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Title: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: bk on January 04, 2022, 12:18:31 AM
Well, you're read the notes, the notes had new conversation, and now it is time for you to post until the conversational cows come home.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: bk on January 04, 2022, 12:19:54 AM
And the word of the day is: NEOIST!
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 12:26:16 AM
Topic of the Day:  I try to avoid the news. ::)
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 12:26:46 AM
Or, I don't pay attention...too much.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 02:44:11 AM
Good morning, friends.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 02:45:00 AM
DR TCB - you have my utmost ~~~VIBES~~~ in every way.      :-X
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 02:45:51 AM
In my list of books I'm looking forward to in 2022 the other day, I left off the most important one....    bk's new novel!
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: elmore3003 on January 04, 2022, 04:02:11 AM
Good morning, all!
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: elmore3003 on January 04, 2022, 04:03:42 AM
My friend Joe, who is one of our Dublin recording production team, has the Delta variant of Covid, and I am worried about him. Please send vibes.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: elmore3003 on January 04, 2022, 04:04:59 AM
DR TCB, I'm praying you are wrong! Vibes to you, dear friend.
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Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: elmore3003 on January 04, 2022, 04:11:38 AM
I'm scheduled for six weeks of radiation, thirty treatments, so it's Monday-Friday.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: elmore3003 on January 04, 2022, 04:13:11 AM
Yesterday my internet went out twice, so at 11 this morning a Spectrum technician is arriving to check the apartment building's main cable.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jrand74 on January 04, 2022, 04:13:17 AM
The News!

When I watch The News all I can think of is NETWORK.

Each news service broadcasts what it thinks its viewers want to hear - and the viewers all flock to the channels that support their views no matter how ridiculous or unlikely those may be.

You can listen to one news program talking about Omicron and then turn to another news program that is saying just the OPPOSITE.  It is like an alternate universe.....but you can almost predict exactly what each news service and each "anchor" will say.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: elmore3003 on January 04, 2022, 04:15:08 AM
I have never read any Jules Verne, so I'm thinking about reading the new translation of Around the World in Eighty Days from Oxford University Press
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jrand74 on January 04, 2022, 04:15:16 AM
The fact that there are NO consequences for misleading people with non facts or even completely knowingly wrong reporting particularly ON PURPOSE is shocking.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: elmore3003 on January 04, 2022, 04:27:21 AM
I found this article about Verne translations interesting:
https://www.sil.si.edu/OnDisplay/JulesVerne100/verne_reading.htm

William Butcher is the translator of the new Oxford University Press Around the World, and I see that Stanford Luce translated The Mighty Orinoco. When I was a grad student, I took a course in contemporary French drama from Stan, a wonderful man.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_Luce
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 04:52:14 AM
Interesting, DR elmore3003.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 04:52:43 AM
You are spot-on in your assessment, DR Jrand71, in my opinion.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 04, 2022, 05:42:52 AM
It is now Tuesday, is it not?

And I am up, having slept relatively well.

And I have not had any coffee.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 04, 2022, 05:43:37 AM
And I wonder how many sentences I can write starting off with the word "and".
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 05:45:08 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 05:45:54 AM
And so what, Ron? And your point is?
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 04, 2022, 05:47:46 AM
This morning, I must call the allergy clinic to which I have been referred by the VA's Community Care branch.  I looked up the clinic online only to find that it does not seem to be where the VA thinks it is.  That is because the clinic appears to have moved from Edgefield to North Augusta at some point in the past.

This is all right, I guess, but it does add about ten minutes more travel time to my impending visit. And the traffic that trip involves.

Traffic is obviously unavoidable even when one lives in a low-key backwater town.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 04, 2022, 05:48:26 AM
And so what, Ron? And your point is?

And I am telling you all I know.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 05:48:53 AM
And a morning bun.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 05:49:06 AM
Don't forget that.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 05:49:30 AM
With more covid cases reported yesterday than any other day so far, there is some merit to the level of coverage. But there is also the fact that a great many have stopped listening.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 04, 2022, 05:49:36 AM
And where are DR stingpaw's comments on the subject?
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 04, 2022, 05:50:06 AM
And a morning bun.

AH!  There it is!!!
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 05:50:25 AM
I must stir. But it’s too cold for that.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 05:50:41 AM
Two!
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 04, 2022, 05:50:57 AM
I ordered a couple of COVID-19 test kits from Amazon.com a week or so ago.  They should arrive this week.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 05:52:10 AM
The third acupuncture treatment seems to have done the trick. I haven’t had any vertigo spells in a few days now.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 05:52:34 AM
Vibes for all.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: elmore3003 on January 04, 2022, 05:58:14 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: elmore3003 on January 04, 2022, 06:22:38 AM
Access-a-Ride booked for tomorrow night at 6:45. I won't be home before 10.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 06:36:13 AM
  I must stir. But it’s too cold for that. 

You could try two shakes of a lamb's tail, instead.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 06:36:53 AM
  I haven’t had any vertigo spells in a few days now. 

Thank goodness!
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 06:38:24 AM
I have a bunch of home tests I picked up at a local pharmacy just a few days before the current craze exploded. We tried one yesterday. Both negative for COVID.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 06:39:00 AM
Big story on J.D. Vance in the Washington Post Magazine, if anybody cares. I don’t anymore.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 06:39:17 AM
One set of N95 masks I ordered has arrived, but the other sets are languishing in the supply chain somewhere.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Michael on January 04, 2022, 06:43:15 AM
I have been triple vaccinated, wear a mask everywhere I go including work and I still got Covid. Right now it’s day seven and I’ve been holed up in my bedroom. Luckily I have family visiting and they didn’t get it for me. I’ve been bringing my meals to the door. They also been walking my dog. A lot of people out there I don’t have people to help them out. A matter how careful you can be, you can still catch it. Everyone just be careful out there.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 04, 2022, 06:50:51 AM
Big story on J.D. Vance in the Washington Post Magazine, if anybody cares. I don’t anymore.

Who?
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: elmore3003 on January 04, 2022, 06:56:50 AM
Big story on J.D. Vance in the Washington Post Magazine, if anybody cares. I don’t anymore.

I only hope his political aspirations go nowhere.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: ChasSmith on January 04, 2022, 07:01:55 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 07:06:32 AM
Big story on J.D. Vance in the Washington Post Magazine, if anybody cares. I don’t anymore.

Who?

Hillbilly Elegy author. From the same neck of the woods as Ginny and Elmore.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: ChasSmith on January 04, 2022, 07:07:07 AM
Access-a-Ride booked for tomorrow night at 6:45. I won't be home before 10.

Just checking:  Yesterday you were saying 6:40 pm. That's the ride time, then?
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 07:07:20 AM
Yikes, Michael. And vibes for the rest of your quarantine.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: ChasSmith on January 04, 2022, 07:09:38 AM
I'm eating a piece of cinnamon coffee cake, and literally one (1) crumb went down the wrong pipe. Five minutes later I think I MIGHT finally have it cleared.

Amazing how your nose runs when you're coughing like that.  :)
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: ChasSmith on January 04, 2022, 07:10:11 AM
Huge vibes for DRs TCB and Michael.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: ChasSmith on January 04, 2022, 07:23:22 AM
Last night, for my viewing pleasure, I watched Stanley Kubrick's The Killing. Most excellent. I now must watch his Killer's Kiss, which I don't believe I've ever seen, from the prior year.

I would also very much like to believe that I'm finally done conflating the titles The Killing, Killer's Kiss, and The Killers (both versions). Wouldn't that be nice?
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Laura on January 04, 2022, 07:38:23 AM
Good morning.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Laura on January 04, 2022, 07:38:57 AM
Hugs to you, TCB and Michael. Michael, I hope you are not very ill?
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Laura on January 04, 2022, 07:49:21 AM
I've been trying to not get infected.

I was not happy to discover that one of the ceiling guys was totally unvaccinated and the other was due for a booster. In my opinion, inside workers should be required by the company to be vaccinated. Roofers -- I don't care so much; they stay outside. 

The unvaccinated one wore a bandana the second and third days; the vaccinated one didn't wear a mask at all.

I really wanted the ceiling fixed, so I let it go. I'm triple vaccinated, so I figured if I got sick it would be mild.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Laura on January 04, 2022, 07:51:01 AM
We are slowly getting our house back in order. My DH is moving the security monitor back into the bookcase.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: elmore3003 on January 04, 2022, 07:56:13 AM
Access-a-Ride booked for tomorrow night at 6:45. I won't be home before 10.

Just checking:  Yesterday you were saying 6:40 pm. That's the ride time, then?


The times vary until next Wednesday. Tomorrow is 7:40pm.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 07:57:18 AM
Last night, for my viewing pleasure, I watched Stanley Kubrick's The Killing. Most excellent. I now must watch his Killer's Kiss, which I don't believe I've ever seen, from the prior year.

I would also very much like to believe that I'm finally done conflating the titles The Killing, Killer's Kiss, and The Killers (both versions). Wouldn't that be nice?

Are you looking to make a killing?
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jennifer on January 04, 2022, 08:07:28 AM
Major vibes for DR TCB!!!!!!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Extra special vibes for DR Elmore!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

More vibes for DR Elmore's friend!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 08:08:13 AM
My friend Joe, who is one of our Dublin recording production team, has the Delta variant of Covid, and I am worried about him. Please send vibes.

~~~Vibes of All Kinds for Joe!!~~~
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 08:11:53 AM
I have been triple vaccinated, wear a mask everywhere I go including work and I still got Covid. Right now it’s day seven and I’ve been holed up in my bedroom. Luckily I have family visiting and they didn’t get it for me. I’ve been bringing my meals to the door. They also been walking my dog. A lot of people out there I don’t have people to help them out. A matter how careful you can be, you can still catch it. Everyone just be careful out there.

~~~Vibes for Michael!!~~~
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: ChasSmith on January 04, 2022, 08:18:56 AM
This morning I read something that made a reference to Hot Shoppes cafeterias. To my knowledge, I only knew one Hot Shoppes. It was in the then-lovely Severance Center Mall in Cleveland Heights, Ohio in the late 1960s, early 1970s. My family had been frequent cafeteria-goers, usually on Sundays after church, throughout the 1960s. I've always remembered this Hot Shoppes in that mall as being at least as nice as the best of those, and probably nicer. I miss all of that dearly.

Now I seem to be attaching the name Stouffers to those Hot Shoppes. Did they own them at one time? I must google.

EDIT:  Nope. Looks like just Marriott through all those years.

Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: elmore3003 on January 04, 2022, 08:25:35 AM
Lenox Hill just called and asked me to come at 12:20 instead of 7:40. Now I must reschedule Access-a-Ride.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 08:30:07 AM
Oy.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: ChasSmith on January 04, 2022, 08:38:06 AM
Oy.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: ChasSmith on January 04, 2022, 08:52:08 AM
Well, it looks as if we're in for it. Thursday night through Friday morning.   :(   Three to six inches.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 09:23:58 AM
(http://Sending vibes of comfort for DR John, and healing vibes for his mother.)
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: elmore3003 on January 04, 2022, 09:34:45 AM
DR ChasSmith, the split peas arrived in excellent condition. What a funny surprise!

Thank you.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: ChasSmith on January 04, 2022, 09:36:07 AM
:)

I hope you mean black eyed peas. That's what you said you had a taste for the other day, and we had too many cans here.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: elmore3003 on January 04, 2022, 09:36:51 AM
Well, the Spectrum technician was a lovely Hispanic lady who found the problem, A crew will be coming to replace the cable running from the basement to my door. I don't even need to be home when they show up.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 09:37:26 AM
The News!

When I watch The News all I can think of is NETWORK.

Each news service broadcasts what it thinks its viewers want to hear - and the viewers all flock to the channels that support their views no matter how ridiculous or unlikely those may be.

You can listen to one news program talking about Omicron and then turn to another news program that is saying just the OPPOSITE.  It is like an alternate universe.....but you can almost predict exactly what each news service and each "anchor" will say.

Sigh :(
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: elmore3003 on January 04, 2022, 09:37:41 AM
:)

I hope you mean black eyed peas. That's what you said you had a taste for the other day, and we had too many cans here.

Yes! Black eyed peas.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 09:38:05 AM
The fact that there are NO consequences for misleading people with non facts or even completely knowingly wrong reporting particularly ON PURPOSE is shocking.

It is extremely upsetting.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 09:39:00 AM
This morning, I must call the allergy clinic to which I have been referred by the VA's Community Care branch.  I looked up the clinic online only to find that it does not seem to be where the VA thinks it is.  That is because the clinic appears to have moved from Edgefield to North Augusta at some point in the past.

This is all right, I guess, but it does add about ten minutes more travel time to my impending visit. And the traffic that trip involves.

Traffic is obviously unavoidable even when one lives in a low-key backwater town.

I am glad to see it is still doable.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 09:40:25 AM
I have been triple vaccinated, wear a mask everywhere I go including work and I still got Covid. Right now it’s day seven and I’ve been holed up in my bedroom. Luckily I have family visiting and they didn’t get it for me. I’ve been bringing my meals to the door. They also been walking my dog. A lot of people out there I don’t have people to help them out. A matter how careful you can be, you can still catch it. Everyone just be careful out there.

I am glad you have help and are recovering, or recovered.  How do you feel?
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 09:41:47 AM
I've been trying to not get infected.

I was not happy to discover that one of the ceiling guys was totally unvaccinated and the other was due for a booster. In my opinion, inside workers should be required by the company to be vaccinated. Roofers -- I don't care so much; they stay outside. 

The unvaccinated one wore a bandana the second and third days; the vaccinated one didn't wear a mask at all.

I really wanted the ceiling fixed, so I let it go. I'm triple vaccinated, so I figured if I got sick it would be mild.

 :o >:(

STAY WELL VIBES!
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 09:42:51 AM
MAJOR VIBES FOR DR TCB!

Might you be able to get a home test delivered to you from Fred Meyer?
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 09:43:20 AM
Healthy vibes to the sister and brother in-law of DR TCB!
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: ChasSmith on January 04, 2022, 09:44:53 AM
The amount of spam email coming to my Gmail account was huge throughout 2021. A day or two after Christmas it dropped from maybe a hundred spam emails per day to single digits.

I've seen that happen before, but not like this. Of course it'll build up again. But it's almost as though a major worldwide purveyor of it got shut down and sent to Hell. (Wouldn't that be nice?)   :)
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 11:33:46 AM
 :)
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Laura on January 04, 2022, 11:46:06 AM
I think I'm in the clear for now, Jane. The last time they were here was Thursday, and I'd be showing symptoms by now.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: bk on January 04, 2022, 11:49:26 AM
I'm up, I'm up - seven-and-a-half hours of sleep.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: bk on January 04, 2022, 11:50:30 AM
I'll futz and finesse shortly.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: bk on January 04, 2022, 11:50:58 AM
I ordered today's food before I went to bed.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Laura on January 04, 2022, 12:01:46 PM
As for news sites about covid -- there are a few youtube experts I watch.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Laura on January 04, 2022, 12:02:39 PM
I stopped at CVS while on my walk today to pick up some KN95 masks. They wanted $100 for a pack of 5.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 12:06:55 PM
I think this is what Jane was trying to post:

Sending vibes of comfort for DR John, and healing vibes for his mother.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 12:07:04 PM
I'll add:

~~~Ditto!!~~~
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 12:09:19 PM
:)

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6733.0;attach=13566)

:))
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 12:09:50 PM
I stopped at CVS while on my walk today to pick up some KN95 masks. They wanted $100 for a pack of 5.

Yikes!! :o
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 12:29:53 PM
I stopped at CVS while on my walk today to pick up some KN95 masks. They wanted $100 for a pack of 5.

I ordered Kn95s from Amazon. Waiting for delivery. It’s now two days late.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 12:30:05 PM
Four!
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 01:23:00 PM
~~~ULTRA VIBES~~~ for all of us with health issues!
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 01:23:34 PM
If life gives you lemons, seek out someone with a paper cut.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 01:24:23 PM
The amount of spam email coming to my Gmail account was huge throughout 2021. A day or two after Christmas it dropped from maybe a hundred spam emails per day to single digits.

I've seen that happen before, but not like this. Of course it'll build up again. But it's almost as though a major worldwide purveyor of it got shut down and sent to Hell. (Wouldn't that be nice?)   :)

That would be very nice.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 01:25:02 PM
I think I'm in the clear for now, Jane. The last time they were here was Thursday, and I'd be showing symptoms by now.

I think you are right, especially if it is omicron. 
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 01:25:30 PM
I stopped at CVS while on my walk today to pick up some KN95 masks. They wanted $100 for a pack of 5.

 :o
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 01:37:35 PM
We have been buying the KN94 masks from South Korea. 

What’s the Difference Between KN95 and KF94 Masks? (https://nymag.com/strategist/article/whats-the-difference-between-kn95-and-kf94-masks.html)


Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 01:41:05 PM
Keith has been wearing the BOTN adult size, which is currently unavailable at Amazon.  They have small or X-large available.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 01:46:23 PM
When I ordered more masks I was tempted to try the BOTN small size, however, decided to stay with my BLUNA brand for kids as I know they fit well, and a good fitting mask is very important.  These are still available on Amazon for small faces.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 01:48:56 PM
I see a few other KN94 masks from South Korea available on Amazon.

Here is one of them. (https://www.amazon.com/KF94-Protective-Individually-Packaged-Premium/dp/B09LS614LD/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=1N5S9W9DX24FH&keywords=bluna+kf94+masks&qid=1641332575&s=hpc&sprefix=BLUNA%2Chpc%2C136&sr=1-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzNlRYVlBJSVpMTlozJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwOTY2MzU5UVExSUVBS0dCWUhJJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA4MzY2ODJEQzZVWkhMNEpNVzgmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl)



Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Ginny on January 04, 2022, 02:00:51 PM
Tuesday evening greetings!  I attended an in-person board meeting this morning and I don't really know where the rest of the day has gone.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Ginny on January 04, 2022, 02:05:31 PM
Health vibes for DRs TCB, Michael, and Elmore.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: KevinH on January 04, 2022, 02:32:34 PM
Good evening!
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: KevinH on January 04, 2022, 02:32:51 PM
Vibes for DR TCB.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: KevinH on January 04, 2022, 02:33:01 PM
Vibes for DR elmore.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: KevinH on January 04, 2022, 02:33:13 PM
Vibes for DR Michael.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: KevinH on January 04, 2022, 02:33:24 PM
Vibes for DR JohnG and his Mother.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: elmore3003 on January 04, 2022, 02:37:08 PM
Vibes for our DR JohnG and his mother!
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Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: ChasSmith on January 04, 2022, 02:38:32 PM
Went out this afternoon to fill one of the gas cans, to ensure that there's plenty for the sn*wblower (I almost typed something else) on Friday.

Following which, I indulged in the "2 for $6" special at McDonald's -- two quarter pounders with cheese, with extra onions. Hadn't had anything from there in a while, and boy, did it satisfy.

Tip for you onion eaters (I'm sure you know who you are):  If you like that burger, ask for extra onions. It's worth it for the additional flavor, AND in case they were about to hand you an already-made one, now they won't. For special orders they make 'em fresh. (I think they're supposedly making quarter pounders etc. fresh anyway, these days, so maybe that's moot.)
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 04, 2022, 02:38:49 PM
I have found a new app for my iPhone.  It is called "Whisk".  It is a recipes app and it not only offers loads of great recipes, it allows you to add recipes you find online that you want to keep.

I learned about it on my local news.  It's considered an "App of the Year", and it's free for iPhone and smartphone users.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 04, 2022, 02:40:01 PM
Went out this afternoon to fill one of the gas cans, to ensure that there's plenty for the sn*wblower (I almost typed something else) on Friday.

Gasp!  it wasn't "snotblower" was it???

Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 04, 2022, 02:41:32 PM
I had a moment this afternoon during which i grievously missed my mom.

These moments don't happen often, but when they do, it's almost as bad as when she first passed.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: bk on January 04, 2022, 02:43:28 PM
Futzed and finessed - not as huge as yesterday, thankfully - made a couple of nice and significant additions, smoothed out stuff, and then wrote two new pages. Lunch was Kluckin' Chicken - their good sandwich and fries - excellent. I'm gonna shave now, write another three or four pages or however many I can. Then I'll go to the mail place to pick up some packages, then mosey on over to see a play reading at the Group Rep.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 02:55:49 PM
I stopped at CVS while on my walk today to pick up some KN95 masks. They wanted $100 for a pack of 5.

I ordered Kn95s from Amazon. Waiting for delivery. It’s now two days late.

How much did yours cost?
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 02:56:05 PM
If life gives you lemons, seek out someone with a paper cut.

:o
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Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 02:56:32 PM
:))
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 03:02:21 PM
I had a moment this afternoon during which i grievously missed my mom.

These moments don't happen often, but when they do, it's almost as bad as when she first passed.

{{{HUGS!!}}}
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: ChasSmith on January 04, 2022, 03:06:24 PM
If life gives you lemons, seek out someone with a paper cut.

Damn it to HELL, why couldn't someone have given me this advice years ago?
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 03:11:49 PM
KevinH, how are you dealing with the snow and ice?
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 03:13:00 PM
I had a moment this afternoon during which i grievously missed my mom.

These moments don't happen often, but when they do, it's almost as bad as when she first passed.

{{{HUGS!!}}}

And more hugs. It's hard not being in Louisville right now to fight Mom's doctors on how they're treating her.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 03:13:45 PM
I stopped at CVS while on my walk today to pick up some KN95 masks. They wanted $100 for a pack of 5.

It was a relatively low price. Something like $30 for 50.

I ordered Kn95s from Amazon. Waiting for delivery. It’s now two days late.

How much did yours cost?
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 03:13:53 PM
Five!
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Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 03:15:10 PM
Futzed and finessed - not as huge as yesterday, thankfully - made a couple of nice and significant additions, smoothed out stuff, and then wrote two new pages. Lunch was Kluckin' Chicken - their good sandwich and fries - excellent. I'm gonna shave now, write another three or four pages or however many I can. Then I'll go to the mail place to pick up some packages, then mosey on over to see a play reading at the Group Rep.

Writing vibes. BTW, I had to file a complaint with PayPal today because I haven't received the new book yet.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 03:15:35 PM
I know, that's Vixmom's line, but it's a good one.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 03:20:41 PM
There's a wonderful Texas swing group called Asleep at the Wheel, and they've apparently been making music for 50 years now. I got their latest, Half a Hundred Years, from the library today, and it has a wonderful Irving Berlin song, Marie, that they perform with Willie Nelson. Nelson's recorded it before, and it's just beautiful.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 03:22:27 PM
What's his line?
Never worries 'bout his line!
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 03:24:10 PM
{{{hugs}}} for DR Ron Pulliam.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 03:24:23 PM
{{{hugs}}} for DR John G.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 03:25:36 PM
~~~VIBES~~~  and  {{{hugs}}}  all around.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 03:29:05 PM
You got a good price, DR John G.  I ordered from 3 different manufacturers, and they were approximately $45 for a pack of 20, or, in one case, 40.

Is there any information on the longevity of these N95 masks? I assume they're supposed to be disposable after one use?
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 03:36:25 PM
I have to get a Hep B vaccine, and I have to use CVS because of insurance. Well, you have to schedule a vaccine shot in advance online, but you can’t schedule a Hep B shot, because it’s not an option. So, after waiting 20 minutes for a human to answer, I was told I could get the shot I needed, but to just lie on the form.

Oy.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 03:40:26 PM
That's crazy talk.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 03:47:43 PM
I have found a new app for my iPhone.  It is called "Whisk".  It is a recipes app and it not only offers loads of great recipes, it allows you to add recipes you find online that you want to keep.

I learned about it on my local news.  It's considered an "App of the Year", and it's free for iPhone and smartphone users.

Cool.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 03:49:09 PM
I had a moment this afternoon during which i grievously missed my mom.

These moments don't happen often, but when they do, it's almost as bad as when she first passed.

Sending hugs. 
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 03:49:38 PM
If life gives you lemons, seek out someone with a paper cut.

;D
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 03:52:51 PM
There's a wonderful Texas swing group called Asleep at the Wheel, and they've apparently been making music for 50 years now. I got their latest, Half a Hundred Years, from the library today, and it has a wonderful Irving Berlin song, Marie, that they perform with Willie Nelson. Nelson's recorded it before, and it's just beautiful.

The first time I heard of them was when The Manhattan Transfer recorded an album with them back in the late 1990s, and then they all performed on Austin City Limits.  I love the album and the TV show was fantastic! ;D
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 03:53:28 PM
Oh no DR John.  Can the person taking her to her appointments go in with her and advocate for your mother?
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 03:53:57 PM
Futzed and finessed - not as huge as yesterday, thankfully - made a couple of nice and significant additions, smoothed out stuff, and then wrote two new pages. Lunch was Kluckin' Chicken - their good sandwich and fries - excellent. I'm gonna shave now, write another three or four pages or however many I can. Then I'll go to the mail place to pick up some packages, then mosey on over to see a play reading at the Group Rep.

Writing vibes. BTW, I had to file a complaint with PayPal today because I haven't received the new book yet.

;D
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 03:55:00 PM
You got a good price, DR John G.  I ordered from 3 different manufacturers, and they were approximately $45 for a pack of 20, or, in one case, 40.

Is there any information on the longevity of these N95 masks? I assume they're supposed to be disposable after one use?

Yes, but since we don't work with sick people, or teach children, we wear ours multiple times.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 03:57:59 PM
I have to get a Hep B vaccine, and I have to use CVS because of insurance. Well, you have to schedule a vaccine shot in advance online, but you can’t schedule a Hep B shot, because it’s not an option. So, after waiting 20 minutes for a human to answer, I was told I could get the shot I needed, but to just lie on the form.

Oy.

;D

It is a series of three vaccinations.  We got the first two before visiting Craig in Romania.  At the time we couldn't get them at the pharmacy and went to the county health something or rather.  The price was fairly reasonable. 
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 04:30:56 PM
Oh no DR John.  Can the person taking her to her appointments go in with her and advocate for your mother?

We think we have found someone.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 04:59:46 PM
Vibes you have and the person is good.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 05:10:05 PM
Thank you, all, for the vibes.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 05:15:24 PM
I meant to ask the group, especially Elmore and ChasSmith, if they had ever seen the movie Blue/Bleu with Juliette Binoche as a composer. There are some scenes in which she is orchestrating her music, and she hears lines with percussion, without, with flute and full orchestra or only with flute, etc. In a way, it seemed like Ann Southern writing a song lyric in a second. On another level, it was fairly exciting. I was wondering what people thought of it.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 05:16:02 PM
I hope DR TCB is able to say hello.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 05:16:19 PM
HEALING VIBES FOR DR TCB!
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 05:17:33 PM
I'm starting White/Blanc tonight. These stories are all happening supposedly at the same time, a favorite storytelling idea of the director, Krzysztof Kieslowski. Juliette Binoche just appeared in a courtroom scene in the background.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 05:21:25 PM
Am bummed to learn that Alvin Ailey, supposed to have come here in March, has canceled. I wonder if it's covid. They sold out the last time they were here.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 05:41:56 PM
Oh no DR John.  Can the person taking her to her appointments go in with her and advocate for your mother?

We think we have found someone.

Great news, John!
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: ChasSmith on January 04, 2022, 06:01:32 PM
I meant to ask the group, especially Elmore and ChasSmith, if they had ever seen the movie Blue/Bleu with Juliette Binoche as a composer. There are some scenes in which she is orchestrating her music, and she hears lines with percussion, without, with flute and full orchestra or only with flute, etc. In a way, it seemed like Ann Southern writing a song lyric in a second. On another level, it was fairly exciting. I was wondering what people thought of it.

Interesting. I acquired that set of films on one of Criterion's flash sales and I haven't yet watched them. Never saw them in theaters, either. Is Blue the one to watch first?
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 06:20:16 PM
Love is blue.  Or so says Paul Marriott.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 06:20:32 PM
Oh lookee, Page Six!
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: Jane on January 04, 2022, 06:24:17 PM
'night
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: singdaw on January 04, 2022, 06:31:31 PM
Good night, friends.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 07:20:16 PM
Yes, ChasSmith. I looked up the release dates and the order is Blue, White, then Red/Rouge.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 07:22:53 PM
White was not what I was expecting. It was a black comedy. And the ending is heartbreaking, thanks to an amazing performance from lead actor Zbigniew Zamachowski, whose eyes are arresting. He's so likable you can't take your eyes off him, even when the gorgeous, ethereal Julie Delpy is on the screen.
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Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 07:34:51 PM
It's too late to start Red tonight. But what fascinating extras on these discs -- and I don't even have the Criterion set.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 07:36:04 PM
I need to do some dishes, though.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: John G. on January 04, 2022, 08:56:46 PM
Good night, all.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: bk on January 04, 2022, 11:01:55 PM
Back from a horrendously awful new play - what we all need right now, an angst-ridden incest play.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 11:44:10 PM
Back from a horrendously awful new play - what we all need right now, an angst-ridden incest play.

:o
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 11:49:55 PM
After I got home from work tonight, my friend Shelly, who just lives one building away from me in our condo complex, called and we were able to chat and ketchup on things for about an hour. 
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 11:50:09 PM
We hadn't spoken since probably last summer, so it was great to talk with her. 
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Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 11:50:19 PM
We decided to go to lunch in the next day or so.  Can't wait!

Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 11:51:11 PM
While I was talking with Shelly, my friend David, who now lives in Seattle, texted me saying that he was here in town the the Olympia Film Society's volunteer appreciation night where he used to volunteer. 
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 11:51:30 PM
I said sure, and met him and another OFS volunteer at McMenamin's The Spar downtown. 
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 11:51:47 PM
When I got there, David had already ordered a LARGE plate of tater tots! 
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 11:52:24 PM
We all chatted and caught up and ate tater tots.  Yummy!!
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 11:53:14 PM
Then the Spar closed (earlier than it used to close) and we each went home...which is where I am now. :)
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 11:53:36 PM
Today, I was all by my lonesome at work.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 11:53:55 PM
One co-worker had a cold...just a cold!
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 11:54:49 PM
Yesterday, it rained during the day, snowed in the evening, then it all froze over night, so another co-worker couldn't even get to her car without slipping and sliding, so she wasn't even able to drive at all. :P
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 11:55:42 PM
My supervisor was either working from home or on vacation (I forget which) and her supervisor (who's office is right across from my desk) wasn't in today, either.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 11:56:14 PM
I was quiet, but there was more to do than I could do by myself, so I could only do what I could do. ::)
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 04, 2022, 11:57:17 PM
Hopefully, at least one of my co-workers will be in tomorrow, because it's payroll time, and I only know how to do one small part of it, so I can't help with any more than that.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 05, 2022, 12:02:40 AM
Eventually (well, later this month), I'm supposed to start learning how to do the payroll so that we all can be trained to do everything in case someone's out for too long.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 05, 2022, 12:02:51 AM
I don't wanna learn new stuff! :P
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 05, 2022, 12:03:07 AM
But I must...so I shall.
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 05, 2022, 12:10:16 AM
And now...
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 05, 2022, 12:10:26 AM
...I must also turn the page to the...
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 05, 2022, 12:10:42 AM
PAGE SEVEN DANCE!!
Title: Re: NEW CONVERSATIONS
Post by: George on January 05, 2022, 12:10:52 AM
:D