might cry, but try not to laugh. In November/December 2024, at one of our local 100+ seat theeders, I will be music-directing

(wait for it)

Once Upon a Mattress.

Congrats, ChasSmith!
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 10:05:05 AM
Good morning.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 10:05:13 AM
I'll be back later.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 10:12:05 AM
I finally made the gingerbread house, DR Jane!


I don't think it will win any awards.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 10:12:25 AM
Also, there's a big crack in the roof. Almost as if a tree had hit it.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 10:12:59 AM
The jigger seen in the background had to be used immediately upon completion.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2024, 10:23:55 AM
Holy f'n......

I just got an automated call from my pharmacy saying my prescription (Prolensa, an eye drop) is ready for pickup. The price will be $137.00. Say wha'? The other eye drop I use for this (the antibiotic) was only $12.00! I think this one's an anti-inflammatory. How could it be so much?

I called and got a person, who confirmed that and added that it originally came in at $128 - and the INSURANCE raised it to $137. How do you like them apples? With friends like that...

Anyway, I was first given sample packs for it at the doctor's, and I just talked to them and they are more than willing to give me another batch when I'm ready to do the second eye. Isn't that nice? They really are a great office in all respects.
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Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2024, 10:26:11 AM
I sure am entertaining the board today with all of these adventures. Never a dull moment.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 10:31:00 AM
Hoo boy, DR ChasSmith.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 10:31:13 AM
$$$$
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 10:31:32 AM
Canadian car wash.
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Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2024, 10:33:48 AM
Here's another one for DR Elmore:

I think this is fairly new and not all patients get it, but I did, and it alleviates having to use even more eye drops after the surgery. I believe it's a steroid in addition to the antibiotic and anti-inflammatory. So, my eye drops routine doesn't change, from the three days prior to surgery to many days after. I just have this little yellow-tipped thingy just inside my eyelid that releases the medication.

https://www.eyesurgeonspc.com/wp-content/uploads/DEXTENZA_Activation_01_patient_CMYK_01-scaled.jpg
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Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2024, 10:34:40 AM
The miracles of modern science!
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Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2024, 10:45:21 AM
Sorry about the tree-fall, Chas. But it’s great to have a contractor you can trust. This is the first house I’ve had that has no trees within striking distance.
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Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2024, 10:47:10 AM
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2024, 10:58:41 AM
I finally made the gingerbread house, DR Jane!


I don't think it will win any awards.


But it looks delicious!
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 11:14:45 AM
Vibes of all sorts for ChasSmith.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 11:15:07 AM
Loquats ain’t kumquats.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 11:16:15 AM
I have made loquat jam, loquat cobbler, pickled loquats and loquat wine.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 11:16:55 AM
How ‘bout them loquats?
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 11:20:42 AM
Memorial service was nice. Jim and Shirley had been married for 70 years. She died last September. He died in December.
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Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2024, 11:22:58 AM
Our guy just came back, went up and singlehandedly threw the debris off the roof, and sealed up two (maybe three) places where the snow could get through. So we're good for this coming storm. Which is exactly what the insurance company wanted to hear as well.
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Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2024, 11:23:54 AM
'Quat you say?
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Post by: bk on January 15, 2024, 12:34:40 PM
I'm up, I'm up - six hours of sleep.
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Post by: bk on January 15, 2024, 12:35:03 PM
I'm thinking it really is high time for darling George to write his Kritzer World review.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 12:38:36 PM
Onward!
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 12:38:48 PM
Five!
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 12:39:02 PM
Up from a nap.
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2024, 12:49:00 PM
Up from a nap.


Possible homage to BK's "Up are new notes."
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 01:03:30 PM
Had plans to meet friends for dinner. But it’s sleeting here. Not driving in that.
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Post by: bk on January 15, 2024, 01:22:20 PM
Futzed and finessed and batch of pages have been sent to Muse Margaret.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 01:24:05 PM
Santa came late.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 01:24:34 PM
It arrived with eight matching tree ornaments.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 01:25:56 PM
Here’s the cranberry sauce pie. It was a hit. Every person who took a small slice returned for seconds.
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2024, 01:26:42 PM
Santa came late.


That's nice!
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 01:27:40 PM
Now starting a movie I missed back in the day: The Great Train Robbery.
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2024, 01:45:55 PM
The issue from the Critics Choice awards of the Best Song presenters naming Jack Black, Ariana DeBose and Ryan Gosling as "actors who think they can sing" seems to have gone mega-viral.


Here's the New York Post story on this.
https://pagesix.com/2024/01/15/entertainment/ariana-debose-fumes-over-joke-at-her-expense-at-critics-choice-awards/

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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 01:49:02 PM
I finally made the gingerbread house, DR Jane!


I don't think it will win any awards.

It is very cute and it looks tasty. 
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2024, 01:50:49 PM
Here’s the cranberry sauce pie. It was a hit. Every person who took a small slice returned for seconds.

That pie looks great, too!
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 01:51:10 PM
DR Vixmom I will never ask you to make me a PBJ sandwich.  I do agree about weird nut  butters.  I could live with plain white bread though I prefer a tastier bread.  I could live with creamy peanut butter while I prefer chunky.  I cannot live with grape jelly ;D
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 01:53:32 PM
DR Rodzinski I do not remember the comic strip, “Apartment 3-G.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 01:54:00 PM
I remember “Mary Worth” as ok.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 01:55:29 PM
"Dondi" was my favorite comic strip.  When I went away to camp my parents mailed the strips to me.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 01:58:59 PM
Saturday nights my parents usually went out with friends.  On the way home they would stop to pick up the Sunday LA Times.  We had a nice laundry container with a lid that was kept in the hallway outside of my bedroom.  My father would leave the comic section on top of the lid.  In the morning I would get the comics and return to bed to read them.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 02:00:39 PM
Does anyone still wear a hat?

Almost every day.
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2024, 02:01:11 PM
Saturday nights my parents usually went out with friends.  On the way home they would stop to pick up the Sunday LA Times.  We had a nice laundry container with a lid that was kept in the hallway outside of my bedroom.  My father would leave the comic section on top of the lid.  In the morning I would get the comics and return to bed to read them.


That sounds really nice. 
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 02:02:15 PM
Remember the other day when I said it was in the 50’s?

It’s snowing.

 :o
It was a crazy morning and I never had time to do my weather check in Maryland.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 02:04:49 PM
TOD:  A strange memory came today after I read BK's question about what music I might have heard on the radio.

I was in Navy Boot Camp in Orlando FL in the summer of 1970.  I had been appointed as a squad leader and one of our "extra" leadership experiences was standing a two-hour watch, overnight, in the main entry to our barracks.

There wasn't a chance in Hades anyone would be coming in from midnight to two, or two to four, etc., but it was the experience of "standing watch" that they were instilling.

I had only one such watch, and I remember it well because a radio was playing to help keep us alert.

And what did I hear?  The very first time I ever heard The Carpenters and "Close to You" was during that watch.

I thought I had died and gone to heaven hearing Karen Carpenter's lovely voice and that wonderful Bacharach tune.

Great memory, and the song certainly kept you awake.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 02:06:47 PM
So guess what!

There was a squall line that crossed the northeast yesterday, and as per usual, there are trees down all over the place. Unfortunately, an old rotted one that was just close enough to hit the house... hit the house. Nothing catastrophic like in 2018, but certainly some damage that needs to be attended to (along with that tale).

I've submitted an insurance claim and ... thank GAWD for knowing this guy ... our contractor friend who's worked on the house before has already been out to start assessing the damage. The insurance wants him to make sure that any place that needs a tarp to keep snow and rain from entering will go up, and he'll be doing that today.

Fun, fun, fun.

Thanks goodness you have someone to immediately begin fixing the problem.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 02:07:33 PM
I dreamt I was a doctor aboard a cruise ship. Thankfully I had no patients. Or patience.

;D

I would much rather had had your dream than mine that I am not repeating.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 02:07:55 PM
A memorial service this morning.

:(
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 02:14:13 PM
DR CharlesSmith, I'm sorry your home has been damaged again. I hope the repair is swift and secure.

Knock wood, I have a great contractor friend, and great contractors who are responsive and actually take care of things in a timely manner can be very hard to come by...just about anywhere. I am very fortunate.

You are very lucky.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 02:16:43 PM
Any chance of sharing that recipe, DR John G.?
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2024, 02:17:32 PM
A wonderful gingerbread cake and a nice PIE.....HHW is heavy on the desserts today.

And no complaints from me.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 02:17:40 PM
2...
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 02:18:00 PM
1...
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 02:18:14 PM
PAGE SIX!!
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2024, 02:19:05 PM
I discovered The Beatles on the radio.  And one day in 1969, I was driving home and a song came on that was so good......I stayed in the car until it was over so I could find out what it was.

It was:  I Think I Love You by David & Shirley Cassidy & The Partridge Family.

After that, I started watching the show and buying the records.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 02:20:57 PM
Also, there's a big crack in the roof. Almost as if a tree had hit it.

Well, it is that time of year ;)
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2024, 02:21:51 PM
I wonder how the Io-way Cock-Us-Says are going?  Or do they not start until later?
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 02:21:59 PM
Holy f'n......

I just got an automated call from my pharmacy saying my prescription (Prolensa, an eye drop) is ready for pickup. The price will be $137.00. Say wha'? The other eye drop I use for this (the antibiotic) was only $12.00! I think this one's an anti-inflammatory. How could it be so much?

I called and got a person, who confirmed that and added that it originally came in at $128 - and the INSURANCE raised it to $137. How do you like them apples? With friends like that...

Anyway, I was first given sample packs for it at the doctor's, and I just talked to them and they are more than willing to give me another batch when I'm ready to do the second eye. Isn't that nice? They really are a great office in all respects.

That is nice you can get another sample pack.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2024, 02:22:32 PM
I love ONCE UPON A MATTRESS but of course I did it back when we were all unwoke heathens.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2024, 02:23:16 PM
Does anyone know if the OKLAHOMA! materials being sent out now are the usual suspects or have they been changed......
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2024, 02:23:51 PM
DR CHAS SMITH did you try that phone thing that's supposed to save you lots on prescriptions?
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2024, 02:24:56 PM
I shoveled my drive way.....not too much sn*w.

I put the trash bin down by the street.

AND both cars started!  I can't believe it......but I didn't want to wait one more night of below zero temps before at least trying them.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 02:29:31 PM
Here it is, Singdaw:

https://bestrecipebox.com/no-bake-cranberry-pie/

Very easy.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 02:33:53 PM
I discovered plenty of people on the radio: The Carpenters, The Manhattan Transfer, Donna Summer, Barbra Streisand, to name a few.

Then, when I got into 40s music, there was an oldies station (remember when oldies meant something other than 90s music?) that taught me some great stuff. Elmer’s Tune was a particular favorite.
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Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2024, 02:39:04 PM
Day of the Loquat
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Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2024, 02:40:35 PM
My family had a tradition that one Christmas present every year would be wrapped in the funny pages. I haven’t been able to continue that tradition because I haven’t gotten a newspaper in ages.
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Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2024, 02:43:34 PM
I discovered The Beatles on the radio.  And one day in 1969, I was driving home and a song came on that was so good......I stayed in the car until it was over so I could find out what it was.

It was:  I Think I Love You by David & Shirley Cassidy & The Partridge Family.

After that, I started watching the show and buying the records.

The Partridge Family at Home with Their Greatest Hits is one of the first records I can remember hearing in our family stereo.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 02:43:55 PM
Memorial service was nice. Jim and Shirley had been married for 70 years. She died last September. He died in December.

70 years, wow.  I'm glad the service was nice. 
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 02:44:29 PM
Our guy just came back, went up and singlehandedly threw the debris off the roof, and sealed up two (maybe three) places where the snow could get through. So we're good for this coming storm. Which is exactly what the insurance company wanted to hear as well.

Excellent.  Do you know when he will be able to begin the repairs?

Stay warm and dry.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 02:44:59 PM
Had plans to meet friends for dinner. But it’s sleeting here. Not driving in that.

Absolutely not just to go out to dinner.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 02:45:45 PM
Here’s the cranberry sauce pie. It was a hit. Every person who took a small slice returned for seconds.

Yum.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 02:47:08 PM
Saturday nights my parents usually went out with friends.  On the way home they would stop to pick up the Sunday LA Times.  We had a nice laundry container with a lid that was kept in the hallway outside of my bedroom.  My father would leave the comic section on top of the lid.  In the morning I would get the comics and return to bed to read them.


That sounds really nice. 

It was.  I also remember we occassionally went out on a Saturday night with our parents, and then stopping at the big newstand in Beverly Hills for the paper on the way home.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 02:51:25 PM
On the way home from the gym today we stopped at the market.  We don't expect to go anywhere tomorrow as another storm is heading our way.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 02:51:53 PM

Fortunately it won't be as cold.  I just hope it is warm enough not to burst another pipe in the building.  We, thank goodness, do not have any water damage.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 02:52:05 PM

Currently there are three trucks from one contractor company in our parking lot.  I don't know which unit they are working on.

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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 02:52:12 PM
Two units had a good amount of damage, one more than the other.  We helped another neighbor clean up water.  I don't know who else had damage but have been told there were five units damaged.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 03:05:23 PM
That's too bad, DR Jane. I hope there isn't any further damage.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 03:05:36 PM
Thank you for the recipe, DR John G.
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2024, 03:08:44 PM
TOD:  I think when I was very young, I heard most top 40 radio songs when they'd pop up on TV first.

Pop songs would be on the variety shows.  I'm pretty sure I heard Marie Osmond sing "Last Dance" on TV before I heard Donna Summer sing it.



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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2024, 03:09:16 PM
Two units had a good amount of damage, one more than the other.  We helped another neighbor clean up water.  I don't know who else had damage but have been told there were five units damaged.


:(
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Post by: KevinH on January 15, 2024, 03:21:12 PM
Good evening!
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Post by: KevinH on January 15, 2024, 03:22:13 PM
Wordle: 5/6
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 03:27:58 PM
I listened to pop radio incessantly in the early 70s. Of course, pop music of then was very different from what it is today, if it even still exists. The market is so segmented now.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 03:29:07 PM
Seven!
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 03:30:27 PM
I’m not finding much amusement in Great Train Robbery.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2024, 03:38:04 PM
Does anyone know if the OKLAHOMA! materials being sent out now are the usual suspects or have they been changed......

The materials were cleaned up in the 1990s, but I doubt there are any main changes.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 03:47:43 PM
That's too bad, DR Jane. I hope there isn't any further damage.

Thanks.  I just found out about another unit that has some major damage. 
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 03:51:12 PM
I also talked to the contractors and thanked them for coming out quickly to help everyone. 
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 03:51:51 PM
They have fans blowing where needed and tape marks on the ceilings where there is water.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 04:10:20 PM
Walls & ceilings will be opened to let them dry properly.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 04:55:22 PM
DR Ginny, how are you and Richard feeling today?
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 05:26:13 PM
Watching an old favorite tonight: Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast. I think this was the first subtitled movie I ever saw.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 05:27:13 PM
This movie is a prime example of why black and white movies are magical.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2024, 05:42:18 PM
Thank you DR ELMORE
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2024, 05:44:04 PM
Did anyone ever get a message on your Facebook page that your page/group was in violation of their standards.....and that they were going to delete your page.

I answered the message and asked what the problem was....then it sent me to a META site that asked for my email and password.....then the next page asked for a picture of my ID....driver's license or passport.....

I ended the conversation there.

I don't think it is really valid.
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Post by: Laura on January 15, 2024, 05:48:32 PM
Good evening.
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Post by: Laura on January 15, 2024, 05:49:05 PM
Yes, JRand. I page I help administer keeps getting those. I knew right away it was a scam.
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Post by: Laura on January 15, 2024, 05:49:38 PM
What song did they drop from Once Upon a Mattress?
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 05:51:09 PM
Hi, Laura!
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2024, 06:05:19 PM
There was just a "Cheers" reunion on the Emmys - to present the comedy writing and directing Emmys.

Nice to see Rhea Perlman, who is such an integral part in "Barbie."
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2024, 06:19:12 PM
And just now, Danny De Vito was there with the cast of "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia."
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 06:31:14 PM
Did anyone ever get a message on your Facebook page that your page/group was in violation of their standards.....and that they were going to delete your page.

I answered the message and asked what the problem was....then it sent me to a META site that asked for my email and password.....then the next page asked for a picture of my ID....driver's license or passport.....

I ended the conversation there.

I don't think it is really valid.

So far I have not received that scam.  Thanks for the warning.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 06:35:39 PM
Scammers sent out a legitimate looking text to people in Portland yesterday saying PGE would not be fixing the power outages for 10 days as they needed to get transformers from Texas. 

I don't understand why people do this.  Of course PGE and to take the time, in the middle of trying to fix the power outages, to let people know it wasn't true.

Most of all I feel bad for people who believed it. 
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 06:39:49 PM
We are ending the day with popcorn :)
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2024, 06:39:55 PM
'night
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 06:43:27 PM
Popcorn.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 06:43:44 PM
Ceilings.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 06:43:53 PM
Popcorn ceilings.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 06:44:06 PM
A scourge of an earlier era in decorating.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 06:53:18 PM
4...
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 06:53:25 PM
3...
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 06:53:32 PM
2...
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 06:53:38 PM
1...
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 06:53:46 PM
PAGE EIGHT!
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2024, 06:53:56 PM
Good night, friends.
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Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 07:24:20 PM
Sorry about the tree-fall, Chas. But it’s great to have a contractor you can trust. This is the first house I’ve had that has no trees within striking distance.

That's one convenient thing about my condo, too...no close trees.
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Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 07:25:55 PM
Memorial service was nice. Jim and Shirley had been married for 70 years. She died last September. He died in December.

Wow...married for 70 years.  That's amazing!
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 07:30:03 PM
I'm thinking it really is high time for darling George to write his Kritzer World review.

I'm working on it...slowly.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 07:31:32 PM
Santa came late.

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7477.0;attach=20512)

Disco fever!! :D
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Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 07:32:57 PM
Here’s the cranberry sauce pie. It was a hit. Every person who took a small slice returned for seconds.

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7477.0;attach=20514)

That looks good, John.  Congrats on the successful pie!
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 07:35:21 PM
Watching another movie from my childhood: Walkabout. It’s as great as ever. Seems t have had an influence on Terence Malick.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 07:39:34 PM
The issue from the Critics Choice awards of the Best Song presenters naming Jack Black, Ariana DeBose and Ryan Gosling as "actors who think they can sing" seems to have gone mega-viral.


Here's the New York Post story on this.
https://pagesix.com/2024/01/15/entertainment/ariana-debose-fumes-over-joke-at-her-expense-at-critics-choice-awards/



Oh, my. :o You'd think the writers would know who they're joking about before making those kinds of jokes!
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 07:41:39 PM
"Dondi" was my favorite comic strip.  When I went away to camp my parents mailed the strips to me.

I remember for a short while while I was in high school, there was a daily Star Wars comic.  I read it and then it just disappeared. :-\ I don't remember if it was cancelled or if it actually ended.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 07:43:33 PM
Remember the other day when I said it was in the 50’s?

It’s snowing.

 :o
It was a crazy morning and I never had time to do my weather check in Maryland.

When I left my house about a half hour ago to go to Subway, it was 37°F.  When I got to Subway (it only took about three minutes to get there), it was down to 28°F!
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 07:45:24 PM
It’s 25 here. And dropping.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2024, 08:06:14 PM
Thanks DR LAURA.....I deleted the message and changed my password.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2024, 08:06:36 PM
Thanks for that recipe DR JOHN G - I hope someone at my local WalMart sees it.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2024, 08:06:51 PM
MR BK must be writing.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2024, 08:07:02 PM
It is a balmy 5 degrees right now.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 08:11:50 PM
I think I picked these two movies out tonight because they are like warming comfort food on a cold, cold night.
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Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2024, 08:12:47 PM
Watching another movie from my childhood: Walkabout. It’s as great as ever. Seems t have had an influence on Terence Malick.

Great film. Was lucky to see it at Film Forum once.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2024, 08:13:42 PM
"Dondi" was my favorite comic strip.  When I went away to camp my parents mailed the strips to me.

I remember for a short while while I was in high school, there was a daily Star Wars comic.  I read it and then it just disappeared. :-\ I don't remember if it was cancelled or if it actually ended.

There was a Spider-Man too. Supposedly Stan Lee wrote that one himself.
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Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2024, 08:30:49 PM
All dentist news good. My teeth live to bite another day!
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 08:50:56 PM
The Emmys were tonight. Yawn.
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Post by: bk on January 15, 2024, 09:04:04 PM
Been zoning out on the couch and will now write five more pages (have done five so far) and then maybe a few more after the notes are posted.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 09:23:44 PM
Here it is, Singdaw:

https://bestrecipebox.com/no-bake-cranberry-pie/

Very easy.

Thanks for the link.  I don't know when (or if) I'll make it, but at least I'll have the recipe bookmarked. :)
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 09:23:59 PM
Watching another movie from my childhood: Walkabout. It’s as great as ever. Seems t have had an influence on Terence Malick.

Great film. Was lucky to see it at Film Forum once.

I also saw on a huge screen when I was growing up.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2024, 09:25:27 PM
Walkabout could never be made today. Jennie Agutter was only 16 when the movie was made. Though her nude scenes are innocent, they just wouldn’t be happening now.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 09:25:57 PM
Two units had a good amount of damage, one more than the other.  We helped another neighbor clean up water.  I don't know who else had damage but have been told there were five units damaged.

Oh, no! 😱
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 09:26:18 PM
That's too bad, DR Jane. I hope there isn't any further damage.

Ditto!!
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 09:35:06 PM
Scammers sent out a legitimate looking text to people in Portland yesterday saying PGE would not be fixing the power outages for 10 days as they needed to get transformers from Texas. 

I don't understand why people do this.  Of course PGE and to take the time, in the middle of trying to fix the power outages, to let people know it wasn't true.

Most of all I feel bad for people who believed it. 

Yikes!  And why would they (pretend to) get them from Texas when Texas had people die from the cold because their politicians didn't want to help their constituents‽‽
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 09:35:58 PM
Popcorn ceilings.
A scourge of an earlier era in decorating.

Agreed! :P
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 09:39:03 PM
Watching another movie from my childhood: Walkabout. It’s as great as ever. Seems t have had an influence on Terence Malick.

My sister's boyfriend loves that movie.  Long before it was released in the US, he bought an Australian (Region 4?) DVD and I think it was why he bought a region-code-free player.
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Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 09:39:23 PM
PAGE NINE DANCE!!
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Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 09:41:45 PM
It’s 25 here. And dropping.

It's now 26°F and expected to get down to 20° by sunrise, then get up to a high of 37°.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 09:42:36 PM
"Dondi" was my favorite comic strip.  When I went away to camp my parents mailed the strips to me.

I remember for a short while while I was in high school, there was a daily Star Wars comic.  I read it and then it just disappeared. :-\ I don't remember if it was cancelled or if it actually ended.

There was a Spider-Man too. Supposedly Stan Lee wrote that one himself.

Nice.  I don't remember reading that one, though.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 09:42:53 PM
All dentist news good. My teeth live to bite another day!

Great news, Rodzinski!
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 09:44:16 PM
Walkabout could never be made today. Jennie Agutter was only 16 when the movie was made. Though her nude scenes are innocent, they just wouldn’t be happening now.

Blue Lagoon is another.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 15, 2024, 09:44:54 PM
I've never actually seen it, so I don't know how innocent the nudity in that is. ::)
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 16, 2024, 12:02:49 AM
Well, here's one good thing to come out of the Emmys:

Elton John achieves elite EGOT status with Emmy win for his concert film (https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/15/entertainment/elton-john-egot-emmys/index.html)
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Post by: George on January 16, 2024, 12:03:08 AM
:D
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Post by: George on January 16, 2024, 12:03:16 AM
And now...
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 16, 2024, 12:03:27 AM
...since we're here...
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 16, 2024, 12:05:54 AM
Elton John Celebratory (but still Gratuitous) Post #250 Dance! ;D

(https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-1244979353.jpg)
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Post by: Rodzinski on January 16, 2024, 12:09:09 AM
He’s still standing.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: George on January 16, 2024, 12:15:33 AM
He’s still standing.

I really liked that video (https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=gpD-vWAHeHiZflY3&v=ZHwVBirqD2s) back in the day...and I still do. ;)
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Post by: bk on January 16, 2024, 12:34:54 AM
New notes are up.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: bk on January 16, 2024, 12:35:02 AM
Up are new notes.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: bk on January 16, 2024, 12:35:09 AM
I've seen them.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: bk on January 16, 2024, 12:35:16 AM
I've read them.
Title: Re: ROMEO, OH ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU, ROMEO?
Post by: bk on January 16, 2024, 12:35:21 AM
I wrote them.