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Re: STARTING THE NEW BOOK
« Reply #60 on: January 02, 2021, 03:35:24 PM »

DR Ginny, did Fr. Richard's grandmother's rice pudding recipe have eggs? Could it be that the whites needed to be whipped and then folded into the pudding?
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« Reply #61 on: January 02, 2021, 03:42:42 PM »

We’ll never know, DR Laura.
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« Reply #62 on: January 02, 2021, 04:16:23 PM »

A few days ago my trunk was frozen shut. And I think I pulled a muscle in my left upper back/shoulder neck trying to open it. I thought for sure that this would go away. But it still hasn't. Luckily sleeping is much better (the first night was really bad). But it's hard to use the computer, read, watch tv... :(
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« Reply #63 on: January 02, 2021, 04:28:07 PM »

Vibes for Jennifer
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« Reply #64 on: January 02, 2021, 04:38:25 PM »

Oh Jennifer, that sounds very unpleasant.  Did you get it open or give up?
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« Reply #65 on: January 02, 2021, 04:38:48 PM »

HEALING VIBES FOR DR JENNIFER!
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« Reply #66 on: January 02, 2021, 04:47:55 PM »

DR Ginny have you read anymore of The Vanishing Half?
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« Reply #67 on: January 02, 2021, 04:52:06 PM »

Hello, everyone.
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« Reply #68 on: January 02, 2021, 04:53:41 PM »

My father loved tapioca. I don't recall ever tasting it.

I love a good chocolate mousse, but it's just too addictive.
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« Reply #69 on: January 02, 2021, 04:58:44 PM »

My bank, for whatever reason, puts no updates through to its website on weekends and holidays. That’s the norm with them and I’m used to it. This means that for all I know, that deposit has been sitting there since Thursday night or Friday morning but I won’t see it until sometime Monday. The almost universal reporting of this deposit by people everywhere shows up how unusual this bank’s practice is, and it pisseth me off. I’m going to call them on Monday to get their explanation.

I decided to post my question on their Facebook page, and got a reply:

Hello Charles,
We are aware other banks have posted pending stimulus payments as early as January 1st, Peoples United Bank will be following the ACH instructions received from the Fed to post transactions beginning the business day January 4th.


Which is all fine and good, I know the stimulus will show up. What they didn't address was my main query about their practice of not showing ANY weekend transactions till Monday, every week of the year. So I posted a followup, and we'll see what they say.

In the meantime, am I correct in thinking that other banks DO show new transaction over the weekend? Out of curiosity, whose banks do and don't update their websites over the weekend?

I just checked my US Bank account and found $600! Dated Jan 4. I cannot recommend the bank, though. They were decent when I opened the account ten years ago, but they've become quite horrible since. Totally incompetent management. Totally horrible website.
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« Reply #70 on: January 02, 2021, 05:01:49 PM »

I'm familiar with croquembouche as a French wedding cake. A French friend ordered one for his wedding, but the baker in the little town outside of Pittsburgh had never heard of it. My friend supplied a recipe, but said the cake wasn't right at all. I suspect something was lost in translation.
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« Reply #71 on: January 02, 2021, 05:03:12 PM »

Vibes for DR Jennifer's shoulder. Have you tried a heating pad?
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« Reply #72 on: January 02, 2021, 05:06:01 PM »

I slept like the dead last night and yet woke up tired. I can think of a couple reasons for this, but I also suspect a post-2020 letdown. So much stress last year!
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« Reply #73 on: January 02, 2021, 05:12:53 PM »

And the stress continues.
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« Reply #74 on: January 02, 2021, 05:17:00 PM »

My bank, for whatever reason, puts no updates through to its website on weekends and holidays. That’s the norm with them and I’m used to it. This means that for all I know, that deposit has been sitting there since Thursday night or Friday morning but I won’t see it until sometime Monday. The almost universal reporting of this deposit by people everywhere shows up how unusual this bank’s practice is, and it pisseth me off. I’m going to call them on Monday to get their explanation.

I decided to post my question on their Facebook page, and got a reply:

Hello Charles,
We are aware other banks have posted pending stimulus payments as early as January 1st, Peoples United Bank will be following the ACH instructions received from the Fed to post transactions beginning the business day January 4th.


Which is all fine and good, I know the stimulus will show up. What they didn't address was my main query about their practice of not showing ANY weekend transactions till Monday, every week of the year. So I posted a followup, and we'll see what they say.

In the meantime, am I correct in thinking that other banks DO show new transaction over the weekend? Out of curiosity, whose banks do and don't update their websites over the weekend?

It's in any bank's interest to post deposits as late as possible to gain maximum use of your money, ie, the float. Understandable when all bookkeeping was done by hand, but hardly kosher today. A strong banking lobby has kept archaic laws on the books. They all want us to do online banking -- cheaper for them -- but want to play by the old rules. I'd love to find a decent bank. What's so difficult?
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« Reply #75 on: January 02, 2021, 05:19:32 PM »

And the stress continues.

Covid case numbers, yes. Trump idiocy, yes. But better things coming!
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« Reply #76 on: January 02, 2021, 05:20:20 PM »

TTFN.
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« Reply #77 on: January 02, 2021, 05:33:21 PM »

Glad everyone's getting their 600 bucks.  I will not get it, just as I didn't get the 1200 bucks.  Oh, well. 
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« Reply #78 on: January 02, 2021, 05:35:42 PM »

I have not gotten a lot of new pages done.  Futzing and finessing the first twenty pages was a long process - lots of smoothing out, lots of detail added, nuking a few things, but mostly getting the pace and tone right, since chapter one sets all that for the rest of the book.  I've done four new pages since then because I've also been finessing all these tracks, and that takes quite a bit of time.  I think I'll forego watching anything this evening. I need a little thirty-minute break and then I'll try writing another six to ten pages in a row and perhaps finish off chapter two. That would be good.
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« Reply #79 on: January 02, 2021, 05:36:55 PM »

Both important envelopes arrived, so that was good - I can see that the most important one was sent on the 28th - it is outrageous that it would take five days from Burbank to Valley Village. But, that's the USPS for you.  There were also quite a few packages.
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« Reply #80 on: January 02, 2021, 05:37:21 PM »

The pasta papa was not as good as usual today. Don't know why.
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« Reply #81 on: January 02, 2021, 05:47:06 PM »

Eating a cupcake and really enjoying Massenet's Thais - lovely tunes.
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« Reply #82 on: January 02, 2021, 07:21:03 PM »

Eleven new pages so far and time for another break, and then I'll go for another five or so, if I'm feeling it. Now back to Thais and the famous Meditation, which I've always loved. Anyone know his other operas like Werther and Manon, etc.
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« Reply #83 on: January 02, 2021, 07:22:42 PM »

We watched City Lights tonight. It may be 45 years since I last saw it. I was surprised st how much I remembered. As much as love Gold Rush and The Circus, this is Chaplin’s best.
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« Reply #84 on: January 02, 2021, 07:24:17 PM »

Cheyenne Jackson is in a new sitcom, Call Me Kat.
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« Reply #85 on: January 02, 2021, 07:24:39 PM »

It’s set in Louisville.
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« Reply #86 on: January 02, 2021, 07:51:08 PM »

We just watched RAGTIME.

Still an excellent movie.
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« Reply #87 on: January 02, 2021, 07:51:32 PM »

I'm familiar with croquembouche as a French wedding cake. A French friend ordered one for his wedding, but the baker in the little town outside of Pittsburgh had never heard of it. My friend supplied a recipe, but said the cake wasn't right at all. I suspect something was lost in translation.

To say the least. I would not want something that complex from someone who’d never heard of it.
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« Reply #88 on: January 02, 2021, 08:53:03 PM »

Page three? Really?
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« Reply #89 on: January 02, 2021, 08:53:11 PM »

Let's fix that.
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