Topic: IN THE HOME STRETCH (Read 4138 times)

Jeanne · « **Reply #30 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:27:46 PM »

Hello, everyone.

Jeanne · « **Reply #31 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:28:19 PM »

I had a very bad night. I think I got 1 1/2 hours sleep total. Ugh!

Jane · « **Reply #32 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:28:20 PM »

I just realized when we have had Zoom invites Keith opened them on his computer. I will ask if he needed to use a Zoom app. I thought he just opened a link and signed in.

Jane · « **Reply #33 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:28:59 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on January 17, 2021, 03:28:19 PM

I had a very bad night. I think I got 1 1/2 hours sleep total. Ugh!

GROAN! I thought mine was bad.

Jeanne · « **Reply #34 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:31:15 PM »

TCB, regarding the refi, if there are no fees and your monthly payment is lower, why would you not do it? Your comfort and security today were the reasons for buying the condo, yes?

Jeanne · « **Reply #35 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:33:13 PM »

Singdaw, I'm glad you found a shopping service that works for you. Is it one offered by the store where you're shopping? I hope there's free delivery, depending on order size.

Jane · « **Reply #36 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:34:44 PM »

This is funny. A man sees an unlocked car with the key inside and steals it. Driving away he notices a four year old in the back seat, turns around and gives the kid to his mother along with a lecture about parenting. He even threatened to call the police on her, before driving off again with the stolen car.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #37 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:35:00 PM »

And on to La Traviata, based on Alexandre Dumas' Camille. I grew up with Anna Moffo, and I still love it, even with its standard opera house cuts. Sutherland's first recording is my preference. It's complete, and it's one of the records that put her on the map.

I will admit, too, that I really love Zeffirelli's film version. Teresa Stratas seems the perfect Violetta, and it's very passionate and beautifully staged.

Jeanne · « **Reply #38 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:39:06 PM »

Jane, the reading I've done on mRDA technology, which both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines utilize, indicates that neither is a good choice for me. Both the Astra-Zeneca vaccine in the UK and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in development here use older technology, which I would consider. But we don't know when those vaccines will be available and I need to look into them more, as there's much I don't know.

As you know, the situation is very fluid.

Jeanne · « **Reply #39 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:42:26 PM »

Quote from: Jane on January 17, 2021, 03:28:59 PM

Quote from: Jeanne on January 17, 2021, 03:28:19 PM
I had a very bad night. I think I got 1 1/2 hours sleep total. Ugh!

GROAN! I thought mine was bad.

This was an all-time low for me.

Jeanne · « **Reply #40 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:45:34 PM »

There's a homeopathic product called Good Morning to help with sleepless nights. I've used it many times. It does NOT take the place of quality sleep, but it helps me to function on little sleep, which is the next best thing. That said, I will try to nap.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #41 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:45:53 PM »

BK, I have a memory that you liked Verdi's Otello, his penultimate opera. At the age of 80 or so, he retired from composing with his masterpiece, Falstaff, which has a better script than its source, The Merry Wives of Windsor. I grew up with Bernstein's recording, and I think it's really good. About the same time London-Decca recorded the work with Solti. Both were tie-ins with Zeffirelli's Met production, which was one of the Met's great productions. That was my second Falstaff recording.

I also liked Giulini's later recording very much.

Jeanne · « **Reply #42 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:51:14 PM »

I watched the new ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL. I enjoyed it. It's a quality production, consistent with other PBS shows. I'll wait a bit, though, as I prefer to watch more often than just once a week. If you watched THE PARADISE you might recognize Siegfried, who played the reporter who married the woman with the red hair.

Jeanne · « **Reply #43 on:** January 17, 2021, 03:52:35 PM »

TTFN.

Ginny · « **Reply #44 on:** January 17, 2021, 04:17:22 PM »

Sunday evening greetings! Do you remember what you did 40 years ago today?

Richard and I got married!

Jane · « **Reply #45 on:** January 17, 2021, 04:18:00 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on January 17, 2021, 03:39:06 PM

Jane, the reading I've done on mRDA technology, which both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines utilize, indicates that neither is a good choice for me. Both the Astra-Zeneca vaccine in the UK and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in development here use older technology, which I would consider. But we don't know when those vaccines will be available and I need to look into them more, as there's much I don't know.

As you know, the situation is very fluid.

I figured you might want to wait. I guessed the reverse for your preferred options.

Jane · « **Reply #46 on:** January 17, 2021, 04:19:06 PM »

Quote from: Ginny on January 17, 2021, 04:17:22 PM

Sunday evening greetings! Do you remember what you did 40 years ago today?

Richard and I got married!

Yesterday or today?

Jane · « **Reply #47 on:** January 17, 2021, 04:20:59 PM »

DR Jeanne my one disappointment with the new All Creatures is Diana Rigg as Mrs. Pumphrey. I don't find her endearing.

Jane · « **Reply #48 on:** January 17, 2021, 04:23:39 PM »

DR Ginny & Richard,

John G. · « **Reply #49 on:** January 17, 2021, 04:31:06 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on January 17, 2021, 03:28:19 PM

I had a very bad night. I think I got 1 1/2 hours sleep total. Ugh!

Vibes for sleep tonight.

Ginny · « **Reply #50 on:** January 17, 2021, 04:31:12 PM »

Quote from: Jane on January 17, 2021, 04:19:06 PM

Quote from: Ginny on January 17, 2021, 04:17:22 PM
Sunday evening greetings! Do you remember what you did 40 years ago today?

Richard and I got married!

Yesterday or today?

Today, DR Jane. The 17th was the first Saturday in 1981 that the church would not smell like chicken soup from the Twelfth Night feast.

Thank you for posting that beautiful greeting!

John G. · « **Reply #51 on:** January 17, 2021, 04:32:08 PM »

Quote from: Ginny on January 17, 2021, 04:17:22 PM

Sunday evening greetings! Do you remember what you did 40 years ago today?

Richard and I got married!

Happy anniversary to you both!

And no, I don't remember what I did this morning.

Ginny · « **Reply #52 on:** January 17, 2021, 04:33:45 PM »

Thanks, DR John G, and

John G. · « **Reply #53 on:** January 17, 2021, 04:35:23 PM »

Well, we made it to page 2. How far will we go today. (This version of today, that is.)

John G. · « **Reply #54 on:** January 17, 2021, 04:35:50 PM »

The soup was good. Had it with some chicken salad.

John G. · « **Reply #55 on:** January 17, 2021, 04:36:59 PM »

I made add some chili to the leftovers. Roasted red peppers, tomatoes and lime juice feel Mexican to me. They all would work with a little heat.

George · « **Reply #56 on:** January 17, 2021, 04:58:45 PM »

Quote from: Ginny on January 17, 2021, 04:17:22 PM

Sunday evening greetings! Do you remember what you did 40 years ago today?

Richard and I got married!

A Very Happy Anniversary to you and Richard!!

George · « **Reply #57 on:** January 17, 2021, 04:59:26 PM »

And do you know what else happened today, but 99 years ago?? Betty White was born! A Very Happy 99th Birthday to Betty White!!

Ginny · « **Reply #58 on:** January 17, 2021, 05:00:34 PM »

Thank you, DR George, and happy birthday to Betty White!

bk · « **Reply #59 on:** January 17, 2021, 05:14:48 PM »

Futzed and finessed, had a pulled pork sandwich for food, and have written four new pages. Must do another ten between now and bedtime, but for now I'll finish the movie I'm watching. I'll resume writing around seven. I do think this is going to be twenty pages longer than I thought, so I definitely won't finish tonight and possibly not until Tuesday.

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