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Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on November 27, 2024, 12:50:02 AM

Title: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 12:50:02 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were so far yet so good, and now it is time for you to post until the so far, so good cows come home.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 12:52:08 AM
And the word of the day is: RESPLENDENT!
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Post by: Rodzinski on November 27, 2024, 02:02:36 AM
Notes pondered. Squandered.
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Post by: Freddie on November 27, 2024, 03:08:08 AM
Congratulations, singdaw, on your fabulous new posting millstone!
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2024, 04:22:53 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2024, 04:24:30 AM
BK, I was thinking yesterday was your eye procedure! I'm happy your physical went well, and I'm even happier that your drive home was not disastrous for you or anyone else on the road.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2024, 04:25:32 AM
I think I slept well. I have no memory of waking up at any point for a bathroom break, so that's a very positive first in a very lopnmg time.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2024, 04:27:50 AM
With all of Trump's idiotic tariff fixation, you'd like to hope there's someone in MAGA Moron Land who could explain to him he's only hurting American consumers. There's going to be a lot of buyers' remorse from the nitwitsa who voted for this felon.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2024, 04:33:47 AM
I need work.  Seriously, I need a job.

I am very grateful for the Gypsy work, although the comments on the Musical Theatre Orchestration vanity page is already in an uproar. I'm grateful to BK for at least offering some sense.

Still, I need a job. I cannot wait around for Moonshine & Mistletoe, the balle, or the book to start generating income, if any, and no matter how much I plead, Annabelle, Thatch, and Stella refuse to get jobs.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 04:34:29 AM
Good morning, friends.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 04:34:35 AM
And others.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 04:35:17 AM
I certainly did not know about chili crisp before today.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 04:35:25 AM
But now I do.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 04:35:40 AM
Thanks, DR George!
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 04:35:52 AM
Last work day before an extended break.
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Post by: Laura on November 27, 2024, 04:36:02 AM
Good morning.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 04:36:07 AM
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 04:36:34 AM
If you tie one one, does a Bavarian cream pie fight ensue?
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 04:36:51 AM
It probably must do.
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Post by: Laura on November 27, 2024, 04:39:49 AM
BK, be sure to go to your pharmacy and get caught up on immunizations. They have approved a few new ones for seniors. They might all be banned soon.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 04:44:58 AM
Glad your physical went so well, BK.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 04:45:09 AM
And that you arrived home safely.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 04:45:34 AM
~~~CONTINUED MEDICAL VIBES~~~
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 04:46:47 AM
  BK, be sure to go to your pharmacy and get caught up on immunizations. They have approved a few new ones for seniors. They might all be banned soon. 

I can't get the latest COVID booster until January, but I've scheduled it before Jan 20, just in case.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 04:57:38 AM
The thought of BK and DR Jeanne dining together for Thanksgiving makes me happy.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 05:06:21 AM
The tables are turned.    :)
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Post by: Laura on November 27, 2024, 05:13:29 AM
  BK, be sure to go to your pharmacy and get caught up on immunizations. They have approved a few new ones for seniors. They might all be banned soon. 

I can't get the latest COVID booster until January, but I've scheduled it before Jan 20, just in case.

There's an updated pneumonia shot (Prevnar 20), Shingrex, RSV. And always good to keep up with the tetanus/whooping cough/diphtheria shot every 10 years.
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Post by: John G. on November 27, 2024, 05:45:54 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on November 27, 2024, 05:47:21 AM
Laura, there’s no message under your post. Seems odd and incomplete. Like a burrito without watermelon. Or gravy sans cashews.
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Post by: John G. on November 27, 2024, 05:47:33 AM
Onward!
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Post by: John G. on November 27, 2024, 05:47:41 AM
Two!
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Post by: Freddie on November 27, 2024, 06:02:35 AM
The tables are turned.    :)


Excellent!
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Post by: Laura on November 27, 2024, 06:07:26 AM
There you go, John G.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2024, 06:55:09 AM
  BK, be sure to go to your pharmacy and get caught up on immunizations. They have approved a few new ones for seniors. They might all be banned soon. 

I can't get the latest COVID booster until January, but I've scheduled it before Jan 20, just in case.

This inspired me to run to the CVS site. I'm scheduled for Covid, Hepatitus B, and Shingles vaccines on Dec. 19. The CVS is five blocks from m,y apartment.
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Post by: John G. on November 27, 2024, 07:16:13 AM
There you go, John G.

Thank you. I think.
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Post by: John G. on November 27, 2024, 07:20:42 AM
I can't believe I left James Joyce's The Dead, story and movie, off my ghost story list.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2024, 07:30:10 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2024, 07:30:32 AM
A couple of blessed days off.

And a turkey dinner in there someplace.

I'll take it.
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Post by: Freddie on November 27, 2024, 07:31:42 AM
There you go, John G.

Thank you. I think.


Is that anything like "Wherever you are, there you are"
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2024, 07:32:10 AM
I got my flu shot, but I still need the latest covid booster AND the shingles vaccine AND the RSV which my doctor advised me to go ahead and get.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 07:32:40 AM
Chili crisp sounds interesting.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 07:33:10 AM
I thought Tie One On Day was yesterday so I'll have to celebrate again today.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 07:33:20 AM
A big famale what?
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 07:34:34 AM
Tooth cap and finding a dentist vibes for MR BK.

It sounds as if the physical went well with good results.  It is very nice that test results are available online to see.  And if some numbers can't be understood, there is always GOOGLE....for the most part.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 07:34:45 AM
Important envelope vibes for MR BK.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 07:35:01 AM
DR CHAS SMITH enjoy your time away from the theeder.
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Post by: Ginny on November 27, 2024, 07:35:03 AM
Wednesday morning greetings!  We have a quiet holiday because I have to check every day this week and next to see if I need to report for jury duty.  So far I’ve dodged 3 bullets and it’s probably safe to assume that I won’t be needed tomorrow or Friday.
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Post by: Freddie on November 27, 2024, 07:35:51 AM
Jrand, I can definitely imagine the guy in your current avatar doing the ride-the-other-car's-bumper thing mentioned in last night's posts!
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 07:36:51 AM
My sister Myrna tells me that my genius niece is learning to play the piano.

I don't think she is taking lessons, she is playing by ear.

I just remembered that I had a Yamaha PS-130 keyboard....so I think I will offer it to her for her niece (my great niece)....unless they have a piano, which I am pretty sure they don't.
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Post by: Laura on November 27, 2024, 07:38:23 AM
  BK, be sure to go to your pharmacy and get caught up on immunizations. They have approved a few new ones for seniors. They might all be banned soon. 

I can't get the latest COVID booster until January, but I've scheduled it before Jan 20, just in case.

This inspired me to run to the CVS site. I'm scheduled for Covid, Hepatitus B, and Shingles vaccines on Dec. 19. The CVS is five blocks from m,y apartment.

The HepB really made my arm hurt; the shingles shot will make you feel crummy. Plan on staying home and doing nothing the next day or two. Pamper yourself.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2024, 07:39:58 AM
Re BK's checkup:

My three words two weeks ago were village, kitchen, baby. But when I was asked to draw the clock, I had the feeling they'd asked me to draw the same time of day the prior year. And do you want to know what it was both times?

11:10.

I kid you not.

Two years in a row for me, and then for BK on the opposite coast? What's with 11:10, anyway? The only difference is that it sounds like they gave BK a picture and he had to fill in the numbers and the hands. Both of my times, I had to draw the clock face and everything on a piece of scrap paper.
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Post by: Freddie on November 27, 2024, 07:41:07 AM
My sister Myrna tells me that my genius niece is learning to play the piano.

I don't think she is taking lessons, she is playing by ear.

I just remembered that I had a Yamaha PS-130 keyboard....so I think I will offer it to her for her niece (my great niece)....unless they have a piano, which I am pretty sure they don't.

Sounds great!  How old is your niece?
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 07:42:00 AM
I'll keep the PSS-280 for myself.

When I opened up the box, I found the receipt from Service Merchandise dated 9/22/1989 for a cost of $108.88.

"Your name will be called at our Merchandise Pick Up Counter before 07:18 p.m."
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 07:43:36 AM
One thing that always used to annoy me at certain department stores is that merchandise could only be rung up in its own department.

You couldn't walk around the store and find things and then pay for everything all at once at one register.

ANNOYING.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 07:43:59 AM
I don't think that's a thing anymore, although it might be.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 07:45:06 AM
It is 44 degrees here headed for 46 degrees with some rain after 3 p.m.

In ALL departments.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2024, 07:45:13 AM
If Yamaha PS-130 is in the series I'm thinking of, those are nice pianos.

I like them better than my Casio Privia - which is the best in the line they had at the time - and even with the additional bells and whistles mine has, I decided those Yamahas have a better touch and are a better sounding piano.

But they all get the job done. I'm playing the Privia in Wonderettes, rather than lug in the Kurzweil.
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Post by: Freddie on November 27, 2024, 07:47:28 AM
I hear you can walk to Privias in the rain and never wet your feet.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 07:51:08 AM
If you have to lug it, size is a consideration.

Here is my PS-280.....the 130 is the same only smaller, no headphone jack, and a few less voice choices.  The pic is from the inner web, mine doesn't have to note notes on it - I rarely play it in the driveway. 

Not even sure if Yamaha makes these portables anymore.....

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/47wAAOSw9IxiSlII/s-l1600.webp)

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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 07:51:31 AM
L I F E    S I Z E
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2024, 07:51:40 AM
BK's drive was harrowing to read about. I've had far too many of such experiences, and know it all too well. I think I see the road BK turned on and had to endure until it reconnected with Nichols Canyon near Mulholland. And in browsing the maps and satellite images, I'm now amazed after all of these years to renew my acquaintance with how long (from north to south) those canyons are. Especially, say, Beverly Glen and Coldwater which are farther west where the mountain range is wider.

Anyhoo, my night driving in the year or so before my cataract surgeries was rather like that, and I, too, was keeping to the roads I knew best, just waiting it out till the surgeries could happen. Man, I wouldn't return to that for anything.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2024, 07:52:38 AM
DR Jrand74, should we be seeing pictures or links in those posts? I don't see anything...
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2024, 07:54:12 AM
Oh, my mistake. I was remembering wrong. The Yamahas I was comparing with the Casio were in the P series, not the PS. I know I played a P-125 for one show, and it is indeed a fine digital piano.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2024, 07:55:30 AM
But most everything Yamaha makes is more reliable than the competition, in various other instruments and equipment as well.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 07:56:45 AM
LOL DR FREDDIE yes he was the one.

My niece is 8 years old.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 07:57:39 AM
Should be a picture DR CHAS SMITH.....but click if it's a link and you'll go to an EBAY listing.

The PSS series was not a FULL keyboard......or I guess I should say IS NOT.....
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2024, 07:59:04 AM
Should be a picture DR CHAS SMITH.....but click if it's a link and you'll go to an EBAY listing.

The PSS series was not a FULL keyboard......or I guess I should say IS NOT.....

Ah, okay, I see the link if I hit "Quote" on that reply, but Safari isn't displaying it at all on normal view. Hmm...
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 08:04:59 AM
Teck Knowl O Gee.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 08:06:03 AM
MR BK I think that DR LAURA's advice about shots and vaccines is very wise

Our health future looks bleak right now...and even more precarious in the near future.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2024, 08:08:07 AM
I can't believe I left James Joyce's The Dead, story and movie, off my ghost story list.

I would never consider it a ghost story, and I love it and the film version.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2024, 08:10:31 AM
Here's the latest update on Peaniut the squirrel and Fred the raccoon. I'm in mourning.
https://www.tmz.com/2024/11/27/peanut-the-squirrel-owner-notice-intends-sue-new-york/?adid=social-tw
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2024, 08:11:13 AM
I need the RSV vaccine as well, so I will schedule that after my Dec. 19 date.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 08:41:43 AM
Thanks for the link DR ELMORE.

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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 08:51:11 AM
There was a story in Indy yesterday that said a school secretary had been fired and that the principal was under fire for being a bully.

One senior at the high school was talking about the popular secretary and was quoted as saying:  "Her and her husband are great....."

And all I could think of is:  "Her is?"
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Post by: Freddie on November 27, 2024, 09:00:15 AM
There was a story in Indy yesterday that said a school secretary had been fired and that the principal was under fire for being a bully.

One senior at the high school was talking about the popular secretary and was quoted as saying:  "Her and her husband are great....."

And all I could think of is:  "Her is?"


Life can be a musical if you let it

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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 09:29:04 AM
DR Rodzinski, yay on the headlights!
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 09:31:40 AM
Bruce I'm glad you made it home from your scary drive. 
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 09:37:36 AM
It is very rare that my appointments are not in the mornings.
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 09:40:20 AM
Bruce, did you eat the leftover mac & cheese yet?  Maybe your top loose porcelain cap is in there.
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Post by: Ginny on November 27, 2024, 09:44:44 AM
There was a story in Indy yesterday that said a school secretary had been fired and that the principal was under fire for being a bully.

One senior at the high school was talking about the popular secretary and was quoted as saying:  "Her and her husband are great....."

And all I could think of is:  "Her is?"

But the English department seems to be lacking…
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 10:34:49 AM
Good afternoon
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 10:35:08 AM
I woke up at 3 for no apparent reason
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 10:35:49 AM
Laid in bed until trying to will myself into unconsciousness
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 10:36:36 AM
Picked my ipad and looked at old photographs until after 5
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 10:36:43 AM
AM
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 10:36:54 AM
In the morning time
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 10:37:20 AM
Finally tried to enter the land of nod again
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 10:37:52 AM
Managed it at some point but was up again by 630
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 10:38:13 AM
Gave up and showered dressed and went to the BJs
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 10:38:45 AM
And waited for them to open at 8
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 10:39:17 AM
Then I went in and bought a pumpkin pie, an apple pie and a blueberry crumb pie
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 10:40:42 AM
I also ran into a former co-worker, a throughly unpleasant woman who thrived on making my life as hellush as possible
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 10:40:59 AM
She greeted me like we were long lost friends
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 10:41:13 AM
Not lost long enough methinks
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 10:42:00 AM
But I was civil, explained I needed to go to work and vamoosed
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 10:42:32 AM
Wordle was done but not posted
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 10:43:28 AM
Wordle 1,257 4/6

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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 10:46:40 AM
Connections
Puzzle #535
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Post by: John G. on November 27, 2024, 11:37:36 AM
I can't believe I left James Joyce's The Dead, story and movie, off my ghost story list.

I would never consider it a ghost story, and I love it and the film version.

But they are already ghosts in the narrator’s eye and soon to be ghosts in the present. I was reminded of that in reading s wonder review of Irish Rep’s immersive The Dead, 1904.
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Post by: John G. on November 27, 2024, 11:43:39 AM
Here was the quote: “We are living in a skeptical and a thought-tormented age,” Gabriel (or is it James Joyce?) tells us. “One by one we are all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.”
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 11:43:49 AM
Last work day before an extended break.

Enjoy your break.
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 11:44:21 AM
BK, be sure to go to your pharmacy and get caught up on immunizations. They have approved a few new ones for seniors. They might all be banned soon.

Excellent suggestion.
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Post by: John G. on November 27, 2024, 11:44:49 AM
I’m opting for the fade, though, if given the choice.
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 11:46:50 AM
The tables are turned.    :)

;D
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 11:48:30 AM
Indeed DR GINNY!
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 11:48:39 AM
Now I want pie.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 11:49:16 AM
But I don't want to meet any OLD ANNOYING Friends.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 11:53:26 AM
Wordle in SIX
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 12:03:50 PM
I don't think that's a thing anymore, although it might be.


I think now you can take everything to the same counter.
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 12:05:30 PM
LOL DR FREDDIE yes he was the one.

My niece is 8 years old.

I hope she continues playing.
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 12:07:11 PM
There was a story in Indy yesterday that said a school secretary had been fired and that the principal was under fire for being a bully.

One senior at the high school was talking about the popular secretary and was quoted as saying:  "Her and her husband are great....."

And all I could think of is:  "Her is?"

Cringe.
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 12:07:27 PM
There was a story in Indy yesterday that said a school secretary had been fired and that the principal was under fire for being a bully.

One senior at the high school was talking about the popular secretary and was quoted as saying:  "Her and her husband are great....."

And all I could think of is:  "Her is?"

But the English department seems to be lacking…

;D
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 12:08:46 PM
I also ran into a former co-worker, a throughly unpleasant woman who thrived on making my life as hellush as possible

Sorry.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2024, 12:09:26 PM
Here was the quote: “We are living in a skeptical and a thought-tormented age,” Gabriel (or is it James Joyce?) tells us. “One by one we are all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.”

I'm still unsure I'd buy it as a ghost story. I did forget Follies in my list of plays. Did I forget Blithe Spirit?
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Post by: KevinH on November 27, 2024, 12:31:11 PM
Good afternoon!
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Post by: KevinH on November 27, 2024, 12:31:25 PM
Wordle:  3/6
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Post by: KevinH on November 27, 2024, 12:31:57 PM
Thanks for pointing out my upcoming millstone, DR Freddie.  It's not much to brag about, though!
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Post by: KevinH on November 27, 2024, 12:32:38 PM
I saw Juror #2 earlier and enjoyed it very much.  Thanks for the recommendation, BK!
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 12:48:54 PM
Wordle 1,257 3/6

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Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 12:49:03 PM
;D
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 12:49:17 PM
PAGE FIVE DANCE!!
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 12:49:56 PM
Congrats, Singdaw, on your new posting millstone! :D
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 12:50:18 PM
BK, I was thinking yesterday was your eye procedure! I'm happy your physical went well, and I'm even happier that your drive home was not disastrous for you or anyone else on the road.

Ditto and Ditto!
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 12:52:10 PM
I need work.  Seriously, I need a job.

I am very grateful for the Gypsy work, although the comments on the Musical Theatre Orchestration vanity page is already in an uproar. I'm grateful to BK for at least offering some sense.

Still, I need a job. I cannot wait around for Moonshine & Mistletoe, the balle, or the book to start generating income, if any, and no matter how much I plead, Annabelle, Thatch, and Stella refuse to get jobs.

~~~Continued Employment Vibes!!~~~
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 12:52:35 PM
Thanks, DR George!

You're very welcome, Singdaw!
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 12:53:38 PM
The tables are turned.    :)
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7794.0;attach=24270)

:))
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 01:05:06 PM
Wordle:  3/6

Nice.
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 01:05:21 PM
Wordle 1,257 3/6

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Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 01:07:46 PM
One thing that always used to annoy me at certain department stores is that merchandise could only be rung up in its own department.

You couldn't walk around the store and find things and then pay for everything all at once at one register.

ANNOYING.

I've never been to a store that worked like that. :o
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 01:08:07 PM
I don't think that's a thing anymore, although it might be.


Hopefully, not!
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Post by: John G. on November 27, 2024, 01:10:30 PM
Here was the quote: “We are living in a skeptical and a thought-tormented age,” Gabriel (or is it James Joyce?) tells us. “One by one we are all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.”

I'm still unsure I'd buy it as a ghost story. I did forget Follies in my list of plays. Did I forget Blithe Spirit?

Follies and Blithe belong there. Canterville Ghost. Ghost and Mrs. Muir.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 01:11:37 PM
Here's the latest update on Peaniut the squirrel and Fred the raccoon. I'm in mourning.
https://www.tmz.com/2024/11/27/peanut-the-squirrel-owner-notice-intends-sue-new-york/?adid=social-tw

Very interesting.  Hopefully, something good can come from all of this. :-\
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 01:14:47 PM
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Thanks, Jane.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: Rodzinski on November 27, 2024, 01:25:54 PM
I can't believe I left James Joyce's The Dead, story and movie, off my ghost story list.

I really enjoyed the Broadway show.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: Rodzinski on November 27, 2024, 01:28:37 PM
I'll keep the PSS-280 for myself.

When I opened up the box, I found the receipt from Service Merchandise dated 9/22/1989 for a cost of $108.88.

"Your name will be called at our Merchandise Pick Up Counter before 07:18 p.m."

Service Merchandise, now there’s a name from olden times.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: Rodzinski on November 27, 2024, 01:30:08 PM
One thing that always used to annoy me at certain department stores is that merchandise could only be rung up in its own department.

You couldn't walk around the store and find things and then pay for everything all at once at one register.

ANNOYING.


I remember in the waning days of Sears, you couldn’t find anyone anywhere to pay … for anything!
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2024, 01:35:14 PM
I have surprisingly fond memories of Service Merchandise in the mid-late 1980s.

I don't think I ever bought a lot there, but definitely a few things, and there was just something enjoyable about the process and the stores themselves. I guess the merchandise was appealingly displayed.

It was part of that world we used to know. Ya know?
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: Rodzinski on November 27, 2024, 01:35:33 PM
We’ll see how powerful big pharma’s lobby really is if they try to outright ban vaccines.
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Post by: Rodzinski on November 27, 2024, 01:37:23 PM
I have fond memories of Service Merchandise in the mid-late 1980s.

I don't think I ever bought a lot there, but definitely a few things, and there was just something enjoyable about the process and the stores themselves. I guess the merchandise was appealingly displayed.

It was part of that world we used to know.

Yeah, it had a certain je ne sais quoi.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2024, 01:43:17 PM
While I was out running errands this afternoon, I had plans to pick up something entirely different to eat, which never worked out, so I had something I haven't had in a while.

At McDonald's:

The double (yes, double) quarter pounder with cheese, with extra onions on the burger, large fries, and large Coke. (I always ask for extra onions because, for one thing, it's just better with them, and the burger comes out fresher when they have to do something special with it.) I went through the drive-thru, parked, and ate it all hot and fresh in the car. A welcome respite. And a shameful indulgence. And thoroughly delicious.

Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: Freddie on November 27, 2024, 01:52:01 PM
While I was out running errands this afternoon, I had plans to pick up something entirely different to eat, which never worked out, so I had something I haven't had in a while.

At McDonald's:

The double (yes, double) quarter pounder with cheese, with extra onions on the burger, large fries, and large Coke. (I always ask for extra onions because, for one thing, it's just better with them, and the burger comes out fresher when they have to do something special with it.) I went through the drive-thru, parked, and ate it all hot and fresh in the car. A welcome respite. And a shameful indulgence. And thoroughly delicious.




Did you get any change back from your 20?
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: Laura on November 27, 2024, 02:35:43 PM
Good afternoon.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: Laura on November 27, 2024, 02:36:00 PM
My favorite ghost story:  "Ride the Cyclone."
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: Laura on November 27, 2024, 02:36:48 PM
I had the fun job today of carrying the butterflies to the butterfly tent and letting them go after the scientists tagged them.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 02:49:10 PM
I'll keep the PSS-280 for myself.

When I opened up the box, I found the receipt from Service Merchandise dated 9/22/1989 for a cost of $108.88.

"Your name will be called at our Merchandise Pick Up Counter before 07:18 p.m."

Service Merchandise, now there’s a name from olden times.

Sure is.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 02:49:27 PM
One thing that always used to annoy me at certain department stores is that merchandise could only be rung up in its own department.

You couldn't walk around the store and find things and then pay for everything all at once at one register.

ANNOYING.


I remember in the waning days of Sears, you couldn’t find anyone anywhere to pay … for anything!

:(
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 02:50:32 PM
We’ll see how powerful big pharma’s lobby really is if they try to outright ban vaccines.

I don't think there will be a ban.  What could possibly happen is a reduction in what the government will cover.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 02:51:09 PM
I had the fun job today of carrying the butterflies to the butterfly tent and letting them go after the scientists tagged them.

Cool.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 02:56:08 PM
Bruce, Keith can relate and really feels for you needing an MRI of your head.  He also doesn't think there is much benefit to an open MRI when your face will need to go in to the machine.  You lose clarity with an open MRI and this is your eye.  You need the best image possible.

If it were him, he would take drugs (lorazepam) to get through a closed MRI.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 03:03:47 PM
Bruce do you know if the MRI needed requires a contrast dye?  You want to know this before you have the MRI.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 03:52:28 PM
I'm up, I'm up - almost eight hours of sleep.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 03:54:55 PM
But the minutes I got up I had a call with a denist recommendation close to here, so I got up, got dressed, and went over there for a 12:30 appointment. Insurance will only cover some of it, which is too bad, but better than nothing. After perusing their In Network DDS' and looking at feedback, I was not comfortable with any of them. This guy was really good. He said because the two crowns were loose for so long, my gums there were horrifying and a huge amount of tartar sauce had built up.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 03:56:44 PM
So, he numbed me up but good (still numb), got that nasty tartar off that entire area, re-cemented the bottom crown, and put in a temporary top crown. Then I go back in two weeks and get the permanent and then after that he'll do a really serious cleaning, then we can discuss the bottom center tooth that's now crooked and what to do.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 03:57:34 PM
So much novocaine but he was very good about it. I can't even really drink well at the moment as the entire left side is completely numb.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 03:58:02 PM
He still suggested not chewing much on the left side until the permanent is in.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 03:58:13 PM
I'm starving, but can't eat yet.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 03:58:37 PM
Went to the mail place and picked up the first Christmas card of the holiday season.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 03:59:39 PM
I'm going to drive to Gelson's shortly and see if they have any soup I like (hoping for the creamy tomato) - I'll get that and then something easy to chew - not sure what that would be, though.
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Post by: Freddie on November 27, 2024, 04:00:41 PM
But the minutes I got up I had a call with a denist recommendation close to here, so I got up, got dressed, and went over there for a 12:30 appointment. Insurance will only cover some of it, which is too bad, but better than nothing. After perusing their In Network DDS' and looking at feedback, I was not comfortable with any of them. This guy was really good. He said because the two crowns were loose for so long, my gums there were horrifying and a huge amount of tartar sauce had built up.


Great that you were able to be seen so quickly!
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 05:07:40 PM
Went to Gelson's and got a couple of slices of turkey and some stuffing. Couldn't even finish the two slices of turkey. Stuffing was good. That's it for food.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 05:21:58 PM
I can't believe I left James Joyce's The Dead, story and movie, off my ghost story list.

I really enjoyed the Broadway show.

The musical version?  For some reason, I have two copies of the script. ::)

Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 05:25:51 PM
We’ll see how powerful big pharma’s lobby really is if they try to outright ban vaccines.

I can (kind of) understand anti-vaccine mandates, but to outright ban vaccines does not sound like it'll withstand any legal challenge...hopefully!
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 05:27:58 PM
While I was out running errands this afternoon, I had plans to pick up something entirely different to eat, which never worked out, so I had something I haven't had in a while.

At McDonald's:

The double (yes, double) quarter pounder with cheese, with extra onions on the burger, large fries, and large Coke. (I always ask for extra onions because, for one thing, it's just better with them, and the burger comes out fresher when they have to do something special with it.) I went through the drive-thru, parked, and ate it all hot and fresh in the car. A welcome respite. And a shameful indulgence. And thoroughly delicious.



Glad you enjoyed it, ChasSmith.  The double QP is just too much for me.  I do like most of their other double burgers with the small patties, though.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 05:29:59 PM
But the minutes I got up I had a call with a denist recommendation close to here, so I got up, got dressed, and went over there for a 12:30 appointment. Insurance will only cover some of it, which is too bad, but better than nothing. After perusing their In Network DDS' and looking at feedback, I was not comfortable with any of them. This guy was really good. He said because the two crowns were loose for so long, my gums there were horrifying and a huge amount of tartar sauce had built up.


Great that you were able to be seen so quickly!

Ditto!!
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 05:30:33 PM
~~~Successful Teeth Repair Vibes for BK!!~~~
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 05:31:14 PM
I'm going to drive to Gelson's shortly and see if they have any soup I like (hoping for the creamy tomato) - I'll get that and then something easy to chew - not sure what that would be, though.

Or can you get something like a smoothie?
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 05:32:00 PM
Bruce, I am glad you like your new dentist and that you got in quickly to see him.
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 05:43:12 PM
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Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 06:02:34 PM
My pumpkin roll has been baked and is in the frig for tomorrow.  It really isn't a convenient dish to take to someones house as I need to keep it in the frig, then put it on a plate and sprinkle powdered sugar on top. 
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 06:02:51 PM
I like having my pumpkin roll on Thanksgiving :)
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Post by: Rodzinski on November 27, 2024, 06:08:05 PM
I can't believe I left James Joyce's The Dead, story and movie, off my ghost story list.

I really enjoyed the Broadway show.

The musical version?  For some reason, I have two copies of the script. ::)



Yes! With Christopher Walken. Was always sad there was no cast album.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 06:18:46 PM
Yes DR GEORGE & DR JANE I think paying only in the department has gone the way of the dodo bird.

My experience happened in a store that was closing and when I was told the circumstances - I just put my armload of items on the counter and walked off.  And I am sure that made a clerk's bad day even worse.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 06:19:12 PM
Congrats to MR BK on the successful dentist visit.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2024, 06:20:46 PM
After I read last week about DR ELMORE reading the book by Grover Dale, I ordered it from Amazon.

It arrived today and I spend a nice 5 hours or so reading it.

Lots of gaps, but a nice look at the inside of some terrific shows.....and folks.
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Post by: Freddie on November 27, 2024, 06:30:20 PM
I'm enjoying the series TRACKER, even though every now and then, meaningful mentions by the starring character of his childhood feel awkwardly shoehorned in.   The show stars Justin Hartley from THIS IS US.


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Post by: Freddie on November 27, 2024, 06:31:01 PM
It does look to me like Justin Hartley may have done  quite a bit of working out and muscling up between Season 1 and Season 2 - or maybe they're just dressing him to show that off more in season 2.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 06:37:44 PM
I can't believe I left James Joyce's The Dead, story and movie, off my ghost story list.

I really enjoyed the Broadway show.

The musical version?  For some reason, I have two copies of the script. ::)


Yes! With Christopher Walken. Was always sad there was no cast album.

There is at least the Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre cast recording (https://castalbums.org/recordings/James-Joyces-The-Dead-/4954), so there's a recording of the show but that's not the Broadway cast. :-\
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 06:39:21 PM
DR Freddie, last night we watched episode 6 of season 2 and thought it was the best episode of the show.
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2024, 06:39:31 PM
'night
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Post by: Freddie on November 27, 2024, 06:51:22 PM
DR Freddie, last night we watched episode 6 of season 2 and thought it was the best episode of the show.


Great to hear!  Looking forward to it.  I think we just watched episode 4 of season 2.
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Post by: Freddie on November 27, 2024, 06:51:39 PM
Good night, Jane

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Post by: Freddie on November 27, 2024, 06:52:17 PM
Page Seven!
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Post by: Laura on November 27, 2024, 07:12:53 PM
Good evening.
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Post by: Laura on November 27, 2024, 07:13:47 PM
Jane, I have never made a roll cake. Somehow, I think it would turn out to be a disaster.
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Post by: Laura on November 27, 2024, 07:14:42 PM
Maybe I should attempt one at Christmas. It will probably turn out to be one of those Expectations/Reality things.
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 07:45:51 PM
I'll keep the PSS-280 for myself.

When I opened up the box, I found the receipt from Service Merchandise dated 9/22/1989 for a cost of $108.88.

"Your name will be called at our Merchandise Pick Up Counter before 07:18 p.m."

Service Merchandise, now there’s a name from olden times.

I bought all my Corningware from Service Merchandise
Title: Re: SO FAR, SO GOOD
Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 07:46:07 PM
I still have it  all
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 07:48:59 PM
Good evening, folks.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 07:49:23 PM
I sang at a Thanksgiving church service tonight. Not as a soloist; just part of the choir.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 07:49:39 PM
The musical selections were quite trashy, to be honest.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 07:50:03 PM
And they had promised pie afterward during the fellowship time, but I guess someone didn't get the memo.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 07:50:11 PM
There was no pie.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 07:50:27 PM
I though, "If DR Laura had been in charge, there would have been pie."
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 07:50:33 PM
 :)
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 07:50:54 PM
Great news that you were able to get into a good dentist so quickly, BK.
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 07:51:44 PM
One thing that always used to annoy me at certain department stores is that merchandise could only be rung up in its own department.

You couldn't walk around the store and find things and then pay for everything all at once at one register.

ANNOYING.

I've never been to a store that worked like that. :o

Sears, JC Penney’s, A&S, Macy’s, Gertz, Gimbals, Sterns, Saks, all the department stores around here in fact were set up that way


The Targets and Walmarts here have separate checkouts for electronics and for gardening 
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2024, 07:51:56 PM
Maybe it’s a regional thing
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Post by: Freddie on November 27, 2024, 07:54:35 PM
The musical selections were quite trashy, to be honest.


:) Can you give any examples?
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 07:55:44 PM
Nothing you would know. Just trashy choir anthems that were probably written in the 70s that were trite and boring.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 07:56:21 PM
Not worth the effort of preparing them, at any rate.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 07:56:30 PM
But the choir did pretty well.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 07:56:44 PM
And mercifully, the sermon was quite short.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 07:56:54 PM
So there's that.
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Post by: Freddie on November 27, 2024, 07:57:17 PM
Nothing you would know. Just trashy choir anthems that were probably written in the 70s that were trite and boring.

Any Spirit in the Sky type stuff?
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 08:07:03 PM
I'm not sure what that is, but I don't think so.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 08:07:16 PM
.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 08:08:08 PM
Is "Spirit in the Sky" like "Castle on a Cloud"?     :)
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 08:08:22 PM
Page seven is waning.
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Post by: Freddie on November 27, 2024, 08:08:50 PM
Norman Greenbaum - "Spirit in the Sky"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRFo72wuU6w
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 08:10:07 PM
Norman Greenbaum - "Spirit in the Sky"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRFo72wuU6w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRFo72wuU6w)

My.... that's.... Something.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 08:10:25 PM
PAGE EIGHT!
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 08:10:56 PM
DR Freddie - I would say our songs didn't have as strong a beat as that.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 08:11:15 PM
Nor the enticing visuals.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 08:11:28 PM
Good night, friends.
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Post by: singdaw on November 27, 2024, 08:11:34 PM
And others.
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Post by: Freddie on November 27, 2024, 08:13:16 PM
DR Freddie - I would say our songs didn't have as strong a beat as that.

From wikipedia:

"Spirit in the Sky" is a song by American singer-songwriter Norman Greenbaum, originally written and recorded by Greenbaum and released in late 1969 from his album Spirit in the Sky. The single became a gold record in the United States, selling two million copies from 1969 to 1970, and reached No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 where it lasted for 15 weeks in the Top 100.
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Post by: Freddie on November 27, 2024, 08:15:40 PM
I never miss a Norman Greenbaum song about Jesus!
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Post by: John G. on November 27, 2024, 08:25:36 PM
My view of Hudson Yards during my recent trip
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Post by: John G. on November 27, 2024, 08:26:18 PM
I have returned from an excellent Thanksgiving Eve dinner with friends.
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Post by: Rodzinski on November 27, 2024, 08:28:09 PM
“Marcy” is a song I like by Norman Greenbaum.
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Post by: Rodzinski on November 27, 2024, 08:28:37 PM
Sorry the pie was a lie, singdaw.
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Post by: John G. on November 27, 2024, 08:28:37 PM
We went to an Italian restaurant. We started off with shrimp in a lemon butter sauce and fried calamari. I had lamb chops with mashed potatoes. Dessert was lemon blueberry pie with a topping that was like a heavy meringue mixed with cheesecake. I didn’t eat the topping.
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 09:04:04 PM
There was no pie.

How rude! >:(
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Post by: John G. on November 27, 2024, 09:29:50 PM
Good night, all.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 10:41:39 PM
Page eight.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 10:41:47 PM
Very nice.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 10:42:00 PM
But it's not over yet.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 10:42:32 PM
I'm STILL feeling a little numbness. He must have used an entire vat of novocaine.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 10:43:07 PM
My blood results came back. Doctor hasn't viewed them yet.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 10:44:26 PM
From what I can tell, 90% of me is fine and dandy. The 10%, after researching each thing, is all because of the fifty pounds I put on that I cannot seem to take off. My glucose level is a little higher than it should be.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 10:44:47 PM
And all the few other things all stem from that and have the exact same comments.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 10:47:02 PM
Which are - pre-diabetes. Now, no one in my immediate family has ever had diabetes. They say it may never happen, but to bring the glucose levels down, I must get a little exercise every day and eat healthier and less red meat. I can do that. I'm perfectly happy with salads with chicken or shrimp or whatever, fish, I always eat vegetables if they're on the plate. And certainly knock it off with the late-night eating.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 10:47:08 PM
I can do that.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 10:47:16 PM
And I WILL do that.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 10:47:27 PM
Damn them, damn them all to hell.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 10:47:54 PM
I gather all this is very common if you're packing extra weight.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 10:50:17 PM
That is THE most common thing with pre-diabetes. So, change of lifestyle. I'll do omelets, I'll do salads, I'll do faux chicken stroganoff, I'll try to do less pasta and potatoes and bread, if I do early evening snack, I'll try to do shrimp cocktail shrimp, I'll try to stay under 1200 calories, and I'll start walking more. That should all help with weight loss and lowering glucose level.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 10:50:30 PM
I'm actually barely over.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 10:51:13 PM
I think page nine may be lurking in the wings.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 10:51:19 PM
Waiting to make an entrance.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 10:51:55 PM
See?
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 10:52:07 PM
Enter page nine.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 10:52:17 PM
Guess I'll write some damn notes.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:37:26 PM
Notes are written.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:37:35 PM
Nobody here but us chickens.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:37:48 PM
Tomorrow it won't be chickens, it'll be turkeys.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:38:05 PM
It's almost turkey lurkey time.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:38:27 PM
Tom turkey ran away but he just came home. Whew!
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:38:42 PM
He's really home to stay never more to roam.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:38:49 PM
And that's a good thing.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:39:13 PM
Nothing worse than a roaming turkey, especially when you're trying to eat it.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:39:27 PM
And remember, hope is the thing with feathers.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:39:36 PM
And feathers is the thing with hope.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:40:02 PM
Be back shortly.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:40:36 PM
Perhaps George will grace us with his late-night presence with tales of sugar plum fairies and burritos.
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 11:43:36 PM
I'm STILL feeling a little numbness. He must have used an entire vat of novocaine.

Better than not enough! ::)
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 11:44:51 PM
Tonight, I made the 1914 Texas Pecan Pie for tomorrow's Thanksgiving feast at my sister's!

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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 11:45:25 PM
Here's the pie:
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 11:47:25 PM
And here's a close-up:
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 11:48:18 PM
The filling seeped out of the pie shell, but at least nothing overflowed out of the pan.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:48:57 PM
George has arrived early.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:49:19 PM
I do hope he's Fed Exing that pie to everyone.
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 11:49:22 PM
Even though I followed a recipe, this totally was an experiment...I can only hope that it tastes as good as it looks.
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 11:49:58 PM
I do hope he's Fed Exing that pie to everyone.

Sure!  Just $100 each! ;D
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:50:02 PM
Did some leg exercises.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:50:52 PM
Welcome, 255 GUESTS!
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:51:08 PM
I might have some humble pie.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:51:21 PM
Or some pie in the sky.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:51:36 PM
And not a word about a burrito.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:51:44 PM
A burrito pie?
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:52:39 PM
Calling page ten.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:53:06 PM
Page ten has made its entrance.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:53:23 PM
Page ten is the berries.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:53:41 PM
The berries is the rhubarb.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:54:53 PM
The rhubarb strangled the rutabaga, and rued the day.
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 11:55:25 PM
A burrito pie?

Someone posted a video short of a pizza-topped pizza!  They made a few little pizzas and then cut them into small pizza shapes, then made a big pizza with sauce and cheese, and used the small pizza pieces as the topping for the big pizza!  It actually looked really good!
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:55:41 PM
It's so nice not to have the crowns rattling around and falling out.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:55:56 PM
A crowning achievement.
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 11:56:29 PM
And here it is!

(https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/6z3f-n7HC__3cD0lrwyh0Hp7qkc=/0x0:1200x900/1200x800/filters:focal(0x0:1200x900)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/46428058/pizzaception.0.0.0.0.jpg)
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:56:48 PM
The farmer and the dell.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:57:02 PM
The farmer and the iMac.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:58:01 PM
The new Mac mini or the new iMac?
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:58:11 PM
Tough decision.
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Post by: George on November 27, 2024, 11:58:23 PM
And here's an article about Vinnie's Pizzaria:

Get a Slice of Vinnie's Internet-Famous Pizza-Topped Pizza in Williamsburg Today (https://ny.eater.com/2015/5/29/8687941/vinnies-pizzeria-pizza-on-pizza-slice)

It's probably even more mind-melting in person.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:58:57 PM
But one I must make this coming month because it's becoming too dangerous with this wonderful but elderly computer.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2024, 11:59:24 PM
Maybe the mini in my quest to be the skinny.
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Post by: George on November 28, 2024, 12:00:06 AM
The farmer and the iMac.

I've never owned a Mac Computer.  Windows all the way.
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Post by: bk on November 28, 2024, 12:01:05 AM
Minestrone is supposed to help lose weight - never knew that. I may start doing a bowl of that every now and then. Jeanne told me.
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Post by: bk on November 28, 2024, 12:02:09 AM
Unfortunately, I had a Dell and Windows and after the fourth disaster, I literally stomped it to death and switched to a Mac and have never looked back or gotten off the Mac track.
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Post by: bk on November 28, 2024, 12:02:21 AM
And I don't care how knows it.
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Post by: bk on November 28, 2024, 12:03:23 AM
I'll try to be in bed by one.
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Post by: bk on November 28, 2024, 12:03:37 AM
I'm pretty zonked and zoned from the teeth thing.
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Post by: bk on November 28, 2024, 12:03:54 AM
Zonked and Zoned - that's the title of my next novel.
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Post by: George on November 28, 2024, 12:06:43 AM
And speaking of burritos, Sam the Cooking Guy just posted this video earlier today:

THE BEST POSSIBLE THING YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Mq8k3XrWM)

We all know the wonders of a Thanksgiving leftovers turkey sandwich...but what about a Thanksgiving leftovers burrito?? And with a moistmaker?? 🤯
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Post by: bk on November 28, 2024, 12:07:21 AM
Benny Goodman is playing Malcolm Arnold's clarinet concerto.
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Post by: Rodzinski on November 28, 2024, 12:07:31 AM
‘Ello, gents.
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Post by: Rodzinski on November 28, 2024, 12:09:04 AM
Pie for all your HHW friends is such a sweet gesture, George.