Topic: ACT TWO - ASSEMBLED (Read 3361 times)

John G. · « **Reply #120 on:** March 02, 2025, 01:08:36 PM »

Five!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #121 on:** March 02, 2025, 01:27:31 PM »

This has been teacart-from-hell day, beginning with the fact that Annabelle regards it as her personal property. This morning, while I cauight up on yesterday's posts and drank my coffee, she lay in the cart next to me. Later, when I began kitty cleanup, I had to fight her for the cart. I put the dirty cat dishes onto the top tier, while I retrieved their kibnble dishes from the bottom tier. As I was doing thta, Annabelle leaped onto the cart andll four paws in several dishes of uneaten kitty breakfast. She got off that cart pretty damn quick.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #122 on:** March 02, 2025, 01:34:35 PM »

So, this afternoon around 1:00 Ann camne down to visit. Jen has been sick all week with the norovirus, and I'm a bit concerned with my possibility of catching it. So, we had a nice visit, Ann left just before 2:00, and I started preparing my dinner and the cats'. I took care of the cats, went back to my cooking and loaded up the cart withan almost empty 2-liter bottle of Classic Coke, a full glass of Coke, and a full plate of food. I pushed the cartout of the kitchen and one of the back wheels fell off, the cart tilted and was stopped from falling by my table, the glass fell over, spilliong Coke all over the cart and the floor. Because of the edge running around the tiers of the cart, nothing broke opr fell top the floor. And there I stood in a puddle of Classic coke, trying to hold a cart upright while I quickly as possible transferred everything on the cart to either the table or the floor.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #123 on:** March 02, 2025, 01:35:49 PM »

Now, what the fat hell do I do? I wondered. First I went into the kitchen, grabbed a lot of paper towels, and spread them all over the spill. Then I sat down and ate my dinner.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #124 on:** March 02, 2025, 01:39:00 PM »

Then, I turned the empty cart over to see about replacing the wheel. I went to the bathroom, got the mop, mopped the floor with clean water, sat on the floor and tried to screw the wheel back into its socket. Curiously, the top of the screw was not designed for any screwdriver known to man, so after several tries, I got the super glue and glued the sucker in. Thern I called Ann and asked her to help me.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #125 on:** March 02, 2025, 01:43:20 PM »

Ann came down, helped me gently right the cart, and while I put everything back into the various tiers of the cart, she helped me tidy up. Then . . . Annabelle - remember her? she thinks the cart is her property - decided to check out what we were doing to her cart. And she jumped onto the cart before she leaped onto the table into the remains of my dinner. While Ann and I finished up, Annabelle loudly scolded us. Luckily, this all could have been worse.

Jane · « **Reply #126 on:** March 02, 2025, 01:47:46 PM »

Quote from: John G. on March 02, 2025, 01:06:05 PM

The ending of the two Godzillas could not be more different. In the Japanese version, Tagaski Shimua warns the world of the dangers of nuclear experimentation. In the American version, we get a smug Raymond Burr saying nothing of value.

singdaw · « **Reply #127 on:** March 02, 2025, 02:30:48 PM »

Quote from: MichaelG on March 02, 2025, 11:33:12 AM

Who's the Otello on the broadcast?

I believe it was Aleksandrs Antonenko. The conductor was Yannick Nézet-Séguin. This was from about a month after his first Met opening night, with the same opera, in the fall of 2015.

singdaw · « **Reply #128 on:** March 02, 2025, 02:31:58 PM »

Quote from: Freddie on March 02, 2025, 12:16:32 PM

Was it Sondheim who wrote "Don't you love farts" - I think it was him.

singdaw · « **Reply #129 on:** March 02, 2025, 02:36:51 PM »

How about two carts, DR elmore3003? One for you, and one for Annabelle.

Freddie · « **Reply #130 on:** March 02, 2025, 02:37:27 PM »

Don't you love carts?

singdaw · « **Reply #131 on:** March 02, 2025, 02:38:06 PM »

DR Freddie is on a roll this afternoon.

singdaw · « **Reply #132 on:** March 02, 2025, 02:39:10 PM »

The DH is playing another memorial service tomorrow. There's almost always a special music request. This time, it's Seal's song from one of the Batman movies.

singdaw · « **Reply #133 on:** March 02, 2025, 02:39:35 PM »

I'm not a fan of this kind of music in a sacred space, but what do I know?

singdaw · « **Reply #134 on:** March 02, 2025, 02:39:55 PM »

I guess it's meaningful to the family.

singdaw · « **Reply #135 on:** March 02, 2025, 02:41:00 PM »

A wise person once said, "No one attending will remember the inappropriate music, but if you tell the family no, they'll remember that forever."

Freddie · « **Reply #136 on:** March 02, 2025, 02:41:25 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on March 02, 2025, 02:38:06 PM

DR Freddie is on a roll this afternoon.

A rolling cart?

Freddie · « **Reply #137 on:** March 02, 2025, 02:41:35 PM »

Or maybe a doily cart?

Freddie · « **Reply #138 on:** March 02, 2025, 02:42:37 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on March 02, 2025, 02:41:00 PM

A wise person once said, "No one attending will remember the inappropriate music, but if you tell the family no, they'll remember that forever."

That's pretty profound.

singdaw · « **Reply #139 on:** March 02, 2025, 02:43:52 PM »

I've sung all kinds of inappropriate hideous things at wedding ceremonies.

singdaw · « **Reply #140 on:** March 02, 2025, 02:45:43 PM »

I wonder if the person who put the cart before the horse used a rolling cart.

singdaw · « **Reply #141 on:** March 02, 2025, 02:54:31 PM »

Hard to believe we SPRING AHEAD in less than a week.

Freddie · « **Reply #142 on:** March 02, 2025, 02:55:36 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on March 02, 2025, 02:45:43 PM

I wonder if the person who put the cart before the horse used a rolling cart.

Jane · « **Reply #143 on:** March 02, 2025, 03:05:21 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on March 02, 2025, 02:36:51 PM

How about two carts, DR elmore3003? One for you, and one for Annabelle.

Or crinkle tin foil on the cart to discourage her from jumping on it.

Jane · « **Reply #144 on:** March 02, 2025, 03:05:55 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on March 02, 2025, 02:41:00 PM

A wise person once said, "No one attending will remember the inappropriate music, but if you tell the family no, they'll remember that forever."

True.

Jane · « **Reply #145 on:** March 02, 2025, 03:07:07 PM »

Jrand & Vixmom, Keith also got Wordle in four.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #146 on:** March 02, 2025, 03:07:21 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on March 02, 2025, 02:54:31 PM

Hard to believe we SPRING AHEAD in less than a week.

In yet another week, St. Patrick's Day.

And I've got no excuse this time. I have that day off. Time to cook!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #147 on:** March 02, 2025, 03:07:58 PM »

I don't even know what to say about Annabelle and the tea cart.

Annabelle and the Tea Cart. That's a children's story title if I ever heard one.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #148 on:** March 02, 2025, 03:08:14 PM »

Thank the heavens for Ann!

singdaw · « **Reply #149 on:** March 02, 2025, 03:17:29 PM »

Indeed.

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