Topic: PUT THE BLAME ON MAME (Read 9868 times)

bk · « **Reply #90 on:** July 21, 2016, 05:09:38 PM »

Second work session went very well.

bk · « **Reply #91 on:** July 21, 2016, 05:11:10 PM »

Page four? Really?

ChasSmith · « **Reply #92 on:** July 21, 2016, 05:37:05 PM »

I put the blame on Mame.

Jeanne · « **Reply #93 on:** July 21, 2016, 05:42:00 PM »

Hello, everyone.

Jeanne · « **Reply #94 on:** July 21, 2016, 05:46:27 PM »

I saw my Thai Torturer today. I knew he'd talk about the election. He has some interesting insights. Don't know where they come from, but we chat as he digs his thumbs into my scar tissue. I swear I want to hit him at times. It does help me, but it's tough to go through.

Jeanne · « **Reply #95 on:** July 21, 2016, 05:50:17 PM »

Sorry to hear Jane's sad news.

I have some of my own. I had a call early this morning from a good friend. Her daughter is in intensive care and isn't expected to live. Anna's known this was coming for at least a year now. There's nothing more the doctors can do. Her daughter is in her forties. The cause? Drugs.

Jeanne · « **Reply #96 on:** July 21, 2016, 05:52:39 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on July 21, 2016, 11:12:49 AM

It's a regular size GE bottom-freezer model, replacing a counter-depth side-by-side one. I wanted to change the configuration because, whether absolutely true or not, it makes more sense to me to keep the coldest air where it settles, and not have it fly out the door every time you open it. Also, while the old GE Profile (counter depth) was nice looking with the cabinets, there ain't nothing wrong with a full depth model, especially when it's on the end like this.

I had a bottom freezer once and really liked it, for the same reason DR Ginny stated. I'd never seen one with side-by-side doors above, though. Hope you're very happy with it.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #97 on:** July 21, 2016, 05:57:59 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on July 21, 2016, 05:52:39 PM

Quote from: ChasSmith on July 21, 2016, 11:12:49 AM
It's a regular size GE bottom-freezer model, replacing a counter-depth side-by-side one. I wanted to change the configuration because, whether absolutely true or not, it makes more sense to me to keep the coldest air where it settles, and not have it fly out the door every time you open it. Also, while the old GE Profile (counter depth) was nice looking with the cabinets, there ain't nothing wrong with a full depth model, especially when it's on the end like this.

I had a bottom freezer once and really liked it, for the same reason DR Ginny stated. I'd never seen once with side-by-side doors above, though. Hope you're very happy with it.

They're very 'in' now, and they're called French Door models. I never knew about them before starting to look around last week.

Jeanne · « **Reply #98 on:** July 21, 2016, 06:01:53 PM »

DR John G, you are very fortunate that your employer is so flexible with leave. After my mother died I needed to return to California to help my dad take care of all sorts of things. I asked for an unpaid leave. I was told no, that they didn't want to do the paperwork! They advised me to quit, then let them know when I was ready to return. My immediate boss told me to look for a job with a better company. Those were my feelings, too.

Jeanne · « **Reply #99 on:** July 21, 2016, 06:04:12 PM »

It was a real surprise how many co-workers approached me at work before my departure to say how much they admired what I was doing. What?! It had never occurred to me to do otherwise.

Jeanne · « **Reply #100 on:** July 21, 2016, 06:10:03 PM »

Glad to hear your dental visit was relatively smooth, DR Chas.

I have another one coming up next week and will be glad to have it behind me.

Did you know that the average dentist makes more money than most doctors?

Jeanne · « **Reply #101 on:** July 21, 2016, 06:10:40 PM »

TTFN.

bk · « **Reply #102 on:** July 21, 2016, 06:15:43 PM »

Back from a two-and-a-half mile jog. Before the second rehearsal I ate two of my low-cal hot dogs on the low-cal buns - the two together nets 330 calories (I know, amazing, right) and then I just jogged off about 250 calories, so I'm down to 80 - instead of doing what I was thinking about, I'm making a very small portion of Wacky Noodles - 400 calories of pasta exactly, and with the other stuff that goes in I should net out right at 1000 calories for the day.

John G. · « **Reply #103 on:** July 21, 2016, 06:29:13 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on July 21, 2016, 06:01:53 PM

DR John G, you are very fortunate that your employer is so flexible with leave. After my mother died I needed to return to California to help my dad take care of all sorts of things. I asked for an unpaid leave. I was told no, that they didn't want to do the paperwork! They advised me to quit, then let them know when I was ready to return. My immediate boss told me to look for a job with a better company. Those were my feelings, too.

I can't begin to tell you, Jeanne, of how blessed I feel because my employer talks about putting family first. And they mean it. I've seen co-workers on all levels leave, even with projects hanging in the balance, because of a lockdown at one of their children's schools or because of some other family-related emergency.

With desk space at a premium now, it will be good to have me working from home, even if that home is in Louisville. One of my co-workers lives in Colorado Springs and does everything from her home. Another co-worker here in San Antonio decided he didn't want to brave the traffic anymore, so he works from home. Both are on my immediate team. Another co-worker decided she wanted to work at our downtown office, and everyone was fine with that. None of this interferes with our getting the job done.

John G. · « **Reply #104 on:** July 21, 2016, 06:29:29 PM »

Vibes of comfort for DR Jane.

John G. · « **Reply #105 on:** July 21, 2016, 06:32:15 PM »

Starting to watch Wim Wenders' Alice in the Cities, about a German journalist in America who becomes more interested in photography than in writing. Interesting German indy that I somehow missed. It's the first of that recently released Criterion trilogy. The black and white photography, recently restored, is gorgeous.

John G. · « **Reply #106 on:** July 21, 2016, 06:37:15 PM »

TOD:

I love Kerry's list, especially You'll Never Get Rich, which isn't a great movie, but all five Cole Porter songs are overlooked gems. You Were Never Lovelier has a great Mercer-Kern score, including I'm Old Fashioned and Dearly Beloved as well as the Shorty George.

Cover Girl, Lady from Shanghai, Down to Earth, Gilda and Only Angels Have Wings are other faves.

John G. · « **Reply #107 on:** July 21, 2016, 06:39:03 PM »

Why, when it was 102 outside, did I get a hot cup of decaf from McDonald's? And why, despite the heat, did I enjoy it so much?

Jane · « **Reply #108 on:** July 21, 2016, 06:58:01 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on July 21, 2016, 05:50:17 PM

Sorry to hear Jane's sad news.

I have some of my own. I had a call early this morning from a good friend. Her daughter is in intensive care and isn't expected to live. Anna's known this was coming for at least a year now. There's nothing more the doctors can do. Her daughter is in her forties. The cause? Drugs.

Double sad news

Jane · « **Reply #109 on:** July 21, 2016, 06:58:51 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on July 21, 2016, 06:01:53 PM

DR John G, you are very fortunate that your employer is so flexible with leave. After my mother died I needed to return to California to help my dad take care of all sorts of things. I asked for an unpaid leave. I was told no, that they didn't want to do the paperwork! They advised me to quit, then let them know when I was ready to return. My immediate boss told me to look for a job with a better company. Those were my feelings, too.

That was rather crummy of them, sorry. I hope something good came out of it.

Jane · « **Reply #110 on:** July 21, 2016, 06:59:32 PM »

Thank you DR John.

John G. · « **Reply #111 on:** July 21, 2016, 07:18:15 PM »

Vibes for Jeanne.

John G. · « **Reply #112 on:** July 21, 2016, 07:18:41 PM »

Here's a very funny interview with Laura Benanti on her Melania Trump impersonation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/arts/television/laura-benanti-on-her-transformation-into-melania-trump-on-colberts-late-show.html?_r=2

Laura · « **Reply #113 on:** July 21, 2016, 07:36:35 PM »

Good evening.

John G. · « **Reply #114 on:** July 21, 2016, 08:02:18 PM »

Good night, all.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #115 on:** July 21, 2016, 08:31:18 PM »

Well, GILDA is an incredible movie.

Jane · « **Reply #116 on:** July 21, 2016, 08:36:08 PM »

We just watched REMEMBER with Christopher Plummer, excellent.

TCB · « **Reply #117 on:** July 21, 2016, 09:50:20 PM »

Good evening!

TCB · « **Reply #118 on:** July 21, 2016, 09:50:47 PM »

Who am I talking to anyway?

TCB · « **Reply #119 on:** July 21, 2016, 09:51:02 PM »

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