Topic: THE WEE BONNIE NOTES (Read 34073 times)

Michael · « **Reply #210 on:** April 14, 2005, 07:21:21 PM »

I am listening tonight to a lot of BK produced cds. They make me feel good and unlike alcohol they don't give you a hangover.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #211 on:** April 14, 2005, 07:21:48 PM »

Quote from: Jane on April 14, 2005, 07:19:23 PM

Sweet elmore I'm not perfect. I'm sure Keith will tell you I'm far from it.

Sorry you are bummed out now.

You can call me on your cell phone and tell me that!

Michael · « **Reply #212 on:** April 14, 2005, 07:23:20 PM »

A kilty page 8 dance

elmore3003 · « **Reply #213 on:** April 14, 2005, 07:23:29 PM »

Quote from: Ginny on April 14, 2005, 07:16:36 PM

BIG HINT - she moved away and married someone tall.

DR's, it's been a fun day, talking about tonsils and typewriters and such, but I must go. Tomorrow's another day of handing out tax forms to the desperate 'night!

Well, duh! I have no idea. Was it Andrea? I've never seen her husband, but it sounds like something funny she might do. I'd love to know how she is.

Joey · « **Reply #214 on:** April 14, 2005, 07:28:55 PM »

Quote from: Ginny on April 14, 2005, 06:27:33 PM

It's really interesting in the library as the April 15 tax deadline approaches. We distribute tax forms and it's frightening the questions people ask. Like, "Which one's the state form?" Uh, the one that says: OHIO? People will be coming in to pick up forms right up until we close tomorrow (5:30) and some will be disappointed when they can't get them later.

Ahhh the trials and tribulations of working at a library! I remember the time leading up to tax day. Someone once wanted a form for Illinois and was VERY upset that we didn't have them on hand in an Indiana library.

I ended up finding a printable form online for her though she wasn't a bit happy at the 10 cents per page. It always amazed me at how rude some of the people who came to the library were, but at the same time they were maybe 1 in 100. My friends thought my job was boring, but I enjoyed it since I was sort of a jack of all trades. We didn't have a reference librarian so I sort of became that when I wasn't shelving books or checking patrons out at the desk. My job description was "Student Assistant" but I did just about everything in that library.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #215 on:** April 14, 2005, 07:29:29 PM »

Quote from: Charles Pogue on April 14, 2005, 12:36:02 PM

What I liked about typewriters...you bought one and that was it! Unlike computers, you weren't calling the technicians every few months or few weeks to resolve some problem with it. You changed a ribbon occasionally and maybe you took it in for a cleaning every couple of years, but that was it. No ongoing, perennial mainteance problems.

When I have a problem with the computer, I just yell "Hey, der Brucer, I've got a problem with the computer!" After a certain amount of grumbleage, he comes over and fixes the problem.

Easy.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #216 on:** April 14, 2005, 07:35:22 PM »

Tonsil.........Pat Carroll

Who can provide the link between the two?

S. Woody White · « **Reply #217 on:** April 14, 2005, 07:43:59 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on April 14, 2005, 01:37:58 PM

I watched Pirates Of Penzance last night - the filmed stage version - not the film - I have the seen the film often but this orphan has only seen the filmed stage play once. The Theatrical version but is quite watchable and I do prefer Ms Routledge's version to that of Ms Lansbury.

This is the version I have on DVD, and I think it's much the better version on all counts!

MBarnum · « **Reply #218 on:** April 14, 2005, 07:47:16 PM »

I am in the middle of watching RAGE OF THE WEREWOLF (1999). Our own DR Rodzinski co-stars and his character just ate a rat...!!

I must now break from the film and watch SURVIVOR. Afterwards I will resume watching Rodzinski as a wanna-be werewolf roam around an abandonded New York with his pal, who is a real werewolf!

It is kind of a fun movie, I have to admit!!

Rodzinski · « **Reply #219 on:** April 14, 2005, 07:58:28 PM »

I had forgotten about the rat eating.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #220 on:** April 14, 2005, 08:02:27 PM »

I still have my tonsils, I'm happy to say, even though I have no idea what tonsils really do for me.

CharlesPogue, I think of the Reds as one of the great classic teams along with the Pirates. Great histories and players. Both had a great decade in the 70s. I wish we had beaten them in the 1990 playoffs, that's for sure. Now both are "small market" teams without the resources to throw money around like the Yankees.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #221 on:** April 14, 2005, 08:08:05 PM »

Here in New York—I believe the whole state—it is illegal to drive and talk on a cellphone. Unless it is a headset kind, I believe. It is not, however, illegal to drive and apply lipstick or eat a burrito.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #222 on:** April 14, 2005, 08:13:25 PM »

Well, I cheated, Dan The Man, and I googled "pat carroll" and "tonsil". And I don't know if it helped me anyway. Something called "Anatomy of a Tonsil" showed up. Something else about "Password", and a reference to "tonsil hockey".

Rodzinski · « **Reply #223 on:** April 14, 2005, 08:14:57 PM »

Well, gee, is it just me a-postin'? I'm gonna go eat a rat for real then!

bk · « **Reply #224 on:** April 14, 2005, 08:16:48 PM »

I'm back from a lovely rehearsal and an excellent if artery-clogging meal at the Cat and the Fiddle with our very own Pogue. It is always delightfully delightful to sit with Pogue and discuss everything under the sun. And we loved our waitress tonight - she wasn't even an actress, very unusual. I had the all-meat plate - steak, bangers, sausage roll, sauteed onions, mushrooms, chips - so much food, and I ate it all, damn it. We even shared desserts, which were also yummilicous.

Now, which one of you wags first brought up Jessica Skerritt and why haven't you contacted her to tell her we're making her famous here at haineshisway.com? It is your duty, sir, as a hainsie/kimlet and a gentleman. Do it. Do it now.

Matt H. · « **Reply #225 on:** April 14, 2005, 08:18:32 PM »

All the talk about typewriters today reminded me how bloody hard it was to write term papers with footnotes on typewriters during my college years. And if you happened to have a professor who wouldn't allow more than one correction per page, it just took forever to write papers that would be accepted. (I worshiped the professors that allowed erasable bond paper for use with term papers, and I cursed those who wouldn't let you use correction tabs that let you type over a wrong letter and type over it. I don't think there was such a thing as white-out back then.)

Matt H. · « **Reply #226 on:** April 14, 2005, 08:22:22 PM »

The film version of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE is supposedly coming out this year, but I really like the immediacy of the live performance. Kevin Kline is to die for in each version, however.

Matt H. · « **Reply #227 on:** April 14, 2005, 08:25:03 PM »

There were FOUR separate stories on CSI tonight though unlike other episodes where they've had this many stories going at once, this time they would spend an entire 8-12 minute sequence on just one case, and then go to commercial. They would finish one and then go on to the next and not intermix the stories making it far, far easier to keep all of the action straight.

Matt H. · « **Reply #228 on:** April 14, 2005, 08:28:17 PM »

Last night's EYES did a juggling act with multiple cases, too, and I thought the writers did a great job with everything but the resolution of the airplane heist. That one was wrapped up much too quickly for my taste. I liked the case and its solution, but the revelation to the audience was arrived at too abruptly which I found a bit unsatisfying. All of the other stories were very engrossing.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #229 on:** April 14, 2005, 08:32:16 PM »

Der Brucer and I have been busy dogging over the last several days.

First there was the trip to take pictures of two dogs, a chocolate lab and a husky. Their current owner can't be bothered to take care of them, as they demand too much of her attention. She'd rather be playing with her kinkajous. She also thinks the lab barks too much, and has her (the lab) fitted with a shock collar. And she (the supposed human) wonders why the lab doesn't want to lick her hand very much?

This was followed by a trip to the home of a woman who has decided to give up her two golden lab/retrievers. She has two young children, a toddler and an infant, and is about to undergo chemotherapy. We could tell it was breaking her heart, but she knows that she won't be able to take care of the dogs.

Again, followed by a trip to the local SPCA pound. We took pics of six (count 'em, six!) puppies, about two months old or so.

That was yesterday. Today we gathered up our entire pack of six and headed over to see the vet. Shots for everyone! After that, we went for a stroll along the beach. Ever try walking six full grown dogs along the beach? Ever try disentangling the leashes...every thirty seconds or so? But it was almost fun.

Peggy goes in for a fixing next Tuesday. Meanwhile, we've got ladsitting chores tomorrow. Busy days.

At least I'm caught up on the notes and posts...for the moment.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #230 on:** April 14, 2005, 08:32:56 PM »

Ah, typewriters...

We had one of those black suitcase deals too. My father and mother always seemed to scrounge up a "new" typewriter each time their offices at work would upgrade their current equipment. Olivetti, Brother, Smith-Corona. Black/Red, Black/Correction. Standard type, wheel, ball - the ball ones always kind of scared me - so loud, so much force. Manual, electric. Typewriter/word processor.

I think there are at least three somewhere in my parents' house, and my Mom still uses one every now and then when she has to type up the menus for her nursing home.

*OH, and not to actors/actresses - Stop using that "I am an Olivetti typewriter" monologue!

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #231 on:** April 14, 2005, 08:39:04 PM »

Quote from: Rodzinski on April 14, 2005, 08:13:25 PM

Well, I cheated, Dan The Man, and I googled "pat carroll" and "tonsil". And I don't know if it helped me anyway. Something called "Anatomy of a Tonsil" showed up. Something else about "Password", and a reference to "tonsil hockey".

Googling will come to no good in this happenstance.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #232 on:** April 14, 2005, 08:45:15 PM »

I still remember the name of my high school typewriting teacher--Mrs. Selma Gumnit.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #233 on:** April 14, 2005, 09:13:14 PM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on April 14, 2005, 08:39:04 PM

Googling will come to no good in this happenstance.

I take this back! DR Rodzinski has uncovered a treasure trove!

Go and check this site!

MBarnum · « **Reply #234 on:** April 14, 2005, 09:13:37 PM »

Quote from: bk on April 14, 2005, 08:16:48 PM

Now, which one of you wags first brought up Jessica Skerritt and why haven't you contacted her to tell her we're making her famous here at haineshisway.com? It is your duty, sir, as a hainsie/kimlet and a gentleman. Do it. Do it now.

But I would have to drive all the way back to Seattle to find her!!

MBarnum · « **Reply #235 on:** April 14, 2005, 09:14:12 PM »

Tonsil hockey???

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #236 on:** April 14, 2005, 09:25:41 PM »

As Mr. Kimmel said, tonight's al fresco dinner in the courtyard of The Cat & The Fiddle Pub was delightfully delightful...save for a table of smokers who said down next to us halfway through our meal. But, as always, Mr. Kimmel was in fine form and we laughed and laughed until we could laugh no more...and then we got serious and talked of serious things. I had less meat...a scotch egg and bangers and mash. You should have seen Kimmel devour his mountain o' meat! Steak, banger, bacon, and a sausage roll substituted for the lamb. T'were a sight to behold.

Speaking of SON OF SINBAD, as we were earlier today, it is on TCM at 10:30 pacific time.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #237 on:** April 14, 2005, 09:30:00 PM »

Ice Cream Alert! Ice Cream Alert!!

I just tried the newish Ben & Jerry's flavor - The Gobfather. Chocolate Ice Cream, Fudge Covered Almonds and a Nougat Swirl.

Very good!

And it comes in a very convenient single-serving pint container!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #238 on:** April 14, 2005, 09:31:20 PM »

WOW!!

Mariah Carey is currently on Letterman. My, my, my... She certainly has "blossomed" over the past couple of years.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #239 on:** April 14, 2005, 09:38:13 PM »

DtM - wasn't Miss Pat Carroll the cranky old lady in the hospital when Mary Richards went in to have her tonsils out?

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