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Title: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: bk on August 26, 2018, 12:09:10 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were big and a meal, and now it is time for you to post until the big cows come home.
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Post by: bk on August 26, 2018, 12:09:55 AM
And the word of the day is: PUISSANT!
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Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 12:16:25 AM
A Very Happy Birthday to DR JRand!! :D
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Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 12:21:29 AM
First post after George, after BK.
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Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 12:22:54 AM
A Very Happy Birthday to DR JRand!! :D


Ditto!
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Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 12:23:18 AM
Good night, George.
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Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 12:23:33 AM
Good night, Tom.
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Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 12:40:20 AM
Well, in about 11 1/2 hours, I'm going to meet in person, my mom's previously unknown half-brother.  He seems like a nice person in our messages on FB.  Hopefully, he and his family are nice in person.  I don't remember how long they're going to be in town, but we will probably go to Seattle one day.
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Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 12:40:57 AM
And now, I'm off to bed.

Have a good day, all!
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Post by: Jane on August 26, 2018, 03:33:48 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR JRAND68!
🎁🍰🎈🎉
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 26, 2018, 04:40:30 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 26, 2018, 04:41:17 AM
A quick early one for me, because I must be on my way soon.
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 26, 2018, 04:42:37 AM
A big ol’ Happy Birthday to the NEW! IMPROVED! DR Jrand68!
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 26, 2018, 04:45:05 AM
DR JohnG., I agree with you about some of Paul Schrader’s work and some of his interviews and commentary. Last night’s film and talk just happened to hit a bunch of right notes.
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Post by: Jane on August 26, 2018, 05:01:28 AM
I am shocked we still have an internet connection.   It may have something to do with the change of our course due to too much ice.  The captain was concerned we might get trapped.  We have been a bit distracted to think about what we are missing.  Other travelers are very disappointed.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 26, 2018, 05:24:18 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 26, 2018, 05:24:39 AM
I fed the cats and then went back to bed for an hour.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 26, 2018, 05:26:51 AM
I had a very weird dream about a Thanksgiving Day involving a long photocopy order, my friend John Mekeel who's in prison for murder, ny dead parents, and my mother's sister Jean, who died in 1975.
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Post by: Jennifer on August 26, 2018, 05:40:13 AM
Happy Birthday DR JRand!
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Post by: Jennifer on August 26, 2018, 05:40:27 AM
Major elbow vibes for DR Jane!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: FJL on August 26, 2018, 05:58:35 AM
Happy birthday to dear inspirational Jrand!!!   

Your attitude about the director is wonderful and valuable.
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Post by: FJL on August 26, 2018, 05:59:00 AM
More healing vibes for Jane!
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Post by: FJL on August 26, 2018, 06:00:54 AM
Larry, is that friend really in prison for murder or only in prison in your dream?
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 26, 2018, 06:18:29 AM
Larry, is that friend really in prison for murder or only in prison in your dream?

No.  I posted about it several years ago when I learned about it.  He killed his father with a hammer.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 26, 2018, 06:32:55 AM
We were good friends in my Drama Book Shop days, and he was a student at the American Academy.  He used to apartment sit while I was away on jobs. Yjos must have been around 1991 or so.  He married a nice lady, Tula, from Mongolia and they moved back there for several years and I would get occasional letters.  When they moved back with their baby daughter, John and I met several times for pizza and catch-ups.  I met Tula and the baby who must be twenty now, when they took her to see Beauty and The Beast on Broadway.

My Christmas card that year came back as undeliverable sonce they no longer lived there, and for several years I heard nothing from John.  I finally used an online search service and tracked him down through his grandmother.  The marriage had ended and he was staying with his dad on New Jersey.  He was writing poetry and delivering pizza for Domino's.  We met in the East 30s for dinner, and I got the whole story of the breakup and the current situation,  He and his dad were not getting along, and John asked if he could move in.  I turned him down.  Then a long period of silence followed.  I tried to call him and his cell number was no longer good.  I googled his name and found the story.  That was in 2015 or 2016.
https://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2015/04/nj_man_gets_13_years_for_killing_father_in_hammer.html
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: elmore3003 on August 26, 2018, 06:37:09 AM
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Happy Birthday to our DR JRand68  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: KevinH on August 26, 2018, 06:47:34 AM
Happy Birthday to DR JRand!
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Post by: Jane on August 26, 2018, 07:03:32 AM
Major elbow vibes for DR Jane!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thank you DR Jennifer.
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Post by: Jrand74 on August 26, 2018, 07:06:54 AM
Oh my!
Thanks to MR BK for the birthday shout out in the notes....

Thanks to DR GEORGE, DR TCB (twice), DR JANE, DR CHAS SMITH, DR ELMORE, DR JENNIFER, DR FJL, and DR KEVIN H!
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: Jrand74 on August 26, 2018, 07:07:05 AM
I remember that story DR ELMORE....scary....
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Post by: Jrand74 on August 26, 2018, 07:11:04 AM
And let's not forget my birthday twin DR JOSE who may show up here today.....of course he's MUCH OLDER than I am....or maybe he's younger....I forget....
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Post by: John G. on August 26, 2018, 07:31:56 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on August 26, 2018, 07:32:14 AM
Happy birthday, JRand. The new avatar is great.
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Post by: John G. on August 26, 2018, 07:34:25 AM
Looking forward to seeing the new items for the campaign.
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Post by: John G. on August 26, 2018, 07:36:29 AM
Starting a Roger Corman flick called Deathstalker. Oy, does it stink. And there's a sequel. Reminds me of Mike Barnum's taste in filmmaking.
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Post by: Jane on August 26, 2018, 07:53:47 AM
And happy birthday to former DR Jose.
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Post by: vixmom on August 26, 2018, 08:27:57 AM
Happy happy birthday Jack!! I amso glad you are here celebrating with us!!
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Post by: Jrand74 on August 26, 2018, 08:27:59 AM
Thank you DR JOHN G.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 26, 2018, 08:38:22 AM
Neil Simon has died.
http://www.tmz.com/2018/08/26/neil-simon-dead-dies/
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: Jrand74 on August 26, 2018, 08:44:39 AM
Oh no!

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Post by: FJL on August 26, 2018, 08:58:14 AM
Neil Simon has died.
http://www.tmz.com/2018/08/26/neil-simon-dead-dies/

I know 91 is considered a good age,

but with Olivia de Havilland still bringing headline-making lawsuits at age 102, who knows what a good age is?


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Post by: FJL on August 26, 2018, 08:59:00 AM
Neil Simon has died.
http://www.tmz.com/2018/08/26/neil-simon-dead-dies/

This line stands out:  "Simon had a kidney transplant in 2004 and the donor was his longtime friend and publicist Bill Evans."

Didn't someone once say something like "Now that's some dedicated publicist!"
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Post by: Druxy on August 26, 2018, 09:06:01 AM
Neil Simon has died.
http://www.tmz.com/2018/08/26/neil-simon-dead-dies/

 :'(
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: Druxy on August 26, 2018, 09:06:18 AM
Happy Birthday, JRand.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: Druxy on August 26, 2018, 09:10:19 AM
I recall seeing Neil Simon's COME BLOW YOUR HORN when it played at Seattle's Moore Theater.

Hal March, Morris Carnovsky and Warren Berlinger were in the cast.

Years later, I saw THE ODD COUPLE at Melodyland in Anaheim.  Ernest Borgnine and Don Rickle played the roles.
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Post by: Jane on August 26, 2018, 09:22:25 AM
Neil Simon has died.
http://www.tmz.com/2018/08/26/neil-simon-dead-dies/

:(
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 26, 2018, 09:47:45 AM
Neil Simon has died.
http://www.tmz.com/2018/08/26/neil-simon-dead-dies/

Will this week never end?
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: Jrand74 on August 26, 2018, 09:55:37 AM
Thank you DR DRUXY.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: Jrand74 on August 26, 2018, 09:55:59 AM
"Ninety-one...and went....just like that!"

THE SUNSHINE BOYS
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Post by: Jane on August 26, 2018, 10:11:27 AM
No way are we eating at the outdoor grill and freezing.  Instead of our getting a veggie burger to carry out they will deliver it to us in the comfy observation lounge.
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Post by: Jane on August 26, 2018, 10:49:22 AM
And let's not forget my birthday twin DR JOSE who may show up here today.....of course he's MUCH OLDER than I am....or maybe he's younger....I forget....


He is 50 today 😮
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 10:56:38 AM
We were good friends in my Drama Book Shop days, and he was a student at the American Academy.  He used to apartment sit while I was away on jobs. Yjos must have been around 1991 or so.  He married a nice lady, Tula, from Mongolia and they moved back there for several years and I would get occasional letters.  When they moved back with their baby daughter, John and I met several times for pizza and catch-ups.  I met Tula and the baby who must be twenty now, when they took her to see Beauty and The Beast on Broadway.

My Christmas card that year came back as undeliverable sonce they no longer lived there, and for several years I heard nothing from John.  I finally used an online search service and tracked him down through his grandmother.  The marriage had ended and he was staying with his dad on New Jersey.  He was writing poetry and delivering pizza for Domino's.  We met in the East 30s for dinner, and I got the whole story of the breakup and the current situation,  He and his dad were not getting along, and John asked if he could move in.  I turned him down.  Then a long period of silence followed.  I tried to call him and his cell number was no longer good.  I googled his name and found the story.  That was in 2015 or 2016.
https://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2015/04/nj_man_gets_13_years_for_killing_father_in_hammer.html

Oh, my goodness! :o
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 10:57:32 AM
Neil Simon has died.
http://www.tmz.com/2018/08/26/neil-simon-dead-dies/

I just read that. :(
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Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 11:00:29 AM
Well, I'd better get my butt outta bed and get myself ready to meet my uncle!  I have a few things to do before I go to my parents' house and I've dilly-dallied enough.

Be back later!
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Post by: Jane on August 26, 2018, 11:07:43 AM
I am looking forward to hearing about your meeting.
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Post by: FJL on August 26, 2018, 11:24:50 AM
Great new avatar!



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Post by: FJL on August 26, 2018, 11:25:53 AM
"Ninety-one...and went....just like that!"

THE SUNSHINE BOYS

Was that the "Lady, lady, be my baby" guy?
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: FJL on August 26, 2018, 11:27:38 AM
I've always liked this:  (is it from Last of the Red Hot Lovers?)

Have you slept with a humidifier?

Don't worry, I'll get around to everybody.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: FJL on August 26, 2018, 11:29:35 AM
"Ninety-one...and went....just like that!"

THE SUNSHINE BOYS



Is that a real quote?
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Post by: FJL on August 26, 2018, 12:21:15 PM
Found it:

- How do you like that? Sol Burton died.
- Who?
- Sol Burton, songwriter. 89 years old, and he went just like that, from nothing. You know what kind of songs he wrote? [S- word expletive]. Lady, lady, be my baby. "Lady" rhymes with "baby." No wonder he's dead.
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Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 12:45:35 PM
Page 3
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Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 12:47:14 PM
Happy Birthday to former DR Jose!
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Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 12:47:45 PM
Page 3?  Really?
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Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 12:48:49 PM
HELLO!
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Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 12:49:15 PM
Not even an echo.
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Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 12:49:43 PM
Where is everybody?
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Post by: Jeanne on August 26, 2018, 12:50:12 PM
Hello, everyone.
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Post by: Jeanne on August 26, 2018, 12:51:46 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our beloved JRAND!!

So pleased you're still here posting with us!


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Post by: Jeanne on August 26, 2018, 12:53:22 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to DR JOSE!

Come back and visit with us!


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Post by: Jeanne on August 26, 2018, 12:54:51 PM
Jack, when I first saw your avatar I thought we had a new DR. Then I saw it was you. It's a great avatar.
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Post by: Jeanne on August 26, 2018, 12:56:59 PM
I, too, am sorry to hear about John McCain. He set a fine example in many ways.
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Post by: Jeanne on August 26, 2018, 12:58:27 PM
Vibes to all.

TTFN.
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Post by: Jane on August 26, 2018, 01:37:23 PM
Last we saw the captain he was working on a, once again, new direction.  This will be our second change due to the unusually cold summer. 
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Post by: Jane on August 26, 2018, 01:39:40 PM
Hopefully we avoid all storms and rough weather.  Barfing while wearing this cast would be extremely difficult  ;D
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Post by: bk on August 26, 2018, 01:46:14 PM
I'm up, i'm up - was up at five-thirty for two hours, then had to sleep - eight hours in all.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 26, 2018, 01:52:28 PM
Mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida this afternoon.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jacksonville-landing-shooting_us_5b82ea11e4b0cd327dfdd18d
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Post by: Jrand74 on August 26, 2018, 01:55:45 PM
I think so DR FJL.....I will look at my script....
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Post by: Jrand74 on August 26, 2018, 01:57:34 PM
Yes DR FJL - it was the song writer...Sol Burton...the song writer. 89 years old....went like that, from nothing.....

Let me see if he says it again....
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Post by: Jennifer on August 26, 2018, 01:59:55 PM
Last we saw the captain he was working on a, once again, new direction.  This will be our second change due to the unusually cold summer. 

Interesting how the summer there is so cold. This is the hottest summer we have had in forever. Back to school is next Wednesday and the humidex shows 43C which is probably like 100F. :(
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Post by: Jrand74 on August 26, 2018, 02:00:26 PM
Nope that's it....someone on the internet was wrong.....
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Post by: FJL on August 26, 2018, 02:29:35 PM
A favorite bit:

Sunshine Boys - ENTER!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZhIvPb0sVg
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Post by: Michael on August 26, 2018, 03:36:16 PM
A favorite bit:

Sunshine Boys - ENTER!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZhIvPb0sVg

Knock Knock
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Post by: Michael on August 26, 2018, 03:36:27 PM
Good evening to all
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Post by: Michael on August 26, 2018, 03:36:56 PM
Happy B-day to DR JRand. All the best to you.
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Post by: Jrand74 on August 26, 2018, 04:23:33 PM
Thank you DR MICHAEL.

I loved playing Al Lewis in THE SUNSHINE BOYS.....I've also played Mel in PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE, Mr. Velasco in BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, and Felix in THE ODD COUPLE....that may be all of them unless I'm forgetting someone.

I like playing in a Neil Simon play....it's there on the page if the director doesn't get in the way.....

And I am enjoying directing BAREFOOT IN THE PARK which is funnier than I remembered it was....
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Post by: John G. on August 26, 2018, 04:36:34 PM
I picked the DVD of Cone Blow Your Horn, which I’ve never seen. Will watch it tonight.
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Post by: John G. on August 26, 2018, 04:37:46 PM
To me, Simon’s funniest work was the original libretto for Little Me. Just inspired lunacy.
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Post by: Ginny on August 26, 2018, 05:23:07 PM
Sunday evening greetings!  My friend Sharon and I traveled to Cincinnati today for Deborah’s ladies’ tea party.  She used to have this every year around her birthday (tomorrow), but skipped a couple of years when her husband was ill.  He passed away right after Christmas, as did our friend Sondra, so this event was somewhat bittersweet.  We cried, we laughed, we ate, and caught up with each other.
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Post by: Laura on August 26, 2018, 05:43:48 PM
Good evening.
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Post by: Laura on August 26, 2018, 05:44:06 PM
Happy Birthday, Dear JRand!
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Post by: Ginny on August 26, 2018, 05:51:29 PM
Happiest of birthdays to DR JRand!
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Post by: John G. on August 26, 2018, 05:55:17 PM
Back to Deathstalker. It's truly, wonderfully bad.
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Post by: John G. on August 26, 2018, 06:44:37 PM
(https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/40143921_10211531063543127_3847325240107466752_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=65e899d51fbaaeba94e63a7d0cba486a&oe=5BF48A06)

I had to play a knight today while ushering for the theater's open house. Knight of the woeful spectacles.
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Post by: John G. on August 26, 2018, 06:46:33 PM
I was there to push Spamelot. Under four layers of heavy fabric, I renamed myself Dam'it's Hot.
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Post by: John G. on August 26, 2018, 07:18:08 PM
Come Blow Your Horn is strange. I can't imagine Frank Sinatra as the love child of Molly Picon and Lee J. Cobb.
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Post by: Druxy on August 26, 2018, 07:27:51 PM
Has anybody here seen the TV ads for the new USA series, THE PURGE?

The premise, as I understand it, is that, for one day a year, people can commit any crime they want (e.g. robbery, murder) without consequences.

Maybe I'm just too old to understand, but I think that is the dumbest, most irresponsible premise for a TV series, or even a movie, that I've ever seen.  I can't imagine who would "green light" such a project.

There are so many sick people out there (e.g. today in Jacksonville, FL), and a show like this will certainly give them ideas.

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Post by: FJL on August 26, 2018, 08:26:38 PM
(https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/40143921_10211531063543127_3847325240107466752_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=65e899d51fbaaeba94e63a7d0cba486a&oe=5BF48A06)

I had to play a knight today while ushering for the theater's open house. Knight of the woeful spectacles.

You should consider being like Katharine Hepburn, and get 7 outfits like it.   And versions for all seasons. 
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Post by: bk on August 26, 2018, 08:55:09 PM
This entire day has been writing blurbs, getting things ready for the announcement, it just never ended until now really.  I ate at Hugo's - not my intention, but after trips to both Gelson's and their hot food bar food being completely retarded, I just went. 
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Post by: FJL on August 26, 2018, 09:20:26 PM
For a Passover book, do they have Bitter blurbs?
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Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 10:12:02 PM
I'm home, and have been for a couple of hours.  And since we're so close...
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Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 10:12:09 PM
POST #100!!
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Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 10:12:36 PM
Mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida this afternoon.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jacksonville-landing-shooting_us_5b82ea11e4b0cd327dfdd18d (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jacksonville-landing-shooting_us_5b82ea11e4b0cd327dfdd18d)

Oh, no! :(
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Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 10:13:44 PM
(https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/40143921_10211531063543127_3847325240107466752_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=65e899d51fbaaeba94e63a7d0cba486a&oe=5BF48A06)

I had to play a knight today while ushering for the theater's open house. Knight of the woeful spectacles.

That's pretty cool, John!
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Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 10:14:04 PM
I was there to push Spamelot. Under four layers of heavy fabric, I renamed myself Dam'it's Hot.

:o I stand corrected.
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Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 10:14:12 PM
;)
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Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 10:14:44 PM
Has anybody here seen the TV ads for the new USA series, THE PURGE?

The premise, as I understand it, is that, for one day a year, people can commit any crime they want (e.g. robbery, murder) without consequences.

Maybe I'm just too old to understand, but I think that is the dumbest, most irresponsible premise for a TV series, or even a movie, that I've ever seen.  I can't imagine who would "green light" such a project.

There are so many sick people out there (e.g. today in Jacksonville, FL), and a show like this will certainly give them ideas.

This new TV series was based on a couple of (financially) successful horror movies, if I remember correctly.  But still...why??
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Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 10:16:51 PM
Well, I'd better get my butt outta bed and get myself ready to meet my uncle!  I have a few things to do before I go to my parents' house and I've dilly-dallied enough.

Be back later!

I met my uncle Michael and his wife Suzie (sp?) and their two sons Max (age 15) and Poldi (nickname for Leopold, don't know how old he is, but maybe 12 or 13).  They're all very tall!  Max is the tallest at 6'3"!  Even Suzie is taller than me and I'm 5' 9-3/4"!  They are all very nice.  Michael and Suzie speak English and the boys are learning it.  This is not the first time that any of them have been in the states.
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Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 10:17:22 PM
I got to my parents' house at about noon and they got there at about noon-thirty.  Mom had some finger food and we chatted (hesitatingly at first), then my sister and her daughter and Larry showed up.  We all got to know each other and chatted and then ate spaghetti and drank diet Pepsi and Fresca and water and chatted some more. 
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Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 10:18:12 PM
We didn't play Phase 10.  We all just met each other and there were too many people. 
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Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 10:19:04 PM
Originally, they booked a Motel 6 here in Tumwater, but when they decided to change their arrival time, they decided too look at other options closer to my parents in Lacey (about 10 miles away) and found one that was a little more expensive, but much nicer.  It also has a pool and a sauna, so the boys were very happy about that. 
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 10:25:31 PM
A lot of German was spoken, so not everyone understood everything, but once in a while we could get the gist of what they were talking about.  Some words are the same in German as in English...or maybe my mom just uses the English word when she couldn't remember or didn't know the German word, so that helped a bit.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 10:26:55 PM
While Suzie was the most outgoing of the four, Michael and the boys weren't completely shy, at all.  We all seemed to enjoy each other's company while we were getting to know each other.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 10:30:05 PM
I think that tomorrow they are going to go to Mount St. Helens (just the four of them), and then my parents will take them to the casino for a prime rib dinner.  Michael and Suzie were very excited about that.  Tuesday, they're going to go to Seattle and we'll all get back together again and have tacos.  They said that they all love tacos.  Of course, you can put just about anything on a taco.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:20:54 PM
Good evening.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:22:55 PM
Wiener schnitzel
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:23:21 PM
My German is very limited.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:25:06 PM
George, Tuesday is supposed to be the smokiest day of the week, especially in Seattle.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:25:24 PM
I’m just saying.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:26:50 PM
Has your half-uncle and family been in the U.S. for a while?
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:27:05 PM
One more post.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:27:41 PM
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Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:32:47 PM
I have tried to text the sandwich, “po’boy” but it keeps changing the spelling.  Five times now!!
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:35:46 PM
My friend Tracy must think I’m crazy.  It has changed it to PO, P.O. bu, P.O. (again), po’ bou.  I just want to scream.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:37:58 PM
I wait for several seconds with the correct spelling, but just when I hit SEND, it suddenly changes.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:38:59 PM
I came very close to throwing the phone against the wall.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:39:41 PM
The smoke was not too bad today.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:40:14 PM
We even had a few sprinkles of rain.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:41:59 PM
But, I guess the wind is changing, so that it will be coming out of the north, which will bring back the smoke from British Columbia.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 11:44:27 PM
My German is very limited.

Mine is practically nonexistent.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 11:44:38 PM
Hi, Tom.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:45:13 PM
Today I had fried chicken and mashed potatoes for dinner.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:45:36 PM
Not exactly health food.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 11:45:42 PM
George, Tuesday is supposed to be the smokiest day of the week, especially in Seattle.

Yikes!  I know that they talked about the smoke and what it could be like, so I think that they're aware.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:46:06 PM
Hi, George.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 11:48:54 PM
Has your half-uncle and family been in the U.S. for a while?

They arrived in L.A. last week, or maybe the week before that, and drove from there up to here.  They're leaving on Wednesday, and they're going back down to fly back out from L.A., but the route they take is up in the air depending on where they'd like to go before they leave.  I think Michael mentioned Death Valley. :o
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:48:54 PM
My phone has gotten me so pissed off, i just want to kick something.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 11:49:28 PM
We even had a few sprinkles of rain.

It started misting after I left my parents' house.  It was very welcomed!
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 26, 2018, 11:51:57 PM
Has your half-uncle and family been in the U.S. for a while?

They arrived in L.A. last week, or maybe the week before that, and drove from there up to here.  They're leaving on Wednesday, and they're going back down to fly back out from L.A., but the route they take is up in the air depending on where they'd like to go before they leave.  I think Michael mentioned Death Valley. :o


I think I would prefer Disneyland, or maybe Las Vegas.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: George on August 26, 2018, 11:54:59 PM
Has your half-uncle and family been in the U.S. for a while?

They arrived in L.A. last week, or maybe the week before that, and drove from there up to here.  They're leaving on Wednesday, and they're going back down to fly back out from L.A., but the route they take is up in the air depending on where they'd like to go before they leave.  I think Michael mentioned Death Valley. :o


I think I would prefer Disneyland, or maybe Las Vegas.

I know, right??  They actually mentioned Las Vegas as a possibility, so it might happen.
Title: Re: THE THIRD BIG MEAL
Post by: TCB on August 27, 2018, 12:00:09 AM
I think Jrand’s new avatar makes him look like George Burns!