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Title: LAST NIGHT'S TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT
Post by: bk on February 13, 2021, 12:04:55 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were so last night, and now it is time for you to post until the night cows come home.
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Post by: bk on February 13, 2021, 12:05:57 AM
And the word of the day is: CAMARADERIE!
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 12:28:54 AM
Well, this is real interesting...Listen to haunting notes from an 18,000-year-old conch shell trumpet (https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/listen-to-haunting-notes-from-an-18000-year-old-conch-shell-trumpet/).

Archaeologists in 1931 assumed the shell was only a broken drinking cup.
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Post by: TCB on February 13, 2021, 12:33:03 AM
I was so devastated to read that Mary Wilson passed away this week.  She was actually my favorite Supreme.  Of course, I love Miss Ross, but she got to be a bit much.  Mary was just heaven on earth.  R.I.P. Mary.  I hope you and Florence are singing together forever.
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 12:37:47 AM
I was so devastated to read that Mary Wilson passed away this week.  She was actually my favorite Supreme.  Of course, I love Miss Ross, but she got to be a bit much.  Mary was just heaven on earth.  R.I.P. Mary.  I hope you and Florence are singing together forever.

I'd read that earlier. :( She died about a month before her 77th birthday.
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Post by: TCB on February 13, 2021, 12:55:38 AM
Is it still snowing in Tums?
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Post by: TCB on February 13, 2021, 01:03:24 AM
Angela Lansbury is my favorite GYPSY recording.  And I love Roz in the movie.
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Post by: TCB on February 13, 2021, 01:05:00 AM
I wish Angela had done A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 01:07:51 AM
Is it still snowing in Tums?

I don't think so. 
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 01:10:31 AM
I wish Angela had done A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.

Well, she did play Madame Armfeldt in the most recent revival...but I'm sure that that's not what you meant. ;)
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Post by: TCB on February 13, 2021, 01:15:41 AM
I wish Angela had done A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.

Well, she did play Madame Armfeldt in the most recent revival...but I'm sure that that's not what you meant. ;)


Ah, no.  I wish she had played Desiree instead of Ms. John’s.
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 01:16:29 AM
I wish Angela had done A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.

Well, she did play Madame Armfeldt in the most recent revival...but I'm sure that that's not what you meant. ;)


Ah, no.  I wish she had played Desiree instead of Ms. John’s.

You're not the only one.
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Post by: TCB on February 13, 2021, 01:16:43 AM
Well, good night, George.
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Post by: TCB on February 13, 2021, 01:17:06 AM
I wish Angela had done A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.

Well, she did play Madame Armfeldt in the most recent revival...but I'm sure that that's not what you meant. ;)


Ah, no.  I wish she had played Desiree instead of Ms. John’s.

You're not the only one.


Thank you!
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 01:18:32 AM
Here's a picture of the parking lot in front of my building:
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 01:19:32 AM
And here's from the back window:
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 01:20:10 AM
I was able to lighten the images so that they could be seen.
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 01:21:19 AM
Well, good night, George.

Good night, Tom.
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 01:50:56 AM
And now, I'm off to bed.  I get to sleep in for the next three days!  That'll be nice!

Have a good day, all!
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 02:34:11 AM
Angela Lansbury is my favorite GYPSY recording.  And I love Roz in the movie.


I concur!
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 02:34:26 AM
And good morning, everyone.
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 02:37:09 AM
I awoke this morning to find that I am in Facebook jail for 30 days.

For an unflattering cartoon of 45 and his first lady that I posted to a friend's wall in July 2019.

To a page that no longer even exists.
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 02:45:08 AM
My copy of Jerome Kern Revisted, Volume 3 arrived yesterday.      :)
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 13, 2021, 04:15:50 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 13, 2021, 04:16:31 AM
Today is laundry day, so I want to begin that in the next thirty minutes.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 13, 2021, 04:22:19 AM
DR TCB, I saw the original Broadway cast in A Little Night Music, and I thought Ms Johns was absolutely glorious.  Much as I love Lansbury who was perfection in Sweeney Todd, I can't see, or vocally hear, her as Desiree. Six months after I saw A Little Night Music, I saw it again, and Johns was out.  I saw the beautiful Barbara Lang, her standby, who gave a competent performance and no more.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 13, 2021, 04:25:17 AM
My favorite Gypsy recording? Merman, hands down. That is one great cast recording. My first recording was the soundtrack, since I'd seen and loved the film. The Lanscury recording is very good and I wish I'd seen it, but I always return to Ethel.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 13, 2021, 04:30:42 AM
I've seen in performances of Gypsy Bette Midler, Patti LuPone, and Tyne Daly, who was the best, but I find her recording, like her Call Me Madam, hard to listen to without the visuals because you can hear the pitch problems too clearly.  In 1998, Daly played the Elsa Maxwell role in my reconstruction of Jubilee, and she was the best - and most pleasant - of the three leading ladies.
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 06:34:04 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 06:34:26 AM
Onward
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 06:34:35 AM
Two!
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 06:39:57 AM
I saw Patti LuPone, Boyd Gaines, Laura Benanti and David Yazbeck in Gypsy. It was one of the best nights of theater I’ve ever experienced.

I have only seen the show live one other time. That was in summer stock, and it didn’t quite work. The ferocity was downplayed.

I hate the Rosalind Russell version, though Natalie Wood is good. Bette Midler is better, but not by much.
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 06:47:28 AM
Of the recordings, Ethel is best and a bootleg of her final performance suggests she would have been outrageous. I own but never listen to any of the others. The overture never sounds quite right, too smooth or too perfect, the wail of the trumpet too pretty.

Tyne Daly was sick the day they recorded the album, according to all concerned. Which could be why she’s so bad on it. She sounds much better in all of the clips I’ve seen. (She doesn’t sound like herself—just like Bette Midler in the new Hello, Dolly!)

Of the other recordings I have, I like them in this order:

Angela Lansbury
Bernadette Peters
Patti LuPone
Bette Midler
Lisa Kirk/Roz Russell
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 06:48:49 AM
I own the Imelda Staunton DVD, but I haven’t watched it yet.
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 06:50:17 AM
Liza Minnelli sang a bunch of the songs in various venues. I’m glad she never played the part. I’m glad Barbra hasn’t either.
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 06:51:38 AM
I would love to hop into a time machine and see Karen Morrow play Madame Rose.
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Post by: Jrand74 on February 13, 2021, 06:58:42 AM
Saturday.

I may go to the grocery store early in the morning.....just because of the snow.  I don't need a LOT of things.....but it never hurts to have stuff.
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Post by: Jrand74 on February 13, 2021, 06:59:37 AM
On Tuesday afternoon I finally go in to have my plate fitted for my lower partial.....after ALL this time....it's been since December 21 last year!

Then we'll see how long it takes to get it done.
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 07:02:21 AM
https://youtu.be/vMmVX52u30Y

A taste of Karen.
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Post by: Jrand74 on February 13, 2021, 07:03:05 AM
I enjoyed reading about MR BK's thoughts on GYPSY.

My first experience was the movie and the soundtrack - which I still enjoy.  I like Rosalind Russell a lot.....and of course Natalie Wood....the Baby/Dainty Junes are another story......"I want to ACT!"

I have never seen it live - although I was in a production at our theatre which I didn't much like....for various reasons.  The actress playing the lead didn't understand the character at all - neither did her husband the director.

She thought Rose was a heroine and everyone would love her as a great mother - she played it that way.....weird.
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Post by: Jrand74 on February 13, 2021, 07:03:15 AM
And that is that.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 13, 2021, 07:13:58 AM
It's about time to take the laundry out of the dryers.
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 13, 2021, 07:14:49 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 13, 2021, 07:18:04 AM
Good conversation about the GYPSYs. Here's something I'm wondering:

How have the original orchestrations fared through all of these revivals? Leaving aside any necessary transpositions, if any, which of these productions have utilized the originals with a full orchestra, and which have juiced or outright altered them along the way?
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Post by: KevinH on February 13, 2021, 07:20:09 AM
Good morning!
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Post by: KevinH on February 13, 2021, 07:20:57 AM
Thanks for the tip about Gypsy on YouTube, BK!  I'm watching now.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 13, 2021, 08:14:22 AM
The laundry is finished but not yet put away.  Annabelle and Thatch fought over the opportunity to lie on the warm towels.  Annabelle won
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Post by: Ginny on February 13, 2021, 08:20:02 AM
Saturday morning greetings!

The laundry is finished but not yet put away.  Annabelle and Thatch fought over the opportunity to lie on the warm towels.  Annabelle won

Doesn't she usually?
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Post by: Ginny on February 13, 2021, 08:23:27 AM
We are bracing for a snow-pocalypse that's supposed to start tomorrow evening.  By Tuesday midday we could have about 8 inches of new snow on top what we already have.  The older I get the better I understand why senior citizens go south for the winter.
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Post by: bk on February 13, 2021, 08:25:02 AM
I'm up, I'm up - almost six hours of sleep.
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Post by: bk on February 13, 2021, 08:27:15 AM
That's terrible about Singdaw in jail, but something is clearly wrong with the Facebook algorithms because that's happening to a lot of people - old posts from years ago causing Facebook jail - ultimately, that's why I was there for three days - two posts from last year, neither identified. I'm telling you, there's a class action lawsuit here - because they don't give anyone a way to contest these things or complain and clearly they're glitching and causing this crap.
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 08:34:29 AM
Good conversation about the GYPSYs. Here's something I'm wondering:

How have the original orchestrations fared through all of these revivals? Leaving aside any necessary transpositions, if any, which of these productions have utilized the originals with a full orchestra, and which have juiced or outright altered them along the way?

They have thinned out over the years. The Peters production had a tiny band and it sounded tinny, thin and underwhelming, almost an afterthought.
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 08:38:02 AM
Watching an Iranian film called Taste of Cherry about a man who wants to commit suicide, but also wants to make sure he's properly buried. I imagine the film will ultimately be uplifting, but the journey is depressing. I have made it to the halfway point. It's not long, so I'll probably stay with it. I'm just not in the mood for it.
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 08:55:57 AM
I'm skipping to the end.
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 09:05:30 AM
.....but it never hurts to have stuff.   

This would make another great epitaph!
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 09:06:03 AM
  I'm just not in the mood for it.

So would this.
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Post by: Jrand74 on February 13, 2021, 09:23:08 AM
I will need several headstones for all these epitaphs.
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Post by: Jrand74 on February 13, 2021, 09:23:33 AM
Yes DR GINNY it is scary weather.  We shall see what happens.
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Post by: Laura on February 13, 2021, 09:27:09 AM
Good morning.
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Post by: Laura on February 13, 2021, 09:27:24 AM
I'm skipping to the end.

So would this.
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Post by: Laura on February 13, 2021, 09:29:10 AM
I enjoyed your show last night, BK. I don't know if you can tell I watched it.

I have to say, though, that there is only one person from my past that I would enjoy having find me. And he was like a brother to me.
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Post by: Matthew on February 13, 2021, 09:47:43 AM
Good Morning.  I have never seen a professional staging of Gypsy just a community theatre version and a high school version. The high school version was great.  However, I haven't really grasped on to the fact that everyone loves this show.  I guess it has to do with the performances?  I don't know.  The score is great, the book is definitely "of it's time", but I just don't "get it". 

As for recordings -

Ethel
Angela
Tyne

You can keep the others.  After reading Patti's memoire, I've decided I am not a Patti fan at all.  I've seen her in Sweeney Todd where she played the tuba - and I actually loved that production as a whole because of the talent of the performers - and I've seen her in a cabaret act, which was fine.  Bernadette has grown on me over the years, and she was amazing in Hello, Dolly and Bette was not when I saw her.  I always thought that Bernadette was wrong for the role (Mama, not Dolly) from the beginning. 

I haven't seen either movie all the way through.  I guess I should see the first one, though.  Bette is hit and miss with me.

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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 10:08:23 AM
Here's a picture of the parking lot in front of my building:

Are all of the spots covered?
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 10:09:02 AM
And here's from the back window:

I guess they are.  This angle makes an interesting photo.
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 10:10:18 AM
I awoke this morning to find that I am in Facebook jail for 30 days.

For an unflattering cartoon of 45 and his first lady that I posted to a friend's wall in July 2019.

To a page that no longer even exists.

 :o
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 10:11:48 AM
On Tuesday afternoon I finally go in to have my plate fitted for my lower partial.....after ALL this time....it's been since December 21 last year!

Then we'll see how long it takes to get it done.

Vibes it goes well and you don't have to wait much longer for this to be done.
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 10:14:23 AM
We are bracing for a snow-pocalypse that's supposed to start tomorrow evening.  By Tuesday midday we could have about 8 inches of new snow on top what we already have.  The older I get the better I understand why senior citizens go south for the winter.

Many of our complex neighbors go South for the winter.  Mostly we have just taken a vacation and gone someplace warm.  Last year we only went to Chicago & froze.  We then went to DC where it was comfortably cold.
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 10:15:20 AM
This winter, of course, we are home in the snow.  We have been lucky that until yesterday it has been a decent winter.
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 10:16:12 AM
I enjoyed your show last night, BK. I don't know if you can tell I watched it.

I have to say, though, that there is only one person from my past that I would enjoy having find me. And he was like a brother to me.

Have you tried finding him?
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 13, 2021, 11:57:12 AM
That's terrible about Singdaw in jail, but something is clearly wrong with the Facebook algorithms because that's happening to a lot of people - old posts from years ago causing Facebook jail - ultimately, that's why I was there for three days - two posts from last year, neither identified. I'm telling you, there's a class action lawsuit here - because they don't give anyone a way to contest these things or complain and clearly they're glitching and causing this crap.

It's absolutely ridiculous.  They let you off easy.
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 12:04:59 PM
Up from a nap. Watching the last of The Trip to Greece. The setting is incredible, the food is making me hungry.
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Post by: bk on February 13, 2021, 12:31:27 PM
Back from a breakfast at Hugo's - patio seating. I had eggs benedict instead of pasta papa. The poached eggs were underdone, which I find very gross, but it was still pretty okay - the potatoes were great. Jinky's does much better eggs benedict but there you sit outside, while Hugo's is a covered patio with heaters. Then I picked up some packages and finally came back home. She of the Evil Eye is now gone and I'm listening to another delightful Saint-Saens opera, called Prosperine, another in this series that look like books - beautiful packaging, except this copy arrived torn to smithereens with a completely smashed and separated spine, so it goes back and they'll send another. I can tell you this did NOT happen during shipping - the Amazon package showed no signs of anything untoward. Some idiot pulled this off the shelf and sent it.
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Post by: bk on February 13, 2021, 12:31:42 PM
Ninety minutes to Zoom audition.
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 12:46:44 PM
It's a lazy kind of day.  Was up at 4:00AM, then around 8:30AM went back to sleep for about 2 hours.
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 12:47:14 PM
It's a hibernation vacation!
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 12:47:34 PM
Gratuitous post #75.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 13, 2021, 01:27:04 PM
Well. I knew the bastard would be acquitted, but it still hurts.
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 01:44:29 PM
Well. I knew the bastard would be acquitted, but it still hurts.

It does, indeed.
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 01:48:45 PM
I have been listening to Kristin Hannah's latest, The Four Winds, which deals with the Dust Bowl Era. It's funny, but listening to these people brave the elements to save their land helped when I had to get out in the backyard just now with clothespins and sheets, both of plastic and fabric, to cover what I could of the olive tree and the fig. I don't know that either will be enough.
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 02:04:57 PM
I have been waiting awhile for this to be available at the library.  The estimate is another three weeks.

Have you read "The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl" by Timothy Egan?  If not I highly recommend it.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 13, 2021, 02:26:05 PM
My neighbors Ann and Jen earlier today brought me the most wonderful hot and spicy sausage and bean soup that Jen made. I'm having it for dinner.
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 02:30:02 PM
My neighbors Ann and Jen earlier today brought me the most wonderful hot and spicy sausage and bean soup that Jen made. I'm having it for dinner.

Sounds wonderful. Tomorrow, I'm planning to make a sausage and bean soup, too, but this one has red cabbage in it as well.
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 02:31:22 PM
I have been waiting awhile for this to be available at the library.  The estimate is another three weeks.

Have you read "The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl" by Timothy Egan?  If not I highly recommend it.

I have placed a reservation on it. Thanks.
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 02:39:19 PM
I awoke this morning to find that I am in Facebook jail for 30 days.

For an unflattering cartoon of 45 and his first lady that I posted to a friend's wall in July 2019.

To a page that no longer even exists.

WTF?? :o
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 02:47:39 PM
https://youtu.be/vMmVX52u30Y (https://youtu.be/vMmVX52u30Y)

A taste of Karen.

Love her!
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 03:03:23 PM
Here's a picture of the parking lot in front of my building:

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6408.0;attach=11322;image)

Are all of the spots covered?

Not all.  Each unit gets one guaranteed spot (the two showing are for M3 and M4) and mine (M2) is my garage, but I'm using it for storage, so I can't park there.  Any uncovered parking spot is open for anyone.
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 03:03:58 PM
And here's from the back window:

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6408.0;attach=11324;image)

I guess they are.  This angle makes an interesting photo.

The squares in the bottom to middle of the picture are the garden plots that people can use during gardening season, and the garbage/recycling dumpsters are up behind the garden plots in the center of the picture.
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 03:04:42 PM
Well. I knew the bastard would be acquitted, but it still hurts.

Ditto and ditto. >:(
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 03:06:18 PM
Here's a picture of the front of my building taken this afternoon:
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 03:06:51 PM
And here's the back of my building:
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 03:09:35 PM
PAGE FOUR SNOW DANCE!!

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gFE2n7U7tNc/T1kySS_z2jI/AAAAAAAANiU/WrsFhUgc8_c/s1600/dance.jpg)
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 03:12:01 PM
Or, how about this snow dance?? ;)

(https://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/barefoot-dance-in-the-snow-underwood-archives.jpg)
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 03:15:06 PM
https://youtu.be/vMmVX52u30Y (https://youtu.be/vMmVX52u30Y)

A taste of Karen.

From the sublime to the ridiculous:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTbjLOem2Qg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTbjLOem2Qg)
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 03:15:21 PM
I prefer the furry dance.
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 03:16:27 PM
Getting ready to usher for a Talking Heads tribute band. Should be fun.
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 03:21:06 PM
And here's from the back window:

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6408.0;attach=11324;image)

I guess they are.  This angle makes an interesting photo.

The squares in the bottom to middle of the picture are the garden plots that people can use during gardening season, and the garbage/recycling dumpsters are up behind the garden plots in the center of the picture.

Thanks for explaining the garden plots.  I wondered what they were.
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 03:22:28 PM
DR George I enjoyed your photos and descriptions.
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 03:24:28 PM
DR George I enjoyed your photos and descriptions.

Thanks, Jane!
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Post by: Jeanne on February 13, 2021, 03:48:19 PM
Hello, everyone.
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Post by: Jeanne on February 13, 2021, 03:48:54 PM
Some laundry and cleaning today. Nothing special.
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Post by: Jeanne on February 13, 2021, 03:49:15 PM
DR George I enjoyed your photos and descriptions.

So did I.
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Post by: Jeanne on February 13, 2021, 03:49:57 PM
PAGE FOUR SNOW DANCE!!

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gFE2n7U7tNc/T1kySS_z2jI/AAAAAAAANiU/WrsFhUgc8_c/s1600/dance.jpg)

How can you not smile at this?
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Post by: Jeanne on February 13, 2021, 03:53:16 PM
TTFN.
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 04:44:56 PM
During my march up and down and around our home I saw a few neighbors struggling in the snow.  I prefer speed and was able to move fast inside.  I turned on Pandora, listened to music and also danced a bit.  I also took breaks to watch the trial with Keith & do laundry.  I finally stopped at 5 miles.

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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 04:45:15 PM
I was feeling very good until we received a text telling us to stay inside.  Our dear friend in Portland is in the ER with a splintered elbow.

Now we are very worried about her.
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 04:45:25 PM
DR George I enjoyed your photos and descriptions.

So did I.

Thanks, Jeanne!
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 04:57:38 PM
Sorry about your friend, DR Jane.
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 04:59:09 PM
We were alerted that there was a drive-by shooting in our neighborhood this afternoon.

Also, there have been increased carjackings in general and a catalytic converter was stolen from a car in our parking lot.  Yikes!
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 04:59:56 PM
DR George, thank you for sharing your winter wonderland with us.
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Post by: bk on February 13, 2021, 05:00:49 PM
Had Zoom auditions and I basically told Doug that everyone could have a callback, because I knew that would be a positive thing for all the actors and it enables me to split them into two groups of eight (cast is eight actors) and then mix and match. I'm pretty sold on who I think will be best but am not solidifying that until I mix and match.
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 05:05:22 PM
One from Column A, as it were.
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 05:39:52 PM
Sorry about your friend, DR Jane.

Thank you.  They were able to fix her dislocated elbow-ouch.  Hopefully no surgery & just a cast.  Her boyfriend has taken over texting info to us.
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 05:41:26 PM
We were alerted that there was a drive-by shooting in our neighborhood this afternoon.

Also, there have been increased carjackings in general and a catalytic converter was stolen from a car in our parking lot.  Yikes!

All sad.  All these converters getting stolen is crazy.
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 13, 2021, 05:46:51 PM
Or, how about this snow dance?? ;)

(https://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/barefoot-dance-in-the-snow-underwood-archives.jpg)

One Grecian urn.....
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Post by: Jennifer on February 13, 2021, 06:04:04 PM
DR Jane not sure what you mean about the Walk at Home videos not being walking. She has 100s of them. And then are all walking. Although some are more intense than others.
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 06:14:15 PM
What I saw was more aerobics, to me, than walking.  How do you walk in place unless on a treadmill?
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 06:38:06 PM
  One Grecian urn.....   

 ;D
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 06:43:49 PM
It's almost Valentine's Day, y'all!
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 06:44:07 PM
But...
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 06:44:19 PM
Since we're so close...
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 06:44:27 PM
FIVE!
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 06:44:37 PM
My work here is done.
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Post by: singdaw on February 13, 2021, 06:44:46 PM
Good night, everyone.
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Post by: bk on February 13, 2021, 06:44:46 PM
Listening to the opera of The House Without a Christmas Tree - I'd heard a brief sample on YouTube and while I've never liked the songs of its composer, Ricky Ian Gordon, who was, for a short time, the flavor of the month with B'way gals, I chanced it. He clearly loves Mr. Sondheim, but this just kind of meanders along - occasionally you get the beginnings of a tune only for it to disappear in a miasma of musical notes. His orchestrations aren't great (presuming he did them), and kind of ape Michael Starobin. He wrote  several operas, including The Grapes of Wrath.
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Post by: bk on February 13, 2021, 06:45:07 PM
Had some ribs for dinner - small portion this time, which was fine.
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Post by: Matthew on February 13, 2021, 06:51:43 PM
This afternoon I played guitar and sang at a baptism for my co-workers new baby.  It was lovely.  Then it was the 5:00pm Mass - first weekend with the open church (no more than 100)   It was fine.  People can follow rules, after all, we've been at this for almost a year.  I got a notice that it's possible teachers will be vaccinated soon, so here's hoping!   Speaking of which, my COVID test was negative this week.  So, we keep doing whatever it is we do!
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 07:00:25 PM
Listening to the opera of The House Without a Christmas Tree - I'd heard a brief sample on YouTube and while I've never liked the songs of its composer, Ricky Ian Gordon, who was, for a short time, the flavor of the month with B'way gals, I chanced it. He clearly loves Mr. Sondheim, but this just kind of meanders along - occasionally you get the beginnings of a tune only for it to disappear in a miasma of musical notes. His orchestrations aren't great (presuming he did them), and kind of ape Michael Starobin. He wrote  several operas, including The Grapes of Wrath.

Agree completely.
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 08:14:12 PM
They let me go early from the theater. The band, which was supposed to play 90 minutes, hadn't even started playing Talking Heads bigger hits by that time, 80 minutes in.

But I'm glad they did. There were at least four big accidents on the way home, all because of slick conditions. It's freezing out there, but the precipitation isn't snow. It's rain, I guess.
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 08:40:11 PM
https://youtu.be/vMmVX52u30Y (https://youtu.be/vMmVX52u30Y)

A taste of Karen.

From the sublime to the ridiculous:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTbjLOem2Qg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTbjLOem2Qg)


I can never unsee this.
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Post by: John G. on February 13, 2021, 08:40:58 PM
I need to go read for a while.
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Post by: vixmom on February 13, 2021, 08:41:49 PM
I learned that FJL's dad died today of covid.
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Post by: bk on February 13, 2021, 08:50:21 PM
Sorry to hear that about his dad.
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Post by: bk on February 13, 2021, 08:50:31 PM
Finished with my viewing.
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 09:07:14 PM
I was feeling very good until we received a text telling us to stay inside.  Our dear friend in Portland is in the ER with a splintered elbow.

Now we are very worried about her.

~~~Elbow Vibes for Jane's Dear Friend!!~~~
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 09:12:50 PM
We were alerted that there was a drive-by shooting in our neighborhood this afternoon.

Also, there have been increased carjackings in general and a catalytic converter was stolen from a car in our parking lot.  Yikes!

:o Yikes is right!!
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 09:13:02 PM
~~~Stay Safe Vibes for Singdaw!!~~~
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 09:13:12 PM
DR George, thank you for sharing your winter wonderland with us.

My pleasure, Singdaw!
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 09:13:23 PM
Sorry about your friend, DR Jane.

Thank you.  They were able to fix her dislocated elbow-ouch.  Hopefully no surgery & just a cast.  Her boyfriend has taken over texting info to us.

Very good news!
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 09:14:08 PM
What I saw was more aerobics, to me, than walking.  How do you walk in place unless on a treadmill?

You're actually marching more than walking in place.  I used to have a set of her videos...actual VHS videotapes!
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 09:14:58 PM
This afternoon I played guitar and sang at a baptism for my co-workers new baby.  It was lovely.  Then it was the 5:00pm Mass - first weekend with the open church (no more than 100)   It was fine.  People can follow rules, after all, we've been at this for almost a year.  I got a notice that it's possible teachers will be vaccinated soon, so here's hoping!   Speaking of which, my COVID test was negative this week.  So, we keep doing whatever it is we do!

Very nice.  Congrats on the negative test, and good luck with the vaccine!!
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 09:15:21 PM
I learned that FJL's dad died today of covid.

Oh, no. :'( My condolences to Fred and his family.
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Post by: bk on February 13, 2021, 10:14:20 PM
I had no idea how old Fred's dad was - 100, to be exact. That's something! I gather the real drama here is what Skip posted on Facebook, that Fred's brother is a real jerk and kept this from Fred until the last minute.
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Post by: bk on February 13, 2021, 10:15:16 PM
Listening to music.
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Post by: bk on February 13, 2021, 10:15:24 PM
And why shouldn't I be?
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 10:23:47 PM
This afternoon I played guitar and sang at a baptism for my co-workers new baby.  It was lovely.  Then it was the 5:00pm Mass - first weekend with the open church (no more than 100)   It was fine.  People can follow rules, after all, we've been at this for almost a year.  I got a notice that it's possible teachers will be vaccinated soon, so here's hoping!   Speaking of which, my COVID test was negative this week.  So, we keep doing whatever it is we do!

All great news.  I hope you can be vaccinated soon.
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 10:25:48 PM
I had no idea how old Fred's dad was - 100, to be exact. That's something! I gather the real drama here is what Skip posted on Facebook, that Fred's brother is a real jerk and kept this from Fred until the last minute.

100 is amazing, but that's terrible about Fred's brother.
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 10:26:01 PM
I learned that FJL's dad died today of covid.

This is very sad   :(
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 10:28:20 PM
I was feeling very good until we received a text telling us to stay inside.  Our dear friend in Portland is in the ER with a splintered elbow.

Now we are very worried about her.

~~~Elbow Vibes for Jane's Dear Friend!!~~~

Thank you.  She will need surgery.  I don't know when yet. 
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 10:31:03 PM
They let me go early from the theater. The band, which was supposed to play 90 minutes, hadn't even started playing Talking Heads bigger hits by that time, 80 minutes in.

But I'm glad they did. There were at least four big accidents on the way home, all because of slick conditions. It's freezing out there, but the precipitation isn't snow. It's rain, I guess.

I am glad you are safely home.
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 10:33:14 PM
What I saw was more aerobics, to me, than walking.  How do you walk in place unless on a treadmill?

You're actually marching more than walking in place.  I used to have a set of her videos...actual VHS videotapes!

I would rather move even if I don't go far.  I mix up a bit of running and dancing with my speed walking/pacing.
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 10:34:55 PM
I had no idea how old Fred's dad was - 100, to be exact. That's something! I gather the real drama here is what Skip posted on Facebook, that Fred's brother is a real jerk and kept this from Fred until the last minute.

:(

 My sister made sure I was not with my father when he died.
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 10:35:53 PM
My father's care giver finally called me.  I was about 10, 15 minutes too late.
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 10:43:06 PM
My father's care giver finally called me.  I was about 10, 15 minutes too late.

That's too bad. :-\
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Post by: Jane on February 13, 2021, 10:55:22 PM
I wasn't surprised which helped.  There were so many far worse things she did that overshadowed that :(
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Post by: TCB on February 13, 2021, 11:38:18 PM
DR TCB, I saw the original Broadway cast in A Little Night Music, and I thought Ms Johns was absolutely glorious.  Much as I love Lansbury who was perfection in Sweeney Todd, I can't see, or vocally hear, her as Desiree. Six months after I saw A Little Night Music, I saw it again, and Johns was out.  I saw the beautiful Barbara Lang, her standby, who gave a competent performance and no more.


Horse racing.
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Post by: TCB on February 13, 2021, 11:44:09 PM
Tonight I watched FOLLIES (2011). It was obviously recoded by someone in the audience.  You can hear all of the music, but for the dialogue, you have crank up the volume, and it is still hard to understand all of it.

My poor neighbors, when I forgot to turn it down before the music started.
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 11:47:32 PM
Tonight I watched FOLLIES (2011). It was obviously recoded by someone in the audience.  You can hear all of the music, but for the dialogue, you have crank up the volume, and it is still hard to understand all of it.

My poor neighbors, when I forgot to turn it down before the music started.

I have neighbors on both sides of me, and have to be concerned about the noise level, also.  That's one thing that I don't like about community living. ::)
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 11:48:24 PM
I suppose I could get headphones, again.  Actually, I think I have some that I bought for my dad.  I wonder if I can hook them up to my TV.  I'll have to find them and see.
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Post by: TCB on February 13, 2021, 11:49:36 PM
I will say that this production did better with the ghosts, and they actually made the Loveland section make sense.  Watching it made me realize what a loss Jan Maxwell’s passing was.
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Post by: George on February 13, 2021, 11:57:44 PM
I will say that this production did better with the ghosts, and they actually made the Loveland section make sense.  Watching it made me realize what a loss Jan Maxwell’s passing was.

I've seen clips of that production.  I agree about Jan Maxwell.
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Post by: TCB on February 13, 2021, 11:58:16 PM
What I saw was more aerobics, to me, than walking.  How do you walk in place unless on a treadmill?

You're actually marching more than walking in place.  I used to have a set of her videos...actual VHS videotapes!

I would rather move even if I don't go far.  I mix up a bit of running and dancing with my speed walking/pacing.


I thought you meant you wanted to move out of the condo.  LOL!
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Post by: TCB on February 13, 2021, 11:59:46 PM
My condolences to Fred, Skip, and all of the family (except his brother).
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Post by: Jane on February 14, 2021, 12:02:17 AM
What I saw was more aerobics, to me, than walking.  How do you walk in place unless on a treadmill?

You're actually marching more than walking in place.  I used to have a set of her videos...actual VHS videotapes!

I would rather move even if I don't go far.  I mix up a bit of running and dancing with my speed walking/pacing.


I thought you meant you wanted to move out of the condo.  LOL!

;D

Only to walk outside.
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Post by: TCB on February 14, 2021, 12:02:53 AM
I will say that this production did better with the ghosts, and they actually made the Loveland section make sense.  Watching it made me realize what a loss Jan Maxwell’s passing was.


The YouTube copy had subtitles, but unfortunately in Spanish.
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Post by: Jane on February 14, 2021, 12:03:18 AM
My condolences to Fred, Skip, and all of the family (except his brother).

Yes.  Exactly my sentiments.