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[Matt H.]

The dinner party was simply wonderful. I had three blue whales for cocktails. (This is the Windex-looking drink Emory mixes in BOYS IN THE BANDS). Dinner was delicious, and we had mandarine orange cake for dessert.

I also got some great DVDs I really wanted like the other two Hitchcock Legacy editions I didn't already have (PSYCHO, REAR WINDOW so I can now get rid of those inferion original editions), PETE KELLY'S BLUES, and others.

And wonderful conversation with three very close and dear friends I don't get to spend nearly enough time with.

[Matt H.]

Page Ten Dance!!!

[Matt H.]

Driving home it was VERY FOGGY! Since I retired, I am rarely on the road early in the morning or late at night when fog is at its worst here, and tonight it was just terrible. Took me a long time to get home since visibility was so poor.

[Druxy]

DR Druxy, is it hobnail milk glass or is it smooth?  There are many replacement sites online. Do you have any photos with the lamp in it? 

I don't think we have any pictures.  There was some sort of raised pattern on it.  If you know of any websites, please let me know.  Thanks.

My wife is SOOO depressed over this.

[Dan (the Man)]

DR Druxy, I apologize for making light of your lamp earlier.

[Dan (the Man)]

Well, as Tom Cruise reminds us, "We have to kill Hitler!"

[Druxy]

DR Druxy, I apologize for making light of your lamp earlier.

I didn't think that you were...or are you now?

Sorry, I'm a little slow tonight.

The logistics of this upcoming move...even though it's over 3 months away...is overwhelming.

[Matt H.]

Heading downstairs to bed now.

Good night!

[JoseSPiano]

Intermission...

The first half of Paul Groves' recital was amazing. The Britten cycle was exquisite!  I am one happy Music Geek and Music Lover!

*And his pianist, Pedja Muzijevic, is a-mah-zing too!

I wish there were more recordings of Paul Groves out there. - well recordings of stuff that elderly "Austrian "pensioners would enjoy.  He is the reason I like the televised Candide and even cope with Patti in order to hear him.

I wish he was better represented on record too. -Especially since he's always singing something, somewhere.  But tonight...

WOW!

The opening Beethoven cycle was most definitely not just a "warm-up" for the Britten.  And the Britten cycle, well, I don't think I've "felt" an audience more enraptured and captivated by a performer.  Everyone seemed to be listening and truly paying attention.  It was nice to see that most of the audience members around me just sat back and listened, instead of burying their heads in the program translations.  His German diction was spot on, and his English was totally intelligible and communicative.

Then came the Fauré to start off the second half - the Francophile in me suddenly came to life again.  I'm so used to very "prim and proper" interpretations of French mélodies, but Mr. Groves rode that very fine line between a "recital" voice and an "opera house" voice, and managed the perfect balance.  I've never heard "La Bonne Chanson" sung so emotively and expressively.  And the closing Rachmaninov set, just when I thought things could not get better, well, they did.  And even his encores - another Rachmaninov and Duparc's sublime "Soupir" - which was dedicated to the memory of his Juilliard vocal coach - were sung as deeply as the rest of his program, they were not "throw-offs".

And I really do have to give "props" to his pianist, Pedja Muzijevic.  His playing in the Britten cycle was astonishing, and he managed to make some truly "thorny" music not at all prickly.  And in the Fauré and Rachmaninov, his contributions were equally as important and moving as his vocal partner.

[bk]

Tell me how I access my AOL filing cabinet if I don't have AOL account anymore.

Your AOL "filing cabinet" is always available offline.  Just mouse over your menu bar.  You'll see selections for "Saved Mail" - both received and sent messages.  -Or just click on "Help", and search for "Filing Cabinet".

Mouse over WHAT menu bar?  If I'm not on AOL, haven't launched AOL since I'm going to get rid of it at long last (unless someone can provide me with a specific news story that this constant getting booted off today and tonight is weather-related - I mean I can log on, but the minute I open an e-mail, read it, and then close it, AOL "quits" - it's happened seven times and I am done).  So, just which menu bar am I mousing over?  I've got a Safari menu bar and a Finder menu bar.

[JoseSPiano]

Tell me how I access my AOL filing cabinet if I don't have AOL account anymore.

Your AOL "filing cabinet" is always available offline.  Just mouse over your menu bar.  You'll see selections for "Saved Mail" - both received and sent messages.  -Or just click on "Help", and search for "Filing Cabinet".

Mouse over WHAT menu bar?  If I'm not on AOL, haven't launched AOL since I'm going to get rid of it at long last (unless someone can provide me with a specific news story that this constant getting booted off today and tonight is weather-related - I mean I can log on, but the minute I open an e-mail, read it, and then close it, AOL "quits" - it's happened seven times and I am done).  So, just which menu bar am I mousing over?  I've got a Safari menu bar and a Finder menu bar.

Start AOL, but don't log on.  -You must have it set to Log In automatically, I'm guessing.  AOL does operate "offline" - that's how you can compose e-mails offline, and then send them later.

Which version of AOL are you using? 9.0 for Mac? or the AOL Desktop?

[JoseSPiano]

bk - As for AOL's connectivity issues... It happens.  Even with programs other than AOL.  Just deal with it.  And breathe.

*And you can also set up the Mac's Mail client to "fetch" your AOL mail - like it does on the iPhone.  Then each time you get an email you want to save, you just drag it to the "Saved" folder - and you can even set up different folder for different types of correspondence.

**I'd really suggest just making a Genius Bar appointment, and having someone walk you through it... Since you don't believe in reading instructions. 

[JoseSPiano]

Tell me how I access my AOL filing cabinet if I don't have AOL account anymore.

Your AOL "filing cabinet" is always available offline.  Just mouse over your menu bar.  You'll see selections for "Saved Mail" - both received and sent messages.  -Or just click on "Help", and search for "Filing Cabinet".

Mouse over WHAT menu bar?  If I'm not on AOL, haven't launched AOL since I'm going to get rid of it at long last (unless someone can provide me with a specific news story that this constant getting booted off today and tonight is weather-related - I mean I can log on, but the minute I open an e-mail, read it, and then close it, AOL "quits" - it's happened seven times and I am done).  So, just which menu bar am I mousing over?  I've got a Safari menu bar and a Finder menu bar.

Part Deux:

File -> Filing Cabinet
Mail -> Incoming/Saved Mail (which is kept in your "Filing Cabinet")

[DERBRUCER]

Tell me how I access my AOL filing cabinet if I don't have AOL account anymore.

Open the AOL software on your computer.

Look under the Mail pull-down for "Saved on My Pc (Filing Cabinet)

der Brucer

[singdaw]

SO WHAT IS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's not probably something you're going to want to make at home.  It involves three recipes of two pages each.

If it's a slow day at the office tomorrow, my holiday gift to HHW will be to re-type it and post it here.   

[DERBRUCER]

Always a bridesmaid....to Jose's bride

der Brucer 

[JoseSPiano]

Always a bridesmaid....to Jose's bride

der Brucer 

Wha'?!?!?

[Cillaliz]

DR Druxy, is it hobnail milk glass or is it smooth?  There are many replacement sites online. Do you have any photos with the lamp in it? 

I don't think we have any pictures.  There was some sort of raised pattern on it.  If you know of any websites, please let me know.  Thanks.

My wife is SOOO depressed over this.

http://www.antiquelampsupply.com/category/161/

https://lampglass.nu/store.php

http://www.hoylelamps.com/Styles%20Glass.htm

Here are just a few.  Not knowing what it looks like I can't narrow it down more.  If you have a photo of the stand I'm sure a lighting store or online specialist could help you .  There are a lot of replacements out there.

[Cillaliz]

You're going to have to look around these sites.  There are all sorts of shades on them.  I'm sure you'll find a replacement.  I know you can't bring it back, but the lamp is still there, it will just have a new shade. 

[Cillaliz]

SO WHAT IS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's not probably something you're going to want to make at home.  It involves three recipes of two pages each.

If it's a slow day at the office tomorrow, my holiday gift to HHW will be to re-type it and post it here.  

that would be a gift indeed!

[singdaw]

The Bride of Jose...

My next feature film!   

[singdaw]

Thanks for the recital report, DR JoseSPiano!  Since I don't get to a lot of these, it makes me feel great to experience them vicariously through you.

[Cillaliz]

Well it's snowing like crazy outside.  At least we didn't get the ice here that they are getting farther south.  Think I'll get some sleep. I know I'll be moving snow in the morning.

[DERBRUCER]

DR Druxy, is it hobnail milk glass or is it smooth?  There are many replacement sites online. Do you have any photos with the lamp in it? 

I don't think we have any pictures.  There was some sort of raised pattern on it.  If you know of any websites, please let me know.  Thanks.

Can you find the style of lamp  HERE?

der Brucer

[Cillaliz]

Iowa Town Uses Garlic Salt To Fight Snow, Ice

 
The Associated Press

Published: December 18, 2008

ANKENY, Iowa - Slush has never smelled so spicy.

City crews in the Des Moines suburb of Ankeny are using garlic salt to melt snow and ice on streets from Tuesday's storm.

The salt was donated by Tone Brothers Inc., a top spice producer with headquarters in Ankeny.

Public Works Administrator Al Olson says the company donated 18,000 pounds of garlic salt to use on its 400 miles of roads.

Olson doesn't have details, but he says the salt would have ended up in the landfill, so the company donated it. A telephone call Wednesday to Tone Brothers wasn't immediately returned.

Olson says the city mixed the garlic salt with regular road salt and it works fine. He says some road workers say it makes them hungry, but Olson doesn't recommend it to spice up lunch or dinner.

[bk]

Okay, I did that and that part is fine.  The question is, if I call tomorrow and cancel my account, do I still launch AOL the way I do now to get those options?  And if I give up the account, how do I access my e-mail?  Through aol.com?

[DERBRUCER]

Always a bridesmaid....to Jose's bride

der Brucer 

Wha'?!?!?

You posted the answer to BK's question right before mine posted.

der Brucer

[DERBRUCER]

And if I give up the account, how do I access my e-mail?  Through aol.com?

No - if you give up your account I believe you lose your Email.

(Unless things have changed)

der Brucer

[JoseSPiano]

Okay, I did that and that part is fine.  The question is, if I call tomorrow and cancel my account, do I still launch AOL the way I do now to get those options?  And if I give up the account, how do I access my e-mail?  Through aol.com?

What do you mean "cancel"?  By canceling, that means that you're going to change e-mail carriers, and that will disable your AOL account, your AOL e-mail address.  -Which I don't think is what you want to do.

Or are simply saying that you wish to stop using the AOL Mac client, and just get your AOL mail via the web and/or the Mac Mail client?

Are you already on the "free" AOL plan?

Questions, questions, questions..

[DERBRUCER]

SO WHAT IS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's not probably something you're going to want to make at home.  It involves three recipes of two pages each.

If it's a slow day at the office tomorrow, my holiday gift to HHW will be to re-type it and post it here.  

that would be a gift indeed!

And if that's too much bother, he could always ship each of us our own Monkey Cake.

der Brucer