Topic: GONNA FLY NOW (Read 62137 times)

bk · « **Reply #210 on:** December 22, 2006, 03:43:45 PM »

I'm very disorganized with all the piled-up DVDs - tomorrow shall be spent sorting them out so I can at least find things.

bk · « **Reply #211 on:** December 22, 2006, 03:44:17 PM »

And one for Mahler.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #212 on:** December 22, 2006, 03:46:10 PM »

Out here, if you call the gas company and say anything about a gas leak, they'll have someone there in less than an hour. And they don't charge.

You don't have to worry about carbon monoxide if the heater doesn't work. Carbon monoxide is what you get from a furnace that works but improperly.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #213 on:** December 22, 2006, 03:48:27 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on December 22, 2006, 03:42:08 PM

Doesn't covering up for/hiding from the press present a negative image?

der Brucer

Not in this case. I can't explain why without saying things I can't talk about, so you'll just have to believe me

George · « **Reply #214 on:** December 22, 2006, 03:49:11 PM »

Quote from: MBarnum on December 22, 2006, 12:31:44 PM

Hutch (but no Starsky) and his assistant, from Jet Heating, called and said the temp patch on the leaky gas heater was done and it was up and running.

I asked how it could be running when it had been turned off from inside the house...and they had no access to the inside of the house.

So I drove home and turned the thermostat on. Nothing. They had hooked something up wrong.

They crawled back under the house and started over while I waited ...I playing with Bosco and then doing the dishes.

I have heat now. Don't know whether my house will not blow up...but time will tell.

I am going to have the gas company come out and double check it just to make me feel better...but quite frankly I am terrified to even use this darn gas heater.

And I thought I had problems with a busted pipe!

~~~No More Leaking Gas Vibes for MBarnum!!~~~

Cillaliz · « **Reply #215 on:** December 22, 2006, 03:49:36 PM »

I may watch a DVD I ordered for my mother. It's a Biography on R.H. Macy, one of my ancestors.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #216 on:** December 22, 2006, 03:51:20 PM »

MBarnum, if you're concerned, call the gas company again! It's their job to check on this sort of thing and they don't want to deal with a house that explodes.

Interesting, my mother said their furnace went out today and the first "Temporary fix" didn't work, so they had to have it "temporarily fixed" again

Ginny · « **Reply #217 on:** December 22, 2006, 03:52:34 PM »

Whew! I just finished all my package-wrapping! And I left the package-wrapping table all nice and tidy for DH Richard and DS Rob to get down there tomorrow and do theirs

Cillaliz · « **Reply #218 on:** December 22, 2006, 03:55:14 PM »

I need to wrap packages tonight. I think I have all my shopping done and doing the wrapping may be the best way to figure that out. I do need a silly gift for a friend I exchange silly gifts with. I'm really glad I'm not going to my parents' house until Sunday. I have all day tomorrow to do laundry, clean the house, do some last minute shopping and go to a party in the evening at a friend's house I've been dying to see (the house, that is). I'm not going to stay there long. I have to get up early Sunday and hit the road...

George · « **Reply #219 on:** December 22, 2006, 03:57:11 PM »

Quote from: bk on December 22, 2006, 01:55:00 PM

I'm determined to get to 22,000 posts before the end of the year.

I don't really think that that's going to be a problem.

bk · « **Reply #220 on:** December 22, 2006, 04:15:49 PM »

Package wrapping - I must do some at some point.

bk · « **Reply #221 on:** December 22, 2006, 04:16:06 PM »

I'm thinking three hundred postings again.

bk · « **Reply #222 on:** December 22, 2006, 04:16:50 PM »

I'm getting very hungry and am looking forward to having my special pasta at Louise's along with my special salad at Louise's along with my special bread at Louise's.

bk · « **Reply #223 on:** December 22, 2006, 04:17:25 PM »

Only 140 postings to go until 22,000 postings.

FJL · « **Reply #224 on:** December 22, 2006, 04:23:21 PM »

Skip made a great shrimp scampi over angel hair. I call the dish Skip's Scampi.

FJL · « **Reply #225 on:** December 22, 2006, 04:24:23 PM »

Did you know every time a bell rings at Christmas time, an angel loses a hair?

François · « **Reply #226 on:** December 22, 2006, 04:24:27 PM »

Care to listen to a joyous festive musical radio show? Why not tune to this radio?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/concertorchestra/concert_diary/fridaynight.shtml

Here's the programme:

Friday Night is Music Night - 22 December 2006
Michael Reed conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra with special guest John Barrowman.

Also featuring Helen Dallimore, Matt Rawle, the Crouch End Festival Chorus and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland.

BROADWAY OVERTURE
Larry Blank

DON’T RAIN ON MY PARADE John Barrowman
Styne/Merrill
John Barrowman

HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE
Martin/Blane arr. Moore BBC
John Barrowman

JOY TO THE WORLD
Handel arr Lowell Mason
Crouch End Festival Chorus

SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME
Pomus/Schuman arr. Alan Prosser
John Barrowman

THE WIZARD AND I
S. Schwartz arr. Chris Egan
John Barrowman

POPULAR
S. Schwartz arr. Chris Egan
Helen Dallimore

YOU’RE THE TOP
Cole Porter arr. Bateman
John Barrowman and Helen Dallimore

ONE
Hamlisch/Kleban
Crouch End Festival Chorus

WHAT I DID FOR LOVE
Hamlisch/Kleban
John Barrowman

ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
Trad French (Eng Lyrics James Chadwick)
John Barrowman
Crouch End Festival Chorus

Part Two

MASQUERADE
A Lloyd Webber/Charles Hart
Crouch End Festival Chorus

ANYTHING GOES
Porter
John Barrowman

MOON RIVER John Barrowman
Mancini
John Barrowman
Beverly Holt (Piano)/Richard Watson (Bass)

I AM WHAT I AM
Herman arr.Tyler
John Barrowman

YOU’RE NOTHING WITHOUT ME
Cy Coleman/David Zippel
John Barrowman and Matt Rawle

OH WHAT A CIRCUS
Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice
Matt Rawle
Crouch End Festival Chorus

O HOLY NIGHT Adam/Cappeau/Sullivan arr. Roy Moore
John Barrowman
Crouch End Festival Chorus

WHITE CHRISTMAS
Irving Berlin arr. Martin Williams
John Barrowman

A PERFECT YEAR
Lloyd Webber/ Black/Hampton=
John Barrownman

AMAZING GRACE/LOCH LOMOND
Newton/Trad arr. Blank
John Barrownman
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

AULD LANG SYNE
Trad attrib Burns arr. Cedric Thorpe Davies
John Barrowman, Helen Dallimore and Matt Rawle
Crouch End Festival Chorus
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

MY GROWN UP CHRISTMAS LIST
Linda Thompson Jenner arr. Coleman
John Barrowman

CHRISTMAS MEDLEY
Leroy Anderson
John Barrowman, Helen Dallimore and Matt Rawle
Crouch End Festival Chorus
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #227 on:** December 22, 2006, 04:25:08 PM »

Quote from: Cillaliz on December 22, 2006, 03:48:27 PM

Not in this case. I can't explain why without saying things I can't talk about, so you'll just have to believe me

A reasonable request.

How about this case?:

Associated Press

Quote

Texas Teen Fights Removal of Bullet From His Forehead
Friday , December 22, 2006

PORT ARTHUR, Texas — In the middle of Joshua Bush's forehead, two inches above his eyes, lies the evidence that prosecutors say could send the teenager to prison for attempted murder: a 9 mm bullet, lodged just under the skin.
Prosecutors say it will prove that Bush, 17, tried to kill the owner of a used-car lot after a robbery in July. And they have obtained a search warrant to extract the slug.

But Bush and his lawyer are fighting the removal, in a legal and medical oddity that raises questions about patient privacy and how far the government can go to solve crimes without running afoul of the constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.
…
A judge took the unusual step of issuing a search warrant to retrieve the bullet from Bush's head in October. But a Beaumont doctor determined that small pieces of bone were growing around the slug, and he did not have the proper tools in the emergency room to do it. The doctor said that removal would require surgery under general anesthesia and that no operating rooms were available.
…
All sides agree that removing the bullet would not be life-threatening.

Excuse me? Since when is going under general anesthesia not life threatening?

My prior service as a Navy Trial Counsel and confessed supporter of most wireless wiretaps and many parts of the Patriot Act should support my credentials as "Tough On Criminals" - but: surely the right to search and seizure stops where the scalpel under general anesthesia begins!

Perhaps if the object were a capsule containing the location of a hidden atomic device or killer-gas cylinder fused for detonation, I would agree; but this is just a case of the DA looking for evidence to ramp up a robbery charge to attempted murder (where the victim was uninjured).

Sign me Mr. Softie

der Brucer

FJL · « **Reply #228 on:** December 22, 2006, 04:25:16 PM »

I have no idea what i'm talking about, but I am close to post #4200.

FJL · « **Reply #229 on:** December 22, 2006, 04:26:35 PM »

I like the idea of the Crouch End Festival chorus. it conjures up a certain image.

FJL · « **Reply #230 on:** December 22, 2006, 04:27:57 PM »

Especially if John Barrowman is appearing with the Crouch End Festival chorus.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #231 on:** December 22, 2006, 04:30:06 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 22, 2006, 12:28:59 PM

This DA is a moron, and the whole things smacks of the Tiwana Brawley embarassment of the 1980s. I hope the DA is dismissed when his term iis up for renewal.

He just got re-elected so it will be a while!

der Brucer