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Title: TAKING A HUGE GAMBLE
Post by: bk on January 12, 2019, 12:08:08 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes took a huge gamble, and now it is time for you to post until the gambling cows come home.
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Post by: bk on January 12, 2019, 12:09:59 AM
And the word of the day is: SQUIRL!
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Post by: George on January 12, 2019, 12:24:35 AM
~~~Most Excellent Vibes and Xylophones for BK's Huge Gamble to Pay Off!!~~~
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 12:26:13 AM
My goodness, BK, your notes were full of little mysteries.
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Post by: George on January 12, 2019, 12:36:43 AM
My goodness, BK, your notes were full of little mysteries.

I know!
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Post by: George on January 12, 2019, 12:37:28 AM
Topic of the Day:  not a fan of steak. :P
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 12:48:17 AM
T.O.D.


Steak is not my favorite meal, but I do love a really good filet mignon.




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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 12:52:29 AM
And I am an embarrassment to take out to a good steak house, because I always order my steak medium well.
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Post by: George on January 12, 2019, 02:13:42 AM
Off to bed.

Have a good day, all!
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 02:13:51 AM
I love steak
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 02:14:15 AM
I am sure no one is surprised to hear that
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 02:15:26 AM
I rarely make steak at home since the Texas Roadhouse opened right down the road
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 02:15:47 AM
But I love it medium rare
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 02:19:23 AM
If I do make it at home, as I did a Christmas Eve, I often like to marinate it in the fridge for 24 hours or so, usually rubbing the meat with a mixture of garlic,black pepper, and kosher salt and red wine
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 02:20:29 AM
I used to broil them in the oven, which is the way my Mom always made it, but now I cook them in butter in a heavy skillet on the stove
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 02:21:16 AM
Sorry I wasn't here yesterday
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 02:21:46 AM
There's something going around the office , which I am trying hard to avoid catching,
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 02:22:36 AM
Last night I was feeling very tired and achy and my thrust was feeling a bit rough
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 02:23:18 AM
I took some Sambucol and Zicam, drank some hot tea with lemon and honey and went to bed
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 02:23:48 AM
I'm awake now (obviously) but feeling better
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 02:24:39 AM
We too are leaving on vacation on the 25th and I will NOT be sick.
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 02:24:59 AM
I'm thinking about taking the tree down tomorrow
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 02:25:13 AM
One must not rush into these things
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 02:25:39 AM
There is talk of snow on Sunday
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 02:25:54 AM
I don't approve of that kind of talk
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 02:28:48 AM
I am scheduled to go to a painting party at a Bar Louie on Sunday right after church with my longtime friend (just figured it out, we've been friends about 45 years now) so I hope the storm is not strong enough to cause a cancellation
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 02:30:11 AM
My iPad is diwn to 3% power so I shall go plug it in and go back to sleep
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Post by: ChasSmith on January 12, 2019, 04:50:36 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on January 12, 2019, 04:54:29 AM
Love all kinds of steak. Grilled, broiled, pan fried, whatever’s appropriate for a particular cut. Medium rare, usually, but sometimes medium can be really good.
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Post by: ChasSmith on January 12, 2019, 04:56:37 AM
There certainly have been a few that were notably among the best I’ve had, but I am hard put now to recall exactly which ones they were.
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Post by: ChasSmith on January 12, 2019, 04:59:11 AM
If anyone would like to prepare a nice steak and eggs breakfast for me right about now, I’d be most appreciative.
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Post by: ChasSmith on January 12, 2019, 05:06:19 AM
DR John G.:  What was the steak with eggs at Lillie’s, when we were there before The New Yorkers? Flank, or something similar? Do you recall? I’d love to know how to prepare that kind of a cut and have it turn out that delicious. What’s the method, and what’s the secret?
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 12, 2019, 05:34:47 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: Laura on January 12, 2019, 05:34:56 AM
Good morning.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 12, 2019, 05:36:04 AM
It was cold last night, and I had a bed full of cats.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 12, 2019, 05:39:35 AM
Annabelle's health is improving:  she's back to her old self, climbing all over the computer table, leaping from here to there, knocking things onto the floor.  Last night there was a huge crash; she managed to drag a heavy cup containing pencils, pens, scissors, and a magnifying glass over the edge of the filing cabinet t6o the computer table.  Nothing broke, but she ran and hid.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 12, 2019, 05:40:34 AM
No sore thrust vibes for our DR vixmom!
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 12, 2019, 05:42:55 AM
This afternoon I will attend a dance piece by the Chase Brock Experience, "The Girl With Alkaline Eyes," on Theatre Row.  I look forward to it.  On my way home I  will stop at the market for Thatch's turkey.
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Post by: John G. on January 12, 2019, 06:06:03 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on January 12, 2019, 06:07:05 AM
ChasSmith, was it a tritip or a sirloin? I can’t remember. I enjoyed it. I love steak and eggs.
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Post by: John G. on January 12, 2019, 06:09:02 AM
My favorite steaks are the ones i grill out back. The season is McCormick’s Montreal Steak seasoning. Good stuff. Fat, juicy New York strips from Costco, five minutes each side for a perfect medium rare.
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Post by: John G. on January 12, 2019, 06:09:38 AM
Jan, there’s s competition next Saturday. I’m not ready.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 12, 2019, 06:10:11 AM
The visitation was very well attended.  We had to park two blocks over.....the place was full.....I got to see a lot of cousins and first cousins once twice and three times removed.....

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Post by: ChasSmith on January 12, 2019, 06:10:24 AM
Just looked. It’s Angus Beef Hanger, according to the current menu.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 12, 2019, 06:11:34 AM
We have received quite a bit of snow and it is still coming down.  It is a very fine snow and you can't see that is still falling unless you look at something dark like a tree or brick house....then you can see it still falling.....lots of it.  It is supposed to continue until tomorrow morning ...
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Post by: ChasSmith on January 12, 2019, 06:12:43 AM
Looks like the folks in Cincinnati have been getting it, too.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 12, 2019, 06:13:42 AM
I also like my steaks medium well....only because people and waiters raise such a fuss and make such faces when I order it well done....

I am not an expert....so I don't know if I have had a GREAT steak dinner....I kind of like those served at Red Lobster and I used to like to go to Ponderosa....or the Bonanza steak house....

My palate is NOT educated.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 12, 2019, 06:14:23 AM
HUGE VIBES for MR BK that the gamble pays off BIG.

And it sounds like the show will be a huge success! 
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Post by: KevinH on January 12, 2019, 06:26:46 AM
Good morning!
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Post by: KevinH on January 12, 2019, 06:27:50 AM
TOD: No steak for me (for about 42 years) but when I did eat it, I liked it well done.
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Post by: KevinH on January 12, 2019, 06:28:03 AM
Super vibes for BK!
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Post by: KevinH on January 12, 2019, 06:29:29 AM
Snow is coming here too -- I think up to about 5 inches in my area.
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Post by: KevinH on January 12, 2019, 06:31:15 AM
I'm seeing "Miss Saigon" at the Kennedy Center this afternoon. 
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 12, 2019, 07:31:53 AM
I'm seeing "Miss Saigon" at the Kennedy Center this afternoon. 

Joshie's brother Jeremy is with this tour, I believe.
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Post by: Jane on January 12, 2019, 07:44:57 AM
Annabelle's health is improving:  she's back to her old self, climbing all over the computer table, leaping from here to there, knocking things onto the floor.  Last night there was a huge crash; she managed to drag a heavy cup containing pencils, pens, scissors, and a magnifying glass over the edge of the filing cabinet t6o the computer table.  Nothing broke, but she ran and hid.

I am happy she is feeling better and laughing at her antics.
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Post by: Jane on January 12, 2019, 07:49:21 AM
Good news Monday morning vibes for Bruce!
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Post by: Jane on January 12, 2019, 07:52:59 AM
Best steak dinner was probably at home growing up, cooked on our indoor barbeque and always medium rare.

When we stopped eating meat steak was one of the easiest foods for me to give up.
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Post by: bk on January 12, 2019, 08:45:36 AM
I'm up, I'm up - maybe five hours of sleep.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 12, 2019, 09:43:09 AM
Still snowing here....but a bit lighter.....
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 09:43:32 AM
We too are leaving on vacation on the 25th and I will NOT be sick.


Are you going to Florida?
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 09:44:01 AM
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 09:45:20 AM
We too are leaving on vacation on the 25th and I will NOT be sick.


Are you going to Florida?


We will be so close!
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Post by: bk on January 12, 2019, 10:09:24 AM
I've futzed and finessed, wrote one new page, and now I shall go do a few things that need doing, after which I shall return, get everything ready for the stumble-through, and maybe finish the current chapter and write the opening of the new chapter.
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Post by: FJL on January 12, 2019, 10:18:29 AM
Wasn't "steak dinner" vs.  "State dinner" one of the Emily Litella mis-hearings?
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Post by: Ginny on January 12, 2019, 10:19:43 AM
Saturday afternoon greetings!

Looks like the folks in Cincinnati have been getting it, too.

Indeed we have, DR ChasSmith!  My AAUW gathering was cancelled this morning, as was Mary Linda’s ballet teaching.  We’re all home, taking down Christmas trees.
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Post by: FJL on January 12, 2019, 10:21:59 AM
Health vibes for vixmom!
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 10:24:45 AM
We too are leaving on vacation on the 25th and I will NOT be sick.


Are you going to Florida?

Yes, we're of to see the Vixter
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Post by: ChasSmith on January 12, 2019, 12:27:44 PM
We too are leaving on vacation on the 25th and I will NOT be sick.


Are you going to Florida?

Yes, we're of to see the Vixter

The wonderful Vixter of Oz.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 12, 2019, 12:53:09 PM
Stumble through vibes for MR BK & Co.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 12, 2019, 12:55:26 PM
An enterprising young man with a snow shovel was walking down the street offering driveway and sidewalk clearing for $10.

We may get another inch of snow overnight, but I figured that would get me ahead of the game.....

So I have a cleared driveway and sidewalk and he has my $10.
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Post by: bk on January 12, 2019, 01:10:24 PM
Back from stuff.  I did end up eating bacon and eggs over at Corky's.  Then I came home and I've done a total of four new pages.  So, there's a lot to do after the early dinner, but I shall do it.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 12, 2019, 01:55:29 PM
I am home from The Girl With The Alkaline Eyes.  I thought the scenario fell apart around 3/4 into the piece, but my admiration for Chase Brock's staging, direction, and choreography, Eric Dietz's amazing score, and Rob Berman's expert handling of the score were quite wonderful.  I also should mention the fantastic scenery and lighting, which were major assetys to the wonderful production.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 12, 2019, 03:22:50 PM
I like dance productions.....
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 12, 2019, 03:23:14 PM
Ten dollars.

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Post by: FJL on January 12, 2019, 03:26:30 PM
Ten bucks a dance...,
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Post by: FJL on January 12, 2019, 03:27:56 PM
Am I the last to hear that Marlon Brando had romantic relationships with both James Dean and Richard Pryor.

It seems anyone I've mentioned this to already knew.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 12, 2019, 03:45:20 PM
Hello, everyone.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 12, 2019, 03:46:46 PM
Am I the last to hear that Marlon Brando had romantic relationships with both James Dean and Richard Pryor.

It seems anyone I've mentioned this to already knew.

You're not the last; I didn't know, either.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 12, 2019, 03:48:29 PM
Health vibes to Vixmom and any others still ailing.
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Post by: Jeanne on January 12, 2019, 03:49:57 PM
Glad to hear that both Annabelle and Leonard are doing better.
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 03:51:54 PM
We too are leaving on vacation on the 25th and I will NOT be sick.


Are you going to Florida?

Yes, we're of to see the Vixter

The wonderful Vixter of Oz.

:D
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 03:53:03 PM
Ten dollars.

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Money well spent says I
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 03:55:27 PM
Vixdad and I went up to Costco today
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 03:56:10 PM
My new progressive spectacles were in and Vixdad had his eye exam today
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 03:57:07 PM
My sunglasses were not in yet
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 03:58:41 PM
While I was in the waiting room waiting for Vixdad's exam to be done a very well dressed lady with perfect hair came in and asked the receptionist why the exam room door was closed
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 03:58:57 PM
The doctor is with a patient she was told
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Post by: Jeanne on January 12, 2019, 03:59:06 PM
An enterprising young man with a snow shovel was walking down the street offering driveway and sidewalk clearing for $10.

We may get another inch of snow overnight, but I figured that would get me ahead of the game.....

So I have a cleared driveway and sidewalk and he has my $10.

I used to be very glad to see someone who would shovel for me, but one never knew when or IF anyone would come by.  One day after a heavy snow a young boy of 9 or 10 came by. Not only did he do my sidewalk, but I knew my neighbor needed help as well. The screen door to her kitchen opened out and she couldn't open it. Too much snow piled in front of the screen door. I took the boy down my little alleyway and asked if if he could climb the fence. "Sure." He scrambled over, I handed him the shovel, and he dug out my neighbor's door. Sometimes one has to be a bit creative.

Glad you took him up on it, Jack.
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:00:06 PM
Another one? I'm very busy and I told you I wanted to see her.  Don't let anyone ekse in, I will be out there looking at frames , come get me
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Post by: Jeanne on January 12, 2019, 04:00:22 PM
Oops, I interrupted Vixmom's story. Sorry.
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:01:22 PM
She marched out , I looked at the recptionist and she at me and we both rolled our eyes
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:01:59 PM
Then another couple came in and gave their names, they had the next two scheduled appointments
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:03:15 PM
The receptionist politely greeted them and said the doctor would be with them shortly
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Post by: Jeanne on January 12, 2019, 04:03:51 PM
I hope you had a good comment for when she returns, such as, "We're so glad the doctor could see my husband today. He's a surgeon, you know, and has had so many open-heart surgeries to do that he hasn't had time to get new glasses."

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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:03:52 PM
Ms Entitled walked back in just as the woman was walking into the exam room
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:04:18 PM
I don't understand what it going on here , what didn't you come get me?
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:04:36 PM
These patients have the next two scheduled appointments
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:04:51 PM
You expect me to wait?!
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:05:04 PM
You could make an appointment
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:06:25 PM
I missed the rest as Vixdad  called me to give my opinion on the frames he was choosing
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Post by: Jeanne on January 12, 2019, 04:11:53 PM
TTFN.
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:13:02 PM
But later as he was being measured fir his new specs , I saw Ms. Entitled walk past the three people on line to be served and demand that certain frames being brought out of the glass case for her to try out
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:13:32 PM
It was all I could do not tolaugh out loud when she was directed to the end of the line
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:18:01 PM
Then Vixdad drove us out to Crazy Crepe for lunch
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:20:29 PM
We both had the Thanksgiving crepe, turkey, stuffing, gravy and whole berry cranberry sauce in a fresh made crepe
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:21:02 PM
He had the cream of potato soup and I the tomato basil
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:24:11 PM
It was quite yummy
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:25:43 PM
Then we came home and I popped up to church to set up the altar
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:27:21 PM
Then home for a cuppa hot tea and a little unscheduled snooze in  the recliner
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:28:41 PM
I am so sorry, Jeanne,I didn't see you popped online and ran roughshod right over your comments
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:28:50 PM
I thought I was alone
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 04:29:43 PM
But no one is alone
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 06:02:43 PM
Except possibly me for the past 90 minutes
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 06:22:29 PM
Where is everyone?
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Post by: Laura on January 12, 2019, 06:32:53 PM
Good evening.
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Post by: Laura on January 12, 2019, 06:33:08 PM
Today we saw the tour of "Hello Dolly."
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Post by: Laura on January 12, 2019, 06:33:27 PM
It was wonderful. Probably the best show that has come through in a long time.
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Post by: bk on January 12, 2019, 06:37:38 PM
Had a really good stumble-through - but our sole male young person unfortunately never made it - he was stuck on the 101 near Thousand Oaks - some kind of shooting with both sides of the freeway shut down.  So, he and the MD have to get together tomorrow prior to sound check because there's no way he's going on without his final rehearsal, an even then it's not optimal as he won't have performed his number in front of everyone.
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Post by: bk on January 12, 2019, 06:38:58 PM
Then Peyton, her mom, and I went to Barone's for our post mortem dinner.  I wanted Peyton to really understand how proud I am of her and the three or four really important lessons she learned from the show.   Peyton and both had the scampi, with was great.
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Post by: bk on January 12, 2019, 06:39:27 PM
Now I'm home and must get back to writing - many pages to go for tonight's batch.
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 06:50:41 PM
Good evening.

I want to hear the story behind that quote!!!
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Post by: Laura on January 12, 2019, 06:51:28 PM
I made a scene in the driveway tonight.
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 06:52:10 PM
With the person who thinks you are a social worker?
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Post by: Laura on January 12, 2019, 06:54:28 PM
Yes.

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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 06:57:45 PM
I hope you resolved the issue for good
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Post by: Laura on January 12, 2019, 07:03:38 PM
I expect retaliation.
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Post by: Laura on January 12, 2019, 07:05:35 PM
He didn't know I knew some of those words.
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Post by: Laura on January 12, 2019, 07:05:59 PM
Truly, I believe my performance was Tony-worthy.
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 07:12:35 PM
I expect retaliation.


Oh dear
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 07:12:53 PM
He didn't know I knew some of those words.

Goodness
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 07:14:05 PM
Truly, I believe my performance was Tony-worthy.

:D
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Post by: Laura on January 12, 2019, 07:17:19 PM
I have the best neighbors.
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Post by: Laura on January 12, 2019, 07:18:25 PM
I took photos of the cars all around -- showing no key marks and no flat tires or window cracks. And the front windows of the house, as well.
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Post by: Laura on January 12, 2019, 07:18:55 PM
It is not any of my family members, by the way.
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 08:08:17 PM
I took photos of the cars all around -- showing no key marks and no flat tires or window cracks. And the front windows of the house, as well.

Wait, what? Can you explain?
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Post by: vixmom on January 12, 2019, 08:08:34 PM
It is not any of my family members, by the way.

Well I assumed not
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Post by: Jane on January 12, 2019, 08:16:54 PM
An enterprising young man with a snow shovel was walking down the street offering driveway and sidewalk clearing for $10.

We may get another inch of snow overnight, but I figured that would get me ahead of the game.....

So I have a cleared driveway and sidewalk and he has my $10.

Smart move.
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Post by: Jane on January 12, 2019, 08:18:16 PM
Am I the last to hear that Marlon Brando had romantic relationships with both James Dean and Richard Pryor.

It seems anyone I've mentioned this to already knew.

You're not the last; I didn't know, either.

Nor did I.  Richard Pryor  :o
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Post by: Jane on January 12, 2019, 08:21:34 PM
I made a scene in the driveway tonight.

;D
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Post by: Jane on January 12, 2019, 08:22:15 PM
He didn't know I knew some of those words.

 :o :o
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Post by: Jane on January 12, 2019, 08:23:08 PM
Truly, I believe my performance was Tony-worthy.

😊
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Post by: Jane on January 12, 2019, 08:23:58 PM
It is not any of my family members, by the way.

Of course not, never imagined such a thing.
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Post by: Jane on January 12, 2019, 08:24:39 PM
Super Vibes for DR Laura.
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Post by: bk on January 12, 2019, 08:49:08 PM
Ten pages so far, but must take a break for an hour, then I'll do five more.
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Post by: John G. on January 12, 2019, 08:55:43 PM
Am I the last to hear that Marlon Brando had romantic relationships with both James Dean and Richard Pryor.

It seems anyone I've mentioned this to already knew.

I knew about Richard Pryor and Wally Cox, but not Dean.
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Post by: John G. on January 12, 2019, 08:59:36 PM
An enterprising young man with a snow shovel was walking down the street offering driveway and sidewalk clearing for $10.

We may get another inch of snow overnight, but I figured that would get me ahead of the game.....

So I have a cleared driveway and sidewalk and he has my $10.

I used to be very glad to see someone who would shovel for me, but one never knew when or IF anyone would come by.  One day after a heavy snow a young boy of 9 or 10 came by. Not only did he do my sidewalk, but I knew my neighbor needed help as well. The screen door to her kitchen opened out and she couldn't open it. Too much snow piled in front of the screen door. I took the boy down my little alleyway and asked if if he could climb the fence. "Sure." He scrambled over, I handed him the shovel, and he dug out my neighbor's door. Sometimes one has to be a bit creative.

Glad you took him up on it, Jack.


That's a nice story.

My mother used to arrange for me to shovel snow. I hated it. I might not have minded so much if the snow fell when it's 75 degrees out. But 70 degrees Fahrenheit is my freezing point.
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Post by: John G. on January 12, 2019, 09:02:02 PM
Today we saw the tour of "Hello Dolly."

One of the Facebook musicals groups posted a review of the tour from your local paper, Laura. It was not a positive review. The writer seems to dislike both the show and Ms. Buckley.
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Post by: John G. on January 12, 2019, 09:03:37 PM
Tonight's dancing was fun, but I got a sinus headache about 10 minutes into it and whenever I stopped dancing, the pain set it.
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Post by: John G. on January 12, 2019, 09:04:10 PM
Grabbed a cup of decaf afterwards and even the tiny amount of caffeine seems to have started some healing.
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Post by: John G. on January 12, 2019, 09:04:18 PM
Let's move on ...
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Post by: John G. on January 12, 2019, 09:04:24 PM
Six!
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Post by: John G. on January 12, 2019, 09:06:43 PM
Started watching a movie called Kind Lady with a very young Basil Rathbone. This is one of those discs that has both the original and the remake (with Angela Lansbury, not in the Rathbone role).
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Post by: John G. on January 12, 2019, 09:16:34 PM
Good night, all.
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Post by: George on January 12, 2019, 09:26:58 PM
Annabelle's health is improving:  she's back to her old self, climbing all over the computer table, leaping from here to there, knocking things onto the floor.  Last night there was a huge crash; she managed to drag a heavy cup containing pencils, pens, scissors, and a magnifying glass over the edge of the filing cabinet t6o the computer table.  Nothing broke, but she ran and hid.

Very good news, Larry!
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Post by: George on January 12, 2019, 09:31:58 PM
Ten dollars.

(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/49259733_10218601131924684_8044312731379040256_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&oh=1605b8ad52fa8700d4369add08a3eee0&oe=5CC963E4)

Nice.
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Post by: George on January 12, 2019, 09:32:47 PM
Am I the last to hear that Marlon Brando had romantic relationships with both James Dean and Richard Pryor.

It seems anyone I've mentioned this to already knew.

I'd heard about James Dean but not Richard Pryor.
Title: Re: TAKING A HUGE GAMBLE
Post by: Jane on January 12, 2019, 09:35:08 PM
An enterprising young man with a snow shovel was walking down the street offering driveway and sidewalk clearing for $10.

We may get another inch of snow overnight, but I figured that would get me ahead of the game.....

So I have a cleared driveway and sidewalk and he has my $10.

I used to be very glad to see someone who would shovel for me, but one never knew when or IF anyone would come by.  One day after a heavy snow a young boy of 9 or 10 came by. Not only did he do my sidewalk, but I knew my neighbor needed help as well. The screen door to her kitchen opened out and she couldn't open it. Too much snow piled in front of the screen door. I took the boy down my little alleyway and asked if if he could climb the fence. "Sure." He scrambled over, I handed him the shovel, and he dug out my neighbor's door. Sometimes one has to be a bit creative.

Glad you took him up on it, Jack.


That's a nice story.

My mother used to arrange for me to shovel snow. I hated it. I might not have minded so much if the snow fell when it's 75 degrees out. But 70 degrees Fahrenheit is my freezing point.

;D
Title: Re: TAKING A HUGE GAMBLE
Post by: Jane on January 12, 2019, 09:36:13 PM
Feel better DR John.
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Post by: George on January 12, 2019, 09:36:44 PM
Had a really good stumble-through - but our sole male young person unfortunately never made it - he was stuck on the 101 near Thousand Oaks - some kind of shooting with both sides of the freeway shut down.  So, he and the MD have to get together tomorrow prior to sound check because there's no way he's going on without his final rehearsal, an even then it's not optimal as he won't have performed his number in front of everyone.

Oh, my goodness!  Hope he does well tomorrow!
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Post by: George on January 12, 2019, 09:37:19 PM
I made a scene in the driveway tonight.

:))
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Post by: Jane on January 12, 2019, 09:37:39 PM
We are off to Angkor Wat now.  I don't know if I will be able to post in the next coup,e of day9.
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Post by: George on January 12, 2019, 09:47:47 PM
Am I the last to hear that Marlon Brando had romantic relationships with both James Dean and Richard Pryor.

It seems anyone I've mentioned this to already knew.

I knew about Richard Pryor and Wally Cox, but not Dean.

Wally Cox, too?  I guess they'd known each other since they were kids.
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Post by: George on January 12, 2019, 09:56:51 PM
Here's posting on tumblr (http://modernmissbennet.tumblr.com/post/153311003487/guys-get-ready-for-a-tearjerker-i-hope-you-have) that I found:

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Guys, get ready for a tearjerker. I hope you have tissues nearby because I’m about to tell you about Marlon Brando and Wally Cox…

Marlon Brando and Wally Cox met when they were nine years old and grew up together in Evanston, Illinois. As to their first meeting, according to the blog “Gay Influence” the story goes that “He [Brando] once came to the rescue of a skinny kid being taunted and beaten by schoolyard thugs, helped him up, threw his arm around him and said, ‘I’m your new best friend.’” Evidently, that skinny kid was Wally Cox, and thus began the unlikely relationship between what would appear to be two opposites. Marlon Brando went on to become one of Hollywood’s most famous and sought after actors, while Wally Cox was mainly known for his comedic television roles throughout the years. Brando and Cox lived together in the 1950s. Wally Cox married three times, but he still remained just as close to Marlon Brando as he had always been.

In 1973, at the age of 48, Wally Cox unexpectedly died of a heart attack. Marlon Brando was heartbroken by Wally’s death. Many of the guests at Cox’s wake were not even aware that Brando attended, and Brando did not wish to be seen by or to converse with anyone. He snuck in through a back window, went to the room where Cox had died, and remained there for the duration of the evening. When Cox’s longtime friend and makeup artist, Philip Rhodes, asked Brando about his absence from the wake, Brando replied “Wally was my friend. Nobody else’s.” Against Cox’s widow’s wishes, Brando took Cox’s ashes home with him and kept him close for the rest of his life. Marlon Brando is quoted saying “If Wally had been a woman, I would have married him and we would have lived happily ever after.”

When Marlon Brando died in 2004 at the age of 80, his and Wally Cox’s ashes were scattered together in Death Valley, a place where they spent a lot of time together. It is common knowledge today that Marlon Brando was bisexual and had many relationships throughout his life with both men and women; but no matter what, Wally Cox was always there for him. Beauregard Houston-Montgomery has stated that one time, while high on marijuana, Marlon Brando confessed to him that Wally Cox had been the love of his life. There is no way to tell whether this story is true, but Marlon Brando’s everlasting love for Wally Cox is clear whether it is or not.
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Post by: George on January 12, 2019, 10:04:32 PM
Today we saw the tour of "Hello Dolly."

One of the Facebook musicals groups posted a review of the tour from your local paper, Laura. It was not a positive review. The writer seems to dislike both the show and Ms. Buckley.

If a reviewer doesn't like a show, why is that reviewer reviewing the show??
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Post by: bk on January 12, 2019, 10:46:16 PM
Fourteen pages - one more to go, but I think I'll take a nice hot shower first.  I'm about to head in to the real guts of the book now and that will continue right through to the end.
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 11:35:24 PM
Good evening.
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 11:36:05 PM
Page six!  What a nice surprise.
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 11:37:38 PM
I had clam chowder for dinner.
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 11:38:39 PM
It was not homemade, but Campbell’s Chunky brand.
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 11:41:11 PM
I had terrible stomach pain all day.
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 11:42:13 PM
And I didn’t even eat my own cooking.
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 11:43:31 PM
As a result, I did zero housecleaning today.
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 11:44:05 PM
I wonder what my excuse will be tomorrow?
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 11:52:38 PM
I seem to be having a repeat of the other night
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 11:53:43 PM
So far, not as bad as the other night, but it is early yet.
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 11:55:05 PM
Maybe we can get off this page.
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 11:55:34 PM
Since I am alone, it is doubtful.
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 11:56:37 PM
I received my Memory Book and photos from my 50th reunion.
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 11:57:52 PM
A lot of classmates skipped having their photos taken, even though it was included in the admission price.
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 11:58:29 PM
One more post.
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 11:59:04 PM
Page 7
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Post by: TCB on January 12, 2019, 11:59:39 PM
Okay, mission accomplished.
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Post by: TCB on January 13, 2019, 12:00:34 AM
And just in the nick of time.
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Post by: TCB on January 13, 2019, 12:01:20 AM
Goodnight to anyone out there in the dark!
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Post by: George on January 13, 2019, 12:05:35 AM
I had terrible stomach pain all day.

Oh, no!  I hope you're feeling better, Tom!
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Post by: George on January 13, 2019, 12:07:48 AM
Today's family dinner was tacos (simple, but quite delish) and apple pie (also quite delish). :)