Topic: THE RHYMING NOTES (Read 40496 times)

TCB · « **Reply #390 on:** March 11, 2008, 06:50:43 PM »

Quote from: Jane on March 11, 2008, 06:38:23 PM

I don’t like being called Ma'am, it makes me cringe. I do like being treated with respect and kindness.

I hate it when they call me Ma'am, too.

TPunk · « **Reply #391 on:** March 11, 2008, 06:51:42 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on March 11, 2008, 06:49:46 PM

We need kitten pictures!

I'm sure there will be quite a few photo opportunities over the next few days. Wild Kingdom type photos.

TCB · « **Reply #392 on:** March 11, 2008, 06:53:19 PM »

Quote from: TPunk on March 11, 2008, 06:41:37 PM

She couldn't pinpoint what it was, but she is pretty sure that it was cranberries.

That could explain Coleslaw's behavior this week!

TPunk · « **Reply #393 on:** March 11, 2008, 06:53:23 PM »

If Pierre was one of my kids at work, I would say that he is extremely agitated, provocative and has very limited frustration tolerance.

TPunk · « **Reply #394 on:** March 11, 2008, 06:54:41 PM »

Quote from: TCB on March 11, 2008, 06:53:19 PM

That could explain Coleslaw's behavior this week!

Coleslaw will be the name of my next cat.

TCB · « **Reply #395 on:** March 11, 2008, 06:55:22 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on March 11, 2008, 06:31:57 PM

DR Matthew, this won a lot of Grammy several years ago and it's quite good.

Wow, Carmina has put out a lot of CDs! Would you say that she is folk-rock, or new age?

Jane · « **Reply #396 on:** March 11, 2008, 07:02:52 PM »

Quote from: TPunk on March 11, 2008, 06:41:37 PM

Danise, I hope you feel better soon. My roommate has the same issues- she has soooo many food allergies, and it seems like she adds a few new ones every year. Last year she had to use her epi-pen and make a visit to the ER because of something that she had for lunch. She couldn't pinpoint what it was, but she is pretty sure that it was cranberries. She is also pretty sure that she is allergic to MSG- but again, can't be totally sure.

Sometimes a combination of ingredients can cause a stronger reaction than one ingredient alone does. This often happens to me. Thank goodness my reactions are nothing like your roommate's. That is very scary.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #397 on:** March 11, 2008, 07:04:53 PM »

As for tonight's "American Idol".... Very, very interesting. And I mean that in a good way and a bad way.

It actually seemed like a competition for the first time this season.

Jane · « **Reply #398 on:** March 11, 2008, 07:05:05 PM »

I'm off to check on Keith, that guy I live with who swears he is not a workaholic. His fever went down this morning so this afternoon he went outside and worked on the yard. Now is fever is back and he feels terrible.

Jane · « **Reply #399 on:** March 11, 2008, 07:07:14 PM »

This evening I found out my friend's father died. They were close. With his death she will also find out if her brother did to her what the Macbeth's tried to do to our DR elmore.

Jane · « **Reply #400 on:** March 11, 2008, 07:08:10 PM »

'night

S. Woody White · « **Reply #401 on:** March 11, 2008, 07:11:30 PM »

Quote from: Jane on March 11, 2008, 06:38:23 PM

I don’t like being called Ma'am, it makes me cringe. I do like being treated with respect and kindness.

Well, here's a problem: when you are working as a salesperson/cashier, unless you actually know the name of the person you are serving, there's got to be a generic name/title that can be used when referring to the person is required. In these cases, we're generally reduced to referring to the person by their gender, as in "Ma'am, you forgot your keys."

I find "Miss" condescending. And there's no way I'm going to refer to anyone as "Bee-yatch."

Sure, some people are going to find "ma'am" irritating. But as a salesperson/cashier/server, I really don't have much choice.

A genuine smile works wonders, of course.

td · « **Reply #402 on:** March 11, 2008, 07:14:56 PM »

It's so good to see DR Danise back where she belongs!

td · « **Reply #403 on:** March 11, 2008, 07:16:55 PM »

Quote from: S. Woody White on March 11, 2008, 07:11:30 PM

But as a salesperson/cashier/server, I really don't have much choice.

A genuine smile works wonders, of course.

I just call everybody "darlin;" well, almost everybody. . .I do try to read the names on the credit cards and call people by the name there.

But, you sure are right about the smile.

td · « **Reply #404 on:** March 11, 2008, 07:20:28 PM »

Quote from: TCB on March 11, 2008, 06:50:43 PM

I hate it when they call me Ma'am, too.

I'd never call you "Ma'am," I'd be forced to call you "Cutie-Pie."

S. Woody White · « **Reply #405 on:** March 11, 2008, 07:29:26 PM »

Quote from: TPunk on March 11, 2008, 06:41:37 PM

Danise, I hope you feel better soon. My roommate has the same issues- she has soooo many food allergies, and it seems like she adds a few new ones every year. Last year she had to use her epi-pen and make a visit to the ER because of something that she had for lunch. She couldn't pinpoint what it was, but she is pretty sure that it was cranberries. She is also pretty sure that she is allergic to MSG- but again, can't be totally sure.

MSG is a naturally occuring substance. It can be found in mushrooms, Parmesan cheese, soy sauce, anchovies. Some form of glutimate can be found in almost every processed food. If your roommate is genuinely allergic to MSG, she's in real trouble.

On the other hand, there are no reported deaths from MSG. So there's some good news.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #406 on:** March 11, 2008, 07:31:41 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on March 11, 2008, 06:41:52 PM

...However, sometimes being called "Sir" does make me a little uncomfortable, but that all depends on the situation.

Wear leather wherever you go, it'll come naturally to everyone around you.

Jennifer · « **Reply #407 on:** March 11, 2008, 07:40:14 PM »

RE: IDOL

spoiler space if anyone thinks my comments are spoilers.

I saw the whole show minus the last 2 singers (i was watching BB).

I agree with DR jose in that it actually seemed like a real comp for the first time.

I enjoyed David cook again. And also liked brooke white. I don't think she is the best singer. But there is something so endearing about her. She just seems so good and lovely. ANd it comes across.

I do not like david hernandez.

I also do not really care for Chikezie (sp?). But i really liked him tonight.

And i liked carly.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #408 on:** March 11, 2008, 07:40:16 PM »

Quote from: S. Woody White on March 11, 2008, 07:29:26 PM

MSG is a naturally occuring substance. It can be found in mushrooms, Parmesan cheese, soy sauce, anchovies. Some form of glutimate can be found in almost every processed food. If your roommate is genuinely allergic to MSG, she's in real trouble.

On the other hand, there are no reported deaths from MSG. So there's some good news.

Did you read the article about MSG in last week's NY Times' Dining & Wine section? Pretty good read.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #409 on:** March 11, 2008, 07:41:13 PM »

DR Jennifer - OH!!! So you missed David Archuleta's performance.... WHOA!

FJL · « **Reply #410 on:** March 11, 2008, 07:50:43 PM »

Funny how our minds work or don't work sometimes. I was in first year law school in 1980-81 with Silda Wall, and remember meeting her a number of times, to some extent staying in my memory because she had such a distinctive name. But as crazy as this may seem, until yesterday, I had no idea she was Mrs. Spitzer. (She must have taken a year off or something like that if she ended up graduating from law school in 1984 rather than 1983.)

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #411 on:** March 11, 2008, 07:57:29 PM »

Six degress... Well, I guess, more like "one degree"...

S. Woody White · « **Reply #412 on:** March 11, 2008, 07:58:07 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on March 11, 2008, 07:40:16 PM

Did you read the article about MSG in last week's NY Times' Dining & Wine section? Pretty good read.

No, I had not read it. The NYT is not very high on my list of must-reads. New York City is not the center of my world. Although I enjoy Bruni's blog.

But the article, when I found it, proved an interesting read. It mostly confirmed everything I've come across before.

One interesting paragraph:

Quote

In upscale restaurants, whether by tradition or by inclination, chefs are unlikely to use monosodium glutamate. “We don’t need to use Ajinomoto because we can get the ingredients that have natural umami: shiitake mushrooms, egg yolks, shellfish, masago,” said Sotohiro Kosugi, the chef of Soto in New York.

So, we can now add egg yolks to the list of foods people terrified by MSG can't eat, just because it "might" trigger a reaction.

I'm just shaking my head in bewilderment.

FJL · « **Reply #413 on:** March 11, 2008, 08:01:19 PM »

Well, there WERE over five hundred people who were in that first-year class of with her.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #414 on:** March 11, 2008, 08:06:32 PM »

Der Brucer has been watching Jericho. There was a whole lot of gunfire, and someone shouted out "Who's there?"

Something inside me wanted Chevy Chase to respond, saying "CandyGram."

Jrand74 · « **Reply #415 on:** March 11, 2008, 08:15:18 PM »

DR DANISE!!!!!!

DR MATTHEW - I actually bought a "bargain" Carmina Burana that I like a lot. I can't find it on Amazon, but it might still be around in the shops. Damn, now I can't even find my copy, but it was a two disc set.

Speaking of which.....DRMBARNUM....is it Hoover Damn or Boulder Damn?

S. Woody White · « **Reply #416 on:** March 11, 2008, 08:16:01 PM »

Just to make some people out there really irritated:

The Daylight Savings Time Shift hasn't bothered me one bit.

My work schedule bounces around so much that I don't have a regular sleeping schedule. Some days I have to get up very early. Some days I get to sleep in. Some days, after work, I come home and take a nap. Sometime I don't.

Life is good.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #417 on:** March 11, 2008, 08:16:23 PM »

DR RLP I also got a Black Widder in my mailbox today, and watched it.

The short features on Ginger and Gene were interesting, and I am looking forward to the commentary by someone I am unfamiliar with.

Robert Osborn appears in the extras and it seems he was interviewed many pounds ago.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #418 on:** March 11, 2008, 08:17:03 PM »

I like the movie....the color is great to start with but fades a little toward the end of the movie....but the settings and costumes are great....and there is an interesting score by Leigh Harline.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #419 on:** March 11, 2008, 08:17:13 PM »

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a Hoover.

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