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Title: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: bk on February 03, 2022, 12:23:36 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes played whilst BK fixed, and now it is time for you to post until the playing and fixing cows come home.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: bk on February 03, 2022, 12:24:10 AM
And the word of the day is: YAKKA!
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Post by: bk on February 03, 2022, 12:24:42 AM
A very happy birthday to one time dear reader Edisaurus.
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Post by: George on February 03, 2022, 12:37:57 AM
Happy Birthday to Edisaurus!
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Post by: George on February 03, 2022, 12:43:48 AM
Topic of the Day:

Lauren Bacall:
Applause (TV Movie)
How to Marry a Millionaire
Key Largo

Rock Hudson:
Pillow Talk (I think that this is the only movie of his that I've seen)
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Michael on February 03, 2022, 01:58:18 AM
Good morning to all
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Post by: Michael on February 03, 2022, 02:00:53 AM
TOD

add to George

The Big Sleep
To Have and Have Not
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Post by: singdaw on February 03, 2022, 02:21:19 AM
Good morning, friends.
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Post by: singdaw on February 03, 2022, 02:21:45 AM
Prayers for those in the path of the latest storms.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: singdaw on February 03, 2022, 02:23:48 AM
Here, there's no snow predicted. However, it's currently -7 (real temp), and tomorrow we'll have a high of 2. I'm kind of glad not to have a dog right now.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: singdaw on February 03, 2022, 02:28:01 AM
In all the years we have owned dogs, we've never had a situation with a fenced yard or a dog door. We've always taken our dogs outside on leads. Which is good to get up and get moving.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: singdaw on February 03, 2022, 02:50:36 AM
Ghibli Park, inspired by the movies, is opening in Japan at the end of the year.
https://ghibli-park.jp/en/about/
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 03:38:43 AM
From out of nowhere in particular:
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 03:39:45 AM
It is Thursday again.

I accept that.

But, where the heck is February in such a hurry to go?

The third of February already?
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 03:43:39 AM
Happily, I have no snow or ice to keep me indoors and none to slog through.

None to clean off my car.  No worries about slipping and sliding.  And, particularly, no worries about being slipped or slidden into.

Thank goodness for The Weather Channel.  I can see all of that mess in real time without having to experience it.



Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: elmore3003 on February 03, 2022, 03:43:50 AM
Good morning, all!
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 03:44:39 AM
Good morning, Larry Moore!
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: elmore3003 on February 03, 2022, 03:49:50 AM
Starbucks is raising its prices again.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 04:20:47 AM
Starbucks is raising its prices again.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ginny on February 03, 2022, 05:22:09 AM
Thursday morning greetings!  We are iced in.  You know it’s bad in Middletown when Central Pastry closes…
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Laura on February 03, 2022, 05:22:18 AM
Good morning.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Laura on February 03, 2022, 05:23:39 AM
My DH was having some weird dreams last night. He kicked me in the head.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: ChasSmith on February 03, 2022, 06:32:42 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: ChasSmith on February 03, 2022, 06:33:49 AM
I didn't say that already, did I?  :)

What, now I have to ask? But I've been up for a while and have been busy doing a few things and who the hell knows. Seriously, who in the HELL knows?
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: ChasSmith on February 03, 2022, 06:35:37 AM
today I must use the bank drive-thru and pick up a few things in Shop Rite. I think that's all. Then I'll thankfully be home the rest of the day.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: ChasSmith on February 03, 2022, 06:39:06 AM
Holy moley, what a great Puccini score BK has.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: ChasSmith on February 03, 2022, 06:40:15 AM
And the word of the day is: YAKKA!

He's really quite the singer. Always enjoy seeing and hearing him.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: ChasSmith on February 03, 2022, 06:40:39 AM
And the word of the day is: YAKKA!

I lived just a block north of there.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: ChasSmith on February 03, 2022, 06:41:25 AM
I'm here all week!
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Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 06:57:50 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 06:58:15 AM
Power went out at about 7 am. Still out.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 06:58:23 AM
Two!
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: elmore3003 on February 03, 2022, 07:06:04 AM
I am dragging myself around today. After kitty cleanup, I lay down for a minute that turned into 90. Now I have to get ready to leave.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jrand74 on February 03, 2022, 07:13:46 AM
Vibes for DR ELMORE.
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Post by: Jrand74 on February 03, 2022, 07:13:59 AM
Haircutting vibes for MR BK.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jrand74 on February 03, 2022, 07:15:03 AM
Lots of snow last night.  Still snowing.  It's hard to tell how much is falling because it is blowing as well......

Indiana has shut down for the day - for the most part.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jrand74 on February 03, 2022, 07:20:10 AM
TOD:

Written on the Wind is a great favorite around these parts.

Lauren Bacall:
A Woman's World - she plays opposite Fred MacMurray and they are great together!
..and those already mentioned.

Rock Hudson:

His trilogy with Miss Doris Day.
Giant
Ice Station Zebra
The Undefeated
Magnificent Obsession
All That Heaven Allows
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jrand74 on February 03, 2022, 07:22:27 AM
When I was a TEA-Najer there were two stars whose movies were never missed:

Mr. Elvis Presley and Mr. Rock Hudson.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 07:44:05 AM
And the word of the day is: YAKKA!

He's really quite the singer. Always enjoy seeing and hearing him.

He has a brother, doesn't he, who is also in music?  Yanni?
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 07:44:42 AM
It is overcast today.

Rain (and ONLY rain) is in the forecast for the coming three days.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 07:45:40 AM
Lauren Bacall:  "How to Marry A Millionaire"

Rock Hudson:  "Seconds"
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 08:29:39 AM
Power is back on. Other areas now out. The cycle begins again
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 09:54:32 AM
Golly!  No one has posted here since John G's last post?  This was up a while ago when I was last here.

Of course, time isn't flying as fast as I feel it has.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 09:55:05 AM
There is "a" guest perusing the board.

It would be nice if the guest joined us.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 09:55:26 AM
Of course, the guest could simply be a member not logged in.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 09:57:00 AM
I haven't accomplished too very much yet today.  Went to the post office twice.  Had lunch.  Had a telephonic doctor's visit.

i had a good night's sleep, but I have been fighting sleepiness the past few hours.  I guess haviing chili for lunch didn't actually awaken me.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jrand74 on February 03, 2022, 10:04:13 AM
I finally got my ta document that I need to do my taxes.  So I shall do that on this sn**y afternoon.]
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jrand74 on February 03, 2022, 10:06:21 AM
The reviews for MJ The Musical seem to say that the musical recreations of the music are good but that there's not a lot of reality in the story.....which takes place in 1992 before any of the allegations were made public.....
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: bk on February 03, 2022, 10:07:55 AM
I'm up, I'm up - have been up since seven-thirty doing stuff. Four hours of sleep. Haircut in 55 minutes.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 10:31:36 AM
Internet and power keep flickering off and on.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 03, 2022, 11:50:44 AM
I'm finally home. The ride to Lenox Hill was on time. The return ride was 45 minutes late.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jrand74 on February 03, 2022, 11:53:30 AM
Still s**wing.....and windy.
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Post by: Jrand74 on February 03, 2022, 11:55:10 AM
Mary & Lou are on a date.

Mary Tyler Moore and Ed Asner are doing a terrific job.  I like both of them.....and of course the writing is A+.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 11:56:43 AM
I loved that episode. It really showed me how much the characters had grown and changed over the years.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jrand74 on February 03, 2022, 11:57:41 AM
Barnum keeps looking at the snow and telling me all about it......
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: George on February 03, 2022, 11:58:44 AM
Starbucks is raising its prices again.

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6766.0;attach=13692)

::)
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jrand74 on February 03, 2022, 12:00:14 PM
My furnace wasn't coming on.....I was in a panic mode until I realized what to do.

I checked in the furnace room.  The cover had come off on one side.  I put it back in place....and HEAT!
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: bk on February 03, 2022, 12:01:55 PM
Hair is cut and cut is hair.
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Post by: bk on February 03, 2022, 12:02:19 PM
Now I must be on my way to do some errands and whatnot - probably an hour's worth o' stuff, then food.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jane on February 03, 2022, 12:12:46 PM
DR John you fresh made rice noodles sound good, not with shrimp though, just the veggies and some tofu if they have it.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jane on February 03, 2022, 12:16:18 PM
DR TCB,

brunch
/brən(t)SH/
Learn to pronounce
noun
a late morning meal eaten instead of breakfast and lunch.


 ;)

Yes, typically we do brunch on Sundays, and very occasionally on weekdays.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jane on February 03, 2022, 12:17:24 PM
From DR TCB:
Quote
Tomorrow (today for you in the East) marks 8 weeks since I fell down and went boom.

Wow, eight weeks already.  I bet they seemed a lot longer to you.
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Post by: Jane on February 03, 2022, 12:18:55 PM
For DR Edisaurus, another cat lover.

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwar46ctMKBRdW9gcH9ddG8g9CNoiL9eiJMs97dInCqrCxXbDBF8yrPoi8C8qzBE7hpEA&usqp=CAU)
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jane on February 03, 2022, 12:20:14 PM
Ghibli Park, inspired by the movies, is opening in Japan at the end of the year.
https://ghibli-park.jp/en/about/

Cool.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jane on February 03, 2022, 12:21:39 PM
My DH was having some weird dreams last night. He kicked me in the head.

 :o  Your head!

Are you ok?

Am I allowed to laugh?
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ginny on February 03, 2022, 12:35:24 PM
The sleet storm continues, but it's beginning to change over to snow.
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Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 12:36:54 PM
They have it with lamb, Jane, which is what I had for lunch. I saw no tofu on the menu, but I think they would do just veg.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 12:39:52 PM
I had a very weird dream around the time the power went off. I was stranded at a book signing with Stephen King, who was nice enough, except he wasn’t talking. At least not until I mentioned a 19th century novel that he liked. That got him talking. Then he was ready to pose for photos and everything.
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Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 12:42:30 PM
Happy birthday, Edisaurus!
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Post by: Jane on February 03, 2022, 12:42:41 PM
They have it with lamb, which is what I had for lunch. I saw no tofu on the menu, but I think they would do just veg.

That works., just veggies not lamb.

Lamb was actually my favorite dish and the first I gave up before becoming a vegetarian.  I don't count not eating bacon anymore as that was simply because it is so bad for you.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 01:17:07 PM
Ummm....
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Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 01:18:03 PM
So good for the soul
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Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 01:18:42 PM
Ummm....

I love it!!!!
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Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 01:38:25 PM
One exceptionally nice thing my company has done today is to text all employees:

USAA Roadside is happy to support employees who have been affected by the latest weather impacts. USAA employees will talk with a dedicated USAA Roadside Associate for help with a jump-start, fuel delivery, tire change, lock-out assistance, or a tow to a repair facility. This will be provided at no charge to the employee. To initiate a request, please dial …
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 01:58:13 PM
It's just about 5 p.m. here.  It is 70 degrees outside.  Feels rather good, although it's overcast and threatening rain.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 01:59:03 PM
Ummm....

I love it!!!!
:D
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 02:00:27 PM
HHW.com seems to be on Mountain Time.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 02:01:23 PM
Ah...deja vu...I have suddenly recalled saying something like that in the distant past.
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Post by: bk on February 03, 2022, 02:17:15 PM
Back from the errands, got Taco Bell for food, have eaten said food, and must now write liner notes.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: KevinH on February 03, 2022, 02:19:24 PM
Good afternoon!
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Post by: Jrand74 on February 03, 2022, 02:25:58 PM
Someone went to the Hugh Jackman revival of The Music Man and this was reported:

These are the new opening lyrics for Shipoopi in this revival, per a friend who took notes - I guess the PC Police have struck River City:

“Now a fella who goes on his very first date is usually shy and fretful, and a fella who goes for more than a kiss will end the night regretful, but a fella who waits for his gal to say when, head in the clouds, shout amen, he's the guy she'll date again, he's her shipoopi!”
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Post by: Jrand74 on February 03, 2022, 02:27:05 PM
I would assume the person who rewrote this would receive some sort of [dis]credit in the program.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ginny on February 03, 2022, 02:49:59 PM
Our county is now on a Level 2 snow emergency.
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Post by: Jane on February 03, 2022, 02:56:24 PM
One exceptionally nice thing my company has done today is to text all employees:

USAA Roadside is happy to support employees who have been affected by the latest weather impacts. USAA employees will talk with a dedicated USAA Roadside Associate for help with a jump-start, fuel delivery, tire change, lock-out assistance, or a tow to a repair facility. This will be provided at no charge to the employee. To initiate a request, please dial …

Wow, this is impressive.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jane on February 03, 2022, 02:57:18 PM
HHW.com seems to be on Mountain Time.

Hmm, it is 2:57 here.
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Post by: Jane on February 03, 2022, 02:59:11 PM
Two post up the time said 01:38:25 PM.  The post immediately above this, and posted just after the showing a 1:38 time, says 02:00:27 PM. 

I wonder what this post will show.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jane on February 03, 2022, 02:59:31 PM
Last post was all caught up to the correct time.
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Post by: Jane on February 03, 2022, 02:59:46 PM
BTW, good catch DR Ron.
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Post by: Jane on February 03, 2022, 03:01:07 PM
Our county is now on a Level 2 snow emergency.

Oh, I hope you plan to stay home.
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Post by: Ginny on February 03, 2022, 03:18:04 PM
Our county is now on a Level 2 snow emergency.

Oh, I hope you plan to stay home.

That has been our plan since Monday.  There are people who are acting like this storm has come as a big surprise.
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Post by: Jane on February 03, 2022, 03:19:04 PM
LOL, and now they are rushing to stock up on food ;)
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Post by: Jrand74 on February 03, 2022, 03:34:11 PM
It is nice to be retired and not be required to be someplace in weather like this.
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Post by: Jrand74 on February 03, 2022, 03:34:34 PM
Be retired and not required.

That is the title of my new memoir.
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Post by: Jane on February 03, 2022, 03:42:49 PM
So true.  I am relieved Bryan isn't working tonight.
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 03, 2022, 03:58:55 PM
Stay warm and safe vibes for DR Ginny and DH Richard!
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 04:21:26 PM
Everything is iced over here. Some of the trees look the worst for it. I wonder if the olive will survive. The loquat tree looks weighted down, and this year's crop is lost. It's all sad.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 04:22:31 PM
Listening to a funny novel called Olga Dies Dreaming. There was a quote from Sweeney Todd in it.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 04:22:57 PM
I am glad I don't have to go out for anything.
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Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 04:23:18 PM
But what do I want to do?
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Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 04:23:28 PM
Gratuitous post No. 99!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 04:26:35 PM
Our county is now on a Level 2 snow emergency.

What does Level 2 mean?
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jane on February 03, 2022, 04:27:33 PM
Everything is iced over here. Some of the trees look the worst for it. I wonder if the olive will survive. The loquat tree looks weighted down, and this year's crop is lost. It's all sad.

I am sorry you have lost your loquat crop.  Vibes the olive tree will survive.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 04:28:19 PM
It is 7:28p.m. here in SC.  The time hack on here says it's 5:28.  That's only two hours.  Shouldn't it be three?
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jane on February 03, 2022, 04:35:46 PM
Yes it should.  I wonder why my times corrected and your times did not.
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Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 05:10:08 PM
Doesn't sound like Encores' revised version of The Tap Dance Kid is doing the show many favors. I saw the near-perfect tour with the great Harold Nicholas as Grandaddy, Dule' Hill as the kid and the phenomenal Martine Allard as his sister.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 05:18:29 PM
The script was always the problem. The writer could never decide if he wanted to be faithful to the original Louise Fitzhugh novel or not. Since nobody knew really knew the book, Nobody's Family Is Going to Change, the creators should have been bold and veered far from it. Instead, all they did was tame her ending, pleasing nobody.   

In the original story of a Black family, a lawyer father hates that his overweight daughter wants to be a lawyer while his son wants to be a tap dancer. No. He won't have it. He draws a line, and they cross it. The kid becomes a superstar, who becomes bigger every year, while his sister becomes his attorney. They basically ignore their father, because they knew, as they sing in one song, "we were right all along."

I don't know that adult audiences would want to see that. But if that's the case, why not keep working at it and create something really new? 
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: George on February 03, 2022, 05:50:21 PM
Ummm....

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6766.0;attach=13694)

:))
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: George on February 03, 2022, 05:52:33 PM
Everything is iced over here. Some of the trees look the worst for it. I wonder if the olive will survive. The loquat tree looks weighted down, and this year's crop is lost. It's all sad.

Oh, no! :(
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: George on February 03, 2022, 05:53:49 PM
Yes it should.  I wonder why my times corrected and your times did not.

Each person can set the time to display whatever time zone that they're in.  It's somewhere in each person's profile setup.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jane on February 03, 2022, 06:09:25 PM
Yes it should.  I wonder why my times corrected and your times did not.

Each person can set the time to display whatever time zone that they're in.  It's somewhere in each person's profile setup.

I didn't do anything and it was screwy earlier.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Jane on February 03, 2022, 06:25:20 PM
'night
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Post by: singdaw on February 03, 2022, 06:36:19 PM
  Went to the post office twice. 

The postman always rings twice.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: singdaw on February 03, 2022, 06:40:35 PM
It's been a whirl of day.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: singdaw on February 03, 2022, 06:41:05 PM
I'm up against a hard deadline at work, but I think I'm going to make it by close of business tomorrow.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: singdaw on February 03, 2022, 06:41:27 PM
Walleye and Brussels for supper tonight.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: singdaw on February 03, 2022, 06:41:39 PM
And now I'm pooped.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: singdaw on February 03, 2022, 06:41:54 PM
Happy Birthday, former DR Edisaurus!
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: singdaw on February 03, 2022, 06:42:06 PM
Lucky #117
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: singdaw on February 03, 2022, 06:42:18 PM
Superfluous #118
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: singdaw on February 03, 2022, 06:42:30 PM
Egregious #119
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: singdaw on February 03, 2022, 06:42:59 PM
PAGE FIVE!!!!!
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: singdaw on February 03, 2022, 06:43:11 PM
Too pooped to dance.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: singdaw on February 03, 2022, 06:43:19 PM
Good night, friends.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 09:15:42 PM
Walleye and Brussels for supper tonight.

Are those your neighbors' real names, or are they nicknames?
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 09:16:46 PM
We are getting very sleepy here in SC.

I needs must get some rest, I guess.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 03, 2022, 09:17:04 PM
It's awfully tired out there tonight.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 09:19:23 PM
The power flickered off and on twice tonight, and it caused me to lose about two hours worth of work, even though I had been careful about saving things. Ugh.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 09:20:47 PM
Listening to some interesting stuff tonight. A new recording of Brahms' Fourth Symphony that sounded like it was recorded from the far end of a tunnel. Folk songs from Benjamin Britten. Now, a song cycle from Flaherty and Ahrens.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 09:21:22 PM
I have hauled out the weighted blanket for a first use. It's already 26 out there.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 09:21:34 PM
And I'm late for bed.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: John G. on February 03, 2022, 09:21:41 PM
Good night, all.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: bk on February 03, 2022, 09:31:27 PM
The Shipoopi redo is shameful - like people are soooo concerned that audiences will be triggered by lyrics to a song being sung in River City at the time this show takes place. And the culprits are Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: bk on February 03, 2022, 09:32:43 PM
Wonderful news from the Haverty clan - Hartley birthed her boy just a few hours ago - young Maxwell - came out early, could not wait, umbilical cord tied in knots - he's healthy and they all come home tomorrow.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: bk on February 03, 2022, 09:33:00 PM
I was so zonked that I got in bed and slept for two hours.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: bk on February 03, 2022, 09:33:11 PM
I think it made me more zonked.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: George on February 03, 2022, 10:06:56 PM
Yes it should.  I wonder why my times corrected and your times did not.

Each person can set the time to display whatever time zone that they're in.  It's somewhere in each person's profile setup.

I didn't do anything and it was screwy earlier.

Oh. :-\
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: George on February 03, 2022, 10:12:08 PM
Wonderful news from the Haverty clan - Hartley birthed her boy just a few hours ago - young Maxwell - came out early, could not wait, umbilical cord tied in knots - he's healthy and they all come home tomorrow.

Congrats to Hartley and Maxwell!
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: TCB on February 03, 2022, 11:35:39 PM
Everything is iced over here. Some of the trees look the worst for it. I wonder if the olive will survive. The loquat tree looks weighted down, and this year's crop is lost. It's all sad.


You only have one olive?
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: TCB on February 03, 2022, 11:38:43 PM
And the word of the day is: YAKKA!

He's really quite the singer. Always enjoy seeing and hearing him.

He has a brother, doesn't he, who is also in music?  Yanni?



Yanni lived here in Tacoma for several years.  At the time, he was going with Linda Evans when she still had her home in Lakewood.


Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: TCB on February 03, 2022, 11:40:01 PM
I saw the listing photos for Yanni’s shack.  It was quite stunning.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: TCB on February 03, 2022, 11:43:06 PM
But what do I want to do?


I am having chili tomorrow for dinner.  I would kill to have an onion.  Oh well, I have lots of shredded cheese.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: TCB on February 03, 2022, 11:44:26 PM
It is 7:28p.m. here in SC.  The time hack on here says it's 5:28.  That's only two hours.  Shouldn't it be three?


Mine says 4:28.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: George on February 03, 2022, 11:44:28 PM
But what do I want to do?


I am having chili tomorrow for dinner.  I would kill to have an onion.  Oh well, I have lots of shredded cheese.

Yes!  Chili needs onions!
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: TCB on February 03, 2022, 11:48:12 PM
The script was always the problem. The writer could never decide if he wanted to be faithful to the original Louise Fitzhugh novel or not. Since nobody knew really knew the book, Nobody's Family Is Going to Change, the creators should have been bold and veered far from it. Instead, all they did was tame her ending, pleasing nobody.   

In the original story of a Black family, a lawyer father hates that his overweight daughter wants to be a lawyer while his son wants to be a tap dancer. No. He won't have it. He draws a line, and they cross it. The kid becomes a superstar, who becomes bigger every year, while his sister becomes his attorney. They basically ignore their father, because they knew, as they sing in one song, "we were right all along."

I don't know that adult audiences would want to see that. But if that's the case, why not keep working at it and create something really new? 


So, in other words, he gets bigger every year, while she gets smaller every year?
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: TCB on February 03, 2022, 11:50:16 PM
From DR TCB:
Quote
Tomorrow (today for you in the East) marks 8 weeks since I fell down and went boom.

Wow, eight weeks already.  I bet they seemed a lot longer to you.


Seems more like eight months.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: TCB on February 03, 2022, 11:54:05 PM
Walleye and Brussels for supper tonight.


David, I didn’t realize you eat seafood.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: TCB on February 03, 2022, 11:56:30 PM
Happy Birthday, Edisaurus!!
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: George on February 04, 2022, 12:00:14 AM
Tomorrow, I'm not going to play cards with my mom and her friends.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: George on February 04, 2022, 12:01:13 AM
I'm still not comfortable with me being around them because they're older and have other medical issues, even though everyone is vaccinated. 
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: TCB on February 04, 2022, 12:01:44 AM
But what do I want to do?


I am having chili tomorrow for dinner.  I would kill to have an onion.  Oh well, I have lots of shredded cheese.

Yes!  Chili needs onions!


Well, George, FedEx me an onion.
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: George on February 04, 2022, 12:01:45 AM
I'll wait until next week, but in the meantime...
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: George on February 04, 2022, 12:02:16 AM
 
PAGE SIX DANCE!!
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: George on February 04, 2022, 12:02:55 AM
But what do I want to do?


I am having chili tomorrow for dinner.  I would kill to have an onion.  Oh well, I have lots of shredded cheese.

Yes!  Chili needs onions!


Well, George, FedEx ma an onion.

If I had my new car already, I'd drive it over myself!
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: TCB on February 04, 2022, 12:06:16 AM
But what do I want to do?


I am having chili tomorrow for dinner.  I would kill to have an onion.  Oh well, I have lots of shredded cheese.

Yes!  Chili needs onions!


Well, George, FedEx ma an onion.

If I had my new car already, I'd drive it over myself!


Ahhhh, if only!
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: George on February 04, 2022, 12:08:25 AM
But what do I want to do?


I am having chili tomorrow for dinner.  I would kill to have an onion.  Oh well, I have lots of shredded cheese.

Yes!  Chili needs onions!


Well, George, FedEx ma an onion.

If I had my new car already, I'd drive it over myself!


Ahhhh, if only!

I'm still hopeful that it'll arrive sooner rather than later. 
Title: Re: WHILE PUCCINI PLAYS, BK FIXES
Post by: George on February 04, 2022, 12:10:02 AM
I ordered it on December 7, and April 7 will be the four months estimate.  Monday will be the halfway point!