Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on July 18, 2015, 01:07:23 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were strident and fishy, and now it is time for you to post until the strident cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: ATRETIC!
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Good morning.
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Good morning, all.
It is raining.
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A soft, gentle rain. But there might be thunderstorms later.
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I have to drop my car off at the service place because something is wonky with the power steering. Oy!
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Great find, about the Coffee Dan's. Incredible that there were those two just a few blocks apart. Which building or storefront was the Cahuenga one in? I wonder if all three Hollywood ones ever existed at the same time, since the Vine St. one was gone before BK discovered them and before that place mat was printed. Questions, questions, questions.
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good morning to all
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continued health vibes to all that need them
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I'm trying to figure out where that one in Redondo Beach would have been. I don't remember "Five Points" as a designation, and the World Wide Web isn't helping me on that. The place mat map makes it look like the pier and marina area, but it's hard to tell with those things. My other guess is the "Riviera Village".
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Did we know about one on Wilshire?
http://martinostimemachine.blogspot.com/2009/09/coffee-dans-hollywood-boulevard.html
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More coffee!
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At Dan's, please.
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Good morning, all.
Crazy day ahead dance Pilates at 10, classes at 1 and 2, followed by a dance at 8.
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Well it RAINED a LOT at the show last night. It was quite a monsoon during the hour before the show....but we had a big audience, and everyone seemed to like the show. No one left.....it continued to rain off and on.
Tonight is closing night and strike!
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Good morning!
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Thanks to JohnG for the link to Lucie Arnaz and Robert Klein singing "They're Playing Our Song!" DR Kate and I both loved the Cast Album and the show. I think I saw it 3 times, once with Stockard Channing.
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And thanks to DR George for the 1960 Tony Awards link. I watched parts of it and was really surprised at some of the nominees. While I knew that Mary Martin beat Ethel Merman for the Best Musical Actress Tony I had no idea that Carol Burnett was nominated in the same category.
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Continued vibes for all!
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TOD:
Probably something I read in a book or a magazine....I was aware of such a circumstance since I was small....but didn't have a name for it until I read something. It certainly wasn't anything in the movies or on television!
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Real Italian Grandmas try Olive Garden cuisine for the first time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=47&v=UVyhE3-_lCM
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Good morning, all!
This has been an awful morning, so there must be some planets in collision. In the past hour, this has all occurred:
1. I accidentally canceled by physical exam appointment on Monday during an automated telephone reminder
2. I nearly started a fire in the kitchen
3. An unexpected computer repair charge this morning took the repair total to $430 and wiped out the small amount i had in the bank. There's a check coming in but i won't see it before Wednesday or Thursday
I am wondering if I should go back to bed and stay there until then.
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I have no plans for today, so I'll work on Gentlemen, Be Seated! fixes. I am meeting my friend Wayne for dinner at 6:00 and that will wipe out my account until the check arrives from Florida. I hate this crap. I was on a good roll for the past four months.
And now I'm feeling sorry for myself so I'll leave until I'm feeling more social.
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There was a Coffee Dan's in Phoenix (same logo and signage), and we'd end up there with my grandparents periodically. It was one of my favorite places as a kid. I wish there were still a place like that or Guggy's around.
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I do not like those automated calls. I simply hang up on them without pushing the buttons. If I disagree with the info I call them back.
DRelmore I hope you can call and fix it in time. Did you leave a voice message?
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Saturday afternoon greetings! It is brutally hot and humid here today, very reminiscent of the day I had my heart attack almost 5 years ago :P
I went to the grocery this morning in order to be home before the heat of the day and to get started on another Jello project for the potluck that will follow tomorrow's baptism of our great-nephew.
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Stay cool Ginny.
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Check vibes for DR ELMORE.
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Yes we expect temps of 92 degrees with a "feels like" of 108 degrees....so it will be very warm this evening.....
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Yes we expect temps of 92 degrees with a "feels like" of 108 degrees....so it will be very warm this evening.....
Should be a hot performance!
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Looks like we're getting that heat tomorrow and Monday!
Still overcast and comfortable here today. Enjoying it. Staying in. Car's at the shop. yadda yadda. Haven't won lottery. Nothing else new.
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Rough night - something I ate did NOT agree with me - no bad problems, just rough sleeping. Thunder this morning that woke me up - and ooh, we've had us about twenty seconds of drizzle. It's so ridiculous here - we need full out rain, baby.
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By all rights I should have had that rough night after the umpteen slices I gorged on that friends brought over from Pizza Hut. I considered myself lucky when I realized I had gotten away with it.
And damn, they were good. Pizza Hut is the one national pizza chain that I can truly enjoy now and then.
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Stay cool Ginny.
Well, I do have to go back out, but I'll be in my air conditioned car driving to my Mom's and to Barnes & Noble, also both air conditioned.
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Well it RAINED a LOT at the show last night. It was quite a monsoon during the hour before the show....but we had a big audience, and everyone seemed to like the show. No one left.....it continued to rain off and on.
Tonight is closing night and strike!
~~~Break Legs Vibes for Closing Night!!~~~
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thanks DR GEORGE. And thanks for posting the 1960 Tony Awards clip!
Yes, DR ELMORE....H O T and then some.
I have to leave in a few minutes, I am selling tickets.....what there are left to what people who may want to come..... We have coolers.....but it's only about 10 degrees cooler inside....not much comfort.....
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We had a storm last night with 70 mph winds. They sounded the sirens (they are doing that now for straight line winds over 60 mph and tornados) Since I have big trees around I decided to wait it out in the basement with the cats. I didn't have any damage, but there are lots of trees and branches down around the area
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This morning I walked down to the stop sign and back (about a block each way). Then I decided to go to the grocery store for my first outing. It was slow going, but I'm glad I did it. I bought lots of fruit, some vegetables and other stuff. Good to be stocked...also good to be back in my recliner
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I am watching a delightful film I've missed until now. "Enchanted April," with a lovely score by the late great Richard Rodney Bennett, a lovely gentleman i knew slightly who lived a block away from me.
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TOD:
Probably something I read in a book or a magazine....I was aware of such a circumstance since I was small....but didn't have a name for it until I read something. It certainly wasn't anything in the movies or on television!
When I was young, I certainly didn't know the terms "gay" or "homosexual." I don't remember when I first connected the words to the concept. But as I got older and started to develop feeling of a romantic nature, they were only for other guys. At some point, I put two and two together and realized that I had absolutely no interested in girls...and really had no problem with it.
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But that's just me. :)
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We had a storm last night with 70 mph winds. They sounded the sirens (they are doing that now for straight line winds over 60 mph and tornados) Since I have big trees around I decided to wait it out in the basement with the cats. I didn't have any damage, but there are lots of trees and branches down around the area
Will your new lawn service be able to clean it up for you?
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We put out the soundtrack for Enchanted April at Bay Cities.
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Got an additional hour of sleep, then Sandy Bainum called and ran her patter for next week's show - she's got it down. I completely rewrote it from what we did in LA.
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We put out the soundtrack for Enchanted April at Bay Cities.
It's a beautiful score, but the film is really quite lovely with a wonderful cast.
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TOD:
I really can't recall.
But I was a late bloomer - didn't connect those feelings to myself until I was in college. Then a lot of things earlier in my life made more sense.
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Preparations today for a huge dinner party we are hosting tomorrow night.
Trying not to feel fraught.
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~ ~ ~ CLOSING NIGHT CELEBRATORY VIBES ~ ~ ~ for DR Jrand64 and company!!!
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{{{{{DR elmore3003}}}}}
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I was maybe in Jr High. I was sitting at our kitchen booth with my older siblings and a friend of theirs. They were talking about men who liked men. The friend looked at me and said should you be discussing this in front of her? My siblings were ok with it. Of course today that would be considered old to hear about such things.
The next time someone mentioned Rock Hudson I understood what they were talking about. ;D
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The concept of blooming late is a difficult one for me. I truly liked boys from a very young age, at least by the time I was five or six.
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Page two? Really?
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Picked up one teeny-tiny package.
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Page two? Really?
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REALLY?
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Listening to a Patty Duke double bill CD - Patty sings Valley of the Dolls (and a few pop songs) and Patty sings folk songs.
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The interim helper will be here at four to continue organizing the four hundred folks who contributed to the Indiegogo campaign.
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Page two? Really?
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Will we never see page 3?
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I want to go to Coffee Dan's on Hollywood and Cahuenga.
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Page 2? Really?
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Page three? Really?
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Really! page 3.
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It's drizzling again - why can't it just full out rain - we need the damn rain, we don't need the drizzle.
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Thunder we've got. Thunder and drizzle. C'mon weather, man up and rain already.
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Back from visiting Mom and shopping at Barnes & Noble for a christening gift for Baby J - 2 books of Bible stories. One for his parents to read to him and another board book that he can
chew on carry around and "read" to himself.
I have stashed away a few board books with Baby Robbie's teeth marks in them...
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TOD:
I remember when I was about seven years old, my sister called me a lesbian and I asked her what that meant and she said, "it's when a woman loves another woman, like she wants to marry her." I don't remember how I learned about gay men, but the term "gay" was used a lot a my school as a pejorative term for just about anything. It was used the way the word "lame" is used today. My dad tried to get me a pair of really ugly sneakers just because they were cheap and I said, "But Dad, everyone at school will say I'm gay!" I didn't know what the word really meant. My dad (knowing full well what the word meant) cracked up laughing.
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OMG, Bruce, it's POURING in Thousand Oaks! I've never seen so much rain in July. There's lots of lightening and very loud thunder, and it's super humid too. I feel like I'm in Chicago.
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I just listened to The Essential Andre Previn. You know what? That boy could play the piano. It's all pretty great stuff, even if I'm not crazy about the tracks with the (IMHO) overdone orchestra (David Rose).
It's this one, except mine's stereo:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/the-essential-ANDRE-PREVIN-LP-vg-VG-vinyl-record-album-VERVE-V-8565-mono-/271906804656?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f4ee893b0
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It's finally raining here, too - real rain - not pouring, but real rain. May it continue.
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House felt like the Amazon so I turned the a/c on. I guess it'll be on for the next couple of days.
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Critt Davis, of whom I spoke in the notes, did indeed pass away in 2009. We have so many mutual friends and not a one of them mentioned it to me. He was eighty, so a nice, long life.
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We could use about a week of this rain - non-stop. Or at least a full day of it. Helper is coming Monday morning instead of now.
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We had a storm last night with 70 mph winds. They sounded the sirens (they are doing that now for straight line winds over 60 mph and tornados) Since I have big trees around I decided to wait it out in the basement with the cats. I didn't have any damage, but there are lots of trees and branches down around the area
Will your new lawn service be able to clean it up for you?
I didn't have any damage, but I saw quite a bit in the area
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TOD, don't remember. I can't think of a time when I didn't know about it
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I am home from a wonderful Mexican dinner at Cafe Frida. i had a hibiscus (hibiscus, cointreau, and pomegranate) frozen margarita. Quite deelish. Also enchiladas in a mole sauce, fresh guacamole, and salsa.
My friend Wayne is great and after dinner we walked to a new candy shop on Columbus run by two young (gay, i believe) Pakastani or Indian men, of whom Wayne is enamored. I bought some sour cherry gummy candies and Wayne bought out the store. They like him, too, and gave him some free chocolate eggs.
After my Britcoms, I'll be ready for bed.
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We have Benin having some issues withe folks. My brother and SIL and vixdad and I spent the day checking out some assisted living. Beautiful but not at all affordable
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Oh, dear, DR Vixmom, I'm so sorry you're having to start down THAT rabbit hole...
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It is going to be along hard road
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Hang in there and call or email if you need to...
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Vixmom, so sorry to hear this. Have you looked into live in help? In some places it can be less expensive than assisted living. Don't know your circumstances.
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Vixmom, so sorry to hear this. Have you looked into live in help? In some places it can be less expensive than assisted living. Don't know your circumstances.
We are just beginning to explore the available options
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Just a thought
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It's finally raining here, too - real rain - not pouring, but real rain. May it continue.
I have a friend in San Diego (yes, just one). His husband has collected 32 gallon jugs of rain water, since it started raining at 9 this morning
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Just a thought
Just a thought
Just a thought
Just a thought
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Sorry that was not meant to sound snarky I wasposting and the phone rang and it hit post before I was really finished. What I meant to say was we are just beginning to explore all available options but it is really early days everything is super expensive and finance are not all one could hope. Benefits for assisted living appear to be nonexistent. My SIL spent all day yesterday with the vixter and my folks running from dr to dr to the VA and social workers trying to gather info and advice
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Ok guys it is 10:23 in the pm on the east coast and we are only on page three?
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Better get our posting hatson
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Or our posting boots
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Or gloves
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The new rolled gold pretzel commercial is really annoying me
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And they are shoeing it every 3 minutes
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Actually they are not shoeing it As the commercial is not a horse
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They are however showing it
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But the horse comment reminds me of the other really annoying commercial they are showing. I have no idea of theproduct they are selling but the commercial involves a bikini glad sexy women lying in the surf in a provocative pose while her white horse talks about wow natives it is they are selling but the whole thing is do annoying a food distracting that I haven't been able o discern the message they wish to convey
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Remember the old Alia seltzer commercials? The I can't believe I ate the whole thing guy. And the guy having to do take after take while eating spicy meatballs?
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I wish we had a like button, because I like Vixmom's post. Even though I have no idea what it means.
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40 years later I remember the commercial and the product
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The girl and get talking horse? I have seen the commercial maybe 20 times in the past 2 hours No clue want it's about
What ever happened to advertising?
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Good evening. I spent the day chasing butterflies, in spite of the weathermen who said it would rain all day. We had pretty good weather, considering.
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But the horse comment reminds me of the other really annoying commercial they are showing. I have no idea of theproduct they are selling but the commercial involves a bikini glad sexy women lying in the surf in a provocative pose while her white horse talks about wow natives it is they are selling but the whole thing is do annoying a food distracting that I haven't been able o discern the message they wish to convey
Between my bad typing and iPad randomly changing words I appear to be qualified to be an advertising executive as I cannot clearly convey the intended message
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Good evening. I spent the day chasing butterflies, in spite of the weathermen who said it would rain all day. We had pretty good weather, considering.
Oh they meant it would rain on Long Island. They were right
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Are you safe from the fires' Laura? I have been concerned
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Did you ever find out the sound a lamb wouldmakewhilegoing down a slide?
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I like Wae ling
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Did she ever get the rest of her little house books?
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Sorry boss, I was just catching up on the posts.
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You are doing very well without me.
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There are fires?
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No.
I can't even remember the context of that quote. But I knew it needed to be posted here.
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Tommy how are your eyes?
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I am kind of brain dead tonight.
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It was back up to 93 in Tacoma today.
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I bought several more. She read part of Farmer Boy when we went to the Grand Canyon. I haven't seen her too much lately.
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Cilla how are you feeling today? I think they idea of an internal numbing agent is pure genius
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Vixmom, you and your parents are in my prayers.
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I am fortunate that I never had to worry about that with my mother. But I wouldn't recommend having a parent be killed as an alternative.
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I am finding it very hard to type, seeing that Joshie is laying across my hands on the keyboard. I guess he missed me today.
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I bought several more. She read part of Farmer Boy when we went to the Grand Canyon. I haven't seen her too much lately.
I loved the little house books. I read the. So,often I practically memorized them. Despite being a big reader. The vixter never gravitated to them to my great disappointment
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Nicky must be warm. He came into the bedroom and went right to bed, even though the air conditioner is running.
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Likewise A little punches, the secret garden, all the books by Louisa Mae Alcott ....she just had no interest
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There are fires?
I heard there were wild fires aroundphoenix. Did I mishear?
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You are doing very well without me.
Yeah, I am doing great as long as you are not concerned with quality or clarity
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Vixmom, you and your parents are in my prayers.
Thank you that means a lot to me
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There is one on the road to Seven Springs. It is a long ways away from me, though.
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I am fortunate that I never had to worry about that with my mother. But I wouldn't recommend having a parent be killed as an alternative.
Oh tommy I didn't mean to open that wound
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My mother flat out refused to ever go to an assisted living place. My mother-in-law couldn't wait to get to hers. I hope your parents will be reasonable.
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I am finding it very hard to type, seeing that Joshie is laying across my hands on the keyboard. I guess he missed me today.
It's nice to be loved .....sometimes
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There is one on the road to Seven Springs. It is a long ways away from me, though.
I am sorry to hear there is a fire but I am very relieved that it is not near you
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My mother flat out refused to ever go to an assisted living place. My mother-in-law couldn't wait to get to hers. I hope your parents will be reasonable.
Dad has dementia which has gotten very much worse in the past few months. Mom is still pretty much ok but caring for dad is really too much for her
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Well at least no one can say we did not get to,page five
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T.O.D.
When I was five or six, my Aunt Ruth (my mom's sister) and the lady who lived in the apartment next door, decided to buy a house together. There was talk at the time that single women couldn't get funding for buying a house, and also that there was security in not living on their own.
However, as the year went on and they vacationed together every year, they went out to dinner and drinks together, and invited other female friends down for elaborate parties. They even had a big 25th anniversary party to "celebrate buying their house." I remember when I went to see the film THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE. The next day at breakfast my mom asked how I liked the movie. I said it was kind of like watching Ruth and Dorothy together. My sister chocked on her toast and my mom got up and started rinsing the dishes.
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Sorry, I got long winded.
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I am fortunate that I never had to worry about that with my mother. But I wouldn't recommend having a parent be killed as an alternative.
Oh tommy I didn't mean to open that wound
No, it is okay. I have often wondered which is harder. Losing a parent in an instant, or watching them wither and die slowly over a period of years.
I'm sorry, that didn't come out sounding the way I meant it.
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I am fortunate that I never had to worry about that with my mother. But I wouldn't recommend having a parent be killed as an alternative.
I know what you mean and I understand. I think it would havebenneasier if mt dad was physically ill. This loss of his ability to communicate, or care for himself.. It's like having a 5'9" 160 lb 2 year old
Oh tommy I didn't mean to open that wound
No, it is okay. I have often wondered which is harder. Losing a parent in an instant, or watching them wither and die slowly over a period of years.
I'm sorry, that didn't come out sounding the way I meant it.
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Vixmom, there is a company that has been advertising lately (Kindred maybe?) that helps with families try to deal with those types of choices. I only paid attention to the commercials, because I was thinking about help for me.
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And my answer got buried inthatlast quote
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Vixmom, there is a company that has been advertising lately (Kindred maybe?) that helps with families try to deal with those types of choices. I only paid attention to the commercials, because I was thinking about help for me.
Hmmm I wonder if they have that here I will have to look it up
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Vixmom, there is a company that has been advertising lately (Kindred maybe?) that helps with families try to deal with those types of choices. I only paid attention to the commercials, because I was thinking about help for me.
I can't count on my sister being around to make decisions about me, and if I put Larry in charge, he will have me committed tomorrow.
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Vixmom, there is a company that has been advertising lately (Kindred maybe?) that helps with families try to deal with those types of choices. I only paid attention to the commercials, because I was thinking about help for me.
Hmmm I wonder if they have that here I will have to look it up
I will watch for the commercials and try and get you a phone number.
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I've had both happen, TCB. My dad died in an instant; my mother went downhill over many years. They were both hard. Dad was a shock -- he was not even 60 yet. Mom was 84, so it was not unexpected.
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I go have to say if I had the choice between dying with all my faculties of a disease like cancer Or having dementia at this moment I would absolutely choose the first
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Vixmom, there is a company that has been advertising lately (Kindred maybe?) that helps with families try to deal with those types of choices. I only paid attention to the commercials, because I was thinking about help for me.
Hmmm I wonder if they have that here I will have to look it up
I will watch for the commercials and try and get you a phone number.
Thank you!
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Ok enough of being little Mary sunshine. The vixter needs me to help her with something. Good night all!
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And thank you. It helps so much to have you to talk to
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Good night, Vixmom.
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I've had both happen, TCB. My dad died in an instant; my mother went downhill over many years. They were both hard. Dad was a shock -- he was not even 60 yet. Mom was 84, so it was not unexpected.
I am so sorry, Laura. There is no good way to lose your parents.
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Well, TCB, it's just the way that life is. I can't imagine losing a child. Parents you expect to lose.
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My eyes are doing much better today.
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Young Wae-Ling found a couple extra good things on our hike today. She found a garter snake in the water, fungus beetles and their larvae, and best of all, several endangered tiger salamander larvae in a pond.
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Well, TCB, it's just the way that life is. I can't imagine losing a child. Parents you expect to lose.
I know. And you are correct. But expecting to lose a parent, and actually losing them are two different things.
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I guess I am just feeling nostalgic tonight.
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The other day I was looking thru real estate ads for mobile homes up in Auburn, where my mom lived for the last ten years of her life. There was an ad for her mobile home park, and when I opened the ad I gasped because I thought it was my mom's home. But it wasn't it, but it looked so familiar to me. Then I realized that it was the house across the street from my mom. It was where her friend Ellie lived. Ellie was the lady driving the car when they were both killed. It was spooky.
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I'm sorry, TCB. That must have been a shock.
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George left without posting anything.
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All this cheerfulness was probably too much for him
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George left without posting anything.
Actually, I've been here, but I'm sorting through several months' worth of e-mails. I haven't downloaded them to my computer in a while. I've just been reading them on-line and letting them pile up. But, I want to sort and organize them and it's taking a lot longer that I had expected.
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We had a storm last night with 70 mph winds. They sounded the sirens (they are doing that now for straight line winds over 60 mph and tornados) Since I have big trees around I decided to wait it out in the basement with the cats. I didn't have any damage, but there are lots of trees and branches down around the area
Will your new lawn service be able to clean it up for you?
I didn't have any damage, but I saw quite a bit in the area
I figured you still had leaves, twiggs and a little bit of a mess.
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Oh, dear, DR Vixmom, I'm so sorry you're having to start down THAT rabbit hole...
So am I. Vibes to you and your family.
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But the horse comment reminds me of the other really annoying commercial they are showing. I have no idea of theproduct they are selling but the commercial involves a bikini glad sexy women lying in the surf in a provocative pose while her white horse talks about wow natives it is they are selling but the whole thing is do annoying a food distracting that I haven't been able o discern the message they wish to convey
Between my bad typing and iPad randomly changing words I appear to be qualified to be an advertising executive as I cannot clearly convey the intended message
;D
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Joshie and Nicky are being cute tonight.
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No.
I can't even remember the context of that quote. But I knew it needed to be posted here.
I am glad you did.
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It was back up to 93 in Tacoma today.
It was even hotter here but not muggy which was good.
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Sorry, I got long winded.
But it was funny.
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I am fortunate that I never had to worry about that with my mother. But I wouldn't recommend having a parent be killed as an alternative.
Oh tommy I didn't mean to open that wound
No, it is okay. I have often wondered which is harder. Losing a parent in an instant, or watching them wither and die slowly over a period of years.
I'm sorry, that didn't come out sounding the way I meant it.
I expect both are equally horrible.
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Well, TCB, it's just the way that life is. I can't imagine losing a child. Parents you expect to lose.
But not so young.
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My eyes are doing much better today.
Oh good,cheerful news :)
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Well, TCB, it's just the way that life is. I can't imagine losing a child. Parents you expect to lose.
I know. And you are correct. But expecting to lose a parent, and actually losing them are two different things.
So true.
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The other day I was looking thru real estate ads for mobile homes up in Auburn, where my mom lived for the last ten years of her life. There was an ad for her mobile home park, and when I opened the ad I gasped because I thought it was my mom's home. But it wasn't it, but it looked so familiar to me. Then I realized that it was the house across the street from my mom. It was where her friend Ellie lived. Ellie was the lady driving the car when they were both killed. It was spooky.
I would gasp too.
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I have not left my house today at all.
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I did take a shower, though.
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Just had to share. :)