Topic: LEFTOVER PITH (Read 6914 times)

vixmom · « **Reply #30 on:** January 09, 2016, 06:48:31 AM »

And I am back from the dentist. They open at 8 today so I called at 7:45 thinking I would leave message... The dentist picked up himself, said he had just had a cancellation and he could see me right way. His office is just a few blocks away so by 8 am I was sitting in the dentist chair

vixmom · « **Reply #31 on:** January 09, 2016, 06:48:44 AM »

Page two tooth dance

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wVgAzbuKjZY

vixmom · « **Reply #32 on:** January 09, 2016, 06:54:55 AM »

I am hungry and would love some coffee but until the numbness wears off I can have neither food nor drink

Jane · « **Reply #33 on:** January 09, 2016, 07:19:56 AM »

Quote from: TCB on January 09, 2016, 01:08:31 AM

Quote from: Jane on January 09, 2016, 12:56:15 AM
I think I might be able to fall asleep...'night.

Happy to be able to help!

LOL, it was late.

Jane · « **Reply #34 on:** January 09, 2016, 07:23:17 AM »

DR Vixmom it sounds like he was able to fix your tooth without the need for a return trip.

Laura · « **Reply #35 on:** January 09, 2016, 07:51:16 AM »

Good morning.

TOD: I don't answer the phone and we don't have caller ID. If anyone wants us, they leave a message. We also turned off the ringer, so we don't even hear the phone ring.

If you know me, you probably have my cell number.

vixmom · « **Reply #36 on:** January 09, 2016, 08:39:01 AM »

Quote from: Jane on January 09, 2016, 07:23:17 AM

DR Vixmom it sounds like he was able to fix your tooth without the need for a return trip.

It's a temporary fix. Another crown is in my future

vixmom · « **Reply #37 on:** January 09, 2016, 08:40:35 AM »

But first a couple of root canals, a couple of implants and a permanent bridge

vixmom · « **Reply #38 on:** January 09, 2016, 08:41:09 AM »

I believe I am now our dentists favorite patient

vixmom · « **Reply #39 on:** January 09, 2016, 08:43:31 AM »

Since it appears I will singlehandly be paying for his son's bar mitzvah

vixmom · « **Reply #40 on:** January 09, 2016, 08:44:00 AM »

I had better receive an invitation

bk · « **Reply #41 on:** January 09, 2016, 08:44:20 AM »

I'm up, I'm up, only five and a half hours, but I guess I'll try to zone out later and get another couple of hours.

bk · « **Reply #42 on:** January 09, 2016, 08:45:31 AM »

I of course have caller ID, but when, for example, you're on the phone and you get an incoming call and it's a regular number in your area code, the inclination is to think it's real. That's what these nefarious butt cheeks do now - spoof real phone numbers.

Jane · « **Reply #43 on:** January 09, 2016, 08:45:39 AM »

Quote from: vixmom on January 09, 2016, 08:39:01 AM

Quote from: Jane on January 09, 2016, 07:23:17 AM
DR Vixmom it sounds like he was able to fix your tooth without the need for a return trip.

It's a temporary fix. Another crown is in my future

Too bad. At least the next visit won't require an injection to numb it.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #44 on:** January 09, 2016, 08:46:11 AM »

Jane · « **Reply #45 on:** January 09, 2016, 08:46:29 AM »

Quote from: vixmom on January 09, 2016, 08:40:35 AM

But first a couple of root canals, a couple of implants and a permanent bridge

I either forgot or missed the part about root canals. You have my sympathy.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #46 on:** January 09, 2016, 08:47:51 AM »

I am using the OLD OLD OLD Apple G4 computer.....and it is slower than a stubborn mule.

I am not sure I will be able to post much until I get my computer back. The man said probably TUESDAY!!!

He said there were more problems than he thought....which is about what I thought.

So we shall see. I shall return......

bk · « **Reply #47 on:** January 09, 2016, 08:51:52 AM »

As I was posting the post above the phone rang - this time the caller ID identified them - I think next time I'll pick up and tell them I'm reporting them if I get one more call and reference the huge fine and payout they're having to do. I will also tell them I'm recording the call - that's one trick to get them off the line instantly.

Matthew · « **Reply #48 on:** January 09, 2016, 08:58:50 AM »

Good morning

Matthew · « **Reply #49 on:** January 09, 2016, 08:59:12 AM »

TOD - I never answer the phone unless I know who it is - and even then.... well, nevermind.

Matthew · « **Reply #50 on:** January 09, 2016, 09:00:50 AM »

I'm off to a Jerry's Girls vocal rehearsal. We'll see how they all sound as a group. Individually, they are are top notch. There are 16 of them!! Of course, a few have conflicts today, but that's how theatre works now.... and this is why I've grown to not like doing it!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #51 on:** January 09, 2016, 09:49:00 AM »

I've been searching for photos of the interior of the original Tower Records store, and they seem to be quite scarce. Scarcer still is anything on Tower Classical across the street (I've found nothing so far on that one). But I found this page with a photo and two videos that, in spite of their primitive quality, are priceless:

http://psychrock.com/tower-records-on-sunset-in-1971/

Edit: Those videos didn't fully load for me on Firefox, but worked fine on Chrome.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #52 on:** January 09, 2016, 09:56:06 AM »

BK, have you watched the documentary "All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records", and did you comment on it at some point? If you did and I'm forgetting, I want to go back and read it.

I'll of course watch the thing with hope that it will be worthwhile, but this type of thing so often leaves much to be desired.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #53 on:** January 09, 2016, 10:01:21 AM »

Also, BK, do you have any photos of the record store in Beverly Hills you loved as a kid -- the one in the Kritzer books, and where I think you started on Brubeck?

I guess we could say I'm in record store mode today.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #54 on:** January 09, 2016, 10:11:43 AM »

And I get very pithy about record store closings.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #55 on:** January 09, 2016, 10:34:51 AM »

Today, out of the blue, the post office delivered the two packages from Monday and Wednesday, after amazon refunded me the full amount. So, I had to contact Amazon and ask them to bill me again for them.

They're killing me!

bk · « **Reply #56 on:** January 09, 2016, 01:23:26 PM »

Had a good and quick work session, did a tiny bit of futzing and finessing, had a slightly irritating e-mail that will hopefully turn out fine, and had an omelet and a bagel.

bk · « **Reply #57 on:** January 09, 2016, 01:25:17 PM »

In a completely irritating turn of events, next week's Kritzerland show is moving to a slightly earlier time that day (the 17th). The club took a last-minute booking that paid a lot of money and so we can't do the evening. If it had to happen on a show this one is the least problematic. So, doors will open at three, show will be at four, but the good news is there will be NO food or drink minimums. Unbelievable really, and perhaps the end of our time at The Federal, unless they are willing to abide by what I want should this happen again, which is that if they cancel or change us less than three weeks ahead of a show, they will have to pay for the singers, musical director, me, and the co-producer. I think if there's a cost involved they will think twice about this crap.

bk · « **Reply #58 on:** January 09, 2016, 01:26:03 PM »

I'll see if I can find any photos of the record store - I've never actually looked. Haven't seen the Tower documentary.

George · « **Reply #59 on:** January 09, 2016, 01:29:43 PM »

Quote from: bk on January 09, 2016, 08:51:52 AM

As I was posting the post above the phone rang - this time the caller ID identified them - I think next time I'll pick up and tell them I'm reporting them if I get one more call and reference the huge fine and payout they're having to do. I will also tell them I'm recording the call - that's one trick to get them off the line instantly.

If you want them to hang up quickly, you could answer the phone with, "Hello, you're on the air!" That would probably scare them.

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