Topic: IN THE HOME STRETCH (Read 4054 times)

bk · « **on:** January 17, 2021, 01:59:46 PM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were in the home and stretched, and now it is time for you to post until the stretched cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** January 17, 2021, 02:00:25 PM »

And the word of the day is: BEAMISH!

bk · « **Reply #2 on:** January 17, 2021, 02:01:14 PM »

I meant to change the topic before going to bed but I was so tired I guess I forgot such things. And I just woke up after a bit over ten hours of sleep, which I desperately needed.

bk · « **Reply #3 on:** January 17, 2021, 02:01:25 PM »

Page one? Really?

Jrand74 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 17, 2021, 02:05:02 PM »

LOL.....

Jrand74 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 17, 2021, 02:08:00 PM »

New Day Dance.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 17, 2021, 02:08:19 PM »

Meta indeed DR singdaw - it is my mantra.

Jane · « **Reply #7 on:** January 17, 2021, 02:08:44 PM »

From DR John:

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Especially British mothers.

Hmm, not like my British mother

Jane · « **Reply #8 on:** January 17, 2021, 02:09:54 PM »

DR Jennifer I hope by tomorrow you can walk again.

Jane · « **Reply #9 on:** January 17, 2021, 02:10:46 PM »

Quote from: Jrand70 on January 17, 2021, 02:08:00 PM

New Day Dance.

Cute

Jane · « **Reply #10 on:** January 17, 2021, 02:35:42 PM »

Those of you who use Zoom, is there a news sign in code for each meeting?

singdaw · « **Reply #11 on:** January 17, 2021, 02:47:16 PM »

I think it depends upon how it was set up , DR Jane. I attend some regular weekly meetings where the code does not change.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 17, 2021, 02:48:31 PM »

And we are where we should be, and about time, too!

John G. · « **Reply #13 on:** January 17, 2021, 02:51:24 PM »

Back from some errands.

John G. · « **Reply #14 on:** January 17, 2021, 02:51:45 PM »

I took a walk and then went to a nursery to find some herbs and maybe some planters.

John G. · « **Reply #15 on:** January 17, 2021, 02:52:47 PM »

The nursery forgets it has competition and wanted outrageous prices for their planters, as well as some of their plants. No thank you.

John G. · « **Reply #16 on:** January 17, 2021, 02:53:36 PM »

Then I went to supermarket, but they had none of their gardening stuff out yet. I guess we have to get passed Valentine's Day to make room for that stuff.

John G. · « **Reply #17 on:** January 17, 2021, 02:54:32 PM »

At Lowe's, I found some planters that I liked at a third of the price as the nursery, but I held off. I want to do a little more research. But I did grab a Greek oregano plant and aloe vera.

singdaw · « **Reply #18 on:** January 17, 2021, 02:55:34 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on January 17, 2021, 02:48:31 PM

And we are where we should be

One of my favorite CD tracks ever is Jason Graae's "hidden" track of Craig Carnelia's "Just Where They Should Be."

John G. · « **Reply #19 on:** January 17, 2021, 02:59:24 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on January 17, 2021, 02:55:34 PM

Quote from: elmore3003 on January 17, 2021, 02:48:31 PM
And we are where we should be

One of my favorite CD tracks ever is Jason Graae's "hidden" track of Craig Carnelia's "Just Where They Should Be."

Well, that's the way I always heard it should be.

John G. · « **Reply #20 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:00:23 PM »

I'm off to make some soup.

John G. · « **Reply #21 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:00:44 PM »

Tomato and roasted red pepper soup sounds good.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #22 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:14:41 PM »

BK, you asked about Bellini, whose operas elude me. I think Norma has a great aria, "Casta Diva," but Jesus, is it a bore to sit through. I prefer his English Civil War opera I Puritani, with its silly she's-gone-mad-and-now-she's-sane-so-we-can-have-a-happy-ending. He was a contemporary of Donizetti, and sound much the same. I remember you listened to his Lucia di Lammermoor, and didn't particularly find it to your liking.

Sutherland was excellent with Bellini, and her first Norma with Marilyn Horne is my choice. I like these three recordings of I Puritani. Pick your soprano!

Jane · « **Reply #23 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:16:14 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on January 17, 2021, 02:47:16 PM

I think it depends upon how it was set up , DR Jane. I attend some regular weekly meetings where the code does not change.

Thank you. Our book group will be doing our first Zoom meeting. I will ask that it be a one time code.

Jane · « **Reply #24 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:16:34 PM »

One time as members come and go.

singdaw · « **Reply #25 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:16:57 PM »

I don't particularly enjoy Bellini, either.

But give me some Verdi. Now there's opera!

Jane · « **Reply #26 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:17:25 PM »

Quote from: John G. on January 17, 2021, 03:00:44 PM

Tomato and roasted red pepper soup sounds good.

It does. I doubt I could eat it

singdaw · « **Reply #27 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:18:33 PM »

DR Jane - if the group leader sends out a link, and if you have the Zoom app installed, you just click on the link. Again, depending on the way it is set up, you enter the meeting from the link without requiring any code at all.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #28 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:24:37 PM »

You mentioned Verdi? I think Aïda is the perfect grand opera of the 19th century, but you might like the sex, guts, and curses of Rigoletto or Il Trovatore. Don't I remember that you like his Otello? If so, get Falstaff, an 80-year-old's farewell to composing, and it's glorious and very funny.

Leontyne Price was the great Verdi soprano, and I grew up with this Aïda recording, which I prefer to her second. I also love her recording of Il Trovatore, which has good leading men as well. As to Rigoletto, based on a play by Victor Hugo, I love this note-for-note complete recording - many earlier recordings took the standard opera house cuts - but I think Anna Moffo is perfect physically and vocally for the ravaged heroine.

Jane · « **Reply #29 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:27:22 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on January 17, 2021, 03:18:33 PM

DR Jane - if the group leader sends out a link, and if you have the Zoom app installed, you just click on the link. Again, depending on the way it is set up, you enter the meeting from the link without requiring any code at all.

Thanks. Someone else in the group is handling it and the Zoom person in the office is setting it up.

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