Topic: THE LUCK OF THE DRAW (Read 4326 times)

John G. · « **Reply #90 on:** March 07, 2021, 05:20:30 PM »

Four!

bk · « **Reply #91 on:** March 07, 2021, 05:22:47 PM »

Had a good Zoom Kritzerland rehearsal, picked up a package, and am just about to partake of the barbecue that came a few days ago. Smells great.

John G. · « **Reply #92 on:** March 07, 2021, 05:23:10 PM »

What is so sad about All the President's Men is the way the lies keep proliferating when people are faced with the truth. It was the beginning of the "it's not true if we don't like it" era we live in.

John G. · « **Reply #93 on:** March 07, 2021, 05:24:27 PM »

I didn't have to see John McMartin's face to realize he's in this movie. I heard that voice and thought, "Benjamin Stone!"

Jane · « **Reply #94 on:** March 07, 2021, 06:21:45 PM »

I am glad I switched to my rain pants to walk this afternoon. Still I came in sooner than I planned after it began raining. I was already pretty soaked by the time I reached home. It was nothing compared to what hit shortly after I was inside, a mix of hard rain and hail.

bk · « **Reply #95 on:** March 07, 2021, 06:45:55 PM »

Ate the barbecue. The chopped meat was pretty good - I ended up putting it on hamburger buns for two sandwiches. Burnt ends - only had three, not really my thing. The beans were weird but pretty good. I have a large portion to my neighbor in the back and Grant took 90% of the burnt ends.

bk · « **Reply #96 on:** March 07, 2021, 06:46:22 PM »

Not sure if I'm in the mood for Ma Rainey's - may have to wait until Tuesday.

Druxy · « **Reply #97 on:** March 07, 2021, 07:22:29 PM »

Monday is the birthday of actress CLAIRE TREVOR, who just happens to be the newest subject in THE HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS collection of stage plays.

The late actress appeared in many film classics, including DEAD END, STAGECOACH, KEY LARGO, for which she won an Academy Award, and THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY.

I was lucky enough to know her and her husband, Milton Bren. In fact, I interviewed her at her Newport Beach home in 1974 for CORONET magazine.

CLAIRE TREVOR, my one-woman stage play, is available in paperback and Kindle editions via Amazon and other booksellers. Performance rights are available.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Y4FHP22/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1615171515&sr=1-1

singdaw · « **Reply #98 on:** March 07, 2021, 07:25:02 PM »

An LA food critic rates the various varieties of Girl Scout cookies:
The official Girl Scout cookie power rankings - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

singdaw · « **Reply #99 on:** March 07, 2021, 07:25:11 PM »

Good night, everyone.

TCB · « **Reply #100 on:** March 07, 2021, 07:56:34 PM »

Post #100!

John G. · « **Reply #101 on:** March 07, 2021, 08:22:34 PM »

out of a long bath.

John G. · « **Reply #102 on:** March 07, 2021, 08:22:58 PM »

Listening to Ella Fitzgerald.

George · « **Reply #103 on:** March 07, 2021, 08:40:18 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on March 07, 2021, 05:57:29 AM

Well, this morning I want the shipping company Chewy.com uses to go go bankrupt and fold. I took the recyclables to the basement and then stopped on the first floor to pick up packages. I had a couple of Amazon deliveries, and two Chewy.com carton, one containing kitty treats and the other containing a 13 lb bag of Meow Mix and a carton of Fancy Feast grilled tuna. The sonofabitch who delivered them left them not where most packages are dropped off by the mailboxes but just inside the front door at the foot of five steps up to the lobby.

So I had to attempt to lug two cartons up five steps, maintain my balance, and forget about the painful hell on my legs. The larger, heavier carton was open at one end and a second carton of Fancy Feast cans was missing. I am not happy since this is about the fourth or fifth shipment in a row that has arrived looking as though it's been resealed and missing items. Chewy/cp, has been great and speedy ion shipping replacements at no charge, but this is getting ridiculous.

That's terrible about the multiple damaged packages, and having to lug them up the stairs!

George · « **Reply #104 on:** March 07, 2021, 08:41:03 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on March 07, 2021, 08:48:43 AM

Quote from: ChasSmith on March 07, 2021, 07:30:44 AM
Chewy.com is a standout in this sorry world. We buy quite a bit at stores, but I think every order from there has gotten here the next day, and their customer service is great if you need it.

Of course deliveries are no problem because it's just to a house, so no lobby or other public area complications.

I love Chewy.com! They just replaced my entire order at no charge, even though I'm only missing the 24 cans of tuna. morsels.

That's fantastic! Nothing better than good customer service!

vixmom · « **Reply #105 on:** March 07, 2021, 08:42:20 PM »

Quote from: John G. on March 07, 2021, 05:57:59 AM

My horoscope says I’m going to receive plural marriage proposals today. So, wish me luck. Maybe I’ll even know the people.

John, I know this is sudden....but I’ve come to care deeply for you...and your cooking ability ...would you do me the very great honor of ...(oh wait I’m married already, never mind)

John G. · « **Reply #106 on:** March 07, 2021, 08:44:46 PM »

Found a copy of this 1929 cookbook in my collection. It seems to be a first edition and in near mint condition.

The cover is offensive, to be sure, and the little I read inside it was appalling. It's a cookbook featuring black cooks' recipes as shared by a very entitled white employer. You know, the type that could never remember the real name of the cook, so she called them all Mandy.

Anyway, a copy of this is going for $350 online. I doubt I'd get a tenth of that.

John G. · « **Reply #107 on:** March 07, 2021, 08:46:34 PM »

Quote from: vixmom on March 07, 2021, 08:42:20 PM

Quote from: John G. on March 07, 2021, 05:57:59 AM
My horoscope says I’m going to receive plural marriage proposals today. So, wish me luck. Maybe I’ll even know the people.

John, I know this is sudden....but I’ve come to care deeply for you...and your cooking ability ...would you do me the very great honor of ...(oh wait I’m married already, never mind)

Thank you. It was the first proposal. But, as the song says, bigamy's not big of me, and it's not big of you.

John G. · « **Reply #108 on:** March 07, 2021, 08:47:06 PM »

I'm going to call it a night.

John G. · « **Reply #109 on:** March 07, 2021, 08:47:14 PM »

Have fun, y'all.

vixmom · « **Reply #110 on:** March 07, 2021, 08:48:27 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on March 07, 2021, 01:25:43 PM

Oh My God.

We do have an immersion blender. Maybe not the best one, but who knows. Because guess what?
I just checked with the 'mates, and:

We'll have to look for it.

Good luck! They like to hide in plain sight

vixmom · « **Reply #111 on:** March 07, 2021, 08:52:22 PM »

Quote from: John G. on March 07, 2021, 08:46:34 PM

Quote from: vixmom on March 07, 2021, 08:42:20 PM
Quote from: John G. on March 07, 2021, 05:57:59 AM
My horoscope says I’m going to receive plural marriage proposals today. So, wish me luck. Maybe I’ll even know the people.

John, I know this is sudden....but I’ve come to care deeply for you...and your cooking ability ...would you do me the very great honor of ...(oh wait I’m married already, never mind)

Thank you. It was the first proposal. But, as the song says, bigamy's not big of me, and it's not big of you.

I’ll get back to you if there is a change in my circumstances

George · « **Reply #112 on:** March 07, 2021, 09:13:32 PM »

Quote from: vixmom on March 07, 2021, 08:48:27 PM

Quote from: ChasSmith on March 07, 2021, 01:25:43 PM
Oh My God.

We do have an immersion blender. Maybe not the best one, but who knows. Because guess what?
I just checked with the 'mates, and:

We'll have to look for it.

Good luck! They like to hide in plain sight

I got one about 20 years ago, but didn't use it much at all, so I brought it to work so the my friend Margo (we originally met at work) could use it for her then meal-replacement-shakes for lunches, but then her position was eliminated, but I forgot about it. I finally noticed that it was still at work a couple of years ago and brought it home.

bk · « **Reply #113 on:** March 07, 2021, 09:18:56 PM »

This does not feel like a Sunday evening, this feels like a Saturday evening. And yet tomorrow will be Monday so it must be a Sunday evening.

bk · « **Reply #114 on:** March 07, 2021, 09:19:10 PM »

Finished the Mommie Dearest Diaries.

George · « **Reply #115 on:** March 07, 2021, 10:25:12 PM »

Well, I finally watched The Big Lebowski.

George · « **Reply #116 on:** March 07, 2021, 10:31:46 PM »

A co-worker had been talking about it couple of years ago, and he loaned me his DVD.

George · « **Reply #117 on:** March 07, 2021, 10:32:03 PM »

I had it for more than a year and never watched it.

George · « **Reply #118 on:** March 07, 2021, 10:32:15 PM »

I finally returned it to him and bought my own Blu-ray back in October.

George · « **Reply #119 on:** March 07, 2021, 10:32:25 PM »

And tonight, I finally watched it.

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