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BIDIN' MY TIME
« on: October 28, 2006, 12:10:31 AM »
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were bidin' their time, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're bidin' their time, too.
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« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2006, 12:13:13 AM »
And the word of the day is: FURPHY!
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« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2006, 01:00:43 AM »
Quote from: bk on October 28, 2006, 12:13:13 AM
And the word of the day is: FURPHY!

fur-phy [ fur -fee ]
–noun, plural -phies. Australian.
a false report; rumor.

[Origin: 1910–15; after Furphy carts water and rubbish carts manufactured by the Furphy family of Shepparton, Victoria, and used during World War I; cf. parallel semantic development of SCUTTLEBUTT ]
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« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2006, 01:01:58 AM »
Yesterday, my sister and I went to Ikea and I spent a little more money than I thought I would, but I got a couple of bargains in the "as is" department, so that was good!  One was a lamp that just needed a light bulb and a shade.  It was basically just the post, base and the cord, but it had a note saying that it worked.  That was only $9 (I don't know how much it originally cost).  My sister has some lamp shades that will fit it and will look nice! :)
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« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2006, 01:03:28 AM »
The other real bargain that I got was a glass lazy susan kind of thing for TVs.  They had some in stock, but a sales person told us that they were defective because it was reported that they scraped the furniture underneath them (not balanced properly, I guess).  They were originally $25 and could hold up to 154 pounds of TV (mine is only about 60 pounds...I checked ;)).  Anyway, we saw some in the "as is" area for only $6, so I thought, what the heck!  I brought one home, put it on my TV stand and it turns with very little trouble!  And since it sticks over the edge of my wire TV stand, I'm not concerned about any scraping. ;) Good enough for me!  Now I can sit at my computer and turn just the TV towards me instead of having to move the whole TV cart! ;D
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« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2006, 01:05:05 AM »
But the main reason that we went to Ikea was so that I could get a couple of curtain wires and clips (my sister told me about these).  The wall that holds the skylight in my bedroom in the top floor of my place is at an angle and regular curtains that just hang straight down would look weird (and not block out any light), so I wanted something that could be attached to the wall at an angle (at both the top and bottom) and these are perfect!  You string the wire across the top and bottom of the skylight and then you can clip a piece of cloth to the wires and slide the curtain back and forth.  Pretty cool, huh?  Here's a picture of the set:

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« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2006, 01:12:22 AM »
As promised - Toronto photographs.
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« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2006, 01:13:28 AM »
I loved Toronto's architecture.
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« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2006, 01:15:00 AM »
Every city has its tower - and I hate heights.

(Which is why I am more comfortable with Ben and Ant)
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« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2006, 02:36:28 AM »
I love a Gershwin tune...how about you?
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« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2006, 02:56:47 AM »
As you can see, François, my little French boy isn't *that* tall! Here he is with my 5'10" better half on the left. Greg is coming home from Chicago today...huzzah!
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« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2006, 04:40:10 AM »
I certainly hope the news about Guy Haines Unplugged is NOT a furphy.

I only watched about an hour of THE CREATURE WITH AN ATOM BRAIN.  It turned out to be a Sam Katzman/Clover production for Columbia directed by Edward L. Cahn.  For a guy who started out directed Our Gang two reelers at MGM, Cahn can certainly make a SLOW movie.  This one was quicker than his usual 50's fare....but was VERY strange and not very entertaining.  To get to the "creatures", the two mad scientists had to put on those old radioactive suits with big square faces and crawl through a cloth tunnel that was billowing in the breeze.  It was a surreal image, but didn't help the total look of the movie.  I am guessing that Richard Denning conquered the scientists and the world was not destroyed, but I am just guessing.
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« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2006, 04:40:54 AM »
Nice Toronto pics, DR TOMovOZ....

Work today....whew!  Hopefully we will have more customers today and that it won't rain the ENTIRE day!
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« Reply #13 on: October 28, 2006, 04:41:41 AM »
Good vibes that the IMPORTANT thing goes Mr BK's way today.  Ole'. Okay? Yay!
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« Reply #14 on: October 28, 2006, 04:42:40 AM »
Worst restaurant experiences:

Well slow....extra slow....as in HOURS....service more than once at Denny's.  I don't go there anymore.  And the same EVERY time at Bob Evans....I don't go there anymore either.
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« Reply #15 on: October 28, 2006, 05:25:21 AM »
Off to work.  Heigh ho heigh ho.  BUT we do get one extra hour in the middle of the night tonight!
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« Reply #16 on: October 28, 2006, 05:32:32 AM »
Quote from: bk on October 28, 2006, 12:13:13 AM
And the word of the day is: FURPHY!
Casey would waltz
With a strawberry blonde -
The rumor that she was actually a he
being totally FURPHY, and instigated by
the band's trombonists.
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« Reply #17 on: October 28, 2006, 05:34:12 AM »
Quote from: George on October 28, 2006, 01:05:05 AM
But the main reason that we went to Ikea was so that I could get a couple of curtain wires and clips (my sister told me about these)....  Pretty cool, huh?  Here's a picture of the set:


They look like they could easily fit in that box you keep under your bed!

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« Reply #18 on: October 28, 2006, 05:43:13 AM »
President Muffley was shocked by the reporter's question at the press conference.  "Sir, I do not wear a merkin.  I AM a Merkin!  I mean, that is my given name!  Honestly, I do not know how these FURPHYS get started."
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« Reply #19 on: October 28, 2006, 05:44:39 AM »
No time to waste, we must get going up to Philly for der Brucer's class reunion.

And it's going to be very wet and rainy the entire time.

And I forgot to buy new shoelaces yesterday.   :P
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« Reply #20 on: October 28, 2006, 05:49:31 AM »
Good morning, all!  Today is truly an ugly, rainy and windy one.  I think I'll not trek to Toyland but instead go to the NYPL around noon if thinfs calm down.

This morning I shall work on The Brain and perhaps do my laundry if the basement is free.

I know I've had grisly waits for service ina resataurant but at the moment all I can think about is the laundry romm.  Perhaps later.
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« Reply #21 on: October 28, 2006, 06:04:42 AM »
Good morning DRs Elmore and FJL.
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« Reply #22 on: October 28, 2006, 06:13:51 AM »
Hoping the weather gets better, because we're going to the theater tonight at 59th and Park, to see SOUTHERN COMFORTS at Primary stages.  The Times review for this was quite lovely, but I'd rather not be soaked through and through from the weather outside while watching it.

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« Reply #23 on: October 28, 2006, 06:20:10 AM »
Here's a question for you: the out-of-town folks who changed their clocks and don't know that we don't change them in Arizona -- will they be early or late for the conference today?

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« Reply #24 on: October 28, 2006, 07:18:05 AM »
Good morning!

All that rain and blustery wind has moved away and left us with a completely stunning Saturday. Really beautiful outisde, not too cool and with the leaves changing colors, it's just magnificent outside.
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« Reply #25 on: October 28, 2006, 07:22:04 AM »
Of course, I've spent the majority of my morning inside. After my workout, I decided I had to clean out the walk-in closet in my office.

The upstairs room that I use as an office was once a bedroom, and in the narrow walk-in closet, I had allowed to accumulate stacks of books and such over the years. I had made my mind up I was going to clean that closet out and get things in some some of order so I could get to things. It took a good chunk of the early morning, but I got it done, and the space is so much more usable now.

Of course, I've got three boxes of throw away junk to lug downstairs and put in the garbage. And that garbage will sit around for a week. Pick-up was yesterday.
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« Reply #26 on: October 28, 2006, 07:22:59 AM »
Loved the Toronto pics, DR Tom. Thanks so much.

Thanks for the pic of your hubby, DR Edi. Glad he's coming home to you.
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« Reply #27 on: October 28, 2006, 07:32:17 AM »
The worst experience I ever had at a restaurant was in CLearwater Beach, Florida, and I'm hesitant to put the blame on the restaurant fully.

I was there with my best friend at the time and two gay couples. These couples were both financially wealthy, so they were used to getting what they wanted when they wanted it.

We had a waitress who was probably 70 years old (or more). She was doing the best she could, and at one point I talked to her and found out she was working so she could pay off some overdue medical bills for her husband. She was really a sweet woman and doing the best she could.

Well, she was slow to bring drinks, slow to bring appetizers, slow to bring the dinners, etc. She wasn't wasting time or not doing her job, but she just moved slowly (I honestly think she had arthritis in her knees), and finally my (ex-)friend Buddy flew off the handle by her telling her how terrible her service had been and generally making a scene in front of the entire restaurant. I was so embarrassed I wanted to crawl under the table. He totally overreacted to her slow performance, and while we were leaving, I went to the manager to put in a good word for the woman. She got everyone's orders perfectly right; it just took a little time to get from the kitchen to the table, especially with that many people to serve. She was only able to carry a couple of plates on a tray at a time thus needing to make several trips to bring everyone's orders.

That was mid-week on our vacation with these folks, but it was the last meal my friend Hal and I ate with Buddy and his partner.
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« Reply #28 on: October 28, 2006, 07:34:39 AM »
I still have two movies on the DVR: UNDERCURRENT with Hepburn and Robert Taylor and KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE (which I've never seen all the way through) along with Wednesday night's CSI: NY. I should be able to get through these today. As for DVDs for the day, I've made no decisions yet, but I have a hankering to watch a James Bond movie, sort of to get in the mood for CASINO ROYALE at the theater in the next month or so.
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« Reply #29 on: October 28, 2006, 07:55:58 AM »
Guess I'll start6 lugging those boxes downstairs.

WBBL.
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