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Title: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: bk on March 11, 2025, 12:20:11 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes vamped till ready, and now it is time for you to post until the vamping till ready cows come home.
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Post by: bk on March 11, 2025, 12:21:13 AM
And the word of the day is: IMPERTURBABLE!
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 11, 2025, 12:28:19 AM
Notes vamped. Clamped.
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Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 01:30:21 AM
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Post by: singdaw on March 11, 2025, 04:50:40 AM
Good morning, friends.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 11, 2025, 04:50:55 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: singdaw on March 11, 2025, 04:50:58 AM
And others.
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Post by: singdaw on March 11, 2025, 04:51:30 AM
~~~SUPER DUPER HEALTH VIBES~~~ for DR DR Iris!!!
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Post by: singdaw on March 11, 2025, 04:52:09 AM
~~~HEALTH VIBES FOR THE INLAWS OF DR RODZINSKI~~~ as well!!!
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Post by: singdaw on March 11, 2025, 04:52:26 AM
And DR WFO!!!!!
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Post by: singdaw on March 11, 2025, 04:53:17 AM
DR Rodzinski, I really enjoyed "The Three Investigators" back in the day.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 11, 2025, 04:54:26 AM
The alarm rang at 5:15; I dressed, and the fact that it was really 4:30, not 5:30, hit me, and I lay back down with Thatch and Annabelle. When I decided it was time to get up, it was around 6:45, really 5:45, fed the cats and myself, and here I am.

God, do I hate daylight saving time.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 11, 2025, 05:02:24 AM
In Dec. 1958, there was a particularly long Christmas break, so my family loaded up the station wagon, and we drove to Tucson, AZ, to visit my dad's brother and his family. They had moved west from Ohio around 1948 because their doctor recommended a dry climate for their daughter's serious bouts of asthma. My cousin, who was maybe ten years older than I and a very pampered only child, had maybe every Nancy Drew mystery published between 1940 and 4955 or so, and I spent my time in Tucson reading all of them. I never read any of the Hardy Boys, but I did love the two (?) Disney adaptations.
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Post by: vixmom on March 11, 2025, 05:05:07 AM
My cousin, who was maybe ten years older than I and a very pampered only child, had maybe every Nancy Drew mystery published between 1940 and 4955 or so,



Thems a lotta books!!!
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Post by: vixmom on March 11, 2025, 05:05:51 AM
Prayers and vibes for better health for our Iris
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Post by: vixmom on March 11, 2025, 05:06:20 AM
Recovery vibes for Rodzinski’s inlaws
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Post by: vixmom on March 11, 2025, 05:07:54 AM
I had a great number of Nancy Drew books, my mother, as is her won’t, decided one day I was too old for them and gave them away when I was in school.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 11, 2025, 05:08:01 AM
Yesterday, I watched the first hour of Wicked. I stopped at the end of "I'm not that girl." I'm not sure how I feel about Ariana Grande, but I love Cynthia Errivo. I reread the novel after seeing the musical, and I think Winnie Holzman's screenplay is much better than the musical's script. Speaking of Winnie, is she doing a cameo as the older librarian in the library dance sequence?
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Post by: vixmom on March 11, 2025, 05:10:26 AM
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Post by: vixmom on March 11, 2025, 05:16:35 AM
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Post by: singdaw on March 11, 2025, 05:21:20 AM
Speaking of Winnie, is she doing a cameo as the older librarian in the library dance sequence? 

I'm not sure if it is that moment, but both she and Stephen Schwartz have prominent cameos. I think in the "One Short Day" sequence.
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Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 06:20:31 AM
Sending major health vibes for DR Iris. 

If you're reading anyway, Iris, maybe just drop a quick post every now and then.  You have a community here that cares very much about you.
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Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 06:21:37 AM
Recovery vibes to Rodzinski's in-laws! 

Sorry to hear about the setback. :(
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Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 06:22:36 AM
Hugs to WFO!
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 11, 2025, 06:25:05 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 11, 2025, 06:26:16 AM
Vibes for DR DR Iris and the DILs (Dear In-Laws?) of DR Rodzinski.
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Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 06:26:28 AM
A "vamp" medley from Cher - Adam and Eve, Calamity Jane, Blanche DuBois

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_sS8-S1A2o
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 11, 2025, 06:43:25 AM
Took a little trip from Yonkers to 14th Street yesterday evening.

It was:  interesting.

This is a high school, and I'm happy to report they're utilizing pretty much the full pit of about twenty with student players and maybe five or six of us hired. It sounded a bit scrappy, tuning-wise, and hopefully that will improve over the next couple of nights. We're tucked rather efficiently into an alcove within the set. I'll have to try getting some photographic evidence.
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 06:46:13 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 06:46:32 AM
Mega vibes for Iris.
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 06:46:42 AM
Two!
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 06:47:15 AM
Iris, I will look for that cookbook.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 11, 2025, 06:52:13 AM
DR Iris, it's always good to hear from you. I'm sorry you've had a bad health turn. I hope it's just a wild reaction to the radiation and not something physical. About two weeks before I finished my radiation, I had several days of depression, major anxiety, rage, crying jags, a whole gamut of awful moments, and the doctors and counselors claimed it was all one sytmptom of potential radiation mind and body games.
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 06:52:43 AM
Last night, I had dinner at a restaurant that opened its doors to the balmy breezes and turned the dining room into a kind of patio. It felt great, but it was a big mistake in terms of my allergies.
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 06:54:14 AM
When I went to bed, it took forever for my nasal passages to open enough for me and to fall asleep. Luckily, the CPAP just keeps at it until I can breathe in and out through ny nose.
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 06:57:31 AM
I had a recurring dream about watching the filming of a documentary of a spy escape. It was perfect and everyone was pleased with the details captured on film. After a bathroom break, I came back, fell asleep again and dreamt the same dream again. Only it felt more like a second take.
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 07:01:09 AM
Iris, I have requested John Sedlar’s book from the library. I knew the name was familiar. I believe I, too, have had a cooking class with him or heard him speak with Mark Miller and Stephan Pyles. The three of them wrote a cookbook called Tamales. Yes, I know, three white men writing about a food from someone else’s culture…but it was a good guide.
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 07:02:19 AM
I made tamales once. Never again. You need an assembly line to make them in a decent amount of time.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 07:40:55 AM
Lots of sirens in the 'hood this morning....must be about two streets over.

The pair of keets are not amused.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 07:42:26 AM
DR RODZINSKI had some very entertaining posts and links last night.

And some lively points of discussion.

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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 07:43:14 AM
I hope I am over my lost hour of sleep. I need to get started on more research for the book.
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 07:43:46 AM
DR RODZINSKI had some very entertaining posts and links last night.

And some lively points of discussion.



He did, indeed.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 07:44:41 AM
Another Tupper Saussy tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3UO8UKcEvA
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 07:45:00 AM
Health vibes for DR IRIS!!
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 07:45:15 AM
Recovery vibes for the in-laws of DR RODZINSKI.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 07:48:23 AM
Yes DR ELMORE there were two Hardy Boys mysteries on MMC:

The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure

The Mystery of Ghost Farm.

I always liked the opening theme of the former.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phWGcOOEPZY
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 07:49:23 AM
Interesting article Editor RODZINSKI - but I'm sure it will not be as interesting or as popular as one that will appear in the April issue.

I think we'll probably get the Pulitzer.
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Post by: bk on March 11, 2025, 07:54:27 AM
I'm up, I'm up - six hours of sleep.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 07:54:35 AM
Oh my, I don't remember seeing this, but I must have.  It's the kind of thing that was always cut out when they hour shows were trimmed to thirty minutes for syndication.

What a bunch of talented kids.  And watch Annette's turns in the tap number - that kid could DANCE!

And we get to see a lot of the second team kids.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRdTTPhF1BI
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Post by: bk on March 11, 2025, 07:55:00 AM
All kinds of health vibes to Iris and others and all kinds of vibes in general.
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 08:06:27 AM
My sisters had various editions of the Nancy Drew books, which were revised over the years. I liked the second blue editions best. Kind of a dark blue, textured cover.

The family down the street gave me all of the Hardy Boys books after their sons outgrew them. Only one or two was in the red editions.
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 08:07:14 AM
I read them all, but I liked Nancy better. I still have a copy of the Nancy Drew Cookbook.
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 08:09:05 AM
My fourth grade teacher didn’t like mysteries, so she forbade us to read them during our free period. She couldn’t stop us from bringing them into the classroom, because we could read them on the bus. But she would have, if she could.
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 08:09:25 AM
Obviously, this was not my favorite teacher.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 08:16:20 AM
I was compelled to buy a copy of the new to me autobiography of Lonnie Burr - Confessions of an Accidental Mouseketeer......
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 11, 2025, 08:18:49 AM
I'm afraid I never read or saw anything Hardy or Drew as a kid, and I kind of regret that since they were all so enormously popular and respected.

All I have here, which I have never watched - but now I will - is the Walt Disney Treasures packaging of The Hardy Boys. I have no idea how much was made, or how much of it is on there. But I'm taking it off the shelf now for when I have some viewing time...probably next week.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 08:38:33 AM
I think that's The Applegate Mystery DR CHAS SMITH. I have that one.  :D

The entire series with the theme song and lots of interviews and background.

Tim Considine & Tommy Kirk are always fun to watch....then and later.....
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 08:39:13 AM
WORDLE in two!

I am surprised!
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Post by: bk on March 11, 2025, 08:41:15 AM
Car is at the Mercedes place - will have it back by four, finished or not. Hoping it's not too expensive, just cleaning or straightening out sensors. Also, when I bought it in December they told me the next service wouldn't be for about seven months. Uh uh - next month.
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Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 08:41:24 AM
Interesting article Editor RODZINSKI - but I'm sure it will not be as interesting or as popular as one that will appear in the April issue.

I think we'll probably get the Pulitzer.

Looking forward to that article, Jrand!


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Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 08:41:34 AM
And I think the HHW discussions of chicken dishes should at least be nominated for the Pullet Surprise.
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Post by: bk on March 11, 2025, 08:41:52 AM
I had them put a new battery in the extra fob and that worked fine, so I didn't have to leave my fob there and now I have a working back-up.
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Post by: bk on March 11, 2025, 08:42:07 AM
Thinking about going back to bed.
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Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 08:43:20 AM
My fourth grade teacher didn’t like mysteries, so she forbade us to read them during our free period. She couldn’t stop us from bringing them into the classroom, because we could read them on the bus. But she would have, if she could.


OMG!    What kind of school was this?
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Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 08:53:06 AM
A "vamp" medley from Cher - Adam and Eve, Calamity Jane, Blanche DuBois

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_sS8-S1A2o

;D
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Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 08:54:37 AM
Took a little trip from Yonkers to 14th Street yesterday evening.

It was:  interesting.

This is a high school, and I'm happy to report they're utilizing pretty much the full pit of about twenty with student players and maybe five or six of us hired. It sounded a bit scrappy, tuning-wise, and hopefully that will improve over the next couple of nights. We're tucked rather efficiently into an alcove within the set. I'll have to try getting some photographic evidence.

That's great about having a full pit! 
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 09:03:49 AM
Thanks DR FREDDIE.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 09:03:58 AM
Car vibes for MR BK.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 09:04:32 AM
I feel your pain DR VIXMOM - but not as much.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 09:05:17 AM
I have lost about three years of my future.....so the upcoming decade looks bleak.
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Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 09:26:08 AM
I have lost about three years of my future.....so the upcoming decade looks bleak.


:(


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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 09:27:04 AM
From John:

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There’s still 93 ahead of me in line for Ina Garten’s memoir.

Wow, there are 22 people ahead of me for the eBook.  I started at 57th and there are currently 45 people in the queue.  My library also has 12 copies which helps.
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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 09:28:46 AM
From Rodzinski:

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Today I saw some people doing work on the lot across the street. They had a kind of dirt-sifting screen. So I realized they were archaeologists who have to come check out any property under development to make sure there are not tribal remains. I thought, hey, that’s a story my readers might enjoy, so I went and interviewed them. They were so nice, a girl and guy fresh out of George’s alma mater, Western Washington U., working their dream gig.

This is super cool, especially since you get an article out of it :)
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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 09:31:39 AM
DR Iris I am very sorry about your health.

MEGA VIBES YOU WILL SOON FEEL BETTER!
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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 09:32:18 AM
VIBES FOR THE DEAR IN-LAWS OF DR RODZINSKI!
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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 09:33:48 AM
Rodzinski I enjoyed reading all of your posts related to the Hardy Boys & Nancy Drew.
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 10:58:41 AM
My fourth grade teacher didn’t like mysteries, so she forbade us to read them during our free period. She couldn’t stop us from bringing them into the classroom, because we could read them on the bus. But she would have, if she could.


OMG!    What kind of school was this?

Lutheran. She hated mysteries because they were always solved at the end.
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 10:59:21 AM
From John:

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There’s still 93 ahead of me in line for Ina Garten’s memoir.

Wow, there are 22 people ahead of me for the eBook.  I started at 57th and there are currently 45 people in the queue.  My library also has 12 copies which helps.

The library has 60 copies of the audiobook.
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 11:00:52 AM
And I think the HHW discussions of chicken dishes should at least be nominated for the Pullet Surprise.

No groaning at HHW. But what squawking?
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 11:01:37 AM
Season two of Succession does indeed have a surprise ending.
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 11:02:20 AM
And not. Because it's essentially the same ending as season one.
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 11:18:53 AM
I had a nice surprise this morning to remind me of DR Iris.

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Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 11:39:59 AM
My fourth grade teacher didn’t like mysteries, so she forbade us to read them during our free period. She couldn’t stop us from bringing them into the classroom, because we could read them on the bus. But she would have, if she could.


OMG!    What kind of school was this?

Lutheran. She hated mysteries because they were always solved at the end.


Oh my! :)

Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 11:40:54 AM
And I think the HHW discussions of chicken dishes should at least be nominated for the Pullet Surprise.

No groaning at HHW. But what squawking?


:)


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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 11:53:26 AM
I went to a new gastro doctor today and really liked her.
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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 11:54:27 AM
DR Ginny she walked in wearing a Michigan lanyard opening up a fun discussion :)

She grew up close to where we lived. 
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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 11:56:14 AM
Sending major health vibes for DR Iris. 

If you're reading anyway, Iris, maybe just drop a quick post every now and then.  You have a community here that cares very much about you.

I second this sentiment.
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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 11:58:09 AM
I made tamales once. Never again. You need an assembly line to make them in a decent amount of time.

;D
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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 11:58:36 AM
Lots of sirens in the 'hood this morning....must be about two streets over.

The pair of keets are not amused.


I feel bad for them.
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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 12:02:04 PM
Oh my, I don't remember seeing this, but I must have.  It's the kind of thing that was always cut out when they hour shows were trimmed to thirty minutes for syndication.

What a bunch of talented kids.  And watch Annette's turns in the tap number - that kid could DANCE!

And we get to see a lot of the second team kids.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRdTTPhF1BI

Thanks, that was fun.
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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 12:03:02 PM
My fourth grade teacher didn’t like mysteries, so she forbade us to read them during our free period. She couldn’t stop us from bringing them into the classroom, because we could read them on the bus. But she would have, if she could.

Silly teacher should have been thrilled with the fact that you were reading.
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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 12:03:42 PM
FOUR!

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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 12:04:24 PM
DR John do you remember what she had you reading during "free" time?  I put free in quotes since it wasn't really free.
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Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 12:04:53 PM
I went to a new gastro doctor today and really liked her.

That's good news!
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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 12:05:04 PM
Obviously, this was not my favorite teacher.

I would think not.
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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 12:05:43 PM
WORDLE in two!

I am surprised!

Congrats!
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Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 12:06:24 PM
FOUR!

(https://media.istockphoto.com/id/162263035/photo/four-kittens-walking-together.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=Rp5BTk_OaC85ZcIgMpG5ALr7BEuc0zERBmk2zw9FD7s=)

Really cute photo!
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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 12:12:13 PM
I have lost about three years of my future.....so the upcoming decade looks bleak.

:(
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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 12:13:24 PM
My fourth grade teacher didn’t like mysteries, so she forbade us to read them during our free period. She couldn’t stop us from bringing them into the classroom, because we could read them on the bus. But she would have, if she could.


OMG!    What kind of school was this?

Lutheran. She hated mysteries because they were always solved at the end.

Interesting reason.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 12:14:34 PM
I don't remember having free reading time at school.  I seem to recall trips to the library to check out books to take home, or maybe some were also available in the classrooms.
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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 12:15:49 PM
I read a few Nancy Drew books and stopped.  I read slightly more Hardy Boy books and preferred them.  I really didn't read mysteries again until I was an adult, and still not all that many until I began reading them to discuss them with my brother.
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Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 12:18:20 PM
DR John do you remember what she had you reading during "free" time?  I put free in quotes since it wasn't really free.
I don’t remember. But I will never forget lecture on mysteries.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 12:18:22 PM
From John:

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There’s still 93 ahead of me in line for Ina Garten’s memoir.

Wow, there are 22 people ahead of me for the eBook.  I started at 57th and there are currently 45 people in the queue.  My library also has 12 copies which helps.

The library has 60 copies of the audiobook.

Wow.  I looked at my library.  There are 19 audiobooks with 104 in the queue.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 12:18:47 PM
I had a nice surprise this morning to remind me of DR Iris.



:)
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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 12:19:42 PM
I went to a new gastro doctor today and really liked her.

That's good news!

I left the office smiling.
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Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 12:20:13 PM
She did surprise me in that she wants me to have an endoscopy.  My last one was six years ago.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 12:21:02 PM
DR John do you remember what she had you reading during "free" time?  I put free in quotes since it wasn't really free.
I don’t remember. But I will never forget lecture on mysteries.

Oh my, there was even a lecture about them :D
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: elmore3003 on March 11, 2025, 12:28:42 PM
My sisters had various editions of the Nancy Drew books, which were revised over the years. I liked the second blue editions best. Kind of a dark blue, textured cover.

The family down the street gave me all of the Hardy Boys books after their sons outgrew them. Only one or two was in the red editions.

Yes! The blue covers. And the Nancy Dew endpapers were wonderful. My memory says they were silhouettes.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: singdaw on March 11, 2025, 12:36:30 PM
On This Day in 1959, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun became the first play by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: singdaw on March 11, 2025, 12:37:03 PM
Many people don't know that it was originally titled A Grape in the Sun, but it stayed out too long.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 01:00:55 PM
DR singdaw what interesting information.....have you posted it to the IBDB?
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 01:01:55 PM
DR JANE so glad you like your new doctor!

Yes - I liked the video too.  I may go back and watch it again.  I knew that Don Grady was a Mouseketeer on the blue team - but I had never seen him dance.  He was very good, too.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: elmore3003 on March 11, 2025, 01:03:44 PM
Oy! Does that White House bitch Karoline ("I'm a mean girl and proud of it") Leavitt believe any of the lies & bullshit she spouts in her press conferences? When she's not bowing down to the Fat Orange Felon, she makes sure to get her kicks in on Biden.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: elmore3003 on March 11, 2025, 01:05:04 PM
Well, I'm sick. Of the last hour, I would estimate I spend 49 minutes of it in the bathroom. God, I hate this.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: bk on March 11, 2025, 01:08:17 PM
Got the car back and thankfully it had stopped raining just prior to me walking back there. Turns out, it's the sensors or something in the front seat belts that triggered this. It's safe to drive, but it will occasionally give me the error message. They'll need to replace the front seat belts, program them, etc. Cost? Over two grand. Not today, Josephine.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 01:13:31 PM
Jane, did you see this week's new TRACKER? 

This week's resolution as to who the kidnapper and kidnapping victim were seemed really interesting and well-acted (especially since some weeks, the show's formula can get a little TOO reliable - but that may be part of why I enjoy the show).   

I thought the writing, and performance by the actress playing the kidnapping victim, was particularly good in those scenes. 
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 01:21:39 PM
DR JANE so glad you like your new doctor!

Yes - I liked the video too.  I may go back and watch it again.  I knew that Don Grady was a Mouseketeer on the blue team - but I had never seen him dance.  He was very good, too.

He was, and until I was watching the video I forgot he had been a Mouseketeer.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 01:24:23 PM
Jane, did you see this week's new TRACKER? 

This week's resolution as to who the kidnapper and kidnapping victim were seemed really interesting and well-acted (especially since some weeks, the show's formula can get a little TOO reliable - but that may be part of why I enjoy the show).   

I thought the writing, and performance by the actress playing the kidnapping victim, was particularly good in those scenes. 

Is that episode 12?  Last one we watched was episode 11.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 01:24:42 PM
We are enjoying this season of Reacher.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 02:04:24 PM
Two thousand dollars??!!!

Not today, Satan.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 02:07:18 PM
When I was in high school there were two jobs I NEVER thought I would have:

Gas Pump Jockey

Grocery Store Check out Clerk

AND YET HERE I AM.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 02:07:27 PM
Page Five.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 02:15:30 PM
When I was in high school there were two jobs I NEVER thought I would have:

Gas Pump Jockey

Grocery Store Check out Clerk

AND YET HERE I AM.

;D
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 02:16:17 PM
I loved that in Oregon you are not permitted to pump your own gas.  Now that we only have one car I have never needed to pump gas since we moved here.  I hope that never changes.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Laura on March 11, 2025, 02:33:15 PM
Good afternoon.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Laura on March 11, 2025, 02:33:55 PM
Hugs to you, Iris. I hope it's what Elmore experienced -- that it's a reaction to the radiation and that you'll be feeling better soon.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Laura on March 11, 2025, 02:34:39 PM
I made tamales once. Never again. You need an assembly line to make them in a decent amount of time.

I think you need to be a Mexican grandma to make tamales.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Laura on March 11, 2025, 02:40:30 PM
My older sister had a few Nancy Drew books, and I read some of them.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Laura on March 11, 2025, 02:40:48 PM
I ran away from home this morning.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Laura on March 11, 2025, 02:41:25 PM
We had to have a plumber come out, so I got out before he got here and stayed away until after he left.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Laura on March 11, 2025, 02:41:42 PM
I so understand Leonard hiding.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 02:45:59 PM
I ran away from home this morning.

:)
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 02:46:12 PM
We had to have a plumber come out, so I got out before he got here and stayed away until after he left.

Smart move.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 02:46:23 PM
I so understand Leonard hiding.

;D
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Laura on March 11, 2025, 02:46:40 PM
I have a friend who is on a cruise with her family. I have to admit a bit of jealousy about that.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Laura on March 11, 2025, 02:47:18 PM
But looking at where that big storm is off the coast of San Diego and the map showing her ship's location .....
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Laura on March 11, 2025, 02:47:40 PM
I'm glad it's not me on that ship!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 02:54:14 PM
;D
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 02:54:56 PM
WORDLE in two!

I am surprised!

Keith also got it in two :)
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 03:19:10 PM
My fourth grade teacher didn’t like mysteries, so she forbade us to read them during our free period. She couldn’t stop us from bringing them into the classroom, because we could read them on the bus. But she would have, if she could.


OMG!    What kind of school was this?

Lutheran. She hated mysteries because they were always solved at the end.

:o
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 03:19:31 PM
I had a nice surprise this morning to remind me of DR Iris.

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7898.0;attach=25640)

Very nice, John!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: MichaelG on March 11, 2025, 03:36:43 PM
DR Ginny she walked in wearing a Michigan lanyard opening up a fun discussion :)

She grew up close to where we lived.

I still miss my former primary care physician, the jazz pianist. But my new one is really good too, and she went to Wayne State so there's the metro Detroit connection.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: vixmom on March 11, 2025, 03:38:17 PM
I was thinking about Iris today and came here to ask if it was possibly from the radiation


All my worse side effects from the radiation occurred in the month after I completed the course of treatment
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 03:44:01 PM
DR Ginny she walked in wearing a Michigan lanyard opening up a fun discussion :)

She grew up close to where we lived.

I still miss my former primary care physician, the jazz pianist. But my new one is really good too, and she went to Wayne State so there's the metro Detroit connection.

Nice.  It is a relief to like, and connect with a new physician.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 03:46:07 PM
I was thinking about Iris today and came here to ask if it was possibly from the radiation


All my worse side effects from the radiation occurred in the month after I completed the course of treatment

That doesn't seem fair when you think you are done with it :(
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 03:54:36 PM
Good for Canada.  The government has a temporary exemption for specific kosher-for-Passover food items from the recently imposed 25% import tariffs.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 03:58:30 PM
Jane, did you see this week's new TRACKER? 

This week's resolution as to who the kidnapper and kidnapping victim were seemed really interesting and well-acted (especially since some weeks, the show's formula can get a little TOO reliable - but that may be part of why I enjoy the show).   

I thought the writing, and performance by the actress playing the kidnapping victim, was particularly good in those scenes. 

Is that episode 12?  Last one we watched was episode 11.

This is season 2 episode 12.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 03:59:11 PM
When I was in high school there were two jobs I NEVER thought I would have:

Gas Pump Jockey

Grocery Store Check out Clerk

AND YET HERE I AM.

LOL!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Rodzinski on March 11, 2025, 03:59:26 PM
Another Tupper Saussy tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3UO8UKcEvA

Thanks for that!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: vixmom on March 11, 2025, 04:00:05 PM
I just treated myself to a loaded potato pancake at Juniors
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: vixmom on March 11, 2025, 04:00:50 PM
I planned to follow with a slice of cheesecake but ran out of time
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: vixmom on March 11, 2025, 04:01:17 PM
Currently sitting center front row at the Golden Theatre
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Rodzinski on March 11, 2025, 04:01:22 PM
Applegate is the guy whose treasure gets stolen in the book The Tower Treasure, that I’m reading now. No good dubloons or pieces of eight. Just some jewelry and securities. Old man Applegate is such an a-hole that one wishes his treasure was never found.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: vixmom on March 11, 2025, 04:01:34 PM
Waiting for Operation Mincemeat to start
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 04:01:44 PM
Jane, did you see this week's new TRACKER? 

This week's resolution as to who the kidnapper and kidnapping victim were seemed really interesting and well-acted (especially since some weeks, the show's formula can get a little TOO reliable - but that may be part of why I enjoy the show).   

I thought the writing, and performance by the actress playing the kidnapping victim, was particularly good in those scenes. 

Is that episode 12?  Last one we watched was episode 11.

This is season 2 episode 12.

Right, season 2.  We haven't seen it yet.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Rodzinski on March 11, 2025, 04:01:53 PM
He did not deserve the Hardy Boys.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 04:03:06 PM
I just treated myself to a loaded potato pancake at Juniors

What is a loaded potato pancake and what is Juniors?  There was a wonderful deli in West L.A. called Juniors but it is gone now.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Rodzinski on March 11, 2025, 04:03:43 PM
One fun thing is in tracking down a wig worn by a thief, the boys father flies with them to NY, and they go meet an actor in his dressing room to inquire about the wig. Then they stay and take in the Broadway show, which I thought was a nice touch.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 04:03:44 PM
Applegate is the guy whose treasure gets stolen in the book The Tower Treasure, that I’m reading now. No good dubloons or pieces of eight. Just some jewelry and securities. Old man Applegate is such an a-hole that one wishes his treasure was never found.

LOL. 
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 04:04:53 PM
One fun thing is in tracking down a wig worn by a thief, the boys father flies with them to NY, and they go meet an actor in his dressing room to inquire about the wig. Then they stay and take in the Broadway show, which I thought was a nice touch.

I can't remember any of the books so I have no clue if I read this one or not.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Rodzinski on March 11, 2025, 04:05:54 PM
Interesting article Editor RODZINSKI - but I'm sure it will not be as interesting or as popular as one that will appear in the April issue.

I think we'll probably get the Pulitzer.

That is now at the printer! I did request my design team be sure to use your autographed photo. Will send you a W-9 soon.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Rodzinski on March 11, 2025, 04:06:29 PM
One fun thing is in tracking down a wig worn by a thief, the boys father flies with them to NY, and they go meet an actor in his dressing room to inquire about the wig. Then they stay and take in the Broadway show, which I thought was a nice touch.

I can't remember any of the books so I have no clue if I read this one or not.

I think it is the very first.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 04:07:31 PM
I was hooked on The Happy Hollisters series, but I don't recall any details about them.

Also Encyclopedia Brown.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Rodzinski on March 11, 2025, 04:08:51 PM
My fourth grade teacher didn’t like mysteries, so she forbade us to read them during our free period. She couldn’t stop us from bringing them into the classroom, because we could read them on the bus. But she would have, if she could.

What a weird thing to be hung up about. One thing is, the books are mostly all text and don’t shy away from challenging vocabulary. It’s not like they’re comic books!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Rodzinski on March 11, 2025, 04:09:57 PM
Thank you all for the in-laws vibes, which I shall pass to them.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Rodzinski on March 11, 2025, 04:15:33 PM
DR JANE so glad you like your new doctor!

Yes - I liked the video too.  I may go back and watch it again.  I knew that Don Grady was a Mouseketeer on the blue team - but I had never seen him dance.  He was very good, too.

Can’t remember if I posted this, but I recently found Don Grady’s solo LP on Elektra under his real name, Don Agrati, and it’s so good! He wrote all the songs. Just good LA pop of it’s time.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Rodzinski on March 11, 2025, 04:19:09 PM
I loved that in Oregon you are not permitted to pump your own gas.  Now that we only have one car I have never needed to pump gas since we moved here.  I hope that never changes.

I’ve got bad news for you. That law was repealed in 2023.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Rodzinski on March 11, 2025, 04:20:34 PM
Waiting for Operation Mincemeat to start

I have not heard wonderful things, so here’s hoping it’s good tonight!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Rodzinski on March 11, 2025, 04:21:47 PM
Still can’t pump your own gas in New Jersey though!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Rodzinski on March 11, 2025, 04:22:36 PM
I was hooked on The Happy Hollisters series, but I don't recall any details about them.

Also Encyclopedia Brown.


Happy Hollisters books were mostly devoid of details.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 04:22:46 PM
FOUR!

(https://media.istockphoto.com/id/162263035/photo/four-kittens-walking-together.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=Rp5BTk_OaC85ZcIgMpG5ALr7BEuc0zERBmk2zw9FD7s=)

Cute! ;D
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 04:24:38 PM
Well, I'm sick. Of the last hour, I would estimate I spend 49 minutes of it in the bathroom. God, I hate this.

Nooooooo!!!!!! :(
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 04:25:39 PM
I was hooked on The Happy Hollisters series, but I don't recall any details about them.

Also Encyclopedia Brown.


Happy Hollisters books were mostly devoid of details.


:) That would explain that, then!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 04:26:16 PM
Got the car back and thankfully it had stopped raining just prior to me walking back there. Turns out, it's the sensors or something in the front seat belts that triggered this. It's safe to drive, but it will occasionally give me the error message. They'll need to replace the front seat belts, program them, etc. Cost? Over two grand. Not today, Josephine.

Today, I was able to get an electrician and he fixed the problem with the power!  For only $600 and change! :o
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 04:26:46 PM
It possibly could've been as much as $1300, so there's that.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 04:27:00 PM
Got the car back and thankfully it had stopped raining just prior to me walking back there. Turns out, it's the sensors or something in the front seat belts that triggered this. It's safe to drive, but it will occasionally give me the error message. They'll need to replace the front seat belts, program them, etc. Cost? Over two grand. Not today, Josephine.

Today, I was able to get an electrician and he fixed the problem with the power!  For only $600 and change! :o

That's great, George!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 04:28:37 PM
WORDLE in two!

I am surprised!

Keith also got it in two :)

Amazing, Jrand and Keith!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 04:28:47 PM
It possibly could've been as much as $1300, so there's that.


A well-known accounting principle is that if you can get the exact same service for $600 instead of $1,300, that's a good deal. :)

Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 04:32:15 PM
It possibly could've been as much as $1300, so there's that.


A well-known accounting principle is that if you can get the exact same service for $600 instead of $1,300, that's a good deal. :)


It wouldn't have been the same service.  His $1300 estimate was based on what possibly could've been the worst situation, then he only charges what he actually finds.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 04:35:55 PM
And now, I'm off to the first production meeting for Evergreen Playhouse's Into the Woods!  I'm stage manager.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 04:37:45 PM
And now, I'm off to the first production meeting for Evergreen Playhouse's Into the Woods!  I'm stage manager.


Sounds fabulous. Have a great meeting!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jrand74 on March 11, 2025, 04:40:39 PM
I am happy to be at the printer.

Thanks DR RODZINSKI.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 04:56:53 PM
One fun thing is in tracking down a wig worn by a thief, the boys father flies with them to NY, and they go meet an actor in his dressing room to inquire about the wig. Then they stay and take in the Broadway show, which I thought was a nice touch.

I can't remember any of the books so I have no clue if I read this one or not.

I think it is the very first.
One fun thing is in tracking down a wig worn by a thief, the boys father flies with them to NY, and they go meet an actor in his dressing room to inquire about the wig. Then they stay and take in the Broadway show, which I thought was a nice touch.

I can't remember any of the books so I have no clue if I read this one or not.

I think it is the very first.

I looked it up and it was, on June 1, 1927.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 04:59:55 PM
My fourth grade teacher didn’t like mysteries, so she forbade us to read them during our free period. She couldn’t stop us from bringing them into the classroom, because we could read them on the bus. But she would have, if she could.

What a weird thing to be hung up about. One thing is, the books are mostly all text and don’t shy away from challenging vocabulary. It’s not like they’re comic books!

True. 
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 05:00:02 PM
Funny about comic books.  My brother & I passed Superman comic books reading them before my mother could get rid of them.  Her complaint was that we should be reading books.  Well, my sister who had no interest in comics really never read books aside from those required in school while my brother & I were big readers.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 05:00:36 PM
Thank you all for the in-laws vibes, which I shall pass to them.

I guess it truly was a good thing you moved to be near them.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 05:01:52 PM
DR JANE so glad you like your new doctor!

Yes - I liked the video too.  I may go back and watch it again.  I knew that Don Grady was a Mouseketeer on the blue team - but I had never seen him dance.  He was very good, too.

Can’t remember if I posted this, but I recently found Don Grady’s solo LP on Elektra under his real name, Don Agrati, and it’s so good! He wrote all the songs. Just good LA pop of it’s time.

If you did I don't remember.  I'm glad you mentioned it.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 05:03:02 PM
I loved that in Oregon you are not permitted to pump your own gas.  Now that we only have one car I have never needed to pump gas since we moved here.  I hope that never changes.

I’ve got bad news for you. That law was repealed in 2023.

True though we haven't been there.  It wasn't totally repealed.  They still offer an option to have it pumped for you.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 05:04:05 PM
Got the car back and thankfully it had stopped raining just prior to me walking back there. Turns out, it's the sensors or something in the front seat belts that triggered this. It's safe to drive, but it will occasionally give me the error message. They'll need to replace the front seat belts, program them, etc. Cost? Over two grand. Not today, Josephine.

Today, I was able to get an electrician and he fixed the problem with the power!  For only $600 and change! :o

I'm glad the problem is fixed though sorry for the cost.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 05:04:21 PM
It possibly could've been as much as $1300, so there's that.

$600 is much better.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 05:04:33 PM
WORDLE in two!

I am surprised!

Keith also got it in two :)

Amazing, Jrand and Keith!

Thanks.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 05:04:53 PM
It possibly could've been as much as $1300, so there's that.


A well-known accounting principle is that if you can get the exact same service for $600 instead of $1,300, that's a good deal. :)



;D
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 05:05:48 PM
It possibly could've been as much as $1300, so there's that.


A well-known accounting principle is that if you can get the exact same service for $600 instead of $1,300, that's a good deal. :)


It wouldn't have been the same service.  His $1300 estimate was based on what possibly could've been the worst situation, then he only charges what he actually finds.

At least he let you know what could happen.  Did you learn anything watching him fix it?  I wouldn't have but then I am not handy like you are.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 05:06:58 PM
And now, I'm off to the first production meeting for Evergreen Playhouse's Into the Woods!  I'm stage manager.

Have a good evening Mr. Stage Manager.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 11, 2025, 05:27:22 PM
The day is a blur.

Don't know why but it was busier for me than usual.  My day culminated in a visit with my cousin Debra at her home where she sits daily with her granddaughter Audrey, who  is 4.  Debra takes Audrey to "school" (a class for 3-year-olds in a private school) each morning  and picks her up shortly after 2 p.m. 

Anyway, I wanted to give Debra some oranges (Honeybells).  It got me out of the house, and I had a nice visit with her and Audrey who presented me with a handful of dandelions she had picked for me!

Before I left, Audrey's dad, Evan, arrived to get the baby seat from Debra's car.  He was going to pick up his son, Levi, who will be 1 in April.  Levi is at a baby sitter each day.  His mother, Becky, usually picks him up but she has had a couple of long days at work as a NP working in an OR.  Today is one of those days. 

On my way back home, I stopped at The Chicken Place in Johnston (yes, that's the name) and got three wings, cole slaw and a large unsweet iced tea for my supper.  It was good.

How any of that contributed to the blur, but there it was.   Oddly, I felt better today than I have in a long time.  I want to  attribute that to the recent medication dosage adjustment my doctor and I implemented late last week.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!




Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 05:29:12 PM
DR Ron, your day sounds very nice.  I do hope the change is your medication is making you feel better.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 11, 2025, 05:29:47 PM
P.S.

Debra has a hen and rooster.  She gave me four fresh eggs!!

And oddly, she has four chicks in her house that she is nurturing for her daughter, Becky, until they get big enough to live in a coop.  They are in a large container and there is a heat lamp to keep them warm.  Audrey loves those chicks, and Debra has her hands full keeping Audrey out of that container because she has to hold each one of them every time she enters the room where they are  kept.

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Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 05:32:22 PM
Funny about comic books.  My brother & I passed Superman comic books reading them before my mother could get rid of them.  Her complaint was that we should be reading books.  Well, my sister who had no interest in comics really never read books aside from those required in school while my brother & I were big readers.

At least she didn't just read the Monarch Notes or Cliff Notes for the books required in school.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 05:36:45 PM
The day is a blur.

Don't know why but it was busier for me than usual.  My day culminated in a visit with my cousin Debra at her home where she sits daily with her granddaughter Audrey, who  is 4.  Debra takes Audrey to "school" (a class for 3-year-olds in a private school) each morning  and picks her up shortly after 2 p.m. 

Anyway, I wanted to give Debra some oranges (Honeybells).  It got me out of the house, and I had a nice visit with her and Audrey who presented me with a handful of dandelions she had picked for me!

Before I left, Audrey's dad, Evan, arrived to get the baby seat from Debra's car.  He was going to pick up his son, Levi, who will be 1 in April.  Levi is at a baby sitter each day.  His mother, Becky, usually picks him up but she has had a couple of long days at work as a PN working in an OR.  Today is one of those days. 

On my way back home, I stopped at The Chicken Place in Johnston (yes, that's the name) and got three wings, cole slaw and a large unsweet iced tea for my supper.  It was good.

How any of that contributed to the blur, but there it was.   Oddly, I felt better today than I have in a long time.  I want to  attribute that to the recent medication dosage adjustment my doctor and I implemented late last week.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!




Sounds like a lovely day. 

So great if the recent medication dosage adjustment helped!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: KevinH on March 11, 2025, 05:37:18 PM
Good evening!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: KevinH on March 11, 2025, 05:37:56 PM
Wordle:  3/6
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: KevinH on March 11, 2025, 05:38:52 PM
WORDLE in two!

I am surprised!

Keith also got it in two :)





Congrats, DR Jrand74 and Keith!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: KevinH on March 11, 2025, 05:39:04 PM
Vibes for DR Iris
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 05:52:23 PM
P.S.

Debra has a hen and rooster.  She gave me four fresh eggs!!

And oddly, she has four chicks in her house that she is nurturing for her daughter, Becky, until they get big enough to live in a coop.  They are in a large container and there is a heat lamp to keep them warm.  Audrey loves those chicks, and Debra has her hands full keeping Audrey out of that container because she has to hold each one of them every time she enters the room where they are  kept.



Sweet.  I love fresh eggs.  My suggestion is to eat them scrambled or your favorite way to have them somewhat plain.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 05:55:13 PM
Funny about comic books.  My brother & I passed Superman comic books reading them before my mother could get rid of them.  Her complaint was that we should be reading books.  Well, my sister who had no interest in comics really never read books aside from those required in school while my brother & I were big readers.

At least she didn't just read the Monarch Notes or Cliff Notes for the books required in school.

I don't remember Cliff Notes in our home.

I do remember her falling asleep after asking me to read The Call of the Wild.  While she slept I read to the end.  Thank goodness it isn't a long book.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 05:55:28 PM
Wordle:  3/6

Very good.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 05:55:38 PM
WORDLE in two!

I am surprised!

Keith also got it in two :)





Congrats, DR Jrand74 and Keith!

Thanks.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 05:55:55 PM
Vibes for DR Iris

DITTO!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 06:22:18 PM
And now, I'm off to the first production meeting for Evergreen Playhouse's Into the Woods!  I'm stage manager.

Have fun. Don’t sing along too loudly.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 06:23:54 PM
Ron, Honeybells really are wonderful. And fresh eggs? Nice gifts both.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 06:24:11 PM
Howdy, Rupert!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 06:24:30 PM
Bye, Rupert! Hello, Eight!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Jane on March 11, 2025, 06:24:55 PM
;D
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 06:38:53 PM
Watching I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. it's silly. But it's nourish. The music and visuals are occasionally interesting.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 06:39:33 PM
Third load of laundry in the dryer.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 06:59:48 PM
One of the Amazon Vine items available now is a rave body stocking for men that looks like Anita Morris's outfit from Nine. I'm almost speechless.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DWT5K1X3
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 07:00:28 PM
Not meant for a senior body like mine.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Freddie on March 11, 2025, 07:03:17 PM
One of the Amazon Vine items available now is a rave body stocking for men that looks like Anita Morris's outfit from Nine. I'm almost speechless.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DWT5K1X3

Wow!  And only $11.99!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: singdaw on March 11, 2025, 07:10:28 PM
Glad to read that your electrics are restored, DR George.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: singdaw on March 11, 2025, 07:13:51 PM
I will do you all a favor and won't be wearing a rave body stocking.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: singdaw on March 11, 2025, 07:26:06 PM
As a kid, I used to watch The Wizard of Oz and wonder how anyone could speak without a brain.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: singdaw on March 11, 2025, 07:26:18 PM
But then I got on social media...
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: singdaw on March 11, 2025, 07:30:30 PM
Cute idea
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: singdaw on March 11, 2025, 07:30:57 PM
 :)
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: singdaw on March 11, 2025, 07:31:16 PM
Good night, friends.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: singdaw on March 11, 2025, 07:31:22 PM
And others.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Rodzinski on March 11, 2025, 07:33:54 PM
One fun thing is in tracking down a wig worn by a thief, the boys father flies with them to NY, and they go meet an actor in his dressing room to inquire about the wig. Then they stay and take in the Broadway show, which I thought was a nice touch.

I can't remember any of the books so I have no clue if I read this one or not.

I think it is the very first.
One fun thing is in tracking down a wig worn by a thief, the boys father flies with them to NY, and they go meet an actor in his dressing room to inquire about the wig. Then they stay and take in the Broadway show, which I thought was a nice touch.

I can't remember any of the books so I have no clue if I read this one or not.

I think it is the very first.

I looked it up and it was, on June 1, 1927.

Apparently they were all revised in the 1950s to make certain things less offensive or dated.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 07:37:43 PM
Don Juan with John Barrymore is a silent film with Mary Astor, Myrna Loy and Hedda Hopper. The New York Philharmonic plays the score. Should be fun.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 07:39:56 PM
One fun thing is in tracking down a wig worn by a thief, the boys father flies with them to NY, and they go meet an actor in his dressing room to inquire about the wig. Then they stay and take in the Broadway show, which I thought was a nice touch.

I can't remember any of the books so I have no clue if I read this one or not.

I think it is the very first.
One fun thing is in tracking down a wig worn by a thief, the boys father flies with them to NY, and they go meet an actor in his dressing room to inquire about the wig. Then they stay and take in the Broadway show, which I thought was a nice touch.

I can't remember any of the books so I have no clue if I read this one or not.

I think it is the very first.

I looked it up and it was, on June 1, 1927.

Apparently they were all revised in the 1950s to make certain things less offensive or dated.

But Nancy always seemed to have a roadster.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Laura on March 11, 2025, 07:55:11 PM
Great. Now I have that body stocking in my browsing history.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Laura on March 11, 2025, 07:57:03 PM
It's raining nicely.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Laura on March 11, 2025, 07:59:41 PM
Has anyone seen & Juliet?  It's in my season ticket package.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 08:04:46 PM
Great. Now I have that body stocking in my browsing history.

Who knows what kind of recommendations you’ll get now.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 11, 2025, 08:38:24 PM
Every night lately, I watch the first half hour of "The Rachel Maddow Show" and the first half hour of Lawrence O'Donnell which follows Maddow.

As you may know, Rachel is on nightly for the first 100 days of Trump's presidency.

You also may know that MSNBC took a major viewership drop after the election, but has had a surge of viewers, mostly young adults, since the inauguration.

At any rate, I watch the first half hour of each show because it is there that they say their piece on the events of the day.  The second half of each one's show is usually interviews with guests, elaborating on some aspect of the day's events.   I find their "monologues" interesting and intelligent.

Rachel had one hell of a story to  tell.  It's best to read it here:  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/i-am-not-kidding-msnbc-s-rachel-maddow-stunned-as-gop-exploits-loophole-to-cede-power/ar-AA1AJrtM?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=d8c6410c245e4b7ab7e55e3af5156177&ei=9


Tonight, O'Donnell's first half hour was full of fury over Trump illegally using  federal property (the White House) to promote Tesla for his dear benefactor Elon Musk who has lost billions recently on Tesla's decline on the stock market and all the violence at Tesla dealers.

What, O'Donnell wondered, do the workers at Ford and other American companies think about Trump's singling out Tesla for a presidential, yet illegal, endorsement?

Time will tell.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 08:40:37 PM
I wish their time were up.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 11, 2025, 08:40:49 PM
What I truly enjoy the most about O'Donnell is that he says exactly what he, and I, think about Trump.  He never shies away from calling Trump the stupidest man to ever occupy the White House.   Tonight, he eviscerated Trump's comments about the tariffs and stock market saying Trump would have gotten an F at the Wharton Business School were he still a student there.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 11, 2025, 08:44:04 PM
And with all that, I bid you all a good night.

Bonne nuit

Buona Notte.

Buenas Noches.

And, Kalinikta!



Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 09:58:02 PM
The extras on Don Juan are interesting, early Vitaphone shorts of the NY Philharmonic playing the overture to Tannhauser, Giovanni Martinelli singing Vesti La Giubba and Anna Case in something called La Fiesta. There are others, all fascinating because of the time when they were filmed.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 09:58:20 PM
Let’s ditch this page.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 09:58:34 PM
Party into the future.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 09:58:41 PM
Nine!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: John G. on March 11, 2025, 10:11:54 PM
Good night, all.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: vixmom on March 11, 2025, 10:24:08 PM
I just treated myself to a loaded potato pancake at Juniors

What is a loaded potato pancake and what is Juniors?  There was a wonderful deli in West L.A. called Juniors but it is gone now.

Juinors is an iconic cheescake bakery/ diner, the first  was in Brooklyn and there's one on 45th
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Post by: vixmom on March 11, 2025, 10:25:19 PM
A loaded potato pankcake is about the size of a dessert plate, with cheese, bacon and sour cream
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: vixmom on March 11, 2025, 10:25:50 PM
Operation Mincemeat was very good
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: vixmom on March 11, 2025, 10:27:33 PM
I was thinking about Iris today and came here to ask if it was possibly from the radiation


All my worse side effects from the radiation occurred in the month after I completed the course of treatment

That doesn't seem fair when you think you are done with it :(


Radiation stays in your body for some time , that's how it destroys the cancer
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: DR Iris on March 11, 2025, 10:56:44 PM
I was thinking about Iris today and came here to ask if it was possibly from the radiation


All my worse side effects from the radiation occurred in the month after I completed the course of treatment

That doesn't seem fair when you think you are done with it :(


Radiation stays in your body for some time , that's how it destroys the cancer

Larry and Vixmom, I had a terrible reaction to the radiation and ended up in the emergency room.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: DR Iris on March 11, 2025, 10:58:05 PM
I was complaining about a painful rash for a week, and the doctors did not take me seriously until it spread everywhere, out of control.

I had to cancel the rest of my radiation appointments, and am suffering greatly.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: DR Iris on March 11, 2025, 10:58:58 PM
Thank you for all of the vibes.

I regret that I am not well enough to respond to each one of you individually, but I greatly appreciate your support. ❤️
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 11:01:29 PM
And now, I'm off to the first production meeting for Evergreen Playhouse's Into the Woods!  I'm stage manager.


Sounds fabulous. Have a great meeting!

Thanks, Freddie! 
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 11:05:07 PM
Gratuitous Post #250!! :D
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 11:05:20 PM
The meeting went well.  Not too much happened...we mainly just went over some housekeeping things.  The actors start the music rehearsal on April 7th, and the first actual read-through will be the 21st.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 11:05:43 PM
I was complaining about a painful rash for a week, and the doctors did not take me seriously until it spread everywhere, out of control.

I had to cancel the rest of my radiation appointments, and am suffering greatly.

Oh, no!  It's terrible when doctors just dismiss their patients' concerns. >:(
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 11:07:38 PM
Got the car back and thankfully it had stopped raining just prior to me walking back there. Turns out, it's the sensors or something in the front seat belts that triggered this. It's safe to drive, but it will occasionally give me the error message. They'll need to replace the front seat belts, program them, etc. Cost? Over two grand. Not today, Josephine.

Today, I was able to get an electrician and he fixed the problem with the power!  For only $600 and change! :o

I'm glad the problem is fixed though sorry for the cost.

Thanks, Jane. 
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 11:08:00 PM
It possibly could've been as much as $1300, so there's that.

$600 is much better.

Yup, but it definitely needed to be done.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 11:10:24 PM
It possibly could've been as much as $1300, so there's that.


A well-known accounting principle is that if you can get the exact same service for $600 instead of $1,300, that's a good deal. :)


It wouldn't have been the same service.  His $1300 estimate was based on what possibly could've been the worst situation, then he only charges what he actually finds.

At least he let you know what could happen.  Did you learn anything watching him fix it?  I wouldn't have but then I am not handy like you are.

No, not really.  He took off the electric panel that covers all the switches (not just the door) and that was kind of interesting, but there's electricity...not going there at all!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 11:11:14 PM
And now, I'm off to the first production meeting for Evergreen Playhouse's Into the Woods!  I'm stage manager.

Have a good evening Mr. Stage Manager.

Thanks, again, Jane!  We did.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 11:12:48 PM
Wordle:  3/6

Congrats, Kevin!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 11:13:58 PM
And now, I'm off to the first production meeting for Evergreen Playhouse's Into the Woods!  I'm stage manager.

Have fun. Don’t sing along too loudly.

Thanks, John!  There was no singing tonight, at all...other than me in my car. ;)
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 11:14:42 PM
Third load of laundry in the dryer.

I've got some laundry to do myself.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 11:17:49 PM
One of the Amazon Vine items available now is a rave body stocking for men that looks like Anita Morris's outfit from Nine. I'm almost speechless.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DWT5K1X3

Oh, my! ;)
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 11:18:12 PM
Not meant for a senior body like mine.

Better you than me!! :))
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 11:18:30 PM
Glad to read that your electrics are restored, DR George.

Thanks, Singdaw!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 11:19:08 PM
Cute idea
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7898.0;attach=25642)

Very cute!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 11:19:55 PM
:)
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7898.0;attach=25644)

;D
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 11:20:33 PM
Don Juan with John Barrymore is a silent film with Mary Astor, Myrna Loy and Hedda Hopper. The New York Philharmonic plays the score. Should be fun.

Enjoy, John!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 11:25:18 PM
Every night lately, I watch the first half hour of "The Rachel Maddow Show" and the first half hour of Lawrence O'Donnell which follows Maddow.

As you may know, Rachel is on nightly for the first 100 days of Trump's presidency.

You also may know that MSNBC took a major viewership drop after the election, but has had a surge of viewers, mostly young adults, since the inauguration.

At any rate, I watch the first half hour of each show because it is there that they say their piece on the events of the day.  The second half of each one's show is usually interviews with guests, elaborating on some aspect of the day's events.   I find their "monologues" interesting and intelligent.

Rachel had one hell of a story to  tell.  It's best to read it here:  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/i-am-not-kidding-msnbc-s-rachel-maddow-stunned-as-gop-exploits-loophole-to-cede-power/ar-AA1AJrtM?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=d8c6410c245e4b7ab7e55e3af5156177&ei=9


Tonight, O'Donnell's first half hour was full of fury over Trump illegally using  federal property (the White House) to promote Tesla for his dear benefactor Elon Musk who has lost billions recently on Tesla's decline on the stock market and all the violence at Tesla dealers.

What, O'Donnell wondered, do the workers at Ford and other American companies think about Trump's singling out Tesla for a presidential, yet illegal, endorsement?

Time will tell.

Oh, my goodness. >:(
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 11, 2025, 11:26:20 PM
What I truly enjoy the most about O'Donnell is that he says exactly what he, and I, think about Trump.  He never shies away from calling Trump the stupidest man to ever occupy the White House.   Tonight, he eviscerated Trump's comments about the tariffs and stock market saying Trump would have gotten an F at the Wharton Business School were he still a student there.

I agree with what you said about O'Donnell.   He's great and I enjoy watching his vids on YouTube.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: DR Iris on March 11, 2025, 11:33:36 PM
DR Iris, it's always good to hear from you. I'm sorry you've had a bad health turn. I hope it's just a wild reaction to the radiation and not something physical. About two weeks before I finished my radiation, I had several days of depression, major anxiety, rage, crying jags, a whole gamut of awful moments, and the doctors and counselors claimed it was all one sytmptom of potential radiation mind and body games.

Larry, I had a severe reaction to the radiation. Horrible, painful rash, which the doctors did not take seriously.
I kept asking them for relief, but they ignored me until it got so bad that I had to go to the emergency room. It has spread everywhere, but Hopkins doctors are annoyed when you dare to ask questions, so now I have to cancel the treatments.
It’s very depressing, and I’m not getting better yet.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: bk on March 11, 2025, 11:34:18 PM
Sending loads of lovely love to dear reader Iris.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: DR Iris on March 11, 2025, 11:36:26 PM
Sending loads of lovely love to dear reader Iris.

Thank you, Bruce. ❤️
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: bk on March 11, 2025, 11:36:37 PM
Back from a fairly mundane run-through. You take all the time to rehearse the scene shifts, you run the show and it's like they've never done them. We finished late so I couldn't give notes. Tomorrow will begin with my telling this they have to figure it out run it on their own and that it's not my problem, it's theirs.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: DR Iris on March 11, 2025, 11:36:44 PM
Page 10!
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: bk on March 11, 2025, 11:37:00 PM
It didn't help that we ran it with the work lights, rather than the director lights - I couldn't even see faces.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: bk on March 11, 2025, 11:37:24 PM
Show ran the same time as it's been the last couple of times - it just seemed much longer.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: MichaelG on March 11, 2025, 11:37:34 PM
So sorry to read this, DR Iris. I hope you're on the mend soon.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: bk on March 11, 2025, 11:37:56 PM
And it wasn't funny - well, some of it was still funny.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: bk on March 11, 2025, 11:38:36 PM
Our new actress will be fine, but I'll be working her scenes tomorrow at four-thirty, to just get her into the right style of playing.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: bk on March 11, 2025, 11:39:50 PM
And our musical director quite obviously had not even looked at the score while he was away. I had to give many notes about tempos. We did set the new music for the ballet and he notated it all and then didn't play it right. Go know.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: DR Iris on March 11, 2025, 11:40:57 PM
So sorry to read this, DR Iris. I hope you're on the mend soon.

Thank you, MichaelG.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: DR Iris on March 11, 2025, 11:43:41 PM
Sending major health vibes for DR Iris. 

If you're reading anyway, Iris, maybe just drop a quick post every now and then.  You have a community here that cares very much about you.

What a lovely thing to say.
Thank you, Freddie, you have lifted my spirits.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: bk on March 11, 2025, 11:44:19 PM
I guess I should write some damn notes whilst I'm listening to Mozart's four horn concertos - separately, of course.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: bk on March 11, 2025, 11:44:49 PM
We love our lurker, Iris. Always have, always will.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: DR Iris on March 11, 2025, 11:48:28 PM
We love our lurker, Iris. Always have, always will.

❤️ ❤️
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: George on March 12, 2025, 12:07:55 AM
And our musical director quite obviously had not even looked at the score while he was away. I had to give many notes about tempos. We did set the new music for the ballet and he notated it all and then didn't play it right. Go know.

Yikes! :-\
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: bk on March 12, 2025, 12:26:02 AM
New notes are up.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: bk on March 12, 2025, 12:26:09 AM
Up are new notes.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: bk on March 12, 2025, 12:26:15 AM
I've seen them.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: bk on March 12, 2025, 12:26:21 AM
I've read them.
Title: Re: VAMP TILL READY
Post by: bk on March 12, 2025, 12:26:26 AM
I wrote them.