Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on January 09, 2025, 12:15:15 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes called as did Muse Margaret, and now it is time for you to post until the calling cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: GAMUT!
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Welcome, 417 GUESTS!
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I was just about to post this last night:
And here is the living proof. Night of the Living Proof.
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7836.0;attach=24934)
Congrats on the momentous millstone, Rodzinski! ;D
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Notes imbibed. Regaled.
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Thank you, G! The more celebratory posts, the merrier!
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TOD: Indiana is tornado country. We had a lot of drills at school. But I recall one night my parents were out and we kids worked ourselves into quite a froth of fright about a storm in the area. We were all huddled up with blankets and “supplies” ready to take up residence in the basement. Luckily, nothing big materialized.
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Yesterday, I came across this picture that some guys took in the middle of everything. It was from their Snapchat account:
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I don't know specifically where this picture was taken, though.
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Topic of the Day: MOST fortunately, no. I've never been in any kind of evacuation situation.
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Wonderful news about Muse Margaret's reaction, BK!
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Congratulations, Rodzinski, on your brand new millstone!
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TOD: There was a situation back in school where we had to evacuate our dorm building. The evacuation went smoothly, and IIRC it was something in the building's wiring.
In the 1990s, we were in the theater to see the CHICAGO revival and everyone had to leave the theater because of an apparent anonymous threat that had been called in.
There must be others, but they're not coming to mind right now.
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Congrats to DR RODZINSKI on his millstone.
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Modern Major Miracle vibes for MR BK.
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I didn't see much of DR ELMORE yesterday - I hope he's not stuck in the laundry room.
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I finished WICKED early this morning.
I liked it with mostly the same reservations that MR BK posted about.
And I can see how for a lot of people who see it - young and old - it would change their perception of the 1939 version.
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And I just kept wondering why Madame Morrible kept calling Elphaba - "Alphaba."
Or maybe it's my hearing. And I couldn't understand the last thing Galinda said to Elphy as Galinda walked away.
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It is 8 degrees headed for 24 degrees.
And snow on Friday.
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DR JANE I received an email telling me my Account has been canceled as of January 25 (????)......hopefully I won't lose another $16.95.
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Good morning, all!
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I wasn't around much yesterday. I was in a really lousy mood about all the things I'm hoping to happen - the ballet, zilch; Annabelle & Thatch book, zilch, Moonshine & Mistletoe CD, zilch - and that might possibly lead to work vs the financial mess I'm in because I have no work. My Paypal is a mess because, while my bank has paid Paypal for a Petsmart kitty litter purchase on Jan. 3, it's still holding the same amount from my Jan. 2 Petsmart purchase on my ledger, and God alone knows when the bank - or Paypal - will release those funds.
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So, I was up at 5:00 this mornming for a visit to a local CVS for Covid and shingles vaccinations. Winds are at 50mph this morning and wind chill is below freezing, so I rescheduled the vaccinations and Access-a-Ride to tomorrow.
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I did talk last night to a vary dear friend living in West Hollywood, who told me the fires were about eight miles away. He, his wife, and dog were waiting to see how things would proceed.
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In late August 1971, I was winding up my year after getting my M.A. degree on the Miami University Library staff. Someone who knew me walked into the new library buildng where I was working to tell me the building on High Street next to my apartment was on fire. My wonderful boss told me to check out the situation and to let her know if I copuld not return to work.
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My apartment was in the middle of the Oxford, Ohio, business/shopping area, over two restaurants: Bruno's Pizza and Chick-a-Lick, a fried chicken place. The building was next to a building that had a dry cleaner in its basement, and that was where the fire began. When I gpt to the building, the fire crew were working hard to stop the blaze. I parked my car infront odf my building, ran upstairs to my apartment and started to evacuate things. When I was back on the street, I ran to a pay phone, called the library, and told my boss I would not be back to work that day, and then I called my mother and asked her if she and my brother Randy could come to Oxford (20 minute drive) and evacuate. I went back to evacuating the apartment.
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The police told me to move my car, they closed off my access to the building, and that ended the evacuation. My mother and Randy arrived, and we ended up watching the building next to mine burn, eventually collapse, killing on or two firemen, and I spent the next two weeksa commuting from Middletown to Oxford by car. I had given the library my resignation date, and I was due to arrive at a Pennsylvania college the first week of September. Much of that time in those next two weeks was trying to get the Oxford fire dept. to let me into the building to get my possessions I could not remove on the day of the fire. Eventually a fire marshall met me at the building and let me in. All my clothes were smoke damaged and needed dry cleaning, but I get leave Ohio for Pennsylvania with everything I owned.
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That's a scary story DR ELMORE.
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The father of Muse Margaret - Dave - played an elevator operator in yesterday's IT'S A PLEASURE.....
He was very curious about all the goings on.....
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They are showing a lot of promos for the new Hollywood Squares.....it really looks bad......and they make it even worse by featuring clips from the original show.
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Page Two.
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DR JOHN G - may be Ethan Hawke is going to walk on his knees like Jose Ferrer in Moulin Rouge when he plays Lorenz.
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Good morning, all.
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DR JOHN G - may be Ethan Hawke is going to walk on his knees like Jose Ferrer in Moulin Rouge when he plays Lorenz.
No doubt.
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Congratulations, Rodzinski, on your milestone, on your millstone.
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In the early 1970s, a series of tornadoes struck Louisville. We stayed in the basement most of the day. Back then, we didn’t have a TV down there, so I was bored silly. But we were safe. A couple of tornadoes have passed near my house in San Antonio, forcing me to hide in the bathroom while that train whistle sound passes by. JB does not like that noise anymore than I do.
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Good morning, all.
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Wind advisories here today, but it's supposed to be finally calming down by tomorrow.
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Yes we had tornado scares as I was growing up...spent some time in the basement.
A tornado did come through Mooresville in 2020 and took down a building on the corner of Indiana St & Main Street.
It had started as a bank....then was a furniture store....and finally ended up as a video store....
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Watching the funeral....
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One actual evacuation, or forced move:
In 1981 I moved into a single (studio, for you east coasters) apartment in Palms, next door to Culver City. My ultimate goal was a particular apartment complex in Redondo Beach, but that involved a waiting list and this would be in a convenient enough neighborhood until I got into the place I wanted.
I was on the second of two stories, and about six months in, I was awakened in the middle of a Sunday night by yelling and commotion, and when I got outside I found that the downstairs neighbor's place had had a Molotov Cocktail or some such thrown into it and their place was on fire. Another neighbor and I ended up taking refuge crouched behind the laundry machines near the rear of the building while hearing gunshots out front. That's the one time I've had to feel scared like that, but we were safe (I believe no one actually got hurt) and the police arrived and the bad people (apparently someone carrying a huge grudge against the downstairs neighbor) were gone. The fire, which had been contained to their apartment, was out, and that was that until morning.
In the morning there was considerable smoke damage in my place, and there was no question I'd have to vacate. The management company around the corner on Motor Ave. was in charge of a lot of apartments in the neighborhood (they still are, I see), and were able to get me into another unit right down the block. I moved that day, and took a great deal of my clothing to the dry cleaners. I was able to clean up most of the other items fairly well myself, a couple of which were framed lobby cards, one being my Hitchcock-signed Rear Window which fortunately survived beautifully.
The second place was okay, same type of unit and all, but it had a lousy a/c unit that they never did properly fix, and the first apartment would have remained more desirable to me for other reasons as well, including the nice neighbors (not the ones with the fire). Anyhoo, after a year or so my name finally came up on the waiting list and I had a VERY happy move into The Village at Redondo Beach. The apartment management's insurance company refused to honor the big dry cleaning bill, and I hadn't yet discovered renter's insurance, so I was out a few hundred bucks for that. The clothing came out beautifully, though.
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Good morning.
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Thank you, good people, for celebrating my achievement.
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Scary natural disasters would be:
One tornado scare in the year that I was living in Schaumburg, IL. I was out driving around, and took refuge in Woodfield Mall. As I recall, that relatively small tornado amounted to nothing in that area.
I felt many small earthquakes during my years in L.A., but the only one I experienced that amounted to anything was the Whittier in 1987, and I had no damage. We did find some things knocked over in our office -- which, in a stunningly beautiful coincidence, was in the buildings a block east of Wilshire and Western that had been featured in the movie Earthquake.
In current times, there was the "macroburst" with embedded twisters that did so much damage here in 2018, and the winter squalls of a year ago that at least got us a new roof. A couple of months ago when this area was in a severe drought condition, I felt, for my first time, some of the fear of fires just like in California. So, wind and fires, two incredible sources of fear that go so well hand in hand.
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Thank you, good people, for celebrating my achievement.
I just celebrated your achievement with an everything bagel toasted with butter, DR Rodzinski.
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And a cup of Green Mountain "Dark Magic".
By God, I know how to party it up, don't I?
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Elmore’s story reminded me. While I was on Christmas break and sleeping peacefully at my mom’s house, my sophomore year of college, my dad woke me up to let me know the house in Athens, GA, in which I lived in a basement hovel, had burned. The girl in the basement hovel across from mine, who had her problems, had passed out while smoking. Had it not been Christmas break, I guarantee I would have fewer than 11,000 posts on here. When we drove an hour back to see what remained, only a pair of nail clippers was recognizable of all that I owned.
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Thank you, good people, for celebrating my achievement.
I just celebrated your achievement with an everything bagel toasted with butter, DR Rodzinski.
That’s so fitting!
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Two scary stories from DR RODZINSKI and DR CHAS SMITH.
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There are some good speakers at the funeral.
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My sister and I will probably finish up the glop today.
With the two pizzas from Saturday and the glop - the scales show me that I have gained 4 1/2 pounds....
So I shall have to do some work on that next week.
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I hate to think what the scales would have said if I hadn't spent more than 40 minutes shoveling snow.
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Think of it as gained muscle from shoveling, JRand.
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Or maybe I am shoveling something else.
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My sister and I will probably finish up the glop today.
With the two pizzas from Saturday and the glop - the scales show me that I have gained 4 1/2 pounds....
So I shall have to do some work on that next week.
Yes, there is work to do: Get rid of that scale.
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My sister and I will probably finish up the glop today.
With the two pizzas from Saturday and the glop - the scales show me that I have gained 4 1/2 pounds....
So I shall have to do some work on that next week.
Yes, there is work to do: Get rid of that scale.
Ha!
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The Mrs got me a fancy scale for Xmas that tells me way too much. I’m happy just to be losing weight. Plus I’m not downloading a damn app for a scale.
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I always enjoy hearing DR Elmore's and DR Ginny's stories from Oxford and nearby locations.
I thought it was a beautiful place even though I have only one small memory of being there. It was on a visit from L.A. during which I was to play a few piano rehearsals for the May Festival. I drove up to Oxford to accompany a choral rehearsal of Berlioz's La damnation de Faust. Levine conducted that rehearsal, and it was just a great little visit to a beautiful place on a beautiful day.
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That got me curious as to who the choruses were:
CCM Chamber Choir and Chorale
Miami University a Cappella Singers, Choraliers, and Men's Glee Club
Westwood and Rockdale School Choirs
Regine Crespin, Kenneth Riegel, Michael Devlin, Larry Minth, and... oh my, my first time to hear one Kathleen Battle. :) This was 1974.
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From Bruce:
The Studio City fire was actually way south of Ventura Blvd. behind Fryman Canyon, where there are houses on stilts. It started IN a house, which makes you wonder what the cause was - we never seem to get that information - but the fire is out.
Thanks. I thought it was spreading and am glad it is out. In the middle of this crazyness it seems shocking that the fire began inside the house where fires usually begin.
If they didn't have power a faulty generator could have started the fire.
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THREE!
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LOL DR FREDDIE and DR JOHN G.
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DR Rodzinski, congrats on your large new posting number.
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Interesting story on Show Boat and the new Show/Boat in the New York Times. I am glad they’re restoring In Dahomey to the score, a song that has always raised my spirits.
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DR JANE I received an email telling me my Account has been canceled as of January 25 (????)......hopefully I won't lose another $16.95.
Not good, hope you are truly done with them.
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I saw the Hal Prince production on tour with Dean Jones, Cloris Leachman, Michael Bell and Lonette McKee. It was stunning.
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It’s raining. The temperature says it’s 39, but the app also says it feels like 30.
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I’m cold just thinking about it and glad I don’t have to go out.
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It’s raining. The temperature says it’s 39, but the app also says it feels like 30.
Isn't "feels like 30, feels like 30" a lyric from "... Superstar"?
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Oh, that's "seems like thirty"
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I need a break.
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Elmore’s story reminded me. While I was on Christmas break and sleeping peacefully at my mom’s house, my sophomore year of college, my dad woke me up to let me know the house in Athens, GA, in which I lived in a basement hovel, had burned. The girl in the basement hovel across from mine, who had her problems, had passed out while smoking. Had it not been Christmas break, I guarantee I would have fewer than 11,000 posts on here. When we drove an hour back to see what remained, only a pair of nail clippers was recognizable of all that I owned.
Oh, my goodness!
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Rodzinski, what a scary event! So happy you're here!
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So, the guy whose picture of the fire that I posted last night also posted these...again, I don't know specifically where they were taken:
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And:
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And this:
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Fortunately I've never had to evacuate because I was in danger, but I did have to relocate ( temporarily) twice when I was living in a basement apartment.
Once because of Hurricane Gloria which left us without power for a week and the other because of a burst pipe
That left 6inches of water everywhere.
Lost some stuff in that second event
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Congratulations to Rodzinski ,11,000!!
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Thank you Jane and Vixmom. The post-ests with the most-ests.
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I have never had to evacuate. I have worked in Red Cross Shelters for people who did.
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I was supposed to go to Burbank this weekend for a meeting. We've changed it to Zoom. No point bringing people into town now.
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I was supposed to go to Burbank this weekend for a meeting. We've changed it to Zoom. No point bringing people into town now.
Very good decision!
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Please keep the vibes coming. My nephew still has a home. There is still a fire nearby which should be easy to put out except there isn't any water.
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I'm up, I'm up - eight and a half hours of sleep.
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Must de-groggify and get crackin'.
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Elmore’s story reminded me. While I was on Christmas break and sleeping peacefully at my mom’s house, my sophomore year of college, my dad woke me up to let me know the house in Athens, GA, in which I lived in a basement hovel, had burned. The girl in the basement hovel across from mine, who had her problems, had passed out while smoking. Had it not been Christmas break, I guarantee I would have fewer than 11,000 posts on here. When we drove an hour back to see what remained, only a pair of nail clippers was recognizable of all that I owned.
Wow! Thank goodness you weren't there.
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FOUR!
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Scary natural disasters would be:
One tornado scare in the year that I was living in Schaumburg, IL. I was out driving around, and took refuge in Woodfield Mall. As I recall, that relatively small tornado amounted to nothing in that area.
I felt many small earthquakes during my years in L.A., but the only one I experienced that amounted to anything was the Whittier in 1987, and I had no damage. We did find some things knocked over in our office -- which, in a stunningly beautiful coincidence, was in the buildings a block east of Wilshire and Western that had been featured in the movie Earthquake.
In current times, there was the "macroburst" with embedded twisters that did so much damage here in 2018, and the winter squalls of a year ago that at least got us a new roof. A couple of months ago when this area was in a severe drought condition, I felt, for my first time, some of the fear of fires just like in California. So, wind and fires, two incredible sources of fear that go so well hand in hand.
You were down the street from where I once worked at Union Bank on the corner of Wilshire & Western.
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So, the guy whose picture of the fire that I posted last night also posted these...again, I don't know specifically where they were taken:
That is the Pacific Palisades Gelson's was destroyed in the fire.
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Thank you Jane and Vixmom. The post-ests with the most-ests.
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I have never had to evacuate. I have worked in Red Cross Shelters for people who did.
Wow, I have never been in a position to do that. I can't imagine what it would be like though I imagine you were very much appreciated.
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I was supposed to go to Burbank this weekend for a meeting. We've changed it to Zoom. No point bringing people into town now.
Especially for a meeting you can do on Zoom.
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Earthquakes, evacuations from work due to bomb threats, hiding in basements during major storms, evacuations in hotels from fire alarms but no fires, and a tornado I relaxed through because I didn't hear the sirens.
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A friend of mine in Santa Monica who is on an evacuation warning explained the water situation in Pacific Palisades.
"the problem with the city fire hydrants is apparently NOT a problem of HAVING enough water, but is instead a water-pressure problem getting the water up the hill to the Pacific Palisades hydrants. They were having trouble filling the tanks fast enough to get the water-pressure that would get the water uphill. So - they are not using the hydrants and are instead using water directly from the tanks and also from elsewhere in California."
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Good afternoon!
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Wordle: 6/6
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Vibes for DR Jane's family members and the other Southern Californians
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Good for Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest for donating $1 Million for a fire relief fund.
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Congrats on your milestone, DR Rodzinski!
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Many thanks, Kevin H!
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The first year I lived in Florida, a friend evacuated me to his house when a hurricane was approaching. It was Hurricane Andrew, which went mostly to the south of us and ripped apart the land south of Miami and the Keys. I never had to evacuate after that. Two years after I moved away, Hurricane Charley destroyed the end of the street I had lived on.
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I don’t think I am well, though I don’t feel sick. But I did sleep three hours and am, well, puny.
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Please keep the vibes coming. My nephew still has a home. There is still a fire nearby which should be easy to put out except there isn't any water.
Sending more vibes for your nephew!
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I don’t think I am well, though I don’t feel sick. But I did sleep three hours and am, well, puny.
Wellness vibes for John G!
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For Hurricane Irma, my Mom (then 89) and Dad (then 97) were in a shelter at a nearby school, North Miami Beach High - and they were interviewed about it in the Financial Times, at the beginning of the article, then the end of the article.
(I think this link should work.)
"In face of Irma Floridians prepare for familiar foe
Locals are stoic but braced for the worst as hurricane approaches US mainland"
https://www.ft.com/content/afdb89be-946d-11e7-a9e6-11d2f0ebb7f0
From the article:
"Naftali Landau was hoping to celebrate his 97th birthday on Thursday with his 89-year-old wife Rosalie at their home in North Miami Beach. But with hurricane Irma expected to hit southern Florida this weekend, the holocaust survivor was grateful just to find a safe spot at a high school shelter.
“We could have stayed home but here we get a lot of assistance,” says Mr Landau, who moved to the US in 1949 after being tortured by the Nazis in Poland during the second world war. “We don’t have to worry about running out of water or electricity.”
Then at the end of the article:
"At North Miami Beach High, as more and more people made their way to the improvised front desk, Denise Woncisz, a Red Cross volunteer, had some good news for Mr Landau: “I’ve found you two cots.”
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I wondered if the fact that the reporter took an interest in their story helped them get the cots.
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The heater has been in overdrive today. The rain continues to fall. Just a dismal day.
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Supposedly it’ll be in the upper 60s by Sunday.
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To quote Mabel in the Pirates of Penzance: It seems so long!
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Please keep the vibes coming. My nephew still has a home. There is still a fire nearby which should be easy to put out except there isn't any water.
Sending more vibes for your nephew!
Thank you.
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For Hurricane Irma, my Mom (then 89) and Dad (then 97) were in a shelter at a nearby school, North Miami Beach High - and they were interviewed about it in the Financial Times, at the beginning of the article, then the end of the article.
(I think this link should work.)
"In face of Irma Floridians prepare for familiar foe
Locals are stoic but braced for the worst as hurricane approaches US mainland"
https://www.ft.com/content/afdb89be-946d-11e7-a9e6-11d2f0ebb7f0
From the article:
"Naftali Landau was hoping to celebrate his 97th birthday on Thursday with his 89-year-old wife Rosalie at their home in North Miami Beach. But with hurricane Irma expected to hit southern Florida this weekend, the holocaust survivor was grateful just to find a safe spot at a high school shelter.
“We could have stayed home but here we get a lot of assistance,” says Mr Landau, who moved to the US in 1949 after being tortured by the Nazis in Poland during the second world war. “We don’t have to worry about running out of water or electricity.”
Then at the end of the article:
"At North Miami Beach High, as more and more people made their way to the improvised front desk, Denise Woncisz, a Red Cross volunteer, had some good news for Mr Landau: “I’ve found you two cots.”
That was a nice article about your parents.
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I wondered if the fact that the reporter took an interest in their story helped them get the cots.
Good point.
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The Emperor Waltz is supremely silly. But Joan Fontaine’s wig seems to be worse than Barbara Stanwyck’s in Double Indemnity.
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Or possibly find out your father was a holocaust survivor.
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Onward!
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Five!
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Keith got Wordle in four.
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While my nephew was at his house he helped put out two fires. It is scary and this fire is 0 percent contained.
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Keith reminded me of the time he was on the cross trainer at the Ashland Y and saw a fire near the area I was hiking. Worried he called to see if I was ok and then told me to get out of there. Fortunately I was almost at the end of the trail. When I emerged was the wooded trail I was shocked to see a major fire across the road from my car.
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It also explained why I didn't pass any hikers heading into the trail.
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The somewhat quiet street was busy with people rushing to their homes.
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I called friends to see if they needed to come to our house. They were already on their way to her brother's home.
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Fortunately they were able to return the next day.
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For Hurricane Irma, my Mom (then 89) and Dad (then 97) were in a shelter at a nearby school, North Miami Beach High - and they were interviewed about it in the Financial Times, at the beginning of the article, then the end of the article.
(I think this link should work.)
"In face of Irma Floridians prepare for familiar foe
Locals are stoic but braced for the worst as hurricane approaches US mainland"
https://www.ft.com/content/afdb89be-946d-11e7-a9e6-11d2f0ebb7f0
From the article:
"Naftali Landau was hoping to celebrate his 97th birthday on Thursday with his 89-year-old wife Rosalie at their home in North Miami Beach. But with hurricane Irma expected to hit southern Florida this weekend, the holocaust survivor was grateful just to find a safe spot at a high school shelter.
“We could have stayed home but here we get a lot of assistance,” says Mr Landau, who moved to the US in 1949 after being tortured by the Nazis in Poland during the second world war. “We don’t have to worry about running out of water or electricity.”
Then at the end of the article:
"At North Miami Beach High, as more and more people made their way to the improvised front desk, Denise Woncisz, a Red Cross volunteer, had some good news for Mr Landau: “I’ve found you two cots.”
That was a nice article about your parents.
Thank you, Jane.
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Or possibly find out your father was a holocaust survivor.
That's another possibility.
Or maybe even that he was 97.
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Keith reminded me of the time he was on the cross trainer at the Ashland Y and saw a fire near the area I was hiking. Worried he called to see if I was ok and then told me to get out of there. Fortunately I was almost at the end of the trail. When I emerged was the wooded trail I was shocked to see a major fire across the road from my car.
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That must have been scary.
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Anita Bryant has died, according to a story dated today. I thought she had died long ago.
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TOD:
I was in San Diego when the Laguna Canyon Fire broke out in 1993 and devastated areas including Malibu. I wasn't in it, per se, but we got smoke and ash as far south as San Diego. My car was covered with ash one morning.
This past September, I survived Hurricane Helene which devastated much of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. I, personally, suffered no more indignity than a power outage for three days. Some didn't get power back for weeks, so rural are some of the folks in my county,
FEMA was font and center within hours and has done nothing but help, help, help. This despite the evil one's lies.
Also, the evil one has spewed unconscionable lies about the current fire that devasted Pacific Palisades and other parts of the Los Angeles environs. They are now worried about Mount Wilson as the fire is moving up that mountain. There are major televison and telecommunications facilities there,
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Or possibly find out your father was a holocaust survivor.
That's another possibility.
Or maybe even that he was 97.
And it was his birthday :)
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Keith reminded me of the time he was on the cross trainer at the Ashland Y and saw a fire near the area I was hiking. Worried he called to see if I was ok and then told me to get out of there. Fortunately I was almost at the end of the trail. When I emerged was the wooded trail I was shocked to see a major fire across the road from my car.
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That must have been scary.
More for him than for me as I was ignorant of the fire. I was glad he warned me before I walked out of the trail. Even with a warning it was shocking. I was more hesitant than scared and quickly saw it was across the street vs in the little parking area.
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Anita Bryant has died, according to a story dated today. I thought she had died long ago.
I guess not. I am glad she repented her gay stance.
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TOD:
I was in San Diego when the Laguna Canyon Fire broke out and devastated areas including Malibu. I wasn't in it, per se, but we got smoke and ash as far south as San Diego. My car was covered with ash one morning.
This past September, I survived Hurricane Helene which devastated much of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. I, personally, suffered no more indignity than a power outage for three days. Some didn't get power back for weeks, so rural are some of the folks in my county,
FEMA was font and center within hours and has done nothing but help, help, help. This despite the evil one's lies.
Also, the evil one has spewed unconscionable lies about the current fire that devasted Pacific Palisades and other parts of the Los Angeles environs. They are now worried about Mount Wilson as the fire is moving up that mountain. There are major televison and telecommunications facilities there,
Too often we have had to deal with smoke and ash making it difficult to breathe.
I have not read about Mount Wilson yet.
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This has been a "week".
I had an appointment this week to begin a sleep study. My first appointment was to get the device, instructions on how to use it and to return it the next day.
I had the dates of my appointments clear in my mind, but did not have the dates of each day in my mind. I went early Tuesday only to learn my appointment was for Wednesday. Ah...Tuesdays wasn't the 8th!!! The rest of that day was a blur as I felt I was coming down with something, and I really needed sleep.
So, I returned yesterday morning, happily feeling much better, got a good briefing on how to use their device and came home. Last night, I was all rigged out with a sensor just at my breastbrone, a sensor on my little finger, and a device strapped to my right wrist to collect all the data. I was told I should tape all the cords and cables to my body so nothing would accidentally come loose.
I also could not use my CPAP since the purpose of the study was to determine whether I truly have sleep apnea. It was one of the worst nights in a long time. I woke up every two hours thinking I had slept through the night. But, no. I needed to wear everything for six hours.
Into bed at 11:15 p.m. and out of bed at 5:35 a.m. I removed all the stuff, put it back on the container it came in, and then put myself back into bed with my CPAP where I finally got a good 3 1/2 hours of sleep.
Drove to Aiken SC for a third time in three days and turned the device in. Afterward, it was off to Sam's Club for some much-needed New Year's shopping.
I anticipate the call to return for the results in a week or so.
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I know your pain, Ron. Sleep tests are the worst. Here's hoping you get the treatment you need.
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Starting a Powell-Pressburger film, Tales of Hoffman. So, great music and color await.
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DR Ron I hope the tests show that you need your CPAP and can get a new, improved one to use.
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I've never had to evacuate. If we had to do that for fire here, it would be even crazier than what's happening now in LA. But one I time I was singing the Verdi Requiem and just before the Rex Tremendae, we had an earthquake and you could see the chandeliers swaying overhead. Fortunately it was a small one so everyone kept right on going.
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I've never had to evacuate. If we had to do that for fire here, it would be even crazier than what's happening now in LA. But one I time I was singing the Verdi Requiem and just before the Rex Tremendae, we had an earthquake and you could see the chandeliers swaying overhead. Fortunately it was a small one so everyone kept right on going.
It was the Dies Irae.
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Thursday evening greetings! We went out to eat today and then shopped in person at Kroger. We are now hunkered down - again - in anticipation of more snow tomorrow into Saturday. Ugh!
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Stay warm.
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Please keep the vibes coming. My nephew still has a home. There is still a fire nearby which should be easy to put out except there isn't any water.
~~~Continued Vibes of All Kinds!!~~~
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So, the guy whose picture of the fire that I posted last night also posted these...again, I don't know specifically where they were taken:
That is the Pacific Palisades Gelson's was destroyed in the fire.
Is BK anywhere near that??
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Good for Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest for donating $1 Million for a fire relief fund.
Wow!
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I don’t think I am well, though I don’t feel sick. But I did sleep three hours and am, well, puny.
~~~Feel Better Vibes for John!!~~~
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Grazie.
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Six!
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Keith reminded me of the time he was on the cross trainer at the Ashland Y and saw a fire near the area I was hiking. Worried he called to see if I was ok and then told me to get out of there. Fortunately I was almost at the end of the trail. When I emerged was the wooded trail I was shocked to see a major fire across the road from my car.
Oh, my goodness! :o
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My local library branch, which has been closed since the election for renovations, is reopening Sunday. Great news for me.
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Anita Bryant has died, according to a story dated today. I thought she had died long ago.
According to her Wikipedia page, she died December 16, 2024. :-\
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My local library branch, which has been closed since the election for renovations, is reopening Sunday. Great news for me.
Ah, sir! Happy news, indeed!
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I’m near the end of Hoffman. I wish I were dancing to that waltz.
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Good evening, friends.
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And others.
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~~~CONTINUED MULTIPLE MODERN MAJOR MIRACLE VIBES~~~ for the likes o' BK!!!!
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~~~FEEL BETTER VIBES~~~ for DR John G.!!!
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CONGRATULATIONS to DR Rodzinski on your lofty new perch in the HHW firmament!!!
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:)
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What did Jack's mother say about the slotted spoon?
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Rico the porcupine eating corn:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hSaKbCi6pBk?feature=share
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Jerry likes my corn.
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Yes!
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I know your pain, Ron. Sleep tests are the worst. Here's hoping you get the treatment you need.
Both my friends Margo and Shelly have COAP machines, so I've heard about it from them.
~~~Ditto Vibes for Needed Treatment!!~~~
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Hello, everyone.
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:)
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7837.0;attach=24947)
;D
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Please keep the vibes coming. My nephew still has a home. There is still a fire nearby which should be easy to put out except there isn't any water.
~~~Continued Vibes of All Kinds!!~~~
Thank you. He has spent the day with neighbors putting out small fires :(
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My local library branch, which has been closed since the election for renovations, is reopening Sunday. Great news for me.
Enjoy :)
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Jerry likes my corn.
I’m having corn in a cup for dinner. Aka Mexican street corn.
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Hello, everyone.
Hi, Jeanne.
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Report from the ‘hood:
I went out today to run a few errands. The air was not bad when I left, but by the time I got to Trader Joe’s it was horrible. Just a few blocks away, but a significant difference. Smoky and even biting. On to the taco shop (enchiladas today). While waiting for my food everyone’s cell phone blared at the same time: we needed to evacuate. It tuned out to be a false alarm, but it really does cause you to think about what’s most important.
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While at Trader Joe’s I saw small groups of people clustered in different aisles, all talking up a storm. Many were strangers. People just needed to talk to someone, to connect, as we go through a bizarre experience together.
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Hi, John G. Hope you feel better soon.
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Jane, I’m glad your nephew’s not homeless. Vibes to all of us facing this disaster.
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The streets were quiet, not many people left home today. Like a holiday.
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I’m still in shock and grieving the loss of the Pacific Palisades and parts of Brentwood and Santa Monica. Never, ever, did I think this was a possibility.
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I'm glad you're still in place, Jeanne.
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Seven!
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Thanks . Me, too.
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Watching the Michael Powell short The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Beautiful. Great dancing. Very different from Disney.
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It's still raining. It's been raining since this morning.
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Thanks for the update, DR Jeanne.
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I needed something non-taxing, so I am starting Return to Lonesome Dove. Larry McMurtry isn't credited with the story.
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Or possibly find out your father was a holocaust survivor.
That's another possibility.
Or maybe even that he was 97.
And it was his birthday :)
Yes. That, too! :)
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This has been a "week".
I had an appointment this week to begin a sleep study. My first appointment was to get the device, instructions on how to use it and to return it the next day.
I had the dates of my appointments clear in my mind, but did not have the dates of each day in my mind. I went early Tuesday only to learn my appointment was for Wednesday. Ah...Tuesdays wasn't the 8th!!! The rest of that day was a blur as I felt I was coming down with something, and I really needed sleep.
So, I returned yesterday morning, happily feeling much better, got a good briefing on how to use their device and came home. Last night, I was all rigged out with a sensor just at my breastbrone, a sensor on my little finger, and a device strapped to my right wrist to collect all the data. I was told I should tape all the cords and cables to my body so nothing would accidentally come loose.
I also could not use my CPAP since the purpose of the study was to determine whether I truly have sleep apnea. It was one of the worst nights in a long time. I woke up every two hours thinking I had slept through the night. But, no. I needed to wear everything for six hours.
Into bed at 11:15 p.m. and out of bed at 5:35 a.m. I removed all the stuff, put it back on the container it came in, and then put myself back into bed with my CPAP where I finally got a good 3 1/2 hours of sleep.
Drove to Aiken SC for a third time in three days and turned the device in. Afterward, it was off to Sam's Club for some much-needed New Year's shopping.
I anticipate the call to return for the results in a week or so.
Vibes that the results are helpful.
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We had some snow here today, but nothing too onerous.
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Thursday evening greetings! We went out to eat today and then shopped in person at Kroger. We are now hunkered down - again - in anticipation of more snow tomorrow into Saturday. Ugh!
Weather vibes for Ginny and Richard!
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Who decides these things?
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My local library branch, which has been closed since the election for renovations, is reopening Sunday. Great news for me.
Very nice!
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Jane, I’m glad your nephew’s not homeless. Vibes to all of us facing this disaster.
Sending more vibes!
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There are many vibes needed in many places.
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Here at HHW and around the world.
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Two legal setbacks tonight for the Orange One. I am thrilled.
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But the Supreme Court decision was 5 to 4. Too close for comfort.
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Why would you have National Apricot Day when apricots are not in season?
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This is boring. Return to Lonesome Dove, that is.
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Gratuitous post 200!
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Stay safe, DR Jeanne.
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Why would you have National Apricot Day when apricots are not in season?
They really don't make a lot of sense, many times.
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Why would you have National Apricot Day when apricots are not in season?
They really don't make a lot of sense, many times.
Like having National Christmas in July Day in September?
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Something like that, yes. :)
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Can we get off this page?
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Is the Pope Catholic?
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Am I always chasing rainbows?
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is what's good for the goose good for the gander?
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One more.
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PAGE ATE!
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Two, Four, Six, Eight
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Who do we appreciate?
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I didn't see any of the proceedings today from Washington National Cathedral.
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But their real pipe organ is out for repairs, so they used an electronic appliance in its stead.
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This day is flying by like a gazelle in Evelyn Woods's speed-reading course.
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I don't know if we'll get to page fourteen tonight.
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But you never know.
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There could be a frenzy or three.
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Perhaps.
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Perhaps.
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Perhaps.
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Good night, friends.
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And others.
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Good night, Singdaw.
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Good night, all
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Oy and vey. I've really been writing for most of the day and yet have only done about eight pages because I keep having to stop and research things and that takes FOREVER.
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I'm taking a little break and when I resume, I'll write notes, and then will not stop writing until I've done seven more pages.
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That's just the way it is.
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No other way.
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Once I'm past this little sequence, however, there should be no more researching necessary.
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I enjoy doing it and I always find other stuff to use, but boy is it time consuming and consuming time.
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I’m still in shock and grieving the loss of the Pacific Palisades and parts of Brentwood and Santa Monica. Never, ever, did I think this was a possibility.
I'm sure no one did, either. :-\
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I'm glad you're still in place, Jeanne.
Super Ditto!!
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Two legal setbacks tonight for the Orange One. I am thrilled.
Hoo and Ray!! :D
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AARRGGHH!! This is the third day in a row that I've had to restart my computer to update Norton's SONAR definitions.
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WTH?? :o
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And I really haven't been able to find out what the SONAR definitions actually are.
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But, at least, everything still works, so I suppose that it's necessary. ::)
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So, I restart...we'll see how long it continues to happen.
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PAGE NINE DANCE!!
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💃 🕺
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New notes are up.
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Up are new notes.
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I've seen them.
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I've read them.
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I wrote them.
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They are short.
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Quite short.
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I didn't start writing them until 11:55.
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And then it was rush, rush, rush.