Topic: TICKLING MY FANCY (Read 31196 times)

Panni · « **Reply #90 on:** July 07, 2004, 06:59:00 PM »

Well, I'll do my bit and get us to Page Four.

Ann · « **Reply #91 on:** July 07, 2004, 07:01:04 PM »

Well, I just got a call from my mom. The sale went through and she now owns a house in Eugene, Oregon. She is very excited. Last week there was concern because my father, being my father, had neglected to send in some paperwork that he needed to. But all went fine and they signed the papers this afternoon.
An interesting thing about this house...about 3 years ago, I had a very vivid dream about my mother in a house. It was odd because it was just her, my father was absent. Not dead or divorced...just absent. I didn't understand it at all. But the dream was so vivid that when I woke up, I drew a picture and a floor plan of the house. Then I forgot about it...until a few months ago when my mother called me up and gave me the description of this house she wanted to buy. It sent shivers down my spine...she was describing the house I'd dreamt those years ago. She had me draw a floor plan of my dream-house as I remembered it, then she compared it to a floor plan printed out of the house. So identical it was scary... And my absent father made sense...mom is going to live in this house by herself as she finishes her PhD. They're not splitting up, just gonna be in different houses for a bit. Strange, I know.

So yeah, here's a question for all the DR's...has anyone ever had a really vivid dream that ended up coming true??

Panni · « **Reply #92 on:** July 07, 2004, 07:06:35 PM »

I'll use up another post to tell you of the STUPID ACCIDENT I had today, DRs. I took my brisk early morning walk as usual -- and I was deep in thought, as usual, by the time the walk ended. I always do stretches before and after my walk. One stretch involves putting my leg up on a chest high wall in my driveway and bending over it to the front and to the side. As I said, my mind was elsewhere (Pomona, I think) -- and when I did the side bend, I didn't notice a very long sharp leafy plant pointing toward me. I bent right into it and it went into my ear. YIKES! It hurt!! That was around 7 AM this morning and my ear still hurts. (Not as badly.) Had I bent in a tiny bit more, I could've done some serious damage. As I said, a STUPID ACCIDENT.

Panni · « **Reply #93 on:** July 07, 2004, 07:10:59 PM »

Ann - It's interesting how often "house dreams" are prescient. My friend Marc (who's written a book about dreams that Jane has read) had a recurring dream about a very unusual Zen house.... that he eventually found and bought.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #94 on:** July 07, 2004, 07:21:16 PM »

Prescience is a wonderful thing!

Did I miss the answer to my question as to why STEREO came to describe such LP's?

Anyway.....laterz.

Jane · « **Reply #95 on:** July 07, 2004, 07:24:42 PM »

Tomovoz I have had floods in my house before, but never hot water. Ouch. I forget sometimes it is now your winter, not a good time to loose hot water or a dryer. Sounds like my son’s living conditions. At least you do have a washing machine. I hope the dryer can be fixed. If I need one machine I prefer to get a set so they match.

Panni that is scary. I hope your ear is better by the morning. I have never done that, but I have walked my head into trees when I hike. My excuse is the cap pulled down low and I’m watching the ground for pot holes, not where I’m going.

Sandra · « **Reply #96 on:** July 07, 2004, 07:26:42 PM »

I really don't have anything to say except that I want ice cream.

So what are everybody's favorite ice cream flavors? Mine are mint chocolate chip and Ben & Jerry's Phish Food.

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #97 on:** July 07, 2004, 07:30:31 PM »

Archie our spaniel is on a restricted diet. He doesn't beg, but lately he's become quite resourceful. Last weekend, when my back was turned, he climbed on a chair at the table and nearly grabbed a chicken leg off a plate. Later he stole some cookies from a friend's purse. (This is serious because Archie has colitis. He was ill after the cookies, but is fine now.) Tonight we had dinner on the balcony. I cleared the dishes but there must have been some drippings on the table. Later, when I walked past the slightly open balcony door, my heart skipped a beat. There was Archie, perched high on a chair - and high above ground level - licking the drippings. (There's a pretty strong railing there, but still ... ) Not to worry - he's okay. (But I did think about National Lampoon's European Vacation - the scene with the Eiffel Tower, the flying beret, and the poodle.)

Jane · « **Reply #98 on:** July 07, 2004, 07:31:01 PM »

Ann what a dream!

Keith and I are both fair and had blond hair when we were babies so I naturally expected my children to have blond hair. A few weeks before our oldest was born I dreamt we had a boy (didn’t know the sex back then) and he had dark hair. Well, we had a boy and his hair was dark and he looked very much like the baby in my dream. The dark hair gradually lightened and he was the fair haired blue eyed baby I expected.

Off to watch DONNIE DARKO.

Jane · « **Reply #99 on:** July 07, 2004, 07:35:14 PM »

Still here waiting for Keith to return and read about Ann’s dream. Now he must read about Archie’s antics.

Sandra ice cream and colds don't go very well together, which is why I only had one tablespoon of coffee ice cream today-Haagen-Dazs of course.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #100 on:** July 07, 2004, 07:37:34 PM »

As the drier is older than some of the DRs I guess it owes us nothing DR Jane. It had a new element fitted a couple of years back so its life has been extended anyway. At home waiting for a new water tank to be delivered and then for a plumber to install it and then $$$.
Good time for me to catch up with some ironing.

Dreams are such a wonderful part of life. Last night I walked (in my dream)quite a distance to check on bus timetables and realised I had taken a silver tea pot with me! I know the place where I could find out about the bus times was down a road past a cemetery. I did remember to place the tea pot on the ground before entering the shop that could give me bus information. I didn't want the people in there to know I was absentminded or whatever.

Tea pots are of course an essential part of my life. I do not use tea bags.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #101 on:** July 07, 2004, 07:41:00 PM »

DR DIT: Magnus can certainly sympathise and identify with Archie. Begging still continues (he taught himself to do that) but so does his very restricted diet. Even crumbs are seen as a real treat.

Panni · « **Reply #102 on:** July 07, 2004, 07:44:43 PM »

Abie, the Wonderdog, has put himself on a diet again. He's quite fine, but refused his breakfast this morning and one of his two meals yesterday. He ate a hearty dinner tonight.

bk · « **Reply #103 on:** July 07, 2004, 07:45:31 PM »

My goodness, almost eight o'clock. Are we going to achieve a new low? Skammen.

Tammy just left. We have a LOT of work to do, including getting our publicist all the info he needs. One of the things he needs is a brief description of what our show is. That's harder than you think, since we're still figuring it out.

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #104 on:** July 07, 2004, 07:55:26 PM »

DR Tomovoz,

Check your mailbox.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #105 on:** July 07, 2004, 08:01:12 PM »

With a pencil and pen, you'll figure it out!

MERRY ANDREW is on TCM in thirty minutes....I have never seen this Danny Kaye movie, so I am looking forward to it. Chroreography by Michael Kidd!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #106 on:** July 07, 2004, 08:03:31 PM »

Okay, my friends.

Here is a lovely photo....may we have some captions, please?

Tomovoz · « **Reply #107 on:** July 07, 2004, 08:04:10 PM »

Thanks Dan-In-Toronto. lol.
Magnus begs for attention too. He can sit up for quite awhile in the hope that he will be noticed. Fosca would never bother.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #108 on:** July 07, 2004, 08:05:25 PM »

I will start:

"Take the damn Congeniality Award, and be glad you got that!"

Jrand74 · « **Reply #109 on:** July 07, 2004, 08:15:02 PM »

DRJOSE have a good trip! And have fun working!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #110 on:** July 07, 2004, 08:15:18 PM »

Going to watch the movie!

Tomovoz · « **Reply #111 on:** July 07, 2004, 08:20:32 PM »

The Wizard will fix it. (Caption). If I only had a Face.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #112 on:** July 07, 2004, 08:22:00 PM »

A question for our Jewish DRs, from one of the gay goys:

Yesterday, an elderly woman came into the store, wanting to purchase a griddle. The question came up regarding a cast iron griddle/grill (griddle on one side, grill on the other, and no, I don't mean bar-b-que

).

Since part of what makes cast iron work so well is that it is not washed and scoured in the normal way, with soap and water, but is allowed to develop a patina through repeated usages, it clearly cannot be used for both meat and dairy dishes. However, since the griddle of the cast iron piece is on one side, and the grill is on the other, could it be kosher to use one side of the piece for dairy, and the other side for meat?

Or is this splitting hairs too finely, and should we consult with a rabbi before going further?

I've a hunch this question will come up again at work, so I'd really like to know.

Matt H. · « **Reply #113 on:** July 07, 2004, 08:22:16 PM »

Well, I certainly enjoyed THE DOLLY SISTERS, and Orry-Kelly's gown creations for the sisters never disappoint. He was one flamboyant designer in life and in art.

Matt H. · « **Reply #114 on:** July 07, 2004, 08:26:20 PM »

I saw MERRY ANDREW on NBC's SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES many decades ago (some time in the 1960s). It didn't hold my interest then, but it might now.

I printed out the next few days of the Fox Movie Channel's schedule and noticed ON THE RIVIERA is coming on a couple of times over the next two days. That's one of Kaye's that I've never gotten all the way through. perhaps this time I will.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #115 on:** July 07, 2004, 08:28:41 PM »

Quote from: bk on July 07, 2004, 10:32:13 AM

Busy morning here in the City of Studio - but might I just ask where in tarnation IS everyone?

Shrinkage session
Followed by work
And a trip to Dover and back (bulk shopping)
And home again, but der B had phone calls
During which I napped
And then made dinner (which came off very well)
And now I'm on-line.

Quit griping.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #116 on:** July 07, 2004, 08:36:26 PM »

Dinner =

Pork Loin Steaks, simply grilled w pepper
Broccoli florets, served w butter, steamed
Cheese grits
And an onion jam.

The onion jam was inspired by Alton's "Bowl of Onion" episode. Figure one yellow onion per person. Slice off the ends, get rid of the outer peel, cut in half from pole to pole, and then slice again thinly again from pole to pole.

Toss into a heated pan, in which you've melted some butter or oil. Separate the onion slices some, which also coats the slices with oil. Season with salt and pepper (works great with cayenne!), cover, and let cook down a bit over very low heat, sweating the excess water out.

When the onions are good and soft, and maybe a bit caramelized, deglaze with some dry vermouth (I used a quarter cup for two onions), and after that has cooked down, deglaze again with an equal amount of apple cider (filtered or not, whatever you have on hand). Let this cook down until the liquid is absorbed, and there's your side dish.

The cider adds a sweetness, the cayenne a kick. And don't forget that onions are a good source of potassium!

Yummers!

Tomovoz · « **Reply #117 on:** July 07, 2004, 08:36:42 PM »

We only need another 20 posts to avoid that nasty number. If DR Jose splits his food posts into ingredients we should have no problem at all.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #118 on:** July 07, 2004, 08:43:00 PM »

Quote from: bk on July 07, 2004, 11:30:02 AM

Working like mad on Plan B. Plan B will be fun. But, in an amusing stroke of timing, I got a call today asking if I was available for a reality TV show, that could conceivably start on Monday. I sent them my resume and will be dropping off the Penn and Teller DVD to show them my episodes, but I also told them I was doing this show and couldn't get out of it. That's a given - once committed, nothing can take me away from the commitment. If they were to want me, I'd have to be out of there by seven at the latest. They did tell me that I might have to go out of town for a day or two, but that would be fine, especially if it were now rather than closer to the date. But, they might not even want me, or the money might not be good, or the timing might not work.

Oh, picky, picky, picky!

No, you deserve the good luck, BK. I hope you can get both projects in.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #119 on:** July 07, 2004, 08:43:46 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on July 07, 2004, 08:36:42 PM

We only need another 20 posts to avoid that nasty number. If DR Jose splits his food posts into ingredients we should have no problem at all.

Hey, I'm still going through today's posts! Give me a chance, will ya?!

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