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[Jrand74]

The Dancing Noses reminded me of the Dancing Dildoes.....only not quite as funny.

[Jrand74]

Page Three Dance.

[KevinH]

Good afternoon!

[KevinH]

Vibes for DRS TCB, vixmom and elmore!

[elmore3003]

In my Britten assessment I made a wrong comment because I forgot the Great Unknown Opera.  I'm getting old.

Billy Budd was not a great success in its initial outing, but it was not written for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. Gloriana was, and it was a flop at the time.  It was rediscovered 20 years later, and it gets fewer performances than it deserves.  I was lucky to see in 1984 or 85 the English National Opera perform it in New York, along with their wonderful Brooklyn gangster Rigoletto, and Gilbert & Sullivan's Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride.

Gloriana has one recording and it's mighty fine, the closest Britten came to writing a grand opera along the lines of Aïda.

[ChasSmith]

Was the Brooklyn gangster Rigoletto an earlier concept of the Las Vegas one, or an entirely unrelated thing?

[bk]

I have to go out on two quick errands.

The second one is just filling up a two-gallon gas can for the snowblower and other equipment.

The first one is something you all, especially BK, will enjoy. I have to return something to Amazon. It's something totally inconsequential, but it's wrong and I'm not willing to keep it. It's a movie for which there's a new edition by the same company that released an earlier edition, and this is the kind of thing where Amazon completely FAILS. Their descriptions are ambiguous, and there's no way to specify or guarantee you're going to get the right item when ordering it.

I also know, from my own experience and countless others, that you can't get anyone there to comprehend what you're talking about when it comes to something like this. It's a losing proposition, and the problem goes right back to how they have chosen to list things like books and movies in the first place. So I'm cutting out the bullshit and taking a simple refund. If I still want the thing, I'll just have to buy it direct from its publisher.

this has happened four times recently - all with RCA SACDs - clearly pictured on the item page but when they send it's the non-SACD version.

[bk]

I'm up, I'm up - I was up after three hours of sleep, but went back to bed. I think all in all I got a bit over seven hours.

[Jane]

Tomorrow is my oncologist six month video visit.

MAJAOR VIBES ALL IS WELL!

[Jane]

He has had four wives - and I have had none.

Happy Birthday to your brother!

[ChasSmith]

I am back from dropping off my Amazon return, and what an adventure it was.

It had been several years since I'd returned anything, so I was surprised yesterday when they told me not to package the item, just take it to one of the authorized drop-off locations, show them the code that was being emailed to me, and that would be that.

Well, that was indeed that. I picked a UPS store. I walked in and only one other person was finishing up with one guy, and the other guy called me right over. I showed him the email on my phone and handed him the goods, he printed a receipt, and I was out of there in thirty seconds.

[Jane]

My appt. went well.....mouth full of plastic and goo - next appointment to make sure it's right on Feb. 4......and then one more to get my new choppers on the bottom......

Excellent.

[ChasSmith]

I have to go out on two quick errands.

The second one is just filling up a two-gallon gas can for the snowblower and other equipment.

The first one is something you all, especially BK, will enjoy. I have to return something to Amazon. It's something totally inconsequential, but it's wrong and I'm not willing to keep it. It's a movie for which there's a new edition by the same company that released an earlier edition, and this is the kind of thing where Amazon completely FAILS. Their descriptions are ambiguous, and there's no way to specify or guarantee you're going to get the right item when ordering it.

I also know, from my own experience and countless others, that you can't get anyone there to comprehend what you're talking about when it comes to something like this. It's a losing proposition, and the problem goes right back to how they have chosen to list things like books and movies in the first place. So I'm cutting out the bullshit and taking a simple refund. If I still want the thing, I'll just have to buy it direct from its publisher.

this has happened four times recently - all with RCA SACDs - clearly pictured on the item page but when they send it's the non-SACD version.

A perfect example of the problem.

[Jane]

I am back from dropping off my Amazon return, and what an adventure it was.

It had been several years since I'd returned anything, so I was surprised yesterday when they told me not to package the item, just take it to one of the authorized drop-off locations, show them the code that was being emailed to me, and that would be that.

Well, that was indeed that. I picked a UPS store. I walked in and only one other person was finishing up with one guy, and the other guy called me right over. I showed him the email on my phone and handed him the goods, he printed a receipt, and I was out of there in thirty seconds.

Interesting, we usually repackage our items.  We are happy when the packages fit into the drop box near us vs having to go to the UPS store.

[ChasSmith]

I am back from dropping off my Amazon return, and what an adventure it was.

It had been several years since I'd returned anything, so I was surprised yesterday when they told me not to package the item, just take it to one of the authorized drop-off locations, show them the code that was being emailed to me, and that would be that.

Well, that was indeed that. I picked a UPS store. I walked in and only one other person was finishing up with one guy, and the other guy called me right over. I showed him the email on my phone and handed him the goods, he printed a receipt, and I was out of there in thirty seconds.

Interesting, we usually repackage our items.  We are happy when the packages fit into the drop box near us vs having to go to the UPS store.

This was my first time for it. It's effortless, AND you don't wait days to see your refund. Mine was back in my bank account before I got home.

[ChasSmith]

What's really abominable about Amazon's systemic - if I may coin a word - problem is that they started out as a bookseller. And what do books come in? They come in many, many various and sundry editions, that's what. And CDs and DVDs and Blu-rays and such are the same. So what do they do? From day one, they lump all comments and "reviews" for a title into one bucket, a situation that by itself has created hell on earth. The rest of the mishegoss followed.

[George]

I may have had a stroke last night.  Around 2:00 I was wide awake after sleeping solidly for nearly five hours.  So I reached for ther alarm, to check the time and I felt like I was suddenly punched in my left eye. The pain was quite intense. And then it happened again.  I don't know if something blew in my brain, if it's glaucoma, if I'm a hypochondriac.  This is maybe the third time this has happened in the past year, only it was just one hit in the previous occurrences.

~~~Eye Vibes for Larry!!~~~

[Matthew]

Good Afternoon,  Very windy here in the Area of the Bay.  We are expecting rain all this week.  I hope the wind goes away when the rain comes.  First round of auditions for Urinetown this afternoon.  Going to be weird doing auditions from the comfort of my living room. 

[Jrand74]

I watched my favorite movie version of A TALE OF TWO CITIES this afternoon.....the one with Mr Dirk Bogarde.

I miss the fight between Janette DeFarge and Miss Pross as enacted by Blanche Yurka and Edna May Oliver from the Selznick/Colman version, but otherwise.....

[Jrand74]

Uh oh......Pressidint Bidun has made his first mistake with me....his press conference is pre-empting Judge Judy.

[Jrand74]

I will not forget this in 2024.

[Jrand74]

Thank you DR JANE.

[Jrand74]

We got snow and ice on the roads this afternoon, so I am happy that I do not have to be out and about.

[Jrand74]

I first read ATOTC when I was in the 6th grade after watching the Colman version on television.  I loved the book......I re read it now and then.

I wonder if any other DR has a FAVORITE ABOVE ALL film version of the story......

[elmore3003]

Was the Brooklyn gangster Rigoletto an earlier concept of the Las Vegas one, or an entirely unrelated thing?

Was the Brooklyn gangster Rigoletto an earlier concept of the Las Vegas one, or an entirely unrelated thing?

I don't know, but I always wondered if the ENO production, which is on video, was ripped off by the Met director.  I did not see the production.

[elmore3003]

I watched my favorite movie version of A TALE OF TWO CITIES this afternoon.....the one with Mr Dirk Bogarde.

I miss the fight between Janette DeFarge and Miss Pross as enacted by Blanche Yurka and Edna May Oliver from the Selznick/Colman version, but otherwise.....

I love Edna May Oliver, but my favorite Tale of Two Cities is the 1989 French-British production with Jean Pierre Aumont as Dr Manette and Anna Massey as Miss Pross.

[elmore3003]

Uh oh......Pressidint Bidun has made his first mistake with me....his press conference is pre-empting Judge Judy.

I think you need to file articles of impeachment, DR Jrand70!

[elmore3003]

I first read ATOTC when I was in the 6th grade after watching the Colman version on television.  I loved the book......I re read it now and then.

I wonder if any other DR has a FAVORITE ABOVE ALL film version of the story......

I love the book, too.  It may be my favorite Dickens novel.

[elmore3003]

I accomplished all four of my goals today.  That's rare for me.

[George]

Today my brother Kent is 58 years old.

Happy 58th Birthday to Kent!