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[singdaw]

Welcome to PAGE FIVE!

[singdaw]

BK, there is also a very highly rated Blu Ray of Schreker's Der Schatzgräber.

[bk]

I'm up, I'm up - almost ten hours of needed sleep.

[bk]

I have to see if I have that Schreker Blu-ray. I think I have all his operas on CD.

[George]

I occasionally went to Philly to get cheesesteak but never with onions. And I preferred the chicken cheesesteaks.

I like Jersey Mike's subs, but I don't like their chicken cheesesteaks.  The chicken is just weird...and very dark in color.

[George]

Will the prep affect what you eat on Thanksgiving, DR Ron Pulliam?

The last time, I recall I was warned about eating certain types of foods up to a week before.

I don't remember being told that, but that could be either forgetfulness or that I just didn't pay attention.

[George]

DR elmore3003, I saw that your friend John Wilson got another glowing review and profile in the November Gramophone.

That's pretty cool!

[George]

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[elmore3003]

DR elmore3003, I saw that your friend John Wilson got another glowing review and profile in the November Gramophone.

He is the critics' darling! He's so good. At the moment, he and his orchestra are touring England with Kim Criswell and Jamie Parker, his Will Parker on the Oklahoma! recording.

[elmore3003]

DR Ginny, what a sad way to celebrate Richard's birthday.

[Ginny]

DR Ginny, what a sad way to celebrate Richard's birthday.

Yes, but at least it meant Rob was here last night to eat pumpkin pie with us.

[elmore3003]

In the early 1980s, "Just Good Friends," the cabaret act for which I was vocal arranger and MD, performed this little-known Sheldon Harnick song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SlrLHNevsg

[Jane]

I had an appointment this morning for a colonoscopy consultation with a gastroenterologist in Augusta GA.

I have had one procedure way back when I was living and working in Oakland CA.  I'm guessing it was no earlier than 2012.  Since that time, I have been doing the annual home tests.  This year, however, my doctor wants the real deal.

So...I am scheduled for Nov. 27th at 11 a.m.  That's the Monday after Thanksgiving.   And there will be several days of eating only specific things plus the 24-hour fast the day before while I guzzle from the jug of misery. 

I don't mind the procedure, but the prep is a pill.

It will be a busy weekend, of sorts.   My Thanksgiving will be spent at my cousin Ashleigh's home in Simpsonville SC where she lives a charmed life with her husband Clay, her son Anderson (by her first marriage) and her husband's three sons Cross, Cade and Stone.  Two of his sons (in their early 20s) live next door to Ashleigh in a house she and Clay own, and the third son is a student at USC.  It's a houseful of testosterone and high spirits, let me tell you!!! They are a delightful family!   Ashleigh is my cousin Butch's eldest child, and he and Sharon and I will be driving up Thanksgiving morning.  Butch's son Benjamin (from his second marriage) may be joining us.  He's a student at nearby Wofford University.

On Saturday, Nov. 25th, my cousin Debra and I will be driving up to Roebuck SC (about 1 1/2 hours from Johnston) for the funeral of our cousin John Brooks.  He is the final link to our mothers' family on their mother's side.  My maternal grandmother was Ruby Mae Brooks and she married our grandfather, Lester Lee Rook.  The Rook-Brookses is how I have always thought of them.   I have cousins in both branches, but I see them only once in a great while, and usually just at funerals.  It's a sad part of our life at our ages.

I am sorry for your loss.  At the same time I enjoyed reading about your family and your upcoming Thanksgiving gathering.

[Jane]

Will the prep affect what you eat on Thanksgiving, DR Ron Pulliam?

The last time, I recall I was warned about eating certain types of foods up to a week before.

I don't remember being told that, but that could be either forgetfulness or that I just didn't pay attention.

Same here.

[Jane]

DR Ginny, what a sad way to celebrate Richard's birthday.

Yes, but at least it meant Rob was here last night to eat pumpkin pie with us.

It sounds yummy too.

[Jane]

DR Ginny did you actually have time to make the pie, or is there a favorite place you purchased it from?

[Ginny]

DR Ginny did you actually have time to make the pie, or is there a favorite place you purchased it from?

I made it, DR Jane, because I’m trying to use up groceries.  I had one can of pumpkin, one can of evaporated milk, and a pair of Pillsbury pie crusts.  The pie only needed one crust, so I made what my mother called wound-up cookies:  spread a flattened pie crust with butter, sprinkle with a mixture of cinnamon and sugar, roll up, slice and bake.  Yum!

[ChasSmith]

Thank you for that link, DR Elmore.

[Jane]

DR Ginny did you actually have time to make the pie, or is there a favorite place you purchased it from?

I made it, DR Jane, because I’m trying to use up groceries.  I had one can of pumpkin, one can of evaporated milk, and a pair of Pillsbury pie crusts.  The pie only needed one crust, so I made what my mother called wound-up cookies:  spread a flattened pie crust with butter, sprinkle with a mixture of cinnamon and sugar, roll up, slice and bake.  Yum!

Now I don't feel bad you slaved over a pie   I've never made wound-up-cookies.  They sure sound good.

[Jane]

It is time for me to vote for my favorite books of the year at Goodreads.

[Jane]

The first category was fiction and I quickly voted.

[Jane]

Next up, historical fiction.  As usual I have read the most books from this category, yet I have three more I need to read ASAP.

[Jane]

I'm already half way through one of the books in the Mystery/Thriller group that I might vote for. 

[Jane]

All in all there are seven books I want to read by the 26th.  I seriously doubt that is possible

[Ron Pulliam]

DR Ron, there are lots of reason we don't care for the new mattress.  First, and most important, our backs are worse vs better using it.  It should feel good lying down on the mattress at night, not prompt a sigh of discomfort-lol.  According to the software I am still sleeping. 

Okay.  I have wanted a Sleep Number for many years and recently considered buying one.  I now have doubts.  I thought, perhaps, you had some issues with the technology that I might need to be aware of.

[Ron Pulliam]

Will the prep affect what you eat on Thanksgiving, DR Ron Pulliam?

The last time, I recall I was warned about eating certain types of foods up to a week before.

I don't think so.  Poultry is okay.  Of course, I'm a sage dressing kind of guy, so I'll have to see if that is on my list.

[Ginny]

DR Ginny did you actually have time to make the pie, or is there a favorite place you purchased it from?

I made it, DR Jane, because I’m trying to use up groceries.  I had one can of pumpkin, one can of evaporated milk, and a pair of Pillsbury pie crusts.  The pie only needed one crust, so I made what my mother called wound-up cookies:  spread a flattened pie crust with butter, sprinkle with a mixture of cinnamon and sugar, roll up, slice and bake.  Yum!

Now I don't feel bad you slaved over a pie   I've never made wound-up-cookies.  They sure sound good.

If you do make them, be sure to grease the cookie sheet.  I didn’t and mine stuck pretty bad.

[Jane]

DR Ron, there are lots of reason we don't care for the new mattress.  First, and most important, our backs are worse vs better using it.  It should feel good lying down on the mattress at night, not prompt a sigh of discomfort-lol.  According to the software I am still sleeping. 

Okay.  I have wanted a Sleep Number for many years and recently considered buying one.  I now have doubts.  I thought, perhaps, you had some issues with the technology that I might need to be aware of.

It is very difficult to determine if a mattress will really be good for you just by testing it at the store, especially with a sleep number type of mattress since you need to determine what the best setting is. That can't really be done until you sleep on it. 

Compared to our most comfortable sleep numbers (we are each very different) the Saatva RX mattress felt more comfortable to both of us in the store.

If the new mattress isn't better I don't know what we will do.

[Jane]

DR Ginny did you actually have time to make the pie, or is there a favorite place you purchased it from?

I made it, DR Jane, because I’m trying to use up groceries.  I had one can of pumpkin, one can of evaporated milk, and a pair of Pillsbury pie crusts.  The pie only needed one crust, so I made what my mother called wound-up cookies:  spread a flattened pie crust with butter, sprinkle with a mixture of cinnamon and sugar, roll up, slice and bake.  Yum!

Now I don't feel bad you slaved over a pie   I've never made wound-up-cookies.  They sure sound good.

If you do make them, be sure to grease the cookie sheet.  I didn’t and mine stuck pretty bad.

Oh.  Too bad you didn't have parchment paper to use up

Were you able to get the cookie sheet clean or will you be moving with one less item?

[George]

DR elmore3003, I saw that your friend John Wilson got another glowing review and profile in the November Gramophone.

He is the critics' darling! He's so good. At the moment, he and his orchestra are touring England with Kim Criswell and Jamie Parker, his Will Parker on the Oklahoma! recording.

That's great!  I would live to see Kim Criswell live!