Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on February 26, 2025, 12:51:51 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were productive, and now it is time for you to post until the productive cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: GUMPTIOUS!
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BK, it's great that that really nice woman was able to get your car insurance premium, like Dolly, back to where it belongs!
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Thank you again, BK, for the DRAT! THE CAT! rehearsal detail!
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What a terrible story in the Notes about your car insurance, BK, and what that first representative on the phone put you through.
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Good morning, all!
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Last nightr was a very good night of sleep because Thatch is the best companion to sleep with. Much as I love Annabelle, she's the best on cold nights because she loves to cuddle for warmth. Otherwise, meh . . .
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BK, I think I encountered the sister opf yopur Miss Bitch when I called Spectrum to complain about my $11.00 price rise. Like you, when I called back a day later, I spoke to someone friendly and helpful.
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Today, after kitty cleanup and my trip to the basement with the trash, I need to do a bit of vacuuming, and then I'm back to my iTunes mess.
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Good morning, all.
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I’m tired, but I need to be at the theater early. Momix is doing a student performance this morning.
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Good morning, friends.
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And others.
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It's Wednesday.
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Was Tuesday your good news day?
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Listening to a great book about Alexander von Humbolt called The Invention of Nature. Sadly my mind got distracted when Napoleon’s wife was mentioned. Now I can’t get Cole Porter’s Josephine out of my head.
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‘Cause she had
Agitating eyes,
Titillating thighs,
Lubricating lips,
Undulating hips,
A figure simply swell,
Plus other good points as well.
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It’s based on Ode to a Tractor, you know.
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Good morning, all.
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It's a lethargic morning here, not helped by nagging backaches and a reminder of the "light" sciatic pain from the weekend.
I'm just so glad that I don't have to go out anywhere today, for anything. Tomorrow, too. And boy, do I need these remaining three days of the week for working on music and just a couple of other things.
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If my tractor had undulating hips, I'd never leave the farm.
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Shadow of a Doubt was incredible last night. I hadn't seen it in - easily - OVER two decades, but everyone in it has such indelible images that it's as though I've seen every actor many times over in other films or TV since then ... and it just ain't so. I was up late researching several of the more minor characters - not that anyone is truly minor in a masterpiece like this.
The younger sister, played by Edna May Wonacott, looks for all the world like an up and coming Patricia Hitchcock, who was a few years older but Pat's first appearance in a Hitchcock film wasn't until Stage Fright in 1950. Edna May only had a few uncredited bit parts after that, and that was it for her.
The girlfriend of Teresa Wright - not the one who has a more significant presence when she turns up working in a seedy night spot, but the quieter one with the underbite - was played by Estelle Jewell. This was Estelle Jewell's only film. She died in 1992.
It's sad that almost nothing of 1943 Santa Rosa remains. The tracks and train station, yes, and the family's house. But I'm always struck by how lively even small-town downtowns were depicted in those years. I want to step back into that world where it seems half the town is out walking and shopping and eating and doing things and using the library till it closes at 9 pm. And it's not just fiction. I remember that from the late 1950s and early 1960s in places we lived. But I digress...
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But I digress...
And long may you prosper!
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Great notes on the film, ChasSmith.
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Waiting for the kids to arrive. I think they’re going to love Momix.
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Waiting around for the girls upstairs.
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If my tractor had undulating hips, I'd never leave the farm.
How long have you had an attraction to tractors?
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I may have mentioned, in years past, that gaggles of geese seem to prefer the pond behind my house -- and my side yard -- as courtship grounds every spring.
Of course, it isn't spring yet, but they are wildly at it already. Such a fuss in the early morning hours. I think this has been one of the busy days, thus far.
Such a FUSS!!
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For what it's worth, today is Wednesday in this part of the CSRA!
We are under a stay-inside advisory because of poor air quality through tomorrow morning.
Why? You may well ask.
It is because today is a "controlled burn" day. This is environmentally sound, they say, because we are quite rural and it is necessary for many reasons.
Thus far, none of the controlled burns have ever gotten out of hand.
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I submitted all my tax documentation to my CPA yesterday.
I really hate this time of year, especially given that most of my taxes seem destined to support Elon Musk's businesses.
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Deux! Due! Two!
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If my tractor had undulating hips, I'd never leave the farm.
How long have you had an attraction to tractors?
Gives new meaning to the "tractor pull" event so popular at state fairs.
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Or so I hear, I've never been to a state fair, except from seeing them onstage and on screen.
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Congrats to DR JANE on her fantastic new millstone.
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I greet thee.
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Good rehearsal notes from MR BK.
What a jerk at the insurance company....
Although he should NEVER have spoken to you in that manner - perhaps he was just jealous because he drives a 2004 Honda Acura and your car is fancier.
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I read the review that DR MICHAEL G posted and I was fine until I got to the part where one actor was called "perfectly adequate".......
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Today I have my first appointment with my new doctor - Dr Aina.....I have seen his photograph but I haven't spoken to him.
We shall see what happens.
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The Brigadoon re-writer is Scottish? Big deal. What’s next? Someone from Rome rewriting the Forum book?
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Yesterday I was taking a shower. I just stepped out of it and picked up the towel when the doorbell rang followed by some knocks....repeated.
I finally got my sleep pants on and got to the door and it was two Mormon elders. I didn't even let them speak - I just told them they got a 76 year old man out of the shower at risk of life and limb and they could just move on.
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It is 45 degrees here headed for 58 degrees.
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Chico Marx sez you Aina seen a Doc-a like-a that-a before.
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There's a new funny commercial that always makes me laugh.
A man doesn't get his new glasses and so he brings home the wrong little dog from the groomer.....
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The Brigadoon re-writer is Scottish? Big deal. What’s next? Someone from Rome rewriting the Forum book?
You would think someone would have learned after the grisly mess made of Gigi. I woould like to know what's been done to the Brigadoon book.
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My doc recommended bloodwork. You know, check the oil. So I got the blood drawn at Quest. Labs were done. All reports good. Insurance bill comes for $729. Seems a bit much. I call Cindy at customer care back in my old home state of Delaware. She agrees that this is a bit off. The provider’s billing co messed up. So I received a nice new statement from insurance in the mail. For $729. I call and get Cindy again, believe it or not. She says, oh, this is just a statement to let you know it’s going to be adjusted still. Don’t worry. Why am I still worried?
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The Brigadoon re-writer is Scottish? Big deal. What’s next? Someone from Rome rewriting the Forum book?
You would think someone would have learned after the grisly mess made of Gigi. I woould like to know what's been done to the Brigadoon book.
Don’t forget the Camelot update that went so well.
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My doc recommended bloodwork. You know, check the oil. So I got the blood drawn at Quest. Labs were done. All reports good. Insurance bill comes for $729. Seems a bit much. I call Cindy at customer care back in my old home state of Delaware. She agrees that this is a bit off. The provider’s billing co messed up. So I received a nice new statement from insurance in the mail. For $729. I call and get Cindy again, believe it or not. She says, oh, this is just a statement to let you know it’s going to be adjusted still. Don’t worry. Why am I still worried?
Because $729!
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What we need is someone who actually lived in Camelot to revise that book. That’s been the problem all along. No authenticity.
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In fact, if this Scottish lass isn’t actually from Brigadoon, what are we even doing?
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Good morning.
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Yesterday I was taking a shower. I just stepped out of it and picked up the towel when the doorbell rang followed by some knocks....repeated.
I finally got my sleep pants on and got to the door and it was two Mormon elders. I didn't even let them speak - I just told them they got a 76 year old man out of the shower at risk of life and limb and they could just move on.
I am becoming more like Leonard every day. I growl when someone comes up the driveway, and then I hide.
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Once when I was sitting on the couch, someone came up the driveway and Leonard alerted me. I grabbed the leopard-spotted Snuggy that was on the arm of the couch and pulled it over myself so he wouldn't see me if he peered in the window.
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Who goosed the Moose?
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Once when I was sitting on the couch, someone came up the driveway and Leonard alerted me. I grabbed the leopard-spotted Snuggy that was on the arm of the couch and pulled it over myself so he wouldn't see me if he peered in the window.
You could put a big sign on your front door saying "NO!"
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I have a sign on the door that says "Day sleeper. Please do not knock."
It works most of the time, but if they see me through the window, they knock.
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Yesterday I was taking a shower. I just stepped out of it and picked up the towel when the doorbell rang followed by some knocks....repeated.
I finally got my sleep pants on and got to the door and it was two Mormon elders. I didn't even let them speak - I just told them they got a 76 year old man out of the shower at risk of life and limb and they could just move on.
Oy. So sorry to hear that happened to you, Jrand.
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My doc recommended bloodwork. You know, check the oil. So I got the blood drawn at Quest. Labs were done. All reports good. Insurance bill comes for $729. Seems a bit much. I call Cindy at customer care back in my old home state of Delaware. She agrees that this is a bit off. The provider’s billing co messed up. So I received a nice new statement from insurance in the mail. For $729. I call and get Cindy again, believe it or not. She says, oh, this is just a statement to let you know it’s going to be adjusted still. Don’t worry. Why am I still worried?
"Don't worry" may be code for "Read future mail about this very very carefully."
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What we need is someone who actually lived in Camelot to revise that book. That’s been the problem all along. No authenticity.
Maybe the Good Prince Lancelot could do the revisal?
"Good Prince Lancelot" from I Love Lucy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_qxBWWiG20
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I read the review that DR MICHAEL G posted and I was fine until I got to the part where one actor was called "perfectly adequate".......
Well, Alessio is a small role and being funny is pretty much the whole point. He doesn't get an aria or any vocal fireworks like the other principals, so it would be hard for anyone to really judge his singing from the recitative. Maybe the writer thought that "was funny" wasn't enough and wanted to add some placeholder language?
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I'm grateful for the company to get a review like that in our major publication. It brings us visibility that we need. And I can't recall our opera chorus ever being praised for diction like that in a review; our chorus director will be proud.
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The Brigadoon re-writer is Scottish? Big deal. What’s next? Someone from Rome rewriting the Forum book?
You would think someone would have learned after the grisly mess made of Gigi. I woould like to know what's been done to the Brigadoon book.
Me too. When I saw the intimacy director, my first thought was "Ah, Brigadoon with sex scenes! That's what it's been missing all these years!"
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I would guess the intimacy coordinators for Brigadoon would just be in charge of where the noses go in kissing scenes.
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Thank you DR Freddie.
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Thanks DR Singdaw.
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DR MichaelG, congats on the big review!
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Thank you DR John.
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Great news about the Love Life recording - hoping the performance there is worthy. I wonder if NYC Encores will also be recorded? That would be crazy if there were 2 recordings out after 75 years of no recordings. Can't wait to see it next month in New York!
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DR George, thank for the link though it is going to take awhile to watch all of the 55 Times Mother Nature Got Angry on Camera video.
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Bruce, good job searching until you found someone nice to talk to at the insurance company. Whenever the milage is reduced the price goes down appropriately. What an odd thing to say it might go up. I would sure want to know how that could happen.
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I may have mentioned, in years past, that gaggles of geese seem to prefer the pond behind my house -- and my side yard -- as courtship grounds every spring.
Of course, it isn't spring yet, but they are wildly at it already. Such a fuss in the early morning hours. I think this has been one of the busy days, thus far.
Such a FUSS!!
We too have geese here, however, the Geese Dogs come and chase them away.
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Today I have my first appointment with my new doctor - Dr Aina.....I have seen his photograph but I haven't spoken to him.
We shall see what happens.
Vibes you like him.
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Yesterday I was taking a shower. I just stepped out of it and picked up the towel when the doorbell rang followed by some knocks....repeated.
I finally got my sleep pants on and got to the door and it was two Mormon elders. I didn't even let them speak - I just told them they got a 76 year old man out of the shower at risk of life and limb and they could just move on.
Good for you telling them off. Fortunately that is not permitted here.
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My doc recommended bloodwork. You know, check the oil. So I got the blood drawn at Quest. Labs were done. All reports good. Insurance bill comes for $729. Seems a bit much. I call Cindy at customer care back in my old home state of Delaware. She agrees that this is a bit off. The provider’s billing co messed up. So I received a nice new statement from insurance in the mail. For $729. I call and get Cindy again, believe it or not. She says, oh, this is just a statement to let you know it’s going to be adjusted still. Don’t worry. Why am I still worried?
Good luck your bill is adjusted correctly.
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Yesterday I was taking a shower. I just stepped out of it and picked up the towel when the doorbell rang followed by some knocks....repeated.
I finally got my sleep pants on and got to the door and it was two Mormon elders. I didn't even let them speak - I just told them they got a 76 year old man out of the shower at risk of life and limb and they could just move on.
I am becoming more like Leonard every day. I growl when someone comes up the driveway, and then I hide.
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Once when I was sitting on the couch, someone came up the driveway and Leonard alerted me. I grabbed the leopard-spotted Snuggy that was on the arm of the couch and pulled it over myself so he wouldn't see me if he peered in the window.
LOL :)
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I have a sign on the door that says "Day sleeper. Please do not knock."
It works most of the time, but if they see me through the window, they knock.
Interesting.
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Yesterday I was taking a shower. I just stepped out of it and picked up the towel when the doorbell rang followed by some knocks....repeated.
I finally got my sleep pants on and got to the door and it was two Mormon elders. I didn't even let them speak - I just told them they got a 76 year old man out of the shower at risk of life and limb and they could just move on.
My sister has a sign posted on her door:
WE DO NOT CONDUCT RELIGION OR BUSINESS AT OUR DOOR
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My doc recommended bloodwork. You know, check the oil. So I got the blood drawn at Quest. Labs were done. All reports good. Insurance bill comes for $729. Seems a bit much. I call Cindy at customer care back in my old home state of Delaware. She agrees that this is a bit off. The provider’s billing co messed up. So I received a nice new statement from insurance in the mail. For $729. I call and get Cindy again, believe it or not. She says, oh, this is just a statement to let you know it’s going to be adjusted still. Don’t worry. Why am I still worried?
Yikes! :o
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Yesterday I was taking a shower. I just stepped out of it and picked up the towel when the doorbell rang followed by some knocks....repeated.
I finally got my sleep pants on and got to the door and it was two Mormon elders. I didn't even let them speak - I just told them they got a 76 year old man out of the shower at risk of life and limb and they could just move on.
My sister has a sign posted on her door:
WE DO NOT CONDUCT RELIGION OR BUSINESS AT OUR DOOR
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The Brigadoon re-writer is Scottish? Big deal. What’s next? Someone from Rome rewriting the Forum book?
You would think someone would have learned after the grisly mess made of Gigi. I woould like to know what's been done to the Brigadoon book.
A more in-depth exploration of what’s under a kilt.
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My new doctor is very nice. He is from Nigeria. He looks like Wayne Brady from Let's Make A Deal.....
He also gave me a pneumonia vaccine shot since my last one was almost two years ago.
We shall how I feel as the afternoon goes on.
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DR George, thank for the link though it is going to take awhile to watch all of the 55 Times Mother Nature Got Angry on Camera video.
Yup. I'm watching it a bit at a time, too. :)
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Thanks, Jane.
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The Brigadoon re-writer is Scottish? Big deal. What’s next? Someone from Rome rewriting the Forum book?
You would think someone would have learned after the grisly mess made of Gigi. I woould like to know what's been done to the Brigadoon book.
A more in-depth exploration of what’s under a kilt.
Oh, my. ;)
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And then there was this:
Texas records first death from measles outbreak (https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/texas-records-first-death-from-measles-outbreak/ar-AA1zNL7l?ocid=TobArticle):
Feb. 25 (UPI) -- The first measles death in the United States in a decade was announced Wednesday in Texas as an outbreak in that state's panhandle spread to New Mexico and other portions of the country, health officials said.
The death was of an unvaccinated school-aged child in Lubbock, Texas, Zack Holbrooks, public health director of the South Plains Health District, said, according to USA Today. The child was hospitalized at the time of death.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was the first measles death in the United States since 2015. So far, 124 people have been confirmed with the disease during the outbreak and 18 have been hospitalized.
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Shocking but not unexpected news DR GEORGE.
I fear it is only the beginning.
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Whew - I got Wordle today barely...in SIX.
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I was in intimacy coordinator when I was in high school....especially when I was on a double date and the movie was boring.
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Warning - This post may contain Brigadoon song title rewrite in questionable taste for a Sugar Babies/Brigadoon mash-up.
Wan't there an adult entertainment version of "There But for You Go I" which went "There for Your Butt Go I" -as sung by whatever's found under the kilt, along with "Come for Me, Bend for Me." Also, the chorus men singing "I'll go home to bond with Gene."
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Well, at least that got us to page 4!
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Warning - This post may contain Brigadoon song title rewrite in questionable taste for a Sugar Babies/Brigadoon mash-up.
Wan't there an adult entertainment version of "There But for You Go I" which went "There for Your Butt Go I" -as sung by whatever's found under the kilt, along with "Come for Me, Bend for Me." Also, the chorus men singing "I'll go home to bond with Gene."
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Good afternoon!
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Congrats on your milestone, DR Jane!
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That's great, DR George!
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As for me: Wordle: 5/6
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My new doctor is very nice. He is from Nigeria. He looks like Wayne Brady from Let's Make A Deal.....
He also gave me a pneumonia vaccine shot since my last one was almost two years ago.
We shall how I feel as the afternoon goes on.
I'm glad you like him. Did you receive Prevnar 20? Do you know what your last one was?
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I enjoyed your report on Shadow of a Doubt, DR ChasSmith. It's one of my favorite films and I've seen it multiple times.
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And then there was this:
Texas records first death from measles outbreak (https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/texas-records-first-death-from-measles-outbreak/ar-AA1zNL7l?ocid=TobArticle):
Feb. 25 (UPI) -- The first measles death in the United States in a decade was announced Wednesday in Texas as an outbreak in that state's panhandle spread to New Mexico and other portions of the country, health officials said.
The death was of an unvaccinated school-aged child in Lubbock, Texas, Zack Holbrooks, public health director of the South Plains Health District, said, according to USA Today. The child was hospitalized at the time of death.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was the first measles death in the United States since 2015. So far, 124 people have been confirmed with the disease during the outbreak and 18 have been hospitalized.
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So very sad and so very unnecessary :'(
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Whew - I got Wordle today barely...in SIX.
Whew!
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Congrats on your milestone, DR Jane!
Thank you.
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That's great, DR George!
Thanks, Kevin!
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Very sad about the measles death. If adults want to die from preventable diseases, I'm ok with that. But the kids have no choice in this.
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There was a case of measles at my kids' elementary school, right after they left there and started junior high. I was a volunteer at the school, still. The school nurse said everyone who came on campus had to prove they were up to date on immunizations. That even included the guy who filled the faculty room coke machine.
I explained this to my physician's receptionist. They had me come in and gave me the shot right away. They didn't even bill me for it.
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For a few years after that, the junior high school nurse didn't have to keep nagging parents about immunizations. The kids were caught up from elementary school.
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I'm up, I'm up - ten hours of sleep - didn't wake up till one.
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Waiting for me was the book galley and covers - all perfect first time out, all approved. They'll send me the sign-off forms and it will go to the printer for test books, and then I can order. Very happy with how quick this all happened this time.
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Must order something resembling food. A sandwich, perhaps.
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MR BK did you see the Bava review you wrote? I posted it on Facebook the day you asked about it.
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I know how we could save a lot of money?
How about canceling the free health care for life that senators and representatives get for free after 5 years on the job?
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Waiting for me was the book galley and covers - all perfect first time out, all approved. They'll send me the sign-off forms and it will go to the printer for test books, and then I can order. Very happy with how quick this all happened this time.
Congratulations, BK!
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There was a case of measles at my kids' elementary school, right after they left there and started junior high. I was a volunteer at the school, still. The school nurse said everyone who came on campus had to prove they were up to date on immunizations. That even included the guy who filled the faculty room coke machine.
I explained this to my physician's receptionist. They had me come in and gave me the shot right away. They didn't even bill me for it.
Wow, things sure have changed :( Were you vaccinated when you were young? I had measles before the vaccination was available. That was nice of your doctor not to charge you.
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When Bryan went to medical school proof of vaccinations wasn't enough. He had to titer for all of the main childhood diseases.
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I read the comments under a Reuter's report on the measles outbreak. One person said she will be traveling to Texas on vacation and her doctor ordered a titer to determine if she still has antibodies against it. She didn't say if she had measles or was vaccinated.
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DR John I know you are not all that close to the outbreak, still, that is food for thought.
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DR John I know you are not all that close to the outbreak, still, that is food for thought.
There are cases reported in San Antonio. It's not far at all.
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I'm dumb - what's a titer?
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Up from a nap.
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Onward!
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Five!
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Keith got Wordle in four.
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I didn't know the word either, DR Jrand74.
A titer is a measurement of the concentration of a substance in a solution or sample. [/size]It's often used to measure the amount of antibodies in a blood sample. [/color]
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A tighter is something else altogether.
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DR John I know you are not all that close to the outbreak, still, that is food for thought.
There are cases reported in San Antonio. It's not far at all.
I thought the outbreak was in a close knit community making it not all that close to you. I'll have to read about that again because the town certainly is close enough to you.
Were you vaccinated as a child? If so, you might want to titer.
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I'm dumb - what's a titer?
A blood test to check for antibodies to specific diseases. It will let you know if you need a booster vaccination.
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A tighter is something else altogether.
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Thanks DR singdaw.
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A tighter is something else altogether.
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Watching Sunset Boulevard. Amazing movie.
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The musical gets so much of it wrong by being too faithful and not being Brackett and Wilder.
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There are 236 Guests reading HHW on an ordinary Wednesday evening!!!
Hoping that's good for the page views.
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There's real pathos in the scene where Norma returns to the Paramount lot. But it's just as much about the people who truly love her and mob her as it is about Norma's ego. In fact you only see her feather rising above the throng. The musical is only about a deranged woman.
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Yay, I just snagged the first spot in the Libby queue for a book coming out in April :)
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Starting a movie I have somehow mossed all these years: Claudine with Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones. It’s very sweet so far.
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Good night, friends.
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And others.
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James Earl Jones’s character in Claudine is named Rupert.
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And it’s not even page seven.
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And it’s not even page seven.
LOL!
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Congratulations!
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Tonight I went to a wake with my mother
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It was for my mom’s cousin ( their mothers were sisters) .
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There were all her daughters ( roughly my age) and their children and their children.
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I was in a room with all these people who are my blood relations and I barely knew any of them.
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I also wondered what relation we all were to one another
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I saw a chart that explained it all once but I have no idea where it is now
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Yay, I just snagged the first spot in the Libby queue for a book coming out in April :)
What's the book?
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Onward!
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Six!
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Sounds like my family, Vixmom.
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I started Succession Season Two
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But I have to get up early
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And I am tired.
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Good night, all.
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Waiting for me was the book galley and covers - all perfect first time out, all approved. They'll send me the sign-off forms and it will go to the printer for test books, and then I can order. Very happy with how quick this all happened this time.
That's great, BK!
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DR John I know you are not all that close to the outbreak, still, that is food for thought.
There are cases reported in San Antonio. It's not far at all.
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I'm dumb - what's a titer?
That's what I was wondering. ::)
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I didn't know the word either, DR Jrand74.
A titer is a measurement of the concentration of a substance in a solution or sample. [/size]It's often used to measure the amount of antibodies in a blood sample. [/color]
I'm dumb - what's a titer?
A blood test to check for antibodies to specific diseases. It will let you know if you need a booster vaccination.
Thanks, Singdaw and Jane.
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Yay, I just snagged the first spot in the Libby queue for a book coming out in April :)
Congrats, Jane!
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James Earl Jones’s character in Claudine is named Rupert.
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Fantastic, Vixmom!
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Bruce, I’m glad you were able to get a helpful agent on the phone
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Tonight I went to a wake with my mother
It was for my mom’s cousin ( their mothers were sisters) .
My condolences, Vixmom. :(
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Jrand, I did see it. I was kind.
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Back from rehearsal - lots of fun. I think sometimes the cast gets taken aback when I get very loud with the musical director, as well as very impatient - the truth is, when I'm trying to stage something and the music keeps changing, I DO get impatient and from where I'm sitting in the audience and the MD being all the way upstage - I have to practically yell to be heard. So, at the end of the rehearsal I said clearly to the cast, "I love Jerry Sternbach." And explained my impatience.
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What is with this page six business?
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Every night, I come home and it's page six.
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Over and over again.
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Page six this, page six that.
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No one wants to be on page six this late in the evening.
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Especially not I.
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Or me.
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And yet, here we are stuck in a rut.
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the number of scams is unprecedented right now.
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I feel page six is a scam.
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A scab of a scam.
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Oh well, what can one do?
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What can two do?
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But three?
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Strength in numbers, baby, and now we're on the page that shall not be named and yet is named.
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I also wondered what relation we all were to one another
Sorry for your loss, DR vixmom. Your mother's first cousin is your first cousin once removed. Her daughters are your second cousins.
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Here's a cousin chart but I'm not sure how helpful it is:
https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/cousin-chart
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I like to think of it as "who are the siblings" and count from there. If your parent and their parent are siblings, you're first cousins. If your grandparent and their grandparent are siblings, you're second cousins. If your parent and their grandparent are siblings, you're first cousins (because someone's parent is a sibling) once removed (because the other is in a generation one off from that parent).
I'm not sure if that helps either, but with genealogy I've had a lot of practice.
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And now for something completely different. Riki Lindhome is formerly one half of the comedy duo Garfunkel and Oats and I just came across a song that she released in December:
So Long Farewell (A Breakup Anthem for Baroness Schraeder) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELSx0Kq8xZs)
It has "language," so if you offend easily, don't watch it, but otherwise it's really funny! ;D
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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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Condolences to Vixmom.
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George shows up and makes ONE post?
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I don't get it.
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Was there an open rabbit hole somewhere and he fell in?
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Not very sporting.