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Title: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: bk on June 21, 2020, 12:02:53 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were browning and had a version, and now it is time for you to post until the Father's Day cows come home.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: bk on June 21, 2020, 12:03:28 AM
And the word of the day is: MASTERFUL!
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 12:19:04 AM
A Very Happy Father's Day to All the Fathers and Fathers-by-Proxy!! :D
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 12:19:16 AM
That's a sweet picture of your daughter, BK. :)
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 12:20:19 AM
Today, the family is getting together to celebrate Father's Day and my parents' 56th wedding anniversary, which is actually tomorrow.
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 01:20:36 AM
Off to bed.

Have a good day, all!
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: elmore3003 on June 21, 2020, 04:13:27 AM
Good morning, all!
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: elmore3003 on June 21, 2020, 04:14:41 AM
Happy Father's Day, BK!
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 21, 2020, 04:35:10 AM
My dad was born in 1921 in Fallsburg, Kentucky, a small Appalachian crossroads near the county seat of Louisa.  His father was a nasty sonofabitch, whose wife left him when my dad was twelve.  He remembered standing in the middle of a dirt road screaming for her to come back as she drove off with her boyfriend and later husband.  Appalachian Kentucky was a cruel stretch of land, poverty-ridden, its chief sorces of income tobacco farming and coal mining, and when my dad was fourteen, my grandfather lied about his age and enrolled him in Civil conservation Corp, where he ended up working on either Boulder or Hoover Dam.  The money my dad sent back to Kentucky was used to send his older brother Dewey to college.

Around 1940, my dad moved to Middletown, Ohio, looking for work and staying with his step-brother Jay and his wife Irene. Jay paid for my father's welding classes. At the time Irene's brother Harold was courting my mother's sister Lois, and eventually my dad met my mother.  Pearl Harbor happened one week before my dad turned twenty, and he ewnlisted in the US Navy.  His aircraft carrier was reported missing three times, which must have been emotional hell for my mother.  In 1945 they married and she followed him to New Orleans while he was ending his naval service.  I was conceived there in an old haunted house in the French Quarter where they rented a room and born nine months later in Middletown, Ohio.

I grew up dirt-poor with my brothers in Middletown.  When I went to college, my parents applied for a loan to pay for it, and they were told my dad made too much money!  I remember my dad telling my mother that if he were making too muchg money, then he needed to make more.  Within a year, 1965, he had started his own construction company, and he died a wealthy man.  He remains to me a model of ethics, kindness, and generosity I will never achieve, and I miss him to this very day.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: elmore3003 on June 21, 2020, 04:37:51 AM
I have few plans for today.  I want to review this orchestration, which is a gift for my London conductor friend Martin Yates.  I plan to be a sloth and spend a lot of the day lying about with my three babies, none of whom have wished me a happy Father's Day, and tonight we shall watch more Miss Marple episodes.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: Druxy on June 21, 2020, 04:59:48 AM
I never read 1984, but I saw the movie when it was first released in 1956...and it shocked the hell out of me.

I was 15-years-old.

I'd never seen anything like it before.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: Druxy on June 21, 2020, 05:03:57 AM
We watched THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE last night.

Still a very good, disturbing movie.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: Druxy on June 21, 2020, 05:05:49 AM
My son, David, will be visiting today.
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Post by: ChasSmith on June 21, 2020, 05:11:12 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: ChasSmith on June 21, 2020, 05:12:16 AM
And a happy Fathers Day to BK and all the rest.
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Post by: ChasSmith on June 21, 2020, 05:15:36 AM
BK, I always think first and foremost of your father’s steakhouse and you getting delicious foodstuffs in conjunction with going to the movies.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: Laura on June 21, 2020, 05:15:46 AM
Good morning.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: Laura on June 21, 2020, 05:16:57 AM
Our AC went out last night. It is only going to be 107 here today, so I guess it could be worse. Like 120. We've had this AC unit for about 20 years, so we knew it was bound to happen. We were just hoping it would be in October.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: ChasSmith on June 21, 2020, 05:18:08 AM
DR Elmore, that is a remarkable story, and you have a real sense for recounting family history.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: ChasSmith on June 21, 2020, 05:18:46 AM
OMG DR LAURA
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: ChasSmith on June 21, 2020, 05:32:03 AM
I had never read 1984 until a couple of years before the John Hurt movie was released. It blew me away, as did that movie version.

I do have the 1956 DVD here, and either I never watched it all the way through or I’ve simply forgotten most of it. I’ll take it out.

As to stage versions, I believe I’ve only seen the one a local theater did several years ago, and it was more powerful and mind blowing than I ever imagined it could be.

Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: Druxy on June 21, 2020, 05:33:39 AM
I always loved THE BROWNING VERSION.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: ChasSmith on June 21, 2020, 05:39:28 AM
Oh yes, The Browning Version — I need to rewatch that, too. I sure am watching a lot of HHW-inspired movies lately!
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: elmore3003 on June 21, 2020, 05:45:40 AM
Our AC went out last night. It is only going to be 107 here today, so I guess it could be worse. Like 120. We've had this AC unit for about 20 years, so we knew it was bound to happen. We were just hoping it would be in October.

Are you going shopping today for another?
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: elmore3003 on June 21, 2020, 05:48:25 AM
DR Elmore, that is a remarkable story, and you have a real sense for recounting family history.

Thank you.  I think it was that fear of abandonment and breaking up a family at twelve that kept him with my mother.  I think he realized early that she was a fool, and she learned that he was not the knight on a white horse she expected.  I don't think they adjusted to actually caring for each other until I was in my late 20s.  When she died in 1994, he was devastated.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: elmore3003 on June 21, 2020, 05:52:07 AM
Kitty cleanup is a thing of the past.  The litter is tossed, the empty boxes carted to the basement.  Amazon says a cat treat was delivered Friday, but there's no package in the mail area.  Annabelle did eat this morning, so the Lysine is working its magic.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: elmore3003 on June 21, 2020, 05:52:53 AM
After I take my meds, I'll make the bed, and get to work.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: Jrand73 on June 21, 2020, 07:42:18 AM
I enjoyed the stories and photos in the notes very much.

I enjoyed DR ELMORE's story.

Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: Jrand73 on June 21, 2020, 07:42:51 AM
I remember the shocking MASTERFUL & Johnson Report and all of the comic's jokes about it.....
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 21, 2020, 07:43:23 AM
Once we finish the last 5 tapings on Monday, I hope to get to reading SIMPLY....and finish it.....
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: Jrand73 on June 21, 2020, 07:45:43 AM
DR TCB - on a local Theatre facebook page a lot of folks are really taking a director to task for continuing to rehearse a production of MAMMA MIA! for July presentation.

He keeps posting photos of folks standing apart with masks on and talking about choreography via computer, etc.....

Hardly a word about the audience......

We cancelled our season, and although I read the page, I don't ever post there because it is a hotbed of egos.....it is an interesting barometer of the local theatre community.....
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: Jrand73 on June 21, 2020, 07:47:54 AM
MR BK's story about The Browning Version reminded me of the [perhaps apocryphal] story of Noel Coward standing with a friend near a movie theatre in London.  The theatre marquee advertised Michael Redgrave and Dirk Bogarde in "The Sea Shall Not Have Them" and Sir Noel said dryly:  "Well, everyone else has....."
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 08:11:45 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 08:12:07 AM
Bad night of sleep.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 08:12:31 AM
Hopefully, it will be a good day.
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Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 08:14:55 AM
I find the book 1984 and the John Hurt film version to be very perverse, black comedies, at least I did back in the 1980s. I haven’t seen the original film. Wonder if I would laugh through that, too?
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: vixmom on June 21, 2020, 08:38:13 AM
Happy Father’s Day to all our daddys here
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Post by: KevinH on June 21, 2020, 08:41:55 AM
Good morning!
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Post by: KevinH on June 21, 2020, 08:42:14 AM
Happy Father's Day to all the Dads!
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 09:06:35 AM
Frrom DR Cilla to DR John:
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Can you get samples?  I know home depot used to do small samples that you can take home and try out on the wall in real life.  Don't know if they still do.  I'm sure other places do that too

I already suggest that but he seems to have ignored me ;)

Actually I suggested painting samples on boards.  I have found it very useful.  Inside I have painted large strips on the wall.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 09:08:39 AM
My son, David, will be visiting today.

Enjoy your special day.
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 09:08:58 AM
DR elmore I enjoyed the wonderful story of your father.
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 09:09:37 AM
Our AC went out last night. It is only going to be 107 here today, so I guess it could be worse. Like 120. We've had this AC unit for about 20 years, so we knew it was bound to happen. We were just hoping it would be in October.

Do you have any fans or can you borrow some?

Drink lots of water.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 09:13:22 AM
Nice  memories for Father's Day in the notes.
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Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 09:55:42 AM
Frrom DR Cilla to DR John:
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Can you get samples?  I know home depot used to do small samples that you can take home and try out on the wall in real life.  Don't know if they still do.  I'm sure other places do that too

I already suggest that but he seems to have ignored me ;)

Actually I suggested painting samples on boards.  I have found it very useful.  Inside I have painted large strips on the wall.

THey will provide. So they say.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 09:57:58 AM
Watching an oldie called The Satan Bug with the bad guys threatening to let loose a killer virus that would wipe out the population. They don't seem too worried about what it will do to them. Cast includes George Maharis, Anne Francis and Dana Andrews as well as a very young Ed Asner.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 10:05:12 AM
Frrom DR Cilla to DR John:
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Can you get samples?  I know home depot used to do small samples that you can take home and try out on the wall in real life.  Don't know if they still do.  I'm sure other places do that too

I already suggest that but he seems to have ignored me ;)

Actually I suggested painting samples on boards.  I have found it very useful.  Inside I have painted large strips on the wall.

THey will provide. So they say.

When we painted shutters on our brick home the painters used the back of the shutters for samples.  As neighbors walked by the commented on the favorite color.  It was fun talking with them. 

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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 10:06:13 AM
Keith had vetoed my favorite color and we never used a sample of it.  When we weren't in love with any of the samples I told them to paint the color we didn't try. Sneaky me as Keith was traveling for work.  Fortunately he agreed with me, as did the neighbors.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: elmore3003 on June 21, 2020, 10:44:09 AM
The food delivery today was especially strange:  cans pf white kidney beans and garbanzo beans, two sweet potatoes, a lot of carrots, a can of tuna, a small container of oatmeal, a bag of rice, a bag of lentils, a bag of pasta, a packet of dried milk, and three oranges.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: elmore3003 on June 21, 2020, 10:53:11 AM
Thatch and I have been lying down and listening to music by Robert Farnon, an interesting and colorful orchestrator, good composer and arranger, but he sometimes writes the most incomprehensible endings to his arrrangements.
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Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 11:30:22 AM
Spent about 45 minutes doing a little yard work. I'm now a puddle of sweat.
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Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 11:31:49 AM
Starting a Fritz Lang noir called House by the River. Looks very promising. And I'm liking the George Antheil score.
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Post by: Ginny on June 21, 2020, 11:35:01 AM
Father's Day greetings!  Today some parishioners in Beavercreek met in person at the church and Fr. Richard Zoomed in and was seen on a big screen.  All the hymn-singing was at the beginning and end and they went outside to do it.  For those of us who were attending via Zoom, it was not nearly as satisfying as when everyone is online.  And I can't help but think it was a little weird in person.  And who knows how safe?
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Post by: Ginny on June 21, 2020, 11:36:32 AM
Our AC went out last night. It is only going to be 107 here today, so I guess it could be worse. Like 120....

But it's a dry heat, right, DR Laura?  ;)

Seriously, I hope you're able to get it fixed soon!
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Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 11:41:15 AM
Cool breeze vibes for DR Laura.
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 21, 2020, 12:09:37 PM
My new power strip arrived, and I spent 30 minutes on the floor untangling cords from the modem, the printer, the answering machine, phone, and computer lamp.  Everything is now running, and I can actually see the keyboard for the first time since the old power strip died on Friday.  I'm quite content at the moment, and really relieved I could get myself out of a prone position on the floor without a derrick.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: elmore3003 on June 21, 2020, 12:16:28 PM
I love my surgeon Dr Glickman.  I'm having an issue, and I left a message this morning, and he returned my call.  I will see him tomorrow at 9:30.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: Druxy on June 21, 2020, 01:13:13 PM
Just had a nice Father's Day visit from my son, David.
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Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 01:32:16 PM
Stirring from a nap.
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Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 01:32:32 PM
Let’s move on...
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Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 01:32:42 PM
Three!
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Post by: bk on June 21, 2020, 01:44:53 PM
I'm up, I'm up - eight hours of sleep.  Thankfully the delivery didn't happen until an hour later, at one.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: bk on June 21, 2020, 01:45:57 PM
this is what arrived.
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 02:15:56 PM
The food delivery today was especially strange:  cans pf white kidney beans and garbanzo beans, two sweet potatoes, a lot of carrots, a can of tuna, a small container of oatmeal, a bag of rice, a bag of lentils, a bag of pasta, a packet of dried milk, and three oranges.

;D 
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 02:16:51 PM
I love my surgeon Dr Glickman.  I'm having an issue, and I left a message this morning, and he returned my call.  I will see him tomorrow at 9:30.

Vibes he can take care of the issue.
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 02:17:39 PM
Just had a nice Father's Day visit from my son, David.

While not nearly as good as in person, we had a long video chat with Craig. 
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 02:18:20 PM
Bryan is working which is why we did a video chat the other day.  Keith received texts and photos today.
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 02:18:47 PM
Bruce what is in that box? 
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 02:19:13 PM
The photo is too fuzzy for my eyes.
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Post by: Ginny on June 21, 2020, 02:21:50 PM
The food delivery today was especially strange:  cans pf white kidney beans and garbanzo beans, two sweet potatoes, a lot of carrots, a can of tuna, a small container of oatmeal, a bag of rice, a bag of lentils, a bag of pasta, a packet of dried milk, and three oranges.

That sounds like the ingredient list for a reality TV cooking challenge...
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 02:25:18 PM
LOL Ginny.
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 21, 2020, 02:31:49 PM
Annabelle, Thatch, and I were lying on my bed when I heard this huge crash.  I knew Stella was behind it, but I needed to find what she did.  It was my neti pot she managed to drop from the sink ledge into the bathtub where it broke  into a lot of pieces.  I would swear that neither Thatch nor Annabelle ever caused so much damage.
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Post by: bk on June 21, 2020, 02:58:22 PM
Cookies and stuff.
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Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 03:31:01 PM
Need to start thinking about dinner.
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 03:32:08 PM
Craig's cat has a new habit since quarantine began.  She follows him everywhere and stares at him.  It is driving him nuts ;D
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 03:32:28 PM
Cookies and stuff.

Nice.  What is the label on them?
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Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 04:26:13 PM
Craig's cat has a new habit since quarantine began.  She follows him everywhere and stares at him.  It is driving him nuts ;D

Sounds like J.B., who screams every time he hear me moving. It ain't fun.
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Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 04:38:32 PM
For those who are fans, Doctor Atomic is the Tuesday offering from the Met.
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 04:57:48 PM
Craig's cat has a new habit since quarantine began.  She follows him everywhere and stares at him.  It is driving him nuts ;D

Sounds like J.B., who screams every time he hear me moving. It ain't fun.

;D
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Post by: Ginny on June 21, 2020, 04:58:19 PM
Bacon-wrapped beef tenderloin filets, baked potatoes, peas, and setting off the smoke alarm.  Must be Father’s Day dinner...
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 05:01:05 PM
Kitty had been in Craig's arms while we were talking.  Once off camera Craig got the funniest expression looking at her, then told us about her new annoying habit.  One of many lately.  On June 1st she will be 16, an age she would never have reached had she been left on the streets in Romania.
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Post by: Laura on June 21, 2020, 05:20:22 PM
Good afternoon.
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Post by: Laura on June 21, 2020, 05:21:09 PM
The AC company will call at 7 a.m. We bought our unit from them about 20 years ago. Hopefully they have one for our size house in stock and can put it in tomorrow.
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Post by: Laura on June 21, 2020, 05:21:30 PM
It is 108 outside and 90 inside.
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 21, 2020, 05:45:49 PM
Ugh too darn hot DR LAURA
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 21, 2020, 05:46:09 PM
Happy for your video visit DR JANE.

Happy for DR DRUXY's in person visit.
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 21, 2020, 05:46:43 PM
It hasn't been quite so hot today.....so I set the AC at 75 and it has only come on a couple of times for a few minutes.
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 21, 2020, 05:47:09 PM
Strange delivery DR ELMORE....perhaps the person making the box up didn't have many choices.
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 21, 2020, 05:47:28 PM
I like MR BK's gift box.  Very nice

I will never be a father person......
Title: Re: THE BROWNING VERSION AND THE FATHER'S DAY VERSION
Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 06:05:09 PM
Bacon-wrapped beef tenderloin filets, baked potatoes, peas, and setting off the smoke alarm.  Must be Father’s Day dinner...

Ha.
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Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 06:05:19 PM
Four!
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Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 06:08:07 PM
I made it through The Honey Pot. It could have lost 15-20 minutes and would have been a better movie. I don't think the director ever found the right tone, or at least one tone. Was it a comic mystery? A modern day version of Volpone? But the cast was fun, especially Maggie Smith, who stole the picture away from everyone -- as she would do in everything else she appeared in.
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 06:30:43 PM
The AC company will call at 7 a.m. We bought our unit from them about 20 years ago. Hopefully they have one for our size house in stock and can put it in tomorrow.

Fingers crossed!
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 06:31:22 PM
Happy for your video visit DR JANE.



Thank you.
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 06:32:18 PM
Keith tried getting flights to Chicago for this week.  Alas, the options for non-stop flights are limited and expensive.
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Post by: bk on June 21, 2020, 07:44:18 PM
Jane, it's some company called Cake Monkey.
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Post by: bk on June 21, 2020, 07:48:07 PM
Was going to have Chick-fil-A for lunch - I liked their simple, reasonable sandwich - just the right size.  For some reason, I think DoorDash stopped doing them since I last had it.  So, having that in my head I did a stupid thing and got two sandwiches from Popeye's.  I hadn't thought much about their sandwich since the one time I'd had it - it was nothing I needed to have again.  They arrived so loaded with whatever white crap (some kind of seasoned mayo) I couldn't really believe it.  I got through the first one - but the chicken is way too big for the bun and it wasn't very good and the white was revolting.  I got all the white off the second sandwich and it was STILL gross.  I've been nauseous ever since.  I am now officially done with Popeye's. 
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Post by: bk on June 21, 2020, 07:48:20 PM
Then I watched a motion picture. 
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Post by: bk on June 21, 2020, 07:48:36 PM
Now I'm doing some Kritzerland show stuff and relaxing.
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Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 08:00:58 PM
Great bit in Deacon King Kong. A character is described as being so dim that the lighting goes up in a room when he leaves.
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Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 08:05:23 PM
Now watching Gregory's Girl, which I haven't seen in maybe 30 years or so. What a charming teen comedy. The screenplay is a winner. I love the way the teachers in the school are just like the kids only bigger but still awkward.
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Post by: John G. on June 21, 2020, 08:07:16 PM
Gratuitous post No. 101!
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Post by: bk on June 21, 2020, 08:58:26 PM
I am still quite nauseous from those awful chicken sandwiches - won't even be able to sample the sweets tonight.  But I did do a Gelson's run and got enough food to make for the entire week - I think the only place I'll order in from now is Stanley's, but they're now open for dining in and I may just go over there at an off time and eat there.
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 09:33:37 PM
I had never read 1984 until a couple of years before the John Hurt movie was released. It blew me away, as did that movie version.

I do have the 1956 DVD here, and either I never watched it all the way through or I’ve simply forgotten most of it. I’ll take it out.

As to stage versions, I believe I’ve only seen the one a local theater did several years ago, and it was more powerful and mind blowing than I ever imagined it could be.

I've read the book, but never seen the movie.  Theater Artists Olympia (I'm still on their board) mounted a stage version just before Aaron Sorkin's version (https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/1984-513416) opened on Broadway.
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 09:36:06 PM
DR TCB - on a local Theatre facebook page a lot of folks are really taking a director to task for continuing to rehearse a production of MAMMA MIA! for July presentation.

He keeps posting photos of folks standing apart with masks on and talking about choreography via computer, etc.....

Hardly a word about the audience......

We cancelled our season, and although I read the page, I don't ever post there because it is a hotbed of egos.....it is an interesting barometer of the local theatre community.....

The production that I was supposed to be in was supposed to be happening now, but it's been pushed back to October.  Even July seems much too soon. :-\
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 09:39:23 PM
My new power strip arrived, and I spent 30 minutes on the floor untangling cords from the modem, the printer, the answering machine, phone, and computer lamp.  Everything is now running, and I can actually see the keyboard for the first time since the old power strip died on Friday.  I'm quite content at the moment, and really relieved I could get myself out of a prone position on the floor without a derrick.

That's great, Larry!
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 09:39:51 PM
I love my surgeon Dr Glickman.  I'm having an issue, and I left a message this morning, and he returned my call.  I will see him tomorrow at 9:30.

Congrats on the quick appointment!
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 09:40:39 PM
this is what arrived.

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6171.0;attach=10108)

Nice!
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Post by: bk on June 21, 2020, 09:43:04 PM
Yuck.
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Post by: bk on June 21, 2020, 09:43:14 PM
And more yuck for page four.
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Post by: bk on June 21, 2020, 09:43:21 PM
Bleccch.
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Post by: bk on June 21, 2020, 09:43:30 PM
And more bleccch for page four.
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Post by: bk on June 21, 2020, 09:43:58 PM
I HATE Popeye's now and I'm going to now write a nice updated review about today's experience.
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 09:47:00 PM
Jane, it's some company called Cake Monkey.

Thanks.
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Post by: vixmom on June 21, 2020, 09:49:29 PM
I went to Home Depot this morning and bought a new power strip for my Mother’s portable a/c unit because it kept tripping
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 09:51:44 PM
I looked up the bakery.  Their little cakes, especially the chocolate ones, look delicious.
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Post by: vixmom on June 21, 2020, 09:52:12 PM
Hopefully it’s working from ok
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Post by: vixmom on June 21, 2020, 09:52:23 PM
Tonight I am actually home
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Post by: vixmom on June 21, 2020, 09:52:35 PM
But I’m about to go to sleep
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 09:52:38 PM
Great bit in Deacon King Kong. A character is described as being so dim that the lighting goes up in a room when he leaves.

:))
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Post by: vixmom on June 21, 2020, 09:53:11 PM
I didn’t get home until nearly 3 because the health care aide bailed.
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 09:54:56 PM
Tonight I am actually home

Yay.
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 09:55:15 PM
But I’m about to go to sleep

Sleep well.
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 09:56:03 PM
I didn’t get home until nearly 3 because the health care aide bailed.

Then who is with your mother?
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 09:56:36 PM
I do hope she is sleeping better and less work at night.
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 09:59:12 PM
I didn’t get home until nearly 3 because the health care aide bailed.

:o How rude! >:(
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Post by: bk on June 21, 2020, 10:04:49 PM
Listening to the Dvorak 8th courtesy of Mr. Munch.  Not as good as the ninth.
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 10:17:13 PM
Bruce what is in that box?
The photo is too fuzzy for my eyes.

How's this?
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 10:17:41 PM
Annabelle, Thatch, and I were lying on my bed when I heard this huge crash.  I knew Stella was behind it, but I needed to find what she did.  It was my neti pot she managed to drop from the sink ledge into the bathtub where it broke  into a lot of pieces.  I would swear that neither Thatch nor Annabelle ever caused so much damage.

Oh, no!  Hopefully, nothing else was damaged and that it's not too expensive to replace. :-\
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 10:18:10 PM
For those who are fans, Doctor Atomic is the Tuesday offering from the Met.

Cool!  I have video of two different productions, one on DVD and one on Blu-ray. :)
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 10:18:17 PM
The AC company will call at 7 a.m. We bought our unit from them about 20 years ago. Hopefully they have one for our size house in stock and can put it in tomorrow.

~~~Vibes for a Successful Air Conditioner Installation!!~~~
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 10:19:21 PM
Today at my parents, we ate and played Phase 10 and had more of my mini cheesecakes for dessert. 
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 10:19:27 PM
EVERYONE seems to love them! ;D
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 10:19:39 PM
Fortunately, they're very easy to make.
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 10:20:22 PM
My parents and their friends and I are getting together again on Friday to play more Phase 10 and I've been asked to bring them again. 
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 10:20:41 PM
I'm sure that that's what I'll be bringing from now on.
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 10:20:56 PM
Not a problem.
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Post by: Jane on June 21, 2020, 10:24:05 PM
Bruce what is in that box?
The photo is too fuzzy for my eyes.

How's this?

Great, thanks :)
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Post by: TCB on June 21, 2020, 11:34:02 PM
I had never read 1984 until a couple of years before the John Hurt movie was released. It blew me away, as did that movie version.

I do have the 1956 DVD here, and either I never watched it all the way through or I’ve simply forgotten most of it. I’ll take it out.

As to stage versions, I believe I’ve only seen the one a local theater did several years ago, and it was more powerful and mind blowing than I ever imagined it could be.

I've read the book, but never seen the movie.  Theater Artists Olympia (I'm still on their board) mounted a stage version just before Aaron Sorkin's version (https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/1984-513416) opened on Broadway.


What did Aaron Sorkin have to do with this production?
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Post by: TCB on June 21, 2020, 11:35:08 PM
There has been another shooting tonight in Seattle’s occupied zone.
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Post by: TCB on June 21, 2020, 11:36:07 PM
This is in addition to the two men who were shot the other night.
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Post by: TCB on June 21, 2020, 11:37:29 PM
I am expecting there to be some major resolution up there in the next couple of days.
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Post by: TCB on June 21, 2020, 11:38:07 PM
No word from anyone regarding MURDER ON THE NILE.
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 11:41:02 PM
I had never read 1984 until a couple of years before the John Hurt movie was released. It blew me away, as did that movie version.

I do have the 1956 DVD here, and either I never watched it all the way through or I’ve simply forgotten most of it. I’ll take it out.

As to stage versions, I believe I’ve only seen the one a local theater did several years ago, and it was more powerful and mind blowing than I ever imagined it could be.

I've read the book, but never seen the movie.  Theater Artists Olympia (I'm still on their board) mounted a stage version just before Aaron Sorkin's version (https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/1984-513416) opened on Broadway.


What did Aaron Sorkin have to do with this production?

Nothing.  But when TAO was rehearsing the version that they performed, which was adapted by Michael Gene Sullivan, the Aaron Sorkin Broadway adaptation was making news because he's famous.  We got a lot of questions about if that was the version that TAO was performing, and it wasn't.  pug directed it and she felt that the version that we got was a better adaptation than Aaron Sorkin's.
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Post by: TCB on June 21, 2020, 11:42:15 PM
George asked me why I didn’t quit.  Basically, as a nearly 70 year old, wheelchair bound actor, it is not wise to walk on a production, unless you don’t care if you ever work again.  There are very few opportunities for me to be cast in any production, let alone with a bad rep for walking out of shows.
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Post by: TCB on June 21, 2020, 11:44:16 PM
I had never read 1984 until a couple of years before the John Hurt movie was released. It blew me away, as did that movie version.

I do have the 1956 DVD here, and either I never watched it all the way through or I’ve simply forgotten most of it. I’ll take it out.

As to stage versions, I believe I’ve only seen the one a local theater did several years ago, and it was more powerful and mind blowing than I ever imagined it could be.

I've read the book, but never seen the movie.  Theater Artists Olympia (I'm still on their board) mounted a stage version just before Aaron Sorkin's version (https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/1984-513416) opened on Broadway.


What did Aaron Sorkin have to do with this production?

Nothing.  But when TAO was rehearsing the version that they performed, which was adapted by Michael Gene Sullivan, the Aaron Sorkin Broadway adaptation was making news because he's famous.  We got a lot of questions about if that was the version that TAO was performing, and it wasn't.  pug directed it and she felt that the version that we got was a better adaptation than Aaron Sorkin's.


But your web tag says Aaron Sorkin’s version?
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 11:46:13 PM
George asked me why I didn’t quit.  Basically, as a nearly 70 year old, wheelchair bound actor, it is not wise to walk on a production, unless you don’t care if you ever work again.  There are very few opportunities for me to be cast in any production, let alone with a bad rep for walking out of shows.

That makes a lot of sense.
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Post by: TCB on June 21, 2020, 11:46:43 PM
If IBDB doesn’t list it, then it wasn’t on Broadway.
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 11:47:14 PM
I had never read 1984 until a couple of years before the John Hurt movie was released. It blew me away, as did that movie version.

I do have the 1956 DVD here, and either I never watched it all the way through or I’ve simply forgotten most of it. I’ll take it out.

As to stage versions, I believe I’ve only seen the one a local theater did several years ago, and it was more powerful and mind blowing than I ever imagined it could be.

I've read the book, but never seen the movie.  Theater Artists Olympia (I'm still on their board) mounted a stage version just before Aaron Sorkin's version (https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/1984-513416) opened on Broadway.


What did Aaron Sorkin have to do with this production?

Nothing.  But when TAO was rehearsing the version that they performed, which was adapted by Michael Gene Sullivan, the Aaron Sorkin Broadway adaptation was making news because he's famous.  We got a lot of questions about if that was the version that TAO was performing, and it wasn't.  pug directed it and she felt that the version that we got was a better adaptation than Aaron Sorkin's.


But your web tag says Aaron Sorkin’s version?

What web tag?  Where?
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Post by: TCB on June 21, 2020, 11:47:48 PM
Maybe it was Off-Broadway?
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 11:50:45 PM
If IBDB doesn’t list it, then it wasn’t on Broadway.

SPOO!!  I'm a total goon! :o Aaron Sorkin adapted To Kill a Mockingbird and it was just another version of 1984 that was on Broadway!  I got those mixed up.  Dopey me!!
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Post by: TCB on June 21, 2020, 11:50:52 PM
I had never read 1984 until a couple of years before the John Hurt movie was released. It blew me away, as did that movie version.

I do have the 1956 DVD here, and either I never watched it all the way through or I’ve simply forgotten most of it. I’ll take it out.

As to stage versions, I believe I’ve only seen the one a local theater did several years ago, and it was more powerful and mind blowing than I ever imagined it could be.

I've read the book, but never seen the movie.  Theater Artists Olympia (I'm still on their board) mounted a stage version just before Aaron Sorkin's version (https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/1984-513416) opened on Broadway.


What did Aaron Sorkin have to do with this production?

Nothing.  But when TAO was rehearsing the version that they performed, which was adapted by Michael Gene Sullivan, the Aaron Sorkin Broadway adaptation was making news because he's famous.  We got a lot of questions about if that was the version that TAO was performing, and it wasn't.  pug directed it and she felt that the version that we got was a better adaptation than Aaron Sorkin's.


But your web tag says Aaron Sorkin’s version?

What web tag?  Where?


In your post, the part you highlighted.
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Post by: TCB on June 21, 2020, 11:51:34 PM
If IBDB doesn’t list it, then it wasn’t on Broadway.

SPOO!!  I'm a total goon! :o Aaron Sorkin adapted To Kill a Mockingbird and it was just another version of 1984 that was on Broadway!  I got those mixed up.  Dopey me!!


Okay, now I get it!
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 11:52:28 PM
If IBDB doesn’t list it, then it wasn’t on Broadway.

SPOO!!  I'm a total goon! :o Aaron Sorkin adapted To Kill a Mockingbird and it was just another version of 1984 that was on Broadway!  I got those mixed up.  Dopey me!!


Okay, now I get it!

I had a total brain fart. :P Sorry about that. ::)
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Post by: TCB on June 21, 2020, 11:55:28 PM
Okay, no problem.  I was just confused.  Good night, George.
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Post by: George on June 21, 2020, 11:59:58 PM
Good night, Tom.